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COLUMBIANS. C. Wednesday Morning, July 2.1873. One of Oar D?ng?r?. At this season of commencements? when we see and read so muoh of the in? teresting exeicises and oonolading cere moniea at the graduation of the youth of the country, the coming men and women?we cannot but urge upon pa? rents the vast benefit of this training and equipment for the fl^pld of aotivo life. Poverty has overtaken our people, and prosperity haj for the time left us. Un? certainty, disappointment and frequent failure attend our labors, however ear? nest and devoted. We are) in the midst of trying times, and the difficulties of giving eduoation to the young are very great and discouraging. But let us tully appreciate the importance of the prepa? ration, and do all that may be done, as? sured that the harvest will certainly be great. There is no greater or more per? manent evil attendant on parents than . the failure to educate, and the degrada? tion of ignorance. "Knowledge is power," and the foroe of the human mind, if exorcised, has no limit to its improvement. Honest and systematic labor in the paths of learning and men? tal achievements often makes men of capacity, at first ordinary, booome great. The trained student has the same advan? tage over tho untrained as the practiced .pugilist or gymnast haa over persona of common physique, without exeroiso. One of the greatest dangers of the South -is degeneracy and inferiority in the edu? cation of the young. We, therefore, take occasion to impress upon all the grave duty of .doing all that is possible in this direction?for. the sake of the ?country, as well as their own posterity. ' .'. . General Sherman is not always as dis oreet as he should be toward the Presi? dent he serves. While- addressing the graduating class at West Point, a few days since, he blunderingly said that "the soldier should disregard all idea of tho pursqii of wealth. Glory is the .soldier's wealth, ii Thai is. true now, and will; bftuntil the;iend of time." Buch language fr,om snob a.source would seem to imply a pointed disrespect for the great soldier at the White House, or at least-at' the White Honke, when not in the g>ft oottage at Long Branch. Qen. Grant has deservedly the reputation of being a soldier, but he never pursued the enemy with' halt the ardor that ho has devoted to the pursuit of wealth. Referring to tbo incident aboye related, the New York Sun says: "Qen. Grant got a number of rioh men to subscribe for a gift to Gen. Sher? man, and then, getting the money into his own control, applied the greater part of it to the purchase for Sherman, at the T?te of $65,000, of his own house in Washington, which he had jnst before sold" to another man for 810,000. It is not surprising that the memory of that little transaction should linger iu the mind of the General of the Army, prompting him to observations aa keen' and wholesome as those which we have quoted above." Moreover, if any person is to be cen? sured more than another for the salary grab, that person is surely Graut. By signing the bill he made the fraud effect? ive. Mortuary statistics show that the popu? lar uotion that negroes are more able than the whites to resist the attacks of malarious diseases, is erroneous. In Alabama, the raoes are nearly equal, 521,000 whites to 475,003 negroes; yet tho last census shows that while there were 4,500 deaths among the whites, thero wero 6,000 among the negroes. The measles oarried oil 281- negroes to 122 whiles; the typhoid fever, 197 ne? groes to 207 whites; while remittent and intermittent fevers took 412 negroes to 293 whites. Pneumonia was espeoiully fatal to the colored race, 988 fatal oases .of it having occurred to 498 among the whites. The same facts uro noticeable in regard to the ravages of mulurious fevers, consumption, pneumonia and general diseases, in Mississippi, South Carolina and other Southern States. Po36ibly, the negleot of their sick by the negroes may account for a portion of the disparity of deaths, but the faot is still established by figures, that iu point of health, tho Oauoasiun is the suporior race, even in the South. The Atlanta Sun has been merged in the Atlanta ComlUution, and Mr. Ste? phens, "while having nothing to do with the proprietorship, will retain au edito- j rial connection with the united papers." This furnishes another evidenoo that liberalism is the winning card in the South. Mr. Stephens, with all hie pres? tige and splendid abilities, could not make tho Sun a successful enterprise, burdened, as it was, with tho weight of old fogyism. It is n dead weight, and no paper can live in the South or uuy whero else, that attempts to carry it. ? - ? <-??