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_ COLUMBIA, S. C. Wednesday Morning, August 4, 1888. Ch\f?- Immigration. We republish from tho New York Jour? nal of Commerce tb* follniH?? letter of tho.Hon. Wm. M. Lawton, Chairman of th? Committee of the Agricultural and Mechanical Society for the State of Sonth Carolina. This letter will inch? oate thai -the committee lia YO not been idle in prosecuting their inquiries as to the feasibility and practical utility of the introduction, qf Chinese labor into the Southern States. The assertion of the deficiency of negro labor, its unrelia? bility, advanced by the chairman, can be amply substantiated by the planters in the Sooth. In fact, the general and powerful nttontion which the subject of foreign labor has excited throughout the South, is in itself strong corroboration of tho position which Mr. Lawton hos assumed, relative to negro and coolie labor. Tho ohairman has given a fair and truthful synopsis of the causes which induce this state of affairs, and bis analysis of the entire question indi? cates that the conclusions are the fruit oz careful observation and personal ex? perience. Mr. Lawton is desirous of enlisting theoo-operation of New York a disposition which we cannot too hearti? ly endorse-in furthering the project of Chinese immigration, which will surely wield a most important influence upon an issue in which not only 'the South, but the .entire Union, is deeply inte? rested.' Cotton, if not king, at least in the commercial relations of our country, and with'th? world at large, wields a away .almost regal; rice, too, is almost paramount in importance. The success of these crops gives an impetus to every branoh of trade, to the common pros? perity ol tho country ; whilst a failure would be felt in every vein and artery of manufacture, trafilo or business. The whole Union is profoundly interested in this matter, and it behooves the North os well as the South to render every ex? ertion to provide a new sud efficient sys? tem of labor for the Southern cotton and rice fields, in place of the present imper? fect and .unreliable one of negro labor. We haye the most undubitablo informa? tion that tho committee is in daily re? ceipt of inquiries relative to the forming of a company to introduce Chinese labor into the South; and we have it from a member of the committee, that two rice planters have already offered a subscrip? tion of $10,000 for that purpose; and from the circumstances, there is every presumption that a company for the in troductiou of Chinese labor can be ra? pidly and readily formed. It is a pro? ject, induced by such patent necessities so logical iu consequence, and so inti? mately connected with the developnien alike of our industrial resources, the vi tali ty of commerce generally, and th? welfare of the entire Union, that i should be fostered and aided alike Nortl and South. By the offered subscrip tions of $10,030, it would appear tba the scheme has secured a money nucleus and it is submitted that during tho ap proaching Agricultural Fair of this State if not sooner, that the necessary provi sions be made and steps taken for th organization of such a company: CHARLESTON, S. C., July 17, 18G9. Editors of the Keic York Journal of Com merce: GENTLEMEN: I take loave to send yoi enclosed a slip from the Charleston Duil News, iu whioh you will observe the ar. pointment of a committee by the Stat Agricultural and Mechanics' Executiv Committees to inquire as to the cost an feasibility of introducing Chinese laboi ora into this State for the cultivation c cotton and rice more especially, and t supply au increasing demand for labe generally at the South. The negro lube of these cotton States is gradually dyin out, and beooming year by year less efl oient and reliable. The causes of th demoralization, and, it may be assum?e progressive destruction of that labo: which was certainly moro successful i the onlture of cotton, rice and sugar u to 1865 than any other species we hai over heard of, are so manifestly obvioi to practical minds, that it is unnecessai to say more than that a great wrong wi perpetrated on the nation since thc wa by putting evil disposed and misguide mon in tho ooutrol and rnauugouunt of race of whom they had no experience < conception of their characteristics. Tl country at large is suffering under tl experiment, no matter by whom or fro what source the calamity was broug! about. Trade, manufacturing pursui and the fiuauces of tho government a feeling most sentfrbiy the deficiency the Southern staples. Two and a ht millions of bales cotton are inadeqna to the wants of the United States moan to supply the consumption and tl necessary