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GAMBIA, s. c. Sunday Morning, April 39,1871. ?? .:? .-VT:-- ' "'.'''. ^_ JJNJt?8T.--Tho New York. Times is very 'uneasy ?boot th? division in tho Repub? lican party, It OD j oles, and flatters, and condemns, and den on noes, and coaxes, and scolds, and thou coaxes again aboat "tho criticisms ripon Grant that proceed ilrom bis ptriy. in a mannei truly re? markable and perplexing. It hopes (bat, whatever differences of - opinion may exist now orin future about the Administration, there can be none among , tbe people as to the necessity for keep? ing the party in power. It calls np from tbe vasty depths of the pust the terrible spectre of "the late rebellion," and tries to scare quiet and peaceable folk with it in ibis wise: ".People who think that the South his forgiven and forgotten its defeats havo ? 'conjured 'up for themselves a fool's para 'diae. -The ugly/sot is before ns that -communities whiob have staked every? thing on a war and lost, seldom forget what they . regard as their wrongs. No xnan supposes that France will abide by ono decision in the struggle whioh BIIO provoked. The Southern press con? stantly expresses the hope that the day will como when the Most cause* will triumph. The belief of nine-tenths of the people is, that their children will never rest satisfied until an uttompt bin ! been made to retrieve the fortunes of the Confederacy. These sentiments may gra? dually die ont, but if the Demooraoy is restored to power, they will be far more Jikely to acquire a sudden strength which will alarm all classes of the peo? ple, and convince them when too late that permanent seenrity nus to bo obtained under Republican rule alono. The happiest day whioh all discontented spirits at th? South havo seen for Borne years would be that on whioh a Demo oratis President was sent to Washington. The murmura whioh we bear now would instantly be exchanged for something muon more formidable, and the Demo ?rats as a party would be untrue to theil ?history, if they did not stand by (bc South at snob a crisis rather than by the Horth." The Times is partly rigbt, and partly wrong. It sees oertain figures moving in the dim and distant fature, bat it seei them mistily and mistakingly. Th< Mobile Register says: It is quito tru< ' ?hat tbs South, has not forgotten-Qoc grant she never may forget-the past Whether she forgives it or not, is un o th o ?question; but, as to "retrieving the for tones of the Confederacy," or reviviof the contest for tho "lost causo," we an not fools enough to undertake it. Th fact is, there is no neoessity for it. \V know that oar Northern friends ar going to db for as all that we could de <--8ire, for ourselves. They are going t do it on their own account, and we ar not soft enough to wish for any share c tho trouble or the glory; we have ba .enough of both to last as a life-time. The Times and its friends may squirn and writhe, and bowl os much as the . please. The day of retribution-be farther, or be it nearer-is at hand. A HoPEtfrjii VIEW OP THE POKCE BIL: Tho Now York Evening Post oontinui its able exposition of the unconstiti ?ional outrages of its party, rehearsir. the illegal purposes of tbe Ku Klux bi and advising the Ipeople "bow to me tho unconstitutional legislation." Tl i bill, it says, if yalid, establishes a rev . lotion no less completo and momento tb ?u was wrought by tu? origins' adc tion of the Constitution itself. It ce tralizes power, delegates to the Preside authority superior to any which the OJ e tito tion vests in all the departments Government, and pats it in the power one man to convert our republic into imperialism. In this crisis the Eveni Post takes the wise and diploma conreo. It flatters the mau who n . ?olds our destinies in his hands, te ' bim that he ia "too faithful and too pi to dcairo usurpation," and too "hones patriotio" to make himself the Empei that the law now allows him to bo. I less wo wish o? vii war, this is manifee the only coarse open-to plaoato the c tutor until bis power expires. The .merka pf the Evening Post on the m net of meeting this orisis are SIBO marl by its usual excellent senso. "Tho o raged Constitution,'' it says, "provi ; the means for its own vindication. " 1 * . flrtt tost brought before the Sapre '^^u>k.^j(li prick the babble Casar ii 'and even if it should bo impossible securo ou oarly decision from that cot ?