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zag-----^--^* COLUMBIA, S. C. Sunday Ko rc ins .March 3 1878. . No Blore Incrtam of tb? Pabilo Debt-? Tlie New Amendment. A joint resolution to sub mit an amend ' mont of the Constitution to the people at tho next general election, which will effectually prevent a farther increase of the publio debt, passed its second read? ing in the HouBe on Friday. The pro? posed amendment reads as follows: "To the end that the publio debt may not hereafter be inoreased, without the dne consideration and free consent of the Eeople of the State, the General Assem ly is hereby forbidden to or?ate any farther debt or obligation, either by the loan of the credit of the State, by guar? antee, endorsement or otherwise, except for the purpose of meeting its existing obligations, or in and for the ordinary and current business of the State,- with? out first submitting the creation of any suoh new debt, guarantee, endorsement or loan of its oredit to the people of the ?tate at a general State eleotion; and unless two-thirds of the qualified voters of the State vote on the question, who, shall be in favor of a further debt, guar? antee, endorsement or loan of its oredit, none snob shall be created or made." This is a very proper provision, in so far as it bases a farther increase of the public debt, upon consent of two-thirds of the voters of the State. Wo do not, however, grow very enthusiastic in con? templating it, for we are forced to feel that the adoption of such an amendment, at this late day, after the gross frauds that have been praotiood by the State officials, in their manipulations of the bonds of the State, and the illegal and outrageous manner in whioh the publie debt has been already inoreased, is pain? fully like "looking the door after the horse has been stolen." To guard against future mishaps ia wise and ex? pedient beyond all question, bnt to oorreot present evils is the more impera? tive duty. Are we to have no inquiry into the conduct of. the Financial Board last year, whereby over $7,000,000-taking their own figures-have been added to the publio debt in one year, and that, too, when a tax of over $1,600,000 was lo vi ed, whioh greatly exceeds the appro? priations of the General Assembly,.ex? travagant though they were? Ie suoh a palpable and enormous swindle to be quietly acquieaoed in, and the knaves who have gorged their greedy maws at the expense of a poverty-stricken people, allowed to go un win pt of j us ti co and without even a reprimand? - Twist and squirm and lie as the finan? cial ring may, they cannot escape the evidence of their own figuras. By theae figures, it is patent, as above stated, that upwards of $7,000,000 have been added to the obligations of the State during iast year. The Legislature, the whole Bepublioan pasty of the State, is respon? sible for it. The Legislature, by passing the matter over, virtually makes the crime their own; and the colored people, by sustaining their present representa? tives, must show themselves equally cul? pable The amendment, good as re? spects its futuna intendment, is calcu? lated, as now framed, to give an indirect coloring of legality to the bonds that have been issued in fraud. What does the exoeption of existing obligations mean? Is it not desi gue J to affect the $7,000,000 of bonds illegally issued last year? We fear so, and that tho prime object of the amendment is simply to bolster up the slender and tottering value of these obligations, so-called, which ought properly, and doubtless io time vritl be, wholly repudiated. The "existing obligations" should at least be determined, both as to character and amount, before any exoeption is mado in their favor. Here oomes a mau asserting that he has discovered a specific for small-pox, threatening to rob Jenner cf his fame. His name is Dr. Zuelzer, of Berlin, and his medicino bears the queer name of Xylol.' It is distilled from the oil of tar, at a temperature of 140 degrees, and ?bust not bo confounded with other queer substances distilled from oil of tar at different degress; umong which we find named: "Cela bensol at 81 degrees, Tonloul at 110 degrees, and Xyloden at 215 degrees." We waru all tar boilers in pursuit of the treasure to avoid mis? takes. If report spouks true, he has already routed tho horrid