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COLUMBIA. Tuesday Morning, January 1, 1867. Happy New Year! Tho year whose sands run out last night has been one that will be me? morable in the annals of great events. It opened with some promise for our distracted country, but in this regard it has signally failed. At its initia? tion, th re were hopes of a real peace to our unhappy country; it goes out with these hopes unrealized. With its opening, our people and tuc con? servative people o? the North con? gratulated themselves on a fair pros? pect of better days and of ki tuilier feelings -of a returning sense of rea? son and right in the dominant party which rules in tho councils of the nation; but, alas! these hopes have not been fulfilled, and wo are loft at its close still hoping, but without much ground for hope. But still, as a ootcmporary says, "it has been a year of much interest to mankind." Wo will take, for ex? ample, the great changer, it has wrought in the nations cf Europe. There dynasties have been over thrown and princes dethroned by a single shock of two of the most powerful armies that ever made the continent tremble. Then comes the linking together of tho Old World and the New, by what may be termed ' a c'iaiu of living thought." The oable enterprise, one of the grandest ever conceived by man, that strug? gled and failed through many pre? vious years, successfully triumphed in 13GG. The year brought to tho people oi this country many opportunities o? doing good, bnt they failed to im? prove them. The bad spirit which evoked our late civil war, is si ill al work, and it seems under the presen! condition of political affairs, almosl a mockery to wish our readers "r happy New Year." That old-fush ioned but ever cherished greeting i; now only a senseless salutation, sc far as our people arc concerned, lo: there is little happiness where tin ashes of blighted hopes, and tin grinding oppressions of a bitter part; spirit are all that they Lave left ti them. Appropriate to our theme are th' following stanzas, on the bells wilie] ring out. tim old year and ring in th new. We take them from a poem w find in the New York Metropolita Record: Ring.out the old. ring in thc new, Ring, happy hells, across tho snow; The year is going, let him go: Ring out the false, ling in the true. Ring out thu grief that sap3 the mind, For those that herc ive seo no more: Ring out the feud of rich and poor, Ring in rcdn t,.i to all mankind. Ring out a slowly dying cause, And ancient forms of party strife; Ring i:i the nobler modes of life, With sweeter manners, purer laws. Ring out the want, the care, the sin, The fait bli ? - ?.-olducss of the times, Ring out, ring ont my mournful rhyme Rut ring tiie fuller minstrel in. Ring oui fahr' pride in place and blood, The civic shilidt r and the spite: Ring in thc love of truth and right, Ring m che common love of good. Ring out old shap-. s ot' foul disease. Ring oat the narrowing liir-t of gold; Ring ont the thousand .vars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace. ?Ring in thc valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand; Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring in the Christ that is to be." And in this spirit, we would say : our readers ta hope on. Justice ar right must at last prevail, and \ trust that at the advent of 1868, \ eau truly wish them "a happy nc year." BTJBNED TO DEATH.-We are paim to learn by private letter that Mi Pauline, daughter of Col. J. i). As more, of Greenville, was burned death, near Bishopville, in Stunt District, on the 22d ultimo. - O t> c IMPORTANT ABKESTS.-Mr. MaeLi sey, formerly a member of the Nor Carolina Legislature, and Mr. Jose; Baxter, both of Cnrrituck Conni were arrested near tito Court Hot; in that County, on Christmas day, the Federal authorities, for being e gaged in the capture and robbing a vessel, during the late war, wh they were not employed in the Cc federate army. A man named Moe was arrested sometime since on t same charge, and is now confined jail in Elizabeth City, where thc prisoners tire also to be sent. I Petersburg Index, On Monday night, a few mi from Nashville, while a couple of i groes were stealing some bacon, tl were fired upon by ot lier negro which brought on a general fig Some white men joined in, the res being that some half a dozen of th engaged, two of them white, w badly wounded, one fatally. Still Unhung. The Richmond Timas says that wc are about to' lose sight, in this coun? try, of all thc usual rules and stand? ards of common honesty and de? cency. Such is the decision of the war; "thcarbitrament of the sword" has decided it; the omnipotent ma? jority so wills it, and the minority has no rights which the majority is bound to respect. Jefferson Davis is "a traitor." lt is true, tjiey do not dare to try him for treason; but they keep him pining and dying