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COLUMBIA,- S. C. Tuesiay Horning, March 17,1874. Some Hopeful Signs. It is a satisfaction, amidst the depres? sion of all the interests of tho country, and tho evident decline of its pros? perity, to find that there are men amongst us who will not despond or succumb to these untoward oiroani stanoos. Wo have seen tho people, who are interested in a good and economical government and in the overthrow of a system of pnblio Beivioe reeking with corruption, take suoh notion as lifts the question out of State bounds and makeB iL ??w.c?;?! is isjpor^ftn^-- Henoeforth we shall have a new factor entering into the solution of our State troubles, namely: the interest felt In them.by the great body of the American people. The anomalous and unrepublican cha? racter of the South Carolina Govern? ment is one which they are bound to notice. It is a curse which, like obiokens, ia going home to roost. This influence bos already beeu ielt hero. It has strengthened the patriot's hand, it will soon strike terror to the hearts of the organized robbers of the people. The inoreasod influx of white popula? tion into the State for the last five or six mouths, is another oheering itjn that there are men here who hrwo forecast and will not give up the cause of the country. There are how nearly three black or colored people in this State to two white. When this proportion is reversed, a change will oome over the land. Black peoplo who govern a State will infallibly govern it for their own benefit,.and will determine for them? selves, by thoir own defective and nnr row views, what is for their benefit. We have soon what that is. Wo have seen white men, intelligent men, run in the mould of tho preponderating black con-, stituency, and converted into ready im* plenients to carry out the narrow views -and proscribing tendencies of tho race no less dominant in numbers than dic? tatorial in spirit. When the ruling cle? ment is more enlightened, more liberal in its principles and more oatholio in sympathies, we shall see a different strain of men at the head of affairs, con? ducting the Government, holding its offices and shaping its polioy. We don't care a fig by what name they may be called. They will represent the sub? stantial interests and reflect the restored spirit of honesty and honor in the coun? try. Another thing we may take notice of. The agricultural interest is groatly crip? pled and will be compelled to take a new departure. The exclusive cultivation of cotton, combining with unsatisfactory and unwilling labor, aud the effect of the financial stringency upon the price of the staple, have brouorht th? nlnntorn to a consideration of the evils of their system. They are prepared to heed the advice of the National Grunge, and this year they will put in a much bmaller area in cotton. Large numbers of them cannot get advances any more. Shut oil from this hitherto easy resort, thoy are compelled to/ look to their owu re? sources. The consequence bus bceu that a broader breadth of grain bus been sown, und the reliance for corn will be transferred from Baltimore and the cities of the North-west to their own fields aud barns. Less labor will bo nooded aud usod, aud greater profits and larger comforts realized. Time will be secured to look after tho home? stead, tho orchard, tho garden and the truck farm, and the country made more self-BUBtaining. Stock will demand aud receive careful attention, und tho agri? cultural mind, relieved of the ull-absorb ing pressure of a single crop, with tho uncertainties aud dissatisfaction which attends tho labor necessary to cultivate it, und its doubtful results at best, will bo freo to look after tho thousaud other modes by which it may tohievu success. Tho thoughtful and iudnstrious cultiva? tor of the soil should go buck in mind (o the time whou every thing was rui.sod at homo, except sugar, iron, tea and coffee. It can bo done again, and tho cotton crop will* become almost entire gain in money. It will be subject only to the deductions necessary to purchaso articles that tho soil will not produco, uud these uro but few. SpartunburK ami Aulievlllu Hallruud. Tho Columbia Bourd of Trade, a fow evenings since, appointed a committee to solicit subscriptions of stock to the Columbia, Spartunburg aud Ashcvillo Ilailroad. Tho advautagos of oponiug this road across tbo mountaiuB to Asho villo, aud thouoo to Morristowu, where it will bo takeu up uud counectod with tho cities of tho North-west, aro so ob? vious and bavo bcou so often presented in our columns, that we think it almost a work of supererogation to soy any? thing more upon tho subject. 