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COLUMBIA. S. C. Boulay Morning, January 28, 1872. Voice? from th* Capital. Wc have read with much gratification the Congressional debates published in the Globe, upon a resolution providing for an inquiry and investigation into the reoent disorder and outrages occurring in the city of New Orleans, and caused by the conflict of contending factions in the Radical Legislature of Louisiana. It seems that United States officials were active participants and abettors in Che turbulent and lawless proceedings, and, partly upon this ground, Congress has determined to Bend on an investigating committee-leaving the question of the right of the National Government to in? terfere in such matters for future con? sideration, when the committee shall have made an authenticated report of the causes that brought about the terri? ble state of affairs, and the course of oonduot pursued by the officers of the United States Government ia the pre? mises. Many of the rabid Republican members opposed tho investigation manifestly from a well-grounded appre? hension that a thorough sifting of this Louisiana muddle would have a ditas trous effect upon the interests of the Re? publican party, and seriously dumage their prospects of Bucoess in the ap? proaching Presidential campaign. But tho earnest zeal of Beck and the thrill? ing eloquence of Yoorhees, who is the most finished orator in Congress, with the support of Dawes, of Massachusetts, Syphor, and other prominent but patri? otic Republicans, defeated their opposi? tion. We are not of those who assn mo that nil tho honesty and integrity of the nation must be looked for within the ranks of the Democratic party, or that all within our ranks are free from the taint of corruption. While we hold that in the South the greater part of the vir? tue, intelligence and honest industry ol the seotion will be found linked with the Democratic party, and that Republican? ism here, as a general thing, may be said to bo composed of nearly equa parts of venality, ignorance and derna goguism-in the North, in many locali ties, til most the reverso is true. W< oliug, with the tenacity of earnest um early imbedded convictions, to thos< fundamental and distinguishing princi pies of Democracy, free trade, the rc served rights of the States, and a stric enforcement of the constitutional limi tations upon the power of Congress But were we citizens of New York, fo instance', wo are inclined to fool that ii State aud local elections, at least, th Republican candidates, in many in Btanccs, would command our support. There is groat reason for hopo, w take it, from the tenor of the debates ii Congress, and the manifest chango c opinion that has boen worked in th minds of a large number of the mos able and influential roprosentatives o the Republican party North, of bette and brighter days for our down-trodde land. And we further do not boliev that the inauguration of thoje mor prosperous times is solely dependen npon the accession of tho Democrat! party to power in the National LegiBli ture. The utter fuiluro of the past Coe gressional mode of reconstructing th Southern States, to scouro peace au order and prosperity to our distraote land, is being appreciated and acknov. ledged by evou our political opponent! It is left only for us-the whito poop] of *the South-to cherish and exhibit manly, humane, conciliatory aud pri dontly indulgent spirit towards tho shor comings of ignorant, but, in tho mail well-meaning colored citizens; aud doiu naught in malice, but ull iu uu hone: purpose to redeem our State, discreetly but boldly and earnestly to expose tL frauds and inefficiency of our Rudie; State Govuramonts. lu tho debate r< ferred to, Mr. Syphor, u Republican, < Louisiana, speaks as follows: "I am not a partisan of either fa< tioh now elisgraoiug my Stato by thei revolutionary oonduot. Both are or miually wrong, and their acts should b investigated and exposed, so that tl oountry may know the truth, aud the let public condemnation rest upo the guilty party. Gentlemen have e pressed fears of proving too much I this investigation, and they intima that it might be damaging to theRopul boan party. Let me say to thom ber that if the Republican party is to ha\ an existence in the South in the futur it must purge itself of its thieves. Tl masses of the people of my State ai honest, they are peaceable, they ai orderly, law-abiding oitizons. They ai only for protection in their rights au property, and to be permittod to pursi their peaoeful