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COL?MBIA, '-?Ta - -. ' Thursday tfornitig, Jane 10. 1869. It had been curren Hy reported that the post office ouibr?gl?o was fairly settled tba Ct he forvnor niauagor wee reinstated with hie corpa of experienced clerks in charge of the postal au?iirs, and wo hod prepared ourselves to congratulate the public on "thia nuspicione change. It waa our Intention to. assure them, voider the skillfdll administration of thesd^gon tlemon, that letters would abandon their vagrant nhd bohemian babita; that tho mail for Greonvillo would na longer be Shipped to Greensboro; that Monticello and Wi nu sb o io, though in the same District, would not be considered identi? cal; that tho English alphabet would coaso to prove a "stumbling block" to the clerks of the post office, or the pro? per distribution of the mails be out of the range of human probabilities. It is a souroo of sincere and unfeigned regret that we are unable to report this happy revolution. Tho information his proved incorrect, and, as yet, the" post? master and his statt" have given, not the slightest evidence of a, disposition to place the office in tho com po tent hands referred to; indeed) the story runs that * the negotiations pending fdr this change, so important to the general good, have .been completely broken off by the. ad vico and instructions of the Hop nhl icon leaders.- The truth of this Tumor we cannot "determine, but it does not appear improbable, and in any oven! tho facts Bland ont in euch bold relief; that, risk? ing theohange of a "thrico told tale," we feel, as a public journalist, impelled to comment on so sore a grievance which affects so nearly every common and in? dividual interest. There is no lack of material to report in detail the conntless discomforts and iujuries of the rnnl-conduct of the post office of Columbia; of private suffering and commercial damage; of letters tell? ing of sickness and distress delayed in delivery until too late for being acted upon; of checks and drafts, oblivious of every principle of punctuality. Individnal anxiety resulting from the conduct of a publio office commands our -sympathy and compassion, but it is a lesser evil when compared with tho in? jury done to trade and every branch of business life. It is a significant fact that ' one of the leading firms of this city no? tifies correspondents, through our co? lumns, to adopt the express company in the remittance of money-un example, judging from the numerous complaints of the business men, which will be fol? lowed by other merchants. The faithful and punctual distribution of the mails is as "the breath of his nostrils" to the man engaged in trade; the failure of a remittance may so se? riously affect his credit as to impair and oripple his legitimate operations. And so intimately connected are his relations with the postal department that it is a f ~y sacred duty in a journalist to nse every effort to protect these relations, and to make every effort to correct an infamous abuse. It is a wise maxim of the law which holds that iguorance is no excuse. And we maintain that it was unpardon? able aud criminal in the highest degree : that the present postmaster should havo been recommended to a position for I which ho is so entirely unfitted. The tor manner in which the duties of this de W partmentnro discharged is simply a mul I ft usance of office. Aud though wo may i be powerless to amend, too feeble to re? form, we may yet reprobate this gross disregard of private aud public welfare, this gratification of party spite at the expense of a common good. We have the privilego, aud it shall be faithfully exerted, to scatter broadcast how illegally and di?honestly we jire used. "A fair price warrants a fair arti? cle," and surely the emoluments of tho Columbia post offioe should warrant us a chief and staff to whom tho distribu? tion of tho mail is not tho "riddle of Eodipus," or who, regardless of clique and political animosity, would, conscious of their own deficiency, adopt tho means to snbsorvo and protect the general good. 4 * ? ? NEGROES VS. EDITORS.-Tho Louisville Express says: i Wo don't want to bo impertinent in basking questions, but we should like to ?f have some ot our radical contemporaries H of the press tell us who stands the high Bf cst in General Grant's estimation-radi g cal editors or the ncgroos? Wo simply Rfc&? the question for information, for we HH?