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Thaf^yT^ntpg, Bf?py e; 1873. Ooott Men to the Helena. Dr. Clarke, of New York, whoso me? thod of representation in large oonsti tnenaes we have ' considered at some length, thinks that the adoption of his system won Id revive the devotion of aspiring minds for pobhe business. If it would, it would place upon it the oc&l of supremo excellence. Iu all: well governed oountrjes, politics is a profes? sion whlobiattraeta to its study and par suit the first order of. men. In Greece, Aristotle- ^Bamo^Oicero;in England, Sidpe^t :-ia- ^Ifirejice,MacmiuVeJIi;'. in France,; -%alaef; in the JUdrted "States, Hamilton, Jenersou and C-lhouu., What an array of illustrious nam a have' ap? peared in this commandihg department of human thought and human exertion 1 Snob central suns always have revolving about them their systems of steady aud brilliant planets, moving iu beautiful order .and shedding.. bemguaut .light. Their abaeu,ce, as at this time ihr this edttntry, showt a darkness' in the skies whioh is too faithfully reflected ou earth. We have no philosophical statesmen de? voted to .this .noble < science, either in its Study in tho'closet, or in the^ application Of its principles to 'product; and pro? mote happiness among men. Mere politicians, placemen and lackeys, specu? lators and jobbers, bribers and takers of gifts, throng those avenues of the publio service, from whioh patriots and men of ingenuous character shrink as from pol? lution. Polities is,' accordingly, no longer a path for patriotism to walk in, nor the field of an honorable ambition. Universal suffrage, whioh is a most pernicious thing where morality baa not advanced, and where ignorance is gene? ral* oar author thinks, may be trusted ander his system to produce the besl re? sults of which human nature Is capable. It can only, operate suooessfally where the units of society are. placed in their proper relatiooa to each other and the common weal. "Not till the touoh of the load-stone," as philosophers - tell us, ''has brought eaoh of its several' parti? cles into due pole, arrangement, does the .martial metal obey -.celestial influ? ences aud beoomo the safe guide of the wanderer." In conoluding his essay, the author glances at what he conceives to be the most imminent danger to the republic in the futuao. It is tho alliance ofi money with polities. Organized capital, repre? sented by banks, railroads and special interests, sways Legislatures andLdictates their measures. Even now/ he says, railroad boporations are substantially omnipotent in the Legislatures of many of the States; even how the favor of na? tional banks Is necessary' to carry fiscal measures iji. Congress; ^ ever* new at? torneys and", agents of* ppecal. interests largely;oontrol taxation. The^vif thus already existing, and more darkly fore? shadowed in the future, can only.be hindered by putting the best men in control of affairs. The high scientific mind of the ago should be applied to the transcendent object of saving society from anarchy and corruption. .' f> ? ryri-?*??*"? President Grant's admirers in Wash? ington, secin to bo divided .-into two principal classes. One hails him as a saviour, and desecrates the sacred legend of Ecce Homo by irreverently applying it to the object of their worship. Another sees, in the numbers and pageantry of the inauguration oeremonios, a strong resemblauae to "the triumphal glories of Napoleon I." These are ready to ex? claim, " Vive VEmpereurf" and those to bow down and worship anything that looks like a king/ even King Log. "0 judgment] thou art fled to brutish beasts, and men have lost their reason 1" In? stead of to Ecce Qrant, lot them flee for salvation/to one of the eminently Chris? tian statesmen fresh from the Mobiliei tribulations, the snivelling Harlan, the PeoksnifBan Wilson, or the Truthful James, alias smiling Oolfax. If they want a king, worthy of their. adulation, let them hot slight "the kind of men who are raised in Massachusetts," Oakos Ames, who knows how to make spades aud place stock where it will do most good; or Bailor, who is eqaatly at homo in insulting iunooeuce, stealing?? spoons, or defending roguory. n Nothing 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 Ike same time, a big man and orator iu the Georgia Houso of Representatives. He Was the father of the admirable policy of exempting manufactures from taxation the first ten years of their existence, changing the advocates of that measure from a minority to a majority. <???