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DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. MUNICIPAL OFFICERS-CITY COLUXiniA. . For Mayor. hj ? CJoii. J. P. THOMAS, j? For Aldermen,-WARD No.^l. T. W. RADOLIEFE. S ?. \ CLARK WARING. JAMES OLAFFEY. WARD NO. 2, C. A. B^JLL. O. Z. BATES.' w. PSER . JOHN AGNEW. . ^?vki>j?A?ttx^n, ?. . EDWARD HOPE. W. C. SWAFFLELD. L. Jft jMiTTiLEB._ COLUMBIA. Thursday Horning, Jone 18.1868. Go to Work? The number of .idlers, gen emily colored men and boye, to bo aeon on our street?, is not r. goodly sight. We do not .fancy, as. does a gentle? man that wo know, an absolute government. But, if wo had a go? vernment boro that would arrest and put to work/?ifery "idlor, white or black, there "would not bo much to censure,' ab least in that feature of absolutism. But we live in a great country. It is called *tke land of the free and the home of the bravel" Oh, yes! free we are with a.vengeanoo-free, to be ruled by, negrp^s-r/ree to be taxed almost to death-free to be lorded over, as is sometimes the case, by fools with shoulder-straps and by belted scoundrels-free to be repre? sented by ignoranoo and baseness and "carpetbaggers" and "scalawags." This is the freedom we havel But. be patient, be true, be hope? ful, be trise os serpents and harmless as doves. "Learn to labor and to wait." Things mast, right themselves, oven though wa may not have the power at onoe to right them. Mountains now stand upon their peaks; trees . now ts tan d upon their tops-nature's order ' is reversed. But, as sure os there is a God above, the mountains must stand again upon their base; the trees must again send their roots into the ground; the order of the morai world must again be established in our midst. Only, friendsof^tftSouity jae faithful, and? in the mo au ti me, go to. work and gather material strength; Whilst our enemies lay upon us heavy bur? dons and grievous to be borne ; whilst they insist that wo pass under the Caudine fork of radical, negro domi? nation, let us go on, ' working and strengthening our position. Keop our bruins free, restrain our passions, develop our muscl?; lay not our head in tho Delilah lap of ease and sloth, and, oar word for it, the day of victory must speedily como and Southern manhood again rule. Mujo?-Ginciul W. S. Hancock. We have received a biographical review of the military and civil servi? ces of this prominent candidate for the next Presidency. Tho record shows him to have been a soldier faithful to his colors iu war, and to be a gentleman and statesman in peace. Such a man tho South can honor. Napoleon's great maritime show at Havre has been opened, and wo wonder we have not had moro notice of thal great fact It will rival, iu its own way, that of the Champ de Mars, and is under the Presidency of Prince Napoleon. The restoration of the French marine will be moro cos? mopolitan and of greater benefit ' o France and the rest of mankind than the restoration of tho grand army system. The Emperor is certainly performing at home the part of a good ruler, which tho Prince of Wales and other rulers should try to imitato among their own subjects. Like the First Consul, he refuses to be, or be considered, cochon a l'engrais, and is forever working out some purpose of general benefit. After nil, he seems to be the right man in the right place, and the French peo? ple "might have gono further and fared worse." Not typographical, it is true, but none tho less amusing aro tho follow? ing: An honest farmeE writes to the chairman of an agricultural sooioty "Gentlemen please put me down on your list of cattle for a bulk" A superintendent of police oneo made an entry in his register, from which the following is an extract: "The prisoners set upon me, called mo an ass, a precious dolt, a scare? crow, a ragmuffiu and au idiot-all of which I cortify to bo true." 5-!-!-; ~ ! Correspond???? of the Phoenix. LAUBBNS, 0. H., June 15. Mn. BDrjon: A rather hamed trip through your city to Baitimor?