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COLUMBIA, S. C. Tuesday "nomine. January 12. 1869. Tho New York World keeps up its pro? voking analysis of tho adulteration iu almost every article in Now York city that enters into the consumption of families. It would appear from this expone that about every? thing which men cat u?d drink in New York is adulterated. All the daily necessa? ries usually found iu grocers' establishments aro subject to adulterations and short weights, whilst the result of the examina? tion of tho liquors is fearful. The adulte? ration of liquor with water is one of the most innocent frauds in that article. Chemical analysis of some of the samples of liquor sold in New York disclose ingre? dients so deleterious, not to say poisonous, that veteran topers hold up their bandi: in dismay, and are inclined to make their wills before venturing on another drink. Whilst with tho monstrous revenuo frauds, the enormous Erie stock swiudles, tho spring trap of tho New York Central in its laige 80 per cent, dividend, all tho ingenious and artful manipulations of the many railroad securities and stocka which figure iu tho New York stock exchange, the alleged bal? lot-box stuffing and illegal voting, the whole atmosphere of New York seems to bo foggy with frauds and false appearances. Whilst the World keeps up its fire against tho adul? terations and short-weights, tho Herald turns its batteries upon tho World for what it calls its crusade against the grocers nud traders of New York. Thc editor says: "Merchants from a distance, will not come to New York to make their purchases, if these mendacions Bohemians keep up their infamous attacks. Tho country press is filled with reports of these libels, with com? ments whioh show that tho impression is beginning to prevail that it is dangerous to buy certain articles in New York; and it will no doubt bo ruado to appear before long that it is dangerous to como to New York at all. This feeling tho merchants iu Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Ciucinnatti, Chi? cago, St. Louis and other largo places where the dealers strive to keep the trade of their own country districts as much to themselves as possible, will undoubtedly eucourago-so that the business of tho city "is in great danger of being permanently injured bj these libels." THE B?KS ci" lins STATE.-Tue Charles? ton News gives the following as the grounds on which the injunction against Goveruoi Scott, to prevent him from issuing bonds t< the bill-holders of the Bank of the State, h to be applied for: 1. Because the provision contained in tin Act which authorizes tho bonds, requirinj tho Governor to take possession of tin assets of the bauk, is a condition preceden to tho issuing of the bouds. 2. Because thc Apt is unconstitutional inasmuch us it does not comply with th requirement of the Constitution prohibitiuj tho Legislature from passing Acta creatiuj money obligations, without, at the sam time, laying a tax by which to provide fo meeting tho same. 3. Booauae the usual formalities of legis latiou were not complied with in the pa; sage of the Act. 1. Because the Act is contrary to the di reotion of the late Constitutional Oonvot tion to the Legislature, to examine into th liabilities of the bank and make provisio for the same. Bicu POOH PEOPLE.--The title to t li subjoined is us above, and though it mis appear very paradoxical, is yet true in evei word and line. There are those in this worl having not a single aero, who ure far ha] . pier than the oues who count their thoi sanJo. ? contended mind io happier itsul and study, application, and tho exercise < a little philosophy will be found a most e: cellout recipe to produco contontmen Thoro is a deal of truth iu this extract, ai: we give it, hoping that like a seed cast I tho wayside, it muy spring up in sou heart, und produce tho richest flowers happiness: "There arc such, and .ve baye seen thei They uro, iii our judgment, thu profouudc philosophers, and the happiest fellows < the planet. We have been iu the mode houses of those who never wert; and nev will be over-supplied with the wealth this world, and there witnessed what weal could bot buy-scenes of happiness t!i were real, b 'Cause they grew (uit of conloi ed nud disciplined hearts. It IS easy enotlj to be rich-misfortune excepted. Let person elevate his thoughts, developing intellectual ?iud spiritual parts more th the qualities that have to do with nothi bul material and earthly existence, and will be astonished to lind what a shrinks his income is easily capable of nndergoii Ho will iind that ?lt.