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-JV-1.* i -? C0LUMBlA^::aTa Sunday Morning, Marottt28. j|B9. 4 Sad State of Affklra In. dAli>?Ulw?ti-i ferocity of tit-; Spanish Troops. Tho letters received front V)uba gi\S a satt picture of the unhappy state of affairs in that island. Many outrages aro commit ted by tho Spanish troops and volunteers. Ar? rests are very numerous, and a wide-spread ' alarm prevails among the . people, hundreds of whom are fleeing from tho island to places" of safety, many of them seeking refuge in tho United States. A letter from an American in Cardonas says: "Tho revolution is progressing, notwith? standing all the efforts of the Spaniards to stop it. The treasury zs bankrupt, and ap? peals are made in tho papers for subscrip? tions to support the volunteers in the field, but I think all will bo in vain. In a fow months more tho yellow fever and cholera will find abundant food in the ranks of the unaoclimated Peninsulars that aro coming or aro already here. They ?re afraid here th?t the insurgents will mnko a raid upon them, aud destroy the crops, though they try to pat a bold fane upon the matter. Hundreds are being arrested all the time. The Moro Castle is said to be full of pri? soners." A letter written from Manzanillo, by a native Cuban, says: "Affairs here are growing worse and worse every cay. The insurgents are rapidly in? creasing in number and extending them? selves all over tho island. They have taken away the slaves from oil tho estates in this neighborhood, and have armed all tho able bodied negroes. The Captain-General granted a general amnesty for all tho insur? gents who wonld lay down their arms, but they have not taken the least notice of it. On the contrary, the hatred toward tho Spanish Government seems to increase daily, and they all appear determined to throw off tho Spanish yoke. Tho oity of Bayamo, which was tho focus of the insurrection, was completely destroyed on the approach of the Spanish troops, and now thousands of families are wandering about the country homeless,. and in the most deplorable state imaginable. The Government foroes arc acting shockingly, stealing and assassinat? ing in every direction. Here we Bee. no? thing but soldiers and Spanish volunteers, for all the Cuban young mon have joiued the insurgents." The following is an extract from a lotter, dated Cienfoegos, Cuba, Marok 10, w ritter by a highly intelligent Cuban lady to t friend in Philadelphia: "A deep gloom hangs over our belo vet island. Our brothers, mon of heart and in tolleot, are daily arrested and imprisoned o: exiled, and the few who romain at li bert; have no alternative but to flee the conntr: or join the insurrectionists in the interior You can form no idea of what we suffer and, if it were possible, wo would shnt our selves up, refusing to soe our friends, fo tho theme of conversation is nothing bu the war and its incidents, so grating to ou feelings. We are watched and surrounde< by spies; for, as you know, tho largest pro portion of the population of this town ar natives of Spain, and they openly proclain that they will not be satisfied until emigro tion or extermination has swept all tho nn fives from the island, and left them sol possessors of our idolized Cuba. "No information has reached ns as t what success the Spanish troops have ha? who a fow days ugo went in pursuit of th insurgents. "It is stated hero that Adolph Cavado chief of the patriot forces in this district and als i) Felix Bouyon, have captured large number of Spauiards, soldiers au civilians, aud instead of putting them t death, as the Spauiards do with the prisor. ors thoy capturo, have invariably treate them with the greatest humanity. Gu grant, if these two men shonld ever fall int the power of the Spaniards, that they ma receive the like treatment; but I doubt much, for tbeso cruel Spauiards havo a unquenchable thirst for blood. "Yesterday was a day of mcuruing. Poe Don Juan Capote Lopez^was arrested iu h own house, a few miles from town. H was brought hore, judged by a militai commission and shot. He died with tl most heroic valor, exciting the greate: grief in the hearts of his countrymen an feelings of compassion among tho fo Spaniards who havo tiny heart left. E asked for an interview 'with his wife an children, which was refused, and they ke] him from 7 A. M. to 