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T?he New York World'? Remedy. The oondition of affaira io ibis State, proceeding from looa! misrule, is at? tract mg attention abroad as well as at home. That the patient i? sick, is very generally admitted; bat thero seema to be no little difference of opinion aa to the proper remedy for the case. Oar co te m pora iy of the New York World comments upon Mr. Memminger's renie? dy. The World regards that remedy good, bnt clearly impracticable, as it is not likely that the oolored voters wonld consent io a curtailment of their voting privileges. The World has some sug? gestions to .offer, whiob, without com? ment, we place before our readers. We need that wisdom whioh comos from a number of counsellors. The World sag? res ts: 1. That the Massachusetts qualifica? tion be adopted, to apply? to all voters hereafter admitted to the right of suf? frage. 2. Introduce into the State Constitu? tion a provision that for the next ten years the membors of the Legislature shall serve,fti&f?jjj Vfl- t - iT,; Xs? there bb a prohibition to incur any State Atbt previous to the year 1880, except for the purpose of subduing in surnuttwrn or replacing the public build t?ga destroyed by fire. 4. Let a fair, estimate be made of the reasonable expenses of the State Go? vernment, and then prohibit the raising of a greater sum by taxes for a period of ten years. 5. Give the Governor an absolute veto on all bills passed by the Legislature 6. Extend thia appbinWg^power of tho Governor to all the subordinate execu? tive and all the judicial officers of the State. In introducing these points, the World ?sys: "We cannot expect our counsels or sug? gestions to. have much weight in South Carolina; but suoh as they are, we will ventare to offer them. We believe that a tolerably good State government might be organized without taking the suffrago from anyjwh.c*-now^ possess; fa The pre? sen* VvcrftmehV?onjiot^tand;. the peo? ple are so agitated and indignant, that ?ni?es a new government is constructed, the State will be plunged into the hor? rors of civil war, followed by anarchy. We are not intimately enough acquainted with tho public sentiment of Soath Caro lian, to perceive th?tf tb ere would be any insuperable opposition to a revision of the constitution embraoiog the following points, whioh, if accepted, would proba? bly reseue the State from its prosout deplorable oondition." And, in conclusion, it remarks: "Undoubtedly, more or less inconve? nience might attend the operation of some pasta of this plan; bat the State is reduced- toa choice of evils', and in its actual situation, we doubt if anything better can bo contrived than au unpaid Legislature, an absolute Veto power in the bauds of the Governor, and strict limitation of the debt-inaurring and tax levy iug power for jg term of years. With the Massachusetts qualification for all future voters, the gradual improvement of the cpnstjtuenoes would render it safe to make the restrictions on the taxing power and loan powor temporary, and after awhile.to pay the Legislature as in other States. But we should regard an attempt to make a sadden chango of the constituencies as unfortunate, both bo cause it would certainly fail, and bcoause it. Would-raise prejudices against othei modus of reform which might be at tempted by the same parties." Or? TROUBLES.-Liutonant-Governoi Runnier prints in a Radioal sheet the firs of twe or three articles upon tho trou bles in the State. Ia this first letter Mr. Ransier talks very handsomely o what is deemed1 to be the condition o affairs. He thinks, with reason, tha every good citizen ls interested in under standing the real causo of our troubles and proposes to contribute' his mit towards the remedy. The rest of th letter ia taken up in explaining that after the war, the South Carolina white did not act in the right spirit ; and ii asking the question whether the presen stupendous experiment in govern men can lia triod. jn -peaoojind cnn succeed When Mr. Hausier gets further into hi subject he wilt do bettor. At present, h is trying to. ride two horses at once, ul though unskilled in literary equitation. THE SU?TES' 's????, BGVER?IG?;.