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e*v\. ? n?ilnLYr * cs r^i . 1 ; . ? ?? ? " I'. > ? ? ".Vit i.V I 8aturiay stornin?. January f. 1878, ; Wtust fessas ? ai*?* " "A truthful soul, a loving mind, ' Full of affection for its kind: X A ap I tit firm, erect and free?, That never basely bends the knees That vfill not band a feather's weight .Of slavery's ohaooe for smell or great; That truly speaks from God within; That never makes ?league with sin; Thal soeps the fetters despots make, And loves the troth for Its own sake; That worships God and Him alone. And bowe no more than at His throne; And trembles at no tyrant's rod; A soul thru fears no one bat Qed; And thus osa. smile at ourse or ban This is the soul that makes a mao." TH ey do mst H i ?an-Tt?o ft?*Uoaopkjr of . . '.> Blsik?Owr Wwrfkrt. If we were called upon to indicate the grand point of difference between man and the brate creation, we would not tay that it consisted in the possession by man of intellect, for instinct is closely allied to reason, and it is di?lcalt to de oide where instinct ends end reason be? gins. Nor would we say that the point of difference consists in the exhibition by man of a heart, for the affection of brutos is of ton vory remarkable, end not anfreqaently they exhibit more love and genuine gratitude than the lords of creation. What, then, is the peculiar markthat indicates the line that sepa? rates man from the lower order of orea tion? We have a theory of oar own. lt is a blush-the red ensign that onr inner MOKA. Li s SN sa hangs out sometimes as the emblem of modesty, sometimes of pions, indignant anger, sometimes of devil iah wrath, sometimes of fine emotion; but sometimes, and just as frequently, of shame. The Caucasian man and woman, the light-colored races, are susceptible of a blush. The dark-colored rsoes. may blush also, although the mantling blood escapo the human eye. But the brut' oannot and does not blush. Hence, after all, the blush of honor or of sham? marks the human boiog. To what, now, the reader may ask, dc these general propositions tend Y Wt reply, (hat they a re; sugget* ted io order tc Show the Unblushing effrontery of tbost officials, who have been guilty of mon? strous kindling and of large and part3 thefts. These people seldom or novel bltisb. What, then, is the inference? 1' is this: These people are more or lest than men. Mora we know they are not Lass they are. They oannot blush They steal and awiodle and lie, and thet they walk about our streets, or ride ii costly equipages, and all the time the; hold a high head. They flourish like 1 green bay tree,-pr rathor like a deadh np aa tree. But their day is coming. I will be seen that they have built n poi the sands, and their hons? will fall. Got grant that the time may soon come whei HONESTY uball again be at a premium sod HABoaiiiTY at its proper discount. We declara'unending war upon th foes of the State, and the path that w and onr co-workers tread leads to vic tory. We say to the good people of th State, be hopeful, faithful and resolute. FAITH, Horn and JUBTIOB, these three and for es, under Heaven, the greatest c these is JusTXOS. CHASITY is for peni tent men and penitent women. It ws for the, penitent thief that the Saviou had pardon. It was tb tho penitei woman, taken in adultery, that He sait) "Go and sin no more." Let us neve forget the soene where even the foi berranee of the Son of God gav way, and He overthrew the seats of tb money-changers and scourged them oe of the temple. Shall we be deemed too severe, if w wage stern war upon the "den < thieves" who have profaned the tempi? of our ij IB KITTIES and sought to des tro the temples of our INDUSTRIES? Not si for known unto all men is our raoderi tion, and the moderation of our on ragod, plundered fellow-citizens. We are informed by the census ropo: that the table of true population, en brsoing the inhabitants of territories an "Indians not taxed," shows a total ft the whole country of 88,028,210. Hs the rate of increase during the p|evioi decades been preserved, this numb? would have bean ?1,609.000. The r pore shows several causes which liai contributed to check the rate of inoreas The colored population, whioh shou have shown sin increase of, about 1.00C 000, shows instead less than 500,00 The direct losses by the war are estima ed in the Federal armies at not less tbi 500,000 men, ann in the Confedera armies at 850,000. The withdraw from, domestic life during four years an average number of 1,500,000 men fe tween eighteen and forty-five years age, checked the increase of popnlatio During the war immigration waa ii peded, as shown by a comparison figures before and sinoe, by 850,000 pi socs; and fifth, the report claims as notorious fact than io many parts oft oountry ohildren are not born to Au rican parents as they used to be, to a c gree that, "in some sections, ev threaten the perpetuation of the nati stock." ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. -Our editorial i knowledgmenta are due to Gen. Ali ander, Superintendent, through J. Gormley, Master Transportation, foi "complimentary ticket" on the Oh lotte, Columbia and Augusta Bailroi for the our rent year. We appreciate I courtesy. RADICALISM IN LOUISIANA.-Obse: the telegrams on the legislative trout in Louisiana, and see the fruits of Ra oaUsm in th? Sooth. Th. Unttadl ????.? Ooari. Oue of the moat remarkable exhibi? tions that wa have ever witnessed in a oonrt room is the system of pumping that Judge Bond resorts to in the oases of the prisoners who have confessed that they belonged to the Ku Kins Klan. The Judge asks all kino's of questions, sud seeks to implicate everybody that he can bring in. His Honor seems to have ss especial disposition to gat ministers of the Gospel end leading men involved. On yesterday, s number of the Spar tsnbufg prisoners were sdbjectod ' to (Be inqUisttiSlafbr Judge Bo'p$.? , A number cont esM& tfaV. they ware in?mbets ot the' klan, but in scarcely s single esse, and perhsps not in s single ease, did they .vow that th ey .had auyjxtfiwoar object, in view. Are yon guilty or not guilty of conspiracy-tbst ia, ot conspiring against the suffrage? This is, in sub stenos, the'question, end the - reply is, generally, "Well, I wss s member of the klan, end I did go on one, two or more reids;" but,. except in the , case of. ike trainad witnesses from York, no poll tidal significance is given to the raids or tc the organisation. It appears from the revelations tbst the Kb Klux Klsn wis a local organization for executing Lynch law, in the absence of oivil law; sud .a* respects Spstfcanburg, it appears that tue law wss icfliot?d upon whites oftenei then upon blacks ? The great effort ol the Government Is to make it s political matter. To make pol i tic al capital out ot Ku Kluxism is the great effort ot the prose oution, end the oonntry will yet see thal political psrtyism has had far more to dc with this matter than either love ot thc negro or.the ends of justice. On yesterday, we learn that Judgt Bond did not hesitate to display hil animus towards the white people of Ihli State, in the slurs which he sought t< oast upon the State. We have been ao ou a to med to invest tba be nob. with re a peet snd consideration, and we hav< boen careful not to prejudge the Judge who, came hither to discharge wba should ber deemed a high abd impar tia duty. Judge Bond's position shall no prevent us from taking issue with him ii his strictures upon South Carolina, am to say that he departs from bis judloU duty and sphere when he ventures t avail himself of his robes to make r< flectiODO, when the opportunity is nc given for s proper reply. Wo PIM ?I wi iL? for Tja. No psssivism will save the oooutrj Wo want masterly activity. ? writer i the New York World, signing himse "Missouri," says: "It ia proposed the Democratic part io the enauiug Presidential election sh? ?dopt the Missouri policy of 187' j There is no snalogy between the coud tion of affairs and position of parties i this nation st this time and in Misson last y eur." And, after showing that there Is i i analogy between the Missouri policy af the passiv ism proposed for the Dem 0 racy now, adds: 1 "In the Missouri policy there waa i surrender of principle. In the pesai' policy there is an abandonment-ni more, a surrender of principle. Its r suit i? disintegration of the Democrat party. It the good of the nation ehr require the destruction of the Dem oratio party, destroy it. Wo will, aid its destruction under snob circumstance Life-long D?mocrate osnnot consent abandon their ideas of s striot oonstru ; tion of the Constitution. They cann and will not consent to vote for men wi will centralize the powera of the G vsrnment. They cannot consent to vo for men who heve encroached, and w still continue to encroach, on the i served rights of the States. They os not consent to vote, for men who ha abolished the right oi trial by jury si substituted trial by military oommissio of our citizens. They cannot oonse to vote for men who have instructed t President to suspend the writ of habe corpus, when there is neither invasion n insurrection. They cannot consent vote for men who have sided to eatabli military despotism in a part of o country. And there are many otb reasons why Democrats cannot oonse to become Republicans and embraoo t prinoiplea of that party. Psssivism pi poses to Democrats to do this. Is it a wonder that those who have been I publicans-who have sanctioned t flagrant violations of the ConBtituti and outrages on the rights of States a of the people, and never olaim to Demoorats-should be in favor of soo) polioy?" The writer ia righi. We are told ti it is better to stand still than to make false step. True ; but there is so m ot hi superior to either, and that is, to mt on in the right directions, end to ti s course tenable and yet disoreet e ! progressive. We learn that the United States t soners are very much crowded in County jail. We have reason for say that Oberiff Frasee has been doing ali his