Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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mmmm Sunday Horning, April 2,1871. A Welcome to Northern Settlers. Thc Nsw York Tribuna contains an ex? cellent letter from OUT. Vance, o? North Carolin:?, giving expression to the kind reception that awaits all genuine settlers from the North and elsewhere, who de? sire to establish themselves in North Ca? rolina. A New Yorker having written to Gov.^jyancej't? inquire^hetjrer a ootqny or Northern settlers, who proposed pur? chasing in Western North Carolina, would be welcome and safe in that region, Gov. V. answers the inquiry and takes occasion to vindicate the feeliugs of the Southern people and to exposa the gross misrepresentations of partisan newspa? pers giving utterly false impressions to strangers. Gov. Vance assures his Northern correspondent of the welcome that, since the war, has ever awaited the bona fido settler from tho North who has come to live and be a citizen among ?B. He states that it is the universal desiro of the people of North Carolina to secare the filling up of the land with immi? grants, Northern, European/or any other that can bring capital, thrift and good 4?iti?euship withj them, j ftyffij itwej says .Gov. Vance, there is rio love for those .styled ..carpet-baggers"-that is, thoso "who como f?r political ends only-but the Southern hand is open to thoso who come to identify their interests with ours-to plough tho earth, build the mill, wield the hammer, engage in trade or embark in any honest calling. Gov. Vance admits that on the part of South? ern persons there may be, in not a few -cases, some of the old bitterness of the war'ra?U^^ri^irig.' rTt??%'"he rclaii?s, is but natural, and what might be rea? sonably expeoted. Bat Gov. Yanco pro? tests that the feeling of unfriendliness to Northerni comers in general does not ex? ist. He, therefore, appeals to all who desire to live in-North Carolina to come on with porfeofc confidence, both as to welcome and protection. { AIL now, that Governor Vance says; for North Carolina may truthfully bo ?^tered,jn behalfof So_uth Carolina,. We el%e,t)ij^ sentiments of South Carolinians in the, upper, middle and lower sections of thej State, and we affirm that, in no County! of Sooth Carolina would the bona fide, settler fail to re?oive a hearty reception.! We have aonversed with settlers from the North and North-west on this subject,! and we have received the assurance of the kindness with whioh they have boon received; - They feel perfectly satisfied, i au d in thia spirit do they write ba ok to their friends at home. The same invita? tion that Governor Vance gives for North1 Carolina, may-be given for South Caro? lina. Wrying, no,w,vJrom,.the capital of Sooth' Carolina, we send these presents, greeting, to the men of the North who may d?air?-tho od yu>?ta goa of a Southern residence.' Let them come. Local mis? rule now afflicts us, it is true, and wo cannot-point' them-to a wise and benefi? cent local administration. Bat this po li tic ?l trouble we hopo to oorrect, and ?heir coining will hasten the work of reform. ii ? u . t ou, As Governor Vance remarks of North Carolina, -bo'-it may be said of Sooth Carolina: ''The fields of industry that opea' to them (Northern settlers) here ?re unbounded, the soil rich, oheap and producing- abundantly almost every arti? cle knoTD to the North temperate zone. The eli mate is unsurpassed on the Ame? rican Continent." r. j. . Action of the Charleston Iloaril bf ... , Trude-Our Finances. Tile* Charleston Board of Trade has followed in the wake of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce. A large1 and influential .meeting was held on Friday evening' t?stf' Bsh?erks were made by the vice-President, George H. Walter, Col. Lathers and Hon. G. A. Trenliolm. Resolutions similar to thoso adopted by the Chamber of Commerce were passed. Col. Lathers,! Who. was .for many years the President bf tho Great Western Ma? rine Insurance Company, of New York, ?nado, an |:elabdrate .apee?b,. exhibiting many of the evils and frauds conneoted wiUi, the fiscal.imattors of the Slate,.and affirming the neoeaaity of action in thi ,-premiaes'^/?Wi<'(r*-? JO.? J:, .... V t-.