-? ? Tbe Houston (Texas) Union says that more cattle have perished in that Stats this winter, by oold and starvation than j in any former season of cold weather. e uTaaaTruTTT^uaHu^ errST Vrh^tTT^1 Credit Mobilier oalprita iu the Poland report, low as i t was., waamore^ tban tho. Houae Could approve.. WfrfWf mend its action. 4f itatfdpugt adopt thdreport .bad {Weil the evident purpose of.fthe committee to screen oertain members 'equally guilty' with Am us and Brooke, and to offer up these hitter as victims to atone fprothera' aina as well as their own. But it was not. Tboy disliked to punish t-Uo guilty. Thoy feared to establish a new precedent. ritb them, and equal 1 criminality, on the A fellowrfoeling th ou ob-, ? n de t ? part mauj, Inarmed them: eva|n to re? ject the report^and to adopt as a substi? tute for it a resolution merely condemn? ing Amea and Brooks, and letting off the rest altogether. Even to this latter mild measure there were some dissentient voioosV among:jthebij Messrs.'.Elliott and R liney,, from, i South Carolina. Their vote against,tbe resolution gavo rise to a seene.whioh ia thus described in the New York Herald: & V "When the vote was declare J, respect? ing Mr. Brooks, he conspicuously left his seat and went first to Mr. Elliott, Che colored Representative from Colombia,1 S. O , and, in the presence of hundreds in tha rear of Mr. Elliott's seat, thanked bim at length and emphatically for tha vote wbiob 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 Housa. This speotaole attracted g^eai attention." Elliott, was counted upon, we have heard, to present the protest against Patterson's taking bis seat as Senator. According to despatches, yesterday, Pat? terson was "sworn in withont a dissent-., ing word." What has become of Elliott'B iudignation at the base nsea to wbioh his race bas 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 the famous letter, in wbioh euoh doughty deeds against Patterson were threatened. So flourishes and fades even tbe ma? jestic block man I '? ' - ?- '<-?-?-? Enuland'? Philosophy.?Tbe remark is attributed to Bismarck, "What is the good of England? She won't fight." Perhaps the "good" of England" istbat I she doesn't consider fighting .the chief good of fflea or nations. She has had a vast deal of it in her time, and knows what it" Boats, morally, physically and financially. Yet, although the result of her experience seems to lead her to net in accordance with the injunction of her great dramatist, "beware of entrance to a quarrel," we argue with the New York Commercial Advertiser, that if Bismarck should live long enough to hoo Germany [ force her to the test, he will have lived long enongh to find out that Vaterland may wage war without always winning battles. Senator Patterson.?A epooial de? spatch to the Union suyH : "Senator Patterson, ugainst whose pluim to a seat a protest wua presented, Tuesday, was sworn iu without a dis? senting voice. The protest was not pro : eented in the regular way, but sent in au envelope to Vice-President Colfax. {There was only one Republican name to the protest." -? Stale Agricultural ?ml Met I,a bleat Ho clety. This body has adopted tbe plan of dison>uaing nt its meetings subjects of iuiervot to the whole country.- We observe that the Spring meeting is ap? pointed to be held iu Charleston on fho first Tuesday in May, and that a number of highly intelligent and cultivated agri? culturists have been charged with titn duty:of opening the discussions on a series of well-select eft topics. These essays, we presume, will be reproduced iu the agricultural journals and news? papers, and so made accessible to the whole people. j Tbe idea of meeting successively at different points, is a good one. Eaoh place, so visited, will become thereafter a centre of stronger agricultural interest than it was bofore. We trust that these meetings will be well attended, and tbat tbe friendly collision of our highly in? telligent farmers and planters, in debate and in