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COLUMBIA, SL__0. Tuesday Morning, June 10. 1869. War Against Hcaln-ivaa* ?nil Carpel. Baggers-A JViiv Political Invention. A uow way of Hiing '"carpet-bag? gers" and "scalawags" of the Soutb bas been proposed in Washington, where the reconstruction Acts for "that lately rebellious" section were blocked out by Congress. The correspondent of n New York paper says : "Mr. W. H. Robertson writes to John Tyler, asking him if it be not pruotionble for thc conservative mon of the Soutb to select sound Union men of the North? men of respectability and intelligence to voto for, agni. . t the wretched carpet? baggers and scalawags who oiler them? selves as candidates for ull tho offices in the South. Mr. Robertson .says that so many competent and honorable men aro disqualified from holding office in the South that respectable voters are either compelled to vote for the carbet-baggors or scalar ags or remain uwny from the polls altogether." Mr. Robertson then writes: "The Constitution of the United States us it was, and oven in its present deformed and mutilated condition, con? tains nothing to prohibit Virginia, Texas or Mississippi, or any other Southern State, from choosing its Rep? resentatives and Senators among the Citi? zens of Indin?a, Illinois, New York and Now Jersey, and tho other Northern States, if tho peoplo of tho South choose to do so. No previous particular length of residenco is required to render such citizens qualified to act. One day's prior Sojourn is sufficient to mcot. any require? ment." Mr. Tyler, in reply, soys that he thinks there are very mauy high-toned citizens of the North who would consent to throw themselves into the breach to save their suffering brethren of the South from the "scalawag" and "carpet? bagger" if properly pressed and invited - to office, and there is no doubt that he speaks the truth. But he doeB not say whether his political invention would find any moro favor with the "respecta? ble" voters of tho South than the "car? pet-baggers" Lave received. The ubove is copied from a Baltimore paper. This paper, commenting on Mr. Tyler's reply, says: "He (Mr. Tyler) docs not announce 'whether bis political invention -would find more favor with the respected voters of the South than the carpet-baggers have recoived. ' " Mr. Robertson is correct in the parti? cular "that office is denied to competent and honorable men." We answer for it that the occupations of office in this special section of country, by good and upright men, "like angel visits, are few and far between." If such a plnu as Mr. Robertson suggests bc at all practicable, it eau ouly be so by those "sound Union men of intelligence and respectability," who would couseut to throw themselves iutothe breach, buying real estate iu the Sou th, acquiring a local habitation und a name, owning property, and paying taxes on the same, in the section which they propose to represent. The present carpet-bagger and scala? wag, has at this moment such a start, such an identity iu the minds of the negro, that extraordinary efforts would be required to counteract their influence. No mun from the North may come here -as it were on furlough-and expect to undermine their pernicious ascendancy ; but if he embarks his money in our midist, buys land, enters into business, it is not impossible thut ho may rout these uucleau birds from their prey. . We think tho new way would bo in? finitely more palatable to the Southern people, than the ancient class of peripa? tetic politicians. "We cannot represent ourselves-and disclaiming being invidi? ous-we would say of two evils we choose the least. This poor suffering South, with every vein bleeding and every muscio quivering under tho wholesale torture administered by these wretched robbers and marauders, we feel constrain? ed to believe would gladly hail any change which might render lighter, if not entirely assauge, her suffering and distress. By all means let these high-toned citizens of the '.North como among us and try the experiment. It has been our unspeakably bad fortune to have found most of the citizens from tho North making their homes with us anything but "high-toned"-some exceptions have happened in our experience, which we cheerfully acknowledge tq tho contrary and from our own experience, and the sentiments avowed by others, wo would say that the respectable voters of the South would support a respectable