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COLUMBIA, S; C. Thursday Morning, January 27,1870.J THE CHARLESTON NEWS AND ITS ANNOUNCEMENT. We observe that the Charleston News lays down what it calls "The Platform of tho South Carolina Democracy." We desire first to say that we make no issue with the News npon the subject matter of its declaration. Bat it is doe, at least to this journal, to say that we do not recognize the right either of the News, or of any other journal, to lay down the platform of the South Carolina Demo? cracy. We presume that at the right time, and in its own way, the Sooth Carolina Democracy will lay down a platform for themselves. In the mean? time the News can do no more than give expression to its own platform; and we hnve tho right to say, with due courtesy, that the News has exercised an authority which no journal in the State basa right to assume. We, "who havo bourne tho heat and barden of tho day," do uot .issnme this authority, and we do not in? tend to concede it to other journals. THE REMARKS OE MR. MOSES. We are disposed to take the ground that the political observations of a mau fike Mr. Speaker Moses are properly below the plane of notico i.t our hands. A renegade, such as his political career marks bim, it is not likely that his views will have any effect with those compe? tent to pass upon his political demerits. We Bhall, however, raise him, for this occasion, to the dignity of a passing criticism. These remarks have been suggested by certain language which he lugs in, on the occasion of his eulogy upon the late Judge Boozer. We do not object to Mr. Speaker Moses paying his tribute to the memory of a political associate. With this, we have nothing to do; and it is not our taste to suggest aught in connection with tho lifo nud services of the deceased. But wc do not intend that Mr. Speaker Moses shall, without rebuke, maligu the motives and conduct of those whose political associate he was in timos past-men his peers then, and immeasurably his superiors now, since his fall from tho battlements of Sumter and the heights of the Confe? derate cause to his present level. With unblushing effrontery, this mau under? takes to pass judgment upon men whose shoe-latchets he is unworthy lo unloose. Those men were '.faithless." The hand raised in behalf of the Confederacy was "unhallowed." And thus, in bad taste, Mr. Speaker Moses could not eulogize the dead of one opiuion without libeling the living and tho dead of another opinion. Mr. Moses speaks of "that solemn day when thc deeds of the flesh shall be judged of iu the spirit." It ill becomes him to invoko such a tribunal at least, until he has brought forth "fruits meet for repentance." But wo shall let him pass. Wo leave him to that judgment which the public will give him. Enough for ns to say that in seek? ing to live in marble, ho will succeed only in living in "brass." -4 -? *- > THU SOUTH CAROLINA CONTESTED ELECTION CASE.-A special despatch to the Charleston News, dated Washington, January 25, says: Tho House spent the entire day iu I debating the report of the Committee ou ! Eleotious in the enntosted eleotion ease of Wallaco (radical) against Simpson, (Democrat,) from the Fourth Congres? sional District of South Carolina. At ono time, it was decided, by a vote of 103 to 78, that Simpson had a prima j facie title to his seat; but, in consequence of tho severe fighting and desperate ! efforts of the leading radicals, this vote was reconsidered, and the prima facie. \ report of the Committee on Elections ! luid on the table. This leaves the case j open to contest on its merits; but, pend? ing tho final decision of the House, de? prives Simpson of his seat. The scene tu tho House, during the debate, and when tho final vote was taken, was among the most exciting ever witnessed during Hie consideration of a contested election, i FROM CHESTER.-A friend writes as j follows concerning matters and things in that town: "Allow me to correct the report given j in your issue of Tuesday, in the cuse of I .sane Heymau. Mr. H. was only insured for $6,500-his stock amounting to about, ??18,000; bis damages, I suppose, will amount to $1,000. "A fire company was formed last night, Ly tho young uiou of this place, \ .iud Major Mills elected Captain. "The Chester Reporter, 1 think, will be renewed by Messrs. McLurc A Brad- j ley, in about two weeks." - t \ The same night on which Ibo trial ol our injured citizens, for the burning ! of tho stores of Robertson and Dall?se, ? was concluded, the gin-hotiso of Major j T. B. Frazer was reduced to ashes;, and, on tho following night, that of Dr. J. B. Witherspoon shared the samo fate.