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COLUMBIA. S. C. Wednesday ttorning, February 8.1872. The Calnmbla Canal. It ia DOW three years siuoa the Oolam bia Canal-then the property of the State-was sold, nuder authority of an Aot of the General Assembly, to Colonel Samuel A. Pearoe, agent of the ?rm of A. & W. Sprague, large and well-known capitalists and cotton manufacturers of Rhode Island-or we might, perhaps, with equal propriety, say, of the North, for the Spragues own large manufactur? ing interests in several States. The price paid for the canal was a merely nominal sum. If our memory serves us correctly, $200 was the amount. It was j considered very little at the time, and the sale was generally thought and pro? nounced to be a swindle. This opinion, however, waa basod more upon distrust of Gov. R. K. Scott and the other State officials, who had favored the sale, than from a oonviotion springing from a care? ful knowledge of the true merits of the transaction. Nothing but evil had ever followed any aot of theirs; their blight? ing touoh was manifest on all sides, and it was but reasonable to suspect them in this instance. But this suspicion, though not undeserved, was nnfounded. Judg? ing from the light of subsequent events, we are satisfied that tho price paid by the Spragues was as much as any re? sponsible party would havo agreed to. Besides tho $200, tho Spragaes obligated themselves to furnish water to tho amount of 100-horse power, for the use of the State Penitentiary, the annual value of whioh is estimated at from three to four thousand dollars. But, be the purchase money great or small-and we must remember here that it is exceeding? ly difficult to assess the value of an un? do veloped water power, whioh may prove a mine of wealth, or turn out to be utterly worthless-it was by no moans the motive consideration for the sale of the canal. What we want, what tho State wants, and that whioh prompted, or should have prompted, the convey? ance of the canal to the Messrs. Sprague, is the development of that mighty water power with whioh nature has blessed onr city. Forty, fifty, yea, even a hundred thousand dollars, added to tho coffers of the State, even could we hope that it would be honestly used, oould not compare with the benefits whioh must surely follow from a bona fide development of the canal to its fnll extent and power. The question here arises, are the Spragues, or, rather, the Columbia Water-Power Gompaoy, oomposed of the Messrs. Sprague and Col. Pearoo, really going to do this? Have they a sincere intention of utilizing the immense water power they have purchased, and of es? tablishing mills and factories here? Peo? ple very pertinently and naturally remark that the Spragues have had possession of the oanal for three years, and havo, as yet, given no tangible proof of suoh in? tention. There is certainly not a mill in operation, and the water-power, so far developed, is scarcely worth considera? tion. These are facts, it is true, but they are by no means conclusivo as tc the fature designs of the owners of thc canal. What is the oauso of this appa? rent failure? Why are not manufacto? ries in operation, and why is not Colum? bia tho busy, active, thriving and grow? ing oity whioh was hoped for by a tow, at least, when thc Spragues took hold ol the oanal threo years ago? Is it thal they have played us false, as many sus peet, or has there been good cause ol delay? Have they been playing a sharp little game upou us, by getting control of our water-power, with no intention ol dovoloping it, bat Bimply with a purpose of preventing other capitalists fron using it to compoto advantageously witl their largo manufacturing interests at flu North; or have they mot genuine obsta clos in their way which, when thoy havi surmounted or romovod, will lenvo tin path open to dosi with the canal as ii should properly be dealt with? And will they thus deal with it? Wo hold U the latter view, and would have tho com rnnnity agree with us; for there can bi no greater encouragement and inoontivi to the Spragues, even in a bu sin es, aspect, to push their work vigorously oi and expend their oapital liberally, thai oonfidenoe expressed in their integrity and good faith, and an interest maui fested in their enterprise by the substan tial and respectable oitizens of Colum bia. True, they aro from New Eugland and, doubtless, aro possessed of tba keen eye for business for whioh native Of