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CQLtlMBIA? ; S; C, 'Tnet>y'^oiralnic't March $ 1872. ! The License Bl?, '. This iniquitous measure, which, it waa' hoped, had been effectually killed,. by being "laid on?the, table," several days sinoe, waa called up on Saturday In the House and passed to a third reading. The fact that only a few days before, the .senseof the House was plainly -and strongly against the passage of the bill, induces tho belief tbat the ignorance and ; venality of our law makers have again.'.been basely practiced upon. Scott, nnd the financial plunderers .asso? ciated with bim, are determined to squeeze tba last dollar that they possibly can, directly, from the purses of our oppressed people. The bond swindles are about played out for the present. The business has been exhausted, Thia goose, that hus layed so many golden eggs, was killed by the$7,000,000 forced from her last year, or afc least so debili? tated that abe most be let "go to grass" for a season. Any further offer of bonds on .the market would fling them as flat as a flounder. Very little, if anything at all, would bo realized from their aale; and the new bonds already issued, and in which a number of the offioials are said.to have invested largely,; would be still further depreciated. . There would be more lost by tho soheme than gained. Money, however, must be had, one way or another. . As it can no longer be scoured by tampering with the bonds, the "hard-handed farmers" must be brought to ' the rack, and the wealthy merchants and "lazy, landed proprie? tors," who are too proud to take the plow handle, made to administer to the profligate greed of an Ohio adventurer and his "pals." Taxes, in the ordinary way of a fixed rate per cont, on .the pre? tended ad valorem assessment, of every species pf property, from a house to an infant's oradle, will, doubtless, be levied and collected. This prooesi of bleeding the people cannot, however, be carried too far. The patience of even the long-suffering tax payera has. a limit, and the Northern people, too, without respect to party affiliations, have,, to some extent, beoome awakened to the gross'extravagance and plundering propensities of the Radical governments in the South. The Repub? lican party at the North, strong BB it is, must be rapidly depleted if they attempt to carry along with them such a stench of foetid corruption as infects their spu? rious offspring here. They are fast real? izing this fact. The baleful influences of Southern Radicalism ia already telling, with deadly effect, upon the Republican parly, whose creature it is. Scott and his satellites are also aware of this, and are conscious of the danger that besets them of being cast aside and disowned by their quondam friends at the North, by whose power only they have been en? abled to keep a foot-hold in South Caro? lina. They appreciate the perils that eu vi ion them, still they cannot live and be honest. They must steal. It has be? oome a habit, an absolute requirement of their sordid natures. To jog along like ordinary mortals, living upon an honest salary, or even the princely in? come of. their ill-gotten gains, would, to them, now, be inexpressibly dreary and monotonous. They orave the excite? ment and diabolical satisfaction of accu? mulating stolen treasure by tho thou? sands. But they appreciate the necessi? ty of a ohange of tactics. Tho bond schemes ore no longer prac? ticable; and direct taxation, whilo it holds ont some very inviting prospecta, has its attendant diHadvantages. It is not safe-for reasons we have mentioned above-to presB too far in thia lino; and besides, it ie difficult to keep the pu bl ic eye from prying too often and too officiously into their acts and from dis? cussing their thefts, if practiced on the gigantic Boalo desired. It is easy to compute, when the rate of taxation and the value of tho tnxablo property is known, what amonnt of money will bo oolleoted. Tho atealage, therefore, from that sonrce, would have to* bo mode? rated accordingly, us the patience of our own people and the indifferonco of the people North would render Baie and ex? pedient. Thia lioense bill is the very thing. Hundreds upon hundreds ol thousands of dollars will bo gobbled up, and no mortal man outside of tho little coterie that is interested in the job will be ablo to ascortain how mnoh has boen oolleoted, or what becomes of it. Thc representations of tho committee from the