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? - - . . I- - COLUMBIA, S. C. Thurs tay Morning, April Itt. 1869/ Tb? Cotton Crop. Tho New York Commercial. Chronicle re? marks that the published statements of the cotton crop within the past few years have been defective in having faiiod to show the total crop of the country, and in having imperfectly indicated the homo consump? tion. Those statements are referred to as having been simply oxhibits of the receipts at the porte. Our contemporary furnishes the sub? joined, s tatemo nt, based upon data for whioh'we have no space, conveying au ac? curate idea of the production of the coun? try during the past three years, which is a fall statement of the actual production and course'-of the receipts for tho periods indi? cated: -Year cr.ding Sopteraber 1, 1886. 1867. 1868. Receipts at shipping ports.2.241,222 1,965,774 2,240,282 Spipmonta direct to manufacturers.... 201,472 125,022 266,319 Hsnaracturea in the .. south;so.ooo 82,000. ss.ooo Total protraction... .2,522^69* 2,172,796 T^l^Ol It add*;: "It is to bo hoped-thf>tin all futuro an? nual reviews, the total production will be given, and not simply the receipts at the ports. To call the latter the cotton crop of the United; States is, tb say thc least, a misnomer.T* -!--p Tb? SpaniaU Cruelties tn Culm. Tho cruelties .which the Spaniards conti? nue to perpetrate, in the island of Cuba, are revolting to tho hu mau i ty of the age. Whatever may be the difference of opinion os to the merits of the quarrel between Spain and Cuba, and however general the conviction against the policy urged by some of the recognition of Onban independence, there can be but one sentiment in regard to the merciless and atrocious spirit in which thc war is waged by Spain. The shooting of women, children and captives, and the reckless manner in which tho brutalized volunteers Are upon a crowd, as mentioned in tho cable despatches published Saturday, because some persons in it are alleged to have uttered seditious eries, thus slaughter? ing in cold blood both the innocent us well M the offenders, is enough to arouse the execration of all Christendom. Such acts wo aid justify a protest from all the civil? ized powers, especially this country, thc nearest neighbor of the island which it made the scene of these sickening crimes. Tho remorseless cruelty manifested bj Spain .in this insurrection is not oxceptioual It hau always been conspicuous in her deal ings with those who dispute her authority Tlie annals of her conquests oh this conti neut aro stained with the darkest orinios lu the revolt of her South American posses ?iona, her soldiers committed whole popula tions to the dames. The result onght t have taught her the impotency of sue! wickedness, for tho magnificent terrltor alio once possessed on thin continent, 5,00 miles in length and noarly 3,000 in som places in breadth, hos.been long ago rescue from her raveuous and cruel grasp. Of a tho fabric of colonial despotism which mot than 300 years ago she reared upon th fallen thrones of Montezuma and tho luci of Peru, Cuba is the only reliable posse: sion she has left, and that she holds as si has held all other colonial possession only fo be subordinated in every respect 1 her own uarrow and selfish interests. Son person may doubt our right to interpose b tween Spain and her province, but, as civilized people, and in the namo of con mon humanity, wo unquestionably have right to expect that sho shall not carry t this contest with her revolted subjects i tho spirit of thc dark ages, but according thc maxims of modern civilization. The is not a nation on the earth, except Spni which has not been softeued and renden less ferocious, to some extent, by tho moi change in tho direction of humanity whii ho? occurred in the last few centuris Mankind docs not tolerate now thc harsh nc and brutality in workshops, schools, familii or iu tho relations of government to peop on which they once looked with i ml i (Ti once. Even some sympathy is beginning be roused for ill-used animals, and tho m who inflicts unnecessary pain upon them looked upon himself as more of a bri . than, the beast whom he wantonly cannes euffor. Whatever may be the authority tho Spanish Government, all humanity 1 a right to protest against the manner which it is exercised, especially in view the fact that, oven if the Cabans bo reb< it is by confessed rebels, reeking all o with the fresh stain of treason, and una as yet to constitute a permanent Gove merit for themselves, that they aro thus humanly treated. At tho close of the session the Uni States If oust* of Representativos passe? I resolution of sympathy with tho people of Cuba, and authorizing tho President to take steps for recognition in tho event of the es? tablishment of a republican form of govern? ment. Whatever may be thought of the expediency of this, there can be no dissent os to the propriety of a protest against the cruelty of Spain. The Senate did not act on the House resolution, and thus our policy of non-political action is adhered to. .