monster out oi Berlin, und is now signing, Alexan? der li ko, for moro small-pox worlds to conquer. < ? ? ? -Nebraska, whioh already has two Go? vernors, is threatened by tho members of its remarkable Legislature with a third Governor, in thc porsou of a citi? zen of the cheerful name of Doom. It is clear that Nebraska is doomed to hnvo plenty of Governors, as loug as tho num? ber of politicul scoundrels io that State roamin undiminished; but wo know of moro (bau ono State that has reached its doom in ono Governor. Tb? Labor Reform Party. Tbe first step in tho great Presidential content which comes off this foll, has been taken by the Labor Boform party. At their convention, at Columbus, Ohio, Judge David Davis, 'of the Supreme Oourt, was nominated for President, and Joel Parker, of New Jersey, for vice-President of tho United States. Judge Davis ia olassed as among the liberal Republicans, aud Joel Parker is a life-long Democrat, and a man of dis? tinguished ability and great popularity. Of itself, tho Labor Reform party could effect nothing in-a race Vf or the Presi? dency. With them only as competitors, Grant could, doubtless, walk over tin oonrso without so' much exqrtioo as even thumping the asfies from his plaoid segar, or regular D?mocratie nominees might glide in to the White House at an easy paoe. But if tho other anti-Grant elements-tho liberal Bepublioans and tho Democrats-ooalcBOO with tho Colum? bus Convention, the sluggish Ulysses will have to shake off hie lethargy and oome down to his work in earnest. Even then, his cha??os for re-election must be calculated among the remote possibili? ties at best. Judge Davis and Joel Parker ure un? exceptionable men to Conservatives and Democrats throughout the oountry. The platform is not so free from objection. It proscribes tho heathen Chinee, and favors a protective tariff, both of whiab do not accord with the sentiments ol the Southern Democraoy, at any rate. These faults, however, are offset in o great measure by tho advocacy of com plete amnesty, equality of rights and privileges, and a thorough civil sorviot reform. The candidatos and tho princi? pios announced uliko manifest the'fact that the party is intended mainly as o compromise between Republicanism ant Domocraoy. It is Republicanism divest ed of its military and centralizing fea tures, that render it specially hatoful and Democraoy robbed of its allegiana to free trade We of the South will b< content to forego that much, in order ti secure a substantial and genuino returi to constitutional and economical govern ment. Judge Davis is said to be in sym pathy with Gratz Brown, Schurz, Trum bull, Greeley, Fenton, Cameron and th leading reform Bepublioans, and it i not improbable that his nomination a Columbus is but the forerunner of similar honor designed for him at Cit oinnuti. Woe is Grant, if these surmise provo correct. We fail to appreciato the logic whic attributes dil the inhuman cruelties prai ticed by mau upon 'his brother in th oountry to the influence of the old ii stitntion of slavery. It is an impuden pharisaical assumption upon the part < Northern zealots in the highest degn unjust and libolons. In a journal no before us, we find a horrible case i oruelty recently inflicted upon a boy I three laborers at the Susquehanna depo Pennsylvania, attributed to thc "erat of the overseer's whip," wbioh has hi just about as much to do with the hov case, as it has with that of any brut English laborer, who beats his wife, the brick fields. Wo protest against ll mass of obloquy oast upon that old 1 stitution, which had many humano ai redeeming qualities. The slave popul tion, with all its wrongs and abuses, w yet always bolter taken caro of, less ii posed upon, and far happier than t lower laboring classes of England n to-day. They wero always strangers suffering nnd poverty; they never lack medical attention or proper shelter, n in many other respects their conditi was a paradise to that of tho pooi olasscs of tho New Eogland Stat' Contrary to tho belief sought to bo i ouloated, tho "crack of tho oversee whip" was seldom heard, kindness a confidence being ever recognized as t most efficient rule. There aro s enough resting upon tho old iustituti without its hoing nsed as a scapo-g< for all Northern orimes and inhumu ties. Cruelty and wrong belong exe sivcly to no section or -people, and I conduct of our cousins in tho late v show them experienced graduates what they aro over so anxious to prec agaiusl. Tho Now Orleans Times ? clares that thoy should havo more c! rity, and in order to encourage them ward its cultivation, wo would Biiggt im an incontrovertible faot, that the wi of tho cotton spiiidlo has been moro 1 tilo of inhuman oruelty, has blas more lives, und filled moro graves, tl ever did tho "crack of tho overset whip." -.