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COLUMBIA, S. C. Saturday Morning, May 1, VBfI6., Whither Liberal Republicans are Tending. Men of eminence in all the walks of life, without distinction of party, united hiat Tuesday evening, in the city of New York, in a banquet to Carl Schurz, who is on his way to Europe. Mr. Evorts presided, and, addressed the guest of the, evening in language of courtliness and eloquence.' | Mr.. Sehurz responded in a speech nmrked. .by.bi$,usuul characteris? tics of force, breadth and elegance. He skotched. the jailttro of the Republican party to meet the responsibilities de? volving upon it after the war. It lacked tho statesmanship, it lacked the virtue whloh would enable it to perceive and discharge a now and importunt class of duties. He ?ketohed the necessities which existed of securing to the new oiu?c of things the support of a friendly publio opinionall ovor tho land, which would bring the dissevered sections to? gether, the return to sound principles of constitutional government interrupted by the war and j now habitually disre? garded, of suppressing the spirit of rapa -city, peculation and corruption, and bf a reformed civil service It was also in? cumbent upon it to restore to the coun? try a sound currency, and to lighten the burdens weighifl? upon the people. These were Somo of tho problems which should have boen token resolutely in hand. But, said Mr. Schurz, you need not be told that in spite of fair profes? sions and promises, every one of those problems is an unsolved and formidable problem to-day, and that in sOmo respects wo have hod to deplore even retrograde movements of an alarming character. Tho best stock of the Republican party became entangled in tho network of organization, controlled and handled by a class of politicians who considered the advantages of power more important than the good of the country. Mr. Schurz goes on to explain that the rea? son why ho did not, under suoh circum? stances, go over to the Democrats, was that they wero equally incompetent at that time to conduct reforms, and there was danger, in his view, in a "distinct, unalloyed Democratic victory," that it might tend to re-action, and disturb ex? isting settlements. So he and his friends adopted a middle course, and attempted to raise to power men bound by the behosts and controlled by the partisan spirit of neither of tho old organizations. The failure of this attempt and its profitable lessons, are justly presented by Mr. Schurz. But he does not com? mend himself so warmly to our ap? proval in the indication of purpose to continue to maintain this attitude, mo? difying it only by tho infusion of a little more positiven ess. Ho appears to ad? vise tho independent men' to take suoh a position that they may, when the time arrives, be. prepared to aot with. united power upon the already existing parties, by their moral pressure and as their judgment may dictate. All the advan? tages of this, position have already been reaped by the independent Republicans, so far as they havo had any organization, and by tue country in its grasp of the issues which their protest brought to its attention. The lesson of liberal Repub? licanism has well nigh been wholly, learnt. It must move on to something more decided.' Words first and then action. In the sharp issues which are j approaching, in the struggle between the inenmpetont and corrupt old party with which they have broken, and the ardent and bold party which is rapidly returning from its exile with renewed life, vigor and determination, recalled by'the people who ostracised it, the liberal Re? publicans will find themselves compelled to take sides, and shut up to tho choico of the latter. The faint sort of organiza? tion which Mr. Schurz proposes for 1870 will not stand the tests of that con? test. It will melt away. It will find the reform of which it has preached, the policy which it has discussed and insist? ed upon as indispensable to the country's recovery arid prosperity, embodied in tho Democratic party. With it it must march, and under its banner will it con? quer. -I-OO- ?? , The New Attorney-General. Judge Edwards Pierrepont, who has boen appointed Attorney-General in the place of Williams, 1b a lawyer of distinc? tion, and. known likewise for his par? tiality to President Gran t. He