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..^?-v?v?MM?m??.**o. ....... rniii 1 wiini'TTrTT*~'~i COLUMBIA* . S? 0. -vi iispBBOU to jwiwul Suuiay Monilm*T,i April Jl. 1869. Boron JomlMl.^ * ; ?'."fi''; The death pf Boron Henri Jomiui, one of the greatest military writers of the age, is anuouuceil. Barun Jomiui lived at Brassais daring the hist few yeats, bat died at Passy, at the age of ninety-one. Everybody remem? bers that daring the "late unpleasantness" tho publication ia thia country of hier" Art of War " inspired almost as mach interest, and received nearly as much attention as one of the retrograde ucrana en ta or changes of base of the louug Napoleon; and yet Jom? iui, the veteran soldier, who still felt the military ardor of his youth glow in his bosom, had served sixty years before with the great Napoleou himself. He was born at Payerae, in the Canton de Vand, Swit? zerland, March 6, 1779, so that he was older and outlived tho veteran citizen of the world, Lord Brougham, and almost reached the measure of the days of the laughing and sneering philosopher, M. Vieuuet, who died last year, at the age of ninety-two. . Ho was a soldier before the French r?volution, and continued to be a soldier in tbe last Eu? ropean struggle, the Crimean war. Pre? vious to 1792, he had served in a Swiss reg? iment iu tho French pay, hut in that year all the foreign troops were disbanded. It was in that year the French took to fighting themselves, and while domini engaged in eonfmeroial pursuits in his native country, and acted ns a Li eu ten nut-Col on el in the military forcea of Switzerland, he *KS no disinterested observer of that wonderful struggle whioh elevated the young Corsican from obscurity to the first consulship. In 1803, he) returned to Eranos, and upon the recommendation ?of Marshal Ney, secured the opportunity to pursue his commercial avocations in Paris, but in 1804, he entered the Frenoh army, obtaining the grade of Chef de BalttiUon, and he was made colonel in 1805. Before thia Jomini bad been a laborious student of the " Art of War," and in 18^3 had produced his Traite des Grandes Opera? tions Militaire. He published his Memoires sur les Probabilities de ia Guerre de Prusse in 1806. While serving on the staff of Mar? shal Ney, in the campaign of 180(1 and 1807, he attracted the attenti?u of Napoleon, who bestowed upon bim the title of Baron. In 1808, ho accompanied Ney into Spain, but in consequence of a misunderstanding with his superior, he remained inactive for two years. About this time, lu was solicited to enter the service of Russia, and was offered the rank of Major-General, but he refused, and was again restored to favor, and made a geueral of brigade in 1811. He was at the same time made historiographer of France, that office, which had been unoccupied since the time of Marmoutel, hoing revived for his acceptance. In 1812, he was made Qovernor of Wilna and Smolensk, aud dis? tinguished himself in the well-contested struggle at Bantzeu, May 20, 1813, where the allies were worsted, and the French Geueral, Dnroc. was killed. So completely was Jomini restored to the favor of Ney that that gallaut Marshal recommended that he should be made a General of division, but Napoleou refused in bis imperious way, aud ordered the soldier of fortune back to France, upon a ?barge of neglect of duty. Jomini, chafed auder this indignity, and taking advantage of an armistice, after the battle of I'la es wit/,, left the Frenoh service, and entered that of Russia, becoming an aid tc the Emperor Alexander. For this desertion, sentence of death was passed upon him bj a French Council ot War, but then tho for tunes of the Emperor were on the wane, and Jomiui was secure in the camps of thc soon to be victorious enemies of France. Ho could not be persuaded to accept ? command in the Russian service, und, though attached to thc person of the Czar with the rank of Lietenant-Genoral, h< never revealed to the allies the plans o Napoleon, notwithstanding be was tho roughly familiar with the military secrets o that great soldier. In 1815, he accompanier the Czar to Paris, and was decorated by tb nuforgetting Bourbon, King Louis XVIII The principal occasion of this visit, hov, ever, was to recast tho great work upo which his fame, as a military historiar chiefly rest, bis Histoire Critique el Militai} des Guerres de la Revolutions, which had aj peared in five volumes, in 1805, and of whic a third edition was published in 1819-24, i fifteen volumes. He wrote many other mi itary treatises, most of which have lost the interest to this generation. Among thei was a curious life of the Emperor Napoleoi in which the great oonqneror is tried by tl standard of Crczar, Alexander, and Frei erick. In 1828, he served with the Russiai against Turkey, having returned to thu d minions of the Czar, in 1832, to take char/ of the military eduoation of the late El during tho Crimean war. After tho educa? tion Of tho Grund Duke, af tor ward tho Em? peror Nicholas, waa completed, M. Jomini received r^rmiseibn tpTesido in Brussels, to which Lo nguiu retirodiu 1855, after Bte short .sojourn tn Si Petersburg in 1855. 