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<> LUMBLA, S. C. Saturday Morning, January 8.1870. REDUCTION TN PIUCK-CnunnrNo.-The WEEKLY GLEANER contains more reading matter than any other ?umily puper pub? lished in th? South-thirty-two loug columns, printed in cleur type. It is filled with original as well ns selected matter-editorials, correspondence, gene? ral nows, markots. tolegrams, interest? ing stories, sketches, poetry, etc. It* eolumus are now graced by a highly entertaining nouvelletle, tho production of a lady of this city, und which has been pronounced by disinterested oritics as equal to the very best of "Marion Harland's" works. This story is entitled "Orkney, or the Fortunes of Juliet Clay? burn -a tala of thePalmoHto State," and will run i brough about twenty numbers of tho "GLEANER." AS we are desirous of introducing the papor-which is in every sense a "home companion"-into every family in the State, we have de? termined to reduce the yearly subscrip? tion price, ns follows-payable, in nil cases, in advance: Single oopy $2.75; ten copies, (to one post offioe,) $25.00; twenty copies $45.00; fifty copies $100. The OLEANER and the "Rttral Caroli? nian"-the popular agricultural monthly -will be furnished, for ono year, at .'our dollars. Address orders to PHOENIX nnd GLEANER Office, Columbia, S. C. MR. CALHOUN DEFENDED. J migo Longstreet, in the JCIJL Century, for January, 1870, oom os to the rescue of Mr. Calhoun's fame. "Ex-Gof. B. F. Perry, in an article on "the great Caro? linian," having rather damned him with faint praise, Judge L. replies with spirit and effect to Ex-Gov. Perry's disparage* ment. We think that Mr. Calhoun de? serves all that Judge Longstreet claims Tor him. Whatever views Mr. Perry nitty entertain with regard to one with 'whom bb differed in pol?tica, this cannot seriously am>,t -??r. Q.'S reputation. History has given v,T his place, and it js an elevated one. YK^e occasion to jay that we agree with Sqdge Long? street cordially in this-that th? bright? est trait in Mr. Callion H'M oho motor waa iLis personal purity, his hich-toned rniornio- Ho was an ardent patriot. He worked for tho publie interest with un? flagging zeal. He was a life-long public jervant. He died in the harness, la? menting that he could no lunger work nd speak for his country. He was a .tatosinan of lofty mould-"the noblest .toman of them all." He was a pro bund thinker and a keen logician. He as n muster spirit in his day and gene tion. His views on Government were iginal and eclectic. All this may be id of him. But this is not all. The ii- i t y of his private life accorded well ith the excellence of his public con? ch Tho radiance of moral feeling in s case was udded to the brilliancy of tellcct. He was an ornament to South rolina and an honor to the whole untry. As a Carolinian his name and s fume are dear to ns. We are pleased to fiud that Mississippi speaks in this behalf in the person of the Ex-President of the South Carolina College We thank Judge Longstreet for his article ic vindication of John C. Calhoun " the great Carolinian." CUBA. -The Cuban Junta in New York d enies tho reports from Havana that the, rebel forces were breaking up. But if; if probably true, nevertheless. Persons who havo recently arrived here from h cy West, whore a considerable mi m lipr of Cubans is found, report that tai belief of these Cubans, all "patriots,' was that the insurrectionary effort had expended itself. Ali the news received from Cuba, both from Spanish and rovo^ lutionary sources, leads to the belief that the insurrection is nearly, if not qnite, over. SOUTHERN SECURITIES IN WALL STREET, Tlie New York Herald, of Tuesday, in it$ money report for tho previous day, says: "Southern securities were dull and steady, mnny of the list being quoted 61 coupon. Tho new South Carolina's sold at 76, ex three per cent, gold interest. Tho State agent, in this city, report* that, nt the closo of business, this after? noon, he had paid $07,546, gold interest on tho South Carolina honda, old and new." HENRY WARD BEECHER'S CHURCH. Mr. Beecher's annual auction of choice reserved seats, in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, carno off, on Tuesday night, in tho church. Mr. Beecher encouraged thu sale by his presence. Tho bidding was quito spirited. Mr. Gage carried off tho best seat, which is near to the stage ?md orchestra, paying $615 therefor, in ? hiding the annual rent. Mr. Bowen, of the Independent, and Mr. Claflin, the ?lry goods prince, paid, respectively, 3100 and $485 for the next best selections. The net sum realized was larger than in ftny previous year, and shows that Mr. Beecher's attractiveness, as a "star" ?reacher, has not deolined. - World. STATIS LKOI8L.ATURK. FRIDAY, January 7. HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES. The House met at 12* m. Speaker Moses in the Chair. 