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COLUMBIA, S. C. Thur3diy Morning, May 13, 1869. Where i-? thc Ciuld to Como Froul The Cinciuuati Enquirer baa a queer ar? ticle ou the amount of gold and silver in the world, showing that from 1492 to 1868, S3, 000,000,009 of the former, and $6,000,C00, 000 of the latter have been exported from this Western Continent, and during the same period the products of gold and silver in other countries amounted to about $2, 650,000,000, ?one-third that iu America. The United States are now thc great gold and silver producing regions of tho West? ern world, yielding in 1868 360,000,000 of tho 874,000,000 of gold, and $20,000,000 of tho ?60,000,000 of silver discovered in the mining regions of this continent. Of out bonds $1,000,000,000 aro held abroad, on which the interest is $60,000,000 per annum, consequently three-fourths of the products of our mines must be shipped to Europe to pay this debt. The national indebtedness adjusted and ascertained is fully $2,500, 000,000, and in order to liquidate it, we are expected to hand over all the gold which .aas been found in both the Americas for four hundred ye*rs! In view of-these facts, ihe Enquirer wishes to know how we aro to pay the debt in gold within any reasonable period of.timo. This is a hard question, and we must turn it over to some of those vtho. consider such payment a very sure -thing. -o THE POP? WANTS PEACE.-A private let? tes: iro'm, Hame, written, says tho London Weekly Kegister, by ono likely to be well in : or med on tho subject, says that on the meeting of the Ecumencial Council iu De? cember next, one, and only one, political question will be discussed. This will bo au endeavor on tho part of the Holy Father, as the bead of tho United Church, to per? suade the different nations of Europe to disarm their present enormous and costly armies and fleets, and submit their differ? ences to arbitration. Non-Catholic ns well as Catholic powers will be urged not to break the peace, and to giva a guaranty or promise that they will not do so. The Holy Father is reported to liavo said, that of the many felicitations he received on the anni? versary of his jubilee, none gave so much pleasure aa the unexpected courtesy of the Queen of England, who, although differing from Catholics in matters of faith, has by this simple act bound more firmly than ever in loyalty her many Catholic subjocts. -o FABE BY THE PACIFIC RAXLEOAD.-In ex? pectation of the consummation of their con? nection, tho Central and Union Pacific Rail? roads bad made due arrangements to accom? modate tho trade and travel across the con? tinent. Tho first thing upon which they had to agree was, of course, the rate of passage. The respective officers of the ^companies, after consultation, have come to a temporary understanding that the faro from Now York to San Francisco for emi? grant and second cla3s passengers should be $75, and for first class passengers $175. It is expected that tho trip from shore to shore can be made in from six to sevon days. For the present, the time of running will be ra? ther slow, us the track is new, and needs ballasting. The Union Company, as also the Central, have each, it is stated, over 2,000 freight cars, and while the first baa over 150 locomotives, tho latter counts 190. -o Gold advanced fully two cents in New York Friday, and has maintained it, while United States bonds declined one cent and a quarter in Loudon. Our bonds sold iu Eondon, on tho 15th ultimo, at 81^, and on Monday at 78 ??, showing a decline of three ceuts in three weeks. This advance in gold aud declino in Oovernment securities is at? tributed to tho war-like feeling produced iu Eugland by Senator Sumner's speech or thc Alabama claims question, and the im? pression prevailing in Washington, and ol course telegraphed to London, that Mr, Motley's instructions will embrace substau ii ally the positions assumed by Mr. Sumner While our bonds declined ia London, Eng Kith consols advanced, showing that th< holders of American securities aro disposing of them and investing in English. -o FATAL ACCIDENT, or. MURDEH.