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COLUMBIA, S C. Wednesday aomintc,February 12.'73. Ilnmprpd Htmovsl of Troops., The President has ordered the troops on duty in the Southern States to pre? pare for a movement towards the plains, near Bait Luke City. The sinners of Utah disregard alike the laws of God and man, and the civil power being un? equal to tbe task, the aid of the army has been invoked to punish them, and to compel their obedience. Tbe Presi? dent has promptly responded, and or? ders have been received, or are moment? arily expected, for the mobilization of the troops. The matter may beoome serioas and hard with tbe Mormons, bat it will be edifying to lookors-oh from a distance, especially the remote East, vrhcae morals are scandalized by the pe? culiar institution of polygamy. -Peculiar institutions exoite a holy horror in tbeir breasts. The citizens of all sections will not object to a little wholesome applica? tion of foroo in that benighted region. Let them learn to fear the mighty eagle's talons, and find out that there are stripes as well as stars on the national flag. We, too, say, lot tho troops go where glory waits them.- We are surprised, however, to learn that this sentiment has met some opposition iu the Senate of South Caro? lina. In a sketch of the legislative pro? ceedings of Monday, we read that Sena? tor Whittemore, that mighty man of words, and naughty man of deeds, and some other Senators, almost gave up the ghost Upon hearing this news, and un? equivocally exhibited the white feather oq tho interesting occasion. But, though alarmed, he struggled with such legisla tire weapons as are j moat potent in his b?nde, ably seconded by same of his colored colleagues." The Darlington Senator offered a reso Intion that Senators, &c, &c, "use their influence against the withdrawal of the United States troops from this State;" that they represent to bi? ?uprem? Ex? cellency the President "that the with? drawal of the same would be at the pre? sent time detrimental to the permanent establishment and maintaining of law and order in tho.State," &o., &o. These valiant propositions were discussed, we are told, in a lively and able manner. The mover believed it "necessary to keep the strong arm of the Government here longer for the moral effect it had, and the advancement as well as proteo teotion of law and order." Ditto Sena? tor Swails, ditto Senator Jones, ditto Senator Hope. Jones went inconti? nently down among the dead men, and plucked up the ghos| or bones and horns of the terrible bat defunct K. K. This was a powerful argument, and the reso? lution immediately passed nem. con, Mr. Hope condescended to wish that tho rest of the State were as law-abiding as the people of Lexington. Could they but reach that high standard of civic virtue, we are to infer that the troops might be dispensed with. That not being possible, they mast be retained, if entreaties and supplications addressed to the President'wili avail anything. Upon this, wo oravo a word or two. The miserable Government of South Carolina, with its untold and unropented eins, has derived its chief support from tbe national administration. Such cor? ruption has required external aid to hold it up. This aid h&s stood at its back in every extreme of enormity and outrage to which it went. Scott had but to inti? mate his wishes and send on his repre? sentations, to receive countenance at onoe from Washington, and in response, to have troops and constables scouring the country at their sweot will and plea? sure, to arrest, outrage, and even shoot down and kill oitizans. So tbe infamy went on. Atlastthedragonnade ceased. The eleotions woro over. All became qaiet. Now, there is not a shadow, not a ghost of disturbance anywhere. We have the peace of desolation, solitude, grief and distress. We are at a loss, therefore, to account for this shriek from the Senate. The talk about law and order and moral effect is all moon-shine. What, then, do tbey dread? As for the troops here in Columbia, wo havo grown used to them, and find their presence no i neon von ion co at all. The officers are oivil and courteous, the men well be havod and orderly. The music agreea? bly fills tho air, and the uniforms on pa? rade or on the wtroot are pleasing enough to tho eye. They leave their m mny here, as the Darlington Senator suyt.. But, while wo m.ry like that, we ot:ght not to sacrifice patriotism to it. Haying completely finished this job, and tho Mormon