COLUMBIA, S. C. Wednesday Morning, January 14,1874 A Velaat>lc Suggestion. A resp.eoted correspondent, who warmly commends tho course of onr jpnrstd, and whose name stands amongst the highest in South Carolina for patriotic feeling and practical saga city, writes ns a private letter, whiob embodies a suggestion that we think propor to mako public. Our friend is distrustful of the benefit of anonymous communications, and hence asks us questions as to the responsibility of "Vidette" and 4'Bunker Hill." "Are Ibey men oapable of securing the confl? uence of the tax-payers, were their Barnes divulged?" We take pleasure in answering, that they are in a high do greo. "Are they men who oould stir np the embers, but would shrink at the aonflagration?" In our opinion, they are not men who would Bhirk the full consequences of their advice upon them? selves, THeir motives uro honorable, their objeots the good of the country, and they shrink from no responsibility which may rightfully attach to their suggestions. So much upon that point. Onr corresponde'nt also questions tho likelihood of relief from oppression coining to the peoplu from tho re-assem? bling of the Tax-Payers' Convention. **Its material," he says, "is by no means a just representation of tho suf? ferers." We have felt this objeetion, and by suggestions to the Executive Committee-, made more than onoe. have sought to have it remedied. We havo good.reason to think that the represen? tation- will be greatly enlarged, and avery. honest effort made to secure a convention which will, in deed and in truth, be one of the people, qualified by numbers, intelligence, patriotism, experience, stake in the community, by ax* overmastering sense of rosponsi Bility, and by commanding character and prestige, to speak and aot in its best interests and for its highest honor. This is alhimportant, of course. This 5s a point which ought to be well guarded. We proceed to give an extract from the letter, containing a suggestion worthy of serions consideration: "The people are opposed to paying ths exorbitant taxes levied npon them, J>nt they are equally averse to resisting the laws of the land. Already, thou? sands are rushing to the oourt houses, to pay np promptly and escape the ima? gined penalty. A justly legitimate levy would be anxiously met by every tax? payer in the State; but when the tribnte demanded subverts the fundamental -principle of a Republican Government, the opposition to its payment is uni? versal. Crashed by taxation, and not represented! This is the position of iho property-holders of Month Carolina, and it is a position that would not be endured for a moment by any State North of the Potomac. Then, why do we submit to it? Are we afraid of the monsters that constitute our State Go? vernment? Why not resist them? Will it bring down the General Governmont upon us? Then let this bo tho conse? quence. Infinitely better were we gar? risoned at every oourt house, and be territorialized by the Government, than have our grievances ignored as they are, whilst wo are fleeced of our broad by u set of - ignorant, malicious legislative, jpdioial and oxecative officers. "Our anomalous position is not known throughout the Union, and wo need uot anticipate relief, except from ourselves. It soems to mo the boil is now ripe to the core, and should bo brought to a head. The work should begin at our capital. To whom do tho people natu? rally look for advice when oppressed by sorrupt legislation? Is it not to those who have most to do with the construc? tion and execution of the laws? The legal profession should be the advisory hoard of tho peoplu at this juncture. Oau they give us no oonusul? Will they say, obey the laws, be they ever so un? just or oppressive? Or will they not, enn they uot, suggest u method by which our people oau be relieved of this oppression, aud yet support tho laws ?uffloiently not. lei clog* the wheels of Government? Property bus rights as -well ns people. Is it lawlessness to de? mand tboso rights? "Lot tho native members of the b?r in Columbia otll for a muss meeting of the citizens of Riehland Cjauty, to disease tho propriety and feasibility of milking issife with the tux gatherer ou tho sub? ject of the taxes, whether or uot wo should pay all, I breo-fourths or half the levy; let thorn, too, advise their brethren 'o issue similar calls throughout tho Stute. Tho unanimity with which such a call