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' Hcoklui T?wtlon. The amount (sixteen mills) o! tax levy proposed by the Committee of Ways and-\Means Btrihoa ub as onormooB, in the oironmstanoee of the State at this time. The minority report of tho com? mittee, which passed its first reading in the House yesterday, in making levies for speoifio purposes, and keeping eaob separate and apart, to be applied only to its legitimate and prescribed objeots, is better. Otherwise, it iB eqnally ob jeotionable. Those bills oall for about 82,500,000, a sum large enough to carry I on the affairs of five, auoh States as this. We do not perceive anywhere the slight* ] est regard for the distressed condition of the people, or the faintest tendency towards economy in the management of onr political affairs. Leaving aside, for the present, the question of tho exor? bitant amount about to be levied, there axe some contradictions and disorepan oiea in the proposed bill which are worthy of notice. This bill has a sec? tion which levies three mills for County purposes. Besides this, there are joint resolutions to raise a Bpocial tax of three or four mills in nearly all the Counties of the State. Take it at an average of three mills, and the two will swell the amount to be appropriated in tho Conn-; tics to a most extravagant Bum. What is it for? Experience has demonstrated that the larger the amount intended for improvements, &c, in tho Oonutios, the fewer and smaller they are. Again. The bill requires that the taxes Shall be paid in gold and silver coin, United States currorcy, national bank notes and bills receivable. The bills of the Bank of the State, which so frightened the legislative soul when the decision of the court which mado them good for all dues to the State was an? nounced, seem to have lost their terrors. Perhaps it is now supposed that the de? cision only affects the case of the rela tora which came beforo the Supreme Court. ' Again. The extra printing bill, which appropriates $225,000 to the Republican Printing Company, and which baa passed one body, and been favorably re? ported on and received its first reading in the other, has a clause whioh pro? vides that certificates of indebtedness, receivable for taxes, Bhall be issued in payment of the o'aim. There is a con? flict of legislation in this matter. Bills of the Bank of the State and certificates of indebteilue&a are good for taxes, but no provision is made in the supply bill to absorb them. Beaidea, wo find no where in the bill any provision which looks to meeting the interest on the publio debt, although there is OSS of two mills for this, purposo in tho bill to reduce the volume of the publio debt. And to crown the absurdity of tho mea? sure, it leaves out in tho cold tho float? ing debt, making no mention of it what? ever. The bill is evidently crude and un? satisfactory. It is put forth beforo any proper estimate of the expenses of the State Government ban been rnaJe, and before the amount of taxable property has been ascertained. It is liable to bo thwarted in the way we uavo shown, and to bn brought into conflict with other measures whioh have been adopt? ed. It dues not follow any honest effort to reduce expenses. It goes upon the supposition, that the poor, half-fatuiahcd State of South Carolina, should have u magnificent establishment, a costly and luxurious government. It utterly ignores the straitened cironmstanocs, the actual destitution of tho people. Saoh legislation us this in such times as these demonstrates, that the Qcueral Assembly ia every day growing more in? competent to discharge its proper duty. Corruption and profligacy still run thoir fatal and giddy rounds, In a speeoh delivered at tho emanci? pation celebration in Hartford, Connec? ticut, last summer, Congressman Itainey enunciated a polioy whioh tho Legisla? ture now seems bent on carrying out. "Land is oheap (in South Caroliua, he meant,) and toe like to put on the taxes, so us to make it oheap." This the Legisla? ture is doing, just as surely as if they had Bainey's ideas of confiscation repeated to them overy morning. It is assuming with them the shape of a settled scheme. It looks almost ub if they wore logically obliged to pursue it. They can only flounder and blunder on till the end o'omes of collapse or rovolutiou. What think the tax-payers of the Statu of