The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, April 22, 1871, Image 2
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Saturday Morning:, April 22,1871.
Proportional 'Representation.
The adoption of the prinoiple of pro?
portional representation would no doubt
contribute in no small degree to the al?
leviation of the fundamental evils oon
t aoocod willi ibo situation in this Slate.
But to make) this means pf relief pjraeti
oable, a convention of-the people isa
accessary preliminary measure. We are
pleased to observe the favor with whioh
this improved method of voting has
been received. Men of both parties
.conoede the wisdom and the utility of
the measure. Other expedients may be
necessary to meet the emergencies of
?he hour. But in view of the peace and
prosperity of the State, which all right?
-minded ?Citizens desire to see placed upon
?a firm -basis, it is to be hoped that the
.pnblio mind will not lose sight of the
.great principle of representative reform
-embraced in cumulative voting. In our
judgment, it will be found more practi?
cable and muoh easier thus to take the
sting out of universal suffrage than, in
.this day and oountry, to restrict it.
Congress has failed to extend to the
South the measure of relief and justice
embraced in amnesty. In spite of the
'efforts of Dem?crata and Conservative
Bepublioans, the bill, even of partial
amnesty, failed of the votes requisite to
make it law. But Congress has passed a
fores, bili, containing some provisions
.harsh and stringent and violative of tho
just powers of the General Government.
It is creditable to Senator Bobertson and
to Senator Sawyer that they advocated
ti bo amnesty bill. Senator Bobertson
made repeated, and persistent efforts to
ifleoure the passage of the amnesty bill.
We observo that Senator Bobertson also
Wtftefl against tho. force bill, on account
?o? one of its provisions. When the
?question came up in the B?nate: Shall
tho "bill pasa? Mr. Bobertson said:
*1 had intended to vote for this bill,
?nd desired io do so, but the striking
out of tho last clause of the sixth sec?
tion, thereby masing it necessary that
?very man in the South, before sitting
ona.jury in the United States Courin
?hall take the test oath, will prevent_my
Toting for the passage of the bili. The
sixth section of. the bill provides:
-'.Every such juror shall,'before enter?
ing npon any such inquiry, hearing, pr
trial, take and subscribe an oath in open
?court that he has never, direotly or indi?
rectly, counseled, advised, or voluntarily
aided any-such combination or conspi?
racy; and eaoh and every person who
shall, take ; this ' oath, and Bpall. therein
?wear falsely, shall be guilty "of-perjury.
"That provision, to my mind, is broad
enough to seoure a proper jory; but if
you require all the jurors to take the
test oath, the result will be to prevent
como of our best citizen? from sitting on
the juries. Ia my judgment, the men
throughout the South, particularly in
my State, are as honorable as any class
of people in this country, and I am wil?
ling to lot,' mt on'a jury jp. a oaao Iiko
this any man there ' who cnn subscribo
the oath provided for in this seotion.
We want intelligent mon as jurors; and
if a jury ia confined to ignorant men,
they may be honest, but they may not be
abie to do justice according to law. The
bill standing as it does in this respeot, I
shall be compelled to vote against it."
'The Charleston News, in its advocacy
of minority reprsentation, takes the
ground that no convention is needed for
securing this chango in the mode of
voting. Tt holds that a simpln act of
the G-eueral Assembly would suffice to
put the now plan in operation. In this
Connection, the Neios adds:
..'Already we hear, on all sides, ex?
pressions of warm approval of tbe effort
to seoure the adoption of that plan
which gives to minorities their just
share of representation. The Columbia
Union is in favor of it. The Badioal
organ in this city is in favor of it. Go?
vernor Scott likes the idea. And all the
-conservativo papera whioh havo spoken
heartily commend the movement. There
seems to be no difference of opiniou,
cpon this subject, amongst intelligent
?nd well-meaning men. They admit
?hat minority representation is practica?
ble, and is, as far as it goes, a certain
?ray of giving to wealth and intellect
their fit share in the legislation and go?
vernment of the State. And if it can
be proved, besides, that its operations
will be as speedy as they are sure, we
?bink that the people will have found in
cumulative voting a plain, simple and
?wactioable remedy for the worst evils
Whioh oppress them."
