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n ci Tuesday Morning, April 4.1871; Oenerul Ktnhaw'i Letter In Pall. Wo have already referred, briefly, to the letter of this patriotic and discreet* citizen-soldier*. We publish it in foll, aa giving to tho pnbiio abroad a calm and truthful impressioo of oar domestio dis? orders. The deep fooling which of late has de? veloped: itself in every portion of this State, in relation to the sabjeot of taxes and oar finances in general, cannot be ignored. The peoplo of the State aro arouse J, und justly aroused. Tho senti mout is stroog and genoral that some-! thing mast be done to arrest the existing evils that have sprang from the fraad and ; corruption of our local rulers. Aa wo have before stated, no doubt the effort will be made to ascribe this public feeling to disaffection to the General Go vorumen'r, and the United States flag will be used as a mantle with which to hide a multitude of sins. Bat this cannot and will not deceive a discriminating public. No reasonable mau desires to ovado his I contributions to thc Rapport of govern-; ] mont. But when the taxes are unneces? sarily high, and the assessments of pro? perty are unreasonable, and when further, the' hard earnings of the impoverished people of South Carolina go into the pockets of thieving offloials-as is often the caso-or are lavis' il y squandorcd in the support of multiplied offices, it is right and proper that the public should raiso its voioe .and seek redress and re? form. ; Wo have said that some form ot j aotion is called for. ' As to the epeoiflo form this aotion should take, this ought, in oar judgment, to be left to tho calm and deliberate consideration of wise and discreet citizens in convention assembled, This may be said: The evils that exist j demand reform and should be arrested before farther damage. As to the reme? dy, this should be practical and o floe ti ve, Whilst we should take no position that I is untenable, we should, at the same ' timo,, resolutely and ? firmly address our selves to relief from I the evils that sur? round us. ij'i <-??.>-. THE PARTS R?VOLU HON.-There seems to bo no early prospect for the restora? tion of order in unfortunate Paris. Ex? citement increases, and, stimulated bj fears of dissensions within and the pro? bability of attack from without, which may bo aggravated by German co-opera? tion, the revolutionary loadors have be? come desperate in their management of affairs. Hostility against the rich peo? ple, the priests and foreigners, particu? larly Englishmen, is encouraged. Espi? onage is unlimited, and denunciations of pareons suspected of treason to the Com? mune are hourly made, and many have been arrested. It is stated that the guil? lotin? wiU s^on, be . brought apon the soefto, ou3 many prominent citizens ure marked fur execution. All able-bodied males in Paris have been ordered to join the revolutionary Nationul Guard, but J all Nationals who havo manifested loyalty to-thc Versailles Government ure being disarmed! Some of the revolutionary leaders affect to believe that the Ver? sailles troops will not fight, but their preparations for a desperate cooflict are extensive, and their measures of proscrip? tion ii nd the spread of terror consequent j "(?pon their acts are rapidly depopulating Paris of its best citizens, About 150,000 people have loft the city within ten days. The", Communal Council is said to bo considering; a preposterous proposal for, paying the Prussian indomnity, by sell? ing tho palaoo of 'Versailles to an Anglo American company for 1,000,000,0001 francs; St. Cloud,1 to a German gambling j proprietor, for 800,000,000; and Fou t ai ci ohioan, for 500,000,000. If matters in France continue to pro? gress in the present stylo much longer, that unhappy country will not have within its bordors a single party prominent. mau -Uiat has not been for? mally pronounced dangerous to tho pub? lia wolfare by some Assembly or Cabinet. Qa mho tia -outlawed tho Imperialists; Thiers pat down tho coterie