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[Special Despatch to the Phoenix ] Destructive Fir?. ROOK HILL, S. O., Moy 81.-A Are broke oat at 8.20 this o von i og, in the dwelling of Mr. J. O. H. Duff The building and contents were entirely con? sumad. The fire was caused by an ex? plosion of a kerosene lamp; insured for ?15,000. American Intelligence. NEW YOBK, May 31.-A free trade meeting WON held in Steinway Hall, lost night; 2.000 persons present. Wm. Gullen Bryant presided. The feeling of the meeting was inconsistent, aa was evidenced by equal cheers and hisses when names were mentioned or proposi? tions made. The following, among other resolutions, wore adopted: Resolved, That with the general relax ation of old parties, and with the grow? ing distrust felt toward professional po? litical leaders, the country turns for counsel to independent thinkers ?n the ranks of either party'; and, therefore, the late convention at Cincinnati was re? garded hopefully, in the trust that it woald lay down a sound and adequate platform of principles, and would, like wise, nominate a candidate whose free dom from all associations with odious political rings, and whose able record on questions present and future, should give assurance that hie election would bring with it radical changes for the better. Resolved, That both platform and can didate of the Oinoinnati Oonvention have caused deep disappointment in the mind of tho community, and rendered impossible that co-operation of all re forming influenc?s, without tho uuion of . which aucoeas is impossible. ST. LOUIS, May 81.-The National Agricultural College adjourned to meet next year in Indianapolis. WHEELING), W. V., May 81.-J. M Camden, of Parkersburg, has been nominated for "Governor. Resolutions were passed, declaring all opposition to the present - national administration should be consolidated in. the approach? ing Presidential campaign, without pre? judice to the unity and perpetuity of the D?mocratie organization; that with - full confidence in the wisdom and pa? triotism of the National Demooratio Oonvention, soon to ?assemble at Balti? more, we pledge the Demooraoy of West Virginia to abide its action. BOSTON, May 31.-At the triennial meeting of the General Society of the Oinoinnati, held in this city yesterday, the following officers were chosen for the ensuing year: PreHident-General, Hon. Hamilton Fish, of New York; Vice President-Geueral, Hon James Siraoop, of, South Oarolina; See rotary-General, Thoa. MuEwao, M. D., of Pennsylvania; Assistant Secretary-General, George W. Harris, of Pennsylvania; Treasurer Ge? neral, Tench Tilgbman, of Maryland; Assistant Treasurer General, William B Dayton, of New Jersey. READING, PA , May 31.-The Conven? tion re-assembled. Mr. Buckalow, can? didate for Governor, made a speech, re? turning thanks for the nomination, but made no reference to national topics, or in relation to nominations for President. William Hartley, of Bedford, was nomi nated for Auditor General. Messrs Jas. H. Hopkins, of Pittsburg, Riobard Vaux, of Philadelphia, aud Hendrick B. Wright, of Luzerne, were selected as candidates for Congressmen at large, . Mr. Wright being abosen on the second ballot. The Convention then adjourned till 2 P. M. NEW YOBK, May 31 -It is reported that Bennett is sinking. Tue World reports Senator Trumbull, ex Senator Doolitte, Charles Sedgewiok . and Cassius M. Clay have promised tu ?peak at the Greeley ratification meeting next Monday night. The Coach Painters' Association Toted last night to strike on Monday for eight hours.' The ohairman of furniture ma nofaotures states in a card that none ol the ninety-three firms in the furniture trade have agreed to the eight hoar syB tem, and will adhere to ten hours. WASHINGTON, May 31.-The Senat? passed the tariffand tax billa at 3 o'olool this morning. The only important amendment not reported remits unco! looted income tax for 1871. It goos t< the House for concurrence. Cox is better, and Lopes are enter tain ed of his recovery. ' . The debt statement will show a re duotion of about $7,000.0.