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Both Branches of tho Legislature Are Discussing It. YO ADJOURN FEBRUARY 21ST, The Supply Bill has Parsed the Housa? Two Hundred Dollars Appropriated for Repairs on Governor's Mansion. ? Twxxts-secONP Dat.?Iu the Senate the feature of the dav wan the able fight made by Marshall for one of the few hills he has introduced this session. Immediately after the morning hour he oalled up his bill to extond the rights and remedies of employes of railroad corporation to employes of stroot rail* wav and textile mill corporations Tne bill was carried by a handsome majority; The following new b?U w*r? introduoed: Manning, to empower tho Stato bourd of hoalth to enforce vacoi nation; Mower, relatiug to esLatos of minors; Sheppard, relating toduplioate receipts of the State treasurer; Liviug Bton, concurrent resolution requiring all bills relating to county government to be engrossed and referred to a <> comraitto? of the House and Senate be> I fore being read a third time. At 1:5' o'clock tbo House, on the invitation of the Senate, cavne over, and the follow ing aots were ratified: To amend the charter of the Savannah Torminal com pany; a bill providing for the reneVai qJ the charters of ferries; to require ootton buyers to accept bales of ootton weighing no less than 800 pounds; to provide for the election of sohool trus tees in school distinct Number 18; in Abbevillo oounty;Tto authorize the county oommisaioners of Olarendon and Williamsburg counties to sell thecouu ty poorhouses and forms aud buy others; to exempt Marion county from the op erations of the cotton weigher's act; to declare the law in relatiou to termi nation of rental contracts; to pvetetit - cities of over 8,500 from Increasing their dobt except as prescribed by law; to proteot graveyards from destruction; as regards peace officers in industrial communities of ' 10U inhabitants and more; to repeal th? metropolitan polioe law; about the stock law as it applies Iq ' Chesterfield- oounty;' to ohange time for folding courts in certain parts ot the circuit; to authorize oounty supervisors to exchange oonvict labor with otber oounties; to incorporate the Farmera' Mutu al Insurance oompany of Yoikj The night t>ession of the Sonate wu? taken up with considering Graydon's bill to fix the salaries of the county au ditors of the State. The purport of the bill ia to reduce the salaries paid by tho State to the auditors; to put thorn as the author aaid, on a more equitable basis. The bill met with decided op position, but o& any motion looking to changing it ia any features the Sen ate steadily voted them down. The bill waa still tinder consideration when the electrio lights in the chamber went out The gas was lighted but left the hail so dim that the Senate adjourned. Appelt offered a bill for "the subinision to the voters of certain counties' the r?stion of high lioense, prohibition or peusary and to provide for oa trying out the said election. " XWS5TT-TEIBZ> Dat.? The Senate has at last deoided to grapple with the liquor Question and settle it one way or, an'otneT. The matter oame dp on a , kill introduced by Arober to provide a ' means by which a county can rid itsetf of a dispensary, but amendedfby May field in a way to refer the question of high license, local option or aispeusary to the electors of tho several countioa. Amotion was made to continue tho bill until next session out it was voted down by a vote of 25 to 18. Mar shall made another able but unsuc cessful fight in the Senate for a douse bill to prevent the intimidation of laborers at primary elections. Tho bill simply provides that should any em ployer threaten to disoharg6 an em ploye for not voting as he had advised " that such nm pi oym on conviction shall be fined not mqnff than 8100 nor less than 925. A bill to fix the salaries o county auditors . of this State yrw ordsred to a final reading. Marshall's bill to extend the rights and remedies af employes of railroad corporations as provided by the constitution to em ployes of street railways and textile mill corporations passed afinal reading. TwxNlT-POtTBTH Day.? The entire Morning session of the Senate was oc cupied with the consideration of the eharter of the South Oarolina and Georgia Extension Railroad company. The bill involves the control of the Ohio River and Charleston Bail road by the South Caroltnaand Geor gia aAa the ex'easion of this road from Gaffuey via 01 if ton to Spartanburg. The bill passed its third reading. Several new bills were introda? J Altar a- debate of over two hours several liquor bilie before them Senate failed to reach a vote, discission, with the exoeption o speech of Mr. Aroher, did not d recti y with the bill under oonaid*. The gaieriee of the chamber were well filled and the speeehee w?i followed with dose attention. It .was dsoidud to take up Mr.