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COLUMBIA. S. C. Wearies lay Morning:, February 14, 72. Taxation-TtxK State Deist. Under this omin?os heading the ring organ of Monday's date makes a most argent appeal to the Legislature to pat the screws to our already overburdened tax-payers. Under a false and ridiculous plea of making provisions to discharge "'our just debts and obligations," it would spnr the Legislature on to impos? ing farther exactions apon the property holders to meet the forged claims which those whom the Union sustains have palmed off against the State. Sajs this sapient political economist of tbe Union: "There is one thing cer? tain, and that is that the interest ou the public debt cannot be paid without first making the necessary provisions to raise the money to pay it with." This is a most sage proposition, re? markable alike for the profundity of the idea, and the elegance with which it is expressed. But there seems to us ono other equally important question to bo decided before these "necessary provi? sions to raise funds to pay the Interest with" should bo made. It might not bo amiss to ascertain first what is necessary Jto be done beforo we sot about to do it. ?Oomuitm senso would suggest that, at least, tho amount of the public debt should be discovered and fixed beforo ?provisions are attempted to be made to JJ ay tho interest. A" Radioal investigat? ing committee-of the General Assembly has figured it out at the sum of $26, 000,000, and upwards. Our beloved Go? vernor makes a more modest estimate o' * fraction lesa than $12,000,000. While Mr. Comptroller Neagle, whom we are inclined to believe has, for once, struck in the neighborhood of truth, says that to many bonds have been issued in such mysterious modes that he is unable to moke any reliable or satisfactory state? ment ol the outstanding liabilities of the State. How could the Legislature take any intelligent action in the premises, even if the fabulous indebtedness had .been honestly contracted, when their in? formation as to the amount o' tba debt is so vogue and indeterminate? Scott's organ admits that the debt "has been largely in o reas o d," but excuses it on the ground that it "was brongbt about by ?reason of the inability of the Financial Agent acting for this State to redoom his collateral* pledged for loans." It makes very little differeuco how or by what par? ticular member of the Radical financial ring the bonds were issued; the question ?is what right had Scott & Co. to issuo 'them at all, and what has become of the money? That the laws under authority of whioh the pledging or issuing of the bonds is protended to have been made really conferred such powor, was, to Bay the least of it, unknown to even tho ma? jority of the Republican members of tho General Assembly, and was, therefore, plainly not the intention of the Acts at the time of their passage. Further, the labored secrecy with whioh the Financial Board conducted "their transactions, and the many falso representations made, and the aotual denial of any inoreascd issuo of bonds, until r.t last, from tho disclosures mado by the American Bank Noto Company, i>be statements of tho Governor of South Carolina were shown to be worthless, all go to establish tho fact that tho Finan? cial Board itself wus fully aware of the illegality, to use tho mildest term, of their proceedings. Besides this, tho Acts referred to-admitting, for tho sako of argument, that they might be con? strued into granting the authority claimed by tho Financial Board-are unconstitutional, and, therefore, void. We biso thia assertion upon tho exposi? tion of tho Constitution delivered by Robert K. Scott, in his lute special mes? sage to the General Assembly, whoroiu he cites it as commanding that "the General Assembly shall provide for an -annual tax sufficient to defray the esti? mated expenses of tho State for each year; and whenever it shall happen that such ordinary expenses of the Stato for any year shall exceed tho income of tho State for such year, the General Assem? bly shall provide for levying a tax for the ensuing year, sufficient, with other sources of iuoome, to pay the deficiency of the preceding year," &o. The evi? dent intendment of this provision, ex? pressed in suoh mandatory terms, is to ?prohibit and prevent just such a dan? gerous mode of raising funds