power to promote the comfort of men in confinement, and that be several times been brought into noni with the orders or representatives of United States Marshal. This offl< especially of late, has departed fro proper consideration for his prison Is he disposed to sacrifice to a sub vient spirit tbe delicate and proper charge of bis duties? It would seem From first to last, our oitizens, innoc and guilty, have alike been outraged, we hope yet to find tbst rowan is m to receive tbs lessons it should be m to learn, vis: That s man should deemed innooent until shown to guilty, and that even men found ga have rights which officers ere bourn respect. MerriUism and ShertnaniMotion are words that will hereafter be noders! in South Carolina. History will de that tbe authors of the terms have 1 to brsg about. .> jt'^i:...;. : -? ? --T-:-r CalambU and Ita *H???l??.?-r?;. 3. We have, io articles Noa. 1 and 2, OD thia subject, alluded, ourrenia c?lamo, to the mercantile and SBaua?sotaring,inte? resta in Columbia and Io the vicinity. There,are two other establishments in the manufacturing libe that we desire to notice. One is the book bindery end I blank book manufactory of Mr. Edward ; B. Stokes. BIr? Stokes ls a hard-work? ing man. has developed his business con? siderably and is deserving of his success. Work is done at his establishment well, 'andal reasonable^rates. Let home en ! terprise a?d"h0m? work be patronized. Hard by Is tile ?afebliihsaint of Dr. E. H. Hein i ts h, where a rising business is done by Dr. H., in tho manufacture of PBOPBiBTABT MKDioiNHs. And here we desire to say that, although prejndioe exists against thia business, yet it is a ie gi^ i mato, ono in ita integrity, end no re j p?o?oh san attach to him who pursues it iu the proper spirit. What does the manufacturer of proprietary medicines do? Simply this: He takes certain me? dicinal roots, or herbs, or elements, and, I making a certain combination, he forms a compound, for which he claims certain [ virtues. If the compound Is a good thing, and does relieve human suffering, any of the ills' to whioh flesh is heir, then the inventor, or the compounder, deserves credit, and may become a bene .factor of bis race. At the North, men have made their fortnnes by medicines some of whioh are genuinely good, and have taken their place in the affections of the masses. We say, therefore, let Dr. H. make his Queen's Delight, his blood and liver pills, his horse powders, &o. If they are good, take them. If they are bad, they will not go down. A free-trader ourselves, we favor free trade in all pursuits 'that are not immoral and hurtful. There is now one class of manufactur? ers for whom we have no good word. We'mean the class who make main whis? key, and those who make ftes. Oonfu I sion to them and all their schemes! They are foes of-the human raes, with ? ont regard to race or oolor or previous condition of servitude. Having now spoken of those interesU more especially material in character, wt como now to subjects somewhat leas so, We first refer to the representatives thai Columbia ha? in the line of auctioneer! and commission merchants. Messrs. Peixotto A Bon and Jaoob Levin will bi found reliable and effloient. lu the department of insuranoe enc brokerage, this city is unusually wei supplied. We refer with pleasure to Dr J. W. Parker, formerly Suparintenden of the Lunatic Asylum here, and wei known in the State aa an old and re snooted son of the State. The Doctor althuugb full of years, is illustratini muon of tho energy and promptness o leas advanced mau hood. AB a real est?t agent, he has a great deal of valuable pro perty for sui?; sod ia the agent for re liable lifo and fire insurance companies Capt. Leaphart, a one-armed ex-Oonfe. derate, and a man who, if he gave on arm to hie State in war, has another lei to work for her in peaoe, is the popula agent of the Piedmont and Arlington and is also an agent of reliable fir insurance companiea He will do ''to ti to," aa tho saying is. Messrs. Black i Waring, as fire and life insuranoe agent* do a large- business, and merit thei popularity. They are euooessora of th i eld house of Nichols & Co.; and on I friend, old Mr. MoCammon, ia on han always-a faithful soldier at his insuranc post. Mr. Geo. Huggins needs no word c commendation from us, as his long an satisfactory career in his business of fir insurance speaks for him. Messrs. Se: bela & Ezell are recent, but very aotiv and enterprising agento, in the matter c real estate and lifo and fire inanranoi Their business is large and iuoreasicf and, as both members of the firm ai working men, we thick it likely tbs they have no euch word os "fail," i their vocabulary. Next, we refer to ot friend, Captain Tupper, who, os broki and insuranoe agent, is illustrating mno of the same pluck and energy thi marked bia career as a most gallai Carolina soldier. Help bim, all wt want to help themselves. Nor must * here omit to bring forward with prom nenoe tho names of General M. C. Bu 1er and General