-?*---. Tho New York Tribune commends tho notice of American "slatesme who hesitate at universal amnesty sc yours after tho conclusion of tho c war, the example of the French Asst bly, which has just approved tho pru iug of amnesty to Communists, with wounds of their bloody intestine con! yul unhealed. How TO DIB BOT LETTEBS.-We briog to the notice of oar readers the following oivcojar from the Postmaster-General. There ie np doubt that the delay in the trauamission of letters and papers, as well as most ot the canos of their entire losa, may bo attributed to the faot that thoy are carelessly directed by the writers.. We have Been letters and papers traveling about in' the moils for months'aud theil rot brood to'tho office, where it was first mailed, for "pr o per. di? rection:" M -r WASHINGTON, February 1, 1872 Owing tp the rapid iucreaeo in the mails, i and the establishment of many new post offices throughout the country, thia Dopartmeut find* it necessary, ju order to faoilitatc rho distribution aud to aeoare a speedy transmission of the heavy mails now passing, particularly over the trank lines of railroads, to request of tho publio, that in all casca the name of the County, as well ns the post office and State, be superscribed upon letters, oir oulare, newspapers, aud other matter to bo forwarded by mail. J. A. J. CRESWELL, Postmaster-General. Later advices from St. Potersburg would seem to ind?calo that the Fish Catacazy quarrel is not to blow over ns easily as expected. The moro the Czur thinks of it, tho moro annoyed and re? sentful ho grows, a state of feeling whioh is not at all improved by the rudeness shown by General Grant to the Grand Duke. Catacazy himself is ut work pre? paring au account of the affair, which will embrace many damaging disclosures, not only in relation to the quarrel itself, but also as to thc general character ol American diplomacy. Altogether, af? fairs between the two countries look anything btu serene. A feeling' of dis? trust ana suspicion has beou engendered amoug the Russians by tho stupid pre? judices and conduct'of Mn ll amil toi: Fish, that at somo future duy may cost the country more thun he was over wortl to it. , ; ?-- m m * THE REMOVAL OP P?lilTlCAIi DISAMLI TIES.-The Washington corresponden of tho New York Times writes an follows under date of 20th ultimo: The House, to-day, manifested a doter mioation to do away with any necessity for general amnesty bill by removing political disabilities by means of apeciu bills. Mr. Whitley, of Georgia, offeree a bill rolieving several hundreds in hi: Congressional District, and having signi fled his willingness to accept similar bill as amendments, they were hurried in lr the Representativos of every Souther] State to the number of nearly fifty, i rough estimate puts the number o ninnes presented at 2,OOO. When thi thing had been going on uutil tho clerk' desk was piled nearly half a foot deep Mr. Eldridge suggested au amendmen removing disabilities from all the rest o mankind. It was understood that n names were eent up save those of pei sons who had applied for amnesty, bu Mr. Conger was in tribulation lest Jefl Davis' name had been smuggled into th list, and Mr. Maynard insisted, with pertinacity which became ludicrous, the all the names should be read. Huvin passed this wholesome bill, and being i a mood for it, tho House, ut the rcque.< of Mr. Young, took up aod passed special amnesty bill, whioh oame hoc the Senate last session, aud which ri moves disabilities from 3, G 21 person) A few more Mondays of equally exped tiona work and thcte will hu nobody le to bo benefited by the amucsty bill, whic is hanging fire in tho Senate. HEAVY THEFT.