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COLUMBIA' S, al 8atar lay Morning, Maroh 9.1872. The Approaching Oliy Election!. A movement ia on foot, supported by both Republicans and Demoorats, or rather conservative native white oitizens, looking to a combination of both ele? ments, in order to seoore a more honest and satisfactory administration of onr city affairs. It ia admitted by all good citizens, whatever may be their color or political creed, that there is painful and urgent necessity to prevent a set of city officers from being foisted into power similar to those who have been striving to drag ns on tho road to bankruptcy for the past two years. Capitalists and laborers, white men and colored men, native and foreign born citizens, have at least one common interest; nnd that is the welfare, prosperity and development of Columbia. There is no ground for political contention here; no occasion to excite partisan strife and ill-feelings. The securing a good, practicable and, above all, an honest management of our city affaire, is one objeot in which good men of every class, raoe or opinion oau unite with mutual confidence, and with? out the least prejodioe to their differ? ences on other matters. Only bad men, either unprincipled demBgognes or igno? rant enthusiasts, would seek, especially in suoh a community as ours, to make an issue of political principles in a municipal election. The colored people are a majority of the voters. They are of one politioal persuasion. They are unfortunately uneducated. The eyes of scaroely a dozen of them will see even what we are now writing. They are easily led and misguided by tricksters, who play upon their feelings and exoite to frightful proportions those prejudices whioh are natural to their oondition and innocent enough when left in their normal state. If, therefore, the election is made a party question, mostly the worse representatives of even the Republican party will form our next City Council. A new era of City Hall contraota will inevitably follow, and bond swindles of still greater magnitude will be perpetrated. Suoh men seek no public office except for private gain; and they will as surely concoct schemes and jobs for their individual enrich m emt as night follows day. The consequence will be, that in a short while, our citi? zens will be loaded with a burden of taxation that will be intolerable, and a public city debt contracted that it will stagger ns to pay, if we can pay at all. This will serve as a direot and insur? mountable obstacle in the way of our progress and development. Northern capital, upon whioh we greatly roly to build np. our business interests, will not ooma where there is danger of excessive taxation; nor will enterprising men from the North and elsewhere, whom we would induce to settle in onr midst, be inclined to devote their time and energies, and more especially invest their fortunes, in a place over which a cloud of debt hange lowering and threatening. To prevent an increase of the oity debt, and to keep down taxation to the lowest point, ?B what the true citizens ol Columbia cesire. There is nothing po? litioal in this, not in the least. For our? selves, we would not regret to see everj office, from the highest to the lowest, ic the State as well as the city, filled by Republicans, if wo oould feel confident that they were honest and efficient men. This, we fear, can never be, so long at the Republican constituency remains un? educated and without property, as it now is. Ignorant and poor, eleotors anc venal oorrnpt rulers stand to eaoh othoi in the relation of cause to effect, and wil continue so to the end of the world. I the oolored people will come forwarc now, in the spirit of good citizenship and join with the property-holders ii the eleotiou of a Board of Aldermen anc a Mayor, venality and jobbing can b< successfully put down. Will the coloree citizens unite with us in seeking the com mon good? lu our judgment, the waj to accomplish this purpose is to call t publia mooting of whites and blacks Then let it be mutually agreed that eaol race shall nominate six Aldormen, select ed by themselves from thoir own raco and a Mayor, to be selected by th< oolored people from among the whites That seems to us fair and just, and wil secure the ends we seok in the best man ner. We must avoid, in the selection o white Aldermen, all half-way compro mise men. Let the white men, by al means, be representative white mon? soon as are abovo all sbado of