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Congressional.
WASHINGTON, March 8.-In the Se- j
nate, the proceedings were uniniport-1
ant, being a long discussion relative ?
to presenting a gold medal to George j
Peabody.
In the House, a resolution appro- i
priating $50,000 for the Paris Expo- ?
sition was pass?e.. A resolution ap?
pointing a commission to hear the
claims of Northern creditors against I
$219,000 seized from the Citizens'
Bank of New Orleans, and to divide
the same ratable, was pas ea. The
Secretary of the Treasury was order?
ed to furnish information relative to
property seized in Louisiana. The
Committee on Foreign Relations were
ordered to take into consideration the
Canadian consolidation and the r?so?
lutions of sympathy for ireland.
Motions were made to suspend rules
for several purposes, but were net
carried.
News Items.
LONDON. March 7.-Despatches
from Dublin state that the Fenians
attacked Drogheda Barracks, but!
were repulsed. Tiley carried off]
their dead ami wounded. The fol-1
lowing account is given of the light ;
on Tuesday, eight miles South of
Dublin, between the Fenians and the \
armed police. One Fenian was kill?
ed, five wounded and 200 captured.
The Fenians rc outed to the hills
North of Dublin. The troops wont
in pursuit. The police station at
Kilmalock was also attacked. The
Fenians wore repulsed with throe kill?
ed Und fourteen captured. Bank and
police barracks of Aremore County
were burned, and a police messenger
shot. Fenians well supplied with
rations. They have suddenly risen
in all parts of Ireland.
The Irish Secretary estimates
the Fenian forces from 10,000 to 40,
000 strong.
Thc latest despatches report ail
quiet.
Artemus Ward died at Southamp?
ton yesterday.
WASHINGTON, March 8.-The Se?
natorial caucus yesterday opposed the
May mooting to consider the impeach?
ment. The caucus favored remain?
ing in session to transact thc neces?
sary business, and then adjourn to j
November. The impeachment has
rather depreciated; only Chandler
announced himself unequivocally in
favor of it.
Tho President is overwhelmed with
office-seekers.
(rem Howard reports about 82,000 j
whites ami 24,000 blacks who will!
need food before the next crop, and
that it will require over 82,000,000 to
feed them.
RICHMOND, March S.-0,000 ne?
groes met to ratify the Sherman bill.
Tho negroes were advised to vote
against any constitution or proposed
convention. Hunnicutt heads the
movement.
BUTLER ANO MORRISSEY ?:. CON?
GRESS- IMPEACHMENT.- Tin; Balti?
more Gazelle's Washington letter, of
Monday night, says:
When the Clerk, in calling the roll, !
reached tho name of Butler, of Mas?
sachusetts, quite a sensation was pro?
duced, lie answered ..here"' in a
weak and tremulous tone, in striking
contrast with the manly and distinct
voice of Morrissey-tim caUing of
whose name also gave interest to thc
^rrsherwise wearisome proceedings. By
thc way, it is very current that Butler
will seek immediately to take thc rib?
bons from the hands of Stevens, and
also run an opposition line against
Sumner and Wilson for thc manage?
ment of Massachusetts affairs. It is
also thought that if Congress shall_
determine to adjourn shortly, the ma?
nagement of thc impeachment will bo
left in tho hands of a committee,
with power to call Congress together
ns soon as they shall have completed
the investigation.
The Star, Panola, Mississippi, says:
"A very distinct shock of an earth?
quake was felt in this vicinity, at 3
o'clock last Monday morning. It
awakened many of our citizens, but
was of short duration. In the South?
eastern portion of this country and
the neighborhood of Water Valley
and Grenada, in Yalobusha County,
it was moro violent, and created con?
siderable alarm."
ASTONISHED.-Thc New York Tri?
bune says: That Governor Brown, of
Georgia, should sustain the recon?
struction jdan of Congress will as?
tonish thc country-the South even
moro than the North.
