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coTmsmA, s. c. Tharsflay Morning, Jane 84. 1869. Til? Columbi? Canal. "This enterprise," to qaote the words of the PHOENIX, of January 7th, "with the developments by Governor Sprague, the millionaire of Bhode Island, will materially advance the interests of Co? lumbia," secrnu to bs nt a stand-still. The "good time coming," to which the PHOENIX of that date looked forward so confidently, seems en route on an- ex? tremely slow train. The "merry hum of the spindle and bnsy click of the loom" has not yet-nor is there say evi? dence of it-been heard along the "banks of this useless stream." The PHCENIX -*ras sanguine; the PHONIX confesses tho "best laid schemes gang aft aglee." The sluggish stream of the Columbia Canal flows undisturbed with its torpid ourreot; the busy throng of active workmen, who were to widen and develop this great work and water power, aro still tho crea tares of speculation. The first condition of the parohase was that the buyer should, Bix months after date, commenoo the work of widening and deepening the said canal; and that, twelve months after, $10,000 should have been expended by him for that purpose-tho conditions of sato being thirty days after acceptance of bid' one-third of purchase money to bc paid; six months therefrom one-third, and twelve months after the remaining third; titles and money paid to bo for? feited incase of.failure of any conditions of salo by.purchaser. At this lato date there is not tho faintest indication thal Mr. Sprague intends to develop the great purchase from which we hoped sc much; not a sod has been turned on the banks of the canal; not the faintest move been made to mark tho introduction of r change; We fear the nome of Sprague is omi nous. The gentleman of that name fron Chicago, suffering from "Arisepilis," ii guilty of a breach of promise (in marri age,) and breaks the heart of Amanda ii exceedingly bad grammar; whilst tin gentleman fYom Rhoda Island is Guilt; of another kind of breach of promise breaks his obligations, conched in ex ceedingly good English, and willingl; incurs the forfeit, which we are told i but of trifling value. That there ?B : reason for this, is perfectly clear. Al though the six months dated from th. purchn.se have not expired, it is plui: that Mr. Sprague docs not design t complete his bargain. The preparation required for engaging in such an eutei prise aro so great that they could not b ia formation without at some period il being known to tho world, or u vigilar press. Tho unbroken silence of the pt pers and private information warrant i in believing and asserting that M Sprague has abandoned his purpose, au that the dream of nolive spindles au busy looms is a dream indeed. That there is money in the project that the bargain is valuable, is boyon doubt. To what, then, shall we ascrit the cause, when a shrewd business mai as this Bhode Island manufacturer i abandons his enterprise, and prefers \ pay a forfeit rather than risk his moue further? The political situation of oi State, of tho entire South, is tho tn solution of tho question. A commo wealth under tlio control nud gover ment of itinerant adventurers, of nati' and foreign carpet-baggers, with scall wags of high nod low degree, and a L gislaturo composed almost entirely negroes, suffering under the cruel exn tious of a rigorous and infamous syste of taxation, in our opinion, is sufficie to deter tho outlay of Northern capil in our section. Mr. Spraguo phows t indigenous prndenco of the Yankee, ai wisely determines to pay his forfeit i ther than hazard his dollars to tho tend mercies of this piratical crew. Tho golden stream of prosperity a wealth, wo griovo to believe, will scarce flow into Columbia through thc banks the canal, under tho ablo management Governor Spraguo. And wo think worthy of attention to show how co plctely our political position affects t influx and investment of Northern ca tal. -?-?-*- ? A LESSON FROM ARUOAD.-lu the i cient military monarchy of Austria, I civil authorities now aro forbidden to < forco the sentences of military com and tho military authorities aro prohil ed from meddling with citizens, exe? in matters strictly within their own p view. The New York Times says, in forenco to this: "Indeed, tho udvau ment of Austria from heavy-handed d potism towards real national und iud: dual liberty, sinco tho sharp, short i decisive fight with Prussia, has been f is ono of thc most wonderful phonomi of this ago of wonders." Attorney-G oral Hoar should inuko a noto of tl nnd see if in America, sinco our wnr, can't do as well as Austria. ? Cleanse and Disinfect. MR. EDITOR: In view of tho impor laooe of thorough disinfection during the hot weather, and to aid citizens in obtaining tho cheapest and best ?rtiele for this purpose, the following i tat?mente hare been prepared: SOURCE OP DANGEB.