* M&, strongly impressed me with the bo? llol" thaji the South is not yet dead, ?but Bleopeth; and, as is tritely said: "Tho darkest hour is just before day." In all the route there was ob? servable a brightness hnd suavity bf temper, that the heavy tread of our oppressors conld not crash. While spending a few days in Columbia, : and enjoying the hospitality of one vf her most warm hearted oitizens, and mourning over the devastations of a heartless enemy-that history, if trhe to itself, will mark-I conld not but notice a spirit of enterprise that augured well for a certain recupera? tion of that city of flowers. One of her enterprising oitizens, who, like many others, succumbs not under misfortune, at the request of thoso in authority, has fitted up in a very commodious and convenient manner halls and committee rooms for the accommodation of the "so-called" Legislative body. The waiting ex? pectant occupants of some of the State offices were there, and looking round; but disappointments which, at times, happen in the best of fami? lies seemed to be their lot. And sad will be the day when the noble and tried gentleman of the Comp? troller-General, and other offices, shrill be removed to give placo to the nominees of the Charleston Conven? tion, which the history of the day has made so famous. All along the route to Baltimore, there is an evident appearance of economy and thrift Bich mond is herself again; and, but for the tar? nish of radical depravity and cor? ruption, Washington city, the re? nowned capital, where once the noble bearing of a Calhoun, a Webster and a Clay, graced its magnificent halls, would ch allen go comparison. Still, the head and oheif stands firm and immovable, the ohampion of consti? tutional liberty. And Baltimore, with a warm and beneficent sympathy for the oppressed South, deserving her most ardent gratitude, is growing in wealth aud commercial facilities with a speed that attracts attention, and richly deserves the patronage of tho' Southern merchant. VIATOR. - ? ? ? ? Mn. EDITOK: In continuation of your remarks upon the commercial character of our oity, wo may observe that no city South possesses such natural advantages for business os Colombia. Since tho war, a new im? pulse has been given in nearly every branch of trade, and every enterprise exhibits a freshness and vigor truly encouraging. Columbia, as will bo observed by a singlo glance at the map, is in a central position, tra? versed and intersected by railroads leading id every direction, from the mountains to the seaboard. She is peculiarly located, with advantages ind facilities of trade which must make her the great store-house and granary of the State. We have buy 3rs who aro ready to pay the highest market price for produce. And here let us remark, in connection with this, that the farmers and planters should send in all their surplus pro luce, however small it may be, (a few bushels of corn, wheat, barley, ants, pindora, and, indeed, every? thing, which may be in excess of homo use, should bo sent to market md sold.) And they, in return, have goods to soil, at low prices. The fact is;, that Columbia is tho cheapest placo to buy goods; and, to measure this broad assertion, let our friends in tho country try it. Tho largest stocks of hardware, groceries, dry goods, boots and shoes, tin wares, shina and crockery, saddlery and harness, may be found here. House? hold goods, of every variety, and household remedies, too, for we must not neglect tho drug houses in Co? lumbia, for without health, we can? not build up our little mortal taber? nacle, nor a big city. Tho drug de? partment is fortunato in being in tho hands of experienced and competent persons, who aro determined not to be outdone or under sold. Tho health of Columbia is a feo ture of no small importance. Situate upon tho bluff which over-looks the wild Congareo, with its thousand cataracts, one can hardly imagine a spot freor from disease, and whore "old mortality" lengthens out ifc. three-scoro years and ten. The doc? tors havo frequently observed, with naivete, that disease is much moro frequent than fatal; but this may ho only a joke, for wo know tho doc? tors livo by keeping alive. In a future article, we will say something in regard to tho salubrious character of our sand hills, with re? ference to a "Hotel des Invalides"-a subject which should claim some consideration from the Medical Fa? culty. -, Taxe* for Revenue Only. At a meeting held ia New York, May 12, 1868, for conference on the reform of our system of revenue: ?DrJ Lieber, in taking the Ob air, expressed the hope that tho meeting would'prove an important step in the progress of civilization, by advancing what he deemed the sacred cause ol free trade. The chronicles of the middle ages make mention of the comfort enjoyed by the English peasants, compared to the abject state of the correspond; ing classes on the Continent, where, it was said, that the peasant Jived worse tuan (lld the dog bf hi's mas? ter. This contrast was, no doubt, owing to various causes co m bined; but the two main causes were, un? doubtedly, first, that England was then the only nation in the world which enjoyed a national Govern? ment. Ana, secondly, that the Magna Charta, as early as 1215, freed England from evil tolls on her coast, on her high roads, and on her rivers/ Tho continental countries, on the other hand,'were divided into petty jurisdictions, each exacting "evil tolls" at every point; trade, traffic, progress were stayed at tho bounda? ries of each petty State; protection had it all her own way, and civiliza? tion stood still or went backward.' It was not until the end of the lust cen? tury that "evil tolls" in France were abolished. Why, even when the first emigrants left the Palatinate for Pennsylvania, centuries later, it took weeks and weeks before they could reach from Maunheim, or any of those Palatinate places to Rotterdam or Amsterdam. And why? Because they were stopped everywhere by those iusolent barons, and made to pay those "evil tolls." He then referred to the rapid de? velopment of the United States, which was essentially owing to the absolute freedom of trade, establish? ed by the Constitution among all tho States of the Union. Mankind, when they reason at all, admit that domes? tic free trade ut least is desirable. Granting this much, is there then a single reason that free tn de with France, with England, with Ger? many, is undesirable? Man's mate? rial, mental and moral progress de? pends first of all on threo elementary principles or laws, and its incipiency is insured by them. They are the dl-pervadiug inter-dependence of men,, the equally pervading law of the manifold appetites of men, with the infinitely varied faculties and capacities of mon, and of the earth an whioh they are placed, to satisfy those manifold desires; and, lastly, the faot that man would be, as he is created, far more helpless than auy mirna], were it not for his ability to produce any exohange. Everything, ndeed, in this life, depends first of ill on exohange; and all obstruction )f exchange is an offence against mm am ty. The freer the exchange, lie greater the production; the more production, the greater the wealth of lotions. Dr. J. P. Thompson believed that tppeals ia every way should be made o tho working men of the country, rhey were liable to be misled by the fallacy that the protective tariff ?rea tod a production which could not sxist without it, aud which redound? ed to the benefit of the working mau n increased wages. They must be aught that the rate of wages thus iroated was artificial, and was accora mnied by increase iu the price of all ir tides wages had to procure him; hat in the end this was worse for lim, for it enabled tho manufacturer o piuco a fictitious value on his pro? jetions. Tho story of high rates br labor soon got abroad, and this n-ought over the laborers of other countries, also misled, templed by he nominal prices for work. Then bllowed the reduction of wages, but lid the price of commodities fall at he same timo; did the farmer or tho jrocer lower the price of produce? io, it only afforded a new screw to lepress tho working mau still lower. "LET US HAVE PKAOR"-When thc Russians exterminated one-half of Po and and brutally trample upon those mrviving, even to tho extent of abo ishing their language and blotting heir country from tho map-tho Russians proclaim that "Order reigns n Warsaw, and tho Czar, like Gen. ?raut, caws out "Let us havo peace." It is Tacitus, wo believe, who de cribed tho nucient method of pacifi :ation, now so cleverly aped by Gen. Irant. He shows how the conqueror 'mado a solitude and called it peace." len. Grant's gushing utterauco has mt littlo of tho apostolic flavor; it ..eathes of tho Russian and smells of ho charnal-honse. History is full of ust such wolfish caut, and if the amb trusts in its sincerity, wo! to ho lamb, for it is already half-de 'oured.