man of the North in preference-even by way of experiment-to nuy of tho infamous brood of leeches which are preying now upon our vitals. Whether this political scheme prove a success or not we cannot say, but if it is possible, and can be tried, wo feel assured so fur from finding hinderuueo in the South thc respectable voters will give it their hearty aid and co-operation. "Ho'.v fast they build houses nowT'said tl. "They began that building last week, ?ud now they are puttiug in the lights." "Yes," answered his friend, "and next week they will put in the liver." * Full Particular* ot tb? ZCUllng Of Col. Flournojr. SAKDEILSVIIJJE, GA., Juno 10, 1869. Editors Chronicle and Sentinel: At the inquest hold by Coroner Braut ly over the remains of tho lamented Col. Flournoy, tho following facts were eli oited: While he was sitting in his room read? ing to his wife, on Tuesday last, ho no? ticed, from the window overlooking n field to tho right of tho house, that the negro Pompey was plowing his (Mr. P.'s) buggy Lorso unusually hard, when he re? marked to his wife "I must go ont and talk to Pompey about the horse. I had to scold him once before, and he is mad with me." He arose and wont to the field, but had not been gone moro than five minutes when Mrs. F. heard tho re? port of a pistol. She called Esther, (Pompey's wife, who was about the house,) to run and see what tho diffi? culty was; and os she started, a second report was heard by Mrs. F., who imme? diately ran out of tho house, when shu hoard Pompey call from tho field. "Miss Phelia, como here; Mass Bob has shot hisself." She rau down tho Uno, follow? ing Esther, who got over tho fonco first, and to whore Mr. F. was lyiug on the ground, about ten steps from tho fence. Ou getting to the feuco, Mrs. P. said "Pompey, you have killed him;" and in trying to get over tho feuco she foiled, from weakness or excitement, and called Pompey, who was standing about four rows from where Mr. F. was lying, hold? ing tho horse, to assist her in getting over, which ho did. When sbo got to Mr. F. ho was lying ou the ground, un? conscious, with a bolo ou tho top of tho right side of his bend, from which blood and brains were oozing out, bis right band lacerated, und sigus of having been bitten on two of bis lingers. His bat, with a bolo in it, was lyiug under his head, and a Colt's revolver about four feet from bim. Mrs. F., with the assist? ance of Pompey and Esther, carried him to tho house. Sbo then ordered Pompey to go to town (about one milo) after ii physician, which ho did, after delays of ono sort and another. Biding np to Dr. Mathis' office, about a quarter past 10 o'clock, he called out, in tho bearing of several citizens, "Doctor Mathis, Miss Phelia says como to seo Mass Bob; be bas shot hisself!" Dr. M. and several citizens at onco started for Mr. F.'s bouse, where they found bini in the con? dition above described, in which bo lin? gered until 1 P. M., when bo died. Pompey denies having bad any diffi? culty. But bis testimony is so contra? dictory to that of bis own wifo aud of Mrs. F., that tho jury bad no hesitation in coming to the conclusion that "Robt. W. Flournoy came to his death by a pis? tol shot wouud, inflicted upon bim by Pompey, and that we fiud bim guilty of murder." The bull entered the upper part of tho right parietal bone, going in n diagonal direction through the brain, and lodged a little under the left ear, where it was found by tho physicians who made the post mortem examination. No event bas ever caused such excite? ment throughout the County as this has. Everybody views Col. Flouruoy's death as a personal loss. Ho was the pride of the County, und it will bo a long time ere wc will look upon bis like again. He was buried by Hamilton Lodge, No. 58, A. F. M., in the presence of a largo cou course of citizens, at 9 A. M. to-day, at bis plantation. All places of business in town were closed until noon. N. BUTLER AND DECORATION DAY.