that la ti tndo uro proverbial; but tho are not of the stripe of the political uti venturers who have swarmed upon u from that section, horo of lato, and wh are dead to every sense of shame r. hoDOst pride, and to every other impulsi indeed, except a diabolical greed fe money. Thoy aro mon of oharaoter i home, and oonld not bat (esl keenly any doubla-suspicions-which might be manifested toward them by a strange, and especially a Southern, community. And to men as wealthy and independent as the Sprague* certainly are, it might work a serious hindrance to their mak? ing large in vestments here. Besides, we believe auch suspicious unmerited and unjust. Though the progress of com? pleting the oanal has not equaled public expectation, it is olear to our mind, as it will be to any one's who will take the1 pains to inquire into and investigate the subject, that .all has been done that is proper, prudent and advisable to be done at this time. Under the conditions of purchase, the Messrs. Sprague were re* quired to expend $10,000 on the oanal within a certain period. Treble that sum, we are creditably informed, was laid out They were required, further, to widen and deepen the old canal, so as to double its original capacity, both to hold and to perform, and to have it finished on or before the 1st day of March of the current year. That, too, bas boen done, and the original oapaoity of the oanal not only doubled, but quad? rupled. Everything, in fact, that the contract with the State demanded, wo are told, and have every reason to believe, has been fully performed. Probably SB much os $75,000 hos been already paid oat on the canal by the Messrs. Sprague, or, as the firm is here styled, the Colum? bia Water-Power Company. That is an earnest, at 'east, of the fiuul thorough proseoution of the work. Still, it is plain that no groat water po ffor has been developed yet; and why? The reason given, and which is verified by our own personal inspeotion of the topography of the canal and of the cal? culations and estimates shown us by the engineer, Major Charles Mahon, is that under the terms of sale it is impossible to locate the dam at a point in the river which will secure the greatest amount of water, and enable the eompany to give to the enterprise the fullest magnitude of which it is capable. The original projectors of the canal, as did also Prof. LeGonte, in his more reoont surveys, contemplated the placing of the dam just above Geiger's Mill. Such, too, was the idea of the Messrs. Sprague, at the time they purchased the canal, and their contract, as it now stands, excludes them from putting it at any point below. Throwing the dam aoross at Geiger's Mill will enable the company to get water to the amouut of 7,000 or 8,000 horse power-no small thing itself. But ? it has been ascertained, after thorough surveys and estimates, that by looating the dam at a poiut just below tho State Penitentiary, tho entire waters of the Cougaree River can be utilized, at no greater expense than by tho former plan, and with a gain of from 6,000 to 7,000 horse power. To effect this, a modifiaa tiou of the contract is needed. Colonel Pearao had a bill introduoed into the Legislature, last wintor, granting him the neoessary authority. It was not aoted upon, and thia bas caused the de? lay in the progress of the work. Ho has another now, of the same character, whioh has been introduced into the House, and if it receives the legislativo sanction, wo are told that the construc? tion of the dam will be oommenoed this spring, or early in the summer-as soon aa the river boco mos sufficiently low. -<-*?.>-. Mona MURDERS.-The people of New York and Brooklyn are, it is intimated, permitting "murder" to bo degraded from a "fine art" to a trade; and tho grim despatch that thero was "au unu? sual number of murders and robberies on Sunday night" confirms this opiuiou. It is anytlnng but safe for peaceful citi? zens to be abroad in either of those great cities af tor dark, and thu ratio be? tween tho rango of tho thermometer and tho commission of crime would make a curious study for Homo disciple of tho learnod Buckle. Want, cold aud hunger aro all so many recruiting sergeants for the devil; and the dangorous classes uro moro inflamad by theso, at this season, than any other. But the orimiual docket does not show tho names of tho ignorant and impoverished only. Wo have had a long list before the public within the past fow months, beginning