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VOLUME X.-NUMBER 2179. ' CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1873. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR7
THE CALENDAR OF CRIME.
MURDER OF TUE OFFICERS OF A
BRIGANTINE ON THE HIGH SEAS.
Th? Drunken Crew Slay the Captain
and Ms Wife and Abandon the Ves?
sel-Traces of the Bloody Combat.
[FEOil TUE 8, AM) A. TELEGRAPH COMPANY.]
WASHINGTON. March 24.
The following circular was issued from the
treasury department, dated March 24,1873:
To Collectors of Customs and Others:
Yon are requested to furnish this depart
WI?L any Information you may be able to ob
tatl affording a clew which may lead to the
discovery ci all the facts concerning ihe de?
sertion of a vessel lound on the l3ih ot De?
cember in latitude 38 degrees, 20 minutes
north, and longitude 17.61 west, derelict at
sea, and which was towed Into the harbor of
Gibraltar J y a British vessel, Del Gratia, and ls
there libelled by the salvors.
Prom the los: of the abandoned vessel she ls
supposed to be the American brigantine Mary
Celeste, bound trom New York tu Genoa, and
lt ls supposed she called from New York, and
that her master was named Brigg?. The cir- j
cumstances ol the case tend to arouse grave
suspicions that the master, his wile and child,
and perhaps the ohlel mate, were murdered,
In the fury of drunkenness, by the crew, who
had evidently obtained access to the alcohol
with which the vessel was In part laden. Ii
ls thought that the vessel was abandoned by
the crew between the tweniy-fllth ol Novem?
ber and the filth of December, and that ihey
either perished at sea, or more likely escaped
OD board ol some vessel bound for some North
or South American port or the West India isl?
ands. When discovered the derelict vessel
was thoroughly Bound, wiih the exception of
the boats, which bad been Injured by some
sharp instrument. She was weil lound and
provisioned, and no reason for her deserilon
was apparent, A sword with the appearance
of blood thereon was on board, ana marks of |
blood were lound upon the sails. The vessel's
documents and chronometer have not been
found, but almost the wholo of the personal
effects of the master and hiv wile and child,
and o? the crew, were discovered In good
condition, and books, trinkets, gold lockets
and female wearing apparel ot superior qual
ty were left untouched In the cabin. Tuel->g
was completed to noon of the 24th ol No?
vember.
Many other details concerning the matter
are In possession of this depanment, which
wlU be furnished upon application if neces?
sary.
(Signed) WM. A. RICHARDSON,
Secretary ot the Treasury,
fratricide In Kentucky.
LOUISVILLE, March 24.
Mr. G. W. Hollsebuuse, one ol the oldest
and most esteemed citizens of Bond^towo. 11
was In his room to-day witb his unmarried | j
son, J. Hollsehaiise, when a married son en
tered aud shot the other In the left breast, the I
shoulder and head..
The Mysterious Murd ur In Brooklyn.
BROOKLYN, March 24.
The alleged murder ol Chas. Goodrich ls
still the topic of conversation. Some insist
that it ls a case of suicide, others that the man
was murdered. Friends ol the deceased scout
the Idea of a suicide, saying all fae: s and cir?
cumstances go to show that he was murdered.
Dr. Cuvier, who officiated at the funeral,
takes a similar view. The inquest stands ad- j
journed.
One More Attempt to Cheat the Gallows.
NKW YORK, March 24.
Application was made by Sykes's couu.-el
for an order to show cau-e why an order I
should not be made correcting aud amending 11
the Judgment record In the case of his client, f I
The matter was argued at some length and
the judge has the matter under consideration.
The Woman who Killed Watson 1
Caught at Last. i
WASHINGTON. March 24. J
Mrs. Fanny Hyde, who killed Geoige W. 1
Watson, In Brooklyn, New York, lu J lunary,
1872, was arrested bere yesterday, aud this
morning started for New York lu chame ol
Detective Miller, ot this cuy. liri'. Hyde | '?
states that she was willing and anxious to
return to New York; that she had no Idea ol'
avoiding trial, and what blame lhere was for
her.non-appearance when wanted reefed with
ber lawyer, who bad tailed to communicate
with her.
O'Brien, the murderer of Cunningham, and
Tom Wright, colored, the murderer ol the
Jew peddler Rogerisk), have been detected in
a slot to break jail, which, by ihe vigilant - of
toe officers, was completely frustrated.
THE ERIE SWINDLE.
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Dan Sickles Pockets a Plum-The Cost I (
of Changing Directors. I |
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NEW YORK. March 24
The legislative committee to Investigate the
affairs ol' the Erle Railroad resumed Its session
this morning. General Barlow, counsel lor
the Erle corporation, testified at length rela-.
tlve to the disbursement ol certain tunds in I !
con ne dion with the management ol the road. 1 {
In bis testimony he stated that three hundred
and fifty thousand dollars were disbursed to
effect the chaDge of the Erie directorship; ihe
amounts paid the directors lor resigning being 11
intended to guarantee them lrom liability '1
after the reorganization ol the board of direc?
tors. Seventy-five thousand dollars was paid
General D. E. Sickles, out of the corporation
treasury. Four million dollars were advanced
by Bischoff Sheim, ol London, to take up the
floatleg Indebtedness, without which th?
company would have oeeu thrown imo bank?
ruptcy. There was great difficulty In obtain?
ing possession of three millions of bonds held
by Gould, but be was finally Induced to hand
over the bonds at seventy. Tne only sum
paid the witness and his firm for compensa?
tion was five thousand dollars lor contract I !
work, and since then he was employed as I
counsel for Six months at the rate of ten j J
thousand dollars per year
THE WEATHER 1HIS DAT.
WASHINGTON, March 24
Probabilities : The storm centre In the Ohio
Valley will move Northeastward over the
Ohio, with Increasing Northeast wind, and
snow during Monday Bight lrom the Middie
States Westward over the lake region to the
Rocky Mountains. For Tuesday, in the Gull
States continued Southwest and Westerly
winds, followed in the Western Gulf States by
Northerly winds and falling temperature on
Tuesday afternoon. For the South Atlantic
Stales Southeasterly winds, veering to South?
west, with rai n. A storm centre will continue
developing on the Middle Atlantic coast, and
Northeast winds, with threatening weather
and rain or snow, will prevail over ihe Middle
States and lower lakes, with low temperature,
but somewhat higher than on Monday. Rising
barometer and clear weather will prevail very
generally in New England on Tuesday morn
iDg, followed by foiling barometer, Northeast
winds and cloudy weather on Tuesday night
Cautionary signals continue at ?talions on the
Guli and Atlantic coasts.
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
-Archdeacon Jno. Van Sanford, of Coven
try, England, is dead.
-General Sharp took possession ol bis
office of surveyor at New York yetierday.
-The New York strike seems lo be gather?
ing strength.
-Wm. M. Tweed is re-elected president ol'
the American Club.
-The custom receipts at New York average
$500.000 a day.
-Commodore Vanderbilt has given $500.000
towards erecting a girls' seminary at New
Dorp. Staten Island.
-The German Government bas determined
to treble the excise duty upon Imported to
b&cco.
-The Harlem Railroad ls to be leased to
the New York Central lor nine hundred and
ninety-nine years at eight per cent.
-Peculations extending seventeen years
back ara reported as having been discovered
In the County Court of Jownsenton, Md.
