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Saturday komine, February 12,1870 REDUCTION IK PRICE -CLUBBING;.-Tb? WEEKLY GLEANER contains moro reading matter than any other family paper pub lished in the South-thirty-two long columna, printed in clear type. It ic filled with original as well as selected matter-editorials, correspondence, gene? ral news, market?) telegrams, interest? ing stories, sketches, poetry, eto. Its columns are now graced by a highly entertaining nouvelletle, tho production of a lady of this city. As we are desirous of introducing the paper-which is in every sense a "?tome companion"-into every family in the State, we have de? termined to reduce the yearly subscrip? tion prioe, as follows-payable, in all oases, 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 four dollars. Address orders to PHOENIX and GLEANER Office. Columbia, S. C. Tile Industrial Movement In. Charleston. As our readers have observed, it is proposed by the Sonth Carolina Institute, in Charleston, to move out from ita retirement and have a grand fair in "the city by the Bea," in November next. We are pleased to record this action. We desire to see Charleston flourish. It is a city that numbers among ita inhabitants noble women and genuine men. Wo havo lived amongst these people, and we appreciate their sterling excellences, their tone, intelligence and refinement. The step taken is a step ir. tho right direction. Weare in favor ol all fain, whether in the capital or in thc metropolis-whether at the centre of thc State or upon the oiroumferenoe. Mr. Lawton, a member of the Executive Committee of the State Agricultural and - Mechanical Society, has properly said that there ia no antagonism between thc State Fair and the proposed Charleston Fair. Let eaoh be hold, and let each bc maintained. At the meeting in Charles? ton, to arrange some of the necessary preliminaries, wo notice that Messrs. W. M. Lawton and W. D. Porter and General Wilmot G. DeSaussuro and other active aud in flu eu Uni gentlemen are interesting themselves in tho matter. Let the project be consummated. As e member of the intorior press, we take occasion to commend the fair to oui readers. War Revenges. Tho New York Herald refers to 1 'some dreadful revenges exhibited by the war." Notably, that the former seat of thc statesman, Jefferson Davis, in the Senate of the United States, is now being filled by "Bevern, a colored man." Well, this is a piece of vengeance that Mr. Davis can boar with more equanimity than tho Jacobin party that has wrought tho change. We folks, down South, can stand itas well as the white people North. We rather like to seo darkies in the pre? sent Congress, "but," says tho Herald, "the most terrible revengo of all fulls upon Sumner. Tho black mau has been his idol. He has worked for him harder than the black slave over worked for Jeff. Davis. He has set his highest aim on attaining tho Scuutorship for one of tho oppressed race. But iu proportion as be loved the negro, he has hated the white master. Ho bus boon grinding him hard over since tho rebellion tripped him. He has, like Shylock, got 'him on the hip,' and would feed fat tho ancient grudge he owes him. But at this very juncture, in comes this ucgro Senator, whom he (Sumner) had, as it were, rais? ed to the Senatorial seat beside him, and this negro, of all others, brings in a pe ? tition to restore their rights to tho dis? franchised rebels and to let Antonio keep his pound of flesh. It is enough to mak-9 even Sumuer swear at the black man, 'Out, out, damned spot!' "The arrival of a colored man to suc? ceed Jeff. Davis as Senator, and his being allowed a seat, by courtesy, his State not yet being re-admitted, is a most startling exemplification of the great revolution that has swept over tho country, putting the bottom rails on top aud tho top rails at the bottom, changing customs tastes and principles. Bills to admit Mississip pijjto representation were introduced in both Houses yesterday, tho official re? cords of the re-organization of the State are all ou baud, aud the Mississippi bill, with its colored attachment, will proba? bly soon become one of the exciting topics before Congress. Will Sumner, Drake and Company, swallow tho color od man as readily as they insist ou others swallowing him?" ?-???-?--. THE CONFEDERATE DEAD.