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COLUMBIA, S. C; Saturday Horning, Jane 21, 1873. The Farmer?' Movement. There is a deep significance} in the farmer's movement, began in the West, and which is spreading throughout the South, and promises to become general. It imports a realization upon the part of the great produoing masses, that while they have been trusting public affairs to the politicians, they have been sold oat; and a purpose on their part to enjoin the delivery of the property. In other words, the movement means that the people of the oonntry have opened . their eyes Jo the strides which those holding official sway have been miking toward central? ism and despotism, and that they have determined to call a halt. It is a protest against corruption, usurpation and dis? regard of constitutional obligation npon the part of those in authority. It is the people rising in xebellion against mono? polies?the masses moving to saver the chains which hare been .silently drawn about them', in the Bliape of especial mo* nopolistio privileges daring those later years. Though it is' non-partisan in its con feasion of faith?that is to say, though it assumes the name of no politioal party?yet it is substantially the old -fashioned, Simon pare, genuine article of ?Democracy?an assertion of the right of 'the people to regulate their own affairs in their own way, subject only to the Consti? tution; a denial of the right of Congress or of the State Legislature' to transfer the rights and liberties of the many to the few banded together as incorporated companies, if these- objects be kept ? steadily in view, and the movement kept nn proper hands and within proper bounds, it will work o restoration of the supremacy of the Constitution, which means the supremacy of the people. There are many dangers to be guarded against. Excesses and extremes must be avoided; the counsels of impracticable, rash men, who will aspire to lead, muBt be disregarded; in applying antidotes for one poison, another mmt not bo injeoted into the body politic. Liberty does not mean license. Ia denying the validity of unconstitutional legislation, care mast be taken to enforoe respeot and obedi? ence to all properly enacted laws till regularly repealed. The leadership must be kept oat of the hands of politioal bummers and broken-down party hacks. There should be no seorets connected with the movement. In. a republican government, that which cannot stand the light of day, and free and full discnt sion, has not merit. All the people have a right to know all about any move? ment relating to public affaire. Secret political organizations are:prone to be? come narrow, dogmatio, prosoriptive, vioious and corrupt, l'riokaters und bad men will get control. We caution the laboring masses, tbo producers of all oar wealth, tbe f-ers and mechanics of the country, whil- &~ n'zing for the protec? tion of the.i. ights against despoti?tn and oppression, to avoid tho pitfalls above pointed out. Move cautiously, move altogether, move with determina? tion; bnt move openly. Proclaim yonr purposes upon the house-top, and carry your mctto at the front., Free Trade In France. . It is stated in the Paris ConstiliUionr.ri, of May 81, that tho new French Govern? ment abandons the treaties of commerce proposed by tue Thiers Ministry, on pro? tectionist principled, and will return to the treatic3 of 1S60, with alight modifica? tions. These were negotiated on free trade principles by express desire of the late Emperor. Tbo oomoieroiul treaty with England, negotiated by Michel Chevalier and Richard Cobden, was the first, and was signed in January, 1SC?. The new tariff which it toon established came into operation in tho following Oc? tober. A year later, a like treaty with Balgiam wa3 made; with Prussia, iu Au? gust, 1S62; and with Italy, in January, 1863. It is expected that in a fow weeks the commerciol policy of Franco will bo declared by the MaoMabon Government to be decidedly free trade. The New York Sun thinks that the do? ings of the Southern Claims Commission will bear investigation. A number of Georgia negroes are said to have put in claims for oabins, calling them resi? dences, worth ?3,000 apiece. Notwith? standing the fact that nnder tbe lows of Georgia, before tho war, a negro could not hold property, theao claimants are now asking Unole Bam to reimburse them for their cabins, seta of marble-top fnrnilure, mulee, cattle, Ac, one County alone presenting