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GEORGIA. Macon, Georgia,
Telegraph, of May II, publishes q list
of the names of the members of the
Georgia Legislature, designating
their politics as follows:
radicals 10; negroes 8;
total, %. House-radicals Sc; ne
groes %; total, 78.
A CANDN1D CONFESSION. The edi-
tor OF the La Crosse Democrat asserts
that Boutwell, told him in Washing
ton city, o few weeks ngo, that i'm
peachment was "a political necessity
"a piece of political strategy, which,
if unsuccessful, ensures our defeat in
the Presidential contest!'
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Negro Suffrage.

Tie newly-built Chicago platform
believes that it is good thing for
Congress to force negro suffrage upon
the States of the South, but thinks
it will nc do to try the same thing
on the !: thern States! The cleo
tions in UA.o and Michigan, in Min
nesota and Kansas, have brought up
these radicals "with round turn. -
They felt compelled to abandon
their declared purpose of forcing
negro suffrage upon the North by
Act of Congress. They were ready,
it is said, t take moro advanced
ground" (that is their term for usurp-
ation) on this question, but were re-
strained by the fears of their candi-
date, Grant. This gentleman seems
to have had his eyes opened by the
election. When he wrote his Sheri-
dan letter to the President, he was
for forcing negro suffrage, on the
ground that it WAS the sentiment of
the people. He has changed his
mind on that point. The overwhelm-
ing maiorities against negro suffrage
in such States rs Ohio, Kansas,
Michigan, ETC., have forced him to
abandon his ground, and now he
wanted to go into the canvas on q
mum platform. He had tried this
mum plan himself, and he knew of
no reason why it could not be carried
out in tho party platform rs we'll rs
the party candidate. It was attempt
ed, and failed. Unhappily for the
wire-workers, the negro suffrage
question was so situated, that to
speak on the subject at all was 10
become committed in some way. This
is the very singular result Of tho
effort ut Chicago to accommodate
both the friends and opponents OF
negro suffrage:
"2. The guarantee by Congress of
equal suffrage to all loyal men at The
,Somh was demanded by every consi-
deration of public safety, of graft
tude and of justice, and must be
maintained while the question of
suffrage in all Tie loyal States properly
belongs to the people of those States. -
That is to say, in palmer and more
honest words, we will force upon the
Southern States doctrine which we
reject ourselves at home. We are
for negro suffrage South, but not
North!
A more wretchedly weak position
than this weak, because dishonest
was never assumed by any political
party. It deserves what it will re-
ceive-the condemnation of the peo-
pie. No party can stand up before
the world on such palpably di;-
honest plank as this negro suffrage
plank Of the Grant and Colfax party.
Hartford Times.
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Russian Triumph In Central Asln---.
The City OF BoI<hnra Captured and
tho TX uhn Killed. Yfs-ffF &C.