-Mr. Mer? rick, Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Moans in tho Maryland Le? gislature, reported a bill to appropriate $3,000 for the purobaso of a lot ci ground in which to inter the remains of the Confed?ralo soldiers who died ut Point Lookout, in St. Mary's County, whilst prisoners of war, during the late civil strife, and enclose and ornamont tho samo, which was read a first time. J1 .lu - i.. ? i.m.ni STAT? UEGIS?.ATUH.13. The ?Jbmmitiae on Jpo?oss?tijBilIi re porUdShe folldgring ss being jprr&tly: eagrofped, which ware read thc third time and'passed: To incorporate Grove* Station Bridge Company; Black Creek Cemetery Company, o' Darlington Coun? ty; Cox Bridge and Main Road; to es? tablish a ferry across Waccamaw River, in Korry County, nnd to vest the same iu J. J. Reaves, his heirs and assigns; to incorporate a Home for invalid clergy? men in Aiken; joint resolution to require the Attorney-General to instituto pro? ceedings against the South Carolina Railroad Company for excess of charges in freight, etc. At 1 o'clock p. m., the Senate went to join the House in an election for Judge of the Fifth Circuit. At 3 p. m., Senate adjourned until Monday, at 12 m. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The Committee on Incorporations re? ported bills to incorporate certain secu? rities and to alter and amend the char? ters of certain towns. Laid over. Mr. Tomlinson introduced a bill to enforce a uniform taxation by municipal bodies. The Committee on Education submit? ted a report relative to the De LaHone estate. Laid over. Mr. Wooly presented the account of Lewis Jones, late Sheriff of Edgefield County. Referred. A resolution to require certain com? mittees to make their reports, was laid over. A number of school acoounts were presented and referred. A bill to provide for the payment of claims of teachers for services rendered during the fiscal year commencing No? vember 1, 1868, and ending October 31, 1869, was laid over. A bill to provide for the formation of religions, charitable and educational assooiations in this State, was. ordered to be engrossed. Bills to amend an Act entitled "an Act to incorporate the Charleston Board of Trade;" to incorporate the Lincoln Fire Company, of Camden, were passed. At lp. m., the Senate attended in the House, for the purpose of electing a Judge for the Fifth Circuit. Thc fol? lowing is tho result of tho election: S. W. Melton 68 votes; J. S. Murray IG; 0. W. Montgomery 2; W. E. Earle 3; S. H. Cooko 5; C. Wingo 1. S. W. Melton, Esq., was declared elected, after which tho joint assembly dissolved. Tho House then adjourned until Monday, at 12 m. --o- . OUR "PROTECTORS."-There has been nothing heard in town from the camp cf our King's Mountain home guard sinco our last issue, from which fact wa infer that tho usual good order of our County has bcou unbroken, even by the organi? zation of a military company. Tho Statu constables have gone baok to Co? lumbia, leaving the task of protecting the border against Ku-Klux raids iu the hands of the new-made warriors. As there is nothing for these to do but to draw pay, we feel assured that their du? ties will be nobly done. The Charleston Republican published the following dospatch from Columbia, which wo re-produce as nows for our readers : "Disturbances in York County are re? ported. The constabulary force have just returned, having organized loyal citizens and furnished them armsouough for protection. K. K. K.'s, from North Carolina, have been whipping and out? raging innocent persons for somo time. It is rumored that au engagement has taken place, in whioh eight men were killed." The Ku-Klux referred to are supposed to be buna fide ghosts, the spirits of Fer? guson and his Britishers, who left their graves on King's Mountain, in tho ex? pectation of having a jolly old time; but, bearing of the approach of Little?cld, vanished into thin air, at tho very idea of being reconstructed. Tho eight men killed, vanished with them, and their bodies have not yot been found. The military are prepared to fight theso Ku Klux to tho last ditch, on their re-appear? ance, and fly to arms at every breeze which rustles over the mountain battle? ground. Should they fall, in the une? qual combat with ethereal foes, they will have thc consolation that it is sweet to die for their country. [Ybrkville Enquirer. TUE CAUSE OF THE MILD WINTER. The present winter has, so far, boen tho mildest known