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COLUMBIA. 8. C. Sunday Horning, December 8; 1872i "Oar eotemporary" is informed that the Phoenix does not hold itself - bound to republiah the opinion of any indi? vidual, or copy articles from any and every .newspaper,. however good Ihey may be in the opinion of their authors. Tt exercises its pleasure in these re speots, as it oonsiders it to be its right, limited only by the proprioty of doing no one any injustice. This it oonoeives it haa. not done. As to the question of tho Blue Ridge scrip*-it has published the decisions of the Judges and articles pro and con., and may do so again. Tbo one from the Chester Reporter it suited it to reproduce. This is its own' affair. When it feuls need of the advico of any "cotomporary," it may ask it, but not till then. ?-??-? Dlicut slon of tbe Tax Levy. A significant discussion took place, yesterday, upou tho bill reported by tho Committee of Ways and Means, which levies a tax of fifteeu mills on tho dollar, viz: five mills for general purposes, two for sohool fund, three for Couuty, and five for deficiencies. Wheu the third clause of tho bill was reached, Mr. Cun- j non, of Spartanburg, inquired what the deficiencies were for. No report had been received from the Treasurer or Comptroller-General; to vote to provide for deficiencies, therefore, is to take a leap into the dark. Ho thought it would bo better and more busioess-lika to col? lect the portion (one-third) of the taxes not yet paid. Ifc would be wrong to plaop all tho burthens of Slate upon two thirda of the tax Bum, and; without en? forcing the collection of what remained due, coming back upou' the State for moro. He called for a statement from the proper ohloers, to be made in acoord anoa with the Constitution, which re? quires all persons entrasted with public fands to make a report at each session. We are dealing with a tender subject, one which concerned the hard earnings of the sweats of summer and the shivor inga of winter. A tax. has boon levied knd collected, but no certain information 'exists as to the mode of its disburse? ment. It is desirable to know how much has been paid and to what objeots. How maoh, for instance, has gone to the Liu natio Asylum, or to the sohool fund. He moved to postpone the further conside? ration of the matter, until a report from the proper officers shall be received. Mr. Bowley, Chairman of the Com? mittee of Ways and Means, admitted that, the officers should have made their reports. The committee, asiug such light as was accessible to them, had ascer? tained a large deficiency. He had re? ceived from the State Treasurer tho fol? lowing statoment of the items: Deficiency ending October 31, .1871. 833,037 Deficiencies for the present year: Salaries. 135,000 Oontinguut accounts. 19,529 Lmnatio Asylum. 67,170 Penitentiary. 65,416 Quarantine. 3,000 Keeper of lazaretto. 400 Repairs to lazarotto. 600 Militia. 12,663 Orphan House. 11,500 School record.?. 6,975 Repairs to University. 8.887 Deaf, dumb and blind. 10,000 Books Supremo Court library 1,000 Catawb.i Indians. 800 Clothing discharged oouviote. 390 Mesue Conveyance Offioe, Charleston. 3,000 Support South Carolina Uni? versity_. 600 Civil contingent, fuud. 19,565 General election. 25,000 For free schools.'.. 100,000 Bills payable (pay certificates) 230,000 Public printing. 300.000 Total.$1,059,-182 It was plain, thou, that live mills are nut enough, if all these claims aro to be paid. He could not see any good in de? lay. The greatest trouble is to get tho levy made. There is goneral stagnation from want of money. The credit of tho State was gone, and tho Sergcant-at Arms could not even get a little coal for their comfort without the cash. He concluded, however, hy expressing ? his willingness to postpone till Monday. Mr. Tim. Hurley seconded tho motion to postpone and wait for fuller informa? tion. He thought Mr. Cannon in error iu stating that tho tax-payers wore be? hind. They bad substantially done their dnty. Tboy hud paid tho taxes, with few and unimportant exceptions. We should have a report which