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G.'LUMBLA, 8; .?.. - - Tues lay ?orninic, April 13, 1869. Cub?. Th? telegraph brings us som?very contra? dictory asanraooes relative to the attitude held by tho Government at Washington to? wards the Cubans, who are now struggling for liberty and independence. We are told that Congress will authorize the recognition of belligerent rights on the part of tho revo? lutionists;, that Admiral Hoff is ordered to stop the departure of expeditions from the Mississippi Hiver, and th t "the represen? tativos of the Cuban revolution ia Wash? ington huvc. boon given to understand that tho administration would not regard with favor, in tho question of the Peruvian moni? tors, any act likely to interfere with tho commercial interests of any power friendly to tho United States." This last diplomatic phrase, stripped of its verbiage, means Spain. Now, wo protest against this system of diplomatic deception, and long for au ad? ministration bold aud brave enough to tell thc truth. There is not a mau iu Washing? ton, whether in tho Govorument or out of it, nor a mau, woman or ohild in tho wholo country, who does uot know that the cutir? body of tho American poople would be glad to have Admiral Hoff not stop auy expedi? tion intended to aid tho struggling people of Cuba, aud that they (the men in adminis? tration included) would hail with joy the fact of a transfer of tho Peruvian iron-clads to tho free governmont of Geu. C?spedes. If the object of these double-tonguod assur? ances is to deceive the Spanish government, it fails miserably in that; for there aro no statesmen better versed in diplomacy than those of Spain. But if tho object is to con? vey distrust and despair to a people strug? gling, unarmed and unaided, but hopefully, against an organized and ruthless power, then is it a suocess; for tho heart of every freedom-loving mon sinks within his bosom when told that tho Government of the great republic is hostile to his cause. For him the lies of diplomacy aro great but sad truths. The cause of freu Cuba is a cause dear tc every American heart. It is a part of thc march of American idcas.on this continent, aud yet it has beeb resisted and counter? acted by Cabinet after Cabinet at Washing? ton, through a policy which has led everj administration to belie its deepest convie tums and to assist iu defeating its owr aspiration. The Jeffersonian policy, ai evinced in Louisiana and practiced by Jack sou in Florida, is admitted to bo tho onlj possible policy for the United States to pur sue. Yet Johu Quiney Adams, in 1825 Millard Fillmore, in 1850, and Pierce, ii 1854, each in bia turn, stopped tho ndvauci of the American idea in Cuba, and rive tot anew the chains of Spain on that unhappy island. Had either of them had the couragi to avow his owu convictions aud to admit, ii diplomatic parlance, thc iuovituble marci of this country, the result would hav proved that page to be tho brightest in th history of the ndmiuistratiion. But whil some Cabinet members were hoping nm conniving with tho march of freedom, th Secretary of State would be industrious! creating stumbling blocks for its path, an with admitted Hos defeatiug the hopes c himself and his companions. Prom th tenor of thc despatches which emauat from Washington, wc very much fear the the C.ilriuet of General Grant is commit!in the same gross mistakes with its predecc! sors, and blurring tho most promising n cord which can opeu for it. Wo now waut a bolder and more t nil hf i policy from the administration. Spain lu held Cuba only by tho sufferance and aid ( thc United States since thc year 1825. Br. ior that aid, Bolivur iu that year, Lopez i 1850, and Qa it man ia 1854, would hui drivcu tho Spanish power from its last ho! ou tho New World. To-day the Cuban driven to desperation by tyranny, have a serted their rights, and tho Spanish cobol hold only the towns where they can gath in mass or rely upon the guns of their il et They ask only for tho common rights belligerents-tho right to purchase arms ai ships, and the moral support which wou flow from au opon and frank expression i the part of those who favor their CAW The first should bo accorded to them I Congress, and the second will become t new administration much hotter thou dip matic assurances in direct antagonism wi the hopes of every party ia tho country u orders to Admiral Hoff, which every me ber of the Cabinet hopes will not bo o: coted. -1-o Pore spring water is used in the mills tho Hampshire Paper Company, of Soi Hadley Palls, brought from tho eompan reservoir, a mile and a half distant. T reservoir bolds 1,000,000 gallons, and \ built nt a cost of $20,000. .Acts Passed by the State Legislature. Ah Act to provide for Hie enumeration of tin) inhabitants of this State. Whereas, f by the fourth Seotioii of tho second Article of the Constitution of this State, as ratified on the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth days of April, A. D. 