as has "been resorted to by theFinanoial Board, when they professedly pledge, but prac? tically ?nd really issue, State bonds to meet the current expenses of govern? ment. Whoever heard beforo of any government thal mado even a pretenso of consulting the welfare of its citizens, borrowing money on short time and at ruinous rates of discount, or borrowing .rooney at all, to pay its ordinary ox pens?e ? We are proud to say that Sooth Carolina, ?han the "old fogies" directed her affairs, was ignoranfct?f snob, "prin? cipio B of fin ii nco." Bot why has not a fuffloient ifioome been raised by taxation to meet the or? dinary expenses of the Government nineo 18G8, the year that B. K. Scott, that gentleman of such boasted execu? tive and administrative ability, took charge of the helm ol State? The ap? propriations by the Legislature have been extravagant and unheard of before in South Carolina, truly, but the rate of taxation has been far more than propor tionably increased. While the estimated expenditures of the Government has been a little more than double what they were beforo the war, the amount forced from the people by taxation has been four times as large: and that, too, when the property of the State has been dimiaishod more than half, making tho rate of taxation eight times as great; and when we take into consideration the increased assessed value put upon real estate, even greater than that. The Union now says that the people have not paid thoir taxes. It may suit the Union's views to say that now, when it is attempting to justify the fraudulent acts, of the Financial Board; but that consistent journalist should not forget how exultantly and continuously ho boasted of tho prompt manner in which tho taxes were paid, when it was work? ing to bolster up tho price of the State securities. Moro than this, if there are delinquent tax-payers to a large number, and they not the "hard-handed farmers?" as the Union says, but men of wealth and in prosperous husmeas, why in the name of common sense are they not made to pay, and what excuse or justifi? cation can their refusal to pay afford to this illogical man of the Union for still heavier impositions upon the punctual though "hard-handed" farmers. lu our opinion, the General Assembly will render more service to the State, and rollout moro oredit npon itself, if it will first direot its efforts to ascertaining what has become of the enormous sums of money already wrnag from the peo? ple, before it attempts to make pro? visions for torturing them out of moro. TU? Clly Hand Bill. The bill to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Columbia tc issue bonds, and to negotiate and sell the same, passed a second reading in thc House, yesterday. We are informed that there were seven amendments tc the bill, the speoifio terms of all of whict we were unable to ascertain. One re I quiring tho immediate satisfaction of th< debt of $75,000, contracted by the oitj fothers with Dr. Neagle, and the releas* of the $250,000 in bonds secretly issuer! and pledged to him as security for th< loan, is very proper; as, also, another which was offered by Mr. Hurley, enc adopted, prohibiting the City Counai from investing any ol the proceeds o tho bonds in the purchase ol franchise or privileges. This amendment, it ii understood, was intended to baulk i nice little scheme, which is said to bi on foot, to purchase from Dr. Neugl the Conguree Bridge, which ho has ii process of reconstruction, and designe* selling nt u moderate profil to the city But, crowd in as many and as propo amendments as certain better dispose* members may, tho bill can never b construed into anything else than swindle upon tho defenceless propert, holders of the city. Thoro is no nocet sity to raise funds in that mauner; thet? is no guaruuty that the funds, whe raised, will not be squandered; and fm ther, the mannor in which tho finance of the city have alroady boen fraude leutly tampered with, by tho presen Council, should satisfy every even cou: paratively honest niomber of tho Logis ture thut they aro not fit to bo eutrusto with still greator power to do misohie: We havo lost all hope of preservin tho State from bankruptcy, and can loo to nothing else save repudiation t rescue the people from tho thraldom ( tho enormous and illegal debt that hf been contracted; but our oity finano< aro in a