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COLUMBIA, S. C. Friday Morning:, January 27.1871. The Condition of the Southern ?tatet ?oiuocratl? Scnnloru Expoao the De Vice. This Bubjeot has excited, it seems, the attention of the Congressional majority. President Grant having sont to Congress a message relating to alleged disorders in North Carolina, Florida and Alabama, Senator Morton moved tho appointment of a committee of five to investigate tho truth or falsity of the crimes and out? rages of a politicul character alleged to havo beon committed in tho Southern States. Had we any reason to believo that this was designed to secure an im? partial statement of the real state of af? fairs in the South, wo would bo disposed to welcome the proposed investigation. But who really believes that any such honest purpose ?B in contemplation? As Senator Casserly, the Democratic Sena? tor from California, remarked, when tho matter was first introduced iu tho Sen? ate: "No man of candor doubted that tho result of the doing of tho special cum uiitteo was already determined. This was too palpable for doubt or contradic? tion. Only reoently some of the most distinguished members of tho Senate, including the Senator from Indiana, (Mr. Morton,) had exhausted themselves in the effort to fan into now lifo tho em? bers of the great civil war of sectional hate and animosity, but tho result of tho late elections has shown tho popular rep? robation of such contemptible means of creating political capital. But these charges against tho South were stale charges, many of them, certainly us old as 1867. If thero were any now charges why had not tho country heard of thom? The opening anew of the flood-gates of sectional hatred might servo to stay tho doom of a perishing party; but was party existence a sufficient compensation for national disgrace. Were it understood that no Southern State should ho repre? sented until she sent hither men whose politics were acceptable to au accidoutal Congressional majority, thero would bo no occasion for pouring out periodically tho vials of wrath against thc South." Tho Democratic member from Dela? ware, Senator Bayard, takes a similar view of Senator Morton's resolution. He says: "The object of the resolution was merely to acquire ii pretext for again placing the Southern people uuder mar? tial law. There was not to-day, in any Southern Stole, a single Federal officer who had not been uouiinuted bj- Repub? lican choice, and confirmed by Ibo Se? nate; not a District Judge, not a District Attorney, (the business ol' which office was to prosecute for offences against the laws of tho United States.) Thero was not a Judgo or juror to try these offences who was nob a thick and thin partisan of tho administration. Yet in thc fuce of all that, nuder all their laws, Republi? can statesmanship, when au emergency arose, could resort to nothing hotter than simple bruto force. Proposing to iu qniro what contributions hud been made by thc chosen agents of the Radicals as a reason for a repetition of Congression? al interference in tho South, he quoted from the message of Governor Scott, of S:iuth Carolioa, and a letter from Go? vernor Bullock, of Georgia; the former positively asserting, in regard to tho State election, that although thero wero individual instances of tumult and dis? order, thero was no organized combina? tion to resist the laws, of a character suf? ficiently formidable to justify him in calling out the militia or resorting to extraordinary measures. The represent? ation of tho so-culled Governor of Geor? gia was that tho election there had been couducted as fairly ns could bc expected uuder tho circumstances. Thcso confes? sions as to the public tranquillity wei o direct denials of the representations now made, to further the interests of a poli? tical party. Tho idea seemed to be, ac? cording to tho tenor of tho arguments of tho Senators from South Carolina and Alabama, (Mr. Sawyer and Mr. Warner,) that adherence to the Radical party wus to be the only tost of American liberty. After