euspioioi nuder any circumstances. The folly o a different oourso has heon too plain!; demonstrated to require argument now Let tho oolored men, too, be such o their raoe. The former will ronder u assured that tho interosts of tho proper ty-holdors will not bo endangered. Tip latter will be a guarantee to tho coloroi people that their personal right? and privileges will in no wiae be abridged or affected. i m ? ? Keep lt MoWBg. The Oongaree dam bill, having BOO ocsafally passed the Senate, is now be? fore the Oommitteo of Roads, Bridges and Ferries, of the House, and also the Committee on the Penitentiary. Why the bill should be referred to two com? mittees, as we are informed is the oase, and why it should have been referred to the Penitentiary Committee at all, wo are at a loss to se?l The entire opposi? tion to tho bill has come from those in? terested in the penitentiary. As Whi? temore said, in the Senate, there is a deep hole in the middle of that mighty quarry at the penitentiary in which most of the extravagant appropriations for the support of the institution is sunk, and certain parties are bending every sinew to prevent its voracious jaws from being olosed. It is asking a little too much when it is sought to baulk an enterprise of vast public importance to preserve a sink-hole to conoeal extravagant expen? ditures of publio money, speaking of it in the mildest terms. We trust that the oommittee will not allow tho bill to be pigeon-holed as it was last winter. Such a procedure will be nothing more than denying to the people a publio right. We have every indication and reasonable cause to expect i that the work of developing our great water power will be oommenced at once I and pushed rapidly forward to comple? tion aa soon os this bill becomes a law. I And unless it docs beoome a law, it is absolutely certain that nothing of impor? tance will ever bo done with the canal. The laboring classes, no less than the property-holders of the city, fe vor the bill. The specious objections that have been nrged against it have been fully answered and refuted, and there is not a particle of excuse why this simple act of legislation, so jost, proper and neces? sary, should be denied. It is not a mat? ter of tho Columbia Water Power Com? pany, but of the citizens of Columbia, who are a unit in its favor, except a few persons connected with the penitentiary. Messrs. Crews and Yooum are the chairmen of the respective committees referred to, and we trust they will not make useless delay in thoir report. MOUE ARBESTS.-On Monday last, when our town was more than usually crowdod with citizens from the country, brought hore in consequence of its hoing tho commencement of tho March term of court, as well as sales-day, Deputy United States Marshal Williams com? menced arresting in the streets persons accused of being Ku Klux. This cre? ated much excitement among all classes, uud in a short time the crowd was great? ly diminished, for, from past experience, no one knew who would be the next vic? tim. Those arrested during the week aro W. P. M. Williams, County Auditor, J. M. Spenoer, Thomas Nelson, Nevil Hawkins, re-arrested, T. H. Gall maa and Belton Free. For some weeks ru? mors have boen rife that a large number of our citizens were soon to be arrested; one was that 400 warrants had been is? sued, and the Deputy Marshal was ouly awaiting orders to serve them. At the time of going to press our streets are nearly as free from people I from the country as thoy aro on the Sab? bath, although tho court is in session. Business of all kinds is completely at a stand-still, and every one is expocting to be sent to jail as a Ku Klux. A friend from tho country informed us yesterday that all farm work upon 6ix or eight farms in bis neighborhood had been abandoned and tho hands discharged, ae the owners were not willing to risk money or time in preparing for their crops, while in such a state of uncertainty. All feel that aa arrest amounts to a sentence for a term in the penitentiary, whether found guilty or not. The old sore has been re-oponcd by the probe of partisan and personal malice and persecution, and there is no kuowing when the putrid mass will oease to flow or the wound por milted to heal. There is Jauger that Union Connty, if left undisturbed, will go strongly Demo? cratic next full, and it is probablo that this danger will be removed by driving away as many white votes as possible, and, to make suro, putting a large num? ber of Democrats whero thoy will not bo allowed to vote.