1868, it is provided thut for the purpose of an ap? portionment of tho representation of the several Counties of the Stute, an enumera? tion of the inhabitants shall be made in 1869, and again in 1875, and shall be made in the course of ovory tenth year thereafter, in such as shall bo by hw directed: SECTION 1. Be il enacted by the Senate and Ho"ie of Representatives of the State of Soiith Carolina, now mel and silting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the Governor be, und he i? hereby, au? thorized and required to appoint one person in each County of the State, who shall bo charged with taking the census, and who shall bo authorized to appoint such assist? ants us may bo necessary: Provided, That tho number of assistants shall not exceed four in each County, except in the County of Charleston, in which County tho number of-assistants shnll not exceed six. SEC. 2. That each and every person so appointed to take tho census shall, before entering on the duties of his office, tuke, boforo some Magistrate or Justice of tho Ponce, tho following oath, to wit: "I, A. B., do solemnly swear (or affirm, UH the case may bc,) that I will honestly, faithfully and im? partially take a correct census of all the iu habitauts residing within the portion of the County to which I have boen appointed ns census taker, and will, in all respects, truly perform all the duties with whioh I am charged. So help mo God." And a certifi? cate from the Magistrate or Justice of tho Peaco who shall administer the said oath, that tho same has been duly taken before him, shall accompauy and be delivered with each and every return of tho census. SEC:. 3. That it shall bo tho duty of each and ovory person appointed to tako tho cen? sus b}' virtue of this Act to call personally on the head or some member of each family iu tho County, or portion of County, for which ho or they shall have been appointed, and obtain from such head of a family or member thereof, as aforesaid, the number of persons contained in such family, and such other information as may bc required aud directed by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics. SEC. 1. That each head or member of a family shall, when summoned thereto by the persons appointed under this Act to take tho census at his, her or their residence or place of business, mnke, on oath or affirmation, a correct return of all persons of whom his or her family is composed, and also report such other information to said census takers ns inay be required by law; aud the persons so appointed to tako the census aro hereby authorized to administer such oaths; and upon the failure of any per? son to make such returns or reports when required, be or sho shall be subject to a penalty of twenty-five dollars, to be reco? vered in any Court of competent jurisdic? tion. SEC. 5. That upon thc completion of such returns and reports, each census taker shall deposit tho same, in a scaled package, with tho Auditor of his County, accompanied bj a certificate, to be endorsed by some Magis? trate or Justice of the Peace, purporting that thc following oath had been duly taken by such census taker previous to the de? livery of such package to said Auditor, tc wit: "1, A. B., do solemnly swear (or affirm, as thu ease may be,) that this packet con tains a just, true, correct, and impartial re turn of all tho inhabitants of the ceusnc district to which I have boen appointed, and a faithful report of such information a: was required by the Commissioner of thc Bureau of Agricultural Statistics, so fur it was practicable to obtain the same. Sc help me God." Si:c. ti. That it .shall he the duties of th? census takers, under thc direction of thi Coratuissiouer of thc Bureau of Agricultura Statistics, to divide their several Coontie; iuto convenient districts for taking tho cen sus herein provided for; to distribute blanks books aud instructions to the census takers to receive their returns when completed, ant forward the same, by tho first day of No vember next, to the Commissioner of th Bureau of Agricultural Statistics; aud t< render such further assistnnco to said Cora missioner iu the premises as that officer ma; desire. SEC. 7. That it shall bo the duty of th Commissioner of the Bureau of Agricul tura] Statistics to bavo prepared, on or b? fore the fifteenth day of April next, suitabl books, blanks and instructions, to facilit?t the registration provided for in this Acl and tho collection of sueh statistical infoi raution ns said Commissioner may deem c sufficient importance to tho people of thi State; and when tho census takers sha havo made tho returns hereinbefore prc vided for, the said Commissioner shall fortl with report the results of such registratio to the Governor of the Stato for tho tim being, and shall mako a collated return < the statistics to tho General Assembly at i next regular session. SEC. 8. That tho Governor of tho Stal for tho timo being shall, immediately afb receiving from