pursuits. These tin have the right to demand, and the N tionul Government cannot deny tho these rights." Mr. Voorhoes givos his opinion of tl roconstructod govern monts iu tho Sou in language that is not moro admiral for its eloqueuco thau tho truth it o presses. He says: "I bave been in the South this som? mer in connection with an investigating committee, and I assert that the worst governments in the whole world, without any exception, are the Governments of the Southern States at this hour. There is nothing comparable to the.u. They aro unparalleled for their iniquity, their infamy and their outrages. Their law? makers are incomp?tent to make laws. With Legislatures four-fifths of whom can neither read nor write, and who pay not even a poll tax, euacting laws and levying untold millions of tuxes upon the property of tho States, what can you expeot except the worst government be? neath the sun? "In my deliberate judgmout, tho go? vernments have beco built in tho South? ern States, if yon will utlow the expres? sion, upon the wrong end. Tho pyramid stands not upon its bnse, but upon its apex. You have founded your govern? ments upon the vice, apon tbe ignorance, upon the irresponsibility of mankind ; not apon the stability, nut upon the in? telligence, not upon the classes that are responsible for the peace, ordor and wel? fare of society, and now you are reaping some of the fruits of your system. 'Du men gather grapes of thorns, or figtj from thistles?' No; neither will yon gather the blessings of good government from a system which has brought into power and place the worst and most ig? norant classes of tho human, race. I al? lude not merely to the black element ol the South; I allude, also, to the oppor? tunity which your plan of reconstruction gave to adventurers from the North, and to tho vicions and corrupt of all raoe* and from all quarters of tho world. 3 allude to that feature of your policy dis. franchising the intelligence and tho vir tue of the South, ?hich a distinguished gentleman from South Carolina, a few days ago in this Capitol, declared hui made his State government a disgrace tc the civilized world, It ia confined, how ever, to no one State. The evils of yous legislation are spread broadcast through out all the South. It salutes the ey< everywhere. Your failure to establiel peace and prosperity is universal." Speaking of the ruinous financial con dition in which the South bas .been en gulfed, under the operation of Badica control, Mr. Beck, of Kentucky, pre sen ts facts and figures with telling effect Said he: "When Georgia elected a Legislatur which was Democratic, the President through General Terry and his saldiere re-reoon8trnoted that State, and put int the Legislature nineteen Republicans who hod been defeated, turning out th duly eleoted Democratic members, so a to make it a Bepablioan Legislature The result is, that her debts and Imbil ties, as Mr. Aogior, the Treasurei shows, was $50,000,000 when Bulloo left, many millions of which have bee stolon, and uro forever lost to the peopl of that State. Those\ two great State have thus been plundered by men in posed upon thom by Oougress und tb President against their will, aud so it hi been in nearly all the Southern State Virginia, it is true, escaped, as my f rien from Indiana (Mr. Voorhees) says; st never fell under Radical rule; and Mi sissippi happened to elect one of he own citizens, which partially saved he for a timo. lu North Carolina Governe Holden was successfully impeached ft high orimos aud misdemeauors; he : now editor of the Government organ i Washington City. Governor Bulloc! of Georgia, resignod his position, an fled from tho State to prevent certa conviction for Uko offences. Govern? Smith, of Alabama, retired in disgrac proved to huvo ofiicially plundered h State by the illegal and corrupt issue $500,000 of her bonds to the Alaban aud Chattanooga Railroad Com pan Scott, of South Carolina, proved by h own partisans to be a public pluudere who, if ho escapea impeachment, mu buy his corrupt Legislature; Reed, Florida, wilfully robbing his State 1 illegally placing millions of her bonds the baud? of such a thief as Littlofie is shown to be; Cluyton, of Arkansn charged by Radical officials with i sorts of corruption, aud indicted iu Radical court by a Radical grand ju for tho most flagrant offences; War m o ut of Louisiana, if half that is said aguie him by his own party friends bo true, wo mo than auy of them; Brownie while in Tennessee, making a pandoin nium of that State; Davis, of Texas, tyrant