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"COLUMBIA. S. C." Wednesday Morning, January 31.1372 Appropriations for lS7i-7a. We have taken occasion to examine the "bill to make approprations and raise supplies for the fiscal year com? mencing November 1, 1871," which has been introduced into the House of Bep resentativeB, and to compare it with the Act of the same title passed last winter. The most prominent and significant fea? ture of the bill is the absence of any appropriation to pay the interest on the public debt. Last year, the interest was fixed at 8182,09-1.40, and an appropria? tion of that mooh of the fonds raised by taxes made to pay for it. That sum is the interest, putting the rate at six per centum, on something over $8,000, 000, which, we presume, the fonded debt was estimated to be at that time. Now, Comptroller Neagle says the debt is so large, or at least it is so nnoertain what amount of bonds may have been issued, that he has been, or professes to be, unable to give au intelligible or re? liable statement of tho liabilities of the State. If thin be true-and we aro in? clined to think that Mr. Neaglo could Boarooly dare to make such a report to the Legislature if it woro false, unless thero bo somo collusion on the part of ?ll the State offioials-then tho financial ruin of the State, so of ton predicted, is (near at baud. But in endeavoring to account for the rapid crash of our State credit, the lame and impoteut efforts of the Governor and tho Financial Board to defend their financial policy; and no? ticing the atmosphere of cloud and <loubt in whioh the Comptroller-General also socks to envelope everything relat? ing to the public debt, grave suspicious arise in our mind that matters may not be altogother as they appear. We have not a doubt that many millions of bonds have been fraudulently issued, and that li. K. Scott and his ring of speculators , and public plunderers have thrust their greedy fingers deep into the State orib. -No feeling of honesty or seose of duty, in'our mind, has restrained tbem in the slightest degree from gratifying their insatiate thirst for money. But we know, too, that there is a safer, though perhaps loss remunerative, mode of dab? bling in State stocks and bonds than by feloniously issuing them; and tho idea does now and then occur to us that cer? tain interested Stato offioials may be aiming only at tho depression of tho se? curities to the lowest possible figures, so as to repeat again the excellent scheme by which they lined their purses so well in 1868. There are other points, however, of the appropriation bill, to which we wish to call attention. After all the ruin that has boen brought upon the Stato by the extravagance in public expenditures no less than by the venality and felo? nious malfeasance of certaiu officials and after the wholesale denunciation which bas been heaped upon tho heads of the present regime, even by their po? litical friends at the North, it was to bo hoped that there would be some curtail? ment in the profligate appropriations that have been made for tho past four years. One might, at least, expect that there would be a lopping off of some of the many useless and expensive offices whioh have been created for no other assignable reason than to furnish places for the throng nf political adventurers that have honored South Carolina with their presence. But wo seo no evidence of suoh improvement in tho bill before on. Under tho head of salaries, wo find, instead of a diminution of offices, seve? ral additional clerkships, which do not appear in the Act of last year-the sala? ries for which amount to 82,500. In the Executive Department, for contingent funds for tho Comptroller-General, At toruey-Genoral, Stute Auditor, Adjutant General, Superintendent of Eduoation, Secretary of Stato and State Librarian, wo noto an increase of 6-1,350. There it one item, too, styled "civil contingenl fund," for which $50,000 is proposed tc be appropriated, that bas no couuterparl in the Act of 1870-71, and which bearB t ?cry suspicious look. Wo presumo it ii designed to assist his Excellency in th? fall campaign. For the Lunatic Asy lam, 880,000 is proposed, instead o! $30,000 appropriated last year. This ii a proper object of the State's benefso tion, and ii so mnoh be necessary for itt proper management-which wo are uoi prepared to gainsay-the monoy coule not bo devoted to a moro desorvinr. object. The inorease of 8150,000 in th? free school fund would not be