-A ugusta Constitutionalist. Kentucky friends of John C. 3reckiuridgo say ho is anxious to bo >ardoncd, como home and return to he practico of law in Kentuoky. Ho viii soon leave Europe for Canada, vhoro ho will romain until he gets >ermission, in the form of a pardon, o go to Kentucky. Ono of tho Jenkinses, writing of a ecent hop at Saratoga, says: "A eery pretty girl passed by us, leaning >n the arm on a gentleman who was tressed iu Swiss muslin and pink lash." That gentleman must have jeon tho cool of the evening. We hove been requested to state that, by request, Col. J. P.^Thomas will deliver a lecture this (Tooday) evening, 18th, at half-past 8 ?felook, in Carolina Hall, (lately Gibbes') ^subject: "THE PAST o? SOUTH1CARO ? UNA IN ABMS AND IN ARTS, AND HEB .Fr/rosE CONSIDERED." The proceeds of the lecture to be placed in the banda of a committee of ladies for a charitable purpose. Tickets of ad j mission twenty-five cents each, to be had at the door. We notice that Gen. John S. Pres? ton will deliver the annual address before the students of the Virginia Fuiversity, on June.,30th. Gen. Wade Hampton will deliver an address before the student? of Washington College, of which the matchless Lee is President. Mr. Pollock desires ns to remind our readers that ho will servo up tomato soup, this morning, at ll o'clock. We observe a large turtle laying in Mr. P.'s restaurant, and suppose that, in a few days, it will bo lying on his table in the shape of soup. Due notico will be given thereof. We aro requested to say that the opening sermon of the Columbia District Conference will bo delivered this (Thursday) evening, at half-past 8 o'clock, at the Washington street Chapel. Also, the Conference will begin its business sessions, nt the same place, to-morrow (Friday) morning, at 9 o'clock. Rev. Bishop Dagget, of Virginiu, is expected to preside. THE SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIAN RE? VIEW.-We have received the April number of this very interesting jour? nal. It is filled, os usual, with a choice selection of religious matter. The following embraces its table of contents: Popular Revivals; The Formation of the English Languago; Right and Wrong, or a Check to Atheism-Part IL ; Ritualism; The Future of the Freedmen; Critical Notices. TO URN A3XENT AND COSTUME BAUT, AT LAURENS COURT HOUSE ON SECOND JULY NEXT.-The editor of the Phoenix acknowledges the honor of an invitation to attend tho above occasion. This affair is under tho auspices of a number of the gentle? men of Laurens, and we doubt not but that it will be an interesting occasion. We like these occasions. They keep up the tone and spirit of the communis, and it is a shallow philosophy that ignores them. NEV FLOUB.-Messrs. Copeland Sc Bearden have favored ns with a sack of new flour, gronnd from wheat grown by Captain W. H. Stock, of this District. As wo have tried it, we can recommend it a? being very fine. The above named gentlemen havo u small quantity on hand. Messrs. J. A. Hendrix & Co. havo also favored us with a very fine speci? men of flour, ground from wheat grown in Lexington. Tho latter named gentlemen have a very large stock of flour on hand; and as they select their own wheat, aro always able to offer their customers a good article. LITERARY NOTICES.-To those en? terprising booksellers, Messrs. Duffie it Chapman, wc aro indebted for a copy of that excellent ladies' maga? zine-Demores?s Monthly-the ladies' literary conservator. To tho same booksellers, wo are indebted for tho publisher's copies of Dickens' celebrated works-a part of "Peterson's cheap edition for the million"-Life of Joseph Grimaldi; tho noted English clown. Price 50 cents. Perils of English Prisoners, and A House to Let-each 25 cents. These volumes aro by Dickens, and that is promise enough for tho lovers of touching, pathetic and humorous literature. Wo havo also received of Dollie & Chapman the following works: Quen? tin Durward, The Pirate, Peveril of the Peal: With regard to these, it is enough to say that they aro the stan? dard works of the literary "wizard of Scotland"-the great Sir Walter Scott-ono of the few literary mon, the splendor of whose genius was equalled by tho purity and nobleness of his private life. These volumes aro sold for 20 cents each, and they form a part of "Peterson's cheap edition for thc million." This series of Sir Walter Scott's works is completo in twenty-six volumes, and a completo set may be obtained for 85.00. ANOTHER FATAL GASS OF DROWN? ING.