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COLUMBIA, S. 0. Saturday Morning. Jnne 18,1870._ Railroad*-Progress. Our friends of the up-country, in Ab? beville, Anderson, Ooonee, Fiokens, Spartanburg and Yorkvillo, are now much interested in the question of rail? road connections and prolongations. This question relates to the material progress of this section. ? We hope that the plans in view may be consummated and the expectations kit these Counties realized. We shall take a lively interest in these projects, ns well as in those on foot in the lower and middle sections of the State. Lot us not forget that these elements of material development aro closely connected with tho weal of the State. Lot us bo "marching on" always in this victorious line. CAN'T GO WIUTTEMOKE.-Tho New York IVibune cannot stand the return of Whittemore, of South Carolina, to Con? gress, after his having been oxpellod onco for cadetship selling. Tho resolu? tion of the House in regard to Whitte? more declared "that his conduct in the premises has boen such as to show him unworthy of a Beat in the House of Rep? resentatives, abd i.? therefore condemned as conduct unworthy of tho Ropreaenta ti re of the people." Tho Tribune point? edly asks, "Is this corrupt man, who was unworthy of a seat three mouths ago, to he re-admitted os worthy now? We hear that he has been telegraphing to his friend aud counsel, Gen. Butler, the nows of his triumphant re-election; that he confidently expects to be admit? ted without dispute; that reputable members are deploring it in a helpless sort of way, and going about dolefully asking each other, 'How can we prevent it?' " To this, tho Tribune answors that the House is made the sole judge ns to the qualifications of its members, r>nd says: "Thus far, tho Democrats have promptly spurned and cast out every member of their party found guilty of this cadetship infamy. We assumed great virtuo at the outset, then we fur? nished nb lo counsel for the congressional c idet merchants; next we excused one be oause he had been an unusally active Republican, and after that tho whole business broke down. We tell gentle? men that we have had fully as much of this sort of thing as wo eau stand. We utterly aud vehemently protest against assuming any more party responsibilities in behalf of the carpet-bag Congressmen. Here is a man notoriously guilty of shameful and crimiual acts. The law ol Congress explicitly provides that if nuj member of Congress shall, directly or indirectly, receive any pecuniary or other valuble consideration for procuring any office or place under the Govern? ment, he shall be Hubie to indictment for misdemeanor in a United States Court, and, upou conviction, shall pay a fino not exceeding $10,000, and bo im? prisoned in the penitentiary for a term not exceeding two years, and bo there? after disqualified from holding any office of honor, profit or trust under tho Go? vernment of tho United States. Thc House has resolved that ho has dont these things; it hos itself proscribed thia penalty for the doiug of these things; it now asks whether, iguoriug tho guilt, and defying its own law, it shall re-ad? mit Mr. Whittemore-perhaps that h( may voto for the repeul of the odiotn law!" Further on, tho editor's disgust so fal gets tho better of him. as to movo him lt add: "We havo never held that negro suf frage, coupled with disfranchisement o whites, afforded such a solution. Wt point now to its disgraceful workings ii tho case of this mun Whittemore, ant ask 'honorable* members-Whittenion himself is soon to show an admiring world what this high title, 'honorable means-to consider the result and drav their own conclusions." On the whole, this is a most maur article. What effect it is to have a Washington, remains to bo seen. - .-??-> THE WUON'GS OF THE INDIANS.-Th wrongs which aro constantly beiiij heaped upon the Indians by tho" Go vernmontnnd its ngonts should bo mer thoroughly exposed by tho press. Tb Boston Advertiser may well say that th report of the lud?an Commissioners prc sonts a startling picture of iniqnitic practiced towards the savages of Iii West. The Government has never kop faith with them, but hus driven then from pillar to post, aud has suffern them to bo plundered ut every turu The wars on tho borders, almost willum exception, are begun by whito men. i class of disreputable traders find it pro fitablo to incite au occasional outbreak They hang Uko vultures on the rear o tho army, ready to speculate indifferent! upon tho appetites of tho soldiers or th necessities of the savages. Besides, wn interferes with agriculture, aud tbos tribes which are allowed to cultivate th soil do not produco