-The Massachusetts Senate propose to Rive
$50,000 to Professor Agassiz's museum at
Cambridge.
-All checks upon United Slates officials
must be presented within three years after
their date or they will only be paid at Wash?
ington.
-The steamer City of Brussels lost her rad?
der while in mid-ocean, and became unman?
ageable for three days, when a steamer hove
ffn sight, and tewed her Into Queenstown.
THE COUNTY SEAT OF BARNWELL.
A Legislative Legacy to a Puzzled Pos?
terity.
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BLACK VILLI:, Monday, Milch 24.
The election ordered by the Legislature, to
determine where the conni y seat of Barnwell
shall be. ls happily over. About Tour Ihousiod
votes were polled, and Barnwell claims that lt
ls twenty-nine votes ahead. At some Impor?
tant precincts the manuger* of eleciion were
not sworn. Blackville ls Jtibllani; yet the
wise-heads believe thut the question ol the
county seat will have to bo determined by our
"heirs, executors, administrators or assigns."
(SHERWOOD
AN UNQUIET GRAVE.
The Attempt to Disinter Poster-HU
Wile on her Deathbed.
[BY TUB 3. AND A. TELEGRAPH COMPANY ]
NKW YORK, March 24.
The statement that the burial ot Poster in
Greenwood Cemetery was objected to on the
ground ol the loiproptiely ol buryloga mur?
derer in the cemetery, ls denied, and lt is
stated that no objection has been raised, be?
cause lt was understood that no monument
would be erected.
It was rumored to-day that Foster's body
would be exhumed and a chemical analysis
of the stomach be made to ascertain it he had
taken poison previous lo the execution.
Sheriff Brennan states that lhere is no foun?
dation, for such proceedings. Foster may have
taken poison, bu: inasmuch as he did not die
lrom itri eflT>cis, no proposition io exhume ihe
body could be entertained.
Mrs. Foster ls believed lo be dylrg A con?
sultation ot dociors was held this aiiernoon.
HURRIED INTO ETERNITY.
Two ihn Instantly Killed by a Mill
Explosion.
[FROM THE S. AND A TELRGRAPH CO.)
ACTON, Mass., March 24.
One ot the powder mills ot the American
Powder Company here exploded ibis fore
Doon, killing two men, one named Wem
won li, aud the oilier unknown. Addison G
Fay, the geueral ageut of the company, ls
probably fatally li J.ired.
REPUBLICANISM IN SPAIN.
Terms of the Porto Rico Emancipation
Law-Dissolution of the Cortes.
NKW YOR?, March 24.
The Spanish Corles has passed the bill
ibolishiug slavery in Porto Kico. Thu bill
provides lhai the abolition of slavery shall fol?
low immediately on the promulgation ol the
oil!. The emancipated slaves will, however,
De obliged to nerve lor three ?earn with ihelr
present masters, or other residents ou the
island, and will enjoy the political riglils of
Spaubh ciUzens aller Uve years shall have
elapsed. The indemnity payable to slave own
srs ls io be charged exclusively to the account
ot the Porto Rico budget.
LONDON, March 24.
The Times this moroing editorially com?
ments on ihe action ot the Spanish Assembly
yesterday m passing ihe bill for the Immedi?
ate abolition of slavery In Porto Rico, and in?
timates that a similar policy towards Cuba
wouhl be accepiable to the Uuited Stiles.
The Times relers at length to ihe protracted
war on i lie I.-land of Cuba, and the aiilmde of
be United Stales towards (but inland, which
t au MCI pai es will eveni nally lead lo a disrup
.ion and a war between Spain and AmetiCA.
MADRID, Mai ch 24.
The dissolution of the Curies was unan
noiisly proposed to-day, and the body broke
ip amid great excitement in the building and
m the ilreels. but lhere was uo disorder, and
he streets were perlecily tranquil.
WAIFS FROM WASHINGTON.
Thc Resignation of Caldwell-Nomina
tiona and Recommendations-Sawye
in Harness-Southern Claims.
WASHINGTON. March 24
Caldwell, the accused Kansas senator, fl ed
als resignation to-day, and (he proceedings
igainsi him were stopped. The cuse ol Clay
Lon, ot Arkansas, was then taken up.
A strong tight is making against Atkins as
collector at Savannah. Townsend, the
cashier of the customhouse, ls endorsed by
Boutwell and Yates. Colonel Young is re
?stabllshed us collector at Bale gil. Georgia
ion is con Armed as collector at Petersburg
Pa., and Nonh HS postmaster ut Brunswick
jd. Medical Direcior Joseph Beale is up
jointed Inspector-general ol hospitals aud
lett-. The nomination ot Casey at New Or
raus was reconsidered, but he was again
infirmed.
It is said that the Soulhern delegation
?rging President Grant to bave the South
'epresented in his Cabinet, are satisfied with
he appointment of ex-Seuator Sawyer as
isslstant secretary of the treasury.
General Mosby called to pay his respects to
be attorney-general on Saturday. He staled
hat be still held to his determination not to
iccept an office tinder President Grant, when
t could be said that it was tendered as a
eward for party service.
The Southern claims, on which the third
ludltor ol the treasury has a large clerical
orce engaged, are being adjusted as speedily
is possible, with ihe limited number ol clerks
it the command of the auditor, who ls be
leged dally by persons Interested lo know
in Just what day they can call and get the
nouey claimed by them on their alleged
osses.
The new internal revenue Uw, regulating
he collection of taxes, providing lor the re?
noval ot assessors, and tarnishing the manu
aclurer with stamps direct, Is ready to go in
o operation. The appointmeul of collectors
lave all been made, and the new stamps are
re ry nearly all printed.
Assistant Secretary Sawyer entered upon
ila dulles this morning.
The outstanding legal lenders amount to
?358,669.997, being an increase of hall a mil
lon since Saturday.
THE SAVANNAH REGATTA.
At a meeting of the ste warda of the Savan
tah Regatta Association, last Saturday eve
ung, the following races and prizes were de
ci mi ned upon for their annuli regatta, which
s to take place about tbe 20th of Mt.y:
FIRST DAY.
First Race-Between four-oared canoe and
rig boats. Distance ono mile. Entrance fee
10; prize $100.
Second Race-Between four-oared shells.
)istance one mile. Entrance fee $10; prize
100.
SECOND DAT.
First Race-Between single sculls. Distan?a
me mile. Prize, a smcle scull boat.
Second Race-Between four-oar9d boats,
ad boats of more than four oars. Distance
bree toiles. Entraoce $10. Prize, "Ihe
Champion Flag" and $200.
THIRD DAY.
Sailine: Regatta ut Montgomery-First-class
>oats. prize $125: second-class boats, $75;
bird-olass boats, $50.
HOTEL ARRIVALS-MARCH 24.
Charleston.
Je6se E Smith, H 0 smith, Philadelphia; J W
Edmonds and servant, New York; Thos E Cum
nins. New York; R D Sidney, Florida; John il
."uttle, Newark; Mr Seabrook, Geo P Wheeler,
Ic'ams. Mass; Wm Cunningham, F B Ferguson,
lait uiore; W O Uopklns, Philadelphia; A t? Ou
llorn, Ner York; Mrs K D Hubbard. WU Hob
>ard, Bai "ford, conn; E J Hey and lady, Water -
)ury, Conn; Dr Woodruff, Plymouth, Conn; H E
Javles. Miss Davies and maid, New York; S A
?chols, Atlanta; Mrs Wm Latmbeer. K M Laim
>eer, New York; B F Boyer and lady, Reading,
sa; Mrs Kobert Klotz, L E Kio z, Maunch chunk.
