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COLUMBIA. Thursday Morning. May 14jl?68. The Volcanic Eruption In tufpfcclflc. Mauna Loa, in tho Sandwich). Is? lands, which han been lately the .eene of a terrific volcanic explosion, ia a high mountain, a tittie South of tho central part of tho island of Ha? waii, forty miles from the coast. It waa visited by Lieutenant Wilkes, of fibe United States Exploring Expedi taou, in 1310, who ascertained its freight to be 13,758 feet Like the island on which it ia situated, it has been built np by volcanic agency. Xm craters are numerous, one ot them, te *he better c? Trhich Wilicc de? scended, is abont fifteen thousand feet in length and eight thousand in width, ita West bank being seven hun? dred and eighty-font feet deep, and ?te east bank four hundred and seven* fey feet. Tho great crater, so-called, ie three and a half railes long, two ?nd a half milos wide, over a thou? sand feet deep, and the bottom is ?aid to be occupied by a restless' lake of liquid fire. It ?B stated that while Lieutenant Wilkes was there this lake overflowed, and in one night dis? charged about fifteen million cubic feet of lava, A violent eruption oc? curred in Mauna Loa in 1855, which lasted thirteen months, and pent its streams of lava ovor an area estimated At throe hundred square miles. An? other violent eruption began in 1859, when new orate? were opened in the side of the mountain. Volcanoes are indeed so frequent and riolont tthronghout the Sandwich Islands as to render much of the surface insus? ceptible of culture. The Newark Advertiser, speaking .of the terrific earthquake at Mauna j J[*oa, says : . il J". "Terrible os thia earthquake was,, at ia by no means the most violent or cuost disastrous of which we have re? cord. The region of the Mediterra? nean has repeatedly been devastated in tho same manner. Passing by1 the kistorical earthquake whioh destroyed Herculaneum and Pompeii in the year 63, which was sixteen years be? fore those cities were buried in the ??hos from Vesuvius, the great earth? quake of Lisbon in 1755 far exceeds it in terror. In the short space of six minutas 00,000 persons perished. The sea in tho harbor retired, leav? ing the bar dry, and then rnshed baok ?gain in a wave more than fifty feet in height. This phenomenon of a tidal wave is tao usual accQcupnm <nont of such disturbances on the ?hore of the sea, and the disasters at '.St. Thomas ara still fresh in the memory of our readers. "Nearly all tho earthquakes seem to be associated with volcanic action, although no portion of the globe is entirely frei! from those oscillations, more or less active. How thin a orust ?vc live upon, how mere an egg-shell is this 'too Bolid earth,' may bo judged from tho vast extent of sur? face sometimes affected. The Lisbon chock was felt over one-eighth of the .urfuec of the world; and this of Mauna Loa WAS distinctly felt at San Francisco on the 27th of March. As nu actual fact, geologists assert thut, the relative proportion of the solidi? fied surface to the molten contents of this torpedo on which we exist is abont that of the shell of an egg to its conten ta. Chnnges in the contour of islands, and oven of continents, which seem to us gigantic, shrink in their proportions when wo think of tho film on which we tread and of the bell of fire that rages benoath. In tho earthquakes of Chili, in 1822, the country between the Andes and tho Pacific was permanently liftod from four to seven feet higher above tho level of tho sea than it was before; nod the area thus raised is estimated to equal fully 100,000 square mile3. Lines of sea-beach, at various eleva? tions, and successive precipitous cliffs, mark tho place when, in tho incandescent period, our own region was similarly uplifted. The Palisades of thc Hudson, Bergen Heights, and those strange islands of rock that break tho monotony of tho Newark meadows, are all of volcanic origin. "In other cases, the level of the laud is depressed. In 1702, Port Royal, in tho island of Jamaica, was carried down, with tho greater por? tion o? its buildings, beneath tho sur faco of tho water; and tho sea rolled ia upon them, carrying ships abovo the 'roofs of the houses; and to this ;?r.y paii, uf Ino harbor o? Kingston is floored with the sunken city. In 1772, tho volcano of Papandayang, then the loftiest in the island of Java, was in action, when au area sudden? ly sunk down, including tho moun? tain itself fifteen miles long nud fivo broad, carrying with it forty vil? lages and destroying three thousand persons. "Such aro tho phenomena that at? tend earthquakes and volcanic erup? tions. It will bo seen that though tho latest of them is terribly grand, it is by no means unprecedented." Democratic Clubs have been or? ganized in Pomaria and Mollohon, Newberry District. Tile South