* Archer's bill first Ae amended by Mr. Mayfield, it only re fers to hightltoenee, local option or die* ssary to the people without prsaorib meeas of carrying out the eteo* a srWssTwU aimply provides a county ridding itself of the Bat. ?The dispensary taia diMrtaaed in the ono eeuator that the water was fi t zen undv "tt&ue could be got to nupply tbo feteuiu boating apparatus. Dean prosented n satistnotory solution by moving that the Senate adjourn until 0 o'clock iu tlie nftornoun. This was agreed to, but when tho Sonato reassembled the heating apparatus was still frozeu, wtth no proapeot of its being thawed. Gruber got the Senate to past* h a bill to tlx tho time for hold ing -nr.rta in Oolletou oounty, to a third reading.* Then an adjournment wtki takou. THE HOUSE. Twenty-fourth Day. ?There wa? another slim attendance when the House first met. Thore wove fifty-one prenout at tbo hour for opening, and it was fully ton minutes boforo thoro was the requisite number, Rixty-Jhroe. Pour billH passed third reading. Niue second reading bills woro killed Oor coutinued uutil tho next session. Tho now ropresontative from Bumter. Mr. Altnmont Moses, was sworn in, Ma# ill moved' to strikeout tbo enaoting words of Woodward's bilf requiring a lieenee for oarrying oertaiu deadly weapons, Woodward said that he would not discuss t be matter-farther as it bad beeu up before. Tho bill was killed. Manu'a bill to provide for the equitable assignment and payment of taxes ou mortgaged property was killed. Sturkte called for tho speoial order, tho bill relating to biennial sessions. Bleaao said that it required a two thuds majority of the members to pass h bill to submit to the people a pro* posed atufiiidment to the ooustitution. He suggested tbat the matter bo de ferred. However it was deoided to dis miss the question. After muoh disous sion notion on the bill was postponed temporarily, MoC-iaw moved to con tinue his bill prohibiting bicvoles from pacing vehicles without permission. This was agreed to by the House. This dtspoBoa of the bill until next session. Grant's bill toregulaio the sale of ferti lizers was taken up. Magiil movod""fo strike out the enuotiug words. The House refused to strike out tho enaoting words, by a vote of 41 to fiO. Blythe wanted the bill recommitted, a? there were ao many ohaugus iu it The Housed by a vote 50 to 42 re fused to recommit the bill. A motion wft" made and Carried that disuse-ion on the bill be postponed fox1 the present. Rogers' bill to provido for tho registra tion of birth^, marriage^ aud deaths was, upon motion, continued until noxt session. Robinson's bill to provido for no double oosts in change of venue cases was killed. Richards' bill to license ffradnaten of the South Caro lina Madioal Collogo without examina tion was killed. The committee on State bouse and grouuds re ported favorably upon Bacut's reso lution to lend the portraits of Con federate generals in the State house to - the executive oommittee of the veterans' reunion iu Charleston. Tho committee inoluded the State flags also. The entertainment oommittee is re quired to insure the properties. Means offered a concurrent resolution that a committee of two Senators and three members of the House be appointed to investigate the sanitary condition of the state honse. Adopted. Ashley's bill to extond the jurifedict ion of magistrates was by Aim continued until nextsession. Tho llouso got down to business at the night session. Blease's bill to increase the punishment for violation of labor contraots was killed. DeBruhl's bill to promote prompt-settlement with dis charged laborers passed its soooud reading. Evans' bill to authorize tJ*o oounty commissioners of EdgpfTelav county to borrow mouey fromthe sink ing fnnd rn order to place the conuty oa a cash basis, passed ite second reading. Duke'e bill to prevent certain officers from acoepting foes passed its socond reading: The provisions of tho bill make it uulawful for any sheriff or other officer to receive fees or pay' of avy kind for summoning, mib I coiiinsr, or serving process upon any witness that has already beou bound over to appear at the general sessions court by a tnagistrate or otherwise. Snwypr1 hill to add the following to tbe lirs? seotion of the aot goverijitig conduct of magistrates paased seooud reading: "That tho constable of ouch magistrates shall bo required to deliver said convict to the officer iu charge of the chaingaug within 24 hours after sentence, and for so doing he shall re coivo 60 cents." The House agreed to strike out the enacting words of the bill by a vote of 89 to 83. Jaokson's bill to forbid the acceptance of rebates passed without objection.