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COLUMBIA, S. C.
Sunday Morning, January 8,1871.
UNITED STATES OF EUROPE.-A calm
and well-considered lotter from a Hol?
lander to a citizen of Nev? York, has
been published in the Now York Sun,
which gives a dispassionate and what
seoma to be an intelligent view of tho
ideas and apprehensions of "tho Euro?
pean situation," which aro entertained
by the smaller neutral powers of Europe.
It would be difficult to express the exist?
ing sentiment more concisely and clearly
than when tho writer says that the Bel?
gians, of all parties, aro united with the
Hollanders now "in the honest fellow
feeling of two Binull fish who have acci?
dentally eacapod the shark's jaws, and
mean to do so deliberately in the future,
if they can." This allusion is to the
conviction entertained in those countries
that all the small powers have becu bar?
gained for, and that if Bismarck and
Louis Napoleou had agreed on tho divi?
dion of the spoil they would successively
nave been swallowed np. Whether
these fears were well grounded or not,
tho writer asserts that uthc whole public
believes-and knows now, aud takes it ns
authenticated :beydud doubt, that tho
crowned conspirators were bargaining
away our existonce with as little scruplo
ns highway robbers exhibit over the
? plunder of a victim." Il is in conse?
quence of this conviction that, accord?
ing to tho writer, tho idea, which a little
while ago was considered visionary, and
confined to such enthusiasts us Muzziui,
Garibaldi, the w?rktugmen's unions', and
universal peace brotherhoods, of a coali?
tion of United States of Europe, is eve?
rywhere taking form and consistency.
Such a confederacy would, no doubt,
afford a panacea for tho ills of Europe,
if, unlike other confederacies knowu to
history, the lions and the lambs thereof
could lie down in peaco together.
A SPECIAL MESSAGE ON THE SOUTH.
The Washington correspondent of thc
New York Tribune says, in his despatch
on Sunday:
"It is reported here that tho President
will send a special message us soon ni
Congress ro assembles, relating to thc
condition of tho Southern States. Ac?
companying the message will bo a con?
siderable amount of testimony, in th?
shape of reports, ?Ssc, from military aud
other officers, which, in tho judgment
of the President, show that a very bad
state of affairs exists in many sections ol
the South. It is. believed that ho wil
recommend that Congress appoint t
committee of its members to thoroughlj
investigato the condition of affairs. It
is represented that the President's viewe
ore very decided os to the need of actior.
by Congress."
The Tribune, in commenting on tht
above report of its correspondent, says
"The rumor that tho President is tc
recommend Congress to examine inte
the condition of the South, would givi.
riso to less apprehensions if there
were not a fear that a part of the Re
publican majority might.straight-way im
sist that what the South ueeded wa!
moro reconstruction. If there aro evih
at the South to be righted by tho inter
ference of Congress, it should uot be de
Iayed. But we hold it wise policy tt
make haste very slowly in interfering
again in auy way with any of tho South
ern States which have been restored t<
their ancieut rights and privileges."
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THE TICHIUTOKY OF NEW MEXICO.-I
is stated that Now Mexico is growiuf
rapidly, and will soon ask for udmissioi
to Congress. This Territory, which wa
formerly one of the States of Mexico, lie
South of Utah and West of Kansas
There are many Indian tribes locatci
there, numbering in all 30,000 or 40.001
souls. Tho greater portion of the Ter
ritory is mountainous, though there ar
tracts along tho banks of rivors of groa
fertility. Tho Spaniards visited Nu\
Mexico nearly a century before tho set
tl?ment of Plymouth, and settlement
wore made by them nearly three ceutu
ries ago. The Territory was conquere
by tho United States troops during th
Mexican war, and was ceded to th
United States by thc treaty of 1818. i
largo portion of the white inhabitant
are of Spanish descent.
When Loudon was struck by the groo
lire, tho cry went out that it was tho Pu
pists that applied tho brand. But w
know that it was not; that tho conflagr?
tion was the result of tho bloth, igno
rance and neglect of tho people; an
that tho persecution of thc Catholics wa
wicked and fanatical. Now wo aro toi
that all tho disturbances .which occur i
tho South aro "rebel outrages," and it i
proposed to punish "tho rebels.