business men of Charleston and Co? lombia made a favorable impressiou upon the better part of the Legislature, and had they not boen subjected again to some scoret and powerful influences, the nefarious bill would never have boon oalled up and put npou a successful passage. As it io, we much four that it will become a law. There aro milliouf io it for tho ring and ruin to tho people - Vi? ' ' . ' of the State, both white sod black. Fi nan oial ruin'to tho formet ; woree to tba latter, for they , should abd will be held responsible for the actions of their representatives. tLet ns see,, oolored members ?f the Legislature, which is the stronger passion with yon-thirst for Scott's gold, pr love and fidelity to your ' rao?. . The important position that ootton noldB id the commercial and- financial ' affaire of the world forces it to the front as a topic of discussion among bnsinefs men. Included in these disotisoibns jost now are estimates of the aoreage that ?B to be devoted to cotton thia season. Advices are to the effect that planters, are busy throughput the cotton-planting States, and although it.is too early to form an opinion with regard to the num? ber of bales' that will be produced, the inflnenoe of the crop, present and pro? spective, is so great upon business affairs that estimates are already being made, and it cannot be disguised, are having their effect upon prices. The New Or? leans Picayune, after a calm survey of the. field, concludes that the planting this season will be considerably in ex? cess of 1871.. It ia asserted that the South is poorer than sho was three years ago; and it is also stated that very few planters made money by last year's ope? rations, bot the plantera are not para? lyzed, and will endeavor, during the present season, to make good some of the previous losses. It is held that cot? ton can he raised for less money than last year, because provisions are much cheaper, comparing favorably with prices which prevailed before the war. While labor ia unsatisfactory, it is, fortu? nately, no worse than last year, and it is believed that in some respecta improve? ment is Bhown-the negroes, as a gene? ral rule, having contracted earlier than last year, and at no advance in wages, and it ia stated that nearly all the availa? ble labor is engaged. With these facts in view it ia fair to assume that the crop of 1872 will be larger than that oi 1871. Sumner's fanaticism seems to bo fatal to that popularity of which he is sa greedily ambitious. He has set himself up as the model statesman and scholar of the Senate, and is grievously disap? pointed when his authority and glitter? ing generalities are alike set at naught, Faith in him mnet be sadly wanting when the Hon. Senator from Con nco ti ont observes: '"The amendment of the Senator frote Massachusetts, in my judgment, Btrikei down the very bulwarks of civil right! throughout thia whole country. It take; away the foundation principio npoi which our Federal system rests, bj striking at the prinoiplo of local self government th? most vital blow that i as received since the foundation of tin Government*" The amendment referred to was tim introduced by Mr. Sumner to the bill fo the removal of legal and political disabi lilies. Again, Mr. Ferry says: "Congress, upon the theory that it ii necessary to give to all citizens the eqna protection of the laws, that it is neceasa ry to iiocuro all citizens in the right ti life, liberty and property, may go int every city, town, borough and hamlet ii the United States, and enact ordin?r; police lawB, and pot a Federal offioer t keep guard over your streets." Mr. Morrill, the Republican Senato from Maine, adopts a similar view. H says: "1 maintain that the bill of the Sen? tor from Massachusetts clearly and man; featly undertakes to regulate these poi sonal, social, religions, domioili \t rights of the people of tbs States; tho it is without warrant in the Constitutor that it is in derogation of the great fat damental prinoiple of onr system; thc is, the supremacy of the General Gc vernment within its apbere, the ind? pendenoe of tho States, and the reservo rights of the people." Yet Sumner claims to bo not only diamond Republican of the purest wate: but a man of snob far-reaching and ph losophio thought as to be wholly in ac vance of his day and generation. Soh< larly egotist that he is, he mistakes h ? prejudices for inspiration, and tho i earn I of human violenco for the