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COLUMBIA, S C.; ___ Wednesday Morning, January 12,1870. ^-j--?- . -- REDUCTION rn Pmoa^jMiBHiiio?-*The WEKKLIY GLEANER contains more reading matter than any other family paper PnD\ lishod in the Sonth-thlHy^Mro-"long ?. i .* .. ir.?*? ,via*?*v eolamns, printed in olear type, .BjJ* filled with original as well as selected matter-editorials, corresponded**!, geW w . . .. kt '".jJ 04.' ral news, markets, telegrams, interest? ing stories, sketches, poetry, eic. It? columns are now graced by. a high!* entertaining nouveUetle,, tho production of a lady of this eity, and which bas bceu pronounced by disih^i?l?T?rfWea as equal to tbe very best ol*. R^ffir Harland's" works. This story i^t?jm^ "Orkney, or tho Fortunes of Juliet?j.vy A nd ? bum-a tale of the Palmetto State," and will run through about twenty uumbors of the "GLEANER." AS we aro desirous of introducing the paper-T-wbieh is in every sense n "home companion '--into every family in tho State, we have de? termined to reduce the je??f stfb*<nr?j>-. tion price, ns follows-p?yab??, in nil oases, iu advance: Single copy $2-75; ten copies, (to one post office,] $25.00; twenty copies $45.00; fifty copies $100. Tho GLEANER and tho' "R?ra?Caroli? nian"-tho popular agricultural monthly -will be furnished, for one. year, at '"our dollars. Address orders'toT PHOENIX and GLEANER Office, Columbia, S. C. REFORM-THE DUTY OF,' THE YEAR. The bane of the country id the politi? cal organization that goes-by -the>$iame of radicalism. This is also t^'baS^e of tho State. We do not affirm that all that is conneoted with it, is bad; but wo do contend that there is little of good and much of evil that it embraces within ite sphere. If it began with freeing thc negro man, it is likely to end, if. not ar? rested, in tho loss of freedom to butb whites and blacks. Its career has* been destructivo both of individual und Statt rights. It makes a cipher of Statesand it makes States of ciphers. Instead o: seek i n g to raise the freedman to the love of the Caucasian, it tends to bring bott to a common lower plane. It lovel downward. Upou the obaracter of ou Government, it has exerted a baleful-in tl uence; it has disregarded the clear {ira vision? of the Constitution; it has cen tralizcdtbe Government; it has murderei States and outraged decency. It ha elevated bad men into prominence an power, and iu a largo section of th country, it has put intelligence and vii ttio and honesty at a discouut, and set premium upou fraud aud rascality an ignorance. As a consequence of all tbii tho country Buffers. At Washington, i reconstructs Georgia, and sets np an upsets States. In South Carolina, : proposes to extend tho limits of citier in order to secure party. nsoendauc.j livery where, it is tbe party of corro? tion, of extravagance and misrule. -J its bauds, the causo of good gpvernmcll suffers. Hence, we baye suggested K FORM, as tho order of the year-the dut for us in South Carolina. Under radie .ni4pt<>ae, wo novar oaa hava a cheap al wiso government in South Carolina. B form is needed-needed for all alike rich and poor-white and blaok. Ai iu order to secure this, as our cotomp cary of tho Charleston Courier observe "concert is thc one thing needful I lat ber, concert is one of the thin needed. The uuion of good citizens 1 a liberal ground, is called for. Nor as as a means to the end in view, must ) overlook tho wand of industrial develo mont. Power, iu this sge, comes money. Mind Ls appreciated in prop? tion as it can make money. Brains a heart aro always in order-bot to thc powers, must be added means. Wh South Carolina can realize her old rn? to-Animis opibusquepara?t-abe will already half-way ou the road to her : demption. To do the work of politii reform, good men must organize; I they must also WORK. Father Ry urges-"Adherence to right, donunc tion of wrong, uuanimity, patienco a nnceabiug prayer for deliverance fr< Ibo evils which encompass our unbap land." Wc--a layman-venture to 0 one agency to those enumerated by 1 priest. To "adherence to right," "denunciation of wrong," to "unanii ty, patience aud unceasing prayer," m be WORK-that work whioh is usaf a that work which is productive-t work whioh brings those sinews-wh aro tho sinews of peace as well as of vi Idolatry has received its death-blow Madagascar. The Queen and aristoer hare destroyed the images whioh tl hitherto worshipped. The national i was barned, by authority of tbe Pri Minister; and tbe people, sosina_li deities oC wood noa metal annihil?t asked what they were to worship in future. Christian teachers have b sent among them, and the island regarded as converted. Like King ( of" old, Madagascar's Queen "gavo command for her laod to be a Christ land," and her mandate, the most gi ons ono ever issued by an African s< reign, will be obeyed. Senator Sumner gives it as bia opir that ult tho British possessions in Nc America xrill be annexed to tbe Un States before tho end of 1871. Altho opposed to the recognition of the Cn revolutionists by our Government, 8 ner seems to be a sanguine believe! the rly triumph of the Mon roo doo tr .TATS! I-KGI8LATIRE. TuBSDAY, Jnnunry ll, 1870. SENATE. The Senate met at lim., PreMdent nfJb Om. Montgomery in the Gbair< The following bills, received from thc Hoose, were read and referj&d: To rn corporate certain Firev EndfceA Comp oies, Hose Company? and -Hook anti Ladder Company of the town of Bean fort; to incorporate the Colnmbia Oil Company. The concurrent resolution from the Kons?, to meet in joint assembly, to olcot six Regents for the Lunatic Asylum ind for the election of Associate Judge, fr aa concurred in. A. colo^nrireloTution requesting the A-ttorns^6ftntsi> tadjriarsa th? Osijexa. ^?.