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v. .'."'.>. .. : COLUMBIA. _4-r-? Wednesday Morning, Jan. 8. 1868. A Review or Bijery. ? * The Petersburg J??pr?w publishes the following interesting article on thit subject: Emancipation brings to mind slavery, aud that takes us back to the ?arly ages. At first, there were both white and black alav?s. Tho ancient nations generally recognized the in . atitution. White slavery existed in England till the time of James TX Some dato its origin from the cou {paest of William the Norman, but rom the Anglo-Saxon laws it appears to have existed prior to that period. After the Conquest, the white slaves were known as villiens. There were two kinds of villiens-regardant, who were sold with the land, and villiens in gross, who were sold as chattels or personal property. After the lapse of a long time, a strong leeling grew np ?or the emancipation of the whites, and Queen Elizabeth issued a commission to Cecil, Lord Burleigh and Sir William Mildway, giving them authority'to manumit slr.vea, by getting a reasonable price for their liberty. But 'while the Queen was putting money in ono pocket by selling liberty to the whites, she established the African slave trade, and thus put money in her other pocket. This trade was regarded as of great importance to Britain; and under Charles UV ? monopoly was created in favor of a company authorized to exhort to the colonies 3,000 slaves per annum. In -this money-making affair, Great Bri? tain did not stand alone. France, Spain and Portugal acted in concert, Portugal began as early as 1508. These nations negro-traded on a grand scale. About tho year 1713, Spain entered into a contract with the Boyal Guinea Company, of Prance, to furnish slaves to Spanish America. By the treaty of Utreoht, on the 11th of April, 1713, Great Britain obtained a transfer of this ?contract, which waa greeted in Eng? land with shouts of joy, and in May of the same year, Britain agreed to furnish the Spanish American Colo nies 4,800 slaves per annum, for thirty years. A question arose as to the legal character of the slaves so exported, and was submitted by the Crown to the twelve Judges of Eng? land, and they said: "In pursuance of his Majesty'a order, in cou noil hereto annexed, we humbly certify our opinion to be that negroes are merchandize." Signed by Chief Justice Holt, The monopoly of the slave trade was, by the influence of the people, through the House of Commons, f taken down, and all tho citizens ol Britain .were allowed to tirade freely in slaveoj and they were daily sold or the publie'exohange in London. It thc course of lime, tho colonies ii America thought they had slave; enongh, and South Carolina, in 1760 passed an Act prohibiting tho slavi trade. The Act was repealed by th Crown and the Governor reprimand ed. A circular was sent to all th Governors of tho colonies, warnini them against presuming to couute nance such legislation. In 1765, Jamaica made a mov against tho slave trade, but met th same fate as South Carolina. An even after the commencement of th revolution which severed tho Nort American Colonies from Great Br; tain, the Earl of Dartmouth, on th part of the Crown, in answer to remoustruiico from the agent of th colonies on the slave trade, sait "We cannot allow the colonies t check or discourage in any degree traffic so beneficial to the nation. And this was after Lord Mansfiel had decided the Summerset case, i which he said; "Ii a slave carrie from tho Wost Indies resisted h: master, there was* no remedy h which the master could exercise hi control; that the colonial law had n force in England." Thus the British Government wi trading in slaves abroad and boastic of freedom at home-air so pure tin one could not breathe it and remai a slave. But Bhe dropped the who thing when it ceased to be profitabl Her colonies became States, ai. when the Federal Constitution wi being framed, tho Northern eye wi turned to tho slave qnestion; for tl trade was oar lied on principally I Northern vessels and protection wi granted. When the cold States four that slaves were unprofitable thi passed laws that all negroes bom c and after some distant future da should bo free, bot the records she that but very few were born in tho States on and after such date. As early as 1790, the Friends : Pennsylvania petitioned Congress c the subject of abolition, but not t 1840 did tho Abolition party appe ia national politics, when James i Birney, of Michigan, was run as candidate for the Presidency ai polled 7,000 votes. In 1844 he i ceived 62,140. In 1848, Martin V? Buren received 296,232. In 185 John C. Fremont 1,341,812; and 1860, Abraham Lincoln |was electe But, strange to say, tho party whi has