?a; A Barcanson. Washington; S S Pratt, H D
Juman, Homer, 111; J Q Morris and lady, Ohio;
lohn D Schemman, New York; Miss Katie A
borden, Philadelphia: T C Engl9h, Mobile; B B
?eeler, Columbia; K Brainard, Jr, Savannah; T
r Townsend. New York.
Pavilion.
W M Fuller, C D Partridge, Philadelphia; J L
iopez, city; J K Gibson, S 0; John T Echols, Ga;
: B Mobley, Lancaster; LTlernan, Ballimore; G
V ?strange and lady, canada: S H Dixon, WU
nlngton, Del; O M Starr, New York.
? LONDON "SEASON."
THE GREAT SOCIAL PHENOMENON OF
THE BRITISH BABYLON.
An Eccentric Period of Pleasure-Urban
Society with a Rural Flavor-How
and When the Season Begins-The
Symptoms In the Parks-Cosmopolitan
Company-Eating the First and Last
Condition of English Sociability.
[Correspondence of the Cincinnati commeiclal.]
Few Americans ever know anything about
that mammoth social phenomena called the
London season. In the spring and early sum?
mer, when the exodus of travel takes place
trom the United States Into Europe, Ameri?
cans arriving in London are usually too much
engrossed lu the purchasing of "outfits," or
in arranging letters of credit with their bank?
ers, and too eager lo breathe the more lor?
eign atmosphere ol the Continent to have
much thought about ihe extraordinary
movement ol' polite civilization which ls
lust then taking place In the British
capital. Or, ll they remain, passports of no
common kind are required lo introduce them
luto the defended circles of English society.
Perhaps a hall dozen Western Republicans in
i year come p.med with the extraordinary
credentials, and have Inclination and leisure
;o remain in London while they may be lu
lucted into the wilderness ol' entertainments
ivblch characterize UR season. Topographi?
cally considered, a London season is not an
iffair ol London at all, but ol the West End,
ur the part of English Babylon which bas Bel?
grave Square as Its centre, and its periphery
within two miles of that distinguished nelgh
lorhood. Inside ol this limit Ile Westminster
ind the two Houses ol Parliament, the tamnuB
streets Regent and Piccadilly, ihe Academies
)f Science and Art, the (treat parks, and,
grouped about the latter, the palaces of the
lobluty-everything, In short, which divides
)ollte London trom tbe vulgar, shopkeeping
;lty.
Considered with reference to Its time In the
rear, the English season ls the world's out-of
leason. The nation gifted with a political
sonBtltution which dom not contain ita laws,
vlth a sovereign not permitted to rule, and
vhich produces Us arboreal fruit on vines
slinging to carden walls, consistently differs
rom the order of Nature In having its uro .a
)OlIte period amid the lervors of midsummer,
rue London season In this respect ls indeed
in anomaly. Fashionable society In other
iountries begins Its gala term in November
ind closes lt lo April-retreating from Nature
luring Its unattractive period. The English
irowd to their capital with the breaking of
day buds, and the last ol their metropo itan
estivitles die away amid the excessive dusts
ind heats ol July. The eccentric turn of the
joudou season 1B fixed by the habits of tbe
latlooal aristocracy. Polite lile elsewhere bas
ts beginning and Inspiration In cities-the
?entres of commerce and ol Intellectual
tcilvllleB. Good sooiely in England bas
ts strong roots In the country, In the
amlly neats of the nobles and ol the
;reat landed gentry. Il ls distinguished, In a
vord, as the only modern cultivated society
vhich Is rural rather than urban, keeping al?
lays Its Savor ol the soil. Once a year this
?ultlvated provlcclal soclely makes Us Irrup
lons Into the great city where lt elects to
told HB holiday. The Loudon season becomes
i kind ol' social reservoir filled by trickling
ri but aries fi om every part ol Ihe kingdom,
(atemporal limits, as I have intimated, are
letermlued by Eugilsb unstocrailc tastes und
isairee. The ancient passion lor fox-hunting
luring the winter mouths has not diminished
mong the gentry, and one of Ihe traditions
ii this same grade ot English Hie ls io ussem
le the members of a household al the country
owe during Christ mas-Ude. The great lanal?
ea like to remain ai their rural seats ii ts Lil
?ier ibe Easter festival; the smaller families
ike their pattern after the great, and so the
eglnnlug of tue London carnival ls delayed
alli the middle of sprlDg. "Going up lo
joudoa" for the season, as the English ex
iress lt. is like going to a ball, those appear
Qg most distinguished who appear late.
The far off hint 01 the season is the assem
iling of Paniameut In February. Tne first
lep toward the great fashionable holiday ls
hen considered taken. In the Interval be
ween this event and ihe week alter Easter
Ide Ihe leminine portion of English iamilles
mich are to take part In the London carm?
al, ls believed to restrain llseli In rural seclu
Ion with considerable Impatience. British
aairons who are liable to estimate the impor?
t?e o? the Beason with relerence to oppor
unliy fer securing desirable matches for
hier daughters, grow anxious tor an early
etllement in their town residences. Young
r daughters who are about io enter upon
heir first year ol society exist for two mouths
a asiate ol nervous anticipation. In London
.gell there are also signs ot looking lorwurd
3 Its annual transformation. Members of
'arllament, including tne heads of many
troog households, arrive and take reel -
ence In lodgings until the coming of
neir lamllles. Just enough euiertaln
lente must be attempted to preserve these
epreseutatlvee ol the State from social stag
aiton. There begins lo be a little nen vii y ID
he palaces ol th? great clubs along Pall Mall,
nd in the houses ol various journalistic ana
terary celebrities that series of enteilaln
lents knowe as "At Homes," and which
lathlain as ihe model London receptions
throughout ihe season, ls faintly Initiated. Ai
ne eud ot March a few ot the earlier arriving
risiocralic ramilles, whose heads are io one
r ibe other ot the Houses of Parliament, are
Iready in town; lhere la a perceptible bustle
f lite lo ibe fashionable nelgbborboods, and
score ol' window-blinds are seen io be low
red in the grim quarters ol Belgravia. Dur
ig April the season breaks out manifestly lo
lie parks. For the parks are ihe pulse of
.ondon gala year, the show of equipages and
idera on the grand parades giving always
vidence ol the exact Hinte ot Budal activity,
iecepilons and entertainments ol all sorts
nicken willi the advance of April, and with
he opening or ihe Royal Academy of Arl in
[a; the drama ol the London season is fairly
itrod ticed.
An attempt to describe in detail the English
ishlonable year when lt has fully commenced,
I lt a'rt not begin, would end In madness. A
iOndon season ls thu very aggregation and
umble of human events, lt ls au annual
elebratlon four months long, In the largest
lty ot the world, of all the pleasurable con
ems of mankind.