>0. Then have been heavy pension disbursements There was a very long Cabinet seaaioi over the treaty. The probabilities of it failure increases hourly. In the Senate, the steamboat bill wa . disouased. Oonkling opposed conom renoe in the report, aud criticised th Erevisions of the bill; said if they shoal e enacted into law, sufferers by steam boat accidenta would ' have no legs . remedy whatsoever against the ownei of the vessels, unless actual oarelessnei should be shown on their part. Mi Sumner made a motion to indefinite! Eostpone the sundry oivil appropriatio ill. for the purpose of making bi speeoh on the French arms report, wbic he characterized as a white-washing on -the committee having beeu improper! appointed, &o. He then proceeded t arraign the President in the most bitb terms; referring to him a? passing h time in palace oars, with fast horses ai in sea-side loiterings. He denouoci him for appointing his relatives to o tuc &o. The Senate concurred in tho Hon amendments, apd passed tho Senate b: to extend the Aot of June, 1860, ca corning private land claims in Louiaiar. It now (roes to tba President. The Ho iso nGn-ccDcorred in all t Senate amendments to the tariff exoe those relating to spiiits, tobacco a bonded warehouses. A conference I been ordered. The Senate's amer ment to the spirit tax of seventy cents an equivalent to all other taxes,, v o?nourred in. The next vote was np the tobacco tax, OD an amendment re I ig it from twenty to tweuty-fonr oe ir pound. Maynard moved to amend ie Senate amendment by fixing a uni rm tax ol sixteen oentB. Carried-yeas st (2; nays 51. The bill is now with the at onferenoe Committee. The Senate bill Q ranting the right of way throngh the ublio lands to the Denver and Bio Vi rando Railway Company passed the [ouse. ? resolution to go to the peaker's table, with the understanding C lat the Ku Klux and eivil rights bill be *' coluded from action, was defeated eas 102; nays 93; it required a two lirds vote. A bill granting right of way | J. >r a railroad and telegraph through 'lorida, passed. The House then went J the Speaker's table, with the under banding that eaoh measure should have two-thirds vote. Bills for a morel Cfeoti to Bystem of quarantine on the .tlantio and Gulf coasts and many of a rivate nature passed. The Senate bill uthorizing mail steamship service be ween New Orleans and Mexico, was left 11 n the Speaker's table. The Senate bill ' ;ranting right of way to the Mobile and I ] Llabama Grand Trunk Railroad Com-1 r? .any, was referred to the Committee on Public Landa. The Senate bill in rela ion to the District Courts in Alabama, t ras referred to the Judiciary Committee. ? Due Senate bill to amend the Aot of 31st Jay, 1870, to enforce the rights of oiti- ] ?ens to vote, was left on the Speaker's able-the vote on its passage being ! feas 101; nays 95-less than two-thirds n the affirmative. Probabilities-Falling barometer, with Easterly to Southerly winds, cloudy weather and very probably rain, will pro rail, on Saturday from the Ohio Valley Northward and Westward; cloudy and threatening weather over the Booth At? lantic and Golf States; clear and plea Bant weather over the New England and Middle States; the wind baokiug to Southerly and Easterly, with increased cloudiness over the lower lake region; dangerous winds are not anticipated. WHOLESALE ARRESTS.-We are in? formed that the arrests in this County under*tho Ku Klux and Enforcement1 Aots have been upon the wholesale and indiscriminate order since our last issue. It is reported that about sixty fell under tho mandate in about three days. Most of them have been released on bail. We j have not attempted to obtain the names, but we have not heard that any promi? nent citizen is among them. A marshal and squad of soldiers, were camped for two days in the neighborhood of Mr. Asa Smith's plantation, watching for Mr. Smith and* others, but returned without making tho arrests they wished. Many have "come io" and confessed to belonging to the Ku Klux. We learn that a general "puking" has been going on in the Commissioner's office the past week. Nearly every young man in th? upper part of the County has either been arrested or driven from the County, and the "nitfht riders" are now paying their nightly visits to the lower and other portions. Before the job is com? pleted, we think it will cost the Govern? ment about 8100,000 to arrest, convict and punish the Ku Klux of this County alone. If it does not leave a worse disease behind, we shall be very greatly mistaken. We, however, don't think the same doctors will be found here to cure lt.