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Friday itf orhmfc, February S2?3llD People who imagino that the Franco Prussian war is i likely to facilitate tl.o progress of liberal ideas and propitiate a more lasting peace polioy among Euro? pean nations, are likely to be disappoint? ed* the Kew Orleans Times thinks. On the contrary, the great olash of arms seems to have fired tho war spirit throughout ?ll countries, and demon? strated the fact that the prestige of a aation depends, after all, on the strength of its own right arm. Muoh of the Christian philosophy, lately so popular io regard to the victories of peace and the triumphs of commerce, is evidently coming to be looked on aa bombastio fustian, and the anthem of labor is about to toe stifled by the harsher notes of the war cong. When we find staid and stately Old England repelling the taunt af ?being a "nation of shop-keepers," otuu p?aeing Uer military establishment on a footing, that will, in a short time, embrace all its male arms-bearing popu? lation, under a discipline less strict, per? haps, than Prussia's, but yet readily ad? missible of being made as thorough and effeotive; when we find all tho armies of continental Europe-even those of tho most insignificant States-swelling into formidable and exhaustive proportions, .'hey must bo blind indeed who do not 3ieo occasion waiting in the immediate - future. That great, resistless impulse flat change infectiug all nature, will ?break out at eras in the world's history; ?nd-no doubt it is, after al), in full ac? cordance with the designs of the Divine Hulor. Too long intervals of peace -beget sloth and oner vat ion. Races be . ?.oa\e effeminate and corrupt; the heroio . virtues, or rather the heroiophaso of the moral virtues, dies away into a mero - uontoment, and vice flaunts moro gaily -and easily in tho sun-ah i nc. of peace than ?under the clouds of war. Rest .-assesed the brilliant laurels won by Gcr : many in the late contest aro not to fall .?pon (her unchallenged or unrivalled. The mere whetting of tho sword whets i 'dneappotito to uso it, and the bayonets now bristling upon every hill top, and ^.fexettgh every valley of continental Y uropo, are not destined to rust away ?o peaoeful scabbards. Farther Ontragea. Some weeks ago, when the guns, am? munition, etc., which had been issued to ?tko colored militia company of this place vere surrendered to tho sheriff, under the orders of Gen. Anderson, several bores of ammunition wore placed in the office of the Judge of Probate. Ou Wednesday night, of last week, per? sons unknown broke open the door by forcing the lock and removed one of the oozes, together with the contents. On Thursday morning, tho empty box wus found in the porch of the Presbyterian Church, sfbont 100 yarda from the court house. On the box was written, "When do yon co m m on co your war. Pat?" and -stgued ."Bushwhacker." Opinion is di ?.'?dod es to whether this outrage was committed by whites or blacks, but who? ever did it are not friends of peace and good order. On Thursday morning, the sheriff shipped to Columbia all of the guns, ainrnnuitkn, Aro., in his posses - 3ica. ?OQ "la?t Saturday morning, about 3 o'clock, the barn of Mr. Samuel McCar ler, uear Bethany, was burned, together ? with all tho provender it contained aud .icroial calves. At tho samo time, tho * moke-house of Mr. McCarter was broken -ape? sod a quantity of meat stolen. The dwelling was also broken into but nothing -was taken HO far as discovered at last eccouuts. Wo learn that several ne? groes were arrested, charged with these offences, but no evidence being produced against them they were discharged. On Sunday night last, about 10 o'clock, a straw field, several hundred yards dis? tant and in front of tho residence of Mr. A. L. Smith, about three miles from this place, on the King's Mountain Road, u-.is fired. About half au hour after the discovery of firo in the field, Mr. Smith's barns and stables wero also fired nnd ".ntirely consumed, together with the 'my, fodder, etc., which they contained. A horse and mule which were in tho ?table when it was fired, escaped without injury. Mr. Smith