business being on hand, and glorious results to civilization being bp foro them to reap, we cannot compre? hend why these truly loyal souls iu tho Senate object to their leaving so btTenu? ously. Surely Mr. Whittomoro and Colo nols Jones and Swails must havo been strangely oblivions of that powerful or? ganization, the National Guard. If it but Dumber privates in proportion to its router of officers, it mast be like the Bauds on the sea-shore. Are not these the gallant men who resolved, a few days ago, to do honor to President Grant, when ho should oome swinging around the Southern oirole and land in Colum? bia? Did thoy not undertake this holi? day business for themselves, regardless of all the world and the "rest of man? kind," garrison, officers, privates, musi? cians, flogs, &c, -ko.i included? Soldals, ienezfermesf Forty centuries look down on you from the height of those pyra? mids. It 1b qnsoldiorly to cling so de? pendency on the skirts of the departing troops. Nor Is It altogether martial to try to monopolize all the holiday busi? ness, and then, when you imagine there may be something to do, to call thus npon the regulars to save you, orying out, help us. Caseins, or we sink. Really, we don't think anything unu? sual would follow the departure of the troops, except a deoline in the loyalty market, a little paling of the faces, sink? ing of the knees and weakening of tho pnlBO of the unterrified home Boldiery, and a deoided re action which would only scare, not hart, conecienoe-etrickon oar pet-baggers. Even this would be with? out cause. Liiko prisoners, who, when released, after long confinement in dark dungeons, shrink back from the sun? light, and creep into their colls again, we are tamo and quiet and prefer the shade. Let us havo peace. And if any one, having fancied himBelf a soldier, finds himself startled by a rustling leaf, let him hang a oalf-skin ou his recreant limbs, and henceforth cultivate the arts of peace. And yet. withal, the woman of the hour, though she be all that fashionable extravagance can make her, is not happy. She is the victim of nnsatiated ambition, of wild, disordered appetites, that rival the hunger of the grave. If a mnidon, her sorrow's crown of sorrow awaits her when she beoomes a matron. Her hus? band, her doting lover that was, will re? alize only too soon, and in tho bitterness of unspeakable disappointment, that bis wife, physically, at leaBt, is a monstrous fraud imposed upon him by the tricks of fashion and the laws of sooial conven? tion. ' Instead of the form in which he fancied he would wed a model of shape? liness and of healthy organization, he finds a creature of fashion, in which or. ganio displacement and ohronio disease give rise to endless cares and dangers, and unnatural wants and cravings. Nor in this all. The rich devotee of extrava? gant dress sots an example whioh her poorer sisters are only too apt to regard with pangs of envy, or to follow with a ruinous recklessness of imitation. Of course, it is very foolish, suoh envy or suoh imitation. But has not the poor worshiper of fashion as muoh right ns the rich ono to sacrifice health andhappiuess, and perhaps far more, at the shrine of that pitiless goddess? In fact, this is a worship that renders all poor alike. Whore it rages,, it is liko a pestilence Wkt spares neither palaco nor hovel the vrbes of insufficiency and vain, consuming de hires. ? < m ? In addition to other trials and tribula? tions connected with tho Credit Mobilier scandal, which Mr. Colfax has had to undergo sinoo ho got wound up as u Kelf convicted falsifier iu the web of old epider Amos, his name is madu tho sub? ject of a horrid pun. "Cold Facts," to wit, is the descriptive title undor which a flagitious punster, in a Western paper, states tho case of tho iron-clad soiiler of the Vico-Prosidential chair, as developed in the Poland investigation. Somo peo? ple think when a public man gots under a cloud, through self or some other crushing iuoriminatiou, that any atrocity at his expense is justifiable. In tho name of humanity and of tho humani? ties, wo protest against tho lioensu tukou under tho assumption in this insluuoe. ?-??