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Tho Investigation Into tho Maine Disaster by the Court of Inquiry ? ?? ? ? ^ AND WHAT IT REVEALED. [HE HSIB DfJIS 1 [MIL The Arrival of the Ship and Her Subsequent Destruction. She president Will Advlso Congress of Her Reply, and Advise l>ellber ato Consideration in tho Meantime. The Sending of tho Main? to Jla ^ana nn Act Restoring Friendly Relations and Was So Regarded by tho .Spanish t*ovoriiment--l he Mcssago to Congress. The President, on ibo 28th, accord ing to promise, eeut tho following message to Congress: To I he Coiif/ress of the United States: For somo time prior to the visit o* the Maine to Havana harbor our con sular reports pointed out the advan tages to flow from tho visit of national ships to the Cuban waters, in accus toming the people to the presouce of our flag as tho symbol of good will and four Bhips in tho fulfillment of the mission of protection to American in terests if ever the need therefor might exist. Accordingly, on the 24th of January last, after conference with the Spanish minister, in whioh renewals of visits of our warships to Spanish wators was discussed and accepted, the penin sular authorities at Madrid and Ha vauna were advised of the purpose of this government to resume friendly naval visits at Cuban ports, and that in that view the Maine would forthwith call at the port of Havana. Tlie Friendly Call, This announcement was received by ? the Spaui?th government "With appre ciation of the friendly charaeter of the visit of tho Maiue and with notification of an intention to return the oourtesy by sending Spanish ships to the prin cipal ports of the United States. Mean *-iiuio the Maii.e entered the port of Ha vana on the 2.*!th of January, her ar rival being marked with no special in cident besides the exchauge of cus tomary salutes and coroinonial visits. The Maine continued in the harbor of Havana during . the three weeks fol lowing hor arrival. No appreciable ex citemcnt attended her stay; on the contrary, a feeling of relief and confi dence followed tne resumption of the long interrupted friendly intercourse. Ho noticeable was this immediate effect of her visit that the consul -general strongly urged that the presence of .our ahips in Cuban waters should be kept up by retaining the Maine at Havana, or, in the event of her recaU, by sending another vessel there to tak* her place. Destruction of the 8lilp. At forty minutea past 9, in the even ing of the l.r,th of February, the Maine was destroyed by an explosion bv which the entire forward part of the ship was utterly wrecked. In this catastrophe two officers and 204 of her crew per ished, thoBe who vere notkillcd out right by her explosion being penned be tween decks by the tangle of wreokage and drowned by tho immediate sinking of thq, hull. Prompt assistanoe was rendered by the neighboring vessels an ? ohored in the harbor, and being espe cially given by the boats otthe Spanish cruiser Alphonso XIII, and the Ward I4n? steamer City of Washington, which lay nOar by. The wounded Were gen - arously eared for by the authorities of ?***?* tk* hospitals being freely opened to them, while the earlieet re covered bodies of tho dead were to* ^ - - ?? via. ? i. ^ I ^ disaster to national vessel < of Any mar ? .u.u. <? eoufri of imrwtrr ??s tvt voce organized, composed of orti oois w oil ipialiftod by lank uml piactl cal experience to disohargo tho onorous duties impose I upon tltem. Aided by a strong (oroe of wreckers ami divers, | the court proceeded to make a thorough investigation on tho spot, employing every available nutans for U?w impartial ami exact determination of tho causes of the explosion^ Its operations have been conducted with the utmost dolib fcration and judgiueut and, whde inde poudondontlv pursued, no source of information 'amis neglected; uud the fullest opportunity was allowed for a HiiuultniiooubunobtiKutiuu b.v the Span ish authorities. Finding of the Court. The tiuding of t )i e court of imjtury was reached after twenty three days of continuous labor, on the 21st of j March, instant, and having been* Hp- j proved on tho &Jd, by tho commander* in ehiet of the United States naval force of tho North Atlantic station, was transmitted to the executive. It is horewith laid before tho Congress, to- I gether with tjlo voluminous testimony taken before itho court. Its purport in brief, is as fdllows: Wbeu the Maiue arrived at Havana she was conducted by the regular gov ernment pilot U'? buoy No. 4. to wliiob J i she was moored in from tivo and one- | half to f?i.