a tax of; $2,500,000, now that land baa beon made ''cheap," and everything elae shrunk in proportion? Land cheap, cotton at twelve oents, tho wolf of famine at tho doors of the people, men out of employment, children without bread?that is one side of the picture. We turn away from viewing the other,- covered all over with extrava iff; , . l3 ? ,? ing in the proceeds of a $2,500,000 tax. Are not these thlnga aigoifloant of a great change? The Naht FuKd.?Tho etream of con? tributions still flows towards this forlorn oarioatorift- Amnnjst the most valua? ble, accompanied with evidences of deep sympathy, is one from a Sooth Ca? rolina legislator, addressed to the editor of the New York Herald: iConuiiniA. S. 0., Not. 12, 1873. My bowels of compassion have been stirred to their inmost, depths by the knowledge of the humiliation that Mr. Nast has been forced to. I was fooh.-b enoogh to think that it was from choice that he degradod his talents; but sad re? flection over my own misfortunes teaohea me differently, and likewise to be oharitable. Enolosed please fiud a Confederate note for $5, for his benefit. I might send greenbacks, but our SUtc officials have swamped all those, and we have, nothing left ns but the memory of by? gone days. If sympathy will do him any good, pat me down for any amount uf that, to be paid on demand. I have been a member of the Legisla? ture ever since reconstruction, but this is the worst year for bnsiness I have seen?seventeen days in session, aud not a good job yet. I wish this financial stringency was over. Confidentially yours, Senator 13 KINDLE TAIL. ? ???*>? < Tue Brutal Ootbaqe in Grant Pa? rish, La., T erb in Liy Revenged.?On Sunday, Hampton Henderson and two j other negroes were brought into Oulfux by colored men, who were threatened with death if tbey harbored tho perpe? trators of the Grant Parish outrago. They were turned over to Alford Shelby, Deputy Sheriff, but the citizens took ohurge of them, conveying them iu the direction of C. C. Nash's residence. They wero shot, after confessing that uiuo others were ooncerned in the attack on Madame Iiacoor'a residence. Muu ford Wells shot two more the day fol? lowing, near Mr. Loushurd's house, with double-barreled shot-guns, huviug been discovered and tracked to that point. Oa Tuesday, fifteen personB from Alex [ andria surprised three more hiding from I arrest. Another one was hung in Ra? pides Parish the same day. One of them was tracked as far as the toll gate three miles from Alexandria. The other two are known to be yet in Giant Pa? rish, and, when caught, they will un? doubtedly share the same fate as the others. Information received on board the Ozark, on Tuesday afternoon, from two of the escaped negroes from Grant Parish, muoh alarmed, represents that they-assisted in bringing in the first three to Coifax, and that tho negroes ; are rapidly leaving, as Hendersou and others havo implicated nearly all the ne? groes iu the Parish. TjNrraD States Court.?In the Dis? trict Court. Tuesday, Judge Bryan pro siding, .the petition of David T. Red fern, to establish lien on the estate of Isaao Smith, bankrupt, was referred to Registrar Seabrook, and the ussiguee was ordered to postpone sale of realty until sale-day in January. Exceptions as to nuder-valatng pro pot iy of \7. J. Sealey, bankrupt, were referred to Re? gistrar Clawson, to tako testimony, aud report. The assignee of Burrill San? ders, bankrupt, was ordered to pay Simons & Simons, Henderson Sc Rehre, and A. D. Guben fees duo them as coun? sel. The petition of Henry Sober, for voluntary bankruptcy, was referred to Registrar Jaeger. On tho petition of tho assignees of the Bine Ridgo Riilrond Oonipnny to sell tho real and personal property of the company, it was ordered that nil persons having claim* against, tbo cor? poration, ,,Under the first aud second mortgages aud by heirs, appear beforo this court on the O?l of December next, und show cm ho why tbc petition should not be granted. It waa far I her ordered (hat copies of the petition and ui.lt >? i.e served on persons who have provi il claim* before tho Registrar, and also upon tJi'i trustets under the mortgage. An armed band of negroes made four distinct but iueil>jctuul attacks' within four hoard on the house of J)r. Joyce, in Coifax, a few nights ugo. Tho town of Coifax was picketed by cavalry on Saturday