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COLUMBIA, S. C. Friday Morning, December 29, 1889. Tit? Georgi* Corret?n lilli. Leo, the well-informed correspondent Of tho Charleston Courier, at Washing? ton? says:. The dead calm of radical nile iu the Senate has been slightly disturbed by the Georgi.i coeroiou bill. Tho over? whelming radical majority always neting in concert, has heretofore suppressed any thing like deliberation and debate, and all measures of the party, being dictated by canons or a committee, were simply offered to bo adopted without question. Bat three or four Republican Senators have discovered that the party leaders were leading the party to destruction and disgrace. As Mr. Conkling re? marked, the Georgia bill would, by co? ercing Georgia, impose uogro suffrage on Ohio and New York, whose people are hostile to it, and thus supply their Dem? ocratic opponents with a large quantity of fixed ammunition. It was foreseen by some of tho Senators that the adop? tion of the fifteenth amendment under duress would, at some day, be called in question. Tho radicals were preparing a pitfall for themselves. It was admitted that the adoption of the fifteenth amendment, by Georgia, waa absolutely necessary for its final rati? fication as a part of the Constitution, and that Georgia of her own accord would never assent to it. Coercion was there lore essential for the triumph of radi? calism at the next elections. The radicals expect by the negro vote, nuder the fifteenth amendment, to carry New York, Maryland, and other States now Democratic. Should a Presidential election torn upon the uegro vote thus improperly secured, the anti-Rudicah will contest it. This contingency is not unlikely to occur. Some of the Republi? can Senators, therefore, opposed the pro? position to require of Georgia, as a con? dition of her admission, the adoption o? the fifteenth amendment. This division for the first time in the radical rankt gave animation to the question. It be came evident that conservatism had crept into the ranks. Senator Tbarruau, of Ohio, distiu finished himself in this discussion, a? the Democratic loader. Ho takes tlx place formerly held by Mr. Hendricks of Indiana, us the Democratic . leader ir the Senate. The end of the matter was that lin radicals carried their poiut aud passer the bill, with the provision that befon the Sent tors and Representativos o Georgia be ad mil ted, its Legislatur? shall adopt the fifteenth umeudmeut The House will seize upon the bill 01 Monday, and rush it through under th previous question. The same writer adds: "A scusatioual rumor circulates arnon) the supporters of tho Georgia cocicioi bill, to the effect that a serious outbreal is threatened in that Stato nguiust th Federal authorities, and in oppositiou ti the President's plan for reconstructing it The radical Souators place confidence ii the rumor, aud are consulting upon tb additional measures which may be uc ces8ary to meet the exigency. As sooi as an overt act ?ball be committed, it i proposed that the State be put unde martial law; and, further, that several c the most promiueut leaders in the move meut be arrested aud tried for treason The Georgia coercion bill, which ha passed thc Senate, will be horrie through the House to-morrow, and wi be signed without delay by tho Presiden I This bill provides for the employment c the army and navy to enforce the execu tion of thc Act, upon the call of th Governor. It is intended that Govcrno Bullock shu)! proceed at once to call th Legislature, iu conformity with the fore bill, aud to carry it into execution. "The opponents of the eoerciou bi in the Senate showed thut there wa really very little ground for it. As to th expulsion of negro members of the Lt gislutuiv, it appears that there were bu tour or five of such members, uud thu their votes would not have influenced tb majority of the body; and, further, Ihr Governor Brown hud ussured tho poop] of