VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1883.
CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1872.
EIGHT DOLLARS A
THE STATE CAPITAL
WORK OF TBE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Passage of the License BUI-The Vali?
dating Act Coming ap To-day-Miscel?
laneous Work.
[8PECIAL TELEGRAM TO TEE KBW8-]
COLUMBIA, S. C., March ll.
The Senate to-day passed the bill to promote
the interests ol agriculture; the bill for .the
relict of the widows and orphans' of persons
killed by the Ku-Klux; a Househill to es?
tablish an inferior court for the trial of erl ml-|
sal cases in the County of Charleston; a House
till to incorporate the Town of Ninety-Six; a |
House bill to renew the charter of Peay's
Jerry; a House bill to Incorporate the Laurens
and Asheville Railroad, and the House bill to
authorize the mayor and aldermen ol Colina- j
bia to issue bonds. The joint resolution to
ptyJudge Thomas the salary or the judge of)
the Second Circuit was killed, and the reeolu
. tioa for the appointment of a committee to
investigate the affairs of the treasurer of)
Charleston County was laid on the table. It
was resolved to hold night sessions hereafter.
The House to-day passed the joint resolu?
tion for the sale of two hundred acres ol State
lands in Fairfield; the Senate bill to incorporate
the South Carolina Beal E-tite and Joint I
Stock Company; the bill to incorporate the |
Sumter Land Joint Stock and Loan Associa?
tion; the joint resolution compelling the school
commissioners of Fairfield to establish certain
schools; a bill to Incorporate the Edlsio Land
Compaoy; a bill to restrain sheriffs from the j
sale of county property under certain circum?
stances; a Senate bill for the protection of I
buoy? and beacons; a Senate bill to amend the
act for the protection of migratory fish; a bill |
to exempt the officers and employees of the
Penitentiary and Lunatic Asylum from mili?
tary and other duties; a bill to abrogate and
Bl uk the war debt ot the State; a Senate bill to
?mend the act renewing and amending the
Charters of certain villages; a bill to incorpo?
rate the Bolling Springs Camp Ground.
- The report ol the Judiciary committee upon
the case of William F. Bedding and wife was
Adopted.
In the Senate, at the night seeslon, the]
financial agency settlement bill was defeated,
but a substitute was adopted which places the
settlement in the hands of the Carolina Na?
tional Bank. The rote making the validating {
bill the special order for Wednesday was re?
considered, and the bill was made the special J
order for to-morrow, at t wei ve. The House J
license bill was passed to its third reading.
_ _ _PICKET.
TOPICS IN ALKEN.
Visitors Crowding In-New Hotel-A
Dally Paper-A in jrs teri o as Corpora-1
eton-Beal Estate, dec.
I FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
AIKEN. S. C., March 8.
The arrivals since my last number several
hundred, and every train adds to the throng.
The hotels are full, to are nearly all the I
private boarding-houses. At the "Highland [
Park" Hotel they resort lo cots in the parlors,
In the halls, any place that will enable a I
weary traveller to rest. The proprietors of | <
the "Aiken" are negotiating for the late resi?
dence of Wm. Gregg. This property has
recently been purchased for a courthouse for | <
the new County ot Aiken. It will be altered
during the summer to suit the convenience
of the county officials. The passenger depot
of the South Carolina Railroad ls between the
Gregg mansion and the Aiken Hotel. It (the
mansion) will be handsomely furnished, and
doubtless rnny will prefer it to either a hotel
ora boarding-house. It will be a sort of I
*? 'alf an' 'alf," you know. The proprietors of j1
the Aiken Journal will commence the issue of
a daily next week. This will give us a daily,
two weeklies, (Journal and Tribune) one
monthly."(Wood's Aiken and Us Vicinity.)
Are we uot prospering ?
I have made diligent Inquiry among our
business men regarding the bill recently pass
ed Incorporating the "Aiken Land and Trust
?Company." Can't your Columbia correspon?
dent give no light ? Will it bear ventilating ?
I can ascertain absolutely nothing here con?
cerning it.
The weather ls delightful; at times the
wind blows a little fresh; lt was particularly
so on the night of the 2d lost.
Several transactions in real estate have
ta?en place. I may mention the purchase of
the fine residence ol the late Judge Platt on
Eailroad avenue by E. T. Wooleey, Esq. Mr.
WooJsey owns an elegant place of five hun?
dred acres at Astoria, L. I. He entertains
royally. Among his recent guests, I noticed
Wm. H. Asplnwall, of Howland, & Aspinwall,
New Turk, and James Renwlck, the noted
architect of the same city. Next week I hope
. to give yen a few Items concerning; our
crops, Ac_ _ NAV.
SALES OF JAPANESE BICE.
The tallowing has been forwarded to the
Treasury and State Departments:
TEOEII, the 28th of the eleventh month )
of the fourth year, Meyl. |
We have the honor to Inform your Excellen?
cy that a certain quantity of rice held In store
by the finance department from time to time
will kg publicly sold on written proposals, both
to the Japanese and foreigners, at the open
ports "of Japan, for exportation, if there is a
surplus of rice in the country, although the
general exportation of the same remains pro?
hibited. Proper notice will be given In tbe
?peo ports when such sales are to take place.
We beg further to remark that the Japanese
Government will Itself occasionally export rice
when lt ls thought expedient. This you will
be pleased to notify to your countrymen.
with respect and eonslderatlon,
SOYESKEMD TABEOME TEN ASH ENI A M CN E MON I,
His Imperial Japanese Majesty's
Minister lor Foreign Affairs.
To C. Cheppard, Esq., Charg? d'Affaires of |
United States ot America in Japan.
TOE FEEN CM WAR DEBT.
Organization or a Society to Aid the
Fand.
[From the New York Herald.]
The amount of Indemnity exacted by the
Germans from the French nation imposes, of |
course, a great burden on the latter, although
thus far the obligation has been readily met.
