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COLUMBIA, S. G. Wednesday Morning, July 28. 1869. Tb? JL.avf Against Coolie Importation. The New York Times makes tho fol? lowing comments on the coolie trade. Whether or not its statements are cor? rect, we cannot assert, and givo the arti? cle for what it is worth : "We publish, this morning, the more important section of thc law adopted by Congress prohibiting the importation of Chin?se coolies into this country. It will be seen that the enterprise in which Messrs. Cornelius Kooptnansohaap & Co. and others, of Sun Francisco, have been largely engaged, and into which tho late Memphis Labor Convention wished to embark, is as illegal as the slave trade, and punishable by fine and imprison? ment. This law was adopted in 1862, when the feeling of the North and of its representatives* in Congress was ?\t its height against Bia very and the slave trade, and at a time when the Cuban planters were largely adding to their la? boring foroe by the pur oh ase of this class of workers. There was at that time no material interest to advance an argument in favor of the coolie trade; there was no demand for coolies, either at the Sooth or on the Pacific coast; and in default ol other arguments, the public antipathy tc tho traffic decided that the law should be passed, and it is an existing statute at this tinao. "It is not to be at once admittod that there are strong reasons, involving the material prosperity of the country oi any. section of it, which now demand the total repeal of this law. At the same time, the strong feeling which existed ic 1802, and which dictated its adoption, ought not to stand in tho way of its mo? dification or alteration if the prosperity of the country -demands the admission of this class of laborers os we admit others. There is no longer any doubt of the great value and economy of Chi? n?se coolies as agricultural laborers; they have been tested as common laborers on various publio improvements in the West, and have been found more economical than the Irish; bat they have not proved to be available as skilled laborers. There is no doubt that the Pacific const needs labor, and that Asia will most probably snpply that demand for many years tc come. The conditions, in an industria! sense, are, therefore, somewhat chang?e from what they were when tho law wai passed, and favor its modification. Tin conditious, politically and socially, art also materially altered, and these als< favor the modification of the law. T< prohibit the coolie trade entirely is t< prohibit the immigration of the Chinese The coolies are too poor to immigrai without help; their Government will no send them, and hence those in need o their labor will have to supply the mean of transportation. This subject of cooli labor is one which will largely inter?s the country for many years to oome; i is one upon which the public want* ex tended practical information; and it j one npon which Congress will soon hav to take new action in the light of dove opments of a later date than the possag of the prohibitory aot alluded to." Still further commenting on th Koopmanshaap enterprise, the Timi says: "His enterprise comes nuder an a< passed during the second session of tl: Thirty-seventh Congress, specifying thi no citizen or foreigner coming into c residing within tho United States shs engage in the coolie trade under penalt of losiug the vessel or vessels so engage? In the same act it is provided that evei person who shall aid or abet the buili mg, equipping or navigating of any ve sel intended for the coolie trade, shal upon conviction, bc liable to a fine n exceeding $2,000, and bo imprisone not exceeding one year. Another se tion of the same act makes it nu offen to take on board of any vessel, orreoei or transport any coolies who shall be i tended for tho coolio trade. The panis meut is a Ano of $2,000, or impriso meut for ono year. The rir?t and mc important section of the act reads as It lows: ""That no citizen or citizens of t United States, or foreigner coming in or residing within the same, shall, 1 himself or for any other person whateve either as master, factor, owner, or otln wiso, raise, build, equip, load or otln wiso prepare any ship or vessel, or a steamship or stoam vessel, registerc onrolled or licensed, in the Unit States, or any port within tho same, I the purpose of procuring from China, from any