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COLUMBIA. S. C. Wednesday Morning, May 8,1872. Thc Democratic Convention. To-day, we believe, was tho time an? nouncod, comp time since, for the moot? ing of the National Exeoutive Ootnmit tee of the Demooratio party, to fix a plaoe and time for the meeting of the National Convention of the party. We have heard nothing of the meeting sinoe the flying viait of tho Chairman, Mr. Aagoat Belmont, to* Washington, some time ago, to consult with the Demooratio members of Congress as to what course the oommittee would pursue. It was then determined to awuit the aotioa pf the liberal Republicans at Cincinnati, before taking any steps whatever towards oallibg a Demooratio Convention. This ooaree would seem to inrtidaic that in the event ?hat the Ciuoincati nom?neos and platform .proved acceptable to the Demo? orats generally; no National Convention wonld be called at all. SUohi St least, was bur impression; bnt we notice that a large number of our Demooratio ootem poranes expect. tho convention to meet at alli events,-and that the question will be decided thor?, in convention, whether tho DatubCTuta Bilah1, aa a party, support Greeley and Brown, or Shall put their own separate party oandidates in the field. ?S; If the Demooratio Convention was to ba called, any way, no matter what might be the action of the Oinoinnati Convection, it ia Impossible to see any reason for the postponement of the meeting of the Executive Committee until after the liberal I. op ubi i can 3 had spoken. We are inclined, therefore, to think that onr view of the question was the correct one, end that Mr. August Belmont and the Demooratio members of Congress contemplated the possibility of not calling the convention, in oase there was no intention of making sepa? rate nomin atio os. We hope this is true, any way, and that the oommittee will de? termine not to call the convention. There is mnoh reason to apprehend that in the event a convention is called, there will be a nomination made, although a majority of the party may oppose it, and favor the support of Greeley and Brown. It will happen naturally that the ultra Democrats, who desire a straight party ticket, will take most inte? rest in getting np and controlling the subordinate meetings for the election of delegates, and thus it will bo brought about that the delegates to the conven? tion may be almost unanimously ia favor of a nomination, while tho body of the party opposes such a oonrso. It is certain, aa certain at least as any future political event can well be, that Graut will be defeated and Horace Gree? ley take the next lease of the White House, if the Democrats give the latter anything like a unanimous support. It is almost equally certain that to put a separate Demooratio ticket in the field will insure Grant's re-election. If De? mocrats prefer Grant to Greeley, they oan best manifest it by giving him their votes; but it is surely the height of sui? cidal folly to re-elect him by opposing his more liberal Bepublioan competitor. MKBTINO OF RIDGEWAY BIBLE SOCIETY. Pursuant to appointment, the Bidgeway Bible Society, Fairfield County, held its annual meeting at the hall of the Ma? sonic Lodge, on Sunday afternoon, May 5. The annual sermon was delivered by Bev. E. A. Bolles, Genural ?gent of the American Bible Society. The occasion was one of interest. Ic was resolved to hold quarterly meetings. The society meets"on the second Sunday in August nedi, at Aimwell Presbyterian Church, after morning sermon. Depository at the store of Mr. Joseph Lau hon, where Bibles and Teataments can be had? OSTIOBBS.-B. B. Boseborough, Pre? sident; A.fcK. Graig, Secretary and Trea? surer; Vioe-Presidsnts-Joseph Lauhon, J. W. Campbell, M. !>., W. B. Marshall. ExEOUTTva COMMITTEE.-Joseph Lau? hon, John G. Gladden*, J. F. Kennedy, J. A. Grigaby, W. E. Marshall, A. K. Craig. ?? ?.? ? ? . .. mi.- T*^- "_ tr._ _.?_?_i ., AUB viAMUBuuru^tovs, i.?jiojrmjj to toe terrible casualty in Bidgeway. published in yesterday's Pnaunx, says: This fearful event was canoed by hav? ing an ash-box too hear the dwelling. Mr. Sto wart, died, Saud?y 1 There wero eight burials hero, ' yester? day^ from scarfe. ?ev?? and' meningitis, Mfa deaths irm.to^M.'to.|h>^wer olawea qt tho colored population* Among the political. probabilities ls r?