-Mr. Lewis Hoher son, an atteutivo nnd economical cit zeu of thia place, a few days since au tained a heavy loss by theft, umountiu to SSOO iu currency. The circumstanci of tho caso are as follows: A small ucgi girl in tho employment of Mr. Rober son wa? furnished with a key, by un o negro woman, named Betsy Kenned, which nulocked tho trunk where tl money was deposited. Tho money wi kept iu a belt made for tho purpose, ar contained $5,000. lu tho Ramo trut with tho bolt, was a sack of specie oo taiuing 82,0110-81,-100 u gold and Sol in silver. Tho girl gave as a reason fi not taking more, thut her aunt, old Be soy, hud instructed her to take ouly little at a time. Tho key was borrow? by tho old woman of a neighbor negr and has been identified. Thc parti aro now under arrest, and tho caso w undergo legal investigation. [Laurensrille Herald. - -- Congressman James Brooks, in ono his recent letters of travel, exults in ha iug made 1,120 miles in India iu hist two hours, from the Hay of Bungal ai tho Ganges to the Sea of Arabia. "Al wo slept by tho way a good deal," sa he. "Wo wasted much limo at mun many statious; but our ppcod, wh going, was thirty miles, and Hamelin: forty milos tho hour, over first class ra roads, better built than any wo have America, costing three dollars por m to our ono; over frightfully iloodi rivers; through terrible moantu n \mst -but thou ngaiu on long, level plait as smooth as our prairies; and with ci tivation more beautiful, if possible, th ?nany parts of the Connecticut Rit Valley. . . A gentleman traveling iu Tonnest just niter thu close of tho war, overheu tho following conversation between t' women of that country, who hud been town, nnd were returning home on t curs: "What have you in that pnpei "Soda." "Soda! what's soda?" "WI don't you know what soda is? that < stuff that you put in biscuits that mn 'om git up uud hump themselves." LEGISLATIVE PH0GEBDINO8. SATUKUAY. MABCH 2, 1872. SENATE. The Senate assembled at 12 M., Presi? dent Raaaier in the Chair. The following bills and joint resolu? tion were passed aud ordered to bo en? rolled: Bills to iuoorporate the Miahaw Light Infantry, of Charleston; to renew the charter of thc Hope Steam Fire En? gine Company, of Charleston; to incor? porate the Nazareth Presbyterian Church, of Spurtunbnrg County; to in? corporate tho Aiken Light Infantry, of Aiken; to incorporate the Big House Ferry, over Beaufort Bi ver, in Beaufort County; authorizing and requiring County Treasnrera to receive jurors' aud witness' tickets for taxes; conferring upon thu County' Commissioners certain powers in relation to tho license and sal? of intoxicating liquor?; to incorporate the Laborers' Association; to amend an Act entitled "An Act providing for the general elections, ' and the manner of conducting the. same;" joiut reeolution authorizing the State Treasurer to pay to the widow of Snmerfield Montgo? mery $250; bills to alter and amend an Act entitled "An Act to revise, simplify and abridge the rules, practice, plead? ings and forms of courts in this State;" to incorporate the village of Little Rock, in the County of Mariou, and for other purposes therein contained; to iuoorpo? rate tho South Curolina Agricultural College and Mechanics' Instituto. Report (favorable) of the Special Committee on bill to authorize the con? struction of a dum across the Congareo, with House concurrent resolution, up pointing a committee to examine into aud report upon the work on the Colum? bia Canal, was taken up, and occupied the attention of the Senate np to 'J o'clock P. M.. when it adjourned until Monday, nt 12 M. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Tho House, met nt 12 M., Speakoi Moses in tho Chu ir. Resolutions, relative to the daily meet iug and adjournment of the House, were laid ?in thu table. Reports from several commit tees wert road and referred. A message was received from his Es oellenoy the Governor, returning lo th? House, willi his objections, "Au Act t( relieve tho Statu of South Carolina o all liabilities for its guurauteo upon th? Blue Ridge Railroad Company," by oro vidiog for the seouriug aud destructioi of the same. Tho Act was put upon its passage over the veto of tho Governor, HIM pained by vote of 81 yeas to 18 nays. The following preamble and r?solu tion, after considerable discussion, wen adopted by an almost unanimous vote: Whereas it is creditably reported ant believed that in the recent trinl of th case of William F, Rodding