-We learn that Mr. Kelly's son, a white boy of abont twelve years of ago, has been missing since yester? day morning, and there is reason to believe tlmt be hos been drowned, ia Fisher's mill pond, as- he was last seen there, in company with several other lads. T?E CENTRAI, HOTEL.-We had the pleasure, on yesterday, of testing tho cuisine of this hotel, kept by the attentive and courteous host, Mr. Clayton. We can commend it to the public as a pleasant and retired boure, where good fare and good attention will make one's sojourn there pleasant and satisfactory. Our neighbor over the way, of "Queen's Delight" notoriety, has yielded to the soft impeachment con? tained in our local of yesterday. Ho has evidently been strnck with the force of our P. S. ; he sccs what others have seen before, the S. P. (strong poiut) of the article, and, true to the ring of good metal, re? sponds by sending, not a box of shaving soap-for that, ho seems to think, is at a discount, siuce the new theory of hair versus brains, by which the amount of brains in the head is measured by thc prolific growth of the hair on the face-but a bottle of his choicest Photo Cologne, rich in perfumes of Arabia-to make up in odors sweet, after we have taken a shave discreet. NEOBO BOY DROWNED.-We regret to have to record a caso of drowning on the ICth inst. The Coroner gives us the following facts: A negro boy, named George Thackam, formerly the property of Mr. Frank Tnackam, about thirteen years old, went down to a place known as "Rock Hole," about two miles from tho city, in company with other boys, white and black. Suddenly George was missed. Nothing to be seen, except his cap and fishing rod. He had slipped iu, and disappeared in this deep hole. Efforts were made to bring up the body, but without avail. Upon hear? ing of the fntal accident, Mr. Thackam proceeded at once to the spot, and tried to recover the body, but he did not succeed until the next moruing. At that time, Coroner Walker went down and brought the body to the city. The jury, after a protracted session, returned a ver? dict of "accidental drowning." The Coroner informs us that, within the last three or four years, five bodies have been taken from that fatal hole. Let the boys keep away from this spot. BUSINESS FACILITIES OF COLOM? BIA.-In alluding to the business facilities that Columbia afforded, we omitted to notice the advantages resulting from her converging rail? roads. From Columbia, the mer? chant can fill orders and send goods to Greenville, to Abbeville, to Ander? son and the intermediate points; to Charlotte, Yorkville and the inter? mediate points; to Charleston, Au? gusta, Camdeu and the intermediate points; to Wilmington and tho inter? mediate points; to Leesville on the uow road and to the intermediate ? points. Few places enjoy such business advantages. Here, too, wo have tho State Uni? versity, offering literary, scientific, legal aud medical advantages. We have also a number of good male iud female schools-in flue, every :lesirablo educational advantage. Nor must wo omit to mention 5omo advantages which we failed to enumerate the other day, in the way r>f mercantile and other enterprises. Wo have fino crockery houses, seve? ral excellent tin establishments, seve? ral fine drug houses, ono of the finest photographic galleries in tho South, a carriago factory, saddlery ind harness house -, and furniture stores. In fine, all tho departments if trade and business are well repre jented. And, inasmuch as our hosts, Colonel Hunt, and Mr. Joyner, and Mr. Wright, and Mr. Clayton, and Mr. Stratton, and Mr. Clondining, of their respective houses, are each and ill prepared to accommodate guests from abroad, wo trust that the mer? chants from the interior will try Columbia beforo going further. Wo iva nt to build up tho capital of the 5tato. We soud. out the cry of "Come over aud help us." Fine"turtle soup, thia morang, at ll o'clock, at the Exchange Hestau rant, on Camden street, rear of ^Gregjf a foti. Bj The best "Lion*' lager alloys on draught. Call, sample and be convinced. Jj J.