COMMEltCI.VL AND FINANCIAL..
CHARLESTON, February 8.-Sak s of
cotton for the week 1,740 bales, at
27?30. Rico D'...,/Hay 82.40
("2.75. Corn $1.30@1.37. Oats 70
("80. Flour 811.50(? 18. Bacon 12'.,
(Vf l i i... Sugar 11^(3 121?. Mu
lasses 45(3 60. Salt 32.
BALTIMORE, March ?S.-Cotton dull;
middlings 281 ?(a 29. Provision mar?
ket ?rm. Mess pork 822.
NEW YORE, March 8-Noon.-Gold
33J?. Money 7; sterling 8:V; sight
o a?
's .
7 P. M.-Cotton declining: mid?
dlings 29J;j. Flour firmer. Wheat
dull. Corn advanced 1(7?2c. Mess
pork $21.75(0 22. Gold 34.
NEW ORLEANS, .darch 8.-Cotton
easier; low middlings 28)?.
LONDON, March 8-Xoon.-Con?
sols 90%. Bonds 73)?i.
LIVERPOOL, March 8-Noon.-Mid?
dling uplands 13!.jd; Orleans 13'-.,(!.
Thc Cotton Tax.
j At the request of a friend and fel?
low-citizen, of Columbia, we publish
j the speech of Hon. James G. Blaine,
of Maine, ou his motion to repeal the
tax on cotton, iu the House of Rep?
resentatives, February 22, 1807. Mr.
Blaine said:
I move to amend th? bill by in?
serting after line sixty-two the words
"that from and after the 1st day ol
September, 1867, no tax shall be le?
vied or collected on cotton grown
within the United States.'"
Mr. Chairman, from the tempei
which lias already been manifested
by the House on this question, I dc
not know whether there is the slight?
est hope that this amendment will be
adopted: but I believe, with the old
covenanters of Scotland, that it is
sometimes valuable to beal*testimony
against a wrong which wo are unable
to resist. I think the tax on raw cot?
ton is altogether the most extraordi?
nary that was ever laid by an intelli?
gent Government. Six years ago.
when the war began, we had a mono?
poly of this article in the markets ol
the world. The course and events ol
thc war robbed us of that monopoly.
The system of labor on which thc
cotton culture rested was utterly de
stroyed, destroyed as a necessity oi
war. and for the permanent welfare
of the nation, as well as to vindicate
the right of every man to personal
freedom. Nor was this ali. The war,
in :U ravages, consumed the horses,
the mules and the farming imple?
ments of the South, laying waste thc
plantations and using up the accumu?
lated wealth and the reserved capita
of the South. Owing to this state oi
circumstances in our own country,
we find that Brazil, ("entrai America,
the West Indies, Egypt, Australia
and the East Indies were greatly
stimulated and encouraged tu engage
in the cultivation of cotton, am
hence, during the rive years in whicl
the business was practically suspend
ed in the United States, every othe
country in the world, where the eli
mate and soil are suitable, engaget
in the effort with great zeal and en
prise. And they have succeeded in :
remarkable degree, despite the asser
Hons to the contrary, and are nov
presenting a formidable competitio]
with us in foreign markets.
We now desire to regain our as
cendeney, and the first step wide!
Congress takes is to impose a heav;
tax of fifteen dollar.-, on each an?
every bale of cotton before it can b
removed from the plantation or ?lis
trict in which it is raised. It seem
to me that absurdity cannot go fui
ther; that if we had specially design
ed to lay a great obstacle in the wa
of our ever reviving the cotton bus:
ness in this country, we could nc
have invented a more certain an
efficient mode than this tax propos?e
Many gentlemen seem to imagin
that the business of cotton growing i
enormously profitable, andean, ther<
fore, pay any amount of tax. Nov
sir, ; do net hesitate to say that n
business oi equal magnitude in iii
whole country was attended wit
such, unsatisfactory results as Wi
cotton growing in 1S66. I hold i
my hand some very valuable and r?