M. W. Gary. Th. gallant ex-Confederate Generals repr Bent a flourishing New York insurant company, and have been busy of late : carrying ont their bold conception of tl land and immigration Boheme. Nor must we fail to speak a word : behalf of the only broker, proper, tb we have, viz: Mr. D. Gambrill. V know thia gentleman intimately. V oan endorse him. We refer him to i parties having commissions or businc in his line. He will be found to dc fairly and squarely, and to do no act, business or out of it, "not justified I honor." This artiste we shall end with MTJBI Io this connection, we refer to the fl musical establishment of the Mess Ly Brand. These are Northern men w have settled in our midst, and who, wi the Messrs. Irwin, Dr. Wheeler a other genuine settlers and true rn? have always an earnest welcome at o hands and the hands of our people. T Messrs. Ly Brand are connected with t fine braes band, of wbioh Columbia c boast. The senior Mr. Ly Brand is i rector or ohief of this band, and we I tice with pleasure that, although havi a proper regard for "tho blue" of t North, he unites with his fellow-mo hers of the band in the adoption of "t gray" of the South. Before passing on to other inter?s we take pleasure in referring to ? aub jeot kiudred to muslo, and tale is the d?partaient of the floe arts, In Colom? bia, we hara not a few private artiste and artiste? io drawing, peniasnship and painting. Wa shall, however,' refer now mora particularly to those wall known artists, Messrs. Wears <fc His, This es? tablishment does credit to the city. The firm embraces Mr. Richard Weam, an ex-Aldermen of tbe oily, and a first class photographist, and Mr. W. P. fiiz, aa experienced portrait painter. They have all the latest improvements in pi? tures, and keep pace all tho time with their biotber-artists North and in Eu? rope, by correspondence and by an an? nual visit beyond the State to see what is doing in the artistic world. . They make all kinds of pictures, from the smallest photograph in a ring to a large, foll length, life-size portrait, painted in pastel, oil or water oolora. The work they prodooe cannot be executed any? where South of Baltimore, since there is no other firm composed of a photo? graphist and a portrait painter. Mesara. Weam A Hix have taken four gold me? dal? and eleven silver medals at different exhibitions. They bave been eminently successful in painting large portraits of deceased persona from small ambrotypes or photographs. We commend them to our friends, aa excelling in their busi? ness. To-morrow, we aball refer to other Columbia interests. Tb? Kai Klux Klan Trials. It appear? that the Eu Klux tr?ala were brought, on yesterday, to an abrupt olose. The case of Oolonel MoMaster remain? under advisement, and we think it likely that we shall hear no more about it. When Judge Bona passes up the bay to Baltimore, oool reflection will come to him, and be will consider that hi? personal temper got the better of bia jodioial prerogative, and that be asked questions whioh he bad co right to ask of an attorney. Oolonel MoMaster will remain intact, for bis feet are upon a rock. We lo irn that Judge Bond re? turns to Baltimore. Judge Bryan will remain to attend to business not con? nected with Kn Kloxism. All tbe pri soner?, exoept those in arrest on murder charges, will, we suppose, be dismissed.. Those arrested on tho charge of murder will, we take it, be detained, subject to the questions to be srgued before the Supreme Oourt by Messrs. Johnson and Stanbery. The petit juries will be dis? missed. We learn that one of onr most law abiding merchants found himself con? strained, yesterday, to administer some? thing of a drubbing to a certain city official. The affair grew out of a refusal of the official to meet a bill presented to bim. The blows were not resented, and a suit for assault and battery is tbe re? sult. We think it is time for some of us deliberately to oooolude to pay even a large ?um, if necessary, for the privilege of punishing the unblushing cases that we have to deal with. Forbearance does, at times, cease to be a virtue. Mr. R. G. Shiver is the merchant, and Mr. W. J. Etter, Oity Glerk, is the offioial. After Mr. Etter stated that he was sick, Ac, Mr. Shiver desisted, The Union, in seeking to make some pointa against us, finds itself reduced to two points, viz: That we quote pretty aptly and are seeking the Governorship/ If we were Governor, the first thing we would do would be to exhaust our powers and influence in sending to the peniten? tiary the editor of the Union and his co conspirators againat the peace and finances of South Carolins. -?-??-? Kimptou is still here. Parker is not here. When Kimpton comes Sooth Parker goes North, and when Kimpton goes North Parker comes South. Are they looking for each other, and can't find one another? Arcades ambo, which means in this case, swindlers both. Break the ring. <-???-. AOKNOWiiKDOMSNTa.