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The fire started some weeks ago in the
Dismal Swamp, w.. has extended twen-
ty miles, is still raging, and has destroy
ed timber, slaves and shingles valued Mt
about 100000. Several fine farms have
been burnt out, and where were once
rich fields are now seen acres of ash-pits,
some of which are fifteen feet deep. The
trains on the Petersburg Road are delay
ed every day by the fall of burning tim
Der, which not only blocks up the way,
but burns the ties and twists the rails.
When the wind is West, vessels in the
James River have to anchor, on account
of the dense smoke. The swamp in
many places is dry down to the sub-soil,
from four to fifteen feet, and being of a
light, inhammable character-roots and
vegetable remains-the fire extends to
the ground beneath. Wild game-deer,
bears and wild turkeys-have been driven
out in gteat numbers, and are devastat-
ing the surrounding crops. All the avail
able negroes Of Norfolk have been hired
to save the stock of slaves and shingles.
One manufacturer took out 400 few
days ago, and wanted to get 1000. No
thing will avail to check the fire but long
continued showers of rp'n.
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Receipts and Icxpenditures.

The Warrant books OF tine Treasury
Department. show thattha 5expen6 6turea
for the last Ascal year were less than
1915. .D00, ,000, ,es against 81, ,070, ,0O0, 600 oi
the year before, and nearly ks iowas in
1862, Hue second year bf the war. ,;The
actual expenditures Or. the mijitarv
branch of the War Department during
the fiscal year previous to that lust
closed were $l29, 900, 900, as against q
trife over $50, ZOO, 900 this year. Those
of the Navy Department. for the fiscal
year ending June 50, 1868, were $780,
230, 900, -as against S23; ;56i; 900 for the
last fiscal year, ' The expenses of the
Treasury Department proper, on the
other hand, we're increased during the
same period S9,000,0O0, while those of
the Interior Department have gene up
from S29, 900, 900 to $36, 100000.
The report of the Bureau of Statistics,
showing the amount of duty paid in 1868
upon articles Of import, furnishes some
interesting facts, to which allusion may
be made. The largest sum paid is in
sugar and candy, 30,3G6,87 Coffee
follows, $40, G57, 845. The next is upon
dwomen's and ohildren's dry goods and
Italian cloths, $40, 656, 9O1. Next are iron
and steel, and manufactures of, being
$40, ,524, ,O22, divided as follows: Pig,
S1,011, 109; bar, S1,335. 377; railroad,
50, 1876, 142; all other, $2,735, ,31S; steel
and manufactures of, $3,246,076. Tea
amounts to $9,414, 1854. Spirits and
wines follow, Sc, 300. .523. Cotton manu-
factures bring $7,2O2,871. Then flax,
and manufactures of, 81, 621, OCT; cloths,
81, 602, 1854; dress and piece goods,
1896, 706; molasses, 81, ,402, ,624. Then
ribbons, s2,463, ,365, and carpets and car
ppetdings, pe ing =, 2,11o.aG9. Following are tin,
1865, ,97S; earthenware and china,
S1,651, ,060; glass, S1,507,275; leather
and dressed skins, $1,379,2 1856; lead,
81, ,265, ,093; gloves, 81, 26O, 795; silk mixed
goods, 81, PIT, 1853; tobacco leaf, 81, ,247,-
$50; tobacco, segars, SLIT, ,64O; rice,
81, LAG, ,286; salt, 81, ,136, 225.
On all other articles the income runs
below $1,0OO,O0O. The duty on beer,
ale and porter nearly equal the receipts
from books, eng rawlings, maps, &c., be-
ing 1926, 931, against S29S, CAB. On OPT
um there was S559,O66. and upon other
drugs. dyes, chemicals, &C., only $685.
$50; showing, evidently, that very large
quantity of opium is used outside the
medical profession, and for reprehensil 'e
purposes. On toys there were collected
$50, TAO, and or dolls S53, ,713, whilst
upon paintings and statuary theie were
only S62, ,603. Upon diamonds and gems
there We're S106, AGO, and upon playing
cards S4,39 Washington Express.
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GENERAL RAwLINs.-The testimony
seems to be universal that, in the death
OF General Rawlins, the South has lost
powerful friend. He fought us in the
day Of battle; but, like man of heroic
soul, he rebuked the wantonness Of
those who continued the warfare in a
state of peace. At the last Cabinet meet
ing he attended, he denounced military
and carpet-bag domination. On his
death-bed, he earnestly hoped that the
South would not be humiliated, init
mating that her humiliation would cause
regrets to many when they were so near
eternity as he was at that time His mr.
dent desire to see Grant before he died,
was, no doubt, in this connection. The
President could not, or would not, leave
his revelry in time to see his expiring
friend i'll this world. What will become
OF Grant now that his only merciful
monitor is gone? What new demonism
will be launched against the South now
that the most redoubtable friend she had
in the camp of her enemies is dumb,
aud cold, and dead?
There is something in the departure Of
this man, enemy though he was once,
that touches pathetic chord in our
hearts; and, as he was knightly oppo-
nent In war and generous adversary in
peace, and asolicitous friend as he passed
into the Valley of the Shadow, we would
willingly place garland upon his grave,
remembering only what was divine in
his nature, and trusting that his last
words had an echo in Heaven, when he
besought the Invisible to "raise him up. "
augusta ConStitutionalist
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THE PARAGUAYAN WAR-Cable adj
vices state that another severe battle has
been fought between the Paraguayans
and the Brazilians. The former appear
to have whipped the latter, but were
so used up themselves that they were
unable to follow up their victory. Our
minister (McNIahon) also denies the un.
favorable reports concerning President
Lopez, of Paraguay, and seems to regard
him rs no more of savage than those
he is fighting. He declares that Lopez
is intelligent, polished, courageous and
conversant with modern diplomacy.
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{ Making in allie.