claimed to be the particular frio: of the colored man has nover aide either in Britain or this country, elevate and improve tho condition uis race. In England, the coloi mau has never gained a high position nor been (rented as the equal of tbe white, notwithstanding alt that has been written oe his capacity to rise to and stand on elevated ground. , In this country, he oas remained in a lo^ condition in those States where he has been free.'over half a century." Indeed, the policy of those States has been to rid themselves of the colored man. The statute books of moat of the States where the Abo lition party has been strong, show that laws have been passed to his dis? advantage. Many of those States have, from time to time, enacted laws to prevent tho colored man set? tling among those who were claiming to be hie peculiar friends. Even the proclamation which he now celebrates was not intended as a boon to bim, but was declared ;.by Lincoln to b? a military necessity to conquer the South. He stated when he was first elected, that slavery iii the United States should not be interfered with. Since the war what has been done to prove that tho colored man has better friend: c?Sv?n?ife ?ilnu . chusa with whom he lived and lives in the sunn v South? What will it profit him to vote and even sit in Conventions with the white man to frame organic laws for ten Southern States-when there is now a current sweeping on I nearer and nearer to him that will [ drive him from his native hills and dales, unless he and those whites with whom ho. has in childhood sported I shall understand their mutual interest and remain friends? The oolored man to till the soil and leave to the I white the guidance of the affairs of State. Those free States whoso rep? resentatives in Congress have granted the colored man the right to vote iu the South, by recent elections have declared that he shall not vote in those States. The plain English is that England, Spain, France and Portugal have made, in times past, millions of dol? lars by the trade in the colored man, and their example has been followed by the States which have cried out against the South, and now both the white sod colored man of the South aro poor, and must work or ?tarve, neither must look for aid save to God and their own strong arm. The g?? nerons son's of the South have not forgotten the ties of affection which bound their hearts in childhood to their old colored nurses, and those black boys with whom they sported ou the green, and however much they may now be looked upon aa po? litical foes, or political tools, the voice from the West calling the black man "beast! soulless brute!" cannot awaken any genuine, rational sympa? thy in the South. We agree with the Biohmond Dispatch, in its able review of a recent silly work which attempts to prove that the negro is a soulless beast, "that the Southern people and the Southern press owe it to themselves and to the world-to their self-respect and to their reputa? tion for intelligence and humanity to repudiate and disown such weak and false pretences as those which have been put forth by "Ariel." Suoh allies impair, instead of adding to, our strength. The New York Herald asserts that the radicals at Washington are obviously alarmed. Messrs. Pome? roy, of New York, Washburne, of Indiana, and Cullom, of Hliuois, left the national capital on the 2d oi January and hurried to Richmond. Their object was to address tho Vir? ginia Reconstruction Convention, and enlighten that body on the poli? tical topics of tho day, especially ou the subject of negro reconstruction. Ben. Butler himself proposes tc start for Richmond, on a crusade iu the same direction. His main objeel is, it is said, to edify thc colored race in their new and important position in Southern politics, rather than tc attempt the hopeless task of controll lug tho movements of tho Southerr whites. Ben. Butler has not deoidet to extend his tour to the other South ern States, although he has not aban doned his designs upon tho leader ship of the black voters of the South, Tho bottom of the ocean will soot be as extensive a means of human in toll ige nco as the top of it. The Em peror of France is about to have hi? submarine cable to the Island of St Pierre and New York; the Govern mont of Queen Isabella is also abou laying down a cable to Cuba anc Porto Rico by way of the Canaries and now we hear of another projected lino to He between Brest and Nev York. The latter is organized by i Franco-Atnorinan Company, with ! capital of a million sterling-tb stock and direction to be divido? between England, France and thi country. The English share of tb stock is said to be already subscribed This company bas received valuabl