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COLUMBIA, 8. C
Saturday Morning, January 10,1870.
REDUCTION iif Puicra-OIJUBBIKO.-The
WEEKLY. GLEANER coutnina moro reading
matter than any other family paper .pub?
lished in the South-tnirty-two long
columns, printed in clear type. It is
filled with original as well as selected
matter-editorials, correspondence, gene?
ral nows, markets, telegrams, interest?
ing stories, sketches, poetry, eifli. Ito
columns are now graced by a highly
entertaining nouvelletle, the production
of a lady of this city, and which has
been pronounced by disinterested critics
os eqnal to the very best of i "Marion
Harland's" works. This story is entitled
"Orkney, or the Fortunes of Juliet Clay?
burn-a tale of the Palmetto State," and
will run through about twenty numbers
of the "GLEANER." Ar we ere desirous
of introducing the paper-which is in
every sense a "Jioma companion"-into
every family in the State, we have dfe
tormined to reduce the yearly subscrip?
tion price, as follows-payable, in ali
cases, in advance: Single copy $2.75;
ten copies, (to one post office,] $25.00;
twenty copies $45.00; fifty copies $100.
Tho GLEANER and the "Rural Caroli?
nian"-the popular agricultural monthly
-will be furnished, for one year, at
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and GLEANER Offioe, Columbia, S. C.
THE SAMA NA SWINDLE.
Of course, nobody supposed that we
were so anxious to buy or lease the Bay
of Santana, merely for the pleasure of
seeing the American flag float over that
sheet of tropical water. It is not oftener
than once in a century, that we go all the
way to the West Indies, merely to in?
quire the price of putty. Certain indi?
viduals of us in and around Washington,
thought there must be something faintly
resembling a private speculation in the
trade, and hence our anxiety to make it.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Sun, whose letters reflect the
opinions and sentiments of that journal,
which ia the political friend of the Go?
vernment as it is, gives us these little
hints as to why we were so very Anxious
to strike a bargain with Sau Domingo:
"The speculators in Sarnau a Bay ar?
quito anxious to hurry their job through
tho Senate, before the subject can be
thoroughly discussed or fairly submitted
to a voto of the people directly interest?
ed. Why this violent haste, if the thine
be right in itself, and why this large er
penditure of money, without any urgen'
necessity? By waiting patiently, al
these islands will fall under our influence
or into our possession, by a sort of ns
tural law, and without tho expenditure
of a dollar of the national treasure. Oer
tainly, there is no immediate urgenoyfo
an acquisition so costly, and there is n<
impending danger that renders it pre
sently desirable. It looks very muoh a
if the whole scheme was 'put np,' fe
tho lust news tells us that the oppositio'
to tho sale or surrender of the bay, 1
the only issue between Baez, who mad
the bargain for his own selfish interest
und Cabrai, who hoads the balk of th
population against it. The secret of a
those hasty and concealed ncgotlatioi
is that there is a good deal of money i
the transfer, which is expected to Ile
somebody's pockets."
That this purchase of the Bay of Si
mana will pay somebody handsome!;
there is little or no donbt. The who
thing was a job, the Louisville Courie
Journal thiuks, put up for the benefit i
certain members of the lobby and the
friends on the floor of either Hons
Tho necessity for a naval station in tl
Wost Indies just now is more apparel
than roal, and is by no means very a]
^j?mrent at that. Tho so-called or pr
fonded necessity was merely the pr?te:
for the swindle It is not impossib
that the Government may sometimes fin
it necessary or important to scenre
naval station here and' there, but the G
vcrnment should see to it that sw
transactions are not brought about sole
for the benefit of such public plunders
as those who secured the purchase of tl
Bay of Kamann.
No great amount of good to the Po
Office Department was expected fro
the administration of Creswell, but the
aro two things he is trying to do, to a
complisb which will bo to ontitle hims?
to the gratitude of the American peop]
We aro told that he is endeavoring
seouro the abolition of the franki]
privilege, and that "he has interdict
the voluminous correspondence of tl
candid firms who promise to sei
$10,000 worth of counterfeit money f
$200 in gennine, and nodangerof doti
tion; and those good-natured perso
who, on the receipt of a dosen or so
postage stamps, will impart to eve
sender the secret of becoming rich
beautiful, or evon both together." Tl
United States mails have long aflbrdi
suoh swindlers all the facilities th
wanted in carrying on their miserai:
swindles. It is said that Mr. Creswell
seizing all letters addressed to fiotitio
firms snd other known plunderers of ti
credulous, trnnsmittjing theta ta tl
deftd-Ietler office," where the missives a
opened, and, with their contenta, i
mailed k> the writers.
EUROPE AND AMERICA-ARE WC I
TnoonADiNo?-The observer of polttii
metters will note a peouliar difference
present between Europe and Amern
This conntry bas been called "the la
of the free and the home of the brave
Now, under the auspices of the radii
party, things are changing. The k
doney is to consolidation and loss
individual liberty. lu Europe the ti
doney is to constitutional govern me
and popular rights. We must chango
this.
tn commending to th? notico bf bnr
readers, the following brief statement of
fttotrt, concerning the groat ri?tnral od
?>s!*-g^= ".rh:ch the South amu oiler au
immigrants, we would suggest to every
owner of more land than ha can till, %r
make productive, tho importance of con- j
sideling what he can best do to promote
the growth and prosperity of the State,
and, at the same time, greatly advanoe
bia own interest.
