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IMPORTANT DECIsION.-In the case OF
the Atlantic. Tennessee aud Ohio Rail-.
road Company. and others, against the
Caroline National Bank. OF Columbia
and others, the question was whether
bonds issued by the company in May,
1862, payable at different periods from
November. 1869, to November. 1876,
were saleable in Confederate currency
or lawful money. Some OF the bonds
falling into the hands of the banks, the
company were willing to pay in Con-
federate money, but the bank demanded
money of the United States, and this
aoticn was instituted to compel the pay
ment under'a deed Of trust executed to
secure them. The court below sue.
tanned the demand OF the bank, and the
question was brought here where the
decree is affirmed, the court holding
that the intention of the company that
the principal of it's bonds should be paid
in lnwfu! money Instead Of Confederate
notes, may be- justly Inferred from the
nature Of the contracts, particularly the
long period before they were to mature.
When they were issued, it is said, it
could not have been in the contempla-
tion Of the parties that the war would
continue from seven to thirteen years,
IL lS We'll huOWu At IQRC llm6 was the
general expectation on all sides that the
war would be one of short duration
Tue Confederate notes were only paya.
bic by their terms utter ratification of
peace between the Confederate States
and the United States. The bonds of
the railroad were intended for sa!e in
the markets Of the world generally, and
not merely in the Confederate States.
They wore payable to bearer, aud these
were transferable by delivery. They
state on their face that they may be
converted into the stock of the company
at par by the holder. The declaration
of the officers of the company mp to
July, 1873, show that the coInpuny
treated the bonds as having an exuep.
tionable value aud not subject to the
fluctuations Of Confederate currency
Repeated declarations of the officers
were made to that import There is
sufficient IN these circumstances, it is
held, to repel the presumption created
oy the ordinance Of The State. of 1865,
providing tor the discharge of existing
contracts by scale of the depreciation
of Confederate money, aud declaring
that all contracts except official md
penal bonds payable to the State should
be deemed to have been made with the
intention that they should be discharged
IN that currency, and thus the case will
be governed by the ordinary rule. Mr..
Justice Field delivered the opinion
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tho prompt and efficient manner in
which they had discharged their respeo.
tive duties.
LIST OF New ADVERTISEMENTS.
Notice to Gas Consumers.
Jacob Levin-Auction.
j. 3. Moore-Resolutions
VIM. NJ. Bird & Co.-Leads, &c.
HOTEL ARnIvALs. April Is, 1874
Iheeler Rouse-C Darling. city; VIM
Nelson. "innsboro; J % Wylie. Ga; A
Haul, Ia; ID Brown, j Kooher, NJ; p
Duihe, Charleston; A Wallace, New
berry; J Q L Marshall, city; @ Marsh
and wife, Miss L Marsh. Master Freddy,
Conn; W kerchner, N @; j A Wat
son, Chester; Miss B Blake, Ninety Six;
i Is Frazer, Sumter; l. Dibble, Orange
U SA. A'n'on'
Colum6ia Ho.el-W ] Crosswell, s G:
) Al Seigler, q & @ r r; J Peelipu.
Ga; W # Wilcox, st Louis; Z S Brciden.
baugh and wife, Pa; W Sprinkle. N G;
L l. Parker. Charleston; o L Eyins'
wife and son, Miss Z Broad. N C; 8 S
Marshall, Grcenvillc; W d Goodrich.
n G; j c Hayes, Lexington; S Wis.
tendorll. 4 Nj Folchi, Charleston: J n
lsion. Winnsboro; L L Turner, Med
Ar!ilgc, Charlotte; A Wallace, city; Mr.
and Mrs G Kemp, Master Kemp, maid
aud nurse. n y; L Moore. Statesburc:
q " Douns, Walhalla; w L Thomson,
Union.
Hsndrie House-L Potter, Mo; J J
is"hn, Ga; J II Campbell, Ridgeway; J
ID Hogan, Doko: G Ii Miller, Younges-
vile; J S Cloud, Camden; & W Stef.
sens, Charleston.
Deaths in Charleston, for the week
ending April IL, 37-whites. II: co.
lored, 90.
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appearance to be true, to provide them
with means of subsistence and of trans
portation to their usual places OF abode?
