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.COLUMBIA, a C. Saturday Morning. January 30, 1869. Tb* Instability ot Governments. The London Times, in referring to the paeifying assurances contained in a recent speech of the Emperor of the French, ex? presses its great admiration oC that ruler, and its regret that when he dies tho whole system of a government which bas produced signal benefits for France may have to come to an end. This, however, is the cnrdinal defoe*, of such a system, and it may be as well for those, if euch there are, who con? template it ns an eventful method of relief from a contingent future of anarchy in this country, to bear in mind the fact that, how? ever, when confided to wise and rigorous hands, suoh a system may snit many of the great exigencies of political life, it has no element of durability, and is exposed, when the ruler dies, to the precise peril of civil convulsions and strife from which his abso? lute sway was but a temporary relief-a bridge, as it were, from one revolution to another. Europe at this time presents several varieties of executive governments, promi? nent among which is that just mentioned, and which is popularly called "Cmsarism,'' where the sovereign, like Napoleon, is elected by the people to the throne, and sustained by a large army. Where the monarch thus created is a Cromwell or a Napoleon, the machinery of government can be made to work with groat power, and the ship of state be propelled forward in a career of extraordinary prosperity and splendor. But when the helmsman is re? moved, there is no certainty for the future. "When Cromwell died, his wholo fabric of government gradually fell to pieces, and the same brief tenure of one precarious lifo is the weakness of all similar political struc? tures, even when they aro created by the vote of the people. But it would seem, as the Baltimore Sun remarks, so far as Eu? rope is concerned, that mutability is the prevailing characteristic of all its govern? ment institutions. Tho political reconstruc? tion of tho contingent established by a few leading powers, fifty-three or four years ago, bas vanished like tho "baseless fabric of a dream." The allied sovereigns undertook not only to establish boundaries between States and regulate their mutual relations, but to prescribe also the relatiou between monarchs and subjects-tho former to be hereditary sovereigns, reigning by Divine right, and the latter, if behaving properly, to havo the prospect of some privileges to? ward constitutional rights in the future. But time and change have rubbed n sponge over the slate on which these paternal governments were chalked out in lSlii, and only one or two of them have remained without essential modification. Tho here? ditary constitutional monarchies, so called, which were at one time attempted to be sown broadcast over Europe, seem to be in a condition .so precarious that they may al any moment be cast into the revolution?r} fire und remodeled. A philosophical Eug lish observer .says: "As a rule, the European constitutional sovereign docs not merely reigu, but mon or less governs also. Consequently, the ex istin g practice is a compromise; there is i constant struggle going on between tlx popular brunell which asks for more and tlx sovereign who tries to keep what he has go -a struggle only to be decided in the loni run by bayonets, domestic or foreign. Fo; execuiivo purposes the plan works well onb so long us there is reasonable harmony be tween tho two co-ordinate powers, the sov ereign and his legislature. The best seen rity for this in the long run lies in the he reditnry attachment of the people to th dynasty. And this was counted on as ai element by those who predicted the succ?s and permanency of constitutionalism. . Bu fate has decreed otherwise. There is not constitutional country in Europe, exceptio Austria and one or two inferior Germa States, and Prussia for a part only of he dominions, in which a native, long Beute family occupies the throne. In all tho otbei the dynasty has been placed tbero by revc lotion or by foreign interference, or at be: by distant connection or recent foreigu ii termarriage. Aucestrnl reverence, then fore, is nearly out of date. Kings and royi families ore expedients only, and aro so r< garded. Consequently there is no sense < permanency; nothing to count on. An there is not a sovereign