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Great Reduction in Teas.
- CHESTS ENGLISH BREAKFAST.
q chests Oolong,
chests Young Hyson,
Ghosts GunpOwder
AL OF the best quality fresh, and will be
sold ut prices that cannot fail to please.
r. j. Il II. NJ. GIBSON,
july 16
, 1872-05-08
St Crpix, May 1872.

w have heard advanced faon very many
quarters the idea Of a public meeting to discuss
public matters in this Island, more especially
the present Admins ration On stion. We our
selves have on several occasions urg d the value,
importance and practical utility of such meet
Jugs, by which public opinion may be formed and
led into the right track, and the public Repre-
sautativcs strengthened ia their work. Such
public meetings arc expressly warranted by 80
Of the Colonial Law and the intent of that
provision is most a5>uredly that Of according to
US the same political liberty and political rights
as crj)yed by our feIlow-subjecls in Denmark.
But The great difficulty here, is to get a man
possessing The requisite qualifications To start,
set af rot and direct such Il meeting. Without
such aS>jst anoe and direction the measure would
p,oyo obortiye and would simply be productive
Of confusion Hnd C0ntentIon, as WAS the case IN
the mcotiug got up in ST Thomas some time
ngO undor the auspices Of certain GrandeeS.
The only individual who by his position aud iu-
fuence in the community aud by his parliament
tlry capabilities would be able to arrange such
a Meeting here for the purpose d fined by our
Cor -pondent B., is the very man who our said
Correspondent suspects Of aspirations to the
MagI>tcIial Chair. Such aspirations would BIO
a. warrantablo and lludabIe az many others
we have heard and SEEN being manifested in
that very aarno dir4etion ; hnt he that as it may,
Mr.. RO>enstand is at present the only one of
our Representatives, of whom it could justly be
expected that he should seek to make himself
intimately acquainted with the views If the peo-
pie on this alI-important question. Mr. Rnsen-
stand has only expressed his own personal opim-
iOn on the matter, and if by a public meeting
convened and directed by him, he were to ind
, 1872-05-08

country and town Join, and give hearty express
sions to the disappointment felt by t,eir consti-
tuents, and let them act manly and straight-for-
wardly 80 that the Home Government can be made
thoroughly acquainted with our views. 1t is very
easy for officials, like Mr.. Rosenstand Il Cap.
Raupach, to expect the Home Government to con-
tribute towards keeping up our extrayagancies,
but / suppose the Tax Payers in Denmark will
have something else to say about the matter. If
we were really in need, then we might expect them
to help us, but we are not N need; we have only
to set about with q hearty will and thoroughly re-
form our stupidity expensive administration and
we will then be able to pay our way without as
sistanco. The very worst thing that could pos
eibly hnrDen Just now, would be a pecuniary grant
from the Mother Country for If we once got
that, then there would be no reforms whatever
made in our miserable system, and our progress
would be mater ally retarded.
In conclusion, Mr.. Editor, ellow me to express
the great pleasure / take in noticing the i'm
provcment which has taken place in the 'ATia'
since your management the many go 4 articles
which have lately appeared from yourself and
your correspondents, and the now poll icaI life
which has been created among us by your paper
a thing that was sadly needed augurs we'll tor
the future of our peop,c, and hope that BY this
means, our fellow subjects in the Mother Country
will be able to get in!ell gent ideas Of our wants.
tits true, | have heard tle Avis condemned bya
few, but they belong to he party Of high official
salaries and political 5tag0alion q parry, whose
cond nina ion, is the very highest praise 'ha' could
be bestowed on you.
I am Sir
Yours
, 1872-05-08
CT
of the Colonial Councils most submissive
report to his Majesty the King on the Bud
get for the financial year l856-57.
G. SARAUW.

