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mi ??.i?~*m J I ?TO. THINE OWN SELF BK TUUK, ?NI) IT MUST FOLLOW. AS THE 1-.?it.?;i??. 1 Ui?>". 1 !? i . io? v???i'i ri ( .. i * 11 : <,. ; 7 . . . - ... . ,. ... ? NIGHT THE HAT, THOU OANS'? KOT TUSK BB 7AL8B TO ANY ll AN.' BY KEITH, HOYT & CO. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1872. VOLUME VII.-NO. 16. S P. DENDY, Attorney and V o II II H e 11 o r ?T L?W, ' otu ... . ?> I ? l: . .' ???O'(I??? hf! ?j ?. . ? .... , AND f?olioitor in ICqiirty,.> \Vill practico in tho Courts of Law and Equity, in tho Eighth Judicial Circuit. , OFFICE IN THE COURT HOUSE, Walholln,-South Carolina. tyov. 1, 1870 , 3 ly , M. S ANSEL, A tl oi ney and CoiinscBIor AT LAW, -AND Solicitor in Kquity, "Will give prompt attention to nil business confided to him in tito State and County Couria. OFFICE ON COURT HOUSE SQUARE, WALHALLA, S. C. January 19, 1872. 12 mos. MTWJLKES, ATTORNEY AT LAW -AND Solicitor in IEq.-u.it3r. -ALSO, TJnited States Commissioner, For. the Circuit and District Conns of the Uni ted States for South Carolina. tjSf O?TICH OS T1IK CoUhT I?OU8B SQUARE. *fj5a WALHALLA, S. 0. Joly 22. 1870 1 40 ly J.P. ItEEt), )! (W. C. KEITH, Anderson C. II. j ( Walhalla. HEED & KEITH, ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND Solicitors in !E3 qrurty-, Havo renewed their Co partnership in tho prac tioe of Law, and extended it to nil Civil and Criminal business in the Counties of Oconeo and Piokeos. ALSO, A LT. UUSINB88 IN THE UNITED STATUS COURTS. t&T Office on Publio Squaro, Walhalla, S. C. July 18, 1809. 41 tf II. A. THOMPSON Walhalla, S. C. 1. MCGOWAN. Aurville, S. C. ll'GOWAN & THOMPSON, ?. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, WALHALLA, S. C., Will give prompt attention to all business confided to them in tho State, County, and United States Courts. OFFICE IN THE COURT HOUSE. ? . The junior partner, MR THOMPSON, will also practico in tho Courts of Pickens, Grocnvillo and Anderdon. January,; J870 tf JOSEPH jTNOf?rO?T Attorney at Law, WALHALLA, C. All business for Pickon? County left with picit&are c, ii., WILL BE PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO Ootobor 26, 1808 4 it f, R. WniTNER. WIIITNBR SYMMBS ? WI?ITNER % ST MM ES, lt! '('.^i i'll. :><./|! tii<" ?... ill'?? j Jj j V ,,, Attorneys at Law, WALHALLA, S. C. Office on the Publio Square. *T?*& February 1,1870 16 tf 7~ S. D. OOODIiETT, Attorney at JLaw AM? noiAtc?f?n ito Kumvv, A? til? NBW'?OW?Sr W W0KBN8, fl/O. ??f. 10, JW? 7 rf A %J o rv io. Oh that a wind would call From tho depth ot tim leafless wood I Oh that a voice would lull Ou thc car ol' my eoliludo ! Fur away is tho Boa, With Its sound mid its spirit tone : Over lt white clouds flee, Hut 1 am Alone, alono. Strait and steady and tall , The trees stand on their feet; Fast hy tho old slono wall Tho moss grow8 green and Bwcct; But my heart is full of fears, Fi.r tho suu shines far away ; And they look in my Ince, through loara, And thc light of u dying day. And my heart was glad last night As 1 pressed it with my palm, Ks throb was airy and light AB it sang some spirit-psalm ; Hut it died away in my breast As I wandered forth today As a bird sat dead on its nest, While others Bang on thu spray. Oh weary heart of mine. In there over truth for thoo! Will ever a sun outshine Bul thc sun that shines on me ? Away, away through thc ?ir Tho clouds and th? leaves are blown : And my heart hath need of prayer, For it nineth alono, nlone. For the Keowcc Courier. I have, Mossra. Editors, made tho follow ing extract, with sumo nppondod remarks on manures, from tho American Farmer und ?Kural Register. And right hero, ullow me to sny to you, that tho old American Farmer lins ugnin fallen into good hands. Our old friend, Samuel Sunds, who so obly and ap provingly conducted it for very many years, lins again tuken tho helm, and with tho ussis tance of a competent son, will mako tho old Farmer itself again. I presumo you have not a reuder of thc Courier, that has been ns constant a reader of tho Farmer as long ns has your correspondent-from 1819, when tT?c first volumo was published. Tho article I now oller is taken from Vol 1, Now Series, No. 1, January, 1872, aud