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'i ? \ Santas: Hornln*. January o. 1873. V. Oar PIxocpb?t? Mines? Nevr Pieiaa ?f v ' * Qoitncu. Ik is a noteworthy fact that tho phos? phates of South Carolina have beooruo a < valuable article of commerce. The largest proportion of, the Charleston ' phOBphatic exports goes to Groat Britain. Canada takes a considerable quantity. Tbe Northern States not much yet There are manufactories in Baltimore to which the ore is taken for reduction and treatment. In the South the trade ia rapidly extending. Netive commercial fertilisers are rapidly supplanting those imported from abroad, or manufactured in other Stales. Peruvian guano is be? coming Jeaa ttsed alone. It enters largely late the composition of other fertilizer* ; as a base. The adaptability of our do? mestic s fertilizers to bar soil, and their . oiTeoia upon crops, are maitens no longer of doubt. At least twenty-five per cent, of advantage is gained, where they are applied. On soils naturally good, and ? in good condition, they return even .a bighor per cent. On exhausted lands, they can be made to snpply the elements . which euooessivo cropping has taken ? away.' The combination of the fertiliz? ing or stimulating properties may bo niada to Bait the condition of the soil. One .will require ammonia, another phos? phoric acid, another phosphate of lime, And another something else, perhaps. A planter ban give his order to suit the land he cultivates, or the crops which he " proposes to take off of it. Where they are oonsietoutly and intelligently applied, - improvement in the laad must regularly result. In considering their value, an other thing must bo taken into account. The effect of the use of fertilizers upon accelerating the maturity of cotton crops 3 baa boon demonstrated to be as muoh as two or? throo weeks' of time. This is no . ' fdoonslderabla advantage in the diminu v tiori* of labor. Risks of frost, worms and rains ore correspondingly dimi J j r>Tittbd, - ' The Ganoral Assembly did a wise , I thing, a few years ago, in establishing an ?". ; inspector of fertilizers. 'The deposits . :imXQ subjected tp chemical analysis, and - ^the preoise quality or production of the ingredients of which they ara couipo-jed Bsoeriaiaed and atampod npoti them be? fore they are placed upon the market. ? 'This teoda both j to keep the standard k high and, at a glanoe, to instraot the planter in "which* be is baying. It is equally banefioial to the manufacturers, in the exclusion whioh it.;operates of in? ferior articles. The companies engaged in, manufacturing appreciate its advan? tages to themselves. The practice of ??? irinds in the quality of the article, which, ' we recollect, was so common among 'fi L Northern manufacturers, is thus uot : praeuuabie here. Instead of decrease in their uso, thorefore, as at the North, be oauao of the aale of artioles not up to the standard aa at first fixed and promised, and worthless to the farmer, this rigid - aces of inspection, in keeping the quality * pure, will tend td inorease the use. . Phosphate digging in this State is ra? pidly increasing.' Oae company mined 15,000 tons during the last year, and the production from river deposits alone amounted to 40,000 tons in the last twelve months. It is thought that the entire producta of the State will be in? creased not less than forty per oent. dur? ing the present year. The deposits are inexhaustible, apd are the richest ia tbe world. South Oarolina enjoys a practi? cal commercial monopoly in them. Dar ing the last year; strata of phosphates have been discovered in Siberia, Austria and Franco. But, says the New York Bulletin, from whioh we get most of the foots here used, they are all beyond the reach . of immediate development, and are not favorably situated for the trans? portation of the products to market. In all these respects, the South Carolina rook deposits enjoy immense advantages. Tbey can be reached, decomposed and manipulated with economy and facility, and the products oan be easily and oheap ly distributed, either by railroad or water transportation. All that is re? quired to develop this business into vast proportions is papital, and this deficiency is not likely to oontinue long, in view of ..: the returns whioh have been realized from the investments that have been al? ready made. s ? fwA? a State, we are practically bank ?A^rupti The political power is in alien and ignorant hands, the labor system is ill regulated, and sooial