-Th Supreme Court'of the United, States rc ccutly struck a death blow to tho Radi eal doctrine of centralization. It hel tho exemption of S?ato Courts ''from a Federal. interference, and declared tb BtalesV under tho Constitution, "na sc voreign and independen,} ns the Genen ^??ment:'* f;That is tho truo dei trine. And now, what is to become < those leaders' and party organs who ai in tho habit of denouncing S tato right when ver the subject is m on Honed, i only "another mame for treason," an unquestionable evidence of "di sloy nit j Mr. Evan Lewis, of Mar iou, is dead g 1 ! njim -. 11,1 I ?BBa?B ! ! Pabilo Meeting In Abbeville. ' A publia meeting of tax-payers of Abbeville Ck>unty-was hejd in the publie eqaare. ,t*t Greven wood,* on i t?\?\ 1st- of j April, |?7i. B|th r?t^s j werrell Jep-j resented,' u?d ^ncd? a! d^Bp |f n8? oIi Ui> wrongs jmppfcod upcn\t he pooplo -andi {the min about to befall ns. .' On motion, Mr. James Bailey waa palled to the chair, and W. IC Blake, Esq., requested to aot ns Seerolary. On taking tho chair, Mr.' Bailey said, in a moat feollng amlimproesivo mannerr ho rejoiced that wo bad ono right left as, on whioh thero had'beon ' placed nu tax, or other restraint os yet, he thought, and that was the right to assemble quietly and peaceably to protest against corruption. If that jigbt.was restricted, wa would demand, Tit least, the" right/to complain. H?H position as tux-receiver had brought under bis observation many instances of. extreme hardship. A family, dependent, in gre#t measure, on tho daily supply of milk' from their cow, have been forced to sell her for a trifling sum, to pay the tax d?manded of them. Others had been foroed to sell of their scanty supply of provisions, thus depriv? ing their ohildren of bread, to raise the tax whioh is filched from the public Treasury. Many others are unable to pay anything, and, in some instances, the amount of tax to be levied exoeeds the value of the entire property taxed. Under such a stato of affairs, he wished to know how long would we have need of a tax-collector, or be able to pay a tax? Who would bo able to emply la? borers or render aid to the poor? Ho could se? nothing to cheer us in tho future. Every interest was prostrated, labor deprived of employment, and a fearful stato of confusion engendered all of which was tho result of official cor? ruption. He was a native Carolinian expeoted to live here, and hoped not to bo enshrouded in auch 'corruption as now prevails, when he shall have ended his career. W. K. Bloke, Edq., offered tho follow? ing resolution: Resolved, That we endorse the pream? ble and resolutions of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce, adopted on the 31st of March, 1871. Captain J. T. Parks, in seconding the above resolution, made an earnest and effective appeal to the colored citizens. He urgod them to awaken to a sense of their duty, their responaibility and dan? ger, in common with their whito fellow oitizons. . That they were .responsible for tho mabadrmuiciratiou of th? State government? and impending ruin, by maintaining in office'.'dishonest and de aig?lrrg nj^h. .^be^ could comprehend now, the moaning of the earnest entreat? ies and admonitions given them by their native ! white - friends, since they were experiencing -the bitter fruits of tpeir incredulity. Ho urged them, when au opportunity, ia offered, to hurl from office the public .plunderer, and elect none but men o? integrity. Above all, he said, let the white mon of tho State stand as a nuit, bound by tho indissolu? ble ties of a common interest and a com? mon destiny, for weal or wo. L?et thero bo a calm.resolve.to. maintain forever, by all proper means, a pure and honest go? vernment, just and equal lawB. He ex? tended, in the name of the people ol Abbeville County and of South Carolina, an invitation to all actual settlors from the North, East or West, to como among un, with the fall assurance of a cordial reception.' The resolution was adopted unani? mously. . ?. On motion of .Captain Parks, Resolved, That the proceedings of thu meeting bo published ia the Colum.hu PIKENIX, and in the Press and Donner.. W. K. BLAKE, Secretary. <-?.?