Cmollna Remonstrance P?prr. ?ftWe "(aro*fj^atifleclf 1? find -^hat^he lew Tojk World pubfcshes?iu |ull is pfljjj^r, ?it'd ttiui* p'iM th* *^kn" entipfoife thj> N^rtb; Th? 1Y%-1<1 "With thia Constitution n protest, which wo print elsewhere, goes to Congress, and we call attention to it as nu able and dispassionate state? ment of the reasons why Bitch Con? stitutions should never be adopted. Throwing aside every political con? sideration, tho gonotlemcn who sign thip protest, Messrs. Wado Hampton, John P. Thomas, and others, de? ntare that the Constitution adopted in, South Carolina and sent to Con? gress for ratification or approval, is .fraught with evils to - the State. ' And they show why and how. In brier, rt ia because the power ox mak? ing the laws and laying the taxes rests almost wholly in the. hands of th? negroes lately emancipated from Blovery, while the burden of taxation and the support of the Government is laid wholly, upon the white mer? chante and traders and property owners. The lesser objection* to such a Constitution sink into ineig 'Uifloance. in comparison with this enormity; yat this is thc beginning and end of each one of tho new Con? stitutions in tho Southern States. They are alike ia this-that irre? sponsible and ignorant poverty makes the laws and lays the taxes which intelligent property muet obey and pay.. This is what radicalism calls establishing or guaranteeing- 'a Re? publican form of Government' in every S tato. Yet taxation without representation was tho only basis of the American revolution against the power of Great Britain ; and ii nil tho imaginary evils which inspired the lato rebellion were real or ten-fold greater, they would bo as nothing in comparison with the gigantic in? justice which makes idle poverty tho master and oppressor of thrift, in? telligence, and industry. Such go? vernment is necessarily ono of force. Nb laws or constitutions like theeo eau long stand without a supporting base of bayonets." TtrB OBUM AK RUSH TO AMERICA. Private letters from the county of Schonnbnrg (Electoral Resse,) state that the emigration to this couutry is extraordinarily great this year, and that even many peasants in easy eis . eumstnuc.es are quitting their homes for tlio Uuited States. The number of persons leaving, it is added, is more considerable, than during tho period from 1352 to 1851, whou the uncertain situation of the country determined many of tho inhabitants to abandon it. At preseut the ex? cessive augmentation of tho taxes ap po.irs tb be tho principal cause of this exodus. UNJUST DrscirrsnNATION AOAINRT Cor.onui> Tua vinous.-An incident occurred ou ono of pur most exten? sively traveled routes on Thursday, which proves conclusively that the spirit of prejudice uguiust persons of color is by no means dissipating in tho sunny South. Mr. T. J. Mackey left Charleston about three days ago en route to this city, aud at the re? quest of a prominent lawyer of that city, assumed tho protection of two wealthy and refined colored ladies, Mrs. T. L. Cooper and Miss R. S. Cooper, both of whom aro heavy property-owners both in Philadelphia and Charleston, who dosired to pro? ceed to Philadelphia and to have protection on their journey, appre? hending insult, if not injury, ou account of their color. No trouble was experienced until the party reached Aquia Creek, where thoy were to embark on the steamer Vanderbilt for this city. Upon going on board tho Btoanier, Mr. Mackey preceded the ladies on the way to tho ladies' cabin. Upon en? tering tho oabin, ho turnod to address thom, when to his astonishment they were not to bo seen. He at once returned to the dock, whore ho found them standing in the vicinity of a crowd of men, some drunk, and others indulging in profano and obscene language. Upon inquiry why thoy had not continued on to tho cabin, ho was informed that they had been stopped by tho order iii tho captain. Mr. Maokey at onco sought that oflicial, but without suc? cess; but chaucing to meet tho clerk, he demanded tho reason the ladies were prevented from entering tho ladies' cabin. The clerk replied that they would not bo permitted to enter under any ci rea mst an ees; where? upon Mr. Mackey expostulated with him upon tho injustice of this course, ^Specially an ino ladies wore pro? vided with tickets similar to those of tho other passengers. The clerk re? mained obdurate until Mr. Maekoy threatened legal proceedings, when no further opposition was made, and they entered tho ladies'cabin. Such occurrences have been, and aro now, too frequent for this age of civiliza? tion and freedom; and iu every such COKO of injustice a firm and deter? mined course should bo pursued, 08 by Mr. Mackey, tho rights of per? sons of color would soon bo respected everywhere.