-> Tue Redemption op Sea Island Lands.?Tho Beaufort* Republican gives the following information, which will bu serviceable to a large number of persons: j "Wo are receiving many letters in re? gard to the redemption of lands in St. Helena Parish sold by tho United States for tuxes. It would savo trouble to all [ parties if suoh ioqnirios wero made direct to Mr. O. H. Wright, the United Stato Deputy Collector at this place, who is charged with all business connected with tbo United States lands in this parish. Wo know that ho will prompt!;, unswer all propor inquiries. No expense will bo ioourrod by applying directly to him. The best way to fiud out tho exact condition of interests hero is to Bend to Mr. Wright a statement, detail? ing tho description and boundaries of all property sold. Give all tho details usual in a deed or mortgago. If possible send a plot of the land. You will get back from him at onoo all tho information it is possible to obtain and directions how to proceed further in the matter." A lump of gold woighing 210 pounds is reported to have been found recently in a claim owned and workod by China I moo, at Moor's Flat, Colorudo. Tuesday, February ll71^7$. SENATE. 1 The Senats mot at IIA. M., Senator S..A. Swells in the Chair. A bill to aid'and onoonrage mannfao tares and internal improvements was read a third time, passed and sent to the House (or oonoorronoe in amendments. A bill to provide for the establishment of a honse of refuge and industrial school in tho oitiea of Charleston and Columbia was passed and sent to the Hoope. A. bill to. encourage and provido fjr the iuoorporation of agricultural and me? chanical societies and associations for the promotion of the arts and eoionoes, was read a second time, passed to a third reading, and ordered to be engrossed. The concurrent resolution to appoint a committee to consider the memorial of the American Women's Association, was tabled. The concurrent resolution authorizing the Attorney-Geberal to investigate the Drayton land purchase wus referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. The following were passed to a third reading: Bills to require County School Commissioners to establish night schools at eaoh County Beat; to require County ooroners to offer rewards in oipital cases, with substitute. The concurrent resolution directing the State Treasurer to report to the General Assembly the names of newspa? pers, the amount paid each and to whom paid, out of the appropriation of $75,000 for publishing the Acts of the General Assembly, wus laid on tho table. Mr. Nash called up tho joint resolu? tion to authorize tho Comptroller-Gene ril to re-issuo to Carlos J. Stolbraud, Superintendent of the Penitentiary, cer? tain warrants upon tho Treasury, tho consideration of which was postponed. The claims of Trimmier, Smith and others, for publishing Acts, were passed; also, tho claim of John Dooly, us quarry man; also, tho following to a third read? ing: Joint resolution to instruct the Trustees of the State Orphan Asylum to invite proposals for a Bite and building, and for the appropriation of $20,0U0 therefor, with substitute; repealing bo much of an Aot to vest tho charter of u water course through Kingston Lake and and Maplo Swamp, in Hurry County, approved March 26, 18?9, ascertains or relutes to Buid Kingston Lake; to charter tho Greenville und Gap Greek Turnpike Company, and other calendar hills. HOUSE OF REPRESEN T ATI VES. The House met at 12 M. Speaker Lee in the Chair. The House oononrrod in the Senate amendments to the bill to aid and en? courage manufactures and internal im? provements; also, in tho amendments to the bill to incorporate the Greenville Agricultural and Mechanical Association, and ordered tho same to be enrolled for ratification. The Committee ou Railrouds reportod favorably a bill to charter the Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad in this State; also, to amend the Aot to incorpo? rate tho Georgetown, Charleston and Gonwayboro Railroad. The Senato bill to provide for the esta? blishment of a house of refuge in Charleston, was referred to the Commit? tee on Education and Prison Reform. The claim of John Dooly was referred to tho Committeo on Claims. Mr. Meotze, from the Judiciary Com? mittee, reported some twenty bills or more, which were ordered to be placed upon tho culendar. Mr. P. Simpkins, from tho Commit too on County Offices and Officers, re? ported favorably a Scuato bill to fix the timo for certain State officers to report. Mr. McCullongb, from the Committeo on Agriculture, reportod favorably a bill to incorporate the Pee Deo Young Men's Planting A-sooiation. Tho bill to enforce tho payment of the poll tax was read a third time, passed, and the title ordered to bo chuugod to that of on Act and eurolled. The report of