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COLUMBIA, S. C.
Tuesday Moraine:, January 25,1870.
THE VALUE OF IMMIGRATION
TO THE SOUTH.
We cannot easily over-estimate the ad?
vantages to acorn? to the Sooth from the
rich stream of European emigration.
What it would do for the Sontb, is indi?
cated by what it bas done for the North.
In DoBoxc's Review for November, we
observe a remarkable statement of the
value that has resulted to this country
from the tide of emigration-the value,
not only in an industrial, but in a moral
point of view. The writer states that
immigration is really the strength and
dependence of the country-that medi?
cal writers have furnished statistics show?
ing that, without the foreign clement in
oar body-politic, the population of somo
sections of the country, especially New
England, would be less to-day than it
was thirty years ago. Tho writer holds
further immigration "is tho main stay
of the conservatism which alone eau
save the country from the gulf of anar?
chy, and which is now beating hack tho
hosts of chaos fighting under tho banner
of radicalism." "If,1' he adds, "the
foreign-born voters of the United States
were disfranchised this year, before 1872,
the party of despotism and destruction
woald bo in possession of every State
and Federal office in the couutry." The
writer adds:
"Daring the forty years ondiug with
I860, over 5,000,000 of immigrants reach?
ed the United States. Tho exact number
was 5,062,414. In the eight years follow?
ing 1R60, the arrivals cumbered 1,715,
854. Of this number, perhaps, 200,000
were temporary visitors, or Americans
who had been abroad. Deduct these,
and wo still havo over 1,500,000 of im?
migrants in eight years; but again, if
those who come through Canada are
added, the number will ho largely in?
creased. Thus, then, in less than half a
century, we have received from foreign
countries nearly 7,000,000 of people, the
great body of whom settled in this coun?
try and raado it their home, becoming
merged tn the general population, and
as thoroughly identified with our inte?
rests, social, political and industrial, as
though they had been horn on the soil.
Moreover, the mass of immigrants ure
youug men and young women, who soon
"become the fathers and mothers of at
least three times their original number.
It is not too much to estimate tho gain
of population from this source since
1820, nt 10,000,000, which, with the
7,000,000 immigrants, make u total gaiu
of 17,000,000, or nearly half the present
population of the country.
"But this is not all. The wealth rep?
resented by each new-comer is an im?
portant item. Up to 1855, the great
majority of immigrants irere of the poorer
class; since that time, however, there
has been a change. Most of tho immi?
grants now arriving bring with them
money and property, and thus contribute
to the aggregate pnblic wealth. In a
carefully prepared paper recently read
before the Social Science Association, by
Mr. Frederick Kapp, the value of the
property brought by each was estimated
at S15 ). Supposing the whole number
of immigrants arriving in one year to bc
250,000, which is, in fact, considerably
bolow the present average, they repre?
sent, on this estimate, au annual addition
of $37,500,000 to the wealth of the coun?
try. This, iu ten years, would be nearly
?400,000,000, and in twenty years, with
interest, over $1,000,000.000. But there
is, besides, the value of their labor. Each
able-bodied immigrant, and not many
are otherwise, is supposed to be worth
$1,000 to the State or section iu which
ho settles. Takiug this estimate for a
basis, and supposing the number of able
bodied immigrants arriving in twenty
years to be 2,000,000, they represent an ad?
dition of $2,000,000,000 to the capital of
the country, or, with tho property they
bring, about $3,000,000,000. This may?
at first scorn an extravagant estimate, but
it is based upon statistics prepared by
men who make a special study of politi?
cal economy.
"The facts here briefly presented show
the great importance of encouraging im?
migration in every possible manner. It
has been one of the chief sources of the
prosperity of the United States, and will
so continue while it lasts. Without it,
tho material progress of the country
would stop for waut of tho power that
propels it, and even the population might
stand still, and eventually diminish. Im?
migration is the main hopo for the future
greatness, power and wealth of tho re?
public, and for its political stability as
well."
