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COLUMBIA. S. C. Taos 'ay ?omins:. February 13. 1972. TU? Colombia Cnn ni. Some anonymous scribbler, either afraid to give his name ot more proba? bly ashamed of it, published -au article in the Union yesterday, which, while the writer professedly has no intention of taking the PHCENIX to task, makes vague, malicious insinuations of undue motives having prompted a late editorial of this paper, upon the subject of the oanal. This scribbler speuks of the piece in the Pnamix M "purporting to be an edito? rial." On that score, wo have to say that it was nothing more nor lesa than what it purported to be. No ono questions, not even -the so called Pearoeless, and certainly point? less, writer, the immense benefits that wonjd result to Columbia and to the Whole State from a thorough bona fide development of the great water power which the Spragnes have purchased. ' Every right-minded citizen is anxious to see the work progress and pushed on to fi Dal and perfect completion. This common desire induces us to encourage and sustain the Sp rag nu Water Power Company in every propor way; and u further .inducement to us, and .what at tho same time ?B no smnll guaranty of tho integrity of their purposes, is the fact that they aro meeting such spiteful opposition in carrying on their enter? prise.from certain State officiais, who do but commend in the eyes of ali decent people that which they strive most to .condemn. Of that stripe we conceive this1 anonymous scribbler to bo. He is certainly no well wisher to the Stute, for at the close of his oommncioation there appears this expression, and here leaks out, too, the sole motive that has im? pelled hi8,apytril|pu8 pen: "Let the* State re-possess itself of the oanal." That is a most brilliant and patriotic idea. Leithe State re-possess itself for what? Wo will.tell him. It would be simply to throw the canal into the hands of the Sinking i-'und Commission, as the other assets of the State have beep, and to have it either sold by that commission for a trifle to Scott & Go., or else to open by it another door to perpetuate untold frauds by issuing State bonds ostensibly to develop the canal, bat really to fill their thievish pockets. In oar mind the grayest calamity which could befall the State, incident to this canal, is, that the present State authorities should regain control of it. Now, as to the proposed location of the dam, to favor which, the original article in the PIKKNIX was mainly writ? ten, we should be glad to hear any sensi? ble objection nrged against it. This writer in the Union says, in effect, that because 7,000 or 8,000 horse power can be scoured by throwing a dam across at Geiger's mill, no effort should be made to place it at the penitentiary, where donble that amount can be had. That in strong reasoning, surely. In conclusion, and as an offset to the miserable pan that formed the writer's norn da plume, we will suggest to him though "not pearoed,"he is evidently fStol]branded. The House amnesty bill has at last roached a final vote in tho Senate, aud boen dofeatod. Mr. Sumner deserves and is entitled to thc-credit of its defeat. His zeal io pressing his oivii rights amendment into the body of the bill was prompted, i ; has all ulong appeared, by his hostility to Grant, who had recom? mended amnesty in his message, for no one knew botter than Mr. Sumner that if his amendment were adopted, tho am? nesty bill could not pass. He was as? sured to that effect latterly by nearly every Senator in the body, and urged to submit his measure as an independent ono. He squeezed in his amendment after all by tho casting vote of Colfax, thors being c. tie vote of 28 to 28. Tho amendment having boen put on, such Republican Senators as Boreman, Hill, Logan, Morrill (Me.), Scott, Tipton, Trumbull and Wright, voted with tho Democrats against tho bill, and thus de? stroyed tho required two-thirds to pass it, tho result being 33 to 19, twenty-one Senators being absent. Thcro is pond? ing in tho Senate still another lions,? amnesty bill, but if called up for a vote, Mr. Sumner will offctr his old amend? ment, and tho result will bp thc same again. --?-??-?---. FATAL EXPLOSION OP A MI SOI: PIE -- The Sbakopco (Minn.) Mirror, of tho 28th ult., says: On Monday last Dr. Ovt-rholt buried his oldest child, a boy of about three yearn. Wo learn that thc child's death was caused by the bursting of a mince pie, which its mother was convoying from the oven. Thc pio be? ing surcharged with steam-having no vont ia tho crus*.