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COLUMBIA. Wednesday Morning, Hay 16, 1866 Sectional Legislation. We publish, this morning, a report made ' by a committee of the New York Chamber of Commerce, in rela? tion to the proposed tax of five cents per pound orr cotton. The report ia elaborate, and presents some new views as to the effects and working of the tax if levied hy Congress. It contends that the tax should not be imposed; that it would tend, in a few years, to lessen the reven ne of the Government from ci. ?ton sources, and have the effect of inducing other countries to out-bid us in the traffic and culture of the staple. One of the speakers-Judge Marvin-took the same ground: "He doubted whether the cotton could bear the tax, without so lessen? ing the production of the article as to do material damage to the country. Bethought the estimated cost of thir? teen cents a pound was below whafc it would prove to be. When the South? ern lands were virgin soil, and every? thing was cheaper, it was all Tery well to impose such a tax; bnt now, to pro? duce this cotton at thirteen cents a pound on a plantation, with all its present heavy expenses, wotdd be a very tight business. A gentleman from England, in the first year of the war, ;told bim he wished the war would last five years, and aaid that if it did, England, being deprived of cotton from the United States, would grow it in India and elsewhere. If this tax was pat on, England would over-compete with us. Encourage the production of cotton in the South? ern States. It might bear two or three cents a pound tax, but he thought five cent? a little too much. " The report, it will be seen, con? demns the tax as being sectional, and recommends a change in some other features of the revenue law, and says that there is a want of impartiality in the bill, and that it is calculated to provoke hostility at the South, and to excite in all honest minds at the North the hope that such a purpose will not prevail; and says, very pro? perly, that it would be wiser and bet? ter to lift up those who are now cast down, and by just and generous legis? lation to inspire the Southern people with hope and confidence. The report was adopted, and, with a memorial on the subject, was ordered to be sent to Washington. The radi? cals in Congress may listen to the arguments of the report and yield to ita suggestions, but we doubt it. They are determined to grind the people of the South as much as pos? sible, let the consequences be what they may, and hence their continued sectional legislation. Anniversary IV eek. The first week in May is the carni? val week of all sorts of societies white, brown and black, of white neck-cloths, pharasaical preachers ??nd fanatical old women. We notice iu the New York Neica, that the cele? bration of the old anti-slavery society was a remarkable mixture of treason, cant, blasphemy and indecency. A Boston parson vied with a Pennsyl? vania parson in raising laughter at the expense of the most sacred topics. A negro denounced the President. Wendell Phillips, the inevitable, was on hand, venting his usual slanders ou the Southern people. The New York HeriiUl says the society does not understand the cue, as it kicks in thetraces tremendoucly, because it does not know which way it is pulling, and says: "That it still feels the disgusting fact that it has lost its vocation, and adds that it pitches into Horace Gree? ley and Carl Scluirz. It denounces the Freedmen's Bureau. It does not know whether to censure Congress or not. It was "unnecessary and gra? tuitous" for Henry Ward Beecher to say that he never saw the wench he would marry, and he is given to un? derstand tluit he must repent. Charles Sumuer,"lt is said, "is the most dan? gerous man fh the country, and has not been'denounced os such." lu many of the other societies, missionary, Ac, the same spirit of fanaticism is more or less exhibited. THE ARRIVAL OK HRAI> CENTRE STEPHENS.-The great event of the past week in New York circles was the arrival of Stephens, the Fenian Head Centre. He was met on the pier by a committee appointed for the purpose, and escorted to the Me? tropolitan Hotel amid the acclama? tions of assembled crowds. The object of his visit to this country ia said to he the restoration of harmony in the Fenian ranks. The British fleet now off the Cana? dian coast is manned by 6,717 men, and carries an aggregate of 449 gun? Ntrveit* on AmnntrU. We extract, the following from the j debate in Congress preceding tlie I passage of the last proposed amend? ment to the Constitution, already adopted by the HOURO of "Representa? tives: "Mr. Blaine, of Maine, called the attention of Mr. Stevens and of the House to an objection to the third section Of the amendment, which he deemed serious, if not fatal. That section provided that until