- is obliged to labor others less, while lie does for himself ; more and more. There is many a niau, tol?gent and refined, who dwells in apn ineuis of moderate dimonsions, yet g vastly more happiness out of oxisteneo til any millionaire, it makes :? great t feronco whether one is comfortably situ?t and with slender means tit that, or i.; \, led ly wretched with the careof his aeonc lated means in thu shape ot stocks n bonds.1' From tho public squaroof Havana, all oublie, statues of isabella, togethor w other symbols of the rooeut reigning po\t have-been remo ved STATU LEGI8L\TVRE. TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. SATURDAY, January 9, 1869.-The Seuuto assembled nt 12 M., and was culled to order by the President pro tem. The Senator from Lauren? obtained leave of ubsenco for three -days). The House sent to the. Senate a concur? rent resolution, appointing a joiut commit? tee to investigate and report Upon all mut? ters connected with the Lunatic Asylum. Concurred in. Message No. 13 from the Governor was ; announced, ami prescuted to tho Senate by I Mr. John Heart, when tho Senate went into executive sessiou uutil 2.45 P. M.. and theu adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The Houso met at 12 M. The Speaker took tho ('hair. Tho Committee on thc Judiciary reported favorably on u bill to empower the Attor? ney-General to chuuge the venue in State cases, which was ordered to lie over for a se? cond reading. The Committee on Incorporations report? ed ou the petition of the German Fire En? gine Company, of Charleston, for renewal of charter, and the petition for renewal of chartor of the Oraugcburg Fire Eugine Company, by a bill to incorporate certain fire ongiue companies. Read and ordered for a second reading. The Committee on Ordinance of the Con? vention to establish a Land Commission, submitted n report, that they have given the subject due and careful consid?ration, and are of the opiniou thut no bill, practi? cable in its operations to auy warrantable degree, can be framed based on said ordi? nance. The Committee, therefore, submit this their report, hoping thereby to test tho sense of the House ns to the binding force of said ordinance iu their nctiou. Received as information, and the further considera? tion made the special order for 1.30 p. m. this day. The Committeo on the Removal of Politi? cal Debilities, reported favorably on a Se? nate resolution for tho removal of tho politi? cal disabilities of S. T. Atkinson, of George? town County. The resolution concurred in, and ordered to bo returned to the Se? nate. Also, a concurrent resolution, which was adopted, and ordered to be sent to the Senate, that the Congress ol' the United States, bo respectfully requested to remove the political disibilities of tho following named persons: \V. C. Harris, of Laurens County; J. K. Linder and Jaeob Simon Liuder, of Colletou County; Daniel Keels, of Sumter County, and Eli Cornuell, of Chester County. The Special Joint Committee appointed by virtue of a concurrent resolution relative to tho number of attaches of the General Assembly, submitted a report, that they have had the same under consideration, ?iud find that there aro at prosent not less than fourteen attaches in the Senate, two clerks, one reading clerk, one sergeaut-nt-arms, two door-keepers, two messengers, three pages, one committeo clerk, ouo chaplain. In tho House, there are twenty-four, three clerks, ono reading rending clerk, ono ser geaut-at-arms, ono assistant sergeaut-at arnis, one chief messenger, six assistanl messengers, four pages, two laborers, ont janitor, four committee clerks. Tho Com mitteo recommend that the following changes bo made: In tho Senate, instead ol three pages there bo two, and that tho of fice of janitor bo abolished, und his dutj imposed upon tho assistant door-keeper And tho following changes in tho House In lieu of seven messengers, there be three instead of four pages, there he two; tba tho laborers be discharged, and that tk< office of assistant sergeaut-at-arms be abo fished. In pursuing this course of reducing tho number of attaches, your committei was actuated by tho knowledge that expe riouce gained since tho organization of tbif body wili enable the ollicers and attache retuined to discharge tho duties incumben upon them completely and woll, thus ron dering unnecessary tho largo number here ioforo employed. The further considera tion of the joint report was made thespeciu order for Tuesday