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COLUMBIANS. C. Satur lay Morning, February 3? 1872. An lucre??? ur Taxattaa. ' A bill or joint resolution to provide for the assessment aud taxation of pro? perty for the onrrent fiscal year, waa in? troduced into tbe House of Representa? tives, on Wednesday, by Hanter, of Charleston, and referred to tbe Com mitttee of Ways and Means, before whom it i H still lying. It is proposed by this measure to levy an additional tax of nineteen mills on the dollar. Tbe pro? position is so preposterous, absurd and infam?os, that we can scarcely believe that the instigators of the bill, however vile they may bc, seriously contemplate urging its passage. Tbe appropriation hill, lavish and criminally extravagant thonght it certainly is in its expendi? tures, will require only about $740,000 something less than that, in fact. The arnon ut sot aside to pay tho per diem and mileage of members of tbe General Assembly and subordinates has been, though unreasonable und outrageous indeed, only $250,000. There is no pur? pose expressed; no appropriation made; sor is there the slightest probability of ?ny effort being made to pay anything towards the interest on tbe public debt. Ii Comptroller Neagle's statements be correct, and the authorities, we opine, have no other means of procuring official information, it is simply impossible to ?uko any provision to pay tbe interest. Aocording to him, there are no means by whicb the number of bonds issued, and the consequent amount due, can be ascertained. He does not even attempt to approximate a trae estimate. Now, if we sum np the amount re? quired under the general appropriation bill, $740,000, which figure, as we have above stated, is something in exoess, and under the bill to defray legislative ex? penses $250,000, the money needed to inn our Radical State machine is found to be $990,000. Add on 810,000 to make round numbers and $100,000 more for good oount. We have got used to millions, now, and don't consider the in? significant thousands that sufficed for the pnblia wants in the "oreel and oppres? sive day? of slavery." Add on these little extras, wo say, and there is only wanted $1,100,000 to support Scott, Kimptou & Co. in their economical mode of living, and to furnish the bless? ings of good government, security of life, liberty and property to "oar be? loved State" of Sooth Carolina. That is something more, it is trne, than Mr. Scott and his efficient assistants, Cham? berlain, Parker, and others, have charged us for the same services in the past four years. But they have displayed suoh distinguished ability, and snooeedod so admirably in rendering life safe, pro? tecting liberty and guarding the rights of property, that some additional ac? knowledgment of public confidence and regard, and some slight return for their eminent services is but proper and justly due them. Be that as it may, all they have asked is $1,100,000. Let ns see, now, what amount of funds wonld be obtained if the proposed rate of assessment is adopted and enforced. The taxable property of the State, ac? cording to the returns of the State Audi? tor, is fixed by assessment at $160,000, 000. We believe that $200,000,000 is nearer the mnik, and that taxes aro actually levied and collected on that mnoh property. But ussunie it to be $160,000,000, ns reported by Radical efficials themselves, what do we Qud? Ninoteen mills to the dollar on $160, 000,000 wonld foot up tho handsome little figure of $3,010,000. Tho ten mills collected sinco November laBt, and designed for this same fiscal year, would moko $1,600,000 moro, Theso added make $?,610,000, which our impoverished Stato would pay for the privilege ol being ruled by Robert Kingston Scott and his associates for one year, Theso figures aro so enormous that wc do not, as we have said above, behove fchut any suoh rate of taxation is really designed. The purpose of tho anthore of the bill is, in all probability, simply io co tum eu co at theso outrageous figures, in order to secure, by a kind of compro mise, a smallor amount. It was declared, timo and again, lasl winter, by tho Stato officiais, when th? press of the State and tho pooplo do nonnoed in such fiat terms tho collec? tion of an additional tax in November, that tho measure was adopted solely foi tho benefit of tho tax-payers; that thc cry of two taxes in ono yenr was utterly groundless, tho November tax being de? signed solely to do away with the neccs< sity of collcoting a tax in tho spring, when monoy was BO hard to get by Lh< farmers. In tho name of nil that is jusl and honest, have tho tax-payers, that do fray all tho expenses of government, nc rights which our Radical Legislature ii bound