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COLUMBIA. Friday Morning, January 34. 1868. "Root. Hog, or Diel" Such is the classical heading to a leading article in a late number of the New York Tribune. Greeley ad? mits the distress which exista throughout the South-that in some portions, at least, the people are threatened with actual starvation; but he consoles himself with the re? flection that it is only "the demon of slavery rending his victim, prepara? tory to going out of him," and cull? ing his own peculiar philosophy to his aid, he excluir?s lustily, "Boot, hog, or diel" It is true that gratui? ties, indiscriminately and unwisely distributed among a people, are cal? culated to do more injury than good. They destroy ?hat spirit o? independ? ence and self-reliance whioh lies at the very foundation of individual, as well as national prosperity, and af? ford at best but temporary relief. Tho hog that will not root should die, and the man who will not help himself when he has an opportunity of doing so, is neither deserving of the great boon of life nor the respect of his fellow-men. But the position of the Southern people is not that of the scheming mendicant who wishes to extort alms from the more indus? trious, that ho may live on in idle? ness and vagabondage. All that the South asks for is its right?, accord? ing to the traditions and representa? tive institutions of republicanism. It is simply demanded that the taxes which have been extorted from our people, in defiance of constitutional usages, at least, should be returned. Nothing is asked as alms, and no? thing is required beyond our proper proportion of the taxes, whioh, though unrepresented in the National Legislature, we are obliged to pay. It is true, that the negroes, who have been utterly demoralized by radical interference, make a special appeal for relief, as "the nation's wards," but the white people do not join in this demand. Believe thom from the depressing effects of radical usurpa? tion, and they could and would find means to help themselves. Let the people manage their own affairs, political as well as industrial, and, aa the New Orleans Times remarks, the regenerating effects of such a course would be felt at once by both the negroes and the whites. It is a bitter mockery to put a ring in the nose of a hog, or a grinding despotism over a section of our common country, and say to either, "Boot, hog, or die!" Yet, notwithstanding Pharisaical pre? tensions to the higher laws of hu? manity and Christianity, and the cruel impositions imposed upon our people, in the sacred thongh prosti? tuted name of liberty, tho philoso? pher of tho Tribune exclaims, io the excess of his benevolence: "The best that the nation can do is to say promptly, peremptorily, conclusive? ly, to the South-to whites and blacks alike-'Boot, hog, or die* " bind a man hand and foot, and thee tell him to help himself! "Consist? ency, thou art a jewel." FABVIING AS A Busci?S.-Th? Rural New Yorker has a correspond ?Jnt, who is discussing the questioi whether farming is profitable. H< writes that "this question is fre quently propounded as though then was a doubt about it. But there i none. In the aggregate, it must pay else nil other vocations must b spoedily nbaudoned. Farming is th base on which tho social edifice rost? nnd its remuneration to individual depends upon the intelligence whic! guides farm labor. With some, ow ing to a lack of money, tho informe tion cssontial to succoss, or to ai improvident use of what they have farming is not remunerative; bu with tho moss the case is difieren! and each year shows in tho aggregat increased accumulation. Farming therefore, like other business, i n tell, gently and systoroatieplly pureuec pays, and if failures hero and thor occur, as in other pursuits, they ar tho exceptions, while genoral succeE is tho rule." i -% ? r Wo regret to leoru from tho Abbr ville Press, that tho dwelling houe and kitchen of Oapt. H. 8. Kerr, i thwt villngo, wore totally destroyed b lire on Tuesday morning last. Th furniture, through tho oxertions < tho citizens, was saved. Incendii rism. " > :' ? . j . - ? , SimrtnnWurg DUt rlct-Il s Salami HtmlrcM 11 ? Indacpiocats to Immi? grants, Ate. ? MR. ETOTOB: I om very glad tx* see the interest you have manifested re? cently in making known the great/ natural resonroes of this State, the great inducements