'Born at the time when Washington was in the height ot his fume, and whou Napoleon and Wel? lington were mere children, he lived to see all the great revolutions of modern time?, and to witness the achievements of all the great soldiers of that eventful era between the days of Washington and Lee. ?Poet Mile?, *ud Other Experiment? In Vrralflrntlun." This is the title of a little volumo of poetry, by "C. de Flori," just issued from the press of John W. Woods, Baltimore. The young authoress is ono of South Caro? lina's most highly gifted and accomplished daughters, inheriting muon of the high in? tellect and deep thought of her illustrious graud-fathor, who, for moro than the third of a century, was pre-eminently "the great Southern statesman." These "essays in the composition of Torso" aro presented to the public, by the friends of "C. do Flori," without any con? sultation with her. Tho editor truly says: "They manifest a vigor of thought, a powor of description, a vein of humor, and a devotional purity, elevation and soundness of sentiments, which raise them much above the mediocrity, which marks a great deal of what, in so-called poetry, owe3 its reputa? tion chiefly to the names of its authors," The first poem in this collection is enti? tled "Poet Skies," and is a poetical descrip? tion of different English and American poots, commencing with Spencer, who is "The dawn's red sky Hali in shade, though day is nigh; Revealing secrets of tho night." Wordsworth is represented "Like the sky When 'tis clear, serene and high, Leading us to lofty thought, Wo, by thee, to look, are taught From calm nature to her God, And to feel tho earth he trod Ts a temple meet for praise." Shelley, she says: "Thou art 'neath a bky Wheoco ia abut the light from high. , * ? # * * Like a fallen star thou art. Lost nor light, nor warmth import." Burns, the fair young poet, feelingly ex? claims: "To see in thee a sky Where bright spring doth cradled lie. On each dewy heather fell As sweet winds, in music, toll Tales of love and simple joy, Noture's language, dost employ." Tennyson is "Like the sky Whore tho god of day, on high, Rises from his rosy bed, Aud bia smiles on eut th doth shed." Hemtins, "Thou a moonlit sky, Whoro the full orb rides on high. Shedding floods of holy light From blue lieu von's sturry height." Coleridge is "Like a foggy sky Sometimes low and sometimes high." Moore, "Thou art the glowing sky Ere tho sun to rest doth hie, Tinted with rainbow hue3.'" Poe is "Tho lurid sky While the clouds 'mid darkness fly. Lit alone by lightning gleams Bringing wild, delicious dreams." But space will not permit rue to muk? further extracts from this beautiful poem Bryant is "u dreamy sky;" Pope "a bow spanned, dripping sky;" Byron is "night'i sombro sky;" Milton is "the polar sky,' and Shakspeare is a noou-day sky," kc. The collection contaius many other beau tiful pieces, such as "Love in a Cot," "Ad dress to the Cootera of P-," "Tho Cock ntrice," "Diana," "Fame," "Tho Flight o Time," "Tho New Year's Prayer," "M. Cat, Tack," "Drink Deep," "The Dead, "Fading Away," "Strong-minded Women, "'Tis Fall," &o. There are two beautiful illustrations i tho volumo before us. One of a hearties and most fascinating coquette and her vi< tim, who does not excite much sympath from his expressions: "Yes, I sought her, though they warned m To beware tho cockatrice; But I longed to prove my power, And withstand her artifice. # * # - * ? Whon she saw I dared to brave her, And her potent charms and wile?, She was piqned, and tnrned upon me Her most bright and winning smiles." TlWf^^o**r*tWi is tl? ?fei*? gf..a beautiful young mother and her interesting Uttle daughter; . "Even as * flower fadeth, so she passed away, With more of Hatten, leas of Mirth, Around her, day by day." ; Tboro ia great good sonso and txuo philo? sophy in tho poem entitled "Stong-minded Women." Por instnnce: I "There is nothing to me So weak ns the "strong-minded women" we see. A masculine woman, deny it who can, Is the next meanest thing to effeminate man. Our strougth's in our weakness; doubt not if we try However abortive tho effort-to vie With the "lords of creation," they'll soon put us down Below where we are, with well merited frown." We