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- ?i| j I Mi? ? HI - COLUMBIA, S. Tiranda* Morning./anaf^yM^lj^ | REDUCTION IN PBICE-CLUBBING.-The WEEKLY GLEANER contains more reading matter than any other family paper pub? lished in the South-thirty-two long colnmns, printed in olear type. It is Ulled with original aa well as seleoted matter-editorials, correspondence, gene? ral nowa, markets, telegrams, interest? ing stories, sketches, poetry, eto. Its J columns are now graced by a MPV entertaining nouvelletle, the prodac?on of a lady of this city, and w???.?*8 been pronounced by disinterested erMsos aa equal to tho very, beet of Harland's" works. This story Is entitled "Orkney, or the Fortunes of JuUei?Uy> burn-a tale of the Palmetto Stat#,"and| will run through about twenty numbers i of the "GI?ANEB." As we ?are desirous1 of introducing the paper-which ia in every sense a thorns companion"-into every family in the State, we have de- ? tormined to reduce the yearly snbsenp-j lion prioe, aa follows-payable, m aUJ cases, in advance: Single OOpy^iwTOJ ten copies, (to one post office,] $25.00; twenty copies $45.00; fifty copies ?100. The GLEANER and the "Rural Caroh /nan"-the popular agricultural monthly! -will be furnished, for one year, at four dollars. Address orders to PHCBNTX and GLEANER Offioe, Columbia, 8. C. Wo regret, for the honor of our State and people, to observe a disposition on the part of certain gentlemen, whose in? stincts and convictions, we feel assured, are uttorly opposed to all connection with or sanction of corruption, fraud or any kind of malfeasance in public of? ficers, to regard with indifference, and with even a sort of encouragement, the grossest violations of law and the most flagrant acts of dishonesty and orime in public officials. This is done in a bitter spirit of partisanship and with the avowed object of creating breaches and dissensions among political adversaries. The policy of this strategy is as question able as its honesty. It will be found in the end that the party, or the indi viduals, who encourage and strengthen a flagrant malefactor, merely to promote prrty ends, or to gratify party opposition and malice, has incurred a responsibility which will eventually crush and disgrace it. We have no desire to fix any limits to political hostility and warfare, other than those which are imposed by obliga? tions more binding than those of party. These are the obligations of honesty and of duty to the State. When people be? come so heated with party passions aa to bo willing to form a quasi alliance with disreputable malfeasants, in order to achieve some party end, they aaaimnlato-J themselves with those who, tn physical warfare, resort to the barbarian devices, of poisoning springs and mutilating tho j dead and wounded. It behooves thc people to renounce and rebuke au such attempts on the part of accidental politi? cal leaders and partisan demagogues to involve them in such disgraceful alliances. Plunderers, defaulters, black mailers and abusers of publie offices and trusts must ba pursued with unsparing rigor, and without regard to partisan consequences. It is a pitiful excuse for neutrality, or even palliation toward such of? fenders, that others may be as guil? ty. Lot all, and each in turn, charge? able with such crimes, be pursued and punished. From the highest to the lowest officials, there should be a rigor? ous inqniry into all charges. We dc not mean that such inquiry should be made upon mere suspicion, gossip, hear? say, and irresponsible rnmor; but upon' expr?s*, tangible and substantial aver? ments, with distinct sp?cifications of names and facts. Let this bo done in all cases, and when done, let the names bel given to the world of those who evad<sj the duty of common honesty by interj posing dilatory and obstructive pleas tc the required investigation and prosecu-1 lion of such offences. That must have been a strange scene in Madagascar, when the Queen had tbtj royal idols brought and committed to the flames. She hod embraced Christianity, and when the chapel for Divine service was ready, the disgraced deity, whicl consisted of itwo pieces of silk, with I small splinter of wood in the middle, was taken from his temple aud thrus into a fire. The orowd declared thr. being a god he would not burn- yerf somehow, "he" was very soon consumed j and then, with no little pathos, "tbtj people, seeing that now they had no godf to worship, sent to the Queen to ask whait they were to worship for the future.'! Tho foundation of their faith had indeed' been greatly shaken. Tho Queen is td send teaobers of christianity among! them, and Madagascar, one cf the "darb places of the earth," is likely to have tamed tho last pago of the sanguinary records whiqh hay? hiihAtta formed a<J large*'p~drf of her history. LEGAL DEXTERITY.