comparison of tboir sevoral stores of facts, will result in wide-spread good. Tho majority report,of the Credit Mo? bilier Investigating Committee to Con? gress may be thus epitomized: Resolved, That Oakcs Aracd be ox p? Hod, because he dared "to tell tale** out of school." Jiftsoloed, Tbat James Brooks bo also expelled, because be iv a Democrat (al? though tbe only one of tho accused who bas made a plausible de/euoo.) Resulctd, That noihiug he said about Colfax, because' his term will soon ex? pire, and, odt of office, tbe soandul will rest on tbe individual, and not on the party?tho "God-and-Morality-party." Barnnm is going to make his animals fire-proof now. The elephant will wear a oorrugatod Iron overcoat, the baboons will buve Baboook extinguishers strapped to tbeir backs, while tbe oamels and other animals will be coated heavily with tiro-proof paint. B??m? iiutor*. -J;-^A S Lo"oon, February 1,3. ?An o^tr*or41* wJLpAory floaoerotng tfifrtfrtoatiop 6t fj?Dtf In^fdooB oomes to melrom.so high ejeryVe wiltamouta ffary, the daughter of Prince Oberhe -Emmanuel dal Pom? della Olesiema; ehe is only twenty-five of age: she is a very devout CathoHo; end ape is the mother of threo children, the youngest of whom, a prinoe, was born at Madrid Ou)y.>a few days ago. I rn mod lately be foro'toe birth of ints* dhilcT.lhe young ^userrwav lu great distress of lflvnxl Mfd* in very amrmurg-Tjhjflicsal- pain; and iu her agony of mind and body, she made a vow . to. the. Bjeased Virgin, that if, through tbe jueroy ;ol God, she was brought eufely through the perils that the' jnvironed her,'she would beg her husband on her knees to resign (be throne of Spain and to hasten back tu Italy. Her husband was present when? perhaps in delirium?she made this vow, aud he "made no remonstrance against it. There is no doubt that be has beeu grow? ing more and more weary of Spain for several mouths, and the distress and an? guish of his young wife, to whom he is tenderly attached, probably strengthened bis desire to get rid of hi* thankless task. EventB whioh happened after the birth Of the child?who, in the opinion of its mother, was given her unly as a hostage for the performance of her vow ?doubtless removed all hesitation whioh he might have still felt. He and his wife?despite all bis noble qualities and all her grace and beauty?bad never been able to win over to their side the proud nobles of Spain. Just as in Borne tbe nobility of the highest rank, with one or two exceptions, side with the Pope, and refuse to attend the Court of King Victor Emanuel, or to give any oountenanoe to his Government, so in Madrid the grandees held aloof from 'She foreign adventurer," as they called 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 could be won over to their side. The King made a last effort to do this on the occasion of the christening of tha now-born child. Ho asked the Duchess de iu Torre, tbe wife of Serrano, to pre? sent the royal infant at the baptismal ceremony. She refused with scorn, and the poor baby would have probably had to suffer the ignominy of being "pre? sented" by a )ady of low rank, had not tho widow of Marshal Prim, herself a Daohess, oousented to leave her mourn? ing retirement aud perform the funotion. I am told there was a terrible scone iu the palace that day, and it was thou that the King dually yielded to the prayers and tears of his wife, and made tobet the promise of abdication, whioh, us yon knowUhe fulfilled on the 11th of tbic month', fit is a great honor," said the King in his message* to the Cortes an uouueieg his abdication, "to preside over tho destinies of a oountry, however disturbed. 