-o [OFFICIAL.] Acts Passed by the State Legislature. An Act io provide/or the appointment of a Land Commissioner, and lo define his poicers and duties. SECTION ?. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General As? sembly, and by the authority of the same, That the Advisory Board hereinafter created is her djy authorized and required to appoint a suituble person to be known as tho Land Commissioner of the Stato of South Caro? lina; said Commissioner, before entering upon the duties of his omeo, shall execute to the people of the State of South Caro? lina a written undertaking, with good and sufficient surety, in tho penal sum of twenty thousand dollars, for tho faithful discharge of the duties of his office; said undertaking to be approved by the Advisory Board, and filed iu the office of the Secretary of State. His salary shall bo at tho rate of two thou? sand dollars per annum while on duty. SEO. 2. That said Land Commissioner sha] 1 hold his office at the pleasure of the' Advisory Board, and, before entering npon the duties of his office, shall take and sub? scribe the oath prescribed in the thirtieth Section of Article II of tho Constitution, which oath shall bo filed in the office of the Secretary of State. SEC. 3. That tho Governor, Comptroller General, Stato Treasurer, Secretary of State and Attorney-General aro hereby declared to bo an Advisory Board to the Land Com? missioner; and said Commissioner shall, in all tho duties imposed upon him by the pro? visions of this Act, be governed by their in? structions and advice. SEC. 4. That it shall bo the duty of the said Land Commissioner to purchase, or causo to be purchased, any lauds iu any por? tion of tho State, improved or unimproved, at such price as the said Advisory Board may determine, not to exceed in the aggro gato amount, in any ono fiscal year, the par value of tho public stock of this Statu created by the General Assembly for this purpose. SEC. 5. The Treasurer of tho Stato is hereby authorized aud directed to issuo to tho Land Commissioner bonds of this Stato in tho sum of two hundred thousand dol? lars, with coupons attached, if in thc opiuions uf the said Advisory Bonrd so much bo necessary, bearing six per cent, in? terest, tho principal payable in twenty years, at the financial agency of this State in the city of New York, the bonds to bo signed by tho Governor, countersigned by tho Comptroller-General, and the coupons to be sigued by thc Treasurer of the State: the faith and credit of the State is hereby pledged to tho payment of tho principal and interest of said bouda; and a sufficient amount of taxes is hereby levied to pay thc interest accruing on enid bonds annually. SEC. G. All land purchased by said Lane" Commissioner shall be sub-divided into sec tions containing not less than twenty-five I nor moro than ouo hundred acres, to b< sold to actual settlers, subject to the condi tion that one-half thereof shall be placee under cultivation within five years from th< date of such purchase, and that the pur chaser shall annually pay interest at tin rate of ?ix per cent, per annum upon au; moneys remaining unpaid, and also al taxes imposed thereon by tho authority o tho Uunited States or of this State, and, it addition thereto, shall, in every year afte the third from tho date of said purchase pay one-fifth of the principal. The title to said land shall romain in the State hnti the amount of said purchase shall be paid principal. and interest; but a certificate c such purchase shall bo assignable at Ihre yeare from dato thereof : Provided, That i: every caso when a person purchases mor thau one section of fifty acres, they sha! pay on such excess one-fourth cash, and th balance to be paid in equal annual insta ments of one-fourth thc amount of purchas each year: Provided, That no person sha bo entitled to purchase, in his owu nuino c for his owu use, more than ono hundrc acres. SEC. 7. It shall be the duty of tho sui Land Commissioner to deposit with th Treasurer of tho Stato all rr oneys collecte by him as interest due upon the sale of sai lands, which shall bo used by thc Treasure of the State in the payment of tho interei ou tho stocks and bouds of the Stato issue for tho purchase of said lauds: and to ii vest in bonds of this Stato all moneys rt ceived by tho said Land Commissioner i payment for said lands ns principal; sai Stato bonds to be deposited with the Tre surer of tho State, to constitute a sinkic fund for the final payment and rodemptic of all stocks or bonds issued by the Stn for the purchase of said lauds; the in tore accruing on tho bonds of the said sinkir fund shall be applied to the payment of tl interest upon the stocks or bonds of tl State issued for the purchase of lands. SEO. 8. The books and records of tl office of tho said Land Commissioner shi at all times be snbject to tho