think tho same remark will apply to "Liovo in a Cot." As much as love is to be idolized, so must prudence, though a das? tardly virtue, bo respected by the world. Indeed, we admire tho Mahometan law, which requires thu parties marrying to show their ability to support themselves. "A truce to such nonsense as love in a cot, To be shaken by chills iu somo damp little spot. ir ?. # * * Aud then comes a parcel of bare-footed brats, With clothes to be darned, that seoin gnawed by the rat?, And a colicky baby, in yellow-not white That sharpens your temper by squalling all night." The address to the "Cooters of P-" will apply to all villnges, and is moat ad? mirable: "The co?ter logs, the chosen place Whore village loafers meet To sun themselves on tilted chairs, With high exalted feet. They "news" retail and gossip more Thau women ever do; And scm tliem as they pass ulong From bonnet down to shoe." In manj- of these pieces there is great humor, wit and sarcasm, us well as genuine poetry of a high orker. We knew "C. de Flori" as an accom? plished young lady, intellectual aud highly gifted, with charms of person aud heart rarely surpassed, but it did not occur to us that ber genius nus so poetical. Her illus? trious graud-fntber surely had no poetry in bis composition. His logic and powers of reasoning, though equal to the greatest in? tellects of antiquity, were dry, abstract and metaphysical, aud as free from poetry as genius eau be. It is to bc hoped most sincerely that this young and beautiful authoress will perse? vere in her "eiperiments in versification," and if she does, we predict for ber a bril? liant future, and no friend of hers will en? joy it more, orbe prouder of her fame, than B. F. P. -o Dr. McKinley, of St. Louis, says the Medical Reporter, of that city, bas compiled, after a very careful research, some very iu> foresting and startling statistics of inebria tion in tho United States. By him Ihe fol lowing statements aro made: Taking thc population of this country at 40,000,000, o 300 mon, 122 never drink spirits at all; 10( drink moderately, but not to intoxication 50 are ephemeral drinkers; 25 drink periodi cally, called "spreoiug," and 3 aro habitua inebriates. To every 178 who driuk, 3 nr< confirmed inebriates; 25 are peri?dica drinkers; 50 are ephemeral drinkers. Om confirmed inebriate to every 59J of men Of 700 women, COO never taste alcoholics o any kind; 30 taste wino occasionally; 1' taste ardent spirits; 30 driuk ale or bee constantly; 14 drink ardent spirits periodi cally, aud 3 are habitual inebriates. Pro ponderauce in confirmed inebriates of tb sexes: 3 mon in overy 178; 3 women ii every 100; 1 confirmed iuebriato to ever; 33'.j of women. Fewer women drink thai men, but a larger proportion of them be come habitual drinkers. Debauch drinker raroly become habitual, but periodic; drinkers; the latter rarely becomo habitue inebriates, as the violence of their drinkin is too great, and leads to disgusting satiety and tr'ueo to intervals of sobriety. -o Tho editor of tho St. Louis Rep?blica must have been in a state of happy coi fusodness, when he wrote the followin biography of Bonner: "Robert Dexte king of the New York Ledger and editor t the turf. He has a circulation of 2.15, an can trot his milo inside of 500,000 subset bers on n ton-cylinder track. All the di tinpruished writers in the country trot for h gaper. He learned tho art of printing wh< e was a colt, and by dint of porseveranc linked with a native business tact and a th rough knowledge of the value of adverti lng, under the saddle and to harness, he h in his maturity become a millionaire. I is a perfect gentleman, 17,'.j hands high, a rich, glossy color and faultless symmetry -O Jubal A. Early has declined acomplimc tary dinner tendered him by his friends Lynchburg, Va. lOFFIGJUU} Acts Passud by the State Legislature. \ An Ad io regulate thc agencies of insurance j . companies not incorporated in tho Mate of Southyparolina. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by tho Senate and House of Representative* of ike State of South Carolina, nota met and sitting in -General As? sembly, and bu the authority of the same. That it shall not be lawful after the first day of April, one thousand eight 'hundred and sixty-nine, for any agent of any insurance company in the United Sbites, or any foreign State, not iucorporuted by the laws of tili* State, to take risk or transact any business of insurnuce in this State without first obtaining a license from the Comp? troller-General, which license shall expire on the thirty-first day of March of each year. SEC. 2. Thatbeforo the Coinptroller-Geue ral shall issue such license to any agent of any insurance