2 had resolved to keep 103 oath and respect the Constitution, for 1 believed that my loyalty to Spain would compensate for whatever errors might be caused by my youth and iuexperienou. But my good wishes have"dooeived me, for Spain lives in a perpetual contest. Ii my enemies had been foreigners, I woulc not abandon the task; but they are Spa rtiards. I wish neither tobe tho. Kiof. of a party nor to act illegally; but, be lieving all my efforts to be sterile, I re uonnoe the crown for myself, my sot and heirs." These uie plain, sad and bold words but the Cortes listened to them witt scarcely concealed joy, and the abdica tiou was unanimously accepted. There uro wheels within wheels; and had thi Cortes known all that was within tin King's mind, they probably would hav< listed to his message with emotions of 1 very mixed character?for I have as yei told only one-half of my story. Th< King bus abdicated, it is true, to pleasi his wife; but if my informants aro cor reot, ho did this all the more willingly because he believes that by giving uj. tbe insecure throne of Spain he makes t stride towards the throne of Italy. Vic tor Emanuel's health is extremely preca .rious, and his death at any momon would surprise no ono who knows him the Crown Princo Humbert is tho victia of a nameless disease whioh makes hii life a burden, and from which deatl may soon relieve him; and bis son?th< four-year old Priuoo of Maplos?is it such a oondition that his life can be pro trao'.ed only by something like a miracle These three precarious lives are all tha stand between Amadeo and the Italiac orown; and even should Viotor Emanuel and Humbert die bofore the baby Prinoi of Naples expires, Amadeo would have 1 cluitn to a regency which would be it fadt A sovereignty. Tho personal rela lions between Victor Emanuel and Hum bort are of tho most unhappy character. The latter?whose vices far outnumbci his virtuos?has cherished a bitter hatred for his father ever sinoo the King, oc what he thought was his death-bed, mar? ried the woman with .whom ho bad sc long lived io adultery, and by whom he had been mado tho father of sevoral chil? dren. Humbert was not shocked by the hius of his father?ho is fond of such sius himself?but ho was disgusted be? yond measuro by his repentance and bin reparation; and tho other day, when tho King announced Ida wish to publicly solemnize tho marriage contracted in private with this woman, and to elevate h^r to the throne, Humbert broke oat iuto a feurful storm of ragp, and not only publicly declared that in suob event he would 'loavo Italy, but privately sent word to his father that if be did this thing ho would load a revolution to de? pose him. Viotor Emanuel, always weak, yielded for the moment to these threats, und nothing has since boen said about the marriage. Bat I am told that what he now desires is that Humbert should die; that tic then should cause his mar ri?go to be publicly solemnised, and his ^?Countess" called Queen for a day; ^oaf lie then should abdicate in favor of .J^rnadao-as regent or as King. 80 that fcO she-perBOWnopyDf rfc* wt<?x>f the lat W'prere adfledfithe secret&dvio3 and prayer of hia ?ther to" leave Spai^and tO oome baok ?ji Italy. . Victor Eutfouel gteatly dreads 'death so longjte he-' is at enmity with too Pope. Ho Woald with? draw hia Government from Rome to? morrow, and restore St. Peter's patri? mony to Pius IX, if hia Cabinet and Parliament would allow bim to do it. Amadeo is a better Catholic than either hia (fa,tber on his brother, and vague .dreams float through the brain of the King oT a reconciliation effected between Italy and tbe Papal See with Amadeo on the throne. This all sounds like a ro? mance, yon will say; but I have reason ?aud the best of reason?to believe that ft is all true. -' Your correspondent at Paris thns writes me onder date of tbo 12th ult: "Tbe intelligence from Spain is pro? ducing intense excitement here. If Amadeo abdioates and revolution fol lows, tbe course wbioh its friends bere predict, we shall see tbe monarobial party in Pranoe even more strengthened than it was by Napoleon's death. Franco will be warned by Spain's playing the drnnken helot. Fusion will be confirm? ed and tbe Benapartists made more will? ing than ever to support tbe monarobial party. An immense exodus of priests and wealthy families is expocted from Spain if the republio be proclaimed. There is some reason to fear there may be trouble in Lyons and Marseilles if there be established a republio in Spain. Wo have hoard every evening, for the last seven or eight days, that a formida? ble insurrection baa broken out in Lyons. There is no question the Communards are collecting on tbe Swiss frontier. Cluseret aud many Polish military ad? venturers confederated with bim 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 can uicipal organization of Lyons nnd in tbe electoral law have