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COLUMBIA, S. C. Friday Morning, Arpril 2,1876. The Union-Herald's Little Joke. Our contemporary of this city edified its readers, yesterday, with a dissert a tion npon the slight effect that the devasta? tion and injuries of war produce upon a Stuto. They play the mischief with in? dividuals, it admits, but asserts, nt the same time, that they "disturb the com? monwealth very little." The people of the State were informed tlint in addition to the benefits of liberty which the co? lored people enjoy, tho white people arc now far more prosperous, and are in a fur better financial condition than they were in before the war; that they own more property, and guin more money, &c The distinction between tho citi? zens who compose the State and the State itself, between the whole and its parts, is of a pieco with the restriction of the view to only war injuries, and the convenient overlooking of those greater wrongs and hurts which have been in? flicted since ita nominal close. We could but wonder a little at the editorial facility in looking away from or not remember? ing the more than $200,000,000 of debt added to the Southern States tinder car? pet-bag rule, the repudiation of honest debt, the commission of frnud against the creditors under the false guise of ne? cessity, and the barring out of useful population by governments which are but little better than organized robber bands. Our indignation began to kindle as we thought of the swindles, whose name is legion, wbich have been perpe? trated here, and then looked at this sweot-tempered, concur dc rose and pa? tronizing article. We were reminded of "Honest" John Patterson, and his plea? sant remark' about how much more "squeezing" South Carolina could stand. Ahal we smoU a rat. If we can.be made to thmk that wo are prosperous and con? tented, if we ore gaining money, then, perhaps, we can be crammed with the idea that a two per. cent tax is a slight thing,' even though it be largely appro? priated to pay bogus claims, deficiencies that ought not to exist, and expenses passing under the name of "sundries," olios swindles. From these harsh thoughts, from these unkind conclu? sion's, we were recalled by noticing the date of our contemporary's article. It was April 1. So we knew it was only a joke. Very good, very good. But don't repeat it on any other day. TheOdloutTax Bill. Time was, a year or two back, when the tax-payers would have drawn some small consolation from the reasonable certainty that their money, raised' by tax? ation, would be faithfully applied to the purposes for which it was demanded. With the improvement of this certainty, by means of the specific tax levy, comes the unpleasantness that the objects to which much of the money is to go, are not suoh as can be approved. They are legalized frauds, in tho shape of defi? ciencies, claims, excesses and extrava? gance. They also shroud other deficien? cies in their bosom. There is nothing about the supply bill which can console for its enormous exactions. We trust, sincerely, that the Governor will put an? other of his stinging vetoes to it; or, if there is a law which wlil allow him to discriminate between the sections of an Act, at least to severnl of the unrighteous impositions which it makes upon the people. The falsehood of pretending that we can't pay honest debts, while wc raise such vast sums, and for such ob? jects, is one that will and ought to rc-nct upon our credit For ourselves, we would not give the snap of a finger for any re? form which does not let the people's money alone. They can afford to paj' nothing more than legitimate and neces? sary expenses, and the interest on the public debt. Affairs on the Mexican border in Texas seem to be in a deplorable plight Bands of cattle thieves come over from Mexico at pleasure, kill and capture citizens, drive off their stock, and bid defiance to successful pursuit. It is rumored that they have lately cleared out a company or two of negro troops stationed at San Luis, on the Bio Grande, and it is apparent that the banditti are determined, if pos? sible, to possess both sides of the river for tho facilitation of their raids. In the raid near Corpus Christi, last week, the Mexicans earned off Judge Gilpin and a large number of other Anericans, includ? ing two women, burned the Nuecespost offloe and captured a mail rider. They were pursued and all except four of tho captives escaped, alter,having a running a(hi, in which two Americans and one exioan were killed. The attention of the Mexican Minister at Washing? ton has been called to the mat? ter, but nothing is expected to come of this. Instructions, however, will be sent to tho General - commanding the department, and perhaps we may soon hear of another McKenzie dash into Mexiosn territory; nor is a general bor? der warfare at au improbable. In a space of ten years, not less than 2,000,000 of British; subjects have left their native