-exploded, throwing ? considerable quantity of tito scalding contents about tho little unfortunate's loco and neck, burning it so badly as to throw it iuto convulsions, resulting in death. PBKP?BD?O FOB WAB-IBON-CLADS TO BK BUILT.-The Naval Com ca itt oe of the House hayo agreed tp report an impor? tant bill ^thorning tue'Seoretary of ihe Navy to constrict tpn or more steam vessels of war, parrying .guns of large oalibre, tho .bulls of tho same to be built of wood or iron, aa the Secretary may decido, and appropriating $3,000,000 for the same, in addition to any sam of money that may bo realized from the sale of vessels, machinery, ordunuoo or materials now at the navy yards or naval stations. The bill farther directs tho Secretary to appoint a board of survey to recommend the Bale of snob material at public auction, the proceeds thereof to bo ulso applied to the construction und equipmout of vessels of war of the most approved modern description, com? bining strength, speed and effectiveness, the plans and specifications to be fur? nished by the Navy Department. There is a prevailing belief among members that thia will become a law. It would be far better, we think, to spend a few hundred in doing what is right, and thereby avoid collisions that will add hundreds of millions to the burthons of an already over-taxed people. -? ? NARROW GACOU CONVENTION.-An im? portant couvemiun, composed of all the narrow gauge railroad companies of tho United Btates, is to be hold in St. Louis next Juue, for tho purpose of discussing the question whether railroads of this description will unswor tho purpose of roads of wider gauge, and generally of ascertaining their cost, the expooBu of operating,Chem and keeping them in re? pair, the rel ut ions of their freight capa? city .to thedemands of Ibo country, their safety and 'bcoommodatjons as respects passenger trafUo, and what general sys? tem ought to be adopted- -in their con? st ruction and management. .The con? vention, it ia said, will be. amended by the most eminent civil engineers nod railroad builders of the Country, and mav perhaps-result in a new-departure in . 'uilway history. Mn. EDITOR: I notice in-your issue of tho 6th instant, certain editorial com? ments upon the inaccuracies of the codo of statute laws of .tho QLate.as digested and adopted by the. Legislature. Per? mit me to point out aa omission of a o?anse in the jory Act of 1869, Section first, which reads as.follows: * * "Pro? vided, always, That the list, when com? pleted, shall be such that the number of Dames of white voters thereon shall bear to thc number of names of colored voters, us noar aa may bu, the same pro? portion us tho whole number of white voters bears to tho whole number of colored voters, in the township, city or Oonnty, as the case maybe." In digest? ing the jury law of the State, Messrs. Corbin, Whipper and Montgomery have ignored this provision; although it was iu fall force, not having been repealed even by implication. What might some? times be ascribed tu ignorance or care? lessness, may have a motive. If so, was the motive iu the case to get rid of the trouble of having any white men on the juries in the United States Cirouit and District Courts, (in which they are re? quired to be of similar proportions,) in the trials to take place hereafter? It is known that at the late trials in Columbia the District Attorney was sorely perplexed at the opening of the court, bemuse the jury did not suit him. He succeeded in getting a now venire of additional jurors selected, it is said, by his associate, Mr. Worthington. The additiouul list had the proper proportion of whito and colored voters; but white and colored ulike had evidently been selected with a scrupulous regard to their known political prejudices. In other words, the jurors on this new list were pad ed-a thing so palpable to ovory one connected with tho court, that even somo of the officiais themselves were forced to admit it; but excused them? selves by saying that "it was done under orders from Washington " The District Attorney has apparently used his power ns ono of tho commis (donor* to codify the stututo law of the State, ho as to omit from his report im? portant proviHious of the law, when they interioro with his convenience or plea? sure, or Ibo ends of purty. JUSTICE. DEVELOPING THE GEORGIA FRAUDS. Tho Atlanta (Qa.) Constitution says: "Thc activo, ablo legislativo commit? tee inquiring into Blodgott's inauugo meat of tho Stato Road, are unearthing such a mass of corruption as the world rarely