-Hot and damp weather will canse all filth and refuse to pa tri fy, and give ont poisonous gases. Privies, water-closets, damp cellars and filthy drain? are the eon roo of the evil about dwelling houses. Usa OF Dis ENTBOT ANTS.-To disinfect the places above named* uso a strong so? lution of copperao, sulphate 'of iron and carbol io acid. Thia sol nt iou is made by mixing twelve pounds of Copperas and one pound of carbolic acid, (crystalizod,) in twelve gallon* of water, stirring the mixture briskly. To every privy, allow daily at the rate of ono pint of the above solution to every four persons using tho same, or leas, if desired. To disinfect stables, filthy grounds and masses of putrid matter, use coal tar and copperas, or the former alone. How TO PBOODRE THE DISINFECTANTS. The copperas and carbolic aoid solution can bo made by druggists or the indi? vidual, at a cost from thirty to fifty cents per gallon. Lime ?B worth about thirty cents n peck. Coal tar can be obtained from the gas boase, for little or nothing. It is so offensive that it should be used moderately about dwellings. The car? bolic acid and copperas solution will bo found cheaper than lime. Somo of our enterprising druggists conld, no doubt, bring on some of the carbolic class, which would be cheaper than the crystalized acid. We should recollect that nothing takes tho place of fresh air, sun-light und per? sonal cleanliness. T. The cost of the above named mate? rials is so slight, that they lie in the reach of almost every one. Tho coal tar can be purchased at tho gas works for a trifle, and may be gathered-wo are in? formed-in quantities ia the drains, in the vicinity of "Potter's field," conduct? ing the refuse from the gas works. Tho object proposed by our correspondent is of the highest importance, and we can? not too highly recommend the adoption by our citizens of the oourso proposed. The Rochester Chronicle bas been told a new story about General Butler. The directors of a Boston bank, having their suspicions aroused, notified their cashier that an examination of the books and cash in his possession mast bo bad. The cashier went to Butler and stated his coso. He had misappropriated funds of the bank to the amount of $50,000. He asked whether be had not better own np, rcstoro what he could, and lot bis bondsmen make up the deficit Butler, after somo consideration, directed bim to attend the meeting of the directors, deny that there was anything wrong, and, if Uiey desired, to surrender the keys and go home, leaving them in pos? session. He did us directed, gavo up the keys, and the directors, upon examin? ing the books and casu ia the vaults, found a deficit, ns they anticipated, of $50,000. They notified the cashier und his bondsmen, who in dne time nppeared, accompanied by Butler, who, neting as spokesman, inquired what tho mutter was. The directors informed bim of the facts, and offered to compromise the matter by tho roturo of the missing funds. General Butler coolly replied that bis clieut had surrendered tho keys to them, and that the deficit, if any, oc? curred after tho directors wero in pos? session. The directors now beean to see the dilemma in which they were placed, and sent for a lawyer, only to find that they had mada a false step; that they had no proper evidence of the amount of cash in the bank when surrendered by tho cashier, and that in taking posses? sion they had lost their only remedy. As it would not do to let tho stockholders kuow how they had been over-reached, the directors had to goto work and make up the loss out of their own pockets. They gave their defaulting cashier the certificate of character which he de? manded, and he wont to work in another bank iu the tamo city a few weeks after? wards. CriEAr ROMANCE-A BABBABOTTS STOUY SPOILED.