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The artists of the North, particularly
the young ones, are now, and will be for
years to come, engaged in painting bat
tie pieces Of the late war. In these
specimens of art, the Confederates are
invariably represented as running away
in pell-mell style, and the Union troops
charging home in the full flush of vic
tory. In q few years it will be firmly
believed in the North that in no single
instance was their forces defeated What
with Harper's wood-cutters, and impecu~
NOUS, though patriotic brushes, it will
soon be difficult matter to explain why
the war did not end in fortnight, instead
of lasting four years. This, however, can
not be avoided-it is the inevitable re-
suit of defeat. Still, great deeds never
die, and the memories of the South will,
like the flies in amber, go down to our
posterity. to be rescued thence from the
artoblivion which now, for the time
being, threatens to engulph them.
Neo Orleans Times.
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AN Ugly PIECE OF BUSINESS. the
night of the 25th of May last, after tho
election for Coroner at Pleasant Lane, q
negro man named Reuben Smyly, living
on the plantation of Ransom Mimmer-
man, Esq. was very severely beaten by
parties still unknown. On Wednesday
last, this negro died. A coroner's in
quest was hold upon the body, by
Lemuel Corley, Esq, and the verdict
rendered, was, if we mistake not, that
the deceased came to his death from the
effects of the beating received on the
25th of May. Several gentlemen of the
Pleasant Lune neighborhood are being
implicated, by the reports of negroes, in
this affair; but rs yet no arrests have been
made. e.-Etlgefeld Advertiser.
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DEATH FROM CoRpU1ENcE.-On Tues
day afternoon last, Mrs. Elisha Ogborn,
aged forty, wife of Mr.. VIM. P. Ogborn,
who resides on Ridge Road, Roxborough,
near Philadelphia, died of suffocation
from excessive corpulence. She weighed
43O pounds two years ago, but those who
knew her intimately say she must have
weighed 600 pounds at the time of her
death, as she had not been able to move
about much for the last year or two.
Owing to her great weight, she was
obliged to sit on sort of box, rs no
chair could be found large or strong
enough to bear her. In dying, Mrs. o.
fell to the floor, and it was the utmost
that six stout men could do to raise her,
by means of the carpet, on the bed.
Five tried, but failed. It was then
thought best to remove the body to the
ground floor of the house, and some
eight or ten men were required for that
service. The coffin was three feet wide,
and there were twelve pall-bearers.
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BALLOON UP FOR THE NORTH POLE
French journals mention the construc-
ton of a balloon designed to go to the
North Pole. The most distinguished
mronauts in France are interested in the
project, and Government aids it. The
balloon is made of some very elastic fa-
brio, which will swell in the upper and
more rarefed air, and make room for the
expansion of gas without bursting. It is
the largest ever made, and will carry ten
persons. supplies for months, and 1000
pounds of ballast. With this aerial ve-
hicle, the voyagers expect to settle the
question of an open polar sea, and dis
perse all the other mysteries of that por-
ton of the globe. French scientists do
not ridicule the undertaking; though, on
the other hand, they do not pin their
faith on it. They are willing to wait and
sec what will come of the enterprise.
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+ Old Bill W was dying. He was
an ignorant man, and very wicked one.
DR.. D., an excellent physician and u
very pious man, was attending him. The
old fellow asked for bread. The Doctor
approached the bedside, and in very
solemn tone remarked: "Nfy dear fellow,
man cannot live by bread alone" mo" "
said the old fellow. slightly reviving,
''he's 'bleged to have few vegetables. "
The subject was dropped.
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IMPORTANT RUMoRs FROM FRANCE
Cable kilograms allude to changes of an
extensive character. The French EN-
peror taking his cue evidently from the
results of the late elections, is willing to
surrender in measure the arbitrary
power which he has welded since his
assumption of the imperial purple. Per-
sonal government is to be Abandoned
at least such is the indication-to make
way for n government more in harmony
with the wishes of the French people.