-? Keep everything around yon clean, and fear not the cholera. The Order of Patrons of Husbandry and Its Objects.? A Western corres? pondent of the Kew York World lately gave a very interesting account of the I farmers' movement in the West, and of the order of Patrons of Husbandry in connection therewith, For the benefit of inquirers, we make the following ex? tracts: To state the primary objeots of the order in detail, they may be declared as being to seonre intimate sooial relation? ship among the farmers and producers of this country; to encourage the progress j and elevate the charaajfcr of their pur? suits; to diffuse among them a thorough knowledge of the aims and purposes-of agriculture; to enable them to appreciate the importance and neocasity of protect? ing their true interests by oombined co? operative association, and to show to the members how important and influential is the pursuit of agriculture. A promi? nent feature of the order is that of in? creasing sociability among its members. The grange is a place where the farmer may ,tuke his wife and daughters, and they, as well as himself, must be assured that no objeotionsble company is to be admitted. The forms and ceremonies in the gxnugGo arc only such as arc necessary for discipline. There is enough of se? crecy in tho order to afford protection to the consultation of its members, and|in this respect they resemble human kind generally?families,' churches, business firms and corporations. Like other bu? siness enterprises, the granges propose to keep their own counsel as a family, each patron working for his own inte? rests as well as for those of his many as? sociates, ? The opponents of the order have mado the admission of women into granges a special mark of their opposition; bat the originators of the movement were so sa? tisfied that they could not accomplish all that would be necessary without the as? sistance of* women, that they adopted rules which prevented the formation of a grange without a certain ratio of lady members, and these hopes have been more than realized in the sooial refine? ments doe to their preBenoe, whioh en? nobles the purposes of the order, and gives to it that family and social feature whioh is one of the principal attributes of the granges. The ritual of the order is of a very pleasing and attentive kind, and creates enthusiasm, among the members owing to its strict adaptation to rural pursuits. The granges measurably fill tho void, so common in rural districts, of the lack of amusements, and aid largely in solaoing tho mind of the pountry populations wearied with the ledium?or imagined tedium?of a country existence. Among other properties each grange possesses are a well-selected library, a piano or a melodeon, a microscope, botanical, mineralogical and entomological speci? mens, and similar facilities for intel? lectual amusement and scientific study. In one of the degrees occurs a social feast, whioh is a happy re union, heartily enjoyed by old and young. At the sooial board all participate in friendly inter? course, introductions are made and ac? quaintances formed. The members, thus gathered together in one family, as it were, learn to know each other better, and are brought into closer connection and sympathy than ever before, espe oially when a community is soaLterud, social relationship limited, and where occasion* for its encouragement rarely occur. The legitimate business of tho granges embraces everything that can be advan? tageous to its members. Among the more prominent matters now fairly inau? gurated and in good working condition, may be mentioned a systematic arrange? ment for rapidly procuring and dissemi? nating information relative to crops, the aspect of demand and sapply, prices in various markets, iho coat of transporta? tion from point to point by various routes, the establishment of depots for the sale of special products, so as to bring the consumer in direot contact with tho producer; also for tho purchase and exchange of live stock, seeds, plants and fruits of all kinds; facilities for pro? curing help and labor at home or from abroad, and work for those seeking em? ployment; a well-guarded system of test? ing and ascertaining the merits of newly invented or newly introduced farming machinery and