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Wednesday Morning, April 21^1870. The Vital Principle of the Crange.' Mr. Charles Francis Adams, in an arti? cle npon the Grangors and the railroads, in the New York TYibitne, treats that, organization of the agricultural interests as only phenomenal and already upon tho decline. In looking for the causes to which that movement owes its origin, he confines his view mainly to tho gene? ral iienso of> tho Western farmers, that the railroads wore ? charging an exor bitant prioe for tho transmission of pro? duct) to market. . He treats it as a hasty CoholUnOff AralW part- that they were made to suffer especial hardship for the inordinate greed of tho carriers.' The farming interest, Mr. Adams Bays, en? tirely disregarded the relation of bulk and distance to prico. There is a limit, which shifts according to circumstances, to tho distanoe to Which produce can be carried so as to leave a profit for carry? ing it This limit depends upon the state of trade, and not upon the caprice of corporations. The writer next treats of the supposed effect in the way of extor? tionate oharges 'on the part of railroads, produced by watering their stock. This is answered by an examination of the cost of railroads in Illinois, after reduc? ing fiotitiolis- securities, 'their net earn? ings, and the per ejent. of interest which, they indicate as made by them. This, it is concluded, is less than the ordinary interest of money employed in that State and in Winconsin, Minnesota and Kan? sas, in other branches of business. There is more in the Grange movement than Mr. Adams has chosen to see. Low freights is not tho only, or even the main feature, of the organization. Even in that particular it has effeotod a con? siderable ohange for the better, and a better understanding has been reached between producers and railways. Their interests, intelligently and candidly con? sidered, are not in antagonism to each other. Neither can do without the other. The distinctive, featuro of the Grange is the promotion of a proper spirit of inde? pendence through the power of combina? tion. Agriculture, the basis of all other pursuits, the raw material, so to speak, of a people's life, the great influence without whioh others could have but a sickly and sorry existence, is, in its nature, unsocial. It withdraws its vo? tary from the busy haunts and gay resorts of other men. He deals with the soil, and looks to the skies for the early and the hitter rain. While sluggards sleep, the farmer follows the plough, or scatters the seed, going out early and withholding not his hand in the evening. His social enjoyments are mostly con lined to bis own fireside, and very dear and preoious they are. But in this active and ntirring age he needs to coma 'more,-.in. contact -with outside' world, Iiis- interests and . tho, means, of advancement of his family, de? pend more or leas, upon combined effort. The* social feature both for im? provement and pleasure, and for en largement of knowledge as well, is one indispensable (to him. in these days. It IB here that we have1 always found the distinctive and commendable principle of the Grange* ' It involves and ombraoes also the benefits of education, to be com? passed by neighborhood, grange, grange County, or State Grange orgaoizations. Unless it takes this form of activity, and aims at positive Usefulness, it will run the risk indeed of an'early completion of its course, for it will not have far to go. But it has a nobler mission than the dis? covery and correction of a small class of grievances. That is very well, but not enough. It must riso higher and move on. If its wants and duties be now ju? diciously formulated, if organizing minds come forward and put it upon tho only plane Upon whioh it can do its appointed work, it will go on successfully and smoothly. The time is not far distant when it must accept this nobler task, or it will begin to retrograde and disappear. ?? Stocks and Bond's.?The New York stock market was reported last Saturday to bo tamo' and uninteresting. Tho ave? rage figures were n little stronger than tho previous day, but there was an evi? dent disposition on the part of outside buyers to wait until the market beoomes more settled.' Dullness is tho natural result.ox* this state of things. The He? rald reporter, however, thinks there is no present reason why, within sixty days, there should' not bp a larger | and more legitimate volume of speculative and permanent investment Money will pro? bably 'hQi ttpfi the disbursements from the treasury and fiduciary institutions will be largo' and the temptations to ufla tho J?a*, jtg' jtte$$ifli\profli will , be, abundant ..Government bonds were without'-special 4nterdst, but continue strong,' with a g'dod dornestio investment deBU^^'.