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Erpn ad ires.- Be \VATCKIN« AND WAITING. • n il m v "ne. then, at the lieautiful gate, lm.1 watching for me?" the shores of a far-away land, - of its sunny vales; learn of its silvery strand, * YrO ill" !>reath "f iLs fragrant gales; nr tin- it<-rs run tlark on the other side (if • 1 rii far away land, unknown, J 1 I <ta!i'l in the shadows and wait for the rry me out alone. - slope That mi I see in m Its elon Ami 1 wit I hear the Like tin They tell. The 1 - My * Iso Whirl Thera The friel Have And oil . v isions a city so fair, can never be told; ...... ilie joys that the sanctified share away city, so old. tiious raptures that roll . nding song of the sea; ! !j«* lost and loved of my soul, w.itcliing and waiting for me. I love, in yon "home of the soul,” II from over the sea, itii silent waters unceasingly roll ii the fair city and me." ihe silence of joy waits apart, it> her frail wings to be free. \ .ices of dear ones, the loved of my Ilingand calling tome. ,f their glorified faces I see; sweet breath of the flowers, ir snowy-white hands wave in beck- . fhoM* heavenly bowers, and many are they who await, ... I,lest anil the purified be— ling bars of the beautiful gate watching and waiting for me. s ..f my youth, whom my love would that ethereal train, t my heart more beloved than 'hem ng the heavenly strain. iay closing, the hourgroweth late. more near seems to be, link that beyond, at the beautiful So many are waiting for me. Blew softly, blow softly, ye balm-bringing O'er tie- sands of the low-lying shore. Your favoring breezes are filling the sails iif the !>..at that will cany ine o'er. I ll fear not. though dark In* the hour, and late, To sail out alone on death's sea. p 0 r the Friend of my soul, at the beautiful gate. Is watching and waiting for me. Th' The the Georgia Affairs. Musical Society at Saudersville gave I concert last night (Friday, the 23d). (gramme was varied aud pleasjng, composed of operatic, sacred and selections. We have no doubt that cietv acquitted itself with much credit. Music is one of the most refining of the art s, and the formation of such societies in our interior towns must tend to elevate the tone of society wherever they exist. Mr. Jefferson Davis has been selected by the Memorial Association of Macon to de liver the oration on Memorial day, April 26. We have not yet learned whether or not he will accept. It is now said that Gus Johnson, the mur derer. hung at Home on the 15th instant, was. at the time of his execution, com pletely overcome with liquor, and made his exit from this world in a state of intoxica tion. The number of convicts at present at work in this State is placed at one thousand two hundred and twenty-eight. On Tuesday morning last two prisoners in the Albany jail set fire to their prison house, in hopes of being able to escape. Their plans were frustrated, for the fire was discovered and the flames extinguished be fore much damage was done. About fifteen Texas-bound emigrants fussed about their “trunks and things” at the Cartcrsville depot a few days ago. The Express thinks that “ iu about six months they won’t have the trunks and things to fuss Eggs abundant at eight cents a dozen in Hartwell. The next time a fire breaks out in Coch ran it will be better for the unfortunate suf ferers to let it burn itself out or extinguish it in quiet without giving any alarm We read that a few nights ago the kitchen of Mr. W. D. Martin, of that place, caught, but the alarm was promptly given, and as sistance arrived in time to save the dwell ing. Some of the young men in their excite ment rushed upon the stables and outhouse ami pulled them down, knocked down the feucing, and did other wild work. During the storm on the 10th inst., Mr. Hiram Lewis was traveling on horseback on the road above Vienna, Dooly county, when, seeing that a tree was falling and he was in imminent danger of being crushed to death, heb aped from his seat just iu time to save his life, while the tree struck the horse across the saddle, killing the animal and breaking the saddle to pieces. Madison county boutg of a horned rooster that wins all bis fights, not by kicking and spurring as ordinary roosters do, but by but ting. it is suggested that he be sent to the Paris Exposition. The United States Courts do a thriving business in Georgia. For the four years ending July, 1S77, the United States District and Circuit Courts in this State rendered judgments amounting to nearly six millions of dollars—more than half as much as the judgments obtained in all the Southern States. “What,” asks the Griffin News, ' has caused Georgia to attain to this bad eminence ? McAfee or McPhee, who killed McKeel in Atlanta a few days ago (an account of which Wiling was published yesterday), has not yet been arrested, the police being unable to find him. His friends say, however, that he k '•rilling to hurrendcr himself to justice "at the proper time’’—whatever they mean A fro: Tuesd; surprised the citizens of Jesup on ay morning. It was not heavy enough to injur.• vegetation, however. 'sir'uout: Herald: “For two weeks we have had the finest weather we ever saw at tins season of the year. The bright spring day- have started farmers to work in good earnest. Some of them expect to commence planting com this week.” .. e are hardly prepared to wholly Indorse JJUwutiment, from the Cartcrsville Express: ”a magnificent diamond a gentleman can generally cut his name upon the hardest female heart.” On 1 riday evening, March 15, Mr. J. S. fc P ec W of Kingston, fell dead while on his way to -upper. lie had been quite sick sev- J 1 ** weeks before this, but had recovered, *uu ou the day of his death wgs unusually cheerful. He was walking briskly along hen he fell, and in a few minutes was dead, k ‘ physicians pronounced it apoplexy. Mr. ^Peek was formerly from Virginia. He was upm and raised in Rockingham county, near Harrisburg, where he lived until 1870 or ’71, "hen he came to Georgia. *u£ rotn riie Jonesboro Newt we learn that tue dwelling house of Mr. Joseph Hughey, * h w miles west of Jonesboro, caught fire ifom the stove Thursday night and was eu- urdy consumed, together with the smoke a, »use and everything in the yard.” An important piece cf work has been be- oU Q hi Macon. It is the drainage of the «wampy piece of ground it^ front of the cot- factory on Fin* sueet. The Teletjraph says: “This U apiece of work which should have been done y^ars ago. It “ f >ue improvement which has been greatly “fleeted. It has now been commenced, it . h hoped it will be completed before 1 is left. Thjg will a d(j greatly to the saui- ar - v condition of that part of the city. The pomineneeinent of the work leads us to be- v« ve l hat it will be well Jone. Mr. Willis yjood, the present superintendent of the "r 11 *’ a practical road maker and civil en- tpneer, and understands the subject of drain- thoroughly/’ — J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR. SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1878. ESTABLISHED 1850. Sandersville Herald: ‘ Mr. Y. A. Cox now about sixty years of a|fe, who was horn and reared in this county, informs us that he has raised a family of nine children, the young est now being thirteen years old. and has never bought a bnshel of corn, and as a matter of course was never sued in his life, tvery day experience proves that the true polit V of the farmer is to raise his own home supphes. We hope the number of fanners after Mr. Cox’s plan will steadily increase.” Speaking of the proposal to establish a brimstone manufactory at Atlanta the Hart well thus descants: “Atlanta, two hun dred and fifty miles from water sufficient to float any vessel bigger than a dug-out, has a custom house. She has a big cotton factorv, foundries, breweries, and