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COLUMBIA, S. C. Thursday Morning, August 14., 1873. Poverty the South. The Chicago Tribune has an exhaus? tive account of the value of property iu tho South, compiled from the census of 1870. There ia also a comparison made between the figures of. 1860 and 1870, which has startled even the North. Many Northern and Western papers have published a summary of theso fact?, aud all, without exoeption, are astonished at tho magnitude of our dis? aster. We are glad to see, too, that the truo cause of Southern decline in wealth is fastened upon the right responsibility. It is now seen that reconstruction has ruined us, and that a great natioual crime has been committed which years of reparation will hardly wipe away. The thinkiug men of the country be? yond us are* beginning to understand that a continuance of the policy now sapping the foundation of our industry .will eventually rebound upon the East and WeBt. They are finding out why they have not got a cheap government; why publio and private faith has gone to the dogs; and "why liberty ia being extinguished everywhere. The follow? ing condensation of tho Tribune's arti? cle will prove interesting to every reader. The problem still remains as to how long we can stand this depletion; and it Boems that oar unrelenting foe is begin? ning to calculate how long he can stand it also: "The comparison with the values of I860, as shown by the census of that year, makes a startling showing of the impoverishment of the South within the last decade. Reducing tho values for both periods to a gold basis, and de? ducting 82,000,000,000 for the slaves of I860, (which is at iuu valuation of $5(10 each,) the value of property in thirteen Southern States, excluding Delaware, Maryland and Missouri, -was $3,993, 909,629 in 18.60, and in 1870, $2,762, 263,429, or an aotnal loss in ten years of 30 per cent, of the value of all property. In the three States, the valuation for 1870 was 74 per cent., greater for Dela? ware, 56 per cent greater for Maryland, and 134 per cent, greater for Missouri khan that of 1860. . Counting the gain in these States, the actual loss for all the Southern States during ten years was 8)<i per cant, of the valuation of 1860. Estimating the value of greenbacks for 1870 at 81 cents, the 'depreciation of the property in the former' slave-holding States, exoluding the loss of the slaves, was 8413,000,000, or about 930 in gold for every man, woman,'-, and ohild, white and blftr-y, Dow living in those States. Eiclud ig the three States, which show large gains,.the loa? of the other thir? teen States in ten years was $1,231,000, 000 in gold, or $109 in gold for every man, woman and child. If we add to thiB the estimated value of tho slave property, which was the largest and most profitable the people possessed, tho depreciation amounts to $3,230, 000,000, or $287 in gold for eaeh per? son. In other words, tho value of pro? perty in the Southern States is not to? day more than one-half what it was thirteen years ago. "Examining the property in detail has led to the 6ume result. The value of the farms in tho Southern States, as shown by the census reports, was less in cur? rency in 1870 than it Was in gold in 1860, by more than $750,000. The loss on furtn lands in thirteen of tho States, on a gold basis, was 81,092,773,161, or greater than the entire value that re? mains. During the ten years inteiven ing, 2,830 miles of railroad were con? structed, at a cost of $100,000,000, which should havo added proportionate? ly to the value of farm land. But, in spite of this investment, tho farm lands of the South are not worth to-day one half of what they were worth in I860, though tho building of railroads in the country at largo, dnring the same time, has increased the value of farm:) three? fold. Tho shrinkage in tho value of farms per acre confirms this estimate. In West Virginia ond Virginia, it was ?2.39, or 20 per cent.; in Tennessee, $1.10, or 30 per cont.j in Florida, $2.23, or 40 per cent.; iu North Carolina, 82 SI, or 47 per cent.; in Arkansas, 85.32, or 56 per cent.; in Louisiana, 813.29, or 60 per cent.; in South Caro? lina, 85.63, or 66 per cent.; and so on. The depreciation in tho valuation ol farm implements in tho samo time was from 889,S46,009, in gold, in I860, to $55,821,280, in currency, in 1870, or a loss of more than ono-half. The de? crease in the value of stocks and crops that wero ruiaed in 1860 and 1870 was in the same proportion. "The figures, though