claims of this diameter amounting to ?1,500,000. The Corn Exohange Hank, at Phila? delphia, has authorized tho President of the board to subscribe $0,000 to tbe cen? tennial stock. All the banks in Philadel? phia have tho earno subjoat under con? sideration. [Correspondence of the Phoenix.'] The Orr Obieqatca I? Anden??. Anderson, S. C, Thursday, Jane 19. This community has been warmly in? terested in the ceremonial observances paid to tbe late Minister to Russia, Judge Orr, both in New York and Columbia. Tho friends and acquaintances of the de oeased within and ontsido of the political party to which he was reoently attached, to whatever church they belong, and of all colors and conditions, have derived satisfaction from the honors thus heaped on his remains. He was a popular favor? ite hero, even among those who disagreed with the political positions which he has latterly taken. Many who lamented his sad step into the Republican ranks, who then saw as plainly as they do now how fruitless would be his efforts to reform it in this State, and who reeall the spasmo dio and hopeless attempt ho made to in? troduce the principles of common de? cency and honesty into its oounBels and practica lost Bummer, give a kind and obaritnble construction to his motives, and unite in the general grief felt for the loss of a man who held so many titles to popular regard and esteem. The belief is universal that he was a disinterested adviser, an excellent neighbor, a most useful citizon; in a word, an honest man, bnt mistaken politician. They even re? cognize Borne official propriety in the ex? clusively partisan parade made in Co? lumbia last Sunday, Governor Moses and his committee of fifty-two appeared for the State as she now is. They are the leaders and representative men of a party which holds the reins of government, and to which Governor Orr belonged, but which he had taken issue with in se? vere denunciation ot its practices. There j was official fitness iu the honors thus paid him by the Administration, and there j may have been unoohsoious recognition of the j??tioe of the strictures in which he habitually indulged toward it. The Co? lumbia pageant has its lessons. The motives were no doubt mixed, and some were doubtful, yet, as philosopher Square would eay, it was according to "the eter? nal fitneBS of things" that it should have taken place as it did. Of a different style was the funeral whioh your corres? pondent has witnessed here. The per? sonnel participating in it was of a differ? ent character. It had a different mean? ing. A large conoourse of people assembled at the Anderson depot Monday evening, to receive the remains and the cortege of the late Minister. It was intensely hot, and the train was long delayed, but they mostly kept their places till the arrival. A few friends and a committee of Masons followed the hearse to the family man? sion, and kept watch over the body until Tuesday morning, when it was conveyed by deputations of tho Anderson commit? tees and a guard of honor from Hiram Lodge to tho Masonic Hall, on the Booth of the public square. On its transfer to tho hall, appropriate remarks were made by Messrs. 13. F. Crnyton, J. P. Reed and J. A. Hoyt. It lay in stute in tho oeutre of the hall, beneath an arch, surrounded by the habiliments of mourning, until Wednesday morning. Your readers have seen the handsome casket, with its rich decorations of sil? ver, white silk brocade and covering of black broadoloth, and its costly wreaths of flowers. Anderson made a handsome additional contribution of fresh wreathe, flowers and evergreens. Por? traits of the deoeased hung round tho walls, one of him as Speaker of tho House of Representatives of the United States Congress of 1S5S. Beneath an? other were the lines of Pope: "A statesman, yet friend of truth! id eoul sincere, In action faithful and in honor clear; Who broke no promise, eorved no private on J, Who craved no title, aud who lost no friend; Ennobled by himself, by all approved, Praised, wept and honored by tho v..tie he loved." Tbo duy wan kept us a holiday. Tho exercises in the schools wero suspended, stores all closed and draped in mourn? ing. A large and constant stream of visitor?, male and female, poured in and out of the Masonio Hall all day, from town and coantry, and a natural and be? fitting seriousness sat on 'every counte? nance. At 10 30, Wednesday morning, the hearse moved from Masonic Hall, drawn by four handsome, well-watohod