-Sumter Watchman. A GOLDEN WEDDISO.- The Newberry Herald says that Mr. Samuol Chapman and his wife, Elizabeth, colobrated their golden wedding, en the 20th instant. CAPACITY OF MAN FOR SELF GOVERNMENT. In a notice of William D. Northeud's speeches and essays apon political sub? jects, from 1860 - to the Southern Review (published at Baltimore) for Ja? nuary, 1870, sayj: "Our eyes are open; wo see the truth. Our leaders still believe, we are sorry to say, that 'the people are capable of self government'-that is to say, the people of the South. The Yankees, on the other hand, (aud we mean no disrespect by tho use of that epithet,) believe that 'the people are capablo of self-govern I mont'-that is to say, the Yankees and the negroes, bnt not the whites of tho South. Our disbelief is far moro catho? lic, comprehensive and profound. It is not tho species Yankee, nor tho species negro, nor the species cavalier, which has brought the exporimeot of self government to grief; il is the genus man. All aro ul ike, if nut equally, incapable of self-govornmeut. Tho Yankee, tho negro, the cavalier, may lay the fluttering unc? tion to his soul, that his race is capablo of 6elf-goverumout; but it is all a tielu siou. Even our woll-beloved pooplo of the South, wo fearlessly assert, aro not so much better than all the rest of tho world, as to bo capable of the enjoyment of such a boon; for, as Bousseau well says, or, rather, as history teaches, De? mocracy, or thc government of the peo? ple by themselves, is a good form for 'a nation of gods,' but 'is too perfect for man.' Tho people of tho South aro only men, not gods, and heneo, if a scberuo of pure self-government is not too perfect for them, they are too per? fect for it." Whereupon, that ably-edited and high toned journal, tho Now Orleans Times, says: "We enter our protest, as Southern journalists, against this silly and mis? chievous diatribe on self-govern mont, vented by a quarterly review which claims to represent the opinion of the Southern people, and to speak authorita? tively for thom iu their prosont calami? tous circumstances. * * "It is not so much nu assault upon the particular form of government under which the Amcricau people have always lived, and to which they are still attach? ed, (because it is founded on tho inalien? able rights of mau,) as upon human nature itself, upon the rational nature with which God has endowed every humau being, investing him with a kind of sovereignty-at least, with a control over his own acts, if he is a moral agent, a citizen, or even a subjeot. It is a libel upon the wisdom and benevolence of him who has endowed mau with such a nature, aud with a consciousness of his independence, in order to qualify him for noble notions, lit him for olovated pursuits, aud inspire him with courage to undertake them. It is equally an out? rage upon tho character of those students of mankind and of its capacities, of those philosophers and sages, who, with tho cousent of tho people, huvo formed and established governments, founded on this very principio-tho right and ca? pacity of man for s^lf-govcrnment. "Ilad the writer maintained that men, endowed with thc power of self-control, do not always govorn themselves as they should-that they frequently forgot the high vocation to which they are called as men and citizens of a freo country-that they are often heedless of the powerful voice of reason and the monitions of conscience in indicating the career that is worthy of them, and arc driven hither aud thither by caprices, prejudices, opinions and passions, which involve them in fatal mistakes, and surround them with wretched circumstances; had he maintained that tho Government under which we live, and which, admin? istered on tho principles on which it was originally founded, is a noble Govern? ment, has beeu, since the termination of tho lute unhappy civil war, signally mis? managed by a weak and unprincipled party, who havo failed to represent thc will of the people in governing them? selves, ho would havo committed, pro? bably, no great blunder; but when ho asserts, from the tripod, that man, gifted with reason and common sense, is actu? ally iucapublo of solf-govornment and only lit to be tho subservient tool, in? strument or slave of tyrants, who, in any conjuncture of circumstances, have seized on tho reins of Government, ho advances a mean and miserable dictum which has been exploded for centuries, und was never worthy of being main? tained for a moment." We agree entirely with the Times. We have no sympathy with that affection which leuda to such conclusions