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COLUMBIA. 13. C. Frilay ?ornin*. February 23,1872^ The Agricultural and Mechanical In. ?tltate. As far baok as the year 1852, ii we are correctly informed, an Act of Congress was passed, donating a large part of the publie lands to the soveral States in the Union, for the purpose of aiding in the establishment of agricultural and me? chanical schools.- Nearly, if not all, of the Northern and North-western States have availed themselves of the benefi? cence of tho General Government, and have schools or colleges bf the oharaoter prescribed in successful operation. So, at least, we have understood. In South Carolina, no steps have as yat boen taken in that direction. The land scrip has been reoeivod and sold, and tho amount realized, we are told, is some? where in thc neighborhood of 8175,000. That is a handsome sum of mouey, and if properly managed, will of itself be sufficient to sustain a first OIUEB institu? tion of the kind required. A bill ia now in coursa of passage In^ho Geuprul As? sembly, looking to this end. Its provi? sions aro briefly as follows: "That a college nnd institute of me? chanical arts be established in the city of Columbia, S. C., to be called the South Carolina Agricultural College and Me? chanics' Institute, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress, passed July 2, 1852, and all Acts amend? atory thereto. The deaign of tho insti? tution shall be to afford instruction in practical and theoretical agriculture, me? chanical art and military tactics and training. "That the supervision and control of the institution aforesaid shall be vested in a Board of Trustees, to he known by the name, style and title of the Board of Trustees of tho South Carolina Agri? cultural College and Mechanics' Insti? tute; said board shall consist of nine members, and shall be ohosen by joint ballot of the General Assembly, as fol? lows: The first three shall be elected for & term of three years; the second three for two years; and the third three for one year; and the General Assembly shall, annually thereafter, elect by joint ballot, three members of said board, whose term of office shall he three years. "That the present Board of Trustees of the University of South Carolina be authorized to employ a surveyor, and are empowered to set off, for the Bolo uso and benefit of the Soath Carolina Agrionltural College and Mechanics' Institute, one-half of the lands and buildings ceded to said University ol South Carolina, by Act of the General Assembly, approved the 18th day ol December, A. D. 1802, os near as practi? cable; and tho said Board of Trustees ol the University of South Carolina shall convey, in full and fee simplo, with fixed metes aud bounds, the lands und buildings so set off to tho Trustees of the South Carolina Agrionltural College and Mechanics' Iustitute. "Whenever tho Board of Trustoos re? port that they are organized and pre? pared for notion, tho Governor shall execute a draft on the State Treasury for thu amount of intorcst due on thc fuud invested under the provisions ol the Act of Congruas, and which shall al bo under their entire and exclusive cou trol, as likewise shall all interest after wards accruing from said fund. Tboj shall also have full control of all monej douatod, appropriations, lands or pro porty whatsoever, coming in the posses sion of this corporation. "The Board of Trustees shall procuri a site for an experimental farm, of sud size as they may deem necessary, to bi located as nour as practicable to th< college, BO as to combine, as much ai possible, practical training with theoret ical instruction in the science and ar of agriculture. To carry ont the fore going provision, the hoard are author ized to expend a sum not to exceed one tenth of the amount of tho fund t< which this State is entitled under tin Act of Congress: Provided, That n< such expenditure shall be made, if tin lands contemplated to be taken fron the University of South Carolina, in tb? partition provided for in Section G o this bill, be found sufficient for sail purpose, or if the State should donut lands, or otherwise make provision b, appropriation, to tho samo end. "Students &hall be udmitted into sail college from each County, after a com petitivo examination among tho scholar belonging to tho public schools in sue County, in proportion to tho number c tho representatives in tho Legislature Tho timo and manner oi conducting sai competitive examinations to bo regulate by tho Board