WHEN Cuuncn SUBSOBIPTIONB Ana
BINDING."-A case huB reoeutly been de?
cided by the Supreme Court of Ohio in?
volving tho validity of subscriptions for
church purposes. The general princi
file established is, that after a church has
aourred any liabilities on the strength
of subscriptions, these subscriptions ure
legally binding. In the case decided,
the subscription was for the payment of
a church debt, and the court held that
the subscriber was bound to pay. A
subscription may bo withdrawn before
there is an indebtedness, hut not after?
ward.
Col. Albert Pike, of Arkansas, has
boon the editor and proprietor of no less
than twenty-five different newspapers,
two-thirds of which ho boast* of hill?
ing.
losnoTAii.]
ACTS ANO JOINT HKSOLliriONK
Passed by ?he Legislature-Session 187(
f H and 1871. f
TOWN.'. OP EHAM OH VI tiIJE. I
SEO. 109. That from and after the pa?
eago of this Aot, all oitizona of this Stat?
havingresided twelve months within thc
State, and sixty days in the town o:
Branchville, shall be deemed, and art
hereby declared to be, a body politic
and corporate, and the said town ?hal
be. called and known by the name ol
Branchville, and its' corporate limite
shall extend one' milo in each direction
from the hotel bo tween tho two railroad*,
in saidVtown'. "
Sao. HO. That the said town shall be
governed by an Intendant and fonr War?
dens, who shall be citizens of tho United
States, and who shall have resided in
this State twelve months, and shall have
been residents of the said town sixty
days immediately preceding their elec?
tion, and who shall bo elected on the
first Monday in February of euch year,
five days' public notioo thereof being
previously given, and that all malo in?
habitants of the age of twenty-one years,
citizens of the State, and who shall have
resided within the State twelve months,
and in the said town sixty days immedi?
ately preceding the election, shall be on*
titled to vote for said Intendant and
Wardens, paupers and persons under
disabilities for crime excepted.
SEO. 111. The said election shall be
held at some convenient public place, in
said town, from 8 o'clock A. M., nutil
5 o'clock P. M., nnd when tho polls
shall be closed the managers ?ball forth?
with count the votes and declare tho
election, and give notice thereof, in
writing, to the Intendant therein hoing,
who shall? within two days thereafter,
give notice,or cause the same tobo given
to the persons daly elected. The In?
tendant and Wardens, before entering
upon the duties of their offices, shall re?
spectively take the oath prescribed by
the Constitution of the State, and also
the following oath, to wit: "As Intend?
ant (or Warden) of the town of Branch?
ville, I will equally and impartially, to
the best of my ability, exercise tho trust
reposed in me, and will use my best en?
deavors to preserve the peace, and carry
into effect, according to law, the pur?
poses for whioh I have been elected: So
help me Clod. " And if any person, upon
being elected Intendant or Warden, shall
refuse to aot as such, he shall forfeit and
pay to the Council the sum of ten dol?
lars, for the use of the said town : Pro?
vided, That no person who hos attained
the age of sixty years shall be compelled
to servo in either of said offices, nor
shall any person be ' compelled to serve
either as Intendant or Warden more
than c-neyear in any term of three years.
The Intendant and Wardens, for tbe
time being, shall always appoint one or
more . Board bf. Managers, three ma?
nagers for each board, to conduct the
election, who, before they open the polls,
shall take an oath fairly and impartially
to conduct the same.
SEO. 112. That in case a vacancy shall
ocour in the office of Intendant, or of
any of the Wardens, by death, resigna?
tion, removal or otherwise, an election
to fill such vaoanoy shall be held by order
of the Intendant and Wardens, or a ma?
jority of th? same, five days' publio no?
tioo being previously given, and in case
of sickness or temporary absence of the
Intendant, the Wardens, forming the
Council, shall be empowered to elect one
of the number to not as Intendant dur?
ing the time.
