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COTJJJVIBIA^ Friday Monuxig. February 14.1868. The Alabama Claim?. The intelligent London correspon? dent of the New York Times says it seems to be the general impression in London-not aa reflected in thc Lon? don Times merely, but conveyed through all the channels of public opinion in the metropolis, save the Morning Star alone-that England bas gone as far in overtures towards a compromise as it can do consistently with justice. The public sentiment in England is briefly this: that it is ready and 'willing to have tho whole question of liabilities on account of the Alabama claims referred to arbi? tration, and to pay all chums which are given in against England by an arbitrator agreed upon by tho two powers; but that thc good faith of England, in recognizing the belli? gerent rights of the South, eleven days after the President's order for the blockade was published in Eng? land, and after Mr. Seward himself bad declared to Lord Lyons that the United States wero "belligerents," and referred to England as "neu? trals"-thu is a question which tho people (not the Government alone) seem to feel ought not to be referred to arbitration. With this reserva? tion, tho feeling of tho country is said to bo for paying tho money and making an ond of tho business. Tho New York Tribune Kays: "A war with Englund would bo tho most deplor? able calamity that could happen to civilization." Such n war would cost moro than till tho Alabama olnitns, and would add a good ninny more to thom, nono of which, including tho Alabama, would, in all likelihood, even be settled at tho return of peace. ? It is never wiso to uuder-rato tho capacity of nn adversary for mischief, and whilst neither England nor tho United States could do each other much harm on land, there would bo no bounds to tho destruction that they could mutually inflict on water. It is now well understood, or ought to be, the Baltimore Sun thinks, that if the United States Government had permitted us to drift into a war with England on tho Trent affair, we should not have caught her napping, but that her naval preparations wero on such a scale that she could have acted with great promptness and in a formidable way on our own coast. She is quito aa well prepared now as then, and is unembarrassed by nny European complications. Our coun? trymen have had enough of war to disincline the preseut generation from resorting to that kind of remedy for any question which admits of a peaceful solution. Mexico is certainly tho most extra? ordinary forcing-house of rebellions on the globe. Tho samo steamer that brought news of the suppression of the revolt in Yucatan, has also brought news of a fresh insurrection in Tampico, and on tho heels of that despatch has come intelligence of half a dozen other rebellious. Thus, at the moment when the Capitol celebrated tho victory in Yucatan, it must havo heard, first, that Tampico had risen, and was blockaded by Go? vernment gun-boats; next, that a re? bellion had broken ont under Valdez, and tho Government troops hud been defeated; third, that Mendez was leading a hostile column against the Capitol itself, from tho Stuto of Tabasco; fourth. that Canales ami Girvajal had revolted at Camnrgo, in Tamnulipos, and finally that Cortina had "threatened revolution," if his demands wero not met. So hydra headed is rebeltiou in Mexico, that any buta Mexican Government would despair of quelling it. JOHN JENKINS.-This freedman, convicted of the murder of R. M. Brant ford, (white, ) in Charleston, in Jane last, and who was to have been executed to-day, has been reprieved by tho Governor, who says: "Believing that he is not guilty of having stricken either of the blows which produced the deuth of the un? fortunate Brentford, bnt that he was amoug the rioters, I have commuted his punishment from dentil to ?vo years' imprisonment ut hard labor iu tlic penitentiary." --? 