aooomplisl monts of divine.philosophy. To tho criais in France is snperadde a like orisis in ber sister government o the South. "Since the day of Prim death several ministries have aucceedc each other with startling rapidity. ] fae* the yoong king has broken himse down in changing his cabinets. In noi of these ohanges of ministers, howeve has ho heeded tho voioe of his poop! Discarding the traditionary policy i European monarchs, he should ha' taken into his counsels such eloquet and popular statesmen as the gre orator Castellar, whose powerful infl once would have been exertod in behs of tho Government, instead of, as noi in opposition to it. But kings are sc .dom statesmen. "Specify your, funeral promoter," (J h ?cu go bar-room etiquette. . . CALL Ypo THAT FAIR?-Every step of the Radical Senators Bhpws that they do not intend/if they can pr?tent it, to allow an honest and impartial investiga? tion into Oran fe administration. They have fought for weeks a roaolutiou of inquiry into the sale of arma to 'France durig g the recent war in Europe, and now, ainoe public opini?n has forced the passage of the resolution, a Badioal Administration caucus baa made ont a committee that ia simply shameful. Of the seven men. who oom pose it, there ia but one Democrat-Stephenson,.of Ken? tucky-and not one Republican who bus been active in procuring the investiga? tion. . With six Radicals against one Democrat, we may readily calculate the chances for au honest result. Tba very formation of suoh a committee ia tanta? mount to a coufession of guilt, aud we are very muob mistaken if the public does not put that construction upon it, and thus make np its judgment in ad? vance of the report. Nobody expects a fair one; then why wait for il? AN ASSAULT UPON QUEEN VIOTOBIA. The cable brings the somewhat startling announcement of what is termed au at? tempt to assassinate Queen Victoria ou her return to Buckingham Palace from a drive. The would-be assassin is de? scribed as a youth of nineteen or twenty years, who rushed up to her carriage, and, presenting a pistol, which after? wards proved unlouded. demanded the release of certain Fenian prisouers. He was immediately arrested by attendants. The incident was perhaps more shocking than significant. Following so soon after the grand popular demonstration of Tuesday last, no such assault could have been suggested by a saue mind or at? tempted under tho stimulus of ordinary enthusiasm. RAILROAD ACCIDENT.-The night train on the Wilmington, Columbia and Au? gusta Railroad, due at Florence at 9.15 A. M., Saturday, met with an accident at Oreen Swamp, about sixty miles from Wilmington, whereby two passenger ooaohes were thrown ort the track and turned upside down. There were about 8?X passengers ?board, who fortunately escaped injury. We learn (saya the Wilmington Jour? nal, of yesterday,) that the mail oar on the night express train on the Wilming? ton and Weldon Railroad, coming South on Friday night, caaght on fire, in some way, in tho interior, and that a nnmber of mail baga, with their contents, were destroyed. The train wa? ohecked in time to suppress the fire. The matter is to be investigated, aud when this is done, I we will report the result. ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.-A white man named Thomas Clark, about sixty-four years old, an employee- of the South Carolina Railroad, tried to destroy him self yesterday morning, at his boarding house, Meeting street, near the railroad work-shops. Hu used a razor, with which he gave himself an ugly, though not fatal, gash ucross the throat, whioh bled profusely. Dr. Ancrum was called in, I and sowed up the wound, and sent him to the Mazyck Street Hospital. He con? fessed that ho had been drinking, but assigned as a reaaon for his conduct that I he had been badly treated by aome one. He was perfeotly aware of what he had done, and referred to it with the utmost nonchalance. Prospects for bia recovery last evening were good. He seemed to i be under depressed spirits, which those who knew him uaid was caused by the I death of bia wife some time since. {Charleston Courier, -ith. I ' AN OFFER TO SETT-LB TUB ALABAMA CLAIUS FOR $50,000,000- IF TUIS BB REFUSED, WAR.