the State thut the reconstruct iou mei sores only required that the negror, should bo allowed to vote, and not thu they should bo eligible to office. As t other members, it was also alleged tin they were all, or nearly all, duly qualifi?e and were entitled to their seats, lie.sid* all this, it was declared that the Legi: tature, us coustituted, intended to acce] thc fifteenth amendment, if it was lc to their discretion. "Congress would like to keep Georg; out of tho Union, and under militar ffoverument, as a memorial of Hie wr. They will do this if they can spare til vote of Georgia for tho iifteeuth amen? meut. This again depends upou tho ut lion of tho Ohio Legislature this white Senator Shermau says that if the men hers from H un i Hon County vote uccorc ing to the souse of their constituent then Ohio will sanction thatamendmen Ct is admitted by him and by all jurist that a Legislature may rescind tho Act < a prior Legislature iu regard to the coi siitutional amendment, as well as air thing else." -? ? Commissioner Delano has iuformutic from Cincinnati, Ohio, that satisfies hi that frauds unusually hoavy and extc sive have been perpetrated. Ono fir alone, it has beeu sottlod by iuvestig tion, has defrauded the Government o of the tax on profits for one year alo: that will amount to near$1,000,000. B little moro than half tho enormous qua tity of liquors of tho class maunfactur iu Cincinnati hos paid the tax impos by aots of Congress. It is the belief the Commissioner and officers at Cinoi na ti that other heavy frauds have be perpetrated there, and a thorough i nv? ligation wi'l be ordered. Tlint Ordlimntf. MK. EDITOU: Tlio ordinance toi the protection of merchants, proposed at the Hst meeting of the Council of this city, is au assumption of power, and calcu? lated to do the city great injury. The State, iu all its penal statutes ugaiust peddliug, has uever conceived such a re? fined scheme of prohibition a.s to require peddlers to wear printed badges ou their hat.?, or eh ?ii us around their necks, on week-days or Sundays, or any other do vice to show that the employment was a suspicious one. But now, for the pro? tection of merchants, it is seen fit to re? quire a mau to wear a sign ou his head, declaring ho is a drummer. It would be no disgrace fora man to carry an iron pot on his head; but you might as well expect drummers to carry them, as the badges prescribed by the Council. Such attempts to prevent free trade are ridiculous, and should not be en? couraged by our city. It is very ques? tionable if drummers ore au injury to merchants or tho community. There are many merchants who are unable to go North to purchase goods, and pur? chase their goods entirely from drum? mers; and now these poor merchants are to be excluded from this privilege by a prohibitory law, in order to give the big merchants a clear swiug at the com? munity. Merchants generally are free and liberal in their policy, and believe that competition is the life of trade, and will not thank the Council for the ordi? nance recently passed. The drummers who generally visit Co? lumbia are gentlemen and fine business men, and no doubt contribute very much to bring about a fine state of feel? ing amongst tho merchants of other cities and our poople. They spread the knowledge and information which in? duce people to emigrate here and in? vest their capital. But the Council, by this ordinance, pronounces them outside barbarians, to be branded. We acknowledge tho right to tax, but tho tax should be reasonable. We heur that the State law only required a tux of $25 for licenso to sell over the whole State, and a boud to returu sales for State tax. What propriety is there, tbeu, in tho City Council requiring such an exorbitant tax ns amounts to prohi? bition? FREE TRADE. FAINFIELD, December 21, 18G??. Mn. Enrroxt: This monopoly of thc j phosphate rocks in the vivers of the State, is thc basest and most unblushing scheme ; of plunder