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i.e. - *\ . . g BY JULIAN Al'. SBLiBY. ULI COLUMBIA. S. O.. SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 14, 1868 VOLUME.IV-NO. ^ I ? VJ THE PHC???X. ? 17 DEI SHED DAILY AHB TBLWBEKI.7. EVERY WEDNESDAY M?BNINO. ?V JULIAN A. SELBY, EDITOR, AND PROPRIETOR. Omeo on Main street, ft few doors Above Taylor (or Camdon) street. ?'. TEHMS-npA AVANCE. , . 8n,B80Birris,N. ' Daily Paper;' six months.$4 00 Tri-Woekly, " ?*. 2 50 Weekly, ?? ". 1 50 ADVERTISEMENTS Inserted at 75 cents per square for the first Insertion, and 50 cents for each subsequent '. Weekly 75 cents each insertion. NT A lib?ral discount made on the abov<<, . rates wiien adv. rr Us erne nt s are inserted by. the month or year. i . II i AGENTS. Lexington-B. J. Hayes. Bpartanburg-Hiram Mitchell. , J. B. Allon, Chester, Julina Poppe, Anderson C. H. 8. P. Kinard, Newberry C H. James Grant, Union. The? '?Ul wh?bh bas passed the House of Ropresen tati ves, ' 'inaugu? rating Southern State officers," is merely, a bill to transfer the authority to govern the Southern States from the truo people inhabiting and here? tofore governing them to a race of negroes not previously voters, and hot ?ow voters by any legal proceed? ing, together with the untrustworthy whites who have formed an alliance with them. This wrong is grievous enough/ but it is aggravated by the serious injury it inflicts upon all the publie interests. Woeful, indeed, must.be the consecjuences, moral and .physical, of a revolution which trans? fers the government of a country from the substantial, educated, re? fined, and- wise part of sooiety to the uneducated, unrefined, inexpe? rienced, absolutely ignorant and de baaed part of it. The world can have no faith in a Government thus revo? lutionized. There can be no confi? dence, and, of course, no growth, no increase, and only decline and decay in that Government. This is a wrong that the World newspaper of New York assumes is not to be redressed save by the people who suffer it in their own local force and power at the ballot box. And what if the mass of igno? rance foisted tyrannically upon that State is too multitudinous for a change by that means? Is the wrong to go uuredressed? Are the interests of this great nation to languish-its power aud dignity to be depreciated and disgraced by this state of things, produced by usurpation, lawlessness and partisan ambition? We believe not. The nation will rise in its ma? jesty and burst the disgusting bonds with which the noble spirit and energy and progress of half the Union have been shackled. These bonds have been forged by fanati? cism and corruption, and they will bc torn asunder and stamped into thc dust by the American people. This nation is not to be consigned to thc fate of the South American republic: by remitting its Government to thc control or to be tainted by mougre! and incompatible races. The Cauca sian race' must rule here. Def eal must come to that craven part) which shelters itself behind tho pu sillanimous dictum that there is nc redress for accomplished nat iona wrongs. But if a party bravely am' devotedly arrays itself on the side o Ute country, determined that slit shall arrive tit that unparallclet power and splendor undor tho rule o the white man, which she can attaii under no other-and that if falsi policies interpose, they must be re formed, QT existing wrongs stand ii tho way, they must be righted-if i party, with this determination, take up the nation's cause, and goes fortl with u couroge worthy of the cause it will be crowned with victory, t< the lasting honor and glory of th American people. [Richmond Dispatch. REDED MURDERS ra Soura CAKC UNA.