^WJtu^h^tbMvTUie- law requiring three months' notice ib the 'public press for the changing or amending chartern >f incorporations ia abolished by law, ^ C^sf?niea?ol??om the State House Keeper, relative to the gas lights in the Capitol building, was referred to the Committee on Public Buildings. Petition of r the County Commissioners )f Lancaster, asking pormisai?n to levy in additional tax, was read and referred o Finance Committee. Petition bf Henry W. Mack, of Sum? er, to change his name to that of ??ijjrj was referred. Portion of the presentment of. the ?rand jury pf Lexington County, relAt ng to roads, &o.? waa road and referred. Petition of the President and Direo ors of the Union Bank of South Caro? nia, to increase its capital, waa referred: o the Committee on Finance. Mr* Hoyt roteospjsed ? bill sto regulate ha.HHggiug Han? -nfi?ing *>f - phosphate lopo.sits from navigable streams and wil? ora in this State. Mr. Cain introduced a bill to incor lorale the "South Carolina Chomioal ind Mining Company," and for other mt poses. r *? O BS A Notice was given ot bills to increase ,ho capital!1 stock of tine Union Bank of South Carolina; to regnlate the dieting )f prisoners confined in jail; to amend ihe'homestead law. The following bills wer? read the third time: Ceding tho jurisdiction of the State of Sp?th Carolina to the United States of America over au ch lands as may be acquired for pnblio purposes by the Bard United States of America; to incor 8orate tho Union Fire Engine Company, o. 1, of Beaufort; the First Freed? men's Baptist Church, of Anderson; the New York: Hose Company, No. 1, of Beaufort; the Unity ana Friendship Charitablo Association, of Charleston: joint resolution to direot the County Commissioners of .Charleston County to examine and' report to the Attcrney General concerning lands belonging to tba State; bills to incorporate the Nash? ville Independent Blues Charitable Asso? ciation; Hook nod Ladder Company, No. 1, of Beaufort; Washington Fire Engine Company, No. 2, of Beaufort Lamberg Pire Engine Company; the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, ? oJ Charleston; joint resolution authorizing tliti appointment of Fish Commissioners, and.defining the duties thereof; billa tc incorporate tho Winnsboro Baptist Churon, of Fairfield; DeKalb and Wa toree Fire Engine Companies, of Cam dsn; the Vigilant Fire Engine Company, of Columbia; Hook and Ladder Compa? ny, of Winnsboro; Promptitude . Fi? Engine Company, of Charleston; Af ri can Methodist Episcopal Church in South C?r^oun?. 'L A bill to create the County bf Coosa whetohie, was road the second time. ' A bill to regulate the rights and powers of railroad corporations, was read and ordered to be engrossed. The following Act and joint resolutiorj were duly ratified : An Act to authorise Administrators, Executors and other fiduciaries, fo ' sell certain evideccet of indebtededness, at public sale, and tc compromiso itt' certain cases. Join! resolution authorizing County Commis stoners of Williamsburg County, to levj special tax. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House met nt 12 m. Sjpeakei Moses in the Chair. Accounts of L. Jaokson, J. F. Harrow Jamed M. Allen and J. E. Edwards, wer? ordered to be paid. Account of Rice Rodgers, Sheriff o Union County, was ordered to th* County Commissioners of that County. A bill to grant a certain lot of land tc the Zion Baptist Church, of Columbia S. C., was referred to the Judiciary Com mittue. . A bill to establish and maintain a sys tem of free schools in South Carolina w is laid over. A concurrent resolution relative to ap pointment of committee of investigatioi to examine affairs of Blue Ridge Rail read, after much discussion, was sent tc the Senate. James M. Allen, C. M. Wilder, Wilsoi Cook, H. J. Lomax and lt. Tomi i ns or. were appointed proxies to represent thc Slate stock in the meeting of the Oreen vi.lo and Columbia Railroad Company. The following bills were reported aa having been duly and correctly engross ed: To amend sn Act entitled "An Aol to empower Cirouit Judges to change tin venue for tho trial of actions, both civil and criminal; joint resolution au? thorizing the County Commissioners ol Williamsburg County to levy a special ta:, read the third time and passed. A bill to repeal so much of an Aot en tit ed "An Act to amend an Act entitled an Aot to define tho jurisdiction and duties ol County Commissioners," as finvides fees or other compensation of witncsr.es in State cases; majority re? port favorable, minority report unfavora? ble, was laid over. A bill to cede to the United States the lot of land on tho corner of Richardson ant' Laurol streets, in the city of Co? ln tibia, for the purpose of erecting a Cd irt House and Post Office, was, artet coLsiderable discussion--participated in by Messrs. Whipper, Tomlinson, Elliott, Perrin and others-postponed until Fri? day next. The bill (by DeLarge) to alter and arxtjnd tho charter und ostond tho limJ? c^.