foreign exchanges. A necessity is apparent (looking to tl future prosperity of the country ai general good,) that a kind of labor suit to Southern latitudes should be inti duced as early as practicable, and ?OBsible for the culture of the crop f 870. Knowing full well your extended mea of information respecting com mere arrangements, and having road au arti< recently copied from your journal rel ing to Chinese labor, and the likelihood that there were hoa?afC'of respectable chnraator in Saw York, who wontd nnder take^bring^C?Up^en'ior the South und&Y propersoaraqmM, may^Tbretome to f?licit yonaj?aid ijrbringing this need of Abor befofto tbf cotam?rcitl pablio, anato ??itA-m pWingf^be committee of which I havo the honor io be the organ, in correspondence with parties engaged in the China trade, who would undertake to promote the immigration of the pro? per description of Asiatin field laborers to the port of Charleston ? - 'Bespectfalry, I hate th? honor to be, your vbediont servant, WM. M. LAWTON. Chairman Committee on Chinese Immi? grants for Sooth Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi Society. [The following are the proceedings re? ferred to in the above letter:] Resolved, That as the question of Chinese labor has been occupying the attention of Southern planters since the adjournment of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Convention, that this Executive Committee through its Chair? man, appoint three citizens as a commit? tee to collect all the necessary' informa? tion and cost of introducing that de? scription of labor into South Carolina, and to report to the next regular meeting of the society. The Chairman appointed Messrs. W. M. Lawton, Wm. Wallace and M. L. Bonham as the Committee on Chinese Immigration. It is sad to reflect bow "ever thus from childhood's hour" we can never have ndear gazelle without its being sure to go away and die. Here is Qen. Grant, in the full flush of triumph at the extra? ordinary success of his grand Tallapoosa Combination Tronpe, when tho Assistant ?Secretary of State flash to him over the telegraphic wires intelligence of the death pf his favorite marc-"at mid? night, after a brief illness." We draw a vail over the sad emotions which must have wrung the Presidential breast when he penciled the melancholy answer, "Have her decently interred." The loss Ls not only his, but the nation's, since we all know how the public grounds ad? jacent to the White House were fenced in from the rude public, that tim mare and her companions might enjoy to their utmost capacity the immunity from pri? vate expense and freedom of public clo? ver due to the happy recipients of Presi? dential affection. A sorrowing, sympa? thizing nation will await with melancholy anxiety the details of the funeral, in? cluding, perhaps, the closing of the De? partments, draping the White House in woeds, minute guns, mourning livery for the grooms, etc, culminating in a mau? soleum like that of Frogmore, where co? lumns of costly marbia rise in sorrowing grandeur to shelter a sarcophagus of chalcedony, inscribed in deathless cha? racters: "Ma Mere." [New Orleans Times. COUNTEBFETT TEN-DOIJLAR NOTES. The new counterfeit ten-dollar bills which have created so great an excite? ment among tho bankers and United States Treasurers, it is said, are the finest executed counterfeits ever thrown upon a community. A description of tho counterfeit from Washington says: "At first glauco they seem to be a per? fect imitation of the ten-dollar green? back, and tho printing seams to have been dono from the original plate, but there are points of difference which are thus noted: lu tho original the shading around the ten in tho medallion appears like a fino net-work, and runs close up to the figures. In the counterfeit note this shading is 'picked up,' and becomes coarse as it reaches the figures, forming a light streak of circular haze similar to that about tho moon before rain. There is no haze in the .genuino note. This is a slight point for detection. A clearer one is tho net that in the original notos, within the light circle running under the figures 10, there aro threo und n third dots on the left of tho figuro 1. In the counterfeit hill tho one-third dot is miss? ing. But an infallible mark of distinc? tion is found under tho left wing of tho eagle. lu tho genuino notes aro four distinct rows of feathers under the wing. In the counterfeit theso rows of feathers aro undefined, and this Bcems to be tho only weak spot in the whole engraving." A NEW COUNTY.