that ruled France from Sedan to the first cleotion after tho surrender of Paris. Next, tho new; rcpobUo was compelled to place on dor political bau tho MontmartroistB; i. and .PP Wi tho journal of tho latter demands the impeachment of the Versailles As j sembly, -From prevent appearances, this j advice will bo carried into effect; and . f thop wo a.hall bave t hq rare apeotaclc of ! all the Governments and ex-Governmonts I of. Fjoncq trying each other for treason, with the sontonoea duly recorded against | .M; ono. ano thor, if not carr iou into effect. This state of affairs ia saddening as well aS po rpi ox lng. for it augurs any t hi og bot good for the'cause of popular govern? ment in France Gen. Kortlmvr'j Kepi j- to Senator ito 'QWEI,' S.'o'J?ar?b % 1^71.. ?. Bott. T* J. Botyrtsonfflnited ?fates Sena; DB?B BIB:^ ?ft? ibe lion$r tonaj knowledge, tbo, rec?ipt.of youjf<./aVor of the 18'thluBtant, and, after giving it that consideration which its grave importance demands, proceed to answer it?. This I am compelled to do without that oonfer enoo with . those gentlemen with whom you have assoeiutddi'mo, iu the address of ?our lotter, which. I .would gladly have ad, if it.had been practicable. I .need nojt assure' you of my earoosl desire to secure 'p?aco and order, and a just and faithful administration of the laws in this ruined and desolate Stato. TJie sacrifices I havo made of timo and labor, sentiment und feeling, and even of the regard of valued friends to promote thoso ends, aro well known to you. Nor need I do moro to vindicate tbe earuest henrt yearnings of oar good people for peace and security, thain to point to their unanimous snpport of a party which sought, last year, a.balm for tho healing of the hideous diseases of society, io u concession of legal efficacy and obliga? tion to tho amondmonts of the constitu? tion and tho no-called reconstruction Acts, nuking nothing in return but an honest aud just administration o? affairs. These concessions nud all overtures for petice were scornfully rejected by the colored people and their leaders. Under tho high-sounding and pretentious title of "National Guards," tho negroes were armed and equipped with tho deadliest aad costliest weapons and munitions of war, at thc expense of tho people. They woro excited, incoused aod infuriated by the speeches of false and unscrupulous demagogues, who played upon their blind passions and prejudices, as a skilful harper upon tho passive aod obedient abords of his instrument, until they were ready for a carnival of blood at tho bid? ding of their leaders. The commission? ers, managers and boards of election wore so selected, und tho election laws so cunningly devised, as to secure tho re salt of the ballot irrespective of tho will of the people. Thus by fraud, by forco aad hy canoing artifice, nogro domina? tion was Beoured, and the whites wero practically disfranchised. Tho Legisla? ture thus constituted, nod many of tho publio officials openly, notoriously and shamelessly plundered the people of the State, recklessly squandered the publia money, appropriating it to their own uses, and selling their votes and their influence for the passage of laws to open tho treasury to corrupt speculators. By these means the expenditures of the State Government have been in croas ed to more than five times the amount re? quired before the war, .while the means of the people have correspondingly di? minished. The taxes for two years, ag? gregating more than $1,003,000, aro ex? acted in this year, a period of greater financial die treas thnn.this people has en? countered since 1865. Swarms of high salaried offices ?heve been created before uuknown to ns, and, for the most part, tilled with incompetent negroes or ma? lignant and corrupt whito men, who seek to perpetuate their power by fo? menting discord between the races. Under these corrupting influences, thu negroes, in many places, have becomo violent, threatening aud dangerous. Murder, arson aad pillage have stalked through the lund almost