liable statistics on this subject, and
wish I had time to read them to tl
House; but some brief extracts mu:
suffice: In Alabama, on sixtce
plantations, the total cost of the yea
allowiug a very moderate rental f<
the land, was over ?52-12,000, whi
the total product v as only $137,00
showing a net loss of $105,1)0
Twenty-four plantations in Arkansa
Tennessee. Mississippi and Georgi
show a total loss of $121,000. Tl
season was, I admit, extraordinari
unpropitious, and the misfortune i
that this fact operates to disco ara;
tho cotton culture to such a degr
that we ought to make some speci
effort to revive and stimulate it ; a:
we could do nothing su effective
this direction as to remove the ta
I have no doubt that if Congress wc
to repeal this tax to-day, thousan
j of acres would at once be planted
cotton that will otherwise lie ie
; throughout the present year.
We hear a great deal of talk in tl
hall, Mr. Chairman, about the :
sumption of specie payment. Tin
rizing on this subject may be cut
faining, if not instructive; but pr?
tical men see that we shall not get
to a speciy basis until we exp?
something else than gold eagles a
five-twenty bonds to pay our balam
in Europe. Our hope of a balai
of trade in our favor rests on t
increase <;f our exports, and the oi
way wo can effectively increase c
exports is to encourage the growth
cotton. Tut tho cotton region ii
I position to produce a crop of 5,UU
! 000 bales-and with proper leg
lation they will do that in I860-a
I warrant you that we shall be on 1
specie basis at once, without flirt!
i effort, and, indeed, without any c
j knowing it until we have actua
I realized it. 8250,000,000 ingold
1 our credit annually in Liverpool \
force us to the specie basis, even
we did not desire to reach it. C
peculiar hardship in this cotton
is that it places the cotton grow
white and black, under the contro
j the money-leader. When the c:
1 is ready for market, it cannot be
! moved until the tax is paid, and
: planter, having exhausted his me
in producing his crop, is forced to
. to the usurer, and hu is thus inev
i bly oppressed to a cruel extent. C
gentleman who had to raise $3,0"
pay on his crop, told me that he J
I paid forty per cent, for the money
a loan of only a few -weeks. I sub?
mit that a law which thus places
labor in the hands and under the
power of capital is faulty and vicious
in the extreme.
If we desire, Mr. Chairman, to
elevate the material condition of the
j freedman-and that is the direct
j road to his moral and intellectual ele
I vation-we must open to him profit?
able avenues of industry. The fate
of the negro and the cotton plant in
I this country seem to be indissolubly
! connected, and just in the degree
I that wc retard tho cotton culture, we
i retard the progress and the profit of
I negro labor. In urging the repeal of
j the cotton tax, therefore, I feel that I
I am most effectively pleading the cause
of the emancipated negroes of the
[ ?Southern States.
The idea that we are punishing the
South by this tax (which some gen
! Hellion advance; is utterly delusive, if
! it were ,110t indeed unworthy. The
! cotton tax is not an injury to tin;
i ?Sout h merely, but to the whole coun
i try, and quite as great an injury to
i the manufacturing and commercial
! interest as it is to the agricultural,
j Resentment is always an unsafe basis
; for legislation, and especially unsafe
when applied to business and finan?
cial questions. Let us throw such
. feelings aside and look at the ques
I tion in its true light. Let nsremem
! ber that a heavy export of cotton,
I with cheap cotton at home, are among
: the most desirable objects for the
j whole country that can possibly be
i attained. Let us remember that the
j tax of 815 per bale is not merely an
oppression and a hinderance to cotton
?growing in the United States, but
j that it is a bounty and a stimulus to
cotton growing in Egypt, inindia,
! and every where else that the plant
I can be successfully cultivated. Wi'
\ may, I know, get several millions per
! annum from this tax. but every dol
! lar derived from this source is a loss
of live dollars in its adverse effects on
other business interests of the coun
i try. lt is a tax. in short. Mr. Chair
! man, which we cannot alford to col?
lect, and which, 111 my judgment,
. should be remitted at once.