would bo answered would bo irro ?istibio. Who would opposo this up? rising of tho people, simp!;/ lo assert their rights peaceably and quietly, with? out lawless intuut? What grounds wonld tuo National Governmont have lor interfering? And if they did Inter? fere, uu investigation would prove the iustico of our course and the uutenablo position of our present oppressors. Lfnless wo can by this or nomo similar menns secure uuauimity amongst the lax-payers, it in nscless for us to teud up to tho winds of Heaven doleful lamenta 'tons of our innumerable woes. And if there evor was a time when such uotion were justifiable, it is now. If wo do not muko a manly effort now, wo need sevor complain more." Snapenslon from Pmctlcr of the Attor? neys of ihe Citizens' Suvings Bank. When the attorneys of tho Citizens' Savings Bank made their retnrn to the rale requiring them to show cause why they should not be held to bo ia con? tempt of the court, it was thought tho matter was near an agreeable solution. Messrs. Campbell, Barker and Connor, for themselves, and for Mr. Rton, (who was absent.) read frank disavowals on the part of the attorneys of uny purpose to infringe upon the dignity of the court, or to question its jurisdiction, ex cept in matters in which tho interests of their client left them no choice, and upon grounds poifectly tonablo and lawful for them to take The question, so far as it related to the assets of the built, had been already .settled by deci? sion of the United States District Court, confirmed by tho Circuit Court upon review. Thero seemed no grouud left for Judge Carpenter to stand upon iu continuing these guntjemou any longer under disability. Ho was understood, in fact, to iutimato that ho would very soon announce his decision, nud that it wonld remove all further ciiuso of disa? greement or difficulty between him nud the attorneys. Weeks have rolled by, the attorneys have been denied status iu the court, and now we havo a formal order, reiter? ating that the respondents aro in con? tempt of its authority and orders. Nor is this all. Tbey are suspended lrom their functions as prnctilionors in tho oonrt, until they comply with conditions which it is plainly impossible for them to comply with, even if they had the will, or oould do it without betrayal of rights and interests committed to them to maintain and protect. "Audit is further ordered, adjudged aud decreed, (runs the lauguuga of this order.) that each of the respondents be, and he is hereby, suspended from his office of attorney, solicitor and coun? sellor iu the Cirouit and Probate Courts of this State, and forbidden to praotice therein, until the property and effects of the Citizens' Savings Bauk of Sonth Carolina shall be restored to tho custody of this Court, and until nil fees received b him since November 22, 1873, from the funds of said bank, shall be restored to the said bank and to tho custody of this Court." We anxiously await tho publication of the opinion, to see upon what grounds Judge Carpenter places his extraordi? nary order and decree. Evils and trou? bles seem to be thickening iu every de? partment of the State Government. Tbo property of the citizen is virtually con? fiscated, his rights invaded on all sides, and the voice of those to whom, byhis choice and under the law, his defence is committed in courts, is silenced upon grounds hitherto unknown to our laws and usage. The order is unprecedented. But we refrain from saying anythiug more, until we examiuo tho opiniou upon which it is based. -,--. ?-? Adjourned Meeting. As will be seen by notice of tho chair? man of the publio meeting held in this city on Monday lust, tho adjourned meeting is postponed to next Wednes? day, tho 21st inst. The committee wete unable to havo an interview with Gov. Moses on yesterday, owing to his ub sence from his office, caused by indis? position. Besides, tho time of pay? ment of taxes has been extended till the 5th of February, and the cause of hurry in the matter of the meeting uo longer exists. It is desirable to have the whole strength of the community called out at tho next meeting. The last was re apectublo iu numbers, properly, iutelli-! gence and earncstucss of purpose. But! tho representation should ba as wide ns tho interests which uro involved are deep and varied. Let all who wish an economical administration of uffiirs, who object lo the remorseless assess* raent of their