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COLUMBIA, S *S ---_ - Wednesday Morning, Jynnry 5,1870. THfc7 TTiF TO INCREASE WAGES. A great deal has behn said of late ou the subject of the increase of ?ages, It is claimed that ?ages are not high enough, and that laboring men ere in? adequately paid for their services. In some cases, this Is doubtless the fact; but as a general rule, wo are inclined to think that good work will yield good wages? Hence, we say, ii you deake to increase the rate of wages, tho first thing to do, is to give more work. Good work will slways oommand good pay. The writer of this article recently employed four laboring men-Scotchmen-who have just arrived in the State. We do nat exaggerate when we say, that thus far, they perform about throe times as inuoh work as the laborers here generally / do, and they do it far better. These / men are worth three times as mnoh as / thoso, and they will get it, just ao soon f as their working qualities become known. Hence, we say to all-high and low-rioh or poor-mentally or physioally-^if you want increase of pay, first increase your work. I TBE QUESTION OF IRELAND. & Under the head of "What shall be Lm done with Ireland," the New York \ Times has an editorial, which is, to say \ the least of it, suggestive. We make the \ following extract: \ "It may be bard to deal with a people ? \ as impatient and suspicious as the Irish. \ They are a race of rare, and in some re- ' specie, troublesome qualities. Quick, j lively, rneronriul, irascible, full of j ?imagination ?nd poetry-proud of their j uouutry, their race, their ancestry, their' Vlor, their religion-proud of their old flings, who warred upon the Dane and Airman, of their priests, who carried tto*cro8s in triumph from coast to coaot, . loNr before the Saxon had ceased to worlup strange gods in Druid groves-. ?>ro\d of chiefs like O'Neill, of soldiers ikeSarsfield and Wellington, of orators liketGrattan and Burke, of poets like Golaniith and Moore. In every country but Aeir own, Irishmen have risen to w kingetamoog men. It seems as if som* enohaltment hung over thie strang? i?land.that the home it offers ia mises r and poerty, and that the Irish chan? ter onljfinds true life under alien skiei. The mei who cross the seas to sit in tho cou neild of Napoleon, ' to command armies^alinnt Frederick, to be marshals and sWumen in Spain, to rule in AmericHV^th the rigor of Jackson, add show in war tho genius of 'Sheridan, sie X merere\els and outcasts in their olio. v^?TfGtryTV)nly to be ruled with the held sceptre of Cromwell, or the stern aid ?uoked dominion of martial law." I What is tho "enchantment that hangs overthis 8)i*nke island?" This is not the eg\ot ^?fJfca'fcmeDt-" It ?8 a plea? sant be?e?^Bk ^ Patrick deliverfd Ireland froF^K40 ?nakes, and if th?re was any Sata?W)e11 aPOD T v*J suppose the^R0^ 8aiat of Ireland, while he had ?jhaud io? would hive exorcised the oTsMrpeat oi a11 from jp16 country, and notW hi* ?*Q favorite nation in the eonW"1 oi *?. herflof swine, into whom the^T^V^J|jgJ[^ ed from the rest of tfca^P/Jd, ?si}0* themselves, preripitating?2?~>flole island on the road to ruin. The Jn" ohantmerit'* under which Ireland laM*"' is "misgovernment,'', The wmeJp1" ohantment" will produee the samejr01 upon any other people. The ??ssW*60 the diflioulty, and says that "if EnWnd would win the love and obodiei*oi these men, it must treat \them wiVor' b esra nee and charity and Uberal-mR^e<5 statesmanship. The swejd win Jver paoify Ireland. Cromwell tried i?3?nd so did Marlborough, and Mr. Glad*000 should remember that, if two of "is? land's greatest soldiers failed to maf6 a lasting peace by the sword, there i? 00 evil far beyond its reaoh. Terror ljan old, old story, and all that terrbrp119 done for Ireland, has been to add ti>l?te misery and give its people a new rep.10,1 for hating the English name and rbi ling against the English nile, jfe^t away the sword,' says Richelieu; ?f?|t*? can be saved without it.' History teoc ,es no traer lesson, and we commend ft to the illustrions and enlightened state^t4an who presides over the des**-" 7?f the British Empire." baltimore* properly ooraieads this policy to ^?e?s'naon who preside over the deeW^g 0{ the American Empire. The Congres? of the United States, in its dealings wttm the South, cannot do better than bear tal mind this "lesson. '_ 1 The radical ,/aea of reconstruction, the j Louisville cVurier. Journal thinks, ia evi dently bo/owed from John Robinson a circus. /Those who have witnessed the performances of "the great Amarinan combination." (we mean John Bobin BQtrs,) will remember how the olown knocks over the yoong gentleman in,the gold lace and then oriea out "poor fel? low," and sets him up again and goes to washing him olean, as he says, wjlh a dirty broom." Then he dnstsjifin wi with a blacking break. TbenTie polishes j,,^ ^i?u ? rake. Then he whirls bim about and asks, "Now, isn't he boun? tiful?" That's reconstruction over ?nd over again. Congress takes a State and knocks it down. Then it sets it np. Then it scrubs it with negro-suffrage. Then it polishes it with bayonets. Then it dust? it with martial law. Then, final? ly, if it goes radical, like Mississippi, lt says, "Now, isn't it beautiful?" The people are siok of this. There is no fun in it. It is all well enough as a circus ticket, but it is too serious when applied to real life. Advices from Hayti state that Port-au Prince WAS captured by the insurgents, on the 19th, without loss of life. Sal nave escaped to a neighboring fort, but will, doubtless, be capturad. ?ft'T III .