Making in allie .213, 636
The only inference that We desire to
draw from these statistics at present is
this, that Se have the mathematical evi-
-dence OF the fact that we have not yet
aucceeded in turning, 10 any perceptible
extent, the tide of emigration South
ward. OF course, the felres gwen do
not exactly represent the number of
emigrants that the South has received,
since the figures apply to the port of
New York alone. But inasmuch as the
great body of emig:ants reach this coun-
try through New York, the aforesaid
figures give q fair representation of the
state of the case. 1t is plain that the
South must bestir itself if it would get
European immig ants. Measures must
he taken to correct the prejudices that
have been aroused against us, and we
must freely advertise to the world the
friendly greeting and the fine opportrni-
ties that aws't the immiR .ant who comes
to settle in our section.
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Lucas, the lion tanner. has at last been
killed by his pets.
Thexpice factory of Messrs: ;Welksl &
Smith. .Philadelphia, was burned yeaterl
day morning. Logs heavy. Insurance
The lEvening Rost,Sthe only Republi-
can paper published-in Memphis, hes
suspended, Governor Senter having
withdrawn the State patronage.
-' A Liverpool woman, doubtful whether
the fire in her stove was out, poured gun
powder on the embers in order to ascer-
tain the fact. The fire had not gone out,
but she did, ont Cf the window = =. '.- '-'-
One Cole, at Sour Lake, Texas, killed
Thomas Reed the other day, and the next
day made bis coffin. being the only car
penter in the place. The papers say Cole
q still at large.
The principal part of the town of Mar
tinsburg. Lewis County, n. Y, was de-
stroyedby mn incendiary fire on Friday
evening. Lovejoy's hotel and five of the
principal stores were burned. Total loss
800, 600; insurance about half.
The new Senate of Kentucky VIII con.
sist of two Republicans, two independ-
ents, and thirty-four Democrats The
House of Representatives will consist OF
eight Republicans and ninety-tw oDemo.
Gratis. The fifteenth amendment will not
stand much. Of chance in body thus
composed.
In consequence of the general dssatis-
faction with the new postage stamps,
orders have been given to prepare de-
signs for new issues. The heads of Wash
ington, Jackson, Franklin and Lincoln
are to be restored in place of tue present
designs.
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CALIFoRNIA.-A despatch from Go
vernon Haight conveys the gratifying in
telligencc that the Democratic victory in
California is overwhelming, and that the
Democrats have three-fourths of the
Legislature. In the last Legislature the
Republicans had the Senate by four ma
jority, and the Democrats the Lower
House by twenty-four majority. A
Cheyenne despatch announces that the
Democrats have also carried Wyoming
Territory, electing their candidate to
Congress. Thus the extreme West thun-
ders in response to the Democratic vic
tories in Kentucky, Tennessee. Virginia
and Montana.
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ATTEMPTED INsUREECrIoN.- Tho Athens
Posi-, September 10, gives lis some addi-
tional facts relative to the negro plot, in
the vicinity Of Mooresville, to murder
some of the best citizens and rob and
desolate the country. They had regular
drills, and appointed Friday night last to
carry out their hellsh designs. 1t was
discovered in time to prepare for the is
sue. The civil officers from Athens went
up, and on Saturday last returned with
nine of the ringleaders. Three of them
turned States evidence and were releas-
ed. The Post says there are six in Athens
jail, but names seven: Dan Matthews,
Clayton Baker, George Fletcher, Jessie
Cunningham, Willis Stanley, - Har-
rison, and Isaiah Fletcher. One Ed
Lane gave information of the plot, and
implicated number of white p.en, who
managed to escape the justice which
should have been meted out to them.
The trial of the negroes was to take
place to-day. before Judge Conan, w.
w. Hayes, Solicitor, prosecuting, and r.
A. Mcclellan for the defence.
HuntSuiNe (Ala. Democrat, Sept. Il.
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The negro question, says the Louisville
Comier-Jommal, will not long give the
Southern States any serious practical
trouble. If the negroes remain where
they are. they will soon. by all the laws
of nature. pass under the moral and
political control Of the white race, and,
if they go away, that will he the last of
them. Whether they stay or go, they
will, in few years, be very inconsidera-
ble in numbers and next to nothing in
influence. They are rapidly approach
ing extinction. Had their ears been pro-
phetic, they might have heard in the
sound of the Lincoln proclamation, the
solemn undertone of mighty death
bell.
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The Issue IN 1870 EQUAL OR UNEQUAL
TAXATION OR JoBDING. Car
doza's late speech in Boston is most in
structive document, because it lets out
plainly the fact that it is the policy of
the present State Government to violate
their own Constitution, and "tax the
large landed proprieters unequally, SO as
10 compel item TO sell oM" 1t confirms,
too, our lato comments on the land COM
mission in every particular. The Union
Leagues are forming again, too, and, it
will be seen by the Rev. Boinest's letter,
for the purpose, among other things, of
demanding, next January, one-half of
the crop" These are the best immigra-
ton movements that have been started
yet. We repeat, we expect not reason
to persuade us, but necessity and the de-
signs of our enemies to force us to our
best policy. - JVinnsboro MewS.
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COLUMBIA, s.. G.
wednesday Morning, Sept. is, 1859.