tolerably fair condition, and does seem too hardthat they, too, shoul bo engulfed in that same maelstrom c ruin that has swallowed up our Stal credit. It is of no use for Radicals I say that this is all Demooratio cant, au that thero is no canso for suoh grave a] prehension. They said tho same thin in roforcnoo to the extravagant appropr ntions and expenditure of the funds < tho State, from the beginning of tho n constructed State Government; but tl truth and justice of tho complaints an warnings made by tho conservative prci is but too painfully manifest in the sa consequences that havo followed as pr dieted. Thoro is ono hope still left thi this iniquitous mensuro will not becon u law, and that is, ia tho oonsorvatis: and good sonso of tho Sonato. ftp.ai the property holders of Colombia, ye rneu of the Senate, thia additional and fonl wrong. MBGISliATIVR PKOCBBDINGS. TUESDAY, FBBBTJABY 13, 1872. SENATE. Tbe Sonata met at 12 M., President Runsior in the Chair. Mr. Bookman introduced a bill to pro? vide for tho payment of juror? and wit? nesses. Mr. Bioman-A bill to amend Section 158 of the Code of Procedure. Mr. Leslie-Concurrent resolution ap? pointing a joint committoe of one mem? ber of the Senate and-members of the HOUBC of Representatives to investi? gate the affairs of the present County Commissioners of Barnwell. Mr. Hay ne-Resolution requesting the Qovernor to inform the Senate if the Treasurer of Chesterfield County bas complied with the law in giving bond. The Speaker attended in the Senate, when tho following Aots were ratified: To authorize the erection of a certain bridge over Wateres River, in Kershaw County; to incorporate tho Merchants' and Farmers' Building and Loan Asso? ciation of Richland County; to author? ize Clerks of tho Courts of Common Pleas to take testimony in certain cases; to incorporate tho Carolina Cil Company of Columbia; to authorize the County Commissioners of Charleston to piuco a flat nt Bonneau's Ferry; to provide for tho redomptiou of certain lands sold un? der orders of Gen. E. R. S. Cunby for tuxes; to regulate tho lubor of persous confined iu the South Carolina Peniten? tiary; to require tho County Commis? sioners of Barnwell to construct a jail nt Blackville, the County seat; to provide tho manner of obtaining the right of way where lands ure surrounded by other lands; to incorporate the Wallingford Church and Academy of Charleston; to alter and amond au Act entitled "An Act to charter the town of Hamburg;" to establish a public road in Barnwell and Orangeburg Counties; to repeal an Aot entitled "An Act to provide for the appointment of a Land Commissioner, and to define his powers and duties; to incorporate the Cheraw Firo Engine Company as a part of tho fire depart? ment of the town of Cheraw. At3 o'clock P. M., Senate adjourned until to morrow, at 12 M. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House met at 12 M., Speaker Mose? in the Chair. Tho following bills were passed: To incorporate the Columbia Jockey Club; to grant and renew the oharter of thu town of Rook Hill, in York County; to incorporate the village of Little Rock, in Marion County, and for other pur? poses therein mentioned; to authorize tho Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Columbia to issue bonds and negotiate the same, with numerous amendments. The calendar was gone through with, aud a largo uumber of bills received a second reading, whioh occupied the at? tention of tho House np to 4 o'olock P. M., when the House adjourned until 12 M., to-morrow. BISHOP LYNCH THE PROBABLE SUCOES soit OF THE LATE PRIMATE.-Tho Now York Evening Post, of Thursday, in an editorial notice of the late Archbishop Spalding, says: He was to have soon received ono of tho highest honors his church could have bestowed; for it is rumored that next spring ho would have been made a Car? dinal, in company with the English Archbishop of Westminster, and the Telgian Archbishop of Malines-two of tho most notable prelates of Northern Europe. Ono of the favorite plans of the late Archbishop was the extension of Roman Catholicism among the freed? men of tho South. The splendid idea of bringing into the bosom of the Holy Mother Church over 3,000,000 of con? verts, was certainly worthy of tho atten? tion of any prelate, aud Dr. Spalding organized a missionary system in tho ?Southern States which is now