last, und urmed squads of mounted men patrolled the street! on Wednesday. Let Us Have Peace ?A Bhort lime ago the particulars of an outrage, alleged to havo boon committed by ne? groes in Grant Parish, Louisiana, wore published in tho press, but it was hoped that tho statement wus a hoax. Tho de? tails were too revolting for belief, and the whole story was deuiud by tho so oallod Oovernment of tho Stato. We now havo the sequel in a few lines from. New Or!eii?3. Seven of the uiuo no grout, who wero implicated in tho out? rage, havo been killed by oitizens. So the irrepressible oontest goes on, and 6o wo receive illustration aft< r illustration of the advantages of such popular Go? vernment as Federal bayonets have forcud on the people of Louisiana. j New York Herald. An agricultural journal sayn that some kiuds of trees will stand oomploto skin? ning and then bark over in u few months without injury. A dog can beat that. You may Bkiu a dog aud tho birk will be over as soon as tho skinning is com? plete. During tho last week thero has been a terrible gale on tho lakes. Ton steam? ers wreokod and a terrible loss of life. The gale was felt over the whule chain of lakes, and was the severest that has been known for years. Deaths in Charleston for the past week 29?whites, 14; colored, 15. la H?meri??a. No on* has ever descended to the tomb in Columbia who, in life, could have been the subject of a larger amount of love, of more extensive esteem, and of greater worth of oharaofor, and who, in death, was more generally lamented than was ths late Dr. Maximilian LaBoruVe, who breathed his last on Thursday evening, the 6th instant. From-an intimate relationship to him of several years, and from frequent oppor? tunities of observing him, in publio aud in private, the writer of this feeble tribute became, long sinoe, acquainted with bis many excellences, and, as years rolled on, he found ample and in oreasiog reasons for entertaining for him the highest regard and friendship In every oonditiou aud under every vicissitude of life, he exhibitod tho trails of au upright, honorable aud honest man?a frieud to virtuous principle and action wherever seen, and huviog no sympathy with departures from the p.iths of strict integrity. In the departments he filled before the publio eye, ho was noted for bis un deviating fidelity to duty, and especially tu his long and useful career us Profes? sor of the Sooth Caroliua College, he wai never absent, except on uccouut of sickness or family nffii?tion, from the discharge of the full measure of tho re? quirements of his ofllae. But the fea? ture which most oommended him to favor was Ins extreme kindness of heart, whioh he evinced in his intercourse with others at all times aud under ?11 circum stunocs, when occasion wns uilordud him. To the young men entrusted to his educational charge, he was always kind and encouraging, uiding, us far as was iu his power, those who needed as? sistance, endeavoring to embolden the diffident, and to iuoite all to advance? ment in knowledge, to the practice of deedd of honor and usefulness and to n firm adhereuco to moral aud religious rulcB of conduct in tho. positions they might be called upon to occupy. It wus thin friendly interest in their welfare which gave him so large a share iu the affections of the stuteuts (which inauy of whom now liviug still, no doubt, re? tain,) aud secured for him n popularity with them whioh was uudimiuished even under the most trying disturbances to whioh tho iustitution was occasionally subjected. As a native Carolinian, he was proud of the aucient reuowu ot the dtate.au intimate associate of many ol her illustrious sous, devoted to her iu periods of her prosperity aud great uess, and mourning with her iu her seasons of humiliation and adversity. As a oitizin of Columbia, he was sin? gularly free from all pretensions to su? perior attainments and all repulsiveuesB of demeanor, going in and out among our people as one of them in interest far the welfare of the city, aud com? muning with the humble as well as the more prominent, iu the affable and oheorful spirit which he usually dis? played, and drawing all hearts to htm by the simplicity of his manners und the genial flow of his conversation. Iu domestic life, none could have sur? passed him in the endearments and ten? derness of his home, and the picture cf his