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EST A BLISHED 1799.1 !SVB!£ Constitutionalist DAILY $6 per year TRi-WEEKLY... $4 “ WEEKLY $2 “ “ Cheapest and Beat Political, Local and General News Paper in the Southern States. NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES. Abbeville, S. C. Blue Dick, the old war horse belonging to Gen. McGowan, is dead. He was cap tured during Lee’s invasion of Pennsyl vania. and ha 9 been ridden by the General since. He was supposed to l ave been twenty-four years old. Mr. William Barr, fo’ merly of Abbeville, died in Mississippi recently. Arthur Erwin, an old citizen of Abbe ville, died last week. Two negroes arc now undergoing trial for murdering Mr. Lewis E. Holloway and burning his house on the night of the 30th, at Due West. Mr. Henry S. Bonner has been appointed postmaster at Due West. Gov. Hampton has re-commissioned Ben Hughes, color, and, as Trial Justice of Abbe ville county. The Lowndesville murderers keep up a terrible racket at the jail and are almost constant in their devotions. Their songs and prayers are very loud. More than forty colored men at Due West paid their taxes to the Hampton gov ernment last week. New accessions are constantly being made to the force ot students attending the Due West Female College. Edgefield. The new sheriff Gaston made his debut last Monday, and things were conducted under the old fashioned Democratic rule. Only one company of Federal troops re main in Edgefield. Advertiser : Our old friend, Capt. Fred Smith, who now lives in Augusta, and sells two or three million vehicles annually for Day, Tannahill & Cos., was amongst us on sale day, and we all embraced him, and re joiced greatly to lay our eyes onco more up on his kindly face. Advertiser : We are happy to see on our streets our young friend and compatriot, Mr. Julian Mobley, who, for some months past, has been one of the corps of W. T. Anderson & Cos., tho fashionable dry goods merchants of Augusta. When Edgefield people are shopping in our sister city, they need go no further than Julian Mobley and W. T. Anderson & Cos. Aiken. English peas, radishes, lettuce and garden vegetables are up and growing finely. The young man, Richardson, who was shot by a boy named O’Niel, at Langley, last week, has since died from the effects of his wound. O’Niel has made his escape. Strawberries are in bloom. They have a shooting gallery in Aiken. Six new buildings arc in course of con struction in Aiken. The workmen employ ed on these are nearly all colored men. Journcd: A negro by the name of Frank Stallings was arrested in Augusta, on Tues day last, for stealing a valuable horse from '1 homas Weathersbee, at House’s Bridge. Stallings was brought to Aiken the same day by Detective Keenan, and lodged iu jail to await his trial at the coming term of court. The following letter was found in the pocket of Stallings: "‘Mr. Corbin dear Sir the Demociats at Houses bridge is throughing us out of Dootes all ot we Witness and what shall we do We Peel to you for som Help for They hav taken our houses Mr Corbin we wud like vary much too no issnt we title to a home some wears in the state of South caroliner Mr Corbin do help us for god sake do not no our Complaints we all remans truly yo frens 9ign George Washington Shelly Washingtoy Frank Stallings Luther A Chavous John Hankersou Lane Hi ley Berm B Hi ley Causel Weathersbe Henry Washington Jack Forman Israel Stallings Abram Overstreet Neckclson Weathersbee. Mr Corom we corns to a does” Thomson, Ga. Tlie Journal , in speaking of the appoint ment of Salem Dutcher, Esq., to the office of Solicitor-General of this Circuit, says: “He is comparatively a stranger in this sec tion of the Circuit, but in Augusta, where he has practiced his profession for several years, he is well and favorably known as a gentleman of good legal abilities and high moral and social standing, lie is well known to the newspaper lraternity as an accomplished and brilliant journalist, and is regarded as one of the ablest writers in the South. 'J hr people of this section of the Circuit will give Mr. Dutcher a gener ous welcome and a heartv support in the discharge of the duties of his office.” Brad Ivy has been inaugurated sheriff of Lincoln count}' and they say his address on the occasion is pronounced, l>y those who heard it, to have been the finest specimen of pathetic eloquence on the American conti nent. Mr. Hudson If. Stockton died near Thom son on February 2. He was born in Edge field, S. C. A beautiful lady has given the up-town editor of the Journal a boquet, whereupon he writes an article on trumps. Waynesboro. At a meeting of the Waynesboro Bar, held on the 6th of February, 1877, Hon. J. J. Jones was called to the chair, and Thomas M. Berrien appointed Secretary. The following resolution, offered by Thos. M. Berrien, was adopted: Resolved, That ’his Bar deems it advisable that the Superior Court of Burke county shall convene on the 3d Monday in May, and on the 3d Monday in November. The following resolution, offered by Cupt. A. M. Bodgers, was passed: Resolved, That we regard the existence of the Augusta Circuit necessary to the proper administration of public justice in the sev eral counties composing it, and we are therefoie opposed to its abolition. We earnestly desire that it remain as it is, and we request our immediate Representa tives in the Legislature, and the Senator from this District, to make known our wishes in this respect to the General Assem bly and to use ali proper efforts to prevent any change being made in its organization. Resolved , That a copy of the proceedings be furnished the Waynesboro Expositor for publication. J. J. Jones, Chairman. Tnos. M, Brenner, Secretary. ®!)c (Augusta Constitutionalist BT TELEGRAPH —TO THE— CONSTITUTIONALIST. FROM ATLANTA. LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS. Passage of the Convention Bill—State Aid Rampant Discussing the Clerks—Gloom and Despondency. (Special to the Constitutionalist.) Atlanta, February 8, 1876. The Convention bill