\ fathoms of water. The state of discipline on hoard ami the condition of nor magazines, boilers, j coal bunkers and storngo compart- j monts are passed in review, with tho ! conclusion that excellent order prevail- ] ltKronr 01 .tiiiuV ucur. I'c.xt of tho Ftmllufts of Hoard of Imjulry Into OmJmicHoh of il?<? Plaint*. llio following is the report of the coui t of inquiry : In re explosion of the United Btutes Huttlusliip Maine, Before a Court of Inquiry^ Kt-y Went, Flu., United States Steamship Iowa, tlrst rate, lvoy W'o^t, Flu , Monday Mutch vl, iy:<y. ' After full and mature consideration of u!l tlio todimouy bofore it, tho com L liuds, as follows: I That Urn United S(h??h butllonhip i Maine arrived in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, on I bo twenty-fifth day of <1 an nary, oighteou hundred and uiuoty I eight, and was tuken to buoy No. 1, in from live aud u half to six fathoms of water, by tho regular government pilut. The Uuited states cousul general al Havana had notified the authorities ' at that place on the previous oveniug of the arrival of the Maine II. Tho stute of discipline on board tho Maine \vnn excellent, and all drders and regulations in regard to tho care and safety of tho ship were strictly carried out. All ammunition was stored in ue conlance with prescribed instructions, and proper care was taken whenever ammunition was bundled. Nothing was stowed in any of the magazine* or shell rooms which was | not permitted to bo stowed there. The magazines and shell rooms were j THE MAINE COURT OF INQUIRY. CAPTAIN W. T. BAMPBON. CAPTAIN P. E. CnADWIOK. ?d and that no indication of any cause for an internal explosion existed in any quarter. At 8 o'olook in the ovening of Feb mary 15, everything had been reported secure and all 'was quiet. At forty minutes past 9, the vessel was Buddeuly destroyed. There were two explosions, with a brief interval between them. The first | lifted the forward part of the ship very perceptibly; tho second, which was more open, prolonged aud of greater volufne, is attributed by tho court to the partial explosion of two or more of the forward magazines. The evidence of the divers establishes that the afterpart of tho ship was prac tically intact and sank in that condi tion a very few minutes after tho ex plosion. The forward part was com pletely demolished. The evidence of a concurrent external cause, tho finding of the court is as follows: The Nature of the Injury to the Ship. At frame 17, the outor shell of the ship, from a point eleven and one-half feet from the middlo line of the ship and six feet above the heel when in its normal position, li^* boon forced up no as to be now about\ four feet above the surface of the water; therefore about 84 i feet above where it wkmld have been had ' the ahip sunk uninsured. The outside' bottom plating is bifut into a reversed V shape, the after wing of which, about 1/i feet broad and 82 feet ih length (from framo 17 to framo 2!