- Union Times. MORE IMMIGRANTS.-We learn that Mr. J. G. Pipkin, of this County, has just returned from New York, whoro he procured and brougl fc on with him six? teen German immigrants, whom he de? signs to settle aud employ on his farm. Among tho number were several ladies and children, the families of some of the gentlemen. We think Mr. Pipkin noted wisely in getting some of theso immi? grants with families. It will render thom more contented. Mr. Pipkin says, so we are informed, that he could have procured 2,000 of theso people. They aro anxious to loave their prosent quar? ters on Ward's Island, New York. Tho Germans are an intelligent, thrifty peo? ple, and wherever thoy iooato the evi? dence.-, of tholr industry can always be soou.-Kingslree Star. The House of Representativos of Maine has passed a bill permitting wo? men over twenty-five years of ago to voto at Presidential olections. A Missouri youth and a fortuno of $120,000 have parted company iu less than four yours at tho gaming table. Coi-resp?ndame* of tn? Pheonix. QBEENYUXLS, S. 0.,Maroh7-10 P.M. Aa boar ago a Are broke oat in tbe stable of Mr. Jennings, East of Main street, near tbe river, and whian, was ia a short time entirely consumed. Tho engines were promptly on hand and effectively in operation, preventing the further spread of the fire. Immediately afterwards a white man was arrested under suspicious circumstances by-H. C. Ca?ble and Sheriff J. ttl Southern, nod by them promptly placed in jail for pro tee ti ou and future examination, amid the furious denunciations of citi? zens of all colors. Our "historical" Congressional Eu Klux Committee had bettor bo continued in service, for most assuredly should any one be caught in the aot of setting these fires, the scenes commenced at Chicago will be re? enacted in this Southern dime, without fear or favor, and to the utmost ex? tremity, independent of any one. It is supposed that Alexander Mc?ee will lose two moro mules by tho fire last night. M. A CONTEMPTIBLE BUSINESS FOR A GREAT GOVERNMENT.-xhe Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Gazette says: Suit will shortly be begun by tho United States to recover from the Rich? mond and Danville Railroad that portion formerly known as the Piedmout Rail? road, connecting Danville, Va., with Greensboro, N. O. The facta in the case aro these: Before the war, the Le? gislature of North Carolina refused to grant a ohartor by whioh the Richmond and Danville Road could connoot with the North Carolina Road, because the State owned the controlling interest iu the latter, and it was deemed against tho interest of tho State to allow any com? petition. The requirements of the Confederate Government became so great and their means of transportation so limited, that the Confederate Congress resolved to and did build the road between Danville, and Greensboro, a diatanco of fifty eight miles, thus giving them an addi? tional and more direct lino of communi? cation with the other Southern States. The Richmond and Danville Railroad Company olaims to have built tho Pied? mont Road, but the Federal Govern? ment holds that the only claim the Richmond and Danville Company has to it lies in the fact that the road was ope? rated by them ofter it had been built by the Confederacy. Is it any cuuse of wonder that the people of the South ure all auti Admi? nistration? THE LIFE AND TONTINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE SOUTH.-The annual meeting of the policy-holders of this Southern oompnny was held on Monday, at No. 29 Broad street. Tho report of the President was submitted and referred to the Committee on Finance, who have not yet reported. Yesterday tho elec? tion of officers took place, the old board being re-eleoted, with one exception, as follows: William McBurney, President; E. P. Alexander, vice-President and Actuary; John Screvon, Vice-Presideut, resident in Georgia; E. Nye Hutchinson, vice-President, resident in North Caro? lina; George E. Buggs, Secretary; John T. Darby, M. D., Medical Adviser; Au? gustine T. Smythe. Solicitor; James Conner, Counsel. The new Georgia Vice-Presideut is substituted for the lute J. F. Gilmer, of thut Stuto. The va? cancies upon the Board of Trustees for | thia State were filled by the choice of the following gentlemen: James H. Wilson, Charleston; George L. Baist, Charleston; Theo. G. Barker, Charles? ton; Wm. M. Bostick, Allendale; Ed? ward McIntosh, Society Hill. [Charleston News. A WRETCHED CONDITION.