-Tho "Barbara Fritchie" hum? bug is utterly exploded at last, and by competent and reliable authority-noth? ing less, indeed, than tho Washington correspondent of the Chicago Tribune. Tho story, ho says, originated with the gushing and imaginativo Mr. South worth, who supplied it to the innocent old Quaker, Whittier. Tho facts are, according to tho Tribune: First-That. Stonewall Jackson never passed through Frederick at the bead of his troops, and never passed through Frederick at any time, with a single exception, when, at 4 o'clock in the morning, before Mrs. Frit? en io or anybody else was up, be rodo np to the court-house square, before the resi? dence of a lady who had relatives living in his town of Lexingtou, und tearing off o, white strip from the side of a newspa? per ho wrote upon it, "General T. J. Jackson is unwilling to puss near Frede? rick without leaving his compliments for Mrs.-, but ho finds her in repose, and will not awaken hor." This slip was hung upon tho door-knocker. Second That Mrs. Fritchie had two young Indica, relatives, stopping with her, and these appeared with tho old lady at the garret window of her house, near the creek, and as tho Federal General Reno passed through on his way to South Mountain battle, these young ladies ran out a mini? ature flag and waved it, while the troops raised a cheer. This was tho origin of the flag story, and enthusiastic but men? dacious loyalty transferred it to Stone? wall Jackson. An Englishman still lives who was a drummer boy in tho revolutionary war in America. He is the last soldier of the "Army of tho Revolution." [From our Extraordinary CorreepondenL'] F. Km?r?l Cilva? HU Bxpert?a\C?. Nsw YOB?, June 19, I860,-I am a lit? tle at a icm (I used to be great at a loee when I played poker, and therefore abandoned the gamo years and yearn ago,) to know what to write to yon about this week. I have a cousoienoe-a Pa? ten t Metropolitan Journalistic conscience -and therefore dare not write anything that is not strictly true. I was not al? ways th us. careful, but * year or two ago I had an awful warning, and since then have never ventured to let my imagina? tion lead me into exaggerations. It happened in this way. I was an as? sociate editor on the staff of ono of our New York papers, and there on? day came a necessity for me to write a para? graph of about a stick-ful iu length, in a little less thau no time at all. The wea? ther being intensely cold, my mental fa? culties were activo only iu tho direotion of forcible denunciation of the climate. My miud thus ruuuiugon the subject ol cold weather, I wrote a few liues stating that the Gulf Stream hud retired from the coast, and that there was every rea? son to beliovo that in course of two yours at furthest, New York would bo consi? derably colder thau Greenland. Mark what followed, and thou doubt, if you can, tho influence of tho press. That paragraph was gravely copied all over the country, and in about three weeks afterwards two sea-captains came into port and announced that they had found tho Gulf Stream nearly 200 miles to the East wind of its usual course. Tho confounded current had actually taken rue at my word, and hud really changed its course. I repented bitterly of my rashness, and begun to look for? ward to tho cheerful prospect of freezing to death amid the curses of my congeal? ing friends, when some other fellow came out in another aper with the statement that the Gulf dtrcam hud approached nearer than over to our shores, and that henceforth our climate wus to become tropical in point of heat. I don't believe he had any more authority for his story than I bad for mine, but somehow more sea-captains opportunely came into port and continued his statement. Since then tho climate has remained just as disa? greeable as it always has been, but I have never dared to allude to the Gulf Stream from that day to this, and have, moreover, registered a vow never to write anything that is not strictly und literally true. That's the reason why I am not mana? ging editor of the Times, or dramutic critic of the Uevald. A conscience is a terrible obstacle to success in journalism. Where would Bennett or Raymond now be, had they beet weighed down by such a terrible moral haudicap? I remember how forcibly this fact waa onco brought to my knowledge some fif? teen years ago. I was theu in churgo ol the San Jose Star, a California paper, which by tho way, was tho first paper ol which I had evor had the management. It was owned by political chap, who devoted his chief energies to the man? agement of a furo bank, and left me tc elovato t'-e tone of Californian society through thc columns of his paper. I had instructions to pitch into overythiug of an immoral character, except gambling, and to advocate the Democratic ticket through thick und thin. Every few dayt my proprietor used to send me word tc puff Smith or Jones, or to give Brown 01 Robinson a