as those reached by tho Southern Review. As there ure men who aro fond of affecting to believe neither in tho honor of mau nor in the virtue of woman, and thus utter a libel at once upon themselves aud those near to them, so there are to be found political Mau freds, who, pre? tending to look at things from thc icy heights to which self-conceit or misan? thropy conduct them, nie pleased to give expression to just such sophisms as those emanating from tho Souillera Revira: As for ourselves wo have faith in God and humanity. Wo have faith in thc people. They aro capable of helf-go v ern mont when intelligent and virtuous, and they are not responsible for much attributed to them. Often it is that tho sius and crimes of corrupt rulers and demagogucical are visited upon them. Tho great mass of thc people arc often tho dupes of their unworthy loaders, but not often is tho popular instinct wrong, and there is philosophy and truth in the suggostion that has been put forth, that tho sober sonso of the people, in an enlightened country, is seldom wrong. Vox populi, vox J)ri. X?oo?l Items. SUPREME COURT, January 36.-Long before the hour of meotiug, tho court room wail fitted with ladies, members of the Legislature and the Bar. At 10 o'clock, the Court wa? opened-Ohiel Justice Moses and Associate Justice Willard being present. Attorney-G on o ral Chamberlain arose and announced to the Court the death i of Judge Boozer, and submitted the following resolutions, with the accompanying remarks: Resolved, That in the death of the Hon. Lemuel Boozer, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for tho Fifth Judicial Circuit of th's State, wo mourn the loss of a pure and useful publio servant, an able aud impartial Judge and nn honest and estimable man. Resolved, That thc foregoing expres? sion of our respect aud esteem bo pre? sented to tho Supremo Court, with the request that it be spread upon the records of the Court. MAY IT PLEASE YOUR HONORS: I am charged by my brethren of the liar with the molancholy duty of announcing to this Court the death of Hon. Lemuel Boozer, lato Judge of the Court of Com? mon Pleas and General Sessions for the Fifth Judicial Circuit of this Stnto. A life devoted from earliest manhood to that profession of which you aro tho honored ministers-a lifo of long and cm iucnt public eorvices-a life orowued with tho honors of his fellow-citizens and adorned with high personal aud private virtues, has suddenly closed. "In tho midst of life wo aro in death!" Behind us-behind each one of us-stalks tho unseen but relentless destroyer! Buta day or two ngo, and ho whoso form is even now crumbliug ngaiu into its native dust, was iu our midst, erect, vigorous, cheerful, with tho promise as assured as yours or mino, of many remaining days of usefulness and honor. Sed Diis nee aliter visum. A higher power than his or ours had appointed tho bound of his earthly life, and, on Sunday last, in the midst of great bodily anguish, but with a calm and cheerful spirit, ho passed, as wo humbly trust, tr? a higher, happier and more peaceful existence. Surely such a lifo is worthy our coutempltttiou! I Surely the departure of such a man may well arrest our busiest hands, while for a brief momout, ut least, wo mark his vir? tues and deplore his loss. And surely here, if anywhere herein the presence of this Court -it is fitting that bis mem? ory should bc honored and his praises spokon. In rising to announce tho decease of our honored friond, aud to offer my brief tribute to his memory, I am well aware that I am acting chiefly in virtue of my official station; and yet there was so much in our personal relations that seemed to bridge over tho disparity of our years-there was so much of kind? liness and personal confidence in Judge Boozer's bearing towards me, that I feel us if no man here could offer a more heart-felt or well-founded expression of affection or honor. "He wa? my friend, faithfnl and just to me." But it is not ?is a personal friend and benefactor, but os u fearless and upright public servant -u Judge without fear aud without guile-a pure and patriotic legislator, a just and useful citizen, and au honest, high-minded man, that I desire to pre? sent him on this occasion. The outward events of the lifo of Judge Boozer may be briefly given: Boru in the year 1808, he entered upon the prac? tice of his profession, as a lawyer, at tho ourly age of tweuty-two, and, ono year later, was elected to represent his Dis i trict in the lower House of the Legisla? ture of tho State. From that time, ul most without interruption, he con tin ned his services as a legislator, down to