4'? > RAI nun AI> ELECTIONS.-At an elec? tion held in Charleston, on Wednes? day, the following gentlemeu were elected to serve aa Directors of tho South Carolina Railroad Company and the South-western Railroad Bank, for the ensuing year: South Carolina Railroad Company W. J. Magrath, Ceo. A. Trenholm, L. D. DcSunssure, John Hauckel, Andrew Simonds, Henry Gourdin, C. M. Forman. B. H. Rice, James Rose, Alfred Huger, Geo. W. Wil? liams. P. J. Pelzer, H. H. DeLeon, W. A. Courtenay. Jnmea S. Gibbes. South-western Railroad Bank-Jus. Rose, P. J. Porcher, Z. B. Oakes, J. C. Cochran, B. O'Neill, W. A. Pringle, J. G. Holmes, E H. Locke, W. J. Magrath, J. F. O'Neill, J. Mc? Carty, A. H. Abrahams. The five gentlemen whoso names appear hist on the list of Directors of I the South Carolina Railroad Com? pany, nm new members of the board. Cur/riVATB TUE Som.-Tho Rich ' mond Enquirer and Ecaminar in urging tho young men of tho South to cultivate the soil. It exposes thc sad condition of many youths who sought employment us clerks in ci ti < n, a:id contrasts their forlorn condition -when out of employment, a* thousands ure-with tim better esl it? of those who manfully grasped ihc plow-bundle ?md wrung ii g?neront support from tillage. Let any stout I young fellow, wlio is tit a loss foi something to do. give heed to tint good advice. The Examiner says: "Many u soldier who surrenderee] with Gen. Lee nt Appomattox CollrI I House, in April. lHtio, with the aid of n broken-down cavalry horse or t gulled mid broken-winded mule, managed to make a good crop ol I corn. Ami we cannot recall a singh instance of a young maa of industry I and energy, who onmiged in agrien I tural pursuits after the wur, who ha: not doua better than had he gone be hind a counter to measure calico nm tupe, or enrolled himself in thost unhappy annies of martyrs who an non lice to ll heedless public their wi I i lingness to practice law and niedi cine. "We sincerely hopo that (luring tho next two mouths every yoting mun who does not see his way clearlj to a support in commerce or tho pro I fessions, will try his hand ut farming I Half of the best land is lying idle fm want of bauds to till it, and bowevei unpropitious tho seasons may prove tho cultivation of corn, wheat, oats etc., is sure to yield a support to tin ? industrious laborer. We do not meui ' that an incurably' lazy white man whose 'farming' consists in hiring i worthless negro or two, whom hi overlooks by sitting on a stump will I an umbrella over bis head, is likel, I to succeed. God forbid that such i I enmberer of the earth should demora! ize tho youth of tho South by sue i ceeding nt anything-for hii exumpl would be a bad one. "But, looking to tho cheapness o i lands, and to their fertility, and tb j great ease with which they are culti vated, ami to their accessibility ti the very best markets for gruin, th industrious fermer is sure to do bel 1 ter for tho present thau tho strop gling merchant or the linemploye j professional man. There can be n I rou! prosperity us long us agricultur languishes." ?-??-? The venerable Bernard Marigny of New Orleans, died last week. Th deceased bore in his veins tho Moo I of French nobility; was born tho in I heritor of vast, and most valuable el tates, comprising in part ono of th , four divisions of New Orleans; wa ? educated like n nobleman's son, uni i iivou Lo manhood nedor tho flags u 1 Frunce und Spain, respectively. FOR SALE. ?W _ AT Charles logan's Htablm ffSffl Mimer of As-embly and Hcnat f.||r7T- tree ts, a linn lot of ymtne Ken tu.X.