is headed, '.PHOSPHATES AND SUPERPHOSPHATES." By JVo/. T. Ii. Wilson, of Baltimore. '.The discovery of the vast deposits of fos sil bono in South Carolina hus not resulted, ns it was rensonnbly supposed it should, in giving thc ngriculturist a cheap nnd reliable sourco of material for tho base of artificial fer tilizcifl, viz, phosphoric acid. Not but that these fossils aro truly rich in 'bone phosphate of limo,' from which these manures derive, their vuluo, when properly prepared and ren dercd soluble." ( I tidies my own, Mr. Editor, for here lies the important desideratum-rthe touch stono of the various preparations now offered for side Arc thc phosphates to any extent soluble? If not, just ns well grind up flint stones und apply to your lands as manure, perhaps better on stiff clay land with a small addition of potash, ashes.) "Hut from the qarclcss manner in which they aro thrown upon thcjUinrket in not having tho foreign mat ter removed from them, thereby deteriorating their value for tho manufacture of concentra ted fertilizers. "These fossils, witch properly washed and cleansed (rom nand und mud, should yield from CU to 05 per cent, of bono phosphate of lime, but as found in commerce, either in the ground ?tute or in hulk, they rarely .yield more than 06, und frequently under 50 per cent. "Another, and far greater difficulty, is their wunt o?usolubilify ) virtually nnd ohoiui cully speaking, they contain their phosphoric! ucid combined with limo, precisely in tho same state us io thc fresh bono of tho ox, horse or sheep, w li i lo thc physical properties of thc combination is far different, aud this differcnoo determines thoir vuluo for muuuriul purposes "Thc differcnoo in thq.physioul properties of bodies-having the same chemical compo sition-in relation to the sn mo solvents, pre sfcpts itself id .most duily to the chemist, sn that in regard to tho solubility or insolubility of phosphates of limo dependent upon the source from which they aro derived, is not nu anomaly. Fresh bone,either contain ?og or deprived of animal matter, when finely groumi, will, after tho firRt your's application to .the soil,'ho gradunlly dissolved by the rains, and. tho gaseous roBtter absorbed by the soil, and supply sicily tho needed food for vegetation, while tho samo qhungos in the fossil bono, if ever occurring, would bo long 0?;d tedious, not repaying ttifl farmer for tho labor a?*d> money he has expon Jed in tilling his lands. ii?'on this btuto of superior solu bility in recent bone in comparison to tho fos sil or uiinorel phosphates, has boen prove?: by experience to bo inadequate to tho demand | of growing plants, mid tho solubility of bone ' needed to bo increased, "To produco this'ohnnge, the natural com bination of three parts of lime to one of phos phoric acid ia decomposed with sulphuric acid, which hon greater affinity for tho lillie than tho phosphoric acid lins ; therefore* sul phuric acid is added in sufficient quantity to combine with two parts of limo, thus giving a mixturo of gypsum, or ordinary land plaster, and an exceedingly solublo phosphate, hoing a combination of one part of phosphoric acid, one of lune, and two of water. This phos phate, when used es a fertiliser, by coming in contact With tho constituents- of thc soi), may become moro o? loes soluble, yet tho oo hesivo forces or physical properties of the combino don nro so slight, in comparison with that originally of tho.bono phosphate, that tho rains nnd atmospheric influences readily yield it to vegetation, as it is needed. "Fossil tod miners) phosphates Ure as sp plicable, and as valuable, as a sourco for tba production of thc soluble phosphates, tis tho natural horn, with thc advantage to thc agri culturalist of not having more thuu one fourth of their market value, from thc unlimited supply in tho vust cxtont of deposits found in various parts of tho world. This cheapness of raw material bus boen talton ad vautugo of, to a greater or less extent, by large manufacturers, for substituting tho mineral for tho animal phosphates, without properly rendering them soluble, not uufrequently claiming for their "super phosphates" a large admixture of raw bone when really they con tain