-.m'i j Mi^^W^^???i^?^S^ ?ave Dee? ' announced at' tho'Ex?cutive Department J. T.; Watta, Trial Jastioe for Laarem Ccr??xifyy%t$&?4 Jaoobsr-Trial' Justice foi Williamsburg: Coan ty; David M. Dake dont fit Atlanta, (in. j-B. Johnson, Sohoo ConJreiSBioooy fol Union Coan ty, vico G Berry Cannon; Charles Bull, Auditor o ?a?ife?^emo^^'y' *|P V?' Thomas Hart Clay, the second son o Henry Clay, di?d, at his residonoo, non Lexington, I?ontuoky, on Saturday nigh last/ K H# was" o'grrtfft? a&i of "Irk* nsyl va nia University. Tb? Right Doctrine. * j The Baltimore Sun Bays: ! ThV^Y^tftf^^ the Rdpdblioan-perioctfpals, hvbiU asaum-! jiog the/existente o!,??.calIe?r3Iu Riuxi at the* -South, ?rooe^na,Jela^b$rttelyfancl? ?OToibly, tp arg?e that the -Radical legis-; latio?y byrwbicTHheymTj8t- ignoftratTpor tions of the community were put in exclusive possession of tho whole admin jietrative machinery of tho Sou thorn States, while the most influential portion of the population was disfranchised, hos been a failure, and has, naturally enough, sown the seeds ?f bitterness, not only among them, (tho" disfranchised class,) bot the new generation' which has porno on the stage since the war. In this re? spect, it confirms what tho Sun has often Ba?l-that the sons of disfranchised men would not bo inclined, by their own ad? mission to political privileges, to forget the wrongs dono to their fathers. Thoy would bo bose if they did. After point? ing out the theoretical defects of the new Southern Governments, under recon? struction, itio Nation ?ays our legislators have done nothing to atone therefor, and adds: "Wo owo it to human nature to say that worse Governments havo seldom been seen in a oivilized oountry. They have been largely composed of trashy whites and ignorant blacks. Of oourse, there have been in thom men of integrity and ability, of both races, but the great majority of the officers and legislators have been either wanting in knowledge, or in principle, or both. That of South Carolina is one of the worst specimens, and, as such, we have often commented on it." The question then arises, "What is to bo done?" and, in answering this, the Natio7i refers to tho fact that, at nearly every session of Congress, there is a call, from philanthropic or political purposes, for additional legislation "to protect life and property at the South," of which sort is the bill recently brought iu by Butler, whioh it describos as introducing momentous changes into the administra? tive system of a free country. It insists, as no ono can deny, that "the separate States aro, under the Constitution, as clearly oharged with the duty of protect? ing life and property within their own borders aa the United States with the daty of making treaties with foreign powers," and, therefore, it urges that "to impose the duty of protecting lifo and property on the Federal Government is jost as distinct and well-marked a novelty as, and a far more serious novelty than, the transfer of the power of nego? tiating .'treaties to- the - separate States woola be.*' "The logic of the whole arti? cle is ^thst Radical legislation in tho South ?B a failure, and ought to be turned from,-which the ?Natioh would hardly insist upon, if, as som?