?EO. 113. That the Intendant and
Wardens, duly elected and qualified,
shall, during thoir term of service, seve?
rally and respectively, be vested with all
the powers heretofore granted to Magis?
trates in this State, within the limita of
the said town, except for the trial of
0 nail and mean causes, and the Intend?
ant shall or may, aa often as is necessary,
summons the Wardens to meet in Coun?
cil, any two of whom with the Intend?
ant, or any three of the Wardens, may
constitute a quorum to transact business;
and they shall be known as the Town
Council of Branchville, and they and
their successors in office, hereafter to be
elected, may have a common seal, which
shall be affixed to all their ordinances,
may sue and bo sued, plead and be im
plcuded in any Court of Justice in this
State, and purchase, hold, possess and
onjoy to them and their successors, in
perpetuity, or for any term of years, any
estate, real, perso asl or mixed, and sell,
alien or convoy the same: Provided,
The same shall not exceed, at any one
time, the sum of ten thousand dollars;
and tho said Town Council shall have
authority to appoint, from time to time,
as they may eoe fit, such and so many
proper persons to act as Marshals or
Constables of said town, as the said
Council may deom necessary and expe?
dient, for tho preservation of the peace,
good order, and police thereof, which
person s so appointed, shall, within tho
corporate limits of said towu, have the
power and privileges, and bo subject to
all the obligations, penalties aud regula?
tions provided by tho law for tho office
of Constable, and shall be liable to bo
removed at tho pleasure of said Council;
and the said Town Council shall have
power to establish, or authorize the
establishment of a market houso in said
town, ?nd tho Town Council, or tho said
Intendant aud Wardens in person, nny
one or more of them, may authorize and
require auy Marshal of the town, or
Constable, specially appoiuted for that
purpose, to arrest and commit ti. tho
guard house, for a term not exceeding
tweuty-four hours, any person or per?
sons who, within tho corporato limits of
said town, may' be engaged in a breach
of tho peace, any riotous or disorderly
conduct opon obscenity, publio drunk*
cuneas, or any conduct grossly indecent
or dangerous to the citizens of enid
town, or any o? them; aud it shall bo tho
duty of the Town Marshals or Consta?
bles to arrest and commit all such
offenders, wbon required so to do, nod
who .?hall have power to cull to their
assistance tbe posse comitatus, if need be,
to aid io making such arrests, and upon
the failure of said officers to perform suoh
ola ty ,8s required, they shall severally be
subject to suoh fines and penalties as the
Towfl -Council may impose noon them,
and all persons so imprisoned shall pay
the coat and expenses inoident to their
imprisonment, which 6ai,d costs and ex?
penses shall be collected in the same
manner as is provided for the collection
of fines imposed for the violation of
ordinances, rules and regulations: Pro?
vided, That suoh imprisonment ehnll not
exempt'the party from the payment of
any fine the Coanoil may impose for the
ofTenoe for whioh he, she, or they, may
have committed. Aud the said Towu
Oonncil may have full power and autho?
rity, nuder their corporate seal, to muko
all suoh rules, r?gulations, by-laws aud
ordinances respecting thc streets, roads
and the business thereof, as well as tho
police system of the said town, a.p. shall
appear to them neoossary aud proper for
the security, welfare and oouveuionco,
and for preserving health, order aud
good government within said town; and
the said Town Council may impose fines
for offences against their by-laws, rules,
regulations and ordinances, and appro?
priate the same for the publio uso of said
town; and tbe said Town Council shall
havo the same power which han been
heretofore granted to Magistrates in this
State to compel the attendance of wit?
nesses, and require them to give evi?
dence upon the trial before them of any
person or persons for violation of any of
their ordinances, by-laws, rules, or regu?
lations, but no fiuo above the sum of
twenty-five dollars shall be collected by
tho Town Council, except by suit in tho
proper Courts of Justice in this State,
and that no fiuo shall exceed tho amount
of fifty (50) dollars, and also nothing
herein contained shall authorize tho said
Council to make any ordinance, or by?
law, inconsistent or repugnant to thu
laws of this State.