for a quarter of a cen? tury. A writer in a Canadian newspa? per accounts for the extraordinarily mild weather by propounding a theory which bas al. least the merit of originality. He says that tho remarkable tidal wave that swept our shore on the 5th of October last, and especially tho low lands of the Bay of Fundy, submerging all tho marshes, dyked and undyked, was cauccd by an uprising of the bod of the sea at some placo not far distant, whero it is covered by tho Gulf Stream. This, in turn, he maintains has boon caused by ono of the many earthquakes whose effects have been so frequent in low latitudes this autumn. The immediate result of tho upheaval was to divert a vast volume of sea water from its usual course, thus accounting for the greut tidal wave. If the Gulf Stream, or a portion of it thus diverted, is found, as be thinks it will bu found, to have be? come permanently changed, and to be located nearer this continent than herc tofore, then this strange and unprece? dented modification of eli mute will be satisfactorily accounted for, and may, perhaps, be more or less continuous. ? ? , . ^ssgsssm?Wmmmmmm Mr. Walker M. Gibson, a fermer rssrK dent of our District, who was lately OB 0> Tis?t, is? coispany ri? his daag&ter, w their ieJatWss near Bandletoa, arrived in Han Frmftisoo by Jw overlaid roste, on the lfm Janna*?. Bis daagfctet sailed in tho ateamor Idaho, on the 22df for the islands, in company with many friends. Mr. Gibson remains in San Francisco until the 26th of February, engaged in organising a company wno are going with him to the islands to cul? tivate sugar on sh?reB. There is great activity in the islands on account of ex? pected reduction cf duty cn sugar. Tho King has appointed all Americans for his Cabinet. This looks to annexation. Tho prices of passage to San Francisco aro now fixed: By steamship from New York, S ino, first cabin ; $50, second cabin, including all expenses. By over? land, first class from Now York, $160; from Washington City, $139; second class, $100 and $95. Emigrant ticket, $75, all payuble in currency. [A iiderso)i Intelligencer. MURDEROUS ATTACK ON AMERICANS IN HAVANA.-Four Americans were nt tacked in the streets of Havana, on Sunday morning. They were fired on, at first, by a rowdy, and afterwards treated in a most ornel manner by tho mob who gathered round them. One of the men was killed, two others were seriously injured, and the fourth escaped unhurt. The only offence the Americans were guilty of was that of wearing blue neck? ties. This annoyed a rowdy, and he fired on the wearers, and thus paved the way for further outrage. This is a nice specimen of Havana rowdyism. It is consoling, howover, to learn that "hang? ing for murder is not played out" in Cuba, for we are informed that the Cap? tain-General has resolved that when the culprit is arrested, be will be tried by a drum-head court-martial and executed within two boars after the sentence is passed. SENSIBLE WORDS.- The editor of tho Keoweo Courier, writing from Columbia, thus refers to the great necessity of placing honest and capablo men into office: "Wo have to live uuder this Go? vernment until it is modified by the growth of public virtue and enlighten? ment. Whatever chango may then be effected will not bo sudden, as if by mngic, but gradual, and by earnest effort at the ballot-box. The good time when principle shall prevail will come, if at all, in this very way. Until the country is prepared for this, let us have as good a Government as possible." SUDDEN DEATH.-We are pained to hoar of tho suddou death of M?*. T. L. Crcushaw, a citizen of this County, which occurred near his residence, on Thursday last. Mr. C. was engaged at tho time he was stricken down, in fight? ing fire in tho woods on his premises. It is supposed he died from heart disease. He was a good citizen, an industrious man, and a gallant soldier in the Con? federate army of Northern Virginia. [Lancaster Ledger. COMMITTED RATE.-We learn from pas? sengers on the Stato Road train last evening, that a rape was committed by a negro on a young white girl, at Dalton, on Monday. The scoundrel was arrosted and lodged in jail, butin some way ef? fected his escape. He was, however, re-arrested yesterday by the citizens, and hung to a tree in sight of the railroad. [Atlanta Express, Olli. A despatch from Fort Benton, dated February 7, states that half-breeds in from the Indian camps on Maras report that the Indians are dying at the rate of 25 per day with the small-pox, and they beg the whites to spare their lives. The report that Mouutain Chiefs band ami others had declared war, proves wholly untrue. Sourn CAROLINA RAILROAD STOCK IN NEW YOKK.