furs to enrich th traders. Tho Commissioners testify thu the Indians aro generally willing, au even anxious, to pursue agriculture, : permitted to do so without being mc lested. The Question of IVatarcllr atlon tn ConT grc-H-IlemarUi of Mr. Eldridge, (Dem.,) of WUsoMln? We make the following extract from the proceedings of the United States Ho uso of Repr?sentatives: Mr. Davis, (rad., N. Y.,) from the Ju? diciary Committee, reported for discus? sion and action, a bill to establish a uni? form system of naturalization and to regulate proceedings under the same. Tho bill makes the following conditions of citizenship: Three years' resideuco in tho United States, with tho intention to become a citizen, and six mouths' resi? dence in the State, and thirty days' in tho County or Parish, beforo application is made; the npplication to bo tiled twen? ty days in Court; the proceedings for naturalization to be had beforo tho United States Circuit and District Courts. In Counties or Parishes whoro there aro not moro than two stated terms of theso Courts, proceedings may be had in any State Court of goneral jurisdiction, hav? ing a clerk and seal. Tho naturalized citizen is not to exercise all the privi? leges of citizenship till after tho cud of six months from the date of the judg? ment. Aliens enlisted in the United States army or navy, and honorably dis? charged therefrom, may become citizens upon one year's actual residence. The bill consists of seventeen sections, con? taining detailed provision for carrying it out and penalties for fraudulent actions under it. Mr. Eldridge, (Dem., Wis.,) a member of tho Judiciary Committee, uddressed the House in opposition to tho bill. It might not properly be called a war mea? sure, but it had its origin and lifo in the spirit of revolution evoked by tho war; it was iu all its main features at war with tho well-established order aud long-sot tled policy of the Government on tho subject of naturalization and immigra? tion. It was one of tho waves of the revolution that had, during the last years, been surging aud beating with almost resistless force against tho Constitution of tho several co-ordinate departments of the Government, against the Uuion and tho States, and against all tho laws and barriers set up by tho fathers of the Re public for tho preservation aud pro? tection of the rights and liberties of thc people. It was a party meosure for thc perpetuation of a party power. In bis judgment, the title of tho bill would bc improved, and its character much more clearly indicated, by styling it a bill tc establish a most intricate and difficult system of naturalization, and to binder, delay, and, as fur ns possible, prevent naturalization, and to discourage intelli? gent foreigners from emigrating to thc United States. And yet the bill was i very great improvement on all the billi iutroduced on the subject. But there was nothing in it that commended it tc bis judgment. He was opposed t< every form and feature of it. The peo pie bad not demanded any such legisla Lion. It was the work of tho Kchcmiu{ politician. Its pretence und title wen untrue. It was not intended or design0i to establish a uniform system of natu ralization. That system bad been es tablished long ago by statesmen in th? interest of the couutry, and not by poli ticiuus aud demagogues in thc interest o party. The injury to result from such t sweeping and radical change eonh scarcely be comprehended. Next to goot laws, tho most importunt thing to an^ country was to have tho laws fixed uni stable, ami it was of tho greatest impor tauce that tho naturalization laws sliouk bu comprehended by the people of tb countries from which the Americat population has so largely como. Tb intelligent foreignor, considering th question of becoming an American citi zen, would bo largely influenced in hi action by tho facility or difficulty wbicl would attend tho act. The present natu ralization law was ns well understood ii [rehuid. Great Britain, and Germany a in the United States. This knowledg bas been disseminated through a perioi of nearly seventy years, with great el forts and expense, and the proposed radi cal and sweeping change would be mad ut tho cost of much timo, money nu labor, to make it understood either n bonie or abroad. It seemed to bim tim no one could doubt that tho scheme wa invented to keep aliens from npplyin for and obtaining naturalization. ] could have no other object. There wa not a provision iu it friendly or invitiu to thu foreigner. It was disingenuou and hostile to the alien and unfriend! to his naturalization. After criticism the various provisions of tho bill, ho wen on to say that tho cry of fraud was a