vivid realization of the peen liarly distinguishing features of the in? fernal regions. Of course I obeyed or ders, and kept my editorial position. Ii those days you could be reasonably cer tain that every man in California de served to bo abused, and that if any om was praised, anybody else would knov that it was barefaced nonsense, und would fail to bo misled by it, I, there fore, felt that I was morally right in fol lowing my proprietor's instructions, cs pecially us ho paid me a very rcusonubh salary. Well, everything went on smoothly, kept a couplo of old miners in the outci office, who shot all the dangerous visi tors who dropped in to aveuge their per sonni wrongs on tho editor, and thong! I frequently found ono or two doa? bodies lying about the office when I OH mi out of my sanctum, nothing uupleusan evor happened to mar tho peaceful sere nity of my daily life. So prosperous di< tho future soem to me, that 1 begun tc seriously contemplate matrimony, ami a a preliminary process, walked deeply inti love with tho daughter of a Muthodis clergyman, who was temporarily station eil nt San Francisco. Ono Mouduy morning, 103- proprieto carno into tho office iu a purple state 0 indignation. "Liook byar," said lie, "1 cuss of a preacher has bin abtisin* of m, establishment, and I want yon to go fu him. Jest you giv' him partidor Ilude (wo'll say.) Tell him he's another, yo know, and swear ho dono moro lyiu' ur stealin', in giuerul cussedness, than un mau in Frisco. You know how to d it." I inquired who the unhappy man wai but my proprietor couldn't remembe his name. Beyond tho fact that hu wu a Baptist, ho knew nothing of him, bu ho told me to write the article, and leuv it blank for the clergyman's name, an he would insert it in time for tho ne] day's paper, if I would send the proof t him. Well, I wrote the savugest sort 1 an attack, and after reading tho proo sent it down to my proprietor's suloot with thu request that ho would insert til name, and send it up to the foreinui He did so, nod to my unutterable ho: mr, I found out, the next morniuf when I took up the paper, that I ha been abusing my prospective father-ii law! You see my proprietor was not vcr strong in theology, and didn't know tl difforcuco betweeu a Methodist and Baptist. It never occurred to roo tin the Baptist chop whom I was ordered I abuse could bc tho Methodist father < my beloved, and I leave you to imagii my feelings whou J read the article, wil the Rev. James iv.- .kins' mime at tl head of it. There would not have been the slight? est uso in my inakiug any explanation. The ihing wouldn't ado?it of any. I therefore wrote a lender, announcing that the paper bed changed hands, and abasing my faro-playing proprietor in the bitter? st. terms. I stayed long enough to make sure that the article would ap? pear in the next number, und then left at. midnight by the overland route for tho Ea?>t. I have since learned that my pro? prietor, armed with an arsenal of re? volvers,; pursued me as far us? Salt Luke City, but he did not overtake me. I llattor myself that I convinced him that personalities are unworthy of respecta? ble journalism. F. EMERAL. MARRIAGE AFTER A THIBTT-THKEE YKABS' ENGAGEMENT.-On Sunday last, Mids Matilda Griffith, who bas long been a respected resident ol Greenville, and Mr. John Grant, of Ireland, were married at tho residence of the former, by Rev. E. T. Buist, D. D. Tho Green? ville Enterprise pays: Tho incident is a pleasing one; a ro? mantic history attaches. Thirty-three years have fled nineo the parties became engaged, nor have they seen each other in that time, and during a long portion of it were ignorant ol' euell other's where? abouts. They wero both attached when mero children, in their nalivo Ireland; but when the engagement became known, the families of both were op? posed to it from opposite religious views, and that of Miss G. contrived to seud her, against her will, to the United States. Mr. G., all disconsolate, enlist? ed in tho British army, not being aware at first whither the lady had gone. His career ns a soldipr continued twenty-six yours; in tho mennwhilo ho fought through thc terrible Sepoy rebellion m India, making us many haw-breadth es? capes "in tho imminent deadly breaches" us Othello. Ho returned to England some three or four years ago, and, hav? ing in tho meantime had some corres? pondence with the lady by loiter-for Iiis devotion never faltered-sailed for this country. Shu was on her voyage at tho same time to old Ireland, aud the ships passed each othor. He found his way to the great West, aud having boen prostrated by cholera, and losing the means brought with him, ho went to Montana to recruit. Last Friday, he 1 arrived by the cars in Greenville, sud? denly and unheralded, and forthwith sought the li ouse of Miss G., who kuew I bim instantly on sight, but ho did not recognize her in the same manner, for she hud changed from the fragile girl to tho mature woman. Of courso she was agitated and overjoyeii as ho was. and tbere being no longer any impedi? ment, an immediate marriage was deter? mined ou. Tho result was their union on Sunday, as before stated. MOUE RATIFICATION.