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COLUMBIA, S W? -; ip .J --r-rr^-.iXfou Friday HorninfCttApril 28^1871^;" Oar Aflklrt na Vlev^ert ny a ??orUierh Oorr??pond?ni-ThB GoTtraor ?ntl Ibo Attorney-General. '",.! ''r .'? r The New, Y?rk. fiifcek. o^ntkjfas. a letter from its correspondent, written from this '?lty, . whioh gtv.?s whi$t la olaimed to be a correot aooonnt'of GoVornor Scott's and Mr. Chamberlain's views as, to, oar poli?oal affaire. It will be seoti that Mr.; O. baa a far better oono?ption of the truth. Governor Soott expresses him? self very decidedly to this Northern cor? respondent. He holds that the "Eu Klux difficulty" is merely political-that the determination of j the Klan is to punish all, white or black, who are known to be, Republicans-that the objeot ?B to control the next oleo ti on. AB to "the poverty, of. thia State and op? pressive assessment and taxation"-about whioh the correspondent asks-the Go. vernor thonght it ''all/or political effect." On this point we give the words of the correspondent:. GOVEUNOQ-"All for ? political offeot, sir. .There is more money in this ?tate to-day, in proportion to its population, than there is in Neiv York.. Jnat soo the amount of gold Bhippod to the interior of thisfcttate. ii The planter sells his-opt? ton for gold and- then buries it. About the assessments^ J, believo them to be rather hhder than over the value of the land. . They ' talk about 'resistance' to the taxes and combining not to pay thora! '\ I.doh't^belioYo that there will be anything of tko kiud attempted,, arid the heatproof of that is, that while they complain, they nevertheless pay their taxei right along. . Many of the County Treasurers have mud? complot o rotnruD, and in the neighboring Coantv, of taxes amounting to $60,000, all bnt $700 have beon paid: They oak mo peremptorily to disband the negro militia, and then in thefaoeof it they threaten revolution. The people are to understand that the taxes will be collected,'' and they will r??-' alizo thia when they refus? and their property Is sold. .'And if their property is sold, they will find that the purchaser will go into possession and be protected in ell his rights. Yon have beard a good deal about a 'double tax.' I suggested myself' tc "tho Legislature, that .the time of payment be ',changed, in-order that tho current indebtedness of .the State might be discharged \ ox provided for daring tho year whon it WHB incurred. True, it may .have the effect.of a double tax this year, but.afterward there will.be all the longer interval between the two payments, - Before ..advising snob a change, I consulted with several of the loading men of the State, and t^y oom' mended it cia a moat .jadiciono change. Now. they abuse me. bocanse the sugges tion was adopted; All this talk nbout a 'doable tax' ia for effect North, sb that if any resistahce'tq ita payment should be made,, they would secure that sympa? thy nt tho North whioh would ward off the consequences." T. As to .the extravagance of the Inst Le? gislature, there'was| he admitted, much extravagance; but no worse than in any other State. Another question is thus BBSwereci : COB.-"Well, Bir, I have been told in Oharleston that if the convention of tax Sayers, which is i to meet at Columbia in [ay, find that the' State debt does not exoucd $10,000,000, they will pay. thc taxes without complaint, bnt if the debt is $15,000,000 or -$20,000,000, they do not think the State will stand it." Gov.-"Exactly. They will find that the State debt i's under $10,000,000, And that calls up another grievance oi difficulty I have to contend with. It ?E the unprincipled, worthless men that thc United States Government sends here oe its agente. AU this talk about the mag nitude of the State debt originated witt a United States officer at Oharleston, [name mentioned.J He is . trying tc curry-favor with the other side, and it continually telling what is not true abocl ? the State debt, &o. [The rc?t of th< Governor's remark was not, complimon tary to the official alluded to.] The re form in the State must bo brought abou by the local administration, and not bj the National Government." COB.