'For? merly, wo might have done without It, although it was desirable Now it is almost a necessity. It is one of those connections that ought to bo secured without delay. It has been a dream for the last half century. It should now become a reality. There is untold wealth- and an incalculable amount of good in the undertaking. It will develop enterprise, increase trade, euhauce the value of lands, build up cities, bring iu population from Europe and the North? west, and plant them along its line. Schools, colleges, ohurches, productive farms and profitable manufacturing es? tablishments will change tho face of the whole country. Charleston and Colum? bia will be vastly benefitted by it. The msunfetoturirig. commercial and educa? tional interests of the latter will take a fresh start, and it must become one of the most prosperous and aotive, as it is already one of the moat beautiful and healthy, of inland towns. It well be? comes those who have the means, and who can appreciate the magnifioent re? sults which lie in the near future from the oompletiou of this route, to give the matter prompt and serious atten? tion. Money put in it will yield both direct and indirect returns. Lot us look at the map and compare the distances. From Charleston to Louisville, via Augusta, Atlanta, Chat tanoogs and Nashville, is 782 miles; via Columbia, Spartanburg and Knoxville, it is 081 miles, or a difference of 101 miles in favor of tho Spartanburg lino. From Charle&tou to Cincinnati, via Augusta, Atlanta, Chattauooga, Nash? ville and Louisville, it is 81)2 miles; via Columbia, Spartanburg, Knoxville and the Kentucky Central Road, it is 71G miles, or a difference in favor of tho Spartanburg route of 17(3 miles. From Charleston to Chicago, via Augusta, Atlanta, Chattanooga, Nashville and Louisville, the distance is 1,087 milos; via Spartanburg, Knox'villo nod Cincin? nati, it is 910 miles, or a difference of 147 in favor of the Columbia und Spar? tanburg route. A comparison of this line to the several points of St. Louis, Louisville, Cincinnati aud Chicago, with tho lines from Now York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Norfolk, will further show it to be the shortest for all traffic between those points and Charleston. From Charleston to Knoxville, by this line, the distance is ouly 421 miles. When completed that far, it will place East Tennessee, with its rich agricul? tural products, aud its vast wealth of coal, iron and coppor, waiting develop? ment, ninety-seven miles nearer Charles? ton than by tho existing route by Au? gusts, Atlanta and Dalton. To mukc the connection complete to Knoxville, a link of ouly 115 miles remains to be built?namely, from Spartanburg, via Ashoville, to the Morristowu branch. It will pay, and pay richly, to go no fur tuges of the shorter connection which will follow with Louisville, Cincinnati aud Chicago-?tho whole West and North-west, iu fact?give the scheme dazzling grandeur und importance. If we aro wise, if we can seo anything be? yond our noses, we will not bo back? ward to do our part in achieving the graud result. We hope that wo shall soon bo able to add earnest aud intelli? gent iu tor est in this enterprise to the hopeful signs of our future enlarged and permanent prosperity. The Cnleuge and Souili Atlunflc llsatl? ~4 roatl. Major Vail, one of the directors of the Chicago and South Atlantic Hail road, bus written to the editor of the Carolina (Spartanburg) Spartan, T. Stobo Farrow, Esq., that an Act, char? tering the road, has passed the Ken? tucky Legislature, giving the to,yds and Counties through which it is to pass the right to voto subscriptions in aid of its construction. IIo writes very encou? ragingly of tho road, aud thinks that work ou it will soon be commenced iu Indiana, and very probably, also, in Kentucky. So our people will see that a strong uud lively interest is felt iu tho project at the other end und along the lino. From the Frankfort (Kentucky) Yeoman