passed the Sen ate without amendment, after a spirited debate, by twenty-six to fourteen. The propostion to submit it to the people was defeated by the casting vote of the President. The North Georgia Road bill was re considered by seventy-seven toeeventy. The debate embraced tho whole policy of State aid and practical results. The House is discussing the number and pay of clerks, and wasted enough at this to pay the clerks for two sea sons. J udge Shewmuke voted for the Con vention. There is much apprehension and des pondency here at the action of t’*.e High Commission. Boatman, Johnson & Co.’s claim lias been favorably considered. C. W. F. Associated Press Dispatches. FROM WASHINGTON. COCKTAILS OF CONSOLATION. What Waite and Dan Voorliees Say of the High Old Joint —Still Pushing Florida—Committee Woik. Washington, February B. —The stun ning t fleet uf the paity division of the Commission on the main question yes terday is somewhat dissipated this morning. The Union claims that in all essential particulars the question is before the Commission iu the shape in dicated and desired by O’ConOr in his opening statement. Tho Commission convened in open session. Justice Clifford said: “Pro ceedings are now in order under orders adopted yesterday.” Mr. Green, coun sel ror the Democrats, called Geo. F. ltae, of Florida, who was sworn. To the question, “Were you present when a writ of quo warranto was served ?” Evarts objected to as not within the orJer. The Court sustained the objec tion to the question. Green then pre sented a certificate from the Clerk of the Court that no resignation was liieU up to January 24th, 1877. Green an nounced that was all the affirmative evidence they proposed to uff-r. Humphreys was sworu. He produced Wood’s letter accepting his resignation. Auother letter was received dated Oc tober 6th, 1876, from the collector re questing the witness to turn over tho books and papers of his office. Mer rick objected to the last paper. Clif ford announced that the ease was ready for argument. Two hours were allowed each side. Argument was commenced by Judge Hoadley. The Privileges and Powers Commit tee of the Senate examined Albert Peyser, Democratic elector, who is a Foie, aud alleges he was born iu New York. Howe’s Louisiana Committee exam ined Judge Davis. Nothing important. The Privileges aud Powers Committee took a reoess on account of Field’s beiug before the Commission. Gov. Wells had a chill this morning. Judgß Waite is quote! as saying “that yesterday’s proceedings ate merely preliminary and furnish no in dication of the issue.” Dan Voorhees is quoted as sajiug: “A black eye is nothiug seiious.” In the House, the treatment of the Returning Biard was uuder dis cussion. It came uuder a resolution by Hale thutthe Sergeant-At Arms had placed them in other quarters than those assigned them by Speaker liau dall. Wells and Audersou Squealing for Better Quarters—Death or Admiral Wilkes—Belknap's Case Dismissed— Old Siinou Cameron Sued by a Treas ury Girl. In the House, Mr. Hale presented a communication from J. Mudis m Wells and Thomas O. Anderson, stating they were coulined iu a damp, dark cell, where their health was being under mined on account of dampness and ill ventilation of the cell. He offered a resolution directing the Sergeaut-at- Artns to remove the prisoners to u bet ter room. After debate the resolution was referred to the committee on the Louisiana Election. Carr asked leave to offer a resolution directing that inasmuch as the Electo ral Commission had refused to receive evidence taken by Southern commit tees, the members of the Louisiana Re turning Board be released from custo dy. Bland objected. The Deficiency Appropriation bill was reported from the Committee of the Whole but not acted on. The treaty for the Nicaragua ship canal was nearly ready for transmission to the Senate when Henry Meigs sprung a contract with the Nicaraguan Government to build the canal over the route indicated by the treaty. Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes is dead. Aged 76. The Appropriation Committee is making its items for the Military Ap propriation bill on a basis of 22,000 men. The case of the United States against Gen. Belknap was dismissed on motion of the District Attorney, by direction of the Attorney General, for the reasou tnat the evidence would not sustain the prosecution. This action was taken by direction of the President. Mrs. Mary J. Oliver, a citizen of Pennsylvania and Clerk in the Treasury Department, has instituted suit against Hon. Simeon Cameron for breach of promise of marriage. Damages §50,000. Respective age of the parties, 35 and 78. Argument in the Florida Case Closed —A Decision Expected To-Day—The Louisiana Yote—The Oregon Post master—Eads’ Appropriation Bill— The Post Office Appropriation Bill. The argument in the Florida case is closed. Each side used their powers in the argument, which was very close and technical, The Commission will take the case into private considera tion early to-morrow morning, and it is expected will reach a result during the day. The Democrats have little hope for anything more favorable to them than the throwing out or the vote. The contest in the Louisiana case will be over the legality of the Return ing Board itself. It will be claimed that there has been no canvass of the votes, and that no electors have been appointed. The same excellent au thority which furnishes these rather discouraging foreshadowings expresses absolute confidence that the Commis sion has inaugurated a line of pro cedure that must throw out the vote of Watts, the Oregon pastmaster. In the Senate, Eads’ bill was indefi nitely postponed by a vote of yeas, 30; nays, 24. [Note.