everything else that a seaport or Inland city could have: and now, if the above about the brimstone busi ness is true, in less than twelve months vou may look out for a branch of the gemiine hell being located there, with a chromo premium to all who go to it in preference to the old fogy institution, that Beecher and the pther free love preachers have been try ing to abolish.” Hawkinsville ItixpaUli: “During our few days sojourn at Vienna, while the°Superior Coart was in session, we conversed with many of the farmers, and were glad to find them cheerful and hopeful over their pros pects. The low prices of cotton for the last few years have caused a greater interest to be taken in those crops necessary to sustain the farm, and the result is almost enough bacon and corn could be found in Dooly at this time (if divided among the people) to enable them to make their crops curing the presentyear. On the route from Hawkins ville we observed many improvements in fencing, dwellings, clearings of fresh land, etc.” The Houston Home Journal is in good spirits. It says : “The large area in grain erops in Houston county and its splendid condition are indeed cheering to those who earnestly desire Southern independence.” Dawson Journal: “Southwest Georgia is in a blaze of enthusiasm on the subject of agriculture. Agricultural societies are in active operation in nearly all the counties. The last to wheel into line is Randolph county, which has a wide awake society, with Col. A. Hood as President. Spring fairs are to be held in Bainbridge, Thomasville, Al bany, Americus, Dawson and Cuthbert.” Jesup Sentinel: “Col. R. L. Gentry, the Sa vannah News talkist, was registered at the Jesup House last night. He is an incessant worker for his paper, which is the paper of all papers in our estimation. Mr. Estill is the paper king of the South, and Colonel Gentry is king of agents.” The Quitman Reporter of Thursday gives the following account of a tragedy, the result of domestic infelicity and brutality: “On Saturday night last the southern por tion of our county, bordering on the Florida line, was made the scene of another killing amongst the blacks. The circumstances, as related to us by Hawkins McCall, Deputy Sheriff, are about as follows: Jacob Middle- ton and his wife had been to church, and on the way home fell out and quarreled. When they arrived at home, Jacob, as was his habit, commenced to beat his wife in rather an unmerciful manner,and broke his walking-stick over her head, whereupon her daughter, w ho was near by, interposed and requested him to desist.* He said to her that he would whip her too. She went into the house and barred the doors, but her half brother—Jacob’s son—who was in the house at the time, opened the door to admit his father, who at once entered the house and proceeded to the bed where the girl was lying, and eomineueed to beat upon her—she informing him that she would kill him if he did uot Jet her alone. She gath ered a shot-gun near by, and during the scuffle the gun was discharged, the contents taking-effect In the left side of Jacob, which produced death in an exceedingly short time. The woman (Belle) now languishes in jail, and will be tried at the next sitting of our Superior Court, which will convene the first Monday in May next. Such occur rences were seldom ever known in this coun try during the days of slavery*” The trial of the case of the State vs. William Madison in Quitman on Monday last elicited considerable interest. The charge against Madison was for whipping his wife. Several Northern gentlemen were present, one of whom expressed himself as follows : “I only wish that our people up North could have witnessed the trial of this man, and seen for themselves the fairness and justice under which the law is adminis tered here to these colored people, and to have heard the able and dignified lecture of Judge Harden to the criminal before pass ing sentence upon him. I know that they would change their minds, and never again say oi suppose that the Southern people are not the most humane people to be found.” WHERE HAS KIM ETON GONE! ||is Vlysterious Disappearance from Ihe Vicinity of New Haven. yew York World. New Haven, March 18.—Friends of H. II Kimptou, the fugitive member of the South Carolina ring, say that he has gone to Canada, and it is generally be lieved that such is the fact. His wife left this city last Thursday, supposedly for the purpose of leading the South Carolina detective astray, as he departed on the same train for Hartford and re mained there up to Saturday last. This detective’s management of the case was peculiar, and there is positive evidence that he did uot move without a knowl edge of his doings coming to Mrs. Kimp- ton, who was constantly on the alert. He came here a week or so ago, claiming to be an old acquintance of Kimpton. but from the time he was caught in the statement that he was Kimpton’s classmate, and was unable to say what vear the class was graduated (which statement was made on Monday, March 11), Mrs. Kimpton kept him constantly in view. She saw him scan her resi dence from across the street with opera glasses, he alternating this employment with a woman who passed as his sister, and she evidently knew when lie went out of town, for in his absence her hus band noised the opportunity to visit New Haven. The detective, having put the parties on their guard, perhaps un wittingly, did not procure the mandate necessary to an arrest at the proper time, and did not communicate with the Sheriff or Ids deputies, who alone could have served the papers. On Thursday morning last the followin'; note was sent to the detective’s landlady’, which shows of itself how well his intentions and purpose were known. jin. Munson: Your old friend, “Mr. Thompson, from Pennsylvania,” is much obliged for the use of your bay window. SVe hope you have enjoyed the company )f your new guest as well as we have fooling him. I guess he will find the Yankee ladies are most too sharp for him. He is on a wild goose chase When he returns he will noi meet with any better success than he had before. Y ours truly. He” did not return to the ejiy, and certainly has not met “with any better success.*” There is much amusement here concerning Mrs. Kimpton’.* manag- ment of the detective. The detective is known as Colonel Tuteilen, and is said to reside jn Columbia, South Carolina. Happy Result ok an Attempt at Suicide.—A dispatch from Providence, R. I., says: “Kate Delaney, the woman who attempted suicide last Sunday by taking arsenic. Left here this evening for New York, accompanied by Albert Skin ner. of Hartford, and it is said on good authority that they were married before they left. Skinner became infatuated with Kate some years ago, and would have married her then but for the oppo sition of his parents. He saw the ac count of her attempted suicide in the papers, and immediately’ came here to administer to her wants. There was a large crowd at the depot wdien they de parted. Skinner is apparently about thirty years of age, and has wealthy parents in Hartford. He is in the paper business.” A Burglar Frozen to Death.—On Wednesday’ afternoon the body* of a ne gro was found on East Mountain, Wil- liamstown, X. Y. The village authori ties have discovered that his name was Vincent, a resident of Cambridge, Yt. From certain articles found on his per son, it was concluded that he was one of the burglars who, a few weeks ago, broke into the store connected with the Black- inton mills. He had evidently* left his shoes behind him and, being afraid to take the cars in his barefoot condition, liad started for Pownal by way of the mountains, and, being obliged to spend the night there, was frozen to death.