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DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, tenders his
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erset and vicinity. Office South Columbus
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81. The fret deductions to be made are
New State House, $418.717; interest,
$92. .592. go; total, $51l. .800.60. The,s
expenditures were covered, not by taxa
ton, but by the sale Of bonds and stocks
oil the State.
t'2. The second deductions to be made
are for some items of expenditure, for
which there were no corresponding pay
ments in 1872-78. They arc as follows:
Naturalization for slaves, Sd, 100; Nor.
nal Schools. $l3. .704 So; Roper Hospi.
tai, $1,000; Marine School. $4,000;
State Agricultural Society, SIS. 900; His.
torical Society, $500; Elliott Society,
$500; total, $31 1854 80.
"3. The third deductions to be made
are for disbursements made by the State
in 1859-60, which, under the present
system, are. as before explained, made
by the Counties out OF the County tax.
The amounts are as follows: Contingent
accounts, Tor fees, &C., 94o. 6io 10,
jurors aud constables. $39, ,33l %; Lau-
rens Court House, 50, 900; Orangeburg
JUL, SIS. 333. "a; Richland Court House,
So, ,0Uu; transient poor, 81, 800; Williams.
burg Jail, S8,0U0; total, SIG. 1872 6l.
The reonpitulation is as follows: Ex.
penses of the State 1S59-60. 500, 968 81;
new State House, S5ll, ,309. ~; dlsoon-
tinned appropriations, $3l, ,S54. 83;
County expenses, $ll6.8 6l-SB59,
997 O4. Actual expenses lS58-6O. $3O7,
,53. Actual expcn jes, average Of
three years, 1871 to 1873, $1,666, l37.
''The investigation has been con-
Quoted with scrupuious fairness, aud
the result is that the cost of conducting
the Government, under ring rule, IL
found to be more than five times AZ
great as it was, under Conservative rule.
IN the year preceding the outbreak OF
the war. Nor docs thla startling state.
ment express the entire measure Of the
oppression of taxation. A tax is onsr.
Gus in proportion to the wealth OF the
person who is required to pay that tax.
ln 1860 the value Of the real and per-
sonai property in South Carolina was
$500, GOO, 900, and the cost Of governing
the State was $500. 900, which was equal
to tax OF sixty cents on every 81 QUO
OF property. Now, the value of the
real and personal property in the State
is barely $3.50. 600, 900, and the annual
cost OF the State Government is 81. 600.-
600, which is equal to a tax OF $40. 60 on
every $1,000 of taxable property
Measured by the ability of the people
to pay the tux, the cost Of the Govern
ment is nearly eighteen times as great
as it was fourteen years ago. And this
is without taking into account the enor-
nous County and municipal taxation"
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CUBAN CURRENoY.-A Cuban note OF
the value of five cents is diminutive in
size, neat in appearance, but not of
much value on gold basis. They are
issued in sheets like American postage
stnmps, and when one wants to use
them clips them off with SCISSORS.
Wm. G. Underwood was twice re-
fused by Miss Ann Pridgeon, sister of
tho we'll known Captain John Pridgeon,
aud one of tho most beautiful and ac-
cnlnplished yonng ladies Of Detroit,
Mich. whereupon he drew knife and
stabbed hor to the heart
Auy ono who desires to epeak of the
Siamese twins learnedly, will call them
G.phopagcs Of the class of teruta. ana
catadtdymn-Or, for short, omphelopha-
gas Sip"ot!dymus-an returns thanks
10 the Philadelphia doctors.
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THE STATE LR0IsLATURE.
WEDNESDAY. MARoH IL, 1874.
SENATE.

The Senate met at IL III.
Mr. Swails. from the special commit
tee appointed to investigate the affairs
OF the Bank OF the State, submitted the
report of that committee. which was
ordered to be printed and made the
special order for tomorrow, at l P. NJ.
Joint resolution authorizing and re.
quiring the State Treasurer to pay to
the County Treasurer Of Grsenyiie the
sum Of l0,050, to be applied for free
school purposes. was agreed to.
The President laid before the Senate
q communication from the Professors OF
the University, extending an invitation
to attend the exhibition OF tho Junior
Glass. at the University Chapel, Thurs
day evening, March IL, at p. NJ.
