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coUbiviBiiA?&> c. Tue a day Morning, February 4? 1873. Opening Of tho Mrilcau Hallway. Aooordiog to contract with the Govern? ment, the Mexican Railway Oompany of English capitalists completed tho line from the City of Mexioo to that of Vera Graz, by th* 1st of January of the pre? sent year. The openiog of this first main line of railroad was an event of great importance in our Bieter Republic, .and ita inauguration was haudsqmely " oondnoted ou the first day of the year. The company done the honors to tho President of tho Republic, the Cabinet, Congress, 'foreign representatives,' and many distinguished guests, native and foreign. ? Seven hundred seats - were placed at the disposal of the Govern? ment by the company. Starting before the sun's rays lit up the snowy peak of Po oooapetl, a grand and conspicuous object in the scenery near the Capital, the trains glided smoothly over mostly level ground to Boca del Monte, a distance' of 150 miles. Here the sumptuous carriage which, bore the Presidout was exchanged for a saloon-oar, with two compartments, tho hinder ouo being open, so as to allow a full view-of the road, traok and scene? ry.- The Chief Engineor was present to explain- everything. At this point be? gad the descent?theFairlio engine, with steam Jbrake applied, succeeding admi? rably iqjegulating the downward move? ment of one in twenty-five gradient for sixteen miles. Imagine, says a corres? pondent of the JNow York - World, who accompanied the party, the transition from, the ??'monotonous, treeless, dusty, endless plai ns, to the moat lavish display of air'the varieties of color, vegetation and shape of which a tropical landscape, assisted by earthquakes and voloanoes, is capable, and let the transition be as in? stantaneous aj9 unexpected and ypa will not wonder that the effect was magical. The train, on leaving the upper tableau, runs through a narrow gorge into a tun? nel, and oat of the tunnel on to a short iron- bridge, literally hung in mid-air over an apparently bottomless precipice. The effect' on the passengoas was electri Oftl The President's train arrived at Oriza? ba at 6 P. M., without accident or diffi? culty of any kind. Just as it reached the bottom of the inoliue, two othei trains whioh followed, one half waj down, and the other just commencing the descent, appeared to be suspended at different elevations, and forming a m?g - nificent spectacle. The people and:rauni oipality of Orizaba gave the President a eordial reception. The journey, eighty miles farther to the coast, was resumed the next afternoon. Skillful engineering had led the road over the "barranca" or ravine 1,000 feet wido at the widest point, and from 300 to 500 feet deep, through whioh runs the river Metiad, not by a costly and monumental bridge, bat by a series of cuttings, tunnels-and successive small bridges. Theso.works, succeeding each other with piotorescue rapidity, vied in the admiration which they exoited with the beautiful scenery of the valley itself. Brilliant entertain? ments were given.\o the' President dar? ing his stay of three days in Vera Cruz. The principal feature in theso festivities was the distinguished reception given to him ou board the Spanish frigato Isabel la Catolioa, whioh vessel, at thb'request of Mr. Herroros, the Spanish Minister in Mexioo, and thiough the ooartesy of the Spanish authorities in Cuba, was sent from Havana for tho occasion. If we may judge from the illuminations, banquets and receptions at Vera Graz, and at Orizaba and Mexioo on his return, Mr. Lordo de la Tejada is a popular Pre? sident, and the opening of the great highway a proceeding as delightful as it was novel to the Mexicans. Several rival railroad projoots are be foie the Mexican Congress. There are two American companies, represented respectively by Gen. RoBeoranz and Mr. Edward L. Plumb. The English com? pany, whioh has just completed the line from Vera Graz to Mexioo, is asking for concessions to extend their road to the Pacific, via Queretaro, Leon and Guada? lajara. The oompany represented by Gen. Rosecranz, and understood to bo backed by tho Pennsylvania Raiiroad Oompany, propose to construct a line from Tnxpau, on the Gulf