-"Frankly, then, Governor, U return to the taxation question, yoi really believe that the present rate o taxation is not exoessive?" Gov.-"I do not believe it to be, air It ia thirteen mills on the dollar, all in eluded. In Ohio I pay forty-nine milli on the dollar on some land I owi there." Mr. Chamberlain, the Attornej-Ge neral, took a much fairer and doepe: viowof things. Acoording to the cor respondent: "Mr. Chamberlain thought it still at unanawered question, whether Republi oanism in South Carolina must not tu oonaideued aa a failure, so far. The situ ation was grave, and the only salvation o, the State lay with the men of intelligenc and education in the. State itself. Conk they be brooght to try and remedy th evils, to appreciate fully the condition o the negro and a?cept bia suffrage, thei influence over the blaok rnco was certain ly sufficient to bring them into the le gislntive ooanoils with the remedie whioh they could best administer an. suggest. Brains and the confidence of th intelligent portion of the citizens was wht the Stale most needed. The la?t Legisle ture was ignorant and openly corrupt t a degree that waa disgraceful. Adver tarers in searoh of office, ti np ri uoi pie men left behind by tho dioaolutiou of th Freedmen's Bureau, and who there n< quired an influence among the nogroei plundered the. Stater Treasury for tnei own benefit, and oared little or nothin for tho weal of. the Oommonwealtl Honesty of purpose, unless oombintd with the ability to carry it out, did not ?inoutit -to muob. -dt ??raa^-time;- she thought, that th?foonjiti?h of tbfgStfee as it wa?? uncc?fererJ by! any|pgrtiB$n veil, should be uUdora^d at.th? l?or?i, and, with tho und?r-cujcront of discontent audi difi?ffo?tiou .whioh rendered every? thing uneasy, disquietand unpleasant, it might be well t? consider whether the temporary success of a-party should DOt yiold to the actual needs'of the State." These opinions of Gov. Scott aud Mr. Chamberlain are published in a leading newspaper at* tho North*.* "They will go before tho Northern public. We allude to th eoe views and bring them in con? trast, in order , to make tho point that Gov. Scott misrepresents the case and that Mr. Chamberlain's philosophy is sounder and juster. THE DEFEAT OP AMNESTY/.-That con? servative Republican journal, the New York Commercial Advertiser, says Of tho shelved amnesty bill, that though it was only a compromise at the best, it would havo been bette? than nothing, inasmuch as it would have convinced the people of the South that tho sentiment of jue-, tice was not wholly dead; and that in time tho entire barden under whioh they bend might have been removed., The Commercial says the constituents of those members who contributed to the defeat of: ibis measure will be likely to ask some such .sharp questions a's these: '. ."Why did you block the wheels of in? dustry and stop the course of trade? Why did you prevent tho introduction of: capital ?oto tho South? Why did you reject the offers of men who pro? fessed to be ready and willing, to enforce and obey the laws? Why did you not give an opportunity to test the sincerity of ; these men? Why*did you pass force bills and establish rule by the bayonet in time of peace? Why Waa it necessary to subvert the republican form of go? vernment? What'it is to be gained by the adoption of measures alike oppress? ive and unconstitutional? And why should the President be invested with arbitrary powers? forty Senators should be!asked these:questions-and what an? swer ona they giver" ' . The Philadelphia Inquirer, at this day another of the more liberal olSas of .Re? publican journals, says: '.'Amnesty must dome' Some time, end it will be better* nowthan next year or the year after. If we aro to Wait until every Southerner'is transformed into a quiet, law-abiding citizen,' we will have to wait forever; and it ia a serious ques? tion whetber the outrages whioh are-re? ported as occurring in some of tho States will not Booner cease if they are. left to the care of States themselves than if tho General. Government ; attempts to take them in bandi " It would have been better for the pros? perity and real unity of the country if su oh o o un s el s bad been heeded at Wash? ington. --.