next, at 1 p. m. Tho Committee on Ways and Means re ported favorably on a bill to amend an Ac entitled "An Act to close the operations o the Bank of the State of South Carolina; ordered for a second rending. Also, o resolution requesting His Excellency th Governor to inform thisGeneral Asaembl if any discrimnation has' been made by th State Treasurer in receiving tho bills of th Lank of tho State of South Carolina, tin nu discrimination has been made in fund ing said bills, and they therefore recore mend the indefinite postponement of th resolution. Adopted. Also, the followiu substitutes for resolutions referred to then That the widow of the late S. G. W. Dil member of ibis House from Kersha' Comity, be paid the mileage and per diei allowed other members of thia House, froi the 0th of July, 1868, to tho 25th of Ai gu.it, 18G8, or up to the day on which h successor qualified. Also, that the wido of the late James Martin, member of th House from Abbeville County, bo paid tl mileage ami per diem allowed other men bern of this House for the regular sebsic of 18G8. Adopted. I Mr. C. D. Hayno introduced a bill for tl appointment of certain officers there \ named. Read and referred, j Mr. DeLargo introduced a bill LO utner : an Act providing for tho assessment nt I taxation of property. Rend and^referrsd Mr. Jenks introduced a bill to alter ai umond an Act entitled "Au Act concernii j the office, duties aud liabilities of Cor uers. " Read and referred, j The Committeo on Incorporations w instructed to report, ns soon as practicab] j ou the bill to incorporate tho ferry knov as Vance's Feriy, on the Santec Rivt ' Clarendon County. Mr. Hayes presented tho petition of ct tain citizens of Marion Conney for t. ' charter of a public road. Referred. Mr. Sasportus introduced a bill to pro? vide for the erection of a monument to the memory of tho late B. F. Randolph, Sena? tor ft om Orangeburg. Read and referred. The Speaker laid before the House a com? munication from Mr. W. T. Field, resign? ing his seat as u member from Picken?. Adopted. Messrs. Bullock and .Tonks obtamcd leave of absence. Adjourned. -o Uatlrouci Jobs and Jobbers In t'ougri *.. The corruptions whicli have sprung up in the National Government from tho general demoralizations of our late civil war, aro fenrfnl to contemplate. One hundred mil I lious a year lost to the Treasury from the spoliations of the whiskey Hugs, "beute out of sight''anytliing iu the lino of whiskey frauds under any other Government on the face of the globe; but ou a corresponding scale with their bold of operations, tho In? dian rings, the Post Office and Interior De? partment riugs, tho tobacco rings, the frontier smuggling rings and various other rings, insiders and outsiders, jobbers, con? tractors, Government officials and private speculators, nie pretty well up to thc per ceniage of the enormous stealings e-f the whiskey rings. The latest developments, however, show that in the grandeur and number of their schemes of spoils and plun? der, tho congressional rings of railroad job? bers throw into the shade all the other rings of the lengthy catalogue of confederate Treasury robbers. A Washington correspondent, who has beeu looking into tho business, reports that 150 railroad bills and resolutions have been introduced in tho fortieth Congress, (the term of which expires on the 4th March next, with that of Preside ut Johnson,) and that twice as many more are in preparation in thc lobby; that 1,000,000,000 of acres of the public lands and 6200,000,000 in United States bonds would not supply the demands of these cormorants. In other words, their stupendous budget of railway jobs would require sops and subsidies in lauds ?lid bonds which, reduced to a moucy valuation, swell up to the magnificent figure, of half tho uational debt. Among the jobs of this schedule, is tho Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad Compa? ny, or Union Pacific Central Brunch, winch, after having received Government sops to the extent of 8(5,000,000, puts iu for 87.1>U(>, 000 more. Next comes the Deuver Pacific Railway nod Telegraph Company, which, having feathered its nest to the figure of 832,000,1)00, puts in for a little more; and this company is reported to be a mere gang of speculators, "without any kuuwu legal organization whatever"-a lot of mythical John Does and Richard Boes, who cannot bo found when called for. Next, we have the Leavenworth. Pawnee and Western Rail? road Company, now known tis the Union Pacific, Eastern Division, chartered by the Kansas