would show the amount appropriated, the amount collected and tho amount ex? pended. Tho publio would then under? stand that tho deficiency arises from tbo fact that money, in plain English, boa bceu stolen. Darker, of Edgcficld, ami Boston, of Newberry, and ouo or two Other members, wished no delay. All felt tho lack of means, ko. Hurley concluded this debate, with sorao bliuging and humorous romarks. In justico to hie owu raoe, ho said that no frauds had origiuated among the colored people. Nine ont of ten of them were iunooent victims, and not guilty originalere of wroug. The defioienay made' out by Mr. Bow Icy is erroneous. We traat that tho proper bflloers shall"bo required to make their reports, and that euch item of de? ficiency shall bo examined with the utmost .core. The people want this thing disposed of, and justice done to alj concerned. But they desire a thorough sifting of the whole matter, and to net j intelligently and with their oyos open. ?.-???*>???-? T'ue Financial Policy. I The- finuncial policy of the present State ailminietraliuu is foreshadowed iu a loiter to tho Charleston Courier from its Columbia correspondent, and copied into our columns yesterday. It gives the result of an iutorview with Gov. Moses. He holds out no prospect of a diminution of taxes below the levy of Qftceu tuiils, ulready recommended by tho Cointnittoo of Ways uud Meaus. Occ-third of this amount (tiro millv) will bo necessary to provide for the euormous deficiency of ?750,000. (By-the-way, the deficiency reported is nioro than 81,000,000.) Besides this, ho says that a largo number of outstanding pay cer? tificates and tho printing bills must bo taken care of. These will be presented at the counter of the Treasurer, and paid, as soon as ho is in funds. Wo uro not informed that they are to uudurgo any scrutiny to asccrtuin their justice and validity. Just here is work for our reforming and Conservative members. They should insist on a thorough exami? nation of all these claims, and u stern re? jection of such as are not baaed on the clearest right. Ol couroe many fraudu? lent demaudB will bo mado. Let no vigi lanoe be lacking to detect them, no wuut of nervo unhesitatingly to throw them overboard. Tho Governor proposes to secure tho good Offices of a committoe of disinte rested gontlomcn, who shall confer with the bond-holders, ascertain the amount of outstanding bonds, and propose to the holders to surrender their bondd iu exchange for a now issue of b?nde, at rates corresponding to the prioes thoy paid for them. This is to bo the inflexi? ble condition of any provision to pay interest ou them. None such will be made until this or an equivalent arrange? ment ii made in reference to the bonds. This sounds pretty well. But . tho Go? vernor proposes to recoguize us valid, and provide in like manner for the inte? rest npou, $0,000,000 of fraudulent I bonds. Tho holders, ha says, are iuno- i I cent of fraud, and should not bo made io suffer for the wrong-doiugs of others. No discrimination, thetefore, will be made against them, but all?the valid and tho fraudulent?will be treated alike. This is not so good. How do wo know that the holders are iunooent of fraud? They may havo beeu accessories to tho steps by which these conversion bonds received a new lease of life, instead of being extinguished, when others were substituted for them. Thoy may be silent partners of Scott, Parker and Kimptou. If wo exempt them from the consequences of their possible com? plicity with our State officials, or of their indiscrotion and want of foresight, we have to shoulder thorn ourselves. It is simply a question whether they shall lose, or tho innocent people of South Carolina pay a 6Ct of rascally thieving olaims. It is no repudiation at all to re jeetthem. Thero is abundant ground for discrimination against them. If the ootnmUsioucrs to bo selcctod for the ar- j range-moot of the amount of bonded debt* bo only trao to tho duty thoy an* dertake, to their own intogrity, to the State and its suffering people, they will summarily and tlernly reject this whole class of claims. If