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COLUMBIA, S. ?C. _- , -,-i-,-r-' ? Saturday Horning, Hay 20,1871. Thc Philosophy or the Cc-nmuno Move? ment Suggested-A. Plea for the Com? mune. . . A writer in the Fortnightly Review Erederjok Harrison-undertakes, in aa t?r t iel o re-pa bl iah ed in the New York World, ot the 17th, to give the philoso? phy of the revolution of tho Commune Thia writer, whilst deploring the Han? ders and abhorring the crimea that have been committed in Puris, yet recognises in the movement of the Communists a new s?oial foroe-one destined to make the round of Europe, and tb re-organize society from its foundations. Mr. Har? rison says-that the Government of the Commune was as legitimate a? that of "Thiers. In. the mid^of tho disoontent and distrust created by-tho Tiners Go? vernment, he states that the workmen resolved to apt. They seized Paria and proclaimed tho COILHUNG. And this, he holds, ^as u pro tos t against that excess? ive centralization ' that hod been found injurious alike to*. Par's' and tho pro? vinces. Mr. Harrison states that the proposition of/the! Communists is: Let -Paris .'become? , for political-. abd social purposes; aself-regulating society, united with, other, dity^-oommilnitiea aud with the provinces jn dpftui^o f?dek'a? bonds. Let Paris be what? Genova is in the S trias fede^aMiqri--tit "Hai'beoi/ree city in af rae country. fl Thia wo aro told is tho idea of tho Co in miine in a simple form-? de? main!' for docal self-govora men t-i-a.btrug gie for-de-ceutcaliaatioo. But.Ur. Har? rison : gocB 04 to suggeet that the Com? mune means moro than this. It means ? great : principi? o("gav?rnmeot^?tUc union of mon in- their true political ag? gregates, bound together as a nation in a federal bond, forming for rcqny pur? poses bat one people, without the bar? riers of jealous nationality on tho op? pression of centralized States. " The idea o? the Commune, 'Mr.* Harrison Holds, is "the idea Of the gradual disso? lution of nations into, more sinvlar ag? gregated and truer political .unity." This is the idea, ha says, which 200,(J00 work? men in Paris have taken ap arms to con? quer, and whioli must ultimately prevail. We might say more on this interesting subject, bat we, have only to add, that Mr. Harrison's views on the great move? ment oj the Commune will bs read with interest.. His article throws much light upon what appears a dark . subject to most persons.' We commeud it to all Who haye, time und the taste to attempt to. understand the startling and unex? pected revolution of the workingmen of .Paris. According to Mr. Harrison, the movement has a great aud au enduring significance. C ..'?O?THKRN- BAPTIST CONVENTION.~^In the Southern Baptitt Convention. Mon? day, the 15th instant, a resolution was adopted recognizing the Theological Seminary at Greenville, S. C., as worthy of the highest approval, and pleading the.united and cordial support of the members and officers. A new board was pminatod and 'confirmed. The nfter obn session waa mostly occupied in dis? cussing un amendment to tho constitu? tion offered by Rev. R. H. Graves, of Memphis, .excluding ali but members of their own denomination from sitting in Convention. It was finally laid over. On tho following day tho Convention concluded its sessions. The attendance was small; many delegates were sight? seeing about tho city and suburbs, nnd some started for Chicago to attend the Convention of the Baptist Church North. The debate was continued on constitu? tional amendments, defining the qualifi? cations of members of the Convention, bat after considerable , discussion the amendment was tabled by a large ma? jority. The report on the publication department was adopted after the passage of au amendment opposing the esta? blishment of a general publication de? partment, and urging churches and sun? day schools South to co-operate with the board in their legitimate work. Tho committee on the orphan asylum in the Creak Nation made a report, which was adopted. The Convention adjourn? ed to meet in Raleigh, N. G., in May next. DrvonoKS.