3 a Leave of absenco was granted Messrs. Keith, Brown, Mayer, Harris and Chest not. Aoconuta of W. P. Chapman and F. R. Burton were referred. Notices were given of bills to repeal the charter of the Camden Bridge Com? pany and for other purposes; to amend an Act to enforce the civil rights bill; to incorporate tho Wide Awake Fire Engine Company, o? Sumter County. A bill (by Mr. DeLarge) to extend tho corporate limits of the city of Charleston, sod to provide for the elec? tion ot municipal officers, waa read by its title, considered dt its first reading, and was referred. Petition of sundry merchnnts of An? derson County, praying relief 'from cer? tain-taxes, imposed upon them by lnw, was referred. Report of County Commissioners of Beaufort County, relative to the refusal of the Town Council to provide the com? missioners with accommodation for the Connty officers; referred. Lawrence Cain introduced n bill to in? corporate the Edgefield Agricultural So? ciety, whioh was referrod. Bill to amend the law in relation to the license and registration of pharmaceut? ists, apothecaries and druggists, and to regulate the vending of drugs and poi? sons; read third timo and ordered to the Senate, Bill for the protection ot migratory fish, was read the third timo and sent to the Senate. / < Senate bill to incorporate the Charles? ton Watar Company, of the city of Charleston, South Carplinn, was post? poned. Bill to provide for tho bettor protec? tion of laborers and fur the appointment of a Commissioner of Contracts in oacb Connty of the State, upon a motion to. strike ont tho enacting clause, was de? bated by DeLarge, Johnston, Tomlinson, Morrison, Jackson, Whipper and others; pending which, Houso adjourned. 8ENATE. The Senate assembled at 12 m. Presi? dent pro lem, Montgomery in the Chair. Mr. Barber obtained leave of absence. The accounts of John A. Tison and Janies T. Aria, of Beaufort Connty, for services rendered as Magistrate and Con? stable; were referred to Committee on Claims. The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred a bill to authorize the Connty Commissioners of Darlington County to levy a special tax for the con? struction of a court house, reported back the same, with a recommendation that the bill be amended so as to read "a spe? cial tax of two mills on the dollar," and chat tlie bill so .amended do pass. Or? dered for consideration to-morrow. The Committee on Engrossed Billi reported as duly and correctly engrosser and ready for a third rending the follow tog named bills, to wit : to grant a cor tain lot of lund to the Zion Baptist Church of Columbia; to incorporateth< Winnaboro Hook and Ladder Company of the town of Winnsboro; to incorpo rate the Wateree Fire Engine Company No. 2, of Camden, South Carolina; t< incorporate the Vigilant Fire Engim Company, of Columbia; to incorpor?t "the DeKalb Fire Engine Company, o Camden. Ordered to be Bent to th? House of Representatives. Mr. Wright introduced a bill to ioooi porate the Port Royal Dock and Ware house Company; a bill to iuoorporat the Port Royal Improvement Company Oiidered for consideration to-morrow. . 'lyj* 1-Educed a bill to authoi ize the County Com missioners of Ooji? ton and Spartanburg QQIUDJ??IS *. l?vy a additional tax *n t1*" w??^a?1?*cJuco'>1 ?hoir respective Counties. Mr. S wails introduced a bill to authoi ize an enrollment tax. Mr. Wimbush introduced a bill to r< peal an Act entitled "An Act to seem advances for agricultural purposes." Mr. Leslie, from tho Committee o Railroads, introduced : a bill to r?gul?t the rights and powers of railroad corpc rations. Notices were given of a joint resoli tion to authorize the County Couimii sioners of Kershaw Couuty to levy a sp? cial tax; a bill to prevent certain nie I oban ts and shop-keepers from parchasin ; cotton between certain hours; to prevei a fraudulent practice carried ou by ce tain merchants and shop-keepers, know as the check system; to make it tho dui of the Clerks of the Courts of Goner Sessions and Common Pleas to porfor I the duties heretofore enjoined upon tl Selectmen and Township Clerks, rel tive to tho drawing of jurors. Report of the Committee on Incorp rations on a bill to incorporate the Sisto of Our Lady of Mercy, of South Caro na, was read, agreed to, and the bill tak< np for a second reading. Joint resolution directing the Coun Commissioners of Charleston to examii and report to the Attorney-General co cerning lands belonging to tho Stat received its second rending, was agrei to, and ordered to be engrossed foi third reading. Joint resolution to authorize Coun Commissioners of Williamsburg Conn to levy a special tax, received its secoi reading, was agreed to, and ordered be engrossed for a third reading, Mr. Arnim obtained leave to wit draw from tho files of the Senate a ret lotion relativo to the House bill to rep? an Act entitled "an Act to organ i townships, and define their powers a; j priviliges." Report of the Committee on Coun I Offices and Officers on a petition to ce a lot to the United States for the ereoti j of a post office and United States Cou was read, agreed to, and tho bill, j accordance with tho recommendation the committee, ordered to lie on t table. House bill to alter and amend t charter and extend the limits of the c: of Columbia was read by its title-, a referred to the Committee on Iuoorpo; lions. A bill to recharter Combabee Pei OVU? Combabee