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COLUMBIA, s. c; Thursday Morning:, May ll. 1871. Ii is a great pity that the Indian Peace Commissioners have been unable to ex? tend the fruits of their humano and be? neficent labore to Arizona. In that Ter^ ritory a war of extermination is buing waged between the whitos and thu abo? rigines, and from latest accounts it looks ss though the Sons of the Forest wore getting deoidetlly the worst of the fight. Iudeed, the Arizonians are exerting themselves to exterminate the tribes that have been for some time pant giving them provocation. Their bitterest foes, the Apaches, they have surrounded inj the Drogan Mountains, and if thu en? circled foo find no outlet for cBcapo, our Territorial brethren threaten to kill every one of them. This is not humnne, but in Arizona it is deemed just. Thero is a need for more Iudian pence commis? sioners in the Territories, especially Ari? zona and Now Mexico. .. The Carolina Spartan publishes a oard from John Faut, Orango Mack, Ransom LewiB, Dennis Williams, Coleman Wof ford, Aaron Wallace, Jack Moore, Riley Floyd, Wm. Nash, Andy West, Samuel Durruh, Bailey Forrest, Duvid Hill, co? lored citizens of Spartuuburg, in whioh they assert that, believing that tho De? mocratic party can only bring peace and order to the country, we tako this me? thod of. saying that wo withdraw from the Radical party, nnd will hereafter support the Democratic party. ? ? ??-? HON. JEEP. Davis' MISSISSIPPI ESTATES Now OWNED BY ONE OP HIS SLAVES -A letter to the Chicago Tribune describes a visit made in company with Mr. Jeffer? son Davis, to the plantation formerly owned by him in Mississippi. ? The writer says: "We left at night on the R. E. Lee, one of our fiuest steamers, and landed at the Hurrioane plantation about day-light the next morning. This plantation, and another known as Briarfield, were occu? pied before the war by J. E. Davis and his brother, President Davis. They were sold to a favorite freedman, Ben. Mont? gomery, for $360,000, payable at the end of ten years, (lat January, 1876,) inte? rest at B?X per cent., payable annually; Beb, who is very black, but thoroughly cd"c?tsd befrrro the war, met us and gave ns a breakfast, waiting on the table him? self, but. not offering to take a seat. After breakfast, wo bad a .carriage and rode over the magnificent estate, the ex? tent of whioh you can form some idea of when I tell you that Ben. Montgomery made last year 2,fJ00 bales of cotton and a Urge quantity of corn. We dined at Briarfield, the former residence of Jef? ferson Davis, and now ocoupied as a re? sidence of the aforesaid Ben., and you will not be surprised to learn that the former slaves of Mr. Davis greeted him with ull the warmth of affuotion which they were cwpable of expreesiug. Mr. Davis met them cordially, and enoou raged them by mauy kind words. After diuutit, ut which our wealthy host ngaiu waited ou in iu elegant .myle, we passed on to H very large and vuluablo planta? tion which has boon purchased by Ben. Montgomery and added to tho Davis estate, uud which will ndd to his crop this year probubly 1,000 bales moro, making 3,51)0 iu ?ill, if it is a good crop." "PIUBSTS AUB THIEVES."-All tho cler? gy of Montmartre, inoluding M. Protot, the venerable OUIHJ of Saint Pierro, wore arrested on the 15th of April. The mo? tives of this arrest are to bo gathered from tho following curious placard, post? ed on the closed doors of tho church: "APBIIJ 10,1871.-Whereas priests are thieves, and churohes haunts whore they have morally assassinated the masses, in dragging France under the talons of the scoundrels Bonaparte, Favre and Truck ii, the delegate of Les Carri?res, ut the cx prefeoturo of police, orders the Church of Saint Pierre to be cloned, sud decrees the arrest of the ecclesiastics and igno rantins.-Le Moussu." [Two seals of the Commune stumped on the paper. ] MASONIC-THE GRAND ORIENT OF FBANOE.