referring to tho defeat of Mr. War? ner for re-electiou, as possibly embitter? ing that Senator, and suggesting that the legal remedy for a fraudulent defeat was the better ono, Mr. Bayard weut on to urgtic, that by n systematic stilling of the popular will, the source of Republi? can strength had of late years been tho South, anti thc Radical leaders, now re? alizing that they could no longer retain power, these were about to resort to tho most unscrupulous means. To continuo their ascendancy in Cougrcss and the General Government, they wero about to strangle the voico of tho Democratic ma? jorities wheuevcr necessary. The only remedy for this contemptible uouspirucy was to be found in au uppual to the pop? ular sentiment of tho Northern States, for this was tho only thing to which the present Congress considered itself ?'.mo nable. Would tho Northern, pcoplo con tiutio to couuteuauco tho humbugs and shams which tho Senators culled Repub? lican government in the South? No suoh thiug as tho choico of tho people of the Southern States had beon heard in Con gross for many long years, and when Radical Congressmen sought to keep alive tue fraud and sham by a rosort to military power, then if there bo not enough courage, honesty and intolligonce iu his fellow-citizens of tho Northern States to repudiate such au ontrago, he (Mr. Bayard) had no hopo of ever living to seo a gcvei'nmeut of loree supplanted by a government of law. The cup now placet! by tho Radicals to tho lips of tho Sonth would, at no distant day, be re? turned to their own." Senator Thnrniun (Democrat, Ohio,) farther exposed tbe anima? ot tbiB new partisan move, in the folloWltoglanguage: He said that he 4,aappoaed it was iu tended to inq?ire whether the eleotiye franchise bod been interfered with in North Carolina, Florida and Alabama, which were the States referred to in the President's message; batas the Repub? lican ticket had been deolared elected iu Florida, that State would probably not be included. Tho other two States hud actually elected conservativo United States Souators, and a person at ail in? clined to bo suspicious might infer that the investigation had something to do with that fact. Io Florida, upou u flim? sy pretext, tho vote in eight conservativo Couutios had boon thrown out, and that of a Radical Cou u ty, against which fraud was alleged, was counted in to cu^tinue Radical ooutrol. In Radical Texas, the Governor oxcrciscd an unlimited autho? rity iu appointing tho State officials, in? cluding tho officors of election. Con? trasting further tho comparatively orderly and respectable condition of af? fairs in North Carolina and Alabama, with tho existing couditiou of things in other Sontboru States under tho Radical rule, Mr. Thurman pictured tho indig? nation and deuunoiatiou with which Re? publican members would boil over if the unlimited power of tho authorities of Texas, and other States, was attempted to bo wielded by tho Democratic Go? vernors of New York and Connecticut. Ho ulso spoke of a recent mobbiug nnd attempted murder of a negro in tho stroots of Washington, bcoauso of bis voting the Democratic ticket; the police being powerless or unwilling to offer pro? tection. With ampio power of redros sion, Congress had uot noticed the out? rage. As a reply to Mr. Sawyer's asser? tion, that in South Carolina the victims of outrages were Republicans, spoke of the breaking up of a conservative mass meeting iu that State, and remarked that it was well known that a1 lover tho South a terriblo intimidation was exercised by tho uogroes upou any of their class sus? pected of any iutention to vote tho De? mocratic ticket, such an act being at tho risk of tho voter's life. No outcry was heard in tho Seuato on that account, but thc defeat of the Radical candidato was the signal for tho cry of 'Ku Klux,' and the beginning of efforts to sot aside the people's choice. Ho concluded with suggestions as to tho doubtful autbenti- i city of Ku Klux stories for partisan con? sumption, regretting the occasion for them ami their effect in raising preju? dices against tho Democratic party. Wero his voice potential ho would cry out through tho South for tho cessation of any practice giving color to such stories." . -. ..Our Suite Agricultural Soc-U t i< .?..