-Florida, which, like the other rebel States, is blessed with n very carpet-baggish Legislature, has "ratified" tho negro-voting tit tee nt h amendment. The interesting Legislature in question convened last week in extra session, ostensibly to net on the project for selling Western Florida to Alabama; and the members lntve taken advantage of the chance to kill two birds with one stone, by seizing this time to "ratify" the amendment. That makes, wo be? lieve, twenty-three States-if such ques? tionable action as the no-quorum Legis? lature of indiana be accepted as thu valid action of tho State. But it is useless to begin with specifying one State, when there is so many more whoso recorded action on this subject has boeu so mani? festly against the sentiments of their people. Tho whole proceeding is but one gigantic fraud. Wu suppose it will not bo difficult to get, by hook or crook, tho remaining four States necessary to muke up the three-quarters of thu hap? py family. There aro ways to do it. Radicalism is not fastidious. Wendell Phillips has found time, amidst, thc other pressing duties in counseling the West? ern Indians to murder all the whites they can, to stop a moment anti declare, in a "resolution," that if the amendment, cannot be carried in any other way, Con? gress must carve up Texas into four States; taking it for granted that their Legislatures-being, of course, of the loyal carpet-bag stripe which so well ex? presses tho seutimeutsof the people con? cerned-will immediately "ratify." These radicals, who rule Congress, are making of our American experiment of self-gov eminent a monstrous farce and mockery. And they menu to end it, as soon us they conveniently ono, as effectually us the Mussulman ruler's agents nod the sub? jects of their, experiments, with a bow? string, that makes the subjects' eyes and tongue hang out.-Hartford Times. A WOMAN CONFINED TO HEH BED FOB THIRTY SIX YEARS.-Our obituary co? lumns yesterday contained a notice of the death of Miss Sarah T. Lovell, at the age of sixty-seven years. Her case is one for which a parallel can hardly be found in tho whole country, for long and lingering sickness. For forty years she hus been out of health and for thirty-six bed-ridden. A friend informs us that thirty-six yearn ago abe called to seo her, and she was confined to her bed, to ull appearances in the last stages of con? sumption, aud apparently with but a few weeks, at most, to live. Yet shu has been lingeiiug on, and what is most re? markable,, hus been uillicted with almost every disease, contagious or epidemic, with which our city bus been nfllio.ed. During the prevalence, of the cholera, she was one of its subjects, but while others, hearty and robust, wero out down, she, upon, on it were, tho very brink of tho grave, lived. Bile has been the subject of tho watchful euro and tin remitting attention of her two sisters nod her brother, tho late John W. Lovell, all of whom have died before her, and since their death the widow of Mr. Lovell hus, with truo sisterly kindness, filled tho piuco made vacant by tho deaths of thoso nearer kin. [Bangor {Me.) Whig, Vlth. ocal Items. Remember, Wyman, the magician, performs in Juuney'f Hali, Ibis even? ing. The weather is to be attended to, remember. i MERCANTILE PRINTING.- All kinds of mercantile piloting, such as circulars, letter heads, cards, bill heads, state? ments, ?LO., for counting-rooms and offices, promptly attented to at tho Phoe? nix job office. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.-There has been a slight change in the schedules of the Charlotte and South Carolina and Columbia and Augusta Railroads. The trains for Augusta leave Columbia ut ten miuutes to IP. M.; and for Charlotte at twenty-fivo minutes post 1. FINE COTTON.