-Radical organs seem to imagine, that influential journal did not totally dissent from the policy of its party on this subject. The policy in question is a failure, of course, from its having been wrong id principle, unne? cessary and nnju8t in practice. Tu fine, tho ground assumed by the Nalio7i is the same as that the conservative elements of the country have always stood upon, and the same as that of the Congressional canons on Monday night; and if the Natio?i approves what Democrats do, other journals ???' also ?saoiriewithout imputation of mere party bias. In regard to the question frequently asked-by only the superficial, of euur.se--whether it be possible that a go? vernment which, like tho United States Government, can call on its citizens to sacrifice their lives in its defence in tho rabks of its armies, really owes them no protection for their lives and property, .the Nation pointedly ans wera: "We reply that we know nothing of the United States Government except what we find iu the Constitution and tho judicial interpretations of it. There is no ideal or absolu to ; United States Go? vernment. It is a convention, and tho terms of that convention are that the po? litical organization it . set up shall have tho right to draft citizens for its defence, and yet shall only rehder them in return oertain Ber vi ces, of whioh protection from violence at the hands of their neighbors, except on the demand of tho local authorities, is not ono. This may be u cruel arrangement, or an ill-judged one, or an unfortunate one, but it is what it is, and it is found in most cases to work well." This is the true and only doolrino on whioh our system of government can live. It is that on whioh the policy of President Johnson was founded, when, after the Southern States had emerged from the oivil war and accepted the new status given them by the abolition ol slavery aa its result, repudiating at tho same time what, was coiled the rebel debt, he sought to have tho Federal Union speedily restored, that they might move on in their proper orbits, as tho other States, to the advantage of thoii own as well as all the people of thc country. . To; this principio must thc country return, eise there will bo nc poaoe-never o gain. This tho Nation fully recognizes when it records the fol? lowing weighty words: "If there be any value whatever in thc theory : on whioh American polity ic based, the remedy of Sop them dis or den must come from the/Southern people, through their experience of tho folly and suffering ,of disorder. If this be not true, the whole American sys tom is c mistake, and j ia destined ere long tc perishV j Our business is now to leav< ovory Southern State to its own people, first, because this is tho only praatioabh Course, and, secondly, because it ia tin pnly wise urie; ' ff, ff . 'ffs. Thia,moy be o ?low remndys but it is ? suro one. I goes to the root of tho disorder. !wbil< under oo?r?id? frdm.tke outside no statt of things nan grow 'up, or ever baj grown up, in.whiau-'otoaroioa .ceasea to b< necessary.i jOl-?eourae Ibero; ia. nothinc in this theory to prevent, tho Unitec States enforcing thu Federal Constitu tion and l?fy&.V H\V;: ' f '?'.* ?ww? The MewjYork Herald "Theu look atihe wretched! ^lluro bf the admfcistra^^^N^^^^^*^ Q?t? pajlth^d?fiiages of tho war','and to maW t?test ?ffjho astounding aooioJ, ppHtlj, .J ai?.n u? laquai rial iorolrruppff ^OTr;il?3 patted through, that witWa ft':yo?r or two they ra?8od'.a??Vr* h?adi??ds -of "injlr lions worth of fitirplus produce. Their peaceful industry and energy nuder saoh oirouroetances wero; astonishing, 'and called forth the admiration of the world. But tba administration kept ita heavy bund still on thia people, refused them, amnesty or encouragement, nud indi? rectly fomented disorder to servo a buso political purpose. Whatever Ku Klux crimes there may be in the South-and we have no doubt they are greatly exaggerated for political effect in the North-have re? sulted from die 'misei-able and -heartless policy of the administration and lite Radi? cal party. If wo look at the financial administration and measures of the Go? vernment, we soo nothing but blunders; no statesmanship, and every act directed to the one end of sustaining the New England policy of protection. Thc whole financial policy has beeu con? tracted, auciiouui, io favor lue few and to burden tho mnny. General Grant's administration through all ita course is now weighed in the balanoe and is found wanting. Though tko massess of our people aro conservativo and slow to move, they aro fast coming to this con? clusion. .'If tho Democrats be