the Commissioner of tl Bureau of Agricultural Statistics the ropo providod for in tho soveuth Section of th Act, examine the same; and in case it shr appear to him that any person or persoi appointed to tako the census, as aforesaid shall iu any wiso have failed to comply wil tho duties imposed on him or them by tb Act, either in taking tho census or in makii tho other returns, as hereinbefore specific he shall forthwith causo tho same to 1 taken and returned pursuant to the proi sions of this Act, wherever defanlta shi have been made. SEC. 9. That the census taker employ in taking tho census shall be entitled to i ceivo as compensation for his services t sum of five dollars por diem, aad bis assist? ants fonr dollars per day, whilst actually employed, and no more; auch compensation shall be paid monthly out of any moneys in th? Treasury not otherwise appropriated, upon w errants to be drawn by the Comp? troller-General whenever he shall have re? ceived satis tao lory proof that the services of the claimant have been faithfully rendered in compliance with the provisions of this Act. And tho Commissioner of Agricul? tural Statistics is hereby authorized to em? ploy clerical service to assist him in col? lating and making his returns; such service to bo paid for out of the contingent fund of tho Bureau of Agricultural Statistics, and not to exceed the sum of threo hundred dollars. In tho Senate Hou*e, tho eighteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty nine. CHAS. W. MONTGOMERY, President of tho Seuate pro tem. FRANKLIN J. MOSES, Ju , Speaker House of Representatives. Approved the nineteenth day of March, 1869. ROBERT K. SCOTT, Governor. ?r?y* Charleston Courier and South Caro? lina Republican will copy once. Ula ocal Ito m st . -o RESURRECTION OP COLUMBIA-THE NEW EXPRESS OPPIOE AND OPERA HOUSE-Goon NEWS FOR EVERYBODY.-Some timo since, we mentioned the fact that tho Southern Express Company, in consistence with its characteristic enterprise, intended lo re? place its building (destroyed by tire during thc carnival of Sherman,) with a commo? dious aud elegant structure which should at ouce accommodate tho business of the Ex? press and Telegraph Companies, aud give tho good citizens of Columbia what they have so long needed-a fir.it class opera house. It gratifies us now to state that this plan has taken a definite shape, aud that contracts for the construction of the build? ing are being entertained by those who have the matter in charge. The edifice will be erected on the lot owned by the company, at tho South-east corner of Richardson aud Taylor streets, aud opposite the now hotel. It will havo a frontage of ninety feet, after the Corinthian order of architecture, with a depth of 210 feet, and will be threo stories iu hight, sur? mounted by the fashionable Mansard roof. The lower floor will be divided iuto three compartments running through the whole extent of the building-ono of which will be occupied as the Express office, another by tho Telegraph Company, and the third, we learn, is airead}' engaged by one of our leading dry goods merchants. The whole of the upper portion of the building will be devoted to the purposes of au Opera House, constructed as an amphi? theatre, with au alternate or shiftiug floor, so as to bc easily converted to tho uses of a ball-room or assembly house for conventions or public meetings of any description. The stage will be thirty-five by forty-six feet in area and will be furnished with scenery and machinery of a permanent character. There will be a parquette; four private boxes on either side of the stage; a dross circle, and an upper tier. All the scats will be of the latest style and elegantly cushioned, and tho floors are to bo finely carpeted, except that of the nppor tier, which will bo pro? vided with coco matting ouly. Io tho ronr of the dress circle and extending all around it, will bo a corridor twenty-two feet wide and flanked on both sides by refreshment aud segar saloons. The main entrance to the Opera House will bo ou Ric'iardson street, to tho left of tho building, and, in addition to the ticket office, provision will bo made for a clonk room and soda and newspaper stands. There will also bo two outlets on Taylor street, and in tho roar of tho building, a large elevator, to facilitate tho delivery of the machinery and other stage appurte? nances, in the event of fire. Ia brief, tho geuoral appointments of tho house will bo thoroughly modern aud luxurious, and tho building, both in its exterior display and interior arrangement, will not only reflect crodit upon our good old city, but will suc? cessfully vie with auy of its character South of tho historically celebrated Mason and Dixou's line. To tho well known enterprise and public spirit of c. H. B. Plant, tho President of tho Southern Express Company, are wo iu debted ior this contemplated addition to the man}' existing attractions of Columbia, and wo aro glad to know that the oxecution