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COLUMBIA, S. C. Thursday Morning, December 31,1874 A Registry LkW, Our State Constitution, while de? claring the right of suffrage of all citi? zens, without distinction of race, oolor or former condition, under certain terms of residence, and with certain exceptions of disability and unsound ness of mind, imposes npon tho Gene? ral Assembly "tho duty to provide, from time to time, for the registration of all electors." This duty is just as imperative aud binding iu the one case as the privilege is valuable in the other. But since tho adoption of the Constitution, the privilege and right have been exercised without any re? straint upon the exaesses to which they naturally lead from the enforce? ment of the registration. This evil has been apparant to all for several years, and efforts have been repeatedly made to have the constitutional provi? sion pat into force. Bat for reasons just as apparent, it buB boen con? stantly refused. At last, we have the demand made by the preseut Governor that it 6hall uo longer be evaded, und we believe there are bills now before the General Assembly whioh provide for a registration. Suoh luw, to be of any ubo, ought to require the voter to register in his own precinct, that an alphabetical list of the registered voters be made ont for tbe use of managers at every precinct, and that votora be required to voto at the pre oinot in which he lives, and not to vote elsewhere. A law like this works well and to the satisfaotion of all in 2$orth Carolin?, and has been pro? posed in other Southern States. If anything oan, it would make the suf? frage a fair and just expression of the power' and will of those who havo a olear title to examine it. It abridges no* one's right in any partioular. It odoures it iu a way whioh will teud to exclude, fraud aud repeating. That there will bo more or Icbs* frauds in elections under any and aii uircum stanoes, perhaps, cannot be denied, bat every effort of legislation to* pre? serve the purity of the ballot-box should'be fairly tried, and,the framers of the Oonatithtion justly thought re? gistration/ tho' bbst,1 ?tau? expurionoe oonflrms tho soundness of their views. We observe that a member of GongreaWrom Alabama (Mr. White) has introdaoed a bill whioh seems to have for objeot to legalize repeating. The experience of the reoent eleotious has shown that the colored people begin to think for themselves, and have dared to differ from their political guides, and vote for whom they ploase. They show a tendency whioh is re? garded us fatal to the policy whioh has so long kept them in leading strings. This indepeudence of spirit, if not oheoked, might result in considerable changes in tout vote. It appears to be thought necessary to counteract it by a general law whioh will prevent the detection of election frauds, and make their punishment difficult or impossi? ble. The following clause in the bill referred to, fairly couetrued, has just this meaniug uud purpose: "And any snob oitizen may vote at auy precinct or place for voting, Uxetl by law in the County or Parish in which he may re? side at the time of the election, any law of any State to the contrary not? withstanding," &o. Why not coutiue hiniito his own preoinot, where ho is known and registered aud can be identified if he attempts the wrong of voting more than once? Tho object is palpable that it is meant to give him the oppoituuity aud afford him the in oeutivo of impunity to voto um often aud in as many places us ho can or may please. It is to bo hoped tbut uo Buch tampering with wrong, no ?ach arrangement und preparation of fraud, can puiia the American Cougreaa. Aud it is further to bo hoped that our Le? gislature will have a sufficient element of honesty and fair dealing, when it again couvonca, us to pass u proper law npon this subject, by which, when elcciious como round, a freer, fairor, justcr und more correct expression of tho people's voto nIi,ill be reaohed. -?