inspection the Advisory Board, or any member therec and the said Land Commissioner shall a n nal ly make a detailed report of the transa tions of his office to the General Assembl SEO. 9. Tho said Land Commissioner, addition to the compensation hereinbefo prescribed, shall receive such fees os t Advisory Board may proscribo, not to ? ceed in tho aggregate for each title the su of ten dollars, the cost of all other pape included. Said fees, also mileage und p diem, of the Land Commissioner shall, be paid ont of the contingent fond of the State, to be paid by the Treasurer on the certificate of the Advisory Board. And the Land Commissioner shaU be allowed suob clerical assistanoe aa may be authorised by the Advisory Board, which shall be paid in the same manner. SEC. 10. The said Land Commissioner shall not purohase from or sell to the State any laud, neither shall he engage in specu? lations in lands, either on his own account or ns agent for other persons or corpora? tions; and, upon conviction thereof, for every suoh offence shall be fined and im? prisoned, nt the discretion of the Court. SEC. ll. All Acts, or part? of Acts, inconsistent with this Act are hereby re? pealed. lu tho Seuato House, the twenty-fourth day of March, in tho year of our Lord ono thousand eight hundred and sixty nine. CHAS. W. MONTGOMERY, President of the Senato pro tem. FRANKLIN J. MOSES, Jit, Speaker House of Representatives. Approved the twenty-seventh dav of March, 1869. ROBERT E. SCOTT, Governor. 96?" Charleston Courier and South Curo lina Republican will copy once. -o Dnuientie Melange. The motto of tho market gardener just now is, "lot us have peas." . * Au Omaha paper publishes a special column devoted to "betrothals." . Methodist pastors Cost $4,991,000 last year, and tho church edifices $7,724:,000. . A man in Illinois died Suuday of the bite of a glandercd horse. Thoy ore building a large cotton seed oil establishment in Mobile. Labor lost-an organ-grinder playing at the door of a deaf abd dumb asylum. The New York city government haB more than one clerk to each member, aud paid them last year about 8130,000. Ono hundred and forty Swodish emi? grants passed through Concord, N. H., on Saturday. Most of them aro for thc great West; but many are for the Mormon settlements of Utah. The fiftieth anniversary of tho introduc? tion of Odd Fellowship into the United States will bo observed in Bost.u on the 20th instant. It is still snowing at Oswego aud Chicago. Thoy evidently don't know that winter it over. A huge clipper ship, of 1,600 tons, enlleJ t'.o "Groat Admiral," iu honor of Farragut, hus been built nt Boston. The Chicago people continuo their pr?pa? rations for a grand frolic to celebrate tin opening of tho Pacific Railway. A meeting of the Barnwell Railroad Com puny was held ou Monday last, at whiol necessary steps were taken to push it througl to Blackville. There is a mun in tho West who hoi moved so often that whenever a covcrec wagon comes near his house, his chicken all full on their bucks and cross their leg ready to be tied and carried to the nex stopping-place. Harriot Tubman, whoso name has loni appeared upon placards in Central Nev York ns that of "The Faithful Union Scon und Spy," has married Wm. Nelson-botl colored. Henrietta Robinson, tho "veiled mnrdei ess" of a dozen years ago, illc-si i aies ?emi ninety by converting tho plants which grci in tho prison-yard of Sinn; Wing into pig ?rn-iits wherewith she beautifies herself. Tho Bedford Alum Springs (a very vak able property ntar Lynchburg, Va.,) wi pass into tho hands of a joint stock corr puny of Northern capitalists, who intend t improve the property and enlargo the m aommodations greatly. Under tho operations of tho reciprocit treaty, the value of goods imported int the United States from the British Pr< vinces in the year 1865 was $86, 176,977, o which tho duties amounted to $8,387. I 1868 upou $28,599,135 worth of goods in ported from the same Provinces the dutii amounted to $3,289,916. Tho project of Canadian annexation i settlement of the Alabama claims, with tl joint consent of England and the colonist is attracting great attention in diplomat circles. It is believed that if proper! pressed, tho schomo may eventually bc coi Humiliated. i Commissioner Delano bas decided th any dealer who converts plug tobacco in smoking tobacco in any manner, and kee tho same for sale, thereby becomes a man facturer, and must take ont a manufu hirer's license. On tho 1st of May next, nearly $28,001 000 in coin will bo taken from tho vaults tho Treasury Departmcut to pay the sen annual instalment of interost on tho pub debt which matures at that date. T amount of coin now on hand is about $2: 000,000, and it iscstimatod that $16,000,0 will bo rocoived during this month. Gen. Sickles had nn interview of soi length with tho President by previous i pointment. Tho General has not yet decid whether he will accept the Mexican miosi or not. He is believed to be adverse going to that country nnless he can be substantial service to this Government, in other words, unless there shall be soc thing more for him to do than now dovol upon our represor tative at the city Mexico. Nsw Orlenus correspondence says that planters who have arrived in that city lat from the different puta of Louisiana giv good account of the appearance and pi poota of the cano crop. Tho injury apr hended to the seed from the long spell cold and wet weather has proved insigr cant, and tue piant has a thrifty appearar The area planted is much larger than season, and, in fact, has only been limi by the difficulty of obtaining labor. IC? o o A X X-te m s . -o THE WICKEDEST MAN IN COLUMBIA.