of tho work, which wo have so hastily no- j ticed, will bo nuder the general superin? tendence of our wholo-eonled nnd popular friend, Jack Courteney, iu whoso hands it cannot fail of being a success. It is alono by the inception and perfection of such schemes for praotioal reconstruction that wo can hopo for tho revival of a pros? perity in onr beautiful oity, which shall be permanent in its character, and thc privi? lege of recording them brings unaffected joy to our hearts. CHARLESTON IN A NUT-SHELL. -Tho fire mon are making great.preparations,./to oclo brate thc annual parade of the department. J. H. Jonks (not of the Horse Marines, but of .ibo L?gislature,) is reported by the Netos to be ia Washington, trying to get the position of Postmaster, of Charleston. The same shoot says "there is a now po? litical organization in the city, embracing mon and women, who are working in the j Republican interest," but does not tell us how they aro working. There is room for n> strong inference, however. Mr. John Chadwick, the owner of the Adger building. hn? gcuo North with Mr. David Lopez, the architect, to examine plans for the conversion of that building into an opera house. Wo aro ahead of Charleston in that line, because tho plans for oar opera house are already settled, as published in this morning's Phoenix. District Attorney D. T. Corbin has gone to Washington, it is said, to seek the Judge? ship of the Intermediate Court, for hearing appeals from the District Court, which Con? gress is about to establish. The schooner Lion, which sailed from Cuba some weeks since, and was thought to havo boen lost, is safe, but ashore on the Bern' Islands. Thc engineer of the Savuunah and Charleston Railroad, advertises for bids to build that road from Ooosawhatohio to Savannah. Thp Elliot Mansion, in George street, is to be converted into a ur*t class boarding .house. The Brignoli Opera Troupe is achieving n great triumph in tho "City by the Sea." The vegetable trude with the North is prospering. SOMETHING. WOHTH KNOWING.-Oue of th? most gratifying evidences of public con fi dence in the growth of material prosperity in our midst, is to be found in the fact thal our merchants, nativo and adopted, arc bringing to our markets tho finest assort mont of goods of every description that ha; been opened in Columbia since the close ol tho war. Never, within our recollection has there existed a more universal and gene rous rivalry in business iu this particular and we hail the prevalence of this feeling with genuine delight as indicative of the ex istenco of a progressive spirit, aud ono whicl can ultimate only in good to the commuait; at large. Tho fact has been most forcibl; presented to our minds by gazing accident ally into the show windows of our noighbo Smythe, who has just received from th North nn immense stock of shoes, bootee? gaiters and everything elso in that linc c business, from the pretty, piquant little red topped boots that wo puton tho feet of th youngest male of the Phoenix brood, to th cauoc-shaped ant-killers which our own Nc 9's require for our personal comfort. Tim aud language would fail us in any effort t describo the hats and other good thing which Mr. Smythe has iu his iuexhaustibl aud attractive establishment, and wc ha\ taken thc liberty to draw attention to li store, because we felt justified in the bein that to do so was to ronder a positive se vice to those of our readers whoso soles nee attention. HABEAS Courus.-John W. Hatche charged with the homicide of Bon. Mosel, alias Bauskett, (colored,) in Edgefield Cou: ty, in March last, was brought before Ass ciate JusticQ.\Yillard, yesterday, on a writ habeas corpus. After hearing the affidavits t either sido and arguments of counsel, tl Judge refused bail, and ordered him to 1 remanded to Edgefield County, to await h trial in Juno next. D. B. DeSaussure f prisoner; W. H. Talley, Solicitor for tl State. -o GOLD, SILVER AND PRECIOUS STONES Pt GREENBACKS AT PAR.-Mr. James E. Sper of Charleston, advertises in the Phirnix th morning watohos, jowelry and silverwai by tho best makers and of tho best mal rial. To invest your spare cash at 1 splendid establishment is the only sure w of obtaining tho full voltio of greenbacks gold, silver and precious stones. -o CHARLESTON ENTERPRISE. -The metropo of our Stato is fast recovering her wont enterprise, and rc-ostablishing all her coi mercial and manufacturing facilities, 8 is even increasing tho last in no small < groo, and, ns ono of tho evidences of ti fact, wc refer to the card of Messrs. L. Cordroy & Co., which appears in tho Phau this morning. -o FLY TRAP BITTERS.-This is a medic: manufactured by the well-known chere and apothecary, G. W. Aimar, of Charl ton, for Ibo euro of dyspepsia. Persi who havo triod it, recommend it aa a fl rate remedy in that disease, and a cap: tonio in nil casos. The name of the p prietor is a sufficient guarantee of tho put of the compound. See advertisement. Au ou'* OURSELVES.