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TUE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT.-Twenty
fivo States have now ratified the fifteenth
amendment. Texas is required to do .so
before she will be udmittcd into the
Union-so, too, will Georgia. So that
hut ono State will remain to make thc
required numher. Ohio probably rati?
fied the amendment yesterday. But
Now York has withdrawn its assent. If
this action is recognized, there must bo
still another State added to those ratify?
ing the amendment. If it becomes
nocessary, Tennessee eau and will be
takeu in hand, as Georgia has been,
and, by this means, tho consent of the
governed will have boen obtained, nolens
volcas, to the proposed amendment.
Hail, Columbia! land of thc free!
? ? ? ?
A dispatch suva "Paris is tranquil."
So was that Pennsylvania nitro-glycerine
jost before it exploded. Thoso tranquil
things sometimes "hist" a mau.
DESTRUCTIVE FIBS Vf. CHESTER-To
one of the sufferers are we indebted for
tho following account of a destructive
conflagration in the tst^n of Chester
We sincerely hope oar contemporary
will not bo discouraged, but will soon
rise from the ashes :
CHESTEK C. H:, January 23, 1870.
EDITOR PHCENIX: A fire broke out this
morning, about 1 o'clock, in the store of
M. F?. Friedlerger & Co., which destroy?
ed property to the value of $15,000 or
$20,000. before it could be checked. The
cause of the fire is as yet unascertained.
The building in which it began was a
two-story frame house, belonging to the
estate of Dauicl Carrol, deceasod. The
first floor was occupied as a dry goods
storo by M. B. Friedlerger & Co., and
the second floor ns the residence of Mrs.
Carroll, and as the sleeping rooms of the
members of the said firm. Mrs. Carroll
retired between ll and 12 o'clock. Mr.
Friedlerger and Mr. Lucks, his partner,
had gone to their room about 10 o'clock.
About 1 o'clock Mrs. Carroll was awaken?
ed by the roaring of the flames, and at
once aroused Mr. Fredlerger and Mr.
Lucks. The fire had theu progressed
too far to allow them to savo anything
in the building. Next to the honso in
which thc fire originated was a three
atory brick building, belonging to Mr.
E. H. Able, occupied by Mr. isaac Hey
man as a dry goods store on tho first
floor; by Messrs. McLure & Bradley as
the printing office of the Chester Reporter
on the second floor, and by the Masons
and Odd Fellows as a common lodge
room on the third floor. Next to this
building was a small one, the property
of Mr. J. L. Agurs, occupied by Mr. J.
J. McNinch as a confectionery. This
house of Mr. Agurs waa toru down to
stop the progress of the fire. The build?
ing of Mr. Able -was entirely destroyed,
together with the contents of the second
and third stories. Thc stock of goods
of Mr. Heyman was removed, but ne?
cessarily much damaged.
The loss may be summed up as follows:
Houso belonging to estate of Daniel
Carroll, (uninsured,) $2,500; house bo
longing to E. H. Able, (uninsured,)
$5,000; house belonging to J. L. Agurs,
torn down, (uninsured,) $1,000; stock of
goods of M. B. Friedlerger A-Co., in?
sured in tho London, Liverpool and
Globe for $4,000, in the Georgia Home
for $2,500 and iu the Enterprise, of
Cincinnati, for $2,500-$9,000; Isaac j
Heyman's stock, insured in the Georgia j
Home, $5,000, and in the Putnam, of
Hartford, $5,500, loss by removal $1,000;
McLure & Bradley-Chester Reporter
loss $2,000-insured for $1,500 in the
Putnam, of Hartford; J. J. McNinch
loss $200 by removal of goods-unin?
sured; Wylie, Roddey & Agurs-loss
probably $1,500 by removal of goods,
covered by iusurance in the Liverpool,
Loudon and Globe.