— lt is understood this action was in accordance with Eads’ wishes, and that the Secretary of the Treasury will now have a requisition of the Secretary of War in Eads’ favor fer half a million in bonds.] The Indian Appropriation bill, with amendments, which carries it back to the House, passed. Adjourned. The Post Office Appropriation bill, as reported by the Senate Committee to day, is increased in amount about $1,800,000 over the total of $33,221,000 as passed by the House. Tho principal items of increase are as follows: For mail transportation by railroads, $600,000, making the total for this purpose, $9,600,000; compensa tion of Postmasters, $250,000; payment of letter carriers, $150,000; railway post office clerks, $175,000; route agents, $105,000; mail messengers, $1,000,000; clerks in post offices, SIOO,- 000; manufacture of stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers, $64,000; pos tal cards, $50,000; advertising, $20,000; miscellaneous and incidental expenses, $50,000. The total of the bill, as now reported, exceeds that of last year by about $450,000, but is $1,633,000 less than the estimates. Argument of Merrick and Evarts on the Florida Vote. Evarts closed the argument on the Republican side. He said the wisdom of the method aud order or this ex amination adopted by the Commission has fully approved itself In its execu tion. The intelligent and experienced minds of the Commission saw at once that all the decisive lines of the con troversy were to be determined on the limitations of its powers and the limi tation of the subject matter. Iu the full discussion accorded to counsel, and in the deliberation of the Commission, the result is declared in this form aud to this effect: That the Commission will receive no evi dence, but will merely inspect the cer tificates which the Constitution and the laws of the united States have au thorized for transmission, and which the President of the Senate has opened in the presence of the two houses. The Commission ha3 decided that iu one particular it will receive evidence touching the eligibility of one of the Florida electors. I do not understand the Commission to have ever passed the question what the effect is as to the acceptance or rejection of a vote thus challenged ior ineligibility, but to have decided that on that point it will receive the evi dence which may be offered. First, as to whether the eveeption taken to Humphreys’ vote is maintainable, and, secondly, whether, if maintainable aud maintained, the methods of the Con stitution permit of any rejection from the oertifted vote transmitted or opened on that ground. Mr. Evarts iu his argument did not elaborate the last position. He left the subject after showing, as he claimed, that Humphreys was clearly eligible. The question suggested, whether the Commission had power to x*eject a clearly illegal vote, he did not discuss. Mr. Merrick closed the argument on the Democratic side. In the course of argument t e following occured : Justice Miller—You say that the dis tinction between the mau who accepts the office of Senator and the mau who accepts the office of elector, is that in the one case the objection goej-t to the power of the State aud iu the other it does not. What is tho difference in the power of the State ? Mr. Merrick —ln tho one case the pro hibition is that no person shall be a Representative or Senator who has not attained a certain age. In the other case it is that no person shall be ap pointed au elector who holds an office of trust or profit. Whenever there is a power given to do an act, the donee of the power can only exercise it ac cording to the precise instructions and limitations of the donation. NORFOLK, r A Grand Ball in Honor of the Grand Dube Alexis. Norfolk, February B.— The ball given by the naval officers on this station in honor of the Grand Duke Alexis and the Russian naval officers, is in pro gress to-night. The most exhaustive preparations have been made and nei ther labor nor expense have been spared in endeavoring to have this the most brilliant affuir occurring in naval circles for maDy years. Eleven hun dred Invitations were issued and many distinguished peisous are here. LIFE-INSURANCE. An Injunction Granted in the New Jersey Mutual Life Insurance Case. Trenton, February B.—The argument in the case of the New Jersey Mutual Life Insurance Company, before the Chancellor, was closed this afternoon. The Chancellor decided to grant an in junction restraining all transfers and appointing a receiver. The receiver will probably be ex-Gov. Parker. OREGON. Governor Grover Hands Over the State Government. Portland, Oregon, February B. — A dispatch says last eveniugex-Governor Grover arrived at Saiem overland from the East. Mr. Grover, after formally turning over the Executive office to Secretary Chadwick, now acting Gov ernor, will return immtdiately to Wash ington to assume his seat in the Senate on March 4th. Mr. Stephens' Health. Washington, February 7.—Alexander H. Stephens has not been so well to day, but there is nothing serious. He is still kept free from all excitement, not allowing visitors, or even the news papers and letters read to him as yet. New York, February B.—The re mains of Jonn O Mahony, late Fenian head centre, will be taken to Ireland for interment. Hartford, February B.—The defi ciency In the Farmers and Mechanics National Bank is estimated at naif a million. Its liabilities are not endan gered. AUGUSTA. GA.. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1877. FOREIGN DISPATCHES. OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. The Queen’s Speech—A Splendid Pa geant Turkish Troubles London Notes. London, February B.