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COLIMB?A, S. C. _-,_^ , .;. ut rf -ii_::\Z ' ?t. .?+:. :_ Saturday Mormn*, Jone 19. HTC9. KU neat lo II ut Hie Siiuth. "Timos change," omi we must obaDgo with them, lu the present state of af fuirs, a different system must bo main tained in tho instruction of our youth than was held in our old and prosperous days. A .classical oducutionaud tho? rough collogiute course, is now such au expensive, luxury as to ho beyond the means of most of Southern parouts. The merits of money are much moro ap? parent when there is but little in the parse; and the age is so intensely utili? tarian and practical, that one must calen- j late closely, and shape the purohase that the most useful article may be thc fruit of expenditure. ? Tho purpose of this article is not to depreciate a classical system of educa? tion, for its ndvuntages and merits are so positive that no oue, with justice, could decry it; but we submit our necessities demand a more practical course of train? ing in our youth. Wo want in trade aud commeroo ready-made business mon suoh os tho commercial colleges propose to turu out-men familiar with book? keeping; ready and competent to control the mysteries of journal and ledger;.who are practical accountants; to whom the merchant can safoly intrust the books of his establishment. Wo want mechanics and artisans; men who have acquired their knowledge of their trade by me? thodical training from boyhood. Handi? craft can always make a living, apd sometimes under circumstances where head work would starve. It does uot necessarily follow that being a trades? man is au insuperable bar to fame or fortuno. The history of our country presents thousands of contradictory ex? amples. The great country of Prussia -was so impressed with the importance of her citizens possessing the means of a manual livolihood, that every male, from tho crown prince down, in her domaiu, was required and forced to serve the al? lotted term in acquiring a trade. Under this law, the prince became an c rt printer. If prejudices exist against i walk in lifo, surely they should bo abr doned. It is both honorable and credit? able; and certainly, if necessary, abun? dant antecedents might be quoted in support of its respectability and utility. If the end could be attained to which these remarks tend, it would realize the Ailing of every position by white men, to which they are entitled by superior intelligence and education over the ne? gro-who, viewed as a race, is unfitted for auy other position than that of a la? borer aud toiler in the field. The printers' convention in Albany, the reported meetings, and resolutions passed by the various societies of me? chanics throughout the Union, all take into consideration tho exolusion of the negro from competition with their mem? bers. Let the negro go back to his legi? timate province. Let him till tho soil, and earn his bread in a sphere for which he is so peculiarly fitted. If we fill up every brauch of mechanical lifo with white men, tho deduction is fair that the business relating to their occupation will flow into their hands, and that the negro will bo compelled, by dire necessity, to recede from competition, and seek those congenial fields where he can only obtain a certain and assured support. As thc dover throughout our State is gradually uprooting und destroying the grasses so hurtful to the farmer, so will this pre? ponderance of tho white mun remand tho negro to his proper place. Wo publish these reflections under a spirit of 6troug conviction. We submit them as opinions rather than facts; and wo honestly be? lieve this result, which it is trusted will be approved of by the Southern people, can bc most easily attained by the chauge suggested in our system of education. - ?-???-? TAX ON BROKHBS.-Commissioner Do lano on Saturday mado his decision upon the question submitted to him a few days since by tho Board of Cotton Brokers of New York as to their liability to pay the tax of one-twentieth of ono per cent, upon sums received by thom for negotiating sales. He decides that they aro liable as commission merchants on all sales in I excess of $50,DOO made by or for them at | the rate of ono dollar in each thousand, except on thoso made through other wholesale dealers who pay tax as such and sell on commiesion, and are conse? quently liable on sales made through commeroial brokers, and are also liable upon all sales negotiated by thom nt the rate of fifty cents on each oue thousand dollars, except those mude by or through another