-jvitj- <?Q?WCb'iiUwlcrti and jm/?TwB forftho eleotfouTbf Mayor and Aldermen, wa* continued. *ilk?frtH?u t^Ssfeat? to charter bridge ovj|r Comban*^ Rffer; to authorize the County Corona iaeioae ra of Darlington Odtsuty to leVy a ?pestai tax ; t6 empdwVr th?|rrjvernot to remove County Audi toflS Treasurers nnd other civil officers by Lim appointed, wore read the second rending the discussion of which, the Hoose, st rt|-? o'olopk, adjourned. The store of Messrs O. S. Hayes A Co., of Shoe Heel, Robeson County, N. C., wau destroyed by fire on the night of the Otb ihstaut. The Post Office and Mon? tent? were also destroyed. Loss about ilii,000\ ?Ira. Ilowc'i ??e?f??a Kerrit Iv?. We regret to be oompelled at tb? oat? i cet to ?tate our opinion that the reputa ? tien ?Ido* witt enfler nttet by thia mew ' ?n?Mr ^ili ' . ?taa'*lcl JJ g^"" b^self. |Iot only haashexio new ovi deuoeof any kind to offer, ?Hit abe in? volves herself in so strange a mesh of contradictions and inconsistencies that at last she Btands before US like a prosecu? tor who foeLi himself bound to press the charge even after he has discovered the ! innocenoe of the accused. She seizes I upon every straw that comes in her way. She puts her own interpretation upon passages it?' Lord Byr?n'S writingn for the purpoKscof identifying-the poet with tho creations of his fancy. She contra? dicts her former "true story;" she con? tradicts the story which abo now de? clares that Lady By rou told ber; and ! lastly, sh o con trudie bi, m tho last part of her" 'present volume, tho accusations [ which she makes in the first part. We are fur from entertaining auy deaire to give pain to a lady from whom the whole civilized world bas received substantial benefit?. But we are oompelled to be? lieve that Mra. Stowe is as much the victim of a morbid delusion as ever Lady Byron herself was, and that on this par? ticular subject she has lost tho power to discriminate between troth and fiction. Wa invite the reador to form an inde? pendent judgment upon Mis. Stowe's second story byclosely analyzing it and comparing it willi the first. In her first story she distinctly and repeatedly I assured ns th ut Lady Byron knew of the I intimacy which existed between Lord Byion aud his sister from tho time she Was married till the day whee she could pupport her ill treatment no longer, and quitted her husbnnd's roof. Everybody who hos read tho first "story" will re? member the stress which Mrs, Stowe lays upon this "knowledge of tho guilty ' seereV' T? quo to ona .passage only: j "The two years (sic) in which Lady Byron waa struggling to bring her hus I band back to bis better self were a series ! of passionate convulsions." The astound? ing fact bas now to bo told that Mrs. Stowe ignores the whole of this state? ment, and, without a word of explana j tio?', substitutes- a totaHy different and I ii reconcilable series of alleged facts. IE I an elaborate argument abe shows that ! Lady Byron did not discover the "fal i extent"- of the guilty connection until r I "later period." No new circumstance; i have come to Mrs. Stowe's knowledge tc induce ber to change her opinion thin 1 soddenly on a vital part of her case. Bu : letters of Lady Byron to Mrs. Leigl have been publisned by third persons . letters written ofter the separation-s< fall of affectionate and trustful expr?s 1 ?ions towards the "guilty" sister thu Mrs. Stowe cannot quite close her mint ' to the evidence they present. She feol i herself obliged to account for thosi ? ! letters, and as she instinctively discern ; that a wife could not write to her bus > band's mistress as Lady Byron wroto t< : Mrs. Leigh, she at once presents ns witl ; a totally new set of conjectures. W , aro asked to discard that picture pre ? sented in the first story of Lady Byro: . wrestling with Lord Byron for his soul ? and to believe that not until after th - separat iou-how long Mrs. Stowe is cat: , tious enough not to say-did the wif ? j learn of the husband's guilt. i ! But now comes the most startling an - ' inexplicable part of this second nam i : tive. In putting forward the bypothesi just mentioned, Mrs. Stowe not on] i contradicts herself, bat flatly afters or r< pudiates the disclosure made to her b I Lady Byron. In the extended relatio I which she now gives ef her conversatio on the day when the secret was confide t to her, we are expressly told that Lad i Byron found out the intimacy soon afU ' her marriage. Lady Byron told Mr i Stowe, ns tho latter now declares, tin > one day