4KAuu1HR Ala O0hIEhx n8Akee-@.
The City OF Bokhara Captured and
the Kahn Killed. ff
kilograms from Central Asia, for
warded by way of British India.
Egypt, Malta and London, and
thence, through the Atlantic cable,
to the Herald, announce the highly
important intelligence that the Rus
sian' military advance in Central
Asia, conducted with great skill and
wonderful persistency md endurance
during the past two years, has cul-
minated in the capture of the city of
Bokhara-the town of Alexander the
Great, OF Genghis-Khan aud I'll
mour-by the troops of the Gear,
after bloody battle, in Which the
Khan was killed. Tue possession of
this, the richest city of Central Asia,
with its three hundred and sixty
mosques, its commerce with Persia,
Turkey, Tartary, China and India.
its famous seat of Mohammednn
learning, and the dwelling OF the
chief of Islamism in that portion of
the world, makes ample reward for
tho courage and patience with which
General Romanoffsky conducted the
soldiers of the White Tsar-as the
Emperor of Russia is called in the
territory. to distinguish him from
the Black Tsar, the Emperor of
China-away from the borders of
Chinese Turkestan, on both banks of
the Jaxartes, to his grand objective
point, Bokhara.
The campaign in2 this direction
constitutes a great event in tho war
history of the day. Moving forward,
under on almost intolerable heat, the
Russians fought and won the great
battles OF Irdjar, Sumarcand. Khod-
jent and Tachkend, the Cossack cav
airy meeting the horsemen of Box
hara on their own ground, and
defeating them, while their artillery
and infantry were an overmatch for
the great guns aud troops of the
Emir, even when the sovereign of
Bokhara commanded in person.
Holding Bokharn, Russia estnb-
fishes her power-political, military
and Christian-in the whole country
North of tho Jaxartes, from the
Celestial Mountains to Lake Aral
and the city Of Tamerlune, and thus
premonishes Europe that she is likely
to become the future arbiter of the
Asiatic question, not only in the
central governments, but in Hindos-
tan.
This victory at Bokhara will enable
the Czar to control the North western
frontier of India towards Afghanis-
tan. Notwithstanding the fact that,
by means Of the recent native battle
at Guriskh, Shere Ali Khan, the
deposed ally of England, had been
restored to the throne in Kandahar,
Mr.. Disraeli claimed, some short
time since, that Britain was moro an
Asiatic than an European power
and the news from BoEhara, which
we publish today, indicates pretty
plainly that, if she wishes to retain
her new position, she can scarcely
embark in nny moro wars in the
Crimea, OF OH the line of the Danube,
in support of Turkey.
NeW York Herald.
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From the Charleston Mercu,y, OF
the 9th instant, it appears that
General Candy has issued an order,
making certain changes in the City
Council of that city, and the substi-
tutions are thus explained:
Ward ii. D. Geddings, paying
no tax, vice ". Il. Wragg, NJ. D.,
paying a tax OH $4,000 real estate
and an income tax.
Ward 2-H. Judge Moore, paying
no tax, Dice J. r. Pringle, paying
tax on 81, 600 real estate and lux on q
very extensive business.
Ward 3-Robert Howard, (cololed, J
paying tax of $3.50 on real estate,
gice r. NJ. Butler, paying tax On
IS, 600 of real estate and large busi-
ness tax.
Ward IL. II. Potter, paying no
tax, oicc j. Small, paying tax on
S25, 1000 real estate and n large bust
ness tax
George W. Clark, paying large
Tux on n business varying from
$4,000 to $4,000 per month, vice
J: Fl: Steinmeyer, paying tax on
$4,000 real estate and large bust
ness tax.
William Weston, (colored.) paying
no tax, vice E. Willis, paying tax on
$50, 900 real estate and large bust
ness tax.
George j. Cunningham, paying tax
on some real estate, and IL largo own
er OF city stock, vicc Fl. Gcrdts, pay
ing tax on $4,000 real estate aud n
large business tax.
j. D. Adams, (colored,) paying no
INK, Uice J. L. O'Ncil, pay ing tax on
SD, ZOO real estate and u large bust
ness tax.
Ward 5-R. +. Dercel, (colored,) J
paying $500 tax on real estate, vice
u. B. Oakes, paying tux on $50, 900
real estate and large business tax.
Ward G-R. II. Cain, (colored,)
pnying no tax, uicc l.. w. Marshall,
paying tax on Sl2,00 real estate and
II large business tax.
Ward 7-E. =. Wall, (colored, J
paying $50 tax OH real estate. vice e.
ID. Enston, paying tax Oh $4,000
real estate.
II. .. Dereef is Of Indian, and not
of negro descent. He has always
been regarded rs u respectable aud
conservative man. In 1850 lie paid
tax on $4,000 real estate and four
teen slaves.
Messrs. Bernard O'Neill and STAN
ley G. Trott, two respectable white
men among the new appointees, have
resigned.
Cain md Adams are Northern
negro adventures.
Moore is an impecunious white,
native Of Greenville, S. G.
Weston. Wall and Howard belong
to respectable colored families of this
city.
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We call attention to the meeting of
the Richland Democratic Club,
called for Friday evening next, at
SI o'clock, in Gregg's Hall. Let
every member attend. rs business of
importance will come up.
A CAMPAIGN PAPER. The proprie-
tor of the Phenic has received seve-
ral communications from prominS,t
and influential gentlemen of tile up
country, asking that he publish, for
the benefit Of the conservative peo-
pie of the State-black and white
alike-a cheap campaign paper, de-
voted especially to political informa-
ton and suggestions aud truths, to
the end that the cause of the Demo
cratic party be strengthened, and
that whites and blacks alike may
realize that the peace and prosperity
OF the State depend upon the adop-
ton OF the conservative principles
set forth in the platform of the De-
mocratic party of this State. He has
conferred with the State Central
Executive Committee OF the party
here, and they advise that, inasmuch
as the Picnic is already carrying out
the views which our friends of the
upper country desire enforced, the
Weekly Cleaner, issued from this
Office, and containing the matter of
our daily issues, be directed to the
campaign purposes alluded to. He
proposes, therefore, to devote one
half of the Cleaner to political mat
ters, and to make it, par excellence,
paper for the political use and pur-
poses of the conservative movement
in this State. The Weekly Cleaner,
for the next six months, will, there
fore, be furnished at the following
rates:
To single subscribers. :. 81 so .
clubs of 25 &c l25
&c $50 +" no
The proprietor may add. that the
PhGnic Rill continue to do the best
it can for its patrons, and as it's pros
poets improve, will elements of new
interest be added to the paper.
New ADVERTISEMENTS. Special at,
tention is called to the following ad-
vertisements, published for the first
time this merning:
.R. Joyncr-Hotcl Stables.
Richland Democratic Club.
Hunts Hotel.
Wanted to Rent.
For Sale.
Wm. McGuinnis-S4O
The following little gem, from the
pen Of Alice Carey, can be read with
profit by every one-saint rs we'll
as by siuner:
"Do not long for wrong or evil,
You will find them if you do;
As you measure to your neighbor,
He will measure back to you.
Look for goodnos, look for gladness.
You will meet them all the while.
If you bring n smiling visage
10 the glass, you meet smile.
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GENERAL HANCOCK. Wash
ington correspondent writes us that
General Hancock has been a Demo.
crat oil his life, and was q Breckin-
ridge Democrat in 1860.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-06-04