Tue Russian Blghs for St. Petersburg; Ihe
lusselman longs for Stamboul; a German
pinter centres about Vienna or Berlin, and
be Latin races draw to Paris. But London,
hat could swallow within KB limits all these
liles, ls the magnet of ihe world, and offers a
oclal season BO varied and extensive as to
,bsorb the distinctive characteristic ot the
everal European capitals lulo Hs massive oos
uopollLanism. Parliament, whose session ls
he central t'tct around which the season re?
lives, is a vortex of political consldera
ion lrom Hindost?n lo Quebec. Arl has Iis
lally seances ai the academy. Lecturing
ias ita reunions, and draws after lt anslocra
?y and fashion. Twice a week the votaries of
he parlors cit In opera dresses to hear the
eciuresof ihe Royal Institution scientists
uch us Huxley, Tyndall and Farrar, becoming
he mentors of good society. London, lrom
Lpril to August, isa rani ol dinners and re
?eptlons and parades in the pnrk, while Ihe
iiibstantial and varied iuterests of the world,
>i politics and art, run through all the festivi?
t?s, and keep Hie season from degenerating
nto mere social irlvollty. It le a medley of
lie, lu which pleasure and profit are combin
id on a scale such SB society nowhere else
?as ihe diving or the means to attempt. Cos
nopolilaniRm. not In manners, but In the va
?ely ol the Interests and persons consorted
or "its employment, distinguishes above
ill the Eoglis'h social season. The world
eems turned down from the poles lo the
iquator to furnish the physiognomies of
aces lhat are destined to confront you
D a London drawing-room in the middle of
Jay. The seasons ai the continental capitals
ire over with the winter, and that yon enould
mcounter here, where they have been at
racted from Europe, Frenchmen, Russians,
tallaos. Norwegians, of distinguished names
ind histories, 1B to be anticipated. But there
ire delegates lrom the races farther off. A
?ariar chief ls your vis-a-vis at n dinner party;
i polite New Zealander on your left pushes
ou the salt. At a recension two hours later
in Icelandic poet gives you an account of the
larliest manuscripts ol the Eida, and you turn
o be Instructed by a Brahmin upon the ex
sting evidences of Alexander the Great's
ampalgn in tlie Punjaub. A swarthy Abys
! sirilan relates to you the mysteries of King
Theodore's domestic economy. He ls in
charge of King Theodore's son, a mild looking
lad who stands at his elbow, and whom the
Enellsh have Invited over for a civilized edu?
cation, in generous revenge for the Insults of
his ferocious progenitor. An Arab defends
the revelations ol the Prophet agalost ihe
miracles. A North American Indian, lu his
skins and feathers, turns np cu an afternoon
as a i eat ure at an artist's conversazione.
All of these geographical personages, unless
peihapstbe American chief, appear quite as
much at home under a London roof *s your?
self, aDd address you in the moat conventional
and idiomatic English. London Booiety, unlike
that of other European capitals, admits of no
[jargon of tongues. There is no weakly
1 polite giving way to the frailty of a foreign
speech. All these delegates of divers zones
and races conform in their manners a od dress,
aod pav deference to the Anglo-Saxon vernacu?
lar. English dignity and ign?ranos alike de?
mand it. The British social instinct is not
believed to be very vivid, but in this vast par?
ade field of London, it exhausts the excuses of J
the body and intellect for bringing men and
women togethor. Ealing is the first and last |
condition of English sociability. His compan?
ionship may not be very exhilarating, but a
bottle of sherry, with a loantnd cheese plsoed
between you and an Englishman, ou a table,
proclaim* bia having accepted you on even
terms of respectability and acquaintance.
The table plays an essential role in the drama
of the London season. Society offers you its
breakfasts at 12 o'clock. At 2 you are demand?
ed for luncb. Yon arranged io accept tea at a
West End terrace at 5, to dine at 8. to attend ci
reception at 10, and finish a supper of sub.
stantial viands one hour bsfore midnight.
You drink coffe J at a o!ub and visit a scientific
cabinet or ao athletic ma cb in ibo morning.
You drive to the Boyal Academy or a baziar iu
an afernoon interlude. To-morrow the pro?
gramme is not less exacting, but unchanged.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
The following transfers of real estate have
been filed In the Mesne Conveyance office for
the week ending March 24,1873:
February 6, 1873. Lot, B. S. Hamp?
stead Mali, A. P. Caldwell, as?
signee, to James E. Boone. $ 225 00 j
November 25. 1872. .'jot. w. P. Smith
street, W, H. Chafeeto Henry
aud Martin Fmdd. 300 00
February C, 1873. Lot, n. s. Socie?
ty street, John L F.-ber, Sr., to
Ernest F. Benedikt. 2905 00
March ll, 1873. Lot, n. B. Society
street, James F. V/elsman to
Anthony Michael. 3750 00
February 8, 1873. Lot. s. s. Am?
herst street, B. W. Seymour,
trustee, and C. H. Bernard, lo
M. J. Tobin and M. T. H .rim... 1200 00
September 1G, 1871. 10} acres,
Charleston County, Jan. Martin
to Jas. Small. 300 00
February 5. 1673 Lot, P. S. Line
street, J. L. Faber, Sr., to Geo.
Addison. 325 00
February 6,1873. Lot, s. s. Doe
street, J. L. Faber to George
Addison. 365 00
February ll, 1873. Tract. Wadma
law, Wm. S. and Anna M. Beck?
ett to Thomas A. Beckett.
-. Lot, e. s. Line street,
Richard Hogan to Mlcknel Han?
ley. 350 00
January 15, 1873. Part of Blake
lands, No. 35. C. H. Simouton,
referee, lo F. W. Kiareu. 100 00
Marcb 5, 1873. Plantation, Etawub
Island, George D. Bryan, as?
signee ol Wm. Greg?, lo H. H.
Hickman. 1850 00
November 10, 1872. Tract, St.
Stephen's, E. T. Reeves to Jas.
R. Thurston. 650 00
March 20, 1873. Lot, e. e. corner
Church and Atlantic streets,
James F. Welsman lo Jos. M.
Shackellord . 4,250 00
January 15, 1873. Fart ol Blake
lands, C. H. Slmontoo, referee,
to Wm. HuDt. 560 00
March 12.1873. Lot. Sullivans Is?
land, Caroline Gilman lo Eliza
W. Slppltt. 700 00
March 18, 1873 Lot, n. s. Broad
street, J,HUI L. Inglesby, trus?
tee, to the Pheulz Insurance
Company, ot Hartford. 3000 00 |
March 22, 1873. Lot, corner Lau?
rens, Anson aod Alexander
streets, Martin Caulfield io Abra?
ham Seckendorf. 1000 00 I
TBE WRECK OF THE CADUCEUS.
The British batk Caduceus, which went j
ashoro on Sapclo bar on tbe Georgia coast on
the 13th instant, has gone to pieces. 'Ihe
crew were brought to Savannah last Saturday
on the steamor Pilot Boy, and they brought the
following report of tho disaster:
' Left London January 10th, and bad a fine
passage all tue way, until within sight of land
off Sapelo nar. On Thursday, Maroh 18th, off
BlackDoar Inland, about a quarter of a mile in?
side of tbe black buoy, and steering southwest
half south, vessel struck with great violence
abaft the mainmast and remained perfectly sta?
tionary. lt was about 7 20 A. M. and tho weather
fine. Ten minutes after she struck, sounded
pumps and found three and a half feet of water
tn tho hold. Part of the craw were immedi- |
atelv put to work on the pumpa, while part
dischargod ballast. At 7.30 P. M. a fishing
boat came to the ship and the captain gave
them fifty dollars to report at Dari on and eend
assistance. It was not until Saturday, the
15th, however, that a revenue cutter and the
tug Starlight came down. Upon examination
it was found impossiolo to do anytbing bnt
save the sails and whatever oould be detached,
which was done."
