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CTJTjTF Good Blew to (ht Utiout. Dr. Olsrke, of New Vork, whoeu i me? thod of representation in large oonsti tnonoes we havo ' corrsideredV at some length, thinks that the adoption of Lie system would revive 'the devotion of aspiring minds for public business. If it would, it would.place upon it the'eeal of ' en promo excellence. In all, w ell go verned ooputrjee, poliVioa i? a .profes? sion whiebiaftraeta toils sVudfy and par suit the first order..of. men.. In Greece, AristoUe: iuJ^ojue^Oicoroj.jn Eugiand, 8idpe^#-*in^ I^rkjoe,';.. Afacihi^vyjli;; in Frauoej Gaiaot;fty tBValtfHcB States, Hamilton, Jefferaou and Calhorn. What i an array uf illuatrioos earn a have' np-! peered In this commandihg dopai ti^ent of human thought and human exertion! Such central buub always havo revel ving about then their systems of steady aud brilliant planets, moving iu. beautiful order .aud Bheddiog. .benignant ..liphjfc.. Their absurde, as at thii time ihr this ccfantry, snows a durVneBs in tho akiea which |s too faithfully reflected on earth. We have no philosophical statesmen de? voted to this noble science, ?ither in its study in the;oloaet, or in tbei application of its principles to^produ^D and pro* mote happinoaa among woo. Mere politioiaua, placemen and Lao keys, speoo< lators and jobbers, bribers and takers oT gifts, throng those avenues of the public service, from which patriots arid men of ingenuous character shrink as from pol? lution. Folitios is,1 accordingly, do longer a path for patriotism .to walk in, nor the field of an honorable ambition. Universal suffrage, which is a most pernioions thing where morality has not advanced, and where ignorance in gens rai, our author thinks, may bo trusted under his system-to produce the beat re suite of which human natnrels capable. It can only operate successfully whero tt^e nnits of society are; placed in their proper relations to eaoh other ana the oommon weal. "Not till the touch of the load-a to no," as _philosopherstell as, ''has brought eaoh of ite several' parti oles into dae polar arrangement, does the ^martial metal obey -.celestial influ? ences and becorou-'the safe guide M the wanderer." In concluding his essay, the author glances at what he conceives to be the most imminent danger to the republic in the (utoao. It is the alliance ofi money with polities. Organized capital, repre? sented by banks, railroads and special interests, Bwaye Legislatures ah&dlofeates their measures. Even now,khe says, railroad cop orations are substantially omnipotent in the legislatures of many of the States; even how the favor pf na? tional banks la necessary to o?rry fiscal measures in. Congress; ^evem new at? torneys aUP,agents of '.'specat, i?ttjreats largely;control taxation. The evif thas already existing, and more darkly fore? shadowed in the future, can obly.be hindered by putting the beat men in oontrol:of affairs. The high'scientific mind of the age should be applied to. the iranboendant object of saving society from anurchy and corruption. . ., t> ? rjra-?-j President Grant's admirers in Wash? ington, seem to bo divided -into two principal olaBaea. One hail*' him as ' a saviour, and desecrates the snored legend of Ecce Homo by irreverently applying it to the object of their1 worship. Another sees, in the numbers and pageantry of the inauguration ceremonies, a strong resemblauoe to "the triumphal glories of Napoleon I." These are ready to ex olaim, "Vive VEmpereur/" and those to bow down and worship anything that looks like ? klug,' even King Log. "0 judgment! thou art fled to brntiah beasts, and men have lost their reason!" In? stead of to Ecce Grant, let them flee for Balvatido/to one, of the emiuontly Ohria tiau statesmen fresh from the Mobilior tribulations, the snivelling Harlan, the Peoksniffian Wilson, or the Truthful James, alias smiling Oolfax. If they want a king, worthy of their adulation, let thorn hot slight "the kind of! men who are raised in Massachusetts," Oukos Ames, who knows how to make spades and place stock ? where it will do - most good; or BatloT, who is eqttntly ut home in insulting innocence, stealing!-epooos, or defending roguery. . ' -~-!