— Troy Times. Ex-Governor Jo Brown is said to be worth one million aud a half of dollars. The Backbone of Volusia County. Florida—Orange City. ii. Correspondence of Vie Morning News. About four miles south of J^ake Beres- ford, on the St. John's river, is the land ing place for Orange City. Felix Howell, who keeps a livery stable, always has a team waiting at the wharf to take pas seugers to the city, about four miles in land. The ascent is gradual, the road passing through scrub for the first two miles, then comes the high lands, covered with pine trees, and free from underbrush or palmettos. The city is laid off on a circular plan, the town lots being in the centre, and this surrounded by a circle of five acre lots, most of which have already been taken up. It presents a very pleasing aspect, as all the houses can be seen by turning in the circle. There are at present thirty-two pretty cottages erected, each sur rounded by its orange grove. The place lias two good stores, in which everything needed can be bought; school house, saw mill, livery stable, and a large hotel, kept by Mr. S. N. Deyar- man. It is not yet completed, but the proprietor does everything to make his guests as comfortable as the circum stances permit. His charges are very rea sonable. All the lands in the back coun try have been taken up, but the owners w’lil resell in small lots to those seeking homes. People there do not care about burdening themselves with too much land to cultivate. From five to twenty acres they find sufficient. The houses are neat, and the fencing invariably good. Five to ten acres are the extent of the groves. The land is the best class of high pine, of course needing fertilizers; but it is good, for 1 saw “Palma Christi” trees that had attained a height of twenty feet in one season. The climate is mild, as the guava aud other tender plants had been growing in the open air all the win ter. The inhabitants hail from all parts of the Union, and in the city and sur roundings it is now estimated that there are five hundred people—a good showing for two years, for that is the age of the place. Pineapple culture is attracting much attention. They are planted in bed: three rows in each bed, the plants eight een inches apart, and three feet between the beds. The plants are protected in the winter by a scaffolding covered with pine slabs or bark. 1 inspected those of C’apt. Thorp aud Messrs. Sturtevant Brothers, and nothing could be finer. Many of the plants will bear this year. The people are planting everything under the sun that they can get hold of. Grapes, figs, almonds, Japanese persimmons, etc., etc., are brought from California and other countries that can contribute to their en terprise. I visited Stark’s orange grove on Lake Beresforil, three miles from Orange City*. It was a sour grove that has been budded. Many of the trees are young, and when they come into full bearing the grove will be very valuable. It is not of very great extent, and produced the past season one hundred and fifty thousand oranges, which sold at two cents each. Some of the fruit is very fine. Four miles south of Orange City is the beautiful winter home of Mr. De Barry, of New Y'ork. Everything that wealth can command has been done to make this place attractive. The grove, I should judge, must contain about fifty acres, kept in a fine state of cultivation, pipes being laid so that the whole can be irrigated by* wind mills, which pump the water for that purpose. Captain Watson, the agent, Inis been over thirty years in the Slate, and knows how oranges should be cultivated. Many of the 1 rees are com ing into bearing, and all are in a flourishing condition. Time did not permit my calling on Mr. DeBarrv. but 1 inspected the grounds sui rounding the house, and was much pleased with the taste evinced in laying them out. I found the hotel at Enterprise pretty* well filled with guests, aud did not wonder at its being so when I saw the excellent dinner that was served up. Enterprise does not ap pear to be progressing; no new buildings are being erected, and it is one of the few places in the State that show no improve ment. 1 did not go into the back coun try’, so it may be different there, but being a hunter’s paradise, the hotel will always be kept up by that class of visi tors There were three of the tamest deer in the yard that I ever saw, that seemed proud of being fondled. Col. Bod ine, the proprietor, intends to make the hotel grounds attractive with choice (lowers, lie has the situation and land to make it one of the most beautiful places in the State. All that is needed is t:iste and care. In my’ next I will give some description of Spring Garden, five miles north of DeLaud, a part of this interesting country*. C. A Lady’s Encounter with a Burglar. A lady*, young, wealthy and cultivated, tackled a burglar last Thursday* night in her own house in New York and turned him out, although he had a seven-shooter at her head. She had retired, her hus band being absent, and the women ser vants in the kitchen, when she heard a noise in an adjoining room. She arose and opened the door whicn, as it swung open, screened the bed from view, lie eagerly thrust his head forward until he could see that there was no one in the bed. Then be said to her, “Be quiet or I will kill you.” His voice was low*, but she could uot help noticing that the tones were not those of a man used to rough life. His manner, too, was as polite as possible under the circumstances. He opened his eyes very wide and tried to scare her by the fierce expression of his face. He repeated his threat again and again, “Be quiet or I will kUl you.” Mrs. Kidd replied, “You dare not kill me, because my maid is in the next room.” Her right arm, unprotected ex cept by her night dress, was nearly par alyzed by his grip, but with her left she kept striking away the pistol from her forehead, lie pressed her across the room until she got her back against the bureau. Then she made a desperate effort and pushed him back to the door, all the time screaming at the top of her voice. He then tried to trip her. In the struggle he kept treading on her bare feet, but he wore rubbers, so they were only bruiser! and not cut. Her right side was bruised in the struggle. Finally she crowded him tp the hall, and he, hear ing the servants coming, made a jump for the door and ingloriously fled. The ladv. having nothing more to do, fainted, and now carries her iirm in a sling. She holds the pistol as a trophy. Suicide of a Prominent Merchant.^ —Mr. John ii. I. ark ins, of the firm oi J. M. Larkins & Co., C olumbia. Tenn., committed suicide on Tuesday by* shoot ing himself. The deed was committed in the counting room while the clerks were at breakfast Financial embarrass ment is supposed to be the cause. The following note w*as found in his vest pocket : “I do this terrible deed from remorse. I have been the cause of ruin ing a good man and family. God forgive me. I cannot face* the world again. March 18.” No name was signed. *~Mr. Larkins was an old and prominent merchant and a highly respected citizen. His death casts a gloom over the entire community. THE SATURNALIA OF FRAUD IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Another Chapter In the History ol Radical Rascality — How the Carpet-Hasher* Stole the Green 1 vllle and Columbia Railroad. A young man in an Austin, Nevada, barter shop was particular about having his moustache nicely perfumed. “Going to call on a young lady. I suppose?” the barber asked. The young man with much dignity replied*: “See here, my* friend, do you suppose I put perfumery* on my moustache because I m going to see a man, or a boy, or an old woman, or a baby in arms? Do men cat her grapes of thorns or tigs of thistles?