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COLUMBIA. S. 0. Wednesday I&orninp, March 15, 1871. Conference. We learn that at the instance of Gov. Scott, a number of prominent citizens from various portions of the State met him on Monday evening last, for the purpose of a freo and candid conference as to the best means of promoting peace in the State. Wo are not able to state definitely the details of the conference. But we learn that the gentlemen in con? sultation expressed themselves very can? didly and fully as to the causes of the difficulties that have occurred. After doing this, it was left to tho Governor lo sot upon the information given, and to take such action ns might be based upon the views aud facts presented by the citizens brought into consultation. It will be seon whether anything of ben? efit to the State and of advantage to the public interest shall result from this conference. We hope, of course, that good may como of it. That the disease ender which tho body politic is suffer? ing is serious and deep-seated, is obvi? ous. A feeling of the gravest discon? tent pervades the State, and we feel sure that no superficial remedies will avail aught in bringing about a couditiou of things that shall be conducive to tho moral and material interests of South Carolina. As to this oonference, we are satisfied that tho citizens invited to confor with the Governor did well to respond to tho invitation. . -*-?-? The earnest protest uttered in tho House of Representatives, at Washing? ton, against the employment of the bay? onet at the ballot-box by thosa worthy gentlemen-Eldridge, of Wisconsin, Cor, of New "York, and Kerr and Voor bies, of Indiana-will be remembered to their credit when tho tricksters who lent themselves to the Bubversion of the safe? guards of a people's liberty will be for? gotten, or, if remembered, remembered only to be execrated. The bill was an assault on self-government-an attempt to control the expression of political sentiment within the respective States, and to seoure majorities against the well understood wishes of the people. In relation to this matter, Mr. Yoor hies thus addressed the supporters of the bill: "You crushed the States of the South after their people had .surrendered; you invaded their voting precincts; you re? gulated all their ?lections with the iron hand ot the military; you olected such persons as you desired. Thero is no? thing more to be done in that quarter. Your ruthless work is finished nuder a Southern sky. And now, unlike the great Alexander, who wept because there were no more worlds to conquer, you have found new and inviting fields of conquest over your own countrj'meu; and this bill declares the war and orders the ravaging and devastating march-a march over the ark of the covenant of a free Constitution, and over the down? trodden forms of American freemen. You turn away for awhile from your Southern captive. You turn tho edge of the sword now to the States of the North. You poiut your cannon toward Saratoga and Monmouth and Brandy? wine and Bunker Hill." FLANKING THE BATOXET LAW.-The Congressional Act for subjecting elec? tions to the Federal armyapplios only to States whero somo Federal officer is voted for-as elections for Congross and Presi? dent. State elections, if held at thc same time, are subjected to the same law, but if held on any other day aro not. To flank this tyrannical law, wo find in the New York Senate of Monday the fol? lowing proceeding: "lu the Senate, this evening, Senator Hardenburg introduced a bill providing that hereafter tho annual election iu this (State of thc first Tuc-jday after tho first Monday iu November, except the elec? tion for President, vice-President, nud members of Congress, be changed to the first Tuesday in October of each year, aud that all legal provisions applying to elections shall apply to tho elections uuder this bill." < . ? Tho Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, referring to the conflict of ordinances between the corporations of Augusta and Hamburg, says: Parties stationed near thc bridge state that they overheard a negro, unmed John Williams, say that if tho foot toll was not removed by next Thursday, that tho .bridge would be burucd. This Williams is thc Door-keeper or the Sergeant-at Arms of tho South Carolina Legislature, and is the samo fellow who attempted to cross tho bridge without paying last week, but was forced to shell out before ho was allowed to proceed. Other co? lored belligerent Hamburgers declare that they serious]}' intend to set up a toll-gate ou their side of the bridge. lu tho meantime, wo presume that our navy will be gotten ready for uso as speedily as possible, so that if Hamburg decides upon war, tho village maybe bombarded at a momont's warning. When thc land forces are organized, wo loaru that tho Edgefield Advertiser mau will be offered a high command. Lying about loose-Tho Republican newspapers. THE RIOT IK MEKTDIAK.