concessions from tho Frenoh Govern ment, and tho line will be laid nex Summer very probably. Belle Boyd will shortly appear a the French Theatre in New York. LATE DISCOVERIES AT JERUSALEM. Th? , discoveries .recently made by Lieut. Charles Warren, ?. E., es $loria? for the Palestine Fand in erusolem, will gratify all persona who are interested in Biblical studies. It now seems definitely established that the South wall, of the sacred enclosure Which contained the temple is buried for a greater depth than the height emerging from the ground, nud that, if bared to its foundation, the wall would present an unbroken face of solid masonry nearly 1,000 feet long and 150 feet in height! Tho wall, ai it stands, has excited the wonder of the world. No ono has done more than speculate on the depth of its foundations oi> the minor discoveries made by Lieut. Warren, Which, as the Sectetary of the Ex frtoring Society writes on the 11th estant, have Completely changed the conditions of research in Jerusalem. The sites of the temple, Calvary, the i Holy Sepulchre, the Pool of Ba? thaida, are hoped to bo discovered; and, if the exploring party is provid? ed with funds, Lieut. Warren docs not despair of surveyiug and desig? nating the boundaries aud chief lo? calities of the ancieut Jerusalem which the_ Saviour saw and which Josephus described. L-ZVeu? York Times. Between thirty and forty years ago, a wealthy Boston family, when about to embark from New York for a loug residence in Europe, packed a trunk of valuable heir-looms and other rich articles, and sent it to Boston for safe keeping. Tho gen? tleman to whose care it was sent, placed it in a bank-vault, marked with his own name and that of the owner, with a memorandum that the trunk was to remain until called for by the owner. The owner, after many years abseuce in Europe, sup? posing the trunk to be lost or stolen, never called for it; and now, after a third of a century, when nearly every member of his family is dead, this valuable trunk has beeu discovered in a bauk in Providence, R. I., and restored in perfeot order to the sur? viving aged widow of ii ie owner. WESTON OUTDONE.-The Rochester Express re-publishes an old letter, in which it is stated that an Indian, called Governor Black Snake, who stood high in favor with General Washington, and was entrusted with important despatches, started from Cold Spring, on the Alleghany River, wetting a cloth as he started, with cold water, with which ever and anon to moisten and cool his heaving lungs, he traveled on foot through the woods to Buffalo and back the ? same day, a distance of sixty-live miles-making a journey of 130 miles on foot in one day, and that through the forests, and without a beaten J road. i NEW CONDUCTOR'S CAR.-The uew car recently built for Conductor Disher, on tho South Carolina Rail? road, was run ou a trial trip, yester? day, up to the Seven Mile Pump, where a treat was on hand for the party. The car is built of pine, but is strong and handsome, and thc furniture of the conductor's room is comfortable and even handsome. Neurly all the conductors have now been furnished with cars, and now ouly oao Moore remains to be sup? plied. '-Charleston Mercury. A powerful digging niachiue is now iu operation in New Jersey, which is said to be achieving wonders. It is run by steam, and is at work exea vating a canal fitton or twenty feet deep sud seventy-five or a hundred feet wide, taking up a ton of marl a minute, and depositing it in cars runuing ou rails laid beside the canal, to be conveyed miles away to the doors of the farmers in that part of New Jersey. - -> The first horse dinner in Eugland has been held. The beast was eight? een years old and thirteen hands high, and, after being butchered, was served up to a select company in a great variety of modes of cookiug. It was pronounced excellent food, fine in texture, tender in quality and unimpeachable in flavor, with such a rnmarkablo resemblance to beef that it would be difficult to tell the differ? ence between the two. COLORED BOY FROZEN TO DEATH. On Wednesday morning last, a color? ed boy about 10 or 12 years of age, was found dead in the corner of a fence near the Parsonage, who is supposed to havo been frozen to death on the previous night. An inquest was held over the body by Coroner J. H. Bolton on Wednesday, who rendered a verdict in accordance with the above statement. [Bennettsville Journal. A RAILROAD CAR BLOWN OFF THE TRACK.