land. Some went to Austra? lia, some to Canada, and more came to the United States. Until lately, the Irish emigrants were in excess of the English and Scotch. Sinoe 1869, however, the respective ratios are reversed- During that year, Great Britain sent forth 18,000 more emigrants than Ireland, and in 1872 this excess* was even more marked.' ? Tha Bonanza Bill. JCp the Editor of the Phoenix?Sin: It in quite true, as you uay,^hat the gcnerul discussion of the bonanza bill has led to the general opinion that it will be of ad? vantage to the State in olearing up a large amount of floating debt at a low figure. The fact of* the matter is, that the claims generally provided for in the bonanza bill are as good and valid as tho similar claims which have been spcuifi cally provided for in the various bills passed by the General Assembly during the last three missions. The advantage to the Stute will consist: 1. In tho claims generally provided for in tho bonanza bill being thoroughly examined by the commission, us required by the bill, with the aid of the Attorney General, who is roquired by the bill to attend the session of the commission, and represent tho interests of the State therein; whereas, the claims which have been specifically provided for in the various bills passed. by the General As? sembly during the last three sessions, have not been thoroughly examined, for a thorough examination of them has not been practically possible. 2. In such of the claims generally pro? vided for in the bonanza bill as* pass the examination of the commission being paid at the rate of fifty cents on the dollar, in four annual installments, without interest, thus making the bur? den of their payment comparatively light npon tho people; whereas, the claims which have been specifically pro? vided for in the various bills passed by the General Assembly during the last three sessions, have been paid at the rate of ono hunred cents on the dotlar, in one payment, and the tax fer the pay? ment of the whole levied on tho people immediately. We all know these unpaid claims bavo got to be settled in someway; and the real question is, whether they shall be settled by the payment of $250,000, in the course of four years, at the rate of $62,500 a year, without interest, as pro? vided in the bonanza bill; or whether they shall bo settled uy the payment of $500,000, at ono time, as the other simi? lar claims have been settled heretofore. And I think the other tax-payers in the State will agroe with me, in preferring to settle theso unpaid claims at fifty cents on the dollar, ns provided in the bonanza bill, if the holders of thcin arc willing to settle in that way. A TAX-PAYER. Cuesteu Matters.?The Reporter says: A negro girl, about nine years old, while at work on the plantation of Mr. S. W. McNeel, near McConnelsville, on Wednesday of last week, was so severely burned that she died. The dwelling bouse of Adam Steven, colored, near fiossville, was burned on Saturday night, 27th ult. The greater part of - the contents were saved. The origin of the fire is unknown. ? During the storm of wind and rain which visited portions- of this County on Saturday, the 20th of March, the gin house of Mr. Wm, H. Massey, in tho Beckham vi lie neighborhood, was blown down, and the roof blown from Mr. Elmore Kell's cotton screw. In many sections of the County fences were pros? trated. The lands were severely washed by the very heavy ruins. The bvxca to bo levied and collected, under the recent Act of the legislature; will be larger than ever. The tax for Chester County will bo thirteen mills for State purposes* and five for County tax? eighteen mills in all. This is certainly u heavy burden. The work of the two weeks' session of the Court made a slaughter among offi? cials and cx-officials of this County. Never, "perhaps, has there been brought to light, in one term of any Court, such evidence of "wickedness in high places." Chester is certainly the banner County in the number of rascally office-holders. Two ex-County Commissioners sent to the Penitentiary, and the third escaping similar sentence only by absconding; an ex-School Commissioner and present State Senator indicted for forgery and conspiracy to defraud; two ex-Trial Jus? tices, one* of them also ex-Auditor, in? cluded in this'indictment for conspiracy ?all this makes up a record, huge and ghastly. Of those to be arraigned under this indictment, Dub Walker is chiefly to be mentioned, and is by far, no doubt, the most guilty. For some time past, great numbers of German and other adopted citizens of this country have, re-emigrated to their native lands. The reason of this course of action is tho present stagnation of trade and business in the United States. They cannot proenrework in that abund? ance and at such prices as pleases thorn, and hence they turn their faces towards tho old world. But arc matters any bettor there than here? Can employ? ment be procured in Germany or Ire? land more readily