The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 07, 1882, Image 1

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m m Tim: SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's, and Truth's." Consolidated Aug. 2, ISSI.! SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 18?3 THE Xii UK SOIT??KON, Established June, I860. New Series-Yoi. L Iso. 28. i 1 Published every Tuesday, / -BY THE Watchman and Southron Publishing Company, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : -Two Dollars per annum-in advance. ADVERTISEMENTS. One Square, first insertion.?1 00 Bvery subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private nterests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. Marriage notices and notices of deaths pub? lished free. For job work or contracts for advertising address Watchman and Southron, or apply at the Office, to N. G. 0STE?N, Business Manager. F. H. FOLSOM, L. W. FOLSOM. F. H. FOLSOM & BRO. Native-born Sumtoniam. M 2 00 CS 00 Practical Watchmakers and Jewelers, Main-Street, ojyposite John Reid's, DEALERS IX Watches, Clocks, GOLD AND PLATED JEWELRY, Spectacles, Sifter and Plated Tare, FISHING TACKLE, Sewing Machine Needles, Oils, Etc. General Repairing done at Conscientious Prices. Give us a call and be con* ?need. Oct 25 3m GRAHAM'S STABLES, CHERAW AND DARLINGTON AND CH ERA W AND SALISBURY -RAILROADS. PRESIDENT'S OFFICB, SHIFTY HILL. S. C., May 2:'.. ISSI. ON AND AFTER THIS DATE. TRAINS on these Roads will run as follow?,-every except Sunday. Leave Wadwboro. S 40 A in Leave Bennett's. 9 00 a ta Leave 31 orren. 9 15 a, ID Leave MeFaxlaa .? 9 35 a in Leave CLermv. 10 15 a in Leave Society Hill_. 10 5o a m Leave Darlington.+.. ll 35 a m Arrive at Florence. 12 10 p m LP. Leave Florence. 12 c 0 p tn Leave Darlington." 1 20 p m Leave Society Hill. 2 IO p m Arrive at Cheraw. 2 50 p ia Arrive st Wadesboro. 4 15 pm The freight train will leave Florence at 6 30 A M overy day except Sun<l<ty : making the r?..t:itd trip to Cher.iw every day; and to Wadesboro ?ts often as may fee necessary-kccpiisg out o: the way of passenger train K D TOWNSEND. Prudent. GERMAN KAlMTfT Direct ImDortation. PERUVIAN G?IANO, Direct from the Agent of the Peruvian Gov? ernment. FISH GUANO, 6@8 per cent. Ammonia. NOVA SCOTIA LAUD PLASTES. South Carolina Ground Phosphate, Fine Ground and High Grade. For sale bv HERMAN B?LW?NKLE, KERR'S WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. C. Jan 17 3m PAVILION HOTEL, CHARLESTON, S. C. THIS POPULAR AND CENTRALLY located HOTEL having beet entirely renovated during the past Summer is now ready for the receptivu of the traveling public. Popular prices ?2 and 2.50 per day. Special rates for Commercial Travelers. E. T. GAILLARD, ^__frOct 25_ Proprietor. T/BE GRAND CENTliAL HOTEL 1 COLUMBIA, S. C. T/TAVING renewed my Le^se of "The Grand Jtj_ Centra! Hotel" for a term of years, J tyeg leave to inform the Public that the House pas been thoroughly re-pairited, and is now furnished with new an<l improved Black - Walnut Furniture. Wire Spring Reds with best Hair .Mattresses, Velvet aud brussels Carpets. Electric Annunciators connect with every room, and the Hotel is conut-cted through the Columbia Telephonic Exchange with every prominent place of business througbcut'the City. These advantage?, with .competent atterrants, warrant nie in assuring the traveling Pub?c as good accommodations *s the South can alford. JOHN T. WILLEY, Proprietor. __Sept 20 Sra COLUMBIA HOTEL R. N. LOWRANCE, Proprietor COLUMBIA, S. C. Table, ftoonis and Servants First-class. RATES REASONABLE. Sept 20-3m _ RUBBER STAMPS" NAME STAMPS FOR MARKING CLOTHING ?frith indeliible i?k, ?r for printing visiting cards, and STAMPS OF AS Y K?ND Call on * C. P. OSTEJES, j At the Watchman and Soutbroo ??cv. JUST ARRITEO One Car Load of CELEBRATED Old Hickory Wagons, Manufactured by the Keatacky Wa<ron Manu? facturing Company, of Louisville, Ky. They are made of the best material, by .killed workmen. Every Wagon sold guar? anteed for 12 motrths. They run lighter, and are in every respect as good as any Wagon reade, while at the same time their price is as low as Wagons of inferior gr.?de. Also, on hand, a Sne assortment of BUGGIES, OF ALL STYLES AND GRADES, At prices to suit the times . JUST ARRIVED ONS CAR LOAD OF Fine Kentucky Horses, ] some of them extra good drivers-selected .with care for this market. Oct 25 W. M. GRAHAM. WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA R. R. ON nod afrer Jan. 1st, 1SS2, the following ? schedule will be run on this Road : SIGHT EXPRESS AND KAIL TRAIN. (Daily ) j (Nos. 47 West and 4S East.) Leave Wilmington.?0 15 p m j Arrive at Florence.. 2 20 r. rr? j Leave Florence. 2 50 ? i Leave Sumter. 4 20 a m ! Arrive at Columbia...;. 5 lu a m Leave Columbia.10 00 p m Leave Sumter.... .12 08 a ni ? Arrive at Florence. 1 34 a m Leave Florence. I 52 a m i Arrive at Wilmington. 6 20 a m j This Train stops only at Brinkley's, White j rille, Flemington, Fair Bluff, Marion, Florence, Tim tuons ville. Mayesville, Sumter, Camden Jonction and Eastover. TBROUSH FREIGHT TRAIN. Daily, except Sundays. Leave Florence. -.ll 40 p in | Leave Sumter. 2 2S a to j Arrive at Cuiumbia. 5 30 a m j Leave Columbia.- 5 00 p m Leave Sumter-.- - 8 20 p m Arrive at Florence.-ll 10 p m LOCAL FREIGHT-(Daily except Sunday.) Leave Florence. 6 OU a m Arrive at Sumter. 10 55 a m Leave Sumter.31 40 a m Arrive at Columbia. 4 00 p m Leave Columbia. 7 00 a in ! Arrive at Sumter.ll 15 a m Leave Sumter.12 15 p m Arrive at Florence. 5 10 p m ? A. POPE, G. P- A. i JOHN F. DIVINE. General Sup't._I Columbia and Greenville Rail Roads | PASSENGER DEPARTMENT, COLUMBIA, S. C.. Ausust 31, ISSI. ON AND AFTER THURSDAY, September 1st, ISSI, Passenger Trains will run as herewith indicated, upon this road and its branches-Daily except Sunday? : No. 42 Up Passenger. Leave Columbia (A).11 20 a m i Leave Alston._.12 26 p m \ Leave Newberry... 