-Ia 1869, the Grand Orient of France grunted Masonic oharters to ne Eo lodges ia Louisiana. Tbs Grand pdge of that State then formally inter? dicted any Masonio communication be? tween bodies under its jurisdiction and said Orient. Afterwards the Grand Lodge of Virginia took the same action. The Grand Orient of France issued a circular that it is anti-MaBonic to discri? minate on account of color. Tho Grand Master of Virginia declined to re?oive the communication, on acoountof ino in? terdiction. In this action tho Grand Lodge now sustains him. A CASE FOB Mn. GREELEY.-The Nor? folk Virginian montions tue cuso of a ?oung man who went from that towu to Philadelphia in quest ol business ns a clerk. He carried high recommenda? tions of character and capacity. Ho ap? plied to many, and at last obtained a situation, but bis employer had forgot? ten to ask where he was from. As soon as he ascertained he was from Virginia, he at once dismissed him, stating that public feeling was so strong against tho South that he could not H fifo rd to employ a Southern clerk. The latest novelty in the way of accom? modation for travel ia New York ie the placing of a line of palace horse oars on the Third avenue street railway. Thoy are marvels of splendor' uud comfort, ?uite rivaling in their way the oelebruted ullman palace sleeping car, and are said to be profitably patronized, notwith? standing the iuoreasod price charged for ridiug io thom. Tl?? Tax-FayeiV Conymtlnn. 8BC0ND DAY. .. _. WBD?TKSD?V, Maj 10, 1871.. At 12.15 P. M., thc* Convention nsaem bled, and waa called tq Order by President Porter. The JdhrneJ/bi tba previous day's proceedings was read and oou ^Sossrs. Ar mistend Burt uud B. Z. Herndou, of Abbeville; W. E. Holoombo and D. F. Bradley, of Piokens; Col. A. Frederick, of Orangobnrg; James A. Hoyt, of Anderson; M. Li. Boubum, of Edgofiold; J. H. Boyle and Wm. O. Keith, of Oconee, came forward and were registered as delegates. The names of the following delegates from Richland, wereaooidentally omitted from tho list published yesterday : Robt. Adams, Dr. E. W. Wheeler, Johu H. Kinsler. j^Un motion of Gen. M. W. Gary, tho privileges of thc floor were extended to Messrs. W. D. Simpson, Col. C. H. Suber, Hon. W. H. Tresoott nud Col. A. D. Goodwyn. The Executive Coramitteo reported upon tho resolutions of Mr. F. F. War? ley, exhorting tho people of tho Statu to refrain from all nets of violence, nud to look to tho law and other proper ngoncies for tho rcdruss of their grievances; tho co-oporution of tho citizens of each County with the Governor, in tho ap? pointment of Couuty officers, aud thut the peoplo hold primary meetings and petition thu Governor aud tho Legisla? ture to repeal all useless nud obnoxious laws - recommending thut the sauio ho adopted. Judgo A. P. Aldrich offered tho follow iug: Resolved, That the Executive Commit? tee, with tho President, shull havo it iu charge to protect the interests repre? sented by this Convotion in tho interval of adjournment-to keep iu view tho current legislation, aud to call the Con? vention together ut .such times as they may think proper. Also, that, a com? mittee of Ave be Appointed by thu Exe? cutive Committee, to proparo a truthful and condensed roport of the condition of the State, now and since tho war, and that the same be printed and distributed. Referred to the Executive Committee. Mr. Simons offered a resolution, thal a committee of five bo appointed to con? fer with the Governor, in regard to thc postponement of the oolleotion of thc tax in November; and that they reporl to this Convention; which was referred to tho Executivo Committee. Col. Wm. Wallace offered the follow' ing; whioh was referred to the Executive Committee: Whereas, crimes hitherto unknown ii South Carolina, viz: embezzling of pub lio f undB and bribery in the Legislature tm Vu bc?O?i? ?o flagrant as tc in?kc th Government a by-word and reproach ii thie cy os of a civilized world-committed ns they have been, almost openly in th presence of tho Executivo and the Attoi uoy-General of the State-whoso duty i is to see that all offenders ore brought t j UK tice And, whereas, theso violation