is one of the subscribers to a fund which was raised for the President, after the war, and is credited with having paid $20,000 to it. It is an appointment fit to be made, for, < though perhaps 'ft partisan, he has the muk and the aocomplishmenta which become.thg station. Hejrajt? war De inocrtrv &nA faMefly-fiato 'indicated,' in some pubtip,addresses', a partial 'return' to the principles whloh he formerly pro? fessed?as far, at least, as to express, pointed condemnation of the centralizing tendencies of the Republican party. C. C. Bowen was arrested on tho affidavit of Eli G. Grimes, (who killed Col. Wm. Porker White,) that Bowen instigated and intimidated the deponent to commit the d eed., !Bbwen was rel eased on $4,000 bail. .. , ' . . \ We opino that there can be very little I difference of opinion of the condition of South Carolina between men vrho have their,eye? open and can think. Thero is ncfcoueBtiott'of any ooaeeqatneo upon this Subject ..betwixt the I'l?on-Ueratpl and ourselves. Take from our contem? porary a considerable exaggeration of1 the prosperity which we enjoy, and of the sun-shine we bask in, correut its statement that the Phxbnix indulges in a hopeless, lugubrious and regretful tone Of icpmment, and the bottom will be knocked out of its vaunted discovery. We have never thought or said that South Carolina was not a good place to live in and come to. Our contemporary cannot add to it-; appreciation of what it finds, by parading a misconception und attributing it to us. We are not mourn? ful. Wo are not quorilous. We do not underrate our natural resources or our industry. We hare never aided to spread bad name (in the nc-usc the C iuo?( Hcrald means) of the State abroad. It has np such bad name. Not a human being of the adventurous, restless, enter? prising, inventive mon of the Eastern and Middle States, not a single foreign immigrant, has ever been deterred from coming hero by the self-detraction which the Union-JIerald says has been pub? lished abrond to then own injury by the people of South Carolina. ' It is the very error of the moon, and we are surprised at the seriousness with which it is dwelt upon by our contemporary*. Our trou? bles come from a fouler source than this. If it finds any consolation, however, in shifting the responsibility for the state of things which has existed from the shoulders where it justly belongs, and placing it upon those who have been its victims, it is welcome to it. The coun? try South, and more especially South Carolin.*, has been plundered and de? filed, tho L'nion-JIerald knows as well as we do. It has been prostrated, utterly, but tends to recover itself. Nothing but the indomitable spirit of its people, no? thing but their habits of industry and sobriety, nothing but an incomparable climate and power of producing crops of highest value, could have enabled them to breast the evils which have been im? posed upon them. But when we ?ay that it is not a denial, it is rather the maintenance, of the power of outcome. The subject, however, is not particularly pleasant and not profitable, and so wo dismbns it. Another Declaration of Independence Carl Schurz couclnded his speech in New York, Tuesday evening with a fine thought: "Oh, what a blessing it would be to have once more, in tho truest sense of the term, a statesman in the Presi? dent's chair. Next year we shall cele? brate the 100th anniversary of American independence. May that year bo known in the history of the country not only as the year of great memories, but also as ono of great acts; may the inspiration drawn from. the heroic deeds which made the American people independent of foreign dominion, lift them up to the height,of?another " declaration of inde? pendence from those insidious agencies byjnBoh free nations are apt lo enslave thratBs^lves.'' ,"Y We;'Charlotte (N. CO ?f?m-er coin plains of the usury restrictions passed by the North Carolina Legislature at the last session,' which limit interest to eight per cent.- It says that not less than *"300,000 have left tho vaults of the bank in Charlotte within a short time, to seek employment where it will not be fettered. The Bank of Marion, n branch of the Bank of New Hanover, the banking-house re? cently established at Bock Hill, are the outcropping** of this law. ?^??-?