-A correspondent of the New York World, writing from Columbia, reports that tho "code" of the State of South Carolina, compiled by Corbin and Whipper, whioh, as he says, will cost the State 8100,000 or $200,000, is taken, bodily, page for page, verbatim et literatim, from that of the State of New York. A despatch to (he Baltimore Sun says: "The Committee on Elections of the House intend to call up, this week, the contested election case of Wallace against Simpson, of the Fourth South Carob na District. The Committee have decided that Simpson, who was elected, as a Democrat, by 4,000 majority, is, prima facie, entitled to tho seat." AN ASTRONOMICAL SENSA TION NEWAND NOVEL VIEWS ^ One of the sublimest mud least under* atood of the sciences, is that>of astro? borny. We notice that new and unex? pected propositions have recently been put forth on the subject by au accom? plished astronomer. Dr. Trastour de Varano. His work is soon to appear. Scientific men will look for ita advent with interest This author holds that the prosont accepted system is wholly er? roneous. "That the astronomy of our day has neither principio nor method, nor precept." 'He demolishes, st a blow, tho Copernican system, Kepler's laws and Newton's theory of gravitation. Scien? tific men will doubtless subject Dr. Trna . spur's vtowjl lo a severe ordeal of exami? nation. Wo hope the whole subject will be overhauled. Let us have "light" in the astronomical world. Dr. Trastour is an astronomical radical. He takes his boldly. In the place of former ms he presents an entirely new sys m, and ho undertakes to interpret a 1 the observed facts in connection with the planetary system. He suggests a uni? versal law in lieu of Newton's theory of gravitation. The author says: j "The astronomy of the times we lire in has to undergo the fate of all human aberrations. It clings tenaciously to what is not, yet does not see what is. One of the most remarkable arrangements that responds to one bf the most important astronomical necessities of the planet we inhabit, it overlooks entirely. I refer to the mothematioal regulation that has col? lected all the land on one hemisphere of our globe and covered the other with an immense ocean-a mechanism transcen? dently simple, yet which, more than any other, perhaps, throws into relief the hand of the Creator by the geometrical regularity of its results." And he arrives at the following conclu? sions: "Contrary to the teachings of the sys? tem of Copernicus, the only one that now gives law to astronomy, the sun is not placed in the centre of the planetary sys? tem;- and the earth and the planets do not rcvolvo annually around that lumi? nary. Contrary to the belief in the system of Ptolemy, the earth is not situated in tho centre of the universe, and the sun and the planets do not accomplish their an? nual revolutions by revolving around it. Contrary to the system of Tyoho Brahe, the earth is not motionless in the centre Qt the planetary system, and the ann does .not revolve annually around our globo, carrying with it, in its revolution, all the planets that circulate around it. Contrary to the doctrine of the astro? nomers of our days, the orbit of the earth and the ?rbita of the planets are o ir cleo and not ellipses-Kepler having mistaken illusions for realities in ascrib? ing' tb thc ellipse a power in space whioh it does not and cannot possess. Contrary to their doctrine, the moon does not revolve around the earth, while the latter is said to revolve around the I sun. Contrary to their doctrine, the earth, tho moon and the planeta pursue their ! conrso continually in the plane of the ecliptio and never go ont of it. Contrary to their doctrine, the dimi? nution of the obliquity of the ecliptio is j a chimerical idea. Contrary to their doctrine, the preces? sion of the equinoxes, upon whioh the most important works of modern astro? nomy are based, is something that does not exist. Contrary to their doctrine, the equi? noctial points and the solstices always preserve their same positions. Contrary to their doctrine, the terres? trial meridian varies annually, and the latitudes sud the starting point of lon? gitudes obange from year to year. Contrary to their doctrine, our civil year is not of constantly eqnal duration, as their almanacs represent it. There is never a year of duration equal to the one that preceded or follows it. Contrary to their doctrine, the Grego? rian rectification wa3 founded upon no astronomical basis. Instead of prevent? ing, it has augmented confusion; at a future day, ?aster will come round again in the middle of spring, although the almanacs will call it winter, if they per? sisti? keeping the 21st day of March as the date of the spring equinox. Contrary to their doctrine, the climates of the earth are not nearly invariable, but are subject to extreme vicissitudes. Contrary to their doctrino, the stars .have a general movement that carries them from West to East. Contrary to their doctrine, at a future ? day, the sun, the planets, the moon and | the stars will rise in the West and set in the East. Contrary to their doctrine, the dimen- ! sions, distances and movements of the planetary bodies, as set forth in their compilations and tables, possess no renl ity whatever; for they have been deter? mined without taking into account one of the most indispensable conditions. Contrary to their dootriue, no comet ever precipitates itself into any ann whatever in the realms of space, or csn in any event, como into collision with the earth. Contrary to their doctrine, Kepler's laws are but pure illusions. It