Some Interesting statlstics-Tbo Lesson
... They Teach.
In 1868 there arrived at the port OF
New York 213,636 emigrants, of whom
but 2, ,756 gave their destination as one
Or the other OF the cotton States. From
1856 to 1868. inclusive, 2,O39. 431 had an
''ayowed destination" OF this number
only 21,553 declared an intention Of
going toi the cotton States From May
g., lS47s to January i, 1869. 4,O3s. .991
emigraHta arrived, Of, which 1,5oO. 600
We're Irish, and about the same number
were Germans. From. January to June
81, 1869, 131. 234 emigrants were received
in New York. and although this was an
increase Of thirty three per cent. over
1858, yet the. number going South was
almost identically the same as during
ths7same period of last year. The ma
tionalities that furnished emigrants for
1865 were the following:
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SAD ACCIDENT. On Wednesday even
ing last, a most heart rending accident
occurred in Miles River Neck, at the re-
aidence of a Mrs. Tilghman. whereby
two ladies lost their lives, and third is
lying in q precarious condition. AS faT
as we have been able to learn, it was
caused by the explosion of kerosene
lamp. Three persons were badly burn
ed, two died on Thursday, and the third
is not expected to live.
81. MichaepS (ML Comet.
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A BEAUTIFUL CoarxLExIoN.-DR. TUTT's
SARsAPARILLA and QUEENS DELIGHT, the
GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER, expels all hu-
mors from the system; it acts directly on
the depuratory organs; the skin is one
of the most important of these organs,
and by the use OF this invaluable medi-
cine it is cleansed and rendered soft, fair
and healthy. Try it, S1l
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Two fires in one night has fearfully
exercised the good citizens of Augusta,
and the police are on q sharp look out
horses, belonging to q colored dray
o'clock, and short time afterwards an
other burning stable was discovered; but
the flames were eXtinguished
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Funeral Invitation.