the date of the attempted secession of the State of South Carolina from tho Fede? ral Union. At the close of the war, he again appeared in public life as a mem? ber of the Constitutional Convention of 1865, and, under tho State Government which followed, was appointed District Judge for the District of Lexington. lu 1868, wo find him a member of the Con? stitutional Convention, assembled under tho reconstruction Acts of Congress, and, under the Constitution then framed, he wus elected Lieutenaut-Governor of the State. This offico ho held until, in Sep? tember, 1868, he was elected to the judicial office, from the active discharge of whose duties an acute and fatal disease has so suddenly removed him. Such, may it please your Honors, in briefest epitome, was the outward public life of Lemuel Boozer. A fair and honor? able record-a pago of human history uublurrod by dishonor or fear, unstained by self-seeking or venality-a life, if not widely conspicuous by startling events, nor emblazoned to tho world by brilliant deeds, yet rich to us and to tho Slate in Ibo examplo of pure and unselfish ser? vice, and beautiful with the too rare grace of a simplo and honest manhood. How few of us who remain, if tho sum? mons should como to us, ns it carno te him, suducnly and with all tho terrors ol agonizing disease, could front Eternity with a record so fair and complete! As a lawyer, Judge Boozer hehl n deservedly high rauk. Here, as in his whole life, his eminence sprang, not sc much from profound or brilliant qualifi?e of mind, us from that rarer and far more valuable combination of good judgment, patient industry and perfect integrity. No client ever foarod that Judge Boozer would designedly mislead him, or givo a divided allegiance to a cause which bc hud ooco espoused. In a profession I which offers so many opportunities, il i not inducements, for disingenuous advice I and equivocal advocacy, what highei ! praise can be accorded to tho lawyoi tlum this unanimous testimony to lui professional honor and chivalry? Auc h ii hs ta H ti al and paramount success as i j lawyer was tho result and rowardof sud I a character. lu his career as a public mau, Judge Boozer's purity and decision of charao ter wero pre-eminently conspicuous. Ii tho long record of bis service in the pabilo conncilB of the Stat?, what frenzy of political passion, or what audacity of partisan attack, bas ever dared to breathe a suspicion of sordid or dishonest mo? tives against Judge Booser? In early and middle life, Abd, indeed, until his years had quito "fallen into the aero anti ?ellow leaf," throughout the calmer ayB of the republic, Judge '-Boozer's publio course seemed to flow in nub atantial harmony with the great body of his fellow-citizens. But when, lalo in life, at an age when many men ure put? ting off the armor of active life, tho mutterings of the coming stupoud OU8 civil convulsion were heard-then it was that tho character of Judge Boozer met its severest test and most trying ordeal. From that time until tho hour when death opened to him tho gates of that world where strifes and contentions cease, Judge Boozer's public course was in direct and undisguised conflict with thu sentiment of his State. Thenceforth he kuew what it was to exercise that virtue which Cicoro describes as "the power of living apart from one'? associ? ates; ol being a stranger beside the ancestrnl hearth." May it please your Honors, I do not disguise from myself the fact that T am treading on the thin ashes which but bnlf conceal the ?lying flames of our fearful struggle. I would not, on any occasion, least of all ou such au occasion ns this, disturb, by so much as a ripple, tho subsiding waves of our civil commo? tion, but I cannot help feeling that uo picturo of Lemuel Boozer would be historically correct, or be recognizable by posterity, or valuable to his friends, which dill not jtnint him ns he iras, or which failed to portray this most signifi? cant and eventful passage of his life. . His love of tho Union, his attachment to its history und its polity, his faith in its future, were deep-seated, sincere, in? eradicable. For its sake he was willing tt? forego honors; to meet obloquy; to endure the loss of friends. What g?ne? rons political foes; wli t manly heart ?ny where, however bitter may have been the warfare during his life, is not ready to? day to lay a garland ou the grave of ono so honest, so sincere, so outspoken? O? Judge Boozer's later judicial servi? ces, others will speak who have scunued them more narrowly. But here, us in all his life, his firmucES, his candor, his conscientious industry, his fidelity