-According to the Union vi Ho Times, the minds of the people of that Couuty ure unsettled. No one feels safe from arrest by United States Marshals, and what little monoy there is among the people, is hoaded up for tho purpose of meeting such an einer, goncy. All confidence in the Govern 1 meut is lost, and no one kcows when ho may bu visited by an officer and dragged I to jail apon the oath of a negro who has been induced, by bribery or somo othor influence, to swear against him. The continuation of the suspension of tho writ of habeas corpus, suggested to Con? gress by the majority of tho Ku Klux Committee, is looked upon as au assur? ance that tho persecutions of the South? ern people wiil be renewed. A disrespeotful correspondent of the New York Tribune speaks of the South Carolina Radical administration as "that den of thieves in South Carolina, whoso grotesque caricature aud criminal tra? vesty of representative government aro a dit-p,race to modern civilization." If tho staunch Republican who wrote this wiro to say tho same thing in Columbia, i ho would ut once be denounced by the 1 Stuto Radicals as a lying Democrat or a bloody Ku Klux. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.-A very sad and distressing aooideut, which resulted fatally, occurred nour this place ou tho 27th ultimo. A little daughter of Mr. Gunn, four or five years of age, was playing in a field whero somo broom sedge was being burned, when hor cloth? ing caught on fire, and bofore assistance reached her, she was so badly burned that she died from the effects of her in? juries in two days,-Kingslree Star. A GOOD OLD AGE.-Mary Barrow, an old colored woman, died at tho Hart plant?t ion, on James Island, about thrco miles from Fort Johuson, a short timo ago, at the advanced ago of 121) years. Shu wus brought from Africa with grown? up children, when tho oldost pooplo on tho island were children, and tho lowest calculation brings her ago up to tho above standard.-Charleston Hews. L,KOISI.ATIVE PROCEKDiniGS. FiiiDAY, MAROH 8, 1872. SENATE. The Senate assembled at 12 M., Presi? dent Ran bier in the Chair. The following billa and resolutions were received from the Honae, and or? dered for consideration to-morrow: Bill to amend Suction 27 of an Act enti? tled "An Act to regulato the manner of drawing juries;" to amend the 328th Section, Title IX, Chapter II, of an Aot entitled "An Aot to revino, simplify and abridge the rules, practice, pleadings and forms of courts of thia Stato," gen? erally called the.Code of Procedure; to deolare publio a oertain road in the County of Oraogeburg; to incorporate the Charleston Homestead Association; requiring all bonds and stocks of the Stato to be registered in tho office of the State Treasurer; to iuoorporate the La? boring Society of Christ Church Parish; to incorporate the churches of Antioch, New Hope, Bethel Grove, and New Be? thany, of Laurens Conuty; to alter and amend tho charter of the town of Green? wood; to incorporate tho Port Royal River Ferry Company. Mr. Arnim introduced a joint resolu? tion authorizing the Governor to con? tract for the employment of prisoners sentenced to contiuement in tho State Penitentiary at hard labor. Mr. Whittemoro-A bill to iucorporute the village of Lisbon. A bill to authorize the Mayor and Al? dermen of the city of Columbia to issue bonds and sell the sumo, was passed to a third roadiog. The following were passed: Bills to establish an Inferior Court for the trial of oriminal tuses in tho County of Charleston; to regulate the pay of the members of the General Assembly; con? current resolution praying tho Congress of the United States to donate one mil? lion dollars' worth of publio lands to the several States for educational purposes; bills to authorize the formation of and to incorporate thc Laurens and Ashville Railroad; for tho relief of the widows and orphans of person? killed by the Ku Klux; to renew tho charter of Peay's Ferry, over tho Wuteree River. The Speaker of tho House attended in the Senate, whnu a largo number of bills and joint resolutions were ratified. At 3]..' P. M., tho Senate took a recess until 7 P. M. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House met ut 12 M., Spoaker Moses io tho Chair. The unfinished business from yester? day-a bill roUting to thc bonds of the State of South Carolina-was taken up. After considerable discussion, the bill was passed, aud ordered to the Senate, by a voto of 58 yeas to 84 nays. A bill relating to thc Financial Agent of tho State of South Carolina in the city of New York was passod by a vote of 58 yeas to 31 nays. The report of the Judiciary Commit? tee upon the charges against Judge R. F. Graham, in tho coso of Redding vs. the South Carolina Railroad, was made the special ordor for 12 M., to-morrow, to allow Mr. Jervoy to vindioate his po? sition in tho matter, and to have said re? port, with tho evidence, printed, was adopted, Resolution by Mr. Nehemias to dis? continue the holding of night sessions, was laid on the table, but was afterward ronewed and adopted. The enacting clauses of the following bills wore stricken out: Bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act to establish uud maintain a system of free oommou schools for the Stato of South Carolina;" to amend au Act entitled "Aa Act to establish and maiutain a system of free common schools for the State of South Carolina;" to amend an Act enti? tled "An Act relating to gambling;" to regulato the publication of legal notices and official advertisements in the respect? ive Counties of the State; for the pro? tection of the poor of Colinton County; to requiro juries, in criminal cases, to be kept in charge of tho Sheriffs, or their deputies, until thoy have rendered their verdicts; to protect the people of the State against illegal and fraudulent issue of bonds and securities, and for other purposes connected with tho same; joint resolution to authorizo and require the County Commissioners of Newberry to levy a special tax; relating to the sinking fund; in reference to Stato lands; bill to punish persons engaged in tho business of lotteries and tho salo of lottery tick? ets; joint resolution to investigate the transactions of tho Financial Board and the Financial Agent of the State, in the city of New York. Tho following bills wero passod and ordered to bo enrolled: Bill to amend an Aot entitled "Au Aot to grant, ronew and amend tho charters of certain towns and villages theroiu moutionod;" tore peal tho charter of the village of Lau rensville; to amend an Act entitled "An Act to alter and renew tho charter of the town of Darlington;" to extend the limits of the town of Beaufort; to amend an Aot entitled "An Act to amend the charter of tho King's Mountain Railroad Company;" to ronow and amend the charter of tho town of Wil? lis ton; to ronow and amend the charter of tho town of Lowudosvillo, Abbeville Connty; to incorporate the Grand Di ? vision of the Sous of Temperance of South Carolina; to amend an Act enti? tled "An Act to grant, ronew and amend tho charters of certain towns and vil? lages therein mentioned;" to charter the town of Mine?la, in Horry County; to authorizo and empower Henry C. Lan? caster, Smith l?o wo and Henry A. Towlcs to establish a wharf nt the Fucker plantation, nt or near Church Flats, on the Steno River, and to esta? blish a ferry at that point across said rivor; ta incorporate tho Citizens' Build? ing and Loan Association, of Charleston; to iucorporato tho South Carolina Real Estato uud Joint Stock Company. At 3 P. M., tho HOUSO adjourned until to-morrow, ut 12 M. Tho debt of Franco amounts to about $125 for euch of tho population. ICE SPOUTS ON THE HUDSON.-Hodson river ioe-boatmen at Poughkeepsie have had rare sport for the past two days. For nearly forty-eight hours a gale has swept the ico. On Monday, Oommodore Booth hoisted sail on the Snowflake, and, taking a boy on board, nnnonnosd his intention of going to Milton, four miles South. The wind was a hurrioane. Under a close reef his oraft darted Southward like lightning. The sharp runners cut iuto the ice with a hum, and olouds of flint-ice .were whirled to the rear, the boat at times being enveloped with an ice fog. The boy was on the windward ruoner plank, and held on to tba shrouds for dear life. A minute passed, and the boat was a mile away. She flew down along the East shore like a plum tom. It was no child's play. The least mishap would hurl the occnpants out of tho boat. In four minutes she accomplished the four miles, and was standing at Milton wharf with sails flap piog in the wind. At half-past 4 o'clock, Monday after? noon, the wind still a gale, Aaron Innis, of thu ice-boat Hall, resolved to enter in a race with the Chicago Express train, whioh leaves Poughkeepsie for New York at 4 45 P. M. Accordingly he got sail up, and shook out all but one reef in mainsail and jib, lashed his colors to the ma-it, and started with four persons to stand on the ronner planks and