wo ouu get tho holders of tho valid bonds to reduce them to thoir cost to them, us u condition of moro certain settlement and moro speedy arrange? ment for tho interest, it will bo well to do it.. Wo aro poor and reduced enough to accept any little favor of tho sort. But don't bring in under cover of this arrangement anything fraudulent, upou any pretext whatever. Don't let legiti? mate reduction ou one class of bonds be balanced by admission to legitimacy of n spurious set, bached by no reason save that of scntimental cousidoratiou for Iho doubtful rights of unknown holders. It' ever tho maxim wab truo, it is true and applicable now: "Charity begins nt home." Besides, it will bo a positive pleasure to disappoint tho schemes of tho Scott regime, to this extent, at lend. Scott had these fraudulent bonds iu view when ho placed tho Stato debt at Si5,051,327.35. Wo hope tho now Go? vernor will not play iuto Iho baud* i?I tho old and his cliquo. -:_?-?>?_.? Mrs. F. W. D.IW80D, of Charleston, died ou tho Cth. Sho had boon o terri? ble Buffer er for several years. ?e????????? Tho Nortti Carolin? Senator. At the recent election for Senator to Congress from North Carolina, G jvernor Vau do, Judge Merrimon and John Fool Were candidates. A Conservative canons unanimously nominated Vance; bnt on the first ballot in tho General Assembly, fifteen or twenty Conservatives oast their ballots for Merrimon, and conti? nued so to vote at each succeeding bal? lot? tb.ua defrauding the popular voice of the Old North State of its choice, and compelling Vance to withdraw his name as a candidate, Rttber than ea orifice his State aud bis purly to personal am? bition, Yitnco addressed a declension to thu General Assembly, and left the field in utter disgust With the handful of traitors who held tho btluuco of power in the oonteat, aud who offered up tho favored son of old Rip Van Winkle as a sacrifice, which bleeds tho hearts of her patriotic sons as bled the heart of Abra? ham when called upon to offer up hin only sou, Isaac. Noblo Vance 1 defeated by n dastardly conspiracy, at a time and tu a body where naught but loyalty to. party aud faulty to the State, was ezpeel? ed, he becomes hcoebforth North Caro? lina's most priceless treasure. When Merrimon shall have died a political death, and lie rotting iu the grave of po? litical oblivion, Vance will bo receiving the homage of a devoted uud patriotic constituency. On tho day of the election, a telegram, evidoutly originating from a Radical source, was sent from Raleigh to the New York Herald, which thas announces Merrimon's election: "Tho senatorial dead-lock is smashed, and tho Conservative majority of twenty four in the Legislature is smashed with ik ***** The wildest exeitcnieut prevailed in the House when tho vote was auuuuuced, and much ill-feeling and disappointment is manifest umoug thu Vance men, and a breach between the Merrimon aud Vance Conservatives is evident, aud it will not be healed, while a permanent coalition of the Republicans und Merrimon Con? servatives is beyond all question. This is substantially a victory for tho Repub? licans, gained by good faith with tho Merrimon Conservatives." Senator John Pool was bo rej need at having defeated tha Conservatives, that he hastened to send this despatch to a Republican iu Washington: "Raleigh, N. C, Deo. 3, 1872. "Wo have defeated the Dcmocratio Legislature, by electing Merrimon. It breaks up tho power of tho Domocrats, and brings a valuable aud controlling element iu thu State over to the Admi? nistration. Ojr friends are rejoicing over the victory." If John Pool, the heud nud front of j Radicalism, can rejoice over Merrimou's election to the Uuited States Senate, tho event bodes uo good to North Garoliua, whatever bo tho new Senator's past re? cord or his pieseut intentions. ? ?-??