-? ? ? > . . Public Bleating. The tax-payers of Richland County are requested to meet on Monday nest, at 12 o'clock M., in Irwin's Hall, in this Olby, L? &pp?l?U delegates to' the May. Convention. . CITIZENS. Th* Charlotte, Columbia omi Augusto. Railroad vs. the Interest of .the City of Columbia. I . . MB. EDXTOB: Referring to the commu? nication signed by the attorneys for ibo above company, in your issue of the 25th instant, I beg to say that ais late os the 20th instant, a contract, nader bond of $100,000, stipulating that, the main workshops of the Columbia and Augusta Railroad should be located at Augusta, was on file in the office of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad; and, further, that in accordance with the terms of oonsolidation, the. 8aid obliga? tion was assumed by tho last named company. In tho communication referred to above, it is stated that no bond has been given for the removal of the main Work? shops hence to AugUBta, bat that a bond has been renewed, conditioned for the location of the principal workshop for tho road between Columbia and Augusta in Augusta. There may be a distinction here, but the difference, so far as the interests of Columbia are concerned, I fail to per? ceive. It is submitted that it would have been more satisfactory to this com? munity to have received from the Char? lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company tho aasuranco that neither the shops of that company, nor the working force employed therein, now "located" in Columbia, would be "looated" in Au? gusta. And while discussing tho interest of Columbia, I beg to call the attention of all con cor ned-to a resolution adopted by tho stockholders at the timo of consoli? dation, and to ask if good faith has been observed in respect thereto? To make the inquiry more definite, it is asked, if it ia not true that the freight on cotton over the Charlotte, Columbia and Au? gusta Railroad from Auguata to New York is lower than it is from Columbia to New York? The following appended resolution is tho ono referred to: "Resolved, That a duo regard and ro apeot for tho interests of Columbia, the present terminal point of the two roads, render it neoesBary to guarantee that on ad tariffs of freight and sohedulos no unfair or unjust discrimination shall be used to tho prejudice of Columbia and her interests." A CITIZEN. Why is the figaro 0 like' a peaoook? Because it is nothing without a tail. ; Annual Rlectln? o? tba 'Piedmont ?mri Arlington Iilfe Imdranto Company^. <?nt?t r?ccce?a or thc?oinjpany* .'V'--'"" ^?5 f Th* a^inrj^ji meeting - of ' tho stocky HbldjRra ot the Piedmont ana Arlington Life-insurance Oompanyj#a& held : yes? terday afternopo, in tho company 'a build? ing.-** . ii-. ? Cn motion o' Coi. W. O. Carrington, Mr. H. K. Elly6on waa appointed Chair? man and Mr. J. J. Hopkins, Seorotary of the meeting. The annual report of the President and Board ot Directors wau read by Col. W. C. Carrington.- We present the fol? lowing abstract of this very able docu? ment: , The annual exhibit of the Piedmont and Arlington Life Insurance Company, for the year 1870, is so remarkable in the exhibition of progress, so economical iu its administration, and so cautious iu solootion of its risks, that we deem it but justice to refer to tho matter as a success beyond precedent, and a grand Virginia enterprise whioh deserves and should re?oive the general patronage of the American people. Of five companies, organized the same year with this company, its business in 1870 compares as follows: . Policios Risks Issued. Worth. Iucome. Excelsior, of Now York. 1,817 $4,037,872 $250,694 Missouri Mutua), o? Missouri.... 