-Mr. R. O'Nealo, Jr., has sent us a stalk of cottou which is consi? derably ahead of anything in this vicini? ty-at least, anything we havo seen or heard of. It is three feet in hoight, nud contains sixty-nine, shapes, which lack about ten days of blooming. It was grown from seed furnished by David Dickson, Esq., of Oxford, Ga.-the soed beiug selected by him for his own use. Mr. O'Nealo lias a fifteen acre field of this cottou. Richland forever! A meeting of the stockholders of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, iu South Carolina, was held in Charleston, ou Tuesday Inst. Gov. Scott was called to tho chair, nnd tho Secretary of the Board appointed ?Secretary of the meeting. Messrs. G. L. Cameron, J. L. Orr and H. Gourdin, wore appointed a Com? mittee on By-Laws. Tho President, Superintendent und Chief Engineer read their reports, when the meeting adjourn? ed until Wednesday. MEDICAL COLLEGE OP SOUTH CAROLINA. Messrs. Wulker, Evans Sc Cogswell have issued the annual circular of the Trus? tees aud Faculty of the College for thc session of 1869-70, which announces in? creased facilities for clinical instruction. The lectures in this iustitution will be resumed ou Monday, tho 1st of Novem? ber, 18G9, aud continue until the first Saturday in March, 1870. Expenses of the school: Matriculation fee (paid once) 85; course of lectures $105; demonstra? tors ticket $10, graduation fee $30. It is with genuine pleasure that we announce the Commencement Ball of tho University of South Carolina. The exercises of this institution, viz: Exami? nation of the students, are in progress at this date. On the 28th instant, the young gentlemen of this institution pro? pose to give a ball nt the Columbia Hotel, tho first Commencement Ball which has beeu given in Columbia since 1860. The services of the Columbia Baud have boen engaged, and every provision made to "chase tho hours with Hying feet." Tho arduous labors of the academic course beiug ended, aro pro? perly celebrated by a few hours devoted to innocent mirth and gaye ty; and wo can safely promise to those who give the "ball" their presence, a period of unal? loyed pleasure and happiness. HOTEL ABRIVALS, June 23-Colum? bia Hotel- Jno. S. Fairly, C. A. Ray, W. H. Evans, W. D. Ketiedy, Charles? ton; W. J. Crosswoll, Southern Express Company ; J. McK. White, H. C. Lara bee, J. H. Kenner, W. W. Walker, C. Provost, Baltimore ; Dr. J. W. Marshall, Abbevillo ; A. H. Caughmnn, Lexing? ton ; E. M. C. Clarkson, Richluud. Nickerson House.-Lewis Tyrell, Brown County, N. Y ; J. P. Cretz, F. R. Perin, Virginia ; H- H. Mnldrow, E. B. Muhlrow, Murion, S. C. ; W. J. Blair, Augusta, Gu.; Mrs. Townsend and child, S. C. ; Mrs. A. J. Lee, H. B. Coffee, Madison, Fla. ; W. J. Molyman, Charles? ton; J. L. Brnuch, Jr., Abbeville, S. C.; Claude Wyman, V. M. Best, Virginia; James B. Hayward, Jr., J. B. Seigler, Flat Rock, S. C. Om; BOOK TABLE.-We aro indebted to Messrs. Bryan Sc MeCurter for the July number of Harper's Magazine. The lite? rary merits of this magazine ure cheer? fully acknowledged, whilst its political sentiments have our reprobation. By n judicious liberality, tho pens of tho most popular novelists on both sides of thc Atluntic have been secured for its col? umns. Wo believe that tho advance sheets of "Our Mutual Friend" and "Armadale," appeared in Harper's be? fore they carno out in England. Thc present number contains among other attractive articles, chapters of a now novo] by Miss Molock, and a resume of Gen. Grant's career, from the time at which ht einergedfrom obscurity inllliuois, to tho day ho received tho surrender of thc great captain, Gen. Lee. Wo beg leave to add our tribute to thc courtesy ol Messrs. Bryau & McCarter, which ren? ders it always a pleasure to visit theil store, and to their enterprise by which tho reading public aro kept supplied with most of tho American magazines, and nil tho newest works. We are requested to stato that there will be religious services ia tho Morion Street Methodist Church this evening and to-morrow evening, nt 8 o'clock, and in the Washington Street Chapel Satur? day morning, at half-past 10 o'clock. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS ANO GENERAL SESSIONS, Juno 23.-The case of tho State vs. Louisa Wilson was resumed, and tho argument on part of tho prisoner was heard, but there was no reply on tho pai t of the State, owing to tho illness of Solicitor Talley. The jury returned a vordict of "not guilty." The State vs. George Robertson, for larceny-guilty. The State rs. Edward Segore, for ma? licious trespass-guilty. ST. JOHN'S OR MIDSUMMER'S DAY.