--. Civtl Rights.?William W. Tillotson, the treasurer of Booth's Theatre, in New York, who was recently arrested for re? fusing to sell to William J. T. Davis, Jr.. a colored man, on account of his race and color, a ticket admitting him to wit? ness the representation of the drama en? titled "King Henry V," waived an ex? amination, on Monday, before Commis? sioner Davenport, and ga <c bail in the sum of $">00 to nwuit tho action of the grand jury. It is claimed by ex-May or Hall, counsel of Tillotson, that the Civil Rights Act, under which Tillotson was arrested, is unconstitutional, and in the event of his client's indictment it is in? tended to make this a test case. The supposed test caso of Civil Rights in Brookly n, N. Y., is stated to be with? out legal standing. John Thompson, the colored man to whom a dinner at the regular tables of a restaurant was refused, having consulted counsel, has been in? formed that the Civil Rights Bill only includes ''Inns, public conveyances on land or water, theatres and other places of public amusement," but has n? effect upon any restaurant or dining saloon. Civil Rights oame to grief on the Georgia Railroad Thursday. A colored apostle of Sumnor boarded the train at Warrenton and took a seat in tho ladies' car. Complaint was made, but nothing was done until the train reachod Dear ingj <AC -this pbfet V3^tleV^'fntArw Viewed him, and presented such excellent reasons (for. his going into the uccond class fifti ,that. ho ,wont and went in a n^g-gr. ^Columbia Cqunty logic is irre Tho'dead body of an Irish peddler was found .some days ago at a point a little abovo Tuoker s Perry, near the Laurons wad Nov/borry . County line. The man had evidently been murdered. No money was found on him, and his boots and.other oloUiinghad been stolen. No clue to tho murderer had been found at lait account1**.! ui i 0'.' ? YIJISX Bt '. nJ* Can. Boauregard's Reply to Gen.. Frank Sherman's Aspersions. It is well known throughout the South, and especially in Tennessee and Ken? tucky, that Got. Porter has", ever since the,war, maintained tho ^uaitlon Of pa? cificator in regard to healing up tho old animosities engendered by it. It 111 not strange, therefore, knowing General Beauregard as well as he does, that ho should address a letter of inquiry to him conveying the speech of Gen. Frank Sherman at Chicago tho other day, in which he asserted that Gen.'Beauregard was not entitled to receive an invitation to participate in the proceedings of the. Grand Army of the Republic. The fol? lowing is Gen. Beauregard's letter: New Om.ka.nl?, La., . April ,.23.- Dear Sir: Your favor of the TStli instant has been received, inclosing the form of an invitation adopted by a general meeting of tho soldiers, sailors and citizens of Chicago, to be sent '"to all who recognize the American flag us un emblem of na? tionality, undivided and undivisable, to attend a grand re-union of all the sol? diers and sailors of the United States, to be held at Chicago, May 12, 13 and 1-1, 1875," and inquiring how much truth there is in tho remarks of a certain Gen. Frank Sherman, who objected to the in? vitation being sent to me, as "he was not in favor of extending an invitation to a man who had said he was in favor of shooting all prisoners taken under the American flag." I hud hoped that the passions and enmities occasioned by the late war were replaced by kindlier feel? ings, but it seems that there are hearts still rancorous enough to be ever anxious to stir again into & name the dying em? bers of the wur. In this section of tho country such ebullitions of animosity are confined to those who, during the war, were furthest from the enemy, gathering up the spoils in the wake of tho contending armies. Ls not this Gen. Frank Sherman one of theje deapicublo characters? Not from any regard for such windy declarations, nbr for the man mean enough to sink to such false pandering to popular passion, but out of respect to myself, and to that cause whose high and holy purpose history will borne day vin? dicate, I will vory briefly and frankly state the position I took in regard to the conduct of the late civil wur, as con? cerned Fedend prisoners. After the bottle of the first Slanassas, when it was reported that the Federal Government refused to recognize Confoderato prison? ers as "prisoners of war," that Christian hero and able