&iH?ttea; the nomination of Major B^j^otA. nowVprlvatbscorotary of tba Goveepor, for elate Treasurer. It is said thttiie has strong" supporters in the Ronult?' ranV?for Wposition. Quite a number of boxes containing necessities for tho Lunatic Asylum wore received by tht?,Soperint?ndent from friends in rem?te parfo of the State whd . had relatives there.. The new arrange? ment for the support bf the institution io boing perfected, end Dr. Enapr believes that.if .it bo faithfully carried out, there will be no need for anxiety. \ Columbia Cor. Charleston News. Thc Condition of the South aa Viewed toy an Englishman. Aa during our war ?or apoeearron i* wus particularly painful arid 'j&scouraging 4o know that thof "oivijBod world vraa against a?," in oar prty'slavery ideas, so now it is, ii? po email degree, comforting, when we reflect upon our ruined and well nigh hopeless condition, to feel that the "civilized world" appreciates our situation, and attributes oar misfortunes to their rightful oausos. . It .is-?v?sel as true a* it is surprising that the condition of the Bout h, the wrongs that lravo been heaped upon her since the war, and the causes that have prevented her growth and prosperity, are more clearly seen and truthfully and justly commented upon aeroas the At? lantic, and especially by English writers, than by our neighbors and fellow-citi eens of the North--even among those who are disposed to be friendly, and to bring about a gonuine reconciliation be? tween the sections. In a late number of the London Satur' day Review, we find an excellent artiole upon" the Sooth; the present deplorable Btato of affairs; the diabolical and de? structives policy of hate evinced by Ra? dical reconstruction, ?co. Speaking of the immense destruction of private pro? perty by the Federal soldiery during the war, the writer says: "The Prussian^ in their last invasion of France, were not oonaidered to have erred on the side of lenity, but, except in the immediate neighborhood of bat? tle-fields, they do not seem to hare been guilty of wanton bayoo, Private dwell? ings may now and then have been plun? dered; requisitions were levied; but no Prussian general wilfully destroyed the residenoe of a French marshal, as Gen. Lee's house was destroyed, burnt a town that had surrendered, as Sherman burnt Columbia, or made a bonfire of libraries and publie records, as was regularly done by the Federal troops. French manufactures and agriculture suffered for the time; but buildings and machine? ry were spared, and a very few years will replace the material losses of the occu? pied provinces. In the South, the traces of the war are everywhere visible to this day. Wherever the Federal troops came, they destroyed all that they oould not remove; not only railways and stores, but cotton factories, iron factories, plan? tation buildingi, cotton gina snd presses, sogar boiler! and refineries-in short, the Whole industrial apparatus of the staple productions of the South. When the war was over, it was impossible to resume work until the entire fixed capi? tal of the country-the accumulated wealth of generations-had been re? placed. And no facilities were given for suoh replacement." After showing how grossly the Radical party has violated all the solemn and re peated declarations of the United State) Congress and of President Linoolr during the war, that all that was re quired was submission to tho law ant return to the Union, and t but no nt temp should be made to deprive the State their anaient liberties, the writ' ?a 01 to say, that had Mr. Lincoln lived, th* pledges might huvo been kept. Th military despotism through which recon atruotion, so-called, was effected, i vividly depioted, and its resalta upon th State Governments at the South ahowi with astonishing accuracy. He says: "lu general, the only available candi dates are 'seal la wa ga' and carpet-bng gera, renegade Oonfederates who huv made their peace with the conquerors or Northern adventurers who have oom South in order to pick up a living a office-holders, and who obtain their clec tion by flattering the ignorance nu vanity of the negroes. Under their rule the oountry oannot but sailer. The ne groes pay no taxes, for the poll-tax is tb only State tax not levied on property and this is not collected. There is therefore, no motive to restrain the es travaganoe of tho offioial adventnrers the tax-paying whites are powerless; th untaxed negroes are flattered or bribe into aoquiesoenoo; and while the strut gling