house thus cireun (danced to winch any important revolution like that of Spain, docs not give an adtl tiounl shake on its insecure seat." The same writer se?ms to have Iiis doub of political stability even in the "fa anchored isle," for he says: "In England, while tho external face the constitution lias remained tho same, \ know that tho displacement of exocuti power in the hist two generations has bei very great. Those, indeed, who imagii that monarchy in Great Britain exists on us a convenient form, aro mistaken. Tl crown Lr*, iu truth, a certain amount power, but this is distinctly an inferior, H bordinate power. The real executive a tliority of our botly politic reside:; in t majority of tho House of Commons, and tins prime minister, as the instrument ai delegate of that majority. It ia a kind of 1 government which never prevailed before in any civilised community, except (as regards its main features) in Athens for a century or two. It is a vigorous kind of anarchy, but (viewed with the cold eye of a philosopher) it is nothing more. And, we cannot but imagine, no thinking man counts on its du? rability." Europe seems destined to go through a series of political convulsions like those which are supposed to occur in the material world before order and stability are secured. But while the skill of society, in framing permanent political institutions is confess? edly at fault abroad, is our own system to be likewise found wanting? The practical so? lution of that problem is now going on, and upon tho results depend not only tho fate of free institutions herc, but throughout the world. That there has been a great chango here since I860, not so much in the forms of our government as in the popular im? pulse which animates them, few will have the hardihood to deny. Tho spirit of the time and country, in accordance with which all rulers must act and all constitutions, if they are to be effective, be moulded, is no longer what it was. That sentiment of com? prehensive patriotism and reverence for the constitution, which existed before tho late civil war, is either so dead or slumbers so deeply that usurpations and subversions of the constitution which would once have shaken the land like earthquakes, fad to rouse it from its torpor. The gravitation of Europe towards republicanism is evident, and it remains for us, by returning to the principles and usages of a former and moro patriotic period, to hasten this desired con? summation, or to retard and paralyze it by destroying tho checks and balances which were established to maintain the equilibrium between tho different branches of the gov? ernment ; ignoring the reserved rights of tho States, and destroying one after another the safeguards which have been erected to inter? pose between popular rights and arbitrary rule. BUSINESS SUCCESS-FACTS FOR YOUNO MEN.-The New York correspondent of the Boston Journal says: A young mau coming to this city is greeted with two kinds of business-ono good and ono bad; one difficult to obtain, tho other found everywhere. Clerkships in banks, insurance ollices, and first class stores are hard to be got. Capitalists create these institutions for their sons and rela? tives; fow die and none resign. Bar-rooms, concert saloons, low groggeries, the offices of shysters and quack doctors, and business of a questionable character, are usually open to young men fresh from the country, with good morals; if they have a dash ol piety it is all tho better, for they will not drink nor steal. The kind of business s man adopts usually settles the question of hit success. If bo bas brains and pluck, ii content to wait, docs well whatever he does, is not afraid of earning bis money, makes himself useful so that bo cannot bo dis peused with, lie will succeed. Ho maj black boots, pick rags, shovel coal, be n low porter in a store; if bo bas integrity talent and industry he will make bis fovtuue Ono of the richest men in New York begar OS porter, and bis master is now a book keeper in bis establishment. Ono of tb< most omiuent bank presidents in New Yorl to-day carno to this city a penniless boy "Do you want a boy, sir?" he said to a gen tleman who stood in bis store door. " Wha can you do?" "Any thing, sir, to get ai honest living." "Take these boots dowi stairs, where you will find some blacking and black them." The lad soon retnrnei with the boots iu a high state of