prc text merely. Tho bill was inspired b bate and hostility to the Irish and Ger mans, and to tho Catholic population Its main-spring was partisan malignity religions bigotry, and intolerance. Ever line and letter of it breathed tho inform spirit of Know Nothingism, aud the cot vent and church-burning of nativo Ame ricanistn. Its spirit and temper were i hostility lo ono of tho most importai: national interests. It was an unfriend! blow st ruck at European emigration, an calculated, if not intended, to binde and retard it. For his own part, he wu ready to support a measure extendin llio rights of citizenship to all aliens o their arrival in the United States, o their taking the oath to support the Coi stituliou. After a debate, in which Mcssr Davis ?ind Wood, radicals, .sustained tl; bill, and both radicals and Democrn opposed it, tho bill was tabled by yet 102, lo nays GS. Tho Democrats to man-as was proper-opposed the bil which Mr. Eldridge justly denounce as opposed to European immigratioi and inspired by hostility to tho Iris and Germans and to the Catholic popi lation. On Saturdny night last, tho kitchen ? Mr. A. W. Smoak, who resides a fe miles beyond Edisto River, in Barnwe County, was entirely consumed by fire WASHINGTON LIQ UT INFATBY MONU? MENT.-Yesterday afternoon, the anni? veraary of the battle of Secession? illo waa Boloctad ns an oocosiou appropriate for tho dedication of the monument erected to th? memory of the fallen members of the Washington Light In? fantry. Although the weather waB lowering and the rain foll, theso did not deter tho citizens of Charleston from turning out en massa to do honor to the memory of tho bravo men who had fout in their behalf. At nu early hour in tho afternoon tho principal .stores were closed, and tho peoplo began to flock towards the eity of tho dead, and 5 o'clock tho streets of Charleston seem? ed deserted of tho population. Tho various Masonic lodges in the city marched to tho depot in procession, and woro joined there by tho various uro companies, (in citizen's dress.) the Caro? lina Ri flo Club, tho various German So? cieties, and tho Hibernian Society. A long train of thirteen curs, loaded with human freight, carried tho crowds who flocked thither. Arrived ou the ground the crowd soon augmented to over G.OOO, and the ceremonies began. After prayer by the Rev. Ii. C. Edgerton, au original poem was recited by Hov. E. J. Wiuklor, when a soul-slirring address wns deliver? ed by Gen. Wada Hampton. This ad? dress was earuest uud eloquent, em? braced a glowing tribute to tho memory of the fallen defenders of the soil. The monument is of thc Gothic order of architecture. It is made of Tennes? see marble, and ia twenty-five feet high. The base of tho monument, resting on a fouudutiou of Southern granite, is oc? tagonal in shape, uud iuscribed at equal intervals around it uro the names of thu battles iu which tho compauies of the Washington Light Infantry participated, viz: Richmond, Drury's Bluff, Cold Har? bor, Fort Fisher, Soveu Pines, Averys boro, Fort Sumter, Battery Wngnor, Ma nassas, Gaines' Mill, Petersburg, and So cessionville. From tho pedestal, which is five feet high, ornamented with but? tress corners, nud caps and hoods, nud rising in clustered pinuacle form, is lifted a shaft liff ooo feet in height, panel faced aud pinnacled, aud the apex en? riched by a bunch of foliage. Tho four sides of tho pedestal bear tho names of those members of tho Washington Light Iufuutry who fell during tho war. THE GRADUAL, CHANUK IN* OUU GO? VERNMENT.-Mr. Dana, of tho New York Sun, was formerly chief associate oditor of tho New York Tribune, aud was Assistant Secretary of War under Stan? ton. In the Sun, of May 31st, he has an article in which ho acknowledges tho great fact that Democratic presses have frequently announced, viz: that by the usurpations of Congress, our Govern? ment ia undergoing a gradual change. Power is passing away from tho people into the bauds o? tho few. We copy the following from tho Sun s article: THE NEW LAW ron ENFORCING THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.