SEO. 114. That the said Intendantur
Wardens, or a majority of them, shall
have power to abato or romovo all nui?
sances in said town, and it shall be their
duty to keep all roads, ways, bridges and
streets within the corporate limits of said
town, open and in good repair, and, for
that purpose, they are vested with all the
powers . of County Commissioners, or
Commissioners of Hoads, for and within
the corporate limits of said town, and
they may lay out now streets, close up,
widen,.or otherwise niter those now in
uso, and shall have full power to classify
and arrange the inhabitants or citizene
of said town, liable to street, road oi
other publio duties therein, and to force
the performance of such duty, uudei
such penalties as are now, or shall herc
after be prescribed by law, and they shall
have power to compound with all per
sons liable to work the streets, wayo and
roads in said town, upon such terms at
their .ordinances or by-laws may estab
lish, or their rules and regulations re
quire, the moneys so received to bo ap
plied to tho,publio use of said town, ant
all persons refusing to labor, or fniliug
to pay such commutation, shall be liabh
to such fine, uot exceeding twenty dol?
lars for any one-year, as the said Towt
Council may impose. - And they Bhal
hnve power to eoforae the payment o
such fines in the same manner us is nov
or may bo hereafter provided for the col
lection of County taxes; and the sait
Town Council shall have power, with lin
consent of the adjacent laud owners, ti
close all such roads, streets and way;
within the said town os they may deeo
Qoce8sary, and they may keep in repai
all such now streets, roads and ways a
they may from time to time deem neccs
sary, for tho improvement and conveui
enou of said town: Provided, That ni
street, road or way shall be oponed wi h
out first having obtained the consent o
the land owners, or ownors thereof
through whose premises any such nov
street, road or way may pass.
SEO. 115. The said Town Counoil abai
have power and authority to require al
persons owning a lot or lots in said towt
to dose in and to make and koop in gooi
repair sidewalks in- front of said lot o
lots, whenever the same shall front o
adjoin any public street of said towu, if
in the judgment of said Council, sud
sidewalks shall bo necessary, tho widtl
thereof, aud the manner of coustructioi
shall be designated and regulated by sni<
Town Couucil; und, for default or re
fusal, after reasonable notioo, to muk
and koop in good repair such aide wal ks
and to closo in suth lot or lots, tho Towt
Council rany causo tho same to bo mad
or put in repair, and require tho owno
to pay tho prico of making or ropairing
aud tho said Town Council are herob,
empowered to fiuo for and recover th
sumo, by notion of debt, iu any court o
compotont jurisdiction: Provided, Tba
such contract for making or repairing i
let to the lowest bidder.
SEC. HG. Tho Intendant aud Warden
of said town, or a majority of them
shall have full power to grunt or refus
such licenses to keep tavern, or rotai
spirituous liquors in the corporato limit
of Raid town, upon such conditions an
under such circumstances os to ther
shall seem proper and right: Provideo
That in no instance shall the prico of
license to koop a tavern or to rotail epiril
uous liquors, bo less than tho amoun
established by the State, and all money
paid for licenses and for Hues and foi
feiturcs shall ho appropriated for th
public uso of Bftid town: Provided,''?ha
the Intendunt and Wardens duly elected
shall not have power to grant any li
censes to keep lavern or retail spiritnou
liquors to extend beyond the term fe
wbioh they have been cleated, and tho
shall have power to regulato sales at uu<
tion, within tho corporato limits of th
town, and to grant lioeones to auctior.
oers, itiueraut traders, to keepers c
hotels, livery stables, billiard tables, ter
pin uiioys, or other kinds of gamo t
hazard, skill or chanco; they shall h av
the full and only power to impose a ta
on all shows and exhibitions for gain c
reward within tho corporate limits i
said town.
SEO. 117. Tho Intendant and Warder
?leot, together with Olerk and Treasurer,
shall, during their term of office, be ex?
empt from street and polios duty; eaoh
Town Council shall, within one month'
altor the expiration of their term of
office, make out and return to their suc?
cessors in office, a full account of their
receipts and expenditures during their
term, whioh account shall bo published
ia one or more public places of said
town, and shall pay over all moneys in
their possession belonging to tbo corpo?
ration, and deliver np all books, records
and other papers incident to their office,
to their successors, and on failure to do
so, they shall be liable to bo flood in a
sum not exceeding five hundred (500)
dollars, to be collected by o ny proper ac?
tion of the Town Council.