of Trustees: Provide* That no student shall bo allowed to onb tho college whoso qualification ?B belo the standard of tho class to which I shall bo assigned." Wo Bhall always sustain every meaaui which tends to advance the cause of edi cation, without regard to tho politic character of those who originate or suj port it. We commend the general objo of tho bill before UH, too, and will wil ingly and cheerfully lend our efforts i secure the establishment of such un ii stitutc. There is ono feature of the bil however, against which wo most carnes ly protest-that is the interference wil tho University buildings. There is, it true, a largo portion of the tommie buildings in the University Campus u occupied at present; but there has be? a largo inoreaso in tho number students this year. There is double tl number that was in a tt ou da nee lost sc sion, and we bavo good reason to hope that if no untoward oironmstapoea. bin? der its progross, that in a few yeujra the University, will equal, in the number o! its students and in tho beneficial result? to the State, the dear old So.uth Carolina College in its palmiest days. There is an ampio amount of land around and at? tached to the University to afford an eligible looation for the agricultural col? lege; and, in our judgment, it is woll that the two institutions should be near togethor. Many of tho branches-che? mistry and the natural soiences, for in? stance-will be the same, and the pro? fessors of those schools in the University could, with advantage to themselves and a saving to the State, give a portion of their services to the new institution. Such au arrangement, necessitating a more remunerative salary, might bc in? strumental, perhaps, iu inducing the two Profs. LeConto to return to South Caro? lina. Their presence would lend a new impulse to the University and give a character und tone to the agricultural college that would establish it at unco in the confidence and favor of our own peoplo n?4oll us . those of other States. But, ns we said, it is, in our judgment, a most ruinous and suicidal policy to at? tempt to divido tho University buildings. It is impossible to effect this division aud do justice to either ono institution or the other. It would result simply in se? rious injury to both, and probably tho ntter destruction of tho University. That seat of learning is muking steady progress, as we have mentioned above. The peoplo of the Stato aro beginning to regard, with moro favor, the change from a college to a university, which was effected during Gov. Orr's administra? tion and through his recommendation. Tho present administration have, as yet, made no direct attacks upon it; and if it be but left alone a few years longer, parents will feel assured of its continu? ance under the direction of the present able faculty; and tho host of young meu who, from groundless apprehension of disagreeable interf?rence by tho State authorities, have boen inclined to leave South Carolina and seek collegiate ad? vantages elsewhere, will turu to our own institution, which thoy uaturally prefer. Tho University hus now an able aurps of professors, a large, valuable and most select library; aud, in fuct, every means and appliance in tho literary and sci? entific departments to ensure success. The medical school has proveu particu? larly satisfactory-there being now in attendance on thc several branches of it moro than fifty students, which exceeds, we aro told, the number in the Charles? ton Medical College. Tho law school, too, has, we believe, a better attendance this year thou auy preceding uno. We feel a warm attachment for thu Uni? versity, and would deeply rogret that any action on tho part of tho Legislature should impair its usefulness. The appropriation of a part of the buildings to the use oi the agricultural college will most undoubtedly have this effect. From tho mode by which the bill provides for the admission of stu? dents, it is plain to seo that the agricul? tural college will be atteuded fur years to come by colored boys entirely. If a hundred or two of these are placed iu the campus, thr. whito students in the University will leave, and tho University bo abandoned. This may bc prejudice, but it is nevertheless a fact. The time may come when it will bo otherwise; but wo aro to deal with tho interests of the present. Wu aro willing and anxious that every educational udvnutuge be ten? dered the colored youth of tho State; but, in seeking to secure this, there is no excuso for doing injustico to