abo saw Lord Byron taking ] t berties with his sister; that she (tho wif ? remonstrated, and that Lord Byron e f ulted in bis crime, saying that the dep< and horror of it "were the very attru tiona-that he bad worn out all ordinal r forms of sin, and that he longed for tl stimulus of a new kind of vice." The ( wore Lord Byron's words to Lady Byro s as reported by the latter to Mrs. Stow But now, Mrs. Stowe sees plainly th f Lady Byron's letters to Mrs. Leigh aloi 3 disprove her charge, and she seeks j explain away the iuconsistency by assig ) ing the discovery of the guilty secret ( a vague und unknown period. Nor is this all. Mrs. Stowe, havii first depicted Lord Byron aa a monst . of depravity, now submits to tho wox , a singular medical argument to pro that he was not in his right mind. The . even supposing her charge to be tm i what becomes of the prisoner's moi . accountability? She says that tho poe ) excesses, combined with "un ra en draughts on the brain-power of rar i and brilliant composition," probar ! "ended in that abnormal state in wbi ) ciavings for unnatural vice give indi? . tious of approaching brain disease." fact, sho constructs two or throo toto! i I new theories to meet the circumstanc . I revealed to her by Lady Byron's o\ I j letters-tho?e letters in whiob, after t j j separation, she implores Mrs. Leigh i1 be with her brother as much os she pi . ' sib ly conld, and ascribes the separati f j itself, to Lord Byron's "averBioo to t [ married state." First, thou, wo ba ; Mrs. Stowe, alleging that Lady Byr . i knew of her husband's interconree wi I j his sister, directly after tho murrin^ ? now, Mrs. Stowe asserts that she did t , I And it out till a "later period." Third , I she quotes Lord Byron's own^wotj . I showing that she had discovered 1 . I crime at an carly stage ot ber marri j life. Fourthly, Mrs. Stowe tries to prc II that Lord Byron was insane. May not fairly ask what it is that Mrs. Sto . really believes about this affair in 1 i own mind/V^, v , , TVA Mrc. Stowe makes it an ndditioi i charge against Lord Byron, that he wn the verses, "Fare thee well, and if f . ever/' on Maroh 17, 181C, "while noj tintions ? for separation were pendin, Mrs. Stowe's forgetfulness and confus] w aro simply unaccountable. Lady Byr I ?j ?? 44oa J. - ? rt Throe's > hnosc, l "n?vtw return," on January 15, 1810, sud ] Lnshington's lotter, declaring that j wif* never could ba reconciled to ] husband, was dated January 81. We have said that Mrs. Stowe ha? proof of her first ?tory ito offer/-BM this second story she supplies, nnawar some confirmation of the snppositi that Lady Byron was the victim of a fa ; lnoination when she confided ber "seen j to Mrs. Stowe':1 We kulk the partiou attention of the reader to this point, ! ' cause Mrs. Stowe, in the warmth of 1 avocacy, has so arranged her materiell do mislead tboee who carelessly foll ber statement. She takes great pains show that Lady Byron was in her peri mind, but wheo we come to read forth I we discover that it wee not at this beal! period the disclosure wes made. We ?re not tjfeetn the exaot date-Mrs. Stowe evade* mttx^mOm in a most c&tatiafaeter? manner-l>?>dM is olittfMmttrmthat when the groat conversation took place Lady Byro? wa* eerferaelgr iii When oho was mell, she Spoke of her. dead husband to Mrs. Stowe just as abe had always written of him to Mrs. Iieigh-that ia to say, with sorTrowaudreapeot. We regard this as a moBt -important piooe ol an? donee, although Mre. Stowe mentions it in a enreory manner. It was' not until Lady Byron was "proeiruted" with illness that she accused her husband of incest. B?for? that time, Mrs. Stowe herself de? clares that no one would have conjec? tured from Lady Byron's remarks con? cerning her husband, "that there were ander ull any deeper recollections than the circumstances of an ordinary separa? tion might bring," Bnt at tho time the "secret" was divulged all was different with Lady Byron. Mrs. Stowo says of her state at this period: "Her hands were like ice; her face waa deadly pale, and she conversed with a restraint and difficulty which showed what an exertion it was for her to keep np at all." (Page 230.) Again, she says that she found her "in one of those pe- 1 riods of utter physical exhaustion to which she was subject, on account of the ! constant pressure of care beyond her i strength." (Page 229.) On the very day i of tho unfortunate conversation there j were twe other visitors with Lady Byron : at the moment Mrs. Stowe entered the room. When Lady Byron got up to go j ont, says Mrs. Stowe, they (tho other guests) "looked after her with a singular ? expression of respect and affection," and . gave utterance to fears lest "her unsel? fishness might be leading her to over- 1 exertion." When Lady Byron made the r?v?lation "she became," says Mrs. 1 Stowe, "so deadly palo that I feared she ' would faint." As for the paper which Lady Byron after wards len t to her visitor, Mrs. Stowe seems to be unable to give us : anyaocouot whatever of it. Lady By- I roil told Mrs. Stowe that she thought of ; making her story public some day, be? cause Lord Byron was looking on from another world nt tho mischief ho had done, and he could not "be at peace un? til this injustice" was righted: Now take '? these facts in connection with the letters . of Lady Byron to Mrs. Leigh and others, and which becomes tho more probable coojeoture-that Lord Byron aud Mrs. : Leigh wore guilty, or that Lady Byron, towards the end nf her lifo, was not in . full possession of lier faculties? We have passed by all minor points in ' Mrs. Stowe's second narrative. Wc shall not criticise the manner in which she has performed ber task. Her strange rhapso? dies, her spasmodic bursts of sentiment, her disordered array of such facts us she has to offer, wc Will put wholly aside. But there is one particular in which her . moral sense is strangely at fault, and wo must call her attention to it ere we leave the subject, as we trust, forever. She vindicates herself for publishing her un? supported and repulsive "story" upon 1 the ground that she wished to defend "a wife and a mother. " Is it possible, then, that she does not perceive that in reality she has como forward to defame a wife; and a mother? No one accused Lady Byron of immorality. But Mrs. Stowe baa charged Mrs. Leigh with tho most j shocking of all offences, and she thinks that it is enough to substantiate her charge if she shows that Lord Byron was a man of very bad character. ?She has ; asked whether Lord Byron was capable of committing this ci i me, and having satisfied herself that ho was, she pro? claims that the whole case is proved. But j by an incredible perversity, she makes no account of the fact that there must have j been two parties to the sin. If Lord By ron was a profligate, does that provo his i half sister was os bad, or worse? Mrs. Stowo has not yet said one word against ] Mrs. Leigh. She merely assumes that if l Lord Byron wished to commit the spe- j citied crime, Mrs. Leigh would have readily become his accomplice. Is a sis- i ter to be condemned because her brother ! I happens to be a licentious scoundrel? j Cannot Mrs. Stowe see that she is attack lag Mrs. Leigh more than Lord Byron, and that sho is not defending Lady By? ron at all? Surely Mrs. Leigh ought to be . hold innocent until she is pioved guilty; j and of preof, Mrs. Stowo has not a par-1 tiela to give the world. Since, indeed, it was impossible from the first that her charge could be proved, I and since it was a charge fraught with i cruelty and wrong to the memory of Mrs. Leigh and all her survivors and relatives, Mrs. Stowo never ought to have made it. Even if Dr. Lushington would tell us what were the exact cir- '? oumstanoes disclosed to him by Lady Byron, it would bo important evidence, but not absolutely decisive on either side. For we should still have Lady Byron's letters to Ludy Ann Bernard, i written more than a year after the sepa? ration, distinctly acquitting her husband of any graver faults than neglect and cruelty. We should still have the fact before us that Lord Wentworth, Lady Byron's nearest representative, declares that a manuscript was found among that lady's papers, givi?g an account of her marriage, and that it "does not contain : any accusation of so grave a nature as that which Mrs. Stowe asserts was told I her." Mrs. Stowe takes no notice of thia most weighty information. She is aware that Lady Byron's letters deny : and disprove her own accusation-she 1 suppresses a mass of unimpeachable testimony in favor of Mrs. Leigh's in? nocence. Her responsibility for these ; defects of judgment, to use no harsher; language, is great. We deoply regret that Mrs. Stowe han been willing to have her name handed down to posterity as ; the authority for one of the most revolt ing and indecent -slanders ever con- j oocted against either tho living or the | dead.-Neio York Times. A negro shot and wonnded a farmer in Atehison County, Kansas, whereupon he waa lynobed. Tba outrage is bitterly denounced, and strenuous efforts are being made to ferret out the lynchers. Columbia Chapter Ho. 6, B. A. M. / /V\M??onlo Hall, TB? EVENING, at 7 *Umi* ?* W.aHt?l^^GO, Beeretary. *- .v.'^.,~. Notice. THE young gentlemen of Colombia who have expressed . wis* to form a "Ona? cordi* Club," for the parp?se of innooeot recreation and amusement, are requested to meet at the Hall of the Independent Fire En ?ine Company, THIS EVENING, at half past o'aloek. _ _Jan 121 Tor Bent-From February 1,1870. ATHE RESIDENCE of tho late Mr. J. H. Guignard, corner of Senate and Bull atreets. The building is targe and roomy. V?ell and hydrant of water, with ne? cessary out-bnlldings. The lot bas four acres, with a large number of fruit tree?, grape Vines, Ac. and ia surrounded by a good brick IJ wall. J. S. GUION?RD, Adm'r. 11 lan 18 ll? 43 1 TUB GEORGIA LEG?SLATCKB.