-Tho law just passed by Congress, entitled "Au Act to enforce the rights of citizens of the United States to vote in tho several States of this Union, and for other pur? poses," is practically a law to carry into effect tho thirteenth, fourteenth uud fif? teenth amendments to the Constitution. At the first blush, this Act will seem to carry tho power of Congress to an extra? ordinary extent, uud it will undoubtedly clash with our old-fashioned, hereditary ideas, especially on the subject of tho enjoyment of tho right of suffrage, aud tho exclusive control of tho Stute over that matter. But tho powers exercised by Cougress during the war and the reconstruction of thc Uniou, almost without question, have so accustomed the people to novelties in legislation, that wu doubt whether any serious issue can be raised upon the main provisious of this Act. These three amendments of tho Cou stitutiou, and the law just passed to en? force them, with other laws ouaeted, uot by Congress only, but by some of our State Legislatures, not excepting that of New York, demonstrate that the govern? ment of this conni ry is undergoing a gradual chauge by the absorption of an amount of authority into tho legislative department which never was contemplat? ed and never would have beeu tolerated by our revolutionary fathers, uor oven by tho statesmen of both parties who played their parts in the later era of Adams uud Jackson. SENSIBLE.-A Yaukeo who has settled iu Georgia, and engaged iu agriculture, made a seusiblo speech iu nu agricultu? ral convention iu Charleston. He said: "If a Northern mau comes down here to look at the country, ns hundreds are doing every month, get him to settle on your land. If ho bus ?500, get it away from him, invested in your land, and theu ho will stick, and whatever State he comes from he will bo a Georgian or a South Carolinian in less than a year. If his money is here his heart will bo hero, nud his politics will be hore. The Southern uieu smiled at this as a Yankee? ism, but not a few of them rocogui/.ed the essence of truth in it, after all. Ho continued: Capital can control labor in tho end. The fact is, that where a North? ern funner gels rich, ho docs it not so much by farming as by increasing the val? ue of his laud, bringing it to tho highest state of cultivation, drawing other peo? plo around him, building up a pleasant neighborhood, getting schools and churches ubout, and so on, until he is a wealthy man. It eau bo douo just as well hero as there. I have a little piece of land iu Goorgia, and I tell you right beru ? mean to bring it up to my standard, or die in tho attempt. I put my capital aud my own muscio right into it, and if capital can't control labor, I'll find out tho reason why." Major Woodruff, of tho Little Rock (Ark.) Gazelle, having refloated on his County Court, in his paper, has beeu put iu jail for contempt. A Mr. Johnson, of Manchester, Eng? land, having committed the unpardona? ble offence against the Trades Unions of adapting moohinery to tho manufacturo of bricks, is thus paying the penalty of his orime: "His life has been in dahger for twelve months; his property has been Bred; his servants havo left him; bis friends dare not come to his house; bis coachman dare not drive him home. Mr. Johnson's sleeping placo is a pro? found secret. On the oue night when bo ventured to attempt to remain in bis own house in a suburban quarter, a violent explosion of gun-powder took place iu his drawing-room, and only accident prevented the whole bouse from being blown toatoma." And yet this mun has been constant iu bis efforts to elevate tho condition of the workman, socially, politically and morally. Pu WINO voil RAIN.-A French paper tells the following story: "You know tho old saying among farmers, 'Plenty of rain iu May is belter tbau great cold in December.' Now this year, if December was cold, May bas been almost destitute of rain, und from ull parts of the country, desolated by the persistent drought, tho inhabitants are entreating beavon to let loose its cata? racts. Tho villagers of Janvier recently assembled in groat force to bold a mass and invoke the diviue assistance. The ceremony was very imposing. When it was over, whilo tho cure was heilig aside his sacerdotal vestments, tho beavens were suddenly overcast. The sexton rushed in to him with a joyful air and exclaimed: 'Your prayers aro quickly board; it is going to rain in torrents.' 'Piensa God, not,' replied tho naive pastor, looking with alarm through the window, 'I havo forgotten my umbrel? la.'" OFFICIAL RASCALITY IN NEW MEXICO. Homo time since Governor Pile, of New Mexico, caused tho destruction of n number of the old records of the territory, on tho plea of being old lum? ber, fit only to mako Gres. At the time there was much excitement, and a large meeting of citizens, irrespective, of party, at .Santa Fe, called on Mr. Grant to re? move his appointee, of course without avail. Now it appears why Governor Pilo made'away with the records. There is a land grant in the case, a grant sixty miles long bv forty-five wide, containing 2,000,800 acres, and involving S 1.350.00U as tho very lirst expenditure. Had the records not been gotten out of the way, tho successful appropriation of these lands might have