-?- --~ FATAX, ACCIDENT.-Mr. John A. Stro becker, a master meoh Ao, well anc very favorably known in this, MB na ti vt city, came to bis death, at half-pant li, o'clock yesterday, at the Nine Mile Bot tom, on tho South Carolina Railroad where he was engaged, with Mr. M. W Cross, in repairing the oulvorts of th< road. He went up the road to Sineath'i Station, on a crank car, to get some thrci inch plunk, returning at the hour stated He met Mr. Cross mid-way on tho tres tie, had a conversation with him, ant they parted in different directions. Seo ing a sand train coming, Mr. Cross go clear of the leading car, and so did Mr Stroheoker, but when tho train ha< passed, tho engineer cried ont "pick u] that man," meaning the deceased, win had fallen in the calvert, in which thor was about six feet of water. Tho trail was stopped^and the body recovered, bu Ufo was extinct. The impression ia that the pile o brioks on tho sido of tho track on whiol ho stepped gave way, causing him to slr and strike against the oar, which mus I have stunned him to. badly, that who ho fell in tho culvert he was drowned. Mr. Strohecker was ono of tho mo.? popular young men in tho city, a skilft mechanic, and . leaves aa intcrostin family, whoso griof is beyond measure. \GIiarleston Courier. j SOUTH CAROLINA STOCK.-The No York Commercium and Financial Chronist of Saturday,SAYS: New. South Carolinas hnve sold dow to 69??@59;Jj? cents ou the reports < threatened resistance to tho collect ?on < taxes in tho State, in conseqenoo of tl: oppressive- rates to which they hav boen raised, i Ono of the rumors of tl market, however, states that soma < these proceedings in tho Stato havo bec designedly organized for effect on tl price of. boails, und. thc Treasurer i Richland County, no rv in this city, stab that tho taxes are coming in wei), at ore already Jhreq-quarters or sovot eighths VaTd!^! ' '?Iff * ? ' ' Tho affray between Robert Miles ac Charles Q?dB?ld; iu Marion; re9dlt< fatally toi Miles, Jtyb? died oh' flie 591 ult.' Affaira fa Ho nth Carolina., , Weston, a Columbia ?ojrres^puciout of ,the3rooUyn ?^mm^^^'m jlow'? of {tho elate of tb?bgVin this State: \ The^onS?ition of S^Btat?^at iht? 'tim?, is ?ritfeal ?D tho extremo, owing'to jthliroubls^ in ^??S3SSs?SSSl brought about by the action, of tho Go vornor, in placing !RUMWW{^1^' the colored militia. !'HeVnowYBO??the . great mistake committ^h^hW.og Win ohoater rifles into the hands bf; men, the majority of whom are devoid of the rea? soning faoulties of the mind. The arms have been recalled, und Capt. Kennedy, of the Adjutant-General's Department, bas boen sent on the mission by thu Go voruor, to tho up-country, to return to Columbia all the arms in thu hands of the militia. Tin's gentlemen is an ex veteran of the British array, and also served in the United States army dnriug the lato war. He is fully competent to carry out any orders entrusted to him. Some of the leading citizens of tho State were in consultation with the Go? vernor tbis last week, and advised the policy of disarming the militia. Al? ready its effects have been ben?fica], as tho soldiers sent 'to Chester and York Counties are on their wuy back to their posts iu Georgia-from whence they oamo. One-half of the statements pub? lished in referooce to the Ka Klux aro paro fabrications, and the other half are very much exaggerated. The Ku Kl ux, as an organization, uro simply a vigi? lance committee on a largo scale, and similar to thoso onoo so effective in Cali? fornia. These same organizations, as is well known, exist in Novada and Arizona to-day. Bat there it is only white men they trouble Here it is the colored man, whioh makes all the difference ia the world. Now and then a carpet-bag? ger, and there are plenty of them here, both whito and colored, is ordered