dap? ple grays, to the Baptist Churoh, a spacious bnilding, which was soon filled with tbo eager throng of interested friends, neighbors and associates of the deceased in wur and peace. In the roar of the pulpit, sat a venerable pioneer Baptist minister?"old Undo Bobby King"?eighty-eight years of oge, and Rev. Mr. Harmon, of the Methodist Church, not yet one-foarth of that age. On the left of the pulpit, on tho front eeat, were the surviving family of Judge Orr?Mrs. Orr und her son*, Mr. James Lawrence Orr, and Bamuol Orr, and Christopher, and Mrs. Patterson; her daughter, and Mr. Wm. Patterson, son in-law. In the next pew, Bat Dr. Sa? muel Marshall, brother of Mrs. Orr, and family, from Greenville. Tho Masons, in large numbers, in full regalia, occu? pied seats on the same side, and on the other side, in a corresponding position, wore grouped, under command of Col. McD. Miller, wo suppose for the first timo eince the close of tho war, and pro? bably the InBt on earth, about 200 men, tho remainder of that gallant and noble band which mastered at Bandy Spring, and weut out to tho war in Virginia as Orr's Regiment of Riflee. Rov. Ellison Capers, of Greenville, read, in clear but sometimes trembling tones, the burial servico of the Episcopal Church. There wore two sots of pall bearers, ono repre? senting tho MaEOnio order, and tbe other appointed by tho family, and composed of tho following gentlomen: Messru. W. Y. Leitcb. B. F. Cray ton, J. P. Roed, O. 11. P. Fant, J. N. Browu, Samuel McGowan, B. F. Porry, L. M. Ay er, ? Martin, R. A. Thompson, A M. Baxter, II. P. Hammett, S. A. Maxwell, T. E. Harrison, J. W. Norris, W. H. D. Gail lard. Upon the conclusion of the ser? vices iu the ohuroh, the prooession wu formed in the following order: Band of Music. Tiler of Hiram Lodge, No. 68. .. The Stewards. Master Masons, representing the various lodges, to wit: Furman Lodge, No. 170, Bel ton Lodge, No. 130, Hermon Lodge, No. 116, Barn ett Lodge, No. 106, Centre Lodge, No. 37, Pendleton Lodge, No. 81, Williamston Lodge, No. 24, and Hiram Lodge, No. 63. Treasurer and Seoretary. Senior and Junior Wardens. Fast Masters, including Masonic delega? tion from Columbia. Tho Biblo, Square and Compasses. The Master and two Deacons. Tho Officiating Clergymen. Tho Body. Pall Bearers. Tho Family of the Deceased. Tho Citizens' Committee from Anderson. The Delegation of Young Men. The State Committee. .Municipal Committees from Columbia and Charleston. Orr'e Regiment of Rifles. Citizens Generally. The prooession, under direction of Moj. W. W. Humphreys, Chief Marshal, and his Assistants, Messrs. John H. Clarke and L. H. Seel, proceeded to the Presbyterian grave-yard, where, in tho presence of between 3,000 and 4,000 persons, all that was mortal of James L. Orr was buried with full Masonic honorB. These ceremonies were highly interest? ing and beautiful, 'and were conducted by Worshipful Master James ?. Hoyt. The Masons wore black coats, high hats, with white crape, white gloves and plain white aprons. When tho Masonic ad? dress, responses and prayers wero regu? larly gone through, Worshipful Master Hoyt deposited on the oasket, to be bu - ried with it, an apron of a Grand Master of New York, another of Worshipful Master Berg, of Colombia, and another which he took from his person of the Worshipful Master of Hiram Lodge, all in token of affootion and respect for the deceased. The whole body of Masons then marched in a circle three times round the casket, singing a tonehing Masonic hymn, and on the la t round de? posited on it, now lowered into tho vanlt, each a twig of cedar, or arbor vitte. I "Nothing but the hated cypress shall follow us to tho tomb." The Masonio ceremonies olosed with the grand geno ral honors of thrice times three, the bu? rial was over, the Btrioken family and friends and people generally sadly turned away and sought their homes. Amongst the visitors from your city and representing its Masonic lodges, we noticed Dr. Ensor, Mr. Berg, Mr. John? son, Mr. Sutpheu and Mr. Mosos. Miyor Alexander came up with tho remains on Monday, but returned next day. Repre? senting the City Council f Columbia, we saw Messrs. Carrol), Thompson, Lowndes and Young. They also left Tuesday, feeling, as one of them said, "that their room was considered better than their company." We are sore, however, that no incivility was shown to them, nor meant, and they labored nnder a mistake in supposing that there was a committee appointed to take