^888^.1 , i . i. ? .... . --? lloaie-Ktoplng. MB. EPXXOB: Of the many grievances of house-keeping, among.the moat pro? minent and aggravating rnay&ndonl&sd ly bedlaaaed the unreliability of servants. While exaoting io the last degree in their demands, many of them sire oar el osa ind indifferent in performing their dutica, ?cd if remonstrated with, est np th?ir banks, discharge themselves forthwith, .nd demand payment to date; and the poor house-keeper, thus unexpectedly thrown upon har own resources, has no other alternative bot to submit to their demanda lind tnelf*[rnpertinence. Now, by coneer?of act ion 'among house-keep? ers, and wi'h very little trouble on their part, thia evil might, to a oooaidorable extent, be mitigated, if not obviated al? together. Let them agree, and sign a paper to that effect, that they will employ no ssrvant who ?unnoc bringa certificate of character from their laat employer. Let them make no bargain for less than a month, of which one week's wages shall alway? be held in reserve, to abide the completion of the contract, and re? quire at least one week's notice of the Bervant'o intention to quit to be given, and lot there bo always a witness present when tho contract ia made. If this po ftoy ls commenced and adhered to, house? keepers will seoare valuable servants, and need not be frightened from their propriety by throats of appeals to a ma? gistrate. I nm a friend to labor of every description, bat it bas its duties as well aa its rights, and honest labor will cheer? fully perform them. pA r > j r .'. ;qQ-?PJ3BATION. BEECHER'S ADVERTISING BURKAU.-The ! Ber. Henry Ward Beecher appeared in a new role on Sunday, that of au ad- 1 vertisiog medinm, and before he oom menoed his sermon, aunounoed a num? ber of performances which are tu lake place daring the week-orations, con? certs s?d lectures, (inolnding that or Miss Olivo Logan in "The Girh of the Period,") prayer meetings, ?co. He also took occasion to state that he should not ba "at home" on New Year's Day. but intended to make calls himself, and in? stead of being a giver, he should be a re? ceiver. Ho bad found that giving was very pleasant, bat he hoped he should find that receiving was mach more so. Tho minister then made the important announcement of tho "annual renting of pews and aisle seats," and branched off j to the subject of newspaper mea sad newspaper Offices; he told the congrega- j tion that after this sale "for probably six months they wnnld have a great treat, by the asnal annaal abase in the news? papers. Ia that ab?se there was aa ont- j barst of piety that never made itself ap parent unless something was going on to provoke abase. There were great pro-' testations of parity where parity had certainly never been suspected before." They lei the church alone so long as the old-fashioned doctrines were proclaimed, bat let something be done to excite them, and they were very valiant. Said the reverend gentleman: "He could afford to be a victim, and it was worth while being one if be ex? cited' to virtue newspaper mea whom nobody had ever suspected before tb ut they possessed any. Plymouth Church ?sa a kind of family, not to be ruthless? ly invaded, certainly; bat when it sought to give light and knowledge to those around it, in its own way, there was a burst of disinterestedness poured forth by these men, newspaper men, who eonld not have been in the church for the last twenty years. Well, all of that sort of thing did good, and he hoped that this kind of excitement and abuse might result in conversions, even in newspaper offices." Mr. Beecher then proceeded with his sermon from the text, "Blessed aro the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." Mr. Beecher's meekness, we suppose, will secure him a dae shore. Says the New York World: Dawes, of Massachusetts, long time Chairman of the Election Committee of the House of Representatives, lately delivered, in this oity, a leotnre on "Procedure in Con? tested Election Cases," and used this language: "All traces of a judicial obaraoter in these proceedings *tu fast fading away, and the precedents are losing all sanction. Each case is coming to be a mere partisau struggle. At the dictate of party majori? ties the committee must fight, not fol? low the law and the evidence; aod he will best meet the expectations of his appointment who can pat upon the re? cord the best reasons for the coarse thu? pursued." At the worst, nothing further than what is here affirmed of Congress can be affirmed of tho Georgia