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COLUMBIA, S. C. Friday Horning:. January 22, 1869. gale of Sen IiUnd Undi. Mr. Pomeroy, from tbe Committee on Publio Lands, to whom was recommitted tho bill from the Honse of Representatives, to provide for the unie of certain lands and lots on tho sea islands of Beaufort District, South Carolina, and for other purposes, re? ported it with an amondment; striking out all after tho enaoting olauso and inserting the following : That the instructions given to the "Tax Commissioners for the District of South Carolina" by Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, dated the 16th day of September. A D., 1863, and all sales made in conformity therewith, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed and legalized, subject to such modifications and exceptions ns have been or may be made by Acts of Con? gress passed after the date thereof. SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That all lands set apart as school farms in Saint Helena Parish, in South Carolina, under in? structions from the President, by the United States direct Tax Commissioners for South Carolina, which remain unsold, and all lots in the city of Port Royal, in South Carolina, subject by law to the disposal of said Tax Commissioners, which remain unsold, may be sold for cash at publio sale by tho said Commissioners after three weeks' notice, published in not less than three newspapers of general circulation in the city of Charles? ton, in South Carolina. $8 SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said Tax Commissioners be, nnd they are hereby, authorized to sell, in lots not ex? ceeding twenty acres each, to the freedmen who now are and before the first day of Jan? uary, 1862, were residents of tho plantations on the sea islands in Saint Luke's Parish, in South Carolina, ut SI.50 per acre, all the un? redeemed lands of said plantations which may be at the disposal of the said Commis? sioners. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted? That all persons who may have acquired claims under the order of Major-Genoral Sherman, dated Januury 16, 1865, shall obtain warrauts for the'samo as provided by law before the 1st day of Junuary, 1869. SEC;. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said Tux Commissioners may sell fot cash, for school purposes, any suitable buildings, with grounds not exceeding tweuty acres in extent, located on any of the unredeemed lauds at their disposal, at prices to bo fixed by said Commissioners. SEC. 6. And be ii further eoucled, That the lots and bouses iu tho village of Mitchell? ville, on Hilton Heal Island, south Caro? lina, may be sold by thu said Tax Commis? sioners to freedmen for cash prices: Pro? vided, however. That paid lands shall ba sold at public auction to tho highest bidder, after such advertisement as the Commission? ers shall direct. SEC. 7. And be it farther enacted. That all lauds, lots, and improvements which were sold tinder section ll of the Act entitled "Au Act for the collection of direct tuxes in insurrectiouaiy districts within the United States, und for other purposes," approved June 7, 1802, by said Tax Commissioners to persons who had served in the army, navy, or marine corps of the United States, upon which any deferred instalments of purchase money shall be due and unpaid, uiay be .sold agreeably to the terms set forth in the land side certificates issued to such persons nt public auction lifter three weeks' uotice in two or more newspapers published iu the said city of Charleston; but such instal? ments may be paid at any time before such lands shall bi; re sold; aud tho said Tax Commissioners ure hereby authorized to bid, for the United States, ou any of the lands or improvements authorized to besohl at public sale by the provisions of this Act, suth sums us in their judgment may secure the same from unnecessary sacrifies. SEC. 8. And be it furtlter enacted, That in order to secure the safe and speedy trans? portation of tho mails, troops, aud muni? tion* of war and public stores, and to promote commerce betweeu the State ami other nations, us well as the interests of agriculture, along and over the route of the railroad hereinafter described, there be, and there hereby is, granted to the Port Royal Railroad Company, a corporation existing under the laws of South Carolina and Geor? gia, dated Dece mber 21, 1857, its success? ors and assigns, for the purposo of aiding in the construction of a railroad from Port Royal harbor, iu tho State of South Caro? lin:!, to tho city fd Augusta, in Georgia, tho right of way for said road in and through any lands owjied by the United States, and no . in tho hands of the United States direct Tax Commissioners for the State of South Carolina, throng!) which sai.1 road may pass; sai.i right of way to include IOU feet on ouch side of the centre of the road; or if there be less than 100 feet of land un each side, belonging to the United Stat?;.