to quit the country; but only in cases where the law fails to punish thom for crimes committed against the pesco of the com? munity in whioh they live. The organi? zation is banded together for mutual protection, aud not for any aggressive purposes whatever. To say that it is for political purposes that tho organization was originated, is not correct. The im? mense number of gin-bouses, barns aud dwellings, with all their property, that have boon destroyed by the torch of the incendiary, is the great causa of the banding together of these men. The poor deluded negro was hounded on by the carpet-bagger to use the torch to re? venge himself on the "rebels," who he was mado to believe intended to return him to slavery, should they ever aoquirc power again. The oolored mun, wnosc perceptive fuuulties are very large, is be? ginning to see that the men who legis luted for him these past six years are uol the mon to reduce the taxes for him, He linds th til the tuxes ou his little pro per ty grow heavier every, year. Tht poll tax of one dollar a head is some thing he never calculated on. Ho wat under tho impression that voling uarlj arid often was freo to him, but now tc have to pay for voting is what ho wil not stand. One dollar is the value of i day's labor to him, and since he has beer paddling his own canoe ho baa gou< pretty much with tho stream. He ii now against tho current, and is going tc husbaud all his resources-timo auc money-together.. No more will h< tramp twenty aud thirty milos to vote foi the men who promised bim "forty.aorei and a mule." The man that promisee that fortune is dead, and the oolorcc mau is ?puly at this hour of tho da} realizing tho fact that tho promiso ii dead also. Tho laws ure powerless to protect tin white mau us against tho colored. Fo in nearly niue cases out of every twelve where the colored man is ou trial for ? crime, ho elects a majority of his owi color on tho jury, and tho conseque nc is his acquittal. The prisoner's counee has tho kuy to the acquittal of his dieu by uppealiug to tho sympathies of hi colored jury, instead of addressing ti their reasoning faculties to justly es amine the evidence. The efforts of th prosecution with such a jury is futile for they cannot comprehend tho poiut of any argument that appeals to th higher faculties. They must have sonn thing that they can seo or feel. Uncle such au exist?ug stato of affairs aro mo wholly in tho wrong who will band tu get ber to protect themsnlvos? The mai that will not make an effort to defend bi home and property must havo blood i him thinner than water. Tho discrepancies in the accounts t tho principal Stato officers at this tina aro so great that no ono actually know whether tho Stato is bankrupt or no People piiy double tho taxes this yon that they did last year, and tho const quenco is that tho industries of the Sta! aro paralyzed. Thia State, ono of tl: finest in tho Union, owiug to corrupt lc gislation, is bleeding at every pori With a Legislature composed of turc fourths ex-plantation hands, a great nun ber of whom can ocithor read nor writ aud tho principal part of the othc fourth composed of men from tho Kort who carno hore to follow tho business c politics, and who furnish tho brains fe tho colored mombcrs, laws aro mudo i whoso milking tho owner of tho soil hi no voice, but who has, nevertheless, t pay tho taxes for the support ot thc: law-makers. It is the old story of "tax lion without representation," with tl addition of a little vengeance thrown i to give it a spice. If tho Governor will but listen to tl good advice tenderod to him by soino i South Carolina's beBt men, and inaug rato a hotter rulo iu the affairs of tl State, it will prevent tho threatened w, of races whioh seem of late to be fa hastening to an issue. Should such war brenk out, all tho Winchester rill iu tho United States would not savo tl colored peoplo from annihilation. O posed to them would bo tho train? soldiers of tho late .Confederacy. / tho army of the Union could not ave the c?larhity. Tko .twbrk. would ha been consummated beforo they could g on the ground^-What this people wants js to bo freed from tho miserable set of legislators with which they are at pre ?WttToursed.'