of Mexioo, to the Pacific, mouling tho Denver and Rio Grande Road at Paso del Norto, by means of a lino from Loon or Lagos. Mr. Plumb's company dc?irod to connect Loon or Lagos with the International Railway of Texas, by a line to the Rio Grande at Lercdo, extending tho present Western torminns from the city of Mexi? co to tho Paoifio Ocean. This magnifi? cent country may now be visited without any great expense of time or money. Travel Will, of course, become more so ouro against robbers, and aooommoda tiQDB will improve an the rail extends. A land of exquisite soenery, of the most lavish prod notions, of unsurpassed mine? ral wealth, of a climate nigh perfect, (consumption, it is said, being unknown there,) and of thrilllpgly romantic asso? ciations, will not muoh longer remain unknown and be unvisited. Ere long, it will vie in its attractions with the South of Europe, and rival the famed winter resorts of, the Mediterranean. Tht Cation Tax. Oar cotton-growers yet feel the hard? ship and iniquity of the unconstitutional tax levied upon cotton just after the close of the war, and oontinued for seve? ral years. It was imposed and exacted at a time or peculiar desolation, when with many it' was a severe struggle to procure even the means of living, and when in every direction were to be seen "Sherman's sentinels," etauding liko the ghosts of homes once vooal, happy and plenteous. Several of the Judges of the Supremo Oonrt do not hesitate to de? clare against the constitutionality of the law, and all right-thinking men, wher? ever found, cannot bat condemn it as a policy. A test vote was taken upon the subject a few- days since, a resolution having been offered by Mr. McKee, of Mississippi, to instruct the Committee on Ways and Means to bring in a bill at once to refand it. It was defeated by a vote of 76 for. to 105 againBt it. Wo do not regard this as wholly discouraging. The Southern members of all parties, from non-ootton-produoiug as well ns cot? ton-producing sections, all favor it. It has developed some Northern strength also. Messrs. Aokeraud Speer, of Penn? sylvania, Duell, Perry and Tuthill, of New York, MoNeeley and Stevens, of Illinois, Voorhoen, of Indiana, Dunnell, of Minnesota, and Kendall, of Nevada, favor the proposition to refund. The friends of the measure should not relax their efforts. Mr. Beak's bill is yet be? fore the Committee, and is favorably^ considered by at least three members. It is only right that it should be refunded, and perseverance will probably in time 1 he able to effect that result. The amount involved is about $68,000,000. abolition of itae Franking Privilege. The franking privilege has been one of the long standing ebuses of the , country, which all just men wished to soo abolished. The mailB have been , largely used as instruments to further the personal ends of membors of Congress, i They have teemed with dooumonts whioh ; were of no earthly use save for election . eering purposes, and have been shame . tally nsed to convey parcels of the most heterogeneous character. Private cor? respondence has been carried on nnder the convenient oover of tho frank of , members of Congress and officers of the Government Eor a score of years public opinion has called for abatement of this nuisance, but it has always cun? ningly managed to avoid tho blows whioh were aimed at it. At last its timo came, and a few days ago the House of Representatives agreed to tho Senate , amendments to the bill abolishing it, and it now only awaite the signature of the President to becomo a law. This will, no doubt, be promptly given, and this hoary wrong and useless incum branco on tho Government will be swept away and consigued to the rubbish of tho past. One of the consequence swhich ought Boon to follow is cheaper postage. Counterfeit Money.?Tho following, fr.om the Yorkville Eng virer, is worthy tbo attention of,those in the habit of handling bills of the denomination al? luded to: "Wo were shown at tho Citi? zens' Bank in this place, a few days ago, a counterfeit fifty dollar legal tender note, whioh had been reoently paid to a citizen of this County by ono of the banks at Charlotte, N. O. A large num? ber of these notes are said to be circu? lating in this State