sufficiently startling in themselves, do not represent tho loss by prevention of jiatural in? crease, which it is proper to consider. The gain iu wealth in New York was 185 per cent, in gold values; in Iowa, 135; in Missouri, 134; in Pennsylvania, 117; in Michigan, 126; in California, 148. The averuge gain in nil tho States, ex opt the thirteen Southern States under consideration, was 111 per cent, in the ten years. At this rotio, the wealth of theEe Southern States would have been iucreased by 34,000,000,000, instead of being diminished by $1,200,000,000. Tho difference to the country, there? fore, by tho impoverishment of the Southorn States, is represented hy more than $5,000,000,000, or considerably more than our national debt." -J - Because a man worth 600,000 took u fancy to and married a barefooted In? diana girl, the rest of the Hoosior maidens prowl around tho Country with mud slashing up between their toes, looking for well-dressed strangers. The prospect of reforming any politi? cal abuse nnder the present Administra? tion is not encouraging. There are whiyporings abroad thnt revelations in connection with the bonds, grants and contracts of the Northern and Southern Pacific and Sioux Oity and Pacific Rail? roads will be made next session, which will eclipse the Credit Mobiliar swindle in magnitude. The reader naturally asks what good the disclosure of frauds will do when Uiogham and others who were stooped in the Credit Mobilier pool are pets of the Administration and are rewarded with fat foreign missions? The people noed not deceive themselves as to the purpose and object of tho leading members of tho Administration ring. Thoy havo not the slightest in? tention of evor reforming tho abuses which they devised for the purpose of filling their own pockotc. Catnerou, Butler and tho rest of the worthies who drink wine at the White Houbb tablo have got a good thing of it financially, and thoy laugh heartily at the simpli? city of the resolution-writers in the West, who adopt vapid declarations against Qovernment swindles by accla? mation. Tho President looks as grave us a spbynx, and puffs his cigar. Came? ron chuckles and claps his hands, and old Ben. leers at-the verdant, people with his cock-eye, as much as to Bay, "no matter how you spice the resolu? tions, provided you re-elect ua." The mountain of debt rises steadily every? where under Administration patronage That of tho little District of Columbia is increased from nearly nothing to some $25,000,000, and the same result follows in every Southern Stato where Radical? ism has the power. A perplexing dis? crepancy has been discovered in the offioial statement published of tho amount of gold in the Treasury on June 30, 1373. It uppcars that on that date the Secretary's report of the oondition of the national finances represented the amount of gold on hand as $87,558,102. Ik bas leaked out that the actual amonut was but $71,109,230, making a deficit of $10,107,142. This discovery bas created considerable excitement in financial and official oiroles. There are but four per? sons in the department who are allowed to know what the aotnal amount of coin on hand is. An investigation is now making to discover how this secret got out. A Suggestion fob thb Centennial Celebha.ti.os.?A Washington corres? pondent of the New York Herald says: An enthusiastic friend of the Ameri? can Centennial Celebration, writing to a gentleman prominent in official circles, suggests at precisely 12 o'clock, noon, on the Fourth of July, 187G, (Washing? ton time,) that all the guns, the bells, looomotive and other land whistles, the trumpets, the drums, tho orgaus and other musical instruments, with tho tens of millions ol singing voices of our great land, burst forth in sounds of joy and praiso; that all tho telegraph liues shall be silent at the command of tho Unitod States Government, from a quarter to 12 to a quarter past 12 P. M., and then that the great battery at Washington send the electric Hash and click over tho vast iron maze to every oity and town and village of our own land, and even to Europe, Asia, Africa and the isles of the sea, as fur as the lines can be at that moment secured, and at this, signal iu stantly that the cannon thunder forth 'the death-knell of oppression; that all the mighty steam whistles proclaim the grand march of civilization amid the Wosteru wilds and the isles of the sea, as well as the cities und* the fertile plains, and bid the slumbering millions of heathendom uwako . and join the happy nations in