-rlt is gratifying lo dbserve that lately the Governors of several Northern States have urged that the laws shall be amended, so as to prevent the obtaining of divoroes. with such ease and promptness as they are obtained under existing lows. Governor Jewell, of Conneotiout, states that for every dozen marriages in Conneotiont, there is one divorce. Society in the North has suffered.most disastrously from the de? moralizing eflfeot? of the laws of divorce. Women are divorced ff om their hus? bands, in some oases, beforo they are ?rtoiG o? tho intention of the husbands to separate from them. The marriage tie is loose, indeed, whore it may be thrown off so readily; and deplorable is the consequent loss of dignity. and so? lemnity of the marriage ceremony, which is vital to the virtue and order of society. ^John Gruiner, of Now Mexico, nu thor o? the "Log Cabiu Songs" of ?840, died at Toledo, Ohio, on Saturday, of pa? ralysis. -He was a represen tali vc to th? Grand. Lodge of Odd Fellows of Ohio, which had juat closed its cession nt Toloio. Boult* Carolina Got?rnui?lit-Grier ? anoci of th? Payers. COLUMBIA, 3. 0.t May ll, 1871. ; Thefe eau be no doubt that tho proper* ty-owjiers of South Qoroliuo novo rbauy real grievances of *,whioh' to complain, on oocouut of the rhnnD"r>jn w.biuh tba fluancea of the State have been adminis? tered, and a careful inquiry BRUB?OH me that the charges of corrupt practicas which they make against tho State Le giBlaturo and many of tho State officers aro, to some extent, truu, although Seatly exsggorated. All puoplo, from e Govornor down to private citizens of both- partiel, white' men aud nugi OOH, agree that, with few oxecptious, tho members of the Legislature were shame? fully venal, and sold their votes with little proteuso of secrecy. This we may pasB over aa an admitted fact; but tho amount of really bud legislation of which they wore guilty is not very great. Tho State of Houth Carolina is too poor tb afford, much plunder. There aro no powerful railway oonipaniea or other rioh and grasping corporations that eau afford to pay roundly fur legislation to promote their into rents; and tho actual amount of corruption money used at tho last session would appear ridiculously small to tho lobbyists who- manipulate the Legislatures of New York and Penn? sylvania, The measures for the passage of which money wns freely used were the phosphate Hill, (which .gave to a few persons a monopoly or tho right to take phosphate deposite, for fertilizing pur? poses, from thu rIvors of tba State.) and the Greenville Railroad subsidy bill, which passed the House after an expen? diture; "OT.$60,000,. but .which finally failed to pass the'Soiiate over the Go? vernor's veto. The chief sin of the Le? gislature was the extravagance with '.w'hioli rhooey was ?fr?nt for olerk hire, furniture /ind incidental expenses. Tho coat QC >Uie last session was nearly ten times ns muon as tho average cost of tho sessions before the war. .As an illtintra tipn tif where the money wont to, it i H related ihat ono member bought a pair of horses, and paid the owner by giving him an order on the Treasurer for pay as a oommittee clerk, abd- that others fur? nished themselves with gold watches and elmina, in a like manner inexpensive to themselves. But it is against three or four of the Stata .officers that the anger of the tax? payers is especially directed. When the State Government went into operation in 1863, the only capital of its members was their influence with the negro voters, and they carried all their tangible for? tunes npon their backs. Now they live in fine mansions, drive fast horses, buy railroads, establish banks, and give every sign of possessing great wealth. In uumuiui?inl O? til ni ii i" ? tim , nimru riOUCS are often rapidly acquired, euoh a sudden rise to fortune would not attract HO much attention or saspioion; but to understand the effect it makes upon the public tem? per here,.it must be remembered that the people of South Carolina are very poor, that nearly all the fortunes onoe possessed by them were wrecked by the war, that many who once lived in luxury are now reduced to actual poverty, aud that the old proud planters have nothing left but their barren aerea, which scarcely produce euough to feed them. In those pinching days of adversity, a throng of unknown men come out of the country of their recent enemies to seize upon all the places in the Government by the aid of negro votes. No doubt a large share of the wealth of these men was acquired by ?hat would be looked upon in New York as legitimate speculation, but here few make such distinctions. The South Carolina planters know Utile about spe? culating; their fortunes used to be in lands and slaves. Wealth was slowly acquired, aud was always an evidence of respectability aud good family; men who made money rapidly were suspected, and the speculative instinct was ono of tho Yankee . traits whioh they moat de? spised. These planters now find them? selves