being suspicions that <he straw iu the field was lired to attract attention from the barn, was engaged tu watching tho latter, and only left it ?or about ten minutes to observo the progress of thc fire in tho held, when the barn was discovered to bo on tire. Another fire, tho work of an incendia? ry, occurred about 1 o'clock on Wednes? day last, on tho premises of the Misses Alcorn, two maideu ladies Jiving alone ?bout seven miles North-east of town. Firo was set to the corn crib, which communicated to tho kitchen and thence to thc dwelling, destroying every build? ing on tho place, as well as nearly all the furniture and other property belonging to tho ladies. - Yorkville Enquirer. A South Carolina gentleman writCB tc the New York World, explaining the al leged "social ostracism" in this State. He says that "the great majority of thost who have gone into that State sioco tin '.var huvu not sought good society, bu have geno on tho plantations and mixet with tho negroes, pursuing suo?i a cours< 'ts would exclude them from decent sn victy anywhere." Wy Ho Ii. Harris, Esq., an aged citi/.ei d' Yorkyi.Ho, died OD tho lith. ?L.EGUOLATIV?? PflOCEBUINOS Tnu ?BD AY, FEBRUARY 23, 1871. The.sSate JH?^I3L j 9 i Mr. Duvall iatrodntfed a billto iador porate the Brower Gold Mino Company. Mr. Whittemore introduced a joint re? solution to haw published 1,000 copies each of the tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth volumes of the statutes at large, nud certain journals. Mr. Arnim introduced a resolution, which was adopted, protesting, on the part of the Senate, against the resolu? tion, yesterday adopted in the House, ordering tho sum of $90,550.31 to bo paid for fitting np the House, and in? structing the State Treasurer not to pay out any moneys on account thereof. Mr. YV bittern or o introduced a bill to retire aud cancel the hypothecated 131 ie Ridge Railroad bonds. Tho bill sets forth that $1,100,000 of the bonds have been hypothecated to eeoure a loan of $300,000, and provides for the redemp? tion of the same by the State Treasurer. Also, a bill to repeal the Act granting State aid to the Bluo Ridge Railroad Company, and a bill to create a sinking fund for tho liquidation of the publie debt of tho State. Tho bill provides for the assessment cf an additional tar suf? ficient to raise the sum of $100,000, each year, to be applied to the purchase and retirement of the bonds oi the State; and makes the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company of New York agents for the sinking fund. Mr. Bieman introduced a bill to re? charter Maxwell's Ferry. Also, a bill to incorporate tho Waccamaw and Littlo River Canal Company. Tho committee, appointed to investi? gate the affairs of tho Blue Ridge Rail? road Company made a report, whioh wac ordered to be printed and to lie over un? der tho rules. The report embodies tho testimony of Gen. Harrison, Gov. Scott, H. H. Kimptou uud J. L. Neogle. Tho Governor becomes very augry iu the course of tho investigation, and pitches into tho Legislature pretty hea? vily. Among other things, ho says: "I know of the fact, or have beeu told so by a hundred different persons, that money had been paid to get a certain report through at the last session. J want to say: Do you Buppose that if om Saviour would come hero with a bill ever so good, and want to get it through, I or it was thought best to get up a com? mittee to investigate him, do you sup? pose he wouldn't be crucified again if he didn't pay something to prevent it? Thal railroad hos been conducted us judicious ly aud economically as possible. I wonl charge this committee, but the commit tees that have been gotten up hereto fore were simply for the purpose. Ii was publicly stated by the members tba composed them that they didn't ge enough out of the Blue Ridge Railroac when the bill passed, and they were dc termined to get something out of it now They met three or four days and wouldn' make a report. It was plain what thei; object wnR. I learned afterwards tba they privately demanded of the Presi deut of tho road $500 apiece. Then were six of them. I told General Har rison, before I would pay them a