The friends and acquaintances of DR.. P. G
McGregor and family are requested to attend
the funeral services of P. G. McGREGOR, Jn..
at the Washington Street Methodist Church,
THIS MORNING, at 10 o'clock.
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A collision occurred on the Panhandle
Railroad, near Steubenvile, Ohio, by
which two men lost their lives and seve.
raj others were badly hurt. John Nc
Farland, fireman, and L. Simmons, an
engineer, were burnt almost to crisp
q few ribs of the unfortunate men only
being discovered.
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WHAT IT WILL Do.-Judge by what
it has done. Heinitsh's QUEENS De-
LIGHT. 1t has cured sore leg Of twen-
ty-five years stnading. It has restored
to health persons long diseased 1t has
1t has cured the dyspeptic of his COM
plant of long standing. 1t has restored
to life the child supposed to be dying.
It has produced radiant glow on the
female cheek. It has invigorated the
feeble and languishing. 1t has impaired
vigor to the Young. 1t has vitalized the
decaying functions of age. Il has puri-
fed the blood and invigorated life. 1t
has cured Liver Complaint and nervous
disorders. It has proven to be great
blessing to females. It establishes regu-
larity of the organs. It is the lamp of
life and way to health, and everybody
should try botte of HE1NITsH's QUEEN's
DELIGHT. Ala
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Notice to Planters.
AT FOUR DOLLARS PER BALE

OUR GINS are now in operation at the Con-
" garee Iron Works. From the annexed
certificate, it will be seen our Gins stand unri-
vailed in Columbia, in consequence OF the clean
manner in which it takes the lint from the
seed. We feel able in saying that we can
produce more lint cotton from the same guam
titv of seed than any other Gins in operation
here. SPENCER d ALEXANDER.
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CoL1.ME1A. s. C.. Snntnmhnr14 1e

COLUMBIA, S. c., September II, 1869.
do hereby certify that I have examined Sc
vcrai Ginsin Columbia, and have seen them at
Gins out gin any that have seen; so much so
that have purchased one for myself. The
above Gins are in operation by Spencer &
Alexander, at the Congaree Iron Works.
JOHN X. G.. NANCE,
Sept 1876 or Newberry s. C.
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New ADVERTISEMENTS. Attention is
called to the following advertisements,
published the first time this morning:
200 or 300 lbs. Bourgeois type for sale.
I. Observation-Disclosures, Jewelry, &c.
Jacob Levin-Furniture for Sale.
d. 9. Peixotto & Son-Cottage, &c.
Spencer e Alexander-To Planters.
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All this talk about the alleged exist
ence of secret society in North and
South Carolina, called the Ku Klux Klan,
is but an evidence of the straits to which
radicalism is pushed in Ohio and Penn
sylvania. They want the bloody effigy
of fiayed negro, in order once more to
sire the Northern heart" and they think
this will answer. Well, nous ue,rons!
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We find the following in the San Fran
cisco Herald, of the 30th ult. Among
the members OF the Legislature recently
elected, it speaks thus of our former
townsman, who was a member of the last
Democratic Legislature of South Caro-
lima:
Mr.. Thomas P. Ryan likewise belongs
to the legal profession. We are not
aware whether yet admitted to the Cali
fornia bar or not. He is young gentle
man of fine attainments, gifted speak
er, and thoroughly reliable, pure and
honest man. MIR. Ryan is not one to fail
to avail himself of the opportunity for
distinction Legislative career will afford
him. Charleston Courier.
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200 or 800 lbs. Bourgeois Type,

pUT little worn, is offered for saio. at very
1) low rate. Also, a lot Of LEADS and
RULES, twelve ems plea in length. Apply at
PHENIX OFFICE Sent il
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Afewcopies A Of the ''Sack and Destruc.
ton Of Columbia" can be obtained at the
Ph9nir Office. Price twenty-five cents
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jon OFFICE.-The Phosnir Job Office
is prepared to execute every style of
printing, from visiting and business cards
to pamphlets and books. With ample
material and frst-class workmen, salts.
faction is guaranteed to all If our work
does not come mp to contract, we make
nocharge. With this understanding our
business men have no excuse for sending
work North.
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"CAN NEGRO HOLD OFFICE IN GEoR.
'aIA?"-We are indebted to Gov. Bullock
for copy of the arguments of counsel,
with the opinion of the Judges and the
decision OF Court, in the case of Richard
W. White as. VIM. J. Clements; decided
in the Supreme Cor~t of Georgia, June
Term, 1860.
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On and after tomorrow, September
16, there will be change of schedule on
the South Carolina Rhilroad. The train
from Charleston will arrive in Columbia
at 4.4O p. M, instead of 6.1O, as hereto
fore. The Camden train will leave at
LIS u. m, '...s
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CITY MACHINE WORKS,

Holland Gin.
I PIPE PURE SCHIEDAM GIN, direct from
l. tn, Custom House. JOHN C. SEEGERS.
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Failures of Mails.