been impeded, if not prevented. Is there, asks the Now York World, one singlo department of this Government, even so remote and com? paratively obscure a field as tho territo? rial governorships, in which tho most wholesale robbery is not the rule? A strange story comes from Lisbon. Td. Viera do Castro, formerly Deputy, and au author of some note, bad stran? gled bis wife. Ile fouud that she was carrying on an underhand correspond? ence with M. Maria de Garrett, who was considered oue of his most intimate friends, and in the end she confessed her actual guilt. The husband then half smothered her with chloroform, after which be completed her death by .stran? gulation. De Garrett, to whom he after? wards sent a challenge for a duel u l'out? rance, declined to light with him, but intimated that ho was willing to lose his wife as an expiation for the injury in flieted, adding that he should pass a cer taiu spot at such au hour. The injured man, however, did not carry bis revenge further, but went to tho Prefecture of Police and constituted himself prisoner. The other, it was rumored, had entered a Trappist monastery. The murdered lady was only niuoteen. OKI: or THE ESCOKT OF GEN. LAFAY? ETTE.-We wero introduced, yesterday, to a gentleman, named Satterwhito, of South Carolina. Ho was born in 171)8, and hence is now aged seventy-two years. When bo was twenty-six years old he formed ono of an escort of a regiment of 1,200 cavalrymen to Gen. LaFayette, when he passed through Columbia, South Carolina. Ho says that in tho regiment there was not a mau nor a horso under livo feet high. 'l??j were halted a mile and a half from Columbia,'and thence to that place tho ground over which La Fayetto walked was completely covered with carpets. Must havo taken a pilo of them. Like all old men, ho has many such recollections, which are, however, east into tho shade by later and more stirring events. - Columbus Sun. Dr. Franklin, it is well known, gained great praise for wearing an ordiuary plain suit, instead of n gold embroidered court costume, when formally presented to King Louis XVI. In reference to Ibis anecdote, Nathaniel Hawthorn, in his note-book, just published, states that ho was told by an aged lady, in Euglaud, that the circumstance above mentioned tivoso from the fact that Franklin's tailor disappointed him of his court suit, and that ho woro his plain ono with great reluctance, because ho had no other. Franklin, it is said, having by his mishap mad?' a successful impression, continued to wear his plain dress through policy. Is this ?inothor dissipation of a pleasant piece of history, like tho destruction of the story of Pocahontas, and tho fino heroic drama in which William Tell figured so handsomely? DEMOCRACY IN MINNESOTA.-Tho De? mocratic Stato Central Cornniittoo of Minnesota has issued au address to tho Domocracy of that Stato. Tho Commit? tee declare that the tariff question is tho issue of tho day, and urge thoir parly to re-nflirtn, in unmistakable terms, nt all Congressional Conventions, ?c., their time-honored and unfaltering opposition to a protective tariff and all other kinds of class legislation. A gentleman left the dry goodB busi? ness and esme on tho street. He brought with him some money. He became a very daring operator and was the terror of the street. He was said to bo very successful UH well us very bold. His broker was one of tho heaviest houses in New York. One day the senior partner of the house said to tho operator, "Do yon know how much cash wo have to your credit?" The mun replied indif? ferently, "You huvo a few thousuuds, I suppose." "There aro ?750,000," the banker said, "to your credit on our beaks. Now let mo givo you a little pieeo of advice. Take out of this house $500,000; buy a Ono house on Fifth ave? nue; furnish it complete aud settlo it on your wife. Salt down the balance in Government securities; take your wife, go abroad, and get out of the street for six mouths." The mau could not do that, for ho lind gigantic speculations on hand, und when they were completed he would think about it. lu four mouths from that time tho operator was penni? less, uud ia now working a coal mino iu Pennsylvania. The mental agony through which ho passed in that short time mndo him twenty yenrs older, burnished the top of his head like a billiard ball, nud sank him out of sight on the street. This is a mero specimen of the magnitude and soddenness of reverses iu Wall street. TUB EFFECT OF CLIMATE.