— The session of the British Parliament for 1877, was opened to-day by Her Majesty, the Queen, in person. The weather was fair and mild. Her Majesty left Buck ingham Palace shortly after one o’clock iu royal state. Her royal car riage was attended by a brilliant suite. The royal escort was composed of a detachment of household troops. Her Majesty alighted at the Peers’ entrance of the Parliament building, where she was received by the Deputy Lord Great Chamberlain and other great officers of State, and conducted into the House. The Prince and Princess of Wales were present and there wsis a brilliant assemblage of ladies. Ail for eign ministers and Chinese aud Japan- ese embassies were also present. The Earl of Beaconsfieid carried the sword of State before the Queen. The Mar quis of Salisbury was not present. After Her Majesty had taken her place on the throne, the Lord High Chancellor read the royal speech. The Queen said: “Hostilities which, before tne close of last session of Parliament, had broken out between| Turkey on one hand, and Servia and Montenegro on the other, engaged my most serious attention, and I anxiously awaited for an opportunity when my good offices, together with my allies, might be use fully interposed. This opportunity presented itself by solicitation of Ser via for our mediation, the offer of which was ultimately entertained by the Porte.” Her Majesty then refers to the basis which, in course of ne gotiation aud in concert with other Powers, she deemed expedient to sub mit to the Porte for the restoration qf peace and the Porte’s action thereon. While proceeding to act in this media tion, she thought.it right, after inquiry into the facts, to denounce to the Porte the excesses committed in Bulgaria, aud express her reprobation of their perpetrators. Her Majesty next speaks of the ar mistice and conference in which she was represented aud says: In taking these steps her object has been through out to maintain the peace of Europe and bring about better government in dis turbed provinces without infringing upon the independence and integrity of the Ottoman empire. She regrets that proposals have not been accepted by the Porte, but the result of the con ference has been to show the existence of a general agreement among Euro pean powers, which cannot fail tc have material effect upon the condition of the government of Tuikev. She trusts that the armistice yet unexpirtd will lead to the conclusion of an honorable peace. She has acted in cordial co operation with her allies, with whom, as with other foreign powers, her relations continue friendly. Papers on these subjects will forthwith be laid oefore Parliament. Her Majesty alludes to her assumption of the Imperial Nile at Delhi, which was welcomed 'with pro fessions of affection, and the famine in India, to'arrest which every resource will be employed. The remainder of the speech is devoted to colonial and home matters. The Registrar in Bankruptcy has de cided in favor of the United States on au appeal from a decision of the trus tee in liquidation of Clews, Habicht & Cos. This decision will enable the United States to prove a debt of $29,980 which the trustee rejected on tho ground that it was due from the New York house, because the London house had not yet received a remittance at the time of Henry Clews & Co’s, failure. The an swer was that Heury Clews & Cos. re ceived the remittances merely as agents of Clews, Habicht & Cos. The decision of the trustee was overruled with costs. London, February B.— The British steamer Ethel,from Bilboa for Newport, Wales, was wrecked on the 19th and lost. The explosion in Foss colliery, near Bolton, killed ten persons. Parliament meets to-day. Grave differences are reported be tween Lord Silisbury aud bis col leagues. Rumors of the resignation of Lord Salisbury are in circulation. The causes and effects of the down fall of Midhat Pasha are still the sub jects of conflicting views. CoNSTANTiNopLE.February B.—Advices reiterate the statement that the dis missal of Midhat Pasha does not im ply a change in Turkey’s foreign aud international policy. A $30,000 Cow Dead—More Turkey Hash. London, February B.— The short horn cow, the Tenth Duchess of Ge neva, is dead. It was bought by Lord Bective, at New York Mills, in 1873 for over thirty thousand dollars. The Queen made no allusion in her speech to the American extradition treaty. A Vienna dispateh says the new Grand Vizier has given special instruc tions to continue preliminary negotia tions with Servia. The Prince of Mou tenegro telegraphs the Grand Vizier his willingness to negotiate, but desires that the negotiating be conducted with the Ottoman Ambassador at Vienna. Minor Telegrams. Cincinnati, February B.— Tbesteamer Boston struck a tow boat early this morning at Sciotoville, Ohio, and sunk to her upper deck. No lives were lost. She was the largest up-river steamer running. New York, February B.— Martin E. Murphy’s plaining mill on Tomkins street was nearly destroyed. Dannor’s lumber yard aud Green’s flour store were damaged by fire this morning. Loss, §40,000. St. Louis, February B.—Juo. T. Douglass, President of the Columbia Life Insurance Company, and Edwin W. Bryant, actuary, are held for mak ing and swearing to false statements as to the Columbia Life Insurance Company. New York, February 8. - There are reasons for believing the wrecked steamer is the George Cromwell, in stead of the George Washington. Both beloDg to the same line and were on the same voyage. Boston, February B.—Oliver S. Chap man, of Banton, Mass., a well known railroad contractor, and for some time a director of the Union Pacific Rail road, fell dead this morning. Nashville, February 8. —The State Senate to-day concurred in the House resolution directing the Comptroller and Treasurer to suspend payment of interest on the State bonded debt. The Democratic meeting which was held in Hinesville oa the 22d ult. pass ed a resolution expressing opposition to any change in the lines between Liberty and Mclntosh. A bill for that purpose is before the Legislature. A DAY WITH STEPHFNS. THE GREAT COMMONER SURELY GOING. His Present Condition —He Gives up all Thought of the World—Mrs. Fel ton Soothing the Dyipg Statesman’s Last Hours. [Special Dispatch to the Constitution.] Washington, February 7. I called on Mr. Stephens to-day. The change in this great man is truly pitiable. Beyond the physical emacia tion, which is marvelous, HE has LITERALLY LOST HOLD of all earthly affairs, and has turned his eyes toward a better world. When asked now he felt, he replied, “Very bad—sinking.” He called con stantly for his brother, and being unable to pronounce the word, kept muttering a syllable at a time ail day long. In his delirium