of law on the part of those occupyin, high pisces in the Government, commit ted almost openly and with impunity beget a spirit of lawlessness throughou the State, Resolved, That tho Attornoy-Genen be instructed to find out and prosecut all such offenders, aud that a coinmitte of five members of this Convention h appointed to aid that officer io tho dit ohargo of this duty. Mr. A. B. Woodruff, of Spnrtauburr. ottered the following resolution, whic was referred to theExecutive Committei Resolved, That it be referred to th Committee of Eleven to report us to til propriety of proposing some plat through thu Governor or otherwise, L which tho law requiring ull ofnoiul ni tices to be published in certain pnpei be repealed, or so modified as to remov said requisition. Mr. H. C. Smart, of Beaufort, offere the following preamble and resolution which were referred to tho Exccutn Committoe: Reoogniziug our obligations ns del gates of this State, in voluntary convei tion assembled, to adopt such moaauri as ju our judgment will be most condi cive to social harmony, mutual co-oper tion in aud support of the Govcrnmen and confidence in the financial conditii of the State. Receiving and ncoepth io good faith the assurances of his E oellency tho Governor that ho will re der any aid in his power to facilita such object, aud that any plan whit this Convention may adopt, consiste with our system of free government, w deserve the earnest atteution-of tho Ge eral Assembly. Approoiating his su gestion as to the proper modo for rom dying existing evils, to wit: to secure f tho State the services of citizens who experience and personal character wou furnish a Buffioient guarantee for wi legislation and judicious expenditure tho public funds. Bo it, thorcfore, Resolved, That tho Executivo Comm tee of this Convention bo, and they n hereby, requested to nominate a coi mittoo, to consist of not loss thau thr nor more than ton competent perso? who shall make and canso to bo mad? thorough investigation of all tho liubi ties of this State. Resolved, That his Exoiiloucy tho C vernor be, and hu is heroby, request to render any aid in his power to tho i oompiishraent of this object, and as important agency exists in thb .State Now York, a visit to which would ont much oxpeuso on the member:; of t committoo, this aid be extended to e braco transportation of this co/nuiitte Resolved, That, the officers of the vu ous departments be, and aro hereby, quested to givo tho committee accusa all sou rec J of information wilhin th power. Resolved, That thc Executivo Couin tee bo continuous in its orguuizatii subject to thu cull of his Excellency n its chairman. Resolved, That in addition to tho i ties horoinbefore provided for tho mc hers of this committee, tho Execut r Committee shall, by conf?rence and co tn m ?ri iou ti ou with bib Exe ol Io nov the Governor, whenever by bim desired, ac sist bim to ' secure trie services of citi? zens to fill the varions offices of State and County. Resolved, That we are opposed to re? pudiation, and bope that tbe result of tbo arrangement herein provided for will secure the prompt payment of all lawful o' ligation H : Provided, however, That we distinctly reservo the right to farther action on this point uutil after tho re? ports herein contemplated aro mn de. Mr. li. H. Wilson offered the follow? ing: Resolved, That it be referred to tho Executive Committee to devise souio plan by which tho necessary expenses ? ? this Convention shall bc provided for. So referred. On motion of Gen. Chcsunt, it was Resolved, That thc Executivo Coen mitteo be ul lo wed to continuo in sealion during the holding of tho Convention. On motion, tho Convention adjourned, ut 1 P. M., to 7 P. M. EVENING SESSION. Tho (.'on ven tion met ut 7 P. M. Mr,F. P. Warley offered the following resolution, which was referred to thu Executivo Committee: Resolved, That this Convention, repre? senting the tux-puyei'H of tho State of South Carolina, aud authorized it* speak for thom, solemnly declare the intention of the people to resist, hy