702 2,343,535 137,308 Standard, of Now - York. .... 940 1,477,000 124,930 Union Central, of Ohio..". 1,471 3,707.575 151,811 Metropolitan, of New York...... 9,118 11,178,109 443,075 Piedmont and Ar? lington.-...... 8 576 9,008,614 1,440,054 So that its business is three times the average of all companies of ita age ex? cept one, and its income over thrco times OB great as that one exception. Nor need it stop at this comparison with companies of ita age, because its business exceeded the business of twenty eight companies from twenty-three to one year older than itself. Its progress is more remarkable, considering tho fail? ure of crops and damages from floods and droughts in our own State, and the low price of cotton in Southern States. Its progress, too, is more'commenda? ble when we see its small expenses; which provo its economy. It is fair to compare expenses only with companies of like age, because the, reduced renewal commissions of older' companies, their long-accumulated offico -'business, and their large-accumulated interest, both without cost, of necessity-greatly re? duce their "ratio of expense to income." Excelsior, of New York, Organized in 1867, had expense of 40.67 per cent.; Metropolitan, of New York, organized in 1867, had expense of 46.77 per cent.; Standard, of New' York, organized in 1867, had expense of 3D.37 per cent. ; Union Central, Ohio, organized in 1867, had expense of 32.43 por cent.; Missou? ri Mutual, organized in 1867, had ex? pense .of.'28.90 per cent.; Piedmont and. Arlington, organized in 1867, had ex? pense of 18.83.per cent.; or this compa? ny had less than half the averago ex? pense of similar oompanies. It not only thus stands in comparison with oompanies of its own ago, but be? comes exemplar of economy to many much older; and only seven companies out of fifty-eight organized since 1857 have so small a. rute of expense, and thns no American company within ten years of its age has displayed so great econo? my. Tho seven above exoepted have not tuxes included in their expenso, while this company has that item added; and, with that added to thoso excepted, their ratio nearly or fully equals the expense of thia company. These views of the matter are but more cheerful and com? mendatory when investigation shows its selection of risks has been so cautious, as is proven by its small losses. Discarding comparison with smaller companies, whose business is compara? tively insignificant and not within scope of proper average,- or with oompanies known to be reckless in risks, and turn? ing to companies known nud reputed to bo properly conducted, we fiud the ex? hibit for 1870 shows tho following ratio of loss to amount at risk: /Etna.1.10 Mutual New York. 94 American.1.27 Mutual Benefit.. .1.07 Atlas.1:18 National Vorm't.. .1.10 Charter Oak.1.07 Kow England.1.01 Conn. Mutual. ?.?8 New York Lifo. ...1.20 Equitable. 09 North America_1.17 Gormauia.1.29 Pona.1.41 Globo. 97 ?ecuritv .. ...l.Oti Guardian.1.42 St. Loom Mutual. .1.18 Knickerbocker-1.S9 United State?.1.17 Manhattan.1.18? Wido'e and Orph's.l.S'j Piedmont and Arlington. 8'J -Tho averago losses of the abovo com? panies is 1.18, so that this compnny has less loss, by forty per cent., than othors. Tho ratio is moro remarkably small when the fact exists that from our Capi? tol disaster, and other accidental causes, it lost the enormous and unusual sum of $90,000 in 1870, whereaait ought to have cost, by experience of other companies, only about $16,000 from'such causes, and will uot reasonably exceed tho latter proportion in future. Deducting thia excess of unnatural mortality, and leav? ing its mortality from natural causes, with duo proportion of nom lental losses added, its mortality would have boon only 54.100 of ono per cent, to its risk, or leas than half the losses of other like oompanies named. Turning n glance to its