and usurper, who is deuouue by his people, regardless of party, ut fiend in human form, whoso orders ui acts aro a disgrace to American civilis tiou-these are tho mcu placed by Cu g ress over 7,000,01)1) people in uino ou free und independent States; men w! are loathed aud execrated by the poor, whose rights, liberty and houor it w their duty to protect. Retributive jt tice is on their track; some have be overtaken, the others will bo." Further on, he says: "Tho mon who have fobtained conti oi the Southern States havo plunder them till they are all on the verge bankruptcy. Their debts and liability actual aud contingent, have been frigl fully increased, while their taxable pi perty has diminished moro thau half tho last few years. Alabama owed i over 88,000,000 in 1868, now sho bound for ?38,000,000. Arkansas I increased her liabilities from $-1,000,1 to nearly ?20,000,000; Florida, from lit or nothing to nearly 816,000,000; Go gia, from five or six millions to noa 050,000,000-however, 80,000,000 fraudulent bands have boen stopp lately; Louisiana, from 810,000,000, 1860, to 811,000,000, with a deficiency over 80,000,000 last year; North Ca lina, from, say, 810,000,000, iu 1801, nearly 835,000,000 now; South Carob from, say, 85,000,000 to 829.000,0 Tennessee, from $20,000,000 to 815,01 000; Taxas, from nothing to about ?1 000,000, with o vor 85,000,000 of ta tiou this year, besides tho mo9t eu mous County taxation iu all tho Stat and not a dollar of this ia for the Con? fed?rate war debt;, that was all repu? diated, and many of the States have no? thing to show for ail the millions im? posed by State and County taxation upon them." Th? tainiUle Asylant. The Board of Regenta of the Lunatic Asylum, through a committee, of which Mr. Henry Sparoiok is chairman, have memorialized the Legislature to muke an appropriation of ?80,000, to discharge the indebtedness of tho institution, and pay its current expenses for tho residue of tho present fiscal year. Tho memo? rial, which is published with tho legisla? tive proceedings, appears to bo a suc? cinct and comprehensive statement of the financial condition of tho Asylum, and tho causes which have conduced to its present emburrassmunts, und it ap? peals earnestly to thu G?n?ral Assembly for that relief, without which, us is inti? mated, the doors of the institution will hive to bo closed, and thc greatest cha? rity of tho State bo denied to tho public. We sincerely hopo that thu L?gislature will give this mutter their earnest consi? deration. There is no subject worthier intelligent and liberal legislation than that uffcctiDg the interests and protec? tion of tho insano, aud no appropriation of tho public funds cnn be made to meet a heartier approval of tho tax-payers of I the State, ii judiciously and honestly applied, timn that which is to contributo to the maintenance end comfort of this unfortunate cluss of oar fellow-citizens. L.KUISL. ATI V K PHOUKKUINGS. SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1872. SENATE. The Senate met at 12 M., President Hausier iu the Chair. The following bills and joint resolu? tion were passed: Bills to renew the charter of tho Fendlotou Male Academy; to incorporate tho Saxtou Riflemen, of Cbarlestoo; to amend an Act entitled "An Aot to charter the Yemasaee and Millen Railroad Compauy;" to prevent oertain officer* from buying, discount? ing or shaving teachers' pay certificates, or other orders on school fund; to amend an Act entitled "Au Act to regu? late tho manner of drawing jurors;" joint rosolution to chauge thu names ol Samuel Dognn, Columbus Dogan and Simon Bogan to Samuel Farrow, Co? lumbus Farrow and Simon Farrow; bill to ameud au Act entitled "An Aot tu establish a quarantine at Georgetown, Charleston aud Hilton Head." The favorable report of tho Commit? tee on Claims aud Grievances, on the accout of Br. C. H. Miot, for medicine furnished Arsenal Academy; accounts ol Br. A. W. Kennedy and B. H. Kuigbt, for samo institution, were indefinitely postponed. Mr. Nash introduced a bill to exempl koepcrs aud employees of the Soutl Carolina Penitentiary and Lunatic Asy lum from militury and other duties. The favorablo report of the Commit tee on Finance on bill to repeal au Ac entitled "An Act to authorize th? Financial Agent of the State of Soutl Carolina, in the city of New York, t< pledge State bonds as collateral security aud for other purpose," postponed uuti Friday next. A number of bills and joint resolution were reud the second timo and referred Tho following memorial of the Boan of Regents