- Washington Chronicle. W. C. Bewley, a prominent mer? chant of Anderson, died in that town, ou Saturday last. I i j Bemark< of Col. J. P, Thom??, Chairman of the Coinmtf^^rv Gltarge ' off the South Carolina &emfa-ancrt er be/ore lh? Reonstmc&p (bm* eof the House of Reprwe^kttites: CHAIRMAN AND GENTJ?BMKN OF TH? -^COMMITTEE: Give , as leave to thank you for tho courtesy of this hearing, which will bo tho moro highly appreciated by the people whom wo represent because it was unexpected. We yere told that we would not be heard before your Com? mittee; but we ?re gratified to find that we were opt mistaken in assum? ing that your body would surely hot refuse to receive snob truthful repre? sentations as We might submit on the subject of our mission. We are here, a Committee on be? half wi tho co?rei'vulivtt people of onr State, to remonstrate and to re? cord a protest against the imposition npon onr people of the now Consti? tution proposed for South Carolina. And first allow os to call your atten? tion to the character and attainments of the meu who framed that Consti? tution. The world over, fundamental laws for free States have been the work of the best, the purest and the wisest of their citizens. Not so with ns. We hail, indeed, the sevority of Draco, but not tho wisden of Solon. Tho Constitution we oppose was the offspring of Northern sdventurers, of inexperienced Southern whites, and of negroes, native and foreign, somo of whom were intelligent, but the majority extremely ignoraut and utterly unfitted for the" duty of their position. Not a single mau iu that Convention possessed the unselfish spirit, the high statesmanship, tho long experience, tho philosophical cast of mind essential in tho legis? lator-absolutely necessary to those upon whom is devolved the task-the elevated and delicate task-of form? ing for Commonwealths an orgnuio law. With regard, next, to tho objec? tions to this proposed instrument, we do not design to consider them in detail. This has been done in the remonstrance presented in the Home of Representatives and referred to your honorable Committee. There are, however, two points to which we invite attention-two objections that stand oat in bold relief. We refer to unlimited negro suffrage and the taxa? tion provisions. As to the former, according to the proposed Constitu? tion, many of the best and purest of tho whites are disfranchised, whilst every male negro over the age of twenty-one years is invested' with suffrage. The negroes being in a large majority in our Stute, the re? sult is, that negro supremacy, for a time at least, is established in South Carolina. This is disastrous in its tendencies aud particularly injurions in its nltimate results to the black race. Under such a state of things, the negro grows arrogant and tho white man bitter. Tho consequence is, you produce ill-feeling between the races. In such an event, tho buck man must suffer most; and if the antagonism is mado sharp and permanent, it must seal his doom as a people. As to the white man, he will take care of himself, and will hold or regain his own. The fact is, ail his? tory, all experience, proclaims that when two races aro brought together in conflict, tho weaker and less hardy must succumb. This is the law of power-this tho decree of the Al? mighty Ruler of the Universe, and no human arrangement eau avert tho inevitable result-tho logical se? quence. In the Olympic chariot course of nationalities-of contending peoples-it is blood, it is rnoe, that wins tho goal and enjoys tho prize. Hence thc Southern whites, in the faith of the proud race to which they belong, feel confident and strong; and no doubts as to their futuro come seriously to disturb their well-found? ed equanimity. But the ex-slave i holder ot tho Sonth-though slavery bo forever gone-is not disposed to disturb tho harmony which should exist between the races at the South. Acknowledging tho fidelity and tho services of tho negro in tho past, he feels that ho is tho colored man's best friend, his natural guido and protec? tor. In lino, he desires and advocates a policy that will secure tho black man's enduring good, and make him a valuable element in the land. Nor are tho whites inclined to refuse to him anything of civil and political status, that ho in reason may claim. Wo have said that we are willing to concede to him all of civil rights, and to givo him, according to his fitness, tho high trust of suffrage. Let us deal with this quostion, as of right it is ours so to do, and we will throw around tho freedman-freed by South Carolina's own laws-the pro? tecting power of all that remains of tho ancient sovereignty of tho State. The colored man is taught by dema? gogues and falso teachers to look North for his safety and his future; and yet. we confidently affirm, that there exists North a far greater pre? judice ngaiust his color than in the South. Nor, as