and North Carolina, and we deem it necessary to mention the faot, in order to pat tho unwary on their guard against them. -The note is tolera? bly well executed, but its sparioasness can be readily detected on examination. Tho ink nsed in printing both tho face and the baok is muoh lighter in dopth of color than on the genuine. The paper is harsh and stiff, whiter than tho genu? ine, and does not contain tho veins or streaks whioh, on the genuine papor, are wovon in during the process of manu? facture. The streaks can be readily seen by holding the bill to the light. In tho genuine note of the samo denomination and scries, thero is a small mark or -nou? rish' botweon the words 'series of and ?1869,' near the 'GO' Id the left-hand cor? ner. In the counterfeit, (his 'flourish' or mark is absent. Thero are other means of detecting the worthlessncss of tho bill, but the above tests are suffi? cient." Lookwood Likely to Recover.? Clarence Look wood, the printer, who wus shot on Monday, and has since been lying in a preoarious condition in Bolle vae Hospital, has began to show signs of marked improvement. Lustoveniug tho intense pain whioh he has suffered since bo was shot had almost conned, and he was able to be moved to another bed, Though the ballet Still remains in the kidney, strong hopoaare entertained of bis recovery.?New York Star. -?-? .1 Act Eiplsnatlon of the PMlltS|!? OR DxfABTMKVZ OJT BfATB, . Washington, D. C, January 38,1878. Inquiries having been mads from vari oub quarters as'to tbe application of tba Exeoutive order issned on the 17th of January, relating to the holding ol State and muuioipal offices by persons holding civil offices under the Federal Govern? ment, the President directs the follow* ing reply to be made: It has been asked whether the order prohibits a Federal officer from holding also the office of an Alderman, or of a Common Councilman in a city, or of a Town Councilman of u village, or of appointment under city, town or village governments. By some, it has been suggested that there, may bo distinction made in case the office be held with or without salary or compensation. The city or town officers of the deaariptioo referred to, by whatever names they may be locally known, whether held by elec? tion or appointment, and whether with or without saUry or compensation, aro of the olass which the Exeoutive order intends not to be bold by persons holding Federal offices. It has been asked whe? ther the order prohibits F?deral officers fram holding positions on boards of edu? cation, echool committees, public libra? ries, religious or eleemosynary institu? tion", incorporated or established, or sustained by State or municipal author? ity. Positions and aervioo on suoh boards or committees and professorships in col? leges are not regarded as *'offloes" within the contemplation of the Executive or der, but as employments or service in which all good citizens may be engaged without incompatibility, and in many oases without ueoessary interference with any position which thoy may hold under the Federal Government. Officers of the Federal Government may, there? fore, engage in such service, provided the attentiou required by suoh employ? ment does not interfere with the regular and tjffloial discharge of the duties of their office under the Federal Govern? ment. The head of the department ; under whom tho Federal office is hold, will, in all oases, be the sole judge whe? ther or cot the employment does -thus I interfere. The question has also been aaked with ' regard to the officers of the State militia. Congress having exeroised the power oonferred by the Constitution to provide for organizing tho militia, whioh is liable to be called forth to bo employed in the service of the United States, and is thus, in some sense, under the control of tbe General Government, aud is, moreover, of the greatest value to the public, the Executive order of 17th January is not considered ua prohibiting Federal offioere j from being officers of tho militia in the States and Territories. It has been asked whether the order prohibits persons holding office under the Federal Government being members of local or municipal fire departments; alao, whether it applies to meohanios