>), is cltmbled back up in itself aktainst the continua tion of the samo plating oxtontjing for ward. At frame l&the vortical! keel is broken in two, and the Hat Idol bent into an angle similar tcrthe angle form ed by the outside bottom plates. This break ie now about (J feot below the sur face of the water and about 80 feet above its uormal position. In the opinio** of., the court this effect could have been produced only by tho explosion of a mine aituated under tho bottom of the ship, at about frame 1H, and somewhat on the port aide of the ship. , The Conclusions. The conclusions of the court are: That the lose of the Maine' was not In an j respeet dne to fault or negligence on the part of any of the' omoera or j msmbera of her <fnw. That the ship 1 was destroyed by the explosion of a submarine mine which caused the par- 1 Mel explosion of two or more of her forward' m agazinetf ; fcp<T that up eyi deaee haa bee* obtainable fixing the for W destruction of Jk?Jgsm *P<>* or per . . c<5mma\ndeb ajdolph martx. LI EUTEN AiTf -jC CAM M Ali ?> EH W. P. POTTER. always locked after having been opened and after the dereliction of tho Maine tbo keys were fpund in their proper place in the captain's cabin, everything having been reported seenre that oven ing at 8 o'clock. The temperature of the magazinos and Bhell rooms was takon daily and reported. The only magazine which had an undue Amount of heat wan not exploded iat tho time the Maine wan destroyed. Tho torpedo iwarhoads were all stowed in 1 lio aftorpArt of the ship titider tbe ward room, and neither caused nor participated in the destruction of the Maine. The dry guu cotton primers and detonators wore stowed in tbq cabin aft and remote from tho scene of tho expj(osiou. Waat?f'wks( carefully looked after on board t!he Maine to obviate danger. ?Special orders in regard ta this had been ghvon by the commanding ofllcer. Varuishorv, dryers, alcohol ahd other combustible* of this nature were stowed on or ahovo the main deck, and ioould not l^ave hmd anything to do with the destruction of tho Maino. Tho medical ntoros were stowed /af$ J under tho ward room and remote from; the sc?ue of tho explosion. / No ^augerous stores of any kind we're stowea below in any of the other store rooms. The coal bunkers were inspeoted daily. Of these bunkers adjacent tb tho forward magazine and shell rooms, four wore empty, namely, "ft 8," ft 4," "ft 6" "ft 1ft" had been SI' A I N AO! KITH Moliiiiley'H l'l'opusrd Armlntl?-?> III Cubjk I tit 11 ()c(olifr. Spam has n^reoil to aooopt I'nvs iilont MoK in ley's |>l?u ?n rogftul to < -uba. Tho I'Toaidont'fl plan is : First, tiu uriuititico between the Cubitus tiutl spaniards until Oelo b or. Hoeoutl. tho Uiiiteil Stutes t<> feed t lie reeouoatradoes \s nil Spam's consent, Third, tho Maine rei o?"t ?? to be hold in committee indefinitely. The ['resilient believes this ouUntry will support him in thus iivoUliUK war. ? - "?& ? ? iu use that day, and "A liJ" was full of Now Itiver coal. The coal had been carefully inspected before teceivttig it uu board. Thebuukoi in which it wan stored was accessible ou three Hides at all times, aud the fourth sido at thin tuiio, oil account of bunkers ''lift" and "li 0" being empty. This bunker, "A lt>" had beou inspected that day by tint engineer otlioer on duty. The firo alarms in the bunkers were in working order, and tliore had never boon a case of spontaneous combustion of coal ou board tho Maine. The two after boilers of tho ship were in uso at tho tunc of the disaster, but fur auxiliary purposes only, with a comparatively low prossuro of steam, and boiug attended only by a reliable watch. Theso boilers could not have caused the explosion of tho ship. The four forward boilors liavo since beoli found l>3- the divers aud are in a fair condition. The night of the destruction of tho Maine, everything had been reported secure for the night at S p. m. , by re liable persons, through the proper an tliorities, to tho couiuiauding officer. At tho time tho Maine was destroyed, the ship was quiet, and therefore least ] liable to accident caused by movements from thoso on board. 