tho whites. Wo do uot believe, moreover, that the native colored citizens desire any such thing. We c.ill upou such of them tis aro members of tho Goueral Assembly to amend so much of this bill ns will re? sult, whether designedly or not, in de? stroying an institution which is pecu? liarly dear in tho hearts of their white fellow-citizens. Build your agricultural college-it is a commoudable. thing. Take, too, ibo Chapel building outside tho campus, and all tho adjoining lauds whioh aro attached to tho University, but leavo us the campus and the build? ings within its enclosure. -< ?? ??? Tho following despatch, bearing tho date of Columbia, S. C., February 22, was neut to the press throughout the couutry: * It is roportcd that the delegates elect to tho Philadelphia Convention have de? termined to go to Washington, as soon as tho Legislature adjourns, to sou Pre? sident Grant, and to make tho removal of the presont Federal officers in South Carolina a condition of their support of his renomination. FlB8. -A stablo localed near the Bap? tist Church, in Greenville, ou the lot of Col. E. S. irvine, was set on fire last Wednesday uight. Fortunately, tho fire was discovered iu time to be subdued before great damage WAS done. THE GLADSTONE MINISTBT,-The latest a?s&uU opon the Gladstone Government iq tho)- British Houso of Commons took, the form of - n proposal? on Monday night, as announced by cable, o! a vote I of censure on account of the appoint mc nt of Sir Ho bert Collier, the late At? ? torncy-Gonernl, to the judicial commit* too of the privy council. The law regu? lating these appointments provides that those, receiving them should be common >law judges,, the intention being, that they should have aoquired judicial expo rieuco. The law in the letter was com? plied with so fur that the Attorney-Gcu cral accepted nu inferior judgeship to qualify for the judicial committee, hold? ing it only for a few days. Against this evasion of tho law, Chief Justice Cock? burn, as ohief judge and the head of tho bar of England, protested in the narnu of tho profession. This protest led toa sharp controversy botween the Lord Chuuccllor and Mr. Gladstono on one side, and Sir Alexander Cockburn on the other. On one side, there was tbe letter of the law-on the other, its spirit. Tho Government triumphed, however, but by the .not very complimentary ma? jority of 27, tho vote being 2G9 tb 241. FKANOE AND SPAIN.-There seems little practical difference uaw in the internal condition of the doubtful republic of the French and the unsettled kingdom of Spain. Conspiracies without number are suppposed to exist in every corner of France, nnd now that M. Rouher, ono of the most prominent figures of the second empire, and once President of the Imperial Corps L?gislatif, lins found his woy into tho Assembly at YersiilleF, ovory breath from tho atmosphere of Franco is full of startling rumors. Tho Spaniards, meanwhile, tolerate their imported Kiug apparently only to reu der his position unendurable. They have had one more vexatious "crisis," one more ministerial dissolution, nod with their Carlist plots and Republican demonstrations, who kuowe .what is to become of them? Altogether, the two nations are iu a very sad plight. Mn. EDITOU: Will the parties who raise such a clamor against the construc? tion of a dam across Cong.iree Uiver at thu place desired by the engineer of the Messrs. Sproguo, kindly explain how it will injure tho health of Columbia any mort than the construction at tho place already authorized? It teems to your oorrospondent that a dum at thc hitter place would more injuriously affect tho city's health than at the former-if, in? deed, tho health would bo injuriously affected at all. So that, if the question of health meaus anything, it means that no dam shall be or (night to be construct? ed ly thc present owners of tu -, cmud. If, possibly, the canal could bo made io re I vert to the Stat.', aud then sohl to mne {other company, why, it would bc all non \ sense to talk about, health. At least, so 'your correspondent will think until the opponents of the dam at the peniten? tiary give the explanation above desired. PROGRESS. COLONEL. DUDLET, or MAKLUOKO, DE FIXES ms POLITICAL CIIEED.