is only 1 necessary to study them experimentally, in order to recognize the fact that they have not the least connection with the fundamental law of celestial mechanism. Contrary to their doctrine, Newton's theory of gravitation offers neither evi I dence nor probability. It is a fantastic commentary, built upon the chimerical I ideas of Kepler, radically foreign to all I mathematical truth, and even transgress ; iDg the limits of common sense. Newton stepped beyond the sphere of the diffi? cult only to enter into impossibilities. Wo have not seen thc publication of Dr. Trapdoor referred to, but find our in I formation in the oolumns of the New York Herald-& paper wherein may be ! found all the latest sensations in the po ! litical or scientific world. Mn. EDITOR: Some day or two sinoe j the City Council authorized the sale of \ the stook held by the city in the Oreen I ville and Columbia Railroad Company. ; We trust that it will bo offered at public j auction, as the best means of seouringSa I fair prije. The city treasury needs all i I that can bo realized, if it is considered j wise to sell at all. ' 3,000 letters from fools to New York j I swindling firms, have already accumul?t- ; cd at the dead letter offioe, under the re? cant order of Mr. Cresswell. STATIS LB O IS IJ AT U R K. Wn*?iei>AT.Jsnm ^ 1870. . ? ,. ?EHATE^ ? The Sou uto nwt at 12 m. Pr?sidant pro tem. Montgomery in the Ob air. A communication from the State Au? ditor in relation to the payment of taxes of certain persons, was received as in? formation. The House sent to the Senate a bill to amend an "Aot to empower Circuit Judges to change the venue for the trial of actions, both civil and criminal ;" read and referred. A conourrent resolntion relative to the appointment of a Committee of Investi? gation to examine the affairs of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, was amended and oononrred in. A message was received from the Go? vernor, informing the Senate that he had approved and signed an Act to authorize the County Commissioners of Darling? ton County to levy an additional special tax for County purposes. Bill to repeal an Act entitled "An Act to organize townships, afid to define their powers and privileges," was read r third time and passed. Bill to amend an Act entitled "An Acl to organize townships, and to defin< their powers and privilege?," was laid or the table. Mr. Corbin introduced a bill to iucor porato the Yemasso and Millen Railroac Company; to amend an Aot entitled "At Act to incorporate the Charleston Boon of Trade;" to inorease the capital stool of tho Union Bank of South Carolina to incorporate the Charleston Bankiui and Trust Company. Mr. Cain introduced a bill to am?ne an Act entitled "An Act to provide fo the appointment of a Land Commie Bioner, and to define his powers nu? duties;" which was read and referred. A bill from the House, to designate th officers, by whom milos ordered by th Courts of Common Pleas aud Judge thereof, uud of tho Courts of Probate ahull be made, and for other purpose? was read tho first time. Notice was given of bills to iucorpc rate tho Comet Fire Engine Company, c Orangeburg; to create tho Metropolita police force in South Carolina. Mr. Arnim presented a petition c George S. Cameron and others, prayin the passage of a law exempting froi taxation for five years all manufacturin establishments in this State, which sha go into operation after tho passage < the Act; which was referred to the Con mitten on Finance. The Committee on Finance, to whoi was referred a resolution authorizing c inquiry as to the amonnt of security, any, had been deposited by H. I bampton, the Financial Agent of ll State, to seenre the State, reported th they had found in the State Treasurer office a bond duly and correctly execute according to law, in the penal sum $5U0,0U0, and tho same record oil in tl office of Secretary of State. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES House mot at 12 m. Speaker Mos in the chair. The following bills wero ordered to second reading: To incorporate tho 1 Kalb Fire Eugine Company, of Camde S. C. ; Vigilant Fire Engine Company, Columbia, S. C. ; tho Winnsboro Bant Church, of Fairfield; Promptitude Fi Engine Company, of Charleston; A. 1 E. Church, of Sonth Carolina; Watai Fire Engine Company ; German Bene^ lent Society, of Charleston; Mount Pl< sant Ferry Company; to renew a amend the charter of Beaufort; to ren and amend the charter of the town Walterboro; to amend an Act entitl "An Act to amend an Act to define 1 duties and jurisdiction of County Co missioners;" to protect the rights persons lawfully in possession of lui and tenements. The following bill was reported as ing engrossed, which was read ? passed: Senate bill to incorporate I Policy Holders' Life and Tontine Ass anco Company of the South. Leave of absence was granted L. Guffin. Notice was given of bills to iucor rate the Baptist Church of Christ, Abbeville County; Big Creek Church Anderson Connty ; Monnt Pleasant Ev gel ?cal Lutheran Church. Mr. Wells introduced a bill to anti ize Sylvanus Mayhew to build a wi at Beaufort. Mr. DeLargo introduced a bill to corporate tho Yemassee and Millen li road Company. Mr. Bosemon introduced