it offers the indus? trious immigrant, and the advantages it holds ont to those who hate the capital and desire to embark in manu? facturing or mining operations. The great necessity of the country now is an increase of white population and of capital. Without the former, our lands will soon have no market raine whatever; and without the lat? ter, our abundant water power will still ran to waste, and the rich beds of iron ore, and of precious metals, baned beneath our feet, remain un? developed. I know that the times are unpropitious, and that the tyran? ny whieh oppresses us has created a state of affairs whioh is most uninvit? ing, both to labor rind capital; but this should only stimulate us to greater exertions, trusting that the day is not fur distant when we shall enjoy the blessiugs of a just govern? ment. The press of the ??tate can? not discharge a more important duty to the people than that of urging upon them tho great necessity of energetic and oombined efforts to supply this deficiency of intelligent labor and of capital. In no part of tho South, or indeed of tho whole country, is there (under the protection of n good and wise f;overnmcnt,) a more inviting field or labor, and thc profitable employ? ment of capital, than Spartanburg affords. I doubt if there can be found in America, within the same area of territory as that covered by this District, so many and so great facilities for the cheap manufacture of iron and cotton. The climate is salubrious, without the extreme of heat or cold; the soil productive; provisions and labor cheap; iron ore and fuel abundant; cotton to be had in any quantity, from the prouuovnj in the surrounding oountry, at a prico mach below that whioh it com? mands even, in our Southern cities; and water power sufficient to tnrn all the spindles in New England. There are also within the limits of the District, lead, copper and gold minos, which with skilled labor and capital sufficient for their proper de? velopment, I am confident, would Sield a handsome profit, and contri ute largely to the prosperity of the country around. To the industrious immigrant, and to the planters of rice and cotton, who have determined to abandon the cultivation of these crops, this Dis? trict holds out strong inducements. With a soil that produces most ol the necessaries of life; a delightful and healthy climate; a sober and or? derly white population, largely in excess of the negro, with a college and a number of high schools, for the eduoation of both boys and girls; with a railroad connecting it with Columbia and Charleston; with an abundance of cultivated farms and uncultivated lands for sale at reason? able prices. The citizens of the Dis? trict will welcome all who come with a desire to invest their money, or fii their homes among them, with thc view of improving tho agriculture ol the country, or of industriously aid? ing in the development of the great natural resources with whioh Pro vidence has blost this section of the State. I fear I have already mado this communication too long for the co In ni ns of your paper, and, with youl permission, I may have something more to say at somo future time. 1 cannot close, however, without com mending the spirit which has prompt ed two of our worthy fellow-citizeni -Messrs. Evins and Choice-to opei an office, in connection with thoi. law office, at the Court House of ou: District, for the encouragement o immigration and the sale of rea estate. These gentlemen may bi safely trusted as to any representa tions they may mako, and, I have n< doubt, will gladly answer all inqui ries addressed to them by those whi desire to know anything concernin) the advantages which are offered b this District, lor agricultural, mininj or manufacturing purposes. M. By 50,000 majority, the people o Ohio decided at the late election tho no negro ehall have the righi of sui frage in thr.t State. Steps are bein taken in tho Legislature to carry ou this determination of the people Mr. Pennister, of Pike County, bx introduced a bill making it a pent offence for any judge of tho eleotio to receive a vote from any perso who has "a visible admixture < African blood." 