wise, they may profit by the failures and mistakes of the administration and the Badicab. Never bad a great party a finer opportunity. Let them ignore the old, dead issaes of the past, accept without reserve the changes effected by the war and iu tho constitution, advocate reduction of taxa? tion to tho lowest point, cut down the extravagant expenditures that remain as remnants of the war, and give the coun? try that grand position among the nations of the world that belongs to it, and there will be a fuir prospect open for the next Frosidenoy. The people anxiously look for a restoration of the good old timos, when they had an eco? nomical government, when local institu? tions and liberty were respected, when military rule was never thought of or bayonets seen at the polia. The Demo? crats have been a powerful party, and governed well. The peoplo seem dis? posed to try thom again. The Radicals never comprehended tho true theory of our Government. Even tho cohesive power of tho public Treasury cannot hold them together any longer. The Democrats have the prize within their reach, if they know how to use their opportunity." The Norwich (Oonu.) Bulletin tell* a pathetic little story about a - pigeon which became fastened by a long string hanging from ita, leg.to a telegraph wiro on Main 'street, in that city. Two br three cruel boys wanted to throw stones at it, but a kind gentleman, telling them not to bart tho poor bird, got a ladder and carefully unwound the string and put the frightened, fluttering little crea? ture tonderly into bis bosom while he descended. The next evening he re? marked that it had made a much nicer pie than he expected. KEROSENE.-It is said that a New York coroner is preparing a book, telling all about what to do in case of a kerosene explosion. It don't need a book to tell what to do. AU that is necessary is to send your address to aa undertaker, just before yon light a fire with kerosene, and then let naturo take ita course. It's all foolishness to buy n book about it, as it is perfectly evident all the coroner wants ?B to get his name before the kero? sene-burning public. CAVE DISCOVERED IN COLUMJIIA COUN? TY.-From a reliable source wo leam that a large cavo baa been discovered in Columbia County, containing many relics of au ago aud a people long since passed away. Wo havo heard of such caves being found in other parts of tho country, but this is the first that has como to our knowledgo iu this section. IA ugusta Constitutionalist. A druukou Irinhman nttompted to out? rage a young lady, on tho 15th instant, on tho Mississippi Centrnl Railroad, and when tho conductor attempted to roloaso his would-be victim, the drunkard drow a knife and attacked tho conductor; tho latter druw a pistol, whoa the Irishman jumped from the train and broko bia neck, Tho train was stopped and tho body carried to New Orleans. The Washington correspondent of the Now York Times asserts that Senator Sumner, in privnto conversation, bas styiod the President "a UOIOSBUS of ignorance and incapacity, " The samo correspondent declares that Mr. Sumner baa not once "lifted up his voice" against tho Ku Klux, but has been hob? nobbing with Democratic lenders during tho past three weeks. Tho Masonic fraternity of Atlanta havo presented a very h and so m o gold headed oatie, with suitable engraving, to Mr. J. L. Harris. Mr. Harris bas been tho Teller of the Atlanta National Bank, and will soon remove to Chester, S. C., to fill the position of Cashier of a bank at that plaoc. NniLo's No MORE.-It is said thia splendid New York thoatre is to be broken up. Tho Messrs. Tweed, who reoontly purchased the Metropolitan Ho? tel, in whioh it is situated, inteod, it io reported, to convert the theatre portion of it into a hall for Democratic meetiogs. COMMITTED.-Mrs. Kirkpatrick was commited to jail at this placo on last Monday, ??der a charge of beieg pecos sory to the murder of her husband. [Lancaster Ledger. SOUTH CAROLINA . SECURITIES IN NEW YORK.