ccut '. would let Blue Ridgo go to perdition Ho differed with me. He thought it wai better to subsidize them; for if thos< bonds were blackened at that time, i would destroy their value. As theri oould bo nothing else done to protec Mr. Steers, it was better to do this When the bill came up, a member of tin House came to ono of the parties am said: 'That report can't go through uuti I get $500.' You may bring up an; kind of a bill, and tho committee cai make a report that will damn the charac ter of any one connected with it." Th Governor also stated that Leslie had pro posed to withdraw the injunction he hs? brought to stop the endorsement of th bonds if $25,000 would bo paid. Th report shows thal the following disposi tion baa been made of tho bonds: Dc posited with Loan and Trust Company Now York, $2,792,000; pledged to H. H Kimpton foradvauces, $700,000: pledgei to lloury Clews for advances, ?500.00C in hands of Messrs. Gourdin & Cameron $8,000-total, $4,000,000. Tho following passed to a third read iug: A bill to incorporate the Working meu's Mutual Benefit Life Assuranc Association of tho State, and a Hons bill to declare 100 acres of laud in Fail field escheated to the State, and to ve< tho titln thereof in tho trustees of th Ridgeway Academy. A joiut resolution to sell tho Stat lands in Darlington .'or $4.33 per nert was, after long discussion, laid on th table. The land had been purchased b oue Lunney, agent of tho Laud Cou missioner, tor $4.38, and chnrged by hit agasust tho State at $7.75 per acre, an tho money drawn from the Treasury nomo $6,000 waa realized by tho s wit dle.r-and Lunney in a sworn statemci shows that R. J. Donaldson was coi nested with him in ofifsotinjt tho fruut aud received half tho profits. Durin tho debate strong personalities were it (bilged in by Messrs. Leslie and Corbi against each other, the latter thro wi u up tho Land Commission affairs to tl former, and bo charging Corbin wit swindling tho State in the framing of tl oode of procedure. Upon a propositio by Leslie to "call it square" betwee them, Corbin replied: "WhenI'vostole as much as you, I'll be willing to call square." A House bill to establish n new Jud cial aud Election County from portioi of Barnwell, Edgofield, Lexington an Oruugeburg, to be known as Aikt County, was passed to a third reading. Tho following were ratified: An Act I incorporate tho Rock Hill Hook at Ladder Company; to require the Stu Treasurer to pay County Treasurers tl apportionments of the State school fui duo their respective Counties; joint res In lion to provide for the paymeut of tl mileage certificates of members of tl Slate Board of Education; an Act supply tho deficiency in the apprcpri \ tion for free schools, for 1870; to ince -, ri ;??-. po rn te the Saving, Building nod Loan Association of South Carolina; to renew ,?udL- ?and ;the obarter o? the town of Mount Pleasant; to ?utboriza Circuit Judges to hold coarto in other circuito than their own; to incorporate the Champion Hook and Ladder Company; to incorporate Mechanics' Union No. 1; to incorporate the town of Timmons ville; to incorporate the Whipper Guarda of Christ Church Parish; to oharter the town of Hamburg; to protect thc rights of parents and prevent the carrying from tho-State of persons under twenty one years of age; to incorporate the Scott Rifle Guards of Sumter; to amend the charter of tho Columbia Building and Loan Association; to provide for tho protection of persons, property and tho public peace; joint resolution that Canby school fund bo appropriated to freo school fund ; joint resolution authorizing the purchase of certain volumes of State reports. A joint resolution, authorizing A. B. Taylor, Henry Arthur, and others, to continuo two gates for a term of years over the old State Bond, in Lexington, was ordered to bo enrolled for ratifica? tion. The following passed aud were ordered to he sent to tho House of Representa? tives: A bill authorizing tho Town Coun j oil of Newberry to erect a market hou^e; bill authoriz ng the County Commission? ers of Spartanburg, Greenville, Bickens and Oconoe, and tho authorities of cer? tain towns in tboso Counties to provide means to meet the interest on certain bonds; a bill to enforce the payment of the poll tax, aud a bill to authorize tho formation ond incorporation of the Tu galoo and Chattanooga Railroad. At 3.45 P. M., the Senate adjonrued. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House met nt 11.16 A. M. A resolution by Mr. Byas, that the regular order of business be suspended during the remainder of the session, was! adopted. A bill to facilitate the punishment nfl crime was take? up as the uufiuished business of yesterday and passed to a third reading. Also, a joint resolution authorizing the employment of J. S. G. Richardson, Esq., to publish tho deci? sions of tho Supreme Court for the last threo years. Tho House then took up the appropri? ation bill on its second reudmg and discussed to 1.10 P. M., when it was passed to a third readiug, after certain amendments. A motion to adjourn was lost, aud tho House proceeded to tho considera? tion of a Sonate bill to releas?? the lien of tho SI ato upon n lot of land in Charles? ton, owned by tho South Curoliua Insti? tute, for the promotion of art, mechani? cal ingenuity and industry; which was made the special order for to-morrow, ?it 1 o'clock. Pending the discussion of a bill to provide for the election of Justices of the Pence, the House adjourned, at 5.20 P. M. A DREADFUL- PUNISHMJCNT.-The age of miracles evidently has not censed. A man went into a revival meeting in Lyon? ville, 111., a short time since, aud was making fun of tho penitents, when he fell to tho floor, aud was carried out in an inscnsiblo condition. A few days after, he attempted to reuow his sport in tho same place, when ho was stricken with paralysis, and, at last accounts, he had no uso of tongtio or limbs. SAD CASE.-We learn from the Winns boro News that about a month ago a lit? tle Irish girl, named Anna Gordan, in the employ of Mr. John C. Mickorell, living near Blackstocks, received asevere whipping by the latter, from the effects of which she died, on Friday last. An inquest was hold over tho body, which was examined by two physicians. Mr. M. was arrested, and is in the custody of tho sheriff. INTEMP?RANCE AND CHIME.-In a re? cent trial at Cleaveland, Ohio, for homi? cide, where tho plea of insanity was set up, the presiding Jndgo charged tho jury that tho inflammation of the passions up to tho pitch of committing murder, by tho voluntary usn of strong driuk, was no apology for Inking life, and that no man could safely be permitted to give loose rein to tho passions of malice and revenge, whether drnnk or sober. COSILY WAIU-'AKE.-Gou. Sherman states that thc cannon with which the Prussian artillerists did so much damage to tho city of Paris aro Krupp's steel eleven inch breach-loaders. They each cost about 830,000 in gold, and tho pro? jectile and powder for each discharge costs another SI,000. No gnus made elsewhere equal them. An Euglishmau, named George Smith, jumped overboard from the steamer Ca? labria, on her passago from England to Boston. Tho life boat was lowered, but tho determined suicide laughod, and sank to riso no moro. A young man dressed in fomalo garb, has been imposing upon suudry young men of Macon, by eliciting their love anda few costly presents, and then dis? appearing in pantaloons and the smoke of a fresh cigar. Tho Chicago Tinten very portinontly says that if tho brother-in-laws of Grant had been ns numerous and activo in the servico of tho Government, during the war, as they have boon since, the lust draft would have I.(?eu unnecessary. An expedition has left San Francisco for tho Cocos islands, under tho direc? tion of spirits, to seek for treasures bu? ried by pirates. A fire occurred at Buffalo ivoontly, which destroyed tho offices of the Even ina Post and tho Courier, and several stores, and occasioned a loss of $00,000. The Novada legislators are in trouble. The treasury is without funds to pay (heir per dicms, aud they threaten to ad? journ sine die in consequence. DEATH OP AN AOED LADY.-Mrs. Nancy Jones, a well kuown resident of the Pine House section, aged about eighty years, departed this life on Tuesday night last. TBS NEW ENFONCEMENT BIT,E.