wo copy the following: "There is no road in tho construction of which Kentucky should foul greater interest. The people of North uud South Carolina und Goorgiu are looking forward to it as the grout boon which is to bring them a now prosperity, while tho people of Chioago, Illinois und In? diana seo in it a new future, which will place them 1D0 miles nearor tho Atlantic, and open up a now market for their products. It has not attracted that at? tention it doservoH, but as its prospects iucroase our peoplo will awake to a senso of its importance, and move vigorously in its aid." The procession on foot that followed the remains of the late Mr. Sumuor, in Washington, was uitnost wholly com? pound of negroes. Tho whites either wore too proud to mingle with thorn, or were uot sufficiently impressed with re? spect for tho deceased to pay him the small bouor of marching in the proces? sion. I TUE STATU LEGISLATURE. Monday, Maiich 16, 1871. SENATE. The Sonate met at 12 M. Concurrent resolution for the appoint? ment of a special joint committee to ex? amine the books of the State Treasurer and Comptroller-General was concurred in and Senator Owens appointed. A bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act to regulato the pay of the members of tho General Assembly," was con? curred in. A massage was received from tbe House, that it refused to concur in the Senate amendment to Section 4 to a bill to regulate tho public printing. All other amendments were oonenrred in. The Senate insisted on its amendmouts. The consideration of a Senate bill to make appropriation to pay claims held in trnst by J. Woodruff against the ?tuto was indefinitely postponed. A message was received from tho Go? vernor, stating that ho had approved the following Acts and Joint Resolutions: AotB to incorporate the (Jamden Jockey Club; to inoorporuto too Boykin Me? thodist Episcopal Church, in Marlboro County; to incorporate tho Mechanical Fair Association, of DArlington; to in? corporate tho South Carolina Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani? mals; to incorporato tho Orangeburg Manufacturing Company; to renew and extend tho charter of the Shiloh Me? thodist Chnroh, South, in Abbeville; to authorize and empower certain Counties to issue bouds in subscription for pre? ferred stock of tho Cheraw aud Chester Kail road Company; to amend tho char? ter of the town of Beaufort; to incorpo? rate the Pipe Creok Baptist Church, of Lawtonville, Beaufort; to incorporate tho towu of Woodruff, in Spartnnburg; to authorize and empower tho Intend? ant and Wardens of tho towu of York ville to open certain stroets in said town; to incorporate tho Centenary Chuioh and Camp Ground, of Marion; to incorporate tho Edgelield Branch Railroad Company; to incorporate tho town of Suuoca City, iu Oconee; to in? corporate tho Raemout Manufacturing Company, of Marion; to uuthorizu L). F. Appleton to erect a whutf or wharves on uny property owned by him iu the town or city of Port Royal; to incorpo? rate the Palmetto Laud aud Lumber Company; to incorporate the Collctuu Manufacturing Company; to fix the timo for holding courts - in the Seventh Circuit; to authorize and empower the County Commissioners of Aikeu County to open aud keep in repair a public road running from Jackson Station to the Augusta Road. Joint resolutions proposing an amendment to the Consti? tution of tbe State, relative to the in? crease of tho debt of Counties, cities and towns; to require the County Trea? surers of Xewberry and Marion Coun? ties to distribute the moneys collected under and by virtue of un Act, approved February '2U, 1873, for the payment of tho past dues of said Counties pro rata among tbe claims which were registered aud established in pursuanoo of the provisions of said Act; providiug thut the Hon. C. Baring Farmer bo allowed compensation for holding special courts. Mr. I lope presented counter-memorial of sundry citizens of Lexington village, praying that no Aot of incorporation of j said village be passed by thu Geuerul Assembly. Mr. Dunn introduced u resolution, that the Senate Committee appointed port by what authority the grauito in the Statu House yard hud boon sold or disposed of, to whom suld, together with ull information relating to the same or disposition thereof," be re? quired to report to-morrow. Agreed to. Mr. Dunn asked and obtained permis? sion to withdraw from the filc3 of the Sonate a bill to pay tho claim of E. B. Wesley. A bill to incorporate the PI inters' Bank and Trust Company was ordered to lio on tho table. Report of Cummittco ou Incorpora? tions on bill to incorporate Sucoud Bap? tist Church, of Columbia, and bill to reoharter the towu of Abbeville, were ordered to lio ou tho table. The appropriation for printing for the next session was increased to $98,000. A large number of claims were passed. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House mot at 11 A. M. Tho Senate returned, with concur? rence, a resolution for the appointment of a special comniiltco to examine thu books of the State Treasurer and Comp? troller-General. Mr. Artson introduced a resolution, which was adopted, that tho Clerk of this House be, and lie is hereby, autho? rized to prepare a manual for tho use of the House of Representatives, and also maunscript journals of tho House of Representatives for tho sessions of 1872 73 aud 1873-71; tho journals to be depo? sited, when completed, iu the office of tho Secretary of Stato. Mr. Humbert introduced a resolution, which wus indefinitely postponed, that whereas Johu Wallace, a member of this House, was, on tho night of the 13lh i us taut, brutally assaulted und j robbed, the Clerk of this House be directed to draw a pay certificate in his favur for $390. Tho enacting olauso of a Sonato bill to amend Suction 12, Chapter XXXVII, of tho General Statutes, relating to the salary of County School Ccmmissiouurs, was stricken out. Approved.?Tho Governor has ap? proved of aud ejgued tbe following Acts and joint resolutions: Acts to incorporate tho Young Sons of Honor of tho Frippe Point, of St. Helena Island; to establish a public ferry in Williumsburg Couuty; to au? thorize and require the County Commis? sioners of Chester County to build a bridgo across Rocky Creek; to authorize aud ompowor tho Apprentices' and Mi? nors' Society, of Charleston, to unite with aud form a part of the Charleston Library Society; to incorporate the Gowtnsvillo Seminary, at Gowensville, Groenvillo County; to looorpurate the Clarendon Land.Joiut Stock and Loan Association, of Clarendon; to confer tho rights of legitimacy on Charlotte Sulli? van and John Orine; to incorporate the Sea Island Railroad Company; to estab? lish oertain public roads iu the County of Georgetown; to umoud an Act enti? tled "An Act to reuow and amend tho charter of the town of Audersou;" to authorizo and empower Champion Doe, Horace White and others to erect und keep in repair a gate across the public highway leading from Camdon Court. Houso "to Liberty Hill, in Kershaw County;' to ohange the time of holdiug Circuit Courts in the several Counties therein named; to require tho County Commissioners of Charleston to erect u poor house, in said County; to provide a feuco law for Anderson; to incorporate the Germania Savings Bank, of Charles? ton; in relation to tho service 01 iegai process; to incorporate the Chester Land Purchasing Association, of Ches? ter County; to make it tho duty of the County (Jommissionors of Charleston County to take oare of and keep in pro? per repair James Island aud Uaalover Cuts, the same as othor thoroughfare*; to raise sapplies for the fiscal year com? mencing November 1, 1874; to authorize P. T. Smith to build a wharf ut Gard? ner's Bluff, iu Marlboro; to incorporate the Press Union Laborurs' Association, of Charleston; to amend an Act enti? tled "An Act to charter the Anderson, Aiken, Port Royal and Charleston Rail? road Company;" to allow Hon. Thomp? son H. Cooke, executor of Daniel Zeig ler, to rooover certain lauds sold for taxes through the default of others; to authorize and empower the County Commissioners of Greenville to open and establish a public road, leading frum Ignatius Few's to Tyger River Church; to provide for tho transfer to the otlicors of tho courts of Aikcu all processes aud othor papers relating to suits or proceedings in tho County, be? gun in any portion of said County ori? ginally constituting mid County, which have become a part thereof; lo establish a ferry ucross the San let River, iu Wil liumsburg County, and lo vest the same in Aurou .Martin, his heirs and assigns; to authorize I ho