with Gonoral Colo and onding with Mr. Stokes, show? ing that those who indulge in purple and flue linon are as savago in their wrath, us the unknown assassin of the dooks is re? lentless in his hunger. Thoro is but ono remedy for this. That is certaiuty of punishment; and this eau ouly ho at? tained by a thorough police Bystom, u fearloss judioiary, and laws moro merci? ful to tho quiet members of society than to tho desperadoes. Tho state of affairs now existing in Now York ii to be de? plored; but until it is amended, wo beg the New York Times to reconsider its state mont that tho "pistol is the badge of Southoru civilization." Civil service-Good waitera. L.KOISIJA.T1VE PROCEEDINGS. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1872. SENATE. The Senate met at 12 M., President pro tem. C. W. Montgomery ia the Chair. , The Finance and Judiciary Commit tees submitted reports, which were laid over. BU! to divide the State of South Caro? lina into five Congressional Districts, was ruado the special order for Friday next, at 1 o'clock. Bill to incorporate the Beaufort Manu? facturing end Improvement Company. Ordered to bo engrossed. Bill to iuaorporato the Wallingford Church aud Academy of Charleston, was < passed. Th? following were laid on tho table: To authorize Probate Judges to perform certain duties heretofore performed by Commissioners in Equity, us defined on the lat dny of January, A. D. 1869; re? port on coDcnrrontresolution to appoint a committee to investigate certain mat? ters relative to peuitentiary; to require the Laud Commissioner to issue titles to actual settlers on lands of the State iu Fairfield County; to authorize and em? power the County Commissioners of Sumter County to establish a road iu said County; to regulato the granting of hocuses to retail spirituous liquors; re? port of Fioanco Committee ou petition of Bethany Oay, for pension of her son John M. Gay; bill to permit Samuel N. Anderson to adopt Samuel Lawson, to make him his lawful heir, and to change tho name of Sumuel Liwson to Samuel N. Anderson. A preamble and r?solution, by Mr. Joh UH too, that whereas, the Statu Trea? surer, in a communication, has iuforuml the Senate that tho appropriations tiro exhausted, und the Treasury is without, money to meot tho pny certificates of thu members of tho G?u?ral Assembly, be it resolved, that thu Senate adjourn sine (lia-was indelicately postponed. Bill to amend the tux law, providing for the immediate sale of forfeited lands iu this State, sud also for a change in the law io relation to the redemption of delinquent lands, was passed. At 3 o'clock P. M., the Senate ad? journed until to-morrow, at 12 M. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Tho House met at 12 M., Speaker Moses in the Chair. A bill to establish a metropolitan po? lice district, and to provide for the go? vernment thereof, was resumed, and oc? cupied the attention of the House up to the hour of adjournmeut. A special message was received from tho Governor, relative to certain matters contained iu his annual message, espe? cially as relates to tho tax ou aottou lands in Beaufort, aud delinquent taxes. At 3 o'clock, tho Houso adjourned un? til to-morrow, at ll A. M. Tho President has laid before tho Se? nate tho following communication from State Treasurer Parker. It was referred to tho h manoo Committee: EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, STATE TREASURY OFFICE, COLUMBIA, a. C., Fob. 5, 1872. To the President and Members of the Se? nate. GENTLEMEN: I have tho honor to in? form you thut the appropriation made during the present session of the Gene? ral Assembly, for the payment of thu per diem and mileage of members, pay of attach?es and incidental expenses, for tho sessions of 1870-71 and 1871-72. are exhausted. As fur as I oan learn, thore aro yet out? standing certificates to tho amount of 8110,000, of the session of 1870-71, held by tho various banks and banking insti? tutions of this place, which havo been carriod for a year. The importance of making au early appropriation for the payment of the above oan hardly be over-estimated. Io addition to tho amount above stated, there uro numbers of certificates issued during tho present sessiou yet un? paid, which, together with thoso drawn to pay to tho lGth instant, will, io ray opinion, require a sum of at least $250, 000 to meet. Of tho sum duo for taxes for the pre? sent fiscal year, about one-half of the amount hus buen collected, while the time for payment, without penalty, ex? pired ou January 15. I would respectfully suggest that some mensures he adopted to provide a rave uno sullioiuut to meet tho above aud other demands on tho Treasurer. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, NILES G. PARKER, Stato Treasurer. Tnt; GEORGETOWN AND CIIAHLOTTB RAILROAD.-Tho Georgetown Times saya: Wo sen that J. P. Beckman, who is supposed to represent this County in the Senate of tho Stute, has introduced U bill in that body to ropoal tho char? ter of this road. It is thu first timo wu havo seen Mr. lleukmau's name in thu proceedings of tho Senate since ho has had a seat thore, and we are sorry to seo him make such a bad start. If ho wants a road from Sumter direct to George? town, our peoplo have no objectiou to it; but they do object, one and all, white and colored, to taking away tho charter of a road gruded forty miles, and upon which work is goiug on. What this movement means, nobody hero knows, aud Mr. Beckman must bu representing other interests rather Utan thoso of his const it mm ts in this move, for our people aro opposod to having tho charter re? scinded. Mr. Alfred Forbes, of Swunton, Vt., is lt father at tho ago of thirteen. If his offspring bo equully gifted with muster Alfred, that precocious young mun stands a fair chauco to bo a grand-father at tweuty-aix, and a greut-gruud-futber ut thirty-nine. Mr. II. Henson, of Loudon County, Tenn., claims to havo tho largest yum potato iu Touuesseo. It mensures nine and a half foct iu length and weighs four pouuds. Judge Mackey on th? Stand. Judge Tbomaa J. Mackey (newly elected to tho Sixth Circuit) adt?roeacd the citizeua of Union,in the Court House, aa follow?, on the 5th Instant. He waa introduoed to the as? semblage-numbering, %u we are informed, about 600 whito aud colored poi Bona-by H. H. Stokes, Esq.: Fxz.now-Crrizr.Ns: Having been invited by the oitiscena of Union, without distinction of party, to addreaa them, I appear bare to re. apond. I Bhall not mistake the purpose of tho invitation, or assume -or an instant thal it waa designed as a pomonal triuuteof honor or osteom. The majority of those who compose thia intelligent audience have but little concern tor m / upi mon? aa au individual, and are not unwilling to accord to me, aa an individual, tho privilege of entortainiug still lesa for theirs. But, aa tho Judge elect of the Sixth Circuit, and about to enter upon my dutiea at the gravest cuujunoture in your affairs, my views are deBirod in order that they may fur niall, perchance, somo index to my official oouree. They Bhall be made frankly, and, I trust, within the bounds of a becoming cour? tesy, whioh, if over-stepped by mu ou thia occasion, it will ho because I would rather wound your sensibilities than mislead your judgments. I am aware that I am obnoxious io those who, iu great part, reproaent Ute educated intelligence and social culture of tho communities embraced within this my new field of duty. I own that thia ave?- on ia natural, but I deny that it ia just, /ia a native South Carolinian, who rooeived the medal of thu State for adding somewhat to her martial renowu on tho fields of Mexico, aud for that aorvtco waa educated nv her bountv at her military school, and afterwards served for noar four years at the frout as a Confederate officer, aud aided to maintain, in many battles, the accepted theories of lils ?State, I cannot expect a very kindly wolcouie where I appear belora my whito follow-uiti zoua aa ii Itupublioau, and au ardent advocate of a .Stato and Federal Administration to which tliey aro by a vast majority sincerely opposed, ai. least in their party afUliatioua. My vindication, in this respect, ? am conten? to leave to ibu nut tar distant futuro, when, amuug Carolinians of ni) race, lo)ally to tue uati >u will tiu lunger hu regarded an treason tu tin- Stale, fu the meantime, f shall, as un ux Cou tod. ra tu officer, hold firmly to tho opi? nion thal tile course which Longstreet lul towud, and which Sturliug Price appioved, cumin he very far from tho path of houor. i'his, however, I promise you, that tho spirit uf thu partiaail ?hall he quelled iu the breast ni the Judge. Thu duties devolved upou me in this emergency, r quire for their faithful perlorinance a tuiud fortified by frequent cumtutiuiou vith its Maker. In the diacharge ot thc judicial ufiloe, 1 shall oudeavor to act as impartially as it I had no friends, and aa tearlessly as if 1 had no enemy. In the inte? rest of law and order, 1 invoke the aid ot all good citizens. 