-? PTIte resident's .lluit Friday Speitks on LuuUiana Affairs. Attorucy-Gcuerul Williams aired his views in tho Cabinet meetiug, Tues? day, upon tho notion of the Louisiunu liuturuing Board. Ho expressed the opinion that tho special pleading which made u small Badioul majority out of a large Democratic majority, which gives Dnbualot for Treasurer about 1,500 votes over Moncurc, who received nearly 5,000 votes over bis competitor, was "legal and correct iu all particulars, and slionld be sus< tiiued by I be Government at all hazards." The sworn duplicate re*' turns iu possession of the Returning Board, which correspond to the com? pilation and canvass, poll by poll, and pariah by parish, made by the board itBelf, give Mououro a majority of 4.051 votes. Williams: is a convenient man, and iuvaluablo to thu Radical party. Ho knows how to get S15, 000 out of the Freed man's Bunk, uud still be the freed tunu's particular friend. His power for mischief greatly ! transcends that of hit predecessor, I Akortuuu. From the apptupimtiou oi a landuulet to the fulmiuation of an order which deprives a S-ate of its rights, from u suspected agency in the safe burglary business, or the quashing of cotton claims except such tut his particular friends present, tu this new attempt to muko black white, nnd keep Kellogg afloat in spito of tbo people who have pronounced aguiust bim, he is the justice blind to ull wrong, but keen-sighted ugaiust every principle oj right, and artful to dodge its enforce? ment. I'opf and Steam ?The editor of tbe Augusta Constitutionalist gives n sketch of a winter week in the North. In company with Mr. Stephens he visited the President, who received ?he party without the least attempt at stifluess. He chatted upon common topics. "His eyes are not as strong us they used to bo. They were weak and caused him some trouble. His face has the .same resolute look, but it bus grown puffy uud bears tbe murks oi high Bteamiug." Tbe writer thinks that when power drops from him, "be will seek inspiration or cnnsolutiou after that fashion which rapidly de? molishes all meu of uctton forced iutu retirement. ' More pull' iu tbo face and Btill higher steaming, we suppose Shelling at a Distance ?Three Congressional investigating commit .jfiH have left Washington on their travels Southward; oue lor Vteksburg, one fur New Orlouns und one to Ala? bama, to uscertaiu either bow Hays, carpet-bag Congressman from the Fourth District of that State, was or was not assaBsiuated. Fur election purposes, he wob declared to have been BsausBiuited, but then he douied it when it became necessary to tuku Ihn seat and draw his puy. Congress has a talent for committees to come South upon slight pretences, but fails to in? vestigate tbe safe burglary business or inquire into the doings uf Merrill, tbe officer of the army who draws bis pay as Buob, and, at the same time bouts Ku Klnx and collects bills from State Legislatures fur it. How much plea santer to smell things ufur off than thoso nuder the Congressional nose! ??- ? Lexington, S. C, Die. :):). 1874. Mr. Editor: Thu article in your issue of the 29th, signed by Dr E S. J. Hayes, late County Treasurer ol Lexiugtou County, in reference to his removal from office, does great injus? tice to the persons therein u I Indent to, to wit: His Excellency Governor Chumberluiu und lion Sliueou Cor ley, successor to the lato Treasurer. Wo are informed on competeut au? thority, that Dr. Hayes, bet?re bis re moval, did hive a conversation with the Governor in regard to bis retell tiou in office, when bis Excellency in? formed him that he had not decided what he would do in the premises; but nothing was said about bis intention tu resign, nur was any promise made by tbo Governor that be would notify him when be did arrive at .1 conclusion in the matter. The question of re? signation was of coucuru tu the incum? bent, while that of his retuntiun or re? placement only occupied tbe mind uf his Exoolleucy. It cannot be expected uf tbo Governor, us a person of Dr. Hayes* intelligence should know, that bo will muko any such promises, ills .suggestion that ho bad the matter it: coiitumplutiou, was timely uud ulouo sufficient. Iiis Excellency's action in appoint? ing Mr. Corloy to the position receives ample vindication m the utmost uni? versal sontimout of the people of Lex? ington Couuty