implements, the results of which are at once communicated to all tho members of the order. Its agents are con3tautly on the alert to expose and detect frauds and deceptions of every kind, and protect the members by every available means from all measures likely to injure their interests. All tho candidates for nomination for Governor of Minnesota, claim to he de? voted friends of tho farmers of that Stato. There is nothing straugo in that. The time wiii come?and thai soou? when all pnrticr and every candidate will bo the friends of the "Farmers' Move? ment." The prevailing epidemic at Memphis anil Nashville and other cities in the South has seriously interfered with busi? ness to and from those points, even so far as to compel tho different railroad lines to suspend tho running of some of their passenger and freight trains. A German, named Conrad Kelterborn, committed Buicide in Suvannah, on the 28th ult., by catting his throat with a razor. Domestic difficulties were tho alleged cause. The body of an unknown wbito man, of short stature, has been found in tho marsh near Plam Island, in the vicinity of Charleston. The Rev. George Allou, who died in Savannah, Ga., on tho 28th of June, was a brother-in-law of the lato Judge Ward law, and a nativo of South Carolina. During a heavy thunder storm, on the 23d ult., Mr. J. W. Smith, a worthy citizon of Buford, Oa., was struck by lightning und instantly killed. Penitentiary Statistics.?Gen. John B. Dennis, Superintendent of * the State Penitentiary,.has furnished an abstraot of statistics of that instltntioh, which he has been preparing for the Department of Justice at Washington: The whole nnmber of Inmates of the Penitentiary, January 1,1878, was 188; the whole number discharged during the year 1872 was 300; the number pardoned during the year 1872 was 238 males and 7 females, and the number discharged by expiration of sentence during the Jear was 55; 47 of the 188 on the first of anuary of tho previous year can read and write; the remainder?131 males and 10 females?cannot; 56 only have trade?. Of those now confined, 3 are natives^of Alabama; 1 from California; Florida, 1; Georgia, 6 males and 1 female; Ken tuchy, l;Maino, 1; Mississippi, 3;North Carolina, 14; South Carolina, 140 males and 9 females; Tennessee, 1; Virginia, 4; British Proviuoes, 1; and Ireland, 1. Their crimes are: Assault with intent to rape, 3; arson, 16 males, 3 females; assault with intent to kill, 6; bigamy, 1; burglary, 46 males, 1 female; house breaking, 3 males, 1 female; horse steal? ing, 7; larceny, 44; murder, 29 males, 3 females; manslaughter, 5; perjury, 1; robbery, 5; rape, 11; abdnotion, 1; and infanticide, 2 females. Their terms of sentence are: Those under one year, 11; under two years, 25 males, 1 female; under three years, 30 males, 3 females; under four years, 20 males, 1 female; under five years, 12 males; under six years, 18 males, 3 females; under seven years, 3; under eight years, 3; under nine years, 2; under twelve years, 22 males and 1 female; under fifteen years, 2; under twenty years and over fifteen, 6; for twenty years and over, 11 males and 1 female; and for life, 13 males. Bloody Wobe in Geoboia.?It is rumored in Atlanta that an attack was made in Union County upon certain United States officers, which resulted fa? tally. It seems that two United States Deputy Marshals, Manchester and Bay, and a citizen named Led ford, who pro? bably noted as an informer, were in Union County, looking up and arresting illicit distillers. On last Wednesday, tho party of three were ambuscaded by a squad of Union County men, at least twenty strong. They had concealed themselves on the road, and the first in? timation of their presence was a sbet ?m volley fired upon them, killing Mr. edford. The two remaining tried to escape, but Deputy Marshal Bay was captured. Grant's Civil Sebvice Refobm and Thibd Tebm.?Col. John S. Mosby, the Southern guerrilla fighter, says: "I have scoured appointments for gentlemen living in different portions of the State. * * * I think I have made the Presi? dent more friends by these appointments than all tho Radicals iu Virginia would have mudein a hundred years. * * * Federal patronage is the sustenance, the support of the carpet-bag party iu the South. Deprived of that, it would die to-morrow." Col. Moaby also sayH: "I expect to take the stamp in favor of Gen. Grant's re-election for the third term." Discipline the Liveb.?The liver is truly an "unruly member." Some? times it is