4 ????? - Paris modistes tell us that tho nev est winter bonnets are all exceeding! small, but they do not look os thou e. thoy were flattened to tho top of tl hoad, which effect the summer an autumn bonnets gavo. The newei forms are certainly more raised froi tho forehead, by means of high frai deaux, or wide ruchos, or wreaths < flowers, anJ they are more beoomin than when the front of tho bonn? I rostod flat on the forehead. i I,, The litfonitrncUon Convention. SEVENTH DAV. CHARLESTON, January 22,. 1808. The President took the Chair, and the proceedings were introduced with prayer by F. L. Cardoza. C. C. Bowen, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was re? ferred the resolution rendering of no effect contracts for sale of slaves, reported an ordinance declaring all such contracts void, and forbidding nov proceedings thereon. The Chairman asked that tho de? cision he was about to mate bo ap? pealed from, in order to throw the responsibility upon the Convention. The Chair then decided that, accord? ing to tho rules of the House of Rep? resentatives of the United States, the ordinauoe, which term was synony? mous with bill, had passed its first reading, and required to be read twice ugain before it could become a law. McKinlay, of Charleston, n well known colored butcher, moved to have ail reports coming from commit? tees for permanent action printed after first reading. After some discussion, this motion was adopted, and tho report of the Judiciary Committee ordered to bo printed. Bowen, from tho samo Committee, reported that they considered tho re? solution appointing a Committee to investigate the condition of tho State Penitentiary, ns beyond the jurisdic? tion of the Convention, on the ground that it was under the superintend? ence of the Provisional Government of the State, which won subject to tho military authority of the United States, aud they, therefore, recom? mended thft it be referred to Gen. Canby, with a request that the matter receive proper investigation. Order? ed to be printed. Bowen, on behalf of the same Com? mittee, asked that the resolution in regard to the qualification of jurors be roferred to tho Legislative Com? mittee. Not agreed to. N. G. Parker, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred ?n ordinance about tbs State bills, reported that they were in corres? pondence with the Governor, Gen. Canby aud others, who could furnish information on the subject, and they asked further time, promising an early report. Granted. Tao report of the Committee on Bules and Begulations was read and ordered to be printed. L. B. Johnson, from the Commit? tee to whom was referred an ordi? nance dividing Bickens District into two Districts, to be called Bickens and Oconee, reported favorably, and requested that it be referred to the Judiciary Committee, with instruc? tions to incorporate so much of it as they might see fit into the Constitu? tion. On motion of DeLarge, the report and the petition of the citizens of Pickens were made the special order for to-morrow, at 1 P. M. Whittemore moved that tho Legis? lature be instructed, as soon as prac? ticable, to form a penal code founded on principles of reformation and not on vindictive justice, and that they pr?vido farms, where persons unable, through ago or infirmity, to take care of themselves, might find employ? ment and every reasonable comfort, and, by usefulness, lose the degrad? ing sonso of dependence. Beferred to tho Legislative Committee. J. K. .hilson introduced a resolu? tion, to establish a Supreme Court and Inferior Courte, &c, and asked that it be referred to the Judiciary Committee. Ii. S. Langley called for the special order, which was the report of the Executive Committee recommending a petition to Gen. Canby for a stay law of three months. After a great deal of rambling de? bate, the report was made the special order for Thursday at 1 P. M. Tho Convention then adjourned to 12 M. on Thursday. FOUND DEAD.