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: UN IMPORFflNlT CIRCULAR ? ? ? ? ^ ? ?.? n. n i wi.-ia ii mm Issued by Comptroller-General Nor? ton to County Treasurers, THE ANNUAL SETTLEMENTS, v ? . ^Instruction* Given m \o How to Pre* pnro tor Thorn-- Kltoi't to Avoid Ap? pnrout Shortngoa. In view of the several shortages with aocompanyiyg tangles that havo oe* ourrod in county tv. asm-era' offices in this Stato, tho Comptrollor-Qononi) Una preparod a apocial cironlar which is to bo sont to tho auditors of the several eoun}iea, the objeotof which i? to pro vout as far as poBsiblo any complica tions of this oharaoter in tho future I3elow is given a copy of tho circular, whioh will bo instructive to those dtliei than county oflloialu: I>ttAK Ht'ft : Tho timo for llio "annual settlement" for taxos foi'tho lineal yo?u 189J, including November and Pocoin bor, 18'Ju, is now at hand, and it in nec essary and of paramount importance to tho tax department that these mat tors bo attended lo at tho earliost po:<nii>le day. It tthouUl bo borne in mind thai thoso "annual settlements" ave between tho auditors and tho treasurers and m>t between the treasurers and tho coinp trollor general, as is often underst od and nllogod. Iho law makes tho comp troller general or some one represent ing him, foremen ofgraud juries, coun ty supervisors nud county anperintond Onto of education witnesses lb theao nu iinal scttlomonts between auditors ami treasurers. Many oi tho auditors and treasurer* and other officers conncoted ivith those settlements arc now and to bojuo extent inoxpevienoed, and I may therefore be pardoned for suggestions in detail and instructions simple and commonplace in their character, under the law pro viding for and governing those annual settlement of' our taxos, State, counts and Bohool, rhu'ti?rd$- < o lotted and dis bursed by iho treasUror of caoh ccunty in the State, including all other maLtoi> of fines, disponsnry profits and fwndt ooiuiii{? into the hands of county treau , urors. ? . It must be romomberod, too, that an ditors and not treasurers, prepare the sheets for annual settlements. It is not tho duty, howevor. of the ad i tor to pro pare or balan'co tlio treasurer's record book, State, county or school, nor thin of tho supervisor or superintendent oi oducation. These record books are It opt by each of thobo officers themselvot independent oaoh of tho other. Jf those record .books have been properly kept, they will balance to a cont; that if., tho troasurer and county nuporvisor for all county taxes and the treasurer and county superintendent ol oducation for all school and poll taxefc, as well as tho treasurer and comptroller ? goneral for ail Stato taxes. * it was the duty of the auditor, ami we naturally suppose ho has so dono, to furnish troaaurcr, county supervisoi and county superintendent of oducation with one copy cach of th# "Abstract ot tho Duplicate," "Additional Abstract of Duplicate," and tho "Abstract of the 15 Per Cent Penalty Book." From those abstracts (a copy for each officer aud every fiscal year should bo on file in oaoh county office) the treasurer, imporvisor and county superintendent of oducation make up tho ohargeB for their respective otlices for county and school taxos aud in ad dition to these proper veo rds, as public servftnts. they tjhoivkl demand this uio order tokeop themselves informed as to the exact condition of the taxos charged, collected and disbursed in thoir re ? epoctivo oounticB. Tho treasurer's "Monthly lloport to oounty supervisor and county superin tendent of education ought to furnish (lata to each of these officers for all oi <110 reveuuo derived from other sources in the county, suoh as tho dispensary fund, flnea and' lic6naes, commutation lux eto. * \{'horo thoso officers havo doubts as to the oxaot facts, comparisons can bo made with the reoorda in the office oi the olork pf court as to tbe"flnos or t.io ,? books of magistrates or the roports of oonnty dispenser^, and froi? these sources see that each and ovor.y char go. for each ?. o^irto purpose is properly and correctly made ... t. Tho acconnts kopt in the respective offices of tho auditor, treasurer, county supervisor and county superintendent of oducation should bo independent and not copies one of the other, as we some times find tho case. There can bo no irregularities in the offices of the auditor, and ^treasurer in these annual ? settlements, without also involving the offices of oonnty supervi sor and county superintendent of edu cation in the. way of criminal negli gence or carelessness. 