that over disgraced a Legis , lu tu re; and if there is oue honest colored ': man iu that Legislature, who hus the ! souse to discover the aim of these uu j principled wretches, he will stund up for I the interest of his owu race, (if nothing '. better,) aud submit a substitute for that ! bill of plunder, to allow all citizens of the : State, without distinction, to collect phos j phate rocks in the beds of rivers belong ! ing to the State, and to dispose of the ; same as they think proper, nuder such j regulations as the Legislature may choose j to impose. It would thus open a large j (lold for the enterprising poor man, und ! benefit the Sta te immeasurably. ? have I seen much of legislative corruptiou, but I nothing so barefaced as this. The I colored members of the Legislature arc ! the poor dupes of their pretended . fn'end?. Respectfully, A LOOKER ON. I The following extract from the letter . of a Southern correspondent of the New j York Albion i?s worthy of reproduction. We recognize the anti tor. He isa sound 'thinker: "The New York Herald was altogether j right iu one of its utterances, a few days ; since, wheo it announced the fact that, j 'radicalism would uever bo swallowed by i the South.' This is most true; the type j of radicalism presented uever will, aud j never ought to go down with a people J who value civilization, advancement I material, moral and intellectual. What ' evils has it not already educed here? j Let any intelligent, dispassionate so? journer iu this lund look at our legisla? tive assemblies, our courts, juries, etc., glauco at the material of which they are ( composed, and recognize iu such wretch? ed exhibitions tho violation of all natu j ral laws; such are tho first fruits of suf ! frage universal. If this grave question j only comprised the difficulty which re? sults from unlimited extension to the : ignorant ami vicious of our owu raco of j the right of suffrage, it might be bad ' euough-has always been bad enough ; but when it involves the serious eouipli ; cation of tampering with the laws, which aro intended to govern, direct, aud con ! ditton races, it becomes somewhat ap? palling. Tho feeling on thc part of the ? whites towards the negroes is kind and , humane;is, in fact, nil it should be. No i observer hero since emancipation has j failed to sec this; I can myself beur wit I ness, as far as my obsnrvatiou has ex I tended, to this fact. Weare disposed to j encourage their industry, aud reward their toil, willing that they should bo suspended and borne ulong by our civi? lization, unwilling that they should be used as instruments of political power in tho hands of men who have como here from homes of obscurity at tho North, mon, as Dr. Arnold would express it, of 'low understanding, defective education and bad heart,' to overturn all that is re? spectable and decent in Government, in? telligence and morals. "Tho New York Herald, for once at loust, in its lucubrations on Southern action and sentiment, is correct. 'Radi? calism will not be swallowed by tho South,* tbeu, too, ?Mr. Thos. Carlyle' is correct also when he remarks, 'If yoa will have your laws obeyed without mutiny, see well that they are pieces of God's Great Law, otherwise all the artillery in the world will not keep down mutiny." Usn KD SxAXJts DisnacT Corar Thursday, December 23, 1869.- Hon. O. S. Bryon presiding. The Court wea onenod at 10 o'clock,- Jrjror? ??swered to their n:mes as on yesterday. The United States rs. J. B. Glass, fufa. $2,228.80. D. T. Corbin, United Btates District Attorney. It appearing to the Court that execution issued in the above cuse is lo.?