polish "You've done these well," said tho mei chant. "My mother told mo to do ever thing well, sir, that I did," was tho repbj That answer touched tho merchant's heart Ho has done everything since as he blacke the boots. There is no placo in the lan where honesty, industry and integrity brin a better reward. This is shown in the habit of a few men who succeed permanently. -o In the Alaskainvestigation, yesterday, Mi Tasistro was examined, although very ur willing, as he said, to testify. He state that the Russian Minister told him tin Kassia only got 65,000,000 for the posse sions, and ho believed that Secretar Seward and Generals Banks and Butler g( the rest; because Soward and Banks paid u I some old debts soon after, and Bath ceased agitating tho claims of tho Massi cbusetts arms manufacturers against tl Russian Government. About a week ago, a trnnl was receive at oue of tho express offices in Buffa marked "to bo called for." Owing to tl fact that a very disagreeable smell w? emitted from tho box, and no ono havir called for it, it was opened on Monday, ai found to contain the body of a woma badly mutilated. Just above tho heart stab was discovered. Efforts aro ben made to solve the mystery. NOT OF THE SAME WAY OY THINKING. lady correspondent of tho Wushingtc Chronicle, states that although Senate Pomeroy, Wade and Wilson attended tl Women's Rights Convention, in that cit their wives aro all opposed to the inov mont. This is nothing extraordinary. Frau IN YANCEY vn.i.n.-Passengers bril inelligeneo of the destruction of threestoi in Yancey ville, N. C., on Monday mornin by lire. They were tiic dry good? ?tores Mr. Henderson and Mr. Paylor, and t drug storo of Mr. Mitchell. Loss bea and but partial insurance. STATES L.K OIS li AT V RES. rORTY-SEOOKD DA?'S PROCEEDINGS. SENATE. THURSDAY, January 28.-Tue Senate fis? se m ed nt 12 m., and mia ?ailed to order by the President pro tem. The Honso sent to tho Senate h?ls to in? corporate the Vaucluse Manufacturing Com? pany, in the State of South Carolina; to enforce the provisions of the civil rights bill of the United States Congress, and to amend an Act entitled "An Aot to lease the Stato Road running from the County of Greenville, in this State, across tho Saluda Mountain, to the County of Henderson, in North Carolina;" which received their first reading, and were ordered for a second reading to-morrow. The House returned to tho Senate, with amendments, n bill to incorporate tho Lake Swamp Navigation Company; Senate ro fused to concur in tho amendments; a mes? sage returned accordingly. Tho Houso also sent to Senate a message refusing to concur in a resolution rquesting Congress to remove tho political disabilities of Mr. J. C. Hope, of Lexington County. The account of J. E. Green, Sergeant-at Arms of the Senate, amouuting to $60, for coal furnished the Senate, was referred. The presentment of the Grand Jury of Sumter County, for the January term of the Court of Common Pleas and General Ses? sions, for that Couuty, was received. Tho Committee on Elections, to whom was referred a bill to cou firm und declare valid the receut election of Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Charleston, with a request to report this day, reported that the committee have had access to tho official reports in this case beforo the Acting Board of Aldermen of said city, also to the records of the Supreme Court, and finding the case somewhat complicated, and in view of tho fact that this bill was so recently referred to the committee, they ask for further time. The Special Committee on the Removal of Political Disabilities, to whom was refer? red tho petitions of Ainsley II. Monteith, of Riehland Couuty; H. C. Gaffney, of Spartanburg Couuty, and A. R. Aaughtry. of Union Couuty, praying for the removal of their political disabilities, reported back tho same, with a recommendation that the prayer of the petitioners be granted. Or? dered for consideration to-morrow. Tho Committee on Eugrossed Rills, re? ported as duly and correctly eugrossed, and ready for a third reading, thc following: A bill to punish persons obtaining property uuder false pretenses; a bill to authorize the renewal of State stocks and bonds lost or destroyed; a bill to determine thc value of contracts in,ole in Confed?rale States notes or their equivalent. The Committee on Eurollod Acts reported as duly enrolled, sealed aud