tho Committee of Con? ference on the bill relatiug to the salary of certain officers was adopted, and a message sent to tho Senate. The bill to regulato the apj ointment and salary of Trial Justices iu tho city of Charleston wus passed. Bill to amend tho charter of tho town of Andersou wus passed and sent to the Senate; also, bill concerning the Fchool fund; also, bill to incorporate tho South Carolina Agricultural und Mechanioal Society. The following was passed to a third reading: Bill to empower the City Coun? cil of Charleston to establish a house of refuge and industrial school, and to make ordinance for tho government of tho Burae; to repeal an Act authorizing trustees to invest fundd in tho bonds of tho State. The bill to repeal tho Act relating to the bouds of tho State was made the special ordor for to-morrow at 1 P. M. Tho cnuctiug clause of a bill to pro? vide n manner of assessing damages caused by tho overflow of lands from mill ponds was stricken out; also, that of a bill to prevent the carrying of dead? ly weapons. Mr. Gochrau moved that tho Honse reconsider tho vote whereby itooncurred in tho ameudmouts by tho Senate to a bill to encourage manufactures, &o. A debate followed. Tho House refused, thereupon, to concur. Some twouty or more billn wero passed to u third reading. A beautiful prima donna at Palmero recently hud a largo bouquet thrown hor on tho stngo. Upon picking it up, a loud report followed und a bullet whis? tled pant her head. On examining the seductive infernal machine, it wub lound to contain n revolver, with the muzzle turned upward, and tho trigger placed so that it would discharge tho weapon upon any person's gripping tho stem. The dastardly act was traced to a lovo mad Count, whom tho lady had refused. H?rschel V. Johnson is now a Geor? gia judgo. In high fusion oiroles, the opinion is strong that there is no possible ohanoe for the recognition of the Kellogg Go I vernraent. They state that the members of the Committee of Privileges and Elec tiona aro outspoken in denouncing/the Kellogg Government as a usurpation. They even use more energetio phrases. Tbe fusionists seem ooofldent that MoEnery will be recognized, and MoMil lan seated. There is no proapeot of aotion in the Senate to-day upon the re? port of the committee submitted yester? day. To-morrow, when the Houses meet in joint convention, objection will be made. when, the vote of Louisiana is called up, when the ?enate will retire. It will require the consent of both Houses to count her vote. This is improbable; and as its result will not affect the Presi? dential result, or have any bearing npou weightier questions to come, tho matter will almost certainly be allowed to go by default. Bets on Louisiana will be off. The Scold's Bbidle.?To the museum department of the public library of Ken? tucky, there came yesterday u brank of scold's bridles, of the kind used years ago in England and Scotland, for the ? punishment of females who wer? ad-1 judged to have made too free use of the tongue. It was dug from tho ground in our sister State of Teuncsseo, whore, beneath the walls of uu uninhabited building, it had lain timo out of mind. It bears the rust of yeurs, and uo doubt came to this country with tho earliest settlers. Possibly some lord of creation, who had a scolding wife iu tho old world, brought with him to tho new ?bis vixalrix and instrument of controlling her. It consists in an iron baud to puss nudor tho chin and over tho top part of the head, with a sharp, ohi?el-HUaped projection, extending two inches in? wardly, to be inserted into tho mouth. It was held in its place by another iron band extendiug around tho buck part of the head, and fastened with u pud luck. When the instrument was first put on the scold, her tongue hud to recede to the back part of the mouth, and there remain quiet or bo cat to piecow by tho sharp oclgo of tho iron put there for that purpose. To scold, or ovcu talk, iu this fix, was impossible, und the woman thus bridled had to kcop silence. When Blaokstouu wroto his "Com meutarics" it was tho law of England that a scolding woman wus a nuisance, and Bhe could bo indicted aud punished by what was known as the ducking-stool. This was a kiud of chair to which the scold was fastened, and in which she wan then plunged into tho water as often as it was thought bar offences deserved. Dr. Platt, who wrote a history of Staf? fordshire, grow eloquent in bin descrip? tion of the brank, and in giving it pre? ference