Where this is believed it is fanatical
and where it is proposed, without bein
believed, it is wicked; but in oithc
event its proposal is tho assertion c
might over reason, and that at tho ei
peuso of all tho people of all the State!
Tho total number of immigrants arrh
ing at Castle Gurdon duriug tho preset!
year, up to the 22.1 ult., is 208,303, a di
crease of 17,080 from last year.
LEGISLATIVE PftOCEEDIHOS.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1871.
. , SENATE.
The Senate met 12 M., Hon. A. J.
Bansier presiding.
Mr. Swails presonted the aoeonnt of
Edward R. Lesesuo for making copies
of procoediug8 of Coroner's inquest, in
the cases of tlie freedmen burnt in the
Kingstreo jail in January, 1867. Be
ferred to Committee on Claims.
Mr. Huyue presented sundry accounts
of E. B. Stokes and tho Republican
Printing Company. Referred to tho
Committee ou Contingent Accounts.
Mr. Oreen, from the Committee on
Finance, to whom was referred a bill to
pr?vido for tho redemption of certain
lands sold under order of General
Cuuby, for lazes, reported back the
same, and recommended its passage.
Ordered for consideration on Monday
next. Also, reported baok upon a reso?
lution authorizing tho State Auditor to
suspend proceedings .in certain cases,
and recommended tho passago of the
game. Ordered for consideration ou
Monday next. Also, reported baok upon
a joint resolution instructing the State
Auditor to order the enforcement of
collectiou of taxes-recommending that
tho samo bo laid on the table. Ordered
for consideration on Monday next.
Mr. Hayes, from the Committee on
Claims and Grievances, asked to be dis
charged from tho further consideration
of tho following claims, and that they
be referred to thc Commit too on Fi
nanco, which was so ordered. Thc
petitions aro those of tho South Caro?
lina Society; of Franeis Weston, Execu?
tor and Trustee of Paul Weston; ol
Richard L. North; of R. B. Mills; ol
M. E. Carero and W. M. Wilson, Execu
tors of Samuel Wilson; of Alexander H
Chisolm; of Beujamin P. Fraser and P
Weston Fraser, praying tho renewal o
certain State stock and bonds destroyei
during tho war.
Mr. Wilson gave notice of a bill to re
now and amend tho charter of thu towi
of Anderson.
Mr. Wbittomoro gavo notice of a bil
to regulato the confirmation of all oin
cers appointed by the Governor. Also
introduced a bill to amend nu Act cnti
tied an Act to de lino the jurisdiction am
duties of tho County Commissioners
which received its first reading and wa
ordered for a second reading and cor
sidcrution on Mondny next, aud to b
printed.
Mr. Duncan introduced a bill to amen
the charter of thc town of Union; whic
received its first reading and was ordere
for a second ou Monday, and to L
printed.
Mr. Green, for the Committee on F
nance, introduced t? joint resolution ai
thoriziug tho Stnto Treasurer to re-issn
to Johu Phillips, Executor of Joh
Campbell, certain certificates of Stal
Htock; which received its first readin
and ordered for consideration ou Moi
day. Also, joint resolution nuthorizir.
the State Treasurer to ro-issuo to Tho
Li. Webb, Trustee of Markewn aud Mu
tba Johnston, a certain certificate i
State stock lost or destroyed during tl
war; upon which tho samo action wi
taken as tho foregoing.
Mr. Arn H n iutroduoed a joint rosoli
tiou to authorize HU appropriation to pf
the claims of Professors M. LaUorde, ,
L. Reynolds, W. J. Rivers and C. Bru?
Walker; which was read tho first tin
and ordered for cousiderution on Mo
day uext.
Tho resolution of tho Select Comrni
tee. to take order in Senate on notico
House of Representatives, of impeao!
mont of T. O. P. Veruou, Judge
Beveuth Circuit, wus adopted.
A bill to amend au Act to establish
Stute Orphan Asylum, received its s
coud reading and was ordered to be e
grossed.
