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fJunlay Morning. March 24 1872. Who La Responsible for IO Tho Union/pt yeaterday'a dato, refer? ring to the Oity Hall swindle, which was defeated by the prompt aotion of the citizens, says: "Whatever swindling there was con? templated in that affair, cannot be ebarged any more tb the Republican party than tho Democratic." That is an exceedingly lamo get-off, .yen for the Union. We should like to know what the Democratic party, that hadn't a ghost of * representative io the City Council, had to do with the matter. Demooratio citizens exposed the turpi? tude of the Council, sud have succeeded in defeating the consommation of tbe Msoally scheme; bnt even that was in now iso a party aotion, but was simply the effort of business men, interested in the welfare of tho city aud responsible for its debts, to save themselves, in com? mas with other oitizens, from down righi robbery. We presume tbe Union finds snoh foundation as it may havo for the nssertion in the connection of Mr. ?lark Wuring with tho contract in its incipiency. Whatever wrong that gen? tleman committed by putting in a fie ti tious bid, without making proper esti? mates, and tbuB giving a coloring of iairness to the fraud, he did all io his power afterwards to remedy the evil that he had helped to cause. That itr more than can be said of auy of .tho other parties;1.; But suppose that Mr. Waring bad been an equal partner with Mr. Allen in every respect, and had never made any amends whatever, bnt had striven, like the other, to perfect the rascally scheme -could the Demooratio party be in any? wise held responsible for bis merely in? dividual action-the conduct of a mau who occupies no offioial position? Is a political party blameable for the private eon ?I oct of every individual member of it? The fact that Mr. Allen is a Repub? lican does not make bis conduct charge? able to the Republican party; not at al!. The public responsibility for that City Hall swindle rests npon the City Conn? ell. They were the servants of the peo? ple, the honored guardians of tho publio trusts, and they are tbe men that basely betrayed that trust, and, "for a consid? eration," shamelessly sacrificed tho peo? ple's interest-). Somo of them did, at any rate, and the rest either winked at it, or were too stupid to soe it. For their action, tho so-called Republicanism of Columbia stands arraigned, in so far as they have not denounced it, nor taken steps to punish them for it. But moBt especially do they ?boulder the sins oi these mon, when they renominate a por? tion of them again for office, and sup plement them with their white sympa? thizers-advisers, bosom friends and abettors. The State is already bank? rupted by them, and the oity will a? surely go to the dogs as night follow? day, if such white men as are now iu aomination are eleoted, under the pre? tence of being Republicans. If tbe co? lored people are content to sacrifiae ibt eity aud Stato ta. gratify tho greed ol these men, upon mem most full the rc spontiibility. The rnln must be sharer" in common, but the white people will bave, at least, the consolation of know? ing that they did all they oould to ward 14 off. They have stepped forward, xithout one dissenting voice, and of fered the band of union, harmony nm] friendship, with a view to effect thc eommon good, If the colored people will not listen to us-if they disregard oar entreaties, and the advico, too, ol their, own best men, and continuo tc foUojv the deceitful counsels of in ingoing carpet-baggers-they will hav< no one tn blame but themselves. The New York Herald brags high ot Grant, but is nevertheless very uneasj about his re-election. It shows this l>.\ its anxiety to get up a trump card for hin in the matter of tbe annexation ol Mexico, it ..links tho American pcoph eannot resist the temptation of a grea land-grab. The Herald talko nonsensi io be sensational. Annexation can bi only effected by treaty or by a sucoessfu war. Mexican hatred of America no wil prevent the first, and we must becom< public robbers and international high way m on to adopt tho second. Besides the time is not yot ripe. AMKIUCAN Muara WITH AN EonopfSAh ACCOMPANIMENT.