^o^ima'nyVa^^ arp, made for export just now. State bonds were dull and" htijaleeted. Amongst bthors men-' " ? iion&t?W neticp 'that old and., new, ; JantMr# j'and..." July?' ?outh Carolinas, olos^>)Btisadyv at 31, bid, and April and October1 f*t 31 bid, non-fundablo being at ? < ? mL -mW., " ? ? Never 'd?l'fl Vo'r'iH^e hopo of a like return, r . pr^ftirSi 'j <M ? >' * ' ? The Union-Herald, in its No. 6 review of the tax bill, advises that the tax of 1-5 mill in the eleventh section of tho Act to meet' the appropriation %or tho payment of interest on bonds. of the State pur? chased for the Agricultural. College, be struJik out "without hesitation." Also, Section 12, which imposes u tax of 2-5 mill for tho Stato Orphan Asylum and the Stato Normal School. "It is entirely' unnecessary to lay this burden on the people at this time." Of course, it is, or 'at'any time. In speaking of tho appro? priations for educational purposes, our contemporary says that if the matter was loft lo it, it would stop appropriations of this kind until we wore able to afford to support a university which would be a crodit to us. Referring to tho tax levied in tho twelfth section, which would raise $18,000, it says that this sum is looked upon almost iis private property already by a few men. Nothing is so sacred but that tho rapacity of trustees, regents, boards, Ac, will attach it. "The pri? soner, tho pauper, the insane, the deaf, tho dumb, the blind, the orphan and the scholar have been robbed alike. Some by wholesale, some by a system of petty thieving which a pick-pocket would feel a contempt for. We hope the day for exposure and punishment, if not for re? tribution, is near at hand." These be good and brave words. Thanks to our neighbor. Let it go on and go further. We will all hold its hat. Concord or Alamance? To the Editor of (he HrorU-Sra: In your leader, yesterday morning, on "Local Centennial Celebrations, you speak of the battle of Concord, Massa? chusetts, on tho 11)th of April, 1775, as in ono sonse the natal day of American independence. You define that "one sense" as "the llrst armed resistance mado by their (American readers') fore? fathers to the aggressions of the power beyond the sea." My own studies in American history have not brought mo to tho same conclu? sion with yon in regard to this fact. I entirely agree with you as to tho "ono sense" in which you accept the phrase "natal day of American independence," becauso it seems to mo th"* the "first armed resistance" to British troops, 1 rather than the formal in-doors declara? tion of independence, really marks tho birth of the secession of tho American colonies. I have no doubt that immense impetus was given, as Jefferson suggests, to the cause of secession, by the Lexington Concord fight; but I neither suppose nor do I imagine that Jefferson believed that that affair was in any sense the cause or the occasion, or even tho beginning of I the conflict, which resulted in American : independence. I am aware that Peter I Parley says that "at Lexington the con? flict rose;" but Peter seems to have written his jinglo mainly for the delecta? tion of New England youth. The one point of difference between your fact and mine is that I understand that the first armed resistance took place at a time and in a place ainercnt from those about to be Celebrated ah the 10th of this April. There are threo points at .which we may put tho natal day?when the first armed resistance to the British regular soldiers was mado by colonists in a body; when the second Continental Congress, on the 10th of May, 1775, de? termined upon armed resistance, and ap? pointed Washington to be "Commander in-Chief of all the forces raised or to be raised lor the defence of the colonies;" and when tho Continental Congress, on the 1th of July, 1770, at Philadelphia, adopted