ready for rati cation, the following: An Act to renew the charter of Pendleton village, in the County of Anderson; joint resolution directing the Stato Treasurer to pay S. L. Leaphearl $184.93, for extra services as Comptroller General, during the mouths a July and Au gust. A bill to regulate contracts recei ved i t? first reading. A bill to authorize tho consolidation o! the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad Company and tho Columbia and August: Railroad Company was made the specia order for to-morrow, at 1 p. ni. A bill to alter and amend au Act entitlec "Au Act to define the jurisdiction am duties of Couuty Commissioners" was re committed. A bill to alter and amend au Act entitle) "An Act to organize the Circuit Courts' was read by its title and referred. The report of tho Committee on Incorpo rations, on a bill to incorporate Citizens Savings Rank of South Carolina wus consi dered by sections. A bill to alter und amend an Act to au thorize tho sale of the Columbia Canal rt coived its f.^cond reading, wus considero* by sections, and ordered to be engrossed. Rills to incorporate the Aikou Sanit?r Association; to provide for tho revision an consolidation of the statutes of laws of th State of South Carolina, and to amend a Act entitled "An Act to regulate ul tuc 1 ments," were read and referred. Tho Senate adjourned at 3.10 p. m. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The Honso met at 12 M. The Speak? took tho Chair. The Committee on tho Judiciary reporte unfavorably on a Senate bill to chango tl location of tho County seat of Burn wc County from Barnwell Court House I Rlackville, and the bill was ordered to second rending. Tho Committee on Incorporations repot ed on sundry bills. Tho Committee on Eugrossed Rills r ported as duly and correctly engrossed for third reading, a bill to enforce tho pro^ sions of tho Civil Rights Rill of the Unit? States Congress. Tho Committee on Removal of Politic Disabilities reported favorubly on petitio: of Isaac J. Long, of Horry County; Lemo L. Griffin, of Abbeville; Robert Hawthorn of Fairfield County, and Thomas J. I Motte, of Columbia. Agreed to. A Senate concurrent resolution for t removal of the political disabilities of ?1 J. C. Hope, of Lexington County, was n agreed to. Tho Committee on Incorporations M instructed to report us soon as practical on a bill entitled "A Rill to alter and ame the charter of tho town of Abbeville." The petition of R. N. Wright, of And son County, praying for tho removal of 1 political disabilities, was referred. A bill to establish certain ferries, was rc and referred. Tho Committee on Incorporations v requested to so amend the chartor of t town of Orangeburg, and all other incorj rated towns in tho State, as to conform tho Constitution of this State, and that I samo be included in tho geueral incorpo tion Act. A bill to afford aid in the extension of the Spartanbnrg and Union Railroad, was read and referred. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred a concurrent resolution requiring the Chief Constable of South Carolina to report to the General Assembly the number of subordinate Constables that has been appointed in this State, was re? quired to report on Monday next. A bill to provide for the revision and con? solidation of tho statutes and laws of tho State, was ordered to a third reading und to bo engrossed. A Senate bill to alter and amend the cri? minal law, was taken up. A bill to regulate tho agencies of insu? rance companies, not incorporated in tho State of South Carolina, was recommitted to the Committee on Ways aud Means. A bill to renew tho charter of a ferry across the Congaree River, was referred to a Special Committee, consisting of tho Re? presentatives of Richland and Lexington Counties. Bills to incorporate the South Carolina Phosphate Company and tho Aiken Sanitary Association, were ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. Tho Committee on Engrossed Acts report? ed as duly and correctly engrossed for a third reading, a bill to prescribe certain rules to be observed in the government of ferrios and bridges privileged to cburge tolls. Bills to incorporate the Amateur Literary and Fraternal Association, of Charleston, and to provide for tho care of the poor, were read and amended. The following members obtained leave of absence: Collins, Keith, Smiley, Crews, Lang, Jenks. At 