of the Lu untie Asylum wa presented and referred: To THE HONORABLE THE SENATE AN: HOUSE OE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STAT OF SOUTH CAROLINA: Your memorialistt in behalf of themselves and their co] leagues, members of the Board of Rc gents of tho State Lunatic Asylum, rt spectfully show that, in consequeuco c the large iucreaso in tho expenditure rendered necessary for tho support of th institution, during the past year, by a unusually largo addition to tho recipi en ts of its benefaction; the debt thu has boen incurred for material improve meats and repairs, which could neitht bo postponed nor avoided without ser ou3 detriment to tho comfort nut! we being of thu patients; tho withdrawal c a lurgo source of its revenuo by tho a; sumption of tho indebtedness of th Counties by the State; tho Btibsequor failure of tho Stato Treasury to pay IL amount so assumed; and thu utterly it adeqtiato appropriations which wei made by the General Assembly, nt il lust session, tho Asylum has become it volved iu financial difficulties of a chi racter aud import anco that demand yot immediate consideration and caro. Tl) experience of tho last ton years, or mor< has demonstrated that tho Asylum eui not bo successfully maintained, OD hi maaitarian principles, at a less cost thu $60,000 per anuum, aud especially ht this beon proven in tho past tweh months, during whioh time the iocreat of patients admitted to its walls has boc tweuty por cent, greater thou in any pr viona year in its history. Owing to th i and other extraordinary and noavoidub causes, the expenses for tho fiscal yei ending October 31, 1871, were $05,006 20, which, added to the amount of tl outstanding liabilities of last yoar, $18 081.7C, make a total of $83,178.02. 1 pay this sum tho Legislature made t appropriation of only 830,000, and ci oil all other sources of revenuo, excei pay patients, who contribute loss the one-fourth of the wholo cost of mai: taming tho institution. Your memorialists furthor show, th the indebtedness of the asylum, on tl 1st day of January, 1872, us will be set by tho statement appended hereto, w about $12,000; that this amount w mostly incurred in the purchase of esau tial supplies; and unless paymout there is speedily made, tho credit of tho ius tu tion will bo hopelessly impaired. Your memorialists further show, tl ai the regalar session of the General As? sembly, held in 1869-70, an appropria? tion of 910,000 ?was made for the con? struction of a wing to the new asylum, .nd at the regalar session of 1870-71, a farther appropriation of $40,000 was grantod for the same purpose; that, al? though there is uu unexpended balauco of $17,375 of these earns-an amount amply s jfiicicnt, in the opinion of your memorialists, for the completion of the wing-it is still unfinished, nod work has been suspended, for the alleged rea? son thut money for the payment thereof cannot pe oljtuiued from tho Treasury of the State; that tho completion of this wing is rendered absolutely necessary by thc prosent crowded oondition of tho institution and in order to muet thc nu mei o UH applications for admission, which arc being mado day after day. Whorcfore, your memorial isla, relyiug confidently on tho claims whicli tho asylum presents ns u charity, eminently deserving your fostering caro, respect? fully uud earnestly pray that your honor? able bodies will provide such further legislation as may bo necessary to insure the imm?diate completion of tho wing, und will IIIHO moko au appropriation of 880,000, to poy thu present indebtedness of thc asylum, uud to meet its expenses for tho m uni II dor of the current fiscal year. HENRY SPARNICK, li. A. BOSEMON, JR., M. 1)., S. li. THOMPSON, Committee of Board of Regents. Creditors of Lunatic Asylum, Jttn. 1,1872. Agnew Sc Son.$10,050 15 Hurdv Solomon. 0,5(50 06 Shiver & Co. 4,825 06 B'agun Brothers. 2,386 50 Pope & Starling, tay. 2.000 00 M. fl. Berry. 1.194 00 A. Palmer. 1,190 10 Dr. Mint . 1,156 20 R. A- W. C. Swaffield. 1,076 10 M. Ehrlich <fe Son. 782 45 T. J. Sc II. M. Gibson. 762 31 Brynn & McCarter. 182 92 Childs Sc Wiley. 161 15 W. B. Stanley. 158 20 I. Sulzbacher. 17 75 Snndrv small bills. 500 00 $36.019 10 Salaries and wages. 6,000 00 Total.