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COLUMBIA, 8. Sunday Morning, June 27. 1869. Virginia. A few days ago, we bad an opportu? nity of reading, hastily, a published lot? ter from James Lyons, a distinguished citizen of Virginia-a true son of the Old Dominion, after the type of her first progeny. It was in answer to an appli? cation for him to enter the canvass for the "conservativo Republican" candi? date for Governor-Colonel Walker. We regret the paper has been mislaid. We would like the people of Carolina to read the, letter. It comes nearer the true ring of the golden shield of Virginia, the shield of 1776 and 1361-65, than any sound we have heard in three years. It ia not a war-cry, nor yet a wail. It is Uko the sigh of the mighty Roman, fall? ing on the Lybian sands, after the bat? tle of Pkarsalia, by the .banda of hired assassins. Mr. Lyons tells Virginians they may be right to take a carpet-bag? ger who makes a fair showing of himself, as a choiee of evils; but warns them of the cowardice, as well as the impolicy and danger, of paltering with principles and the brittle fragments of their lost liberties. It is "expedienoy," "necessity ' and that vilest and most degrading phrase, of all-"accepting the situation, which has put South Carolina under that domina? tion which now rulos hor-in her Legis? lature, her Executive, her Judiciary, her police, her education, and is fast invad? ing her most sacred socio1 organism." The filth and stench which now provnils, from the State House to thc constablo's box, comes from our eager haste to "ac? cept tho situation." Mr. Lyons bids thc hungry politicians fast and vrnit a little longer. But our politicians would not fast an hour. They were pinched with the hunger of four years' abstinence, which had not been assuaged by four years of glorious struggle. They were starving for senatorial, gubernatorial and judicial feasts, so they "accepted the situation." But instead of our peo? ple feeding at the banquet, tho dainty viands wrere pounced upon by thc buz? zards of the North, and thc maggots bred in the rotten bowels of tho State. The poor carcass of tho State is torn un J mangled and gobbled up by these foul vermin, while our own disappointed would-be Senators, Governors, etc., etc., sit, squat on their haunches, peeping greedily through the cracks of the fences at the obscene symposium-presided over by Scott, Moses & Co.-who mean to polish the last bouc, and then toss the bare skeleton to the "native reconstrnc tionists," and invite them to accept the situation. As /et, it has not been alto? gether so in Virginia, because Virginia has preferred to be ruled rather by the sword than the scum of the conqueror. But Mr. Lyons warns against tho infec? tion. The deadly miasma is approach? ing-lie kuows the term "conservative Republican" is a delusion and'a suare, ns well as a politiculabsurJity. He tells his people, however, if you, the bes?, wisest, purest Virginians, insist on mak? ing a struggle for a "conservative Repub? lican," although I cannot vote-I am not permitted to vote-I will advise my ne? gro coachman to vote for Walker. Tho election conies on the 6th of July, on a tri-scctcd constitution, that is a constitution cut into throe parts. Hun nicut made it; Grant cut it into three slices with his sword, and, taking it on the point, he presonts it in "gobs," for the sake of easier deglutition by "cern servative Republicans." Ho thusthrusti it down their throats, as Scott, Moses ? Co. stui? their loathsome laws down th? throat of "reconstructed" South Caro lina. God help the "grand old republic,' and save her from our evil. A BAD LOT.-A good many persons tc whom President Grant's lately appointee consuls owe money have invoked thi Government to compel them to pay be . fore leaving the country, but the Go vernmont dcolines to interiore. Itdidn' appoint them for honesty, and it doceu' requiro them to be honest. In fact, i good many of thom sought foreign ap pointmonts os a means of escaping fran tho annoyance of creditors at home, am in many cases the Government con sciously aided them in tho rascally de sign. Unquestionably those consuls wh are running away from domestic credil ors to fill their appointments will ru; away from their foreign creditors whe they como back. Tho Government as sists them as swindlers at homo by pul ting them in a situation to swindl abroad. Gan it find no better way f elevating the national character? Gen. Ames, commandiug in Mississij. pi, it is finid, intends that the whites an blacks at tho approaching election f-;ha vote at separato polls-to bo two milt apart at each precinct, if necessary ? maintain peace. Sanalble Talle from ? Colored 9I?n. The following note from a well-known color? mau, of Knoxville, Tenu., will explain itself. It is foll of good sense: KJoxviLLB, Jnne 17. J86?.