-We learn from a privat source that Mr. Dill, a Rep?blica member elect to the Legislature c South Carolina, and two colore Union men, were basely murdered b a band of armed whites, at the res dence of the former, near Camden, S C., on the night of the 5th instan A colored man, together with M: Dill's wife, was desperately wounds by the fire of the.assassins. [Forney's Chronicle. Whoever chooses catt believe Fo ney. The killing and wounding wi doue; but of course not because tl parties were Union people. Australia it whispering of eepAn lion from England. The State ?mt its Debt, i It is important, nm iii the changos of the present that at least the honor and the obligations of our civil com? munities and.people should bo pre? served inviolate. Any attempt at re? pudiation aims a fatal blow at the very sources of public virtue and progress. There could be no groote* disaster for tho ?future, than for the people ot large, to refuse payment of the very debts contracted by their assent and under their authority. This would at once open up the way for the most extensive demoraliza? tion. The act of the commonwealth, whether State or municipal, is but at last the reflex of the sentiments of the. individuals who compose the body politic. The refusal to poy, or to provide for the redemption of a debt legally incurred, by tho Genend Assembly, is a sure and speedy pre? cursor of the repudiation of all private contracts. The evils thus resulting are apparent. The debt both of the State of South Carolina and of the city of Charles? ton, should be ' redeemed. To this the faith of every citizen in pledged; otherwise how could there be the slightest confidence for the future. Who would trust, or place reliance in a State or city which ignored itA own bonds, or contracts, any more than he would rely upon the legal respon? sibility of nn insolvent, or well kuowu bankrupt. Ono of .the first great duties in commencing lifo for tho future, is to be true to the legal and moral pro? mises of the past. For instance, what State could borrow to-morrow any money on its bonds for internal improvements or any other essential purposes, which should inaugurate its career by either the actual repu? diation, or the willful and designed neglect of providing for the payment and redemption of thoso already in? curred? Tho answer to thia question is not only patent, but contains, eveu upon grounds of policy, at once tho whole and irrefutable argument. The debt of this State, as contract? ed before the late civil war,' and as taken from tho report of the Comp troller-Geueral to tho Legislature in 1866, is entirely within control. This consisted as follows: Three per cent, stock, 838,836.60; six per cent, stock, 1833, (fire loan,) ?318,159.35; six per cent, stock, 1856, (new capitol,) 8250,000; six per cent, stock, 1857, (uew capitol,) 8300,000; six percent, stock, 1858, (uew capitol,) $?00,000; six per cent, stock, 1859, (uew capi? tol,) $400,000; five per cent. Louds, 1838, (fire loan,) $434,444.51: six per cent, bonds, 1853 and 1855, (uew capitol,) ?500,000; six per cent, bonds, 1854, (Blue Ridge Railroad.) 81,000,000; six per cont, bonds, 1859, (Blue Ridge Railroad,) 8310,000; six per ceut. bonds, 1860, $239,200; total, $4,240,640.46. It will thus be seen that the entire debt of the State, prior to 1861, was but $4,240,640.46. But against the fire loan debts the State holds assets arising out of the rebuilding of Charleston, and this, wich tho pledge of the assets of tho Bank of the State, will probably prove about suf? ficient to cover the debt. Deducting, therefore, this amount, $802,603.56, it would leave $3,438,030.60-100 as tho apparent indebtedness of the State. But it is also to be remem? bered that the State is n largo stock? holder in tho North-eastern, the South Carolina and other railroad companies of tho State, and which stand in a great measure iu lieu of and as representiuy their indebtedness to the extent of the stock thus held. The debt, therefore, is but a small one. This will be the more appa? rent, when we remember that the aute-war debt of tho Stato of Vir? ginia amounts to about 845,000,000. The resumption of the regular pay? ment of the interest due on the plighted faith of this Commouwealth should command tho prompt atten? tion of fho authorities. To it we have pledged the resources of tho State, and this obligation should be honorably redeemed. The city and State faith should be scrupulously kept. Wo should, at least, preserve our honor untarnished. [Charlesion Courier. Judge Chase has written a letter expresing a very strong interest in tho success of the political principles he has always held, nnd saying he should be very glad to see them adopted by the Demooratio party, but expresses no desire for a Presi? dential nomination. On the contrary he says he is (ju i te willing to be out of all political movements. A very singular and interesting re S)rt from England says that the ishop of Loudon has ordered that the President of tho United States shall be prayed for along with the Queen and the Parliament. The Belle? of Southern Society. ' The Fredericksburg (Va.) 