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Wednea?ay Morning:, March 13,1672. What Has Become of Itt In the' Council proceedings of March the 5th, we note the following significant paragraph: "His Honor the Mayor stated that he had received official notice from J. L. .Neagle, Esq., that the obligation for $75,000, due him by the oity, matured yesterday, but that he was disposed to give the city all the indulgence possi? ble." Sometime ago it was stated that $12,500 of the amount had been paid ie, not more than one-half of which conld bo honestly acoounted for. That was bad enough, but now wehavo the whole $75,000 reported as paid in, aud what is more, the obligation of the Counoil for the same as due. It was very kind and considerate of Br. Neagle to express his desire to give the city "all the indul? gence possible." With his $250,000 of city bonds as collateral seourity, he may, (perhaps; feel himself fully indemnified j against any possible loss. But as to .that he may yet find that there is con? siderable : donbt in the matter. The bonds are believed to have been issued, -jio4: only without authority of law, but - fraudulently, and the tax-payers of the .? oity will not quietly submit to being saddled with such a debt without testing its validity. Besidos the connection of Dr. Neagle with the City Hall swindle, -his being on Allen's bond, etc.', all point bim ont as a party to the fraud, and as auch his contract with the Counoil will / - ba vitiated. But what has become of this 975,000? The Counoil receive the notification that their obligation is dne, as information, but the tax-payers would like to reeeive a little information, too, as to what disposition baa been made of this large sum of money. It was .borrowed ostensibly for the sole and ex? clusive purpose of erecting the new City Hall. The work done upon that build? ing, so far, is not claimed to be worth over $6,000, at the outside. Will our city fathers tell their humble subjects, the tax-payers, what they have doue ?with the balance of $69,000? Is the oity to be defrauded,,not only of $50,000, by .the terms of the contract, but also be subjected to this much greater stealage? If the City Hall continues to be built in this style, it will prove a costly edifice, .indeed. $69.000 Btolen for every $6,000 worth of work done, would foot op a nice little sum of a tr il lion or two of dollars before the building is completed in accordance with Mr. Allen's estimates. Is there no honest man on the present Board of Aldermen? No ono that will stand np as tribune for the people, ex? pose the nefarious schemes that have been put in operation, and prevent further stealing until their term of office expires? The bill authorizing the issue, we much fear, will beoome a law before the end of the session of ' tho Legisla? ture. B. K. Scott will scarcely give it bis veto, as it would thus be certainly defeated. He only vetoes those rascally schemes which he knows will be passed without his assent. It is a cheap mode of getting up a name, or at least, making a pretense of honesty. If tho bill doe* become a law, the $250,000 of new bomb thus authorized will, doubtless, bo found entiroly exhausted before tho first Tues? day in April, unless some steps arc taken immediately to check tho finanoia! zealot the present Council. TUE BIUTISH BALLOT.-The ballot thal it is proposed to introduce in Eaglanc will be somewhat different from thc tickets whioh are polled in this country. According to the ballot bill, it will con eist of a piece of paper with the namoi "ami descriptions" of all tho candidate! printed on it. This will be stamped o\ otherwise marked with an official marl and given to the voter. Ho will thei scratch off the names of the candidate or candidates for whom ho does not wisl to vote, and then fold it up, so that tin name cannot be soon. In that form hi will exhibit lo tho officer presiding tin baok of tho piece of paper, to show tba it bears the official mark, after which hi will place it in a closed box. EniE-The Erio Railroad bill, aa ru ported to the New York Assembly, i making something of a stir among th numerous parties in and out of Wu! street interested iu that corporation. I repeals the Classification Act, so fur us i applies to Erie, but loaves it a law as rc gards tho Now York Central. Tho Eric people aro very indignant about it, an< allege that "tho whole thing is a conspi racy to plaoe Vanderbilt at the head o both Erie and Central." They also sa; that "another meaning of it is that tin Commodore has come to the roseuo o ?ho English stockholders." -W-<*-?