poor, their tuxes enormously in? creased, their 9 ta to debt much aug? mented, aud the State officers suddenly risen from poverty to nflluence. Thoir wrath is naturally great ut all this. The tax-payers do not rest their case, however, ou general assertions of cor ni pt ion, but they make speedie charges against somo of the Statu ellice rs, ?iud these charge? are repeated and endorsed by many respectable Republicans ont ot office. Perhaps tho most serious of the charges refer to tho public laud. Bunds to the amount of 8700,000 were sold, and the proceeds applied to purchasing laud for the State with tho purpose of re selling it ou long credit and iu small tracts to colored men, as a charitable undertaking. A Laud Oomiuiesiooer was appointed, with numerous deputies. It turns out that tho ut most value of the laud purchased is not 8200,000, and that airthe rest of the money went iuto the pockets of the Commissioners and some of the members of a Supervisory Bunni, consisting nf certain State officers. One mau made 890,000 on a ?ingle purchaser He bought a tract of land for 830,000, agreeing with tho owuer that tho deed should be made for 8120,Out), drew the mousy from the Treasury, paid the own? er and pocketed the difference. In some < a<es land wai bought ou which thuie were unsatisfied mortgages, to its full value, and the money dru wu to pay tho mortgages hay disappeared. It is al leged that a systematic procoss has beeu carried ou by certain State officers of ".iweating" claims against the State that is, refusing and delaying payment until claimants, wearied by thu delay, would sell thoir claims at a heavy dis? count to brokers, who divided thu pro tits with the officials. Doubtful claims have been bought up uud subsequently mada redeemable ut par by l?gislative enactments. Tho name persons' ainu made u largo sum by pm chasing thu bill* of tho old State Hank fur almost lioth lug, and then getting un Act passed funding them lit par. In other places this trunsuationwould .be thought a lo gi t?mate speculation, but tho youth Ca? rolina planter is not of Ibid opinion, and nvariably characterized it aa '?a piece of d-d rascality." " . ;j do/notywiBh to give the impression that all thd State officers are bad men. There''Mire; some eminent exoeptionB men whose motives are pure ana ?hose hands uro clean of bribes; but, as a rule, the officers are not of a class that would bo tniBted with official responsibility in any Northern community outside of Now York city. They came to the Bur fuoe at a time when it was only necessary for a white man in South Carolina to Ray ho waa a Republican and wanted an office, to get ono. Such mon were so scarce then that muuy wore obliged' to bold two or three offices nt once. In the tax-payers' movement, which luis brought about tho convention now tut? ting in thia city, I dp not- believe lb? 1 white people are actuated in great part by hostility to tho Republican party. [Correspondence New York Tribune. THAT {SANITARIUM.-Notwithstanding Dr. Vi blob's nigh opinion of San Du miugo as a sanitarium, th? New York Journal of Commerce thinks that by de? feating the San Domingo treaty we avoided annexing an island hospital full of loathsome and dangerous or iucurublo disease ?. The remark is ?Heited by a late San Domingo telegram announcing that the toe disease is spreading; ovur a thousand persons are iu tho hospital. This horrible malady occurs in moat of the West India islands, but its chosen and peculiar homo is San Domingo. It first appears, as the name implies, in tho toes, which it rots off, but its devasta? tion does not Btop there, bul spreads into the legs and finally into tho whole frame, causing a lingering and dreadful death. In adults it is said to be incura? ble, though there is a specific treatment for children, by the application of boil? ing water, which, if tried in time, may be successful. Thoro is a disease io the Wost Indies kuown as elephantiasis, un? der which two other diseases aro com? prehended, one of which is culled ele? phant leg and the other elephant skin, or tubercular elephantiasis. A minute description of them will bo found in Appleton's Encyclopedia. The first pro vuils extensively in Barbadoes, where it is sometimes called Barbudoes leg. The disease, however, is not confined to the leg, but' may'attack Almost any part of the body. Tho tubercular elephautiasia appears to have been tho disease which, during the middle ages, was known as leprosy. In one stage of this disease the toes aud dogers are destroyed. It may be that thin is