-/' '* Notnibg uncommon those ? days- for editors to be, as well as write, leaders. Pat. Walsh, Esq., is editor of the Chroni? cle and Sentinel, and? at tho same time, a big man and orator in the Georgia House, of Representatives. He was the father' of the admirable policy of exempting manufactures from taxation the first ten years of their existence, ehanging the advocates of that measure from a minority to a majority. <-??-?? ? Tho Houston (Texas) Union says that more-cattle have perished in that Btate this winter, by cold and starvation than in any, foua er season of cold weather. '""^K'e^rn^aTirB^o^"3'aStoo ineroW <rat to Credit Mobiliar culprits iu the Poland report, Iowas 'it^.W^i^Mj^. ? House ?ooJd approve.i Wb iftghtteofe mend itayaotiou. il ilaj^ogdejpo & j adopt thai report Jbad fa^on basM^upOji i tbe evidebt purpojfe of$he ootomiileo to aoreen certain members'equally guilty' with Ames nod Brooks, and to offer up these latter as victims to atone for others' Bins as well aa their own. But it was not. They dialiked to puuisu t-b^o guilty. They feared to establishajio_wt>r^odent. A foliow-rooiiug with thorn, f\nd equal thouf^.undote-oied . criminality, on the part <B madj, Induced thorn evil to re? ject the roport^arid to adopt as a aubati tute for it a resolution merety condemn? ing Afc ob ?n? BrookB.abdlettigg oft the rest altogether. Even to thie latter mild measure tbqre were some dissentient voiooSramotfgfjthefaij Mesars.-Elliott and Biiney,, from; i South .-Carolina. Their vote against the resolution gavo rise to a soeneJwhioh is thusdesoribed id tbo Now York Herald: ga> /' " Whenf the vote was declared, reapeot ing Mr. Brooks, he oonspionoualy left his seat and went first to Mr. Elliott, the colored Representative from Colombia, S. O , and, in the presence of hundreds in tha rear of Mr. Elliott's seat, thanked him at length and emphatically for tha vote whioh be had given, and he then did the like to Mr. Rainey, also from South Carolina, whose- seat was. in a dis tant part of the House. This speotaole attracted gteot Attention." .v Elliott, was counted opon, we have heard, to 'present the protest against PattersohV taking his seat as Senator. According to despatches, yesterday, Pat? terson was "sworn in without a dissent-, ing word." What has become of Elliott's indignation at the base usss to whioh his raoe has been put? The Cin? cinnati Commercial will have to interview him again In his dainty gown and slip? pers, and get out a second edition of tha famous letter, in whioh such doughty deeds against Patterson were threatened. So flourishes and fades even the ma? jestic black ra?nI - ??- ^'s,-, KngtjAnd'b Philosophy.?The remark is attributed to Bismarck, "What is the good of England? She won't fight." PerhapB the "good of England" isthat she doesn't oocsider fighting -the chief good of mea or nations. She has had a vaat deal of it in her time, and knows Whit it 'Costa, morally, physically ' and financially. Yet, although the result of fier experience seems to lead her to act in aoeordanoe with the injunction of her great dramatist, "beware of entrance to a qaarrol," we argue with the New York Commercial Advertiser, that if Bismarck should live long'enough to see Germany force her to the test, he will have lived long enough to find out that Vaterland may wage war without always winning .battles. .'. ? ? Sknatob Pattehsoh.?A spooiul de? spatch to the Union says: "Senator Patterson, against whose oluim to a seat a protest was presented, Tuesday, was sworn in without a dis? senting voice. The protest was uot pro i sented in the regqTarway, but sent iu au envelope to YtaeJrresident Colfax. There was ouly one Republicuu name to tbe protest." f*** State Agrlcultu anil Blcrlianleal Ho clety. This body has adopted the plan .of diseasing ut its meetings subjects of interest to the wholo country. We observe that the Spring meeting is ap? pointed to be held iu Charleston on (ho first Tuesday in May, end that a number of highly intelligent and cultivated agri? culturists have been charged with the duty of opening the discussions on u series of well-selected topics. These essajrs, we presume, ?will be reproduced iu tbe agricultural journals and news? papers, and so made accessible to the ? whole people. < The idea of meeting sooccssivoly at different points, fs a good one. Eaoh place, so visited, will become thotcafter a centre of stronger agricultural interest than it was before. Wo trust that these mcotiugs will be well attended, and that the friendly collision of our highly in? telligent farmers and planters, in debato and in comparison of their several stores of faoip, will result in wide-spread good. ?