port or place therein, or frc any other port or place the inhabitat or subjects of China, known as cooli to be transported to any foreign count port or plano, whatever, to be dispo: of, or sold, or transferred, for any te of years, or for any timo whatever, servants or apprenteuces, or to be h to service or labor. And if any ship vessel, steamship or steam vessel; longing in whole or in part to citizens tho United States, and registered, rolled or otherwise licensed as nforesn shall be employed for the said purpc or in the coolie trade so called, or sb be caused to procure from China or e where, as aforesaid, any subjects of Government of China for the purp of transporting or disposing of them aforesaid, every such ship or ves; steamship or steam vessel, her tad apparel, fnrnituro and other appu: nances, shall be forfeited to tho Uni States, and shall be liable to be seiz prosecuted aud condemned in any of Circuit or District Courts of the United States for tb? distriot where the said ship or vessel, steamship or steam vessel; moy be found, seized or carried.' " Tit? Award of th? OlunRldge IUllronil Contract. To the Editor of the News: In the Baily News, ot the 17th inst., appeared a letter from Columbia, con? taining what purported to be a statement derived from "first rate sources," ol the circumstances, attending the recent let? ting of the work on the Blue Ridge Railroad, and also of the amounts of the varions proposals, and the prices ot which Criss well & Co., obtnined the award of the contract. The writer, "Lux," has fallen into n few errors of facts and figures, and that the publia may be fully in formed upon the matter, the following corrections of his statements are made from the official proceedings of the Executive Commit? tee: The lowest bid received under the ad? vertisement was $7,252,099.43; the high? est $10,166,056.94. The other bids were intermediate between theso extremes that of eriswell & Co. being $9,660, 527.46. Tho Executive Committee hav? ing decided to reject all these proposals under the terms of the advertisement, all the bidders were invited to a confer? ence with the committee; and were ad? vised of the action taken npon the bids, and made acquainted with the reasons therefor. At this conference were present all tho bidders save one. All were permitted to submit new proposals upon the new basis laid down by the committee. Un? der this arrangement four proposals were received and considered by tho commit? tee, of which the highest amounted to $9,333,426.63, and the lowest to $8,707, 651.61. The party who made the pro? posal under the advertisement of S7, 590,000 in which "Lux" seems to take a peculiar interest, now put his proposal at $9,000,000. Some advantages were offered in the details of the negotiations by the high? est bidders, (eriswell & Co.,) which led the committee to pursue negotiations with them; and tho proposition having been submitted to them that they should reduce their bid below the lowest, viz: to $8,700,000, and they having acceded to this, the company still having the be? nefit of tho advantages of detail hereto? fore mentioned, the award was made to them as the lowest and best bidders. That there is room for honest differ? ence of opinion as to the expediency of the policy pursued by the committee in the rejection of all the original propo? sals, is not denied. It is also possible that they erred in preferring the propo? sal of Messrs. eriswell A Co., as moro advantageous to the company than those of the other bidders. The committee, however, feel that they can abundantly justify the soundness of their judgment on those points to the Board of Directors, and to the public. But the point now made is that the letting was perfectly fair and open, con? ducted according to usage, and that the committee not only had the right, but it was their duty, to consider all collateral advantages offered to the company by tho bidders, as well as the prices affixed to the different items of work. Tho work was finally awarded to eris? well ic Co., at $8,700,000. or $7,651.61 below the lowest bid from other parties, and the committee fail to see that in making that award they have betrayed the trust reposed in them. The statement of "Lux" "that there was other bids as responsible in every way at $8,000,000 and less, but the $9,o'00,000 bid was accepted, is wholly erroneous. Under the caption of "tho price of the