The patriotism of the French residents of the
metroplls has been aroused, and active mea?
sures have been inaugurated by them to ob-1
tain material aid for tne fund to liquidate the
debt. A society has been organized in this city,
with Mlle. Bousson (whose active exertions In
?securing food and cloth ng for the French
during the war will be remembered) as the
leading spirit. The society at present consists
only of ladles, but lt is Intended to have both
ladies and gentlemen on the roll. An address
to the ladles ol America, setting forth the ob- ?
ject and rules of the society, has been publish?
ed, and the organization ot similar associations
throughout the Union earnestly requested.
Subscriptions will be received dally from 8 A.
M. to 2 P. M., and daily deposits will be made,
and twice in each week the subscriptions, with
the names of subscribers, will be forwarded to
headquarters in Paris. The society has been
.quietly at work a few days and already some
$500 have been subscribed. For the present
the headquarters are at the establishment of
lille. Bousson, at No. 860 Broadway, but apart?
ments are to be secured in some central loca?
tion. The full amount of subscriptions will be
forwarded to France, and no portion deducted
.for expenses of any kind.
-The Brownville (Texas) stock raisers com
Elain that raiders from Mexico are playing
avoc with their cattle, and threaten to retal?
iate li they are not protected,
v
SPANISH POLITICS.
The Meeting; or tile ministerial Party
A Coalition Against the Government.
MADRID, March ?.
A numerously attended electoral meetlog of
the members of the Ministerial party was held
in thia city to-day. Many leading Unionists
and followers of 'Sagosta were present. The
speakers who addressed the meeting claim to
represent the real September revolutionists,
and said King Amadeus bas embodied all for
which that revolution was Inaugurated. There
was much enthusiasm manifested in favor of
the King and constitution. Senor Candan, who
was Minister of the Interior In the Cabinet,
formed on the 6th of October, 1371, was one
of the speakers. He declared that the coali?
tion of the opponents ol the government was
abominable. Marshal Serrano also spoke. He
said be swore over the corpse of General Prim
to uphold and protect the present dynasty, and
he will not be foresworn. He expressed the
hope that the Radicals would retract the steps
which they had taken, and said he considered
the Carlista and Republicans the only enemies
of the government. Upon the conclusion of
the address an electoral committee was ap?
pointed.''
Le Temps, in Its issue to-day, says: "The
authorities of Seville, Spain, anticipate a rev?
olutionary outbreak in that city soon, and
measures are being taken to suppress any de?
monstration that may be made. The Uni?
verse asserts that a revolutionary plot was
discovered in Madrid, and that several of the j
ringleaders In the movement were executed." |
MADRID, March 10.
A coalition against the government has j
been organized for the coming elections. It
bas been decided that a preliminrry meeting
of the parlies entering into the coalition shall
be held in each district, at which the person
having ihe largest number of votes on the flr.-t j
ballot shall be nominated as candidate for the
Cortes. It ls agreed that In the Cortes each
party shall adhere to Us own principles.
MADRID, March ll.
The Madrid Carllst electoral committee urge
their partisans "to rote for a coalition candi?
date." Sagosta, in clrcu ars to the governors
of provinces, urges the enforcement ol re?
spect for the laws.
THE OLD WORLD'S HEWS.
PARIS, March IL
The Comte de Cbambord has gone to Col?
ogne.
Thiers received the Prince and Princess ol
Wales to-day.
The death of Joseph Mazzini is announced.
ROUE, March ll.
The Pope, in a public address, said that the
troubles of the church dated back to 1848.
He further said that ihe existence of two
powers in Rome at ihe same time was im?
possible. It ls not true that the Pope is pre?
paring to leave the city.
LONDON', March ll.
The Observer states that Secretary Fish's
reply to Eirl Granville's note, concerning the
claim for Indirect damages, has been received,
and that lt expresses the desire of the Ameri?
can Government for a final and amicable ad?
justment of the whole question. The Observ?
er adds: ''Neither the British nor American
Governments are in favor of opening the pto
seedings ot the Joint high commission."
GLIMPSES OF GOTHAM. .
The city In a Condition of Municipal
Anarchy.
NEW TORC, March ll.
Other city officials offer to follow Garvey's
lead as State's evidence.
John Finn, reporter for the Herald, has
seen knocked down.
Mr. Tilden says that this city presents a pe?
culiar situation. Its chief magistrate on trial;
its law officers under suspicion; its police
without the confidence of lie people; its
highest judges under Investi pal iou. It is
really in a condition of municipal anarchy.
The whole burden of representing the inter-1
asis, rights and safety of the people are
ihrown upon the public press and a few prl
rate citizens with none ot the powers of the
city government to help them. Comptroller
Green endorsed these statements of Tilden.
The Investigation tn Judge Barnard's case
joes not sustain the charge of corr upi lor.
9 SPARKS FROM THE lriRES.
-The trains on the Pacific Railroad
moving irregular.
-A wounded stace robber has bren found
In the chapparel near Stockton, Cali.oinla. He
confesses many robberies, but wl.l not name
his accomplices.
-Il is reported that General Longstreet has
resigned the New Orleans surveycrshlp, be?
cause he cannot approve of Grant's policy to?
wards Louisiana.
SKETCHES OF FLORENCE.
A Growing Railroad To .vu-I ts Sights
and. Peculiarities.
[KKOM A KA MB LINO CORRESPONDENT.]
FLORENCE, S. C., March 6.
Florence ls emphatically anew place. The
town exhibits new streets and new buildings;
the buildings exhibit new styles of architec?
ture; the merchants new goods at new prices,
and the railroad workshops new machinery and
renovated locomotives. It ls said that the
size ol the town bas Increased fourfold within
Ihe fast two or three years, and an evidence of |
its rapid growth is to be found in a peculiarity
scarcely to be met with elsewhere. From the
Eide walk of one of its streets you can make
one comlortable step and carry yourself into a
pine forest of vast extent, uni binned by the
axe. The dwellings generally are neat, cot?
tage-like st} le, one story, a wing on each
Bide, and freshly painted. A number of build?
ings are going up and some just completed.