^'ime ?n^?irdW"?3 nd)} BO mach to tho color as it is td tho iano ranco and rascalijy. Dp.away'with these two latter, and Vj the colored', man .and ;wh"e man wUligek along mpch better together. Let- tho' carpet-bagger"'-quit the halls of legislation and take hold of the plow. Guiding tho latter he would be appreciated. There are numbers of Northern mon engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits in this State. Theso men are respected by the people, and the State is always glad,to see suoh. Columbia onn boast of a number of these men who aro now well known to the citizens. They have nothing to complain of in the way of unkind treatment. It is only the evil-disposed who aro always calling out for protection against tho "rebels." .-: The following manifesto oame into our possession in such a way as to induce tho conviction that it is < genuino ema? nation from the mysterious (yot no longer to be disputed, powerful) organization known as the Kn Klux Klun: "K. K. K." HEADQUABTEHS, 51TH DIVISION. We .have been misropresentcd. It must stop. Once for all, it is announced: I. That tho Union League gave u.i birth; II. That taxation without representa? tion fed and nurtured us during our weakness and infancy. III. That tho vices and enormities of our rulers and legislators-their igno? rance, thoir recklessness, their depravity,, their corruption, their viciousness-gave us strength. IV. Tho determination of tho Go? vernor to accomplish our destruction, und the ruin of ourselves and of our families, as shown by his arming tho I negroes and disarming tho whites, guve us determination. V. Wo c,innot live louger under this misrule and those enormities, and we aro determined to right them or perish in tho effort. YT. Tho good and virtuous havo nothing to fear from us; wo aro their friends. Let tho vile and vicious bo ware; we aro their enemies. VII. We strike in self-defence, and for equal rights and justice tu all. By order of tho GIIAND CHIEF. K. O., Secretary. Some of the papers aro reviving the idle uot.on that the 4th of March was selected for inauguration day bcoause it would not fall on Sunday more than once in 100 years. Tho "fact is, it was the fashion in old times to fix upon Wednesday as tho day for important transactions, because it was the middle of the week, and thus avoided encroach? ing on Sunday in the preparation for the event; and accordingly the first Wednes? day in March, 1789, was designated as tho day for organizing the new Govern? ment, though, in fact, for want of a quo? rum of Congress, Washington was not inaugurated till April SO. As for the other story, anybody can easily verify tho fact that the -1th of March fell on Sunday in 1821, and, of oourse, twenty eight years afterwards, in 1849, at whioh timo wo remember this absurd story was started. So it will fall in 1877. But for 1800 not having been leap year, this would havo occurred in 1809, and every twenty-eighth year thereafter. I A public mooting is to bo held at Lex? ington Court House, on tho first Monday in May, to take into consideration und discuss mattors concerning tho enormous tax levies of the current year, and for the I appointment of two delegates to repre? sent Lexiugton County in a Stute con? vention, to bo held in Columbia, on thc second Tuesday in May. Ben Butler is not willing to trust the regular army to put down rho Ku Klux ut the South, because, he says, it is com I posed largely of mon who were Confede? rate soldiers in the lato war. The New York Tribune says ho will movo to amend 1 Shellabargcr's bill so as to authorize the President to call for volunteers to do his j dirty work under tho bill. Seven couts postage aro required to be paid upon every lotter seut to Germany, if sent by tho German steamers, aud ten cents postage if sent by tho English steamers. Newspapers to Germany, by tho direct Gertnun lino coast, threo cents postage, and