'Herald says: "The late Mr. Willi?, of tho Home Journal, who, whatever wo may think pf him ia other respects, was no mean judge of the graces and amenities of life, remarked, ebon after secession, that American sooiety would lose, in the absenoe of Southern women, a large portion of its elegance and re? finement. Mr. Willis never made a more sensible observation. There is something in the manners, the ap? pearance, the entire bearing of our Southern women of the world, (we use the expression in its most favora? ble sense,) whioh speaks Unmistakably of not only tho 'sangre azzura' or blue blood of birth, hut of what is nobler far, the truly aristocratic and royal spirit-tue spirit of purity, sen? timent and exquisite delicacy of thought and purpose. "At the North, it cannot be denied that the original stock, whioh might have been good enough in ita way, has suffered from the grafting of foreign offshoots, so that the popula? tion shows some of the characteristics of a mongrel race. Now, under such conditions, the women of any country aire sure to degenerate, in a special and marked degree. Beauty of per son and beauty of morale decaya together. They become coarse in body and coarse in soul. On the other hand, the women of a compara? tively homogeneous race (if that race was primarily pure,) are certain to retain all those charms whioh we aro accustomed to term, par excellence, feminine. "The Southern States before the war, because of their 'peculiar' in? stitution, preserved their original blood and pride of race untainted. Their ancestors had been chiefly English gentlemen and English gen? tlewomen. Norman grace and Suxon power had combined iu making them what they were, and the influence of a Southern climate and Southern habits resulted in a combination of qualities which were admirable unique. Our women particularly ex? hibited tho rarest union of fastidious tastes of social pliability and art. with a virtuo stern as Cornelia's, and also those domestic household ac? complishments inherited from their English great-great-grand-mothers. They could be urah, lively piquant, flashing all over like a beautiful summer's cloud, with innocent 'heat lightning's' of wit, while doing their devoirs at ball or assembly-but in the privacy of home, wit softened into affection, and tho arch coquette became tue loving unselfish 'angel of the hearthstone.' Moreover, what house-wives and house-keepers they were, (and are,) whether young, mid? dle-aged or old. "Tho Yankee who first started the idea that Southern women were habitually listless sud indolent, that their days were passed in reclining upou sumptuous cushions with a half score of slave-girls to fan them, and their nights in a perpetual waltz, ought to be rewarded by his coun? trymen with a monument built of BoRtou 'hard-tack,' and cemented by cod-fish, because nover in the world's history has there been so unblushing aud preposterous a lie, aud not a few of our neighbors 'across the border' appreciate mendacity us a 'fine art.' "No! in our most prosperous times, the Southern woman was as we have puiu ted her. But what shall wo say of her devotion and heroism, de- 1 veloped by tho recent revolution? 'Noblesse oblige' was never so glo? riously illustrated before! These de? licate beings, sensitive and high toned, encountered the most revolt? ing scenes, simply from motives of humanity. Fathers, sons, brothers, were exalted in will, encouraged in trial, and supported under misfortune by them, and perhaps, the Northern journalist who declured that but foe the 'Southern female rebels, the con? test would have ended tnuoh sooner,' was not especially wrong after all. "And now that all ia over, now that wo suffer from almost 'every ill which flesh is heir to,' what would become of u?