-We learn from the Charleston Courier that the citizens of Barnwell Distriot, residing South of tho line running from the mouth of Lower Three Huns, on the Savannah Biver, to Beauford's Bridge, on the Salkahatchie, and of the Beaufort County from the Barnwell lino on tho North to aline run? ning from Patterson's Bridge, on tho Salkahatchie, to Old Sister's Ferry, on the Savannah Biver, are requested to meet at Beech Branch Church, on thc 10th inst., for tho purpose of taking steps to request the Legislature to form a now County, with the above boundary lines. As far as Barnwell is concerned, the new County would include the whole of Bull Poud, Allendale and Sycamore townships, and a considerable portion of Baldock. Tho Austin, Texas, Gazelle relates the following heroic incident of tho great flood: "In the neighborhood of Mr. Coalson, a widow lady, with six small children, driven from her house, whioh was swept by tba high water, took refuge in a treo with all ber little ones. As the flood brought along rails and drift wood, she caught them and constructed n sort of raft around tho tree, so that when ono of her children shpt and fell, it was caught by the platform below. Here the heroic mother, with her precious treasures, remained for twenty-four hours, until Mr. Coalson constructed a boat and took them all safely to shore. Now England is gloomy at the thought that after the next oensus, she will par? tially los her power in Congress. She has scaudaloup^y prostituted it and she deserves to lose it. Seventh Tragedy^* tb? ''?H^PQP^HS YesterdayvDr. S?I^^^^M^iJ^>oh| Wide Bolton recently, arrived from North Alabama with the body of Hen? derson Inman, a noted character, charged with all manner of desperate crimes, who was killed at the mooth of ? cave, about fifty miles South of Tuscumbia, last Sun? day morning. This is the Boventh man killed in connection with the extraordi? nary family war which has been raging between tue Boltons sod the Diokenses for the last ten or twelve jean. Ooh Thee. Dickens and Mr. Wade Bolton, formerly partners in the busi? ness of negro trading in this city, were the principals of the feud. A heavy law? suit, involving probably $100,000, still ia the courts, has been the moving cause of contention between them. The death of either party would be supposed a praotical victory for the other. Mr. Wade Bolton was fifty-seven years old at the time of his death last weok. Col. Thos. Dickens is sixty-five years old. On the 19th of last February, two men, armed with pistols, obtained admittance to the house- of Col. Dickens, twelve miles North of this city. The family were at supper; lights were extinguished, and two persons were killed outright by the intruders-n work hand, named Oreen Wilson, and a colored girl, named Nacoy Dickens. Two persons were wounded, Col. Diokens and a man who worked with him, named Bobert Hum? phreys. The murderers made good their escape, and about that timo two men, named Morgan and Inman, were missed from the country. Coroner Samelson, of this city, held inquests, bat at the timo no arrests were made. Shortly afterward, however, Capt. E. C. Patterson-who married the widowed daughter of Isaac Bolton, and thus be? came, by marriage, the nephew of Wade Bolton-was arrested on charge of being accessory to the Diokens farm doable murders. A preliminary examination was held in the city, which lasted over two weeks. Tho voluminous evidence satisfied the pablio mind that Inman and Morgan were the men who committed the murder at Col. Dickens' place on the 19th of February. Capt. Patterson was committed for trial asan accessory to tho murders, and was admitted to bail in tho sum of $20,000. After that time, the affair seemed to die oat, bat two months ago, Morgan and Inman wero heard of in Marion County, Alabama, where Inman's mother lives. They were charged with belong? ing to a band of horse-thieves, and were committed to Marion jail. In a few nights, a crowd of men, in disguise, charged the jail and rescued tho prison? ers. They took them down the road so rn o distance aud turned them loose, at the same instant opening fire upon the fugitives. Morgan fell dead, but Inman escaped, wounded. His mother's house was searched and a watch was found which belonged to Col. Dickens. This served, more than ever, to connect him with the double tragedy in February. James Inman made good his escape, and, with a brother named Henderson, took refuge in a cave near their mother's house. Dr. Sam. Dickens, the son of Col. Diokens, learned this fact some time ago, and made, through Gov. Seater, a requisition upon the Governor of Alaba? ma for the two men, which was granted in due form. The Doctor made his ar? rangements to go and effect the capture of the Inman?, but was delayed by the shooting of Wade Bolton by Col. Dick? ens until Tuesday