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COLUMBIA.
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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.