-Wo ar informed by a gentleman, jnst arrived iron Union, that Dr. Henry Askew was found, oi Monday eveniug last, by a parcel of ne groes, four miles from Union Court Honse in an almost lifeless condition, who wa carried to his homo, where be died, oi Weduosday. Thc negroes report that the; saw him fall with his horse, and in the ei forts of tho horso to rise struck Askow o tho back of tho head, which they said prc duced the fracture of tho skull from whic! be diud.-Spartanburg Spartan. -?-o There i.s a mau who hus tried nil manne of things, and never found anything t mswer but echo! The County ?ait Town of Newberry-No. 7. To CITIZENS WHO HAVE CAPITAL : Now, fellow-citizens, it is plain that factories, where well conducted, are very remunera? tive, no matter of what kind. It is plain, too, that this must and will become n manu? facturing County, if you wish it to prosper. Thero are a large number of you who have money stored away-you know you have stored away in your houses, in crevices nnd corners; in your bed-ticks, or buried out in the ground. What, in the name of common sense, aro you going to do with it? You have moro money to-day tbnu you ever had in your lives. Like Horaco's miser, are you hoarding it up only to look at it, and count it? Of what uso is it to you coucealod away? You cannot eat it; you cannot drink it; you cannot carry it away with you whon yon die. Then what? It cannot possibly mako you anything. It only keeps you in dread. You aro eternally dreaming of the Ku Kluses. You canuot buy any moro nigs; that's played out. You say you haveplonty of land. Will you not, then, invest it in factories? You need bo under no apprehen? sion, wo assure you, about tho profits. There is not tho least dungor, because wo tell you it will pay. Try it once. Will you never bc able to eradicate tho old antiquated fogy ideas whioh have haunted you for years? Are you still afraid of your own shadows? What aro you going to do with your money? Let it remain idle? Now, wo ask yon candidly, honestly, had you not better invest.it in some good enterprise. You have now a chance, yourselves, before any ono oise, of creating manufactories of various kinds in this County. You need no other advantage than what natnro has given you. They are amply sufficient to enable you to compete successfully with Old Eng? land, New England, and every other place. Thero is no use to hem and haw-to bat your eyes. You have got to go to manufac? turing to save yourselves. Yon have got to go at it to obtaiu :\u increase of population. Immigration will como to furnaces, minos and factories. It will come whore labor is brought. Every new furnace or factory is tho nucleus of a town. Factories and works establish other factories and works. Popu? lation is one of your greatest needs. Immi? gration only can supply this. You can ob? tain it successfully by providing diversified industry. Tho contrast between Belgium in Europe, Massachusetts and South Carolina, as exhi? bited by the census of 1850, is striking, to wit: Belgium, 11,390 square miles; population 3,426,202; 388.60 to every square mile. Massachusetts, 7,800 square miles; popula? tion 904,514; 127,50 to every squnro mile. South Carolina, 29.3S0 squnro miles; popu? lation 668,507; 22.75 to every square mile. The amount of real and personol property tho same year was as follows: Massachusetts, $573,342,230; South Caro lina, $288,257,264. The malo population employed in oom meroe, agriculture and manufacturing tin samo year in Massachusetts was 300,000; it South Carolina 69,000. Persons employee exclusively in manufacturing in Massachu setts was ?05.93S; in South Carolina 7,000 Tho population of Massachusetts in 186i was 1,231,066; of South Carolina 703,708. Let us contrast two Counties-ono ii Massachusetts, one in South Carolina-a por return. There is but little difference ii the size. Middlesex County in Massachu setts-Newberry County in South Carolina The advantage in area is in favor cf Newbei ry. In Newberry County in 1850 thero wa invested in manufacturing establishment capital to tho amount of ?71,810, and ll persons employed. In Middlesex, capitl to tho amount of 320.500,000, and 29,50 persons employed. The valuo of the land.