keep the craft down to her work. Arriving at the wharf, he beat off and on, waiting for the train to make her appearance, as when it passes the point mentioned it ia nuder full headway. A puff of smoke and the sharp clang of the engine bell told him his rival was at hand. The boat was not 100 feet from the train, and the faces of the passengers filled' the windows. Gently the helm of tho Hall was put down, the bout answering it promptly us she wore away. Then fol? lowed one of the finest races ever wit? nessed. While the Hall was getting in position tho train shot some distance ahead, but the victory of the iron horse was of short duration. The ice-boat gaiued and gained yet more rapidly. Every cord was taut, and the sails were' oro wiled with wiud. She swept over the ice like a tornado. The last car of tho train was reached, then the next, and the next, until tho boat was abreast of the train. On the cars windows were ehoved up, handkerchiefs and hats were waved, and, though the train did no more than hold its own, the engineer lifted the whistle vulve and sent forth a shrill scream of defiauce. At that moment a tremendous flaw of wind struck the ice? boat. She lifted and reeled and stag? gered like a drunken man; but it was only for a second, for as soon as the for? ward runners struck the ice again, the Hall passed oar after car on the train, then lapped the engine, and, despite the powers of the locomotive, dashed ahead of tho entire train, the men on the run? ner planks waving their hats with one hand and holding on to the shrouds with death grips with the other. For two miles did the winged racer lead, when abe was put about on the home tack, and as the truin passed the boat again, the passengers cheered from the oar windows and were oheered at by the ioe-boatmen, while the locomotive gave a sulky whis? tle, aud the great moe was over. Tho black Eu Klux are not confined to North Carolina, nor to the Lowrey gang. They exist in other quartern, where they equally demand the atten? tion of the Congressional Eu Klux Com? m?tes. An eye-witness of the recent banging of three white citizens by a gang of black Ku Eluxes in Arkansas, describes what he saw in the Chicago Times, but baa not yet been summoned to give his testimony before tho commit? tee. An affray ooourred between some obstreperous negroes and two or three white men, growing ont of a political dispute, in which oue of the White men had severely criticised the votes of the negroes in respect to a railroad project whioh added largely to the already over-burdensome taxation of tho white people, the only property-holders. Ono of the negroes made a violent personal attack upon a white man, who, in self defence, after being knocked down seve? ral times, stabbed and killed the negro aggressor. He and two other whites, as accessories, were arrested and conti ned in jail for trial. The negroes, a few days afterwards, oollcoted in a body of seventy or eighty, armed with double barreled gnus, supplied from the na? tional armory, and, after gutting and destroying the property of a store kept by one of the alleged accessories, at? tacked the jail, took the three prisoners out, and actually shot them to pieoes, pouring volleys into them long after the last spark of life had fled. The negro Ku Kluxcs then took possession of the village and held it for four days, forag? ing upon the white people for their sup? port, against such feeble efforts as could be made to drivo them ont. Assistance at last came, and they were dispersed; but aa yet no attempt has been made to punish thom for their horribleatrooities. [ Huston Post. DEATH OF A GERMAN MERCHANT.-Mr. John Hurkamp, a highly respected German grocer, died at his residonoe, yosterday, at half-past 12 o'olook, after a longil?neas, which terminated in soften? ing of the brain, the immediate cause of of his death. He was born in Quacken bruck, Kingdom of Hanover, on the 3d of October, 1809, and immigrated to this oity in 1830. He took part in the Florida war, and was one of the founders of the old Gorman Church. The de? ceased was widely known in our city as a man of unswerving integrity, and led a lifo marked by a high regard for truth and honor.-Charleston Courier, 8th. ii OT KI. ARRIVALS, March 8.- Xickerson House-W V ltuaeoll, K M Cary, Charleston; F tiohlogltnileh, W Gregg, Jr,S U; A ll Springs, York; J M Motley, wife and daughter, Mimd LaMout, A NV Conant, Now York; G G Hill, N C; W A Banister, Now York; A ll brooks and wi fu, SC; 13 lt Quattlebauin, Augusta; E H Prost, Charleston; Mies C Mittag, Lancaster; S Hartman, Virginia. I Coo gt X X t & m ou MATINES.