- On Wednesday last, on tho Harlem Railroad, the up freight train, with a passenger car attached, was struck by a gale while between Boston Four Corners and and Copoke stations. The passenger car and one platform car were lifted down an embankment some fifteen feet. There were five men in the oar, who were more ar less injured, none seriously. Tho oldest living Odd Fellow in the Unitod States is Past Grand Brother Benjamin Downing, of New? port, Rhode Island. Ho is 83 years of age, and joined the order at Har? wich, England, in 1807. A sporting Quaker pute his bets thus: "Friend Edward, thee thinks thy horse is faster than mine. I raine, my opinion twenty dollars. Now, ii thee values thy opinion at the same rate, we will put the money together, and ask our horses, .what il?ey think of it, and leave the con-; elusion to them.1" - A fair Circassian slave has escaped from the harem of Latif Pasha, at Alexandria, Egypt, and taken refuge with the Prussian Vice-Consul, who declared her' free from the moment she entered the Consulate, and gave her "free papers." An international row is on hand in consequence. A woman died in Detroit, the other day, who had been traveling with her husband in disguise for several years, to keep her relentless father from catching her. The hus? band is a locomotive runner, and she was his fireman. Over forty millions of dollars have been paid by the General Government to the Northern and Western RtAtes. under acts of Congress, indemnify? ing the States for expenses incurred by them in defence of the United States. The Free Masons of Philadelphia are to erect a granite temple 250 feet long, 150 feet wide und with a tower 300 feet high. It is to be placed so that there will be a street on every side, is to cost $750,000, and bo five years in building. It is stated that Judgo A. P. Aldrich, who waa suspended by the military authorities from the exercise of his judicial functions, is about to take up his residence and practice law at Augusta. Au inquisitive chap asked a soldiei with an empty sleeve where he losl his arm. "lu a thrashing machine," answered the soldier. "Were you running the machine?" "Well, no. Gen. Grant had charge." The "Black Crook" has at lasl been withdrawn from Niblo's, nftei a successful run of 475 separate anc distinct performances. It is to b< succeeded by the "White Fawn." Austria had to dock Maximilian o his title of Emperor before it couh get his body. He was styled "tin late Arch-duke" in all communica tions with Juarez. Joshua Ii. Jowett, the oldest Fre< Mason in the United States, diet last month at Granby, Conn., in tin 97th year'of his natural, aud the 73? of his masonic life. TO RENT. ACOTTAGE, with Pour Rooina, Kitcb en and Garden Spot; Rood Well c Water on premises. Situated on Lincoln two doora from Tavlor atrcot. Apply a corner of Taylor and Lincoln streetB. Jan 8_I* Columbia Chapter No. 5, R.\ A.". M. A A regular communication of thi >*fVrChapter will be held THIS EVEN /V\ING, at 7 o'clock, at Palmett Lodge Hall. The Oflic.crij elect, to serve tho ennuin Masonic year, will be present for installs tion. Rv order of the H. P. _Jan"8 1 W. H UPSONVTIGG, Sec'y^ FURNITURE ! FURNITURE ! ! T II E undersigned \7\ keeps constantly <?IIHK In hand an assortment ofW^WB^^I M* FURNITURE, such as is usual) wanted in a house, consisting of REI STEADS, all kinds; Chairs, Tables, Wari robes, Bureaus, Washstands, Safes, Deski Ac. He is also prepared to manufactui aud repair anvthing in tho Cabinet Mal iug line. JEROME TA GAN. Jan 3_ GAS CONSUMERS TTTILL please attend to the PAYMEN VV of their BILLs, for tho month ? DECEMBER. JACOB LEVIN, Jan 5 3 Secretary Gas Company. FLOUR ! FL?UR?! ~ 1 Cid RAC KS EXTRA FAMILY FLOU1 JA/\J in store and for salo by Jan 5_ _B. O'XEALE A SON. GARDEN SEED. THORBURNS GARDEN SEED, in grei variety, at wholesalo and retail, i warranted quality. For salo bv Jan 5 _ E. ic G. D.JIOPE. NOTICE. THE partnership heretofore existing b tween JAMES CRAWFORD, JOSEP TAYLOR A T. J. HARPER, under tl namo and style of JAMES CRAWFORD CO., will be dissolved, to take eflect on tl 1st day of FEBRUARY. 18G8. Parti having claims against them will pleai present tho ?arno to JAMES CRAWFOR] at tho Store of B. H. Rice, for payment. Tho TEAMS, WAGONS and HARNES of tho said firm, will bo sold at public ou erv on the FIRST MONDAY IN FEBR1 ARY, in front of the old Court House. Jan 5 JAME8 M. CRAWFORD & CO. The New System OF CASH BEFORE DELIVERY, ] ALL CASES, adhered to by Jan 4_FISHER A LOWRANCE. NOTICE. ALL parties indebted to us by NOTE ACCOUNT wiU flud it to their intere to see us at onoe, and before the 15th in? Jan 4_FISHER & LOWRANCE. FOR SALE. ~~ AQUANTITY of PRINTING PAPER eizo 28x38-suitable for a newspapc will be disposed of at a very low rate. A ply early at Phoenix office. Jan 1 An eruption of the akin, of tblr year's standing, which defied tho skill the doctors, was cured, in Philadolphi bjrjwingjlojnjts^^ Delight. W.