-Mr. Gilmore's lates Boston notion is to nse tho Atlantii cable to fire an artillery accompanimcn in London while playing "God Save tin Queen" at the Hub. Tho only objeotioi te-this ingenious idea, suggests an ex sbfinge, lies in fhn diff?re nco of time be tweon the two plaoes. Although Boston ians muy enjoy Mr. Gilmore's ninsii early in theovuuiDg, Londoners may no libo to bo aroused from their beds by tin firing of cannon a couplo of liouru uftoi mid-night. ?t-n.*r,:*i&i Wv Wt Mg fcr muyor, The convention of delegates from the ' citizens' clubs of the several wards io the city met yesterday, ?nd .?1 nanitiipoBlj nominated Mr. F.' W. Wing aathfcoit^ zena' candidate fal the May orajt jy Ik our judgment, Mggdso M tuai?f .tvery citizen whomwa'have heard s peak-on the subject, a more jadioioua and satis factory selection could not possibly have been made. Mr. Wing is par excellence the working-men's representative. He is, we understand, a nativo of Massachu? setts, but baa lived for many years in this oity. Ho has the confidence of the entire community as an honest, euerge" tic and sagacious mau of basinesa; io short, fills the bill in every respect. A Republican in prinoiple, as we aro in? formed, be has, however, never sup? ported those who call themselves Repub? lican in their nnrepoblioan sots-?nob a Republican as an honest man of any party may vote for aa Mayor of the oity without losing his self-respect, and with a consciousness that he is subaerviug the true interests of the oity. We have now a good ticket in the field-suoh a one as no oitizen who has at heart the welfare of the city can bnt commend and sop pork There is left for ns now nothing to do bat to go to work steadily, ear? nestly and hopefully to seenre their elec? tion. It is sickening to hear men-good cilizon6,. too-croaking, and, in a iszy, indifferent tone, sayiug: "Oh! it's nu use to try; the carpet-baggers have got the colored . people completely under their thumbs, and they won't budge, except?t their beck." There is no vir tao in despondunoy. A oitizen of Co? lumbia who is content to sit listlessly, with his hands in his pockets, and make oo effort to rescue tho oity, when he scot ghastly ruin staring her in the face, ic unworthy of citizenship. Contrast oar oity with Charleston. How wont are we boaatfnl Oolambiaut to regard and -speak of that venerable old town as a sleepy-sided, fossilatec relict of past grandeur. Wo flatter our selves that we are far ahead of our siatei "oity by the ssa," in energy, euterprisi and progress. Unless we make a vigor ons and successful effort to cleanse ou: city government of corruption, and t< place proper mon in charge of he affairs, we can never with justice alain even equality in publia zeal and Bpiri with the people of Charleston. Unde difficulties far greater than ours, the; oleoted a conservative and mixed ticke of white and oolored, which has givei satisfaction to both races, and proven blessing to the city We can and mag do tho same here, if every mau will d his duty. Among the merchants, espe chally, there should bcooncertof aotior Thoy should meet aud consult and ogre en mas$e to devote the necessary time t carry tho election. We hope to see o eleotion day every store in the oit closed and the people nt the polls. L< every good oitizen consider himself as comnntteoof one to see, talk with an explain the nature and objeots of ot movement and its necessity. We ha\ a good cause, an unexceptionable ticke aud if now we only put oar ehoulde: vigorously to the wboel, and give strong push, a long push and a pus all togother, we will oarry tho city by handsome majority, or else there is r strength iu truth and honesty. Tho Now Hampshire Patriot deolan the luto result in that State was pr doced by the most infamous means ev employed in a popular eleotion, and is triumph of frand, bribery and o:ercio: alike disgraceful to the viators and tho Stato. By such raeann, an endors ment of General Grant aud his adm i ni trat ion was obtained. In the Sont bayonets produce Radical victories, at in tho North, frauds aro substituted. Tho Detroit Free Press soys "tho c Iorcd man is coming to tho front in tl Radical ranks, and is going to dcmai of tho party a reward for his servie commensurate with its importance." tho division of tho spoils, tho Rids w say to the colored