The Council has received 4 memorials
from the wardens of the TWO english episco-
pal and the two roman-catholic congrega-
tions In St Cro;4,-oonoornias aia-toSvards
paying their Clergy and the Council has
found cause to subject this matter to its ma
ture deliberation. While the clerical du-
ties incumbent on the c~lergymen of these
congregations have been considerably in
creased by and after the emancipation, the
capabiIity ofthe congregations themselves to
, 1872-05-08
4 CONSTANT READER.
70 TUE EDITOR or Il Jaws
THE ADMINISTRATIONS OF 81. OR

70 TUE EDITOR or TIE "Avis.'
THE ADMINISTRATIONS OF 81. CkOIA
The f1tu5e administration Of our Island is
now the sole theme Of conversation aud discus
sion here, and the mo, c it is discussed, the more
parplexity it creates in Nous minds. The
committee report OF the Colonial Council meets
universal diSfavor, nay disgos', both the major
ity aud minotity-reports, and the debate III tie
CouDcil was anything but lucid. Judge r.
sen|and was there tho principal, almost the
only. speaker, aud his view anI his exposition
like nearly everything on which he dilates
in public-were prolix, and bearing unmistaka-
bic signs Of tue ill-c0nCeaied drift Of bis mind TO-
ward ruising himself into tie gubernatorial seat.
Well, if he were Governor, W. should 0ssuredlY
not fire worse than We do now under our PFC.
sent not very desirable sort of Government in
the Island. But he might keep bis drift more
in III. dark, a0d not let it be so pefceptibla th,t
oil his doings evinc3 it, tending to make every
act and word Of bis suspected Of int rested mo-
tives.
The demand from St. Thomas for a yearly
contribution from here toward delraylng the e1.
pens 9 Of the 0G2GoU administration, has made
the confusion of our Council worse confounded.
Not n member sees n reasonable issue cut Of the
dilemma, and between the talk of Mr.. Rosen-
stand, who fgh for his own ends, and that Of
the acting V,cegovernor, who urges what will
bestsui hisinterest, and witt a chairman whol"s 3
sight of the important issues by dragging minor
matters offormaIity into The debate. the porplexed
members are at their wits end. Aud who is
there to deny. that the subject-matter is one be-
yond the inte,it ctuai competency Of such a
Council? Verify, The Government Is . thou
sand times bllmeahle for not having fla dis
solved the Councjl which was publicly demand
ed when Governor Birch came out from Den.
mark last,-thus laid a revised draft of The Colo
nialIaw before a newly elected Council, aud on
this coming in force, and thus only. laid the
draft on tho Administra'i,u before a Council
elected under the new Co'onialiaw. But this
course our unwiso rulers would not follow thence
confusion, misrule and rtagnation in the needed
reforms. To reach this deplorab}e stage of
barkwardness, Governors Buls and Stakemann
wi their advisors have spent no less than 10
months.
While the Colonial Council is lost in doubt
and bewi.derment, while some members work
for their own ends, aud the acting VlcegoveruOr
is said to contemplate strengthening his person
al intere st by nominating for ~crowumember at
the next vacancy newly arrived inhabitant,
, 1872-05-08

his opinion strengthened by that of the. People
his position would become so much the surer
and it a contrary opinion should be prevailing,
be would be having an opportunity Of ascertain
ing himself personally he strength and grounds
Of that opinion Whie lu filing a duty be
owes hin>e f and his Constituents and the Com.
munity at large, he VIII at he same time be az.
fordiug the Superior AIministrarion valuable
assistance, In astertaining The golden medium,
in learning the desires and wishes Of he people.
for which the Administration could not TO
otherwise than graceful. We beg now to invit.
Mr.. Rosenstand to lend US and those other res
p+ctabIe men who will go with us, his aid and
support towards the org .uisafion and direction
Of a public meeting. in the way that may be
most agreeable and favourable to the plan, for
the purpose Of considering and adopting rcsolu-
tions in the matter now engaging public aiten-
ton most, viz: the form If our local Adminis;ra
ton, and to present them in legal form before
onr Legislature. Ofcourse, we anticipato thatour
Vicegoyeruor Will make 30 objections to tho
proposed meeting, and hope that with his wait
ed compiajsancc, be will even honor the even,
tuaj Meeting with his proscnce.- ED
~sees=
TO THE EDITOR OF "ST CRoIx AVIS"
Sir!
On the 9th of November last, the Colo
NAL Council, at the request of the Vice
governor, elected 5 of its members, to join
him and some other gentlemen appointed
by him, to consider a plan for the applica-
ton of the subsidy of $4,000 granted by
law of 9Th March 1869 from the finances
of the Nother-country to the S.. Croix Co.
lo0iaI Treasury. Some time after. this Com
mission met, and I brought in a pro rosal
to the OBJECT that the subsidy should be
lent out on good security, and the interest
devoted to the Substituting Of parochial
Schools. From the the declarations of the
Vicc-governor in a meeting of the Coun-
Gil on the 29th last month | find that if
this ma ter is to be brought TO a c%onCIu-
sion | will have to to take other steps. /
therefore now har of you to insert in ynnS
paper the aboye-named proposal, OF which
I ~iucIose a copy. My object is, that this
matter may be publicly discussed /; for my
w guidance ! wish specially to hear what
can be said for, and against the details of
the proposed plan. which is taken partly
from the rules followed in some of the Eng
fish West;ndia Islands.
I further ask you to insert the enclosed
extract taken from the Councils report to
His Males y the King on The Budget for the
financial year 1861, which most sub
missive report led to the clause in 20 of
the Colonial Law, viz: contributions to-
wards the ecclesiastical institutions of other
mot luther"n) denominations may be grant
ed by ordinance"
Frederiksted, 4th May 1872.
Your bot. Servt.
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correspondence OF the Phoenix.
SUMTER, s. c., September q