-Tho Herald, of Wedaesday; in ita financial review, says : 1 'Tho Sou thor n list was 'steady. ll)ut dui!. Tho South ?Carqlj aaa. cor? tin dod the exception to tho. general markoti and were weak ?, and lower,-if not demoralized." /. J> Death of Dr. ?irler. -?^J?/EDIXOB: Ertkin'e College i ha? lost ^?lPresidenir ?rffia ASSRO?Q^RE,0^PED Clin rob ?D tho. South bu losther loajdjug 'man. The State of Scffith Carolina' has fnfr&a of hGr^sst^sd^?ob?^t ciaseis, ;^r.|B, C. Qrier^I>Vl^VoftS,j?Dji\pjap. of two weeks, died at his home ia Due West, on Thursday, the 30th March, in great peace. '.. lL * . ly Oar wholo community is overwhelmed by the judgment. Dr. Grier had boen President of Erskine College for-more than twenty years, and hu had im? bedded himself in the hearts of the peo? ple of Dae West as few mon have ever done. He was in overy sense of the word a noble man. Socially, intellectu? ally, morally, he was n man among men. He was a native of Mecklenburg County, North Caroliua, a sou of the late Rev. Isaao Grier, D. D., but he had spent his whole ministerial lifo in South Curolina, and was thoroughly identified with oar State, and his death is a pablio calamity. Ho was about fifty-four years old. Yours, &o., J. I. B. "PBAOTIGAII REMEDIES. "-Tho Now Orleans Times, in considering the impor? tant changes that should be effected in tho present constitution of Louisiana, makes some suggestions not inapplicable to this State. The 2'imes Ray?, speuking of its own State: It will not do for those who are so profoundly aroused to a sense of tho danger and disgrace to this State and people, from the fearful prevalence of corruption in public officers, tho profli? gate wasto of the public treusure, tho corrupt transfer of thu franchises of the State to unscrupulous rings, and the consequent great oppression and grievous burdening of our people and property, to exhaust their vigor and zeal in vain nnd impotent demonstrations, in imprac? ticable plans of resistance, in crimina? tions and recriminations, and in disputa? tions upon abstract propositions. The wrong and danger of the present state of affairs are known and understood by all. It is tho remedy which now demands our attention and most deeply interests the people. The theory of our Government compels our submission to tho existing Government and laws. Wo may ovado this necessity and duty of submission. We may effect a repeal of tho obnoxious laws. Wo may arouse public sentimont to the final and lawful obliteration of the men and measures that have brought us to our present condition. But to go beyond this, is to engage in revolution and invito the interposition of tho Fede? ral power, whioh is watchful and ever eager for a pretext to interfere in our domestic government and cooroo obedi? ence to our spoilers and oppressors. Something more practical and effective must be done to givo any promiso of re? lief from tho impending ruin and dis? grace. What of that nature has yet been proposed? Wo confess our ina? bility to answer this question satisfac? torily. The authors of our present mis? government and great demoralization aro intensely practical. They ean only be succee8fully resisted by equally prac? tical measures of resistance They have the color of legal authority; they take caro to put their schemes in forms of law, and in conformity- to judicial de? cisions. It must, therefore, occur to all practical minds that they must be mot by ohanges and repeal of the laws, and by punitive and obstructivo legislation, which will disconrngo and prevent tho acts and doings, now apparently sanc? tioned by law and judicial authority. Somo of these changes aro obvious. They are: 1. A provision of tho Stato Constitu? tion, excluding from all offices of trust, every person who may be found guilty of the offence of selling or buying tho votes of officers, of recoiviDg any compensa? tion beyond his lawful emoluments, for engaging in any form of barter or specu? lation in political or official patronage, and providing moro practical and facile process of investigating all charges of such offences, and obtaining duo convic? tion thereof. 