of last week, when he left for Tuscumbia, accompanied by Humphreys, who was wounded nt the Dickons' farm tragedy. At Tuscumbia, the party was increased by volunteers to seventeen-all cager for the fray, it seems. Two guides were procured at Pikevillo, Marion County, and Sunday morning, just nt sun-rise, they reached the cave whore tho Inmans were said to lie. There were several caves in tho same neighborhood, all approached by rugged paths and overlooking a deep, swift creek. The first cavo was entered, but no one was found, though it had evi? dently been but recontly occi ^ied. The party then proceeded cautiously to the next cavo and found the desired parties comfortably in bcd, taking a morning nap. The attacking party called on thom to surrender. Henderson I li? man sprang to his fcot in his night clothes, and responded with a bullet. A volley was fired at him and he fell badly woun led. James Inman sprang up with pistols in his hands, and dashed down tho path like a wild beast. He was fired upon and fell dead. The wounded man was secured and dressed. In a few mo? ments, old Mrs. Inman and her daughter appeared upon the scene, with their re? volvers buckled around thom, and gave vent to their feelings in long and load curses. They said they scorned and de? fied a gang of cowards, when it took seventeen of them to kill one man and capture another. Tho daughter was a splendidly formed woman, and com? manded the admiration of overy ono present. She denounced the crowd most bitterly, and asked them why they did not capturo her brother and give him a trial and a chance, if guilty, to die like a man. She never shed a tear or betrayed a symptom of regret at what had been dono. Yesterday, Dr. Dickens arrived in the city with the body of James Inman, brought boro for identification. The metallic caso in which the {body was en? closed at Tuscumbia was not opened, for decomposition had set in rapidly, and tho features were past being recognized. Thns the feud rests at present. Soven persons have been killed, but it is hoped that no moro blood will be shed. Col. Diokens came to the city when he hoard of Wade Bolton's death, and was arrest? ed by the Sheriff. He is at present in the County jail, no application having been made for his release. It is likely that an effort will bo made to prooure a speedy trial.-Memphis Ledger, July 27. Great haste often makes great waste. i CosKCt?CT BETWEEN WHITES AND NE GKOSS.-A correspondent of the Wil misg?ou (N. 0.) Star writ? as follows: . X /egret to iuforto yon that quite a se? ri?os and unfortunate affray ocoorred on Saturday last, the 2ath Ult, al Mount Cheakfflehi County, S. resulted in ibo killing of Mr. Nickleson. Saturday was the day * ? election of township officers, e facts of the case, aa I have been re? liably informed, are aa follows: Mr. Nickleson was purchasing cider, when a certain negro, desiring to do likewise, Enatte* hie way through the crowd. Mr. i. shoved him back, telling bim to "wait till the white men hud finished," at which the negro became insulted, and, shaking bis fist, dared Mr. N. to step ont and he'd whip him. Nickleson, having failed in an effort to get posses? sion of a gun, rushed at him with his knife, and there ensued a terrible fight, in which there were engaged fifteen or twenty persons on each side. A negro named Jacob Bruar, up to this time not engaged in the difficulty, approached Mr. Nickleson from behind and struck him over the head with a gun, which felled him to the ground. Ile was taken by bis friends to his home, about four miles distant, where, after linger? ing five or six hours, he died. Mr. N, leaves a wife and four childi-, j. The negroes were driveu from tho place, several receiving serious wounds. No warraut was issued until Monday, and Bruar, in tho meantime, concealed himself, and has not yet been arrested. Very little has been said about the late order from tho Treasury Department, that hereafter tho familiar face of Chief Justice Chase is to disappear from the one dollar bills of tho national currency. We aro told that tho reason for this change is the law of Congress forbidding the likeness of any person now living to be used upon the face of tho greenbacks. The Cincinnati Enquirer, however, is probably correct in ascribing this action to the miserable little feeling of personal malice which pervades tho "great men" of the present administration, of which this is only ono instance among many. The absence of Mr. Chase's face from the notes will not make thoir payment any more certain, we judge, while tho malico displayed against him gives just a shade of suspicion that it may make re? pudiation a little less odious with his friends. HEROISM ON THE BALL.