iu activo operation. His death will causo regret iu the Vaticau as well as in his own dio? cese, for with the late Archbishop Pius IX was probably better acquainted than with any other American prelate. Tho sucoession to his ollico will involve cer? tain changes iu tho administration of several of tho dioceses. A regular sys? tem of promotion seems to prevail in tho Catholic ecclesiastical affairs, and as Dr. Lynch, of South Carolina, is now tho most prominent of Roman Catholic Bishops, it is thought probable by thoso who ought to know that ho will bo tho next Primate. A NICE LITTLE GAME DEFEATED. From information wo.have received, tho result of the Republican Stato Conven? tion, broke, up a nico little game that "cortain follows" in Columbia wero try? ing to play. It seems that Worthington, (Radical uarpct-baggor,) is anxious to bo sent tu tho Philadelphia Convention, aud in order to bo olectod a delagate, is is trying to get delegates in the State Convention friendly to his interest. To do this ho has sent bis runners to differ? ent parts of tho Stato to manipulate tho County elections. The train on Satur? day from Columbia brought tothisplaoe Smurt, MoDowell aud Moore, the throe mis-representatives from this County, together with tho notorious June Mob ley, and one or two hangers on, who wero to bring about tho election of Smart, McDowell and Mooro as dele? gates. The honest workingmen from the country saw through this plot, and "squashed" it completely. [Winnsboro Netcs. A Mr. Warren Nottingham, of Macon, whilo hunting iu Houston County re? cently, tried tho oxporiment of dragging a shot-gnu over tho fence after him. His left arm is uow in a sling. A religious war, for tho succession be? tween the partisans of two colored preachers, is running Savannah crazy. Twenty-five policemen preserve order in tho church very nicely. : .ON THE OTHER LEO.-In Robeson County, in North Carolina, a band of csttaws have-their camp, and from it have issued any d?y fot those four years to rob, and, when it snits their purpose, to mordor the . helpless people or tho vicinity. Rewards, mo Ht tempting in amount, have been insufficient to secure the capture of any ono member of the gang; indeed, suob is the immunity they enjoy, purchased by years of successful plunder and nnawed rapine and violence, that'they boldly ride along the publio highways and swagger through tbe streets of the neighboring towns, with not a band brave enough to attempt to stay them. With all of this, this reckless band of midnight marauders, of swaggering assassins, has never been styled the "Ku Klux," nor has ever Federal authority interfered to protect their victims. They make daily forays through the whole country around, openly exact levies of money and provisions from the fright? ened population. But the Federal judiciary that despatched United States marshals, aided by United States bayo? nets, to the upland Counties of South Carolina, and scoured the conviction of hundreds of ignorant and hapless coun? try yonnkels, is bliud to the desperuto condition of affairs in and about the little village of Suuflletowu in the ad? joining Stuto of North Carolina. Wo are nut aware that the victims of Low rey's band of desperadoes have ever ap? pealed to tho United States authorities for assistance; wc only comment upon tho distinction mado between Henry B?rry Lowrey, tho negro murderer and unchecked freebooter, and Dr. William Avery, tho respectable citizen who has expatriated himself to avoid au illegal aud an unjust couvictiou. Dut Dr. Avery' was a white man und a Democrat, while tho savage Low roy is a mulatto und a Radical partisan. It is stated that the force and influence of Lawrey's gang were used to support tho carpet-buggers Holden and Boole, and that its victims have uuiformly been the enemies of tho Administration. This may oo taken with a grain of suit, but undoubtedly the politicial bias of this negro outlaw and his band of black ruffians is toward the Radical authorities of his State and of the South. Under the terrorism established by tho rule of these lawless desporadoes the people are abandoning their homos and leaving the country to their tender mercies. The State authorities have given them no aid-the Federal authorities seem not disposed to render them their assistance. The psopio might tuke the law in their own hands, but the proscriptive aud partial measures of the Federal authori? ties have placed even this last resort out of their power. It is very certain that if Lowrey had in reality been one of the so-called Ku Klux, or if, as is intimated, he had not served the purposes of tho authorities, the blood-stained camp of this dismal swamp would long since have beon dispersed, and tho members of the lawless gang brought to deserved jus? tice. But there is oue law in the recon? structed States for the white and an? other for the black-aud Henry Lowrey profits by the distinction.. [Louisville Courier-Journal. RADICAL Pow-wow.