-7o David Brown, (colored,) Ahlerman'of this city. Sm: At a meeting of tho colored people of Knoxville, last night, in Mt. Zion Church, you took occasion to refer to myself and some remarks I had seen proper to make from the verandah of the Lamar House, when a number of people of our race saw proper to tender to Governor Senter tho compliment of a serenade. On that occasion, being called upon, I stated what I believed, and still believe to be the truth. I was speaking in the interest and for the benefit of the colored people. Ever since the colored man has had his vote in Tennessee, I hare seen how he has suffered himself to be led to the polls by selfish men who have no interest in the black man, but whose only objeot is to use him as a stopping-stone from whioh they can walk into office and power. I have seen too much of this thing to remain quiet when I see an effort being made to array myself and other colored men against the interests and the rights of the white people. The white people have given us tho right to vote at an earlier day than wo had any roason to expect it. It would be not only ingratitude], but the worst policy we could pursue, to aid in keep? ing tho white people of Tenuesseo from the ballot-box. Hore, in Tennessee, the black man en? joys all the political rights of the white mun. He enjoys rights here that he could not enjoy in Ohio. Let a colored mau who votes in Knoxville go to Cin? cinnati, and he will find that ho cannot vote there. I speak what I kuow, aud I say it is not houest in a colored man in Tennessee to uso the liberty that hus been given him to oppress and disfranchise thc white pooplo who pay the taxes by which our State government ?3 sup? ported. Besides, it is now certain that thc white pcoplo of the State will soon bo allowed to vote, and ho is no friend to tho colored man who tries to array him against the white race. .1 under? stand, Mr. Aldorman Brown, that you spoke very derisively of nie and my associates. You called us "skinued headed barbers." Our business is at least respectable, and let me tell you that it brings us in contact with the gentle? men of this community. We listen to and pay attention to their views, and wo are satisfied that the white people of Knoxvillo aro our friends, aud we do not propose to make enemies of them by using the ballot to deprive them of rights we enjoy ourselves. Now, you make your speeches against me in tho League, but I will venture to say that two-thirds of the money you get for your work (you nra a shoemaker) is paid to you by the very men you wiall to keep in political slavery. Tho mean? est trait in a man's character is ingrati? tude, and I tell you that I could not look a whito man in the face if I was trying to place him lower in society than my? self. Because you happen to be an Al- I derman, Mr. Bxowb, don't imagine that you can drive the colored men of Knox? ville to make war upon their best friends. Yours, candidly, GUS FHINIZY, Barber. Well may tho Washington radicals cry aloud, "Save us from our friends!" Having recently called a meeting for the purpose of escaping, as far as possible, the infamy attached to tho negro riots on election day, they found tho hull packed with their colored allies, who triumphantly voted down tho resolu? tions offered, that "overy man had a right to vote as he pleased." The speeches which were loudly cheered were of the most incendiary character, one speaker declaring that colored mon voting at the polls in opposition to thc wishes of tho colored race ought to bo killed. This, then, is to be taken as tho guiding and acknowledged principle ut? tered at tho seat of government in justi? fication of deeds endorsed by Forney and Sumner, oxcused by Greeley and Phillips, admired by Beecher and But? ler, and quietly ignored in au acqui? escing spirit by the Administration. This, then, is the boasted freedom of thought and opinion for which tho Pil gri x Fatheir exiled themselves, and their descendants over-ran tho South with fire and svord-freedom to think as thoy think, to act as they act, and that only. -,^><,, - THE Vms HYPOCRITES!