to duty, were constantly displayed. He had no revenges to glut, no hatreds to gratify; buta simple, single eyed pur? pose to do his duty, guided and sustain? ed him until death claimed bini in the midst of his highest usefulness. May it please your Honors, I feel that there is much, very much, in such a life and character to enlist our admiration und lo command our respect. lu the midst of so much shameless self-seeking, how fragrant tho example of such unostentatious service! In tho midst of such abounding venality, bow conspicu? ous tho unspotted purity of such a lifel In au ago of brilliant but shadowy repu? tations, bow grand tho simple and solid strength of such a character! And so, teuderly but proudly, we lay him down, and as the grave closes over tho form of our revered friend, we echo that strain of lofty aud tender lament in which tho Kornau historian bewails his patron and his friend: "67 quis piorum manibns locust, si, ul snpienlibus placet, non cum corpore exsUn tjunntur animas ntagnac, placide qiticscas." Hon. W. F. DoSnussure said: MAY IT PLEASE TUE COIIVT: I riso to second tho resolutions offered by the At toruey-Gcnerul, and to express my cor? dial coucurronee in his able, just and eloquent address. As the senior member of the Bar of the Circuit over which the deceased Magistrate presided, it is fit that I should add my voice to this pro? posed tribute of respect to his memory. But beyond this, my personal relations with him wero evor of tho kindest cha? racter, aud call for this expression of my sincere respect. It ia more than thirty years since I first knew him at the Bat of Lexington, and I had ample opportu? nity of observing his course, lt was upright, manly and just. This, with his unflagging iudustry, in a few years, placed him at tho head of the Bar of his District. Tho people had confidence, in him, and he vindicated that confidence by devotion to the interests confided to him; by his sound, practical good sense, and by his sterling integrity. His influ? ence with juries was marked, and ho was, for tho most part, successful in his causes. His brethren of the Bar found him a fair practitioner, resorting to no potty arts, and a formidable opponent. His manners were courteous; I never heard him speak ill of any one. It was contrary to his nature. Advanced to the beuob, Judge Boozer carno to preside over this Circuit at a very trying period. Tho state of the country had caused a great accumulation of business on the dockets; a now system bad been inaugu? rated; he had to deal with now materials, aud with persons cutirely unpracticed in tho administration of justice All this required grcut good sense, patience, for? bearance and devotion to duty, and ho was found not unequal to the occasion. The Uar of Columbia were sensible of this, and at the close of a heated term, during the last summer, gavo expression to their opinion by an address in Court, by which he was sensibly affected. Somo months ago, I said to him, that his employment upon the Circuit from January to December, gave him no time for rest or study, and I thought he would sink under it. He replied, that ho felt it to bo so, and regretted most especially that the extent and pressure of tho cri? minal business of thu country had left him so little opportunity of innkiug an impression upon tho civil dockets, but that ho would do his duty to the best of his ability. Our meoting to-day, verifies the untimely and sad result I anticipated. I hopo the resolutions will be adopted. Jndge Moses delivered the following eulogy : MB. ATTORNEY -GKSKKAL: It is with heartfelt sympathy that the Court unites with the bar in its expression of regret et tho melancholy occasion which has given rise to your resolutions. Although we feel, I know, that there is ordained au end to all which is mortal-that the young, as well as tho aged, has a career of life which may be terminated when least ezpeoted, jet such is tho constitu? tion of man's nature, designed BO for good and wholesome purposes, that when death summons from existence those who, but u short time before, we hud met in the enjoyment of strength and of vigor, we cnn scarcely realize the deprivation, because so suddenly made. Perhaps not many present had better opportunities than I enjoyed of realizing tho worth and excellence of him whoso loss we deplore. Serving with him in the Senate ef tho State for many years, and for some time a member of the sumo committee, an intimacy followed whieh afforded mo the pleasure und advantage of appreciating the many attributes which contributed to mako him tho good lawyer, the honest statesman, und uhove all, tho