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^ft?^^fm^m..... ..... --,.v v., -?-!-' 1 ?j " ,?-T-!-"-~~-i._ ... . R ^ . SEIBB^SBBS S BS B nSSSSSrS S-!-!-'-'-S-rr-r-'-RS-' " - T THE BMLTjHfc PHO?iII. "Let our just Ceniur? ^^S^SK?St^^^?'' Attend the True Event." ; BY J> A, SELBY. ; C(^U1^ S. 0., WEDNESDAY ARNING, NOVEMBER 29, 18?1. VOL. VII-NO. 216. iaWIH*a HAZA* y^y" Two Grand Opetatio?nd?aiiad - CONCERTS Will be giren at Colombia",: : ' , ...... .. ? ri .:. "rn} '?? -.>?.'.? ? Oa Friday, and Saturday Evening?, Pecember 1 gad 2,1871. . > , ?a* i . ... rO.pdr. The well known Prima Donn?, iron? the.. New York Academy or MOB?O, assisted by the following artistes: ? Bi .??.?' , | Mr. H. E. Clark, Tenor, From the H. Y. Op era ti o and Dallad Concerte. Signor Paoini, From th? Hew York Academy of Huaio. ' Mr. 8. D'Anna, The eminent Pianist, reoontly from Karopo, and the favorite ptkp? Of Thalberg. ?yDoora opon at 7J o'clock. Concert oom. menoe at 8, ay-Tickets sold at LyBrand's. Reserved Beata, (1.85. General Admission, fl. _Nov25 _. , , .. clear and Harinleas aa Water. NATT AW CRYSTAL DISCOVERY FOR THE BAIE. APERFECTLY clear preparation In ono bottle, aa easily applied aa water, for re? storing to Gray Hair ita ' natural oolor and youthful appearance; to eradicate and pre? vent dandruff; to promote thogrowth ot the Hair and atop ita falling out. Ir za ENTIUKLY HARMTIKBB and perfectly Xros from any poison - ona aubatanoe, and will therefore take the plaoe of all the dirty and unpleasant prepara? tions now in uso. Numerous testimonials hive been aent na from many of our most prominent citizens. In everything in which the articles now in use aro objectionable. Crystal Discovery ia perfect.it iawarranted to contain neither Sugar of Lead Bril ph ur Cr Nitrats of Silver. It does not ooh,the aioihe* or scalp, is agreeably perfumed and makes ono of the best dressings for the Hair In nae.' It restores tho color of ike- Hair "more per? fect and uniformly than any othor prepara? tion," and always does so in from three to ten days, virtually feeding the, roots of Oie Hair with all the nourishing qualities necessary to. its growth and healthy condition; it-restores the decayed and induces a new growth of the Hair more positively than anything ciao. The application of this wonderful discovery also prodnceB a pleasant and cooling effoot on the ?oalp, and gives the Hair a pleasing an? ele? gant appearanoe. We oall especial attention to the fact that a limited number of small trial bottles ean ho had by thoao wishing to try it. Ton Will no? tice that in pursuing this course, our aim is to co nv! nco by the sofas! merits of the artiole. ARTHUR NATT ANS, Inventor and Propri etor, Washington, D. 0. For sale in Colum? bia by Dr. C. H. MIGT, and Druggists gene* rally. . -, -Nov 24fly Georgia Lime and Fertilizer Company OFFER their SHELL LIME to tho planting pnblio in full ooufidenco in its excellence asa .... ?>?.! ..?. : ?.? . ? usn Permanent Manure. It was extensively uBed tho rant season on Wheat, Oom and Cotton, and has given entire e&tisfaotion. as is shown by a number, ot certificates from some of the best planters In Georgia and South Oarolina. Our prices for Fertilizing or X Lime, is $15 uer ton cash, put np in casks or barrels, de? livered in the city of AugUBta or at any land. in tr on the Savannah River. The price of our KXX, or Mason's Lime, is 12 per barrel, de? livered as above. We are agents for the celebrated "Stonewall (tatton Fertilizer" and "Puro English Dis-J tolved Bone," which wo rece Ivo direct from England, and oan offer to the publi ?t rs? luoed prices. COLES, 8IZER A CO., rio. li McIntosh street, Angosta, Gk. Agent, THOS. B. CLARKSON, Columbia, 8. 0,_: '_'_?_Oct 18 Brno NSW JEWELKTT. WM, GLAZE, COLUMBIA, 8. C., CSt _ 18 now opening a' fine ^nrfctQeelcctlon of Ladlea' andmpsW [tm ?gftGont'B English, Swiss and WLM ^AV/JBH American WATCHES. JUJi ii ?ii 11 ftfjllawr i il Agent for tho oolo-*WT* krated Pauline Watch Company. Philadol Ihia. Gold Chains, Yest, Opera, Chatelaines, eontine Neoklaoea, Diamond Rings and Brooches, Pearl-full and half seta. SI LVE H.WARE . I make this line a specialty. All Silver sold by me guaranteed equal to ooin. 8ome hand? some goods in thia line, suitablo for Bridal Oirts. PLATED WAUK. Toa Sets, Cups, dobl?te, Castors, Spoons and Forks, Ice Pitchers, Egg Stands, Coffee Urns, Ac.1 CLOCKS. Cutlery, Pookot and Tablo Knives. HOUSEHOLD AND FAS CY GOODS. Onus-English Double Barrel, Breech Loading Rifles, Parlor Rifles, Air Guns, and a full stock of Sporting Goods; Dupont A Hagard Powder; Pistols of varions styl?e. JET AND HORN GOODS. WILLIAM GLAZE, Ono door North Scott & Co.'e Banking House. Oct 2a _, _f4mo Sundries. 1 AA BOXES assorted CRACKERS. LUU 100 boxes assorted Canned Goods, CO boxes Soap. r.