properly, who fail to see Iho advantage to themselves nud the country of high taxation, mako it u point to attend on the 21st, to consult together and ngree upon a common lino of action. _ BiUL? of tue Bank of tub State. -A mooting was held in Cbnrlostou on tho 12th, to take such actiou relutivo to the bills of the Bank of the State as would cause them to bo received for luxes, as decreed by tho highest legal authority in tho country?the Supremo Court of tho United States. Much anxiety had boeu exprosscd as to tho ninouut. of the outstanding note-*. Those issued prior to Bist December, 1800, had been fundod to an extent which li ft but fmv of that issue outstanding; these issued after 1803 woro not included in tho Su? preme Court deo:sion, aud of the issuos of 1861 nud 18G2, although advertised for over a poriod of threo months in the principal cities North and South, it was uot supposed that tho amount of these, nddod to tho bills issued prior to De? cember, 1800, would amount to 3300, 000. Tbis amount of bills could be so urrnuged for that, without material in oonveuienco to tho Stato, they could be received for taxes, as were those of the bills of the Bauk of tho State of Ten? nessee, iu that State, which was n oaso iu all respects precisely similar lo this. Montgomery Blair ob Borne of tbe Se? crets of tbe War* A correspondent of tho New Orleans Picayune writes thas of Sidney John etoq at Sbilob and Hood at Atlanta: Tbe writer, in looking over a Virginia paper, the Lexington Gazette, was forci? bly struck with an article which con? tained the Bnbstance of a conversation or interview of the Honr Montgomery Blair, at the Virginia Springs, this past summer, upon some of tho Beorets of : tho lato war. We quote, us it is exceed? ingly interesting: "BiiAin's Ihtekview of Himself.? While spending a day or two ut tho Rockbridge Alum, last month, tho visit of tho Hou. Montgomery Blair, in 1SCS, to tho tjamu springe, was brought to I mind, and nom j things couuected with tho late war and related by biro wero freshened in tho memory. At this ili;? tanco of time, entire accuracy is impos? sible, but'tho report is correct in the main. Mr. B'air mado a public address at tho Alum; but his conversations in his porch of evenings wore specially in? teresting, ilo was Mr. Lincoln's Post muster-General, and know much of the ins?lt) of the Wellington Government His brother, Geu. Frank Blair, served in the Western army. Ho said it was twice in tho powur of our .Southern com? manders to have achieved great victo? ries. At Sbiloh, (they call it Pittsburg Landing,) a great Qght was won, but the fruits thrown away. When tbe Confederate forces halted, tho Federals wore ready to surrender. Thirty mi? nutes more of active liring nnd pushing would havo ended in the capture of Grant and his command. Half of his troops had already thrown down their arms, and wore sheltering themselves under the river banks. The gun-boats wero dring, but their shot paused over tho Confederates. Tho bluff.-) along tho river required too high elevation of the cannon. He bad beard that tho shells from tbe boats bursted among the high officers in the rear of the Confederate army, aud led tbem to think their sol? diers were suffering severely in their approach by tbe river, and ordered a halt. Ho mentioned a sally from Atlauta by Hood, killing God. MoPherson, oue of the most talented officers of the Fed? eral army. Tbo death ?of this great soldier and the impetuous and un? checked advance of Hood threatened tho United States forcos with destruction. Sherman and bis gcuoruls were aware o* tho crisis, and not hopeful of a buppy issue. He weakened his line ut other points, and crowded Haod with fresh troops, till his terrible advance was slackened and stopped. If half tho en? terprise exhibited by Hood had been shown by his subordinates, the ranks of tho Federals, weakened by tho meu sent to oppose the victorious onset of the Confederate General-in-Chief, would have been broken tbrongh, and Sher? man put to flight or collapsed iuto a surrender. Mr. Blair said bis brother, Gcu. Frank Blair, drew for him the battle-field, and assured him that tbe movement of Hood would bo rated among military mon as probably the most brilliant of tho war, and that tho escape of the Union army from ruin was owing more to snpineucss in some Southern officers than from any skill in the Federals." The writer was in both of tho