1 21 p m j Leave Hedges. 3 52 p m j Laave Belton . . 5 05 p m Arrive at Greenville. 0 27 p m ? No. 43 Down Passenger. Leave Greenville at.10 33 a tn j Leave Belton.ll 57 a m | Leave Hodg.s. 1 12 p tn ; Leave Newberry. 3 47 p m Leave Alston. 4 46 p m Arrivent Columbia (F). 5 5? p m SP^RTANBURG, UNION ?fe COLUMBIA lt. R. No. 42 Up Passenger. Leave. Alston. 12 40 p m Leave Sparenburg, S U & C Depot(R) 4 03 p m ] Arrive Spartauburg R 4 D Depot ( E) 4 12 p m No. 43 Down Passenger. Leave S pa r?an burg R&D Depot (H) 12 4S p ra . Leave Spartanburg S Jj ? C Depot (G ) I 07 p tu j Leave Union. 2 36 p m j Arrive at Alston. 4 36 p m j LAURENS RAIL ROAD. Leave Newberry. . 3 55 p m: Arrive at Laurens C II. 6 45 p hi ? Leave Laurens C. II. S 30 a m j Arrive at Newberry.ll 30 a m j ABBEVILLE BRANCH. Leave Hodges. 3 56 p m J Arrive at Abbeville. 4 45 p in ? Leave Abbeville.12 15 p m j Arrive at Hodges. 1 05 p m j BLUE RIDGS R. R. ? ANDERSON BRANCH. Leave Belton.- 5 CS p m j Leave Anderson.-_ - 5 41. p.m. j Laave Pendleton.:. 6 20 p m j Leave Senaca (C). 7 20 p m j Arrive at Walhalla. 7 45 p m Leave Walhalla...... 9 23 a m j Leave Seneca (l>). ? 54 a m j Leave Pendleton.. 10 30 a m ! Leave Anderson.-..'....ll 12 a m j Arrive at Belton.II 4S a m j On and after above date through ctr* will be ? run between Columbia and Ucndersouville with- ? out change. CONNECTIONS. A-With South Carolina Rail Road from j Cuarle??on; with Wilmington Columbia & Au SUSta R R from Wilmington and all points nonh thereof: with Charlotte. Columbia & Augusta Rail Road from Charlotte aud points north thereof B-With Asheville & Spartanburg Rail Road for points iii Western N. C. C-Writh A. ?fe C. Div. R & D. R- R. for all ! points South and West. D-With A. &. C. Div. R. & D. R. R. from At i lauta and bevond E-With ? & C. Div. R. & D. lt. R. for ail points S"Uth and West. F-With South Carolina Rail R^nd for Char leotoa : with Wilmington, Columbia ?fc Augusta ? Rail Re.ad for Wilmington and the 2\rorth ; wnh j Charlotte. Columbia ?fc Augusta Rail Road lot Charlotte aud theNor;h. y-With Asheville?!; Spartanburg Rail 3oad from Hendersonville. -ll-With A. & C. Div. R. ?fc D. R. R. from Charlotte <fc beyond. Standard time used is Washington, D. C., j which is fifteen minutes faster than Columbia, j J. W. FRY, Sup't. A. POPE. General Passenger Agent. Atiirust 30. ISSI. tf. i South Carolina Railway Co, | COMMENCING JANUARY Sta, 1SS2. j Passenger Trains on Camden Branch will ? ruu as follows, until further notice: I BAST TO C0I.U.M3I.V. Leave Camden.. 7 40 a m i Leave Camden Junction. S 45 a m j Arrive at Columbia.10 52 a m j WE>T FROM COLUMBIA -DAILY EXCETT SUNDAYS, j Leave Columbia. 5 15 a rn... 6 00 p m j Arrive Camden Junction, li 00 a tn... 7 40 p in ; Arrive at Camden. 1 09 p m... S 45 p tn j EAST TO CBAItLliSTON AND AUGUSTA. Leavo Cnmden. 3 50 p m : Leave Camden June*. 5 37 p m ; Arrive at Charleston.10 30 p m I Arrive at Augusta. 7 35 a m i WEST FROM CHARLESTON AND AUGUSTA. Leave Charleston. 6 15 am Leave Augusta..... 4 45 p HI Arrive C:imden June'.ll 00 a m j Arrive at Camden. 1 00 p m j ONN KCl JONS. "j Columbia and Greenville Railroad both way-. ; for :ill points on that Road and on thc Spar- ? tanbury. Union and Columbia aud Spartanburg i ami A.Miviile Railroads, ?Iso with rhe Char- ! lotie. Columbia and Augusta Railroad to and i from all points North by Train.? leaving Camden j at 7 4? a m. and arriving at S 45 p tn. Connc- tions made at Augus'a to ?Il points . "?"est and South ; also at Charleston wirh . Steamers for New York and Florida-on Wed- . nesdays and Saturdays. 1 rains on Camden Rrancb run dailj' except ! Sunday. On maia line, Columbia arni Augusta j Divisions, trains r:in daily. Pullman Cars arc ; run between Charleston and Washington, on ; trains arriving at Columbia 10:52 and depart- j ing at 6:00 P. M. Local s ?cepera between : Charleston. Columbia and Augusta On Saturdays ROUND TRIP TICKETS are j Sold to and from all Stations at one first class j fare for the round trip-ticke's being good till : Monday noon, ro return. Excursion tickets ? good for U' days are regularly on sale to and ? from ali s'atiotis at 6 cents per mile far round trip. THROUGH TICKETS to all points, can be ; purchased by applying to James Jone<. Agent at Camden. * D. C. ALLEN. Ge-ner.-.I Passenger and Ticket Agent. j JOHN B. PECK, G eu end Manager. Charleston. S. O i NORTH-EASTERN R. R. CO. SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD CO. CHARLESTON, S. C., Jan. 23, I3S2. On and after this date the following Sche? dule will be run, Sundays included : Leave Charleston.;. Arrive Florence. ci 00 A. M..12 55 p. n. .1 40 i-. M. 2 00 A M. ?5 15 P. M.1 30 A. M. I Leave Florence. Arrive Charleston. 3 40 A. M.6 50 A. M. 11 35 A. M.i ?.:> r> M. 12 10 A. M.0 20 A. M. Train leaving Florence at 2 40 A. M. will stop for wav passengers. J. F. DIVINE, Cen t Supt. P. L. CLEA PUR, Gen'I. Ticket Agent. ROBERT HC UGH & SONS, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN * BM?S, fines ai filles, 44 South-Street;, Baltimore, Mil. December 3 How Much a Man is Like an Old Shoe. How much a man is lide old shoes; For instance, both a sole may lose ; Both bare been tanned, both are made tight By cobblers. Both get left and right ; Both need a mate to be complete, And both are made to go on feet. They both need healing, oft are sold, And both in time turn all to mold. With shoes the last is first ; with men Tue first shall be the last, and when The shoes wear out they're mended new ; When men wear out they're men dead, too. They both are trod upon j and both Will tread on others, nothing loth, Both hare their ties, and