and wife against tho South Carolina Railroai Company, in tho Court of Commoi Pleas, at Charleston, before the Hon. R F. Graham, Judge, that tho bearing, in st ruc ti ons and ruling to the jury am towards the counsel for tho plaintiffs ec gaged iu said tritd, wore such as to rais strong apprehensions that soma perso or persons, ut the said trial, practice corruption and bad faith against th said plaintiffs, tho said Instruction? an rulings having been violativo of the la' and practice in like cases obtaining, it i said; aud, whereas, thero is in const quence of tho said alleged corruption and bad faith of the said person c persons, wide-spread suspicion tin justice ha3 been denied to the said cusi aud, whereas, it baa therefore becom the duty of this Houso to make invest gatiou of the mutter iu the oase nfor< said, to tho end that right uud justit may be done; therefore, Resolved, That the Judiciary Commi tee be instructed to impure into tl whole matter aforesaid, with authoril to send for perseus and papers, und thi snid committee report to tho Houso ll result of their investigation, by rcsob tiou or otherwise, ns soon aa practioabl The following bills were passed: '1 incorporate tho Darlington Land Joii Stock aud Loan Association, of Darliii, ton; to incorporate tho town of Ni net, Six; to amend an Act ontitled "Au A to incorporate tho Wuccamaw and Lilt River Canal Company;" to incorpora the St. Andrew's Rifle Corps, of S Aud re w's Parish, Charleston County; incorporate the Oratigeburg County Fu Association; to incorporate tho Chark ton Hook and Ladder Company ; to pr ride for the establishment of a behool the State Penitentiary. A bill to provide for a g?nerai licen law was called up from tho table, ai after various amendments, was passi to a third reading. Afc 4.45 P. M., tho Hons 3 adjourn iiutil Monday, at 12 M. THE RAiiiitOAD.-Wo had tho plensni yesterday, of meeting, in our town, 51 H. T. Peake, accompanied by Mr. J. < Meredith, who came on a tour of i usp? tion of tho Laurcus Railroad. Ai Peake speaks very favorably us to t early rebuilding and completion of o road, and is of opinion that it eau bo p in running order by July, if tho work commenced nt once, or within a reasot bly short time. Mr. Peake will makt report at once to President Magrath, regard to tho road, when tho work wi doubtless, commence us soon ns han eau bo procured ; which will, doubtlo require but little time, as wo have hes of a number who are holding tbemseh in readiness to go to work. Mr. Pea has lurgo experience in railroading, In i hg boou General Superintendent of t South Carolina Railroad for some foi teen or fifteen years, and withal a pr tical machinist and engineer; in sho ho is a rai ?read mau in every SCUHO of I word.-LuurcnsciUe Herold. - ? ^. -- An otit houso on Hie promises of 1 Aiken, in Winosborn, was destroyed (ire, on tho night of tho 27th. A day two afterwards, tho residence ?>f M Means took fire, but tho tl unes were tiuguished before any damugo was do: SECRET HISTORY.-"Blessed are the peace-makers," of whom little Joh Day Forney wanta to be chief; and nsefnl also are the leaky, of whom be is surely one. In bis Washington Chronicle, ot Sunday, he gives a remarkable descrip? tion of tho manner in which Grant was nominated for the Presidency. He be? gins by stating that in November, 1867, Judge Ourtor und Senator Thayer sug? gested to him to write "an exhaustive editorial" favoring a movement toward ? such selection. Forney then goes on to add: "I answered that Gen. Grant was not a candidato for President, and did not desire to be, and if I printed anything without authority there was littl?'donbt that 8omo suporservioeabie politician would call upon him and ask him if he had boen mado a candidate with his sanction. He will, of course, reply that he never saw the article till in print; so all our schemes, to make him President, will 'gang aglee.' Thou Rawlins took the article to Gen. Graut, and stayed quite a long time. When he returned, he said: 'Gen. Grant is quite pleased with this, your stutemsnt of his political record, and surprised that he proves to be so good a Repub? lican.' Upon this hint I printed it. When Rawlins oame back from Gen. Grunt with the editorial, he told us with great emphasis, 'Gen. Grant does not want to be President. He thinks the Republican