none, although thc careless and superficial results of t/io inexpert chemist may show largo quantities Of bono phosplnto of lime, without stating whether of animal or mineral origin. ''It cun ho readily seen from these facts that any one choosing a good article for im mediate or future beneficial results should not pluce too much vnluo upon the insoluble bono phosphates the fertilize? may contain, when the origin is doubtful." Prof. Wilson goes oh to speak of tho value of theso concentrated fertilizers wheo proper ly prepared, and of tho facility of application in comparison with stablo manuro. lio then makes suggestions in rogurd.to their prepara tion which uro not important to our farmers and planters, as they aro not in th? '"ibit of manipulating their manures. And here, Mr. Editor, we will, with your permission, ndd a few remarks : Thc imported guanos having a fixed value, aro not like tho articles manufactured from the phosphate rock, when prices and value depend entirely on tho value of the fertilizing material added to it. Of itself it ia of no value whatever ns n fertilizer, and to make a feitili zerof it, it requires not only costly machinery to prepare it but exponsivo fertilizing'constit uents to bo added. And the question natur ally nriscs, cnn the manufacturers continue from year to year us they have dono for sever al years, to reduce their prices ot tho demand of thc planters, and nt thc samo time givo theso tho annie preparation that they had pre viously sold nt much .higher price;. If tin"j' can do this now, why waa it not dono before? Havo they been extortiug from tho funner in previous years ? Tho fact is the pressure of farmers for re duction in prices of fertilizers is likely to prove injurious to thom, ns persons looking for cheap things, will also find sotno ono ready to furnish them. If fertilizers aro worth using at all, it is better to pay a fair prico for art article of real onluc (such us wo of fer from Wilcox, Gibbs &0o.) than half prico for one of doubtful'ohaructcr. As you havo for some timo advertised for Messrs. Wilcox, Gibbs & Co., Mr. Editor, I trust you will uot oonaider, in thc abovo ap ponded rom irks, that wc aro endeavoring t ) impose an advertisement on you without compensation. Thc manures of \V., G. & 0). arc kept constantly on h ind by Messrs. Goo. Seaborn at Pendleton, at the very liberal terms of lust your-who bous to remind hts old customers, and others of thc magnanimous oourse pursued by this firm last year in re leasing them from their obligation to pay in cotton at 15 oonts-by whioh they Baerafioed thousands of dollars, not. because tho m inures were worthless,'but that tho season was Ural tilly unfavorable and thc consequent loss to tho plunters. Yours truly, S., of Pendleton. LONDON, February 7--Advices from the Gape of Good Hope represent tho colony ai crowded with strangers. Murders and rob beries abound. Police reinforcements go cut in tho next steamer, and ' in tho moautiino Judgo Lynoh is rioting. Tho subject of tho Washington treaty was again introduced in the Uouso of Commons to-day, nnd un excited discussion onsucd. liol ph Osborne said that tho Alubama question was one of the most momentous lOngland have been called to pu SS upon within a century. Ho compared the astute lawyers who composed the American commission with tho novices who represented England, nnd said tho hitter had been complntly outwitted. "If," said ho, "hiwytirs had planned tho Eng tish ease, we could escape with the payment of six millions sterling. The American oom missioners had sorvod their country well and oohioved a triu nph." LONDON, February 7.--Tho Lord Chancel lor r'fl?d tho Queen's epeeoh. Granville, re plying ?0 ? denunciatory speech from Dinrtoli. regarding t!m Washington treaty,' con ol tided by saying that he could, if he desired, rofer to tho preposterous character of the American demands, whioh of itself provod their absur dity, for they were auoh aa no peoplo, in the lowoBt depth of misfortune, with tho spirit of England In their hearts, would over sub mit to. [Oncer*.] Gladtsone concluded by saying the Government would maintain the position lt had taken firmly, though in a friendly manner1. 1 ( CHICAGO, February 7.