than in the United States? A recent letter from Berlin tells the Germans of this country that *they will no more find tho El Dorado in Ger? many than they discover it in this na? tion. If wages have been reduced twen? ty per cent, in the United States, they have fallen forty per cent, in Germany. If there are hundreds of idle men here, there are thousands in Berlin and other girts of Europe. And the same general ots will apply to Ireland, and thus it is apparent that neither German nor Irish citizens can better their conditions by leaving this country at the present time. There is a general prostration of business in all parts of the world. Some em? ployers are discharging hands, others are dosing their establishments. But a ohange for the better must come, and when the tide does alter, it will rise with more celerity in this country than in the over-crowded kingdoms and districts of the old world. This being the case, it is far better for our adopted citizens to "healtho ills they have," than seek to avoid them by leaving the country. The latter expedient will assuredly be fol? lowed by disastrous consequences and results. , Some months since, a large poster, bearing the startling oaption, "A man fonnd dead," was seen posted in a con? spicuous place in San Patricio County, Texas, the heading having been adopted by Mr.. Phelps, the owner of a small country store in tho Bowles neighbor? hood, in that .County, in order to attract special attention to an advertisement of his merchandise. A few days since his own body, bathed In blood, was fonnd at the threshold Of his store, Mr. Fhelps having been assassinated. Dp3Cou?olate PATnicxvfl.r-It is melan? choly to think that such sanguine and indomitable patriots as Messrs. Morton and Butler ??despair of ,t^:...r>apnblio.''' The former, as our Washington corres? pondent stated yesterdoyt takes a moro gloomy view of affairs than,'any other of the Republican lenders. Ho has no doubt that the South means to inaugurate, an? other rebellion, und ho has dottbts whe? ther the North would bo willing :tb pile" up another great debt, even forHkbTo ! sake of saving the Union. If the Senator could stir up the South to another war, and make it believe that the North would make no effort to put it dowu, he would be in better spirits. Such a war might save the Republican party, but it takes two to make a quarrel, and the South is not going to fight again, even if it were able, with the possibility of such an effect of its belligerency. Senator Mor? ton has the reputation of being one of the most sagacious men of his party, and if that reputation is well founded, he must be as sure as he is of his own exist? ence, that the South has neither the power nor the inclination to enter upon another civil war. It lost in the lute struggle the only possibility it had of carrying such a contest to ? successful issue. Despoiled of its material wealth, its great generals and the dower of its fighting population in the grave, and its 4,000,000 of slaves converted, in the event of war, into 1,000,000 of enemies, it has no dream of provoking another struggle. If Morton thinks the powerful and prosperous North would be unwilling to increase the national debt, even for the sake of saving the Union, how can he pretend that the weak and impoverished bouth would be willing to increase its burthens and miseries, to the risk of its own utter annihilation, for no purpose that any human being can conceive, and that Mr. Morton himself has not assigned; Whatever alleviation of its lot the South desires, it knows perfectly well can be only gained by peaceful and con? stitutional methods within the Union, and even if it were so demented as to dream of any other resort, it would not indulge such madness at a time when the signs are auspicious of the re-estab? lishment of wise and conciliatory in? fluences at the seat of Federal power. Senator Morton's prophetic growlings are but the complaints of the wolf in the fable that the sheep lower down the cur? rent has muddied the stream. Of course Gen. Buttler is also disconsolate. His benevolent and sympathetic nature shocked by the misery which he con? ceives will be suffered by his Southern rebliners in consequence of not being suffered to persecute their neighbors, Ho is reported as saying, "Our people (the carpet-baggers and deluded negroes being meant) will now be slaughtered." Wo had supposed, from their own ac counts, that they had been slaughtered in great numbers before.