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COLUMBIA, 8. C. Friday Morning. January 15, 1869. Nonn nnd South In a. lf?*r Llgut. Tlio tortoise may again outstrip i-he bare, In the race for solid wealth, it .-ruins :iofc improbable that the South may, after all, pass the North. The former is in several repects better fitted for the trial. It has gra? duated in the school of adversity, and come out- spare indeed in flesh, but with wind, and nervo, and muscle in capital trim. The North, ou tho contrary, has reveled in the delights of dissipation, and shows all tho sign? of revelry and sumptuous living. It is sleek and finely clad, bnt with nerves uu atrung, and pre-disposod to short breathing. Tho Southern planter was precipitated roughly to the bottom. He lost everything. The labor ho had relied upon was taken from him. The comfort in which he had been roared suddenly vanished. He suf? fered the pangs of poverty and despair. Compelled to struggle for his bread, he bo? gan life anew under ita most dispiriting as? pects. Necessity made him thrifty, tempe rato and industrious. Having neither money nor credit, ho was compelled to train his appetite to simple fare, and to adapt his ways to circumstances of the hardest kind. The lesson was an un? pleasant one, but it has yielded good re? sults. The planter of to-day is not tho planter of ten years ago. He has learned to work, to bny no moro thon he can pay for, and to confine his wants within com? paratively narrow limits. Hard times have lost their terrors for him. They have taught him to regulate his expenditure by his means, and. with this lesson learned he has little to fear. If hu hus not wealth, ho has none of tho drawbaoks incident to its possession. An inflated currency does not do moralizo him; and all thc habits growing oat of the war tend toward simplicity of taste in food and dress. In commenting on this subject, the Now York Times says: "Weat the North, though more pleasant? ly situated, cannot look on the future quite 30 complacently. Ours has for years past boon a school of extravagance. The good, old-fashioned habits are gone, and in their place wo have a fondness for grand living and graud enterprises. We have Hue houses, magnificently furnished, with expensive tables and costumes to match. The econo? my we read about has been banished. Wt get into debt one with* another, and wit! people abroad. An inflated currency ha? familiarized us with high prices, and th? war expenditures of the Government witt plenty of currency. The Government ex penditures have ceased, but the currency romains; and we keep up splendid appear anees by speculation, and our spirits bj resolutely refusing to think of danger oi to talk of pay in real monoy. We are no fools enough not to know that there ari business aud financial rooks ahead, and tha the present style of living caunot last for over; but we deliberately prefer not to con template theso things, or in any manner t prepare for them. We may have togo unde for a little, but thero is no use iu makin, ourselves miserable before the time. It wi] lie timo to look the evil iu the face when w (MUnot hide from it *any longer." . Are we wroug iu suggesting that, despit the present apparent disparity, the Soutl ern cotton-grower may find himself riche tuan the Northern speculator; or in thiul ing that in view of disorganized finance! the North may possibly feel any futui pinch a little more keenly than the lei boastful South? -o Thc reports from Paris declaro that tl oauferenoe is gatling along harmouiousl; and that the Turkish and Grecian Amba3si dora are particularly amiable to each otbe These happy circumstances inclino many t tho belief that peace will bo preserved, au that tho clouds of war which havo be? obscunug tho Eastcru horizon will bo blow away. It is to bc hoped that these sngge tious will prove to be prophotic. Tho Eur peau powers generally bava a very stroi interest in the maintenance of tranquilit and they will do their best to provenl rupture. The most obstinate parties ha been those which commenced the difficult Turkey would abato nothing from tl ultimatum, and Greece would not