assets, they aro well secured and bear favorable compari? son in eaeh item with other good com? panies. No wonder, then, with all this indisputable array of evidence in its favor, that this company should have received auch token of public confidence, ns tho large comparative size of its poli? cies shows. Out of seventy-five compa? nies reported in "The Policy-Holders' Pocket Index" for 1870, published in New York, only nine in the number havo ao large an average of polioies, and only three much larger. The uudoubted sol? vency and permanent stability of the company is shown by its large surplus over liabilities, which, in comparison, stands as follows with othor good oom panics: -.'Piedmont and Arlington bas $121 td eaoh $100 of liability, or from tea to fifteen per ; cont. largor surplus tbati suob companies aa tbo Equitable, ??ritual Lifo, -?Etna, North ''America, Security, Globe, Berkshire, St. Louis Mutual, ?co., &0. '< I In ovary regard, the company stands a proud monument to Southern enter {irise, caution and economy, and as auch s as folly entitled to patronage and con? fidence as any-company in America. The stockholders ordered tho annual report to be publiahed, and then pro? ceeded to-the election of a Boptrd of Directora for tho enduing year. Colonel H." C. Cabell and Mr. Wm. B. Isaac*, acting as tellers, reported tho election of the following gentlemen to compose the board: W. C. Carrington, Wm. B. Isaacs, John E. Edwards, C. H. Perrow, H. K. Ellyaon, D. J. Hartaook, William H. Palmer, John C. WiUiiniB, George S. Palmer, John Enders, J. J. Hopkins, William G. Taylor and Parker Campbell, After tho adjournment of the stock? holders, the Board of Directors mot and elected the following officers: W. C. Car? rington, President; John E. Edwards, vice-President; D. J. Hartaook, Secre? tary; J. J. Hopkina, Assistant Secretary; B. C. Hartaook, Cashier; C. Henry Perrow, M. D.t C. IL Smith, M. D., George Ross, M. D., Medical Advisers; Prof. Edward B. Smith, Actuary; Jar. E. Wolff, Superintendent of Agencies. MB. EDITOB: Tho Daily Union, of the 25th, contained an editorial which en? deavored to refuto my communication of same date, comparing tho past with tho present taxes imposed in this State. My reply to this editorial in mot with the response-tho editor is absent, and will not bo homo for upwards of a week, and in tho meantime his orders are, not to insert any communications in our paper. Under these circumstances, I shall de oliue further controversy, us the May Convention will moet in a short lime, and are better able to iuvestigate the subjeot of taxation, and suggest tho remedy for this and any other evil which is known to exist, than tho editor of the Daily Union, or myself. MERCHANT. DISPOSITION OF THE ABMT.-It is said that application has been made to army headquarters for additional troops iu Arizona, bnt General Sherman replies that the reduction of the army by Con? gress baa been so fully carried out that, added to the constant demand for troops iu the Southern States, he is not only unable to furnish more troops for tho frontier, but is compelled to take troops from that section to send South. What nonsense! This simply means, tho Indians may scalp and butcher to their heart's content the-inhabitants of the Wost. Their lives are nothing com? pared with a due* attention to the inte? rests of Grant and the Radical party in the peaceful States. 1 Will anybody toll us to what good use tho several thousand troops now in Georgia have been put in tho last two years? What is the need of them? What hos. become of, the grand army of infantry and cavalry sent into South Carolina to put down an "insur? rection" some weeks ago? Can nny human being tell us when and where they fought, whom they have conquered, how many prisoners they havo tuken, or of anything oise they have dono tc earn their bread? This whole business of sanding troops South ians absurd as it is cruel, and every day's experience demon? strates it to bo both. [Savannah Republican, ? ' ^ ? ? DESTRUCTIVE TonNADo.