111. The destruction of tho Maine occur red nt l>:40 p. m. ou tho ir?th day of February in tho harbor of Ha vana, Cuba? she being at tho time moored to tho same buoy to which she had boon taken upon her arrival, There wore two explosions of a dis- | tinctly di lleron t character, with a very ; short, but distinct, interval between , them, and the forward part of the ship J was lifted to a marked degree at tho time of the iirst explosion. The lirst explosion was more in the nature of a report liko t lint of a gun; while the second explosion was more open, prolonged and of greater volume. This second explosion was, in tho opin ion of tho court, cause by the partial explosion of two or inoroof tho forward magazines of tho Maiuo. IV. 0 Tho evidonco bearing upon this, be ing principally obtained from divers, did not enabto tho court to form a defi nite conclusion as to the condition of the wreck, although it was established that the after part of the ship was practically intact, aud sank in that con dition a very few minutes after tho de struction of the forward part. Tho following facts in regard to tho forward part of tho ship are, however, established by tho testimony : "That portion of the port side of the protec tive deck, which extends from about framo 80 to about frumb 41, was blown up, aft, And over to port. Tho main deck from about frame JK) to about framo 41 was blown up, aft, and slightly over to starboard, folding the forward part of the middle superstructure oVer ami ou top of tho after part. '' This was, iu the opinion of the court, caused by the partial exptysion of two or more of the forward magazines of the Maine. V. At frame 17, the outer shell of the ship, from a point ll? feat from the ihiddle line of the ship, aud 0 feetabove tho keel when in ita norfhal tiosition, lias been forced up bo as to bo now about 4 feet above the surfaoe of the watel-; therefore about ?4 feet above where it would be, had the snip sunk uninjured. The outside bottom plating Jb bent into a reverse V shape, the afteV wing of which," about 16 feet broad audi H2 feet in length (from frame 17 to frame 26) is doubled back up6n itself against the continuation of t|ie same plating ex tending forward. At frame 18 the vertical, keel is bro ken in two, and (he flat keel bent into an angle similar to the angle formed bv the outside bottom plating. This break is now about 6 feet below the surfaoe of the water and about 130 feet above its normal position. In the opinion of the court, this ef feot could have been produced o'nly by tho expldtoion of a mine situated under the bottom of the ship at abo&t framo ? > * ? . IS, and somewhat on the port side of tllH ship. VI. I ho court finds thnr tho los* of thtt Munition tho occasion named was not in nil v respect duo to f lit 1 1 t or negli gence on tho pin- ( of it 1 1 \ of tho officers Ol' IIM'lll ll('l S of tho flow Iff Hald VOSSel v" [ , ? . I In tho opinion of tho court, tho Maine was t i t? -? 1 1 oyed l>v tho explosion of u sub murine nifno, \v hic|i caused tho partial explosion of two or taproot her forward maga/iues. VIII. Tho court has been unable to obtain ovidcnoo fixing tho lospoiisihility for j tho dosti net ion of tho Miiinu upon any ; portion or poisons. W. T. S.V M I'St )N, Cttpt. I!. H. N., j President. A. MA1UV dent.- I'oui. L\ S. N. , .1 udge A it vocato. Tho ooui t, h living linisbivl its in fjuii >'| was oiuoiwd to muke adjourn ment at II h hi , to await tho notion of tho convening authority. W. T. Hami'hon, ("apt. C. N , President. A. M Aiitx, < 'omumndor I'. S. N'., dudgo Advocate. I it it oil Hiatus Flanwhip, Now Vuik, March |N;is, otV Key West, Pla. Tho proceedings and findings of tho court of imjuiry in tho nbovo cases nro ftpI'lOVOli. M. 8i?'aui>, liour Admiral, Coininamlor-in-Chiof of tho United States Nuvnl Forces on tho North At* Inutio Station. } TlltS SPANISH IM'.I'OK I', (?liil ins Tim t tlio Kx plosion Was Inter 1111I--A Very Woali Document. A full Hyunopsiti of tho report of tho Hpauish naval , commis sum which in ventilated tho do Btruetion of tho battleship has I. eon given tho Ausooiatod Press. It is taken from u copy of tho original report, which is now on its way from Ha vaua, the synopsis being raided in tho meantime, and has boon placed in tho hands of this government. Tho conclu sions reached are directly opposite tij those in tho report of the court of in quiry submitted to Congress. 