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Bntnrflay kqhitng*. Jtoa&ty 1iV*q7*. ? ? A Contract. ., The Governor of Georgia baa trans? mitted his annual message to the Le? gislature of that State, which met in Atlanta on the 14th instant. It is a plain, earnesl, sensible document, re? flecting olearly ihe condition of,the State, and containing some valuable practical suggestions. It is a relief to tnm our view away o oca si on ally from onr prostrate State,. and consider the evidences which appear in onr sister commonwealths, of their sound finan? cial condition, their progress in educa? tion, the development of their resources, and the happy contentment of their people. We give oar attention first to the financial situation of Georgia, as set forth in the facta. and figures of Go? vernor Smith. The amount received into the treasury from .all sources daring the past year is $3,173,788.74- the dis? bursements for the same period amount to $2,250,282.49. The amount of public debt, principal and interest, paid dur? ing the year, was $1,835,767.73. Bonds to the .amount of $1,200,000, bearing eight per cent, interest, were issued and placed at pari at an expense of less than one per cent. The larger portion of the bonds wuu disposed of in the Stato, and demonstrates tho confidence of the peo? ple fn the State Government and tho sound condition of the pablio oredit. Tho total public debt was 88,842,500 on tho 1st January, 1874. Bonds to tbe amount of 8237,000, which will become doe the present year, have been pro? vided for in the sale of eight per cent, now bonds. The estimate by the Trea? surer of tho probable disbarsements for the present fiscal year aggregates 82,722,856, of whioh $823,460 is for pablio debt and interest. These dis? barsements will be met by receipts from various sources, and a tax of four-und-a balf-tonths of dpo per osnt. upon the taxable property, whioh, assessed last year at 8242,487,332, will probably be increased this to 8250,000,000. The projected tax will not amount to one fourth of what, is now being collected fronxjbhe people of Soath Carolina. And when paid in, it will go to sustain I the legitimate wants of a government whioh ia the choice of those who pay _ the taxes. In examining the scheme of disburse? ment*' for the present year, we find 8100,000 for the legislative pay roll, 88,000 for tho University of^Georgia, 820,000 for the printing fund, 8250,000 for the educational fund. These sums illustrate the economy nnd care of the Govornrdent. How different from those levied nominally for similar purposes in poor1 South Oarolina! The last men? tioned, amount is for the support of sojaools iu the several Counties, whioh JA sustains for three months in the year. r AH amounts supplemental to this, and intended for school purposes, must be raised by looal taxation. The people are thus taught to put a proper value on education by direotiy contributing, all over a oo.taiu amount, for it. The small sum of only 88,000 will be asked for tho University, and yet 318 students were matriculated during 1873. How is this? The income of the University, in? cluding cosh balance, was 834,798.92, as thus: From tuition fees, $10,540; from interest on land scrip fund, 810, 234.15; and from other sources, 814, 024.77. Its expenditures for salaries were $27,383.27; for secondary ex? penses, 85,518.99. With such re? sources, it requires but a small appro? priation from the Slate treasury. The students are thus classified: The classical course, 53; the scientific oourse, 26; the elective oourse, 19; the sophomore cluss, 51; tho law school, 10; the Stato Col lego, 153. The Statu College of Agri? culture and the Mechanic Arts is an institutiou established by the fund derived from the Agricultural Oollego land unrip, and oouduoted iu connection with tho State University. It bus three departments, viz: Agriculture, engineer? ing and applied ohemistry. Its students uro also instructed in mathematics, natu? ral philosophy, modern languages and English* literature, by the professors in the sobools of the University. The North Georgia Agricultural College, at Dahlonega, is a branch of the State College and a department of the Uni? versity. It numbered, daring its first session of 1873, 177 students. The peo? ple of Georgia aro justly proud of the success and eminont rack of their insti? tutions of learning. Their youth aro not debarred from their advantages by overy silly