all lawful means, thu payment of any debt here? after coutruoted by tho present Statu Go? vernment, or by any subs?quent govern? ment, in which tho tax payers uro not represented. Mr. Robert Adams, of Richland, of? fered tho folio wi og preamble nud reso? lutions: Whereas taxation without adequate representation is un anomaly in u true Republican government; und whereas the tax-payers of the State of South Ca? rolina aro now laboring under tho iutolo ruble burden arising from non-represen? tation in tho legislativo couueils of thc State; therefore, Resolved, That we recoin uicud to thc Governor a suspousiou of tho collection of taxes for tho year 1871, uutil tho ad journtnent of the next session of the Le gisluture. Resolved, That it is tho seuao of thu Convention that tho necessities of tin tux-payers of South Carolina imperativo ly require such suspension. Referred to the Executivo Committee ^-??fl"inotiou of Mr. T. Y. Simons, it wff! Resolved, That this Convention of tin property-holders and tax payers of th< fcjlato of South Carolina do hereby deeu it our duty to doclaro that the bond heretofore issued, withoutlegn] sanction and tho so-called sterling loan, or an; other bonds or obligation hereafte issued, purporting to be under and b; vii tue of the authority of tho State, u at present constituted, will uot he heh binding ou us; aud that wo rccorument to tho people of tho Statu, in every man uer and at nil times, to resist tho pay ruent t hereof, or tho enforcement of un tax to pay tho sume, by all l?gitim?t means within their power. Resolved, That wo deem it our duty t waru all persons not to receive, hy wa of purchase, loan or otharwiso, au bonds or obligations hereafter issuer purporting to bind the property c pledge the credit of the State; aud fbi all such bonds or obligations will bo bel to be null nud void, ns having bee issued corruptly und improvidently. ??? SyTho Committee on Ss?rago und Elei lion made their report. Col. J. P. Thomas supported tL scheine of cumulative voting in an eh quent speech, and by nu uuunswornb argument, advocating tho principios < minority representation. Mr. G. A. Trenholm spoke in the san strain, showing, by instances from r cent Euglish history, thut tho princip of minority representation is in necor? anco with the teachings of a Imo polit cal economy. Ex-Gov. Manning spoke at length opposition to tho report of tho com in i tee. Gen. M. W. Gary supported tho r port of tho commitleo in appropria and striking terms, showing tho a vantages of tho cumulative system voting. Mr. Chamberlain, iu support of tl report of the committee, made un ul quent aud affecting speech; ut the clo of which, the question hoing put, tl report was adopted. Hon. A. P. Aldrich, from tho Exec (ive Committee, reported upon tho qui tions of representation and taxation. At ll P. M., tho Convention adjoin od lill 12 M. to-morrow. - BANK ORGANIZATION.-On Sattml last, n National Bank, nuder tho titlo thu Nntional Bank of Newberry, with capital stock paid iu of $50,000, w orgnnizod in this town, and tho cort) catos of stock forwarded to Washingtc An election for officers will take place the 17th instant, nnd tho bank will' t iuto operatiou about the first of Ju The business men of our town havo lo folt tho need of bank facilities, and tl now wo are to have tho advantages a privileges of so necessary nn iantitutic all will be glad to kuow. To Coloi Palmer, of Columbia, who wasso larg* instrumental in its inception and orga zation, our citizens fool greatly indobti \ dewberry Herald, Cunioos OLD COINS.