The matter may seem small to Mr. Den
mis-, but the public desire to know, as
they have right to know, how it was
that these Irregularities happened. In
the State OF Georgia, which hires out it's
ZOO conviots, crime is made to add to
the treasury, and the criminals, in their
humble way, do some good by their
labor upon the public works. or on rail.
roads, canals. &c. The habit OF work is
kept up, and the possibility OF amend
mont OF life encouraged. But they are
thought to be above that here, and en-
JOY handsome support at the hands OF
the people whose laws they have yio-
lated. They are the wnrdu of the State,
and MIR. Dennis carries the key of the
castle in which they arc lodged. He
locks them in and he let's them out. But
there are laws and rules for his guild
snce. Has he complied with these?
bow has it happened that such nun.
ber' in such plight. without means to
go. away, should be at large as they
were last Sunday in Columbia?
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numbers, great zeal aud orderly display.
after the parade, the Enterprise tested
her powers. ut the corner of Main and
Washington streets. The Vigilant was
housed, when the companies marched to
the new quarters of the Enterprise, on
Main street, near Medium, where nm
hour or two was greatly enjoyed in
toastipg, singing, &c., which was en-
livened by grain and fruit juice, proper
ly distilled.
MEETING STATE MEDICAL AssocIA-
TIoN SECOND DAYS PRocEEDINos. -
The association met at 10 o'clock. The
names of several delegates and pcrma-
nent members, who were not present
yesterday, were added to the roll.
DR.. Talley offered series OF resolu-
tons, iii o0muem Grafton of DIR. NJ. La.
Bordc, which were adopted.
Tho constitutional amendment, of
which DR.. kinlocL had given notice Mt
tho last meeting, was taken up, and
after somo discussion, adopted This
provides that the election OF President
of the association shall tako place bicn-
nually, instead of annually, us hereto
fore.
In tho absence Of the chairman OF the
committee appointed to consider and
report upon the effects Of chloroform
upon the fntus, DR.. Duist read the re-
port, which appeared to have been care
fully prepared. 1t elected somo discus.
sion, III which Drs. Robertson, Priolcau,
Glbbes, kinloch and the President par.
ticipated.
DIR. j. Somers Bniot exhibited to the
association specimen of tibrous osteo-
sarcorna of tho upper jaw, which he
had removed from negro boy about
nine years Of age. He read detailed
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CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.
SATURDAY. Jan. 10.-Seaate.-Not in sessi

SATURDAY. Jan. 10.-Seadte.-Not in session.
Housc.-The session of the House was giveu NJ
entirely to speeches by Arthur, Cd Louisiana affairs
Field, on finance and currency; Vance on civil
rights; Whitehead on the tobacco tax: Kelley. on
the money of the United States; and Kane and
Grassland on civil rights.
MONDAY, Jan. 12.-Sende-Ramsey intro
duced a resolution iDstructing the on
Foreign Relations to inquire into the expediency of
advancing the rank of Minister to Sweden and Nor
way to a mission of the first class. Adopted go.
Ingalls, introduced a bill to regulate freight and
passenger rates on the Union and Central Pacific
railroads. The Senate resumed consideration Of
the Salary bill. After considerable debate, and the
rejection Of a number Of amendments, the whole
question was finally disposed of by the adoption of
a substitute offered by Conkling, az follows:
An ACT repeating the increase in salaries of MEM
bers of Congress and other officers.
BE 1t enacted, etc, That so much of the act of
March 3, 1873, entitled An act making appropria-
ton for legislative, executive, and judicial expenses
OF the Government for the year ending June 10,
1874" as pro0 lilies for the compensation of public
officers and employees. whether members of Con-
United States and Justices of the Supreme Court,
be, and the same hereby is, repealed, and the sala-
ries, compensation and allowances of all said per-
sons, except as Aforesaid, shall be fixed by the law
r;ded, that milage shall he allowed for the FIRST
session of the Forty-third Congress that all
appropriated as compensation to men,
of the Forty-second Congress-, in ex-
cess OF milage and allowances fixed
by law at the commencement of said Con-
gress, and which shall not have been drawn by
OF said Congress respectively, or which
having been drawn, have been returned in any
10Th 70 sne United States, are hereby covered into
he Treasury OF the United States, and declared 10
be moneys OF the United States absolutely the same
is if they had never been appropriated as afore.
III. gu a. ..s
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An freshman on observing a beautiful
cemetery, remarked that he considered
it a healthy place to be buried in.