produced a de? gree of irritation iu that city which tho revolutionary leaders cau no longer allay. Moreover, thero ia as much dis? tress in the lower olasses there as there ia in Paris." I should add another fact to tbe curi? ous information I have already given. It is that shortly after Amadeo's first ar? rival at Madrid, tolerably conclusive proof was placed in bis bunds that tbe plot for the assassination of (Prim was ' kuown to, if not concocted by, tbe Duo 1 do Montpensier. Tbe evidence against ' the private secretary of the Dak-:?a ' Rontlemau who, I believe, is now in the ; United States?was perfectly conclusive; ' aud that against tbe Duke himself wot | very strong. The news of Prim's assas? sination, it will bo remembered, reached '. the King as bo first landed in Spain, and 1 bo was very anxious to bring bis murder 1 ers to justice. He wished tbe Duke to be informed of the reasons for tbe accn ' sations against bim, and to have him summoned for, trial; but be was over ' ruled in this, as in nearly everything 1 else. It is fortunate tbat Amadeo has 1 goue. He did not have a happy daj ' all the time be was iu Spain. He bae always been iu danger of assassination; ' be has been twice shot at; he has been j ouce nearly poisoned; and a fourth at I tempt to kill him was made by throwing missiles from tbe roof of a building jusl f as be was passing it. Had he remained, ' he would have lived in constant fear and ' uubappiness. 1 Iu London, opinion is divided us tc iho chances for the perpetuity of the ' new republic iu Spaiu. The journals 1 predict its speedy downfall, but Lhej have been saying tbo same thing for twe i years about tho French republio, aud ii 8 still lives. Iu private conversation 5 many of our public men express the be 5 lief tbat, after all, it may be found tha 1 tho republic will be tho ?alvation o: 1 Spaiu. \ Wanted, An Owner- The siuguiu: " statenieut is made, that teu shares of tin ' Ore Jit Mobilier of America, on which if ' due dividends to the amount of 35,000 are going begging in Washington city ' and that an owner for tbe scrip oanno . be procured. Iu bis testimony before . the Credit Mobilier Committee, Oakei ' Amos swore tbat be held tbe stock foi Judge Kelley, of Pennsylvania, undei an arrangement with tbe latter. Tbe pif iron Congressman ironically remarked, ? that if tbe stock woro bis, be would Iik< to have it turned ovor; whoreupou bonesl Oakes took tbe certificate from his ; pooket and banded it to tbe astonished Ponnsylvanian. The latter refused tc 1 retain it, and gave it to tbe Chairman ol } tbe Committee. Judge Poland now wishes to know what he shall do with it. Ames and Kelley both swear that thej don't own it, and neither will touch it \ with a forty-foot polo. Judgo Poland says that it is not his property; be ' doesn't wish it charged that bo "holda" , Crodit Mobilier stock, and proposes to turn it over to thosorgoant-nt-arras. The latter rofusoB to recoivo it, and Bays he J doesn't wish to furnish material for an ( investigating committeo. If it bo forced upon him, ho will give it to the con? science fuud of tbe Government. A ' short time ago, it would not have been hard to find uu owner for the property, j uud it would not have goue begging; but ' our 8 .?Ions are a little frightened just \ now, and are forced to deoline many fat presents which thoy would gladly rocolvc. Newspaper Exchanoes.?Tbe House Committee on Appropriations, on Fri? day, oonsidered tbe Senate amoudment to tho post office appropriation bill, aud agreed to non-oonour in tbo amoudment forbidding tbe transmission of all fron matter so far as tbe same affects ex? changes among newspapers. Mrs. Alioe C. Clymer, tho favorite nieco and principal legatee of the Cary aisturs, died recently at Jacksonville, Fla. Hhe was one of tbe last surviving members of the family. QO?l It< ? & Op. are id re t choice Wist In t '' A & Oitt Mattjuus.?The price of eingle | of tho PKppn* ig fiye oftxU: ire. BrooJctr of another" ?it. if I rs. E.^V. Baxter & Co., No*. 