-The Charleston News has seen a letter from a large banking house in New York, in regard to South Caroli? na Railroad stock. Tho writer says there is much inquiry for the stock, but no sellers. The bolders havo made up their miuds that the stock will udvance, and some believe that by July 1, it will sell as high as 75. We are to have a Bonaparte amongst us. It is stated in letters from Paris that immediately after tho acquittal of Prince Pierro Bonaparte-which every one takes for granted-he is to have his pension doubled, upon the condition that ho re? turns to America and makes it his per? manent residenoe. Speaking of the blowing down of the "liberty pole" in Chester, the correspon? dent of the Yorkville Emjuirer says: Let us hopo, however, that tho time is not far distant, when the power of the radi? cal party, like tho pole, will bo cleft asunder by the strong wind of popular condemnation. FRATRICIDE.-Wo learn, says tho 17? dicalor, from a friend, that Frank E. Alfred fatally stabbed his brother, Tol j bert Alfred, in a house of ill-fame, near j Marion, N. C., on tho night of the 2d inst., in a drunken frolic. Thc inundation of the Nile has, this year, taken the proportions of a flood, it was nover known to be so high, and has cuused damage to the extent of nearly $40,000,000. An Indiana young lady, attending a private party, excused herself when asked to sing, saying "You must excuse mo, for I never attempt to sing, sxcept to warble a few wild notes for pa at even? tide." A Wisconsin youth, sued for breach of promise, offered to compromise by marrying the girl, if the Court would protect him from those other girls who had the same tender claims upon bim. Smiill naps, trimmed with gold cord and tassel, a la'jnilitaire, are among the newest fashions for ladies. "Just the thing I" Such is the excla? mation of the Dyspeptics who use SOLO? MONS'BITTERS. N21 1 MF ? 1 OMfitBf mt Partl?m?B<-The Adtlrcta of Q,?e?n Victoria. tAwno*. F*br?~r 8.- Tbs scsaio? of Itj?kUament w?? opeud today, whe Queen's speech Airas road by a Conjfais Sioner, her Mafejisty excusing hereon on .OWOsmt of her recent indisposition. ?The following is nn extended report of the Queen's speech, as delivered by commis? sion: Lonna AND GENTLEMEN: We have it in command from her Majesty again lu invite 70a to resume your arduous du? ties, aud to express the regret of her Mafcwty that her present indisposition hos prevented her from meeting you in poison, as it had been her intention to do. You re-assemble at a period of remark? able public interest. Friendly senti? ments aro entertained in all quarters towards this country, and these feelings her Majesty cordially reciprocates. There is a growing disposition among nations to resort to thc good offices of their allies, iu eases of international dif? ference. The conciliatory spirit in which several such cases have recently been treated and determined, encourage her Majesty's confidence in the main? tenance of general tranquility. Papers will be laid before you, with referenco to thc recent occurrences in New Zea? land. GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSH OF COM? MONS: Estimates for the approaching financial year aro in a forward state ot preparation. They are framed with a view, in the first place, to the effective maintenance of the public establish? ments, and will impose a diminished oharge upon her Majesty's subjects. The condition of the revenue has an? swered tho expectations formed iu tho past session. Her Majesty trusts you will be disposed to carry into completion tho inquiry you last year instituted into the mode of conduoting Purliameutary and municipal elections, and thus pre? pare materials useful for early legisla? tion. LOUDS AND GENTLBMEN: It will bo proposed to amend the laws respecting the ocouputiou and acquisition of land in Ireland, iu a manner adapted to the peculiar circumstances of that country, and calculated, as her Majesty believes, to bring about improved relations be? tween the several classes concerned iu Irish agriculture, who collectively con? stitute the great bulk of the people. These