() bqxea Candy. ?0 boxes Candios. '2Q0 barrels Flour. CO barrels Wbiakoy, coming in and in store, and to whioh wo invite the attention of the trade LO RICK A LOWRANCE. Thorn weil'a Collected Writings, THEOLOGICAL and Ethical, 9 volumes, embellished with Dr. ThornweU's por? trait, tl per volume. Memories of Patpios. By MaoDuff. $2. The Conservative Roformation and its The? ology. By Rev. Charles P. Erowth. D. D. 15. Tho Unseon World. By Rev. Dr. Stork, ll. NKW NOVKL.8. Her Lord and Master. By Florence Maryatt Won, not Wooed. By the author of Bred in the BODO, AO 60 cents. , Terrible Temptation. By Charles Reade. Uniform ediiiuu o? Grava Aguilor'n Works, anchoas Mo th ur'H Recompense, Yale of Cedars, J-c., ?it fl per volume. The above books sent to any address, post paid, on receipt of price Angl DUFFIE A CHAPMAN, Booksellers. The Dexter Stables. e?JV. THE undersigned have re ^LjrfTjk moved their Stables to the new ?5??ktf~~m^ bu?dlog, i?nm??diatejy South o? '6?Tj^?^vj*,aJttniiey's Hall, and, with a now "W^?^ f stock of CARRIAGES, BUG GIKH ?nu fine HORSES, are prepared to an? swer all calls that may be mads upon them. Horses botygbt and sold on commission. PorsonB in want of good stock, aro invited to give us a oall. Liberal advances made on stock left for Halo. BOYCE A CO. W. H. Bovox. C. H. PXTTIKQUL._Jan 24 STENHOUSE, MACAULAY & CO., Grocers and Commission Merchants, CHARLOTTE. N. O. SOLICIT orders for COTTON, Corn, Flour, Bacon, Lard, Ao., and Family Groceries generally. Orders filled carefully and prompt I y._Feb 7 lyr Universal Life Insurance Company WE are desirous of securing the service! of a half dozen aotivo Canvassing Agenta in South Oarolina for tho Universal Life Innurance Company, of New York, with whom liberal terms will ne made. Wo desire also responsible Local Agents for each town in tho State. M. W. GARY, M. C. BUTLER, State Superintendents of Agenoiea. . COLUMBIA, 8. C., September 8,1871. sept 9 TOK TRTJJS GROUNDS OW COSPI-1 DKNCEH-Wbenoa comoa that firm reliance, that abaolute.undoubting faith in the efHoaoy of HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTEB8 M ? j Terned? Sor indigestion, blUouB disorders, in? termittent and r?mittent favori, ?hieb noto? riously preval?a in all parta of the tJnitod States? Thia ooufldence bas been growing for twenty years, and it ls Still1 extending. It is not tha rea nit ot credulity ; it has not been engendered by any human devioe, but it ls tho spontaneous and natural cons?quence of experience. What people see daily going on j ander their own eyes they cannot question. When families in unhealthy district a, that re? sort to this' wholesome, vegotablo tonio as a preventive, escape periodical fevers, ana their immediate neighbors, who neglect that precaution, are prostrated by the disease, how is it possible that the phonomenon should be without its leBfiOn. lu like manner, when it is seen that obstfbate oases of dyspepsia, ot liver complaint, of constipation, of nervous weakness, and of general debility, yield to the operation ot the famous remedy, how oan oven incredulity itself withhold its endorse? ment? Eye-witnesses of the Salutary effects of the Bitters, are to be found in? every civil? ised settlement on this continent. The thou? sands npon thousands who owo their restora? tion to health and strength, or their preserva? tion from siokn?s8 to Its extraordinary medi? cinal properties, are enthusiaetio in its praise. The multitudes who reooramend it in a neigh? borly way to their friends and aoqwaintanoes, as well as those, who make public their esti mato of its virtues, are always ready to state their reasons for the faith that is in them; They have all either felt or witnessed ita bo-? pefloeut operations. , - Noyl7t$.. ON MARRIAGE! HAPPPY BELIEF FOB YOUNO MEN from I the effects of Errors and Abuses in early j life., Manhood restored. Nervous debility cured. Impediments to marriage removed. New m ot li od of treatment. Mew and rom ar k ble remedies. Bpoks and CIroulara sent free, in sealed envelopes. Address. HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No. 2 South Ninth street, Philadelahia, Pa. Oct 15 2mo Nf GOOB rf lu ii>: AT Gr. DIE ECK S'. CANNED GOODS. FIBB, Heats^and ! Lamb tongnes, Hnr rH 'Jevilecl 'Ham, ?yators, Cod' Fi?h. Smoked Halibut, Lardellen, Maokerel, all kinds. FRUITS. Raisins, Currents, Prunes, Dates, Citron, Almonds. Walnuts, Brar.U Nats, Macaroni, < Vermicelli, Qelatine; Candios-assorted. SOAP. Cold Water Soap, Babbitt's best 8oap, < Mammoth Laundry Soap, Sapolio, Toilet , Soap-assorted. PRESERVED GOODS. Pears, Poaches, Pine-spplos and Jelly. CHEESE. Bi?h Oxean Cheese. Swiss Cheese, Pine? apple Cheese, Skimmed Cheese. FINE GOSHEN BUTTER, Flour-all grades; Bacon, Ham and Break? fast Strips. : , TEAS. Old Hyson. ?oung Byson, Gun Powder, EDglish Breakfast, Oolong. Candles-Adamantine, Peratine and Wax. WINES. Sweet California, Angelica. Sherry. Bhine and Fronob Wines and Brandios, at Oct 8_ O. DIEBOKS'. WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEWELRY. I HAVE on hand a select_ \fb\ stock of WATCHEH. JEWEL-i WT&>i l^jkBY, CLOCKS, SILVER and PLATED WARE, which I will dispose of at most rea? sonable prices. Also, SPECTACLES tu ouil all ages. REPAIRING in my line done promptly and on K?od terms. All artioles and