To-day the Moses pow-wow took place
here. The crowd was comparatively
small one, notwithstanding o barbecue
and brass band had been provided, and
runners had been busy for week cum
moning the faithful to attend. Small as
it was. it was very inharmonious; and
Sam Lee, who was not allowed on the
stand, made himself constantly heard
from his placo in the crowd, and had
good backing. He worried the regulars
no little. and can floor Moses easily with
his polnt-blank charges and proofs. The
purity here is all in muddle, and each
wing will have it's full State and County
tickets in the field. Judge Green, who
represents the boilers, or true Republi
cans. is very popular among both white
and black, and his ticket will be such an
improvement on the other that it will be
largely supported by both races, and has
every chance of being elected. Moses
gets money from somewhere and spends
it like water on his election. If elected.
he will go into Office with q flattened
pocket book, and taxpayers will have to
fill it. TRUE.
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AN OFFICER THAT ''Dn1NKs TOO MUcu. "
An amusing letter was received at the
pension agency in this city, yesterday,
from o female pensioner in South Carroll.
ma, who. in executing her paper, had oc-
casion to call upon the Clerk of the
Court. whom she found in condition
that would lead Senator Wilson to say
"he drinks too much." She, however.
secured the certificate, but the chiroera.
ply bore such palpable evidence of Inc.
briation that, fearful of it's passing at the
agency. she addressed the following note
to Col. Cox, the pension agent:
DEAR SIR: Please pardon me for saying
that our Clerk of Court is little inioxi-
Gated today, and il he has commit err
rors hope you will pardon and send
check without further trouble.
Washington Patriot.
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A MECHANICAL ToY.-Among the in.
yentions recently patented at the Patent
Office is a mechanical toy, regarding
which the inventor eau say, With proba.
bly, more truth than the patent medicine
man, that "the children cry for it," The
invention consists Of an ordinary four.
wheel velocipede, like those in which
children are daily aeen propelling them.
selves along the sidewalks. In front of
this, and supported by a pair of fixed
shafts or thilIs, is the figure of q man or
BOY, ready to be dressed in any suit or
livery to please the taste of tho owner.
10 the heels of this suppositi.ious motive
power arc attached, by a pivot, rods
leading to and connected with proiec-
tions from the spokes of the wheels of
the vehicle, by which crank motion is
obtained, and SO arranged that while one
goes forward, the other remains nearly
stationary, 80 as to give to the figure the
appearance of walking and drawing the
vehicle, which, in fact, is propelled in
the ordinary way, giving motion to the
hgure. Parents muy expect a draft upon
their purses about the holidays for one
OF these comical vuhicles.
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On the night of the 2Otb, swede was
run over and killed on the Georgia Rail
road, near Berzelia. On the same dav.
lady and her dog were ran over and
Killed on the North Carolina Railroad,
near Salisbury.
a Western journal thus alludes to an
editorial neighbor: ''He was too weak to
eat crow, but seven columns of Govern
ment advertisements each week make
him relish 'bnll pup wonderfully"
10000 voters in North Carolina did
not vote in the late election, says the
Raleigh News.
A foreign-born citizen of Rhode
Island must OWL S134 OF real estate be.
fore he can cast ballot.
Mr.. Oakes Ames ought to try this
motto: "Let all the ends thou An1est. at
be thy Country's. Gods and IrutAsP'
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EIGHT AT A BIRTH. The Cincinnati
Lancet q and Observer gives publicity to the
following, which is the most remarkable
event that ever transpired in this or any
other country, in the way OF births:
On the 2lst of August, Mrs. Timothy
Bradlee. of Trumbull County, gave birth
to eight children-three boys and five
girls. They are all living and are healthy,
but are quite small. Mr.. Bradlee was
married six years ago to Euenoe Move
ry, who weighed 272 pounds on the day
OF her marriage. She has given birth to
t"o pair Of twins. and nov sight uiore.
making twelve children in six years.
Mrs. bradlee was triplet, her mother
and father both being twins. and her
grandmother the mother OF five pair of
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Building Lots.
BY JACOB LEVIN, Auctioneer.

