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??cs- 1. , . - COLUMBIA. S. C. Saturday (Horning, February 24.1872. Governor Scott and thc Pardoning Power. The wanton abuse of the pardoning power by Robert K. Scott, during his four years' reign in South Carolina, would of itself, had he no other faults or crimes to answer for, render his name and administration infamous for all time to como, in the eyee of every sensible and decent man. We may safely ohal lengh the records of all ages and peoples to furnish even an approximate parallel to the wholesale and shameless manner in which tho servile demagogue by euphemism dubbed Governor of South Carolina has debased this highest execu? tive prerogative. Since his inaugura? tion, soaroe a day has passed that the Executive olemenoy has not been brought into requisition. During tho year ending Ootober 15, 1870, we find from- the report of O. J. Stoibrand, Superintendent of tho State Peniten? tiary, that 281 convicts were received into the institution, and 205 were the recipients of his Excellency's graoiout pardon. Tho list of orimes of whiob these prisoners were convicted exhauste the whole calendar known to the law murder, rape, manslaughter, arson, bur? glary, larceny, ?fcc Three-tenths oi them were colored men, tried before c Republican judge and a jury compos?e mostly of men of their own raoe. It ii morally impossible that there coule have been any impartial disoriminatior. in their disfavor. The converse of thal would come nearer the truth. Wha! justification, then? What even shadow of an exouse can our truly adventuroui Governor plead for this scandalous fond ling of oriminals, under the flimsy dis gnise of Executive olemenoy? It oannotbe defended upon any knowi principles of good government or mo rality. lu renders trials at the sessidni court mere farces, and is a palpable ant flagrant infringement upon the proviuci of the judiciary department of the Go vornment by the exeoutive. The court of j us lieu are indeed, so far as their cri minai jurisdiction is conoerned, rentieret nugatory. The Governor, so-called, as somes practically to bo jndge and jury or, rather, to dispense with those noci dents of government entirely. Sucl conduct on the part cf the Chief Magie trato of the State is a positive invitatio; to crime, and our orowded oriminc dockets do now bear testimony to th truth of tho proposition. Our tex books tell us that "the certainty of pc nishment is of more consequence tba the severity." Criminals do not s much flatter themselves with the lenit of the sentence as with the hope t escape, for whiob reason nothing cot tributen more to the suppression of cri m than an undeviating impartiality in th ex?cution of the laws. Gov. Scott, o the oontrary, utterly ignores this wol established maxim of government, d< feats the execution of the law and mun feats himsolf the friend and proteotor < every thief and cut-throat in the oon munity. Suoh notion may be in aooort anoe with the old Scottish maxim tht "hawks must not pick out hawks' eyes; or, in modern parlance, "a pal shoul not go back on a follow-oove." Stil Robert E. Scott should remember, ho\ ever strongly his natural affinitius ms indine him to sympathize with sue characters, that he owes something 1 the distinguished position into whic chance, no less than "fellow-ooves" hm thrust him. -? m ? ? There is no rose without its thorn, i King Christain of Sweden has late discovered to his great annoyance ar probablo cost. Tho Kiug is aoruclb.it of a poet, and having in one moment i weakness allowed some very well writtt verses to appear in a Stockholm pape all sorts of literary efforts have sim been ascribed to him. Among others, serios of ur tides, signed C., lately a pouring in the snmo journal, which co tainod sumo very severe Stridores upc Prussia, alleging that "Prussia is to I foared by all who do not desiro to I converted into slaves, either as direct indirect subjects of tho King uf Prc oi?." In consequence of this, a very feeling was created in Rerlin, sufficient demonstrative to necessitate an offici explanation in whioh tho authorship, well as the sentiments, wero den ie Truly tho path of State is a stormy o whenever indulgence in a harmless r oomplishment becomes so fruitful trouble. Kings, it would ssem, shou let their pons rust, but keep their swot bright. -. ~*-4V ? SUDDEN DEATH.