* Tho Charleston News says: j ' Oui; STATE AaMcu&TUitAij SOCIETIES. A correspondent suggests that, if it bo desired to unite tho Charleston Agri? cultural Society with tho State Agri? cultural and Mechanical Society, au ex? cellent opportunity of effecting that object may bo had on thc 8th of Febru? ary next, when tho members of tho State Agricultural Society and the stockholders of tho Auxiliary Society hold a combin? ed meeting iu Columbia. The whole mutter of tho union of tho societies might then bo discussed, and it is be? lieved that a satisfactory amalgamation or consolidation could bo made. Oar correspondent ulso calls attention to tho fact that many questions of importance will bo discussed at tho meeting in Co? lumbia, and urges tho seaboard to bo fully represented. Amen! say wo. The more wo eau induce the people of the seaboard and tho up-country to meet together, plau together aud work to? gether, tho better it will be for ull South Carolina. We imagine that there will bo no difficulty, down this way, ou the score of "half-fare" tickets for tho Co? lumbia meetiug. The South Caroliua, the North-eastern and the Savannah and Charlestou Railroads have never, in our experience, beeu backward iu doing whatever was asked of thom iu the name of the commou good." Wo concur with tho News in tho spirit of itd remarks nod in the feasibility of its suggestions. South Carolina is not rich ouough for two State Fairs. Better ouo sun than two stars. Let us havo ouo central Agricultural and Mo chauical Fair, embracing the products and the skill of the wholo State, and bringing together all the sections of the Stato. DEATH OF AN OED SOLDIEII.-Maj. Mordecai Meyers diod at Schenectady, N. Y.,"* ou Friday morning last, at 3 o'clock, in (ho ninety-fifth year of his age. Mr. Meyers was born in 1776, served as a captain iu the old Thirteenth lufantry, was crippled at tho bead of bis oommaud, by a ball through tho shoul dor, at the battle of Chrysler's Field, in Canada, in tho war of 1812, and since tho death of Gen. Wool was the only surviving officer of tho regiment. Ho was twice Mayor of Schenectady, Past Grand Master of the Grund Lodgoof the State, and held other positions of public trust. Ho was older than the Govern? ment, and enjoyed his faculties to the time of his death. Du. HELMIIOLD AND SENATOK BLAIU. Wo learn from tho New York Commer? cial Advertiser that Dr. H. T. Helmbold, of Buohu notoriety, fired u salute of 100 guus from tho roof of his building in New York ou Saturday last, in honor of tho election of his friend, Gen. Frank Blair, to tho United States Senate. The Advertiser says: Tho thnudor of Frank's eloquence in tho West and tho roar of tho Doctor's artillery iu tho East aro enough to set tho teeth of all the old fogies of pharmaoy and politics chattering, from ono end of tho continent to the other. A telegraph oflico has been opened at Orangeburg. IiEOItSIjATlVB PRO?BKMISG?. THURSDAY". JAITTJABY 26, 1871. SENATS. The Senate met at 12 M. Mr. Hayes introduced a bill to amend an Act to provide for the appointment of Trial Justices. Tho Committee on Pablio Lauda re? ported back a bill to oede the jurisdic? tion of the Stato over such lands an may bo needed for publio purposes to the United States. Also, reported back a bill to pr?vido for tho disposition of lunds forfeited to tho State; which were ordered to bo engrossed for a third read? ing Mr. Wbitteinoro introduced a bill to euforco tho collection of tho poll and road tax. Ordered to lie over. Tho penalty iu tho bill is disability to act as jurors. The Committee, ou Incorporations re? ported buck a bill to alter nud amend an Act to alter and amend the charter and extend the limits of the city of Columbia. Ordered to lio ovor. Mr. S wails presented the petition of tho County Commissioners of Williams? burg for authority