-Wo onco heard a story of some negroes that had mastered tho Irish brogue, and played a trick on a boat-load of emigrants, who were so eager to set foot oil the soil of the New World, that they left tho boat before their companions. "Au' ure yoe? just over, boys?" said a jet black African, in tho richest possible brogue, and with the warmest interest, as ho bent over the wharf, where he and his companions were working. Tho strangers regarded him with a look of miugled astonishment and ter? ror, while ono of them fouud breath to inquire-"An' bow is it that voes are black?" "It's tho cloimnte, boys; it's all iu tho cloirante," was the answer. "An' how loug did it tuke?" said the anxious spokesman, "to make yo this color?" "Threo years, au' uiver a bit longer." "Thin, bedail, boys," said Paddy to his countrymen, "let's go back; it's too soou to bo divils iutirely." Au exchange says that "the Treasury Department is irow trying a plan that is expected to render counterfeiting tho currency almost impossible. It cousists of covering tho face of the bauk bill with printing so finely executed that counter? feiters cunuot afford to copy it. lu ouo case, ouo word is repeated ?52,000 times." Tho plan is admirable-if wo wnut to know that our bill is genuine, we have only to count tho number of duplication of this "word," aud refuse the bill unless there aro just 32,000. Tho revision of tho English Scrip? tures, ordered recently, by tho convoca? tion of tho Church of Imgland, is to bo conducted according to the following rules: Tho committee has been divided into two sections, one for the revision of the Old Testament, and tho other for the New Testament. The drat work will bo tho revision of the live books of Moses and of tho Synoptical Gospels, or Matthew, Mark aud Duke. INCREASED REPRESENTATION IN Cox OKBSS.-Under tho apportionment billas amended by the Senate ou Monday, the number of members of tho House of Representatives is increased to 300. There are now, with all the States repre? sented, 211. These additional fifty-six members are, by tho bill in question, to be elected on the general ticket system. Tho local of the Atlanta Intelligencer ia desperately afflicted with flies, und says Atlanta flies sting, bite, torture, tor? ment, worry ono's life out. They crawl over an editor's nose, bill in his ear, and drop a period where it is not wau ted. Come sonio wind of desolation, and wipe them ont. Boreas, drive them to the tropics. RoUMANIA AND Rot* At ELIA.-An article iu one of our exchanges coufounds these two countries. Tho former is a quasi independent principality, ou tho North side of tho Danube, mudo up of Walla? chia and Moldavia; while the latter is a provinco between the sea aud tho Balkan mountains. KILLED RY LIGHTNING.-A colored man by tho name of Stepney DuPrce, who was working on Mr. J. B. Douglas' plantation, near Florence, was struck and killed by lightning on Thursday last. He was ploughing au ox, which was also killed. WHAT OUR GOVERNMENT HAS COST. Tlio total receipts of the Government siuce its organization, March 4, ITS'.), to Juno 30, 1SG'.), a period of eighty years, from all sources, worn Sil.102,000,000, and tho expenditure:} 811,250,000,000. James Fisk, Jr., is reported to have expended moro than $20,000 for tho Ninth Regiment, of which ho was re? cently elected Colonel, aud ho expects his military glory will cost him nbout ?50,000 a year. ESCAPE OF A MURDERER -On Tuesday night last, on tho promises of Robert Greiuer, iu Burke County, (?a., a negro woman was shot and killed by her hus? band, Dave Nickorsou. The murderer ut onco made his escape. Tho miniature vessel City of Rngusa, which left Liverpool ou tho 31st ultimo, for a trip ovor tho A Muutie, has put into Queenstowu, Ireland, iu distress, leak? ing badly. Better stay there. James G. Gibbes, Chief Engineer of the Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad, has resigned, and J. N. Green succeeds him. It is believed that the Barnwell Rail? road will bo completed to Blackville by the 1st of November. If you consult your welfare, fail not to read the advertisement headed "BAD BLOOD." J5 Xiooal Items. A SUMMER DRINK.-Mr. Perry Fuller is DOW eugagcd in making an article of ginger pop, which ho furnishes to deal? ers and privato parties. We have tried so mn of it, and egree with Mr. F., that it would bo advantageous to the public health and morals if, for whiskey, thore could be ii substitute of his pleasant, harmless and cooling beverage. MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-The Northern mail is opened for delivery nt 8 a. m.; closed at 8.HO a. m. Charleston, opened at 5.30 ji. m.; closed at 8.30 p. m. Greenville, opened at 5.30 p. m.; closed at 8.30 p. m. Western, opened at 0.30 n. m. ; ?dosed at 4 p. m. Chariest?..., (evening,) opened at 8 a. m.; closed at 4.80 p. ni. On Suuduy, the postofliee is opeu from il to 10 a. m. Cut MUS.