both incline, When polished, ia the world to shine. And both peg out-and would you choose To be a man or his shoes? H. C. Dodge. A STRANGE STORY. -0 Some of the Perihof Raihcay Travel? ling in England-The Timid Maid? en and the Bashful but Exhilarated Clergyman. -0 The crime of Lefroy has caused the greatest agitation in England con? cerning the system of travelling by railroad. Mr. Labouchere takes ad? vantage of the excitement to publish a remarkable story illustrating the j perils of that system, lt is drawn ? from life, and recounts the adventures ! of the Rev. Jude Gloam, a shy young j clergyman, who had taken a glass j more than usual at dinner, and of j Miss Avies, an equally shy young ; lady, whom he accosted in the train. ! lt is the curse of shy men that, get-1 ting s? little practice in conversing j with women, they never know where j to stop when peradventure they do ! get a chance of talking. It is by j shy men that the rudest things arc \ habitually said and done through j sheer inexperience. Mr. Gloam had j no idea that he was transgressing the proprieties. Ile thought he was making himself very funny and agree? able. "I say, Miss-Aviss," stuttered j the Rev. Jude, with a leer, "suppos- j ing there were a piece of mistletoe in j this carriage ?" j No answer fruin the girl, but her j eyes opened wide, and she shrank ! up trembling in her corner of the j carriage. "l-l think there is a piece; look ! there!" continued the foolish man,; pointing to the lamp in the ceiling, j for he meant to be facetious. The girl was now fairly frightened, j and moved from her seat to the further , corner of the carriage. She liad j h eard of drunken ruffians insulting j ladies in railway carriages, and she j set down her reverend companion as j being drunk, and possibly a ruffian. ? No doubt his clerical garb was only j a disguise. "What are you running away for?" j asked Mr. Gloam. and he lose to fol- j low her with an unsteady gait, caused not so much by his tipsiness-for lie , was not regularly tipsy-as Jjy tiie j oscillation of the train. But to the; affrighted girl who saw bim stagger it looked as if he were dangerously in? ebriated. "If 3'ou approach another step, sir I shall scream !" cried she, starting up, with all the color fled from her face. " What for ?" asked the Rev. Jude and putting out his hand to steady himself, he quite unintentionally rested iL on her shoulder. The movement of recoil which this apparent assault caused the girl to make threw Mr. Gloam off his balance, and he plumped into the seat from which she liad i risen. This only increased the girl's ! fright, and wildly opening the win- ! dow of the carriage she screamed ! "Help ! help ! murder !" In an instant Mr. Gloam was so -bered. The girl's shrieks cleared all the fumes of wine from his brain and showed him in what a desperate po? sition he had placed himself. "For God's sake don't scream like that," he implored, "you'll ruin me," and seizing the girl by the waist he wrenched her from the window. "Help !" she gasped, as she fell on to one of the seats and struggled to regain her footing. "Miss Aviss, for God's, sake, let me explain, entreated Mr. Gloam, seizing her hands; but the horrible fear which was now legible on his face made him a more dreadful object to look at than before, while the violence he used to restrain the girl robbed her of all presence of mind. Disengaging herself from him, she tottered toward the nearest door and frantically turned the handle. A blast of cold night air flew into the carriage and a shower of sparks from the engine was seen flying by. Mr: Gloaui made a grab at the girl to d?..w her back. She eluded him, and. screaming louder than ever, tried to step on thc footboard. Then there was another faint shriek and all was silence. Thc door, swinging forward by the impetus of thc train at a curve, closed of its own accord. The giri had slipped and was gone. "Great God !" muttered Mr. Gloam when one awful minute had elapsed. Ile had taken efl' his hat and was stroking his forehead as h e sat end ca v Dring to realize what had happened. He asked himself whether he was not in the midst of a nightmare. If the train had stopped at that minute he would have been unable to crawl out, and anybody who had seen him must have suspected him of a crime. During a ({tiarter of an hour thc poor wretch could neither stir nor think lucidly: he could only moan and tremble'. What Hist recalled him to himself was tin; sight of the things which the poor girl - now dead beyond doubt-had left in the car? riage. There was a shawl, a travel? ling-bag, a novel, and on the floor a sinai! gold watch without a chain. Tho sight of these articles stirred in the unwilling murderer the sense of self preservation, ile caught them up one by ono and flung them out of the window into the dark, after whir; he crept on his knees and looked under the se:*ts to see if anything else had been left, ile lound nothing Pitiable as his agony of mind then was he saw the necessity for com posing himself and sat down again, j trying to rcf?ect. Had any of the I passengers in the other carriages j heard the girl shriek ? Had any one : seen her fall? If so he was a lost ? man. ile would be arrested at j I Birmingham, and in due time be hanged or sentenced to penal servi- j tude for the better part of his life. | I!ow would his story be believed ? j a. d if it were believed how would ! j it justify him ? The public outcry j ; against him would be all the greater, j j as he was a clergyman; and now that I he had thrown the girl's things out of j the carnage in the first moment of j his panic the evidence of criminal ? i intention would seem complete. " Why ! j did I throw thc tilings out ?,; ftl ! terod Mr. Gloam, speaking to himself, I and