work warranted to be as represented. GEO. BRUNS, 2d door'below PHONIX office, Main street. Pot 89 _, Now Stationery House E. R. STOKES HAS Jost opened, in tho new and handsome budding immediately opposite the PHOK RIX offico, on Main street, a complete stock of STATIONERY, Comprising Letter, Cap and Note Paper, of all Sises, qualities and of every description; Flat Papers of Cap, Demy, Double-Cap, Me? dium, Boyal, Buper-Boyal, and Imperial sizes, which will be Bold in any quantity, or manu? factured into Blank Books of any size, and ruled to any pattern, and bound in any style, at short notice. ENVELOPES In endless variety-all sixes, colors and quali? ties. BLANK BOOKS Of every variety, Memorandum and Paes Books, Pocket Books, invoice and Letter Books, Roceint Books, Note Books. ARCHITECTS and DRAUGHTSMEN will find a complote stock ot materials for their uso. Drawing Paper, in sheets and rolls. Bristol Boards, Postal Paper and Boards, Oil Paper, Pencils, Wfcter Colors, in cakes aud boxes, Brushos, Crayons, Drawing Pens. SCHOOL STATIONERY Of every description; a great vrriety of conve? nient and useful artioles for both Teachers and Pupils. ALSO. Photograph Albums, Writing Desks, Port? folios, Cabas, with boxes, and a countless vario ty o! FANCY ARTICLES. Also, a moat elegant stock of Gold PQUB and Pencil Cases, superbly-mounted Bubbor Goods. INKS. . Blaok, Bluo, Violet and Carmine, Indelible and Copying: MUC?IURO- Cho.-s und Backgam? mon Men F nd Boards; Visiting and Wedding Cards, and every thing usually kopt in a FIRST CLA88 STATIONERY HOUSE, Which tho Proprietor intends this shall be. Ho will atm conduct his BINDERY and BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY and PAPER RULING ESTABLISHMENT, which has boen in successful operation for over thirty years in this Stato, and to whioh ho will continuo to dovote his own personal attontion His stock will bo kept up full and complete, and his Erices will bu found always reasonable, and o hopes to havo a share of patronage. E. R. STOKES, Main stroet, . Nov 8 Opposite Pnotwix Office. The Dootora Recommend Seegers' Beer IN preference to London Porter and Scotch Ale. Why? They know it is unadulterated. OLD BANK DILLS and MIITILATBD C?RRER01 bought and sold by Nov 23 Gmo D. GAHBRILL. Broker. OF CHILDS & WILBY ABE dally receiving the finest HEADY MADS CLOTHING, for old asd.TSSSg gentlemen, that bare eTO? been offered in this market.. No custom-made can surpass,and bat fow oan equal them, in Btyle, and finish, and price. HATS* We sell the best, at lower ratea than thoa? I who don't buy from the manufacturers direct. I SHIRTS. Wa keep the Star and True Fit constantly I on hand, and wUl take orders for half dosen j or more, and warrant a fit. UNDER-WEAR in all varieties. UVB BER CLOTHING. QLOVES-Leather, Buck. Kid. Dog, Bat and Seal. Bargains to be had in GLOVES. NECK WEAR-all styles. Plain and fancy Linen and Paper COLLARS. Sleeve and Collar BUTTONS-Gold and some that won't coin. We will take Oreonbaoks at par for all those. ._Sept 26 WHAT ?F it was only in the matter of GROCERIES, this question oould never he asked, be? cause the people of Columbia and up-countiy j already know the faot and act upon it. ABB We offer the best goods to bs fonnd In any I known market, and if better than the beat | could possibly be had, we should have them. YOU . Our perishable goode are fresh, daily. We oan scarcely supply the demand dull aa times are/ Tn'this class we inolnde Hams, Break? fast Stripe, Tongues, Ac. GOING In Flour-handling, we think, more heavily than any merchant here, we offer peculiar in? ducements in quality as in price. TO In Liquors, I am assured you have tho in? side track. Wc trust all who give us - call will aokcowlodgo the "Corn." DO In Fancy Groceries and Canned Goods, our | assortment is unequaled; every novelty ABOUT Boing added to stock promptly, and standard goods always on hand. rr? So, dear reader, whenover your stock of Groceries runs short; whenever a delicacy ia required for the sick room: whenever the ap? petite of the epicure fails; in short, whenever you want anything elae hut Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, or Qneen'a Delight, call; and we oan tell you, also, where they can be got for nothing. _GEO. 8YMMBBS. Removal-HEW GOODS-Removal | - # HAVING just returned from New York, VU where I mado my pu: chanca, I am pre fla pared to abow one of the MOST CHOICE -inland SELECT STOCK OF G00D8 for Gentlemen's wear ever offered in thia mar? ket. My stock embraces French, English and Scotch Cassimeres, Cloths and Vestings, and a fall supply of Genta* Fnrnlahing Goods ge? nerally. I have also a very large stook of the celebrated "Star Shirts." A Bhareof patron? age ia respectfully ei licitad. esr My store is located in Stork's new build? ing, a few doors below the old stand. Bent 17 J. F. EI8BNMANN. Fine Oustom-lMEade GARMENTS ONLY NEED TO BB SEEN TO BE APPRECIATED. Goats, Pants and Vests Very Latest Styles, AND an assortment to eeleot from larger ? than any evoi soon in this city. Our stock