-Mr, Wilson C. Gi sett, wo aro informed, died suddenly his residence, near Eatesvillo, in tl County, ono day lust weok. \Spartanburg New Ertt. Queen Victoria has pardoned tho t convicted murdorors, Rov. Mr. Wats and Miss Edmunds. Alexis will be grieved to hear a pain-1 ful rumor, which comos all the way from tho plains, to the effect that his old frioud Spotted Tail, and his bund, pe* risked in a furious bail storm on their return trip from tho grand buffalo hunt. This melancholy calamity ooonrred about 200 miles this side of the Black Hills, in ; an open, desolate oountry, through1 which old Spot and his band were tuen i roturning. The rain froze as fast as it fell, and the whole oountry was covered with a oout of ice four to six incheB in thioknoss. No living being unsheltered could havo survived the storm. And so this is the last of the grand old ohief and bin noble braves, White-Oat, Punch ? bis-Head, Pot-witU-a-Hole-iu-It, Jump ing-Tooth-Aohe, Man-Afraid-of-Horse Badish, Walk-off on-Your-Ear, and all the rest of the poetical but unpleasantly dirty gentlemen who accompanied the royal party. With a deep sympathy for Lo, there is yet somo consolation in the reflection that they did not die until after they wore first washed. The first severe blow at monarohy in Europe comes from little Portugal, where the Gabi ucl has just unnouncod a project of reform which sweeps away many of the bulwarks which hodge in majesty. It inoludes abolition of tho hereditary peorage; the removal of nil restrictions on the preus; the abolition of punishment by death; tho right of holding meetings subject only to police regulations, and the extension of the suffrage, already very low, to heads of a family who can write. If these mea? sures aro carried out, and it is supposed they will be, Portugal will differ only in name, and perhaps some minor particu? lars, from a genuine republic. Mn. EDITOK: I find that, through in? advertence, I made a mis-quotation in the article published in yesterday's PHOENIX. Allow mo to correct it. I should have quoted thus: "When I ar? rived in Golumbia, in 1822," instead of "when I flrat came to Columbia to prac? tice." Also, to say that I was misin? formed in regard to its being a clerical error, whioh gave the authorship of the first extract to Dr. Oreen, in place of Dr. Wells. I fell into this error tho more readily, as X claimed for tho author an experience of thirty years aa a practi? tioner of medicine. When I, as well as all of Dr. Green's numerous friends, know that he does notelaim ever to have practiced. G. S. TREZEVANT, M. D. JUDOS BOND.-The Washington cor? respondent of the Baltimore Evening Journal gives the following sketch of Judge Bond: As muny papers in the aonntry are makiug a grout hue and cry about the Ku Klux in South Carolina, and the ad? ministration of justice by Judge Bond, it is but just to let them know who Judge "Huge Lnmmux" Bond is, and Bomo of his antecedents. He is well known in this city, as are the means he used to secure his present appointment, aud confirmation after appointment-tho latter hoing strongly opposed by Charles Angusttiii, of the plunderer's organ of your oitv, und who is now his chief eulo? gizer. I have been informed by reliable persons, that when he was Judge of the Criminal Court of your oity, he com? pelled the orier of said court (who was onoe in the dog business in Baltimore, also an engine honse keeper, but now a post office detective,) to divide his salary (whioh was larger than that of the Judge) with him. He (the Judge) was the delegate to tho Methodist Episcopal Church Conference at Winchester, Vir? ginia, just before the war, who seceded from the Conference because of his strong pro-slavery views, which were an tagouistic to the majority of the Confer? ence. Ho it was, while a Judgo of tho Crimi? nal Court of your city, and ns such a conservator of the peace, bogged nu officer of the United States army to re leuso from his custody Major Harry Gil mor, (a prisoner of war,) in Baltimore, und send his gnnrd homo, so that the Union men could hang him (Major) Gil mor to a lamp-post; and ho it was who caused tho urrest of many Southern sympathizers in your city during tho luto war, by means of hid influence with tho commanding gonerals and their pro? vost marshals. While this prating Judge professes Christianity, he nover was kuown to improve any opportunity for sowing the good seed, or of teaching, either by precept or example, the les? sons which wo are taught to believe as coming direct from the fonntain-hoad, aud certainly his actions do not appear to bo influenced by the constant kindli? ness and gentle bearing of