I PUENTH E ox Tin: S?ITATIOX.-The
' following paragraphs? from the Louis
j ville Journal, of the 2d. are sound
anti readable:
I ..There is one thin;;' the radicals
should consider. The conservatives
? arc far the larger portion of the popu?
lation "i tb.e country, and in the
I sommer of I.*>Gs> they will be even a
larger, a much Janifer, portion of it
than they are now. And such a ma?
jority will govern, either by morai or
political power, or-otherwise. Let
the tierce and insane oppressors lay
these important truths to their hearts
and heads. Anything is better, or at
leas: less bad. than eternal submission
to insolent despotism, especially the
I despotism of a majority.
"We need not repeat our advice to
I our Southern friends to stand as
! linn as the everlasting hills. They
' do not need the advice. They
; show that theirs is a stern and grand
resolve that no influence or power
? can cause them to break. They will
i keep their self-respect and fae world's
j respect. Their skies are now black
i with the shadows of au unnatural
I night, but the morning-red will ere
j long be visible. And then they can
exultingly claim, 'the day-spring
\ from on high has visited us." "
ELIGIBLE MEX.-The Richmond
Dispatch says on this subject:
.'?Should the worst happen for this
State, and a portion ot' our citizens
who have served in public oliices be
rendered ineligible, it becomes a mat?
ter of interest to consider who are
eligible and how the important of?
fices are likely io be lilied. Having
looked about .somewhat, we feel quite
cheered to timi so many capable per?
sons still left to take charge of public
affairs." We think, ourselves, that
! when the proper time arrives for
(selection, if we only manage rightly,
: there will be no want ol' representa
? tive men for the State. We may be
troubled about Congress, if we ever
get the privilege of representation
there. We think, with the Dispatch,
that one advantage which may grow
out of disfranchisement will be the
bringing into action a number of
young men, who may have both
energy and hope to take the places of
some who have little of either hope
or energy. The men we need now
are men of spirit and confidence in
their ability to work out a prosperous
future for their country.
[ Charleston 2xeics.
GOVEENOE BROWN AND EEVEEDV
JI ?HXSON.-Governor Brown has made
a speech explanatory of his recent
letter. He assumes that an accept?
ance of the constitutional amend?
ment will free from political destruc
tk and give us Congressional rep?
resentation. Mr. Reverdy Johnson,
who is probably better posted than
Gov. Brown, says: "The constitu?
tional amendment, if it had been
adopted, would have brought into
this chamber and the other chamber
representatives from the South. ?Sow
it will not."
M GIFT ENTEKPEISE SWINDLE.-Thc
' ! Providence Journal reports that a gift
' i enterprise firm has disappeared from
; Westerly, Rhode Island, with some
i '. thing like $100,000, forwarded by
' deluded people, in anticipation of
? grand distribution of prizes.
The music of a wealthy church, iu
:ew York, costs more than the min
tor's salary.
Tlie Tenure of Office Bill.
Thc following, from the Nirilional\
Republican, gives us in brief thc
effects of this bill us passed over the
President's veto :
At 12 o'clock, on the 4th day of
March, the tenure of oiliee bill "was
I most beautifully illustrated. At that
hour, under that law, the official ex?
istence of seventy-six Assessors and
seventy-two Collectors of Internal
Revenue, who were rejected or not
acted upon by the Senate, ceased. It
I immediately became the duty of the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
to provide against this extraordinary
interruption in thc most important
branch of thc financial department of
the Government. Accordingly, he
telegraphed to tlie Assistant Assessor
of thc assessment district, or divi?
sion, where thc rejected Assessor
resided, in each district, io at once
assume the duties of acting Assessor
! until otherwise ordered.