-Tho Augusta Chronicle thus pays its compliments to tho Navy Yard bricklayers of Washing? ton, who refuse to work on the same scaffold with negroes: These bricklayers who thus refuse to permit a negro to "handle bricks and mortar" on tho same job with themselves aro nearly all radicals. They vote to sustain tho radical party, and cheerfully endorse its efforts to force negroes into all tho offices in the South, yet they re fuso to permit the same class to work with them. Their Caucasian blood re? volts at the contact, on tho builder's scaf? fold, with "loil" blacks, yet they think them marvellously proper persons to sit in our legislative hall*, to preside in our courts of justice, to servo on our juries, to sit on tho same bench with our chil? dren in the school-house, and with onr wives and daughters in our churches and places of amu?emont. A carpet-bagger, who has a fat office in Nashville, wont to shoot a resident edi? tor who had beon sharp on him in tho mc,/ning edition, and got well pummelled instead. lu aping tho manners of tho chivalry theso carpet-baggers are clumsy. They do the bellicose badly. The Cotton Oro**-Wno MAkM lt. The cotton, crop, grown over so widely extended an area ot country, and pausing in ita process from seed to shipment through so jnaoy hands, has yet been reduced to Agares so exact that few arti? cles of commerce can be statistically coneidered with equal precision. The immense advantage of tue tabular state? ment in respect of cotton lies, of course, in its enabling us to moke conjectural estimates of tue future growth of the plant likely to fall not far short of the truth. In this connection, the following facts from tho New York Post will be found pertinent: The American cotton crop of last year has been ascertained as 2,430,893 bales. The average of weight is 400 pounds to the bale, which gives an aggregate of 972,357,200 pounds, worth iu ourrenoy about 8250,000,000. For practical pur? poses the bale may be set down nt the value of $100. Three acres, as a mle, produce ono hale of cotton. The crop of 1808, upon this average, required the cultivation of 7,292,679 acres. The land devoted to cotton before tho war was taken to re Eresent a money value of $291,707,160; ut, by reason of the disorganization in? cident to the war, this value has fallon to S72.926.790. Tho area of the States growing cotton, exclusivo of Kentucky, Missouri and Virginia-in portions of which the plant may be successfully cul? tivated-is 426,365,410 acres. This aroa may bo fairly taken as the possible cot? ton field of the futuro, setting off the portions of tho cottou-growing States proper which cannot be employed for cotton production against the Kentucky, Missouri and Virgiuia lauds which may bo so employed. Tho United Statos thon have a capacity of cotton produc? tion of 142,121,813 bales, which at exist? ing prices in currency would be worth 814,212,000,000-a sum which staggers the imagination. Tho crop of last year occupied ouly about one fifty-ninth part of this vast area, and brought only about thc same proportion of the sum just rnoutioncd. Practically, then, it may bc said that thero is no limit to the quantity of cot? ton that may be raised by a combination of effort on the part of those immediate? ly interested. The fall in price of our staples siuee the war has greatly crippled the cotton planting interests of India and Egypt. Thc largest vield in India was that of 1866, when it reached 1,840,648 bules. This was brought down in 1S68 to 1,420, 576 bales. Egypt produced, in 1865, 404,411 bales; 'iu 186S, 193,035, or not enough to disturb a calcul?t iou of pro? bable results hereafter. Both theso couutries paid the penalty of a too ex? clusive devotion of their lands to cotton, under the stimulus of our war, in faniiuo, which carried off nearly a million oi hu? man beings. In Smyrna, and other por? tions of the Levant, where, in 1861, the fig crop was sacrificed to the growth of cotton, the culture has been ulmost en? tirely abandoned. We see, then, that tho United States is likely to remain the chief cotton-grow? er of the world; and we see, also, that its capacity for increased production de ponds almost wholly upon the increased supply of labor. The importance of en? couraging emigration becomes magnified in this view to the greatest extent. BOB TYLER'S ATTEMPT TO HEAD OFF THE CARPET-BAGGERS.