It was by the most strenuous exertions
that the whole business portion of the
town was kept from sharing a similar j
fate. In these exertions none bore them- j
selves botter than tho colored meu of the ;
town. They worked nobly. The zeal i
they manifested in saving the property
that was endangered canuot fail to bring
about a better feeling between them and
the white citizens of the town. Nothing
was saved from the Reporter office but
the books and a few cases of type. The
press and type of tho Chester Standard
was packed away in the cellar of the
samo building in which was the oilice of
the Reporter. It also waa entirely de- !
stroyed. REPORTER.
Mi:. EDITOE: A number of our ama
teur musicians have, in the very .spirit of j
charity, volunteered their services for a
concert iu behalf of the Lidies' Indus- j
trial Association of this place. This iu - |
stitution greatly needs, and most tho- ?
roughly deserves, all the aid which our
community can afford it. Mr. Joseph
Denck, whose geuius has won the admi- j
ration of the most famous musiciuus of
Europe, actuated by the same spirit, will
assist iu this kindly work of charity.
Those of our citizens who may be pre- !
sent at the concert on Weduesday next,
will have un opportunity of witnessing
those powers of music which were the
admiration of the Conservatory of Leip
sic and called forth the enthusiastic ap?
plause of Liszt himself. Besides this
great attraction, tho vocal portion will
be of no common order. Several of the
voices have already won tho appreciation
of our citizens, when volunteered for
other equally meritorious charities; while
some of them, never before heard in
public, are pronounced by those who
have been fortunate enough to enjoy i
them, to be each of tho highest type of
its kind. The musical club of Charles- |
ton hu3 kindly lent its books for tho no- !
cessary rehearsals, as well as for tho oe- j
casion itself. A gentleman of that city !
visits Columbia solely to assist. Several j
whose promised aid gave encouragement :
to tho design of u concert, will como j
from.a distance tojeontribute to its sue- ?
cass. Will our citizens permit those
generous strangers to excel them in
bounty to au institution founded in our
mi il it for the benefit of our own indi- |
gent, and which in the relief it attempts !
to extend, knows no other distinction
thun'the ueed^uud worthjof thc recipients.
X.
A gentleman, whose name we did uot
learn, was found dead in Aiken, yester
day morning. It appears that on the
night previous, he remained at a party
until ll o'clock, when ho started home,
remarking that his mother was sitting up
for him, and ho could not remain longer.
Nothing more was seen of him until yes?
terday morning, when he was discovered
lying dead in front of his gate, but with?
out any marks of violence upon his per?
son.-Augusta Chronicle.
Rochefort, having fortified himself
with a mess of frogs, has put on his war
paint and continues to brandish his
tomahawk at the Bonapartes.
' I I lill I -LL
STATE LEOI8LAT?RE.
MONDAY, JANUABY24, 1870.
SENATE.
The Senate met at 12 m.
Mr. Hayes offered the following joint
resolution, which was adopted and sent
to the House;
Resolved, by the Senate, the House of
Representatives concurring. That, as a
mark of esteem and sorrow for the death
of Hon. Lemuel Boozer, formerly Lieu
tenant-Governor, President of the Senate,
and late J ml go of the Fifth Circuit, both
branches do now adjourn until to-mor?
row, at 12 m., aud that the flag ou the
State Capitol be placed at half staff.
On motion of Mr. Ruiney, the reso?
lution was amended, by adding after the
last word in the resolution, the follow?
ing: "And that the Sergeant-ut-Arms be
iuhtructed to drape the desks of tho Pre?
sident of the Senate and the Speaker of
the House in mourning for thirty days,
and that the members wear tho usual
badgo of mourning for thirty days.
Leave of abseuee wan granted Messrs.
Foster and Hoyt.
Notice was given of a bill to incorpo?
rate the Hnssah Baptist Church.
Bills from the House received and re?
ferred: To incorporate the Cox Bridge
Hoad; to provide for the payment of
Coroners' Juries.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House met at 12 m. Speaker
Moses in the Chair.