I in the cases eil' the collectors, tue
senior deputy collector of each dis?
trict was telegraphed to assume tue
duties of acting collector, retaining
the office, in each case, where it is
now situated.
I In the same department of Govern
i ment, collectors of customs, survey?
ors, nava.l officers, officers of mints,
i icc, Sec, ceased to exist by the same
unwise and summary Act of Con?
gress.
j Our foreign affairs are a good deal
I disarranged by the same cause.
Thc business of the Interior De?
partment is also interrupted.
En the Post Office Department, the
tenure of office I > i 11 is doing great j
damage. A very large number of
offices in different parts of the coun?
try an: without postmasters, and some
first-class offices at that. This was
mainly caused by the refusal of the
' Senate to confirm good men who
i were nominated by the President.
Tlfe Se?ale considered politics pa
! ramount to honesty, capacity and pa
! triotism. The Philadelphia office was
left without a postmaster, and the
I man whose term of office ceased to
I exist held in his hands about $40,000
; belonging to the Government. By
I Congressional legislation, his respon
1 sibility to the Government tormi
j natedon the 4th instant. The Post
I master-General had to assume the rc
! spousibility, against law, of placing
some officer in charge of thc above
named office.
lathe Attorney-General's Depart-j
j ment, tlie same difficulty exists. Thc
Senate refused to confirm or reject
i the marshals of Massachusetts and
, Louisiana; hence, on thc 4th of
March there were no officers to serve
a process. The result is that in Bos?
ton, the Uni toil States Courts are
stopped for want of a marshal to per?
form the functions belonging to his
office.
This is a specimen of thc malig?
nant legislation of the Thirty-ninth
I Congress. Let the people tedie no
! tice.-National Republican.
-
I THE roon NEGRO IX Tun NORTH.
j The hypocrisy and insincerity of thc
j radical party is fully illustrated in the
j following report of tlie proceedings ;
in the House of Representatives, at j
Washington, on the 2Sth ultimo:
Quite an amusing scene occurred
in the House this afternoon, which
was rather more enjoyable to the
Democrats than the radicals. Mr.
LeBlond, of Ohio, watching his op?
portunity, rose and asked ii few
minutes for a personal explanation.
The Speaker recognized him, and lie
rea.I a despatch from Columbus,
whieu appeared in Lue I //ronni'!, of
this morning, announcing that the
j popular branch of thc Ohio Legisla
I turo had voted by twenty-four ma
I jority against a resolution to strike
j out the word ..white"' from the Con
! stitution of that State, and also an
j other despatch announcing that the
' General Assembly of New York had
refused to allow impartial negro suf?
frage in the election of delegates to
the proposed constitutional conven?
tion.
Mr. LeBlond congratulated his
Democratic friends upon the fact j
that they had been sustained in op-,
posing negro suffrage by these two1
great States-New York and Ohio.
The evidence was overwhelming, and
only Mr. Garfield, on the radical ?
side, undertook to reply, by havingja
proclamation read from the Mayor of
I'azoo City, Mississippi, against va- '
grant negroes, which, he said, was a ;
good antidote for thc despatches
announced by LeBlond. Thc House
didn't think so, however, and the
: laugh was rather against the negro
su tirage party of that body.
An official communication show?
thc aggregate amount of $530,000
expended for subsistence stores issued
to tlestitute refugees and freedmen,
or persons not belonging to the army,
for the six months ending with De?
cember last. Of this, nearly $24,000
i are set down for Tennessee, $88,000
? for Louisiana, 8170,000 for Alabama,
. j $35,000 for Georgia. $51,000 fo* South
Carolina, 833,000 for North Carolina,
t $74,000 for Virginia, $32,000 for
. ; Washington, and other sums varying
; from 81? to 81,100, wore expended in
. : other Southern States.