> men of the South, de? prived of that last stay and safe? guard, tho pathotic fideiity of our women?" "In a national sense we have, like Francis at Pavia, lost all but honor, yet in tho sweetest security of our homes, aud the 'leal devotion' of our women, we are blessed in a way, and to an extent of whioh perhaps few among our conquerors can justly boast." Heretofore a most encouraging exclamation has been "wade in." Now a most discouraging one with Jacobins is "Wade out." It is singular that, in making np hoquets for danseuses, no florist hos ever suggested fig leaves. FRANKLIN ON FREE MASONS.-Free Masonry, I admit, has its secrets. It has secrets peculiar to itself, bul, of what do these principally consist? They consist of signs and tokens, which ROI ve as' testimonials of cha? racter and qualification, which are conferred after due course of instruc? tion and examination. These are Of no small value; they speak a univer? sal language, and are a passport to the support and attention of the world. They cannot be lost so long as memory retains its powers. Let the possessor of them be expatriated, shipwrecked or imprisoned; let him be stripped of everything he has in the world, still these credentials remain, and are available for use as circumstances may require. The good effects which they have pro duced are established by the incon testible facts of history. They have staid tho uplifted hand of the de? stroyer; they bave softened the aspiration of the tyrant; they have subdued the rancor of malevolence, and broken down the barriers of political animosity, and sectarian alienation. On . the dbattle-field, in the solitudes of the uncultivated forests, or in the busy haunts of the crowded city, they have made men, of the most hostile feelings and most diversified conditions, rush to the aid of each other with special joy and satisfaction that they have been able to afford relief to a brother Mason. NATIONAL. DEBT.-The following statement of the national debts of some of the principal nations, shows that our own country does not com? paro unfavorable in this regard: We owe now $2,508,125,160. England, with smaller population and poorest country, owes $4,033, 794,235. France owes $2,3-10,029,800; her debt hos increased one hundred and thirty per cent, in thirteen years, and increases yearly, while tho popu? lation remains almost stationary. Austria owes $1,316,103,201, and has increased her debt one hundred and eight per cent, in eighteen years. Italy owes $1,071,818,940, and her debt has increased in six years ono hundred and fifty-eight per cent. Prussia owes $245,706,503, and has lately spent much more than her in? come. Spain, .with less than half her population, and not a twentieth pnrt of our wealth or power, owes $819, 887,300. CAROLINA NATIONAL BANK, OF COLUMBIA, S. C. CAPITAL, 8100,000. DIRECTOR8. L. D. CHILDS, Pres't. Maj. JNO. PRESTON, jr. Dr. J. W. PAUKER. EDWARD HOPE. GEORGE W. SWEPSON, of North Carolina. W. B. GCUCK, C. J. IP.EDELL, Cashier. 'feller. THE CAROLINA NATIONAL BANK, OF COLUMPIA, will deal in Exchange, Gold and ?Silver . oin, and do a general Banking Business. The accounts of mer? chants and others in Columbia, and in tho towns and country connected with it by business, aro respectfully solicited. Collections attended to carefully and re? mitted for promptly. Loan-? made on gold coin and other collateral sec urity. Tho Board of Directors meet, for the transaction of business, EVERY MON? DAY, ?? H? o'clock a. m. COLUMBIA, S. C., June (i, 18G3. .Inn? G 3mo SALAD OIL, &C. JCST received anti fl eshly imported, Genuine Bordeau OLIVE OIL, in .pinns and pints. Crosse A Blackwell's Pickles, nssorted. Hermetically Sealed Prunes, Smyrna Figs-small boxes Malaga Raisins, London Layer, in whole, half and quarter boxes. Italian Maccaroni and Vermicelli, Capers, Mnshroon Catsup, Worcestershire and other favorite Sauces. GEO. 8YMMER8. May 13_ Fresh Biscuit and Crackers. OA BBL8. FRESH CRACKERS, for sale JU low by E. A G. 1). HOPE. _MBr?h 27_ MILL FOR SALE. ONE of the best constructed PORTA? BLE BURR STONE MILLS, about 1,200 lbs. weight-suitable for wheat or corn, and will grind from fifteen to twenty bushels of oorn per hour. Apply to JAMES HUNTER, May 6 Jflmo _Colnmhia. S C. STITCHING DONE on the Sewing Machine, ( Whoeler A Wilson's,) at the "Ladies'Indus? trial Association." LESSONS will also bo given, ou tho same machine, to such ladies aa desiro it, between the hours of 0 a. m. to 10 a. m. For toms, applv at the M?V10 ' "ASSOCIATION." Smoking Tobacco. 