-y When John Jacob Astor died tie loft i little over 824,000,000. William B Astor, his son, is now estimated 'loni worth nearly $5O,O0O,U0O. "* .< ;-,... .. -. . ..,???- r-? .' ''.iii Ttl? Republican Nomination*. ' The nominations which have bceu made by the Republioun elabe ia the va rio a B wards are commendable, ass gene? ral thing, in one respect. The present incumbents have, es * rale, been thrown aside, and a now set put in. With a few exceptions, too, there, is marked im? provement in the colored representatives as to character aud integrity, and no falling off, at least, in point of intelli? gence. We heur good accounts of Man? son Williams, u nominee of Wurd 1, and Gas. Cooper is not objectionable, though it ?8 apprehended by some that he is in most too intimate) connection with some of the present corrupt orew. But there is nothing positive known to his detri? ment, and he has borne a very fair name iu the past. lu Ward 2, tho colored nominees-Wilder and Cap. Carroll-are good men, and are so considered by their white fellow-citizens, from whoso stand point wo assume to be now speak? ing. These two conld not be bettered, in our judgment. We cannot say the same of tho nominees of Ward 3. S. B. Thompson might be the least objection? able of the three, but he is a member of the present corrupt Board of Alder? men, and must share their infamy, for he has never lifted his voice fox the peo? ple in opposition to their ruinous and dishonest schemes. He favored, too, if wo are not mistaken, tho city bond bill, and is a member of the General Assem? bly, the most shamelessly oorrupt the world has ever seen, and whioh has loaded oar State with a burden of debt that is appalling. In Ward 4, with tho exception, perhaps, of Howard Mitchell, the nominations aro no improvement on our present rulers. In the white mon, there has been a change, but wo fail to see that it is for tho better. What im? provement is Carpenter on Dauny? They are birds of a feather, only Car? penter "is more BO." He has baon tho ready tool and unscrupulous supporte? of tho Legislature and the financial riug, which has stolen millions from the State. But that which is snffloieut of itself to forever damn his claims to be an Alder? man of the city is, that he has been and is still, through his journal, the steady, unswerving and zealous advocate of un increase of taxation-tho very thing I which all honest mon wish to prevent. Neither is H?ge, by any manner of means, an improvement on R. M. Wal? lace. Ho is a Simon-pure carpet-bag? ger, a political adventurer, without numo or fortune, hud an ally and bosom fiicnd of tho present unprincipled State ofli oiais. As for Griffin, we could put old Mooney up beside him, and he (Mooney) would not suffer by tho comparison. Thoko white men will, doubtless, influ enco and control tho Council, if they are all elected. This should be prevented, and steps taken ut once tending to that end. As will be seeu elsewhere in our coln mus, there will bea meeting of the oitizi us of Ward 3, irrespective of party or cohn-, Thursday night, to consult about and nominate proper men for Wurd 3. Wo trust every good mau will feel it bis duty to attend, and loud hit; presence, at least, to aid tho good woik SmrriNG CRIMINALS TO AMERICA.-It is said that a number of Euglish con? victs were reooully sent to New York by tho prison authorities of Manchester, England. ThoGraud Duchy of Meck? lenburg-Schwerin also claims the righi to dispose of itsoouvicts in this maimer. Ono of tho Mecklenburg journals as? serts this rigiit in offensive terms. The Federal Government should apply efficient means to put a stop to sud grievances. We havo criminals euougli of native growth, without being math thu llotany Bay of tho whole world. Cosr OF TUE Ku KLUX ACT. --It ap? pears that tho largo expenditures ol money uudor tho Ku Klux Act-twe millions appropriated for that purpose havo nob proved ?.nfiiciont, and th< Houso, on Thursday, provided for au other million. Federal officials and wit nesses in such cases ure costly. It is it I good way of spending mouoy and re? warding partisans nt tho South. As a campaign fund fe. tho next Presidential contest, it will, no doubt, provo a profit ablo investment. -?