Legislature, which excluded negroes from their seats. Like Congress and every other legisla? tive body, it passed upon the qualifica? tions of its members-elect. At the worst, it oan only be said, as Mr. Dawes has ssid of Congress, that partisan conside? rations outweighed legal ones, if, as may be, negroes were indeed eligible to the Legislature. For tbis ostensible reason, the acci? dent nf an unquestionable power, Con? reas virtually ejecta Georgia from the ~oion to wbiob, in 1866, even a radical Congress had re-admitted her, and eries r new purgations and fresh peniienoe om the helpless victim of its wicked ill. ?tlTho real reason that Congress rides LIWD law and order, its own pledges and 1 public faith, is to obtain a partisan Hftiority, and the vote of Georgia for the enth amendment. ov TBS BIBLE.-Quite a laugh washad in the oars over an attempt Bel l'8erent Benjamin made to quote from the New Testament It is said that tbe dr-Tu oun quote Scripture. But this devil can fi ot. 'We all know. Mr. Speaker," roared Tappertit-Mtrabean, "that the Good Book tells na that there is more rejoicing in Heaven over one lost soul returned to righteousness than over the souls of a thousand just men mado perfect." It was evident to the ears that Benja? min had seriously mixed up thiugs. When the laugh snbsided, it is said that Bea asked half a dozen mombers for Bi? bles, aod, getting none, addressed a lit? tle note to Mr. Spofford, the accomplish? ed librarian, asking where ho would find the quotation ; whereupon Spofford re? torted a copy of the New Testament and tho celebrated sermon on a "Harp of a Tndieand Strings," so that Benjamin oonl? separate his quotation in time to swathe Congressional Globs.-Don JPiait. A Nsw RELIGIOUS S ?OT.-The Albany Knickerbocker (rives an account of a new religions aeet which baa inst been organ ISefinh?/ iWtt oJiy. WoV bid? Mr to ODjlr.Ttbelha^rs fte way of at tractiona duringa the coming season. Thia; party is composed of men and women; but instead of there being a dividing lin \ they mingle together in a love feast sort of style. MUB?O is their uOuby, ?uti through its influence they all expect to be saved. The members are prioipally musicians of some sort, and those who are not, blow upon horns to the full extent of their lungs, in the hope that the noise, if not the sweetness of the notes, will secure their salvation. The members of the new society are now engaged in practice for the summer of 187?. A friend of ours, who was present at a late rehearsal, says it was terrible; the beating of bass drums, blowing of horns, trombones, flutes, pipes, Ac, knocking the great peace jubileo into a cocked hat. It was fearful. There was no harmony or order, but all banged and blowed away on his own hook. One person is selected as chief. He is tho favored one of the order, dressed like the apostles of old, who is elevated upon a platform, and instead of using a wand, as leaders of orchestras usually do, he swnng a huge mallet, which came dowe with great force upon some arrangement that vibrated far and near like the echo of a huge bell or heavy pieco of ord? nance. The wholo arrangement resem? bles a great burlesque, but the Knicker? bocker's informant says he never saw a more earnest collection of devotees, or met with a more friendly set of people. WHT FATHER HYACINTHE CAME-AL? MOST AS ROMANTIC AS HELOISE AND ABE? LARD.-During tho summer of 1867, a Boston gentleman, together with his wife and widowed sister, wero in Paris. Of course they, among the other wouders of the French capitul, went to hoar Peru Hyacinthe. The widow, who is young, bas but one child, and is quite wealthy, fell in love with the Pere. Fiually meet? ings were brought about, at which she expressed so much joy that the feeling became mutual. Although the Curme lite had begun to express himself freely in public regarding religious matten?, he did not go far enough to suit his 'female udorer, who had moro extended views, both religious aud political, regarding mattes in a monarchical country where Church and State are closely allied. Under the tutelage of the Boston lady, the priest became more and more out? spoken in his views, and finally events culminated in his retirement from his monastic orders, and it was supposed he bad gone to Passy to keep quiet. It was not known for somo time in France that hehad gone to America; but he, as every? body knows, came here, and after re? maining in New York some weeks, BO as to get rid of all taint of suspicion, went to Boston, where be met the lady who had drawn him hither. Ic is with tue intention of settling private affairs in Frnnoe that he returned; but before long, as bas been hinted, he will return to America, and probably remain here, and ? marry the lady who has drawn him away ! from fatherland nnd mother Gharoh. FIRE.