-A violent storm of wiud and rain passed over the Eastern side of this County on Thursday morning last, a little after sunrise. lu tho neighborhood of Breazeale's Mill the work of destruction began, and the greatest fury seemed concentrated a mile or two beyond, in the direction of Bel? ton. The residence and out-buildings of Mr. Robert C. Keys were blown down and the family barely escaped with their lives, one or two members of his house? hold being seriously injured. Every? thing was torn literally to pieces, oveu to tho clothing upon their persons. ' Other houses in the path of tho tornado were violently hurled to tho ground, and an immense amount of timber and fencing was blown down. Tho track of tho hur? ricane was only a few hundred yards wide, and it was most destructive in tho locality moutioucd, which is seven cr eight miles East of this town. It ap? pears miraculous that no lives were loaf, and that/JO few casualties to persons oc? curred.-Anderson Intelligencer. SOUTH CAROLINA CONTESTED ELECTION. lu tho House of Representatives of the Forty-second Congress from tho second district of South Carolina, tho Washing? ton Slar says that the contest for a seat will, it is believed, be decided in favor of C. C. Bowen, as tho commissioners of election of Beaufort County, in that dis triot, were tried in the United States Circuit Court in Charleston, last week, upon an indictment oharging them with having stuffed tho ballot-boxes, falsified tbo election record, made falso retnrns of tho number of votes cast, and com? mitted divers other aots iu violation of the United States enforcement law at tho last election. Tbe jury found the priso? ners guilty, and Judge Bond sentenced thom each to two years' imprisonment in tho penitentiary, thus sustaining Mr. Bowen's charge of fraud in that district, and proportionally increasing tho chances for tbe contosted scat. Tho post office at Danklin, Greenville Coanty, will soon bo reopened, Charlea Smith acting as postmaster. Tho residonco of Mra. Mary Baker, near NewPiokens, was entirely doatroyod by fire, on the 21st. Mrs. Judith Atwood, a vouorablo citi? zen of Greenville, died on Sunday even? ing last. Eiooal It eme. ^H<^IXIANA?-"?fbe 1?"?* P' :Jp>Og'e copies'pf tho Pnamix iai five couts, * Tho'nunual. mooting bf the Colombia Memorial Association will to hold on Saturday, April 29; ot 5 o'clock P. M.* at tho Wc .ington Street Chapel. All members of tho Association, and all the ladies of Colombia and vicinity, who de sire to become members, are earnestly invited to attend. . ....... Plain and fanoy colored printing exe? outed with neatness and despatch, on the most reasonable terms:' All the latest styles of cards, &c, on hand and printed in excellent style, nt the PHOENIX office. Mr. A. Y. Lcohos presented os with a tasty bouquet, containing seven varieties of verbena; also, the "Adolph Broig nard," a now variety of moss-rose-very fragrant. Mr. Lee is agent for Berck man's of Augusta, Ga. : Pamphlets, briefs, catalogues, dodgers, posters, hand-bills, bill-heads-in fact, everything in the way of job printing gotten up iu the best style and on terms that we plodKO ourselves will be satisfac? tory to all parties. With approved ma? chinery and steam power, we challenge comparison in prices/ Nilsson sings only one night in Au? gusta-?Saturday, April 29. The 54th anniversary of tho introduc? tion of Odd Fellowship into America was celebrated by Palmetto Lodge on the 26th. LaFayctte Lodgo No. 8, of Chester, was present, and joined in the pleasant exercises. Short speeches were made by Messrs. Elliott, Bathrock and Anderson, of LuFayetto Lodge, and by Messrs. Elkins and Sloan, of Palmetto Lodge. The obioken disputes will be resumed in the cock-pit attached to tho Exchange House. It is to bc a sectional matter Bichland and Newberry vs. Edgefield and Augusta. The difficulty will commence on the 9th of May, and bo continued on the 10th and 11th. A large