. I The Nashville Union and Dispatch
; says it is reported that Governor
Brownlow would suppress the Mem
i phis Avalanche on account of its bit
t j terness. We don't think so. There
. ! are some things that even he will not
; venture upon.
SHIP NEWS.
PORT OF CHARLESTON, MARCH 8.
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
Steamship J. W. Everman, Philadelphia.
Hohr. Richard Peterson, Philadelphia.
Sehr. Wenonah, Tall, Baltimore.
WENT TO SEA YESTERDAY.
SteaniHhip Km5ly I*. Sonder, Ney.- York.
Steamship Falcon, Reed. Baltimore.
CORN FOR THE POOR,
7*R< ?I !) to 2 o'clock. Applv to
J Mare) '.> REV. WM. MARTIN.
FLOUR, COU, K
"T f\i\I\ BUSHELS WHITE CORN.
.).V_/V_/V/ 1,500 bushels OATS.
SObbls. iltlSH POTATOES-$5.
LOO bbl?. Super. Extra FAMILY FLOUR.
TO ARRIVE.
1,500 bushels YELLOW CORN.
."? hhds. CLEAR SIDES. For sale bv
March BROWNE ?fe. SCHIRMER.
Dissolution of Copartnership,
mir: tum of HUFFMAN A- PRICE was
_L dissolved < ?i the 25th "t February,
1807, by mutual consent. Tho business
will be continued by .Ab-. JOSEPH HUFF?
MAN, who will pay all demands against
the firm mid receipt for monev due the
same. J. HUFFMAN,
Mar. !: :- J. P. PRICE.
Plow Moulds! Plow Moulds!
-r f\ f^l SWEDES PLOW MOULDS,
.JvJv/ just received and for sale bv
March_8 .). .V T. 1!. AGNEW.
Virginia Mountain Butter
T7UFTEEN HUNDRED lbs., superior
JT_ qualitv, fur sale by the iirkin, at
RICHARD O N F.ALF A SONS,
March s Cotton Town.
ONi: THOUSAND lbs. BACON SIDES
and SI lol" LI ?LBS.
1,200 bushels White and Yellow CORN.
3 hhds. MUSCOVADO MOLASSES-new
crop.
0 obis. GOLDEN S1RI P.
30 sacks FAMILY FLOUR.
lo bags bi" and Laguavra COFFEE.
Bushels SEED OATS. '
Which we oller in quantities to suit pur?
chasers. COPELAND A DEARDEN.
Mareh S
Mackerel and Cheese.
1 (\ KITS NO. 1 MACKEREL, put up
-jr\ ) expressly fur fatnilv usc.
.io boxes choice CUTTING CHEESE.
Just received and for sale low bv
March 7 J. ?\ T. li. AGNEW.
Fresh Arrivals
F!NE NORTHERN APPLES.
... ORANGES.
i boxes LEMONS.
10 boxes LAYER RAISINS.
10 half boxes LAYER RAISINS.
Marri: S JOHN C. SEEGERS A C< >.
L?GEE BEBE.
mEN bois. SEEGERS' LAGER BEER-a
1 tine article, at
March 7 J. C. SEEGERS .v CO.'S.
" HURRY THAT TEAM !
8RIXG OX YOI R COTTOX.
COTTON PRESS I? FI LL BLAST ! !
7* TV CO ?TON PRESS is again ready for
_i.Tl_ PACKING, and ? will continue to
PRESS ALL THE COTTON that can be
brought in bv responsible parties.
Orders for" PRESSES respectfully soli?
cited. A. R. COLTON.
March 7 G
Li I
TIERCES choice S. C.
(TTT^ i i AMS. at 20c. ; er lb.
n?^BHgi Tit recs Diamond HAMS;BSj
Bags and pockets JAVA COFFEE, at
40c. per lb.
Bags prime Laguayra and Rio Coffee.
Familv Flour, unexcelled in quality.