Also, a joint resolution authorizii
tho County Commissioners of Wilban:
burg County to levy a speciul tax.
Also, a biri to ahaDgo the name of t
Gap Creek and Middle Saluda Turupi
Company, and to amend and renew t
charter thereof. Also, a bill to authori
aliens to hold property.
A bill to incorporate the Chariest
Riflemen Club received its second rea
ing, and was referred to thc Committ
on Incorporations.
A bill to increusu the salaries of Ji
tices of the Supremo Court received
second rouding, and was referred to t
Committee on Finance.
A bill to amend an Act entitled
Act providing for tho geueral clectioi
aud tho manner of conducting tho sam<
approved March 1, 1870, was roforred
the Committee ou Privileges and EL
tions.
A resolution to request the Commitl
on Education to report ou a bill to ame
au Act to establish and maintain a s;
tem of free eoramou schools for Sou
Carolina, was adopted.
Tho Schute then went into oxecuti
session, and rejected tho appointment
Simoon Col ley as Commissioner of 1
Bureau of Agricultural Statistics, iu I
placo ut Henry Spuruick, removed.
Tho Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE*
Thc House met ut 12 M.
Mr. Bowley, from tho Cotumitteo
Engrossed Bills, reported tho followi
bills: A bill to incorporate tho Natio
Independent Blues Charitablo Assoi
tion; a bill to re-charter tho Pumpk
town Turnpike Road, of Pickeus Coi
ty, and a bill to iucorporato tho Mo
Guards, of Ridgeway, in Fairfield Coi
ty, S'liitb Carolina, all of which wi
passed uud ordered to bo sent to
I Senate.
Mr. Wilson, of Andorson, gave not
of a bill to renew aud amend tho chai
of thu towu of Anderson.
Mr. Myers, from Beaufort, iutrodn
a bill to amend tho Act to organize c
govern tho militia. Referred to tho
propriato committee.
Mr. Lovy, of Charleston, gave not
of tho introduction of a bill to anfi
tho portion of the charter of the cit]
Charleston relating to elections. A
a bill to empower tho Commissioner.'
Pilotage to oleot a ?lerk sod for other
purposes.
Mr. Davis, of Charleston, gave notioe
of a bill to atnond the charter of the
oity of Char liston, so as to provide for
an additional inspector of floor. Also,
a bill to incorporate the Logan*Fusiliers,
of St. Thomas sud St. Dennis Parishes.
Also, a concurrent resolution, that the
Govornor bo requested to furnish the
Qoneral Assembly with information why
a sufficient military force has not been
stationed in certain refractory Counties;
why tho violators of tho biws were not
brought to punishment, ito., which wns
adopted.
Mr. Audoll, of Charleston, gavo no?
tice of a bill to amend an Act to doline
tho powers and duties of County Com?
missioners. Also, presented thc petition
of certain citizens of Wad mala w Island
for an appropriation to erect a school?
house and purchase land.
Mr. Leo introduced a concurrent reso?
lution, that the Representatives iu the
Congross of tho Uuitod States bo in?
structed to oppose auy and all measures
looking to general amnesty or removal
of politicaldisubi'ities; which wasordvred
to bo printed and made tho special order
for Monday next, at 12.30.
Mr. L. Cain iutroduced a bill to pre?
vent persons from holdiDg moro than
ono cilice of proQt and trust nt a time in
the State. Referred to Committee on
the Judiciary.
Mr. Rivers iotroduced a bill to pr?vaut
accidents to rafts aud flat-boats ou tho
rivers of tho State. Referred to thc
Committee on Commerce.
Mr. Smart presouted tho claim of II.
M. Cartledge, of Fairfield, for teaching
school. Roferrcd to tho Committeo ou
Claims. Also, introduced a bill to pr??
vido for a physician's lieu ou crops,
which wus referred to the Committeo ou
th? Judiciary. Also, a joilit resolution
to alter aud amoud a joiut resolution di?
recting tho Stato Auditor aud County
Commissioners to levy oertaiu tuxes,
which was referred to tho Committco ol
Ways and Mcaus.
