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COLUMBIA. S. C.
Saturday Sterning, June 1,1872.
Unseasonable Caviling.
We have a proper and even a high re?
spect for the opinions and the advice of
the Hon. D. W. Voorhees, of Indiana.
We glance to-day at his position as the
leading North-western Democratic op?
ponent of the confirmation by the Balti?
more Convention of the nomination of
Mr. Greeley for President by the Cin?
cinnati Convention. In a speeoh lately
delivered at Terre Haute, in that State,
he complained of the Cincinnati Conven?
tion, that it failed to nominate for Presi?
dent with refer? ice to the Democratic
party. Ho denounced the Administra?
tion as one of the worst ever known in
American history, bat thinks the combi?
nation necessary to overthrow it cannot
be made npon Mr. Greeley ?s tho candi?
date. We need hardly say that we have
an equal, or even higher, respeot for the
utterances of Hon. A. H. Stephens, of
Georgia, who, so far, is the head and
front of the opposition to Mr. Greeley
in the South. These gentlemen take the
ground that Mr. Greeley's record is
fatally against him; that he is the em?
bodiment of? everything that ia objec?
tionable to the Demooratio party, and to
the principles it, has ever held dear,
especially ia the Sooth. The New York
World has teemed with objections of the
lame sort, and with every other sort, for
the last month, put forth with greater
energy, and with snob pressing zeal and
vindictive fervor, as io have raided sus?
picions of the sincerity of its motives,' in
view of the position it held before the
Cincinnati Convention met, and of the
argumente it then advanced ln> favor of s
coalition between the Democrats and thc
Liberal Republicans, TE case the Cincin?
nati platform shonld be made accepta?
ble. It is curious to oompare with these
high authorities, apparently so settled
in their convictions, a bogle blast wbiob
has just been blown by Wendell Phillips,
who is admitted to*be the brains of thc
extreme Badioal faction in tho Republi
can party. We most bear in mind thal
all these parties-the World, Mr. Ste
phone, Mr. Yoorhees and Mr. Phillips
have been pre-eminent in their dennnoi
ations of President Grant and his admi
niBtration-Mr. Phillips, of coarse, apot
other grounds than those whose namei
we have associated with his. The coon
try baa rang with their allegations of i ti
corruption, its stupidity, its weakness
ita tendency to military usurpation, enc
to^ centralization. Their s trio tu res hav
amounted to an indictment of tho mos
sweeping character, affecting alike th
management of affairs, both at home an?
. abroad, and not leaving untouched am
unscathed the personal honor of tb
President himself, and that of many o
his appointees to office. Hear the blas
o! Wendell Phillips, intended to wak
the cohoes far and near, and to fan th
flame of Northern hatred onoo mor
against our unhappy land of the Sooth:
"I oonsider Greeley a secession candi
date. I believe the plot to nomm?t
him was hatched by Southern whit
rebels more than a year ago, and ha
been mainly nursed by them. * *
No negro can vote for Greeley who value
his life or property, or cares for his raoe
If, by a frown of Providence, he i
elected, I shall advise every Souther
loyalist to load the revolvers that Grant'
arrest of North Carolina Ku Klux hs
allowed to be laid aside. If he is elected
let the negroes live in squads of Gftj
whom no coward wiii dare shoot dowr
* * ? For a loyal administration t
protect the negro, awe the rebel, an
give the working-men a chance, Grant'
little finger is worth abakor's dozen c
Greeley's."
Now we despair of ever being able t
agree, in opinion or prinoiple, or hai
raonize in feeling with a man whot
blood-thirsty propensities have not bee
appeased by the hecatombs sacrificed i
the late war. The passions of that civ
strife have long ago died oat in tl
bosoms of all generous Northern mei
They survive in the breasts of Phillip!