work," "Lox" gives tho prices of Cris well's bid as compared with other pro? posals. He does not say in so many words that these are the prices at which the work was awarded, but ho certainly would have tho public infor that theso are tho prices. Now theso prices coincide nearly with those of eriswell & Co.'s first bid, but this bid was rejected with all others, as has been hereinbefore stated, and the work was awarded to them at a reduc? tion in total amount of $960,000 below that first proposed, and of course at a corresponding reduction in prices for materials and work. Tho Executive Committee havo accepted tho bid that they believe to bo tho most judicious and advantageous to the company, if carried ont iu good faith by tho contrac? tors. If wrong, or error has been commit? ted, let tho responsibility rest on tho members of the committee present. Tho undersigned will bear their part. J. W. HARRISON, President and cc officio member of Exe? cutive Committee. GEoittiU S. CAMERON, Director and member c Executive Committee. Tho News says: Wo print, with pleasure, in another part of to-day's paper, a letter from Pre? sident Harrison and Director Cameron, members of tho Executive Committee of tho Bluo Ridge Railroad Company, in reply to tho statements of our corres? pondent, "Lux." Theso gentlemen, whoso integrity of purpose has nover been questioned by tho News, admit that the account of the original bids, as given by "Lux," was scbstantially correct; but they make a direct issue of fact with our correspondent as to the comparative amount of the revised bids, and as to tho other circumstances under which tho award of tho contract was finally made. In regard to theso matters, "Lux," who is abundantly able to take care of him self, will doubtless be heard from in good time. There are other pointe, however, upon which the people of th? State would gladly have heard what Messrs. Harrison and Cameron might have* had to say. These members of tho committee might have explained to ns why a job estimated only a few weeks ago to cost 86,000,000 has now been given to a contractor at $8,700,000. They might have bec? a little more sp?cifie as to the "collateral" advantages of tho bid of eriswell ?fe Co., which, us they vaguely imply, influenced the award. And, more than all, they might have squarely said to our pcoplo, whether, knowing what they know and seeing what they must havo seen, they believe the charge that Governor Scott is largely interested in tho contract of Criswell & Co. to be true or false. As tho case stands, the people of South Carolina are much inclined to regard their chief magistrate as nn adept in the art of "Confounding thc difference 'twixt merna and tuttm TJy converting it all into auum." Card from Dr. Mackey-Tile Custom lions? War. t On Friday ovening, at a late hour, we received the following communication from Dr. A. G. Mackey, lato Collector of the Port. It arrived at the office when tho managing proprietor was at home in? disposed, and was, therefore, not pub? lished on Saturday morning: CHAHIIESTON, S. C., Joly 23, 1869. To the Editors of the Courier. SIKH: I am compelled, in justice to myself, to state that the report of my in? terview with Mr. G. W. Clark, in your issue of this date, is almost wholly in? correct. Without citing its many errors, I would state that not one word was ut? tered by me in relation to the President of the United States, Secretary of the Treasury, or the Commissioner of Cus? toms, that could bo made to bear even the slightest semblance of disrespect to either of those officials. I recognize tho report of tho News ns substantially cor reot. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. G. MACKEY. We can very readily understand why Dr. Mackey endorses the account of the interview published in the News, as we learn that it was prepared, in a great measure, from information furnished by Alderman T. J. Moekey, who is an officer under, and a half-brother of Dr. M. As far as regards the position of the Cou? rier, we have this much to say. As a conservative Democratic journal, it is of not the slightest consequence to the Courier whether Dr. Mackey or Mr. Clark or any other Republican holds the office of Collector. It is a matter of the utmost indifference, and oar only object was to give the facts of the interview re? ferred to as nearly correct as possible. Our reporter not having been present, was