-The Leon Brothers giro a matinee at Irwin's Hall, to-day, at 2 o'olook. Their popular comic play, Humpty Dumpty, will be performed. Admission only twenty-five cents. This reduction is made for the benefit of the littlu folks, who so much admire things of the kind. To-night, the Leons pro? mise a "splendid bill." This will close their peformanceB here for the season. FIRE. -This morning, about 1 o'clock, the watobman on the Presbyterian stee? ple sounded the alaam of fire with the church bell, whioh was replied to by the city bell, but the rope of the latter soon broke, when the policemen's rattles were brought into vigorous use. The flames were found to proceed from tho roof of the building oocupied by Messrs. Frick and Souder Sc Chambers. The firemen were out promptly, but a well-directed stream from the Palmettoes settled thc business in a very few minutes, and pu a Btop to what had the appearance of at extensive conflagration. The damage t< the building was slight. CITY MATTERS.-The price of sing! copies of the PHOENIX is five cents. | The Agnews-father and eon-an driving a heavy business. Everythinj 1 in the hardware and grocery lines ar kept on hand, and in such profusion a to frighten a novice. But then the oom [ mnnity know what to expect from them and, as a consequence, their stores-Bi chardson and Plain and Biohardson anc Gervais-are kept in a constant state oi transmogrification-goods coming in at the back doors and being carried out at the front. The latest agony in the way of furni? ture is the * 'medallion." Mr. Berry has just received several sets, whioh are un? surpassed by anything in Columbia. The carving is beautiful and the general get up superb. By-tho-way, M. H. is making the necessary arrangements to extend his sphere of usefulness-or, plainly speaking, to increase his busi? ness facilities. More anon. Mr. Perry, the enterprising proprie? tor of the Indian Girl Cigar stand, has boen making some decided improve? ments in the appearance of his stand, as well as in his stock of imported cigars, pipes, tobacco, &o. Mr. Plomer has on exhibition at his store, Plain street, a novelty in the way I of a chandelier. It is composed almost : entirely of glass, and presents a brilliant I appearance. It is understood that the Superintend I ent of the new United States Court ! Honse and Post Offioe, in this city, has been sustained in his action in connec? tion with the recent strike. The orders received are, that none of the strikers are to be re-employed. The. strikers have heard nothing from headquarters aa yet, and feel jnstly indignant that no attention has been paid to their commu? nications. Mr. I. Sulzbaoher's stock of jewelry hos been materially added to during the past few days. Of diamond crosses whioh aro all the rage just now-he has several different styles, to snit the capa? city of the pocket. If anything is wanted, however, whioh he does not keep on hand, he will furnish nt short notice, as wo have reason to know. One of the Palmetto medals, with tie name of Samuel E. Axon inscribed upoi it, was found, by a servant, in tho roon of Constable Hubbard, yosteaday. Mr Hubbard intends placing it in the poa session of Capt. W. B. Stanley, in orde that the owner, if living, may obtain it Beal estate bios been quite firm durin the labt week. On Main street, lots hav advanced twenty-five per cent, in th last six weeks. Senator Loslio was thrown from hi baggy, yesterday afternoon, and slightl injured. There was an attempt at a thundc storm, last night. Mona CONVICTS.-Sherill Gason, ja Abbeville, brought down seven oonvi<fl to tho penitentiary, sentenced byJudH Orr, nt tho late term of Lis court at i? beville. The prisoners are John SH Cord, white, assault with intent to kH sentenced to one year's imprieonmoS Virgil Madden, colored, (au old offenen er,) highway robbery; sentenced to five years' imprisonment. Stephen Partlow, colored, grand larceny; one year's im? prisonment. Cornelius Coleman, co? lored, highway robbery; three years' im? prisonment. Larkin Wier, colored, grand larceny; fifteen months' imprison? ment. Joe Arnold, colored, burglar} and larceny; twelve months' imprison? ment. And another colored man, whose namo wo did not learn. LIST OP NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. E. Hope-Potato Slips. Jm? Indian Girl- Sunday Smoke. ?tig?$ lt. K. Scott-Proclamation. ^K|???