uf both political par? ties, us expressed in their great grutiticatiuu at tbo selection of a gen tlomati of such strict integrity and of an unblemished reputation. Tbo charge that Mr. Corloy is uu enemy of the Governor und made active light against him, is wholly un? warranted, uud doubtless is founded upon Mr. Cor ley's action in declining the County Republican nomination as a candidate for the Ljcgislatiuc. Mr. Corloy took uu part iu the Gubernato? rial canvass. His course bus been con? sistent throughout., and bn is mlmired for it alike by friend uud foe. Tbo writer hereof is .i personal friend of Dr. Hayes, who fully appre? ciates his feeling* under Iho cironm stances, but it is due to the public tb-.it tbtso iniatukee should be corrected. An invoico of flour, in paper barrels, from Wiuoua, Minnesota, was received in Philadelphia, last week, and at? tracted much attention, being the first received tboro iu that stylaof paokage. It wus rnttuufuuturcd by the "patent prooess." FIDES. A Southern Curse rs a Northhivx Home.?A painful uud, indeed, horn ble story wus vent ull over tbo country od Saturday, from tbe environs of Boston, upou wbiob it ie far from ugreeubfe to us to dwell, yet wbicb curries witb it a lessou too important to be overlooked. A young girl, a obdd, indeed, jnai buddiuglrom cbild bood into giribuod und belonging to tho very bunt clean ot society id Mas? sachusetts, was ussaultsd ulmust within hearing of her fatb? r's bouse, ou her return from un afternoon of pleasant aud iumccut excieisu, by u negro ruf dan, hideously abused, ro. bed and left to diu tu the woods. Tho |>oor girl h;id j strength and will enough left ui reach ' her home and uinke tb? maddening | story known A hot pursuit was in Stautly organized, und. to the credit both ul Ihn police und of the citizen* of Eastern Mu-snohiisetth let it be re? corded, the atrocious scnuudrci who bad committed the deed was nrrested before miduigbt, He now lies in jail. His victim, it is said, is likely to reco? ver, uud there is, of couise, every reu son to expect Unit, the most extreme] punishment the laws will pertn.t to be iuil'cted in such a ct.se will ere long overtake biui. Huii wretchedly out of proportion any pnuisduieut whatever which the laws will permit civilized men to Kill Cl ill Stich tl case. Will be to the wrong, done by the criminal, we need not harrow up the fee mgs of our readers by demonstrating ut beugtb It is literally impossible for the most vivid imagination to over-state the blight aud misery brought upon a fair young Ufa by auch no outrage The pathos with whleh Charles Lamb has invested the iitiouppy fate ot Rosu moud (Jr.jy would tail bbort of the bald, blank, absolutely hopeless an guish of this calamity precipitated iu an iustant by tbe bestial feroeity of a human brute upou until to* n-tiued by the uiokt careful culture and tde most genial influences of tile highest forins of human civilization. Precisely in proportion to Ihn refinement and the genero-ity of his character will be the intensity of tbe 1 riging with which every masculine man on reading ot such a crime must feel himself tbrib for tho execution upon the criminal, not of what we commonly uud tamely Call "justice," but of that summary and terrible Vengeuuce which, tu Mich cases, is tbe only appropriate shadow sod image of uu absolutely unattaina? ble justice. We shall uot insult the manhood of Mi-siuhusetts by hinting a doubt that v. bun this news hecutne known iu any circle of Boston ble not demoralized by 'Iu* ghoul-like and! emasculating mil neun of that vulgar fanaticism wbeiv : 101? dead Sil tuner uud the living vYuutlvll Phillips were the fitting type-, men hearing it sei their toeth hard uud lunged fur oue hour of Kaunas with its busty ropes, or of 'IVxhn with its peremptory curl and rille. Aud uow will all tbe wt-oi iu Massa? chusetts who felt Ibis diviue rage, this sacred nud virile wrath in the defence ut belp'es.suess agmnst fiendish brn tality. ol gracious and refined iuuo Ceuce against foul ami groveling crime tingling hot in their veins, ou S aturday Ust, us they rend the miserable story of Judge Lowell's outraged borne, but ' do themselves an t