charge of visiting committees. There was no euoh oommitle?, and no funds ra's d for any such purpose. Every man was expected to take oare of himself. If he had a friend to aid him or to entertain him, so much tho better, of course. The visit? ing brethren of "the mystic tie," we know, wore pleased with their reception and entertainment. It is probable that our oolored friends found the air some? thing different from that of Columbia? a little cooler, perhaps?but if reasona? ble men, as tbey are, or ought to be, they ought not to make complaint on that account. They cannot expoot to exercise the same ascendancy, or to be of the samo consequence hero as in Co? lumbia, whero they have things all their own way. Henry Jones seemed to be penetrated by a feeling of genuine sor? row for the late Governor Orr, and re? mained, performing appropriate offices of respect until the close of tho sad scene. Treariirrr Allel?. Mil. Editor: In the Union-Herald of the 11th inst., under the above caption, appears tho names of several prominent merohftuts and citizens of your city, who have signed tho petition praying for tho pardon of Treasurer Allen for his attempt to enrich himBelf with the public money. These mon certainly well know the past record of Alien. While Senator, ho fa? vored and helped on all tho hellish legis? lation that has well niyh resulted in the everlasting ruin and disgrace of South Carolina; and how, then, theso mon could consistently sign such a petition, is a matter of great wonder to many. There is many a poor black man now serving out his sentence in tho penitentiary for far less crimes than was proved against Allen: in fact, there is no greater crimi? nal there, (murderers excepted,) than this man Allen. Why not, then, petition to have them all pardoned? An impar? tial humane feeling for them demands it. The names of Scott, Neagle, Parker, Dennis, and suoh like, has not created any surprise?none whatever. It was a forgone conclusion with them, that Allen should go Seott free, while through him Care'ozo should make a Gzzlod effort to prove the sincere and honest designs of tho present Administration. INQUIRY. Infanticide.?On Saturday, tho 14th, an inquest wns hold about fourtoon miles from ih^s place, over the body of Willie Hamcs, a colored child, aged bix months. Tho child had been loft by its mother, lying in the cradle, in charge of his little brothers, George, twelve years old, and Ed., eight years old. The testimony of Ed. is, that George hit the child in the head with his fist, and tho verdict of the Coroner was that "Willie Hamos was brought to Ilia death by u lick on tho head with the ?ut of George Haines." [union Timei. A Card. Mb. Editob: la the proceedings o! the new Board of Health, whioh are published in yoer paper of Thursday morning, it is stated that the vpeoial committee of the Board, who were ap? pointed to investigate certain charges against the Columbia Water Power Com? pany for supplying impure water, re? ported that-they had made a thorough examination and found the distributing reservoir of the oity in a bad condition; that the main springs in Sidney Park leading to tho receiving reservoir wore found to be in order; that now boxes had been laid to convey the water from these springs to that reservoir; that two small wells, of no use whatever, contain? ing stagnant water, near the two basins in the Purk, were found to be in a filthy condition; that at the receiving reser? voir, at the steam mill lot, they fouud tuat all the surplus water from Hoger?' spring and other sonrces was carried by pipes into the receiving reservoir and af? terwards pumped into the distributing reservoir. The committee also reported that they were informed that rivor water wan then being pumped into tho distri? buting reservoir, giving juet rise to the reports in circulation regarding the filthy ooudition of the water faruivhed our citizens. This report aud the following resolu? tions were adopted: Resolved, That Col. S. A. Punrce, the representative of the Columbia Water Power|Company, be notified to forthwith thoroughly eleaiiBo and cover over the two small wells in Sidney Park, us also to thoroughly cleanse and keep cleansed the main distributing reservoir on Tay? lor's Hill, aud furnish a suitable filterer to the main pipe leading therefrom which supplies the city. Resolved, That he be also notified and required to immediately shut off and keep ahnt off all surface and trash water now oouveyed into the