over the ducking stool. Ho said the ducking-stool might givo tho woman a cold aud thus injure her health, and in addition thereto she could use her tongue daring tho intervals between ono duck? ing and an other. Tho brank was open to none of these objections, in the learned doctor's opinion, but was just the thing for the work to bo done. In shape tho brank isnnliko tho bridle or halter used for mules iu this country. Tho striking difference is in tho brank being entirely of iron, while tho bridlo of tho mule is of leather, except the bit. The English or Scotoh scold must have been a terrible animal to havo required a bridle entirely of iron, when it is known hero that wo can haudlo mules with leather halters. [Louisville Courier-Journal. Tun SvAKTANBona axd Union Rail iioad ?Tho Union Ihmes, iu noticing tho solo of the Spartanburg and Union Railroad, on Monday last, to General Austell, President of n National Bank, at Atlanta, Ga., Ruf us Mo Aden, Presi? dent of n National Bank nt Charlotte, and Mr. Iuman, of the wealthy linn of In man, Swau k Co., cotton factors nud commission merchants of New York, says: "Tho road is now in tho hands of enterprising cupitnlUts, who aro not only able to extend tho road from Columbia to Ashvillo, bnt wo believe will do so. They aro heavy bond-holders in tho road, aud knowiug that, in its present condition, tho road canuot bo a profit? able investment for such an amount of money, nor tho bonds they hold become more valuable, it is reasonable to sup poso that self-interest, if nothing else, will induce them to do something to in? crease tho importance of the road. Such Hsgucions men aro not likely to invest $308,000, or even tho first payment, which is 650,000, and let it stand idle, which tho condition of tho road cortaiuly would do. Tho formor purchasers sup? posed they could sell their bargain at a profit, but they could find no purchasers. But wo will not disgrucn tho prevent purchasers by comparing them with the formor. They aro men of altogether a different stamp. Wo believe they mean business, and will extond the road. "It is rumored that they intend to form a new organization, for tho express purpose of making tho extension; but we cannot say tho rumor bus any founda? tion. At any rale, wo feel confident tho road has got into good bauds, aud until wo see cause to change that belief, wo shall advocate their claims to tho confi? dence of tho people." Sodorn Death.?Wo uro truly sorry to have to chronicle the sudden death of one of our most worthy and intelligent young men. Mr. E. Bohun Bellongor, sou of tho Rov. E. E Bellenger aud pro? fessor of tho Waltcrboro main academy. Tho most unhappy part of tho story is that Mr. B. was about to becomo en? gaged to ono of Wulterboro's fairest daughters, aud his sudden death oc? curred ouoevening whilo paying her a visit. It is supposed that Mr. B. diod of heart disease.?Culleton Gazelle. Death of Mns. Polly Tidwkltj.? This venerable ludy, widow of the late Strother Ttdwell, died at hur lato resi? dence in Longtowo, in this County, after a short illness, ou the 231 of Janu? ary, 1873, in tho sovonty-scvonth year of hor ago.? Winnsboro News. Women Who Have Been Hanoed.? The first white person executed in Min? nesota was a woman. As an illustration of her Class of in tell edt; it was told that whoa she weht to the Territory, she took with her "from Central Illinois a bucket of batter,, kept . it in her state? room on a first class boat, uud carried it in her hand to a first olass hotel, (the Merchants',) keeping it by her aide in the parlor and her bed room, while leav? ing her other baggage to be handled by porters. She bad heard that butter was scarce in that part of tho country, and bad brought her supply. This and her general appearance and behavior led to the belief that she was a person of weak mind. She married a man who treated her oruelly, and died with symptoms of poison. A ohemiet thought he found arsenic in the stomaoh, and a drhggiet had sold her some of that drug "to poi? son rats." There was no attempt to dis? pute the chemical tests. This expedient was discovered lately, for the benefit of a woman who has not outlived the charms which once drove rival claimants for her hand to the verge of suicide and mud noes. Being old, uoattraotivo and poor, none but the Indies of St. Paul took any special interest in her oase; and thoso could only besiege the Governor for a pardon. Iiis wife led u deputation of them, knelt at his feet, and with