The most productivo lauds, the finest
water-powers, ibo richest mines and the
moat ?baadaot raw material, are compa?
ratively worthless without aa industri?
ous popniatio n of skilled labor to develop
them.
Free and obeap lands have built rail?
roads and ??iep through the West. Our I
peopk/fis&t?i ebrjndauoe of dormant]
capital in their unoccupied lands. Let
them make this capital active, by donat?
ing every other 60 or 100 acres of their
domain-either gratis, or at a nominal
prio^fft^igajj^paymouts-to industrious
settlors, Wno";w?l make improvements.
Bat there should be a conoert of action,
and thia may be attained through Coun?
ty meetings or associations, and these
associations might send delegates to
State Conventions, end by some geuerul
form of wise liberality, the flow of im?
migrants, so long setting their courses
Wes. rard, will be attracted and induced
to spread themselves Over tiie South.
When some liberal plans of this sort are
inaugurated, a brief period only will be
required to demonstrate to the enterprise
and capitol of the Northern States and
Europe, the necessity of removing their
machinery and, work-shops to a moro ge?
nial elimo; Wo appond the following
article from a Northern paper:
WHY EMIGRANTS SHOULD GO SOUTH.
Pablio sentiment at the South has expe?
rienced a change on the subject of diver?
sified labor, that is destined to render
that section the most prosperous of any
portion of our country. Formerly, they
preferred to.pay the profits on manufac?
tured products and the cost of transpor?
tation,'-rather than encourage the artizan
at borne. All their energies with slave
labor were directed to the cultivation of
those rich products of cotton, rice and
sugar, for whioh their section enjoys a
monopoly. From every representation
of pnblio opinion now, we perceive that
the oeonle are alive to their true inte?
rests-that ot encouraging not only the
cultivation of th'oir old staples, bul of
every other product for which their soil,
climate, abundant raw material and natu?
ral advantages are so peculiarly adapted.
Every portion of the South produces
coro, equal to the West, and some .sec?
tions g?ow the best wheat in this coon
try.'' 'There is no section so rich in the
varions natural advantages as the South?
ern States. Almost everything that is
grown in the Northern or Western States,
flourishes there; and beside their soil
and climate, they are everywhere rich in
valuable timber; the hard pine, every
variety of oak, ash, poplar, cypress and
other woods are abundant. And along
the Alleghenies, from Virginia-to Alaba?
ma, is probably the richest section of the
world for the great Variety of its minerals
-coal, iron, gold, copper, zinc, marble,
salt and lime have been 'developed in a
rude, slave labor way, for many years.
Skilled labor! science and capital are now
diroeling their ?lleuiion io this region.
Bot, perhapB, tho greatest advantage the
South possesses over every Other section
of our vast oountry, is the immense
water-power, scattered almost everywhere
throughout tho h i lb' sections of the inte?
rior, surrounded with the raw material
for working into manufactured products,
and contiguous by. rail and river to the
markets of the world, not requiring two
or three bushels of corn to send one
bushel to market.
True, lhere are localities along tho un?
drained flat lands, near swamps and
stagnant water courses, that are sickly at
certain seasons; but the whole interior
and billy sections are moro free from
local disease and epidemics, than the
West,'or the North. Io proportion to
population, more old persons can bo
found throughout the South, than in any
other section.
Wc learn that in many of our cities
and towns, organizations of colonies are
being -formed, with a view of exploring
the Southern States and of establishing,
at suitable localities, the nuolens of ma?
nufacturing towns and cities. These
combinations among farmers aud arti
zans of different callings, is a muoh more
sensible mode of improving their condi?
tion, than trades nnions, to coerce higher
wagos. The contributions required to
support strikes, if applied to sending
delegates to spy ont the fertile fields and
inviting opportunities awaiting their em?
brace, would enable many a family, now
struggling for existence iu the frigid
North, to become the independent owner
of a home, in a few years, ia tho genial
South; whore now, there is no class more
welcomo, than the manufacturer and
skilled laborer. H. W. Ii.
Tute BKPEAII OF THE TOWNSHIP A OT.
In ripeaUng the township Aet, the Le?
gislature has dono well. It was a foolish
pieco of legislation ia the beginning.
Mr. Arnim, who appears to have been
prominent in the repeal, said, in refer?
ence to the Act:
"Like every other creature, in accord?
ance vith the law of nature, it bad to
die. It was, he said, created by the
Ken alor from Charleston (Hr. Corbin.)
He had tried, three weeks, to norse it,
j but h J had to yield it up. The fiat had
gone forth that it was to die, and die to
I day, .-?id ho thought they would bary it.
i This township law is a creature, from ar
|NortWorn climate, and cannot Uve in
Southern atmosphere. It is impractica?
ble, in toto, and, in regard to the jury
law connected with it, they would soon
have lometbing better."
Weisen it stated that the Act, as origi?
nally framed, would have cost the State
about 81,165,000.
THI CASE OP VIHOINIA.-- There seems,
now, to be a chance for the early admis?
sion of Virginia. If admitted, however,
it wil| be by tho "akin of her teeth."
The conduct of Congress vs. Virginis is
an instance of gross perfidy, and is cer?
tainly riot complimentary to President
Grant. It was he who dressed Virginia
up for presentation to Congress.
rtWW'w".i?.I^III WilimWliri*
STAT? S.?dt*tiATtJRK.