provisions, matured by your im? partiality and wisdom, as her Majesty trusts, will tend to inspire, among per? sons with whom such sentiments may still bc wanting, that steady confidence in tho law and desire to render assistance in its effective administration which mark her Majesty's subjects iu geuerul. This will aid iu consolidating tho fabric of the empire. Wo are further directed by her Majes? ty to stato that many other subjects of public importauco appear to demand your care, and among them especially to inform you u bill has been prepared for the enlargement, on a comprehensive scale, of tho means of national educa? tion. In fulfillment of an engagement to tho Government of the United States, a bill will be proposed to you for the purpose of defining the status of sub jeots who are citizens of foreign coun? tries, and who may desire naturalization, und of aiding them in the attainment of that object. You will be invited to con? sider bills proposed in compliance with tho report of the commission on courts of judicature, for the improvement of the constitution and procedure of thc superior tribunal, and of the origiual appellate jurisdiction. Tho question of religious tests in the universities and colleges of Oxford aud Cambridge has been under discussion for many years, and her Majesty recom? mends such legislative settlemet of the questions as may contribute to extend the usefulness of these great institutions, and heighten the respect with which they are justly regarded. Bills have been prepared for extending tho inci? dence of rating and for placing tho col? lection of largo sums, locally raised, for various purposes on a simple and uui form rating. Her Majesty likewise recommends yon to undertake nn amendment to the laws whioh regulate and grant licenses for thc salo of fermented and spirituous liquors. Measures will be brought under youi consideration facilitating the transfer of land in cases intestnry, amending the laws as to disabilities of members of trade combinations, and for consolidat? ing and improving tho body of the statute which rolates to merchant ship? ping. While commending to you these weighty matters for legislation, her Ma? jesty commands us to add that tho receul extension of agrarian crime in several parts of Ireland, with its train of accom? panying events has filled her Majesty with painful concern. The Executive has employed freely the means at hei command for the prevention of outrage, and partial improvement may bo ob? served. Although the number of offences with? in this class of crime has been by nc means so great as nt former periods, in disposition to give evidence in aid ol the administration of justice has been alike remarkable and injurious. Foi the removal of such evils, her Majestj places main reliance on the pcrmnnenl operation of a wise and necessary change in the laws. She will not hesitate to re commend the adoption of special provi sions, should such a policy appear dur ing the session to bo required by the paramount interests of peace and order. Upon these and all other subjects, hoi Majesty prays that your labors may ht constantly attended by the blessing o! God. On Wednesday evoning last, the sta bles, on the plantation of Mr. John Clarke, near Sand-bar Ferry, ia Edge field County were destroyed by fire. Several animals in the building were rescued uninjured. 1,000 pounds fodder and 20 bushels corn were also de stroyed. X*OOAX Items , VVKDDIKO CARPS AMD ENVELOPES.-? lot of wedding cards end envelopes, of latest, styles, has just been received; Which will be printed itt imitation of en? graving, and at less than one-tenth the cost. Call and see specimens at PHOENIX office. THE "GREEN LINE."-Many of our merchants wili be interested in the fol? lowing telegram, received lost night: ATLANTA, GA., February ll. C. Bouknigld, Superintendent: The blockade is removed nt Nashville and Chattanooga; but other roads South are over-crowded, and we aro short of oars. Tell your merchnuts to have patieuce. Wo hope to get out of tho preseut press soon. R. C. ROBSON, General Ageut G. L. CRLMRS.