of | HATS Is nearly aa large as tho combined stocks in this city, oompriaing everything new and1 nobby. SUITS mado for our own trade that will fit, and at prices that wUl please UNDEB GARMENTS, Gloves, Scarfs, Dress? ing Gowns, Ac Our stock is so large that wo aro deter-1 mined to rednco it, even at a sacrifico. Nov 6 R. & W. C. 8WAFEIELD. Goods Marked Down, AT GOODMAN'S CLOTHING BAZAAR, WHERE money is soarco, wagoe low, trade is gonorally | dull. This condition of | things suggests econo? my, and pooplo begin to look for bargains. Such being tho case in thia city, we have concluded to MARK DOWN AU goods from their original prioe to Boob low figures as will meet I the exigonoies of the timos. To those in want of | Ready-Made CLOTH? ING. Bats and Gouts' Furnishing Goods, we Bay consult your own interest and give us a call, ero purchaabing olsewbero; and don't forgot that Franklin has said: "He that spits against the wind, spits ' in his own face." We make special men? tion of our SILK BAT, Which is a roal beauty, and no wardrobe is ! completo without ono. Call early, at OOODMAN A SON'S. Nov 5 Main street. * LIBERAL TRANSLATION I 18 TUB VEB? BEST AND CHEAPEST ABTIOTiKS I If THE DRY GOODS LINE ron THE Fewest Greenbacks. \ITE hare Just returned from tho North VT (the second time this fall) with the largest and best lino of DRY GOODS we ever have had the pleasure of offering to this mar ket. Every department is crammed foll of ohoioe goods of overy stylo, kind and variety. A big etook of DREBS GOODS and Mons' Wear-they are in store and must be sold. Also, Furs, Cloaks, Shawls Flannels, Skirts, Blankets, Table Linon and Domeetio Goods of all kinda. Notions-a largo, very large stock. EVIDENCE-Our friends toll us every day that we soil the best and cheapest goods in the city; and, as we keep no flash goods, but do business in a plain, straightforward way, it will be to your interest to purohaso your gooda from NOT 2_PORTER & STEELE. MUSICAL^ asp PIANO FOETE AGENCY. WM. H. OUCH ARD, Professor of Muslo,! paving dotermined toi _'resume 'roaching, ia now pre? pared to tako pupils on the Piano, Organ and Guitar; also, in Vooal Musio. Having for over TuiETY TEAKS had charge of the Mnalcal Dopartmenta in the first Female Collegee1 ana Schools of the State, ho doema it unne? cessary to make any other reference to hia qualifications as a Teeehor. The arrangements) he haw made with seve? ral of the moat celebrated Piano-makers, will enable him to offer Instruments of the very first clasa at pricoa that defy competition. Specimen Pianoa daily expected. Those in want of Instrumenta anperior to any evor offered for sale in thia marina, will do well to examine before pnrchaaing elao where. PIANO FOBTES, MELODEON8, ?c., Tuned and repaired in the MOST TEBFECT MANKEII and on reasonable terms. Apply at hia residence, corner of Bull and Richland streets, or at the bookstore of | Messrs. Pnffls A Chapman._Oct 17 New Publications. MIS8 COLUMBIA'S Publio School, or Will it Blow Over, with 72 illustrations. By Neat. 60 cents. Aunt Jane'a Hero. By author of Stepping Heavenwarda. $1.50. Stories from Old English Poetry. $1.50. The Land of Lorne. By Robert Buchanan. The Witness of History to Christ: the Hul sean Lectures for 1870. By Bev. F. W. Far? rar, F. B. 8 $1.60. Fronde's Second Series of Short Studios on Great Subjects. $2 60. Pbiloaophy of Consciousness. By Mansel. American Wonderland. By Bache. $1.60, The Member for Paria. By Troia-Etoiles. Travels in the Air. Elegantly illustrated. By Jamea Glaiaher, F. B. 8. ALSO, Some new Snnday-echool Library Booka, now Juvenile Booka from England, saw No- | vela, Ac For sale at BRYAN A MoOABTER'8 Bookstore. The World-Renowned Howe Sewing I Machines Are the Oldest Established of Any in the World. ? ? IN range of work this Machine cannot be equalled. ./ill work equally well on thick or thin gooda, from gauze to heaviest beaver coatiago, or even leather, without change of I needle, tension or thread. We will warrant them to do this. Onr fine work ia equal to' any, and our heavy work exoela that of an j other machine in the world. Ladies winbint to introduce the aewing into their families wil find it a great saving of time, labor and ex- { pense to at once purohaae the beet. Persona j who have tried all machinen aro unanimous in declaring thia to bo the eaaleat learned of any in the market. If yon are prejudiced in favor of any particular machine, at least examine THE HOWE bofore you purchase. ALFRED G. ELY, Oeneral Agent for South Carolina. Office three doors below Dr. Hoiniteh'a Drug Store, Main street, Columbia, 8. O. Sept 21_gmo EDWARD HAIGHT & CO., No. O Wall Street, Ne-w York. Five Fer Cent. Interest Allowed on Deposit*. THE buainess of onr firm is tho same as any State or National Bank. Individ?ala or firma banking with us may deposit and draw as they please, tho samo aa with any Bank, exoopt that wo allow interest on all balances (of fivo per oent.) We buy and sell Bonds, Stock?, Gold, busi? ness papers, and collect business notes and dratta throughout