FKEDAY, January ?4.
^ "SENATE. " ^
Thsf Seaate met at Ifta. Yresi#?af?ro
Montgomery tit thejOhfir. A fi
Sundry acwoouts from, tbs House W*re
roferrod to tho various committees. J
Tho Judiciary Committee, to whom
had beon referred the presentment of tho
grand jury of Spartanburg County, for
the Fall Term of 18G9, recommend that
it be printed and laid over.
A joint resolution to authorize the
Keeper of the State House to purchase
a nuuibor of sun-light gas burners, to
be used in tho Capitol, was read and re?
ferred.
Mr. Arnim introduced a bill to relieve
the far mers of the State.
1 Mr. Cain introduced a bill to provide
for a sinking fund and management of
th e same.
Mr. Corbin introduced a bill to define
(he manner in which tho State lion upon
railroads may bo discharged.
Mr. Biemau offered a resolution, au?
thorizing tho County Commissioners of
Oconoo County to levy a special tax.
Mr. Wimbush presented n bill to re?
peal an Act to incorporate the Air Line
Railroad.
Mr. Nash introduced a bill to incorpo?
rate the Comet Fire Engine Company, of
Orangeburg.
The following joint resolution and
bills were returned os being duly and
correctly engrossed: Joint resolution an
thorizing the appointment of Fish Com?
missioner and defining the duties there?
of; an Act to protect thc rights of
persons lawfully in possession of lands
und tenements; au Act to repeal au Act
entitled "an Act to organize townships,
and to defino their powers and privi?
leges.
R?solution to appoint D. H. Chamber?
lain, J. A (treen und Wm. McKinlay,
proxies in the South Carolina Railroad
Company, was adoptod.
A resolution by Hayno, rotative to thc
disposition of State hinds, was adopted.
A bill to secure advances for agricnl
turul purposes was referred to tho Judi
ciary Committee.
Tho report of the Committee ot
Fi naneo on a bill to authorize an appro
priation of 81,000,000 of State bondi
for tho purchase of lands, for home
Hteads, was adopted.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Houso met at 12 m. Speake:
Moses in the chair.
Messrs. Brynut and Barr obtainot
lcavo of absence.
The following bills were read the thin
time, passed, and ordered to befenrolled
To vest in Toney Stafford the charter o
a ferry from Dill's Bluff, on Jame
Island, to tho city of Charleston; to in
corporate the Promptitude Fire Engin
Company, of Charleston; to incorpor?t
the African Methodist Episcopal Chare'
in thi.s State; to seoare equal oivi
rights, and to provide for the enjoymen
of all remedies in law, by all persons
regardless of race or color.
Tho Committee on Education, t
whom was referred tho account of R. W
Johnston, for work done at the Sont
Carolina University, reported back th
same, with a recommendation that tb
account be referred to the Committee o
Claims; which was adopted.
The Committee on Internal Improve
menta, to whom was referred a bill 1
grant to certain persons therein name
tiio right to dig and mine in the bec
of the navigable streams and waters <
tho State for phosphate rocka and pho
pbatio deposits, recommended ita rafe
ence to tho Committee on Mines an
Manufactories; which was adopted.
Mr. Chestnut introduced a bill to d
clare tho rights of the Camden Brid]
Coinpanj'; which was referred.
Mr. Turner introduced a bill to inou
porace the Nazareth Church, in ?Sparta
burg.
Mr. Stoeber introduced a bill to ince
porato tho Florence Fire Engine Comp
ny, of Florence.
Mr. Neagle introduced a bill to forth
perpetuate tho homestead law, and f
other purposes; n?ao a joint resolution
provide for tho payment of ache
I teachers.
Mr. Waller introduced n bill to chart
a ferry across the Wuccamaw River, ai
for othor purposes.
Notices were giveu of the followi
bills: For tho relief of the fanners of t
State; to incorporate the Weston Fi
Engine Company, of Georgetown;
incorporate the Mount Carmel Bapt
Church, of Darlington; to amend an A
entitled "an Act to amend the charter
tho town of Anderson ;" to recharter t
town of Pickons.
At 1 p. m., the Senate joined t
Houso, for the purpose of electing i
Regents for the Lunatic Asylum. T
following persons were elected: Jose
Taylor, (colored,) Robert C. DeLar(
(colored,) Samuel B. Thompson, (<
cored,) A. Q. Mackey, Joseph Crews n
R. B. Elliott, (colored.) Henry Sp
nick, Beverly Nosh, (colored,) and B.
Bosemon, (colored,) had previously bc
eleoted.
The Houso then adjourned until 12
on Monday.
TIIK PEABODY FUNERAL FDEET.
despatch to the Now York Tribu
dated Washington, 5th instant, si
"that the Navy Department bas reo?ii
despatches from Captain MoComb, oe
manding the United States steamer F
mouth, which accompanies the Engl
ship Monarch, conveying the reniai ni
tho late Mr. Peabody." He i afora
the department that they bad decided
take a Sonthern route, touching at I
deira and Bermuda, but does not ic
cate what time they may be ex pee tee
Portland. According to the calcul?t
made by Admiral Porter, ollowing
ships to stop at Madeira and Bermi
the usual time for coaling, their arri
at Portland may be expected about
25th instant
Tho Mayor of Portland bas orde
the City Hall to be closed, for all pul
amusements, until after the receptioi
the remains of Mr. Peabody. When
Monarch arrives, Minister Thornton i
be on hand to receive the remains of J
over to the United States suthorit
The present programme is, that
Mayor of Portland shall receive tht
and the queation that has arisen
whether he is tho proper official. r:
President has ordered naval ? essais
meet the remains at sea, but it ia a gt
tion whether that is making enougl
the matter, and whether the Secretary
State, or some other official imm?diat
representing the President, ought not
be detailed to receive thom from 1
Thornton. This question will, no dor
be satisfactorily settled by the diploa
here, prior to the 25th.