-A special leepatoh to the Augusta Constitutionalist, iated Atlanta, January 10, says : The Sftnatepet at 12 o'clock.when Ur. ' c Mills, Clerk pto tem., called that august jody lo order. This Secretary read the names of those elected under Meade's :>rder, including tho notorious Aaron A. Bradley and two' other negroes. A i tr on g effort was made by the radicals to intimidate Democrats from taking the j t jatb, which most signally failed. A c strong protest wa? mad? hy the Demo- I. irate against the outrage. " Conley was '; 1 sleeted President of the Senate, and jl mede a most infamous speech on taking ; t tho Chair. He said this was a llepubli-1 c aan Government, and that thu Republi? can porty wonld rule it. Tho radical If majority in the Senate is four to six. J. I< G. W. Mills was elected Clerk of tho : 1 Senate. Tho House wus called to order j i by Harris, Clerk pro tem. Twenty-three I, negroes answered to their names. An ! B?Tort waa made, apon tho motion of J. j 1 E. Bryant, to elect n Speaker pro tem, ' I md it was moved that John H. Caldwell ;, be appointed to that position. Mr. 1 Bryant put the motion, and it waa car- ? ried by a decided majority. Mr. Harris, ? j backed by tho Republicans, refused to ; allow Mr. Caldwell to tako the Chair. Mr. Scott moved that J. E. Bryant act i ' as Speaker pro tem., and put the motion, ! I which was carried in the midst of con- j < fusion. Mr. Bryant made nn effort to : ( obtain the Chair, but was prevented by i ' the Sergeant-at-arms and others. Mr. j Bryant, however, showed himself to be j a man of high courage by his bearing in the whole affair. He waa ordered nuder | arrest. Pistols were drawn. Efforts were mado by Democrats and conserva? tives which resulted in restoring order. Never were 8uch efforts made to intimi? date os the Republicans have done to prevent Democrats from taking tho oath, but they have failed so far. Tho House ? adjourned at 4 o'clock, after about one- i half of the ?oil had been called, to 10 j o'clock to-morrow. Bullock is endea? voring to corry things with a high hand. ! Much excitement prevails in the city. : The general opinion is that Bullock has gone too far to succeed, and stroug hopes ure entertained that the House will be moderate. IMMIGRATION.-We published, some time since, that the South Carolina Rail? road had reduced its passenger faro for emigrants to one cent per mile. Yester? day, upon o coufcrenco with General , John A. Wngeuer, President Hammett, of tho Greenville aud Columbia Railroad, consented to n similar fare over his road. ', [Charleston Courier. There arrived in Cincinnati on Mon- ! day last, a lady ninety-eight years of ' age, who ?erved ns o vivandi?re with Bonaparte from 1800 to 1 Kl?, particip?t- ; ing in tho famous Moscow campaign. Judge Carpenter lin ?deoided, at Orange- 1 burg, in favor of the validity nf the , homestead luw against all debts, except? ing those which ure secured by lien. Mr. Thomas C. Wilkes, an old citizen j of Laurens, died suddenly of upoplexy, i at his residence, in Luurensville, on the .4th instant. The weak and emaciated mother suva: "My health and strength is restored by 1 the use of" SOLOMONS' BlTTEP" N21 A stray bullet killed u child sitting on ' its father's kuc-e, iu Washington, Christ- . mas day. "Oh! what nu excellent Tonic," is the language of the invalid who uses SOLO- ; MONS' BITTERS. N21 The Spanish fleet, recently in Charles? ton harbor, we learn upon authoritv, baa safely arrived in Cuban waters, "Just the thing!" Such is tho excla mation of the Dyspeptics who use SOLO? MONS' BITTERS. N21 j More MexicanTSport AT Franklin's Cock-pit, on HA- I TUBDAY, 15th insrant-all day. ' Admittance SOcents. Fonr matches already made for $100 a sido. _ Jan 12 Startling Prices 11 --? ?.. WONDERFUL EFFECTS OF GOLD; FOREIGN GOODS! OUR buyer just home from mail, et nit h tho following: j 25U piece? assorted PRINTS, 500 pieces BLEACHED COTTONS, 30 bales BROWN COTTONS, 100 caso* assorted DOMESTICS, at who'e sala prices. Special Xjots. We ofter a premium to any customer who can heat the prices of the following QOODS: I 25 piece? All-wool French MERINOS, 50c: ? worth $1.00. 20 pieces TOIL DE VENICE, 50c; worth $1.00. 10 pieces EMPRESS CLOTH, ?Min.; worth. $1.00. 50 pieces DIAGONALS, 85c; cost lo cents to import. 1 lot ARAB SHAWLS, at minmi* price.-. 1 lot FURS, all qualities. Jan 12 it- C. MIK VICK. Fresh Onion Sets. RED AND WHITE, E. E. JACKSON'S Drug Store. Jan 12 Ornamental Hair Work. THE undersigned respectfully informs tho ladies of Columbia, that he is prepared to attend to all kinds of artificial H Alli WO UK. WIGS, COILS, CURLS, BRAIDS, etc, repair? ed and rejuvenated. Ladies' Hair dressed in latest styles. Ofrico over tho Savings Bank, corner Main and Taylor streets. Jsn 0 fl* _fcEQlr BOUJA8SON. Pocket Diaries for 1670. PLAIN AND SELF-CLOSING. ?\f\ DIFFERENT staa* and prices. Miller^ JSKJ Bonlh Carolina Almsuio. Ai*o. l?PV-T doa, American, Rural, Oharch and Pintoriai ? Almanac?, tor !8T0. For sale by Jan?