SEO. 118. That nil ordinances, hereto
fore passed by tho Town Council of
Branchville, in conformity with the au?
thority granted by existing laws, shall be,
and they are hereby, declared legal and
vulid.
SEO. 119. All Acts aud parts of Acts
heretofore passed in relation to the in?
corporation of tho town of Branchville
be, and they oro heroby, repeuled.
TOWN OF BEIDVUJIJE.
SEC. 120. That tho charter of tho
town of Reidville, in tho County of Spor
tauburg be, and the same is hereby, re?
newed and extended for the term of
fourteen years, with the same power*
that is conferred by this Act on the towu
of Graham's.
SEO. 121. This Act shall bo deemed n
publio Aot, aud continue in force for tho
term of fifteen years, and until tho ond
of tho session of the Legislature there?
after.
Approved March 9, 1871.
No AMNESTY.-The following terse and
pungent article, from the Washington
Patriot, contains much homo truth. It
is a H ca I ter i ug rebuke to the revolution?
ists in Congress, and the fanatical con?
stituency who uphold them:
"Notwithstanding the decided vote of
(he House in favor of amnesty, with cer?
tain limitations, the Radical majority of
the Senate decided iii caucus, yesterday,
not to allow the bill to be considered.
Twenty men, uot representing one-third
of tho allamber, were powerful enough
to bind the will of " a vast majority
against this measure of common justice
and reason. Every candid Radical press
in the country, every member of that
party claiming the least degree of states?
manship, and every wise counsellor,
have urgently recommended this conces?
sion. After six years of proscription
and persecution, during which time nil
the best men of tho South have buen ex?
cluded from office, and been debarred
any participation in tho management nf
their own affairs, the Senate now brands
them anew and continues the work of
exclusion.
"How is it possible, after putting tho
former slaves over their masters, and ele?
vating ignorance, vico and corruption to
tho highest dignities, to expect abject
submission on tho part of the superior
race when it hos thus been purposely do
graded? It would seem as if the party
in power was exhausting a perverse in?
genuity to stir up tho bad passions of n
people whom they sock not only to sub?
jugate, but to dishonor. Congress has
substantially passed the most atrocious
bill that ever disgraced the American
statute book. It strikes down all the
cherished rights of the citizen and all
the safeguards of liberty which tho Con?
stitution has hitherto scrupulously
shielded. And not satisfied with this
statute which bristles all over with pains
and penalties, the work of a revolution?
ary cabal, there is superadded to the tor?
turo the refusal of that poor amnesty
which all just mon have demanded for
years, not aa a measure of generosity,
but as one of praotioal wisdom, far more
important to the Government than to
tho parties who might receive the tardy
and reluctant boon."
REFORM on REVOLUTION.-We havo
aalled for a coustitutioual convention in
the hopo that we may get it, and that
oven if it shall be composed of a majority
of Republicans, tho issues hoforo it will
bo BO very grave, that they will not doro
longer to trifle with the white minority
in tho State, bot will deviso a way of giv?
ing thom an effectual voice in shaping
its legislation and policy. Tho while
miuority cannot longer consent to bo tho
muru gamo of political plunderers; and
even if tho waste, and extravagance, aud
jobb'ng, and corruption, and bribery be
checked, this is not enough. Much
essen I ?ul legislation is now neglected,
and tho intelligent citizens of the State
justly demand that it be attended to, and
by a Legislature moro intelligent, aud
moro competent, than tho present one.