^. MoCullough's bill regulating tbe en- j try of satisfaction of mortgage} and similar instruments iu writing upon the publio reoords of the respective coun ties, and requiring the recording of assignments and powers of attorue> relating to such instruments, was killed. TwiKHT-ruTH Dat. ? When the House met the five third reading bill were taken up, only one was killed. Bolls, col., of Georgetown, to require written contracts between landlords and laborers; Moss' bill to ohange the salary of the county superintendent of education of Orangeburg wae pasaed to third reading after being amended ao aa fp permit changes in the salariea.^of tha officers for Marlboro, Cheats* fleldL Lexmgtdn, Lauren* and Florence" counties. The amendments ae ? rule propoead that this offiotal be allowed from 960 to $100 par year lor traveling ixpensBS. Tb appropriation Mil ML taken UP and occasioned a spirited da* bate. The fcill wa* taken paragraph by paragraph for amefadment. Twam-axxTH Dat. - Mean.' biH regulating pawn-brokeraaad proridiaa fqr a lioeasa^on their baslpeee paeeed its second reading, , I1VJ* ? W ?? ^ P . . IIL for to ferriee IttM on fcad_ to eapewer the State ttb to eaf Area wall mm unanimous consent to introdueo au amendment to appropriate $r>uO, of tso muoh ho neoe?saiy, (or repairs in (k? roof of the governor's manaiou. Ou aooouut of the Governor's sickness the committee bad not been able to niaka an eatimcto. A motion was made and adopted allowing 8300. Upon mo tiou of Mr. Ashley, his bill to roduoo tho privilege Ux to ton oouts per ton wan oohtinued until uext session. Dean's bill to regulate the ponsion system passed Its seoond reading, lhe only chance made vra? an amendment by Labau Mauldiu to givo ono dollar per day, instead of two dollars, to members of boarda. Dukes asked that bU bill to regulate the sale of domestic wines be oontlnned until next sessitu*. Granted. Bturkie called up tlie spooial order, Eflrd's joint reso* lutiun to submit to the voters of South Carolina the question of biennial sessions. It paced second reading. Capt. Dean oalled up out of its regular order the bill to allow fruit growers to matiufaotnre or to distill braudy from fruits grown by them. Mttgill mado a motion to atrikeout thoenacting words, which was carried. The liquor question has at last come before tlio House of Representatives. It was brought up j u ft t before the hour for taktug recoss aud the debate was started in full blast at the night session. Twejjtx kiohth Day.? Tho liquor question Was not resumod in tho House, itieru wa? uot a lame Hiteodaiioe, and by tacit consent tho supply bill was takeu up and passed in ordor to hasten the day of adjournment. The day of adjournment was fixed for Feb* ruary 91st. Elird'e third reading bill providing for biennial sessions, was on motion, recommitted to second road;ng. Twrnmr- NINTH Day.? -There was no session of tho Oouse, out of respcotfor tbo death of Mr. Samuel O. Cusou, as sistant olerk When 10 o'oiock, the hour for the morning session arrived, there were but 40 members present. At 10:80 there wero 50, and it was not ...uajil an hour after the appointed time that a quorum wan found to ho prceeut. At 6 minutes to 11 o'clock a quorum was presont. The olerk, Mr. H. Ha uler, anuouuood that it wub with heart fol regret that ho wasoompelled to an* n ounce the death of .Air. Cason, the as sistant olerk. Xw*'^ _ The Supply Bill. The supply bill ooutalns few changes over that of last year. Tbo first soc tion provides that the same 5 mill tax, exclusive of speoial eohool. tax, shall bo levied on every dollar of taxable prop erty to meet the current oxpenses and the" indebtedness of the State govern ment. Section 9 provides for the lovy upon taxable property in tho respootivo counties for oonnty purposes. Abbe ville, 2 1-3 mills; Aikeu, 3 ruills; An dorson, 2 1-2 mills for ordinary county purposes, 1-2 of a mill for pasl indebt