AMERICAN WoMEN.-It is a melan-
choly fact that American women have
degenerated in point Of health and
physique, until they have become liter
ally rae of invalids. How sad it is
to look around lis and compare the frail
and efieminate looking lady of to-day
with the hale, hearty and buxom ladies
OF days gone by. To Ill such the late
discovery of DIR. WALKER, of California,
which is known as VINEGAR BrrrERs, is
a priceless boon indeed. For this class
OF diseases it is certain and safe, and
any lady, old or young, can take it with
entire confidence in the result, and thus
avoid what to thousands is a stumbling
block never overcome, viz: a consulta-
ton with a family physician. It's true
there may be cases of years standing.
that will necessitate more powerful
treatment, but in nine cases ont of ten
this remedy will reach the disease, and
after Il little time effect a cure. The
number Of ladies cured by it are num-
bered by thousands, and are scattered
through every State in the Union. %
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CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.


George Rebmann, a Observation-Disclosures
er, took an old revolver out of a drawer the other
day, and. pointing it alta deaf mute standing by
the counter, with the remark to the bystanders
Just see me scare the dummy" snapped the
weapon twice. The second snap caused an
explosion, the ball entering the mute's fore
head and blowing his brains out. Rebmann.
overcome with horror. rushed TO the river and
threw himself in the water. but was followed
and rescued. He was locked up, and is now a
raving maniac.
"A serious collision occurred on the North
western road, near Alton, Wis, on TIE 18th
inst, caused by the negligence Of a freight
conductor. One man was killed and three
badly injured.
Three lives we're lost by the burning of a
building in Sixtieth street, New York. on the
18th inst.
-Ex-Senator Graham, the defaulting Secre-
tary Of the Waikiki National Bank, of New
York, has been sentenced to ten years i'm
prisonment in the Albany Penitentiary.
COL Thomas n. S~tillwell, Minister to
Venezuela during Johnson's Presidential ad-
ministration, was shot dead by John Z. Cor
win, at Anderson, Ind, a few days ago.
Mail Route Agent Cowles, Of the Rock
Island railroad, has been arrested at Avoca.
Iowa, for robbing the mails, and he has con-
fessed his guilt. The robberics have been 60
ing on for several years.
A terrible accident occurred in st. Joseph.
Mo-, a fewdays ago. A lamp exploded in the
hands-of Mrs James McGinnis, filing the
room with q sheet Of fire. A daughter, aged
II, who was standing near, was enveloped in '
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-23
A Very Valuable Work.

- History Of the Grange Norenent ; or the
Farmers War Against Monopoties.' Be
ing a full and authentic account of the
struggles of the American Farmers against
The ertortions of The Raiiroad Companies.
HiM a History Of He Rise aud Progress
of The order Of Patrons Of Hus6dndry.
Published by he National Publishing Co.,
of Chicago and 81. Louis.
The most remarkable and powerful
movement of the present day is I'M
questionably the War which the Farm
ers are waging against the Monopolies
of all kinds that have for so long been
robbing the people and expressing the
toiling portion of our community.
The work begins with the causes
which have aroused the American peo-
pie against the Monopolists, and treats
of the railroad system of the country,
its growth, actual condition and pros
poets. It then shows how this noble
system has been perverted to further
the ends of selfish capitalists and rail
road directors, who seek gain at the ex-
pense of the community and we are
given a terrible and thrilling account of
the crimes and frauds of the railroad
corporations of to-day. The author
Yields a fearless and vigorous pen, and
points out the evils which this selfish
greed has ~entailed upon MS He shows
how the great corporations have been
able to control the whole country how
they have robbed the nation, and cor-
rupted our Congress, State Legislatures
and Courts of Justice.
Passing from the Monopolists and
their outrages, the author takes up the
cause of the wronged and oppressed
farmers, and gives us a detailed state
ment Of the evils from which the farm
ing class is suffering. He analyses
skillfully the causes of these evils, and
shows how and by whom the farmers
are robbed.
A considerable portion of the work is
devoted to a history of the Order of
Patrons of Husbandry. A complete
account of the organization and objects
of the order is given it's laws and mode
of procedure are stated and each feat
IRE is explained at length.
1t is decidedly the most interesting
and useful volume of the day, and, as it
comes at n time when the whole coun
try is suffering intensely from the eff
fects of the evils it d%enounces, cannot
fail to have n tremendous sale. 1t is an
ably written work, and a bold and Wig
orous plea in behalf Of the farmers and
all who are oppressed and robbed by
the grasping Monopolies which are
causing 81 much trouble.
The book is sold by subscription
only. and the publishers want agents i'll
every county. See advertisement in
another column.-ICom.
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"NA'!'
WEDNESDAY. Jan. 1i.-Senae.-The pro-
ccedings we're of an unimportant nature. Schurz
addressed the Senate OH the finance and currency
questions, after which the Senate went into exscu-
tive session, and shortly thereafter adjourned.