a bill tc corporate the South Carolina Chem and Mining Company, and for ol purposes. Mr. Drittle introduced a bill to am an Act entitled "an Act to per pc ti testimony in regard to bills, deeds choses in notion lost during the war. Notioo was given of bills tc moo rate Stone Branch Baptist Chnrcl Edgefield; to recharter Little Sal Turnpike Road. Mr. Crews introduced a bill to ant izo the employment of a bookkoepe the Treasurer's office. Tho Committee on Labor was roque to report, to-day. Mr. Ransior 'introduced bills to ic porato the Coopers' Trade Union, Charleston ; to abolish the office oi spec tor of Naval Stores in Ch ar les to Mr. B. James introduced a bil establish a school for convicts in South Carolina Penitentiary. Tho following bills from the Se were read and referred to Commit Coding tho jurisdiction of State of South Carolina to the Ui States of America over snob lands as be acquired for public purposes by said United States of America; to ii porate the Union Fire Engine Comp No. 1, of Beaufort; the First Fi men's Baptist Church, of Anderson New York Hose Company, No. 1 Beanfort; the Unity and Friend Charitable Association, of Charlu: the Sisters of Our Lady of Mere Charleston; Hook and Ladder Corni No. 1, of Beanfort: Washington Engine Company, No. 2, of Boat the Nashville Independent Blues Chi ble Association; the Bamberg Fire gine Company. A bill to empower the Goverac remove County Auditors, Treasnren other civil officers by him appointed read the third time and passed. Mr. James introduced a bill to i no rate the Wide Awake Fire Engine < puny, of Snmter. A communication from the House Keeper was read and refer? Committee on State House andGroi The onaoting clause of a bill to r so much of nn Aot entitled "An / amend an Aot entitled an Act to t the jurisdiction und duties of Cc Commissioners," as provides fee other compensation for witnesses in cases, was stricken out. A bill to amend an Aot entitled Act lo provide for tho tempor?r XiUNlKWIIi^WiH? 'i .?.?^^ ? . ? -^-?' .-??wv " %\.\'m ? 1111 ? I ' ! poi atm est <oi Magistrates, ?nd to define their powere ?nd duties," approved the 24th of September, in the year of our Lord 1368; wa? laid on the table, A bill to incorporate the Manchester and Augusta Railroad Company waa postponed. A bill to alter and amend the char tor and extend the limits of the city of Charleston, and provide for an election of Mayor and Aldermen of tho same, was read tho second time and ordered to be engrossed. A Senate bill to inoorporote the Charleston Water Company, of the city of Charleston, Stato of South Carolina, was postponed. The committee appointed to enume? rate and destroy oortain billa of the Bank of the Stato of South Carolina, reported that they had met, counted and destroyed $1,194.392 of said bills. Cuba'? Straggle for Freedom-Alleged Decline of the Cause. ? In his letter of the Cth instant, the i Washington correspondent of the New York Herald assorts, thnt tho only infer? ence to be drawn from despatches receiv? ed from our agents in Cuba nud from privato letters is, that the revolution of the patriots is on its last legs. Their forces aro reduced to a mero i handful of armed and unarmed mon, who uro carrying on a predatory warfare, merely prolonging thc struggle in tho forlorn hope that something may yet j turn up to help their cause, niul that I then their little family may bo made tho j nucleus from which will gather tho dis I pirited patriots in every part of the I island. The revolutionary party is now driven out of every stronghold which, a I few months ago, it possessed. It holds j not a single town on tho island, and is i compelled to confine itself to attacks ! upon the Spaniards along the narrow ; roads and bridle paths. Further, iuter I cepted letters show that the Junta itself I is badly demoralized and distracted by internal dissensions, which call nil its ; expensive efforts to aid the patriots to : eventuate in failures and disasters. Worse still, some of tho Cuban Generals write to their friends in New York, that they have no confidence iu their mon, and one of them proposes a surrender to the Captain-Geucrnl. , At the State Department, tho failure j of the Cubans is considered to be due to tho inefficiency and blundering of tho ! Junta. At an carly stago of thc revolu? tion, Senor Lnmus, in an interview with Secretary Fish, was informed that thc j Cubans might purchase from our Govern j mont all tho arms they could pay for : further, that they might ship such arms, ? aa merchandize, to any place in the world, i in American ships, und would be pro I tccted from search, by our Govcrnineut, lin any placo, except within tho marine I jurisdiction of Spain. "You may buy at mnny arms us you choose, and you maj ship them as you would sugar or cotton I and wo will protect you,'* said Secretary ?Fish; "but when you got iuto Cuban oi I Spanish waters," added he, "you mus? look out for yourselves; there yon wil I have to take tho consequences; huton ni account will we permit you to organizi an expedition within our territory. Yoi may send passengers to Cuba, but j'oi must not put arms in their bauds, no send them away from here as regularl; organized forces. You have our