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COLUMBIA. S. C. Thurstay norning. February 29,1872. Til? Reconstructed Governors. There is some encourrgem?nt for out? raged Sooth Oarohna to hope that her day of deliverance may come after awhile, in the faot that one by one her sister Southern States are being rid of their chiefest oppressors. Holden, of North Carolina, has been successfully impeached-has fled his country for his country's good, and takon refuge in the city of Washington. Bullock, of Geor? gia-perhaps the deepeBt-dyed villain of all our reconstructed governors, if such rascality can rightfully admit of degrees of comparison-could not and did not even make a show of defenoe, bqt igno? miniously fled his State, when he bo came satisfied that he would be called to account for the many crimes he had committed. Next comes Reed, of Flo? rida, who will, doubtless, follow soon in the footsteps of his illustrious fellow thief, Holden. Scott is still left. South Carolina seems specially singled out to endure to the fullest and bitterest extent the degradation of having a disreputa? ble individual for her Chief Magistrate. This shame is due, beyond all doubt, simply to the faot that there is a larger colored majority in this afflicted State than any of the others. We do not v mean to charge that our colored people] willingly and knowingly prefer a corrupt man to preside over the affairs of State; but their eyes are moro easily blinded than the educated of tho white race; and, besides, having no political expe? rience, except what they have learnt under the teachings of Scott & Co., they have misunderstood, and, therefore, failed to perform, the duties that have devolved upon them. It may be* health? ful for them to observe and reflect, how? ever, that alone in the State where they have absolute control have such officials been allowed to retain publia office. In the case of Reed, of Florida, it is re? markable to observe the similarity of the crimes he has committed with those of the South Carolina Governor. They are mach smaller in degree, bat identical in kind and character. The charges against Reed are OB follows: ?.First, an over-issue of $528,000 of State bonds nuder Aot approved Janu? ary 28, 1870; second, a fraudulent con? spiracy to issue $1,000,000 of State bonds for the purchase of stock of tho Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central Rail? road, with intent to profit thereby in collusion with other parties; third, an unlawful issue of $1,000,000 in State bonds for the purpose and with the in? tent recited in artiole 2; fourth, a fraud? ulent signing and issual of $?,000,000 of State bonds for the use and henel! t of the Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad Company; fifth, conspiracy' to unlawfully issue $1,000,000 of State bonds to David li. Yulee and other per? sons; sixth, unlawful issue of tho amount of bonds mentioned in artiole 5; seventh, conspiracy with one Milton S. Littlefield and other persons to em? bezzle- public moneys received from the hypothecation of State bonds, and actual embezzlement of $20,000 thereof; eighth, receiving from Milton S. Littlefield u bribe of 33.5UU to sustain the oluims of tho Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad Company to tho titlo of the property of thu Pensacola and Georgia, and Tuiliihasseo, and Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Cou I ral Railroad Companies; ninth, conspiracy with Charles Pond and E. B. Bulkley, of tho city of New York, to defraud thu State of Florida ol $15,000 in State bonds, uud actual de? frauding of said State of said amount in an urms and equipment, purchase; tenth, paying into thu State Treasury depreci? ated State scrip to thu nominal amount of $1,110 as payment for $1,110 iv United States currency paid to him tu due tho State, but by him fraudulently retained: eleventh, attempting to bribe a jastioo of tho peace to decide in hu favor in a case before said magistrate pending; and twelfth, receiving a bribe of $10,000 from Aaron Barnett, and foj such bribe signing a conveyance to Bait Barnett of internal improvement lauds The evideneo on which these charge) are based is not made public, but mus bo of the most convincing nature, ni upon tho rending of tho report of tin committee appointed to investigate Gov Reed's official conduct, every singh member of tho Assembly voted for im peach munt on tho articles nlmve syn oj) sizetl." ---?-?-?