-Now York, Boston, Philadelphia, and even Char? leston have, each, within tho last few months, been exercised to disoover the wiokede?t man in their midst, and hold him up to pub lie attention. In this effort, both people and press have ongaged with alacrity, and usually, with corresponding success. To us it was long a matter of surprise that no steps in this direction had ever been mndo in this city, and it was only from our imperative sense of high moral duty that wo sot our? selves, earnestly but secretly, to the task of finding the wickedest man in Columbia. We found him last night, and iutend, without fear of a libel suit, to show him up, for our duty as jonrualistsdemand it. There are many ways in which a man may be the "wickedest man"- -one may bc so as a prize fighter; auother ns horse racer, and a third as one of thoso elegant individuals who mnko their living on the necessities of othors; but our wickedest mun is n wickeder man than nny of those. He is a man who de? liberately and premeditatedly sends into the Phoenix office for publication to tho world snch an advertisement of delicacies, luxu? ries and good things generally, as that of Mr. George By m mers. Roch a wicked man ought to bc bonght out at oueo, and un nnited effort made to koop him from keep? ing such a spleudid assortment of groceries, by buying them up from him ns soon as he puts them in his store. -o The first genuine bycycle, or, os it is more familiarly called, velocipede, which has ever visited this city arrived on the South Carolina Railroad yesterday, con? signed to Messrs. Blakeley & Gibbes. The beautiful curiosity was immediately mount? ed by one of tho popular young attach?es of the Greenville Road, who made a suc? cess of his efforts to ride it, although ho had never seen one before. Several other parties tried to follow suit, but were inva? riably floored. This sp?cimen of thc by oyclo is doubtless only an avant courier of others, and we shall soon see (?ur streets en? livened by ambitious velocipedista, as are now nil the thoroughfares of the cities of the North. We shall speak more of this matter hereafter. -o INTERESTING TO PRINTERS.-A visit from Mr. Thomas H. Senior, of New York, placed us in possession, yesterday, of spe? cimens of tho "Mirror of Typography," a work which is issued by his establishment as un ndjnnct to their largo business in printers' supplies, and is exceedingly valu? able to the professors of the art preserva? tivo of all arts. The house of Mr. Senior is well known as ono of tho mos: reliable and enterprising of its character in A mon? ea, and we hope that tho free circulation ol the "Mirror" will bring with it an increase in their trade. TnE COLOMBIA COUNUTL OK ROYAL *NE SELECT MASTERS were installed last evening, by Companion B. Rush Campbell, 33?. They are as follows: Companion Robert McDougal, T. I. G M Companion Richard To?er, I. H. of T. Companion W. Hutson Wigg, P. C. of W Companion C. D. Eberhardt, Treasurer. Companion. A. J. Berry, Reoorder. Companion E. S. Jennison, Captaiu o Guard. . Corapauion James Fraser, C. C. Companion A. DoLorea, Steward. -o- i ELECTION OF A LAND COMMISSIONER.-Th Advisory Board, constituted under tho pro visions of tho Act passed by tho Legislature at its lato session, entitled "Au Act to pro vido for tho appointment of a Land Com missioner," aud published elsewhero in on columns, met yesterday in tho office of th Secretary of Stato, anti, on tho first ballol elected Charles P. Leslie, tho irrcpressi ble," to tho office of Land Commissioner Let us havo-office 1 -o PEBSONAIJ.-Among tho distinguished ni rivals in tho city, yesterday, were Judg James L. Orr, Judge R. .B. Carpenter, Got J. W. Harrison, President of thoBluoRidg Railroad, Col. Henry P. Hammott, Pres dent of tho Greenville and Columbia Rai road, and Col. William Johnston, Presidei of the Columbia and Augusta, and the Cha lotte and Sooth Carolina Railroads. -o DEATH PENALTY COMMUTED.