>t or mislaid, and that John Meigban and John Caldwell, Executors of Henry Davis, were Bubrogated to the rights of thc plaintif!, the said Henry Davis Laving paid the execution against himself as surety of the said J. B. Glass, it is ordered, that F. W. McMaster, at? torney for John Meighen and John Caldwell, Executors, upon Iiis motion, have leave to enter up :i uew execution to substitute thc said lost execution. The United States vs. twenty-six wooden boxes of tobacco. Forfeiture for violation internal revenue laws. D. T. Corbin, D. A. Tho United Stales Marshal having paid into Court in this case, the sam of $563.36, as tho uett pro? ceeds of the sale of forfeited property, and the costs in said case amounting to $59.00, leaving 8504.36 for distribution, and it appearing that A. H. Monteith is the person who first informed of the matters and things whereby the said for? feiture was secared, it is therefoio or? dered, that the Register of Court do pay to A. H. Monteith the sum of 8252.18 as informer in said cause; and to A. 8. Wallace, Collector of Eastern District, the som of $252.18 for the use of the United States. The United States vs. twenty barrels distilled spirits, one distillery and appur? tenances, claimed by W. H. Stack. In? formation for forfeiture. D. T. Corbin, D. A. A verdict of not guilty having been rendered in the above entitled cause, on motion of Melton & Melton, ordered, that the property seized be released by tho United States Marshal to the claim? ant, W. H. Stack, npon his giving bond, with good and sufficient surety, in the sum of $5,000, conditioned for tho faith? ful return of said property or thc value thereof, if the verdict and ruling of the Court should bo reversed on writ of error, i appeal or otherwise. This order is taken without prejudice to thu rights of either I party. I The Court and jury were occupied with the case of Boykm cs. Insurance I Company until ?I o'clock, wheu the Court ! took a recess till 7 o'clock. At 7 o'clock thc Court resumed the consideration ol ; the case, and the testimony was uot closed I till a late hour, when adjournment was hud till to-morrow, 10 o'clock. - - -? * A Xl' i: KEPOKT.-The New ?ork Smi'f I Washington correspondent thus writes: i "It is no longer considered respectable i or prudent even for ladies to go una*, j tended into the marble roora of thc '. Senate, or tho reception room of tht ! House. Notorious females are see n abeu! . these places, scuding in their cards fa ! tn i 1 i ;i ri y to various well-known Sonaton , and members who control patronage ii I thc Departments, and who have hereto ! fore secured offices for persons of mon j thau doubtful repute. Alen who spool ; very strongly about 'moral ideas' are ex? actly those that have been most noted it ' this regard. If a fraction of what ii known here was published, what a sousa j tion there would be, and how some ficti ? tious reputation, would fall!" These are the fellows who make luwi I for the country, prescribe the rules o I honor, claim all thc morals, us well U3 al j the spoous, and dually require Southon men to boot-lick as well ns bribe them i We go iu for letting theso fellows severe i ly alone, until such a time as Heuvei ; shall appoint for getting a gootl liek a ! thom. There's some "treason" for you says tho Augusta Constitutionalist. ! THE NEW POSTAGE STAMPS.-The Pos ' Office Department has completed its sc ! leetion of the designs for the new serie: 1 of postage stamps to take the placo o j those now in use, which woro adopted ht I late Host master-General Kundu.ll, abou j one year ago. The new dosigu will lu j about one-third larger than the presen i stamp, or the size of the old stamps, an< ; consists entirely of profile busts takei I from the standard and original marbles > executed by artists of nekuowlerlgod repa i tatiou. Some of the stamps have airead j ' huon engraved, proofs of which have beei I approved by the Post Office Department ? as well as by the President and Cabinet as tho most appropriate and elegant ii nil respects of any issued hy auy nation They will comprise the heads of the fol lowing distinguished Americans : om cent, Fraukliu, by Burton, of Franklii Institute, of Philadelphia ; two cents Jackson, hy Powers ; threo cents. Wash ingtou, hy Houdon ; sis cents, Lincoln by Volk ; ten cents, Jefferson, hy Powers \ twelve couts. Clay, by Hart ; fifteen cents j Wehster, l>y Olerenged ; twenty-fou i cents, Scott, hy Collie ; thirty cents I Hamilton, family bust ; forty ceut*. O. H I Perry, hy Wolcott. THEBKOADWAY PNEUMATIC RAILWAY. , Broadway and Warren street was hlockci on Saturday with largo packages of inn ; chicory, designed for operations in th pneumatic tunnel which has buen horin, i under Proud way for nearly a year past : Tho utmost silence and secrecy has beei , maintained in regard to it. hut it ha ! been ascertained that II tunnel about te feet in diameter and eight feet high ha , been constructed us fur South as Fulto: street. Tho Band and loam taken on I has hoon stored in the basement c ? Devlin's building, where operations cone ; meooed ; but recently portions of i 1 have been laid out in the street nnd rt ; moved away iu eart.-?. Tho machiner j represents au uir-tight cylinder, wit portions of a shield to protect the exci vations from the possible fulling in c I the soil, which is very light and sandy. [JVew York Sun. Thc giu house and cotton screw of M: Henry Spann, about seven miles froi Sumter, was destroyed by incendiar? on Friday night last*. Loss about $1,501 The Apacho Indiana in Now Mexico are on tue war-path. On the night of the 13th ult. tboy atole a herd of cattle from a settler near Fort Stanton. A de? tachment of the Third Cavalry were de? spatched ic pursuit of the marauders, fol? lowing them 200 miles amoung the moun? tains, most of the timo without water and food, and finally overtaking them. After fighting three hours, the savages, about 100 iu number, were completely routed, with a loss of fifteen in killed and wounded. TEAM DROWNED.-Wu learn that Mr. A. F. Gooding, yesterday, met with the lose of a splendid team, consisting of a fine pair of horses und capital pair of moles. It seems that the driver drove a wagon loaded with lumber iuto Cedar Creek, eleven miles from "Winnsboro, and the creek being -.wollen by the re? cent rain, the team was drownod, and left with harness on by the driver in thc creek. - Winnsboro Notes. COUNTERFEITS.-As heretofore stated, well-executed $20 national bunk notes are in circulation on tho Tradesmen's National Bank of New York, Market Na? tional Bank of Boston, National Bank of Commerce, Now York, and First Na? tional Bank of Cincinnati. These notes are said to be calculated to deceivo the business community. Some of them have been passed in Baltimore. Look out for them. FIRK.-Tuesday morning, about half post .'1 o'clock, an alarm of fire was given, which was found to proceed from the premises of Mr. Charles Cathcart; his barn containing about 250 bushels of corn was totally destroyed. It was by tho greatest exertion of the citizens that Mr. Cathcart's dwelling was .saved. It was the work of an incendiary. [ Wi'nnsboro A'; irv?-. Au industrious sculptor of I.ichmoud, named Valentine, has just completed a life-size bust of Robert Burns, aud has orders already for about a dozen copies j from Scotchmen of that city. It is equal j to anything that he bas ever produced, j and finds groat favor from the "bard's" ! admirers. The shoddy mill* of Waterhouse Brothers, Passaic, N. Y., were destroyed by fire Thursday evening, and the work? men barely escaped with their lives. Loss, 0100,000; insurance, ?65,000. A ? kerosene lamp explosion caused t he dis I aster. The Nashville ?tanner lins a statement j that on one of the election days in Mis? sissippi a radical Commissioner of Re? gistration shot and killed a Wm. Robert ! Tones, o conservative. The net is ile ! nounccd as n cowardly and atrocious ' murder. On Wednesday la:-!, Samuel Whitely, lot Henderson County, Tenn., while j laboring under a lit (if i usant ty, threw i two of his children into a well, and then ?jumped in also. Thc children wore ? drowned. Whitely was rescued, but is I not expected to survive. I It costs tin? people of this country a \ heap to have a United States Senator die. j It hus just been voted in Congress to I print eighty thousand copies of the eulo i gies on Senator Fessenden, which will bc ! sent to constituents nuder frauk. CLEANING MARULE.