-?*-? The Now Orleans Picayune Mya: Tin ramie plant continues lo enlist consider able interest ip many parts of tho South lt is now generally conceded that it wil be a profitable crop, moro profitable that sugar, colton, rico or tobucco, wheuovut a machino is invented which will bo tt tho ramie fibro whut Whitney's saw gil was originally to the oottou fibre. A ma chiuo is all that is necossary to make ii in a few years ouo of tho most valuubh crops in tho South. Capt. Braine, tho last Con federate pri? soner, rebuked tho people of Nashville because there weren't enough of them ul his lecture to pay expenses, while r female Northern gorilla drew &8U0 on tht Bama night. Harry Watkins will lake possession ol tho Derby Mansion, at Aiken, South Ca? rolina, on tho 1st of May. m LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS. SENATE. TUESDAY, MABOH 12,1872. The Senate, on Monday night, was oo on pied anti 1 ofter 12, in the transaction of the following: The consideration of a bill to provide for a general license law was resnmed, and with amendments, was passed to a third reading. The Senate concurred In the resolution relative to the rotaiaing of United States troops in the State. The bill, with Homo amendments* in? serting other names us corporators in the bill to incorporate the Union SavingB Bank of Columbia, wu? committed to tho Incorporations Committee. A bill relative to the Financial Agent of Ibo State, iu the city of Now York, was then taken up, amended so ns to ap? point tho Carolina National Bank to sot tie, and passed to a third reading. A motion wna made to reconsider the volo whereby tho validating bill was mado tho special order for Wednesday, which was curried by a vote of 17 to ll. The bill was orderod to be engrossed for a third reading. The Senate then, at 12.30, adjourned. To-day the Senate assembled at 12 M., President Ransier in the Chair. A committee was appointed to iuquirc into and report tho cause of delay in presentation to his Excellency tho Go? vernor of an Act to abolish thc office of State Auditor, and confer his duties upon thc Comptroller-General. Thc bill to charter tho Union Savings Bank of Columbia, with House amend? ments, was passed. The following bills wore passed: To incorporate tho American Union Lite? rary Club, of Gadsduu, Bichland Couu ty; to incorporate tho Union Baptist Church, of Laurens County; to incorpo? rate tho Mt. Bethel Church, of Laurens County; to incorporate tho Darlington Laud Joint Stock und Loan Association of Darlington; to inenrporatu tho South Carolina Kcal Estato Planting and Min? ing Conipauy; to incorporate the Pros peot Baptist Church, of Laurens Co'inty; to incorporate the Saviugs Bank of Aiken; to incorporate tho Gothscmone Baptist Church, of Chester Couuiy; to establish a company under tho name ol the Sullivan's Island Ferry Company, ko., and to modify tho charter of thu Mount Pleasant Ferry Company, and foi other purposes; to incorporate tho Farm? ers', Laborers' and Mechanics' Laud Company, of Orayigeburg County; tc roduco ull Acts and parts of Acts to de termino und perpetuate tho homusteac iuto one Act, and to amend the same. A bill relating to tho bonds of tin State of Sonth Carolina was passed, one ordered to be returned to thu House o Representatives, with amendments. A bill relating to the Financial Agen of the State of South Carolina wai passed, and ordered to the House o itoprobeutulives, with amendments. Messrs. B. F. Whitteuiore, John Wit sou, G. W. Duvall, D. Biomau, W. E Holcombe, C. W. Montgomery, E. E Dickson, H. Cardozo, W. E. Johnstoi nud Frank Arnim entered a protea against the passage of a bill relating t< thu bonds of the Stute of South Carolina A message was received from the Go vernor approving the following: Acts t renew and amend the chnrter of Erskin College, at Due West, in Abbevill County; to change tho mimes of Tyrre Willard and Ida Willard, and to mak them thu logal heirs of T. J. Jones; t incorporate tho Boll Uiver and Poi Royal Railroad Compauy; to preven oertuiu officers from buying, discouutin or shaving teachers' pay certificates, i: othor orders on school funds or juroi certificates; lo iucorporate the Orang? burg County Fair Association; to inco! porate tho Traction Steam Eugine Con puny of tho city of Charleston; for tli protection and preservation of usefi animals; to amend an Act entitled "A Act to establish a uew judicial