Napoleon, learning another lesson from
the past, and desirous of acceding to the
aspirations of his subjects, is about to
enter upon policy which, while it is ut
variance with Napoleonic teachings, is
such ms will increase his popularity at
homo and claim additional consideration
for Intelligence as ruler abroad
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BULLY FOR FANSY.-Fanny Fern thus
disposes OF that ornamental and useless
object called "handsomo man," and
sensible folks will concur. She says:
But your conventional Handsome
man" of the barber's window, wax figure
head pattern; with pet lock in the mid
dleof his forehead. an apple-sized head,
and raspberry moustache with six hairs
in it, paint put on his cheek, and u little
dot of u 'goattee" on his chin, with
pretty blinking little studs III his shirt
bosom; and little necktio that looks as
If he would faint were it tumbled-I'd
as lief look at a poodle. L always feel a
desire to nip it up with a pair Of sugar
the little remains.
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"How CAN CooM!"-The Davenport
Iowa) Democrat, of June %. gravely
says:
The following story is good, because
it is true. We had it from the lips Of q
good woman, who was told it by tho
principal actor herself: even L first
come to Filadelfy to serve, I was very
uncivil," said Katrina, now tidy SER
want in q respectable family; ~ laugh
much, and / feel ashamed to remember
how [ behave ven l know so little.
Shon, tat vas my beau-Shon, he took
me to that teater one night-ven been
in Filadelfy but tree weeks We sits in
the gallery, and we see not goot, and
Shon said he would get better seat.
So, he puts his leg round der post, and
shlides down NIT der pit, and looks up,
and calls out: katrina! Katrina! COON
down! tis good place here!' and lean
over, and said L, How can Iooom down,
Shon?' and he said 'Shust shlide DOWN.
So put my legs round der pillar, and 1
shlides down. Donder! how the people
laugh! Dey laugh so dey play no more
datspight upon to stage. Everybody
lengh. and yell, and whistle oil oyer der
hoube. I was much ashamed den, tough
/ know not any harm. But now I bushes
red every time thinks NIT it,"
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Iunbin and Aa8 sassa Railroad.
Mr.. ESpIroR: In yonr issue of July
10th there is an article headed "In Me-
morism, that betrays great ignorance
and does injustice 70 the three worthy
gentlemen, whose epitaph the classic
eulogist records. He says Gen. Wade
Hampton, COL Childs and Col. Gibbes
opposed consolidation, and were left out
in the new Board of Directors because
they defended the interests of Columbia,
and did not desire to see the capital a
ay-side station.
Where he obtained his information,
that those gentlemen opposed consolida-
ton, am at loss to discover, certainly
not from anything that transpired at the
stockholders meeting, for there, as the
official proceedings will show, the only
question in dispute was the terms of con-
solidation, not the question of consolida-
ton, but upon what terms it should be
effected. Col. Gibbes' resolutions ia
uored consolidation upon the terms of
four shares OF Columbia and Augusta
Railroad stock for one share in the
Charlotte and South Caroliua Railroad,
and his resolution was supported by the
votes of Gen. Hampton and Col. Childs,
thus proving that they aoere in .fapor Of
consolidation upon certain terms, and
such as affected only their individual and
personal interests, and evinced no more
consideration for what the classic "epi-
taphist" mistakenly considers the inte-
rests of Columbia, than the resolutions of
the joint committee. which effected the
trade on different terms. At the meet
ing of stockholders, not one word was
said by either of the three gentlemen
named in opposition to consolidation,
and the only argument and dispute was
as to the trade of the stocks of the two
roads-a question that had no relation
whatever to the interests of Columbia.
1t is hardly necessary to say that your
contributors fears, that Columbia would
degenerate into mere way-side station.
are his peculiar property, and certainly
cannot be shared by any intelligent citi-
zen of Columbia, either in or oM OF the
new directory. She is competing
point, and rs such, can always dictate, in
stead of being dictated 10. The South
Carolina Railroad can make q bid for
freight to and from nearly all of the main
points served by the consolidated road,
and other lines that are projected will
soon be competing for her trade. Hence,
Columbia can readily see that she is in
no danger of becoming way-side sta
ton, and intercep.ing the strange mes
senger to Lacedemon, she sends him
back, with an epitaph for the resting
place of your classic contributor, thus {:
Friends, forgive him; he Enew not what
he did" V.
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G. Us I'M BIA. S. g.
Tue,day Morning, July Is. 1859.


REv. RoBERr WnsoN. I'VE clip from
the Chestertown (Md.) Transcript the
following complimentary notice of the
gentleman whose name heads this notice.