-Our Government, it is reported, has authorized an American banking house to make an oller to Mr. i Gladstone's Ministry to settle the ques? tions at issue, growiug out of the Ala I bama claims, for ?10,000,000 sterling. Tt ia believed this proposition will be well received, as Euri de Grey and Ripon said to Attorney-General Williams, while the Joiut High Commission was in ses? sion in Washington, that Euglund was : ready to arrange tho whole matter, in? cluding n reasonable sum for conse? quential damages. If the question can? not bo Bottled on the basis of this oller, i it is not doubted that the answer of our Government to Lord Granville will bu a triumphant vindication of tho position assumed in the American ouse. SNOW.-Friday night snow commenced falling, botweou 10 and ll o'clock, aud fell rapidly, and at daylight, yesterday morning, it was said to be, by those who measured, between ten and eleven iuobos deep. Thia is satd to be the deepest snow that we buvo bad in this section of country for fifteen or twenty year?. Wo learn that the snow ut Dau ville, Virginia, yesterday morning, waa twenty-two inches deep, and at Gordonsville about twenty-seven inches. Tho sunny South has certainly been transferred to the bleak billa of tho far North-west. Thia, wu presume, ia the breaking up of the winter. - Charlotte Observer. BOUND IO ISSUE.-? luto nuinbor of tho Measouln (.Montana) Pioneer waa printed ou a half aheet of wrapping paper. Tho editor consumed all thut wus loft in town, aud thu editor an? nounced that tho next issue would bu printed on gunny bugs, unless it stopped snowing. Tho Now York Commercial Advertiser talks about ''a green spot in thu grout Subura of damnation." Some specula? tor will soon propose n railroad through it and ask for a graut of public lund. Wbat Treasurer Parkar S*jr?. The following letter from Treasurer Parker appeared ia the Washington Chronicle, of the 24th ultimo: EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, .* STATE TIIEASOKY OFFIOB. COLUMBIA, S. C., Feb. 24, 1872. To THE EDITO? OF THE CnnoNioLs: I observe that the minority report Of. the "Committee to Inquire into tb J Condi? tion of the late Insurrectionary States" contains the extraordinary statement that 81,208,577.07 bad boen paid ont of the State Treasury of South Carolina, for whioh there were no vouchers. A? this statement is being extensively copied by the newspapers throughout the country, I deem it time that it should uo longer be allowed to go nnoontradioted. The following extraats from reports of the varions legislative committees that have, at different times, examined my books and vouchers, will show tho falsity of the statement: Report of committee appointed at special session of 1868: The committee appointed at the spe oial session of tho General Assembly, under the provisions of an Act, entitled "Au Act to regulato the manner of keep? ing and disbursing funds by certain officers,'' beg leave, respectfully, to sub? mit the following report: "That in accordance with the require? ments of the Act aboTe mentioned, they have examined the books, vouchers and receipts of the State Treasurer, and find the books kept, the voucher?, drafts and checks drawn, and all moneys deposited in strict accordance with law, and tho general business connected with the uffiuo transacted in u manner alike cre? ditable to the Treasurer and his clerk." Report of committee appointed at a regular session, 1SC9-70: The joint committee appointed ut the regular sossiou of 1809-70, by virtne of a concurrent resolution of February 28, 1870, and lu accordance with Act of Au gast, 1868, entitled "An Act to regulate the manner of keeping and disbursing funds by certain officers," respectfully beg leavo to submit the following report: "Your committee would state that they have made a oritical examination of all thu books, orders and receipts of the State Treasurer, aud lind thom oorreol in evory particular. The manner ol keeping tho various sets of booka, checks, aud all receipts of moneys and disbursements of tho same, drafts and deposita, hua beon in accordance with the requirements of law." The Joint Special Financial Investi? gating Committee, in the first copies ol their printed report, in the tabular state ineuts of the disbursements of the Trea? sury office, put down in eaoh monti amounts UH "not vouched for." Froa this time, the bne and ory has beer raised in reference to paymeuts foi whioh there were no vouchers. This the committee allowed to go foi some time, giviug tho impression tha large amounts had been paid for whiol there weie no warrants; afterward, thei senae of justice prompted them to hav< the following printed, which they at taohed to all the reports they had ii their possession: "GENERAL- NOTE.