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COI^EI?, S. C. Thorsday Moping. May 19,1870. Political Action. In today's issue, our readers will ob? serve a communication which comes to ns from1 the upper part of the State. Tho point made by the writer, we have no desire to decline putting before the public. It is for the Jane Convention to organize the mode of action for poli? tical improvements in this State. Let the peoplo meet and reason together in convention^ and let such views a? those suggested-: by our correspondent and others, receivo a fair and dispassionate consideration. Whilst we, us before, Are now in sympathy and iu priuoiplo with a liberalized Democratic organiza? tion, we shall be found in ncoord with any organization that shall be adopted by the men of the State to energize and organize a canvass in opposition to the present corrupt regime. We shall bo ioand to approve whatever shall bo adopted in the Hue of effective and earnest action. We desire to lift South Carolina np and open wide our gates to the settlor, .the immigrant and the capitalist. Wo caro not how this is done, provided tho means are practical, effioieut nnd honor Able. Of this, however, we feel suro, viz: That our mode of proceduro Bhould be prompt, spirited and aggressive. Our correspondent regards us as hasty iu as? suming that this or that mnn is to bo the nominee of the radical convention. In reply, we have this to say, that, in our judgment, it is always advisable to reach as speedily aspossiblo, the ultimate anal? ysis of ft matter, and equally advisable, when satisfied upon tho point, to base notion thereupon. We do not assume to be wiser in our day and geueratiou thau others. But wo do often reach conclu? sions in advance of the aotual develop? ments of time, and in that event, we becomo responsible for our judgment and stand or faH according to the result. We are by no means satisfied that it is good policy for us to wait and build our hopes and plans upou tho contingency of a split in the ranks of our political foes. We do not regard it good policy thus to stand aloof and refer our reform -work to future accidents. Wo know that it is the tendenoy of many men, and particularly, of weak or unprincipled mon, to gravitate towards the majority. Bat we also know that it is a spirited, moving and aggressive army that gathers recruits and has few doserters. The mi? nority in South Carolina mast grow into a majority by fidolity, persistency, en? durance aud forward movements. In ancient times, a bravo mau, struggling with the storms of FATE, was deemed a speotaclo pleasing to raeu and gods. In all times, help comes to those who help themselves, and a minority that is faith? ful and active, has truth nud justice and right on its side, must ultimately win. Hence, as wo have beforo expressed our? selves, let our mode of political actiou be active and progressive. Lot the June Convention initiate notion. Put out its candidates, and sustain them. As wc understand it, tho opposition iu South Carolina want to put beforo tho people no defeated aspirant iu tho radical con? vention. Tho mou that the opposition desire to sustaiu, should go before thc Stato with the imprimatur of au original and a complimentary selection. Thia will give tone to the canvass, and thia will give tho elements of possible success. i ? ?- ? MUNCHAUSEN ABOUT.-Tho Knoxville (Tenn.) Whig, of late dato, contains a sensational account of a fight, which ia paid to havo occurred in Ashe Conuty, North Carolina, between a Mrs. DeAr? mand and Miss Katu Jackson, on the one sido, and a Mrs. Jas. Davenport, her three daughters and two sons, on thc other. The weapons wero stouc3 and a small pocket-knife. At tho first dis? charge Mrs D. was killed, wheu tho in? trepid Kate, byhor great skill, succeeded in mortally wounding ono of her assail? ants, disabling tho others, and finally carried off tho dead hotly of her sister. TUE FENIANS.-Tho Now York Tima says, with roferenco to tho Fonian move? ments in tho direction of tho Rod River, that had tho Winnipeg insurrection con? tinued a littlo longer, tho opportunity for Fenian interference, and the inter? ference of adventurers iu general, would probably have boen irresistible, and there might havo been serious interna? tional complications; but the compro? mise of tho Canadian Government changos the whole aspect of the quos tion, and Biol and his adherents have nc longer a pretext for opposition. Theil demands have been complied with. ? * ? > DEATH OF HON. JOHN FOSTER.