The captain and crew did not leave, how?
ever, until Monday at seven u'clock P. M.,
when they were taken to Darice When they j
left tho Bea was breaking completely over tbe
sbtp. and it was momentarily expected that
she would go to pieces. The captain states
that ho was steering right according to his
chart, which must bava been totally incorrect.
The Caducues was owned io Shields, and np
to tho time ene left London for Sapelo had
been running on the regular line between Lon?
don and New Zealand. At the time of the dis?
aster she was nineteen years old. Captain
Gower still remains at Danen, expecting to
eave something more from the wreck.
JOTTINGS ABOUT TBE STATE.
-Last Saturday morning Major-General
McDowell reviewed the Columbia garrison.
-The wile ol Mr. Owen D.uy, ol Columbia,
died on Sundav morning lani very suddenly.
-A small house on Sprigging HUI, Colum?
bia, belonging to Hon. R. H. Cain, was turned
over by ihe wind Saturday. Nobody hurt.
-Rose's Hotel in Columbia caught Ure last
Friday night and would have been destroyed,
as a high wind was prevailing at ihe time,
had not a pa?8er-by given the alarm.
-Major John R. Niernpee, for many years a ]
resident of Columbia, has been appointed
one of the commissioners lo the Yleuna Ex?
position.
-The down frerght train on tho Greenville
and Columbia Itailroad was tnrown from me
track ata point near Littleton station on Fri?
day alternoon, and ihe passenger train was
delayed a short time.
-Colonel J. B. Palmer, president ol the
Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta Railroad,
has gone Nun h to make arrangements lor
buying an improved pattern of rail for bis
road.
-Mr. W. H. Lockwcod, late an employee In
the branch of the Freedmen's Bank. In this
city, has been prora&ted lo the cashier riepart
ineni ol' ihe Beaulort Brunell, vice N. R. Seo
vel, E>q.
-The deserter from the United States army
who surrendered himself lo the authorities a
few days ago lu Richmond, was taken lo Nor?
folk and transferred to Fortress Monroe. He
belongs to ihe 18th Infauiry, now stationed at
Columbia, and ls from Pittsburg, Pa.
-The Marlboro' limes says that Nelson
Webb, who has already served out a term In
the penitentiary for manslaughter, has been
lodged lu he Jail ot that county charged with
com mini ng a rape upon Ellen Jacobs, his own
step-daughter, aged eleven.
-Mr. John M. Gannon, a prominent citi?
zen of Augusta, who was for some time the
proprietor of the Globe Hotel, died at Augus?
ta last Friday.
TAXING THE RAILROADS.
DECISION OF THE UNITED
SUPREME COURT.
STATES
The Northeastern Case Not Decided
Adjournment of the Court for a
Week.
[SPECUL T2LRGRAM TO THE NEWS.]
WASHINGTON, Monday, March 24.
No decision was rendered by the United
States Supreme Court to-day In the tax-case j
against, the Northeastern Railroad Company.
The court has adjourned for a week.
Text of the Decision of the Supreme
Court in the South Carolina Railroad
Case.
The following ls the text of the decision lu
the case of the State against, the South Caro?
lina Railroad Company:
Reuben Tomi!nson. James W. Grace, Fleetwood
Lannean, L. D. Hallonqulet, T K. Saspoitas,
J. W. Denny, John Woolly, E. D. De8aussurp,
T. J. Coghlan.appellants, vs. Thomas Branch,
John P. Branch, Frederick R. Scott and
Thomas P. Branch. Appeal from the Cir?
cuit Court of the United Slates tor the Dis?
trict of South Carolina.
The doctrine that a State Leglsl il ure, unre?
stricted by constitutional prohibition, has
power lo exempt certain property from taxa?
tion, reiterated.
wnere a railroad company, by Its charter
was granted such an exemption for a limited
period, and was afterwards merged In another
railroad company, which became invested with
all Ita properly, rights and privileges, the ex-1
emption -and Its limitation accompanied ihe |
properly, and a perpetual exemption from
taxation In the charter of ihe taller company
would not be extended to the properly so ac?
quired, without express words, or necessary
Intendment to that effect.
Where two railroad companies are consoli?
dated the presumption ls, that each of ibe iwo
united Unes of road will be respectively held !
with ihe privileges and burdens originally at- j
ladling thereto, unless the contrary ls ex?
pressed.
Mr. Justice Bradley delivered the opinion of j
the court.
In this case a bill In rqntty was flied In the
court below by i he appellees, as B? ck holders or
the Sonih Carolina Railroad company, to restrain
the State auditor und certain comry collectors
from co lecili g.and the c mpany fiom paying,
certain taxes .<m rosed on said company in pur?
suance of enact or ihe Legislature, or Sooth Car?
olina passed In April, 1668, and another act
paused In Fonrnary, 1870, lt being alleged th it
said company was, by its own charier, exempt
f om toxatlon, and that no adequ de legal reme?
dy existed nnder the 1 iws or the state to obtain
redress: and the company declined to adopt any
measures for that purpose.
The question In theoase is, whether ihe com-j
pany ls entitled to sn exemption from taxation
which the Legislature cannot sbbrogate or disre?
gard, lc being conceded that tho company ls
made taxable, if the Legislators has the power io
tax it.
The property or the company H derived from
two sources, one portion being the ralln ad from
Oharltstun to Hamburg, opposite tne Town of I
Au. uata, Ga., which was constructed by and
formen? belonged to the Sooth Carolina Canal
and Kallroad Company, and the other being the j
rosd8 extending from Branchville on the line of |
the first road to Co.umbia and Camden, which
were constructed by the Sou'b Caro.ina Railroad
Company under Ita own charter.
The Sonth carolina Canal and Railroad Oom
pany was chartered by the Legislature of South
Carolina In December, 1827, for the purpose or
cons meting a railroad or canal, or boin, fr m
charh s on io each or the Towns or Columbia.
Camden and Hamburg, with tbe exclusive light
for that purpose for thirty-?ix j ear.-. In a tnp
plemetit or January. 1828, amongsr. other things,
lt was enacted as follows, viz: "That daring tue
first period ol thirty-six years ihe stock of the
company, and the real estate that may be pur
chused ny them and connected wu h, un i be ?ub
servlent to the works herein amhorlZ'd, shaL be
ixsmpted from taxation." Under this charier
ihe company constructed a railroad from Charles?
ton to Hamburg only, a distance r f nearly one
hundred and lorry miles. Tins mad wai com?
pleted In 1(33, ami lt ls admitted that the thirty
six years of exemption rrnm taxation expired in
1860, and cannot be Invoked In support of the
present ?ult.