he talked pathet ically of bis mother, whom it is said he never Baw. TALKING WITH MRS. EELTON, who has been his constant nurse since his sickness, he said, “I want to go. What is there left to tie me to this world? My brother, my comrades, my friends have all gone, and I am ready to go to them. I am weary of this world and its sufferings !” MR. STEPHENS AND BEN HILL. While Mr. Stephens was very ear nestly the friend of Mr. Norwood in the late race, holding that he was entitled to an indorsement, he speaks with notable kindness and fairness of Mr. Hill. He says that Mr. Hill is a great man, and promises to be very valuable iu the counsels of the country. Mr. Stephens seems to have lost all earthly animosities, and to have perfectly re signed himself to whatever fate Is in store for him. A DISHEARTENING OUTLOOK. There Is very little room to hope that Mr. Stephens will ever recover suffi ciently to sit in a chair again. His doc tors think he may be able to ait up in bed for au hour or so each day if he continues to improve, bur it is easy to see that they fear that the end may come at any moment. Ho is seized at frequent intervals during the day with spasms of cough ing, during which he nearly suffocates, and it is feared that the end may come during one of these fearful attacks. His patience and gentleness have won for him the love and reverence of every one who is about him. He has scores of visitors daily. HE IS LYING ON HISTORIC GROUND. He is next door to the room in which Henry Clay died, and within a few doors of the room in which Daniel Webster died. Four doors off is the suite of rooms in which Crittenden, the splendid Kentuckian, dispensed the princeliest hospitality, and next to that is the suite from which Buchanan went to his inaugural ceremonies. If the worst should come to him, the“old National,” so rich in historical remembrauce al ready, will have anew claim upon the hearts of the people. H. W, G. The Democrats Fall into the Iladical Trap. ISpecial to the Constitution.] Washington, February 7,1877. It certainly looks as if Hayes will be our next President. THE DESPONDENCY among the Democrats to-day is not eo much on account of the decision itself, which does not necessarily defeat Til den, but because of the fact that the Supreme Court Judges to-day voted in a purely partisan way, proving that EVEN THE ERMINE can be eaten through by political ran cour. It is believed that the partisan voting will be kept up, and as the Radi cals have one majority on the board THEY WILL WIN, of course. Tilden’s friends generally give up Florida and Louisiana, and base all their hopes on Oregon. It is probable, however, that by the time OREGON IS REACHED this Returning Board will find some way to flank the trouble there just as the Southern Returning Boards have done. Gen. Gordon still thiuks that the commission will throw out one vote from Oregon altogether, and' thus put the election in the House which will give us Tilden and Wheeler. As for one. I decline to bet on or against a Re turning Board whether it is of Southern scalawags or Northern Radicals. Party beats country, and justice is lashed through the land with a caucus whip. H. W. G. Small Profits, but Great Sales. (From tne Irish Times.) A small bettle of Guinness’s porter can be purchased anywhere for two pence. That is the retail price, and the profit to the manufacturer must be in finitesimal. Yet rain-drops make the river, aud the ocean of profit realized by the Messrs. Guinness is simply amazing. Sir. Benjamin Guinness paid iucome tax on 56,000 pounds a year. It is stated in town that the profits real ized by Messrs. Guinness’s brewery amount to the magnificent figure of 100,000 pounds per annum, and the partnership has been dissolved upon the terms that Sir Arthur is to receive 100,000 pounds, or twenty years’ pur chase of 50,000 pounds a year. I have also heard that Mr. E. Cecil Guinness, who becomes the sole owner of the brewery, offered to draw a check for 1,000,000 pounds, his brother’s share of the concern. We have been accus tomed to think a cheque or £40,000 or £50,000 a wonderful document, and to look upon the drawer with curiosity and astonishment, but wo are utterly lost in wonder at the idea of a fellow citizen offering to draw a cheque and pay down the coin to the tune of a cool million. I can imagine the amazement of the bank cashier to whom the cheque would be presented, and the blank con sternation of the manager at the sud den demand, aud his probable inability to meet it without realizing securities. The population of this country is 49,000,000, and I doubt if twenty indi viduals out of that number could draw a cheque for a like sum with the cer tainty of its being honored. The citi zens of Dublin ought to be proud that they possess in their midst a business of such gigantic proportions. There are not, I should say, more than half a dozen such private concerns—l was going to say in the United Kingdom but, on second thought, will say the world. Edwin Booth and Sothern have each given SSOO to the fund for the erection of a tihakspeare memorial hall in Startford-on-Avon. Of the sum re quired (£IO,OOO, the land is agift) £6,000 has been subscribed, and Prince Leo pold will lay the corner-stone en April 23d. THE GREAT KICKER. One of Soldene’s Feats that Captured Palpitating Hearts. [From the St. Louis Times. J The Soldene troupe at the Grand Opera House last week drew great houses and succeeded in distinguishing itself by some of the most remarkable acta and songs ever seen or heard -on the stage in this city. The immense house seen there last night was due Id a great measure to a promise of a repetition by one of the women of the troupe of a dance in “Chilperic,” in which she does some extraordinary kicking in the rain dance and chorus. Expectation was on the tiptoe all through the vast audience that densely packed every corner of the house when the time canje for this display. The woman exceeded her first per formance. She was dressed in a low neck tunic, with a skirt that was a very