-To onr co t?mpo? ra ry of tbe Anderson Intelligencer, we return the New Year's greeting that it Bends ns with its accustomed spirit of grace. We shall continuo our efforts long and earnestly, and we ?ak, what wc know we shall receive, the oordial co? operation of the Democratic State press. The Anderson Intelligencer, in alluding to the late impeachment business, says: "Bowen, Whipper and otber Republi? cans made a gallant fight against the ring, but tbey were overpowered by the peculiar t?ctica of those gentry, skilled in the use of the 'almighty dollar.' The Democrats remained silent during the entire proceedings, preferring to assist by their votes, and allow the main battle to be fought iu the Republican camp exclusively." TH? COLUMBIA r'ncxmx - The marked abidty with which tuts journal is now conducted begets praises on every side, and we frequently hear commendation* from its patrons tbat would prove highly encouraging to its conductors. The principal editor, Col. J. P. Thomas, bas been making heavy inroads upon dere? lict and delinquent public officers, and his just denunciations of their conduct merit? the highest encomiums. His ef? forts against the municipal ring in Co lumbla have already borne fruit, and proved beneficial to tba tax-payers of tbst oity. We trust to witness a like re? sult frota his vigor?os efforts to expose the knavery and plundering of State officials. We send a New Years greet iug to our ootemporary, and commend a perseverance ic tbe good work. [Anaereon Intelligencer. -? In apprehension of the small-pox, a Western paper says: "Vaccinate! Po? liteness never hurta anybody. Small? pox will not attack you if you allow faooinatton to tske your arm. Manana. EDITO BS: WO have BO roi j fall* en npon evil time?, if half be true that is told of the Government under wbioh 1 we suffer. Are we about to go the way of the ancient republics, through lusn? ry, .hoddy' aristocracy, venality and pe? culation, into the vilest despotism? Do yon know, sir, that this whole Govern? ment DOW is little better than s hage po? lice office; that paid official spies sod detectives are perambulating the coun? try, under tba guise of sewing machine agents, peddlers and dodgers, from this new incubus, a United States Marshal? It ia so, sir; men are paid to go about in this way to hunt up Ku Klux, and pump the negroes as to the whereabouts of men who have been suspected. Talk shout conspiracy, Biri Why, just now the -vilest conspiracy against liberty is going ou, under the pay and consent of the Government, that the world ever BAW-a conspiracy to dog after every man who dares speak freely of, our op? pressions; to hunt up some evidence against him; to pack a jury to make it .ure. Can any man be . BO blind as not to see that the juries in the l*te trials in Columbia were manipulated? Do you know, air, that an espionage ia kept upon the poet office, and that letters are opened? It is true, air, I can assure ion, that letters coming through the inion post office have been opened. The postmaster st Union Court House is a United States Marshal, and, I sup pose, is ashamed of it, for I learn that he denied his name when asked if be was not Hammet, in some part of the I District. Maybe he was playing detect ' if e incog. A. The country is indebted to the Oolum I bia Union tor the enterprise it has shown in publishing daily verbatim reports ot the Kn Klux tr?ala now in progress in the United States Circuit Court. The i proceedings of eaeh day are taken down by two of the best phonographers in the United SUtes, Mr. Ben l'ittman, ot Cincinnati, and Mr. Post, of New York, and appear in the Union on the following morning. The saran gentlemen will pre? pare the official report for the Govern ment. It may be doubted whether any journal in the South ever before under cook an enterprise involving snob au outlay ot capital and requiring such an j array of reportorial talent. I Baltimore American. In publishing the above, wo ask thin question : Is not the Union paid for i ti? re por ta by the Government, direotly 01 indirectly? Answer that. And let u?< know if it ie Federal money or newspaper enterprise that helps the . Union's cause? All is not gold that glitters, but much oi it is brass. The Baltimore Sun says: LOT AL NBWBPAPXB ENTEBPBIHK.- v7e notics that newspapers which aro in sym? pathy with the political persecution now enforced against the plundered people of Sooth Carolina take occasion to oom meud the "enterprise"-of a newspaper maintained by the larcenous State Go? vernment at Colombia in printing pho? nographic reports of the political tr?ala. Thia is a sort of enterprise which will be understood when taken in connection with the fact that this newspaper, and two or three others of its kind, have drawn from the State treasury S204.00O of the people's money. Mr. Tweed'* ring subsidized "organs" of tba same kind and for the Bama purpose. When the supply of stolen money was stopped their publication stopped likewise. One of these South Carolina sheets quarreled with "Boas" Scott, and stopped within a month. The parallel is