-The Marl? boro Times, of the lCUi instant, pub? lishes the proceedings of a Republican County Convention, held nt lieu Mills? ville, ou the 10th instant. Among the speakers was Colonel C. \V. Dudley, who embraced thc opportunity to define his political creed, as follows, as reported iu tho Marlboro Times: Colonel Dudley .said that after the delegates to the State Convention had been chosen, ho could come before thu convection without being suspected of seeking to advauco his private iu teros ts. He had no object in view but tho public good; had come, step by step, to the conclusion that his business was to as? sist the party. Did not think it im? portant whether he called himself a Re? publican ur not, so he endorsed tho principles of the party. So a dog was a good old track dog, it madu no differ euee whose collar he wore. Ile had voted regularly with the party, as much so as themselves. Un hud done more for the Republican parly than any other mun in this section of tue State, Ho had worked without reward. Witera woro his rewards? Ile wished no re? ward, except the privilege of assisting to bear (hut same old jl'iy. Hr was of? fered thu honor of going to the Consti? tutional Convention. Did not accept, because hi did not understand thc posi? tion of things. He though:, at that time, thal, some dishonor would nit nell to going to tho convention, and did not know what turu affairs would take. Hus siuco come to the conclusion that Mouth Carolina will remain a Republican State, and asks to be allowed to assist the party. Asks no reward from Republi? cans, only wishes their confidence. Ho is, perhaps, tho strangest anomaly iu the State of South Carolina. Thinks him? self tho only man, except on oflice-hold or, or an ottioc-soekcr, that would give his support as he hud doue to the Re? publican purty. He is perfectly disinte? rested. Ho alone has no private inte? rests to look after. In Scotland, recently, a prize Ogbt be? tween a woman and a mun was broken up by tho polieo. Tho wo mau had just got the poor man's head in chancery and his nose was rapidly being demo libhod, under her fieroo munipuIntiouB, whon the myrmidons of tho law entered the riug. Mn. EDITOR: I notice in your paper of the 21st, a ^communication coming from the pen1 of,"t)r. Tfyoa. Wolle, a for? mer practitioner'of medicine in this city, now an absentee of many years .dura? tion. It appears to me that tho import? ance of this letter lins been greatly ex? aggerated, which can bo made apparent by a Blight examination. As, for in? stance, when ho states "that he waa in? formed when he fi rat came tn Columbia to practice, that all tho city West of tho Main street wus healthy before tho con strnotion of tho dam; and that after the n'uni was built, but few families above Hall's Hill but were subject to bilious fevers, &c." Since the destruction ol tho dam, ..tho health of the city hus been constantly increcsing, until now, when all know no place more healthy." Wo havo here, first, the broad assertion that all the city West of Main street was healthy. This ia certainly a very strong statement, which, if it was truo then, certainly bus never been since, and is not now; in which assertion, I am cer? tain, every physician of the place will agree with mo. The dam is constructed; wbut theu? He says that few of tho families above Hall's Hil! but were sub? ject to bilious and iutermitlept fevers, until the dam was taken away. Fruin this, we are .forced "to conclude that the portion of the city which sustained damage was that above Hull's Hill. Tho dam is destroj-ed. What is tho effect? "Since then, the health of tho city has been increasing, until now, when uil know no place moro healthy." It seems to me that this is very loone reasoning. First, u most unqualified statement of health, which, from the very uature of thiugs, could not have existed ; seooud, an nsscrlbju of a partial iujury to the health of the city; and finally, an abso? lute attribution of the steady progress in health of n city of 9,000 inhabitants, during a period of forty years, to the re ! moval of a small obstruction in a river j ou its extremest outskirt. Again, the Doctor states thut he is satisfied that the dammiug of tho river, as now contemplated by the owner of the canal, would be disastrous to the health of the city. Whyba is satisfied thut it would be, he does not state. I am perfectly satisfied that the venerable Doctor does not havo the remotest idea Of where tho dam is to be, or what the prosont condition of tho country it?. Who is the most capable of forming a correct opinion, those who da know where the dam is to be, have, with their own eyes, inspected the whole country recently, have no hobby to ride; or ono who belongs to a period of at least twouty years since, has not seeu the country about the