four cents ii sent viii Eng? land. A .olorcd man, named Elbert Harris, (suspected of destroying by lire tho stables of Mr. Langrulade, in Sanders ville, Ga.,) was taken from jail and hung by a party of disguised men, on tho night of tho it h. Mr. James Thompson, of Haralsoo County, Georgia, was brutally murdered on tho 13th ultimo. Ho was shot, while sitting at his own fireside, by an un? known party, and instantly killed. At tho olection. Monday, in Camdcu, tho following ofiicors were olected: In? tendant-Janies M. Davis; Wurdous Samuel Place, John Kershaw, George Crosby and Johu lt. Goodalc, Telegrams from Stockholm announce tho death of Wilhelmina Frederica Alexandria Louisa, Princess of Orange and Queen of Sweden and Norway. She was boru on August 15, 1828. Griswold's fino opera house, in Troy, New York, was destroyed by tiro Satur? day morning. Thc causo of tho Uro is nuknown. Tho loss is ?00,000; insured for $15,000. A Pittsburg clergyman, being unable to solve a theological qncstion whioh occurred to him last week, committed suicido in'order to got an anftwer directly from headquarters. Tho splendid Episcopal Church of tho Messiah, Brooklyn, was dostroyed by Uro last ovoning. Loss about $100,000,1 probably covered by insurance. There were 19 deaths in Charleston for tho week ending the 1st instant-8 I whites and ll colored. mmmmnmmmm :u.mrmSvSSS.BB S mm If superstition is not BO powerf al or demonstrative as it was a century ago, wo daily have abundant evidence that it is qt? j to 08 rifo au d\it "Stands in telleo ^uauSrogressT more firmly thu ir any qther class of ignorance! Wi tb in' the post few months, ve bnvo had shcoeasive accounts Of expedition^ BtBd out tof^ove?hurkd treasure, ha~?Bg-ne* warrant -stronger than the pretended revelations of clair? voyants. Ouly n few weeks a&o, a parly was discovered digging, upon the backs of tho Hudson, for some supposed buried treasure of the late Captain Kidd, of freebooting memory; and, more recently, a perfect furore existed in San Francisco to rip.open tho bowels of ?ngel Island, ih Rearch of 500,000 Mexican doubloons, assorted to ba ve bcon buried there by an idiotic old negro, who, as is generally the cuse, "revealed tho secret OD his death? bed." Even to-d?y, a cheerful old maniac is delving into the side of a New Hampshire hill, never leaving his work day or night, in search of some fabled treasure, Bach as haunted/ the imagina? tion of old-time voyagers after Prester John's kingdom. Suoh treasure-seekers as these, who may all be classed as more or leas tho victims of ignorance, do not constitute the entire class of -bperstitions people. On thu contrary, we find them plentifully represented among the intelli? gent, the wealthy and the more respecta? ble, and have only to search the adver? tising columns of any cosmopolitan newspaper to bo fully convinced that they are sufficiently numerous to form the basis of a profitable trade and good living to thousands of charlatans. An amusing instance in illustration, was afforded, rocently, ia New York, by a police descent, mude upon the "saw-dust swindlers," tho parties who hayo been deluging the country, for the past two or three years, with confidential letters, offering to dispose of counterfeit money. Besides a cart-lond of letters from victims of the counterfeit money swindle, all of whom were actuated by dishonest mo? tives, bundles upon bundles of letters were found, written in response ta tba other extraordinary propositions we Bee so freely advertised in the newspapers. Preteuded receipts to make the old young, thc burndy beautiful, to enchain the affections, to prolong life, to make immensely large fortunes without labor, etc. One barrel contained about 20,000 letters, all writteu in answer to an adver? tisement which promised, for the mode? rate compensation of thirty cents, to send "the portrait of husband and date of marringe of any young lady who was anxious to get married." Hundreds of these notes were on beautifally-tinted and highly-perfumed note paper, and the writing was of the