In 18)6 the Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad
Company was incorporated by thc Legislature of I
South Carolina for ihe purpose or establishing a
c immnnlcatlon by railroad between cincinnati
and Charleston, through the States ut Kentucky,
Tennessee North esr.nina ami south Carolina,
with power to construct branches not conflicting
with any chartered rights, and with power Co use
any section or the said railroad before the whole
snoo d be completed. By the forty-th ni section
or thia charter lt was enacted that the capital
stock of this company, the dividends thereon,
and all the property and estate, mal and per?
sonal, betonging to said company, should bc for?
ever exempt from taxation, unless the dividends
shonld exceed lawfni Interest. Subsequently the
project or extending the road into other states
was abandone i, and the name or the com?
pany was changed, Drat to that of the Louisville,
Cincinnati and Charleston Railroad Company,
and afterwards to that of the south
Carolina Railroid Compaay. The company
never built any por ti m of the railroad
anthorlzed by its charter, except from
Branchville to Columbia, and a branch to
Camden. 'Un exclusive privileges conceded to
the Sonth carolina Cu?al and Railroad company
rendered lt difficult, ir not impracticable, to effect
a communication wi n Charleston without the
consent of that company. Hence negotiations
for an amalgamation of Interests between the i wo
companies took place as early ai 1837. and was
practically eifec ted In that and the em-ning years.
The mode In wmch lt was done wai that tho
stockholders or ihe south Carolina Canal and
Railroad company exchanged their stock In that
company for an equal number of shan s la the
Louisville, cincinnati and Charleston Kailmad
Company, (afterwards called ihe south Carolina
Railroad Company,) and received In addition a
bonus or twenty Ave per cent. By this means the J
latter company acquired the entire control of the
f inner, and u-*ed the road of the former company
between Branchville aod Cbarie-tton, lnateud of
building a separate road or their own.
la 1843, by aa act of ihe i eghdature. passel the
19th or December, this amalgamation waa for?
mally legalized. The section relating to tils sub?
ject was ex pren cd In the fallowing terms :
?.IL Tnat whenever the written consent or all
the stockholders or the Sonth carolina canal |
and Railroad Company shall have beim obtain, d,
the said sonth Carolina Canal and Kallroad Com?
pany shall be merged in the said South Carolina
Kallroad company, ?nd therenp in and thereaf?
ter all the rights, privileges and property belong?
ing to the said Sonth Carolina Oana! and Kadroad
Company shad be vented in the said sontn caro?
lina Ku li road company, and the said south caro
lina Railroad Company shall be liable for all the
debts and contracts of the said sonth Carolina |
Canal and Kallroad company; and the stock and
property of me said south Carolina Railroad
Company shall be subject to the same Hens and
charges to which the stock and proper y of the
said south Carolina canal and Kallro d com any
may be dable, and in the same relative order lu
which the said lieu, and charges now stand."
Itt conceded that the terms of this law were
compiled with. And now the defend .ms in error
contend ihat bv the "merger" of the Sooth Car?
olina canal and Kn lroad company In the s'ont ri
Carolina Kallroad Company, ihe property of tne
ronner la held by the latter, with ail the rights
and privileges of Us owu charter attaching there?
to, including thc right of peipetual exemption
from taxaiiun. ir ibis ls si, tho State, by giving
thc la1 ter company tne power io acquire the
propei ty or the former, n.is lost a valuable pre ?
roga'lv : in reference to that property, which lt j
posse-sed up io the lime when the act or 1843 was
passed-namely, the right io tax ihe property
after the expiration or me thirty six years. Such
a cone usion or ihe rights or the State ought not
to be admitted wi hou; a clear expnaslon of the
legislative assent. It does not seem to ns that the
section In question contains such clear assent.
In declaring that the one company shall t e
merged In the other, and that the rights, privi?
leges and property or the one shall be vested lo
the o her, tho Legislature cannot bc und - rsa o J
to mean that the restrictions, limitations aod
burdens affecting that propel ty, and imposed for
the heneat or the public ur or individuals shall
not go with 1% The rights and prlvf egee go with
lr., and those rights and privileges cm, with dim?
cnlty, bc separated from he restrictions and du?
ties ny which they are measured and qualifie i.
For example, tho right to charge toll and ire ghi
can hardly be separated from the llmlratlon or
the rates or toll and freight * h ch the charier of
the merged company Impoard. ir the ratss of
freight were limited |ln (that charter to Ave
cents per ton per mlle, can lt be claimed
that the new company ls discharged from
that limitation altogether? Gr ir Its own
charter allowa a charge or ten cents per ton
p-r mlle, can lt claim tho right to charge ten
cenia for freight transported on the old road?
If the hypothesis were reveised, and the old
charier allowed ten cents, whilst the new allowed
but Ave. the company w. uki not hesitate under
Hie grant or the rights and prlvi ages of the old,
to continue to charge ten cents, as ?he Winier
company had done. And they would have rea
tooon tnelrslde. Had lt been Intended that tne
road and property of the oM company should be
owned and contm lcd by ihe new company un?
der ita own charter, in ihe same manner as Its
otner property, it would have been e >sy to have
,o diciated. Not having so d. dared, we cannot
presume that such was ihe intent, 'fha keeping |
alive of the rights and privileges of the old com
pany, and transferring them to the n
pan; In connection with the property, li
the legislative Intent, that nach propere
be holden In ihe fame manner and snbjet
same rights as before. The owners of the
ty were to lose no rights by this transfer,
the public to lose any rights thereby. Of
thpse remar*s do not apply to those cc
rights and franc Lases of the old company,
appertain to Its existence and functions ?
poratlon. These became merged and i
But all Its rights and duties, Its prlvileg
obligations, as related to the public
third persons, remain, and devolve up
new company. This seems to ns the m
vlousand natural construction of ihe t
leads to the conclusion that, SB to th
property, and works appertaining to lt
line fi om charleston to Hamburg, ihe son
ollna Railroad Company has no claim to
tlon from taxation.
This view of the subject ls corroborated
decidion of this court In the case of Th
delphia, wilmington and Baltimore Kallroa
pariy, va. Maryland, lu Howard. 376. lt th
peared that the railroad line between Ba
and Philadelphia had originally belonged
eral distinct organizations chunered by th)
or Maryland, Delaware and Penney ivan lt
of thesa companies was exempt from
taxation, and lt was claimed by the con-o
company that this exemption wa-? trangie
lt i.nd affect' o Hil parn of the line. 1
authorizing the union of the several com
provided that the "said bod; corporate so i
should be entlteld * * io ail the pow?
privileges and advantages then belonglrg
former corporations." And the new co
eli med the exemption from taxes ss one
privileges and exemptions acquired. B
court held that the exemption did not ext
a ponton of the line to welch lt had not ext
before the onion, lt considered the e
meaning of the daw to be. that whatever
leges and advantages either or the former c
nies possessed should lu like manner be bel
pressed by the new company, to the ext
the road which tha said former compaole
respectively occupied before the union; 1
snouid stan I in their place, and posses
pvwer. rights, and privileges they bad sev
enjoyed lu the j onions of the road wblcl
previously belonged to them.
lt deems to us that this decision ls diret
point, and governs that branch of the casi
under consideration.
Reference ls made, however, to certalt
cisiona of the courts of South Carolina, n
lt ls contended, settle the question the other
The first case referred to is sontn Carolina
road Company vs. Blake, B Bich., 233, ^
arose out of an attempt of the south cai
Railroad Corni any to condemn certain lani
Its purposes In charleston. The owner dis|
the right or condemnation on the ground
the road and works had long belora been loc
and that, therefore, tue pawer wac gone,
the court held that the power existed under
charters, and might be exercised nuder eli
first, showing by affidavit the necessity o
u-e. The ouse va1 inns ou itu subject of t
tlon were obiter ateta; but, as far as the j
men. goes, it does uot seem to us to mil
aguiDBt the views we have taken, but raih
confirm them by recognizing the c >ntti
vitality of the powers contained in t.ie old c
>er. These cannot fairly be claimed wlthou
ceptlng also us daMe-tand burdens.