sympii thy. We would gladly seo you wiu, bu you must remember we have a duty t : perform in executing our ucutralit (laws." lustend of taking this advic i strictly, tho Cubans not only hough arms, but organized armed expedition and sent them away from our shore: ?The whole number of meu thus sent, c : sought to be sent, would not amount t j one full regiment, it is estimated, so tin ' they could not have contributed much 1 the cause, even had they all succeeded i making a safe landing. Secretary Fish thinks thu Cuban Jtiul in this respect evidenced their lack < sound judgment and business manag* ment. Dy attempting to send awn : organized expeditions they forced ot ' Government into an attitude of hostilit j to the patriots. Tho administration fe ! constrained to enforce the ucutralit ; laws against its sympathies and fceliug j and the result has been that nearly n I tho expeditions havo boon crushed L our officials. Secrotary Fish is of tl opinion that tho Cubaus have not sci away a single cargo of arms nuaccompi \ mea by organized companies of filibu i tors. He also states that both tho Prc; : dent and himself were as anxious to sig a proclamation in favor of the Cubai as the latter were desirous that oi should bc issued; but ho declares th tho reckless manugement of tho Jnu j deprived them of the opportunity I doing so. At one timo Hie rebellic seemed to be gaining strength rapid!, I and a proclamation was actually dray ' up and ready to bo sigued by the Pres ! dent, but disaster after disaster followe i and the President waa reluctantly coi j pelled to withhold his signature to tl proclamation. The fact that such a largo army w ; sent from Spain to suppress tho rebellii is explained upou tho theory th cholera, yellow fever mid general sic noss did more to kill off tho Spaniar than the Cuban bullets and sabres. ACCOMMODATION THAIN.-Tho freig train on the Charlotte, Columbia ni Augusta Railroad, on to day or to-mc row, will bo changed into a dailyjfreig and accommodation passenger trai This train will ?cavo Augusta at 4 o'clo in tho afternoon, on tho arrival of t passenger train from Atlanta, and arri in Columbia about 1 o'clock n. m., cari ing through freights and passengers 1 Charlotte and the Columbia and Grec ville Railroad. This arrangement \\ prove of great advantage to the citize of Edgoficld, in their commercial int? course with Augusta. The return tri will leave Columbia about 6 p. m.-af I the arrival of the South Carolina ai Greenville trains-and reach Auguc about 3 a. m., thus giving tho Loxingt Esople tho opportunity to reach th ornes nf ter bu&iac?s Laars in Co>lumb ! while the through travel and treigl I from Charlotte and Columbia will j considerably expedited. It is belie? : that thia schedule will greatly promt the i- West of the public, as well as t advantage of tho road. [Ainjusta Constitutionalist. Two young ladies in Kingston, M. (in the privacy of their roora, of cours were playing oircus tho other day, pi ting their feet over their heads, and mi ing hoops of themselves. Ouo of tip succeeded to a obarm in performing I feat; bnt the other fair ono lacked 1 necessary suppleness of limb, and thou sho very nearly approached success, ? still fell short of it. At hist, in n t m en don s effort lo got ono obstinate ft in its required position over her hei snap went tho hip-joint, and her f< went over easily enough, staying thi until surgical aid reduced Hi? dislneatk Naws FBOK HAY AHA-A Harass te!s- ! gram, of Januarys, says: The Prensa announces the killing of thirty unarmod ccu in the vicinity of Mansealsa, a few days si noe, by tho in? surgents. One of the Spanish gun-boats from New York, via Charleston, arrived hero last night, and fifteen moro arrived from New York to-day at noou. They were accompanied by the war steamer Pizarro. Captain-General Do llosas hue issued a proclamation generally complimentary to the behavior of the citizens aud tho army. He says the sickly season has passed without diminishing tho strength of the army. The insurgents took the offensive twice, aad were twice repulsed. The iasurreotion after that was confined to the mountains. The troops already here were sufficient to subdue the insur? gents, and the reason that so many troops were coming from Spain was that their Spanish cou nt ry mun desired to share the sacrifices of Spaniards iu Cuba. He adds that the Cubans aro not insurgents iu war, but ouly iu incendiarism. Tho civil tribunals wero performing their du? ties us usual, while, owing to tho sur? render iu the Cinco Villas district, the troops remain without work. The Captain-General further says, that the new troops and reinforcements, al? though they aro not needed to suppress tho insurrnciicu, have ccmu from Spain to fulfill its obligations towards Cuba and to protect the island against murder? ers and robbers. Ho then refers to the threats of homicido made by certain bunds of mun, against which precautions are now beiug taken in garrisoning the plantations with troops aud civil guards, to save them from destruction. Ships of war havo also boen sent from Spain to Cuba, with the intent to cruise along her coast and to prevent the landing on the island of fillibustcring expeditions coming from the outside. The Captain Geuerul says, that there was never befon in the i&luud euch a state of affairs af could bo considered us a stat o of war but now peuce hus beeu so fully re-OS ta blished, that there is no place iu thi island where tho administration of public affairs ami the actions of tho oivil court) are not entirely recognized. A MAN MA HUIES HIS MOTHER-Dil FICUI/TY IN HAVING THE MARRIAGE SO LEMN1ZEI).