-The alarm of fire was sounded 1 about half-past 3 o'clock yesterday morn j ing, and the engines were noon on the ! ground. The tire originated in a build : iug on the East side of Anaon street, above George, owned and occupied by I Mr. J. H. Kt?ip as a dwelling and gro ! eery store. When aroused by the alarm, j Mr. Keip found the store enveloped in flames, and was barely able to effect his i escape from the burning building. The I store was entirely destroyed, and the ! flames were communicated to the build I iogs on either side. That on the South, was occupied by Mr. Scblobohm as a bakery, and was partially consumed, but the stock and furniture wero saved. The building on tho North, was occupied by J. H. Howard (colored) and was slightly damaged by fire. Mr. Keip had his building insured for $1,000, and the stock for $2.500. Tho bakery was in? sured for $2.000. During the fire, the j steam chest of the Washington was ex? ploded, but fortunately did no damage. [Charleston News, 4th. THE DECLINE IN PRINTED M?SLINS. j The following statement in regard to the I recent decline in printed muslins has j been made in New York : "A secret touching the full in printed i muslins has just Junked oat. Spragne, ! of Providence, has in his employ a young ! German camed Pm tr, who long ago in ' vented a method by which the printing of ootton cloth in the Providence mills is done at a saving of from one to two cents ! per yard. While engaged in his experi j men ta he made a discovery of still greater ! importance, whereby the bleaching, ? whioh now requires forty-eight hours, j may be thoroughly completed in less I than ono hour. These discoveries ena t ble Sprague to undersell all other manu ! facturera of calicoes, and give him virtu ; ally control of the market. PrarFs industry and practical scientific know? ledge have already been liberally re? warded; but it is said that his share in the result of the valuable discoveries he has made will be little short of $4,000, ; ooo." UNITED STATES COURT-HON. GEO. S. ' BRYAN, PRESIDING-CHARLESTON, MON I DAY, January 3.-The District Court was ; convened this morning. A sufficient ; number of jurymen not answering to , their names, a new tales venire was ordered to be made out, and the grand ; and petit jurors will be organized to i day. IN BANKRUPTCY.-Ev parte Thomas , Davis, in re Robert C. Mills. Assignee ; ordered to give bonds under the 13th section of the bankrupt act. Ex part? B. N. Miller, of Edgcflcld. Petition fur dual discharge, Beferred to ; Registrar Carpenter. Certificates of discharge vero issued j to the following persons: W. S. Hudson, John C. Heriot and James McD. Law, all of Sumter. Ex parte Charles Meyer. Petition for i citizenship. Granted. m . m Nsrw ENOJAN? HLAVERT.-Tbp tnnl^ry girls in several parts of New England are I dissatisfied with the treatment they are I receiving from their employers. In Do ' ver, N. H., about six hundred have gone j out on strike, and a meeting of fernste '. operatives in Lowell has sent messages Of sympathy and support. AccoHing to the complaint of tho chief sptaker, \ (Miss Collins,! in old times th) girls were treated like human being?, "bat lately tho cotton kings had becrme more . avaricious, and in their wiltf rush for : wealth had forgotten all horor and for? saken every feeling of humJuity." She went on to say that the factory girls wer* , worse off than the bl?ok women fi the South. That is vny probable, /et we trust the factory giri? exagge/bte I their wrongs. ___-. A poor boj of thirteen year? wee taken eiok in a Kew York boarding-boase, and Iaat week exhausted nearly ?ll bin means, BO that he no longer paid f?t. food, bat lodging cary. He paid bia last quarter on Christmas night, whoa the woman told bin be mu? go, ont na waa unable to move. Another lad pitied hi?, and paid for Sunday night Tb? woman, thinking he would die? carried bim out in the street, whore bo waa found by a neighbor, who convoyed him to the Fire Points House of Industry. He was nua? ble to stand, being faint from hunger, as be had eaten nothing since Friday morn? ing, and during Christmas day he was suffering the agony of starvation, with? out a sonl to minister to bim in that oity of wealth and plenty. Tho Peoria (111.) Review, of the 22d inst., has the following partioulars in reference to a most shocking crime: "We learn from Harry Ullman, who has recently returned from a trip over the P. P. and J. railroad, the following partioulars of a horrible murder com? mitted by a man named John Hickman, living on a farm two-and-a-half miles fromCbandlerville. Last Suuday Hick? man and his wife were alone in the bonse, having sent his son, a lad about eighteen years old, out to the barn to feed the stock. While engaged in that the boy heard his step-motber scream, and going to tho honse, looked in at the door, and found the woman lying on the floor, wbere his father had evidently knocked ber with a club. Hesitating to copo with Hickman, who is a powerful man, the boy watched bim, and to his horror saw his father take the butcher knife and raise her up by the hair, and, when she pleaded for ber life, deliberately cut ber throat from ear to ear. The Prussian needle-gun, it is said, has a formidable rival in the form of a , zundmeasergcioehr, or knife-gun, the new ; breech-louder invented by Herr Mny I hofer, of Kauechcr, East Prussia. At a i recent trial in Koningsburg, twenty-five rounds, with full cartridge, are said to ! have been fired off per minute. The mis ' sile penetrates at a distance of two thou-1 i sand yards. The pieco carries with great > precision, and bas the great advantage of \ I a minimum of smoko. The invention j extends to the cartridge as well as to tbe i gun. Tbe inventor has repeated his j offer to sell his patent to tbe Prussian Government, but it has not yet been ac? cepted. He hun spent bis whole fortune I of twenty-five thousand dollars in the ! production of the arm, and threatens to I go to Austria or France if Prussia does I not give him an answer soon. m ? m_ TRIPOS MURDER.