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The Pores HoUsE-kEEp1NG.- The
Pope has civil list of about $7OO, 900
q year. Cut of this sum he keeps
Papal nuncios in foreign courts, and
pays 81, 400 q year to each of the
cardinals who reside in Rome. Out
of this, too. he keeps up the Vatican,
which contains no less than 1000
rooms, and requires large staff of
domestics. The Pope also pays the
Palatine Guard and the Noble Guard,
keeps up the Pontifical Chapel, pays
the camerieres, his household, &c.
All this is administered with regular
ity and economy.
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A CAPITAL ANSWER. R.-The Winns-
boro Nc,oS, of the 10th instant, tells
the following:
On Wednesday last, during the ses-
sion of the District Court, occasion
arose to call to the stand, to give evil
dence in an important case, a little
colored boy, Of apparently about ten
years of age/ Objection being made
by the opposite counsel to the incom-
potency of witness so young, the
little boy was called up by his Honor
the Judge, and questioned After
two or three questions were asked
him, he was finally asked by the
Judge, "What is truth?" His instant
reply was, "The Lords saying" i'.
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EXPENSIVE lNFORMATION.--W What
happens to n man who doesn't take
the papers: Once in great while,
even in Rock County, man can be
found who is too penurious to take u
paper, or who thinks he is too wise
or too smart to get any information
out of one. An individual of this
kind came to the city on Saturday
with n load of wheat, and rs he
drove up the street, he was accosted
by miller who proposed to buy his
grain, and offered him $3.50 per
bushel. Not having been to town
for some time, and taking no paper,
he was not posted on prices, and
thinking this was big thing, he
took the offer quick. AS he was un-
loading, the miller discovering the
wheat to be Of good quality, asked
him if he had any more to sell, and
was informed that he had about 800
bushels. The man of hour then
told him that he would give him
50. 80 per bushel for the lot, if he
would contract for it that day. Such
an offer was not to be despised, and
the farmer, fearful lest so good n
thing might be withdrawn, lost no
time in making the necessary con-
tract before leaving the mill. When,
however, he got out on the street, he
discovered that he might just as well
have had 50. rs or So. 80 for his wheat
as $3.50. So, at the lowest estimate,
his failure to take paper at So O
year, cost him the neat little sum oi
$222.5 A high price for informa.
ton, truly. Moral-take the papers.
JdnesuiNe { Wis. J Gazeiie.
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PROFITS OF ADVERTISING A dealer
who advertised with us two wears
since to the amount of fifty dollars,
told us few days since, that as near
as he could calculate, he had realized
S1,SOO from the transaction. Per-
haps it is not often that the circum-
stances admit of anything like an
accurate calculation of the profits of
advertising, yet experience has de-
monstrated beyond question that
they are very large.
LemiSton Journal.
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Negro supremacy-The Fature.

The New York Herald, of Thurs
day, adds another leading editorial to
its former essays on negro supre-
macy, from which we quote fhe con-
Guiding paragraphs:
So far, in this conflict, Mr.. john
son has been baffled and beaten from
point to point, until his policy has
been reduced to the issue between a
rigid and liberal execution of the
laws OF Congress-"only this, and
nothing more" He wants liberal
application of the laws; and to this
end, his late Secretary of War has
been suspended, and we have been
given to understand that some other
Cabinet changes, and the removal of
several, if not all, of the five mill
tary commanders in the South, will
probably follow, and before the lapse
of many days. But what will this
signify? At first, we were inclined
to the opinion that the radical pro-
gramme might in this way be hanked
and upset; but on looking little
deeper into the difficulty, we find
that it can be reached only by the
people through Congress. The diff
Guilty really lies in this reconstruction
programme of Congress, the inevita-
BILE tendencies of which are to negro
supremacy in the ten Southern States
concerned, and to negro balance of
power in our national affairs.