Mr. Crittenden gavo notice of a bill to
amend an Act to provide for tho con?
struction and to keep in repair the pub?
lic highways and bridges of the Stilts.
Mr. Boston introduced a concurrent
resolution to compel tho Auditor of New
berry County to make a full report ol
poll taxes collected iu that County foi
tho yeurs 1808 and 1869 up to November,
1870, beforo tho 10th jost nut, which wai
adopted.
Mr. Doyle iutroduced a bill to repeal
section two of an Act extending tho tim?
for oflioors to qualify. Referred to UK
Committco on the Judiciary.
Mr. Jamison introduced a resolution
that a committee bo appointed to wail
upon tho Governor and ascertain if nuj
action had becu takeu to protect tho I i vi s
liberty and property of tho citizens o
tho State, and that tho committeo bo rc
quested to report ou Tuesday next.
Mr. Uyas iutroduced a resolution, thal
the Speaker bo authorized to graut Icavi
to tho Chaplains of thu Senate and ol
tho House, to hold divine service on th<
Sabbath in the hall of tho iious.i o
Representatives. Tho resolution wa;
laid on tho table.
Mr. Hagood presented tho account o
IJohn li. Irwin for services as scheu
toacher.
Mr. Dnucan presented tho report o
tho Couuty Commissioners of Spartan
burg Couuty.
Mr. Siugloton introduced a bill to alto
and ntneed tho charter of tho town u
Sumter; ulso, notice of a bill to iucorpo
rate the Scott Rifle Guards of Sumter.
Mr. Riggs introduced a concurrent re
solution, thut a oommittee of throe bi
appointed to await upon the Slate Trea
surer and inquire iu what way th?
$135,01)0 appropriated to pay tho mileag
and per diem of the members of tb
Legislature, has been paid and over
drawn. Adopted.
Mr. Hayuo gave uotico of a bili to es
tablish a uow Judicial and Electioi
County, fo bo kuowu as Woodbur;
CoiiDty.
Mr. Yocum introduced a resolution
that the Committeo on the Judiciary b
required to report back tho jnry bil
Mo inlay, at 1 o'clock; which was adopted
Mr. Jones presented the account o
tho Tax Collector of Williamsburg Couu
ty; which was referred to tho Committc
of Ways and Means. Also, gave nolie
of a bill to incorporate the Salamaudc
Hook and Ladder Company of George
town.
Mr. Thomas, of Colinton, introduce
a bill to ro-3hurter the Cypress Cause wa
Company, which was referred to the arj
propriate committeo. Also, a con?ut
rent resolution, that tho Secretary of til
Advisory Board of the Land Co m tn issi o
bo required to furnish tho General As
8embly with a copy of the proceeding
of that body siuco its organization
which was adopted.
Mr. Tolbert presented tho account o
Thomas Ramage, for repairing schoc
house in Abbeville County,% which wu
referred to tho Committeo ou Ways am
Mcaus.
A bill to admit William S. Tillinglnu
to practice law in tho Circuit Courts c
this State, came up for a second reading
and tho enacting clanso was stricke
out.
A resolution, requiring tho Committo
on Public Printing to report upon th
original bill aud substitute, relativo t
proposals for tho Stato printing, o
Wednesday next, was adopted.
Mr. Mobley introduced a joint rosoln
tiou, providing for tho support of pei
sons driven from their homes in Uuio
County, which was adopted.
On motion, tho House then ndjourue
till Monday, 12 M.
Capt. Travers, of Rochester, hi
made a wager of $25 that ho will, at th
distance of thirty-six feet, with a pisto
shoot from the top of a wine-bottle
cork on which is pluced a bullet, dro\
ping tho buhot iuto the bottlo and nc
breaking tho bottlo. He has twelv
shor*. and engages to perform the fee
four times.
FnOM PARIS TO NoBWAV IN A BAL?