1 hew two county office* are parts each of the whole machinery of our tax ^system. Negligence, inefficient accounting or management in the one affects the whole system in the dounty . ' Upon auditors, however, rost the greater responsibility The duties, re ? WM&sibilitie* and work of auditors aro thsmlst important in the county . and e*n hefiKt hinder the county' more so and painstaking care rests tharoouracy lafi^lrLhodV tttWT unOtowed by mattuwnrmnwt** ? ?fronfff _ QWre - ttorqngh gsra Wm . m those which nro abaolrttely ? u should bo marto up according to tuo "Sat'' nllow treeeuvevs no credit except such a* tho treasui or oau ,?esont in tangible f?>r?? wh^e l,o cancelled and tttyd in tl o j j tlio auditor. After thoao sottloinenis these vouohorBar^loft in tho 0ftl'V|Vl custody of tho auditors and not tuo ,r?u?ur<>re. The ?uilitw i? t ion ol.o.Ve I with the- aftfo keeping ot oaucoiiou vouchors. This does not applpr uudu U?o present law to "nulla bona oxooil ions, 'lhouct ?IW "nulla bona" executions to bo tiled in tho treasurer's office and J1"}11??. not safelw thorotovo cancel \outlui. that thoy nro nut aiiowuu to mo .?? i.u?*? offices. Auditor a should examine a n verify these ' 'nulla bona ?xoou on8aml for tlieir own protection take the tin ? receipt for State wuaty ? <1 school taxes OB reprpseotoa bj Uiom. ? 'nulla bona" oxeoutiona. i his rocoi t can thou be tiled with the ?v vouchor ?and 80 'Mate the fact w ith tut ?S bo".'' Horn oa the eettlomoui Shisootions 80S end 3(14, rovinoJ ?tatuU>?. tlx tho kind and character of vouehorr. which auditors shall abow troa?uier? iu BotUmuout for ell taxe, oUorK?> un.l ul*o oouator vono .M? l.j em or visor and anponnteudont o f ediua Tho?o vouohora consist, primavily^ For all Statu tuxes, the Mate tre^n oi rcooipt; for all county taxes, ooun \ supervisor's war rani a i aid, foi a ^ school and poll taxes, [! , ^ superintendent of education B wari kuU I aid. This latter also inolu' lc. ^ wo t.ixod mid on warrants of the triihteet under special provisions of tho aw^and MolKenoral,M and tho tour items ah rtllowettiu section which loads as '"Srovldoa, however, that only tho fob low in" causes shall bo assigned b> the t?easuror on said delinquent list for lu t ool looting any tax, penalty or ussobB Sheriff's return to exocution iV sued that no sufficient property of the party charged thorowith cguld bo found out of which to make tho samo. "<} That property waa. found, ou for want of biddors, waa sold and con veyed to tho sinking fund comimssioi, by tho Bhoriff, pursuant to law. Kxocution issuo,^ and in hfincts of tiio Blicntt.i . "i 'ihat such t*<?es, assessment and t onaltics were enjoined a ,)C\v e Viah to impress upon tho auditor, tho fact that no oxecution is nulla bona" except upon tho coi tificate ot tin shenflfas above, on tho J^ntccl form Htating directly that no profwnty can b, fouudout of w-hioh taxes can bo made, iho poucil mark "uullabona. no good, soinetimes found ou these execution*, are uot proper credits for tho treasuroi, where the treasurer presents thom to the auditor as a credit, auditor ? shouU. uot allow them until tho ahoiiff aliat, liavo made tne |)roi>er oertiticate as re uuired by tho printed form on tho back of tho exooutions. Tho careful tion of all tho officers to theso detail' aud records connected .thorowith will huvo in tho future many 1UK now in aomo oouutioa of tho btau from the irrogular accounting in thobt offloes %V? shall expect in our annual visitation to these cpuutieaioexamiu oaoh aud every book in tho auditor a ?r?>aanrer'8 couuty supervisor a aud county superintendent of education s offices in connection with theso matter* of taxes and alao tho delinquent books thataro or should bo in tho treasurer's aud in the .herifiTs offices bv having ihomin auditor's office at settlement. . Then any discrepancies or irre^ulari ties in preparing - these records ar found auch facts will bo promptly ro ported as required by law to thecourU* of general eensiouB of tho rcspectivo counties where fouhd^ '' ( - Auditors will bear ih mind the faot that th*? treasurers's oommiseions are paid for I SOU from tho ''.oUoctiousfor .itato and oouuty, tho school fundboai ^ 11 A U ?t h'tTi nl ft entoring-into tho settle weui of l8J4-'y >, suoh as ' 'executioua in hands of Bherlff" stayed by action of united States Courts, ca8li>_eto.. of course are brought toxw^d as proper charges against treasurer^ for UO. licspoctfully, ,J A MRS NonTU??, Comptrollor-Oenoral South Carolina. OFFICIAL ANN O UN CK3I ISN'T. the Action or tlio Commission ns to the Phosphate Itoyalty. Tho following official promulgation >f tho action of tho ?