mun, now wu will ta thu turkey and you take the buzzard, you take the buzzard and wo will ta the turkey. ? * t ?? ? - -- Tho captai [i of a steamor from Gen thus reports tho stormy weather whi raged iu tho Atlantic recently: "AM leaving Gibraltar tho vessel met wi tine weather for six days, after which encountered a continuation of gal from West South-west to North Nort west, veering every few boars, and e companied with squalls of terrino fort During tweuty-five years' experien afloat I uevor encountered such woatht lu the squalls the wotor was aotnal torn up in sheets and hove in the a Ruin poured in torrents; thu mast hen woro enveloped in olouds; the lightui fairly bli ml ed ns, and tho thu ntl cracked, as it wore, amongst tho mas deafening; nil on board. Never in t tropic, or near the lino, have I boon snail close proximity to tho lightnit flits weat her continued, moro or 1OF?K, to tho 15th instant, when it gradna moderated, enabling us to make soi hoad way." WORKS OF JOHN F. TA?LOB SC Op.-AW APPRENTICE KILLED-Oxnaa, EHFLOT EJB& SERIOUSLY . ANO SLIGHTLY INJURED, - Afooni-10 o'clock, yesterday morning, a dull and heavy? sou Dd, similar to tbs re verberationSof* a distant canoon, ?as heard throughput the city. It soon got ram oreel abroad that there bad been an explosion atibo iron works of Jphtt P. Taylor Sc Oo., in Pritchard street. There, a largo norn ber of persons repaired, and asoertain?a that tho twenty horse hori? zontal tubular boiler, situated in the rear of tho main shop/, and o?od in driv? ing tho machinery therein and elsewhere tn the works, had bnrstrBoattering the ir>n casings, in which it was enclosed, the drums abd fragments in every direq-; ti on, sumo of them falling in the street? and premises in (he vicinity. A portion ot a drum WSB thrown on the boiler shop shed, and another portion into the yard of the carpenter shop of Sawner Sc Fer? guson, Hasel street. Tho entire back of the building, contiguous to where the boiler stood, was tom oat, leaving nothing but splinters every here and there, the -sashes and windows being shattered, and the,interior generally in? jured. In some places in the yard, the earth was ploughed up, showing the fury with which the flying pieces bad been sent forth. The loss of life and personal damage wore miraoolously slight, considering tho faot that the boiler was completely deutroyed, and tho place where it stood only recognizable by tho indented square iu tho ground, whore the bnee on whioh it rested lay. '. Frederick Barton, an apprentice fifteen years old, whose parents live in John? son'? Row, East Bay, who was firing op the boiler at the time of the explosion, was thrown to a great height in the air, and was seen by HO ver al perso nu in his rapid descent, doubling up and spread? ing out until he struck the plank road in Hasel street, where his lifeless and man? gled form was fonud, with his faae smashed io, his legs und arms nnd bones generally broken. J. F. .Lyons and Mike Blanche, em? ployees of tho wirks, wore injured in the bead by flying fragments. John Robinson, a monlder, had ono of his legs broken and mashed. Wm. McLeish was struck in the stomach by a piece of wood and knooked over. John Q linn, who was standing within fifty feet of the exploding boiler, had a narrow escape, a piece of a flue having passed through his loose shirt. Alexander Knowles nnd John Earley wore also slightly injured. The buildings in the vicinity, and par? ticularly those OD East Hay,'North and South of Hasel street, suffered from con? cussion in their windows, sashes and doors. The boilei had undergone a complete overhauling a month ago, and was ro I gurded as perfeoily safe, and had been visited by Mr. Kelly, the foreman, a few minutes before tho explosion, and found, ho says, to contain a .sufficient quantity of water. - Charleston Courier. TUB OUTLAWS.