virtuous eitizeu. With a mind moro solid tbau brilliant-a judgment more sound than quick, ho relied much on the deductions of his own reason for his opinions-never formed them with? out reflection, or abundoued them with? out eouvietiou of error. Tho elements whieh he possessed were exactly such as to constitute him, when tosted by tho new positiou to which his merits lately elevated him, tho safo and reliable Judge. Puru and honest in his intentions, no fluttery or sophistry could seduce him from a conviction to which ho bad reached by study aud reflection, und no one was more ready to acknowledge er? ror, if satisfied he had committed it. Tho short experience whieh it was the privilege of the State to have of him in a judicial station, has satisfied the bar and the popio that his death is to be re? garded an a public calamity. The reso? lutions of your meeting are a proper and becoming tribute to ono who you all so well knew aud so highly regarded. As we cannot recall to earth, him, whom it hus p'ensed high Heaven to tako (we trust) to u better sphere, let us, at ouy rate, make his death a lesson to us who survive-that we maj' remember from it, that life, at best, is but t-.hort; that its duties aro more than lifo itself, and the duo fulfillment aud performance of them, the only evidence that it hat been properly spent. Your proceedingf are ordered to he entered ou tho minutef of the Court. Capt. James 1). Tradewell and Co). Cuughmnn also delivered addresses, whet tin: Court udjonrned. CiiUMns.-Rend tho supplement to th? DAILY PHO?NIX. lt contains several in teresting articles. A card relativo to tho Mount Zion In stitute, Wiunsboro, appears in anothe: column. This flourishing male academy is under the caro of "Messrs. G. A. Wood wood and M. Id. Farrow. Severn changes have been made with referenei to the management of tho institution which it is believed will provo ndvan tageous. Tho attention of capitalists is invite* to an advertisement of a piece of valut) bio property, located io Colloton Couti ty. It is in first-rate order, with all nc ccssary improvements. Through cara are run on the Charlotte Columbia and Augusta Railroad. Pa? songera can leave Charlotte and ru: through to different points South c Augusta, without changing cars at th latter city, as heretofore. Somebody anya thatlko's last trick wa to throw Mrs. Partingtou's gaiter int tho alley, and call the old lady dow from tho third floor to see au alley-gaitci Ho might have called to her just befor he threw the gaiter from tho window and asked her to seo "Shoo Fly." Captain H. C. Cook, (says tho Sav.it nah Muming Neves,) formerly statione at Oglethorpe Barracks, in this city with his command, Company E, Seeon United States Infuntry, passed throng Augusta on Tuesday, cn route for Colan bia, South Carolina. The people c that city are fortunate in having Captai Cook as their post commandant. He : a good officer and a clover gentleman, r his many acquaintances in this city wi testify. Tho dwelling of Chris. Hnyueswortl a colored barber, on Gates street, wt entered by burglars on Tuesday nigh and robbed of about $10. STATT: AORIOUIITURAJJ AND MECHANIC* SOCIETY-THE PROGRAMME FOR 1870. The Executive Committeo of the Sta! Agricultural and Mechanical Society ha\ had their meeting. They havo, wo lean arranged the programme for 1870. Tb next Fair will bo hold in Columbia,on tl 9th, 10th, and 11th of November nex Ina fow days we shall publish the pn minni list. This list has been revisot some now features added, and in genera tho Committeo havo arranged to havo grand exhibition next November--an e: hibition which we hope will show rapi strides, agricultural and mechanical. Li our pooplo now go to work, and froi the mountains to tho seaboard let tliei prepare to enter tho lists. Ho now do?, the State most service who accomplish* most iu tho industrial department. \N know, further, that it is in contemplatif to add considerable improvements to tl: Fair Grounds here. Additional aecon modation for exhibitors aro to bo fu nished. and the present ceutral buildin ?H to bo improved. A new feuco, wine will materially improve tho front of tl grounds, will bc put np. CONCERT LABT EVKWINO.