people, still desperately striving t repair the havoc of the war, are oj pressed by an intolerable load of taxe; their rulers often enrich themselves b peculations, not approaching those c the Tammany olique in maguitude, bt not falling short of them in impudenct and more serious in proportion to tb resources of the viotfmizod commun ties." Of the protective tariff 'and its epeol and craahing injustice to the South i ?. - - - -_i. l-i^iJ>?V i 4?it<l.tU ll. . JG!... tuo prosoue janvrasw vt mumum, wc xuu? llshman writes in th? following foroib terms: "Another soarooly iesa galling form < oppression ?man?tes directly from Wael ington. The So?ta always complaint that she was mercilessly fleeced for tl benefit of Northern merchants at manufacturers. But now she is fi worse off than before the war. She bj had to replace all her implements, fro plows to cotton gins and sogar refln er ie she has had to buy new instrumenta save the ?abo? which emancipation h. made intolerably dear j and all she r ?aires she mast ! parchase from tl ennaylvanian. iron foundries and m chine shops at a fahoy price, the enc moos duties almost entirely exclu di s English wares. Every neoessary of li is similarly taxed for the benefit of tl conquerors,, except the "hog ?and li miny" grown on their own plantations the pork and Indian corn, that ia, whi form the staple food of the Southe population. Even the negroes sufi severely from this canse, though t ignorant to understand irby tba enor? mous money wages they earn have so ??Ula . purchasing power. Bat to the planter, ibo tariff, imposed solely with a view.to Korthorn interests, and forming a constant drain on the impoverished South for the prout of the wealthy North-east, is not only a cruel insult bat a crushing burden. While he labors energetically to keep his bead above water-for, by none of the many slan? der's against them have the planters bean more misrepresented than by that which described thom oe an indolent race-^be finds that he is paying something ?ikp half bia total expenditure im the'Torm or a tribute to th pye Northerners rf?pm he hates not only as conquerors, but as op? pressors; and he knows that he oould re? trieve his fortunes with half the toil if only he were governed by bia fellow oitizenB, who would regard bis interest nod refrain from stoaling bis money, and if the Federal power were in the bands of statesmen who wonld regard all sec? tions impartially, and refrain from tax? ing one to enrich another." The writer touohes upon the Ku Klux Klan, also, and after reciting, with re? markable justness, the origin of tho organization, and declaring against the "horrible outrages," however brought on, conolndoB aa follows: "That auch a body should subsist at snob a time waa almost a necessity, and certainly not an unmixed evil. That a continuance of the present system can only tend to maintain tho sentiment of inveterate popular hostility out of whioh such organizations spring, must bo plain to every statesman not wholly blinded by passion; and the present prospect of a new triumph of the party which ia bent on upholding negro aupremaoy in the South, and a protective tariff for the benefit of Massachusetts and Pennsyl? vania, cannot but be considered aa a misfortune to North and South alike. The permanent union of two nations embittered against eaoh other by a con? tinuance of injuries inflicted and en? dured is aa impossible as the permanent subjection of a superior race to an in? ferior; and only by the speedy abandon? ment of the latter polioy eau r?concilia? tion and effective re-union be rendered practicable." Such views as theBe, put forth by an English journal of auch high character as the Saturday Review, are worthy of consideration by all true citizens of the United States. There is no possible way for the Radical party to esoape the j oat censures therein contained. The sentiment of the "civilized world" ia aa much oppoaed to the Radical method of reconstruction as it was to slavery, and it is encouraging to feel that thia senti? ment cannot be more successfully re? sisted in the one casa than in the other. THE INFKBIOB COUBT.