- The Meri? dian (Miss.) Qa*eHe, of Tuesday* March 7, gives the following det?ils of the vio? lent scenes at that place, heretofore no? ticed in our despatones: Saturday afternoon Billy Clopton had his thin brigade of negro militia in arms, and paraded the streets ns usual. Billy was extremely abusivo towards the close of the militia exercises, and declared that with 100 men he could annihilate 1,000 white men-that tho whites were afraid of the negroes, and he would have his way in Meridian. He was not inter? fered with or molested. When the fire broke out the Bame scoundrel was on hand, thanking God the rebels' proper? ty was burning, and praying that the flames would consume every building in the city. He drew a pistol on a man who remonstrated, and would have killed him but for the interference of a friend? ly negro. While marching up the street in front of the fire, with pistol in hand, cursing rebels and gloating over their misfortunes, ho waa suddenly and very nnexpectedly knocked down, disarmed, and left to colored comrades, who car? ried him out of the orowd, when he boat a hasty retreat for home. About this time, while the fire was rngiug and our citizens struggling to arrest it und save a little of their property, the bell of the African church pealed forth the usual signal for tho negroes to repair there. This was more than our people could stand, and a company was at once formed and marched to the residence of the she? riff, where a tender was made of the posse, and a request made for the arrest of Billy Clopton. The sheriff sent his deputy, Mr. Belk, in ohargeof tho posse, and arrested Clopton and placed him under guard in the court house. Tho turbulent threats of tho negroes and their white allies called tho oitizens to? gether again Sunday afternoon and even? ing, when 100 men volunteered to vindi? cate the majesty of tho law and crush lawlessness, no matter whence it might come. TUe town was well policed on Sunday night, and a strong guard of cit? izens kept over Clopton to see that ho was neither rescued nor molested. The negroes did not carry out their threats; the fire fiend no longer darted athwart the sky, and tho constant and promiscuous shooting whioh had alarmed women and children for months ceased. One squad of armed negroes was dis? persed and sent home, and the night passed in moonshine, balm and peace. Yesterday morning.thero was an immense mass meeting at the court house to devise ways and means for keeping peace and giving repose to the community. Tho meeting was large and enthusiastic, the largest probably ever held in Meridian. Over COO persons were present. All classes were represented there and all climes. Northern and Southern men clasped hands in deliberations. The speeches were pacific and pointed, and showed that the white people of Meri? dian have at last determined to check the mad and destructive career of the bad negroes and their white confederates. In the afternoon the case of Billy Clop? ton, Aaron Moore and Warren Tyler carno before Justioe Bramlette, Oaptuins Evans and Ford representing the State aud Mayor Sturges his black friends. The testimony shows that these negroes in their meeting on Saturday made very inflammatory speeches. Warren Tyler, in stepping upon the rostrum, placed his pistol on the table. Aaron reminded his hearers of tho fate of Sodom and Go? morrah, and spoke of what might bo tho fate of Meridian. Other negroes spoke of tho possibility of tho town being re? duced to ashes. That very night the hand of the incendiary reduced to ashes $75,000 worth of property in Meridian. THE COCRT HOUSE TRAGEDY. Meridian bas been the scene of ono of the most horrible tragedies that over occurred in a civilized community. While the examination of tho witnesses in the case of tho State vs. William Clopton and other negroes, charged with riotous conduct on Saturday night at tho time of the fire, was progressing, Mr. Bradley deposed as to some remarks Warren Tyler had made about tho whito people. Ho was interrupted in a very rude and augry manner by Tyler, who, it appears, was armed with two pistols, and who was one of the defendants in tho ca.