fire-side was beautiful from the in? terchange of the deep parental and filial love that characterized it. Well iuny bid bereaved children "rise up und call him blessed." Bat the crowning excel? lence, of Dr. LaBorde was his sincere aud consistent profession of the religion of Christ, and his earnest attention to whatever was calculated to contribute to the promotion of the Kingdom of the K uloeiner. He loved his Qod, his Sa? viour and his church, and this love was manifested by an humble and holy watt? ing upon the worship and offices of the sanctuary, aud by his evident desire and effort iu his outward und inward life to itdetru the doctrine of Qod in all things. And in no instance could the sincetiiy tsi an active Christian faith have been more blessed with Divine acceptance thiiu iu the support it administered to bim iu the chamber of his dissolution, where tho soutiireuts he breathed were those of meek submission, devout trust for salvation in the merits of the* e.io-s, in a felt victory over the grave, at ex? pressed by him with thanks, through our Lord Jesus Christ, ami iu tho uu j ?ymeiit, iu its fullness, of tbuL peace j which passetli all understanding A FlUiSXD. Tum Lam\u Dana Cas::.?Of cour.-.e, the ease of U. B. Limar against Charles A. Dana, Lincoln's Assistant Secretary of War, for false imprisonment, has ter? minated iu a verdict for the defend int. Tried iu a United States Court, what other result could havo boeu expecled? In this case, the judge instructed tho jury to bring in a verdict for the defend? ant, and daring their absence, ordered tho clerk to enter stich a vegdiot upon tbo minutes of tho court. Notwithstand? ing this diotatiou of the bench, tho jurors hesitated. Three of them were for giving Mr. Latnar damages anyhow, and it was only after beiug a second tiruo instructed to And foe Dana that they yielded. The caso will be takeu to tho Supreme Court of the Uuited States. A fellow called to see a man in town, the other day, who was engaged iu tak? ing Iiis first bath since the financial panic set in. The man's wife told the fellow ho couldn't see him, as hn was engaged iu makiug a "transfer of real estate." Madam Anna Bishop, who has beeu i o.iming around tho world for d"genera? tion more or less, is engaged iu organ? izing an English opera troupe in San Francisco for a new expedition. Fow bishops have traveled over so largo a diocese. Eleventh avenue, New York, six miles long, 150 feet from curb to curb, laid in stone three foet deep rolled into a com? pact solidity, is the finest boulevard in the world. extra. IMIIOR OP ueoibi.a.ttjrk. WxDNTJJDAY, KOTBKBXB 19, 1878. SENATE. ? The Senate assembled at 12 M., and was called to okder by the President. A number of bills and resolutions were sant to the Senate from the Honte, and received their first reading. A number of Acta and resolutions were ratified and presented to the Go? vernor for his approval. Wo will pub? lish the titles when approved. air. Diokson introduced a bill to make tbe road leading from tbo Murray's Ferry Road to the Santee Road, in Clareudon County, a publio highway. Mr. Corwin?Bill to authorize and re? quire the County Treasurers to .retain tho funds collected for the freo com? mon rohool purposes until au appor? tionment shall havo been mado by the Superintendent of Education. Mr. Swails?Bill to amond an Aot to altur und amend an Aot to iuoorporato the village of Kingstree. Mr. Wbittomore?Joint resolution authorizing tho Stato Treusurer to pay andoincel certain pay certificate* now held aud owned by Felix Cardarok, of the city uf Columbia. At 2.30, tbe Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Tao Uoieo met at 12 M., Speaker Leo iu tho Chair. Mr. Reed introduced a bill to i cor? porate the Harrisou Grovo Biptist Church, in Beuufort County. Mr. Hurley?Bill f^r the relief of Charleston County. Mr. Andell?Bill to muke it the duty of tho County Commissioners of Charles? ton County to take oaro of, aud keep iu proper repair, Jjmcrf island and Haul over Cuts, the sumo as other thorough? fares. Mr. Petty?li.il to incorporate tho Clo-o Communion Baptist Church, of Wad mala w I-duud. A number ot reports of committees were read, and bills and jjiut resolu? tions laid uvt-r for a 30toud reading. Mr. J. A. .Smith?Bill to restrain the Secretary of Stato from collecting the iuter> si provided For in Sections 