-r? . The majority report of the Credit Wo? ollier Investigating Committee to Con? gress may bs thus epitomized: Resolved, That Oakes Araod be ox p? lied, because he dared "to tell tales out of .school. " Resolved, That James Brooks be ulso expelled, because he iu a Democrat (al? though tbe only one of tho accused who has made a plausible defence.) Resolved, That nothing be said about OoHaXj because 'bis term will soon ex? pire, und, out of office, the scandal will rost on tho individual, and not on the party?the "God-and-Morallty-party." Barnnm is going to make hia animals fire-proof no*. The elephant will wear a oorrugatod Iron overcoat, the baboons will buve Baboook extinguishers strapped to their backs, while the camels and I other aoimals will be coated hoavily with flro-proof paint. LtONDOK, February -3onoerning comes to _iatiuel cTaT Po wo dells Olestem?; she is only twenty-five of age: she is a and spa ' ?ery devout Catholic; and spa ? mother eftiaree children, the yon a gee t of whom, a prinoe, was born at Madrid oniy.>or few days ago.- Immediately, be fdr5?' tun bfrth of Ws* dhilcT.lhe young ?^geerrwaa lu great liteTreirof caTufT and in very wjarmUig'uhyeioab pain; and in her age-fry of mind arid body, She made a vow. to. the. BJoaspd Virgin, that if, through tho -rueroy >ol God, sho wan brought safely through the perils that then environed bef, "she would beg her hubbuud on her knees to resign the throne of Spain and to hasten back to Italy. HeC'busbaQd was present when?j perhaps in delirium?she made this vow, and he made no remonstrance against it. There if no doubt that be has been grow? ing more and more weary of Spain for several months, and the distress and an? guish of his young wife, to whom he is tenderly attaohed, probably strengthened bis desire to gat rid of his- thankless task. Events which happened after the birth of the child?who, in the opinion of its mother, was given her only as a hostage for the performance of hsr vow ?doubtless'removed all hesitation which he might have still felt. He and his wife?despite all his noble qualities and all her grace and beauty?had never been able to win over to their side the proud nobles of Spain. Just as iu Borne the oobility of tbe highest rank, with one or two exceptions, side with the Pope, and refuse to attend tbe Court of King Victor Emanuel, or to give any Countenance to his Government, bo in Madrid the grandees held aloof from 'She foreign adventurer," as they odled King Amadeo, while their wives could not be induced to appear iu the train of his wife. This alarmed and irritated both of them?not without reason; but they continued to hope that in time the nobility oould be won over to their aide. The King made a last effort to do this on the occasion of the ohristening of tbs now-born ohild. He asked the Duchess de iu Torre, the wife of Serrano, to pre? sent the royal iufant at the baptismal ceremony. She refused with scorn, and the poor baby would have probably had to Buffer the ignominy of being "pre? sented" by a lad; of low rank, had not tho widow of Marshal Prim, herself a Da chess, consented to leave ber mourn? ing retirement aud perform the funotion. I am told there was a terrible seene iu the palace that day, and it was then that the King finally yielded to the prayers and tenra of his-wife, and made to her the promise of abdication, which, as you know^he fulfil led on the 11th of this month, fit is a great honor," said the King in his message*-to the Oortes an? nouncing his abdication, "to preside over tho destinies of a country, however disturbed. I had resolved to keep my oath and respect the Oonetitdtion, for I believed that my loyalty to Spain would compensate for whatever errors might bo caused by my youth and inexperience But my good wishes have deceived me, for Spain lives in a perpetual contest. If my enemies had been foreigners, I would not abandon the task; but tbey are Spa? niards. I wish neither to be the King of a party nor to act illegally; but, be? lieving all my efforts to be sterile, I re? nounce the crown for myself, my son and heirs." These ate plain, sad and bold words; but the Oortes listened to them with toarcely concealed joy, and the ubdioa tiou wns unanimously accepted. There are wheels within wheels; and had the Cortes known