compelled, cf course, to rely for his report upon tho information of others, and in seeking that information he en? deavored to get it from as reliable a source as possible. Having accidentally met Messrs. H. Bazin and H. Judge Moore, both of whom accompanied Mr. Clark to the Custom House, on Thurs-1 day, from their sworn affidavits he made np the report in the Courier, of Friday, which Dr. Mackey is pleased to deem in? correct. Mr. Bazin asserts that he was present at the interview on Wednes lay, and will bear out the statement of the abuso of tho Administration. And Mr. Mooro is willing to make affidavit that the report of tho Courier of the inter? view is substantially correct, save in ono particular, viz: the omission of the pro? fane words that were used by Dr. Mackey on the occasion. It was not our inten? tion, nor is it now, to do Dr. Mackey an injustice, and in preparing onr report of the interview from the affidavits of Messrs. Bazin and Moore, we purposely left out many expressions which we thought would give the account a color of partisanship. This community will judge from the tenor of the two reports which bears tho stamp of partisanship moro palpably. We simply oontend that our report, having been prepared from the statement of those who were present, is ns much entitled to credence as that in tho News, prepared, as we are informed, from the statements of a partisan of Dr. Mackey. As wo havo already said, wo have nothing to do with tho quarrels between Messrs. Ma3key and Clark, but we contend that having propared our report of tho mat? ter from the statements of eye-witnesses, and Dr. Mackey having bad the benefit of an ex parte statement of tho transac? tion of the Neil's, he, Dr. M., has no cause of complaint. RADICAL Row AT SILVER RUN, ALA. Passengers from Silver Run, Ala., re? port a serious row at that place on yes? terday. Kellin, scalawag candidate for Congress, had an appointment there, and was met by tho negroes. In tho course of his speech, ho told his brethren that tho "white men would work thom all day and Ku Klux them at night." A gentleman in the crowd gavo the infa? mous assertion tho lie, when a negro drow a pistol and fired, shooting off the thumb of Sheriff Ware. Considerable shooting then took place, in the midst of which Kellia took to tho woods. Tho negro who first shot was caught under an old house, but wo did not learn what vas done with him. All of this oc? curred in the radically reconstructed State, of Alabama. LATER.-We have just learned that seven persons were shot, including a lady and conductor Hackney. [Columbus Sun. Acolored man, named Nicholas Brown, fell dead in Charleston on Mondoy. IUGZ XS CHABLK?TOW.-We extract from.the Charleston Ncics tho following seminary of an attack by a number of negroes upon a colored band accompany? ing a Savannah base ball club on a visit to that city: D?ring tbe game tuc police expe? rienced considerable difficulty in pre? venting the crowd from trespassing upon tho ground allotted to the players. Im? mediately after tho closo of tbe game, it wim reqnested that the crowd shonld be made to move back. Tho police com? menced to perform this unpleasant duty, but their forco was too small. Major Ogilby, of tho United States Army, was requested to send some of his soldiers to the aid of the police. He consented, aud six unarmed soldiers came up. The work of forcing the crowd back over the rope sti etched on the Meeting street side of the Green connn?nced. During this movement, a mulatto, named Rafe Izzard, became very disorderly and in? solent to a policeman, who, after request? ing him to behave, arrested him, where? upon Rafe struck the policemnn aud endeavored to get away. Then ensued a general melee, during which the po? lice resisted tho efforts of the negroes to rescue Rafe, striking them over thc bead with their clubs. The six soldiers seized the base ball bats lying about, and rushed to the- assistance of the po? lice. Major Ogilby endeavored to stop the melee, but his efforts wero of conrse futile. Tho negroes were rapidly rein? forced, and were about to overpower the police and their six soldier assistants, when a squad of armed soldiers came up, loading their muskets ns they came. During all this time the soldiers were most anxious to shoot, but were restrain? ed by their officers-Major Ogilby ut one timo remarking: "The man who shoots without orders I will