The House sent to the Senate a con-
c:--:ct resolution requesting the nre-
siding officers of both houses to sign
certificates Of tho clerks of the engruss.
ing department aud the Attorney Gene
rails Office. Ordered to lie on tue table.
Mr. Nash introduced joint resolu-
tion to permit Clara II. Bates to redeem
certain forfeited lands.
A message was reosived from the
House stating that the enaotiug clause
OF Senate bill to provide q remedy III
certain cases Of debts not due had been
stricken out; aud the following iudeti
nitely postponed: Senate bill to protect
the interest OF owners Of lands sold fox
taxes through the default of others.
HOUSE OF REPRESENrArIVE
The House met at IL A. III.
The enacting clause of Senate bill
to make appropriation to pay the claims
held in trust by j. Woodruff against the
State was stricken out. At the evening
session. however, the matter was recon
sidsred. and the bill WAS pissed aud or
dered to the Senate.
Mr. N. B. Myers introduced resolu-
ton, which Was adopted, that all mat.
ters on the calendar. under head OF
General Orders," excepting Ssnate
matters, be laid upon the table.
Mr.. Keith introduced q resolution,
which was adopted, that committee OF
three be appointed to inquire Of the
State Treasurer why he is not prepared
TO cash ct his counter the paS oe,:;f-
Gates OF the members Of the General As.
sembly for the present session, with in
structions to report forthwith.
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TIE COTTON Pool The papers OF
Augusta, Ga, publish the following
circular, signed by G. b. Bacon, G. r.
Wilmans. G. II. Phinizy. II. W. Heard,
W. NJ. Read. Oar cotton men should
tuke turn:
The undersigned are appointed by tue
President of the Augusta E1cnauge u
committee to open poel for the pur.
pose of testing the relative skill of oom.
petitors in estimating the crop of
1894. The pool will be formed in
this city, $5 entry fee, open to ALL The
person coming nearest the number Of
bales, as determined by the New York
Financial Chronicle, September l. 1874,
taking the money. Esch person deslr-
Gus to compete must enclose his esti.
mate with entrance fee to Rosws King,
Esq, Secretary Augusta Exchange
The money will be deposited In the Nu-
tional Exchange Bank OF Augusta, Ga,
at interest. All estimates to be handed
in by lst of April, 1874 No subscrip.
tions allowed after thnt date. All letters
post marked on or before that day, con-
tanning subscriptions and estimates,
will be admitted. The estimates will
be recorded by the undersigned COM
mittee on the 1st OF April, 1874.
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Tho New York World, OF the 4th inst,
contains On interesting statistical article
on the subject Of the liquor consump-
tion OF the nation. The World says:
The magnitude OF the traffic is eimply
amazing. It is impressive to consider
that with the exception of very few
articles OF prime necessity. this article
OF alcohol. rarely necessity, mo 1t com
monty mere luxury. and not uncom.
monty positive and unmixed evil, il
the staple OF the most important Of
American industries.
New York city does about one eighth
the drinking OF the entire United State. =,
proportion which is in close agreement
with the relative wealth of the city and
tho Union, but ia what will seem to TEN.
perance people outrageously dispropor-
tionate to tue respective populations,
being simply stated as follows: A New
vc:ker d-;nke tive t.mee mnnh anirit.
uous, vinous aud fermented liquors az
anybody else. The New Yorker, too. is
getting more aud more bibulous, for the
consumption of liquor per man in the
city has always increased moro rapidly
than the population, and he seems
likely, if he shall keep on in the same
way for few centuries, to give up all
his leisure to the mere emptying of tum-
blers. The retail liquor business in
New York city employs more men tLan
go to populate many snug city in the
State. and more than six times tue popu.
lation Of ono of its Counties. The real
estate devoted to it is worth more than
all the estate, real and personal, of any
County in the State. one out OF five
being excepted. and the yearly business
done would buy out the poores. Of the
Counties twenty times over. The liquor
drank in New York yearly would, Or
nearly as can be estimated, supply the
Croton pipes for at least two days US 9
substitute for water.