disorganization everywhere reigns. But our country yet remains, and tho old spirit and tradi? tions survive, and keep alive a whole? some conservatism, not inconsistent with ^ reasonable progress and liberality of Tiews. We have many fields of activity open to us?the professions, planting, manufacturing, mining, mechanics, trade and commerce. , We have a living to make, and the rained character of a ???? . .s;-:, ? '? vmmmmmm ? vm mm* - ? ? State to redeem. We need not repine. It Is both unprofitable and unmanly. What our bauds find *o do, let us do with ow mlgM. And .: right here, in these rieh phosphate rooks, ia good find; profitable work. Ia the Immigration ?lid Agricultural Convention, held in Charleston, in May, 1870, a Northern man?Mr. True?delighted the Conven? tion with his outspoken and frank vie wo. People complained of the Southern States, he said, but he fouuel them to bis liking. One was not enongh for him?so he worked in two* He oropped in Georgia, and in the intervals between gathering his crops and planling again, he carried on work in the phosphate mines of South Carolina. And, he added, if there is any money to be badi in either, he would get bis share. And ho was right We need not go far to seek business. It is everywhere, where there is enterprise and oourage to disco? ver and undertake it. The New Abhx Uniform. ? The now army uniform, worn for the first time by the offioera on New Year's P*y at the President's reception, attracted much at tentiou. The Washington Star says: It is very showy, and the plumes of the various branches of the service ore designated by different colors. The coat is of dark blue oloth, double?brea8ted, with a skirt extending from one-half to three-fourths of the distauoe between the hip and the knee. Staff officers wear pants of dark blue oloth without stripe; other officers wear light blue pants, with. stripe of similar color to that of the facings of their respective arms, except for lnfautry^offioors, where the stripe is of dark blue. Gen. Sherman wore two rows of but? tons on the breast of his coat, placed in fours. He wore epaulettes, and his plume consisted of three white ostrich feathers. Other general and staff of? ficers were three black ostrioh feathers, aud regimental officers wore plumes of horse hair or cook's feathers of a color similar to the trimmings of their coats. Gen. Sherman and the general and s*aff officers wore ohapeaus; light artillery I and cavalry officers, black felt helmots with goldoords aud tassels and gilt trim? mings; other officers dark blue cloth hats. Genorals Baboook and Dent were attired in full dress suits, and 'uot in uniform, as heretofore. Modeen Giaxts.?The race of giants is-not extinct; aud Barnum might make a fortune by bringing over the Gosheu family from Turkey in Asia, who are de? scendants of Anakims, of Palestine. Colonel Ruth Goshen, thirty-three years bid, one of this family, now residing in Algonquin, Illinois, born among the hills of Palestine, and seven feet and eight inches in height, recently entered the office of tho Scientific American. He is the fifteenth and last child (the baby) of a family of fifteen?ten sons and five daughters?sired by a patriarch now ninety years old, living in the valley of Damascus, aud by occupation a coffee plauter. This venerable sire woighg at the present time 520 pounds avoirdu? pois, and his wife, aged sixty-seven, weighs 560 pounds. Tho entire family are living, and not one of them weighs less than 500 pounds. The oldest sou weighs 030 pounds, and tbo youngest (the colonel) outstripping them nil, weighs 070 pounds. Not one of the family ia leas than seven feet in height. Both was a colonel in tho Austrian army in 1850, and a colonel commaudiug in the Mexican army at the battle of. Pueblo, May 5, 1862, in which tho Mexicans were victorious. His father, at one time, resided at Lieds, England, but returned to Turkey in 1815. The colonel married in Lieipsio, Germany, a woman weighing 190 pounds and five feet nino inohes in height; the union has been blessed with two sous, who give promise of rivaling their father in statue. He is a finely-proportioned man; walks with a firm and elastio step; is as straight as an arrow, and has ooal black eyes, hair and moustache. A LrrabB Composition on the Whkel babbow.? The Daubury Newsmari says: If you have ocoasion to nse a wheel? barrow, leave it, when you are through with it, iu front of the house with the bandies toward the door. A wheelbar? row is the most