to respect? Every dollar wrmii! from the pockets of the people beyond what is absolutely necessary to affect th? legitimate en da ot government, is down? right robbery, and wo tr oat that snob of onr legislators as feel any'responsibility to those by whoso means only civil government is sustained in South Goro lias, wil] bear in mind that $1,600,000 has already been forced from that olaes of onr people, and that they will per? sistently refuse to authorize an additional levy, of even one mill on the dollar for the onrrent fiscal year. Tile Charleston Metropolitan Police Bill. The Charleston delegation in the House of Representatives, to whom was referred, as a special committee, the bill providing for the establishment cf a me? tropolitan police district in Oharleston, reported npon one of the bills, yester? day, recommending that it be passed. Tt waa hoped and believed that the reference to the delegation, which, in the main, is very conservative, and in intelligence and ability far abovo tho average of their compeers in the House, would result in a total quashing of the iniquitous Boheme. The result, how? ever, is otherwise. The beBt they have done has been to confine their favorable report to the bill whieh is said to possess the least objectionable features. There were, we aro informed, three different bills, having the same main de? sign in view, that were submitted to tho consideration of the delegation. The one they have recommended is entitled "A bill to establish a metropolitan police district and to provide for the govern? ment thereof." It includes both the Conn ty and city of Charleston in the poliee distriot. There are to be three police commissioners elected at every general election of County officers; and until the next election, the bill provides for the appointment of B. B. ?rston, Aaron Logan and H. C. Minott to act in that oapaoity. These commissioners are to appoint a clerk, one superintendent, two lieutenants, fonr sorgeauts, eighty pa? trolmen, six watohmen, four gate-keep ors and one hostler. The commissioners are to receive a salary of $1,200 per annum each; the superintendent 81,500; the clerk 81,200; each lieutenant 81,200; each sergeant $720, and private police? men $G00. A court, too, is to bo estab? lished, to be presided over by three justiaes, who are to be elected by the Legislature. The office of city rocciver is to be abolished, and courts of trial jnstioes are to be superseded by this now oonrt. The Mayor of Charleston is re? quired, immediately npon the organiza? tion of the new police force, to disband that which he has now in operation, nud to provide suitable quarters and arms and equipments fer their successors. The abolishing of tho courts of trial jus? tices, and the payment of $20,000 by the County Treasurer for the support aud maintenance of the new police force and police oonrt, which the bill requires, is claimed by its author, Mr. Bowen, to be of great advantage to the city of Charles? ton. He maintains thal, it will effect an annual saving to tho city of 850,000. But it is manifest that the prime object of the measure is not to provide more economical or efficient police regulations for Charleston, for there bas boon uc complaint against Mayor Wagoner and his Board of Aldermen on that score. On the contrary, many wiso chang?e havo boen made by him and a groat re? duction in the expenses of the police department, as compared with hie Radical predecessor-Gilbert Fillsbnrv effected. It is only a move to divesl tho present municipal udmiuistrutior. of their most important function-tin control nud management ot their police force, upon which tho peace, good ordei and sanitary oondition of tho city sc much depends. It is designod, farther to deprivo them of all power and super vision in tho conduct of elections, uni to restore that power to tho corrupt hands from which tho people have bu recently wrested it. Wo are inclined however, to believe that the bill will bi killed in the Senate, even should it pus: tho House. Mr. Corbin, if we can rel; on his letter to Mayor Wagoner, publish et in the Charleston AW? ??mo time ago is opposed to the measure. If be bi si ti coro in his avowals Kioto, and cat spare the necessary timo io be at hi post in tho Senute, hu iv.? doubtless utif ticiont influence with that body to defea the bill. We hopo so, any way. ? ?> ??-? Cincinnati is becoming almost as .root u piuco for "uotioni," as tho Athen.