singiug that sublime invocation to praise: 'Praise God, from whom all blessings flow,' \.n." That would be 11 a'clock at St. Paul; 9 o'clock at Sacramento Cily; 10.30 at Aastin, Texas; 10.10 at Galveston; 12.30 at Augusta, Maine; and so on. It would be a ridiculous sort of "noon." It would be o "high old noon"?not n "high noon." ??? ?? The Oity Water. Mayoh's Office, ConcMUiA, S. C, August 13, 1873. The Board of Health having passed tho following resolution at their lust meeting, and in accordanco with said resolution, I hereby request tho citizens to bo as economical as possible in the use of the spring water proposed to be snpplied by Col. S. A< Poarco, agent of tho Columbia Water Power Company, for the use of onr citizens. JOHN ALEXANDER, Mayor. OFries of Boa;;d op Health, ConuMniA, S. C, August 8, 1873. To die Honorable the Mayor and Alder men of the city of Columbia?Gentlemen: At a moeting of the Board of Health, held on the 15th, tho following resolu? tion was adopted, and the Clerk of. tho Board instructed to furnish you with a copy: Hetolved, That the Mnvor avid City Council be requested to "enjoin opou and require of tho citizens economy in the uso of the pore spring wator, which" we confidently expect to soon again en? joy; and thut the police bo required to give careful attention to the city ordi? nance on tho subject. I urn, respectfully, THOS. P. WALKER, C!e:k of Board. Fhoear? Kuroiiean Correspondence. London, July 27. London, any one would naturally ex? pect to find very crowded; but through? out the whole city are scattered parks and public equates, which perfume the air and add greatly to the oity's attrac? tion. Large sums are voted annually for their maintenance. The residue from the actual expensee, which is come times more than haif, is given to the Lord of the Park for his support. The largest park in London is Hyde Park. It is exclusively the drive of the nobility and the fashionables. Every coach w*hioh drives there must be in full livery; no li? censed carriage is allowed. There are other parks, as St. James, which is tbe resort of tbe lower class. Here you cah see everybody, from tho Bight-seer to the Gypsey. The Bank of England, of which every ono has heard, is an old granite build? ing, occupying about ionr or five acres, in tho very heart of the old oity. It has no windows facing the street; tho light is furnished through a few openings upon the oourt-yard. This is for protection against those riots which, though few, 1 are so terrible. It is guarded all the time, and no one id allowed to enter without a passport from oue of the di? rectors. Opposite the bank, is tho Lon? don Exchange. It is not so tine as the one ut Liverpool, but, of coufse, more frequented. Fucing both the Exchange and the bank, is the Mansion House, the residence of tho Lord Mayor. It is a gloomy-looking old house, aud would bo better suited for a prison than a homo. The Lord Mayor is compelled to live there, but he mauages to drive off the "bluoj" in winter, by balls and ban ? quets, aud in the summer, by lcaviug it. Hi? eulary is about $50,000 a year, his expenses nearer $100,000. But it is one of the chief requisites of a candi? date, that he should be rich enough to sustuiu tho dignity of bis office. The election comes off annually, and gene? rally the oldest alderman is chosen. If he has been free with his money during his term of oflico, and has entertained well, the Queen makes him a peer of the United Kingdom. The wall which once surrounded tho city proper, has now dis? appeared, all except the old gate. Even now, when tho Queen wishes to visit London, she has to wait without until the Lord Mayor comes to give her the keys of the city. The gate is unlocked and she passes on, after returning them. This, of course, is only keeping np old forms, as tho gate stands open at all other times. Monarchy is dying out so fast here, that the nobility have to keep up these old customs, to remind the people that they are not yet a republic. Not far from here is tho Old Bailey and Newgate Prison. The walla are forty or fifty feet high, and, seemingly to the eye, thoy are as strong now us when they were built. The old oity is devoted entirely to business; nearly all the fashionable i live np town, or what is called West City. The streets are always crowded with hacks, cabs or drays; yet the police arc so efficient that but few accidents ever oooar. One of the finest improvements of the present day is the Victoria Embankment. Not long back, the left bank of the Thames was n mud