Territorial Legislature in 1855, sub? sidized with Delaware Indian reserve hinds in 1861, and then in 1S02, by a rider on the Pacific Railroad law, granted Slo.OOi) per milo in United States bonds and every alter? nate section of laud, within certain limits, ou each side of the road, and the privilege of a second mortgage. This is cutting it pretty Cat. But it further appears that a clique ol* seccders from the old company illegally formed a uew company, and, hav? ing by force of arms taken possession of thc road, are pocketing tho spoils which legally belong to the old company. All this, too, with the consent of the President, tho Sec? retary of tho Treasury aud Congress. Arc they all birds of ll feather, that they thus flock together? From aunt lier source we learn that sunn half dozen other Pacific brauch or niait fcteni railroads, Northern and Southern, uri on the anvil, involving lauds and bonds bj tens and t won ties and hundreds of millions that of all these schemes fully three-fourth.' como from the Republicans in both houses that Senator Pomeroy, of Kansas, has sevei of those jobs on tho docket; Senator Ram say, of Minnesota, four; Senator Comtess of California, five, and Senator Harlan, o Iowa, four. Senator Pomeroy, however distances till competitors in the number am extent of his jobs; for as it appears, thc; include a line from Kansas to Mexico: tine bilis for roads from Fort Scott to Santa Fe in Texas; a South Carolina line, througl tho sea island cotton section; two or thre Hues from the Mississippi River through ti Texas, and "a little privato Atchison Pacific one of tho nicest and fattest speculation ever worked through."-Nev.' York Herald. Fini:.-On Saturday morning last, abott 5 o'clock, a fire occurred in tho rear of Mt J. B. McElhose's boot and shoe store, Nc 127 King street, near Calhoun, which sooi spread to tho adjoining premises, occupic by Mrs. Booth, dealer in millinery. Th flames had got such headway before thc could bo subdued, that the}' destroyed bot stores with their contents. Mr. McRlhos loses heavily, having an iusurauco of onl 84,500 iu tho London and Liverpool an Globe Insurance Companies, on a stock t 7 or 88,000. Mrs. Booth wus insured i tho same agency for 82,000, which will n( cover her losses. Mr. J. B. Morillo, uoi North of Mr. McElhose, lost about tw< thirds of his stock in sogars, by steulage, i trying to move it. Ho had no insurant" Tho building bc occupied belonged to Mri Givens, of Summerville, and was insuroi The kitchen attached was somewhat di maged. Tho building occupied by Mr Booth and J. B. McElhose belonged to M H. Prioleau, cf Livorpool, and were not. ii stired. The lire is believed to ' ave bee tho result cf incendiarism, and ILo fae will be properly investigated by tho Chi of thc Fire Department.-Charleston Netts ! STILL A MVSTEUY.-Thc case of tho deal of the two colored men found dead in Vt H ?I I ington, is still a mystery. Tho caso hi been postpoued ono week, in order to git the chemist ample time to analyze the co J tenta of their stomachs Death of General Lovell II. Roauraa, 1 The news of the death of General Lovell H. Rousseau will bo received with profound ! sorrow by nearly every person in the country who enjoyed his personal acr uaint tanoe, or uro familiar with the noble truits iu the character of the deceased. At tho timo of his death he was, wo believe, the junior (in rank) Brigadicr-Goneral in the regular army, and.was in commund of me Military District of Louisiana, with bead quarters at New Orleans, where he had won tho respect of everybody, save a nest of pestiferous politicians, who would, but could not, uso bim against the people he was sent to protect. The deceased was a Keutuckiuu. and served as captain of a company of Kentuckians in the Mexican war. At the breakiug out of the late war, ho was a member of tho Senate of his State, from thc city of- Louisville. With Critten? den, Guthrie, Prentice, Ilarvey and other I citizens of that Stnte, he espoused the causo of tho Union, und at once tendered his ser? vices to tho Government. He won unfad? ing laurels at Shiloh, Parryville and Mur freesboro, and loug before thc end of tho wur was com missioned a Major General of volun? teers. The deceased waa for a long time Commander of the District of Middle Ten? nessee, with bead-quarters at Nashville, where he won thousands of friends among Confederate families for the generous patri? otism which he on ull occasions extended to those who were subjected to annoyances and outrages. He was the implacable foe of all bummers, and much preferred to save than destroy. Yet the Confederacy had no more consistent, determined or brave ouemy than Lovell H. Rousseau. At the close of the war, haviug been elected to the thirty-ninth Congress, ho sustained the policy of President Johnson, though not identifying himself with the Democratic party. In 1860, he cuued a reverend member of Congress from Iowa, for calling in question bis military course, for which tho House passed resolutions of censure; Ifut his constituent?