-Mr. Charles Burrows, of Buckingham, Pa., is a c lector of coins. Among his collecti ure a copper Roman coin of abort ( before Christ; two copper Masonic, co or medals, assumed to bu us old ns t building of Solomon's temple; two otb dug from tho ruins of Horoulaneum, n almost 2,000 years old; a curious u?pi coin, dated 1190, but of what null could not be mudo out; a Prussian c of 171G; a copper medal in honor Fredoriok tho Groat, struck in 17 Euglish coins of 1723 and J.735, ant curious copper calendar of 1793. Is Dot this, related iu a private letter from Loudon, rather n remarkable story? About teu years ago a young A m er i eau from New York, Walter Hastings, by name, dining iu London in company with Lord C-,> ox pressed the opinion ' that solitary confinement in a dark coll was not so dreadful a punishment cs bad ', been represented. His Lordship-PO goes the tale-offered Hastings ?10,000 if be would undergo outiro seolusiou for ?3U years. Tho proposition being agreed to, a cell waa fitted up in Lord O-'s town house. It was from twelve to iiftoon feet square. Tho prisoner WOB to bo allowed cundi??, a few books, writ? ing materials, plain food-tho latter served by a mau who was not to bo seen. lu this way Hastings has been living for a decade of years, his term expiring about the first of the present month. Ho ia now released, and has rocoived, wu suppose, his hard-earned money. Ho emerges from* his dungeon in rathol a dilapidated condition, appearing, though only thirty-five, like a man of /sixty-live years of ago, his frame stooping and his steps tottering, his face sallow, his hair and board whito, hts voico tremulous and bis speech hesitating. He is coming directly to America.-Ncio York Tribune. THE SHAKE SYSTEM IN THE SOUTH. Thu Now York Post thinks that tho ex truordiuury growth iu thu South, since thu war, of thc method of working fauns on shares, was thc result of tho uxtreme doaire of tho colored laborer to bo his owu master. We think it much moro likely that it was because of tho inability of the 'mister to pay in wages, or iu any other way than shu rcs. The war left tho Southern laud owners with but little but their houses ?ind landa. Often they had not even stock or farming implements. What little money some of them had was required to buy thu very toola with which to work. Even soed hud to bo supplied to largo sections of country by liberal friends, and our own people were persist un t in this good work. Tho share system roso from the necessity of the case. That method of working may bo all that the Post claims for it in the way of a success, but thu negro exodus from Louisiana, which it refers to, is not because of tho abseuco and impracticability of thu system there, but because of tho heavy and exhausting labor which thu sugar culture requires. [Baltimore Sun. TUE PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATL'IIE - ,Tba session of this body hus been cha? racterized by dead-locks. The Demo? crats havo a majority of ono in tho So? nate, and the Republicans a majority of ten in the Housu. E tch branch passes bills calculated to give its own party- an advantage, io which tho other branch declines to concur. Thus scarcely nuy important bills have passod, except that for tho apportionment of tho State, which tho Governor is now urged by members of both parties to veto. Hiv? ing idled away the term for which the members are paid, they havo been care? ful lo provide that they shall bo paid sovtm dollars por day from tho 7th of April to the end of tho sessiou, when? ever that may bi?. Tho people seem to bo remarkably patient uudof the inflic? tion. They reasonably consolo them? selves with the reflection thut if thu im? portant business of tho State is thus wilfully neglected, tho State will at least escape corrupt and prodigal legislation. Ladies aro carrying parasols with long, heavy handles and long points-using them ns walking sticks; aud us a lady has about us much iden of using n cane as a man baa of a fan, it ia extremely ludicrous to behold tho operation. First, you're rcmiuded of a flat-boat on tho Mississippi, with some energetic raftsman shoving her along in tho mud; then, as she comes nearer, prodding tho harmless sidewalk, you think of men you've seen spearing eels, till finally you see shu is uot neting a charade, and be? gin to pity her for a poor blind girl, but all of sudden ti ti tl it's only a girl of the period tryiug to walk with an overgrown cuuu that has a slight eruption of para? sol broken out ulong its spine Tho Brooklyn