A singular Instance of energy, boldness and
mistaken economy ls observable here; a man
has undertaken the gigantic lask o? building a
two or three-story brick store, thirty feet wide
by fifty to seventy deep, with no other assist?
ance than that afforded by two little boys. He
has now been at work about BIX months, and
has raised the walls to Die height of the first j
story.
One portion of Florence is called "Scuffle
town;''lt is a little removed from the other,
and received ita name in an interesting way.
Two of the first settlers being unable to adjust
the boundary lines o? their respective lots, re?
sorted to pugilistic arbitration, and so amused
their neighbors by the skill trey displaced in
this treatment of the subject, that the section
has ever since been called Scuffletown.
There has been some talk of building a rail?
road from here to the coal fields about Fay?
etteville, N. C. It this ls done it will add great-1
ly to the size and prosperity of this town, as il
will make tributary to lt a country rich in Iron
and other minerals, and cause th? establish?
ment within its limits of foundries and addi?
tional machine-shops.
The workshops of the Northeastern Rail?
road Company form an attractive feature of I
Florence, as they afford a pleasing display ot [
Southern talent and industry. Among other
things to be seen in them, ls an Invention of |
the courteous superintendent, Mr. D. W.
Haines, lor taking off the driving wheels of a
locomotive. The usual method is to raise the
engine five or six feet by means of Jack
screws; lt ls attended with considerable dan?
ger of upsetting, occupies from one to two
days, and requires the attention of experi?
enced han?s. .Mr. Halnes's method is lo roll
the engine divested of her tender upon an ad?
justed track extending over a pit; the engine
ls then support?ft by blocks, while the wheels,
having been loosened, are dropped with the
track, which is lowered by means of a screw.
The wheels are ihen rolled up an Inclined
plane to the floor ot the building. Its advan?
tages are: It can be managed by any work?
man in the shops, ls attended witu no danger,
and occupies half hour. The "Courier," the
?first locomotive used upon the road, ls now
being remodelled and thoroughly renovated,
and will soon be turned otu as good as new.
Messrs. Ravenel & Co., o? Charleston, have
established an agency here under the manase
ment of Mr. J. P. Chase, of the Bame city, for |
the purpose of buying and ginning cotton.
Through this means they have purchased,
during the present season, two hundred bales
ofthat article. The principal firms iu the as?
sorted goods line are Messrs. A. W. Loyns,
Schouboe & Co., A. Weinberg, John Kuker,
barnes Allen, Renneker & Co., A. Bani ch, D.
Stenberger, and C. Frank. In the drug busi?
ness. Mr. W. C. Roumlllat and Dr. J. J. Ellis
& Co. SPRITE.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
THE WORK OF CONGRESS.
The Civil Rights Bill-Opposition to
Land Subsidies-Taxation by Slates.
WASHTNTON, March ll.
Alfred Taylor is nominated for rear admiral.
Twenty-one millions in specie received in
Europe on the new loan was Invested in flve
twenties. A new loan ls placed ol three hun?
dred millions, and negotiations are pending
for placlog a further considerable amount.
SENATE.-Trumbull addressed the Senate on
the civil service bill. lu the course of his
speech, he said he challenged any man to say
that he had ever uttered one word in disre?
spect of the President, or had assailed bim.
He had not uttered fulsome panegyrics on the
President because be believed the President to
have too much sound sense to be pleased by
any such adulation. An appropriation of fifty
thousand dollars for civil reform passed
through. Sixteen Republicans voted nay.
Adjourned.
Io the House, the election committee unani?
mously resolved to report in tavor ot Hundley
in the case of Harris vs. Hundley, lrom Ala?
bama. The votes in the House to-day indicat?
ed that the supplemental civil rights bill would
pass, could a vote be reached. A large num?
ber ol bills were Introduced and referred. A
select committee was ordered to investigate
Secretary Robeson and naval affairs generally.
Brooks moved to suspend the rules and adopt
his resolutions regarding Mexico, offered last
Friday. Rejected, yeas'72, nays 90. Farns?
worth, from the poslofBce committee, report?
ed a bill to suppress the system of straw bids
for carrjlng the mall. It provides that any
person who has put in a bid that has been ac?
cepted, and who then falls to enter into a con
iract and to perform the service, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be liable
to a penalty of $5000 Une and one year's Im?
prisonment. Potter offered an amendment,
authorizing the Postmasier-General to accept
aew sureties from contractors in place of ex
sting sureties. Agreed to. The bill, as amend
9d, was then passed. The bill making one
ihlrd ol the customs receivable In legal
.enders tailed-89 to 68. Keelinger offer- j
>d a resolution declaring that the !
jolley of granting subsidies In public lands
:o railroad and other corporations ought to
^.discontinued, and that every consideration
>f public policy and equal Justice to the whole
>eople* requires that the public lands be held
or homesteads for actual settlers, and lor ed
icatlonal purposes. Agreed to without a di?
vision. Hereford moved to suspend the rules
ind adopt a r?solution declaring lt to be un?
constitutional and a tyrannicalusurpalion of|
>ower for Congress to attempt to force mixed
icboohj on the Slates, orto pass any law inter?
fering with churches, public carriers or Inn?
keepers. Rejected-yeas fifty, nays eighty
leven. The speaker announced as the select
committee on the charges against the secre
aryof the navy, Messrs. Blair, of Michigan;
3argent, Peters, Voorhees and Warren.* Getz
)tiered a resolution Instructing the committee
>f ways and means to report on the propriety
>1 abolishing all internal revenue laws, and
inposing taxes on the States In- propor?
tion to population. Agreed to. A number of 1
imneaty bills were presented and passed by
luanltnoua consent, and without being read.
THE WIFE OF CARL SCH?RZ.
In Interesting Incident of the Great
Speech of thc Mltsourl Senator.