and ele tion County, from portions of tho Com ties of Barnwell, EJgelield, Lexingto aud Orangeburg, to bo known as Adte County; to renew aud amend tho chu ter of tho Saint Audrew'a Luther? Church of Luxiogton County; to ev power fat hors to legitimize certain chi dren by last will and testament; joli resolution to uuthoiizo the payment Commissioners and Managers of Eic tions at special elections during tho ye 1871; Act to amend an Act entitled "A Act providing for the assessment at taxation of property," passed Septemb 15, lbti?, and ail Acts amendatory thor to. A concurrent resolution was adopte that ou and after the Ililli instant-, tl (louerai Assembly take a recose, Biibje to the eall of tho President of thu Sena and tho Speaker of tho House of Kepi sontntives. Tho following were passed: . Bills to incorporate thu Chariest) Loan and Exchange Company; to iuoc poruto tho Abbeville Agricultural Sri ciety; to charter tho Greenwood ai Augusta Railroad Company; to deda public a certain road in thc County Oiangoburg; to incorporate tho town Towuville, County of Auderson; amend an Act to revivo and extend t churtor of the Relief Luau Assnciatio of Charleston; to incorp?ralo tho Water Presbyterian Church, of Fairfield Cnn ty; joint resolution to authorize t County C?inmissiouors of Abbevi County to levy and collect an additioi tax; bills to amend an .Act entitled "j Act to grant, rcnow aud amend tho chi tera of certain towns and villages thor? mentioned;" to incorporate thu Water Presbyterian Church; lo incorporate t churches of Autioch, New Hope, Beti G rovo and New Bethany; to in cor pori thu Zion Baptist Church, of Columl) to incorporate tho Salem Presbyter! Church; to pr?vido for a general licet law. At 2.30 P. M., thu Senate adj on rn ot HOUSE OF BEPRES EN TATT VE* Tho House met al 12 M., Spcul Moses in tho Chair. The following bills wero passed: 1 incorporate tho town of Lowudesvillc, Abbeville County; to amend and renew the charter of the town of Williston; to reun?ate tko manner of drawing juries; to amend aa Aot entitled "An Aot to ro establish certain roads, bridges and ferries;" to renew und , amend the char? ter of Saint' Mary's Roman Catholic Church, in the city of (J ha ri OH ton ; to amend an Act entitled "An Act to renew and amend the charters of certain towns and villages thereiu mentioned;" to esta? blish a causeway over Big S.tltkchatcbie Swamp, at Walnut Poiut, connecting the Counties of Colletou and Beaufort; relative to tho fees of the Btu'te Lrartd Commissioner; to incorporate the town of Mariou, and for other purposes; to supply the defioieucy in ?ho appropria? tions for tho support und mai nt en.mee of free common subnota, for thu fiecal year eudiug October 31, 1871; to iucoi pornte the Marion, florry and Rocking? ham Railroad Company. A niess-jgo was received from hi? Kl colleney thc Governor approving the fol? lowing Acts und joint resolution*: Au Act to amend nu Act entitled "Au Aul providing for general olection?, und tho mininer of conducting tho Hame;" to in? corp?ralo tho Charleston Loan Associa? tion, of tho city of Charleston; to char? ter the Big Bay and Adams' Ruu Narrow Gauge Railroad Company; to authorize tho formation of, und tu incorporate, the Spartauburg und Aiken Railroad; to establish a public ferry in Fair field County; to incorporate the Columbia Artificial Stone and Cement Company; to recharter tho Mouutain Lodge, No. 15, of tho Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Greenville County, South Ciro Ii na; to inoorponte tho South Ca? rolina Agricultural College and Moeha uios' Iustitute; joiut resolution to au? thorize and direct the Comptroller Ge? neral to drrw a warrant io favor of C. Werner on the Slate Troasure.r, when certain requirements ure fulfilled; un Act to incorporate tho Reedy River Baptist Church, of Greenville County; legalizing certain marriage*, and for other purposes therein mentioned; au? thorizing James C. Thompson und wife, Elizabeth Thompson, to adopt tho child of Mary Couch, give it the nama of James Lawrence Orr Thomp? son, and make it his lawful heir; to in? corporate the Rivers G URI els, of Ham? burg. South Carolina; to re open a public highway in Rtuhlaud County; to incorporate tho Lancaster Ri Jemen; to incorporate tho Beaufort Horse. Rail? road Company, in tho towu anil Coun? ty <if Beaufort; to ameud au Act onti tled "Au Act to secure advances for agricnltiiinl