-But? ler's threnody at Gloucester the other day was characteristic of its author. The election of a Butler for the eulogist of dead patriots was not particularly credi? table to the good taste of the persons who made it. One can imagine that it would have embittered the pangs of dis? solution to many an Union soldier, if be could bnve foreseen that the doctor would bo chosen as the exemplar and expositor of tho heroic virtue which took bim to the field. But if tbe friends of the Mas? sachusetts soldiers do not object, why should we? and, indeed, how can we with any face, when we have bad Sickles do? ing a similar service for ourselves? But? ler, by the by, has the grace to distin? guish the dead soldiers from himself in the most emphatic manner, in claiming for them that they entered tho service without "hope of reward, save the re? ward of well doing." The staple of But? ler's oration is the same as those of the similar effusions which have been drop? ping for tho last three or four days from eloquent lips all over the country. Its lush tropiculity emulates tho bloom, and tho odor of tho literalty floral tributes, which were dropped ut the samo time on the snn>e graves. In the main, it is the same sort of sophromorical verbiage that every orator is expected to exudo on such occasions; and it winds up, of course, with n stauza, which happens to bo the most hackneyed verse of Marco Bozarris. [New York World. A NEWSPAPER.-We beard a gentleman on yesterday conversing about newspa? pers, and stating how he would fix up n local column. Well, wo wish wo could satisfy all. Frequently our column is too long, often it will bo too short. Some say that wo do not have jokes enough, others thut wo bnvo too many. One thinks an article too long, another too short. One would . avo pootry, another none at all. Now v e uro aware that the locul should bo now, and fresh, vigorous I and energettio, like, a fish just caught out of ii stream and placed in n frying pan-it is known to be weolesomo anil sweet. A local column should bo like a turtle, containing nil kinds of meat. It should bo liko tho Mussulman's hog, which was devoured from "tail to snout." Between ourselves, local news just now is a little dull in our city. I Atlanta Intelligencer. John Roe returns the largest income i in St. Louis. The namo of his friend, I Riobard Doe, does not appear in the ? list. Military Arresta tu. MUststlpol. The County of Kemper bas been in* j vaded by something of an army of Fade- ; ral soldiers, with all tho pomp and pa? rade of glorious war. Wo bare heard of no hostile forces in Kemper, to oppose thom-neither bushwhackers, gu?rillas nor regulars. Still ' the campaign has not boen without excitement, as will ap? pear. These troops aro divided into small squads, and, guided by negroes, take by-paths, ooma suddenly upon citi? zens, such, no doubt, as have been spot? ted for them by a little radical clique of the'County, and with arms presented demand a surrender, which in most oases has been promptly made. Up to' latest accounts, in this way they Imvo succeed? ed iu arresting ten of the citizeus of this County, to wit: J. H. BMII, Jimmy Terry, .Prank Boss, Tom Wilson, two of the Newels, Pulaski Gray, ono or more of tho Parkers and ono or moro of the Edwardsen. On Friday, an attempt was made to arrest George Alexander. A negro pi? loted the squad to where he was at work in his new ground, but, having nu iden that, if legs were good forauythiug, they were good to get a mau out of tho way of harm, the valiaut squad witnessed a sight thoy didn't often soo during the four years next preceding tho last past a Southerner flying before thom for dear lifo liku a frightened deer. They had an exciting chase of three miles, but the Southerner won the race, and is now probably fighting mosquitoes in some denso swamp, sleeping in a hollow log, and living daintily on blue whortleber ! ries, where the valiant boys in blue and their sabio guides don't know where to hunt him. A squad went for another man. They thought they had him surrounded, and were sure of him, but, seeing no other chanco of escape, ho went into a bolo in the ground and pulled thu hole in nf ter him. They were all greatly puzzled to kuow which way to look for him, aud speculation has taken a wido range among them, whether ho will como out on this or the other side of tho torrestial ball. ! Ten prisoners have beeu bromght into camp at Lauderdale, aud aro held there I in a close continement under guard. We heard a squad of negroes discussing tho matter yesterday morning in a fervor of exultation: "Dem Ku Kluxes got Ku Klnxed deyselves dis time. Ain't I glad ! And dey got handcuffs ou 'em, goody!" Whether tho exultant negro was posted about their being Ku Klux*), we don't know. Wo believe, from information, that his rejoicing at their being hand? cuffed was without cause. Tho prison? ers aro kept in close ooafinemeut, si viet ly guarded, and nobody