-Mr. A. B. Henderson, tho Herald correspondent, appeared yes? terday nt Moss Neck, BB the train passed that point. Ho WSB apparently alone, although he stated that the outlaws were near ut hand, and had forbade him to leave thom yet. He spoke as though ho wan n'iw really in fear of them, they having searched him and taken his pis? tol from him immediately on his return to them from Lu m berton . They appear to entertain suspicions in regard to his business amoug them, and seemed to fear, particularly, that he might attorn nt to stupefy them with chloroform, should he entertain any idea of effecting their capture. He stated that he had pro? mised to go with them, once more, to vihit some of their old haunts that he hud not yet Been, when they are to re? lease him, and he will return again to civilizad life. - Wilmington Journal, DEATH OF THE CHARTER.-It becomes our duty this week to record tho death of the town cbartor-killed by Radical ass teed ns. The charter of tho town of Iiuurensvillo was repealed by tho Le? gislature, among the lust business trans? acted by that party-colored body. As if in keeping with other dark deeds of that bright assemblage, they gavo it the finishing bios' that killed it outright under the cover of nature's mantle-iu the night session of Wednesday, the 13th, just beforo adjournment at mid? night-a tit lime for dark deeds, and the assassin's favorite hour. They lin? gered long at their favorito haunt, loth to give Hp tho grateful teat that had yielded so many rich cups of stolen pap, und as the lust drops of the udder are tho richest cronin,-they wero determined to "strip" it well.-Laurenscille Herald. A iemnrkablu co?ncidence is related by tho Lubanon (Ky.) Standard. Wm. Peyton, aged about eighty years, a resi? dent of Casey, was on his way to Cindi's Mill, about three weeks ogo, ono windy day, and in passing through some heavy timber, a falling limb struck him upou the hoad, which resulted in his death in a fow hours. This snmo Peyton, about thirty years ago, struck his wifo upou tho head with un oven and killod her in? stantly, pretending that she had be? witched him. For this orime, ho wus sent to tho penitentiary, but was nomi afterward pardoned on account of his craziness. His death occurred upon tho same day nf tho wook and month that bis wife died many years beforo. So much for coincidence Ou tho arrival of the Waterbury train it Hartford, two ladies stepped upon tho platform. One of them, with firm itep mid quick motion, stepped up to the other, and clenching both hands into her curia and bonnet, pulled sharp? ly and effectively. Tho bonnet WHH wreucbed away and huir disheveled, lt was tho work of a moment. Tho at? tacked party, looking sharply at her mi tngouist, cooly hurled those words out: "All right I Your husband will pay for it better hoi:net th in thir." three prisoners arrived in Charleston, Friday, from Union County, where they net* arrestad- in .pursuance of the.Eu Slox and iinJit.dfttillirig Acts, Thdiaas 'orr?B, Jacies' Sfnolair^and '-Allen l|*rr under the lattejg'and toe balance u'cder tho former Aot.Kj Tooy ?were ' eommfttnd to the custody;of Qhorlff Mackey, who transferred them to jail under the fol? io wing letter: CHARLESTON, 8. C., Marah 22. 1872. ... E. W. M. Mackey, Esq,; Sheriff of Charleston County. SI?: Ypta Kill receive ieto^y?ar eas tody the bodies jot tho following named United States prisoners, and safely lceop them, subject to tho farther order of R. M. Wallace, United States Marshal, viz: Joseph F. Gist, John Bodger, T. E. Hawkins, Lewis Rodger, J. Bice Rod? gers, H. T. Gallmore, N. R. Hawkins, A. G. Bantly, T. C. Nelson, W. I. McKissiok, Charles W. Scott, B. F. Hawkins, Ira Williard, James Sinolair, W. F. Bently, John Bevis, James Tramel, H. F. Floyd, William Little, Thomas Morris, Allen Parr, W. H. Bevil, C. F. Scales, William Johnson, William Nichols, Daniel Nichols, Wade S'ilter, Albert Lewis, John Dawkins, N. H. Hawkins, B. H. Greer, J. MoSpeocer and T. J. Groer. R. M. WALLACE, United States Marshal. By H. C. Mos ELY, Deputy Marshal. TIIB NEW GERMAN CONSCRIPTION.