Tho wonk and emaciated mother SJ
"My health nnd strength is restored
the use of" SOLOMONS' BITTEJ**'. N2
A clM??btUA 8XOK? BT i?T^'^AlK.
WheSjferDiok Baker, of Deadhorso
Guich, was oat ol luol^a^UWe down?
hearted, ho would fftU to mourning over
the loes ol a wonderful ?et he used to
own (for where women ?nd children ere
not, men ol kindly impulse take np with
pete, for they tenet love something.)
And he always spoke of the strange sa?
gacity of that cat with the air of a man
who believed in his secret heart that
there was something human about it
may be even supernatural.
I hoard bim talking about this animal
once. He said, gentlemen, I used to
have a cat hero, by the namo of Tom
Quartz, you'd a took an interest in, I
reckon-most anybody would. I had
him hero eight years-and ho was the
remarkablest oat I ever soo. Ho was a
largo gruy one of tho Tom spcoio, and
he had more hard, natural sense than
any man in bis camp, and a power of
dignity; he wouldn't a lot the Gov'oer cf
California be familiar with him. He
never kotcked a rat in his life-'peared
to bo above it. He never oared for noth?
ing but mining. He knowed moro about
mining, that cst did, than any man I
ever see. Yon couldn't tell him nothiog
about placer digging-and as for pocket
mining, why he was just born for it.
He would dig out after me and Jim when
wo went over the hills prospecting, and
he would trot along behind us for fivo
miles, if wc went so far. And he had
the best judgment about mining ground
-why yon never seo anything like it.
When wo went to work, he'd scatter a
glance around, and if be didn't think
much of the indications, ho would give
a look as much as to soy, "Well, I'll have
to got you to excuso me," and without
another word he'd bysto his nose into
the air and shovo for home. But if the
ground suited him, he would lay low and
koop dark till tho first pan was washed,
and then be would sidle up aud tako a
look, and if there was about six or neveu
grains of gold he was satistled-he didn't
want no better prospect'n than that-nnc
then he would lay down on our coats mn
snoro like a steamboat till we'd struck th?
pocket, and then get up and superintend,
I Well, by-and-by, up comes this quart:
I excitement, aud everybody was into it
I everybody was picking uud blasting
instead of shoveling dirt on thc hill
sido-everybody was putting dowu i
j shaft, instead of scraping the surfuco
I Nothing would do Jim, but we mus
j tackle the ledges too, nud so wo did
Wo commenced putting dowu a shaft
and Tom Quartz he begin to wondc
what in thu Dickens it was nil about
He hadn't ever seen any mining lik
that before, and ho was ail upset, ns yoi
may say-ho couldn't come to a rigb
understanding of it no way-it was to
many for him. Ho was down ca it, toe
you bet yon-ho was down on it powei
ful-and always appeared to consider i
thc cussedest foolishness out. But thn
cat, you know-ho was always agin nev,
fangled arrangements-somehow h
oould never abide 'em. You kuow ho'
it is with old habits. But, by-aud-b\
Tom Quartz begiu to get sort of rccoi:
1 oiled a little, though he never coul
altogether understand that eternal sink
ing of a shaft and never panning ot
anything. At last, ho got to comin
down in tho shaft himself aud try t
cypher it out. And when he'd got th
ulura, aud feel kind o' scruffy, aggri
vated and disgusted-knowing, as h
did, that tho bills waa running up all tl
time and we warn't making a cent-1:
would curl up on a gunny-saok in tl
corner and go to sleep. Well, oue da;
when the shaft was down about eigl
foot, the rock got so hard that wo had I
put in a blast-the first blastiug we
j ever done since Tom Quartz was bon
IAud Limn we lit the fuse, and dumb on
and got fifty yards-and forgot and le
Tom Quartz sound asleep on the gunn
sack. In about a minute, we seen a pi
of smoke burst up out of the hole, at
then everything let go, with an awi
crash, and about four million tons
rocks and dirt and smoko and splinte
shot up about a milo and a half into tl
air. And, by Georgo! right in the mid
of it, was old Tom Quartz, goiug ei
I over end, aud a suorting and a snceziu
and a clawing aud a roaching for thing
Like all possessed. Bnt it warn't no us
you know-it warn't no U6C. Ai
that was the last wo see of him, f
about two minutos and a half; nud the
all of a sudden, it begin torain rocks ai
rubbagc, and directly ho como do\
kcr-whop, about ten foot off from whe
wo stood. Well; I reckon ho wi
p'raps, tho orneriest looking beast y
ever see. One ear was sot baok on I
neck, and his tail was stovo up. aud 1
eye-winkers was swinged off, and ho w
all blacked tip with powder aud sniol
and all sloppy with mud and slush frc
one end to tho other. Well, sir,
wasn't no use to try to apologize
couldn't say a word. Ho took a sort o
disgusted look at hissolf, nud then
looked at us-aud it was jut>t exactly t
same as if he had said: "Gent's may
you think it's smart to tako advantago
' a cat that ain't had no experience
?uartz mining, but I think difieren
nd then ho turned on his heel, a
marched off home, without ever nay i
another word."