>tato phosphate Commission in Ihc njattor of tho reduc tion of tho phosphate royalty bus boon oiado; "At a meeting of tlio phosphate com tni?sionerB of bontli Carolina held a beau fort, fc>. C. , on tho 1st day Apvi. tbe following resolution war adopted : ? v "r.esolvedj^JWJttf oft->nn(l after Apvi let, 18i>7, tho royaltv to bo paid to tlu ::tate of ^onth Carolina by all 'versons, eor)>orationA or companios mining phosphate rock or phosphate* do poftitfl from tho bods of navigab:> j streams and waters of the fctato am i the marshes thor. ot, shall be, amlrtht same i? hereby, lixert at the iW of cents per ton of dried rock, h. long ab the' prico of srtid phosphati rock freight on bia?d to ftaid miner*. ?t there several mines, nhall be ill pe ton or under; but in caspthere ah at be any incroaae in nueh price over -Ah *bpre $<i per' ton^ J hen and in evev; inch ~ea?o ttfero shairT/e paid" \o th' State en additional royally per tou t? ono-half of such incrcaked price ovo; *nd abovo 33 P^r ton. Pro rided. ri hat all phosphate Jroel dag, rained ami un?biy>ped, on band 01 tb* Ut day of April 18t)7, ftbAtt first t> aootfWbted for* attne- royalty flygfrfr- ' the act bf theTTciioriil Asterahly entitled **An Act relating, to tb* phosphate in i ' approvfd Deoem Provided, farther. That all com panic ?hall pay into the fitata treasury th< royally upon all shipments prior to tb? lai day" W April, 18>>7. , ^ ,?llAl i T* A commission tlis ^Mntwy cf Tobaeoo U araLooaa liaftoft* Jba imrpo? MHO Mil M. A Possibility That the Extra Tax Levy Will Bo a Light Ono, POSTMASTER GENERAL GARY On 8* 0? f*o8toff)ccs ? Guarantee Honda Will be Acecptcd? AtMWidou eil tho State-? Damagft fur Murdc^ Th? taxpayers of tho Stato will ro? joloo to know that thero is at loust ? chance of tho Amount to bo raieod by special levy for tho supplemental school tax being only about ^ 1 5, 000 instead of ?t)8, UOO. This will make a big difter* enoo In tho levy. Comptroller Norton a few days ago Rent a communication to the State Board of Control asking for a dircct report as to tho amount of dis pousary profits that will bo available for tho purpoKO of application to tho school fund. Tho roply indicates the possibility of tho result suggested ubovo, but thero in as yet absolutely no certainty about it. He has askod for a aioro spocitle report, from the bourd > hen that is obtained Mr. Norton will *hU tho- AttU'uey-uonoral to construe (ho torms ot' tho Constitution as to t-ev era} nice points involved. Then ho will uo in a position to go ahead, consider everything in connoction with tho mat ter may be some time before this is lin aily known. All ovor tho otalo tho tax payers are ta! .in// tho doobost intorost in this mattor ana aro fxprossing dread of an extra levy of one half of ono mill, as itemed likoly ot lirst. -~'i ho Mate. |J ? -*?$> (t A Washington special under dato of tho lith says: "Ntiuiborsof lottcrs have been coming to tho Sonators aud Con pressmen from South < arolinu ? demo crats who want pohtoiiloes. Senator iillman called on;?i.'ost master General ary and asked him for a plain stato mont of kin policy as icgards postofllcos in .South Carol ma 'liio i'Ostmastor .enoral replied in substanco as follows: 'So Ueraocrat need apply where there is a ttcpublican lit for tho ollico. Jn cumbents will not bo disturbed but will bo allowed to fill out the.i^ terms, and us boou as their torm* expire I shall ap point the best Hepublican in sight. Uf o^urso, fourth-class po^totlices, in ro uiote places, whore the pay issuiall will bo filled by Demoorats, as heretofoio, but even in those places il a competent republican wants to bo appointed he will get tho place.* " A special to tho State from I3amborg, of April 10, says: "It has dovolopcd lately that tho people of our neighbor ing rival, Denmark, in thoir etlorts to overthrow tho act creating tho new couuty of Batnborg, liavo Uot yet lost iheir animosity and have omploved a eorgia lawyer named G. \V. M.'Wil liamB to push tho can? and appear bo tore tho Unitod Statos Supremo Court for an injunction restraining tho opora tion of tho now apt establishing tho county. Just what huccoss he will meet with is hard to say, * but at tho samo timo tho peoplo of Bamberg aro not abashed at Mr. ' Williams' new move and are going right ahead with tho business of building the court house irrespective of tho anticipated injunc tion." ?: State Treasurer Timmerman saye that after a eareful con idcration of tho leq'uiromenta of the now insurance de l>osit act, he had rcachod the conclusion that he oould accept fiom insurance companitft, in lieu of ? canh deposit to tho amount of S10, 000 approved surety ? >onds in that amount i?sued by guar antee companies doing business in this tate. H? is of tho opiniou that this vviil fully oarry out the intention of tho uct in that it will afford ample protection to tho poljoy holdcjca?._. The State I>nilroad Commissioners have issued the statemont showing tho earnings of the railroads doing business in this atate for the mouth of Decem ber last as compared with the earnings of tho same mouth of the preceding year. The total earnin/<arfer tho mouth woro 8717,017.60, &gaiust?767, 429.41 for Jecember '04, Tho net decrease was $>o,4 11. 