- Union Times. On last Sunday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, on the plantatiou of Mr. J. H. David, four miles from this plaoe, Vioey Buchanan was Bhot by Aleck Williams, with a double-barrelled shot-gun-the Bhot, almost in a mass, entering her bead just above the left eye, and tearing away a portion of the brain, killing her instantly. Both the parties were colored. Vicey, the girl who was shot, was only eight years of age. The boy, Aleck, who did the shooting, is nine. These children, with others still younger than themselves, were playing and frolicking together, when the boy told the girl that if sha did not do something whioh he had told her to do, he would shoot her. Upon ber refusing to obey him, he took down the gun, put some powder in ont of the tubes, put a oap on it, and firec at her, with the above result, lt is bc lieved that the boy thought the gun wai not loaded, and only intended to frightei her.-Marlboro Times. A WOMAN WAS THE CAUSE OF HIS OVER THROW.-On Monday morning last, oi the plantation of Mr. M. ?. Glover, ot Horn's Creek, Verge Ford, a person o color, nuder the influence of a ragin casu of red-h<?t jealousy-of the veno moos green-eyed type-stealthily ad vauoed upon one Dick Williams, anothe o., who was laboring diligently in hi cotton patch, and without one word c warning, deliberately ?bot William down in his trackB and then fled. A last accounts Williams was not dead, bi it was thought his wound would prov fatal. A warrant bas been issued b Trial Justice Ramsay for the arrest < Ford, but he has not yet been appn hended.-Edgefield Advertiser. ONE OF THE THIEVES CAUGHT.-Bi Sartor, one of the leaders of the gang < colored men who have committed f many burglaries in this County, was a rested by two of their own race, Grec Nioholas and Levi Keenan, on Saturdi last. It BeemB that the story he to some time ago, that he was "let out the penitentiary by the authorities," w false. He now acknowledges that 1 and a negro from North Carolina < Caped from the penitentiary, by foroii the bolts of their cells with a piece wire, and that a reward of 825 has be offered by the authorities for his arrei [Union Times. DIED OF HIS INJURIES.-Scipio Grec the colored fireman, who was so but scalded at the aooideot at S toi um eye mill, in Charleston on Weduesd morning, died ou Thursday, from tho : juries he then received. . Thora was a hail storm in Sum County, after whioh hail-stones as lui as a Guinea eg j, could bo shoveled by the wagon load. Financial and Commercial. NEW YORK, May 81-Noon.-Stocks cady. Gold firm, at 14. Money easy, : 5. Exchange-long 9%\ short 10%. overnmenta dall and steady. State onda quiet. Floor dull and declining, r'heat quiet but nominally nnobanged. orn quiet and heavy. Pork dull-mesa $.25. Lard quiet-steam 9% @ 9%. otton steady, ut 26%; saleB 1,012 bales, rtights steady. 7 P. M.-Money easy, at 3@5. Stor D8 9/u- Gold 14%. Governments a@3?o. lower. States closed very doll, lotton quiet and steady; Bales 1,256 ales-middling 26%. Flour dull and Rehanged. Whiskey steady. Wheat c. lower-winter red Western 1.90(3} .92. Oom heavy and declining-72(a) 2%. Pork 13.15. Lard 8% @ 9% freights firmer. Sales of oottou for fu ure delivery, 9,150 bales, as follows: una 25%. 25%; July 25 11 16, 25%; August 25>8', 25%; September 231-lti, 13%; Ootobtr 20%, 21; November .915 16, 201-16; Deoesober 19 7-16 Che comparative ootton statement shows ?eoeipta for the week 11,461; last year 15,567-total 2,646,280; last year 3,610, $20; exports of the week 27,885; last fear 51,476-total 1,886,647; last year ?,858,502; stock at ali United States ports 204,524; last year 289,908; at inte? rior towns 25,788; last year 25.091; at I \ Liverpool 874,000; last year 967,000; american cotton afloat for Great Britain 11 144..000; last year 188,000. BALTIMORE, May 31.