River received its seco reading, was agreed to, and ordered be engrossed for a third reading. A bill to amend an Aot entitled" Aot to organize tho militia of South Cai lina," was rend by its title, and refer? to tho Committee on tho Military. Report (unfavorable) of the Comm tee ou Claims on the account of L. 1 MoCants was read, and tho account, accord,mee with tho recommendation the committee, rejected. Houso bill to alter and amend un / concerning the office, duties nnd liabi ties of Coroners, was read by its tit and leferrod to tho Committee on t Judiciary. Report (favorable) of the Uo in m itt on Incorporations on a bill to amend Act to i H cor po ra to tbe Colombia Build* ing and Loan Association was read, and the report taken up for a third reading; tho bill was read by ita title and referred to the Committee <>n the Judiciary. > House bill to relieve minors, bound to service by indenture, received its second .??.ding and -?ras referred to the Com? mittee-on Judiciary. House bill to authorize administrators and others to sell oertain evidences at public sale waa agreed to and ordered to be engrossed. Report of the Committee on the Judi? ciary on a bill ceding jurisdiction of the State of South Carolina to the United States of America over such lands as may be acquired for public purposes by the said United States of Amerioa, was read, ugreed to and the bill ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. At 1.55 p. m., adjonrncd. THE FENIANS ON THE WAK PATH.-The New York Sun says that since last ac? counts Col. Gibbons aud his associates bave not been idlo. The detachments that left the four points-Chicago, De? troit, St. Louis, and Buffalo-have re? turned news to the Leagne of thoir safe arrival at Fort Gary, near the Red River itself, 50 or 100 miles above Pombino. It took them two days to march from Douglass, ia tbe northern portion' of Minnesota, to tho fort. Further tidings from them is shortly expected. A squad of 200 men will start from this city between now and the 5th of January. Gen. Jamos B. Coit will be in com? mand. Between the 5th and 10th of the month, Col. Gibbons will start with another squad of 250 men. Gen. Cole will then be left in charge of the rest, and will see that they leave the oity be? fore the 1st of February. There will iu all bo sent from New York about 700, not 1,500, aa was stated in our former report. It is true 1,500 will march into the Red River conntry, but 800 of them will start from Chicago, St. Louis, and intermedi? ate points. They will have neither arms nor a uniform uutil they reach St. Paul, thus \>reveQtiog all possibility of detec? tion. They will one by one cross the ferry to Jersey City, and step into tho Erie train that will bo waiting. But they will resemble ordinary citizens us far as appearance goes. James Fisk, Jr., is acquainted with the plan, but takes no part in furthering it. That is to be left to one of tho members ol the League. Wero it not for the economy that is to be practiced to insure success, 10,000 men might bo raised in this oity alone. In case of a successful transit, however, more men will be on rolled to follow them. Gen. Riol will command the half-breeds and natives of the Red River country, and Col. Gib? bons will command the American forces. Most of the men belonging to the expe? dition uro old soldiers who served in tho lato war. Letters have been received by the League from all parta of the oountry, from Kansas, Missouri, and States of the South, written by officers and soldiers of the Union and Confederate armies, volunteering their services. Here they are to meet and fight on the samo side once more. Col. A. J. Morrison, Chief of Phil. Sheridan's staff, has Bent a letter to Col. Gibbons, from Albany, tendering him the offer of his own service, and of as many men as he might want. Offers ol men have been received from numerous ex-Confederate officers. In tho evoot they find no enemy to fight in the Red River couutry, they pro? pose making a demonstration neAr To? ronto, Canada, and say the people will rise and assist them. The Fenians have determined to move iu that direction in Marah, if not sooner. They say that Zach Chandler. Souatoi o_i_,_3. "n,ci mumoersor Congress arc honorary m*mH*m of the Lc-guo. -rm: nag has a deep blue ground with a white star. SHOCKING, IP TRUE.-The World is telling some terrible stories of the wick? edness at Washington, iu which the pro? fessional women of the lobby and theil friends in Congress are the figurantes. Columns of details are given, but the fol? lowing will suffice to show what a loath? some picture the writer has been paint? ing: Among the lobby women in Washing? ton last winter, was the daughter of a present United States Senator, whose father years ago refused to let her marry the mau of her choice. She cloped with him; he deceived her by a mock mar? riage, he having two other wives, so called, living; he took all her jewels, und even most of her clothing, and aban? doned her. She went to the bad head? long, refused all overtures to return home, and the father aud daughter used to pass one auother in the Capitol a yeat ago-she a wanton and he