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COLUMBIA. 8?nday Morning, Maf?h 29, 1868> HciHoviiig Disabilities. Io considering the question of tho removal of disabilities imposed minn tho Southern people, there is a pre? valent error in the supposition that .rebellion constitutes any difficulty in the "Wuy. It matters not what a man bas done; indeed, tho nearer his achievements in the war on tho side of .the Confederacy cam? to heroism, tho more readily will ho bo relieved and enrolled among the "emancipated." The only requirement will be that the application for relief shall havo become a convert to radicalism-shall 'have joined tho party in power, and pledged .himself to co-operate in forc? ing upon his country the destructive measures of reconstruction, passed by Congress. Indeed, his whole pledge and undertaking is to give his influence and vote to curtailing the bights of his white fellow-citizens, .and to enlarging and multiplying I those of tho blacks. Tho Richmond Dispatcli asserts that any man who arill make this pledge, can be relieved of all his disabilities in a little while. Indeed, bad the people of the South immediately after tho war, joined the radical party, negroes would not havo boon made voters, it is generally con? ceded. In this connection, the Wil? mington Journal says with force and justice, that the time bas now come -when good men must not and cannot .afford to sacrifice the right to voto to .a natural and commendable repug- J Inaurte to mingle in the motley and j disreputable concourse around tho , polls. The vote of every decent mun j is now of the utmost importance, and a failure to uso tho franchise now, may result in inability to do so in tho .riitare. See to it, that none entitled j to register fail to do so. A white ; man who voluntarily disfranchises .himself in this crisis, is uh enemy to ? Ibis race. State Convention. The Democratic Club of Richland ; District respectfully invito a conven? tion of delegates from all tho Dis-; tricts of the State, to bo held at Gregg's Hall, in this city, on Thurs- | dsy, the 2d of April next, at half-past 7 o'clock P. M. A full representation is earnestly desired. J. P. THOMAS, F. w. MCMASTER, EDWARD HOPE, PRESLEY BROWN, W. C. SWAFFIELD, Central Committee. The gentlemen elected Vice-Presi .dents of tho Democratic Club of Richland District, are requested to report to the President of the club, in Columbia, at their earliest con ve- j nience. It.O'NEALE, Ju., S.?c y. -4 ? #> ?-1 We have curious ways of legislat- : ing in this country. Although Con? gress has refused to ratify the pur? chase of Alaska or appropriate the money to pay for it, yet a bill has already been introduced into the; Senate for its government, pura- ! mount among the provisions of which is the immediate despatch to ' their posts of tho tax collectors. From appearances, we doubt whether the inhabitants of that country will ' ever appreciate the value of the change, and may regard the luxury | as over dear. Liberty in this conn- j try is, after all, as the New Orleans [ Times intimates, the ssmc iii ' Russia and nil othor countries-"tho right to livo and pay taxes"-only with ns tho latter right strangely preponderates. Western papers report a remarkable ! phenomenon at Scottville, Illinois. In digging in several localities near that place, a depth of fivo or six feot, fire breaks out, and continues blaz? ing. The citizens aro puzzled and .uncomfortable about it. Tlie Taljlrtiiix. . Tableaux are pictures. The arts of design, of painting and sculp? ture, take rank after poesy, winch in ita inmost spirit is prophecy, whose end is to paint for ns the scones of a better tvcr?d. l? Ibutop?, a necessary part of high education and culture is to travel, and an important object of travel is to see and study the works of the great artists, whose immortal creations have thrown a divine au I reola around the.laud of the Ciesars. j What crowds are ever pouring j through the galleries of tho TJflizzi j and the Vatican, where the gods of ancient Bellas still demand from the human heart that reverence for the beautiful, which, combiued with love of country, wat, tho religion of the Greeks. And there is in beauty something to be reverenced-some? thing to be worshipped-something akin to the divine, bi causo it lifts up the soul from the earth, and things earthy, to that region of which it is tho type and symbol. The world was not finished till God bad plauted a Paradise for man, "and out of the ground made Jehovah God to grow every treo that is beautiful io the sight and good for food," thoa1 stamping forever with the divino impress things of beauty, as well as tboso of use. "A. thing of beauty ia a joy forover, Itu loveliness increasing, it will never Fade into nothingness. Wo cannot all travel-we caunot all behold the immortal creations of tho Greek chisel, which served to in? spire