Morton, Nye, Gonkling, Butler, Et
munda, et id omne genus. ' They slambi
in the bosom of Grant. These me
still clamor for the suspension of habet
corpus, (happily for us, just denied t
them,) still seek to exercise militar
control over oleo tiona, still yearn (
grind down beneath their heels oar o;
pressed and desolated section. The,
frantic efforts, we trust, will pro'
abortive. Bat how dark and threatc
ing they are in the future, we may kno
by our experience in the recent past ai
in the present. How Danton like
this blood and thunder speech of Ph
lipsl Do we not see, can we not foi
that the storm, has not yet ceased, <
hardly been lolled? Are not the brig
and benign auroral hues, which strca
from Cincinnati and crimson the whe
North-western beavens, harbingers
hope and promise to UH? Are they i
more than meteoric lights, whioh sho
madly and purposelessly athwart t
sky? We think tiley are. They she
that there is a class of Republicans who
have boldly confronted the demons of
their party, and have made a equn.ro
issue with them, have put forth thoir
manifesto to the country, and appealed
to it for support of their s?beme, which
tums principally upon pacification.
We take.up the platform of the Cincin?
nati Convention, we read Mr. Greeley's
letter of acceptance, in which he-epito?
mises its substance, and for the life o!
us, we cannot find anything ia it to
which we can object. The whole move?
ment is one which appeals no less
strongly to our r?cognition and sympa?
thy, by its professed benevolent objects
and ends, than it commands th^ln
proval of oar judgment by rita bom.
grappling with the real\ groat questions
and issues of the dayl . Statesmausbip
wi?? exeroised when that platform wes
laid down. It reaches to the core of the
evils which oppress the i country, and
will extirpate them by tho roots. It
appeals to the higher qualities ia the
hearts of men, and is designed to ex?
tinguish forever the spirit of Bpite and
strife and the policy of hate. Shall we
not meet the tender half way? Are we
so satisflod with the present state of
things aa to lie, supine upon our baoks,
while other men, lately opposed to as,
thongh they may have been, are up aud
djoing what they can for oar relief? Let
ns remember Heroales and the wagoner.
Heaven helps those who help themselves.
We revetassthe principles of the Demo?
crat i o party aa they existed ic ita purest
days. They were tbe true foundation
principles of the Government. But we
have had the deluge since those days,
and the waters have just commenced
fairly to s?banlo. The ark floats dimly'
seen, but time only can fully reveal what
has been saved in it.' It will be soon
enough for us to insist upon Democratic
principles 'as suoh in party orgaoiza
tions, and to stand tenaciously and
punctiliously upon them, when we have
a reasonable prospect that thoy will
come into power again, when wo can lay
oar hands upon men able to exp?und
them, and worthy to represent them.
In all probability, they will never be re?
vived in their entirety, and in the exaot
forms of their previous existence. But
that they live in part, we have abundant
evidence, and not the least is the Cin?
cinnati movement itself, whioh is essen?
tially Democratic, and wbioh Phillips
finds ultra and dangerously Sot them.
Weoertainly sacrifice nothing in accept?
ing it. On the contrary, it is just the
thing whioh suits oar present condition,
sad is the necessary scaffold by whioh
we maj mount ap ta what is better and
higher, and more agreeable to ns.
Mr. Voorheos' oomplaint that the
nomination of Mr. Greeley was in disre?
gard of the Democratic party, could
have been made just as easily against
the nomination of Judge Davis, Hon.*
Charles Franois Adams, Hon. L. Trum?
bull, or Jadge Chase. The only differ?
ence between these other candidates and
Mr. Greeley is, that Mn Greeley was in
ad van co of them in his convictions as a
Republican, and more earnest and able
in hisadvooaoy of Bepnblioan doctrines.
He was likewise in advanoe of them in
his proposed amnesty and impartial suf?
frage, and head and shoulders above any
other Northern man in his general tono
of kindness and in his pleas for justice
for the Southern States. Whatever Mr.
Greeley's reoord may have been in past
days, is matter of small concern now.
Times ohange, and men change with
them. Remember, we have had extra?
ordinary events within the last decade.
Waa not George MoDuffie onoe a strong
protectionist? Did not Mr. Calhoun
advooate, at one time, tho establishment
of the United States bank? Sir Robert
Peel brought in himself and caused to
be passed a measure for the repeal of the
corn laws, wbioh he had long and ably
opposed. Mr. Greeley, through his
writings, has helped to frame the Cin?
cinnati platform, which is unexceptiona?
ble, as far aa it goes, and whioh is a
pronunciamenlo of peace and good will
towards the South. He now stands
squarely upon it, unequivocally and un?
reservedly, and is universally credited
with both ability and honesty. We
think that the talk about Demooratio
principles, whether it come from the
South or the North, is unwise and un?
timely, and not oonsiitent with a broad,
liberal and enlightened view of the
actual state of things.