-. Tho marplots of tho Uuited States an again making themselves unpleasant b; "wanting to know, you know." Th subject of tho present inquiry is ; deficiency of $6,000,000, which occnrrei in the Stamp Department of tho Unitei States Treasury, during tho time whet Mr. Boutwoll was Reveuuo Commis Bioner. Of course, n mutter SO du magie, was speedily hushed up aud put away i: its little bed. There it would hav slumbered quietly to all eternity, had i not been for tho recent split in tho Radi eal party, which has set all tho disaffect ed nt work, unlocking tho closet door and pulling out the ekelotous. There i nothing like n family fight, nitor all. i houso divided against itself must full. -?-?..-. Boston Corbel, the man who ouct) en joyod notor.oty a* tho killer of Booth President Lincoln's assassin, is dead. Thu Council und ihn elly Hull Con? tract. The proceedings of the City Gounod, published thia morning, will bo found of considerable interest. The efforts of the citizens to have the iniquitous Oity Hall ooutraot annulled, promise now to be orowued with suooess, without further useless and expensive litigation. Mr. Allen oomes up smiling, and offers to relieve the Oouooil from a very embar masing and uncomfortable situation, hy. surrendering his contract. What the citizens were aiming' at, was to defeat tho oonsummation of the fraudulent soli?me whioh would, it is believed, rob the city of fully $50,000. This, wo pre? sume, will be as fully effected by the cancellation of Mr. Allen's agreement with his own consent, ns by nu order of court. It would be gratifying, in some respects, to secare the judgmaut of a legal tribunal upon the action of the Council, in making the contract with Mr. Allen in the first instance. Tho judgment of court, however, oouid not probably go further than annulling the oontraot; and while the oily fathers may be saved some additional mortification, the practical benefits to the people will not bo lessened. That part of the resolutions reflecting upon Mr. Clark Waring is ?imply gratu? itous. That gentleman, doubtless, acted wrong in allowing his name and charac? ter to be used, in rendering an iniqui? tous scheme successful, without first ex? amining the matter; but he made noble amends for it afterwards, and the people of Columbia will feel justly indebted to him for tho great assistance ho hus given in bringing this City Hall matter to u successful issue. As to awarding him tho oontraot, as Mr. Allen recommends, for $36,500, the Council may do so, if they like. All that the tax-payers will ask, is that they will award it to some person not less reliable than he-at a price not greater than that which ho proposes, and that the bondsmen be as unexceptionable os (hoBO endorsing Mr. Waring. There is ono point which it might not be amiss for the Council to clear up, be? fore balancing accounts finally with Mr. Allen. It has been charged-and not denied, that we are aware of-that $12,500 was paid some time since by Dr. Neagle, on account of tho City Hall con? tract, to the City Council. Of this amount, it is (arther .said, that only $5,0C0 was applied to the work on the Hall. The thx-payers would bo glad to know, and moat undoubtedly hnvo n right to inquire of the Oity Council, who, theoretically, at least, represent them and are their publio servants, what has become of that balance-$7,500-in tho fi nt plaoe; and in the second place, whether the $7,000 proposed to bo paid now to Mr. Allon, is in addition to tho $5,000 already said to have been received by him; and if so, whether thu little work that hus boen so far dono on the Hall-or, more properly, on tho founda? tions of it-is claimed to be worth the $12,000 thus paid? Tlie awarding tho contract to Mr. Waring, which tho Council expresa their determination to refuse, we trust will not bo held by Mr. Allou as an essential condition of tho surrender of his con? tract. There is no reason that we can seo why he should hold it et-seutiul, if ho is milking a bona fide proposition. We aro led to hop?', therefore, that tho surrender will bc effected. If it should not, tho caso of the tax-payers will, nt auy rate, bo greatly strengthened in court by the action of Mr. Allen. - , . -? <k> >--. Wo extract the following from a long editorial in tho Now York Journal of Commerce, of the 25th-which still further corroborates tho statements made by a correspondent ip. yesterday's PIIOKIX, relativo \o tuxes: "All who havo examined the tax lists know vory woll that few persous of largo means aro rated therein nt anything near their actual possessious. Heal estate is visible, and, therefore, it cannot escapo. Even hero, however, there