all that was within the King's miud, thoy probably would have listed to his message with emotions of a very mixed character?for I have sb yet told only one-half of my story. Tho King bus abdicated, it is true, to please his wife; but if my informants are oor rec-, he did this all the more willingly because he believes that by giving up tho insecure throne of Spain he makes a stride towards the throne of Italy. Vic? tor Emanuel'a health is extremely preca? rious, aud his death at any moment would surprise no one who knows him; the Crown Princo Humbert is the victim of a nameless disease which makes his life a burden, and from which death may soon relieve him; and bis son?the four-year old Prince of Naples'?is iu such a oondition that his life ean be pro trno'.ed only by something like a miracle. These throe precarious lives arc all that stand between Amadeo and the Italian crown; and even should Viotor Emanuel and Humbert die before the baby Prince of-Naples expires, Amadeo would have a claim to a regency which would be in fuel a sovereignly. Tho personal rela? tions bot ween Victor Emanuel and Hum? bert nre of tho most unhappy character. The latter?whose vioes far outnumber his virtuos?has cherished a bitter hatred for his father over siuco tho King, on what he thought wus his death-bed, mar? ried the woman with whom ho had so long lived in adultery, and by whom he had been made tho father of sevorai chil? dren. Humbert was not shocked by tbe Bins of his father?ho is fond of such Hins himself?but he was disgusted be? yond measure by his repentance and his, reparation; and tho other day, when the Kuig announced his wish to publicly solemnize the marriage contracted iu private with this woman, and to elevato her to tho throne, Humbert broke oat into a fearful st >rm of rage, and not only publicly declared that in such event he would 'leave Italy, but privately sent word to his father that if he did this thing ho would lead a revolution to de? pose him. Viotor Emannol, always weak, yielded for tho moment to these threats, and nothing has since been said about the marriage Bat I am told that what he now desires is that Humbert should die; that ho then should cause his mar riage to be publicly solemnized, and hie ere "Countess" called Queen for a day; that he then ehould abdicate in favor of as regent or as King. 80 that ersttt-Blojuroftte" vrtftrof the lat e adelojfthe mretjfedvio&acd 9jw of hla^ttther toMeav$ Spa?aod Oooee back tp Italy. . Victor Et$*uuol ? eatly dreads death bo'long'"as hfr? is at enmity with the Pope." Ha would .with, draw hia Government from Borne to? morrow, and restore St. Peter's patri? mony to PiuH.lX, it hie Cabinet and Parliament would allow him to do it. Amadeo i? a bettor Catholic than either I bis father on his brother, and vagne | dreams float ..through the brain of the | King of a reconciliation effeoted between Italy and the Papal See with Amadeo 00 the throne*. This alt sounds like a ro? mance, y?n will say; but I have reason ?rand the best of reason?to believe that1 ft is alt true. < '?' Your correspondent at Paris thns writes me nnder date of tho 12th nit: "The intelligence from Spain is pro? ducing intense ..excitement here. If Amadeo abdicates and revolution fol lows, the course which its fneeds here predict, we shall see the monarohial party in Pranoe even more strengthened than it was by Napoleon's death. France ! will be warned by Spain's playing the drunken helot. Fusion will be confirm? ed and the Beoapartists made more will? ing than ever to support the mouarohial j party. An immense exodua of priests and wealthy families is expected from Spain if the republic be proclaimed. There is some reason to fear there may be trouble in Lryous and Marseilles if there be established a republio in Spain. Wo have hoard every evening, for the I last seven or eight days, that a formida I ble insurrection baa broken out in Lyons. There is no question the Cummuuards are collecting on the Swisa frontier. Cluaeret and many Polish military ad? venturers confederated with him are known to be at Geneva. Impatient spirits in Lyons have for months been longing for insurrection, and it is be? lieved the menaced changes in the run uicipal organization of Lyous and in the electoral law have produced a de? gree of irritation in that city which tho revolutionary leaders can uo longer allay. Moreover, there in as much