complete. "It may be doubted," says a sympathizing paper, "whether any journal in the South ever before undertook an enter? prise involving such an outlay of capital" as printing the political trials. It does seem doubly hard on the people of South Carolina that they aro to be robbed for the expense of giving the story to the world. The Columbia correspondent of the Charleston News writes as follows: "The transfer of the Greenville and Columbia Boad to the Sooth Carolina Bailroad Company appears to be still hanging fire. Kimpton remains in town, ostensibly occupied with the de? tails of this transfer, and frequently en? gaged in long and auxions interviews with the State officials on the subject of finances. He declares that he bas loog ago submitted his report as Financial Agent, and tbat all the talk about Trea? surer Parker's inability to report to the Comptroller-General by reason of the non-receipt of his (Kimpton's) report, is all moon-shine, sod only another in H tu ii oe of the attempts of the State officials to shift the responsibility of their acts to other shoulders, in which attempts they seem to be adepts. "The operations of the Columbia Water Power Company (the Spragne enterprise) are being energetically pushed to completion. The company bas sc?, noder tue supervision of Coi. Pearce and Maj. Mahon, a force of 160 laborers engaged in widening and deep? ening their canal, besides a number of masons, master bu i id era, Ac, engaged on the rook and carpenter work. It it> now olaimed that the canal will be oom plated, aooording to contract, in three or four weeks from date, including three bridges for the convenience of the pub? lic, five culverts and now waste weir and look gate." THB LOST ur THB CHICAGO FIHB -The number of persons who perished in the Chioago fire is estimated to.have been ai leant 600. Over 100 bodies have been reooverod, nearly all of wbioh have been identified, und thc work of dearing away the rt'i us is still far from comple? tion, In the swift rush of tbe flames, hundreds of people were unquestionab y consumed so completely as not to leave even a vestige of bone, or even ashes, lo toll their fate. Letters of inquiry for missing friends are pouring into the city from all quarters, and the publication of these bas been the means of tracing many who were supposed to be lost. The* Chicago Times publishes a list of those known to be missing, and Bays the sad probability is that the death list will considerably exceed 600. A Kooli ea ter girl, in a note inakiug in? dignant complaints because a mau spit tobacco juice on her silk dress in tbe street, says: "Never while men chew tobacco will I go to tbe polly to vote. This country may go to ruin before I will have my clothes spoiled or even jeopardized." The writer forgets that when women get tbe ballot they are ex? pected to spit with tbe rest, snd do all things pertaining to ordinary mankind, Th? Drirto? fo|)?lsr BCDUDMBI. V The Baltimore Sun, in discussing the question as to the proper oourse to be pursued to relieve theV country from its present embarrassments, remarks in a judicial spirit: "There are those who favor what i? called 'the passive policy' of making no, separate Democratic nomination for tbs Presidency, and trusting to the chances' of a division in the Republican ranks, and the nomination of a candidate by the moderate as wei I j aa the. Radical or extreme wing of that party . There are others who oppose any surrender or abandonment either of the -Democratic organization or of Democratic princi? ples, bat who advocate the nomination of such a candidate upon anob a platform as would be acceptable to conservative men of both parties, and whom, mode? rate Republicans, disgusted with the ex? travagance of their own extremists, would find no difficulty in supporting. "What is the beet and wisest course, under all the oircumstanoes of the case, to be pursued, is no easy matter, a prio? ri, to determine. Political pirates can? not be made to order, or extemporized juBt to meet an emergency. They grow, and as they are wanted and when they are wanted, and not before. They are formed by the natural accretion of ele? ments possessing the requisite affinity. Just so, in like manner, parties disap? pear and dissolve when they have ruo their coarse, and there is no longer any thing to hold them together. They have their natural period of grow th and ot decline, and those conditions of their existence cannot be arbitrarily or capri? ciously anticipated or dispensed with. They oaunot be unmade any more than made at pleasure. A great party cannot be blotted out of existence and mads to disappear from the political arena simply by wishing or resolving that it shall bs ?o. lu other words, the problem is one whioh will most probably solve itself. It tba time is ripe for the formstion of a new party or the disappearance of an old one, or for tbat old one to take upon it a new form of growth and expansion, and to enter upon a new phase in its ca? reer, we need not disturb