sccs. It is not propor, of course, to record their labors, savo as they aro pniclicully announced in arrests and suits, lint we can assure our roadnrs that tho filthy fuels aro comiog to light. It is ubsolutoly sickening. Steal, cheat, forgo, swindle, rob, falsify, have boen tho programme. Every species of expe? dient has beon resorted to for plunder? ing tho road. Outsiders and insiders have colluded. Hoad agents, merchants, judges and everybody else appear crim? inated. Relentlessly is tho committee tracking out tho frauds. Arrests and suits against parties littlo dreamed of aro lipening." A Wisconsin paper states that a little girl, eight years old, is begging in the streets of Oshkosh, with a paper which certifies that "tho bearer is a widow with five children, iu destitute circum? stances." LKGUHL.ATIVK PR?OKBDINOS. MONDAY, F EU HU AK Y 12, 1872. SENATE. j The Senate met at 12 M., President Pausier in tho Chair. Mr. Bookman introduced ?bill to in? corporate the Charleston Joint S took Company, for tho benefit of-the Slate Orphan Asylum. Mr. Corbin-To incorporate, ?tho'Peo? ples' Sayings Institution of Charleston. The' following bille were passed: TO incorporate the town of Lowisvillo; to amend tho charter pf tho itow o of Beuu fort; to amend an ?ot entitled "AojAct to incorporate the town of Cokosbtiry." ? preamble aud resolutions "from the House, relative to Senators Robertson and Sawyer, wore read, and made the special order for 1 o'clock P. M., Wednesday next. At half-past 1 o'clock, tho Senate ad? journed, i HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The Houso mut ut 12 M., Speaker Moses in tho Chair. The following bills were passed: To establish a publio road in Barnwell and Orangebnrg Counties; to change tho name of William N. Martin, and make him one of tho legal heirs of his father; to authorize aud requiro tho County Commissioners of York to chnugo the location of tho Armstrong Ford Road, in said County; to repeal uu Act enti? tled "An Act to provide for tho appoint? ment of a Laud Commissioner, und to define his powers and duties;" to iuoor poruti! tho Brotherly Association of Charleston; lo incorp?ralo tho Cheraw Fire Eugiuc Company as u \ sri of the tiro department of thc tow;1 of Cheraw; to graut, reuow und amend the chart ri? ot tho village of Book Hill, York Coun? ty; to provide for the paytneut of i:i>r tain costs uccruiug ou lauds sold by County Treasurers at delinquent tax sales aud purouasod by tho State; joiut resolution nuthoriziug the State Trea? surer to reissue stock of thu Stuto of South Carolina; to compensate John T. Green, .ludge of the Third Circuit, for extra services. A bill to authorise the Mayor and Al? dermen ol the oity of Columbia to issue bondB, and negotiate and sell the same, was made thu special order for Tue ida v, at 1 o'clock P. M. Mr. Bowley offered tho following: Whereas we, the Representatives of the people of South Carolina, in tho in? terests of liberty and equality, recoptly passed a concurrent resolution instruct? ing our Senators and requesting our Representatives in Congress to voto for the passago of the supplementary civil rights bill then pendiug in the United States Congres*; and whereas it appears that Hou. F. A. Sawyer and HOD. T. J. Robertson did, notwithstanding Buch in? structions, vote against said bill, thereby proving reoreant to the trust imposed in them by the Republican majority in this State, and showing that they are opposed to the principles of liberty and the equality of all men; therefore, bo it Resolved, That the said F. A. Sawyer aud T. J. Robertson be requested to re sign their scats io the United States Congress forthwith. Resolved, That the Clerk of the Honse be instructed to forward certified copies of these resolutions to said Senators and our Representatives in Congress, and to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the Houso of Representatives of the United States Congress. Considerable discussion ensued, but it was finally adopted by a voto of 76 yeas aud 1) nays, and ordered to the Se? nate. Mr. Gilither introduced a bill to re? quire the Laud Commissioner to issue titles to actual settlers in Kershaw Coun? ty. Mr. Crittenden-To incorporate the Beudy River Baptist Church in Green? ville Couuty. Mr. Goodh-ou-To re-open a public highway iu Richland County. A number of bills were read the sc ooud timo nud ordered to bo engrossed. At -1.45 tho House adjourned until to? morrow, nt 12 M. POLITICAL TUOUULB BREWING.