-, then to in? clude so much width of laud as may belong to thu United States. The right is also given to .said corporal iou to take from any lauds owned by the United States and in thc hands of said direct Tas Commissioners for South Caroliuti, adjacent to the road, materials of earth, stone, ami timber for the construction of said road. SEC.'j. Ami be il farther enacted, That all such lauds in tho District of Beaufort, South Carolina, which, under thc provisions of au Act entitled "Au Act for the collec? tion of direct taxes in InsurreotiotiOTV dis? tricts within tho United States, mid for other purposes." apporvod June loth, r8C2, bolong to thc United States, aud are iri tho humid of tho direct Tax Commissioners fur tho Stale of Sutith Carolina, shall be granted lo Ihesuid Pori Royal Railroad Company on the completion of said road to Port Royal ferry; also all such surplns lan.ls in said District n.1 were . t :;j?.oL in an Act ap proved July 16th, 1866, to meet the claims of certain freedmen who obtained warrants for the same agreeably to the provisions of General Sherman's special field order No. 10, dated Savannah, Georgia, and shall not be taken up for such purpose by said claim? ants on or before tho 1st day of January, 1869, except those lands known and desig? nated as Pinckney Island, lots in the cities of Beaufort, and Pork Royal, lauds in Saint Luke's Parish, and lands sot apart and known as school farms, and also nil lands set apart for army and navy purposes. SEC. 10. At.el be it further enacted, That whereas from the sale and lease of the lands described in this bill there have been paid, bj the direct Tax Commissioners, the sum of $319,503.17 into the Treasury of the United States, and the further sum of $54, 500 into the hands of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands; and whereas by the conditions to the twelfth section of the Act approved June 10th, 1862, for the collec? tion of taxes in insurrectionary districts, it is provided that one-fourth of the amount of moneys so paid into the Treasury of the United States, and into the hands of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, shall be paid over to tho Governor of the State of South Carolina, or his authorized agent, and nn additional fourth of the same moneys shall bo paid over to said State to aid in tho colonization or emigration from said State of uny free persou of African descent who may desire to remove to Hayti, Liberia or any other tropical State or colony: Tlicre fore. be it further enacted, That for tho pur? pose of securing the construction of the said road at tho earliest practicable time, the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States is hereby authorized and directed, whenever and as often as tho Governor of the State of South Carolina shall report the completion of five or more consecutive miles of said rond, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, to pa}' to the Trea? surer, on tho order of the President of said road, in United States Treasury notos, or any other money or currency, which the United States shall declare lawful money or legal tender, to thu following amounts: 83,500 per mile, upou the bonds of said Port Royal Railroad Company at their par valu?, which bonds shall be made payable to the United States or bearer in twenty five years, and bearing six per cent, in? terest, payable annually, aud so oil, ns each section is completed, until tho whole road is completed. If, upon the completion of said road, any balance of the above fund shall remain, it shall bo paid over to the said railroad company on the bonds of the same, aa provided above. To secure the payment of thu atnonut of said bonds ol the company, and of any other bonds which the said company may issue to an amount not oxceeding Si,500 per mile, inclusive ol the said ?3,500 per mile, together with an interest thereon, the issue and delivery ol said bonds shall ipso facto constitute a first mortgage on the whole line of said road, together with tho rolling stock, fixtures and property of every kind and description used thereon, and in consideration of which said bonds may bo issued; and upon refusal oi failure of said company to