2. A constitutional provision invali? dating all laws, grunts and official acts oreating special privileges and corpornto rights and powors which cnn bo shown to havo beou obtained by fraud and cor? ruption. This is doue in Euglnnd uudcr a pro? cess of tho nature of a quo warranta, which is tuleen out in tho name of the Queen, and has been found a vory effect? ive modo of quashing corporations whioh havo boon created by corrupt and fraudulent moans, and aro injurious to tho public. Either this or a return to tho system whioh existed in this Stato prior to tho war, of denying to the Le? gislature the power of oreating special charters. ? Mr. William B. Astor's dinner service is the handsomest in thus country. It was bonght by his father, John Jacob Astor, and used by him during his rosi denoe in Paris and Switzerland. All tho dishes, the plates, the frait-atands, the epergnes, are of solid silver. The dessert plates aro of Sevres ohina, em? bellished with portraits of tho celebrated beauties of the Conrt of Loais XIV. By the will of Mr. Astor, this dinner s?rvice desconded to his oldest son, and at the doath of its present owner, it must go to his son, John Jacob, Jr., and then to tho latter's son, and so on to tho latest generation. Ex-Governor Leland Stanford loft Albany, New York, about twenty yeart? ago, and weat to California, taking with him great expectations and almost no money. Fortuno favored him, and now, says tho Troy Press, ho is worth $10,000,000, owns a lino of Pacific steam? ships, three lines of stage ooaohes, thir? teen., gold mines, nineteen factories, forty-five farms, ftnd several first class hotels. ??lllljj'l a "IM IgBBBrfflBBpMHg^^ j 8 - MEMBERS Oit THE STATE LKOISZIATTJBB AT WABHXNOTON--THEIR STATEMENTS r?eiSBers of *Wf??at^Catl)li&^e?i8l?i Jaroii with Mb efe civil officers! j ate ia to wb? for the p?rpbso of baying before tte to ttie conditioner nffl^JSn tbji State. Moat of thenr'are'colored raenratideome do not expect to return home at present, ia oousequouce of the danger to whioh they would be expoaed. Among those in the city to-day were Lieut. Gov. Ban sier, State Senators Wimbush, Beverley Naeb, Bobert 'Small' andT?. E. Havue, with State Ifopre^ntativer M?filey;*Jr& Hardy, H; W>. Purvis, Gen. WY J. Whipr per and Benjamin Byass.' Major Butz, Gen. Worthington, Sheriff Buford and Mr. Thomasoa, Assistant 'Secretary of State, are also with the party. They have seen many of the leading public men, and some of them will wait upon tbe President before leaving. It is estimated by the Republicans montioned that, since October, 1870, at least 400 political murders have been committed ia South Carolina, chiefly io the Counties West of Columbia. The number of those who have been whipped and otherwise assaulted is muoh larger. Ia answer to i u qui ries addressed to them, these gentlemen give it as their opinion that the recent outbreak ?and attending violence aro thc beginning of the cam? paign of 1872, and t h at tho design of the Ku Klux is to torrorize thc Republican mnjority away from the polls, or into the Democratic ranks. The conspiraoy ig? nores secession, it being asserted that tho "Klan" take an oath against it. It involves, however, a determination to seize by force both the State aad Nation? al Governments. Oue of the most not? able fucts about tho Klan is that their bauds aro armed with rifles and revolvers of the most approved patterns. Ae evi? dence of this, it is stated that daring the reocnt fights with the militia in Union and Coester Counties, more than 1,000 mounted men assembled at Cheater Court House, all armed with now Win? chester repeating rifles and Colt's revolv? ers. White men, who otherwise are unable to provide themselves with the necessa? ries of life, are quite generally known lo be ia possession of these expensive wea? pons. One Republican, residing at Co? lumbia, mentions, as an illustration, thc fact that a man whom he knows, a worth? less fellow, of low habits, aud