proposed dam in twenty years, and writes only from hear? say, hundreds of miles distant. Agaiu, be asserts, that "no change bhould be made iu the river that will prevent a full and free flow of tho same." Again, "any chango would end in increasing miasma." Now, had the Doctor said auy chaugc which would lead to tho ex? posure of thu river bod and low places, would increase miasma, we would all agree with him; but a change which would submerge all these and keep them so, certainly would have the contrary effect. It is at this point that the Doc? tor's letter becomes an argument iii favor of adam, for nature is constantly performing the act which the Doctor so ! strongly depreoutes, 6iuco the constant j swells am! fulls of tho river do very often j pruduce "change.! iu the river"which I prevent a free and full How of the stream," alternately covering and ex ! posing flat and marshy places directly I opposite to the city. This the dam ! would prevent, ami, therefore, the Doe ! tor's diction is in favor of the dam, and not against it. So much for the Doctor's ; arguments. 1 will now state what ap ; pears to mo to be tho true cause of the ; former unhealthiness and subsequent im I prnvemeut of the health of Columbia. The medical history of all new couu ! tries proclaim tho fact that there are ; threo phases of health. First, with ti virgin forost and soil, we have health. Secondly, with sparse population, par? tial clearing aud imperfect drainage, .sickliness. Fiuully, close population, i thorough draiunge aud cultivation, health agaiu. Now, this fact will give the solu? tion to tlw whole of tho matter. Thc ; period in which the Doctor arrived iu 1 Columbia corresponds to tho second of these conditions; and when (lie marshes, 1 ice., which filled that portion of the city which corresponds to that above Hall's ; Hill were drained, the sickness subsided. ! This will ncconut for that portion of the city. The portion which is now occu . pied by tho Charlotto Railroad shops, ?co., was uot healthy until the morass in the retir of Taylor's old house was drained. Two years ago, lhere was a great deal of malarial disease in tho Eastern portion of the city, surrounding tho low grounds of Dr. Fair's hospital field. This was thoroughly drained by tho City Council, when all sickness censed. Last full, I saw thu second pe? riod well illustrated ou May ran t's Hill, iu the extremo South-eastern portion of the city. This part of the city has been but recently Bottled, is partially cleared . and very imperfectly drained. Ou thc hill there aro seven houses, and iu six of ? the seven 1 witnessed from two to lour \ severe cases of malnrialdise.no. J c mid ! multiply instances, but I think these are sufficient to provo my poiut. And that . after the lapso of years tho venerable ' Doctor has only remembered otic point and has forgotten the thousand and one ? other facts which make tho gland total of effect. Again, the annals of medicine ; r >. claim that in certain years we have the prevalence of certain diseases; as, for instance, iu lSt><?, we had au epidemic of malarial diseases pervading the whole ' South, not even sparing our bave saud* hills, whose freedom from malarial dis ' caso ie a proverb; ulso, i si York Dis i trict, where fover of malarial origin had never beeu known before. In 1859i we bad a terrible epidemia of diptberin, which extended ile way into 18G2, wbeu families in Colombia were decimated by it. Still later, in 18G9, that fearful dib <a8o,.morjingoti6, and last year wuoop ing-obugb. It is more than probable that tho Doctor fell into one of theee periods, nud, failing to recognize the lessons his profession teaches bim, jumped nt au erroneous conclusion/ Should tho dam be constructed at the point suggested, after its construction we may have an apparent increase of malarial dieeuse, but we ure not to hasti? ly conclude that it has caused it. It is only the repeated assertions of a series of years whioh will warrant such an in? ference. Third. That these facts will show that my opinion, as expressed to tho commit? tee is not founded on conjecture, but sound reasoning. I remaiu, respect fnllv yours, G. S. TUEZEVANT, M. D. THUS IT Is.