-Some days ?go, tho conimu nity in the vicinity of Carter's Statio: was considerably exercised over th announcement that a Mr. Lyon, wh lived in thc neighborhood, lind morrie his mother. It seems that Lyon's fathe had been twice married, and thechildre hy the first wife continued to live in th family after the second marriage. Lyox parc, died, leaving his s cond wife widow, and Lyon, Jits, married hi father's widow. Tho clerk issued tb license, without a kuowlcdgo of til facts, and tho minister requested I solemnize tho murringo, unlike M Beecher, declined; a magistrate like wi.' refused; and tho pair crossed over I Stony Creek, where they wen; uuknowi and wero married.-Bristol News. THE ANNA.-Weare informed that tl steam yacht Anna, which sailed on Moi day, is intended to be a tender to th Bedenl and other Cuban vessels whic have lately put to sea. lt is believ< that the Anna put into this port that si might meet the Bedenl, and tho tv vessels hope to fall iu with the gun-boa o?' Wilmington. Tho Bedeal is a acre steamer running fifteen knots an hon Her propellor can bu hoisted, so that si eau run as a sailing vessel without lo of speed. Aboard of tho Anna were tl commander of the Cuban squadron, t head of tho sanitary department, and bearer of important despatches to Ge C?spedes. Seven of tho passengers a under sentence of death. [Charleston Ne ms, 12///. A DUEL MEAS SAVANNAH.-The Sava uah Advertiser says that a party of fo gentlemen arrived in that city Thursd evening, from an interior town on t lino of tho Central Kiiilroud, not far frc Savannah. Friday morning, bright a: carly, found them across tho river on t Carolina side, where two shots were ? chauged, one of the principals receivi; a severe flesh wouud in tho should) Ile was attended by a physician of ? vannali, and was able, togothcr with t entire party, to leave on tho night trai Tho matter was kept wonderfully qu until all was over. Both geutlemeu f pretty well known in Savannah. T difficulty originated from a private qu rel. MURDER.-We learn from u friei arriving from Pocotaligo, that ouo Pe Simmons, (colored,) murdered Sci] Short, (colored,) on the 1st instant, Gardner's Corner. The quarrel, ns as he know, originated about a chick betweon tho wives of the abovo mc tioned pcrsous. Simmons' wife flirt enod Short's wife, with un axe, wh was taken away by Short. Simmc followed Short to the store at ( cardin Corner, and shot bim in tho back. 1 body remained for some time in road neglected, those around being afr to communicate anything. Simmc however, has since been arrested, i will, no doubt, bo brought to justice. [Charleston Courin THE IMMIGRANTS ARE COMING. had the pleasure, yesterday, of see Mr. P. W. Bruggemann, tho agent of Newberry Immigration Society. H just from New York, having arrived tho Mau hatten, accompanied by fi thrco German immigrants. Eight these have gone to Grahamville, nine Camden, and tho remainder to Newbt and Laurens. Mr. B. has brought 120 immigrants, within the last weeks, and expeots from 300 to 400 no in the next two months. And we i let them come, and welcome, should like to seo thousands of th There is room for them, and then work for them.-Charleston Courier. THK UNITED STATES Coora-? Gao. 8. BRYAH presiding-GHARWW Tuesday, January ll, 1870.-In the ] triet Court, in bankruptcy-Ec parn D. Lazarus, in re. A. Molino, discht granted to assignee, R. M. Wallace ol umhin, was appointed a Commissic of the United States Court for the '. triot of South Carolina. In Admirait Warroo Sc Gregg rs. Sylvester Bra owner of schooner Clara Rankin, 1 for supplies, warrant of arrest and issued. The bill to extend tlie limits of thc of Charleston provides for holding election on tho second Tuosday in A next und the creation of two now wu Tho number of Aldcrtueu will be iiune as now, but the distribution wil different. Wards 1, .') and 4 will loso Alderman ouch; Ward 8 will gain Alderman, and Wards il and lo will I ino Alderman each Ill THE OBREN VILLE RAILROAD STOCK. There seems to be DO longer any doubt ss to certain rumors of better terme being available to the stockholders than the two dollar? n share, at which manj have lately sold out. It is said that t formai proposition will soon bo lau before the stockholders, at a highei valuation and on terms for a lease greatl to the permanent advantage of th? stockholders in this company. CRUMBS.