-Tho Springfield (Mass.) Republican gives a political statement which is construed as portending trouble. It uays: "Senator Wilson has gone back to Washington, utter two or three days in Now England and New York, iu a very alarming state of mind as to General Grant's prospects of ro-eleotion. They toll us from Washington that he says he eau not tuko tho stump in tho Now Humpshiro election unless the Preside ut lirst 'cleans out' tho Now York custom houso. Evcu Fornoy has got frightened and tukou very gloomy views of the po? litical [situation. There are no better political barometers than Henry Wilson and John W. Forney. They scent dan? ger from afar, and know well when to hi Jo from tho coming storm." ANOTIIKH CLAIMANT FOR A SLICE OK NBW Youie CITY.-Tho Marshalltowu (Iowa) Times says: Messrs. Boardmau aud Woodbury will visit Now York soon in tho interest of Rev. Joel Edwards, looking after tho ?82,000,000 estate, which is located mostly in New York cit}', und was originally loused for ninety nine yours, which has just expired, by Robert Edwards, tho great-grand-father of our fricud Joel. Tho vast estate, equal to a principality, falls to Joel and thirty-four other hoi is. It is the opinion of those acquainted with the facts in the caso that, it is only a question of timo as to its realization by tho heirs. If a com? promise is effected Joel will soon have his $3,000,01)0. - . - Roman Catholics huvo organized total abstinence unions in many of tho States, and propose holding a national convention in Baltimore, forthopurpo.se of milking I lin organization more general, iittractive and ellioiout, A recent letter-writer says that in Ber? lin, out of a population of nearly a 1,01)0,000, onlynboul 12,000 puroona at? tend church on a Sunday. WHAT WOULD THB SOUTH DO?-A war between. Great Britain and the United States would bo u very serious thing. Both aro powerful nations-r-powerful in all the reaomoee of men and capital re? quired to make up a first-alass conflict. Bach a war wonld oe fraught with un? told calamities to all coucuraed. What? ever might bethe fiuul issue, it is cer? tain .that no real good could acorue| from it to the American republic. Supposing that such a war should en? sue from tho present complications, thu the que*pon wry naturally 'fiogjgnats it self, how would the South, or rather the people of the Southern States, stand affected toward it? Tb IB question can? not but be ouo of grave concern to those who have the conduct of oar national affairs, if indeed they seriously think of a resort to the sword. Without ut all intending to depreciate tho character of the Northern people, we hold that it is a fact not to be disputed that the people of the fifteen Southern States constitute by all odds tho most warlike race on the ooutiuuut. For four years they held ut bay by tho meru forco of-determined re? solve aud desperate courage arm.es whioh were to them as an hundred to one, and at last gave up only because they wero ntterly worn out and exhaust? ed by tho struggle. Undismayed by trialB und sufferings that would have broken the spirit of uuy other people, the South was found ready to storm a fort, mount a breach, or take part iu thu deadly charge Up to thu last moment when surrender to the inevitable was preferred to annihilation. Noue kuow hotter .than Graut and his advisors the importance of securing tho sympathy and co-ope lat loti of tho Souther II people iu a foreign war. War with Grout Britain ou the ,i*J*uo presented might, sud perhaps wonld be popular with Now England, for New England has been anxious for such au event, in otdm to eut off competition in her manufactures, pretty much ever since the time wheu blue lights wero dis? played from her coasts us a signal to the public enemy. Tho Middle aud West? ern States would have nothing to gain, aud much to lose, by snob a contingency. Aud as for the puoplo of tho Southern States, they have not boen so justly or generously dealt with siuce, in good faith, they laid down their arms, at thc termination of the late civil strife, tc outer with uny groat enthusiasm upon this quarrel of President Grant und lin friends. Hud a different policy been pursued, it might be that tho meu of thc South would respond, with the alertness they have never failed to show where the national honor was at stake, to the rally? ing cry, even though the poiut at issue wero what it is. But if, under any cir cuinstaoccs, they could forgot, in patri otio enthusiasm, that the question ol dispute betwuou the Uuited States ant1 Great Britain grows out of the counte nance given by the latter to the Coufo derate catine, they