^kpm^^mW^i^i^^ that pal Opinion, if' quietly expressed, with* girieg sccciicT to? tbs sse ol the ?potio.power granted the President, . force the unconstitutional measure fi tboetatuto-book. ? ', ?????,? i - RBTORH OP THE JEWS XO PALESTINE The .Philadelphia Press states that . Sultan . of Turkey offers strong indi ', .rc ou ta to the Jews to emigrate to Pa Itlne, aad h aa oven expressed his willi ; noss to seit them.tue. Mosque of OD >whioh? it will be recollected, ocoai - the site on Mount Moriah of tho ano 'temblfc^It Qdd3: "Some of the 1 . around Jerusalem bavo already beoi .Jewish propdrfcy," - iVtiat Northern Correspondent? Say. S. D., th? correspondent of the Now York $ World, writes as f olid wa. He speaks bf the op^le??on bf .the enormous taxes: ' The thing cannot be done. In the up? country the people are selling their cot? ton at twelve cents a pound,. having plan tod in tho expectation of at least twenty, and they cannot meet two years' taxes at one swoop, each year's assess? ment being three-fold greater than ever before known, and six per cent, gold in? terest on a new debt of 86,000,000. It is oonflBoation, confiscation of the pro? perty of the industrious and honest by the rogue and pauper, nnd I give it as my firm conviction that no power savo the irresistible arm of the Federal Go? vernment will bo able to carry this medi? tated robbery into cffcot. The State i H goaded to madness, and so far from wondering at the few cases of violenoe, it is remarkable that the population is not en masse in arms. No community in the North would endure for an instant the organized robbery which constitues tho Government of this State. To bo rid of it in somo way is tho fixed determination, and should peaceable moana fail, I havo somo reason tnsupposo that violence will be resorted to, upon a deliberate calculation that it would be better, and safer, and cheaper to have the State lilied with United States troops, and put absolutely nuder martial law, than to have thc iufumous characters now in power romain any longer at tho bend of affairs. Tho Federal troops, say tho people boro, we do not fear, their pre? sence is cveu in ono sensodesirable, siucc wherever they are quartered they dis? burse money and provo good for trade, and when compared to the rulo of the thief and Afriouu, their sway is even to be welcomed. With such views-and they are all but universal-it can be seen that the Kn Klux legislation of Con? gress has no terror for the people of South Carolina. Their papers dismiss the bill with a brief contemptuous notice, and in common conversation the theme is seldom broaohed. As elsewhere throughout the South, the popular senti? ment is iudurated, and cares not a straw for any bill Congress may pass. The worst of them can only come to the military at last, and the South now fra? ternizes with the military. A new spirit has taken possession of this indomitable people, and where they once turned theil backs on the troops, all is now concilia? tion, attention, civility and respect. The stubbornest Bourbon of them all wil! shake bauds with the soldiers now, and what with pleasant greetings, the BOC?U glass, and friendly notices and invita li?os, it is wonderful to see what can bc done. Instauces have como to my know ledge where an officer complained of bj the local carpet-bag politicians as "toe friendly with the rebels" has been re moved, and another of sterner monk ordered to -supersede him ia command with no botter result than the same com plaint by tho samo carpet-baggers in i week's time. As to the men, it is to bi borne in mind that the bulk of the in fantry is made up of Irishand Germans and that much of the present- cavalr is composed of old Confederate troopers just as Ben. Butler complained not l.>n? since in the House, the exact truth beiuj that if Wheeler were to ride down th line of some squadrons, he could think but for the dug and uniform, bc wa back at the head of his old wild ridere Material like this is very unpromisinj HU pp ort to a rascal Government like tba afflicting South Carolina, and even wer native born American Republicans to b ! enlisted, it is doubtful if any better rc suits oould bo obtained. Blood is thicke than water. A man honest and brav enough to bo a soldier would never sid more than he could possibly help wit theso knaves and cowards, whose bus UL'HS is to steal with both hands and roe continuously for protection to thc; honest industry from tho troops. A. P., the correspondent of the Ne York Sun, furnishes to that paper som information concerning tho coal