-A railroad ??oi tjent was reported at eight n'olook thia morn ing on tho Rook ford, Hook Island1 and, St. fjouis Railroad noar Alton,1 Illinois. Teri persona were .killed outright abd forty wound7 od. The oom o?t?ght fifo and five pdriiona were burned to death. No further particular* have yet bien received F? on? Washington. WASHINGTON, February 7.-Commission eroDouglass was before tho Ways aud Moans Committee. He urged in favor of a uniform tobacco tax. os in the interest of both the Go vernment und munfuoturcr. Tho Nuvul Committco agreed to roport a bill ni?rfcriully inoredsing tho beligorootstrongth of tlit^vavy. , . '/It&io is nota word of truth in tho recent publications that diere has been un estrange ment butweon Secretary Fish und General Sickles. On thc cont ru ry, tho bent fooii.iga cxi hs between thone gentlemen. In tho Schate, a pension bill appropriating 530,000,000 was passed. Chu nd 1er offered a resolution us to whether ony United Suites Senator hud roceived a lawyer's fee from tho Trcu?ury Department ; adopted. Amnesty was resumed. Carpenter's substitute for Sutpnet's atnondmonts which was supplemen tal.to the oivil rights bill, wno rejeoted, by 17 to *&f>. Sherman moved to striko out tho seventh section of Sumner's uniondtneut, which repeals or annuls ull luws, whether Stuto or nutional, which discriminates against rac J or color by tho use of the word "white." Aft't?r Homo discussion. Mr. Sumner, nt tho request of fricuds of tho bill, couscutcd that thc scotion should be struck out. Marian ob jected to stiikiug out thc section without a vote. Tho^tlouso voted to-day on the amend monta to tho educational bill. Two impor tant amendments wore udoptcd. One, on moiton of Goodrich, of New York, to distrib ute tho fund on the busis of illiteracy, and', tho other, on motion of Hereford, of Wost Virginia, to tho effect that tho free schools contemplated in the bili need not nocessurily bo mixed schools. Tho last was adopted by a vote of 114 yens to 80 nuys. Tho Uepublians, in order to get rid of this lust amendment, then turned in fuvor of ono of tho substitutes, which is uot amendable, und thc question was nt that stagu when tho llouso adjourned. Thc final vote will bo ta ken'to morrow. . Tho position taken by gentlemen closely cnn.meted with the administration of tho gov ern ?cot is that, thc British High Co in til is sioi ors perfcotly understood tho views of tho Ali '.rican High Commissioners, in the nogo t?*a*.y of ??.Washington, both from if i terms and thc assertions in the protocol ; und that, therefore, our Government is altogether justified iu presenting tho ouse as it has-claiming consequential damages in caso tho board of arbitrators shall not award u gross sum, in satisfaction of thc so called Alabuma claims. This Government is willing to stand by tho decision of tho arbi trators. It is known that though tho British Com missioners had full powers, they fre quently consulted their home Government, and noted in full accordance with its wishes in whatever they did It is officially asserted that if thc claim for consequential damages had not been presented, and was not to bo passed upon, there might bo a complaint by the people of tho United States that provi sion was made for a partial settlement only of thc difference between thc two countries. Suoh claim was, therefore, presented, fir a full set tlement in the interests of peace, und to pro elude future disputes. This Government has not yet received tho text of the lotter from Lord Granville^ to Gen. Sohcnck, and therefore cannot take official action upon it. There is no probibility whatever that our Government'will withdraw any part of tho (vise, but will leave tho British Government to pursue its own course, or tho tribunal of arbitrators to act in tho premises according to tho treaty stipulations. Nor is it likely that our counsel will take any action in order to accommodate the British Government. WASHINGTON. February 8-The Commit too of Ways and Means to day hud a confer* coco on the aubjeot of spirits and tobacco. Although they have not positively como to a conclusion, thero is i probability that they will agrco upon a Uniform tax of twenty four cents on tobacco, and so