Times, summing up the virtues of a soap boiler, lately decoasod, concluded his elegy with tho usual phrase: "Poaco to his ashes." Thu next day, tho editor was waited upon by "a friend of tho family," who threatened to "pound thunder out ol him" unless ho made a retraction. His rcforenco to his friend's ashes they look upon us a por ponal reflection, anti what's moro, they mean to treat it as siiehJ I .?Vt; to York Commercial. A Puris letter soys that one of the first thing* a citizen asks his neighbor uow? n-days, on meeting him out of doots, is: "Cun you toll mo, Monsieur, tho name of our street this morning?" And the reply is: "I could have dono so half an hour ago, but since then tho name hus been changed three times." The United States loan is a complete failure. Not n ceut hits been subscribed iu Europe, aud only fifty or sixty mil? lions in this country. Tho policy of pay? ing off tho debt defeats this, and will de? feat any loau at a- low rato of interest. Capitalists, when they invest, wish to put their money where it will stay. Sinco that story was told about a clerk at Troy whipping his employer, and then having his salary raised by.tho same em? ployer for strict attention to business, tbreo other dorks thero have tried to whip tho ineu they were at work for, but all tho clerks got thrashed and lost their situations. Tho price of a Ibbie in thu time of Edward I was thirty-soveu pounds, whilo tho prico of a day's labor was tbreo half? pence; at which rates it would havo Laken a laborer over fifteen venvs lo earn a Bible. A ten-year old girl has boon arrested iu London for stealing babies mid selling them to married people who weru unable to procure tho "blessings" for thurn I aol ves. 'Original. Night Thought?. C Written Yesterday-May 10 ; While for their graves thean wreathe we're . weaving- . Lord, pardon un nur biltnr grieving, iVucl ob, forgive our slow bel i o vin g, Our (lud, ia Theo. What,.tbough with grief, our heart ia nailing, What, though with woe, our cheek ia paling, Forgive our faith, ii evor railing Thy love to BOO. ?etj while thia duty we're fulfilling For these our demi-with bands so willing - Looms up that past so blighting, killing, Wo pause to weep. Thi n, to our druary tusk returning, Wo brush away tho team so burning, lint oh. this, as a day of mourning, We needs munt koep. We know that lovois in this scourging; For, a? our life barque sncms mib m urging, Wo bear Christ'laiyoioq abov'j the surging, Hay, "Pcaoe, bu Hlilll" Then, what to us, the billows heaving, Closer to Him our hearts aro cleaving, lu iiim confiding and believing, WtTfoar no ill. But since they're gone-tho trun, thc knight? ly I'll ia world can never look so brightly, Nor our hearts ovor beat so lightly;" Though well wc know They're hettut in their hmo grave sleeping Than herc, lire's dreary vigils keeping; Uh, w.iuld iront all thin woe and weeping, Wo, loo, might go. For oh, this ceaseless, ceaseless pining, This cloud that has no silver-lining, This shadow, t hrough which comes no shin? ing, No rainbow ray To lull, with tears and BUti-thiuu blended, That thu i>tomi's wrath is all expended That tho long night at ?ant lu ended, And diiwu'd the day. No! the dark ?hind ip still upon ber iiurninny 'South-bat ?io dishonor! Tjiank God, that nothing yet has wou her From truth aud light; Thank ("uti; her old historic glory Shall still illumine song and story; 1" 11 nt her escutcheon, till Time 'a hoary, Miall still chino bright. MEMORIA. A BAD SOCIAL OUTLOOK.