soldier, General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson and myself advo catod that the Confederate Government should then proclaim a "war to the knifo," neither asking nor granting quar? ter. We, moreover, thought that the war would thereby come sooner to an end, with less destruction, finally, of life and property. Wo thought also that such a modo of warfare would inspire greater terror in the armed invaders of our soil and reduce greatly the number of army followers, bummers, etc., who were ever tho curse of all armed invasions. Subsequently, when the Federals had penetrated certain portions of the South, and developed a system of warfare in their operations in Louisiana, Mississippi and Virginia, and the inexcusable burn? ing of Atlanta and - Columbia, and the destructive march of Gen. Sherman through Georgia and South Carolina, whose track was marked by smoking ruins and blackened.^chimneys; to the suggestion of Gen. Halleok to destroy Charleston and-sprinkle-salt on its site that not oven grass should grow thereon, to which Gen. Sherman replied tlint no salt would be needed, as one of his most reliable corps formed tho right wing of his army, and that it always did its work thoroughly; to the devastating march of Gen. Sheridan through the Shenandoah Valley, relative to which he reported to the General-in-Chief of the United States armies that "a crow flying over the country would have to carry its own rations:" but he did not nay what became of the old men and children who then lived in that fertile valley! With regard to the mortality of prisoners on both sides, the Washington Union, (Radical) of October, 1M(!8, contained the following article: "In reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives calling upon the Sec? tary of War for tho number of prisoners of either side hold, and that died during | the war, he makes the following report: ??Number of Union prisoners South, 20(),!I4U: died. 22,500; number of Con? federate prisoners North. 21X1,001); died 25,435-" ' That is, two of tho former out of every twenty-two, and Ivo of tho hitter out of every fifteen. Conim>nt is here unnecessary, in view of th 3 condition and resources of iho.->?: two sec? tions of country, so diimietrically opposed to the one practiced by the Con? federates when they invaded Maryland and Pennsylvania, under their great commander, Gen. R. E. Lee, and I saw the emaciated forms and wretched con? dition of our returned Southern prison? ers, I again advocated tho hoisting of the black flag, willing at any time to forfeit my lifo in the deadly struggle. Notwith? standing theso views, I always treated my prisoners with humanity and proper consideration. I had the fortune of taking many thousands of them at Mo nassas, Shi loh, Charleston, Drury's Bluff, Bermuda Hundreds and Petersburg, most of whom are, I suppose, still nlive, and can (and certainly would) testify to the fact. After the fall of Fort Sumter, in April, 1861, I granted to tho garrison tho same considerate terms which I had offered before the attack Through my inter? cession, tho Federal surgeons and minis torn of tho Gospel taken* ct Manosass wero released without I exchange by the Confederate Government. The day after that battle, one of tho F?deral officers (whose friends I know in Now York) ap? plied to me for a small loan for himself and friends, which I furnished at once from my private funds. It was faithfully returned. Shortly after the boltloi of Shi loh, I sent, under a cartel, o oertnin number of able-bodied Federal prisoners to General Halleok, who, several woeks after, re? turned an equal numbor of convalescents from St. Louis to Fort Pillow. Tho of? ficer in command there refused to receive* them, because several of them wero just from the small-pox hospital. General I Falle ok failed afterward to make good the exchange. I At Charleston, I authorized Admiral D&hlgroen to send supplies of clothing.' etc., to the prisdnorswehnd taken from ml .those HtipplidH were scrupulously Bd to them.. At Bermuda Hund reels, in May, 1854, when MjpMB hi front of a large body of Foderal prisoners, who had gallantly de? fended a position which I considered in dispensable to us, I took off my hut to thorn, and they answered this salutation with eheers. Terribly as I desired the effects of the war to full on all