party may need him, and he believes as their candidate ho can be elected and re-elected. But,' said Raw? lins, 'what is to become of him after his second Presidential term? What, in? deed! During his administration, ho ia receiving from S17.000 to S20.000 a year as General of tho armies of the republic To go into the Presidency at $26,1)00 a your for eight years, is perhaps to gain more fame; but what is to become of him at tho end of his Presidency? He is not a politician; he does not aspire to tho place. Eight years from tho 4th of March, 1860, he will be about fifty-six years old. Of course, he must spend his salary as President. England, with her Wellington, her Wilso? and her other heroes on land and sea, has never hesitated to enrich and ennoble them through ull their posterity. Such a policy is iu accordance with the charac? ter of the English Government; bat in our couutry, the man who fights for and saved tho republic would be a beggar if he depended upon political office. Aud murk it, if Grant takes anything from tho rich, whose vast fortunes he bas saved, after ho is President, he will bo accused as the willing recipient of gifts."* It will thus bo seen Grant intended to ruu for President for tho second torin wheu he was working for the first. TEMPERANCE AGITATION.-There was lately a rumor that the Emperor of Rus? sia had become a disciple of teetotalism, which would be a strange thing among monarchs, and especially among mo? narchs of Russia. Tho temperance movement, however, seems to be aotive among a portion of the people, and be? ginning ut the silver works of Mosoow a short time ago, has already gathered considerable strength in different parts of the empire. Tho members of tho association pledge themselves to abstain from what are called strong drinks. If it bo true that the Emperor has taken a similar position, his example may rea? sonably be expected to huvo influence with the people, who regard him with a semi-religious veneration. It is stated thau in England the publicans have be jinn to mob the temperance meetings. At Exeter, the rioters did their best, or worst, to break np a temperance assem? bly, ned, among other devices, hurled a bag of floor at the Bishop of Exeter aud Sir Wilfred Lawson, who wore on the platform. The Echo, of January 27th, says: "The fight is not against the poor, sodden, half-brute, ignorant creatures, but against those who livo by depraving thom-against the rich and influential who sell thom the poison that maddens them." And the samo journal adds: "No better proof of the necessity of some such measure us the permissive bill could be desired than the evidence of that bag of flour." Drinking habits must, indeed, have becomo intolerable in England, when such n journal us the Saturday Review sounds an alarm at "the increasing passion for stimulants," which, it says, is "observable in modern society, not only among tho lower dusses, but among educated and culti? vated people" The physicians huve taken up the matter seriously, aud not less than 250 of them, headed by the presidents of two great medical colleges, huve published a declaration of the dangers of spirit aud wino drinking. Stranger than all, tho Review thinks that a resort to "the American remedy of le? gislativo prohibition moy be necessary." If, however, prohibition does not. suc? ceed any belter iu England than in those American States in which it has been adopted, it will provo nu ineffectual remedy. SCHURZ AS A WIT -It appears that tho Missouri Senator is not utily a grave and powerful debater, but also a genu? ino wit whou tho occasion justifies it. Poor Conkllng, of New York, tho cocks? comb aud poacook of the Senate, was utterly crushed ont by him several times during thc recent debate. On oneocoa siou, replying to Schurz, ho spoko of him ns having "strutted in tho Senate;" for which the latter begged pardon for infringing on tho peculiar privilege of his friend from Now York." Poor (Jiinkling got another terrible rap over thc knuckles, when ho coarsely nod an? grily accused Mr. Schurz of boasting of his courage. Tho exasperating Missou? rian calmly replied, that "he had merely said ho would not quail beforo a thou? sand mon like Canaling, and there was certainly not much boasting in I hut." Population of tho State of Texas, 818, 570, namely , nativo boru 75(5,168, fo? reign boru 62,411. XLi o o al It em?. MAIL ARHANOEUBSTS,- Tho Northern mail opeDB at 8.00 P. M.; clones 7.15 ?. M. Oharleeton day mail opens 4.00 P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Charleston night mail opens 6.30 A. M. ; closes 6.0O P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Western mail opens 9.00 A. M.; dotes 1.30 P. M. On Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M. CITY MATTERS.