bank, where the tide loft the filth of the city. Now, they have built there a magnificent granite wall, lighted up by hundreds of gas-jets. The ground behind it has been luid out iu parks, or? namented with (lower-beds and shrub? bery. The people are very proud of it, and they have every reason to be so. The river is spanued by numerous * bridges, which connect tho two parts of London. The bridges are paved the same as the streets. The Waterloo is said to be tbe finest stone bridge in the world, aud the Blackfriars tbe iiuost iron one. Tug boats ply up and down tbe river every fiva minutes, aud will take you to any part of the city for a penny. This is one of the best ways to get a bird's-eyo view of'London. As you pass up the river, you see the Tower, St.Paul's, Houses of Parliament aud Westminster Abbey. Charing Cross Hotel in situated on tho river. iT is the haud.Homcst hotel in London, and, next to tho Langhum, the most fashionable. The hotel has erected a fine monument iu front of it to the memory of Queen Anne. It is near 100 feet high, and de? corated all over with carvings and sta? tues. Tbe hotels here arc not as due as ours, in some of them, thoy charge you for ice water. I have been to Sara? toga, Niagira, Capo May and nearly all the watering places in America, and have heard tho people complaining against tbe custom of fucing waiters; but London surpasses them all. The waiters will not do tbe leaBt thing, with ont expecting a fee. The habit has bo come so general, that in some cafes tbe servants pay tho proprietors to let them wait on tho guests. An Amorican com? pany has bought the London ColosBeum, and will soon build a regular American hotel. They even promise to import Amorican servants. Tho othor hotels are becoming anxious, and, I under? stand, are trying to buy them|ont. By Charing Cross is Trafalgar Square ?so named from the battle won-by Lord Nelson, whoso statue is placed upon a base, between 100 and 200 feet high. At the foot of tho base, rest four large bronze lions, said to bo the finest bronzo casting in Europe. Thoy cost $2,000, 000 in gold. London is filled with equestrian statues, of which tho one of George I, in Grosvenor, is tho finost. The Zoological Gardens nro very pic tnresquo in themselves, und aro well stocked with the finest specimens of every class of animals. As a friend ex? pressed it, "they contain every animal God over mado and a few more." Their greatest curiosity is a ohimpaozee, or tho wild man of the wood. It has a striking resemblance to tbe human beiug; its hands and feet aro exactly the same, oven to tho finger-nails. It seemed very intelligent; answered questions asked it by the keeper with the motion of its bend, and although it denied be? lieving in Darwin's theory, it would! have been* the best proof Darwin oonld have brongbt forward in support of bia theory. They have also three ?lt four hippopotami, the only living speei ui??',, I believe, in Europe. The other animals were all large and fine, but snob as- we have seen from time 4o time in olrenses. The theatres of London are very poor; the noting worse. The finest in every respect, both as to the house and the scenery, is the Alhambra. It is between a first class and a variety theatre?such as Niblo's Gardon, New York. They sell you a programme and charge you a shilling to take care of your bonnet or bat, while you are in the theatre. Ladies, as well as gentlemen, arc obliged to take off their hats in -the house. Crystal IViuco is about teu rnilce out of the city, and is one of the finest buildings here. As one of the London papers expresses it, "were London blotted out from tho fjee of the earth, leaving nothing behind it but this f.iiry liko structure, a journey to it aloue would well repay the visitor. Like the fabled castles of the air, the visitor, on approaching it by the railway, seoms to be moving in drenm-luud, or realizing the childish reminiscences of fairy-land." Situated on ?:? lolly emincne?, command? ing a moat extensive view of the adj leent country and the city, Crystal Palace is tiliko a monument to the enterprise and tho taste of the people who erectc.l it. Tho building, constructed entirely of glass and iron, is about l.GOO feet long. The park and gardens cover an area of 200 acres, in tho highest state of culti? vation; the terraces, balustrades, steps, etc., are of the most finished aud dura? ble chaMcler. The fountains arc the finest in the world, the principal jets risiug 200 foot in the air, and tho 12,000 minor jets form a combination