first order. One letter was from thu daughter of,.a .wealthy New York,merchant; ochers wgre from girls in tho Southern States, l". All of them were a request (enolosing thirty cents) for ways and means in regard to some nice young man. Not one of the 20,000 had been answered? so it is to.bo supposed that their authors are still iguorr.nt of any premonition of the bliss in store for thom, and tho swindlers are tho richer by $0,000. Although some of the missives may have been indited in a spirit of fun, yet it is very plain that the grossest superstition must have prompted by far tho greater majority, thus reveal? ing, in this single instance, an amount of stupidity and folly almost incredible in the blazing light of the nineteenth cen? tury. Here, then, is a field to b9 culti? vated by popular teachers. There is no disguising tho fact that superstition is yet frightfully prevalent, and that, if wo do nob burn witohes and perform incant? ations of diablerie, it is not from any scarcity of existing votaries. [New Orleans Times. A STATISTICAL FACT.-If all tho hodhugB, r j.td, mice and roaches that have beon slai by ISAACSEX'S "Sums FOP" wore laid oat in singlo tilo, it is calculated that tho lino wonl? hu twico as long as tho Atlantic cable. Sold hy ali druggists. F Hi th ---? ? Lippmann Bitters aro for salo by all drug? gists and dealers. Depot in Columbia. H. C., at OKIUKK & McQitKHon's. Druggists. S 18 RKMO VAL-DIU). HEYN OLD y 4 REY? NOLDS have removed thoir Dental Oftlce to rooms in Agnew's building, lately occupied hy Mrs. Smith as a millinery establishment. Kat nineo bet wo on Agnew's and Jackson's Blores, a few doors South of tho Columbia ll o tel. _April 6 Union Council No. 5, R. & S. M. A UhGULAR convocation of Union Council No. 5, will ho held THIS EVEN? ING, iu Masonic Hall, at 8 o'clock. Dy jrder of thoT. I. G. "AI. April 0 1 H. E. BJtUjJE. RocTRjr._ Genuine Congress Springs Water, RECEIVED thia day and for salo, by tho cas-e, dozen or bottlo, at Avril ? 1 _STANLEY'S. Fishing "Tackle. JUST HECEIVED-A NEW *-^?^S2&burndy of F1SUINO TACKLE, PATENT UAH'S, Ac. WILLIAM GLAZE, April 6 ila _ Sign of the Clock. GOOD BUTTER, FINE BEEF, Sno Reef Tongues, fir.o Smoked Beof, Sugar-Cured Strips, Sugar-Cured Shoulders, Sugar-Cared Fig Hams, Dutch HorringH, Cream Cheeao and Chain pac no Cider, at April 15 _ _ G. DIEROK'S. To the Ladies OF Columbia and surrounding vicinity. MUS. 0. E. HEED baa just returned from Now York, .vhero ehe han selected, with tho greatest caro, a large stock of tho most fashionable and latest styles MILLINERY.' FANOY ARTICLES, HAIR JEWELRY, ETC. ?rm, ALSO, LADIES and CHILDREN'S WEAR. Thankful for past favors, sho fools confidont of -dousing tho. most fastidious. Please call and soe for yourselves betoro purchasing oleo whero. Oruers solicited and attended, to with despatch. April Qi Bank of Charleston. 1 CHARLESTON, 8. C., MAB??28, 1871, IN accordance with tho resolution adopted at a mocting of the Stockholders on Ul Cu instant, an election for THIRTEEN DIRECT? ORS wiil:bo held on TUESDAY,,^ day of May ncxtj and a meeting of tho Stookholdors for tho purpose of ro-orgahlzing th? Bank will alto bo held on samo dato, at ia o'clock, in tho Bank Hull. WILLIAM THAYER, - ? April 1J,U Cardneft* PHOZNTXIAHA;-The . price1 '"of^-?i? gie copies of the PHCEHIX ia Av?cente.1 ;'_Bl?? skies; balmy sunshine WOTH^' ?eral desire for light clothing, prevailed yesterday, -' ] \ '\:<,: : Plain aad ?ancy colored printing ere. outed with neatness and despatch, du the .most reasonable | terme h All tbe; latestH 'styles of cards, &o.^o'n b.agdan^ in excellent style, at tho XJHONIX omeo. Gol. H. M. Black, who lias been in command of thei United States'troopship Cb arl es ton, has been relieved, and order-, ed to command at Columbia. Mrs, Olivia Pollock Marks,: a native of Columbia, S. C., died in New Orleans/ on tho 28th nit., suddenly. ' . CT i. g? Ki fi ti i.. .?.1.. The post, office has been removed to the brick building on,Washington street,, near Main. '..?-' 1 ; - .*??;....*?