Horsc.-The House. in Committee of the Whole
was engaged most of the day in considering the
Naval Appropriation bill.
THURSDAY, Jan. 15.-Senate.-A number Of
petitions were presented asking for the right Of
suffrage for women. =. The Postoffce Committee
reported favorsbly on the petition that the salaries
of letter-carriers be fixed ut $1,000 q year. e. The
Senate resumed consideration of the resolution re-
ported by the Finance Committee. and Morton and
Howe replied 20 the speech II Of SclurZ "A resolu-
ton was adopted instrlcting the Super yisinp Sur
geon Of the Marine Hospital Service to prepare a
history of the yellow fever epidemic of 1873, with
special reference to details Of prevention and
hygiene, and transmit the same TO the Senate.
HouSe.-Hyde offered a resolution looking to the
regulation Of commerce on the nayigable riyere to
protect tug-boat and other combinations; to es,ab-
lsh uniform rates on railroads, etc....A bill was
passed providing for an APPEAL from Circuit Courts
to the Supreme Court incases of hdJeas corpus.
The Naval Appropriation bill was passed.
FRIDAY. Jan. 16.-Sndi.. Logan intro
duced a bill making re'irencI IL In the srmy and
marine corps obligatory after u certain age. Also, q
bill authorizing appointments aud promotion in
the medical and ordnance departments II the
army. ard for other purposes. Also, a bill Ia in
crease the pay department. of the army -. The hill
was passed appIorriatiDg s2,5O0 for bus'- Of iii.
late Chief-Iustices fancy and Chase FOR the SUI
preue Court room. -. The debate on the nnances
was continued. sherman delivered All elaborate
speech, opposing any further imitation Of the cur
rency.
HopsT.-Small asked leave to offer n resolution in
struc'ing the Committee on Appropriations To ill.,
quirc and report how many horses are maintained
by the Government IN the District II Columbia the
expense and Uses; who uscs them, and whether
they are required for pubic service. Also carriage.
and other vehicles owned 10y the Government aud
used. Butler objected, and the resolution was nu,
received. Dawes. from the Committee IN Way
and Means. reported a bill to reimburse di-,iiirrs
for the amounts paid by them In procuring Tlce
meters, by order Of the Internal Re.euuc Bureau,
but which meters were subsequently abolished 10y
laE
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flames, and Mr.. McGinnis sprang tothe rescue
FAINT daughter through the window into the
street. In attempting to save the Oldest girl,
his clothing caught fire, and he and the girl
were literally roasted alive. A son, aged IS
years, threw a bucket of water on his sister
and ~extinguished The flames, but she and the
father were so horribly burned that the flesh
dropped from their bodies. Mrs. McGinnis
and the daughter are not expect ed to recover.
Some time ago q man named Bah Turner
was arrested in Grant county, Wis, charged
with numbering his brother. 1t WAS suspected
at the time that Turner had committed other
murders. Recently he has made a full con-
~fession. which more than confirms these sus-
picions, and stamps him as one Of the most
atrocious wretches unhung. He delights to
talk of the many persons he has killed. He
gloats over the skill with which he has con :
cealed their bodies, and declares nobody can
find them but himself, and that if they we're
got together there would be nearly forty of
them. He says that his mission on earth was
too many people crowding into the country,
and exhibits a savage satisfaction in recount
ing his bloody exploits.
A coal train was precipitated into a ravine
1O4 feet deep, near Pittsburgh, a few days
ago. The cars were smashed to atoms, and
two boys who were ON the train were instantly
killed.
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HASSAFoRD X THOMPSON, Subscrip-
ton Book Publishers, Chicago, have in
press an exhaustive History Of the
FARMERS MOVEMENT, by Hon. J. Peri.
am, Editor Western Rural, one of our
ablest and best known agricultural wri-
tiers. Its title is The GRoUNDswELL. 1t
will be the standard work on Oranges,
Clubs, etc, and is certain to prove a
3reot hH: Book Agents, and Farmers
especially, should read the publishers
advertisement. 1t is bound TO sell.
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A Madrid dispatch announces the surren-
der of the city of C~artagena to the Govern
ment troops. The Intransigentc Junta and
the liberated conyicts escaped en- the frigate
Numancia.
A London dispatch says: "a Spanish
frigate has arrived at Mers-el-Ke Ter and de
manded the surrender of the Numancia. The
French authorities refused to deliver her until
they had orders from Paris. The vessel is
comparatively uninjured.'