Rev. Robert Wilson is clergyman of
the Episcopal Church, and graduate of
the University of Virginia. The Trans
8cripk says: 5G.-a.s..-.4.s---....a..-,-..-.-...
"a marriage. with ne, is an event; for
everybody, and the rest of mankind,
flock out TO old st. Paul's to see the two
made one flesh. tApropos, that old
church presented a beautiful appearance
on Whitsunday and Trinity, decked off
Ia wreaths and bunche5 of white flowers,
the walls. newly white-washed, affording
appropriate respect TO the time of the
year. This, in direct contrast with the
becoming and variegated dresses of the
ladies, formed picturesque scene of de-
votion that can be met with only in O
rural congregation; the simplicity, in
onr opinion. more to be admired than
all the display of some city temples, Of
lste SO costly and SO vain.
t'The solemnity and appropriateness
OF the worship was heightened by the
eloquently able sermon of our minister.
MIR. Wilson's sermons are not only fnte-
resting, but practical and instructive.
No one can listen to his, handling of
text and go away unsatisfed. He evades
no points of difficulty; he overlooks no
doctrinal dissensions but, with an
honesty that is refreshing, goes right on
to the difficulties that are in the way of
the seeker after the one true faith; and,
although we know him as yet only MS n
lDrnQnhar Qn6 not 10
his having no conveyance, still since his
ministry not only has the church held
her own. but the glebe has been vastly
improved, and confirmation class
formed In truth, he, aided and assisted
by the vestry and ladies of the parish,
has made the wilderness to bloom as the
rose,' for where all was sedge. now vege-
tation grows; and in fitting mp the
grounds where all was chaos, now order
reigns supreme;' and neatness and COM
fort invite. The congregation have no
bly, done their part; but he has not been
idly awaiting their action; he has pressed
right on, surmounting all difficulties,
putting his shoulder to the wheel, and
now is repaid with the satisfaction that
q vast deal of this is his own handiwork.
Long may st. Paul's flourish MS now she
seems to- under his guidance, mid all
difficulties and trials, until her children
arise up and call her blessed The
grounds around the church are rs beau
tiful as ever, and nicely kept, showing
no abatement of the zeal of those who
have in charge this city of the dead. p"
This gentleman, the Rev. Robert Will
son, was citizen of Columbia, and an
occasional contributor to the South Caro-
Hnian. We take pec-.iar pleasure in the
favorable Impression which our old
friend has made in Maryland, and we
gladly give our congratulation to Mary
land, that it has secured the services of
this ripe scholar and accomplished gen
tleman.
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a negro boy, on the night of the 23d
ult., attempted to commit n rape upon
the person Of q white widow lady, re-
siding near Goodman, but was fright
ened off by the screams Of the ,lady's lit
tie daughter. The boy was arrested and
confessed the crime, and was taken by
squad towards Durant. On reaching the
Big Black bridge, he was taken from the
squad by several unknown persons, and
it is supposed he committed suicide, rs
he has NOT been seen since.
New York boasts of ten places of
amusement, the doors of which are
closed against an unappreciatiye public
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BEAUTIFUL WoMAN.-If you would be
beautiful, nso Hagan's Magnolia Balm.
1t gives pure Blooming Complexion
and restores Youthful Beauty.
It's effects are gradual, natural and
perfect.
1t removes Redness, Blotches and Pim-
Piles, cures Tan, Sunburn and Freckles,
and makes lady of thirty appear but
twenty.
The Magnolia Balm makes the Skin
Smooth and Pearly; the Eye bright and
clear; the Cheek glow with the Bloom of
Youth, and imparts fresh, plump ap-
pearance to the Countenance!i No lady
need complain OF her Complexion, when
rs cents will purchase this delightful ar
ticle.
The best article to dress the hair is
Lyons Kathairon. Jl0jt13
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NOTICE TO QUIT. this caption,
the Baltimore Eoening Commercial has
the following estimate of the election in
Virginia:
Virginia, on last Tuesday, served her
notice to quit on the beggarly Yankee
radicals who have, for the last few years,
infested that State. She advises them
to take mp their bed, if they have any,
and walk away from her shores. Wells
days are numbered; no more revenue
from the sale of pardons to negro con-
victs; no more plunder of the State Trea-
snry. He must go back to work, and all
like him must find employment and ho-
nors elsewhere.