-The increased rate of conscription coming ihtr? foroe in Germany this year adds 4.0,000 men annually to the strength of the standing army. Thus in ten years the Government will have no additional army of 400.000amen at ita disposal. It ia not proposed to form thoso. into new regiments,-but, in accordance with the principle ndopted since 1866, to attach fourth, and, iu certain oases, even fifth battalions to existing regiments. When battalions muster l.OOOand 2,000 strong, the idea of a five battalion regiment con? voya in itself the impression of an army and a brigade-at all events, figures as a formidable force. Tho only possible difficulty is to find offioers for the new foroe. It is believed, however, that there will bu a sufficiency of retired officers of tho lino in time of war to fill the higher grades, and as for tho lower grades, the one-year volunteer system supplies ample material for filling thom, Thus it ia shown to bo one of the prin? cipal advantages of the German compnl sory syutem, that besides providing mon for tho rank and filo at a comparatively small cost tn tho State, it furnishes officers at almost no cost at all, lineante most of tho educated mon iu tho couu try, availing themselves of tho privileges of the oue-year service, aro able to poss tho necessary examination, and in n country where men aro valued according to thoir military rank, they are eager to seize the easy opportunity for obtaining the coveted porte epec. COMMERCIAL WEALTH. -Holland has hitherto been reported the richest coun? try, all things considered, in Europe, and what makes har so (tho New York Express insists) is her system of free commerce. Without much agriculture, she carries much of the agriculture of the world. Almost without ports or harbors, sho fails an immense number of ships. She produces neither tea nor coffee, sugar nor spices, leather nor tin, yet her merchants are immense shippers of each of these articles. Of our own United States stocks ami bonds her peo? ple own about $400,000,000, nearly one fifth of the whole sum out. Cornelius DeWitt showed how the Netherlands, whilo not producing a bushel of wheat, yet gavo its citizens tho whitest bread in all Europe; and, "though not producing a sheaf of hemp, a single plunk, or auy iron, had the best fleet whioh then ruled tho sea." The secret of all this wealth aud success has born an unshackled commerce-the right of her citizens to direct their energies to every field of enterprise, uuburthened by taxas levied in special interests. American legisla? tion hus first killed commerce, nnd now proposes to galvanize it into a ghastly Nemblauco of life by bonuses paid from the taxes drawn from ull tho othe- inte? rests in the community. KAIIJROAD MBETINO.-Wo learn that President Magrath and Vice-President Tyler, of tho South Caroliua Railroad, were in tin eily ou Thursday, and that they met hero President Wadley and Superintendent Rogers, of tho Central Railroad-the four ollicials holding n consultation at the Planters' Hotel on Thnrsday night. Tho object of tho con? ference is not known, unless it was held, as some suppose, for the purpose of taking Momo notion with regard to the aid extended by tho Georgia to tho Port Royal B'lilroad. The endorsement by the Georgia Bailroad of 81.000,000 of tho bonds of the Port Royal Company makes the completion of tho latter Hue no longer a matter of doubt. Tl>o road will bu finished, and finished, its friends Ray, by autumn-certainly by tho 1st of January. When it is opened, we will have not only a short and direct route to the son, hut the lino will intersect tho Savannah and Charleston Road, and givo us now communication with the termini of that road almost as short as we now have by the Augusta aud Sa? vannah and South Carolina Railroads. If the Central and South Carolina Roadc, forgetting former fonds, and, notting against a common danger, should got control of the Savaunah and Charleston line, they might be able to prevent any competition of tho character above men? tioned. Probably this ie what they aro after. - Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel. Tns SHAMROCK.-A new branch of ir> dnstry-that of creating shamrocks ont of ivy leaves with tho help o? u scissors was developed among certain enterpris? ing juveniles of both ?exes in New York, on St. Patrick's Day. One boy boasts of having in this way earned $5 bj ivy loaves appropriated from a church. CITY MATTERS.