amend the law us to con solidate, dis) ?lief's stumps, and provide for tho renewal of present obstructions, so us to facil itate) exportation of spirits. Amnesty was resumed ; tho Vote striking out the seventh section of Sumner's amend ment failed, 25 to 83. Trumbull said ho wou|d vote against every amendment, thus, upon tho final issue, leaving tho bill us obnoxious as possible. Tho amend ment erasing allusions to churches passed by a voto of 39 to 23. Tho amendment st rile ing out tho clause regarding jurors failed by a voto of 12 to 42. Adjourned. HOUSE--The eduoution bill finally passed. Privato dispatohes etato positively that the Governor of Florida is to be impeached Tho educational bill which passed tho House to day wits originally introduced by Mr. Pierce, of Massoohusotts, Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor. It consecrate* the publio hinds to publio ?duca tion. One half the proceeds of tho Halos of publio lands aro distributed annually among the di fie rout States during tho first too years, upon the basis of illiteracy, as shown by tho present census. Tho other half is to bo invest ed, and the interest used for oduoutional pur poses. No State loses its share pf tho fund by legal onnotmenta forbidding mixed schools. Aftor ten years the distributing will bo upon tho basis of population, instead of illiteraoy. SOUTHERN MANUFACTURES.-Tho Colum bus (Ga.) Inquirer siiys : ''Our cotton manu fnotorles ore erowded with orders. A large iherohnnt told ps, the othor day, it Was with difiloulty he could get a few bolt? of goode, as tho mills had orders ahosd from every sm don. ' Oar mjlhi are how runnihg fl0,000 m?t?m^?M over1 lOOO loorrtu, ?nd COURU m o over ten balea of cotton por day. Thejrhavo al io adv taken over twioc as wuoh cotton as to ?aOK> dato last yoer." The Dispersion ol' tliti Jews. Tho Ulegempine Zeitung giveB sonic in teresting purtioulars as to tho dispersion of tho Jews over tho world. In Palestine they have loug been reduced to a very small pro portion of their fonnor numbers. They ore now most numerous iu tho northern part of Africa, between Morocco and Egypt, Qwhore, especially in thc Barbary States, they form tho chief .element of tho population,). and in that strip of Europe which extends from thc lower Dumbo to the Bailie. In tho lutter region there aro about four million Jews, most of whom ure of tho middle class among tho Slnvooic nntio'iojities, willie in tho whole of Western Europo Ibero aro not ono hun dred thousand of them. In consequence of Eutopean migrations, desceudnnts of these Jews huyo scaled iu America and Australia, where they oro alroady multiplying in tho largo commercial towns iu tho sume manner UM in ISurope, and much more rapidly than tho Christian population. Tho Jewish set tlers in Northern Africa arc also increasing so muoh that they constantly spread further to tho south. Titnbuotoo hus since 1858 boen inhabited by a Jewish colony of traders. The other Jews in Africa uro the Kuluschas, or Abyssinian bluck Jews, and a few European Jews at tho Cape of Good Hope. There oro numerous Jewish colonies in Yemen and Nedschran, in Western Arabia. It has long been known that there aro Jews in Persia and thc countries on tho Euphrates; io tho Turcoman countries they inhabit thc four for tresses of Sch?lischs, Kitub, Schamatan and Urta Kurgan, and thirty small villages, rebid ing iu a separate quartor, but treated on an equal footing with the other inhabitants, though they have to pay higher taxes. There ure also Jews in China, and in Cochiu China there are both white and bluck Jews. Thc white Jews have a tradition, according to which in tho year 70 A. D. their nnoestors were ten thousand Jew? who settled at Gran* ganorc, on the coast of Malabar, after the de struction of tho Temple of Jerusulein. Thc Jews remained ut Cruugutioro until 156?, when they were driven into tho interior by the Portuguese. The black settlers are sup pose to bo native proselytes, and havo a spe cial synagogue of their own. CoMJMB?A, 9. O. TiYbrnnry O--T)ye Gov ernor sent a Spcoiul Message to tho Legisla ture, enclosing the memorial of tho Boards of Trade of Charleston and Memphis, and Chamber of Commerco of Charleston, and