to issue bonds to pay the post indebtedness of the County. Referred. Mr. Nash introduced a bill to abolish the Seventh Judicial Circuit, and to as? sign tho Counties comprising tho same to tho Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Circuits: which was ordered to lie over under the rules. The bill assigns Laurens County to tho Eighth (Judge Orr's) Circuit, und ohangeB that Circuit to tho Seventh. Newberry goes to tho Fifth (Judgo Mel? ton's) Circuit, and Spartanburg goes to tho Sixth (JudgoThomas') Circuit. The bill ulso provides for the increase of the salaries of the Judges of thu Circuits mentioned to ?4,000 per atiuum. A bill to incorporate tho Champion Hook and Ladder Company, cf Chester, passed its second readiug. The onacting clause of a bill to pro? hibit tho sale of spirituous liquors on salo-days and during scissions of thu Court was stricken out. The following bills were read by their titles and referred: A bill to make ap? propriation for tho payment of tho per diem nud mileage of tho members of tho General Assembly nud subordinate uf licers, and other incidental expenses; a bill to vest iu tho Charlestou Land Company tho charter of u ferry from I Hamlin's Wharf in tho city of Charles? ton t<i tho following points on tho Wan? do Uiver, to wit: Scitnlnuvillc, Retuloy's I Puiut, Vuuuing's Lauding and Daniel's Island Lauding; to incorpor?t1; the Mar's Lilul? ?Sous ul Benevolence Asso? ciation; to create the County of Coosuw I hutchic; to incorporate the Whipper ?Guards of Christ Church Parish; joint ! resolution to .sell the lands of the State I in Du?-liugtou for S4 :)8 per acre; bill to ? amend {Section ?5 of un Aol to determine and perpetuate tho homestead; to more I effectually pr?vido for thu recording ol conveyances of real estate; to provide for the taxatiou of tire-arms; to amend an Aet to lix tho salaries and regulate the pay of certain oflioera; joint resolution for the relief of S. Cochran, T. Cochran, and others; Act to authorize tho County Commissioners of Georgetown to levy II special tax, wero ratified. Mr. Smalls introduced a bill to amend Scotion 279 of un Act to abridge and simplify tho rulos, forms, practice. Seo., of the courts. Also, bill to incorporate tho Beaufort Railroad Company. Mr. Biccnun introduced a bill to incor? porate the Tngaloo and Chattauoogn Railroad Company. Mr. Whittemoro gave notice of a bill to create an agricultural department it Cluilin University. Also, bill to compel County Treasurers to receivo jury tiekets and tho ticket? of witnesses in the pay mont of tuxes. Also, bill to entupe. County Commissioners to make a report. A message was received from the Go vernor informing tho Senate that he hui approved a joint resolution for tho rebel of S. Cochran and others. A bill to amend an Act to establish ant maintain a system of free commur schools in tho Stato, was taken up foi consideration, nud pending its discus sion the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Tho House met ut 12 M. The Committee on Judiciary report?e unfavorably on a bill amending Sectioi 5, Article X, of tLo Constitution, which with tho following, was ordered to Iii over under tho rules: Bills repealing tin usury laws, (report favorable;) grunting to French subjects tho right to holt property; to amend section 7 of un Ac to alter and amend the criminal law directing the Stato Treasurer to poy tt County Treasurers their County appor tionment of tho school fund; to ameui an Act to provide for tho appointment o Trial Justices; to facilitate tho punish mont of crime. Mr. Hayno introduced a joint r?solu lion, to authorize Isaao Palmer, of Au derson, to collect fees as medical nurse. Mr. Berry introducod u resolution thut no moro new business bo taken ti| until tho calendar bo cleared one-half Laid on the table. Mr. Kuh introduced a bill to unthorizi J. C. Ku nd lett to establish a wharf nm collect wharfage ut Beaufort. Mr. Hunter in roduced a bill to abo lish tho Mayor's and Recorder's Courti of Charleston, and to establish n l'olici Court. Mr. Goodson gavo of a