~BTJ0HN8TON, Magistrate and Notary Public, OFFICE on Assembly -drool, opposi the Market. Will attend to all oflic business; also, drawing up writings, pe tions, Ac, with promptneas. Jan 1 Ilelnltah's Crimson Tetter Wac for Tetter, Ringworm, Pimples, Woi Snots, Roughness of tho Skin-a cure f Tottor aud Ringworm. A physician bf Scotland has pub? lished u tract announcing that he has discovered in sulphur a sovereign remedy for diphtheria and all tho diseases of minute fungus growth. Dr. Lrrduor once attempted to prove that ocean steam navigation was an impossibility; and Thiers, in 1889, said railroads would never be useful or successful. ABinghampton (N. Y.) man be? came crazy by the use of tobacco. He stopped smoking and chewing, and is now all right again. Oars with family compartments, fitted np in hotel style, with attend? ants, are to be run between New York and Chicaga. The Planters' Hotel property in Fredericksburg, was sold at public auction last week, and brought only $5,600. Wm. S. Barton purchaser. The Northern papers are beginning to come down on the negro. They don't talk about "rebel outrages" now. They say "negro outrages." Joh:. Doo died of a heavy spree in the New York Tombs. His suit against Richard Roc is now discon? tinued. Wm. Danie!, ?ged 101, has just died in Fayette County, 111. His sister, aged 105, mourns his loss. St. Joseph witnessed a small-sized war of races on Christmas evening. The black race,was whipped. The Montgomery and Mobile editors feasted Christmas day on strawberries growu iu the open air. They call betting out West "put? ting a pecuniary estimate on one's opinion." A Vermont bank, which was closing up its business, redeemed S3,850 more bills than it over issued. The Baptists' complaint-Dip theory. To the Dental Profession. I HAVE PATENTED, and CEJ HOW deidre to introduce, an {TrfSBB^ important i m pro vom cut in ^**JJ, TIT the construction of ARTIFI? CIAL DENTURES, whereby the strength, reliability and facility of repair, pertain? ing to ?waged plate work, is communicated to moulded metalie or vulcauizablo base. Strang Plate Teeth as firmly attached to the base as if soldered " to swaged plate, aro. by this process, substituted for those specially designed for moulded base. By their uso tho operator i* left free to ex? ercise bis own judgment in their arrange? ment, and linds himself no longer confined to tho sameness of the present style of blocks, or single teeth weakened by carv? ing for moulded work. No new appliances sre required in this process. It is eu* i ly acquired by any one familiar with dither moulded or swaged work. It jtives to the operator confidence in tho reliability i?t bis case?, exempting bim from the disappointment and per? plexity often attendant on bis most faith? ful efforts. It roaders partial cases as reli? able as full bet-s, and, consequently, will tend to ameliorate the present deplorable practice of extracting every tooth, eound or unsuund, which utanda in the way of tho latter. The method lta<i been thoroughly tested, and is now submitted to the profession with the assurance that it ? 111 be found to fulfill all that is claimed for it. Its results are highly artistic, very beautiful, aud af? ford thcutinost aatiifac'.ion to operator and patient. OI-FICE LICENSES will be tho system adopted, in relation to which-and other m.Uer? in connection-circulars will be furnished, on application to the subscrib? er. WM. REYNOLDS, M. D., Jan 1 }3mo Columbia, S. C. "NOTICE. CITY CLERK S OFFICE. COLt'MMA. January 2, lbOS. fTLVXES on sales of Merchandise, sales I at Auction, sale? on Commission, Re? ceipt? ol Hotels and Houses nf Eutertain nient, Eating Houses?, Saloons, Ac, for the quarter ending JANUARY 1, aro due, and prompt pavmeut of the samo ia required. j. s. MCMAHON, Jan_3 C _City Clerk._ Yarns at Manufacturer's Prices. COLUMBIA MERCHANTS desiring COTTON YARNS, in any quantity, and of anv number from No. 5 to No. 20, can have {hom promptly delivered at their stores bv sending their oidora through the Post Ofllce to CHILDS, JOHNSTON A PALMER, Jan 1 12 Proprietors Saluda Factory. On Both Sides of the Sea, ASTORY of tho time of OLIVER CROMWELL and CHARLES I; by thc Schonberg Cotta Family. Price ?1.75. Love in Letters; Edited by Allan Grant. Price $1.75. The Huguenots, tbeir Settlements, In? dustries, Ac; by Samuel Smiles, author of "Lives of tho Engineers," Ac. Price $1.75. Stones from Greek Mythology; by Rev. J. Wood, of Edinburg, finely illustrated. Cheap. Tho Huguonot Familv; a novel, bv Tyt lor, and some new London Novels, 25 and 50 cents each. For aale at Jan 3_McCARTER'8 Bookstore. Carolina Bice. 6BBLS. Primo Wbole CAROLINA RICE, for salo by E. & G. D. HOPE. BDec 21_ Potash, Potash, Potash. JUST received, one cask CRUDE