Mr. Ransier offered the following pre?
amble and resolution, which were adopt?
ed and seut to the Senate:
Whereas, information has reached us
of tho death, at Camden, S. C., of Hon.
Lemuel Boozer, Judge of the Fifth Cir?
cuit and Lieutenunt-Cioveruor of the
State; therefore be it
Resolved, by the House of Rec?senla'
fives, the Senete concurring. That both
branches of the General Assembly, in
honor of the lamonted dead, do now ad?
journ and stand adjourned until to-mor?
row, at 12 o'clock m., and that tho Ser
geants-at-Arms of the respective houses
be, and they arc hereby, instructed to
drape the Speaker's stand, aud that of
the President of tho Senate, in mourn?
ing for forty-eight hours, aud that tho
Sergennt-at-Arms of the House "oe in?
structed to lower the flag on the Capitol
building nt half-mast dumg the next
forty-eight hours.
Mr. Purvis offered tho following pre?
amble aud concurrent resolution, which
were adopted and sent to the Senate:
Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God
to remove from our midst our most be?
loved fellow-citizen, Judge L. Boozer,
and ex-Lieutenant-Govcrnor ot South
Carolina, aud whereas, his remaius are
awaiting transfer from the South (Jaro
lina Railroad to the depot of the Char?
lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad;
thereford be it
Resolved, by the House of Representa
fives, (he Senate concurring, That this
General Assembly do adjourn to meet at
3 o'clock, for thc purpose of escorting
his remains from ono depot to the other.
Mr. C. 1). Havoc offered the following
resolution, which was adopted:
Resolved, That a special committee of
five be appointed to draft a suitable pre?
amble and resolutions of respect and con?
dolence relative to the death of the late
Hou. L. Boo/.er, Judge of the Fifth Cir?
cuit, and that the committee be requested
to report to-morrow, at 1 o'clock j), m.
The Committee on Engrossed Bills
returned, as correctly engrossed, thc fol?
lowing bills: To revise, simplify and
abridge the rules, practice and forms ol
the Courts of this State; to create thc
Conuty of Coosawhatchie.
Tho Committee on Enrolled Acts re?
ported, as ready for ratification: Au Acl
to incorporate the Charleston Loan tu J
Trust Company.
Mr. Wright introduced a bill to pro
hibit the peddling of ardent spirits in
this State.
Concurrent resolutions from the Senate,
relative to the death of Judge Boozer,
were adopted and returned.
THE LATE VIOLENT STORM.-Thc etom
which swept over the Western States or
the 17th iustaut, the main particulars ol
which have already been given in oui
telegrams, appears to have traversed th(
lakes and their line as far Ea6t as tht
Hudson. Northern Kentucky suffered
terribly. In the vicinity of Cave City
the storm became a furious tornado,
prostrating every house within a radiu:
of six miles. Prewitt's, in the samt
State, was utterly wiped out. Twontj
persous were killed, and tho destruction
of property is immense. At Cincinnati
and at New Albauy, Indiana, there was
a most terrific display of thunder and
lightning, and the rain-fall is estimatet
at twenty inches! The same phonoruen:
attended tho storm at Nashville, St
Louis. Louisville and Pittsburg. Th<
flood was unprecedented, exteuding ai
far East as the Hudson. Railway trave
ulong the lino from Buffalo to Chicagc
was suspended during the greater part o
the 18th instant. But perhaps tho mosl
singular of all, was the sudden fall of tin
mercury from forty-two degrees to 6ix
teen degrees below zero. At Chicago, i
stood at eight degrees below zero at nooi
of Tuesday, lSlh iustaut.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.-On Saturday last
the pupils of the school ol Chas. ?iutto
Esq., near Bever Fond Post Ollice, Lex
ingtou County, wero assembled at thei:
school-house, for the examination at tin
cl oso of their term. After tho examina
tiou and a collation, partaken of by tin
scholars and visitors, the pleasant occa
sion was being concluded with daucing
While tho morry party woro enjoying
themselves in this way, tho wind rosi
and blew so violently that the dancinf
was suspended. Scarcely bad the dancer
taken their seats, when a sudden burs
of wind swept over the building, and i
fell crashing to the earth, crushing bo
neath the falling timbers its entire occu
pants, and piling them in confusion an<
dismay in a promiscuous heap. We loan
that about thirty persons were injured
some severely, but none fatally.