armed invaders of our country, I wanted exempted from them non-combatants?that is, the old men, women and children?and wished also that private property, not contraband of war and not needed by the contending armies in the field, should he entirely protected from seizure or destruction. Such would have been my course had I penetrated with f.n army into Federal territory, unless it wero in strict retalia? tion for material departures by the Fede? ral troops from this civilized mode of carrying on tbe war. I remain, dear sir. vours, most trulv, G. T. BEAU REGARD. To his Excellency Gov. James I). Por. rr.n. Nashville, Tenn. Thk Brevard Family. The coming celebration recalls the name of the au? thor of the eolebruted declaration, l)r. Ephraim Brevard. He was deeply im bued with the principles of independ? ence by the Kev. Alexander Cruignead, and his ardent temperuiaent and ripe scholarship fitted him admirably to be the draftsman of tho resolutions. After the war broke out, Dr. Brcvard became a surgeon in the Southern army and was captured in Charleston. He lay a long time in a prison ship in Charleston har? bor, where he contracted the disease of! which he died. Dr. J. (?. M. Ramsey, the historian of Tennessee, told the. writer of this that he bad ascertained with absolute certainty that Dr. Brevard was buried in the yard uf the present residence of A. B. Davidson, Esq., then the yard connected with the Old Queen's Museum. Dv. B. left one daughter, who married a Mr. Dickurson, of Cam den, S. C. They had hut one child, Lieut. Col. Dickerson, of the Palmetto Regiment. At Churubusco, during the Mexican war, tho color-bearer was shot down. Col. Butler seized the colors and was instantly killed; Lieut. Col. Dicker son caught up the colors and fell mortally I wounded. Major Gladden then caught up the colors and was also wounded. He survived to fall afterwards at Shiloh as a Major-General in the Confederate army in the great struggle for constitutional liberty.1 Lieut. Col. Dickerson left no children, and that brunch of the I'rcvard family is extinct. The brother of Dr. Brevard (Alexander) served us a captain in the regular continental army. He was in the battles of Monmouth, Brandywine, Germuntown, Princeton, Trenton, Guil ford Court House and Eutaw. The la.it he considered the hardest battle of the war. He lost eighteen men out of his company in that battle. The North Ca? rolina regiment at Germantown was com? manded by Col. Billy Polk. He was using some words not usually heard in sermons, when a ball struck him in the mouth and ehunged the words into ugh! ugh! ugh! The North Carolina militia behaved badly at Guilfonl Court House, and Capt. Brevard always spoke con? temptuously of militia. As a punish? ment for their misconduct at Guilford, the militia were drafted into the line. Seven of these men wero killed in Capt. B's company at Eutaw. Capt. B. married a daughter of Major John Davidson, one of the signers of tho Mecklenburg declaration. He left a nu? merous family, and two of his sons are still living. Major R. A. Brevard, of Lin? coln, and Judge T. W. Brevard, of Cleve? land. One of his daughters married Win. E. Hayne, Esq., of Charleston, father of Col."I. W. Hayne, so long At? torney-General of South Carolina; tho other mnrried Major Daniel Forney, n Congressman from this Kmte. Confede? rate General Forney is bis son, and Con? federate General Brevard, of Florida, is the son of Judge Brevard. Two other Confederate Generals are also connected with the family of Capt. Alexander, viz: (.Jen. Hagood, who mairied his graiul niecc, and General Joseph Brevard Kcr shaw. - Southern Home. Prrs IX and thk. United States. The appointment of an American cardinal was an act more important than has been generally supposed. At the same time the Pope nominated a considerable num? ber of bishops for the United States. The preiste who carries to Monsignor MeCloskey his beretfa, will not perform a mere act of ceremony; he is charged with a most important mission. The Holy See has firmly resolved to transport itself to the I'nited States, should the stay in Borne become insupportable. It knows well that neither trance nor Austria could give it asylum without nn almost certain risk of war with Germany. It is doubted whether England would main? tain the offer she once made of the island of