-There was quito a gathering of "the faithful loyalists" hero last Saturday, tho occasion boing a convention of delegates from the various leagues in the County to elect delegates to the Radical State Convention, which meets in Columbia the 19th of this month, to Bend delegates to tho National Republican Convention which convenes in Philadelphia next May, and which will nominate Republican candidates for President and Vice-President. After considerable wrangling, and a large amount of "big talk," the following per? sons were elected from this County to the State Convention: L. W. Duvall, Henry Jacobs and Henry Johnson, tho two lost named colored. The announce? ment of these names, as elocted, caused bitter disappointment, so wo have been informed, to the "legislative clique," who strained every muscio to have them? selves chosen as delegates, but who, wo aro rejoicod to know, wore overwhelm? ingly defeated. If tho honest colored workingmen will do likewiso iu tho legislative contest next October, they will not only bettor their own condition, but advance thu iuterests of tho State at lurge.- Winnsboro News. AN APPALLING DEATH.-A goutlcman who was a passenger on tho train lately wrecked on the Rock Island (III;) Rail? road, says tho soono was indescribably horrible. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Rains, and their little child, wero scated in tho fore part of tho cur when tho collision occurred, and woro thrown by tho tele? scoping of tho cars to the rear. Tho husband was extricated without great difficulty, but it was fouud impossible to remove the debris from tho wife. Her head and a portion of tho body wero ex? posed, and hor frantic cries for assistanoo for the child wero hoart-ronding. The little thing was finally gotten out, but the poor woman was soon wrapped in fiamos, aud hor screams and prayers grew weaker and weaker until silenced in death. Mr. Rains' injuries, it is feared, will provo fatal, as ho was still unconscious when our informant left. A VIOILANCE COMMITTEE EVAPORATED. The telegraph reported that Leonard Stough, of Richmond, Ky., murdored his wifo last week, and was then taken from the jail by a crowd of neighbors and hanged. That Stough killed his wifo was true, and ho still remains in jail to answer tho chargo of murder, nor have tho people of Richmond, Ky., at? tempted to interfore with the duo course of law, which, they seem anxious to have it understood, is effectively exe? cuted in their neighborhood. Mrs. Sherman, who bas boen men? tioned ns "tho Connecticut Borgia," is roportod happy and confident of acquit? tal. GENERAL MAURY'S ACCOUNT or THE. ASSAULT UFOH HIM.-I went into a Bleep* jog nar at Chattanooga to ^Beanie some hours of rest. The conductor of the1 sleeping car met mo end politely in-, formed me that any of tho berths would bo at my service, as bo had no other passengers. I laid my traveling bag and shawl upon a seat, and fell into a civil ohat with the conductor, during which be informed me be woe from Louisa County, Virginia, the adjoining County to my own, SpottBylvanin. I asked him his name. He said his name was Trice. I turned from him, and, without a word, took np my yaliso and shawl and went out of the steeping oar and went into the next in front. I had beeu in that oar about five or ten minutes when I missed the cape of my over-coat, and thinking I might have left it in the restaurant of the depot, wont hastily in and asked the proprietor if I had left my cape there. He told me no. I theo went into the sleeping oar to look for it. and found it in the seat, where I had placed it. I took it up, and was on my way out of tho cara with it when the same conduc? tor cou fronted mo, and said to this ?ffeot: "You left thia car very abruptly just now, sir; why