-Bob Tylor, of Alabama, formerly of Virginia, and Gon of the late veuerublo ex-president, at? tempts to head off the carpet-baggers by getting up a sort of rotten borough ar? rangement by which prominent persons in the North friendly to the South can be sent to Congress as representatives from Southern districts. Although wo havo had in this city instances of the successful operation of this rotten borough system in tho election of non? residents to Congress, we hardly think it advisable for the South to attempt it at this time. Even if the plan should succeed, and Northern men with South? ern sentiments bo sent to Washington as representatives of tho South, what as? surance is there that the radical majority would permit their admission to either House? On tho whole, we believe it to be un wiso for tho South to try tho expe? riment-at any rate at this juncture. In a year or two, she may be in a condition to demand instead of craving admittance to tho halls of national legislation. Let the South abide her time. It is sure to come, and no heading-off process like that proposed by honest Bob, of Alaba? ma, will precipitate the event. [New York Ihr aid. TnE WASHINGTON PRINTERS.-Tho Washington correspondent of tho Bal? timore Gazelle, under dato of the 22d inst., says: William Ensmiuger, a compositor ein ployod in the Government printing of? fice, was discharged to-day. ne voted against the Douglass party on Saturday night. Messrs. Joseph E. liatcliffo and M. J. Melligan have tendered their re? signations as employees in tho job room. They look upon the Gov?rnment oflico ns a "rat" concern now, and declaro they will not work there under tho circum? stances. "Johnny" Burns, a printer, who has lost both legs, and who is well known os "pi setter and-distributor," was wheeled up, as usual, this morning, in his small carriage, but, instead of go? ing to work, immediately tendered his resignation, for the reason, ns he gavo it himself, that he would not work any longer with a colored man. Some of,tho "wealthy and influential" citizens of Dayton, Ohio, promised sub? stantial aid to Don Piatt, if ho would settle'thero and start a daily paper. Don accepted tho offer, but tho "wealthy and influential," as is too frequently tho case, failed to como to time, and hence tho 1 daily "died a bornin'." Piatt has reason forgive thanks that he discovered the character of those who wore to back him before getting himself "stuck." FOU JERSEY.-Tho Daily Adcer hying to convince ibo people of Jersoy that tho State would gain something very handsome in tho ratio of repr?sentation in 1870 by ratifying the fifteenth amendment, although it does not hom? to bc able to reach this "bene? ficence ' by the voluntary aol Of Our own voters. Its hope is that a sufficient num? ber of States shall have ratified the amendment before the census is ordered, to give the State the advantage of the negro vote and a sixth member of Con? gress, when, it adds, "the supreme power of the United States Constitution will intervene to save ns from our own folly." The people don't need Congressmen bad enough to induoe them to make the negroes voters; and it is exceedingly doubtful whether an act nf Congress can amend the Constitution of the State in this particular until we are ready to amend it ourselves.-Newark Join nat. A Southern editor, whose State has been specially over-run and afflicted with radical carpet-baggers from Ohio, who havo come into his State and monopo? lized all the offices, accounts for tho re? cent suicida! mania in our Statu Peniten? tiary on tho supposition that they nre the victims of despondency, produced by confinement in prison, while many of their companions in crime are permitted to go carpet-bagging down South, where they are made Governors and members of Congress, or appointed to postmaster ships, aud other lucrativo offices. They esteem it unbearable that they should bo punished for their littlo peccadilloes and i delinquencies, while others, equally : mean and dishonest, are used by thc radical party to punish thc Southern rebels.