yield inch. If the expected belligerents ha determined to cool down their anger a submit to the suggestions which shall made to them by other nations, they hu shown moro sense than has been manifest hithorto in tho controversy, and thero really some causo to hope that tho dispu between them maybe softened down so tl war will bo avoided. -o Tho new wing of tho Treasury Dopa meut is rapidly approaching completa Tho throe upper stories are finished, a carpets are now going down rcadv for occ paney by the Internal Revenue Dopartmc Tlie lower Hours will not be finished for t or threo months. Tho walls of the "ct roora*' aro to he panelod with rare st. ..neus of Italian marble. The marble \ cost ?bout $40,000. When finished, it \ bethe finest room in America, if not the world. - . STATE LEQI8LATVRB. TWENTY-NINTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. I SENATE. WEDNESDAY. Jnnunry 13.-The Senate 1 assembled at 12 M. The fionse sent to the Senate a co .icu r I rent resolution rescinding the resolution passed at this regular session depriving members of the per diem during tho recess -the consideration of which was ind?fi? ni t civ postponed. And a message was sent to tho House of Representatives, informing that body of the action of tho Senate on said resolution. Mr. Corbin, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred u bill to provide "a lien on buildiugs and lauds to parties furnishing labor and material there? on, reported back the same, with a recom? mendation that the bill do pass, with amendments. Mr. S wails, from the Committee on Rail? roads, to whom was referred a bill to autho? rize the consolidation of the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad Company and tho Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company, recommend that the bill do pass. Ordered for consideration to-morrow. The Senate, at 12.30 P. M., went into executive session. Tho Committee on Engrossed Bills re? ported as duly and correctly engrossed a bill to establish a State Orphan Asylum. Passed. Tho Committee on Engrossed Bills re? ported as duly and correctly engrossed, and ready for a third reading, a bill to amend an Act to establish a Stato police. Recom? mitted to the Committee on Military. The Committee on Engrossed Bills also reported as duly and correctly engrossed, a bill to re-enact oertain Acts lending the uamo and credit of the Stato to tho Green? ville and Columbia Railroad Company, and to validate the action of said Company thereunder. Ordered to the House. After the transaction of unimportant business, the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Tho House met at 12 M. Mr. Misson introduced n bill to extend tho powers of magistrates to imprisonment in certain cases. Mr. Miller introduced a resolution rela? tive to high charges over tho ferry at Co? lumbia, and proposing tho appointment of a committee of live from its members tc investigate tho case, and report to this House at the earliest practicable hour. Mr. Feriter introduced a bill to provide for tho licensing of peddlers. The Speaker laid before the House UH resignation of J. P. F. Camp as Sergeant at-Aruis. And Benjamin Byus was electee to fill the vacancy. A petition of sundry citizens Of Edgefieli County was presented, protesting againsl the division of the County, as proposed bj the bill under consideration. After the transaction of other unimpor? tant business, the House adjourned. -o G HEAT DESTRUCTION OF FRUIT THEES D FLORIDA.-The Tampa Peninsular, in it: edition of the 2d instant, says: On the 25th ultimo, the thermometer wa down os low as twenty-two degrees abov zero, in this place, which indicated th coldest weather over experienced in tbi part of tho State, even by the oldest inhabi tauts, and the damago done is very great It was only within the last ten years tba the people of Florida began to realize th importance of going largely into the raisin of tropical fruits; aud it was only withi tho last two or thron years, the labor ix stowed in raising fruits, began to rewar them; but the cold came and swept over th country with tho power of a mighty tomi do, destroying in a