-Ootton receipts 15 bales; sales 605; stock 3,439. ?T. Louis, May 31.-Flour quiet and nnobanged. Oom drooping. Whiskey B6@86%. Pork 12.00@12 10. Bacon weak and only order trade. LOUISVILLE, May 31.-Pork lower 12.25. Bacon in fair demand-shoul? ders h)i ; clear Bides 1%. Packed lard quiet. Whiskey steady. CINCINNATI, May 31.-Pork dull and unsettled. Bacon drooping-shoulders 5%. Whiskey 86. BOSTON, May 31.-Cotton steady; re ceipts 1.500; sales 700; stock 14,600; weekly receipts 3,123; sales 2,000. CHARLESTON, May 31.-Cotton firm middling 24%; receipts 503; sales 100; stock 8,237; weekly receipts 2,160; ex ports 2,983; sales 1,500. AUOUSTA, May 31.-Ootton quiet middling 24; receipts 169; eales 213 bales; stock 4,508; weekly receipts 261 sales 1,101. WILMINGTON, May 31.-Cotton firm middling 21; stock 214 boles; saleB 207 SAVANNAH, May 31.-Ootton firm and no demand-middliug 2i(aV2!.!.?; receipts 670; Btouk 9,090; eales 175. MOBILE, May 31.-Ootton quiet and strong-middling 23%; receipts 331 bales; salea 400; stock 7,712; weekly re ceipts 766; sales 2,750. NEW ORLEANS, May 31.-Cotton strong -middling 24; receipts 727 bales; sales 1,800; Btock-2,033; weekly receipts 3,414; sales 13.000. LONDON, May 31-Noon.-Consols 93%. Bonds 90%. PARIS, May 31.-Rentes 55f. 20c. Specie increased 10,000,000f. LIVERPOOL, May 31-3 P. M.-Cotton opened firm-uplands lljlji(2ill%; Or? leans 11%; sales of the week 92,000 bales; export 11,000; speculation 15,000; stock 874,000, whereof American is 304,000; receipts 90,000, of which Ame rican is 33,000; actual export 8,000; afloat 393, OuO, of whioh American is 144,000. WHUIiESALIi l* KICKS tUHituriT. UOBUKUTKD WEEKL1 BY THK BOARD OF TRADE. APPLES, $jnu.2 uuiaiauu .uoi.As??t-,uuutt,3o.ii,ou BAOOINO.18(023 WowUrl'ns 72(090 UALE HOPE,Ma.2*24024 Sugar H'BO.. 35(u40 N.Y.orWesMb 7(010 NAILS, # angil 5O(0B OU BUTTER,North. 28;04tJ ONIONU..# uua_2 OU Country, y tt>.2U u32? JIL,Kerosene, 35(04*" BACON. HaniB. 12(017 Machinery. .75(01 Ot Sides, %i lb..'J^10? SPECIE, ?old tai 14 Shoulders.8(094 Silver. ?Ill CANDLES, Sperra40(ij5i' l'oTAT's.Iribl 5O(02ol Adamantine tt>17(019 Swoot.hus 15t COTTON YARNI 60(^1 7? HIOE, Carolina Ut, 8?<?)1( COTTON, Stet M ,...22 ?uoT,#oag. 275@3 01 Middling.21? ?JALT,L,ivorp.l9?(?e20( Low Midl'g,.21 doAP, .7J<01< Oood Orduy,.2u HPIUITS, Alcohol,gl6ul Ordinary .18 Brandy . .4110(012 m CHBESE, E.D.H>,22*025i Gin .1CU?G(H /aotory.2il*025 Hum.1 G-J@7 0i COFFEE, Mo, tyn^^O Whiskey.. .135(0GO Laguayra_25(030 SUOAR, Crus?P14.}<01 Java.33??S5 Brown.llj(01 FLOOR,Co. 8OOf013OO? STABCH, fl lb... 8j(0l Northern.950@135"i TEA,Creon IM 00(026 CRAIN, Corn 1 20(0! 2E1 Black,. ..100(011 Wheat-2 00(02 50? TOBACCO, Chw.Ct)(01 0 Oat?.95(01 00 Smoking, Tb. .50(01 0 Peas.1 20*01 50 VINEGAR, Wine,.6O(0C HAY, Nortn, 2 25-02 50 b'ronch.(01C aiOES.Dry, *#lbl3;0i7 ^INE, Cham... .29@S Oreen.@h Port, *#gal 300(051 LARD,^ tt.11J@14 Shorry... 2 50(07 r LIME, b bi. 2 25r<o2 40 Madeira.. .2 60(07 ( WHITE PRISONERS TO RE HANDOOFFEI The Chester (8. 0 ) Reporter says th Deputy United States Marshal for the County, a oolored man named Job Lee, bas expressed his determination t handcuff and tie white men that he ma have occasion to arrest hereafter. Tui expression on his part was culled fort by the fact, that on Saturday lost, Wi liam Kerr, a constable of York, brongt to the jail at Chester tied a colored mat named Henry Mobly, charged with ates ing a mule from Mr. T. P. Mitchell, i January last. Prominent colored mon about Cha leaton have addressed Justioe A. J. Wi lard, asking him if he would be aoand date f jr Governor in the next eleotioi A reply has been received embracing . acceptance. Tho main plank in tho pis form is a "fair" distribution of odie among tbe colored men. It is hind that the Rev. E. J. Adams will be ou tl tioket for the Lieuteuantsbip; Col. I R. Delany for Secretary of State. DIED IN JAIL.