-, o America. An "embryo clergyman" hoi been detected in tho former place it purloining books from tho public librarj for tho purpose, an hu ullegon, of propur iug his sermons, being too poor lo pur chase the works. Hero ia au opportu oily for tho exorcise of tho philanthropy of tho Presbyterian "Sustentation" Com missioners. Tho sheriff broke np a baptism ou lin bunks of tito Ohio, ut Cairo, haying tim tho water was too cold, und that it tin minister persisted ho would prosecutt him for murder. THE ANTI-TREATY AGITATORS. -But? ler, in the United Stat??, and Otway, in England, appear to be ?bout the only p nb lio. mon of; tho co an tries that axe dla* satisfied with, the Washington treaty. What is a little singular, both have the same objection to it.Tiz: That ita terms are derogatory to their coan tries. Well, if, ia the opinion of these two worthies, both nations are cheated and disgraced, mattera are abont at a Bet off, and the treaty is not so bad, after al). We caro very little for the treaty, one way or another, and certainly can Lavo no sympathy with claims for damages received from Cou fedora to cruisers ; but if it will keep tho poaoe and not inter? fere with the prioe of notion, wo gc in for it, no matter how objecti Doable otherwise. Wo aro not very punctilious about the national honor, sinoo those who have charge of it appear to be igno? rant of its existence. An exohange remarks that the Con? gress of the United States is being con? verted into a mere aggregation of in? vestigating committees. "There is a oostom-house investigating committee now sitting in New York. A New Or? leans investigating committee from Washington is at the Crescent City. The committee of the District of Columbia has just boen constituted un investigat? ing committee to inquire into tho cou duot of affairs ncder the new Territorial Government. Tho Committee on Com moroo has also been mado an investigat? ing committee, to examine the charges against tho quarantine officers of Phila? delphia. Mr. Garrett Davis now insists on a committoo to investigate President Grant." Tho necessity for all theso committees is a black spot upon the record of tho Radical party which cannot be removed. THE SAME OLD SONG OF 1 'LET THERE DB NO PEACH."-The Washington Repub? lican takes np the Radical refrain where Morton loft it in the Senate, a few daya ago, and thus announces the issuo to be decided in tho next election : "In a few months, the party will go into that great popular contest, the issue of whioh will decide whether the ideas that have governed the country during the last ten years shall continue to shape ita destiny for four years to come, or whether it shall be tnrned over to the gentlemen who were in sympathy with the late rebellion and who were beaten when the rebellion was beaten." TREASURES AT rna BOTTOM OF THE SEA. Mention was made, some time ago, in these columns, of an expedition, in which Connecticut men were interested, and whioh waa sent to South America for the purpose of obtaining a large amount of treasure supposed to have been sunk long ago in n Spanish vessel. Mr. Geo. W. Fuller, of Norwich, a sab marine diver, went with tho cxpodition and has returned, bringing many curio? sities with him. Mr. Fuller explored the wreok at the bottom of the sea, and found whatever of value there hud beon in the vessel bad been thrown off by the explosion whioh sunk her, and that snob treasures now lay (mattered around on the sen bottom. The Norwich Rullelin, iu speaking of the matter, says: "The wreck baviug been cleared with? out result, about the first of January the bottom of the soa for a groat distance was thoroughly dredged and teated. The examination, carefully mado, con? vinced Mr. Fuller and tho other officers that groat sums of money aro actually buried there, but that, in order to obtain it, SD entire now outfit must be mado. This could not be obtained in South America, and the Nellie Gay, tho expe? dition vessel, which was fitted for the work of breaking up tho wreck, (and, us was shown, with the most successful ap? paratus.) proviug unsuitable for econo? mical dredging, it was decided to send her North, Mr. Fuller going on in ad? vance with six men. Sinoo his arrival, it has been decided by tho company to proceed at ouco to fit out small suitable vessels with tho apparatus suggested by past experience, und despatch them as soon as possible to tho Buy of Cutnaua, to drodge for coin, and to tho Gulf of Cariaco to work tho famous pearl beds in that vicinity. The right to tho latter has boen granted the company by tho Government for six years, and they were thoroughly tested by Mr. Fuller upon his departure, a number of Quo pearla aud sholls being obtaiuod. together with much practical information of futuro value. The brig Nellie Gay, ou her re? turn to New London, will bo nt onoo fit? ted for another expedition iu search of sunken treasure-one which lins not yet boen made public, and the details and circumstances of which aro known by but very fow. Though tho ult?male suc? cess of tho company's speculation is somewhat delayed by tho result of tho last month's work, it is nono tho less considered morely a matter of time, and tho hopes of n rich reward aro as san? guine us over."