-This oourt was opened at the usual hour yesterday morning, Judge Lee presiding, and Mr. E. Ti. Seabrook, Solicitor. One of the case., of the State against F. O. Miller, E. P. null ??d M. McLaughlin, County Commissioners of this County, was taken r *. The indictment charged that thc inmissioners had, on the 5th of ., 1870, issued to J. "W. Mead a cueok for $1,110.95, when tho indebted? ness of the County to Mr. Mead was only $518. The only witness introduced by the State, waa Mr. Mead, who testi? fied to having, on the 5th of April, 1870, endorsed a check from the Couaty Com missioner*, and received for it the som of 81,110.95, one-half in cash aud one half in due billa. He testified also that the County owed him more than that amount at that time, and a voucher for the amount of $1,110.95 was submitted in evidence by Colonel T. Y. Simons, counsel for tho defendants. Mr. Sea? brook stated that the only other witness in this case was dead, and the case was therefore given to the jury, who, after a brief absence, returned a verdict of not guilty. The next caso waa against the same de? fendants, and charged that certain vouchers, required by law to bo kept in the offioe of the County Commissioners, were not in the offioe when they were formally demanded by the Solicitor of this Circuit. ^ Mr. Seabrook testified that he applied to Mr. Perrin for copies of certain vouchers, and waa told that they were in Columbia; and it being shown by the testimony for the defence that the vouchers were ordered by Go? vernor Scott to be sent to Columbia for the purposes of the legislative investiga? tion about to take plaoe, the jury re? turned a verdiot of not guilty. [Charleston News. -? ? GBOWTH IN FLORIDA.-The censu? of 1870 shows an inoreasein the population of Florida in the last decade of 47,321, or 88.69 per cent., while the increase in Alabama was only 8.40 per oent. ; Geor? gia, 11,97 per cent.; Mississippi, 4.63 per cent., and Louisiana, 2 67 per oent. Increase in Texas, 214,304, or 85.48 per cent. ; inorease in Missouri, 539,283, or 45.63 nor cent. This oonibinod move? ment has grown largely since the War, owing to the expanse of ter Hie ry, the reeooroee for agriculture and proactive industry, and facilities foe an extended commerce. The colored race, sines emancipation,, seem to tend toward the tropics. Florida is remote from all the great sou roes of emigration. Yet the increase of Delaware was only 12,799,' or 11.31 per oent., and the population is bot 125,015. Bat Florida has become a great resort for seeker.} after health. Florida has 59,268 square miloa, with a population in 1870 or A little over throe Eorsona to a square mile. Pennsylvania as only 46,000 square miles. They announce a new cave in Pennsyl? vania-in faot, a salt of them-disco? vered by the caving in of au old lime pit. It is said to cast the Kentucky ef for quite in tbe shade. Correspondence of thc Phoenix. GBEEN VILLE, B.C., May 6-9 E. M. FRIEND SHLBT:. A serious . casualty oc? curred, this ufteruoon, on the Air-Line Railroad, thref^tniles from town. It?ap? pears that three men and a boy were out ting a "siding"-rshelving oil a large mass of earth-when it suddenly fell, covering the party. The boy was killed, and tho men wero severely injured, from which they may not recover. Dr. Jones waa in attendance and rendered the Buf? ferers all necessary attention. The boy killed was twelve years old (white) and son of one of the injured mes; the other two men wore colored. The Cincinnati nomination gives gene? ral satisfaction-although different from what was expected. Any change would bo an improvement over tho existing oondition of affairs. Judge Orr reaohed hero promptly, this morning, and immediately proceeded with the opening of oourt. Considera? ble business ie pending, whiob, it is hoped, will be disposod of as soon as possible. M. THE MISSIONARY RECOBD, A REPODM CAN JOURNAL, ON THB CORRUPTION IN THE STATE.-Who ever looks into the fiuan cial condition of South Carolina, can? not, by any attempt at jugglery, hide the hideous deformity which is disclosed by our financial ruin. However much we may wish the personal prosperity of the men who have controlled our party politics iu this State, we cannot deny, nor do we wish to deny, tho glaring facts presented in tho desperate oondi? tion of this Stuto. Our Treasury is empty, our schools are closed, our orphans are in wunt, our poor perishing for want of food, our asylums are on the eve of closing, our deaf and dumb are in want, the maniacs are raving for want of proper care, our criminals in the peni? tentiary aro on the eve of suffering, no class of men who have rendered service to the Government can receive pay, no one of the State