-Gov. Scot yesterday, commuted the sentence of Sosa Eppes, oonvicted at the last term of tl Court of General Sessions, held in Newberi County, of murder, and sentenoed to be o: ecutcd on the twenty-first of May next, I imprisonment for life in tho State Peoitei tiary. - - THE STATB AORICULTUBAL CONVENTION. - We are requested by the ChaWnan of tl Reception Committee to state that arrang meats have been perfected by which del gates to the State Agricultural Oonventic will be passed over all the roads at half far XV**}* CHARLESTON IK A NUT-SHKIA. -The Mayor aud Aldermen and Clerk of Council hare been notified by Judge Carpenter to hold themselves in readiness to draw thu juries for the next Court. This is in accordance witJi the terms of the Act recently passed by the Legislature. At the regular quarterly mooting of the Charleston Library Society, Mr. Arthur Mazyck wm elected Librarian, vice Wm. G. Muzyck, resigned. The Grau Frenoh Opera Troupe open on tho 20th; "La Belle Helene and others of Offenbach's" operas will be produced. Sargent, the illusionist, oponed a new en? gagement iu the theatre last night. Tho Palmetto Fire Company propose visiting Atlanta at tho approaching parade of the fire departmeut of that place. Rev. Whiteford Smith delivered a lecture before the Young Men's Christian Associa? tion, Tuesday night. The benefit of tho favorite prima donna, Mme, Durand, drew au immense house. One Mr. W. A. Smith, from Western Georgia, arrived in Charleston on his way to Virginia, for his health. He has suffered so much with rheumatism, that he had to have both legs amputated, and is rolled about in a wheelbarrow. Mr. James. C. Lacoste, tho President of Hook and Ladder Company No. 2, wa? presented with a silver trumpet, Tuesday, by his brother firemen. -o GREENVILLE AND COLUMBIA RAILROAD. Tho meeting of the Directors of this corpo? ration, preparatory to that of the stock-' holders, which will tuko place in thia city, ' on the 29th inst., was held at, Nickerson's Hotel last night, and tho annual reports of the President and Superiutendeut were read and adopted. They will be given to the public iu a day or two. -o TUE CONTRACT rou FITTING UP THE NBW STATE HOUBK.-The time for recoiving pro? posals for this work has been extended un? til the 25th inst., in consequence of the in-. ability to have thc specifications com? pleted us early as was at first contemplated. -o The attention of the "boys in red," who iutend visiting Charleston on the 27th' inst., is called to tho notice in another column. -o Senator Sawyer will please accept our thanks for favors iu the shape of Congres? sional publications of value and interest. -o A few copies ot tho "Sack and Destruc? tion of Columbia" can bo obtained at the Phoenix office. Price twenty-five cents. -_o NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Special attention is called to the following advertisements, published for tho first time this morning: Meeting Palmetto Fire Company. Meeting Acacia Lodge No. 94, A? \F. \M. \ E. .v. G. D. Hope-Wanted. W. D. Starling-Particular.Notice. R. C. Shiver-Opening This Day.v George Sym mers-Green Turtle, etc. Jacob Levin-Auction. Acts Passed by the State Legislature. -o FRIGHTFUL CASK.-The following account of a most frightful case is from the Progres? de Levis, Canada: "We are informed that an unfortunate man in Quebec bas been living in his coffin for the last eight .days, His body is decomposing and is in a putrid state, but he still lives. The stench which arises from him is so nauseating that he cannot bo approached except at a certain distance. Such aliments as are adminis? tered to him aro given by means $pf a spoon attached to a stick. The physicians are perfectly astounded, and are uuable to ac? count for his being still alive, and he a pu? trid nnd stinking mass of decomposition." -o Patrick gavo his testimony in a riot case: "Bo jabers, aud I tell yon that tho first man I baw coming at me was two brick? bats." -o Scrofula or King's Evil is a di?easo of the blood, making its appearance iu every year, and when fully developed is characterized by tho presence of scrofulous matter in Eruptions, Tumors, Swellings, ?fcc. It is really the seed or germ of many diseases that are most fatal to mankind. Consump? tion may follow from it and derangement of the liver and digestion is a frequent result Rheuma ti sm, Ery sipelas, Disease of the Skin, Foraale Weakness and Irregularity, Kid? ney Affection, Dropsy, Pain in the Bones, Head, Back, all come from a vitiated condi? tion of the Blood. Now, what ia the remedy? Time and experience has demonstrated tho faot that the only iure remedy is He.initah'a great medicine-the QUEEN'S DELIGHT- no other medicine will do it; thousands attest its worth, and tens of thousands are trying it to-day, and opon the recorded verdict of the people, let it stand the wonder of mo? dern medicines. To the afflioted we say try it For sale by FISHER. & HRINITHH. Aid --o GREY HAIRS, BEGONE!-TUTT'B IMPROVED LIQUID HAIR DyK is a perfect wonder. By its use the old becomes young again. It cou vcr ta the grey head into a beautiful black or brown. It imparts a natural color to tho grizly mustache and whiskers, and gives i to the hair and beard a softness and gloss that the young beaux might envy. A10 6