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CQLT??IBIA; s.Wm --?-' Tuesday Morning, April 19. 1870. ===- ?. Tn? Ile v ic wer Reviewed-Tho Pre?* ConferenceTWo. 3< ID article No. ?2, the aa thor of the Be TIOW of the Prea?Conf?rence r?solutions, alladiDg to the r?cognition therein con? tained, of the legal rights pi tho colored man, contends that tho resolutions are ambiguous, and ooks what is meant by "legal rights and: personal qualification and fitness?'? Wjp answer for ourselves. Wo can give our interpretation. The answer is, that the resolutions mean just what they express!-neither more nor less. They mean that we recognize tho legal and political rights of the negro, under the Government' under which we live. Bat the author of the review asks, "why announce this recognition of the colored man's claims, since we have already done in deed what we now do in words?" Oar answer IR, we aunounoe it beoause oar opponents have denied that we malee the recognition, and because it is due to the whites;pf the State that they should placo thon?EOives clearly and formally in a fair and; reasonable political attitude. Wo iloairo tonrefortn the government of tho State. "Wp propose jip make a vigor? ous political ' effort 'in', the 'approaching oanV^.''''tfTo'l^b'a6i'we wisli to give the colored voWsrrf pf the State every oppor tunity of breaking their present alliance and of uniting with those who are'1 aim? ing ai a cheaper, better and purer go? vernment than tho one we have.' Hence it is proper for the White raen bf the State to placo themselves on tenable ground. It is true that tho recognition stay have little weight with the colored voters. The fact is, that we believe it will at present have little effect. Bat still, let the declaration be made, and then if it shall result that the colored voters still organize against the native whites, then tho issue will be fully under? stood-the negro will have made thc issue of race, and will haye to abide the result. As for ourselves, we enter inte BO game with the radical, and we are seeking to tramp no card of his. We dc not deny that we woald willingly accept the vote of the oolored man in behalf ol good government, but we shall resort tc no trickery to win it, and we would have the Southern whito man to feel that thc futuro of this Beotion is not dependenl upon this vote. Let him roly upon him self. Bat, says tho author of the review, can we expect to wean the colored voten from the party in power? We answer we do not believe that we caa, at thii dime. Still is it important that wo plac? ourselves "right in court"-right befor< the tribunal of tho world. We mean tc say this, that a liberal recognition of th< colored man's claims, in the spirit o a broad . and enlightened humanity strengthens oar own position, unites on: own ranks, and commends our cause t< the sympathies that givo it strength We are liberal in our recognition of thi colored man's status, because of what i due to ourselves, regardless of his use as a voting element. But ia one sug gestion we heartily concur with th writer of the review, viz: that it is unbe coming and unwise in U3 to hold out ti the oolored man a promise of doab! meaning. As for ourselves, we have n< policy of the kind. This we leave ti party tricksters, to scheming politicians and to unscrupulous demagogues. Th writer, near the close of artiole No, 2 refers, with commendation, to the expia nation given in an English review, of th reason why the South refused to us negro soldiers in the late war, to wi! "In the pride of their own whito blood the Southern peoplescoraed to owe thei iadependeace to the hands of thei bondsmen." Now, upon this we have t remark, that if the author of the review means to intimate that, in tho pride c our white blood, we should scorn to ns negro votes ia ordor to build up the Stat and bring us back to a more prosperen era, we do not concur with him. Th prido of blood might well lead us to foi bear from begging for negro votes might well prevent us from relying upo the negro element to restore the Soutt but it does not, wo take it, and shoul not impel us to rejoot the negro vote, : we can, with self-respect, secure it. N military man ever disdains to turn th guns of the enemy upon him. Au although wo shall not bend to win th negro vote, yet wo shall welcome thc vote whenever we find it cast in behn of the prosperity of the South. W shall not, on the one bund, plead for th negro's vote, nor shall we, on the othe: apura it, when it is deposited in tho ii terests of good government and tru principles. Tho settlement of this vexed qucstio of tho negro, on tho basis of politici and legal equality, was not of our mat ?og. The people of tho South are n< responsible for it. But now, that it hi been so settled, let us hopo that it wi load to tho more uninterrupted .workin of those Bilcnt forcea that shrill,: ia tho Booth, replace the abnormal, with'the normal. ~--y ^ *M % \r?4-! .