broker. A radical paper iu Philadelphia says with emphasis that Mrs. Grant is in favor of tho government's giving a liberal pen? sion to Mrs. Lincoln. As Mrs. Grant is a President's wife, and reported to bc a tensible woman withal, wo do not boliovo that sho would bo guilty of tho indelicacy of openly electioneering for tho establish? ment of a precedent to insure to her own benefit. Legal tenders-Tho lawyers' sweet? hearts. From Virginia. WVbopy (rom the Biohmond Enquirer extracts of speeches delivered by BOD. Retort O aid ?nd W. W. Walker. It will bo borne in^minjjl tjjat Mr. Gilbert Walker, tho opponent of Wells for Go? vernor, is a Northern man, whose dia? meter is stich as to have gained the respect and support of the Democrats of Vir? ginia: . SEE EC II OJF COLON El. OU LU. , He commenced by saying that ho.be? longed to thai? hard-headed, old-fashioued class of people who/ didn't believe that a tiegro was tho cream of thu earth and thc joy of the universe. His heart had been always responsive to tho doctrine that this should bo a white man's government, and that the uagro had no right to share in its administration, not becauso he wus a ne? gro, not because his skin was black, but because he was uneducated, and unfit to take part in its administration. When the time carno for a canvass to take, place on this platform, the negro himself shifted it, and instead of equality claimed superiority. He adverted to the teaching of the carpet-baggers to the negroes, and the ultimate, effect of it. Of tho carpet? baggers, he said their rapacity was insa? tiable; their months were Mediterranean and their stomachs could never be filled. They absorbed all that came to them, aud gave back nothing. In regard to the Underwood constitution, he said t hat it was so monstrous that both tho Congress of the United States and General Grant said, ''this thing can't be; it is a crime against Civilization." And the two most obnoxious clauses havo been submitted to a separate vote. This proposition came from a radical Congress nnd a Re? publican President, and no man can say that that Congress and that President would have united upon such a proposi? tion if those provisions had not been monstrous. The negro starts Ont with tho doctrine that he has equal rights with the white mau, und is building the foundations of his house on the sands of intolerance and proscription. While they claim equal rights, they deny to the sons of the men who formed this Government the right to vote and hold office. In Tennessee, where Brownlow has been ou the ram? page for four y ears; where 00,000 or 70, 000 white men are disfranchised, Souter and Stokes, the rival candidates for Go? vernor of that State, are vioing with each other who shall go farthest in tho work of enfranchisement. The poor ignorant and deluded negroes who are thus endea? voring to build up this doctrine of pro? scription should know that a day of re? tribution will come; and when it doeis come, it will not come with u still small voice, but with the wbirlwiud aud the ! earthquake. Negro suffrage and white 1 disfranchisement is an iniquity that neither God nor man will submit to. i White men, do you bear that? I Ap ! plau.se.] Negroes, do you heur that? [Tes, yes, and laughter.] It is the part of madness and folly be? cause yon cannot get the highest good not to take the highest possible good. Do not imitate the dog in the fable, who lost his dinner in grasping at its shadow. What is the highest possible good? The Black Crook constitution he considered the sum of ali iniquity, and a disgrace to the men who made it; and that was going as low us be could go. He would advise no one to vote for it after it was expur? gated. The idea that the constitution was all was a mistake. Where thc con? stitution touches you once the law touches you fifty time?. Secure the Le? gislature; secure the men who make th? laws. That is the highest possible good. Upon this depends the question whothei Virginia shall bo habitable for white men. The conservativos and true repub? licans hud put forth a ticket, and he wai not going to bawl himself hoarse in praise of them separately. It sufficed for him to say that the worst mun on il wns better, much better, than the best mun on the other ticket. The radica! ticket was composed of an Irishman, an ?Englishman, a German and eight Afri? cans-the United States not repr?sent?e at all, tho Western Continent not repre? sented at all. White men, choose between these tickets; choose whom you wil serve. It is a glorious privilege to be t white mun. It