-It will be observed in looking over the disbursements' of tb State Treasurer, as well as the voucher for the same, in the tabular exhibit from p&ge 58 to 105, inclusive, that ther are freqtteut excesses of disbursement over the vouchers for the same. It i bat justice to the Treasurer to say whoae books and papers are well am skillfully kept, so far as the cash receipt and expenditures of his office are cou oerned-that snell excesses occur froc the transactions of tho Treasury in th redemption of bills receivable, paymen of interest on the public debt, und rc mittancaa to H. Q. Ki top ton; and aa th bills receivable, interest coupons or th Financial Agent's books were not befor the committee when the vouchers wer under examination, they wore obliged t make the tables ns they appear. Bu subs?quent examination of cancele coupons and the Finnucial Agent's book warrants the committee in saying-s far us these specified diabursi menta ar conoerned-they are fully vouched for. Tho committee appointed to examin the transactions of my office for thu fit eal year^mding October 31, 1871, mad tho following report : "They first visited tho Treaanrer office, and with the facilities afforded b that officer und his efficient clerki Messrs. Little and Tappau, u rigid e: animation wus entered into. "Hts rrceipt book, together with h journal, was compared with his order, (his vouchers,) upon which wus draw nil money payable nt tho Treasury, an iras found to correspond in every pa tionlur. Tho orders were drawn in ai cord mee with law." This was the lust committee that e: ntnined my books. All the ubove fae aro mutters of record, and should hal some weight against thu false and mal ohms etatemeut. Tbut the Democratic papers that liai oopied tho statement will give place 1 tim denial, is not to be expected, as would elfectually dispose of the meri of the statement as a campaign doc ment. 1 hope, however, that Itapubl Onu papera will. Very respectfully, yoi obodieut servant, NILES G. PARKER, Stuto Treaanrer. The Freuch language hus 30,01 word*. From the rapidity with whit moat Prmiohuicu speak, one would nu gmo the language bud at least 1,000,01 words, and tho apoukor felt house under obligutiooB to uso thom all the course of twenty-five or thirty m ?utes. Itia a singular fuel, at a colored mn qtierade in Paterson, N. J., tho otb pight, there wus but ono black mask the ball room. All tho other masks wo white. A new theatre in Homo, built entire of wood, will contain 15,000 Hpectatoi Adelina Patti is to siug there in Marc Ku KiiUXiflM IN MASSACHUSETTS,-'-The BoBtoo Journal relatos the following ease of fiendish barbarism, which oe* , curred recently in Chelsea, in that State. It exceeds in-fiendishness any- ' thing brought to light' in the so-called Kn Klux trials, which exoited eo mach 1 comment io the Northern press, and . really makes one shudder at the bare thought of such unheard cruelty being committed in n civilized Country. Maa- 1 sachusetts can justly claim the first posi- ' tion among the States of this country for barbarism. Bead what the Boston Journal says: *" , ' "Last Tuesday, a small boy, Baven years old, named Tracy, B. Hayden, son' , of Mr. William Hayden, musician, No. 107 Walnut street, went ont with the son of one of bis neighbors, (Mr. Flood,) to play. They were accosted by two other and larger boys at the Eastern De? pot, who told them there was a parade of aoldiera baok of Powder-horn, which they were going to seo, and induced them to go also. On the way ap, they told tho Flood boy they did not want his company, and ordered him home. He complied, and yoong Hayden kept on with the strangers. When they ar? rived back of the hill, there was no pa? rade to be seen; but they stripped all the clothes of! the poor young lad, tied him up under bis arm? to a tree, his feet being also tied, and nnmeroifolly beat him with a picoo of board until his flesh all over his body was black and blue, leaviug the marks of tho board on the flush. Two of his teeth were knocked out, aud his face otherwise disfigured. Ono of the boya held an open jack-knife in his bund, threatening that if he did not stop calling for help, he would mu? tilate him, and apparently made the attempt. They afterward look him to a pool of wator and washed him. He re? turned homo iu tho evening, in a (right? ful condition, eny his parents, and could give no luoid account of what