ro commending iln.t Congress bo memorialized to refund tho special tax on Cotton ; also re commending that the Legislature take some action to memorialize tho Unitod States Gov ernment to release lands, amounting to one fifth of the rcnl properly held in Beaufort, whioh were sold for delinquent direct tuxes in 18G3 and 1865. He saya the State Debt is 911,996.008, and recommended that thc Legislature make some provisions for the pay mont of thc interest; und ulso that a sufViuicnt tux bo levied to cover tho deficiency for thc last fiscal year. Tho House was engaged all day in discuss ing tho Metropolitan Police Bill. Tho de buto is becoming very bitter bctwoen thc Mackey and Bowen factious. No other busi ness was done. In the Sonate a resolution to adjourn situ die at once was lost. Tho Treasurer says he won't pay thc merni hers until they pass another Appropriator Bill. It is rumored that all thc Democratic Sen ?tors will resign to-morrow. THE YEM.OWSTONB UNITED STATES NA TIONATJ PAHIC.-Tho bill has passed the Son ute setting apart, ns a national park, that won derful district, sotuo forty miks by fifty, oi thc head waters of tho Yellowstone Uiver among tho Hock? Mountains, in tho Tcrritor; of Montana, emt .'acing those strango mountuii peaks, cliffs, castles and canyons, and thos numerous wonderful wurm springs, hot spring boiling springs, geysors, &o , &o., of which the other day, wo gavo u general deseriptio for tho information of our renders. Now lc tho friends of tho bill in Congress push i through tho House, und thon, by sitnpl marking od its boundaries, wo shall havo th gr?ndest and most wonderful national puru und, in a year or two, the most popular resoi of sn tn mer travellers in all tho world.-A Y. Herald. _^ A STORY WITH A Pot.NT.-A Syrian cor vert to Christianity, UH tho tdory goes, wu urged by his employer to work on Sunday but ho deolincd. "But," suid tho music: "docs not your Bible sny thal if a man has a ox or an ass that fulls into a pit on the Sal bath day, he may pull him out ?" "Yos, answered llayoh, "but if the ass has a bab of fulling into tho samo pit overy Subbatl thon tho man shall fill up the pit or sell tin ass." Tho story has a sort of a swivel mor whioh will fita groat many disputed points i these days. jtar The Supromo Court of the Unit? States maintained in a oaso deoided Inst Mot day thut thf. power of the Presidont to pa don nit offences against the Federal Goven mont is full and absolute, and that Congre has no power to interioro with the cxeroiso that prorogutivo. The will bf the Presiden thoroforo, is all that stands in tho way of gc oral amnesty. But to look fof such an act clemency-- not to any statesmanship- -fro Gen. Grant, would be, indeed, exoeeding simple and absurd. Still, in refusing to oxc eiso tho power now affirmed to him, ho plac himself on record as opposod to tho moa?ut Hut will the poople sustain him in his hair and intolerance r B?- Col. James H. Taylor, a pro roi ne merchant of Charleston, died no Saturdi ;?ge4 61. v TUB SIZE OP LONDON.-According to tho lust cousus London has a population of 8,888,002. This is moro than tho combined population of New York, Philadelphie, Brook? lyn, St. Louis, Chicago, Bul'?more, Cincin nati, Boston, New Orleans, Sun Francisco,, Buffalo and Allegheny City, Pa. To lodge this yast multitude, 777,000 dwellings' are' required, and thc people consume annually about 4,480,000 barrels of flour, 420,000 bul locks, 2,976,000 sheep, 40,000 calves, 61,250, hogs, and ono market alone supplies annual ly 7.043.750 head of game. This, together with 5,200,000 salmon, besides other fish and flesh, is washed down by 75,600,000 gallons of olennd porter, 8,600,000 gallons of spirits, und 113,700 pipes of wine ; 22,750 oows aro required to supply the daily consumption of milk. The streets of t Ju: metropolis aro about 2,000 in number, end if put together would ' extend about 4.000 miles. They aro lighted by 680.000 lamps, consuming every, 24 hours 22,270,000 cubio feet of gas. Tho water system supplies 77,670,824 gallons doi ly, while thc sewer system carried off 16,629, 770 cubio feet of rcfuso matter. A fleet of 1,800 sail is employed, irrespcotivo of rail roads, in bringing annually 