onrebuked of justice, while every defensive aot of the whito victims has been magnified into a national crime. All these aro facts known to you. That in consequence there should be a disturbed condition of affairs in some localities, deplorable though it bo, is not to be wondered at. Let us rather bo thankful that it has beon confined to the Counties of Laurens, Uaion, Spartanburg, York and Chester. We will consider these disturbances fora moment. In Laurens and Chester there were collisions between the armed militia, or Nation ul Gourds, (negroes,) aad the whites, in opon daylight, the circum? stances of wbioh aro well known to you. In tho other Counties, disguised parties bave, from time to timo, within tho last throe mouths, administered Lynch law in certain oases. While these occur? rences are greatly to bo deplored, and somo of thom merit nnd have received .dmost universal condemnation, tho col? lisions in Laurens and Chester, by far the most serious af thom all, aro regard? ed by the best men who know tho fuots, as necessary and justifiable acts of self defence on the part of the whites. It is very generally believed that their prompt action prevented the general war of races, which thouqhtful men have 7'egarded immi? nent for some years past. While these things have occurred in the ?Counties mentioned, which are all aow quieted by the disarming of tho mi li tia, in other Counties profound peace hos prevailed. Hero, for instance, we havo enjoyed an unbrokon reign of quiet aad order, There was, at tho last Oonrt of Sessions, not one act of violence de? manding investigation, a circumstance which elioited the congratulations of tho presiding judge. Here there has beep no organized and threatening demonstrations of tho mili? tia, who, though armed, have not, I am informed, been'furnished with ball cart? ridges. On tho othor hand, I am satis? fied there has never been in this County say'organization corresponding in any way to what is termed tho "Ku Klux Klan," or auy other unlawful associa? tion. I take it that I his condition of things exists in by far the larger portion of the State. li ul like causes produce Uko results, and, jUiertf?re, any demonstra? tion on the part of, the negroes, and especi? ally the armed militia, which would rendel our people apprehensive of an attack, would very probably induce organhatiom for defeA?iva. or prevBntlvs operations, tutu possibly lead to similar disastrous con?icti as ensued <U Laurens- and Chester, j -No? yob desire my ''aid tn arousing and con? centrating'tho opinion of all good elti sons in favpr .?? hi w. rind order.". You attribute to mo. in common with the other gentlemen whom you have addressed,"' '^^^^^^MoW^m tiona." - ?et m?'?^S^ illustrating one ol the many anomalies, cf the dav, that, notwith?tandiDg tho a?nfl doDoe tKXm expre?sed, the inosfc liberal a tun eb ty MU yet ropor tod' by y oar. ?orn mitteo does not proposo to plac? at.fhe disposal of tho State, in ooy o?luisl capacity, thoBO Qualities which &on-Bj*Pi iioao mu to possess. Nov?rthoi?iW, dis* ranohised and 4'unDnrd?"h'?a-" TfejOels though wo be, I claim, ip',oqn?rn?n with others similarly s$?aated,r to have dono more -to .promota, peaoo and. order..in Sonth Oarolino than all tho no-called loyal people ,w;ithib her borders. lam still for peneena" lasting ' peaco-such UH you rightly aupposo ono only be pre aerved 'in' auy community by a whole? some "public opinion." My oo-oporu tiou shall not bo wanting in auy feasible plan for harmonizing society hero. But, to bo perfectly ea ml ul vitu' you, I mUst declaro my settled conviction that, while I do not upproheud nuy further disturb? ances, unless there be fresh irritations, there can never be thal scour itt/ which will ever preserve thc peace of society, until some of tho ei-rors of thc past be connected and some of' our grievances bo remaped. All elana legislation should be repealed. Tax-payers ought to be scoured a repre? sentation in tho Legislature udcqnnto to their protection. Honest, capable and competent