That was jost his style. And may
you won't believe it, but after that y
never see a cat so prejudiced agaii
quartz mining as what he was. And
and by when he did get to goiug do
in the shaft again, you'd a been as
nished nt fchis sagacity. Tho minute W(
touch off a blast and the f nse'd begiu
sizzle, he'd give a look as much ns to si
"Well, I have to get you to oxense mi
and it was surprising, the way ho'd si
out of that hole and go for a tres.
Sagacity I It ain't no name fer it
waa inspiration !
I said, "Well, Mr. Baker, this pre
dice against quarts mining was remar!
ble, considering how he came hy
Couldn't you ever cure him ot it?"
''Cure him! No! "When Tom Qua
waa sot once, ho was always sot-u
you might a blowed him up aa much
three million times ned ? you'd nevoi
broke him of his cussed wiriudioe agai
Bakers face when he delivered this
bate to the firmness of his hnmhln fri?
A Goop Trfo??HT,Jroa ra? Nsw Yx
Rev. Albert Barnes saya: "The work
becoming better every year, every mon
I every day. In its progress society tal
hold of ali that is valuable,- or that e<
sti tu tes real improvement, and will i
lei it die. That which is worthless
superoodod by that which is useful; tl
which is injurious and wrong is drop):
by the way; that which goos permano
ly into tho good order of tho world al?
is maintained; and Christianity never L
BO firm a hold on the intelligent faith
mankind as it has now."
UHMW STATES Douifrr*Hoil. Gee! 8.
Bryan, FreaWid g.-.Ecarte A? H! Ford
in r+ W. W. Marloe, Petition for saki of
choses iz. actif?. Qfrante<& / ?
Exporte J. L. Dawson, bf Anderson.
Petition for Anni discharge. Referred
to O. Q. JmeW, Registrar.
Ex parl? VVm. Power tn re W. B. Bell.
Petition to establish lien. Registrar's
report oonflrmed.
Ec parte Janies A. Fowler tn re W. A.
Cheek. Petition fot sale. Registrar's
report confirmed.
Ec parte W. ?X Evana tn re L. K.
Teague. PetitionUo sell lands, &o. Re?
port confirmed. \
Ex parie Gt. P. Copeland in re D. T.
Compton; ex parte Wm. McGorkin in re
J. R. Cochran. Pelion to sell. Regis?
trar's report con Urine J.
The following petitions for final dis?
charge were granted : George W. Rasor,
of Anderson; Stephen P. Teagao, of
Laurepe; Thomas Y. Harri?, of Lau?
rens; Elijah H. Cherry, of York; Baram
B. Foster, of Spartnu'burte; James Gam
brol, of Anderson; DauieaP. Mann, of
York; Charles P. lletnserVpf Richland;
James Ratteree, of York; ll ncL Sibert,
of Abbeville; J. S. SimsV of Union;
Charlee C. Th ames, of Clarendon; Alfred
W. Thames, of Clarendon.
Ex parte Charles Sellmel of Ulm,
Wir tom berg. Petition for citizenship.
Granted. A
I Ev parle Alphonso Qagnier, of. Rouen,
France. Petition for notice of intontion
to become a citizeu. Thc usual oath
I was administered.
On motion of Hon. Henry BuiU, the
I Judge appointed Hon. H. Buist,, W. E.
Mikell and R. Siegling, Esqs., to ex
amiuo Mr. E. B. Seabrook, an applicant
j for admission to practice iu tho Uu\ted
States Courts.
j THE SAINTS OF WAU. STREET.-I ha.ve
been calculating the amount gotten oht
j of Wall &treet, for some years past, fcry
various thefts and swindles, exclusive of
! the rogular operators, and I estimate it)
? at 85,000,000 or 80,000,000, per annum.
! This seems an enormous sum; but if yon
will take the trouble to couut up tho
forgeries, embezzlements, ct?., you will
see that I am rather under than over the
I mark. Those who steal, should remem?
ber to steal cuongh. If thoy descend to
petty amounts, they will bo thrust into
i the Tombs. If they rub ou a tnagnifi
. cent scale, thoy will enjoy thc advantage
j of u compromise, and the reputation of
j being clever scoundrels. You remember
the bank officer, who, sumo years ago,
I went to a lawyer and informed him he
i had used a 8100.000, belonging to thc
j bauk.
"What have you done with it?"
j "Lost it all io stock speculations."
I "Haven't you any left?"
j "Not 8500."
j "And you waut my advice?"
"Yes, very much."
"Well, then, go back to tho bunk, and
j take $200,000 more."
I "You're jesting with ine."
"Not in the least. Take tho 8200,000.
Confess your embezzlement. Ofter to
compromise by paying 8100,01)0. Tho
bauk will refrain from prosecuting you,
accept your terms, and enable you to ro
I tiro with au independence."
Tho lawyer wus right. The bauk did
I exactly as he said it would. Thc dufauit
I ing officer took nu airing iu Europe, ro
! turned hero, pretended to resign on ac
! count of his health, joined a fashionable
' church, und is to-day regarded as a pat
j tern of moralities. -Cor, Cincinnati Times.