ourselves about tue event, whioh will assuredly happen, according to the working of the general law we have indioated, and which, in the politioal history of on? ovn ooootry, bas oeen verified and illustrated in the sue uesaive rise of the old Republican and Federal parties, tbs Whig, the Demo oratio, and a second Republican party uaving nothing in common with its pre? decessor but the nsme. ' . At the same time it must be conceded that the earnest discussion of the ques? tion aa to what shall be done, and bow the conservative strength of the coun? try shall te brought ont and developed, and arrayed as a unit on the aide of con? ni tution al govern ment and of political honesty and reform, ia rendering . most valuable service, IC cannot fail to lead to a broader and juster comprehension of the necessities of the political situa? tion, and to the removal of many of the barriers created by prejudice sud misap? prehension wbioh have heretofore kept men of the same way of thinking from co-operating and acting together. In this way discussion will prepare the way for union, and ant of it will grow and shape themselves the real issues in the coming contest, whioh will be the true dividing line of parties. It is the agita? tion of a subject of the greatest moment to the whola country, said cot, there? fore, to be contemptaoasly treated or nastily disposed of. Parson Osin, the colored editor of. the Missionary Record, is outspoken in his denunciation of the men now in power and office-of those wire-pullers who have used the colored voters but to lift themselves into power and pelf. The Record says: "We announce that we are betrayed, tbat we are to be ?old out, that we are already robbed of everything almost io the State. Our reputation ia almost blasted by the oonduot of those high in authority-men whom we have elevated by our suffrages, and who are responsi? ble to us for the faithful discharge of their trusts. As Republicans, we should repudiate these men. Wa should depre? cate tbe oourse, and place the brand of condemnation on them. We call on every colored voter of this State to lend bia aid to defeat the whole ring of thieves who are now suoking the li fe-blood of the common people. Every voter hss to pay the additional taxation which is im? posed to meet the extravsganoe of this State Government. "Look st our present condition; the bonds are depreciated, our credit is gone, our taxes are increased, business is stsg nated, laborera are ont of employment, the poor are getting poorer, the rich are losing their wealtb, stocks are vslusless in the markets, money is . bought and sold at enormous prioea, factories are at a stand-still, and the Sheriffs sro prepar? ing to advertise theoitiaens' property for taxes. Men are receiving low wages for their labor, and thousands are idle and cannot find employment. Ail this is brought about by tho speculations in State bonds, railroad stocks and bank bills, by tboae who are at the bead of af? fairs. Are the people prepared to rest oo n ton ted under ibese things? No. We call on every good citizen, white, black, Democrat?, Republicans, rioh and poor, to unite for the overthrow of this rob? bers' dynasty, their aiders and abettor?. We annoonoe now, on the eve of the old year's departure, that we are the un? compromising foe of the oorruptionists of this State, of whatever party they may be. We have no favor to ask at any party's hands; we demand an honest, economical government; we demand measures whiob will ameliorate the con? dition of tbe working classes; we de? mand of tho Legislature such measures is wiii open the school-houses in every township in this Sute; we demand tbe abolition of the thousand and one offices wbioh are nothing but politioal leeches on the publio treasury; we demand tbs election of justices of tbe peace by the people; we demand retrenchment every? where Till this is done, we wage war bloody war-upon those in power,every? where, and at all times." RE POUT ED CRUEL DECREE IN COBA.-A Havana letter saya that Valmaseda ha? just deoreed the practical enslavement of the whole Obieese population, number? ing some 35.000 souls. The decree or lers the 10.UOO or 15.000 free Obiueae to .inmediately enroll themselves under the '.utelago of Government tutors, and work n the Government work-shops, reoeiv og for their labor only four dollars per month, ont of whioh to provide against i rainy day, and ordering tbat all Obi aese who are.now workiug under eon :raots shall be re-indentnred on the ex? piring of their terms, or be sent to jail. ORT MATTKBS.- -The price pf sit?gle A complete oatli t, with ?M.pxejBg?k?? o? . prese, for e o -un iry paperdsoflesed for sale st a very lo w ? rat?: Psrlicalars eso be obtain ed at PHCSNIX office,! , The PHCBJTIX ornoo ia supplied with>ll necessary material for sa handsome cards, billbeads, posters, pamphlets, tnmd-bills, oi radia rs, aaa other printing inst may ?? "desired, ss say oflloe ip the South, ? Give us a call end lest oar work.: te Uol There belog no quorbm ta ?HHer branch of the General Ai?bl?; yesier day, both Hoosee adjourned .ontil 12 M., fco-dey< . ..? ?: . ?!02st*t] Superi a tob dont Alexander will ^aoo^t [oar thanks for a complimentary ticket bf er his rps?d for 1872. ' . . The following gentlemen werainatalled in their voa poo ti ya offices, ia Palmetto Lodge No. 6,1. O. O. F., last evening : J. Kind. K. Gb ii John Morrison. V. G.; Isaac Sobtbsohet, Secretary; M. Ehrlich, Treasurer. PHCRNIXXANA .