-a. terrible tragedy ocenrred at Sleepy Hollow, near Tarry? town, New York, on the 1st. A man named N. W. Buckbart shot his wife, a New York merchant named Alfred Bau daii, and son, the latter named Charles Randall. Mrs. Buckbart was shot j through the temple, Alfred Randall ; through the heart, and Charles Randall j in the side. Mrs. Buckbart and Charles j Bundall are dead, and Alfred Randall j i lice in a dangerous condition. Buckhart i gave himself up immediately after the ' I occurrence, and was lodged in jail at ! I White Plains. Tho cause of the appall ? ing tragedy is unknown. Some persons j ascribe it to jealousy, while others believe j him insane. ! A SMALL SUEZ CANAL.-Capo Cod is to i j be cut in two by a canal uniting Barn ! stable Bay and Buzzard's Bay. The project has been mooted ever since the year 1697. The importance of the ' scheme may be estimated from the fol-1 lowing statistics : Forty thousand vessels j sail every year around Cape Cod, and the i value of these vessels and their cargoes ' ia estimated at $200,000,000. The pass-1 age in winter is perilous. In 17 years j the marine disasters number 900. Last I winter aO foreign vessels were frozen in j at Holmes' Hole, and were prevented , i from making the passage round tho cape. ? J The proposed canal will save every year ! ?1,000,000 in shortening passages, and j 0200,000 in lessening disasters. - I In Paris tbero resides au elderly lady 1 who passes for a countess. She makes a I very handsome living by giving; charac j tera to servants requiring employment. I When ladies visit ber to inquire into the ! antecedents of a domestic, they find an " elegantly dressed lady, who has a happy I faculty of remembering the person in- . I quired about, and uno never knows aught ! j but good of them. This novel mode of ! [ making a living by supplying reputations , to girls who have none has been disco v i ered, and the occupation of tho countess ! will be seriously injured. The girls em ! ployed on account of ber testimony as to j i their capacity gave her a per con tugo of their wages. BARNUM.-Barnum doesn't grow in : j grace as he growa older. He seems to bo ! ' as great a rascal as ever. When the Car- 1 ' diff giant was dug up, Barnum went to ' Syracuse and offered to buy an interest in that sculptured swindle-they say, he offered $50,000 for a quarter share in it j but the owners declined to sell. Wbere ! upon. Barnum ordered of Otto, a Syra? cuse sculptor, six plaster fae similes of : the giant, whioh were speedily made, i : and are on exhibition in different cities, j As it is a mere plaster counterfeit of a I Chicago fraud, of course it will not be i worth going to see. ? SAD DEATH.-Coroner Hawthorn held I an inquest, yesterday, over the body of Mr. Green Kerley, who waa found dead on the pavement in front of Brown's Hotel, early yesterday morning. The verdict of the jnry was that the deceased carno to his death by a fall from the third-story window of Brown's Hotel, while in a fit of delirium. This unfortu? nate gentleman waa from Madison Coun? ty, Kentucky, and had been sojourning - .with ns bat ? short time. I Winnah oro Neve?, 1 Among the New York novelties of the ; season in the way of holiday gifts is an elaborate piece of m coban ism called tho "German Nightingale." It consists of a r/../ utniere, holding a beautiful rose-bush, ?covered with flower?. Perched on a ' sprig of leaves isa bird, whioh, by touch ! ing some invisible machinery, sings for ! hours The price is 8200. There ie I only one man in the world who holds the : secret of rivalling naiuro to this extent, so, ol' course, he gets his price. How THEY BLEED THE LITTLE STATES. I From a comparative statement, publish? ed in the Floridian, it appears that tbe salaries of tho Government officers in 1 ; the little State of Florida are larger than , in any other Stato East of the Bocky ' : Mountains. The Governor gets 85,000; j his Cabiuet in all $24,000, and th? Le-, ?[isla tu re $500 per annum, or, allowin orty days to the session, twelvs and fifty cents per day/ Booal X-fc cm?. PBK>-nnHOua.~-Oiiff oitisens will Jwre au opportunity, ? daring th? p<**ent week, of seeing a?rerai extraordinary hu mau boinjw-a giant And giantess, silky-h aired girl, ?Jip. Thean iudiridaals were on exhibition at Bar nam's Museum, for several years, and attracted a great deal of attention, aa they are really great curiosities. Their levees will be held at Janney's-the only hall attainable in Columbia. SOMETHING NEW AND Usxrvn.