'The nyii opsin iu as follows: "The roport coutains declaration;) made by occular witnesses and experts. From those Statements it cleaily de duces and proves tho absence of all thoso attoudaut circumstances which are invariably pronont on tlje occasion . ol tho ox plosion of a torpedo. " riiw oviileuce of witnesses com para- 1 lively close to tho Maine at tho moment is to tin/ effect that only ouo explosion occurred ; that no column of water was thrown into the air; that no shock to the uido of the nearest vesu^l wan foit, nor on laud was any vibration noticed, and that 110 dead lish were louuil. "Tho evidenc.o of tho senior pilot of tho harbor states that there is abuud anoo of ilsh 111 the harbor mid this is corroborated by other witnesses. The assistant engineer of works states that after explosions made during the execu tion of works in tho harbor J10 has al ways found dead fish. "The divers wore unablo to exatniuo. tho bottom of tho Maine, which was buried in the mud, but a careful exam ination of the sides of the vessel tho routs and breaks, in which all point outward, shows without a doubt, that thooxplosiou was from tho inside. I "A minute examination of tho bottom of the harbor around the vessel shows absolutely 110 sign of tho action or a torpedo and tho fiscal (judge advocate) of tho commission linds 110 pruo.edont . for the explosion of the storage maga zines of a vessel by a torpedo. " 1'lie roport makes clear that owing to tho special nature of iho proceedings followed, and the absolute 1 espect shown for tho extra territoriality of the Alaine, the commission hns been prevented from making such an oxum- r iuatiou of the inside of the veu^ol as. i would determine even the hypothesis the internal origin of tho accident. '1 his is to be attributed to tho rcgretablo re fusal to permit of the necessary co operation of the Hpanish commission, 1 both with tho commander and crow of the Maine, and the different ^ViCficau officials commanded to investim/kt^ tho causes of tho accident, and viator 011 with those employed in salv^Vv^ork. "The report finishes by sta^lMjr'that an examination of the iiisidfe .an^F out sido of the Maine, as soon as ?ueb ex amination may be possible, as also of the bottom where the vessel rests, will prove that, supposing the remains (of tho wreck) not to be totally or partially alterated in the process of extraction, the explosion was undoubtedly due to . some iuterior cause." q No Insurance on Cotton. A special to the St. Louis (Mo,) - fte publio from Auntiu, Tox. , says: The cotton buyers and brokers of tho State are becoming alarmed at tho situation iu tbeir businoss, brought ou by war rumors. Tboy find it impossible to ho oure^insurance on export cotton from either Galveston or iitrfr Orleans. as the insuranco peoplft will not nccept the cotton with the present war cloud hanging over the country. Texas <?alns $100,000 n Year. Judge Maxey, of the Texas Foderal District Court, has refused an injuue-s tion asked for by tho Arkansas Huild ing and Loon Association against tho State of Texas, enjoining the collection of a franchise tax. The State w inning this case means some 9MK),(KK) addi tional income from foreign corporations. ? ????? - ?? - Kxtrariltlon Hank Wreckers Denied. Governor Zttu&all, of North Carolina, denied the rcqnlftitlou of the CI over Dor of Georgia for Jamas G. Mohagan and If. T, Latham, ex -president land ez cfohier, respectfully, of tba Abbeville (Ga. ) Bank. IrreguLaritiaa of tho war rants is given as reason foi* the deaiai : Brtufltotn. Tba two-eant fare bill, requiring tba sala of 500-mile tickets by rail roads, baa boat) paaead hj turn Ubio Legislature, ? Tbe Peoples' Baak, of IvNMfclpMat' baa biea aloe ad. If Mikiar, Jokfe 8. Ill Of MUCH (1H | i Attorney-General's Opinion on Tak- j ing Insane Char^tul With Crime. THE REG F NTS WISHED TO KNOW \\ hit! Ilio ljiiw Is in to Mot l?oil tit' Culoatllii;; Such People oil the ! I iihI It ul ton. -- ? ? Tho