the terrible malady referred to by the Journal of Commerce. Aa the resuscitation of tho San Domingo s?beme is possible in tho next Congress, we trust that tho advantage of annexing c new, interesting and bi-autifu?' epiuu mic will bo duly enforced by its advo? cates. In the meantime, we would re? commend tho San Domingo commission? ers and Kev. Dr. Yin ton to go back and investigate personally tho toe disease, so that wc may kuow what to do with the San Domingo elephant-iasts. J Baltimore Suti. There is a quaint tombstone in Bridge? port, Copneotiout, according to the ?farmer's account. It is erected over the grave of n mau who wau killed by bis mother in a fit of rage by being knocked down stairs. Si) goes the story, and the most marvellous part of it is this: There is on one side of the monument a repre? sentation, by a shadow or stain, of a woman with upraised hand grasping what is termed a club, and in the act of striking. The body is bent, and th? en? tire attitude suggestive of anger. The figure is not perfectly defined, but enough is visible to warrant the ubovo statement. All attempts to remove it by scraping hove proved ineffectual. The monument is visited duily by a large number of persons, and if it is decep? tion it is very cleverly kept up. "WHO SHALL DECIOE?"-Th? difficulty of proving tho genuineness 01 otherwise of a signature is prettily illustrated, just now, in u casu boforo tho County Court Two bunk cashiers and a teller, with other persons, swear tbut they believe u certain endorsement to be genuine, while another cashier, another teller, on? bank director, and other business mou, ar? equally sure it is not. Bulb parties ar? well acquainted with thu person's hand? writing. It looks liku rather a funny co?tent of judgment to BOO the First Na? tional and Union on out) sido and tho Delaware ami Wilmington und Brandy? wine on thu other. I Wilmington Commercial. The following is a Western instance of tho "ruling passion strong in death:" Squire W-was very fastidious in his notions of propriety. At weddings and funerals he was quito officious, und very particular thut everything should bu d?ne decently aud iu order. In du? timo he was taken ill-fatally so-and relatives and friends wero gathered around his bed, sad and weeping. On? of these, moro thoughtful than the rest, asked tho departing Squire if ho would likn to havo a clergyman called in to pray with him, to which ho replied : "Well, yes; I think it would be appro? priate." ANOTUGII O urn Ad ic-Wo regr?t to stat? that a diabolical outrage wns com? mitted near Gist's Station, in tins Coun? ty, last Saturday nignt, in which a peace* ubi? und quiet colored mun was killed and his step-daughter badly whipped, by a gang of disguised mou. Tho reported circumstances which "Urronnd this out? rage aro of stich n character that wo can? not, UH yet, prudently publish them; bul wo ur? free to ?tate that if tho report lo UH b? true, tho ocrnrronoe grow out of a personal und privat? difficulty; bul avenged under tho convenient disguise of tilts Kll Klux.- Union Tiirt"i. "Ar? you colored?" asked un official of a dusky looking inebriate, at Ibu Provi? dence (N. H.) Contrai Station, tho other livening. "No, sab," answered th? en? franchised, drowsily; "Iso boru so."' To ? 11N A M K NT OF TUB HANDENOINBS. The tournament of the Imud engines, officered and m?nuod by colored io OP, came off yeateVday, ia accOfdanuc '.'with the programme laid down. At 10 o'clock, the. United, Ashley, Comet Star, Union Star and prudence, (the Niugat?js and -Promptitude not being out, for'some reason unknown to UH,) assembled at the rendezvous, opposite the Citadel. Green, Meeting street, where a great crowd of their friends, males and females, the latter preponderating, hod gathered. At tho appointed hour the procession moved off, under the lend of a hnnd of music, followed by a oorps of axemen, selected from tho different companies. About hui f-past 12, the judges announoed every? thing iu rendiuess, and Ibo contest be? gun. The first prize, wou by the Union Star, was aoven beautiful silver pieces. Second, by tho Ashley, ono silver cup. Third, by tho Comet, ono silver goblet and two si I vor rummers. Tho prizes were presented by Mayor Pillsbury, and speeches made by Gov. (Scott und others. [Charleston' Courier. ARRTVAXI OP MAJ. SAM DICKENSON. This well known colored man hus return? ed from his trip North, tho incidents of which have beeu published. Sam comes home most heartily disgusted with Northern "air," und avows his determi? nation to do nil in his power to uproot the Radicals und carpet-buggers general? ly from the State. Ho has evidently lost his love for persons of their persuasions. Ho suid that Horaco Greeley told him that there never would be peuce in tho South uutil the "low whito mon who had come down here siuce tho war were ex? pelled." Sam says that bc will use his best exertions in that direction, and will soon kindle a political bro iu this State which will" never bo quenched'until it has. consumed all of tho evils which afflict it iu the form of "carpet-buggers, ox-stable keeper's and bar tenders from the North."