With other FIRST-CLASS GOODS.
The subscribers ure receiving, and will
at an carlv dav have in store, a large stock
of GROCERIES and PROVISIONS, of su?
perior quality.
It will bc not only our aim, but deter?
mination, to of? r only FRESH GOODS,
from first hands, at RATES AS LOW AS
THIS MARKET AFFORDS.
March 7 3 C. H. BALDWIN ?fe CO.
To Rent.
4 FARM, situated about three miles
J\_ fr.un this city, with necessary out?
buildings, and well adapted for gardening
purposes. Applv to
Feb 27 wa_H. 1). HANAHAN.
LANDRETH'S
GARDEN SEEDS.
I?WE HUNDRED dozen papers of
' FRESH SEED, just received. At
wholesale and retail. E. POLLARD.
Feb 1 tis_
FLOUR, FLOUR.
TEN bbls. lb cker's Self-raising FLOUR.
20 " Extra N. C. FLOUR.
March 7 ?JOHN C. SEEGERS & Ci b
Peach-blow Potatoes.
4 f\ BBLS. PEACH-BLOW POTATOES,
-|-\ / just received and for sale low by
March 7 J. & T. R. AGNEW.
ALE! ALE!
1 r\ HALF BBLS. ALE.
1U 10 win ile '. "
At wholesale and on draught.
March 7 J.IHN C. SEEGEKS k CO.
nm uiiTiii
RECEIVED per Steamers "Carrol,"
'.Sea-Gull'" and "Lula:"
3,000 bus's prime White Marvland CORN.
50bble. IRISH [Seed] POTATOES.
500 bushels BEAN.
Feb 15 BROWNE ?V SCHIRMER.
BUTTER !
FRESH ROLL COUNTRY BUTTER, for
sah- bv FISHER & LOWRANCE.
Feb ri * _
NOTICE.
ALL persons having claims against thc
Estate of JAMES C. BATES, dee'd.,
will present them, properly attested, within
thirty day?, and all persons indebted to
said'Estate will make immediate payment
to me at Columbia, S. C.
JaniGwl3 W. M. BECKHAM. Adm'r.
Cooper's Double Action
Patent Revolver ! !
DO YOU WANT ONE?
IHAVE just received thc State agency
forCOOPER'SDOUBEE ACTION PA"
TENT REVOLVER-NIKE DIFFERENT
sl/KS. lt is cocked with equal facility by
thc Lammer or trigger, and combines se?
curity from accidents and celerity of fire.
The Pistol is similar in finish and calibre
to Colt s.
Wholesale dealers will find it to their ad?
vantage to purchase these in preference to
any other Pistol.
< 'all at the office of thc < lottou Gin Ware
bouse, and sec for yourselves.
A. .IC. COLTOIV.
March 7 Gnni
Southern School Headers,
I710K beginners and advanced scholar?.
1 SOUTHERN SPELLERS and PRI?
MERS, bv R. Sterling, A. M., of North
Carolina.
STERLING SOUTHERN COPY BOOKS.
AU Die above are' neatly printed on K<J<'<1
paper, and arc recommended by the North
Carolina Superintendent of Public Schools
and bv the Legislature of Alabama.
For sale at
aicCARTEirS BOOKSTORE,
Opposite Lawvers' Raage, Columbia.
MarchC_ _ lt. L. BRYAN.
Dress-Making.
Miss A. J. STOKES informs her friends
and patron!- that sho has REMOVED
to thc dwelling of Mr. \Y. T. Walter, on
Plain street. East of the Shiver House,
where she will continue DRESS-MAKING,
and invites tho ladies te? call and sec her.
Mardi G G*
HAMS I HAMS ! !
IT1W0 HUNDRED Sugar-cured Hams.
J. just received, and for sale at TWENTY
CENTS per pound by
March G J. & T. R. AGNEW.
SARDINES ! SARDINES ! '.