-Confederates and all-unanimously re-elected him. Soon after, President Johnson nominated him to n vacant Brigadiersbip in the regular army. After a struggle, he was confirmed without the sacrifice of bis conservativo principles. Tho people of Now Orleans were much in? debted to the deceased for his discreet con? duct during tho late riots in that city. In his death tho country loses one of its bravest officers; bis family a devoted hus? band and father, and bis friends one who would uever desert them under any circum? stances. He was incapable of a mean net, and hated mean men. Generous, noble, bravo and true himself, he had little use for those who did not possess some of these qualities. Tho deceased was about fifty roars >r ...r., . Auausia Press SOUTHERN DOCILITY.-Since the remarka? ble era whon the pigs ran about with knives and forks in them, begging to be eaten, wc have seen nothing at all to bo compared tc tho docility of the South-that is, if tho radi? cal press is tobo believed. They all appeal delighted down there with the admirabh workings of reconstruction, negro suffrage, military domination. Are. Surely thc sublime patience of St. Lawrence is snr passed by -these former rebels. After thc saint bad lain some time extended on hil red-hot gridiron, be calmly said to the exe cutioner, "Will you bavo tho kindness ti turu mo, os I am quito done on the uudei side?" The executioner, a trifle astonished did as he was requested, and soon afte the saint, again speaking, said, "I'll bi obliged if you'll take mo up-I am dono ti a turn, and now in a fit condition for eat ing." But tho coolness and composure o this renowned saint under his fier}' persecu tion is surpassed by these Southern saints who have been grilled so loug on thc red hot gridirons of radicalism. Forney say they ure delighted, enraptured with thei new condition, and hnvo distilled blessiug out of what they formerly conceived to be curse. The iron, it was true, might hav been hot, but it has done them to a turn. Committees are already in Washington, an moro are making ready to como, to beg c Congress to continue them in tho conditio a wiso radical policy bas wisely placed thoi in. Surely this is a foretokening of tin political millennium which is to be ushere in with tho inauguration of tho great pac licator, Grant. The lamb and tho lion ni to lio down in peace; but wo rather opiu that tho lamb's quiesconco grows out of tl significant fact that his conch is inside tl: lion. "Let us bavo peace." [Newark ( N. J. ) Journal. -o DESPERATE SINOIJE-HANDED ENCOUNTJ WITH MINERS.-A Bloomington, Ul., papi gives an account of a tragical affair Braidswood, a station on the Chicago ai St. Louis Railroad. A party of coal minei on a spree, went into tho saloon of a mi named Toohey, beat bim badi}', and tin commenced demolishing tho contents of tl saloon. Toohey, in the meanwhile, ere behind tho counter, secured his six-shootc and threatened to shoot if they did not tl sist. This only increased their fury. I then commenced discharging his revolve nail shot four of them dead in successio and in the confusion escaped through back door. Ho was soon found in possessi of tho Sheriff, when an infuriated mob, the number of about 100, surrounded t Sheriff and his prisoner, with ropes to ha tho latter. Toohey's revolver seems to ha been brought into uso again, for tho nari tivo says that two moro were shot doad ai four seriously wounded, before tho roug consented to retire. Toohey is now safe I jail. Latest nows received in London confiri tho roportsof tho safety of Dr. Livingstoi Hu is near tho Western confines of Zan bar and is making his way for the sea coa but his progress is somewhat impeded tho prevalence of war among tho nuti tribes. tocal Items. -o The ofticura of the Spartauburg Aud ? uioti Railroad Company will accept our thanks for a "complimentary" for IHO'.K We are requested to call attention to the fact, that the next regular meeting of tho Democratic State Central Club will take place on the 20th instant. Papers through out the State will confer a favor by giving publicity to this meeting. NEW FIUM.