-The body of an un? known colored man was found dead yesterday, shortly before noon, in the ' rear of the unoccupied storo, corner I of East Bay and Frazer's Wharf. I From appearances, he had been dead some days. A jur y of inquest was held by Corouor Whiting, and a vor dict of death from some causo un? known rendered. Dr. John LeConte's Lecture, ON tho "Activities of tho Stellar Uni? verse," will be delivered TO-NIGHT, the 2?lh instant, at 7J o'clock, if tho wea? ther is favorable-if not, it will bo post? poned uutil THURSDAY next, tho ?l?th instant. Jan 24 1 COLUMBIA. S. C., COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, JAMUABT 23, 1868. GUARDIANS aud TRUSTEES are here? by requested to render their annual accounts with the estates of their wards or cettiuia que truet, on or boforo tho t?rst day of April next. p. B. DaSAUSSUltE, C. E. R. D. Jan 24 3 Horne to Bent, ON Blandina; stroet, immediately oppo? site the Charlotte Railroad Shops, containing 10 good-aized ROOMS. For particulars, apply to tho subscriber. J an 23 _jL?HN ENGLISH. Ilelnltah'a (?uecn'a Delight, for Tet? ter, Pimples, Blotches, and Eruptions on the face. TO BENT. ?THE largo DYVELLINO HOUSE on the South-east cornor of Bull and Senate streets. Apply to Ja? W JOHNS. GREEN. The velocity of tho Gulf, nt mun is reported by experienced navigators to have . reoently been greatly in? creased, and the currents along the I Florida coast are said to be so strong j as to almost draw a steam vessel npon the reefs. This phenomenon is sup posed to bo the result of the recent | convulsions) of the earth. Coral jewelry, which has of late been very fashionable, is said to be, to a great extent, counterfeit. Much of it is prepared artificially from j marble dust made into paste, by using silicate of potash and a little insinglass, and colored by Chinese vermilion. j Capt. Burgh, at Chicago, complet-1 ed on New Year's day, his feat of j walking seventy-five miles in twenty four hoars, with a soldier's knap-1 sack and accoutrements. The stake j was for 62,000. He had forty-three minutes to spare. Three of the obalisques of the] Sultan of Turkey were recently | drowsed i- *he Bcsphcr"?., by thc Imperial order. They were Iiis great? est favorites, and his sudden change and cruelty have spread terror in the harems. A new route is projected from the Atlantio to the Pacific through Bri? tish America, of which 2,400 miles will be hy water and 1,285 miles by railroad already constructed--leaving only 648 miles of railway yet to bo built. A Washington telegram says Mr. Johnson is sewed up; Butler is still bottled up; Grant is politically used np; Stanton is stuffed up; and the country, constitutionally speaking, is gone up. In digging for tho laying of tho foundations of a new Catholic Ca? thedral in San Antouio, tho work? men have exhumed large quantities of human bodies. Their names have been forgotten-even their race. A correspondent from Huntsville writes, that last week a Southern sav? ings bank, established by negroes, collapsed because the depositors with? drew all the funds to attend tho cirous. A man, named Hugh Donohoe, is under arrest in Charleston, charged with causing the desth of his wife by beating her with a stick of wood. A child of the parties is the principal witness. There was a burst up, the other day, in a Connecticut browory, since which time the skaters of the neigh? borhood have been enjoying the novelty of a lager rink. Messrs. Garfield and Bingham, prominent radicals of Ohio, express the deliberate opinion that the "negro must be thrown overboard." Steady work at track-laying on the Union Pacific Railroad has been sus? pended for the season. The debt of New York city is over $43,000,000. NEW BOOKS. OFFICIAL History of the Secret Ser vico. Hy Gen. L. O. Baker, late Pro? vost Marshal of the War Departmout and Chief of National Tolico. Announced a year ago, but suppressed by tho Govern? ment. Profusely illustrated. Subscription price ?5. Two New Hooka, by "Brick" Pomeroy, editor of the LaCrosso (Wis.) Democrat. Tho First. "Sense," or Saturday Night Musings and Thoughtful Papers; The Second, Nonsense, or Hits and Criti? cisms on the Follies of tho Day. $1.50 jack. Napoleon and Blucher. By L. Muhlbach. On Both Hides of tho Sea-A New Schoen? berg Cotta Family Book-A Sequel to Droytons and Davonents. At DUFFIE A CHAPMAN'S Jan 24 JRooJts^tore, Cohinibia, S. C. WANTED. 3/\f\f\ EMPTY SACKS. tUW FISHER A LOWRANCE. BURNS CLUB. THE ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL, in honor of the poet's birth, will he held at McKenzie'd?aloon, on MONDAY EVEN? ING, the 27th inst., when all admirers of Burne, and thoso friondly to the recon? struction of "Auld Lang Byno," aro invited to participate in our festivities. A regular meeting, for the transaction of business, will bo held at the samo placo, at 7 o'clock. Supper on the table at 8. Tickets can bo obtained from Moasrs. J. MCKENZIE, Pr?sident; GEO. 8YM MERS, Secretary, or either of tho Stand? ing Committee. G. A. SHIELDS, J. JEANS, JOHN ALEXANDER, A. OLIVER, J. L. KIRKWOOD, JAMES KING, Jan 19 fi _Standing Committoo. Corn and Oats. JUST received and for sale: 50? bash els CORN. 300 bushels HEED OATS. Jan 21 FISHER St LOWRANCE. Iron and Steel. pf/"V f\r\r\ LRS. Gonuino Swedes OUtV/UU IRON, imported direct from Stockholm, Sweden. 