allowed to speak j to them. At least, wo kuow a party who j went to Lauderdale to seo them, and leuruing from outsiders that it would be useless to, did not make the effort. When tho news that these arrests were being made was first received hero, to the inquiry, what for? we heard it glibly usserted that a negro had beou killed. That is very likely, but we have not been ablo to learn of time, place and circumstances. We have no reason to believe, from ! anything wo know of tho condition of ! Kemper, that if a crirao has been com? mitted, the criminal could not have been proceeded against sucscssfully in the ordinary way of affidavit and civil process. Radical pimps of military authority, we suspect, are at tho bottom of these high-bnuded proceedings in Kemper. [Meridian Mercury, June 1. Ax P. EMERAL PuiL.osruY.-In tho last j letter of tho extraordinary correspondeut of the Mobile Register, we find the fol? lowing: I rather think the young Bourbon Prince who is now in this city (New York) is tho man for Imperialists. He has nothing to do just nt present, and would doubtless consent to run tho Gov? ernment, if it were made an object to him. You remember how this youthful Prince ran away with a pretty Cuban girl, and was married by ono of our po? lice justices. The other day ho went with his bride to church, and they were mar? ried some more, and he is now living with his wife and mother-in.law, at a Broadway houso. A mau who hus been married as much as he has been, aud who is, moreover, in charge of a determined mother-in-law, is about as strongly bound to matrimony as a man can be, and mar? ried he will remain in spite of the oppo? sition of his royal relatives. It is, never? theless, a sadly prosaic fact thal even prince and princesses, and prinoely mothers-in-laws caunot live without money; and thc Prince's business-that of being a royal highness-not being profitable just at present, he and his bride aro in a fair way to bo reduced to the hand-organ and tamborino business in order to live. Landladies fight shy of them, and make wry faces at tho pros? pect of having a Bourbon among them. They doubtless already regret that their I honeymoon is not made of green cheese, for in that case they could live cheaply while it lasted. Now what the Imperial? ists ought to do is to make this young ? fellow Emperor. He has the blue-blood of royalty in his veins, nnd ho has a mother-in-law to infuse energy iuto his government. By all means lot us havo : him. CONSOLING PROMISE.-"I like you." sighed a girl to her suitor, "but I can't leave homo. I am a widow's only child. No husband can equal my mother in kindness." "She is kind," pleaded the wooer; "but bo my wife;" wo will live together, and Heo if I don't beat your mother!" Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Geor? gia, has published a letter in reply to some criticisms on his "History of the Rebellion." He talcos a very gloomy view of the situation, and argues that we are drifting into consolidation and em? pire. Coulln Hally Dillard Outdone. The foliowing humorous article ap? peared before the ?ar, and was copied extensively. It is a good thing, and we think it worth republishing. Tlie cir? cumstance happened before the war: Scene et Chatham, during tho session bf tb? Circuit Court, in "Tho Common? wealth vs. Cassady," on a ohnrgo of ma? licious stabbing. The venire boing cmpaqneled, and tho jury solemnly charged by tho olerk, tho Commonwealth's Attorney called, in sup? port of tho indictment, the witness Buck Bryant, who, being solemnly sworn the truth to tell, testified ns follows: Qnostiou by Commonwealth's Attor? ney-Tell me all you know about the cutting of the prosecutor by Cassady, ! the prisoner at tho bar. Annwor-Well, gentlemen, it was emo? tion day-'twas a dark, cloudy, wet sort j of drizzly day, and says I to my old wo? man, I believe I'll go down to Ringgold, and 'posit my vote. And says my old woman to me, well, Buck, as it is a sort of a dark, cloudy, wet sort of a drizzly day, says she, hadn't you better lake your nmbrill. Says I to the old woman, I spec I bad better tako tho nmbrill. So , 7. took tho nmbrill, and advanced down i to Ringgold; and when I got down there Mr. Cole corned, and says be, uncle. Buck, hnvo you seed anything of old neighbor Harris? Says I to Mr. Cole, for why? Says he, be's got my nmbrill. Tho witness was boro interrupted by tho Court, and told to confine hi mst If to the a.uual