! AN AU ED UBI MINAD,-lu tho Essex
i County Court (N. J.) Tuesday, Jacob
Labaugh, of Bloomfield, who has been
, chargod iu the courts, ut diff?rent times,
i with nearly every crime known to tho
j law, except murder, was called np on a
? number of charges, and was sentenced
t in each case to pay the heaviest fines that
i tho court could inflict. Upon eight
I charges of fornication, Labaugh pleaded
guilty, aud was fined fourteen dollars
each and costa of prosecution. He
pleaded guilty to a charge of assault and
battery, aud was sentenced to S30O fine
und costs. He was accused upon two in?
dictments for larceny, and was sentenced
to pay a flue of 8100 aud costs In each
ease. Labangh's last appearance in the
same court was upon charges of burgla?
ry, and of the most loathsome of crimes.
Thc complainants subsequently disap?
peared, and the prosecution was, after a
time, by some means, discontinued. La
Bough was formerly a respectable farmer,
and is still a man of considerable pro?
perty.
CONTESTED ELECTION CASES.-Tho fol
! lowing aro tho coutested election cases of
! Congressmen now pending bofore the
House Committee on Elections, of which
Mr. Paine is Chairman : Van Wycke VF.
Green, Now York; Covodo vs. Foster,
Pennsylvania; Taylor vs. Readiug, Penn?
sylvania; Wallace va Simpson, South
Carolina; Beiden vs. Bradford, Colorado;
Roid vs. Julian, Indiana; Boyden vs.
Shober, North Carolina; Zeigler vs. Rice,
I Kontucky; Barnes vs. Adams, Kentucky;
Shields vs. Van Horn, Missouri; Switz
; 1er vs. Dyer, Missouri; Cameron vs.
I Roots, Arkansas; Engleston vs. Strader,
' Ohio; Sheaff vs. Tillman, Tennessee;
' Loftwich vs. Smith, Tonuesseo; limes
j vs. hhorrod, Louisiana; Whittlesey vs,
McKenzio, Virginia; Tucker vs. Booker,
' Virginia. Five seats iu Louisiana are
. contested on account of alleged intimi?
dation, and five seats for Georgia re?
main nnooenpied because of informality
of certificates of election.
Tho Schenectady Star is puzzling itself
' over the conundrum why girls oan dress
I as thinly as they do and still keep warm,
I and relates tho following startling expe?
rience: "We once rode with a girl in an
open cutter fifteen miles, on one of the
coldest nights of winter, aud while we
j eat frozen nigh as stiff as a snake, our
teeth chattering like oastipets, she kept
up an animated conversation, every now
and then exclaiming: 'Ob, isn't this de
Ughtfol! Don't yon enjoy it.-?. When
we arrived ot Ohr destination, notwith?
standing we were dreaded a great deal
warmer than our fair companion, she had
I feoVlift ns out of tho euther apd conduct
' amAo a farm.lmna^ (li u>? Miara tri o
wefwero frosea to death? and she drove
corpse home. It must be that girls
.rs tougher than wo met: people."
-"- . I I. !
iNOKNOiani?ii.--We regret to learn
that the bara and stables of Mr. Robot*
Brownlee, ? well-known and highly'
esteemed citizen of tba neighborhood of
Donn aldavilla, were oousumed by fire on
Wednesday night of last week. A large
amonnt of fodder, together with two
horses, were destroyed. The loss is,
probably, s >ino 8700 or $800. It was,
clearly, the work of an incendiary.
[Abbeville Press and Banner.
A little girl, repeating her Sunday 1
school lesson, gavo a new version to a
familiar passage: "Ye cannot servo God !
and mamma."
Ifc?oal Items.
i -iu
CtecatBJt.^-Wfj bad a rieli? yesterday
ovoning, from Mr. H. W. Risley, sr., of
Now York. He is a Georgian by birth, j
and iras, for many yean, ono of the I
principals In the drug houses of Hay i land, j
Risley Sc Co. Mr. B. is now earnestly
engaged in an effort to colonizo the Sooth, |
in which we hopo he will meet with
abondant success.
THE PHCENIX scuds greetings to tho
Mountaineer, of Greenville, and will not
omit to pnt it opon its exchange list.
Mr. G. Dieroke, ot tho corner grocery,
has made an addition to his beverages
a preparation now to Americans, bot
which is aaid to be a favorite with the
Swiss. It is called "Morgen-Dnft,"
Mist of the Morning. A mnsician of
note, overcome by tho effects of this
"mist," has composed a polka in its
praise, whioh its devotees are presumed
to sing with a vim.
The Supreme Court, yesterday, with?
out attending to any business, adjourned
until Tuesday next, when tho oases on
tho first cirouit will be called.
The spring is approaching, and ou:
merchants are offering bargains in winter
goodn. Road their advertisements in
this morning's PHOENIX.
Mra. Townsend hasre-lcnsed the "Shi?
ver building," and announces that she
is now prepared to accommodate either
transient or permaoeut boarders. The
house is conveniently located-cornel
Maiu aud Plain.
Counterfeits of tho last issue of fifty
cent uotes have been received in Wash
* ington, whioh aro said to bo better exo
, outed than any others yet made. Th?
paper is inferior.