BOND SCRIP FOB TAXES-The follow?
ing telegram has been received by Gen.
William Gurney, County Treasurer of
Charleston:
COLUMBIA, S. G., May 30.
I have already given my opinion that
revenue bond scrip is receivable for all
taxes. That opinion is not changed or
modified. It should be received without
question.
D. H. CHAMBERLAIN,
Attoruoy-Gauoral.
Covington, Qa., boasts a beauty on
whom thirteen mosquitoes die nightly.
; s
Tba Republican Oou for Gradey.
The Charleston Republican shifted its
sails Thursday, changed its helmsmen,
hauled down the oolors of Grant and
Scott, and hoisted the better one of
Greeley and Brown. lu a neat article,
the Republican announces its adhorenoe
to the reformed faith, and pledges itself
to the support of Iliberal Republicanism
and honest reform in tho Btato Govern?
ment. Up to this time, there has been
no explioit response from the Republi?
cans of South Carolina to the Liberal
movements, and it is with much gratifi?
cation that we see the Republican mov?
ing oil in the right direction. We pre?
sume that the Republican knows what it
is about, and that it has not taken its
>tbaw. departure without duo deliberation,
and atwassurunoe of Republican support
and \countenance. There is, we hope,
and have reason to believe, a power be
biud^^kwpaper-a band of Republicans,
few in uumbers yet, perhaps, but strong
in influence, in character, and destined
I to bs far stronger still in the righteous?
ness of their own cause, and the rotten?
ness of their Republican opposition.
They will form the nnoleus around
whioh will form the Liberal Republican
party of South Carolina, whose mission
will be to cleanse and purify our govern?
mental atmosphere, vindicate the princi?
ples of true Republicanism, give us a
peaceful, honest and eoonomioal Govern?
ment, and render a practical and perma?
nent benefit to the colored race, by
showing them able and willing to exer?
cise the high trusts of citizenship in the
interests of their State. There needs no
argument to show that the most damna?
ble injury tbat could have been inflicted
upon the newly ?nfranchised class has
been inflicted by their professed friends,
who have abused their confidence, de?
bauched the morals o? most of the
trusted leaders of their own raoe, and
heaped upon them the stigma of having
organized a Government' whioh is "a
disgrace to civilization" and "a stench in
the nostrils of all honest men." They
are the true friends of the colored race
who strive to lead them aright, who
honestly point out their errors in the
past, and are willing to co-operate with
them in correcting those errors, and in
establishing a Government comparable
with the best of them in our sister States,
and thus disproving that negro suffrage
is a curse to the country!
Tbit is one of the noble objects of
Liberal Republicanism, and the ono
which should most strongly commend it
to the favor of every intelligent colored
man. It is in this view of it that weare
led to hope that Liberal Republicanism
will secure a Rf publican following in
South Carolina, and finally sweep the
entire State. But Republicans them?
selves must start tho ball. It must be a
Republican movement, inaugurated by
good men of that party, and led by them,
in order to command success. Give the
thing a Democratic coloring ?ml you
kill it at once with the masses of the
blacks, upon whose votes its success
solely depends. We hud an illustration
of this in the Union Reform movement
in 1870. If that had been started under
Republican auspices, we are confident it
would have succeeded, and saved tho
State from the millions of debt which
has been heaped upou it, and tho bank?
ruptcy and ruin which now stare us
in the face; but it was not, heneo tho
failure.
-1 <? ? *
Wo find in the Pana Journal tho fol?
lowing interesting intelligence relating
to the success whioh our traveling
Princess has met with in the fashionable
world of Paris: "Miss Grant is one of
the most highly educated women in
Europe. She speaks with facility Eng?
lish, German, French and Italian. She
has contributed, under the veil of an
anonymous signature, to several Ameri?
can magazines; and on her return to her
own country sh? is to marry the son of
one of the richest manufacturers of Now
York, who is a member of the American
Parliament." Along with this important
information, the Parin Journal states that
Miss Grant's journey in Europe has no
political character, and that no misun?
derstanding between France and the
Uuited States is likely to arise from any
point of etiquette connected with it.