The Worlds tables show, moreover,
that of tue Counties engaged in the
manufacture of lager beer, New York
| makes S7,7I0, 760 worth OF that liquid
commodity. A few States practically
mopopolize the manufacture of liquors
In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873
Illinois manufactured one-quarter of ali
the spirits in this country, Ohio a fifth,
indiana tenth, aud four Ssates-Now
York, Kentucky. Penn sJlvania aud
observation-disclosures another
fifth. In fermented liquors. New York
State manufactures third, and Penn.
sylvania and Ohio each little more and
little less than a fifth; the rest is very
evenly distributed among the larger
States. Particular States take pre-
oedence in ons or two articles. New
Jersey. North Carolina and Kentuck,
manufacture about nine .tenths OF the
apple-jack brandy, aud California nearl,
all the grape brandy and wine, the latter
being almost entirely produced on the
Puciic slope. Of8,000. 900 gallons pro
duced on farms in the census of 1870
nearly two-thirds is accredited to Cali
fornia.
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UNITED STATES Counr, CHARLESTON,

UNITED STATES Court, CHARLESTON,
Maroh 10.-In tho cass of. Jesse O. Cliff
ton, bankrupt, the assignee WAS ordered
to sell cotton and hold proceeds subject
to further order. The report of @. 81.
Simonton. special referee in the case of
r. NJ. Wallace, petitioner for payment
OF fees, was confirmed and the trustee
was ordered to pay the same. Y. j. To
bias, assignee, petitioner for sale OF
property in bankruptcy, was ordered to
cell. Tho petition of Wm. Johnston.
trhstee for leave to control the coliec-
tien Of debts in the case of W. 8. Mon
teith aud F. w. MoD1aster, was referred
to the Registrar. T. b, CIowney and
Samuel B. @. Clowny, assignees, were
allowed the right to sell property. The
petition Of s. P. Sutton, for final dis
charge in bankruptcy, was referred to
che Registrar. It was ordered that a
meeting of the creditors in the case of
Paul & Webb. voluntary bankrupts. be
held on the 30th of March. William It..
Whilden was finally discharged in bank
ruptcy. The petition of James r. Prin-
gle d. Son, for voluntary bankruptcy,
was referred to Registrar Carpenter.
The report of sales in tho case of G. P.
Williams was confirmed. Steffens,
Werner i Ducker, opposing the dis
charge in bankruptcy of NJ. Schwartz,
Esq, we're given leave to amend their
specifications of opposition. and the
case was set for hearing Oh the Goth oi
March.
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An effort is being made to hava
hack and mail line established from
Wexford Depot, on tho Airline Rail-
road, to L,arensviIle, oia Reidvillc,
Cashvills, Woodruffs and Sonflletown.
The dead body OF Richard Shoemaker,
OF Charleston, has been found in creek
near Mount Pleasant.
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The CENTENNIAL HUMBUa. The
Selma (Ala.) Times thus mildly alludes
to the Philadelphia centennial:
The idea OF any Southern State being
represented in the exhibition is repul.
,ive to US. To mingle with Yankee
doodledum on such an occasion and see
them luxuriating in the wealth stolen
from us, is more OF diet than we care
TO feast on. To go there in our poverty
and rags, as compared to the plnndsr-
enriched North, would be. in our judg-
,nent, about as appropriate as country
,boor, in copperas pants. with seat
patched with different color, and red
brogans, at first class drawipg.room
entertainment. To look at South Oaro.
lima and join tho centennial is more
than our Southern blood can stand,
Ieyen though we tried to 'ehake hands
over the bloody chasm, and voted for
Greeley. To look at Mississippi in her
|down-trodden position. with an ignorant
negro as Speaker of tho House, and a
negro as President Of the Senate, is we'll
calculated to make man shout pmns to
to the glory of the centennial at Phila-
Idelphia. TO see Louisiana in her pre-.
sent status inspires great admiration for
he ruling spirits Of the day, and makes
Ia Southern man feel that be is in duty
bound to be on hand at the great hum
bug-just one notch above the Boston
Jubilee"
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LIST OF New ADVERTISEMENTS.
John Agnew &c Son-Clty Coupons.
Communication of Aoacia Lodge.
Residence at Private Sale.
Referees Notice.
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Death or Charles Sumner.

Our dispatches inform us Of the death
OF Hon. Charles Sumner, Senator in the
United States Congress from Massachu-
setts. This intelligence will send thrill
OF profound regret throughout the
length and breadth of this whole ooun-
try, which will be caught up and repeat
ed in all foreign countries where his SER
vices, talonts and learning were knowr.