amount of money will, doubtless, change, hands. But "come easy, go easy," is the rule. Wo have received from Messrs. Ste? vens & Sizer, of Charlotte, N. C., several specimens of their manufacture, in tho shapo of ; sweet-smelling fancy fl o apa, liquid blueing and'-grease exter? minator. The attention of dealers'is in? vited to these articles, which' will, doubt? less, bo disposed of at fair rates. ..!; <>? : The Independents gave their steamer an airing yesterday afternoon. She ia all right.. . . James A. Hoyt, Esq., of the Anderson Intelligencer, and H. H. Kimpton, Esq., tho Financial Agent of the State, are in Columbia.' .. _-w.~w>~ ~-_ PIEDMONT AND ARLINGTON LIFE INSUR? ANCE COMPANT.-We present in another column the report of the annual meet? ing of the Piedmont and Arlington Life Insurance Company-a report in* which over 2,000 policy-holders in our own State are interested. The exhibit made will be found very satisfactory, and must gratify all concerned, as it places beyond doubt not only the solvency, but thc marked prosperity of the company. Persons desiring to insure their life can? not select a more desirable company, Oar townsman, Capt. S. L. Lea phar t, it tho agent for this city. SUPREME COURT, THURSDAY, April 27. The Con rt mat ui 10 A. M. Present Chief Justice Moses and Associate Jus? tices Willard and Wright. On motion of Mr. Moore, tho canes oi John E. Ruberlsou, respondent, rs. Al? bert Evans, appellant, and John E. Ro? bertson, respondent, rs. L. Lowry, were restored to thc docket and continued by consent. . . On motion of Mr. Townsend, the case of Emanuel Jackson, appellant, vs. T. C. Weatherly et ali, respondents, was or I dered to be docketed. John H. Smith and Noah Gibson rs. L. G. Pate and J. W. Stubbs. Mr. Hod son was heard for respondents. Mr. Richardson for appellants. Mr. Town st nd on tho same sido. Mr. Hudson in reply. At 1 P. M. tho Court adjourned until Monday, May 1, 10 A. M., when the Sixth Circuit will be called. RURAL CAROLINIAN FOR MAY.-The frontispiece, a handsome engraving oi General Johnson Hagood, President oi the South Carolina Agricultural and Me? chanical Society, is worthy of the maga? zine and general. Gen. Hagood is no militia general, hut a Confederate officer, who won his spurs upon the field of bot? tle, and iu taking the lead in favor ol improved agriculture, he is only follow? ing his old habit of being always in the front. Dr. E. M. Pondleton, of Sparta, Ga., Dr. C. U. Shephard, Sr., the cele? brated cbemisK and B. Mason, of Flo? rida, Col. D. Wyatt Aiken, and a score of other well -posted planters, make their contributions to this number. Messrs. Walker, Evaus Sc Cogswell, Charleston, S. C., are tho publishers. The Rural and tho WEEKLY GLEANER, (published in Columbia,) will bo furnished nt $4 per annum. j M AI ti AjtiiAHGHHEirrsj "iTh h Notth?rn mail opens ot 8.80 P. M. ; ?loses 12.15 P.M. Charleston day moil opcuB 4.80 P. M.; closes 1180 'A; M. :On?rl?rtbn'* night t?&ilopens 8.80 ?. M.; closes8.00 P. M. G roen ville mail opens fy 80}'P. M. ? closes 8.80 ?. Mi : W?s?ern' vma^'; opens 1.80P. M.??1?ti?81,30 VflL'i On Sunday ofll?e opeft from 8, to 4: P,r?? ? ANNUAL MEETING ?T0j^OiafU^.T-l/ The s to ckh o ld ors of the Greenville and. Columbia Railroad Company met in annual convention, yesterday morning, in their hall, over tho Bank and.Trnst J.. Company. Tho Committee on Proxies rep?rted a majority of the stock repre? sented. A communication ' waa received from Rev. Sidi H. Browne; suggesting the propriety of building a chapel in the. vicinity of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad depot, for the accommodation of * the employees and residents in tho vicinity, and ashing the appointment of a committee to confer with him on the subject. (Mr. Browne is Presiding Elder and Superintendent of Missions!) Tbs convention appeduted Vice-president ? Patterson and Mesara. Hurley and Crews said committee. It ia 'presumed 'the . committee will report to-day. Tho different officers being' unprepared to "... present their reports.', tho convention took a recess, until '.thia, morning, at 10 o'clock. ,'.'