A subscriber Of ours, a resident of
Lafayette Depot, writes US on the eth
inst, that he and others of our friends
in that part Of the State, do not get
the APPEAL regularly. He says:
Several friends and subscribers of
the APPEAL, have for years past
advocated the position the paper has
so nobly sustained, through the
many trying ordeals through which it
has passed. We as subscribers have
exercised all the patience we possessed.
You must not think hard at this COM
plant. Nearly four weeks since we
had a paper; allow me to say this is a
reading country, and look for with
much anxiety the arrival of your
valuable paper. Please look to your
interest, and the interest of your
subscribers, and expose this fraud
perpretrated upon the honest yeo-
many Of this section"
Complaints similar to the above
reach US from the Big Creek and other
neighbOrhOOds. VIII Postmaster
DELOACH be kind enough to look in
to and remedy these grievances?
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For SaIe---COttOn Machinery.

ONE 30 in. 2 Beater Lapper; one 80 in. ]
" Beater Lapper; one Whipper. Built by
p. Within & Son; have been run 8 years.
Twelve 80 in.-pat. Gambriu Cards; have
been run two () years: clothing in good or
der. Two Railway heads, with Eveners. Two
Heads Il Boss Drawing. Built by j c. Whit
ing; run two ~ years.
One Drawing Frame, 8 Golfers; two Stub.
bers, 40 Spindles each. Built by Vim. Mason
have run six (l years.
Two Fine Speeders, co Spindles each. Built
byLoweu Machine shop, and run three go
years.
Fiye2H in. Ring Spinning Frames, s3 Spin
dies each. Built by VIM. Mason & Co, and
run six years.
Eight IA Ring Spinning Frames 90 Splndles
each. Have probably been run 10 or Y years;
in good condition.
One Warper Iron Frame and Cylinder, with
Pat Drop Box. Built in Lowell
One Cotton Dresser Iron Frame, with Cop
per Boxes and Steam Heaters. Built by VIM.
Mason q Co., and run 8 years.
Forty-eight Looms, 32x34 In. Reed. Built
by W. NJ. Bickford, and run 5 years.
A large number Of Harnesses, Reeds, Center
and Section Beams; also, SpoOls andB obbins.
III above machinery is well appointed.
and will be sold az fair rates, in lots to suit
purchasers. Apply to
nos O. q. SAMSON & CO., Boston.
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prove, and make a few pay all the
taxes, and select from that few those
most obnoxious on account of their
wealth and ownership of real estate
proUided their sense Of justice Is not
shocked 6y such a proceeding, and
they do not refuse eUen 10 benefit them
SelUes 6y oppression of their
friends and neigh6orS. We are glad
to say that our citizens generally viii
not approve or lend themselves to
such iniquity. We viii do the Legis-
Iature the justice to suppose this part
of the city charter has passed without
careful inspection, on the presumption
that it was in accordance with the
wishes of our citizens. If so, it is not
too late to repeal it. If they, how
ever, have intended to enforce the
oppression, we trust they will at least
do the justice to punish their selected
victims on the principle of the Consti-
tuition, and by an equal valuation
of their property, to be exclusively
taxed, and not so unequally as to COM
pei those who have least income from
their property to bear the larger por-
ton of the tax for the benefit of those
who have the most, as well as for that
of all the rest of the world. This is
the most shameful piece of legislation
which ever disgraced the statute books
of a Republican government. The
taunt was thrown out here to property
holders, that if they were unwilling
to pay the tax they should "sell their
property to somebody else who would
pay it." But it turns out in many in
stances that lots in Memphis have so
deprecated in value that their own
ers cannot even do that.
Purchasers cannot be fonnd for prop
erty where its possession is taxed as
a privilege, and its whole value a an
investment taken away. So capital
flies the limits of Tennessee through
unequal taxation of its owners, and
men are learning to shun a State
wherein the enterprise of merchants
is discouraged, and capital cannot be
so invested in real or other estate as
to yield the income which it readily
yields in other States.