^ so that by this time they were as accustomed to it as eels to being skinned. We trust Genend Butler will try and keep up his spirits and not make a Job Trotter of himself. The only slaughter of his "people" that is likely to take place is of a political character, such as ho himself has lately suffered in Massachusetts. He may con? sider such a proceeding in his own case as little better than murder, but the country generally is not of that opinion. The more of that kind of "slaughter* that occurs the happier will be the re? sult to the best interests of society. [ISatiiaore Sat Oun Exploiters is Mexico.?Now that the stories of Southern outrages arc for u time suspended, we begin to hear of I Mexican outrages, and, by a remarkable coincidence, these are published almost simultaneouslv with the departure, on Monday, of Mr. Cameron and other Se? nators froui Washington for a brief tour in Centnil Mexico. The object of this visit is said by one authority, .we know not with what truth, to be to pave the way for negotiations looking to the an? nexation of most of Northern Mexico to the United Stute? Supposing such to be the purpose, a few outrages would be timely in the way of illustrating that Mexico cannot keep the people of her Northern provinces in order. There seems no doubt that there have been murders and destruction of property on the Mexican boundary of late, as there has been, unfortunately, at all seasons of | the year for a long time past The ditli ulty, however, is to identify the perpe? trators of these crimes, and there is good authority for the belief that the pil? lagers and murderers are composed in? discriminately of Mexicans ana Texans, and operate indiscriminately upon both sides of the border. Our extradition treaty with Mexico, unfortunately, for bi4s either Government from snrrender j to the other its own citizens when guilty of crimes upon the territory of the other. The New York World sug? gests that it would be rather awkward if Senator Cameron, in case he approaches the Mexican President with his reclama? tions, should be suddenly confronted with a list of Mexican claims for damages as various, as long and as heart-rendin" as his own. As to annexation, it would be better to consolidate our present pos? sessions before making additional re? quisitions. ? Baltimore Sun. The Pall Mall Oazette says: "It is sur? prising that among the many schemes for increasing e revenuo in the least irksome method to tho community the imposition of stamp duties on offers of marriage has never been seriously con? sidered. There can be little doubt that suoh an impost would not only be cheer tully paid, but would bring "in a con? siderable sum annually to the exchequer. It would, moreover, do more than any? thing else to put an end to those 'breach of promiso cases' which give rise to such unseemly mirth and desecrate some of tho noblest feolings of our imperfect nature. If it woro rendered illegal to mako a proposal or accept one, except by a stamped document, it would be impos? sible for the most heartless trifler to get ont of his or her engagements on the p;ro?nd of no serious intention. This plan would, moreover, throw a spirit of earnestness into sooial intercourse, whioh is sadly required. Unstamped professions of admiration or affection would bo looked upon not only as hollow flirtations, but as attempts to defraud tho revenue, subjecting the gay doccivor to a penalty, part of which go to tho in? former." tt A despatch from Astoria, Oregon, says I the heaviest gale ever experienced there I occurred on Tuesday. ? Thx Mokujosnt to Washington.?The Washington National Monument Society Jias taf&ed an address to the people of the United States, appealing for aid to finish tho Washington monument during the centennial year of America's inde? pendence. This association was formed ny citizens of Washington in 1833, and under its auspices the monument, in? tended to be 600 feet in height, was com? menced, and had risen to the height of 174 feet, wh*n, for want of funds, the work rvpon it was suspended. In this condition it has remained for twenty years, though the society, in the mean? time, has not prcturmitted its exertions or entirely lost hope. About ?250,000 have come into Jthe possession of the association, every dollar of which has been accounted f>?r. Nearly the whole amount thus received has been directed to* the work on tho monument itself, out? side of which the expenses have been trivial. The officers of the socie'y have never received any compensation. The approach of the national centennial is considered by the association as an ap? propriate occasion for a final appeal to the country to pay to the memory of Washington the honor so long withheld, and not to permit an abandoned monu? ment to speak to foreigners, attracted by the centennial, of obligations dishonored and gratitude forgotten. If the monu? ment is completed by lH7t>. and all can then feel that the Crovcrnmcnt is fully restored by that time to the principles of that era, we need not be afraid of foreign criticism. Forms of subscription to the monument are forwarded with the address. A Traokdy roil a Society Duama.? The musical world at New York was re? cently shocked to k-aru of the tragical death of Mrs. Annie J. Curtis. She wa-s a Californiaii by birth, and her second husband, how living* in San Francisco, rose there to prominence und wealth. Her voice had exceptional beauty and compass, and tho