-Hartford Times. Tho Boston Post pays this tributo to tho pluperfect rascality of an Ohio Con grossmuu: "Tho boldest man of tho ugo is tho Ohio CougresHinuu who undertook to do fond tho our pet-hag govorrauntu at tho South. Thu impudence that could ex silHC tho lying, stealing, opprcssiou that liave huon practiced by tho scoundrels who have held sway, most of tho time, in Georgia, South Carolina, Louisiana, florida and other Southern Stales, since tho war, must bo consummate, and is entitled to thoudmiratiotl of every rascal iu and out of Congress." LEGISLATIVE PROCKBDIIfGS. FaiDAT, FBBB?ABY 2, 1872. SENATE. Tba Senat? met nt 12 M., Preeident Banaler in tbe Chair. Mr. Oailiard introduced a concurrent resolution to authorize the Clerks of the Ssssis and House of Representatives to prepare a legislative manual. Referred. The Senate, in executive session, np ?roved of the following appointments: Vial Justices-Charleston County-A. M. Mackey, L. J. Woolfe, Geo. Cannon; Orangeburg-A. B. Knowlton, C. J. Stephens; Lexington-A. B. Taylor. A number of committees reported upon bills and joint resolutions-among which, unfavorable on a joint resolntion to aid the Palmetto Fire Engine Com? pany, of Colombia, in tbe pnrobass of a steam fire engine. Laid over. Reports of Committee on Incorpora? tions on bill to incorporate the Charles? ton Loan Association, of the city of Charleston; report of Committee on Education on bill to provide for a uni? form system of sohool record?; bill to amend an Act entitled "An Aot relating to gambling," were indefinitely post? poned. At 2 P. M., the Senate adjourned until to-morrow, at 12 M. HOUSE OF BEPBESENTATIVES. The House met at 12 M., Speaker M os OH in tho Chair. The Committees of Ways nod Moans, Military Affairs, Commerce, State Houtie and Grounds, submitted roper ts; wbioh were ordered to bo laid over. Mr. Levy introdnced a bill to incorpo? rate the South Carolina Beal Estate, Flouting and Mining Company of Charleston. Mr. Barker-Bill to amend an Act en? titled "An Act to charter a road from Greenville, fi. C., over the Saluda Moun? tains to Henderson, North Carolina. Mr. W. H. Jones-To confer opon County Commissioners of each Connty in the State the same powers heretofore conferred upon tho lute Commieeioners of Beads, in regard to the granting of licenses for the sale of spirituous liquors. Mr. Mobley-To open a public road from Union Court House to Crone Key 13n<!ge, in said County; to regulate the publication of all legal noticeB and ad? vertisements in certain papers. Mr. S. J. Loo-Besolution that on and after Monday next the House meet at 10 A. M., daily, and adjonrn at pleasure. Adopted. Tho following bills were passed: To pr?vido for the past indebtedness of Dar? lington County, and for the building of a now Court house for said County; to regulato tho issuing of checks by plant? ers to employees on plantations; to an? thon/.') tho Connty Commissioners of Charleston County to place a fiat at Bonnoan'a Ferry; to authorize the erec? tion of a bridge over Wateree Biver near Camden; to incorporate tbe Carolina Oil Company of Colombia. A message, with bis approval, was re? ceived from his Excellency the Governor, of several Act? passed. A Senate bill to amend an Aot entitled "An Aot to tyrant the use of a vacant lot, in the oity ol Columbia, to tho Palmetto Lodge No. 5, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, on certain conditions." Second reading. Unfinished business of February 1st was brought np and oooupied the atten? tion of the House for several hours; up to the hour of adjournment. At 3 P. M., the House adjourned until to-morrow, at 12 M. TUB FBEKCH BATTLE OK DOBKINO.-A Frenchman has gono into the "Battle of Dorking" business. Assuming the part of "au old soldier of the landwehr" be tells bis children what happened after tho overthrow of England at Dorking. Denmark was annexod to Germany, Bis? marck died, the annexation fever be? came very high, and at last the Emperor declared war against Sweden. Russia and Franco remonstrated and declared war against Germany. The Emperor had been counting on an alliance with Anatria and Italy, but the latter was un? prepared, and Austria had all she conld do to put down an insurrection in Hun? gary. There was treason in the German urmy. The provincial contingents, and those of tho annexed kingdoms, mu? tinied. Tho people of Alsace and Lor? raine rose and slew the garrisons of Strasburg aud Metz. A French army took Bavaria, and