5,250,000 tons of coal. Bituminous coal is exclusively ticed, and tho smoke arising from this immense quantity is said to be so dense that it oan be seen thirty-five miles from the city To clothe the inhabitants requires 4,160 tailors, 64,400 boot and shoemakers, and nearly 70,000 dressmakers and milliners. Berlin, according to tho reocnt census, has a population of 828, 013 ; Puris, in 1867, the year of the Exposi tion Univorsclle, 1,889,462, and Constantino ple, in 1864, 1,075,000. APOTHECARIES LICENSES -Dr. Doyle's Bill to amend tho luw io relation to tho Li cense of Druggists and others has also receiv ed a favorable report. If adopted, this Bill will be un important addition to the Statute Books. It gives tho Medical Faculty of tho University of South Carolina, and the Facul ty of the Medical Gollcge of Charleston the right to issuo licenses to Pharmaceulicts, Apothecaries and druggists, and provides that every person who carries on the business of Druggists, Apothecary or Pharmaceutist must have a license therefor within fi c months af ter tho pussago of tho Act. Neglect to do so ?^r.t^tmi^ruHo u mtirfreiirtsahor n?d^ctidef tho, person liable to fine and imprisonment. Fer sons selling poison are required to keep a re cord of every salo, which record shall exhibit thc name of tho person to whom sold, place of his residence, and purpose of purchase y as stated and which book s?all bo kept at all times subject to inspection by tho Coroner of thc Circuit, or suoh other person as cither of them may designate. The Bill also contains other provisions in reference to the salo of drugs and poisons, about which thc Sis lute Books of the State are silent. If tho Legislature can spare tho time from tho consideration of tho thousand and ono incorporation hills presented by tho Scott Ku-Klux, tho luw is worthy their atten tion. LIQUOR INCENSE.-By the last issue of tho Kingstreo Star, wo learn that Judge Green quashed thc indictment brought against the County Commissioners of Williamsburg for embezaleing the taxes paid them by liquor dealers for licenses, on tho ground tUat the County Commissioners hud no right to grant licenses, and hence were not liable us officials. Wo have not hud th" timo to examine the Statute law on the subject, and huving no doubt that Judge Green had carefully con? Rulered the books before making a decision, we take it for grunted that the decision1 ta well founded-at any rite that thcro is reason able doubt as to the authority of tho Commis sinners. Take either horn of tho dilemma, and it illustrates with unerring certainty the utter incapacity of our modern salons. If this dictum be true, then outside of villages and incorporated towns, no liquor ha? been legally sold, for if tho County Commissioners have no authority to give a license, theo those to whom they have so givon lioenso are with out legal protection. Look out friends for theso ure troublous times-Crescent. WHEN WAS IT ?-By the treaty of Wash ington tho termine tion of the rebellion is fixed upon tho 9th of April, 1865, when, accord ing to the recent decision of the Supremo Court, the war was not over until April -2, 1866. This is n very interesting question, (says the Baltimore Sun,) though the war is not over yet, judging by CrongrcssiW.il polioy. jj?y A prominent member of the Radical party of this Stato, Informs ns that Judge Orr is his ohoioe for tho next Governorship' of South Carolina, and Judge Melton is his :?oond. He soys that Gov. Scott will cer tainly not bo a oandidate for re-election. South Carolinian. JOT* Bulwer says povorty is only an idea, in ni?o casos out of ton, and that there is really more happiness among the working men in tho world than among thoso who are oalled rioh. -- The amount of money paid for whisky in North Carolina during the year 1871, is over 880,000,000. This would pay tl?? Stato debt. Scriptural authority has been found for the Domoci.itio '.passive polioy" in Isaiah xiii, 7 : "Their strength is to sit still." t&r The Charlotte- Democrat says tho wea thor in that ?cot ion this winter has been, ooldor than for 20 years patt. yg^ It is estimated that more than one? sixth of the inhabitants ot the United State? ira ow**? of retj estate.