those great thoughts of heart that made of barren Attica and sea washed Athenre the lund of song for? ever-we cannot feel our hearts burn? ing in us, as wc stand before the al? most celestial splendors caught uud transferred to canvas, by tho genius of Raffaello and Goreggio. But if too poor to travel as pilgrims to the shriues of art, or to tearaway from Italy her pictured glories, yet aro we rich-rich in fair women, pure and lovely as tho types of Bellen ian beauty-lovely as any white-armed maidens that ever dipped their feet in clear I.lysaus, or gathered flowers from Taygetns for Orthio Artemis. Wo have the means of bringiug be? fore us pictures ns beautiful us any that adorn the walls of the Borghevi or Soiarri, aud it requires but tho conception aud aid of plastic genius and experience, snob as we had ex? hibited in the Tuesday evening's pic tures, to summon the mighty g?mii of art with bis wand of enchantment. We confess to surprise, aa well as ad? miration, nt tho exhibition. Ordinari? ly, tableaux vivants are ordinary things, for tasto in the arraying and arrangement, with u knowledge of the illusory powers of .scenic repre? sentation, is the genius that inspires tho artist. Again, tho pictures are generally seen too near, and there is no power to produce illusion. The imagination should have fill! play, and when Iphigenia is led to the sacrifice, or Volmnuiu appeals to ber son, we should not inquire or know who is tbe beautiful Ipbinnassa, (as Bonier calls her,) or who that noble looking Roman matron, appealing to Vic orlons power in behalf of what, after God, is the holiest thing in the universe; our country-our country which nourishes mid protects us which blesses us with kind aud bene? ficent laws, and which gently leads us with niaternnl hand along the ways of truth and honor to a higher citizenship in a better laud, of which she is or should bo tho true and per? fect type; for none other can possibly be our mother-country-none other our futher-laud. Nor would we have the "Pair Wo? men," nor those "Three Queens," noi yet tboso "Spirits of Peace," pass oui of the realms of fancy. If it had beer possible, they should not have de sceuded to the audience, or descend ed, like tho Goddesses of Poesy, veiled and hidden from our niorta sight. Prom about midway of tin ball and back, after the extinction ol the li?i>t.?i in thc audience, ino illa sion wns perfect, sud wo have nol tiuio nor space allowed us to do jus tico to each beautiful picture as il flashed upon the sight. When tlx curtain first rose upon tho barge ol tho dying Arthur nud tboso thre< queens, who "Put forth their hands and took tho'kim; and wept," we felt that our "fair womon" boc achieved a great success. Wo next had tho beautiful li ttl? I scene, in Prospero's cavo, of Fordi nnud and Miranda, discovered nt chess by their fathers. Then carne the sleeping queen-once mighty, now fallen and unfortunate. But in her sleep comes a vision of hope and peace, and she smiles, exteuding her hand toward those blessed sui ri ts Auguisu returns to ber waking "Saw ye not, even sow. a blessed troop, -wlio?e bright faccg Cast thousand beams upon mo like the sun? They promised me happiness! Spirits of peace,, where are ye? Are ; e all cone? And leave me hero in wretchedness behind ye?" We thought of that dethroned queen in whose polluted capital we sut. If it was difficult to arrange tho vision of Katharine of An-.igou, from tho want of uctiou and the uni? formity of drosses, still moro so must havo boen the Dream of Fair Wo? men-owing to the want of connon- j tion between pcr.souugcs separated j by centuries und having uo common ' bond except beauty. The difficulty iu the case amounted simply to im? possibility; for although the hand of genius wa? visible everywhere in the plotting, so as at the proper point to seize und photograph a scene express? ing and representing emotion, what could bo done in this case? But he had "fairness" sufficient, aud there was nothing to complain of iu tho costumes. Speaking of costumes, what a perfect mvquise de l'ancien regime was the Bride iu Murringo a la mode. And let UH not forget tho pretty chocolate girl. Every one of those roytish, beer-drinking young devils is in lovo with her-particularly that good-looking youth sitting on tho table nearest tho lights. Ho is u , prince in disguise, and will marry I her afterwards. . Tho last scene is a copy after Bogers' group in New York. There was, after the wnr, stationed, wo be? lieve, at Norfolk, a certain Gonentl Wylde, or Wilde, who was allowed by tho fates to strut and fret his hour upou tho stage, and then bo heard no more-to be heard of questionless hereafter along with others, we might mention, us we hear of Haynau und Jeffreys and Judge Impey. Ho was commanded by the Government to throw open the public stores to the hungry; but he spiritualized his charity by tho refinement