very poor, appeared on the occasion of some ularm at night, with a Winchester rifle and two navy revolvers. Beiag asked where he got them, bo replied: "Oh, they were giving them oat, and I thought I might as well have one as tbe others!" Where they were given oat, or for what purpose, ho would not say. Several of the dele? gation give it as their, opinion, from in? vestigations whioh have been mada by tho State authorities, that the organiza? tion, of which the Ku Klux are the visi? ble representatives, has extensive support from the North. It is mentioned as a singular coinci? dence, that tho same ox-rebel general who is stated in tho Senate report on North Carolina affairs to have organized the Ku Klux thero, was in Columbia a short time before tho reocnt most violent out? break. On Monday, the 20th inst., after tho United States troops wore withdrawn from Chester Court House, a freight train with a car attached, having n num? ber of colored mea oa board, was fired into. Fortunately no one was hast. It is tho opiaioa of tho delegation that tho ooly way of insuring present protection to life aad property is to use tho United Stales army to suppress them, and afterward garrison the disturbed regions until the existenco of peace ena? bles emigration aad capital to settle thero. Lioutenant-Governor Ransier adds that he regards the situation as critical, and is disposed to believe that thc sober-thinking men of tho other party do not countenance these outrages; that tbe passage of the amnesty bill iu some liberal form will go far to lessen tho feeling of bitteroess, consequent, as ho bclievos, upon the changod condition of affairs in that section. Ho will Bhortly givo publicity to his views upon affairs in South Carolina, and will urge that the truo remedy to be applied, as looking to permanent peace, will be found in a better understanding between tho two races, to bo brought about by a ooufcrenco of tho leading moa of both parlies and classes. Mr. Ransier joins in tho demand for protective legislation as a present necessity. As tho Chairman of tho Republican State Central Com? mittee, his views oro of importance, as showing the conciliatory tendencies of tho oolorcd Republicans. [Correspondence New York Tribune. While tho passengei' train on the At? lantic and Galt Railroad, Eastward bound, was leaving Thomasvillo on last Monday night, a .?an named White, and said to be from Florida, fell from the platform whiloin a state of intoxication, and was run over aad' instantly killed, tho top of his head being crushed by the oar wheels. M. Kass, the Mayor of Strasburg and Deputy to the National Assembly, died at Bordeaux, oa the 3d nit. M. Gam? betta pronounced a funeral oration, end? ing with these words: "Happy M. Ku os, to have tho privilege of entering yonr agonized country only as a dead man." An Indianapolis gentleman's claim for divorce is based on the ground that when ho married, four weeks ago, his wife's hair was black, but now it is red enough to entitle her to tho front rank in a torch-light procession. Isham Finney, a colored Kn Klux, some timo ago under charge of outrag? ing a giri of thirteen years, baa been arrested in Pittsylvania County, Vs.? for attempt in g au outrage upon a highly respectable married lady pf that County. Even Fred. Douglass declares Hayti a failure. Its paper m?dey requires au outlay of $1,000 for a pound of tea, and iu five years there have been three.revo? lutions and 4,000 major-gonerals. 3 ' - r- JP Iain ab tl fancy colored printing .exe V outed with neatness and deabafcob.- oh 'tlio , moat, reasonable i?tm^'MM^)^^ ? ,t?-lh*rfO>^ tr^ni}c?biDg^property?tuJrtt?^J;? ,(,?.,.,*, minion, will Wao?clai 2o '.ftfd ??..J^a*fc:?' Besides leads, rn?es, chusca;';et?).$M?tSa^i Book and' job printiug of everjQfl^ attended to promptly (ai PHOENIX pffice, \ The '..l??alV admita to hiving been April-fooled. ' Botte |a^^/(4fie;M^j>V . tai n Hoiso's were used' as a bjaj^j^: j ': Senator Wilson, of Adderson;[has;de? clined the position o? J dry Commission- . er, tendered bim by tho Governor/^? *; The small engino, belonging to tho In? dependent Fire Company, 4ms been sold 1 to a oooipiajr iu Wal ? 