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Local Items. " ' ' | Th? office of th? Ct??mbia Phoenix ii ou ! Gates street, second door from Plain. .! 1 BEAUTIFUL BOUQUBT.- Columbia, before the Are, was emphatically th? city^ of flowers. Her gardens gave to her streets th? aspects of thc orient. Uer soil was especially adapted to their cultivation. And now, when, as if hold? ing forth a promisa from the ruins, encouraging to hope, every bush is crowded as with a glory? every stem ss with a jewel, and with a thou Kind varieties of gems shining through a glossy mid velvety totting of green, one almost forgets that, there "s sorrow in the land. Thanks to thc fair ladies who, ia the beautiful bouquet sent us yesterday, carry na back to aweet memories of a home, very precious in its aweet; and thus make us forgetful- of al) eave that God sends aa bloom and beauty through such bands an add largely to the blessing ia the gift, and take from thought all tho thorne of sorrow. . F!xora Richmond. . . We take tho following selection* from thc Riebmond yVhig: The. steamers, for..-tlie North le?vathoold landing at Roeketts. at G a. ml and 2 p. rn. daily. The Libby Prison contained, yesterday, up *vards of 8,060 Confederate prisoners-milita? ry, political and civil, but they are being released es fast as the papers necessary to their conditions of release csn be made out The Castle is-ased as a reaeptaele for prison? ers committed upon serious charges and desert? ers from the Federal service. GRANT AND UIS ?UNI-EADS.~M<-. Brady, the New York photographist, has been absent at City Point for several days, engaged in photo? graphing Lieut Gen. Grant, his staff and gene? rals, previous to their separation to different departments. All prisoners of war are sent direct from Richmond to City Point as soon aa received; none but citizen prisoners and civilians arc delivered here, and so rapidly are they taking, thc oath that tho blank forms have run out, bcing'usod'faster than they can be supplied by the printer. ; From all the information that we have baan able to gather upon the subject, wc are lad to believe that the extensive coal mines at Ches? terfield County have been left intact by the authorities, and that* these extensive deposit are ready to be worked by their present pro prietors, to the great advantage of Richmond*, tho coming winter. To TUB pEoris**o>' RICHMOND AND its VI?.INIIY. The inhabitants of the various oountie* near RUhmond are hereby informad that no dim eulty will be mada >u admitting them to bring market wares .to this city. They are invitee to commenee their ordinary traffic at once, and aasured of protection in passing tu and fro within the lines of the United States forcee. Tba citizjus of Richmond and shop keepers and others, are also' requested to resume their ordinary'avocationg as speedily as possible. I' : is the wish and indention of tho military author j rkios to protect all good and peaceable citizens, and to restore, in ea great a measure a& may bi practicable, the former prosperity of th? city, ato molestation by soldiers or others will te allowed, if possible, to any who are engaged in peaceful pursuits. ? ?? Orders will be issued to rnilitcry commanders inconformity will?, tb? above annouao?ma?t. 1>J command of Maj. GCQ. 031). AJO i M Birmau, Lient Cel. U fa, A. GaammucRS -United ftiates Treasury notes ?te sailing ia Augusta at ninety for ea?;* Northern Item?. It i* assorted- that President Da.Vie. sent a friend to Grant's headquarters to obtain per? mission to leave th? country, he giving a pledge never to re-enter it. Crsdat Judeus! It ia eaid that Secretary Trenholaa owned*.an interest in thirty-seven blockade, runners, and. tn connection* with others, had amaaacd twenty millions in gold, ail of which is safely deposited in "Europe. Wo take for granted tl*aX thc Sec-, retary would liko thia assertion to.bs made susceptible of proof. % Vf . - Th? UnitedJotateS ship-of-war Niagara, pre? suming at Portugal aa another ship of war had done in the case of Brazil, was fired upon by the forts at Lisboa. This h aa? put tho enemy ia a rag?, and the honor of the flag is. another csuae of excitement. . lion. Montgomery Blair, -tate' Postmaster General, announoea through th ?