-The New York Times hus a column on that most horrible fen tu ru in the alarming increase of vice aiKl lawlessness, tho frequent re? currence in that sectiou of tho awful crime of parricide, tho example of which was set some mouths ago hy tho blind boy Amos Kultier, aud tho brutal assas? sin, Duiguan, who lias not yet been ar? rested. In New York uud in New Jer? sey, two men, Terwiliigen and Wade, are under sentence of death for tho murder of a parent. In the issuo of tho Times, of Saturday, were recorded two fresh in? stances of the name crime, which, in one case, however, happily went no further than the intention. In Ibo other case, tho son killed his father in self-defence, drawing a revolver and putting three bulls into his father's head. An abortive' attempt at parricide is alleged in New Jersey, and the parsons concerned io this latest atrocity tiro of btiCu respect? able social standing, and tho offence with which they are charged'ta so monstrous, that tho story seems, on the face of it, incredible. Yet one ct tho ablest abd mobt conscientious of New Jersey JudgeB found, iu the accusation, sufficient pro? bability to warrant him in holding the accused to answer in $2,00 ) each. The Times thinks, in view of such cases and the geuoral murder record, to which may bo added thoso nameless villainies to his daughters for which a Connecticut mon? ster has just been sentenced to a totally inadequate punishment, that tho social outlook is not enconrngiug. What would the Times hay if Southern jour? nals should treat these startling abomi? nations as significant of the general cha? racter of tho Northern people, instead of exceptional atrocities? Yet evpry day it denounces tho South, in which such crimes ns tho above were uever heard of, holding it responsible for every uct of lawlessness into which individuals hero and there may bo provoked, as if it we e indicative ot a universal political and social demoralization.-Baltimore Sun. A CLERGYMAN SHOT HY A DESTEUADO. Tho Fort Smith (Ark.) Era, April 24, says that on tho Saturday previously, at Chttcovillo, n quiet villago near the bor? der of tho Indian territory, as the Rev. Mr. Decamp, a missionary of tho Bap? tist Chinch, was about opening religious services, a vu iii nu named Bandle?}' en? tered with a ro vol vcr in his hand, and approaching thu minister, asked his name. Being told, Hundley bred four shots at him, three striking Mr. Decamp iu tho head, killiug him instantly. The ruffian then leveled his reT olver at the congregation, nud drove them out with threats of death nud curses. Ho then mounted his horse and fled. It is said that Haudley, some years since, inter? rupted servico at which Mr. Decamp officiated, and was indicted for so doing. Handley then went to Texas, which was made too hot for him, and he returned, and has thus revenged his offended vil? lainy. WHAT USU?-Thomas Boyle, a well knowu aud cccontrio character, died ut tho navy yard ou Friday last, aged se? venty years. Ho hold tho position of boll-ringer in the yard for more thou twenty years. I3y diut of great econo? my, carried to the vergo of self-annihi? lation, ho amassed a considerable for? tune, amounting, it is stated, to $80,000, nil of which is invested in real estate. Ho uovcr bought any clothes, begging nil that ho needed from home-coming ships. Ho lived iu the meanest style, and did nil his own work, evon to wash? ing his clothes. Although so well lo do, he actually attempted shipping as a sea? man, nt $17 per month, and was refused on account of his ago. His hoardings fall to a cousin, bis nearest of kin. [ Philadelphia Day. At a recent Now York party, a young lady sang with touching effect: "I'm saddest when I sing," when a grent hor? rid man romarked: "Well, Miss, I know of no ooo who has greater occasion." When- a maid servant in Holland wishes to go to a dunce, and has no swain of her own, she bircH a cavalier for the occasion. A beau with nu umbrella re? ceives double pay. E>o cal it om os . ? ? > PHXENIXIANA.