-We have received from Mr. C. F. Jackson, the agent for the sale of the article io this city, one of Solomon's patent chil? dren's under-olothes supporters, which appears to be the most perfect article of the kind ever olfered to the public It fits nicely and gives a graceful form to the child withont the aid of lacing, whioh is well known to be rory injurious to the health. It affords that free move? ment of the limbs whioh is HO necessary in childhood. This supporter not only gives general ease and comfort, but greatly improves tho health of the wearer, and is admirably suited to the want of every young miss. Mothers in? terested in the health and comfort of their daughters, would do well to exam? ino ita merits. THE PALMKTTOES-TWELFTH ANNIVKR SABY.-The twelfth annual return of the incorporation ol the "boys in red," was celebrated in an appropriate manner, yesterday. At half-past 2 o'clock pre? cisely, tho engine, reel and jumper were roiled from tho boase, the ropes were manned, and, beaded by Mr. LyBrand's excellent band, marched through the principul streets of our once beautiful, but sadly dilapidated city. Several tasty ornamenta on the apparatus gave evi? dence of tho handiwork of some of the lady admirers of the "Palmottoes." A monster wild cat, couchant, on the engine caused timid ona* to keep at a rospectful distance; for the animal, although "very dead," presented a remarkably life-like appearance. Beforo housing the appa? ratus, there was a "plRy-off," and the ancient reputation of tho machino was fully sustained. In the evening, at 7 o'clock, the regular bnsiuess meeting was held, when the following officers were elected-the majority of them unani? mously: Frtsaideut, Captain W. B. Stanley; Vice President, George Shields; First Director, John A. Shiell; Second Direc? tor, H. G. Heidt; Third Director, M. Hearn; Fourth Director, B. B. McKay; Secretary and Treasurer, M. J. Calnan; Surgeon, Dr. G. S. Trezev*nt; Solicitor. W. K. Bacuman. In tho moantiuae, Mr. T. M. Pollock waa busily engaged in the npper Btory of the building, prepnriug a collation-Mr. Pickwick's favorite beverage (cold punch) being necessarily brought into requisi? tion. Mr. LyBrand's musicians, with their stringed instruments, materially assisted digestion, and after half au hour had been taken up in discussing the quality of the oysters, cold turkey, tongue and other palatable substantials, the regular toasts were read by Director Shiell. The first-The Chief of the Fire Department-was responded to by Mayor McKenzie, in a few remarks; in which he informed the firemen that according to an ordinance of the city, it was left with the members of the departmrnt to select a ohief ; bat until such selection, be must, perforce, continue to act. [But as no desire has ever been evinced to mcke such selection, it is presumed all aro Hat i ail ed.] The next toast was a de? served compliment to the universally popular President of the company. Capt. Stanley returned his thanks in a few remarks, whioh drew forth three hearty cheers. The next sentiment was "Tho Ladies of the oity of Columbia," and Chase Morgan was called upon, bnt he blushingly begged to be excused, and the honor devolved upon our young lawyer-friend Jimmy Scott, who proved himself equal to thc emergenoy. "The Ladies of Charleston," "The Independ? ent Fire Engine Company," "The Wash? ington Fire Company of Charleston,*' "The Fire Department of Charleston," "The Commandant of the Post," and "The City Council of Columbia," were successively given. The whole affair wound np by a serenade, and as we close this paragraph, we can properly appre? ciate the adage that "music hath charm," etc.-the "PHCKNIX" being duly honored. REDUCTION IN PRICE-OI-UBDINO.-The WEEKLY GLEANER contains more reading matter than any other family paper?VubJ lisbed in the South-thirty-two Jona columns, printed in clear type. It i? filled with original as well aa seleofctM matter-editorials, correspondence, R<S?; ral nows, markets, telegrams, intcdHi iug stories, sketches, poetry, etc. jgg culnmns ero ?now grftOOfl by ? lliflL entertaining nouvelle*!*, the produi of a lady of thia oity, and which been pronounced by disintej^fl^djsjjy aa equal to the very best of "SflHs Harland's" works. This story ia ennjj "Orkney, or theFortaoes of Juliet On burn-a tale of the Palmetto State," I will run through about twenty nusnJHj of the "GLEANER. " As we are desi fl of introdnoing the papur-which is^B every sense a "home companion"-inti every family in the State, we have de? termined to reduce the yearly subscrip? tion price, as follows-payable, iu all casca, in advance: .Single copy $2.76; ten copien, (to one post office,) 825.00; twenty copies $45.00; fifty copies $100. The G LEAN KU and the "Rural Caroli tuan"-the popular agricultural monthly -will be furnished, for one year, at tour (lollara. Address orders to PHOZNTX and GLEANER