em? ployed by the day in the armories, arsenals and navy yards, Ac, of the United States. Unpaid service in local or municipal fire departments is not regarded as an office within the intent of the Executive order, and may be performed by Federal officers, provided it does not interfere With the regular aud efficient discharge of the duties of tho Federal offioe, of which the head of the department, under which tbe office is hold, will in each caso be the judge. Employment by the day as mechanics or laborers in the armories, arsenals, navy yards, Ac, does uot con? stitute an office of auy kind, and those thus employed are uot within the con? templation of the Exeoutive order. Muster workmen and others, who bold appointments from tho Government or from any department, whether for a fixed time or at tho pleasure of the up pointing power, are embraced within the operation of the order. By order of the President, . HAMILTON FISH, Seorotary of Slate. Tho Alexandria (Va.) Sentinel of Tues? day, tells a sad story of a released Ku Klux prisoner. Itsays: "About G o'clock Monday evening, ready man Wm. Wood field was called on by u citizen and in? formed that a man was lying in tbo snow near tbe Stone Bridge, across Hoods' Rud, apparently uuable to ~;se. Ho at once wont to his assistance, and discov? ered that ho was suffering from a hemor? rhage, and was a stranger in our city, seeking to mako his way through, whou he had fallen from disease and exhaus? tion. He was conveyed to tho station house, where ho still lies in a precarious condition, and not ablo to speak above a whispor, and is subject to frequent par? oxysms and hemorrhages. Ho gives his name as Joseph Sims, and status that he is originally from Apporaattox County, Va., but has beou late a resident of Greonvillo District, South Carolina, where ho has (or had) a wife and child; that ho belonged to tho Seventh South Carolina Regiment in tho lale war, and was severely wounded at tho explosion of tho mine uoar Putersburg, Virginia, to whioh ho attributes his sickness now; that about throe months ago ho was sen? tenced by Judgo Bond to the Albany penitentiary as a Ku Klux, and that a few weeks ago he was turned out of that institution on account of his health, and told to make his way homo; that he has, by working nud begging, gotten this far ou the way, having been given a passage on tho Washington ferry-boatyesterday, and was trying to get along, his face still Southward, when ho fell from exhaustion yesterday evening. Ho is about thirty nine years of ago." Noil Clark, a oarver and lithographer of Philadelphia, poisoned himself, his wife und child, ou Thursday last, be? cause, as he explained in a note, "a proud-hearted Highlander could not sub? mit to be a slave to bis follow worm and to toil for a miserable existence." The wife aud child recovered, bat Mr. Clark was a clear caso of suicide. :E* o 1 It o jtxi.a. Out MATTKaa.?^-The jftrioo of single copies of the Psgflr ix is ire cents. Aooounts dee the PncuHix office niutt be teUledpromptlyt as farther indulgence cannot be given. Wo mnat havo money to carry on business. Old newspapers for sale at Phosnix office, at fifty cents a hundred. , Tho latest styles wedding and visiting cards and envelopes, tastily printed, can bo obtained at tho Fhoznix office. The Pikbnix is in receipt of a lot of printer's copying ink. It serves the pur? pose of ordinary copying ink, and is in? valuable to railroad officials and others who have much printed matter to copy. The cost of printing done with this ink is but little more than with the ordinary ink. Henry Ricks, a respectable colored oarpeuter, from Lexington, haB mysteri? ously disappeared. He otartod for Co? lumbia, on Tuesday last, to attend to a job in Columbia, since which timo no? thing has boeu heard of him. Senator-elect, John J. Patterson, has arrived in Columbia. John P. Trappe, tho young colored man, who was so seriously injured on tho Greenville and Columbia Railroad, on the 10th Novomber, 1870, died in Clove land, Ohio, on the 27th ult. It is thought that his system never entirely recovered from the shock reoeived on that occa? sion. Young Trappe was a native of Columbia, where his father resided for runny years. He was employed in