4 P. M. in an op? fiold, exposed to the fiery rays of the su: with his hands so tightly bound as to eau them to bo much swollen, giviDg him gre pain. "As he was entirely surrounded 1 troop?, and it was impossible for him escapo, this vas wanton cruelty. Tho o ject of this crnelty was to force him to 6 non nco somo persons os being implicated tho insurrection; but that ho refused to d and with his last breath denied having h anyLhing to do with the insurrection hil self, which is doubtless true, and his judg knew it. But he was sacrificed to t clamors of tho Spanish mob. At 1 P. ? this unfortunate man, with a firm voice a sure?o counteuauco, asked those present forgive him if in any way ho had ever giv them offence, knolt as ho was ordert his eyes were bandaged, and ho was shot tho back, receiving six wouuds. While tho agonies of tleuth, the sanguinary mob Spaniards, who carno to gloat over his e: cution, heaped curses on him, sotno thro ening to drag him through tho streets, a others proposing to rub bim with coal and set him on fire. Immediately aft tho military band, heading the troo marched around his body, playing liv airs and dances. What fiends! "As yat th? insurrectionists have fi?l nd one to dentli. But can they forgive the assas ai nation of Captain Lopez and others equally innocent? May they not think jipprisals necessary? Vit ls fent?d they will. 'If they do^ mn?h blood will flow, and God only knows what awaits UB. 1 *'xR?Q may well imagine that all theso terrible occurrences fill tue hearts of Cubans with hatred for the Spaniards, but we are obliged to bear all in silence. Tho Spa? niards, no doubt, somo day will have to an? swer for the numerous assassination com? mittee! by them on this island, for by no other name can tho execution of political prisoners be called. For my part, I call down upon their hoads tho venveance of a just God." Commenting on the above, tho Baltimore Sun says: "The outrages upon civilization which the Spanish troops iu Cuba are practicing, in tho shooting of captured rebel prisoners, may have an effect that is not contemplated by the Spanish authorities, in prodnoing the recognition of tho Cubans os bellige? rents by other countries, upon humanita? rian grounds, if no other. Revolting cru oltics havo been tho invariable attendants of all the wars which Spain has heretofore waged to preservo her hold upon her colo? nies on this eontinent, and the results of all those coullict.H ought to havo taught her that her policy was as useless as it was bar? barous. The denial of quarters; the butch? ery, in cold blood, of prisoners; the insti? gation of slaves to insurrection, were familiar methods of carrying on wars against the South American revolutionists. Cropping off the ears of tho inhabitants of a town and sending.a basketful of them as presents to their headquarters, and after? wards shutting up the inhabitants in their houses and burning them alive, were among their pleasant pastimes in Peru, where the people of thirty towns were destroyed, theso peculiar entertainments being varied with tying ecclesiastics and women to gnus and publicly flogging them, after stripping them in tho presence of the troops. It is possible that other nations may feel prompt? ed lo interpose in tho struggle in Cuba, lest it may run into a repetitiou of the same horrors. Spain must abandon atrocities like theso if she would not reneler the loss of Cuba, like that of hor former American colonies, inevitable. There is another marked feature of her policy which she will have to give up, even if sho succeeds in putting dowu tho present insurrection in Cuba, and which has ever beon, as it ought to be, a source of chronic discontent in her American possessions. It is her baneful practico of persi^ljutly endeavoring to pro? mote her European subjeots anel to preven) the native colonists from having any share I in their own government. Of about 80( vicoroys and captains-general whom sho ha.