is not in our commonwealth oven a pre? tense of approaching tho true saleable value. In tho largo cities of this State this class of property is assessed at from ono-lifth to one-third the prico at which it could be purchased. In the country tho proportion is still less, and tho average assessment of the rural districts ranges from ouo-tonth to one-fifth of the saleable value. lu personal property tho reduction is much greater. Many, who are worth $5,000, $10,000, $20,000, or $30,000, safely invested iu portable securities and yielding a handsome in? come, are not included at all under this heading; while our rioh men aro assessed, for the most part, at less than one-tenth of their personal estate. " In au affray at Columbia, Tenn., on Thursday ovoning, William P. Holcomb was bhot and killed by Henry Holcomb, his nephew, aud Edward Eulin was shot and killed by a policeman who attempt- 1 ed to arrest him. Both homicides aro < regarded as justifiable. A New Orleans paper says that a young widow in that city, who writes well, "is training herself for an editor." Who is tho editor she is training for? Th^T Union and ll. II. Carpenter. The readers of tho JJnion-fho journal that attempts.to defend the frauds of various rings whereby th? State bas been deprived oat of millions of dol? lars, and which journal is moreover, egging the Legislature on, by every in? genuous, false and sophistical argument that cunning caa suggest, to doable the bardoc of taxation; appa oar people wore treated yesterday to two columns of editorial-abuse ; pf r?Jbtp?ht?r. Judge Carpenter is reportejj |}ov ba oao vasBiog tho Stute of Now Hampshire-in whioh a gubernatorial oleetion ocours ou tho 12th proximo-ia the iotorestB of thu Democratic party. Tho Union calls it Ku Klux Democracy. Wo wore not aware before that tho "hellish organiza tion" extended into that intelligent and virtuous section of country, from 'which the great body of oar worthy State offi? cials hail. The Union moo, though, probably knows whereof ho speaks coming from that direction himself, and hoing a proper object of a Ku Klux visitation, he perhaps speaks from expe? rience. The poople of New Hampshire will want no greater commendation of Judge Carpenter thau the bitter and spiteful attacks of this organ of tho cor ruptionists. Judge Carpenter-wbatovor niay be his past history br private peccadilloes, of whioh wo know nothing-did, beyoud all question, sustaiu as high a character with tho so-called Republican party of South Carolina, as any member of it, anti], disgusted with its extravagance and dishonesty, ho left and joined with tho good people of tho State in au effort for reform. Furthermore, it is a well known fact, that while a Judge upon the bench, he hailt for himself a fair came for ability and impartiality, and won the reluctant confidence of the high-toned members of the Charleston bar-at the timo his political enemies. His truthful and fearless exposure of tho rascalities of tho Radical regime, in the canvass of 1870, aroused their most eo veaomed hatred. Ha may well feel proud of it, It would be ridiculous, if it were not nauseating, to hoar tho Union prating about honesty, and vilifying R. B. Carpenter for bribing the unprinci? pled Legislature which tho Union boot Hoke nod applauds. Tho Union says that Judge Carper ter was inst rumen tal in gelling the notorious phosphate bill through the Legislature, aad to effect which tho most opeu and shameless bribery was practiced. That paper has not a word of reproach even, for tho guilty members who havo so basely betrayed the public trusts. Bribery has to bo resorted to to secure the enactment of almost every law now, whether good or bad. Evoa Gov. R. K. Saolt, ia a moment of indignation, has said, wheu giving testimony before a cornmittoe of his own General Ansembly, that sucli was the cuso. Ia blaphomous language ho declared thnt if Jesus Christ wore upoa the earth again, and a bill to crucify him was introduced into the Ge? neral Assembly of South Carolina, ho would havu to pa3T handsomely, or tho scene ou Calvary would be repeated. Rcmeuihcr that, you "Praisc-God bare-boues-mau" of tho Union, and shut your mouth for .shaine, when you would speak of? bribery. -?-?-*-> SI'AUTANJIUI.O ITKMM.