a Senator and never speak. Nor did either ovei betray the event to auy one. He called her dead; she consented to be dead even to him. Another Senator's wife, who is an in? valid, cannot be unaware, for no one else is, that her husband has stooked no less than six of his mistresses ou the civil service as clerks, and that he adda to thc ! number overy session. Another Senator, a South-west carpet? bagger, foisted his mistress on the Trea? sury Department lust year, and was in? fluential enough to have her salary con? tinued while he sent her on to Now York to undergo un abortion. She died. Thc Se ti ut ur himself drew the arrears of pay ostensibly for tho mother of tho mur? dered woman, who has yet to see the ii rsl cent of it. 1 Another honorable, this time of thc House, was driven out of a leuding hotel six years ago for notorious conduct witt a married woman, and that with the con? sent of the husband. That husband i? now clerk of that Congressman's com? mittee, his wife is the Congressman's mistress, and her sou is a pugo ou the floor of tho House, and waits on his mu? tual fut hers every day. The cnlturo of the boot is auld to be worth more to a couutry as a fertilizei than the product directly derived from the treatment of the root, the waste pulp proving more valuable than the sugar. It in fed to barned cnttlo in large quaoti, ties. It is stated that in France, where the business has grown to enormous di? mensions, tho increase in oattle on ac? count of beet pulp is wonderful. lu the district of country surrounding the city of Valenciennes, where, boforo tho pro? duction of boot sugar, 700 oxen was the total amount, 11,500 was tho total amount raised last year. But this is not all. This enormous increase of stock baa so much advanced tho fertility of tho laud that 192,000 bushels more of wheat is raised in the samo district per annum thau was over raised in previous years. \Neu> York Commercial Bulletin. The bar-room invitation at Vicksburg is, "nominate yonr family disturbance." W KAKI NU MOURNING.-We long for ibo day when this custom shall become obso? lete. .It is unbecoming the traly afflicted one. The wearer says by the black gar? ments: "I have lost a dear friend. I am in deep sorrow." Bot trna grief does not wish to parade itself before the eye of the stranger, much less does it assort its extent. The Btrioken one naturally goes apart from the world to pour ont tho tears. Beal affliction seeks privacy. It is no respect to the departed friend to say wo are iu sorrow. If we have real grief, it will be discovered. When God has entered a household in the awful chastisement of death it is time for reli? gious meditation and communion with God on the part of the survivors. How sadly oat of place, then, are the milliner and the dress-maker, the trying on of dresses and tho trimming of bonnets. Thero is something profane in exciting the vauity of a young girl by fitting a waist or tying on a hat, when the corpse of a father is lying in an adjoining room. It is a anorilege to drag the widow forth from her griof to be fitted for a gown, or to select a veil. It is often ter? ribly oppressive to the poor. The widow, left desolate, with half a dozer little chil? dren, the family means already reduoed by the long sickness of the father, must draw on hor scanty purse to pay for a new wardrobe for herself and children, throwing away tho goodly stock of gar? ments already prepared, when she most likely knows not whero she is to get bread for tboso little ones. Truly may fashion be culled a tyrant, when it robs a widow of her lust dollar. Surely your sorrow will not bo questioned, even if you should not call in the milliner to help display it. Do not, in your afllio tion, help uphold a custom which will turn the afflictions of your poorer neigh? bor to deeper poverty, as well aa sorrow. [The Central Baptist. A BOY'S COMPOSITION*.-Ma is my mo? ther. I am her sou. Ma's name is Mrs. Shrimp, aud Mr. Shrimp is her husband. Pa is my father. My name is Joba George Washington Shrimp. Therefore pa's name is Shrimp; so is ma's. My ma has a ma. She is my grandma. She is mother-in-law to pu. My pa say? mother-iu-law's ought to bo vetoed. ] like my grandma better than pa does. She brings me ten cent stamps and boli vars. She don't bring any to pa. Maybe that's why he don't like her. Aunt Jernsha is my annt. When pi was a little boy she was his sister. Diekc Mopps has a little sister. Her name ii Rose. I tuke her ont riding on my sled Aunt Jerusha don't like her. Sho call her "that Mopps girl." I think Aun Jerusha ought to bo ashamed of hor self. Aunt Jedfcbn is a very pions woman she never wants us to talk on Sunday' and soys we ought to hitvo cold dinner; She hears me say the catechism, an knows it all without the book. Sbo say r Susan Jane is spoiling that boy; Susn Jane is my ma, sud that boy is me. Sb says she hopes baby will early bhow ehange of heart. If a change of heal would make baby slop crying I wish 8 too. Aunt Jerusha lives with us. Horm times I think ma would rather have he live with somebody ciao. I asked Ant ; Jerusha once why she didn't marry som body and set up for herself. She sui that many a mau had wanted to mari her, but while poor Susan Jane was i ' such a state of health, she couldn't thii ' of leaving. Besides, she said, wh ' would become of your poor papa? ' Aunt Jerusha sofoetimes has a ?tate 1 health, too. On washing day she has 1 headache, and does her head up in brov paper and vinegar, and I have to mal ' her toast at ^..Stetten nre; x maaeov? ? for ruyself, too. ' J . ? . THE MOST PALATIAL GAMING: HOUSE j NEW YORK.