bill to author izo Wm. B. Anderson, of Abbovilh County, to prnctioo tho profession o veterinary surgeon. Also, introduced i bill to provide for certain improvement, in tho Stato House and grounds. Mr. Whipper, from the Committee oi Management to conduct tho impeach mont of Judge Vernon, in ncoordanci with ii resolution requiring a report o expenditures, stated that no mono; had as yet been drawn from tho Treu sury, but that there was duo $1,500 foi counsel foes, and $250 to pay for wit nesses. The report was made the spceiu order for Monday, at 1 o'clock P. M. The consideration of a resolution ti appoint a special committee to investi gato tko expanses of fitting np the hall bf the House WM ra ado th O special order for to-morrow, nt 1 P. M. A bill to authorize tho purchase for the Stato of theoompilation of the penal statutes of the State, by E. B. Seabrook, Esq., was passed, and tbo amount to be paid fixed ut $1,000. The enacting canines of the following bills and joint resolutions were stricken out: A bill to amend au Act to provide for the uppoiutmout of a Laud Commis-1 sioner; joiut resolution to provide for the support of persons driven from Cn io n County; joiut resolution authorizing tho Governor to call out tho militia iu cer? tain Counties; a bill to pr?vido for tho surveying of public lands; to repeal an Act to establish a State police; to require tho School Commissioner of Kershaw County to erect school-houses; author? izing tho County Commissioners of Charleston to levy a special tax: to pro? hibit exorbitant profits in sales of retail dealers; to ompowcr County Commis? sioners to levy a special tax to build school-houses; authorizing the purchaso by the State of tho stock of tho Colum? bia Bridge Company; to autbori/.o tho School Commissioner of Fairfield to build a school-house at Ridgeway; joint resolution authorizing aud requiring the County Commissioners of Charleston to levy a special tux; to repeal so much of an Act providing for the taxation of pro? perty as relates to hogs; to amend an | Act to define the criminal jurisdiction of j Trial Justices; to provide a place of im? prisonment for persons under the age of liftcou years; to amend nu Act to amend au Act to defino tho jurisdiction aud du? ties of County Commissioners; to require all persons instituting civil actions to pay costs in advance; to re new and amend the charter of Abbeville; to fix the sala? ries of teachers in Darlington; to require the School Commissioners of Clarendon to erect .school-houses; to require the School Commissioner of Fairfield to build u school-house nt Gluddon's Grove. A bill to secuto to County officers pay? ment of their official dues by County Treasurers was re-comaiitted. A bill to amend un Act to lix the sala? ries and regulato the pay of certain of? ficers was luid on the table. A bill to regulate all contra?is for farm labor in this State was made the special order for Wednesday next, at 1 P. M. Thc Committee on Eugrnsscd Acts re- ; ported back a joiut resolution to pay Judge Orr ??SOO for extra sevv-cis. Passed. Also, a joint resolution In ap? point, trustees of Do La Howe school ill j Abb? vi Ile. Passed. Also, a joint roso-1 lotion, authorizing Henry E. Taylor and j others to continue two gates ncross thc old .Slate road in Lexington. Passed. I Also, ii joint resolution, authorizing the i appropriation of the County school fund j to the free school fuud. Passed. Also, 1 a bill to amend tho charter of the Ci - lumbla lluilding and Luau Association. Passed. Also, a bill to regulate the ap? pointment of Notarios Public and Trial Justices. Passed. Also, a bill to regu? late the foes of Probate Judges, Clerks nf thc Courts and Trial Justices. Pass? ed. Also, n bill to incorporate thc Logan Fusiliers of St. Thomas and St. Dennis Parishes; Passed. Also, a bill to incorporate the Salamander Hook and Ladder Compauy. Passed. Also, a bill to protect tho rights ol" parents and to prevent tho carrying from the State of persons under twenty-one years of age. A bill to regulate tho measurement and inspection of timber, iu the city of Charleston, was ordered to lie over for a I second reading. Also, a bill to provide a suitable egress from publie buildings and tenement houses. A bill to create a new County, to be known as Woodbury County, was mudo the special order for Wednesday next. A joint resolution, to confirm tho ap? portionment of the school fund for I860, by tho State Superintendent of Educa? tion, was referred to the Committee on Education. Tm-: WHOLE CASE.