The mission ol Ohiiatianity is one of
"peace on earth and good will to men."
Such being true., it IH a matter of regret
that the leading orguus of the Northern
portion of that great denomination of
Methodists are at tho same time among
the most offensive political sheets of that
section. Gilbert Haven, one of the
uewly-eleotcd Bishops by the conference
in session in New York last week, is the
editor of Zion's Herald. The lust num?
ber of that paper ?H abusivo on the Cin?
cinnati nomination, because ho consi?
ders it "Jefferson Davis' triumph over
the Republican party."
The New York undertakers lately hail
a fight for the possession of a corpse.
Correspondence of (he Pheonix.
LEXINGTON, 0. H., May 30, 1872.
The General Sessions adjourned hera
to-day. Only two oases were tried. The
ease of the State against Simon Black,
Solomon Norphlet and Jaoob Johnson,
for the murder, in December last, of
Mr. Munroe H. Harman, of whioh jon
gave some account et tho time, consumed
Tuesday and Wednesday. The State
was represented by Nathaniel Barnwell,
Esq., acting Solicitor, assisted by Mesura.
H. A. Meetze and H. W. Rice. For the
defence, Mr. Thompson Cooke, Solioitor
of the First Cirouit.'und B. I. Boone and
James W. Tradewell, Esqs. The case
was presented with power and skill by
tho State. The defence was able and
zealous. Mr. Cooke, tbe leading coun?
sel for the defence, it has been re?
marked, cross-examined in a manner
whioh evinced largo experience and legal
acumen. Tuesday and an hour of
Wednesday was consumed in the intro?
duction of testimony. Mr. Meetze
opened for the State; Messrs. Tradewell
and Boone, in the order of their uames,
followed for the defence, and Mr. Rice
for the State; Mr. Cooke Bummed up foi
the d?fonce, and Mr. Barnwell for the
State. After what we think a remarkably
able, clear und emphatic charge from hia
Honor, the jury retired at about 6 P. M.,
and at 9 o'clock, returned with a verdict
of "guilty," as to all the prisoners. Ia
sentencing the prisoners, his Honor cha?
racterized the manner of oonduoting the
case, and the argument of counsel, on
both aldea, as of rare ability. The
Messrs. Tradewell and Boone, recently
admitted to the bar, did themselves great
credit. Mr. Tradewell bids fair, in om
opinion, to develop many of those pecu?
liarly pointed and happy gifts of his well
known father. Mr. Boone's mannet
boara the marka of the argumentative,
oool advocate, with juat enough anima?
tion. These young attorneys were lis?
tened to with great interest and pleasure.
Let them but devote themselves indus
triously to their profession, and theil
future is certain. Mr. Barnwell made i
powerful and convincing argument. Thc
prisoners were eenteuced to suffer tht
extreme penalty of the law on Friday
the 23d of August, next.
The Common Pleas oonvened to-day
(Thursday,) and his Honor will clear thi
dooket of all busiuesB ready for trial ty
tu morrow night.
We inquired of our farmers as to tin
condition of the crops; they report i
good prospect. HAL.
Mn. EDITOR: It seems that the Demo
oratio party is destiued not only to ruii
itself, as it bas done most effectually
but all other organizations to which i
attaches its fortunes. For now, who
tho Dem?crata might, without ostente
tien, throw their weight into the scale c
the Liberal Republicans, and place i
power the conservators of all tho tru
principles of a Republican Govern mern
they insist upon a formal meeting at Ba
timore, with trumpets flourishing an
flags flying, that tho whole world ma
know that the Democratic party snufj
victory for itself in the breeze, an
thereby drive off crowds of Republioam
who do not intend to. build it up agait
directly or indirectly, by Rep?blica
votes. The South might well cry ou
"Save us from oar friends-we can Uk
care of our enemies!"
Can it be possible that the dowa-troc
den people of South Carolina are to I
thwarted again in this friendly effort c
tbe people of the North to take them b
the hand and lead them out of the wi
demons? Let this State, at least, kee
out of the Convention, and enve itse
from the guilt and the foliy of suicide!
PE riGRTJ.