purposes;" to incorporate Ihe Goweusville Lodge No. 1U7, Au oient Free Masons, of South Carolina; to ameud an Act entitled "Au Act to iucorporatc tho Waccaiuaw aud Little Uiver Canal Company;" to amend an Act entitled "Aa Act to renew aud amend the charter of the towu of Mount Pleasant;" to aller aud ameud the charter of the town of Pendleton; joint resolution to provide for tho pay tueut of thu per diem nod mileagu of tho members of tho Geueral Assembly aud tho subordinate officers. A resolution (by Mr. .Torvoy) to au? thorize tho Sergeant at-Arms of the IIou.se to take chargB of tho furniture and other property belonging to tho Rouse, aud pack away tho .sumo for pro? tection, was adopted. A bill to charter tho Laurens and Nashville Railroad Company was, with tho amendment*, repotted upon by u cotnmittuo of conference, of both House*, read tho sccoud time, and ordered to be cugrossod. ? t > STEPHENS ON DAVIS.-Mr. Alexander H. Stephens, in the Atlanta (Georgia) Sun, anys: "Whether tho Laborers' Convention in Ohio have indicated a proper man lc ho the standard*bearer of tho combined hosts iu thia great conflict, wo ure not prepared to say. Wo do not knovi enough of Judge Davis; but we aro gru titled iu heiug able to any that what wt do know of bim hus nothing about ii unfavorable to that position. It is true lui sustained the war for the maiuteuanci of the Union under tho Constitutor with ali his zeal and ability; but if w< understand his position since that wai was over, ho has boon equally zealous ii his opposition Un the now war since thei inaugurated by tho present Radical Ad ministration agaiust ten States of tin Union, and still waged by them agailis the Constitution itself. This is now tin living issue; and wo hail ns brothers ul who aro sound and true to liberty oi that, without regard lo former nu teco dents or party names. On this subject however, of standa.'d-bcarers or candi dates, we repeat, what wo have often sa d Wo shun bo einteilt with any niau o men who in or aro at this timo on th Democratic side in the great issuo no\ before tho country, of eoiistitntioualisu against centralism." A PAINTER'S MISTAKE.-A good stor is told of how a rising artist lately lo? his reputation through a lobster. II painted the sea-side, ?iud placed on th beach v.iriocs comuiou objects of th pea-sido-shells, urchins, crabs and lobster. But alas, ho painted tho Jobste large, ostentations, and-red. Wilpri upon it wan suggested hy his critics tha it was necessary lo paint near by th geyser which alone could havo boiled it Tho poor fellow has uevor reoovered. How TO MAKE 'EM STICK.-Many pc: sons who wear reuding-glusses aro sorel, annoyed at tho difficulty of kcepib thom in their proper position ou th i nono. To all such it will bo interest i ii, lo learn that a yoting optician of Nei York has devised a very ingenious expo dient hy which that end eui bo ace.om plinked. It consists simply in robbin j tho bridge of tho nose with beeswax. Barwell Brown, a nativo of Wak County, North Carolina, died a skol timo einen at thc advanced ago of lt) year-:, lt i.-t not yet Uti o wu whether li was ono of George Washington's watter or not. Snuff-"Indian Girl." MRS. RADCLIFFE ("KATE DOUGHTY") IN THE TICHBORNE TRIAL.-OD tho 22d ultimo, during the Tiohborne trial, the Attorney-General said he would proceed to repel tho aspersions which bad boen custon "that pore and pious woman," Mrs. Radcliffe, ?Gunin to Roger Charles Tiohborne, by the claimant, in his exa? mination. Mrs. Radcliffe (KateDoughty) wu? thou placed in the witness box. The London Daily News gives the following summary of her testimony: "She denied, in the most solemn , and emphatic manner, that there was the slightest truth in the accusation which tho claimant bad leveled against her. Roger Tichborne always conducted him? self towards ber with tho greatest pro? priety, und nothing ever passed between them which she wished to keep from the knowledge of her mother The inci? dents connected with Roger Tichborue's curly attachment to her wcro related amid tho deepest nttontion of thecrowd od court. She tduted that when they parted they hoped to induce Sir Edward Doughty to withdraw his prohibition, and to marry later. Within an honr or two of his leaving her forever, he gave her tho following paper: 'Tichborne Park.