-The Carolina Spartan says: Soon after tho np-traiu on tho Spartan burg and Union Railroad loft Alston on Monday lust, a Federal soldier, attempt iug to got ou tho traiu whilu in motion, foll on the track and had bia legs so badly crushed ns to tmiko amputation accessary. |A gentlcraau just from Union informs tis that tho soldier is sicco doad. Ho belonged to tho garrison at Union. ) William Waters, un aged and highly esteemed citizen of our County, died at bis homo on tho 12th instant. Ho was in the eighty-seventh year of his ago, and his death vas owiDg moro to tho woight of yours than to disenso. Tho doceased was respected by all who knew him, for his honesty nud integrity of character. A negro mun employed in making re? pairs ou tho road bed of tho Spartan burg aud Union Railroad, was run over by tho train and killed on Saturday last. It seems that ho was left by tho working party, with which ho was engaged, to look after .stuno provisions und tools, near tho lino of tho road, and finding tho HU ii very pleasant, laid down on tho track to take a nap, no doubt thinking that ho would wake up beforo the Iraia carno along, and get out of tho way. But a las I he slept too soundly, and was aroused too lato to mako his escape. ACCIDENT.-Joo Leo, a colored boy, aged about oight or ten yoars, the sou of Aue McClarun, whilst attempting to jump off ouo of tho curs at tho Abbeville depot, lust evening, which at tho timo wero being shifted, was caught aud thrown under tho whecis, which passing over severed ono of the arms near tho shoulder, and crushed three fingers of tho othor hand.-Abbeville J launer. A heart-brokou Syracuse maidou re? cently demonstrated her viow of broach of promise, by whipping hor fickle lover soundly. LEGISLATIVE PHOCEBDINtaS. WiiDNiiBDAY, FEBIIUAIIY 28, 1872. SENATE. The Senate assembled at 12 M., Presi? dent Ilanaior in' tho Chair. The following bills were passed: To amend tho charter of the town of Orangebarg; to incorporate the Spartan burg Female College; joint resolution authorizing the County School Commis? sioner of Union County to approve cur? tain claims of teaohers; bill to amend au Act entitled "An Act to estnblish a new Judicial aud .Election County, from por? tions of Barnwell, Edgelleld, Lexington -and Orangeburg, to be known as Aiken County;" to incorporate the Orangeburg County Fair Association; to amend an Aot outitied "An Aot to charter Brox t>n's Ferry, across tho Great Salko hatchio Bivor;" to incorporate the village of Smithville, Christ' Church Parish; to incorporate tho Willtown Nationul Guards, of Colloton'County; to alter aud amend an Aot entitled "An Act to revise, simplify and abridge tho rules, praotice, pleadings and forma of courts in this State." The following Acts and joint resolu? tions were ra ti lied: Au Act to grant, re? new and amend the charter of thc vil? lage of Book Hill, in the County of York; an Act to charter the town of Frog Lovel; nu Aot authorizing the Town Couucil of the town of Newberry to erect a market house on u lot of land belonging to tho County of Newberry; an Act to amend an Act entitled "Au Act to extend the limits of the town of Camden;" au Act to incorporate the Spar ta ii burg Female College; un Act to incorp?ralo the Charleston Joint Stock Company, of tho State of South Caro? lina, for the be.uf-lit of the State Orphan Asylum; an Act to make appropriations for tho payment of the per diem of the members of the General Assembly, sala? ries of thu subordinate officers, em? ployees nod other expenses incidental thereto; un Act to amend the charter of the town nf Orangebnrg; au Act to in? corporate the Mount Zion M. E. Church, of Kingstree; un Act to incorporate the Provident Laud and Beal Estuto Com? pany, of Charleston; au Act to charter the Walhalla Female College; an Act to relieve the Stute of South Carolina from all liability for its guaranty of tho bonds of the Biue Bidge Railroad Company, bj providing for the securing aud de? struction of tho same; an Act to esta? blish a quarantine at Georgetown, Charleston aud Bilton Head; joint reso? lution to relieve the late County Trea? surer of York County, E. M. Rose, nod his sureties; joint resolution to relieve R. P. Vamphill, Treasurer of Marion County, of uncollected taxes for the year 1868. Mr. Leslie introduced a joint resolu? tion, authorizing the Attorney-General to employ asnistunco in certain appeals now ponding in the Supremo Court of tho United States, aud making an appro? priation for the same; which was read and laid over. At 3 P. M., tho Senate adjourned until to-morrow, at 12 M. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House met at 12 M., Speaker Moses in the Chair. Various committees reported upon joint resolutions and bills which had been referred to them. All the bills relating to tho geueral election law, upou which the committee, report was unfavorable, were laid upon th? table. Mr. C. D. Hoyne offered a resolution i authorizing thu Clerk of the House to I prepar? a manuscript journul of each I session of this Genend Assembly-tho sumo, when completed, to be deposited in the office of the Sooretury of State. Tho compensation for said work to bo the samo as allowed Clerks of tho Courts for copying. Mr. S. Green offered the following resolution, which was adopted, and sent to tho Senate for concurrence: Resolved, That tho Clerks of both Houses be, and they arc hereby, author? ized and instructed to issue pay certifi? cates to tho members and the employ?es j of tho General Assembly fr ini tho 17th of January, 1872, to tho 7th of March next, both days inclusive. A number of bills from thc calendar were taken up, among which was a bill (by Mr. Hodges) to establish a metro? politan police district, and to provide for tho government thereof; aud, after a long und very exciting debate, tho enacting clause was stricken out by a vote of 07 yeas to 16 nays. At Sly o'clock tho llou?e took a recess until 7 o'clock P. M. Court commenced at this place, on Monday last, nt 10 o'clock A. M. Judge Melton, on churging thegraud jury as lo their duties, Aa, took occasion again to compliment this County upon thu tact that Ibero was usually little criminal business, and that tho schools, police, treasury and other Couuty offices were in an unexceptionable condition, that this Comity was a rare examplo of sol? vency, ?co. Two murder eases aro to bo tried, one against Noah 'Williams, colorod, which will como off to-day, Tuesday, and tho other against thu parties in regard to thc homicide of Mr. M. H. Hannan. I Lexington Dispatch. Wo learn I hut Mr. Wash. Calmes, of this County, recently died from tho re? sult of a cut on thu hand from opening u sardine box. His hand and arm began to swell, and from tho effects of this wo regrut to learn he diod. ( Newberry Herald. Tho lion. James L. Orr has boen ap? pointed, und received his commission, to attend the centennial celebration of American independence, at Philadelphia, in 1876. Hu was commissioned by Pre? sident Grunt. A mau found dead in Central Park, Now York, on Friday, hus been identi? fied us Harrison (Quickenhush, formerly an editor of tho Daily Notes, und recent? ly a compositor in tho Tribune oflico. THE TELEGRAPH AB AN EBBAND Bor.-, Electricity is to be reduced from its proud position as a messenger between the continente to tho humble uses of do? mestic life. It is to be mode an errand boy to auswer every household call. A company has been' formed in New York, which proposes to establish offices at convenient places, in varions parts of that oity and Brooklyn, whence mes? sengers can be sent on demnud to any house within the respective districts. Thcso offices are to be connected by telegraph wires with the houses of such persons ns pay a certain amount month? ly (two dollars and fifty cents,) for the benefits offered by tho company. The occupant of a house, by touching a key, will simply give notice ut the offioo that a messenger is wanted. The offices will bo numoroos, and so distributed that auy house can bo reached by a messen? ger within throe minntes after the no? tice. It will bo the duty of the messen? ger to go on any errauds required of them, to any part of tho city, tho per? sons employing them to pay the com? pany fifteen cents for every half nour of service. The telegraphic apparatus, consisting only of wires and the small key instrument, will be placed in the houses or offices of tho subscribers without charge. The batteries will be at tho company's offices only. It will be Boon at a glance that this system will briug many conveniences; but all its ad? vantages cannot be approoiated nntil it has become, ss wo think it will, a neces? sity of domestic; life in all large cities. There aro thousands of little services which persons in moderate circumstances would gladly pay for at tho rates named, but they cannot afford, or do not desire to keep, an errand boy or other male house servant But tho plan promises more than mere convenience; it pro? mises safety and comfort. It will afford security against burglars at night, and a ready means of calling a physician or a friend in cases of illness. If burglars aro iu tho house, two tu oohes of the key will bring a policeman at any hour of tho night. lu cases of fire, too, the sys tem would bo invaluable; many small fires become great onos on account of tho unassisted efforts of servants or members of the family to suppress them without a general alarm. Indeed, the more ono considers the uses of the pro? posed system, the more they multiply themselves, and we confidently predict that within a fow years, we shall be won dering how our ancestors got along with out it. The name of the.new organiza? tion ia (ho "American District Telegraph Company." It has general offices at No G2 Broadway and No. 185 Montague street, Brooklyn. One district in the latter city Will soon be ready for the first experiment, and then branch offices will bo opened rapidly ut suitable poiuts in both cities. HARD STATE TO COVERN.