receiving reser? voir in the steam mill lot. Presuming that the new Board of Health, fully aware of their responsibili? ties, acted in good faith, and discharged their doty to tbe best of their ability, it oan be no fanltof theirs if they took upon themselves responsibilities which tho old Board of Health, after making its investi? gations a few weeks since, did not care to assume. It may be that the old Board took some pains to ascertain whoso daty it was to cleanse the distributing reser? voir and to cover the amall wolle iu the Purk, that are of no use whatever. I think it proper to any, that tho Co? lumbia Water Power Company have no control whatever over tho distributing reservoir on Arsenal Hill, nor has the company, under tho contract, any right to assume such control. The company was obligated to oonstrnot "such parts of a new water works us are required to force 1,500,000 gallons of water daily into the distributing reservoir now used by the oity, and to fnrnish sufficient water power to foroo into the distributing reservoir the number of gallons of water required by "the said city daily." WTith tho water after it is forced into the dis? tributing reservoir, the company has no? thing to do, any more than with its dis? tribution throughout the city, fein order to obtain a larger supply of spring water, and to prevent the flowing of surface water into the receiving reser? voir, we replaoed tho rotton trunks in the Park with the new boxes which the com? mittee found. Wo also removed the weeds from tho reservoirs in the Park, and wo make it a regular doty to clean oot the wells or drips from the Park to the receiving reservoir. We have tho? roughly cleansed the reservoir at tho new Water Works, and nro now erecting a filter capable of filtering both the spring and river water. We havo not made it a practioo to send up river water into the distributing reservoir, and only on two or three occasions, when we havo beeu using onr filter and testing onr pipes to the river, have wo forced river water theroto. As to the two small wells which, in the roport, nro said to bo "of no use what? ever," I havo only to say, that they uro in no mannor connected with the Water Works, and that the company has no greater control over thom than has any other oitizen. As well ask that the com? pany should undertake tho duty of look? ing after any other stagnant pools that may| infest the city, as to require the daty of them to look after these wolls. As to the water from "Rogers' spring," I have to Bay, that, according to my in? formation, the water from that source has been used by tho city every summer, or whenever the supply was limited. On oooasions of overflow by rains, tho water from this sourco is cat off. A moment's reflection should satisfy any unprejudiced miud that I would not consent knowingly to supply impuro water to tho city, which my own family daily uses, and from the (.fleets of which they coald not escape, if others aro af focted. Although our expenditures have been very heavy, and although wo havo thns fur received from the city not one dollar of compenaation, we still continue to expend and to spare no efforts or means to como fully up to our contract. I am surprised that the present Board of Health, of which a prominent physi? cian is Chairman, omitted to investigate this water subject a little farther, iu or? der to relievo tho anxiety of some of the citizens as to tho effecta of its use upon tho goneral health of the people. Since they have failed to do so, I beg leave to publieh, in connection with this communication, tho following letters upon this subject. S. A. PEARCE, J?., Agent Columbia Water Powor Co. [The letters referred to nre from Dr. J. F. Eusor, {Superintendent of the Lu? natic Asylum, and Oen. J. B. Dcuuis, Snperintendont of tho Penitentiary, both of whom state that tho people under their charge havo experienced no Bick uess that can in any way bo attributed to tho water. Both institutions use the city water.?Ed j I Eiooal items. -rS?tP Orrx Mattsbs.?The pnoe ui single oopieaof the Phoenix is five cents. Fourth of July is just two weeks off. Local news in this city is as aoarce aa money. Thesummer solstice is appointed for to day, the 21st, at 4.10 A. M. Dog days are approaohing, and the scary are rubbing up the old fnsee. The' average darkey now sits in the shade and fans himself. ? Old newspapers for sale at P iuexi office, at fifty cents a hundred. Tis only a little faded flour?Board? ing