^?y the list more negroes than editor? ^^havo been appointed to offico by tho Pre ? sident. Wo should like especially an nn I ewer from somo of those who did such [ fino service in securing the election of tho General-those who interpreted what little Grant said, and tho much ho did not say, with overwhelming evideuco of loyalty to his party and generosity to his friends. -, - 'm Brigham Young hus just reached threo scoro and ten by taking his seventieth wife. TM' New York corrcapdndeSt o? the Moue Register write? os follow*: #V T&w Y<*K, May, (?) 18flp. fi Il>Die bad Min eminently healthy old grand-iatker, who was one of the most remarkable men on this continent. Take bim all io all, it is quito probable that we shall never see precisely bis- Uko again; and I, therefore, reel it to be roy duty to immortalize his virtues and point Ibut his failings in th? columns of tho JRegistei; lot tbo.benafii o? the rising go n?ration of Americajs boys. >'<'? Tills venerable bio biimih'er waB a re? volutionary soldier*; nnd together with several hundred' ?Ujier old boys was,, for fifty' years' before his death, the only sur? viving veteran of- the.-revolution, and the lust survivibg captor of Major Andre. Ho was originally a man bf great mental acuteness, and. his mind was 'expanded and benefited by his military experience; so that whereas he was always a sharp and. subtle .schemer, he became a sut? ler before'be had been in the army a month., He waB terribly patriotic, add I have often listened with tears in my eyes to his story of the sufferings and sacrifices which ho mode in behalf of his strug? gling country. Early in the third year of the war, when he was able to obtain no civil employment whatever, and the high rate of bounties offered by tho Con? tinental Government, made him plainly realizo the needs of his country. He abandoned everything ^belonging to ev? erybody else-ho had nothing of bis 6,wn to abandon-and enlisting as a camp fol? lower, prepared to lay clown anything that ho found personally inconvenient in tho cause of liberty. . ?j But he could not long bo kept in a subordinate position, and before many weeks had passed he becumo a sutler. lu this office, so well adapted to hie patriot? ism and ability-ho came from the same town where General Butler was subse? quently born-ho puttied so well end ably that in two years he retired from the ser? vice, rich, and universally respected. He received the rank of Brevet Regimental Cook from a grateful Congress, and dur? ing the remainder of the war devoted himself to the making of patriotic and sanguinary speeches. "When the recent little coolness be? tween tho North and tho South took place, my aged grand-father, then an old man, ninety years of ago, was resid? ing quietly in the interior of New York State. Hu was quite a lion in the village, and the local newspaper published a brief biography of him every year; stating that he was tho only surviving veteran, the only living captor of Andre, the old? est Mason in the country, the first emi? graut beyond the Ghio, and general!}' tho oldest and first in every other lino of business that could be named. The ed? itor always added that his eyes were bet? ter than they ever had been; that ho read tho Smith-Four-Corners Weekly Standard of Universal Freedom every Sunday, and that he usually chopped from thirty to forty cords of wood every day before breakfast, jnst to exercise himself a little. I quote these remarks just to show you what a remarkable old chap ho was. Well, as I was saying, when the cool? ness between tho North and South had reached an extremely warm point, and Major Auderson bad won immortal glory by surrendering himself and Fort Sum? ter, tho loyal inhabitants of tho village held a mass meeting, and pledged them? selves to support the Federal Govern? ment, even if they were forced to compel every Irishman in the neighborhood to enlist. It occurred to some of the lead? ing politicians that it would have an in? spiriting effect to have tho old revolu? tionary soldier mako a speech in behalf of tho very best government that nny body-ever-saw-or-dreamed-of-even-under the-influence-of-delirium-tremens. They, therefore, induced him to como to the meeting; and the editor of the Smith Four-Corners- Weekly Standard of Univer? sal Freedom, having explained to him at great length the lesson of tho hour-as Mr. Wendell Phillips calls any unusual muss-tho old boy began his speech in the following words: "Fellow-citizens! Wo