Malta, and Spain is too much dis? turbed for tho Pope to think seriously of rofuge there, at least, under existing cir? cumstanced. We must not forget that the saint siege has taken the precaution to create a considerable reserve fund, which would be by no moans useless in the States. This reserve does not count hundreds of millions, oh some papers, unused to calculation, arc pleased to de? clare, but it amounts to over $40,000,000, (?1,600,000,) and increnHes almost daily. I have often heard this idea broached in Paris by UltramontaneH, and there is every reason to believe the Debata' cor? respondent to be well informed. It re? mains only to learn how the statesmen of America will receive tho notion. The samo obvious reasons which have made England tacitly withdraw her proffered hospitality will carry weight even over the Atlantic. [ Ruine. Letter to the raris Debate. Mr. John Bright uont this letter to tho centennial celebration at Lexington: "I cannot cross the ocean to join your great company, and I know not how to write you a letter fitting the occasion. I would rather not think of an occasion when Englishmen shod blood, and English blood, on your continent) and I .would prefer to > celebrate tho freedom and Smndour of your country on some other ay. But I can rejoice with you in that freedom and grandeur, and wish, with you, that thcytoyfcy bo perpetual." The St e venues, in Edge field jail for the shooting of Glover, gave bail on Tuesday butt 'I heir wounds are doing well. Cohn and C?)tton Pj.antino in tot ?South.?The St. Louis Democrat, whioh in especially pains-taking in collecting information for its commercialcolumns, has been searching its SouSiern ex? changes, and feels prepared to Kate that not only are- planting operations in the South quite as forward us could bo ex Eootedl but a greatly increased area will e devoted to "Corn this year, wTfliout di? minishing the area devoted to cotton. Accounts from Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas and Texas all agree in the statement that the acreage of cotton will be fully tip to that of last year, while tho acreage of corn, wheat and oats will be increased from 50 to 75 per cent. Especially will there be nn increase in corn planting. The price of corn has been ho high during the post season, that Southern people have been compelled to part with all the money they could get from their cotton crop in tho purchase of corn and meat. Unless the "Vesnvian equinox" of Juno indicts an extended frost upon the country, there will be har? vested in 1H75 the largest corn crop ever raised on earth. Already corn is well up in Texas and Southern Arkansas. Emi? gration to both these localities has been large during the last winter and fall, end the emigrants are mainly agriculturists, and will either work farms of their own or hire to other planters and farmers. Beyond a doubt, the South, the South? west, and, in fact, the entire country, will experience better times from this year forward until the next great panic Occurs: for which untoward event the prudent will always be upon the watch. Manufacturing industries are resuming full operations; fnrnuces are going into blast; work is resuming in mines, and tho country begins to exhibit in every department of activity a renewal of its wonted life and vivacity. Anothku Atter. Bowi.snv Case.? Among the articles sent over the Twenty third street ferry, New York, Tuesday morning, for transportation to the West by the Erie Railway, was an ordinary soap box, about two feet in length, ten inches in depth and fourteen inches wide. It was directed to "Mrs. M. W. Woodford, Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio, ritt A. A G. \\\ R. R.,"and was la? beled, in addition, "HO," which was supposed to designate the weight. The box was so light, however, that suspi? cion was aroused, and it was broken open, and a horrible spectcble was pre? sented. A human body, chopped up, was packed into the box, intermingled with charcoal. The skull, the hands, the feet, the spinal columns, with ribs attached, the humeral bones, legs and I arms, all denuded of the flesh, were packed in, and the fresh, red flesh por- ] tions that adhered to the bones indicated very plainly that the carving process had been only recently performed. The re? mains were apparently those of a female. The