-The enforeement Act, passed nt the lust ses? sion of Congress, which, upon the .Un? founded pretense of preventing ill?gal yoting, put the polls under military sur? veillance, was justly considered hs another step in tho gradual snbjection of the country to a revolutionary policy, which seeks to set aside Stute authority and lead to tho absorption of all power by the Federal Government. No one de? nies that eloction frauds are likely to lie perpetrated hy all parties, and the politi? cal annals of tho country demonstrate that they havo boen quite as great in the pnst as the present. Every mau who know aught of tho old contes's, State aud notional, between Whig nod Demo? crat, for a quarter of aoentury, knows that untiling was more common than for ono i MI ty to charge election frauds upon the other, especially iu Now York und other gri at cities. Yet, in those days, who over dreamed Of tho interference of the United States, and especially of the Federal military, to regulato mattera? It was universally agreed that if frauds were to be suppressed, the State au? thorities wore tho proper ones to take the mutter iu baud. The man who, in those days, would have proposed Federal intervention for such evils, would have been disowned by his own party a?- a lunatic. But that torpid spirit of in? difference aud inaction which, iu other free countries, lins SO ofteu preceded the loss of public liberty, seems to have crept over our own people, until now the most unmistakable strides to centrali? zation excite no sensation. Thu first mili? tary working of tho law of lust session was witnessed in Philadelphia, where tho spectacle, strange tn Northern eyes, was beheld of a body of marines called out to guard thu precincts of the ballot box. lu New York a larg?! body of troops was on hand, ready to bo used, but happily no opportunity occurred for a collision. Euforcemeut seems to have been sub? stituted of late for tho Constitution and right, and those who favor it seem neither to kuow nor care where it will lead. We hud uu illustrai ion of it in our own State, last fall, when citizens wer? arrest ed under the enforcement law and drag? ged before the Federal authorities. In one of theso oases, iu Kent County, three citizens-one quite aged-were roused from thoir beds at mid-night, arrested and taken otf by Federal of? ficials, and ono of those co-operating, a volunteer, has since been described by affidavits of responsible men as nu escaped convict from the Virginia peni? tentiary, who afterwards became un ollicer of tho United States iriny, aud was dismissed for his rascalities-and tho arrested parties, as is known, were finally discharged, there being no ground nt all on which to detain them. It is trno that iu Baltimore tho Deputy Mar? shals, well aware that th-re was no oc? casion for their services, were good natured enough, which, of course, in? spired good nature in others. If Re? publican freemen are to be menaced in tho exercise of their highest political prerogative by military force, it is no doubt satisfactory to havo thu ?rou baud in a velvet glove. Tho additional enforcement bill, just passed the House, which gives the Fed? eral officials entire control over all elec? tions at which members of Congress or electors of President and vice-President aro to bo chosen, differs in this, among other particulars, from tho former en? forcement bill, that whereas that was limited to places having moro than 20,000 inhabitants, tho present bill extends its operations to every County, provided two citizens shall apply to the Judge of the United States Circuit Court in w hose circuit the town or city may be located, that they desire tho law to bo enforced in that place. It thus extends the super? vision of the bayonet iuto every nook aud cranny of tho land where it will reach, the only limitation of it being that, as the standing army is now organ? ized, it cannot reach, to he effective, much beyond the principal towns. This isa new element in American politics, and quite unknown for centuries in tho politics of Great Britain, a Government which wo aro accustomed to consider ty? rannical and despotic, beyond our own, at