wo believe, is the | ! day far distant, when, on tho floor of I some national body, tho Southern' man will be found jdeading for the I just rights of his formor slave. Tims much for the relations between the two classes of tho people nt tho South. As it regards, now, the powers of taxation, conferred in the provisions of the Constitution, under review, we contend that they are unjust, danger? ous, unreasonable, nay, outrageous. . To this point, wo would direct tho special attention of the Reconstruc? tion Committee, who arc to p?s upon these gravo matters. Under the work? ings of. the new Constitution, it will result that those who hace no properly ose io impose faxes upon those who hold ali Pie properly. The legislator, in laying taxes upon others, is usually restrained by the consideration that the tax imposed will fall alike upon his own property, and that of his neighbor; and this is a powerful ele? ment in keeping one from arbitrary excesses. But here no such restrain? ing principle would operate; no such conservativo influence moderate tho delicate power of taxation. The non? tax-payer, may lay almost any bur? den upon the tax-paying and pro? perty-holding. Tho power exists, and tho probability is that the power will be abused. The consequence is, that wo may have under the new Constitution, taxation to the death of all enterprise, of all prosperity, of all the State's material interests-taxa? tion even to confiscation. But fur? ther-tho whites or property-holders being virtually unrepresented in the State Legislature, there will be, and that, too, in its most oppressive form, taxation icithout representation. Upon this point-upou this great wrong our forefathers went into the Revolu? tion of 177t?, and yet it is proposed to enthrone this odious principle even in the Constitution for South Caroli? na! South Carolina, one of tho "Oki Thirtcon," that fought tho battTO'foi human rights iu tho iui'uucy of thii Republic. But your Chairman asks me how il would answer to iuscrt in tho nea Constitution a provision to the effed that the uou-tax-payers bo debarred from voting on questions of tnxatioi on property. I answer, that wen that practicable, and could it be car ried out, it would relievo the Con stitution somewhat of its exception ablo features, and I hope your com mittee may revise it in this, as wei os in other respects. In addition now, to what has been said ou '.hi subject of taxation, let us say, Mr Chairman, that it is estimated that 'under the taxing provision of th new Constitution for our State, tin sum of two millions of dollars ma; bo raised annually in the way o taxes; and yet, in the palmiest day of South Carolina, tho State, it wa thought, could not well bear a tax o more than threo hundred and fifty o four hundred thousand dollars pe nnuum. Of this large sum, excopt ing tho small amount to be realize* from tho poll tax on the negroes, am excepting tho smaller sum to be de rived from the property held by tba class, all will come from the white of the State. Further-of thi S2,000,00U alluded to, it is estimate* that nearly one million of dollar would be devoted to the educations fund. Now, observe that nearly a of this sum will bc derived from th whites, and yet the educational a?j vantages will accrue to the black alone. And for this reason-th public schools established by th Constitution, although open to bot races, iu view of tho tastes and seut mont of the whites, will be enjoye only b}' tho blacks. Thus the white will be taxed, and most heavil taxed, for the education of tho blacL alone. Wo aro anxious to proviil for the education of all classes of ot people, and wo desire to olevate th colored people placed in our midi by Providence. But we denounc tho system proposed, and prote: against this enormity being foiste upon us. Nor is it only to oducal all Africa in our midst that we ai taxed, but we aro to bo mulcted fe the establishment of State Refori Schools; and each District is force to provide for the aged, infirm an unfortunate-relioving the childrc of these parties of their proper n sponsibility, and throwing the bu den upon the public, or which is tl samo thing, upon tho whites. Cn you conceive, gentlemen of the cor mittee, of a system of taxation mo; ruiuous und oppressive than thi and think you that such an impo; tion will be tomely borne? In reflecting upon tho result th flow from unqualified negro suiYraj and white disfranchisement, ar from the powers of taxation, as co: tnined in the Constitution nuder co sideration, wo would despair of 01 State, if it was deemed possible f the order of things established und the reconstruction scheme of Co gross, to last for any consideran time. But we tell yon that it canu endure. It will prove a faillir Under it thoro can be no endnrii settlement-no peace-no prosper! ;r? thc Sou Lb. Tue