is a glorious thing to have a white skin. In additiou to tho Legislature, yon have to voto for a Governor, cl ut bed foi the first time under this new Constitu tiou with the veto power. For this office i Mr. H. H. Wells and Colonel Gilbert C i Walker are canelidates. Gilberte. Walke: has never allied himself with a race fo reign to the blood that runs in tho vein: of his own childron. He never insulten tho down-trodden people of this Stab after they had fought their gallant iigh and had surrendered. He has never beei before the Keconstruction Committee o Congress and belied tho people of Vir ginia. Wells has dono all this. Ho was not going mad over Gilber Walker either. He came hero as a per manent settler, and there was that dil fereuce between them that, np nu iu cliued plano, it would take Wells 415, 000,000 of years to reach the position li occupied. Judge Ould then thanke tho audience and retired amidst loud ap plauso. Mil. w. w. WALKER'S SPEECH. Mr. W. W. Walker, of Westmoreland was then introducetl to tho audience b Mr. Daniel. He commenced by saying that the coi: dillon of his voice was such that h feared ho would bo unable to make hin self heard by the immeDno uudienco pit sent. He tani it was impossible for hil to conduct tho canvass as it should h conducteel by a gentleman. If ho calle the miserable people ho had to speak c respectable, or honest, or gentlemanly they themselves would consider it th bitterest irony. He would bo compellc to use pretty rough languago in dcalin with the men who wore wallowing in ti; slime and filth of political degrndatioi He wanted no office in tho gift of tl people. He bad not goo? into thia can? vass to prooaro office,.. He waa battling for tbe right to live with bia own family, on his own farm, and ' d?V JaJ?;^ Mil own home, and be buried under the shade of the trees along?ido of bis father's bones, and not bo driven ont o? his State nu outcast to wander over the earth. In regard to Wolla he said be waa actuated by no ambition, by nothing else thnu to gorge his cormorant appetite for money out of tho State. Treasury.. He . lind accused tho gentlemen of Virginia of perjury, and hi? schemer-for -their degradation wero ao vile that they ac? tually disgusted Thad. Stevens ami Bout well. He snid tho sucedas of tho Wells party io thia State would bo tho means of pros? trating the white peuple in the dust, for Iiis black cohorts to walk over. . Their rights would be taken from them, and tho effort lo regain them might bo through blood. In that event, what would become of the negro race? What would becorno of the negro race if the white people refused to rent thom land? A Negro-"All the laud belongs to the Government. " Mr. Walker-"Does it? Well, come dowu and take my laud iu the name of the Government, You'll find it un un? healthy place." Mr. Wulker continued, and warned the negroes of the consequences of placing themselves iu hostility to the white race It bud been said thai Gilberto. Walker was a Northern man. He knew it, and would have preferred to voto for a Virgi? nian, but Gilberte. Walker is au adopted son of Virginia that her most honored SOUS may feel proud of. Ho placed him? self in the breach when her dearest inte? rests, her very existence was imperiled, and should receive a most hearty ami unanimous support. Mr. Walker was frequently interrupted by negroes, but never failed to be ready with an apt reply to anything they said, and always turned tho laugh against his interrogators. -, ? :? UNCLE SAM'S ST DINO ABUOAD-NK OHO lio LE.-It was atinounoed a day or two ago in "knowing quarters," which I generally disregard, that tho British Mi? nister accredited to this Government will shortly be "promoted" to the Spanish Embassy. Shucked at this term, I coil? ed ut tho State Department to ascertain if the lcadiug powers of Enro?o yet (since the war) recognized an invidious distinction detrimental to our "repub? lic." "Certainly," said my informant, "you can see by this document (bonding me a book) that we are now below Portu? gal, and come just beforo Switzerland. The Grand Turk is beyond us in tbe ' matter of the honor, salary and perqui- I sites attached to the Europcau diploma? tic missions." "But," said I, "these ; distinctions cannot exist, at this day, 1 with respect to our Ministers in their formal intercourse abroad?" "I am 1 sorry to say," said be, "that by referring ' to 'the book' I have given you, you will see that in all ceremonial arrangements we are far behindhand." ? Being determined to know the worst, I put the case of Motley, und