67 und liS of Chapter XVII of the General Statutes. A bill to tuik** appropriation for the paytneul of expenses of extra session of tbe General Assembly, aud for other purposes, was read tho third time and ordered to the Senate. Those who voted ugiiust its passage are: Messrs. Bowon, Bowley, Bryan, Canuou, Cooh ran, (Jump.on, Crittoudun, Dusenbury, Featherstoue, Foid, Gantt, Goodwin, S. Groene, llerudon, Hurley, T. B. Juh?st?n, Lowry, Lowmao, Mackey, Middletou, J. P. Moore, Rice, A. Sim kius, P. Simkins, N. T. Speucer, W. H. Wallace and John Wilson. A bill to raise supplied for the fiscal year commencing November 1, 1S73, and to alter and amend the law iu rela? tion to the eolleotiou of taxes, being the unfinished business of yesterday, at the hour of adjournment, wus resumed. The following amendment was adopt? ed: Aud a tux of one mill is hereby levied to pay tbe claim of the Soath Carolina Bank and Trust Company, now held by Hardy Solomon, Esq., or as mach thereof us may bu necessary. Those voting in tbe negative are as follows: Messrs. Black, Boweu, Cannon, Cooiptou, Crittendon, Feaiberstone, Guudwin, Hcrndon, Lowry, Mocxcy, Meetze, J. P. Moore, T. J. Moore, Mo Cullough, Rice, W. U. Wallace, Wil liums and Wolfe. Mr. Crittenden moved to amend Sec? tion 7 by adding to tho section: "Ex? cept the Couuties of Groeuville, Pick ens and Charleston, iu which the County Commissioners shall levy a tax of fivo mills, two mills of which shall bo de? voted exclusively to tho payment of the past due indebtedness ol said County." feuding th.) consideration of which, the liom<: adjourned until to-morrow, at 12 M. A Bio Hont.?Me-wrs. W. Mel). Alford, Z. E leu, A. Q MeDoffi ?, W. W. DuRaut und other gentlemen of M " i'o,, went on a liig bunting < xpodi j Hon, ii t week, to Brit ton's Nick, wlieiC they spout several d 13s iu camp. L'hey had a good time generally, and returned home delighted with their trip, and loaded down with gatno. They killed 111 their hunt uiue tine btiigs. One of the gentlemen, who has been on similar cx peditious in tbo West or 11 Stute.s and in Florida, informs us that nowhere bus liu ever found deer *..> plentiful as in i!ri' toil's Neck, in this County. He is satis tied that, on the last day of tho hunt, the party "jumped" ut least twenty-live different deer.?Marion Star. A pic-uic smitten Boston paper says: "The faet that D*y broke yesterday is no evidence that Timo is bankrupt." How does it account for tho widely spread rumor, "We take no note of time?" Isu't the old fellow's paper good? After tho congregation of tho church in Portland had waited half an hour, last Sunday, for tho minister, a gentlo niuu got up and said: "Lot us not sit hero uuy longer liko a parcel of fools." Aud then they all left. .A consequential young fop asked an aged country sexton if the ringing of a bell did not put him in mind of his hitter end. "No, sir," repliod thogrum old grave digger; "hut tho ropo puts ,..???., mln J - r. I? U1D 1(1 U1IIUI Ui J Ulli tl "Shall I out thin loin of mutton sad dlewise?" said a geutlemun. "No," said ouo of his guoste, "out it bridlo wiao, for then I may have a chance to get a bit in my mouib." Thoru aro two "boot-eators" 00 tbo Tiohboruo jury?-that is, two jurymen who would oat their boots rather than assist to return u verdict against tbe olaimant. A Detroit paper announces a pending marriage by saying, "Yoang Blank is trying to marry a father-in-law worth ?4,000,000." Walsingham look gloomy, do so by re- j ferring to the fact that her husband ia an ingenious man. Wafoinjham, it-ap? pears, thought it would' beSioe to bavo his baby'B oarriago propelled by some other power than a nurse-girl. 80 be bought a Newfoundland dog, fitted a harness to him, and trained the animal to draw the ooaoh, which it did very nicely. One afternoon, however, while Mrs. Walsingham was out with the dog aud the baby, the dog saw another dog in which he felt interested, and be im? mediately dashed over to the stranger, for the purpo3e of taking a few sociable snuffles. The exact point upon whioh the two differed will probably never be revealed; but before Mrs, Walsingham could get across the street, the ddga were engaged in a combat of the moRt frightful charucter. Mrs. Walsingham's baby, it is supposed, had no especial yearning to participate in the conflict, and yet thero that uufortunate infant was