-Charleston Courier. Tho long, agitated question of supre? macy between the Mikado and Tycoon has plunged Japan into another civil war. Prince Hatsuma, the most ener? getic of nil the Japanese princes, -whose power has been tried by Western Eu? rope, as well ns by the National Govern? ment of Japan, has associuted three other clans with his own to maintain the Mikado, who has always been recognized in Japan as the real and only Emperor. Ho ia described as dictator; menning, probably, that he bas taken to himself those civil and military functions hereto? fore lodged with the Tycoon, nnd/ir the authority of the Mikado. Despite thoo civil troubles, the ereotion of a mint and naval arsenal, and the beginning of a regalar pooLui ny sie m, guim i "nul i he Empire is ?opying Western civilization. Sa ts u ma was one of tho ll ret to appro? priate such improvements. -.-.-^ . ? ? ? SEOTIONAII HEADTUFUDNESS.-Tho la'o census shows some interesting facts in relation to the South. By facts and figures submitted it appears that Now Orleans and other cities, supposed to be the home of yellow fever, are healthier than New York or Boston, and have leis deaths according to population. It also shows that the deaths among negroes have increased almost one-half since the war, aud that moro negroes than whites have died of disease, although the cli? mate is supposed to be peculiarly adapt? ed to the colored race. ACCIDENT ON THE CITT RAILWAY. Thursday afternoon, late, while car No. 35 was passing up Meeting street, Charleston, Henry Gerken, a German youth about silicon years old, rim across the street opposite Werner's Iron Works, and tried to get on the platform of tho car. He missed his footing or slipped, and fell, tho wheel crushing bis anklo ou one leg, and several of his toes ou tho other. SOUTH CAROLINA BONDS.-The New York Herald, of the ICtll, in its financial article, says: "Tho discussion nud de? bates in tho recent Convention ut Colum? bia, by giving a vent to the ill feeling of both parties in South Carolina, and ena? bling them to come lo something like a harmonious understanding, havo pro? duced a better feeling in the South Caro* linus, evidenced to day in the advance of tho July bonds to sixty-four." A track from Aluiy to Evunstnn, two miles long, conueets tho Pacific Railroad with the great coal region, 300 miles long, of Colorado. This feeds the engines aud will run them seventy-five miles per ton against forty for Pennsyl? vania coal. There havo been 50.000 tons mined. Another mino gives 3,000 tons per month, and could furnish 1,000 daily. It is dumped at seventy-five cents and 81.25 per ton. The veins uro thirty and forty feet thick. An English gentleman named Shoars is reported by a Loudon paper to havo been "cut in two by a shell on the Champs Elysees in Paris." Tho paper adds that "ho is not yet dead." Possi? bly; but he cannot well bo moro than half alive; and the story suggests a doubt whether there may not be uoiuo mistake as to tbo facts. It coat San Francisco 85.300 to irr Mrs. Fair; it cost Mrs. Fair 812,000, in? cluding 85.000 to her senior counsel, to be tried, and it cost oue of tho papers there 81,435 to phonographically report aud print tho trial. Mrs. Fair is such un expensive female that the community can afford to keep but fow of her. Two young Athintans ran a foot race tho other Sunday for tho honor of escorting a belle to church. The winner found she hud just gouo with another follow. INCENDIARISM -Wu learn that on the night of tho 10th inst.. Mr. John C. Lovo had his dwelling house, kitchen and stable, with his only horse, destroyed by Ure; tho work of un incendiary. I Camden Journal. Consistency-Asking a blessing before meul, und abusing tho victuals through tho entire meal. Bocal Items. PrjONTXIANA.