-? - ? ? Chime Axai/yzeu in Chicago.?The Ouicago committee of five, to whom was intrusted the dnty of inquiriog into the oauses for the increased prevalence of crime in that city, havo submitted their report. They divide tho causes of crime into two classes, tho predisposing and. tho existing. The first class is dis? missed with a paragraph, and the latter is limited to tbo single element of ha? bitual drinking. They state only tho average judgment of tho civilized world, wheu they assert that the use of liquor is lesponsiblo to a greater extent than all other causes for the spread of crime. Hut iu stopping at this point, to our mind, tho committee have failed to probe the subject to tho core. Many other causes exist, some of which need tho ad? ditional incitement of liquor to become active, while there are yet those sufficient iu themselves. Alcohol arouses tho slumbering demon, but freqneutly crimo is committed whereof alcohol can claim no share Fear of punishment is tho main thing to keep down crime, nud Inx of administration of tho laws und justice must lead to increased deeds of vice. ?-???-? lb is rumored that a statomcnt has been prepared by the lato Comptroller General, which gives tho following as the amount of bonds of tbo, Stato out? standing July 31, 1872: State sapilul bouds, S2S7.000; hoods for the redemp? tion of Dunk of State bills, $1.001,701); bonds of tho Bluo Ridge, 8970,000; bonds for the redemption of bills receivable, $500,000; bouds for the payment of the interest on the public debt, $1,221.000; bonds for the relief of Treasury, $800,000; conversion bonds, $7,398.000; bouds for Land Commis? sion, $357,000; funding bouds of Act of 1800, $1,120.000; total, $13,9S1,500. This statement forms a basis of a com? parison for the registration bonds ander tho Validating Act, and will probably tin included in tho report of thu Gmiptrol ler-Gcneritl to the Governor. - - -- ---- j Delirium tremens is said to b ! curable j by means of a milk diet. A patient in I ono of tho city hospital, suffering from that malady, had sense enough abour. him to refuse milk, on tho acoro that it is half water, u fluid that never agreed with him. "If you will force mo to live on u diet of milk," Haid ho, with much pathos, "I shall soon be the diet of worms." Ijooal lt?mo. Gm Mattkbs.?The prioe of single copies of the PaosNXX is five cents. ? Old newspapers, fur sale at Peubnix office, at fifty cent* a hundred. The New York Insurance Spectator, tot December, publishes tbe following, relative to the old "iE'na"?for which Geo. Hoggins, E?q , is the agent: "The rcoeiptH of a siugle TXirtford Company?tho iEtna?in October, were ovor $700,000, or about balf tho amount of its Iobs at Boston. After providing for nil its liabilities, it w 11 have cash apsuts amounting to over ?3,500,000." 0<ir young fellow-townsman, Mr. Jos. Hart I), nek, wbor.o musical attainments arc well known in this community, has uocepted a liberal offer from tho manuger of the Oie Bull troupe, for a thtee months' trip, arid met tho party iu Mucon, Ga., yesterday. Ho will bo nn acquisition to tbe tuleu'ed troupo of urtistos. By u card in to-day's Phoenix., it will be,secu that Prof. Daniel E. Walker will open classes iu penmanship, in Irwin's Hill, commencing to-morrow oveniurj. Ho is highly commended by those to whom ho huB imparted instruction; bis specimens are also particularly fine. Governor Moses bus appointed James Davis, of Beaufort, a Notary Public. Oue of Gcu. Deuuis' line black horses died, yesterday, from tbo epizootic. This, we believe, is tho first clearly-de? veloped fatal case from tbo malady in tbis city". Yeslerduy was a spring-liku day. If the season had not so far advanced, we should call this tho Indian summer. Our neighbors of tho corner family grocery, Messrs. J. A. Hondrix & Bro., are iu receipt of another lot of that par? ticularly fine Goshen butter, for which their establishment is proverbial. It is firm and sweet. Their stock of goods generally.is worth looking over?every - thiug is neat and clean. By the way, they arc extensively engaged iu tho apple trade, aud keep sovoral varieties. Gciv. Moses has appuiutud Jas. Davis a Notary Public for Boanforl Gouuty, aud IV A. Lynch for EJgofield; J. C. Dowl ing Treasurer for Barn well Gouuty vice Teague, removed. Sol. Smith Russell, whose facial con? tortions keep the faces of hia audience in