compauy not incorporated in South Carolina, there shall be filed in his office a certified copy of the charter of the compauy from which the said agent or at? torney has received bis appointment, and, also, a certified copy of tho vote or resolu tiou of the Trustees or Directors of said company appoiuting bim such agent, ac? companied by a warrant of appointment under the official seal of the company, and signed by the President and tho Secretary. Such warrant of appointment shall continue valid and irrevocable until another agent or attorney baa been .substituted, so that at all times while any liability remains outstand? ing, there shall bo within tho State an agent or attorney as aforesaid, and shall coutniu a consent expressed, authorizing process of law to be served on said agent or attorney for all liabilities of every nuture incurred iu this State by said company, and that such service made on such agent or attorney, in tho mauner required by the laws of thia State, shall be deemed legal and binding on tho company or companies in all oases what? soever, nnd that every judgment so reco? vered Hball be couclnsive evidence of the in? debtedness of the company; and in addition to said warrant of appointment, Lhere shall be filed uud published a statement, made under oath of its President or Secretary, ahowiug its assets uud liabilities, and dis? tinctly showing tho amount of capital stock, and how tho kamo has beeu paid, and of what tho assets of the compauy consist, tho amount of losses due and unpaid, and all other claims against the company or other indebtedness, whether due or not due at the tum of tho filing of the statement above, und shall further show: 1. That said companies have fulfilled thc provisions of their respective charters, and of the extensions and amendments thereto, in every particular, and whether there bas beeu any change of charters since last statemeut. 2. The amount of policies outstanding at near as can be ascertained. 3. Thc character of the risks nud the mk governing companies and their agents in takiug the same, both as to locality and amount. .1. Thc particular character of tho assets, specifying the amount of cash nud public bank, manufacturing or other stocka anc bonds, or other securities, held by the com panics, with tho evidence that they are hele by them, the rule of investment in rea estate securities, and thc general localities of rcul estate secured to companies. 5. The amount received from premiums and whether sufficient to pay losses, Ac. 6. Whether thero have been any change in agencies during the preceding year. SEC. 3. That every* agent or attornoy ob faining such license shall also cause sucl license to be published in some newspaper to bc desiguatod by tho Comptrollor-Gene ral, having circulation in the County ii which be resides. Tho company shall als furnish to the Comptroller-General, throng] their agent, un annual statement of tin affairs of the compauy, as provided in th second section of this Act, and it shall b tho duty of the agent or ugeuts to publiai the same. SEC. 1. That if the Comptroller-Generi shall become satisfied that any company i insolvent or unsafe, it shall be bia duty t refuse liceuse to its agent or agents, and t withdraw uny license that has been airead issued. SEC. 5. That any person who shall deliv? any poilcy of insurance, or collect any pn minni of insurance, or transact any bjaine* of in8urnnco in this Statu for any compan in tho United States or foreigu State, n< incorporated by the luws of this Stat without having first obtained liceuse, as L this Act required, or after his license hi been withdrawn, or who shall in any WE violate the provisions of this Aot, shall I fined for every such offence not less thau oi hundred dollars nor more than five hundrt dollars, at the discretion o? the Judge: Pr vided, further, That nothing contained : this Section shall releaso any such compar or companies upon ?ny policy issued or d livered by it or them. SEC. G. That for every licenso issued 1 the Comptroller-General, under this Act, 1 sholl be paid by tho company taking o snch liceuse tho sum of five dollars for L own uso. SEC. 7. That all A"ts or parts of Ac inconsistent with this Act are hereby i pealed. In tho Senate House, the fifth d of March, in the year of our Lo ono thousand eight hundred nnd six! nine. D. T. CORBIN, President of the Senate. FRANKI IN J. MOSES, Jn., Speaker Honso of "Repr?sent?t! ?s. Approved the 6th day of March, 1809. ROBERT E. SCOTT, Governor. JBe??