-The city tax on printing cilices was incorrectly stated in tho printed ordinance as 820-it should have been $40. The members of the Council having evidently determined tl-nt the honor of the thing was entitled to some consideration. St. Valentino's Day will soou be here, and the store windows are filled with the uau:?.l quantity of humorously and senti? mentally illustratrated papers. Tho semi-annual announcement of the old and respected Baltimore house of Armstrong, Cater ?fe Co., is published this morning. These gentlemen do an extensive Southern trade, and their business is rapidly increasing. Our merchants are invited to give them a call, when visiting the "Monumental City." Two young ladies in a certain house in town tho other night, wore heard to siug as follows: "Oh for a man! Oh for a man! Oh for a man-sion in the sky!" Before they could get any further, two young bloods outside responded: "Oh for a gal! Oh for a gal! Oh for a gal-lon of old rye!" The preliminaries for thc "chicken dispute" ou a large scale, which has i been the subject of discussion during the past fortnight, have been satisfactorily arranged. The fight is to come off at tho Exchange Pit, in this city, commenc? ing on Tuesday, the Gth of April, and continuing four days. The contest is to bo South Carolina against North Caro? lina. Thirty-one cocks are to be shown by each party, weighing from four pounds six ouuces to six pounds six ounces. A stake of 8100 to be made on each battle, and 81,000 on tho main. Mr. C. R. Franklin, of this city, represents ?South Carolina, and Mr. John G. Ar ringtou the old North State. Our friend, T. C. DeLeon, has brought out his burlesque of "Hamlet" at tho Olympic Theatre, in Now York. It is a great hit, and rivals in popular attraction the melancholy Dane of Ed? win Booth and the flaxen-haired laddie of Fochter. Wo oro indebted to Messrs. Washburn ?fe Co., of Boston, for a copy of their handsomely illustrated catalogue of gar? den and flower seeds; also, for a package containing a variety of seeds. Their establishment is an extensive one, and they claim to furnish any and every? thing necessary for tho flower and kitchen garden. Addross Washburn A Co., horticultural building, 1U0 Tremont street, Boston. Major R. H. Walton, ex-G reen ville Railroad ag:;nt at this point, paid us a short visit yesterday. Ho is as lively as a cricket, and sharp as a steol-trap. A subscriber wrote to an editor the other day, saying: "I don't want your paper any longer." To which the editor replied, "I wouldn't mnke it noy longer if you did; it's present length suits mo very well." HOTEL ARRIVALS, February ll-Nick orson House-Wm. Haltiwauger, Ninety Six; M. A. Joseph, New York; J. Cor vio, Philadelphia; A. B. Davidson, Mrs. M. L. Davidson, Miss S. H. Davidson, Joseph H. Gay, Charlotte; J. P. Reed, Miss Waller, Anderson; James A. Brad? ley tc Bro., Pennsylvania; A. Newbrick, A. W. Flecker, Baltimore; B. M. Harris, Virginia. Columbia Hotel-J. C. Billow, Ridge? way; R. M. Murhead, W. H. Evans, J. P. Browne, Charleston; E. Aldman, H. B. Plant, Ga. ; J. D. Clapp, J. Yale, W. Wilkins, G. K. Harrison and sou, H. W. Hatch, New ?ork; D. A. Smith, S. W. Cammell, Philadelphia; W. Lowry, Cin? cinnati; E. G. Wright, Union; W. H. ? Townsend, Aiken; C. G. ?Jaeger, Lau Irens; J. Jacobsen, H. W. Hautemnller, ' W. S. Hordin, Baltimore; Miss Crocker, D. P. Rumsy and daughter, C. E. Ro? senburg, wife and two children, Buffalo; jj. S. Davidson, R. C. Cochran, N. C.; J. J. Wheeler, Newberry. National Hotel-A. Thames, Ya. ; H. T. Conke. Orangeburg; J. F. Myors, Branchville; Mrs. Norris, Union; A. F. Geading, Wm. Brill, Winnsboro; Col. Sims, city; Jorden and friend, Kershaw; H. Connel, T. Young, Va.; W. B. Stettins, Miss M. E. Stettins, Charles S. Hammonds, Greenville; S. P. Marsham, S. W. Browu, James Brown, J. E. Cas son, Ky.; Gilbert Garner, Richland; C. M. Gnffla, Abbeville; N. C. Joyner, Wil? liamston. mm 'i, mm mm mm M?XJj-A??Av<iwiritrjB.--The Northern mail is opened for delivery nt 8 a. m.; closed nt 8.30 n. m. Charleston, opened at 5.30 p. m.; closed at 8.80 p. m. Greenville, opened ut 5.30 p. m.; closed at 8.30 p. m. Western, opened at 9.30 a. m.; closed at 4 p. m. Charleston, (evening,) opened at 8 a. m.; closed at 4.30 p. m. Ou Sunday, tho post office :-? open from 9 to 10 a. m. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention :i called to the following advertisements, published tho first time this morn mu. M. Ronna-Special Notice. R. K. Scott-8500 Reward. STRAINING AT A GNAT.