LOON.-M. A. LeMaout describes in
LeCourrier de CEurope tiietirj remarka?
ble recent voyage of two French gontle
mou, Messrs. Bollier , and Bezier, in a
balloon from Paris to Ino neighborhood
of Ohristiania, in Norway. They as?
cended from Paris at 11^ o'clock at
night, with n bag full of letters nod de?
spatches addressed to various parts of
France, England, &o., but ut 7 A. M.,
were surprised to hud that they wore,
smiling rapidly over the sen. As tho
balloon gradually descended they sight?
ed, or rather was sighted by, a vessel,
which proved to bo German, and tired
Homo shots at the balloon, happily, how?
ever, without uflect. They let full their
bag of letters aud despatches, which
were picked up by tho ship and posted
on reaching port, and some of which
reached their destiuation in a damp and
moldy conditiou. Relieved of this
weight, the balloon again ascended, aud
was lost for somo hours in clouds and
mists, but about 2 P. M., tho same day,
the io ron au ts descried the tops of somo
pine trees, and soon after effected their
dt?sceut in tho midst of a bleak and barreu
wood, of the locality of which they were
iu ontiro ignoranco. Having mndo their
way through bushes and underwood,
they fortunately discovered tho walls of
an nnroofed hovel, and inside it tho re?
mains of somo potatoes. These l hoy
wero only too glud to eat, being half
dead with cold and hunger, und they
slept within the roofless walls for some
twenty hours beforo they felt strong
enough to pursue their journey. Get?
ting under way once more, they fouud
some villagers, to whom they made
known hy signs, aud hy drawing a bal?
loon on paper, the strange rou to by
which they had como thither. The
nativo sent for tho village pastor aud for
another person who could speak a little
French, when they wero told that they
were in Norway. The visitors woro
most kiudly and hospitably treated aa
perseus who had literally come down
from the skies, and they were forward?
ed, together with their balloon and
apparatus, on sledges to Christiania, a
distance of 100 leagues. On reaching
the capital their presence created the
greatest excitement: fetes were impro?
vised iu their honor; mothers hold up
their children to seo the Frenchmen
who had como down from tho clouds,
and tho people raised loud cries of
"France forever.''
There is certainly (says tho New York
World) nothing moro wonderful in the
history, nor auythiug moro creditable, to
the character, of thu American Republic
t hun the manner in which it has assimi?
lated tho most diverse ethnological ele?
ments into a compact nod characteristic
nationality. The Hood of emigration is
absorbed so quietly and so thoroughly
that nowhere but in two or three of the
chief centres of population does it an?
nounce itself ns a distinct element at all.
Tho account of the immigration for the
past year shows that over 200,000 per?
sons have accepted tho political hospi?
talities and the natural advantages which
invited them hero. This great number
enough to populate a city which might
bo the third or the fourth iu tho United
States-has boen so dispersed that it
hardly constitutes a perceptible addition
to the population of any single district.
And even this great nu tu ber falls off by
sumo 4?,00Jfrom the immigration of tho
previous year. The diminution, of course,
affords no basis for calculations upon tho
future immigration, by reason of the
events which have constrained so many
heads of families and young adventurers
iu Franco uud Germany to ilny at home
when they might very willingly have
joined their fortunes with ours. The
ouly decrouso outside of these two na?
tions has occurred in Sweden, and the
loss there is not really a loss, since the
famine hnd raised tho number of emi?
grants from the previous year to au un?
warranted and abnormal height. The
close of the European war will pretty
surely precipitate upon us countless
thousands of needy but frugal and in?
dustrious persons, comprising the best
material for citizens. As it is a figure of
rhetoric, according to Touchstone, that
drink being poured from a cup into a
glass by filling the ono doth empty the
other, we need not fear that the flow of
immigration will cease or sluckcu until
it has equalized much more nearly than
now tho density of Europeau and thc
scattered conditiou of American popula?
tions.
Ono of tho most outrageous, cold?
blooded murdors wis committed iu
Cherokeo County, Alabama, last week.
Mitchell Davis, a promising young man,
was shot and instantly killed by negroes
lying in ambush by tho roadside. Tho
young mau was on tho eve of being mar?
ried, and on his way to visit his af?
fianced. Statements differ as to tho
motives of the shooting; somo saying tho
negroes iuteuded to kill his cousin, some
his father. The negroes tired also on
difforenfparties who were hurrying to
thu spot whero young Davis was lyi?g.