[Orangeburg News.
HAIL COLUMBIA, HAPPY LAND !- This
littlo city, it has been decided, mast move
along. For several week?, the subject of
a new hotel and opera boase bas been the
topic of discussion, and if wo are to cre?
dit the statements of the Columbia cor?
respondent of the Courter, the matter
has been decided upon definitely. He
.ays:
AN OPERA HOUSE , AND HOTEL.-The
plan for this purpose has been well ma?
tured, and tho pince bas been selected.
The locality embraces 3G2 feet fronting
on one street, anil 145 fronting on an?
other. Nearly every Northern mau in
Columbia, iuciudiug severnl members of
the Legislature, huve ngreed to subscribe
85,000 each. Even Tim. Hurley hus put
down his uame for that amount, while
such meu ns J. J. Paterson, the rail
roadist, Gov. Scott, Leslie, Chamberlain,
Parker, Pierce. Dennis, Donny, and
others, are pledged to noe the thing
through. Mr. John T. Ford, tho fa?
mous theatrical manager, will give
I $10,000 and fittings, and lease the opera
I house for five years, at $5,000 a year.
As it is proposed, in connection with the
I hotel and opera house, to build a number
of stores a in Niblo's, in New York, a
number of the merchants of Columbia
havo expressed a desire to come into the
arrangement ns subscribers. There is
j every probability, therefore, that within
: a year a monster building will be erected
! ou Main street, iu Columbia, which will j
pay citizens and stockholders a hand
! somo per ceutage for their enterprise,
i besides constituting a source of attrac
; tion lo the people of the State. The
? cost, according to present estimates, will
be about $100,000." Tim. Hurley, in his
I curious way, says he thinks it no more
' thou fuir that sinco tho town was cap
j tured by Sherman and bis bummers, it
should be recaptured by carpet-baggers.
I It certainly bids fair to be so. for they
' own to-day. according to official exhibits.
?$102,000 of real estate within the city j
1 limits, and nearly $300.000 wot th of bank ?
i stock ?iud other capital.
Great preparations aro being made at
; Portlaud. Boston and Peabody, Massa
j chusetts, for the funeral ceremonies of
Mr. George Peabody. Robert C. Win?
throp is to deliver the address ia Boston,
and Governor Chamberlain is to bo the
I orator at the Portland obsequies. The
j honor? to the dead philanthropist will be
of au unusual aud imposing character,
all ulong the route, from Maine to thc
; final resting place.
Morrison's block, in Indianapolis, and
i the block adjoining have been burned,
j The stores of Alfred Talbut & Co., whole
1 sale grocers; J. W. Copeland & Co., mil?
liners: Patterson. Moore A Talbut, drugs,
land H. T. Wert ?- Co., wholesale
I crockery, wore entirely destroyed. Iusur
j ance 8100,000. Tho tire originated from
a flue in the opera house, which was
! crowded at the time, but all escaped
! without injury.
Recent telegrams and mail advices
! from Cuba establish the fact that the
; Cuban revolution is not yet terminated.
. Notwithstanding the recent boastful
, proclamations of the Spanish generals,
? nothing worth recording has been ac
' complished. We hear less of Vulmaseda
and more of Puello of late. Both are
! said to be good generals, but so far their
generalship has been of little account.
SUDDEN DEATH.-We lean:, with re?
gret, of the sudden death of Major
I George Burrows, Engiueer of the Sixth
j Light House District. Major Burrows
left the city, ou an inspection tour, about
? six days nco. Ou Friday, while on his
return, he was taken ill, with congestion
of the brain, and, at S o'clock on Satur?
day night, after the vessel bad reached
the harbor, ho died. - Charleston Courier.