A Wa-hlngtog letter to the New Orleans
Times sajs:
The effort made by Carl Schurz will be long
?emembered as one of the most remarkable
ixhlblts of oratory ever witnessed In a cham
>er famous for such display. Those now liv
ng who can look back with knowledge to the
luy when Webster, Clay, Calhoun and Corwin
vere wont to charm the earn of hearers in -
hat forum, readily admit t ihls effort of
senator Schurz towers above tbem all. Thia
s saying much, for the natural inclination is
.o exaggerate the post. The orators ol' a for
ner day were remarkable, but this one of ours
s a wonder. Senator Schurz has a remarkably
?lear and rather piercing voice. He speaks
villi a great command ajt* language and a
somewhat German accent, but so far os choice
)f words and construction ot sentences are
concerned, lu the purest English. For hours
ie held that vast assembly, aad when he closed
here was a strange mingling of relief and re?
gret such as one ?eels at the end of a beautiful
ind tragic opera, when the lost strain pours
mt as the curtain drops.
I happened to be witness to a little scene of I
lomestic beauly that was lo me exceedingly
touching. Mrs. Schurz, wife cf the senator, ls
jue ti the most beautiful and accomplished
?vomeo in Washington. Her experience in
locial lile has not diminished her sweet Ger
nan nature that ls as Impulsive and gentle as
i child. She had read, as I subsequently
earned, the attack made by Senator Conkling
>n ber husband, and wife-like she thought lt
.embie and unanswerable. On the Tuesday
Senator Schurz was to reply she wandered
ibout restlessly, and at last unable to control
?erself, about 3 o'clock went to Jhe Capitol.
?be thought he would have concluded by that
lime, and all for good or bad must be over.
kt the Aral entrance she lound the doorkeeper
/riih his bead thrust Inside. She asked for her
lusband.
..Oh: madam," cried the man, "he's making
such a speech! Come in; all the ladles are on
;he floor."
She held back, and a page hurrying io,
Drought out Senator Sumner.
"Do> come io," begged the Massachusetts
natur, "and hear your husband in tue grand?
est effort that ever fell from human lips."
Over persuaded,she was led through the crowd
.o a corner, where she dropped Into a seat
kindly offered ber. She drooped her fair head
nto her hands, biding her face, and we can
imagine beard tbat dear voice In Vindication
-and in such au earnest appeal to tho Amer
can people for Justice to .ourselves and purity
Tor our Institutions, while ihe immense audi?
ence responded in deep silence or wild ap?
plause. When that voice ceased and at last
?he looked up her eyes were wet with tears.
Woman-like, she had found relief in weeping.
THE WEATHER THIS DAT.
WA8HINOTO.V, March ll.
The diminished pressure now over the
3outh Atlantic Slates and the coast to Wesl
Virginia will move eastwardly during the
olgtit, with light rain over North Carolina and
mow over the Middle Atlantic Stales, fol
owed by a rising barometer lrom ihe upper
Lakes to the Gulf, with northerly and nerth
?vesterly winds, v Clearing weather will ex-j
lend to the South, and Middle Atlantic coast
Dy and on Tuesday morning. A falling baro?
meter, with rising temperature and winds
Decking to southerly, ls probable tor the North?
west during to-night and on Tuesday. Dan?
gerous winds are not anticipated lor the
atlantic and Gulf coasts to-night.
Yesterday's Weather Reports of thc
Signal Service, V. S. A.-4.47 P. AI.,
Local Time.
Place of
Observation.
augusta, Ga...
Baltimore.
Boston.
Charleston.
Jmcago..:.
Otncinnatl.
Balveston, Tex..
Kay West, Fla..
Knoxville, Tenn.
Hem phis. Tenn..
Ut. Washington.
N' w orleans....
New York.
Njrfoiu.
Philadelphia.
Pira ia 1. Me....
Savannah .
St. Loins.
Washington.
wilmington,N.e.
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ss
29.86
30. 08
30.03
29.83
30.22
10.06
3D. 28
30.00
29.93
30.39
29.84
30.15
31.03
29 01
3 .ta
30.01
29.86
30.23
29 99
29.83
C
32
5?
61 NW
?B NE
43 NW
6u NW
29 N
34 N
71 NW
76 NW
41 W
43 NW
9 W
57 NW
37 SW
35 N
37 E
42 NW
61 W
33 NW
38 N
54 W
Fresh.
Gentle.
Gentle.
Fresh.
Iresh.
Gentle.
Fresh.
Gentle.
Gale.
Kreah.
Brisk.
Brisk.
Gentle.
Brisk.
Gentle.
Gentle.
Gentle.
Gentle.
Gentle.
Gentle.
4S M
I8
sa
Fair.
L.Snow
Fair.
Olear.
Cloudy.
L. snow
Clear.
Thr'ng.
Lt. Ram
Fair.
moody.
Clear.
Cloudy.
Cloudy.
Cloudy.
clear.
Fair.
Thr'ng.
H. Rain.
Lt.. R I
NOTE.-The weather report dated 7.47O'CIOCK,
this morning, will be posted in the rooms ol the
Chamber of Commerce at 10 o'clock A. M., and,
together with the weather chart, may (by the
courtesy of the Chamber? be examined by ship?
masters at any time dur tu g the day.
TELE COURTS YESTERDAY.
TJnited States Court.
In the District Court.-Two gray hones and
sets of harness, claimed by Yancey Bellinger,
were condemned for violation of tbe internal
revenue law, and ordered to be sold.
In Admiralty.-The case of James Murphy,
et al, (seaman,) vs. tbe British bark Bedding
ton-libel for wages-was taken up, and the
testimony occupied the court during the day.
The arguments were postponed until eleven
o'clock, this morning, to which hour the court
adjourned.
The court of Common Pleas.
The following cases were tried:
C. J. Quinby for A. Getty A Co. vs. A. C.
Phin. Verdict for the plaint Iff for $894 41.