Messrs. Bryan & McCarter have fur?
nished us with a copy of the Februar;
number of Godoy's Lady's Hook. Thil
is the fortieth year of its publication
which is the best evidence of its popu
lar i ty with the fair BOX.
j At H meeting of the Social Club, heh
I last ovoning, at thu Independent Fir
Compauy'a Hall, thu following odicor
; were eluoted: D. Good mun, Pi emelon I
j M. Raptan, Vice-President; M. Davii
I Seoretaryv; F. Konsllor, Treasurer. Tin
I association, as we learn, hus beeu forme
J for the purpose ol alTording tho mea
bers au oppottUuity ??i' hcut?tii?iii sooii
recreation. Tt will, doubtless, prove ver
attractive.
{ Both branchy- of Ibo Legislature tak
I hoi id ny to-day''.
' New York is laid in tho shade, in tl
j way of bivalves Messrs. Paysinger
' Franklin, of the* Exchange House, u:
I npeniug some of tho largest nnd tine
j oysters we havo experimented on :
many a day. They are too much for f
ordinary-sized mouih-we managed
worry ihem, bowevek
BUSINESS CARDS A?? CIRCULARS.-J
tho season is approaching for the au nu
travel and distribution \f business car
aud circulars, our merclwutH and othe
will please give atteutionVo the fact th
our job office is supplied wth the best
boards, of all color?, Hill commproi
uote aud other paper, nod \o very ne
est and most fashionable styles of tyr.
thus enabling us to supply Vii of su
wants. A
HOTEL ARBIVALS, January li-Coln;
bia Hotel.-G. S. Byan. B. O'Niel, :
Buist, J. Dawson, ?. W. Thain, Chi
leston; J. M. CroBBwell, Fort M\.>tte; !
Terry, Va. ; A. August, Edgefleki; Fi
Gordon, Ga.; A. Isaacs, Chariest JU;
Watson, Edgcfield; N. F. Bynum.Kir
ville; S. A. Aspinwoll and wife, Pa.;
Gridley and wife, John Early, E Hoc
den and wife, W. D. Kilman, Miss VE
man, N. Y. ; J. M. Heighe and wife, al
MoO. Ross, Md.; C. T. Jeffries, P.^
Chambers, Pa.; J Bannister, Gre
ville; E. ?. Keitt, Newberry; P. B. Irl
Laurens; H. T. Harlleo. Mar's Bluff;
Wilson, Abbeville; H. J. Hardy, Sp
' tanburg; C. C. Puffer, N. Y.; E. M. C
bert, S. C.
Nickerson House.-W. B. Walsh, N.
Mrs. McMillan, J. B. Gordon, Charl
ton; T. Jordan. Winosboro; J. H. H
den, Chester; L. J. Patterson, Kersh?
8. H. Clark, Manning; L. B. Ansi
Greenville; H. H. Webb, N. Y.; Jc
P. Gage, two Misses Gage, Union;
A. Wardlaw, Tenn. ; A. A. Farley, N.
J. B. Abnttnot, D. Hiliard. Pa. ; J.
Gay, N. C.; K. King, Charleston; F.
Thomas, Bennettsville; J. R. Chathe
! Newberry.
National Hotel-Mr. Hawley, Char!
? ton; L. L. Wells, Manning; W.
Minis, James J. Latimer, Georgia; CL
B. Trumbo, Baltimore; W. H. Wh
? Missouri; W. G. Merri wether, Flori
i H. B. Sbackelford, Baltimore; T.
! Pitts, Newberry ; George Kegler, I
! ington.
The "local" of the August* Chror
\ ia terribly annoyed by a noisy anio
I and vents his feelings thusly :
j There is a dog that lives on our \
i home that needs attention from so
; body, and if he doesn't get it prettys
a murder may be confidently expool
He is decidedly tbe meanest and n
malignant brute-tbe finest speoii
of pare and unadulterated ouasednet
of the canine persuasion that ever
nished sausages to a confiding fan
Whether he hatea newspaper peoph
a principle, or whether he nae a part
Ur grudge against the writer, we k
not; bat certain it is that whenever
j latter pames the yard /*hifjh cont
Ihm
tho morning, just as soon as his foots
arc heard on tho pavement, ibas
makes a bound at tho wooden gate, b
ing as if he was paid for tho job
anxious to get th? money. Tbwbedof
reporter baa endeavored to console ?
self with the thofcgfata that the "bar
the our is worse than his bite;" "ho o
! get ont to save bis life;" never run f
a dog, but look him straight in the
; and be won't hurt you," otc.; but it'
I no use, ull the wise saying in the w
1 won't furnish balm in Gilead wh
1 neuro is on. Every night the 1
sounds louder, the bound is swifter,
gato seems weaker, and we will ei
have to contract witb a butcher for
dog, or elae chango our hush bout
some other looality.
H?tii An?ANd4M6KTA -Thtf Northern
mail ls opened for delivery at 8 a. m. ;
closed at 8.80 a. m. Charloatou, opened
at 5.80 p. m.; olosed at 8.80 p. m.
Greenville, opened at 5.80 p. m.; closed
at 8.80 p. m. Westeru, opened at 9.30
a. m.; closed at 4 p. m. Charlestou,
(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.
WK.PT>I?G CARDS AND EnVr^urti. -A
lot of wedding cards and envelopes, of
latest styles, bas just been received;
which will be printed in imitation of en?
graving, and at lees than one-tenth the
cost. Call and see specimens at PHORNIX
office.
ADVERTISING DOGS.-The New York
Democrat naya: "Merchants in Savannah,
Ga., advertise in a novel way. Dogs rau
around the streets with blankets on, oa
which are painted advertisement nts.