_ BBYACT *> ifeOABTMB. White Corn. RUSHEL8 prime White CORN, for sale low for CAflfl. _EDWARD HOPE. Jewelry, etc. I have lust received another lot of Ano DIAMOND BINGS, fine WATCHES _Land GOLD THIMBLES. Call at WM. ILAZE'9, next door to Messrs. Scott, Wil iams Si Co 's Banking House. .!aB.?JA. For 8alo. |kv^ JU8T received from Ken ^RB| tucky a large ami select J-TT-Htnck of young MULES and :U>iu5t.H. which can bo seen at Ko? ran's Stables, rear of State Houso. Dec 29 12 W. S. A J. M. TALBOTT. Cocal Item?. The "strike" nm on g the telegraphic iperators appears to have been renewed. ?Ve are not "posted" thoroughly on the natter, bot with the lights before us, bink the striking operutora are guilty j )f an outrage upon the entire people, j tmouDting almost to a clime. It in just ind proper for individuals to take care ! >f and look after their own interests; j mi when, UH in thin CSSC, ??lCU bund .hemsclves together, aud, by their ac iona, interfeio with the business of the | sonntry, they are justly deserving ol oeu-1 iure. A dyiug pureut, wife or sister, ia j ieprived of tho only means by which ovad ones may bu communicated with. ; ?Vo hope tho eompauy will bc enabled to ill tho places of tho strikers with com? petent operators, und us n punishment :or their rash action, forbid their re-em? ployment under any oircimHtance*. CRUMBS.-Farmersaud planters, gene? rally, who feel nu interest in improved igriculturnl implements, aro invited to bo present at Mr. J. M. Crawford's farm, this afternoon, at 3 o'clock, to witness the operations of an improved aotton planter-tho "Champion," pa? tented by Mr. J. Price. We ure requested to statu that the pews in the Washington Street Metho? dist Chapel will be routed, this afternoon, at 4 o'clock. Pew-holders', and others, wishing to rent, ure- requested to bc present. It wus accidentally stated, in thc PiiONix, that tho rates for passage am' freight over the Greenville and Colora bia Railroad had been materially ro duced. The passenger rates only bav< beeu lowered. The latest fashion dodge out, in Paris is the "sachet petticout." Tt is made o silk, quilted and filled with violet pow der, like a handkerchief or glove case When a Judy wears one, she can rcadil; be accused ol' putting on airs, ami, whei its use becomes general, that which w call a rose will smell a? sweet us un, other woman. Ohl rug??, of a greenish hue, embe! lished with Chase's photographs, cheei fully accepted in payment for subscrif lion, advertising, etc. Bishop Junes, of the Methodist Kph copal Conference, North, wus in Collin: bia, yesterday. We learn that the Jau'iury coupons c the Greenville and Columbia Ruilroa Company bonds will be paid to bone holder?, in Charleston, nt the First Ni '..ional Hank, on and after the Lit instant. MAIL. ARRANGEMENT*.-The Norther mail is opened for delivery ut H a. m closed at 8.30 o. in. Charleston, openi at 5.30 p. m.; closed at 8.30 p. ti Greenville, opeued nt 5.30 p. m. ; dost at 8.30 p. m. Wostero, opeued at 9.? a. m. ; closed at -4 p. m. Cbarlesto: (evening,) opened at 8 a. m.; closed 4.30 p. m. On Sunday, the post o Qi ce open from 9 to 10 a. m. S?FREME COURT, January ll.-Tl Court met at 10 a. m. Present: Chi Justice Moses and Associate Justice W lard. The following cases were, on motio restored to tho docket: Robert lt. Rc borough r.s. James M. Rutland et < James M. Rutland r.s. Robert R. Rosb rough cl al. James M. Rutland vs. R bert R. Rosborough. Ephraim Sube plaintiff in error, r.s. Gilbert Pullen, d fendant in error. Ex parte James M Callum et al. S. B. Clowuey, C. C. I vs. James Cathcart et al. N. B. Pegu and wife et al. rs. George J. W. McCu Jane Boozer et al. ada James A. Cn well, administrator. The following cases were continue William Gunter, by his next friend, i Ellen Gunter et al., administrators. E gar W. Charles rs. C. Coker and broth et al. T. P. Eide, plaintiff in error, i Adams, Frost & Co., defendants in ern N. B. Pegues aud wife et al. vs. J. \ McCall. The case of Ephraim Saber, plaint in error, vs. Gilbert Pullen, defendant error, was heard. Mr. darlington i plaintiff in error. Mr. Jones for defeu ant in error. The following cases wero struck c ex parte J. M. McCallum et al. Willit H. Smith el al., plaintiffs in error, ; Adams, Frost Si Co. et al,, defendants error. Tho Court adjourned until this moi ing, at 10 a. m. HOTEL ARRIVALS, Tuesday, Januu ll.-Columbia Hotel-Charles Foster, Pinckney, Charleston; Charles Barnu Columbia; W. W. Simpson, Georgia; C. Hilliard, Hartford, Conn.; C. Jaynes, Augnstu, Ga.; J. B. Russ* Wilmington, N. C.; D. Jennings, G. Scott, G. A. Seymour, J. E. Thames, W. Thames, Charleston; J. B. Hubba: Connecticut; Jerry Hollingshead, Abl ville; B. F. Sloan, Pendleton. National Hotel.-L. Daniels, city; W. Rogers, Augusta, Ga. ; W. T. Sci land, L. L. Gnffin, Abboville; G. Thomson, Charlotte, N. C. ; 8^B. Si yer, Orangeburg; J. W. Bouse, Charl ton; G. W. Fitch, Mrs. O. W. Fit Miss Mary Fitch, G. H. Fitch, Aik Thomas Cry mes, Carnesville, Ga. ; J. Zoaue, Murfreesboro, N. C.; H. Geiger, Lexington; J. L. Galla way, R F. F. Warley, Darlington; E. C. B edge, Miss. Nickerson House-Bishop Janes, N York; Colonel H. P. Hammett, Ore ville; John Werner, Riohmond, Va.; N. Gibson, IjonisTinoi Ky. ; A; _?h 1 ford and wife. Rion ma nd. Va. f Cot? William Johnston, Charlotte, N. C.; Pike, Nev York; F. A. Connor. Got bbry; W. A. Adams, Greenville; H. Barger and wife, Newberry; N. H. ] vis, Greenville; L. G. Patn and wi Sumter; C. E. Bartlett, Petersburg, \ Joseph H. Gay, Augusta, Ga.; J. Dhatham, Helena; John L. Dent Oharlotte, N. C.; James O. Meredi Gr. & C. R. R. ; H. P. Adams, Gre rille. WEDDING CARDS AND ENVELOPES. ot of wedding cards mid envelopes, atest styles, has just been receiv vhich will be printed in imitution of (raving, and at less than one-tenth tost. Call and see specimens at PBCE iffloe. BUSINESS CARDS AND CIRCULARS.