go for." In tweuty minutes after this riot commenced, everything was quiet. A squad of sol? diers were stationed at tho corner of Calhoun and Meeting street, and nt the gote on Meeting street. Two of tho policemen were slightly injured during this nflair. When the disturbance first commenced there were not over 1,000 negro men present, but by this time thero were fully 2,500. When the band reached the gate, the negroes crowded up and commenced an unprovoked assault upon the members of the band, calling them Democrats, and throwing rocks and pieces of bricks at them. Three of the band were struck with the missiles. The player on thc trombone seized that instrument by the small end with both hands and swung it around, knocking down seven or eight of the assailants. As soon as this assault was made, the military marched out in strong force nod drove tho crowd from off the corners. In this work they were aided by tho po? lice. Mayor Pillsbury rode np at this point, and upon being asked what was to bo done, replied that he did not know, as he was perfectly powerless, the police forco being inadequate to quell tho riot. He then drove off. Gen. Robert H. Ander? son, Chief of tho Savannah Police, on learning this, went to Col. Eddy, who I was an officer in tho old army with him, and asked him to furnish protection for the band, to which request, as we learn, Col. Eddy replied that he would comply, if the Mayor stated that it was necessary, or would request it officially. The Mayor returned shortly after his departure, and requested the services of the military. Colonel Eddy detailed about sixty men, under command of Lieutenants Savage and Lynch, to escort the clubs and band down. Daring the late war them promenaded in the city of Washington a great many officers of our army, with an abundance of gilt cord, tassels, fringe, epaulette, eta It was in front-of Williard 's Hotel, I think, that one sommer evening, while a large party of these self-sufficient swag? gerers were congregated in various posi? tions in front of the hotel, some smoking their Havanas, some reading, others chatting, ko., that a newsboy, hurriedly passing, sung out "Evening Star! An? other battle!" '.'Here, boy," shouted one heroio general, "give me a paper." The paper was given, and so was the stamp. The officer looked over the pa? per, ami not finding any account of the battle, called the boy, and said, "Herc, boy, I don't seo anything of a battle in this paper." "Yes, and what's more, you aint going to, neither, sitting around hore." The officer made himself scarce A sailor, while explaining tho third figuro of a quadrille to his mess-mate, thus describes it: "You first hoavo ahead," said be, "and pass your adversary's yard-arm, regain yonr berth on the other tack in tho same order, take your station with your part? ner in line, bask and fill, and then fall on your keel, and bring up with your part? ner; she then manouvres ahead, off long sido of you; then mako sail in company with her until nearly astern of tho other line, make a Btern board, cast her off to shift for herself, regain your placo tho best way you cnn, and let go your an? chor." MONEY AND GLORY.-The fight in Pennsylvania for Governor is between money and glory. Packer bas the money, and Geary has the glory and tho inside track; but, with tho money on the side of Packer, it will be a hard fight. [New York Herald. A Washington pic-nicer tried to drown himself, the other day, because his sweet? heart danced with some one else-ho not knowing how. The radical quarrel iu Minnesota is very bitter. A correspondent of the Chicago Rejmblican, -writing from Ro? chester, in that State, says: "There is no uso concealing tho fact that, notwithstanding Minnesota gave 15,000 for Grant, there is a possibility of our losing tho State this fall. Well in? formed politicians understand and uc knowledgo it. We cannot ufford to hazard the success of the Republican party to please a certain clique, or to benefit any man's chanco for tho United States Senate. Something must bo dono to harinouizo the party, or defeat is cer? tain." The Mobile Colored Democratic Club has issued an address to tho colored voters of Alabama, informing them that sooner or later the political power of the South will pass into the hands of tho wbito men, and that it is therefore for the in? terests of tho negro to cultivate friendly relations with the whites. John A. Roebliog, the distinguished engineer, who ' built tho suspension bridge over the Niugara River, aud that over tho Ohio, died in New York on Thursday, of lock-jaw. NIL DESPERANDUM, HOPE!