-A solution of gum ? Arabic will remove dirt and stains iron: ? marble. Lit it remain till it dries, when j it will peel off or csu be washed o fi*. Speakiug of the comiug holidays, G I Nevada paper says, "Pin-fentbcrs with tl 1 little meat attached cost a dollar." Hu j alludes to chickens. I It is ?aid that Mr. Flake, of the Gal j veston Hallet in, can boast that be hus beet: j shot at twenty-one times iu the last three 3* ea rs. i J The weak und emaciated motlier says : "My health and strength is restored bj ! tho usc of" SOLOMONS' BITTEP". N21 ! Kentucky increased its debt ono mil j lion last year, aud tho State Auditor csti j males that there will bc a deficit nt the ' ond of the present year of over a million, . "Oh! what au excellent Tonic," is th? j lunga ?go of the invalid who uses SOLO t MONS' BITTERS. N21 "Feniuu overcoats" for ten couts art , advertised in New York. They are wilie ! key straights. "Just the tiling!" Such is the exclu , mntion of the Dyspeptics who use SOLO MONS' BITTEUS. * N21 Egypt and Turkey are ou Ibo eve of ? ? war. ! -! MARRIED, i In tlii* citv, on the ?Uh instant, hy Hov. W ; W. Mood. Mr. JOSEPH B. BALLENY', of Lau ! rans, to Misa CATTIE A. OBUBER, of thi. I city. ? _ . yaw- _ HoTRl. AnaiVALS, December 2;i.- Columbi* i Hotel-A L Roane, E Loesser, H Drevfu?, I Ferdinand, O Peck, N Y; T C Haskell,* Abbe j ville; T Stenhouse, Mrs DuUosc, W H Evans I W I) Kennedv, Charleston; J VV Williams Laurens; W A Whitaker, W P Watson. N C: I j lt McIntosh, Pittsburg; R L Cooper, S Watson J Jenkins, S C; J 1" Adams, Richland; H 1 j Pant, Greenville. j Sicker ?on lionne T P Mitchell, Fairfield; ? ! A Finch, Texas; Mrs J W Marshall, tbre< , children and servant, J TLohmttllen, Charles ton; J A Russ, Jr, A H Levey, C Mollison, I Gowdv, II -I Comstock, N V; J M Harria Greenville; A H Livingston, N J ; P M Butler Hamburg; E C Lido, Darlington; Miss (' Mor Kan, Walhalla. National Hotel-i W Keys, Arkansas; JW i Gowen. Miss; S R Jones, Miss Jones, Spartan burg; J McFall, B R Campbell. Charleston; f ' W I'ecples, Beaufort; M B McMakin. ?ork; V Y Fowler, I) M Coan, Texas; J Mucklitch, N C A Katusev, Edgeflold; Bliss Hardin, Mrs Jones S C; J F Groar, Ala; J D Bruce, Newberry; A1 j black, New York; T J Arnold, R S Arnold, Ky j J T McBride. California. ? Republican Tournament on Christmas i Day. KNIGHTS will bo on the grounds, on Bonn darv streot, at 10 o'clock. Oents win wish to ride will pleaae call at Cooper A Tay lor's, THIS DAY, and enter their names. Dee 2;i 1* HENRY DANIELS. Chairman. School Notice. ffu? MRS. A. IT. CHAPMAN ?rill tak JjT^? a small class of pupils on thc Poa l?flU|||l>ody Fund in hor School, the ex ^raHf??erciees of which will be resumedoi ^EgFtho first MONDAY in January etMkW 1870. Dec24 2# Bocal Items. HOME INDUSTRY.-Support home mc elia nies-homo mills-borne labor-home merchants-borne press-homo artisans home everything, and persons, as near as possible, in order to rio your part in supporting nod aiding iu building up your everyday neighbor, place. County and Slate. Alse?, patronize those who patronize your mechanics--and those who do not fail through your papers to keep their business before thc people. It shows business-it shows a liberal spirit-it means to live and let live. When you find thc latter kind of business men, you find men who will trade liberally with you-lookiug to both sides of the trade instead of one. Try il, friends, and see if we are not in the main right. Those are our sentiments exactly, if they were written by some oue else. CRUMBS.