-Allen Parr, one of t prisoners convicted at tho last term the United States District, Court, for licit distilling and sentenced to i months' imprisonment, died in tho Coi ty jail at Union, on Thursday night la Mr. Parr wus about sixty-two years o A man by the name of Goggins, fri Tennessee, was killed accidentally the Air Line Railroad last week, Steers' oontraot, by a largo quantity earth falling on him. li Proceeding? of City Connell. COUNCIL CHAMBER, COLUMBIA, 8. C., May 28, 1872. Connoil met at 7.80 P. M. Present is Honor the Mayor, John Alexander, id Aldermen Carpenter, H?ge, Mitchell, oang, Wilder, Carr, Carroll, Williams, ooper, Lowndes and Thompson. Ah? mt-Alderman Griffin. Min?tes of eetings May 14th, 18th and 19th were ?ad and approved. PETITIONS, COMMUNICATIONS. AC. Petition from John Agnew, President I Colombia Oil Company, praying for reduction of assessment on property of olumbia Oil Company. Refttrred to ommittee on Ways and Means. Petition of E. J. Soott, Son & Co., raying for a redaction of taxes paid io B71. Referred to Committee on Ways nd Means. Petition of Constantene ?fe Lawless, sking permission of Council to keep pen their store on Assembly Btreet ou unday, for tho purpose of selling soda rater, nuts and fruits. On motion of Alderman Carroll, above letition laid on the table. Petition of Henry Hicks, asking per aission to keep open his place on Taylor treet on Suuday, for the purpose of oiling ice cream and oakes. On motion of Alderman Carroll, above letition was laid on the table. Communication from Dr. J. W. Par ter, asking to be excused from serving is a member of the Board of Health, on icooant of infirmities. On motion of Alderman H?ge, same ?vas granted. The following communication was read: COLUMBIA, S.O., May 22, 1872. Hon. John Alexander, Mayor-DEAR 9IB: I desire to osll your atteution to thc burial of the dead in the cemetery OD Upper Boundary street. From those who are conversant with the faot, I learu that the lowest depths of the graves is but five feet, and in many cases but four and three feet; this bringa the bodies o the dead within four, three and two feet of the surface. Such a depth of eoi offers but slight resistance to the passage of putrid gases emanating from bodies ia a state of decay. The soil of this oemetery is a stiff red clay, and it allows of the immediate escape of the gases through the soft covering of the soil just above the body and if there be no large deciduous trees to arrest their progress, they aro boru by the wind, in whichever direction it may bo blowing, and as we have the wind the greater part of the year from the West, the consequence is that these deadly exhalations are lodged amongst the homes of Columbia, und tuud to breed fevers and other diseases. The remedy for all this lies in the en acting of a law corni oiling thu digging of the graves to the depth of not less than seven feet for adults, and six feet for children, and the plauting this fall in and around the cemetery large nam burs of trees of the hard wood species, such as oak, walnut, hickory, etc. Those, aa thoy grow up, will absorb by their roots and leaves all the gases that arise from matter in a state of decay. I have but recently moved into the "Walker House," on Upper Boundary street. Oue by one, my children are taken down sick with a low fever of a typhoid form, and at this present writ? ing, two of them are Bick. I wus some? what at a loss as to what to attribute this sickness, but am now positive that the cause HOB ia the cemetery, for on yesterday morning early, and also tine morning, the atmosphere lu my viciuity was charged with the fetid smell that it peculiar to grave-yards. The welfare of the citizens of this city demands that au early action be taken in reference to the subject matter of tbii communication, as "un ounce of preven tion is worth a pound of cur?." Verj respectfully, JOHN McQUEEN. J^u motion of Alderman H?ge, com munication was referred to the Board o Health. The following communication wm road: COLUMBIA, S. C.. May 28. To Hon. John Alexander, Mayor-SIR The respectful undersigned cibizeuso Columbia, residing in the imm?diat vioinity of Elmwood Cemetery, have with great astonishment, read the severn articles in the Daily Union