that is boyoud description. G,?'J0,0?? gallous of water tire consumed on a fttt day by this myriad of fountains, cascades and waterfalls. Tho line art court, on the main fioor, shows the various Btagcs ot architecture from the earliest to modern times, and more delightful way of spend? ing a day, strolling throngh these halls, cannot be found in London. They have recently udded uu aquarium, se? cond to none inEnglaud, except the one at Brighton. Operas, concerts, acro? batic feats are given every day. The evening I went, they exhibited the fire? works intended for the Shah of Persia, and which were postponed on account of the rain. "ALPHA." Colored Coumcne in Soute Caro? lina.?An article printed elfaewhere gives a highly interesting account of the oommnnal system in operation in the low country of Sonth Carolina. The colored people there, by clubbing to? gether, have booght tracts of land which they cultivate successfully, under regulations which allow each laborer to work in his own way,, provided that he does not inteifere with the welfare of the commune, or violate its laws, which appear to be directed to tho encourage? ment of industry and thrift, and the avoidance of litigation. This practical co-oporation in industrial matters is an enuouruging sign. The negroes are children iu their knowledge ot economic laws, and much of the experience of other peoples is to thorn a sealed book. It is natural to expect that thoy will try experiments which have failed else? where, and that, in their crudo condi? tion, thoy will adopt systems which are incompatible with u high ord-.-r of social development, but it is pleasant to see thorn working together, ufl is Jouc in Golleton, and it is clearly the duty, us it is the interest, of their white neigh? bors, to give thetn all tho aid and en? couragement in thoir power. For her agricultural progress, South Carolina re? lies ou the negroes. Without them, the whites can do nolhing. No opportu? nity should be lost of instructing and improving them, and we should be glad to sco some effort inudo to diffuse amongst them an acquaintance with the fundamental economic laws, and with the latest und most approved modifica? tions in tLx theory and practice of agri? culture. Tho negroes uro voters as well as laborer?, and tho same self-reliance; and self-control wLich will cnublu them to support lh.:ir families iu comfort, will teach them to select good men to con? trol the dcsti?ie3 of the Statu. [Charleston N^c.-,. D?.\ru uv Mr. Jons Heart.?This gontlcmau, who was well known iu this city in former "years, as connected with tho Charleston Mercury, died lately on board the steamship (jliarlcstou, ou her passage from this city to New York, and was buried on Statcn Island. Air. Heart was a native of Pennsylvania, and by trado a printer, but removed when young to Washington City, where he was employed first as a compositor, and afterwards as reporter and editor, About 1845, he c.tme to Charleston, and was associated for ^r<me time with Colonel John E. Carew in tho conduct of tho Mercury, and after the retirement of Colonel Curcw, he bceame associated with Air. W. It. Taber, and later with Colonel R. B. Bhctt, Jr., and continued his connection with that prominent journal until 1S53, when, having re? ceived tho appoiutmcut of Superintend? ent ot 1'ubiic Printing, ha returned to Washington. During tho war, "Mr. Heart served as bpeoial agent cf the Confederate Post Ofiico Department. Since 1S0?, ho has been engaged in journalism in Memphis; wub Private Secretary to Governor Scott, in Colum? bia, and more recently, has boon an em? ployee of the Government Printing Of? fice, at Washington. During his recent i visit to Charleston, the terribly shattered condition of his health was a subject of sad ami general comment among his friends. His ago wa^ about sixty-five. [Charleston Neirs. Mrs. M. A. Chewning, a respectable citizen of Clarendon, died in Clarendon, on tho 7th, snddenly, from an attack of paralysis City Mattebs.? Bubscribe for the Phoikix? don't depend On borrowing. A mild stomaohic, this hot weather, may prevent the stomach-ache from taking on the color o* the cholera. Mr. N. A. Stedman, Jr.,* is once more connected with the editorial department of the Marion Star. The title of the Samter News has been ohaDged to the True Southron. It cats right and left. The following is tho range of the ther? mometer at tho Wheeler House, yester? day: 5 A. M., 76; 9 A. M.. 76>?; 10 A. M., 77; 12 M., 80; 3 P. M., 77; 7 P. M., 77. Tax-payers who have nut yet