* The following decision in a closely contested debate over the rival powers of the pen and sword was arrived at in a Louisville literary society the other day: “De committee decide dat de swoard has de ropst pints and de best backin', and dat de pen is de most beneficial, an’ dat de whole ting is about a sum -off,” Correspondence of the Charleston Journal of Commerce. Columbia. March 19.—The Fraud In vestigating Committee to-day presented the following report, being the sixth number of their report: THE SWINDLE OF THE GREENVILLE AND COLCMBU RAILROAD COMPANY. In the progress of their report the committee have had occasion here and there to refer to the facts connected with the career of John J. Patterson, now* United States Senator for South Caro lina. This is now* impossible to avoid, and at the same time make a fair and truth ful report of the transactions to which we have referred. In this, and several reports to follow it will be necessary’ to refer more parti cularly to him, and the frauds perpe trated by him. than we have done here tofore. Since the day of the coming of this man to South Carolina, there has been perpetrated upon the people of the State a senes of frauds, great and small, many of which we have already made the sub ject of comment, and all of which mark out together an era challenging compari son for its infamy with any period in the history of modern times. In each case the familiar footprints of this man are to be seen, measured, and most to be found in the forefront of the mottled army of plunderers, as “the years of good stealing in South Carolina” have come and gone. Your committee propose to refer to sev eral of the latter class, mostly to be singled out and held up to view for their exceptional enormity, and the bold and brazen effrontery with which they were perpetrated. It will be remembered that the first noteworthy achievements of Patterson was a contract for the completion of the Blue Ridge Railroad which was annulled by the payment to him of $S0.000, every cent of which came from the public treasury. Upon his portion of this fund he organized a ring, composed of public officials, the object of which was to ob tain possession of the Greenville and Co lumbia Railroad Company. In this rinj_ were included John J. Patterson, George W. Waterman, representing the interests of Governor Scott; Niles G. Parker Treasurer; Reuben Tomlinson, State Au ditor; John L. Neagie, Comptroller Gen eral; D. II. Chamberlain, Attorney Gen eral: F. L. Cardozo, Secretary* of State C. P. Leslie, Land Commissioner; II. II. Kimpton, Financial Agent; Joseph Crews, Chairman Committee on Rail roads, and Representative Timothy Hur Icy. At that time the State owned large amounts of stock in various railroad companies in the State, which had been acquired in consideration of public se curities conferred upon these corpora tions, and also other property of various descriptions, which for the moment was not productive of income. The most direct method of securing the controlling interest was to procure legislation to authorize the sale of the stock held by the State in the Greenville find Columbia Railroad Company*, and to this end, the act was psissed creating the Sinking Fund Commission, composed of Governor Scott, Attorney General Cham berlain, Comptroller Neagie, the Chair man of Committee of Ways and Means in the House, and the Chairman of Com mittee of Finance in the Senate, and au thorizing them to sell all unproductive property belonging to the State. 'ten sibly, the purposes of this bill was to dis pose of the damaged granite and marble, and other material lying around the State House grounds. The real purpose was consummated by the sale of twenty- one thousand six hundred and ninety- eight shares of stock in the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company*, which cost the State $20 per share, aggregating $4#J,900, at $2 75 per share, aggregatin $59,609 50. This was followed, cf course, by* a sacrifice of the interest of the State in all other railroad corpora tions, and accumulation of a fund, all of which, in gross violation of the letter of the act, was tiansferred to the Financial Agent, and lost. The evidence hereto appended* is con elusive, that this act was passed by bri bery, the means for which was furnished by ii. H. Kimptou. The stock was sold without advertisement on the day* after the bill was passed and approved, and without any action of the commissioners, either authorizing its sale or limiting the prices at which it should be sold, and was paid for by Kimpton’s receipt as Finan cial zYgent, in New York, for the amount of the bid. No money’ passed, and the fund transferred to Kimpton’s books was sunk” beyond recovery, in the devious processes of hypotln cation and general bond swindling. After a majority of the stock in the company* was obtained by* this arrangement, and by pui chases from private parties, s*nd the ring thus placed control of its affairs, the scheme which was the objective poict of the operation, was brought into play in the shape of a “bill relating to the Green ville and Columbia Railroad Company*,” prepared by zYttorney General Chamber lain, aud on the J7th day of February, 1871, introduced by Timothy Huriey, one of the ring, for the purpose of au thorizing a further issue of bonds, and giving them a value in the market. To conceal the real purpose, the bill included several impracticable provisions author izing the extension of the road in several directions, and a consolidation with the Blue Ridge Road, upon certain condi tions, and the title was changed so as to read “Act to promote the consolidation of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company and the Blue Ridge Railroad Company.” This was also passed by bribery’, with money furnished by H. II. Kimpton. It is worthy of remark that although Governor Scott approved the bill, yet he was so conscious -of its questionable char acter that he deemed it necessary to com municate to the General zYssembly his reasons for approving it—reasons which uere utterly illogical and fallacious on their face, *and which have since been proved to be without foundation in policy or purpose. In the fifth section of this act (see act 1870-71, page 591,) will be found the gist of the matter. The Staie then held a lien for indem nitv against her indorsement upon one million and a half of guaranteed bonds of this company*, so that subsequent bonds would be of little or no value, and could not be sold by the ring. By this scC!i? n tlie lien was postponed to bonds to be issued unuC7 ® second mortgage, thus enabling the ring to divide anu put their bonds on tne market, Mb’ 1 si the only security held by the State was swept away, and a contingent debt of fifteen hundred thousand dollars fixed upon the State without indemnity. This is a brief statement of a series of transactions by which the ring, under the inspiration of Patterson, secured to themselves each a miserable morsel of plunder, by the sale of bonds of the company, whilst the State was lobbed of millions to secure this result. Nor was this all, nor per haps the woist of this nefarious business. zYlthough the stock in the company held by the State was obtained by codusion of fraud with the commissioners of the sinking fund, with out any consideration, the purchases from private parties required the pay ment of money, or its equivalent; and it is not likely that the whole of this ring combined could have gotter together, oi their own honest means or credit, enough money to pay for a single share at $20, 000, much less for ihe whole $240,000 they bought and held. They* had re course, therefore, to the Financial zYgent; and from the testimony herewith sub mitted, it appears they did not have re course to him in vain.