theory, or by perversion of their uses to political purposes. And when they reooivo foods from any quar tor for educational objects, they apply thorn to those objects with good sense and iu good faith. Our agricultural land scrip is hypothecated in Now York. Not a dollar of it has been ap ? proprlated to iU destiued uses. Our University is nothing bnt an empty shell. There are no students and no Ufa io it. And yet ?50,000 are demand ed to suatain it for the present year. Howobaogedl What a contrast do wo present in the nmouut of oar taxes, in the condition of onr finances, in the solitude and devolution of oar Univer? sity, in the depression and dissatisfac? tion of onr people, to the buoyant, elastic, hopeful and honeat state of, things disolosod in this message of the Governor of Georgia. It is a picture of what we might and ought to be. It should aot As an incentive to us to leave no atone, unturned to hotter our condi? tion. We must not givo way to irresolu? tion and inaction. We must come out of this mire. -?-???-> Tax Assessments.?Qomptroller-Gen eral H?ge has issued the following cir? cular:, Colombia, S. O., January 5, 1874. Each County Auditor in tho State has furnished this office with an abstract of the real and personal property of his Oounty, and has certified that the same has been equalized by his County Board of Equalization. The State Board of Equalization has confirmed the assess? ment made, and if there are no errors found in the Auditor's work, tho same must be accepted by this office. The frequent and seemingly hurried peti? tions which are being presented at this offloo by many tax-payerB, for abatement of assessments of 1873, obliges me to issue the following instructions, which will be your guido in forwarding any application from and after tho receipt of this: 1. No petition will be recoired until ibo tax is paid in full to the Oounty Treasurer. 2. No petition will be reooived with? out it is mado on the blank forms pre? scribed by this office, (oopy enclosed,) fully and concisely giving the subject matter of complaint, and if the Oounty Auditor is not oonversant with the facts, the application must be accompanied by the affidavits of two disinterested par? ties and sworn to by the applicant. 3. The petitioner must forward all pe? titions through the Oounty Auditor, and tho Anditor will endorse the "statement of assessment and tax as entered on his duplicate" on the centre fold of the form, and on the left fold he will en? dorse the "valuation petitioned for," and in eaoh aase the number of acres, lota, building, and amount of personal property will bo stated, and tho tax ex? tended in dollars, cents and mills, leav? ing the third or right fold for the entries to be made at this office. You will observe that the additions of tho first and third folda will equal the second. 4. You will inform all parties inte? rested that to insure a reply, that all communications must be pro-paid before mailing, and accompanied with sufficient stamps to return same. 5. If parties fail to comply with the above inBtruotions, you will not forward their applications. Extra copies of this circular are sent you by moil, that you may post thorn conspicuously in your office, for tho information of all con? cerned. Applications made in accordance with the above instructions, will receive prompt attention; if in any other form, they will not receive notice. - 4 . - Filial Devotion.?The New York Herald gives tho following touching in eideub connected with the recent fire in 60th street, in that city: Mr. Stincr, an old and respected mer? chant, well known to the community, was roused from sleep by the warning, at all timcn terrible, of tiro. The sud? den danger would aeem to have de? prived him of the coolness and self possession SO desirable on BUCh occa? sions, and led him to seek tho spocdiost instead of the surest means of safety. He leaped from a window and was killed. Io the meantime, tho position of the other inmates became moat critical?tho house, like most of tho dwelling houses in this city, was a more tinder box, aud the ? um .