edness aud one mill for sinkiug fund. Berkeley, 4 1-3 milla for ordinary oouuty purposes and any unexpended balance for past indebtedness. Bnm berg, 8 mills and disj.eusary profits to be construed as ordinary oounty funds. Barnwell, 4 mills. Charleston, ? of n mill for the militia; 2g mills for otbor purposes. Cberokeo, 3J mills for or dinary county purposes; for poor hou*c and jail 1 mill; for roadH 1 mill; in ad dition to special lovy in certain town ships for railroad bonds. Chester, lij mills for ordinary county purposes; for ; iuterost on railroad bonds 1 mill. Chostorileld, 5 0-10 mills for ordinary county purposes; for past indebtedness 1 1-4 milla und for interest ou railroad bonds 15-100 of a mill. Clarendon 0 mills. Colleton, ordinary county purposes 5 inloroat on yf>il roml boodi ^ of ^ mill; past indebtednetss 1 mill. County tommissionere authorized to borrow ertain funds fit rates no higher than 6 per cent, Darlington, 3$ mills; I>or ohentor, ordinary uurpoRos 5 mills; past indebtedness, 1 mill; interest on bonds 1 mill. Permission given to borrow $600. J?dgefleld, ordinary purposes 8 mills; for jurors and witnesses 3 of 1 mill; roads, bridges and ferries $ of s mill. Fairfield, 34 mills, Permission given to borrow 97(^00 for conrt ?x* penses. Florence, ordinary jmrpoee* 4i mills; past indebtedness 4 of 1 milt. Georgetown. 0 mills. A 8 mil) tax on all live stock to repair fences. Greenville, ordinary purposes 84 milla; interest on railroad bonds 1 mills; for maintaining ooaviots j mill; past in* debtedness | of a mill. Greeuwood, ordinary purposes 2) mills; surveying county lines { of 1 mill. Hampton, or dinary purposes 4 mills; poor house 1-2 mill. Horry, 8 mills ordinary; 2 mills ta^eojal; contingent 1-2 mill; special in Co&way, Baybcro, Gnnsea and Simp son townships 4 mills. Kershaw, 3} ordinary; 2j on railroad bonds. Lan caster, ordinary 5 mills; interest on railroad bondn 8 mills; for retiring bonds | of a mill in addition to special lovy in certain townships. Laurens* ordinary purposes 2? mills; past in debtedness $ of a mill; interest on rail road bonds 8 1-2 mills. Lexington^ ordinary . 3 mills; past indebfedness | of 1 mill in addition to ape cial lev* in Broad Ttiver, Saluda and Fork townships. . Marion, 84 mills ordinary; past indebtedness 1 mill. bnmte?Y ordinary pnrpo?es 8 mills; I k*l indebtedness 4 of 1 mill. Wilt sos* ijurg, 4 mills ordinary.' Permisaion -to borrow $8,000 for oonrt expenses. Maalboro, ordinary, 8 1-9 mills; past indebtedness 1 mill; Newberry, ordi nary fl8-d mills; past indebtedness 8*8 el ? mill; Ooonee, ordinary pur pose e I I 4 BiUa; past indebteaoesa 1 1-4 millet oonrt expeneee 8-4 of a mil!; for Toads 8-4 otamdl, Privilege to bor i coinroroRij Says the Conduct of tho War Was Creditable. ..... - . |*\OILO CAPTURED BY MILLER | The Town Shelled By the Petrel and Baltl- j more? Native* Set Fire to the Houtts j and Thjti Pled. j Washington, D. 0. (Speolal). ?The report submitted to tho President last week by the oommission appointed by bin* to investigate the couduot of tho war department in tho war with Spulu has beeo made public. The report is au uuanituoua oue, all tho mombors of thet?tfmmission having signed it ex OOptf' Col. Sexton, whose death oo onrred on February 4. The report say* that t hot e had boon no evidence that anyone in or oonuectod with the war department baa dishonestly received a dollar. In the matter of regimental offioers, the commission found that all volunteer ooromanda ofiloerod by men of military expei-ienoe and training fared muob better than those officered by amateurs. The commission recom mends for the future a etrict examina tion of all officers appointed to the army, regular or volunteer. The es tabiishment of aohoola of instruction rfm inexperienced offioere taken from oivilian life to meet tho omergonoy cre ated by the war is highly commended. Speaking of the lessons taught by experience, the report nays: "Tho rapidity with whioh commanding offi cers of oorpd, divisions, brigades, reg iments and offioere of the staft dej>art menta have profited by the first six months' aervioe ie ahown in the im f Movement in the new camps, their ooation, water supply and sanitary arrangement*. A recommendation looking to the future then follows: "One of the lessons taught by the war is that the country should hereafter bo in a better state of preparation for wa.. Especially should this be the oase with Buoh supplies, equipment and ordnanoe stores as are not