the 4th of July, 1879, all persons who volun? tarily adhered to the late insurrec? tion, giving it aid and comfort, shall be excluded from the right to vote for representatives in Congress and for electors for President and Vice President of the United States. It appeared to him that that was a vio 1 lation of good faith in reference to j that large class of people in the South ; who came within the terms of the i Amnesty Proclamation of President ! Johnson, and who were thereby re i stored to all their civil rights. He asked Mr. Stevens for un explanation on that point. "Mr. Stevens admitted that the pardon extinguished the crime-after pardon, there was no such crime iu the individual. Those who were fully pardoned did not come within the operation of the tliird section. "Mr. Blaine understood, then, the gentleman from Pennsylvania to say that those who came within the terms of the proclamation of amnesty, would not he considered M having voluntarily adhered to the late insur? rection. "Mr. Stevens assimilated their con? dition to that of a person convicted of felony, und thereby rendered in? competent to testify; but who, if par? doned, and if his testimony were challenged, i juld produce his pardon aud thereby show his competency. "Mr. Blaine suggested that, if that was the proper construction to be given-the section, it should be so amended as that ?there could be no question about its construction, and ho should at the proper time move an amendment to that effect." This is au admission which may j have an effect not counted on by j the great Mogul of the radicals, aud j that is, it may induce the President I to issue a general amnesty proclama tion, and thus head oft' his enemie? and calumniators in Congress. Ac j cording to the ground taken by Ste I vens, the amendment passed by th< j House disfranchising the great hod} j of the Southern people, would, lik? : "Pharoah's serpent." instantly bun j to ashes. We oan see no good reason why tin President, now that all the Southeri States have complied with all tin requisitions he himself demanded should longer withhold such a pro elamation, which would be the crown ing act of his administration. bunting ot Colombia. ' The special Washington correspond ; eut of the Richmond Time?, speak ; iug of the meeting held in this cit; in relation to the burning on the 1 Ttl February, 1865, say ts: The fact is, I leam from authority tive sources, that there is ofticia proof on record, that tdiows tba neither Sherman nor Hampton fire< the city, but that the conrlagratioi was the work of escaped Union pr i soners and the negroes. We do not know the "authoiitativ ! sources" this writer refers to, but w I do know that he has been misinform ed. There may have been som escaped Union prisoners among til soldiers, but we have never heard < any negro being engaged in brin j any building or dwelling-b.ous< j Those who came under our observi j tion were, on the contrary, busy i trying to save property. The puopl of Columbia know it was a portion c j Sherman's army that bred the eitj and that after it had burned tl whole night tho Hames were extii guinhed promptly by bis order. \\ regret to see this "so-called" fm published in a Richmond paper. Thi- Tr ur (?rouiifl. The Judge of tho First Dist i i Court in Louisiana, a despatch say has decided tho civil rights bill to 1 j unconstitutional and not bindin ! The Court argues that the prese Congress is unconstitutionally const ! tuted, and hence their acts are n ! legally binding. j We have frequently taken the san ! ground in this paper, and expresse j the hope that the President won regard the men now in the capitol I the same light. To our mind, this j the true ground for him to take; f< j iu his speeches and messages, he h : impliedly, if not directly, dcclar j that the "so-enllt.J" Congress now j session was not constitutional. It j well we have the judiciary to look t it has always been the conservator tho Constitution; and it is probal j that the .Supreme Court, at its r ! proaching session, will bc called ' to decide on tbs matter. j>IM .I l[l /nl Thf Truth Cominis Out. The report of Generala Steedmnn anil Fullerton is published in full in tho "New York Herald. Tho report states tliat the Assistant Commission er in Virginia, and his subordinate officers, have administered affairs in that State pretty well, but the Gene? rals argue: "That, as the criminal business of the Bureau 1ms been for some weeks past turned over to the civil authori? ties, and as the civil business is about to follow suit, the necessity for the continuance of the agency, except as a means of affording relief to the aged and helpless, no longer exists. The Commissioners point out that these duties could l>e equally as well per? formed by the officers commanding the military posts-thus avoiding the great