then he groaned again: f'My God what shall I do?" It was between Leamington and Birminsham that the girl had fallen i out of the train. As the express j I neared Birmingham the tension on I Jude Gleam's nerves was such as | few men ever experience. Within j j five minutes he endured an amount of ! terror and anguish enough to spread j ; over a lifetime; vet he had the craft I ; to see that all his chances of escaping ? ? unsuspected might depend upon his behavior when the train stopped: ! j Ile must alight quite coolly, he must not run nor appear anxious to get j ' awav; he must control his terrors, ! though his heart throbbed to burst- i ins?. The train glided into the station: ' i the porters ran along the platform ; opening doors: one of them opened | Mr. Gloam's carriage. '/Any lug- i gage, sir ?" "Yes, I have some luggage," said j Mr. Gloam, and he stepped out, shak- j ing in every limb, but apparently j sedate and calm, as it behooves a ? clergyman to be. Next moment he ' ! was mixed up with the throng of j ; people who were foraging for their j trunks and portmanteaus. Nobody paid any attention to him. i I Ile heard no one talk about shrieks having been heard during thejourney. The passengers all attended to their OTU business and left him to his. Mr. Gloam's business was to collect portmanteau, a box and a hamper; having done this he turned to ask a porter to call a cab for him, but as he was about to speak his words froze on his tongue, far he saw standing be? side him a girl who was the very j image of Miss Aviss. If the girl had looked at him she ! must have noticed his confusion, but she was glancing toward an elderly \ gentleman and lady who were walk ! ing toward her. I "Here's ber box, papa, but I've not seen her pass," said the gili to the elderly couple. j "We have looked into every car? riage," said the gcntlemau addressed es papa; "but she hasn't come. I suppose she missed the train." "But how comes her bo-x to be j 1 here ?" "Wasn't there a change of carriages somewhere between this and Lon I don ?" suggested thc elderly iady. j "I think there's a change at Didcot. ! Perhaps she got out there and aficr ! ward entered the wrong train." I "How very provoking !" exclaimed j the girl. "I daresay wc shall find a telegram ! when wc get home," said the elderly ! gentleman; "but we must ask the ! station master to take care of Mary's I box until she comes to claim it." ! Mr. Gloan had glanced at the box j beside which thc girl stood and he j saw on it a card with thc name "Miss i Mary Aviss." The miserable man j shrunk as the father, mother ann sister ! of the poor girl with wh im he had I travelled passed him. Then he helped j thc porter to lift his portmanteau and i walked with Lim to a cab. He had a j six-mile drive before he could reach j his parish of Burleigh which was on ! the outskirts of Birmingham. How I ever, tito drive was accomplished in j safety, and that night was spent by I Mr. Gloam, sleepless, in his new par I sonage. I The body of Miss Aviss was found j dead on the line early on the follow ' ing dav, and afterward her travelling i bag was discovered twentv miles I further down the line. But for this '? discovery of the bag tiie poor girl's I death would have been attributed to ! accident; as it was, when it became j demonstrated that somebody must ; have had a share in her death, nobody j accused the Kev. Jude Gloam Nor i was anybody else accused. The porter j who had put Mr. Gloam into the car I riage at Oxford had not noticed that ; there was a young lady in thc com ; partment, and simply owing io this slight fact of non-observance the storv ; of Mary Aviss's death was fated to I remain a ni}-.story. It became known ; in time, however, to one mau io i whom Mr. Gloam communicated the j facts in writing some five years after ? they hail happened. Ile the rector ? pf Hurleigh, ended his letter by say ing: "1 have lived in a purgatory of remorse and sorrow ever since that, awful night, and am thankful to think 1 shall soon be rid of my load." ile was dying when ho wrote this cd" a decline, brought on by over work in his parish: and he left behind him the r?putation of being the most earnest, zealous, kindest, and also the saddest rector whom the people of lvorleigh had ever seen. 31 rs. Jones says that her husband will never be streck by lightning, be? cause he gets insulate. ? child. one month and six day* old, died, in Now York, from having her (..?ir? pierced. The nurse probably in? cautiously alloted it to listen to a New ; - r , . . i. " . "i 1 i one er::>s nan-.. The gentleman who caine to this ! office to falk on thc necessity (d' re- j fenn -and absent-mindedly carried off a ; black sdi: umbrella in mistake tor a ? blue gingham one will please call and j correct thc error.-| Ph il adel [> h ia I N-,,;, j Ile- -"She LS a remarkably sweet sm- , ?cr. f don't know when 1 have heari! such alia-: voice. ?-;?! vu notice her; bravura passages '.' :;'i?.,*--"No hut , I noticed tiie ince en lier dress, lt's j real Hamburg, and just lovely." | THE LEGISLATURE. It w'?s expected that there would have been a sharp light in thc Senate on Monday on a bill to exempt tbe coun? ties of Hampton, Beaufort, CoUcton and Charleston from the operation of thc stock law, but the friends of the meas? ure fought shy and it went over till Tuesday. A bill to amend Section 12 of an Act to create a Railroad Commissioner and to define his duties was sacrificed-kill? ed outright in the house of its friends. A bill to allow School Trustees free passage over all ferries and bridges, when on official business, was passed to a third reading. Thc bill to create a new Judicial Cir? cuit, to be known as thc Ninth, was voted down. The House concurred in thc Senate amendment respecting the constitution