-o. Tyler stated that ho would impeach Brantley's testimony, for which Brautley raised a cane and advanced to with eight or ten feet of him. At this juncture, Gen. Patten, City Marshal, caught Brantley and held him. Whilo ho was thus held, Tyler drew a repeater, and commenced firiug at Brantley. At tho first fire, Judge Bramlotto was shot through the head, and instantly killed. The room was crowded with whito and black, who were attending tho trial, and, as great excitement was prevailing, au indiscriminate firing commenced, in which Wm. Clopton and a negro named Gus Ford were killed, and several per? sons, while and black, were wounded. After firing several shots, Tyler jump? ed ont of the window of tho court room, which was in thc second story of tho Sheehau Building, and ran np Sydney street. As soon as it was known that ho had killed Judge Bramlette, ho was pur? sued, and, on refusing to surrender, was instantly killed. Tyler fired a number of shots nt thc parties in pursuit rd him, and resisted his capture until the very hist. Judge Bramlette was n man universal? ly loved aud respected. He had been Judge of Probate, aud was, at tho time of his death, Justice of tho Peace and a member of tho Board of Aldermen. Clopton and Tyler were turbulent n.nd disorderly negroes, who have been stir? ring up strife in this community for the hist two years. Their greatest desire seemed to bo to si ir np enmity between the two races and do all the mischief in , their power. j j Voltaire's gardener is to Eurolie what | I George Washington's coachman is to j ' America. This gardener has just died ! again near Geneva, at the age of 115, ANOTHER CRUSADE.-The war is not ?et o vor. "Let na have peace" was as bll?w as that wretched charletan's de? claration, "2/ Empire? o'?si la> p?ia." We havo no peace, and aot ns wo will, we cannot get it. They have been , re? constructing ns these six years, and in that very State, (South Carolina,) where they have had the best opportunities to tost their policy, there seoras to be the least satisfaction. Wo think it highly probable thero havo been outrages in South Carolina; but wo believe they have been on both sides. If order is not preserved there, whoso fanlt is it? They have put tho whites under the heel of the blacks; they have sent them "Go? vernor" Scott for a "Governor;" thoy have given them a negro constitution; they have given them a negro Legisla? ture; they have given them a piebald ju? diciary; they have given them a negro militia; they havo given them negro jus? tices, negro constables, and negro po? licemen; and if "ordor" does not reign, whoso fault is it? "Order!" Throw a well-dressed man in the sink of a privy, and toll him not to wrigglel Torment a high-spirited people to madness, and then call for oompleto repose! And under the circumstances there has boen an amazing amount of "order" in the South. We have been obliged to be patient and submissive. The sword has been held to our throat, and the bayonet has beon at our breasts, and there was every reason to be quiet. If resistance has broken out on the part of individuals, it was tho impulse of de? spair and the last refuge of the suicide. It is very easy, when society is main? tained in a .state of internecine strife, to collate and to collect outrages a plenty on either side; and a court organized iu the interest of one of the parties, and hearing only witnesses (and these disre? putable ones) on ono side, can easily work up on paper a tale of horrors. The white people of tho South have never been heard; the virtue and intelligence of the South have beeu as affectuaHy stilled as tho cry of Ireland or of Polaud; aud just as thc English or tho liussiau Government can easily make out a case against tho subjugated races in the grip of their tyranny, tho Butlers and Mor? tons in Congress can easily ruin tho cha? racter aud reputatiou of tho Southern people. Wo challenge a fair investigation. We should bo more than gratified at a non? partisan examination into the condition of tho Southern States. If there is auy just cause of complaint, wc shall bo the first to expose it and to condemn it. Hero in Virgiuia, under a conservative government, we know that justice ii done, and that real order roigus. Aud what Northern community would have tolerated one-half that we havo patiently submitted to?-Richmond Enquirer. A WARNING TO THE INSURED.