~ Charleston Cottrier and South Ca lina Reptablican will copy once. -o More business was done at tho Pat Office last month than in any preced? month since its establishment. Looa X'^XB* o aaa. ?; v i O ? i ? A lecture will be delivered at Jan ney'a Hall, thia evening, at 7>? o'clock. Sub? ject-* Hu ma^itifls finial trinmph and I victory oter atatbg T$e public'generally are invited to attend. ! -o S nu Nw OPSNINQ.-'Our citizens generally, and the ladies in'particular, will be pleased to see that our old friend McKenzie's ice cream saloou bas opened for the season, where ice cream, sherbets, etc., will ' be found. ?-o OUR JOB OFFICE.-The P/nxnix Job Office is now prepared to execute every manuer of printing, from visiting and business cards to pamphlets and books. With ampio ma? terial and first-class workmen, satisfaction ie guaran teed to all at New York prices. If our work does not como up to contract, we make uo charge. With this understanding, our business men cnn have no excuse to send their job work North, when it con be done at homo. -o KELIOIOUS SERVICES THIS DAY.-Trinity Church-Rev. P. J. Shaad. Rector, 10j? A M. aud ?}.? P. M. St. Peter's Ohurch-Rev. J. J. O'Connell, Pastor, 10 A. M. and 3 P. M. Washington Street Chapel-Rev. Wm. Martin, lO'.j A. M. and 4J? P. M. Marion Street Church-Rev. W. W. Mood, loyd A. M. and 3kJ,P. M Lutheran Leoturo Room-Rov. A. R,tti Rudo lOy.i A. M. Presbyterian Cburoh-Rov. W. E. Bogga, 10,.J A. M. and 7>? P. M. Baptist Church-Rev. J. L. Reynolds, 10J.J A. M. -o MAII? ARRANGEMENTS. -The following are the hours for opening and closing mails: During the week from.. 8}? A. M. to 0 P. M. On Sundays from..6 to 7 P. M. CHARLESTON AND WESTEHN MAILS. Opens nt_5 P. M. Closes at.. 8>? P. M. CHARLESTON NIOHT MAU/. Opens at. .8Vz A. M. Closes nt. A}? P. M. GREENVILLE MAIL. Opens nt. . 5 P. M. Closes at.. 8*? P. M. NORTHERN MAIL. Opens at. .2 P. M. Closes ut. 12k. P. M. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Sppcial attention is called to the following advertisements, pnblished for the first time this morning: Blakeley &. Gibbes-Cotton Seed. C. Bouknight-Chango of Schedule. Tickling Sc Pope-Dissolution. Bryau & MeCarter-Now Books, &e. C. V. Carrington-Annual Meeting. Jacob Leviu-Auction Sales. Jeromo Fagan-Cabinet Maker. P. F. Frazee-Sheriff's Sales. D. B. Miller-Richland-In Equity. Dr. T. T. Moore-Dental Surgeon. Acts Passed by the State Legislature. . J. Jeans-Boot and Shoe-Making. -.-o Mrs. Dolly Chandler, and 191 other wo meu, have sent a remonstrance to the Mas? sachusetts Legislature against woman auf* frage. They claim that it would diminish tho purity, the dignity and the moral influ? ence of women, and bring into the family circle a dangerous elemeut of discord, with? out securing additional strength, effioienoy or wisdom to the Government of the na? tion, aud ask to be let alone in the condi? tion allotted to woman by nature, by cus? tom and by religion. A boy in England playfully snapped an empty pistol at bis grand-mother, and the old ludy fell dead, slain by imagination. -o GREY HAIRS, BEOONK!-Torr's IMPROVED LIQUID HAIR DYE ia n perfect wonder. By its uso the old becomes young again. It converts the grey headiuto a beautiful black or brown. It imparts a natural color to the grizly mustache and whiskers, and gives to tho huir aud beard a softness and gloss that the young beaux might envy. A10 6 -o From tho Army Hospital, tho bloody battle-field, the mansion of tho rich and the humble abode of tho poor-from the office and the sacred desk; from the mountain top, distant valley and fur-off islands of the ocean-from every nook and corner of the oivilized world, is pouring in the evidence of the astonishing effects of DRAKE'S PLAN? TATION BITTERS. Thousands upon thou? sands of letters like tho following may be seen at our office: * * * * I have been in tho Army Hospital for fourteen mort?.' "., speechless and nearly dead. At Alton, 111., they gave mo n bottle of Plantation Bitters. Three bottles have made me a well man. C. H. FLAUTE. MAGNOLIA WATER.-Superior to the best imported German Cologne, and sold at half tho price. A10 Jlf3 -o BEAUTY.-How to secure a clear, smooth, beautiful, healthy skin, is the desire of all, and this is within the reach of all. The jkin becomes discolored, rough, eruptive, by tho virulent, unhealthy condition of the excretions and insensiblo perspiration-that is, secreted by its funotions, and expelled through its pores. Tho skiu is one of the chief outlets for the expulsion of the hu? mors or elements that the absorbent vessels reject, to nourish and sustain the blood; henoe, 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 the skin. Now, the application of oosmetios only hide these defects, and increase the irritant condition of the skin. Use Heinitsh's Queen's De? light, and it will be found a perfoot remedy for these disorders. M24 .ar.