-W< rog rot. to learn that Hon. John Fostei die 1 last evening, at G o'clock. Mr, Fot tor was ono of our oldest aud best known citizens. Ho was for many term: a member of Conncil, and olected to th? Mayoralty in 18GG. [Augusta Constitutionalist. -1 .. - . . - . - . Tho Jan? eonve?Ulo~n~Z.*t tum Henson . Togother. Mn. Enrron: Tho editorial in your paper of tho 14th instant, justly sum? mons tho people of the Stute "to grapple boldly Trith the^problem beforo na," to "work whilst it is day," "to clear away the mists about us," and cause "the dawn of our now lifo, to widen into a oleur and glorious day." All this is good advice; but I cannot acquiesce in yonr assump? tion ns to the manner in which it is to bo applied iu execution. Our disease being a virulent one, aud tho patient lying at death's door, as from your editorials it may be assumed, you will admit, it follows that we must not expect to accomplish too mitch alt at once. With an exhausted patient, not only medicine, but timo, putionco and porsc verauco, aro essential. And in such cases, the "kill or cure" prescription should never be resorted to till every other has bceu tried. Too much is at stake to hazard everything upon a single election, and that wheu the odds ia fearfully against us, to the tune of about lil),OOO majority for our opponents, all of whom, nuder the policy you recommend, will bo welded into a solid mass of voters. You say: "Wo kuow now who the radi? cal nomiuco for Governor will bo. It is the present incumbent." With all de? ference, wo would inquire, how do you know this? Remember how uncertain aro politics. lu my humble opiniou, you could not moro positively discredit your claim to being a safe counsellor iu thc present crisis, than by asserting as you have, weeks in advance of the meetiug of tho convention, that any giveu person is su7'c of thc nomination. Rut if he is nomiuated, or anybody else, by the Re? publican party, and tho Juno Conven? tion (of tho opposition) should put for? wards nomination of its own, the Re publicau uominces will bo elected in spite of evory effort thnt may bo made - no matter by what name tho new party may bo kuown, nor of whom it may be composed, uor who may be its nominees. If tbe opposition party nomiuato n ticket, of course they would voto for it. That would absorb nearly the whole of what is at present tho conservative in? fluence of tho State. Rut let tho Juno conveution frankly doclaro what it is useless to douy or attempt to disguise, that tho Republican party are masters of tho situation-that they, tho opposition, decline to cugago in a hopeless contest, preferiiug to rosorvo their iuilucnce and votes to bo used as occasion, in their judg? ment, may justify and make expedient for lite good of the Stale. Do this, aud 3-011 at once have 30,000 voteB that may bo safely counted by any gubernatorial aspirant of tho Republican party, who will lead a conservativo wing of that party. Rest assured, Gov. Scott is not the only Re? publican who would like to bo Goveruor; nor is ho the only man whom the party consider qualified and worthj'. If our case is ns bad as your editorials and tho generally accepted belief would imply, any chock to altruism would at pr?sent bo a victory for us. And, uudcr this view, even a change of our rulers would benefit us. Nothing more than this can wo accomplish iu tho coming election; but this we can do, if wo will-wo eau do this if we will but reserve our sup? port for some conservative Republican, instead of throwing it away upon some fossil representative of dead issues. Un? der the. policy you recommend, there will not be any incoativo to tho development of a conservative element in tho Republi? can party. Under your programme, the only chunco of success to any candidate for n Stute ellice is, in being ultra, and ont-Herudiug Herod. Rut let the oppo? sition party, at their conveution in .lune, havo thc disinterestedness, tho courage, the wisdom, to lay tho spoils of office upon the altar o? country, proclaim them? selves a bulauco of power party, not seek? ing office, but seeking only "an honest and economical government," aud they will become, to radicalism, "terrible as an anny with banners." Tho support of this party would at once become an object to many now in thc Republican party, who would then seo some chance of standing np successfully for "an honesl and economical government, which shall maintain (he rights of labor, encourage (?ic influx of capital, anti represent with fidelity anil justice all classes of our people." To extricate ourselves from our present deplorable condition requires more than a