* He had on hand many* millions of bonds of the State of South Carolina for sale or hypothecation, and although the proceeds of such bonds were applicable only to the purposes of the State, yet the account of the Financial zYgent show that they* were diverted for whatever purpose the Financial Board chose to direct, and nothing was more likely, or more natural than that the board should divide enough of the proceeds of the bonds to te used for connecting the scheme in question. The Financial Board was com posed of Governor Scott. Treasurer Parker, and Attorney General Chamber- lain, and the Financial Agent was Kimp ton, all of whom, as we have aln ady mentioned, were members of the ring. The result is shown, the testimony of Parker himself, herewith submitted, by* which it appears that Kimpton paid out of the proceeds of the sale of State bonds, the money for a share and a half for Neagie, Comptroller General, who had the general supervision of the bonded debt of the State; one share for Crews, who was Chairman of the Committee on Rail roads in the House. One quarter share for Cardozo, Secretary of State, who had the sealing of all the bonds. Two and a half shares for Waterman, for Governor Scott. One half share for zYttomey Gen eral Chamberlain, and two shares for Kimpton himself, and one share for Les lie, Land Commissioner. Each share, in eluding an increase of $4,000, being valued at $24,000. In connection with this testimony of Parker, and of the testimony of Neagie, tearing on the same matter, the commit tee submit the following drafts found in the Treasury in an envelope, indorsed “ State drafts, sundry papers, dated vari ous months, 1870: ” $5,000. THE COMMUNE. Festival of the Society of Refugees at Beethoven Hall Threatening Speech of Citizen John Suinlon. Revenue. ' k G. p! 11 19-70 2] [2 Stamp. January 19,1870. Pay to the order of C. P. Les lie five thousand dollars, value received, and charge same to ’ account of Niles G. Parker, Treasurer State South Carolina. To II. H. Kimpton, Esq., Financial Agent State of South Carolina, No. 9 Nassau street, Neir York. Endorsement of above—N, G. Parker, Treasurer. Draft, $5,000. January 19, 1870. H. Clews & Co. C. P. Leslie. Pay to the order of Henry Clews & Co. Clias H. Tayior. To be charged. Parker. $4,000. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 19, 1870. Pay to the order of Reu- 2] [2 Revenue N. G. P. 11 19-70 2] [2 Stamp ben Tomlinson, four thou sand dollars, value received, and charge the same to ac count of Niles G. Parker, Treasurer State of South Carolina. To If. H. Kimpton, Neit York. Endorsement of above—N. G. Parker, Treasurer. Draft, $4,000. January* 19, 1870. Reuben Tomlinson. Pay* to the order of Henry* Clews & Co. Chas. II. Taylor.* H. Clews A Co. How the appropriation of so much money* was to be covered up is explained by Parker. “It was understood by Kimpton and the Financial Board that the amount of these expenditures and many others should be realized from State bonds, and covered by the differ ence between the actual amounts for which the bonds were sold by* Kimpton and the amount which he should report that he had sold for.” And the evidence of Parker is (urtailed to this extent by Kimpton’s report “(?) what he sold the tends for”—that there is no itemization of the sales through which this or any* other fraud might te detected; but the sales of over $^,000,000 of bonds are lispatched in four particulars, and for nine-tenths of this enormous amount there is no mention even of the rates of sales; $2,843,000 bonds reported as all sold on one day. and $4,214,5<)0 on an other. The Financial Board bought the authority of settling with the Financial Agent,and obtained it by* bribing the Gen eral Assembly with the State’s money— and they*seulcd with him on the basis of this report, as they themselves cent ess, without making an examination of it. ♦To the report from which we make this ex tract. several columns of documents in proof of the facts set forth, are appended. These docu ments we omit.—Ed. News. A Reminiscence of Shiloh. New York World. For six or eight years past an old, broken down man, shabbily clad, and seemingly ill fed, has haunted the halls of Congress, seeking to be relieved from the stigma of dismissal from the army by court mar tial, inflicted upon him in 1862. The name of this person is T. Worthington, and early* in the war he was Colonel of the Forty-sixth Ohio, in Colonel McDow ell’s brigade, Fifth division. Worthing ton was court martialed in zYugust. 1802, at Memphs, Tenn., tein^ charged with drunkenness while on duty as a com manding officer at Lafayette, Tenn.; also with the circulation of a printed circular, purporting to have teen extracts from a diary* kept by* Worthington during the Tennessee expedition. The matter in this diary, whether true or false, was alleged to be damaging to the military ability of Colonel McDowell and Generals Grant and Sherman. Colonel Worthing ton has published an abstract of evidence and facts developed at bis court martial, together with a letter dated January* 29, 1878, from General Beauregard, compli mentary to Colonel Worthington’s de fense of his position in the battle of Shiloh. Colonel Worthington has al ways maintained that ’General Sherman was totally surprised by the Confederate array* at Shiloh, and tins fact is suscepti ble of proof. He claims that had he not made a firm stand at Shiloh for over two hours at a critical period, the victory* achieved there would have resulted in overwhelming defeat General Beaure gard’s letter to Colonel Worthington is as follows: New Orleans, January 29, 1878. Dear Sir—Your favor of the 'Ttd inst. has just been received, etc. I willingly state that the stubborn defense of a position on the extreme right of the Federal line delayed our advance sufficient to prevent an earlier rout of the Federal army than oc curred on April 6. 1862, thus giving time to part of Buell's reinforcements to arrive on the field, at Pittsburg landing, just previous to the attack (about 5 p. m.) of the Confederates on that last stronghold of the Federals. I infer from official Federal reports, to which I have been lately referred, that the position on’ the extreme right, above alluded to, was held by ihe Forty-sixth Ohio, Colonel Thomas \Vorthington. [And the Sixth Iowa, Lieutenant olonel Cummings, on his left. T. W.j Should I be in Washington at the period New York Herald. Hosts of men and women on the east side were found last evening to be mov ing toward Beethoven Hall, situated i*i Fifth street, near Third avenue. At seven o’clock the committee of the Socie ty of the Refugees of the Commune had assembled, and preparations were soon made to carry out the programme for the festival in aid of the widows and orphans of the Commune and of the citizens transported to New Caledonia. All of the committee wore tne emblematical red cravat and red flowers in their but ton holes. The following named citizens constituted the committee and took part in the exercises before the ball and ban quet took place: Citizens Carrier, Claude. L. Crosse, A. Esmery. II. llanser, Le- lievre, Lemehaute, Lorin, Mazean. Ry- beau, /Thill. Willermain; J. Baron. Man ager; E<1. Megy, President; J. Olivier, Vice President; J. Thomas, Treasurer: E. Brossan, Secretary*; Honorary Presi dent, A. BlanquL About half past seven the hall, which holds about eight hundred persons, was -thrown open and was soon filled. Among the number present were about one huu dred and fifty ladies, all displaying, some where in the'ir tasteful costumes or be coming head-dresses, the red emblem of the Commune. Decorating the balcony and surrounding the floor of the hall were two flags, and on each side were two flags, above the platform of the shakers, bearing the inscriptions: “Interest money a direct tax upon later to support wealthy paupers,” and “Laws must te submitted to the people. ” Directly over the plat form was a gigantic placard with the fol lowing : * - • * « “Communism is Dead."