< appointed since her conquests in America, about twenty havo been from the body o: tho American population. It is not won derful that the obligations of allegiance havo been so often successfully thrown of by thoso who, instead of receiving that pro tection on which the duty of obedienco i founded, only know their government ty its efforts to proscribe, depress, degrad* and humiliato them." -o Agriculture. Mu. EDITOR: It is timo the friends of ag ricultural progress in this District were u and stirring. An enthusiastic mectiu] lately took placo in Abbeville District, an j great encouragement is felt that good rt suits will ensue. A resolution was adopto I at that meeting, that it was expedient t hold a Stato Agricultural Convention iu thi placo on tho 28th April, and a ilelegatio was appointed to attend it. It becomes u to respond to thia call, and moot our friede half way. Wo remember, with peculii satisfaction, tho conventions which former! met hera They were not only of grei benefit to tho cause of agriculture at largi but ? sorted a decidedly favorable influem upon our own community. Centi?me speut their money freely here, and tho ai nual fair was au occasion of high social ar intellectual enjoymont. The recent meeting of tho Georgia Agi cultural Convention, at Atlanta, was a voi successful one. Tho earnest aud though ful men of that State have inaugurated movement looking to tho manufacturo sulphuric acid within tho State, and ha' given an authoritative expression of opinic in favor of standing wages for laborer Theso aro important steps, and in tho rig! direction. In commotion with this subject, a word the railroads will not be out of plaeo. V bring to their attention tho fact that met hors of the convention lately held in Gee gia, were passed over tho railroads of tb State free of charge. Wo trust that o railroads will bo equally liberal. Do th appreciate the fact that in England railw companies transport fertilizers free charge, expecting remuneration in t greatly increased production of crops? "\ beg, most respectfully, to call their atti tion to these things, and hopo their acti in this matter will bo both prompt and g< erons. A call will bo found in another place fo District mooting here on tho first Mond in April-a good time, by the way, for otl Districts to organizo their societies. 1 trust that we shall have a large attendai from the country, and our city authoriti wo think, would do well lo give encouru ment to this interest. MILL CREEK ?-o The New York Herald, of Wednesday, noticing tho condition of the stock mar on tho previous'day, says: "Southern se rities were dull, except South Carolin whioh adv.?need about ono per cent., ow to tho adoption of legislativo measures lo ing to thc payment of tho next quota of ?terest." BailMU and ?fe? Business Prospect? of Co * i^v.; l?mfel?v-Jfo. e. . In reviewing tho aeries of articles of which it is contemplated to roako Ko. G the conclusion, the writer anticipates various objections that maj arise in the minda of his readers to his propositions, as fol? lows: ? - ."!.<.. 1st. In regard to the de?oienoy in depot accommodations of our railroad companies, their extravagant freight tari fis, Sec., it may be contended that four years of war left them in a state bordering upon bankruptcy, and almost devoid of credit or rolling stock. In reply, wo beg leave to present the fact, that by far the greater number of railroad companies South found themselves in a similar condition. Those companies, how? ever, were the first to recuperate whose officers displayed a determined, persistent effort in negotiating loans, establishing low tariffs, and by exhibiting nt all times a steady purpose to accommodate the public in every possible manner, thus compelling a large patronage and wide popularity. Many Southern roads purchased largely from the United States Government, on two and four years' timo; others negotiated loans in Northern cities for considerable amounts; and within twolve months past a check was received in New York for $100, 000, in the writer's knowledge, to poy off the last instalment due on a loan of this kind. Where aro our mon of broad views? In article two, it may be objected that tho timo is not yet como for tho concentration therein proposed. Some one poetically in? clined may quote: "A thousand years scarce serve to form a State," otc. Friend, shall I remind thee of a most potent fact? That lino was written long beforo the age of printing presses, railroads, steam engines, telegraph wires and velocipedes. The march of events in tho present day is impetuous, torreut-liko and startling. In profoundest respect for tho genius who breathed them, I would pronounce the words wretchedly inappropriate if spoken to the nineteenth