negro is mai dominant. But he cannot hold L own. He needs tho nerve; necesSa to preserve society and secure tl public safety. The reins must 1 taken from his hands, or tho fate Phroton will bo his-Pbroton-th fabled character, who, contrary Apollo's entreaties, undertook drive for one day the chariot of tl sun, but who, driving recklessly ai unskillfully on, left the golden mei of his course, enveloped Heaven ai earth in flames, and for this offen was struck ont of the chariot 1 Jupiter, and thrown into the 1' The moral of tho fable is for bil for you and for ns. But in sayii that the reconstruction scheme is failure, and makes an arrangement which will bo changed or broken up, the member of the committee from Wisconsin, (Gen. Pain?,) asks me if I mean to say that Ibo Union will be* dissolved or broken ap. I answer,* that as to ?whether the Un hm will ot and or not, this is ra speculative question for the future to determine, and one which I shnll not undertake to settle. But I cnn say to the gentle? man, that I did not say what he attri? butes to me. But I will explain more fully tho thought meant to be con? veyed. I mean to say that iu the political and moral world, just as in the material world, there are nnseen principles, quiet agencies, ever at work; logical and regular processes of divine arrangement, which tend always to a normal state of things, to the order of the universe. That, nnder' the reconstruction p??u, there is an abnormal state of society pro? duced, an irregular, an unusual ar? rangement, a violation of the Hea? ven-established laws for mcu in sooie ty, and that this could not bo expect? ed long to last. And, in addition to this, it may be said that the white people will contribute, in every legiti? mate way, to setting things aright. They will help on tho national work? ings referred to, and relieve them? selves, as soon as possible, of au un? reasonable sway. But the gentle? man has also inquired of me, when I claimed that the whites of tho South have inherited certain rights, if the "rebellion" iu which they engaged did not work a forfeiture of thoso rights. I answer no, and I will add that, ns I conceive it, their embarking in the late war did not effect a sacri? fice of their political inheritance there was no lapse of their rights. Further, Mr. Chairman, we desire to repeat the language of the remon? strance paper, and affirm that there is no ground upon which to base your treatment of the State we rcpresent-J and the South at large. We ard called disloyal, and yet we deny tba charge, and assert that, in the right? ful acceptation of that abused term, there dwells not within the limits of the Union, a more loyal, a truer peo? ple thau they of South Carolina pd the South in general. But give/mo leave to add that, loyal as they are to their plighted faith and to the Con? stitution and laws of the lund/you expect too much of them whee you call upon Ihem to acquiesce In the rule you havo, by arms, established over them. The blood that fAws in our veins is the same thatAvarms yours, and such blood mus! needs flow faster' at the thought al negro domination. To this domination we will not quietly submit, lu it, .we will never acquiesce. True, we do not mean resistauco by sens. We acknowledge that this gre? problem at the South had best be forked out in peace, on the industria arena, by material instrumentalities! At least, we, the whites and conservatives of tho South, standing upof reasonable ground, do not invite auf violent so? lution. But wo do intend to an? nounce our purpose tp resist this tupxemaey of tho black tuce, by every means left us under th* Constitution aud laws. By politic* organization, by wise eombinationsjoy truthful ap? peals to tho cousoryktiva elements, blockend white, by ni wearied efforts, by every right given/is by Heaven or left to us by Congress, wo will narry on this righteous ftontost, until we recover the control which, of right, belong-? to mental superiority and virtuous influence. Wo Btand upon this rock. This is our high and un? alterable resolve, to which we stand committed by thoughts of home, and kindred an I friends--by the tradi? tions of a glorious past, by tho hopes of a prosperous future. Without a long struggle, we will not surrender this land o? ours to the rule of the alien and tie Southern radical, black or white. But, Mr.Chairman, there isa mode of restoring tho peace and unity ol the laud-i mode of reconstruction, prompt anti efficacious, and not in? consistent with the freedom and just equality o' all classes of our people. Give us the policy of reconciliation. "Let tho "lead past bury tho dead.' Oller to the men who fought you the calumet ol peace. Restore the State.' on a just and a liberal basis, such as (bant and Sherman suggested at thc close of thu wai ; then will the vexed problem of the day bo solved and tbe|pc:ieo and prosperity of tho Re? public secured. The South, having buried lier Confederate banner, with nil the honors of war. and with knightly grace * and candor accepted the results of ber defeat, will resume her devotion to the common flag ol tho country. And much of tito saint valor, the same fidelity, the satin sublime spirit of self-sacrifice thal she so grandly gave to tho "losl cause," will slie giv? to a restored Union-provided you meet om whole people in a spirit of magua nimby, and accord to them the right; to which thoy deem themselves clear Iv entitled. ?