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Wednesiay Aormnf?, February 1,1671. Tbc Slate I.utrillo Asylum-Or, L.cl.l>> 'o Report. Oar readers will find elsewhere the report of Dr. Lobby, of CbarlcBton, upon the condition of tho Lunatic Asy? lum. Wo are pleased to be able to soy that we baye reason to believe that a far more satisfactory state of things exists at tho Asylum than when wo bad occa? sion, somo time ugo, to refer to the insti? tution. Dr. Eusor, the Superintended, is now assisted by Dr. Sloan, a young physician of promise, and tho sou of Col. J T. Sloan. The obnoxious em? ployees-Dr. Harris and tho keeper Davis-have becu removed from the Asylum. Wo believe that tho friends and patrons of the Asylum can now rost satisfied that tho present Sa perin tendent will be sustained in bis efforts to im? prove tho couditiou of his unfortunate charge, and to carry ont a humane, judi? cious aud skillful treatment. As Super? intendent and principal physician, Dr. Ensor appears fully alive to bis grave re? sponsibilities. He bas impressed this community with his earnest disposition to do what is becoming in bis office, combined with uu intelligent apprecia? tion of bis delicate work. Carrying no partisanship into the in? stitution committed to his chargo, and seeking to discbarge his trust with all possible tact, delicacy and efficiency, Dr. Ensor will no doubt receive from the public a due appreciation of his efforts to maintain u high standard in an insti? tution which appeals so strongly to the sympathies of enlightened minds. It seems that'certain members of the State Senate insist upon it that tho mili? tary arm-Federal if not State-must be used to procure the order they profess lo waut in South Carolina. Wo refer these members to tho sensible suggestions of Mr. Leslie, who remarked that the woy to peaco was plain, and that it was for the prescut State administration to riso above all partisanship and, showing itself disposed to do equal and exact justice, to secure iu this mode the moral aid of the best elements of citizenship. So long as tho reigning regime is considered prejudiced, or hostile, or corrupt, just so long will it fail to secure the public countenance and the public support. To make a community law-abiding and peaceful, the Government must show it? self the creator of law aud the impartial instrument of the public weal. It is only when the community are wanting in confidence in the ?arm of tho law that the spirit arises to take the law into hands not official. THE TROUBIIKS IN YORK COUNTY. -A letter bas boen received here from York ville by a Radical member of the Senate, informing bim that ten or twelve barns and gin-houses and one mill had been burned during last week, and that thirty or forty colored meu bad been seized and whipped in consequence. Tho follow? ing is a copy of a circular found posted on Thomas Wright's store and at the County Auditor's office: HEADQUARTERS K. K. K , January 22, 1871. Resolved, That iu all cases of incendi? arism, ton of the leading colored peoplo and two white sympathizers shall bc exe? cuted iu that vicinity. That if any armed bauds of colored people uro found hereafter picketing the roads, the officers of the company to which the pickets belong shull bo exe? cuted. Toot all persons reported ns using in? cendiary language shall bo tried by the high court of this order, aud be punished ut their discretion. The different officers are charged with tho executiou of these resolutions. By order of K. K. K. ^ Copy for York. TUE EOISTO TROUBLES.-Sherill" Mack? ey has returned from Edisto and reports all quiet on tho Raynard placo. The freedmen have agreed to contract for another year. They stated that they j had no intention of resisting the law, but bad doubts about tho authority of the parties who had attempted lo eject them. They were very peaceably dis? posed, and all expressed a desire to re? main on the placo and contract for an? other year. This was agreed to, and tho whole question amicably settled. ANOTHER MURDER AT ADAM'S RUN. On Saturday moruing the dead body of a white man, named Drigge, was discov? ered lying beside the road, about three miles from Adam's Hun station, on the Savannah and Charleston Railroad. The corpse preseutcd a horrible appearance; the top of the head was blown off, und the skull crushed ns if by a heavy wea? pon. Driggs was a poor man, and leaves a largo family. WHAT'S JIN THE WIND?