tho Declaration of Lidepend enee. You accept the first of these. So do I. You consider the Lexington-Concord skirmish as that first resistance. It seems to me that the skirmish at Alamance Creek, in Alamance County, N. C, on tho 10th of May, 1771, w:as that first armed resistance made by our forefathers to tho aggressions of the power beyond the sea. That skirmish arose in some? what this way: Governor Tryon, at New burn, built him a mansion, costing some $75,000, and levied a tax on his citizens of tliat Carolina colony to pay the sum. The pooplo formed military companies, called regulators, for the purpose of re? sisting tho collection of the tax levy, and these companies were armed and drilled. They wont'into camp at AlamaucoCreek, and thither the British troops within Tryon's Command were sent to disperse them. A skirmish ensued, in which the regulators were defeated, with a loss of Homo 000 men. In the two skirmishes, at Alamance Creek in 1771 and at Lexington and Con? cord in 1775, the assailants were the same, British regulars; the opponents wore the same, organised rebels; the cause was the same, to disporso the rebels and to defeat tho opposition; the results wero tho same, save that at Ala? mance Croek tho rebels lost throe times as many of their number as those at Lexington and Concord lost. Tho Organization of societies to resist British tyranny had been formed a year or two beforo tho Alamance Creek fight The famous Sons of Liberty, both North and South, were such. The tea affairs both in Charleston and in Boston bad oconr red boforo that time; and it was a year after the British Government had sent over troopa to keep the colonists! in sub? jection. I raise this historical point, not in a spirit of captiousness, but with the doairo to learn what is the truth about the matter. Now England Haw no little of the lighting daring the revolutionary war, that it may bo perfootlv natural for her ,to ' greatly magnify the verjf;, few skirmishes that took placo on ,hor soil; but is that a reason why the rest of tho world should forget their lessons in his? tory? JAMES WOOD DAVU)S0N. New York, April 12. ,'Blifkins1'.was down in Chicago?J the other doy; when he received a letter front Kia yountf wife, saying to him that '* orf this Ibveiy'Spring morning,- n bird is' singing in my heart," and old Blift jUBt looked wild a, nainuto and. then -took a freight train for. pome,' mdttoring to him? self, "Them's Beedhor'a sentiments, old *(an; koep your eye pooled." ' 'SmciDK n* "Pact"*?M0~ Ti?Bo^.'i^lme" ' readers of the nowspapera..cannot foil to noto that a great many'-Suroides are re- . ported in the despatches. ^91w did peo^ plfl?those who believe ?iAfc tho world" wia better in their youth?tell ? us that there has been an alarming increase in crime, including suicide, of lato years. Whether tho number has really increased beyond proportion to population, to the moral effect of massing huiiuvnity, to tho facilities for hearing of everything that occurs auywhore?in a word, whether crime and suicide prevail'among ns to such an extent as to be anomalous in the experience of the world, is a question that has not yet boen satisfactorily ex? plained, either by tho moralist <>r the statistician. But whether there has been any unexampled increase or not, we all know that there arc a great many suicides in our times, and in commenting on some of the phases of the practice very recently we had to confees that the best informed seemed to know very little of the causes that might bring a imui to the condition of mind , when no could overcome the natural repugnance to death and take his own life. We referred to what seemed to be some of tho popular and scientific fallacies concerning the inducements to suicide, and a chance glance or two over the news files tells us that there are other fallacies quite as transparent when the light of roason "and experience is thrown upon them. Tho statistics inform us that in France one out of every 2,700 persons kills him? self; while in England and America only one out of every 15,000 parsons is guilty of what appears to be most extreme folly to all of us who have no desire to die. Apparently, thoro is something in na? tional temperament; but why does this one American individual, surrounded by 14,90'.) persons, all anxious to live, and