of the Board of .Regents of the Lunatic Asylum, which is that one shall bc ap? pointed from each Congressional Dis? trict, aod thc remaiuder be residents of Richland couuty. The legislative appropriation bill was taken up, and thc ll on se showed a deter? mination to reduce thc expenses to thc lowest figure. Thc result was the re? duction of thc pay of one committee clerk from ?225 to $200, and cf the pay of one of the laborers for pay iu two capacities, at the rate of ?4 per day to {i'l per day. A number of Acts were ratified, among which were thc following : An Act to cede and vest in tho Coun? ty of Clarendon thc right, title and in? terest of the State in the jail lot in thc town of Planning. An Act to refluir? all persons engaged in the traffic in seed cotton and unpack? ed lint cotton to keep a record of pur? chasers of thc same. An Act to establish a new judicial elec? tion County from a portion of Charles? ton County, to bc known an thc County of ]3erkoley ; to ascertain and Joline thc boundaries of said Counties, and to pro? vide for aod fix thc salaries of thc Coun? ty officers thereof. An Act to provide fer the govern? ment, discipline and organization of thc j militia of the State. An Act. to provide for thc prepara? tion of rolls of troops furnished by the State of South Carolina to thc army of the Confederate States, and to the militia of th: State in active service during the war betwecu the Confederate and the Uuited S'ates. An Act to incorporate the Camden Cotton Factory Company. An Act to authorize the reopening of the South Carolina Military Academy. Au Act to authorise tho Comptroller General to make composition with thc sureties of Samuel Place Au Act to amend .Jocticn 4 of 'An Act to further regulate thc sale of intox? icating liquors in the Slate' so as to provide for the further enforcement of the same. The following, winch is regarded as a very imyortant measure, was passed, in the House, to its third reading, without debate. A bill to limit ibo time within which claim?- against thc State or against, any County shall bc valid and paya? ble. SECTIOS 1. Be if enacted. <Cc, That all claims against the State, of whatso? ever nature or kind, on which, thc right to demand payment has already ac? crued, shall bc. and thc same arc here? by, forever barred, unless duly present? ed within two years from ?lie passage of this Act, and all such claims twice pre? sented to and rejected by thc Genend Assembly or cither branch thereof, or twice presented and withdrawn there? from, are hereby declared to bc forever barred. SEC. 2. That all claims against the State accruing hereafter shall be forever barred unless duly presented withiu three years after the right to demand payment thereof acmes ; and suth claims shall also bc forever barred if twice presented to thc General Assem? bly or either branch thereof and reject? ed or twiefc presented: and withdrawn. SEC. 3. That no claim against any County cf this State shall bc valid and payable unless the same bc presented to and Sled with the County Commission? ers of such County during tho fiscal year in which they arc contracted ur thc next thereafter, and all claims not presented and filed as herein required shall be forever barred. SEC. 4. That nothing in this Act shall be so constructed as to affect the law now of force as to thc bonded debt of the State or of any County thereof. Thc Calender being cleared thc Sen? ate was without business and adjourned to meet at ll o'clock to-day. TUESDAY, January 31.-Tn the Senate the calendar was immediately taken up. Among tim bills passed and ordered tobe cnruih'd were the following: Will to authorize thc Couuty Commis signers of ?lie several Counties in the Stare io sell the Count}- feu ces where the same have become useless. 33111 authorizing and requiring thc County Commissioners of Sumter to ap? propriate the unexpended balance of the sum levied and cd] ce ted for the build? ing of a County line fence to thc pay? ment nf the past indebtedness of said County. j?iil to incorporate the Southern Land Loan Association. in thc [louse, a bill to declare the law relating to liens on crops in tho State ol' South Carolina was inde?nite?y postponed. Tile enacting ctausc was stricken from a bill to allow tenants renting cr leasing land to sell or remove, at the j expiration of lease or rent, manures raised by them. YVKi'XEsn.w, February L-In the Senate the subjoined odis were contin? ued on li.?: calen dar : Bili lo provide for thc pay mci: i of the exrauses of the persons appointed by the Covern or to sit. upon thu Su? preme Court in case any oi the ?Tust:ces thereof be disqualified by reason of any ol' thc causes stated in the (?th Section nf Vr.riem I V ol'the OmsiiUiiion of the State : bill lo repeal the u.^un btws oi' this Stain : hil! ;.? provide for rho dis ?riii.. : ;\ ] . eft hi ':-cne: '?>? S'.-'it UtC." o? ti;:.. .'':;!<;. The following passed to their third reading : Jjill to amend an Act entitled 'An Act. to incorporate the Geom and North Carolina Narrow ( Hali road Company,' so as to ant said company to construct either or narrow gauge over any portico road ; bill to charter tho South 1 Railroad Company; bill to provic thu further operation of the L< Asylum ; bill to charter the Sumte Watcrce Railroad Company. The bill for the assessment and tion of property, was passed an dercd to be enrolled for ra??catio Rill to devote certain public lai the use of the Board of Directors c State Penitentiary; bill to defim duties of County Commissioners, ( ty School Commissioner mid G Treasurers iu reference to tho aud; allowing and payment, of claims, to require annual reports of all cl audited, allowed and paid by thci be made to the Court of General sions : bill to provide for the bette euri ty of life