asked what bis position would be at a Boyal (or loyal) dinner party given by the Queen to foreign ambassadors. "His plate wonld be placed below that of the Brazilian ambassador," said bo, "as is put dowu in the book of etiquette you hold." The blighting effects of negro-rule are already felt here. House after bouse untenanted, tho lengthy bulletins of the real estate agents of property for sale, and a depreciation in value of thirty three per cent, as compared with tbe prices of last year, indicate very clearly tlie result of negro domination, and are but the precursors of evils yet to come. It is truly said that it does not need any warning from uuy quarter to prevent people seeking this town as a pluee of residence or business. They shun it now ns if it were infected. [Baltimore Gazette's Washington Letter. HEAVY ON THE EPISCOPALIANS.-A re? liable goutleman from South-west Geor? gia reports tho following: An eminent Episcopal clergyman made au appoint? ment to preach at Albauy not long since. Everybody was invited to be present; and there being no Episcopal Church in Albany, the largest church was scoured for the occasion. This church had a very large gallery, which was appropri? ated for thc use of tho colored people. The appointed Sabbath came, and tho building was crowded up stairs with blacks; down stairs with whites. There beirg no retiring room, tho minister had to enter tho church clothed in his clerical robes. While all were impatiently wait ting his arrival, there suddenly appeared a ghostly figuro clothed in a long white robe, walkiug np tho aisle. This, of course, was tho expected diviue, but Cuflee in tho gallery had never seen the like before. All of a sudden a shout of "Ku Klux" burst from tho gallery, and Africa broke in indiscriminate pell mell for the open air. Heels over head they fell, rolled and tumbled, and rolled out of doors. The whites, viewing the up? roar, also became alarmed, and somo one shouted fire. Panic seized the whito au? dience, and out they rushed, but the doorways being crowded, they speedily made doors of tho windows. Glass and splinters Hew in every direction. The church was soon emptied, nnd presented tho uppeuruuee of having been riddled with grapo-shot. Quiet was finally ro? stered; tho cause of tho disturbance be? ing ascertained, the white audienco re? turned, but no earthly inducement could ever induce tho negroes to go buck. Thcro were no converts to the "truo church" among tho blacks in Albany on tho occasion.-Chronicle ami ?Sentinel. Tho Chicogo Post, radical, luis the following mysterious paragraph about our now Minister to Franco : "Dr. Mary Pickcnhnngh, of St. Louis, will accom? pany Miuister Washburuo . abroad, in pursuit of health." Who wishes to ac? company Gou. Dei. Sickles, on tho samo errand ? From Mew York. Tho Now York fMtzen baa penetrated the arcana of tbeS^osis Society, and thus discourses eloquently: What is erroneously supposed the bu? siness portion of the-meeting is entirely devoted to tho exchange of sympathies; mothers detuil their difficulties in go? verning their boys, aud wives relate, with, tears rn their eyes, how late their hus? bands will come borne, and how they wilt goion with thnt odious girl; gentle maidens hud their . affaires . du cwur probed by the unerring linger of pityiug matronly watchfulness, aud ninny on afluir that might have resulted disastrous? ly to a tender heart ib wisely and reso? lutely brought to n right decision. Erring husbands uro reclaimed; neglected wives are taught to make them selves adorable, and experienced women of society in? struct younger ones how to mnke their infltieuce irresistible. This done, amuse? ment is the order of thc day. Sweetest strains from harp, piano and tho violin languish on thc air, for several members ure amateurs of all these instruments; the youngest and most fuiry-likc per? forms u Hungarian vulso before her sis? ters, and, at tho clapping of hands, thu servants enter with trays of refresh? ments. Sorosis keeps its own silver and liquor-glasses in a closet of which Del? monico himself has the key. After the repast, teu is served, flavored with aroma of upple-bloBSonis, and delicate cigarettes in silver paper aro distributed. It is a mutter of record that one member of tlie oilier sex did actually und feloni? ously endeavor to penetrate tho myste? ries of Sorosis by propitiating the sister? hood with a box of cigars of his own importation, with the revenue stamp not crossed oil, but tho strength of the cigars and thc splendor of his pretensions wore such that, to