dis? tress in the lower olasses there as there is in Paria." I should add another fact to the curi? ous information I have already given. It is that shortly after Amadeo'a first ar? rival at Madrid, tolorably conclusive proof was placed in his hands that the plot for the assassination of [Prim was known to, if not concocted by, the Due de Moutpensier. The evidence against the private secretary of the Duke?a gentleman who, I believe, is now in the United States?was perfeatly conclusive; and that against the Doke himself was very strong. The news of Prim's nsias sioation, it will bo remembered, reached the King as he first landed in Spain, and ho was very anxious to bring his murder? ers to justice. He wished the Duke to be informed of the reasons for tho accu? sations against htm, and to have him summoned for trial; but be was over? ruled in this, as in nearly everything else. It is fortunate that Amadeo has gone. He did not have a happy day all the time he was in Spain. He has always been in danger of assassination; be has been twice shot at; he has been once nearly poisoned; and a fourth at? tempt to kill him was made by throwing missiles from the roof of a building just as he was passing it. Had he remained, he would have lived in constnut fear and unhappiuess. In London, opinion is divided as to tho chances for tho perpetuity of the new ropublio iu Spaiu. The journals predict its speedy downfall, but they have been Raying tho same tbiug for two years about tho French republic, and it still live?. In private oouveraation, many of our public men express the be lief that, after all, it may bo found that tho republio will be the salvation of Spaiu. Wanted, An Ownhh ? The singular statemeut is made, that ten shares of the Cro lit Mobiliar of America, on which is due dividends to the amount of $5,000, are going begging in Washington city, and that an owner for the scrip cannot be procured. Iu his testimony before the Credit Mobilier Committee, Oakes Amos swore that bo held the stock for I Judge Kelley, of Pennsylvania, under an arrangement with the latter. The pig iron Congressman ironically remarked, that if tho stock were bis, be would like to have it turned over; wboreupon honest Oakes took the certificate from his pocket and banded it to tbe astonished Pennsylvania. The latter refused to retain it, and gave it to tbe Chairman of tbe Committee. Judge Poland now wishes to know what ho shall do with it. Ames and Keiiey boib awcar that they don't own it, and neither will touch it with a forty-foot pole. Judge Poland says that it is not his property; be doesn't wish it charged that bo "holds" Credit Mobilier stock, and proposes to turn it over to tbosorgeaut-nt-artns. The latter refuses to receive it, aud says be doesn't wish to furnish material for an investigating committee. If it bo forced upon him, ho will give it to the oou Buieuoo fund of the Government. A short timo ago, it would not have been hard to find on owner for tbe property, uud it would not have gone begging; but our S dons are a little frightened just now, and are foroed to deoline many fat proseuts which thoy would gladly rocolve. Newspaper Exciianoes.?The House Committee on Appropriations, on Fri? day, considered the Senato amoudment to tho post office appropriation biii, aud agreed to nou-oonour in tho amoudment forbidding tho transmission of all fron matter so far as the same affects ex? changes among newspapers. Mrs. Alice C. Olymor, tho favorite nicco and principal legatee of the Cury sisters, died rcoently at Jacksonville, Fla. She was one of the last surviving members of tbe family. j5gS5^5Sn55Sw53S5 B5 ?uw 5BE3BSPP?B3tg3BSSS] ? Eioo gl,X It emm. Crrr Mattxba.??The price of tingle rptes of thefPnnrrrlr ft*? ?pnltr; Iftserg. Bredk?nksift ere/, in re* eeirilof another-lot of choice WT?et In fflift^oit. iTJ 1 ? $ ? -Jftsars. E.lW. Baxter A Co., No#, 202 and 201 Canal street, Mew York, have furnished us with an illustrated copy of their price list. It is tastily gotten np. At last, the.city authorities have com? menced to put'down tho new water pipes below the State House. ""*"?' Tbe-tiibernioon was well attended at the matinee, yesterday.. The children were delighted, and the adults eojoyed tbe entertainment equally, as well, ? The hall was not as well filled as we had rea? son to expect; nevertheless, the proprio* tor felt compensated in the opportunity he had of