striving constantly to protect themselves from harm, come to the conclusion that the world is no placo for him? Here is a standard authority on morals that will say, concerning suicide and the habits of youth, that if young men are idle and dissipated, those who are savod from the ravages of disease stand an excellent chance of dying by their own hands. That has been said a thousand times, and is being said now in the pulpit and in works designed especially for religious and moral instruction. But tho verifica? tion is rather slow, and our ingenuous youth look about them and see tormented friends waiting anxiously for years for some interposition of Providence that will relieve them of their idle and dissi? pated and immoral and gambling connec? tions. We admonish our well-meaning young men to be industrious and saving, and that as it is well to have a purpose in view, to take that of making a fortune, and note how such and such an one is doing. And the first thing wo know, tho industrious and saving and upright such and such an one grows suddenly tired of life, and there is a funeral, and the idle and dissipated fellows, who, by all tho rules of moral teachings, should have killed themselves long ago, wonder what could induce any man to commit suicide. But lot us see what the newspapers tell us of the present condition of the suicide market. Any day will do, and hero it is of most recent date. A man in a Hobo ken jail took off a Btrap and hanged him? self to a beam. He had been arrested for?disorderly conduct; so here is an idle, dissipated case to begin with. The next is a man who had been a weigher in a custom house. He was thrown out of employment a couple of months ago, and. being industrious, he has been seeking employment. His wife went out for an hour or two, and on her return found him dead, with his pistol to his head. Here is a magistrate, "has been a justice of the peace for many years, and was re? markable for his courteous and manly bearing in the discbarge Of his deities." Business becoming slack, and his de? mands pressing, he thrust a knife hteel into his heart. Here, again, in a distant city, a constable levied an execution upon the establishment of a citizen who had become involved, and the proprietor stepped out and took a dose of arsenic. In far-off Now Hampshire, where every one is industrious, a passenger, from tho equally as industrious and moral State of Vermont, took a seat in a railway ear. took a pistol out of his traveling-bag and shot himself through the head. Near the same time, the ferry-boat ran over from Jersey City to New York, and on the passage, a young person of the ap? pearance of a well-dressed working woman, in search of employment, ran out of the ladies' cabin and spring over? board. These are only a few random contem? poraneous cases. They seem 'to have grown out of business troubles, and the unfortunate drunk and disorderly indi? vidual who tried to hang himself at Ho boken is the only one of his class to be found at least for days in ^he suicide record. Does business trouble load to I suicide? Is that the sought for necessary concomitant? Now, who ever heard of a 'longshoreman killing himself? Look at all these strikes, with their attendant suffering; these men do not. kill them? selves, as, on theory, they ought to, by the hundred. These miners in Pennsyl? vania aro mighty handy at killing other people, but they novcr think of killing themselves. By what rule, then, may we judge of thiB matter? By nono at all. Some peoplo kill themselves under cer? tain circumstances, and others under the same circumstanced never think of snob a thing. Some whom ~w'o would select as the most likely to cut their own throats in the fury of passion, never think of harming thermlofves, and let off steajn by scoldingtheir wivos, or kicking tho dog; while others, mo ok and gentle manno/ed with all their friends, con? siderate evon to brute - animals, without half as muoh cause ns some other per? sons for profound melancholy and weari? ness of life, calmly and deliberately pass tho edge of the razor over their throats and so drop all their troubles. [Louisville Courier-Journal. Tho Boston Advertiser says of tho Con? necticut election, that it. woa- "a patent lesson of the result that the Republican party cannot successfully undertake to