few hours that whic man bas toiled years to build up. In a fe hours, Florida bas been damaged mil Hoi of dollars. The orange, lemon, lime, citroi Bua??ock, guava, mango, pineapple, BUgi apple, in fuet, all the tropical fruits, ha> been killed or seriously damaged. Eve the fully matured aud ripened fruit whit remained upon the trees, was all frozen ai destroyed, and the trees look liko they ha1 been scorched as by n great fire. Tho pot to crop is badly damaged, and the pen beets, cabbage and even turnips aro kille Butjthe cold did not censo its ravag upon the land, but desceuded iuto t waters-into the great deep-and caused bo spewed therefrom, mighty jow fish ni sharks, which wore thrown helpless upi shorn to rot. Thousands of dead ronni jack fish, spatio fish and others, cover t entilo part of tho State. Tun SECRET HISTORY OF LINCOLN'S ADJ NISTRATION.-No administration of any Pi sident of tho United States lian culbrae such great ?md important events as that Mr. Lincoln. Tho secret history of 1 administration, embracing tho privato int views and correspoudenco with promim individuals of nil parties and professioi with rebels and loyalists, with mon of t South aud of the North, with emissaries tho rebellion and leading advocates of t "on to Richmond" policy of conducti tho war, would form a volume of inter in' jst. Such a work has been uudertaV by Ward H. Lamon, who will soon hi it ready for the press. {National Intelligencer Thc coroner's annual record of New Yt city shows that in 1868 tbero wero for eight homicides, thirty-nine infantich and ninety-eight suicides. It notes n 818 fatai casualties. Among the latter ? included fifteen casos of accidental pom ings (to which, probably, several r>f the called suicides might have been not inc rectly added,) 1G0 deaths by drowning t 1G9 by sun-stroke. A man nnniodKing, living in Rose Vail Western Now York, lins had tinrty-< children by ono wife. Such a couple serve well of their country. BLOODY THAOEDY AT MONTOOMEUT, TEXAS I -FOUB MEN KILLED.-The Galveston ?Tetr?, of the 3d instant, says: We learn from a gentleman who resides a fow miles from the town of Montgomery, in '? this State, that a bloody tragedy occurred in that place last week. Four men were killed, and the town for a while presented the appearance of a uattle-fleld on a small scale. The circumstances, as near as wo could gather them from a hasty conversa? tion, are as follows: A desperado, whose name we did not learn, recently appeared in Montgomery, and in a short time made himself odious to the citizens by bis quar? relsome disposition. Ile gathered around him, however, several friends, who, it proved, lost their lives in endeavoring to stand by him iu his difficulties. This des? perado was also suspected of passing coun? terfeit money, and of having been a horse thief. On tho day of the tragedy he rodo his horse into tho store of Messrs. Smith Sz Peal, and on being ordered out, ho drew his j pistol, but before he could fire it, he was fired upon by Mr. Smith or Peal with a j double-barrel shot-gun. Although badly wounded, he ran out into the street, and by some fatality met a party of citizens who were hunting him for the purpose of arrest? ing him for passing counterfeit money. He ran in another direction, wheu some one in the party fired upon him and he fell. A Mr. Oliver and two brothers named Mc? Graw (who, it seems, were in the habit of associating with the desperado) ran up to his rescue, with pistols drawn, when they were fired upon by the crowd, and all three killed. THE CHAKLLESTON HOTEL.