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THE STATE DEBT.-Messrs. Webb
Heustia, of New York, recently a<
dressed a letter to tho Governor of Soul
Carolina, inquiring ia regard to li
prospects for the renewal of interest pu;
menls on the bouded debt of the Stat
In reply, they received the ioilowic
letter, which is published in the Ne
York Evening Post, of Monday last:
STATE OP SOOTH CAROLINA,
EXEOOTIVE DEPARTMENT,
COLUMBIA, May 18, 1872.
Messrs. Webb d; Heusiis, ?o. 36 Brot
street, New York.
GENTLEMEN: I um directed by his E
cellency Governor Robert K. Scott
acknowledge the rec dpt of yours of 15
instant, and to state in reply that tl
Legislature, at its last session, failed
make any provision for the payment
the interest on the bonds due in Jul
The interest, therefore, cannot be pa
until Joly, 1873. The Governor deep
regrets this state of affairs, but the fae
is not his, it resting with the Legislatu
altogether. Very respectfully,
H. NOAH Privute Seoretary.
The Columbia correspondent of tl
Charleston News telegraphs:
It is certain that money is at last flo'
ing pretty steadily into the Stat* Tre
aury. Reports from most of the Cou
ties represent tbe people as paying tl
tuxes freely; and the great conundru
here just now is: "What will be doi
with the cash?" It is very certain tb
not one of the hundreds of huugry hoi
era of claims against the Stet? who a
hanging around Columbia has yet bei
libio to gut a cent from tho Treasur
The members of the ring keep very da
about their iutentions. In some quu
tors it is believed that they ure now c
guniziug another grand Bpeculatio
baaed upon tho rise in the bouda, whit
is sure to follow thu payment in gold
the interest due July 1. It is i m possit:
at this time to And out whether or u
the interest will bo paid; but I have p
sitivo information that ono, at least,
tho ring has within tho past raudo SOD
heavy purchases of bonds.
C II ABL ESTO N FOB G KEELEY.-At B
County Convention to eleot delegates to
the State Convention, to be held in Co?
lumbia, on the 11th instant, the follow?
ing resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That it is the deliberate con?
viction of this Oonvoutiop that'the plat?
form of principles recently proclaimed
by tho Liberal Republicans, at Cincinna?
ti, forms the best and only rallying point
for all the friends of honest government,
a prosperous South, and a re-united and
happy country.
Resolved, That this 'Co a von ti on recog
nizus in Horace Greeley and B. Gratz
Brown, nominees, who are the most
fitting and available exponents of the
Cincinnati platform.
Resolved, That the delegates chosen to
represent Charleston County in tho State
Convention be requested to use their
utmost united and individual efforts so
to shape tbs aotion of that body that the
whole influence of South Carolina, ia
the Demoorat o Convention at Balti?
more, shall be directed, under all cir?
cumstances, to prevent any nomination
by the National Demooraoy unless it be
that of Greeley and Brown.
The following delegates were eleoted:
WARD 1.-Delegates-Henry Gnu rd in,
Marlow Cochrane; alternate-Samuel
Lord, Jr.
WARD 2.-Delegates-M. P. O'Connor,
S. S. Solomons; alternates-T. G. Bar?
ker, George A. Bowman.
WARD 3.-Delegates-G. Lamb Buist,
John F. Britton; alternates-A. J.
Mi ms, Alva Gage.
WARD 4 -Delegates-Thomas Y. Si?
mons, W. Y. Leitch; alternates-M. H.
Nathans, L. Grouing.
WARD 6.-Delegates-T. Brady, Ohas.
Foster; alternates-A. J. Crews, J. D.
Aiken:
WARD 6.-Delegates-D. F. Fleming,
James Carson; alternates-W. Fishar,
W. H. Lacoste.
WARD 7.-Delegates-George S. Hack?
er, Robert Hunter; al ter u atea-B. F.
Evana,' H. Bischoff.
CHRIST CHURCH. -Delegates-G. F.
Kinloch, M. W. Yenning; alternates-P.
E Porcher, L. A. McCantB.
DELEGATES FROM CHARLESTON AT
LABOE.-W. D. Porterand Wm. Aiken.