*>??i-Tr-r ! ? i We attribute ,jhe following to the jflen; of Dr. Bisloy, mho .waa witl| us some' weeks sinoo, ou^his tour-preaching the: gospel of material reconstruction with much effeot. Would that there were more of suoh carpet-bag missionaries. We hope tho facts stated will induce many honest and enterprising citizens of less genial olimes to make their abode with us. The oommnnioation is addressed to the editor of the Brooklyn (L. I.) Eagle: THE A OTU AL CONDITION OF THE SOUTH, AS SEEN BY A BUOOBXYNITE.-Having spent the past winter in a somewhat ex? tended tour through the Southern Atlan? tic States to tho Oulf, visiting almost every section from the sea-board to the mountains; and having enjoyed facilities for learning the views and sentiments of all classes and parties in regard to their present and prospective condition, and seen a vost amount of undeveloped wealth, I submit the following statement, as the result of some of my observations, for the information of thoso who feel any interest in that seotion. And first, in regard to the people. The blacks, who are the most valuable'labor? ers in the world, when treated right, and especially for field'service, at some crops in that climate-?fter having been cru? elly tempted, imposed upon, and used, by loyal demagogues-are fast learning who are their true friendo, and finding their true position. The intelligent and influential classes, who pay the taxes for tho support of government, altbongh ex? cluded from participating in ita manage? ment, approve and cordially support every honest scheme for educating and improving the moral and physical Condi? tion of their colored fellow-citizens. They also cordially welcome avery now comer, from whatever land or section, or calling of industry-except the "po? litical carpet-b?g speculators," whom they as heartily despise. As in every other section, there are outlaws and out? rages, but with all the whiskey and fire? arms-which many of the younger and more ignorant citizens, of both colors, avail themselves of, "since freedom came"-there are fewer brawls and less danger to lifo or property in all the Southern States than there is in nny of our larger Northern cities. True, there lins been a good deal of petty thieving of pigs, ohiokens, etc, but the stories of Ku Klux outrages aro all manufactured or colored up for political and specula? tive pnrposes, and they have had their effeot. Thousands of Northern and Western men, who have had the courage to trust their lives in that seotion, have made investments and are engaging in enterprises that will demonstrate the fact that the South offers greater inducements for the farmer, the manufacturer and the mechanic, than any other portion of the world. The invalid and those pre-disposed to certain hereditary diseases can find in the humid and temperate air of the sea? board, or in the bracing atmosphere of the hilly and mountain region, the climate best adapted to his case. Tho agricuituralist can find every variety of soil, and can grow everything that can | bo produced in any other part of our country, besides sevoral valuable staples that will grow no whero else. And for the manufacturing of many staple pro? ducts there is no section of this country, if in the world, that possesses such im? mense natural advantages of unfailing and easily controlled water-power, in a genial, healthy climate, surrounded with the raw material of cotton, timber, iron oro, and valuable minerals of all kinds -good and cheap farming, where every luscious fruit can be cultivated, and now grows almost spontaneously-where the ten plant, madder, iudigo and rich pro? ducts of other countries will flourish. While there are unoccupied lands, un? productive mill-sites, raines, ?fcc, to be had at the South, (all cheap now,) suf? ficient to support a thriving multitude many times greater than the population of our whole country, it would seem that these facts only require to be known to encourage thousands of our enterprising citizens to avail themselves of the oppor? tunity to better their own condition, and at the same time contribute towards ren? dering that portion of our country what naturo hos designed it for-an earthly paradise. H. W. B. THE NEW RAILROAD BRIDGE.