"While we are disposed to rejoice over
the defeat of Wells, beyond that we do
not see much in this election to delight
any Virginian; for, though there may be
selections and choice between carpet
baggers, yet the fact that great and
noble people have been hunted down
until they are compelled to make such q
choice, is most humiliating. Virginia
has pronounced her verdict against the
administration of Gen. Grant. She has
defeated the administration candidate by
an overwhelming vote. This is the first
popular election sinceJthe Inauguration,
and it speaks volumes of the coming po-
pular condemnation.
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The artificial ice machines are not
only competing successfully with the
natural ice brought from the North to
the Southern States, hut are earning
very large profits. It has thus been
practically proved thnt the making of ice
by the artificial means is great success;
for even in localities where ice forms in
winter the cost of cutting, transporting,
storage, loss, &C., make the natural
about as expensive as that produced by
good ice machine.
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A letter from Irllutsk Eastern Sibe-
ria) in the Bomse Gazette, of st. Peters
burg, states that a project is entertained
OF establishing an orthodox Russian
Episcopal See. at Pekin, the capital of
the Chinese Empire. Thus would be
realized the idea formerly conceived by
Peter the Great, but which it has been
found impossible to execute down to the
present day.
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DEATH FROM CHLoRoFoRM. -Isadore,
the youngest daughter of General Albert
Pike, was found dead in her bed at Mem
phis, on Wednesday morning. She had
retired complaining Of nervous headaohe,
and from an empty chloroform bottle
found beside her, il is supposed that she
used it to soothe the pain, and in her
sleep had upset the bottle upon her pill
low.
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A majority of persons living in the
South are predisposed to diseases of the
Liver, and most of the pains and aches
complained OF are owing to deranged
state of that important organ. The
Simmons Liver Regulator is the great
remedy for the diseases incident to a dis
organized Liver, Dyspepsia, Constipa-
ton, Sick Headache, Female Irregulari-
ties, etc.
One says: 1t has done me more good
than any medicine ever used.
Another says: consider it an invalua-
BILE remedy.
Another says: My son, who was SO
long considered hopeless case, is now
in blooming health, from using the Sim
mons Regulator.
For sale by all druggists. J13+3
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The VENGEANCE OF HEAVEN.
Knoxville Press and Herald, of the 4th
instant, says that of the knot of radical
Ku Klux engaged, some fifteen months
ago, in cruelty whipping Parson Neal, u
Southern Methodist preacher, travelling
in pursuit of his calling, three have since
died. one was lately thrown from his
horse and killed, fifth is in Jail for
crime, a sixth was struck by lightning,
and in the same storm the tree to which
Neal was tied while they were whipping
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Tho couri.t.--w. ). whipper.

We neglected to state last week that
the court adjourned on Monday. the 28th
.ults The criminal business occupied the
court only four days, when the jusiea
were discharged, and the court adjourn
ed to Monday morning, for the trial of
the civil business. One OF the juries
had eleven negroes on it, and the other
nine. The lawyers agreed to dispehse.
with them, preferringto to try their. cases
before the Judge alone. By this course,
the docket was rapidly gone through,
and more work done in one day than
would have been accomplished in o
week il all the cases tried by the Judge
alone had been submitted to jury.
w. J. Whipper, one of the codifiers of
the laws Of the State, was in attendance
during the trial of the criminal cases, but
as we did not hear him except in an as
sault and battery case, we could form no
just estimate of his ability as q man, or
of his erudition as q lawyer. The follow
ing order taken ont by him while here
gives abundant evidence of his qualifica-
tions and fitness as n codifier of the laws
of the State:
1.-THE State Of South carolina, Indictment
fO7.
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It is said that the proprietors of the
celebrated PLANTATION BIrTERs rent no
less than nine pews from the different
denominations in New York city for all
those of their employees who will occupy
them regularly, free of charge. This is
certainly praiseworthy, and it is to be
hoped that others who employ a large
number of people will follow the exam
pie. The above fact, accompanied with
the belief that firm who would look 30
closely after the morals and welfare of
their employees, would not undertake to
impose upon the public, has induced us
to give the PLANTATION BIrTERs n trial,
and having found them to be all that is
represented, we cordially recommend
them as tonic of rare merit.
Observer, July
MAGNOLIA WATER.-Superior to the
best imported German Cologne, and sold
at half the price. job
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The Postmaster General recently tele-
graphed Parson Brownlow to know what
sort of man III. r. Meyers, carpet-bag-
ger, was, who wanted to be mail agent.