iu general use in the United Btatee and whioh oannot be rapidly obtained in open market. " Tho reoords of the war department show that the secretary of war extended to all chiefs of burenus cordial and full support, and promptly responded to every proper demand made upou him by commanding- officers. From the day war was declared until thin hour the offioe of the adjutant general has not been closed. Tha Teoort#5* and testimony show that It hasbeeif prompt in its work and has add'td greatly to the efficiency of the army. The com mission find that <he inspector gener al's department waa not as eflioiout as it ought to have been. The report then gives a detailed account of the other department*. The tenor of the report|s that the war was creditably conducted. * ' Hollo Captured, by Miller. Manila (By Cabfa). ? Tho United States gunboat Petrel has arrived here with dispatches from Brigadier Gen eral Marcus P.Miller, for General Otis, announcing that Iloil<? had been taken by the oombined military and naval forces on Saturday morning. General Millor, on reoeipt of his instructions from Manila, sent nativ<> commission ers ashore from the United States transport St. Paul with a communica tion' for the rebel governor of Iloilo, oalling upon him to annrender within a time stated, and warning Elm not to make a demonstration in the interval. The rebele immediately moved their guns and prepared to dtfend their po sition. Thereupon the Petrel fired two warning stuns, the rebels immediatelv opening fire upon her. The Petrel and the Baltimore then bombarded the town, which the rebels, having aet on fire* Immediately evacuated. Ameri can troops were nromptly landed and fire extiofrnished In aii oaaea of for eign property, but not before consid erable damage had been done. It is be^ lieved that the enemy 'e loaa daring the bombardment wee heavy; but.no Amer* loan casualties are reported. Penitentiary Wing* Buried . A sneoial from Hnntswille, Texas, says: The east end west wings of the State penitentiary containing prison eelle and officer** quarters, were buroed Monday morning. There were no casualties, the inmates being quar tered in shope and other bnildmga. T.'he burned buftdings oost originally 897, OOp. ?a:rvT"BLT^g- ? vrxr-r1 yl^WII Wmm fwfr VlWMS?. ^-? V | 'yiw* jj . ? .-* ??-?"?? ? ? ? * >IM. ? *?J?aB r ?*'" *l~"r.ffi|y r^fe-gBf* ) < _m I "?*?> -ys? T--- . ' MWVstA.' .iy y?i -?&??? .a_.^3 ? * * v.^ ^ A-?. X *r? .y ?* ? -? ? t ^ r ? ? K-- ??'?? ? ?T -?-? '?^?tr^.aifcats .\|*5' ">-?*>?#> '<- .V- ^ - ;y-J -. jUtg^Kgawii* ? ~" r * :?*' - " *?T J t Jw:. ,? JjT .4BLW ASH Tk< Gernmla Goes Down. The Whit* Star Lin? steamer Gar maoie sank at her pier in North Biver In New York and !? now lying there partially submerged. The acoident is "Mid to hava been due to the hg&SS ooatiaeof ioe whioh formed onr^m? sides of the steamer. The oontianed loading of oOal, combined with the heavy weight of ioe. oaueed the steamer to list* and sua slowly sank to the bottom. v Saow la Florida. ? speotkl from Jaokeonyille, Fla., ?ays; Unpreoedented weather visited northern Florida Monday. Sleet was followed by light enow in alt western and ntddle Florida. Tha lowest tem peratare was two degreee below zero at Tallahassee^ 0 degrees above at Jaokr soaTi^le and a ten&eratara of from 10* to 40 flsgroee in the orange belt. Win* m?**Was ware killed. IJgl rw ywf.rP IWww'f wwwwwwwwww^fww^pwa * imjjui >aatfi?otor tn da*g?lnteg. THE APPROPRIATION Bill join'e of the Iteiiti Acted Upon the House. Wednesday ami Thursday the Lefrit lature had the appropriation bill under consideration, aud the follow my para graphs were acted upon. Appropriation for the comptroller's general office: For the salary of the comptroller general, $1,000: salary of the chief clet), $t,400; salary of the bookkeeper, 01,400; contingent fund, $800; stationery and stamps, 8800; for printing, $800;* fov the tri.voliug ex penses of the comptroller general aed his assistants in examining tho books and papera and acoouuts pertaining to 1 the officeaof theauditornand treasurers, aud of the respective counties and other county officers, &W0; if so mVh be necessary, the following are the appropriations for the adjutant general's office: Tor the salary of the adjutant aud inspector general, 81,200; salary of olerk 3000; salary of Stato armorer and for tho es pouses of maintaining the State armory 8850; contingent fund $450; for station ary aud stamps $150; for collecting arms, freight, advertisements, print tug, expenses of inspection, purchas ing missing parts of arms and ammuni tion 8000, if so much bo aeoesaurj'; for tho purpose of assisting companies to maintain thair organisation 80,000. Following avo tho appropriations proposed for the governor's offioe: For the salary of the governor, 83,000, for the governor'* pjlvate secretary, 81,350: for the governor's messenger. 