complicated thing to fall over on the face of the earth. A man will fall over one when he would never think of falling over anything else. He never knows when has got through full? ing over it, either; for it will tangle his legs and his arms, turn over with him and rear up ia front of him, and just as he pauses in his- profanity to congratu? late himself, it takes a now turn aud sooops more skin off of him, and ho oommenoes to evolute anew aud bump himself iu fresh places. A man never ceases to fall over a wheelbarrow until it turns completely on' its back, or brings up against something it cannot upset. It is the most inoffensive looking object there is, but it is more dangerous than a locomotive, and no man is seoore with on j unless he has a tight hold of its handles and is sitting down on some? thing. A wheelbarrow has its uses, without doubt, bat in its leisure mo? ments it is the greatest blighting curto on true dignity. Whbbb Odb Gold Gomes Fegm.? Gold is found ia Vermont, Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon end Califor? nia. Maryland shows bat $108 for her total, Vermont $5,615, and Kansas $1,009. California has contributed in twenty-four years 8048,121,499; North Carolina's total is 89,805,253. and Geor? gia $7,250,000. Virginia aud South Ca? rolina have each over a million. ''what we shall do aboafc' murder." It I declares: "We record about one murder a day in New York proper, and nobody ia pa Dished, and indeed it seems difficult to have anybody tried." If auoh a state of things existed in any of the Southern States, the Albany Penitentiary would have to be considerably enlarged. It is a terrible condition of affairs, beyond all doubt. And the difficulty of applying legal remedies in Now York may be in? ferred from the talk in whioh the Times indulges, that "when freedom baa dege? nerated into license, and law becomes only a protector of criminals, despotism in some form is always oalled in to take the reins of government at th? first mo? ment of re-action. It comes like a tem? pest, but it does clear the air." ? The Times then goes on to tell bow a former despotic uoveruor-Generai of Cuba, Taoon, put an end to the fre? quency of murders in Havana, where that orime bad become as common as in Now York. One morning, about a dozeu bodies were discovered ia the streete, stabbed to death. lu the course of the day, Taoon sent for the chief of police, who presented himself at the viceregal palace. "Where are the murderers of those men who wero killed last evening? Have you arrested them?" "Where, your Excellency? How should I know? I do not oven know who they are. I have mado inquiries, but have been able to discover nothing. Your Excellency will see that it is impossible that there should bo any arrests." "I see no snob thing," said l'acau, rising in Eis wrath. "Look you hero, sir; find me the men who committed thoso murders before three days aro over, or, on the fourth, I will garrote?you." "But, your Excel-j lenoy-" "Not a word; find them, or take their place." Accordingly, the chief of polioo found the required number, though whether they were the aotual criminals or not is uncertain. Atany rate, they were garroted without delay, and assaasiuatiou began to diminish ra? pidly in Havana. The Times goes on to iudioate that the despotism of a mob, say of a vigi? lance committee, (alias Ku Klux,) is more terriblo than that of a single go? vernment, and that when this sort of despotism ruled iu San Francisco, "from that time order dwelt within the goldon gates." Of course, it hopes that no such "disgrace and horror" will full upon New York, but the drift of its meaning is perceptible enough. The re oital of theso facts is sufficient to show the appalling prevalence and impunity of murder in New York. The last viotim and bis murderer there wero men prominent in their way, and they grappled with each other in tho street like wild beasts, and tho murderer, with his victim ander him, unable to make effectual resistance, cut him to death with repeated blows of bis Bowie knife. The coolness and indifference ho manifested after the deed and at tho time of his arrest were a subject of geue al remark, though we now learn that his defence will be that be committed the act in a paroxysm of rage, having been excited to freuzy by Duryea's taunts and a knowledge of his own straitened mo? netary oondition. In other words, the unfortunate- Mr. Simmous will seem to have been a victim of temporary insa? nity, a malady which