* Pamphlets, briefs, catalogues, dodgers, posters, band-billa, /'b^h?^ds^i?'l??fcj everything in tho way of job printing gotten up in the be3t Btylo and on ierniii that we piedlo oareolvos will bo satisfac? tory to all parties. ' Let tts; hear from you, business men,.in . the ebupe of or-, ders for the spring tr?ade. With ap? proved machinery and steam power, we challenge comparison in pri?es.:" .',','' j The following appointments havo been announced at the Executive Department:' W. Allen Benton, County Treuerer of Chesterfield, vice Thomas S. Cavender, resigned. J. H. Durham, of Horry County; S. M. Jowell, York, and Thos. P. Slider, of Newberry, to be Notari?s Public. The patent steamer is a new toy, ?est introduced by Mr. McKenzie. It ia quito a curiosity, and will gratify grown as well as little folks. The card of Miss Baie, relative to her school, is published in another column. She is persevering and energetic, and is deserving of patronage. The members of tho Vigilant Fire En? gine Company are requested to meet at their hall this evening, at half-past 7 o'clock; and, also, Friday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, for parade. The, Carqlina Spartan, says. Dr. Win smith is yet living and likely to recover from his wounds., . -; ' The rn file I'decenaries Mill- tak? \ placV at the Pollock II oust;, at 8 o'clock, this evening. , Gentlemen, interested will take notice. ? few, moro chances* left.- . DIK MooRNwmvr.'-Tho; April number of this beautiful hndilon periodical, pub liahed in Europe and imported by S. T." Tuylor, No. 391 Canal'street, New York has been received, 'and we mast confesa it is one of the best and most reliable journals on fashion for ladies and chU dren in ihis country; in fact, it is worth more to the ladies than all the other, fashion magazines combined. ' No lady should bo without it. It gives some 1,500 illustrations, 28P patterns, 400 dia? grams of embroidery, and twelve large colored engravings yearly, and the prjee is so cheap that every lady can afford to subscribo for it- only three dollars a year, or thirty-five cents for singlo copies. Can bo had of all news dealers, or S. T. Taylor, 891 Canal- street, Now York.' Mr. Taylor has the exclusive agency'"ct the English edition for this country, and will send specimen copies for twenty-five oents; so, ladies, tako . our advice and send for a copy immediately, and depend upon it yon will never regret it. MAir. ARRANGEMENTS.-The Northern mail opons at 3^30 P. M.; closes 12.15 P.M. Charleston day .mai) opons 1.30 P. M.; closes 11.30 A. M. Charleston night mail opens 8.80 A. M. ; closes 6.00 P. M. Greenville mail opens 7.30 P. M.; doses 8.30 P. M. Western mail opens 1.30 P. M. ; closes 1.80 P. M. On Sunday office open from 8 to ? P. M. HOTEL ABRTVAIIS, .April 5.-Columbia Hotel-J. W. O'Brien, Charleston; B. W. James, Philadelphia;' J. Marshall, Flo? rida; D. J. Carroll; B. Welling, Fort Motte; G. B. Bose, Mrs. W. B. Hey? ward, Savannah; J. B. Bobortson, Bluff ton; H. Wi Addison. Edgefield; B. F. Sago, Atlanta; W. M. Dickson, Balti? more; E. Marion, TTC. Skinner, Charles? ton; J. P. Boyce, Greenville; T. A. Sherard, Moffettsville; S. J? Doughit, Greenville; J. Walker, Spartanburg; B. Foster, Marion; P. H. Wellfor, Yir ginia; A. Myers, Philadelphia. ..' Xickerson if?use-Mrs. E. W. Cain, Baltimore; W. K. Blake, Spartanburg; T. H. Eaton, Mrs. Eaton, Miss Eaton, Detroit; W. L. DeffendOffer, Lancaster; D. McNeil, WadeBboro; W, C. Lindsay, Virginia; C. B. Wooster, New Haven; D. Stubblefield, Atlanta; : J. H. Norman, Philadelphia; N. C. Norwood, Cokes bury; H. V. Bedfleld, Cincinnati; Mrs. C. Hndgins, Baltimore; S. N. Holland? Anderson; M. J. Jones, Utica; K. T. Boborson, Camden; Qeorgo W. Connor; Cokesbury ;M. ^Nicely,.G.. &.C. B. B. LIST OF NEW AD YEUTI st MENTS . j Gi Pieroks^-^?doeri?s.' [I ' ; M"?.H Boy holds ? Boya olds--Bemo val. Wm. Glaze-Fishing Tackle. Meeting Union Couaoilv-v <A t .. , . Mrp: C. E.] lieeiV-Milli n erv. . /? John A. Jackson-Ordinance. M ?BS M. A. Buie-School Notice-; W. B. Stanley-Congress Water. Acts of the Legislature.