c fitting up tho State House in Columbi: It seems that when the job was fir: put up to saddle the cost of thisextravi gant furniture upon tho people, it wi intended to con li no it simply to tl Assembly Chamber, which, by tho wa; wits in rather a dilapidated conditio! Speaker Moses took tho thing in ham and gave un order in writing to Denu to contract for tho furniture, at the san timo enjoining upon him the necessi' of strict economy and a wholesome r gard for tho then impoverished conti tion of the people. In upholster Dennis is an artist, or at least he thin! he is, and ho didu't propose to thro away bis talent npon the mere decor tion of an Assembly Chamber. Ho i solved to furnish tho whole State Hone and for this purpose ho went to Nc York to consult his brother artist Messrs. Nicol & Davidson. Tho latt firm were not averso to tho little jo and of course they did thoir best to e cure it. Stewart & Sutphen, of Broo lyn, also had a finger in the pie, ai furnished carpets enough at $2.GU n ya to flt out every private house in Colin bia. In course of time, tho furniture ai upholstery arrived, and was put in t State House. I wont all over the mil ing a few days ago, and waa enabled judge for myself of the valuo of t articles. A plain clock with a oarv walnut frame, that Dened int would p up for about $100, is charged on Nie & Davidson's bill at 8185. The clo has not ran bat a few hours since it w placed over the door of tho library tho rotunda. Another olook of the sai kind hangs in the Assembly Chambi It ooBt $175-worth about $75. There aro about twenty small rooms tho State House, known as commitl rooms. These are never used exoept loafing places for negro members, or convenient retreats iu which to onjoj little gome of draw at odd times wh tho Legislature is in session. Into eo of theso litt lo rooms, General Deni \. pat a handsome carpet, a black walnut table covered with green clo tb, ivory convenient for poker,) and walnut chaira by tho dozen. Ho purchased for eaoh of. these rooms a large German (hot French) plate mirror,'with cheap walnut frame. Nicol & Davidson charge on the bill $355 eaoh for these mirrors. What the per cent, on them is, of ooaree, no one can tell, bat certain it is that they are not worth half the money. So certain is Gov. Scott that there is fraud in the parchase of these mirrors, that he will not allow them to be un? packed, and says they shall not- be placed in the rooms. He has ordered Dennis to send them back to Now York. In the Assembly room we have n cen? tral ohandelier, invoiced by N. & D. at 83,600. It is a gilt chandelier, with 160 burners, but exceedingly plain. 81,000 would bo n very high price for it almost anywhere in Now York. Mr. Speakor Moses sits in front of a crimson silk reps curtain, furuished by Stowart Sutphen, of Brooklyn, at 81,365, and under a gilt cornice bearing tho palmetto treo and coat of arms, put up by Nicol & David sou for S865. But the grossest swiudlo, and ono that excites moro comment and iudignation here than nny other part of the wholo bill, is that of tho "cuspa dors," or jar spittoons. Thoy aro of French china, handsomely enameled, and marked in gilt, "Houso of Repre? sentatives, South Carolina." They were invoiced by Nicol k Davidson at $96 a dozen, and thero are about ten dozen of thom. Gov. Scott says: "They (tho cuspa dora) aro so thick in thero (tho House) that tho negroes that wear No. li's can't put their feet on thc floor without crush? ing one or two to atoms." It is so; there have been nearly forty broken al? ready in that way. Of course, in a Le? gislature like South Carolina's, it is ne? cessary for tho health and convenience of all that ablutions should bo frequent Gen. Dennis kindly afforded tho necessa? ry facilities in elegant china eunnieled toilet Bets, at 865 each. Each committee (or poker?) room has one. But I havo neither time nor space to devoto to a moro particular enumeration of the arti? cles in this hugo swindle. I have ?;iven tho prominent ones, and that is enough to judge by. Tho whole bill amounts to 892,500, and it is safo to say that fully one-half of it is a fraud. Public Meeting. The tax-payers of Richland County are requested to meet on Monday next, at 12 o'clock M., iu Irwin's Hall, in this city, to appoint delegates to tho May Convention. CITIZENS. ..Winn the South Ask?." Tho Savannah Republican, a staunch Democratic paper, expressos itself thus "But the Jacobin programmo is to fight tho next Presidential contest only