expense of the double organiza? tion. The Bureau would be power? less without thc military, but the military cando everything now done by the Bureau. They therefore re? commend that the Bureau be with? drawn from Virginia, and the duty of distributing rations and clothing l>e discharged in future by the military. "With regard to North Carolina, Generals Steedman and Fullerton condemn, hi strong terms, the farm? ing operations of Assistant Commis? sioner Whittlesey, and Superintend? ents Seeley, James, &c., and the cru? elties of Fitz, at Newbern, particulars of which have alreiuly bceu made public, and repeat the recommenda? tion, so furas respects North Carolina, i which they had previously mude with regard to Virginia, namely: That the officers of the Bureau should he with? drawn, and their powers transferred to the military.'* Again, some time ago, the President appointed Benjamin C. Ti nman, Esq., of New York, to visit the Southern States. He came South about the ? first of September last, and remained nearly seven mouths, visiting all the cotton Stales. His report is very voluminous and comprehensive, and is candid and truthful, showing that he was a dose und unprejudiced ob? server of the condition of affair* throughout every State. That lu I discharged his duty faithfully univ b? j seen by the following ext raer from h if 1 report: "I visited nil ol the large and im \ portant cities of the South, and niadi 1 frequent and extended stops upor I many of the largest plantations, j "I passed over nearly all of tb? \ railroads in the above named States was upon all of the navigable rivers ! and traveled seven hundred and ode j miles in stage coaches, j "I called upon all of the genera j officers commanding posts, districts I departments, Ac. in the Statesabov< mentioned, and also upon all ol' tin ' commissioners of freedmen (exeep j General Fisk,) sud many other* officer ? connected with the Freedmen's Bu : reau. 1 also conversed with at leas ? one-third of the ex-gejierals of tin ! late Confederate army, and larg j numbers of Southern politicians, ant j Southern people generally, inclndinj ! ministers of the Gospel, editors o j newspapers, and others in profession I al capacities. I After this honest and close investi ! gation, Mr. Truman says: j "That the South- the great, sub j stantial and prevailing element i I more loyal now than it was at the eui of the var-more loyal to-day thai yesterday -and that it will be mor i loyal to-morrow than to-day. 1 i would he almost impossible to jue sent the numerous and scattered evi > dunces upon which i base this belief but 1 entertain it in all sincerity, am I believe il to be consonant with th I facts. Nu revolution ever goos back ! ward,' is a convenient but shallot ' truism: or. rather, expressive of ni I truth whatever; since ?very r?volu ? tion has its ultimate revulsion pal j tinily, at least; and, jnst as certain! ! as for four years the mass of popula i sentiment ill the South was slow 1 ' solidifying and strengthening in favo of thc Confederacy, just so certain i 1 it that, from the date of its downfal i that opinion hus been slowly returi, ing- to its old attachments." Bc contradicts, in emphatic tenn.' the stories circulated nt the North : to the hitter treatment Northern mc receive at the hands of the Souther people, and pronounces them unetpi vocally false, ile says that larj numbers of ex-Confederate and ?.: Federal officers ar?' engaged togethi i in mercantile pursuits ami in eottc ; planting, and that nearly all th?> ?.<? lon plantations in Florida ure run i that way. A large number of tl : plantations on the banks of the Mi ! sississippi, lu1 says, are leased 1 ! Northern men and Federal officei I and that fourteen officers of a color? ! regiment are planting cotton ne Victoria, Texas. Thus is the truth coming slow out; and as regards the feelings of tl I South towards the Government ai j towards the freedmen, the lying stal intents of radical writers and poli cia ns will he fully disproved by tin who ave fully entitled to Indict A round mau muy sometimes I cornered. Prentice. ('orr-eaponrfenre of tttr Pliern I? . NEWBERRY May 10, 1866. MESSRS. EDITORS: I have just re? turned from a trip through Newberry, Union and parts of Laurens and Spartanhurg Districts. I gathered all the information I could concern? ing the growing crops, both from my own observations and conversations with some of tho best planters in each of these Districts. The wheat crop is a very large one. and promises exceedingly well. Tho most of the planters sowed largely of wheat last fall, and they put in some of their very best lands, fearing the negroes! would not work the present year, j The crop is now in foll head and j bloom, and tin? present seasons, j which ?re tine and general, will mn-1 ture it. Tile eoru is small as yet, but ? tho stands are generally good, and it is promising for this season of the year. The cotton prospects are! gloomy in the extreme. Thu whole j country bas been panic-stricken the past week. 1 have met with only one place where is a stand of cotton. ? Some have to plant over their entire I crop, and the difficulty is there is no ; seed; and what seed is in the country is precisely like that which has been i sowed, and has tailed to come up. The seed before planting, to the casual observer, appeared to be good, j but, when closely examined l>\ a practiced eye. it, is readily discovered that thc oil has been abstracted by the lint the cotton having laid for a long time in a bulk-ami the genoe nating power of the seed h>st. Even where it has come up, it is so feeble it is all dying out. Those who have contracted with the freedmen to pay money wages are very much tie- ; pressed. They know it. is impossible to make a crop ol cotton the present year. The only Hiing that now re? mains to be done is to put the land is ' corn anil peas. The peach crop in : very generally a failure, lu some sections, the freedmen are doing very i well, and in others they are changing Their places. Upon the whole, they j are very unreliable. There is scarcely i one-half the hands in ,ie field that we bad previous to the war. Matty j have left these districts, and have' gone lo the interior and lower part of the State, while large numbers have been hired amt taken Westward. In1 most eases, win n a man bus children to go to the Held, his wife remains at i the house to cook and wash. Tb, active field labor in these and in j mauv other wavs has been verv great- i Iv reduced. ' NEPTUNE Croon Hon-., KH HI.ANDD'ST., S. C. j April '2. i 366. Twenty-one miles below Columbia, j on the main rond leading to (buner s Old Ferry, stan.ls a neat little meet, ing-house, the members ^f which ' were this day constituted into a regn- j lar Baptist Church. The followings ministers conducted th?* exercises it the following order: Kev. .1. Nichols, leading in singing, reading appropri j ate passages of Scriptures and pray j er: Kev. W. 1) Bice, the introducto? ry sermon., from 1 Timothy. 1 e. 6 v. Rev. N. Graham, the chosen mode j rat or, on resuming his scat, made aj few passing remarks, after which, calling for the necessary documents. , they were presented, read und re? ceived. The right band of fellowship being extended to the candidates, and an appropriate and impressive address delivered to the church by the mode- ; rotor, Rev. W. B. Elkin concluded j with prayer und benediction. The Lord's Supper was then administered. 1 Rev. J. Nichols and N. Graham of? ficiating. The congregation then sung a hymn and went out, with ? binning lu-arts, from the impressive truth of Cod and the concluding hymn .'( lihlreii ol the lb avenh King. As ye journey, sweetly sing." Ac. Led nil pray (Ind's blessing on this] church. " That the little one mav be j come a thousand. ' Ac I sitia li l<> c. ANOTHER PH ASE OI TUE VALPARAISO BOMBARDMENT. Thc report of the Spanish Admiral Nunc/, who .-on dueted thc bombardment, to thc Spanish Minister at Washington. | states that Commodore!: .dgers, after his efforts for a peaceable settlement of the i faculties, wen- thwarted by Chile, commended the action as right, and said that moderation and dignitv were on the side of Spain , and the English Admiral Denman said thal thc insult offered l>y the Chileans in proposing a naval combat! was a sufficient justification for the bombardment. He says also that the : Chilean Government opposed the re-1 nioviil of foreigners' property. ? ( AIT. Ai'. CATESBY JONIS. This I officer, formerly lieutenant in the United States navy, and during the late war captain in the Confederate naval service, has been appointed by the Peruvian Government chief of ordnance in the navy of that country. During the late war he was first lieutenant of the famed iron-clad' i Virginia, and participated in the I memorable engagements between that j vessel and tho United States Meet in I Hampton Roads in 1862. Pearl, grey and azure blue are the fashionable colors for Paris ladies stockings, and boots of black satin, . with gilt heels The C rop?. The plauters around Charlotte, N. C., complain that the cotton planted is not coming up. The wheat crop in North Carolina is fsaid to he very promising. The farmers are planting large crops of corn and cotton. Those who are well posted'thiuk that on account of the lack of control of labor, the unsoundness of seed used, uni other valid reasons, not more than half a crop of cotton can safely be anticipated in Texa-t and Louisiana. The growing wheat is looking well, with promise of a line yield. The Bolivar (Tenn.) Bulletin thinks that in that region there will be put in cultivation this year at least double the quantity of lan?! that