their country the' I wholesome service of n-ri- ctiug that this horiilde thing ut which Maxsuohu setts stands to-day aghast has been stalking for years pxst by night und by day over the length ami bteadth of all the) Southern Stufet?of this Union? No doubt there are muny men at the South, hot ol spirit uud slow to learn, j who have once ami again since the* close of the war tnsiiilested a ilisposi-l fiou to deal over harshly with the ruce [ which they and their fathers before them, hikI our fathers before Us, as | wed as theirs, were trained to regard j aud to treit a- iuterior by the divine! appointment to the ruling race of Eu- j rime, of America, uud ol the world But the vast body of the Southern whites are of another .?tr.ni.. l'hey | accepted the results of tbe civil war I honestly and maulully. They knew that the nmj mtv ot the Southern um-j groos were neither iu themselves! savage nud cruel, uor disposed to live ; oil ill terms with their while tellow eitiz-us. ?nt they knew, too, that, as 1 I they are in all iguoruut ami long bru- ! tullZed races, the lower passions are i I especially strong, and the intellectual I 1 forces by which the tower passions, if I i they arc to be controlled at all, must! be cont ro led, ale especially weak in! (the negroes. And tiny looked forward'; , then with a peculiar anxiety to the in- | ;crease lit the South of precisely .such, j intolerable o Helices, against society us ] this wh'ch has just desolated one ol 1 the best of New England homes, when j they found thai the bauds of public order nt 1 he South were to be suddenly relaxed by uu ignorant, p iisiotntte und I dishonest political interference of the 1 North in the affairs ol Southern so-1 * ciety. Their bitter anticipations h ive beeu more than realized. Naturally 1 euougb, tho consequence bus been that jiuuddeuiug outrages have provoked Isignal und summary chastisements, ll! the men ol Mussuchusi its will but put | tbe case of Ihn South to rli- !ve.s to- 1 day iu I he light wich 1* t * ? ?? ??? 1. upou it by this 11 wfill liicidetii nt ,.ieir own doors, the Inline may easily be made fur better than live \ cms ago it threat-; eni'd ever iigaiu to be lor their., for ithettonlh, fur the republic, und for, the negro race itself. j AVir York World, i ?* ? Too Pool'.. ? And now Wm. B. Astor, who i.s worth $5(1,000,000, pleads that he is too poor to repair tbe hotel which bear* his family name. The rental of the building is $120,000 per annum, but the owm-r Ray a be is "too poor" to niuke $00,000 worth of improve? ments. Poor devil! What a sqneeze [ho will have through the needle's eye! A Circular.?Tbe following oirciilas whb sent, yesterday, to the Treasurers and Auditors to wbom it could apply: Office of Comitrollbu-Genekal. Columbia. December 28, 1874. Mr. ?-, Treasurer (or A uditorj - County?Sin: Your attention is invited to Sectiou 134, Act No. (331, approved Marob 10, 1874, entitled "An Act to reduce ull Auls uud parts of Acts providiug for the assessment and taxation of property iuto one Act, and to amend the same." Tbe Section ubovo noted refers to your nlliciul bond, ami seems to have generally been iguorod by ofiicera iu commission ut tbo dato when the Act became t law. Gousideriug t he great ru -ponsibility (Involving on Auditors nud Treasurers, und the ubsolulo necessity of u more correct record than has lieietofore been presented, f am in? structed by the Comptroller-General to inform you that his Excellency the Governor requires of you a new official bond, to be made for -dollars, and that tbe sureties to same sh II justify. Should you fail to comply w th the ubovo requirement on or bo lore the IDtii proximo, it will be con? sidered evidence of your inability to furnish the necessary bond, und your successor will be appointed. PiCUBC receipt. Respectfully, Ac . S. L. HUGE. Comptroller General. Approved. D. IL CHAMBERLAIN, Governor of South Curolina. Thk Chamber of Commerce.?A regular meeting of tbo (Jharlestou Chamber wb? held Tuesday evening, President Topper in the chair. After the reading and coutirmatiou of tbe minutes ol ihr lust, meeting, the Secre? tary read the hdlowiug letter from ?ov. Chamberlain, iu