-This widely known and popular resort, which has been for years the pride of Charleston, has j undergone a change iu its management. Mr. E. H. Jackson has assumed charge, and will in the future provide for tho guests of | the institution, and in this work he will be assisted by Messrs. C. A. Millar, W. J. An? derson and E. T. Burdell. Mr. Jackson has lived iu this city for twenty yours past, having been for somo timo connected with tho establishment while it was under the management of the elder Mr. Mixer, and we havo no hesitation in assuring the guests under his supervision their comfort will not be neglected. His assistant, Mr. Millar, is kuown to every guest who has visited tho place for tho past sixteen years, he haviug been connected with tho institution in va? rious capacities dnriug that time. Mr. An? derson and Mr. Burdell, the other assis? tants, aro equally qualified in their respec? tive duties, and we have 110 doubt that the managers- will use their best endeavors to sustain tho high reputation which the Charleston Hoted has enjoyed for so roany years. The house has been lately repaired*and thoroughly overhauled, and is now fur? nished with all tho luxuries aud conve? niences of life. To the traveling public it needs uo recommendation, enjoying as it does a reputation second to no house of the kind in this country. We predict for it a successful and prosperous career under tho administration of the new managment, who, we aro assured, will exert their best efforts for the comforts and convenience of its | guests.-Charleston Courier. On Christmas night, a gentleman named Owens, living in Clinton County, Mo., near Platte River, gave a party, whereupon some parties residing near Ridgely determined to break it up. A yoong mau by the name of Jackson got into a quarrel with a son-in-law of Mr. Owens, named Thomas, and was killed by the latter, being literally cut to ?pieces. VALUAULE INVENTION.-Mr. Thomas H. Mortimer, of this city, bas received letters | patent, dated January 5, for a boat detach? ing apparatus of his invention. It has for its object to provide a simple, cheap and effective device, by which boats at sea can be instantly detached from the davit tackle when lowered into tho water. [Charleston News. INCENDIARISM IN MARION COUNTY.-We leam from the Marion Star that tho barn of Mr. Elijah Gregg, containing about 600 j bushels of corn, was cousumed by fire on last Wednesday night. It is supposed to be tho work of a clan of hog thieves who infest Mr. Gregg's neighborhood. Tho material, type, machinery and ofiico furniture of tho Charleston Mercury, were disposed of. on Tuesday, at. auction, u: purchased by different persons. Miss Eliza F. Boyd, neting postmistress at Manchester, S. C., died on the Otb in? stant. When is a blow from a lady welcome? When siio strikes you agreeably. NOTICE. rpiIE members of Columbia Social Club will X attend a special meeting,at their Club Room, ou SATURDAY EVENING, the 16th instant, at 8 o'clock. W. li. STANLEY, President. HA BUT SOLOMON, Secretary. Jan 15 Stall-Fed Beef, ku__ OF EXTRA QUALITY, can bo op t?iuod at Stall No. 1, THIS MORNING, jJ^Jj P.TTHE J^*1*0'' B- T" DENT . Law Card. THE undersigned have associated themselves as partners, under the nanio of CARROLL, MELTON ft MELTON, and will practico in the Courts of Richland and the adjoining Counties, in the Supremo Court of this State, and in the United States Courts. J. P. CARROLL, C. D. MELTON, SAM. W. MELTON. COLOMBIA, S. C.. January 12, IUC'J. Jan l-l 3 Extra Fine Apples. A f\ BOXE8 and Barrols of tho finest SWEET "dev/ APPLES which havo been in this city this season. D. C. PEIXOTTO fe SON. .lan Vt 2 Light, Light. |/ \ BBLS. Prime Whito KEROSENE OIL. 110 Av" fl.m teat, on hand and for sale, at reduced prices, by the barrel and at retail, by .Ian c, J. A T. R. AGNEW. Hooal Item.?. -o j PosTPONKME?rr.-We are requested to I stato that tho salo of furniture advertised to j take place this day, by Mr. Jacob Levin, is postponed untU futuro notice. --O- 1 The annual mooting of the Femulo Bone ! volent Society will be held in the Washing? ton Street Ohapel, ou Monday, th* 18th instant, at 12 o'clock. -o A NATURAL CONSEQUENCE.-The Charles? ton News asserts that lowering tho price of gas has induced niauy who had resorted to tho kerosene and lighf-hntusc oil lumps, to J luy them aside. The Jauuary number of Men y's Museum, thc standard magazine for thc little folks, is before as. Tho articles are well written and many of thom beautifully illustrated. Tho Museum is published iu Boston, by H. B. Fuller, nt $1.50 per annum. -o The Sonate in executive session bas con? firmed tho nomination o? Mr. C. J. Stul hr.