occurred, savo as the marks on his body testified that he had been horribly abused. A remarkable story comes from Bom? bay, which suggests the propriety of employing monkeys as police deteotives. A Madras man making a journey, took with him some money and jewels, and a pet monkey. Ho was waylaid, robbed, murdsred and buried by a party of assas? sins. The monkey witnessed the whole affair from a treo top, and as soon as the villains had departed he went to the nearest police olfioer's station, attracted his attontion by his sighs and groans, and finally led him to the grave of his master. He then enabled the officer to recover the stolen property from the piece where it had been concealed, and then wont to the bazaar and picked ont the murderers one by one, holding them fast by the leg until secured. They have confessed tho crime, and are held for trial. THE Ant LINK HAIIAIOAD.-?Tho Keo woe Courier says: "We ore pleased to chronicle the fact, that work has baen commenced in earnest on the Air-Line Road in this County. Mr. Clayton, one of the contractors, is building oabins end has about 200 hands at work on his ten-mile contract, East of Togalo River. Other contractors are prepar? ing, and we learn that the entire line in Ooonee will be worked energetically in a very short timo. These operations hare had the effect of advancing the price of provisions, &c." A handiomo young gentleman walked into the Adams' express office the other day and desired to express a package of letters to a lady, to whom he desired to retnrn them. "What are they worth?" finked the clerk, who, in making ont his account, desired to know what was the risk. The yonng mau hesitated a mo? ment, and then clearing his throat from a certain huskiness, replied: "Well, I can't exactly say, but a few weeks ago I thought they were worth about $100, 000."-Lexington Press. MIKE FIOXE ATTUACTIVE.-Nothing adds moro to the handsome appearance, of a house outside, and to its cheerfulness inside, than good clear window glass, and bright-colored ornament il glacs al the sides and over tho tops hf tho doora. The first lets in all the bright warm light of the aun, while the latter admits the light at the same time that it shuts off the view of prying eyes. The boat K/cuch aud American glass, both plain and ornamental, aq well as doors, eaehos, blinds, balusters, newels, mantels, Ac, aro to bo had nf Mr. P. P. TOALS, NO. 20 liayno street, Charleston, H. C. F20? Dr. lt. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., ia his book on Chronic Diseases, says in regard to his Golden Medical Disoovory, with which our readers aro familiar: "From its wonder? ful power over Consumption of the Lungs, I had thought strongly of oalling it my Con? sumptive Cure; but from the fact that it is a perfect specific (ortho sor? throat and hoarse? ness to which ministers and other public speakers and singers are subject, and also for Bronchitis, and all severe Coughs, and is an invaluable remedy for diseases of the Liver, and also as a Blood Purifier, I decided not to apply to it a name which might mis? lead and prevent its uso in other disoaaes for which it is so admirably adapted. 'Tt will euro a cough in one-half tho time nocossary to euro it with any other medicino, and it doos it not by drying it up, but by re? moving the cause-subduing tho irritation and healing the affuotod parts." This ?valuable medicine is sold by all first class druggists. . A WHOLE PEOPLE'S OPINION.-When a na? tion of forty millions aco-pts and endorses as a HTANUAKD BESTOUATIVE an article that it has had the fullest opportunities of testing ?hiring a period of twelvu years, who can be no absurdly incredulous as to doubt the ex? cellence of tho preparation? PLANTATION HI ITKIIH has passod through this ordeal, aud is now tho most popular proprietary medi? cine on ibis continent. It would bo difficult to find an adult of either sex betwseu the Atlantic and tho Pacific, or between the Non locust corner of Maine and tho Gulf of Mexico, wlio does not know, either from per? sonal exp I letlCe or observation, that this ro unwin d vogot able remedy nj t lie purest tonie and stomachic, ami tho timmi alterativo and regulating medicino, at present before thu world. As a prevent ive ol anti euro for dis oases generated hy malaria, and as a specifio for dy ano psi a, rheumatism, and all nervous and bilious affections, it is admi tod tn ho fairly pronounced tho FAVOIUTE HOUSKBOLD TONIC ANO AI.IKUVTIVU of tho Western lt? luie pheiu. i'2')\'? Ei *o o ? X $8?