~M~rjbKS and HOjjgBjL Feb 12 6* Drags ?nd Medicine*, wholesale au retail, as cheap as any city io the world, a ; Fisher A He.nitsh's new store. The steamer George Leary, while nearing her wharf nt Fortress Mon* roo, collided with the schooner Peter ?. Keyser, of Baltimore, nod sunk her iu fourteen fathoms ol' water. Patrick McDougall, John McGill, whites, and William Hill, colored, were drowned. The bill to carve ont of Texas two more States, will be passed abortiv Gtjo of tho sovereignties is to be called Congo-tho name of the other has not been determined upon. The object of this bill is to get four moro Senators and four moro electors. The feeling of uneasiness caused by tho appearance of affairs in North? ern Turkey is subsiding. The ac? counts of armaments in the Danu? bian Provinces aro said to have been much exaggerated. Ou Saturday eveniug, lia-yah-ta kee. chief of the troupe of Japanese jugglers, which recently gave public entertainments at tho Academy of Music, died iu New York of diseuse of the heart. A company has been incorporated to build a railroad from Stockton, California, to Keen Uiver, with a capital of 815,000.000. Tho late Justice Wayne was tho last man of Southern birth on the bench of the Supreme Court. Palmetto B. B. Club-Extra Meeting. ATTEND an Fxtra Meeting of your Club. THIS (Friday) EVENING. 14th instant, at Meeting Room, at 0 o'clock. A full attcudauce ia earnestly requested. By order. F. T. BEARD, Secretary. BELO W" COST. SELLING OFF BELOW NEW YORK COST.-The undersigned wishes to call Hu attention of h.-1 friends, and citizens gouerally, of Columbia and vicinity, to thc fa'H that ho wiahoa to lcavo this city on account of business engagements else? where, and that ho is duty bound to sell off his entire siock of GENTLEMEN'S FINE READY-MADE CLOTHING below New York wholesale prices; also, Cassi meres and Cloths, an assortment of Gent's Famishing Goods, Ladies' and Gent's Shoes, and various other articles too nu? merous lo mention; all of which must be sold off WITHIN TEN DAYS. Please call and judge for yourselves, at SAMUEL RISER'S, Main street, opp ?sit' J. C. Dial's. N. B. All parties indi bted to me will p OJBU tall linnie lintel y at tho store and settle, to avoid all inconvenience. By so doing, you will greatly oblige _V b ia sVMURL PISER. Fres i Groceries, Provisions and Family Supplies. T II E under? signed have on ii.uni. and a constantly r_ ceivmg additions I to their BtOilK ill GOODS in thu above line -which will bo found full and complote embracing: COFFEE, TEA. SUGAR, MO? LASSES, BACON, LARD, CANNED GOODS. WINES and LIQUORS; in fact, any and everything pertaining to a first class grocery atore. CAMPRELL S? JONES. P. S. We would inform our friends throughout the country that we will devoto special attention to tho storage and sale of COTTON. A commod ona WAGON YARD is hijear of the establishment. Feb 12 ~ NEW ARRIVAIT SUGAR-CURED HAMS, Su^ar-cured Rroakfast Strips, Largo No 1 Mackerel, very fat, Rich Goshen lintier, at _Febll_ _G. PIERCES'. Two Dwellings to ^ent. 4 HOUSE on Henderson atrcol, Eight J.\. Rooms; out-buildings in good condi? tion. Also, a COTTAGE, Six Rooms, on Barnwell street. Rent low to an approved tenant Apply to SAM. BEAIID. Pi b 7 _. f w i* ST0VE8! STOVES! NONE but the best; all warranted to givo full satisfaction, and at such prices that, though tho "times aro hard," all can hu v from Feb 4 H Eft HY H BLEABB. IMPORTANT. PLANTERS and GARDNERS will find ELL KR BE'S PLANT TRANS-PI,ANT? EIL ( Patented Kith of October, 18GG. lat JOHN C. DIAL'S; by which surplus plants of corn, cotton, or of any plant, may be trans-planted in tho sumo tune that the soil can bu replanted, without disturbing the tibrous roots. J. C. DIAL, Jan lt) filmo General Agent. JOB WORK ! JOB WORK ! /\V all descriptions - in my linn-attend " " cd i.i promptly and ?loiiu in a superior si vie of workmanship, at the lowest possi? ble ligures. Storo in Kbr ich'? building, Ma n streot. HENRY H. RLEASE. F< b 4 An eruption of lb? ?kin, of thirty year's standing, which dolled the skill o tho doctor*, was cured, in Philadelphia, by nong Ib mitsh's Queen'a Delight. TINWARE! TINWARE! OF all kinds, at prices to snit the times. Mord?ante will do web to call on Feb 4 HENRY H. RLEASE. Iiooal Xtoncus. OEBA SOUP.