torpid and secretes too slowly, at other times it is unnaturally active and sends forth a perfect freshet of bile. Regulate this organ with HoBtetter's Bit? ters, not with calomel or blue mass. Mineral excitants, in stimulating the liver, poison the blood, and their ulti? mate effect is terrible. Tho Bitters, on the other hand, have a vitalizing and purifying, as well as a stimulating effect. They not only regulate the flow of bile, but iu'fuse new life into the whole sys? tem. A good appetite and perfect diges? tion, a regular, natural habit of body^a sonnd oondition of the nervous system, vivacity of spirits, increased bodily strength and power of endurance, and refreshing sleep, are among the blessings they promote. The temperature of sum? mer is a severe tax npon the digestive and secretive organs, and the Bitters are never more indispensable than at this period of the year. J29J-2+1 Nervous Debilitv.?A depressed, ir? ritable state of mind; weak, neryoup, exhausted feeling; no energy or ani? mation; confused head, weak memoby, often with debilitatino, involuntary discharges. The conscquenee of ex? cesses, mental overwork or indiscretions. This nebvous debility finds tt soyebeign cube in HUMPHllEYS' homozopathic spe? cific, No. 28. It tones up the system, arrests discharges, dispels the mental gloom and despondenoy, and rejuvenates tho ontiro system; it is perfectly harmless and always efficient. Price $5 for a pack ago of five boxes and a large S2 vial of powder, which is important iu old serious cases; or 31 per single box. Sold by all Druggists, or sent by mail on recoipt of ! price, Address Humphreys' Specific homceopathio medicine company, No. 562 Broadway, N. Y. For sale by Geiger & McGregor, Columbia, S. C. Apllf^ly If yonr hair is falling out, use Nattaus' Crystal Discovery, which supplies that nourishment from tho loss or insufficient supply of which the hair falls out. It gives now life. A trial will convince. Sold by druggists generally. Prioe $1 por bottle. For sale by C. H. Miot. J27t3 "Miller House," at 37, 39 and 41 West 26th St., New York City.?Ele? gant family and single rooms, by the day or week, with or without board, in a first oluss location, near Madison Square, twenty minutes ride from Central Park. Prices low during the summer. Ad? dress E. P. Miller, 41 West 26th street, N. Y. Juue 25 10 Ex-Governor Charles J. Jenkins, of Georgia, has been presented with a gold modal, voted him by the Legislature' of that Stato, lest year. The farmers' granges or Patrons of I Husbandry movement is progressing in I Virginia. XZm ooal Ite rria. ?. i?i ? City Matters.?The pno?: ui single copies of the Phcenix is five cents. The annual commencement of TJrsu line Convent, at Yalle' Craoia, near Co? lombia, S. C, 06mes off to-day, at 8>? o'olock. Persons in arrears to the Pucenix for subscriptions are notified that prompt payment must be made. It is either money or no paper. The question naturally arises what would our Trial Justices do were it net for the festive freaks of tho gentle Afri? can? A quantity of type metal?equal to Babbitt, for many purposes?for sale at the Pekenix office, at twenty-five cents per pound for small quantities?less figures for large lots. The Union-Herald is a stickler for fashion?it has had four different beads during its six months' existence. Per? haps the proprietors think it better to be out of the world than out of fashion. Our German fellow-citizens enjoyed themselves at a pio nie and dinner, yes? terday, at the brewery. The fnn was kept up until Lunar made her appearauc*, when all "came home by the light of the moon." Mr. F. Hash made his last run over the Greenville and Colombia Railroad, yesterday. He takes a position on the Air Line Railroad. We wish him as prosperous and pleasant a career in his new as in his old position. We regret to learn by a despatch from Thomaeville, Ga., that the honso occu? pied by Messrs. A. M. Hnnt and Wo, Paryear, formerly residents of Columbia, was destroyed during an extensive fire in that town, a few days ago. It was rumored on the streets, yester? day, that Mr. A. A. Glover, of Edgefleld, bad been refused bail in the case of the State vs. Glover, for the homicide of Mr. Lovett Gomilion, before Jndge Graham, at Charleston, on Monday. At the annnal meeting of the Phoenix Hook and Ladder Company, the follow? ing officers were elected to servo the en? suing year: J. L. Little, Foreman; P. Meigbau, Assistant Foreman; F. D. Koueman, -Seoretary; J. Jeans, Trea? surer. Mr. James