-t grew with alarming rapidity. Mrs. Stiuer aud her two daughters took refugo on the roof Of one of Ibo bay windows, und their cries for help alarm? ed the neighbors, who came to their assistance us rapidly as tho circum? stances would permit. Tho youugest daughter was rescued by a neighbor from her perilous position, but the elder girl would not leave her mother, who, despairing of boiug Baved, hud re? turned to her room. Tho gentleman who aided tho youngest daughter to escape, endeavored to porsuado tho elder girl to allow herself to bo remov? ed; but her resolution not to abandon her mother was fixed, and, refusing to avail herself of tho moans of escape, which were at hand, she voluntarily re? mained in the burning house and pe? rished with hor mother?a victim to a noble but mistaken devotion. Snoh he? roism is raro. The touching attachment of Miss Stlnor to hor mother stuuds out in bold relief among the noblest re? corded exhibitions of filial lovo. Fow men would have boon capable of the same self-sacrifice, or have met death with tho Bame calm courage. Woman alone is capable of tho whole-hearted devotion which offers up even lifo itself as a sacrifice to a loved objeot, and sel? dom has this quality of tender love rising to heroism been more strikingly exemplified than in the case nf Miss Stiuer. Tbo youngest man in tho United States House of Representatives is Lynch, tho colored member from Mis? sissippi. Ho was* a slavo at Natohoz until the Uuion army entered that town, and had no education thon. Ho is but twonty-hix years old. Tto? Iie&daratelp. Whoa thoa ohoBotb a leader, chooie him thai is an acquainted with leader ship?lest, per adventure, he lead the* astray. u: I Choose thou a meek man like onto the former masses; that thou majst tarry in the wilderness forty years. Bewara of him that drioketh man's blood, and of him that apilleth it. Bat trust in him that esteemeth his own too preoious to be spilled. There be wolves which deck them? selves in the garments of Bheep. So the tax-grabber assumeth many shapes to deceive thee. But, like the wicked ono, he oarrieth a forked tongue in hin head, whioh, when bo openeth his mouth, b> trayeth him. When thou senkest a favor, send not the companion of thieves on thine errand?lest, per adventure, tho good man of the house close his door against him, and thereby thou lose thy suit. SELAH. 132,000 Years Before tile Deluge.? Mr. Qeorge Smith, notwithstanding his name, deserves to bo called the most distinguished historian whr- -;ver lived. Who was Horodotnp, compared with the man who oan go back in timo some 432,000 years and fix in ihomoBt exact manner possible the schedule of dynas? tic chronology as the kings oamo to and fell from the throne of Assyria? We fear very much that Herodotus and bis contemporaries will havo to take "hack seats" after this neat historical triumph of Mr. Smith; for it shows the value of critical antiquarian knowledge as com? pared with the clumsy manner in which the historians of the Christian era have been wont to cloud and mystify even snob modern epochs as those marked by the deeds of King Arthur and the Knights of the Bound Table, tho Irou Mask, or the question of "Have we a Bourbon among us?" Berosns, itseomn, with a duo regard for tho archaeological cravings of the nineteenth century, compiled from tho tablets sculptured nearly half u million years ago an exact and succinct account of the reigns of our Assyrian forefathers. There were ten of these dynasties, aud so little did the modern element of strife betweeu families representing such principles as "Divine Bight," "Bonapartism," or "Tho Republic," enter into the polity of the period, that each dynasty held the reins of power during 43,000 years? that is, tho ten dynasties, according to our Mr. Smith, did not become defunct until they bad occupied 432,000 years in the pages of history. The first king in the list?and the earliest on earth, so far as wo know?was called Aloras; cer? tainly a very respectable and pronounco able name. Tho head of tho fifth dynasty, though not so closely allied to euphony, rejoices iu tho appellation of Amogalarous, according to Berosus; but Mr. Smith prefers to believe that a slight error has been made in orthogra? phy after the lapse of such a brief pe? riod, and ho assumes that his Majesty was none othar than Amid-nrgal, (meaning mau oi Urgal.) After dispos? ing of eighty-six reigns under the second dynasty, covering a period of 34,080 years, (the months and days are not given,) Mr. Smith goes into the etymology of tho names themselves, and afterwards introduces us to Kudur nanhundi aud Elnmite, who conquered Babylonia in the twenty-third century B. C. But this is oomiug too near the year 1873 A. D. to be pleasant reading, und hence we will uot weary tho