box was consigned by a man giving his name as "Dr. Wethies," of New York, but the city directory contains no such name. It was decided to have the box and its contents forwarded to Ohio, where detectives will be placed on the alert. In addition to tue suspicious lightness of tho box, the 'dripping of blood through the joints lei to the exa? mination. How many such articles of freight pass along the railroads unde? tected is now a serious question. The Wau Ovek.?The row in Dame Enr.urn's school appears to have subsided for the present. The German papers have suddenly become "conciliatory and peaceful," ad a cable despatch expresses it: the Government has given up its idea of an international conference to ".regu? late" the Pope, and we ore told that it is now generally accepted in Berlin that "Russia, Austria and (iermany are far' vorablo to a continuance of'? peace in Europe." This is certainly very satis? factory, but it must be a little embarrass? ing to Princo Bismarck after his recent warlike demonstration. Nobody would knock the chip off his shoulder, and so be has wisely removed it himself and stuck his lists in his pockets. If tho quarrel is off, wo must give no small share of the credit to plucky little Bel? gium; but in any case, it is not so easy to get up a religious war now-a-doys as it was a few centuries ago, and the prema? ture attempt to drag the neighboring powers into his quarrel is one of tho few weak points in Bismarck's magnificently consistent statesmanship. Puovidestial. -That was a very curi on* accident on the Baltimore and Poto? mac Railroad on Monday afternoon, and the most singular feature of it was, that nobody was killed und only some half dozen persons injured, and nono of them very seriously. There wero two trains coming in opposite directions, and at a frightful rate of speed, which met and crashed through each other, wrecking both engines and demolishing four Oars. The point of collision was on a curve, and the spot an embankment ten or fif? teen feet high. And yet no one was killed. Had the collision occurred a moment later, it would have been on a bridge, and the disaster as fearful as that at Corr's Bock some years ago. These incidents furnish material for a dozen homilies on the mysterious ways of Pro? vidence and its special dispensations. Caitukep.?One of Ned Tennant's loading men in the late war has come to grief. His name is Absalom Thomau. After the close of the war he emigrated] to Georgia, where he followed the noble Erofession of cow stealing. On Monday ist, ho was arrested in Edgefleld upon a warrant from Georgia, and lodged in jail. On Tuesday, Policoman Prather, of Augusta, started off with him. At Pine House, while waiting for the train, be broke away and ran manfully. See? ing that he could not probably be recap? tured otherwise, the policeman shot him pretty considerably, in. tho hack, and then put him oh the train, aud took him forward. ? ..i .... .'A Illicit Distixlino in South CaholtHa/ A Washington despatch says: "Mr. Car-' penter, Internal Revenue Collector for the Third South Carolina Distriot, ar? rived here to-day, and made application at tho Internal Revenue Bureau for troops to aid in collecting the whiskey tax in his distriot. He states that illicit dis? tillation is carried on in the most flagrant I manner, and that 500 gallons of oontra I band whiskey are sold daily in the most ; open manner. Two deputy marshals I were recently killed, he says, by the whiskey venders." ? ? -' City Mattzeh.?If yon are. aaked lo lend your Phoextx, suggest to the would - he borrower that he hacLbetter subscribe. Thero is sorae tau of getting up a spelling boo at the Opera House, j Tiro huAdreS*! piec^j? of those elegant tbngoloths", at T2J cents, received thia day, at Jones, Davis A Bouknight s. The cases involving the receivability of the bilbj.of the Bank of the State, for taxes are to be transferred to Columbia for a hearing. rTh,e Grand Lodge of Good Templars*., which adjourned sine die Thursday, selected Greenville as the' next place <jf, .inccting. r You can get all styles of job pointing, from a visiting card to a four-sheet post? er, at th? rncanx office. Prices satisfiie tory. , . The Board of Directors of the Souih Carolina Monument Association will please meet at Mrs. Bachman's, on Tues? day, May 4th, at 12 o'clock'. A