-Hundreds of cases of Scrofula, in its worst stages, old cases of Syphilis that have defied the skill of eminent Physicians, Rheu? matics who have been sufferers for years, and the victims of the injudicious nse of Mercury, have been radically cured by Dn. TUTT'S SAH.SAPRIX.LV AND QUEEN'S DELIGHT. It is the most powerful altera? tivo and blood pnrifierknowu. It is pre? scribed by very man v Physicians. .124 G TUE NAPOLEONIC THEORY.-It was the great Napoleon's rule to concentrate his forces upon the enemy's lines, at certain assailable points, and then conquer. In every disease "that ?esh is heir to" the BLOOD is tho weak point, and element involved. The blood purified, invigorated and strengthened, we carry the lines and outworks of disease, and plant upon its very citadel the waving banner of health. This is the theory of HEINTTSH, and with his Queen's Delight, he accom? plishes the work. This tho way he at? tacks disease; this tho lino of march in which ho wins tho golden crown-a trophy of victory and success. Disease assumes as many forms as Proteus has shapes, and all may be traced to a foul vitiated condition of the blood. Boils, Carbuncles, Pimples, Blotches, are only the indications of that bad state of the blood,?which, if not removed, will determino in more serious ailments, Con? sumption, Liver-Complaint, Headache, nervous disorder, u general breaking down and loss of health. Hoinitsh's Queen's Delight is a sovereign specific for the blood, general in its application, and radical in it effects. For salo by Fisher Sc Heinitsh, druggists. J24. Meeting of the Glan. SKULL HOLLOW, July 20, 18C9. At a mooting of tho Clan, tho following re? solution wau unanimously adopted: Resolved, That tho thanks of us "Hollow Skulls" bo tendered to tho editor of tho Dimo Novels, and such like periodicals, for all blood? thirsty words and expressions generally usod by us" in our threatening lotters, advertise? ments, &c, and that tho foregoing be pub? lished in tho Phonix newspaper. By order. GRAND CYCLOP, C. T. R. K. K. K. July 28 1* City Columbia Coupons, JpOR SALE BY D. GAMBRILL, July 23 1?_Main Street. Notice. IN conformity with the resolution adopted at tho (public meeting, tho following citizens have been appointed a Oommitteo to canvass their respective Wards for tho purpose of rais? ing subscriptions to defray tho expenses of erecting suitable buildings for thc Agricultural and Mechanical State Fair: Ward No. 1-Captain P. Brown, Charles An? tonio. Ward No. 2-Dr. C. H. Miot, W. C. Swaffiold. Ward No. 3-Hardy Solomon, W. K. Evans. Ward No. 1-E. Stenhouao, R. O'Neale, Jr. JOHN MCKENZIE, July 291 _ Chairman. In the Court of Probate---Bichland County. JV. W. Coonler, et ni., vs. John H. McEhree, et ttl. IT appearing to roy satisfaction that John H. McElwee, one of the defendants to tho within petition, re&idoa within tho State of North Caroliua, and beyond the jurisdiction of this Court, on motion of Messrs. Popo Si Haskell, for tho petitioners, It is ordered, that tho said John H. McEl wco do appear and plead, answer or demur to the said petition, within forty days from tho publication of this order; and upon default, that a dooroo pro confesso bo rendered against him. It is further ordered, that publication be made of this rule, for tho apacu of forty days, in tho Columbia Plucnix. (Signudj WM. HUTSON WIQO, Ju ly 28 wC Judge of Probate. In Bankruptcy. In tho District Court of tho United (States for tho District of South Caroliua. Julv Term, 1809, In tho matter of" Jool lt. Huber, Bankrupt Petition for full and final discharge in Bank? ruptcy. ORDERED, that a hearing bo had on tho 2.">d day of August, 180??, at tho Fodoral Court House at Greenville, S. C., and that all creditors who have proved their claims, and other persons in interest, may appoar at said timo and place, and show causo{ if any they have, why tho prayer of tho petitioner should not bo granted, and that tho second and third meetings of creditors bo liold before O. G. Jaogcr, Register at Newborry, 8. C., on tho 20th day of August. A. D. 1869. By order of the Court, thia 23d day of July, 18G9. DANIEL HORLBECK, Clerk of thc District Court of tho Unitod States. July 28 mol ocal tte A few copies of the 'Saok and Destruc? tion of Colombia' can be obtained at the Phoenix office. Price twenty-five cents. Gen. A. C. Carlington passed tbrongh Columbia, yesterday afternoon, on his way to bis now home in Atlanta. Ga. Wo sincerely regret the loss of such oitizeni* CONCEB? BX THE POST BAND.