slender means of her father were freely used in its cultivation. Her first marriage was unhappy. For a time her lifo with Mr. Curtis was more fortunate. They went to Europe, but mocting with reverses of fortune, they returned, and, leaving his wife in New York, Mr. (,'urtis went on the Pacific coast. After a time remittances cased, and she was thrown for support on her own resources. Max Ktrakosch, the ini prcssario, recognized her voice as one that further cultivation might make pro? fitable. He secured her a teacher, and intended to hike her to Europe, where he was confident she would make a success? ful debut, and then return to this country. This hope cheered her through extreme poverty. She was only twenty-four, and in her intercourse with the musical peo? ple she met the son of a millionaire, who became interested in her, securing a place in a city church choir. This interest de? veloped into an intimacy which, her gratitude for his kindness allowed to work out her ruin. An attempt at abor? tion culminated in her death. The ''son of a millionaire" lives on, and every Sabbath leads a eongrtigation in pruise at a fashionable church. Her funeral was attended by many of the prominent musical people of New York. The incidents attending the hanging ofTiburcio Vasquez in California, the other day, were well in keeping with the famous bandit's reckless career. He spent his last hours in chatting with his rela? tives, and in the morning received the sacrament from the priest, remarking be? fore receiving it: "If I don't do every d?d thing he wants meto, he may throw incovcr." He published a card to bis gang, asking them to refrain from taking vengeance upon his captors or the jury who declared him guilty. He ate a hearty breakfast, and drank a glass of wine an hour before his execution. The sheriffs of nearly every County in the Shite were on hand. His captors were all present, and he forgave them for the part taken in his arrest, but made a .sarcastic remark as to their bravery. He had made a bet of half a dollar, that he would bo hanged on the 10th, and he demanded tho stakes. Tho jail was strongly guarded, but there was no attempt mado to rescue the pri? soner. He wanted an hour to spoak on tho scaffold, smoke a cigar and have a drink, but bis priest advised him to any nothing. The jam at tho jail gate whs beyond tho control of the police, and n , hose was brought out to play on the crowd. Tho house-tops were crowded with peoplo, and a number of ladies wore in the windows of tho jail. Vasquez mounted tho scaffold with a firm step. A Nkw Er.\. -In old times, at tho com? mencement of every season, it was tho fashion to take a strong cathartic as a safeguard against a change of tempera? ture. It was n worse than senseless practice. Tho people of our day under? stand the matter better. Instead of de fleting the system, they reinforce it. n the method they adopt, they exhibit a wise dicrimination. Instead of resorting to tho vitiated stimulants of commerce, or any of the compounds derived from them,' they put their faith in tho only absolutely pure invigorant procurable in the market?Hostettor's Stomach Hitters. Their faith is well founded. Never has any tonic medicine boen prepared with such scrupulous precision and conscien? tious care. It is a vegetable compound of whioh every ingredient is sound, wholesome and medicinal in the true sense of the word. Now we have three promi? nent national complaints. One-naif of the adult population of the United States suffer more or less, eitber from diseases of tho stomach, derangements of tho liver, or affections of the kidneys. In no other land under heaven are these maladies so general as in this country, and Hostettor's Bitters is a specific for them all, unless organic in their origin, and therefore beyond cure. And let those who are fortunate enough to be ex? empt from them at present understand one great fact, viz; that an occasional use of this vitalizing tonic will as certainly prevent them as the snn will prevent tho earth from freezing whore its genial beams descend. Tho Bitters is a genial and excellent tonic, a moderato altera? tive, and just enough of an aperient to regulate without convulsing the bowel?. It is, therefore, n specific peculiarly adaptod to the prosent season. M28 f331 Judge Mnckey has issued an order to Coroner Ruff to take charge of the She? riffs office. This order will be hold in abeyance a few days to give Sheriff Dn vail a chance to return and resume his duties. ? Mlnnsboro News. City Items.?Subscribe for the Phoenix and then invest a V in the real estate dis? tribution. ( Beading, matt er on every page. Sore or weak eyes are on the rampage in parts of the city. Yesterday was a regular April day? warm and cloudy. Relative beauty?that pretty little female cousin? A false- or April fool?alarm of fire, last night, caused the firemen to have a run. Governor Chamberlain lias not yet signed the supply bill. Some of the features he is not