did you do so?" His manner was aggressive. I replied, "Be? cause, sir, I chose to do so;" and theo, with coarse language and insolent mau nor, he demanded again my reasons. I replied, "I left tho car because you ure the author of a scandal upon tho South? ern people.." Ho thou ran Lo tho stove, took up au iron poker, about eighteen inches long, uud carno quickly up to ino with it, denouncing und threatening mo in violent and foul terms, uutil I hud reached tho door of the sleeping cur, when, just as I stepped out upon the platform of the car, ho suddenly caught mo around thc neck with tho arm hold? ing his lautem, threw me down upou the platform, and struck me rupidly and violently ou tho back of my head with the poker. He inflicted several outs upou my head and several upon my arms ?before he was prevented, by Mr. Peck, the brakesman, from further vio? lence. I had no weapon upon my person, nor anywhere within reach, and, having been maimed in both my hands, was at his morey from tho moment he throw me down. These are the main facts knofvn to me about this outrage. I lay them before yon, and am respectfully, yours, DABNE? H. MAURY. It is a pity that the carpet-bag Go? vernors of the South are not allow.tl to enjoy their ill-gotten gains in peace and quiet. By virtue of Radical counte? nance and oongressioual support they have each been enabled to secure com? fortable, not to say immense, fortunes, although wrung from the ruin of a de? pressed people, and yet they are not ex? empt from persecution. Here we have Bnllook, of Georgia, a fugitive from the State of his adoption; Scott, of South Carolina, disturbed by threats of prose? cution; Davis, of Texas, and Clayton, of Arkansas, in trouble over an illegal as? sumption of power undertaken in return for moneys received, and, to oap the cli? max, the telegraph reports that Florida's gubernatorial Btep-sou is to be impeached ->y the General Assembly for corrupt ma? nipulation of railroad affairs. Will Con? gress do nothing to save its proteges from being hounded in thiB unjust way by a rebellious people? [louisville Courier-Journal. DRY GOODS ADVANCING IN PKIOE. Domestio dry goods are advanoing; ditto foreign dry goods. Io the latter, we are told, the demand for the more elegant makes of foreign mills never was greater than it seoms to be this year, thus far. In the former the record is, iu bleaohod and brown goods an upward tendenoy on almost every staple; also, a scarcity on most of standards. There has been much activity this woek in cloths, cassi meres, satinets, Seo., and large sales are mado by agents to city and out-town buyers. At present there is a full stock, as a general thing, of woolen goods. Tho Mai i tan blacks and tho same make in gold mixed are worth in jobbers' hands from ?1.10 to 91.20. In alf de? partments of the trade more than com? mon activity is reported, and on cotton goods-in both domestio and foreign fair prices are obtained and largo amounts sold.-New York Express. -? ? ? ? Tho Havona Official Gazette publishes additional orders regarding tho Chioeso Cuba. For tho present, all applications of Chinese for permits to change their places of residence or become Spanish subjects will not be entertained. Tho Government also refuses to grant pass? ports to free Chinamen who may bo de? sirous of leaving the country. China? men found without police documents, from whatever cause, will be Bent to the Government yards or depositories, and then bo compelled to work at forced labor. The measure is intended for the sole benefit to the planters, who thus obtain oheap labor at very low rates. Tho measure will also tend to lessen the number of Chinese vagrants. At tho Cirouit Court in Yorkville, last week, the negro Ku Klux, Maj. Joe. Carter, and bia gang, who committed such groBs outrages last winter, wore triod and convicted. The notorious "Major" was sentenced to five years' imprisonment in the penitentiary, the "Captain" to three years, and others of the gang to terms of imprisonment vary? ing from a few mouths to one year. Sni? der, the policeman, who shot Tom John sou in Yorkville, last year, was acquitted. Peter Culp, iodictod for the murder of his wife, was convicted, and sentenced to bo hanged on tho second Friday in March. Tho Southern Celt, ni ter a suspension cf sovorul months, is to be revived in Char? leston again about the