amiss, could wo but hopo that it is not simply another door for fraud, and will bi solely, economically, judiciously one honestly devoted to tho canso of educa tion, of whioh wo have something mon to soy elsowbore. -? ?? ? i A Wyandotto editor dates his letter; "Y&." Education. The appropriation made by the Le? gislature for common schools, alluded to in another artiole, suggests some though ts upon education. $300,000 will probably bo given to Superintendent Jutson this year for school purposes. What will he do with it? We trust it will be productive of more good than the sums hitherto appropriated in thut way. The question of education is one of vital iuterest to tho State at largo Our most pressing want at present is a good and cheap system of schools. Not only do the colored people need it, but our white children imperatively demand it. Hundreds of them are now all around us, growing rapidly, and yet making no progress in mind, which is the trne standard of the man. The parents of many of them, educated them? selves, groan under their inability to be? stow this boon upon their children. We are all familiar with the ehifts made in families, the frugality and the seeming parsimony displayed without a murmur in their domestic economy, in order to meet the expenses incurred in educating their sons and daughters. Even these expedients fail in many CSBCS, owing to the necessarily high charges of private schools. In a beneliciary system of schools only is there any prospect of a chauge for the better. Children aro tho pro? perty of the State, aud tho State must not allow them to remain in ignorance. The Northern States are fully awako to the importance of this truth, and in every ono wo find a system similur to the ono inaugurated here. In them, tho child, on reaching the age of five or six years, is placed in a primary school. After a thorough drill in the elemente, ho is advanced with hie grade into a grammar school. Hero he remains for several years, until, having passed through the course prescribed for this department, he stands au examination. If he exhibits satisfactory attainments, bo is promoted with tho same grade to the high school. In this ho is fitted either to pursue his studies in somo col? lege, or ciao to enter immediately into the pursuits of life. This is the true plan of education-the burdens falling imperceptibly, the advantages equally, on all. Tho . scheme, although nearly perfect in theory, in practice is bud, even im? perfect, in those States in which it has longest been established. In this Stato the management, or rather utter want of management, is lamen table, owing to the fact that ?ducation and politics are united. Tho party in power represent? ing the ignorance of the Stato has foist-, ed into these rosponsible positions men, for the most part, utterly incapable of performing the duties required oi them, and these officers have appointed teach? ers who are mote ignorant than the chil? dren they pretend to instruct. For ono good teacher they have obtained, they have employed a dozon unfit, mentally or morally, to bo preceptors of yonth. We ask the colored people if thia be not so? Thc masses know as little to-day as they did four years ago, and even oolored teachers have been swindled of their earnings by the party they put in power to improve their ruco. To this raco would we say, lay aside your prejudices in this matter at least; unite with the whites in choosing mon of loaming and integrity to be your County School Com-1 missioners, who will employ competent instructors and organizo good schools. Dp not ondoavor to force social equality upon us, but let each race work sepa? rately; and, in two years, a chango will bo exporioncod-tho gorm of the futuro prosperity and greatness of South Caro? lina. In thoir report to Congress, Grant's Civil Service Commissioners say: "It is not easy to compute, in figures, the ex? act economical differonco botween a good and bad system of tho oivil service. It is, necessarily, a matter of inferenco and of comparison between the probable operation of a cardona und a careful me? thod. But it ?B calculated, by those who have mado a careful study of all tho facts, that one-fourth of the revenues of the United States are annually lost in tho collection." It is high time for tho peo? ple to demand reform in the oivil service when such a state of things exists. On the 18th instant, the amount of internal revenue collected was $325,355.38. If one-fourth of .the amount due from