approve and defend tho errors of its Na? tional Administration," and adds, gin? gerly: "The name of the President is not a potent rallying cry East-or West; and if thero ever was a design on the part of anybody to mako him the Repub can candidate for a third term, the Con riectiout election is a significant warning that it will not do to try it" N ^7t'B6trTTBrajr Example or Goon Man? ners to;Tjxe North.? Tbo South has re? cently set tho North an example of good in Christian charity. A ', Congressman Lamar, of "and Senator Gordon, of jed'New Hampshire to speak _iOOTStic tieket. Their records in CohgVc?? hnd shewn thein to lie more in their views than the ma? in embers of the Democratic party. Their speeches had been elo ^uenVwith'pptnotii: love for the Union, and warm with a desire for a return of brotherly feeling between the North and the South. Their utterances in New Hampshire were exactly the same in character, and far More patriotic than those of their opponents, who sought to carry the State on the obi war issues. The election was held, and tho South? erners went home. The Administration press of the North sent after them a ma? lignant shower of sneers and abuse, un mingled with n single kind or generous word, in return lor tho longing for peace which they had so earnestly uttered. Simultaneously with their return, a large number of Northern Republicans started for the South. None of them had been more just to the South than had Messrs. Lamar and (Iordon to tho North, and some of thein had been bit terly unjust. But mark the greeting that was given them. Not a harsh or an unkind word was said. In several nota? ble instances, the visitors were greeted with public demonstrations of welcome, and the press spoke courteous words in their favor. In Galveston, when the re port reached there that Vice-President Wilson was to pay the city a visit, the Chamber of Commerce passed a series of resolutions bidding him a cordial wel come. He did not go as he had intended, but the net was no less praiseworthy Isn't it about time the Northern partisan learned that it is not necessary to hate and abuse the South in order to appear patriotic?? .Wie Vnrk Tribut*. Fatal Akkk.vy in Eikikpiklo.? W< learn that an affray occurred in the vil? lage of Edgclield, S. ('., shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday, between Mr. Mitchell O. Clover and two young men, named Stevens, brothers, resulting in the kill? ing of the former and the serious wound? ing of the two latter. It appears that | Glover and the Stevens' had had a dis? pute about some land, ending in a law, suit. The case was set down for trial yesterday, and the parties were all at tin Court House in tho morning, for thr purpose of having the matter settled in that way. For souij cause the ease was continued for a week. Glover and tlu Stevens brothers afterwards met outside, about ten steps from the Court House door, when an altercation ensued, result? ing in a general tiring of pistols on the part of the three. It is supposed that Glover tired tho first shot. He soon fell, latally wounded, a ball having passed through his body, and expired in a few minutes. One ot the young Stevens' was I wounded in three places, a ball crushing ] his left wrist, another passing through his hand, and a third lodging in his right thigh. The other brother was also wounded once in the body and once in the hand. A coroner s jury was sum noned, and an inquest held on Glover's body. The pa.st mortem examination de? veloped tho fact that he had been wounded in live places. Tho two Ste-| verts' were arrested and lodged in Edge tiold jail. Seven men have been killed in private difficulties almost on the very spot where Glover fell yesterday. [Awjitsbi Chronicle itwl 0+ftiuel. Thk Urs and Downs <>f Boss Tweed. The Syracuse (N. Y.) Journal, of Satur? day evening, says: "The Court of Ap? peals, we are informed, has deliberated upon the case of William M. Tweed, and I a decision has been reached. It is favor-! able to tho release of Tweed from im? prisonment, on the ground that tho legal power of the judge pronouncing sen? tence was exhausted in the imposition of the first penalty pronounced against him, and that the cumulative sentence was without warrant of law or precedent. Tho position of ex-Judge Comstook, in his argument before