-The advertising columns of [ the Phixnix this morning contaiu a notice of the organization of a now firm-Fisher, , Lowrance Sc Fisher-Dr. John Fisher hav I iug been associated with the firm of Fisher I & Lowrance. The gentlemen comprising this firm are known for their probity and j attention to business, and tho new firm will receive the generous patronnge, not ouly of this community, but of thc upper and mid die sections of the State. G.Y.i.-Serious complaint is made as to the heavy charge for gas in Columbia, and several parties are thinking of discontinuing its use on that account. Wo would suggest to the company, that if they should follow the example of the Charleston Gas Compa? ny, aud reduce their rates, beneficial results would doubtless follow. The price in Charleston is 84 per 1,000, while iu Colum bia it ii 80. Consider this matter, gentle? men. TUE MUBDKK OF RANDOLPH.-Wo under stand that a mau named William Talbot, who was for a loug time a resident of Edge field County, but more recently of Abbe? ville, surrendered himself to one of tho deputies of State Constable Hubbard, aa one of the murderers of tho late R. F. Ban dolph, and was brought to this city yester? day and lodged in jail. It is said that he possesses valuable information in reference to the other murderers, as also about tho disturbances which aro reported to have taken place in Abbeville during tho last few months. -o The *4?ieW<m< Odd Fellow, New York, John W. Orr, publisher, OG Nassau street. 82 per year. The Jauuary number of this, thc oldest Odd Fellows' publication in tho country, is on our table. Wc notice, among the contents: The Ocean Twins-the open mg chapters of an Original serial story, Sketch of the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, An Odd Fellow Abroad; Society as it Is; Present Status of Odd Fellowship; Scion tifie and Curious Facts; Duties for tho New Year; Looking Back; Woman's Rights to do Good; Rebekah Department; Ladies Oho, Domestic and Foreign Correspondence, &c. Each subscriber to this journal for 18G9 is presented with a beautiful steel engraved portrait of Grand Sire Farnsworth. -o MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-The post olfice is open during the week from S}.\ a.m. to6p m. On Sundays, from 4 to 5 p. m. Tho Charleston aud Western mails are open for delivery at 5 p. m., and close at S\? p. m Charleston night mail open 8Jv. a. m., close 4t}-.? p. m. Northern open for delivery H}4 n. m., close 2.45 p. m. Greenville open for delivery 5 p. m., close 8*4 P? rn. -o FAST AND CHEAP PUNTING.-We have added a fast card press-of the Degeuer & Weiler patent-to tbs machinery of tho Phoenix office; and have also madeadditiona to our stock of fauoy type, cards, paper, otc. Persons in want of any styles of book and job printing, aro invited to call and examine samples and prices. Cards printed at short notice, and at prices varying from 83.50 to 810 per thousand. -o CASH.-Our terms are strictly cash-no exceptions. If nn advertisement is to be inserted, hand over the money; if a paper is subscribed for, tho money must accompauy tho order-otherwise no attention will be paid to them. This rulo will be adhered to. -o NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Special attention is called to tho following advertisements, published for tho first time this morning J. & T. li. Agnew-Hoes and Chains. E. Pollard-Buist's Ga.deu Seeds. Wm. C. Dukes it Co.-Wando Fertiit .er G. T. Jacoby-Notice. D. C. Peixotto it Son-Auction. Fisher it Lowrance-Dissolution. Fisher, Lowrance <t Fisher-Copurt tiers. Fisher, Lowrance Sc Fisher- Notice. P. Cantwell-Yeast Powder. THE COTTON SUPPLY.-The English papers assert that tho people of India havo not adequately taken advantage of thc opportu? nities afforded them by the civil war in tho United States, to acquire pre-cminenco in tho cultivation of cotton. To improve tho quality of cotton, to increase the produc? tion, to open or remove all existing obsta des, to provide better roods and ample means of irrigation, and, in short, to make diligent uso of all the appliances which er ist, in order to retain and increaso so valua bio a trade, it is stated, should be an object of constant solicitude. The uow Governor General of India, it is believed, will exert himself iu tho promotion of thocottou into rests in that country. The Rev. Dr. Bach mun delivered his fiftj fourth anniversary discourse at tho Arch dale Street Lutheran Church, in Ch . '- .-ton, ! on Sunday last.