-The most palatial of tl i gaming houses in Now York, is local i on Twenty-fifth street. The maiu pari I is n large room, artistically frescoed ai ? j elaborately furnished, and carpeted wi . a volvet medallion. Between tho .fro i windows, is a long French mirror, stretc -1 ing from ceiling to floor, aud on its sid ' hang heavy blue nud satin curtains ov I white lace. Mirrors are hung over t \ two mantel-pieces, which aro of sol black walnut, hung with blue and gol ? and a mirror is inlaid in tho back of eve door in the entire house. In tho cent ? 1 of the room is a loug black walnut tab! i i where overy night, at ll o'clock, supp I is served-snppurs that cannot bo bong . j -suppers that would delight the pain 1 of Epicurus. Two colored servar . noiselessly move about with silver traj and it is a nil 3 of the house that th never acoept a feo, tho wages they rccei . boing sufficient compensation for th< . services. The gre...t side-boards, load ? with fruits aud wines, stand in the roc ? dose to tho wall. Any ono is free to c for liquors and cigars, and to offer mon in payment is an insult. The walls a frescoed in blue and gold, and all t furniture corresponds. Adjoining, is i large circular room, with an timbre i ceiling surmounted by a cupola. T I walls and ceiling nro painted in da ) green and gold ; the carpet is of gre velvet, with gold figures, tho furniture ? of black walnut and green reps, and gorgeous chandelier is suspended, wi ' gold chains, from above. A cosy s ? coal fire throws a glare of scarlet lit : upon the rich carpet, and tho mantel i ornamented with a large mirror n ' handsome, bronze clock. At tho head the room, is a long table, around whi ; aro always seated a number ef men < gaged in tho gamo of faro. $500,000 i the reputed strength of the bank. Bai 1 ers, merchants, lawyers, artists, goner i and young men about town, are freque ? ers of this palace of the gamesters. THE WALLACE-SIMPSON CASE.-Wa 1 j ingtoit correspondents say that the ii i j business before the House of Itepren j tatives, when Congress re-assembl ; will be tho contested eleotion case Wallace rs. Simpson, from this distri i It is to be called np as a privileged qu ? tion, and disposed of within the ? 1 week. The Committee on Elections \ i have tho State canvassers before then give their evidonco immediately after majority of 4,391 votes,^i^lm!a^se?m ; if Mr. Wnllaoe will have some diffioc in proving that ho was eleoted. ] Simpson's case is nlso improved bj certificate of elootinn furnished him Governor Scott mid tho Governor's pudiation of tho certificate furnished ; Mr. Wallace, an account of which j published two weeks ago. - Yarkoille. \ quiver. Tho New York Sun, radical, dcclu that "General Grant's popularity is w ing, and the Republicans are growl weaker, day by day," sud wants 1 Cabinet reconstructed, to prevent l whole concern goinp to pieces. BROADWAY (JAVTNO IN.-There is trouble ! " among the politioal jobbers on account. of the pneumatic tubo railway. There ? is one set of men working like beavers on t Broadway, near Warren street, who claim to liavo the aanotion of the law, and I another gang is making preparations on j t a grand neale to commence work at ] another portion of Broadway, it also con- ( tending that it has tho legal right to bar- . row its way through tho under-pinniugs of our most extensive thoroughfare. 1 There is one alarming feature about the I digging near Warren street, which came , to light to-day. The contractor who laid j tho new pavement, Mr. Guidet, hos dis? covered that the block between Warren 1 and Murray streets, under which the first 1 company are working, had fallen daring the past month from seven to niuo inches , below the ordinary level|of tho other blocks. Ho surmised that the under? mining beneath was the caneo of the Ehenomcnon, aud wns authorized by the [ayor to-day to investigate?tho matter. Ho behoves his surmises were correct, and discovered that tho tunneling ulready made was large enough throughout its whole leogthj to admit of a good-sized street oar. Suspecting that the pneu? matic tube company was ouly a cover for ' au underground railway, he reported the facts to Mr. Hall, who, on inquiry, learned that the company was authorized by chapter 812 of tho laws of tho Stato, passed in 1868, to construct a pneumatic tube for the transmission of letters and packages, not ouly under the squares and avenues of tho city, but also under the East and North rivers, to communicate with Brooklyn and Jersey City. Thc Mayor has telegraphed to Albany, re? questing tho repeal of the law which authorized tho company to do the work. Tho sinking of tho block alluded to bas created great