-Hoise's eating saloou is iu full blast, and a brisk business is carried on. Oysters and refreshments generally are furnished at short notice. The loca? tion ia convenient -next door to Swaf field's clothing establishment. There was no quorum present iu either branch of the Legislature yesterday. They conveue again on Wednesday, the 5th of January. Policemen Gurley and Hussung suc? ceeded, yesterday, in arresting a man named F. W. Harboard, charged ic several cases with horse and cattle steal? ing in this and other States. Whee near the Charlotte K iii road depot, be put spurs to bis horse and tried to i scapo, but was stopped at the intersection ol Matu and Bhinding streets. In the ruc? they ran over a mule aud caused a bonn attached to u buggy, in front of Mr Allen's store, to becomo very restive nnc forced the owuer to come in contact witl tho ground. The prisouer was commit ted to jail. At the anniversary meeting of tb? Independent Pire Engine Company held on Tuesday evening Inst, the fol . lowing officers wer?? elected to servo foi j the ensuing year: J. C. Sutpheu, Presi ?dent: E. \V. Wing, Vice-president; G IT. Berg, Secretary; Li. P. Hopson Treasurer; W. Ii. Mouckton, 1st Direc ?tor; E. B. Smith, 2d; John Dorsuy. Od ! H. Hennies, 4th. j Comptroller-General Nengle estimate j that $iit)0,000 are necessary to meet th? leurrent expenses and other payment ! for the coming fiscal year, j On and after Sunday next, thero wil ; bc a material ehuuge in the schedule o j the Charlotte, Columbia and August! I Railroad. Tho train for Charlotte wil i leave at forty minutos past 0 a. m., ant j arrive at 4.32 p. m. Leave for August; j at 5.07 p. m., aud arrive in Columbia a I 0.20 a. m. i We are requested lo state that the cit; ! market will be open tu-duy until Sp. m. ; but will be closed to-morrow. The rowan! offered for the arrest o I Tolbert--who was killed several week ago is lo be divided as follows: Hollins : head receives 83,000, and the balance . $2,000-is to bo divided atnoug th i other constables who were pre.sont. ; Mr. Cantwell, corner of Muiu am i Washington streets, is "armed an< equipped as the law directs," for th j season. If you are uncertain as to wba the wife or sister would appreciate, b ? giving Mr. C. a call, he will settle tb ! matter satisfactorily. E. E. Jackson's Drug Store present quito an atturctive appearance. Shelve j and cases loaded with beautiful articles ? suitable for Xmas presents. An inspoc ! tion will repay tho trouble. i MORRISSEY AND BEN. Woui>. - -,>ohi Morrissey and our old friend Ben. Wood I have gone to law abo.it the lotteries, au ' rich developments tiro anticipated. Th lottery business in New York city alon ia estimated to involve the circulation o at least 810,000,000 annually; and who i it is considered that the men name above as plaintiff and defendant ure th i head and front of tho trafile thronghoti j tho country, some idea of its colossi j proportions may bo inferred. Conch ' sive figures on this scoro have never ye 1 been given to thc public; but thero is ni doubt that it will be unearthed in th i course of the struggle now inaugurated i and which has just received a doubl incentive to a desperato contest for th ! musterv. I ........ BUSINESS CARDS AND CIRCUT.ARS.-A ; tho season is approaching for the annul ? travel and distribution of business card ! and circulars, our merchants and other ; will please give attention to the fact tho our job office is supplied with tho best r ' boards, of all colors, fiue commercii ! note and other paper, aud the very nev j est and moat fashionable styles of ty pi i thus enabling us to supply nil of sue wants. WEDDING CARDS AND ENVELOPES.-. . lot of weddiug cards and envelopes, < I latest styles, has j net been receive! which will be printed iu imitation of o? graving, and at less than one-tenth tb cost. Call and seo specimens at Pu LEM office. Tb? following Committees ar? an? nounced by the Board of Trade for tho year: Pitier. CURRENT-K. Hope. G. W. Beardon, J. C. Dial. TRANSPORTATION-John Aguew, J. t;. Gibbes, W. J. Hoke. BEADING ROOM-W. B. Gulick. \V. C. Swaflield, R. Ii. Bryan. GRIEVANCES AND ARUITR.YTION-W. B. t Stanley, R, N. Lowrance, J. C. Sutphcn. ! MARKET AND COUNTRY PRODUCE-J. M. j Bhikely, S. D. Swygert, E. Stenhouse. MAH, ARRANGEMENTS.