preservo its elegant and languid calm ot' indifference, thu society was obliged regretfully to ofter tho peti? tioner two fingers and sorrowfully walk away. To havo udmitted so much mag? nanimity, such acquirements and such prestige, such winning suavity, such ir? resistible graciousness and chivalry, would havo set the dove-cote fluttering. They wero loth, but they were firm. After the repast the scene is singularly tranquilizing. Tho President assumes an attitude of more indulgout grace and dignity, tho Treasurer folds her white hands on her bosom, and fixes her dark melancholy eyes on tho future; the Secre? tary touches her harp softly, now and then; roseate silkeu skirts are spread on inviting lounges; hero a lair head droop? ing neath its benediction of sunny floss}' huir sinks upon a marblo arm, there an oval chocked Eastern beauty flings a glorious mass of starry ebon curls over tho sofa pillow, pearly teeth aro gleam? ing, almond Augers are weaving tho Lay of the Brown BoBary, dulcet eyes glisteu uplifted occasionally, and not a sigh, not ? murmur, breaks the gossamer stillness, except tho faiut curling of bluo cigar wreaths. The harmonious silence is broken by a gifted member who recites a poem of her uwu composition, accompanying it with spontaneous gestures. Several havo de? veloped talents of improvisation not unworthy of a Corinne. Would that words could convey the impassioned gush, the fervor, tho flavor of these inspirations ! Tho mists broken, the party disperse, some to a private billiard room, where several excellent shots are in training; others to study the albums of the Society, which, richly bound, deco rato side tables; tho artists sketch tho head of a member or two, round which a group is sure to gather. Tho Committee on Servant Girls report that they have secured efficient help for the sisters who complained of poor service at the last meeting. Tho Committee on Cosmetics report on the new face powder, and the Assyrian method of enameling. The Committee on Costumes recommend Mrs. A. to leave off flounces us she is too short, and Mrs. B. to put them on be? cause she is tull. Tho Committee on Hair retire to a private room, whore a few favored ones emerge with their locks glowing in aurelian splendor, and so on. By a vote, eighty-two to nine, corsets have been entirely abolished by thc Society. It proposes to erect a club? house on Madison square, with a basin attached, with swans and goldfiish, a grape-house nuda aviary. A fund is raised to defray tho expenses of ono member yearly to Europe for tho pleasure tour ; tho object, to raise tho touo of the Society by giving all its membors the advantage of continental travel and society. A "WHOLE HO?" TOWN.-The Mem? phis Avalanche thus boasts of thc per? fection with which everything is dono in that city : Half-way measures uro unkuown lo Memphis. Whatever is done, is done better and more thoroughly than any? where else. If wo have a bank smash-up it lays over all other bank smttth-ups. When a man is killed, he dies deader than if put out of the way elsewhere. Our ugly men art uglier, and our pretty women are prettier thau anybody else's men and women. In a word, everything is first-class in its way. When ltegister Williams bloomed into tho fraud busi? ness, wo knew that he would sustain tho reputation of the city. Wo felt satisfied that ho could givo any other rudical register four points in the [game and beat him out of sight. Ho has dono it, and the reputation ol' Memphis is still su fe. DiscnABOBD;1-Joseph Ewen, chief of tho Philadelphia detectives, bas been dis? charged by tho mayor on tho chargo of pocketing*$iUO of a $500 reward for tho arrest of a thief, and giving but $50 each to tho two ofheors who mudo tho arrest, and to whom the mayor orderod him to pay the wholo sum, which ho refused to do. Helmbold spends $10,000 per week for advertising, and returns a net income of $152,205. A PHENOMENON-SINKINO OF A PIECE OF LAND IN INDIANA.