-The Northern mail is out of goar. For the past fow days, thero has beeu a failure beyond Richmond. James A. Hoyt, Esq., of the Anderson Intelligencer, was ouo of the delegates to tho Conservativo Con vont ion, and paid tho PJHENIX a short visit. The City Council has very properly ordered all vacant lots on Maia street to bo feuced. Several parties in tho lower part of tho city have already commenced operations. A small piece of the 230-pouuder was left yesterday, and it will bo souped to? day, at the Pollock House. Call prompt? ly, or you will bo disappointed. Mr. Kern merer, aided by fully 200 little voices, will give a concert at the Nickerson House Hall, ou Mouday evening next. We advise one and all single as well as married folks-to be ia attendance, as such au opportunity is rare. April showers in June aro delightful. Fresh atmosphere is good for tho lungs, for the health, mental and physical such as we had yesterday. Very nico kid gloves eau now be bought iu Paris at retail for two francs. The manufacturers of French kid gloves aro in despair, they having over-stocked the market for a long time to come, so that tho prices, there is every reason to believe, will go still further down. The indestructible tag is a great con? venience to merchants. It answers the combined purpose of a direction label ard business card. Call at the PJIU?NIX Publishing House aud supply your? selves. The PIUKXIX ofliee is supplied with every style of material from the small metal letter to the largest wood type, together with plaiu aud fauej* cards, paper, colored ink, bronze, etc. It is the only establishment in the interior of the State where two and three sheet posters can be printed. All kiuds of work in thc niititiug line attended to at short, notice. The following gem, from the writings of Dickons, has of late been going the rounds of thc press. It was beautiful before; thu world's bereavement of last Thursday eveuiug makes it sadly appro? priate now : "There is nothing-no, nothing-beau? tiful and good that dies aud is forgotten, Au iufaut, ?i prattling child, dying iu its cradle, will live again iu the better thoughts of those who loved it, and play its part, though its body bo burned to ashes or buried in tho deepest sea. There is not an angel added to tho hosts of Heaven but does its blessed work ou earth in those who loved it here. Dead! Oh, if the good deeds of human crea? tures could bo traced to their source, how beautiful would even death appear! for how much charity, mercy and purified affection would bo seen to have their growth in dusty graves!" HOTEL ARRIVA:.rune 17- Columbia Hole'. W I) Aiken, lt K Ellison, J W O'Brien, J R Rogers, S 0; J \V Hunter, Md; L B Austin. Rucna Vista; C Froneberger, T H Symnics, J E Thames, Charleston; J S Wiley, Spartan burg; J ll Hudson, Bennottaville; B R Clyburn, T H Clyburn, R ? Cnrotou, W J White, Lan? caster; Mrs E 8 Thomson, Misa M Thomson, Kort Moue; L W Duvall, Winnsboro; J H Mooro, Cit \. NickerttOH llmise -H A Ulomy, Oa; T M Tabb, Jr, Md; C C licnham, N C; F S Jacobs, City; 1' S Lansen, wife and child, N Y; J Triest, Charleston; M Samson, Mass; J R Chatham, Helena; L J Appleton, Jamestown. LIST of NV.W AnVK.ItTLSEMKNTS. Pityoingcr A franklin-Summer Brinks. I. Sui/.bachcr-Military Ooods. Mr. li eui nu Ter- Grand Juvenile Concert. F. J. Scott A Co.-Found. WOMAN'S BEST FRIEND.-To relieve the nell, hi},' beni t ?d' woman, and bring Joy where sor? row reigned supreme, is a mission before which tlie smiles ?d' kings dwindle into utter insignificance. To do tnis is tho peculiar pro? vince nf Dr. J. Rradlleld's FEMALE REGULATOR, which, from thc numberless cures it has ac? complished, ia appropriately styled Woman's lies'. Friend. Tho distressing complaint known us "whiles," and "tho various irregu? larities ot' the womb, to which woman is sub? ject, disappear liko magic hoforo a singlo bot? tle of this wonderful compound. It is pre? pared by Ii. H. Bradfield, Druggist, Atlanta, Ga., and sold at $1.50 per bottle, by respecta? ble drtignieu everywhere. Physicians prescribo it. ?Action prompt, sure and decisive. J12 (5 Tho best Liv Kit medicino is HEINITSU'S QUEEN'S DEI.IOIIT. This wonderful vegetable compound acts with certainty npon the Liver and Stomach, without impairing thc functions of any other organ. It invigorates, restores, improves tho gonoral condition of tho system; regulates the Rowels by its aperient proper? ties; stimulates the Livor and makes it act; strengthens the digestion and givoe tone to tho man. It awakens thc dull and sluggish Liver tn activity and lifo. This is, of all tho Beason. tho timo'to try it. Go and get a bottle from Uoinitsh-you will not regret it. J5