1 A? LBa- P"T Spanish SMOKING lUU TOBACCO, 100 lbs. Lone Jack Smoking Tobacco. For sale low by E. & G. D. HOPE. March 10 ^ECI?^NOTICES. ..MANHOOD."-Anothor New Medical Pamphlet from the pen of Dr. Gnrtie. The Medical Times says of thia work: "This valuable treatise on the canee and cure of premature declino shows how health is impaired through secret abuses of youth and manhood, and how easily regained. It gives a olear synopsis of the impediments to marriago, tue cause anti effects of ner? vous debility, and tho remedies therefor." A pocket odition of tho above will be for? warded on receipt r " six stamp?, by ad- | dressing Doctor Cartis, No, 139 F street, Washington, D. C. May 27 ly A FEW WORDS TO THE LADIES. Many ladies, particularly mothers nxirein g, complain of a tired, listless feeling, or complete exhaustion, on arising in 'the morning. On tho wife and mother de? volves the responsibility of regulating th? duties of the household. Her earea are numerous, and the mental aa well as physical powers aro frequently called into requisition. She often finds her slightest occupation a weary task and existence a I burden, while at the same time she has no regular disease. HOSTETTER'S STO? MACH BITTERS, if resorted to at this period, wiU prove an unfailing remedy for Ibis annoying lassitude. The effects of this potent agent are soon Been in the rosy cheek and elastic stop of the head of the familv, as with restored health and1 re? newed spirits she takes her accustomed place in the family circle If this friend In need be regularly used, those depressing symptoms will never be complained of, and not only would lassitude not be expe? rienced, but many diseases following its advent be avoided. Aa a MEDICAL AGENT, it has no equal, whilo its pleasing flavor and healthful effects have made it a general favorite. It is free from all pro? perties calculated to impair the system, and its operations are at Once mild, sooth? ing and efficient. All who have used the! Bitters attest its virtues and commend it I to use. ni Juno 9 fO. FOR SALE, At Palmetto Iron Works, Columbia, S. C. 125-HOBSE POWEU ENGINE, with Tubular Boiler and Saw Mill, complete. Will bo sold separately, if desired. 110 and 1 8-Horse Power ENGINE, suit? able for plantation uso. Keeps on hand Gin Segments, all sizes; Plates and Balls for Cotton Screws; Sugar Mills, with or without frames: all sizes. Also, manufacturing Mendenhall's Pa? tent Hand or Power Loom. One can be seen in operation at tho Works. Iron and Brass Castings made to order; Mil) Gearing, Pulleys, Hangers and Shaft? ing. Jobbing promptly attended to; and all work warranted. JMay 20 Imo GEO. A. SFIIELLS. TO RENT. TI?E HOUSE and LOT on Richland street, occupied at present by Capt. R. D. Henn. Inquire at Ofllco *of thc Southern Express Company. March 18 A RARE CHANCE. AYOUNG LAWYER will find RICE'S and CONNER'S LAW DIGESTS, and the STATUTES AT LARGE; also, RICE on BANK? RUPTCY, JAMES on BANKRUPT? CY, at DUFFIE & CHAPMAN'S Bookstore, Davis' Building. April 22_;___ SALE OF TOWN LOTS The New County of Pickens. THE UNDERSIGNED, Commis? sioners appointed by tho Conven? tion to select and locate tho County Sito for tho now Pickens County, will sell to the highest bidder, nt the new location, ou THURSDAY, the 25th of June next, the LOTS at Pickens Court House, comprising respectively half nero, one and two acre lots, judiciously laid out. Tho location is near Hunter's store, between Town and Wolf Creeks, fourteen miles from Old Pickous C. H., twenty miles from Greenville C. H., and seventeen miles from Pendle? ton village, in n healthy section. The locutiou is a most desirable one, being situated ou a beautiful plateau and surrounded by a fertile region, with thrifty inhabitants. There is on both Town and Wolf Creeks fine WATER POWER, with good. SAW MILLS, and an abun? dance of tho best TIMBER near by. The County Site is nearly equi? distant between Keowee and Saluda Rivers, with a ftnr view of thc moun? tain scenery, and will command a large and profitable trade from the mountains und from North Carolina. TERMS OF SALE.