in yn unwholesome dun? geon, being determined to bo re? venged on him, law or no law. Capt. Sommes is "a pirate." It is true, they do not venture to try him for piracy, being conscious that, in giv? ing him this opprobioua name, they lie; but they affect the most virtuous indignation and amazement when Capt. Sommes undertakes the duty of Professor of Moral Philosophy in a Southern college. It seems that Cen. Custis Lee, a son of the man we all know, has been elected President of the Maryland Agricultural College; and the Wash? ington Cltronicle denounces him as the son and imitator of his unhung progenitor, and calls for the with? holding of tho grant of land coming to that College, by virtue of an Act of Congress. The Dispatch thus comments: Robert E Lee is still unhung. We cannot see why ho should Le allowed to remain so any longer in a country where there arc so many trees, to say nothing of lamp-posts. There is every facility for hanging Robert E. Lee; and as to his felonious crimes, which have merited capital punishment, we presume there can be no mistake or hesitation on that score. First, ho is one of those particularized in the "Constitutional amendment," (so pa? ternally recommended to us by Gov. Pierpoint) who took an oath of fidelity to the Constitution, and afterwards bore arms, and SD forth. Next, he is a deserter; for, being in the military service of the United States, he (put? ted said service and went over to the enemy. Next, in addition to being a perjurer and deserter, he is a mur? derer. There arc men now living, who could bc easily found and sut> pcenaed into any court, who can testify that they have seen Union soldiers, loyal men, killed, slaughtered, with force aud arms, to wit: in the Cou J of Orange, and other Counties, in thc so-called Commonwealth of Virginia, by order of the said Robert E Lee, who was himself present, and giving orders and directing the operation ol said murders. Yet the Washington newspaper shocks our fine sense <>; morality, by assuring us that this man still g<>e- about "unhung.' What is tho usc, then, of laws anil courts? Wc desire to see the laws executed. No man, who deserves to be hung, should go unhung. And if a pei juror, deserter and murderercr has noi earned tho extreme penalty, we wis! to know who would so well grace tin. gallows as Robert E. Lee. -?.?-? FORNEY'S VTEWS OF SOCTHERX HOS ri r.w.iTY TO RADICAL CONGRESSMEN. -The Washington Chronicle ot yes terday has the following: We understand that great prepay ations have Leen made by the'peoph of the late rebel States for capturing the Congressional excursion partj wi lieh left here last week on the ton to New Orleans. They want, to de monstrate to tho Radical Senator and Representatives that if they un wanting in patriotism and commoi sense, they posess more than thei share of Christian hospitality. Re membering that in the halcyon day of thc slave oligarchy some of th' stubborn Northern Whigs were mad as mellow as the most plastic Demo erat by a good dinner and plenty o wine, they intend to try the sam operation upon the tierce radicals We are afraid they will find tlfr.t "mess of pottage" has less parchas ing power now than it had in forme days. <t_ ATTEMT TO DEFRAUD A LIVE INSUI ANCE COMPANY.-Considerable excite ment existed at Lebanon, Ohio, o the 26th ultimo, occasioned by an al tempted conspiracy to defraud a lif insurance company. A man name McFadden arrived at the hous'o c Frank Richardson, near Lebanor on the night of the 24th ultimo, an it was given out the next day that h had died of cholera. A coffin, suj. posed to contain tho remains, wo sent to Eaton, Ohio, and interred t midnight. Suspicions of foul pla being aroused, officers were sentfroi Lebanon, who examined the grave and found the coflin to contain broon coi n seed. McFadden's whereabout are not known. Dr. Richardson : agent for a life insurance company ; Eaton. Frank Richardson and R. ?\ Batchelder are the parties interestec They have been arrested. Large numbers of unempioye men in Australia arc asking ti United States Consul for free, pa sage to this country. J A rich lead mint! has br on disco1 ered in East Tennessee. Gen. Thom: will be President of iv Company 1 I work it. Dtrpresston. Tho National I- ' 'Hgencer Says: Very great elis:- 'action prevails in tho North, and wost in regard to ino condition of business uud of the currency. The Western papers seem to unite in a demand for nu increase of currency, and their Representa? tives in Congress are not slow to second them. Business is paralyzed, and the prospects for the future are not bright. The main cause of de? pression is the dislocated state of the Union and the uncertain political condition of the staple-producing States of the South. The people of those States, whose territory em? braces SOO.O.K) square miles, ami whose capacity for production is un? limited, were heretofore