house bread. Tho summer contract for the laziest man is published. We saw a man, yesterday, reading publio documents as summer amuse ment. Unreasonable dogs aro going mad over the hot weather in all parts of the coun? try. A weloome shower of rain and a brisk wind passed over our city, yesterday afternoon. We hunted items yesterday, but may as well have gone to the State House on a Diogenes mission. There is a flying horse arrangement in town, picking up the ten cent notes that will be wanted when Fourth t>f July comes. You can now uso a postage stamp twice. The first time it will coat yon three ctn<s?the second time fifty dol? lars. The Mayor has proclaimed Joseph Taylor elected to fill the nnexpired term of Alderman Wilder, by a vote of 105?all that were east. The annual exhibition and conoert ot the Institution for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, at Cedar Springs, Spartanborg County, will be hold on Thursday, the 26th instant. We have the pleasure of acknowledg? ing an invitation of the Sisters of Mercy of St. Joseph's Academy, Sumter, to at? tend the distribution of premiums to the pupils of the school, on the 26th June. This is good weather for hydrophobia and mad dogs. We notice that in seve? ral places a war of extermination has been declared against canines that have the temerity to pant too vigorously or to foam at the mouth. Mr. A. A. Gilbert, of tho Sumter Watchman, called at our office yesterday, en route to Spurtanbnrg, to attend the commencement exeroises of Wofford College. Through Mr. Gilbert's kind? ness, wo will be enabled to furnish our readers with an aocountof the exercises. Uncle Sum will issue a new silver dol? lar just as soon as he can get some silver and prepare his dies. It will resemble the old silver dollar so far as possessing the cirole of stars, tho American buz? zard, E Piuribus, Ac, but the femalo who was wont to sit on tho old dollar, with the collar button gone from her chemise and holding her night-cap on a bean pole, will not be seen on the now. She has been arrested and locked np. Better than Chromos.?Every new subscriber to the Southern Musical Jour? nal (Si.00 a year,) is entitled to a pre? mium of sheet music, of their own selec? tion, to the value of fifty cents. This is in addition to tho fifteen dollars' worth of music published in the Journal dur? ing tho year, and makes the expense really but fifty cents a year. A mere trifle! Who can refuse such an offer? The Journal is a model magazine in every respect; equal to any wo huveseen, and worth its small subscription price ten times over. Every musical family iu the South ought to read it regularly. The Juno number, just at hand, has the following choioe music, viz: "Milly's Faith," Claribel; "Weary," Gabriel; two Quo and popular songs. "One Heart, Ono Soul," Polka Mazurka, Strauss; "First Bud," Waltz, Merrill. Specimen copies free to any address. Lodden A Bates, publishers, Savannah, Ga. Pno2SixiANA.?Those who "stand and wait"?hotel servants. The worst" kind of education?To bo brought np by n policeman. It takes two boys to go to school now a-days?one to study and tho other to carry the hooks. The times are affecting tho poor In? dian. Ho complains that none but bald headed emigrants go West. It is ono of tho enriositios of natural history that a horse eats best when he ha3not a bit in his mouth. A young lady recently whipped out an incipient conflagration with her stock? ings. She had heard that firemen used hose. A regular hum-bug?Tho bee. A butter panic?The flight of goats. Pawn-brokers prefer customers without rodeemiug qualities. There i.s only the difference of a letter botwecn a Hero and a Xero. Drivo thy business, or lliy buiine-ss will drive thee. Bbosb His Leo.?Mr. Jame* M. Daea bairy, who resides on Che roh Hill, Rich? mond, Vs., and who will be remembered as an attaohee of the Greenville and Co? lumbia. Railroad, in this city, fell from a cherry tree, while gathering cherries, on Monday evening, about half-past 6 o'clock, and broke his left leg at the knee-joint. Dr. Dickie was called in and set the broken leg. Death ?