tears and passionate entreaty, begged Execu? tive clemency; but the ugly woman**was hauged by the ueck until she wus dead. A poor German woman was executed near Philadelphia about five years ago; and bor confession, in her broken Eng? lish, wus one of the saddest things I ever road. Iler man had "pest" bA-, peat her bo much; mado her work in the fiold when she wus bu sick and bo tired; peat her for not keeping up; peat her for stopping to muse her baby; mado her work in the honse while ho rested and smoked, and peat her if she was not ready to go out to work when ho wasl Shu wus so tired; could "never get no rusted." She wuut to leave him and go away; but ho tuku her children from her; she have four little children; ho peat them, too; she could not leave her chil? dren. She wus so tired, she gavo her j man staff. She was sorry sho kill her man; but sho no know what to do, she so tired. Tho dailies made occasional nows items out of the case, and tbo poor, old, worn out slave was universally voted a mon? ster of iniquity. The majesty of the law was vindicated by sending her from the gallows to tho unerring judgment, where her toil-worn hands and tortured soul must have beeu very white com* pared to the bejewelcd lingers of the charming monBters who slip so gracefully through tho elastic meshes of our man made laws. Mrs. Sugart, now under sentence of death in Butler County, Pennsylvania, who is to be hanged when the present treatment in the Kixmont Insane Hospi? tal shall so far have restored her reason us to make her sensible of the solemnity of the occasion, is gray haired and a grand-mother, and in personal appear ancn tho opposite of charming. Mrs. Grinder, who was executed at Pittsbnrg some eight years ago, had studied the art of poisoning to the neglect of that of pleasing. She was not charming, and such charms as she had wero reserved for her husband. [Miss Swisshelm's Note Book. Executions Made Easy.?In Sweden and Norway, a now mode of exeoating criminals is now extant, and seems to have met the requirements of the Go? vernment maoh more acceptably than any method heretofore used. The fol? lowing description of the infernal ma cbiuo will be read with interest: Tho criminal is placed in a sort of round wooden cone, open at the top, bo that only his head and neck protrudes. Over hia ehonlders a lid is placed, tightly Utting round the lower part of the neck. Then another lid is put on, oontaining n sharp knifo shaped liko a sickle, and to which a wooden handle is attached. Tho criminal, after being placed in the wooden cone and huviug his neck en? closed in tho lower lid, cannot move at all. The executioner then puts a funnel shaped cover on tho cone, whereby the culprit is concealed from view. Every? thing, then, is ready; the executioner seizes the handle of the knife and gives it a jerk, and tho culprit's head is se? vered from the body. All tho prepara? tions for tho execution require but little more thau a minute, and the sickle shaped knife does its work with unfailing certainty. New YoitK Jostice. ? "Killiub no mur? der nud robbery no theft," seem to bo tho prevailing ideas at present of tho average Now Yorkor when pat on a jury. As cases in point, wo refer to tho recent renderings of two of thesoassemblages in tho caso of tho bloody butchery of Duryea and the gigantic grand larcenies of Tweed. Tho Now York Tribune seems shocked at tho enormity of these verdicts, and thus pithily puts tho oasa: "Tho unexpected verdict of the Coro? ner's jury in tho caso of Simmons, tho slayer of Duryea, almost amounts to ono of justifiable homicide. This conclu? sion, taken with the result iu the Tweed case, and other recent disappointments, will go far toward breaking down popu? lar confidence in tho infallibility of juries. The old Anglo Saxon idea of jury trial has received many hard shocks lately; and this is ono of them." Employing cheap Chinese labor is not the best thing in tho world for tho in? terests of tho manufacturers cf San Francisco. No sooner do they learn the art of making tho things, principal? ly boots and shoes, and cigars, so far, than they turn and Ret up for them? selves, selling at much lower rates. They make nearly all tho cigars iu Sau Fran cisoo now. A San Francisco Chinaman wont to jail recently for stealing a horse. He managed to dig out, however, recovered tho animal and left town the same night. Orrt Mattbb?.?