spasmodic effort-common sense, rather than rhetoric-logic, rather than indig? nation-judgment, rather than scut i men! -and wisdom, as u-cll as ?duck. RANK AND FILE. Mn. EPITOH: Is there not enough euergy among tho young men of Colum? bia to organize a Literary Society? I make this inquiry, knowing that mich an institution would bo the source of great improvement to our young men. Such societies aro in existenco in almost every city and town in tho South, and I am sure there aro enough youug men in our city to gn to work and form one here; and let this be doue immediately. "SENEX." Wo regret to announce that Mrs. Caro? line Reid, mother of Mrs. L. R. Leo, of Columbia, mot with a fatal accident, ou Sunday afternoon, tho 15th inst., near Old Piekens Court House. Mr. and Mrs. Reid, with two little boys, Samuel Keith and Willie Reid, were riding in a carriego down a steep hill, when tho horse ran off, throwing Mrs. Reid and tho two little boys out of tho carriage. Mrs. Reid's head struck a rock, by which she waa instantly killed. Samuel Keith had his hoad badly hurt, and Willio Reid had his auklo sprained. Mr. Roid was not hurt.-- Guardian. Tho stroug-miuded women of England are not behind their American sisters i 11 their efforts to secure tho suffrage, nearly GO.00O womon having signed petitions for thc great boon during tho present session of Parliament. L,!bciul Sentiments--Vlowe or Senators Ferry ft nil Brewyer. We see some light-Republican light, too-in the recent debate in Congress. The debate sprang up on a question re? lating to the removal of political disa? bilities from Southern men. Senators Ferry, of Connecticut, and Sawyer, of this State, put themselves upon high ground. Heart tho following: At 1 o'clock the bill to enforce the Cfteonth amendment was taken up, tho question being on tho motion of Mr. Ferry to strike out that part of Mr. Stewart's nmondmont providing flues uurt imprisonment for persons holding oflico in violation of tho fourteenth amend mont. Mr. Ferry then defended bis position from the strictures of Mr. Morton, aurt claimed that ho spoke for tho Union mon of thc South in advo? cating a general removal of political disa? bilities. Ile alluded to tho platform of tho Republicans in several of tho Stntcs, and tho utterances of tho Republican candidates. In support of this, bu said, in rel'eronco to tho Stato of Georgia, which tho Senator, Mr. Mortou, "is constantly holding up ns a mortel State of crime and disorder." Why was this? l?e was HU re tbnt if tho destinies of Georgia had bceu in ibo hands of men of high patriotism, not of men who had dragged tho honor of thu Republican party down to tho dust, and whose only aim was their own pecuniary advance? ment, the atato of affairs would havo bceu very different, lint bo denied these stories, those telegrams manufac? tured to order, which wore sent here to tho press of this city. Mr. F. read from a letter of Thomas R. Jessup, who ho said was a well known aud eminent merchant of New York, to tho effect that ho had traveled all over Georgia and saw nothing but an earnest desire to accept tho situation and lo let by-goues bo by-gonea, nnd characterizing aa eutirely false tho evening telegrams from Brunswick. Turning to tho North, Mr. F. claimed that in that section also tho majority of tho Republican press were in fuvor of the two bills, for tho purpose which ho had introduced-that great press of Now York, which exerted such a mighty influeuco and circulated from ono end of this country to tho other. Ho now asserted that to continue longer these disabilities was in violation of all the great principles of the Repub? lican party. Ho had been in favor of tho rights of the black mau, not heeauso he was black, but because ho was a mau, and now that tho rights of tho black man had been secured, bo feared that tho rights of tho man himself were in dauger. Your fifteenth amendment is a delusion aud a searo whilo these disabili? ties romain on j'our statuto book. Tho black mau is not enfranchised when be is not permitted to vote for nt least ono-balf of his friends and neighbors. Ho wanted these disabilities removed, and as a moasure of conciliation; but, ns a mensure of justice, he asserted that the fourteenth amendment and tho test-oatb were not designed as measures of pun? ishment, but as measures of great public policy. Ireland tells the story to-day of tho effect of disabilities and test-oaths. Has fiOO years of this system raised ap n loyal generation in Ireland? No, sir. What did Austria do with her disabili? ties and her test-oaths in