The Wilmington Star published the
following account of the serious acci?
dent which occurred on the Wilmington,
Columbia and Augusta Railroad, on the
30th ultimo:
"The train that left this city for Co?
lumbia at 6.30 P. M., on Wednesday,
met the np train for Wilmington at Fle?
mington on time, where Capt. Gilbert,
of the up train, reported that he had
sustained au acoident, at about 5 o'clock
that afternoon, at a point about two
miles this side of Marion, by whioh bis
tiret and second clans cars were thrown
from the truck, thus obstructing the
way. The down - train thereupon pro?
ceeded to the point where the accident
ocourred, and there awaited the train
due from Columbia, on the arrival of
which the passengers and baggage were
transferred, and the two trains reversed
their destinations-the down train re?
turning to Columbia and the np train
starting in this direction, in order to
muke proper connections. In making
the return trip, there being no turn?
table, the train for this place Shifted tbe
cars so as to throw the two sleeping cars
and the first and second class coaches in
tho rear, the engine proceeding with the
tender in front. Everything went on
all right, with the exoeption that some
of tbe passengers complained of the
jumping or uneven motion of the train,
uutil they had reached a point about one
mile the other side of Grioe's Station,
fifty-five miles from this city, the train
making about eighteen miles to the hour
at the time, when the tender suddenly
ran off the track, carrying with it the
engine, the baggage car and the first and
second class passage cars, leaving only
the two sleeping ours on the track. The
tender was precipitated into the ditoh
on the Bide of the road, while the engiue
was throwu across the track. The bag?
gage car was completely demolished,
while tho second class oar was lifted, as
it woro, by the force o! the shock, and
curried nearly through to the opposite
end of the first class car, in which a
number of passengers were seated,
knockiug out one side of the oar, preci?
pitating the moBt of the passengers
through the opening, and jamming the
remainder in amoug the rubbish.
Strange to say, although there were se?
veral persons in the second olass oar, not
one was injured. As soon as possible
after the accident the uninjured, includ?
ing all those in the sleeping oars, has?
tened to the relief of the sufferers, some
of whom were in the ditoh at the side of
the road, and others in the first class
car. Among the latter was a oolored
girl, who had. been partially throwu
through the window, when Bhe was
caught by the ruins, where she hung
suspended by one leg, ber head hanging
down iueide of tho car. In this situa?
tion Bhe remained for about one hour
before she was extricated, her bead in
the meantime being raised somewhat by
an ingenious contrivance on the part of
those who were engaged in the effort to
resoue her.
SUN SPOTS.-From a careful observa?
tion of the bun, we learn that it presents
a phase of unusual interest in the fino
cluster of spots whioh is now observable
on its surface. List Friday, this cluster
was seen on tho Eastern limb and con?
tained thirty six well defined spots. On
Saturday the ni rober had iuoreaeed to
fifty-all, with one exoeption, being
Minali. It is noticeable that very few
npots aro visible outside the limits of this
group, thus presenting an appearance
directly opposite to that seen andoom
nauntcd on two weeks ago; when, though
tho number of spots waa not great, all
were large uud scatterod over the entire
surface of the orb.
[Augusta Constitutionalist.
Om MATTERS.-The price Of single
copies of the PHOTNIX is five cents.
Gov. Scott has appointed B. F. Bailey
a Trial Justice for Spar tan burg County,
vice - Woodruff, arrested as a Ku
Klux. Robert A. Thompson, Notary
Publio for Oconee County, at Walhalla.
The Rural Carolinian, for June, is be?
fore us-filled with useful and entertain?
ing matter for the agriculturalist. D.
H. Jacques, editor. Walker, Evans- ft
Cogswell and D. Wyatt Aiken, publish?
ers.
A slight fire in the house of Mr. Jacob
Pollock, yesterday morning, about ll
o'clock, gave the firemen a run. A
couple of buckets of water, however,
rendered their services unnecessary.
The run-off on the Wilmington, Co?
lumbia and Augusta Railroad, on
Wednesday evening, was caused, we
learn, by the removal of a rail, whioh
was no doubt done purposely with the
view of throwing the train from the
track. No one was hurt by the occident
and the cars were uninjured. Those who
were injured by the smash-up, on Thurs?
day, are getting along very well. No
cause is assigned for the last run-off.