-Mr. Pollock requests ns to Bay that he has just received a fresh lot of okra and tomatoes from New Orleans, and will furnish his patrons with excellent soup this morning. 'Fresh okra nnd tomato soap iu February, will be a rarity indeed. The streets of Columbia have pre? sented a busy aspect for several days, and wagons innumerable, loaded with the dethroned king cotton, can bo observed afc the various warehouses, exchanging their loads of the fleecy article for moro portable groeubacks. Bring in your cotton, Messrs. Plant? ers; tip-top prices are paid by Colum? bia merchants, and owing to tho low rntes now charged for freights, goods of all classes can be bought at small figures. Too MUCH OK THU ARDENT.-Com? plaints have been made by several persons, of being interfered with by soldiors belonging to tho garrison here. Yesterday morning, between 4 and 5 o'clock, one of the carriers of the Phoenix-a colored man-was as? sailed hy several mounted soldiers, and because ho refused to give them pupers, they attempted to uso their sabres upon him. Fortunately, the carrier eluded them, and took refuge in a neighboring building. As the troops have just been paid off, it is presumed that liquor has been moro freely dispensed among them. It is hoped that the military authorities will look into this mutter. ST. YA DENTINE. -To-day-Febru? ary l-l-is tho day sacred to St. Va? lentine, a presbyter, who, according to th?; legend, was beheaded ut Home, under Claudius. Mr. Brand ( Popu? lar Anlii/uilies, vol. I, page -17,) saj's that he cannot find in the life of the saint auy circumstances likely to have given origin to tho peculiar ceremo? nies of the day. It appears to have boon a very old notion, however, (for it is alluded to by Chaucer, as well as by Shakspearo, in tho "Two Gen? tlemen of Verona,") that ou this day birds begin to couple. And the cus? tom of "choosing Valentines" is of great antiquity iu this couutry, as well as iu France, where, however, it has beeu long disused. Lyngatc mentions it, (1-176;) Grose explains ValentiuG to mean "the first woman seen by a man, or man by a woman," on that day; but it does uot appear where he picked up this explanation. There is also a curious French Valen? tine, composed by the poet Gower, in "Wartou's History of English Poetry," (additions to vol. II, page 31.) Herrick mentions tho not im: and tho custom: "Oft havo I hoard-hot' youths and virgini say, Birds chooso their m. . s aud couplo, too this day." It appears that the Reformers at tacked this as well as other legendary customs of their time, and that thi Romanists themselves were so scan dulized at it that devices wore invent ed for turning tho day to profitable uso. St. Franois de Sales in trod ucee the practico of drawing lots fo patron saints on it, by way of bubsti tute. According to others, this lat ter practico was of much older date and substituted for a pagan custom by which boys and girls drew encl other's names on tho 15th February (day of Februata Juno.) Howevo this may be, it is certainly one of tin few saints' days in tho calendar poon larly roiuombored iu Englund, as tin returns of the post olfico invariubb testify. Without going any fnrthe into the origin of tho day, wo wil only nay that it is generally kept uj in the South. Aud all tho span chango that "Young Columbia" cul raise will bo iuvesled to-day. Messrs MeCarter and Duffie A Chapman cai doubtless supply the demand: Mr. McOarter bas been appointed by Messrs. Soribner & Co., ogent W>r their new school-bvoks-reference, to