-The new railroad bridge of tho Charlotte, Colum? bia and Augusta and South Carolina Railroads, at the foot of Washington street, is being pushed forward with great energy. Tho foundation of the track from Reynolds street is nearly completed to the abutment on this side of the river.' Ample timber material seems to bo at baud, and with a favora? ble stage of water in the river, the piers will bo pushed to an eorly completion, upon which the construction of the bridge proper will bo at once commenced. [A ugusla Constitutionalist. FIVE MEN DROWNED.-Last Saturday five men were drowned in tho Iowa river, at Belmont, Wright County. While at? tempting to cross the river on a flat boat, they were drawn under the mill dam by the eddy of the water and cap? sized. Their namoa were Wm. Bowen, Mr. Dudley, and Mr. Leroy, of Belmont; Rowley and Try burg, and Sheriff Ous? ley, of Clarion, Iowa. Mr. Solomon, desirous of extensively introducing the "Old Carolina Bitters" it being a most excellent tonio as well as a pleasant beverage-keeps an urn con? stantly filled on his counter, for tho con? venience of all persons desirous of test? ing their virtues before purchasing. This preparation has been extensively used by Bomo of the principal families in the State, who guarantee its purity and effi? cacy. Th? Prcao Conference-Accepting iher ' SUuaUoB-Efo.. 9. , W> . Ia oar. larmer article, wo' endeavored to 6boy;?b?ii} our people had pat neido dead issues' and accepted tho situation, and propose'in Ibis to consider tho pro? positions of the press conferonoo. con? tained in tho following resolutions: Re???v?d? unanimously, That this confereaoo recognizes the legal rights of all the citizens of the State, irrespective of color, to suffrage." "2. That this conference recognizes the legal rights of all the oitizons of the State, irrespective of color or previous condition, to office, subject alone to personal qualification and fitness." We do not for one moment question j the sincerity of the gentlemen wbo have announced these resolutions, bot as a j platform of a party each plank contains an ambiguity which must be explained by ourselves or interpreted by our ad? versaries. In the first we "recognize the legal right of all tho citizens of the State, irrespective of color, to suffrage," and in tho second their "legal right to office, subject alone to personal qualification and fitness." Now, what is meant here by legal rights and personal qualification and fitness? Do we simply mean to say that we recognize Ibis legal right under the go? vernment, which we accepted when we laid down our arms, and under which we now live? If this is all, why announce it? Do we not pay taxes to this govern? ment, obey its laws, and recogoize its authority? Aad have we not done so ever since the re-establishment of its supremacy? And are not these rights secured to the {citizens of the State, irrespective of color, by that govern? ment? Have we not voted with the negro, respeotod his authority in office, submitted oar rights to him upon the jury, addressed bim upon tho bench, and obeyed the laws enacted by him? Is not the whole legal profession in our State now engaged in the study of an imported system of procedure, only to save a few strangers the trouble of familiarizing themselves with oar own? Why, then, announce ia words what we have so fully recognized indeed? This resolution mast mean something more, or it means nothing. What, then, does it mean? Does it mean that through whatever changes and chances that may happen to the United States Government, we will guarantee the negro the position he has been given to rule us? Does it mean that should the radical party at last, through its extravagance, exhaust the re? sources of the country; by its vindic? tiveness weary tho patience of the peo? ple, and disgust them with its negro rule; and that if from all these abuses, there should come a reaction, and sweep it from power, that then we shall still recognize these peoplo ns our political equals, and continue them in power? Does it mean that wo are now prepared to recognize and grant them all that follows from political equality? Unless wo mean all this and are pre? pared to go to the whole of this extent, tho resolution means nothing; and the freedman has no inducement to leave the party which has given him all, to come to us who can give