mixed up with the dogs, aud appa rently regarded by thom as entitled to an equal uharo of the bitcB which were being handed round. Whenever one of the dogs happened to get himself into such a position that the other dog could uot obtain a comfortable placo for his teeth, both dogs would knock off for a moment, aud join each other in taking a few promiscuous nips out of Mrs. Walsingham's baby. Tho more Mrs. Walsingham screamed and poked into tbo fight with her parasol, the more the dogs tried to swallow each other's legs, and the more they tangled their teeth with the baby. And at last, when the Wulsingbain dog retreated, and attempt? ed to jump through the fence, in which he was c lught by tho coach aud firmly ' held, Mrs. Walsiughum picked up that bleeding and mutilated child of her hopes, and wont home for the purpose of unking Walsingham if ho thought his conduct iu engaging that dog was the correct, thing for a man aud a fathei. [Max Adolei: The Home ok MKS Leu?The Alex? andria (Va.) Gazelle, alluding to there cent death of Mrs. Gen. Leo, thus touehingly refers to tho oruol injustice of which we regret to say onr Govorn ment has been guilty of practicing to? wards tho venerable woman who has now passed a way: "For several 3'ears, she had fondly cherished the hope of ending her days at Arlingtou, the parental mansion?her own homo aud the home of hor chil? dren. There sho was born, there she had been married, and there her chil? dren were born. Naturally all her af? fections olustered around this, to her, hallowed spot, and as years rolled on, sho became more nnd more anxious to return to the old homestead, where lie buried the remains of a devoted father and mother, and whore she had hoped to have peacefully surrendered her spirit to the God who gave it, surround? ed by all the recollections of happier days. But iu this she was doomed to disappointment, a disappointment that, added to her recent heavy bereave meuts, finally broko down a shattered oonstitutiou and death ensued. She felt keenly the wrong imposed npon her by tho Government, that without tho shadow of right or justice, but merely by the strong arm of power, withheld '?m? ii?r, Sief zzi her children's, in violation of the very laws under which the property was at first seized; and few there are iu the land, wo should think, who will uot regret that this injustice was perpetrated, and who will uot now bo willing that restitution shall be made to the descendants of her whose soul has passed to a happier homo." "L ist evening," relates the New Or? leans Herald, ".vliile tho chief engineer of a lung tester was expatiating upon tho benefits to bo derived from the use of his instrument, a cadaverous iudi vidnul stepped out of the crowd and ro m irked to him, 'Mister, do you think it w mid help tno any to blow into that nun?' 'Ye.-, -.ir, Aertutuly; it would ex? pand y >ur client, givo elasticity to tho lungs, and lengthen your life. Why, you'd soon be aole to blow 500 pounds, nirl wiu the five dollar prize.' 'Why, does a fellow get live dollars when ha blow.-, tint many pouuds?' 'Yes, sir; wouldn't you like to make a trial?' with tv knowing wink to iuo crowd. JI don't care if I do,' said Greens, walking around aud plunking dowu a dime of Ihn greasy shin piaster sort. Then, tak? ing the mouth-piece in his hand, made ready. Ho opeued his*mouth until tho hole iu his face looked Ilk- a dry dock for oceau steamers, and began to take in wind. The 1 nil it ion was like that of the Daily Graphic balloon, but not so disastrous. That fellow's chest began to grow and distend nntil ho resembled a pouter pigeon more than a man; at which poiut ho put the mouth-piece to his lips. That can-ton went up like a flash, und tho ncedlo of that indicator spun around like a button on a country school house door, until it stood still at 500 pounds. The crowd oheeicd, and tho keepor of tho can pa<d over the five dollars in stamps with a mutter of asto? nishment. But Greens pocketed them coolly, aud turning to the spectators said, 'Look here, gents, that niu'b no? thing to do at all for a man who has been bugler in a deaf and dumb asylum for seven years, like me!1" Panama has had a season oi repose. It consisted of one week of diplomacy, which was preceded by a revolution and followed by an earthquake. One female clerk in the Treasury De? part mout can oount 0,000 notes in an hour, and has couuted 4,000 in twenty minutes. A Nebraska man, who went into a neighbor's house and stabbed him thirty-six times, was acquitted on the plea of self-defence. A New York theatre has already an? nounced as iu active preparation, "The Virginius, or Ryan's Avengers." To day week is Tbsnksgivi whldb will probably, be a go p et si day.