battles referred to, occupying a front position iu both. At Sbiloh his line was ad? vanced on the evening of the Gth until it was in easy musket rungeof tho banks of tho Tennessee liiver, where wero huddled iu a wild, frightened and shud? dering mass the remnant of Grant's powerful army, which had been hurled biiok with tremendous losses ami an an? nihilated organization to tho water's eugo by the masterly strategy aud uue ?1 niilcd onslaught of General Albert Sydney Johnston, commanding the Confederate forces. .Nuvor was moral* und orgauizutiou so completely destroyed in no army by ouo blow, us iu the Fede? ral army under Grunt on tho evening of Gth of April at Sbiloh?tho sun rose that morning upon us proud an army as the Federal Government could boa.-.t, and set that evouiug upou a "hapless host of fugitives," crushed and cower? ing under tho sheltering bank* of tho Tennessee. If tho death blow of that graud old chieftain, id who-o lite, genius and patriotism ids native Ken? tucky und bor sister States may well be proud, had hot been given, the Htar of Grant, then glimmering in tho ascend? ancy, would havo gone down in a tea id bloody aud irretriovublo disaster- in (be crdical motneut, when the hands of the FederuI urmy wero extended t.? th< ir enemy for a merciful surrender, a halt was ordered. A few gnu-bouts in the river kept up a scattering but innocent shelling of our lines, while Liuull, with a largo Federal force, marched rapidly by forced marches to tho succor of Graut, and thus was saved tbe Federal army. Uno brigade of ours, it moved forward after tho fatal bull-, would have received tho Burrcudor ol till that was left of a once proud army. At Atlanta tho other event occurred where Sherman came neu losing his wholo nrmy. General J. J5. Hood had just been placed in command of I he Western army, worn down, as it was at tho time, by an unremitting policy of retreat, inaugurated by his predecessor, to two-thirds of ils original strengt!), ho determined to strike the enemy with his whole forco the first opportunity that was prcsonted. Ouo soon occurred. The Federal army bad crossed tho Chat (ahooobie, and was moving on Atlanta to tbo right. General Thomas, com? manding tho army of tbo Cumberland, was between tho Cbultuhooohio and Peach Tree Creek, tbo latter u conside? rable stream and affording quite nu obstacle tit tho timo for an army tooross. Goucrul Soolield, commanding the urmy of tbo Ohio, bud crossed further up, aud bad takeu position on Peach Tree Creek, whioh stream ran in a North? easterly direction and outerod into tho Cbattaboochie, near tbe railroad bridge, while General McPherson, commanding the army of Tennessee', was moving to the South vest, on the Georgia Kail road, to Deoatur, or near that point, with a view of taming the extreme right flank of our army und cutting its communications. Lien tenant-General A. P. Stewart's corps and Hood's old corps (Cueathum commanding) bold the lines in front of Atlanta, confronting Thomas and Sco field, while Lieutenunt-Genernl Harden was dispatched with his corps South of Atlanta on the night of tbe 21st of July, by tho McDouougb road, towards De catur, wilh instructions to completely turu MuPherson's left, even, if in order to do so, he was compelled lo go beyond tbe town of Deoatur. In this nn.vu moot ho was assisted by Major-General Wheeler, with tho entire cavalry. The plan was moot admirably devised, and its proper execution would havo de? stroyed Sherman. Harden aud Wheeh r on his right were to begin the attack ou McPherson at daylight ou the 221, or ns soon after us practicable. As soon as Hardoe would nucoeed iu forcing back McPherson, (Jheatham was to attack on the right, and, continuing tho move? ment from tho right, forco the enemy from right to left down Peueh Tree Creek. Lieutenant-General Stewart wua to follow up the movement with his corps, in the tame manner as Cheatham, when the action became general, il.ii deo failed to get iu tbo position direct? ed?did not get far enough arouud; but his troops fought with courage aud im? petuosity, doubling McPhersou's army up, and jeopardizing it in the extreme. Cheatham moved forward to prevent a coucentration upou Hardae, ami carried tbo enemy's works iu his Irout, taking a largo number of prisoners, and captur? ing a number of pieces of artillery. Stewart wus unengaged. Harden and Cheatham captured upwards of three thousnud prisoners, sixteen