3.10 P. M., the House adjourned. -o DANGEROUS SHOOTING. - Yesterday the premises of a gentleman, on Meeting street, was fired into by some parties unknown. Three shots were fired into tho windows of the second nnd third stories, in which, how? ever, there was fortunately no one at the time. It is impossible to imagino who fired the shots, but it is to be boped that the parties who have been indulging in tho very reprehensible pastime will desist from it. [ Charleston Courier. Tribute of Respect. At a regular monthly communication of Acacia Lodge No. 01, A. P. M., lif lil in Masonic Hall, on Thursday (.vening, 28th instant, thc following tribute waa unanimously adopted: With the installation ot' tho new year, there comes ano thor wave of sorrow to our Lodge, occa? sioned by a black-bordered invitation to attend the funeral obsequies, and follow to tho grave thc remains of a departed brother, one who was closely bound to ns by thc silver chord of friend? ship, and who, in j ears past, had been a co-laborer with tis in rearing our symbolic edilice. Thu Supreme Architect has, in His inscrutable wisdom, taken from among us, by tho hand of death, our esteemed brother, J. AUGUSTUS BLACK, and while we deeply deplore his loss and feel that as irrenarablo breach has been made in our mystic circle, we nevertheless bow, in humble submission to Hi - chastening band, knowing that "tho Judge of all thc earth will do right." Wo would, however, in tho hour of sadness, give some expression of tho sorrow we feel by the loss of ?ne who had, in years past, endeared himself to us hy hi-? social qualities; by his courteous and genial disposition, aud hi.i high appreciation of tho prin? ciple.-! of our ancient and honored order. And in token of our heart-felt regrets at tho death of our lato brother, ho it, therefore, 1?estdvni. That thc members of thia Lodge feel, that in the death of brother Black, they have lost a warm aud affectionate frieud; tho fraternity, a true Mason, and the community at large, a trust? worthy and faithful citizen. Resolved, That a page in our record book be inscribed to his memory, and that a copy of these resolutions bo transmitted to tho family of the deceased, with the assurance of our sympathy ami condolence-, and that they also be published in the Columbia I>ni!y Phoenix. J. LEE DIXON, Secretary. COLUMBIA, S. C., January 20, 1869. At a mooting of the teachers connected with tho A. M. E. Church, held yestorday afternoon, tho following preamble and resolutions were una? nimously adopted: Whereas tho Sabbath School, connected with tho A. M. E. Church, of this city, has been the recipient of a Helodeon, for tho use of tho school, 1)0 it, therefore, Resolved, That the thanks of the officers aud members nf the same, bo and are hereby tendered to Mr. S. V. Whito, of New York city, tho donor, for his very valuable and magnificent gift; that his generosity and thoughtfulness will ever be remembered, and that his memory will always bo cherished by thom. Resolved, That a copy of this preamble and re? solutions be sent to Mr. S. V. White, and also, that they bo published in the dailv papers of this city. L. L. li BOWN, Superintendent. S. B. TuoMi'so.v, Secretary. Columbia Typographical Union. mHE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING of this JL Union will bo held THIS (Saturdaj ) EVEN? ING, at Palmetto Engine House, at 7 o'clock. By order of tho President. JAMES T. WELLS, Jan 3D 1 Secretare. Iroad River Bridge Company. mHE THIUD INSTALMENT of $5 per share is J. required and ordered to be collected; and, as it is necessary the work should he pushed forward vigorously, it is heped that every stockholder will pav up promptly. EDWARD HOPE, President. G. W. BRARDKN, Secretary. Jan \V) 2 HORSES. ANV one wishing to purchase two No. 1 HAR? NESS OK SADDLE HORSES, can do BO, by applying to MAJ. W. D. PECK, Jan 30 3* At Blakely fe Gibbes- .store. Notice to Axemen. WANTED, 10 or 12 GOOD HANDS/ t<? get CROSS TIES, about nine miles from Colum? bia, on tho South Carolina Railroad. Apply to MAI. W. D. PECK, Jan 30 2* At Blakely ft Oibhes' Store. Mules for Sale. ?. JUST ARRIVED, 30 young, well brake Th,..,. KENTUCKX MULES can bo seen ..t Mr. tffs&fl Charles Logan's Stable. -rFi ?7 Jan2?J WM. S. TALBOTT. -??MW?