m ich relied upon, as affording a profitable market for the grain-growing and provision producing States of tlie North-west and tlie manufactures of the Eastern States, lint the consumption of the South declines with its powers of production. Another cause of the prostration of business is the heavy rate ot' taxa? tion, which increases the cost of labor and material to such an extent as to consume all the prolits of many branches of industry. The laborer is not benefited by high prices, for the cost of his living is increased to a still greater extent than his wages. Tims, tho manufaeturers represent that besides tho five per cent, on their amount of production and their income tax, they pay much more in the enhanced cost of labor. They make out that their aggregate bur? den of taxation is forty or fifty per cent. Another cause of the trouble is the inflated currency, the depreciation of which is not to bo measured by its relation to gold, but to the price of commodities generally. The pur? chasing power of the currency is not greater now than it was when, in the crisis of the war, gold was over 200. Prices now tend downward, because the people will not or cannot pay the cost of commodities. The holders of goods and merchandize must either all sell below cost, or they must hold on and suspend production and im? portation until their stocks shall be taken up. The holders of goods and grain and provisions, and railroad shares, bonds, &c, desire a large increase of currency to enable them to hold on for improved prices. Speculators, monopolists and jobbers desire the same. The general body of consumers can timi no advantage in such an in? crease. To them it will be accompa? nied with no corresponding benefit, nor in the end will it bo of any ad? vantage to producers. The cost of production will be increased, and they must soon cry out for more cur? rency and a higher protective tariff. Tlie two great remedies that have occurred to Congress for the evils of tlie day arc: first, to set aside the State Governments of the ten South? ern States as illegal and unconstitu? tional, tims rendering disunion com? plote; and, second, to issue one or two hundred millions more of cur? rency, either in legal tenders or na? tional bank notes. Both measures are admirably adapted to an aggrava? tion of the evils nuder which the country labors. "VIEWS OV THU PRESIDENT." Under the above head, the New York Timi's and other papers publish a Washington letter, written to the Pittsburg Commercial, of considerable length, dated December 22, purport? ing to give a detailed account of au interview had on that day between Representative Eggleston, of Ohio, and the President, in which the latter is represented as having changed his opinion in regard to tho proposed amendment to the Constitution; as having "expressed surprise that so few members of Congress had called upon since thc meeting of the pre? sent session," and represented him as saying many other xcry absurd things. The writer of the letter as? serts that the interview lasted "more than an hour." Now, the reader eau judge of the reliability of the author of tho letter referred to, when we assert, upon the highest authority, that Mr. Eggleston was uot with the President on the oc? casion referred to more than five mi? nutes, and that none of the questions referred to were discussed; and fur? thermore, that tho President did not express any opinion or "surprise" that could be tortured into the non? sense contained in the Washington letter to tho Pittsburg Commercial. MISSOURI.-A despatch from St. Louis, says : The conservatives report that Pre? sident Johnson declines to interfere in Missouri affairs, on the ground that each State should bc left free to preserve peace, and that no interfer? ence will bo tolerated unless the United States laws arc violated or the State calls for help. This is thc supposed ground for General Grant's order withdrawing the troops from Lexington. TALK OF ABOLISHING THE SUPREME COURT.-The radical talk about the Supreme Court is becoming siguiti cant. Several extreme mon declared to-day that a bill would certainly be introduced to remodel or Abolish it. [New York World. The total receipts of internal reve? nue for tho fiscal year' to dato is 8161,037,451. A CHRISTMAS SALUTATION.