Commissioners of L 'X iugtou County to change the course of Market Road, known as tho River Road, iu said Couuty; to amend nn Act entitled "Au Act to grant, renew uud amend the. charters of oertuin towns and villages therein mentioned;" to incorpo? rate the Greenville and Ashevillo Turn? pike Company; to incorporate the Ebo nezer Baptist Church, of Georgetown; to repeal an Act to recharter the Cypress Causeway; to establish a ferry across the Broad liivor, just below where the Greenville and Columbia Railroad crosses said river; to constitute tho County Commissioners of Audersou Commissioners of Health aud Drainage, and to define their powers nud duties therein; to ronow tho chatter of abridge across the Soueca River, in Audersou County, known fie Etrle's Bridge; t.? in? corporate tho Euterprise G.is Light Company, of Charleston; to authorize ami requiro cartain Jury Commissioners to prepare jury lists for the year 1871, aud fo*" other purposes the-rein rueu tioned; to amend ua Act lo establish u uew judicial and election County from portions of the Couutics of Burnwell, Edgofield, L'.-xington end Orangeburg, to bo known as Aikeu County; to renew llio ?uail?t ?.T >' '.!. C?,-" ? 1 " ' ??? No. 1, 1. O. ?. F., of Charleston. Joint resolutions to provide au appro? priation for rcpairiug the State House aud fences enclosing tho same, and for other purposes therein mentioned; au? thorizing und empowering Littletou Daniel, a Trial Justice of Chester County, to exercise the functions of his office in any poreion of the corporate limits of tho town of Blackstock; to re? lieve tho citizens of Union Couuty from pajiug tuxes on the assessment of real estate inado in tho year lsTd; authoriz? ing the State Treasurer to pay to the County Treasurer of Greeuvillo County the sum of $10,00'.), to be applied for free school purposes. St. I'alriek?1IU I>?y, Which it comes on the 17th of this gustj month of March. Flo was a saint, to be .sure! Aud how he did last! Born iu 373?-died iu 193; cut oil' promuturely at the tender ngo of 120 years! Many people have the notion that he was ouly a rollicking saint, und a verso or two of the old ballad about him, which wo quote below, might couvey that idea; but Bishop Butler, in his "Lives of tho I Saints," says: "St. l'atriek forsook his family, sold his birth-right and dignity, to servo strangers, and consecrated his soul to God, to carry His name to the end of tho earth. He was determined to suil'er all things for the accomplish? ment of his holy design." Probably no saint's day is ho generally celebrated throughout the world as St. Patrick's. Every Irishman living remembers and keeps it. Who ever saw a "son of the onld sod" at work on that day? St. l'atriek was a jiutlemau, and he cumo of daceut peoplo, He built a church in Dublin totvu, uud ou it put a Bienple; His father was a Wollogban, his mother uu O'Grady, His aunt she was a Kinaghau, mid his wife a widow Brady. Ojh! the Antrim Hills are mighty high, and so's the Hill bf Howtb, too; But there's a hill more higher still, more higher than them both, too. 'l'was on tho top of tlmt high hill St. l'atriek preached his sarmint, Aud drovo tho frogs into the bogs und murthered all tho varmint. Gob! no womlthcr that wo Oirish boys ate all so free and frisky, The good St. Pat., ho taught us that, :u well as to drink whiskey, Och! tu be sure, be hud tho knack, ami understood distilliu', Fur his mother kept n shuboeu .shop, near the town of Euuiskillcn. CiTT Matters.?Subscribe for the j Phussix, Green cravats will be in order to-day. Flaably turn-outs oooasiooallj in our streets carrying much precious freight. There is a Gypaey camp on the Lex? ington side of the Congaree. The Legislature adjourns sine die, this ufteruoon, at 3 o'clock. Mr. Brissouden's danciug soiree has! been postponed until Thursday evening, owing to the very inclement weather. An exchange says that the hard times' are over. So we sboald"eay, nil over the! country. A No. 11 shoo was called for unsuc? cessfully in a neighboring store, yester? day. This foot tops them all. Bain, rain, rain from Sunday morn-, ing until late last night. There ??s a] slight aleet early on Sunday. The most disagreeable spell of the season. The Union-Herald is after the Legiala-j ture with a sharp a tick?charging them' with going elbow-deep