first of March. Mr. James Brennan is its proprietor. ' CITY MATTEk?. -??Tht? pric? Al 'Atngie Copies of tho Vpa?six Is Ijfc&fe]^* V * Gov. Scott has removed 0/AL Thomp? son, Trial Justice for Kershaw County, and has made the following appoint ments: Notaries Public-0. C. Turnor, for Spartanburg; Leven Argoe, Oak Grove, Orangebnrg; A. W. Clement, Anderson County. This is St. Valentine's Day. The sen? timental and comi?, missives sent through tho post office, to-day, will yield a hand? some sum to Unole Sam, and canse many heart throbbings and "cuss words" on the part of recipients. The Lenten season begins to-day-* being Ash Wednesday. The Penitentiary is in receipt of a new water-wheel, of Thos. Leffel's patent. It revolves horizontally, and measures five and a half feet in diameter. The full capacity of this wheel is 800 horse? power, and the amount of water re? quired to supply it, with the buckets all open, is 9,800 oubio feet per minute. The quantity of water can be gauged so os to use little or much. The wheel was manufactured at Dayton, Ohio. Charles H. Krumbhaar bas been ap? pointed a Commissioner of Deeds for South Carolina, at Wilmington, N. C. lathe case of George W. Patterson, et ai, vs. the South Carolina Railroad Company, by consent of parties, the Governor has appointed Col. F. W. McMoster as a special judgo to hear the case. We learn that the Wilmington, Co? lumbia and Augusta Railroad bridge, over the Wateree River, was in Bach a dangerous condition yesterday, caused by the recent rising of the river, that the trains did not cross it. A sharp storm of wind and rain passed over this city, last evening, at early dark. Dr. Dean Clark will deliver a series of leatures oh Spiritualism, at Irwin's Hall, commencing to-morrow evening, at half past 7 o'olook. Read the announcement of appointments. Mr. P. Cantwell has just received a lot of fresh and tempting grooeries-cod fish, lobster, salmon, eta It is reported that there is a man in the Legislature who pronounces regime "regimy." COURT OF GENEBAL SESSIONS.-The case of tho State vs. David Falk, white, Isaac Friday and William Williams, co? lored, indicted for murder, oconpied the attention of the coart, yesterday, ap to the hoar of adjournment. This morn? ing, at 10 o'clock, the arguments in the case will be commenced. Main ARRANGEMENTS.-Tba Northern mail opens at 8.00 P. M.; closes 7.15 A. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.00 P. M.; CIOBOS 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 mail opens 9.00 A. M.; closes 1.30 P. M. On Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M. DBAMATIC.-Mr. Warner and Miss Rawlinson gave another entertainment, last evening, at Irwin's Hall. The re? citations wore fully up to those on pre? vious occasions, notwithstanding the apparent fact that Mr. W. still labored under his recent attack of catarrh. This evening will be the last opportunity for our citizens to listen to Mr. Warner's masterly recitations. THE PALMETTO STEAM FIBE ENGINE. The now steam fire engine for the Pal mottoes is expected to be here to-day or to-morrow. The committees to collect funds to pay for her will call upon our citizens for what is already subscribed, and thoso who have not been called on may be propared for a visit from the oommittoe. As this is an object in which all are interested, and tho members of that company huve exerted themselves to accomplish, it is hoped that tho re? sponse to their call will bo cheerful and liberal. In a few days the steamer will be tested in pablio, of which dae notice will be given. INQUEST.-The coroner's jory, in the case of Mary Ann Wooten, who was found dead on Thursday, the 1st instant, thirteen miles from Columbia, laying in the road leading to Camden, by Rice Creek, and whom it was supposed had boen burned to death, mot, pursuant to adjournment, at the sohool house, near Jackson's Creek Church, and proceeded to investigate the causo which led to her death. After an examination of the witnesses, the jury returned the follow? ing verdiot: That the deceased came to her death from some canso to the jurors unknown; that ber body had been burned, but whether by aooident or otherwise the jury are unable to say. LIST OP NEW ADVBBTISEMENTS. I. E. Orchard-Notice. Dr. Dean Clark-Leotares. Hosteller's Stomnoh Bitters. Convocation Columbia Chapter. P. Cantwell-Cod Fish, &o.