on sectional issues; to revive, if they can, tho questions that divided tho North and the South in tho late unhappy strife. It is the only expedient left them for blinding tho unsuspecting people of the North to their misdeeds. But, iu order to accomplish their purpose they havo been compelled, in advance, to prescribe a platform for tho Democrats us well ns for themselves. In no other way could I they get up tho antagonism that is their only hopo. Tho negro is tho ever ready subject, and Morton and Colfax have i oven, thus early, thrust him into tho foro-grouud, and nesigncd to the respect ive parties the suitable positions. Un fortunately, they have belied tho South, and, as a consequence, tho wholo Demo? cratic party, in making this issue; and they will iguomiuiously fail. Tho South has no negro issuo to make iu tito coming contest. All her views are national and conservative. We think wo know tho temper and opinions of Ler people on that question, and, at the risk of a note of dissout from a few extremists, wo now luke occasion to embody them iu the fol lowing propositions, which, wo believe, j will meet tho cordial assent of ninety nine out of every hundred Democrats in i thc South: 1. Wo regard African slavery as abo? lished, finally and forever. 2. Equal civil rights to ?very class of American citizens, without distinction. 3. While wo bold that Republican go? vernment to bo wiso and safo, must rest upon tho virtue and iutclligenco of tho people, and view with serious apprehen? sion tho incorporation of a largo servile class of unlettered persons, wholly un? fitted by provious education, habit or association for au intelligent uso of tho i electivo franchise, with tho votiug papa- j latiou of tho Uuiou; yet, ns suffrage without distinctiou of race, color, or previous condition, has become engraft? ed upon nil tho constitutions, State as well as Fedoral, wo accept tho chango ns law, and, repudiating all responsibility therefor, will give it a fair trial, leaving to the futuro to determine, by tho light of oxperionco, whether a continuance of tho system shall, or shall not, bo safost and host for tho country. These propositions, in our judgment, embraco tho views of tho groat body of intelligent Southern men on tho negro question, and if tho Jacobin leaders can make anything by taking issuo with them, thoy are welcome to the victory." Tho Piccoli Giornule, of Naples, states that another haman skoloton has just hoon discovered at Pompeii, andabas neon added io thc five ethers ig the museum. Tho ingenious systeflr by whiob Senator Fiorolli is able tJf&Bpro dace tho shapo and features of tjffiBrjrpso by tho mold of inorustcd aabdSpformed ou the body is well known. Jrotho pre? sent instance the impression is perfect, and has produced results superior to any yet obtained. Tho body is apparently that of a plebeian, in tho primo of lifo, who had fallen backwards while endeavor? ing to escape. Tho agonies of his death throes is shown by the contortions of tho j countenance and the left hand oonvul I sively olenohed. Tho Nation, a Republican journal, subjects the force or Ku Klax Act, re? cently passed, to a searching analysis, and thaa sums up its oonolasions: "The statute violates the letter of the Constitution by declaring that to be a rebellion against tho Uni ted States which is nothing more than violence to indi? viduals, nod by permitting the writ of habeas corpus to be suspended in timo of peace; by authorizing tho President to employ the military forces in repressing opposition to Stato laws, without any application from State authorities; by extending the prohibitions of the four? teenth amendment to oases of private wrong; and by clothing tho national courtB with jurisdiction over ordinary crimes and with the function of ordinary police repression. It violates tho entire spirit of the Constitution by conferring upon the President in time of peace a military discretion which belongs to him only as Commander-in-Chief iu time of actual war; and by destroying tho sepa? rate-although subordinate-iudepen . dence of tho States within thoir appro? priate sphores, which was firmly estab iished|in tho Constitution, as an essential fcaturo of our institutions." TUE KU KLUX IN PENNSYLVANIA. - There is a secret association in tho West- I ern part of Pennsylvnuia culled "Tin Workiugmon's Benevolent Associatiou." It was formed sinoo the war iu conse? quence of tho rapid fall in tho price of coal, and is composed of laborers iu