Marshal Neil, in his report to the
Emperor, declares the Chassopot rifle
to be the bestin use. All the French
infantry are now supplied with this
weapon.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-06-04

Bands of Polish exiles have appear
ed on the frontier of Galicia, and are
making riotous demonstrations.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-06-04
OBITUARY..

Died, in this city, on. tho afternoon of
june 3, 1868, WILLIE HUAIES. infant son
OF W. Richard and Mary e. Cathcart, aged
eleven months and twenty-three days.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-06-04

Colonel J. P. Thomas has been
unanimously elected the annual
orator of the Euphradian and Clario-
sophie Societies of the South Carolina
University. The address usually
delivered in the fall.
In yesterdays Phonic occurred
this passage:
Further, VIC may remark that the
Mercury is disposed to be more
pointed than eloquent in calling that
resolution "NIajor Thomas qualified
negro suffrage resolution ut Colum-
bia.'"
For eloquent" read elegant.
$685.
We ure indebted to Nessrs. Duffie
4 Chapman for n copy of tue I'm
peachmcnt Trial of tie President.
The whole matter is here collected,
and the volume contains the portraits
of Several of the leading characters
in the impeachment matter.
~----
Agreeably to the recommendations
OF the State Central Executive Com
mittee, that each Central Club send
in to said Committee the names of
one delegate for the Congressional
District in which it is located, and
t'co for the State at large, responses
have been received from Newberry,
Spartanburg, Fairfield, Lexington
and Laurens.
We observe that the Newberry
Herald and the Anderson MteNigencey
concur with the Phtenic, in the in
e1pediency of another Convention.
The Yorkville EAfuirer has also
taken tho same view also the Cam
den Journal, and other State Journals.
Democratic Clubs arc still SPRING
ing up in the upper Districts and
elsewhere.
That odd looking machine, which
stands in front Of Messrs. Fisher &
Lowrance's store, is one of Geiser's
grain scparators. It can be worked
by five or six hands, and is capable
of thrcshing, cleansing and bagging
two hundred and fifty bushels OF
wheat per day. It will remain Oh
exhibition two Or three days, and we
would advise our agricultural friend.
to call and examine it. Afessrs
Fisher & Lowrance are the agents.
The election closed yesterday. The
result is not yet known but it is
certain that there has been heavy
Democratic gain in this District. It is
known that the city proper is Demo
cratic, and all the country precincts
Democratic excepting Gadsden, which
is the radical stronghold, but which,
we presume, will not be so long, after
tho immigration movement has been
carried out. Whole number of votes
polled ut upper box, both days, 715
ut lower box, 1,244.
We heard colorcd man, at the
close OF yesterdays proceedings, re-
mark to u fellow conservative, with
genuine sadness: "Wcll, I am sorry
for my race they can see their true
interests"
They still adhere to the promises OF
radicalism, not feeling that these are
Dead Sea fruits that tempt the eye,
Bat turn to ashes OH their lips
It is proper to remark, that, ex-
cepting the leaders, tho colored peo.
pie of the city acted well. Many
voted the conservative ticket, md
many absentcd themselves from the
polls. 1t is the ignorant plantation
hands whom the leaders vote rs they
please. These come from the plan
tations below the city.
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS. THE post
Office open during the week from S16
q. m. to p. m. On Sundays, from
( to 5 p. Ill.
The Charleston and \Vactor,, r,,;,,
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FOR SALE,