-A telegram from Madrid states that Minister Sickles had given a slain banquet to the Spanish Cabinet and Diplomatic Corps, coinci? dent with the conclusion of au impor? tant negotiation between tho United States and Spain. What i.ew sensation have wo now? A Newburgh poper th i u ks it strange, because a citizen of (hut place leceiitly died penniless who ul one time lit Ins cigars with a 85 note. LEGISLATIVE PB00BBDWO8. TUKSPAY, JAN?ABT 31, 1871, SENATE. < .- ... The Sedate met at 12 M. The following billa were passed and ordered to bo sent to tho House: To amend an Act to define the jarisdiction and Unties of County Commissioners; to require Connty Commissioners to re? port annually to tho General Assembly, on or before tho 15th of every Decem? ber; to amend section 279 of an Act to revise, simplify ?ind abridgo the rules, practice, pleadings and forms of tho. courts; to umend au Act to establish and maintain a system of freo schools; (tho salaries of School Commissioners aro re? duced to $500 each, instead of 81,000, and the salary of tho State Superintend? ent of Education to $1,500, instead of 82,500, and the County School Commis? sioners and tho Slate Superintendent of E lueatiou constitute tho State Board of Education:) to incorporate tho Pleasant Grove Baptist Church of Darlington; to compel County Treasurers to receive County checks in payment of taxes and for other purposes; to require County Treasurers to report to tho General Assembly; the bill requires a report from County Treasurers, within fifteen days after its passage, a full aud detailed ac? count of amount and kind of tuxes col? lected, the amounts paid out, by what authority, li) whom, ?tc, and requires them hereafter to report annually on or before tho 15th of December. A joint resolution to nuthorizo tho keeper of the State House to purchaeo fifteen tons of coal Tor tho uso ol' members of lue Gene? ral Assembly was also passed and ordered io bo sent to tho House. The Committee on Claims reported tho account of E. li. Stokes, rccoiu mcudiug that the same be paid. So ordered. Also, reported upou the ac? count of NV. G. Piuckuey, of Charleston, for school teuching, recommending that the same be referrod to tho School Com? missioner of Charleston, with a request that ho do justice in the premises. Also, reported upon tho account of John Lilly, of Chester, for attendance to and keeping horses of State constabulary, 8l50.5'J. Tho committee recommended tho payment of tho account. Mr. Leslie objected upon the grouuds that tho ac? count was not duly certified. It ap? peared from tho discussion that the ac? count should havo been paid from tho appropriation for tho State constabulary ; but Chief Constable Hubbard hud stated that ho was uuablo to pay it because his clerk had taken leave of bim for parts unknown, and had relieved bim of tho funds which should have boen applied to tho payments of such claims. The charge was $1.50 per day for boarding a horse in Chester. Tho account was ordered to bo sent to Hubbard for his certificate. Tho Committee on Incorporations re? ported back the following bills, which were ordered to lio ovor under the rules: A bill to incorporate tho Scott Rifle GuardH, of Sumter; to incorporate the Whipper Guards, of Christ Church Pa? rish; to incorporate the Logan Fusiliers, of St. Thomas and St. Dennis Parishes; to incorporate the Salamander Hook and Ladder Company, of Georgetown; to amend the charter of (he Columbia Build? ing and Loan Association. Tho same committee reported unfavor? ably on a bill to divest tho Camden Bridge Company of their chartered pri? vileges, and to vest the same in Kershaw County. Mr. Swails