Glaffey has kindly fur? nished us with a mess of potatoes, of the "Peerless Pink" variety. They are large and mealy, with their skins much resembling the "Early Boso." They were grown in Mr. Claffey's garden in this city. It is proposed to raise by subscription a sufficient sum of monoy to erect a suitable and appropriate monument to the memory of Hon. James L. Orr. The plan suggested is, that the subscription should be made as follows: By the Bar of bis Circuit; by the Masons of the Slate; by tho members of Orrs Rifle Regiment, and by his friends generally. The steamship line between Charles? ton and New York is extensively patron? ized at this season of the year. The boats are built of iron, have every con? venience, state-rooms qu deck, tables well supplied, and the officers competent and courteous. Mr. W. A. Courtenay is the agent of tho "Iron Line," consisting of the Georgia and South Carolina. The rates are much less than by rail, while you are froe from dust and heat. To Olr Exchanges.?The time has arrived for the enforcement of the new postal regulations, in anticipation of whioh we have revised our exchange Ii9t, and cut off such exchanges as can bo dis? pensed with. Daily newspapers with which we wiBh to exchange will receive The PnXENTX, if they desire it, as hereto? fore, each paying postage on what is re? ceived. Those daily journals which con? tinue to receive Tuk Pu<enix may consi? der us willing to exchange; and will please uotify us if such an arrangement is not agreeable. The weekly journals published in this State, to which we have hitherto sent The Pjjie.six, daily or tri-weekly, will have tho exehauge con? tinued, if the weeklies will pay the post? age both ways; ot bor wise, wo will bo forced to exchange Tue Weekly Gleaner with them, each paying the postage ou the journals received. This arrange? ment proposed to the State weeklies re? quires immediate attention; which it is desirable shall be given. In regard to thoso journals which wo feel compelled to roiiuquish, we would not have it inferred that wo do not ap? preciate their worth aud interest. Some of these are of editorial ability and in* dustry, and others of special local value. But as we cannot retain all, we must re striol oursolves to such as are of most practical* uso to us in collecting intelli? gence. It is not pleasant to part from auy of the old, familiar newspaper faces, but it is simply a requirement of busi? ness, rendered indispensable by the re? gulations adopted by the last Congress in regard to the circulation of newspa? pers. The City; Water?Another. Meeting. A boofiro in front of the Court House, ?bt night, drew together a goodly num? ber of citizens. Dr. Talley took the chair about half-past 8 o'clock, and Mr. Sloan occupied hie position as Secretary, Mayor Alexander arose and stated to the meeting that he had heard nothing from Col. Pearce in response to the reso? lutions passed Monday evening. He then went into an explanation of the causes why the old Council bad entered into the contraot with Coi. Pearce. He k.ew nothing of the Columbia Wattr Power Company. The Mayor also ex? plained away the atatemeuts made by Judge Melton as to wastage near the Wheeler House and on Arsenal Hill, etc. He intimated that the oounsel for Col. Pearce attempted to gag the meeting the night before, in which they failed. After further statements and explanations, the Mayor closed. Mr. Chamberlain, of counsel for the Water Power Company, then arose, and 8 kid ho was present for the purpose of reading tho following explanation from Col. Pearce, in reply to resolutions passed at a meeting of citizens on Mon? day evening: Hon. John Alexander, Mayor of Columbia. Sir: In answer to yonr request, which I have just received, I have the honor to submit the following statement: It must be well known to the City Council and to the citizens that the only sources of water supply are, first, the water from the city springs, and, second, the water from the river. As to the first source of supply, I presume nothing need be said, further than this, that it furnishes the same water which the citi? zens have been accustomed to use for years past, and, so far as I am advised, no complaints are made as to its purity. This supply, an I am informed by a com? petent civil engineer, amounts to about 270,000 gallons daily. ? As to the second source of supply?the water from the river?you are aware that, by tbo con? tract, it was not to be used unless upon the failure of