men should be placed in office. Accomplish theso things, and thia whole people will rise up nod call you blessed. Less than this would leave the same causes at work which have produced the prevailiug discord, and there could not bo that security which constitutes thc essential foundation of society. Tho white people of South Carolina uro now enslaved by their former slaves. "Taxa? tion without representation" was tho! battle gauge accepted by our revolution? ary Bires. Uurepresented aud politically disfranchised, we aro taxed for wanton purposes, beyond all precedent, and without even I he poor privilege of pro? testor appeal. Oaunot our rulers under? stand that, sooner or later, evon our endurance must give way nuder such a monstrous imposition? I propose to invito a meeting of promi? nent and iuflaeutial men from euch County, to consider the ooudition of things nnd to consult for the common weal. If yon or auy of your politicul associates can propose anything that will tend to satisfy the demands and necessi? ties of the case-to harmonize and to ameliorate the condition of tho peo? ple-I doubt not they will consider your EUggestions most carefully and respect? fully. I shall be most happy to be the medium of any euch communications a? you may desire to make to them. I trust this proposed measure may moot yonr approval, as it accords with your own suggestion. I shall invite tho co-opera? tion of the other gentlemen named. Appreciating tho sincere aud patriotio purposes which induced your communi? cation, and thanking you personally for your good opinion, I am, very respect? fully, yours, J. ll. KERSHAW. LETTER FROM GENERAL BLAIR.-Gene ral Frank Blair has written a letter to the editor of tho Montgomery (Ala.) Mail, in responso to a request that hu should endeavor to compose thu "dead issue" controversy amoug Democrats iu the South. In regard to tho Recon Htrnctior, Acts and thu amendments, ho says, ir. effect, that if the Dem?crata c?rry the country in 1872, they can do what they please with tho Reconstruc? tion Acts, and to that end it docs not matter-the worth of a straw whether they aro Iogal or not; if it bo decided to repeal them, they will bo repealed; if it ia not, they will not be. Tho New York Board of Education, composed of patties of all religions, have just excludod from the public schools of that city ull text hooke published by Harper & Bros. This was done as au expression of indignation and disgust at the in fatuous caricatures of tho Popo and Catholic religiou, a subject upon which the bigoted pencil of iMr. N?st hus lately been constantly employed. Thus the publishers suffer to tho extent of about i? 10,000 per annum, und UH their souls lie in their pockets, we may now look for something nkin to repentance. Now Englaud is increasing ho rap' ?ly in foreign population as to threaten .Le ultimate extinction of ali thu chief cha? racteristics of thu Yankee race. In tho last decade alouo, thu increase of foreign born amounted to thirty-eight p<ir cent, of tho entire population. Resides this, negroes rushing to tho footstool of the abulitioti fathers have swelled thoir nura bor to nearly 32,000 souls, and thu joyful cry is, "Still they como." Tho people of Bordeaux manifested their patriotism at tho arrival of tho 7?u| members of the French National Assem? bly by demanding fabulous prices for j the poorest accommodations President Thiers was charged 0,000 francs a mouth for two small rooms, very indifferently furnished; and the Government hud tu pay 1,500 francs daily for the theatre where the National Assembly held its sittings. ANOTHER NOUIJK CONFEDERATE GONE. Colonel Albert J. Smith, formerly eli ut paymaster of the Southern and Western Confederate armies, and boforo the war a prominent paymaster in tho United States army, died ou March 28, of typhoid favor, in Nashville, Tenn. Dn. WlNSMlTH.