tho post office for a length of time, aud was generally liked on account of his polite? ness and attention to his duties. Ilia ago was about nineteen years. The scaffolding has boon removed from the front of Messrs. Wearn & Hix's "Temple of Art," and the magnificent building can now be seen in all its beauty. Mr. George Bruns has removed to tho store in Columbia Hotel building re? cently occupied by Messrs. W. D. Love & Co. Tho Wheoler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company also occupy the same apartments. Tho Governor has appointed Thomas W. Rassel, of Anderson, a Notary Public. Sunday and yesterday were particular? ly pleasant days. The indications are that there will bo fully twenty or thirty visitors from Co? lumbia and vicinity to New Orleans dur? ing Mardi Gras. Col. Dorsey will fur? nish the necessary dooameut at the low rate of $37. The ladies conuected with tho Catholic Church will hold a fair at Irwin's Hall, on Wednesday evening, February 12, for the purpose of raising fuudu to assist in rebuilding tho vestry room and replen? ishing property recently destroyed. Mr. R. S. Houson, formerly of this city, is in Columbia. He is looking after the interests of the road with which ho is connected?the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern?in oonneotion with the Mardi Grus excursion to New Or? leans. Thero was a good deal of property disposed of yesterday. Messrs. D. C. Peixotto <fc Sons, auctioneers, sold a va? cant lot on Blanding street for $1,000; a small cottage and lot on Taylor street for $875, cash down; aud two'and one-half acres of land, by the river, for S55S cash. Mules und horses Hold at fair prices. An ex-penitentiary bird, named Hardy (colored) proves to bo one of tho indi? viduals who attaokod Adjataut-Gencrul Purvis, on Friday night. Tho wound is not considered dangerous. Tho bill passod for correcting tho boundary line between York and Lancas? ter Couuties, as passed to a third reading, yesterday, places the line baok where it waa beTore the mistake was made in the code compilation. Wo learn that Judge Thompson H. Cooke, recently elected in the Eighth I Circuit, was the recipient of high oom plimeiits by tho Anderson bar and tho citizens of that town, at tho recent term of court hold thero, when a request was mude that ho mako his permanent resi? dence in the County. J. P. Reid, Esq., on behalf of tho bar, just previous to the adjournment of tho court, united with others in paying tho Judge this compli? ment. William Lovenstein, Esq., of Rich? mond, has boen eleoted O. N. A. of Grand Lodge I. O. B'nai B'rith, com? posed of tho Lodgos of Pennsylvania, Virginia, North and Soath Carolina and Georgia. Mr. Jacob Pollock assumed tho role of auotionoer, yesterday, and, it is said, acquitted himself admirably. Ho was assisting Mr. Jaoob Levin. Tho following is the programme fur? nished by Prof. Buohar, for this after? noon": N. C. O. Quick-step?Beyer. Cavatiun Luorezta Borgia?Donizetti. Dream on the Ocean Waltz?Guugl. Pot pour ri Huguenots?Meyorbee .?. Waltz?Faust. Storm King Galop?Moskow. A colored prisoner, named Denary, obarged with stealing silver f?jn*. the M?sse? Rollins, of this city, eut a bole through the wall of tho jail, on the Iforth side of the building, and escftpod, ?hont 3 o'clock, yesterday morning. He has not yet been recaptured. Judgo Carpenter holds ander advise? ment the application for injunction heard Saturday, iu the case of the .Co? lombia Water Power Company against the city. C. D. Melton, Esq., appeared for the motion, and Messrs. Pope & Haskell and tho City Attorney against. Messrs. E. E. DavieB A Co., of tbe Plain street "Useful Store," are in re? ceipt of fifty pair grouse?large, plamp and juicy. They will accept oar thanks for a specimen. To-day ia the anniversary of the assem? bling of the first Confederate Congress, at Montgomery, Ala. In that body were great minds. It will be seen by reference to oar telegrams that Hon. James L. Orr, Minister to Russia, sails from New York to-morrow. William Iiowry, convicted of being a Ku Klux, has beon pardoned from the Albany penitentiary by the President. Mr. J. N. Long, ngent for R. Graham A Co., announoea the receipt of fifty head of Kentucky mules and