-' *??****? Tester day was bitter cold", an?ic witt, no doubt, bo ploutifal this morn? ing, ih ?-? ??? .r. : . ' 'There was a weak attempt at a snow ntorm, yosterday, but the rain squelched it. The little folks were terribly dieap pionted. Persons indebted to the Fhcsnix ofSoa are requested to call and settle, as money is needed. The cash rule will be strictly adhered to hereafter. We are indebted to E. E. Davies & Qj. for a treat of fine oysters. They keeps f ally supplied, and are prepared to furnish them in any quantity. Oar hotels oontinue to receive a largo number of guests, but oironmstenoBS beyond our control prevent the publica? tion of the lists for the present. Messrs. Agnew Sc Son make a display in our advertising columns this morn? ing, whioh is the Very thing for thia weather. Bobby Burns has immortal? ized old Scotch whiskey in verse, and some of tee samo sort can be found at the above establishment. Public Library of Kentucky.?We * aro informed that ali unsold tickets to the fourth concert of this enterprise, in the hands of agents, will be returned on 25th instant. Remember this, and form your clubs and secure tickets while they can be had. N2fl3 Correction.?We wore in error, yes? terday, in stating that the bill reported by the minority of tho Committoe of Ways and Means of the House of Rep? resentatives levied a tax of seventeen mills. It proposes to raise the same amount?sixteen mills?as thaC of the report of the committee. The distin? guishing feature of the minority bill is that the sume to bo raised under it are specially and in express terms applied to their objects. It is better guarded than the other. Pucenixiana.?High resolves, minus action, are worth nothing. A bad habit to -get into?a coat that is not paid for. When are skipping lambs like literary volumes? When they are bouudin' sheep. Now is the time to snap up dry goods bargains. Speak as you mean, do as you pro? fess, and perform what you promise.1 The shadows of life are too often caused by standing iu our own light. Crush your sorrows, but do not drown them. A lie often requires several more to Tho greatest bores are always persons of the smallest calibre. Adversity, like winter weather, is of use to kill thoso vermin which the sum? mer of prosperity is apt to prodnoe aud nourish. Whatever you would not wish your neighbor to do to you, do it not unto him. This is tho whole law; the rest is merely tho exposition of it. Drowned.?Mr. Edward White, of Columbia, was accidentally drowned in tho Cougaree River, about ten miles below tho city, on Monday afternoon, about -1 o'clock. Wo learn that Mr. White, accompanied by two other gen tlenieii, had gone down the river in a boat, with the intention of hunting, when the boat struck a snag aud sunk, throwing the oocupunts into the river. Mr. White sunk almost immediately, and arose no more. Thoothor two nar? rowly escaped with their lives, by the assistance of Mr. Wolfe aud his planta? tion hands. Tho river was draggtd Monday afternoon aud yesterday, in a vain effort to recover the body of the deceased; and another attempt will be made to-day, with greater hopes of sac cess. Mr. Wl'i'o was an ex-Confederate, having entereu the service in the first company that left Columbia?the Co? lumbia Artillery; and after the dis bandment of tho artillery, he oonueoted himself with Company F, of Colonel Jamei' battalion, iu Virginia. List op New Advertisements. J H. Smith?Hogs for Sale. John Agnew & Son?Liquors, etc Dra. Qreeae, Lindsey & Benttey. my ? ? Two bandoome young iadios having commenced practice as physicians iu Blackhawk County, II)., it is stated that sickness bus broken out among tho young men of tho plaoe to an alarming extent. A Kentucky lady recently died whose hair, acoording to the obituary notices published in the papers, measured six feet, eight inches'at the time of her death. When they told Jim Oxford, of Vir? ginia, that he was dying, ha replied, "Wall, don't forget to put them shingleBon the mulo pen afore it rains agin."