-Cincinnati Enquirer. STRANGE FREAK or NATURE.-Late j French papers tell of a very strange j freak of nature at a place called Jaca, in I the province of Aragon. A child bas 1 been born there, on the surface of ono ? of whoso eyes there is imprinted thc ex- ? act resemblance of a watch dial, oval in ! form. The hours and minutes aro dis- I tinctly marked, and the hands designated by faint lines. At the lapse of each j hour the child is seized with slight con? vulsions, during which it hiccups the proper number of tintinnabula, after the manner of a repeating watch. SAVANNAH AND CHARLESTON RAILROAD. Wo learn that the contractors aro push? ing forward with commendable vigor the work on this road, and that thc hue will be open to Grahamville-ten miles be? yond the present terminus-between the 5th and 10th of next month, lt is ex? pected that the whole road will bo com? pleted by December 1st, when the cars may run through to Savannah. [Charleston News. "Up we go! up! up! up!" England has its Botany Buy, France its Cayenne, Russia iU Siberia, and Spain its Fernan? do Po for State prisoners, and now, be? hold, wc have our Alaska. The United States steamer Newbern left New York last Tuesday with the first batch of mili? tary prisoners. What is a nation without a penal colony? Hereafter all mail matter intended for Japan, China, Sandwich Islands, and tho Pacific States, will be sent to the Chicago Poet Office, and there made up in sealed packages for Canton, Yokoha? ma, San Francisco, &o., and tho mails from these points will be scaled from these points to Chicago for distribution through thc States. RE.snirMF.NTS.-Thc New York Tribune notes as a sign of tho times that import? ers are shipping back to Europe a por? tion of the fancy goods so profusely poured in upon us for mouths past. It adds: "Wc understand that the LaFay ette, which leaves on Saturday, will take out thirteen cases of French ribbons, va? lued at 69,175." ARRESTED.-In December last, a diffi? culty occurred at Monck's Corner, in St. John's Parish, between Frank Brough? ton and T. D. Harley, in which the lat? ter was killed. Broughton escaped, but was overhauled in Charleston on Thurs? day last. He admits tho murder, but says it was dono in eclf-defence. SNTCBED-Carpet-baggers, by their colored friends in Virginia. One at? tempted to obtain lodgings at a respecta? ble hotel kept by a colored man, when he was refused admittance, the black Boniface declaring that he only received gentlemen as guests. Fanny Elisler, who once illustrated tao refinement and poetry of dancing, was married thc other day, at tho ripe agc of fifty-nine. Tho happy husband is ex Ring Ferdinand, of Portugal, and pur? suant to royal rules tho union is a mor? ganatic one. Abraham Slater, who lives near Foato ria, Seneca County, III., is 106 years old. He is now living with his second wife, to whom he has been married about nine years. His youngest child is six months old, nnd his eldest eighty years. Wo learn from tho Lancaster Ledger that a little orphan boy, named Taylor, about 8 years old, foll from a tree, where he had climbed after a bird's nest, on last Saturday, and was instantly killed his head striking a rock, breaking his skull. A mau who lately died in Germany confessed on his death-bed to having poisoned sixteen members of his own family in order to inherit their property. Three garroters, confined in jail at Co? rinne, Utah, were killed recently, while making a desperate attempt to break jail. The Washington National Intelligencer has been merged in tho Evening Star, Tho Intelligence was over fifty years old. On the first of Juno, snow was still visi? ble in a ravine, at Bolton, Canada, where it drifted last winter to a depth of forty feet. Now York churches have thc contribu? tion boxes passed around by handsome young ladies, and it pays handsomely. Xj ocal X-te m 0 . ? ?. At the request of a number of citizens, the Poet Band will repeat their concert on Thursday evening next. Those who were present nt the last exhibition will assuredly be on hand at the next. The "Ugly Club," of tho South Caro? lina University, will celebrate their first anniversary to-morrow (Monday) after? noon-ceremonies commencing at C o'clock, in the Campns. Those mem? bers of the club deemed the most de? serving will receive suitable awards. BAD POLICY.