those who understand Christianity to siguify not only faith, purity and devotion, but also, that peace and good will among men ure its fundamental principles and essential elements. No, none of these 1 Duplicity is his forte, and has frequently and faithfully served him. DEATH OP MAJOK WM. H. WHITNEB. It is with sincere regret thut wo an? nounce tho death of Major Wm. Henry Whitner, a native of our town, and fourth son of the late Jndge Whitner. Wo have not heard tho particulars of his death, which occurred at his resideuoe in Madison, Fla., on last Friday even? ing, as we learn from the telegraphic do spatoh to his family. [Anderson Intelligencer. Horse thieves are hung in Kansas, but murderers get two years in the peniten? tiary. L, KO IS LAT I VE PROCEEDINGS. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1872. SENATE. The Senate met al 12 M., President Banaler in the Chair. The following bills were puted: Bill to revive and renew the charter and cor? porate privileges of the Trait?es of the Bea netts vi I lo Academical Society; to re? charter the town of Frog Level; to re? quire County Commissioners to give bond for the use cf tbs County in which they have been elected; joint resolution to relieve R. Vampill, Treasurer of Ma? rion County, of uncollected-taxes for the year 18G8; joint resolution authorizing the County Commissioners of Williams? burg County to levy a special tax. A bill to provide for the appointment of Inepoctor of Phosphat?e, and to de olure his duties, was discussed and amended. A joint resolution to relieve tho late County Treasurer of York County, E. M. Rose, and his bundsmoa, was passed to a third readiug. A joint resolution proposing an amend? ment to tho Constitution of the State of South Carolina, was made the speoial order for to-morrow, at 1 P. M. Tho Speaker of the House of Repre? sentatives attended in the Senate, when the following Aots nud joint resolution wero duly ratified: An Act tu re charter thu ferry over tho Combahoe River, in South Carolina, known as the Combahoe Ferry; to change tho numes of Leo Abrams, John Abrams, Duuklin Abrams and Mary Abrams, to Leo Ferguson, John Ferguson, -Duuklin Furguson nud Mary Ferguson, respectively, and to per? mit Charles M. Ferguson to adopt them and moko them his lawful heirn; to pto vide for tho speedy apportionment of the Stato appropriations, inado for the support uud maintenance of free com? mon schools; to change tho name of Wm. Nathaniel Martin, nud to make him one of tho legal heirs of his father; to incorporate thu Springfield Baptist Church, of the town of Greenville; to amend nn Act entitled "Au Aot to incor? porate the town of Cokosbury ;" to amend an Act entitled "An Act to oharter the Yemasseenud Mallen Railroad Company, in tho State of South Carolina," to in? corporate the town of Lewisville; to au? thorize tho County Commissioners of Beaufort to establish a public road from Binuker's Bridgo, ria the town of Gra? ham and Uouea Ford, abroas the Big Salkahatchie Swamp, iu the vioinity of Rusk's Mill, to intersect the Beaufort Bridgo and Barnwell Road, at that point; to authorizo aliens to hold property; to revive and reuew the charter and corpo? rate privileges of tho trustees of the Ben nettsvillo Academical Society; to require County Commissioners to remove imbe? ciles from the Lunatic Asylum to their respective County poor houses; to re? new, amond and extond the charter of the trustees of the Prosbytorian Church of Smyrna, Newberry County; to amend an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Columbia, Walterboro and Yemassee Railroad Company;" to regulate pilotage ut the ports o? Charleston, Beaufort and Georgetown; to incorporate tho Bro? therly Association of Charleston; joint resolution authorizing tho State Trea? surer to purchase a set of fire and bur? glar proof doors for the vault in his of? fice. A bill to reliovo the State of South Carolinu of all liubility for its guaranty of tho bonds of tho Blue Ridge Railroad Company, by providing for tho securing and destruction of the same, was passed to a third reading. Mr. Whittemore presented the memo? rial of tho American Woman Suffrage Association, praying the passage of a law abolishing all political distinctions on aooount of sex, which was referred to a joint oommittee. Senate adjournd at 0.10 P. M. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House met at 12 M., Speaker Mos? s in thu Chair. A bill to provide for the general and speoial elections, and the manner of con? ducting the sumo, wus passed, with amendmeuts, and ordered to the Senate. A number of report? from committees were read nod laid over. The Joint Special Committee appoint? ed by concurrent resolutiou to investi? gate the mining and removing from the navigable streams nod rivers of this Statu phosphate and phou^hatic depo? sits, submitted their report, which was made the speoial order for Tuesday next, at 1 o'clock. Concurrent resolutions by Mr. Yoourn to appoint a committee to examino iuto and report upon tho work on the Colum? bia Canal, was adopted nod ordered to bo sent to tho Scuuto for concurrence, by a voto of 51 yeas to 21 nays. At 3 P. M., tho House took a recess until 7 o'clock P. M. At 7 j ii o'clock P. M., tho Houso re? assembled. Upon motion, tho Honso resolved itself into a committee, of tho whole upon tho tax bill. Mr. Byas offered tho following pro amblo and resolution, which were adopt? ed: Whereas grave doubts and misunder? standing scorn to oxist among tho mem? bers of this committee as to tho state? ment of the Comptroller-General in reforonoo to the publio debt; therefore, Resolved, That tho Comptroller-Gone rnl be requested to address this oommit? tee in reference to the mattera undor consideration therewith on tho appro? priation bill now beforo this committee. Comptroller-General Noaglo appeared before the committee and occupied their attention in regard to tho State's in? debtedness and amounts reqnired to be collected for the payment of tho interest on the publio debt and othor State obli? gations. Mr. Bowen replied in aspoeoh of some length. At a late hour, tho committee rose, and at 10 P. M. the House adjourned until to-morrow, at 12 M. A Now York dame woro a $5,000 dross to a charity ball. "OAN SUCH THINGS BE?"-It is given oat that a oommittoe of the Florida Le? gislature has made a report to the Go? vernor of the State embraoing thu start? ling statement that in Jackson County alone ovor 181 murders-some of the victims women and children-are charged against a band of Ku Klux, with similar outrages of the klan in other parts of the State. Martial law is recommended, and, under the circum? stances, if correctly reported, the only wonder is that the recommendation comes in only ofter 181 men, women ead children, in a single County, have been murdered. \Neto, York Herald, 11th instant. This, fi om the New York Herald, a tumbling mass of filthy politics, whioh diffuses its foul odor to tho strongest gale regardless of principle, need not surprise any one. No Buch report has been made to tho Florida- Legislatura os the Herald speaks of. 'Neither has there been any such number of outruges com? mitted in Juoksou County as this paper tries to show. We saw a similar stale mont a few weeks ago in the Jackson? ville (Florida) Union, aud it was proven by the Courier, published at Marianna, Jackson County, to be an unmitigated falsehood, couHtructedl by the miserable fertility of n depraved mind. If this was the terrible state of affairs in Jnck Kou Couuty, why did not the Ku Klux Committee, tho cruel humbug, while it was making its investigations in Florida, report nt Washington such a state of af? faira? Several murders havo been com? mitted in that unfortunate. County, it is true, but are uot such things a common occurrence in New York? We aro dis? gusted at the foul lies thut are inserted UH facts iu Northern newspapers against thu South. It looks as though it might have Borne compunctions of conscience, but it is uot so. We think that tho truthful number of murders that huve been reported from thut County aro not more tbuu a dozen in the list threo years, aud the most flagrant and fiendish of which were committed by negroes. [Savannah Republican. "AFTER THAT, THE DELUGE."-The great winter trouble in the West has been the snow and ioe blockade. The rivers have beeo closed to navigation, tho railroads have been blookod with snow drifts, any sort of overland trans? portation has been next to impossible, and thousands have perished from the effects of hunger und acid. But spring is approaching. The soowB and iou have beguu to melt, uud now u new disaster threatens thu inhabi? tants of the trans-Mississippi. Tho im? mense bodies of water to bu created by the melting of this uuusual quantity of snow and ioe, especially should wc have a sudden spell of warm weather, it is feared will do as much, if not more, harm than the winter visitations. Rail? roads, bridges and farms are likely to untrer from the flood. Nor will it be confined to the trans-Mississippi. The entire oountry drained by the Father of Waters, from its sources to its mouth, is likely to como in fur its full share of dis? aster. There is muoh ground for appre? hension, but we hope for the best. A QUEER SURGICAL OPERATION.