following opinion frotu tho At- j tonu\v-(ioiuu itl's oHioe as to the im- | poitnnt matter if tlio admission of ci i initial* to tho h*>spital for tlio insane wns received by the authorities of tlio inat itutlou : I)t\ ./, II'. fidfjcoc k, Superintendent \ Hospital for the Insane, ( 'nftuutiia, I ,V. DkakSiic Your communication, in] winch you say, "I nut directed by tho | board of logouts to ask your opinion in tho matter of tlio jurisdiction of judges of probate iu ease* of persons under in- j dictmont for. or accused <>f crime," ha:? been received, ami has had attention. Von also ask tho quoHtiou, "Whothor such casei^b should not ho referred to ono of tlio circuit judges before they | can properly ho committed to tho hos pital ?" Tho Btatutcs of thin tttalo confer juris diction upon prohato judge* to commit porsous to tho hospital for tlio insane, wlion prerequisites are complied wit-h. ; Section I 7M.") of tho roviaod statutes of lsjt.'i i\1mo proved: "Any jud^e of tho circuit court in authorized to Bond to tho asylum ovoiy poison charged with tho commission of any criminal olio n so who shall, upon tlio trial hoforo him provo to bo non oompoj mentis, and tho said judge is authorized to mako nil uocosfary or ders to carry into oiVect tliin power. Where tho'persou no sent in not a pau per ho shall bo aupportod out. of his i own estate, according to tho regulations to bo proscribed by tho court, on a writ do lunatico iiKjuireudo. " Section 1881 of revisod statutes is as follows: "It shall bo yb? duty of the regency to adm't as subjects of tho institution all idiots, lunatics and epileptics, bo m?:ni> in T1IK IK)(TMKNT8. TI?? Confederate UwIIh and the Work of Completing Tliaiu. Tho following in regard to the Con - federate u?IIh of the Slate bM boon issued: Tho general assembly, ut tho recent session, provided for tho coin plotion of tho Confederate rolh. Tho undersigned propones to bring tho work to it close by ( \ct, t next, when ho will proceed to consolidate tho returns unil icport tho roan It to tho goneriil nsaeiu l?iy of ifs.jsi, I'ondintf thoclosing of tho f' reeord, another ui>poul is made to al? tho t 'oufudorates to whom (Jon. l^ai'loy tr trust el rolls for revision to return them prompltv to tlui oJlho revised or u> t revised. This State has dono its pai t in tho ojVort to perfect tho rooord ol its Hobliery in tho war botweon tho States. If the rooord shall, by October iu'\t, bo found iucomploto, tho respon sibility for historic ingratitude and in justice to n portion of our Confederate rank and lilo, will fall upon those who have negloctod tho obvious duty of sending in tho rolls of their respective commands. In addition to tho Con federate rolls, the rolls of tho Stato re serves aro called for, and of all other uiilitar v bodies who sorvod tho Stat^, INiu The contribution of historic war data is invited. Tho papers of tho Stato aro requested to oxtond this notice. John 1\ Thomas, ? <??** - r, PITIIY STATES ITEMS. The following items aio culled from tho \?^'s and Courier's correspondents at tho following points: ' K|)iir(uiil)iir((. ' Thoro was a siugular enso iu court hero. It was not oxaotly tho two I >i outios, for tftoro was only ono of thcjttt present. ICd If. Smith lia:! boon at Pacolet Mills for somo time. , A fOAv days ago ho .was arrested on tho charge of stealing from a man named Morrison, in Abbeville county, lie was released, haviug established tho fact that howidi at Pacolet when tho monoy was taken from Mr. Morrison ovor near tho SavaDuah rivor. Tha prosecution was ndt satisfied. Two cons'ables caine with another warrant. Smith was arrested acain. Another writ of habeas corpus was ipsuod, and ho was brought before Magistrate* (Junior and Kirby. Witnesses from Abbovillo- mado oath tlmt ho wiih tho man. Mr. Hay, with whom ho boarded at i'acolet, swore that Smith was board ing With him at,.tho,timo the thoft was committed. Tho books of tho Pacolet Cotton Jlills showed that ho w?s on t'LK.MSON TKXTIIjK SCHOOL. - Tho abovo cut