-It is a fact worthy of re? mark, tbat when Gen. Morgan, of Ohio, presented his constitutional amendment tu the House, mukiug naturalized citi? zens eligible to the Presidency, all the colored members voted against it. lt is a curious feature of our Government, at the present time, that a negro is eligible to the highest o??iee, while tho most in-' telligeut white man in thu world is shut out, if he happened to be born iu a foreign country. The Cincinnati Volk'H blatt, speaking of the fact, says: "Tho negro Republicans oro, there? for?, opposed to the granting ta immi? grant Germans of rights equal to their own. Snell are the thanks for the labor of tue Germans against slavery and in favor of negro suffrage, aud for the blood shed by tho Germaus in the war for human rights of blacks. Already the negroes are employed in the Repub? lican party as a counterpoise aguinst Germai: iu?uence. Were it not for the negro veto, there would be more caution used iu the temperance and Sunday question-for almost every negro is a supporter of the Puritanic fanatics. Now, tho old expression, 'The Moor hath doue his duty-tho Moor may go,' can be converted into, 'The German, having done his duty, can go, and the Moor takes his place.'" PROPOSED NEW TERRITORY OF OJIB w.vr.-The new Territory of Ojibway, which it is proponed to set off in the Northern part of Dakota, will contain about 74,000 square miles, being nearly one-hulf the present urea of Dakota. The new Territory coutaius a large area of fertile and well-watered lands, but its inhabitants consist as yet almost entirely of Indians. It will bo crossed mid-way, however, by the Northern Pa? cific Railroad, whicb will build up settle? ments aud towns rapidly ulong its route, and from tho lino of tho railroad popu? lation and agricultural development will be diffused in all directions. The exist? ing while population of Dakota, num? bering about 15,000, is concentrated chiefly in the Southern part of the Ter? ritory-its capital, Yankton, being at the mouth of the James River; and a vast wilderness intervenes between these settlements and the country, which will attract the attention of emigrants who follow Ibo line of tho new railroad.- PiV giniu City (Nevada) Enterprise, Jami ?ry 21. That interminable play, the "Black Crook," which seems to survive all acci? dents cu" change in New York, has been so often "rucoustructed" as almost to preclude Ibo supposition that any addi? tional attraction could be added to it. Hut as it is now put upou the stage at Niblo't) Garden, it includes two features of moro than passing interest. One of these is the arrangement of a sort of circus riDg upon the stage, around which a horse prances with a trained goat upon his back, the said educated goat, some? thing like the "wonderful cyuocepha lus," leaping over bars, through hoops, icc. Aupther iucident is a dance by one of thc female performers, in whioh her "partner" is a real anaconda. This last episode, which is described as "thrill? ing," is, it must be confessed, something of a "sensation." A PATENT RAIL-SPLITTER.-An inge? nious Georgian 1ms invented n "patent rail-splitter," by which au immense pine log c:m bo riven in a very brief time. A saiall iron cylinder, or tube, about n half inch iu di.'.meter and six inches long, in two equal segments titting closely toge? ther, is inserted into an orifice made ! with a common auger in tho centre of tho fallen log. This is filled with powder by means of a slender tube surmounted with a funnel, tho ofcarge amounting to an ordinary musket load; a fuso is then ? attached and fired, and tho toughest log ! is split Uko au acorn. Tho Georgians regard it ns a grand labor-saving inven? tion in these days wheu tho laboring classes of tho South have their time almost wholly engrossed by politics. 1 A San Francisco journal says: "Tho Japanese ladies, having investigated tho i female attendants at the Grand Hotol, ; and compared them in their working clothes with the ladies whom they seo lon fae streets, havo concluded that the ; richer and poorer classes of American i women are divided by physical develop : incut, and that tho wealthy classes aro j distinguished from their less fortunato . sistors by a hump upon tho back, some ? thing al ku1 tho fashion of the drome d?ry. Their superstitious led thom to believe that magic arts nre used to pro I dtiee the growth of this deformity upon , the person of those whoso wealth is ?acquired in their latter years." "About the only debt tho unfortunate [Southerners do not owe, is a debt of gratitude to their carnot-bag rulers." Tims saith the Boston Post. Pomeroy's Democrat humorously Bays: i "Grant for President and Tweed for ; Vioe-Prtsideut. Tho ono giveth and the ; other taketh. Blessed be their names." MAIIJ ARBANOEUE?T8.