the best men are. subject to, ami which relieves him of nil moral responsibility. It is obvious, however, that if overy man who suffers from tho "taunts" of au enemy, or from his "straitened mone? tary condition," is going into a "frenzy" about it, and can only relieve himself by killing somebody, the population of this planet is likely to be seriously dimi? nished. The very mention of such a de? fence in any country where tho laws are impartially and efficiently administered would cau.se a general smile of derision. Almost simultaneously with this frosh New York atrocity, the second trial of Stokes, for the "alleged murder" of Fisk, has commenced. It is nearly a year siuoe this "alleged murder" has occurred, aud it remaius yet to be settled whether Stokes was guilty, or is an inno oout and much-injured man, incarce? rated for so long a period unjustly. In view of such developments as these, it is much to be feared that, unless the foun? tains of justioe are purified iu New York, the dreadful alternative of Lynch law, suggested by tho Times, will yet disgrace tho ohief metropolis of this country. A Pastor's Keward.?That good, faithful pastoral work is appreciated in the Stnto of Ohio, as illustrated by the following inoident that occurred in Iron ton. A revival preacher, nlio had won fame by his power in the pnlpit, came to Ironton for a week's work. Ho was very zealons, preached every night, ex? cited considerable interest, and was vehe? ment in his exhortations to tho uure newed portion of tho congregation to come foward. On tho last eveniug of his labors, he outdid himself, but not a person rose to come forward. Discou? raged, he sat down; whereupon a grave faced, anxious-looking man got up, and said that the eldei had boon working hard and laboring faithfully among them, and, as a token of their apprecia? tion, he moved that the congregation give bim three ohoer-d- It was done right heartily, and that contrite congre? gation went quietly out and silently home, satisfied that they had fully and faithfully performed their duty. A.Christmas toast to woman was given precisely at high noon of last night by a wretch in this city?tho soutimcnt run? ning in these rhymes: "They eat. they drink, they sleep, they spend, they go to ohuroh on Sunday, and 'many are afraid of Ood, but more of'Mrs. Grandy." mm m j^\\mi?gemm*smwmwsp& ??Esoapsd ??om Siss-Sara."?If any? thing con Id eclipse the systematised daring which marked the exodus of John Blelly and Bobert E. Hopgood, alias Lyons, from Sing Sing Prison, about two weeks ago, when, on tho strength ?f a bogas telegram, they sent the warden and olerk to New York, and thus made themselves blasters of the situation, it is the audacity evinced by Sophia Lyons, wife of the last-named convict, who es? caped from the female prison, on Thurs? day evening. As in the case of her hus? band, the manner of getting away hud been well planned, and* all possibilities of frustration daly considered and pro? vided for. The woman Lyons, together with another female convict, was em? ployed in the culinary .department of the prison, and in that capacity, was not acouatomed to be looked up so early in the evening as the other inmates. Shortly after nightfall on the day namod, a vehi ole drove to the prison, and the driver alighting, knocked loudly at the door. The summons was answered by Mrt>. Lyons, who, taking a basket of fruit from the visitor, handed it to her com? panion, saying that it contained delica IcieBioribe hospital, and requested her to take it up stairs forthwith. Theoth*. r womun, not snspeoting anything wrong, loft to deliver tho paokage, and in an in? stant afterwards, another female convict, who happened to be near tbo door, saw the stranger throw a cloak over the shoulders of Mrs. Lyons and lift her bodily into the carriage, which then dsovo rapidly from the scene. It is said that an alarm wub immediately given, but all efforts to overtake the fugitives were unavailing. Sophia Lyous had aerved about one yeur of her second terra iuMke prison for graud larceny. She belongs to a family whioh appears to be steeped in crime, herself and husband being at this moment escaped felons, while her mother is still undergoing senter.ee in.the pri? son, her 60U expiating his crimes iu a similar institution in Connecticut, and a daughter at present enjoying the hospi ulitios of Blackwull's Island. [New York Sunday Herald. A, Paw of Lavender Beides.?EU Perkine, of tho New lork Commercial Advertiser, is "on tho