1 especially and with much coutideucu appoal lo the small farmers and the working-men of my own raca to aid me with their counsel, and, if need be, with their strong armit, to preserve tho peace iu thu suction, lately the scene of a system of orgau izud crime HO wide-aprcad and terrible iu itt execution as lo have placed tho whito man ol South Carolina upou his d?fonce at the bar ol au enlightened public opinion throughout tin civilized world. It has compelled tho armed intervention of the Government of the United Status, for the protection of oue class ol American citizens against violonce and out' rage at the hand? of another class, equall] hound to render obedience to its law?, uui men largely indebted to its magnanimity. That this Intervention waa justifiable, win will be bold enough to deny? The uatior whose baud has never beeu laid upou a loyal citizeu, savu iu thu way of kindness, wai wounded through the sidus of its friends Its vussuls of war are ?eut to distant seas U avengo, at tbs muzzles of their cannon, t wrong done tu une ot its humblest oitizons it a foreign laud, even though tho wrong-doe; ho a powerful umpire. How much mon quickly, then, should the Government inter veno lo protect its citizens against appalling wrong upon its own soil; especially whuu ii has been madu to appear, hy uuimpeachet testimony, and "continuations strong ni proofs of tluly Writ," that thc victims or tin wrong suffered chit Hy because of their uu building loyalty to their country. The masked rider, with his foarful yell arousing the t rt ni hiing obj ect of his Ulidu'lgh visit, to writhe under thu nullet ur the lash has boen succeeded by tho stern trooper o the United ?lates army, whose presence an UUUUCed lhat thu Government ot the repub? lic had at last proclaimed to those who mur durad and scourged its citizens "thus farana! thou go and no farther." Arrusta of citizens upon moro military or tiers -themselves a grave violation of th laws of thu United State?, and only excusahl by tho still more gravo emergency that the) exiatod-soon followed. The prisons wer crowded with your fellow-citizens, somo o whom now occupy cells within the Bound o my voice. Many of your meu of eubetanc have tied, and now eat the bitter bread u exile. Hundreds of your bravo yoomanrj the hird-handod tillers of tho soil, are to-da held in arrest awaiting trial; while others, con fussing their guilt, in the presence of orel whelming proofs, in open oourt, have hue transported to a remote prison by tho jus sentence of a Judge alike illustrious for hi learning and humanity. Thu most startling fact that presents itscl in this connection is that, with oue r.olitar exception, not very striking, the men thu sentenced woro thu garments of honest hlbo -the j ians clothing, that, Irom the days t Marion and Sumter, down to the present, ha been worn by thc men who have pressed neal est to the bayonet of the enemy on tho day t bailie, and have given nearly all its Instr., t thu name of thu South Carolina voluuteei fuese men are unlettered and have Ititi knowledge of books. They never wrote th burning lines of the Ku Klux ritual or tramo thu well-rounded period? of the constilutio tba' formed its bloody charter. They wer badly taught, ami they alone, and not tliei moro guilty teachers, tiavu tasted the bitte fru ts of that leaching. With your aid, I will endeavor, in the lin of my duty, to prevent and to punish th great wrong. Tu my tehuw-citizens of th black race, who have been its chief victim: I say, lot your vougeaucesloop. Give no jut cannu fur o??.Mic -, and nu pretext for arme violence, lt ia charged again?! you in tin cimmuuily -a charge which, in its goner* application, 1 do nut believe to ho true-tint you do not regard the white man's rights t property; thal some of you have burned hi barns and set lire to his dwellings; that yo have slaughtered am! appropriated his stud and stolen his corn und cotton hy night an carried thom away. If these things hu st they should bo swiilly punished by thecourti and you owe it to the honor of your race t seo to it that the crimin?is among you ar quickly brought to justice It is also charge mat you have teri Hied thu families of you whito neighbors, by armed must ors ami drill at midnight, accompanied by tho firing < guns upon the highway. Whether this wu done by you before ur after thu