-A singular surgical operutiou was per? formed, recently, by a San Francisco physician. The pationt had boeu shot. The bullet entered tho right side, a little above the hip, and in probing the wound the surgeon discovered where tho bullet lay. Ile was oom pel led to enlarge the orifice of the wouud in order to intro? duce thu forceps, and had just got thut instrument on the bullet, when the wounded mau, who was under the influ? ence of liquor, struck him u powerful blow on the side of the head, which caused him to full to the floor. He then ran uway, and when the doctor recovered himself ho found the forceps in ooe oorner of tho room, and near the instru? ment was the bullet, which had boen ex? tracted by the force of tho blow. The doctor says that, as a surgical operation, it was a completo success, but still ho is not partial to thc method. DEATH OF ESQUIRE GOODWIN.-It is again our sad duty to chronicle the death of one of our aged and respected citizens. On Wednesday, 14th instant, Mr. Samuel Goodwin, better known to our citizens as Esquire Goodwin, died nt the rcsidouco of his son, Mr. E. W. Goodwin, in this Couuty, in tho eighty seventh year of his ago. Esquire Good? win was boru in Kershaw County, in this State, aud carno to this County during his early manhood, at which preciso pe? riod is unknown to us, but nt some timo prior to tho year 1812. Ho married hero aud roared a large family, that now num? bera among its members somo of ibo most prominent nod respected citizens of our Couuty.-Marlboro Times. DISTDRDED CONDITION OF THE FRENCH PROVINCES.-The nows from tho French prov?noos continuos to bo of tho moat unsatisfactory character. Tho revolu? tionary sentiment is everywhere evident, especially in tho South of Franco, and the authorities find it becoming more and more diffioult to discharge their duties. Somo time since it waa reported that a largequautity of munitions of war was discovered ut Lyons. This roport has been subsequently confirmed. In the oapitul of the Rhone the revolution? ary committees aro as aotivo as beavers and are making converts to their doc? trinos. No matter where wo look throughout the French repnblio, wo find mutters are getting so complicated that a political convulsion, moro or loss sovoro, cannot bo much longor delayed. Captain Robbins, head of tho night police of Springfield, Illinois, was ar? rested, Saturday evening, aud commit? ted to jail, on tho charge of killing Co? burn Bancroft, iu May, 1870. Bancroft resisted arrest, aud Robbins killed him. The City Council havo authorized tho employment of counsel to dofend Robbins. THE KU KLUX REPORTS.-The Brook? lyn (N. Y.) Eagle, commenting on the financial ali o wi uga reade by the Congres? sional Kn Klnx reports as io tho*'recon? structed governments of the Southern States," suys: "They exhibit a degree and condition of public robbery that make one wonder the Ku Klnx Klan is not of the propor? tions wrongly contended for by the ma? jority. No other people in the world would submit to Buch a state of things without revolution. Were the States not the part of a Union which can and will rt dtoes the wrongs they are almost power? less to remedy, rovolntion woo ld be inevi? table. The extract we have given weakly epitomizes a condition of affairs North? ern readers now pretty well understand. That condition receives daily confirma? tion in tho haste with which the South? ern Governors aro beiug sent 'to the penitentiary or United States Senate/ The North has been called phlegmatic. But half the wrong endured here that is endured South would plant a gallows at every cross road." On the subject of tho majority report, even the Republican New York Tribuna says: "Although tbero niay be soma differ? ence of opiniou as to the verdict which should come from the Congress commit? tee on Ku Klux, thero can be none as to the extravagance and rapacity of the carpet-bag yo vern [mints. Tho compre heuaive report of the Hon. Job E. Ste vecson ia proof conclusive on the points heretofore urged against these locust like officials. Misrule and corruption have combined with ruffianism and bru tal mob law to make the South uninha? bitable. Day after day and week after week, tho crumbling fabrics of these fraudulent political