$12,019 10 At I'.; o'clock, thc Senate adjourned until Monday, at 12 M. THE POSTAI. TELEQRAPH PROJECT. The postal telegraph scheme is not yet dead, but is being pushed in tho Senate upon a plan for connecting the telegraph system nud postal service. This plan is recommended by the Senate committee of post offices and post roads. Tho vari? ous flections of the bill establish tele? graph offices at post offices indicated in the bill; fix rutes; define the duties of the Fourth Assistant Postmaster-Gene? ral over the lines; authorize the Post mnstor-Geuoral to contract for tho trans? mission of telegrams with parties who will furnish and operate the necessary linos; incorporate tho Postal Telegraph Company for tho performance of tho poEtal telegraph service on behalf of tho Poatmaatcr-General; authorize tho com? pany to bay the existing lines, nud obligo it to purchase all such lines if re? quired by the owners thereof ut au ap? praised value; authorize Congress to purchase the lines at uuy time ut an ap? praised value, Seo. Thia is some improvement on the pre? vious project for the Government to tuke possession at onoo of all tho lines of tel? egraph; and yet under the bill it is likely to bo enabled ultimately to obtain a practical control over the linos and nil telegraphic correspondence Nothing but a thorough system of civil service reform, in well-established operation be? forehand, could save a system, where tho ! Government had any control, from bo- I ing a (langerons engine of power, if not ? of corruption. Though an ostensible j company intervenes between the Go? vernment and people, it is evident the influences in control of the Post Ofiico. Department would be such that all thc employees would como to be partisans under our present system of rewards of office for party fealty. Wo have abun? dance of that already. If there is too much of monopoly at present, it should bo dealt with by laws of tho States regu? lating tho lines, where chartored, leaving I thom iu thc bauds of private companies for competition. Tho centralization of power has already assumed proportions iilnrmiug enough, withoui tho proposed nid it iona. Something ought to bc loft | to tho people. TUB LATE COL. JOSEPH WHALE*.- j Tho community and thu ?State will learn i with great regrot of tho deceaso, y ester- ; lay, of Col. Joseph Whaley, tho father ! if the Hou. Wm. Whaloy, of this city. During tho eighty-five years of his life, illottod to this world, it may be truly laid ho fulfilled every mission of duty. Ho oorly dedicated himself to tho agri? cultural interests of this commonwealth, iud, as a planter, was both successful , md scientific Ia the decease of Col. Whitley one of i the old landmarks of South Carolina so- j jiety has passed nway. Ho lived to a | ;ood old age, with the record of a career ?veil spent. Ho was n sterling, high- j oned oitizeu, and of the most uufliuoh- ' ng integrity. His existence was ono cf ' jsofulnoss, virtno, and au example to tho i 'ising generation, and hie death, oven iu ,he full "ripe ear," will meet with tho jommon regrets of n whole community, ! who cannot but feel that ono of thu j iving lights of tho past, and examples ' }f thu present and the future, has passed iway.-Charleston Courier. Wo understand that Ibero is a pros? pect of immediately lluiahing tho Ca ;holic Church in Aiken. Au eminent .cclesiastio from Mon I real, uow a visitor it Aiken, hus taken charge of tho enter prise, and with tho aid of a New York vriost, also in Aiken, and others-both Catholics as well us their Protestant bro bren-will, no doubt, soon finish the tvork. Correspondence of the Fbcenlx. QUEEN VILLE, S. 0., Jan. 26, 1872. FRIEND SELBY: A dreadful accident, resulting in immediate death, occurred in thin city, yesterday. Miss Jane Ca? rn oron, an elderly lady, while alone in an up-stairs room, at her residence, her elotbing iu some unknown manner took lire, entirely connu ming them, from tho waist down, and .shockingly burning her person. Thero appears to have been no outcry or uoiso sufficient to attract the attention of other Jp mates of the house; and when discovered, shu was quite dead-perhaps by inhaling tho flames, death Boon relieved her of Buffering. Tho deceased was an exemplary lady, well known and highly respected; and had long been au esteemed house-keeper, teacher and guest in the families of our wealthiest citizens, lier ead and shock? ing death creates profound Borrow. M. THE SENATE CONGRESSIONAL APPOR? TIONMENT BILL.