a constant grin, will give two perform? ances iu this oity?ou Saturday and Monday eveniugs, December 14 aud IG. Mr. Ilussoll is well kuowu iu this city, where he has appeared several times in company with tho Swiss family of bell ringers. Ho is, undoubtedly, ouo of the greatest of living humorists, and never fails to draw good houses wherever he gives his entertainments. Mr. M. A. Watson, the business agent, paid us a short cull, yesterday. Tho work upon th) Uuiou Savings Bank building being nearly oompleto, it will be turned ovor to President South? ern to-morrow. It is a bijou of a bank. Aolivo operations will bo oommenoed in a day or two. J. Barrett Cohou, E<q., of Charleston, paid us a short and pleasant visit last eveniug. The Thbatub.?Irwin's Hall was libe? rally tilled, last evening, to wituess tho first appearance of Miss Bernard aud her metropolitan company in this city, in Miss B.'s favorito play of "Oriaua." Tho piejo was uow to our citizens, ns likewiso tho actress. Miss Bcruard, in hor triple charactor of Oriaua, the (Rose of Misery,) Molly Fiuuegan aud Katc riua, was received with great eclat, and sho sustained her parts with marked suc 03PS. Her alternate hours of grief and moments of hilarity enchanted tho au? dience, and kept them swinging between pity aud pleasautry. Her dancing and Btngiug wero interludes of groat amutu ? mcnt. Mr. Dowry, as the sot, pliyod his part to nature, and his rendition of tho life of a drunkard was a grand vin? dication of tho cause of temperance. Mr. Morris, aa E. Twigg Snofiliton, E*q, a Ihorotlgh-brod, kept tho audi? ence in a constant roar of laughter with his frequent Bailies of wit and humor. His facial expressions wero suOl-jient in themselves to make those laugh who never laughed before. Asa whole, Iho piece wait happily rendered, and elicited the warm appreciation of tho audience? each of Miss Bernard's supporters per? forming their parts with great credit to themselves. 'The uftor-pioco, "Dutch Justice," was side-splitting, and tho con? stant shouts of upplaaso aud roars of laughter thai il created, from its oprn ing to its close, bhowed the appreciation of tho listeners. Tho pieces for Monday night aro '?.Married ll.iko," "Gertrude, or tho Loan of a Lover," and "His Last L'.'gV on which occasion Miss Bernard will ap? pear in tlm throe comedies, when wo hopu to rteo a fuil house. It is soldo n that our citizens have an opportunity of passing such nu onjoyable evening as this last performance of this comedy comp my. The Senatoria.Ii Contest. ?Mr. Ken? nedy, of tbo Rio bland Honso, has on ex hibition a burlesque j representation of tho "Senatorial Contest"?the result of the genius of Mr. Mat. O'Brien. The chair is elevated above tho heads of ordinary-sized individuals. On the right stundd "honest" Jobu FatterBoo, mounted upou bundles of scrip and greenbacks, aud reaching after the covetod priza. Next comes Elliott, standing upon tho back of a. oolored man, (thebearer;'however, reaching after tbo greenbacks.) Scott comes next, with his hands upon the ohair, mounted upon a promiscuous collection of books, labeled "My Reoord." In tbo back? ground can bo seou Pjinier, upheld by a uumber of "youug men;" while a shoit distunco off, Sawyer is discovered, with n wood-horse and saw on his shoulders, casting a wistful giauue at thu much-de aired prize. Mr. O'Brien is a capital caricaturist. Complhtion op Neaui.u';; Bridge ? Lexington and Riuiijoand Once More Connected.?-The bridge, over tho Cou garee River, destroyed by the retreating Confederates ou thu morning of the 16th February, 18(10, bus at last been replaced by a substantial structure, 1,310 feet lung, and elevated fally Qvo feet above the former work. Tho credit of the construction of this connecting link be? tween the two Counties is due to ex Comptroller Neugle, who, impressed with its importance, pushed ahead and made the necessary arrangements for its erec? tion. It wus a stupendous undcrt king, but one which, we hope, will prove re muucralive. The stylo of the bridge is known as Post's patent combination truss; aud was erected by tho Watson