of an oath. The starving widow then', alone in tho world, weak, helpless, is made to j lay her baud upon the book-aye, j upon His covenant of mercy-iud to | swear not to rebel against t he United Stub's, before- th is good Samaritan of the Phillips 'Behool eau dole out his little oil and wino to the ragged child and its motlier. One of the little "wards of tho nation," sooty but well-fed-one of the "pretty chickens" of Government-looks on, i grinning at "progress." What an? guish, capable of being felt only hy? the noble and the gentle, who have fallen to want from no fault of theirs; what despair, as cd' her who, in one fell swoop, had lost husband, homo and country, mixed with a proud, in? dignant scorn, was written on that fair face, lighted up with the fires which bumed in the heart of her great ancestor, Patrick Henry, when hi- raised his right hand and swore an oath of rebellion against the British Government, for garrisoning Boston in time of peace und ruling the colo? nies of New England by milifarv law. CRATES. When a young lady takes to sing? ing sentimental songs, is fond of being alone, (or with one other,) ad? mires the deep blue sky, and is espe? cially taken with thc evening stars ind other heavenly bodies, it eau safely bo judged that not only her eye and intellect are under gentle excitation, but also that other organ, commonly known as the heart. Her cure will generally be assured by ii course of matrimony beguu early and pursued with patience and perse? verance. THE OHNATK STYIJR OK WRITING-. Tho journalists of Oberlin, Ohio, call a barber 'a tonsorial professor;" win tor is spoken of as "Mr. J. Frost;" u surprise party is entitled "an amica? ble invasion;" burglars are dubbed "modern adepts," nod tho public speaking iu the college is called "The Monthly Rhetorical." After this, as Thackeray used to say, "tulk about your Moino writiug.' " An enamored swa?n at Jackson, Miss., urging his snit with tears, asked his cruel mistress to put hint to any proof of his devotion. Tho cruel mistress told him if ho really wished to pie,iso her, ho could do so by emulating tho OK implo of Ser? geant Bates. Ho took tho hiut and walked. A Card. Tho President and Board of Ma? nagers of tho Ladies' Industrial As? sociation, of this city, gladly and gratefully accord to the lady manager tiimr ?ineere^snd ?ppr?omtivb tlnums for her zealous efforts and valuable assislaueo in getting up the tasteful and imposing tableaux for tho benefit of the Ladies'Industrial Association, which yielded h?r the handsome amount of $2'2~). Wo cannot praise too highly the generous and earnest efforts of the ladies aud gentlemen whose taste, zeal and grace, have characterized a success so rarely at? tained. Wo have the testimony of those who witnessed their economical drudgery in tho preparation of their cheerful and graceful work, and the public were amazed and gratified nt the gorgeous and beautiful result. They also beg leave to tender their sincere thanks to Mr. A. Lee, for the use of bis hall and the great interest and liberal assistance rendered tho ladies in getting np their decorations. They also acknowledge the liberal donation of gus by their much es? teemed friend, Maj. Stanley; and many thanks to our indubitable friend, tho Phoenix, for programmes, etc. We see these ladies and gentlemen aro still willing to extend their beue volont projects, and have offered an? other exhibition for the benefit of tho Memorial Association. Let not their appeal be in vain. THE DISTRICT NOSTINATINQ CON? VENTION*.-The radical convention to make nominations for members of the Legislature an<L for District of? ficers for Charleston and Berkeley Districts, met at 7 p. m., Thursday, and adjourned at 6 a. m., yesterday. The session was somewhat stormy, and at the timo of adjournment, ouly the following nominations hud been mude: BERKELEY-Senator-Major D. T. Corbin, United States District At? torney. Representatives-F. J. Moses, jr., white; W. H. Gray, colored; George Lee, colored; Abram Smith, colored; Reuben Toinlinson, white; Samuel Johnson, colored; Edward Mick, colored? Stephen Brown, co? lored; Win. Jervey, colored. CHARLESTON.-Senator- ll. H. Cain, colored. Representatives-lt. C. De Largo, A. J. ll insior, Dr. B. A. Bose luan, W. J. lirodie, Wm. McKinlay and J. B. Wright, colored. ; Maj. J. Ii. Dennis, J. H. Junks and Kev. K. II. Jackson, white. Last night the con vention re-assem? bled to make nominations for Sheriff, Clerk of the Court, Coroner, and other District officers. T. Hurley and E. W. Rt. Mackey were under? stood to bo candidates for Sheriff, A. C. Richardson for Clerk of the (Joint, and W. R. Iloit for Coroner. By 12 o'clock last, night the con? vention had succeeded io making the following nominations: For Sheriff, E. W. M. Mackey; Clerk of the Court, A. 0. Richmond; for Coroner, Timothy Hurley. - Charleston News. A mongrel is a chap that would Be a pure negro, if he could; But, ns he can't, does all bo can To prove to all that be's no white niau. NOTICE. ON and lifter RI \Illili 28, there will bi? no LOCAL PREIQHTH received lur PENDLETON and W ALHALLA until the brides over U' cky River is rebuilt, in which caso duo notice will be Riven. IL H. WALTON, Mundi 'JO .1 General Agent. House-; Furnishing Goods ALARGEand varied assort . mont nf useful articles in tho ibovti lim-, just rcceivod and fur <alo at HTANLEY'S Al arch 29 1 China Hall. A.'