91, or 0.60 per cent. There was an increase of 20,050 tons in the rounage, but tho passenger earnings showed a decrease of $02,ool.88. ? ??? ? ? ? At Yorkvillo tho jury in tho damn;* cnso of tho administrator of "WtUjyns suing in bohnlf of Mrs. Williams and ner son, Edward, tho wifo and child of the murdered man, Williams, n^ftinnt ?farion it. Keoso, returned u verdict in the sum of 3(1,600. Reese's estate is amply able to pay the judgment, it be ing estimated that Keene at the time of the murder was worth About $l.jf0iM). An appeal will be taken to tho Supreme Jourt. ] Tho State railroad oonimiftsion has re? ceived from the citizens of St. Louis. To., a most cordial invitation to attend he annual oonveutiou of tho railroad commissioners of all the States to be ield in thai city on May 11. Tho meet ing wtl) be an important ono. All three of the members of the board will go. aa ?ill also Secretary Duncan, wbo is like* wine invited. The Old Dominion Fire Tniarnnce "om'paoy, of Alexandria, Va, haa noti* fled the oomptrol ler-general that it had decided to withdraw from the State of fouth Carolina. The company jtfves as ita reason lor abandoning this State the recent legislation on the gabject of insurance. '1 hie company is the secood thns for to abandon thia State on ac* ooaat of the ttainsford act . Tho fkmth Carolina Society at Wash* ington. D. C., will give a banquet On tho Sffa o t May at either the Shoreham or Ebbitt-hotel Mr. Wn. Aiken, Mr. O. A. Ponglaoukl Judge Rocker hare beet* WvfKmgtwfr a comBBittee to mako arrangements for tho banquet / _th? anrot:cDTmpfpnrrjieirteTgr<Hyce of Cladia Usirmitj, tha colored cd' |ef# al OrmngiUnH, will take place d?r tills KDUK|nttM> TUAUKPV. Thurmond TMlet ihuU r Oath Why lt? Killed llarrla. Thoro la no oftso that is attracting more attention ju:>t now than that ol tho killing of Mr. NVill Harris by iioitor Thurmond at Edgefield. i>olow is tiio fail evidence as to tho killing by j Solicitor Thurmond: Personally camo beforo mo, J. >\ m. Thurmond, who, being duly sworn, say a that Into in iho afternoon of tho 2-ith iuHt ho loft hia oftlce lot tho purpose of going to tho onlce of Alt. Padgett, with tho viow of spending the irst of the evening at target shouliugt an ho and Mr. i'julgott had often doue before. , .. '1 hat on tho way to tho office of Mr. Paogott he ruet Mr \Villi? H avris, shook hands with him cordially, ox ohanjiod pleasant words with him ana passed on his way. not having the hunt oat or most romoto auspioion that any trouble would ariso. 1 caving . Jr. Harris ho wont on to tho ofllco of Mr. Padgett; findiug Mr. Padgett too much engaged to no out, deponent went to tho poatoftice to sco if ho had any tiiatl. "1 horeupon deponent left the post oil tee with the view of returning to hia oiiico. , In going back to his ofllco he stopped at tho >tore of Mr. I.ynoh.and walked in, without knowing that Air. Harris was inthostoro, if indeed he was in the etoro, !o' the doponont does not recall whether Air. Harris was then in tho store or camo in afterwards, but if de ponent hac known that Air. Harris was then in tho store he would not have hesitated to stop, for thon or thereto fore nothing had occurred to excite his apprehension that anything unpleasant would arise. ? When Mr. Harris camo into the storo ? if lio was not then in tho storo? ho nddrosaod deponent and said, "Ion bo long to iho Tillmamto partv." Doponont cannot recall all that was said, but Mr. Hants said further, "lou ?