that source was lost in the collection, it is easy enough to see that $433,807.17 should havo been collected, and that tho nico little sum of $108,451.79 was lost lost nmid the foliage of tho woodbine which twinoth st luxuriously about tho pockets of tho vii ' nous officials by whom tho revenues aro h.xml lcd. This is but tho transaction of \ singlo day. And wo have no ass ura ti ct that it was a better day than usual for losing internal reve? nue, either. LEGI HL\TI VK PROGBBOINOS. TUESDAY, JANUABY 30, 1872. SENATE. The Senate met at 12 M., President Banaler in the Chair. Mr. Maxweil introduced a bill to re vise aud renew the charter of the town and of tho Bennettsville Academical So* c ely. Mr. Hay ea-To charter the State Sav? ings aud I ri mininoo Bank, of Sooth Ca rolini ? Mr.gWhittemore-To supply the defi? ciency in the appropriations for the support and maintenance of freo schools in South Carolina. The further consid?ration of tho bill relative io the Blue Ridge Railroad waa indefinitely postponed. The following bills were laid on the table: To incorporate tho Yoong Men's Union Society, of Columbia; House bill to incorporate the Randolph Enterprise Association, vi Charleston; bill to can? cel the liability of the State on the gua? rantee of the Blue Bidge Railroad Com? pany. In executive session, tho following appointment was confirmed: Johu S. Bird, as a Trini Justice for LaurenH County. At 2 P. M., the Senate adjourned uni il 12 M., to-morrow. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The Houso met at 12 M., Spuukor Moses in the Chair. Reports from the Committoo ou In? corporations were road and laid over. Mr. Nemiuhs introduced a concurrent resolution to authorize the Clerks of thu Houso and Senate to issue pay certifi? cates to the members of tho General Assembly and tho officers and attach?es thereto, from January 5, 1872, to Febru? ary 1G, 1872; adopted and sent, to the So? nate. Mr. Gary-Joint resolution to grant the Governor power to supply vaoauoies iu the Board of Regents ol the Lunatic Asylum, made vacant by death or other? wise. Mr. Jas. Davis-Bill to amend un Act entitled "An Act relating to appren? tices." Mr. SimonH-Bill to provide for the payment of jurors attending as jurors nt Coroners' inquests. Mr. A. L. Singleton-Rill to niter aud amend an Act entitled "An Act to reuew and amend tho charters of certain towns and villages in the State." Mr. Frost-Joint resolution to au? thorize the County Co tn missioners of Williamsburg to levy a special tax. Mr. White-Resolution that on and after February 1, 1872, no now bills be introduced in tho Houso. Laid over. Notices of sevoral bills were given. The enacting clauses of tho following bills and joint resolutions wore stricken out: A bill to regulato the salaries of School Commissioners of tho various Counties of this State; joint resolution to regulate thu salary of County Trea? surers; bills to regulato and fix the sala? ries of tho County Commissioners of tho various Counties, and for other purposes; to amend an Act eutitled "An Act to re? gulato the disposition of lines and penal? ties imposed und collected in criminal causes by tho Circuit Court of Genorul S.saious and Trial Justices," HO fur as it relutos to Trial Justices; to coufer upon Trial Justices certain civil jurisdiction; to extend the civil jurisdiction of Trial Justices to cuses of trespasses upon real estate, aud to establish an expeditious mode of ejecting trespassers therefrom; to repeal tho charter of the Goose Creek Bridge, and to moko the same a public highway; to amend an Act entitled "An Act to grant tho use of a vacant lot in the city of Columbia to thu Palmetto Lodge No. E?, of tho Independent Order of Odd Follows, on cortain conditions;" to appoint a General Inspector of Bridges and Trestle works iu tho State of South Carolina; to amend au Act in re? lation to free common sohoolu; to amend au Act entitled "An Act to provide for tho construction and keeping in repair of publio highways and roads." A bill to punish persons engaged in tho business of lotteries, aud tho sulo of lottery tickets, was recommitted. Bills to grunt aid to tho State Agricul? tural and Mechanical Society; to pro? vide for tho establishment of Agricul? tural Colleges; fur thc protection, pre? servation and propagation of game, were laid on tho table. Tho following bills were passed: To authorize tho County Commissioners of Charleston to placo a Hat ut Bon neon Ferry; to authorize tho erection of a bridge