Then there is some use these hydropho
bists oan be pnt to. But won't it injure i
the local papers?"
The Republican thinks it a dog-god
mean trick for merchants to bring their
goods before the pablio in that way, and
threatens, if it is not stopped, to petition
the Council to kill all the dogs, even
those with collars on. We presume that
the petition will be cheerfully endorsad
by tho sausage manufacturers of the city.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention i*
called to the following advertisement!-,
published the first time this moruintr:
W. D. Love & Co.-Selling off Cheap.
Mrs. S. Townsend-Private Boarding.
P. Cantwell-Saur Kraut.
Campbell & Jones-Pickles, &c.
D. Goodman-A Card.
Assignees' Sale at Williamston.
TUTT'S IMPROVED HAIR DYK is admit?
ted on all Hides to be the most simple
Hud natnral Dye ever invented; it is
easily applied, does not stain the skin,
leaves the hair soft and glossy, and is
instantaneous in its effect. Try it, and
yon will use no other. J15 0
TUE GHOST OF KING SOLOMON.-If
the spiritualists could raise it, would
admit that there is something "new
under tho sun." PHAIION'B VIT AMA OR
SAT/VATION POR THE HAIR is thoroughly
original. There has been nothing like it
since time began. It is the only trans?
parent und harmless fluid in existence
that will restore the natural color to gray
huir without discoloring the skin. J15J3
PR?STINO INK.-The ink we are now
using on the S/nr, is from the works of
Mr. C. E. Robinson, Philadelphia. We
are much pleased with it, considering it
equal to any ink of the same class we
have ever used. The quality and price
ought to recommend it to every printer,
j Wilmington ( N. C.) Morning Star.
FINE PRINTING INK.-We take pleasure
in calling the attention of printers to
the advertisement of Mr. C. E. Robin?
son, ink manufacturer, Philadelphia.
The Morning Netos is printed with ink
from his manufactory. It is clear, well
ground and of good color, and is ?old at
a very reasonable price. In fact, it is
the best ink for the price that we have
used, and we cordially odd our endorse?
ment to the advertisement.
[Savannah (Qa.) Neuss.
Wo aro using Mr. C. E. Robinson's
priutiug ink, and find all that is said oi
it in the numerous extracts above to be
true.- Portsmouth Transcript.
We have received from Mr. W. H.
Bernard, Wilmington, a sample con oi
printing ink, manufactured, by C. E,
Robinson, Gray's Ferry Printing Int
Works, Philadelphia, for the sale ol
which Mr. Bernard is agent tor this seo
tion. We have tried the Sample, abd
consider it superior to any ink we hav<
ever used, costing os little money. Wc
think the printers of the State will d<
well to purchase their ink from Mr. Ber
nard.
Col. Wm. H. Bernard, of the WU
mington Star, has placed ns under obli
gationa for a liberal sample of Robin
son's Gray's Ferry Printing Ink, tbe bea
and cheapest article of news ink nov
offered in the Southern marketa. W<
have used many kinds of ink daring oa:
publishing experience, bat oan choer
fully commend Robinson's make oSBupe
rior to almost every other ink we hav
tried. It may be ordered directly fron
W. H. Bernard, Agent, Wilmington, N
C., a groat convenience for Southon
publishers.-Plaindealer. J15 1
. . The beauty of woman-how marred b;
blotches, pimples, spots, Sec. The prc
valence .of these symptoms of a diseaaei
condition of the blood is notioeabl
everywhere. \ Seo the young man or th
young girl, with boils, pimples, apoti
and a pale, waxy, blanched appearanc
of the countenance and integument
generally, as well of the lips, tongue an
mouth, a pulse feeble and rapid, loss c
appetito, with indigestion, flatnlenc
and irregular aotion of the bowels, lo
spirits and severe beadaohe, great debil
ty, with languor, you may ?et it dow
the blood wants richness. A thousan
complaints flow from this one thief
Tba QUEEN'S DELIGHT is the groat bloo
purifier and renovator. Get a bott]
and use it. It is an invaluable medicis
for poverty of blood. It is the oheape
and best medici no yon can use, as ;
cleanses and purifies the very fountai
of life. Be sore to ask for "HXINITSH
QUEEN'S DELIGHT." For sale by FISH?
& HEKUTSH, Druggists. J13
ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM.-The remet
for curing Consumption, Coughs, Bro
chites, Asthma, and Croup. As an e
pectorant it has no equal. It la coi
posed of tb? active principles of roo
and plants, which are chemically e
troc ted, so as to retain alt their medti
iAlMISTERS AND ' JPUBLlO J*Ef??SI
W4? find a sure i(emou> W???3
Loxengers and wafers somettifiSaH
lief, bat this Balsam, taken a revH
will insure a permanent cure. VHl
those afflicted with Coughs or CoS
tion, give this Balaam A fair triaiPH
wilt be pleased With the resnlt, and do
fess that the BUBS REMEDT IS POUND .
LAST. It is sold by all Druggists and 1
FISHER k HIEMTIHH, Columbia. Jl||2?
"I am strong and beni thy, yet to pj
lerve my good condition," I use Sox
MON'S BITTERS. NS1
"Oh! what an excellent Tonie," ia i
anguage of the invalid who asea Soi
?ON?' HITTER*. NU!
"Just the thing 1" Suoh is the exd
nation of the Dyspeptics who usa Soi
ICONS' BITTERS. N2'l