least. But what is modern republi? canism if not progressive? As if the army of the United States wero not ado qtiiito to tho emergency, we havo tho same provision for United States Mar? shals and deputies, who may arrest, without any warrant, any person who attempts, or is supposed to attempt, to commit any act prohibited by the Sup? plemental Act. Provision is made for tho transfer of any suit brought by an aggrieved citizen against a Federal of iicor from a State Court to thu United States Circuit Court, and to render tho judgment of a State Court in such a caso null and void. Tho supplemental mea? sure is moro stringont in its details and lines and penalties than the Federal elec? tion law of last session. Like that, it will include Stato, County and city elec? tions, where they occur at tho same limo with the elections mentioned in tho bill. In tho debuto in tho House on this sub? stitution of tho Federal bayonet for the authority of the States, Mr. Cox, of New York, gave notice that his State would control its own elections by fixing an? other day than tho Congressional for the Stato elections. Probably Congress will have a supplemental bill in due timo, on some pretext or other, providing for taking charge of all elections, State and Federal, whenever and wherever they uro hold. It hus refused to be warned by tho outspoken opposition to Federal military interf?rence by Republican Go? vernors of States, or to tako note of tho opposito political res-iilts to those intend? ed by tho enforcement bill of last ses? sion, as shown by tho elections which have Bince taken place. Perhaps the continued um! i ii creased uso, in Contempt of public opinion, of military interven? tion in tho politics of tho country, will lead to another and moro decisivo recoil upon its inventors. - Baltimore Sun. '? Hoi ray eil by Portn?o." Suoh are the words with whieh Louis Napoleon cnramoace? jon insidious nnd canning appeal to tho French people? in behalf of the restoration of hin dynasty. It is in tho style' with which this shrewd phrase-monger hos heretofore managed to hood-wink tLe French people-a baso imitation of otiii of the weaknesses of the great Napoleon, whoso disasters were always misfortunes, and the legitimate cotisequeuces of whose crimes were merely tho frowns and rebuffs of destiny. A people who for tho second or third time submit to such glaring impostures and brazen falsehoods, may bring upon themselves the imputation of beiug nd fit for the grnve responsibilities of freemen und Republicans. "Betrayed by fortune!" Words of falsehood sud blasphemy. The disasters which resulted in the expulsion of Louis Napoleon from his usurped throne, und in the ruin and desolation of France, wero duo to three causes, all of which originated iu tho heart and head of this unparalleled egotist. Tho first was thc universal corruption which pervaded the Government and anny, and had reduced the most powerful natiou iu the world to a coudition of comparitive imbecility. Was it a betrayal of fortune whiuh de? ceived tho Freuch people into u belief that they hud the most powerful army in tho world, when in fact it was all ou pa? per; that this army was commanded by brave, skilled and intelligent generals, when in truth its comm indera were spe? culating politicians, jobbers und syba? rites? Secondly. Was Fortune responsible for the folly of initiating a war with a nation of such vast superiority in arms aud in all the means and agencies of modern warfare-a war of aggression aud invasion-and ol' plunging into that war without a plan or organization of any sort? Thirdly. Was Fortune responsible for the Ulttir lack of command, of heroic vigor and determination required for thu great emergency? It is quite COUSts tun I with Ibis gam? bler's apology and solace, that tho pri? soner, or rather tile favored guest of the Emperor of Got many, who has been fed for four months with tit bits from her Majesty Empress Augusta's tables, nnd attended by her most select servants, in Imperial livery, khould seek to divert the wrath of the people to tho usurpers, who aro to be held to account for the .'bloodshed, ruiu aud squandered re? sources"-meaning