~TllO pricey 0| "?ingle coplea of the,PH02Ni?'ia #v?!oerjts. Mr. J. M. Falkner;'who was -arrested in Newberry, charged with being con? nected with a mid -on the houso of a colored man, waa bailed by a Trial Jus? tice, and not by Judge M. Moses, us formerly stated. ^ Pamphlets, briefs, catalogues, dodgers, posters, hand-hills, bill-heads - in fact, everything in the way of job printing gotton np in tho best style and on terms that wo pledge ourselves will be satisfac? tory to all parties. With approved ma? chinery and steam power, wo challenge comparison in prices. We acknowledge the receipt of an in? vitation, from President e. D. Lowndes, to bo present at tho first annual pic nic of the Young Men's Christian Associa? tion, (colored,) at Latia's Grove, on the 29th instant. Rev. Whitefoord 8mitb, D. D., ia ex? pected to deliver an address before the Young Men's Christian Association,' at an early day. The lecture'' will bo de? livered in Temperance Hall. Rev. J. Maxwell Pringlo io on a short visit to Colombia. - .,??* ! An attempt was made to rob the store oT Mr. H. Muller, cornor Main and Lally streets, Thursday night. A par? tial eutrauoe was effected through the plastered wall in rear of the store, but a lady overheard the noise, and frightened the would-be robber off. Unfortunately she had no weapon, or it in highly pro? bable that thore would have been some? body hurt. Cooter soup, by an unexpected acci? dent, was served up at tho Exchange House, yesterday; the turtle will bo souped to-day. ll o'clock is the hour. Steaks can also be obtained. : Major Sam. Dickerson, after his un? lucky trip to New York, has returned to Charleston, a wiser, if not a sadder, mau. In a Rpeeoh to the colored fire companies, on Thursday luht, as we 'are informed, bo opened a heavy battery upon the carpot-baggers; declared he would revolutionize things at the next election, etc. Messrs. Bryan & McCarter havo iur u i eu ed us with ?.nu Juna uuiuuur ui DemoresCs Illustrated Monthly. The ladies know how to appreciate it. A man whom we can pat up with-A good hotel-keeper. Mr. J. McD. Carson announces the re? opening of the hotel at Cresar's Head, in tho famous Blue Ridge. Persons de? sirous o? escaping the heat of the middle and low country, can find no more at? tractive spot than this. Tho passenger train over the Char? lotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad ran off the track, about five miles this side of Graniteville, on Thursday night last-the locomotive tearing in amongst the trees. There was a delay of eight or ten hoars. BAILED.-^-Wm. D. Aiken, Esq., charg? ed with tho death of Treasurer Clark, of Foirfield, on Tuesday loBt, waB brought beforo Judge Melton, in chambers, yes? terday, on application for bail. A writ? ten'petition waa presented by J. B. Mc Canta, Esq., with affidavits of numerous witnesses, that tho fatal shot was fired in self-defence, and while Clark actually had Aiken by the throat. Solicitor Tal? ley, assisted by Messrs, Worthington and Iloge, insisted that it was a capital offence, and, consequently, was not bailable. Judgo Melton, after summing up, decided that, in his judgment, the prisoner was entitled to be released on bail, us it was not a OJ pi tal offence. It was tho duty of every good citizen to prevent a breach of thu peace, if possi? ble!; and Mr. Aiken had so attempted; had placed his hand softly upon the shoulder of Mr. Clark, aud endeavored to put a stop to the difficulty between Messrs. Clark and DuBose. Mr. Clark seized Mr. Aiken by tho throat, nod, al? though warned by the latter to release him, maintained his grasp, when he re? ceived the fatal wound. The Judge, in conclusion, stated that ho would require bail in the sum of $5,000, which was promptly furnished, and Mr. Aiken was released, and immediately returned homo. SurnEMB CouiiT, FRIDAY, May 19. Tho Court mot at 10 A. M. Present Chief Justice Moses and Associate Jus? tices Willard and Wright. On motion of Mr. Chamberlain, the cases of William F. Redding and Julia D.i hi-s wife, fa. the South Caroliua Rail? road Company; Chas. M. Purumu, trus? tee, ra. tho Greenville and Columbia Kai I road Company; Scott, Williams & Cb. rs. Joseph Crews; and, on motion of Mr. Pope, Lawrence F. Campbell, re? ceiver, vs. tho Dank of Charleston, were ordered to bu docketed. Edward and II. O. Kinslur, executors, PS. Mary A. Holmes ei.aL Mr. Monteith was hciiYd for appellants. Mr. Haskell bu- respondents. Mr. Carroll for re? spondents. Air. Melton for respondents At il 1'. M. thc Court adjourned unlil .Saturday, 20th, 10 A. M. ? ?? I I.IHIH I I I ????????? J ll ?ll? MIT. Il' ,. n .? ? 'i/. ...' '"?*-' "U.i 1 '? .. RETCTBN COP THE liroKPBiuyinT?.