25,000 lbs. Sheffield Plow Steel, much better in quality than Americau Steel usually sold by dealers. For sale at low prices, bv Jan 21_J. A T. R. AONEW. Improved Reverberatory and Cnpola Furnace-?o iron Founders. ON August 13, 1807, a PATENT for an invention facilitating tho rednotion of Pig Metal for Foundrv purposes was granted tu Gen. J. I). GREENE and JOHN A. KAY. We are now fully proparod to issue lt Kl HTS to parties disposed to purchase. For fall particulars, apply to JOHN A. KAY, Columbia, S. C. Or, Gen. J. DURELL GREENE, Jan 21 ifimo Cambridge, Mass. Planting Potatoes. BBLS. Pink Eyo Planting POTA OU TOES, just received and for sale by Jan 16 J. AT. R. AGNEW. Ziooal IrtoTxiB. OASB-PAY UP.-From and after January 1, 1868, the casu system will be strictly enforced. Persons who are now indebted for subscriptions, and who wish their papers con tinned, j will confer u favot by paying up at once. Those who fail will have their papers discontinued. Cash will also be required for all advertisements. Persons forwnrdiog advertisements from a distance, must sond a remit? tance. Job work cash on deitvery. The Phoenix Weekly latter Sheet Prices Current and Market Report will bo issued this (Friday) afternoon. Those desiring oopies, will hand in their orders as early as practicable. TUE UNIVERSITY LECTURES.-The loetnrn bw Prof. John LeOonte, sd" vertised to bo delivered last night, owing to tho inclement weather, was postponed to this evening, at half past 7 o'clock. POSTPONED.-The trottiug race an? nounced to come off yesterday, owing to the very inclement weather, was postponed until this afternoon, at the same hour-hnlf-pnst 2-provided it is fair. NEW BOOKS.-A fasciuatiug book for young readers, and we may as well say, for "children of lurgei growth" also, is furnished in Mr. Paul Du Chaillu's "Stories of the Gorilla Country," just issued bj Harper & Brothers. They aro nol mere compilations from tho largei works of the author, but fresh ori ginal narratives, related in a style oi incomparable naivete, and with a de lightful confiding tone that must fine its way to the heart of every juvenil? lover of the marvels of nature. Thi volume is profusely illustrated witl wood cuts, showing every variety o savage and monkey life, and if som modern theories aro true, giving u no reason to be proud of our anees tore. Harper & Brothers have also issue the third volume of "Motley's Hit tory of tho United Netherlands," t be followed in a short time by th fourth and concluding volume. Th author of the "Bise and Fall of th Dutch Republic," is known to man of onr readers; aud as the preser work belongs to the same class c historical books, tho admirers of h former productions will feel anxioi to peruse this volume. The same publishers have also ii sued anothor work, by George Mai Donald, author of "Annals of a Qui? Neighborhood," etc. It is a Londo story. MacDonald is said to be man of profound thought, and po sasses a richness of imagination tin clothes his thoughts with a garb < wondrous beauty. We aro indebted to Mr. McCarb for copies of the above works. Messrs. Duffie Sc Chapman hai favored us with a copy of a neat illustrated book of sketches on v rions subjects, by tho irrepressib "Brick" Pomeroy. It clearly sho\ that, although Brick has a stror voin of humor and scurrility-a] proaching at limes too nearly Billingsgate-he has in his compoi tion a considerable amount of vener tion for the good and pure. In tl present work, which he calls "Sense most excellent advice is conveye but so completely sugar-coated, th the patient swallows the pill readi and without making a wry face. THE PHILOSOPHY OF FAILURE. Success is tho test by which t world measures the merits of i kinds of undertakings. The succei ful author is honored; the success! inventor is rewarded; the success! General wears his golden spurs, a: tho world bows in homage as passes by. Eveu treason, when si cessful, is supposed to change : very nature, and under the name patriotism, demands the honors a: profits of its position. "Treason is nn'er successful; what's I reason? Why, when