thereby tho honest, patriotic and zealous Frenchmen, who, when the Emperor had surrendered him? self a willing captive to the aufo keeping and generous hospitalities of his victori? ous enemies, undertook the desperate task of defending the honor of I rance. History will show that they bore them? selves worthily in their difficult task, and that the rcproachees and taunts of the real betrayer of Franco give them new claims to the respect of rraukind and the gratitude of their cou ut ry men. There can be but ono other misfortune to bo ndded to those which have fallen so heavily upou poor France, and this will be the coupde grace of her calami? ties-the restoration of tho Napoleon dynasty!-New Orleans Times. A GALLANT CONFEDERATE.-We pub? lish tho following from the pen of Gon. D. H. Hill, editor of the Southern Home, Charlotte, North Carolina. An eye w.tuess says that the meeting between thc General uud Captain Randolph was touching in tho extreme: CAPT. LEWIS RANDOLPH.-Wo were shocked to find ut the depot iu Charlotte this famous scout of Lee's army, dying of consumption. He hud been spend? ing some limo at Aiken, South Carolina, and was trying to reach his homo iu Vir? ginia to dio thcro. Captaiu Randolph u the great-graud-sou of President Jeffer? son, and nephew of General G. W. Ran? dolph, late Confederate Secretary ol War. He inherited tho stalwart figure, the iron constitution, and thc great physical strength of tho Jeffersons. Ht always selected the darkest, coldest, and most inclement nights for his visits lc the enemy's camps. Many of his perilous adventures excelled the wildest iuci dents of fiction. General Leo gained from him much nf that information which so often bullied and confused flu enemy's plans. One of tho most terrible nights wt remember to have known, Captain Ran dolph crossed tho Rappahanuock below Frcdericksburg aud went into Burnside'! lines. After a week's absence, he came back with full knowledge of the strength, position and plans of tho Federal Geue ral-him with tho powerful field glass, Gen. Bradley T. Johnson mentioned it his report of second Mnnnssas that thc Confederate line in tho railroad cut gol out of timmuuition uud fought thc enemy with rocks. Ou this occasior. Capt. R. struck a man on the forehenc aud killed him instautly. This was bu1 ono of his many marvellous feats o strength. To think of such a man dyinj with consumption! The once gay, light-hearted, chivalrous athlete dying o consumption on a railroad train-dying but talking sweetly of his Saviour ant joyfully of his hopes of u blessed im mortality. A WOUTIIY CHAMPION.-Beast Butler who threatened to give license to th( brutal lust of his soldiers among tho wo men of New Orleans, has given his ad hesion to tho Womou's Righter?, aud of fers his championship to their cause, In this he is entirely consistent. It it ono of tho most effectivo ways of degrnd ing tho sex, aud no ono will bo surprised that it finds an adv?calo in tho brutal author of the New Orleans order. Georgo Alfred Townsend says that "instead of putting tho word 'God' it tho letter of tho Constitution wo hot better tako some of tho 'devil' out of th? Government." Four littlo Baltimore girls ato orange; and cheese for supper ono night lasi week, and at breakfast, nest morning tliero were four vacancies. o o 1 tte MAIL AnRANOEMJcnis.-Tho Northern mail opens at 3.30 P. M.; closes 12.15 P. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.30 P. M.; closes 11.30 A. M. Charleston . night mail opens 8.30 A. M. ; closes 6.00 P. M. Greenville mail opens 4.30 P. M.; closes 8.30 P. M. Western mail opens 1 30 P. M. ; closes 1.30 P. M. On Sundny office open'from 3 to 4 P. M. PHONIXIANA.