over tho Wutereo River; to incor? porate tho Pawnbrokers' Association ol Charleston; to ultor the modo of appoint? ing ono freo student from each County iu tho Stato to the State University; to approve, adopt aud niaku of forco thc geuerul statutes of tho Stato of South Carolina, prepared nuder tho direction and by the authority of tho General As? sembly of South Carolina. At 3.10, the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, at 12 M. That groat fraud, "tho Wharton trial,' has ended in tho acquittal of Mrs. Whir too. Tho history of this caso forcibly illustrates thu murderous system of prac? tice in thu courts of this country-n sys? tem by which the oouviction of nu in? nocent person is as easily arrived at ai tho conviction of tho guilty. Had Mrs Wharton been a poor woman aud with? out friends, oho would have beou sen tenoed to death, though there is now nc doubt thut she is un innocent woman, Fortunately sho lind friends and meant enough to insure tho attendance of re? spectable and intelligent witnesses, whe amply refuted tho foolish charges upon which shu was arraigned. By tho gradual accumulation of sand, an island three miles long has been formed at tho mouth of Mobile harbor, thereby deepening tho regular dianne and vastly improving tho approach tc tho city. Tb? Ltlf? of ? Farmer-Same Kindly luggcttlnm. The life of a farmer eau he made easier, pleasanter and healthier, and cia home mure attractive, beautiful aud en? joyable, by a careful attention to certain rales too ofton forgotten. 1. Too maoh vork is frequently undertaken, or more land attempted to be oui ti va ted, than the means ut his command will fairly ul low. Having onoe started on the wrong patb, and only looking to the profit that may aoorue -if ell his plans can bo noooin 'ptishod, ho prosees all his euergies into the service, only to find at tho end of tho season that the task he bad imposed upon himself v?r.;, too heavy, and that much of his labor has been wasted from tho want of prudent calculation at the begiuuing. It would have been far bet? ter to husband his strength and that of the force at his command, so that the work shall be kept within the ability of the field hands and nothing slighted. Largor areas under oaltivation than can be cropped successfully, make show, and put on an outward appearance of prosperity; but it is wholly delusivo, where there is weakness behind it all. Less laud, better tilingo und fewer mort? gages would do some of our Counties an immense amount of good, and not only keep the minds of embarrassed owuers easy, but ultimately bring them, by oon oeutration of means and power, an in? crease of prosperity. Tho sentiment underlying tho desire to preserve iutuct "tho paternal acres," is ouo which every right-thinking mind will respect. Hut there is a point at which a sturdy ad? herence to it tends to work serious in? jury to tho owuor of property which has become uti iucumbrunce. This is espe? cially tho case when tho paternal acres ure sadly weighed with paternal debts. For tho working farmer, it is bettor that ho should lay out for the season only so much work as may bo within his means and his capacity, and to do well whatever work ho undertakes. It is also most desi ruble that the impoverished land-owner, nnd there are many such, should partition ot! portions of his laud iuto smaller farms, or sell outright what ho cauuot manngu conveniently, uud concentrate all his ability ou a smaller number of acres. A hundred acres, well manured aud well tilled, will bring him more profit than three buudred acres indifferently manured and hurried? ly tilled. 2. The work on the farm should be better systematized than it is usually. It is important that the work should be so urianged that there shall bo timo al? lowed for doing ovorythiug that may be required to be done, without undue strain, and allowing for coutingeucies, so that there shall be a fair margin to count upon in any eveut. Whou once such regulations ure luid down, they should bo rigidly adhered to, for uny departure from them, unless under ex? ceptional circumstances, would be likely to prove embarrassing. More time is frequently lost ut the last moment in thinking what to do and how to do it, or where thu means to do it shall be found, than in performing tho work when once determined on, and begun with method aud conducted with precision. Think, thoo, beforehand; map out- tho thiugs tc bo doue, uud it will bc a matter of sur? prise, alter awhile, to had how easily