Office, Columbia, S. C. to-day. i DfcM. ajooe^U. again oa hand-|< prepare? to ?slodgo "old ?eher?." or i i supply the toothless with a complete set j t o? pearls. Sss biol and try him. |, Wa .have .to ' thank Messrs. Bryau Sc , MoCarter for a very neat "Diary for 1870." Very convenient. Wanted, at this office, one or more copies of the report made to the Legisla? ture of this State in 1844, on Agrionltnre, Geology, Sec., by Hon. Edmund Rollin, of Virginia. Liberal prices will be paid. Owing to a death in the family of Chief Jnstioe Jdosea, the Supremo Court will not meet until Monday next. The Governor has appointed C. J. Coleock, Jr.,(Notary Public for Gillison ville; and John Wingate, Notary Public for Charleston. Mr. Davidson, in hi* "Living Writers of the South," says onr friend Dr. Wil? liam Gilmore Simms, is the author of sixty-five published volume?, besides miscellanies. Mr. Davidson chronicles seventy-five female and 186 male writers, 241 in all. Their united publications j number 739 volumes. The price of singla copies of the | PHOENIX is five cents; and if a news-boy ? oxaots more than that amount, it is j simply a fraud; and if his name is reported at this office, he will be prompt? ly dismissed. PERIODICALS.-Th? Nineteenth Century. We have received the January number of our Charleston favorite. It opens with Reminiscences of Robert Y. Heyne, by ox-Governor B. F. Perry; "The Mes? sage from the Sea, an old Man's Story," by P. J. Malone, is a poem of conside? rable merit ; "The Possible Future of tho South" is the title of the first of a series of papers, by Mr. Edward Mayes, of the University of Mississippi; "Montreasor" is a weird story, io his best style, by Mr. E. B. Seabrook; "Old Girls," by Elsey Hay, is readable. The "Work-shop," edi? torial and other inklings, help to make np a very good number. Rev. W. W. Hicks is now the sole editor of this maga? zine, nnd wo feel assured he will leave nothing undono to make the Nineteenth Century all that ita most ardent frieuds could wish. The Rural Carolinian.-Colonel D. Wyatt Aiken, one of the leading planters of this State, han become associated with Messrs. Walker, Evans Sc Cogswell as joint proprietor of this valuable agricul? tural monthly. In his notice announcing the conneotion. Colonel Aiken says: "In thoa uuitiug myself with the enterpris? ing firm of Messrs. Walker, Evans Jr Cogswell, more than a single motivo will of course bo laid at my door; but obiof amongst the inducements is the earnest desire to lend a helping hand to develop and publish the developments of the agricultural interests of our beloved South. Whatever of agricultural advan? tages I may have gained after a practical plantation experience of near twenty years, shall be given to the Rural for the benefit of others." The January num? ber of the Rural Carolinian has intrinsic merit rarely equalled, and must secure s favorable consideration for the now firm. Among the contents we especially notice the articles on Fish Culture, Liebig and Agricultural Chemistry, Facts end Figures for Farmers, Agriculture ol Russia, The Sea Island Cotton Question, and The Culture of the Olive-all ol whioh are first-class articles of practica] interest, and evidently written by mer thoroughly conversant with the subject! of which they treat. The illustrationi of this number are numerous and hand some, and in appearance, as well as ii contents, the January number of tlx Rural Carolinian can fairly challenge comparison with any other agricultura magazine, North or Sontb. The sub scription price is 82.00 per annum. Th< Rural and the GLEANER one year 84.00 WEDDING CARDS AND ENVELOPES.-i lot of wedding cards and envelopes, o latest styles, has just been received which will be printed in imitation of en i graving, and at less than one-tenth th cost. Call and see specimens at PH OB NT ! BHOTBL~~XW*IVAL8, January 4.-Colutn ma Hotel.-T. S. Murdock, W. Y. Leitch 3. Pinckney, W. M. Bird, 8. J- Coatei Charleston; H. Ellis, G. E. Whalej j,Orangeburg; A. MoBee, N. Cr o nt, S. G LT. P. Bagwith, New York; W. E. Hi igood, Ga.; E. P. Erwin, Darlington; J ( M. Freelooo, Philadelphia; E. W. M< Laughlin, Baltimore; S. Fair, Newberry i W. Tbarin, Kingsville National Hotel-if. T. Eason. W. Morefield. Elnore; W. H. Fo k, Edg< field; A. B. Steph ns, Greenville; C. G Capel). Miss Capel!, Clarendon; W. I Learelle, J. E. Caldwell, G. T. Speak? Newberry; E. P.Mcclintock, E. G. Ma tin, J. A. Parks, Wm. Adams and lad; T. Y. Prathor, J. P. Flemingand famil; J. B. Higgins and lady. M.vfrewing an lady, J. R. Martin, W. H. Riddle, Lei rons; H. L. Jeffers, Abbeville; Jam. Wiggins?fllitffiestoff; Mrs. Norris, Unioi frlTI^mpkins. Walhalla; J. D. Biving 1?-* : Mrs. M. Summers snd four obj dren, Union; Thee. Fencing, N. C.; < 1 B. Pettigrew, Fairfield; W. Y. Leito Charleston; ?T.*w; AfrPh-~^ v-.-.r yaLWi.^xer, York; F. F. Warley, Da HPftoBj f ?. Bo?. Mein?; G. Lodi! P&fiSS^aa? T- Wil*>?. City ID?T? S??rfe J Joosif Thd i Duckett, Newberry; T. a Da vant j! ?Wentworth, H. C. Verner flF" ?IJ^'T' W Spd,er' A" ZiBpej, Audorsonjffl WrVmyWur<, MHBLVI]]E. jr uJm BIT Thos. J Q^^Kn?xviihJ Po ' BOooS A. J^&k^j-jflfi RID ton, ?ntaric New MH ^Philadelphia; li SamuelflLgA WrAod; E. G. Benne HStevflJ Thoma9- Rlel land^fl / MA iii AUKAN#KMSNTH.