-^Aiter a particularly jolly time of it in tho "City by the Seo," tho Independents turned thoir heads homeward yesterday morning. [The intention was to leave by Thursday night's* train, but their entertainers would not permit it.] They wero escorted to the depot by the Eagles, who manned tho drag ropes and depo? sited tho steamer on board the train. Tho steamer was almost entirely covered with flowers, wreaths, and ah immense banner, which had been displayed . by the Eaglet in. their house, inscribed "Welcome, Brother Firemen." After three times three cheers and a "tiger," the whistle blow and the locomotivo moved off.. The "bojB" are profuse in their expressions of thanks to the citi? zens generally, tho Are department par? ticularly, and their old frjands,' the Eagles, .especially-whose, gu?s ta they wore to a great extent; as "op?h'house" Was kept at their engine bouse during the entire visit.' Tho Independents and Captain LyJBrand's "Firemen's Band," - Which accompanied them, wore highly commended and compHmehte^'bV,bno and' nil. The "Visitor's,JS^fZO,^wb?eh the Independents received, is a magnifi? cent affair-a heavily pitted- -'salver, carafe, four goblets and ' Blop-bBwl. Although much fatigued, tho mon main? tained their, jovial spirits, and .the- trip from Charleston to. Colombia.Was very pleasant indeed; tho band discoursed lively airs at many of the stations. The arrival of. tho train in-.Colombia was the signal for a load end cordial greeting from the multitude* assembled. 'Captain Stanley, at the head of his. 'Bal? ?n e t toes, wept. forward.' and welcomed their returning brothers;-'' the steamer was disembarked, the Palmettoes ' took her in charge',' aud, headed by the, band, marched to the engine house, where Captain Stanley, addressing Captain McKenzie, said he greeted" him and -hts oompany cordially, and congratulated them upon the success of their earnest efforts in securing - snch a handsome prize. Ile declared,-that though there had been doubts implied, if not ex? pressed, that the Independents would not bo able to come, np to the Charleston . boys, he had never dnnhb?<? ?fc. Aa this was but an impromptu affair, he should not attempt to make a speech, bat would invite them to.partake of a collation. Capt. McKenzie replied, thanking Capt. Stanley for . his pleasant and com? mendatory remarks, at the same time declaring that credit was also doo to his oompany, (the Palmettoes,) for . there were several with' the visiting porty. The company, although they did well, wonld have done mach better, bad it not been . for tho plagued cobble-stones-at the same time dedaring that hie comps ny came in third best. He hoped, ft some future day,'they would bo able to give their Charleston friends a trial on onrsand-hills. The remarks were loudly applauded. At this juno tu re, Vice-President 4 shields announced that the punch was getting weak; the beer flat; the tongue required attending to; the sardines, ham, salad, eto., wanted to be disoassed. The first floor waa then visited, and soon tho clatter ol' knives and forks showed conclusively that the first great princi? ple-how to dispose of palatable articles in tho shortest time-was thoroughly understood by the entire assembly. It was remarked that sumo of the putty "pat the brakes down heavily," but tho comment was unheeded, sud the clutter continued until "big hungry" announced himself satisfied, wh^n tuero wus a uni? versal suspension of tho pleasant occu? pation. The procession was then reformed and, escorted by the Palmettoes, the Inde? pendents proceeded to their own bouse, where the steamer was stripped of her decorations and. put in order for active service. Ou Thursday, tho visiting firemen had a delightful excursion around the harbor, in the steamer St. Helena. Forts Som? ier, Moni trio and Morris' Island brought to the minds of many of them recollec? tions of tho time when, leaving their eugine housed, they had performed a different kind of "fire duly" to that in which they aro at present engaged. ? horse belonging to C. H. Baldwin, Esq., attached to a buggy, ran off, yes? terday, and smashed things to pieces. Unfortunate for tho owner, bat good for the repairer. L.?8T.OF NKW ADVRttTTSRMliHTH. Geo. Huggins-Iutturauce Agency. Dr. Kline-Cure of Cancers, ??o.* J. MoD. Carson-Ctosar's Head Hotel. R. Tozer-Threshers and Sopan,tors. CAKCBRS, TUMORS, DLCKRB. MOST wonderful hy Prof. Greeno, Char? lotte, N.O., sud hy Proi. K:i:>e, at tho Phi's dttlphia Cancar Instituto, 031 Areli etieet, i'hilailelpliia, Pa. 1 The boat itlaeo to gut a cool summer di ii k in ut I ni.LOCK'S.