-Tho price ?? single Copies of the PHOENIX is five coots. Plain and fancy oolorod printing exe? outed with-neatness and despatch, on th? most reasonable lenna. AJI the latest styles of cards, ?c., on hand and printed in excellent style, ut the PUCK six office Pamphlets, briefs, catalogues, dodgers, posters, hand-bills, bill-heads-in fact, everything in tho way of job printing gotten up in thu best stylo and on terms that we pledge oursolvos will be satisfac? tory to all parties. With approved ma? chinery und steam power, wo challenge comparison in prices. Another dash of wintry weather, yes? terday. Dr. J. W. Purkcr has exhibited lo us another specimen of tho production of hi? farm, an Early R06O potato, weigh? ing nearly nine ounces. It was grown ufter thc "niulobiug" process. The doctor assures us that this sample is a fair average of a large crop. * Kee?ember tho Chapman Sisters and tho inimitable Bishop, to-night, at Irwin's Hull. Tho musical burlesque of "Little Jack Sheppard" is the attraction. These talented artists are well known in Columbia, uud will draw full houses. They hud a complimentary benefit in Charleston, last night. Tho following appointments have been nnuonnced at the Executivo Department: David Leckie, Jury Commissioner for Chester County;'B. G. Billings, of Lan? caster, Notary Public; J. D. Robertson, School Coin missioner for Beaufort. MAIL AIUIANGEMKNTS.-Th? Northern mull opens at 3.30 P. M.; closes 12.15 P. M. Charleston duy mail opens 4.30 P. M.; closes 11.30 A. M. Charleston night mail opens 8.30 A. M.; closes6.00 P. M. Greenville mail opens 7.30 P. 31. ; closes 8.30 P. M. Western mail opeu?l."30P. M.; closes 1.30 P. M. On Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M. MEMORIAL DAY.-Yesterday-May io ? was the annual decoration of tho graves of tho Confedornte dead. The ladles had been busy during the past week in preparing the ?ornl ornaments, intended tn mark the pluce of repose of the "grey jackets," who had forfeited their lives in defence of what- tiiew'o!*rne'*tlv believed to bo a just .cause. Business was geno rally suspended about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and one and all. thronged -to Elmwood Cemetery. About half-past 5, a procession was formed in front of tba porter's lodge, and marched to ' the soldiers' lot, where, after prayer by-Rev. Mr. McQueen, of Sumter, tho floral tri? butes wero" placed npon tho graves of the Confederate dead. The graves of General Marcy Gregg and Captain L. C. McCord were beautifully decorated. A floral monumeut to tho memory of General R. E. Leo was erected, but the wind scattered the flowers in every direction. SUPREME Couirr, WEDNESDAY. May 10. The Conrt met nt 10 A. M. Present Chief Justico Moses nud Associate Jus? tices Willard uud Wright John M. Swann vs. Aaron H. Poa?. Written argument submitted. Joseph Crews, e/ al., ads. S. S. Farrar & Bro. Mr. Simpson resumed and con? cluded his argument for respondent?. Mr. Sullivan was heard in reply for ap? pellants. South Carolina Manufacturing Com? pany vs. J. Perry Price. Continued. N. Wo )8ter vs. Brown & Hammett. Mr. McKissick was heard for appellant. Mr. Duncan for respondents. Mr. Evans on the samo sido. Mr. Bobo for appellant, in reply. At 3 P. M. the court adjourned until Thursday, 11th, 10 A. M., when the Eighth Circuit will be called. "THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE," "GOOD WonDS," "GOOD WORDS FOB THE YOUNG."-J. B. Lippiucott & Co., the American publishers, have forwarded to ns tho May numbers of these high class Euglish monthlies. In the first named is commouced n new tale, entitled "The Story of the Mine," which promises to bo very interesting, oudDr. Blaikio con? tinues his impressions of America and j Americans. In Good Words, also, are the opening chapters of a now story, "The High Mills," by Katherine Saun? ders, aoontinuation of ".TheSylvestres," and an entertaining lecture by Charles Kingsley on "Grots and Groves/' In the last magazine of the trio, than which we know no better juvenile periodical, George MncDonold continues his de? lightful fairy story, "Tho Princess end the Gobliu," and Mrs. Fripp, tho adven? tures of "Tho Merry Little Cobbler of Bagdad;" while D,r. Norman McLeod gives in "The Four Deefmen" nnother specimen of Hindoo tales. LIST OP NEW ADVEBTISEMENTS. Meeting independent Fire Company. Statement of Carolina National Bank. Statement of Central National Bank. Robert McDougall-Portable Engine. I John Agnew & Son-Butter, Hums, Ac. I Lippmau'e Bittora aro for Bain by all drug- jg giat-* and doalors. Depot iu Columbia, H. G., H at GrtiQEU * McCrBEaon's, Druggists. SIS j