-?-A sophomoric youth, (we judge his ago by his productions,) writing from'Columbia* io the Charleston i Baili/ News, over tho hom de plume of "Halifaxj" says of us: "The Phoenix has broken down every pa? per commenced in opposition to it siseo the war, and it would have succumbed itself did it not have the job of Stato printing for two years." We notice this sqnib of the verdant youth simply to correct him in one trifling particular. The Phonix has lived, aud in? tends to live, not by public pap, but by its j enterprise and attending to its own busi ! ness. And it is in this way, also, that it has "broken down every paper commenced in opposition to it since the war." We know that th?8 doctrine of attending to one's own business is not very popular, particularly with such juveniles as tho correspondent of tho News, but it is ono to which we shall continue to adhere, and if our acquaintances do not like it. wo shall have to ask them to go to-"Halifax" for redress. There is nu quackery iu the staudard pre? parations of Dr. Wm. H. Tutt, of Augusta, Georgia, which aro sold iu this city by Dr. Jackson, and advertised elsewhere in our columus. His sarsaparilla, vegetable liver pills aud the other compouuds uoticed in h I'M card, have beeu successfully u?-ed for very many years, and tho Doctor has only consented to advertise them in crder that the public may be more generally apprised of their value. -o NEW ADVERTISGHENTS.-Special attention is called to the following advertisements, published for the first time this morning: Masonic Mass Meeting. A. Smythe-New Goods. P. F. Frasee-Sheriff's Sale.-. H. G. Querry-Notice. JJ, E. Cordray it Co.-Steam, Sash, Seo. Jas. S. Chambers-Commissiou Business. Uranilla ll. Deane it Co.-Furniture, &o. -o Tile Pout Ofllcc. COLUMBIA, S. C., April 12, 18C9. Mit. EDITOR; I understand wo have a newly appointed postmaster about to take charge of the office in this city. I would suggest this as au appropriate time to re movo the office to a more convenient locali? ty. The neighborhood of the Telegraph and Express offices, the Phojnix office, Town Hall, or the new hotel about to be opened, would be a convenient location; and I would most respectfully suggest to tho party about to take charge' to consult the conve? nience of tho mass of our citizens in his selection. A CITIZEN. vice-President Colfax has, nt the request of friends of Father McMuhuu, formerly of Indiana, asked thc friendly interposition of tho Government in MoMahau's favor, to obtain, if possible, his release from the im? prisonment ho is now suffering at Toronto. Ho was convicted of participation in the Fenian invasion of Canada, but he alleges, and his friends insist, that ho was present only iu his ministerial capacity to adminis? ter* thc [rights of the Catholio Church, if needed. Mr. Colfax's request was trans? mitted by tho Secretary of State to tho British Minister, who has forwarded it to his Government. -o A colored resident of Counersville, Ind., wont duck shooting, ono day last week, with u crazy old fowling-piece, that burst at tho first discharge. A fragment of tho barrel, nix inches long, crashed through the skull of the hunter, burying itself in the brain to the depth of three inches. In this fright? ful condition, he ruado his way to the near? est farm-house, wliere a surgeon extracted tho fragment uloug with a portion of brains. Tho plucky African refused to take chloro? form, and at last accounts bid fair to get well. -.-o Two Sicilian residents of New Orleans quar ? relled last week, whereupon one of them drew a largo cavalry pistol and fired five balls into tho head of the other, of oourso killing him instantly. -o Scrofula or King's Evil is a disoaso of tho blood, making its appearance in every year, and when fully dovelopod is characterized by tho presence of scrofulous matter in Eruptions, Tumors, Swellings, ko. It is really the seed or gorm of many diseases that aro most fatal to mankind. Consump? tion may follow from it and derangement of the liver aud digestion is o frequent result. Rheumatism,Erysipelas, Disease of the Skin, Female Weakness and Irregularity. Kid? ney Affection, Dropsy. Paiu in the Bones, Head, Back, all come from a vitiated condi? tion of tho Blood. Now, what is the remedy? Timo and experionco has demonstrated the fact that tho only sure remedy is Heinitsh's great medicine-tho QUEEN'S DELIGHT-no other medicino will do it; thousands attest its worth, and tens of thous.nuls are trying it to-day, and upon the recorded verdiot of the people, let it stand the wonder of mo? dern medicines. To the afflicted wo say try it For salo by FISHER SC HEINITHH. A13 -o GBEY HAIRS, BKOONKI-TUTT'S IMTROVKD LIQUID HAIB DYK is a perfect wonder. By its use the old beoomes young again, it converts the groy head into a beautiful black or brown. It imparts a natural color to the grizly mustache and whiskers, and gives to the hair and beard a softness and gloss that the young beaux might onvy. A10 6