the United States, giving prompt returns._Nov 9 imo LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST. AND Get the Best ! MY line of WATCHES ia now full and complete, and _"the publio may depend on getting the bast at the lowoat possible figuros, as my facilities are auch that I defy competi? tion from any market. I bavo alao in atore and constantly arriving all the newest stylen of Lndios' Sots, in Dia? mond, Coral, Cameo. Etruscan, Gold, Jot, Ac; elegant designs in Chaina, Bracelets,Charma. Lockets, Ac; tho latest and moat beautiful pattorna in solid Silver and heavy Plated Ware- Gooda suited for bridal, holiday and other presentations. . Repairing in all branches, by tho beet work? men and at reasonable rates. ISAAC SULZDACIIER, Oct 13 _Columbia Hotol Row. Oolumbia Music St?re. ? ? ? LyBrand & Son TAKE pleasure in calling tho attention of the publio to an examination of their STOCK OF MUSICAL MERCHANDISE, con? sisting of Pianoa, Church and Parlor Organs, Melodeons, Violins, Quitara, Banjoa, Fintea, Accord?ons. Brass and Silver Band Instru? ments of all kinda. Aleo, Sheet Music and Instruction Booka for every clasa of Musical Instruments on hand at all timos. Sheet Music sent by mail, post paid, on receipt of ?rlce; and all kinda of Musloal Gooda sont by Xpreas, when ordered, to any part of tho State, marked C. O. D. Good Second-hand Pianos and Organs for salo cheap, for cash. Pianos, Organs and MelodeonB toned and re? paired in a satiafaotory manner; and will give espocial attention to Packing, Removing and Shipping Pianos for other parties to any point desired, at moderato pricey. AU ordors promptly attended to and satis? faction guaranteed to those favoring ua with their patronage. Send for our catalogue of Sheet Musio and Musical Merchandise. Tay? lor atreet, Citizens' Savings Bank Building, Oolumbia, 8. C. Nov 7 J 'Governor Booti'? Annual Hesaage. j 0 ExEoonvB DEPABTMBNT, i, : COLUMBIA, November 28, 1871. Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Rep resentdlives: You have assembled for the fourth time since the establishment of a system of free government in South Carolina. Parsuant\tf> the Constitution, it is the duty of the Governor to "give to the General Assembly information of the condition of the State, and recommend to their consideration Bach measures as he shall judge necessary or expedient." The present financial condition of the State especially demands a rigid and on shrinking compliance with this constitu? tional requirement, in order that the General Assembly and every department of the Stat? Government may unite in a oom m on effort to correct such evils as are remediable, and prevent their recur? rence. In this, the lost annual message that I shall transmit to the General As? sembly, I propose to state my views frankly upon the ohief mattel s of public interest, and to give all the facts within my knowledge, without reserve, as alike due to the people and imposed by my official obligation. I will thus, 1 trust, bo enabled to correct gross exag? gerations that are being diligently circu? lated in reference to oar fioances, and the entire administration of the State. In performing this duty. I shall noi shrink from ohorging upon others an} jost ah are of their responsibility foi evil consequences of their acts, and wil not hesitate fully to admit my own. THIS STATS DEBT. The following is the Treasurer's ox hibit of tho actual debt of the State. ] know, from severe personal scrutiny that this exhibit is full and correct. I shows the present debt of the State ii its entirety, suppressing nothing: Statement of total amoaat of boad and stocks printed by the American Bani Note Company, and aoooanted for-50* bonds redemption bills receivable, a 31,000, $500.000; 2,000 bonds paymen interest public debt, at 1,000, 2,000,000 1,000 bonds relief of the Treasury, a 1,000,1,000,000-$3,500.000. 700 bond Land Commission, at $1,000, $700.001 8u0 bonds redemption bills Bank c State, at 1,000, 800,000; 1,500 bonds rc demption bills Bank of State, at 50C 750,000; 800 bonds redemption bill Bank of State, at 50, 40,000; 3,500 bond conversion State securities, at 1,00( 3,500,000; 4,000 bonds conversion Stat leourities, at 1,000, 4,000,000; 1,20 bonds conversion State seoorities, at 60( 600,000; 1,000 bonds conversion Stat securities, at 100, 100,000; sterling loat 6,000,000; certificates conversion stool 2,550,000-$22,540,000. Accounted for os follows: On hand i State Treasury-Bonds conversion Stat securities, not signed, $473,500; bone relief of Treasury, (7 per,) 101,001 bonds payment interest publio deb 50,000; bonds redemption bills Bank < State, 331,000; ?took conversion Stal securities, 2.117,300-$3,072,800. B posited for safe-keeping with. America Bank Note Company-Sterling loni $6,000,000. Bonds cancelled and d stroyed-500 bonds, payment interest c public debt, burned in State Hons $500,000; 500 bonds conversion Sta seoorities, erroneously printed, retorne and cancelled by Amorican Bank No Company, 500,000; conversion bonds 1 sned in .effecting conversions at Sta Treasury, 1,250,500; conversion bon No. 520, cancelled and destroyed at Sta Treasury, 1,000; bonds redemption bil Bank _of State, issued at State Treasar 1,259,000; conversion stock,^issued, ca celled and transferred at State Troasar 432,700-813,026,000. I Which deduct from the total of amount of bonds ai stocks printed-$22,510,000-leaves $1 514,000.] Statement of Debt.