202 and 204 Oanal street, New York, have furnished us with an illustrated copy of their price list. It is tastily gotten up. At last, the city authorities have com? menced to put down the new water pipes 1 below the State House. The Bibernioon was well attended at ] the matinee, yesterday,, Tho children were delighted, and the adults enjoyed tbe entertainment equally as well. The hall was not as well filled as we had rea? son to expect; neveatheless, tho proprie? tor felt compensated in the opportunity be had of amuBing the young folks. The | Hibefnicon took its departure, last night, for Wilmington, where we hope it will ] receive .the patronage'it so well deserves. 1 Messrs, J. A. Hendrix A Oo. have a ouriosity in the fruit line?two monster] bunches of Jamaica bananas-?Urge, plump aud yellow. By-the-way, they are in rcoeipt of a fresh lot of apples and oranges. Qovernor Moses has appointed John B. Bennet a Notary Publio for Barnwell. Praotioal men and deep thinkers are the leading contributors to the Rural Carolinian. They are not all praotioal farmers, but they appear to be practical men. Iu eaoh cumber, they afford an amount of mental pabulum sufficient for a month's digestion of tbe ordinary agri? cultural intellect. Tbe 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 stated by physiologists to be very in? spiring to tbe intellect. A better novel, for instance, may be written upon shad than upon sheep. ?y Fifty Portuguese immigrants arrived iu'Charleston, Tuesday, and it is baid left on the 7.30 P. M. train for Columbia. The survivors of the old Bichland Vo iuntur Rifle Company are about to orga? nize a rifle club. At a meeting of the Phoenix Axe, Hook and Ladder Company, held on 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 of. the past few days has caused a 'tiumbor; of water pipes in different parts of the oity to.burst. The piompt action of a colored man, (who mounted the roof and tore off the burning shingles.) doubtless prevented the destruction of a cottage 00 Taylor street, yesterday afternoon. There was great complaint about the laok of water in tbe 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 inch pipes are being laid where three inch pipes uow are. Company G, of tho 7th Cavalry, under command of Lieutenants Mclntosh aud Wallace, arrived in Columbia, last even? ing, on the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, en route to Dakota. They will bo p.tid off to-day, and leave for the plains. Tho garrison at this place was paid off yesterday, and greeubacks 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 politioians. If Kamcs bus arrived, where is be? The question is still unanswered as to where is Kamrs. Tbe announcement of his arrival in some of tbe city papers irj a joke on the "great expectations" of many railroad legislators. Pbxbnixiana.?A very dry tap?the tap of tho drum. If punning is tho lowest kind of wit, it mast, then, bo tho foundation of all wit. A New Orleans woman on the 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 ignoranoe." Mrs. Jenkins, who is a widow, and rather poor, makes no secret of her feel? ings for an old bachelor who bus a very largo farm and a comfortable dwelling. Sho says ehe loves the very ground he walks on, and adores the house he lives in. Something liko true love, that. Evory heavy burden of sorrow oooms like a stone huug round onr neck; yet are they often only like tbe stones ue?d by pearl divers, whioh enable thorn to reaoh their prizo and rise enriched. Washington oontomplates a grand masquerade ball, the leading feature of whioh is to bo a prooession of Congross men disguised as "Christian statesmen." Muoh gayer dresses will be worn on the streets this spring thau for many years past. Thb Cor-pjfBiA Pianist.? The Book isUn?'pii.'^ Da?? %M? fcuh ?lt, Ums speaks of iir. ^oa^hv)Qfict Dehok: . V,' 7r .'V-. , ? ; ^ The opening of the second pert of the programme, by Mr. J, Hart, Denck, with a very dlffioutt compositioh Jby Konteki, entitled "Lie Reveil dn Lion/' (awaken? ing of the lion,) wan performed in a manner which at once stamped this artist as a pianist of the first rank, and proved bim master of the grand'Knabe piano? forte, from which he'prod' ed bit ex? cellent solo and splendidly r ayed accom? paniments. As an acoon janisti - Mr. Denck does mnob towards the sncoess of tbe company, and, next to OleBnll, la the genius of the troupe. '" _ ; "Poob Bucks a."?