the court, is in effect sustained. We have little question but that it is in accordance with received legal principles. Wo are not apprisnd of the attitude of the several appeal judges on this question. An announce? ment of the decision may soon be ex-( pectcd. Tweed will not, however, es? cape the unsatisfied law. He will no so >ner leave his quarters on Blackwell's Island than he will be taken by the She? riff on the order of arrest in the new suits for the reo very of upward of $0,000,000, stolen from the tax-payers of the city of New York, which have just been com? menced against him in the name of the peojde of the State. He will doubtless yet be compelled to disgorge some part of his ill-gotton wealth. His punish? ment as a criminal has already been a severe one. He finds that tho trans sor's way is a hard one indeed." It seems to be generally accepted that tho signs of tho times in the money mar? kets are confirmatory of the theory that the country is verging towards a stead}' and prosperous business era. Tho New Y'ork Evening Hail remarks that tho fool? ing in Wall stroet is doubtloss somewhat in anticipation of "tho good time com? ing," and is not always controlled! by good judgment, but it indicates unmis? takably the general conviction of our shrewdest judges of the signs of the times, that the tido has at last began to turn, that monoy is seeking investments, and that confidence is coming back, we hopo "to stay." That is the general aspect of "the. street," as any oni) can find who is in doubt of tho situation. For the first time sinco the panic, money is pouring into Wall streot in large quan? tities from investors outside of the city, who aro exchanging Government bonds for soourities that have the "pror ** and potency" of development in value. -; i ? ??? How to Restore thr PROSPSnrT?^_ tue State.?Keep you money at home. Do not send away for anything whioh von can obtain as woll here as elsewhere. We do not advocate paying $5 for that which you oan buy abroad for even $4.90; but when you can buy your Blank Books, of the best grade, at prices as low as New York, then send to Walker, Bvans & Cogswell, Charleston, S. C, and purohaso what you need. All their Blank Books are mado in Charleston,,and your en? couragement will sustain a worthy mans ' factoring enterprise. MiHf City Mattkos.?If you are asked to load yoar Phoenix, suggest to tho would be borrower tbat he had better subscribe. Reading matter op every page. Smokers' Festival. The prinoipal thing "a stirring" yes? terday was the dust. Smokers' Festival. Whiskey is mors easily rectified than the errors it causes. Smokers' Festival. ? _ In forwarding subscriptions to the Fhcbnix and Gi.zankr, don't forget the postago. Smoke:-' Festiv d. ? . Any persons having Palmetto lire hats to dispose of, can find a purchaser by calling on Secretary T. P. Purse. Smokers' Festival. The "Lady Washington Tea Party" will be held in the Rifle Club Hall, Southern Life Insurance building. Smokers' Festival. The Tableaux Vivants aro all the talk, und tho little folks are daily practicing, to acquit themsolves creditably in the different scenes. Smokers' Festival. Miss Anna E. Dickinson, at the Opera House, to-morrow night. Reserve scats at the Wheeler House. "For your Own Sako, ' is the title of the lecture. You jan get all styles of job printing, from a pisiting card to a four-sheet post? er, at tee Pn<ENix office, {trices satisfac? tory. Whom was Governor Chamberlain? At th-f Legington celebration the State of South Carolina was toasted, but there was no response. Mrs; D. C. Peixotto has kindly fur? nished ns with her annual reminder of the r-jturn of the passover season -a basket of mattos. There was an attempt at a blow, yes? terday, with a touch of rain, but neither succeeded, and we may now confidently look thr warm and pleasant weather. Call at the Wheeler A Wilson Sewing Machine office, and get your late styles of E. Dutterick's paper patterns. Full stock just r"ccived. Tee children who are to act in the tableaux will please meet at Miss Elmore's school room, at half-past 6, Wednesday afternoon. A punctual attendance re? quired. Pollook House Pat. will furnish a rare deliotcy for lunch to-day?baked crabs, donup in the peculiar style for which the establishment is noted. "Let those now oat who never ato