Wo do not depend alone, however, upon
persuasion, or plain interest, to bring
about reform. The effort to persuado
negroes, (as wo saw last year,) sometimes
simply increases their insolence, and
vaotty, aud obstinacy, and stupidity,
and distrust of white people, and self
importance, and general rottenness, aud
utter iucapuoity for dealing reasonably
with any subject whatsoever. At least
for tho next half century, and until they
acquire sumo property aud education, it
is rather upon their fears, ayd tho fears
of their loaders and advisers, and upon
their fears alono, that tho bust hope for
the Stato can bo built. If they prefer
strife, and Lyu ch law, oud assassina?
tion, nod cursing, and hatred sud vio?
lence, with tho certainty of fluidly going
nuder, they can refuse to do justice to
tho whites, with whom they must live,
and by whom they must ultimately bo
governed. If they desire peace, tho
sooner they do just ico tho better. That
ia tho simple issue before them. Tho
whites make a reasonable, demand, and
they ?re de ter ni i oed to obtain it. They
will not play hypocrite. They will not
profess what they do not believe. They
will not degrade themselves. ' But th03*
must, mid they will have a voice in their
local government, by miuority represen?
tation, or by some other means.
[ Winnsboro News.
Ciooal Xtems?
PHONTX LIN A . --Tho price " of r Bingle
copi?n of the PH?EN?X ie ! 6vo cents.
Those soda tfountaina on Main 6treet
ore a groat convenience to passers by,
these hot days; and Mr. Wehner has
just fitted np a neat one next to Mrs.
McCormick's, where tho coolest of soda
water will be kept during the summer.
Plain and fancy.colored printing exe?
cuted with neatness and despatch, on the
most reasonable terms. Ail the latest
styles of cards, ?co., on hand and printed
iu excellent style, at the PHONIX office.
We bavo received from Jay Cook &
Co., of Philadelphia, a pamplet, enti?
tled "Tho Northern Pacific Railroad; its
Route, Resources, Progress and Busi?
ness."
Pamphlets, briefs, catalogues, dodgers,
posters, hand-bills, bill-heads-in fact,
everything in tho way of job printing
gotten up in the best stylo and on terms
that we pledge ourselves will bo satisfac?
tory to all parties. With approved ma?
chinery and steam power, wo challenge
comparison in prices.
dus had full sway in Columbia yes?
terday, aud roughly used hats, hair, ?fcc,
A boy was taken off his feot and laid on
tho ground in the Stain Honso yard-a
point where the wind blows stronger
than any other part of the city.
Just recoived a lot nf iudestructible
tags; also, a lot of new style business
and fancy cards, including tho beautiful
rose tint.
Gentlemen who smoke cigars and
pipes do not seem to recognize the fact
that their smoke invariably lodges in the
hair of everybody in the room, and that
the smell of tobacco lingers upon the
scalp many hours after the smoking.
Book and job printing of ovory kind
attended to promptly at PIIOINTX office.
Gen. J. B. Kershaw and Gen. James
Chesnut hove been eleoted delegates to
represent Kershaw in tho May conven?
tion. Alternates-Col. W. M. Shannon
and Gen. J. D. Kennedy.
The Uuion Times has a paragraph at
the head of ita editorial columns, read?
ing as follows: "Don't neglect the X
mark; it has an important and signifi?
cant meaning." Soon after noticing the
?>1IQ?A ?s dicked thc Ks circe Ociricr
nod counted twelve bf those X marks,
addressed to the PIKHNTX. Now, if that
"significant meaning'! vis a new style of
Ku Kluxi we sh?jl pelitiou\ Grant to de?
clare these two offices under martial law.
MASONIC'-?-Tho .Hon. Albert Pike, the
Grand Commander of tho Supreme
Council, will visit Charleston, Sooth'Ca?
rolina, ia about ten days, to organize a
new Chapter of Hose Croix, of the Most
Accepted Rite. He will deliver an ad?
dress during his Btay, to the fraternity
and public, on the "History and Princi?
ples of the Order," nuder the auspices
of Delta Lodge of Perfection, No. 1.
SUPREME COURT, April 21.-The court
met at 10 A. M. Present-Chief Justice
Mosesund Associate Justice Wright.
Tho court haviag received intelligence
of the death of his Honor Judge Platt,
of Second Circuit, adjourned iu respect
to his memory.
Adjourned nntil Monday, 2-Ith, 10 h.