Hungary? Wera tho effects of rebellion over quenched? Now, when she bas given her a freo Constitution aud the right to representation, peace everywhere pre? vails. Morton, replying, said Ferris' was a D?mocratie speech-he should take a seat on that side. Ile said Ferris' pro? position was to sweep away all political disabilities, place rebels in power, and give them an opportunity to renew past mischiefs, without affording any protec? tion to loyal men. Sawyer eulogized Ferris' speech as souud Republican doctrine, und thought really that Senator out of tho Republi? can party, would require moro than mero assertion and denunciation. He added that under tho political disability scheme, two innocent sn fibred for ono guilty, lie adds: No more blundering scheme than tho test oath could have been devised in the South under its ope? ration. Tin; GltEAT Finn.-The editor of tho Roanoke Times has been ou a visit to Fincastlo since tho great bro, aud gives a gloomy picture of tho scene. Ile says: "Arriving in town on Roanoke street, we were astonished at tho SCCUO that mot our eyes. No reports had given us a true idea of tho extent of tho damage For squares nothing was lo be seen but blackened ruins, houseless chimneys and smouldering walls. Tho court houso stands alono in the centro of the town. All around it lie tho debris of firo. Hero and there aro to bo seon groups of citizens mournfully discussing their losses." A jury in Charleston havo brought in a verdict of criminal n?gligence against Messrs. John J. Roydon, C. I). Itu fpo aud John Aytes, (despatchor of train, engineer and conductor) of tho South Carolina Railroad, in tho recent collision by which a negro boy, named Mishaw, was killed. Tho coroner disapproved of tho verdict, but was compelled to sign it. Niuo of tho jurymen could neither read or write. Tho parties implicated were put in jail, but in a few hours were j released under n writ of habeas corpus, and gavo bail for their appearance at court. THE FRANKING I'MVILECIE.-Tho House bill abolishing tho Congressional frank? ing privilego has evidently been given au overdoso of paregoric in tho ?Senate, and will probably "sleep on" to tho end of tho session. Tho in em bc rs concerned in this thing, however, will probably hoar something on tho subject when they roturo home, and in saving his frank, Tom, Dick or Harry may lose his placo. [New York Herald. SHAKES B URNED UP BY THE THOU S AND. At Big Island Township, Marion Coun? ty, Ohio, on the farm of Alexander Campbell, a great Bnake hunt recently ooonrred. The. party was headed by Capt. Jackson Brady, who led his gal? lant oompany down into the tall prairie ?pass, and surrounding a twenty-nore ot, set fire on the outer edge of the grass at 4 o'clock p. m. The grass burned well, tho flames rolling up ten feet high, and as the fire advanced, the snakes re? treated into tho centro, sometimes mak? ing desperato efforts to spring through the fi?mes, but tho blaze being too heavy, they wero killod in tho attempt. At 7.45 p. m., the ground was burned over, and Capt. Brady went over the field of carnago and picked up the debris of tho great army of snakes, and by ac? tual count, there was found to bo 13,983 snakes of all sizes. Ono black racer was niue feet four inches long and Bevon inches in circumference! This may be considered a good day's work for this neighborhood, ns tho snakes hud hecomo so bad that small children wero afraid to go to school, and they even attacked somo adults, several having been bitten on their boots, aud it had become n common thing for fifty or a hundred snakes to chase men, women and chil? dren across this prairie. The milk snakes were constantly milking tho cows, and thereby interfering with the dairy busi? ness in that section. WEATHER SIGNS.-The moon is repre? sented as exercising a great inilueucc upon tho weather. It is supposed that upon the time of day at which tho moon changes, depends the character of the weather during tho whole of the ensuing month. Tho old remark about a ruddy evening ami a gray morning (alluded to in tho Gospel of Matthew) as indicating good weather, moots full approval, as also that a red sky in the morning fore? tells bad weather, or much rain, if not wind. It is said that a high dawn de? notes wind;und n low dawn fair weather. When clouds have a soft and delicate appearance, fair weather may bo looked for; when they aro hard and rugged, wind ?3 to ho expected. Misty clouds^, forming or hanging on heights, show wind aud rain coming, if they romain or descend; if t! ey rise or disperse, the weather will improve or become finer. When birds of long flight, such as swallows, lmug about honiu aud fly low, rain or wind may bo expected; also when pigs carry straw to their sties, and wheu smoke from chimnoys does not ascend rapidly. Dow is au indication of fine weather. So is fog. DANCING.