response to a coiumunicutiou from tbe Chamber, transmitting k copy of a report und ttsoliiuon oil the subject of the pilot? age of the port of Charleston: Columbia, December 13, 1874. }* 7'npper, A's</ , President Cham? ber <f Commerce, Charleston, 6". C.? Deah Silt: Yours of tbe 12th iustuut, transmitting a copy of n report anil resolution on the subject of tbe pilot? age of th? port of Charleston, adopted by tbe Chamber of Commerce of the city of Charleston, is duly received. T hasten to suy iu reply that 1 will ex teud to those interested iu Ibis matter all the aid and protection iu my power. If I have sufhcient power to insure tbe redress of your grievances, I will, if satisfied upon ex.miuutiou of the cor? lectuess of your statements, exeietse it promptly. If further legislation is needed to reach tbe result desired, 1 uill press tbe subject upou tbe atten? tion of the General Assembly. The subject is one which I do not hesitate to consider of tht> utmost importance, <ud it will receive my prompt utten tiou. Very respectfully, your obedient servaut, D. H. CHAMBERLAIN, Governor. The following letter from ex-Gov. M. Li. Bouhnm will explain itself: CrtAKLRsroN, Deoembsr 23, 1S74. ?b\ 1" Tvpper, Esq , President Cham? ber i,f Commerce, Charleston, S. C ? ?EAItSilt: Allow me to preaeut through you to the Chamber of Commerce the map of the harbor, of which I cpoke to you some years ago. It was pre? pared for mo during tlie war by Lieut. Key, under the direction of Col. Har? ris, chief engineer of Gen. Beuure gard's staff, uud, us you will see, then presented to mycelf. It is the bebt map oi the barbor und the souudings ihat I remember to have seen, nud as such should belong to Ibis city. I have thought your body tbo proper de? pository of it, und, accordingly, beg you will take chirgeof und present it for me. Yours, very trnlv, M. L. BON HAM. President Topper stated that iu ac Cordaucu with tbo will ol the Chamber, be bad had prepared a memorial to C ?ogres?, soliciting an appropriation of tflOU.i'UO for improvements of tbe bir and harbor of Charleston. Tbe memorial, be said, would bo put in ein ci cut bauds, and there was every reason to believe that it would receive prompt ittteuliou. Mr. J. N. Robsuu, Chutimau of tbe Committee on Direct trade, stated that iu a visit recently made to the bar iu company with Mr. Lyniun Bridges, of Chicago, he bail found from soundiugs takeu in l'uoip kin Hill Channel, tint ut half tide there was a depth of sixteen feet nine inches, from which it was estimated that at high water there would bu a dept'.i of eighteen feet six inches, being an increase iu depth of two feet. .Mr. A. C. Kaufman, iu response to a request from the Chamber, explained what interests Mr. Bridges represent? ed. He sind that .Mr. bridges bail come to Charleston accredited by Gov. Beveridge. of Illinois, ex-Gov. Ma gnflin, ol Kentucky, and other promi? nent getitletueu ol tbo West; that he was interested in the Chicago und South Atlantic Bail road. His object was to consolidate the lines between Charleston and Chicago under one control; be tirst proposes to build up the links North of Spurluuhurg, by way of the Cumberland Gup and Asuevilie, and uftcrwutils to shorten the road us far Us practicable. Mr. Budges proposes with a party of pro? minent Western capitalists to make a visit to this section of tbe country in the spring anil examine the proposed route. Air. Kaufman stated I bat from tin' ti nor of Mr. Bridges' conversa? tion, it was manifest that he meant business, und that lie bud every reason to believe that the gn at project was in tbe best of bands, and would be pushed rapidly on to completion. -?