8400; for the ooutiugant fund of the governor, for rewards aud other pur poses, $5,000; for statiouorr and stamp*, 8800. Following are appropriations for th* state librarian: Salary, *000; contin gent fund, 8125; stationery and stamps, 8800; for purchasing and binding books, 8100. Following are appropriation for the railroad commission: For the salary of railroad commissioners, 85,700; for saU ary secretary, $1,200, and 8750 to pay tho ooutingent expenses of the office for the flsoal year. No changes were suggested for the attorney general's office. The amounts proposed are: For the salary of at torney general, $1,000; assistant attor ney gonoral, 81,850; ooutingent fund, 8150; for stationery and stamps, 875; for iiio oxpeuseti uf iiiigaiiuu Si, GOG, ii so much is neoessary. Out of tho latter fuud he is authorired to employ a stenographer. No change was made in tho following recommendation? of the committee: For the salary of State treasurer, 81,900; salary of tho chiof olerk, $1,500*. salary of two bookkeepers, eaoh 81,350; for the oontingont. fund of the Stato treasurer, 8200; for tho printing of bonds and stooks and to pay for bonds and stooks already printed, $f)00, if no much be neouBSurv; for stamps and stationery for tho State trbasurer, $200. Appropriations for the Department of Education: For the salary of the superintendent of eduoation, $1,000, salary of olerk, $000; for the oontingont fund, $50; for printing books and blank forma for the use of publio sohools, 8250; for the State board of education, $250, if so muoh be neceouary; for sta tionery for, the State board of eduoa tif?n, $250; stamps for the superintend ent of eduoation, $100; and 8150 for truvpliau: expenses of tho superintend ?nt of eduoation, Salary of Sooretarv of Stato, $1,000; salary of clerk, $1,850; contingent fund, $160; stationery and stamps, $500. Two keepero of Biato house and grounds, 8400 eaoh; janitor, 8160; en gineer, $75 per month for seven months; two firemen, $25 per month/ aaoh. Following are the appropriations for tfhe Health Department: Charleston quarantine station, $2,050; St, Helena, $850; Port Royal, #1,175: Georgetown, $600/>for the purpose of carrying out the par poses of the aot establishing the board of health, $1,500, for the purpooe of oarrying out the provisions of an aot quarantining**^* State against conta gious andyfnfeott^us di^ases, $7,500, if so muoh Me necessary, to be expended under tho supervision and by oonsebt of the governor. ? $V?Koial departments; for the salaries of justices of the supreme oour^ $12,050; salaries of eight oiroult judges, $24,000; salaries of solicitors, $11,050; for olerk supreme court, $800; for re porter of supreme oonrt, $900; librarian of supreme court, $800; mes senger, $200, contingent fund, $500; library fund, $500; for attendant upon oonrt room, $200; for purchasing su preme oo?*V reports, $1,850. The House hae deoided to let the ap propriation for South Carolina college remain at $25, 000. This ie regarded ae a viotory for the college ae between $20, 000 fought for by the opposition and $27,500 asked for by the trustees of the college. <5 The following appropriations ware proposed for the penitentiary: Salary ?~2??feperintendent, $1,000; salary of Heaptain of guard*, $1,050; of ph^iiolen, $1,050; of chaplain, $500; of olerk^4l, 200. Funds accruing from hire of c3iviote and from other souroes to be denied to running expenses. Running expense*' of State hofpitel for insane, $100,040; for payment in Wallaoe propeufcr/ $4,000; salary of superiBtendenvld,000, and for the per diem and mileage of boaid of regents, $1,200, if so muoh be neoessary. The Catawba Indians were granted thfir usual appropriation of $800 with an additional $200 for sohool purposes. The agent ie to get 5 par" cent for handling* the funds. Pitattto Note*. Jha Qaoff atown and W?iUro Bail road Ommi; bar# been operating a armdmm *t kkalr dock* duri?* tfa* f*a*t mow m& haw now bwgmrthr con apom vhlab, whan aattplatad, will al ?