-As the- term "Cracker" is applied to the low clans of backwoodsmen by tbe intelligent whiter *eV is the term "poor buckra". in .like manner applied to tbo same olaas.by the oolored people. The terra bnckrrt, which is said to have been brought from the j Calabar coast,' nbd to have been u,spd originally to mean "white demon;," iaiu general use among the negroes on our Atlantio and Qolf coast. It is also used in the West Indies, and to some extent among tbe few remaining Florida In? dians, to mean white folks, in distinction from black or red people.- '. ,v - * The Board of Trade Lib baby.?Se? nator Robertson tenders material assist? ance to the contemplated Board Of Trade library, as will bo seen by the following correspondence: United States Senate Chamber, Washington, February 25, 1873. Gentlemen: I beg reapeotfally to in? close a list of such documents .as are at my control, (which I had forwarded this day to you,) as a contribution to yonr laudnb'e library enterprise; among them, you will find some valuable scientific works, much sought after, viz: "Report of tbe Paris Exposition," "Medical and Surgical Report of the Lato War," "Smithsonian Report," "Population and Social Statistics," "Solur Eclipse," Ac, Ac, and many others, valuable as national statistics; others, valuable books of reference. I trust these may fill a niche in yonr inoeptive enterprise, wbioh, in after days, may assume grand and command? ing proportions, and act as another in? centive to bring our venerated city back to its palmiest days. I trust I may not outlive tbe desire for tbe prosperity of our city and State, in whose bosom not only my youth, but tbe manhood of my best days have been spent; and I hope yet to witness the day when our people, of aL classes and na? tionalities, will be "agreed on one point, and move together undivided for ita ac? complishment; to wit: The advancement, development and prosperity of our whole broad land?the "home of the oppressed of all nations." I am, gentlemen, very respectfully, T. J. ROBERTSON. To Messrs. John B. Palmer, John Aqnbw, Jb., John S. Widey, E. W. Setbels and John.C. Seeoebh. Columbia, S. 0., March 1, 1873. Hon. T. J. Robertson, Washington. Dear Sir: Tho undersigned, in ac? knowledging tbe receipt of your letter of tbe 25th ultimo, beg, in behalf of the Board of Trade, to tender you their thanks for tbe very liberal donation of books (ecveuty-eight vole mop) therein re? ferred to, for our proposed library, and for tbo interest you express in our enter? prise We are, sir, very reapectfully yours, JOHN B. PALMER, JOHN AQNEW, Jr., JOHN S. WILEY, E. W. SEIBELS. JOHN 0. SEEGERS, Committee on Library. Hotel Arrivals, Maroh 5, 1873.? Hendrix House?J A Sease, J W Camp ball, S O; Mrs T J Solomon and two children, Mrs Jones, Sumter; E L Mil? ler, S Moore, Spartan burg. Columbia Hotel?J H Sawyer, city; C G Jroger, Newberry; W S Fell, New Orleans; J D RadoliflV. N O; Prof A Livingston, Virginia; J M Walker, W & A R It; G W Thames, H D Gilbert. Wilmington; W Ludloy, W D Kennedy, S C; M J Anderson, Aiken; Israel Otto longer, Sumter; John Wiloox, Jr., Ma? rion; Isauo Hoi mod, Charleston*; Judge M Moses, Newberry. List of New Advertisements. Lyon's Katbairob. , Plantation Bitters. D. C. Peixotto & Sons?Auotion. Says a Washington paper: "A rumble, with a tiger, seems to be the most fash? ionable vehicle for young ladies now a? days. Our belles are getting independ? ent, and witb three cheers and a?we mean a rumble and a?tiger they ride cp aud down tbe avenue, and make oallo without tbe assistance of tboso horrid bores called Mords of creation.' " Sudden Death.?We learn tbat Mrs* Cookroft died very suddenly at her re? sidence in Prosperity, on Monday night last. She had been for some length of time ufllicted witb dropsy, but up to a few hours of her death showed no un? usual paiu or approach of dissolution. Hor age was seventy-three. [Nettberry Herald. Found Dead.?Mr. Abraham Wioker, an old citizen of this County, living about four miles from town, was found dead, with his head near tbo fire, oh Monday morning last. It is supposed tbat while making tbe fire be was taken witb a fit. When found life was extinct. [Newberry Herald. Tho law office of Mr. J.S. G. Richard? son, of Sumter, was partially destroyed by fire, on tbe uight of tbe 2fitb. His valuable library was saved but in a da? maged oondition.