horses. See their advertisement. Mr. K. Elias, formerly a resident of this city, visited his old homo Saturday. He has located in Franklin, Maoon County, N. C, for the purposo of fol? lowing tho profession of the law, having completed his Btudien of the same ander Chief Justice Pierson, of that State. Mr. Elias is the guest of Mr. D. Epstin. Two colored boys were playing with a cartridge, yesterday, by placing it on a board and throwing atones at it. They managed to explode it, aud one of them was slightly wounded in the mouth thereby. The uninjured youth was placed in limbo. Pnc3NixiANA.?"Xqq ..haste," is the latest among lazy correspondents. It is said that the newspapers are the means of a great many ladies "getting their backs up." The home circuit?Walking about with baby in tho night. The self-fastening button, invented by a lady iu Amherst, is pronounced a con trivauco for the encouragement of ce? libacy. Distance, in New York, used to be measured by so many blocks, but a dis? contented horse-oar passenger says that since the snow-storms it is better esti? mated by so many blockades. Frankly speaking, what is to bo done with Congressmen's dirty clothes, now that they can't send them home by mail to be washed without paying postage? Somebody brings iu a bill, whioh the Houso of Representatives passed on the 24th inst., "Prohibiting gift-enterprisea in tbe Distriot of Columbia." Emi? nently proper. Lot the Senate concur at onco, and then let Mr. Grant abolish half Congress aud proceed to oommit /do de se himself. Swindling CntcrjiiAKS from New York.?Fora long time, New York city has been tbo headquarters of a gang of awiudlers, .vho profess to sell counter? feit money. They send through the post office printed circulars, addressed to people whose names they get posses? sion of, appointing the latter to be "confidential agents," and pretending to bo vory cautious and mysterious. Thou? sands of people in this city and State have received such circulars, and have wondered why thoy were selected as the confidential agents of tbe protended counterfeiters. But there is no selection about it. Tho swindlers send their cir? culars to cvory address they suppose will givo thorn any show of success, with the hopo of finding oat of every hundrod or thousand some ono person sufficiently composed of knave and fool to bite at tho bato thoy throw out through thoir circulars. And now and then thoy do find a customer of tho kind described, who is knave enough to want to get hold of counterfeits at a cheap rate, and fool enough to think those adroit swindlers will send them. Such people generally got for their pains aad thoir good money a package by "express," which oontoins a lino lot of?saw-dust. Of oourse, tho man who sends his money on such busi? ness deserves nothing bettor. Tho fraud has been carried on for a long time. Bat tho now Mayor of New York (Have meycr) has determined to break it up. MAiti Arranobmehtb.?Tho Northern mail opens G.30 A. M. and 3.00 P. M.; slosos 8 P. M. and 11.00 A. M. Charles? ton day mail opens 6.15 P. M.; closos 6 A. M.; night opons 7.00 A. M.; oloses 6.15 P. M. Greenville opons 6.45 P. M.; closes 6 A. M. Western opons 6.80 A. M. and 12.30 P. M.; clones 8 and 1 P. M. Wilmington opens 3.30 P. M.: closes 10.30 A..M. On Sunday tho offico is open from 3 to 4 P. M. Saus ?<f in b SpAarAfl bur/?' 'anti ?ao6*'' Batlboad ?This railroad was again pnk . under tbe hammer, yoeterday, and brought 8308,003??60,000 cash, the ba lanee in three semi-annual Installments.1 Oeneral a as tell, o! Atlanta, Ga., and B. W. McAdden, Esq., of Charlotte, N< 0., were the purchasers. The Senate, yesterday, oonfirmed the following appointments: Tbiatj Justices.?Anderson?W. D. Wilkes. Abbeville?Moses A. Tollman, ' Benjamin S. Young, Ii. A. Richardson, S. E. Grandford. York?M. P. O'Gou nell, J. J. 8. Sill. Edgefield?P. Willie, P. P. M. Miller. Lancaster?B. W. Oouaart, R. R. Ciyburos O. L. Jones, D. O. Wonlfo, E. McKinna, T. Clinton, Wm. Robinson, John Taylor, B. Gard? ner. Clarendon?8. E. Stranglon. Lex? ington?W. D. Hull, Reuben Harmon. Fairfield-W. A^Smith. Court or General. Sessions?