Manufacturing Company, of Pateraoo, N. J., (Mr. E W. Mercer, agent,) under the superintendence of Mr. W. J. Pieleet ?Col. J. P. Low beiug the engineer. The structure is calculated to bear 1,000 pounds to the running foot, which is ouly one-sixth of the aotual strength. The irou wus personally tested by tho engineer, at tho worfcs in Patersou, and every defective piece thrown out. The grade ou tho Lexington side is only temporary, and will soon be put in pro? per condition. A side ruiliug is al60 beiug erected. At half-past 6, yesterday afternoon, thedebriB having been cleared away, Dr. Neagle and Col. Low, seated in one vehicle, Messrs. Mercer and Pieloet iu a second, and followed by several other vehicles, passed to the Lexington side, and in a short time re? turned. The bridge will be opened for traffic to-morrow (Monday.) The rates of toll, wo are assured, will be mado satisfactory. Mr. A. D. J. Hayes has been appointed toll-keeper. Religious Services this Day.?Tri? nity Church?Rev, P. J. Shand, D. P., Rector, 11 A. M. aud 4 P. M. Catholic Church?Rev. J. L. Fullertou, First Mass, at 7 A. M.; 3eoond Mass at 10 A. M.; Vespers at 4l? P. M. Marion Street Church?Rev. R. D. Smart, 10J.< A. M. Rev. W. 0. Power, iy, P. M. " Sunday School, Z% P. M. Washington Streot Church?Rev. W. C. Power, W/i A. M. Rev. J. R Little, 7}4 P. M. Lutheran Church?Rev. A. R. Rude, 105,< A. M. Presbyterian Church?Rov. J. R. Wilaoo, 10),i A. M. and !Vt P. M. Baptist'Chnrch?Rev. J. L Reynolds, 11 A. M. Asylum ?R. B. McAlpin, 9?.< A. M. PnrESixtANA.?Tho earth does not bring forth hut uuder the plow which rends it. God values men according to what they have had to walk through. If yon want to slip into heaven easily, mo tho church nisls frequently. So far shirt studs have entirely escaped the prevailing epidemic. Every fool can find faults that a groat many wiso mou can't remedy. New York girls dress very plainly on thu street compared with two years ago. The authorities of a certain college are so highly moral that they never allow any roferenco to bo made in essays to the aword of D-ocles. An Alabama editor mildly uliudcs to bis rival as "a reservoir of falsehood and an aqueduct of mendacity." I JjjSomo people say it is dark-haired wo i men- that marry soonest, but eldurly spinsters maintain that it is tbo light? headed ones. A gibbering patentee announces a lo? tion for the use of ladies, ono of the qualities of which is that "it will keep their hands freo from ohapa," a recom? mendation that will hardly make it popu? lar nmnug tho darlings to whoso toilets it is dedicated. Pitdman, of tho Louisville Courier Journal, having been bored by fellows who carry off his papers, erected the following notice: "These papers aro ex? plosive." A persistent exchange wrest l?r, while helping himself to tbo latest Globe, addod: "And, therefore, they go off." Jackaouvillo, Tonn., young ladies tie up their taper fiugors, and when the young gent lernen callers iu tho evouing inquire the canso, blushingly reply: "I burnt thorn while broiling the beefsteak this mmuing. United States Coubx, Decsmbbu 7. Tbe Court mot at 10 A. M? Judges Bond aud Bryan presiding. In re William J. Soreveo. In bank? ruptcy. The Judge approved the. ap? pointment of Rene B. Jorvy as assignee. The elerk was ordered to administer the jurors' Ku Klux oath to tho .jurors present. The grand jury returned Irne bills as to Henry Moore aud John Steele for con? spiracy, and Allen Hoath, Samuel Good? win, James Miller und Joseph J. H?gen, for conspiracy and marder. Ex parte H. H. Thompson, in re Jas. A. Janett. Petition for sale of property, Sen. Ordered that the petition bo re? ferred to Register Clawson, aud that the assignee summons all oreditors to appear before said register, and that he report ufter taking testimony iu the case. Ex parte E. R. Whito. Petition for final dischurgein bankruptcy. Referred to Register J. G. Carpenter to inquire aud report to tho court on tbo 27th De? cember, 1872, and creditors be notified to appcur aud show cause why the debtor shoul 1 not have his final dis? charge. Uuited States vs. Robert