-Commenting upon Senator Mortou's Ku Klux bill, the Mis? souri Republican sums up tho whole ease thus: "Tho Radical party, having appealed to tho polls and been overthrown, now appeal to tho bayonet, and pin thoir hopes upon that piece of glittering steel which is the chosen instrument of ty? rants tho world over. The President and his friends have thrown off the musk, and display the real spirit and purpose which bavo actuated them from tho beginning. We hear no more about 'let us have ponce,' a restored Union, uuiversnl amnesty, or any of that soft nonsense which these gentlemen dis? tributed so lavishly a short time since. Thoro is to bo no peace, no Uoion, no amnesty, no justice, honor or honesty in our dealings with tho South, until tho peoplo of tho country riso in their might and strangle a party which has been nothing but an unmitigated ourse from the beginning of its exist? ence." If tho Radical party is to bo strangled, Frank Blair and mon like him are tho only parties capable of that feat. A FATAL LEAP.-On Friday or Satur? day last, in thc neighborhood of Mr. Tillman Clurk's, on tho Charlotte, Co? lumbia and Augusta Railroad, a negro man, whoso namo wo have not learned, leaped from tho platform of a ear, struck his head against something, was run over, fearfully mangled, and died on Sunday.-Hxlgefield Advertiser. Baffle of Canary Birds. HIX BIRDS, with Cages, (to bo seloct ^rjj^ed by tho winners from my stock) aro to ^?F^bo raffled for as soon as tho chances aro ?SSCtakcn. Twenty chances, at $3. T. M. POLLOCK, Jan 27_ At Pollock Hons?. _ Ridge Lani for Sate. AF HIST class COT .'ON PLANTATION, on head waters of Cloud Creek, in Erigeliold County, H. C., containing 850 acres. Cottago dwelling aud all necossary buildings usually fouud on a cotton plantation. Last year the owner niado seventy-tivo bales cotton with five mules, E. >V. HRliiELH A CO. Jan 27 Bocal ?tema. , i ' ? ?# Sern KM E COUBT DECISION, January 20. Tho State ex rel. Robert H. Adams r.s. J. 8. Fillebrown, Trial Justice. Order of Rutland, J., reserved. This decision sus? tains tho constitutionality of the Trial Justice law. MAU. AIU-.ANGEMENTS.-The Northern mail opens nt 0.30 P.M.; closes 12.15 P. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.30 P. M.; closes 11.30 A. M. Charleston night mail ?pens 8."0 A. M.; closes COO P. M. Green ville mail opou3 4.30 P. M.; closes 8.30 P. M. Western mail opens 1 00 P. M. ; closes 1.30 P. M. On Sunday tho notre is open from 3 to 4 P. M. PERIODICALS. -Peters'' Musical Monthly, for February, contains its usual variety of beautiful music, lt is a mystery how tho publisher eau furnish so much val tl ttblo music for such a small sum, and a still greater mystery to see our musical friouds spending their loose chango for sheet music wheu they eau get from twelve to fifteen pieces of music for tho small sum of thirty cents, by buying this magazine. Tho February number con? tains the following jueces, printed from full size music plates, and worth St.50 in sheet form: Gently, Lord! oh, gently lead uti- solo, duet and chorus. Sleep sweetly, love, and well. Kiding ,in a sleigh-song. Safe iu the ark-3ongnud uhorus. lt is sad to love and then to lose. Sweet and low-lullaby. Song of tho mites-Sunday School hyrnu and chorus. Hail to the Lord's anointed. Saviour, when iu dust, to Thee. Come yo disconsolate-song. Sparkliug Ma? zurka. Canary schottische. Seaside walt?.. Vive la Paris-match. Dash spray--polka. Scud thirty cents to tho publisher, J. L. Peters, 51)1) Broadway, New York, and he will send you a sam? ple copy. Brt;.vi. CAUOI?TNIAN - Fi?unrAitY. - No agricultural magazine, from any part of the country, print-- monthly so much matter of direct homo interest to ibo Southern planter and farmer as th'.