reader with any further summary of cuneiform history according to Mr. Smith. But the facts wo huve taken tho liberty of recording are taken from an elaborate paper read before tho British Biblical Arobroologioal Society by Mr. Smith, Sir Henry Riwliuson in tho ohair. Thoy exhibit tho character of Mr. Smith's labors in Assyria iu tho service of the London Daily Telegraph; and if wc aro nob prepared to believo all that Mr. Smith deduces from tho tablets, we are ut least bound to commend tho enter? prise and generosity of our contempo? rary in sending tho leading archaeolo? gist of Britain to the East. L r. Smith is about to proceed to Asia-Minor again in tho service of tho British Museum. Wo cannot doubt that ho will return ugain with information that will reuder his accounts of Alorus and his descend? ant.!, mid his despatches on tho Djlugo, as insignificant as a reporter's record of yesterday's events. Speaking of marringe, how inevitably widows arrd widowers marry! la it owing to tho inurements of hubit, or is matrimony good per sc? Possibly something of both. A decent mourning over, and tho widow "sots her cap" for a new husband?tho widower dies his whiskers, dons a flowing whig, aud spruces up generally. There is a great deal of human naturo iu widows and widowers, by-tho-way. Neithor aro bashful or lacking iu experience, and so need less help from tho "old folks" than young people do; but sometimes both wander about like tho half a pair of scissors, and thon it is pleasant to see the mnrriurl people cciug to their aid. Up in Hollandtowo, Wisconsin, tho married pooplo believo "it is not good to bo alone" Thero woro olevon widows and twelve widowers in that town, and the married pooplo resolved that thoy would have but one widower among them. A grand lottery was devised, tho eleven widows being tho prizes? the twolvo widowers tho ticket-holders. Of course, thero was but ono blank in tho lottery. Tho pooplo were deter? mined, and widow and widower resigned themselves to their fate. Ou the 8th nit., the drawing took place, and a Mr. Ponnington drew the blank. Mr. P. is disconsolate, and the Hollandtown com? mittee, beiog out of widows, havo ad? vertised for one for Mr. P. Tho sub missivoness of tho twelvo widows may find its solution in Chaucer's Wife of Bath, but we aro surprised at tho con teutoduoss of tho widowers. I A Card,-?It wm a Mr. Simmons' det I was the oldest man, and the blind was jhree?calls seven. Ike RaggleB saw it; then it was risen by Jones to fifteen for to play. Brown. came in, and also the dealer stayed. Then it took me twelve to make it good, which I put up, and I remarked to the society that it would coat only twenty-five more .for to draw. Every last gentfoman stayed, bat it was not risen any higher. Then the dealer says to me, "How many will you take?" Says I, "A card." I bad aces and kings, and got an ace in the draw. Ike took three and Jones two, but Browu had enough, and told tho dealer to help his Belf, which he took only five. There was now about 190 chips on the board. Ike bet one; Jones wont ten bettor, &ud Browu raised it to twenty?because he stood pat. The dealer said that his'n was valued at twenty more. Then said I, "How n my does it take m*?" Some one said "rorty chips," which I invested likewise, with sixty better. Then all passed up to Brown, and I '.vented him bad to stay with his steal, but his sutid gave out, and he passed. Says the dealer to me, "How many did yon draw?" Siys I, "A curd." "Well," says ho, "I don't waut to lay down this bund; I will bet sixty more than yon!" Now the dealer was a stranger like to our party. He was from the country, and didn't know muuh about d. p. So I thought it was my charitable duty to let him down easy, and I only called him. "What have you got?" said I. "Two pairs!" said the Mr. Simmons. Then it was my time to be sorry that I had an ace fnll on kings. "But," says the genial Mr. Simmons, "mine is two pairs of jacks!" Then I said "O!" aud put on my hat and went down in the street to look for Christmas. As I wont out the door, Browu asked me "How mauy I took?" But Brown always was a person which will kick a man when he is down. Tue Seven Wonueus.?The Buven wonders of the world are among the tra? ditions of childhood, und yet it is a re? markable fuot that ninety-nine persona out of a hundred who might bo asked tho question could not name theru. They are tho Pyramids?the mystery of the past, the enigma of