-iud as Superintendent of the Penitentia? ry, and Mr. Reuben Toniliuson as State Auditor of South Carolina. -o A NEW WORK FOR THE JUVENILES. - "Wild Life Under the Equator, Narrated for Young People," by Pani Du Cbailln;New York, Harper & Brothers. From the dis? coverer of the gorilla wo have here another volume for juvenile readers. The book, besides affording rare glimpses of the peo? ple, topography aud natural history of equatorial Africa, contains narratives of tho author's adventures with elephants and gorillas. It is embellished with numerous well executed engravings, ?Iud will provo of interest to adult readers. Messrs. Bryan Sc McCartcr have presouted us with a copy. -o-? HEAVY STOCK.-Au advertisement iu an? other eolumu informs the public of a few ol the articles iu the groce^f line, which can bo obtained at tho tastily-arranged store of Mr. Hardy Solomon, in Davis' Bow. "Tull oaks from little acorns grow," is verified in Mr. Solomon's case. Ho com? menced business in Columbia at tho close of the war, with limited means, uecompauying a wagon on several occasions, wo believe, to aud from Charleston, with articles to supply tho wants of his customers; aud by close attention bas built up rt business secoud to none in tho city. As ho claims to sell at reasonable rates, ut wholesalo as well as re? tail, merchants from the country and consumers in the city would do well to in? spect his stock. . -o THE LADIES' BENKVOLENT SOCIETY FOR ?UE SICK POOR OF COLUMBIA.-The annual meet? ing of this much needed charitable associa? tion takes place on Monday next. On the occasion all its members aro earnestly in? vited to attend, and those who cannot do so, it is hoped, will not fail in sending in tho small amount of their annual subscrip? tion-(Si) one dollar. It is hoped the society will receive many additions to its list of membership. Impoverished as this community has been and still is, surely there aro few who cannot spare ono dollar a year for tho poor. Not for the welt poor-for thc poor who are able by daily work to earn at least their daily bread, but for tho sick tho dyiug poor-aro tho alms of this society strictly appropriated. Wben well enough to work, no matter how poor, they are nc longer recipients of its bounty, and thoro can possibly exist no imposition in the be stowment of theso alms; for tho city divided into wards, with visiting committees ap? pointed for each, individual cases aro thus seen into before relieved. For thc moana at its disposal, no system of charity CUE possibly do moro unqualified good than this; and plausible objections against othoi public charities cannot, by auy possibility bo made to this, and no excuso for uot giv? ing, can ho predicated of tho character of this unobtrusive hut most efficient charity, Our city pastors and physicians well know from tho scenes of wnut und woo they an compelled to witness, how much this "Gooi Samaritan" society has accomplished in th? past, for tho relief of mauy ready to perish It is tho oldest benevolent society in th city; wo hopo it will never dio out, for no only "the poor wo have always with us,' but tho sick poor. Any contributions iron gentlemen or ladies, not desiring to becom actual subscribers, will be thankfully re ceived by tho Treasurer. We hope this np peal will not bo mado in vain. -o CASH.-Our terms aro strictly cash-n oxceptions. If an advertisement is to b inserted, hand over the money; if a paper i subscribed for, tho money must nccompan, thc order-othorwiso no attention will b paid to them. This rule will ho adhered tc -o FAST AND CHEAP PRINTING.-Wo hav added a fast curd press-of tho Degenor . Weiler putout-to tho machinery of th Plum ix office; and have also made addition to our stock of fancy type, cards, paper, etc Persons in want of any styles of book an job printing, aro invited to call and oxamin samples and prices. Cards printed at abor notice, and at prices varying from $3.50 t $10 per thousand. MAIL. A im ANO KM KN TS.