-A man iu Hampshire County, Massachusetts, it ia said, recently subscribed one dollar for the support of his minister, but finding that his wife, at a donntion party, had squandered tweuty cents in the same object, refused to pay moro than eighty cents. A Cincinnati man heard burglars try? ing to get into his honse, so he opened the window and fired a shot-gun at a mau he saw in the yard. In the morning, he found a pair of pantaloons riddled with shot. They were his own, and were hanging on a clothes-lino. A New York paper publishes a mar? riage notice in which the gentleman's Christian name is given as "Willie." This is worse than the "Sadies" and "Nellies" of tho boarding school cata? logues. "My opponent, Mr. Chairman, per? sists in saying that he is entitled to the floor. Whether this is so or not, I shall not inquire. All I have got to say is, that he will get floored if he interrapts me again." With a Carpenter in Congress and a Joiner in the State Legislature, Wis- . consin ought to keep the wood-work of her legislation in a tolerable state of re? pair. Some of the Western cities are utterly insolvent. Galena, 111., cannot pay the interest on its debt of 8200,000, and the valuation of property, which in 1866 was $2,212,674, is now less than $500, ???. A gentleman having presented his church with the Ten Commandments, it was wittily said that he gave them away because be could not keep them. Tho weak and emaciated mother says: "My health and strength is restored br the use ot" SOLOMONS' BITTE?*'. N21 A destructive fire occurred at West Toint, Ga., on the 30th ultimo. Five stores were consumed. Loss 830,000. A gentleman maintained that poverty was a virtue. "That," said his friend, "is literally making a virtue of neces? sity." "Oh! what an excellent Tonic," is the language of the invalid who nses SOLO? MONS' BITTERS. N21 In a Chicago paper, of last Friday, there are nineteen applications for divorce. In eleven of these, the wife wants it. Rochefort's Marseillaise circulated 400,000 copies the day after the Noir murder. It was death to Noir, bot fun to Rochefort. Mr. Dalrymple, the great farmer of Minnesota, is said to have made 8150,000 clear gain in threo years of forming. "I am strong and healthy, yet to pre? serve my good condition," I use SOLO? MON'S BITTERS. N21 AU the name a colored candidate for clerk in Texas nt the recent election conld claim was John. He wonld have roceived moro votes if it had been only Demijohn.-Neto York Times. The village of Sweet Home, in Noda way County, Mo., waa almost totally de? stroyed by fire recently. Only one house was left standing. Before the fire, there were two. A little four-year-old boy In Riohmond, Virginia, on being asked by his mother if he wonld not like to ho an angel and have wings, replied that he had rather be a hawk and live on chicken. TUE DEMAND TELLS THE STORY. From all directions, orders fur PHALON'S VITALIA OR SALVATION FOR THE HAIR come pouring in. All the noxious Dyes. Ac, go down before it. A year hence they will be unmarketable. The ladies say it is as pleasant to use as a perfumed toilet water, and it is as transparent as crystal. Nothing else reproduces so perfectly the original hue of the hair. F8 13 LIVER COMPLAINT.-Arise from tor? pidity of the liver, causing a decrease in the flow of bile; from too great determi? nation of blood, causing enlargement, inflammation, uboesses; from obstruc? tion of the ducts lending from it into the bowels, causing jaundice and similat affections; it sometimos produces dis? eases of tho skin-such as pimples, tumors, blotches, sores, ulcers, boils, i tellings, erysipelas, scurf, sore eyes. kc. It gives tho skin a yellowish tinge, sometimes deepening till it assumes a very tawny and greasy look; the while.-, of tho eyes become yellow or greenish, and the tongue white or brown coated. Ueinitsh's Queen's Delight is the cure by purifying and cleansing tho blood. For 6alo by Druggists everywhere. J26 A STUBBORN FACT.-There is scarcely any disease in which purgative medicines are not moro or less rerfXiired, and much suffering might be prevented were they more generally used. No person can feel well while a costive habit of body pre? vails; besides, it soon generates serious diseases, which might have been avoided by a timely use of Cathartic Medicines. For this purpose, DR. TCTT'S VEOETABLI: LIVER PILLS aro confidently recommend ed; they are mild, safe, prompt nod uni? form in their action. They oontain UL Mercury. Persons may eat and dr;uk as usual, and thev may be taken at any time. F8 G