pieces of artillery aud nineteen standards. Hud this attack been followed up an directeJ, Sherman's urmy must havo succumbed, or been crushed botween Peucb Tree Creek and the Chattahoocbie. As it was, its position was hazardous in tho ex? treme. Tho Federal army was entirely disorganized. Brigades melted into squads, und regiments fell into inextri? cable confusion. Tho army, ou account of its dispositions and the fearful und unexpected attack of Hood, could not be manoeuvred for attack or retreat. Like tho : nuke in the circle of lire, it iniibt die there. It was ono of those oc? casions where consternation seemed to take hold of the arm}* aud paralyze it for tho time. ODicers and men glared dumbfounded and with stony looks iuto each other's faces, and an impeudiug doom seemed to settle upon an array which had hitherto borne its haughty standard "full high advanced," and flaunted thorn iu the face of uu army compelled by a fatal policy to forego tbo blow which its great martial heart 60 yearned to give before its strength was impaired and its spirit humiliated. But that fate which frowned so darkly at times through the rifted folds of the checkered 6ky that bent nbovo our youug Confedornoy, seemed to again stretch forth its hands, aud stay our proud army in the verySlusb of victory, aud roll back our hopes into the shad? ows of despair. A. I'ublfc Meeting. In consequence of tho failure of tho I Committee of Thirteen, appointed to confer with tho Governor, upon matters of public interest, to meet him, iu con? sequence of indisposition, yesterdoy, the meeting which it was expected would bo held to-day has, upon consultation, been postponed to next Wednesday, the 2lst instant. It is hoped that tho attend? ance ou that day will bo largo and prompt. Tho times demand the people shall commit together. By request of J. McKENZIB, Chairman. A. C. Moore, Secretary. - i Stakvb Oer the Thieves.?A go ! vernment without money or credit is as ' harmless as an adder without its fangs. ? He that supportoth a corrupt govern ' meut is a traitor to the State, lie j giveth aid and comfort lo its enemies. ! Verily, he warmeth a viper in his bosom, wliich stiutret'i him to death. All that tho thief wautetli is Ihy money, lie giveth :t lo the wife of his besom, who hidelh it away. Ho rub beth his hands for more. I jfille that hastetii to pay tuxes acteth r.u . the fool. lie is not wise. Ho luckuth ; understanding. He that givcth to the wicked lendtth to the devil; verily, lie shall sillier there i for.- -Pkoveuus. - ? ' Hotel Akkivai.s, January 13, IST-t.? : Whvtivr House?II M Sollon, Memphis;i T A Jeflers, Uichluml; A H D.ivcga, ' C:ii- .sl*-r; W II Fowler, A W Soxlou, New x'ork; W B Melt?, J I) Wither I spoon, J S B Thomson, l'orkville; 15 P Jackson, city; A M Suder, .1 W Dargan, So niter; Jas W Brown, Texas; W A Brndh y, Augusta; B F Bryan, Wihniiig ton; W Luughliti, Charle.stou; E Mj Johnston, New Volk; J C Mieter, Union; Thon C Perrin, Abbeville; h J Jones, Ncwberry; 11 (! Harper, Balli j more; John Colloid, Spart?nburg. j Hcntlrix House?W B Ahtlersou, S C; H A Gibson, T B MeKiiedry, Faiiii Id; Mrs Bradley and child, Savannah; O P haw, Gruhumvillc; A J Ilorscford, J B Livingston, liiohlund; Y P Mitchell, Blackslock; W M Shackolford, New? born; M Glover, J 11 Fowler, Orange burg; W K Kennedy, F M Neelv, J Q ' Davis, W J D.vis Bidgoway; J T Hor ! ton. Abbi v.lie; II W Oweus, Moulicullo; 1' 11 Mayo, Alston. --? ? * A Sad Case.?It is said that Private John Buriy, of Buttery II, Pirat Artille? ry, stationed at the Citadel, Charleston, dual recently, undiv circumstances which excited the commiseration of his companions in arms. Ho applied eevo ral times for rtdief from duty on tie ! count of sickness, but was not excused. City Mattete.?Subscribe for tbe PJKBNIX. The days are getting perceptibly longer. Cask will be tbo rnlo at tbe Phoenix office hereafter. We are promised morosimple fashions! for spring. Tbo "Gem" apron is now tbe usefulj and coquettish article of attire. "Hats off," at places of nmusemeo',, now applies to tbe ladies. Good New Yoor's resolutions are al? ready beginning to fall tbrongb. BJWeathor, yesterday, oold, rainy and terribly disagreeable. A precocious boy, yesterday, observed that tbe eky bad a bad attack of tbe dropsy. It keeps Uncle Tobv'a angel weeping like u California freshet to blot out tbe oaths caused by letters dated 1873. Tbo Burns Club, of