-A case of more than usual importance to tho people of tho whole country was decided last woek by the Supremo Court of Now York. The facts presented to the court were as follows: Certain property was insured against loss by fire December 7, 1868, for ono year. On tho 21et day of July, 1SG9, tho insured died, and the property in quostion descended to tho hoirs-atl r \ On Novombor 9, 18G9, it was destroyed by fire, and the appoint? ment of the administrator, Peter Lappin, was uot made uutil the 10th of January, 1870. Tho association in which it was insured, viz: the Charter Oak Fire In? surance Company, refused payment to the administrator of the loss, upon tho ground that tho contract of insurance provided tho policy should not be as? signed without thc consent of the com? pany, and that any assignment, sale or transfer of the property should work forfeiture of the policy. As no such consent had beon endorsed on the policy, i the court held that the change of owner ! ship consequent upon tho death of tho insured was such a chango of titlo ns lo \forfeit the policy. The administrator j could, therefore, recover nothing upon j tho insurance. A clearer case of a want of equitable dealing than this botween insured and insurer has never been brought to our notice, and in view of tho fact that a similar clause to the one upon which tho j decision of tho court was founded is ? mudo a portion of almost every policy of 1 insurance, it is very clear that uo insured : can alford to dio trusting to tho equity I of insurers of real or personal estate. It j is death that makes a policy iu a lifo j company valid, aud it is death that makes a policy in a fire company invalid, j for after ono is dead the chaucc to cuter ! into agreements of transfer of one's : estato to ono's heirs becomes rather moro I than difficult.-Philadelphia Inquirer. -- # ? ? j TUE TURNADO IN* THE WEST.-The ? losses in East St. Louis, by tho tornado ! on Wednesday night, were much exag? gerated. A moro careful estimate places j them at about 8233,000. Tho losses to j citizens cannot bo accurately given, but ? as home sixty dwelling houses of moro j or less value were either destroyed or damaged, the loss eau hardly fall short j of 8100,000. Tho railroad companies are busy repairing damages, and thc citi ? zens are endeavoring to gather up their , houses and arc collecting their furniture ' together. Reports from tho country aro ! comiug in, and speak more or less of tho i injury iu tho truck of tho tempest. In j some localities tho damago was consider j able. lu Morgan County, II!., houses, j feuces aud forests wcro blown down, and several persons badly injured. At Hole I na, Ark., tho same afternoon, a hurri ? cauo passed over tho city, unroofing a I number of bouses and doing oilier ! damage. Property was also destroyed at I Osceola and other points on tho West bank of tho river. ! Tho distanco from tho Atlantic to the i Pacitic Oceau, by tho Northern Pacitlc Railroad, is 3,301 miles, and tho route is useless several months in tho year. Tho distance by tho Southern Pacific will be muoh shorter, and the route eau bo used the whole year round. ..Oun REVOLUTIONIZED QOVEBNMENT. There will hardly be any question now as to the purposes of tho Radicol party. The passage of the supplementary cn forcement bill by Congress shows that they are resolved to hold office by force, under the color of legal enactment. And though this is as plaiuly indicated as any event of tho future can possibly be, the anticipation does not seem to be in the lenst a painful one, nor tho peo plo to be disturbed or shocked by its probable occurrence Tho truth is, that encroachment after encroachment of tho Federal Government on the rights of tho States, has been witnessed in con? stitutional amendments aud Congres? sional Acts, since the Radicals got pos? session of the Gorernment, until the gravest usurpations are now regarded only with indifference. The Federal Government is, iu fact, not the Federal Government as we knew it before the war. It has, since that timOj undergone a thorough revolution. It exercises powers which were never claimed for it then by the most moder? ate of "Federalists;" and those who would once have raised a storm in Con? gress at tho bare mention that such pow? ers could bc assumed, now acquiesce in their assumption, and almost seem tu have become concerts to the Radical heresy of consolidation. There is, how? ever, a small and determined band uf Democratic patriots in the Federal Leg? islature who consistently and energeti? cally resist, as far as words and minority votes can resist, these Radical encroach? ments. A valuable accession to that de? termined few has beeu inducted into that body. It is to them aud their grow? ing constituencies that wo look for tho rescue of the Government from tho bauds of tho usurpers, aud its restora? tion to tho position which it was intend? ed by its framers to occupy. [N'JIC York ATetr?. Tho New York Herald, which