-Superintendent Bouknight of tho Charlotte, Columbia and AuguBti Railroad, will accept the "unanimous' thanks of tho "birds" in tho PHCBNT nest, for his attention. Tho card will b properly used. Wo aro also indebted t Presideut Hammett, of the Oreeuvill and Columbia Railroad, for a compli mentary ticket over his road, for 1870. "Breathes there a man with soul s dead, who never to himself has said: 1 will my oonnty paper take-both for m own and family's sake!' If such tbei be, let him repent, aud have the paper t him sent; and if he'd poss a. happy wil ter, he iu advance should pay tl printer." The sickness of the carrier uu tl upper route is the causo of many sui scribers being deprived of their pape yesterday. We hope he will be all rig! in a day or two. Messrs. Chambers & Bryce (at Cam bell & Jonos') are the agents, in Colin: bia, for the well-known Phonix ai manipulated guanos. Governor Scott has appointed Jol R. Hucks a magistrate for Mari< County; H. H. Knight, Solomon C>ui< and E. D. Smith, magistrates for Mu boro County. The stock owned by the city of Colui bin. in tho Greenville aud C'oluml Railroad has boen disposed of. A l'en sylvania Company are tho purchase The shnres sold nt two dollars each. Chief Radcliffe, yesterday, arrested colored mau, named Joe Andrew, c ployed about the premises of Hon. F. DeSaussure. Joe is guilty of thefl stealing silver spoons aud forks from I family, and disposing of them to perse about the city. By-the-way, these p chasers lay themselves liable to indi mont, and shonld keep u sharp look-i A German, named Schnlthies, was rested, yesterday, by officers Berry i Pollock, charged with robbing Sup visor McNinch, of tho Greenville r Columbia Railroad. The proof is s to be strong. A night accommodation train is n run over the road between Columbia i Augusta-a great accommodation to Lexiugtonians and Edgefielders. The "criminal court"-making Iovt another man's wife. SUPREME COURT, Weduesday, Janu 12.-The Court met at 10 a. m. I sent: Chief Justice Moses and Associ Justice Willard. Tho following coses were continu L. Garliugton Pate and John W. Stu ads. John H. Smith aud Noah Gibs Thomas F. Harman, plain till in error, Bennett Wallace, defendaut in en The case of James A. Crotwell, ministrator, r.s. Jane Boozer et al. heard. Mr. Fair for appellant. Baxter for appellees. The case of S. B. downey, C. C. i's. James Cathcart et al. was heard. Rion for appellant. Mr. Douglass appellees. Mr. Rion in reply. The Court adjourned until this mi ing, at 10 a. m. BU61NESB CARDS AND CIRCULARS. - the season is approaching for the am travel and distribution of business ci and circulars, our merchants and otl will please give attention to the fact onr job office is supplied with the bei boards, of all colors, tine commet noto and other paper, and tho very i est and most fashionable styles of t; thus enabling us to supply all of i wants. National Hotel-A. M. Hill, J. Trowbridge, Abbeville; Thomas Brown, Richland; J. O. Meredith, < C. R. R. ; W. H. Harris and lady, J Hancock. S. C. ; M. H. Crampf Edgefield; H. Tompkins, Walh Miss E. Finley, Ringville; James Ti ble, S. C. R. R. ; S. P. Wareham, 1 tucky; F. J. Greer, Charleston; Bacon, Spartanburg; S. Montgoa Thos. P. Slider, Newberry; A. M. son, J. H. Miller, Raleigh; S. L. Tin son, J. G. Perry, Virginia; Mrs. M Marlboro; J. M. Bruce, Kentucky Daniels, city. Nickerson House-Thomas J. D Edgefield; C. E. Leaphart, B. J. Hi Lexington; H. J. Caughmau, Riohl Frank E. Taylor, Charleston; J. Gibbes, Columbia; T. H. Adams, N E. N. Walker. Philadelphia; Wi N. Thomas, Sixth Circuit; J. An Boston; Cadet Graham, Virginia '. ti?ry Institute; D. MoD. Riohardsoi C. ; M. Wallaoe, Riohland; T. C. Je Wilmington; R. J. Donaldson, Che field; J. K. Caldwell, Wade A. Hat Charles Sloan, Baltimore; Charla Noyes, New York ; J. B. Seigler, berry. HOTEL A mu VALS, January 12,-Ck bia Hotel.-3. D. Nelson, W. W. Ha TheerB. Jeter-end lady, Lr M. St M. C. Roberson, A. W. Thain, Lt. zer and servant, D. R. Phifer, ? Carolina; V. A. MoBee, North Car? E. H. Hudson, R. S. Watkins, I Gerald, Atlanta; W. E. Charles, E Flinn, Darlington; J. W. Simpson, A. T. Simpson. Miss M. J. Sim; Miss L. E. Simpson, Mrs. L. W. ? son. W. W. Simpson, J. N. Wi Laurens; Frank E. Taylor, Char T. Baker, A. Herman, New York; \ Blake, Spartanburg; B. L. Ford, < 3nuo; D. M. Morriston, ?. R. Mnrcb Louisiana; M. D./ Benrden, Tonne lt. G. Richards/ T. C. Rantin, N Evans, M. G. .Ab/* ra th, Andrew Sit >V. A. Courtusfj#H. T. Peake, Ch ;ou; J. L. -'"/Ja New Haven, Com 3. Armstrong *Jnd lady, Kentucky lt. Wither/tlAmden ; J. G. Hugu I. G. Shb/hireds, J. R. Adams an rant, Ri^nfond; J, M. Walker, f?ale, 34 , ty. Gibbs, N Y. MA??I ARRANOEMENTH.-Tho Northern mail is opened for delivery at 8 a. m.; olosed at 8.30 a. m. Charleston, opened at 5.30 p. m.; closed at 8.30 p. m. Greenville, opened at 5.30 p. m. ; closed at 8.30 p. m. Western, opeued at 9.30 a. m. ; closed nt 4 p. ni. Charleston, (evening,) opeued at 8 a. ni. ; closed at 4.30 p. m. On Sunday, the postofiloe in open from 9 to 10 a. m. WEDDING CARDS ANO ENVELOPES.-A lot of wedding cards aud envelopes, ol Intent styles, has just been received; which will be priuted in imitation of en \ graving, and at leas than oue- tenth th? oost. Call and see specimeua at PHCKMX , office I HEALTH Rr LES FOR WINTER.