are hero to? night [applause] to pledgo our lives, our liberties, and our sacred honors, to the support of those lofty principles for which tho men of tho revolution nobly became rebels to their long cherished government." [Faint applause.] [Here tho editor nudged him, and sug? gested that bo mustn't say anything in favor of rob?is. Tho old gentleman was rather astonished at this, but changing his tactics began again.] " I and other noble men fought to sus? tain tho principle declared by our im? mortal Jefferson, that ' nil governments owe their authority to the consent of tho governed.' I am now old, [applause, J and have but a few moro weeks perhaps to live, [enthusiastic applause,] but I am willing to givo my last drop ol blood to sustain tho sacred causo of rebellion against those who deny the heaven in? spired trnth taught by Jefferson. [Tu? multuous silence.] [Here the editor again nudged tho veteran, and beggod him for heaven's sake not to quote Jefferson, or to say anything abont his principles. Still moro astonished than ever tho old mun bogan his speech again. J "I am sure you all share my senti? ments. Yon aro tho sous of those who fought in the rovolntion, and I know that the descendants of Schuyler, and Gates, and Leo-[Groans.] [Hore tho editor again nudged tho old mao, uud told him that he rausn't men? tion Leo's uaroo, for ho was a rebel gen? eral. But tho old boy began to got angry, and demanded to know who ever t bongilt. that any Lee would ever bonuythiug else j but a rebe!?] Ho then turned to the audience, and appealed to them. Said ho, "I can't understand this thing. Let mo ask you if there isn't a robellion going on in this country?" "That's ? o," replied the crowd. "Well, then," ho continued, "what's tho reeason this impudent editor keeps telling mo not to praise Jefferson, or tho declaration .of indepeii^teo?oy or Lee, or any other ?eroIntioatOT patriot? Wo were all ?rob?is then; ona tue we not ail rebela udw?'* Then tba enlightened patriota o? Smith's Four-Corners BAW that the fellow thought he had been.requested to speak in behalf of the r?bellion, and that ho couldn't understand hov? he couldbe expected to oppose those who-bad'rfc belled in support of the same principles for which he had fought. [Obviously this wasn't to be borne for a moment, so '{hey~B5rsrou't ?t?lo'? yeTTTl>aTTre*Wafl ff" secessionist and. a- copperhead. v X,*o loyal rninisttr of the loyal Methodist Church-who WOB anxious to sn tiler in one of the loyal r?giments-jumped on the platform and knocked tho jiged cop perhead dowe. The loyal audience then jumped on him awhile, and, after pass? ing r?solutions iu favor of free soil, free speech, free men, and the National Go? vernment, loft the hall, und went in search of what Dr. Watts sb truthfully terms- , "Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy rum." Tho moral of this tale may be summed up in . a few words. Here was an old gentleman who had lived to the age of ninety years, and who had won the love nnd.admiration of every ono who didn't owe him money; aud yet he at lust be? came a social or.toast, rind a ir.oval pariah, just because he didn't know enough to keep up with tho spirit of the age, and adopt the views held by his neighbors. -Remember, my dear youngTeilow^couu trymen, that if you expect to be influ? ential and respected citizens of the glori? ous republic,. you ' must bo ready to change your principles nt u moment's warning. . Do this,'and you may even rise to be a Representative iu Congress. Could I place a nobler or a more influen? tial motive before you? F. "EMERAL. Purl I.s nu Plot lor Another War. Allegations are mado of a radical con? spiracy to make tho Alabama claims a party issne in the next elections. It was the suspicion of a covert party design, it is said, which in somo wise influenced the vote on the Alabama treaty in the Senate. The Democrats and conserva? tives determined not to allow the Repub? licans to place them in a falso position on the subject, hence, whilo they did not go to Mr. Sumner's extremes, they yet could not vote for the treaty, but on other grounds-principally its supposed imperfections. The New York Times (Republican) has the good sense to say: "Playing with war-cries is a danger? ous game. We do not suppose that the 'lending Republican politicians,' who have their eyes fixed on the Pennsylva? nia platform, really desire to supersede Mr. Motley by a declaration of hostilR ties. They simply want