At the regular quarterly meeting of the
Board of Directors of the South Carolina
Railroad Company, held in Charleston,
j on the 10th instant, General Daniel
I Tyler, of New York, was unanimously
I elected a Director of tho company, to ii Fl
! tho vacancy occasioned by the death of
the late Mr. James Rose. General Tyler
is one of tho largest stockholders cf the
company.
UNITED STATE.S REVENUE ASSESSOR.
Mr. G. A. Darling has been nppoiuted
United States Internal Revenue Assessor
i for this, tho Third Revenue District,
vice R. Realf, and has entered upon tho
discharge of his duty. Mr. Darling is a
stranger in our midst, but comes among
us bearing the highest testimonials.
[ Edgefiekl A dv?rtiser.
A mau named Samuel Murray, who
: had recently arrived in Charleston from
i Chicago, fell io the fire, as is supposed,
and was burnt to death, a day or two
ago. Ho was au Irishman by birth, a
puinter by trade, aud a sober, indus?
trious mau.
The Haytieu civil war ii defiuitely
ended. Saluave has disappeared, no mau
j knows whither. The victorious insur
I gents are disposing of their prisoners in
; truly tropical style-shootiug them daily
iu squads of fifteen.
Colonel John Burke, an inspector cl
I tobacco, iu Richmond, was arrested and
bailed, in a large .sum, on a charge of
' defrauding tho Gouerument out of hun?
dreds of thousands of dollar?, by the use
of falbe tobacco bruuds.
I "Just tho thing!" Such is the excla
j million of tho Dyspeptics who use SOLO
! MONS' BITTERS. N21
A man named Chavis has been arrested,
in Orangeburg, charged with the murdei
of Mr. Dargan, at Graham's Cross Roads.
Tho murderer gave the officers a long
chase.
"I am strong and healthy, yet to pre?
serve my good condition," I use SOLO?
MON'S BITTERS. N21
A flimsily-constructed brick wall fell,
in Williamsburg, New l'ork, a few dave
ago, killing one workman and badly
injuring several others.
The weak and emaciated mother says
"My health and strength is restored bj
the use of" SOLOMONS' BITTEN?, N21
I
XT* o o ct 1 Ito -m ? .
CRUMBS.-Mr. Joyner bas disposed of
his alligator, and the animal, will bo on
exhibition to-day and to-morrow, on the
West side of Assembly street, opposite
tho market.
Rhodes' standard manures have been
before the public for so many years that
their merits arc generally well. kuowu;
but the experience of the manufacturer
and his immense facilities enable him to
make improvements continually. As will
bo seen by nu advertisement elsewhere,
circulars with full particulars in regard
to all the fertilizers known a" Rhodes'
standard manures, can bo obtained from
the general agent.-", Messrs. B. S. Rhett
& Sou, of Charleston, or Messrs. Blnkely
& Gibbes, agents at this place.
The Committee of Arrangements of
tho New York Firemen's Association,
will accept our thanks for a card of in?
vitation to thvir ball, on the 10th Feb?
ruary.
It i.s said that several oases of meninge
t?a-a new and fatal disease which has
carried off several persons in Edgefield
has made its appearance in Columbia.
A new Post Oflice has been established
oa the line of the Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad, called "Ward's
Turu Out," in Edgefield County, with
Mr. Bryant Hughes as postmaster.
Messrs. D. C. Peixotto ? Son will sell,
at auction, un immense stock of quarter?
master stores, at their auction room, this
morning, at 10 o'clock, on account of the
United States Government. A fine field
for speculation is offered, and purchasers
would do well to attend, as the articles
must be closed.
Tho Supreme Court was ::ct tu session ;
yesterday.
Messrs. Campbell ? Joues Lave pre-J
sented us with a package of "Royal
Baking Powder," which, upon trial, we
pronounce n most excellent elevator.