--^**r- - .x ~-? 'v We attended, by invitation, yes-^1 terday morning, at the farm of Mr. James Crawford, to witness the ope? ration of threshing wheat by steam. The thresher itself was one Of H. L. Emery's patent, ond it demonstrated to tho satisfaction of those'present all th? advantages claimed for it by the builder. It threshes as dean as the old process-the wheat, chaff and straw are separated and thrown out at different places. The engine by which the machine is driven is a perfect model, and being, the most compact and durable we have ever seen, reflects the highest degree of credit upon that skilled mechanic and machinist, R. Tozer, Esq. It is constructed upon rather a new prin? ciple, the cylinder being within the boiler, and water is pumped into it at boiling heat, and there is. no dan? ger of fire, the smoke-stack being so oouatruoted that no sparks emanate from it. With this engine (which is of G-horse power) and thresher, from 300 to 400 bushels of wheat can be threshed in one day, with one-quarter of a cord of wood. To Mx.?Tozer belongs the credit of building tho first portable engine ever' built in this District; and to bim also belongs the credit of being the first ono to successfully introduce the threshing of wheat by steam in this District? We understand that it is the inten? tion of Mr. Tozer to send his ma? chinery on a trip through tho up? country, and we would recommend him to the patronage of our readers in that section. ' ' - ' -._' ' ' ' '* * NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Special at tention is called to the following ad? vertisements, published for the'first time this morning: / E. ? G. D. Hope^-New Fl'q?r, &c. , Piano for Sile. i ?? Proceedings of Council. COUNCIL CHAMBER, COLUMBIA, June 16,1868. ' Present-His Honor the Mayor; Alderman Alexander, lusher, Geiger; McDonald, McKenzie, Radcliffe; Remsen, Walter, Wearn ah^'^Wing, The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. . E&M? A communication was received from Dr. J. W. Parker, request!fig' to be excused from semng o?^'th?^o^rd af health, stating that his timo was occupied in the discharge of his official duties, and that bo waa phy ?ically unable to act as a ta?mt?er of the board.' nutuwif*. On motion, Dr. Parker was ex 2used "from serving. Thos. P. Walker, Magistrate, pre? sented an acconnt against the city for examination of lunatics.', "Re? ferred to the Committed oh Accounts The Committee of Ways and Means reported the monthly report of tho 3ity Clerk for May, as being p0rr<?ct. Concurred in. The Committee on Accounts pre ionted a report, recommending that the following accounts be paid-: J. 0. Dial against the Guard House 68.10, iud Street Department $60.23; W. B. Stanley against tho Guard House 51.55, and Clerk's Office $9.25; E. & 3-. D. Hope against the Alms House $126.01; J. L. Kirkwood & Co.. for Jrinting bills $35.0U; Dr. Geiger 55.00; Dr. Templeton $5.00, and W: B. Johnston, Magistrate, $2.00, for ?xamining a pauper lunatic. Report .eceived and adopted. The Committee on Markets re reportcd thc monthly report of the Dlerk of the Market for May as joing correct. Concurred in. Tho Committee on Guard Honsc ind Police reported the monthly rc )ort of the Chief of Police for May ^ is being correot. Concurred in. Council proceeded to ballot for ono nembor of tho Board of Health rom Ward No. ?, to fill the vacancy' sanded by tho declination of Dr. J. V. Parker; which resulted in thc inanimons election of W. C. Swnf ield, Esq. Proposals for furnishing wood for he City Water Works were presented o Council for consideration. J. M. 3rawford being tho lowest bidder, ho contract was therefore awarded o him. Alderman McKenzie offered the ollowing resolution, which was idoptcd: Resolved, That one of the street arts, with one hand and mule, be ?et apart for a garbage cart, to be wed daily for the purpose of re noving filth, kc, from the streets. This service to bo performed during he months of July, August and Sep ember, and to be under the super n ten dence of the Chief of Police. On motion, Council adjourned. J. S. MCMAHON, City Clerk.