-What's the difference between s farmer and a neara st ress? A farmer gathers what hs sows, and a seamstress sews what abe gathers. I ' An exchange wanto to know, since w-o-r-k ia pronounced wirk, why p4?t?k is not pronounced pirk? These ques? tions ere rory irksome. An exchange says "it appears that sven the fire was insufficient to purify the city government of Chicago." Wo thought, at the time, that Ohioago had made a fatal mistake in barning herself up'instead of her city government. A young lady ia Indiana, named Na ney Pratt, waa aooi den tally vaccinated ia the nose. It took, and her bugle io) a joy forever. Tbs most definite description a dowu East woman could give of her lost baby, waa "kinder fat, with a calico dress on." It is not quit? settled whether. Jim Fisk is si ok of the small-pox, os the small pox sick of Jim Fisk. Ooe evening, in company, daring con? versation, a gentleman quoted the'ex? pression that "Man proposes, and God disposes." "Tes," said s maiden pre? sent, "a msn once proposed to me; I said no, and have never aeon him since, so I thought somebody had disposed of him." r?;l Slow matches-Long engagements. Few women are so. modest that they are un willi og to sit in the lap of luxury and ease. iw. Some Western churches have adopted tbs plan of having the collection taken up by young ladies of beauty. They look smilingly at a reluctant victim, and give him a slight wink. This process always wins. How can you distinguish a fashionable man from a tired dog? Ooo wears am entire costume; the ot ber, simply pants. Xt is said that the light of a match will frighten a wolf; but a love-match soma times fails to keep' the wolf from the door. TICKETS TO THE ?RAND pana OOH 0XBT8 OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAXP AND I MM IQ HATTON ASSOCIATION. -M T. D. Gsmbrill requests us tastete that ho bas returned to headquarters all unsold tickets, but can arrange to aopplj.aJl persons who desire to parchase, if they apply to him before 12 o'clock, to-day. MAIL ARRAN OBMRNTS.-Tba Northern mail opens at 3.00 P. M.; closes 7.15 A M. Charleston day mail opens 4.0p P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Charleston night mail opens 6.80 A. M.; eloses 8.00 P. M. Greenville mail' opens 6.46 P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Western mail opens 9.00 A. M.; closes 1.80 P. M. On Sunday office open from 8 to 4 P. M. ? LIST OP Naw ADVBBTTSKMENTB E. H. Hein i tah- Blood Pills, Ac. Communication Union Council. E. J. Scott-For Sale. Om ci an ainu N menus Charlea ion Char table Association, for benefit Free Behool fand: Uar rex Class No. 282.- Morning, January S. 44-53-19-57-74 13 60-28-21-20 60 G Witness my hand at Charleston, thia 5th day of January, 1872. FENN PECK, Jan 6 Sworn Commissioner. MANUTAOTUBINO EwrxaPBiSB rs CHASXXS TON -Charleston is fast becoming % manu? facturing as well as a oommeroial city. Tho largest manufactory of doors, aaahes, blinds, Ao., ia the Bou tho! u Ht ?tm 1? that of Mr. F. t*. T?ALE, on Horlbeck'a Wharf, io that city, sales rooms at Mo. 20 Hayns etreet. Hr. TOALS'S advertisement appears in another column. Nov Hi DON'T HAWK, HAWK, SPIT. 8m, BLOW, BLOW, and disgust everybody with your Catarrh and its offensive vdor, when Dr. Sago's Catarrh Remedy will speedily de? stroy all odor and arrest the discharge. THBSBOBROV CAPTIVATION.-Features of Grecian mould, a well-turned nock and beautifully rounded arms, are no doubt very moe things to have, and ladies who possess these, charms have resson to be thankful to Mother Nature; yet, after all, the most captivating of all womanly charms is a pore, fresh and brilliant complexion. This superlativo fascination any lady may aseare by using HAGAN'S MAGNOLIA BALM, the standard beautifying pr?paration of the present age. lt differs from sll ordinary cos? metics in three most essential partie a Ur?, inasmuch as it contains no injurions ingredients, does not contract or shrivel the skin, as all the astringent "blooms," "lotions" and "powders" eventually do, but produces a lasting loveliness by improving the health of the skin. Under its operation the text? ure of the epidermis becomes finer, and the surface soft as velvet and smooth sa porcelain. Features cannot be o h an g ed, but complexions caa, and it is quite certain that a lady with no other charm than afresh and rosy complexion, will sttraot more admiration in company than her neighbor, with a olassie face, but a sallow skin. J 4 America sends to Great Britain annu? ally ai6.000.000 in gold, for1 tb? single irtiols of spool cotton.