-This gentleman has died of the wounds iuilicted upon bim in his own house, a few nights since, by certain parties in disguise. The general minutes of tho Methodist Episcopal Church record the death ul ninety preachers from the itinerant ranks during tho year 1870. The New York Post tells the Republi? cans that it iu the duty uf tho party tu settle tho Southern dillie ul ties, not tu inugify them, . Vinni? Ream, it is alleged-by an ex? change, has begun a work called "Sad? ness, representing Grant hearing the returns from New Hampshire. Bttii.- The, fourteenth amendment to Jfio Oonatitb?^ w#h # Ka#,axi bill now bofoWSbo House rorofrsffB tog bo intended tdMBn(oroaj|ooDUin8 five'eec-f* tloos. The 'first, declares^ all periipnrt.; born pr naturalized in\t.ho Ubite&Butea ?itiz?ns thereof, and of tho States In 'which thoy livo; and it prohibits any State from "making, pr, enforcing any law whioh shall abridge tho privileges er immunities of citizens o? tho United States;" ou'd also prohibits tIii States from ? depriving. ."Any. .person oflifet liberty or property without duo process of law," and from denying to "any per? son within its jurisdiction the equal pro? tection of tho laws.". Tho second sec? tion relates to representation,, and has been superseded by tho adoption pf tho fifteenth amendment.' Th? third section exempts certain classes from tho general amnesty, HO fur as tho right to hold office is concerned. Tho fourth section relates to the public debt. Tho fifth pro? vides, iii tho usual manner, that "Con? gress shall have power to enforce, by ap? propriate legislation, the provisions of this article." Tho New York Evening Post, n lending Republican journal, objects to tho first Quotion of tho Ku Klux bill, that it ap? pears tu bc needless mid supererogatory, us it is not pretended that any Stute ha - mudo unequal laws; and to thc secon-. section, as wc have heretofore urged, that it confers upon the Federal Govern? ment duties und powers not contemplat? ed or granted by tho Constitution; mak? ing it tho poiico of the States, und aim? ing to make of the United States Courts merely police courts. Wc pniuted out in onr corn men ls yesterday that this bill flies in thu fuco of tuc principle ucted upon by tho United Status Government from its foundation, that wbeu it sought to assume "sole nud exclusive jurisdic? tion" in auy "place" in a State, it first obtained u cession thereof from the State, lt now asks uo leave of tho State to ste]) out of tho narrow bounds occupied by its custom-houses and forts, and exercise jurisdiction over thc whole vast area of the State territories. There might as well be a section inserted in tho bill abolishing tho limitations of tho Constitution entirely. Tho Post insists that if tho law were enforced it would not only degrade tho Uuited States Courts, but breuk down and overthrow our wholo system of government, and subject us to a centralized administra? tion, which would shortly end in a des? potism like that of Napoleon in Franco. The Post well adds: "Rut let not tho Republican* iu Con? gress attempt to deceive the country with a sham. This section and the two which follow it are so dearly in violation of the Constitution, that the Supremo Court wonld, when tho first case under them carno up on appeal before it, de? clare them invalid. lu the meantime, any attempt to enforce suoh bad and dangerous acts will make all concerned in it justly odious; and thoro is no bot? ter or quicker way to bring tho Republi? can party nnd tho President into disre? puto than by adopting such un uncon? stitutional aud revolutionary Aot as this. "But Congress has u remedy for exist? ing disorders in its powor-ono quite within tho Constitution-the adoption of a general amnesty law. Wo trust sensi? ble and law-respecting members of Con? gress of both parties will uuito to pass ouch ari Act at once." This is sound advice, and coincides with that of the lending Republican peri? odical, tho New York A'ation. Tho New York Sun also has a lending article on "Tho Great Question in tho South." in whioh it urges that, with the restoration of tho Union tho rights of tho States aro restored; that tho Soul hoi n States are no