-Old debt, $6,661 908.98; less old bonds, paid Jaly 1,18*! 212,000-$6,453,908.98. New bont $9,514,000; less in hands of Finano Agent, to the oredit of Sinking Fa: Commission, 200,000-89,314,000. Ni bonds, in hands of Financial Agent, n< in nee as collateral security for loai $3,773,000. Amount of new bonds so $5,541,000; old debt, os above, 6,45 908.98-$11,994,908.98. The facts and data upon whiob t foregoing statement, whioh has been < amined and approved by the Financ Board, is based, aro open to the insp tion of the public, both at the St Treasury and at the Financial Agen in New York. Tho Financial Board port that "tho bonds bave all b< issued and used under the authority the Aot of August 26, 1868, entitled ' Act to authorize a loan to redeem i obligations known as bills receivable the State of Sooth Carolina;' the Aot August 26, 1868, entitled 'An Aot to thorize a loan to pay the interest on publio debt;' the Aot of February 1869, entitled 'An Aot to authorize ah for the relief of the Treasury;' the Ao March 27, 1809, ontitlod 'An Act to p vide for the appointment of a Li Commissioner, and to define bis pon and duties;'tho Aot of March 1,18 entitled 'An Act to amend an Aot ci tied An Act to provide for tho appo mont of a Land Commissioner, anc define his powers and duties, and other purposes therein mentioned;' Aot of March 23, 1869, entitlod 'An to provide for the conversion of S securities;' end tho Act of March 1869, entitled 'An Act to authorize Financial Agent of the State of So Carolina, in city of New York, to pie State bonds as collateral security, for other purposes.' "Tho three first named Acts author: the borrowing of $2,500,000, on con bonds. Owing to the constant anc creasing depreciation in the valae of bonds, it was found necessary, ino: to carry into effect tho purposes of tl several Acts, to issue a much la anmber of bonds. The Aot for the i version of State securities, giving thority for a more available and form class of bonds than the one wi had, in tho first instance, been isi under thc scvoral Acts roforrod to, remainder of tho bonds required to ; the amounts of money authorized b] several Aots were prepared, in ace ance with tho Act for the oonversic State securities, to the amount n named. i . I * 1 "The indebtedness of tho State being as above stated, tba State authorities now hope to be able to retiro the bonds iu New York, and to save the seoorities now. hypothecated from sale. It is also intended to discontinue the Financial Agency in' New Torie,, except to desig? nate some basking institution as the place for the payment of the interest on the pnblio debt/', TAX LEVI, io. Many and extravagant statements have been made regarding the assessment and collection of taxes, and those not fami? liar with the actual facta, when com? pared with collodion of revenue for the same purposes in other States, are doubtless frequently led to believe that taxation ia extravagant and unusual. I undertake to say that not a State in the Union has oollected less tux in the same length of time in proportion to its popu? lation and resources. The following is a correct exhibit of the appropriation of moneys, the levy of tax, collection of re? venue per annum, and the delinquent list for the years 1868,1869 and 1870: Total taxation for 1868, rate of taxa? tion, State, 7% mills, $1,338,742.19; total amount oollected, 1,163.053.28; delinquent, 175,688.91; total appropria? tions for the year 1868, exclusive of in? terest on public debt, for whioh no ap? propriation waa made, 817,968.28. Total taxation for 1869, rate, State, 6 mills, $1.014,901.83; total amount col? lected, 766,736.08; delinquent, 248, 165.75; total appropriations for the yeai 1869, inoluding interest on pnblio debt, $1,191,805.09. Total amount for 1870, State, 9 mills, $1,670,063.66; total amount oolloo tod. 1,146,037.06; delinquent 624,026.60 total aDDronriations for the year 1870 $1,604,058.54. Total delinquent taxes, $947,881.26 twenty per oent penalty, 189,576.25 total, $1,137,457.51. If the tares, os shown in the forego ing statement, had been paid, aa the: should have been, it would have save? the State at least $2,500,000 of bondel debt. BONDED DEBT. It mast net be presumed that the in crease in the bonded debt of the Stat is the oreation, iu any considerable de grce, of the existing administration This increase represents mostly liabili ties contracted under previous admioit trations, the form of the obligation, i some cases, alone being changed, whil a large fraction consista of bonds issue to meet the matured principal and a< arning interest of the ante-war debt, i order to maintain the faith and credit