Bread, biscuit, etc., when prepared with
this powder, raise the oven-lid with but
little effort.
Messrs. Bryan ,v McCarter have fur?
nished us with a copy of Harper's Month?
ly Magazine, for February. Tho illus?
trated history of Frederick the Great;
SontUcoast Sauntoringa in England; tho
Audes and tho Amazou are continued in
this number.
Ramembcr, Buruselubberb, supper
will be on the table to-night, at half-past
3 o'clock.
We are grieved to be compelled to an?
nounce to our readers the death, on
Sunday evening last, of Hon. Lemuel
Boozer, Judge of tho Fifth Circuit of the
Court of Common Pleas and General
Sessions, while holding court in Camden.
A good citizen, au intelligent lawyer, a
capable and impartial judge, the great
destroyer, ia striking him down, has
subjected the whole State to a mournful
calamity, covering all tho people with
gloom. Although a Republican ia poli?
ties, we thank God that, ia tho sterling
vigor of his morai constitution, he was
able to lift his mind far above the murky
region of party politics, ia tue adminis?
tration of the great oi'ice of a Judge, and
to keep his judicial robe folded around
him pure and unspotted even unto death.
What a solace this consciousness must
have been to him, as all mortal hopes
and aspirations were passing forever
away! Judge Boozer's mind was not
brilliant, but his judgment was sound;
aud, although his learning may not have
been so varied and attractive as that of
some others of the legal profession, yet
upon tho Bench ho was found to be fully
equal to tho high tasks of his position,
and, after argument, capable of clear
discrimination and correct decision.
Tho qualities, too, of patience, courtesy
and mercy eminently adorned him ns a
Judge, whilst tho social elements of his
character enlivened his companions and
made him acceptable on all occasions.
It must, indeed, be very grateful to tho
feelings of his friends of the Columbia !
Bar, now that the gravo has intervened j
between him and them, to remember !
how thoroughly ho had won their kind- !
est consideration and how suitably they
expressed it to him at tho closo of u j
laborious extra term of his Court, in tins |
place, in August last. Judgo Boozer j
was rv nativo South Carolinian, having
been born in Lexington District, in 1808, 1
as wo aro informed; was educated at the !
South Carolina College, in the timo of
tho presidency of the luto venerable Dr.
Cooper: entered upon Ino practico of
law, in the village of Lexington, about
the year 1832; and for several terms
represented tho people of Lexington in :
tho General Assembly, first as a member
of tho House of Representatives, and
then in tho Ssuate of tho State. If we
may refer, with propriety, at all, to his
receut political relations, we may record |
the fact that ho was elected, with great !
unanimity, by the Republican party, in I
1808, to the office of Lieutonaut-Govor
nor, and, under the constitution, became,
cr officio. President of the Senate, over
which body ho presided with entire
acceptability and micoesH. The hearts o?
his surviving family and friends, and of
a stricken people, arc weighed down
with sorrow, bat are comforted in the
reflection that above the gloom of the
grave shines the light of a pure and
honest life.
THE Kr ii AT, CABO LIN IAN.-Col. D.
Wyatt Aiken bas become part proprietor
of this magazine. He is now engaged in
canvassing for subscribers. We learn
that Col. Aiken will to-day present the
claims of the Carolinian to our citizens.
We hope that they will respond liberally.
Industrial development is tho great
work of the day, and this is tho work in
which tho Carolinian is engaged. We
learn that Col. Aiken secured eighty-four
subscribers in a visit through a portion
only of Abbeville and Edgefield. He
presented thc claims of his paper tc
eighty-seven persons and eighty-four
subscribed. Wo have no doubt but that
Col. Aiken w ill secure a large number of
subscribers for the Carolinian, and thus
place it upon a substantial basis. Our
readers will bear iu miud that wo furnish
the Gleaner and Carolinian for 84.