-Tbe prjoe $$$$ copies of the Ph?nix is five cents. . , The latest styles wedding and visiting oards and envelopes, tastily printed, can be obtained at the Phcenix office. Accounts dne the Phcenix office must be settled promptly, aa further indulgence cannot be given. We musk have money, to carry on business; The Piicemx 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 muoh printed matter to copy. The cost of printing done with this ink is but little more than with the ordinary ink. A fair for the benefit of theoolored Masons is now going on in Cooper & Taylor's Hall, and will be continued daring the week. ' On the 12 th of February, 1862, com- . menced tho famous battle of Fort Don? aldson. The fort was surrendered on the 16th, after a conflict of five days. At chambers, yesterday, before Judge R. B. Carpenter, of the Fifth Circuit, Mayor Alexander was fined 0200 for eon* tempt of court, in connection with the recent Water Works case, and the Su? perintendent of the Water Works $100. Pope Sc Haskell for the defendants, At? torney-General Melton for the prosecu? tion. The Governor has appointed David O. Hughea, of Edgefield, and M. G. Tobin, of Barn well, Notaries Public. About 2 P. M., yesterday, the horses of S. J. Lee, Speaker of the House of Representatives, ran away on Washing? ton street und broke the caniage to pieces. Robert Hamilton, Representative from Beaufort, was yesterday expelled from the House for this session. Mr. R. L. Bryan's bookstore appears to bo the headquarters for St. Valentine.. He will furnish oomio, sentimental and all other kinds, at high and low prices. Quite an excitement was caused yes? terday eveuing, about 7 o'clock, among the colored urchins and half-grown idle uogro men who loiter around tho mar? ket-house, by tho efforts of a policeman to catch a sneak thief who had surrepti? tiously extracted somo articles from an Assembly street store. But the law? breaker proved too wiley for the officer, and succeeded in eluding him. Tho following is tbe programme .of music by the band of the 18th United States Infantry, at the garrison grounds, for this afternoon, at 4 o'clock: Parade Quiokstep?Kambaok. Seleotion Fra Diavola?Auber. Waltz, Wine, Woman and Song? Strauss. Duetto from Masnadieri?Verdi. . Drill Polka?Gungl. Heart and Hand Galop?Zikoff. M.\Hi ARRANGEMENTS.?The Northern mail opens 6.30 A. M. and 8.00 P. M,; :loses 8 P. M. and 11.00 A. M. Charles? ton day mail opens 6.15 P. M.; closes 6 A. M.; night opens 7.00 A. M.; closes 6.15 P. M. Greenville opens 6.45 P. M.; closes 6 A. M. Western opens 6.30 A. M. and 12.30 P. M.; oloses 8 and 1 P. M. Wilmington opens 3.30 P. M.: closes 10.30 A. M. On Sunday the office ie open from 3 to 4 P. M. HoTEii Arrivals, Febrnary 11,1873.? Columbia Hotel?F D Bush, G & O R R; F Prechtel, Md; M V Calvin, Gu; F A McNcohe, N C; W N Taft, A J Crews, Charleston; J A Norwood, Abbeville; J S Browning, Charleston; Rev G Patter sou, Mrs Reuhby aud two children, H D Gilbert. N C; H Brandes, Charleston; G Jones, Va; J McCollnm, Ga; A Now burg. RS Hallott, N Y; T E Mclvor, N C; W B Shaw, Charleston; E Strauss aud wife, city; L F Tavlor, Greenville; L H Rmsell, Abbeville." Hendrix House?J M Willis, Ky; W H Lylea, Fairfield; L S McSwain, Texas; J Einile St Amand, Charleston; S M Gil? bert, Winnsboro; J A Tnoker, Union; W W Miller, E S Keitt, W N Folk, Samuel J Wood, Nowberry; RH Jennings, Fuir field. List op New Advertisements. E. H. Heinitsh?Liver Pills. D. F. Fleming & Co.?Boots, &o. Convocation Columbia Chapter. E. K. Evans?At Private Sale. John Agnew & Son?Nails, Bacon, &o. J. F. Euaor?Bids for Supplies. What Time Has Ta?oht Us ?It has taken 2,000 years to teaoh tho world that to sustain the body in its conflict with disease, uot to help disease by weaken? ing tho body, is the true end of medi? cine. We havo tho lesson by heart at InBt, however. Wo know, for example, thut tearing doses of aloes, salts jalap, oroton oil. calomel, ooloynth, &o., are tho beat allies that a debilitating malady can havo in its assaults on the human frame; and that a medicine like Hostet ter's Stomaoh Bitters, whioh strengthens 'all tho bodily powers and rallies tho [sinking constitution, is tho most power? ful antagonist of the morbillo principle, whatever it may be, that lies at the root of tho complaint. This kuowledge has been a long time in reaching ns, but it is invaluable. Wo can now control and euro] dyspepsia, bilious disturbances, constipation, rheumatism, nervousness, and many other painful complaints onco considered incurable, with this admira? ble corrective. F9f3fl