—New Y’ork Her- : : ald, July* 26. 1877. ; New Y’ork Volks Zei- Arbeiter Zeitung. tung, Buffalo Tribune. : Detroit Socialist, Philadelphia Tage- : ; Workingmen's Ballot, blatt, ; Workingmen's Voice, Volkestimmdes Wes- : ; The Open Letter. tens. ; Emancipator, Milwaukee Socialist, : . Delnicky Listy. Ohio Volks Zeitung. Arbeitterstimme. An increase of nine advocates of Com- : : munism since above date. % / THE FESTIVAL. 1 he Societe des Refugies de la Com mune were assisted in their festival by their sympathisers and co operators, the Choral Union and socialistic singing so cieties, which rendered in rather poor style a considerable musical programme commencing with the “Marseillaise” by the orchestra, under the direction of Citi zen Schwab. Tly* first address of the evening was by* Citizen Megy*, followed by a speech by Citizen Finiel, both delivered in French, and warmly advocating sympathy with the Commune and the refugee victims who are now in New Caledonia. These efforts were warmly applauded. The feature of the evening was the address of Citizen John Swinton, who, upon arising, said: I tell y*ou, citizens, there are men here twice condemned to death and fighting with us to-day. I am proud to aid in my small way* the eternal princi ples of the Commune. I am proud to cast immortelles on the graves of the fallen. I salute you, men of the Com mune, as the prophets of the new age. Welcome to this New World. Would I could welcome you to a Republic more worthy of you, a Republic which would have realized the promise of its youth. What a resplendent spectacle the Commune was! its foundations laid on the laws and rights of man, and its pin nacles touching the skies of equality, with organic and social justice one of fts fundamental law’s ! All this fabric was thrown to the ground and drenched in blood. Beloved heroes and martyrs of the Commune! accept this tribute—he roes of inartyTs massacred and plunged into the yawning trenches, banished to New Caledonia, hunted all over the world—accept our tributes and believe that your example is dear to the heart of man. Since last year’s celebration ot the Paris Commune in this State Thiers has disappeared from sight. He was the gory assassin of the barracks, and under the uialedictions of • the world and ages will he be buried. The Paris Commune let us hold up before mankind as a star in the skies. It was not for France alone the battles vere fought, but for all races and generations. I uo not propose here to-night to speak of any America movement, but until the people here are treated justly look out for the red tiig and wait for the watchword, “ForwarO. march!” There is ;in impending hell, airi it may not te far off. When grinning u e n like Beech er ply the fiddle to the aanct of deviltry*, and the plutocracy* of the citj conspire to take away the rights of the v or ki n g. men, there is danger, danger every ^here. Turn y’our minds away for a moi K . n t from France, from Paris, from America,^ New Caledonia, to which our brothers and sisters are exiled as convicts, con demned by* the people who are reveling in plunder while you are undergoing Ihe pangs of marty*rdom. We salute you, Rose Michel: we pledge you in this cup of grief, where floats the bitter lees. Tis all we can do to celebrate your virtues and hallow y*our memoiy* here lo-night. The Commune lives! Not while the life of man endures, uot while the world lasts, will it die! After the musical exercises, at mid night there was a ball and a supper, the festivities only ending at an early hour this morning. Modern Knights Errant. London Globe. There are still emulators of Don Quix ote in France. A strange story comes to us from Guingamp, in Brittany. Two youths belonging to one of the oldest and best families of Saint Brieuc, MM. Emmanuel and Joseph de la Villon, have been arrested and placed in durance vile under most mysterious circumstances. They* are accused of having assaulted a M. Ollivier, a lawyer and May*or of Saint Brieuc. Some two or three months ago a duel was fought at Guingamp be tween one of the young De la Villons and an officer belonging to the garrison. The latter was severely wounded. In conse quence of this it was decided in family council that two y*oun«j ladies, Miles" Marie and Zoe de Couridouc, should re tire for a short t ime to the content of Lannion. M. Ollivier, notwithstanding the objections raised by the brother, M de Couridouc, and the two cousins, MM. de la Villon, was requested to put the young ladies in the hands of the Lady Su perior. The brother and two cousins sta tioned themselves along the road they knew M. Ollivier and his fair charges would take,and when the phieton drove up they* called on M. le Maire to stop. He whipped up his horse and endeavored to pass them, but Emmanuel seized the horse by the head. A parley was at tempted. The lawyer explained all the pains and penalties incurred by* those who had presumed to stop him on the highway, and refused when summoned to deliver up Mile. Marie de Couridouc. The y oung lady was willing to follow her cousins and return with them to Guingamp, but the Mayor would not permit her to alight. Irritated at the refusal of the lawyer M. de Couridouc pulled him from his seat in the carriage, threw him and rolled about in the dust with him while the two cousins assisted Mile. Marie to alight and conducted her through the fields to Guingamp. When M. Ollivier managed to escape from his youthful assailant he found Mile. Zoe alone, waiting for him. She told him the road her sister had taken, and he made all haste to arrive at Guingamp, where he gave information to the Pul) lie Prosecutor, who issued a warrant against the young De la Villons for ab duction, and one against M. de Couridouc for assault. The gendarmes were ad monished to use all diligence and dis patch, and the Mayor, who is a most popular man, received the sy*mpathy of his fellow townsmen, who were furious at the manner in which their official’: face liad teen damaged by the represen tatives of that ancienne noblesse who ap peared still to consider that they had right to deal w ith commoners according to their own ideas. When the people were informed that M. de Couridouc and the brothers De la Villon had been ar rested and were on their wav to Guin gamp in custody of the police a regular crowd went out to meet them. They were hissed and hooted, while their bear ; was so defiant that the gendarmes were barely able to protect them from the reverse of affectionate attentions of the Guingampais. The whole affair has caused a great sensation, and the trial is looked forward to with much interest by all. ftrormrs and 3?rofisums. stated by you I will be glad to make your ac quaintance and confer with you further rela tive to the bloody battle of Shiloh. 1 remain yours very respectfully, G. T. Beauregard. Colonel Thomas Worthington, Morrow. H’ar- ren County, Ohio. The Size of the Globe. J. Aunnan Lockyer. in Good Words. Its size lias been determined, I have no doubt, to within a very few miles, in what appears to us now* a very simple manner. In the first place, every* section of the earth is bounded approximately by circle, and mathematicians divide all circles into 360 degrees. Hence, if we can measure accurately the 1-360th part of this a reai cinfle.