Mr.. Sumner has stood in hostile utti-
tude to the people of tho South during
nearly the whole of his public career.
At one time, he seemed to feel some
thing like personal nnimosity to war,ls
them. He was reformcr, no less ardent
and impulsive thon he was systematic
and determined. We can pardon much
to IL man who follows the dictates OF
duty, even if the consequences DO disas-
trous to our own fortunes and prosper
| ity; especially to man like Mr.. Sum
ner, who for several years past has exhi-
bitcd moderation of tone in all public
questions which affected the Southern
States, which did him honor. He lived
to SEQ the measures to which he had de-
voted the labors Of life, the studies of
statesman and the researches OF u
scholar, pass into laws and become
the public opinion of the country.
Some tinge Of melancholy and dissatis.
faction seems to have survived his great
successes. and for few years past, he
has not been in full accord with the
party which he contributed SO much to
build up. Perhaps the results did not
correspond to his expectations. Per-
haps the ruin and the lowered moral
tone which followed the adoption of his
policy preyed upon his sensitive spirit.
The evils which he combatted were less
than those which he helped to intro
duce. Slavery was abolished, but the
cost was frightful in the loss OF lives and
in the shook 70 republican Institute ns
Mr.. Sumner must have felt sad when he
looked towards the South nnd Witnessed
tho degradation Of States and the ruin
OF peoples. But his spirit has been
kindly Of late. and our people. down.
trodden as they are, will join in mourn
ing the death Of man who shed honor
upon the American name by singlenes.
Of purpose, by integrity, by untiring ex.
ertions and by his finished scholarship
|
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FLAG OF THE FIRST SoUrH CAROLINA.
We learn from tho Atlanta Herald that
the flag of tho First South Carolina
Regiment, General Maxcy Gregg.) so
long gracing tho walls of the Young
Mems Library, has been returned to
Lieutenant Edward Nc Grady, Of Charles
ton, (ho having been q member of that
regiment.} hy Captain PAnl Rnmare,
who brought it from Richmond with
several others soon after the war. There
arc several flags still rcmninirg in Too
library at Atlanta.
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CHURCH EDIPICRs III THE UNITED
STATES. s.-The numUcr of church editiaGs =
in this country in 1870 Was G3. US2,
against 39. 06l III 1880. which is an lu-
crease uf about rs per cent. in twenty
years. The increase iu the Methodist
churches has been about this figure;
tt,ut Of Catholic is over 200 per oent.
ih" census OF 1870 puts tue valuation of
nll church property 1t. $35o, go 900, but
1T Is certainly double that. or about
S1U0. .OUU 600. In valuation tho Mctho-
dists again rank first, und the Catholics
next, bulh having added to their wealth
at about tho same rate per cont.
Andrew J. Buchanan Was drowned in
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SPEAKING OUT.-At O recent serenade
n Charleston, Congressman Ransier de-

SPEAKING OUT.-At recent serenade
in Charleston, Congressman Ransier de-
iivered himself in substance as follows:
Among other things, he said that rn-
mors Of misrule and rascality in South
Carolina were presenting themselves
from every side; that these reports were
not confined to Democratic SOURCES, but
that denunciations had been and were
still being made by members OF the Re.
publican party. That there was truth
in these rumors. he would not attempt
to deny; tnat there WAS corruption iu
the Judiciary, and that the party had
elected to otlico men who, to use no
harsher terms, we're uumitigated scoun-
drcls, every one knew too we'll; but the
course to redress these wrongs was not
by public denunciations, but rather by
caucus and party convention. Let each
man, he said, net as if by his simple
vote ho could wipe out the stain which
rests upon the party. and the evils
which so gricvously aflltct US. Let each
man feel that upon him individually
rests the work Of reform; that for every
dollar Of the public money frauduicntly
ussn. ,"g every scnvut.nuu.- u:..ss..--.u
short, for every wrong forced upon the
people, the community at large would
hold him responsible. This was the
way to demonstrate that reconstruction
was not failure, and that the colored
man was httod in every respect to assis,
In the government of tho country. H.
warned the colorod people and the Re
publican party at lnrge against treating
with indifference the rights of others
Tho best and only way to keep lhom
selves in power. and to keep unfripgeu
the rights and privileges which they
now enjoyed, was by recognition o
tho universally of these rights.