Tho excitement in that section produced
by this affair is indescribable. But it
roue to f fever heat when the report
spread, and verified by respoctablo par?
ties, that disguised bauds of negroes
were traversing tho country, murdering
whilo men and women. Already a war
between tho two races was imminent,
when the Ku Klux, appeared upon tho
sceuo. Taking tho law into their own
hands, they silently but nurdy hegau
their bloody work. Last accounts from
that section wero that four negroes had
already boon killed.
A fiend in human shape was engaged
iu planking a side-walk in a certain
Western city, when a woman in gorgeous
apparel stepped near the scene of his
labors to chut with a friend. Her train
huug over tho edge of the last plank b?o
had put in position, aud he quietly slid
another ono alongside of it, and securely
spiked it down. Tho fiend then went
away to dinner.
Xii ooal Items.
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POST OFFICE HOUKS.-Northern mail
opona 4.30 P. M.; closes ll A. M.
Charleston and Greenville, open 4.30
P. M.;clo8o5.30 A. M.
Western, opens 12.30 P. M.: close?
2.46 P. M.
Charleston, evening, opens 8 A.M.;
closes 6 P. M.
Office open Sundays from half-past
4 o'clock to hulf-pnst 5.
PiKUNixiANA.--Tho price of single
copies of tho PIIO?NIX is Qve cents. If
carriers charge moro it is a swiudle. They
cun he obtained at that price at tho oflice.
Book and job printing of every kind
attended lo promptly at tho PiHENIX of
lier?. Every v?. ?ety of material on hand.
We aro indebted to Mr. J. II. MoEl
woo, of Statesville, N. C., for a package
of his Quo cb owing tobacco, "Palmetto
Roll." As we do not indulge in tho
weed, we delegated thc sampling to seve?
ral professionals, and they pronounco it
particularly good. The smell is certainly
very pleosaut. The tobacco can bo ob?
tained nt Mr. E. Hopo's and at tho sign
of tho "ludian Girl."
Tho following sentence of only thirty
four letters contains all tho letters in tho
alphabet: "John quickly extemporized
live tow bags."
Yesterday's mail brought us tho fol?
lowing magazines: Good Words-illus?
trated- for January, Normuu McLeod,
editor; J. B. Lippiucott & Co., publish?
ers. Price i\vGuty-?ve ceuls. Sunday
Magazine-illustrated-for January, Dr.
Guthrie, editor; J. B. Lippiucott'ifc Co.,
Philadelphia, publishers. Price thirty
cents. Good Word* For Hie Young-il?
lustrated-for January, George Mac?
Donald, editor; J. B. Lippiucott & Co.,
Philadelphia, publishers. Price twenty
five cents.
The Committee on Steam Firo Eugino
of tho Independent's aro now engaged
in calliug ou the citizens, for the purpose
of collecting tho amounts pledged. It
is hoped that one and all will pay up; if
so, in a few weeks, tho whistle of the
steamer will bo heard in our streets, and
the lire-fiend be robbed of half his ter?
rors.
Swiuging is said by the doctors to be
very good exercise for a person's health;
but mauy a poor wrotoh has como to his
death by it.
The proprietor of tho "Clothing Ba?
zaar" imparts some interesting informa?
tion to thoso in want of clothing. Read
his advertisement in to-day's PUONIX.
The Comptroller's report is printed,
and shows the State debt to be ?11,000,
000.
Atleution is called to th.'sale of real
estate, on Main and Lady streets, which
will take place to-morrow raoruing, at ll
o'clock, nt the Court House.
A ueut compliment was paid the other
day to a lady. She had just swallowed
a small glass of wine as n gentleman in
company nsked for a taste. "It's all
gone," said she, laughingly, "unless you
take some from my lips." "I should bc
moat happy," ho replied, "but I novel
take sugar iu iniuo."
ELOQUENT TRIBUTE TO TITE LATE WIL?