-It is well known that thu Methodist church forbids dancing, but it han been fondly hoped by tho younger members of the church that at this Ge? neral Conference that part of the church discipline would bo so altered and amended that this delightful amusement would bo allowed; but tho following, co? pied from the address of tho Bishops, does not tend much that way: "Indulgence in worldly and fashiona? ble diversions is another great enemy of earnest piety, which is invading the church and threatening to estraugo our children from us. Dancing, in particu? lar, whatever plausible excuses may bc pleaded for it, is destructive to the growth, not to say tho very existence of spiritual religion, in those who delight to indulge in it. Generally, it is a spe? cies of 'reveling' ooudemned and for? bidden by this word of God, and its tendency is evil only."-Memphis Sun. GOOD NEURO SENSE.-The editor of tho Muysvillo (Tenn.) Republican, the only paper in that S ta to edited and pub? lished by a colored man, iu a recent articlo says of the radicals: "They are men who want office; aro malicious and want revonge; people who want to increase the colored man's enemies, and make a break in (he friendship now existing bel treen (he negro man and his late owners. They aro demagogues, uu prinopled aud corrupt politicians; men who want an army of soldiers to saddle more expense upon our Slide, in order to do their dirty work under bayonet pro? tection; in a word, extremo radicals. We entrent tho men of our raco not to bo blinded and fooled. Bo free, and uot tho slaves of miscrablo guides, without judgment, conscience, or ho? nesty." H.vitu.-Tho Chronicle, and Sentinel, ! editorially treating of immigration to South Carolina, says: "Clearly, our Carolina friends must first establish a sound and honest go vernmcnt, and make stablo their own population beforo they can invite, suc? cessfully, immigration. Let them clear away radical misrule." Now, this is a bitter taunt, consider? ing that "our Carolina friends" havo en? gaged a Carpenter to mako a now Cabi? net, and so let tho Stato go scot freo of radicalism. As to stable govemmout, that's a horso of another color. [A ugusta Constitutionalist. REGISTRY, OE OUI: COLORED FELLOW CITIZENS OE AFRICAN DESCENT.-Tho colored voto will certainly bo an item in tho city elections whenever tho figures run pretty close. Thoro have been elections for Mayor when tho vote of Sambo, as now registered, given solidly for ono side or another, would have changed tho result. Tho negro voters register over 1,000 names, and doubtless with ono moro day will exceed 2,000. Of the number given, tho Eighth Ward has over GOO, and tho timo may como when Laurcus and Thompson Rtreets will call for special representation in tho Common Council.-New York Herald. Two mon, Borunrd O'Connor and Patrick McGovern, in a vehiclo, aud tho two horses they were driving, wero killed at tho crossing of the Central Rail? road, at Elizabeth City, Now Jersey, on tho 1 1th inst. There is a trifle over 5,000 negro voters in Philadelphia. __ <C? o ?X I * e ano. ?9 . DEATH OF JOHN HUMPHREYS.-We re? gret to loara by a despatch received in this city, yesterday, that Mr. John L. Homphreys, well known in this State, died suddenly, in Richmond, Va. He was n native of Anderson, but had been connected with a New York dry goods house for several years. Tho body is expected in Columbia to-day. A SOLUTION AKMVED AT.-In tho days of our grand-fathers and grand-mothers, ono of tho fumily difficulties was to de? cide when a daughter ceased to be a girl, or when she developed into a young lady, ready to don loug dresses. A con? clusion was easily arrived at by tho party most directly interested, but tho mother was troublod, as she uevor could dis? cover that her child was anything more than a child. These later days of steam and suddou changes in fasbion have worked a solution, aud anxious mothers are no longer vexed, as the style of short dressos keep even tho old ones in a stato of school-girlish noss quito charming. A promenado on Main street, if ono criti? cises tho softer sex, will confound a fellow HO completely that ho will not venture to guess where babyhood ceases or where maidenhood ends. lu fact, a father caft scarcely toll his youngest daughter from