-St. Louis pa tisrs that ha baa returned to the practice of aw. Ho limita hia sphere of busin ess to the General Land Office, th? Court af Claims aud Supreme Court. The Richmond Whig says: "The Provost Marchara office ia crowded with people anxious to take the oath of allegiance, ana thc only question among citizens ssems to be who shall be first ta secure their citizenship." The United States navy is at onoe to be re doced. A portion of *the*regolar n?vy vessels 1 are to bo laid np. The merchantmen used in the service are to be sold, i Four hundred and fifty Confederate ?ffieers, ' including Gen. Ewell, arrived in Washington April 14. Northern papera aay that,' when Lea evacu? ated Richmond, the Virginia troops refused' to leaxe Virginia. The Confederate ram Albemarle, sunk son? tim? since at Plymouth, K. C., bas baen raised: Drafting has-been discontinued in the South? ern part of the State of New York. Butler has announced that he SOJU intends to resign his oooamission. Grant visited Washington in order to atop the war movements .and save money to th? United States Government. We learn that Col. Robert Ould, Confederate Commissioner of JSx?hange..Lieut...Col. Wm. H. Hutch, his assistant. President Bullock, of the Southern Express Company, and H. A. Hamil ton, the agent, were captured within General Grant's lines, driving in a wagon, they having driven into the lines-hy mistake. 1 Upo a disco v? nug their error, they surrendered. Th.' prisoners-were brought uj Richmond under guard, and were liberated on their parole on iliutsdsy afternoon, wo understand. EVACUATION or MOP-LB.--We are ia formed that two officers have reached Atlanta, win ileft Mobile recently, thc city'being in course o' evacuation at the time of their departure. Tin* fall of Mobile waa hastened by the capture ol Spanish Fort, the leading point of defence for the oity, which waa surrendered, together with ?U garrison of 2,200 men. ARRIVAI, or FEDERAL OKFICEUS.-Last evening, tien. Long, of the Federal army, accompanied by his staff, under the escort of Capt. Marcey. of Gen. Howell Cobb's staff, reached this city, >n route for Savannah, whither they proceed by permission of Gen. Johnston, on a mission which promises te be beneficial to-ourselves a Weil as to the enemy. f Augusta Constitutionalist, 23fA. I The blockade ronner Banshee, with ore thou sand balee of cotton, arrived at Nassau on t?ie j ?Otb ult?, from Galveston. She reports Gal res? Uon garrisoned by 1,200 troops. Twelve Federal ahips weV* off th? bar. Six sUaraers bad eftiied recently from Harass for Gai veston. from th? account* published in Northam papara, it ?a evident that- thar? Ta a difficulty brewing between the United States afad Mexico. The Empire* haa again, been insulted by the United States Government by__the recognition of a minister of the Republic at Saa Franoisco. GSKAT BarrAn*.--The revenue returns for the . financial year, ending-Manch 21, show anet increase of ?104,000 ea the year. Netwith . ta adi ag th? great redactions iff taxation, the jvenue exeeedo by nearly half a million ster? ling the estimates of Mr. Gladstone. The Bank of England, on the 20th ult., re? duced its rate of discount to 4 per cent., at whick there is a fair dem?nd for money. Thia movement strengthened the English fand?, and consols are buoyant and advancing. " Northern papera stat? that the greatest sub niissionists in Richmond.are the very men who made imm-use fortune? during the war. Out of bomb proofs of thc Confederate Gorernraent, with especial privileges attached. San Franoisco has at last issued $40,000 in bonds to aid the cci.tru-ction of the Pacifie ' . Railr .ad. About 1,800 men are at.work on the road. The loss by the late hoods ia different parts of the State of Pennsylvania is estimated by engineers, architects and agriculturists' as fully reaching $10,060,000. ; The people of Kentucky ar? hunting down guerillas- with such 'zeal that the business ia pretty much stopped. ', *? - . . ' ? Sugar is sold at $18 a pound ia Augusta. Found, ALADIES* GOLD BROOCH. Apply in Henderson street, -byMethodist College. April 29 _ ' * -'? 1? A Young Lady, WHO is capable of teaching th? English Branehes and Mathematics-, -desiras a ' SITUATION as* TEACHER, cither in a small School or privais family. Good references jive?, if required. Addrea "L. B. B.,' Lexiag ,011 C. H, S. C. _April 29 ew4a Wanted to Biro, A GOOD WASHER; to assisi,-also tn cook x\. ing. A white one preferred. To.-one well .ecu-;-ntended, liberal wages and a permanent liiuation eecured. Apply at thia office, April 29 _ .2* Ranaway, FROM the subscriber, a NEGRO. M "iN, hia WIFE, with two CHILDREN.' The man s about five feet high-the woman six; the utter may be known by a scald or naked place in the head. Of the children, the eldest is a ioy of little mora than two years; the other a .Irl; ? little more than a ac. Tho complexion >f the mnn and woman -ls inclined to yellow; .lint, of the youngest child very light. ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS reward ia offered ,f?r .heir apprehension. Address Rix. T. HENDRIX. April 29 3?_ Columbia, S. C. S?aoes foot* fiscal ?3, ON Marion street, one door South side of Lumber street. W. LASSALLE ' April 23_ ? "Sealy cfc Scott, iactioneers, Brogers and Comniaiion , % . Merchants. r$ce ort Assembly Street, bettoeen Waehingtor ana Plain Street*). I) ROMPT attention given to sales cf al PROPERTY. MEECHA sTDIZR, PER IONAL or REAL ESTATE SPECIE, BANK BILLS. STOCKS ANI ?OXDB bought and sold. Liberal advaaeea mad* en private sales. Aprils*