-Nebraska, with only 123,000 population, seems to bo a very difficult Stare TO govern. List spring, its Governor (Butler) wasjim poached for corruption and deposed from office, and tho Legislature has since endeavored to remove tho acting Go? vernor, Mr. James, without success. Lately, Mr. James left tho Stato tempo? rarily; whereupon tho President of the Senate, assuming the prerogatives of Governor, convoked the Legislature to meet in extra session, with thu intention, it is supposed, of procuring the impeach? ment of Mr. James. Tho. latter, how? ever, hastened bnok te Nebraska, revoked thc order for tho legislative session, and locked tho doors of both tho legislative chambers. But tho members, having assembled in Lincoln, were determined to hold their session, and so they broke iuto tho Stato Houso, aud nt tho last ac? counts wero in something of a quandary, as tho Governor ref?mes to co m tn ti ni cato with them or recognize them in any way. - - ->..* While almost every Stdio of tho Union has bceu involved iu serious financial disasters, through tho extravagance and not nnfrcqnenlly tho corruption of ils law-makers, our neighbors of the Cana? dian Dominion eujoy a season of finan? cial prosperity. Both Ontario and Que? bec have a plethora of revenue, which, after meeting tho requirements of their extensive systems of education and pub? lic works, leaves a largo surplus in their respective treasuries. Ontario has at the present moment in her publy; chest over $1,000,000, after providing for her largo anni),il expenditure; and Quebec, after milking provision for a new system of common FCIIOOI education, which it is to bo snpposed would ooustitnto a largo draft upon her exchequer for the first few years of its existence, is able to deposit in tho banks of tho Province a surplus of over S?OO.UOO. Tho British troops iu India havo tri? umphed over tho warlike tribes, tho Looshais and Ladboorahs. The nativo soldiers have delivered up their arms and tho chiefs agree to pay tribute. This is the system of Euglish civilization in tho East-war, death, conquest, cash tribute and new territory. M VHS HOMU ATTQACTIVE.-Nothing adds mot'* to tho handsome appoaranco of a houso outside, and to its cheerfulness insido, than good clear window glass, and bright-colored ornamental ?;!a-H at tho sides and over tho I torta of tho doora. Tho drat lets in all the bright wann light of tho ann, whilo tho latter admita tho light at the aamo time that it shuts off tho view of prying eyes. Tho beat French and Ame rican Klaas, both plain and ornamental, aa well aa doors, sashes, blinda, balusters, newels, mantels, Au., aro to bo had of Mr. F. I*. TOA LB, No. 20 Havno street, Charleston, 8. C. F20J HOTEL ARRIVALS, February 2&.-I\,icker*on ?louse-V Sc.hlcg?lniilcb, Sunlit Point; T 13 (loodwiufl, W ll Seale, Haltimoie; E N Duffey, J Adrianoo and wtfo, T J VanVolkonburgh aud wife,JJ Y: ll Jones, Aiken; D Drury and wife, boston; G C Clark, Manchester; T C Dunn, Little Uiver; JW Hutchinson, Wlsj PSGamo woll, J lt II Jenkins, N Y; J G Thompson, beaufort; :; I, Temp, Camden; J Goodman, Philadelphia; W F Graham, wile, two children and servant, Wilmington; w D Hart, Mrs tl E Taylor, two children and servant, Sumter; K J Dean and wife, Alabama; F D bush, T N Talbert, S C. ? kit" -?__?4_?:-!-. . 1MA.IL ARRANGEMENTS. - Tho 'Northern mail opona at 3.00 P. M.; cloBes 7.15 ?. M. Charleston day mail ope?B 4.00 P. M.; CIOBOB COO A. M. Charleston night?iailopens 6.30 A. M.; closes6.00 P. M. Greenville mail opens G.45 P. M. ; closes 6.00 A. M. Western mail opona 9.00 A. M. ; closes 1.30 P. M. On Sunday o (lice open ' from 3 to 4 P. M. CI?T M AIT Elis.