raiding of th Ku Klux began hus nut been shown. Tin must be HU no more. Doubtless hi? Exec louey tho Governor, who, I know, is ready t do his whole tluly to all thu people of th Slate, will, on due application, direct tb equipment of tho proper complement nf Stat National Guards in thu respectivo Conn?t ol this Circuit. These will ho composed, have nu doubt, of both whito und colore companies, under Ibo command of discret and foai less officers, aud will bo mustere and drilled nt slated periods, ami held tu strict aop mutability, thrungli courts marna Tor all violations of (ho orders of the cuu inander-in-chief. You will nul need again t bear arms at night. The laboring man, wli lies down to rest in the peace of the Statt shall not again bo made afraid, or have h sleep broken by tbe fear o? the lash. Though the roof that shelters him may be open to the rein, and though the wind? may blow freely between the rude logs of bis cabin, still it mutt bo held sacred from intrusion, because it is, however humble, the castle of an Arno rican citizen, and no mau shall violate it or oppress h ia poraon there with impunity. If crimea aro committed, tho judicial officer* shall ie? H o their warranta to arrcattho crimi? nals. If legal proceaa ia resisted with arma, the abut iff shall nummon tbe jwxne, ol white and cubil nd citizens, to promptly overcome that rem nance, at all hazards. If'tbls fails - and I well tielinvu, if weil directed, it cannot fail-the Governor will eider ? strong force of militia into the Comity, to aid io executing the law; and if I hey should bu driven back, then, and not until then, will tho aid of the United t?tates forcea be invoked, and they will be called on ouly to reinforoe the military arm ot the State, and not to supersede lt. I have thus, fellow-cttizene, given you my views frankly and unreservedly. They may be somewhat modified ae to past events by facts unfolded in the futuro; nut the princi? ples on whioh those views are founded I shall never ohange. It is said that that ohild re mombera Ins mother moat tenderly who knew her in the daya of her youthful beauty, or in the bloom of her early womanhood, before time or sorrow had marred the lines of her nuver-forgotton face. With a fooling kindred to thia, do I recall tho past glories of my 8tate, and tbe period of her brightest mate? rial proaperity, before her hearth-atones had been broken and her fields furrowed by the red ploughshare of war. Since then tbe brightest bladea of her chivalry have buen broken on tho shield of their country. Thou? sands of her true-hearted and gallant aont aleen iu nameless, though still remembered, gravoa. lu the name of liberty, we struck ic tho cauae of slavery! Let ua, however, torr our faces away from tho paat. cherUhinp utily the lesson that lt teaches, and tho me? mory ut the dead who hallow it. I am satisfied that your ancient prosperity will return, and with ten-told increase, uncle! the now and better system. Gu one of thoai maj ea tic prairies of tho great Weat, there ii a river, along whoae bright stream aud beau tiful banka thu emigrant travels for tiff mi es. when, tu his astonishment, it suddenl" loses itself iu the saud, and ia not. aueu agaii for many a day's mareil, beyond the apo where it became lost to view. It, however re-appeara, and rolla ita welcome waten ou wain through the plain in a broader am deeper volume. Thus may it bo with ou State. Tho aourcea of her industrial wealth and the means of diffusing happiness among her whole people, although temporarily hid den from sight, still exist, and are even noi re-appearing. Let us utilize them, and no chain onraelvca to the decaying oorpae of : dead and gone policy. The man wno aup poses that ibero will be any popular re-actioi iu tho States ot the North, sufficient t upheave or chango the cardinal principles c tue present political ayatem, ia aimply imi tating tho boy who waits for the sky to fal that he may catch larks. He resemble? th a tubber ii ti avider who refused, y oars ago, t pay ferriage on tho Mississippi and halted o the bauk with bia team, to wait until tb river ran by. He may yet be there, waitin hopefully, but tho mighty river still rolla it ever-increasing waters to* 'lie Gulf. If I can by any legitimate means aid i bringing thu two racea into harmony iu tbi necton, ono of my prondest aspirations wi be realized. They have already a commn hope aud a common interest ia thia Btiti and only ueed to bu welded together