into the public treasury. True bill. Mr. Greenfield has just brought out a handsome pbtoton for Mr. W. D. Star-1 ling. It has all the latest improve-! ments. As the Supreme Court has decided the water question favorably to the Colum? bia Water Company, it is to be hoped that hereafter we will have the pure article furnished. The infant sou of Dr. aud Mr3. Tay? lor, who has beon such a sufferer from diphtheria, departed this life at an early hour Sunday morning, and was interred in the family burial-ground the same aftoruoou. The following geutlomen have beeu appoiutcd a committee to solicit sub? scriptions for stock to the Asbeville and Spartanburg Railroud: James E. Black, L\ O'Neale, Jr., J. D. Wiley, E. W. Scibcls, E. Hope, P. H. Sawyer. The fourth graud gift concert for the benefit of tho public library of Ken? tucky comes oil on 31st March. Tickets can be hud through Mr. D. Gambrill, up to the 20th instant, after which date all unsuld will be returned. "Tho da.> is not far distant," says a Raleigh paper, "when tho world will begin to look on death as a journey to another couutry." Yes; ? and the journey is one on which we can all of us go as deud heads. We are informed that all the whole tickets iu tho great gift concert at Louis? ville, Ky., whioh were seat to this city, have been disposed of. A few halves, tilths aud tenths remain, but they are going off rapidly. Tho timo is very short. Notwithstanding tho strike und dis? charge of a number of hands engaged iu Factory No. 8?in which the California Cigar Store is locatod?it is in full ope? ration, tho proprietors having secured tho services of fifteen workmen from Aew lors. The Governor has appointed Michael Brown, James M. Smith, of B*mwell, and Geo. Shrewsbury, Jr., of Charles? ton, Notaries Public; A. R. Aughtry, Union, B. II. Norland, Barnwoll, R. A. Catufl, Spartauburg, aud Henry Man heim, Marion, Trial Justices. The Republican Nominating Conven? tion met last night, in the Court House, to nominate a candidate for Mayor of tbe city of Columbia. Tho present iu cumbeut?Jjhn Alexmdor, Esq.?waB utmost unanimously chosen. The vote stood: Alexander, 1?; Swygert, 2; Den? nis. I. Every head uf a family hhouhl possess a policy in a good life insurance com? pany, like tho Brooklyn, of New York, i which is as sound us a silver dollar. !l)r. J. W. Parker, ut the Carolina Na ; tiouul Bank, is the General Agent for Sciuth Carolina. Iu view of tho un? certainly of lifo, call on hitn aud secure protection against, so terrible an evil as that of leaving u family unprovided tor. Wo suppoflo that it was its zeal in favor of harassing the poor ignorant vic? tims of the Ku Klux persecutions, and ' its staunch support of Merrill iu hit merciless dragouade and iu tho parti of lawyer and lobbyist whioh ho subse? quently played, to got his blcod money claims through the Legislature, that re 1 oommcudod a cerlaiu sheet of this city to tho Biipport of some of car mer chants and advertisers in the first stage ? of its existence. Now that it bus beer rovived, and is run by contribution* 1 from tho Slato Treasury as beforo, il ask* the support of all good men nut! true Curoliuiuns by such lauguago as thi :? , "Thirteen years havo served to mate? rially change the opinions of teen whii in lormcr times took tho Bible under one arm aud tho slavo-driver's whip under the other, und, thus equipped, went about tho performance of theil ( daily avocatious." Subscribers will hasten to scud it i their names, accompanied by tho cash, Daily $8; weekly $2 a year. Adver 1 Users will hurry up their notices, Ad? vertisements 15 cents a line. Business notices, 30 cents a lint. St. Patrick's Day.?Our friends of tbe Hibernian Society meet this evening, to cclebrato tho ^anniversary of tbe pa? tron saint of Ireland. St. Patrick was an earnest, pious and toiling benefactor of the people, whom he gathered into the fold of Christianity. He has always been held in high and deserved esteem , by tho Irish. They show-only due re? verence to eminent virtue and consum? mate merit iu the honors which they regularly pay to the memory of a msa of such'good works, such gentlo piety, and of such lasting and commanding influence. Mine host of tho Wheeler House furnishes the feast. The bill of furs is very tempting. Secure a ticket, by all means. A M0T7ST>.tv