^t|^nbU^U^Pr^ntjy^ I jjor MU wA FfillSIffl DEATHS IN TEXAS And Farly Vegetables Damaged to tiio Amount of $1,000,000 THF COlO WAVF PASSING AWAY Two Men Killed and light Wounded In an Accident Near Charleston Troop Train f'red IV on from *mbn*h. ? -??#? Vv A3u'.nuton, I>. C. (Spsoial). - Ths Woathor Bureau Tuesday ulvrht issued tbo following Tho great tttorm bus pr^oticaiiy disnppeared oft' the north east Canadian after a combina tion of huow and high winds that must hereafter as n record {or Almost the euty.Je Atlantic coast rogion. Oldest Records on the Continent On aut.eston, 9. P., Fob 14. ~ The published tables phowin# the temper aturo of Charleston fiotn 1788 to to day, the oldest oa this continent, provo that tbo rooord of tbla moraine 0.8 decrees above zero, in the lowest ever kuonu boro, Many hogs and oows in the country nre roportod fro/ou to vJeutb, and tbo truck and other crops have boon flenoiif.lv damaged. I lorida DaiiMjje. Jackhon viLLK, Flu, --The damage by tbo cold wave in this Htate woe maiuty Confined to the oarly vegetable crop. The injury to the citrus industry is as yet merely speculative. It ia thought tho ornngo bloom brought out by the open Floridiau wintor*hss been in jured. *' fruit In the Augtuta District Safe. Acoubia, Oa. ? There were over a thousand cur loads of peache* shipped from the Augusta fruit diatrlot laat year, including territory in n radios of ?K> miles In Georgia and South Caro lina. Ailviui* from all this section in dicate that tho erop is absolutely safe. Fourteen People froien to Death In Texas. IIorRio^, Tex. ? Reports to Tho Post during the two days of intousa cold, ebow that 14 live* were lost in Texas by freeziUR. At Ifoutdon, 2; in Collins county, Hi in Laman count.vy 2; in Robertson county, 2; in Bexar oounty, 1, in Jofl'oruou county, 1, aad three children in Coryell county. round frozen to Death in Ills Store. RicnMONP, Va. ? W. W. Wate, a well known buuinosa man of thin city, aged 40, was found drov.en to death iunis store. loss of Cattle Will be I arge. Dallas, Tex.? Reports from all ovar north Texas aro that the blizzard of Saltlrday and Snnday was the moat sorei e in tho history of the State. The loss of cattle iu the Indfan Territory and on tho'.l'auhaudlo ranges will likely bo very l?rg?. Columbia Recov;rhg. Columbia, 8. O., Feb. 14. -Early this morning all previous temperature records hero wero broken, when the merenry wont to 2 degree below zero. 12 Below at Little Rock. Little Rom, Ark.? All records for tho temperature in Arkansas have been broken. Sunday morning the ther mometer registered 12 below zero. One person was frozen to death here. SI, 000, 000 Damage to Vegetables. Houston, Texas.? The thermometer has made a new low reoord mark in eoufli Texas, reaching 4 degrees above zero, i he lost to atook will be severe. Early vegetables are damaged to the amount of least $1,000,000. ' Weather Moderated in Virginia, j Rjonuoro.? As yet no damage from tho storm is reported from the fruit pactions of Virginia. The weather has moderated, and the railroads are be* sinning to handle their trains with some regularity. Troop Trains Fired At. ^ A special from Atlanta, Oa., says: Brigadier General Pennington, oom matMlinu ofBoor of the Department of the Gulf, has received the roporfc of Lieutenant Dixou, of the Tenth United States Cavalry, giving the particulars of the attaok medoby oitizene of Mis sissippi and Texas upon Unsanliated men. of his command. Wh/u th&Tantb w** ordered from Hnntsvylla topazes, the regiment left in sections anfl^by different route4. Lieutenant , Dixou reports that near Meridian, Miss., his train was fired upon by unknown par ties. and at Harlem, Texas, 'over 100 bullets were tired into the care, but the men escaped by lying down. General Pennington, in referring the report to Washington, advisee that tha outrage be investigated by the Governors of the States of Texas and Mississippi. Construction Train Wrecked. A spoci?l from Charleston, 8. 0.