. F.'. M.*. A TITE dedication of tho now MA m^^SONIC HALL will take place Oil rUEKDAY AFTERNOON, tho 31st m.-t.nit. The Uaaonie ceremonies will com menee nt 4 o'clock P. M. The procession will be formed at half paul 3 o'clock, at the Hall of tho I. O. U. F., under thu direction of the Orana Mar? sh's!. Tho Masonic fraternity will meet nt .1 o'clock P. M., in tho Hall of tho t. O. O. F. Slater Lodges, aud all affiliated Masons, aro particularly invited lo join their breth? ren of ibis city on that occasion. Tho fraternity will appear in dark color? ed clothes and whit?- gio/es. Tickets for the dedication cao ho ob? tained from tho Masters of mtv Lodges. Tickets for tito Masonic banquet may he had from ihe Committeo. liv order of lit)A RI) OF TRUSTEES, A. F. M. March 29_2_ Ilc.lnlirth'n quern** DeM-jht, for Tet tcr, Pimples, "notches, and Eruptions on tho face. Wo have boen requested, by tho President of tho colored fire comp^ uy, to caution the citizens against, making r.?y cpbti'ib?tiion? ior tho company, except to Ca>sar Lowndes, John Thomas, or John Dennison. SPARTANBUBO AND UNION RAIXROAD. Au extra train will be run over thia road, connecting with the Greenville Railroad, for che accommodation of delegates to the Columbia Conven? tion. Wo return our thanks to Mr. Presi? dent Jeter, for a complimentary ticket over his road. IlEiiioiotrs SERVICES Tins DAY. Trinity Church-Kev. P. J. Shaud. ector, 10"l<> a. m. and 3 p. tu. Presbyterian Church-Kev. W. E. Boggs, pastor, 10}? a. m. and 7 p. in. St. Peter's (Jlmrch-Kev. J. J. O'Connell, Pastor, 10 u. m. und 3 p. m. Washington Street Chapel-Kev. D. J. Simons, lfjjg a. m.; Rev. Wm. Martin, 31.' p. ni. Marion Street Church-Rev. S. H. Brown, 10.'?? a. m. and p. m. Rev. D. J. Simons, 3?o p. m. Lutheran Lecture Room-Kev. A. R. Rude, 10K a- m. Baptist Church-Kev. J. L. Rey? nolds, 1(3!i n. in. Sooner or Later. By Shirley Brooks, authorof "The Silver Cord," "The Gordian Kuot," etc. New York. Harper and Bros. 18C8. The Euglish press has nearly un? animously pronounced this the befit novel that Mr. Brooks has yet pro? duced. Tho "Silver Cord" is the only one we have had the pleasure of reading, and "Sooner or Later" is so much better, in every important re? spect, that wo have no doubt but that the verdict of the Euglish critios is a just one. Mr. Brooks endeavors and with a fair measure of success to combine the two opposite methods of novel writing, of which the works of Mr. Collins and of Mr. Trollope, respectively, mny be regarded as the exponents. The one makes the in? terest of his stories consist chiefly in the intricate mechanism of the plot; tho other piensen his readers by cure fnl and truthful pictures of lile among quiet and commonplace people. "Sooner or Later" has a well con? structed plot, which is both probable aud interesting, and in elaborate and vivid studies of character quite equals "Tho Small House at Allington," or "The Last Chronicle of Bareet." Tho story presents ii curious commentary on the state of publi? opinion on cer? tain questions of morals. His novels, and especially the present one, are by no means devoid of a distinct in fl?ence in favor of good morals. The story of Ernest Dormer's sius and their consequent punishment is quito as efficacious as any sermon, and a good deal more interesting. The author deserves high commendation for uudcrstanding so perfectly the novelist's true position. Mr. Mc Carter has presented us a copy of this work. . ONE FARE.-Wo aro authorized to state that delegates to the Democratic State Convention, in Columbia, to bo held on tho 2d of April, will bo passed over the railroads, to and fro, for one fare. Our country exchanges will please extend this notice. 'MATI? ARRANGEMENTS.-The post office open during the week from 8)<j u. m. to G p. m. On Sundays, from 1}? to 2',< p. m. The Charleston and Western mails r.-c opuw fui delivery at i p. m., and close at 8 n. m. Northern-Open for delivery at S}X a. m., closes at -l^p. m. Greenville-Open for delivery X?Y? d m., closes at 8 p. m. NEW ADVKKTISKMKNTS.- Attention i- ea:? *d to Hit following advertisement!-, pub? lished this morning toi lhn/5r*i time A. F. M.-Dedication. C. F. Jackson- Spring Cassimcres, Ac. K. II. W'altou-Notice. J. L. Dixon-Tribute of Respect. Stanley's-Houso Famishing Goods. C. Rouknight-Chango of Schedule. D. C. Pelxotto A Son-Auction Sale.