<ot on your belly and orawled liko ,i . dog for ofllco, nud pledged your self to support Tillman and uis party under all oiroumstancea, aud, you, ho will kick yon out when you fail to do it." Deponent replied quietly, "That s falno. " Thereupon Mr. Harris quickly jerked out a largo kuifo and opened it. Ueponont stepped baok. Mr. Harris walked to wliero another drummer sat and said, "I havoa good knife anil a Colt's pistol in my pocket," and camo back towards the front door and out on tho pavement, whero ho had a short talk with another drninmor. Mr. Har ris came back into the dtore to a barrel, by, which deponent was^standing, ami llourishod his knife in the face of do* I ouoi t. s -tt _? With llio view of onding the inik, m ordqiv that no difficulty or unploasant ness, might i>rise, deponent walked out of the' store and wont direct to lus of flee. * , . | In less than five minutes aftor dopo nont reached hiB oftico Mr. Harris and ( apt. DuUosecaine down tho sidewalk which passes deponent's door, and H ar ris said to the deponent: "You evaded tho question up yonder." Deponent asked, "What question ?" He answer ed, "i'ho question about the lil inanite party, aud ? ? -- you, yoxt ran away from there, so that I did not tell you." Deponent said: "Will, what is tho matter with you V" Hp baid, "You aoted tho ? scoundrel ' and stinking dog to my father. simultaneous with theno words, imh his knifo in his hond, he sprang as ir to rush into the door and assault dopo uont, and deponent knocked nim> backwards from tho door. Immedi ately, and quick as thought, Mr. Har ris throw his /ight hand under his coat and to .his hip pocket, With the purpose, as deponent did not doubt, of drawing his pistol and instantly depo nent lired, Mr. Han i's threw his hand lo his breast. Thero being no pistol iu his hand doponont lired no more. Mr. Harris' movomont of his right hand to his hip pocket was distinct ami unmistakeable, and doponont did not doubt that ho would draw and lire in Btantly, lienco deponont flrod as quick ly as poasiblo. Doponeut did not doubt that lio was in imminent peril of his life and that tho promptest action oh his part was a uecossity in.grder to save his own ^Deponent solemnly assures tho Court that he fired under unquestioning con viction that instant action was neceaea ry for his protection. (signed) J. Wm. Tiiwpmond. Starch <J6, 1807. The trial will not come off for some time, as thoro is no session of the Court iu JEdgefleld at an earl^ date. TEACIIKRS' EXAMINATIONS. Circulars About Thom's^nt to the County Superintendents. Rtate Superintendent of Education May field has sent to the sovoral county superintendents of educatidn the fol lowing important circular lottor in re gard to the examination to be held on the 2<3d inst. "I oncloso herewith a oopy of rnlcs adopted by the State board relating t< county ozaminutions and tcachers' cer tificates. An the board did not *a.v when theflo rule.s should go into effect and a<- that board will meet again on the 1th of May, in ail cane* where tho applicants pass satisfactory examina tion* and are not aected by the rule* at all, grant them certificates: bat wbeu the parties are aected by the rule# let all each oa*e? stand over until after the meeting of the titato board. Admit all applicant* to this examination regard loflvoi age, .but hold the papers of thp*e under age. and of those not making the required average or a first , or second i (Trade certificate, object to the ttUte board, first grado certificates maybe ronew^d. bnt hold the other# until after the meeting of the State beard." Crisp and New. ? A much cleaner tot of paper m?j Ik lu circulation now than -formerly, a bank casbter states. The banks do* j ?end their soiled note# tp the United State* Treasury to b# 4e#ffttyed as soon aa a euffident quantity accumulate# to Juatlfy It, and new notes are issued In tbeir place. < This baa been rendered not only poe#46li,<ha> advisable, ?wf? t? tbe Increased factittle# for printing bajikaetea. One Wrer ?#en_*-abUei^ banknote in f/wton* fbej are ?|I|4rrte hfM wMtSSitd new, simply bcrao## tht ' Beak of England never let# a note r not a ##cvn<S time. Tbe nte??i*:itf*jW . * Baafc ef Kaftan* net# la aatt tn t* ,\7~" ? r r "ur rit Pu oiilont McKinloy Sends A Mes-" sage to Congress Urging AN APPROPRIATION FOR A ?? Uppi'tMonlmlou My tlio Unltotl 8tntc(i< Micriiian TlitnK9 the $.||ui ghouliLlJo $jjao,noo? Tho Prosidont has sent the following moHsagO to Cotigroaa, urging it to make ?uitablo provision for adequate repre sentation of tho Unitod Stales At tho l'aria ttxppaition; "To tho Senate and Houae of Bepre* sontativos: I transmit herewith for the oonaidoration of tho reapeotive hound of tlie Congroas, a report of the Beero* t*ry. of Stato, representing the appro* priatonoBB of early action In order that tho government of tho United State* may oe enabled to accept the invitation of the Freuoh Republic, to participate in tho UniveiHal hxpoaition to bo hold in l'aria iu lyuo. Tho recommendation# of this report have my most cordial ap proval, and I urge upon tho Congress audi timely proviaiou