-One-third cash; balance in two inst dments of sixty and ninety days each. Purchasers to give bond and surety for the pur? chase money. Titles to be executed, but not delivered until the bond for the purchase money is fully paid. Purchasers to pay extra for titles and stamps. JAMES LEWIS, Chairman, JAMES H. AMBLER, REESE BOWEN. W. T. FIELD, J. B. HAGOOD, , ' , Commissioners. For further information, apply to the undersigned, at Piokens 0. H. J. E. HAGOOD, Seo. and Treas. Board of Com. May 2 s8 FISHER & LOWRANCE. H IUI/V ? COLUMBIA, S. C. TO THE LADIES. MBS. 'O. E. REED has jost loee i ved a splendid assortment of DRESS TRIMMINGS. Also, a fresh supply of MILLI? NERY GOODS, of all descriptions, at wholesale and retail. French Cor? sets, Zephyr "Worsted Hair Braids, Curls, etc., yfhich will be ?ohL very low. '' . ". . '" ? '. '"'ALSO, ri . DRESS-MAKING in aU branches, warranted to give satisfaction. Main street, over 'BL '.Oi Anderson's clothing store: ; '7 ! Arjril 22 3mo ARTIFICIAL TEETBi. ~~ " ii, , DRS. REYNOLDS k REYNOLDS aro ' pre? pared to furnish ARTI? FICIAL T.EETH on . a larger^oale .than heretofore, and at rates much below the usual charges. Their recent improvement, lately patented, constitutes tba bighest order of art in this speciality, and is fully warranted. Dentures con? structed by this' process possess many advantages'over gold plate work, and can be supplied at about half the cost of the latter. An examination . of specimens, especially by those having experience in sueh matters;'is-respectfully invit ed. Ordinary VULCANITE RUB? BER SETS $25. Tho same, strength? ened by gold bands, 835. Terms cash. April 30 % FURNITURE. HAVING just,received, cs an addition to my former?, 'stock of tho above, IM* offer, at low prices, a variety of BEDSTEADS, BUREAUS, SIDE? BOARDS, CHAIRS, TABLES, PA? TENT IRON BEDSTEADS, PA? TENT COTS, PATENT SPRING BEDS, SAFES, and other articles too numerous to mention. FURNI? TURE and MATTRESSES MADE TO ORDER. Particular attention given to REPAIRING, PACKING and JOBBING. JEROME FAGAN, Washington stre't, _Aj>ril 28 Opposite' Masonic Hall. JEWELRY. WATCHES and JEWELRY RE? PAIRED by an experienced aud expeditions workman. _ May!_G_JDIERCKS. New No. 1 Mackerel. KITS No. 1 Bay MACKEREL tfVF 20 whole and half barrels No. 1 Bay Mackerel, for sale bv May 1 E. Sj, G. D. HOPE. BILLIARD5. IN compliance with the request of many lovers of the Raun*, my SALOON has been RE-OPENED. A BAR is connected with the Saloon, at vvliieli Sceger* UNADUL? TERATED LAGER BEER can always be obtained; also, WINES, BRANDIES^ etc. G. D.ERCKS. Greenbriar White Sulphur Springs, Qreenbrier County, West Virginia. THE undersigned, Lepsees of this old and well known WATERING PLACE, announce that, encouraged by the liberal patronngc received last season, they have largely added to their accommodations, in comfort and in appearance, and are prepared to entertain 1,500 guests. The BATHING ACCOMMODA? TIONS are in fine order. HOT and WARM SULPHUR BATHS, so emi? nently efficacious in many cases, are at tho command of visitors at all fiori rs. In addition to other amuse? ments, they have provide! a new and elegant BOWLING ALLEY and BILLIARD ROOM, conveniently located. Prof. Bosenberger's cele? brated FULL BRASS BAND lins been engaged for tho season. A good LIVERY STABLE will be kept on the premises. The completion of tho Virginia Central Railroad, to Covington, leaves only twenty miles staging, through a beautiful mountain coun? try, over a well graded turnpike. TERMS-$3 per day, and $80 pet mont li. Children under ten years of age, and colored servants half price. White servants according to accom? modations. PEYTON & CO. May 2 J15