-The price of single copies of the PHOENIX is five cents. A portion of the basement walls of ?the new City Hall ia exposed to tho raina; the covering having been removed by tho recent storms. Damage to tbs brick work is the result. The protec? tion should be renewed by those whose duty it ia. The Rural Carolinian, for March, is before na. It is full to overflowing, with matters of interest to farmers and plant? ers. Messrs. Walker, Evans & Cogswell, Charleston, are the publishers; 82 per anuum. Sherman und suite lately had a pic-nio amid the ruins of Pompeii. He wanted to see if the plaoe was as utterly ruined i as he left Atlanta and Columbia. The New York World does only harm in misleading public opinion in the j North, when it allows a South Carolina correspondent to say that the people of tho South aro perfectly ready aud will? ing to voto for Chase or Sumner or any? body else, in opposition to Grant. The writer might as well have added Ben. Butler, Wendell Phillips, or "Old John Brown," if he were alive. A snow storm, yesterday morning, added to the heavy rain of the night be? fore, left our streets in a horrid condi? tion. March has entered disagreeably wind, rain and snow. It is hardly necessary to notify oar citizens that the Berger Family, with "Old Sol," perform on Monday evening, in Irwin's Hall. An entire change of programme is promised. The Leon Brothers exhibit on Wednes? day and Thursday evenings, March 6 and 7. Their performances gave general satisfaction wherever they have exhi? bited. DeCastro's performance, lost night, was particularly pleasing. The decapi? tation and suspension feats were per? formed, and a number of individuals mado happy by their lucky ventures. The hall was thronged with little folks in the afternoon-all of whom received prizes. PHCENIXANA.-Good nature, Uko a bee, collects honey from every herb. HI nature, like a spider, sucks poison from the sweetest flower. It is fon, to an out sider, to see the Badicals so intently besmearing each other with mud. If things go on ! awhilo longer, all the rascality of the party will be exposed by tho party itself. They aro telling on each other at a fear? ful rate. \ Greeley affirms that "no man oan differ with the President and live a Re? publican!" Ho does this ironically, just as he writes articles on protection, but there is much truth in it for all that. Men of noto-A bank cashier can tell who they aro. Widows' weeds aro not green; neither are widows, ns u rule. A man may be said to be "convinced against his will" when bc tears it np and makes a new one. BELIOIOUS SERVICES THIS DAY.-Tri? nity Church-Bev. P. J. Bhand, D. D" Hector, ll A. M. and 4 P. M. St. Peter's Church-1st Mass, 7 A. M. ; 2d Mass, 10 V? A. M. Afternoon Service, 4 P. M. n Lutheran Church-Rev. A. R. Bude, 10J? A. M. Presbyterian Church-Bev. Joa. R. Wilson, 10}? A. M. sud 7 P. M. Washington Street Church-Rev. G. Howe, D'. D., 10}.,' A. M., and Re?. J. L. Reynold?, 3??* P. M. Marion Street Church-Rev. W. D. \ Kirklund, 10?? A. M. aud ly. P. M. Baptist Church-Rev. J.L. Reynolds, 10J? A. M. SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFIOE, S. G. PENITENTIARY, COLUMBIA, Murch 2, 1872. lu oousequeuco of tho action of ono part of tho General Assembly, on yes? terday, whereby it is apparent that wholly insufficient means will bo allowed tho institution for sustenance, tho fol? lowing employees are dismissed from service. Tho work will bo discontinued and the convicta locked up. C. J. STOLBRAND, Superintendent. Under thc above order, wo learn that about forty employees - principally guards-wero discharged yesterday, to whom tho Bum of $36 each was due. LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. L?rick & Lowrance-Corn. Cape Found. Meeting Columbia Lodge. Meeting Gaza Lodgo. Meeting Building and Loan AsSCO'n. ! Meeting Richland Lodge. ! Leon Brothers. I E. Hope-Notice.