-An enterprising firm in Washington City advertise a preparation or compound that will take the kink out of a negro's wool, nud make his hair straight. We advise our colored friends that it would bo bad policy for them to uso tho compound. Just os sure as they get lucir hair straight, thc radicals will lose their affection for them. Keep your wool, by all means, and, under no consi? deration, havo anything to do with a preparation that will whiten your skiu. A HARD HIT. - "In plain English," says tho Pall Mall Gazelle, a London newspaper of great influence, "wo ought never to attach the smallest importance to any speech or declaration of policy which conies to us from tho United States." This is a hard hit. but when we reflect that it was caused by Sumner's Alabama speech, we, of tho South at least, can put up with it w ithout feeling hurt, or demanding from the Loudon paper au apology, with "pistols and coffee for two," in case of refusal on its part to comply with our demand. RELIGIOUS SERVICES Tins DAY.-Tri? nity Church-Rev. P. J. Shand, Rector, 10 ' ; A. M. and 5)4 P. M. St. Peter's Church-Hov. J. J. O'Con? nell, Pastor, 10 A. M. and 3 P. M. Washington Street Chapel-Rev. S. H. Browne, 1U'? A. M.; Rev. Wm. Martin, H}4 P. M. Marion Street Church-Rev. W. W. Mood, 10', A. M.; Rev. S. H. Browne, d?? P. M. " Baptist Church-Kev. J. L. Reynolds, 10'.j A. M. Lutheran Lecture Room-Rev. A. R, Rudo IOMA. M. Presbyterian Church-Rev. W. E, Boggs, Pastor, 10,' ? A. M. and 8 P. M. FRUIT DISTILLATION.-As tho distilla tion of fruit claims tho attention of t large portion of our readers, we give be low a synopsis of tho revenue laws or thc subject, as condensed by W. C. Mor rill, Collector of the Second Georgii District: Every person intending to distill brandi from apples, peaches and grapes, exclu sivoly, before entering upon business must 1. Register their stills with tho assist ant assessor of the division in which the; reside, as provided iu Section 5, Act o July 20, 18G3. Tho assistant nssessor arc provided with the necessary blank for this purpose, which can be had oi application. 2. Notice must bc given, in writing, t the assessor of tho district, stating th name and pince of residence of the pei son or persons intending to engage i: distilling, and the place where said busi ness is to bo carried on; also, the kind c still, and the cubic conteuts thereof; th number and kind of boilers, mash UR fermenting tubs, and a description of th lot or tract of land on which tho distille ry is situated, the size of the building: and of what material constructed. 3. A bond must be filed, with at leas two securities, to be approved by tho a? sessor, in the penal sum of at lea: $5,000, conditioned that tho party, c parties, will faithfully comply with a tho requirements of law relating to di: filiation. 4. A survey must be made of the pr< mises where the distillery is situated, t the assessor, at the expense of tho Unite States. 5. A sign, with thc words "registere distillery" npou it, must bc placed on tl outside of tho building where the di; tillery is situated. G. A book, or boeks, must be kept i form prescribed by the Commissioner < Iutemal Revenue, for tho entry of tl mash or wort used daily fur distillatioi also, the amount of proof spirits pri duced daily. 7. Returns must bo made monthly, 1 tho assistant assossor, ol* tho amount ? spirits produced, and tho tax paid at tl time of tho roturn. 8. No spirits can bo moved from tl distillery uutil the same is iuspcoted ai gauged, and the tux paid; stamps affix* to tho casks or packages containing tl spirits, by an offiocr designated for th purpose. 9. A special tax of $50 is imposed c all distillers of fruit who distill 150 bo reis or less por annum; also, a tax of ( per day while in operation. Tho necessary papers can bo had 1 application to Mr. C. H. Baldwin, thi3 city. Jim Mayrant requests us to inform 1 old scholars, and all who are fond "tripping tho light fantastic," that will give a soiree at tho Indopendc Firemen's Hall, on Tuesday eveni next, June 29. Jim is fully entitled tho patronage which ho has always ceived. A few copies of tho 'Suck and Dcstri tion of Columbia' can bo obtained nt \ Phoenix office. Price twenty-five cen? Jp?' OFFICE.