regarding th fetid odors alleged to rise from tim placo, and fool constrained to say thu they have not known, nor do they know of Buoh. Some of us have resided within square of Elmwood Cemetery fora uua ber of years, and now, for the first tim* hear it alleged that odors of u fetid m lure arising from there are eudaugeriu the neighborhood. We ouly will sn; further, that the party or parties wb are spreading this report must surely 1 laboring under a mistake, or else wilful misrepresent matters. Very respectful!. WM BURTON, PETER KIND, RICB'D C. MYERS, JACOB KIND, JOHN T. LAYNE, L. H. TRBVKTT, A. W. KENNKDY, P. P. CHAMBERS, I'HOS SPROWL, M. L. LA PAR, JOHN H. BROWN, M GOLDSMITH. OD motion of Alderman H?ge, tl commntiioation was roferred to tho Boa of Health. Bids for repairing the Guard Hon were received from the following partit Howie & Allen, G. W. Allen & B Syoh Wilson Glover and Thomliusou & Bun On m tion of Alderman Tbompse th? contract was awurded to G. W. All & B. Syeler, if they furnish the muteri if they do not propose to furnish mn rial, it is to ba given to the mxt lo wi bidder. Adopted. Bid received from Andrew M. Wal liv to put in brick draiu in Davis' alley, I 4>5U1 Received SB information. Bids for whitewashing the Marl were received from the foliowiug parti Gabriel Cooper, Henry Williams, Fra Summers, Charles Irvine and O-our. liugton. Ou motion of Alderman Wilder, I 0f I contract was awarded to Oscar Ellii J lon, for $69, he being the lowobt bidd Bids for whitewashing Sydney Park ? ce, were received from the following m mies: Simon May, Squire Anderson, At ?mes Stowers, Henry Williams and latia Cotter. On motion of Alderman H?ge, the m m tract was awarded to Henry Wil- ai ?mn, for $10.00, he being the lowest st. idder. oi Bids for repairing Alms House, as per fe Ians and specifications, were received h -om the following persons: Oreen Wash- ti igton, G. P. Thompson, J. W. Adkins, ct 'homlinBon & Buist, Foster Sutton, ti leorge W. Allen & B. Syeler, Henry G i.very and W. M. Rose. . vs On motion of Alderman Wilder, the c ontract wan awarded to Thomlinson & tl SuiBt, for $368.50, being the lowest bid- p lera. n Bill opened and read for supplying a Jity Water Works with wood, from J. tl )rews, at $1 55 per cord. fi On motiou of Aldermun Cooper, it was s aid on the table. On motion of Alderman Cooper, the I >ids for furnishing Water Works with r vood, be received for two weeks from t lute, aud that all bids mast be for long \ oaf pine. Adopted. s The following bills were presented and -aferrad to Committee on Accounts: t Daily Union, $123; Charleston lie pub li t :an, ?52; J. A. Selby, ?105 55. printing I icaouuts; Moses Tollison, 850, Alma I House; F. W. Wing, $15, olioe De? partment; Charles Mi no rt, $190. Peix- j jtto & Sou, $34 98. Manson Williams, $132. Street Department; Sam. Gardner, $86 73, blacksmith account. The Committee on Ways and Meaos, to whom was referred the accounts of W. J. Euer, late Gi ty Clerk, for the month of April, reported the same ex? amined and found correct. Committee on Guard House and Po? lice reported that they had examined re? port of Chief of Police for the month of April, and found the same oorreot. The Committee on Market reported that they had examined the report of the Clerk of the Market for the month of April, and found the same correot. The Committee on Accounts reported back the following, and recommended payment: Columbia Gas Company $84; A Richardson $6, W. Sloane 82, Police Department; Peixotto & Son $39, $42 and $27 50, R. Howell $22.68, Slannord & Co. $17, Street Department; J. H. & M. L. Kinard $43 45, Fagan & Bros. $105, C. E. Thomas & Co $5. Alms House; Gerat & Atkeraon $39.73, J. M. I Crawford $38 87, Water Department; Wm. Sloane $296, printing account; G. E. Thomas & Co, $5. Hospital; A. A. Sylvester $200, Alms House; J. A. Jack sou $11 10, Police Department. The Committee of Ways and Means, to whom was referred the petitiou of I Amelia G. Clarkson, asking the refund tug of taxes paid, reoommeuded that the I same be granted, as the property is out? side of the oity limits. Also, reported favorable on