c the State. The $700,000 of bonds ii sued for the Land Commission form th only portion of the debt actually create by the present administration, and fe this the State baa an ample equivaler in the lands purchased, whioh will alt matety repay both principal andinterea By referenoe to the varions Acts cite in the foregoing statement of the Trei sorer, it will be soon that, with the e: caption of those authorizing the issue < bonds for the Land Commission, thc severally provide that a specified som < money sholl be raised on bonds of tl State, and not simply that a give amount of bouda shall be issued. Tl amount of bonds to be issued for th purpose was not specified by law, as oi Beonrities were untried, and, therefor had no determinable market value, the General Assembly had attempted I approximate the probable market vail of the new State securities, they won doubtless have rated them at not mo than five or ten cents on the dollar, pr vided that iu this they had beau guidi by the views of the opposition pre? whioh, in its efforts to break down tl State oredit, fastened apon these seoai ties, in advance, the stigma of a threi ened repudiation, and declared that tb would bo worthless to the holder. B it was believed by the Financial Boa that oar securities might be so made appreciate aa to be negotiated at p< and that $1,000,000 in our bonds won thus purchase $1,000,000. Aa the result of the ?inancial poli adopted, these new bonds commande in the early part of 1870, from 80 to per cent, of their par value, and so w satisfied was I that oar securities-be ing, as they did, six per cent, intere payable, in gold-wonld, in the natu order of things, farther appreciate, tl I refused my consent to sell even at th? comparatively high rates. This ap] rent confidence of capitalists in the St Government aroused its opponents ti combined effort to depr?date the bon and not only were the most activo ic vidual efforts made to discredit oar se rities, but even the Chamber of Cc meroe and the Board of Trade of Charl ton lent their aid to the scheme of predation. The exchangeable value a State bond depends: First, npon ability of the State to poy the intel npon it as it aoorqes, ana to redeem i maturity; and, second, opon the rec nized and acknowledged disposition i intention of those who administer affairs of the State, to provide for punctual liquidation of all its jost o g?tions. As the resources of the Si were, and are, unquestionably am; oven on an ordinary scale of taxation oompared with ita indebtedness, doss of persons especially hostile to State Government, and thc princi upon whioh it is founded, directed ti efforts to make it appear to capita that tho State administration waa rapt and profligate, and that a pop reaction had taken placo that would e bear them into power. Foanding t olaims to consideration upon these 1 pretenoes, and pretending to ropre the people of Sooth Carolina, they b ly proclaimed their purpose to rep ate all debts contracted subsequent the adoption of oar new State Cons tion. As, by this course of action on part of men professing to have the nor and credit of the State pooaliar heart, the purchasing value of tho bi was seriooBly diminished, thereby quiring-an increased amount in bom raise a gi von amount in money, it fol that they, and hot this administra are responsible for any undue inoi in oar bonded debt, apon the jost prinoiple that every mac is aocoun for the natural cons?quences of his tvQUr. Added to these osases for the de? cline in the value of onr securities was the manifest want of confidence among capitalista in the management of onr fiascoes by oar Financial Agent in New York. . ' In proof that this scheme to discredit the Oovern ment of the State has its ori? gin in political causes, I cito the follow- ; ing extracts from the' Ob or lei ton Daily News, a widely circulated journal, pub? lished at the commercial centre of tho State. The first of these extracts, taken from the issue of'that paper of dat? pf Joly 17,1868, but ten days after the now ' State Government weni into Operation, makes it evident that the determination to depredate our securities was formed -f almost simultaneously with the advent of the present administration,'end be? fore it could have rendered itself, by any ' I act of its own, obnoxious to thu charges of corruption or improvidence; ' " ?BAYOHKT' BONDS.-It would, doubt-; less, be a very comfortable thing if, the' debt of the State could'bo paid, or tho interest fonded, until the people, under a legitimate government, are able to meet their public obligations.' 