this city, will celo-; brato the uuuiversary of tbo poet's birth, j on Monday, the 2Gth?the 25th falliugj ou Sunday. Sec what Solomon's prices are, und1 govern yourselves accordingly. All kinds of currency tukeu in exchange for goods. Wo aro in receipt of a curd of iuvita tioa to tho anniversary celebration ol tbo Ciceronian Literary Society of Roauoko College, Virginia, on the 23d of February, 1874. Wo fiud it necessary to repeat that anonymous communications, whatever be their nature, will receive no consider? ation at our bunds. Correspondents must sign their proper names. A lot of seventy-five Italian immi? grants arrived in Charleston, by the steamer South Carolina. They were cared for by tbo Immigration Society and afterwards forwarded to tbe op country. Messrs. E. E. Davies & Co. have just received a line lot of shad and other fresh fish. They are receiving daily frcsb supplies of Norfolk and Wilming? ton oysters. Pricos reduced. Small profits aud quick returns, C. O. D. Au advertisement in another column imparts tbo information that a lot of Italian immigrants havo arrived in tbe city and are in search of employment. A party of twenty havo been engaged by Major Morgan. Tbo Board of Directors of tbe Monu? ment Association desire to announce that there will be ua exhibition of tab? leaux vi cunts on Monday, January 19, fur tho benefit of tbe Monument Asso? ciation. Tho tableaux will be followed by refreshments. Fall particulars will be published ou Thursday, 15th. Somo people are never satisfied. We observe a number of oar exchanges in? dulging in dismal forebodings of a sweltering summer, without any ice wherewith to cool their parched tongues. In a short time, wo shall probably have them chronicling, as usual, tbe coldest weather iu tbe memory of tbe oldest in? habitant. Tue City Hall and Opera House.? Tbo plans for tbe interior of this new and magnificent building have been changed, j aud materially improved, at the j suggestion of Messrs. Eageno Cramer, Harry Walking and other competent judges of what a theatre or opera bouse should bo. The stage bus been enlarged and the space beneath deepened, so ut j to furnish a suitable depth for traps, dressing rooms, oto. A "star" dressing room adjoins tho stage. The galleries j have been depressed, und will form a j half circle, so arranged that a full view of the stngo can bo obtained. The I chairs iu the parquctta will have mova J ble seats of the latest style. Tbe large room iu tho third story front will be used as u refectory, and that on tbe second lloor as a gentleman's retiring room. Tho ticket office will bo tit the head (f the broad stair-way?leaving j ample room on tho landing for at least I fifly persons. The columns supporting : tho galleries aro to bo of iron. Fire ; Ctcupes will be attached to each of the ! windows, and every provision xuado to clear the house in the shortest possible I time, i.'i case of an alarm. Tho plans ' for thu Council Chamber, Clerk's office, i Mayor's private room, eto., have not yet been decided upon, wo believe. Tbe I building has nil extensive frontage ou ; Richardson and Washington streets; 1 ai.d will, when completed, bo one t i' the handsomest buildings of tbo kind iu the South. To St'iisciHiiKiiH and Advertisers ? ? Orders for advertisements, job work, etc., must bo accompanied with the 'cash. No exceptions oun be made. Ordinary advertisements 81 per square of nine printed Huer for first insertion; 'fifty cents each subsequent iusertion; weekly, mouthly and yearly rates fur? nished on application. Advertisements inserted onco a week, $1 each insertiou. j Marriages and funeral invitations, 81. 1 Notices in local columu fifteen cents a Hup, each iusertion. Alette annual meeting of the fitotk boidora of tbe Carolina National Bank, held yesterday, the following gentlemen were re-eleoted Directors: Meaars. L. D. Childs, J. W. Parker,*?John T. Darby, B. O'Nealo, Jr., Edward Hope? O. D. Melton, Jobn S. Wiley, J.B. Ezell. Aft a meeting of tbe Directors, held the same day, Col. L. D. Childs was unani? mously re-elected President and Dr. J. W. Parker Vice-President. The other officers of this bank are: Captain O. J. Eredell, Cashier; Mr. Wiley Janes, Teller; Mr. John Bell, Collection De? partment; Mr. Lo.iis Simkins, Book? keeper; Mr. Johu Mclz, Clerk; Mbj. 0. D. Melton, Solicitor. Pikenixiana.?Thejdeasure of doing good is the only one that never wears out. They cull defaulting, "affected with the prevailing," out West. No other living thing can go so slow as a boy ou au errand. A bign of tbe times?Signing another man's name. Long feit skirts aro advertised as a "long felt want." It is suid that a patient waiter is no loser; but bow about tbe patient man who can't get waited upon? List ok New Advertisements. Indian Girl?Cigars, Pipes, &o. Hardy Solomon?Groceries. O. H. Baldwin?Postponement. Arrival of Immigrants. Geo. Symmers?Wanted. Thomas Blair?Dissolution. California. Cigar Store. 