was tilled in 1865. Many ?d' thc large lields that have only served as pastures for the past three or four years are now being put in condition suitable for planting purposes. The .Memphis L>'<l>jt>c says the great havoc which bas been made in the cotton fields bordering on Mississippi Uiver by tin; present overflow is appalling. It is no exaggeration to say that uncounted thousands of acres of land prepared for cotton have been abandoned. The seed planted has rotted in the ground, and the most fertile portion of the cotton growing region of the South is a watery sea of desolation. We have no language adequate to convey to our friends the sympathy we feel for .?ir mis.ortunes. We do not pretend to know how far this state ol' things will affect, the cotton market, but those win. ealculate ou a large croj) had bette* investigate the subject. The New Orleans Times, of the "id instant, says the following communi? cation is entitled to thc highest con? sideration : PORT GIBSON. Mississippi, April 2S, 186G. The calculation of the cotton crop of 1866 is made upon a basis of 4,000,000 l?ales, produced in 313 working days by the then labor of the country previous to the war. As the laborer now works but live days in the week, the loss in working time is one-sixth, or fifty-two days, which, deducted from 313 days-old working time-leaves 271 days of working time now; but the labor now performed is really only two thirds of that which he formerly did. which gives but 171 ?lays of actual labor now being done. Now, if in 31:; days. 4,000,000 bales were produced, how many bales will be produced in 17"? da- '' Answer, 2,223,64*2. Deduct the'loss of labor since the commencement ol' the war at 741,214; which will give the crops of 186b at 1,482,428, provided the season be as favorable as that which ff merly produced 4,000,000 bales. But it is generally believed that throughout the whole cotton region there is not at this time one-third of the land in cultivation that there was in 1860; so that it would seem the present cotton growing crop hos very small chances to exceed 1,000,00(1 ' ab- J. L. K. We have seen in Mime paper o similar estimate with the above. We cannot expect much of anything in general from the white labor this sea son. Our correspondent, no doubt, ha> taken the entire available labor ol tin- country into \ iew. ( li a ri ?'?tn ti lt?-iti?. The lire which neem ?i ii ut about ? o'clock, Monday morning, destroyed the bay and grain ?tore, a new one story "mick building on the West sid? of Elizabeth street, belonging lo Mr Wm. Morgan The building con fained some 20t) bales of hay, 5(H bushels ut ewin. 1.5O0 bushels o oats. 2011 bushels of brun, 1,201 empts bags, a quantity nf < ow peas beans. .Ve. One night las! wee!,, a thief en teicil the room of a guest of the Pa villiuii Hotel and took therefrou valuables amounting to ?3,000. De tective O'Brien, on being informed o the circumstance, immediately too] steps te liseover tb?- guilty party ami with bul little delay, tracked hin tu a disreputable, house. The thie is under arrest. About S300 in nie ney were recovered. A large and enthusiastic meeting ti the ladies ol' Charlesto n ?:>s heida tin- Mills House, mi Monday aftei noon, with a view of lonni'.gan ?uss< I'iatioU to elect :l 1 noll ll men t an beautify the graves of the ( 'onfederat dead. ( )n Monday evening, Tom Lev* freedman, had a "fuss" with hiswih H. - fired at her und killed his brothel Jim Livvy, who happened to be ou ni several colored persons standin close by during the m elf-. The' British bark Eureka wi cleared fm Liverpool at the Custoi House, on Monday, by Messrs. Ma shall. Beach \ Co., with the folios ing cargo; :>4 bales sea island cottoi I, 742 bales upland cotton, 432 barre rosin: valued at S248.258.93. At a meeting o? the Chamber > Commerce, held on Monday, on tu tiou of H. Gourdin, Esq., a resol Hon was adopted appointing a coi mittee to proceed to Cincinnati, conj une l. . with tho delegates a pointed by the Board of Trade, f the purpose ?>t .trgi ifi the compl tion of the ('bal lest?n and Cineinni Railroad. George A. Trenholm, Esq., offer a resolution calling fora commit! to confer with (.'itv Council in ref? once lo t he rebuilding o the city, I supported the resolnth n by au al and appropriate speech Local Items. Mortgages anti Conveyances of Heal Ks - tat? fur ?aie at thie office. TURTLE SOUP. -Mr. Pollock, at the Rear House, will serve ap turtle soup, m bis usual good style, between the hours of ll and 12 o'clock, this morning. CHARIL rn: ILur.RoAO. -Tile bridge ove the Catawba Uiver, on this road, we are pleased to barn, will be finished to-day, and that the trains will passover it. This will give us an errlier arrival of the down trains in Columbia. Tur BURNING or COLOMBIA. An inter? esting account ot the "Sack and Destruc? tion of