'But this cannot be done by the motley Legisla? ture now in session |n Columbia; nor can they, by the issue of- 'bayonet* bonds, provide, SB proposed, for the de? ficit in the annual revenne of tho State. "The Legislature will, of course, bleed freely every property-holder in South' Carolina, and, aa long as they nauru the machinery of the law, may compel the payment of taxation. Negro Legisla? tors, negro Sheriffs and negro Constables may distrain, and there the s?beme of financial White-washing will come to a premature end. "Beyond this they cannot go. What capitalist would touch 'bayonet' bonds issued by our bogus Legislature? Would New York or Boston touch these bonds, issued by authority of a horde of uo groes, and in faoe of the protest of the white people of the State? Wonld not our Northern brethren prefer to wait until after November? "The State debt of South Carolina the debt now existing-will be paid to the iaat cent, whatever the General As- ' sembly may do; but no 'bayonot* bond, for whatever reason issued, will ever be i recognized by tho white people of the. State." I Beferring to tho Act of the General Assembly providing for the payment o? the interest on our State bonds in specie, the samo paper Bays, under dato of De? cember 1, 1869: "We can pay our debt as it stands. The question ls whether one year more of Badical rule will not so largely swell tbe total that the people will, at the first opportunity, shuffle off the weight of care, and repudiate every dollin of debt oontraoted after the war. ? ? * * # * "Had the Governor advised that tho war debt be paid-a debt contracted for the advancement of a canso in which our people embarked fortune, lifo and honor -an attentive ear and willing heart I would have met the proposal, and tbe whole subject would baie been consider? ed with kindly and generous care. * ? * * * * "Every merchant or financier docs see, or will sue, that the whole ?cheme is a job and a swindle. Beyond tim, there is the certainty that the law of specie payments will assuredly be repealed aa soon as property-holders and honest men have a majority in the councils of the State. This majority we shall have in leas than a year." The cry of repudiation thus raised by a large portion of the press, and con? tinued, with a shameless pertinacity, in the interest of a small and malignant po? litical organization, bas done much to produce the recent depreciation of onr securities, coming, as ifc did, at a time when the money markets were rendered peculiarly sensitive and stringent by va? rious causes. The debt statement mado at the meet? ing of tho Tax payers' Convention, in May last, and that furnished by me to the Congressional Committee, in Septem? ber, were correct, to the best of my knowledge, at those dates. My informa? tion as to the sale of bonds was then necessarily limited to the amount re? ported by the Financial Agent and Trea? surer. $2,200,000 of tho amount of conver? sion bonds, issned as above stated, were signed by me for the express purpose of withdrawing from the market and can? celling an equal amount of those issued and hypothecated nnder the Acts for re? lief of the Treasury, the payment of the interest on the public debt, and for the Land Commission. They were signed abont the time the Tax-payora' Conven? tion assembled. Subsequently, the Financial Agent represented that the rapid decline in tho value of oar State securities disabled bim from getting con? trol of the bonds deposited as collate? rals, and to relieve which these conver? sion bonds were signed at that date. The action of that body, and of the Charleston Board of Trade, in reference to the proposed sterling fand loan, warn? ing capitalists abroad against ita negotia? tion, and declaring that, if negotiated, it should never be paid, had'a most dite ostrous effect upon our securities, and thereby compelled a large and rapid ic crease in tho volume of oar bonded debt, At the time the sterling fund bill was en' acted, I deemed its policy a wise one and it was endorsed as a good finanoia measnre, by many leading finanoiers both in thia State and in New York. It design waa to replace our securities, al ready issued, with a uniform class o bonds, many of such securities not bein/ a good delivery at the Stock Exohang in New York. This loan was calculate! to commend itself to capitalists, foi while it changed tbe form of the deb advantageously, it was guarded with tb irropealable restriction that its proceed Hhould be "exclmively used in exchani for, or in payment of, the existing publi debt of the State.-" Its very terms thus show how unwa: ranted was the action of the Conventio in stigmatizing it asan intended inoreai of the bonded debt of the State. I view of all the facts in tho premises, tb sterling loan, thus discredited in a< vance, was not put upon the market. The gentlemen who guided tho aotic of the convention, on questions < finance, expressed, as a further obj ec tic to the loan, their want of confidence j the Financial Agent in New York. 1 evidence of tho real purposo, and tl wantonness of these systematic attacl upon the State credit, I would montic that I thereupon proposed that tbi should designate the syndics, or agen for tho negotiation of the loan, both : London and New Ysrk. I further pr posed, with the unanimous consent the Financial Board, to guard holde under this loan from loss, through ai possible subs?quent notion of the GOD ral Assembly in regard to it, by entorii into such stipulations on behalf of t!