-The post office is open during the week from H}..2 n. m. to Gp. m. On Sundays, from 4 to ft p. m. Tho Charleston and Western mails are open for delivery at 5 p. m., and close at p. m. Charleston night mail open 8}.j n. m.. close 4?? p. m. Northern open for "deli very 8"-^ H. m., close 2.4? p. m. Greenville open for delivery f> p. m., cloRe 8'.; p. ni NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Special attention is culled to the following advertisements, publisher} for the first time this rooming: Hardy Solomon-Fresh Groceries. Hostetter's Stomach Hitters. I. Slllzbooher-Watches, Jewelry, Ac. W. B. Stanley-Meeting Social Club. E. E. Jackson-Fresh Garden Seed. B. T. Dent-Stall-fed Beef. D. C. Peixotto it Son-Auction. -o NEW YORK, Joly 1, 1868.-DEAR SIB: In your paper of last week you or one of your correspondents say that Dr.- is not tho originator of the celebrated PLANTATION BITTERS, and that they were manufactured and sold by one Pedro Martelle, an old Spaniard, in tho Island of St. Thomas, over forty yenrs ago, ns every old sea captain can testify. No?.', cir, I c.vo certify to the above as beiug true, for I havo followed the sea for over forty years, most of tho time doing business with the West Indies. These samo Bitters, differently put up and named, were brought to my notice on my drat trip to the Island of St. Croix for a cargo of rum, and for years and yenrs after my ship's stores wero never without them. I always supplied my family and many of my neigh? bors with them, and can truly say a botter Bitters and Tonio is not made in all the world. Yours, truly, CAPT. HENRY WENTZ. MAGNOLIA WATER-Superior to tho best imported German Cologne, and sold at half the prieo. J15Ut3 Jan 15 I. S UL Z BA CHES, DEAI.KB IN Watches, JEWELRY, Spectacles. Etc., NEXT noon TO PIIO:NIX OFFICK, MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C. CJ52 THE undersigned has on hand, If?/^BStand is constantly roceiving, /Jjjj ???i?i?ff^^couiple:e assortment of GOODSC in tho above line, and will dispose of them at\HJ fair prices. As he is a practical jeweler, his arti? cles can be depended upon. His stock of SPEC? TACLES is unsurpassed, and suited to any age or eye. Give bim a call and inspect bia stook. L SULZ BACHER, Jan 15 Sign of tho Green Spectacles. Planting Potatoes. pr (\ B13LS. PINK-EYE PLANTING POTATES, Ow just rccoivod and for sale by Jan 14 _ _J. AJT- R- AOjqaW. For Sale. db .> PC AA NEW STATE BONDS. vto^.DUU $0,000 State Stock. -Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad Bonds. GREGG, PALMER A CO. Landreth's Garden Seeds EVERY variety of Fresh and Reliablo SEEDS. Tho reputation of those Seeds aro too well known to need any praise. Just received at Jan 10 t2mo*_ E. POLLARD'S. Bloomsdale Garden Seeds-Grown by David Landreth. THE unexampled demand, and incroasing repu? tation, or Landreth's SEEDS, attests thoir superiority over all other kinds. Years have rolled up a long lino of testimonials in favor of Iiis Soods, as being always reliable and of war? ranted quality. The subseiibers have a full lino of Seeds, for sale wholesale and retail. Jan l:t FISHER A METNITSH. Druggists. Chains! Chains!! i"**.AA PAIRS STRAIGHT AND TWISTED Ov/U TRACE CHAINS. Also, a full supply of i Halter, Breast, Fifth, Tongue, Lock and Coil ! Chains, on hand and for sale low by j Janli J. A T. R. AGNEW. Dissolution of Copartnership. rilli E partnership heretofore existing under tho JL namoof FISHER A LOWRANCE ia this day dissolved, by mutual cuisent. E. H. FISHER. .Ianl2 H. N. LOWRANCE. Copartnership Notice. ACOPARTNERSHIP has this day been entered into between FISHER A LOWRANCE and JOHN FISHER, former President Branch Bank of tho State of South Carolina, under tho namo and style of FISHER, LOWRANCE A FISHER. 3 F.. n. FISHER, lt. N. LOWRANCE. Jan 12 JOHN IIS H ER. Notice. CREDITORS a.id DEBTORS of tho hrm of FISHER St LOWRANCE will mako sottlcmont with the undersigned. Jan 13 FISHER. LOWRANCE A FISHER. TAXES. TnE office for tho receipt of TAXES is open, over Hope's Store, on Richardson stroet. Office bonis from 'J to 2 o'clock, and from 3 to 4 o'clock P. M. I All porsons failing to pay their Taxes on or be foro tho 24th of January, 1809, will bo dealt with according to law. AU executions lodged in the. SherifTs Office will bo found in tho County Trea ! suror's Office for Collection. JOHN ROBERTSON, Jan 10 County Treasuror.