petition of W. E. Stratton, J asking for rotunding of portion license I tax paid by him, he having discontinued I business. I Ou motion of Alderman Wilder, it is agreed tn go into an eleotion for u y Surveyor at next regular meeting of j Council, aud that Oity Clerk adver e tho Burne. Communication from Superintendent ater Works reports that the trunk in iuey Park tbut carries the water down lower reservoir is leaking badly, aud ll require about 3,000 feet of lumber: 0 feet or 2x10 iuoh, 1.000 fact of 1x12, 0 feet of 4x6 scantling, and 160 feet ci auk 1x12. i. * Ou m ?tion of Alderman Carpenter, immitteo on Water Works were in? dicted to purchase necessary lumbei r repairing the drains in Sidney Park, o vidi ng same can be procured at a cost not over $1 50 per 100 feet.4t . Motion by Alderman William^; to ad irtise for proposals to repair fenc< ound Sidney Park. Adopted}.* Report of Special Committee on Oitj all and Matket. Report of same read Motion by Alderman Cooper, that t lecial meeting be called to take uj jove report. Adopted. Report of special committee to revis iles and regulations governing Conn 1, recommended that Article 2 bo ar m ged to read BO that a majority c ouucil eau do business. Ou motiou of Alderman Carroll, th imo was adopted. Motiou of Alderman Carpenter, tba .rticle 3 have the word "special" ir. itte? before the word "committees, .dopted. Motion by Alderman Lowndes, thf rticle 33 to read: "That rule may t uspended by a two-thirds vote of u ie in bera present." Adopted. Motiou by Alderman Lowndes, tbi ules be adopted as a whole. Carried. Resolution by Alderman Lowndes: Resolved, That the drain in D*vi kdley bo tilled up immediately, and th: he Committee on Streets be instruct* o proceed at once with the work. Ou motion of Alderman Carrol tdopted. Resolution by Alderman Wilder: Resolved, That the City Counoil i rave erected a public fount in some co tptouous place near the market, for tl purpose of watering horses. Adopted. Motion by Alderman Wilder, that special committee be appointed to fj np plans and specifications for abo\ Adopted. Mayor appointed the following ooi mittee: Aldermen Wilder, Cooper a G ri Qi u. Resolution by Alderman Carpenter: Resolved, That the Committee of Wu and Means bu instructed to inquire lt the necessity of purchasing a safe I the better keeping of the public recoi of tho city. Adopted. Resolution by Alderman Lowndes: Resolved, That some steps be taken thu Ciitiuuil for thu butter protection the city cemetery. On motton of Alderman Lowndes, wus referred to Committee on Park. The following .was offered by Alder an Thompson: I OBDINANCB TO PBOTEOT THE CITY CKMB TBRT AGAINST TRESPASSERS. De it ordained by the Mayor and Alder en af the city of Columbia, in Council tsembled. and by the authority of the ime, That from and after the passage f thin ordinance, it shall be unlawful >r any person to drive hogs, cattle, orses or mules, or stock of any doscrip on whatever, into or through the city smotery, situated in the WeBteru por ou of the said city to the East of the Ireenville and Columbia Railroad, and ithin the corporate limits of the said ity; and any person who shall violate tm ordinance shall be deemed a tres tinner, and on conviction before the Iayor or any of the said oity Aldermen, oting in bis place, after due notice of be time and place of trial, shall be fined or each and every such trespass in the um of five dollars. Motion of Alderman Cooper, that len. Nott, a policeman, who was sos tended March 26, but never brought to rial, be paid his salary until the new )olioe foroe is elected and qualified, was idopted. A motion of Alderman Wilder, that ho Committee on Streets be authorised ;o purchase the necessary lumber, at the jest terms possible, until a contract for ;he same can be effected, was agreed to. A motion by Alderman Cooper to ad? journ was carried. Council adjourned at 12% A.. M. CHAS. T. B-XRNUH, Oity Clerk. Auotloii gMSa-Xolaa. la the District Court of the United States for the District of 8outh Caro? lina. In re Laurens Bailroad Company, Bankrupt In Bankruptcy. IN .obedience to an order in the above stated