century. "Take Time by tho fore-lock" will apply a thousand-fold better; march bim beforo yon, and where great events are to bo consummated, touch him briskly with electricity; wait not for the old man's pen? dulum foot-steps to march past, until you road on his weather-worn back the tardy traveler's fatal words, "Too late, too lato! I am left by tho locomotive." Pouder on this, my friends, aud act at once. I pass article three, as the comments ap? pear to mo clearly just and appropos, only adding, that an occasional door is opeu for money-making and city improving if, like Charleston, Savannah, Richmond aud Au? gusta, we could induce a compauy of capi? talists to como out n ul build in Columbia another liuo of street railroad. Why should wo not, also, be favored with so great a ne? cessity in theso times? But wo must hasten on, as this article is likely to become too lengthy. Article four touches our merchants, bnt, my friends, be not too quick to censure. Weigh tho conclusions carefully. The po? sition in which all men wore thrown imme? diately after tho burning is well known and well understood. "Every edge was made to cut," and thero would be no room for complaint had not thc timos vastly changed. (I had almost writteu-our merchants were little better than vagrants and wanderers upon earth.) It is fair to conclude that our aspirations are raised somewhat since that day, and tho ambition of each citizen should load him to conduct business after a fashion that will finnish reputation and character to tho city of Columbia, iu addition to yielding him pecuniary benefit. The day is rapidly approaching, if not now upon us, when the ideas presented in article four will be accepted as boing actually essential to the business success of our city. Asking indulgence a few moments longer, we conclude by recurring to article five, and meeting half-way the objections arising to railroad schemes, to wit: want of resources. In this as iq all other important undertakings it is absolutely hopeless without abeginning. Notwithstanding the impoverishment of our people, it is an easy task, within a circuit of 800 or 000 miles of Columbia, to count five or six railroads which have, in more in? stances than one, been projected, surveyed, and aro now almost ready for operating, since the close of the war. The writer fears that out people do not fully realize tho wonders to be accomplished by accumula? tion of capital from small subscriptions. Lot the company be organized, the books opened, the enterprise oxtonsively adver? tised, io begin with; in short, let the ball be set in motion, and capital, labor, enter? prise from abroad will be attracted, will offer itself, and will seek association with mon of dauntless energy who resolve to suc? ceed. As truo ns tho needle to the polar star, so true is capital to drift by nature into those streams that flov on to wealth, commercial growth and national advance? ment. "Nothing dared, nothing is won." The writer will close by adding, that the lifo, tho existence, the star of hopo to our city at present, in tho futr.ro, and always, rests with the sotting sun in tho West. That vast, boundless field of progress, population and fertility. Would we havo that star arise in splendor and in power, diffusing its lavish richness upon our raco and generation, wo must begin at once, with sonl-absorbing interest, to construct a high? way of trade and travel leading to Knox? ville, Louisville, St. Louis, thence beyond the Rocky Mountains to tho dazzling El Dorado of our continent, San Francisco. If in tho foregoing articles a mito bas been contributed to the futuro of Colum? bia, tho author is content. Au revoir. VIRGIL. -o Twenty of Brigham Young's wives ar? rived at Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Tuesday, to visit their friends in that city and at Omaha. Thoy will continuo their journey j to Washington. m i i -i , - JEM o o a, 1 X-te m m . -o Something amusing may be expected in Carolin? Hall, to-raprr- - evening. c St. Maur, tho magician,':will givo an insight into fonder world. "* BENDER UNTO O.TJ?AR, ETC.