always follows rather than leads public seu?i mcut, sa3*s: "After such a four years' war as that of our late Southern rebellion, can it be expected that tho people subdued can quietly adapt themselves in live years, ten years or twenty years, toa revolution which has torn up their political and so? cial system by tho roots? Cau it be ex? pected that the Southern whites, ac? customed to rulo under the Constitution as masters, and to look upon their blacks as an inferior race, and as slaves by divine authority-can it be supposed that because theso whites have been sub? dued iu war, they will surrender their convictions, prejudices and principles, as conditions of peace? No. Ia spite of your emancipation decrees and civil rights bills, and constitutional nmend mouts establishing negro civil and po? litical equality, the Southern whites do not believe in this equality, and they submit to it as tho French submit to the loss of their Rhine territories-from ne? cessity-and with tho hopo of satisfac? tion hereafter. How is this difficulty to bo reached by Acts of Congress, espe? cially when all theso Southern States havo been restored as completely to their local rights iu thc Union as Now York and New Jersey ? what more can Con? gress do with tho Ku Klux out-throats of North Carolina than with the roughs of New York city, now that Southern re? construction is finished?" ANOTIIEB DIFFICULTY.-Wo arc sorry to learn that a serious difficulty occurred on Jackson's Creek, some nino miles from this place, ou Saturday night last. Several pickets, we understand, were placed ou the different roads near Dr. Turner's store, by thc captain of a ne? gro company in that vicinity, who were attacked by some disguised men, wound? ing two of tho negro pickots. This is the first occurrence of tho kind that has taken placo iu this County, and wo hope it will bo the last. Tho law should be resorted to, and, if it is found to vary from justice, then it is timo for tho citi? zens to take matters in their own bands. But when they do tako tho law in their hands, let it be in the broad light of day and not in tho hour of midnight and dis? guised. Wo aro amply ablo to protect ourselves, but let us do it unmaskod. [ Winnsboro News. A JUST MEASURE.-A very good law lia* just bceu passed by the Nea-York Legis? lature for tho protection of those who invest in life insurance. It provides that, when thrco aunual payments have been made on any policy, the company shall not, whenever au action is brought, interpose as a defence that the policy was obtained by fraud. The object of thc bill is to make tho companies more careful wheu taking risks, and more scrupulous in paying them when tho} fall due. The insurance folks consider tho measure a great hardship; but the public everywhere will approve it. Small pox is alarmingly ou tho in? crease in New York. Ouo hundred and thirty-livo cases wero reported Monday iu ono district of tho city. In tho nionu time, the hospital at Blackwell's Island is found to bu almost totally inadequate for tho large number of patients which Hock thither, and should tho discaso spread to tho alarming extent which is threatened, tho accommodations will fall very short of the demand. WHOLESALE MURDERS.-A San Fran? cisco despatch states that uear Orango, California, Saturday, an Irishman named Martin murdered his wife, her father aud mother, and near Bambilla, iu the same State, .1 German woman named Rumpff cut thc throats of bix children and her own. Tho Illinois River had risen so high on Friday last that many warehouses at Peoria wore surrounded by water, and business had to bo transacted from thc second story. Dr. Van Hoosen, a drunken physician of Albany, N. Y., had some angry words with his wife, and seizing a grid? dle crushed iu her skull, killing her in? stantly. Pride is sure to como to grief. Chas. Sumner has kept np his lick a long time. He has strutted, like a peacock, in and out of that committee room, lol these many years. But he lina taken up his hat at last and walked, with a gentle push in the rear. Ho may become a chronic scold. He may amuso us by his cackle. But the effort to mnko a martj-r of him and to get up sympathy in his behalf will not do. There is nothing in him or about him to inspire aught hut j contempt. He has a littlo soul, a mean spirit, aud a hateful presence; ho has been a wretched sham from the first, and though he may retain a questionable no? toriety, he will arouse no enthusiasm. [Courter-Journal. DEATH OF A VETERAN.