casa, dated the 6th day of April, 1872, I will re-sell to the highest bidder, at public outcry, at the risk of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company, the Lau? rens Bailroad, at Columbia, South Carolina, ia front of the Columbia Hotel, at 12 o'clock. Meridian, on the twentieth (20tb) day or JUNE, 1872, free from all liena and insntn brances. including the track and road-bud, iron, rails, chairs, spikes, timbers, bridges, culverts, machine shops, water tanks, station houses, and all locomotivos, oars and ma? chinery, and all andaingalar tho property and assets, real and personal, of every kind and description whatever, oz the Laurens Bail? road Company, together with all the right?, privileges, franchises and easements, law? fully held, used or enjoyed by the Laurens Railroad Company, on the following terms, to wit: Sixty-four tbou?and two hundred and twenty-two ($64,222 84) dollars eighty-four cents must be paid within thirty (80) days after the day of sale; and the payment of the balance of the purchase money within twelve months from ?be day of sale, with interest thereon at seven per oent. per annum from that day, must be eecurea by the bond of the purchaser, and a mortgage of the entire pro? perty sold. The bidder will be required to deposit with the assignee, before his bid is accepted, twenty thousand doli?ra. to secure compli? ance with the terma of ?ale herein set forth, and npon failure to deposit that sum. the pro? perty will at oueu be re-offered for sale. JAM EH fri. BAXTER, Assignee. SW The Charleston Neu)M and Charleston Courier will onpy uutil day ot sale and for? ward hill to a-?-h'tn? ?._May 17 To Rent ?THE "MULI)ROW" COTTAGE, on Washington street, next door to L. T. Levin. EDWIN J. SCOTT. Juuo1 6 Citizens' Savings Bank of 8. C. ALL SAVINGS DEPOSITS made in this Bank on or before the 5th day of eic h eal? ndar month will bear interest for that month as if deposited on the 1st instant. J. C. B. SMITH, Jane 1 5 Assistant Cashier. RED HOT. A LL indnlgars in the weed are notified, J\. by tbe ' Indian Girl ," that the above ana otuer brands of s HOKING TOBACCO, aita a large stock of 8egara, of the finest quality, will, from THIS li AY, be ?bown on the dollar or bargain counter. There is also a twenty five cents counter in the front part of the atore, from which yon can get three of the best Segar* you over bought for that amount. Saturday night ?B the time to buy an extra supply._June 1 King's Mountain Militerv School, YO UKVILLB, S.O. THE Second Session of the School Year nf 1872 will begin on the lat of July, and end on the SOili of November. rxaxs.-For Sch ol Expenses, f. e.. Tuition, Board, Washing, Faei, Lights. Books, Stationery, &e., $186 00, i< AV ab lo in advance Circulars containing full information may be obtained upon application to COL. A. COWABD, June 1 etn9 PriDoipal and Proprietor, Agricnltural Implements, &c. _ THRASHERS, HORSE TOWERS, Portable Engines, ^^U^"?!! Mills. Grain Cradles, .aft^fe^s^^w.,, mut Machinen, all of tho OaBB&Bffl'Mfrmorit improved patenta and beat lorine Garden Plow* and Cultivators. 2)0 Dixon Steel sweep , better and cheaper than the Farmer oan mike them himself. May ll_L-tHICK A LOWRANCE. For Sale. A LOT of fine Kentucky A Pfc-- MULES and HORSES, just sr-rYtftC SPS! rived. Call at ?Q3 ?la& DALY'S STABLES, Oct 7 On ? sembly street. Canned vegetables, &o. PEAS, Lima Beans, Asparagus, Green Corn, Sacooiash, Tomatoes, Mushrooms, Truffles, Peach-**, Pine Apples, California Apricots anil Pear?, (decidedly the*finest tilings ever nu', into cans,) fresh Salmon, Mackerel, LObxtwra oysters, Sardines Ao. May 4 GEO. HYMMEH8. N ttive Wines. ONE cask Coiici-rd, Ono c-.sk Sc ip por nong, Puro Grapo VSitiu. ALSO, One hogshead Rhiuo Wine, 1 One hogshead Claret Wino, Will be sold vnry low, by tho gallon or donen. Ondrangh this day. E HOPE. Spiced Beef, &c. 4RALF BARKELS Hart A Hensley'* Rolled SI'IOLU l.EKF. dclioate and highly fla vured, and macti superior to Fulton Market Beef. tt-doson SMOKBD BEE ? TONGUES, for salo at reduced pi lotis 10 tuba new M?v RUTTER, inst received .and for sale low by' JOHN AGNEW A SON.