-Tn our notice of the Crescent oil and lamps, for salo by Messrs. J. ?fe T. Ii. Agnew, we neglected tu say that the burning material is non-explo? sive; the lamps require no shades; further? more, there is a hand burner, or night lamp-the flame of which eau be reduced to a mere spark, and increased in an instant. The price of the fluid is but seventy tents a gallon. Wo have given theso lamps a fair trial, and pronounce them excellent. -o A lot of cards and bill head paper bas just been received at the Phoenix office something new and pretty. Also a lot of "auction cards"-which will be printed at I extraordinarily low prices. -o RELIGIOUS SERVICES THIS DAY.-Trinity Church-Rev. P. J. Shaud, Rector, 10 !? A. M. and 4>J P. M. St. Peter's Church-Rev. J. .1. O'Connell, Pastor, 10 A. M. and 3 P. M. Washington Street Chapel-Rev. Wm. Martin, 10i"< A. M.;Rev. Sidi Browne, d?.C P. M. Marion Street Church-Rev. Sidi H. Browne, lO1^ A. M.; Church Meeting 3>.i P. M. Lutheran Lecture Room-Rev. A. R. Rude lOJ? A. M. Presbvterian Church-Rev. W. E. Boggs, 10?? A. M. and 7?J P. M. Baptist Church-Rev. J. L. Reynolds, 10?.? A. M. Robert B. Elliott was appointed, yester? day, Assistant Adjutant-General, under thc Act for tho organization of tho militia ol this State. --o EASTER SUNDAY.-To-day closes tho Lent? en Season, and will be commemorated ir the Catholic and Episcopal Churches ns th? anniversary festival of our Lord's resurrec tiou. The feast of Easter is tho regulato! of all the other great movablo festivals o' the year, and has always been celebrated ii the Catholic Church with tho greatest so lemnity, as the first among Ihe five princi pal feasts of tho Christian religion. Th? Jewish Passover, called by them Pascha was kept by the Jewish people in memory o their miraculous deliverance from the bond age of Egypt, by the slaughter of all the first-born of the Egyptians. Tho name ii derived from the Hebrew verb, Pasach which signifies to pass, or leap over, becausi the destroying angel, who slew tho first born of tho Egyptians, passed over th' houses of the Hebrews, their doors bein) marked with the blood of the Pascal Lamb which was a type of Christ's great sacrifie on Calvary. The Jews kept this greaL feas on tho 14th day of tho first mouth of th ecclesiastical or sacred Lunar year, calle by Moses, Abib, but by Esdras and tho late Jews, Nisan, corresponding to the greates part of our March and a portion of April This was the seventh month of the civ year of the Jews, which they followed i all computations in secular affairs, an which they began from tho month Tisri, c the autumnal equinox. This great festiva the true Christian Pasach, is culled, in th English-Saxon language, Easier Dat/, and commemorated on the Sunday afin- tho Lit of the moon of March, which, thia yea was ou the 13th instant. In tho beginnic of the Church, the Jewish converts, in son places, kept this solemnity on tho 14th dc itself, the day on which the Jews celebrate their Passover. Tho Apostles allowed the this liberty, to show that tho Gospel i Christ did not condemn tho Mosaic Jai which it had made void by fulfilling i But tho Christian Pascha! feast was, in gen ral, appointed by tho Apostles to bo kept < the Sunday that followed tho 14th day the moon of March. The Roman, and i other Churches of tho converted Gentile followed this rule. The Church tolerat this observance nmong tho converted Jc until about the time of the destruction tho city and templo of Jerusalem, A. D. 1 after which time it wis gradually abolish in the Western Churches, but still observ in somo of the Oriental Churches until D. 325, when the general council of N ordained that all Churches should celebri Eastor on tho Sunday following t'.e 14 day of tho March moon. The Empci Constantino caused this decreo to bo pi lished throughout tho Roman Empi Those who adhered to tho old practico w< looked upon as rchismntics. In thc si: and seventh centuries, tho Irish and Sc tish Churches wero accustomed to kt Easter on the 14th day, if Sunday fell on but, in all other years, with the univcr Church, after some discussion, they w< brought over to perfect conformity, A. 700, sinco which time there has been difference of opinion on tho subject arno tho different branches of tho Christi Church. THE T/EMTJBK OF OFFICE BILL.