1.-The worst man unhung," replied
Brownlow. Secretary" said Creswell.
"make out Meyers papers,
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HEINITsH's QUEENS DELIGHT. What
is it? Ask your neighbor, who has been
relieved of distressing disease. Ask
that rheumatic what cured him. Ask
the victims of dyspepsia. Ask that beau
tiful daughter what removed those hide
Gus spots and ulcers, and made her face
as fair as Parian marble. Ask the once
iaundiced victim of liver complaint.
Ask that once poor emaciated form, the
subject of female irregularities, what
brought about such q marvellous change.
The answer is, 'It's HE1N1TsH's QUEENS
DELIGHT. Come out, then, all ye de-
spending ones Be cheerful, gay and
happy. If you are sick, fail not to try,
only try-no easier task-u bottle of
HEINITsH's QUEEN DELIGHT. il
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A benighted old man, who does not
know the meaning of the rainbow, is
wasting his time in watching for second
flood. He lives near Carlinville, Illinois,
on the line of tue Alton, ST. Louis and
Chicago Railroad, where he has con-
structed an ark. This curious craft has
stern-wheel of ample dimensions ut
one end of it, and an engine, with its at
tachments, nearly ready, to set things in
motion when the great floating day ar
rives. He eats and sleeps in his ark, de-
termined not to be caught mapping, at
least outside of his ship.
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A lad of ten, son of Mr.. Thomas Mars
den, while playing in Greenwood Gene
terry, on Tuesday, tipped over a small
monument, which, fell upon him and
crushed him instantly to death. His
father and mother were witnesses of the
heart-rending occurrence.
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COLUMBIA MECHANICS SocIErY. We
are requested to state that o meeting of
this society will be held this evening, at
the Carolina House, at s o'clock, to re-
ceive the report of the Committee on
Constitution and Bylaws.
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TUFTS IMPROVED HAIR DYE is ad-
mitted on all sides to be the most simple
and natural Dye ever invented; it is
easily applied, does not stain the skin,
leaves the hair soft and glossy, and is in
Simultaneous in its effect. Try it, and
you will use no other. JOG
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Hon. The thermometer touched LOG,
on Sunday, in cool spot-the hottest
day of the season.
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a lew copies OF the Sack and Destfuc-
ton of Columbia can be obtained at the
Picnic Office. Price twenty-five cents.
The popular and widely-know land
lord, Colonel A. NJ. Hunt, of this city,
has leased the building known as the old
Anderson Hotel, on the North west cor
ner of the public square, aud will open
the same for the reception of visitors
about the first of August.
JOB OFFICE. The Phonir Job Office
is prepared to execute every style of
printing, from visiting and business cards
to pamphlets and books. With ample
material and first-class workmen, salts
faction is guaranteed to all. If our work
does not come mp to contract, we make
no charge. With this understanding our
business men have no excuse for sending
work North.
HOTEL ARRIVALS, July Columbia
7oteL-S. Jasper, Augusta; J. w. Har-
rison, Anderson; J. P. Strohecker, J.
Brawley, j. E. Thames, Charleston; Ben
son NJ. Jones, Newberry; B. F. Afford,
S. G.
National Hotel-I, D. Bowie, S. C.;J.
Bradwell, l.. Bradwell, Aiken; J. P. Ger
rick, Gadsden; H. @. Corwin, p. Sulli-
van, Newberry; J. D. Owings, Atlanta;
Ralp Trenholm, New York; Robt. May
rant, P. i. Sh wartz, city; Capt. Bloget.
Camden.
Nicherson House-R. w. Owens, Geor-
gia; Fred. Higgins, Manchester, Eng;
j. S. Davant, Il. S. Davant, Fort Mills;
J. Fl. Gray, Arlington, Va; f. Taylor,
Rev. Thomas A. Boone, Master Boone,
Charlotte. n. c.; J. NJ. Howell, S. c.;
Corbin Cruthield, Baltimore; Rev. W.
W. Hicks, Charleston.
New ADVERTISEMENTS. Attention is
called to the following vertisements,
published the first time this morning:
Limestone Springs Female School,
Gregg, Palmer & Co.-To Rent.
q. w. Shell-In Bankruptcy.
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