tho coal minos of tho region iu question. Tho object of this association is to keep up tho prico of coal. When Hint prico fulls to a certain figure, tho order is given to stop work until tho article grows scarce. Of course tho object of keeping up tho prico of coal is to keep up the wogea of tho operatives. Dnriug tho last two years, says tho New York Keen? ing Post, this association has kopt the collieries idle, ou au average, two-fifths of the time Violent fluctuations in tho prico of coal, tho depression of all the manufacturing industries which depcud on it, tho depreciation in value of pro? perty that hus cost hundreds of millions of dollars, tho compulsory idleness of many thousands of workingmen outside of tho conspiracy, and immeasurable suffering among tho poor of tho country have been tho results. They enforce, says tho Post, their doctrines by a sys? tem of terrer, so that no laborer in that region dares to earn a living when they forbid it. And by tho unity of their ac? tion, and tho number of votos they con? trol, they greatly inilueuco tho politi? cians of tho State. After a great deal of violent couduct on tho part of tho miners, tho companies as a last resort proposed an arbitration, and tho workingmen agreed to it, and selected Judge Elwell as a referee. Ho made an award recognizing tho right of tho operatives to demand sucli wages as they want, and to combine iu thoir do mauds, to thc extent of a "strike;" but insisting that no such combination has the right to provent other laborers from working, or capitalists from employing them, on any terms that may bo agreed upon. The miners did not like this de? cision, nud they havo accordingly repudi? ated it. Now, will tho President suspend tho writ of habeas corpus iu Pennsylvania? Will he Bond the army and ?mvy to Pittsburg, and try the efficacy of tho Federal courts and Federal bayonets on tho Lackawanna rainers? Or, is Penn? sylvania a largo Stato of doubtful poli? tics, and will tho President prudently confino his wrath to South Carolina and tho Southern Democrats? that's tho question. Hero is about as fine a field to commence operations in with tho new force bill as wo can well imagine. Thero is no* dispute about tho facts herc. In? deed, thero is hardly any question about its bciog a gonuine "insurrection." Wo havo asked ourselves tho question, nlso, will tho Congressional In rest isp it i ny Com mitteo visit tho Lackawanna Valley? This is a mean world? 1 Richmond Enquirer. Tho notorious Henry Berry Lowry, of Robeson Couutj-, N. C., is charged with another murder. An attempt was re? cently madu to arrest him, and his house was surrounded by a party of men, while tho sheriff weut to au adjacent town, to summon furthor assistance. During his absence, Lowry escaped from tho house, cud, aided by his friends, fired upon tho party, killing a young man, named luman, and severely wound? ing another, named McKay. Tho out? law and his party escaped. T EU MULE TAXATION.-Thc most fright? ful iustanco on record of heavy taxes is related by a Vermont newspaper, in ro spect to a town in that State, where, ac? cording to tho journalist, "tho taxes for tho comiug year are estimated as follows: Town expouscs, 1115 couts on tho dollar; highway, li couts; railroad bonds, 75 cents; making in nil 22-1 cents on the dollar." Tho Boston Advertiser thicks tho only way to securo "numerous accessions of groat and enlightened mcu lo tho coun? cils of tho nntion nod the broad republio of lotters," is to teach them when young how the Yankees destroyed tho Narra? gansett Indians and tho Boston Ku Klux threw the British tea overboard. Stories of Daniol Boone and Simon Kenton and Isaac Sholby won't do. Tho most rovolting crimo thnt has probably over boen committed in Ame? rica is now under investigation in tho Litchfield (Conn.) courts. A father, who appears to havo boon tolerably veil educated, bas been making his daugnins the victims of his incestuous dosire fi r fifteen years, and deliberately murd ring the annataral offspring of his lust. Aa old woman of sovonty-oight years was murdered for her money in Now Or? leans, on the 24th. Tho fiend suffocated I hor with a pillow. Henry Ward Beecher says it will never I do to preach cream and practioe skim I milk. Hs o o al X"t o -m sa . FuBiiio MEETING.-Ia many of tba Counties of the State, meetings are to be held to-morrow-hoing sales-day-to appoint delegates to the May Conven? tion, which assembles in this city. The meeting for Richland will be held at 12 o'clock, to-morrow, in Irwin's Hall, agreeably to notice given in these co? lumns. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.-A young New Yorker, named Wm. McCloud-recently employed ns a book-keeper by the j Messrs. Joyner-while attempting to I jamp from the South Carolina Railroad I train, nt their camp, yesterday morning, slipped and fell, and was BO severely in? jured, that bis lifo is despaired of. His right leg was broken, his tongue cut nearly in two, and his head badly bruised. Physicians aro in attendance upon bim. PHONIXIANA.-Tho prico of single copies of the PHOENIX is Qvo cents. Lost, between tho Nickcrson House nud Richardson street, tho drop of au ear-ring. A liberal reward will bo paid for returniug it to this office. Plain aud fancy colored printing exe? cuted with neatness aud despatch, on the most reasonable terms. All tho latest styles of cards, &c, on baud and printed in excellent style, at tho PHOENIX office. At a mcetiug of tho Bourd of Direc? tors of thc Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company, held yesterday, George W. Waterman, Esq., waa elected Treasurer, rice Reuocu Tomlinson, re? signed. Pamphlets, briefs, catalogues, dodgers posters, hand-bills, bill-heads-in fact everything in the way of job printing gotten up in tho best style and on teran that wo pledge ourselves will bo satisfac tory to all parties. With approved mn chinery aud steam power, wo challeng I comparison in prices. By referenco to our advertisin columns, it will be seen that the old fin of J. & T. R. Agnew has been dissolved but the business will be continued, as new partnership has beGn formed-Jobi Jr., being taken in. The new firm wil wo havo every reason to believo, provo i successful as tho old one-for John, Jr received his mercantile education undi the supervision of John, Sr. Tho mysterious S. T. 1860, X, is 01 again with u now almanac for 1871. A though a little late in the season, it hi lost nothing of tho usual interest it co ta;us-being full of novelties to amus Cull at Heiuitsh'H and get one. W. H. Witt, Esq., is Notary Publ for Lexington, and not Trial Justice, recently published. Thc strongest propensity in womal nature, says a careful student of tho sc is to waut to know what is going 0 aud tho next strongest is to boss the jo Can a druggist bc considered tho ch piller of tho State? Tho Evangelical Lutheran Catechis Nos. 1 and 2, have just been publish by Duffio & Co., of this city. Thoy hn been commended aud endorsed by t editing commilteo of tho General Syn in their roport ou Sabbath School lite: turo, "ns lucid, si DJ plo nnd conciso arrangement, and, ns such, well adapt to thc instruction of thc children of i church." Prico .ccvcnty-fivo cents j dozen. Tho firm havo also furnished with copies of Harper's Weekly a Krank Ij?S?te'ii Ji'ii??i'iuC?! Jy?i?sp?p?t', tho 6th May. The woman who maketh a good pi ding in silenco is better thau one tl maketh a tari reply. ODD FELLOW'S SCHOOL.-Upon rel etico to our advertising columns, it \ bo sceu that, 011 May 1st, Dr. J. J. 1 Cants will be associated with Mr. R. Clarkson in ihe management of t school. This combination must greatly to tho ndvantago of tho sch? Dr. McCauts is a teacher of estnblis! acceptability aud considerable exp once. Mr. R. H. Clarkson is a gradi of thc South Carolina College in palmy days of Preston and Thorn* In a cia?? of nearly fifty young men, Clarkson stood high. Ho will no do prove a conscientious, thorough pains-taking teacher, and his mani ment of boys will, wo judge, bo fi kindly and judicious. Ho has tho es tial qualities of oharacter and att meats. RELIGIOUS SERVICES THIS DAT. nity Church-Rev. P. J. Shand, Roi 10}4 A. M. and 5 P. M. St. Peter's Church-Rev. Francis quonset, 1st Mass 7 A. M.; 2d A! 10}? ; Afternoon Service 1 P. M. ' Lutheran Church-Rov. A. R. R 10J? A. M. Presbyterian Church-Rev. Jos, Wilson, 10}.< A. M. nnd 8 P. M. Washington Street Churoh-Rev Derrick, 10?.< A. M.; Rev. N. Tall? P. M. Marion Streot Ch arch-Rev. Wm Mood, 10^ A. M. and 8 P. M. Baptist Churoh-Rev. J. L. Roym loy, A. M. and 8 P. M. Eve Subjoot: "Christian Solidarity." 3KUISNADE.