satisfied with. Mr. Long has received another car? load of prime Kentucky nifties. Call and soe them at his stables. About this time of the year spring chickens bet;in to hang over the nigged edge of the shell. In forwarding subscriptions to the I'ttcaxix and Gleaner, don't forget the postage. The day train over the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad is to be discontinued after to-day. Our Sumter contemporaries complain that the Ph?enix is .not received. The loose screw is beyond our office, as the paper is rogulurly sent. . Yon can get all styles of job printing, from a visiting card to a four-sheet post? er, at the Phoenix office. Prices satisfac? tory. Dooley, th>* bill-poster, says the Rentz Can-Can Troupe, ^for which he is libe? rally billing,) give a respectable enter? tainment. Martin knows'. A bargain can be obtained in the pur? chase of a fount of second-hand bour? geois or minion, with the necessary cases, at the Phosnix office. Dr. E. E. Jackson'a red bat, with feathers, caused many "sold", indi? viduals t-i smole a ghastly smile, yestoi I <i?y. Wo notice that many of our State ex? changes ar>? publishing incorrect state? ments relutivo to the tax levy. The Phoenix gave the matter correctly: but it seems it has be?m overlooked. The directories were not given away, the hot spring did not spout, and the store of Messrs. Perry A Slawson was uot robbed?the statements of the morning papers to the contrary notwithstanding. Tickets in tho real estate distibution, which comes off in April, can be obtained at PHOENIX offioj. Indian Girl Cigar Store, Columbia Hotel Cigar Store, Wheeler House, Sulzbacher's California Cigar Store, and Sheridan's grocery store. An investment of $0 may cause you to be the fortunate possessor of a con? venient house, a building lot, a pair of spanking horses, or a gold watch. The real estate distribution is the mode. The following cheering, but rather in? definite, news comes from Sumter. Will the Watchman please tell whose fence? "Somebody, we forget now who it was, has put a new board on their fence." We understand that Mr. J. P. Southern has, upon the advice of prominent gen? tlemen, consented to serve on the com? mission nnder the Act for redemption of certain claims against the State, should the courts decide that the Act has be? come a law. Mr. J. Wall ico Ainger, of Charleston, agent for the Erlectic Magazine, is in the city. The Ectectic is a most excellent publication, made up of selections from the principal European magazines. Every number contains a well executed steel engraving. A ball complimentary to the Riehl.md Rifle Club comes off on Tuesday evening next, April 6, in the Rifle Club Hall. Dr. W. C. Fisher, or either of the Com? mittee of Arrangements, will give all ne? cessary information. Tho first ball proved unusually satisfactory, and the belief is that the present one will be equally pleasant. The Greenville Republican acknow? ledges tho receipt of an order from the State Superintendent of Education, for the funds clue that County on account of Hchool claims of 1874. It is profuse in its thanks. "The people of Greenville," it says, "will ever appreciate tho favor of J. K. Jillson and F. L. Cardozo." What is this great "favor," we should like to know? The "bonanza?" Yes?well, certainly. The inconsistency is more apparent than real. We gave our opinions and ad? vice about it on the 12th and 21st nit, as the Union-Herald quotes. What we said on the 31st ult was rather a reflex of the "prevailing opinion"?a sort of charitable view of what might possibly be the effect, if it was "properly carried out." No harm in that The City Treasurer is around, calling for tax money. Hear him: "All city taxes must be paid before the 15th of April inst Thero will positively be no further extension." Which reminds us to say, that several committees wero ap? pointed in December, now four months ago, to look into the matter of -the levy, the way the accounts of the city were kept and of the amount of liability of the citizens for certain supposed transactions of the City Council in issuing bonds,, in? creasing the debt above a certain amount and diverting the interest fund. "Posi? tively" we think they ought to report ! their discoveries. The Oed Folks Concert?Was well attended, last evening, and was a decided success in costume^'character and music. The odd names and quaint styles of dress carried us back to colonial times. Prof. Denck presided at the piano, and calmed the "trouble," as it was called in tho bills, by his magical and masterly touch of the keys. All the "old folks" seemed to be In voice, and "Life's Dream is O'er," "The Storm," "Brightest Eyes," "Worldly Song," "Leaf by Leaf,","Ah! So True." "Tho Grave Digger," were admira? bly rendered. Tho violin and piano per? formance by Masters Stork and Jacobs wa\* quite good, and Mr. Orchard's Carnival do ? Venice a finished production. Obadiab Grinders (Mr. Epstin) was an immense success: and his