tho present and the enduring for the future ages of this world. Tho temple, the walls and hung iug gardens of Babylon, the most eulo brutedcity of Assyria, aud tho residence of the kings of that oountry, after tho de-, strue'.ion of Niuoveh. Tho Chry6oleph line statue of Jupiter Olympian, tho most renowned work of Phidias, tho illustrious artist of Greece. The statue was formed of gold, and was sitting on a throne almost touching the summit of the temple, which was seventy feot high. The temple of Diana at Epkesua. which was 22? years in baildiDg, and which was 425 feet in length and 220 in breudth, and supported by 127 marble columns of the Ionie order, 60 feet high. The Mausoleum 'at Halicar mis? sus, erected in the memory of Mnuso lus, tho King of Caria, by his wife Arte mcsiu, B. C. 353. Tho Pharos at Alex? andria, a light-house ereotod by Ptolemy Sotor, at the entrance of tho harbor of Alexandria. It was 450 feet high, and could be soon at a distanco of 100 miles, and upon which was inscribed "King Ptolemy, to the gods, tho saviours, for the benefit of sailors." Lastly, the Co? lossus at Rhodes, a brazen imago of Apollo, 105 Grecian feet in height, and which was to bo located at tho entrance of one of the harbors of tho city of Rhodes. Two Rival Cities.?Some recently published statistics show tbut tho rate of growth of Chicago, during the past year, has boon greater thau that of St. Liouia. The figures in question give Chioago 380,000,000 of real estate trans? fers, against 816.000,000 for St. Louis. They uiso maguify tho former city over the hitter by an iucreaso in tho receipts of grain ami a larger commerce iu all those sta:?lo products of tho West which constitute tho riches of tho competing cities. The total estimate of this com? pilation gives tho advance in nggregato trade of St. Louis at 80,000,000, while that of Chicago is 6et down for 889,000, 000. These statements, of course, nfleet tho good citizens of tho rival muuici palilies. Upon the St. Louisan, tke3? produce a depressing effect, and upon tho Chicagoan, n corresponding oxkilu rntion. Both these cities, however, aro the growth of a generation. Fifty years ngo, they were the log-cabined termini of tho Westward march of civilization. But both were favored in their choice of natural positions. Chicago rejoiced in her site upon the lakes; St. Louis had tho Mississippi. Chicago controlled the trade of tho North-west; St. Louis mo? nopolized tho South-west. As they grow, thoy saw in each other dangerous rivals, all which, however, seems quito unnecessary. Heroin tho South, wo re joico iu tho growth and prosperity of each. Adiuft.?Ouo of tho most porilous voyages ever performed was made by two meu on a cako of ice, upon Lake Erio, a fow days ngo. They were fish? ing on the ice, iu ?uginaw Bay, when 'the mass broke from tho shore, and thoy woro adrift. They wero carried down tho lako slowly. The friends of ono of tho men (MoEwen) offered 81,000 for their rescue, and several boats put out, but wero unablo to find thorn. After floating six days, tho muss of ice struck tho shore aud lodged, when tho two men crept ashore, very much ex? hausted, having had nothing to eat but raw fish. Mr. Bloom, robbed of 83,000 iu a sleeping car, on tho Nashville and Southern Railroad, sues tho Pullman Company to muko theni ussumo his Jr>?s. Ho claims that tho conductor and po. ter, whoso protection was inferentially guaranteed whon he paid his extra faro, w??ro asleep when the robbery was per? petrated. Mabbiaoh.? There! We- know we have secured sttcatiou by ? single word. Marriage is tue theme.. The ladies will agree that tbo timea are slow in "manying and giving in mar? riage." This is the fault of both lexer, and oomes from the habit of both in keeping up atylo." Young ladies set their hearts too maob on oostly dress? ing, and young men are too prono to Sybaritism. This keeps tbo sexes from matrimony. Few women can look upon marriage as involving mutual obliga? tions; hence we see too few wives who are truly help-mates?too few young men who are disposed to marry and accept the true, nobie life of the hus? band. While ladies maintain costly habits of dress, thoy must be rich themselves or marry rich; and too many young men look upon marriage as only possible iu ooso they can form a wealthy alliance. A young lady had hotter marry an intelligent mechanic? a young man with u positive capital in his trade?than a young man who has a few