bis grand-mother, so strangely alikodo all ages dress. WEARING OE TUE G HAY; being Personnl Portraits, Scenes and Adventures of tho War. By Johu Esten Cooke, for? merly of Gen. Stuart's staff, and au? thor of "Surry, of Eagle's Nest," etc. Augusta, Ga.: Southern Publishing Company, J. C. Derby, Manager. Mr. W. Ii. Dehon, of Charleston, the Agent for this highly interesting work, is in Columbia, and has favored us with a copy of the "Wearing of tho Gray." It is a collection of sketches of incidents, etc., which occurred during tho lato war. There are nearly 100 engravings of pro? minent officers, besides battle scenes, and thrilling incidents. Many an old Confederate in perusing this work, will have before bim, numberless scenes which had passed almost entirely from his recollection. Those who have read tho author's former works well know what to expect from this volume. In bis preface, ho says: It is a matter of grave importance that tho illustrious figures of tho war should not bo obscured by tho mists of igno? rance or falsehood. Nor can they be. Dulness and slander do not long blind thc eyes of mon; ami sooner or later thc light of truth makes all things visible in their natural colors and proportions. Tc thc good work of placing upon record the actual truth in relation to the liver and characters of Stuart and some otbei noble soldiers of the Southern army, thc writer of this pago bas hero brought i few of his recollections-aiming to drav these "worthies" rather as they lived ant moved, following their various idosyn i crasies, than as they performed their "of facial" duties on the public stage. Thii seemed best calculated to display tbei real individuality-the embodiment o their personnl characteristics in a por trait with tho pen, as a painter draws th' form and features of his sitter with tb brush. Stich personal details of thc character of these omineut men will not be uniu .cresting to tho lovers of noble nature of whatever "faction;" nor is the fond ness for such particulars either trivial o ignoble. They elucidate biography an< history-which aro the same-for thc, present the likeness of the actor in th drama, his character and endowments and to ku ow what great meu (ire, is bel ter than to know what they perform What Leo, Jackson, Johnston, Stuaii and their associates accomplished, bisk ry will record; how they looked, an mo vet!, anti spoke, will attract much le? attention from tho "historian of tho fu ture." Tho august muse of history wi make her partial and passionate, or fai ami dignified, summary of tho events c tho late war; will discuss tho anisas resta with learned philosophy; and moto on in rounded periods what abo thinks th duo amount of glory or sbamo to th actors, in gray or in blue. But menu j while the roal personages disappear, an 1 tho colors fade; figures become histori cal personages, not men. And event.' too, "suffer chango." They aro fused i tho mass; generalization replaces th particular incidout as it does tho improi sivo trait; tho terrible dust of "ollicii documents" obscures personages, chu rnctcrs, and events. This is trito, but it is true; and th fact, thus lamely stated is ono of th "chiofest spites of fate." For what i tho picturo worth unless drawn in il actual colors-what tho value of th figures unless they aro likenesses? Th war just ended was notan "official tram action," only to bo calmly narrated wit diguificd generalization, philosophi reasoning, and commonplace commeu upon peace conferences, grand tactic! and the political bearing of tho resull It was a mighty drama, all life, passioi movemont, incident, and romance singular melange, wherein lours, langi tor, sighs and smiles, rapidly follow, onch other, communicating to tho bitte and determined struggle all tho prof Olin interest of a tragedy whoso scones swee on beforo tho spectator to tho catastrc phe. Nor wero tho actors in the traget! blocks of wood, or merely "ollicial pei sonnges" playing coldly their stage part Thoy wero mon of flesh aud blood, fu of high resolve, vehement passion; sui jeet to hopo, fear, rejoicing, dopressioi but faithful through all to tho great prii ciples which drovo thom on-prineiph in which thoy believed, and for whic thoy wero ready to die. ATTEMPTED BAPS.-On Tuesday even? ing, about dark, as a Mrs.