wing." He stopped at Homer the other morning for breakfast, and had tho good fortune to meet a "quartette bridal party," of whioh bo thus discourses: This morning, at the Syraouse House, I breakfasted with a pair of brides and a pair of bridegrooms?a sort of bridal quartette. They were from Cortlaud, I think, iu the country. I knew they were just married, from a variety of reasons. Firet, when they alighted from the omnibus to entor the hotel both young ladies took the arms of the gen? tlemen, who said, "Dear, let me earry your satchel." Just behind them came some old married people. I know they had been married some time, for the men pouuoed out, starting, luggage in hand, straight for tbe hotel, leaving their wives with small satchels to follow, single file, behind thorn. At breakfast the brides appeared iu bridal lavender. Everything was lavender?lavender dresses, lavender hats, with lavender strings, and lavender gloves. If ever I get married Mrs. Perkins shall wear (if she pleases) a suit of plain black, uud theu wo oun enjoy our honoycioon in peace. Tbe young husbands both wore broadcloth suits und black hats. Both wore paper oollars and cuffs, and one wore u paper shirt bosom. Alas! what a shock Buch deception must bu to a young and guilders wife! Why, iu *iny opinion, a paper collar is no more indi? cation of a real shirt than a clothes-lino, At breakfast these young husbands didn't help themselves first when they sat dowu at the tablo, but they turned to the brides iu luvender, und said lovingly: "Havo a roll, dear?*' Then they put some butter ou tho lavender brides' plates, and they looked up and said: "Thank you, dear," with a smilo too happy to describe. When breakfast was over one of tho bound husbands smiled sweetly aud said: "Now, darling, cnu't I smoke just once?yon know you said I might." "Yes, Charley, just once!" and then tho two brides stood and looked vacantly out of the windows till their sweet-hearts came back. When tho old married people satdown thero >vus a different scene. Tbe old fol? lows scooped in their beefsteak and sausage, never looking up to see how their wives woro getting along, and when they got through they shuffled off into the reading room and loaded up meer? schaum pipes with the strongest caven? dish. Then they talked politics, ex? pectorating on tho stove und around the zino stove mat, without onco thinking of their poor wives, who were left io amuse themselves with neighborhood gossip. A Pastob's Rewaiid.?That good, faithful pastoral work is appreciated iu tho Stute of Ohio, is illustrated by the following incident that occurred iu Iron ton: A revival preacher, who had won fame by his power in the pulpit, camo to Iron ton for a week's work. He was vory zealous, preached overy night, exoitod considerable interest, and was vehement in his exhortations to the nnronewed portion of tbo congregation to come for? ward. On the last evening of his labors, ho outdid himself, but not a person rose to oome forward. Discouraged, ho sat down; whereupon a grave-faced, anxious looking man got up, aud said that the elder had been working hard and labor? ing faithfully among them, and, as a token of their appreciation, ho moved that the congregation giro him three oheers 1 It was done right heartily, and that contrite congregation went quietly out and silently home, satisfied that they bad fully and faithfully performed their doty. A man reoently knocked down an elo phant?he was an auctioneer. ? o o ?1 Itelm 0. Oxnr MAlr?Bs.~Toe price of single copies of tbo Phosnix ia five cents. The latest styles wedding and visiting cards and envelopes, tastily printed, can be obtained at the Phchnii office. OKI newspapers for sale at Pucenix office, at fifty cents a hundred. The passenger train on the Greenville and Columbia Bailroad met with an accident, yesterday, by which it w&a de? tained several hours. Capt. Thos. H. Wade, an old citizen of Colombia, departed this life yester? day. ' He had filled many offices of profit aud trust in Bicbland County. His age was seventy-seven. He bad been a resident of Bichland?of whioh be was a native?all his life. Messrs. L?rick & Lowranoe impart important information to customers. Bead their advertisements. Col. A. B. Springs, one of the Board of Visitors of the Palmetto Orphan Home, for York County,-sent in yester? day 04f which he collected for tbe Home, aud Mr. T. Bobs Robertson, another member of the board, for Fairfleld, sent iu $50, which was raised during the holi? days