for this groat international enterprise an will fittingly roapond to tho testified wish and exj oc tationa of our invontora and protluoora, that tlioy may liavo adequate op'portu* nity again, aa in tho oast, to fortify the important poationa luoy have won in ,the world'a competitive Hold of diaOov ery and industry. Nor aro tho tiadi tional friendships of tho United States and Franco and tho mutual advan tages to aocruo from their onlarg ed oommorcial iutorcourao, lesa im portant factors than tho individual interests to bo fo.storod by ronowod participation in thin exposition, on pecially vhon it. in remembored that tho proaont project will bo complete and on a acalo of magnificence equal to tho Columbian Exposition in our own cou ntry. (.Signed) "\Vm. MoKixt.et. " Sooietary Sherman, arnbng other things in hia report, urges that if tho United States ia to bo fittingly ropro rcflentod, steps should bo taken to iti euro aueh representation by making tho necessary appropriation, and rocom monds an appropriation of $6b\)> OOJ. VfrlA* JX^A FAINT. When 11c Know Ills Gigantic Insur C!!!CT I'S.'tliH Wore IVJ?C'?VOrccl. At 1'ittsburg, Pa., 0. Lin wood Woods, of C. T. "Woods & Co. , bank oVp, Una been arrested, charged with attempt ut iusuraucu swindling. When Woods was confronted by tho arresting oftieor ho foil in a dead faint. His niodo of procodnro was to insort ad* vorlii'omonts in tho local ~panofn for old men to act aa collectors./ Ho would ask tho applicant for bond; but kindly waived the bond if tho np|Uicunt would sign an application for insurance ( on his life. This was generally seen red and thou Woods would got uomo irre sponsible man to sign a l>rouji?ory note to tho 0. T. "Woods BankhiK Com pany, filled with amounts ranging from 810, (Hjp.to 'Sift, 000, so that consideration for tlfft Insurance policy at death con Id bo etrtWied to bo tho dobt established by tho no to. v. In Wood's dosk were found sixty* flvo policios with himself as beneficiary, aggregating 82U0.000. Chief Harper, chief of tho rovision department of the Mutual Hosorve Fund Lifo Insurance Association, of Now York, charged Woods with procuring policies with in* tent to defraud. TjIMITKI) TO OAK WIFE. Tlio A. M. t<;. ciuu rh simkoa Up tho Ministers for Their Several 81ns. Tho Virginia con for once of tho Afri can M. E. church, which has boon in session at Wythovillo for some days, and thoso ministers who have not con ducted themselves properly aro tremb ling, Resolutions wore passed con demning ministers for getting divorces from their wives. Bishop Handy de olarod that no man in the (Connection in tho district would rocoivo an appoint ment who had more than one wife. They also condomnod tho use of whiskoy and seeral mon who woro found guilty of using intoxioating drink woro left with out appointment. Rev. Jas. Mintor was expolled from tho connection for having two vrives. 7 ho ruling bishop, Handy, regards this as a progressive stop for tho olovation of the negro race. Koports Not l<*neourrtf(!ng. The river continues to rise slowly at Vieksbnrg, Miss., and at alt points south, and the situation1 along the Louisiana systont of levies is acute. Several thousand mon are working and watching night and day to bold the embankments intact. Reports from tho overflowed MississITtpt^oelta are not encouraging. Many cabins are sub merged to their very roofs, whilo several havo beon carried away -by the swift enrrent. At Ureenvillp the river stands stationary. Nominations Confirmed. The United Stated Senate hat con firmed the foRftwlrtg nominations: At A 1?. PiiAtf a# /lAAffflA Ia Ka mtn(i? AN IMPORTANT OUtCUl?A1* Utter in Al<l of tUtTlhiltoil OOnfedef' j arte Vctoruns' He-Colon. ^ I Polow can bo found an important on' etilar lot I i*i* from tho hoadquarlers of the United Conforforato Veterans, is- | sued April 1Mb, ?l? connootioU to the vo union which is to takoplaeo ot Nash* villo, Tenn., on Tuesday, Wednesday ftncl Thursday, May ?VU(i, ?U<t ?n<l Vlth, ISO? : . . U'wlllba Ihe largest and most im portant I'. (J. V. re union ever bold. Tho Personnel o( the Nashville ieunion committee under leadership ot ?w> chairman Col. J. (J*. O'iiryan, ?? * gnaranteo that everything will be dono f,.>r the comfort and convumouoo or vne old veterans and all visitors in the power of man; it is a splendid body of very able and rtisU.