- Col. li??h, tho President of theGreenville nnd Columbia Rail? road, was serenaded , at the Nickerson House, lost night, by-the Firemen's Baud. He responded in a abort address of thanks for the compliment. Superin? tendent Dodamead thon took tho party in tow, and in a short time a sound re? sembling the popping of corks from champagne bottles was distinctly heard. Col. Bash expects to pay a short visit to the North in a few days. "PUT YOURSELF iii His TLAOE." Theso words have been used as tho title of a book. They are suggestive of an important moral. It would bs indeed a glorious enlargement of charity, could wo, at all times, place ourselves in the circumstances of others who have been betrayed into error and sin by causes the force of which we cannot adequately conceive, having never been ourselves influenced by them. P?rhapB, bad our | way been darkened as theirs-had we boen Ieftcompanionlcss and friendless as some culprit whom we condemn,, like error may have led us from the path of rectitude. Even in oases where no great. moral stain attaches to individuals, but | where venal indiscretions and obnoxious^ peculiarities make those wo ku ow, and; sometimes esteem, solecisms in society/ wo should extend indulgence to their failings, and, putting ourselves in thei: places, ask the question of our conseil onces, had we been destitute of early an| judicious training, would we havo e caped from peculiarity, even so far i they, with macy imperfections, ha\ done? The sins of vanity are multi? form, and yet this great charity, sn humanizing in its results, should lessen many of these. It is tho ambition o? many women, on the wrong aide Of thirty, and well preserved bscbelo somewhere near forty, to look np every new acquaintance of the oppos sex, as somebody to be practised on the way of love-making. These th first approach by inuendo, and all tko artful language of the eyes. Next cou - J plimont is resorted to, at first insidiou , then familiar, and seemingly spontan - ous. Though thorongh people of tl ? world understand these things, and ra y tho vanity no less foolish than wioke , which prompts them, yet some ihexp - rienced child of nature may receive fat 3 coin for gold, and find too late the etil ? of vanity. But let nr. extend charityj|o oven this paltry and injurious phase ridiculous attempt at eelf-aggrandt ment-this imposition on society, votaries argue, "I shall flatter him most probably her) of the opposing into preference for me. This will, in time, appear, and I shall be con si de quite killing-a Venns or an Adonis, tho caso may be." Let us look as ten? derly os possible on this sore indication of a frivolous miad, exhibited by vanity of the deepest stripe, and scarce to.be palliated when charity enables uagto "put ourselves in bis place." ?Esor REPEATED.-All readers of ??sop must bo struck by the accuracy ?th which tho people of Spain are repeating the fable of the frogs that clamorea Tor a king. For threo years they kepi up the wail until, having involved Em po in a bloody war, Jupiter took pity u on them and threw them a log in the pepon of King Amadeus. At first be pas treated with some show of respeotjbut being of amiable disposition, anil ??jjher insensible to tho political beart-barnjpgs and bickerings of bis subjects, tlnjv at last commenced throwing mud at bin, in which Senor Castelar led off; lately they have actually jumped apon him intthe most contemptuous manner, by itlro duciog a bill into tho Cortes propopng tho deposition of tho House of Baloy. It is easy to foresee his fate. A crown forced to submit to such an insulinas only tho frailest of tenures. Sing Stork will shortly make bis appearance, sinco nothing less than snob a gobi, monarch will inspire the frogs witt respect out of which loyalty is Tho recent history of Spain is not, ever, tho only ono foretold by iEsI his fables. Wo may probably reabr? the truth of another in the political efents of 1872. HOTEL ARRIVALS, April 29.T2fta T?m House-J. E. Stenhouse, Chorlot B; J. D. Angeli, Montreal; N. R. Ra isay, Scotland; J. B. Chaplain, Little look; W. J. Clawson, J. S. Thomson, iork ! ville; F. D. Bosh, Greenwood; jp. H. I Coffin, Maryland. LIST OP NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Aots of the Legislature. Pope & Franklin-Tallow. Meeting Building and Loan Aeaboia'n. Mrs. C. E. Reed-Millinery. { R. D. Sean & Son-Choice Arl pies. Jacob Levin-Auctions. D. 0. Peixotto & Son-Auotioi J. & T. R. Agnew-Dissolutiot, Li ppm an'H Bitters are for sale by s 1 drug? gists and doalors. Depot in Oolumb ?, B. O., at QKIQEH ,t MoQuEoon's, Druggists. 818 Not a creature is stirring, not evon Imonse, as tho happy nonaekooper said ai he lay quiotly in his bod after cleaning ibo tremidos of rats, mico, bed-bugs ami roaohtB, with Iseaoscn'e "BnBEPor.,r Sold by ?lldruggists. F19 j m