smother went round by way of Hanover. Everywhere the people received the invaders with open urina. At last tho "Battle of Berlin" was fought, and Germany was con? quered. Russia was willing enough to grant terms, but France insisted on entering Berlin, nnd did so. Europe was reconstructed on the basis of 1815, with ono or two changes. Italy was only so far dismembered ns to be corn polled to restore the States of tho Church to tho Holy Father. England was pun? ished for her refusal to assist France in 1870 by the loss of all her colonies every? where. Prussia had to pay back the five milliards to France, and a very heavy in? demnity to Russia in addition. Thus everything terminated to tho satisfaction of Franco. All this is supposed to have happened in tho year 1875. NOT THE EQUAL or THE NEOKO.-Ne? groes are now eligible to thu otlices of Presideut and Vice-Pr?sident of tho Uuited States. It was proposed lately, in the House of Representatives, to amend tho Constitution HO that Ger? mans, Irish, ami other foreigners might enjoy tho same rights ns the iiegruor?. The amendment waa lost by ninety-one ayes to soveuty-fivo nays-not two-thirds in its favor, which tho Constitution o? tho Uni Ital States requires. Those in tho negativo were all Republicans. . - Tho (.hinman of tho Radical Slat? Central Committee, in Indiana, has been removed. Ho is charged with stealing from tbe party. Had ho stolen from thc people tho matter would have been different. But "honor among thieves" is tho motto of the Radicals. -7-;-... 1 ? i-1 ran 1 '.-i ? nm ?1 8FABTAHBUBO, January 39,1872. MB. EDITOB: The editorial In the PHOUUX, a few daja ago, addressed to the yoong men of the Sta to, we look upon aa timely and Appro- j pri&te. Yon say truly, when yon eaaqrt that the futuro of thia country depohdft' npon thora, and npon them the lut hopas are founded of resoaing the State from Hs pre? sent condition. Whtlo we do not olatm for 1 thom mora of political prudence or sagacity, yet tho opportunity and tho position they oc? cupy is far moro favorable to success for them than for tho old political leaders of the State. For those old public serrants to retire, no doubt, would give great satlefaction to the opposition; but the neoeeaity of tho times ? domande it. Great occasions alway? demand aomo sacrifico, and thia now is tue one we should make. 1 It is not too much to say, that, in the eyoa of tho opposition, any measure proposed or esconden ny onr old loaders ia completely fly? blown. The omeo of Democratic politicians in this State, for tho last fonr years, has been that of peace-makora between the races with what success, we all know. The ques? tion, then, oeours, why? Waa it because tba olive branch waa not extended in good faith? Was it from lack of money or talent? Ne; it wai because the peaoe-makera were obnoxious to one of * - parties. Their past r?cord wee i suoh, that the black man mistrusted them; hu could not think that the rabid secessionist 1 ot yesterday and the good Union man of to? day wau sincere; he had gone back once-he might do so again. Thia is the cause of fail? ure. Now, bere ia a proposition lookiug to j the remedy. When public men, from their . unpopularity or other oanse, lose their effi- . cisncy to serve their Stato, they should retire and give plaoo to thpae who do not labor under such & disability. > Tho timo now comes for the young mon of ? thu State to steD forward withoat fear or pre? judice. They bavo no burden of a paat re- ] cord; they are free and untrammeled for the , race; they disarm their opponouta of their ? threat of slavery, accession and bad faith. I Ignorant of and free from tho taints of old in? stitutions, they can command the respect and confidence ot the negro, and with bim join to I give oar Stato a pure and honest government. We propose for tho young men or the aovural Counties to organize cluUa for tho next cam- 1 paigu-these organisations to bo free from aud act independent of any party, and be fur mud uololy for tho purpose of securing an honest administration iu office. Will the presa help ua out? YOONG MAN. B. P. WhlUcmor*. Tho caption of thia article gives thia indi? vidual a prominence which may either ele? vate him, in public estimation, or may tear off tho lion's skin, and show bini np aa something olao than the bona fide prosecutor of Scott and hie ring. We happen to know that tho relations betweon Wbittemore end Scott have, for aome years past, been of the most cordial and intimate character. When Scott wanted to bo elected, Wbittemore made the woods echo with hie praises; and when Whit temoro wanted au oflioe, Scott gave the orders that would facilitate tho schemes cf Whitte moro to obtain it. This much the world