-The price of single oopies of tho PHOJWIX is ,? five coota, The April number of Jbe Jjkltsdio meg ezinft in to band} end a truly interesting number it is, top. Mr. Ain ger, the agent', is still}ia :Colatabis,.presenting the olaims of his publioation. Yesterday was a particularly delightful spring day. If you hare not soonred tickets for the Purim ball, to morrow night; pay the committee a visit, and seoure admission. It will be a magnificent affair. The Union Times extra made its ap? pearance yoBterday. Mr. Stokes an? nounces that he has secured new mate? rial, and expects to resume his regular publication next week. Mr. W. G. Swaffield (of the firm of R. ?fe W. 0.) has just rotnrned from a tho? rough examination of th? New York markets, where he selected a magnifi? cent stock of nrticloR in tho way of olotu ing and gentlemen's furnishing gooda. As tho firm bavo the beat of cutters and makers-up, the most partioular custom? ers eau he tatisfied. Capt. LyBrand's Firemen's Band re ceircd their new German (diver instru? ment?, yesterday. They are beauties. Mr. M'. Ii. Ricard baa formed a part? nership with Mr. Wiloy in the clothing businei H. WO wish tho new firm success. PALM SUNDAY.-To-day ia a notable day in tho calendar of three religiom persuasions, being the Palm Sunday ol the Roman Catholics, the sixth and last Sunday of Lent in the Episcopal Church, and the first day of the Feast of Purim of the Israelites. The observance ol ? Palm Sunday, in commemoration of thc triumphal eutry of tho Saviour into Je? rusalem, when the peoplo "took branobet of palm trees and went forth to meei ?Him, crying, Hosanna," &o., will, ai umifd, include the blessing and distribu? tion to the members of tho congregation! in the various Catholic churches ol branches and twigs of palm, whioh wil be retained by the recipients during th< service, and appropriate allusions to tb? lessons of the day, and the approaching commemoration of the death of the Sa viour, will be made in moat of the pol Pits. _ Captain Stanley han on exhibition tw( j specimens of carving whioh will repay f visit to that gentleman's attractive esta blishment. These medallions are tin work of a native and self taught artist a lady of one of oar upper Counties The first of these carvings presente t head of Sappho, the Greek poetess The profile has faithfully followed tin characteristics of tho Grecian face, SDI tho execution is a marvel of d?licat finish and masterly workmanship. Tin second is a figure of a winged Caph riding a griffin. In this the artist ba exhibited, to a wonderful degree, th utmost fidelity in proportion, desigi and execution. The material froc which these gems of art are carved, i South Carolina soapstone. The medal lions are left with Captain Stanley fo sale. PnojsixiANA.-Misers are more foi gettiug than forgiving. ? A modern philosopher says: "Th people go ncoording to their brains; : tlie?e lie in the head, they study; if i their stomach, they eat; if in their heeh they dance." Sensible people bav them from head to foot, and do all thre< Tho moat polite people living are tit photographers. They "countenance everybody. It is said that tho moro married me there aro in tho world, tho fewer crim< thero will bo. Au unmarried man is bt half of a perfect being, and it requin tho other half to make things right an oven. An editor saya: "We aro living at tb moment under absoluto despotism. Wo snapcot he married the wron woman. When you hear a man say "Lifo is bt a dream," tread on his toes. If a man bas got $80,000 at inter?s and owns the house he lives in, it ain much trouble to be a philosopher. They dou't call it "going to see man" in Rensselaer, Indiana, but al wa, "expeot a letter," the post ofiloo beii in tho hotel bar-room. An Illinois farmer has just finisht his husking. Ho had only 450,01 bushels of corn. Rirnioious SERVICER THIS DAT.-Ti nity Ohnreh-Rev. P. J. Shawl, D. I Reotor, ll A. M. and 4 P. M. St. Potnr's Church-1 Ht MUKA, 7 A. \ 2d Mass, 10A. M. Afternoou Servit 4 P. M. Lutheran Church-Rev. M. Wald D. D, 10}? A. M. Presbyterian Church-Rov. Jos. Wilson, 1014 A- M- aml 7 l>- M Washington Street Charon-Rev. Mn liing Drown, 10% A. M., und 3>? P. 1 Marion Street Church-Rov. W. , Kirkland, \0}4 A. M. mid 1% P. M. Ihiptist Church-Rev. 3. U Hey ooh 1()',5 A. M. BODS ip tb? va^km?. Wards,.u^ijes^ day, io tho Court Home, fqr [tho por pose of nominating a suitable poison foi? the office of Mayor at the 'approachib? olee!iou. Mr. AI. H. Berry waa called^, to the chair, and Mr. Andrew Crawford?. Jr., requested to act as Secretary. Tho following delegate? were present: .WAM> NO. l'AX:,^Barn w ol 1,ft^jft; Stark, J, T. Sloan, Jr., end p. .B.^?,, Saussure. inil ^d l o WARD NO. 2.