-Accompanying the Se? nate Judiciary Committee's substituto for the House apportionment bill, is u set of tables showing tho manner iu which the conclusions of the bill were arrived at. The representation of four States, Dela? ware, (population 120,015,) Nebraska, (population 122,923.) Nevada, (popula? tion 42,491,) and Oregon, (population 90,932,} ia fixed by tho Constitution, neither of them having a population great enough to entitle it to one member. It is proposed to make tho House, us now, contain 213 members, and deduct? ing four from the States of Delaware, Nebraska, Nevada and Oregon, there are left 239 members who ar? tb represent the 37,731,831 people of the other States. Dividiug the latter number by the for? mer gives 157,873 77-100, the number of i H hain tan ts which each member is to rep? resent. Dividing the population of each State by this ratio of population to rep? resentation gives the result as shown in the bill reported. This calculation is bused on the total population, ignoring the provisions of the fourteenth amend? ment, and gives an equal division by the ratio of 222 mombers; by fractions, 17 members, and by the constitution, 4. Exactly tho same result is arrived at when the calculation is based on the rep? resentative population of the country after the deductions are made in accord? ance with the provisions of the four? teenth amendment. The ratio in the latter case would bo one representative to 157,109 people. SALE OF STOCKS AND BONDS.-The no? tice of the auction by Mr. Samuel C. Black, of a varied aud valuable assort? ment of stocks aud bonds, attracted quite a crowd of bidders yesterday morn? ing, and we are glad to notice the acti? vity and improvement which character? ized the sale, particularly in regard to railroad stock. The following prices were obtained: 9 shares Union Bank stock at 4S,'U'. $569 City of Charleston six per cent, dock at 53. $500 conversion bonds of the State of ?South Carolina (now) at 28 ??, with Janu? ary coupon. $5,000 South Carolina Railroad seven per cent, bonds, long dated, at 05 4 shares Mount Pleasant Ferry Com? pany stock ut 60. S2.000 Charlotte. Columbia and An? alista Railroad first mortgage bouds at ?0K. 44 shares Memphis and Charleston Railroad stock at $10 per shorn. 100 shares South Carolina Railroad dock at 34 and 3ij^.-Charleston iVctrs. THE COURT.-A special term of the ?ourt of Common Pleas and General ? Sessions convened at this place on Alon lay last, his Honor Judge Qreeu presid? ing. There ure several important crimi? nal cases on tho docket. The first case jailed on Monday was tho cnee of tho ?tute against Phillip Heller, County Treasurer, indicted for official miscon? duct. The bill of indictment contains sight counts. Mr. Solicitor Atkinson md Mr. Maurice appeared in behalf of ,be State, und Messrs. Dozier it Porter ind Mr. linker, of Darlington, for the lofeuce. Counsel for thu defence mude i motion to quash all the counts in the ndictment, except ono. Tho motion ivas argued by Mr. Dozier, and was re died to by Mr. Atkinson and Mr. Mau -ico. Judge Oreen sustained tho mo ion of tho counsel for the defence. The Solicitor then made a motion to nol. pros. ho case, and it was BO ordered. Tho casu of tho State against the Jounty Commissioners, indicted for ofli :iul misconduct, is now before tho court. [Kingstree Star. ANOTHER KU KLUX.-The organiza ion of the Scott's Uuited Ku Klux is regressing as favorably as the Governor limself could desire Every description >f name is adopted by the various sub irdiuate klaus of the Grand Council, iud on the calendar of the House there ire now over a dozen bills to incorporate ocieties of various names, who are all >art and parcel of the concern. The utest thing in this line is a bill intro luced to-day by the grand chief, "Prince livers, to charter the Knights of the iirolo Tie, No. 1, of Hamburg, S. C." iVlmt may be the nature or purposes of his organization, it is impossible to say, mt tho name smacks strongly of trea ou. - Cor. Charleston Courier. Mr. A. S. H. Muse, of Pittsylvunia Jounty, Virgiuia, while superintending he digging of a grave, some time since, ouud in the bottom of it a substance opposed to be a diamond, the size of a mu's ogg. It cuts gluBS with tho utmost itcility, aud on hoing pluoed iu a dark ootu, emits a brilliant light. It. is dia Liond-slinmcd, and nearly transparent. Jr. Muso has sent it to New York to be usted. If it should prove to be a dia? mond, it will bo tho most valuable one uovvn. ZiOO A X X t o aaa. m Om MATTERS.