a convenient party weapon. But the war-whoop is infectious. The Democrats are ns well skilled in its uso ns arc tho Republicans, and are not likely to allow themselves to bo outdone before tho constituencies. What, then, is the prospect? If the Re? publican party permit itself to bo com? mitted by reckless leaders to an extreme var policy on the Alabama question, it is not probable that tho Democratic par- j ty will be far behind. And with the two parties bidding each against tho other on ground underlaid with volcanic forces, what effect may we expect to soo pro? duced npon tho demands of our Govern? ment, or the temper and notion of that of Great Britain? Is not peace too pre? cious-are not tho interests at stake too momentous-to be jeopardized by the folly or wickedness of politicians? The Herald likewise dwells on the con? spiracy, and seems to think it is more formidable and more in earnest than moat peoplo not in their counsels would suspect. General Grant, and all the great mercantile and financial interests of tho country, are for peace, it is ad? mitted, but, on the other hand,_it is al? leged that there is in the dominant Re? publican party, including both houses of Congress, a strong dosiro to give the death-blow to the Democratic party by winning over what is called the "Irish vote"-say half a million of voters. It is thought they can be secured on the direct issue of a war with England; but. to suppose that they can be thus cajoled by such wicked machinations of politi? cians is to give them credit for less sense and patriotism than nil their former his? tory and characteristics will justify. The New York Tribune says: "Our Government must be republican or despotic, and that a rnlo based on tho proscription of a foll third of tho adult males-this third comprising two-thirds of the property, with a very large share of the natural ability, experience and in? telligence, which are presumed to fit men for a responsible participation in poli? tics-is questionably republican. It may do-nay, it must-in tho immediate presence of a formidable rebellion; it cannot be maintained indefinitely after that rebellion has thrown down its arms. Our Southern Republicans are quite free in telling us what they must have, and how impossible it is that they should live under rebel mle; wo tell them, in turn, that it is impossible that we should per potuato a rule over the South, in which the people of tho South, or any consider? able share of them, aro donied a voice. If wo should attempt to do it, we should simply sacrifice our ascendancy in the North, and they cnn judge where this would leave the Republicans of the South. Wo can do and dare much here for equal human rights. Wo aro n shorn Sampson wheuevor wo shall undertake to argue and insist that a part of the South? ern people onght to be disfranchised and powerless overmore. We know that we can maintain no such position, nnd we aro no wiso inclined to attempt it." I Oenernl Longstreet tata* Oilier Confede ; ' Mts Gen. rtil? In New, Orien ni. L Some weeks ag?" wo published a cor? respondence fror?. Virgiqjn, which ap? peared in the Jbanner of th* South, (Father Ryan's j^aper.) broadly inti [ mating thnt General Tjongsfreef'bad beBnpad?y treated by many of the Con? federate Generals, then residing in New Orlertns, after tho publication bf his let? ters advising a quasi coalition with the radical part,, ; and that this .bad treat. ment was all the more shabby since these "very G?n?rais were "jlist as'"d?ep"1n''l?ie mu?! as be was in tho mire. At tho rc qnesfof several of fh? 'G?n?rais, we ap? pended some remarks of our own, re? questing Genernl Longstreet to come out over his own .signature und reveal the names of those of his former compn nions-in-arins who coincided with him bathe opinions expressed io -his letters. Tho charge made in the above mentioned correspondence was n sweeping one, and many of our Generals felt deeply ag? grieved at the imputations cast by this anonymous writer upon their honor and probity. General Longstreet, it scorns, han thought fit to maintain a profound silence upon this subject. In order to clear np, ns far as may be, the mystery attondaut upon this mutter, the Augusta (Ga.) Constitutionalist has beeu permitted to publish the following letter from one of tito Generals thus implicated, which throws a deal of light upon a very dark subject. For obvious reasons, tho Con? stitutionalist suppresses all names, but the author