-.-? ? ? ? CONFEDEltATE MONUMENT AT MA N ASNAS.-A despatch from Washing ! ton, sent North, says that a nutnhei of ex-Confederates loft that?city, Ol Saturday, for Mantissas Junction, t-. participate in n meeting which wa? in be held on tho battle-field of Bul Run, with a view to the erection of i I monument to the memory of th? C mfederuto dead who wen- killed .i thc varions buttle'- in that neighbor hood. Local n?tor^a.?. Clam chowder ?fain to-day for lunch, ai the Exolooge Restaurant. Try lt. J We neglected ti state, iu our uo tice, yesterday, of tho decoration of the soldiers' gravel, that the city bell was tolled for aa hour, during the afternoon. L Thc attention of corn dealers is called to tho fa? of tho "corn rate" being discoutiwied from tho adver? tisement of tht&onth Carolina Rail? road Company. At the latemeeting of the Board of Trustees /of tho South Carolina University, f. W. McMaster, Esq., was elected Wo fill tho vacancy occa sioned by tf . death of the Hon. E. J Arthur RETORT)! OF OFFICERS.-We conti nue the publication, in this morning's Daily, of/rarioue reports from officers connect m with|tho Executive Depart ment ana with the public institutions of the/ country, which have been made jo Gov. Orr, prior to his retire? ment Arom office. Thi lectures at the University, whiaa have been in course of delivery sinai last November, have lost none of their attraction. They have been a ?urce of instruction nud gratifica? tion to our community. The four recently delivered were Prof. Joseph iConte'3 on the remarkable dis? pones which bring to our know? ledge the composition of the most distant stars; Prof. John LeCoute's ou tho nebular hypothesis, or tho process of the formation of tho plane? tary system; and Prof. Sachtlebon's two lectures on Goethe's Faust T?ey were all replete with, learning, and would have conferred honor upon any literary and sciontifio institution of our country. To-night, we shall have the pleasure of hearing Prof. Darby, of the medical faculty, on tho "Organs of Voioe," a subject of un? usual interest to all. J THB WEATHER.--The following photograph, (or perhaps wo ought to say weathergraph,) copied from the Mercury, of yesterday, suits this lati? tude ns well as Charleston: It chines, it rains, Then shines again, What does this weather meau ? It laughs in doubt, The Run comes out With drizzling mists between. Now dark, now light, Like day, light night, 'Tis chnnging, fickle weather; It mists nt times, Then rains or shines. And sometimes all together. Tho La Crosse 'Democrat is really working iii the interest of tho radicals by making the support cf such Do mooraoy as it professes too manifest? ly hopeless, absurd and disgusting for decent men to swallow. [New York Citizen. Wo are are afraid that there is mobil truth in tho above sentence. Wo have been requested to state that Major Alexander and Captain W. H. Stack, nominated as candidates -tho former for Alderman and the latter for County Commissioner-de? cline the nomination. COURT OF APPEALS-May 13, 1803. Tho case of J. N. McElwee, Jr., ps. L. H. Massey, was resumed. -Mr. Smith concluded his argument for appellant; Mr. Wilson contra; Mr. Williams on same side; Mr. Smith in reply. R. D. MeJunkin et al. ads. Ann Graham, .-druck off. W. T. McKeown afb. tho State Mr. Williams for appellant; Mr. C. D. Melton contra. W. A. Mooro vs. Ami E. Wright el ni. Mr. Williams was beard for ap? pellant; Mr. Wilson contra; Mr. Mel? ton followed, on same side. At 3 P. M., the Court adjourned. M .un ARRANGEMENTS.-The post office open during the week from S'jj a. m. to G p. m. On Sundays, from to 5'.j p. m. The Charleston and Weiten: maiU are open for delivery at l'.j p. m., aud close at <> p. m. Northern-Open for deli very at 6*k< a. m., olores at 2.45 p. m. Greenville-Open for delivery 5'.j p. m., closes at S p. m. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Special at? tention is called to the following 8 h vertisements, published for the first time this morning: M. J. Calnan-Election, ?Vc. J. ?- T. R. Agnew-Scrubber. fisher Si Lowrance-Flour. University Lectures. F. A. Jacobs -Mart? for Sale. T. J. Gibson-Rolling Cloth. Meeting Richland Lodge. Jacob L<-vin-Decimation. F. W. Wing C. J. Carroll- "