< with the improvements and implements, th same year, in Newberry, was estimated i $3,700,000; in Middlesex, $19,500,000. Th number of farms in Newberry County wr 1,045; in Middlesex County, 4,293. TL population of Newberry was 18,000; that < Middlesex 169,000. To-day, its populatio is 216,000. It will be seen at a glance, b the most cursory reader, if ho reflects at al the advantages of diversified industry in p< pulation and wealth. Surely, it ought to bo unnecessary to a gue at length tho policy of this County-i the South-to do her own manufacturinj to save the profits on labor they have her toforo paid away to tho world ; to furnia their citizens many ways of earning a li vin, to add largely to tho population; to impa greater value to all the products of tho soi and by consequence to increase tho mark valuo of land; to give new comforts and better living to all of its sons and daughter It is evident that diversified industry is tl present imperativo neod for this County, well as tho State. Wo cannot any long "play it alone" on cotton planting. Th business has lost its prestigo and its profit bleuess in tbs loss of tho control of tho ] bor that carriol! it on. It will no long sustain the number of peoplo it once si tained. Tho capital in the business, too, mostly lost. Cheap farm labor can no lon er bo had in tho South. Wages will apprc imate more and moro to the standard wages paid in tho Western States, and t profits of planting seem destined to stead fall to the level of the profits of farming those States. Verily, verily, thero is a mi of wealth in manufactories, fellow-citizei and all that you have to do is to reach foi and grasp the golden prize. LEAF.CHUS My other piece of advice, Copperfield, j know. Annual income, twenty pounds; i nual expenditure, ninoteen, eleven and a result-happiness. Annual income, twei pounds;annual expenditure, twenty poun ought and six; result-misery. Tho bio is blasted; the leaf is withered; the god day goes down upon tho dreary see and-in sbort, you are forever floored. THE ITCHING PALM.-Hurrah for cash ! Every sensible- toan holds it in high esteem. It is pleasant to acquire it, satisfactory to possess it, delicious to spend it. But the very hurd ousn obtained nt the euc ri fica of every comfort and onjoyrmmt that gives zest to life, is the dearest of all tho whistles for which fools pay dear. Perhaps this bit of proverbial philosophy may bo considered somewhat musty ; but there never was a timo when its enforcement was more needed than now. The idea of a first-rate buniness man in this era of push seoms to be that a man who never rests-a commercial Nimrod who is always in tho saddle, bags the spoils ol tho chase at a gallop, and never allows him? self any intermission for refreshment. Thia is tho sort of mercantile pheuomiuon that is presented as au example to youth. School musters talk, of him to their pupils as s model for imitation until tho latter despise kitos and peg-tops, and pino to try theil arithmetic in n diamond-cut-diamond con? test with the lightning-calculators of thc "bank noto world." If a youngster fails tc soo that money-getting is the chief end ol mun, ho is stimulated with the recital of thc wonderful SUCCORS of some Croesus of tl? day. "Look at Graball," my son, says pa? terfamilias; "he's worth millions-yet h< bogan with nothing. Go thou and do like wise." True, Graball works and always ho.? worked harder than an Irish hod-enrrior true, the more money he makes tho fastei his anxieties multiply, and tho heavier bit labors become; but then, although hi: wealth is of no more real uso to him thai if it belonged to another, look what a com mnnding position it gives him in the finan cial world 1 Bub! what is that worth? Doei it draw toward him tho sympathy or tho af fection of any living soul? Is it nn equiva lent for tho social enjoyments for which f lifo of sordid ploasure has unfitted bim, 01 for tho pleasure bc might have derived fron the exercise of the ennobling tastes and fae. ultics which he has neglected to cultivate' Verily, no. Such men should bo point?e out ns examples to he avoided; and whil< thrift, energy and perseverance uro insistec on as the main (dements of worldly success duo weight should bo given to the fact tba great wealth is ot no real value to person: without mental and moral cultivation. Ii tho hands of an enlightened philanthropie liko Peabody, it is n blessiug to the posses sor and to society. lu thc hands of au un principled schemer, it is generally a cursi to both.-JVetc York Sunday Times. -o A VERY FAST WOMAN.