Order has been restored III Madrid.
The right of trial by jury has just been
established in the State of Tamaulipas,
Mexico, i'll criminal cases, the law having
been proclaimed with great solemnity by the
civil and military authority in the plaza. Jury
trials have heretofore been unknown TO the
law of Mexico.
One hundred Cltramontanes and 23) Min
isterial Liberals have been elected to the Ger
man Parliament.
Spanish items: A Madrid dispatch states
that at a meeting of the Deputies, constitut-
confidence in Senior CASTELAR, was adopted. and
he was requested to prepare a manifesto to
the nation. The iron-clad Numancia has been
delivered to a Spanish frigate. The authority
of the Government is fully restored in BARGE
Iona.
1t is announced in the foreign dispatches
that China has determined to make no treaty
with Peru until that nation shall have released
and sent back every coolie now held there,
and pledged itself to discontinue coolie i'm
portations in the future.
War has broken out between Salvador and
Honduras, in Central America.
The friends of the Tichborne claimant
recently mobbed one Of the counsel for
the prosecution as he was leaving the court
room.
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PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.

The Changers in the Missouri Legislature
held a meeting last week, at which they re-
solved to act together as a unit, and regard
less of former political ties. on all questions
of reform. political or financial. At the same
time they put forth q declaration Of their
principles, which demand the abolition of the
National Bank system, and the denial of
vested rights to railroad corporations.
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Or the death of one of EnglaDd's
most eminent physicians. all his effects we're
sold by auction, aud among other things was Il
sealed packet. marked Advice TO Physi-
cians." which brought a grea. price. The pur-
chaser. on opening the packet, read as follows
Keep the head cool. the bowels open. and
the feet warm" II phyeic is necessary. use
Parsons PurJnfire PiHS they are the most
scientifically prepared pill thathas appeared i'll
the last hundred yesrs.-fCom.
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TIE. HOUSEHOLD PANACEA,
AND
E,,xs. -..,xr-r


sthe hes. remedy In the world for the ~foliowing
Complaints, viz: Cramps In the Limbs and Stom-
Hch, pain In the Stomach, Bowels or Side, Eheu-
Inatisn H. all ats forms, Bilious Collie, Neuralgia,
Cholera, Dyscntery, Colds, Flesh wounds. Burns,
Sore Throat, Spinal complaints, sprains and
Bruises, Chiiis and Fever. For Internal and Ex-
ternal use.
Its operation is not only to relieve the patient,
bu' entirely removes the cause Of the complaint.
II penetrates and pervades the whole system, re-
storing healthy action 10 all its parts, and quick
ening The blood.
THR HOUSEHOLD PANACEA is PURELY VEG
etable and All Healing.
Prepared by
CCRTtS 4 BROWN,
No. AIS Fulton Street, New York.
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POLITICAL.

VII
The President, on the 18th inst, sent a
message to the Senate Withdrawing the nomi
nation of Caleb Cushing as Chief Justice, the
latter having requested the withdrawal of his
name.
The Wisconsin Legislature convened on
the 18th inst. In the Senate the Republicans
showed themselves in the vote for officers to
have a majority of one. In the House the
Reformers elected Gabriel Bouck Speaker by
a vote of So to 80.
Richard Coke has been inaugurated Gov
ernor of Texas without any opposition from
Gov. Davis, who quietly ~retires.
1t is denied that the President favors a
new election in Louisiana.
The Kansas Farmers Cooperative Asso-
citation, in session at Topeka last week
adopted a resolution favoring independent po-
litical action.
The Prohibitionists of Connecticut have
entered the field with a full ticket for State
officers.
The Legislature of Maryland has elected
William Pinckney White to the United States
Senate for four years from the 4th of March.
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For Loss OF Appetite, Dyspepsia, In
digestion. Depression of Spirits and General
Debility, iii their various forms, FEERo-PHos
PHoEATED ELIxIR OF CALIsAYA made by Cit-
WILL HAZARD & Co. New York. and sold hy all
druggists, ia the best tonic. ~ n stimrlant
tonic for patients. recovering from fever or other
sickness. it has no equal. II taken during the
season it prevents fever and ague and other
intermittent feyerr.-fCom
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oVEhED WITH ERUPTIoSs-CUREp.
CLavERACK, Columbia Co.. N. v

WE received a very pleasant letter of
thanks from our old friend Kendall since his
return home, for a bottle of Johnsoa's inc
dyne Lini'aent which we gave him. and which
he says has entirely cured him of the trouble
some and dangerous cough lie had when here.