knows, and will not forget. Hut tho world doo? not know why Whitto raoru should suddenly become Hcott'a perse? cutor and prosecutor; but it can well eeo that If Scott wanted to escapo the consequences of his numerous frauds, that, above ad things, such a friend UH Whittomore waa the man to make tho show of a prosecution, and then let it drop at the very momeut of the trial! The report of the Joint Investigation Commit toe has been laid upon the table) The resolutions of impeachment bavo been voted downl! The Laud Commission frauds have boen laid upon the tablet!! So far, it seems to tho world that Mr. Whit tenioro's gun waa only loaded with powder, and that eu wet, f.bat it went off with a fizzle! Ia this the moasuru of just iee which this re? doubtable champion or the right is content to secure for the people of South Carolina? Is there nothing moro to bo done? Ia the bat? tle fairly over, and ia Whittomore billing aud cooing with Scott at the success of thia transparent humbuggery? Ho may think eo, hut sharp eyee aro npon bim, and will hold him to the strict performance of bia duty. Nothing leas than a successful prosecution of tho impeachment will relieve Wbittemore nf the well-grounded suspicions which attach to him as tho intimate friend of Scott and the adroit manager of his acquittal. It is cheering to eoe Mr. Whipper moving steadily along in the right path. He may have to contend with tho seductions of gold and tho terrors of a formidable combination, which may threatou whoro it uannot seduce, but it would be a glorious thing, if, after all, wo should owe it to the colored people to take tim tis g out of Whittumore's nanda, and plant it tlrmlv, where all good men would rejoice to seo it. ' "LINCOLN." HOMICIDE AT JOHNSTON'S DEPOT.-A difficulty ocourred, on Saturday evening last, nt Johnston's Depot, on the Char? lotte, Columbia nod Augusta Railroad, between a white youth, aged about oighteen, named Tom Hazel, and a colored man named Jack Garret, in which Ourret was shot aod killed by Hazel. Humors concerning the cause and manner of this uufortuuate affair are somewhat conflicting. It seems, though; that tho two fell into a violent quarrel about a debt due Garrot by the fathor of Hazel, iu which tho latter bore himself very defiantly, if indeed the two did not actually come to blows. \ ridgefield Advertiser. Two LADIES BU UN ED TO DEATH.-A letter dated Jerusalem, Southampton County, to the Petorsburg Index, con? veys thu following sad intelligence: I have but a few minutes to give yoe un account of a most horrible occurrence nour this place, on yesterday evoniug. Tho dwelling houso and several of the out-h o usos on the farm of Mr. ll. 8. Popo were entirely oonsumed, his mo? ther and aunt poriehiog in tho flames in thu attempt to rescue some of tho pro? perty. -o ? COLORED CHILD HU UN ED TO DEATH. On Tuursday, 25th ult., Hilly, a little boy five years old, son of Benjamin aud Juno .Smith, colored, fell iuto tho tiro, nt his mo!lier's houso, and was burned to death before help could bo givuu. Tho mot her bad loft him alono to attend to some work, and found him in a dying condition when shu returned to her house. - Greenville Enterprise. MUNICIPAL ELECTION AT TIMMON.S VI!,M?.-Ou Thursday of lust week, 25th January, un election for un Intendant and four Wardens was held, with the following result : liitetulunt-L. Ii. Hags dale. Wardens- W. 1>. Janies, W. H. Sykes. H. J). Cook, Dr. J. E. Byrd. Wisconsin belles organize hunting parties, tuko their little shot guns mid striko otT to tho woods without any hor? rid men to bother them. XV o o g. X X t ? spa, ? Om MATTHM.-The pVic? of single copies of the PBOZHTZ ie fl ve cents. The trees, house-tops, etc., presented a magnificent appearance, yesterdoj being coated with iee by the sleet and snow ot the provious night; but tbe rain soon wanned it away. Mr. Scott, advance agent of Height'? circos and menagerie, culled on ns, yes? terday, to explain rho hon-appearance of Mr. Wm. Carroll and his wonderful little girl. The trank containing the principal portion of their wardrobe, waa stolen while the company was exhibiting in Sumter, and Mr. C. and other mem? bers of the company remained to endea? vor to recover it We hope they will be sneoessfnl. Men who are always "on the strike:" Blacksmiths. The cold ?nap which is now npon as is a touch from the Russian winter they are enjoying on the snow-covered great plains and Rocky Mountains. These Westerly winds, in a mild form, tell ns how it is on the prairies of Kansas and Nebraska. While in Memphis the other day Tom Scott was asked if he had any desire to bo President. He answered that if the Presidency was to be leased he would probably take it. Tom Scott ought not to talk in that way. He knows that it ia calculated to put foolish notions into the hoad of Grunt, who would lease the Presidency at the drop of a hat if any? body were to offer him tho oash for it. LIST ofr NEW ADVERT?S EM BUTS. Monteith & Bauskett-Divorces. Peixotto A Sou-Auction. Acte of the Legislature. HoTKi. ABBI VALS, February S.