- /?/?.. /.</.' Carolinian. Its contributors are most? ly Southern planters of large practical experience, such ns Aileen, Peudloton, Grave?, Jones. Wilkes, Bcrekmuns, and other equally familiar names, and its contributors from abroad are very dis? tinguished men in their special ?inc, as Dicer, of Philadelphia, Dodge, ol' Wash? ington, und Commissioner Bivot-Carunc, of British ludia. Tho present uurubor is no exception to tho rule. Pendleton's exposure of Yille's theory of farming without niauure, Aiken's second paper on Southern stock farming, sud several first rate papers from various planters on experiments with commercial fertilizers, will be read with interest by all engaged iu rural pursuits. Thc Rural aud thc WEEKLY GKK.VNEK will bc furnished at ?4 per annum. Tm: Lour.Y BINO.-One ol' thc Mo? saics, who probably failed to get his own little bill done, thus spitefully attacks tho Legislative lobby in a wield, wild wail of snrcasm : i'm Capt. Smith of the lobby riug, Who taxes folks until they sing, And thinks of measures that will bring Tho money in our fingers; My friends for me they riso to urge, They rise to urge, they riso to urge, That all for health wo havo them purge Their homes of nasty corners. And Capt. Smith, ouch friend he Baye, We'll seo that all aonio money pays, To help us live in eas3' ways, For wo belong to tho lobby. When first log-rolling 1 began, To make it pay was still my plan, By means I uever closely scan They sometimes don't smell pleasant. For ns our shaded friends lay tax, Our friends lay tax, our friends lay tax, On apple pies, or those convex Arrangements that you know of. I'm Caj>t. Smith, aud strut about With airs immense, and laugh and flout At folks who say ns I go out, Lord, how he fills his pockets! Wo'vo crowded through a printing bill And levee oue, both suro to fill Tho pouches of our Juck and Gill With many needed greenbacks. A police bill we've also got, We'vo also got, we've also got, That gnarautoes to many a sot Good pay and easy places. I'm Capt. Smith, aud fill my tills] With glee, and thankful feel for ills That goro tho Stato to fill the bills Of us her "loyal" children. Wo'vo taxed what's ate, or drauk, or worn, Dr grown in field, or sown, or shorn, Dr mado by mau, or "moid forlorn," Aud gone a littlo further, For we havo into sinks went down, ?inks went down, sinks went down, Nor scorned in refuse of town To scratch and fill our pockets. I'm Capt. Smith of tho soiling set, Of fragrant Lobbyites who yet Kavo tried to keep their whistles wet By soiling slops from-corners. PilCENlXJANA.-Tho price of single .opies of the PHXENIX is five cents. If ?arriera charge more it is a swindle. They ran be obtained at that price at tho office. gj i " ' 1 Book and job printing of overy Kind attended to promptly at the PHONIX of ? fice. Every variety of material on band. All persons indebted to tho PHOSNIS. o nice must make immediate settlement, or tho accounts will bo placed in the hands of tho propor officers. Hereafter all transient advertisoracntH ure to br. paid for before inserted. Country publishers in want of second hand typo-bourgeois* and minion-be sides rules, lends, chases, etc., can be supplied, nt about half founders' price?, by applying at thc PHONJX office. Brignoli, since his murringo with Mis* McCullough, the well-known vocalist, hos determined to remain in this country and become an American, and, to that end, hus adopted the whole of the United States, and rcmuius firm in the belief that ho shall leave his mantle, when ho retires from the stage, upon which he bas achieved so many triumphs, to a little tenor worthy to follow in bin footsteps. Hon. J. J. Chappell, of Lowndes County, Alabama, is the oldest ex-mem? ber of Congross now living. Ho served from tho Third (South Carolins) District from 1812 to 1815. no is now over uiucty y< a s of age, in excellent health, retains his mental faculties in a high de? gree, and takes n lively interest in na tiouul affairs. Tho moon was billed for au appearance iu Columbia last evening, but the in? clemency of tho weather prevented, and pedestrians enjoyed (?) walks in dark streets-us there were no gas-lights tr. illumine their way. HOTEL ARRIVALS, January 20.