him nothing. If thc resolution means all this, we prefer to be ruled os we are, to any go? vernment we aonld purchase at such a cost. Now, that the qnestion is raised, let ns look the issue full in the face. The world is looking on and wonder? ing at the sight of these two people, once masters and slaves, forced from each other by a foreign bayonet, yet living together in peace, notwithstanding fana? tical and malicions efforts to incite the classes against each other; and even we ourselves have hoon surprised at the good conduct of the negro under the circumstances. But we know that our hold upon our former slaves is the re? membrance of our kindness to them when in our power, and their remaining reverence for and faith in their old master?. Their belief in us, if shaken, has not yet been destroyed. Will we risk this hold upon them by a promise of double meaning? Will we assure them of our recognition of their political rights, all the while with a montai reservation? This would be as unwise as false. The negro, let ns recollect, was ever quick at reading our family secrets. Let us distinctly bear in mind, that all we can offer, is what we will do in the future, if the negro will help us to re? gain our power; and that this is the only inducement we can ofter him to desert the radical, who, as he believes, has already done so mach for him, and who now has power. Can we, knowing his nature, expect to tempt him by suob promises in the future, from the party already in power, to the party who asks his assistance to regain it? Whilo writing this, an English Review hos reached us, in which a writer won? ders that tho South refused to use tho negroes during tho late war, but himself gives the explanation when he says: "In the prido of their own white blood the Southern peoplo scorned to owe their independence to the hands of their bondsmen." Tho Southern people during the war were fully awuro of the value of that card in their hand, but they could not bring themselves to play it. Lot us again turn asido from the game in which wo aro tempted to try it. Must wo say the more so when we know our adversary now holds a higher with which to trump it? Bev. Edward Husband, a noted Eng? lish IiituuliBt, went over to the Boman Catholic Chnrch about five months ago, and immedately printed a pamphlet en? titled, "Why I Loft the Church of Eng? land;" aad now he writes to a religious journal a letter entitled, "Why I Left the Church of Borne." Carr, who was hang in Belmont County, Ohio, the other day, admitted that his first sin was votiug the radical ticket. gjjBBj? I'M I?, I mil m ? ?mru^fvg FULFIL LINO AN AWTUL FAMILY DESTINY. Mr- lion ry Job noon committed suicido nt Col ebrook ri ver, Conn. , OD Satur day, by/shooting himself through tho bead with a rifle, it is supposed whilo under na aberration of mind, to which ho .'was subject, and which seems to have buen a family inheritance. ?. H?B graud-father, father, mother, uncle, and a brother, it is said, Were suicides, and his wife, who recently died, was subject to insanity. He was about forty years of age, and leaves one daughter. INQUEST.-Coroner Whitiug, on Satur? day, held an inquest on the body of Jas. T. Carroll, who was found dead at his window. A post mortem examination by Dr. H. Debby, Jr., proved that he came to bis death from the effects of disease of the heart, and a verdict iu accordance with that fact was returned. Deceased waa, at the tiruo of his death, seventy years of age.-Charleston Courter. DROWNED.-Saturday forenoon, two colored laborers, at Rudieill's Mine, near this city, Daniel Henderson and Mc ('rea, were drowned. They were at work in a shaft whioh extended beneath a former one which had been excavated, when the water broke through from the upper shaft into the one in whioh they were engaged, submerging them almost instantly.-Charlotte (N. C.) Observer. A youth named Jacob Hamish, seven? teen years old, deliberately out off his foot, on Saturday last, in Lampeter Township, Fenn., and. when asked why he did it, replied that we aro told if our hand or our foot offend us, we should cut it off. He had struck three blows, and, picking up tho foot, hurled it some dis? tance from him. The mutilation proved fatal. A young man in Kentucky, who couldn't raise money enough to get married on the day appointed, stole a horse, took it to Louisville, and traded it off for clothes, and had the knot tied. He has been in jail ever since, bavlug been arrested just after the "ceremony was performed. He said it was just his luck. He never did succeed in tho live stock business. ID order that the merits of the "Old Carolina Bitters" shall be fully tested, and every person be benefit tod by them, Mr. Solomon will give it gratuitously to such persons in ill health as are una? ble,; from indigent circumstances, tc purchase them. LOSINOPOPULATION.