consternation among the j property owners in tho vicinity, as well as the traveling public. It lina often been asked whether it. would lin possible for a man to swim in | oil. The question was practically solved tho other day by a workm m employed in an oil manufactory nt Nice, who fell into a tunk of olive oii nine feet deep. Ho was un expert swimmer, but lie went to tho bottom like u plummet, and was only saved from drowning hy the timely aid o? a comrade. Oil is too light to swim in; it is not sufficiently buoyant, aod does uot oiler the resistance neces I Rary to keep a mau afloat. On the other j hand, it is worth kuowing that if a bath in oil offers dangers to th? swimmer, there ure occasions ou whiuh it may be ?of valuable use, for it is tho best of all remedies for serious burns. A German j ballet-girl, whoso dross had caught tiro, I aud who had been horribly burned in [ consequence, was put into a tub fall of I oil, by the chief physician of the Leipsic j hospital. She was suffering atrocious agonies; but tho oil caused lier pains to i censo almost immediately. Sho remained j iu tho bath niuo days and nights, the oil being ronewed live times during that pe riod, and her burns were then so fai ! healed that she could be takou ont with ? out pain or danger. Three weeka after, ? she hud complotel}' recovered. This ii an admirable form of cure, because ii suppresses tho ijtolerablo tortures whicl j do more to kill tho victims by fire thar . the actual gravity of the wounds. WHRRE THE SUN DOES NOT SET.-Th< ' following graphic passage is from the do Iscription of a scene witnessed by a Mr Campbell and his party, in the North o Norway, from a cliff 1,000 feet above th ? sea: The ocean stretched away in silcn vastness at our feet; tho sound of it waves scarcely reached our airy look-out i away in the North, the hugo old sui I swung low along tho horizon. Uko th ' slow beat of the pendulum ?.> the tal ! clock ot om ?rruuJ-father'B parlor cornel We all stood silent, looking at ou j watches. When both hands came to < gether at 12, midnight, the full roon orb hung triumphantly above the wave - a bridge of gold running duo Nort spanned tho water between us and hin: There ho shone in filent majesty, whic ' knew no setting. Wo involuntarily too off our hats; uo word was said. Con i bine, if you can, tho most brilliant sui j rise and sun-set you ever saw, and il beauties will pule before tho gorgeoi coloring which now Ht up ocean, heave and mountain. In half au hour tho sn had swung up perceptibly on his bea ! tho colors changed to those of mottling j a fresh breeze rippled over the flood, oe : songster after another piped up in th I grove behind us-we had slid int j un other day. THE CUBAN PRIVATEER.-Tho steam? . Auna, whoso arrest we have alreiul mentioned, is still ut the goverumet ! wharf. At a late hour ou Wedneeda \ evening, the Uuited States Marshal r : quested the orew to loave her. This, ti the advioo of the Captain of tho stearne they refused to do. Late last evenini Marshal Johnson was informed that tl vessel would attempt to escape, unie measures were ?it onco taken to seem her. He, therefore, applied to Colon Eddie, Commandant of thu Post, wi: ordered a detachment of tho Eight Iofantry to assist tho Marshal in ejectit the crow. This thoy quickly aococ pli&h?il, and nono too SOQU. Tho slea had been raised to thirty pounds, an in a short time, shu would, probubl have been ou her way out of tho barbo Colonel Byan and the other passenge are staying at tho Pavilion Hotel. An effort was made, yesterday, i obtuin a heariug of the ease, befo j Judge Bryan, but the Court wai ti ' busily engaged otherwise, and wo undo '. stand that, another effort will ho mai to-day. A telegram from WashiugU informs us that a United States roveni cutter has been sent to this port to lo? after her. - Charleston Courier. - - m - GARRISON.-Our quiet citizens we : somowhat startled last Saturday night : seo a squad of United States troops e turing our town. Tho sight at onco su i gusted sumo very unpleasant rom in j c?neos of days gono by. ' To tho mai ! inquiries we have received ns to the o ! ject of their visit, we will stato that th I have como simply to look iuto some i j cont outrages that haye ocourred in co I neotion with tho enjpjflgjgput of t their duties. Wemm^^nythin?tl] it is neoesssjy, and believe, that Captn Suinmerhays. who is n gentleman and i soldier, will soon agree with us. V j aro confident that tho Captain and 1 ? men will meet with that courtesy frc ? our citizens which they ni ways ox tond strangers, and that they will soon be c abled to report "all quiet on Paoolett [Spartanburg Gazelle. - -?-?-.?