redeem said bonds, or any part thereof, at maturity, with till the accrued interest thereon not paid as hereinafter provided, then tho said road, with all the rights, functions, immunities, and appurtenances thereunto belonging, and also all tho lands granted to said com puny by the United States, which at tilt time of said default shall romain in thc ownership of said company, may bo taket possession of by the Secretary of the Trea sury of the United States and held for re payment of any interest then unpaid bi said company, and also for tho payment o the principal of said bonds or uny poitioi thereof which maj' ba then due and unpaid SEC. ll. And be il further enacted, Tba the Port Royal Railroad Company bo, ant tho same is hereby, authorized to take pos session of the lands above named ou ant after tho 1st day of January, 18(50, for thoi protection against injury: and on the com pletion of their road to Port Royal ferry the said compauy shall be authorized am required to proceed to survey tho ono uudi vided half (which shall constitute, as noa as practicable, an average as to timber ant fertility of the whole amount) of tho laud thus granted to it into lots of twenty acres o less, and to sell the same at $1.25 per acre allowing no person to buy more than on tract. SEC. 12. ,4/J</ be it further enacted, Thu whatever amount of compensation shall h allowed HUH nally to the Port Royal Rai Iron Company for the transportation of th United Slates mails, the same, orasuQlcior amount thereof, shall bo retained by th Government to pay tho amount of int?r?t due annually on such bonds as may li issued by said company to tho Unite Stales. // is provided further, That n much of the interest shall be paid annual! to the United States on the bonds of sui company shall be paid on the 1st day ( December of each year to tho Governor c tito State of South Carolina: Provided, Tin tho Legislature of the State shall make pr< vision, by law, for the expenditure of tl sann; in the support of common schools fe idl classes of its children: And provide further, That on the maturity of the bout the Commissioner of Education, who shu hold the same, shall hand over all of sai bonds to the Governor of the State of Soul Carolina for collection and use of said Stat ou condition that thc State shall provide I law for tlie permanent funding of tho san for common school purposes. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, Tin said compauy shall commeuco tho constrn lion of said road within ono mouth fro? the approval of this Act, and shall COtnplc the same within titree years, and all stn portions of other Acts UH are ineousistoi wi!.i tho provisions <?f this Act, aro herol repealed. SEO. M. Ahd he it furtlier enacted, Th tho duties and offices of tho aforesaid Ti Commissioners shall oease and determine on or before the lat day of July, 1869. .-o- - STATE liEOISLATUnE. THIRTY-SIXTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. SENATE. THURSDAY, January 21.-The Senate as? sembled at 12 M. The House sent to the Senate a bill to alter and amend an Act entitled "An Aot to to close the operations of the Bank of tho State of Sonth Carolina," which received its first reading. The account of Dr. W. Lt. Templeton for post mortem examinations was withdrawn. The petition of the Camden Bridge Com? pany for re-charter was referred. The potition of A. Von Dohnlen, praying the remission of taxes over-paid, was re? ferred. The Committee on Incorporations, to whom was referred a bill to incorporate the Columbia Building and Loan Association, reported back the same, with a recommend? ation that tho bill do pass. Ordered for consideration to-morrow. The petition of the citizens of the new town of Pickens, in the County of Bickens, praying for a charter of incorporation with the usual powors and privileges, was recom? mitted. The Committee on Engrossed Bills, re? ported as duly and correctly Engrossed and ready for a third reading, a bill to incorpo? rate the Mission Presbyteriau Church, in the city of Charleston, South Carolina. Passed, and ordered to be sent to the House of Representatives. Tho Committco on the Judiciary, to whom was referred a bill from the House entitled "A bill empowering the Attorney General to change the venue in State cases," reported back the fame, with n recommend? ation that the loft do pass. The same Com? mittee, to whom was referrod a bill to au? thorize Courts of Arbitration, reported back the same, with a recommendation that tho bill do lie upon tho table. Ordered for con? sideration to-morrow. Bills to extend the time itt which the Cam? den Britlge Company may re-build their bridge; and to amend Section I'M of un Act providing for the assessment and taxation of property, were introduced. After discussing the bill to increase sala? ries of the Justices of the Supreme Court, the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Tho House mot at 12 M. The Committee on Roads, Bridges and Ferries reported unfavorably on a resolu? tion relative to certain ferries across tho Cougaree Uiver, ?it Colamb?a, as charging rates believed to be higher than is allowed by their charter.