*mshert comrades. who am tnlly ub\e * *4 , . magnitude of the. *ork enlrus/l to them in ontortaining and eaitfig tor tlioli old conn uiIch. tint! it will ' prido to make it the moot nioinorttb e reunion upon record; and tho cituens of Nashville are aglow with enthusiasm, and natrlotism, at the nrospoc n dw pensmg their far fatuod hospitably to bo surviving heroes of the. los? wuco AIbo to Urge ex-Confederate ?oU w? and railovs everywhere to form local ai relations, and send applications . to those headquarters for papoifc loorhftn i/.o Camps immediately no as to e timo to participate in tho gieat reunion at Nashville, and thus tin e with their eomradoB In carrying out the laudable and philanthropic object* of tho organization; as only N ot^rru\,s ? belomr to organized l . t. \..va>np* can participate iu tlio husineas wooUug fttBuRii\OKB of the greatest iuM^vtanoe to tho survivors of the , A\util\",iI n (lui) will demand careful ooneidoi ation dm iuu the session of tuO -event h Ai Convention, at Nashville. Aenn.; 9l^h lis tho best methods of seoui ?ng im partial history, and to enhst each -tate in tho compilation aud pi osoi va tiou of U>? Of bo.- CltlM.1 .01. diery ; tho benevolent eaio throngb Htat'o aid or otherwise of destitute, or aged vetorans aud the widows and orphans of pnr f dlou brothers in arms; to consult a^ to tuo feasibility of tho formation of a V. V benevolent Aid Assooiation; tho Cart of tho graves of our known <md un known dead buried at GeUysburg. L oit \Varron, Camps Morton, Chase, Doug las, Oak wood Comotery at C .Johnson's Inland, CaSro and all othe? points, to seo that they are annually doeorat od , the. boadstonen preserved and protected and e<>niplote lists of the names of our dead heroes with the location of their 1?M n-sting places in: mis he< d to their friends ami relaiivou through he medium of our camps, thus reselling their names from oblivion and haiuiiK them down in history; the consider a; tion ot the different movements, plans and means to erect a nHmunien to tht memory of Jefferson Davis. mosidant ! of tho Oonfedorato Mates ot America, also to aid in buildinKmonmnenstu other groat leaders, soldiers "^Bailors of tho Sonth; also to assist in the pio I motion andfpoin plot ion of the Pr^?60ti "Hat tie Abbey;" to voto upon the pro posed change of tbo name of the Asso ! oiation from U. C. V., to 0. W. A. , a to change tho present badge or button wWol" l?not rntonlilblo for proponed which is; and to make , suoh changes in the constitution and ns experience may suggest, and ofhei matters of general interest. Total number of camps now admitted 0v.'O, with ajM'li^ation in .or ^OU:l .-'il hundred and fifty more, following ?? number of camps by Htfttes: w t Northeast Texas Division 81 , Wert Texas Division r> 5; Southwest rexae Division 0?; Bou tboast To* as ^vision 81 ^.Northwest 1 exixs Division I7,t0tal Texas?17. Alabama gj; Bouih Caioh nn Si ; ^lissonri 71 ; MieaiaaippJ 03, Ar kansas fiy; Georgia 68; Louisiana,. , Kentucky 80; Tennessee. , , \ ^mia 84; 'Florida .80; North C arolina 2j, In dian Territory 12; ost J '? Oklahoma 0; Maryland <?; Now Mexioo 8; Illinois 2; Montana 2; Indiana 1, Districl of Columbia I ; < alifornia 1. Very respootfully, Geo Moobmak, Adjutant General and Onief of Staff, ' J. B. Gokdon, Gonoral Commanding, 824 Common strcot (upstairs), New Orleans, Lai ' No Troops Withdrawn from Cuba, Tho tSpanish minister at Washington has received a telegram from the Presi dent of the Council of Ministers, 8en?r Canovas, Raying that tho report of the recall of 80.000 men from Cub* has no more fouiulatiou than tho fact of its publication in an opposition paner at Madrid. Midler do Lome fays no eoldiers will -be withdrawn from Cuba, Captain General Weyler ban tele f-raphed that ho does not need more re nforcements to terminate the war and that ho will soon end it. He Sinella a .House. At Washington Senator PotUgrew In troduced a resolution directing tho I'ostmastor-Gonoral to inform tho Eon ate of the amouut he paid out to rail-, loads for carrying the mail from Wash ington to Atlanta and to New Orlcaua eaoh year since 18M; alsok whether at the latil weighing on that toad an un usual amount of advertisements woio carried, and what Meps were takeuat that timo to prevent fraudulent praV* tices on the part of the raiirooJ effl cUU. Skinner and Whit* Cleeh. A Wwhinjfton special ee/e: MReprt* aentetive Bkinne* and KepreeeotatW* White, colored, of North t'*roiin*, are clashing over the cottfcnlehip to Vic tori*, B. 0. The former is eapportiac ?i. B. Beepeee *iu! tha Utter John P, i I.eech. Leech he* Beuator PriteharA'a : endoreemeni " ? Wmrfmknrtnmf* ^ Fierce battle- ar? reported betwee* I Greeks aodi Tarka, No gmt adraa Ugabaa MMgrniaedby either *td% botthe Greeks ?an< frb?',3 laraftbm ofwwr. TW tbrlrtdii ' from Jftnieter Terrell t NEWS ITEMS CONDENSED. Koutlicru Pencil I'ointora. W, W. Ittdd, of Marshall county, A Ja , Jinn decamped. / Xiis shortage is $40,000. v *' Two Italians, working t!i oir way to wards Charleston, i\. C. , wpre mnruorod ot Suitor's, ll fiy-nine miles from that city. Wm. ,7. firyan made an addroea ba? fore a crowd of > bout 1,000 peoi lo in tho Kentucky legislature, repvofontin# every faction in that LUte. At UarboufAvllhi, W. V a , "Mrs,^, Amos O. lleynolds was hilled by her y daughtor?in?faw dnring a family rowJ-V Her head wan covered from har body with an am. James J. Willi*, of Florida, tho dep uty auditor of tha !