-Mr. Wm. Grim, aa aged citizen of Abingdon, died on Wednesday. The deceased was a soldier of the war of 1812, and was with Hull when ho so cowardly surrendered his army at Detroit. Mr. Grim, how? ever, refused to surrender, and safely made his way, after undergoing many hardships, to the next nearest American post, and afterwards served with great | gallantry.-Lynchburg Virginian. A band of Union League negroes, headed by the Radical constable of Lum berton, Robeson County, disguised in Ku Klux fashion, committed an assault on a negro man on lust Monday, because he had voted the Democratic ticket. The scoundrels have been identified and tho matter will bo investigated. Where is the Congressional Enforcement Act? [Raleigh Sentinel. "The old man's drunk ngain," the latest popular song, was sung at a con? cert during the lato carnival in Wash? ington. A United States Senator left the audience, believing ho bad been in? sulted. W. H. Yearty, representing Calhoun County in tho present Legislature, wau murdered by an outlaw named Luke Lott, near Ochesee, in the North-east comer of Cidhouu County, Florida, on Sunday last. Tho Senate of Massachusetts has re? jected a bill to abolish capital punish? ment. David Waddle, a well-known citizen of Virginia, died at Capon Springs ou the 1st inst. HOLE AND CORNEK WouK.-Sow is the time in attack the rats, mice, bedbugs and roaches to every hole and corner. Just mit ISAAC SEN'S "SURE For" in their reach, and they'll troop out of their hauuts, devour it and dio. Hold by all druggists. F 1 itu South Carolina Medical Association. milF. ANNUAL MEETING of the South Ca JL rolina Medical Association will bu held at Charleston, on tho FIRST WEDNESDAY in April, at 12 M. County Societies will or? ganize and send their Delegates. All prac? ticing phvaicians aro invited to attend. J. SOMERS BUIST, M. D., March 15 ws5 Recording Secretary. Building Lots ior Sale. EIGHT superb BUILDING LOTS, on thc square bounded by Blanding, Harden, Laurel and Laurens stroets, are offered for sale low. Apply at D. GAMBRILL'S March 15 :j* Exchango Omeo. Smoked Tongues, SMOKED BEEF, Pig Hams, Bacon Htripj. For sale at CANTWEI.L'S March 15 1 Main street. Office of Clerk of Circuit Court, Rich? land County, COLUMBIA, MARCH ll, 1871. ASPECIAL SESSION of thc Court of Com? mon Pleas tor Richland County will bo held at Columbia, commencing un tho FOURTH MONDAY of March instant, for the trial of such causes as may properly come before it. By order of Hon. Samuel W. Mel? ton, Circuit Judgo Fifth Circuit of South Ca? rolina. D. B. MILLER, C. C. C. March 12 t7_ St. Patrick's Day. THE HIBERNIAN SOCIETY will celebrate tho anniversary of Ireland's Patron Saint on the evening of the 17th instant, at the Columbia Hotel. Members of tho Society will meet at their room, at 0.30 P. M., for transaction of busi? ness. Quast? will attend at the Columbia Hotel, at 8.?10 P. M., for Supper. Tickets may bo obtained nt the stores of Messrs. J. & T. R. Agnew, P. Cantwell, ami at thc Columbia Hotel, and from tho following gentlemen: M. J. CALNAN, . J. DOOLY, j M. BRANNON, ' Committee. W. GORMAN, I R. HANNAN, March 12 f3 P. CANTWELL, Sec'y Genuine Graham Bread. HEREAFTER, customers canil e supplied with fresh GRAHAM BREAD, at March l l ii STIEGLITZ'S BAKERY. A IIOUSE WANTED.-A nico COT d?Vr TAGE HOUSE, containing four or rive Jilli.Rooms, with ??ital.lc outbuildings, in Eastern part of city, catt be rented to a good tenant. Possession desired on tho 1st of April. Apply at this ofti?n. March 13 fi;* NOTICE.-My wife, MARTHA JOYNER, having left my bed and board, on the 23d of October last, without cause, 1 caution tho public against contracting any account willi her iu mv name, as none such will bc paid by me. A. B. JOYNER. March s fi SPECIAL. ATTENTION given to tho col? lection of Commercial Paper, Interest tm Stato and Railroad Bonds and Stocks, and Conversion of State Securities, by Nov 23 limn D- GAMDRI LL. Broker. STOCKS, IIO.MJS unit COUPONS bought and sold by D. GAMBRILL, Broker. Nov 23 (!mo (POINTY CL, ALUS A NU J CUV CEU II J EIC ATES bought 1)V Feb S D. G.VMBRILL, Broker. SPECIAL NOTICE.-Hereafter all Stores and Bar-Rooms, (except Drug Stores,) must ho closed on tho Sabbath. Rv order: JOHN A. JACKSON, March 3 Chut of Police. LD BANK 1H?.1.S ami .">!UT 1 LATEO CURRENCY bought and sold bv Nov 23 Gmo_D. OAMBRILL, Broker. vroTlCE.-Proposals for thc extension of 1\ tho Market House, for 100 feet towards Washington stroot, will bo received by tho un? dersigned until WEDNESDAY, tho 15th inst. For further information, in regard thereto, applv to W. M. Lt AYN E, JOSEPH TAYLOR, W. H. WIGG, March 1 Committee. (COTTON SEED OIL CAKE can bo had j at all times, and in ativ quantity, of i J m 21 * E. HOPF. Eiooal Items. ? -?