the other streams to fur? nish a sufficient supply. Finding that, from oauses beyond my control, the usual supply from the first source was proving inadequate, it became neces?ary to resort to the river for water. To this end, I employed a person skilled in the business to erect a filtering apparatus, and have since been using water from the river, but only iu sufficient quanti? ties to supply the deficiency of thespring water. This water has been pronounced pure by skillful chemists and eminent physicians of this city. The filtering apparatus I am using is constructed in the same manner as the filters used in other cities, it is found, upon frequent examination, that the water which passes through it is effectually cleared of ull sediment. The city is' now using daily more water than the streams from the springs sup? ply. How this id done cannot but be well known to any one who puts himself to the trouble to inquire. Why it is done and the necessity thus forced upon the company to resort to the river water, it is needless for mo to suggest. It cer? tainly cannot be supposed that the com? pany would subject itself to the addi? tional expense of pumping river water, and using a filter, if the noceuaity for no doing did not exist; and if the citizens prefer to use alone the water from the springs, it must be apparent to every one that it can only be secured by such re? gulations on the part of the oity as will encourage the use of tho water, and limit it to the supply furnished by the springs. If the City Conncil persist in allowing a lavish use of the water, as a matter of course, the Colombia Water Power Com? pany, under their contract, will continue to be compelled to resort to the river for an adequate supply. Whether the water, when delivered by the company into the distributing reservoir, be or be not pure, can only be ascertained by an examina? tion of the same as it is thus delivered. Such an examination, I submit, should in fairness bo made, and if upon such examination it be found to be impure, and the correction of tho evil be within the power of the company, I should not hesitate a moment to endeavor its correc? tion. That complaints justly exist as to tho impurity of tho water wheu delivered by tho city supply pipes, I c.iunot question. That these impurities are in the water whou delivered by tho company into the distributing reservoir, I respectfully douy. The fact is well known, that the distri? buting reservoir is in a bad condition? that it has not been cleaued for a long interval of time, and is fouled with muoli offensive vegetable and animal matter. Tbo fact is also well known, that the small supply pipes to tbo dwelliugs are also in bad condition, many of them be? ing partially filled with sodiment, which is the accumulation of years, and many of them choked up with foreign matter, which has been washed into them froo? the distributing reservoir. Whilst the reservoir aud the supply pipes remain in this condition, it mast be manifest to everyone, that, however absolutely pure tho water may be wheu delivered in the t reservoir, it must continue to be impure nnd offensive when carried to the dwell? ings of tho citizens. By tho terms of tho contract, tho com? pany is not at prosent vested with any control over tho distribution of the water throughout tbo city, nor is at pre? sent vested with any control over the dis? tributing reservoir. There being a dif? ference of opinion in regard to tho pre? sent control of tho distributing reservoir, without stopping to disouss this ques? tion, or to make at prosent any issue j with the City Council in reference there I to, I am willing at once to assume the I duty of cloaning tho reservoir, that the citizens may be rolievod at once of any grievance which results from that source ?public notice being given by you of the time when the water will be drawn j off of the reservoir for that purpose, and j the customary order issued prohibiting 1 the use of*water npon the streets anil the opening of hydrants, except ior fire purposes, daring the time required in cleaning the reservoir. ? la conclusion, Mr. Mayor, allow me to Bay, what should suggest itself to every unprejudiced mind, that the Colombia Water Power Company, or I, as its agent, can have no possible interest or motive in supplying water that is not pure. It is no economy on my part, but, on the contrary, is a heavy daily expanse to draw water from tho river?an ex? pense which the company would very gladly avoid. If directed