op a Mole hill,?An attempt has been made by some parties to attach political importance to a school-boy difficulty, which occurred on Thursday last. We have taken some pains to inquire into the matter and have obtained the following facts: On the day mentioned, a number of boys attached to one of our principal male academies were having a run during re aeas, vrheu one of them (the son of a prominent office-holder) threw a hand? ful of sand in the face of another. The jsaoded boy immediately returned tbe compliment, through tbe medium of an egg (it is egg pecking season) which he bad in his pocket. Some mischief makers, hearing of tho affair, hurried off fur tho police and endeavored to arrest a number of the youngsters, either as participants or witnesses. Suffice it to say, tbe boys were not forced to submit to the indignity, but the egg-throwei promptly appeared before the Mayor, who, after thoroughly looking into the affair, dismissed tho case as one un? worthy of action iu his or any other court. There are Bome individuals in this community who are actually afraid of their own shadows, and shout "po? lice" without the least- provocation; and, uot content with keeping up aa unplea? sant feeling between grown persons of opposite political views, are desirous of 'fomenting discord between the young? sters. They will receive their reward. List op New Advertisements. John C. Dial?Rooms to Rent. 1 Meeting Independent Fire Company. W G. (Jhilds?Notice. Wm. Mooney?To Rent. Meeting Capital B. a: L. Association. Hotel Aiuuvaes, Mareh 16, 1874.? Wheeler House?John J Boyd, Md; L Strauss, N Y; J Ruuckle, Ga; Miss M H Stuart, Fort Mills; J L Yongae, B W Norton, Chester; J S Browning, F E Frazer, J A May, Charleston; J P Pool, O Welle, No wherry; P Fitzgerald, N Y; 0 B Warwick, W B Wheeler, D B Hin tou, USA; ? A Seymour, Charleston; M Myers, Pa; A N Talley, T B Jenkins, N C; T B Johnston, Sumter; D W Spencer, Va; W G Desportes, T R Ro? bertson, Wiunsboro; T(J Pool, Mrs L H ltedys, Alias a root, I^a^ ?^::y; j Z. Breeden, Beunettsville; J L Richardson aud lady, Sumter; J M Pow, Mass; T Anderson, Fairfield; B O Mauldin, Charleston. Columbia Hotel?Y? F Carston, Aiken; H A Howe, N Y; W H Taylor, Lancas? ter; T-M Wilkes. G J Ball, city; J F Whitseli, NC; EH Brooks, W D Ken nody, G E Reab, Augusta; L M Tough. Kansas; C W Vanhorne, NY; L E Lyons, Mrs A B Lawton, N C; J W Corbin, Baltimore; J F Neumnu, Cuas P Fitzgerald, N Y; W J DeTreville, W Q Evans, Orangeburg; A G Rice, Union; G W Thames, N C. \ Fairbanks' Scales.?Our large freight railroads are proving the great profit ct the use if Track Scales, by the discovery of tho frequent, if not generil, over loading of cars of merchandise; espe? cially thoso contracted for by car-loads. Ou one of the New England railroads, the first car-load weighed showed such an excess of weight as to add seventy ' seven dollars to the freight bill. Ou 1 suother Now Eog'.aud railroad, a sus? pected c ir was found to have twenty tons of manure on, iustead of ten as billed. , Tho New York Tribune says: "West em grain shippers have a trick of load? ing cars beyond tho amount mentioned iu the invoices, and, as the railroads 1 have uot weighed the trains, considera i bio produce has beeu got through free. . Tho Boston und Albany Company are crying out against it." Tho Fairbanks" E'ateut Iron Framo Treck Scales, which ?jaro almost uuiversally used by our rail ' j roads, have thus proved themselves a J source of income instead of expense. The fact is, that no investment pays hotter in any department of trade than one of 1 Fairbanks' Standard Scales, and ihn in i creasing demand, oven iu these dull itimes, is a proof of their superiority ['over nil others. i Colouel Bolliug, tho Mayor of Louis ' ville, Miss., is a wronged man. A short ' time ugo, a paragraph was published saying that bo was about, to como into ' possession of nearly one-half tbe city of 'Richmoud, Vo. Tho last number of tbe ' Louisville Danner coutains a card from 'him iu which ho declares that the roport i of his prospective wealth was a hoax, tand that ho has been "aunoyed to , I death" by its circulation. Tbe equa? nimity of the property-holders of Rich "mond was uot in the least disturbed by ? the invention, and Col. Boiling appears to be the only sufferer in the matter.