>tato Department has been removed. It in Minted that *, I dining tho past year Mr. Willis ban' been absent from his deal; duya wiili \ny. lmuva JDramloit, tho most noted moonshiner in Georgia, ban boon oui>? turod an ft jailed at Atlanta. The Konluoky linilding and T. oan Association law hai boon dcohued con* fttiiutiutiul by iHidgo fckott at Ula* cheBtw. > Ninotv-eight oaaea cf liquor bought in -"nn i ranoi.sco for personal Uiie by citizens who clubbed together, waa Boized immediately upou its arrival ii\ J Charleston, >S. U. Saturday in the Criminal Court at Clm\ lotto, N. C. , L. J. Kirk was found guilty of shooting lake and sentenced to two yearn on the chain gang. An appeal watt entered upon the ground of excessive puuitfhuiout for a new trial. Judge Marian haw allowed a writ of error m the case of I lisjubeth Noblos, . of Georgia, who ia under eenteuco of (tenth on the char#*) of murder, and, who was to have boon hanged Friday, it was represented by Mrs. Noblest counsol that alio u. ineauo. OoYernor Bloxham, of Florida, has issued a call to a national Usheriea congress lo bo hold at Tampa in Janu ary, ldi'8. Forty-live thousand acres of the moat valuable ooal and oil lauds in West \ ir gjnia have been purchased by a com pany of New 1'ork and Pittsburg cap italists. Tho price paid aggregates. ftoU0,U00. ' ' ' o Up to tho present tho eftbrt to cloct a. United States IsCtiAtor in Kentucky baa cor>t about $7.% Oi.'O. j' At JTouston, Tex. , . tho cylindrical i process of buliug cotton ii anrain cxvit ing disouaaiun in cotion tradci circloa. 'J lio lofiscs of insurance companion Rt Knoxyillt, Tonn. , foot up &'>0M,i4<10. In tho case of "Cap" Hatfield a jury at Williamson. W. Va. , haa roturnod a. verdict of involuntary inanalauglitor for tho killing of Ivan liutherford. Tho lat??t developments in tbSs Knox villo, Tonn., lire aro that at ki^t six poisons lost their lives in thovilotel Knox. Tho botol register bus not bean found. ?' <> In the Criminal Court at Charlotte, N. C. , Friday, Cha3. Jllackburn, charg ed with originating tho Hie which par tially destroyed tho Charlotto Observer building on January i'd last, was ac quitted. j I Tho dead body of Charles Hoffman, cL well-known and respected citizen, was found in a chaps), about four nniloa from Hrunswick, O a. Ho had ahot himself through the hoad. He . bad _ evidently gone into the building fop^h? piu poao of committing suicide. AH About tho North Chicago enooulators lnako 'M, tXX),0QQ >n the wheat riso of last Saturday. Tlio body of Gen. Grant was moved ? last fcaturaay to its permanent resting: l>laoe. ? Tho business portion of tho town of / Boca, O. , has been burned. Tho total' loss will reach l<80,000. The causa of tho fire wan attributed to tramp's. Elizabeth R. Tilton, the wife of Ifonry Ward tfeeoher's accuoer, died. du Tuesday last at her homo in iifook [yn. A party of Ot chinamen have arrivarf in Montreal by the Canadian' Pad ft? Kailroad, from China via Vancouver. They are to work on tho sugar frtauta tiouft of Cuba, ao' sadly neglected <0bu> iug tho' past two years. The Burgeons at the Presbyterini^ Hospital in New' York are bending alii their energies to save the life of ??ias)C:?./ Hastings, a uewnpaper man, who ior eight days has hiccoughed at the rate> of 8,640 times a day. Ice cioam ia being used to cure him. At Chicago, 111., Matthias Ouster. 83 yearn old, was shot and instantly killed by John Formiller, his father-in-law, at the breakfast table. - A ooinpany capitalized at $2,000,000 has been formed at Minneapolis, Minn., ' to manufacture sugar from boots ana'" fight tho Sugar Trust, . Tho largest flsg that ever flow from a pole will be flung to the breeze oh tbb #Hh from a staff near the Graut Jkioniu., ment, In New 1'ork, Governor Jones, "of "Arltartpas, fca*~~ -oalled an extra session of the JLogiala* ture to meet on. the 38th. A cyclone destroyed the toWu of Chand ler, Ok!a , eaat of Gfitbrie. A MYseeUeoeoqk* The Kfng of Sleni wfll tiilttUs oountry next beptsotber. ? ? ? rr-r-^r* Carter s L