* and if. when we have got that measure out into mites, Aye mul tiply it by 360, we get the circumference of the earth, that is to say, the whole dis tance around it. Then by dividing mis result by something|iiJlittle over 3 (31.416, the ratio of the circumference of the circle to its diameter), we find out how far it is from one side of the earth to the other. This gives us the diameter of the earth. Aa a result of a long series of observations, it has been found that a degree measures as near as possible on the average of 694 miles. It can be stated in inches, but it is near enough for me to give as a first statement of result that it is about 694 miles; and if you take the trouble to multiply 694 miles, the average length of one degree, by 360 degrees, the numter of degrees that there are all round the earth, w you will find that the circumfer ence is* something like 25,000 miles, and therefore that the diameter of the earth is something like 8,000 miles. Mark well the words “on the average.” In truth, the earth is flattened at the poles* so ihj*t ihp length of the degree varies from the pole to*"the equator; and hence the diameter in the equatorial plane is in excess of the diameter from pole to pole. These two diameters, expressed in feet, are as follows: Equatorial, 41,848,380; solar, 41,708,710. A Money Order from Washington for Bully Wells. Washington Cor. N. O. Times. A. curious story is current in reference to the recent resignation of Mr. Mahon. First Auditor of the Treasury. It is whispered that he was ordered to pay a large sum of money to ex-Governor Wells, and that the order came from the White House. It is said that Air. Ma hon, in the discharge of his official duty, was ordered to audit and pay a sum of money to Governor Wells for “extra services,” in what way, or how rendered does noj appear. This is serious. Mr. Mahon, who had been in the Treasury twenty-five years, declined to do so, un less he could be informed more particu larly about this claim, and told what the “extra services” were and when they were rendered and how. This information was uot furnished, and the claim was not paid. When a peremptory order came for it to be au dited and paid, Mr. Mahon, who gives an official bond, said he would not jeopardize his reputation and risk the forfeiture of the bond he had given by disbursing money, not even it it was ordered, unless he could tell all about it, and why it was to te paid out. Upon this, Mr. Mahon was told to resign. So he did: and a creature named Reynolds, from Alabama, has teen appointed to succeed him. There has been no official in the government Service whose reputa tion Las teen higher than that of the late First Auditor, and his retirement from a position to which h e ao well adapted waa a surprise to every one. Of course your correspondent knows nothing of the truth of the statement above made. It is only furnished be cause it is an interesting bit of informa tion, and stands in such a shape that the committee to whom the story was told believes it to be true, aud will investigate it. Of course Reynolds will not be con firmed as long as the matter is not cleared up. The Resumption Question. Washington Correspondence Baltimore Sun. Secretary* Sherman was before the Senate Finance Committee for a consul erable time Tuesday morning, present ing his views with regard to the anti resumption bill, and also the effect of the silver bill. The committee consid ered the interview of such interest and importance that it determined to have it written out by the official stenographer. Air. Sherman was most emphatic in his opinion that there would be no trouble iu resuming at the time fixed by the ex isting law, in 1879. Indeed, he would be almost willing to say six months ear lier, or in July next. He did not know that the repeal would have any* particu lar effect at home, but thought it would produce an unhappy impression abroad; that it would te regarded as a violation of our public faith. He said that so far the effect_of the silver bill had not l>een bad, but good, and would te of advantage in helping resumption. The passage of the bill had, however, had the effect to stop the sale abroad of the four per cents, although they* had teen pretty much absorbed by our people at home. In answer to a juestion by one of the committee, Mr. Sherman stated, however, that the sale of the four per cents had been practically stopped abroad in October last, which, of course, was a long time before the silver bill passed. About seventy millions of four per cents have teen sold. He had no difficulty in selling the four and a half per cents at an advance, either for gold or silver. He favored receiving green backs for customs after October 1, 1878. The banks were already strengthening their coin reserves largely. He stated, in reply to further inquiries, that in his opinion the resumption of specie payments could not be perma nently maintained without retaining the l e .*al tender function for about$300,000,- 909 United States notes, or, in other words, ai a t the legal tender notes, after reaching p.r should be paid out again for government, disbursements. A London journal very naurally thinks it a singular coincidence i ia t on the same day, Saturday last, $500OOO of sil ver should te shipped from Liverpool New York, and $250,000 fro n New Y’ork to Liverpool. The larger -mount is understood to have been destiny f or the United States Government, whL th e lesser- was leaving the market in wq c h the government might naturally te pccted to buy. The explanation appeal; to te that the bullion dealers on this side, finding the g- vemment had to buy, put up silver to an abnormally high price; when the Secretary* of the Treasury ap plied to the Rothschilds for a price, and, on receiving an offer below the terms of the home dealers, purchased $2,009,000 from the London bankers. The Secre tary* deserves credit fer having opened his transactions in silver with this plain intimation to the silver dealers that they cannot compel the government to pay an artificial price for its silver.—New Yark Bulletin. Plenitude of Female Models.— Several days since, the “life ^class of the Washington art school advertised /or models, male and fcn^ale. iliere were but three iualcs who offered their ser vices, and twenty-one females. The artists are much surprised at their success in securing female models, it being their first attempt of the kind in this city—at least publicly—and they* do not know how to explain. The female models being so plentiful, and such fine-looking specimens, the class had a large Supply* from which to make their selections. Under the circumstances, of course, none of the male models got a job. Several of ihe female models selected are, the artists say. remarkably hand some subjects to transfer to canvas.— Hartford Times. (ininulated Sugar TEN POUNDS FOR $1 00. M agnolia hams, ioc. per pound. GOOD FAMILY FLOUR, 8c. per barrel. SACKS, 98 POUNDS, Si <*>. half Sacks. 49 pounds. $2 00. QUARTER SACKS, 24)* POUNDS, $1 00. ALL KINDS OF Fresh Crackers 100 barrels choice PEACH BLOW POTATOES. GOLD DUST WHISKY*. $3 00 per gallon. ENGLISH ALE (genuine imported) $2 00 per dozen. BARGAINS in COFFEE, something nice, six pounds for 51 00. CATAWBA WINE, $1 50 per gallon. PORT WINE, something nice, 51 50 per gallon. NEW FIGS, 15c. per pound. DATES. 10c. per pound. DRIED PEACHES, 10c. per pound. The largest assortment of GREEN k DRIED FRUITS. COCOANUTS, ETC.. IN THE STATE. J. B. REEDY’S, GROCER Importer of Fruits, 21 BARNARD STREET. Choice Country Hams! 1 FLORIDA ORANGE MARMALADE. 