-I make ou thia day a promise that if I marry my cousin, Kate Doughty, this year, or before three years are over at tho latest, to build a ohuroh or chapel at Tichborne to tho Holy Virgin, in thanksgiving to her for the protection she lias given us in praying Ged that our wishes may bo fulfilled.' The claim? ant's assertion that ho had ridden ont frequently with her was quite untrue. lu crosj examination by Sergeant Bal? lan ti ne, Mrs. Radoliffj said that at tho interview which she hud with tho claim? ant, she wan certain that he could not bo Roger Tichborne." PARTIAL CONFIRMATION OF THE KILL . INO OF Poss STRONG.-From parties from llobcAon County, who arrived iu this city yesterday, and also from informa? tion conveyed in a private lettor to al gentleman of this place, we have a par? tial confirmation of thu killing of the notorious oitlaw, Boss Strong. Mo Quoen, aftor shooting the outlaw, is said to havo remained iu the vicinity of the houBo about un hour, with the hope of gettiug an opportunity <?f killiug Andrew Strong, but without success. He tinnily started for Shoe Heel for ro inforcemeuts, arriving there about 1 o'clock Saturday morning. He got a crowd together, but on account of some unavoidable delays, they were unable to roach Strong's house until 10 o'olock that morning. Upon entering the house they found Andrew Strong's wife and another woman present, but the body of tho outlaw had disappeared. Tho wo? men, however, were engaged in remov? ing tho stains of blood from the floor, and, in reply to inquiries, trnid: "Wo had a dead man here last night, but the rest (meaning tho other members of the gnng) have just left with him." Of course, under the circumstances, there was no possibility of recovering the body, and tho party returned to Shoe Heel. Among those with whom we havo conversed on tho subject there seems to bo a unanimity of opinion in rofereuco to the alleged killing, thora being but little, if any, doubt expressed that, although tho body may not be re- j covered, the soul of the noted desperado and outlaw has beon sent to its last ac- | count. Wo hopo to receive still moro delinito intelligence to-day. [ Wilmington Slur. Gov, PALMER AND THE LIBERAL RE PUBLICANS.-Tho telcgruph reported u few days ngn, ou the questionable au? thority of the St. Luuii Democrat, that Gov. Palmer, of Illinois, was opposed to the Western liberal Ropublicau move? ment. The Springfield correspondent of tho Chicago Times telegraphs that this story is "all boah," and adds: "Tho movement is in the hands of the shrewdest men of the Republican party; tho very mou, in fact, who made that parly, and they tire too shrewd to havtf their plans interfered with by any prematuro developments. Not a day passes in which arrivals of tho inuguutes of tho party in this State aro uot noted, but thu special and regular correspond? ents aro alt obliged to udinit that no re? liable information is to bo obtained. : Tho law-makers, returning after the re? cess, bring with them encouraging re? ports of tho progress of the liberal movement. Tho various labor associa? tions throughout tho State are filling up their ranks, aud prcpariug for thc con? flict nuder tho leadership of David Da : VIS." Morn: MISSING RECORDS -lu a con j tested election case in Philadelphia, on I tho Hth inst., the returns from a certain ! district were wanted, when, upon appli? cation at the prothouotary's ofiico, tho papors "turned up missing." Upon au investigation ex-Prothouotary Douegau made tho surprising statement that he had sold tho papers nloug with a large quantity of other records because there wau not room iu his ofiico to store thom. Ho was held in tho sum of $10,000 to auswer tho nhargo of misdemeanor. A CURIOUS ARTICLE OF TRADE.-There M actually a considerable commerce in toads between Franco aud Euglaud. A toad of good size and in good condition will fetch n shilling (twenty-five cent?) iu the Loudon market, and a dozen of extra quality aro worth Xl, ($5.) You may soe these importod toads in all tho market gardens where tho soil is moist, and the owners of these gardens eveu prepare shelter for thora. They pHy their way by catching insects. ( Springfield Hep uhlican. Tho guillotino nud Ibo axe, it seems, oro appendages of j usti?n in Germany, as well as elsewhere. Last year nine? teen executions took place in that coun? try, of whom four were women. Eleven of tho number were beheaded with tho axe, two were guillotined und six were hanged. , "Qouuiuo Durham"-"Indian Girl." Bocal Itemia. REPUBLICAN WARD NOMINATIONS FOR AI??