.{.':? MOONS AND MATBIIIONY. -H is claimed that the pr?sent year ought be very re? markable for 'its statistics ' of marriage,j for it will/contain more nights especially adapted for courtship than any one we have for a long time had, or may expect ' ; for years to come. Some young fellow has gone to work and studied tho whole- s, thing out. There will be a full moon in the first week of. each of the first seven months of the present year. In 'July,' , there will be two full moons, viz: on tho .. 2d and 31st, and in the remaining four months tho moon will be at tho full in ' the lost week of each month. Doubt? less this will be gratifying intelligence to a large class of people. Just think of the innumerable long walka under the trees, over the rustling leaves^e? which, , . the summer moons will play during oil tho month of Joly! If, ns Byron tells ns, "tho devil's in the moon-'fdr mis- p7 chief," what splendid ohonces for love's ? 'minching mali?e,i7thisy e^r. will afford. ; tHoTRir ABBIV Ails;-April {%:^Cbl?mbi&i \ [tioM^R:Tondin^bV;: P. $q?ne, '??mfles-; t :,; 'tdnf'T'. J.Moo}?, H. S. john8on?'ol?*; . W. W?t?s'?nd .mfe.^ .A. BwdleyiiS. C.; A. Q. Johnson, Marlboro; Wk ' A, .Clarke, Barnwell;. James Ai Hoyt, An- tvn: : derspn; Th os. Maher and lady; B.: F. . Fox and daughter ; j Misti /.Sallie Jackson ; E. BL Brooks, Augusta; j. Fritz Stell- : lng. '. .ri j...<;..!...<.ii ?. :: '-'I I. dickerson Sottse^J.-iVfi Hayward, ! Saluda; J. M. Mackay, Abbeville; E. S. Irvin, Greenville; Benbin Tomiinson, Charleston; J. D. Mason, S, C.; G.'.T. . Bri ul ey, New Orleans; F. D. ,Bu=h, G. - & C. R. E. ; J. D. Almey, ; New York. - > LIST OF NEW, ADYEBTISBMENTB. ; Acts of the Legislature;, j [ P. Cautwoll-Goshen Rutter. ; R. C. Shiver & Co.-For Rent. . John H. Holmes-For Sale. -;->.*???:-i- ?' Dry Gooda Trade of Columbia, i EDITOU PnttNix: Bolou find the return of i calen, usually niado on. oath, of 'some Of the - - dry goods house* of our city, for 1871: R. G.Piivsr A Go.....$160,000 ; W. D.I?VO&OO.......50,000 J. H. AUiL Einard. 60,000 CF. Jackson....i-..:.SO.OOC By reference to th?se figure* it wi!l Lr. ?sen , that the house of lt. C. SarvEB & Co. coli' > more goods, by i20.OOO, Hi ?ri all the balance added together. ! j ' ] TAXPAYER. . i The worst Coughs yield, SB if hy magic, to . the wonderful curative cowers of Dr. Pierce's Alt. Ext. or Goldern Medical .Discovery. It , also surpasses anything else ever before dis? ' covered for the euro of Pirdples, Blotches and Hashes on the face; SIBO for Erysipelas, Salt . Rheum, and all 8kln and Scrofulous diseases. Hold by all druggists, deed address to Br. B. ; V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y., for pamphlet. A 23 ITltS Nov's tho time when bedbugs, mice and roaches are popping ont of their boles and crannies. Take? pop at them with Isasosen's "BUHE Por" and pop them off forever. Sold hy all druggists. F 17f Lippman's Bitter? aro for sale by all drug gluts and dealers. Depot in Columbia, H. G., at GEIGER & MOOBEOOB'B, Druggists. 8 18 ' Funeral Invitation. ! The ftionds and acquaintances of Mr. and i Mm. L. Covisart aro respectfully invited to attend tho funeral services of Mr. COVISART, at St. Peter's Church, THIS AFTERNOON, ' at 3 o'clock. ? . ' ' . For Bale. A8ET of COTTON SPINNING MACHINE? RY complete; to oonsnmo about GOO pounds Cotton per week, making No. 25 and' No. 30 Yarns: for tutor power. Best Eastern ! make; liberal oredit if desired. Apply to JOHN H. HOLMES, Boyce's Wharf, April 28110_Charleston, 8. C. For Bent. Iff?, THE commodious and desirable',.' ia ROOMS abovo tho Btoro wo occupy- ' ilk singly, in ?nits, or altogether. Pos session of tho second floor desired ih .Sep- ' tomber. R. C. SHIVER & CO. ' April 28 MAY BUTTS?. THOSE who appreciate alrlotly choice GO- * 8HEN BUTTER will do well to call at OANTWELL'S, April 28 1 Main street.