amusing the young folks. The Hibef nicon took its depa rturo, last night, for Wilmington, where we hope it will receive the patronage it so well deserves. Meters. J. A. Hendrix A Co. have a ouriosity iu the fruit line?two monster bunches of Jamaica bananas?large, plump and yellow. By-the-way, they are in receipt of a fresh lot of apples and oranges. Governor Moses has appointed John B. Benneta Notary Publio for Barnwell. Practical men and deep thinkers are the leading contributors to the Rural Carolinian. They are not all praotioal farmers, but they appear to be praotioal men. In each number, thoy afford an amount of mental pabulum sufficient for a month's digestion of tho ordinary agri? cultural intellect. The March number is particularly interesting and instructive. It may be pleasant for persons who abstain strictly from butcher's meat dur? ing Lent to know that a fish diet is Btated by physiologists to be very in? spiring tu tbe intellect. A better novel, for instanoo, may be written upon shad than upon ehcep. v Fifty Portuguese immigrants arrived iu' Charleston, Tuesday, and it is aaid left on the 7.30 P. M. train for Colombia. The survivors of the old Biokland Vo luotur Rifle Company are about to orga nize a ride club. At a meeting of the Phcanix Axe, Hook aud Ladder Company, held od Tuesday evening last, it was resolved to have a ball on or about the 27th of this month. A committee was appointed to make the necessary arrangements. Tho terrible cold pf, tho past few dejs has caused a 'number nf ^wotor pipes in different parts of the city to barst. The prompt action of a colored man, (who mounted the roof and t?'e off .the; burning shingles.) doubtless prevented the destruction of a cottage on Taylor street, yesterday afternoon. There was great.complaint about the laok of water in the lower part of the city, yesterday. Upon inquiry, we learned that it was unavoidable, and that the water will probably be shut off two or three days longer, as twelve inob pipes are being laid where three inch pipes now are. Company G, of tho 7th Cavalry, under command of Lieutenants Molatosh and Wallace, arrived in Columbia, last even? ing, on the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, en route to Dakota They will bo paid ofi* to-day, and leave for the plains. Tho garrison at this place was paid off yesterday, and greenbacks are being freely circulated. The troops are of benefit to the commercial prosperity of tho oity, as well as a support to tbe weak-kneed and timid politicians. If Kernes has arrived, where is he? The question is still unanswered as to where is Samrs, The announcement of his arrival in some of the city papers Is a joke on the "great expectations" of many railroad legislators. Phoinixtana.?A very dry tap?the tap of the drum. If punning is the lowest kind of wit, it must, then, bo tho foundation of all wit. A New Orleans woman on tho witness stand, iu a divorce case, remarked: "The estate of the widowhood is inconvenient: for one must have all the modesty of a young girl, without being able to feign her ignorance." Mrs. Jenkins, who is a widow, and rather poor, makes no secret of her feel? ings for an old bachelor who has a very largo farm and a comfortable dwelling. Sho says she loves the very ground he walks on, and adores tho house he lives in. Something liko truo love, that. Every heavy burden of sorrow seems like a stone hung round oar neck; yet rue they often only like the stones need by peari divers, which suable them to reaoh their prizo aud rise enriched. Washington oontomplates a grand masquerade ball, the leading feature of which is to bo a procession of Congress? men disguised as "Christian statesmen." Much gayer dresses will be worn on the streets this spring thau for many years past. Dem)*: . , ,f ? , ? , .? .; ^ The opening o! the second part of tbe programme, by Mr. J. Hart Denok, with a very difficult cornpositiob }by Kontski; entitled "lie Re veil do Lion/' (awaken? ing of tbe Hod,) was performed in a manner which at onc'o statoped this artist as a pianist of the first rank. and proved bim master of tbe grand! Knabe piano? forte, from which he pro doc ad bis ex? cellent solo and splendidly ployed accom? paniments. As an accompanied Mr Denok does mooh towards the so?eeesnf the company, and, next to Ole Hu\\, il tho genius of tbd troupe. ' " *j "Poob Buckba."