structures have at tested the truth of all that the Tribune long ugo said of the carpet-baggers. If tho end of the Kn Klux shall come with that of the thieves, it will bo well for the whole couutry." It will ba seen that tho House of Rep? resentatives, on Monday, refused to print the mi nor i ty report unless all unpar? liamentary expressions were stricken out. Tho facts of the report aro strong enough, it is true, of themselves, and the investigation, if undertaken by the majority, with a view of making politi? cal capital, will not avail party interests much, or be a sufficient excuse for the peculiar legislation of Congress which hus beeo euforced in the South. NEWSPAPERS AND Tn Et It INFLUENCE. We shall not attempt to define the exact influenae of newspapers; but, most as? suredly, it is most extensive. A book lives longer than a newspaper, but a newspaper is constantly at work. The book oiroulateB by thousands, and the newspaper by tenB of thousands. The book is read by the few, the newspaper by the million. AR a photographia im? pression of the lights and shadows of passing life, everybody takes an interest in a newspaper. It is a record of the daily history of our own time; it is, in fact, in our age, the history of tele? graphic communication, and that is the history of the world for each day. Its columns contain a transcript of the deaths, tho marriages, tho accident?, the complaints, tho excitements, the fears, tho enthusiasm, tho rejoicings, the sor? rows und the wants of living men. How, then, cun it fail to bo generally interest? ing? ' But the newspaper does more than this-it forms opinions, sometimes lead? ing, sometimes following. It cannot go too far ahead, neither can lt lag too far behind. It aots and is aoted upon. Perhaps it ia oftener nn echo of what the majority of newspaper readers think, feel and desire, than anything else. This, indeed, is a necessity of a news? paper's existence. But it often leads opinion, too, by reiteration, by line, and by precept upon precept. As the water drop wears hollows in the hardest stone, so does tho newspaper mould and shape the local and political opinions of the community, and bring about important j aud extensive changes. It does not fol? low that these opinions are always valu? able or excellent. The newspapers may form false views as woll as true, may de? fend injustico, strengthen prejudice, and propagate error. The only corrective for all this is freedom. Said Milton, in his plea for unlicensed printing: "Lot truth aud falsehood grapple. Who ever saw truth put to tho worso in a free and open encounter?"-New york Neics, M MIK HOME ATTBAOTIVE.-Nothing add* more to tho handsome appearance ot' a house outside, and to its cheerfulness inside, than good clear window glass, and bright-colored ornamental glans at tho sides and over tho topa of the doors. Tho lirst lets in all the bright warm light of tho sun, while tho latter admita tho light at tho samo timo that it shuts off the viow of prying eyes. The best French and American giana, both plain and oruameutal, as well as doors, sashes, blinds, balusters, newels, munt el?, .Va., are to ho had of Mr. I*. P. To.M.K, No. 20 Uayi.o street, Charleston, ?3. C. F20J THE HISTOUY OF A NATIONAL REMEDY.-Here ie the history of tho most celebrated tonic of tho age in a nut-shell. In 18(10, it waa an? nounced that a certain combination of vege? table ingredients, with a nure diffuaivo stimu? lai! t, was working wonders in tho cure of j chronic dyspepsia, nervoua debility, liver | complaint, periodical foyers, rheumatism aud constitutional weakness. Thc unpretending name given to tho specific was PLANTATION liiTTEHi*. Tho atatemeut attracted the atten? tion of invalida everywhere. Tho new remedy received a fair trial, and the resulta more than confirmed all that had been said in its praise Thenceforward it waa a grand success. The business columns of the press apiuad the glorious nows far and wide, and the mar? tyrs to indigestion, biliousness, physical pros? tration aud prematuro decay, as if by com? mon conaont, sought relief from the now vegetable restorative They found what they sought. From that timo to the present, the increase in tho demand for Plantation Bitters lias been ono of the most striking events in this ago. a*v For Cough?, bronchitis and Consump? tion, in its early stages, nothing equals Dr. Pierce's Qoldon Medical Discovery. Feb 22 13 Au old lady in Connecticut, having for 106 years struggled under the burden of such a namo ns Experience Plank, has ut last gone by the board. Xii ocal X te XXX?. BRILLIANT DISPLAY.