OFFICE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
CoLoMBIA, 8. c., September 6, 1872.
DUhSUANT to an Act entitled t.An Act to
4 provide for the construction OF a new
court House In and for the County OF Rich
land, approved 9th March, 1872, which enacts
as Ioilows: THAT the County Commissioners
OF hichiand County are hereby directed, au-
the whole OF that lot in the city Of Columbia.
on the corner Of Richardson and Washing ton
streets, whereon was formerly situated the
Court House OF said County. The said sale
TO be made at public outcry to the hiphest
bidder, at such time or times on such terms
and in such parcels as the said Commission
ors shall think proper, after advertisemen ent
thereot Tor at least thirty days: Provided.
SAID lot shall not be sold for less than one
hundred ($l00) dollars per foot"
6y virtue OF said authority, We, the Under
signed, county Commissioners for Richland
county. will offer for sale before the Court
house IN Columbie, on the FIRST MONDAY
in OCTOBER NEXT, between the legal hours.
ail the unsold portion, Ito wit: LOTS Nos. l.
q and 81 OF that lot Of land in the CITY of Co.
iumbia situated at the Northeast corner Of
the intersection Of Richardson and Waehinc-
ton atreets, plat whereof can be seen at the
Office Of the Clerk of Court.
Terms OF SALE.-One. half the purchase
money payable on the first day Of January
next, the balance on the first day of July.
Al. a; y. 1873. with interest from day OF sale.
Ine purchase money to be secured by bond
with good personal security, and mortgs re Of
the premises.
furchasers to pay for stamps and papers
JOHN II. BRYANT, Chairman.
URIAH PORTEE.
Sept 10 t Commissioners.
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OHl O'CoNoR!-The New York Times
says Charles O'Conor has written letter
to member of the "straight. out Demo
cratic committee" accepting the nomina-
ton OF the Louisville Convention. We
doubt very much the truth OF this state.
ment; but, admitting it to be true, what
does Mr.. O'Oonor's candidacy amount
to? He will no moro be regarded as o
Democrat in this race than will u. 8.
Grant. In fact, he will not be in the
race at all. Every true Democrat will
support tho unanimous choice of his
party in Convention assembled, regard
less OF suoh swindling side-shows as the
Louisville Convention. II Mr.. O'Conor
is IN any doubt as to the strength of bla.
ssnt donkeyism. let him wait until the
State elections take place next month.
Wilmington Star.
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Among the Southerners at present go.
journing in New York is Col. Ellison
8. keitt, of South Carolina, one of the
most eloquent stump speakers of that
sunny region. He was the first public
man IN the Palmetto State to publish on
Enforcement OF the nomination of Gree.
Icy and Brown, and since that time has
been an active worker in their cause.
While in New York he has spent nearly
every evening in addressing the Liberal
reform and Democratic organizations ut
their respective club rooms, and his
ttrumpet-like tone and stirring arguments
have awakened degree OF enthusiasm
that has added not little to the interest
OF these local gatherings. Col. Keitt.
With his son. are the guests of the Grand
Central.-New York Ereninq Tsieoram :,
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The last surviving revolutionary SOL
dler mas come to the surface again, this
sae and IS aH is 1ls years Of
oompanied by his four children, the
Youngest being seventy-fve. He came
after pension money which had been ac-
cumulating for long time, and he has
now nice little sum to begin life with.
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Auot1on @alea
City Of Columbia z Per Cent. Bonds
OEEICE CITY TREAcun
OFFICE CITY TREASURY,