officers or judges can get their salaries, and last, if not least, the County Treasuries have been drained of all moneys collected for State pur? poses, and still there is no money to pay for wood and groceries for the institu? tions of oharity. Amid this terrible storm and roar of the breakers, we ex? claim, "Ship ahoy!" Where are we bound? With thia dread picture before us, as a party, as Republicans and citi? zens, as those who are identified with the orsdit of this State, and the future wel? fare of the rising, generation-of our wives and children, with the education of the hundreds of youths in our State is it not time to look into these matters from a different stand-point than that of the past? ? * * ?I If after nearly four years that we 6nd ourselves bankrupt, disgraced, disho? nored, by want of ability in public of? ficers to meet the demands of Govern? ment, by their powers- of combination, I mental force, financial tact and states? manship, then it is time for a ohange of administrators. The people, the whole people, must unite in chis effort to re? store confidence and a healthy financial stato. We must have a reform in our own party, wo must unite to a man for a new set of men into whoso hands our destiny shall be placed for the next four years, for we speak more particularly of State officials who have four-year terms, and who aro tho custodians of our finau oial success by virtue of their relations in government. The people must move; thero must be a united effort on tho part of all classes of men to have a good, economical ad* ministration of public trusts. Fellow citizens, our ship is at sea, driven by a fierce tornado; she boars in her hull a precious cargo; to savu her, we must throw all the "Jonases" overboard; we must nail down tho hatches, olear the decke, roof sails, and steer to the 'EAS!, the place of light.' In this, we most forget mero party lines. We must select good, honest men, who desire a good, prosperous Government-men who care moro for peace and general prosperity than they do for the loaves and fishes. Let us seek men for the office, and tnko none who are ottice-Bcokers; then we shall know whether our good ship goes KcuJdiug bofore a good stiff breezo of honesty, iutegrity and general prosper? ity." m * ? HIOHWAY ROBBERY ON STREET CARS. Tho rowdies and thieves who mako their appearance during the pic nic soasou have fairly inaugurated their summer campaign of evil doing. On Monday night last a oar on the Third avenue line was entered by a gang of thieves shortly after its leaving tho depot, and when it reaohed Thirty-fourth street the ruffian*, commenced an indiscriminate attaok upon passongers and oonduotor. Ac? cording to the report of the affairs, the passengers were relieved of their watches and pocket-books and the oonduotor was robbed of his small ohange. Aa usual, there weie were no policemen within hailing distance, and the conductor had to go to the nearest police station house and apply for an escort, before the. oar could proceed. It speaks 'volumes for the management of - affairs in the city when our street oars have to be guarded by an armed1 esoort of pelioemen to pre? vent their being stopped and those traveling on them plundered. We were under the impression that highway rob? bery is these days was only enjoyed io Spain, Italy and Greece; bot that Illu? sion is now dispelled by the late outrage in the streets of Kew York. The fact of the matter io, that tinkering legislation, so-oalled reform and political intrigue, are carried on in this city to such sn ex? tent, that demoralization is fast begin? ning to make itself evident, and thieves and rowdies, taking advantage of thia state of thingH, prove what they are capable of by this midnight attaok and robbery on ono of our street oars. \New York Herald. E. o c 1 Items. -#>? . Cm MATTERS.