fray between tho prisoner and Cole, the prosecutor. In unswer to which, tho witness re? marked, in a tono ot indignant remon? strance, well, now, Mr. Judge, you hold on, for I nm sworn to tell the truth, and 1 am gwine to tell it my own way-so taint worth while for you to say nothing moro about it. Whereupon, tho Court and Common? wealth's Attorney, being anxious to get rid of tho witness on any terms, told him to go on, and toll the tale iu his own way. Well, as I was going on to say, 'twas on 'lection day. Buchanan and Filmo was running for tho Legislatur; and says I to my old woman, says I, I b'love I'll go down to Ringgold, and 'posit my voto. Says my old woman to mo, says she, Buck, as it is a sort of u ?lark, clondy, dnmp, raiuy, drizzly sort cf a day, hadn't you better tako your nm? brill? says she. Says I to tho old wo? man, says I, I spec I had better take my umbrill. So I took tho nmbrill, aud ad? vanced ou towards liiuggold till I ar? rived thar. Well, the first thing I did when I got thar was to tako a drink of buchanan whiskey, which was monstrous good, and says I to myself, says I, old hoss, you feel better, don't you? And while I was advancing around, Mr. Cole he como to me; says he, uncle Buck, says ho, have you seen anything of old neighbor Harris? Says I, for why? Says be, the old cock's got my umbrill. Arter awhile, I 'posited my vote, and then Mr. Colo and me advanced back to? wards borne, and Mr. Colo was tighter than I ever seed him. And so we advanced ulong till we got to whar tho road and path forked, and Mr. Cole and mo tuck the path, as any other gentlemen would, and arter ad? vancing awhile, we arriv to old neighbor Harris, setting on n log, with tho umbrill on his arm; and about that time Elijah Cassady (the prisoner) came up, and wo advanced on till wo arriv at Elijah's house. Elijah is my nephew, and like? wise my son-in-law; ho married my dar? ter Juue, which is uext to my darter Sally. Arter we bad advanced to Eli- j jab's bouse, we stood in tho yard nwbile, ajawing, aud presently two sumbodies rid up on a boss, which was Johnson be? fore and Whitfield Cassady behind Whitfield and Kiah Cassady being the same. Elijah and Kiah is brothers, both born in the nat'ral way, like auybody else's brothers, no gals between them, and both of them is about the same age, especially Kiah, which aro the youngest. Kiah war drunk, and he and Mr. Cole got to cussing ono auother about politix, and I advanced into tho house whar was setting Elijah's wife, which is my darter Jane, which is next to my darter Sally. Well, after jawing awhile with 'em, my little nephew says bo to mo, says be, uncle Buck, let's go homo. Says I, good pop. So we pegged ou together, and I heard somebody calling me, but never 'tentioued 'em or turned back. Well, I got home, and was eating my supper, and Elijah, which is my son-in-law, and married my darter Jane, which is next to my darter Sally, arriv'd, and said to me, uncle Buck, says be, I've killed a man. Says I, the bell you bavo? And this are all I know about tho stabbing, because I warn't thar. DANCING THEIR RAGS OFF.-Two unso? phisticated country lasses visited Niblo's, in New York, during the ballet season, j When the skirted, gossamer-clad nymphs made their appearance on tho stage, j they becamo restless and fidgety. "Ob, Annie!" exclnimod one, sollo i voice. "Well, Mary?" "It ain't nico; I don't like it." "Hush!" "I don't caro, it ain't nice; and I won? der why aunt brought us to such a placel" "Hush, Mary! Tho folks will laugh nt you!" After ono or two flings aud a pirouette, the blushing Mary said: "Ob, Annie, let's go; it ain't nice, and I don't feel comfortable!" "Do hush, Mary," replied tho sister, whose own face was scarlet, though it wore an air of determination; "it's the first time I ever was at a theatre, and I suppose it will bo tho last time; so I am just going to seo it out, if they dance every rag off tboir backs!" It is calculated in England that it costs 850,000 to convert one Jew, and then it is a qnestion of grave doubt whether the conversion is genuine. Joining the MMOM, Hnobbs hog joined tbo Masons, and hor? is his experience in getting into a lod ;e: I must tell you of the perils and trials I hid to .undergo to become a Mason. On the evening in question, I presented myself at the door of the lodge room No. 36,066, sign of tho skull aud cross bones. I was conducted to au ante? room, where five or six mehmcholly