-The Tribune congratulates the civilized world on Christmas morning in tlie following strain: "In our land we have peace, if not altogether rest. Tlie war is over, ' \ and wo havo our Christin;.s dinners j without dreading Chickaniauga or Fredericksburg. Upon last Christ? mas day, we thanked the Lord that I tlie valor of our soldiers had destroy? ed rebellion. To-day, wu thank Him that the virtue of our people has destroyed an Administration which attempted to surrender the re? sults of that valor to the spirit of slavery. Wc; have escaped from perils as vast as those which overshadowed the nation when Davis ruled in Rich- ] moud. These perils have been avert ed, and Mr. Johnson is as helpless to? day as JaYnes tin: Second when Wil- ! liam rested his sword on the rocks of1 Torquay. We can think of nothing! more comforting for a Christmas morning meditation than this great j political triumph, especially as it brings hopo to millions to whom j hope has been denied for many gene- ! rations. Let ns be resoluto to do justice to the. race which war has made free, and which only asks op? portunity. What is peace to us without good will to our brothers? and what right have we to ' onie into God's presence and rejoie over his many blessings, while millions of others, degraded and oppressed by our crimes, are nuder a grievous yoke? For while resigning the pro? tection--the barracoon and barn? yard protection of ?lavery-which meant at least raiment and shelter, and much revelry on Christmas, they arc prevented from protecting them? selves, from going unrestrained to their destiny. We thanked God that he had given us strength to accom? plish emancipation upon last Christ? mas day. Let us so act that we may thank Him upon the next time that we have accomplished justice." Fortunately, however, the Adminis? tration is not yet destroyed; and James the Second was as much like President Johnson as Horace. Greeley is like William of Orange. The Devil can quote Scripture to answer his purpose, and the Tribune, dares to pray for the accomplishment of that justice of which it has always been thc consistent opponent. [ Charleston Af?rcury. HORACE'S EPISTLE TO THE LOUIS? IANIANS.-Horace Greeley-the veri? table Horace, with thc white hat. has recently been invited to go to New Orleans, to tell tho "loyal" something about tho situation. He cannot go, lint indites an epistle, in which ho expresses his regrets that he cannot comply, aud then dis courseth about the state of the coun? try. He says: "You Louisianians are pre-emi? nently a cosmopolitan people. Na? tive and foreign born-French, Eng? lish and Spanish, Caucasian ami African, Southern and Yankee-3-011 are perfectly able (as you have proved) to make your native Stale a perfect hell upon^artli, if you choose. And I greatly fear that there are those among you who do choose. "I venture to entreat you, who have seen lit to invite me to your State, to resolve yourselves into a provisional committee, intent on the estalilish ruent forthwith of mutual confidence and good will among all the diverse races, nationalities rind claus inhabiting your State, apd that you invite every segment and class of your people1 to select its ablest and best men to co-operate with you in this benign enterprise. If you do lint resolve in faith that the blessed Christmas season, now at hand, shall not pass without witnessing the esta blishment of a perfect ami cordial good understanding between all classes of your people, I cannot doubt your success; and I hope that your example will be generally imitated, so that the year IbGT will be long re? membered as the dawn of a new era o'f peace, prosperity and happiness, for our too long distracted and deso? lated country." A Ti MK LY WARNING.-Even the New York Tribune, with all its inor? dinate love for radicalism, cannot help thc incidental acknowledgement that thc present Congress, with its overwhelming radical majority, has proved a failure. In commending j the Chicago Republican, tho Tribune uses the following language: "At the moment when thc industrial interests of thc country are imperilled by reck? less legislation or the want of legis? lation, wo count it," ?c. Tho Tri? bune is evidently dissatisfied with Congress; wdiile it would have that body love the negro none the less, it would have it love the dollar more. The friends of tho Tribune in Con? gress should take warning. They may bo pushing Jtheir reckless legis? lation in favor of tho negro a little j too far, and be wanting in thc amount i of legislation required to put the "dollars and dimes" in the pockets of their constituents. A Massachusetts capitalist cora plains to tho New York Tribune that j $15,000,000 capital employed in thc manufacturo of worsted braids is dis? appearing for want of protection. A pickpocket on a Western railroad picked the pocket of the conductoras ho was putting him off the train. During the last year, i)7,0*>!) arrests have been made in New York city. Eighty-three were for homicide. TIIAI>. STEVENS IN TIIE SENATE. Mack, thc Washington correspondent of tho Cincinnati Commercial, gives the following pen and ink sketch of Thad. Stevens: "As matters stand just now, it is safe, to predict tlieelection of Stevens to the Senate, and with it his decline, as a man of prominence, in American politics-his eclipse, rather. While, in tho House, ho had things pretty mach his own way. He is not so much of a giant among pigmies as a crafty politician and