-Dr. F. S. Lewie departed this life at half-past 7 o'clock, last even? ing, at his residence iu Lsxington. He | had been ill for the past two months, and bis friends but a few days ago enter? tained hopes of his reoovery. Dr. Lewie was a prominent and very popular citi? zen of Lexington, which County had several times honored him with their choice as a member of the House of Representatives. One brief month only has elapsed siuce the deceased entered the sacred bonds of matrimony; and to? day he has entered the portals of death. Besides the family and friends of de? ceased in his native County, there are many citizens of Riuhlaud County who will mourn his death. The funeral ser? vices will be performed at Summit Point, Lexington County, at 11 o'clock, to-mor? row (Sunday) morning, the 22d instant. Mr. Editor: I noticed a few days ago, in your paper, an account of the horn? ing of Columbia, by Brevet General Stone, of the Federal army. It is dis? tressingly thin; but drowning men will catch, &c. First, we had it from eye? witnesses that Gen. Hampton ordered it done; then the octton was fired, and the wind was so high it blew it. in every di? rection, and burnt the whole town; then another said it was the liquor; we left the town full of liquor, and the soldiers could not be controlled; and lastly, Col. Stone thinks he has hit upon the expla? nation that will relieve his General from the odium of burning np the town and turning hundreds of helpleBs women and children in the street on a winter's night. Col. Stone says it was the liberated pri? soners. That his 2,000 saint-like sol? diers, after marching through t* S State, burning everything on the une of march?BaAwell, Orangebu'rg, and all the private residences within their reach ?as soon as they came to Columbia, worked like beavers to save the hot-bed of secession. But there were too many liberated prisoners left in town?perhaps half a dozen, who hid themselves. Bet? ter be a man, Col. Stone, and face the consequences. The editor of the Bean fort Republican has come out like a man and owned it up. I respect him more for it than if he had denied it, or made some such ridiculous excuse as Col. Stone has done. Gen. Howard told Gen. Hampton their soldiers burnt Co? lumbia. Iu a conversation with Gen. Blair about it, ho never pretended to deuy it. It is useless to stir it np, and more ridiculous still to deny that the town was first Backed and then bnrnt. Hundreds of witnesses, both black and white, are now in this town, who will testify that they were robbed of even their bed? clothes. An old, helpless colored wo? man, deformed by rheumatism, was turned ont of her bed, and made to sleep on the floor. Men came in our residence, with straps on their shoul? ders, who assisted in the robbery. Even the churches were not spared; and the robbers yot have the silver belong? ing to Triuity Church; and hundreds, yes, thousands of pieces of silver, with the owners' names on them, were carried off, and arc yet held by human beings that pretend to call themselves gentle? men. Ono single soldier guarded the premises of one family, and not one could outer when he said halt. It is nselcBS to deny it; it was a preconcerted thing among tho soldiers; and while we do nut say Geu. Sherman ordered it, he knew it was to be done, and he did not prevent it; and no one here is such nn arrant fool.as to believe he could not have done so. FIAT J?3TITIA, &'J. List of New Advertisements. Hope & Gyles?Seed Peas. L?rick & Lowrance?Cotton Gin?. Reidville Female College. Columbia Female College. Hotel Arrivals, June 19.?Columbia Hotel?E Van Antwerp, city; G C Dou? glass, Ga; C K Knowles, N Y; S M Hem? sen. NO; JF Brown, Ga; W J Sprinkle, E J Holston, N C; S C Gilbert, Charles? ton; W J Cross well, A H Waring, S C; A A Gilbert, Sumter; W H Evans, S C; J H Hanser, N C; H C Mazyck, S C; J M C Bowen, Baltimore; J Bloom, N C; SC Timothy, Abbeville; J M Beigler, G A- C Ii R; W S Marks, Oswego; S u Furman, Omaha; J L Teogue, La; J L Cnmmings, Ala. Hendrix House?D W Ha&kell, Miss; F J Wood, Texas; W C Beaty, Winnsboro; WHR Workman, Camden; Mrs A J Kennedy, Thomas S Martin, Charleston; J A White, Blackstock; I Sulzbach r aud son, city; Mrs Scarborough and child, Edgefiold; Miss C DuBose, Ciar? endon. Wheeler Houss? R H Greneker, New berrv; F Lambert, New York; Mr and Mrs H Clinch, Mrs Waldbury and ser? vant, Savaunah: Joseph Alexander, Chi? cago; Mrs C H CAmfield aud child, Gs; Mrs HH Ronner, US A; JE Share, R F lluested, T J Morse, Baltimore; W D Starling, Richland; Miss M A Harris, T Tillman, Misses Glovor, Edgefield; Thos C Duuu, Horry; C A Avery, Chicago: C F Green, New York; Ellis 0 Green, Jr, Sumtor; Z C Hyde, New York; Charles Marsh, Wilmington; J D Kennedy, Cam? den; D Wyatt Aiken, CokesburyLGeo F Wiekes, S Brineau, Goodwill; John G Stokes, Washington, D C.