contrasts of character in the deceitful old man nnd the gay dandy a decided hit. Madame Eve Van Dorn, in "Ah! so True," and in the "Last Rose of Summer," won nil plaudits by fh<? delicacy, thrill nnd sustained excellence of her tenor. "General Washington and str.ff" were there, too, in their singing robes. Altogether, it was rt pleasant evening, and we must say the "skulo" is a good singing school, and Professor , Evans a capital trainer. The Mecklenburg Dece.vra.tion.?Wc are indebted to the Committee of Ar? rangements for a card of invitation to the "North Carolina Centennial Celebra? tion of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence," which is to be held in Charlotte on the 20th of May, 1875. The programme embraces a procession by tho military, firemen and different societies; addresses by distinguished speakers; fire-works, illuminations, etc. The fol? lowing circular accompanies the invita? tion: "As citizens of the native sod of tho Mecklenburg Declaration of Independ? ence, made at Charlotte, North Carolina, on the 20th of May, 1775, which marks a brilliant epoch in our State's history, we appreciate tho responsibility devolving upon us, to receive^ and entertain the multitude of the sons of the State, and visitors, on the approaching centennial , celebration. As our fathers, in throw? ing the gage to the proud monarch of the mother country, relied upon the co-ope? ration of their fellow-citizens in the colonies, to nid in redeeming it, we turn to our fellow-citizens of the State, and our friends in other States, who, with us, boast of a common heritage in the renown of a noble ancestry, and invoke your aid to make the 100th natal day of liberty in our great country an historical event. Believing that the citizens of your section will consider it a privilege to contribute to the commemoration of this kindling of the first fire of liberty on American soil, as well as to partici? pate with us in the enjoyments of the occasion, nnd to the rearing of a suitable monument on the spot, rendered sacred to every North Carolinian, upon which our declaration was issued, we ask you to afford them an opportunity by circu? lating lists for subscription in such manner as you deem best, and that you will collect such amounts as it may be the pleasure of the people to give, and forward it to J. C. Burroughs, Esq., Treasurer of the Centennial Association, Charlotte, N. C. "JOHN A. YOUNG, Chairmen." Any funds left at Phosmx office will be promptly forwarded. List of New Advertisements. W., C. & A. R. R.?Change Sohedula. Lad Wanted. Georgo Symmers?New Hams, Sic. J. H. Saw-yer?For Rent. Edwin J. Scott?Marsh Ponv for Sale. Mrs. M. O'Ccmner?Spring Millinery. H. A- S. Beard?Assignee's Sale. Hotel Arrivals, April 1.? tt'heeler House?J. M. Campbell, Massachusetts; 8. Bishop, Conn.; W. R. Cathcart, city; J. McClair, Cam den; L. N. Cox, Md.; Mrs. W. E. Dowries, Miss H. G. Dowries, Conn.: Mr. and Mrs. J, F. Bowers, N. Y.; B. B. Keeler, U. S. Army; 8. F. Hol? stein, N. Y.; P. Massman, Pa.: De Veaux Moore, N. C.; H. B. Chichester, N. Y.; R M. Davis, Winnsboro; T. M. Jenkins, Baltimore: W. R. Hemphill, Abbeville; T. W. Bacot. C. H. Glidden, Charleston; J. S. Rvun, Baltimore; J. H. Thompson, City;N.* W. Smith. Ga.; J. F. TreuUen and daughter, Miss Smith, Cokesbury; J. A. Murphy, Md.; J. D. Blending, Sumter. Hendrlx House?1. P. Weston, Grove wood ; R. P. Lodge, Ky.; Thos. Richard son, D. O. McLeod, Sumter; J. McGowan, G. L. Beck, N. C.; James Boyce, Duo West; Dr. S. Taylor and wife, Bich land. Mansion House?1. H. Bamford. W. H McLaughlin, U. 8. A.; Mm. 8. J. Werts and two children, Goo. H. Coon, Newberry; T. L. Kyzer, Lexington; Wm. Z. McGee, G. T. Reid, Cokesbury; N. E. Turnipseed, 8. C. Ju.s,t as played-out carpet-baggers and rejected political sycophants of the North are going into all the vacant places about the Administration, the long-tried and trusted officials are gradually dropping out Yesterday Shanks went in, to-day ' Spinner goes out, and Morton names his successor. The man whom the whole nation has trusted through all. the de? moralization of war and tho degeneracy of politico, has at last turned in disgust from the horde of speculators that sur? rounds the financial operations ox the Government Briatow wilt probably ba next Would it not be well to anchor some one confessedly faithful man In office about the Administration, just for the sake of steady referenoe? {PhiladelpM? Times. How to Restore thx PBosr-Earrr or the State.?Keep you money at home. Do i not send away for anything which you can obtain as well here as elsewhere. Wo do not' advocate paying $5 for that which you can buy abroad for oven $1.90; but when you can buy your Blank Books, of the best grade, at prices as low aa New York, then send to Walker, Evans & Cogswell, Charleston, 8. C, and purchase whaCyou need. All their Blank Books are made in Charleston, and your en ' couragement will sustain a worthy manu? facturing enterprise. *M21f