tho duy's routine runs in its groove. Ol course, perfect regularity, under all con ditiou8 of time, place and weather, if not to bo expected, for tho best plum sometimes fail, just a? the best regulatec railway truiu may break a wheel or bt shunted ot! tho track by a damaged rail But any method carefully devised foi carrying on tho work of a farm systo matically, and with a due regard to th? circumstances of tho farmer or planter and bis ability to oommaud a sutlicienl force of field hands, when it is mon wanted, is infinitely superior to a hap hazard, "happy go lucky" way of trying to do thu sumo things und just misaiuf it. There is nothing more beneficial ii carrying ou systematic farming than tin keeping of a regular account of iccomt and expeudituro, and a simple diary o each duy's occupation, with the candi tion of tho orops and the state of tin weather. Wo venture to say that tb maa who docs this, for two years, faith fully, will find it of so muon advantage as a means of refereuce, uud as assistiuj to oorrect slips of the memory, that h will scarcely fail to continuo it thence forward. 3. Pay more attoution to tho health o the body. Cure in ch ?in ging from thii to thick garments, or tho roverHo, as th caso may be, in accordauco with tho va nations of tho weather, will often pre vent severe attacks of sickness. Mulari should always bo guarded against, uo only by caution in exposing one's self t its baleful iuiluences, bub by thc uso c emull doses of quinine, and in dam; situations by keeping the apartment dry; uven in hot weather some tiru ba to bo used. The farmer, espeoially o the Middlo States, is constantly expose to sudden alterations of cold and heal and is further Hablo to suffer fror checked perspiration, when severo labe demands a short period of rest. It i such things as thoso, combined with har work, that break down, after awhile, th strongest constitution. Reason woul toll us that a life passed without violen mental strain, in tho open country an in a pure atmosphere, would bo mor likoly than almost any other to reach th limit of tbreo soore years and ton. Th statistics show that tuo average duratio of life, among parsons engaged in agri cultural pursuits, is actually less tba that attained by persons engaged in som of tho most laborious occupations of town. 4. .Wake tho homo lifo cheerful an bright, us woll as comfortoblo, soo tba the houso is made pleasant, by non adornments, and that it has also pion saut surroundings, books, papers, pit tures, music; sumo of theso, at least, i uot all, aro within tho reach of all thus whoso minds cravo thom, und who? eyes appreciate them. When homes ar bleak, bare ap cl oho erl ese, life is robbed of some of ita chiefest blessings. The outward beauty of a country dwelling ?? a matter of no lesa "consequence. Ito adornment, tbongh simple and inexpen? sive, may yet be made to add a new charm to tbe inner comforts. Flowers over the porches, and shrubs and flowers on tho lawn, aro "nature's arte, and, though cheap, are in their natural beau? ty more attractive than any other thing that the costliest art cnn supply. [Maryland Farmer, - m - TUB RAILROAD SITUATION.-Tho Charleston Courier says: A recent publication, in several inte? rior papers, aa to certain movements of capitalists, buying control of the South Carolina Railroad, has been the subject of considerable attention iu business oiroles here for the past week. So far as we can learn, and on authority, the transfers of stock do not amount to ligares of consequence in the direction of control, and it may as well be stated that the purchases mast bo on a very much larger soale to accomplish euch a result. The present price, 934, is not more than $1 or $1.25 advance from the lowest point of quotations, and it would seem not nnreasonable to infer that the absorption of the moiety of GO,OOO shares, necessary to control, would ad? vance the price most decidedly. If thus the movement is a real ooo to effect the purpose spoken of, we think it would be well for holders of shares to pause be? fore parting with property at oue-third of its real value, when delay would give double present ligures, should the par? tios having this purpose in view be in earliest. So much for present surround? ings. As to thu motivo which bas in? duced a New York gentleman of menus to make purchases iu South Carolina Railroad stock to the extent of 5,001) shares, wo can only judge from tho fact that he is a large stockholder in the Central Railroad of