-; and the resolution was referred to the Representatives from the Counties of Richland and Lexington. Also, unfavorably oil a bill to compel mill owners to keep in repair their mill-dams or bridges thereon. Ordered for a second readiug. Tho Committee ou engrossed Acts re? ported as duly and correctly engrossed for a third reading a bill to incorporate thu Wil? son's Bridge Company! Also, a bill to in? corporate tho Vaucluse Manufacturing Com? pany, iu the State of South Carolina. Tho uccounts of Miss Sarah Givens for services as teacher of freo school in Beau? fort, and J. G. Trayu bani, M. D., for post mortem examinations, were referred to tin Medical Committee. A Bill to amend au Act entitled "Au Acl to provide for the temporary organization of the Educational Department of the Statt of South Carolina," was introduced. The petition of A. Von Dohnlen, praying tho remission of taxes overpaid, was re ferred. Senate sent to this House a bill to ohungt tho location of the County seat of Barnwell County from Barnwell Court House ti Blnckvillo. Read and referred. A bill to amend au Act to lease the Stat? Road running from the County of Green ville, iu this State, across the Saluda Moun tain, to tho County of Henderson, in Nortl Carolina, was put upon its second readin; and amended. A bill to regulate tho agencies of iusurnnci companies, not incorporated in the State o South Carolina, was read Bccond time.) The following members obtained leave o absence: Mickey, Johnson, Thomas, John ston, Harris, Pettongill and S. J. Lee. The consideration of tho special order being a Senate bill fo alter and amend th criminal law, was resumed, and discussed t adjournment. THE BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD AND CHASM;. TOS TRADE WITH EAST TENNESSEE.-Th Knoxville correspondent of tho New Vor Times writes as follows: Shipments to tho South uro now ver heavy, owing to the rise in tho rivers an mountain streams, which brings hay, cor and oats from tho moro inaccessible point.' and from the buoyancy of money in th cotton region*. Parties now here froi Georgia and Alabama report money mor abundant than it ever has been. East Tel nesseo ships almost all her surplus produc South, where she finds a better market tho elsewhere. Our farmers, merchants an mechanics all work for the agricultural ri gious of tho South, nnd prosper as the prospor. Tho towns of South Carolina an tho city of Charleston seem to share in til new prospect, as wo lind the promises ft the completion of their part of our Cineir nati anti Charleston Railroad moro dofiuitt The Presidents of our roads composing tbi lino aro now in Nashville, working with th Legislature for further appropriations, AU advices received here to-day indicate till they will succeed. A number of Vermont hunters started fox a few days since, and tho cunning nu mal led them into a thicket where they Ol countered eight live skunks. They toe their departure from the vicinity with fl enduring reminder of their advonturo whic will remain fresh for many woeks. Cotton'.'* X?tng?h!p. A new and strong impulso baa been given to the business of the South bj the largo crops of cotton, sugar, corn, ?co., of the last season, and the high prices which these productions command in the markets of the country. The favorable change is deeply and extensivelj felt by all thc industrial in? terests of the South. Multitudes in tho East and West, it is said, ure expressing a strong desire to emigrate to the South and engage in tho raising of cot ton- - and will do so as soon as they shall have full assurance that affairs in the South are in a permanent? ly settled condition. Wo all know that during the late war, called the War of the R?bellion, Great Britain, ont off from her supplies of cotton from the Southern States, made vigorous and persevering efforts, upon a large scale, to raise cotton in the East indies, hoping that an article might be obtained which, bj a modification of machinery and other means, would subserve all tho purposes of the cotton of the