longer in tho position of criminals seeking pardon and held on their good behavior, bat equal partners in the fede? ration, aud entitled to equal rights and equal consideration with all other States. lt adds: "Nuw, without going into any refine? ments over tho question of State rights aud Federal authority, it will be fouud, in tho loDg rim, in thu futuro, as iu tho past, that thu average intelligent public sentiment of a 3tate should aud will con? trol tho general relations aud conduct of its people toward one another; that the general standard of law und justice will bo kept itt that precise lovel ut which tho civilization uud morality of tho whole community stand, uud that neither tho law nor tho conduct of tho people of any Stato can bo permanently kept at auy higher standard than a majority of thu people buve themselves reached."? The Sun proceeds to declare, what we have, before indicated, that the immedi? ate cause of tho alleged outrages iu South Carolina and elsewhere is to be found io the unparalleled robbery and eorruptiou practiced by tho alien governments, with tho help of their iguoraut and corrupt legislators, but says: "It is ovident thut tho struggles now going on in tho very heart of society in the former slave States aro not to be improved by much mingling of tho United States authority therein." It is strange that six years after tho war has ended, such legislation us that proposed by Congress is now deemed uocessury, unless the object bo purely political and partisan. Even in thut event, judging from the results of tho enforcement Act of last session, it may provo of more than doubtful expe? diency.-Baltimore Sun. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Keri, of Fort Bayard, New Mexioo, and six other per? sons, were murdered by tho Apache In? dians, near tho Mexican border, a few days ugo. Several others were woaaded, but ('heaped. Tho Indians have at? tacked several other traveling parties. Something of tho size of Texas may bo inferred from ide foot, ufSoibl'y shown, thut after dcduoliiig all tho lands ever patented to her citizens, and all subsidies to railroads, tho Stute still owns 91,929,? 630 acres. Fashionable young ladies, in Memphis, lead pot gouts by blue ribbons. oo JJCP of the Bgam?tl is >?vq c?) ts*, ?ir B delegation rpi Safe aria Fo? s is OD ? i; vii ?? to the??pdfan ?ure?u at ft feabing \o??~ Foxes''beating..8o?'(k)?. vit fa them have been visiting'tho Sooth for several years. We oall them "carpet-baggers," in this country, and they can trump over their Indian, prototypes in the art of jacquiring, mthont taxing their skill td . uny nevero extont. .Plain and .fancy colore J printing exe? cuted-wi th neatness und despatch, on Abe most1 reasonable. terms. -'AU'the'latest styles of cards, ?c., on han? and printed in excellent style, ut the PHONIX office. Tho martins are beginning..to make their appearance in and about Oolumbini Good-bye, cold weather. Book and job printing of every kind attended to promptly at PHONIX o?loe,. The old trotter "Grey Eagle," owned by Mossrs. Boyce & Co., is in trim for another match. Wo bad a pleasant tum behind tho grey nug, a day or two ago. Merry's Museum for April is received. Thia magazine is conducted with rare ap? preciation of what will entertain and in? struct young readers. Terms Si.CO a year; a specimen number ten cents. Horace B. Fuller, publisher/Boston. Pamphlets, briefs, catalogues, dodgers, posters, hand-bills, bill-hoads-in fact, everything in tho way of job printing golton up'in tho best style ?nd on terms that wo pledge ourselves will be satisfac? tory to all parties. Let us hear from yon, business men, in the shape of or? der? for the spring trade. With ap? proved machinery und steam power, we challenge comparison in prices. A housekeeper says there ja no venison in the markets, but plenty of dear meat. Tho news comes from Enrope that bonnets are soon to be larger. It is nearly timo for the fashion to change, and they cannot well be mude smaller. Thc following appointments