by common faith. For myself, I desire to say that the inni cent man, however poor aiid humble, sha never want a counsellor or a friend in tl court I preside; and uo citizen, however big bia degree in the aocir.l acale, or howevi fierce bia politioal partisanship against mi ahab ever be able to deelare, with truth, tbi 1 have done bim an intentional wrong; < that I h ive boen that moral monater-au tu just Judgo. To my colored fellow-oitiznua, I would fu thar say, I am sensible of thc fact that ni "urning here, aa the Judge of the Sixth Ci cuit, baa inapired you with expectations thi ara gratify ina to me, aa an evidence of com dsnco on the part of tho race tn which chiefly owo my elovation to tho bench. Tin confidence I shall uot betray, for gratitui and honor alike impel mo to merit it. Bo officially aud personally, I shall take tl deepest interest in your welfare, aa well aa that of the laborers of my own race. Tl law shall bo administered iii morey, and tl scales of juatice shall be held with ovi balance, weet her the cauae to be weighed I ! that of the white man or the black. Thia, know, ia all that voa will ask of me; and th t yon have a right to demand. Fcliuw-citizeua, in conclusion, I thank yt for the oourteoua attention that you ha given to language that you are not accuatot ed to hear; and which might, if my uioti were misunderstood, arouse in many of yi a spirit of resentment. "Let ua have peac waa the noble sentiment of the groat aoldi who ia now tho Chiet Magiatrateof our cou try, as ho waa about to lay aside hU victoi oua sword to bocomo the first citizen of tl Republic. The sentiment that he utter then, he means uow. He is your friend, ai desiree earnestly to see all American citizei in South Caroliua dwell together aa urethra under tho shelter of a common mansion. F you. the path of dutv ia the only path of poa aud aafety. For every tuan there should be placo of ropoae bctwoen the cradle and tl gravo, and thia people need real from tl strife that baa fretted and couvulaed them long. If I can hasten the return of harmot among you, and contribute to tho eatablia meiit of an enduring peace iu thia aoctio then will my doaroat wish have Leen aoooi pliahed. That I may effectually do thia, I a your confidence; and assure you, from n heart, that I will earnestly endeavor to d serve it. WRANGLE OVEII A MURDERER'S BOD When tho body of George Botts, ex outed iu Newark for killing "Pet" iii s ted, reached White Hall, Now Jerse the friends found many churchmen ut their clergymen in front of tho churo They denied tho murderer's body a mission, nud forbade tho burial iu tl gravo thut hud been prepared. Aft much wrangling, a compromiso w elieoled, the body being interred wi tho understanding that it should BOI bo taken elsewhere. Botts' friends w insist on keeping tho corpse where it i and the church folks threatened to e hume it. A savage dog at Trentou, New Jerse has severely bitten seven or eight pi sons, and the owner, though often I quested to koop him securely fasten up, refuses to do so. Aud now th have instituted suit in court to soo wt thor it is lawful to allow such au un in to run at largo. Tho Athens (Teni Pout ailyn thoy have a better pluu of d posing of such cases in that State, any oue insists on keeping a rabid dangerous animal, to the nu noy aneo a injury of his neighbors, they shoot hi at short runge-und thou, if tho own makes a muss about it, they ve promptly shoot him, too, thus getti rid of both tho brutes. During tho Grund Dukcul hunt on t prairies, it was proposed that Cou ?liouvulhoiT should bo sent ahead ot tho Pacido Railroad to raise tho sm blockade. Booal Items, "* Crrx MATTBBS.-The price of single oopies of the PHOENIX is Bye cents. Parties interested in the raffle of the canary bird and cage, at the Pollock House, will call and pay for their chances, as tho raffle will take place. ' Messrs. Lewie &: Niser ure construct? ing a now steam saw mill, machine shop and lumber yard on the vacant lot near tho shops of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, the whole to cover four acres. Work is progressing very rapidly. Yesterday was a decidedly unpleasant day. The raia ponred steadily, and oc? casional flashes of lightning and peals of tbnnder showed that summer waa endea? voring to interfere with winter'* arrange? ments. The rumors current on the streets, a few days since, in regard to a change in the United States Marshal, prove to be groundless, so far as the aotual fact of removal goes. Marshal Johnson bas not been removed np to this time, nor is it at all certain that be will be. Represen? tative Bowen received a despatch, yes? terday, to that effect. MAI ii AiutiSGEMEM's.