-O. P. Janney, P. W; Wing, Chris. H ny oe? worth, Robert' MoDongal and William Bose. WABD' No. 3.-James M, Morris, M*\. H. Berry, James Troy and Page Elling? ton. WARD NO. 4.-A. Crawford; Jr., ?. W. Bearden, J. C. Bell and George W. Wright. After a free conference amoog the members, P. W. Wing, Esq., received the nomination for Mayor unanimously. Mr. W -g. in a few appropriate reJ' marks, returned his thanks for the honor conferred upon bim, and accepted ^he nomination, stating that, if elected, he would discharge the duties of the office1 to the welfare of tho city. Mr. G. P. Janney mored that a masa^ ' meet i og of the citizens be hoi J on some,, evening before the eleotiop, and that o committee of one from each Ward' bo appointed to select apeakers/and make all necessary arrangement? Jfor said meet- , ing, and to advertise the ?ame in tho city papers. The following committee was appoint? ed: Chas. F. Janney, N. G. Barnwell, J. M. Morris, A. Crawford, Jr, The meeting then adjourned. PoBiao, MBKTWO.-A meeting of the , citizens of Ward No. 1 was held yester? day, at Hibernian Hall. Mr. W. H. Gibbes was called to tho Chair and B Means Davis appointed Secretary. The Chair having ntuted the object of the meeting, Mr. N. B. Barnwell submitted tho following ticket for .'. Idermad: B.D. Senn, Manson Williams and George Lever, whioh was uuauimooaly adopted. Mr. Barnwell offered a resolution, that a delegation of five, -from Ward No. 1, be appoiuted lo meet in convention dele- i gates from the other Warda in the oily at 12 o'clock M., to nominate a suitable perion for Mayor, and that said delegate? have the. same powers Uiat have been awarded to other delegates. The meet-, ing then adjourned. I Tun PALMETTO ORPHAN Ilona.-We are glad to learn that an asylum for orphans of the State ia to be opened in Columbia on the first of April next, with the title of Lhe "Palmetto Orphan Home." The institution baa been origi? nated, aud will be under the control; of Mr. Til man R. G linea and brother, who have a lurge weekly paper-the Working Christian--in this city. Bev. E. D. Buckner has boen selected as general agent, and will spend muob of his timo soliciting aid and gathering up obildren for the home. The parties engaged in this enterprise are much encouraged bj responses they have received from all parts of the State. Several orphans have already been selected, and will enter in April. The home will be opened in the Hurleyville cottages, we learn; and, as soon as possible, grounds will be selected and buildings erected fur a per? manent home for orphans. We com? mend the enterprise to our readers, and hope all will leud a helping hand in this good work. Anything iu tho way of clothing, provisions, crockery and money will be thankfully received. Any? thing for thc orphans should bo left at the offico of the Working Christian, op? posite the Pnojxix building; or addressed "Orphan Home," Columbia, S. C., caro of Working Christian. MAIL ARRANOEMRNTS.-The Northern mail opens at 3.01) P. M.; CIOSGB 7.15" A. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.00 P. M.; doses 6.00 A. M. Charleston night mail opens 0.30 A. M.; clones(i.Oq P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P. M. ; closes 6.00 A. M. Wentern mail opona9.00 A. M.; closes 1.30 P. M. On Sunday office open from 3 tp 4 P. M. LIST or NRW ADVBRTIBEUENTS. Acts of the General Assembly. Lanrons and Aahevillo B. R. Co. W. D. Love & Co.-Opening Monday. Einard A Wiley-Now Firm, i R & W. C. SwaQhdd-Spring Good?. I Manion Williams--Declination. IIOTBL ABBIVALB, March ?3 - Wharton //ot?i?-W I) Mara, Calhoun's Milla; \V O Hnrnifi, Louiavillc; E C Hnbbell, Cincinnati; I) B Wneoler, Newberry; Mr* Keene, Georgia; Mi-a Annie Barry, Baltimore; Mr? Wilson, Camden; F A Bcitgraves. O ?citgravoa. Hock Hill; J J Murdoch. Asheville; J H Henry, Laurens: I) W Spencer. Virginia;? T Tramer, New York; W T J Woodward, B 0 ; D L lur ucr Edg. fluid; L Lorent?, Charleston; J M Heigler. Greenville; J ti Coles, Angn?ta; John A Adama, Baltlni'TO. T>..n\t Columbia II>lel-G Wolfe, A Myora, Pa; O M um; J li Marley. Il H Johnson, city; H O Gil? bert, N ll; D M Cohn. W. O & A U ll: Y J Pop.-, J I1' Hvtton. Newhorry: P fl Dulnny, Washington, M Camp*. N Y; W C Graham, 1 New Meneo.