can be identified by any per? son having proper claims to such know? ledge: MY DEAR-.' I wish to give you in brief so much as I know about Long? street's unhappy tergiversation. In April, 1807, I was invited by au ex Oonfederateofficer, in Longstreet's name, to be present nt a meeting to be held iu Longstreet's office on the succeeding Wednesday evening. I replied that 1 would endeavor to be present. Mean? time, however, I ascertained that the meeting was to be n sort of a caucus ol Confederate officers who were supposed to approve of the views of Gen. Long? street, as set forth in his first letter tc the New Orleans Times, upon the politi? cal situation of tho South, nnd our du? ties under it. Therefore I did not attend tho meet? ing. I have since been iu formed by twe Confederate Generals who were present (-and-) that the object an non need by Longstreet, in this meeting, was to organizo in Now Orleans u Demo eratic club, of which he expressed hil willingness to be the President. Tin club to be called tho Grant Club, ii honor of (jen. Grant, who was then bc lieved by him to be a Democrat, nnd th? probable leader of that party. Neither- nor-approved o Gen. Longstreet's views or purposes und both of them have assured mo tba they used menus to di.<-sundo somo of ou comrades from following Longstreet1 lead in this matter. Ou tho Sunday fol lowing tho meeting, another letter fros Longstreet appeared tu the Now Orlean Times, which was very much and gene rally disapproved by the Southern poi tiou of this community. It seemed indeed, to be the death-knell of th Grant Club, wich fell still-born nt one? I think it was about two weeks afte this that we were all much disgusted a learning that the Massachusetts Senator Wilson, was en route to New Orleans o a canvassing tour in behalf of the radi cal party. It is now generally believed that Long street went up to Canton to meet bin: aud came with him to New Orleans, an it is a matter of notoriety that he sat o ! tho platform with Wilson while he lu I raugued a mixed assemblage of white ! aud negroes in LnFuyctte Square-Louf I street, according to popular renown I having consented to servo as a Viet J President of this radical mcetiug. . : few days afterwards, a third letter a) 1 peared from Longstreet, and from thu time to the present he has ceased to b ouo of us, or to have anything in con mon with us save tho recollections < the glories of the Confederate armies. The statement published on the 3d < April last in the Banner of the Sow ? does.great injustice to tho "Conf?d?ral i Generals in New Orleans." It may I I that one or two of them in the bogil j ning of Longstreet's career in this mo ? unfortunate direction, acquiesced in f much of his purposes as seemed to pr? ; mise relief to tho people of the Soul through co-operatiou with the Northei Democrats, but these quickly fell awi from him wheu they perceived the te doney and effects of such a course, ni I know that the greater number of t decitledly and earnestly disapproved at deprecated his letters and his cour from the very beginning. In common with the whole Southei people, we hnve remembered his disti gnisbed career in the army of Virgin and at Chickamauga, and those recolle tion8 have mnde US feel regret for L fall, rather than harshness, and have r strained us in many public expressio of our views about him. and have, i deed, prevented us from doing any sn? thing as "cutting him." When I first became aware of his i consistent abandonment of tho sen men ts of tho Southern people, his effo to organize a "Grant Club" for tl Northern Democrats, and his cordi adoption, in a few weeks thereafter, the diametrically opposite Yuukeo rac eal polities, I felt much as I did when heard of Stonewall Jackson's death wns deeply grieved. I have no means of knowing wheth the article in the Banner of the Sou was really authorized by 11113' ?tateme of Longstreet's; but it has been sevet times reproduced in the newspapers, ai he hus never in uny manner disavowi it; therefore I feel anxious that n friends shall bo assnretl from myself th I nm entirely iunocent of overythii 1 but so mindi ?)f wrong aa may bo i volve?l in being always, from my earlie recollections to tho present moment, e tirely devoted to tho interest*, tho rigli and the sentiments of my own people tho people of old Virginia and those #ho wete with mo in the ular. I hopo Longstreet,, for whom I hayo, during more than twenty years,.cherished a kind regard, hus not authorized or justified anybody in making the state? ment referred to; and if he has, I hopo ho will now make known the name of tho Confederate Geueral who encouraged bim in bis preseut course, and who thou cut him, for I do not desire to have other than affectionate respect for every man who-frjughtwrtn-nwin defence-of-^ our people ?nd. their rights, . .. , i -j, pVffUJ Orleans TJuU?lin. Xii ocal lt? m ? . INQUEST.