-The pri?e of single oopies of the PHOENIX ?B five CHU ta. Gov. Scott has appointed W. H. But? ler, rosiding in New York oity, and Hen? ry E. Hindman, Philadelphia, Commis? sioners of Deeds for Sooth Carolina. W. J. McKinlay, of Churleaton, and W. E. Miller, of Marion, Notaries Public. Tho supplement to this morning's PncENix eoutnius. several articles which are well worth perusing. A bill haB been introduced in the Le? gislature of South Carolina to encourage building on tho burnt district of Charles? ton. It provides for the exemption of all new buildings from taxes, oity, Coun? ty and State, for five years. Something of the sort might be rightly done for Columbia. The rain poured steadily daring.the greater part of yesterday; and, about 8 o'clock last night, there were several flashes o? lightning, accompanied with genuine thunder-claps. Mr. Yocum requests us to correct a statement made in onr legislative report, yesterday. Ha waa preparing his evi? dence relative to obarges of fraud, etc., when a resolution was adopted-before he had an opportunity of expressing his views-discharging the committee. Mr. Yocum declares that if ho is not per? mitted to make his report to the Legis? lature, he will publish it to the world through the medium of thc ncwapapers. FATAL RENCONTRE.-On Friday last, an old difficulty was renewed between two colored men, on the premises of Mr. J. S. Guignard, in Lexington, when one of them, named West Prince, was killed by another, named Noah Guignard the cause of death being a blow from a stick, by whioh the neck was broken. Noah waa employed by Mr. Guignard, and West was engaged on the enlarge? ment of the canal. An inquest was held, yesterday, and a verdiot in accordance with the above facts rendered. MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-The Northern mail opens at 3.00 P. M.; closes 7.15 A M. Charleston day mail opens 4.00 P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Charleston night mail opena 6.30 A. M.; closes 6.00 P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Western mail jpons 9.00 A. M. ; closes 1.30 P. M. On Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M. MARDI GRAS.-Wereoeived a call, yes? terday, from Mr. J. C. Andrews, (pas? senger ageut of the Blue Mountain route l.o the West, via the Selma, Borne and Dalton Bailroad.) who is engaged in making the necessary arrangements for m excursion train to New Orleans, to it tend the Mardi Gras celebration. Col. Dorsey, of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Bailroad, will furnish round trip tickets. Those purchasing berths in the sleeping car will bo allowed to occupy them while in Now Orleans-a matter of economy. The following o?r salar has been issued: "It is proposed to organize an excur? sion from Augusta to visit New Orleans, >n the occasion of Mardi Gras, the ?rent American Carnival. The Pullman Palace Car Co.'s magnificent day and deeping car, "Racine," will run through 'rom Augusta to New Orleans, via the Blue Monntuin route, without change caving Augusta ot 8 A. M., February 9, ind arriving at New Orleans ou Sunday, February ll, at 5.35 A. M. ; returning, eave Now Orleans Wednesday, Febru iry 14, at 5.30 P. M., arriving in Au? gusta on Saturday, at 2.45 A. M. By his arrangement, visitors will have an >pportunity of witnessing a New Orleans ?jonday, visiting the oldest cathedral in ho Uuited States, have Monday to visit he various points of interest in New Drleans, and bo ready to Bee the carnival >n Tuesday. Fare for tho round trip, &8.50; faro, including berth in sleeping ?ar, ono person, with full or doable >erth, $33.50; two persons occupying lanie berth, ?67.00." RELIGIOUS SERVIES THIS DAY.-Tri tity Church-Rev. P. J. Shaud, D, D" Jector, ll A. M. and 4 P. M. St. Peter's Churoh-Rev. Francis R. lacquemet, 1st Mass, 7 A. M. ; 2d Mass, .0%. Afternoon Service 4P. M. Lutheran Church-Rev. A. R. Rude, 0# A. M. Presbyterian Church-Rev. Jos. R. ?VilsoD, 10% A. M. and 7 P. M. Washington Street Church-Rev. M. Brown. R)>? A. M. and 3>? P. M. Marion Street Church-Rev. W. D. lirklaud, 10>? A. M. and 7 P. M. Baptist Churoh-Rev. J. L. Reynolds, .0)*' A. M. LIST or NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Acts of the Legislature. Convocation Columbia Chapter. Notice to Bridge Builders. Lost Dog. HOTEL ABBIVALB, January 27.-Columbia Iotel-C H Loddingham, Highland; GE Well ird, Virginia; E H Perry, Philadelphia; J W ?'brien, Ireland; G O Weaver, ? Small, N Y; 1 L Hall, O P Cotchell, M A Curtis, Wilming on; W H Evans, Poughkeepsie; C M Serien, ! Y; 8 Placo, J F Arthur, Camden; J C Du jw, Ridgeway: It W McCullough, S 0. Xicki'rson House-Vt Johnston, N C; L F oat, city; W C Cleveland, Greenville; J Whit ?ck ind wife, Selma; J D Fowler, S YV Perrin, bbovtlle; .1 M Seigier, Newberry; .T A Ilen ett. Miss Warren, J S Cole, J P Constable, [ii blanchard, Q?orgia; G C Douglass, Co* un?ais; J lt Chatham, lieleua; U Hiss, Dal? more; A A Fairley, N Y.