Is MEMORIAM-JANUARY 25.-Robert
Bums! What heart does not thrill, at
the meution of a name dear, alike, to
uoble and peasant, to the learned and the
simple! It was the peculiar province of
this sou of soug, that, unadorned and
impassioned as his lays were, they found
ready response in every human soul
alive to fine instincts. Robert Burns, a
lowly laborer, consecrating to fame the
field-mouse unearthed by his plow and
the dairy blossoming by his forest path,
though himself of humble origin-hum?
ble iu his social relations, and identified
with the peasantry of his own romantic
land-bequeathed to the world ballads
and songs rivaling those of Lewark,
Mickle, Collins and Waller. It is not
too much to say that when the memory
of these, with that of many a border and
low-laud minstrel beside, has passed into
oblivion, his sweetest of wood-land harps
will ring in the ears of admiring thou?
sands. Take, for example, "Highland
Mary,*' which usc caunot stale, and
whero eau wc find anything more power?
ful with nature's warm emotion, or glori?
fied with tender, affecting sentiment, of
equal fervor and beauty? The man
seems looking on us, with his great hazel
eyes, wondrous mcauing brow, and ex?
pansive forehead. There is mental mes?
merism (if we may use the expression)
in his utterances. Though dead, he yet
speaks-not in tho grand, overpowering
language of Homer-uot in the polished,
seductive numbers of Pope, his immortal
translator-but with a still, small voice,
like the mavis of his own green Cale?
donia, or, in another strain, like the
cry of the eagle on Ben Nevis' stormy
cliffs. Like mauy of the children of
song, his light went out in darkness,
while clouds hung threatening about
I him, long before his exit from life.
Early depression-tho struggle after im?
mortality-which warped his earlier
career, wrought fearfully on his after
li ie. That impulsive spirit, which, not?
withstanding all discouragement, wreath
I ed, in wild and bewitching garlands, the
out-pouring of his muse in youth, after?
ward betrayed him into excess, almost
into vice. Flattery conquered a spirit
which had bravely resisted penury.
This was tho syreu song against which
mortals wera long ago warned by the
allegorical admonitions of that blind old
Greek, forever unrivaled in the realms of
song. It may be that tho world will
never see another Burns. Certain it is,
that since his day no one, arising among
men, has lived and died who can in any
manner emuhte this Scottish minstrel.
Neither eau his name be mentioned ia
any laud which needs other record of
him than is furnished by his soul-stirring
poetry. The Burns Club, of this city,
will keep alive the memory of the Scot?
tish bard, in au appropriate manner, this
evening. A supper will be furnished by
Mr. McKenzie, and a pleasant time may
be safely anticipated.
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-The Northern
mail is opened for delivery at 8 a. m.:
closed at S.30 a. m. Charleston, opened
at 5.30 p. m.; closed at 8.30 p. m.
Greenville, opened nt 5.30 p. m.; closed
at 8.30 p. m. Western, opened at 9.30
a. m.; closed nt 4 p. m. Charleston,
(evening.) opened nt 8 a. m.; closed at
4.30 p. m. On Sunday, the post office ij
open from 9 to 10 a. m.
WEDDING CARDS AND EN VELO TES.-A
lot of wedding cards and envelopes, of
latest styles, has just been received;
which will be printed in imitation of en?
graving, and at less than one-tenth the
cost. Call aud see specimens at PBONIX
office.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is
called to tho following advertisements,
published tho first time this morning :
R. C. Shiver-Ramie Plants.
Tho Monster Alligator on Exhibition.
P. H. Joyner-Mules and Hordes.
Rhodes' Standard Manure.
Industrial Association Concert.
DR. Tim's EXPECTORANT.-All who
have used this invaluablo medicine for
Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Spitting of
Blood, Croup, Inflammation of the Lungs
or Chest, Hoarseness, Difficulty of
Breathing, Bronchitis and all diseases of
the Lungs attest its usefulneea. For
Lung affections it has no equal. J'22 6