-Ono of the moBt at tro ot ive objecta in the business part of onr oity is the jewelry establishment of our old friend and staunch mo reliant, William Glaze. The display of jewelry, watches, silver-plate, etc., which he has au hand, is simply magnificent; and what is rarer now-a-days, has all, Uko tho worthy proprietor himself, "the ring of the true metal" about it. MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-Tho Northern mail opens at 3.00 P. M.; closes 7.1? A. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.00 P. M.; doses 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 opens9.00 A. M.; closes 1.30P. M. On Sunday office open from 3 to i P. M. CLOSB OP THE FAIR.-The Palmetto Firemen's Fair dosed last night, (or rather this morning,) after a very suc? cessful "run" of three nights, A hand? some sum of money was realized. The voting for the gold-headed cano was very brisk, last night, and the supposition is that more than 8200 will le realized from it. Who the successful candidate will be, cannot even be guessed at-the supposition is that the polling will be close. The utmost good foaling pre? vailed. To the ladies are the company materially indebted for their successful efforts in assisting to pay off the debt contracted for the steamer. We publish among our news items a paragraph stating that Gov. Caldwell, of North Carolina, has offered a reward of $35,000 for the capture, dead or alive, of Henry Berry Lowery and his gang. If there aro any adventurous spirits in our mitist who are waiting, Mioawber-like, for "something to turn np," this is an opportunity to gratify their propensities, and put money in their pockets-if suc? cessful.- We havo seen it slated that a corps of young men is being organized in Petersburg, Virginie, to capture the outlaws, aud claim P" he rewards which have been offered, win. . H moa nts to the nice little sum of $45,000. . Crrr MATTERS.-The price of siugk copies of the PHONIX is five cents. It was accidentally stated, yesterday morning, that the Western Union Tele? graph Company was connected, by twelve wires, with the other world. Of course, we meant the outer world. Although not fully understanding the system and its manipulations, yet we wish it dis? tinctly understood that we have no de? sire to connect tho operators with the "evil one." < Messrs. E. W. Seibels Sc Co. have re? moved from their location in the back of Childs & Wiley's Btore across the street to Mrs. McCormick's old stand. They have added to their formor busi? ness of insntance and real estate agents that of auctioneers and commission merchants, for whioh they have ample accommodations at their new store. They are active business men and relia? ble gentlemen. Beal estate to the amount of $10,000 changed hands through them last week. PHCENIXANA.-With a little house well filled, a little land well tilled, a little wife well willed, a husband well (killed, and servan ts well drilled, a little time may be well killed. What is that which divides by uniting and unites by dividing? Soissors. The best dowry to advanoe tho mar? riage of a young lady, is to have in her countenance mildness, in her speech wis? dom, and in her behavior modesty. Disputations leave truth ia the mid? dle, and party at both ends. In putting "the best foot forward," always uso the right, or it will bo left. To keep warm of n cold day, women double tho cape, and men double the horn. A young lady of our acquaintance, who has a pretty hand, is anxious to learn whether people are moro liable than common to "burn their fingers" if thoy happen to bo taper ones. We can? not say, bot we have advised her not to lot a spark get at them. Why is the figure 9 like a peacock? Because it's nothing without its tail. The dead aro never ill. Consequently all diseases may be classified as affections of the liver. Oarrison says that the woman ques? tion waa an "all-embracing" one. Who said it wasn't? Why is tho letter G like a gentleman who has left an evening party? Because it makes ono gone. LIST OP NRW ADVERTISEMENTS. B. C. Shiver & Co.-Kid Gloves. Convocation Colombia Chapter. Washer and Ironer Wanted. William Glaze-Watches, Gone, ic. Rooms to Rent. HOTEL ARRIVALS. February 23,1872.-Nick* erson House-Vi ll Attorbrun,8C; O B Ca? ti u ry, High Point; J H Bcbrenicr, Charleston: J M Li pam, Ya; F 8 Lewio, Loiington; Mr and Mrs Peters; Mrs Dixon, N Y; \V Kau dolph, Pa; L AV Perrin, Ninety-Six.