-Canada is losing its population. Tho Canadian Govern? ment takes measures to encourage immi? gration to supply tho deficiency, but the immigrants do not remain there. Of the 53,000 who landed there lost year, only 13,000 remain. AN OLD CONFEDERATE DEAD.-A Mem? phis despatch announces the death, on the 4th inst., of General Albert Rust, of Arkansas. He was a member of the Confederate Congress, and a General in the Confederate army. An accidental fire destroyed the store of Mr. M. Kempner, (a merchant of Augusta,) at Saw Dust, on the Georgia Railroad, on Friday last. Loss about ?6,000 on stock. A yonng man at St. Louis neatly ampu? tated his head with a razor, lately, as a remedy for the jim-jams. It WBB effect? ual. The Mayor of Fernandina, Fla.-who is in the lumber business-was accident? ally caught by a circular saw, a few days ago, and killed. The prohibitory liquor-law in New York is dead. On Sunday lager was sold iu the greatest abundance. "Just the thing!" Such is the excla? mation of the Dyspeptics who use SOLO? MONS* BITTERS. N21 The weak and emaciated mother says: "My health and strength is restored bv tho use of" SOLOMONS* BITTED. N21 "I am strong and healthy, yet to pre? serve my good condition," I use SOLO? MON'S BITTERS. N21 "Oh! what an excellent Tonio," is the language of the invalid who uses SOLO? MONS' BITTERS. N21 FOUNTAIN OK HEALTH ANO BEAUTY.-Purify the "blood" and enrich the stream upon which life obbs and flows. Use HEINITSU'B QUERN'S OKI.HUIT. It enriches tho blood wheu thia and watery. Too many neglect tho condition of the blood, particularly among fomalod. Povorty of blood is a common disease. Tho chief Symptoms are "paloneas," feeblo pulso, loas of appetite, indigestion, flatulence and irregularity of tho bowels; low spirits, head? ache, nervousness, debility, with languor. These points aro always found to bo connected with poor blood. Tho "QUEEN'S DELIOUT" is a life-exhilarating elixir, and should bo used at this season. Oct a bottle For salo by Fisimn A UEINITSH. April 5 KOSKOO.-The Norfolk Daily Journal, ot December ll, 18G9, says: "I'llis medicino is rapidly gaining confi? de nco of tho people, and the numerous testi? monials of its virtues, given by practitioners of medicino, leave? no doubt that it is a safo and roliablo remedy for IKPURITV OF TUE BLOOD, LIVER i)ISKASK, AC." Tho laut Me tical Journal contains an arti? cle from Prof. R. 8. Newton, M. D., President of the E Medi-Colloge, city of New York, that speaks in high torros of its curativo proper? ties, and gives a special recommendation of Koskoo to tho practitioners of medicine. This is, wo behove, the first instance whore auch medicines havo boen officially endorsed by tho Faculty of any of tho Medical Colleges, and reflects great credit upon tho skill of Dr Lawrence, its compounder, and also puts "Koskoo" in (ho VAN of all other medicines of tho present day. F26 HOTEL ARRIVALS, April 18 -Columbia Hotel. J R Culp, Chester; W A Hanck, N C; J W O'Hrien, ty 8 Dikor, W Burns, J E Thames. Charleston; O Ra mn ni, Oibenrath and friend, J Ezoll, J S Oreen, A C Davis, 1) H Knight, B T Howard, W R Cathcart, Citv; L F Griffith, Md; K Olcott and lady, NY; WE Carwell. R E El? lison, SC; WD Sampson, II L McOowan, Laurens; T B Jotor, Union; B lt NaBb, Bum tor; T 8 Farrow, BT Alford, Ga; H M White, Yorkville, ? H Pettingiii, Cher&w; W H Boyce, Bonnettsville; A Mollee. Jr., Greenville. dickerson House.-B L Qoulding, Qa; Gon J IS Kershaw, Ca?ado- N Hyde, C O A A R R; T T Bonner, Mrs Ann BBprowls, Kansas City; L H Bunker and Borvant, ti C; L Bhower, Pa; A DeBollaigin, Charleston; H Capps, KC; ?? D Masa, Abbeville, J R Howell, Richland, n 0 Bennett, St Matthews; J H Gay, NO; J M Sedgier, Newberry; Mrs Hammett and dan gb tor, Greenville; J B McCants, WinuBboro. XZ? ooal lie xxl. & CHUMES.