CoLUMpIA, 3. C., September 2S. 1872.
pCRSUANT to authority delegated by re-
L. solution, adopted by the City Council. I
October 2. 1872. one hundred and City thon.
sand CITY OF COLUMBIA SEVEN PER
CENTUM TWENTY YEAR BONDS. Said
Bonds will be OF the denominations Of $3.50.
s50o and 8! 900; the proceeds of the sale 10 be
used for the erection Of the now City Hall.
new Market, and other public Improvement
The right is reserved to dispose of part Of
the said Bonds in lots or in whole, as the
further information desired can be Obtained
oy ADDRESSING CHAS. BARNUM,
Sept "a City Treasurer, Columbia. d. q.
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"SwISeISa ROUND. "-H. G. and U. S.
q. are both now engaged in "swinging
round tho circle" Honest Horace
favors the people with neat and sensi
bic speech wherever he stops, for
speech he must make or his countrymen
are not satisfied. On the other hand.
the great gift.talSer has no words of
cheer or sympathy for his few admirers.
His lips are sealed, unless somebody
says 'straight-whiskey," "straight-Dem
ocrat," or Havana cigars" Then Q.
S. G. says yes" and Immediately re-
lapses into his comatose condition. Tie
people now have fine opportunity Of
judging OF the relative capacity OF tho
two men for the office of President. In
Greeley, they see q man of brain and
heart; in Grant, weak. vacilIating
creature. whose only ambition is to &c.
cumulate wealth by means of his high
position. On tue 5th day of November,
the voters of this country will decide
that Horace Greeley is the man to oc.
cupy the Presidential chair. Grant can
then spend oil, instead of half, his time
ut Long Branch. - Wilmington Star.
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"What nuisance!" exclaimed gentle
man at concert, as young fop in front
OF him kept talking in lond voice to II
lady at his side. 'Did you refer to mo,
sir?" threateningly demanded the fop.
ooh, no; meant the musicians there,
who keep mp such noise with their in
struments that l can't hear your con-
vcrsation," was the stinging reply.
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nRITuARY

Departed this life, on the night of the 10th
instant, near Branchville, 8. G., Miss MAG
GLE '. MORGAN. youngest daughter OF I.
G. Morgan, of Columbia, :. G.
9th Of this month, OF typhoid pneumonia.
Mrs. CHARLOTTE TAYLOR, youngest
daughter OF George ". Wright's first family.
and formerly Of this place. She leaves q
loss. " "e'
"In the midst Of life VIC are in dsnth."
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When you hug silk-incased belle. IL
is better to be certain that her dress is
not dyed with picrate OF lead. A
scientist asserts that cloth so dyed is lia.
BILE to spontaneous combustion when
subjected to little friction. Dark par.
lors may, therefore, be suddenly and
awkwardiy illuminated.
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Warranted perfectly pure. and flee from all
deieterious substances. It is distilled from
BARLEY OF the finest quality, and the AROMA
TIC JUMPER BERRY OF ITALY and designed
expressly for cases Of Dyspepsia or Indiges-
tion. Dropsy, Gout, Rheumatism, General
Debility, Catarrh Of the Bladder, Paine in the
Back and Stomach, and all diseases Of the
Urinary Organs. It gives great relief in
Asthma, Gravel and Calculi in the Bladder,
strengthens and invigorates the system, and
is a certain preventative and cure OF that
dreadful scourge, FEVER AND AGUE.
CAUTIONi ASK for "HUDsox G. WoLFR's
BELL SCHNAPPs."
For sale by all respectable Grocers and Apo
thecaries
HUDSON G. WOLFE & CO., Sole Importers.
Office, IS South William street, New York.
Sept 1G 9mo
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Notice.
t HAVE appointed JOSEPH T. ZEALY nv
Il legal attorney during my absence from
the state. MRS. NJ. g. WALTER.
Sept q ~
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TO All Whom it May Concern"
UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENI1E

CoLLEoToR's OFFICE, 3D DISTRICT. g. O.,
COLUMBIA, September 23, 1872.
NOTICE is hereby given that the list.
~ assessed for August, 1872, is now in this
office for collection. Ali persons liable for
taxes assessed thereon, should make payment
alties will attach to all unsettled taxes in
this Office after 30th instant, without option
OF tho undersigned. G. L. ANDERSON,
sept "A IS Collector Sd District 8. G.