-ile Phoenix Job Office is prepared to execute every style of printing, from visiting and business cards to pamphlets and books. With ample material anti first-class workmen, satis? faction is guaranteed to all. If our work dues not come up to contract, we make no charge. With thia understanding our business men have no excuse for sending work North. MERCANTILE PRINTING.-All kinds of mercantile printing, such as circulars, lettor heads, cards, bill heads, state? ments, ka., for counting rooms and offices, promptly attented to ot the Phoe? nix job offico. HOTEL ARRIVALS.-June 20.-Nicker son House.-W. T. Martin, Augusta, Ga. ; G. Kruse and wife, Charleston; Sam. T. DeFord, Jr., Baltimore, Md.; A. M. Lee, Colombia; O. H. P. Faut, Anderdon ; R. A. Springs, F. Lucas, Charlotte; Wm. Johnston, N. C. ; Wm. H. Gray, K. S. Gray, Charlotte; Joseph H. Gay, Stokes Co., N. C.; D. T. Madison, J. W. Mathews, Prof. N. Mauasse, Baltimore, Md.; Dr. Wm. Jenson, Salisbury; Mrs. Dowd, two children and servant, Char? lotte, N. C.; S. A. Pearce, Jr., TJ. S. A.; G. C. Tingley, R. L; J. H. Covington, Baltimore, Md. ; E. P. George, Wilming? ton, N. C.; J. B. Seigier, S. C.; J. L. Denton, Charlotte, N. C. Columbia Hotel.-N. A. Hunt, Charles? ton; Tho3. E. Gregg, City; R. N. Rob? bins, Baltimore; James Browne, Orange burg; W. H. Evans, T. H. Symmea, Charleston; Wm. H. Jefiers, Richland; B. G. Yoconi, city; Charles H. Giles, Union; Wm. Haltiwangcr, Niuty-Six, S. C.; E. DeBerry, J. E. Thames, H. B. Faut. S. C. National Hotel.-S. Montgomery, S. M. Evans, Newberry; J. W. Harrison, Hon. James L. Orr, Anderson; J. B. Sutton, Pendleton; James O. Meredith, G. and C. K. R.; Doc. C. Chambers, Now Orleans; W. H. Eagle, Charlotte, N. C.; Dr. Samuel Langley, Charleston; James Trumble, S. C. R. R. ; Charles Swydane, New York; Major T. G. Croft, Greenville; R. W. Tucker, Virginia; H. J. Leech, F. H. Quick, Logan Quick, New Orleans; F. W. Daugtyler, Orange burg. Among other testimonials to tho valor of the South which history 6lowly vin? dicates, now comes Charles Sumner con? fessing "American commerce was swept from the seas"-by one man-of-war. Be careful, Charles, you will confess too much, if you aro not more careful. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is called to the following advertisements, published the first time this morning: Johu C. Seegers-Chewing Tobacco. C. H. Baldwin-Found. C. F. Jackson-New Goods. TREASURE RECOVERED.-A buried trea? sure was recently discovered near Wave? land, Montgomery Countv, Indiana, by a man named McIntosh. The lucky in? dividual was engaged in ploughing, when he discovered a belt filled with gold coin, and an earthen vessel filled with silver. The newest of the" coins were dated in 1851. It is fully believed that there is a secret order of incendiaries in California, with members in all parts of the State, the object being to burn the houses, churches and schools in which Chinese are edu? cated, or where the teachers of Chinese reside. A life insurance agent of Terre Haute, Indiana, recently made four trips, six miles, into the country on foot, making forty-eight miles in all, to get a single policy of $2,000, the application for which bas since been rejected by the company. A California paper says of tho China? man as a railroad builder, that his labor is oheap, his temper is good, his disposi? tion is docile, his industry is unflagging, his strength and endurance are wonder? ful, and hie mechanical skill is remarka? ble. Two colored clerks aro now doing duty in tho Charleston Post Office. 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They aro the precursors of a diseased blood, and will assume a much moro formidable shape, if allowed to go on unchecked. The Queen's Delight, tho only real blood purifier that has over boon invented, ns thousand.-, will to-day attest, is ofterod to the afflicted as a positive remedy for all diseases flowing from a vitiated condi? tion of the system. Prepared only by Heinitz. J20