6 Jiu, It-Vf ill. gi vc satisfaction, as the machino 'is still in perfect order. f| .?. SL?$ . See what Messrs; Porter ? Steele.have to say in this morning's PHOK?X. The_ ladies jrill not fail to pay them a T?ftift* See the card of Mesa rs. Goldsmith .& Kind, in OD other column. They are prepared (and fully competent) td exe? cute all kinds of work in their fin?.^ " Phalon's "T Love You" is all the rage. It is an exquisite perfume. C F. Jack? son has it for sale.' See tho card of Mr. W. C. Fisher, ia j another column. As ho rooms,in. tho building, persons in search. of medicine at unusual honra can be accommodated. The anniversary mee ti n K pf the Cola m bia Bible Society will bo ; held, at tho Presbyterian Chu ich, thia G. vening, at half-past 7 o'cloak, on which occasion tho Rev. Joseph B. Wilson; Dr D.,;; will deliver a sermon. Tho public aire .re? spectfully invited, to attend. A collec? tion will bo taken up to aid in Bible dis? tribution. ; - .'; ,Columbia Division,.,Spna:. of Tempe? rance, is in a prosperous condition. A ball has been ? leased fromaDr.:WheeIer, (a few doors below the'Pn03N?x' Office,) which is being-ne?tly,x^t^?dt ?u^'aj?d^iU shortly be occupied. . V?.?} "Vf 'rt ---vr^-r^^-.v.-.'. . i rr.; i, v . ., ?j...->. RELIGIOUS SEBVIOES THIS D A?. -Tri? nity Church-:ReV. P. J.:Shand, Rector, 10)<? A. M. and'4PI M.r r" ' . J ?g St. PeterV. CEuVcth-r-^Beti-Franois Ja- ( qu?me*.;^.iMasa MM^I^f^m% 10>?; Afternoon Service 4;PA M?%^' Lutheran, Church-Re v. A. R, Rude, IO&?W, : i :/:v:rT ?;?s,_rt v= ? ? Presbyterian. Church--Be'vT. Jos. B. Wilson, 10>?'AV:M.>n.a tMPiifC''',:^. Washington Street Churchr-B^Yt Wm. ? Martin. 10>? Al M. ; Church"Bfn'fltmg, -a ;. P._M. , _ ? , ^ . :\ Marion ?ireet Church-ROY. Duvld Derrick, 10>? A. M. g?? Baptist Church-Rev. X Lr Reynolds, 10>? A. 3L and l&fP* M^v^ ." The exercises of tho Baptist Sunday School will bo conducted at 9 during the summer, instead of 3 P. M., as horetofore. ./ > a jil. MAIL ARKANGEMESTS.--Tho Northern. mail opens at 3.30 P. M.; closes 12.15 P. M. Charleston day mail'opens 4.30 P. M.; closes ll^pjA^ JITfiCharleston night mail opens- 8.30 Ai MA* Closes 6.00 P. M. Greenville .maiLopens 7.30 P. M.; closes 8.80 P. M. ,i Western mail opens 1.30 P'/M;; closes LSO P. "?? On Sunday office open from 3 to i P. M. G i; A ND PijANOTAxy iDrsiphAT.--There may be seen at present, soon after sun sot, the planets Ju pi tor; Mars, Yenna and the moon, all careering magnifi? cently in their orbits; Mars in tho East, Venus in the West, and Jupiter about in bia zenith, with the crescent moon rising towards her meridian.: They all av^m nearly in a direct, lino of the Heavers, and are, when un clo oded, remarkably brilliant, affording a rare and beautiful sight, such ita we are-not ?filen favored with; This attractive display may. bo observed for several evenings to come. - Saturn does not rise until towards morn-, ing, and Mercury rarely appears to- the . naked eye. , ft.. ?M USJlOoiVi HOTEL AI?RTVA1JS,: April l.r^Columi?a Hotel-"R. J. Duryea,!? W.'Dudley; Bev. and Mrs. Capers, Cbarle&pu; J. 3>. Sul? livan, Mies F. A. Sullivan, A.Pi. Byrd, > Laurens; J. W. MoOuUo?gbvMrs. D.-8. McCullough, Honea Path; W. Nethers, S. G. Bim mono, city; M. C. Butler, S. C.; Mr. and Mrs. John Clapp, Miss A. E. Sayre,- Binghamton; B. C. Hill, Ab? beville; Wm. Wade. AhgrjStai ' ^ , : yicArdrs?M H?uie~^T>. MoNei), .Wades, boro; Mr, and Mrs. J. B./Gantry, Rich? mond; James1 M. Martin, Abbeville; Charles G; Pease,1* Dayton; P. Cooa au, Charloteo; H. J. flail, S. C. !' ' LIST p?iNaw ADVEETISIEMENTS. . Wm. J. Etter-To the Public* J. C. B- Smith-.Citiz?nf, Bank. Hostetter*0 stomaon Blvte)r?f .r k < -, Porteri&Steeler-DryAQ9ods.' L?rick & Lowrance--Groceries, otc. Goldsmith k Kind--Machinists. Brookbauks & Co^-?-B?ffl?ft. Walter C. Fisher-Druggist. Columbia Building and Loan Assoc. F. A.'Schneider^Ju?tB?celvod'. '.{