-The pjrioe of single copies of the PucfeNixia Qvo cents.' The heated tenn is down' upon hs with a vengeance. Yesterday, the thermo meter went ap to the neighborhood of tho 90s. Mr. McKenzie received another lot of strawberries from Charleston, yesterday -Borne of them monsters. A. wife, sister or sweetheart would relish a basket-full. Samuel B. Thompson has been re-ap? pointed Trial Justice for Richland County. Friday next, May 10, is "Memorial Day," whou the graves of the Confede? rate soldiers will be appropriately deco? rated. Notwithstaoding the dust, there was a general turnout of venioles, yejterday. The scholars attached to the Presbyte? rian Sunday School, with their teaohera and a number of invited guests, spent a delightful day at Mr. Seegera' brewery, yesterday, pio-nioking. The day was delightful, and the little folks, at least, appeared to enjoy themselves to their hearts' content. It is rumored that excursion tickets to and from Boston, (for the Musical Fes? tival next month,) are to bo issued at 830. If Buch is the case, South Caro? lina will be represented. Excursion tickets to and from Au? gusta, for the Horticultural Fair, ara being issued by the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, for one fare. Columbia is to be represented by long, short and stout delegates Plant your yards full of flowers. They are not only pleasing to sight and smell, but ' not as disinfectants, and are much pleasanter than carbolic aoid, etc. There waa a large attendance at the garrison parade grounds yesterday, to listen to the exquisite muBio produoed by the band, under the diteotion of Mr. Joseph Buohar. The following is the programme for this afternoon, at half past 5: Vivat Qu ?oks te p. G. A. P?tz. Salute a la France. Donnizetti. Museette Waltz. ?. A. Samuels. Orlando Galop. F. J. Keller. Emelia Polka. C. Faust. BEFORE UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER Bo oz Eu.-Chas. Petty, charged with violation of the Enforcement Act. On motion of Messrs. Sloan and Bice, the oase waa continued until the 21st inst. FATAL. BATU.-On Wednesday last, a party of lads went on a fishing frolic to Smith's Branch, a mile above Columbia, and hoing tempted by the olear water and warm weather, took a bath. Three of them have since died, while the fourth is very ilL TUE TOUBNORB.-"Jennie June" is authority for the information that hooped skirts are no longer worn, but the tourn? ure is now an object of the very greatest importance, as the entire character of the costume depends upon the mora or less bouffant style of the tunic, and its proper arrangement over a fitting bustle, or more oorreotly tournure. The num? ber and variety, therefore, of now bus? tles and tournures ia endless, and, in the meantime, girls whose pockot-money is Beauty, draw a newspaper upon a string and try to counterfeit the required lump without more expenditure than is re? quired for the daily intellectual feast of the average American citizen. SLTHEME COUBT, TUESDAY, May 7. The Court met at 10 A. M. Present Chief Justice Moses and Associate Jus? tices Willard and Wright. M. R. Nichols, for another, vs. Bolin Sc Whitesidea; E. S. Boleyn ads. Jane Boleyn; W. C. H?nze rs. Thomas C. H?nze, et al. Struck off. W. S. Harrie vs. W. E. Bose; William E. Rose rs. G. B. Batch ford Sc Co. ; H. H. Sc 0. L. Danoan, executors, vs. M. M. Harper, et al. Continued. Swann vs. Poag. Mr. Hart was heard for appellant. Mr. Allison for respond? ent. Mr. Hart in reply. Mc Alli ley vs. Barber, et al., and Bar? ber, el al., vs. Mo Al lil ey. Heard toge? ther. Mr. Brawley for appellant. Messrs. Hem phill and Melton for re? spondents. Mr. Brawley in reply. Thomas J. Oareton vs. Eugene A, Hutchison. Mr. Brawley waa heard on a motion to dismiss the appeal. Mr. Moore, contra. At 3 P. M., the Court adjourned anti] Wednesday, 8tli, 10 A. M. COURT OF GBHBHAD SESSIONEI-TUES? DAY, May 7.-The court met nt 10 A. M., Judge Melton presiding. The grand jury returned trae bilja lc the following oases: Wm. H. Jones, lar oeny; Patrick Hill and Jallos Wood, petit larceny; William Jones, malioiohi trespass, (barning woods;) Edward Har? ris and Butler Johnston, murder j Ohsa Bretton, oow stealing: John Harria grand larceny: Thoa. Calvin, Peter Lock? wood and others, burglary and grand larceny. Several other oases noVpros, Adam and Bice Oliver, charged witt grand laroeny, were found guilty. By consent of the bar, no civil Jurj oases will be heard daring the present term of the oourt. After the sessioni docket has boen disposed of, the equitj docket will be called and the oases there on disposed of. THB CONORBT.