James F. Slattery vs. James Kenny. Ver?
dict for tbe plaintiff for $539.
Lawrence F. Campbell, receiver of the es?
tate of John L. Francis, deceased, vs. James
Conner, executor, and others. Verdict for
the defendant ?
The following cases are fixed for to-day:
Hannifin vs. J. P. M. Epping; Michaels vs. the
Bank of Charleston; Ch I sol m Brothers ve.
William Gregg; L. A. McCants vs. Edward L.
Wells; James Gibbes vs. Jacob Apple; George
W. Williams ? Co. vs. Charles R. Taber; John
G. Crane vs. H. H. Hicks; Samuel H. Oppen?
heim vs. H. Bul winkle & Co.; Morris Israel vs.
Louis M. Ayer & Co.; the Union Bank of Ten
lessee vs. the Southwestern Railroad Bank;
Sarah Martin vs. Parker J. Holland.
Hotel Arrtvals-Uarcti ll.
PAVILION HOTEL.
G. W. Rausli, Savannah; W. H. Slrlcklln,
Jheraw; J. F. Bryde, Aiken; W. W. Willis,
ii ko, S. C.; D. A Bowyer, George's Station; P.
?*. Barling, Augusta; W. M. Williams, St.
Stephen'?; Dr. J. Murray, St. James Goose
:reek; Z. Richardson, Grahamville.
CHARLESTON' HOTEL.
M. Somborn, Atlanta; G. W. Tucker, Jr.,
{altimore; M. A. Kent and lady, Boston; A.
I. Mure, J. H. Grayson, J. Campbell, England;
. H. Wood, C. 0. Tale, Mrs. King and son,
few York; S. B. Cooper, Eingstree; T. Sum?
er, South Carolina; S. E. Nelson, Sumter; G.
). Sellers, St Matthews, J. Llppincott, wife
ind nurse, Miss Llppincott, Philadelphia; S.
I. Newsom, E. Johnson, Northeastern Rall
oad; A. V. Stout and wife, A. G. Compton,
Jew fork; B. Ferguson and wife, Miss C.
ira ff, L. Lorenst, Philadelphia; Felix Cuendee
ind daughter, St. Louis.
MILLS HOUSE.
J. P. M. Epping, South Carolina; A. P.
Vbitehead, Savannah; F. G. Huntington and
vife, S. C. Huntington, Miss Huntington, Cin
ilnnatl; Miss Williams Illinois; L. Q. Wash
on, Washington; Emil Nehemlas, Gardner's
horner; N. C. Egan and wife, Chicago; Mrs. N.
Pendleton, G.. Pendleton, Racine, Wisconsin.
A MCCH NEEDED IMPROVEMENT.-The
nounds of earth upon the sidewalk on the
vest side of King street opposite Society, are
brown out by th? workmen engaged in ex
?avatlng a large drain, to run from the main
Irain in King streit to the lots adjoining. The
lumidity of thest lots has frequently been
iomplained of by the residents, and the im
)rovement in pngrees will be highly appro?
bated.
IMPORTANT TO MERCHANTS.-The attention
)f the public, and. ff merchants and dealers
>arilCUlarly, ls Tnvited to tho late reduction of
heir tariff upon small packages by the South
>rn Express Company. Those weighing less
han two pounds and measuring less than
bree Inches square, can be Bent westward
rom Charleston to any point eau of the Mis
ilsslppi for twenty-five cents, and to New York
br fifty cents-les? than half of the previous
?afts. This new tariff ls arranged to encour
ige the shipment of samples, and will be of
treat advantage to merchants and traders.
The rates of the company upon all other light
>ackages have also been reduced.
A STRANGE PHENOMENON.
Insensibility of the Haman Body to
Molten Lead.
Partly prompted by his own experiments,
)arlly caused by his irlends and admirers, M.
Uoutigny raised the question whether lhere
'listed a connection between the spheroidal
condition and the singular fact that ii the
land be wet lt may be passed through a stream
>fmolieniron or lead' without harm. Many
nonths elapsed before the lnquslilveness of
>f the French investigator was satisfied by
witnessing such an experiment himself. In
taking once among the workmen of a foundry
n Paris, whether one of them could toss with
?ls fingers the fused metal, be was not only
ridiculed but shown the door. Bul finally he
wearne acquainted wilh a metallurgist in the
franche-Comte who promised io investigate
be matter. On ihe 26th ot March, 1819, this
lersoo was able to write: '"The workmen gen?
ially laughed at me when I asked them wheth?
er they cou d dip their fingers into molten iron
vithout Injury; but at last a workman in the
bundry of Magny told me tu at he considered
lot hing more easy, and to prove lr, he passed
t finger through a glowing stream as lt was
lowing from ihe furnace. One employee re
lea) ed the experiment, and hereby encour
iged, I did the same. None made the finger
vet." Bontlgny now hesitated no longer to
ny those experiments on himself, and he was
lot only able lo perform the same leaf, but he
)assed his hand through a stream of cast iron
)l two Inches thickness when it thot from the
;apping-hole, and immediately afterwards
lipped the band into a ladle filled with molten
ron. If lt ls asked, he writes, what precau
ions are to be taken to protect ourselvrs from
he fiery glow, I answer: Banish the fear,
ind proceed con?den'ly to experiment. The
land ls to be Immersed quickly, but not too
)recipltatelv, into the fluid metal. This is all
;hat is to be" observed. The wonder of anti?
quity has thus been explained, and Bhown to
ie only a physical phenomenon. It ls well
o have the hands moistened, yet the Invol?
untary fear that will overcome any one at
he thought of such a bold undertaking
aearly always gives rise to a perspiration, by
wliich every part of the body will become suffl
?lentiy moist But il one will get perfecily
nvuluerable, the hand is to be rubbed with
loap, so that lt obtains a smooth surface, or it
s dipped Into a cold solution ot sulphurous
icid In sal-ammoniac, or imo water contam
n" sal-ammoniac, or simply In cold water.