1 W. Mo. Blair & Co.?Notice. Meeting Columbia Chapter. j Immigration. ; Mb. Ed iron: Permit me to occupy a small space in yonr paper to replj to a communication on the above subject, over tbe signature of Tilman It. Games, .in this morning's issue. My object ia not to throw ouy obstaole in tbe way of immigration, but to correct Bome mis* 'statements contained in it, and to make known to tbe immigrants, before leaving .New York, tbe conditions on which they uro carried hers, which has not been done in tbo case of some women who buve been recently brought to this place. If tho striot eat integrity is not observed with these people when they arrive here, tbe cause of immigration will bo retarded, instead of being pro? moted . Mr. Gaiues says it costs $20 to bring sdult immigrants from New York to Columbia. The Charleston News and Courier says it costs only $11.50. Now Lean provo that tbe statement of. the News and Courier is very nearly correct; ; while that of Mr. Gaines is very far - from being so. I can prove that the agents of the steamship line carry im? migrants in bodies of twenty or more from New York to Charleston for 88 in the steerage, and give them saoh board as steerage passengers usually get, and the South Carolina Railroad fare to Co? lumbia is only 81.05, according to Mr. jG.'s owu statement, thereby making the jcost only $9.95. Allowing $1 for oar 'hire and a meal at the hotel in Charles? ton, tho entire cost wonld be only $10.95. Tbo cost of children is only bull price, or $5.45. This leaves, in the cose of adults, a net profit or over? charge iu tbo bands of Mr. Gaines of ,89.05. Now if this overcharge was to come out of tbe pocket of tbe employer, the caso would not be so very bad; but when tbo poor immigrant is made to pay it, it is indeed pitiable. I will here state a case in point. A woman and her little girl eleven years old, was brought hero three weeks ngo and hired to two respectable uud responsible gentlemen, each of whom paid Mr. Gaines 820, for which they uow h Id his receipts, and for which the mother and child bad to igree, in tho presence of Mr. G., that they would work out the amount before receiving any wages. This was $40 for what coat Mr. G. ouly $lb\50. In Mr. Gaines' communication is cm bodied a certificate (which was not evi , dently written by auy of tho geutlemen who signed it) which states that tbe $20 is paid by tho employer, and as I have shown that this is not the fact, it is evi? dently calculated to deceive the poor , immigruuts iu New York. Tho gentle meu who signed it, no doubt, did so under a luisapprokcusiou of facts, or 1 without duo consideration. Should such : injustice us is hero complained of roach the Irish or German press in Now York, through auy unfriendly source, tho in? jury to Southern immigration would bo incalculable. Tbo importance of tho i subject, und tbo great desire of our peo? ple for uu increase id our population, is my ouly apology for trespass to so great au extent on \uur columns. P. C. Columbia, S. C, January 13, 1S7-1. Nervous Debility.?A depressed, irritable state op mind; weak, nee vous, exhausted feelino', no energy or animation; oi : used head, weak memory, often with de militating, in? voluntary discmarges.?ThO cobbc t]ueuco of excesses, moutal over-work or indiscretions. Tins nervous debility lluds a sovereign cube in Humphreys* Homohuthic Specific, No. 28. It tones up the system, arrests discharges, dispels tho mental gloom and despond? ency, and rejuvenates the entire system; it .is perfectly harmless aud always ef? ficient Price $5 for a package of five boxes nnd a largo $2 vial ot powder, which is important iu old ser:ous cases; or t?l per singlo box. Sold by all druggists, or sent by mail on receipt of I price. Address Humphreys' Specific iHoMoznATHio Medicine Company, No. |?G2 Broadway, N. Y. For solo by IGeiger k McGregor, Colombia, 8. C Decl7 ifllm