South. The British papers boasted much of the success of this great and expensive enterprise, and the British people generally, and the people of this country, North and South, were under the impression that the boasted success was an actual success. There was a deep and wide-spread conviction upon both conti? nents that, even if tho South, restored to peace, should raise os much uud as excellent cotton ns she ever raised, she would lind no salo for it in Europe. But the grand East ludia experiment hos failed. It ha? fallen, abandoned, to the ground. The British manufacturers confess at hist, though with grief and mortification, that no portion of all tho earth can furnish such cotton for their use as the Southern States of our Union. Southern cotton, therefore, is des? tined to resume its old supremacy. It? kinghood will be re-established. Tho war very nearlj ruined tho South. Mai-government seemed to complote the ruin. Wo feared that the ruin was for all time. But mir Southern friends, oven under nil the disadvantages and oppressions that weigh heavily upon their shoulders, aro al? ready emerging from the tide of ruiu, dash? ing tho waves aside with lusty arms and hearts of controversy. They tire hopeful. They behold above them some clouds, but much of tho blue beaven and its stars. They prosper, except where the negroes arc loosed against them like war dogs; and the shocking negro outrages cannot last long, no mutter how necessary tho radicals may think them to the attainment of their cuds. Radicalism in the South has no other fate than to subside, to collapse, to shrink up, to bc decomposed into the foul vapors and gases out of whieli it was made. Multitudes of the better portion of the population of the East and West will go to the South; go not to ride and oppress and despoil, but to engage honestly and in good faith in tho cultivation of the riebest land that spreads out its Howers and its verdure beneath the eye of thu sun. The war was a dreadful evil to tho South, but it is a beneficent provision of God that most evils have their compensation. I Louisville Courier-Journul. -o A MODERN DRINKING: SON?.-George Son nott, influenced hy tho recent exposures re? lut ?vt; to liquors, composed the following: Fill the high bowl with Fusel Oil! With Tu mun let your cups be crowned! If Strychnine gives relief to toil, Let Strychnine's generous juice abound! Lot Oil of Vitrol cool your brains. Or animated atoms brew, And lill your arteries, hearts and veins, With glee-an infusorial glue! Wine? Thu! died out in '58 What fool would have it back? And how Tho cup that will inebriate And never cheer, they sell us uow. "The conscious water saw its God And blushed." What of it? Dou't you fee That water knows the dragger's rod, Aud blushes now-with Cochineal! Ah-h! Fragrant fumo of kreosote! Bewitching bowl of Prussian blue! Who would not soothe his parching thron With your mild offspring, mountain dew Stronger than aught that racked the fram And shook the mighty brain of Burns, Surely, ye'll set our heads aflamo Whene'er his festul day returns! Bring on the beor-fresh Copperas foam! With alum mixed in powder fine, How could my foolish fancj roam lu search of whiter froth than thine? Thy Indian Berry's essenco spread Through amber wavelets, sparkling cleat Benumbs dull care-strikes feeling deud And narcotizes shame and fear! Far down thy bubbling depths, champagm Drown'd honor, love, and beauty lie They fought th' unequal light in vain - Shall we, too, merely drink -aud die? Sweet acetate of lead, forbid! Fill every drink with pangs, and loll What tortures could--and always did Anticipate tho stings of hell! The New York Cimmci'cial Advert?a thinks that tho adoption of Senator She man's finance bill would, in all probability haw a very important result, not at all coi tributing to tho interest of the North or pr< motive of the resumption of specie pa; monta. Tho South, it pays, has a dee] rooted prejudice against greenbacks an National Hank notes, which now shows itse in some sections in u demand for gold i payment for cotton. In tho event of gol contracts being legalized, tho cotton Statt would bo free to establish their tindo upc a coin basis, and in all probability would d so. witty tho result of draining the North < u largo amount of its coin, and thereb postponing the period of resumption. Not familiar with ike feeling in banking au commercial circles at tho South will dee this danger a light one. Cromwell said: "Not only strike whi tho iron is bot, but make it hoc by striking Local Itenls. -o We uro requested to state thur extra quality