and property from dangers of kerosene and polroleum joint resolution authorizing the Superintendent of Education to sell miscellaneous school books as are in the State Librnry, for tho bene thc free school fund of thc State, an quiring him to.make au itemized s usen t of such sale to the next Gel Assembly. A number of bills on the cale were read a third lime and ordered I enrolled for ratification. Among number were the Columbia Canal a bill to enable persons w,,0,se crops seized under thc provisions of the rious Acts known as lion laws, torc er possession of the same. The bill to amend the "Act'to a tish by law the voting precincts in various Counties in this State" passsd to\i third reading with notre amendments. Mr. Scegers made an e?tort to rei thc penalty from 5 por cent, to o cent for non-payment of thc tax rcqu to be paid in May, and made a I out. vigorous speech in favor of amendment. Ile said he regarded penalty as wrong in principle, but penalty was lo attach for failure to the 6rst. installment of thc tax it manifestly wrong for thc State to chi the unfortunate taxpayer who could command money at that season of year 5 per cent, when it was well kn.' (hut thc State borrowed all the me she needed at ? per cent, for the wi year. Zur. Johnstone moved to lay amendment on thc table. The pr* sion was found important as a pen; ns it brought into the treasury ah ?185,000, without which serious omi rassment will be caused to the pul interest. Ile moved to lay Mr, Seego amendment on the table, which i carried. Ayes 0-: nays The usury law was taken up. Mr. Picken said that the measure n under: consideration was calculated increase the amount of capital used <<ur State. Legislation heretofore f been conservative, and slow to deal w measures like this, and thc advai which had been made was by thc gr; ?al evolution of Oscai science. The quiry made by capitalists wrs, "??: you a usury law V And, when answ ed in the afrirmativc, they had gc elsewhere and we had lost thc advt tages which thc use of this capital wo I have given us. This was but the u ural operation of the law cf supply a demand, and it was no new law, but principle well recognized by all politii economists. Thc operation of the pri ciple underlying the usury law was cramp and restrict the laws of trac The history of ali such attempts to lin and restrict trade had shown them to failures. The attempt to fix the pri of grain by law was followed by t farmer refusing to plant ata price bete ttie cost of production, and the clT< has long since boen abandoned by iou l?gen? com m un ii ic?. -Money begc ! money, and gives the facility to d velop al! the industries and employmeu cf man. Docs the usury law lix tl rate of interest as it is its purpose to d it does not. And the inherent de fe in ail usury laws is that they seek to t a thing which, it is confessed they Ufte ly fail to do. The law says that ti market value of morney is 7 per cent but it. is known that it is less than 7 p< cent, to-day. and it was true that haul in Charleston are allowing but 4 pc cent., because they cannot get mac more than that amount. Does mu rh prove that the existing law was withot effect ? Wc had seen thc law ai temr to limit the rate of interest to 7 pc cent, ot a time when it rated mue higher than that, and yet thc operatic of the natural law of trade had actual! reduced the rate below that fixed by tn law. The efforts to remedy the evil said to grow out of the lien law, by th Legislature had failed. Why ? Simpl because these efforts were an attempt ti violate the laws of trade, which ever; intelligent mind recognized in the dailj transaction of life. If thc usury lav was not in force men would carry thei; money into the various Counties of tin State and lend it at thc best ratees whicl they could obtain, and so thc wants ol those who need money to carry on theil operations would find an ample supply. Now York has a usury law, but it is s dead letter and has no sort of effect ci th. I er in the city or State of New York. I This is shown by the fact that in l$?o. Just prier to the panie, money brought Vj per cent, per day and in IS41> j per cent, a day, and why was this? Because the law ot trade is paramount and beats away the law which attempts to restrict or control it. If money is plentiful it will be obtained at low rates, if it is scarce it can only be had at high rates. It is as true to the h;w cf doma:: ? und supply as aro th;, lides to those natur:!:, yet scarcely explicable laws, which con? trol their ebb and flow, it is a not jari? fa ct that the existing law is violated ' every day. This violation is a matter of agreement between ibo burrower and rite lender, and thc honor of the parties to thc contract is pledged to protect the : vibhitiirs from punishment. Will this ! Assembly say that they are willing to i encourage such double-dealings by per? petuating such a law upon the statute bo* Vs V.?. A:\ :.\ i< *.? I?.'?id np t? year : ?\?:.!O?VI? :.. s.\?;...: >n to wrong, to deceit ; ?r:?:n:. .cd to a-^ist in ; i i. * iio t .:iat'rVvih':- ixj?--and i)e.f:rr.J-?.:ion of future j generations. The time is coming when ' they shall discover the wrong which has been practiced upon thora, and it will bc bettor for as to anticipate that peri? od and send, forth thc glad tidings to thc needy thousands in Spurn Carolina that money snail henceforth be free. Mr. Simpson said : When I saw thc lill under consideration on thc calendar T. did not think it '.vas scriou.-ly contem? plated to repoli thc usury law, but after listening to thc argument of thc gentle? man from Charlesrcn, ? fee! lb-it it is an issue which must bc mot. Thc thc- . orios which have been set forth by the ; gentleman will not bear thc touchstone of plain common .