-On Wednesday, in the Senate, Mr. Trumbull, from the Judiciary Committee, reported the bill to repeal the tenure of office act, with an amendment iu the nature of a sub? stitute., It proposes a repeal of the first and second sections of the tenure of office bill, and a substitution of clauses allowing tho President more latitude in the mattur of removals, appointments and suspensions. In discussing it, Senator Sprague made an? other of his startling speeches, in which he especially argued that tho country was po? litically and socially on tho brink of a pre? cipice. Tho report of tho committee was adopted by a vote of 87 to 15, and the bill was passed. -o Tho following is tho Committee of Inves? tigation of the Third Congressional District: Representatives Joseph Crews, George F. Moin tyre, R. B. Elliott, Robert Smalls, J. H. Bryan, and Senators J. H. Buck and J. J. Wright. Mr. F. G. DeFontaine, formerly of tho South Carolinian, and the Rev. Dr. W. W. Hicks, contemplate publishing a monthly magazine in Charleston, under the title of the Nineteenth Century. -o Tho friends of agricultural improvement in Richland District, are respectfully invited to meet in Columbia, at Carolina Hall, on tho first Monday, being the 5th day of April, in order to form a District Agricultural So? ciety, and to make a suitable response to the proposition of the Abbeville District Agri? cultural Society to hold a Stato Agricultural Convention, in Columbia, on the 28th day of April proximo. -o ST. MAT'H'S Soiree seats can be reserved at Bryan A McCurter's, during tho day, with? out extra charge. Admission 50 cents; children under twelve, 25. M28 -o NEW ADVRRTIBEMENTS.-Special attention is called to the following advertisements, published for tho first time this morning: Geiger ? McGregor-New Drug Store. Mrs. C. E. Recd-Millinery. Gregg, Palmer & Co.-Insurance. R. Barry-Genuine Liquors. Charles Bolt-Assignee's Sale. Residence for Sale-Apply at this Office. Arthur C. Moore-Attorney at Law. I. Sulzbacker-Great Attractions. Jacob Levin-Auction Sale. -o Who likes to laugh, the Great Ventrilo? quist is bore. M27 Ladies, Mothers and Children, ST. MAUR has come. M27 -o ILLS THAT FLESH LS HEIR TO.-Scrofula or King's Evil, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Swellings of tho Glands and Joints, Erup? tion of the Skin. Secondary Syphilis with all its train of evil.,, Impure Blood, Female Diseases, Low Spirits, Liver Complaint, Nervousness, &c., ?fcc, fall to the lot of mankiud. But, happily, they have their antidote. DR. TUTT'S SARSAPARILLA and QUEEN'S DELIGHT possess the qualities to expel them from the system, restore porfect health, and produce bappiuess, where all was misery. M27 6 -o ST. MAUR, the Voutriloquist, opens at Carolina Hall, Monday. M27 -o BEAUTY.-How to securo a clear, smooth, beautiful, healthy skin, is the desire of all, . and this is within the reach of all. The skin becomes discolored, rough, eruptive, by the virulent, unhealthy condition of the excretions and insensible perspiration-that is, secreted by its functions, and expelled through its pores. The skin is one of tho chief outlets for the expulsion of the hu? mors or elements that the absorbent vessels reject, to nourish and sustain the blood', hence, these irritant humors poison the delicate skin, and we have Pimples, Blotch? es, Sores, either simple or malignant, ac? cording to tho condition of the perspiration and humors secreted by tho skin. Now, tho application of cosmetics only hide these defects, and increase the irritant condition of the skin. Use Heinitsh's Queen's De? light, and it will bo found a perfect remedy for these disorders. M24 -o ST. MAUR onlv charges 5? cents; 25 for children. M27 ARTHUR C. MOORE, A TT ORNE Y AT LA W, COLOMBIA, S. C. Office iu Law Bango. March 28 3 Desirable Residence for Sale. A Lot, containing one-third of an acre, with a neat commodious DWELLING _, HOUSE, having an np-stairs of fivo Rooms, a Basement of flvo Rooms, Bathing-room with shower bath, all necessary out-buildings and in good ropairs. Inquire at thjs^mce. March 28 NEW DRUG STORE. . WE havo oponed our Now Store ^ 'in Greenfield s Row, next door to Fl McKenzie's, with an entire nowUJ stock of DRUGS, OHEMICALS, Pl F UM ERY, Ac. We wonld bo happy to have our friends and customers continuo the kind patronage hitherto bestowed on ns, and which wo still hopo to merit, bv attention to business and reasonable charges. GEIGER A McQREOOR. March 28_6_ _ Sweet Potato Slips. BUSHELS YAM POTATO SLIPS, io fine order, for eale by E. k G. D. HOPE. 50 Corn. IprrVfV LUSnELS Primo Western CORN, for . Ov/\ " sale, in lota to suit purchasers. March 2G E. A G. D. HOfE.