made their returns to Aaditor Solomon, should do so at once, as the books will positively be closed on Wednesday next, Augu-st 20. For a dull season, the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Com? pany have little cause for complaint at to busiuess. On Tuesday, tho officials at this point handled sixty loaded freight cars. A. young man who known ull about ijt, i states that his experience has taught iiiiu that a flirt is a fool, wbo delights in fooling fools, and the fool who is fooled by such a fool, is the fouliskest kind of a fool. He's been fooled badly, we should judge. The engineer of the train which met with the uccideut on the Charlotte, Co? lumbia and Augusta Railroad, on Sun? day last, has been discharged from the employ of tbe company. His excuse as to fast running, with which be is charged, was that it was only his second trip, and he was not fully posted. During the severe storm of Tuesday night, severnl drain bridges were floated off, awoiugs were destroyed and innu? merable leaks made their appearance in buildings to leaks before unknown. Yesterday, tho storm was renewed about 1 o'clock, and for an hour it rained, thun? dered and lightened fearfully. In connection with the numbering the streets, as ordered by the City Coun? cil, we would suggest an amendment to the ordinance?that the numbers,be placed 26f. )yin. apart, instead of 30f., as now provided for. This would oause them to run even, and thereby avoid confusion, as the frontage of eaoh square is 416f. 8in. Singular Fkeak of Light-sino.? During the storm, yesterday afternoon, the lightning struck a telegraph pole in front of Mr. C. R. Franklin's restau? rant, on Gervais street; from there it glanced to and down the chimney of the kitchen, upsot Mrs. Franklin, the cook aud a help; afco, Mr. Franklin and Mr. McGuinnis; partially stunned two horses in the stable adjacent, and killed a dog under tho house?the heart and lights being blood-shot. Several of the par? ties shucked did not recover from the effects for an hour or two; while one of tbe horses eeemed disposed to step "high during tho whole of the afternoon. Ulue flames flashed about the stove for ?evoral seconds. Taken all in all, it was a wonderful flash. An ex-but^her, who was present, asserts that he will never again utter an oath?ho was frightened. Fbccsixiana,?A healthy man who conseuts to Jive upon others, doesn't dc servo to live at all. By the side of 2 regular drone, the convicted criminal looms up as an angel. It goes against the grain to call a chiropodist a corn dealer and a disciple of Uunyon. "Notes from the wutering-places"? Bilis payable for board. The hardest agricultural work on a farm?Raisiug a mortgage. The now fawn-colored fabrics are somewhat expensive. But Dora Bella expected that, Sho knows that fawn is a little deer. People are inclined to associate u lofty tumbler with General Grant, because he docs so much summer-setting around Long Branch. v Marshal MacMuhon's family motto, %lTy suis; je resterai," shows that ho means to stay whore he is; bat, after all, his main stay is the army. . Ben. Butler is made np of contradic? tions. Wo expect to hear of him next at a camp-meeting, loading the brothers in tho hymn, "I love to steal," Sco. Tho Jews aro rising at the bar in Lon? don. Judah Benjamin, lato of tho Con? federacy, has got into quito a practice. Well, he is posted up, at least, in Jew ishprudencc. It has been suggested that if General Graut should be elected President for life, it would bo the death of him, and that wonld put an end to the prece? dent. Goneral Butler is playing his cards for tho Governorship of Massachusetts very adroitly. He knows more about cards than all tho other candidates put together. He wasn't in the army for nothing. No, not by a good deal! Nor iu Congress. I It is believed that the fate of Colonel C. C. Tew has at last been discovered. Captain J. B. Bean, of the IDtb United States Infantry, who recently arrived iu Charleston, has in bin possession a silver onp, the inscription npon* which shows that it was a present to Colonel C. 0. Tew, of Christ Churoh Parish, who commanded a North Carolina regiment daring the Confederate war. The Captain states that he obtained tho cop from a soldier who took it from the sad? dle of ColonerTcn's horse,'at the bat? tle of Antietam, (or Sbarpsbnrg.) and who states that the rider was killed in that engagement and buried on the field near the spot where he fell. Captain Bean desires to give the cup to the rep? resentatives of Colonel Tew, if