-?Aa the term *'Oraoker" is applied to tfatfiow claas oi backwoodsmen by the intelligent whiter "ep is the term "poor buckra". in like manner applied to tho same olaas.by the colored people. The term bnckrft, which is aaid to havo been* brought from the Calabar coast,'abd to have b^en.'pjed originally to mean ' '^nibs demon;," ia in general une among the negroes on oar Atlantic and Golf Coo*t. It is also nseU in the West Indies, and to some extent among tbe few remaining . Florida In? . dians, to mean white folks, in distinction from black or rod people. ? , v ? i -jvrjj^^i)-.1,_-J . The Board of Tbadk Lud baby.?Se? nator Robertson tenders material asaist acce to the contemplated Beard of Trade library, as Will bo seen by the following correspondence: * United States Senate Chamber, Washington, February 25, 1873. Gkntlxmek: I beg reapectf ally to in? close a list of such documents .as are at j my control, (whiob I had forwarded this day to yon,) aa a contribution to your laudab'e library enterprise; among them, yon will find some valuable scientific works, much sought after, viz: "Report of tbe Paris Exposition," "Medical and Surgioal Report of tbe Late War," "Smithsonian Report," "Population and Social Statistics," "Solar Eclipse," Sec, Ac, and many others, valuable as national statistics; others, valuable books of reference. I trust these may fill a niche in yonr inceptive enterprise, which, in after days, may aFsume grand and command? ing proportions, and aot as another in? centive to bring our venerated city back to its palmiest days. I trust I may not outlive the desire for the prosperity of our city and State, in wboae bosom not only my youth, but the manhood of my best days have been spent; and I hope yet to witness the day when our people, of all olasses and nft t tonalities, will he agreed on one point, and move together undivided for its ac? complishment; to wit: Tbe advancement, development abd prosperity, of onr whole broad land?the "borne of the oppressed of all nations." ... , . I am, gentlemen, very respectfully, T. J. ROBERTSON. To Messrs. John B. Palmkb, John Aqnbw, Jr., John S. Wibet, E. W. Setbels and John.C. Sb^uebb. Columbia, 8. 0.. March 1, 1873. Hon. T. J. Robertson, Washington, u Dbab Sib: The undersigned, in ac? knowledging the receipt of your letter of the 25th ultimo, beg; in behalf of tbe Board of Trade, to tender you their thanks far tbe very liberal donation of books (seventy-eight volumes) therein re? ferred to, for our proposed library, and for tbe interest you express in our enter? prise. We are, sir, very reapeotfully yours, JOHN B. PALMER, JOHN AGNEW, Jb., JOHN S. WILEY, E. W. SEIBEL8. JOHN 0. SEEGERS, Committee on Library. Hotel AbbtvatjS, Maroh 5, 1873.?[ Hendrix House?J A Sease, J W Camp- , bell, S C; Mrs T J Solomon and two children, Mrs Jones, Sumter; E L Mil- ' ler, S Moore, Spartanburg. Columbia Hotel?J H Sawyer, city; C G Jmger, Newberry; W 8 Fell, New Orleans; J D Radoliffe, N O; Prof A Livingston, Virginia; J M Walker, W &' A R R; G W Thames, H D Gilbert. Wilmington; W Dodley, W DKennedy, S O; M J Anderson, Aiken; Israel Otto lcnger, Sumter; John Wilc?x, Jr., Ma? rion; Isauo Holmea, Obarlebton*; Judge M Moses, Newberry. -^vwv.Sv- f W \i , List op New Advertisements. Lyou's Kathairon. Plantation Bitters. D. O. Peixotto & Sons?Auction. Says a Washington paper: "A rumble, with n tiger, seems to be the most fash? ionable vehicle for yonog ladies now-ov days. Our belles are getting independ? ent, and with three cheers and a?we mean a rumble and a?tiger they ride up and down the avenue, and make oalls without the aBsistauco of those horrid bores called 'lords of creation.' " Sodden Death.?We learn that Mts? Cookroft died very suddenly at her re? sidence in Prosperity, on Monday nigbt last. She had been for some length of time iifilicted with dropsy, but up to a few hours of bqr death Bbowed no un? usual paiu or approach of dissolntion. Her age was seventy-three. [Neitberry Herald. Found Dead.?Mr. Abraham Wicker, an old citizen of this County, living about four miles from town, was found dead, with his head near tbe fire, on Monduy morning last. It is supposed tbat while making tbe fire bo was taken with a fit. When found life was extinct. [Newberry Herald. Tbe law office of Mr. J.S. G. Richard? son, of Sumter, was partially destroyed by fire, on the night of tbe 20th. His vnlnable library wns saved but in a da? maged oondition.