-The Northern mail opens at 3.00 P. M.; closes 7.15 A. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.OL! P. M.; closes 0.00 A. M. Charleston night mail opens G.30 A. M.; closes6.00 P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P. M. ; closes 6.00 A. M. Western mail opous 9.00 A. M. ; closes 1.30 P. M. On Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M. From the following local notice in the Richmond Enquirer and Examiner, it will bo seen that our fellow-citizen, A. Y. Lee, Esq., hos determined to extend the sphere of his nsefolness: - We are happy to weloome in our city Mr. Alex. Y. Lee, a gentleman of great repute os an architect and civil engineer. Mr. Lee comes to ns highly recommend? ed from Colombia, S. C. He is a gra? duate of the South Carolina Military Academy and of the National School of Designs of Paris, France. Having ap? plied himself closely to the study of his profession, he is fully capacitated to ex? ecute it with satisfaction. He has opened an office at the corner of Bank and 11th streets. With Mr. Lee's accomplish? ments aud experience as an architect, and hiu taste iu high art, he will always be successful wherever he goes. LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Acts of the L?gislature. Meeting of Richland Lodge. Bryan & McCarter-Valentines. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. HOTEL ABBIVALS, Februarv G -Central Holet-O Smith, Ga; J O Clay, Wine; J O Allen, Haigh!'? Circus; W lt Henderson, Charleston; F P Heard, J H Bollin, Simeon Molieran, city ; John Bnrdine, Anderaon; John Warren, Mich; J Mellera, A E Gileherat, W J M Kira ll. Marion; D P Croebv, A E Davie, J C bell, J W Evana, Fairfield; J S Oibaon, Alston; J S Land. W J Whitlock, Greenville; Misa M Thomaa, Ben nette vi Ile; J L Mcculloch, W Henderson, W 8 8mlth. Wm Smith, T W Tray Inr, S C; G T Reid, G A O R R; Thoa W Rabb, Monticello. Nickerson House-Mrs G Schwarze, Texaa; R J Latta, York; R J Donaldaon, wife and child, Gberaw; Gol L J Jones, Newberry; T N Tolbert. Ninety-Six; J S Jacobs, B G Yocum, C N Leslie, J H Run kell. 8 C; J H H anderson. New Orleans; J J Allen, Memphis; R A Prin? gle, Charleston; 8 Adame, S C. SIMPLE CURB FOR BURNS-A varnisher of medals, in Paris, one day got his hand badly bnrned, and in his agony thrust it into a pot of varnish at his side. To bis astonishment, the pain at once ceased, and the wonnd rapidly healed. This care being reported around, per? sons in tho neighborhood who bad got burned came to the varnisher, and were cured in like manner. The news circulated far and wide, and finally reached the medical faculty, and the varnisher was sent for to try his skill in the hospital. He responded to the call, and succeeded in oaring all on whom he operated. The philosophy of the euro is, tho vurnish keeps the burn from tho air, und gives nature a chance to supply a now skin nuder its protec? tion. A Minnesota school-boy, who was sent to tho principal with a noto that "the bearer deserves a severe punishment," guessed its contents and gave it to an? other little boy whom he met in thc entry. Tho little boy \va3 foolish, of course, but tho master rnado him smart enough to avoid such mishaps in future. Josh Billings says: "Most men con? cede that it looks foolish to seo a boy dragging n heavy sled up hill for the 'fleetin* pleasure of riding down again. But it appears to mo that boy is a sage by the sido of that young mau who works hard all the week, and drinks up his wages ou Saturday night." Somebody has invented n bung-hole for beer barrels to prevent reveuue frauds. There is but ono sort of hole that will effectually prevent frauds uuder the prosont Administration, and that was invented when tito first man was buried. An exchange, desoribing a fashionable party, speaks of a gallant who whispered to a lady "and took her apart." It is not a very difficult feat to "tnko a lady apart" theso times; but then there is vory little left of her afterward. London, with a population of 3,000, 000, has only nine daily newspapers five morning and four evening-while Puris hus twenty aud New York twenty four. A Connecticut woman has suicided with kerosene-not in tho ordioary way, by ki lulling fires, but by drinking a tumblerful.