succoasful, it's not count treason." But is tho world alwoys right in judgments? Wo trow not. Manj brave and heroio offort has prov altogether unsuccessful, at least far as immediate results aro concei ed. Month after month, and ye after year, earnest dreamers ha sought to give form to some gr< thought in the path of material scion ti fie progress, and have faile not because tho thought waa defec? tive, but becauao they were unable to master somo trilling though neces? sary mattor ol detail, lu their heroic endeavors to doviso useful improve? ments, such men huvo speut their means and energies, uutil they carno to be regarded by their neighbors ns crazy enthusiasts, and were ( bi! od to bear "the world's dread laugh," io addition to their own losses and disappointments. But shall we say that these failures were wholly unproductive? that they brought out no flue gold from tho deep mines of thought? that tho hope and strength which they repre? sent are to bo conntud as altogether vain? By no means. Unsuccessful effort is the preparatory school in which the rudiments of ultimate suc? cess aro taught. Grandly heroic aro many of these unsuccessful efforts. They are poetic, too, in the sublime imaginings by which they are accom? panied, und thu unquestioning faith which they awakened. Spite of in? tervening obstacles, earnest workers havo often pressed on to some goal of anticipated good, and dying with the harness still upon their shoulders, havo yielded to others tho ?lory and the rewnrds of triumph. Their ef? forts were, howover, real efforts, and their successes, though they neither saw nor enjoyed them, wore thorough-genuine successes. Between success and failure, thero is frequently but a thin voil of gauze, which a trifliiyj accident mny rend, or a breath may throw aside. Ono man may do everything but remove the veil; but, failing that, all else is set down as failure. Another, by accident or experiment, removes tho vftib and nil tho labor cf the unsuc? cessful struggler becomes y^?s forth? with. If alt effort were made nt once successful, tho glory of effort would depart. It is trial which gives triumph. In the difficulty of achieve? ment, we learn to appreciate that which we achieve. Let us, then, look on our failures as akin to our successes, and obtain from them all the advantages which they may be able to bestow. To such short-sight? ed creatures as we are, even what we regard as our worst failures may be blessings in disguise. MAIL AnRAN'OEMRNTS.-The post office open during the week from 8}4 a. m. to 6 p. m. On Sundays, from \)i to 2J? p. m. The Charleston and Western mails are open for delivery at 2 p. m., and close at 9 a. m. Northern-Opeu for delivery at 10 a. m., closes at 1 p. m. Greenville-Open for delivery at 3 p. m., closes at 8 p. m. NEW jiDVKt.TIHKHKMTB.-Attention ?a call? ed to thc following advertisements, pub? lished this morning for tho tiret time: Lecture by Prof. LoGonto. D. B. DeSaussuro-Notion. Duffie A Chapman-Now Books. M. W. Bythewood-Auction. Cutting Cheese. 3Q BOXES prime CHEESE, for retail 20 boxes English Dairy Cheese, for salo low by E. & G. D. HOPE. Jan 19 _ GREGG, PALMER & CO., BROKERS. STOCK8, Bonds, Gold and Exchang. bought and sold. Onice at GREGG & OO.'S._il".!7 Napoleon and Blucher. AN Historical Novel, hy M uh Ibach. A Military History of Gen. Grant, by Col. A. Bolean, with Maps. Evidences of Christianity in Nineteenth Century, by Rev. Albert Barnes. Gardening for Front, hy Honderson. Just received and for sale at MoCarter't bookstore, nearly opposite the old Coori House, R. L. BRYAN. _Jan 17 _ Washing and Toilet Soaps. -j BOXES of the most improved ant XvJv/ popular kinds, for eale by th< box, for caen only, at low prioos. Jan ll _E. ?G. D. HOPE. GARDEN SEED. THOBBURN'8 GARDEN SEED, in gre? variety, at wholesale and retad, o warranted quality. For sale by Ja n 11_E. ft G. P. HOPE. Flour! Flour!! S\f\ BBLS. FLOUR, OU 150 Sacks Flour; from boetFamilj to good Super. _Jan12 _FISHER fe LOWRANCE. STATE TAXES. ON band, and for salo, STATE BILL! RECEIVABLE, for all duos to th? State. GREGG, PALMER & CO. Jan ll_ CAROLINA RICE. 6BBLS. Trimc Whole CAROLIN A RTOK for salo by E. fe G. D. HOPE. _Jan_ll NOTICE. ALL PERSONS INDEBTED to th. undersigned aro particularly roqurst od to como forward and sottlo up withou delay, as indulgence ha.? ceased to be i virtue. E. AG. D.HOPE. I Jan 14