RICHLAND DEMOCRATIC CLUB.
NNHERE will be meeting of this Club,
i ut So O'clock, on Friday evening next,
mating ono Delegate for this Congression-
al District, and two for tho State at large,
to the National Democratic Convention, to
be held i'll New York, July 4th, 1868.
II. O'SEALE, JE.,
June Secretary.
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WANTED TO RENT

.S-s A respectable and gentecl COT
fE: TAGE, 18th ontrbuildings. suitable
-sa.EA for a small family residence; located
on tho East OF Main street would be pre-
ferrcd. Apply ut the store of Messrs.
campbell IL Jones. June I .
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Eooal items.

At IL o'clock, this morning, q
splendid lunch will be served up at
Exchange Restaurant, lin the rear Of
Gregg'i store,) by the proprietor,
Mr.. J. Clcndining. Be punctual, in
order to obtain some of his fine green
turtle soup.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-06-04

The New York Herald urges on the
Democracy Chase and Dix for their
candidates. The Times believes that
strong effort is making i'll the inte-
rest of Chase.
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We call attention to Mr.. r. Joyn-
er's advertisement. By this it will
be seen that he is fully prepared to
meet tho wants Of the public in his
line.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-06-04

MAIL ARRANGEMENTS. The post
Office open during the week from S16
a. m. to 7 p. m. On Sundays, from
4 TO p. Ill.
The Charleston and Western mails
nre open for delivery ut AZ p. M, and
close ut So p. In. Charleston night
mail open 8Is q. m., close AZ D. m.
Northern-Open for delivery at
So n. m., closes ut Q. As p. m.
Groenville-Open for delivery 81.
p. m., closes at So p. m.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-06-04

Colonel J. P. Thomas has been
unanimously elected the annual
orator OF the Euphradian and Clario-
sophie Societies of the South Carolina
University. The address usually
delivered in the fnll.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-04-29
Whole No. l45.
PEACE.

Iife's mystery, deep, and restless as the ocean,
Hath surged and walled for ages to and fro;
Earth's generations watch its eeaseless motion,
As in and out its hollow meanings flow.
Shivering and yearning by that unknown sea,
Let my soul calm itself, God! in Thee.
Life's sorrows with memorable power
Sweep desolation o er this mortal plain,
And human loves and hOvoc fly as the ehaf
Borne by the whirlwind from the ripening
grain.
OH when before that blast my hopes all flee,
Let nv soul calm itself, D Christ in Thee.
Between the myteries of death and life
Thou standest loving, guiding, not explaining;
We ask, and Thou art silent; yet we gaze,
And our charmed hearts forget their dear COM
planning.
No crushing fate, no stormy destiny;
Thou Lamb that hath been slain, we rest in Thee.
The many waves of thought, tie mighty tide,
The groundsweI that rolls up from other
lands;
From far-off worlds, from dim, eternal shores,
Whose echo dashes o er life way worn strands;
This vague, dark tumult of the inner sea
Grows calm, grows bright, o risen Lord, in Thee
Thy pierced hand guides the mysterious wheels,
Thy thorn crowned brow nowwears the crown
of power;
And when the dark enigma presseth sore,
Thy patient voice saith, "Watch with me one
hour"
AS sinks the moaning river in the sea,
In silent peace, so sinks my soul in Thee.
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No Getting Away from Prayer.