-? letter io the Cincinnati Gazette gives tho particulars of the sinking of ground on Dr. Cooper's farm, near Liberty, Indium. The writer says: On Sunday morning, five weeks ogo, Mr. Dnwson, a near neighbor of Dr. Cooper's, whilo out iu the field nruong tho cnttlo, heard n loud rumbling noiso seemingly in tho earth. Tho cattle were frightened so that they stopped feeding, and rau aoross tho field. The same mys? terious noise was heard by Esquire Burke four and a half milos South-west of this place, by J. F. Witt three" miles North, and by Dr. Gravier six milos South-east. Tho next day after this uoiso bad been heard, Dr. Cooper disco? vered that a patch of his land, perhaps a quarter of an acre, had sunk, as de? scribed by J. P. K. It has sunk consi? derably since then. I was shown the place, and found it to be on tho side of a tongue of lund rising Homo forty feet be? tween two ravines. Tho sido on which tho sinking occurred is irregular and broken, the indications being that a number of such sinks or slides had at different times taken place. Tho sinking of the ground could be accounted for on tho principle of laud slides, were it not that the piece which sunk did not move downward towards the ravine, but in? ward, making tho sime break below ns above, and leaving n distinct crevice on euch side. About '200 yardi from this place is n still more remarkable evideuce of some subterranean commotion. Here, in a held gently sloping toward the South, is a crack in tho eaith four to six inches wide, which can scarcely bo accounted for on any other theory than that of an upheaval of the earth in this vicinity. The crovico was partially closed up by the late heavy rains, but some thirty or forty feet of it aro very distiuct oven through the tall grass. Tho land-slide theory could not possibly bo applied iu this ease, as tho crevice runs up and down the slope, und is most distinct where the ground is almost level. There is no creek or raviuo on either side of it. BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.-If you would bo beautiful, use Hagan's Magnolia Balm. It gives a pure Bloomiug Complexion and restores Yonthful Beauty. Its effects are gradual, natural and perfect. It removes Redness, Blotches and Pim? ples, cures Tan, Sunburn and Freckles, and makes a lady of thirty appear but twenty. The Magnolia Balm makes the Skin Smooth and Pearly; tho Eye bright and clear; the Cheek glow with the Bloom of Youth, aud imparts a fresh, plump ap? pearance to the Countenance. No ludy need complain of ber Complexion, when 75 cents will purchase this delightful ar? ticle. The best article to dross the hair is Lyon's Kathairon. J19 J13 "Tall oaks from little acorns grow, Large streams from little fountains flow." Seven years ago the PLANTATION BIT? TERS wore but little known. To-day there is not a nook or corner of our laud where they aro not found and used. The sale bas reached the enormous number of Five Millions of Bottles annually, and it is constantly increasing. It only shows what can be done with a rcully good me? dicine, and a systematic course of mak? ing it known. Perhaps no medicine in tho world was ever BO deservedly popu? lar as the PLANTATION BITTERS. GO where you will, among the rich or poor, and you will always fiud these Bitters in use. Their merit has become an established fact, and we cordially recommend them in cases of dyspepsia, loss of appetite, chills and fever, headache, Sec., ?fcc. MAGNOLIA WATER.-Superior to the best imported German Cologne, aud sold at half the price. J19 THE ABORIGINES USED IT.-The me? dicinal virtues of Roots, Herbs aud Barks which were used by the "Medicine men" of the Indian tribes, and which long experience hus proven to possess tho most efficient alterative properties for tho cure of Scrofula, King's Evil, Ulcers, Cancerous and Indolent Tumors, Mercurial and Syphilitic Affections, En? largement of tho Bones, Tetter, Ring? worm, Boils, Pimples and diseases re? sulting from a depraved state of tho blood, aud all female diseases, are con? tained in a highly concentrated form in DR. 'PUTT'S SARSAPARILLA AND QUEEN'S DELIGHT. It is a very popular Medicine, and deservedly so. J10 ? THE AMERICAN HOUSE, Boston, is most favorably known nil over tho country. Unsurpassed in its management, it has few equals in extent, or iu its thousand contrivances for the comfort and pleasure, of its guests. J19 1 The blood is tho great nutritivo fluid. Its office is two-fold, lt provides mate? rial f >r tho regeneration of all parts, and receiving thc products of their waste, it conveys them to proper organs for re? moval from tho system. Thus it carries lifo to tho body, and removing therefrom effete matters, it curries off tho seeds of disease and death. Pure blood is, in fine, the great nutritivo element of the body, the great nourisher of tho tissues, tho very lifo of tho flesh, tho very es senco of health. HEINITSH'S QUEEN DE? LIGHT is the great medicine for tho blood, and overybotj^ should try it. Countless aro tho testimonials in its favor. It is truly tho only medicine now needed ns a summer tonic and liver iuvigorator. Jil Ostrich feathers will bo much worn this summer in bonnets. Weak whiskey and strong butter ruin many a grocer. 