-Columba , Hotel- J O Hawthorne, Greenville: 8 D Heard Augusta; YY n .simon, U 8 A; HB Adiel, N Y ; EH Grant, S G Gilbert, O U Chaney, M?as H Hmith, Misa Sallie Smith, Charleston ; H Cronaten, An gm-ta; J B Brown, Florida; B M Moormaugb, Louisville; Charlea B Trumbo, J H Boardman, C lt Leonard, W S Hardin, L M Tough, Baltimore; A Childe, Miss Childe A B Mark, N Y; M C Butler, city; M A Curtis, N C; G P Ootohitt, Southern Express Co; J If Paletero, Wm D Kennedy, Augusta: E H Brooke, S C; M L Kinard, city; W M Feagle Mobile; T F Bay, Newberry; 8 Smith, F S Keete, ? S A. "There was a frog who lived in a spring, He ?aught snob a cold that be could not sing." Poor, unfortunate Batrachlaol In what a sad plight ho must have boen. And yet his misfortune waa one that often befalls singers. Many a onco tuneful voioe among those who beloug to tho "genur, homo" ls utterly spoiled by "cold in the head," or on the lunga, or both combined. For the above mentioned "croaker" we are not aware that any remedy was ever devised; but we rejoice to know that all human singers may keep their beads clear and their throats in tune by a timely nee of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, and Dr. Pierce's Solden Medical Discovery, both of which are auld by druggists. A STABLE INSTITUTION_Just at the period when all alable-men were complaining that the llorsc-ointments of the day were unstable re? medies, tho MUSTANU LINIMENT made ita en? tree in Missouri, without any flourish of trum? pets, and within one year became the favorite umbrooation for the external distempers and injuries of horses and cattle in all the West? ern and Southern States. From that time to thia, it hae never bad a rivalin the estimation nt accomplished horsemen; nor ia ita house? hold reputation, as a cure for rheumatism, neuralgia, ?ore nipples and caked breaats, tu? mors, mumps, sore-throat, ear-ache, tooth? ache, bruises, burns, wounds and sprains, a whit behind ita celebrity as a boree liniment. Tho Mothers of America know its valma, and apply it promptly to the external injuries of the "rising generation." and in faot there is not a city or township in the United States whore the MDSTAMO LI icm ?KT ls not regarded by both aexes and every class aa a blessing to the community. F 1 ?3 FBOM DAN TO BEEBSUKBA.-From Charles? ton to Dahlonega, from the sea-board to the mountains, can be seen a marked improve? ment in the style of buildings in the last Ave years. Villages and farm houses all present a more elegant and comfortable appearance. The reason is well known. It is cecauso in that period the whole country bas learned to patronize that celebrated manufacturer of Doors, Sashes and Blinds, Mr. P. P. TOALS, Charleston, 8. C. Jan 16 t lu his lecture on Artemus Ward, Mark Twain tells the following: When Artemus was very young, he and it companion got hold of a pack of cards, ?nd learned to play euchre. Artemas was perfeotly fascinated with tho game, nnd played it as often as he had an op? portunity; but it had to be done on the nly, and be had to hide his cards from his parents. So, when ho was looking out for a plaoo to hido thom, the boys thought tho safest place where they could put the cards wa6 in tho pocket of the minister's black gown, nuder the very regis of the church. I don't know what regis moans, bnt it's a good word, and I suppose it's all right. Well, the old minister was called to baptizo a convert, and as he went down into the water wearing a gown, the cards bogan to come ap to thc surface nod float off. The boys, who were on tho bank watching, though in great fear, kept their eyes on the cards. As it happened, there oame up first two bowers and three oces. Of course the boys were thrashed, and an old aunt of Artemus' proceeded to lecture him on the enormity of tho crime. "Why," ?aid Bho, "just imagino how the poor mau must have felt when ho saw the cards coming up! I should buvo thought hu would havo fainted, and I don't see how ho got out." "Wwi," said Arle? nme, "I don't seo how ho could help going out on such a hand." A Georgia darkey, to whom Senator Sumner's supplemental civil rights bill was explained, characterized it ns "a trap to kill fool niggers. You sec, sah. iomo foo] nigger will go to do Pulaski LIouso and jess set himself down by a ahito man, und titi white man will jess fro dat ur nigger out de winder ami broke tiis ueck."