-An old colored man named Joseph Kiusler was found dead in hi6 bed yesterday morning. Coroner Thomp? son bad a jury of inquest empanneled, who, after examining several witness, and a post mortem examination by Dr. W. P. Geiger, reudorcd a verdict that he came to his death from hemorrhage of tho lungs. The committee appointed by tho State Legislature to investigate the election corruptions in the Third Congressional District have just finished their investi? gations in Newberry County. Some 300 witnesses wero examined, both pro nud erm. Tho committee will renew their investigations a? soon ns their clerk cnn finish op the evidence. DEMOREST'S "YOUNO AMERICA." Youno America is one of the most popu? lar of juvenile publications; thero is a freshness to it that we find in no other, and a vnriety that satisfies even the de fire of children for novelty. Half the good t bingi to bo found in other chil? dren's periodicals have been derived from this, which seems inexhaustible in its suggestions. One of its very best fea? tures is the interest it excites in children, by allowing them to appear os corres? pondents in its columns. It is well worth the small sum asked for it, of 81.50 per annum, with a premium. Pub? lished at ?38 Broadway, N. Y. DEMOREST'S ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY. This excellent magazine now fulfills, as nearly as one magazine can, all that a lady wants of one, as an assistant in her house, in ber wardrobe, and in her care of her children. Every department is complete and perfect in itself, showing the immense amount of labor bestowed upon the whole. Tue "Ladies' Club" alone gives more sensible advice and in? formation than all tho rest of the mnga ziues put together. $3 per annum, with a premium. Published at 838 Broad? way, Now York. COURT OE COMMON PLEAS AND GENE? RAL SESSIONS, June 9.-The Grand Jury made tho following returns: The State rs. Rebecca Williams. " Lar? ceny. No bill. Tho State rs. Dolly Williams aud Nel? son Williams. Assault and battery. No bill. Tho State rs. Robert Green. Larceny. No bill. The State vs. A. M. Hunt. Assault and battery. True bill. Tho Stato rs. Mander Anderson. Grand larceny. True bill. The Stato rs. Giles Pride. Burglary and larceny. True bill. Tho Stato rs. Daniel Williams. Biu . i glary and receiving stolen goods. True bill. Tho Stato rs. Alice Shibell. Grand larceny. True bill, i j Tho State vs. William Holmes. Grand j larceny. True bill. Tho following cases were called from 1 tho docket, and the attorneys appeared ! to represent their clients: I Tho Stato rs. John T. Neely and ? Charles Parker, (white.) Highway rob ? bery. Rico and Sloan, defendants' at ^ torneys. I Tho State rs. Malinda Webb and s Nancy Kennedy, (colored.) Grand lar? ceny. Pop? & Haskell, defendants' at 1 torneys. k The State rs. Alice Shiper, (colored.) . Grand larceny. John T. Sloan. Jr., de . fondant's attorney. In tho following cases, no counsel hav? ing appeared for tho prisoners, tho i Judge assigned counsel to ropresent tho prisoners: Tho Stato rs. Giles Pride. Burglary I and grand larceny. Meltou and Sloan, i defendant's attorneys. I Tho State rs. Giles Pride, Spencer Ha ' good, Bob Perrin and John Williams. Arson. Trodowell and Monteith, do [ fendants' attorneys. The Jndgo signed the following order: r The Grand Jury having failed to find ^ a bill in tho caso of tho State rs. George I and Q. Waring Watson, charged with I highway robbery, on motion of John T. ' Sloan, Jr., counsellor for the prisoners, it . was ordered that they bo discharged , from their recognizances. A few copies of tho 'Sack and Destruc . tion of Columbia' can bo obtained at the i Phonix office. Prico twenty-five cents. HUitT ARRANGEMENTS. -Th e folio wi n g ar? the hourn for opening and closing: Duriogiweekffoui. ,9)? A. M. to ? P. M. On Sundays from.6 to 7 P. M. CHARLESTON AND WE?TE?N MAILS. Opens ht :. 5 P: M. Closes nt. 8J? P. M. CHARLESTON NIGHT MAIL. Opehs at 8,'? A. M. Closes at.4J? P. M. . .. on BEN VILLE MAH,. Open? at. .5 P. M. Closes at 8>e' P. M. NORTHERN MAIL. Opens nfc .2 P. M. Closes nt 12 JA' P.M. ~ -JOB~OTFICTK.