introduced a resolution, that rulo 15 of tho Senate bo amended so as to read: "That upon tho call of nyes and nays, every member shall voto one way or tho other." Adopted. Mr. Wimbash gavo notice of a bill to incorporate tho Savings Building and Loan Association of South Carolina. Mr. Johnson introduced a bill to in? corporate tho Working-men's Mutual Benefit Lifo Assurance Association of South Carolina. Mr. Whittemore introduced a bill to amend an Act to define the criminal ju? risdiction of Trial Justices. According to the bill, Trial Justices are empowered, in cases of crimes of a higher grade, to call upon any citizou to servo their war? rants and make arrests, and the person no called upon is compelled to obey, under a penalty of flue aud imprison? ment in tho Penitentiary. Tho report of tho Committee on Fi? nance on a bill to repeal an Act to pro? vide for a Sinking Fund and the ma n age m e. nt of tho same, was taken up, uni after somo discussion, tho further tjousideratiou of tho report and bill was postponed for three days. Sevoial days ago a concurrent resolu? tion was passed by tho Senate to appoint 1 joint eoniniittco to investigate the af? fairs of tho Sinking Fund Commission, md to report to-day, so that tho General Assembly might bo enabled to vote in? telligently on the above bill. Tho com? mittee on tho part of tho Senate stated ?.hut no committee from tho House had boon appointed to confer with them, or it least ttiev had no notification to that .licet. Ou moi ion of I\Ir. Leslie, the Prcsi lent was requested to send a message to :hu Speaker of thr> House, asking that the concurrent resolution bc returned to .lie Senate. A bill lo charter the town of Chester? field was read by its title and referred. A bill to renew and amend the charter if Anderson was passed and ordered to jil sent to tho House. The Committee on Public Buildings reported back a bill to amend on Aet to iutbori/.o the Commissioners of Public Buildings of Williamsburg to sell certain public lands, passed 22d December, l.Sfii), recommending that thc same do |)ass. Ordered to lie over. A bill to renew and amend tho charter of tba town of Sparlatibnrg passed its second reading. A bill to incorporate tho South Caro? lina Building und Loan Association No. 2 passed its second reading. A message was received from the House, informing ?he Senate that tho Renato concurrent resolution to publish the information gathered by the San a to committee appointed to investigate the affairs of tho Land Oom mission bad been laid on the table in the House. At half-past 2 o'clock P. M., the Se? nate wont into executive session, and confirmed the following appointments of Trial Justices: Barnwell-B. H. Nor? land, Oliver Hewitt. Lexington-Wm. J. Barr, Charles Hutto, W. D. Hill, J. J. Derrick, J. H. Counts. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Tho House met at 12 M. The Committee cn Ways and Means reported unfavorably on u bill providing for tho r?demption of certain obligations of the State.. Mr. Cain, of Abbeville, introduced u resolution that a Committee of Twenty Five be appointed to investigate tho ex? pense of fitting up the Stato House, and to ascertain what disposition has been made of thu furniture connected thore with. Laid ou thc tabb*. Tho Committee o ii lliiilrouds reported favorably on a joint, resolution setting forth tho importance of tho Blue Ridge Railroad, and looking to thc request of Cougross to furnish aid in its construc? tion. Tho title was changed to that of n concurrent resolution and it was ordered for consideration to-morrow. Mr. Hurley introduced ii bili to amend an Act to amen?! tho charter of the King's Mouubiiu Railroad Company* Also, to charter the Yomasscc and Millen Railroad Company ; which were referred. Mr. Ford introduced a joint resolu tiod to provide for the pa} ment of the special deputy State constables for services rendered at the late general election. Referred. Mr. BoU'mon introduced a bill to de? termine the day of election of the Mayor and Aldermen of the