thoubuuds, which a single year's disasters may sweep away. "Will yon accept my hand in the next dance?" aeked a young mechanic of Massachu setts of an aristocratic Boston lady. "I nover dance with moohanics," was the sneering reply. The young man lived to bo Governor of his State; the young lady married a merchant, and lived to take iu plain Bowing for a living. "I have no time to make money," wrote the late Prof. Agassiz. What a comment is this simple sentence upon the grasping character of the age! This thirst for wealth is indeed the distin? guishing characteristic of tho age, und not ovcu church men aro exumpted from it. It pervades all classes?bar rassiug lives and shrivelling souls. Only tho other day wc read of a Philadelphia: clergymau who invested with P. T. j Bornum, beoauso he had confidence in, bis ability to make a big interest. Some of our clergy aro not only comfortable off, but rioh. Others speculate in Wall! street and cottou futures, aud so they have fallen iuto disgrace and crime be? cause of this rabid thirst for gold. Bat Agassiz?a disciple of science?had no timo to make money I Why should the disciples of Him who had not whereon to lay his head, have more? How can! they have more without morally selling' Christ? Cryiug "Lord, Lord," will save none. .Serve Him truly or not at1, all. Iu tho last day it will be better for the thief thau fur him who cries "Lord," and yot sells the Master for gold. j Nervous Debilitt.?A depressed, i irritable state OP mind; weak, neb-j vous, exhausted feblino", no energy, or animation; confused head, WEAK memory, OFTEN with DEBrLITATINO, in? voluntary/ DISCHARGES.?The 00086 quoncc of excesses, mental over-work or indiscretions. This nervous debilttt finds a sovereign oure in Humphreys' Homuspathic Specific, No. 28. It tones up the system, arrests discharges, dispels the mental gloom and Jespoud euoy, and rejuvenates tho entire system; it is perfectly harmless and always ef? ficient. Price So for a package of five boxes and a large $2 vial ot powder, which is important in old serious cases; or $1 per single box. Sold by all, druggists, or sent by mail on receipt of prioe. Address Humphreys' Specific HoMajHATHic Medicine Company, No.' 562 Broadway, N. Y. For ualo by Geioer A- McGregor, Columbia, S. C. Docl7 film j An ill-starred Cincinnati paper has discovered that even lager beer has not escaped tho contaminating manipula? tions of the adulterator. Af tor long and persistent experiment, tho unhappy oditor has fouud that the refreshing otip of. Gambriuus is a poisoned chalice. It no louger contains a gentle and sooth? ing combination of tho nutritions ele? ments of barley and tho enlivening spirit of the hop, but a villainous com? pound of molasses, sugar of starch, fusil oil aud the poisonous Colchicum. What? ever virtue it. may once havo had, the disappointed editor ot tho Cincinnati Giuttle no longer has faith in its ofilcaoy iu promoting temperance, honesty, thrift, and a "love of peace aud lonely musing." Would that the editor bad not drank to deep of tho vanities and delusions of lifo, und cou.d have left us iu our happy ignorance and simple trustfulness iu tho innocuous character of tho German beverage. - ? - ? Anecdote of Gushing.?An elderly, gentleman, who has a largo fund of an? ecdotes, stated to us an anecdote of Ca? leb Gushing, which will bear printing. Somo forty years ago, Mr. C. was pay? ing court to a wealthy Baltimore lady. Baltimore beautios then showed their charms in tho light of tallow dips, gas being unknown. Thero wcro a couple of dipi on tho mautul-piece, and as they much needed suufiing, tho lady rang a bell for a servant. Mr. Cashing, asking why she rang, wet his thumb and finger,1 and suaired tho caudles a to Yankee. Tho lady was horrified at Mr. Cushiug's unaristocrntio stylo of snuffing candles, and so dismissed him. Ma. C. never married, and possibly this bit of expe? rience turuod his thoughts from matri? mony thenceforth. *Thk Inventor of Faiiujank's Scales Kniohted.?A Jottor from tho United States Commissioner at Vienna, an-, nounccs that tho Emperor of Austria has created Thaddens Fairbanks, of St, Johnsbury, Vt., tho iuvontor of tho' Fairbanks' Scales, a Kuight of tho Im-? pcrial Order of "Frauds Joseph." This1 is a rare testimonial to the value of American inventive genius; but when tho immense value of a reliable and standard weighing mnchiuo to tho cotn merco of tho ontiro civilized world is considered, it id one fully merited. [The Worhl Au acre of figs will fatten more hogs than an uoreof corn. Phoenix. ?. ,.? V?