Moore. Con? spiracy against Thomas Roundtroe. The following jurors were sworn: J. Duncan Allen, foreman-; W. L. Dennis, Javan Barnett. Lewis Red fern, colored, Ed. Marshall, colored, L, E. Walker, colored, Hcury W?sod, colored, Virgil Johnston, Warb. Ashe, colored, G. P. Kirkland, Trezevuut Sill, T. S. Riddle. Several witnesses wero examined on.part of tho Government; defence offered no ' wit? nesses. Mr. Corbin argued the ease on tho part of the Government, and Mr. T. J. Popo for prisoner. Judge Bond charged the jury, after which they re? tired, and iu a short time returned a ver? dict of guilty as to the first aud fourth counts, aud not guilty as to the third and fifth oounts of indictment. The Court then adjourned until Mon? day, at 10 A. M. Maiij Am:it!uiiKH,"r;Ts.?The Northen; mail opens 6.30 A. M. and 3.00 P. M.; closes 8 P. M. and 11.00 A. M. Charles? ton day mail opens C.15 P. M.; closes 6 A. M.; night opens 7.00 A. M.; closes 6.15 P. M. Green villo opens 6.45 P. M.; closes 6 A. M. Western opens 6.30 A. M. and 12.30 P. M.; cloees 8 and 1 P. M. Wilmington opens 3.30 P. M.: oloses 10.30 A. M. On Sunday the office is open from 3 to 4 P. M. Penmanship.?Daniel F. Walker, Pro? fessor of Penmanship, will commence a class at Irwin's Hall, ou Monday, De? cember 9. Tbo hours of meeting will be as follows: Gents' class meets from 9 to 11 A. M.; ladies' class from 3 to 5 P. M.; and night class for gents at 7 P. M. Terms of tuition, per session of ten lessons, of two hours each, 35. Tuition in advance. If entire satisfaction is not .given, the money will be refunded. No pupil will be received for a less time than ten lessons, and no deduction made for lost time. Visiting cards written in a very neat and elegant manner. Speci? mens may be seen at the poBt office or at his rooms. Come and see system. * List of New Advbbtisbments. Hope & Gyles?Oats, Bran, &o. John Agnew & Son?Spioed Beef. Meeting Myrtle Lodge K of P. Howard Association. S. D. Swygert?Final Discharge. Sol Smith Russell. Unproductive Fkauds.?Imitations and counterfeits of an established, popu? lar restorative, although mischievous in their direct effects-, are indirectly bene? ficial in some respects. They teach the community to rate at its just value the preparation that has been siiailated aud pirated. Tbe reputation and sale of Hostetter's Stomach Bittern, for ex? ample, havo been greatly enhanced by tho attempts that have beau made to supplant it. Tho dupes of imposture who, from time to timo, havo been in duoed by plausible falsehoods to try some worthless snccedaneum for the standard tonic of America, have invaria? bly returned to it in an enthusiastic frame of miud, ready to champion its merits to tho uttermost. The warmest panegyrists of its preventive and curative properties aro those who have weighed tho nostrums of envious adventurers iu the balance and found them wanting. In a pecuniary point of view, all at? tempts to undortuino the popularity of this medicine have proved advantageous to the proprietors, and except for tho sake of protecting tho public, tbo game of exposure would not bo worth tbe candle. D8f3Jl Sin Fianeisco has been interested in a strange insurance case, A laborer de? cided to insure his life for $3,000, and went) to tbo local ngency of a New York company and took tho necessary steps. The agents forwarded tho papers to New York for a policy, and in a day or two after tho papers had been sent the man was murdered. The ngents then telegraphed to Now York and pre? vented tho ifisuo of tho policy. The widow sued,for tho oroouut of the in? tended insurance, and tho jury was un ablo to agree. It is apparent that the law was ou tho side of the company, howover much sympathy may havo been ou tho side of tho widow. Ouo moral can bo deduced from thin carious case, aud that is that homo institutions should be patronized. Had this unfortunate San Franciscan been insured in a local company, ho would have received his policy in time to be murdered. Judge Eiisha Baker, a native and formerly a citizen of Rutherford Coun? ty, N. C, is no* the Governor elect of Arkansas.