In this reconstruction programme,
the Republican party, as represented
by Congress, has been faithless to it's
professions and its pledges, and it
has betrayed the confidence and dis
appointed the just expectations of
the loyal States. No such dangerous
and desperate party experiment as
this of Southern reconstruction, on
the basis of Southern negro suprema-
cy, was ever demanded by the popu-
lar voice of the North, before or
since the surrender of Lee. But
unless these existing reconstruction
laws of Congress are reached through
Congress itself, we fear that the Pre-
sident cannot divert them from negro
supremacy without bringing upon
himself the fate of Stanton. What
we want, then, is such pressure
from the people of the North upon
Congress, in our coming fall cleo
tions, as will compel the two houses
to reconstruct their measures of re-
construction, 80 far, at least, as to
give the Southern whites fair play,
as against the blacks, in this impor-
tant business of rebuilding the po-
itical and social State institutions of
these ten excluded States. Surely,
at least upon this issue of the su-
premacy of negro minorities over
white majorities in the South, the
public pnlse may be effectively
touched in the North, and upon this
question even the present radical
Congress may, through our approach
ing full elections.
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The POLISH COLONY IN SPoTsY1-
vANIA. The Polish Colony in this
County, founded by the active exer-
tions of Gen. Tochman, is represent
ed to us as in most hourishing con.
dition. It is composed mainly, if not
entirely, of exiled Poles. Men and
women too noble for n despot's Sc
curity. and therefore banished from
the land that gave them birth
New Polal j" is composed of
some seventeen families, and each
family has about 100 acres of land.
They took possession of their homes
too late last year to put in wheat
crop, and, as is generally known, so
poor as to be unable to surround
themselves with even some of the ne
cessaries of life, and of course not
many of its comforts.
Each of the families has already ac-
quired q horse, COW, hogs, two
ploughs, axe, shovel, spade, &c.
They put out an oats crop, which will
afford ample food for their stock,
with the hay That has been already
harvested. They have grown largely
of potatoes, beans, peas, &c. Their
corn is fourishing, and altogether
they may be said to have been emil
nently successful thus far.
It will be remembered that home
croakers met these people lat year
with the prediction that they would
starve to death, and other dolorcus
tales that would have deferred less
necessitous and brave-hearted people.
The first years labor has rendered
them independent, so far as mere
living is concerned. With good
season and the smiles of Providence,
they will commence laying up next
year, and from full supply of ne
cessaries will go on acquiring home
comforts. fredericksburg Herald
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CoTroN TAX To BE RECOVERED
BACK.-The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) o.
seroer says: eve learn that a large
company, composed of men of in
fuence and position, has been formed
in various parts of the cotton States,
with the design of endeavoring to
recover for the planters, the tax that
has been paid upon cotton. 1t is
intended to bring the subject before
the Commissioner of Claims at Wash
ington, and if no success is met with.
to the Supreme Court; and if necessa-
ry, finally to Congress.
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Some doubts have arisen ms to
whether the law of 1866 prohibits
the importation of coolies into this
country. 1t appears, however, from
the wording of the act, that it was
invented to prevent the trade in
coolies in American bottoms, and
Furnishes those thus engaged, when
such persons are transported from
their native land without their con-
sent, with forfeiture of the vessel,
and fine and Imprisonment.
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SINGULAR ORDER learn, from
our country exchanges, that General
Pope issued an order closing the
University of Georgia, and convert
ing the buildings into quarters for
United States troops. Upon earnest
entreaty he was induced to modify
his order so as to direct the with
holding Of the annual State appro-
priation of $500 The cause of this
singular order is said to be that one
of the Sophomore class made rather
ultra Southern speech ut the recent
commencement.
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REMARKABLE INvENTIoN.-All

A REMARKABLE INVENTION. ALI
the processes for preserving the
bodies of the dead now in use are
likely to be superseded by q newly
invented burial case, by means of
which the remains Of deceased per-
son may be kept unchanged for an
indefinite period. The value of this
discovery has been fully tested ut the
Bellevue Hospital, where, under the
direction of Professor Doremus, q
corpse already commencing to decom-
pose was placed in one of these cases,
where it remained unchanged for
forty days. At the expiration of that
time, it was exposed to the air, and
up to the present period Thirty days
from the date of exposure) the body
has been thoroughly preserved from
decomposition, no smell being per-
ceptible. .-New York World, Aug. 6.