-As the season is approaching for the annual travel anti distribution of business carda and circulars, our merchants and othera will please give attention to the fact tbat onr job office ia aupplied with the beat of boards, of all colora. Hue commercial note and other paper, uud the very new? est and most fashionable styles of type, thus ennbling ns to snpply all of such wants. Maw A u v KIM'i H KM UN TM.-Attention ir called to the following advertisement?, published the first time this monnnc: R. C. Shiver-Startling Prioes. \V. 1). Love & C .-Clearing ont Halen. J. S. Guigna rd- For lient. V?. E. Jackson -Fresh Onion Set?. Meeting Concordia Club. Meeting Columbia Chapter, lt. Franklin-Cock-fighting. . ?--. DELAYS AUK DANOEBOUS.-That poor, on ncinted consumptive, who is now be? yond all hope of recovery, might now bo hain and hearty had he not neglected that slight cough. Be advised, if yon have a cough or cold; get at once a bottle of DH. TIJTT'S EXPECTORANT and you will sc on bo relieved. Do not put Hoff. J8 fi . - -? . * BLOOD! BLOOD!! BnoODll!-Ont; out, I ?ny, thia canker spot; this self-con damning fruit of a diseased body; viti aied system; impaired health ; disordered liver; foul stomach, and other ills which flow from this self-same cause. Bad blood! Bad blood! the primal cause of all disease. HEINITSH'H QUEEN'S DB LIOHT. Thin elegant preparation is the only true remedy yet discovered for re? moving every disease and symptoms of disease, which may be traced to bad blood. It is truly a sovereign remedy, and thousands will attest the truth. D?O ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM.-The remedy for curing Consumption, Coughs, Bron? chites, Asthma, and Croup. As an ex? pectorant it has no equal. It is com? posed of the active principles of roots and planta, which are chemically ex? tracted, so na to retain all their medical qualities. MINISTERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS who j ure so often afflicted with throat diseases, will tiod a sure remedy in this Balsam. Lozengers and wafers sometimes give re? lief, but this Balsam, taken a few times, \ will insure a permanent cure. With all those nilli et eil with Coughs or Consnmp I tion, give thin Balsam a fair trial, they will be pleased with the result, and con? fess that the SURE REMEDY IS FOUND AT LAST, it is sold by all Druggists and by FISH KR tc HIENTIHH, Columbia. J1||25J8 "1 am strong and healthy, yet to pre? serve my good condition," I use SOLO? MON'S BITTERS. N21 Pim WISE, POUND FOOLISH! Our Clearing out Sales OF "Winter Dry Goods," Has now commenced. "WE MEAN IT." Mauy of tba customers have found it oat, and t Luau ?hu have not, would do well tu CALL AND GET BARGAINS while they eau. nt W. D. LOVE & CO. ?, Columbia Hotel Building. Vf. D. LOVE, li. Ii. McCREERY. Jan 12 Brno Just Received AT HARDY SOLOMON'S, 1 case BON TON SURPRISE CANDY._ _Jan II WON'T BE UNDER-SOLD 11 SILVER THIMBLES, best in tbecity, VlFl'Y CENTS. WATCH CLASSES,TWENTY-FIVE CENTS, at I. SULZ BAG HEB'S, Jan ll G Colombia Hotel Row. For Sale. . . 2 FINE BILLIARD TABLES, TTUIII..?llllljdCi?.1>"T>>" m*ke' 8,fte bCUdi?fi \|1BSl?jBMHjp?rY?Tablea are in yooil order, with V ?'.Ti1' Cues, Balls and Counters com? plete. Will be sold verv low. Apply to Jan ll O. D?EROKS. Dental Notice. OWINO to an accident, the undersigned will be forced to clone his Dental Booma uutil Satnrdav, the 15th instant. Jan j)_C*_T. T. MOORE. DentaljSjrgeoiL To Rent. MASCOTTAOE, on rickcus street, with four Rooms aud a Baaemont, which latter contains Kit. lien, servants' Boome, <to , Ac. Apply to WM. WALLACE. Jan 7 _0 Oas Bills for Month of December. CONSUMERS aro respectfully requested to make prompt payments of the above. The Company has prueaing demands and must be met-do not permit vouraelves to be deprived of the light. The 'regulation regarding it, will be enforced without any distinction. Jan 9 3_J ACO 13 LEVIN^Seo'y Oas Co. _ Fresh Drugs. CHLOROFORM, Soluble Glass, v Sage. Composition Powder, at ri , Jan 5 E. E. JACKBOjM^. A Good Dinner -MAN ba obtained ?ny day, at 3 o'clocjfl \J the EXCHANGE TlflTTllT | Ililli ijfll '5???^J!?2,?JL,_?,**)?.--; '?BB HARDY SOLOMON! S)K BARBELS Pink-eve Plantiag PH TOES. i!"> bbl?, l'each blow Flaming Potatoes Jj 25 bble. Goodrich Planting Potatoes. I Jan 9 _ Diamonds. ff ^W? IHAVE inst received by Express a fltoafifl sortaient of DIAMOND JKWKLRY-CCJ^^ Iron. ?10 to 1250. WILLIAM GlflBBH Dre 1.1 rf M THE hrm or E. A O. D. HOPE h avis* f^-J j ili.iaolved, the bushman will be JH| sn the cash principle- indefinite crod^WB Unheil, HO far aa concerns the underHHKwf "H Jan 4 10 ED WA