experienced legislator among men who are easily ! led and not given to serious thinking! as to consequences. Ile is not so j much a leader as a driver, perhaps, i lint his chief of staff is the previous j question, aud in a body like the Se? nate, where that is not recognized, ho will have to take a comparatively backseat. He can't crack his whip' over Fess? nden and Sherman and such men, and tell them they must vote for his bill or with the copper? heads, within an hour or two hours, or within two weeks-for they can talk till doomsday in the Senate, anil no previous question can be brought in to molest them or to make; them afraid. Without this legislative thumb-screw, Thad. Stevens would have been, as the saying is, nowhere, as the leader or driver, within the past fuw years. Then, again, he must abandon his smutty jokes in the Senate, and thus be no longer known in his favorite role of Master of the Hebels. Taking all tin ogs into consideration, it will be a bad day for his Jame as a politician when he abandons the beer garden in the South wing for the sepulchral cham? bers at the other end of tho capitol building." How TIME CHANGES MEN'S PitrNCi piiES.-In the prDceedings of the so called United States Senate yesterday, we find the following: "Mr. Henderson read a despatch from Gov. Fletcher, of Missouri, say? ing that Cirant had sent troops to that State, and asking the design. He said he knew nothing of the mat? ter. He supposed they were sent to enforce the laws of the State, but he understood that the Executive felt himself perfectly able, to do so. Thc people of the State would take upon themselves to do it, without thc in? terference of thc General Govern? ment. "Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, thought tho President of the United State? had an undeniable constitutional right to place troops where he pleased. Were tho times so out oJ joint, so frenzied, as to deny such an unquestionable proposition?" lu 1861, Claiborne F. Jackson was Governor of Missouri. He could not see why United States troops should be seut into the State, which had nol seceded and did not propose to. Tin party to which Gov. Fletcher be longed then called him a traitor, ant acted upon that idea by driving hin out of Missouri. Now Gov. Fletchei himself has just ns strong scruple: against Federal troops being eta ployed in his jurisdiction as Jacksoi had; in fact, is using the same argn monts and is anplying to Congres: for relief. He bas become a grea State rights man, and is extreme ii resisting Federal power. The radi cab; have no principle, really, in tin matter, except to see that whateve ox is gored, it is not theirs. [ Cincinnati Enquirer. Tm: WHIRLIGIG OF EVENTS.-Th Fredericksburg Neirs, after mention ing the paying off, ($11,000,) Satur day, of the burial corps who hav been for some time operating in tba vicinity, says: "The field on this side of Marve' Heights, on which was grown th eora our charity sent to starving Ire land, ia ls?7, lias yielded a rich liar vest in the Irish invaders slain, whos dead bodies covered its fair surfac in December, 18G2, (Meagher's bri gade fought and were slaughterc there,) and now the moue;, paid fo their interment on the 'Heights'the, could not take, will bring a circulai ing medium to the Confed?rate whom they robbed, and whose house they sacked." Mrs. Jefferson Davis, in a privat letter-an extract from which th friend to whom she wrote though proper te. make public-says, coi: corning tho means of the ex-Pres dent, til at she eau see her way clea for tho next three months-beyon that, "all is dark." Having to mail tain two households, hov mother au children in Canada, and her hnsban and younger children at Fortres Monroe, her expenses are necessaril very large. Mrs. Davis says her hu. bund is well taken care of, but it : the Southern people alone who kee him from starving, as he would iuev tably, if, in his delicate health, h had only the food provided for hit by tho authorities. ---???.?-? Four gentlemen recently too tickets on one of the French rai ways, to enable them to proceed by certain train in another directior During the journey, the engin broke down, and to reach their dest nation at the fixed time, tiny hired special train, which a civil court hi decided tho railway company bound to pay foi*. A man named Patrick Hart, i Quebec, fell into a trance recent!; and preparations were made for h funeral, but luckily ho awoke in tl midst of his "wake." If a man wants to get at his actu dimensions lee him visit a graveyari 9 ?jocal Itom?3. Tlic Phonir. office in on Main street, x v/ few doora abovoTaylor (or Camden) atreot. Ocr. READING ROOM.-Our friends ar? invited to visit tho Phoenix reading room, where they will find OB file papera and periodicals from every section of tho.Union. The building is open day and night. NEW YEAR'S DAY. Xiii.