good imitation of a loog chemise. Her limbs were dressed so as to look un dressed. At times iu the dance it was her cue to advance aud retreat on the stage, in the midst of the bright glare of the foot lights, kicking as she ad vanced and retired in such a way as to show how high she could kick. She waa graceful, willowy, quick and de void to the art. The mass of humanity in the lobbies, in the balcony, and far up iu the gallery, swayed back and forth and yelled in applause. As the curtain came down the wild storm of applause was kept up until the demand for the encore was so great that the curtain went up again, to the renewed delight of the audience, or the majority at least. But when the curtain again went down there was such another re newal of cheering that the dancer at last came out in the front of the cur tain, and iu the brighter glare there kicked once more. And then about five hundred persons went out to take a drink. For the Last Time. I From Good Words | There is a touch of pathos about do ing even the simplest thing “for the last time.” It is not alone kissing the dead that gives you this strange pain. You feel it wheu you have looked your last upon some scene you have loved - wheu you stand in some quiet city street where you know that you will never stand again. The actor playing his part for the last time ; the siuger whose voice is cracked hopelessly, and who, after this once, will never stand before the sea of upturned faces dis puting the plaudits with fresher voices and fairer forms ; tho minister who has preached his last sermon—these all know the hidden bitterness of the two words “never again.” How they come to us on our birthdays as we grow older. Never again young—al ways nearer aud nearer to the verv last—tho end which is universal, “the last thing,” which shall follow all last things, and turn them, let us hope, from pain to joy. We put away our boyish toys with an old headache. We were too old to walk any longer on our stilts—too tall to play marbl s on the sidewalk, yet there was a pang wheu we thought we had played with our merry thoughts for the last time, and life’s serious, grown-up work was wait ing for us. May it not be that these, too, shall seem in the light of some far off day as the boyish games seem to our manhood, and we shall learn that death is but tho opening of tho gate into the new land of promise? Wliat Will the Fruits Be? Tlio above article from the Interior describes the “harvest” that the Chica go churches are now reaping, as the result of the labors of Mr. Moody. The Chicago correspondent of the Philadel phia Presbyterian asks. What will the fruits be? aud evidently fears a crop of tares as well as of good grain. He says: JLu a recent letter I gave the editorial opinion of the Chicago Times upon what it was pleased to call “Mr. Moody’s Normal class” of preachers. In a late issue the Chicago Evening Journal takes up the same fruitful and wel come subject, and true to its instincts and habits, disconrseth as follows: “Mr. Moody’s life is to mark an era in the Christiau evangelisation of the world. Already his system of manage ment is beiug discerned by the masses, and the foundation of a great ‘Moody Church’ is laid, while the outlines of a superstructure are seen, to which age on age will add material, and the robust labor of future mind aud body will garnish and gild. Aud that now church, now just leaving its embryo, will have mottoes, aud these mottoes will read— ‘Not preacher, but disciple!’ ‘Not deno mination, but Christ!’ ‘Not or man, but of God.’ ‘Not for time, but for eterni ty.’ Mr. Moody is a leader to-day—all acknowledge that; and that he is a founder of a now religious organiza tion, which no power but the early hand of death laid on the originator can keep from a vigorous beiug, ail will soou see.” Whether, in all this, there may boa grain, or many grains of truth, fitly or unfitly spoken, is a question which I do not propose to discuss at. present. I hope the Church may never be com pelled to meet and discuss it. All 1 wish to say now, and perhaps all 1 shall ever wish to say, is that, if my observation and experience are any in dications of public seotiment, there prevails, to a considerable extent, a feeling which is reflected by this ex tract. Certain it is, that nearly every day I hear the opinion openly express ed that the day for dogmas aud doc trines has passed; that organized churches are useless aud expensive luxuries; that they are inefficient and lifeless; that an ordained ministry is unnecessary, and that the great work of converting the world to Christ is to be done by the agency of uuordained evangelists, and of Young Men’s Chris tiau Associations. I state only what comes under my own observation, hoping that the experience of others may run in a different aud more plea sant direction. My hope is that this too may be one of those ephemeral and objectionable things which rise to the surface iu times of deep religious feeling, and then disappear, leaving no unfavorable and destructive, influences behind Jitem. It will certainly be a sad thing if the present ieligious move ment teaches people to think lightly of the Church of Christ as a divinely organized institution, and of an ordain ed ministry as tb< scriptural agency for the preaching of the glorious gospel of the blessed God. Mamma.