Georgia, and that it is opeuly spoken of as a movement ol that company to bottle up its rivals, forcing Augusta and all Wost of it ta give Savannah their business. We would add, in this oonuoctiou. that a leading director of the Central Railroad of Georgia was said to be in tho city last week, and proposed a lenee of the South Carolina Railroad, thu terms of which we did not learn. The interests of tine city are so identified with the West bj j railroad connections, paid for in large suma ot money, that it would seem strange enough to be excluded from the benefits accruing from these sources yet still it is so announced in tho pupen of the interior, and, according to some of these oracles, Charleston is to bt "fenced in," ?fcc; but, ou the othei hand, laud is cheap between CharloBtoc and the Savannah River, the Port Roya and Savannah Road arc un the card, and it would be a strange sight thut a city ol this size should sink out of commercia sight ut the nod of a rival corporation, Will tho Georgia Road (Angusta to At lanta) acquiesce in beiug a dependency of the Central, and will Augusta remain quiet, with her old port closed to ber? Am LINE RAILROAD.-Tho survey ant location of the Air Line Road, whicl has recently beau completed, show tin following elevations above tide water Atlanta, the starting point, 1,105; Gaines ville, 1,297; at Mr. Kimsey's, 28 mile East of this nlaco. the highest point oi the line, 1.616; tho T?galo River, at th. crossing, 700, which will be crossed on i bridge only 30 feet high; Greenville, S C., 1,050; Spartanburg, 1.050; at King* Mountain the elevatum ia the same as i ia at Gainesville; Charlotte, N. C., 850 The greatest divergence from uo air lim is ut Mr. Kimsey's, which is a little ove four miles. The line runs withiu twi miles of Toccoa Falls, and fourteei miles from Tallulah Falls. The dist noe from Atlanta to Charlotte is 260 miles Tho line skirts thc mountains for 201 miles, and yet there will not be a tonne on the road, and the heaviest grade wil be 52 8-10 feet per mile. This is a tri I umph of engineering skill but rurel; equalled, and probably nut excelled, ii railroad engineering. The whole line is now under contract with over 3,000 hands at work. I is the intention of the authorities ti I have tho oars running through b; tho first of Nev. mbcr nest. [ Gainesville Eagle, A PROPOSITION.-A gentleman of thi County wishes ns to say that ho wil undertake tho capture of that loyal oat law, Iloury Perry Lowroy, provide) martial law is proclaimed in tho regioi where Lowrey rungee, eo that no inter course will bo pormitted from the out side. Thia Radical murderer has shot more blood than all the Ku Klux in th Cohfedernto States, so-sailed. Bat Gran and his gang have made no efforts t< bring the blood-stained Radicals to pu nishment. Jeffreys Bond lins not beei sent to try thom. No United State marshals have appeared on tho scene The crimes of loyalists are looked npoi with a forgiving oye. "Euter a penn; and costs, Mr. Clerk." [Charlotte Southern Home. CURIOUS VOW.-The New York Jour nal of Commerce has received, but de clines to publish, unless tho same is veri fied by some responsible party, ai anonymous communication which put ports to have been written by a gentle man who made a vow, on en ?aging ii business, to devote one-tenth of hi earnings to the churches ot the Unit? Hiatus. Having been greatly prospered ho proposes now to redeem his engage meut and to make tho award upon tn 20th of February. Ile wishes as to giv a certain address, and to oak nil churohe of evory name iu tho Uuited States Jewish, Catholic or Protestant-to vorif, their several organizations before wil uesses and to send tho statements t< him. A Milwaukee judge preservos order i the court by exhibiting a seven-shoo?.oi J^iooal Ito irr?, ?i. . . ? ? CITY MATTSIIB.-Tho price of single copi?e of the PHCBNIX ig ?ve co?te. A despatch received yesterday states that Mrs. Oates' company will be unable to appear nt Irwin's Hall on the dates specified. Due -notice will bu given of their appearance, however. Rev. R. C. Oliver, Agent for the Or? phans' Home, iu Spartauburg, is in Co? lumbia, and will remain a few days. In our next issue, we H liol I publish an up? per?! from him to the poople of the State. Seo educational notice of Rev. T. Ward White, President Reidville Female College. Messrs. Kinsman & Howell, proprie? tors of the celebrated Mopes' nitrogen ized Buporphosphatu of lime, have found it necessary to raise the prioe of their fertilizer slightly. See advertisement. We have bad intensely cold weather during the past fow days. Skaters are joyful, in anticipation of sport in their favorite pastime. We can cordially commend the Illus (ruled Christian Weekly to any family in want of a first class religious paper. It is published in New York, by the Ame ri cnn Tract Society, at $2 per annum. MAIL AHKA.NGBUKK.TS.