-The fol? lowing rules for heult li we lind in an ex* change. They appear to be well-funud : ed, und will no doubt prove of beuelit ! to those who may observe them: 1. Rave your sleeping-room well veuti I lated. Pnre air is just os necessary in j cold weather as in warm. If yon shut : yourself up in a close warm room , through the night, yon will be very apt ! to take cold the next day. 2. Have bed-clothing enough to keep you comfortably warm, but no more, aa an excess will prove burdensome and weakening. Rave more clothing over the feet aud legs than over the body. ; 3. Never go to bed with cold or damp feet. Always warr, and dry them in , someway. Dry then by rubbing with ; a towel or before a ? rc, or by putting ' thom iu hot water, then in cold for a moment, followed by a briak rubbing. 4. Before exposing yourself to the ; cold for any length of time, get tho ! roughly warmed np, not by hot or stimm i lnting drinks, but by exercise or by a : tiro. By exercise is best, if not to the ? extent of perspiration or fatigue. 5. In going from a warmer to a colder atmosphere always keep the mouth cloned, and breathe through the nostrils, thut the air may be partially warmed be? fore reaching the lungs, thus preventing ; those sudden shocks and chills whioh j frequently end in pleurisv, pneumonia, ' etc. j G. Avoid standing, sitting, or lying in ? a draught of cold air. Many a person has caught a cold which resulted in anin , curable consumption, by standing in a hall or doorway waiting from ten mi j mites to au hour for some gossipy friend to any the last word. 7. Protect tho feet from cold and dampness by loose, warm, thick-sol cd shoes and un ubuudance of clothing for tho legs und ankles. S. Avoid compression by dress of any pnrt of the body or limbs, as it interferes with the circulation of blood, results in cold extremities, and congestion of the head or some of the internal organs. GOOD NATURE AT HOME.-No trait of character is more valuable in a wife, j than the possession of a sweet temper. : Home can never bo made happy without 1 it. It is like the flowers that spring up j in our path-way, reviving and cheering i us. Lot a man go home at night, wea ! ried and worn ont by tho tous of the ! day, und how soothing is a word dictated I by a sweet disposition 1 It is sunshine j falling on his heart. He is happy, and the cares of lifo are forgotten. A sweet temper has a soothing influence over the minds of the whole family. When it is found in the wife and mother, you observe kindness and love predominating over the natural feelings of a bad heart. Smiles, kind words and looks character? ize the children, and peace and love have their dwelling there. Stndy, then, to acquire and retain a sweet temper. It is more valuable than gold. It captivates more than beauty, and, to the close of life, retains all its freshness and power. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention ia j called to the following advertisement, ! published the first time thia mernina: A. Smythe-Slippers and Boots. ! L. J. Radcliffe-Taken Up. Charles Logau-To Planters. D. C. Peixotto & Son-Oats and Corn. R. Sc W. C. SwafOeld-Clothing, &C. Masonic Notice. C. Bouknight-C., C. & A. R. R. Co. The beauty of woman-how marred by j blotches, pimples, spots, 4c. The pre I valence of these symptoms of a diseased i condition of the blood is noticeable i everywhere. See the young man or the I young girl, with boils, pimples, spots, j and a pule, waxy, blanched appearance j of the countenance and integuments generally, as well of the lips, tongue and . mouth, a pulse feeble and rapid, loss of j appetite, with indigestion, flatulence and irregular action of the bowels, low spirits and severe headaohe, great debili? ty, with languor, you may set it down the blood wants richness. A thousand ; complainte flow from this one thing. I The QUEEN'S DELIGHT is the great blood purifier and renovator. Qet a bottle I and use it. It is an invaluable medicine ' for poverty of blood. It is the cheapest i and best medicine you can use, as it ? cleanses and purifies the very fountain of life. Re s uro to ask for "HEINITSH'H QUEEN'S DELIGHT." For sale by F J SHE n Sc HKNTTSH, Druggists. J13 -#> SELF-ADVERTISED. -PHALON'S VITALIA OR SALVATION FOR TH* HATH carries with it its own best advertisement. Aa the light shines through the bottle you see that tho liquid is clear as the azure of heaven. You smell it and find tbe odor agreeable. You apply it and it changes gray hair to any natural shade without j soiling the scalp or producing bead ! ache. Nothing can be more harmless. J8 J3 ALLEN'S LUNO BALSAM. ^?"?0^ remedy for curing Consumption, C.jngw chitos, Asthma, and Croup. ^ peotorant it has no equal, posed of the active prino.'v an rf- plants, wn/ioh are chi i trac ted, so as to retain all t qualities. MINISTERS AND PUBLIC S are so often afflicted with th will find a sure revedy in tLis Lozengers and wafer\sometii?ea gi lief, but this Balsam, taken ? fewj will insure a permanent cur?. ~ff those afflicted with Coughs or Cont tion, give this Balsam a fair trial, will be pleased with the result, and Co fess that the SURE REMEDY IS FOUNI! AT LAHT. It is sold by all Druggists and 1 FISHER & HIKNTISH, Columbia. Jl[| DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS.-That poor, emaciated consumptive, who is now youd all hope of recovery, might be hale and hearty had he not nej thal alight cough. Be advised, have a cough or cold; get atonoei of DR. TUTT'B EXPECTORANT and yoi sion bo relieved. Do not put it oj