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Says the indianapolis Ind.) He
raid: '"The public debt is going up
at the rate of over 24,O0O,OOO a
month! that is only 24O,00O,O0O n
year. Cheap enough, certainly, for
n grand experiment of turning white
men into negroes and changing the
American into an African system of
Government.
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A SENSIBLE NEGRo.-T. w. V. Pen
nington writes letter to Mr.. Greeley,
which would do credit to white
man, and shows that he has n more
thoughtful mind than many of his
white associates. He has been for
nearly thirty years a student of Ame-
rican politics and theology, as they
bear upon the rights of his race, and
has been recognized as an advanced
thinker" And here is one of his
opinions:
American theology, together with
our educational and industrial sys-
TENS, have undergone changes of
great magnitude. But our politics
is yet n problem. We are a semi
military Government since the late
war, and, like ancient Rome, we are
still drifting empireward. Nothing
but the hand of God Mt the helm of
Government can save us from the
breakers of anarchy or military des-
potism. The next Presidential term
of this Government will be the most
important since it began to be Go
vernment. Shall we yet see an armed
issue between the Executive and Con-
gress? Shall we see the Executive
asserting his constitutional right to
command the army and navy, &c. ?
We may"
Such being his opinion as to the
condition of the country, we are not
surprised that he gives his colored
brethren the following good advice:
"While the whites are reconstruct
ing, let us re-unite, re-organize, and
educate our families, and prepare
well for the discharge of political du-
ties when necessity requires"
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soiling the working animals during
the spring and summer. I have seen
no country where I thought soiling
would pay so well, and it should be
universally adopted, as in the cotton
and sugar zone of the South, for
there, especially upon their lighter
and thinner uplands, the pine lands,
as they are called, vegetable manure
is of the utmost value towards Sc
curing n crop, either of corn or
cotton. The great cause of the
exhaustion OF those lands has been
the loss of the vegetable matter of
the soil. Nothing but an alluvion,
after being replenished by the over
flow of the river, could Withstand the
terrible process of cultivation which
has so long obtained at the South.
Land and labor being plenty and
cheap, the plan has been to open
new fields constantly, and as fast as
the old ones ceased to make remune-
rative returns, to abandon them and
resort to new ones. It cost more to
conserve manure than clear lands.
Hence one sees few conveniences for
keeping domestic animals"
There is another paragraph in the
report of Mr.. Peters which deserves
attention from. our agricultural
friends. It is this:
'That rigid system of high farm
ing will become profitable, I have no
doubt. In many instances, 1 found
farmers, who had saved the manure
of their animals after a fashion,
yarding their stock in rail pens with.
out cover, then scraping up the litter,
much soaked and washed by the win
ter and spring rains, and carrying it
out upon their corn and cotton fields.
Some few farms have good harms and
sheds, and their manure is we'll han
died and applied in good condition,
men learned that by proper rota-
ton of crops, and free use of ma
nures and fertilizers, in favorable
years, bale of cotton per acre could
be made even on what are called the
poor pine lands of the Carolinas and
Georgia. For the want, however, of
skillful cultivators, millions of acres
will remain waste, worse even than
the native forest. They have no
longer the labor, which has been so
long and so foolishly turned to waste
full and improvident farming"
There is much truth in the above
paragraph. High culture, on mode
rate-sized farms, is now the policy Of
Southern landowners. Although
they are now passing through the
fires of adversely, we firmly believe
that they will come out of them, with
strengthened energies and with a
resolnteness of purpose they never
before entertained, simply because,
as Mr.. Peters says, the labor they
formerly commanded was foolishly
turned to wasteful and improvident
farming. The wealth of the soil, no
superior force" no political ascend
ancy, can destroy, and we therefore
look for more prosperous future;
and find in Mr.. Peters report much
encouragement even for the impover-
ished planters of the South.