Another case was that of t ie State ex
South carolina Railroad Company vs. U
State treasurer, 15 Rich.. 177, in which the i
pauy claimed exempt on from a State incomi
imposed in 1887, nuder a law passed the
preceding, taxing the gross Incomes of all
roads not exempt by law. The Court of Apt
held that the company was exempt by law, I
under the thlrty-Mx years exemption In the
charter, (which bad mt then expired,) and
tier the exemption In the charter of 1836;
expressly waived the consideration of the e
Df tho act of unto i passed In 1843. This c
therefore, furnishes no authority on the sub.
The remaining case M that of The South C
lina Kui road Company vs. The Columbia
Augusta Railroad Oumpany, 13 Rich. Equity,
decided in 1887. '1 be defeadant company, In
:ase, was chartered lu 1868. with au thon ?.j
construct a railr. a t from Columbia to Ango
The s. ut.: Carolina Railroad Company dali
that th.a would be an invasion of its exclu
privileges, as guaranteed In the charter of
Mjuih carolina Canal and Kailroad Company
in that of the Cincinnati and Charleston Ram
company. The learned chancellor, by whom
case was decided, assumed that the south 0
lina Railroad Company was entitled to both g
antees; but he held that ihe pnjectcd road wi
not be an Infringement of eltber. The guan
(liven to the old con pany was that ot an ex
sive right (for thirty six years from the com
tlon of lt-* road) of having a rallnad betw
Charleston as one terminus, and the towni
Columbia, Camden and Hamburg, reanecilv
and the guaranty given to the cincinnati i
Charleston hallroad Compauy was. ilia, for t
ty six years from January first, 1836, the Si
shoo d not authorize any other road within tn
ly miles of its road, which should c
nee any points thereon, or should i
m thrt general direction thereof; which
elusive privilege was not to be ex ended
hr nenes, but only to the main road. The ch;
seller held that the first gu minty secured
ci mpany only against other roads leading
Charleston, which ihe projected road did not i
and that the second gearauty secured the cc
pauy only against roads interfering with
main line of tie cincinnati and Charlestou Cc
pany, which ihe projected road cid not do,
cause this main line, as originally contempl?t
was to cxi end from Charleston via Bran ch v
and columbia to cincinnati; and tbe only pan
lt ever constructed was the road from Chariest
via Branchville to Col amma, with wnlch the p
jeered road did not Interfere. This was all tl
the chancellor decided. It Is true that, in
course of his opinion, he does say that after i
acquisition of tho old road, extending fr
Charleston t j Hamburg, the charter of the Soi
Carolina Railroad company extended over lt i
same as if that company bad bnlit lt. But tt
proposition was not material to the conciaslon
which he came. And wnen he assumed thatt
guarantee of ibe old charter still subsisted w
regard to the old road, and baaed hH Jndgme
upon that assumption as one of lt* groends, I
opinion ls virtually an authority lorine ott
proposition, that tne company must be regard
as holding the old road, so far as the rights
the public are concerned, subject to ihe com
Mons and limitations of that charter, as well
with its pilvheges and Immunities.
Be this, however, as lt may. we find nothing
this case or the other cases referred to, which,
our view, affects the authority or tne case of ti
Philadelphia, wilmington and Baltimore Rallroi
Company vs. Maryland, or the soundness of tl
conclusion to which we have come, as before e
pressed.
Tne next Inquiry relates to the line or ral I roc
constructed by the South Carolina Railtoad Coi
pany, under Us own charier; being that portie
between Branchville and Columbia and camdei
We have seen that the company, by Its origin
charter granted in 1835, had the giant of perpe
? al exemption from taxation We have airead
decided that lt ls competent for the leglsuvrt
power to grunt such an exemption. But lt ls coi
leaded on the part or the state, that this exe mi
don, aud all other chartered privileges of tb
company, are subject to alteration and repeal, b
ortue of the 4tst section of an act, passed in Di
comber, 1841, by which ii. ls declared ' that lt sha
become part of the charter of every corporatiot
which shall, at the present, or any sncceedlo
cession of the General Assembly, receive a gran
if a charter or any renewal, amendment, or moe
ificatlon thereof, (inless the act granting sac
charier, renewal, amendment, or mott meat io i
mail In express terms except lt,) that every chai
1er or Incorporation granted, renewed, or modi
tied as aforesaid, shall at all limes remain subj ec
to amendment, alt?ration, or repeal by the legis
Sive authority."
Now, there can be no donbt but that the act o
1813. authorizing the consolidation of the twi
companies, i r the merger of the one Into tbi
3ther, was an act modifying the charter of tbi
south Carolina Railroad Company; but the thin
section of that act withdrew the charier from thi
3 pe rat ion of the act of 1811. lt was in thea*
words:
"SEO. 3. The said South Carolina Railroad Com
pany ls hereby excepted from the provisions o
the forty-first section of an act entitled an act tc
Incorporate ceitatn vii ages, Ac, [referring tc
the act In question.] but nothing herein oon ainec
snail be construed as exempting the said com
pauy from the provisions of the s ld forty-first
section, upon any future grant, renewal, or modi
tication of their charter."
The allegation on the part of the State ls, thal
subsequent legislation was obtained by the com
pany, which modified Ita chatter, and thus rend
ered the who e charier liable to subsequent alter?
ation and repeal. The legislation referred to con
sis .s of i wo several aces, namely : ''An act ta
lend the credit of the state to seenre certain
bonds, to be Issued by the South Carolina Rail?
road Co npany, and for other purposes, passed
December SI, 1865." And "an act to amend the
act last aforesaid, pasaed thc 19th day of Decem?
ber, 18 i6." It IB very doubtful whethr r thesei acta
can be regarded as amending or modifying tue
charter of the compauy. They merely authorize
the extensiou of corta u bouda made by i he com?
pany, (which thc State had guaranteed, by toe
issue of new bonds of Use character, and the con?
tinuation o? the mortg ge for securing the pay?
ment, of said bouds. But whatever may be
tuought on this p int. the third section of the act
ofl?43 ciesr.y withdraws from the operation of
the ii o t < ; r ian (by which power to amend and re?
peal is n sc-vc i) the entire charter of the compa?
ny except as to fu ure grants, renewals aud mod?
ifications Such future grants only were t? be
tunjectto alteration and repeal. This Beemsto
ns c n cl us. ve of the point raised, and no runtier
argument ls nece-sary.
It ls our opinion, therefore, that the part of the
Hue now under consideration ls exempt from tax?
ation; and that so much of the decree as relates
thereto ls correct.
'1 he decree must be reversed, with directions to
enter a decree making the injunction perpetual
as to all that part of the line and railroad ot said
sooth Carolina Railroad Company, which extends
from Branchville ta columbia and Camden, and
as to all property and stock of said company, pro
! perly appor' lon able and applicable to tba aald
gorri?n of line and railroad, and dismissing tho
lil as to all the re-tcue of the railroad prop
erty and stock of said company, and that such far?
ther proceedings be bad as may be necessary to
perfect and carry ont said decree.
A WAIL FROM PENDLETON.
The Farmers Waiting Anxiously fer
Fertilizers-Vexations Del?7s Mt th?