eily of Charleston. Referred. Mr. Dennis gave notice of a bill re? quiring all parties instituting civil suits, | except suits for wages or .shales of crops, to pa?' costs in advance. Mr. Levy gave notice ?if a bill lo regu? late and doline the jurisdiction of police courts in Charleston. Mr. Jones gave milice of a bill to re? peal so much of an Act to authorize tho negotiation of it loan to pay tho interest on tho public debt us provide:; for the appointment of a State lluuueial agent. Mr. Geary introduced a resolution that tho Attorney-General he requested to in? form the General Assembly what steps might properly be tuleen to loree a full and eoinjib te report of the Land Com? mission. Mr. Boston gave notice ol a bill to amend the charter of tho Greenville and Columbia Railroad, aud for oilier pur? poses therein mentioned. Mr. Shanklin introduce.I a .bill to re? charter Maxwell's Bridge, over Seneca River. Referred. Mr. Doyle introduced a bill to incor? porate tho Beaver Dam Baptist Church iu Ocoueu County. Mr. Rcedish introduced a bill to renew and amend the charter of tho town of Branchville. The following papers were received from tho Sonate: A bill to amend nu Act to establish aud maintain a system of freo common schools in the State; a re? port upon tho account of E. R. Stokes, recommending that it be paid. Referred. Also, House concurrent resolution to au? thorize the Clerks of the House and Sonate to draw pay certificates for the members and tubordiuate officers of the General Assembly, to January SI, with notice of concurrence. Also, a concur? rent r?solu'ion that the committee of in? vestigation on tho affairs of the Land Commission be instructed to publish the results of their investigation. Laid on the table. Also, a bill to compel Coun? ty Treasurers to report to tho General Assembly annually. Also, to compel County Commissioners to report annual? ly to the General Assembly. Also, joint resolution authorizing tho County Com? missioners of Lancaster to lovy a special tax. Also, a report from the County Commissioners of Georgetown; which were referred. A Senate bill to umeud au Act to es? tablish a State Orphan Asylum, passed its RC coud rending. Mr. Whipper, from the special com? mittee appointed to draft suitable reso? lutions relative to thc death of Wade Perrin, late member, deceased, submit? ted a series of resolutions of regret and condolence, that tho Speaker's stand should bo draped in mourning for thirty days, and that the House adjourn iu hon? or to tho memory of the deceased. Mr. Byes supported tho resolution iu some highly eulogistic encomiums upon tho virtues und ability of the late mem? ber. Messrs. Singleton, Henderson and Whipper followed. The resolutions were adopted and tho House adjourned. CES. M. S. LITTIJEFIEIJD.-Many of nur citi/.eus remember this individual iu BOUUCCtion with various transactions which occurred in this Stato soon after the war. Gov. Caldwell, of North Curo I i tia, bas, as wo learn from thc Raleigh Sentinel, (acting uuder instructions of Hie Legislature,) offered a reward of $5,000 for bis arrest, ou account of al? leged railroad "irregularities." Ho is <nid to bo in Florida, but tho Governor of that State roiuseH to surrender him on i requisition from t he Governor of North Carol i n u. TUB OLD SIOUY.-The people of Uharloston aro scenting the largest kind of a rat in tho maungeniont of their County funds by the Radical officials. Ibo Courier intimates that tho on i wal will soon stalk forth in alarming propor? tions. If it moans that tho Radical officials have stolen ?ill limy could lay their huiuls on.it is too old a story to Bronto much .sensation now-a-dayt. The body of a colored woman, named Johanna Price, was found in a dock, off Charleston, on Sunday. She is supposed to have uccideutally fallen overboard. Mr. George Ticknor, of Boston, Ibo distinguished scholar, is dead. Ho was eighty yeats of age. MURD BR WILL OCT.