% mti: A oonstrnotion *an ine wee wreofcad by the spreading of the track* on thai Bontb Carol ion <fc Georgia liaifcroad, 11 miles outside of this city, and two man were killed and eight were mora orlaes seripnely injured. The engine had gono oat of this oity with a <*ew of Are men and carried fire othara who were in the employ of the Long Dietanoa Bell Telephone Company, now con structing It nee between hero and Au gusta. An Electrical Enterprise. Dr. Dillon Brown, at Maw York City, treasurer of tho Irntk Carolina Pj*-we* Company, haa concluded all ptxrehasaa for tho property on tho r~ kin river. known ae f about forty mile* from O., for the pnrpftaa rf . water powar at thot plaba trooatnieefoB fan.Cb*rlotte, < _ Salisbury and othar North towns. . ? Ceaalllu ea Ftaaodel Leffatatte*. On. &roc TiiorrofOhl*,, w% t it Tad Mr Something mow than anxiety flwia ixpresfdon Iu articles published l>y the Loudon paper* vegnrdlug the couso- ' / tjuences, present and to come, of tba? ? "conscientious *erufues" law. TM? ? th rown rd I y and dJSgrflcoful meaeufo tvos onnotod, not frotti a belief In lie wisdom, hut aim ply i*> make party capital by yielding to llif clamor of cenaln Ignorant and unreascHl^bla unties, not numerous but voluble, ^ho tlil 11k ihnt they tlihik yrccinntlon ?f a^ bad thing, nqd vAiui^elther held, or s preteudod to hofd, rho Iwtlanco of pow er in several Parliamentary district*! ? The medical profoaaion were unani mous In denouncing tlu? law while it was under eon?ldinaUou, and now that It has been lu operation for ft few months they ate >nnaulmous In aseert' lug that ell the evil effects* expectod t of It bare come, and that to-day Ku# land t? la grave peril of a muallpc* epidemic such ns the country has sp( * known since the time of Jcuner. Not " only have, those who really had scat* thing faintly like "conscientious ecru-; plos" agalnfet rncclnatton anlMI themselves of the law's provlelone, but a vast uuml>?r of olhera havo called their disinclination to spend a little money, or to take a little trouble, ?t to suffer a little Inconvenience, "eon- - relent Ion* swuples against vaooh^ ti>%n," nun fcfiglnnd i? now full of pc<v * ; i. vi.o uiit full victims of smallpox r ? i ?. i iJm* H?-v are exposed to it. ?* Telegraphic Bilcf*. A mob of moskud men eutered tfc? oounty j?i ; si I>eesbnrg, Os. , took oxt\ three negroes and lynched (hem. i, A resident of Moran, Kan., hei placed in the local paper an advertise men i in -which ho challenges anybody to meek him in debato and contest hi# claim that "evorybody except the Bay lists are doomed to hell. " The llotmo of jK?r?e'?ntatives of North Carolina has passed a resolution* recommending the imiwaehloiieBt Judge W. L. Norwood of the twelfth iudloiel dintriot, Thin is tho secon j r time iu the history of the (State that ? judge has ever been impeached. .?&% Senators Foraker and Davi? were the most prominent giiesis at the (Mate - Sublioan Le&itne bauquet at Day to ft, i. JBoth praised President AXoKinley'f > administration of the war and predict ed he would be the Jlepubiican uotari* nee for President next year. The preparations for the court of ia-.3 quiry into General Miles' cbargee oejt cernlna ihe oharaot^ jut i^a art new* pushed at the >Var ment with the greatest expedition. AIT of the evidence rotative to the beef coo trotesy has boon trans mitred to the court. <' Maj. Oen. Wheelor faa# i?t*od need a joint reaolutiou in thaHcueo mot>Osi?f the thanks of Cong res* and tha Amort* v oau people to Maj. Gen. Otis and the . * ofieers and men ot his command,, fo* their gallant and successful action 'a# Manila on the 4th and 5th ef Feb ruary. Epidemic of i Spotted A special from,; oounty seat of Bu western part of from any railroad, spotted fever or refine there, old rapidij. It te >m how many havo d one to report tht. * known that there are oofflus iu the place te bwrrtfc* lilP The \people are panic Vtrlokea ft?4 fleeing In alt directions, it la reported' there are now only a few left ftfe wntf ? those who are strlokan and haljrieea. uy Evpress Triltf Wrecked t at Train Ifo. 22, Chicago, Cleveland ds Buffalo express on the Pitteburc h Erie, was wreoked at the north and of ' the freight yard In MeKeeeftdftV Pa. ,*at Fleming Park, oppoait* Pa vie Island dam. It ran through a aplH - switch and wae complotefy^wreeked The fireman the trsta~^rnr kittsd and a number of to* crew and passen gere were in jured. <?* Dr. John Manning, profeeeor of law in the Uaivereity^?rwLSnhpol,at Chip el Hill, N. O., aiSd ofapoxtas*. egad M yeare. He>ed b?n in Ilthafltb " for several ye# South Carblina & Geor gia Bailway Co. The Charleston Lure. ?> Bobaftula In Xff?et Jan. Jjt, ISM. t JMurr c*iu. *m bah It AoguiU ? tO a It Cbarl?at?o T ar Alknn 7 02 a lv Columbia 4 ftrKfogrllU) It 15 a ' It Kis*vitla T ar Oo Iambi a II 0) a ar itNl : 11 ar Charleston 11 00 a ar Avgtuta 11 "? ? 1 ? 1 m Mir i>uit. - m Ban It Aoghtta f 10 p. WCbarlast??f ar Atkeo 4 00 p !v Columbia ? 9 l^KlnfTllI? 1015 a WKierHIW 4 IfSmasiii ,1010 P fcftfk- ? ar Obarlatton 1 00 p or A?|?(? Sf CAKDEH BRANCH, 4ally OMft "<>?*?? ir iiSSKr !?i2:_jtesrl