- ? "Hear the Cry that Conies Across the Sea!" Rallying song andohorus. Words and musi? by George F. Root. Pub? lished by Root & Cady, Chicago. We hare received a copy of the above. It is stirriug und well calculated to arouso sympathy for the war-stricken peasantry, whose mute appeal is so touching. MAID ARRANGEMENTS.-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 7.30 P. M.; closes 8.30 P. M. Western mail opens 1.30 P. M. ; closes 1.30 P. M. On Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M. The Chapman Sisters closed their en? gagement here last night, and will en? tertain the citizens of Augusta this even? ing. Their engagement hero was a per? fect success. The hall was crowded each night, and the audience kept in a roar of laughter until thc conclusion of the programme. Bishop has left many a face wreathed in smiles at even the thought of his inimitable humor. EARL'S DENE.-A Novel. By E. E. Francillon. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1871. "Earl's Dene" narrowly escapes being one of the best novels of the year. Its plot is skillfully constructed, and is de? veloped with exceptional ability. The characters aro strongly individualized, and several among them are entitled to be regarded os original creations. The only fault with the book is tho want of vivacity in the narrative. The author understands how to make a good story, but he does not thoroughly understand how to tell it. Ho is too minuto iu his descriptions, and his dramatic scenes are too long and elaborate. Vivacity is wautiug in mauy of his pages, aud the keen interest which tho book ought to excito is thus sensibly dulled. Never? theless, it is a readable uovel, and one which reflects great credit upon the au? thor. Ho will probably learn to avoid prolixity in his future works, and we may therefore expect that he will give us something better even than "Earl's Dene." Messrs. Duffie & Chapman have the work for sale. We are indebted to them for the copy before us. PnozNixiANA.-The price of single copies of the PruENix is five cents. Book and job printing of every kind attended to promptly at PHONIX office. Plain and fancy colored printing exe? cuted with neatness and despatch, on the most reasonable terms. All tho latest styles of cords, ?vc, on hand and printed in excellent style, at the PHONIX office. A fount of minion of about 200 pounds, together with two-line letter, nearly new, will be sold at ?0 cents a pound, with the cases. This is a bargain, as the foundry prico is GS cents. Also, a lot of second-hand bourgeois and minion, at 25 aud 30 ccuts. Besides leads, rules, chases, etc. Pamphlets, briefs, catalogues, dodgers, posters, hand-bills, bill-heads-in fact, everything in tho way of job printing gotten up in the best style and on terms that wo pledge ourselves will be satisfac? tory to all parties. Let us hear from you, business men, iu tho shape of or? ders for the spring trade. With ap? proved machinery and steam power, we challenge comparison in prices. Dr. J. W. Parker's narno as Agent cf the Toliey Holders' aud Tontine Life Assurance Association was omitted from the advertisement on its first appearance. Refer to the advertisement. Thc fire department had auolher round of good exercise yesterday morning, "in tho wee smu' hours ayant thc twal," oc? casioned by tho false ularm of fire. Thc return of United States officers from Chester indicates the restoration oi quiet and order in that County. Thc Court of Commou Pleas and Gen? eral Sessions for Fairfield County con? vened on Monday, bis Honor Judge Rutland presiding. Tho Atlanta Constitution learns thai thc friends of lion. James F. Johnson, in consequence of his aberration of mind, havo found it necessary to send him to tho Lunatic Asylum in this city. Wo havo been informed that a consta? ble, by tho name of Jack Dunuovant, was killed, iu the neighborhood of Fish Dam. in Union County, on Sunday last, by parties unknown. LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. D. Gatnbrill-Building Lots. P. Cantwell-Smoked Tongue--. Hostettor's Stomach Bittors. J. S. Buist-Medical Associatios. Moro than one hnndrod thousand person i annually die in this country from Consump? tion, which is hut thc child of Catarrh. ?500 is ot?orod by tho proprietor of Ur. Sago's Ca? tarrh Remedy for a case of Catarrh he canne: euro. Sohl hy druggist's, or send sixty cent. to Dr. R. V. Fiereo, B?llalo, N. V., and get :t by mail. A pamphlet freo. M 12 ^l+3 Lippman's Bitters aro for salo by ali drug? gists and dealers. Depot in Columbia. S. C.. at GEIOEU A HCGREOOR'S; Druggists. S 18