Bine Ridge Railroad-The Weather
and the Crops.
[FROM OCR OW COBBESPONDIKT.]
PENDLETON, March 21.
I write you again, not to complain of tba
weather, as osnal, for we have had a number
o? pleasant days, and the work of preparing
the land for the coming crops Is progressing
rapidly. We have bad rain and ball tor the
past two days, however, and last night there
was a very heavy frost. This morning the
thermometer stacia at thirty-two degrees,
and there is Ice nearly a quarter ot an inch
thick. Host of the peach crop ls probably de?
stroyed, although the wind blew all night. 1
and I never knew all of tbe peaches to bs
killed io March. The apple trees are not jet
io bloom.
Bat I write principally to Inquire, "What
has become of our railroad r" Inls inquiry Jj
anxiously echoed every day by your cotres?
pondent and others, who have failed to re?
ceive lem lizers ordered weeks ago.^and who
I are daily annoyed by customers to wnom tbe
article has been promised for the last montb.
Tour correspondent has Invoices for several
orders for guanos, lrom the 17tb of February
10 date, bm one shipment ol wblch has been
received. This ls distressing, whenyoubave :
a dozen dally Inquiring, "Has your manure
come to hand, sir ?" to whom yon are com?
pelled to reply, "No, sir, lt has not. and from
present prospects I fear it never will." .Thu
is not our case only, but that o? every Individ?
ual engaged in the selling o? fenlllzeraJn this
section ot country. And why is the matter
noi accounted lor by the offlolalB of the road 1 ?
With all the complaints they mnst have beard
not a word have I seen In explanation of their
seemingly unpardonable Inattention and neg?
lect of duty. It ls geti?rally admitted that tne
freights charged on our railroads are exorbi?
tantly high, at least double what they should ,
be In Justice to the farmers and planters, te
compared with the Georgia railroads, for thia
class of freights.
But lt may be thought that I have enid
enough on this Bubjeot, and I will, therefore,
turo to other matters of inquiry. Have yon
any spare mechanics In Charleston f If so,
please Inform them that we want at Pendleton
carpenters, bricklayers and cabinet workmen.
Neither o? these bave we In tbe place, except,
some pretending negroes, who are not at all
reliable. lr any one wants an agent for tbe
sale of furniture at Pendleton refer bim to
your correspondent. We have sold mach of
our old iurnlture to tbe freedmen, and want .
something new to supply its place. If we
want even a common bedstead we have to
send to Anderson, our nearest point, to pro*
cure lt. And I doubt ii there ls brick enough ?
In the village to make a common vault in .
grave. _ H.
OCR SOUTH ATLANTIC NEIGHBORS,
Georgia.
-Two negro children were burned to death ,
at Springfield plantation, near Savannah, last
Tuesday.
-A company of New Orleans capitalists
have made a proposition to build waler worka .
for the City of Macon on the granting to them
of ihe exclusive privilege lor twenty-five
years.
-Judge Permendus Reynolds, who bas been
hopelessly 111 for several weeks, died at bia
home, In Covington, on Wedneeday morning
last. Judge Reynolds was one ol the repre?
sentative men ol Georgia. .. - .
-..Tue Snowden Memorial Association".wat
organized ai Augusta last Thursday evening,
the object being to erect a monument to the
memory ol the late Thomas Snowden, Esq.,
who was for many years tbe principal of toe '
Augusta free school.
-The remains of an unknown man of re?
spectable appearance were found las! Thurs?
day night on the Western and Atlantic Ball
road track, near the company's car shop at
Atlanta, with both legs cut off and the body
terribly mangled.
-Three persous convicted of - murder were
sentenced last week In Webster County to te .
hangeJ. They were Susan Eberhart and E.
F. Spann, convicted of murderlog the latter's '
wile, and Lee Smith, convicted of another '
murder in the same county.
North Carolina.
-John G. Saxe, the poet, lectoras in Ral?
eigh tonight.
-A meeting is to be held at Halifax, next
Tuesday, to organize the Halifax and Scot?
land Neck Railroad Company.
-The Bev. Whitefoord Smith, D, D., lec?
tures bet?re the T. M. G. A., of Wilmington,
on the 4th proximo.
-The new postofflce at Raleigh is to be one ?
hundred and five feet long ?od sixty feet
deep.
-The Republicans ol Wilmington are hope?
ful of electing seven aldermen under the
cumulative suffrage act.
-Tbe Bev. W. H. Pendleton, of Lexington,
Va., and late of the Confederate service, was'
to have lectured lu Charlotte on Saturday eve?
ning on "General Lee."
-A colored man named Ne wk irk bas been
In ihe habit ot Jumping off the Wilmington,
and Weldon Bali road train at Le eB burg with?
out troubling the train to stop for bim. He
did so last Friday, and troubled the coroner
instead of the conductor.
-8. T. Carrow, Gaited States marshal for
the Stale, has Issued instructions to deputy1
marshals not to execute any more capiases or
subpoenas ia any oases wherein defendants
are charged with violations o? the enforce?
ment or Ku-Klux act. Witnesses are informed1
that they need not attend.
-The dwelling o? W. J. Johnson, near
Cedar Bock, Nash County, was accidentally
destroyed by tire on ihe 16tb Instant. Tbe .
gin-bouse of Madison Sykes, on Peachtree
Creek, in the same couoty, was robbed and
burned on the night o? tbe 13th instant. Loaf,
twenty-five hundred dollars.
Florida.
-About seventy feet of the wharf at St.
Augustine caved in last Wednesday.
-A "Catholic Benevolent Society" was
organized at St. Augustine, on the 16th Inst. .
' - There Is now some prospect ol the early
construction of the St. Augustine and Jack?
sonville Ballroad.
COTTON STATISTICS.
The achievements of Mrs. Lydia Sherman, of
Connecticut, as a practical toxicologist, have
been fairly excelled by Mrs. Mary Ann Cotton,
of Weat Auckland, England, whose career baa
been 1 borough ly exposed by the recent ex?
plorations of the police. Mrs. Sherman, in the
proudest moment ot ber professional enthu
I s ia am, only claims to have poisoned six persons,
while Mrs. Cotton's very first undertaking waa
nine, and the poisoning of these can only be
regarded as her apprenticeship. Her labora
I from first to last are too great to be recited in
! detail, and they can best be compressed in (the
form of a table, as follows, the figures in the
left-hand column representing her four several
marriages, and tbe others ber victims:
Marriage. Husband, Children. Total.
First.1 8 9
Second.1 0 1
Third.0 4 4
Fourth.1 4 5
Total..1 16 5
The only sins of omission for which Mrs.
Cotton can reproach herself are ber third bus
ban i, who managed to escape alive after the
had robbed bim of every centbepoeaesaed,
and one of bis five children by a previous mar?
riage. When there were six oases of quickly
consecutive mortality in the Cotton family, the
suspicion seems to have dawned on the Weet
Auckland mind that all might not be right,
and an inquest was held on the fourth cblia,
but a doctor of the period made the poet inor
tem and found no trace ^IjS&L J"*!!"
quently the eromaoh waa robmictod.to ase*
amination by an aiialytical chemist of estab?
lished reputation, who foi^ thatit was ?to?
ra ie d with white arsenic. The same WM -bund
to be true of the other members of the Gatton
Sandy! There is a probability that she will be