punctual attendance is requested. The Lexington (Missouri) Caucasian has died, in the hands.of the Sheriff. The editors and proprietors would have succeeded as well in Columbia had they Bturted tho paper here, which; they so freely promised a couple of years ago. These are tho days wfcen the thrifty housewife goes into the garret, the wood? shed, the coal-bin and the closets, and takes therefrom all tho old bustles and hoop-skirts that she ?an find, and quietly , throws thorn over into the neighbor's yard. The Legislature passed an Act declar? ing the first day of January, the 22d day of February, 4th day of July and the 25th day of December, of each year, legal holidays. If any of these days occur on Sunday, the day following shall be observed. The supply of '-Florida letters" for the newspapers, all rapturously describing the "golden oranges" and "shadowy i everglades," is likely to diminish I rapidly, since the season has closed and the visitors are going home t$ get out of the way of the swamp fever. It is said that 33,000 visitors hove wintered in Flo? rida, spending there at least $3,000,000. The Kingstree Star gives a favorable account of a viUage named Scranton, on the North-eastern Railroad, three miles North of the town of Graham. It, afe well as Graham, ia growing in popula? tion and business. It is Bituated I in a thickly settled neighborhood of hard working and hon eat people. It has Uno stores, of whioh the Star mentions a dozen, and some costly residences.' Memorial Association.?At the annual I meeting of the Iiiehland Memorial Asso? ciation, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: * President?Mrs. John T. Darbv. See [ retary and Treasurer*-?Hiss Martin. - - The following commRtsee wiU please I meet at the residence of Mrs. Darby, on Saturday morning, May 1, at 11 o'olock: Church Yard Committees.?rVesbyterian -Mrs. W. Peck. Trinity Church?Mm Waring. Washington/ Street?Mrs. B. Beck. Baptist?Miua Stokes. St Peter's ?Mrs. Coleman Walker.' Lutheran Miss Wilber. Hebrew Cemetery?Mrs.' Levin. Temple?Miss Kate Crawford. ? The Dead on Distant Battle-fields?Miss Preston, Mrs. W, H. Manning, Miss M. - Martin. Elmwood Cemetery-Graves Out? side the Confederate Enclosure?Mm. Hugh Thompson, Mrs. Dargan, Miss M. McMaster, Mrs. Mobley, Mrs. Norton, Mrs. Seihels, Mrs. Ezell, Mrs. Brooks Sims, Miss Mary Bryce, Mrs. Hix, Mise E. Parker, Miss M Leverett, Misses Da rant, Miss E. Gibson, Mrs. J. Wiley, Miss C. Walker. Confederate Enclosure?The officers [of the association, with the following I ladies: Mrs. O'Neale, Misses Seibels, I Mrs. Simonton, Miss LaBorde, Mrs. Alex. DeBaussure, Miss Elmore, Mrs. i Annie DeHaussure, Miss E. Zimmerman, Mrs. Cordes, Miss Peck, Mrs. Richbourg, Misses Ray, Mrs. McMaster, Miss Came Adams, Mrs. John' Preston, Jr., Miss Sntphen, Mrs. C. R. Bryce, Miss Parker, Mrs. Simonton, > Miss McKenzie, Mrs, Andrew Crawford, Miss. Morris, Mrs. Bacon, Miss Boatwright, Mrs. Levy, Miss I Mary Bryce, Mrs. Miot; Mrs. Kinard. IIoxkl Abjuvam, Aphxl 30.?Columbia Hotel?A. H. Solsby, Illinois; Robert Witherspoon,' Sumter;; J. ? W. O'Brien, Charleston; Mile. Marie Antoinette Buie, Bologne, . France; Ben. S. Robinson, Holyoke: M. J, Novins, Charleston; A. N. Talley, Jr., G. AC. R. -R?; W. J. McDowell, 8. A ?. R. R. Mansion House?C. R. Morrison, Doko; IE. W. Wheeler, oity; J. O. Minter, Union; 1 F. C. Borstel, Min. Julia Webb, Ander j son; C. C Montgomery, Riehl and. . Wheder Moose?YL G. Sopham and ?ifo, Brooklyn; J, H. MlHer, Augusta; obert Aldrich, Earnv/ell; W. & Turner, Augusta; W. M., Tjml^hfce, Georgian H. W. Bioe, Lexington;,Lumen Auen, Baltimore; J. B. Shaw, New York; If. R. Kline, Wilmington; Judge T. H. Cooke, Greenville: ft Bj Bald,, New. York ; & LorioV, OmAeni.Xh. S. A,uale, Char yer, B-l?more-, Khi^ Maiua.Oentei,, Ar> beviUe. if7 , j, ,', , n . ,,, List or NK*' Ir^irribSrOTk' ' ? KinArfl A Wi^^ipth^,>ta, &?. ' Hardjr Bplomo^l^le Su^ar. JAcob Levm-rTShar^^Seie,, .:.. ?DitwriACo.?MusifiBbplui.; . .. , ? B. I. Boono- Citation. 'The people of , Cheater have held a meeting to devise means to enable the Chester and Lonoir Narrow Gauge Rail? road Company, to. complete its road at onoe to Dallas. N. G. The Reporter seems to think the citizens will give tho company the support necea&ary to insure its completion to the point above desig? nated. . . j,,.