by the "Concert Club," a society of youDg ladies aud gentlemen at WinnB boro. We have been reqaested to state that Bight Rev. Bishop Quintard, of theDio-' cese of Tennessee, will preaob thismorn ieg, iu Trinity Church?services to com? mence at 11 o'clock. Divine service will also be held iu said church at 7 T. AL., and addresses delivered by Bishop Quin? tan!, Gen. J. B. Kershaw, and other geutlemeu, with u view of commending the claims and exciting an interest in be? half of tho University of the South,: situated at Sowannee, Tennessee. George W. Childs, Esq., of tbe Phila delphia Ledger, has furnished us with a copy of his almanao for 1873. The weather, yesterday, was all that any ono could 1 desire?warm and plea? sant. Tho rxlU-3 for dolls and fancy articles did not come off at Mr. MeKenzie's on New Year's eve. Chances can still be taken. Miss Patterson will appear before the Columbia public, in readings and recita? tions, on Monday and Tuesday evenings. She comes highly recommended as an accomplished, ploasing and effective reader, learn that, though young, she is earnest, studious, laborious and successful in an eminent degree. We trust that a large audience will greet her in Irwiu's Hall, in recognition of her literary merits and accomplishments, set off and adorued, as they are, with youth, grace, personal attractions and pleasing manners. The Committee of the Board of Trade appointed to resist the city licenses, we are authorized to say, have retained connee^ to protect tho iutorcsts of the merchant*; and those interested are ad? vised not to pay tho license on Monday, but to await tho decision of tho courts. It is estimated that 400 yards of tulle went up the aisle on the six bridesmaids ut a fashionable wedding in New York recently. A Frenchman lately rocovered $2,000 from some friends who out off his mus? tache in a drunken escapade. Besolutions nvruE Columbia Cnuncn. The following are tho preamble aud reso? lutions adopted by the Baptist Church of this city, on the aonoucement of the re? signation of Dr. J. L. Reynolds as its pastor: Inasmuch as our esteemed and be? loved brother, Dr. J. L. Beynolds, has announced that ho coald not supply the palpit of this church longer, ana as he has preached for sevoral years with dis? tinguished ability, eloquence and fideli? ty, a portion of this time without pecu? niary remuneration, performing much pastoral labor, in a season of peculiar trial; and inasmuch as, by his Christian example, reflecting the graces of his Sa? viour, as well as by his instructive dis? courses, he has commended to us the Christian religion; thorefore, be.it Resolved, That, believing this decision to be the deliberate conviction of duty, and cjnsequently useless for us to at? tempt to reverse it, we do aooept his re? signation. ' Resolved, That we would do violence to our feelings, if wo did not express the deep gratitude that we feel for the varied and self-denying services he has ren? dered this churoh; especially do we ap? preciate his generous labors during the night of poverty and affliction, in preach? ing unto us the Word, when we were not able to remunerate him for bis services. Resolved, That we will ever cherish and endeavor to imitate tho bright ex? ample he has left as of Christian cour? tesy, prayer and zeal. Resolved, That we will pray for the blessings of our Heavenly Father to abide upon him in his private and public duties. Resolved, That although deprived of bis valuable services as a preacher of the Gospel, yet we hope that he will continue to give us the fruits of his rioh expe? rience and wise counsels. Resolved, That a copy of these resolu? tions be transmitted to Rev. Dr. J. L. Reynolds, and thai the Working Chris? tian and daily papers be requested to publish the same. .. , ,1 111,1 MIMCTWWpW^ggg 1 mail. opens 6.80 A. M. and 8.00 P. M.; oloses 8 P. M. aud 11.00 A. M. Charles? ton day mail opens 6.15 P. M.; closes 6 A. M.; night opens 7.00 A. M.; closes 6.15 P. M. Groonville opens 6.45 P. M.; oloaeo 6 A. M. > Western opens 6.80 A. M. and 12.80 P. M.;closes 8 and IP. M. Wilmington Opens 8.80 P. II.? oloses 10.80 A.M. On Sunday the office ia open from 3 to 4 P. lit BeiiXoiovs Services this Da v.?Tri nity Church?Bight Bot. Bishop Qain tard, 11 A. M. and 7 P. M. Catholic Church?Bev. J.Ii. Fuller ton, First Mass, at 7 A. M.; Second Mass at 10 A. M.; Vespers at 4^ P. M. Marion Street Church?Rev. W. D. Eirkland, 10^ A. M., and 1% P. M. Washington Street Church?Rev. S. B. Jones, 