>ERMER.^WABT> No. 1-B. F> Griffin, Manson Williams, Augustus Cooper. WABD No. 2-S. L. H?ge, qharloa M. Wilder, C. J. Carroll. WARD NO. 8--S. B. Thompson, Richard Yonng, W. A. Carr. WAKD NO. 4--L. O. Carpenter, 0. D. Lowndes, Howell Mitchell. Ooo whito and two colored in each Ward. MAIL, ARRANGEMENTS.-The Northern mail opens at 3.00 P. M.; closes 7.15 A.M. Charleston duyjnuil opens 4.00 P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Charleston night mail opens 6.30 A. M.; closes COO P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Western mail opons?.00 A. M.; closes 1.30 P. M. On Sunday offico open from 3 to 4 P. M. Crrr MATTERS.-Tho price of single copies of the PUIEMX is ? ve cents. Messrs. D. O. Peixotto Sc Son have on exhibition a lot of ?oe ohromos and oil paintings, which are to be disposed of at auction on Thursday. Persons desirous of graoing their walls should inspeot thom. Governor Scott has appointed A. L. Grist us a Notary Public for Chick Springs, Greenville County. R. C. Hhiver oame within a few Votes of being elected a nominee as Alderman of Ward 4, at tho meeting of the Repub? lican Club, Monday night. A better ox more acceptable mau could not be put in the Council. Wo aro requested to give notice that there will bo a meeting of the citizens of Ward 3, at the Hibernian Hall, to-mor? row evening, at 8 o'olock, to make nomi? nations for Aldermen, without distinc? tion of race or politics. PHCENIXIANA.-A poor place for a hun? gry pig-The trough of theses. How to overcome your sorrows Strike one of your own sighs. Why should potatoes grow better than any other vegetable? Because they have got eyes to see what they are doing. Bankers ought to prosper. They al? ways take so much interest in their busi? ness, you know. If your neighbor's hens are trouble? some and steal across the way, don't let your angry passions rise; fix a placo for 'em to loy. When young clerks hare their wages discounted for getting on a spree, they nhould put it down as "ten per cent. tare." So Winter sits in the lap of Spring, doeB he? Well, if Spring don't get ber lop in aa extremely congealed and un? comfortable state, we're mistaken. Before Paris became mistress of modes, Milan prescribed the model for bonnets; hence the name milliner, for tho fabrica? tion of the crowning glory of well dressed womanhood. TUE OATES TROUPE.-Speaking of tho performance of this company, the Charleston News says: "The Oates Comio Opera Company, with their charming little leader, once more made their appearance at tho Academy of Music lust evening, and wero greeted with a large and, to use a mild phrase, nu enthusiastic house. Planohe's operatic burlesque 'Fortuuio' was chosen for the inaugural pieoe, and it was placed upon tho 6tsge with a gor? geousness of costume, picturesqueness of iicciiery, and a buoyancy aud life which made it irresistible. The old fairy tale, with all its iraprobabilitiep, hideous monsters and elfin priuces, is made to rhyme, and every couplet is parked with outrageous puns and local hits. It is also adorned with musio of every description. It opens with the march from Norma as a chorus and Luoretia Borgia, the Grand Duchess and other works are all blackmailed to furnish airs for tho extravacant words suitable to the character of tho piece. Mrs. Oates, ns Fortunio, fully sustained her reputation as tho queen of bur? lesque. In the various phases of her costume and character BIIC always seemed lo improve, and her graceful aud spirited acting, her clear aud woll trained voico aud ringing accents took tho house by storm. Her laugh was contagious, and the serio-comic air of earnestness with which her wholo acting was im? bued, seemed to distinguish her as the incarnation of burlesque. Mrs. Oates was capitally supported by tho rest of tho troupe. Mr. Drew, as tho Fairy Prince, won much admiration by his handsome person and Ono baritone, And Mr. Allen, as the frail and gentle princess, evoked alternate laughter and genuine applause) by his persouation of tho strong-miuded fem alo aud his splendid singing. The others were well up to tho mark, and tho dashing bur? lesque was giveu in ovcry detail with an animation which mule it surpass even sanguine expectations." LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Acta of tho General Assembly. 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