they will call for it. List of New Advertisements. Nathan & Peixotto?Dishes. S. A. Pearce?S25 Reward, T. L. Stark?A Card. Hotel Arrivals, August 13.? Wheeler House?F B Orchard, city; H G Wright, Augusta; J T Ewett, Ala; M H Marey. Conn; 1113 Hilton and wife, Fla; Mrs Moore and child, Washington; Miss C T Gibbs, J S Browning, Charleston; B S Spaulding, G F Cotter, B G ForbeB, Ga; M H Carlisle, Miss; W L Depass, S H Blodgctt, Camden; Mies M A Quirk, Ohio; T S Clarkson, N C; =Jsa W Hay ward, Newberry; MisB F T Irby, Lau? ren 6. Hendrix House?A B Tit man, Angusta; J M Wooten, AG Wooten, Fairfield; G W Ogletrec, Ga; J Gilfillin, J J Taylor, Dr M S Hanckle, Charleston; M Cooper, St Louis; L P Mitchell, J B Patrick, Blackstock. Columbia Hotel?W E D Boll, N Y; M Schuaring, N Y; MA Wilson, Abbeville; J W Groy, Greenville; D L Tamer, Edgefield; J C Crosswell and wife, Ches? ter; ED-Robinson, Miss J H Adger, Miss 8 E Adger, Charleston; W H Mo Farland,.W, C & A R R; W G Boylaton, Md; H L WTolfe, S C R R; C M Smith, F Murphy, Charleston; GW Thames, N j C; C H Schuartz, Horry; J W Fisher, NC. Putting Down Rebellion.?When the stomach rebels against food and obstinately refuses to digest sufficient aliment to keep the body well nourished, it can only be compelled to resume its natural duties by a wholesome tome The powerful alkaloids bo often admi? nistered for this pnrpoao are not whole eome. They are, for the mosi, part, deadly poisons, ,and cvonr whon taken ip very small quantities, re-act, violently upon the neryous system. Not so Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters. This salutary combination of vegetable juices,, em? bracing the flneat InvigorantB and al? teratives which the botanical kingdom affords, oberates mildly, steadily- and beneficially npon the digestive, secret? ive and discharging organs. In dyspep? sia, bilious affections, nervous com? plaints, periodic fevers, chronic consti? pation, bodily weakness, mental de? pression, languor, sleeplessness and the various disabilities incident to old age and premature decay, its effects are so wonderful that to be comprehended they must be witnessed or experienced. A 8 fi%l Nervous Debility.?A depressed, ir? ritable state of mind; weak, nervous, exhausted feeling; no energy or ani-. mation; confused head, weak memory, often witu debilitating, involuntary discharges. The consequence of ex? cesses, mental overwork or indiscretions. This nervous debiltty finds a sovereign cure in Humphreys' Homoeopathic Spe? cific, No. 23. It tones up tho system, arrests discharges, dispels the mental gloom and despondency, and rejuvenates the entire system; it is perfectly harmless nud always efficient. Price*$5fqr a pack? age of five boxes and n large 8*2 vial of powder, which is important in old serious cases; or SI per single box. Sold by all Druggists, or sent by mail on receipt of price. Address Eumphrets' Specific HoMuorATUio Medicine Company, No. 502 Broad way, N. Y. For sale by Geiger ?: McGregor, Columbia, S. C. ApUf' ly The Lord Gordon Difficulty.? Tbe Minnesota newspapers exhibit a warlike spirit at the imprisonment of their fel? low-citizens who went to Fort Gary, in the British possession?, in quest of the fraudulent Lord Gordon, Some of them call for the organization of volun? teers to release their friends, But the Washington Chronicle, of the 7th inst., announces that the Cabinet has dis? cussed tho Fort Gary complication, and adopted a policy to be pursued. The Government will not intorfere, unless interforence becomes absolutely neces? sary by reason of tbe excitement in Minnesota. "The Government will then oomo to the front," says the Chro* nicle, "and exact tbe justice from the British authorities which, np to this timo, they havo withheld," regarding tho "imprisonment of our officers as eminently illegal." The Chronicle is generally considered us a sori of official organ, and its announcement of tbe Go? vernment's purpose at this timo is sig? nificant. Tho British seem likely to lose their eminent respectability in the matter of dress, Dr. Kenneally having been per? mitted to address tbe. court without bis wig, and uow an artillery officer having como out best'in a trial for appearing iu ono of the stalls at the Priucoss' Thea? tre without a white neck-tie. He was arraigued on tho charge of disorderly conduct, aud acquitted by the Jndge, who expressed surprise that the chargo bad been made at all. Mr. E. M. Troth, of the firm of John II. Taylor & Co., (Phoenix Iron Work?,) died in Charleston on the 11th.