bavobeen announced at the Executive Department: Jehu Morrell, resident at No. 34 Pine streit, New York city, to bo Commis? sioner of Deed?. H. Witt, Trial Justice, Lexington County. Sylvester Bleck i ey, Jury Commissioner for Anderson Coun? ty, ric? John Wilson, resigned. The present week is the last in Lent and is called Holy Week. Thc different services throughout are of tho most solemn and snored obaraoter, for the end approaches, and Friday next ia to be celo brated os the anniversary of the doy on which tho Son of God was offered np as a rcdemplion for the MHB of tho world. Tho chnrch sits in the sackcloth and ashes of sorrow until the adveut of Easter morning, when tho glorious nows of the resurrection is proclaimed. The army sent i uto South Carolina to hunt the Eu-Kluses aro to be provided with an abundance of witch-hazel wands. It is alleged, moreover, ?hat Gen. Grant, so impressed with his success in handing tho Indians over to the Quakers, intends entrusting the Ku Klux commission to the care of 'tho Spiritualists, ??j March gave au expiring kick, yester? day. Boreas had thiugB his own-way. Bead the advertisement of tho manu? factures of the Columbia Cotton Seed Oil Company, ami then give some of them a trial. All they claim is concedod by the community. -. It is reported that tho safe ; of ^ tho County Treasurer'of Abbeville-Mr.?L. H. Bussell-was robbed, on Friday night, and about S 10,000 carried ?ff. Tho safe was deliberately opened and tho money abstracted. The guilty party ia strongly suspected. If you want to oojoy a luxury call on Chris. Uayneswortb, at tho Columbia Hotel saloon, and obtain a dry shampoo. It is particularly pleasant-tho only diffi? culty is to avoid going to sleep under Curie.' manipulations. The post office ot Codar Spring?, in Spartanbnrg County, baa boon re-estab? lished, and William H. Rogors appointed postmaster. What in Pennsylvania or Massachu? setts is mildly oalled a row, is msgniticd iu the South into an insurrection. SADES YESTERDAY.-A vast amount of real es ta to was disposed of yesterday the majority being at Sheriff's sales. Messrs. D. C. Peixotto tc Son have fur? nished us with tho following list of what they disposed of. The aa?o was well attended: Six lots on Plain street, between Main and Assembly, at $11,560; unimproved lot on Blauding street, near Sumter, 81,550; lot on Gervais street. Dear Gates, 81,025; houso and lot on Upper streot, 8380: lot on Main street, near Washing? ton, $1,800; lot on Blandiug street,' ?ear Bull, 81,050; lot at intersection of Wayne and Laurel streets-, $1,300; house and Int cm Lumber Street, near * Marion, $1.200; 150 acres of land, at $200) 230 acres ou Rioe Greek, $325; 27 spares stock South Carolina Railroad Cu&paoy brought $80 per share; 40 shares Char? lotto and,(South OaroHna Railroad, 837 per abare; 40 abares Oolam bia and Au? gusta Railroad, 43 50; 80 shares Colum? bia Bridge Company, $8; 125 shares Columbia dus Light Company, $14. ?> i M.'.-i Charleaton day mailopens 4:801 night mail opo?S 8i-30 AJ $L* icloS&a fi?DO "?' M.; closes. 8.30 ;F^d. ;,jWe??errj mail.^ open?1,80 fSjK^^?^^^^B?S Sunday cmce op?n* from mw^mAm^Xv sp - ? THE - MILITIA [?< - Riomj?Hb: -Several ojlored companies w?T?/jfoh&v?'pl^ yesterday' m?nt^^W^MWm^^^ order from boadquarterp.put a fetop to. it:... . . BrEAi?cj's Sotfra CAIIOMNA MEWTIA,.' . ADJO'T AND INSP'B GKN'B OFWiik,, -? ! COLUMBIA, April 8," :187Lic _ SPECIAL OIIDKRS, No.r ir. . . ^ T t In:view of Ihn bitter and excited, sa? turo of political opinion, ot-.this time, it IB believed to bu impolitic to have the companies of thu"*. National Guards, in this city; turn but forJ public .display; and,.by direction of bia Excellency R. . K. Scott, Governor rmd Cohim?nder-in Chief, it is hereby ordered that no armed muster, either for drill or parade, eball take place in this city wi tb o nfc. tho direc? tion or oonsent of this Department, J . - C.;Iii ANDERSON/ ' Acting Adj't and Inspector,Gon'l. Capt. JACOB THOMPSON, Company B, 2d Regiment t?. C. N. G.. Colombio, S. C. LADIES' OBPHAK S6aD3T?