—“What is the baby crying for, Maggie?” Maggie— “1 don’t know.” Mamma—“And what are you looking so indignant about?” Mag gie—“ That nasty dog’s been and took and eaten my ’punge cake.” ■ Mamma— "Why, I saw you eating a sponge cake a miuute ago.” Maggie—“O, that was baby’s!” ‘SOUTH CAROLINA. Obstructions were placed on the track or . the Charlotte, Columbia and Au gusta Railroad, at Lewis’ Turnout, on Saturday, which came near overthrow ing a freight train. The Sheriff sold on Monday, at Co lumbia, a lot of 400 acres, near S W Rookart’s, at 50c., 80c., and 8180 per acre. Eight hundred and sixty acres adjoining the lands of Thomas Wilson to Samuel Dent, for 50c per acre. It was reported in Greenville on Sun day that Mr. Turner, from the upper part of Greenville county, was shot near Cokesbury by the tWed States soldiers. Ho was a blockade runner and resisted arrest, which resulted in bis being killed. At Greenville, on Sunday, Captain Greer captured Wm. Fraday, white, who stole a pair of oxen from Rich mond Williams, colored, on last Wednesday night, and brought them to the city and sold them 'to James Long, a colored butcher. He was lodged in Jail. Register: The funeral of Willie M Morris took place from the Presby terian Church yesterday afternooa at four o’clock—a large number of the friends of the deceased and of his family attending the service at tbo church and accompanying the remains to their last resting place in Elmwood Cemetery. The Rev. Dr. Bryson preached. Register: The Supreme Court will file a decision in the case of Ostendorf vs. Wiiliman, holding that the election for county officers held on the 7th of November last was valid. This over rules Judge Reed’s decision and sus tains that of Judge Townsend. Register : At Branchville, on Sunday, a desperate negro character by the uame of Lewis Wesley broke iuto the house of Mr. George Fary and stole his watch and all of his good clothes. Mr. Fary, who had been to church, returned home just in time to see Wes ley making good speed out of the back part of his premises. Ho fired upon the thief several times, two of the shots taking effect in the small of his back, from which it is thought ho cannot recover. The amusing part of the bus iness is that Mr. Fary was about to be married, and the thief had captured bis wedding suit. Having recovered the articles, however, he will be mar ried, in the language of our informant, “youst Hke his close had never been stoled.” (■Special to the Journal of Commerce.! Colombia, February G.—-Judge Car penter to-day rendered a decision in the injunction case against Chamber lain and Cardozo and the Banks which are the depositories of the State funds. The decree continues the injunction restraining the Banks from paying out the State funds on checks signed by Chamberlain and Cardozo, and restrain ing Cardozo from signing any checks as Treasurer. The order reads, “until a final decree is made,” and re quires the complainants to file a proper bond with the Clerk of the Court. Supreme Court has decided in the Wiliiman and Ostendorff case that the election held on the 7th of November for county officers was good and valid. This decision gives Ostendorff the county clerkship of Cn&rleston, and Macon B. Allen the pro bate judgeship of the same county, ousting Wiliiman and Buist. In the Supreme Court to-day, Attor ney-General Conner finished his argu ment in the case of the State ex. rel. R. M. Sims vs. Hayne. Smiley Stone was considerably flustered by the ques tion asked him by the judges regard ing the action of the hoard in throwing out Laurens and Edgefield. The ques tions conveyed a stinging rebuke, and Mr. Stone showed grout nervousness and uneusiness. The Court suggested that an order be prepared makiug Messrs. Kennedy and Elliott parties to the cause, as Attorney-General and Adjutant-GeDeral, Messrs. Stone and Purvis having ceased to exercise those offices. Attorney-General Conner took the matter into consideration, as of course, he does not recognize the first named individuals as officers. Smiley Stone will probably conclude his argu ment to-morrow, and will be followed by Air. LeConte for the Democratic side. A Congressional Nabob. I happened to overhear the other day a chat which was highly amusing. There sits behind a Congressional desk a portly aldermanic gentleman whose wealth is almost fabulous. His broad cloth is of satin gloss ; bis hat of irre proachable shape and shine ; his boots —(O, dear ! they are made by a fash ionable boot-maker, but not all his skill could make those dreadful feet shapely, so I had better not have men tioned them)—but his fat hands are stuffed in delicate kids, and he walks with almost as consequential a roll as does Bruce, tte dusky Senator. In a Pullman car, he was confiding to a friend the way his success has been achieved. He was proud of his career and quite willing every one in the vicinity should listen. Said he : “I was a poor boy ; I run errands, held bosses (his own pronunciation), sveep out offices and such like, till a law yer made me his messenger; I always could see through a millsfun, and Mr. found I understood quicker than his older clerks, so little by little I bad his confidence, and I learned the tricks of the trade pretty well. I kep my eyes open and by-and by when I found a nice openin in anew neighborhood, I told Mr. he might open a branch office for shavin notes and doin mortgages. He though t about it and give me the chance, though I was only twenty-two. I be gun makin a little money; then, liliga tin on my own account, till by the time I was thirty I was makin $30,000 a year That didn’t suit me; I knew I could do better, so I moved down into Wall street, and bless you 1 I make $30,000 now on a single case very often. This litigatin is very good business if you understand it; if you don’t you had better let It alone”—and he wagged his head solemnly. I wonder if he uu deistands as much about law making as he does about “litigating—Washing ton Correspondence Belfast (Me.) Journal. A Note from Miss Neilson. Clarendon Hotel, New York. To the Editors of the Richmond Dispatch: Dear Sirs: My attention has been called to a paragraph in your paper of January 29th to the effect that I was some years ago divorced from my hus band, “a Mr. Lee.” There Is no foun dation for that statement, clearly the result of misinformation. Yours truly, Lilian Adelaide Lek-Neilson. February 3, 1877. (Let the Whig, the Baltimorean, the Augusta papers, and ail others, take due notice, and apologise.] SIX DOLLARS A YEAR GEORGIA NEWS. oi£ 1876 the PoUce in Atlanta made lected arre6t8 ’ “ <1 813,328 25 were eol i. r &Aroad pool Is endeavoring to I Line Company into A curiosity in the canine line in Sa ivjnoahiaayoMgpurpwith the face and