1 TOMATO CATSUP. WALNUT CATSUP. LEA & PERRIN S WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. GREEN PEPPER SAUCE. CAPRES NONPAREILLES. OLIVES. SWEET OIL. PICKLES, JELLIES, etc. FINE FLOUR. CHOICEST TEA! TOWN TALK BAKING POWDER. For sale by M. F. FOLEY & CO., S. W. COR. BROUGHTON & BARNARD STS. mh21-Th,S&Tu,tf Flour and Hams! $8 for a barrel of best FAMILY* FLOUR. $4 for a sack, 98 ll>s., best FAMILY FLOUR. $2 for half sk., 49 lbs., »>est FAMILY FLOUR. SI for qr. sk.. 24i*Ibs., best FAMILY FLOUR. MAGNOLLV HAMS at 10 cents per pound. —AT— BRANCH & COOPER'S. mh22-N&Teltf FLOUR ! PATAPSCO, CHEEK, WHITLOCK & CO’S. STANNAKO. BELLE OF LOGAN. In barrels and bags. At lowest market price. A. M. & mh20-tf C. W. WEST’S. Proloce, Hay, Grail, Etc. P. H. WARD & CO., 141 BAY* STREET, SAVANNAH, GA. H AVE on hand a choice selection of Messina Lemons, Mestina Granges, Peach Blow Potatoes, Onions, Turnips. Cider. Vinegar. Corn, Hay. Oats. Bnui, Meal, Cracked Corn, Corn Eyes, etc. Daily receiving consignments of EARLY* VEGETABLES. EGGS, etc. Orders most respectfully solicited. inh20-tf HAIHS! HAMS! 2,000 POUNDS. B est quality* sugar cured hams, uncanvased, at 10 cents per pound. A choice article of TEA at 5t) cents per pound. A. C. HARMON & CO., 31 WHITAKER STREET. mhl6-d&wtf I X PIECES BLACK TvMtqf O inches wide, at 75c and 40 more. 33^c. BLACK FLORENTINE RING i t rw n.. HAIR GRENADINE, 11Ll’t uIV A1 'F L lull line of BLACK GOODS * ceptional value. generally a,, d ex . • “.PirU w' A( 'F : ,*”? COLORED HUNTING in all the different shades, as low as 30c 30 pieces NEW BOURETTE SUITING 100 dozen Gents'LINEN H\\nk-F’Dpmp TO hemstitched, 3-4 size, at 12ll* worth double. * c *’ “■» *». 25c*. 95 dozen Ladies’ HEMSTITCHFn • ». hem', at $2. 52 50 and $3. LHED ^o-inch 150 dozen 54* LINEN HEMMED Hwnrrp CHIEFS, at 5a, 8c., I0and I2e HANDKER- 10 pieces 104 LINEN SHEETING, a big drive. 20 pieces PILLOW CASE LISWW i > <<« em priees, rmiging in toSl'kr’ 11 DAMASK LKEi NAPKINS, at 71c. The abovegoods having been purchased du ring the large Lmen Auction Sale of Field Mor- ns, we shall offer them at tuueh below value 24 welbs FAMILY* LINEN 4-4 h Richardson, Sous S Owden. at'tile., worth 6^.’ The biggest drive in TOWELS ever offered. 100 dozen PLAIN HUCK, at 12)^c. 100 dozen DAMASK TOWELS, at 12^c 2U) dozen EXTRA LARGE HUCK the he*t 25c. towel in the world. tne best 90 dozen VERY LARGE Hl*CK TOWFT 52 50, good value for $3 50. TOWELS, at arils 40 i purchased the tot* 53. with fine embroidery. v ' d up to The largest and most complete line of STTN SHADES and PARASOLS ever offered by us 10,000 yards HAMBURG EDGINGS, fine goods Beautiful designs ir. JACONET trorvoTT NAINSOOKS and LINEN. No trashy, cheap goods among them. * 100 WHITE and COLORED SHETLAND SHAWLS. at about fifty cents on the doUar of what it cost to make them. 85 pieces SPRING CASSIMERE for Men and Boys. NAVY BLUE 6-4 and 3-4 SUITINGS. NEW GOODS BY* EVERY STEAMER GRAY & O’BRIEN yards ** BRAGANZA’* snnviM equal to Linen, 40 inches wide »r‘p*£Ar S . worth 25c. We purcha^’m? 1 , B. f. MEM & co., 157 Broughton Street. WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED THE FOLLOW- Sew Spring Roods! WHICH WE OFFER AT OUR USUAL LOW PRICES. 1 AA PIECES DRESS GOODS, in New Spring 1" " * Styles, from 10c. a yard upward. choice lot of Plain and Striped COLORED SILKS, from (55c. to 90c. a yard. A lot of Elegant Embroidered WHITE PIQUE SUITS for Children and Misses. full line of Whitt? 6-4 Very Fine FRENCH NAINSOOK. A full line of White 8-4 FRENCH ORGANDIES. A full line of Fine SCOTCH, thin NAINSOOKS, Full lines of WHITE SWLSS MULLS, VICTO RIA and BISHOP'S LAWNS. 20 pieces of Bleached and Half Bleached IRISH TABLE DAMASKS, warranted all Linen, at low prices. A splendid assortment of LINEN TABLE NAP KINS and DOYLIES. 100 dozen IRISH. HUCKABACK land DAMASK LINEN TOWELS. cases full size WHITE TOILET and HONEY COMB QUILTS, from 73c. up. An elegant line of Lathes' Black, Spanish and Blonde LACE NECKSCARF8. elegant line of Colored EMBROIDERED SILK LACE NECKTIES, new designs. 20 dozen very handsome EMBROIDERED WHITE LACE NECKTIES, from 25c. up. 50 dozen NEW CORSETS, including the popu lar “Nonpareil” and extra long, side-laced Corsets. Ladies extra long HOSIERY. BROWN* BALBRIGOAM Misses' and Children's very fine and handsome FANCY’ BALBRIGGAN HOSIERY, in spring colors. % 100 dozen. Men’s fine and superfine BROWN ENGLISH HALF HOSE Full lines of best brands SHIRTINGS and SHEETINGS, at low prices. splendid assortment of HAMBURG EM BROIDERIES, in Cambric and Nainsook Muslins, handsome designs and extra fine- Agents for R. J. ROBERTS PARABOLA NEEDLES and RAZOR-STEEL SCISSORS, “the best in the world.” mh!8-tf 139 BROUGHTON STREET. T HREE AND A HALF POUNDS BEST PARCHED COFFEE for $1. roasted every **V- (i lbs. SELECTED COFFEE for 51. A choice article of TEA for 50c. The very FINEST TEA for 51. 10 lbs. A SUGAR for 5L II lbs. B SUGAR for FRESH CHOCOLATE, BROMO and COCOA Jst received. Mso. full stock and assortment of PURE GR UND SPICES. ”H9-tf Ending A. J. MOLONEY*. and in Store. 10ft PnPRELS IRISH POTATOES, i^-bushels SWEET POTATOES. 1 car K »ad Cheek & Whitlock s FLOUR, m no and sacks. 10,00 Indiaiftj ver ORANGES. oo;lg 0 J? I 5;!^w- ; 03reVHi^cv! t W’G & ptiiuR and grand center for ^o t H G E K»„ JAS. mh6-tf LIQUORS, & CO’S McGI^fy iv O Tx C B. Among the stories told about Ben Wade is one to the effect that while in Washington he was accosted by a smart lookieg negio boy who asked for money with which to buy h«s freedom. “I never give money to buy slaves,” replied Wade. Some Southern Senatots standing near began to smile, seeing which Mr. Wade turned to the lad and said: “Why the devil don’t you run away? Here is ten dollars to help pay your expenses Now run out of slavery the first chance you get.” The Southerners s‘.sired and the aarkey skipped away with the ten dollars and a new idea. Ten ye vs ago Mrs. Nicholas Weiss died at Fort Wayne, Indiana, and was buried near the city. She was a portly woman, weighing about two hundred pounds. Lately her body was disinterred for the purpose of removal, and found to te petrified, weighing about one thousand pounds. The features were aa natural as In life. Although Tecumseh Sherman has the government forage for his hoTses »ent to Honest John Sherman ® stables, there is no complaint that the latter’s animals eat more than their share, because there is always enough to go round. J. FmjHsL, a hotel keeper at Chinco- teague Island, Va.. shot Stephen Pallitt on Saturday for not paying a week’s board bill. English escaped. ALE, BITTERS, ETC. CASKS BASS' PALE ALE, in pints. O 20 casks JEFFREY’ S ALE in stone pints. | 2 cases ANGOSTURA BITTERS. 10 cases BOKER S BITTERS. 25 cases HOME BITTERS. 10 casks GINGER ALE. For sale by CUNNINGHAM & HEWES. IN ORDER TO PAY OUBj-jmRE ATi«v TION TO TI£ Produce & Commissiot Busines; WE OFFER AT COST OUR ENTJK5 STOCkI OF • RETAIL CROCERIES. The stock consists of a general assortment of family groceries, such as is usually founi in a first class grocery store. K1LLOIGH dc COLLINS, feb22-tf 150 Congress street. WISHES TO CALL ATTENTION TO HIS HAVING RECEIVED A VERY CHOICE LINE OF Spring & Summer Silts ALSO, AN ELEGANT LOT OF All of which will be offered at the Very Closest Prices! 460 PIECES EMBROIDEBED Edgings and Inserfings Ranging in price from 5 cents a yard to 52 50 a yard. SPECIAL BAP° a INS 6 COFFEE. O 0Q0 COFFEE, per American bng David Babcock, direct from Rio de Janeiro. Now landing and for sale by janS-tf WEED & CORNWELL. Liwness of theyjirpass any that has JOHN LYONS, Agent for the following: B altimore pearl hominy company. Cantrell & Cochran’s Imported BELFAST GINGER ALE. —ALSO— Headquarters for PIPER HEIDSIECK CHAM PAGNE, and the celebrated BAKER WHISKY. oct6-ly KEEP mporl led S< CLEAN. A. Blue Mottled Soap, direct from Liverpool per ship “Caravan.” Just received and for sale by G. M. HEIDT & CO., dealers in Drugs, Toilet Articles. Seeds, etc. febl-tf WRAPPING PAPER. )R SALE, OLD NEWSPAPER8, 8UITABLE for wrapping paper, at Fifty Cents per hundred. Apply to deo3I-tf MORNING.NEW3 OFFICE. WHICH has been *f2 VV now includes fLl to con- ‘spection of these if"™ 1 : 0 f flnisb and Ve the purchaser that in P° <Pility of material, as well as Price! been offered in this dty ^corresponding prices. 100 d»en TWO-BUTTON HDG^E»4ui3 firing colors, at M a ^ *»ue 51 00 a pair. 500 d ‘S3£iS, A JOB LCT CONSlSTiN^, 0F J BOl " T SIXTi Slack Silk Warp Henrietta Cloth, LUPIN'S BLACK FRENC^CASHMEBES AND TAMirE CLOTHS. TO BE CIOSW) AT A Great Reduction FROM FORMER PRICES. DANIEL HOGAN. mhl-tf