The track ia again clear.
A branch of the Citizens' Savings
Bank, of Columbia, has been established
at Union C. H., and E. R. Wallace Bp
pointed Assistant Cashier.
Mr. Joseph Crews is now running a
daily hack line between Newberry and
Laurees.
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-Tho Northern
mail opens at 2.30 P. M.; doses 10.45
A. M. Charleston day mail openB 4.30
P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Charleston
night mail opens 7.15 A, M.; otases 6.00
P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P.
M. ; closes 6.00 A. M. Western mail
opens 12.30 A. M.; closes 12.80 P. M.
Wilmington mail opens 2.30 P. M.;
closes 10.30 A. M. On Sunday office
open from 3 to 4 P. M.
THB ENTERTAINMENT LAST NIGHT.
From the skill evinced by the members
of the Skiff ft Gaylord troupe in their
brass band performances, yesterday after?
noon, our citizens were led to expeot
something equally good on the stage,
and they were not disappointed. The
troupe may safely be termed in eea-ology
Al. The voices are remarkably fine;
the jokes and conundrums new and
witty, while the dancing and acrobatic
display was something beyond the usual
line of minstrel or circus exhibitions.
We hope the hall will be crowded to?
night, as the company is entitled, by
merit, to an appreciative and paying au?
dience. There will be a matinee this
afternoon at 3 o'clock. Doors open at
half-past 2. Prices of admission fifty
and twenty-five cents. There will be an
entire change of programme at each en?
tertainment. Remember to-night is the
last. _ ,
PEONIXIANA.-An artiole you oan
always borrow-Trouble.
Take her up tenderly, lift her with
loare-None know how dearly she paid
for her hair. ,
Harper's Weekly surpasses itself in its
low abuso of Mr. Greeley. This ia al?
most enoagh to make every Southern
man Mr. Greeley's friend.
"Who hath woe? who hath conten?
tions?" The Radi kill party.
There is less crime in Alaska, acoord
I ing to its population, than in any other
I portion of the globe. Whale's blubber
is not an exciting dish.
The New York Commercial thinks the
"sword of Bunker Hill" is kuooked all
to smithereens by the pruning hook of
Cbappaqua.
What's in a name? Doom is running
for Governor of Nebraska, Looney for
Congress in Tennessee; and Hobby for
Congress in Texas.
The Albany Argus, the central organ
of the New York Democracy, is for the
adoption of the Cincinnati tioket at Bal?
timore. No doubt the Mew York dele
[ gation will be unanimous in thai way.
Four of the Demooratio papers of Illi?
nois oppose Greeley. The rest of them
-forty-Bix-support him.
LIST OF NSW ADVERTISEMENTS.
C. F. Jackson-Cheap Gooda.
A. Coward-Military School.
Edwin J. Scott-Cottage to Rent.
Citizens' Savings Bank.
Indian Girl-Red Hot.
HOTEL ARRIVALS, May M, 1872.-Columbia
Hotel-J J MoClure.MUs B MoUiure, Mrs J J
MoCIuro, Chester; T Ur Barker, P .Duffie, J H
Averill, Charleston: A Willisms, Beaufort; J P
izler, ?i vngeburg; D M Cobo, H 1) Gilbert,
Wilmington; P P Gooding-Va; J H Ouua^K
ham, Pa; P Calmer. Ga; E H Brooks, S C; E M
Uarroll, Branchville; W A Braddy, N O
Mazzvok, Ga; W F Moriston, Md.
Melter son Uuuse- John P MoBryde, Aiken;
i R Witherspoon, W A Cooper, R D Lee, Sum?
ter; Mis? Simons, Charleston; A H Warring,
Bingham's behool; W H Scott. Augusta; Mrs
R A Kinloch and two children, Charleston;
Mrs Dunham, Philadelphia; W L Winston,
Charlotte; A ? Springs and wife, York; Dr
Gliasmann and lady, San Francisco; James L
Orr. Anderson; ihoa P iloyl, Walhalla; R J
Donaldson, Cheraw; J M Ueiglur, G A O R lt.
. - # . rn?
A RM ALL lot of Goods just recoived,
damaged on tho Railroad, will on told chi p
for oash. C. F. JACKSON.
June 1 1