-The Phoenix {fob Office is prepared to execute every stylo of printing, from visiting and business cards to pamphlets and books. With ample material and first-class workmen, satis? faction is guaranteed to all. If our work does not como up to contract, wo make no charge. With this ti nderstanding oar business men have no excuse for sending work North. MERCANTILE PRINTING.-All kinds of mercantile printing, such as circulars, letter heads, cards, bill heads, state? ments, Sec., for couuting-rooms and offices, prpmptly nt tented to at the Phos nix job office. NEW ArrvEBTTSEMKNTs.-Attention is called to the following advertisements, published the first time this morning: P. Cantwell-Smoked Meats. Geo. S vin mers-Smoked Meats, Sic. W. T. Walter-Auction. E. Si G. D. Hope-Flour. Concert by the Post Band. Wm. Martin-Executor's Notice. IMPORTANT-COUPONS AND STATE TAX? ES.-By the following circular letter, ad? dressed to Fleetwood Latinean, Esq., Treasurer of Charleston County, it will be percoived that coupons from State bonds will be received ns payment of Stale taxes: EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, STATE TREASURY OFFICE, COLUMBIA, S. C.. Juno 1, 1869. To F. Lrinneau, ?so., Treasurer Charles? ton County. SIR: YOU are hereby authorized to take in payment of State taxes, in addition to "bills receivable, United States currency, gold and silver coin," tho coupons from State bonds for tho value expressed on the faco of each. The only coupons that will be received at this office aro those tnken from the fol? lowing bonds, viz: list. Six per cent, bond* issued by tho State, under an Act of 1S54, in aid of the Blue Bulge Railroad. 2d. Six per cent, bonds issued by the State, nuder tho Acts of 1853 and 1855, for tho construction of thc new Stato House; and six per cent, bonds issued by the State, under the Acts of Septem? ber and December, 1866, "for funding tho past due principal and interest on the State debt." All coupons that have accrued on bonds, denoted 1st and 2d, on or before tho 1st of July, 1867, nrefundable, under tho Acts referred to above of September and December, 1866, and are not receiv? able for taxes. Coupons of railroad bonds bearing the State endorsement, and all others not mentioned above, must uot be tnken. It will be necessary to observe extreme caution, so that no coupons will be re? ceived which the Treasurer of the State will bo obliged to reject, as bo cannot bo responsible for any errors in tho matter committed by County Treasurers. Treasurers will please acknowledge tho receipt of this circular. Respectfully, (Signed) NILES G. PARKER, Treasurer State South Carolina. BEYOND A DOUBT.-More diseases aro the result of a derangement of the Liver tbau that from nny other cause. When that organ is diseased, every part of the system sympathizes with it, and generul prostration and declino is tho result. Tho best, safest and speediest remedy for Liver Complaint, and all the diseases that follow, is 'PUTT'S VEGETARLE L'VER PILLS; they are peculiarly adapted to tho climate of the South. They are sold by Druggists everywhere. J5 6 To have good health, we must have good blood-not the blood of Kings, Emperors or Princes, but the blood that runs pure and st nmg through the sys? tem, giving color to the maidens cheek and vigor to the arm, imparting bril? liancy to tho eye and elasticity to the frame. The blood is to the man what the sap is to the tree; let the sap grow dry and the tree withers and dies. So let the blood get thin, watery and weak, and tho man sickens and dies. Heinitsh's QUEEN'S DELIGHT, the medicine of all others, is now the recognized agent for imparting health, vigor, strength and beauty for all. No Sarsaparilla abont it, a new remedy on new principles. We say try it and be convinced. J3 .- . ? ? - HAGAN'S MAGNOLIA BALM. -Th is article is thu i rue secret of beuuty. It is what fashionable ladies, actresses and opera singers use to prod nco that cultivated, distingue appearance so much admired in tho cueles of fashion. It removes all unsightly blotches, red? ness, freckles, tun, sunburn mid effects of spring winds and gives to the complexion a blooming purity of transparent delicacy ?nd power. No lady who values a fine complexion can do without the Mngnolia Balm. 75 cents will buy it of any of our respectable dealers. Lyon's Kathniron is a very delightful' hair dressing. M22 ?13