-The price of single copien of the PnONix is Qvo cents. We regret to announce to tho publie tho den,th of Mr. Brinsdoo, an English geutlemao, recently settled in our city. Mr. Brinsdoo, though known to few in Columbia, no doubt would have proved a valuablo citizen to Columbia had his lifo been spared. His funeral notice will be found in another column. Oar citizens are requested to attend. Mr. McKenzie is in receipt of some of tho finest French confectionery ever exhibited in Columbia. Nearly every kind of choice fruit is represented, besides confections, otc, in great variety. A box of this confectionery would make an acceptable present to a lady friend or relative. Remember, tho Berger Family with Sol Smith Bussell, givo aoother enter? tainment, on Monday evening next, in Irwin's Hall. Secure a seat ia advance, or the chances are that you will have to stand. The water will bo shut off this morn? ing, at 9 o'clock, from that portioa of tho city North of RioMand street. The season for planting trees is pass? ing awuy. Let all who want good shade trees in front of their residences, plant them now. Mr. Winthrop Williams drew the S10 io greenbacks at DeCastro'B last night, and Mayor Alexander tho watch. DECASTKO.-In spite of tho bad wea? ther, thero was aa equally fall attend? ance at Irwin's Hall, to witness the won? derful magic of DeCastro, last night as on tho night previous. A number of now aud inexplicable feats of sleight-of haud und spirit agency were performed. The magio flowers, the inexhaustible hat-ia Ehort, everything-was startling, arousing and beyond the ken of common mortals. DeCastro is surely the prince of magicians and clever fellows, in the English senso of the word, and ia the Amoricao, too, for the number and quality of tho gifts he distributes entitle him to that appellation. v To-night, tho decapitatiou feat, Dc Castro'B chef aVoeuvre, will be performed, and also a prize of 330 will be given. PncsNiXANA,-Desire is a tree in leaf; hopo is a tree io flower, aad enjoya ent is a tree iu fruit. Hopeful husbandmen-Thoso who sow bribes and expect to reap reforms. Pu fling and blowing aro often consi? dered as synonymous terms. You wiil disQover a diffcroncf. howover, if, instead of puffing a mau up, you should blow him np. Double-fuoed men aro deeply disgust? ing, especially whe'U they would appear to bc most sincere. Tho maa who praises another to his face, and after? wards finds all manner of fault with him behind his back, will not steal unless he hus ii good opportunity. This general rule may havo ita exceptions, but they aro extremely rare. LIST OP NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. D. Bateman-Cow Feed. Gold Ear-Biog Lost. Meeting Acacia Lodge. Uerger Family-Irwin's Hall. Poixotto & Son-Auction Sale?. McKenzie-Something Extra. Grand Pin im Ball. DeCastro-Irwin's Hall. Dr. It. V. Pitreo, of Buffalo, N. Y., in his hook on Chronic Diseases, says in regard to his Golden Medical Discovery, with which our readers aro familiar: '.Prem its wonder? ful power ovt-r Consumption of tho Lungs, I had thought strongly of calling it my Con BUtuptive Caro; hut trcm tho fact that it is a porfoct specific for tho sore throat aud hoarse? ness to which ministers and other public speakers aud singers are subject, and also for Bronchitis, and all severe Coughs, and is an invaluable remedy for diseases of the Livor, aud also as a Blood runtier. I decided not to apply to it a namo whick might mis load and prevent its uso in other diseases for which it is so admirably adapted. '.It will euro a cough in ouo-half tho lime necessary to euro it with any other medicine, and it docs it not by drying it np, but hy re? moving tho cause-subduing tho irritation and healing the affected parts." Thia valuable medicino ia sold by all first class druggists. A WHOLE PEOPLE'S OPINION.-When a na? tion of forty millions accepts and endorses aa a STANDARD KESTOBATIVE an amelo that it has had tho fullest opportunities of testing during a period of twolvo years, who can bc so absurdly incredulous as to doubt the ex? cellence of tho preparation? PLANTATION BIITKIIS has passed through this ordeal, and is now tho most popular proprietary modi cino on thia continent, lt would bo difficult to lind au adult of either sex botwson the Atlantic and tho Pacific, or between the North-oast corner of Maine and tho Gulf ol Moxico, who does not know, either from per? sonal experience or observation, that this rc Downed vegetable, remedy ia tho purest tonic and stomachic, and tho finest ni toi ?li* o sud regulating medicino, at present before the world. As a preventive ol and cure for dis? eases generated hy malaria, and aa a speedie for dyspepsia, rheumatism, and all nervous and bili.nu airectioua.it is admitted to b f.iirly pronounced the FAVOIUTE llorsnioi.n TONIC ANO ALTKUATIVE oft ?io Western Hernia photo. F?i8