will scarcely do so ai the mutter stands. The symputhy and aid of the oppress?e and persecuted people of the South wi coaolude, therefore, can baldly bo ex peotod by Grant aud his Cabinet if, ai we do not at all beliove, they seriously contemplate tho inauguration of hostlli ties against Great Britain on account o the Alabama claims. [ Louisville Courier-Jo urn al. This is what the New Orleans Time says about the Mardi Gras. Aren't wi glad wo are not thore: During the next week New Orlean will bo visited by thousands of strangers ton at least of every hundred of whoa will be subjected to the insinuating ap preaches of "cappers," "ropersiu," ant "short- gamo" players. The patrolmei ou tho beats aro powerless to aid th victims, os it is generally conceded tba uny iuterfereuce with what are teohni cally called "sports," subjeot a police mau to severe reprimand, if not instan dismissal. Those in authority over tin force have too long neglected tho matte to admit of even the hope that they cai hu iuduoed to take auy steps for the pro lection of strangers, and unless som measures aro adopted by citizens, wo cai look forwurd to a series of swiudliui transactions of greater or less extout It should at once become tho duty o those having tho true interests of tb community ut heart to inform sud friends as may bo attracted from ubroui by tho festivities of Mardi Gras, of th exact status of the confidence men am police, und werna list of "mun traps' and notod "cappers" published f ir thoi information, many pecuniary losse might be prevented. A BRUTAL FATUEK.-Tho Mern phi Appeal, of Monday, tells tho followinj story of neglect aud brutality: "A person who farms for a liviui some distunco from the city, rode in spring wagon luto towu yesterday bringing with him a little son. Afte figuring around for an hour or two doing worldly business, he pulled np ii front of a grocory in the suburbs am went iu to refresh aud oomfort hirasoll leaving tho boy to take care of th horses. The man met some companion in doors with whom ho sot about bc coaling aouvivial, as is tho custom o thoso who congregate in suburban gre cerics. Timo sped on, and the boy ii tho wagou became numbed with th cold, anti fell into a stupor. Thu "lines' dropped from his lingers, and tho horsi walked off. When it was timo to ditj perse from tho grocery tho exoollou father and fueling paront could tim noither the wagoo nor boy. He spun tho whole ovemug looking for them ii the city, aud was going homo in a hal crazed stato when he met his trust; colored man riding in for u doctor, say illgtho boy "Tomy was frozen to death. The horse had walked home, and til stiff child was found still sitting in hi seat. A Kansas youthful misanthrope htiui his favonio cut and then hiing himself. APTER TUE READING OP THE SPEECH -f After the HuuHe of Commons bad ref ', turned from. the House .of Lurds, Mr, Disraeli arose, and called the attention of 'the House to the paragraph of the rojal spotjob io reference to tho arbitra? tion of the. Alabama claims. He ani? madverted at soma length npon tb? treaty of Washington, for the faults of which bu blamed Euri Granville and Mr. Glid-itoue. lu view of developments which hud boen mido by the assemblage of the urbiu rs at Geneva, Mr. Disraeli wanted to know wby tho Government was exultant over the editibatiou it hud given to Parliament on the subject. The royal speech wai sigually unsatis? factory, aud showed, in his opinion, that the Government still laoked a proper ap? preciation of the gravity of the question at issue between England and the United States. The American claims were greater than those which would follow iota] conquest. They were preposte? rous, impraotioable, and, if admitted, would be futal to tho power and honor of Eugland. Yet, said Disraeli, sneer? ingly, tho whole subject is disposed of in one brie! paragraph of the royal speech. Mr. Gladstone followed in reply. He said tho treaty of Washington itself shows that EngUnd is ready to make every concention short of national honor to utitablish friendly relations with Ame? rica, and tu sotan example to be followed by ?ither nations henceforth. The Go vrumeut, said tho premier, is ready to zplaiu everything in connection with thc treaty, but it will not admit that it hus unwittingly tnado a mistake. The paragraph in tho treaty is tho only fair iud uu mistakable interpretation of the treaty, lie could, il ho desired, refer to the preposterous character of tho Ameri? can demands, which uf itself proved their absurdity-for they werebu^hos no peo [ile in tho lust extremity of war ur in the lowest depths of national misfortune, with the spirit of the people of Eugluud in their hearts, would ever submit to. [Cheers.J Mr. Gladstone concluded by raying that tho- Government would main? tain the position it. had takeu firmly, though in a friendly manner. Finn ON THE. OCEAN.