^Colum? bia, February 3, 1873.?The-Court con? vened to day, at 10 o'clock, in tho Court House?Judge Carpenter presiding. { D. H. Chamberlain, Esq., objected to tho manner in whioh the jurors had been drawn, contending that it was not ac? cording to law?that they shonld have been drawn not more than fifteen nor leBB than seven days before tbe conven? ing of Court; whereas the present jurors were drawn on the 10th January, more than twenty-one days ago. Tho point will be argued to-morrow (Tuesday) at 12 o'olock. Railroad Accidenxs.?The night ex? press train on tho Charlotte, Colombia and Augusta Railroad, while on its way from Charlotte, Saturday night, was de? layed bj the burning of a cattle car that was attached to the train and loaded with cotton. A passenger gives the fol? lowing particulars: "When within a few miles of WinnB boro, the car was discovered to be on fire. Tho engineer immediately made all possible speed to Winnsboro, aud on arriving there detaohed the passenger and baggage cars from the train and took thaburning oar to a point about one mile this side of Winnsboro, and at? tempted to move the track bo as to throw the car down the embankment, bat the flames spread so rapidly that the idea was abandoned and the car allowed to burn od tho track. After this, the con? ductor, engineer and fireman set to work, and after a great deal of labor, cleared tho track of the barnt debris; the rails were then taken up; th? burnt ties re? moved and others pat in their places; the rails were then replaced, and the engine went back to Winnsboro, and, taking the remainder of the train, pro? ceeded on its way to Colombia, arriving hero about 9 A. M., Sunday. A great deal of praise is duo the condaotor and engineer for their prompt aotion, as the burning car was in front of the passenger and baggago cars, whioh would, doubt? less, bavo beon destroyed, and perhaps some lives lost, but for the presence of mind of theso officials. The fire, it is thought, was cauBed by sparks from the engine entering through the lattioa work of the car and igniting the cotton. Loss to the company supposed to be be? tween $3,000 and $1,000." The engino of the night express train, fjoing North on the same road, blew oat the fines of her boiler when some dis? tance this side of Augusta, Saturday night. A despatch was immediately sent to Angusta for another engine, whicb soon reached tho disabled train, bringing it to Columbia on time. It is stated as a singular coincident that the names of the engines on either side of the break, near Winnsboro, where the North and South trains were delayed, were the North Carolina and South Caro? lina. Liar of New Advertisements. Mra. R. Newsom?Boarders Wanted. D. 0. Peixotto A Sons?Diamonds,etc. K. Graham & Co.?Males and Horses. Franklin J. Moses, Jr.?Proclamation. Dr. Tutt's Vegetable Liver Pills. Meeting Palmetto Fire Company. Jas. Z. Stooker?Commission Merchant Fraudulent School Claims.?We find the following significant paragraph in the editorial columns of the Columbia Union, of Saturday, the 1st instant: "Tho air is thick with ugly rumors of fraudulent school claims, issued to nu? merous persons filling high positions in political life. Many of these claims are said to have beon already paid, and many moro are still out waiting their tarn. Tho penitentiary awaits somebody if theso rumors bo true, and there seems to bo but little doubt of their correctness." A Kansas man recently drank two bottJcB of whiskey in fifteen minutes for a wager of twenty-five dollars, and tho loser is looking for a medium who will uhdertako to convey the amount of the bet to the place of departed spirits. Information of the death of Mrs. Hat j tie Morrick, wife of-A. G. Merriok, Esq., i of Spartanburg, at Merrioksville, Do I minion of Canada, on the 29th of Janu? ary, lias been received here. ' A Methodist preacher announces that he will, at an early day, deliver a ser? mon on tbe "last trump." He meditates this, probobly, with a view to "rope in" the gamblers. Mark CrafTy, a drenken wretoh in Wilmington, set fire to his wife's oloth ing, nearly burning her to death and de? stroying the house thoy lived in. Mr. Androw H. Dibblo has been ap? pointed postmaster at Bennettsville, Marion County. There are lour dibtillers in Kentucky ranking Bonr masli whiskey. Is this where the "Bourbon sours" como from?