-It seems that a colored man by the name of Powell mysteriously disappeared from Ridge? way, in this County, od tho 17th ?e oember last, aud afterwards it was hinted by parties that bo had been killed. Colonel 8. M. Smart, taking the) matter in hand, caused the arrest of Spenoer HoffmnD, Muckra Vandross and Sandy Tliomns, all of whom positively assert that Powell WHS killed by fleury Houston. Sheriff Dnvull und Colonel Stun v. havo succeeded in arresting Hous? ton, ?vito ia now in jail. On Monday morning, tko citizens of Ridgeway und vicinity Assembled, and made search through woods, fields, thickets and swamps for tho body of tho murdered Powell, and were rewarded by finding it in a willi, desolato jungle-a place de? signed apparently by nature for dei ds of j blood. Powell was buried about three feet below the surface, and tho freshly disturbed ground adroitly concealed by leaves and briars.- Win imbi tro X-n-s. !x Kienan.-Wo have beru toipiislod by purtles in ibis eily familiar with the fuels in the caso, to slnti" Unit tin uri ide in thc ConstilHtiottttlist, of Sunday morn? ing, in reference tu C. ('. Bowen is an error of the editor of the Americas Cutt vier. Mrs. Pram -s Hicks Bowen never was in an}' portion of South western Georgia or i u Alabama. At the linn-- ! J o married this man Rowen, (in 1852.) he was a haril working man mid well ku wn in this city. Tho party tn whom tho Americas ?tturi?r alluded was ono Tabi? tha Purks Bowen. \A ny Habt Coitst if ttliuntth'sf. AxoTHF.it CONSOLIDATION. -There isa bill soon to bo introduced i.-> consolidate the North Carolina, Raleigh mid (lindon. Charlotte, Columbia ami Augusta Rail? road.*. - llnle.iijh Sentinel. Richland Lodge No 39. A.P. M. A A UKO UL Alt COMMUNICATION or "*?Vf tili- Ltnlgu will bo held lu Masonic /V\!la?, rillS I Wi'duftsdavi KVKN1.NO, at 7 o'clock. Bv order id tho W*. M. Feb 1 1 WADU IL MANNING. Secretary. JM TO RKM -A COTTAGE MOUSE. M with live Kooma, in th? upper part ot " t he city. I'OSSUMHI'III givni itiinicdiatc Iv. Applvln P.J. A- ll. M. GIUSON. ' I'd. l :i Prime Norfolk Oysters. I HAVE ma le i re.Pic'ion in thu irice of OYS I'EHS, ami will sell .them as low as ?ny ni Ino market, '.uni will guarani? e '.hi ni lulu- the best that cali be had. JOHN D. HATH MAN, Feb 1 12 At Columbia Iee House. DISSOLUTION.-Tho copartnership here toforc existing between Janies S. ('amp bell und W. W. Jones, under the name ot' CXMl'HELI. A JONES, was dissolved by ?ts own limitation ?in thu first day of January, 1871. The subscriber be^'s to inform his old cus? tomers and the publie that ho will continue the business at tho same place, and would earnestly request those indebted to the late Urtu to call und settle and save cost, and those having claims against them, to present them to liim for settlement. Jan 2? JAMES S. CAMPBELL. COTTON MtCMi? Olli ? AKK can bollad at all times, and iu anv quantity, of Jan 21 E. HOPE. NO TICK-rhu iitidertigned havo termed n Co-partnership, ami will be known as E. W. SElBliLM ?V CO. They represent some of the best FI HE and Li FE INSURANCE COMPANIES in thc United states. Wo propose to be general Land Agents, and will sell or purchase Real Estate anywhere in South Carolina, especially in Columbia. Wo will prosecute claims before tho Legislature, and the renewal of lost bonds or other {tapers. Persons wishing to sell or buy Heal Estate will do well to communicate with us at Colum? bia. We havo several handsome places for sale. Office at Mike Hokc's Clothing Store. E. VV. SEIDELS, Dec 2 J. B. EZEL.L. NOT?'JU,- All indebted to tho undersigned by Note, Lien, Book Account, or other? wise, will make settlement of tho samo boforo tho FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY next and save coats. E. A G. D. HOPE. Jan C EDWARD HOPE. S~ PliciAi. li'l'TKNTlON given to tho col? lection of Commercial Paper, Interest on State and Railroad Bonds and Stocks, and Conversion of State Securities, by Nov 23 ?mo D GAMBBILL. Broker, l.l) Il WK 111 1.1. S unit Ol U T 11. A T K O CURIIKXCY bought and sold by Nov 23 limn D. O AM BB I LL, Broker. ?TOCKS, ?OnTO? ?tut O?iJl*?SIS bought , and sohl hy D. GAMBBILL, Broker. Nov23 limo NOT1CK. An election for ono ASSISTANT POLICEMAN will bo held at regular meeting of City Council, TUESDAY, February 7, 1H7L Applications must bo hied with un? dersigned prior to aaitl date. By order of Council. W M. J. ETTER, Jan 2H Clerk of Council. N?T?CK.