-A Rio Janeiro letter gives tho details of the lusa of (he I steamer America. She left Buenos Ayres on the 22d of Deoembur for Mon? tevideo, with 134 passengers. At 1 30 A. M., on the 23d, one of the boiler tubes, called the water point, exploded, instantly t-cahling to death two firemen and one coal heaver, and extinguishing all the lights and throwing live coals ubout the room, between the boiler and steam pipes. A trial of the pumps proved them unserviceable, and the fire spread very rapidly, the vessel being built of whito piue. The fire hoing amidships, separated those on board into two companies. Neither party waa able to oo nun u H i cate with or help tho other. A panic ensued. Of all the boats on board-which, if properly handled, could have saved 200 people-only two were launched, and these wera swamped immediately by the crazy passengers. The officers lost control of the crew, who, with revolvers, disputed with the passengers the means of saving life. The Italian steamer Villa de Salto was passing at the time the fire started, but the captain of the America did not, know enongh, evidently, to hoist signals of distress, nod not till the flames of tb? j ship America burnt high in the air did tho officers of the Villa de Salto know of the affair. She immediately went to the assistant of the America; the first man who got on board being Capt. Rossi, of the America. The loss of life could not be ascertained, but over sixty perished. No citizen of the United States wus among the lost. Capt. Bossi remained on tho Italian steamer, and will be Lynched should he appear in Montevi? deo or Buenos Ayres. A gold medal will be awarded the Captain of tte Villa de I Sultu. HOTEL ARRIVALS, January Nicker son //OMse-Mrs O It bryce and two daughter*, Richland; \V L Humphreys, Pa; J A Birker, Ivlgeticld; E H J Hayes, Lexington ; J J Mah an, Charleston; J J Oormelov, Va; J A. Mauler, B ryson, W Ames, NO;OP Hud. Mrs Dr Web? ster. Orangoburg; G W Farrar, Oa; J H Aiken, Winusboro; W H McMair, Chcraw: E 0 Fiold, High Point; W J Calnan, etty; J H Turnbull, I J A Morrell. Md; K B Neale/, N Y; W J Wat soii, St Louis; J li Diisonhcry, Buckeville; M Kray, walhalla; G A Beytnoor, Charleston; J ,P Kued. Anderson; J E Beattie, F D Bush, Greenville. Central Hotel -J C F Rims, J D Frost, Rich? land; O Knee, M Kelley. J Gill, U Gill, Bos? ton; Mrs Hcrndon. Mrs Murphy, G Cannon, Spartanburg; J Willitt, BC; D Clark, Balti? more; N F itoath, EdKeQeld; J C S?llers, F A Miles, Marion; U Nugjarn, city; J 0 Cant? well, Texas; J U Gam?r, Ky; lt C McCutoho, Suinter; J C Bproull, Carterville; J Wilson, Williams tun. . Tn ixsFonMixu TUE COMPLEXION.- Thotrans fornialionr produced by HAGAN'S MAGNOLIA BALM aro quite as astonishing as ?ny scene on tho stage of a theatre That famous boauti llor. trausmutos a sallow, pocky-looking com? plexion, into ono in which the lily and the roso vio for admiration, aud imparts to a dry, harsh akin, the softness of perfect loveliness. Tan and freckles, which country air and sun? light aro pretty sure to produce, in spite of parasols and sun-downs, aro completely obliterated by it; while n has a perfectly ma? gical elToot in banishing nnduo redness, hlotchod and pimples from the skin. Whon tho lady who has used it to romody hor com? plexional defects looks in tho mirror, she is equally astounded aud gratified at tho im? provements in her appearance Every bio modi has disappeared; her nock, arms and bosom now rival in whiteness tho snowy collar which encircles ber throat, her chock manilos with a peach-like bloom, and she is roady to invoke a blessing on tho inventor of tho arti? cle which has wroughtsuch a delightful trans? formation. If you desire rosy chocks and a complexion fair und free from Pimples, Blotches and Emptions, purify your blood by taking Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery. F .s }3 FROM BAN TO BKKBSIIZIIA.-From Charles? ton to Dahlonega, from the sca-lmurd to tho mountains, can ho ?cen a marked improve? ment in tho style of buildings in tho last live year?. Villages and farm houses dil present -i more elegant and comfortable am? annice. The reason is well known, lt is because in thal period thu whole country has learned to patroiiizu that celebrated manufacturer of Honrs, Mudie? and Blinds, Mr. 1'. P. TOA Lr., Charleston, S. C. Jin 10 % -? . ??