-There is a womal in Cleveland, O., who has had seven hue bauds within tho past eight years. Withii a week after thc death of the first, sh united her fortunes with a man who sooi lost bis lifo in a street brawl. Returuin from the funeral, she accepted tho propose of a third, and tho next day she was legull married to him. But it appears that bu. band No. 3 was not a man to suit ber ideni and she soon after filed a bill of divorce which was granted her. A few moutl: elapsed, and No. -1 pledged himself to lov? protect and caro for her. This tunrriag also proved unhappy to both parties, an again the courts interfered, and dissolved tl tie which bound them together. In Ma; 1807, No. 5 was smitten with her charin and after a short courtship a priest slippe tho marriago noose over his head, and 1 bocamo tho lord and master of her hons hold and effects. Twu months they live in pence, but at the end of that time tl wi?o became jealous of another woman i the imm?diate vicinity, and sho agnin r sorted to the courts to sever the nupti knot, which was done. In October, N G presented himself, and a qniok me riago followed. For some reason they faili to agree, tho husband insisting that ho w tho head of the household, and the wife cl nying it, so they separated, and a bill aga released her of her troublesome partner. February, 18G8, she again sought to try t bliss of married life, and united her it tunes with No. 7. This time they liv together just a year, when they conclnd that they were not satisfied, and separate The wife again applied for a divorce, and was granted her, and she is now anxiou; waiting for No. 8. In 18G7, li6r dangbti by adoption, who was a sprightly girl of 1 teen summers, married a brother of 1 mother's husband, thus mixing up the re lionship fearfully. This marriage prov an unhappy one also, and, taking her n ther's advice, sho got rid of theincumbrai by procuring a divorce. On the same c on which her mother was married t seventh time, she WUB married to ber secc husband; and in two months afterward 1 court interfered at her reqnest, and left I a grass widow at thc interesting age of HW seventeen. -o How TO PREVENT a PLACE FROM Tnnivi Tf you wish to keep a town or city fr thriving, dou't pnt up any more buildii than you can conveniently occupy yours If you should accidentally hnvo an ?rn dwelling, and any ono wants to rent it, him about throe times the actual value ol Demand a Shylock prico for every spo ground God has given you stewards over. Turn a cold shoulder to every I chan ir or business man seeking a nc among you. Look at every new comer v a scowl. Hun down the work of ovory new w< man. Go abroad for wares, rather t trade with those who jeek to do busines your midst. Wrap yourselves up wit yourselves and cover yourselves up wi coat of impervious selfishness. There ii raore effectual way to retard the growt a town than actions like theso enumera and there, are people in every town who pursning the above conrso every day of t lives, and to whom the above remarka respectfully offered for their careful nt tion.-Salem Gazelle. -o-? Hurabng is the nanto of a Califo town. This no doubt is where the vis ary mining schemes aro located. ANOTHER HOBBOB.-Tho Marshall (Texas) Re?)ublican gives an account of au affair in Rusk County, that forms a climax of hor? rors. Tho ciroumsUnccG are as follows: A young man by tho name of Colonel Qreep, who is said to have been a new set? tler in the County, left Henc er^oc on Sa? turday evening last, in a stat of intoxica? tion, for home. When he got r..iout soveu miles from town, on tho Marshall road, he stopped at widow Griffin's placo, where a body of negroes wero raakiug a crop, and ordered his supper. While eating it, he was seized by five negroes, who tied his hands behind him, dragged him about a half mil*?, and hung him. They treated him very brutally, throwing him over fences as they reached them, braising his face, and otherwise maltreating him. While he was hanging, they rolled back a log, dug a trench and throw bira iu it before life was extinct, and then rolled thc log back to its former place. Two of the negroes were preachers. The principal one engaged in the murder, Julius Joues, stood by with a gun, directing tho others, and telling them he would kill the first ono that flinched. Tho samo negro wont the next day to Hen? derson, pleached a sermon, and baptized fourtocn