--??????. There wer? 30 deaths in Charleston for the week ending the 2ti h?whites, ?; colored, 25. City Matteiis.? Subscribe for tbe Phoenix?don't borrow. .Hain, rain, rain, last nigbt. Heading matter on every page. Tbe old year wuxotb weak, and has but a few bourn more ol existence. Largest (-election of imported cigars at tbe Colombiu Hotel Cigar Store. TruUHieut advertisements und no? tices must be paid for iu advance. Cboico bruuds of cbampaguo and other wines at Hardy Solomon's. Something to boot?Lightning-rod peddlers. Mr. J. M. Crawford denies that it j was bis horso that was killed ut tbe colored toornameut, a few days ago. Brandy fruits, preserves, jellies, jams, etc., at Hardy Solomou's gro? cery. Best imported Purtugus, eight for one dollar, at Columbia Hotel Cigar Store. Promptuess aud nttcutiou are the rules at H*rdy Solomon's grocery es? tablishment. Treasurer Darling is in possession of bis office, und is working things smoothly. Mies Charlotte Cnsbmau expects to perform a "farewell engagement" in Columbia during this season. Give Hardy Solomon a trial, if you want anything iu the grocery line. His stock is fresh. Muuy of our lady friouds expect to keep open bouse tomorrow?New Year's Day. It is a pleasing custom. The Central National Bunk makes a capital showing?a divideud of six per cent. This is equal to twelve per cent, per mumm. Uaverly's Minstrels?one of the very best troupes traveling?give an enter? tainment iu Parker's Hull, on Saturday evening, Jaunary 2. Capt. Thompson docs not believe in breaking a week, and evil I. consequent? ly, not resume the exercises of his academy nutil Mondny, tbe 4th. Old probabilities is in a pother about the weather?one day it is like May, the uext day wo have March, and then comes a touch of February. Old type metal, at 25 cents a ponnd, can be obtained ut the Phoenix office, for small quantities; 2? cents by the 100 pounds?delivered at the depot. Job priuting of every kind, from a miniature visiting card to a fonr-sheet poster, turned out, at short notice, from PnoZNlx office. Try us. To-night, the Phtnnix Hook and Ladder boys, with their friends, danoe tbo old year out and tbe new year in. They will have n jolly time of it. The young men are daily practicing (or tbo tournament and race which comes ou Monday uext, in Upper Boundary street. Preston Bynum was iustnntly killed nt Clarksou's, a few days ngo, by being shot through tbe body, by Georgo Bamlield. Both parties were colored. An agricultural paper says that kind words will cure a cow of kicking, but many prefer the old way of mauling the critter with a fence rail until her heart is broken. Notices in the local column are charged for at the rate of fifteen cents n lino, for nine lines or more. Lees tluiu that space, Si. All local refer? ence to advertisemouts.cbarged for. I Messrs. L. T. Silliman .t Co., a few doors below tho Phoenix office, keep all grades of drugs nud proprietary medicines?including the celebrated "koskoo." The Mexican national gnmo is carried on every nigbt, ut the Cottugo House pit. The building is admirably fitted up, and birds as well as lookers-ou are; i protected. j A pair of handsome, uud Bcrviceublo jirou gray horses, with a ligbt vehicle, are to be disposed of at a fair price. They will bo Bold together or sepa? rately. Any information cuu bo obtained at PH02NIX office. Mr. Henry Alloc has purchased tho vacant lol, nearly-opposite tho Phoenix office, aud expocts iu n shoit time to ; begin the ereotion of a two-story ' building ?two stores, with residences above. A side-splitting scene may be wit , ueeved any Saturday evening at tbo 1 bacon counter in Syminers' store; but it co^ts about fifteen cents a pound to i thoroughly appreciate it afterwards. There is u heavy joko in this, if u fel? low could but find it out. Speaker Elliott informs us that tbo rules of tho Housos by which a disa? greement of a committee of froo oon forcuco leaves a measure ns it came j originally from ono the Uouso, has been I repeatedly opposed by him?while ' seated on tho lloor and siuco occupy 1 iug the Speaker's chair. Tho Commit I teo ou Hales?of which ho is an ex \ qtficio member?now have this matter i under consideration, aud it is to be i hoped it will bo amended. Wo bad' an orderly Xmst, and de? sire to priKB a quiet and'agreeable New Year. We hope tbe same regulations that procured tbe one will be enforced to secure the other. The privilege of horn-blowing might, perhaps, be cur? tailed withont any injury to any one, and to tbe satisfaction of many others. It is a kind of music not likely to pro? duce the effect attributed to the lyre of Orpheus when he went lo search for his Eurydice iu Hades. But