-? being Ibo first day of tho new year, which is generally observed as a holiday, we cannot be an exception to tho rule; consequently, thero will be no paper issued ?'coin this ofiico to? morrow-. The carriers will call on their patrons to-day, and deliver tiuir annual poetical address. Have your louse change ready. NEW HOSE-CARRIAGE. -WO clip tho fol? lowing item from tho New York II raid, of last Thursday: A very handsome hose-carriage and hose ia being completed for the Ni w York Fire? men's Association, of which Henrj Wilson is President, intended as a New Year'? ^ift to tho fire?Department of Columbia, 3. C. It will be finished some time in January, at a cost of ?-:;,O?J?. HISTORICAL.-Tho future historian will be anxious to glean tho moat correct in? formation concerning t he desolating march of Sherman; and especially will ho look for a truthful record of tho sack and de? struction of Columbia. The only true and full statement of the terrible events of tho night oftho 17th February, 1SG3, will be found in the pamphlet issued from this office. Tnt: FIRST SNOW-STORM. AS. we noticod in Sunday morning's issue, our li ret snow? storm commenced on Saturday evening, and on Sunday morning there was snow on the ground to thu depth of tv,-;, or three inches. Throughout the day thero was a fall of freezing sleet, which, on yesterday, gave ampio opportunity for all sorts of sleighs to be brought into operation. We, with sundry others of our citizens, enjoyed thc pleasure ufa ride with Mr. M: brennan, who had a regular sled on iron runners. Our people, and especially the young, have enjoyed tho snow very much, in various ways. As appropriate to thia Northern ex? hibition, wo quoto the following pretty lines from a New England poet, J. R. Lowell : "The snow had begun in the gloaming, And DUsily all thc night Had bi en heaping the held and highway With a silence deep and whito. Every pine, and fir, and hemlock, Wore ermine too dear for an carl : And the poorest twig on the elm true? Was fringed inch deep with pearl. Prom sheds now roofed with Carrara Came Chantilecr's muffled crow : The stiff rails were softened to Swan's down. And still fluttered down the snow. I stood and watched by the window The noiseless work of the sky, And tho sudden tinn ies of snow-birds, ? Like brown leaves whirling by. I thought of a mount in sweet Auburn, Where a little bead-stone stood - How tho Hakes were folding it gently, Aa did robbins the babes in tlio wood. Up spoke our own little Mabel, Saying, 'Father, who makes it snow ?' Andi told her of the good All-father Wc cares for us ail below. Again I looked at the .snow-fall, And thought of the leaden sky That arched o'er our tirst great sorrow, When the mount was heaped no high. I remembered the gradual patienco That fell from that cloud-like suow ; Flake by flake, healing and hiding The scar of that deep-slabbed woo. And again to tho child I whispered, 'Thc snow thal hush, th all, Darling, the merciful Father Alone can make it fall.' Then, with eyes that saw not, I kissed her; Anti she kissing back, could not know That my kiss was given te her.sister, Folded close under thc deepening snow. Ni.'.r AnvEr.risF.MKNTs.-Attention ia call? ed ;o the following advertisements, which MC published this morning for tho first time: Meeting of Palmetto Fire Company. II. W. bice- School Notice. Dr. Talk y-Removal. Regular Comniuijieatiou Richland Lodge. Meeting True Brotherhood Lodge. Jesse E. D?tit-Sheriff's Salo. II. Simmons-Notice. Tm: BEAUTIFUL SNOW.-A disgust? ed Southerner, in Canada, writes tho following ode to the snow ami frost of that country: Oh ! the frost, the freezing frost, biting our nose as we go; al! sense of feeling is utterly lost, and our zest for the beautiful snow. The North? ern king a tribute has wrung, iu tho shape of a pearly tear, which a mo? ment ago like a dew-drop hung, from the point often graced with a sneer. Oh ! the frost, the delectable frost t hat linds us wherever we go, wrapped in its fearsome shroud like a ghost, and conveying to our meridian blood a thorough disgust for those.senti? mental donkeys who hypocritically prate of tlu beautiful snow. Senator Sumner was properly snub? bed in the -cent debate iu the Se? nate. He took exception to tue Con? stitution of Iowa, whereupon Gov. Kirkwood, oue of the Senators from that State, replied: "I'll say to tho Senator (Sumner) that it is none of his business; that it is the business of the people of Iowa." Mr. Sumner could think of no old Roman who hail ever been addressed in such a manner, and finding no reply, altera moment's hesitation smiled freely, run his hands through his hair, glanced at tho galleries, blushed and sat down. . - ? o- ?-? The Boston City Council has voted $250' 'he purpose of building and . >ing high schools, especial? ly for "J .. " Cochran of Maryland is dead, .. . "Justice," without tl.o "Cochran" is in a critical condition.