10)? A. M. Sunday School Society, 8^ P. M. Lutheran Church?Bev. A. B. .Bade, 10>? A. M. ^Presbyterian Church?Bev. J.. B. Wilson, I?;3' A. M. and 7 jo" P. M. Baptist Church?Bev. J. K. Menden? hall, Pastor, A. M. and 7 P. M. ABylum? Mr. J. M Bhes, 9;? A. M. List or New Advertisements. L. O. Sylvester?School for Boys. B. O. Shiver?Stockholders' Meeting. Columbia Building & Loan Aseociat'n. ?4 B. O.Shiver & Co.?Winter Goods. ? Jacob Levin?Auction Sales. L?rick & Lowrauce?Notice, etc. Jaoob Levin?Gas-light Bills. Isaac Salzbnbhcr?Notice. Report of Carolina National Bank. A Good Thing Doxy Appreciated. ? No beneficial revolution ever goes back? ward; aud this maxim is as invariable in medicine as "in politics. The advent of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, twenty years ago, produced a revolution in the treatment-of a large olass of ailments, and that revolution has ever since been in the "full tide of successful experi? ment." If that tide has borne the pro? prietors of the celebrated vegetable speei?e "on to fortune," it has also borne thousands of human beings, who were languishing under the effects of disease, weak and hopeless, out of the depths of despondency into the paradise of health and cheerfulness,. It is no exaggeration to say, that to the vigor, the regularity of habit of body, the good appetite and perfect digestion, acquired under the operation of this unequaled tonic and corrective, multi? tudes of people in every walk of life, who had been vainly physicked in the usual way, owe the blessings of renewed health and the proBpeot of prolonged hfe. J5f3 The South Carolina Conference of tbe African Methodist Episcopal Church will convene in Greenville, S. C, January 15. Bishop E. B. Ames will preside. The South Carolina Bailroad will sell tickets to go and return for one fare from the 12th to tbe 15 th instant. The Greenville Bailroad will return all free who pay full fare in going. The Charlotte and, Co? lumbia and Spartanburg and Union Bail roads will pass the members and dele? gates at half fare. There must be something done to pre? vent those horrible mistakes of drag gists' clerks. One of tbe careless fellows lately gave a young man th Louisville a bottlo of mucilage instead of oologno. The youth went to church, and after ap? plying the contents of tho bottle freely to bis handkerchief, and applying the handkerchief freely to his nose, he was in no condition for devout worship. This thing is getting to be alarming. Another Inquest.?On the morning of December 21, the body of Alfred Hampton was found on Farnum's place, near this County, dead. An inquest was beld by A. F. Browning, Esq., Trial Jub tico, acting coroner. The verdict was, "Death from heart disease, aggravated by bad whiskey and exposure to incle? ment weather."?Orangeburg lYeics. Death of Jame? Oveeton Lewis.?We regret to learu that Col. James O verton Lewis, of Perryville, ono of our oldest and most highly esteemed citizens, died suddenly, on Tuesday last, of apoplexy. Wo have neither the time nor space this week to do justice to his memory, but will recur to the sad event again. [Keovcee Courier. Wedding cards in Denver consist of the "Jack oi Diamonds" and "Queen of Hearts," with the names of the con? tracting parties on eaoh. If tbe bride's mother in-law is living, the "Ten of Clubs" is also enclosed. Poor Milton, when] blind, married a Bhrew. Tbe Duko of Buckingham called her a rose. "I am no judge of colors," replied Milton, "but 1 dare say yon are right, for I feel the thorns daily." "Oooan that p-p-pnp-parrot t-tcr talk ?" asked a stuttering man of a Ger? man. "Suppose he no can talk so much better as that what yon talk I chop he tensed head off," was the reply. The largest and most complete collec? tion of ancient and modern coins in ex? istence ia said to be that of Dr. Charles Spier, of Visalla, Col., who is reported to have 14,000 specimens in bis posses? sion. There have been fonr explosions of cooking ranges within a week at Cincin? nati, and the inhabitants are deliberating whether they hadn't better live on cold victuals. The first shipment of California ootton has just been received in San Francisco, and is pronounced of exoellent qnality by the dealers. Miss Sophie Barnes took a premium at a Montgomery (Alabama) fair as "the young woman who would make the best wife for a poor man." ? Tho season for big hog stories is in full blast in Tennessee. Mr, J. B. Clipper, of Limestone, has just killed a snorter j weighing 885 pounds net.