bhups, in sashes and embroidered nap? kins, were waiting to rpceivo me. On .my entrance they nil got np and turned back somersaults, and then resumed their scats. A big fat fellow who sat iu the middle, a.td who seom?d to bo tho proprietor, then said: "Sinner from tho other world, ndvaucel" I advanced. "Will you givo up everything to join us? Not if I know it," I said; "there aro my wifo aud fourteen fine-" An? other party told me to say "yes, " as it wns merely a mutter of form. So I said "Yes, I give np everything." The fellows in tho towels thou groan ed, and said: '"Tis well. Do you swear | never to reveal auything you see or hear this evening to any human being, or to your wife?" I said "Pon my word, I will not." They then examined my teeth and felt my tongue, then groaned again. I said, "If you don't feel well, I have got a bottle hero." The fat man here took tho bottlo from me aud told me to shut up. He then, in a voice of thunder, said: "Bring forth the goat!" Another fellow thou comes up with a cloth to blind mo. "No you ; [don't, if you please, I don't believe iu I playing blind man's buff with a goat. ? ! I'll ride the devil if you like, but I don't I go it blind. Stand back, or I'll knock jyoti into smithereens." They were too much for me, however, so I had to snb I mit to being blindfolded. The gont was then lend in. and I could hear hun mak? ing an awful racket among the furniture. I began to feel that I was urgently want? ed at home, but I was in for it and could not help myself. Three or four fellows then seized me, aud, with a demoniacal laugh, pitched mo on the animal's back, telling mo nt the same time to look for squalls. 1 have been iu many scrapes, Mr. Editor; I've been in electiou fights; I have been pitched out a four-story window; I have gone down in a railway collision, but this little goat oxcursion was ahead of 'em all. Tho confounded thiug must be all wings and horns. It bumped me against chairs and tables, and the ceil- j ing, but I hung on like a Trojan. I turned front somersaults and rolled over. I thought it was all over with mo. I was ou tho point of giviug up when thc band? age fell from ej'es, aud tho goat bounded through the windows with a yell like a wild Indian giviug up tho ghost. I was iu a lodge of Musous. They were dancing a war dance around a big skull, and playing leap frog and turning hand? springs, aud the big fat fellow of the aute-room was standing ou his head in the corner. And thas it was I was made a Mason. If you don't believo me, try it yonrsolf. A DOUBTER.-There was a man who j ! lived in Cass County, Georgia, many j [years ngo, who had once been in tho j State Legislature, and never neglected ?an opportunity to emphasize tho fact. Ho was a perfect infidel as to new disco? veries and new sciences, being well satis? fied that if the world should turn over all the water would spill out of his well, aud only giving in to steam cars by slow degrees. But all tho vials of his cou tempt were poured out upon tho idea of a telegraph, und be was wont to say that nobody need try to como "the green" over him in that way, for he had been to tho Legislature. Finally, tho State rood was built, and ono day workmen began to put up telegraph posts right in front of his house and to stretch tho wire. His exultant neighbors thought they had him on that occasioti, asked: "Well, old fellow, what do you think of telegraphs now?" He wus cornered, but died game. Drawing himself up an inch taller, he said: "Gentlemen, when I was in the Legislature I gave this subject my very attentive consideration, and I said then, as I say now, that it may do for ledern and small bundles, but it will uover take a cotton bale, never!" THE HOMESTEAD LAW AS ATTLICARLE TO PRIOR DEUTS AND JODOMKNT, NOT UN? CONSTITUTIONAL.