represents the now building that bun been designed for the Textile Training Department of Olemwon College, 8. <JJ, it is modeled after tbe denigiiH for a cotton factory and will have, beitides tbe olass rooms, oottoa ma obinery in opefatiou for teaching tbe processes practically. ing cilizeus of iliin Rlale, according to tbo following regulations, and subject to tlio' following conditions, that is to say ; ."i. All persons who shall be found lunatics or idiots |by inquisition from the probate or circuit courts, or on trials in tbo circuit where thecour^ohall order such admission. " The Hupreme Court of thin Htnte has held in tho ens? of Walker vs. Kusoll, 10 y. C'., 82, in constructing this sec tion that probate and circuit courta have concurrent, jurisdiction. When there are courts of concurrent jurisdic tion the rule is, the court lir ?t acquir ing jurisdiction can maintain it to tbo exclusion of tho oilier court. When a person is accused of crimo, and committed by a magistrate <o jail for trial in tbo court of general sessions^ that court then acquires jurisdiction and tho probate court caunot oxerciso it* concurrent jurisdiction. Ju addition to this, soction 1785 ex* pressly gives to the circuit judge the power to soud to tho asylum' persons iu iail, accused of crime, when upon trial they are proved to bo nou compos mentis. Tt would seem, then, that the probate judge would have no power to send such persons to the State hospital for the insane. If he has jurisdiction to declare such insane, according to law, then clearly lie would not have tho power to send them without authority of a circuit judge. Very rospeot fully yours, C. 1\ Townhend, Assistant Attornoy-Genoral. 4?? The Privilege Tax. The privilege tax feceipta have been falling off somewhat lately, but it ia probable that the gross' receipts will be muoh in excesa of thoso of last year. The total received last year was nearly $60,000. The total amount received in 1898, up to the 10th, was $56,000. againat $51,600 for tliW came tints laat year. Following* ia an itemized esti* mate of the, '?oeipt#*** the peat Hw days:_ On Morel* iitb*.?$875; Oft the 16th. 811.62; 17th, $&7j 18th. $480;ietb, $300; 21st, $182.60; on the 2^aad 23d, $1,056. The total for this jrsar will averags at least $5,000 morethan ? Ail of tbamajiif " (j ?esifetd lor Hw. ... 'J-tL- V.***- ? stavy WslllB8til(|SDl The State dispensary*: " itfto IWU? a*dobie4?ed their roll at thai limb. VaHoun good men swore that Smith was at Paoolet, nud hail not left. Tho only explanation ? in that Smith has a brother that ia very much like him, and thai the witnessea ure simply mistaken. Tho Pacolet^ Smith is free again. > Columbia. It is thought likely by the State cffl cialn that the question as to the right of t he State board of control to make the purchase of the Robertson warehouse for the new quartern for tho State dia* peusary will vory shortly reach the At torney ?General's office iu some form. In the last few days there has been conxiderabte public discussion over the right of tho board to make this pur chase in the light of the constitutional provision as to the sohool fund and the ?orofits. The authorities are expecting tho issuo to be made. Hampton. Corn planting in being geuei'ally pushed throughout this county. ... ?? Xothiug farther has been heard regard ing tho auspicious characters in C'olutn bir, supposed to be connected with the robbery here. Hellers, Marlon County. The opponente of the new county of Pee-Dee, at Marion, hare employed Mr. I Joseph Bruoson, of Florence, to resur I vey the liaea ran by Capi Stoney, with a view, ii ia aupposed, to ahow that thoro ia not the constitutional area iu the proposed new oOunty. Mr. Bran son, with a force of bande, la now en gaged ia the wo* k. ? ? ? ^ ? Graham Inspect* Ow Fart*. *? ? - Brigadier General Graham, commanding lb*- department of the gulf, and Lieut 8. Keber and Lieut. (?. F. Banter were ia Charleatoh oo the 24th, and inspected the lortiHoa* tiona of the harbor. Tba report of