ONE THOUSAND boxes Sardines, just
received, and for sale at TWENTY
CENTS per box.
March G J. & T. R. AGNEW.
Printing Material For Sale.
A N assortment of TYPE and M ATE RI
jt%. AL, snflicient to publish a large sized
paper, is ottered for salo at a very reason?
able price. The TYPE is as good as new.
For further particulars, apply at this
ellice. _" Feb 23
SELF-RAISING FLOUR.
TWENTY bbls. HECKER'S SELF-RAIS?
ING FLOUR, just revived and for
sale low bv J. & T. R. AGNEW.
Mareh _
GIBS OH 'S "
PAUST CULTIVATOR PLOWS !
Jt'sT received, a sup
plv Of these SUPERIOR
==?IMPLEMENTS-the ad
vantage from using which
'is FIFTY PER CENT, in
herses ami hands. For sale by the agents,
March 3_J. & T. R. AGNEW.
WANTED TO RENT,
BY a party, sufficient FURNITURE to
furnish two rooms neatly; the Furni?
ture to be well cared for.
ALSO,
Win* take three or four setts of ROOKS
to keep, by oin- who is responsible and
competent. Apply at tins office.
March 3
Canned Goods.
GREEN PEAS, G REEN CORN. TOMA?
TOES. Peaches, Pine Apple, Lobsters,
Salmon. Oysters, Cranbury Sauce, Eyg
Plums, Pie" Fruits, fresh Mackerel, Sar?
dines. English and American Pickles, Cat?
sups, Sauces, Ae. On hand and for sale
low bv J. & T. R. AGNEW.
Feb" 2-1_
SALT, SALT.
IN STOKE, FRESH LIVERPOOL SALT,
lower than it has been oflercd in Colum?
bia, bv FISHER & LOWRANCE.
_.March 1
Soda and Fancy Biscuit.
BY tlc-barrel or at retail.
March 1 FISHER & LOWRANCE.
MANURE FORKS !
LONG and SHORT-HANDLED MA?
NURE FORKS-a complete assortment
just received and for sale bv
March 3 J. & T. R. AGNEW.
PEAS! PEAS]
ITIOR salo bv FISHER A LOWRANCE.
? March 1 _
NAILS, NAILS, NAILS.
Af the Sign of the G ol len Pad-Lock.
?}r\f\ KEGS superior qualitv CUT
?\)V.f NAILS, in suire and for .sale low
for cash by JOHN C. DIAL.
March 2
kerosene Oil?
Ai Ute Sign of the Ooldea Pad-Lock.
.r BBLS. pure WHITE KEROSENE OIL,
O just received and for sale by
March 2 JOHN C. DIAL._
Planting Potatoes.
Sf\BBLS. PLANTING IRISH POTA
?JU TOES, in fine ordor. For sale bv
Jun 25 E. ,V G. D. HOPE.
New Orleans Sugar and Syrup.
K HHDS. NEW ORLEANS SUGARS.
0 t; bbls. '. " SYRUP.
Just in and for sah- bv
Jan 25 E.".v G. D. HOPE.
ONION SETTS.
I rr BUSHELS WHITE and YELLOW
1 ONION SETTS, for sale by
Feb 23 E. & G.* T>. HOPE.
Breakfast Bacon.
11 WO THOUSAND lbs. BACON STRIP.-,
for sale low by E. A G. D. HOPE.
Feb 13
200
FiiESH EGGS.
DOZEN for sale low.
E. A G. H. HOPE
or
JUST RECEIVED,
DXES FINE ORANGES.
" " LEMONS. Low for cash
JOHN C. SEEGERS & CO.'S.
Feb 26
BUTTER AND CHEESE.
r* i\ POXES CUTTING CHEESE.
t)\J 10 kegs Goshen and State BUTTES
For sale LOW bv the package.
March 7 ' E. A G. D. HOPE.