before; and those who always ate, now eat tho more." Ex-Gov. English, of Connecticut, with his son, is expected in Columbia, to? day, uia the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. He will stop with his brother-in-law, Gen. John B. Dennis. Gof. English is an nut-anil-ouL Domo cra,t There is fun enough in the May nuni bef of ?9f. Nicholas?tho great magazine published for the edification of the little folks?to keep all the children laughing till the next number comes out It can be serious, too, as many of the charming little stories will bear evidence. But we could not pretend to mention the good Jlings?we only envy the children the lonthly happiness of such a magazine, cribnor A Co., 743 and 745 Broadway, New York, aro tho publishers. ???-? Fibe is the Country,?The coinage house, situated on the Monticello road, belonging to Dr. Ensor, was destroyed by tire, yesterday, about 12 o'clock. The house was occupied by colored per? sons, several of whom lost their clothing and other articles -one of them being so unfortunate as to have $100 destroyed. Tho fire is supposed to have been acci? dental. The loss is partially covered by insurance. Supreme Court, April Term, 1875? Tuesday, April '20. 1875.?The Court met at 10 A. M. Present?Chief Justice Moses and Associate Justice Willard. Tho Fourth Circuit was called. James E. Bass, administrator, et ai., respon? dents; George W. Lucas, et nl., appel? lants, et aL Continued. William K. Ryan, appellant vs. Wm. B. Pettigrew, respondent. Continued. Henry R. W. Flinn et al., respondents, vs. James M Brown, Sr., et al, appel? lants. Mr. Spain was heard for appel? lants. Messrs. Warley and Dargan foi respondents. The following deoisions were an? nounced: Nanoy F. Dewitt, et al, ap? pellants, vs. Margaret Atkinson, et at., respondents?motion granted; order ol Circuit Judge set aside and ease re? manded ; opinion by Wright, A. J. John H. McElwee, assignee, respondent, v?. Thomas S. Jeffreys, appellant?motion dismissed; opinion by Wright, A. J. Isaao Hammond, respondent, vs. North eastern Railroad Company, appellant motion dismissed; opinion by Wright, A. J. Francis Cherry, respondent, vs. L. A. MoCants, appellant?new trial ordered; opinion by Wright, A. J. Mr. Aldrioh rose and announoeoVthat he was present for the purpose of offer? ing to tne Court the tribute to the mc mory.of the late Chief Juatico Dunkin, whioh was adopted at the last term ol the Court of Common Pleas foi Bamwell County, and whioh his Honor the pre? siding Judge had requested should be presented to this Court Mr. Aldrioh then read the very eloquent and graoeful memorial, to whioh the Chief JuafMLfce sponded in appropriate terms, bearing testimony to the eminent'aburaei-ana Unsullied virtues of the deceased; and it was ordered that the said memorial be entorcd upon the minutes of tho O^mH and as a further mark of ronpnnt. MtMTnt Court do now adjourn. The Court adjourned until Wednes? day, 21st, 10 A. M. Jubobs.?Tho following is a list of tho jurors drawn for the May term of Judge Carpenter's Court: Augustus Cooper, ^ e?, Samuel^Board, w., J. W. iiiu^tiinngyr, w., uuuu ouuiver, c., Wm. Jj. Oathcarfc w., Kitt Westcott, c, N. E. Edwards, e., W. H. Monckton, w., Kitt Jenkins, c, W. H. Dowdy, w., Reid Diz, c, Edmond Davis, w., Wm. M. Hayno, a, Ishmael Goodwin, Oy, Henry Avery, c., John McCammon, w., Archy Hartin, w., W. F. Gary, w., Hol? land Mitchell, c, George Konnesman, w., D. W. Cannon, a, Ossian Golding^ c, Gerhardt Diercks, w., Lewis L. Brown, c W. B. Nash, Jr., el, Douglass Clark, c? W. J. Ladinghain, w., E. Mc Clarokson, w.t Henry W. Dixon, w., George Griffin, w., Israel Smith, c, N. C. Joyner, w., Jas. L. Beard, w., Henry Champion, a, Thomas J. LaMotte, w., . James S. Hornsliy, w. The Lady Washinoton Tea Pabtt. ? Tho receptions will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings noxt?April 27 and 28. The object is to realize a fund to assist in the construction of a lecture room for the First Presbyterian Church. The following are the managers: Toadies? Mrs. F. W. McMaster, Mrs. Jane Dargan, Miss. Mary McKenzie. Gentlemen?Col. F. W. McMaster, Messrs. Eben Stenhouse, H. Muller, W. Clark, E. L. Bryan, Jas. B. Soott, R. OTfeale, C. Beck, Jas. Morris,'F. W. Wing, Dr. E. B. Turnipseed. The ladies in charge of tables are re? quested to meet