M., when the Seoond Circuit will be
called.
THE CHARLESTON FIREMEN.-The
white companies of the fire department
of our sister city are completing arrange?
ments for a grand festival in May as a
special parado to themselves and visiting
companies that are expected. The Chief
of the Department, M. H. Nathan,
Esq., announces that the annual inspec?
tion will take place on Thursday, 27th
instant. Tbe display will take place on
Broad slreot, and will be viewed by tho
Mayor and Aldermen. Weare informed
that the Independents will probably
carry their new steamer into tho con?
test.
LECTURE.-Our readers will notice
tho advertisement of a free leotnre on
Swedenborgianism, to-night, at tho
chapel of the Nickerson House. Judg?
ing from tho flattering terms in which
these lectures are referred to by our ex?
changes from Charleston, Savannah and
other cities, wo have no hesitancy in
commending them to the thinking minds
of onr community. Whatever may be
thought of the system unfolded by
Swedenborg, tho most intellectual peo?
ple have been its abettors. The S ivan
nah Republican speaks of tho "iarge nod
intelligent audiences," and of the
"marked interest manifested by thinking
minds" of that city, in Mr. Walton's
lectures. The Columbus Sun repeatedly
eulogises them, and says "Mr. Walton
is eu ti tied to the cordial regards of tho
Southern people by his faithful and suc?
cessful efforts in endowing tho Presi?
dential chair of the late General R. E.
Lee, of Washington College; having
raised, wo aro informed, $90,000 for tho
"Loo Endowment Fund." Lot tho in?
tellect of Columbia be fairly represented
at these lectures.
MAIL ?B^^'**t?^(~T^ii; .N?hern
mail opens at ,8,3ft P. Si. ; elopes 12.15
P. M. Charleston day amil opens 4.30
P. M.; closes 1??30 Ap M. Charleston
night mail opens, 8.30 A. ,M,; closes.G.QO
P., M. , ,Greenvilie;,mai| opens :.748<>.:P.
M.; closes 8.30 P. M.. ' Western mail
opens 1.30 P; Mi-closes 1.80 P. M^- Qn
Sunda; office open from 3 to 4 P. M.
HON. W. D; PORTER'S ADDRESS; '^-We
are indebted1 to n friend for a copy of
the Hon. W. D. Porter's address before
the alumni of the Charleston College,
delivered npon a recent/ occasion. It is
an admirable address, and reflects the
sound viows, the high, tono and the fine
sentiment of the gentleman and scholar.
It may be said of Mr. Porter that in the
matter of literary effort, bo touches no?
thing that he does not adorn.
THE MAY CONVECTION.'-The Columbia
Board of Trade mot last evening-lt. D.
Scnn, Esq., President, and J. D. Cald?
well acting OB Secretary. The following
preamble and resolutions wero adopted
and ordered, to be published:
Whereas the Charleston Board..of
Trade and Chamber of Commerce have
invited the ' tax-payers of this State to
assemble in convention, on. tho second
Tuesday in May, for the purpose of con?
sidering the financial condition of this
State; be it
Resolved, That the. Board concur in
the proposition made, and do hereby ap?
point the following delegates to repre?
sent them in said convention:. Edwin J.
Scott, B. D. Senn. Alternates-John
Agnew, R. C. Shiver.
The following gentlemen were ? ap?
pointed a committee of arrangements to
provide for the meeting of the conven?
tion: Messrs. Edward Hope, W. CL
Swaffield, C. F. Jackson.
It will be seen that the Board have
made an admirable -Selection. In the
gentlemen selected, not only the Board
of Trade but all Richland may consider
itself worthily and safely represented.
HOTEL ARRIVALS, April, 21. <-Nicker
son House-F. A. Connor,- Ookesbury;
J. M. Sedgier, Newberry;E. R-Williams,
Goldsboro; C. T. Radd, Miss E. A, Rudd,
Miss C. Boazeman, Miss H*. Bc&soman, '
Ninety-Six; B. D. Townsend, Society
Hill; B. H. Boy kin. Camden; H. Ivesant
and wife, N. Y. ; W. S. Ryles and wife,
England; R. W. Latham. N. J.;"?. BL
Gay, M. W. Wolfe, Charlotte; W. D.