-Tho conoert bj .ma? tear musicians of tho city, whioh was gi von in Irwin's Hall last Hight; for the benefit of Trinity Church'Spnday School, proved a grand success. The ball WBB well filled, and as the tickets were pat at one dollar eaoh, a handsome sum mast bavo been realized. The performance opened with an over? ture from "Semiramide," on the piano, by Miss Kate Crawford and Prof. Keap per. It was pronounced by connoisseurs as a very difficult piece/and was admira? bly rendered and loudly applauded. Next followed a fantasia from La Fille du Regiment, by Mr. I. E. Orchard, on the violin, accompanied by Prof, Kop per on the piano. This, we believe, was Mr. Orchard's first performance in pub? lic, and the rapturous and emphatic ap? plause with which bia masterly effort was received must, doubtless, have been highly gratifying to the talented yonng artist. The song by the children-thirty or forty in number-was exceedingly sweet. With their pretty spring dresses and bright, merry faces, they formed a beau? tiful pioture on the stage, and were quito a feature of the entertainment. The latenoss of the hour prevents ns from giving a more extended notice, Or refer? ring in greater detail to the different pieces and artists. Mr. Ly Brand, the younger, was loudly encored, and finally prevailed upon to repeat ? 'The Tempest in the Heart," upon the cornet. Mr. Charlea F. Jan ney, in bia rendering of "Ma Normandie," on the violin, was particularly pleasing, showfcg a skill, correctness, and masterly knowledge of intricate manipulation of that most per? fect instrument, that might be expected only of the most aoeompliahed profes? sionals. The most general and uproarious ap? plause, perhaps, though, greeted Mrs. Taylor. The silvery tones of her mag? nificent voice swelled forth the dulcet notes of "Ahl Forsee Lui." Connois? seurs and novices ?dike can appreciate fine vocal music, and Mrs. Taylor was loudly encored. The firemen's song, by Mr. W. B. Guliok, joined in the chorus by a coterie of young gentlemen and ladies, was well received, and' the performance of the Messrs. Ly Brand and Messrs. Welts and Sutphen, upon their silver instruments, waa pronounced very fine. After the concert was over, the ladies of Tri? nity Church served, up a quantity of lemonade, ice cream and other such palatable delicacies, by whioh, doubtless, considerable addition was msde to the receipts of the evening. PHOZK?XIANA.-A 3 ol i ci tor-Gen cr al-A poor beggar. When lovely woman dons a "Dolly," and finds, too late,: that mon don't ad? mire it, she'd better try some other folly, and to a cirons-rider, hire it. BUPBEME OoTTBT, May 7.-A. Doth er? idge vs. R. E. Earle. Opinion by Wright, A. J. This was an action on a promissory note, dated April 5, 1861, payable one day after date. The case oomes to this court on appeal, because of the unjust, erroneous and unwarranted charge of the presiding Judge, whioh led the jury to bring in a verdict contrary to the law and evideuoe. I cannot see any reason why a solemn oontraot, with a good and j sufficient consideration, should be inter I ferod with, because it was made previous to or duriug the progress oi the ?ate re? bellion, unless it was made in reference to "Confederate States notes or their equivalent." It is not claimed or at? tempted to be shown, that the note in question was so made, therefore it was the duty of the jury, according to the law and evidenoe in this case, to bring iu a verdict for the whole amount found to be due. All persona have rights whioh all courts of justice will reaped. Under our system of jurisprudence, no State baa the right to impair the obligation of contracts, much less has a court a right to assume to add destroy, or partially de? stroy, solemn obligations made between oitiseua. To permit persons to get rid of paying one-half of their 'jost, honest and equi table debts, because there has been a re? bellion in the Stat?, is no more nor less than offering a premium for suoh rebel? lion. It io urged by respondent that, in order to give this court jurisdiction to review on appeal, a motion for a new trial should have been made to the court below. When au appeal is taken in due time after judgment is entered by the court below, ana it is found, ss in this case, such .judgment is contrary to the law, a nsw trial w^Lbo granted. Tho motion is granted, and a new trial Qrdpred to prooeod, according te the rule laid down in this opinion. ? Willard, A. J., concurred. Moses, G. J,, absent at hearing, but concurred in tho opinion. LIST OP NEW APVBBTIBBMB??XS. CR. Franklin-Stallion Buckshot. E. R. Dorsey-Excursion Tickets. J. M. Morgan-'Hay. P. CantweU-rtQtder. ? j Meeting Columbia Chapter. Breast pin Found. Meeting Independent F. E. Co. House to Rent. G. M. Walker-A. F. M. j Meeting Palmetto F. E. Co.