-The Northern uud Western mails are open for delivery itt 1 p. m.; closed at 11.30a. m. Charles? ton (day) and Greenville open at 5.30 p. m.; closed at 8.30 p. m. Charleston night mail open at 8.30 a. m.; closed ot 4.15 p. m. Gu Sunday, the post office is open from 1 to 2 p. m! THE LUNATIC ASYLUM.-It appears that even upon this institution radicalism is to lay its rude hand. The Columbia correspondent of the Charleston TovrrVr says: Persistent efforts have been made for a long time to displace Dr. Parker, the well-known Superintendent of the Luna? tic Asylum. For thirty-four years he has filled the posit ion with honor to him solf and credit to the State; and it is to be regretted that an institution, which owes so much to his long experience, may soon pass into the control of those who know, perhaps, nothing of the man - I agemeot of the insane. The change in I the regency is the first act in the drama. Tho second, notwithstanding the warm support of Gov. Scott, will probably bo the removal of the doctor. It is hinted that the position will be offered to Dr. Mackey, aud there can be no sort of doubt that the entire management of the institution will eventually be thoroughly radicalized. REDUCTION IN PRICE-CLUBBING.-The WEEKLY GLEANER contains more reading I matter than any other family pnper pub ? lished in the South-thirty-two long columns, printed in clear type. It is filled with original as well as selected I matter-editorials, correspondence, gene i ral news, markets, telegrams, interest j ing stories, sketches, poetry, etc. Dur j ing the early part of the coming year its : columns will be graced by a highly I entertaining nouvetletlf, the production I of n lady of this city, and which has i been pronounced hy disinterested critics as equal to the very best of "Marion : Harland':-" works. This story ia entitled j "Orkney, or the Fortunes of Juliet Clay? burn -a tale of the Palmetto State," and ' will run through about twenty numbers I of the "GLEANER." AS we are desirous ?of introducing the paper-which is in j every sense a "//owe companion"-into i every family in the State, we have de ; termiued to reduce the yearly subscrip ! tion price, as follows-payable, in ali 'cases, in advance: Single copy 82.75; j ten copies, (to one post office,) 825.00: ! twenty copies 845.00; fifty copies S100. i The GLEANER and the "Rural Caroli j ainu"-the popular agricultural monthly 1 -will be furnished, for one year, at 'ronr (lullars. The above rates go into ? effect on the first of January. 1870 Address orders to the PHONIX and I GLEANER Office. Columbia, S. C. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attentioa ts j called tu the following advertisement-. I published the first time this moraine A. Efird-Court of Probate. W, H. Browu-Notice, ?rc. W. B. Gulick-Carolina Bank. Mrs. A. H. 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' Thirdly, it resists the progress of inflam? mation and assists the lungs to throw ot! the irritating matter which accumulates D18t> "I am strong and healthy, yetto pre ! serve ray good condition," I uso SOLO - ! MON'S BITTERS. N21 Jamaica Rum, SCOTCH and IriMh WHISKEY, Trench blt AN DY, Oninniss' Dublin Tortor, Mc Ewan's Scotch Ale and Old Fort, Sherry und Madeira Wino?, all warranted parc, an>l for ?ale low for cash, at CANTWELL'S, Dec 211 Main street. Cabbages, &c. i Q/^fl LABOE Hard-Head CABBAGES, I fj\_JY_J 25 harrele extra Une Irish Potatoes. Onion*, Bacon Strips, Pic Ham?, Ac.for tale I at P. CANTWELL'S, Main atreot. i Dec 21 . 1 I EflGBSKCarolina National Bank. COLUMBIA, H. C. Sr.cxMnv.u 23, lsf>9. SAT! lt DAV, tho 25th instant, hehir? a holi? day, thc Carolina National Bank will bo closed. Payments due on that day mnst ho attended to on Frldav, the 21th instant. Dec 24 I W. B. OULIOK, Cashier.