-, a re? spectable white woman, who is employed at Bose's Hotel, was on her way home, and when in tbo vicinity of tho old "Elmore Honan," on Bichland street, she was assaulted by a colored man, who robbed her of what little money she had, and attempted to outrage her. She screamed and resisted him, when a pass? ing carriago frightened the monster and he ran off. Tho poor woman, with her hair dishevelled and garments torn, en? deavored to attract tho attention of the inmates of the vehicle, (Gov. Scott and friends,) but tho driver, it is supposed, did not observo her, and drove off rapidly. A CHANGE OF SCHEDULE nv STEAMSHIP TO NEW YOEE.-We direct attention to tho announcement of the sailing days from Charleston, for tho steamships Teuuesseo and South Carolina, beginning tho 2 i tli instant, aud to continuo until * 1st Jul}*. This considerate arrangement, by tho owners of tho new iron line, is for tho benefit of tho hard working farmers around tho Queen City, who de? sire to deliver their vegetables in New York ou Fridays, so that retail dealers there can get these delicacies to the local markets in Gotham und the surrounding country by daylight Saturday morning. Passengers only need to bo notified of this chango, and they will shape their movements to snit, as tho attractions of superb statu rooms, all on deck, and a promenade 200 feet long, are quite enough lo fill every steamer fnll during the season. Engagements aro now mak? ing for thc South Carolina, Captain Adkins, to sail next Tuesday afternoon, at G o'clock. CmjMns.-Elias Pollock, Esq., an old citizen of Columbia, but a resident of New Orleans at present, arrived here yes? terday, on a visit to his old home. We are indebted to him for late New Orleans, Mobile, Moutgomery and Augusta pa? pers. L. J. Metcalf, of Bine Bidge Railroad counterfeit bond notoriety, as we learn by a despatch from Auburn, N. Y., has been bailed in the sum of 8500. We aro pleased to find on our table, tho "Southern Cultivator Receipt Dook," a compilation of about 400 recipes, which have been published within tho last few years in that sterling Agricultural Monthly, the Southern Cultivator. You cannot make a better investment with tho same amount of money, and the price being only fifty cents, places it within the reach of nil. Address C. D. Camp, Book-keeper, Soulhern Cultivator, I Athens, Ga. Wo are indebted to Mr. R. McDougal for a batch of foreign papers-tho Glas? gow (Scotland) Mail; Paisley and Bes frewshire Gazette; tho North Drilish Mail; and tho Sidney (Australia) Herald, of tho 25th March. Just think of it; from Australia to Columbia in seven weeks. Mr. W. Muller will accept our thanks for an invitation to be present at a pic? nic, furnished by his scholars, to-day, at Leesville, on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. We wish them a pleasant trip. The train will leave at 8 o'clock, precisely. The PHCENIX office is supplied with every style of material from tho small metal letter to the largest wood type, together with plain and fancy cards, paper, colored ink, bronze, etc. It is tho only establishment in the interior o? tho State whore two and three sheet posters can be printed. All kinds of work in thc printing linc attended to nt short notice. Wc examined, yesterday, in the gar? den of Dr. D. H. Trezevant, several heads of lettuce, whisk properly come under the head of monsters. They are I called tho "Curled Lilenian," and one of j them is twenty-four inches in diameter; while another is over Ihreo feet high, and still growing. Tho doctor thinks "there is lifo in the old laud yet. " As good claret is considered indispen? sable by many persons, Mr. Cantwell has received a supply that ho (as well as our? selves) can recommend. Try it. Tho race, ycstcrdivy, did not furnish tho amusement auticipated. At the start, tho rider of tho Birch colt was thrown and the horso loft the track: when old Bullet won by goiug through at a gallop. LIST or NEW ADVEIITISEMENTS. P. Cantwell-Claret Wino. ]). (lamlu ill-StockH and Bonds. H. 1?. Watson-Fountain Soda Water. Bryah St MeCnrter-To School Teichel s. A. F. M.-Cominittoo Meeting. Extra Communication Acacia Lodge. Jacob Levin- -Auction Sales. Horse and Wagon for Sale. Ol'INlON OF THE I'liLss.-Wo take pleasure in culling the attention of our readers to a very remarkable medicino, a notico of which ap poars in the Observerthis morning-Heinitsh's "QUEEN'S DELIGHT." Thoro must bo some? thing in it, for wo hear it spoken of as a pre? paration of much merit, and ono prepared by Dr. Hcinitsh himself, of distinguished phar? maceutical reputation. Tho euphonious sou? briquet, "QUEEN'S DEEIOHT," has m itself an attraction which should commend it to our lady friends in need of so excellent a medi? cine, and wo suppose all would bo benetlted by its uso. For salo by Fism:a Sc HEIKITSH, Druggists. A24.