it in not unpleasant at a proper distance, to which wo think it uugul lu be ban? ished. Soaped.?Mr. Fruok D. Hatfleld, advertising ngeut for Colgate Ac Co., soap manufacturers, Nos. 53 und 55 Jobn street, New York, is in the city, distributing samples of their "Ster? ling" gratuitously to every family. He left a dozen or two cakes at the Phoenix office. The 6oap advertiaos itself in its superiority for washing purposes. The Mandamus.?The petition of the Carolina National Bank of Colum? bia against the city of Columbia, for a mandamus to aompel the City Council to levy a special tax to pay their judg? ment, was beard, yesterday, before Judge Carpenter, at Chambers. The city demurred because the case was cot prosecuted in the name of the State, and because the faots stated did not warrant the relief demanded. Tbe bank was represented by Messrs. Mel? ton & Clurk, and tbe City Council by Mr. J. a. Dunbar, City Attorney, and Mr. John Wiogute, assisted by Messrs. Bach rann <fc Yonmans and Carrol! & Jauney on behalf of the tax-payers. Tbe demurrer was sustained on the first ground, but the bank was allowed to amend by consent, and the case was thereupon postponed till Tuesday, the 5th January. Cash vs. Credit.?An experienced grocer of West Troy, N. Y., has adupted tbe cash system, and in a cir? cular just issued to his customers muk?s the following observation: "An experience, both as proprietor and as? sistant iu the grocery business, extend? ing over a number of years, warrants me iu asserting, without fear of rea? sonable contradiction, that no estab? lishment doing a credit business can favorably compare prices with a house working on tho cash principle. All the expenses attending the keeping of books, all the losses by bad debts and otherwise, mnst be tacked on to tbe I dealer's profit, and as a matter of I course must be puid by those of his I customers why pay at all." We com J mend the reasoning of this advertiser to nil who would avoid the evils of un? due oredit in all hand-to-hand busi? ness. The first of the new year will be an excellent time to commence to apply, as tar us possible, this whole? some and sound rule. Settle np the post, and sturt on it so as to avoid ex ! travagance and debt in the future. Phienixiana.?Silenoe is the fittest reply to folly. a bootless enterprise?Going bare? foot. What a barber innsn't do?Lather his wife. Half the discomfort of life is the re? sult of gutting tired of ourselves. Druwing utensils?pencils, cork? screws, poultices, blisters, ballet dancers, free luuohos, etc., etc. Lines?uot by Tenuyson, but by somebody else: "Those who iu quarrels interpose Must often wipe a bloody nose." List of New advertisements. Huverly's Minstrels. J. P. Ligon?Wanted to Bout. G. O. Piko?Agents Wanted. L. T. Levin .t Co.?Daily Drawings. H. S. Thompson?Male Academy. Hotel, Arrivals, December 30.? Hendrix House-?M Myers, Phil; J S Coles, Ga; S Corlev, Lexington; J A Mitchell, Leesville; B T Stova?, F A Timbcrlake, Ga; W Murdock, A S Billingsley and wifo, NC; J W Gavin, ! Goorg's Station; J H Hunter, J T j Hunter, Liucaster; W II Hal), Ches? ter; J E Stumuud, Charleston; J G Thompson, Fla; T P Swinuie, Ohes tei field. Speaking of the Finance bill just j passed by the Senute, tho New York I Herald .says: "Its leading purpose was I to undo uud harmonize the Repnbli I can party; aud, however successful it ! may prove as n stroke of party tactics, j it is of subordinate importance as a I nit ans of reaching specie payments, it is marked by tbo trimming dexteri? ty which is so coustuntly practiced by the trainers of political platforms. It is a scheme contrived to bear one in terpn ration iu tho East and another in tho West, and to mislead both sec? tions if they judge of it by the com? ments of local expounders instead ol examining tbo text of the bill. It was Emu's bauds v?ith Jacob's voice, and a persou must bo us blind as the old pa I triarch, their father, if ho cuuuot de j tect tbo triok." ?? ? - - Mr. Heury Washingtou, aged eighty years, who is described as a cousiu of the father of his country, died reoently at Shreveport, Lt. Like his distin? guished relative, uu was a surveyor by profession.