49,
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There is good news for tea-drink-
ers. A despatch from India an
nounces that the tea markets, in
China, have opened at. prices one
third lower than at the opening of
last year. The tea merchants of
London, who have been holding
back their supplies in the hope of
raising prices, have, it is said, re-
ceived advices to realize.
The British Ambassador at Paris
is now Lord Lyons, formerly the
British Minister ut Washington.
The salary is $50, 600 year, together
with an outfit of $40, 900 and fine
residence in the Rue de Faubourg
st. Honore. Lord Cowley, who now
retires on Il pension of IS, 800 per
annum, has held the Office for fifteen
years. aeae
Ordnance Sergeant Morrison re-
enlisted i'll the United States Regu-
lar Army, July %, receiving his pa
pers in due form. He has been
soldier sixty years, and forty
seven years he has been connected
with the American service. Sergeant
Morrison is now eighty-two years of
age, and has charge of Fort Walcott,
Newport, r. I.
WHEAT AND CoTToN EXPORTS. The
export of wheat from this country
has rarely netted more than $2O,0OO,-
600, while the cotton export has
frequently exceeded 5000, ,OOO,O
and yet Congress would rip open the
goose that lays the golden egg, by
its direct tax and its measures gene
rally disastrous to Southern industry.
The Tensas La.) Gazette says that
the cholera has appeared on some of
the plantations of that parish, greatly
demoralizing the laborers. The ca.
terpillar has appeared in the cotton.
Many of The planters are preparing
to emigrate, as they see no prospect
of q speedy regeneration of the in
dustry of that section of the State
SUDDEN DEATH IN CHURCH.
regret to state that Mrs. Aimar,
mother of our respected townsman,
DR.. Aimar, while attending Z o'clock
mass in st. Patrick's Church, yester-
day morning, died suddenly of apo
plexy. Four physicians were sent for,
but she was dead before they arrived.
Charleston Mercury.
The Roman National Junta issued
proclamation of great length, dated
July II, calling to arms for the over
throw of the Pope's temporal power.
The document does not seem to have
produced the slightest effect, as tran
guilty has not been disturbed on
any point of the Roman States.
Mr.. Wood and Mr.. Hough had
quarrel in Memphis, last Tuest W,
and the former drew a pistol nd
fired at the hitter. In the very act
Woods wife rushed between the
angry men and received the bullet in
her heart. Wood and Hough were
arrested.
"Blessed is he who bloweth his
own horn, for he shall be heard
| A man is lucky who has gas,
| A man is lucky who has brass
With gas and brass, with hackers too,
a smart chap ought to wiggle through.
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GEN. PORE ON MR.. HILL.-A de-
spatch from Washington, dated the
18th, says:
Gen. Pope writes Gen. Grant two
solid columns. The letters of B. H.
Hill furnishes the text. The follow
ing passage occurs: cit is, however,
my duty to state that, in my iudg-
ment, the condition of affairs in the
Southern States, even should recon
struction be satisfactorily accom-
plished, will of necessity be repro
duction, in n more or less modified
degree, of what now exists in Ten
nessee, unless some measures are
adopted to free the country of the
turbulent and disloyal leaders of the
re-actionary party. Whilst these per-
sons remain in the country to exer-
else the baleful influence they un-
doubtedly possess, there can be no
peace" - -.
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A fine lot of Desirable Goods have lust
been opened by Mr.. II. c. SILVER, who still
adheres to his popular principle of good
tisement, and then examine the goods.
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To take mildew out of linen, use
soap, and rub it well; then scrape
some fine chalk, and rub it also into
the linen; lay it on the grass; as it
dries, wet it little, and it will come
out Mt once.
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Garibaldi is at it again. His last
speech is; "Mark me we'll. Without
Rome there is no Italy"
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Our thanks are due to Mr.. Thos.