-Tho Northern muil opens at 3.00 P. M.; closes 7.15 A. M. Charleston duy mail opens 4.00 P. M.; ol OHOS 6.00 A. M. Charleston night mail opens 6.30 A. M.; closes 6.00 P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P. M. ; aloses 6.00 A. M. Western mail opens 9.00 A. M.; closes 1.30 P. M. On Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M. Pu CEN ix AN A. -The Minister of the In? terior-the oaok. . You "put a head on" a letter when you apply the postage stamp. It is low enough to live in an attic, but a ground floor is a basement. A volume that will bring tears to yonr ejes-A volume of smoke. The haunts of happiness are varied and rather unaccountable, bat you will oftener see her among little children, home fire-sides and country houses than anywhere eine. Priceless as the gift of utterance may be, the practice of silence, in some re? spects, far excels it. Lcuruiug is wealth to the poor, an honor to the rioh, an aid to the young, and a support and comfort to the aged. Happiness grows at oar own fire-Bide, and is not to he picked in strangers* gar? dens. Affliction is very commonly the means of making us aware of tho mercies we enjoy. LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Acts of the Legislature. P. Cantwell-Big Hominy. D. C. Peixotto A Son-Auotion Sale. R. K. Scott-Proclomation. T. W. White-Sohool Notice. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. HOTKI. ABBIVALS, January 30.-dickerson House-L L Lanier, C W Groaa, Baltimore; VS" Perry, Pendleton; J B Steere; A G Eahleman, Coonee; John Nutto. Georgetown; lire G B Bryce, Mies N Bryce, bC; JO Andrews, Ga; T ? Wright, NY; AW Whitman, Va; J McL Turnor, Aahoville; Mra S White, Misa M Wil? een, Mies F Jonee, B D Graham. Charlotte; A Hill, Beaton; Dr Bayes, Mies Hayee, Lexing? ton; W U Hardin, Miee B Moore, Mia? L Moore, Chester; Mr and Mrs D T Turner, Miaa Turner, W D Jenninga and eon, Edgefield: C Eatoe, Augusta; W W Elliott. Baltimore; SV D Cornwell, Uise; Miee E Wilson, Newberry; Mr and Mrs A M Mackey, Charleston; B J Do? naldson, Cheraw; G F Young, Laurene. Columbia Hotel-H Smith, F S Keeto, U S A; L P Guinn, Abbeville; G Opeetz, Bantce; C B Wooster, Ct; A E Williams, Laurene; H Young. Jr, and wife, N Y; D W Aiken, Abbe? ville; J D Land, Charleston; J Enright, Abbe? ville; W J Westcoat, Groouville; E S Uouaor, N C; 8 C Gilbert, Charleston; E It Scriven, H R Wilbur, 8 A Wilbur. Beaton; J C Proctor, Pa; J C SVindor, N O; E F Merriman, Mass; 0 M sadler and wife. Charleston; E H Brooke, Ga; II Wilaon, Abbeville; W W Kenuodr, Laurena; G B Trumbo. J 8 Lusk, Md; B F Bradley, Bickens; GC Weaver, Miaa Weaver, E label, N Y; J P Pool. Nowborry. Mexico is not only upon the verge of another revolution, but one which it ap? pears will provo successful. Tho for? tunes of war aro against Benito Juarez, and tho days of his Presidenoy are about told. Tho rebels, under command of Trevino aud Quiroga, have been every? where successful, while the redoubtable Esoobedo has declared himself in favor of Loreda-the most prominent candi? dato for the Presidency to succeed Jua? rez. Tho Republic of Mexico has boen a bitter mookery, and there seem but two alternatives for the oppressed peo? ple-either annexation to the United States or the resolution of the Govern? ment again into a monarchy. Perhaps Maximilian would have proven theirjbest ruler, after all; certainly, since bis death, Mexico has not had a better. Usi'AitALiiiEijEo, INDEED.-The State governments in tho South, according to Congressman Voorhecs, ar? "unparal? leled in their iniqaity, their infamy, and their ignorance." The wornt of it is, there is entirely too much truth in this emphatic statement. The unlettered freedman of the South oannot bo ex? pected to maka either a wise or a pru? dent legislator; aud having foran exam? ple in statesmanship the "seallawftgs" from tho North who have migrated thither, chiefly from New Eoglaud, with a distinct intention to accumulate wealth ut till hazards, his experience is not much in favor of integrity. Between the carpet bag politicians and tho negro, God help Ibo South 1 [N. Y. Sunday Times.