-Tho No?tl??tD mail opens at b\0Q P. M. ; olqses 7.15 A M. Obarleston day mail opens 4.00 P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Charleston night mail opens 6.80 A. M.; closes 6.00 P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P, M. ; doses 6.00 A. M. Western, mail opens9.00 A. M.; closes 1.80 P. M. Go Sunday office open from 3 to 4P; M. / CITT MATTEM.-The price of single copies of the PHOZNTX is five cents. The Lexington Dispatch, through the exertions of Senator E. S. J. Hayes, has been designated as the official organ for that County. Special attention is called to the sale of horses and mules, by Messrs. E. W. Seibols & Co., in front of the Court House, this morning. The sale will be positive and without any reserve. The bill-board on Plain street is in a dangerous condition, and should be looked aftor, or an ugly acoident may be the result. Several of those ngly cross-walks still remain ou Main street. The city may yot be called upon to pay damages for injury.to human beings or vehicles. Re? move them, Messrs. Street Committee. At present portions of Main street pre? sent more the appearance of a corduroy road than the priucipal thoroughfare of au improving city. Tho talented Berger Family, with the celebrated mimic and faoiologist, Sol. Smith Russell, will put in an appearance at Irwin's Hall, on Monday evening next. Our citizens know what to expect from these highly popular artiste, and will fill the hall to its utmost capacity. P. S. Jacobs, Esq., a former resident of Columbia, was in this olty, yesterday. Mr. Cathcart, chief of the Western Union Telegraph Office in this city, has been re-arranging and improving his office and telegraphic arrangements.' Columbia is uow connected, by twelve wires, through this line, with tho other world. A new and improved switch? board and quartette table have been in? troduced-so that an operator, without ohauging his seat, can change his con? nections to any quarter. The Washing? ton timo is received every day, at 12 M., so that person? desirous of regulat? ing their affairs according to the capital! time, cou do so, by calling. ?'" There was another instalment pi spriug weather, yesterday. i. THE FATE.-There was a change in the programme at the Firemen's Fair, last uight. Tableaux and fanoy danaes were introduced, and the stage presented-a beautiful appearance, with its collection of living pictures. Prof. LyBrand'6 string band added materially to the evening's entertainment. The art gal? lery was ns well patronized as on the previous evening. Tue tables are presided over by Mrs. John Alexander, Mrs. T. M. Pollock, Mrs. John A. Shiell, Mrs. M. E. Brady; Mrs. S. S. McCulIy and Mrs. R. S. Mor? rison, with many willing assistants. "Rebecca [or Belle] at the Well," had many callers. The fair will be continued this oventng. PnaixrxANA.-If you want a Japanese itziboo, you must go over thero and get it soon, for their sale to foreigners is to be stopped. We cannot describe it fur? ther than to say itzibooly. A small thing to beware of-Small-pox. Ii a small boy is a lad, is a big boy a ladder? Tho "Frenoh curve" has taken the place of the "Grecian bend," and is not considered much of an improvement on tho old style. The latest Fronch style is for ladies to part their hair very much on one side, whilo tho gentlemen still part theirs iu the middle. A pledge of real love-Popping the question. A man may have enough of the world to sink him, but eau never have ouough to satisfy him. What is the difference between a gen? tleman and a thief? One picks his com? pany and tho other picks their pockets. Strong epithets are generally used to bolster up a weak argument. It is very likely that the proverb, "Thc good die first," originated with some nnsophiscated mortal, aftor a careful re? view of glowing epitaphs. LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENT-. Acts of the General Assembly. Berger'Bell Ringers. Jacob Levin-Auction. Hostotter's Stomaoh Bitters. HOTEL ARMVALS, Fohruarv 22,1872.--. .Yiri-. ergon House-J A Hannah, T W Ball, Md; J M Fanley, NC; S L Howell. Charleston; P 8 Whianant, N C; Mrs N Wadkins, Bliss M Fo Sey, Oa; F Sohlegniilch, Summit Point; S iorner, Joaao Horner. Pa; D J Carter, Lan? caster; J K Emerv, N J; M S Oil), N C; Fred D Rush, S C. Central Hotel-T S Jacobs, Augusta; Mrs J W Williams, MrB J Chrcetmau, Laurens; R Beatty, W S Smith, W Smith, John Thomas, Union; L M Barnwoll, Camdon; JFV Logg, Shelton; 0 T Reid. N Land, G and C R R; JP F.lkin, Alston; J Zimmerman, Va; J Flynn. Canada; J Var brough, Chester; U Sullivan, Greenville.