LIAM GILMORE SIMMS.-On the occasion
of the opening of court in Barnwell, thc
Hon. A. P. Aldrich paid an eloqueut aud
touching tribute to Mr. Simms. Judge
Platt responded in becoming language,
and acquiesced in the motion made to ad?
journ tho court, out of respect to memo?
ry of Mr. Simms, who hud beeu a citi?
zen of tho County, aud at one time n
member of tho bar.
"GLENDALE"-SALE OF BUILDING
LOTS.-Dr. Wheeler has purchased n
largo tract of land in tho South-eastern
part of the oity, which ho has laid out iu
building lots fifty by 200 feet-a con?
venient size. He has erected a sub
stautial dwelling for his owu residence,
ia tho vicinity of these lots, aud has
given it tho romantic title of "GIou
dalo." To eucourage the building ol
dwellings by persons of limited meaus,
tho Doctor offers to dispose of these lots
at reasonable prices. A plat or map ol
tho grounds eau be seen at tho auction
house of Messrs. D. C. Peixotto & Son.
Streets aro being graded aud opened
through this tract of land-Dr. Wheeler
having grauted to tho city tho laud ne?
cessary for tho purpose. Hero is a
capital chanco for individuals of limited
meaus to obtain a homestead.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES THIS DAY.-Tri?
nity Church-Rov. T. J. Suand, Rector,
10<;i A. M. and 4P. M.
St. Petor's Church-Rev. Francis Ja
quemet, 1st Mass 7 A. M. ; 2d Masa IO ' . ;
Afternoon Service 4 P. M
Presbyterian Church-Rev. W. E.
Uoggs, lOJ-i A. M. and 7'., P. M.
Lutheran Church-Rev. A. R. Rude,
10|.< A. M.
Washington Street Church-Rev.
Monning Brown, 10>? A. M. and '?)?
P. M.
Marion Streot Church-Rev. W. W.
Mood, 10,'? A. M. and 7)? P. M.
Baptist Church-Rev. J. L. Reynolds,
10>? A. M. and 7^ P. M.-Subject:
"Felix, tho Mercenary Official."
As To Low PjBE#84w.~MrOett fashions
owe their origin to an attempt to givo .
prominence to the strong point or hide
the weak point of a Iv jug or Queen.
Th DH powdor game into vogue to ounccal
a Queen's gray bair, and large perukes
because a King wns bald. Wu learn,
however, from a Belgian paper, that the
custom of ladies exhibiting their busts
in all the beauty of nature has a far
moro romantic origin. In n battle iu
which the French wero engaged (all
dates, wo uiiiy mention, aro iu reserve,)
their ranks wero broken and they wero
routed. When they retreated their wo?
men bared their breasts and entreated
them to pierce them rather than permit
them tb fail into the bauds of tho enemy.
This was too much for the gallant Gauls.
Nerved with fresh courage they turned,
renewed the combat and were victorious.
From that hour French women have, on
festal occasions, always been accustomed
to wear their dresses low. In fact, when
you seo ono who appears to have forgot?
ten tho upper part of her dress, it is no
proof of indelicacy, but simply an indi?
cation of the power of national senti?
ment.. This satisfactorily explains what
many ignorant peoplo have taken for
impropriety. Wo live and learn.
NOT FEAR, ONLY INDIGNATION-.-We
learn from tho Chicago Tribune that
when. Demosthenes was asked why au
orator so bold us himself could prove a
coward on the battle-field, ho replied:
"lt is not cowardice on my part. My
orations sufficiently provo that my soul
is insensible to fear. But when I reflect
upon tho valnn to Athens of n lifo like
mino, and then observo some vulgar
wretch, whoso name is altogether un?
known, approaching mo with intent to
cleave my head with a broad-axe or run
mo through with a javelin, ii feeling of
indignation at tho baseness of mankind
overwhelms mo, and I scoru to romain
iu such company."
Instead of tho oracular utterances of
"the man of destiny," which Europe was
accustomed to await with no little anx?
iety ou each succeeding New Year's Dny,
France gives to tho world at the opening
cf 1S71 tho out spoken and re assuring
speech of tho foremost mon of the new
Republic. M. Gambetta recalls the vital
fact that though men aro mortal, the
Republic is undying. Tho present Go?
vernment must end with tho necessities
of the national defence, nud tho voico of
France will find free expression iu the
choice of a new ono. "Spcoch must bo
freo as thought," is a noble declaration
on which to build tho constitution of a
free peoplo. Had tho present genera?
tion of Frenchmen grown up under
such a principle, they would to-day have
come through tho ordeal of war better
than they have done, if, us is exceeding?
ly improbable, such a war could have
happened at all.