-To? day is St. John's Day-the Feast of St. John tho Baptist-which is frequently called Midsummer-Day, from its hap? pening so near tho time of tho summer's solstice. The Masons of Columbia cele? brate the day by a pic-nio at Ridge Spring on the Columbia and Augusta Railroad. The Charleston Cow? fer com? piles the following history of St. John's Day: St. John's Day was early marked by curious custom*, resembling in a meas? ure those of May Day and Whitsuntide. Divination was practiced, and various games and amusements were indulged in for the amusement of the simple folk, who enjoyed such sports, lt used to be said that a rose plucked on St. John's eve wonld be fresh at Christmas; and that by fasting and watching on that night the spirits of those who were going to die, and of those who were going to bo married, might be seen. Maidens al -o used to gather n moss rose at this time, and place it in the bosom to BOO ; whether it would wither; if it did the j lover was untrue. The question arises: were any of tho lovers true? But tho I maidens may have known how to keep the roses in their bosoms as fresh as tho roses in their cheeks. Gathering the tre? foil, aud adorning n white wether with flowers, was a custom of long continu? ance in Spain. Tho beautiful ballad to which this custom gave birth, was sung by tho maidens for centuries, along tho banks of the Onadalqniver. Tho good St. John was the patron Saint of the Military Order of the Knights of St. John, of Jerusalem, the Hospitallers, tho rivals of the Knights of tho Temple. Our readers will readily recall the passage of words which took placo in the presence of St. John be? tween the Hospitaller and DeBracey, in regard to the overthrow of Bois Guilbert and Ralph de Yipont by Ivanhoe. This rivalry long continued. Tho order of the Hospital, however, survived that of the Temple. In later days tho Masonic Fraternity claim both St. John the Evangelist and St. John the Baptist as emiuent patrons of tho order. In the South, however, tho fraternity invariably celebrate St. John's day on tho 27th of December, on tho plea that tho weather is better adapt? ed for such ceremonies. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is called to the following advertisements, published tho first time this morning: Meeting of Acacia Lodge. Meeting of Palmetto Fire Company. Chas. Logan-Strayed. Personal Notice. Conditiou Carolina National Bank. E. & G. D. Hope-Irish Potatoes. At Arsnc, Frauce, tho lightning re? cently fell upon tho church during di? vine service. About thirty persons wore moro or less seriously injured, and a part of the roof destroyed. An old man, attired in ecclesiastical costume, aud wearing a long white beard, lins beon seen for the last fow days in the streets of Paris. It is Mgr. JJnpond, Bishop of Azoth, in the kingdom of Siam, who bas come to Europe to bo present at tho General Council. This prelate was boru at Arras; he has resided in Siam for the last thirty years. THE ABORIGINES USED IT.-The me? dicinal virtues of Roots, Herbs and Barks which wero used by tho "Medicine men" of tho Indian tribos, and which long experience has proven to possess I i tho most efficient alterative properties ; for tho euro of Scrofula, King's Evil, Ulcers, Cancerous aud Indolent Tumors, Mercurial and Syphilitic Affections, En? largement of the Boues, Tetter, Ring I worm, Boils, Pimples and diseases re? sulting from a depraved stale of the blood, aud all female diseases, aro cou ? fained in a highly concentrated form in DR. TUTT'S SARSAPARILLA ANO QUEEN'S j DELIGHT. It is a very popular Medicino : and deservedly so. J19 G ' What is this ? absorbs me, quito 1 Improves my spirit, makes me bright, They tell me!'tis the "Queen's Delight." For tho blood 1 blood ll blood!! 1 Of all tho medicines known to the world, none have been attended with such mark? ed appreciation by thc profession and tho 1 people nt large, as "Hjinitsh's Queen's Delight." Now is tho timo above all i others to renovato the system, invigorate tho organs and cleanse ont those peril? ous spots, pimples, corrupt sores, which 1 pollute thc lifo of tho blood, and render your budy a loathsome thing. They aro i the precursors of a diseased blood, and will assume a much moro formidable . j shape, if allowed to go on unchecked, j Tho Queen's Delight, tko only real blood I purifier that has ever been invented, ns . I thousands will to-day attest, is offered to i ; thc afflicted ns n positive remedy for nil , diseases flowing from a vitiated condi I tion of the system. Prepared only by Heinit.sk. J20