3=fe?OAl ItO fat - A few copies of tile 'Sock and Destruc? tion of Columbia' can bo obtained at tho Phonix office. Price twenty-five cents. Dr. Samuel Langley is now in our city us agent for the Charleston Daily Courier nud "XIX Century." He will call on tho business men and citizens generally, for tho purpose of obtaining subscrip? tions and advertisements. Joseph Taylor leaves at this office for inspection a stalk of cotton, about two feet in height, and holding somo twelve squares or more. Ho reports that it ia a fair sample of six acres, situated upon tho river. Can uuy ono of our planters do better ? /ETNA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.-We would invite attention to tho advertise? ment of the ngent of this company in nnother column. Tho .Etna ia ouo of thc; most substantial companies in tho country, an.l has been represented iu this city by Mr. Huggins for over twenty years, during which Hmo ho has paid out to our citizens over $100,000 insurance money on losses by fire. Jon OFFICE -Tho Phonix Job Office is prepared execute every style of pHnting, from visiting aud business cards to pamphlets and books. With ample material and first-class workmen, satis? faction is guaranteed to all. If our work does not come up to contract,, we make no charge. With this understanding our business men have no excuse for sending work North. RECONSTRUCTION.-A gentlemen of un? doubted veracity furnishes the following pi eco of intelligence: "Married, on thc 3d instant, by Es? quire John Crompton, nenr twenty-five milo creek, Fairfield District, Paul Harl, (colored,) twenty-five yenrs of age, to Josey Brennan, (white,) fourteen years of age. The person officiating is a Magis? trate. He was formerly a violent South? ern rights man, and is now an active and prominent leuder in the church; and, strange to say, ho is a white Carolinian" Mr. Pollock's soup of yesterday proved so eminent a success that, girding his lovers for renewed effort, he has deter? mined to enter tho lists again. A good story will boar twice telling, aud Mr. Pollock will repeat his performance to? day, with no change in programme, between tho boura of ll and 1 o'clock. The second tureen of soup of tho season will be dispensed to-day, for lunoh, be? tween the above hours, at the Pollock House. VIGILANT FIRE ENGINE COMPANY. The City Council having turned over the old city engine to tho colored folks, they organized a company, by the election of John Dennison, President; Richard Smith, vice-President; Simon Gurner, First Director; Robert Davis, Second Director; John Bell, Third Director; John Thomas, Fourth Director; and hav? ing put their apparatus in thorough re? pair, they are now ready for active ser? vice. We have no doubt but they will provo a valuable acquisition in timo of fire. COURT OE COMMON PLEAS AND GENERAL SESSIONS, Thursday, June 18, 1869. The caso of tho State vs. Thomas Rich? ardson and W. H. W. Gray was resumed, and the argument for the defence opened by C. D. Melton, Esq., and closed by Solicitor Talley for tho State. After a cbargo from bis His Honor, which occu? pied three aud one-half hours, the jury retired, and, after au absence of ono hour, returned with a verdict of "not guilty." Ex-Judge S. L. H?ge was, on motion, admitted to practice law and equity in tho Courts of this State. ARRIVALS COLUMBIA HOTEL, Juno 18. G. Foll?n, W. A. Whitaker, T. E Thames, E. M. Gilbert, W. A. Bradley, T. E. Clyde, M. J. Crosswell, Jr., Charleston; A. McBee, Jr., G. & C. R. IK.; B. Odell Duncan, Newberry; Mrs. Blakeley, Columbia. ARRIVALS AT THE NICKERSON HOUSE? June 18.-G. S. Cooper, Miss Virginia Wilson, Miss Camila Rogers, Williams? burg; Miss Friersou, M?63 McCall, Ma? rion; Wm. Johnston, Martin Johnston, Charlotte; N. R. Selby, John M. Dalany, E. D. Nixon, L. H. Best, T. M. Best, Baltimore, Md. ; C. J. Goodwin, Houston County, Ga.; Thomas Thomson, wife and child, Abbeville; Misses Devores, Edgefiold; John J. Gormley, Augusta, I Ga. ; Joseph H.Gay, Charlotte, N. C.; Col. H. P. Hammett, J. B. Seigier, R. Chatham, Jamel O. Meredith, Green? ville; W. M. Poole, Whito Sulphur Springs, Va. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. - Attention is called to tho following advertisements, published tho first time this morning: Craft Meeting of Masonic Fraternity. Geo. Huggins-jEtna Insurance Co. John Robetson-State and County fax. D. C. Peixotto & Sou-Cow for Salo. . Augusta Haley-School Examination. A troubled atmosphere-Tho heir law.