-An oxtru trein loaves Co - limbla to-day, nt 1.20 p. m., for the con? venience of stockholders attending the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Rail? road Convention, in Augusta, to-morrow. Le Bon Ton, for May, has been re? ceived, and, as usual, is full of beauty and style. It is, beyond a doubt, one of the leading journals of fashion. It gives four highly-colored steel engravings and two full-sized patterns eaoh month, be? sides sixteen pages of useful reading mat? ter. Send sixty cents for specimen. Yearly, 86. Address, S. T. Taylor, Im? porter of Ladies* Fashions, 891 Canal street, New York. After tho reign of summer for several days, winter resumed his sway on Sun? day, and yesterday overcoats wcro found very acceptable. It is hardly probable that tho fruit will bear np under this variable weather. The PncENix office is supplied with every style of material from the small metal letter to tho largest wood type, together with plain and fancy cards, paper, colored ink, bronze, eto. It is the only establishment in the interior of the State where two and three sheet posters can be printed. All kinds of work in the printing line attended to at short notice. THE Cm- COUNCIL- MUDDLE.-The Su? premo Court will, to-day, announce whether it will hear the mandamus ap? plied for last week by the Republicans, who claimed to have been elected to the offices of Mayor and Aldermen of this city, at tho recent election, without re? quiring the process to be sought through the channel of the Circuit Court. The mat er was argued thoroughly last week by the counsel of the claimants, aud by that of the contestants, tho latter being the present incumbents, who contend that the eleotion was illegal and fraudu? lent, and tho Court reserved its decision until to-day. The result is expected with some curiosity, as the final determination of the case will he reached far more ex? peditiously without the intervention of thc Circuit Court, from which it would undoubtedly bo appealed, if it was there decided adversely to the contestants. HABEAS CORPUS.-The Charleston train, of last evening, brought to this city the colored man Friday Nixon, who, with his son Anthony, was convioted some time since by the Charleston Court of Sessions of the murder of another colored man on Ashley river. This Nixon was sentenced to be executed, but has twice been respited; and now an effort is about to be made in the Su? preme Conrt by his counsel, W. J. Whipper, to obtain his discharge on a writ of habeas corpus. The prisoner was in tho custody of E. W. M. Mackey, Sheriff of Charleston, who committed him to jail, from which he will be pro? duced in Court this morning. His son Anthony was also convicted and sentenc? ed to be execnted, but bis punishment has been commuted by the Governor to imprisonment for life in the peniten? tiary. EASTEB ELECTION.-Trinity Church. Wardens-Dr. M. LaBorde, A. E. Tay loy. Vestrymen-John B. Palmer, A. C." Haskell, W. H. Talley, E. H. Hei nitsh, Wade Hampton, Dr. R. W. Gibbes, H. S. Thompson. Delegates to tho Convention-John B. Palmer, A. O. Haskell, E. H. Heinitsh. Treasurer C. J. Iredell. BUBOLARS AT WONK - BODBERY OF THE BANKTNO HOUSE OP SCOTT, WILLIAMS & Co.-On Sunday morning, about 9 o'clock, as Mr. A. C. Davis, one of the officers connected with the Internal Re? venue Department, was entering the passage-way leading to his office-which is in the second story of the building in the Court House square, occupied by Messrs. Scott, Williams & Co. as a bank? ing boase-he observed a ball of twine OD the floor, behind the door; on stop? ping to pick it up, he foti nd that tho cord passed through a hole ia the side wall of the bank. His suspicions becoming ex? cited, ho immediately went out and re? lated the circumstance to two acquaint? ances, when tho trio returned and mado an examination of the premises. The roar dcor of tho bank was fonnd ajar, and the parties entered; the doors leading into tho front office wero nil open; conti? nuing their explorations, thoy next dis? covered a sledge hammer, steel rods, wedges, and several mysterious-looking implements, and the dcor of tho vault opened to its fullest oxtont. A voice in an adjoining closet nttrnctod their atten? tion, when, upon opening tho door, a white man came forward. This indivi? dual, Dayton L. Gaigo by name, was formerly a United States soldier; after? wards connected with an assessor's office in one of tho upper Counties, but lost his position through malfeasance in office, as we are informed; he then came to Co? ln rubin and was omployed for a time by Probate Judgo Wigg; }k no w idle, Gaige's account of bis incarceration ia tho build? ing is to the effeot that, on Saturday night; about ll o'clock, while on his'way homo, he wat? overtaken by the rain; that he stepped into the passage-way, in rear of. tho bank, and partially closed the door; shortly