-J\'iek arson House-J. M. Selkirk, C., O. & A. li. lt.; E. E. Dickson, Clarendon; Lient. Biggin, Manning; T. Whitaker, Gam don; L. li. Johnson, 13. W. Bell, Wal? halla; E. (). Herndon, Mrs. Dawkins, Miss M. A. McClure, Union; Mrs. Wan nouiaker, child and servant, Miss Wan namaker, Oruugeburg; H. Jones, Ga.; S. J. McKirman and wife. Patterson; J. II. Cornish, Aiken; J. A. Graham, Bock Hill; F? D. Bush, Greenwood; J. Mac Kay, Abbeville; P. H. Wara, Augusta; J. Marsh, ll. G. Brin loy, New York; .1. ll. Gay, Chester; Mr. Ramsay, S. C.; li. lt. Wallace, Memphis; S. C. Mabrey; G. A. Darling, Edgedeld; Col. Adderson. Greenville; J. H. Nelson, wife, two chil? dren cud servant, Barnwell; G. C. Fuord, N. C. C<dninliia Hod:!-W. J. Crosswell, Rev. \V. H. Lovell, S. C. ; S. C. Gilbert, J. P. SI rob ecker, W. D. Kennedy, Charles ton; Mrs. Hill, J. N. Hill, T. D. Lee, Ga.; J, W. Davidson, oily; T. G. Coxe. W. E. Kaile, Greenville; J. J. King, J. W. Bulbridge, Walterburo; J. T. Hal!. R. D. Wilson, Doko; P. li. Lansing. Baltimore; L. Rheimsbrom, Pa.; P. A. Wellford, Vu. ; W. Murdoch, Banlsbury. LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. T. M. Pollock-Canary Birds. George Huggins-Removal. P. P. Salas-Auction Sale. E. W. Seibels "fe Co.-Ridge Laud. At the Dollar Store. E. Hope-Diamond Hums. A. Smythe-Take Notice. Voil can obtain tho best of Cigars, Chewing and Smoking Tobacco, IMuos, otc, at tho eigr: of the Indian Girl, Columbia Hotel Row. Jil Re convinced of tho merits ot a most valu? able medicine, by trying the OLD GASOLINA BITTERS. Jan 22t:5 If you have a discharge from the nose, f f tensivo or ol herwisc, stopping up of the noBe. at times giving nasal twang to voice, partial loss of thu sense of smell, taste or hoaring, feel dull and stupid, have pain or pressure lu tho head, take cold easily, you may rest as? sured that yon have Catarrh. Thousands an? nually, without manifesting half of tho above symptoms, terminate in Consun ption, or In s?nitv, and end in tho grave. B. V. Pierce. M. D., of Buffalo. N. Y., is tho proprietor of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy-a perfect sp?cifie for Catarrh, which ho acuda to any address, post-paid, for sixty couts. Sold by moat drug Hists everywhere. Jan 22 iri+3 Suffering humanity, who labor under tho ef? fects of tho ills superinduced by malarions diseases, can shako off their earthly pains by using thc Great Southern Tonic. J an 22 +3 If yon would possess ronowed life, try thc Oi.n CAUOI.INA BiTTEns, tho Great Southon: Tonic. Jan 22 f3 "It's mity curis," said Mrs. Partington to Ike, while reading about tho imponding war iu Enro?e, "that tho Hollorhorn creates such an ado "in Yurrup, when it's sich a common disease among tho cattle in Ameriky." Tho old lady, having dolivored herself of the above, took a doso of LirrMAN's GBEAT GKII MAX BITTKRS to cheer her depressed spirits, and resumed hor knitting. Lippman'a Ritters aro for aale by all druR gista ami dealers. Depot in Columbia, S. C.. ut GFI?EII A MCGUEUOU'S, Druggists. S ls RKMOVAli -GEORGE HUGGINS has re? moved tho oflico of his '"Insurance Agency" lo Mr. W. J. DUFFIE'S new store, op? posite tho Columbia Hotel. Jan 27 t'J At the Dollar Store, OPENING TH IS MORNING, an enliro new stock of desirable GOODS. Come, exam;; ? and bo convinced. Goods are almost given away for Ono Dfdlar._J?? 27 1 Diamond Hams, SUGAR cured SHOULDERS, Smoked Tongue, Breakfast Bacon, Fulton Market Reef, Al! "hoice and for sido at reduced price*. Jan 27 EDWARD HOPE. Take Notice. ALL indebted to tho undersigned, eitln by noto or account, aro requested to ca'., and sottlo, aa longer indulgence cannot bo given. Those failing to do so by tho l?th February will positively be sued. Jan 27' '. A. SMYTHE.