- The No rib ?rn aa? ? o pen od for-delivery al 8 a. m.; iloaed at 8.30 n. qa. Charleston, opened tl 6.80 p. m.; closed at 8.80 p. ni. 3reen*ill?: o?wr?wi at 5.00 p. m. ; cjoeed it 8.SO p. ru. Western, opened at 9.80 i. m.; closed at 4 p. m. Cbarlestou, [evening,) opened at 8 a. m.; closed at LS0 p. m. On Sanday, the post office is apou from ?J lo 10 a. m. A? Axe IKST PROPBKCV.-In au ancient MSS., containing weatherwise and other predictions, of what shall happen in certain event?, is tbe following gloomy prophecy, applicable jost at this time : "Yf Orystmas day on Saturday salle. That wjnter vs to be dreddod aile; Wyt shall BO fall of grete tempeste. That hyt shall ale botbe man and beete; Frnyto and eorne shall sayle grete won. And olde folke byen many on. Whate woman that doy osohyldetrrvnyl* They shall be borne that day. Within h?lfe a year they shall dye, poi fay. The nonier than shall wete ryghte ylle; Yf thoa awghte stele, hytsoaftbeapyUe; Thou dyest yf sekenese take the." Goon ADVT ce FOX THE NEW Yaun. The New York Pott advises everybody to stop dram-drinking on New Year's dey. It says : "Look for one momeut at the result, if no intoxicating liquors were need in this eity-not only as to the health of oar whole community, bnt as to the in? crease of every blessing Heaven, isl its kindness, gives to man. If ont of oar population it costa 120,000 persons fifty cents a day for liquor, this is 8182.50 a year for each ono of the 125,000, -and it makes in a year the sam of 822,812.500 -an amount eqnal to nil the taxes-State, connty and city-paid in 1868 by the people of thia eity. Truly men impeje the heaviest bardens voluntarily upon themselves." BUSINESS CARDS AND CIRCULAR?. -AB the season is approaching for the gonna! travel and distribution of business cords and circulars, our merchants and others will please give attention to the foot that our job office is supplied with tho bast ol boards, of all colors, fino commercial note and other paper, and the very new? est and most fashionable styles of type, thns enabling us to anpply all of snob wants. Maw ADVERTISEMENTS.- Attention is coiled to the following advertisement*. published the first time thia momma Mrs. MoCally-School Notice. Subscribe to the New York Observer. Geo. W. Williams & Co.-Grocers, ko. E. E. Jackson-Fresh Drags, kc. Meeting Richland Lodge. I. Sulzbacher-Jewelry, Ac. Miss Heriot-Schcol No ti co. A. J. Bates-Museum of Wonders. Dr. T. T. Moore-Dentistry. ALDEN'S LUNG BALSAM.-The remedy for curing Consumption, Coughs, Bron? chites, Asthma, and Croup. As on ex? pectorant it has no equal. It is com? posed of the active priociples of roots and plants, which ore chemically ex? tracted, so as to retain all their medical qualities. MINISTERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS who are so often affiioted with throat dis sesea, will find a sure remedy in this Balsam. Lozengers and wafers sometimes give re? lief, but this Balsam, taken o few times, will insure a permanent enre. Wi*** sj! those afflicted with Coughs or Consump? tion, give this Balsam a fair triol, they will be pleased with the result, and con? fess that the SURE REMEDY IS FOUND AT LAST. It ia sold by all Druggists, and. by Fi KU Kit Sc II i RN TISH, Colombia, S. C. Virginia has the largest debt- 845,000,? 000-and is the least able to pay for it. New York comes next, with a debt' of nearly $40,000,000. Pennsylvania owes 835,000,000; Tennessee 834,000,000; Louisiana 812,000,000; Massachusetts $12.000,000; North Carolina $U.OOO,000; Ohio 810,000,000; Connecticut $8,000, 000; Missonri 87,000,000; Illinois, South Carolina and Georgia, each $6,000,000; Texas, Miobigan, Wisconsin, Rhode Island and Kentucky, each $3,000.000; Maine $5,000.000; New Jersey $2,000, 000; Kansas $1,000,000; Iowa, Delaware and Maryland are oat of debt; Minne? sota, Oregon and Mississippi are blessed with very small debts. The total debts of oil the States amount to abont 8250, 000,000. THE BLESSING OF THE AGE.-NO more Sick Headache, no more Dyspepsia, no more Indigestion, no more riles, no more Chills, no more Liver Complaint, no more Jaundice, no more Pain in the Back, no more Kidney Disease, no more Costiveness, no more Heartburn. TUFT'S VEGETABLE LIVER PILL is o certain guar? antee against all these distressing com? plaints. Jl C BLOOD! 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Sot/ ??ON'S BnroBfl. *ML Early-risers in Charleston ?UuessJF*S (?eau tiru i display of the aurora bq9"s? ' on Monday morning. W j "Just the thing!" fcuoh istheeseWj motion of the Dyspeptics whqhxno Bom I MOMS' BITTERS. f NV I A Mrs. Rigney Jua" tri? a 81^91 contract for mnoHdarai/^j?reet? inW j Tho weuk aivl em ac/SK toother sHfl "My health and strendH ii reatored^H the use of" SOLOMONs'ffl^?rtEV". Ntl'n Recorder Gory, of Qfcwego.haa decided] that shoving on Hnndsfy is not a "work el