hide of a coon. . governor offers a reward of five hundred dollars for the arrest of the incendiaries who burned the gin house of Mr. J. D. Frederick, In Macoa county, last December. H J. be Press says: “We learn at some of the saloon proprietors kayecompHed with the law and paid in their five hundred dollar tax cash in advance, and others have given notes.” The estimated net loss to the city of Savannah and the State of Georgia, by e yellow fever of last summer anil fall, is given by Dr. Ely McClellan, an experienced surgeon of the United States army, at $5,609,857. Vf 188 some highway robbers, who met Mr. Ira Childers, who had been living on Mr. Craig’s farm in that county, knocked him down, and forci* bly took from him his pocket-book containing seventy-five dollars. Agricola, in the Romo Courier, up on the question of burning off the woods says: “Forty years ago, when the Indians lived in this country, there very little chills and fever among ■pm, and it is known wherever they TJve they always keep the woods burnt A charter of a railroad from Law rence ville to the Air-Lme has been pre pared and forwarded to the Legisia ture, to be introduced at this session. lue leading property holders, diiectly interested, are taking a deep interest in the matter. The Hinesville Gazette says: “Much of the seed cane, we are informed, has been seriously injured by the freezing weather, Borne of the farmers will be sadly disappoint _a when they open tneir cane banks and find that Jack Frost made a visit there about Christ mas times.” The Brunswick Advertiser ears: We will give one year’s subscription of the Advertiser for the spiciest, short com munication from the pen of any Jady reader, for the next issue of our paper. We don’t care whom or what it hits, even if it be the devoted heads of “we” ourselves. Iu Binb Superior Court Mr. Craig has been awarded 83,000 damages against the Southwestern Railroad Company. He claimed 810,000. Craig was a fireman ou a freight train which, at Howard’s station, in November, 1873, ran into some cars on the track, during a dark and stormy night. Mr* Craig, apprehending a collision, jumped off, and bad his collar bone broken. Mr. John H Smith, or Tattnall county, having seen the announcement that Dr. John Dore, who died lately in Virginia at the advanced age of eighty-four, was the oldest Mason in the world, writes to the Hinesniie Gazette : “I was made a Mason in Rising Sun Lodge, in Tatt nall county, on the 14th day of Decem ber, 1821. While I write I have the minutes of the lodge before me. I am now in my eighty second year, and havo never used glasses.” Hon. Henry Hillyer has offered an important resolution in the House, iu which he recites that the present United States bankrupt law has failed to meet the just demands of the com mercial interests of the country, and asks that our Senators aud Represen tatives iu Congress be requested to uso their influence to secure its repeal. This resolution is calculated to accom plish great good, aud is highly com mended. The Judiciary Committee will no doubt report it back with their full indorsement. Valdosta Times: We are again called upon to chronicle the death of one of our most estimable citizens. Mrs. Mary J. Nlcbuls died of pneumonia on the 29th ult, aud was buried in our ceme tery the following day. A large con course of sympathizing friends met at the Baptist Church to attend the sol emn and impressive funeral service by the pastor. Her mortal body was then borne to its resting place, and laid peacefully away in the silent grave. Telegraph: We are informed that Mr. Edwin Booth is preparing for a Southern tour under his own manage ment, aud at the head of a company of bis own selection and organization. This is finer dramatic news than we ex pected to have this season, but the success of the great tragedian was so great last year, that he considers a re canvass of the Southern circuit a safe adventure. Aud so it is for him, as his business will be limited only by the ca pacity of the buildings in which ho plays. Startling scene in the Congregational Church at Genesee, N. Y., on a recent Sunday: After the ffirst hymn, a wealthy and respected resident arises in his pew, takes out his watch and, addressing the clergyman, exclaims: “ There is a devil in this church, and I give her just five minutes to live!” At the same instant he drew a revolver and pointed it at a lady seated in a pew in front of him. The lady was discreet. She rose quietly and left the churoh. This insane procedure seems to have been occasioned by the fact that the lady’s son bad lately eloped with the irate citizen’s daughter, and he was convinced that it was all the result of the mother-in-law’s machinations.” Macon Telegraph: Uncle Bart Hutch ings, of Jones county, says he is not a Diogenes, and be never went about in the broad sunshine, with his lamp trimmed and burning, looking for an honest man. Still he thinks he has found that rara avis and locates him in California. Ihe circumstances are as follows: In 1850 Mr. Hutchings went to California, which was then the El Dorado of the West. He took with him a neighbor of his, from Jones pay ing all expenses, with the understand ing that the man was to work out the amount after the two reached Califor nia. Owing to one circumstance and another the man never suc ceeded in working out the debt, and when Mr. Hutchings started for home his friend owed him about S7OO. That was more than a quarter of a century ago, and Mr. H. heard nothing from his debtor until last October, when he re ceived from him a money order for fifty dollars. In November he received an order for a similar amount, and iu December received another, and the man assures him that he shall have like sums until the entire debt shall have been discharged. This Is cer tainly an unusual occurrence, and one that is calculated to open the eyes of the degenerate race among which wo live and move and do our swindling. It shows that there is still some hon esty left, even ir oce has to go to Cali fornia to fiud it.