-Having bad granted to nie letters of administration unen the estate of William A. Wright, late of Columbia, deceased: All persons indebted to tho estate an required to mu?a; immediate payment to me; and all persons having claims against tho said Ob.?ito will present them, duly attested, to mo, at tho Niekerson House, or to my Attorneys, Messrs. Popo & Haskell, at their Law Onice, Richardson street, Columbia. S. C., for early pavmcut. SARAH L. WRIGHT, Jan25fl3 Administiatrix. Avon, 0,L',\clCs.-A victim of early ln discretion, causing nervous debility, pro maturo decay, Ac, having tried in vain every advertised ronicdy, has a simple means of self-cure, which he will send freo to his fellow sufferers. Address J. H. TUTTLE, 7? Nassau street. New York. Dec 23 -Kimo Oils, Turpentine, Benzine. 1 AA GALLONS LINSEED OIL, IA f\J BK) gallons Train Oil, 100 gallons Machinery Oil, 100 gallons Spirits Turpentine, 100 gallons Alcohol, fill gallons benzine, 10 barrels Kerosene Oil. For ?ale low by E. II. II E1N1TSH, Jan 2"> Wholesale and Retail Druggist. Diamond Hams, SUH AB cured SHOULDERS, Smoked Tongue, Breakfast Bacon, Fulton Market Beef, All choice and for sale at reduced prices. Jan 27 EDWARD ll OPE. l'a rm lor Sale. C"1HEAr for cash, a small FARM, seven J acres, innre or less, on upper Boundary street, bounded on East by lands of Col. Wm. Wallace, North by J. M. Crawford, South hy Boundarv street. For further particulars, inquire of G. I). HOPE, or D. C. PEIXOTTO y SON. Jan 2-1 Irish Potatoes. i">*r BBI.S. choice Table POTATOES, for J*** sale low. EDWARD HOPE. XaOOal ItO XML ? " ] MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-The Northern . mail opens at 3.30 P. M.; closes 12.15 * P. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.30 1 P. M.; closes 11.30 A. M. Charleston night mail opens 8.30 A. M.; closes COO P. M. Greenville mail opens 4.30 P. M.; clunes 8.30 P. M. Western mail opens 1 30 P. M. ; clos.es 1.30 P. M. On Sunday ofliec open from 3 to 4 P. M. TUE CENTUAIJ NATIONAL. BANK OF CO? LUMBIA.-Thia institution, wo learn, will open to-day in their new und handsome house, opposite thc Columbia lintel, j Tho interior is titted up with tasto and with un oyo to convenience. A now und substantial saTe, of thc latest pattern, both li: e und I tinglar-proof, is located in tho front office. Provided with all the necessary facilities for banking, und with edit: icu I o llicors, the Bunk open:; nuder! fair auspice-;. On yesterday tho nd van-j j Inges-solid and liquid--of "tho opi n- i ling" wiro extended !o a nu miter of guests. A liberal board was .-prend, un? der tho supervision of Cup:. John I\Te-1 ! Konzio. ?md the occasion pawed off I pleasantly. Tho officers aud di rectora nf ii m . Wens on baud, and dis Ij pensed willi courtesy lin hospitalities of j tho occasion. J PlULNIXIANA.- Tho price of singh* i copies of the PHONIX is live couts. I A wise young man thus ndvised au in j discreetly lovo-lorno friend: Say what j yon choose, bul d"u't write love, lotter-, i You eau get out of anything yon siy, ; but if they have the pap*, rs hu yon. it is ; al! np wit h you. Hook and job printing of every I; i ml ?attended to promptly at PHOENIX office. ! All persons indebted to tho PlKKNIX office must make immediate settlement, ? or the accounts will be placed in thc I hands of the proper ollie?