In town near Portland, some years
since, an irreligious and profane young
man became united in marriage to young
woman, whose father was devout and
consistent Christian. The young couple
either resided with, or in the vicinity Of
the wife's father, so the young man was
frequently brought in contact with his
father-in law. This soon became disagree
able to him. The godly example, which
was continued reproef, the occasional
word of exhortation, and prayers to which
he was sometimes obliged to listen, excit-
ed in his heart such disgust, that he deter
mined to leave the place. He proposed
to his wife that they should remove to
the eastern part of the town, assigning
as one reason for the step, that he wish
ed "to get away from her orthodox faith
er." To which the wife replied, "You
may go away from him, but you can't get
array from ms prayers.
They left the place and settled in
distant town; but the wife's remark had
made an inefaceable impression on the
husbands mind. He had, indeed, sepa-
rated himself from the society of his
father-in-law, but he felt that he could
not get array from his prayers. He knew
that those prayers were daily ascending
to heaven for blessings upon him, and
especially for his salvation. The thought
haunted him for years. He could not
get rid Of it. At last, in connection with
other influences, it was the means of
bringing him to offer prayer for himself.
He became believer, and has since died
in the Christian faith.
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Money.

Men work for it, beg for it, steal fer
it, starve for it, and die for it; and all
the while, from the cradle to the grave,
nature and God are laundering in our
ears the solemn question, "What shall it
profit man if he gain the whole world,
and lose his own soul?" The madness
for money is the strongest and lowest of
the passions; it is the insatiate Moloch
of the human heart, before whose re-
morseless altar all the finer attributes of
humanity are sacrificed. 1t makes mer-
chandize of all that is sacred in the hu-
man affections, and even traffics in the
awful solemnities of the eternal.
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For THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
The Change from Winter to Spring.
The Song of Solomon contains the fol-
lowing beautiful passage:

The Song of Solomon contains the fol-
lowing beautiful passage:
For, 10, the Winter is past,
The rain is over and gone;
The flowers appear on the earth;
The time of the singing of birds is come,
And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land
The fig tree putteth forth her green figs.
And the vines with the tender grape give good
SMELL"
Reference is made to a great and pleas
ing change in nature. 1t is the remark
able and delightful transition from the
bleakness, desolation, cold, gloom, and
dismal appearance of Winter to the
brightness, warmth, life, verdure, beauty,
joy, and gladneSs of Spring. This de-
scription of the return of Spring may be
applied to certain happy changes in the
history and experience of saints, both
the Individual believer and the Church in
general.
1. 1t is applicable to the conversion of
a sinner from a state of nature to state
of grace. In spring the torpid earth is
re-awakened from the sleep and death of
Winter. There is general resurrection
unto life throug ghout the natural world.
So in regeneration the sinner undergoes
a spiritual resurrection. He passes from
death unto life. He is brought out of
darkness into light, and his sorrow is
turned into joy. This change, therefore,
is blessed and delightful, and is fifty rep
resented by the agreeableness of Spring
compared with the discom ort of Winter.
The renewed soul is in a happy condition,
enlightened, warmed, vivifed, and re-
freshed by the rays of the sun of right
eousness.
Bunyan gives the following interesting
view of conversion, which is in harmony
with the idea of its being like change
from Winter to Spring. Referring to
the conversation of three or four pious
women which he had one day overheard
in the city of Bedford, on the subject of
the new birth and the comforts of expe.i-
mental religion, he says: "About this
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The TRUE SpIRIT.-Says correspon-
dent of the Western Recorder:-"A
lady not long since approached a gentle
man on behalf of an object of benevo-
lence; and after stating, was going on to
plead for it. Stop, madam! you need
not waste your strength and voice on me;
save them for those who need persuasion
to do their duty; your cause is good
one, here is my money That is the
true spirit, which God owns and blesses."
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they will exchange the winter of time,
sin, sorrow, death, and the grave, for the
spring of spotless holiness, perfect bless
edness, and Immortality. Matthew Hen
ry says, "That will be an eternal fare
well to Winter, and joyful entrance
upon an everlasting Spring"
Thus, like the morning, calm and clear,
That saw the Saviour rise,
The Spring of heavens eternal year
Shall dawn on earth and skies.
No Winter there, no shades of night,
Obscure those mansions blest,
Where, in the happy fields of light,
The weary are at rest
J. II. M,