negroes. Green is represented as a refined, intelli? gent, accomplished pentlenmn, but who oc? casionally, unfortunately, got intoxicated. His friends missing bim, it seems, found his horso at this plantation, and his lint nt ono of tho cabins. On searching for him, they traced his foot-stops upon thc route he had been carried, and found a letter that had dropped out of his pocket. Five negroes were arrested, who confessed the crime, and were taken to Henderson aud placed in jail. This was on Monday. Ou Tuesday night, about ll o'clock, a mob went to the jail, r.nd hung every DUO of thom on tho public square; fronting each side ot the court houso; tho two preachers together. -o TUE GREAT RAILROAD CASE.-The Savan? nah Republican, of Tuesday, reports the fol? lowing among tho proceedings of the United States Court on the previous ?lay: South Carolina Railroad rs. City Council of Augusta aud the Columbia and Angust?; Railroad-lu Equity. The bill pray.? that defendant may be required to SIIOM cause why an injunction shall not issue rc straining defendants from constructing f bridge across the Savannah River, and run ning their road into the city of Augusta, th< complainants claiming an exclusive right t< connect their road with tho city, by virtiu of a contract between the parties. The defence objected that tho allegation in the bill were not sufficient to give juris diction to the court. This objection wa over-ruled. An ailidavit was then filed that, altbougl tho General Assembly of Georgia had pass ed au Act incorporating the Columbia an? Augusta Railroad, the company had not ac cepted tho said charter, aud, therefore, the; wero not a corporation in Georgia, aud tb court had no jurisdiction of tho case. Thi affidavit, as wo understand it, was traversed and tho court gave tho defendants time t show that tho charter had been accepted. -o DISTRESSING CASUALTY.-In the course c Monday night last, tho stables, barns, an houses generally appertaining to a horse lo of our esteemed friend and fellow-citizei Wm. W. Miller, Esq., living about seve miles from the village, on Horn's Creel wore entirely destroyed by fire. This iii was unusually sweeping and disastrous. M Miller lost five mules, all his corn, fodde shucks, and snpplies of that kind for tl year, besides harness, gear, kc, kc. H estimated loss is about 82,500. The fire attributed to an incendiary. ]Edgefie'td Advertiser. -o "ON TO RICHMOND!"-Through the a tivity and onterpriso of General Tochma General Imboden and others, the Sta of Virginia is indebted for the best chain of recuperation of all other States. Tl Virginians invite Northerners to "move < to Richmond with their hoes and plows at spindles and mills, and help rebuild tl Mother of States aud of Washington." TUE GREAT UNKNOWN.-It is now stat Gon. Jordan is not to command tho Cub? expedition. According to tho World, t real commander went out in tho Arngo, d guised as a private soldier. He is "w known in the old regular and volunteer ? mies, and is of first class capability." We wo hope ho will not get a Spanish cravat. FIRE.-We learn that Mr. S. Cohen, nt GlymphvilJe, met with a very serious h by fire on tho 5th. His store and hou hold effects wero destroyed. His loss is 1 timated at between 81,000 and 85,000, w an insurance upon his stock of 82,500. [Newberry Heruhl INTEREST ON OPEN ACCOUNTS.-Chief J tico Moses recently delivered tho opinion the Supremo Court that so much of tho ? I of 1801, continued to December, 180S, allowed interest on open accounts, in tions suspended by tho stay law, is une j stitutioual. VERY WICKED.-Tho Mobile Tribune c I soles Dan. Sickles for tho loss of the S nish Mission. It advises him to marry ex-Queen of Spain as her past record \ claims her a woman after J Jain's taste. "I hate to hear people talk behind ot back," as tho robber said, when the pol man cried "stop thief." -o AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION. - Tutt's Liver Pills are PURELY V?G?TAI and aro adapted to young and old, malo female, and muy be taken at all times, w out restraint of occupation, without cha of living, without diet nu 1 without tho 1 of taking cold during all kinds of weal and in all climates; THEY CONTAIN NO ?VJ CUBY. MS ?Ela ?o o CL 1 lt? m s . -o Gentlemen invited to attend iue dauee on Friday evening next, at Columbia Hotel, aro requested, to call and procure tickets nt Messrs, Fisher & Heinitsh's und C. F. Jack? son's. Mr. Wm. Rohlfiug, ageut for tho Messrs. Knabe, tho celebrated piano manufacturers, of Baltimore, paid a short visit to Colum? bia, yesterday. Tho pianos manufactured by this finn aro generally commended for their superior quality. -o FRESH WATER SHRIMP.