-On Fri-1 day night, tho Columbia Post Baud will give another concert, to which they in? vite tho attendance of the citizens. Every caro will be taken to render the entertainment such as will meet the ap? probation of the audience, and shall in? sure a pleasaut and satisfactory evening. Jon OFFICE.-Tho Phoenix Job Office is prepared to execute every style of printing, from visiting and business cards to pamphlets and books. With ample. material and first-class workmen, satis? faction is guaranteed to all. If our work ! does not como up to contract, we make no charge. With this understanding our business men have no excuse for sending work North. HOTEL ARRIVALS-July 24-Columbia Hold.- Chas. T. Kinloch, C. Fronober ger, W. H. Evans; T. H. Synamers, W. A. Bradley, J. M. Martin, Charleston; J. H. Cade, Talladega, Ala. ; victor Wolfie, T. N. Bramlet, New York; J. S. Stewart, Winnsboro; W. J. Boyd, J. A. Adams, Baltimore; C. Barnum, B. G. Yocom, E. DeBerry, city; C. H. Saber, Newberry; L. P. Jones, Edgefield; A. H. Frickee, Mrs. D. E. Converse, Spartanburg. National Hotel.-F. H. Gantt, C. F. Sanders, Bamburg; M. C. M. King, G. G. Richards, G. A. Nouiffer, Rev. E. T. Winkler, Charleston; L. Brooker, Wil listou ; W. H. Stratton, Anderson ; W. H. Whitlock, Gilbert Garner, R. F. Bynum, Richland; M. King, Savannah; Wm. H. Taggart, L, P. Griffin, Abbeville; H. C. Hack, New York; S. Montgomery, A. W. T. Sim ros, Newberry; E. W. Loyd, Flo? rence. Nickerson House-John C. Courtney, O. M. Sadler, South Carolina; Wm! E. Barry, Baltimore; C. P. Hyde, C. C. j A A. R. R. ; Joseph A. Guy, Augusta; ! S. J. Patterson, Kershaw; J". H. Taylor, Kingsville; J. R. Chatham, Newberry. BOOK TABLE.-To the kindness of j Messrs. Bryan & McGarter we are in? debted for a copy ->f "The Adventures of Philip," by W. M. Thackeray. This book came out some years ago, and is presented now by the Harper Brothers in a cheap pamphlet edition. We read it on its first appearance, and with an imperfect memory as to details, can only speak of the general impression left upon our mind. Although Philip, in our opinion, is scarcely equal to the earlier works of the author, Philip bears' in its construction the indubitable marks ' of tho great English novelist. Thackeray has been very successful in continning his characters from one book to another, and in Philip we meet our old friends Major and Arthur Pendennis, renew our acquaintance-with that grand old gentle? man, Col. Newcome, shako hands anew with J. J. Ridley, and hear the Irish ac? cents of our ancient acquaintance, Cap? tain Costegan. Philip is a story of do? mestic English life, replete with the peculiar humor of the author, containing shrewd, sarcastic expositions of human nature, a;.i yet abounding in pathos, when tho author depicts such a history as belongs to the little sister, the gentle heroine of the story. We can heartily commend Philip to the reading public as well worth a place in every library. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is called to the following advertisements, published the first time this morning: W. H. Wigg-In the Court of Probate. John McKenzie-Notioe. Meeting of the Clan. Daniel Horlbeck-In Bankruptcy. D. Gambrill-City Columbia Coupons. We have the pleasure of announcing to tho malo fashionable world that a new and sweet thing in evening dress has ap? peared in London, and, being sworn by tho "first ge ii tl em on in the realm," must now bo speedily adopted as the correct costume. At the grand ball at Marlbo? rough House, on the 5th of July, His Royal Highness the Princo of Wales and many of the most distinguished gen? tlemen present appeared in the now cos? tume, which consists of "a blue dress coat, gold buttons, white silk waistcoat, and black breeches." This, it is trne, is no mote than tho revival of an old style, as any of us may prove by asking our grand-father to describe bis wedding snit; but it is a novelty in the present generation, and it possesses tho very great advantage of affording an easy means of avoiding the embarrassment which results from confounding the waiters with the guests at a dinner party.