Kev. Sabine's refusal to preach a fu?
neral sermon over tho remains of the
veteran actor, George Holland, has
aroused tho indignation of tho New York
public. Well, we think poor Holland
can well afford to do without Mr. Sa?
bine's services. There is oue observa?
tion wo would make, however, in con?
nection with this unpleasant affair; and
that is this: Holland understood his pro?
fession-.Sabine has uot the faintest idea
of his.
HOTEL AIUUVALS, January 7.-'Colum?
bia Hotel-T. B. Bass. Marion; J. W.
O'Brien, G. G. Richlands, J. S. Ryan,
Charleston; Mrs. P. L. Wiggin, Beau?
fort; W. C. Parker and wife, Newberry;
H. Hnffn, W. C. Woreling, D. C.
dickerson House-A.. J. Whittemore,
Edgefield; I. Aldman, Charlotte; J. M.
Seigier, T. Freeman, Newberry; W. H.
Rainey, Brunswiok; O. Kizinger, H. J.
Rozcnbaum, Miss D. Rozenbaum, Phila?
delphia; T. M. Rembert, Ridgeway; B.
W. Payne, S. C.; T. G. Lamar, F. H.
D'Ant?gnac, S. F. Houston, Augusta; S.
M. Smith, N. Y. ; F. G. Johnston, Doko;
J. R. Williams, Pino House; N. Free?
man, Laurens; E. D. Nixon, Baltimore.
LIST OP NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Rev. Jas. Douglas-School Notice.
Meeting of Burns Club.
Mrs Julia D. Rainey-Horse Stolon.
D. Goodman-Clothing.
Monteith Sz Fielding-Groceries, Sec.
J. E. Lumsden-Notico.
Jacob Lovin-Gas Bills.
Tttteve*! KNAVES!! SWINDLERS! I ! These
are mild terma with which to designate tiioso
adventurers who havo been induced by the
high reputation which Dr. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy haa won, to oflor for ealo a worthless
imitation of Una celebrated medicine. Re?
member that Dr. Pierce's private stamp,
which ia three ami a half inchea long and has
upon it his lion rait, and tho worda "U. ti.
Certificate of ?cnuinoiiefiS," ia upon every
package of the genuine. Sold by druggiBta,
ur bv mail aixtv cent J. Addrcaa Dr. R. V.
Pierce, Buffalo, ?. Y. J?Vl-fj
Throughout 'be South people will auder
from Nervous Debility, Dyspepsia, Chilla and
Fevers, and other malarious diseaaea, be?
cause they havo not uaed tho OLD CAROLINA
BifrKits. J8t3
SUCCESSFUL BOOTUEBN ENTEBPBISE.- Of
many now Southern cntcrpriaca which havo
b> en undertaken ainco tho war, none have
met with greater or moro deaerved success
than tho door, saab and blind manufactory of
Mr. I?. P. Tonio, in Charleston, S. C. Dy hard
work, indomitable energy and liberal adver?
tising, Mr. Toalo baa in three years outstrip?
ped all competition, and established a buni?
ll csa which woual do credit to any cit} in tho
Uliitod States. Jan S 1
"It's mity curia," said Mra. Partington to
Iky. while rending about tho impending war
in laurene, "that tho Hollerhorn croatea such
an ado in Yurriip, when it'a sich a common
disease among tho cattle in Amer ky." Tho
old lady, having delivered herself nf tho
above, took a dose of Li PPM A N'S OUKAT GEB
MAx IJlTTLns to oboer her dopreaaed epirita,
and resumed her knitting.
Lippmau's bitters aro for Bale by all drug?
gists and dealers. Depot iu Columbia. H. C.,
at OEIOEB & MCOREOOB'S, Druggists. 8 18
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