by the Council not to do so, I Will cheerfully obey the direction, and will thenceforth force up only the water from the springs. But so to do, and thereby to subject the city to the hazard of a failing supply, is a re? sponsibility which the company cannot be expected to assume without authority. If the Council will impose proper regu? lations, limiting the nnneccssary waste of water, and the oitizens will in like manner lend their co-operation, all tho evils oomplained of may fee speedily re? medied. With Bach regulations, which the company has neither the right to im? pose nor the power to enforce, the sup? ply from the springs, whioh the citizons appear generally to prefer, will be found fairy adequate. , 8. A. PEARCE, Jr., I Agent Columbia Water Power Co. The communication, on motion of General Anderson, was reoeived as in? formation. Mr. Seibels then offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the Mayor be, and he is hereby, instraoted to take possession of the distributing reservoir and have it cleaned out immediately, and then should the water not prove good, he call a mass meeting of the citizens of Colombia to consider what can be done. Mr. Seibels desired Col. Pearce's coun? sel to inform the meeting whether or not Col. P. had control of the springs in the park, and whether or not they shonld be oovered. He wanted to know whether the citizens were to bo furnished with pure water, or was it to be like the manufacturing business?a fiaale. If the Mayor was placed in possession of the water works, he ventured.the asser? tion that in one week's time, we should have just as pare water as had been fur? nished for thirty years. The resolution of Mr. Seibels was unanimously adopted, and the meeting adjourned. We learn that Mr. E. W. Evereon, who bus held the positions of local editor on the Daily Union, from November? 1870, to January, 1873, and of associate editor of the Daily Evening Herald and Union-Herald, respectively, sinoe tho last named date, last eveningreceived*letter from the proprietors, informing him that owing to the dullness of the times, his services on the paper would be dispensed with. Phcenixiana.-Dresses woven from bamboo fibres are the lake! things for belles to do their bamboozling in. If a dog epidemic should drop along this way, we don't know but that it would be welcome. Patrons of Husbandry?Mothers with marriageable daughters. An Atlanta physician advises patients who, in these cholera times, feel "np ?side down," to reotify that condition by standing on their heads for a minute at a time thrice a day. Which is a simple way to "heel np" their difficulty. Supposing a man to be in a serious frame of mind, is it neoessary he shonld be the picture of despair? Mail arrangements.?The Northerr. mail openeJ6.30 and 10.80*A. M.; closes 8 A. M. and 6.30 |P. M. ICharlcston opens 7 A. M. and 2 30 P. M.; closes 6.15 and 8.30 P. M. Western opens 6.30 and 9.30 A. M.; closes 9 and 6.30 P. M. Wilmiugloa opens -1.30 P. M.; closes 6 A. M. Greenville opens 6.45 P= M.; closes 6 A. M. On Sunday the office i? open from 3 to 4 P. M. List of New Ar^BBTisEMBNTS. D. C. Peixotto Sc Sons?Auction. Barbecue on the 4th of July. Jacob Levin?Auction. Meeting Richland Lodge. Heinitsh's Queen's Delight, etc. Educational Institute of S. C. Hotel Arrivals, July 1.?Columbia nolel?A Myers, Philadelphia; W T J O Woodward, S C; G E Winder, Charlotte; Geo Speer, Miss L Patterson, Miss C Simms, LaGrange, Ga; John L Bryan, Newbern, N C; W H Noel, Atlanta; E H Brooks, oity; J B Lauueaa. N Y; R G liouham, Baltimore; C G Jaoger, Cow? berry; Miss Mary Poreber, Ooonee; J H Stelling, Greenville; G W Thames, N C; J M Sugler, G Sc C R R. Hendrix House?O H Sloane, N Y; P L Jordan, B Holmes, Miss; R FToubey, Charleston; O D Farmer, NY; C N Oli? ver, Ga; O J, Harris, S O. Wheeler House?Uta C L B Marsh, N C; B H Hand, H Murdoch, A Murdoch, Ga; C J Mclntyre, oity; A H Davega, Miss J A Davega, Chester; P Duffle, Miss Bethel Luoas, Charleston; W D Cator, Md; T A Jeffers, Grovewood; Mr and Mrs C E Spencer, Yorkvillo. Death of a Prominent Sba Captain. Captain Fonn Peck, well known in this oity and Savannah, died yesterday, at his residence in Wontworth streot. Cap? tain Peck was a native of Massachusetts, but camo to Charleston in his early youth, and has mado this city his homo ever since. His career, as a steamboat captain, has extondod over a period of thirty years.?Charlesion Keics. Old newspapers for sale at Phoenix office, at fifty cents a hundred.