which was made in yesterday's Phoe? nix. Teachers and others aro invited to call and examine them. DEATH OF A PBO?HNENT LAWYIQS. We regret to learn from a gentlemnn just from Union District, that Wal? lace Thompson, Esq., an old and eminent lawyer of thnt District, de? parted this life on Tuesday Inst. The Phoenix Weekly Lctler Sheet Prices Current and Market Report will be issued thia (Friday) afternoon. Those desiring copies, will hand in their orders as early ns practicable. Au unfortunate negro in Savannah, is turning white-large spots of tho unpopular color having appeared on his face- premonitary symptoms of the approaching transformation. N KW A.UVKM ISKKKNT.-I. ?Attention in ?all - ed to th?: following ?d/-rtisemonttl, jiub i-dioil this moi niall tor tho (?rst Mme C. H. Baldwin - Salo of Proport v. Ks tra Meeting Palmetto ll. B. Club. . ^COPARTNERSHIP. THE un ersigncd bavo formed a Copart? nership, under tho firm of CAMPliEi.fi A JON En, tor the tran-act ic m of ti general OUOCEIlYand PROVISION bushiest.. JAMES S CAMPBELL, W. W. JON KS. ' The friends of W. D. PECK will find him at this establishment-disposed to serve thom promptly. Feb 12 LEMONS! LEMONS!! LABOE FLORIDA LEMONS, at Feb ll th DIEItCKS'. BUTTER. RICH GOSHEN BUTTER, for Kale aheap, at G. 1>IEECKS\ Feb ll VALENTINES. Til ?-MORROW MORNING wo will open a 1. fresh ?md varied assortment or VA LENTIN F.S, direct from Now York. Prices from ii cents upward. Orden by. mail lilied careful!v ?it DUFFIE ft CHAPMAN'S Fo'i 9 Rnok store. VALENTINES. A FINE assortment nf comic and senti f\. mental VALENTINES, English and American, at nil pri?es-live cents each ami upward?. For cale bv J. J. MeCarter, h.. .UH. ll. r. P.. L. BRYAN. ACKNOWLEDGMENT.' IT is but proper that I should thue ex? press my thanks to a gene rous cummu mtv for tho very liberal patronage received, and that 1 may give somo suhstaniial proof of gratefulness, from this dato I will endeavor to give still better bargains. Feb 4 HENBY H. Bl.EASE. Choice Sugar-Cured Hams, AT 18 cents per pound. Call at Fob 7 J A T. R. AGNEW'S. WANTED. O ?\?\f\ EMPTY SACKS. O.UUU FISHER A LOWRANCE. SEED OATS. BUSHELS PRIME SEED OATS, for sale bv E. A fl. D. HOPE. 100 Count Mirabeau, AN HISTORICAL TALE; by Mundt. Translated by Brandford. In one volume. Price $1.50; cloth $2. History of tho United Netherlands-se? quel to Dntnh Republic; by Motley. A Stormy Life, a novel; by Lady Ooor Giaua Fullerton, with plates. Prico $1.50 and $2. Duffs Railroad, Bank ?nd Merchant's Book-keeping, new. Queen victoria's new book. Life in the Highlands, Ac Prico $1.75. Also, a now supply of Luv/., by author of St. Elmo. $1 75. New English Novols, cheap. For sale at J. J McCarter'e bookstore. Feb 8 _ K-2'jJ?RYAN^ Violin and Guitar Strings. A NEW supply of genuino ITALIAN STRING?; also, a I full assortment of Violoneello _ .Strings, with a choice Brlec tlon ot violin Bows. Screws, Tail-boards, Bridges, Rosin, Ac. At F. h 4 t nW? E. POT.LARD'S. NEW BOOKS. OFFICIAL History of the Secret Sor vieo. By Gen. L. C. Bakor, lalo Pro? vost Marshal of tho War Department and Chief of National Police. Announced a year ago, but suppressed liv tho Govern? ment. Profusely illustrated. Subscription price $5. Two Now Books, hy "Blick" Pomeroy, editor of tho LaCrosso (Wis.) Democrat. Tho First, "Sense," or Saturday Night Musings and Thoughtful Papera. Tas .second, Nonsense or Hits and Criti? cisms on tho Follies of tho Day. $1 50 each. Napoleon ?nd Blucher. By L. Mnhlbach. On Both Sidos of tho Sea-A New Schoen? berg Cotta Family Book-A Sequel to Dreytons and Davonents. At DUFFIE ft CHAPMAN'S Jan 24 Bookstore, Columbia, S. C. Lan tl re th's Garden Seeds. Alargo variety of fresh and reliablo SEEDS, Just received from that well known heii-o of David Lau?reth A Hons. Wholesale and retad at Jan 12 tai* E. POLLARD'S.