-The price of single copies of tho PHU?NIX is Ove cents. Country publishers iu waut of second? hand type-bourgeois aud minion-be? sides rules, lends, chases, etc., can bo supplied, at about half founders' prices, by applying at the PIIONIX office. Comptaiuts are constantly being made by subscribers on tho line of the Char? lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. We hope the matter will bo looked into by tho mail agents. Those of our citizens who ure tho for? tunate possessors of silverware, and are desirous of having it tastefully engraved or marked, are directed to Mr. A. Huff? ier, at the jewelry store of Wm. Glaze, Esq. We eau promise a beautiful piece of work. Wc are informed that the "Pure Gyp? sum" advertised by Mr. John H. Holmes, of Charleston, is found to contain nine? ty-nine aud two-thirds per cent, of snlu. ble matter, instead of eighty per cent., as heretofore stated. This is very im? portant information for farmers who de? sign using the Gypsum, as it leaves only one-third per cent, of insoluble nintter. Messrs. Boyce Sc Co., of tho Dexter Stables, have on exhibition and for Bale a magnificent mahogany bay stallion, which is universally conceded to be as "pretty as a picture." This nag was formerly used as a trick horse by a circus company. Ho takes bis name "Rose? wood" from his peculiar color, we pre? sume. Representative W. J. W'hipper re? turned from Washington yesterday, but returns again to-day. Owing to the pre? sence of other committees, and the sus? pension of business in consequence of the carnival, the South Carolina com? mittee had no opportunity of represent? ing their grievances. James Bancroft, Jr., Julius A. Le priuce aud J. Orrin Lea have been ap? pointed Notaries Public for Charleston. A writer in Good Health says that the average weight, all the year round, of that portion of a woman's clothing which is supported from the waist, is between ten and fifteen pounds, and that if a woman were sentenced to carry such a weight about in this way for a number of years, for some great crime, the sentence would bo pronounced inhuman. The proprietor of a cotton factory put this notice on the gates: "No oigars or good looking men admitted." In ex? planation he said: "Tho ono will set a Haine agoing among my cotton, and the other amoug my girls. I won't admit such daugcrons things into my establish? ment. The risk is too great." Messrs. McClusky ic Byrne, who visit? ed Columbia, tome time ago, with a stock of goods, are again here, and offer a fine stock of dress silks, shawls, etc. The articles eau be seen at tho Washing? ton House. * HoTicn AKKIVALS, February 23.-Co? lumbia Hotel-lil. S. Deane, Buffalo; G. J. Richards, Marion; J. W. O'Brien, T. B. Green, Charleston ; G. M. Wood? ward, Philadelphia; J. Walker, S. C.; Miss B. Pox, Chesterfield; W. D. Ken? nedy, Mrs. Leman, W. Gregg, Charles? ton; A. Thomas, Jersey City ; J. C. Win? der, Wilmington; W. L. Hardin, Balti? more; C. C. Pyatt, S. S. Pyatt, Aiken; P. B. McBeo aud lady. Greenville; W. Wads. Augusta; W. S. Talbert, Ky.; C. M. Rose, New York; W. Fort, Lexing? ton. JS'ickn'son House.-A. J. Holt, Ga.; C. Hawkins, S. H. Lyon, Baltimore; J. P. Hodges, Michigan; F. D. Bush, Saluda; G. W. Connor, J. F. Townseud, W. C. Norwor.l, Cokesbury; Tyre Jay, Mies Bettie .lay, Abbeville; E. S. Hubley, B. R. R. R. ; J. A. Means. Fair Bluff; R. J. Donaldson, Cheraw; G. A. Darling and wife, Edgefield; C. Edwards, New Or? leans; J. T. Beckman, Georgetown. LIST OP NF.W ADVERTISEMENTS. James McClusky & Byrne-Notice. T. F. Black-Lost. Dr. Sago's CATAIUIH REMEDY is no patent medicino humbug, gotton up to dupe the ig? norant and credulous, hut is a porfoct specillo for Nasal Catarrh, "Cold in the hoad," and kindred disoaeos. The proprietor, R. V. Pierce, M. !>.. of Buffalo, N. Y., offors $500 for a cato be cannot euro. Sold by druggists or sent hy mail for sixty cente. Apamphlot free. F ll) mts The gifts of health can bo maintained only by sedulous care, and tho sick should seek a correct remedy. For malarious diaeAees, dyspepsia, (tc, there is nono Uko tho OLD OA? KUM NA lliTTF.r.H. F 19 t3 To stimulate and strongUion tho human framo for tho labor allotted to it, nao tho OLD CAROLINA BITTERS. F 19 f3 "Oh, try tho OLD CAROLINA BITTERS! Then you will bo convinced of itu morita." No? s tho time when bodbugs, mice std roaches aro popping out of thoir holoa and crannies. Take M pop at thom with Isaacson's ..SORE Por" and pop them off forever. Kohl by all druggists. F 17f Lippman's Bittora aro for salo by all drug? gists and dealers. Depot in Columbia, H. C., at OKIOER & MCGRKOOII'S, Druggists. S 18