[t'?the linger is firsl dipped into alcohol a
olerable warmth Is felt; If moistened with
?ther, a pleasant coolness. Yet, being very
mflummable, these fluids should not be made
we of In experimenting with iron. Still,
hey would not Ignite In molten lead. The
ion-Immersed part of the hand will turn red
md experience a painful feeling, on account
)f being exposed to the radiant heat.
In a lecture which Boutlgny delivered in the
Academy ol' Sciences in Paris, on the 14th of
Jay, 1849, he said: "After a lapse ol ten
rears, it was permitted to me to produce Ice In
i white glowing furnace, and to bathe myself
vitu impunity in glowing cast-iron. The
;reat importance which a thorough study of
he spheroidal' condition possesses may be
lenied, if one chooses to ao so. The part
vhich lt will sooner or later play In science
nay be denied, but that I shall not care for.
: have formerly stated that mention ol this
:ondition is made in the Bible, and many
)iher accounts seem also to prove that the
mcients possessed a more extended knowl?
edge of calorics than ls generally supposed,
riley were, perhaps, ignorant of little things,
is for instance ot a thousandth part of a de?
cree, but, they were certainly aware ot the
jreai effect-. A certain number of histori?
cal statements, which are still considered as
jeing fabulous, may be true. The ancient
philosophers knew, perhaps, many facts of
which we have no knowledge. A little more
?steitn lor them would not be out of place."
THE NORTH, CAROLINA O VILA IFS..
WILMINGTON, March ll.
Intelligence received from Robeson County
to-day tends to confirm the report ol tbe
killing of Boss Strong. The party of men who
went to Andrew Strong's for the purpose of
Moating the body of Boss Strong returned to
Shoe Heel yesterday. Theyreport that they
found a large quantity of blood <>n the floor of I
Strong's cabin, and Fay that Andrew StroDg's
wife acknowledged that Boss was killed, and
that other members of the Lowery band had
removed his body. There seems to be no
doubt that McQueen shot Strong as first re?
ported, and the probabilities are that he was
killed.
THE METHODIST CONFERENCE.
WARBENTON, VA., March IL
Ten candidates for the ministry were/or
dained yesterday by Bishop Paine. The ser?
vices were very impressive in the Conference
to-day. Ten young men were admitted on
probation to the ministry. The Bev. Dr. Fin?
ney, editor of the St. Louis Christian Advo?
cate, addressed the Conference on behalf of
tbe Southwestern Publishing House of St.
Louis. Rev. Dr. Young, of Nashville, Ten?
nessee, succeeds Rev. Dr. Huston as pastor of
Trinity Church, Baltimore. Rev. Dr. Cowies,
presiding elder of Lynchburg District, who
broke his leg a lew days ago, is recovering i
rapidly.
Drngs an& jMeoKines.
JJRUGS AND MEDICINES,
WHOLESALE & RETAIL,
DR. H. BAER,
NO. 131 MEETING STREET,
Offers his Large and Well-Assorted Stock of
DRUGS,
MEDICINES,
CHEMICALS,
PERFUMERT,
TOILET ARTICLES,
FANCY GOODe,
icc, ?tc, dec,
AT THE LOWEST HARKET KATES.
Constantly on hand all the leading Proprietary
Medicines
FRENCH, ENCLISH. GERMAN ANO
AMERICAN.
FOUNTAIN SYRINGES, the best and moat con
venlent for general nae.
Also, every other kind of s ; i inge known In the
marker.
Trasses, Abdominal Supporters, Shoulder
Braces, Abdominal Belts, Physicians7 Saddle
Bags, Physicians' P.cket-uases, Elastic Stockings
and Medicine chesw.
Kidder's Eleotro- Magnetic
Batteries.
Druggists' Glassware, of every description, at
the lowest rates, and a full assortment of "Drug?
gists'Sundries."
Agent for Nat can's ''Crystal Discovery for the
Hair."
Agent for the "Few York Medical University's"
Preparations.
Agent for Rle sn's Tobacco Antidote, and Up
barn's Antidote to Strong Drink-.
Agent for the elegant preparations or W. B.
Warner A Co., of Phlladelphlvconslstlng of a
fall line or Fluid Extracts, Sug.r-Coated Pills
Elixirs, Medicated Wines and Syrups, Licorice
and Pepsin Lozenges, ?cu., ac.
Special attention ls directed to the following
articles of his own manufacture:
GERMAN SOOTHING CORDIAL!
An excellent Carminative, Invaluable in the
diseases incident to the period of dentition lu
children; as also in colic, diarrhoea, dysentery,
and other Infantile complaints, it is superior to
other medicines used for this purpose, as lt ls en?
tirely free from any Injurious drug, and
CONTAINS NO ANODYNE !
It ls recommended by the best physicians, and
mothers may administer lt with confidence.
THE EXCELSIOR HAIR TONIC,
is a carefully prepared Dressing for the bair, at
once answering the purposes of ?ha?r oil, hair
wasb, and hair tonic. It contains no sulphur,
lead, or nitrate of sliver, and ls
NO DYE I *
It will promote a healthy growth of hair, and
prevent their falling out, and will not Injure the
general system.
Baer's Improved Vegetable
Cathartic Fills.
A gentle Aperient, of purely vegetable sub?
stances, recommended for Dyspepsia, Headache,
Constipation, Ac, Ac.
DOUBLE DISTILLED BENZINE,
for removing grease spots, and cleaning clothes.
None but the Purest Drugs used, and satisfac?
tion guaranteed, botb as to price and quality.
Order are solicited from Druggists, Phys clans,
Country Merchants, Planters and others, with the
assurance that they shall receive prompt and
careful attention. mch7-8mo9DCAW
Geming iii art) in cs.
THE NEW IMPROVED
WHEELER & WILSON
SIL EN T
SEWING MACHINE !
THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST !
WHEELER & WILSON
VICTORIOUS
AT THE LATE STATE FAIR, HELD AT
COLUMBIA I
Why it Should Have the Preference of
all Others i
ist. Because lt ls the simplest.
2d. Because lt sews easier.
3d. Because it sews faster.
4th. Because it uses no Shuttle.
6th. Because lt makes less noise.
6th. Because lt Is more durable.
7th. Becanso lt has been before the public for
over twenty years, and hence lt ls no experiment
to 'ry lt- "
Ninety thousand more Family Machines sold
than bv any other Company. Its late improve?
ments set lt far ahead of anything In the market.
Adjusting aud repa ring done promptly. All
work warranted.
Call and examine, whether wl9htng to purchase
or not.
WHYTE & HARRAL,
General Southern Agents,
NO. ?09 liirs'G STREET.
feb*
Ckrtijing ano Jnnri6i)tt? ?co?t
GREAT REDUCTION
ITV PRICES
AT LAWTON'S.
In order to Close Oat our
Stock of
We have Marked Down our
Goods from
TWEN?? TO FIFTY PER CUT
Now is the time to Buy
FIRST GLASS GOODS
At Extremely Low Pri?es,
CALL AND EXVMI.VE THE?.
J. H. LAWTON & CO.
ACADEMY MUSIC BUILDING,
CORNER KIMO AND MARKET *8T8.
1 =
Ors ?ooo?, 49c.
LOUIS COHEN ft CO.,
No. 348 KING STBEET,
Beg leave respectfully io announce that tbey
are now In receipt of a complete Stock of
SPRING- DRESS GOODS,
COMPBI3INO IN FART ALL COLOB3 AMD SHACKS,
JAPANESE SILKS,
MOHAIRS, VELOUB8,
POPLINS, BAREGES,
DELA INS,
HERNANI GRENADINES.
ANO A FULL LINK OF THE BB3T
LLAMA LACE POINTS.
All of which are offered at the most
REASONABLE PRICES
PARTICULAR ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO OUR
FULL LINES OF
KID G-I/OVES
AND
SASH RIBBONS,
WHICH HAYE BEEN MUCH REDUCED IN
PRICE.
A call ls respect fully solicitud,
LOUIS COHEN & CO.,
NO. 248 KING STREET.
mct>4 tnthBimo
jPrggfl at inijoUsale.
JN MEDICINE^ QUALITY IS OFTSE
FIRST IMPORTANCE.
PHILIP WINEMAN ft CO.,
DIRECT IMPORTERS OF
CHOICE DRUGS AND CHEMICALS,
NO. 35 HATNE STREET,
CHARLESTON, S. 0.
PHILIP WINKHAK. JOHN ASHH?BST.
Beg respectfully to call the attention of Physi?
cians, Druggists, Country Merchants and Plant?
ers, to their extensive and complete Stock ol
Choice
DRUGS, CHEMICALS, PERFUMERY, FANCY
GOODS, GLASSWARE, SURGICAL INSTRU?
MENTS, PAINTS, OILS, DYE STUFFS
AND PURE LIQUORS,
All of which have been Selectol with great care
and particularly with reference to quality.
Many houses sell Medicines and Pharmaceutical
Preparations with regard only to cheapness; this
we avoid doing, "quick sales and small profits"
being our motto. Physicians and Country Mer.
chants can rely on procuring at our establishment
n ne but pure and reliable Goo as; and we fufcy
guarantee every preparation that bears our label.
Mr. WINEMAN being a regularly educated Drug?
gist and Apothecary, takes especial charge of the
manufacturing department.
Being Agents for the most approved PATENT
MEDICINES, can offer them at proprietors' prices.
We are In receipt, by recent importations from
Enrope, of the following Desirable Goods:
Howards ? Sons' London CALOMEL
Herring A Go.'a Bine Mass
Herring A Co.'s Medicinal Extracts
AtklcBen A Bigger's Iodide Potass
Sargs's Pure Vienna Glycerine
English Conc'd Ammonias, In bottles
English Calcined Magnesia
Calvert's Carbolic Acid.
Together with a fall assortment of AMERICAN
CHEMICALS from the best makers.
NOTICE.
We can offer with great confidence to the trade
the following Desirable Goods of our own manu
facture:
OLD CAROLINA BITTERS
Ext. Sarsaparilla and Queen's Delight
Essence Jamaica Ginger
Crystallized Worm Candy
Infallible Cough Specific
Unproved liver Pills.
The above articles are prepared with special ref?
erence to the diseases they are intended to cure,
and are warranted In all cases to give perfect
satisfaction. mch2-stutii3mosDAO
gO?TH CAROLINA E AILE O AD. .
; CHAHLBTON, H. C., December 23/1811.
On and after SUNDAY, December 24, tue Paasen
ger Trains on Ute Scotti Carolina Railroad will run
asiollowa: ?. ,^&?*'-*h/ziWc?.
IDE AUGUSTA. . '.?.'Mi
Leave Charleston. 8.10 A M
Arrive, at Augusta.. 4^5 P X
. - TOB COLUMBIA.
Leave ( harlesttHi........................ 8.10 A ?
Arrive at Colombia.?. 4.05 r *
ron oHABursroK. ......
Leave AUguFta.................. 7.40 A T?
Arrive at Charleston.3.20 r x
Leave columbia.......... 7.40 A M
Arrive at Charleston.AjDi ic
THROUGH WTJJO50T0N TRAIN. ' ' ? .
reave Augusta. 8.00 A lt
Arrive at King ville.s 9.00 A K
Leave Ringville..1180 r X
Arrive at Augusta.6.30 r x
ACODBTA NIGHT UROB.
(Sundays excepted.)
Leave Charleston.8.80 r x
Arrive at Augusta..T.80 A X
Leave Angosta.coo r x >
Arrive at Charleston.0.66 A X
COLUMBIA NIGHT KXPXI8S.
(Snndaya excepted.)