at Mrs. Tappan's, on Blanding street, this (Wednesday) after? noon, at 5 o'clock. List of New Adyzrtisemests. United States Mails: Palmetto Lodge, No. 5, I. O. O. F. Meeting Board of Fire Masters. Hotel Arbxtals, April 20.?Columbia Hotel?C. M. Simons, Augusta; R. D. Al? exander, Chester; W. J. McDowell, S. & R. R.; O. J. Smith, Baltimore; F..MJ West, N. C; 8. C. G.lbert, Charleston; F. L. Palmer, San Francisco; H. T. Peako, S C.; James H. Rion, Winnsboro; A. N. Talley, Jr., J. M Seigier, G. A C. R. R. Wheeler House?J. J. Gregg, Augusta; C. V. B. Smart, N. Y.; F. B. Grow, wifo and daughter, Pa.; C. Van Syckel and family, L. B. Ward and wife, N. J.; J. H. Sutphin, T. Miles, Pa.; Mrs. A. O. Duper, Master Duper, Misses Duper, 111.; A. C. Spain, F. F. Warley, B. W. Edwards, Darlington; Henry Mclver, Cheraw; J. C. Arnold, Philadelphia; R. B. Carpen? ter, Richland; A. Pope, N. C.J W. W. Horllee, Mar's Bluff; C. D. Evans, Marion ; R P. Monaghan, T. J. Tuomey, A. A. Solomons, W. H. Phillips, Sumter; W. S. Turner, Augusta; W. S. Byles, N. Y.; H. Strater, Ky.; E. F. Dunham, Boston; blisses Bidwell, Mrs. S. Kneass, Mrs. R. R. Bryan, Mrs. H J. Lombert, Miss B. Lombert, N. Y.;T\ H Cooke, GreenviUe; C. Henry, Baltimore; E. Tweedy, Ga>; P? Blodgett, Newb9rry. Mansion House?A J. KeTley, Mrs. A. J. Kellev, N. Y.; W. L. Andrews, Chap peU's; Dr. R. Furman,, Ridge; W. T. Gaillard, S. C.; B. F. Mauldin, William? ston; Miss C. Barb ans, N. Y. Hendrix House?3,; BVClarke, Md.; W. W. Scott, Go.; T. a'file's,' Master Bates, Batcsbnrg; R. H. Geiger, Mrs. R. H. Geiger, Lexington; Mrs. Gr. Wilson, N.' C.; J. T. Cheatham, Ga.; G. H, Nioker son, N. C.; J. Singley, Prosperity. I wish especially to return' my thanks to Messrs. Joseph Taylor and J. H. Altee for their kind and timely aid at tho burning of my residence yesterday. Mr. Taylor worked with the energy and cool ness of an old fireman,and succeeded in saving much valuable property. ' " " j.' F; ENSOR. Diseased Diqehtion.?If ohronio indi? gestion affected the stomach only, it might be more easily borne; but it gives rise, inevitably, to many other diseases affecting the liver, the norvcst the bowels . and the brain. Biliousness, nervous tremors, constipation, headache and terrible mental disturbances are among its usual accompaniment*. In foot, overy organ, eypry fibre of the frame sympathizes with tho debilitated and diseased stomach. What is needed in such a case? Clearly an alterative and invigorant; and among medicines ofthat class, Hostotter's Stomach Bitters is, beyond all comparison or estimate, the best Mere purgatives only deprive the. system of the little strength that disease has left it 8alivants have the samo effect. The whole internal organism has gono wrong, and can only be put right and kept right by a medicine in whloh tho tonic and stimulating elements pre? dominate, but are. qualified and modi? fied by anti-bilious aperients and blood purifying components. Now, the truth is, (and the medical faonlty as well as tho Sublio know the fact,) that Hostotter's itters contain every ingredient requi? site for the oure of dyspepsia and ill the ailments of body and mind which it in? volves. This has been ' proved in so many thousands of instances that it seems almost idle to repeat thestatement The great tonio rallies exhausted na? ture, from whatever cause enfeebled, and permanently recruits the vigor of the nerves, the musoleS and the brain. Its effect upon the brain is to give strength to the will and pradsion to the judg? ment, and to banish despondency and that infirmity of purpose, wnich generally accompanies bodny weakness* i j ? Apl6f3U -tttgiftj Death or a Noted Taxas PounoiAW.? Gen. Andrew Jackson Hamilton died in Austin, Texas, on tho 12th instant, from the bursting of a blood vessel, while In *> fit of consumptive coughing. He was prominent in Texas politics, and in 1859 was elected to Congress as a Union man, being a viblenV?fij^?ir?r secession. Daring the war*, he held' a Major-Gene ral's commission in the Federal army, bat had no command. ' In '1865, he was appointed Provisional Governor of Texas, ana was afterwards a Judge of the Sn reme Court of that State, And a member * the convention which framed the pro t Constitution of Texas. ' Deceased i a brother Of United States Senator M. C. Hamilton. Smokers' Festival.