-Dr. Geiger h?is, preserved in alcohol, a genuine fresh water shrimp, caught yesterday morning, in the (Jongnree Uiver. This crustaciatic spocimeu may belong to the sea, aud was captured iu his peregrinations; but we are iuclined to the belief that he is a Simon pure fresh-wa terite. -o The Boreastio weather, yesterday, pre? vented a geral turn-out of the citizens in thc Park; but those who were present fnl ly appreciated the exquisite music dispensed by Mr. W. H. Ly Braud and his talented performers. Tho concert will be repeated Saturday afternoon, and all admirers of really good music should attend. -o THE MEMPHIS CONVENTION.-A despatch received from Mr. M. J. WEEKS, President of thc Memphis and Charleston Railroad, states that all delegates and invited guests to the Convention on the 18th will be passed to and from the Convention over the road free of charge. Delegates and invited guests will cull at the offlco of tho South Carolina Railroad and have their credentials stamped. -o Mr. Pollock has inaugurated tho summer campaigu by laying in a good stock of supe? rior Catawba wine-tho pure juice of the grape; and as he manufactures it into a most excellent cobbler, a thirsty mortal can be accommodated with a healthful beverage. Mr. P. spreads a tempting lunch every day bread, butter, sausago, pickles, beets, ra? dishes, etc. -o DEMOEEST'S MIRROR or FASHIONS..-If we were a girl of the perioJ, or a linc lady of tho world, we should surely subscribe to the Mirror of Fashion, and in this looking glavs behold the beauties of female para? phernalia. Nothing of the kind cnn bo more brilliant than this publication of Madame Demorest's, and those who have the money to appear in all the colors of tho rainbow, and many other colors tho rain? bow does not show, should take *his oracle of the mode. -o MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-The following are tho hours for opening and closing mails: During the week from. .SU A. M. to 6 P. M. On Sundays from.6 to 7 P. M. CHARLESTON AND WESTERN MAILS. Opens at....5 P. M. Closes at. .8?^ P. M. CHARLESTON NI?HT MAIL. Opens at. .8>.i A. M. Closes at. A}.? P. M. GREENVILLE MAIL. Opens at. .5 P. M. Closes at. .8}.? P. M. NORTHERN MAIL. Opens at. 2 P. M. Closes at.12}. P. M. -o A few copies of tho "Sack and Destruc? tion of Columbia" can be obtained at the Phrnix office. Price twenty-five cents. -o A lot of cards and bill head paper has just been received nt the Phoenix office something new and pretty. Also a lot of "auction cards"-which will be printed at extraordinarily low prices. -o NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Special attention is called to the following advertisements, published for the first time this morning Sheriff's Sales. P. Cantwell-Lime. Jacob Levin-Variety Sale. B. T. Dent-To Rout. Columbia Bridgo Company. Fisher, Lowrance Sc Fisher-Faucets. Meeting Columbia Medical Society. Jos. L. King-Moutvale Spring". -o "Our doubts are traitors, and make us lese thc good wo oft might win, by feating to attempt." Sbakspeare, thai greut and noble master in English literature, who held the mirror np to Nature Reflects the wisdom we might use, If ignorance blind, did not abuse, How oft do traitorous doubts arise, To mar man's noblest enterprise. The good we lose we oft might win, But for the lurking fears therein; Attempt tho end, and never stand to doubt, Nothing so hard, but search will find it out. Houcc, let no doubts prevnnt you from trying that inimitable inedich e, 'HEINITSH'S QUEEN'S DELIGHT;' lose not tho good you might secure, by feanng to attempt a cur?1 with Heinitsh's QUEEN'S DELIOHT. It has been well said, that tho saddest of words is contained in these, "it might bavi been." For many with mined constitution - and blighted health, and wasted frames, and sunken feature;), sicklied o'er with the pale and haggard cast of disease, look back with regret at not trying Heinitsh's QUEEN'S DE LIOUT, and reflect how different it might have been. M7