<- - "Vou bachelors ought tobo taxed said a lady to a resoluto evuder of tl noose matrimoui il. "I agree with v< perfectly, ma'am," was the reply, '"'f bachelorism certainly is a luxury." ?ooal Ito A careless waiting-man came near auaing a Ure, in Mr. Palmer's building, ?n Thursday night. A wooden box, con aining hot ashen, was deposited in tbs lossage-way. After a time, the box taught fire, a bolo waa burnt in the loor, and a miniature tiro stetted. A ?asser-by made the discovery and stopped he conflagration. "Press.," the leading j j pint of the establishment, happened to ' ie passing, at a late boor, and, not hav- ! og beard anything about the burning >ox, was considerably excited at the insightly appearance of the front door. Jailing on some of his friends to back lira up, he entered the building, and, vith candle and pistol in hand, made a tish to tho second story, to seek for a tippo jed burglar. By this time, one of he party suddenly called to mind the :ireninstances connected with the ash K>x, when they quietly returned to terra Irma, not knowing whether to laugh or eel provoked at their display of valor in ear chin g for burglars. CBITMBS.-Gov. Scott's message to the legislature, with the accompanying locuments, makes nearly 450 pages. Gov. Scott has appointed J. MeOul och a Magistrate for Barnwell County; ?7m. Ford, Sr., for Marion County; lohn Lee for Chester; Alexander ?H. kown and W. E. Mikell, Notaries Pub? ic for Charleston. An ambitious youth, who has been >rought up with a sad misapprehension >f faeis, thus pours his soul into verse: If I was a loklo editor. Wouldn't I have a time? I wouldn't print a cussed word For lessen a $ a line. I'd get my grub and licker free, & tickets to the shows; I wouldn't pay for buggy bier, <fc wouldn't I ware good close? Treasurer Parker has been receiving ind disbursing a large amount of gold, luring the nant week, in payment of in? terest on State bonds and stocks. Tho South Carolina Railroad, on Wednesday, made a g?nerons and timely donation of soven or eight car loads of old cross-ties to his Honor Muyor Allen, of Augusta, for distribution amoug the poor of that city as fuel. They were ra? pidly disposed of to applicants. The levees at Janney's Hall were well attended, yesterday. The prettj Cir? cassian had many admirers, while the antics of tho Australians caused the visitors to give them a wide berth. The giant aud giantess loom np a head und shoulders above those surrounding them. Levens will be held again this afternoon and to-night. The officers attached to the post, with a number of other persons-ladies and gentlemen-accompanied by the Post Band, "surprised" Governor Scott last night. After a half hour'a chat, sets were formed, and for several hours danc? ing was kept np briskly. THE GUSH INO M AN.-The gashing maa ia familiar aud caressing. He may be patronizing or playful, according to the bent of his own nature. If tho first, he win ??ii \,ia. Hiioeriors, my dear boy, and pat them on the back encouragingly; ir the second, he will put his arm, school? boy fashion, round the neck of any man of note, who has the misfortune of his intimacy, and call him old fellow, or Governor, or rex meas, as he is inolined. With women, his familiarity is excessive? ly offeusive, and he gives them pet names, or calls to them by their Christian names from ono end of the room to the other, and pats them in all fraternal affeotion ateness, after about the same length of acquaintanceship as wonld bring other men from the bowing stage to that of shaking hands. The guahing man has one small defect-he is neither safe nor secret. From no bad motive, but just from the blind propulsion of gushing ness, ho cannot keep a secret, and he is sure to let out, sooner or later, all he knows. Ho holds back nothing of his friends' or of bia own-not even when his honor is engaged in the trust-being essentially loose-lipped, and with his emo? tional life always bubbling up through the thin crust of conventional reserve. Not that he meaus to be dishonorable; he is ouly gushing and unrestrained. WEDDING CARDS AND ENVELOPES.-A lot of wedding cards aud envelopes, of latest styles, has just been received; which will bo printed in imitation of en? graving, and at less than one-tenth the cost. Call and seo specimens at PHCSNTX office. MAIL. ARRANGEMENTS.-The Northern mail is opened for delivery at 8 a. m.; closed at 8.80 a. m. Charleston, opened at 5.30 p. m.; closed ot 8.80 p. m. Greenville, opened at 5.30 p. m.; cloyed nt 8.30 p. m. Western, opened at 9.30 a. m. ; closed at 4 p. m. Charleston, (evening,) opened at 8 a. m.; closed at 4.30 p. m. On Sunday, the post office is open from 9 to 10 a. m. HOTEL ARRIVALS, January 7-Colum? bia Hotel-Mr. Summer, Mr. Hicks, J. J. Maker, W. A. Warren, Charleston; Miss McMillan, Miss. ; G. N. Dailing, Ky; H. Haffa, S. C. ; B. B. McCreery, oity; J. L. Bobiuson, Dr. C. Mills, N. C.; J. P. Poole, Newberry; W. A. Bradley, Au? gusta. National Hotel-T. H. (Jarthey. Fors of Pigeon,; Mrs, Woodward and two chil? dren, -Miss Woodward, Alabama; W. Lowrance. Greenville S; Gilbert Garner. KingviueToeorge eisa, Germany; P. W. Morris, T. T. Morris, Monticello; M. Hogan, Charlas? en; J. K. Halton, Washington, N. C. Nickerson House-O. W. Barnes, Wm Minston, N. C. ; C. S. Kuh, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Wells, three children and HUSO. Beaufort; G. Stoddart, Philadel jliia; E. L. Hall, A. W. Benham, W. B. , , vValsh, G. L. Heaton, J. R. Ch at li nm j j few York; J. C. Buster, D. F. Bealey, ! i Jbester; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. King and ] eivaut, T. C. James, N. G.; J. L. Wad- ', aw, S. 0. ; B. F. Bartholow, Baltimore; ? r. D. Taylor, Jacksonville, Fla.; 8. H. |t onkitiH, St. Luke's. j BUSINESS GAUDS AND CI KOO LA HS.