Leave Charleston.7.10 r x
Arrive at Columbia..6.80 A X
Leave columbia.,.7.00 ? x
Arrive at Charleston...7.00 A x
STOOfKRVTLU THAIN.
Leave summerville at.7.2k A X
arrive a; charleiton at.8.40 a- x
Leave Charleston at..aso p x
Arrive at summerville at.4 45 r x
OAKDEN BRANCH. -.
Leave Camden..6.15 A X
Arrive at Colombia....10.40 A K
Leave columbia.1.45 r x
Arrive at Camden.0.36 JP X
Dey and Night Trains make close connections
at Augusta with Georgia Railroad and Central
Railroad. . . : - '.iv.? ??
Night Train connects with Macon and Augusta
Railroad. " "
Columbia Night Train connects with Greenville
and colombia Railroad, and with Charlotte Road
to points Nonn. . .
Camden Train connects at Ringville dally' (ex?
cept Sundays) with Day Passenger Train, wt
runs through to Columbia.
A. L. TYLER, Yloe-President.
j 8. JL PICKERS. G. T. A. :; nj Janis
OFFICE OF THE SAVANNAH AND
. CHARLESTON RAILROAD - vii) 9?
GHABXBBTOM. s. c., November 22, is TI. <,
On sad after MONDAY. Doce m ber the nth, the
Passenger Trains on this Hoad will'mn as ioUosss
EXPRESS TRAIN* - ?
Leave Charleston dally...I.V.. 8.25 P. M.
Arrive ai Havannah daily.........9.lu P. M.
Leave Savannah dally....'.;.11*16 P. Xv
Arrive at Charleston dany..8.86 A. M.
. DAY TRAIN.
Leave Charleston, Sundays excepted.. 8.16 A, M*
Arrive at Savannah, Sunday! excepted. .418 P. M.
Leave Savannah, sunday s excepted... 8.00 A. M.
Arrive at Charleston, Sandayc exctad. 4.05 P. M.
Freight forwarded daily on through bills of lad*
lng to points In Florida and by Savannah line of
steamships to Boston. Prompt -dispatch given ja
freights for Beaufort and pointa on Port Royal
Railroad and at as low rates aa by ant other nae,
?. a GADSDEN,
Engineer and Superintendent...
S. O. BOTL8TON, Gen'l Ft. and Ticke c Agent.
mehi_ ? : ?>-??? i ?
NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD COM?
PANY. '
CtoARUt8TON, S.-C., February ll, 1871. ?
Trains will leave Charleston Daily at 8.30 A. M.
and 616 P. M.? I:~ . ~
Arrive at Charleston 7.30 A. M. (Mondays ex?
cepted) and 2.30 P. M.
Train does not leave Charleston 6.16 P. M., SUN?
DAYS.
Train leaving 6.80 A. M. makes through connec?
tion to New York, via Richmond and Acqula
Creek only, going through in 40 hoars.
Passengers leaving by 6.16 P. M. Train have
choice or route, vis Ric ti mond and Washington,'
or via Por sm oat h and Baltimore. Those leaving
FBTOAT by thia Train lay over on SUNDAY in Bal?
timore. Those leaving on SATURDAY remain SON?
D?T in Wilmington, N. 0.
Thia la the cheapest, quickest and moat pleasant
route to cincinnati, Chicago and other pointa
West and Northwest, both Trains making connec?
tions at Washington with Western trains of Balti?
more and unto Railroad.
S. S. SOLOMONS,
Engineer and Superintendent.
P. L. CLEAPOR, General Ticket Agent.
febll-l2mo8
^gUUiticr^^ <S>00&st fit.
Ribbons, M?linery and Straw
Goods.
18 7 3.
ALSO
WHITE GOODS, EMBROIDERIES, ?C. ii
ARMSTRONG^G?TOR & CO.,
IMPORTERS, MAN UF ACTURKRS AND JOBBERS
BONNET, TRIMMING, NECK and SASH RIBBONS,
VELVET RIBBONS, NECK TIES,
Bonnet sute, Satins, Velvets and Crapes,
FLOWERS, FEATHERS, ORNAMENTS, FRAMES?
AC, Ac.
Straw Bonnets and Ladles' and Children's nata.
Trimmed and Untrimmed; and in connecting
Warerooma White Goods, Linens, Embroideries,
Laces, Net?, Collars, Sets, Handkerchief?, Veil?
ing, Head Neu, Ac., Ao.
Nos. 237 AND 230 BALTIMORE STREET, BALTI?
MORE, MB.
These gooda are manufactured by nu or bought
for Cash directly from the European and Amen-'
can Manufacturers, embracing all the latest nov?
elties, unequalled in variety and cheapness la
any market.
Orders ulled with care, promptness and dis?
patch. _feniS-tnthalmo*
Crackers.
FOX'S
The Finest Sponge Butter
Crackers Manufactured.
FOX'S ORACEERS have for over half a century
been held In the highest estimation by the people
of the Eastern and Middle states. They are kept
for sale hy all the leading Grocers In NEW YORE
CITY.
All articles used in their manufacture are tho
beat and purest that can be obtained. The ma?
chinery used was invented and patented by
JOS. FOX,
MANUFACTURER OF
ALL KINDS OF CRACKERS,
L.ANSISGBURGH, BT. Y.
Sena*for Price Lista, Ac I deliver goods free of
charge In New York City.
Liberal terms given Jobbers, and am ready to
make arrangements with any reliable parties who
will take orders for me in any of the cities in thia
State. Address
JOS. FOX?
feblS-tntbBlmo LANSINQBURGH. N. Y.
E W STORE!
1> R Y GOOD?,
FANCY GOODS AND NOTIONS.
I have Just opened a NEW STOCK OF DBT
GOODS, Fancy Gooda, Notions, Ac wbloh wdl he?
rold low for casu, ot No. 388 KINO STREET, be
tween George and Calhoun. i%jnt,ewa_
mch?-StuthS ? D. ANDREWS,