*ensc. ITc had 'in his earliest days repudiated the doctrine that there was a law of demand and ; supply. The works on the subject of ? political economy were not written by practical men, but by ?aere theorists wno had no experience in the business affairs of life, and they were not, there? fore, safe teachers. Talk about the law of supply and demand when the money was in the hands of the few who could deal it out as suited their con? venience or interest. Arc we to strike out the laws punishing murder and ar? son because there are those who will violate those laws? This is a peculiar logie which he did not un? derstand. For Iii-* part he would up? hold the law as it stood along side of the declaration of tho Good Book's de? nunciations against the usurer. Vve arc told that we must repeal the law in order that capital may pour into our State to relieve lue wants of our people. J>u? what was the CApericnee of those year.? earing winch thc law was repeal- . cd? Ir.ls not within the knowledge of ail that no capital came, but since thc operation of this "?aw under the improv? ed energies and industries of our people capital hrs eenie and our railroads and manufactures and other enterprises to? day attest the fact that the usury jaw docs not stand iu the way of capital. The truth vms that the rate of interest allowed by the banks was not, as claim? ed by the gentleman, a standard of thc value of money, for these very banks which will only allow 4 per cent, for money will ?nu do charge 12 per cent, to the borrower. The repeal of the usury law would bc ruin to the material interest of the State. It would bc yielding to the demands of capital, and a denial of protection to thc interests of the !abcr*of the country. The bid to amend an Act lo establish voting precincts in the various Counties in the State was passed to a third read? ing. A bill to exempt thc County of Charleston from tito operation of thc stock law. This hill provides for the building of a "line fence by the county of Charleston as a condition of this ex? emption. Gmts&'A's Gallows. WASHINGTON*. January 29 -tie can? not see the gallows, which is standing in thc jail, frora thc door of his corridor. The basement under these corridors contains no cells, hut has the hosting and sewerage apparatus bricked up i'ou walk perhaps one hundred and fifty feet along this basement corridor, after descending several steps, and thc gallows lies in a very peculiar perspect? ive before you in the full light of thc far end. Ii is not on the same side of the jail with Ouiteau, who is in the south corridor, while the gallows ia in j thc north basement corridor. The gal? lows is painted a light green color, and is a rather prctiy piece of carpenter work. ?iany persons hare never seen a gal? lows, aud this enc is rather better than the representative. The 2rst thing that strikes you about it is thc height of thc floor above thc brick ground. It is. perhaps, ten or twelve feet, or even more, above the door; and a plain, tall set of steps, wide enough for four peo? ple to go up abreast, ascend it directly as you approach. It consists of a mere platform, with a large trap in the mid? dle. The trap is half as large as a door to your roon), and hinged on one side, and on the other well bolted, but thc bolts ar-- withdrawn by the action of a cord which run - under the gallows finer, and passes into a small, barred cell win? dow right by. A man concealed there jerks the cord, and thc trap falls. Several ropes arc here which have been provided to hang Guite.au, sent by the animated people in different parts of the country, particularly in thc South and West. Mc-t of them are carefully : tied, and the slip-knots arranged ns if thc persons in control had been hanging people ali their lives. lit; will be bang ? cd with one of these ropes, for they have all been kept. Over thc gallows rises a cross-bar on two supports, and the length "f the rope is perhaps ? .volvo feet, so that tin; prisoner will drep five or six feet His head, when lie stands up to be hanged. wilT'oe live feet and a half above thc gallows floor ; and when he drops the head wilt be a hal: a foot er more below the gallows iioor. On tiie gallows cio stand thirty er forty people, and it is about ten c-r twelve feet sauarc. Cuiteau will probably be sentenced to death about the latter part of nest week. Nobody here believes he wit! have any other trial. Argument- o? jurisdiction was dismissed by his coun? sel vfhen they had thc opportunity to take it up ; aud though, they may re? vive it. yet few believe it will be effec? tive. The argument itself is one o? those dodges gotten up hy ingenious law vers, with the promise of a large fee. .and ?niposed on stupid Judges, li is based on the notion that a man must be tided where his victim dies, and noli where he is injured. Ouiteau shot tte !:'resident in the district of Columbi;:, ? but tho L*resilient died in New Jersey : j therefore, it is said that ihe.e is some j pr?c?dent for trying bim in New Jersey. I and. therefore his .rial in iii? District ; of Columbia H.-ts hs proper; and he must now be taken to Jersev and tried ru. j j This \'< not thc understanding of any j ! sensible people auyw-herc; lt" a umn : commirs :i perjury in Ohio, ? is pro vi- | j ded 1hat the ??ovoiuor shall have him ! j remanded from any State whore he has . j escaped and nut on triai in Ohio. If; von to Kngland an.I stab a man. ; ::T;d th- n::'n goo? to Now York and. (fie?, the pr- e^'inre "? to try the urnrderer .... Sn-"land. Snob is the nossiblc resort o." the d'':-:;: c r> ;? ni fe an to N Jersey. wh?:re he .vii] hesurc to bc <..?>;; victed in about ten days, tor Jcrseymcn sparc nobody. A Sanatoria! Squabble COLUMBIA, S. C., February 1.