-.-'-- -U ?ft,? Weather, yeit&d?y; clear a?d oold^' verym?ctfbifnV^ Cash w?i bo the role at ^ Piaprafc offlee hereafter. . ? .. > i Captain W. B. BUcley,pf^tMs city, is1 in attendance npon the Convention of Mexion Volunteers in Washington. Shade trees should be trimmed at this season?and there are many in this city i which should be looked after. A main of cooks is to be fought at the cock pit of Wm. M. Fine, at tho State Capitol Saloon, commencing Wednes? day, the 21st instant. Mr. L. T. Levin has been appointed' by his Excellenoy John A. Pix, 'Go? vernor of the State of New York, Com? missioner of Deeds for the State of New York, resident in this city. Tho store of Messrs. Oopeland &_ Bearden waB entered and robbed, on Thursday night. A small amount in money and a Oolt pistol were carried off We aro iudebted to Superintendent Solomon, of the Sonth Carolina' Bail road, for an annual "pass" over his r?ad for 1874. ? n oo.-t^ Mr. M. Snlzbaoher offers great iu> duccments to smokers to-day.. Pare Havana and imported cigars three for twenty-five cents. Sunday smokers should call and lay in a supply. Columbia is blessed at the present time with a nnmber of street musicians ?the Italian boys, with their violins and harps, and a trio of Irioh-Italiace, with bag-pipe and fife-flageolet. It will be congenial to repose and good feeling to fee them before playing. Mr. W. G. Beok is the grand head oentre of Messrs. R. & W. 0. Svaffield's Columbia Clothing Emporium. . The concern furnishes complete outfits lor gentlemen, either ready-made or mea? sured, cut and fit by first class artists. Colonel Pe&rce requests us to say that if a little economy is used by the citi? zens, pare spring water can be' farnisb ed. Owing to waste?Bponts being left open to avoid freezing, etc.?a great doal of water runs off. River water, as J every body knows, is not actually un? healthy?although the color may be objectionable. The Greenville passenger train- was delayed several hours, yesterday, by the . run off of a freight train, near Cokes bury. Tho down passenger train over tho South Carolina Railroad was also detained about five hours, by the run > off of a train at the crossing of that; road, about a mile from, tho depot. Messrs. E. E. Davies A Co. have juei received per eteamer, direct from New York, 200 pounds of turkeys, 100 pounds capons, 100 pairs grouse, 50 barrels of Early Rose, Peach-Blow and Peerless potatoes, which they are selling low for cash. Call early and make yonr selections. Norfolk and Wilmington oysters received daily. Prices reduced. If you are in search of olothiog or gent's furnishing goods, Kinard & Wiley's is the place to look. They have an immense stock, which was selected by one of the firm expressly for retail trade. A male, from four years to sixty, can be fitted ont, from bat to gaiter tops, at short notice, by droppiug in at the "old stand"?for it is tho oldest in the oity. Piiccsixiana.?"Bad temper bites at both ends," is a maxim to be romem-^ bered. A good many huvo not yet got over tho festive fever in their bones. Employment is nature's physician, and is essential to human happiness. First class nuisances?newspaper bor? rowers. Fuilh in our own ability is half of every battle. If one could be conscious of all that is said of him in his absence he would probably becomo a very modest man iudeed. Never allow a door to creak for want of oil, or to shut bard so as to require slamming to make it latch. Account him thy real friend who de? sires thy good, rather than thy good will. A man may get un a mail train with comparative immunity from danger, but let him tread on a female train and see what will happen. Au Arkansas paper saya there is bnt ono politician in that State who is above suspicion, We don't believe there is oven one, nor that there will be one, until suBpioion lies nnder the gallows on whioh he is hanged. Hotel Arrivals, January 16, 1874,? Wheeler House?Vf M Feagle, D Haas, B Boyd, J L Browning, D Jacob, Charleston; J N Cobb, J E Myers, Bal? timore; D L Turner, Edgefleld; H A Smith, W D Aiken, R L Dannenberg, Wiunsboro; Misa L E Chandler, N 0; Miss M L Auld, Sumter; F M West, B P Bryan, Wilmington. List of New Advertisements. Garden Seed at Heiuitsh's. J. W. Morph?Horse Stolen. Statement Central National Bank. Gco. W. Williams & Co.?Potatoes.