-The Concert io behalf of tho Ladies' Industrial Asso? ciation paused off with great eclat. The audience waa large and appreciative, and general satisfaction was given. Where all performed their parts so well, it would bo invidious for ns to particularize. Enough to say, tbat there was a most creditable exhibition of nativo talent. The senses were charmed at the line har? monics evolved, and many hearts thrilled iu responso to the well-known tone of Dixie, ss rendered by the master pianist, Mr. Denck, of Coiambia. In behalf of many ladies and gentlemen, we have been requested to call upon tho tnaungers for a repetition of tho concert-which re? quest we do hereby most respectfully make. We omitted to stab?, in our notice of the Burns Club supper, yesterday, that President Samuel W. Mellon kept tho company in axcelleut humor by his re? pented sallies of wit. Politics wore tabooed by ono and nil. Colouel Pierce. Hon. J. B. Carroll, Col. F. W. McMas tor, John Hhett, Esq., R O'Neal, Jr.. and others, responded in a decidedly pleasant and gratifying manner to calls mndo upon them. E. Hope, Esq., gave as a toast, "The City of Columbia-the garden-spot of Carolina. May unwise councils never bo permitted to tetard her progress in becoming tho jost pride of all citizens of the Palmett > State," which brought Mayor McKenzie ont. Then there wero songs by Messrs. Mc Dougul, Jeans, Grey, Oliver and others. The whole concluding with "Auld Lang Sync." in which every individual present joined. HOIKI. ARRIVALS, Jauuury 26-Colum? bia Hotel.- W. T. Gary, Edgofield; W. A. Pringle, S. B. Pickens, James M. Carson, A. H. Abrahams, John J. Craw? ford, James A. Dunn, C. N. Averill, Charleston; H. M. Meyers, J. W. Snugs ter, N. M. Schirmer, Upsur Johnson. Baltimore; O. A. Pickell, S. C.; H. H. Beers, New York; H. Pelger, Hamburg; B. L. Baker and lady, Augusta; J. M. Matthews, Ninety-Six; C. C. Baker, j Union; J. A. Lidner, Yorkville; N. W. Stocker, Hopkins; A. W. Tbarin, Charleston; Jnmes H. Adams, Johu P. Adams, Richland; J. C. Mobley, Fair lield; G. A. Andrew, lady and child, H. J. Handy and lady, North Carolina; T. P. Benson, Anderson. Nickerson House-J. Banskett, J. J Boyd, H. Coulton, J. A. ?Torboe. S. A. Williamson, Baltimore; W. S. Holloway. R. E. E. Elliott. W. W. Starr, E. Shep person, N. C.; J. O. Meredith, Helena, B. G. Yocura, Chester; C. G. Mem minger, Charleston; J. W. Grace, Col leton; J. Anderdon, Conn.; H. 0. Har lott, Ga. ; A. E. Ivers, I. Markens, R. Lathers, New York; J. D. Kennedy. Camden; H. B. Wildhem. Philadelphia, E. Berry, Miss A. M. Berry, Marion; R D. Winthrope, St. John's Berkley ; J. B M. Seigler, Nowberry; W. A. Adams, Richland. Nalimin! Hotel-J. M. Elford, Spartan i burg; James O. Meredith, G. ?fcC. R. R. ; ! H. Sparnick, city; Mrs. Isaac ?ami th. j Georgia; M. M. Long and wife, Edge field; John W. f. am son, W. G. Lynn. Virginia; J. W. Mulliuax, Greenville. I W. H. Whitlock, Richland; F. Mays. Texas; James W. Frazier, Abbeville; W. T. Dodd and family; Joseph Elvingara and lady, Tennesnee; T. A. Hayden. Duo West; G. W. Dilluret, David Nor man, Arkansas; W. P. Abraham, W. E. Moss, Kentucky; John A. Barrow, Miss Emma Barrow, Yorkville; Mrs. R. J Daniel nnd two sous, Spurtanburg; W. H. Eagle, North Carolina; C. W. Bar num. Richland; J. M. Matthews, Ninety - Six; F. F. Morris, Monticello; M. Nicely. G. A C. R. R. ; H. L. Jeffers, Abbeville NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention ;-i called to the following advertisement*, published the first time this morning: W. S. & J. M. Talbott-Just Received J. G. Lykes-Teacher Wanted. Report to Commissioner Leslie. T. J. Keith-Strayed or Stolen. Meeting Acaoia Lodge. J. T. Diseker-Final Notice. Frauk Arnim-Bank of Humburg. Murray & Lanman's Florida Water. James M. Crawford-Cotton Seed. Certificate Relative to Seed Planter. Dr. T. T. Moore-Surgeon Dentist. P. Cantwell-Apples. G. W. Waterman-Salo Laurens R. P. ALLEN'S Limo BALSAM.-The remedj for curing Consumption, Coughs, Bron? chites, Asthma, and Croup. As an ex pectoraut it has no equal. It is com posed of tho active principles of root und plants, which are ohemically ex? tracted, so ns to retain all their medical qualities. MINISTERS ASO PUHLIC SPEAKERS whc. are so often nftiioted with throat diseases, will find a sure remedy in this Balsam Lozengera and wafers sometimes give rc lief, but this Balsam, taken a few limes, will insure n. permanent cure. With all tboso afflicted with Coughs or Consump? tion, givo this Bulsnm a fair trial, the; will bo pleased with the result, and con fess that tho SURE REMEDY IS FOUND AI LAST. It is sold by all Druggists and by FISHER & HIENITSH, Columbia. J1|?2?V;> PAH ! How DISGUSTING ! is tho exclu mut mn of every lady who indiscreetly ventures to apply tho ordinary hair dyes or "colorers" or "restorers" to her whitening ringlets. Mud and tar ar soarely moro abhorrent. Not so Pn.\ LOM'S VITALIA OB SALVATION rou TU; HAM;. Nothing defiles ita freely il?win crystal. There is no sediment, no gum no foul gas. 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