-AH he season in npprouching for thc annual ravel and distribution of business curds iud circulars, our merchants nnd others viii please give attention to the faut that mr job office is supplied with the best of lourds, of all oolera, rino commercial lote sud other paper, and the very new ist and most fashionable styles of type, hus enabling ns to supply nil of snob vants. HOOD'S A NH WEBS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 'Answers to newspaper correspondents" nake n leading feature iu mauy of the largely circulating periodicals of the day. The industrious writer m nat often be ata loss both to nungi ne questions and re? plies. Perhaps they may gain some? thing by learuiug how Tom Hood used to answer his correspondents. Here is a specimen: "'The Echoes.'wo fear, will not answer. 'Aliou' is foreign to his subject. 'W.s' 'Tears of Sensibility' lind better be dropped. 'B.' is surely hum? ming. Tho 'Night Thoughts' are uot ad? mired, because tho author was Youug. 'T.' says that his tale is out of his own head. Is ho a tadpole? 'Y. Y.,' a word to the Y's is sufficient. The 'Essay on tho Funeral Ceremonies of Different Na? tions' should be printed in the dead lan? guages. We decline it on tho part of the English. 'Mr. R.' complains that we are 'backward iu forwarding his puper.' Does he mean by the clause to take us for crabs? The 'Sonnet to Misa Tree' is Forwarded by the two-penny post. 'The Captive* is ready to bo restored. The 'Essay on Agricultural Distress' would Dnly increase it. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is Balled to the following advertisement*, published the first time this mamine : John Ryan-Farm for Sale. Campbell A Jones-Jost Received. S. B. Thompson-Adm'r's Notice. Wm. Glaze-Jewelry, etc. Lost, a Pocket-book. Edwurd Hope-White Corn. ON LOVE LETTERS.-"Sowed - him right," said Mrs. Punob, impatiently throwing down the paper containing the report of a breach of promise case, damuges ?500; "I don't care about a woman who brings an action of the sort, but a man ought to be punished for writing such idiotic lovo letter?." "Logicnl us ever, my adored," said Mr. Punch; "but it is in the fitness of things that a love letter should be idi? otic. Love is a brief (very brief) mad? ness. Wonld you have Hanwell edit Euclid?" "But a man ueodu't write 'Now, my dear Jane,' sixty times in one letter, and cover it with stars that mean kisses." "Would you have him seud Freuoh epigrams, or au analysis of tho result of deep-sea sou tidings for mollusks ?" "I'd have him rational- " "Then, my worshipped, ho had better postpouo love-letter writing till after marriage." "Well," ?aid Mrs. Punch, smiling, "perhaps that would be the best way. But then they would never be written at all." "And whose fault would that be ?" said Mr. Punch, escaping from the room. {Punch. SAD OCCURRENCE-AN OLD MAN COM? MITS SUICIDE.-On Saturday morning last, Mr. John H. Haughton, a very worthy citizen of White Plains, killed himself with his own pistol. We have not yet reoeived the particulars, further than that he was assisting his familylpaok ing his house furniture, making ready to move, and, without making any com? plaint or giving notice of his intentions, went into his room lu tho pr?senos of his wife, took his pistol from a trunk, placed it to his right temple and fired, the ball ranging upward, killing him in? stantly. It is said that he was rational, enjoying his usual health. No cause is assigned for this rash act, except that it was pecuniary embarrassments. He was sixty years old.-Greensboro Herald. DEATH OF A PUYSICIAN.-Mrs. Chas. P. Lozier, the well known physician, who a week or two since caused the ar? rest of a Charleston (S. C.) gentleman on the charge of requesting her to oommit an abortion on the young lady accom? panying bim, died io New York on Mon? day. The Sorosis passed resolutions of condolence. DELAYS ARE DANOEROUS.-That poor, emaciated consumptive, who is now be? yond all hopo of recovery, might now be hale and hearty had he not neglected that slight cough. Be advised, if you have a cough or oold; get at ouce a bottle of DR. Torr's EXPECTORANT ond you will soon be relieved. Do not put it off. J8 6 SELF-ADVERTISED.-PHALON'S VITALIA OR SALVATION FOR THE HAIR carries with it its own best advertisement. As tho light shines tbrongh the bottle you see that the liquid ia olear as the azure of heaven. You smell it and find the odor agreeable. You apply it and it changes gray hair to uny natural sande without, soiling the scalp or producing head? ache. Nothing can be more harmless. J8 ja BLOOD! BLOOD!! 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With all those afflicted with Coughs or Consomp? tion, give thia Bulsam a fair trial, they ??11 be pleased with the result, and eon 'ess that the SURE REMEDY IS rouND AT ?AST. It is sold by all Druggists and by ?ISHBR & HIENTISU, Colombia. Jl||25{8 "Just the thing!" Sach is the exclu-v nation of the Dyspeptics who u" j SOLO? *> IONS* BITTERS. ^21