-Dur? ing a debate in the ?Senate iast week, Senator Fisbume, while speaking on a mear.ure, was courteously reminded by the President that he Lad erred in re? gard to the business before the Senate and at once discovered his mistake. Shortly afterwards Senator Smythe, al? luding to the position of his brother Senator, remarked that he [Mr. Fish? burne] did act know what bc was talk? ing about, when bc was interrupted by Mr. Fish herne, who stated that what thc Senator froai Charleston bad just said was false. Some sharp language ensued, and it was freely rumored on thc streets that Senator Fishburne had threatened personal violence to Senator Symthe. Both gentlemen occupied their scats thereafter, the friends of both making strenuous endeavors to prevent a breach of the peace, apparently with? out much success, however, as Senator Fishburne seemed determined to pre? cipitate a conflict. About o o'clock Monday afternoon Senator Smythe was approached at his desk by Senator Fishburne, who de? manded a categorical answer to the question whether or not the Senator from Charleston bad withdrawn his remark addressed to him [Mr. Fish? burne] that *;fhe.gen:lemaa from Col ieton did not know what* he was talking about.' Mr. Smythe replied that what he hod said was in reply to remarks made by the genliemcn from Colleton and he had nothing to retract. Mr. Fishburne reiterated his demand for a reply in accordance with bis wishes, stating that, though unarmed, Mr. Smythe should cot leave the chamber except over his dead body without giv? ing it Colonel Farrow, thc Clerk of the Sen? ate, herc interposed as a mutual friend, requesting that the matter should bo submitted to arbitration, and stating his conviction that it was a matter which ?bould thus bc disposed of. Thc affair hereupon terminated. There has been not a little solicitude felt in the community touching the mat? ter, all being desirous that a stop should be put to the rumored rencontre, but nobody took thc necessary steps to pre? vent a breach of the peace. Yesterday morning, however, Senator James F. Tzlar. of Orangeburg, and Representa? tive McCrady, of Charleston, made the necessary deposition before Trial Justice Marshall, who issued a warrant for the arrest of the two Senators, who were taken ia custody by Sheriff Bowan and each Senator was required to give a bond for the security of the peace in the sam of five thousand dollars. Pending thc execution of thc bond the friends of both gentlemen, thinking they could adjust thc matter, had the information upon which the warrants had been is? sued withdrawn. The Senate after? wards went into secret session, and the presumption was that> still further at? tempt had been made to heal the breach between its meaibers. Later in the afternoon Senator Fish? burne was again rearrested, on the affi? davit of Mr. h. T. Levin Jr., and. Mr. Fishburne declining to give bend, he was committed to jail. it is hoped that the affair will be ami? cably arranged, and tho community will hold the peace officers to a strict ac? countability for the prevention of a breach, of the peace. Senator Fishburne was released yes? terday afternoon, giving bond in the sum of ?2.0'J0. Messrs. Bissell and Jenkins, members of the House of Rep? resentatives, were his bondsmen. ?- ?? ?C#'-4Pf * B390lier on Guiteau. At ? public dinner io New York, Henry YTard Beecher spoke of the Guiteau trial, ile said: I think that thc man who received an inspiration from Heaven will also have a line dropped to him from the some direc? tion ? believe in insanity, and I be? lieve he came as near it as a man can, and remain sane. It shows the pecu? liar clfect which an overweening devel? opment of pride and vanity produces. There are people who no, matter what their moral conviction is, think a thing is right after they have done it. I con? gratulate yen that thc trial is ended, but not at the processes which require seventy days lo convict him. Consid? er that a man should shoot the Presi? dent of the United States in the open street, should bc in prison and then that it should take seventy days te convict him cf hav:;?g shot thc Presi? dent, and having earned the right of being hung, ? don't wonder that a!' Europe looks on with contempt at us. I don't advocate thc brevity of Russian trials or German justice, but that all this continent should watch the drag? ging of this ease through seventy days is a disgrace to jurisprudence in this land. I can only speak with commen? dation of the honesty and sterling in? tegrity of the learned gentlemen who sat upon the case, but I think he is as usually un5: to mantain such a trial as th:-? as a 5-year-old child would he to guide a Cunard Steamer across the ocean during one of thc recent gales. This tends to contempt abroad and to destroy the confidence of men in courts. In ending thc speaker said through this sad business Heaven is populated by ono more saint, and one miserable wretch is sent into the cluer world. Poisonous Rabbits. The Territorial Enterprise, says: A man by tho name of Otis, living on li erse Creek, Cal., was bitten by a rabbit i?> September, from thc effects of which he almost lost his life. He was trying to catch the rabbit for his rTtt'e boy. when the animal bit hint on tko thumb; bul he took little notice of ii at the lime. About an hour after v.-.iiu his thumb began to pain him severely and swell rapidly, so that he sent for a physician, who thought he must have been bitten by a rattle? snake. Tiie doctor at first could not believe that it was the bite of the rabbit that caused the trouble. So to satisfy himself he had several rabbits caught, with which he experimented. :!:* ftba: the upper jaw con? tained a ho??mv iootb, from \v'i:. ,' he exUT.?N ea a very peisonons du ". Ile ase stained thal; two drops of this tlaid administered to .;. lamb would kill it in an hour.