Bryan, Edgefi;eld;..GvO. Robinson, A?
gusta; J. M. Westmoreland, Philadel?
phia. - ' . ' .y..': :.
Columbia Hotef-S. C. Gilbert, M- Mo?
lting, S. .Willimao, Charleston; A. K.
Da vega, Chester.;' David Brooks, Phila?
delphia; E. Waif. Jv- G.,Mpalton,. E.
L?esser, Nert York; E. H. Greene; W.
H. Laidler; E. H. Brooks, Augusta; B.
D. Pulp, Union.
-?-?-.l-l? -,-rr- i
LUST OP NEW ADVERT?SEAJENTS .
Swedenborgian Lectures.
Diamond Pin Lost. ?
E. Hope-Feed Oats.
Acts of the Legislature.
J. D. Bateman-Hay. (
Mrs. MoCormiok-Wanted.
Gallons of blood aro eucked ont of the Ame?
rican people every wo ok by bod-bugu. Stop
the drain! Stop it by using Isa icen s "BUBS
Poe." lt lays out tho bloodsuckers instanta?
neously. It is infalliblo, too, for ronches, rats
and mice. Bold by ail druggists. Feb 18s
Lippman's Bitters are for sale by all drug
RiBto and dealers. Depot in Columbia, H. G.,
at UF.icnyi .V, MOGBEOOB'S, Druggists. S 18
For Goughs, Bronchitis and Consumption
ia early stages, nothing equals Dr. Pierce's
Alt. Ext. or Golden Medical Discovery. It is
aleo a great blood purifier and strength re?
storer or tonio, and for "Liver Complaint"
and Costive Conditions of the Bowels, it has
no equal. Bold by Druggists. A 16 Ulf3
Free Swedenborgian-Lecture.
TTi EV. EDWARD PAYSON WALTON, of
XL Virginia, will lecture TO-NIGHT, at
tue Chapel of tho Nitkorson Honte-Subject:
"The Soul, or what Swedenborg learned as
to its Shape, Substance, and Abode between
Death and the Judgm?nt;" embracing an in
giver to the qnery, ''Where and what are our
Departed Kindred?" _April 22 1 '
Lost,
ON the 21st, a DIAMOND PIN, singlo alone ;
? ho finder will be liberally rewarded by
leaving it at this office._April 22 8
Feed Oats.
C?f\f\ BUSHELS prime heavy OATS, for
DUU sale low. E. HOPE.
_Aj>ril 2_1_
Hay! Hay!
JUST received another lot of fine Eastern
HAY, which wi!! be sold low for cash. I
have also on hand a lot of COW PEAS, suita?
ble for feeding or planting.
J. D. BATEMAN,
Aoril 22 31 At Columbia leo House.
A Saleswoman or Milliner Wanted.
ONE who is fully competent of attending
in a Millinery Store can find employ?
ment by applying to Mrs..A. MCCOHMIOK,
Main street. Nono bat a competent person
need apply. MBS. A. MCCORMICK.
April 21 _
Ladies and Children's Dresses.
THE undersigned has just openod another
lot nf those boautitul plain and fancy
DRESSES AND SUITS for Ladies and Chi'
dren. They have boen generally admired.
Call and seo thom.
MRS. A. MoOORMIOK,
April 20 Nearly eppsaito Kinard'a.
Dancing School.
?MONS. BERGER, Artist in Dancing,
has the honor of informing tho ladies
and gontlomen of Columbia that ho will
open a DANCING SCHOOL here on the
24th inst. Every one wilt bo taught to walk,
move, dance gracefully and properly. Best
references gi vim. For particulars and circu?
lars, apply at Hendrix House._April 20
SeegerV Beer
DON'T contain Strychnine. It is pure, and
warranted tn be so. March ll
ICE CREAK,
TO bo had at MCKENZIE'S SALOON, on
and after to-day, during the soasoa.
April7