A. Beard, for late Northern papers.
We extend cordial welcome to our
young friend, who returns to his na-
tive city, after n residence of over
two years in New York, where he de-
voted himself to his professionalism
of apothecary and chemist-under
Drs. Tully & Erwin. He now re-
turns fully equipped rs Knight of
the Golden Mortar" and has con-
nected himself with his old precept-
ors, Messrs. Fisher e Heinitsh,
where he will be pleased to see his
old acquaintances, and "drug" them
to their hearts content; but let one
and all remember the couplet:
ga recipe pro Jotum est,
To take no physic is the best"
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Posi- OFFICE Hours. The office is
open from s q. m. until 315 p. M,
and from 6 until p. M. The North
ern mail closes at 81 p. m., and all
other mails close at p. m.
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REGISTRATION. --Registration on
yesterday progressed quietly. The
whole number registered was 131-
whites 60; colored II. AS many en-
titled to register have taken up an
erroneous impression that registra-
tion for the upper wards closed on
Saturday, we have been requested by
Mr.. Cnlnan, Chairman of the Board,
to state that registration will continue
ut the Palmetto Engine House until
Thursday next, at 8 o'clock p. m.
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Local Items.
We are indebted to AIessrs. Duffie
& Chapman for copy of Frank Les
lies Lady's Magazine for September.

Mr.. Mail Agent Schwarz informs
us that at Golden Grove, Grcenville
District, there were registered for
the two days-Friday and Saturday,
August 16 and 17-46 whites and 81
colored.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Attention Is call
ed TO the following advertisements, which
are published this morning for The first
time:
D. G: Pcixo!to & Son-Auc,ion This Dav.
Jacob Levin-Aliction To- Morrow.
Meeting Independent Fire Company.
A: II. Phillips-House to Rent.
Fisher j. Henitsh.-Poverty of Blood.
Columbia Lodge-Meeting.
81. 81. Blease-Dissolution
Jacob b'Bell-Citation Emma Jackson.
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jon PRINTING. The Job Office of
the Pheni.c is as complete as any in
the South. It is furnished with new
fonts of type of MI descriptions and
of the most modern styles. All work
executed promptly, with taste and
skill, and at reasonable rates.
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ga recipe pro J0tun, est,
To take no physic is the best

No Mans Friend-A Novel. BIZ
Frederick William Robinson, au-
thor of "Grandmother's Money" Z"
etc. New York: Harper & Bro
theirs.
We are indebted to J. j. NIcCarter,
Esq, for copy of Harper's Libra
ry of Select Novels" No. 295, with
the above title. It is graphic ac-
count of English low life, and the
characters are naturally described.
The trials and tribulations of the
Elvain family are peculiarly interest
ing; and Lewis Searle, although
claiming to be 'no mans friend, .
proves to have soft spot in his
heart. The story is well put together,
and is really worth reading. The
price of the book is only seventy five
cents.
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DEATH AND RAIN.-The London
Lancet, in commenting upon the
effects of rain and wet weather, says:
Rain, on the whole, would seem
to exercise kindly and healthy in
Auence. There is nothing very deadly
in it, 1t may occasion catarrhs and
rheumatic complaints, but these are
curable with little management and
medicine. And we are to put to its
credit the washing away of many of
the most injurious causes of disease
by good flushing of the sewers.
Summer diarrhna, cholera and ty-
phoid fever would be likely to be
greatly lessened by copious rain
fall DR.. Trench, the medical officer
of health for Liverpool, has satisfied
himself by series Of careful observ-
ations, extending over number of
years, that there is nm inverse ratio
between the amount of rain and the
amount of mortality from infantile
summer diarrhea. To the same
effect are the tables given by Mr..
Macpherson, illustrating the relation
of moisture to the mortality of cho-
lera in Calcutta. According to these
tables, the least mortality from chole-
ra in Calcutta occurs liz the months
of July. August and September,
which are emphatically the wet
months"
This is certainly very gratifying
information to our people, for we
have been blessed with copious show
ers during the whole month of July,
while August has so far had an abun-
dance of sufficient for the
growth of the various crops.
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Read Udolpho Wolfe's advertise
ments in to-day's paper.
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TEA SET TO RAFFLE. "A handsome a
silver-plated tea set, belonging to an J
unmarried man, is offered for rattle.
The articles can be seen at the PhP-
'ic office. Fifty chances, at 81 per
chance.