--:A. Nonna Cnanrrx.-This -important, benevolent association of tho Indica of Columbia it 1 is proposed to re-organize and resusci? tate to that vigorous life it erjjoyed ipr so many years prev ious to the lato war. Now that it is more needed than ever, it should not be allowed to die ont for want of a little timely fostering care. Its funds, though.materially diminished, are bot so- en Uroly exhausted that tho annual subscription of one dolla- from each member will not enable it Btill to do muoh good. If but one poor, orphan girl be aaved by it, from beggary end ruin, it wero worth more than all the,ex? pense attached to thia needed charity. The ladies of this community aro eamett hj solicited to attend at the Female Academy, OD this day, at 4 P. M., the meeting for. re organizing' thia1 society, when officers will be eleoted, tho sub? scription price of membership taken rip and many now members, it; ia to bo hoped, added to tho list of membership. Surely ono dollar per annum is not too large a Bum to devote to the causo of tho helpless orphan: - Although < thia society bas, of lato years, languished, yet-itstill owns tho boase in which it formerly car? ried on its work ?f benevolence, and where it is proposed to actively continuo it, whenever funds can bo ' ob tai nod to justify tho undertaking, and to, inaugu? rate those initiative measures, ? having reference proppectively to' the develop? ment of an extensive, a systematic, and noble charity. Let us expresa tho hopo that this work will not bo neglected, and that a largo aud earnest meeting will as? semble at the' Female ^?TO?enoy'^ai 4 o'clock P. M., to-day.' : ; ?. HoTEii AnntvAXJB, 'April 3-Columbia Hotel-A. H. Davegai Chester; George Tupper, S.' O.; T. S. Koller;; Monticello; L. W. Du vail, J? W. Clarke, Winnsboroi. Lt. S. Cattery, N. Moffat, J;- Bradley, Now York; G. B. McCirifi^ifirrtnoro;, E. H. Brooks, Augusta; Thos.'AuderaoD,. Fairfield; T. J. Walten; J; "F-YGreen and wife, Pendleton; J. B. ROBSOU/H." Vi^Ii.* Sprigg, W: A.' Bradley, Charleston; ? F. P. Lipscomb, OhappefTs Depot. f* Ifickerson House-S. W. Watson, Fair? field; W. D. Wilson,-New York; Wade S. Moore, Baltimore; J.' J. Lawrance, N. C.; H/W. Rice, Lexington'; J.' H. Hall, S. C.; H. J. Mansfield,Col le ton; Obi. lilford. U. S. Army ; C. B. Sbeadan, 8. C; C. F. Stanley,'Sub'Frttt?oHco; Mt*, abd Mrs. F. Bush, citv; F. A. Connor, Cokesbnry; W. H: Trescott, Pendleton; J. B. Bussel,- Sumter; G. W/Dnva?l, W, A. Re ti tone, Chesterfield; W. R. Wil? son, Jr.; York; Mrs. H. G. Witherspoon and datighter. Sumter^'M?BS'JL.'' Wither? spoon, Yorkvill?j, J..',0.jM^gf.Greens? boro; S. B. Simpson. J. W. HurrieoD, S. C.; M. Keaton, A. Thomas, New York; J. A. Franklin.1 LoulsvilhvF. 'D. Bush, G. & c. R. R. , -Y:;YY/;YYYTY':' LIST OW NHW ADVERTISEMENTS. \ ? ? Columbia Oil CO.'B Mnnufaotoros. I Meeting Palmetto Fire Company. Mrs. A. McOormiok--Millinery. " ': Meoting True Brotherhood Lodge. J. W. Parker-Mansion for Bale, fl * John A. Jacksou--Notlo?? Monteith k Fielding-Atibtion, ko. For Sole-Horses apd Joules. j'.)r , M Uo\,r. AUD COBMEB WCBK.-NOW is the Una tn attack tlie rata, mice, bedbugs and r<>aohea to every bole and corner? -JOBI, pvt- ISAAC SEN'S "?rma Pop" in their roaob, and iUtov'11 troop ont of their haunt*, devour it and die. tiold by aU di agglst?. <. ? * * Uta _? ??*.? i nrH- ? Lt ppm ari's Bittern ore tor Sale by : all drng gista and dealers. Depot id Columbia, H. C., jUOjToma ft MoaBaoon's, PragglaU. 818 . " " -Foi Bal?i'"" A LOT ?f '.flno tr?B?ESli^ fU^and MUL?8,1 %1 broke.*o? JaaTN?pply at A g now & Co.'e Sta-ja bleu. Anembly atroet. Apm ay ?eegers' B?er^ ls Ptjre;,. ^ IT ?lo?'l contain 'C?c?c??u?' i?Wo^f' Hah B?rrles tot tflake 'Bl^cpy or headache; j> ' .-M'.'.. I ;M . .?otiCS. i ' [' A LL persona traniaetsng butmena ut any "A. kind that havo not ?ken'o?t.'U^nrieBby 'iC?K$DAT, Al'R?L 6?*,'iriit??tr Whl'"'ba dealt with according to MTft^^tnvaVfcftfa? Olerk and Oily Trtotfrt^M^if.op rn* ^im&W^M April 41 Chief Of Polioo. "