stall-fed beef can be obtained at Stall No* 1, in the market, thia tnorniug. We had a call, yesterday, from Thoa. F. Greneker, Esq., of the Newberry Herald. He informs us that lie merely "run down" I to Columbia for a little recreation. We would inform our business men, however, that New? berry isa rich County and the Herald un ex? cellent medium-thia is Wo voce, of course. -o We regret to learn that a new gin house, containing twenty-four bales of cotton, be? longing to Mr. James T. Jeter, about three miles from Santuc, was destroyed by an in? cendiary tire on Thursday night, tho 21r,t. The loss is fully $1,000. -o The tab] euux closed last night, u?d we feel safe in asserting that the display-in diversity aud beauty-was equal, if not su? perior, to anything of the kind ever before witnessed in Columbia. The lady waiters was a pleasant feature, aud they enacted the role to perfection. The entire series-tab? leaux and refectory-was well patronized, and the substantial return has far exceeeded the expectations of its lady originators. The cause is a laudable oue, and our people fully appreciated and promptly assisted it. To the aged and much-loved pastor, who has ministered to this flock more than thirty-five years, this demonstration is particularly pleasant, as it is u solid proof of the general appreciation of "tho good and faithful ser? vant." That the parsonage may soon be erected, and that the reverend gentleman may be permitted to occupy it for many, many years, is our earnest hope. -o We have received from the officers of the Burns' Club a "gentle admonition" to bo present at their eclobtntiou, on Monday evening next, aud shall endeavor to comply. -o The Riverside Magazine, for February, opens with a frontispiece by H. L. Ste? phens, who gives in a series of scenes tho well-known story of the "Throe Little Kit tous that lost their Mittens." Mrs. Weeks' story of "Whito and Ked" introduces the historic character "Hole-in-the-Day," whoso picture is given. F. R. Stockton, whoso story of "Ting-a-liug" in a former number has not been forgotten, follows the adven? tures of the little roguo and his burly friend Turilira, introducing also five new charac? ters. BenseU's pictures, seven in number, fit in with the text admirably. Phoebe Cary basa poem; tho pathetic story of "It" is finished; a short paper on how to cut out likenesses, supplies tho mechanical element, aud then at the end of tho number comes a vory largo month-ful in tho shape of a ton page story by Hans Andersen, "Tho Dryad," a tale of tho French Exhibition. Published by Hurd & Houghton, New York. $2.50 a year. We are indebted to Senator Sawyer, for copies of several public documents. -o It was nn extra aud not the annual meet? ing of the Cemetery Company, which was held on Thursday- -at which Mr. Guerry was elected Sexton, in place of Mr. J. P. Williams. FAST AND CHEAP PRINTING.-Wo have added a fast card press-of tho Degener k Weiler patent-to the machinery of tho Phcenix office; and have also made additions to our stock of fancy type, cards, paper, etc. Poroons in want of any styles of book and job printing, are invited to call and examine samples and prices. Cards printed at abort notice, and at prices varying from 83.50 to $10 per thousand. -o I MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-The post office is open during the week from 8).j a.m. to 6p. m. On Sundays, from 4 to 5 p. m. Tho Charleston and Western mails are open for delivery nt 5 p. m., and close at 8J? p. m. Charleston night mail open a. m., closo 4>i p. m. Northern open for delivery 3 p. m., close 12 m. Greenville open forde j livery 5 p. m., close 8,'? p. m. CASU.-Our terms nro strictly cash-no exceptions. If au advertisement is to bo inserted, hand over the money; if a paper is subscribed for, the money must accompany tho order-otherwise no attention will bo paid to them. This rule will be adhered lo. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Special attention is called to tho following advertisement*, published for the first time this morning: C. H. Baldwin-Internal Revenue, Ac. C. H. Baldwin-S. R. Flour, Ac. Convocation Grand Royal Arch Chapter. Wm. A. Wright-Pino Wood Wanted. Pistol Lost-?25 Reward. CAXIIFOBNIA FRUITS.-Tho Sun Francisco Alta Californian says that "California dried figs are taking tlieir placo in tho market and gradually crowding ont the imported article, many of them being decidedly superior in quality to all from Smyrna, save tho best. Thc raisins generally aro inferior to tho im? ported, but they aro improved in quality every year So uro the prunes."