POT? ASH, for making Soap, cheaper and better than tho condensed Lye. For salo by FISHER & HEINIT8H, Dec 27 Druggists. New Country-Cured Bacon. HAMS, Sides and Shoulders, for sale by Deo 21 E. & G. D. HOPE. Scrofula, or King's Erll, is cured by using HeinitBh'a Queen's Delight._ V?lfAND GUITAR STRINGS. ALARGE and choice selection of tho very best ITALIAN STRINGS. Also, & full assortment of VIOLONCELLO STRINGS, a great variety of Violin Bows, Screws, Bridges, Tail Boards and Rosin, luat received at E. POLLARD'S. Deo 17_il2*_ EATING HOUSE AT ALSTON. "OASSENGERS on tho Greenville and J7 Columbia Railroad, can get BREAK? FAST and DINNER at Alston-ample time being allowed, Dec 27 MARY A. ELEIN & SON. liooAl X?teyxim-~ A PROVIDENT MOVE.-The delays and difficulties which the State Con? ventions of Louisiana, Alabama and Georgia have encountered in their effort to securo their pay, have been a warning which hos not been lost upon ' the managers aud delegates elect to the approaching Convention in our own State. The News learns that Collector Mackey (whom tho Herald correspondent incontinently elects to preside over the delibera? tions of the Convention) has gone to Washington for the purpose of se? curing, if possible, at the hands of Congress, some certain and immedi? ate quid pro quo for the important services which that body is expected to render in pushing forward the bu? siness of reconstruction. ECTAW ENCAMPMENT NO. 2,1. O. O. F.-The following patriarchs were, on Saturday last, installed by Grand Worthy Chief Patriarch Mc? Kenzie, to servo for thc ensuing term: Chief Patriarch, John A Elkins; High Priest, M. Goldsmith; Senior Warden, A. Reckling; Junior War? den, C. D. Eberhardt; Scribe, F. W. Pape; Treasurer, W. F. Purse; Guide, W. Lassalle; Sentinel, A. Delora. The tenth anniversary meeting of the Palmetto Fire Company was held last nignt, at rrhieh the ' following officers were elected :.. President-W. B. Stanley; Vice President-H. Beard; Directors-J. A. Shiells, G. A. Shields, James Mc Elrone, F. N. Ehrlich; Secretary and Treasurer-C. A. Carrington. The Huguenot Family. A Novel. By Sarah Ty tier, author of "Cito? yenne Jacqueline," ?tc. New York: Harper & Brothers. This neatly bound volume is a re? print from one of the English reli? gious monthlies, in which it has appeared serially. It is designed to illustrate Huguenot character and life in the familiar style of a romance. It will serve excellently as cn accom? paniment to the "History of the Huguenots in England," published also by the Messrs. Harper. Mr. McCarter has presented us a oopy. SDPBBIOB TYPOGRAPHY.-We have no hesitation in asserting that the "Calender for 1868," issued by E. H. Pughe, of Augusta, Ga., is, in point of artistic execution, equal to any similar publication from any establishment in the United States, and surpassed by none. EPIPHANY, OR TWELFTH DAY.-Tho 6th of January is called Twelfth Day, as being that in number after Christ? mas, and Epiphany, from a Greek word signifying appearance, is a fes? tival of thc Church, in commemora? tion of the journey of the three wise men of the East, who were led by a star to worship the new-born Saviour. The primitive Christians celebrated tho Feast of the Nativity for twelve days, observing the first and last days with great solemnity. Twelfth Day, also called "Old Christmas," was at one time a festival inferior only to Christmas; and in England several old customs are still observed. The observance of the day is now confined to the Catholics and Episcopalians. "King Cotton" has received a heavy blow and great discourage? ment in the New World latterly, and some people are of opinion that he may as well abdicate. A discovery has lately been made in Missouri which seems to offer a substitute for tho cotton plant. The new plant is called the ramie, which gives a fine fibre of great strength and glossy white, and it may be used for doth or combined with silk or wool. It is not affected by heavy rains, and en? dures heat as well as cotton. It yields 800 pounds per aore, and gives two crops in the year. The Mexi? cans grow it with great success, where the rain is much more preva? lent than in our Southern States. MAH* ARRANGEMENTS. -The post office open during the week from 8*^ a. m. to 6 p. m. On Sundays, from \% to 2% p. m. The Charleston and Western mails are open for delivery at 2 p. m., and close at 9 a. m. Northern-Open for delivery at 10a. m., closes at 1 p. m. Greenville-Open for delivery at 3 p. m., closes at 8 p. m. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is call? ed to the following advertisements, pub? lished thia morning for the first time: Cottage House to Rent. Regular Meeting Columbia Chapter. Jerome Fagan-Furniture.