the City of Columbia, H. C.," has just been issued.in pamphlet I.?rm. from the Wursts steam power press. Orders can bo tilled to any extent. Single copies 50 cents. BOOK ANO .for. PRINTING. The Plueurs office is now fully supplied witta card?, colored and white paper,colored ink, wood type, etc., and in now in condition to exe? cute all maimer of book and job printing in the shortest possible time, (ove ns a call. Mr. A. Kiley, who was shot .some weeks ago, died, on yesterday, from Hie effects of the wound. An inquest was held by Coroner Walker, and thc jury returned the following ver? dict: "That the said Alex. Kiley came to his death, on the 15th day of May, ISM, from the effects of a ball feloniously and maliciously tired from a pistol in th. hands of Henry Uaxcy, a freedman/' MEETING OF DIRK. TOUS. A meeting fit the Ihrectors of the Greenville and Colum? bia Itailroad commenced, at Nickerson's Hotel, on yesterday morning. In the even? ing, they re-assembled at the residence of Co!. I.. D. Childs the hall of the hotel being appropriated to th*- Concert. We have not hoard of any business transacted. hut will probably Ix- able to publish the proceedings to-morrow. We are requested to draw attention to an advertisement, in this day's paper, of the New York Disinfecting Company, who have erected a large building in New York for tho manufacture of disinfectants. As this is a matter of public interest we do so cheerfully, and beg our readers to pay all the attention possible cleanliness (for, cholera or no cholera, cleanliness is a godly virtue, ) and spare no pain? in assist ? ing to ward off so fearful a visitation aa this disease, by the free use of disinfect ants which are recommended by the New York Hoard of Health. This is a substan? tial company, we arc told, and their ar tiele, coming recommended as it is, will be if incalculable benefit to the public. NEW Ai'Vi'KTISKVENTS. -Attention is call? ed to the following advertisements, which ire published this morning for the first t ?me: A. ll. Phillips Furniture, Ac E. K. Dorsey-Board Wanted. I. Grieshaber- Ice Cream Gardeu. J. M. Elliott A Co.-Cotton Gina. Dr. Conrtaret's Disinfecting Fluids. Tolleson A Janney New Goods. Haynes worth, Keese A Co.-Baths. Proceedings of Council-Special Meeting. COUNCIL CHAMBER, COLOMBIA, May ll. lstiti. Present His Honor the Mayor, Alder L i mau Alexander, Geiger, Hunt, McDon dd. McKenzie, Stork. Taylor. Walter and (Vea rn. His Honor the .Mayor stated be had call it a meeting of Council for the purpose ol ?king action upon the following r?solu ion, which was submitted to the Board Resulted, That the Hon. Theodore Start Mayor of th?- city of Columbia, be author zed and instructed to enter into an agree neut with the Commission appointed b> he State of South Carolina to make ?ale of he right, title arid interest of the State iu lie Columbia Canal, and lands adjacent hereto, by which the city nf Columbia will igree and covenant, in consideration that he purchaser or purchasers of said eauai ind landa will erect near or at said canal he necessary machinery for propelling, by rater power, the water necessary for the tse of the city of Columbia, and will conti nie to run said machinery, beeping it m rood order ainl condition, for the tenn ol en years from the completion thereof, thc .itv of Columbia will pay to said purchase! ?r * purchasers thc annual snm of ?9,00(1 herefor; and t the expiration of the saut erm of ten years, will pay the annual sum >fi">,oo0 for the succeedi i ; fifty years. Also hat the Mayor Ix- authorised to enter ?ute web special stipulations in said agreement is may be necessary tv? carry into effect tin ibove general directions for preparing <aid agreement. On motion, the resolution was receive,' ind adopted. tin motion, the Council adjourned. .1. S. Mi MAHON. City Clerk. THE MEMPHIS RIOTS.-The North un radical papers have pnblishei wenty different and conflicting ac founts of the origin of the Memphis riots, but "ne'er a true one," we ven .ure to assert. They have all, how .ver. agreed in one respect, that o exculpating the negroes. Genera ). O. Howard, of the Bureau, ha lent a member of bis stuft' to Mern ibis to investigate the matter. XV. ihall now have another account. -. ^ *. ?-.-. THE LAURENS RAI LEO AP. We ar gratified to state that this railroad i :<> be put in operation again - that th ivork to this end bas already begun The directors have leased tho road 'or five years, to Dr. B. S. James, th ate President of the road, who in rends to start it limning as soon n possible. * beware of tooth poisons, vended und. the name of dentifrices. Adopt and a. lier.- to the only preparation that reall preserves the teeth and hardens th. -uni' Fragrant Sozodont. Its vrte.-ts on Jecaj ing teeth are marvelous. A girl eleven yems ..ht was recentl married in Detioit