-Judge Orr, in tho ap? peal taken before bim in the case of the creditors of T. E. Ware, has decided that the homestead clause of the Constitution of this State, and the Act of the Legisla? ture carrying it out, aro not in conflict with tho Constitution of the United States. The Judge has given an able opinion on the snbject. Tho case, by consent, was heard at chambers at An? derson. The Judge has decided in the same caso that the $1,000 is inclusive of the value of tho dwelling houso and out? buildings, and the appraisement having excluded the estimate of the dwelling in tLis case, and unsigned $1,000 in land, a re-appraisement was ordered. [Charleston Courier. Tho Paris pa pers announce tho arriva of "Sir Elihu Wnshbnrne." And they might have added: Grand high groom to tho American ass. It's only a slight touch of imperialism. The blood is tho great nutritive fluid. Its office is two-fold. It provides mate? rial for the regeneration of all parts, and receiving tho products of their wnsto, it conveys them to proper organs for re? moval from the system. Thus it carries life to the body, and removing therefrom effete matters, it carries off tho seeds of disease and death. Pure blood is, in fino, tho great nutritivo clement of tho body, the great nourisher of tho tissues, tho very lifo of tho flesh, tho very es? sence of hoalth. HEINITSII'S (JITEEN DE iiiouT is tho great medicine for tho blood, and overybody should try it. Countless are the testimonials in its favor. It is truly the only medicine now needed os a summer tonio and liver invigorator. Jil ILooal Items. A low copies of tho 'Sacie and Detrac? tion of Columbia' can be obtained at the Phcenix office. Price twenty-five cents. We would again remind the mechanics of Columbia that a meeting will be hold this oveuing nt 8 o'olock, nt the Curolinn House, whero every branch of mechanism, it ia hoped, will be well rep? resented. Let there be a general turn out. Tho following despatch was received at our office Inst night from tho Associated Press. Decipher it, somebody: Buffalo Editor New York spanish pa? per who said native Cubans Cowards and Cuban youth fought at Lundy's Lane Cubnu shot both legs serious. Mr. P. Cantwell bus ovir hearty thanks for a piece of Fulton Market beef, sont by bim to tho PHOENIX. Upon tho most convincing proof, wo can safely pro uonuce it excellent, fully sustaining the reputation of this famous market. Mr. Cautwell bas an abundant supply of this savory beef, and will bo plensed to fur? nish bis customers nfc a moderate price. Jon OFFICE.-Tho Pfuenix Job Office is propared to execute every style of printing, from visiting and business cards to pamphlets and books. With nmple 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 understanding our business men have no excuse for sending work North. At tho request of Christopher Hayues worlb, Columbia Hotel barber, we called at his shop to inspect tho bath-rooms which havo been added recently to his establishment. It is with great pleasure that wo give our unqualified approval, aud recommend these apartments to all who desire a nice and clean bath. Tho rooms are neat and .commodious, the tubs kept scrupulously clean, furnished with both bot and cold water, whilst Christopher and his staff offer n prompt and ready attendance. We have no hesi? tation in announcing tho opinion that nono who call on Christopher will leave him dissatisfied. AN ADDITION.-The readers of the PHCENTX will bo gratified to learn that Maj. B. B. McCreery, of "Hampton Legion" notoriety, bas associated himself with Mr. W. D. Love, now of our city, in the dry goods business. Maj. Mc Creory is well known all over our State as a bold defender of the "lost cause" having raised a company in Newberry, and fought through tho war-and with such a recommendation, it is only neces? sary for bis friends to know where ho may be found. Call on him at his dry goods house, in tho Columbia Hotel building. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is culled to the following advertisements, published the first time this morning: Meeting Broad River Bridge Company. Virginia Springs, via S. C. R. R. John English-To rent. B. Williams-Notice. Meetiug Independent Fire Engine Co. Meeting Columbia Lodge. Leaphart & Sloan-Something new. S. Swandale-Mansion House. W. D. Love k Co.-Dry Gooda. Dit. TTJTT'S CELFDBATED EXPECTORANT. 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MAGNOLIA WATER.-Soperior to tho best imported German Cologne, and sold ut half the price. J12Jlf3 HAGAN'S MAGNOLIA BALM.-This article is the true secret of beauty. It is what fashionable ladies, actresses and opera singers uso to produce that cultivated, distingue appearance so much admired in the circles of fashion. It removes all unsightly blotches, red? ness, freckles, tan, sunburn and effects of spring winda and gives to the complexion a blooming purity of transparent delicacy and power. No* lady who values a fine complexion cnn do without the Magnolia Balm. 75 cents will buy it of any of onr respectable dealers. Lyon's Kathairon is a very delightful hair dressing. M22 J13