-ts. Hereafter i all transient advertisements ?ir? to be paid for before inserted. Couutry publishers in wan! of second j hand type-bourgeois and minion-be? sides rules, leads, chases, etc., eau be . supplied, nt about half founders' prices, ; hy applying at the I'HCKSIX office, j Remember the pauoraina bi "Ti e j Pilgrim," this evening, in Ricketson House Hull. It is highly ooinmendcd by all who have seen it. The annual mooting of the stockhold? ers of the South Caroliua Railroad will be held iu Charleston, on the 14th in? stant. If is to bo hoped that in the se I * lection of tho new Hoard of Direotors, Columbia's ulaims will be remembered, and one or two representativo men be placed upon the Bourd. Messrs. E. W. Seibols and J. P. Southeru havo been spokcu of in this conuection. There was a rognlar summer shower, yesterday afternoon, accompanied by thunder and lightning. Rumors of murders in the vicinity of Columbia were thick, yesterday; but, upou inquiry, they could not be trnctd to any reliable source. Several money-drawing schemes ate before tho Legislature. Among others, one to grant the aid of tho State to tim extent of soveral millions of dollars to tho Port Royal Railroad. H. S. Kerr, Esq., general traveling agent for the Augusta Chronicle and Sen? tinel, paid us a visit, yesterday. He leaves for tho up-country, this morning. A new garter is heralded. It is a heavy, round elastic chain, much the style of the heavy gold chains upon which lockots are worn, and bas a hook and eye to it. The hook is pardonable, but the oyo is very reprehensible. Tho Federal employees of Charleston ari- in great tribulation, having got wind of a comiug levy pro raia to raise tl c $3,000 dollars which tho counsel of C. C. Bowen, the valiant Ben Butler, oharges him to defend him in thc bigamy snit which is to take place on tho (iih instant. Tho New York Standard startles us with thi.'i appeal: "Let thc income tax bo repealed." Well, let it; who's stop? ping it? A Columbia correspondent of the Charleston Coiner gives tho "situation" in a nut-shell: Tho martial law bill dead; impeachment ended; no Ku Klux on the rampage; no money in tho treasury. Tho capital is indeed dull. Mr. Bateman publishes an interesting item for oyster lovers. His prices have been so materially reduced ivs to place them on a par with beef. Thc down passenger train on the Greenville and Columbia Railroad was detained, yesterday, about two hours, in consequence of n run off, near Honea Path, caused by n loose rail. Tho mail und second passenger sais were thrown off, but, luckily, nobody was hurt. Tho mille for the Canary birds, nt Mr. Pollock's, will take place this evening, at 8 o'clock. The obnoxious bill now before the Legislature, relative to increasing tl.o powers of tho City Council, hos been thoroughly ventilated boforo tho Senate. Ex-Lund Comminoioner Leslie charged .hat it waa concurring in fraud, and said .hut the first ten sectious o? tho bili were di straw, but the eleventh section em? braced the villainy of it all. By that section, he said, these leeches and cor? morants, (referring to parties holding judgments against the city,) will have an unlimited power to increase taxation. It certainly was a bill of tho greatest importance to the people here. If it was proposed to vote uway their own rights, and those of the people, he iu tHided I hat they should know it. ll OTK i. A ititi VAIA, January 31. Columbia Hotel-G. W. Bouse; S. L. B. Merrvmun, Ballimore; A. ll. Lawrance, Mr. Myoi s Mobile; E. O. Perry, Charles? ton; W. 3. Cmsswell. S. C.; P. G. Rock? well, Aikon; J. \V. Drxtorand lady, New York; O. Goldsmith, Alabama; W. H. Phelps, E H. Brooks, W. A. I bad ley, Go ngia; ll. NV. Sleigh, W. C. & A. R. lt.; J. W; O'Brien, Charo.sion: C. A. .lowell, Hartford; E. J. C. Mood, Aiken; P. Amory, A. II. Amory, Boston. Nickerson House-E. S. Hubley, H. E. Hnbley, Blue Ridge Railroad; Miss J. Wright, Philadelphia; J. C. Wiusmitli, Spartaubnrg; C. II. Sloan, N. Y. ; .1. 12. White, Chester; J. II. Winton, Agent Pilgrim's Progr?s.;; C. H. Barnwell, S. C.; S. S. Howell, Charleston; Mr. nod Mrs. Ii. J. Patterson, Mus'er A. W. Smith, Kershaw; J. M. Rodman, Sprier: fu Ul. LIST or NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. John D. Bat emu n-Oysters. Monteith A Fielding-Auction Sal?'. Meeting Richland Lodge. Hos tetter's Stronach Bitters. T. .1. A II. M. Gihson-To Rent. Holmes A Macbeth-Auction Sale. Vot: eau obtain thc boat ol' Cigars, < hewing ami Smoking Tob?ceo, I'ino*, etc., al tb? sign d'.i i- l:? ibm Girl, Columbia Hotel Kow. Jil . .?