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LOOK OUT!-The Aiken Journal has
fha fntlO Cd Ipo

LOOK OUTl-The Aiken Journal has
the following paragraph:
Some two or three weeks since, a
party by the name of l.. II. Ficher,
hailing, we believe, from Mucon, Ca,
and who, We learn, was agent for some
patent pavement, accompanied by his
inevitable yellow dog "Beauty," paid
Aiken n visit, aud succeeded iu swim
ding eeveral of our citizens out OF
amounts varying from fifteen to thirty
dollars. After leaving Aiken, he "hied
"w"v" to GraniteVille. but was not SO
successful there, having had his bag.
gnge-a email salchel with o single
shlrt-scized and held for his board bill.
He next turned up at Langley. at which
place. we are informed, he succeeded in
swindling poor widow lady out of u
couple OF weeks board. 1t would be
we'll for our people to be on the look -ou,
for this scamp. He evidently lives by
this means only. He il man of about
tifty years OF nge, and weighs in the
neighborhood Of 200 pounds; has full
red face, an Immense iron.gray nous.
tache, and is given to "whiskey y
straight" Hand him around.
This fellow has been more recently
humbugging the people OF Beech Island.
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Mount Sinai, it seems, has beon lost.
fhis mountain was geographical point
OF some historical interest, situated in
foreign parts, and remarkable for a
series OF events which took place upon
1T come years ago. The whole story
need not be repeated here, for it is told
with considerale fidelity in book which
used to he quite popular, but which is
not much read nowadays. Well, the
loss Of this peak painfully troubled Sc.
'veral parties, among them his supreme
high mightiness the Khedive of Egypt,
Baron DeLionel Rothsohild and Sir w.
@. Teevelynn, and they furnished the
,wherewithal for the exhaustive search,
and sent the venerable DR.. Bske, now
IL Aia eotvu,y -1vu.,u , cat, ~ iovA ~. ~ -.
And now q cable despatch Announces
that the real Sinai has been Unidentified
aud found to be situated days journey
North Of Akaba, in Arabia, at au
altitude of 5000 feet above the sea.
level. It is said that original inscrip
lions have been found which fix the
locality beyond doubt. Both Jews
and Christians will unite in grateful
recognition of the perseverance which
hss determined question that all East-
GIL CAPNttio hhFO UoCu OV6I
for years. The contribution box is be-
ing passed around in England for the
benefit Of the discoverer.
MURIATIo ACID AND OLD RAGS poR
CHILDREN.-My nearest neighbor, hav-
ing seen in the Infer. Ocean an account
of the analysis of some syrup which
showed the presence of dangerous ncids.
tried the experiment of putting a tea.
spoonful OF tea in small sauce plate
Of nioe-looking white syrup which hel
family had been in the habit of buying
from an honest dealing grocer. The re-
silt was, the syrup turned almost black
Alarmed at this revelation. 1 tried the
same experiment on similar syrups in
my own house. with precisely similar
results. To be sure that there could be
no mistake about the test, melted
three kinds OF sugar into syrup and tried
the tea on each one Of those syrups, and
not one of them changed color. The
Thought that I have been for week,
feeding decoction of muviatio acid
and old rags to my children, supposine
|, that I was supplying them with whole
some food, makes me shudder even
now. and indnces me to write this, my
trst note to the public press, 60 thai
others may profit by my experience.
i Inter- Ocean Letter.
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The President receives 1000 lotters u
dav
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Mr.. Gaines, OF the Palmetto State
Immigration Agency, has started the
ball in motion both ways. He is not
only sending scores OF select families
into this State, but has also arranged to
send select celored persons to the North
to fill orders. He has now an order,
given by first class gentleman of New
YorL city. for t. family of colored people
for his farm near that city. Any good,
honest colored man and wife, with
grown.up son, can have their expenses
paid to New York city, where they will
find good home and fair wages ready
for them, by applying at the Office Of the
Palmetto State Immigration Agency,
over Scott's bank.
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Andrew j. Buchanan was drowred in
Georgia on Sabbath. the 1st inst.