- - - - For improving the voici-Civility. ? Xio o ?K1V-'\X texaM. , ?rrx MATTBafK-r-l^ie ?price ul single copies o?. iha rsKHKii is Q ve oap bs. i Levon Argoo bas Wn appointed No? tary Public for Orangeburg Go un ty, and Allon W. Clement, for Anderson. Louis F. Post bau beeu appointed Commission? er of Deeds for the State of South Caro lina, to reside in the. city of -New York. A grand Masonic festival for the bene? fit of Lebanon Lodge No. 6, A. Y. M., began wt Cooper Sc Taylor's hall last evening, and will be oontinued for several nights. Attention is directed to the ad? vertisement for the prices of cards of ad? mission. Mr. J. J. McCarter, of the firm of Bryan Sc McCarter, is lying dangerously ill of pneumonia. Judge Bryan, his brother-in-law, in here in attendance on him. ..The damage dona to the new works on the Colombia Casal, caused by the late freshet, is very-slight. Attention is directed to the notice, in another oolnmn, to real estate owners, in reference to the condition of tho pave? ments in front of their residences.. The ten days' notice required by law is there given. It is currently reported that ?be -Ge? neral Assembly will not adjourn ?tn? che ou tho 16th iust., but will take a recess until April 1, next. The Republican County Convention met in this city, on Saturday last, and elected the following delegates to the State Convention: Congressman Elliott, Senator Nash, Postmaster Wilder and Andrew Curtis. Ben j. Macon, a Trial Justice at Ches? ter, has been removed by the Governor. Wo regret to state that the accident to Maj. D. B. Miller was even more serions than reported in our issue of Sunday. His leg was broken below the knee; in? stead of his ankle being dislocated, as first ?tated. We are requested to state that Mr. Neil Warner, the eminent dramatic artist, will appear again before the peo? ple of Columbia on Tuesday and Wednes? day evenings, of this week. Mr. Warner, who is now suffering from a severe attack ot catarrh, hopes to be able by that time to make his appearance in his favorite characters. PHONIXANA.-A mathematician has published a pamphlet, entittled "A New Method of Counting Specie." As it don't require more than half our time to count all the specie we have on hand at any one time, by the old method, we can at present see no good reason for making the change. Eleven editors have sunk from a life of honest poverty to Congress. "Beady maid" bridal costumes are appropriately advertised in a New Jer? sey town. A bad sign-to sign another man's name to a note. It is said that "hot soup produces a red nose." If so, some men in Colum? bia must drink a deal of hot soup. "Taxes are high," says an exchange. Yes, but they reach down far enongh to touch the lowest members of society. Those days are lost in which we do nc good; those worse than lost, in which we do evil. The idle hoar is the devil's opportu? nity. Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctu? ality. So slowly does laziness travel that po? verty soon overtakes it. For removing stains-Repentance. MUm ABBAMO?CHNTS.- The Northern mail opens at 8.00 P. M.; closes 7.15 A. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.00 P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Charleston night mail opens 6.30 A. M.; closes 6.00 P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Western mai! opens9.00 A. M.; closes 1.80 P. M. On Sunday office open from 3 to ? P. M. COURT OF Gmraniii SKSSIONB- Febru? ary 13,1872.--The court mut at 10 A. M., Judge Melton presiding. The State vs. Abraham Gordon-groud larceny. The jury returned into court, and rendered a verdict of guilty. The State vu. David Falk, white, Isaac Friday and Willium Williams, colored, for murder, tvero arraigned and put upon thoir trial. Attorney-General Chamber? lain and Solicitor Barnwell appeared for tho State and Messrs. Trudewell and H?ge for the defence. As our readers will recollect, this was the case whore a convict in the South Carolina Peniten? tiary lost his lifo from inhuman treat? ment. It is pr< bable that tho case will ocenpy tu3 court for several days. Tho Ccurt adjourned at 1 o'clock until j to-morrow, at 10 A. M. LIST OF NEW Ai?vEnTisEMi:sTs. I Irwin's Hall-Neil Warner. Communication Columbia Lodge. Building aud Loan Stock for Sale. Mayor Alexuuder-City Ordinance. Meeting Palmotto Fire Company. ! I. E. Orchard-Chess Club. Meeting Y. M. C. A. C. J. Houston-Masonic Festival. Armstrong, Cntor k Co.-Millinery.