&?*?$ xxx m m' . -j-rr 1 RI Aili AURANOEMEUTS.- Tho Northern mail opens at 8.00 P. M.; closes 7.15 A U. Oharleaton dt y mail opens 4.00 P. RI. ; clo BOB 6.00 Ai M. Charleston sight mail opens 6.30 A. M.; closes COO P. M. Greenville mail ?penB 6.45 P. RI. ; closes 6.00 A. M. Western mail opens 9.00 A. M.; cloees 1.80 P. II. On Sunday office open from 8 to 4 P. M. O?TT MATTEES.-The price of single oopies of the PKONIX is five cents. We are indebted to the oommiMee of arrangements for a card of invitation to the- anniversary celebration of the "Laceo Mea Lnoe Excelsior Literary Society, of Newberry College," to be held on Friday evening, March 20. . The dwelling of Mr. Caleb Bonknight, corner Richland and Gates streets, waa entered by burglars, on Saturday night last, and robbed of a variety of articles, icclnding silverware and olotbing. Capt. John L. Boat wright, of Wil? mington, N. C., bas in his possession a medal that he is anxious to restore to its owner. It is of silver and was awarded to James Goff, by the South Carolina Legislature, on the retnrn of the Pal? metto Regiment from Mexico. It was given to Capt. Boatwright to find the owner, by a gentleman in Richmond, who purchased it from a soldier. Mayor Alexander will accept our thanks for late Scotch papers. See what Messrs. Childs & Wiley have to say. They are offering gentlemen's furnishing goods at low rates. We learn that Mr. John T. Sloan, Jr., of Columbia, and R. W. Waiker, of Washington, have succeeded in establish? ing before the Government the claim of Gen. George W. Hodges, of Abbeville, S. C., for pension as a soldier of the war of 1812. PIKHNIXIANA.-lt.ia not always a mark of frankness to possess an open counter nance. An alligator is a deceitful crea? ture, and yet he presents an open coun? tenance when it is in the very aot of taking you in. ? The new promenade bonnet looks like a good Frau's night cap. The Union Pacific Railroaders have modified it so os to read, "Oh ! the snow, the devilish scow." Piantamonr's comet will have a terri? ble "tale" to tell, if his predictions are fulfilled. Twins, like misfortunes, never come singly. One of the best political mottoes of tho times ?B, "Offioe-holders to the rear; tax-payers to the front." Tho Washington Chronicle says "Re? publicanism is the only hope of Franoe." H "Republicanism" in Franoe ia what it is in tbis oonntry, then is Franoe ut? terly lost if that is her only hope. Tan Swiss BELL RINO HRS.-The Berger Family were greeted, last night, with decidedly the most crowded hons? that has been seen In Columbia foi years. Every seat in Irwin's Hall, thc most commodious in the city, was taken, and the aisles packed with chairs, bo sides. The troupe wore, of oonrse, pul npou their metal before such a flattering audience, and fully sustained their well established reputation. The performance opened with a med? ley of Scotch ballads, which was wei rendered-tho "tiuklinga" of the "silvei bolls" producing tho sweetest harmony M. Thiele nozt delighted the andiene* with a brilliant violin solo, in which h< proved himself a Hnast?r of that moa perfect of all instruments. Next followed the charming Mit i Anna Berger, with ber golden cornet one of the chief attractions of thispopu lar troupe. Miss Nollie Knapp, too, came in foi no small share of applause. It'bas sel dom boen our pleasure to hear Moore'* beautiful ballad, "Believe me, if al those endearing young charms," st sweetly and so perfectly rendered. He: voice is at once most highly cultivates and naturally sweet and bird-like ii tone. Miss Etta Berger, tho beautifu blonde, is the belle of the troupornn< no ordinary musician. As for Sol-drol Sol-his inimitable comicalities are in describable As a Dutchman and as i female man, he cannot bo excelled. Hi appearance every timo drew forth th most deafening and continuous applause A laugh at Sol alone is worth a dollar The extire entertainment was exceed iugly pleasing throughout, and we warm ly commend the Bergor Family to tb patronage of the public, wherever the may go. LIST or NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Statement Central National Bank. D. C. Peixotto & Son-Auction Sale. Gen. Hampton-Notice. Childs & Wiley-Clothing at Cost. Conv cation ? ti ion Council. Jacob Luviu-To Gos Consumers. J. W. Parker-Gourd Seed Corn. True Brotherhj od Lodge. Dr. Parker-Wanted. Meeting Palmetto Fire Company.