afterwards, a man, whom he supposed was the bank watchman, caught him by the arms and dragged him into tho adjacent room-Gaige, aa he says, protesting that he was not a robber, etc. ; another individual then ap? peared and presented a revolver at his head, threatening to kill him if he made any alarm. Gaige says he was then forced into a closet, near tho vault, tho parties insisting that he should lie down and keep perfectly quiet, or they would promptly dispose of him. Ho says that the two individuals then returned to the front room, and continued hammering and boring for several hours; and that about 5 o'clock, as he supposes, they left the building. He was, as ho asserts, afraid of making any outcry, as the rob? bers might be on the premises still, and would carry out their threats. This statement he made, with but slight vari? ation, when questioned by diff?rent par? ti??. Gaige had an examination before the Mayor, yesterday morning, but was cautioned by an attending Magistrate against making any statement that would criminate himself; he merely repeated what wo have given above. Gaige de? clares that there were only two men within tho building-oue of them being rather slender, and the other stout, with curly hair. This is. one of tho best-planued aud most successfully carried-oufc robberies whioh has ever oocurred in this portion of the country. Tho burglars, went to work so systematically-even arranging a twine-telegraphic alarm-and covered their tracks so carefully, that nothing tangible relative to their movements has transpired, and beyond mere suspicion, there is nothing to go upon. A quantity of burglars' implements were left in the room-sufficient to start several indivi? duals ia the business-jimmies, levers, braces, boring apparatus, etc. A sledge hammer, belonging to a respectable me? chanical establishment, was among the lot; which, of coarse, was a matter of surprise to the legitimate owners. Among the stolen property, was a large amount in bills of the old Bank of the State and Exchange Bank of this oity. It is be? lieve I that no bonds or stocks-of whioh thero was a large quantity in the vault were carried off. The entire losa, it ia believed, will not exceed ?50,000-the bank suffering to the extent of about $20,000, it is thought; special depositors being the principal losers. Several thou? sand dollars in gold was taken; silver waa thrown aside, from its great weight. The thieves effected au entrance through the front door, and mado their exit, appa? rently, from the rear. The principal door of the vault was forced open by breaking the outer edge of the two uppei sockets in the door facing; and, aa ie supposed, through the means of a lever, springing the two lower bolts out of theil sockots; holes had been drilled above them, for some unknown purpose. Th( pad-lock on the second door was thei smashed; strips of India rubber wen used to deaden the sounds. , The hinget of one of the doors of the safe, withii tho vault, were broken off; the inne casing forced, and the bolts pushed back when tho door was lifted entirely off, ant tho valuable contents of the safe takei possession of. Notwithstanding th topsy-turvy state of things, the bani continued its regular business, yesterda; -to all outward appearance as thong! nothing had occurred. The followin circular was issued by the firm: To THE PUBLIC.-With many thank to our friends and the community fo their manifestations of sympathy on th occasion of our recent loss, we assur thom of our readiness and ability to mee all demands promptly on presentation. To the President und Cashier of th Carolina National Bank, we ore unde special obligations for their kind offer o assistance, if needed. SCOTT, WILLIAMS & CO. MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-The| Norther mail is opened for delivery nt 8 a. m, closed at 8.30 s. m. Charleston, opene at 5.30 p. m.; closod at 8.30 p. n Greenville, opened at 5.30 p. m.; close at 8.30 p. m. Western, opened at 9.3 a. m.; closed at 4 p. m. Charleston (evening,) opened at 8 a. m.; closed i 4.30 p. m. On Sunday, tho post office open from 9 to 10 a. m. WEDDING CARDS AND ENVELOPES. lot of wedding cards and envelopes, < latest styles, has just been receive* which will be printed in imitation of ei graving, and nt less than one-tenth tl cost. Call and seo specimens. LIST OF NEW AnvEiiTiSF.MF.Nra. Scott, Williams & Co-IC.000 Howard. Chambers A Bryce-Guano. Mooting of the indopondont Firo Co. Communication of Columbia Lodge, A. F. 1 Breast-pin Found.