---I-^----Mw Bocal Items? -o The weather for the past week has boon delightful-a dash of the flowery month. It may cause serious injury to the fruit, however, as the buds are beginning to swell; while violets and many other flowers aro in full bloom. -o CASH.-Our terms aro strictly cash-no exceptions. If an advertisement is to bo inserted, hand over tho money; if a paper is subscribed for, the money must accompany tho order-otherwise no attention will bo paid to thom. This rule will be adhered to. -o MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-The post office is open during the week from 8J? a.m. to 6p. m. On Sundays, from 4 to 5 p. m. The Charleston and Western mails are open for delivery at 5 p. m., and close at 8}? p. m. Charleston night mail open 8}-? a. m., dose 4!.? p. m. Northern open for delivery 2 p. m., close ll J J a. m. Greenville open for delivery Gp. m., close 8}? p. m. -o "THE" HAM.-Mr. Baldwin is in receipt of his usual stock of tho "Davis, Jr., Diamond Hams," which for excellence of flavor are not to be excelled, as far as we can judge. A si i co or two at supper last night, from ono presented by Mr. B.-a new lot just to hand, of last year's curing-proved conclusively that tbe merited reputation they hnvo obtained is fully kept up. -o The alterations, etc., of Carolina Hall having been completed, the County officers -Clerk of tho Court, Sheriff, Judge of Probate and Commissioners-have taken possession of thc first floor; whilo the second floor is used as a court room. The Supremo Court now occupies rooms in the Univorsity campus. The law library has also been removed to tho new quarters. -o FAST ANO CHEAP PRINTINO.-We have added ii fast card press-of the Degenor Sc Weiler patent-to the machinery of the Phoenix office; and have also made additions to our stock of fancy type, cards, paper, etc. Persons in want of any styles of book and job printing, are invited to call and examine samples and prices. Cards printed at short notice, and at prices varying from $3.50 to 310 per thousand. -o Adam Earle, colored, convicted at Green? ville court of stealing seventeen yards of jeans, worth from SO cents to $1 per yard, and sentenced to be hung on the second Friday in April, was commuted to two years and six mouths at hard labor in the Peni? tentiary. B. M. Browne and William Maybin, in tho Penitentiary, on the charge of larceny, were pardoned, and ordered to bo dis? charged from further imprisonment. -o DEBOW'S REVIEW.-DeBoufs Review, for January, is at hand, with papers on "Beal Estate Loan in tho United States;" "New Orleans and Ship Canal;" "Mexico;" "Popular Lessons on Drawing in Franco and England;" Tales of the Southland." Article six continues the series of well con? sidered essays on the means by which the South may regain her social and political independence in the Union, undor the cap? tion of "Exodus." -o DON'T SLOP OVER.-Reader, take thia homely advice to yourself: "Don't slop over," the old man said. As he placed his hand on the young man's head; "Go it by oil means, go it fast; Go while leather and horse shoos last; Go it whilo hide and hair on horso Will hold together. Oh, go it, of coarse Go it as rapid as evor you can, But don't slop over, my dear young mau. "Dont slop over. You'll find some day That keeping an eyo to the windward will pay A horso may run a little too long. A preacher preach just a fraction too strong. And a poet who pleases the world with rhymes, May write and regret it in after times. Keep tho end of tho effort in view, And don't slop over, whatever you do, "Don't slop over. Tho wisest men Aro bound to slop over now and then; Aud yet tho wisest nt work or feast Aro the very ones who blunder the least. Those who, for spilt milk never wail Aro the ones who carry tho steadiest pail. Wherever you go, go in for tho fat; But don't slop over-and freeze to that! "Don't slop over, distrust yourself, Nor always reach to tho highest shelf. The next to tho highest will gon'rally do, And answer tho needs of such as you. Climb, of course, but always stop And take breath a little this side of thc top; And so yon will reach it in wind and strong Without slopping over. Thus ends my song!" -o NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Special attention is called to tho following advertisements, published for the first timo this morning: John C. Haskell-Globo Insurance Co. Maj. W. D. Peck- Horses for Sale. Maj. W. D. Peck-Hands Wanted. Edward Hope-Notice to Stockholders. Meeting Typographical Union,