- - - - - ' lt'* onty caris," said Mra. Partington to Ike, wliilu roudiiu; about Hie impending war io Kn rope, '-that the I Inlier horn creates such an j-, b. ?o Vurrup, when it's sich a common disease aiming thc cattle in Amcriky." Tho nhl lady, having delivered herself nf tho above, took a dose of I.U-I'MAN'H G lt KAT GKK y. vs UrrTKiiS to cheer ber depressed spirit ', and resumed her knitting. Lippman's Bitters are for salo by all drug? gists and dealers, lb pot in Columbia, S. C., ai Cue tut A MOOUKOOII'H, Druggists. S 18 Knowledge i-i Uko coin-its circulation ?K not restricted tn any particular class. Tho knowledge of a curative can only bo obtained hy a practical test, and thousands who have essayed that unite in commending tho Oi.n CAROLINA BITTKUS. J 29 +:t As a Tonic, the OLII CAROLINA DlTTKRS have no equal. J 29 13 . _ ... For Coughs, Dronchitis and Consumption, in its earl> stages, nothing connia Dr. Pierce's Alt. Ext. or Golden Medical Discovery. It ia also a great blood purifier aud strength re? storer or tonic, and tor "Liver Complaint" and costive conditions of the Dowels, it has no equal. Ali Scrofulous and Skin Diseases, as Pimples, Blotches. Salt Itbeum, Erysipelas and Eruptions, yield to its wonderful curative properties. Sufd by druggists. J29*??l+8 No one having made a trial of tho OLO CA? ROLINA DiTTKits will deny tho efficacy of itt workings. J 29 t3 Dr. Alfred Wallace, HAVING resumed tho PRACTICE OF ME DICINE, may be found, for thc present, at his residence, on Upper street. Jan 31 ti* A Bread and Cake Baker, ( WHO thoroughly understands his binti ness, wants a situation in C-; umbiJi Proper references aa to ability. Apply a PlliKNlX ofllOO. _Jan 31 G Ridge Land for Sale. AFIRST class COTTON PLANTATION, ot head waters of Cloud Creek, in Edgetieli County, S. C., containing 850 acres. Cottagi dwelling aud all necessary buildings usualb found on a cotton plantation. Last year tin owner made scveutv-live bales cotton witl five mules. *?. W. SEIDELS A CO. Jan 27 _ Raffle of Canary Birds. SIX BIRDS, with Cages, (to be select ?^^cd by tho winners from my stock) aro t ^Kr.'?be r?filed for as soon as the chances ar taken. Twenty chances, at $3. T. BL POLLOCK, Jan 27 At Pollock Honeo. New Varieties Garden Seeds. I7ULDERKRAUT CABBAOE, ; Marblehcad Mammoth Cabbage. Early Sehwoinforth Cabbage, Keyes' Early Prolific Tomato, New French Breakfast Kadish, Early Flat Dutch Cabbage, Early Winuingsladt Cabbage. For sale by E. IL ll El NITS H. Wholesale and Retail Drug and Seed Storo. Jan 25_ Residence for Sale-Eligible Locatioi I^fi THE undersigned will soil his RES1 in! DENCE on Arsenal Hill-regarded "n 'Ul of tho most desirable in the city. Tb House contains 13 rooms, with high ceiling! and on tho premises aro commodious oui houses, stables, Ac. Connected with tho prc mises are a line gardon spot and haudeuui shrubbery. Terms reasonable. Jun 20 " P. THOMAS. Just Received. yk PORTY head of very fino yonn ^feSfe Kentucky MU LES, many of which ar ^fli^y.wcll broke to harness. Apply at Chat Loiiau a Stables, corner Assembly and Senat streets. W. S. A J. M. TAL BOTT. Jan 15_ State of South Carolina, COLUMBIA, .1 AM. Ait Y 24, 1871. I> itO POS ALS for tho printing of tho eui rent and permanent work of tho Genom Assembly, addressed to the Clerks of the Si nate ami House of Representatives, will b received hv thu undersigned until WEDNE^ DAY, february I, 1S71. J. WOODRUFF, Ciuk of Senate. A. O. JONES, Clerk of House ol Representatives. Jan 2t"> Tax Notice. Cor.TTsmiA, S. C., January 27, 1871. "TMIE County Treasurer hereby gives nolie X that bo w'ill be ready to receive tho Stat md County Taxes, for tho fiscal year endin September 1, 1S70, on Boa] and Personal Pi? ?ei ly, oh and after WEDNESDAY, ?ho lat du if February. Levy for State purposes. 9 Mills on evt'l loilar. Levy for County purposes, 5 Milla on ovei iollar. Lew for School purpose*, jl on every poll " J. VV. DENNY, County Treasurer. .Ian 28 1