-Among tho compensations of disasters is the manner in which they bring traits of courage and disinterestedness. On Saturday, two aocideuts occurred-the first on a Con? necticut river and the second on a Rut? land triiu. In ono casca jammed brake? man, hanging by the knob of a oar-door, said to tho brother brakeman who came to his assistance; "Dick, if any ono else is hurt worse than I am, help him first." In the other case, the first words of u se? verely-injured engineer wore: "Are any of the passengers hurt?" [Boston Iranscript, July 20. RAILROAD ACCIDENT.-About 1 o'clock, on Saturday, whilo the mail train of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad was coming towards Charlottesville, and when about four or five miles East from that place, the brake attached to tho front truck of the hindmost car came loose and fell in front of tho wheel, causing tho car to be thrown from the track and completely upset, thereby wounding some twelve or fifteen persons, two dan? gerously. FENIAN RAID PREDICTED.-Another Fenian raid upon Canada is beginning to be spoken of, to come off in Septem? ber. Small parties are sail' to be leaving the State of New York, who only await tho signal to commence hostilities. Tho recent order of the Canadian Govern? ment to prepare tho gun-boats on the lakes may have been a precaution found? ed on correct information. BLOODY WORK IN MISSISSIPPI.-On Wednesday last a fatal affray occurred at New Albany, Miss. A mau named Brewster stabbed a freedman; another, named Foster, was shot and instantly killed by one Swift, who in threo hours afterwards was laid out on a cooling board, quite dead from the effects of a pistol shot fired by ono of Foster's friends. STATE ELECTIONS.-Tennessee votes on tho 5th of this month for State officers and the Legislature. On tho 10th, Mon? tana Territory votes for a delegate to Congress. THE SCIENCE OF HEALTH AND THE ART OF HEALING.--HEINITSH'S CELEBRATED QUEEN'S DELIGHT puts every man in pos? session of the means of improving his own health. Disorders of the Stomach, Liver and Bowels aro very numerous. The Stomach is tho great centro which influences the health or disease of tho system-abused, debilitated by excess, indigestion, offensive breath and physi? cal prostration are the natural conse? quences; allied to the brain, it is the source of headaches, montai depression, nervous complaints and unrefroshing sleep. The Liver becomes affected and generates bilious disorders, pains in the side, &c. The Bowels sympathize by costiveness, diarrhoea and dysontery. The great power of tho HEINITHH MEDI? CINE is on the Stomach. Tho Liver, Lungs, Bowels, Kidneys participate in tho recuperative powers and regenerative operations of this great MEDICINE. TO sick, and feeble we adviso a trial. Al NIL DESPERANDUM, HOPE!-Hundreds of cases of Scrofula, in its worst stages, old cases of Syphilis that have defied the skill of eminent Physicians, Rheu? matics who have boen sufferers for years, and the victims of the injudicious use of Meroury, have been radically cured by DR. TUTT'S SARSAPARILLA AND QUEEN'S DELIGHT. It is the most powerful alter? ative and blood purifier known, It is pre. scribed by very many Physicians. J31 3 Riohbnd Lodge Ho. 39, A. F. M. Jk\ A REGULAR COMMUNICATION <mf\rot Bicbland Lodge, No. 89, A. F. M., /V\wDl be helfj at Masonic Hall, THIA ( Wcdnoaday ) EVENING, at 8 o'clock. Br order of the W. M. Mag 41_8. C. PEIXOTTO. Beo'y. Irish Potatoes. i>K BARRELS NORTHERN POTATOES, just received, and for sale low, for cash, at P. CANTWELL'? Main Street. Aug 4_1_ Hay! Hay!! Hay!!! K (\ BALES prime new Meadow HAY tlU warranted superior to any whioh has beon in thia market this season. For eal? low by D. C. PEIXOTTO A 80N, Auctioneers and Commission Merchants. Aug 4_3_ To Contractors. CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, COLUMBIA, August 3, 1869. PROPOSALS for the erection of suitable Buildings for thc s tato Agricultural and Mechanical Fair will be received at thia office, up to FRIDAY next, Gth instant. Plans and specifications can bo seen at this officu. Aug 4 3 J. S. MCMAHON, City CIerk._ State of Sooth Carolina 7 Fer Cent. Stock. Ai ort rinn SEVEN PER CENT. UV Ld?*J?\J\J\J STOCK o? tho Stato o? South Carolina, issued under an Act| of tho Legislature, in December, 1861, for tho "mili? tary d?tem e of tho Stato, and for other pur poaes." For aalu by J. B. OAKES. 4 Broad street. Charleston, S. C, Aug l_3 School Notice. rt-. MRS. AMANDA H. CHAPMAN //A^A will open a school for children on '^Wll?""f''" firBt MONDAY iti September '"ilijUeSnext, at lier residence, opposite tho ^Pga^"Nickeraon House." .she hopes her long experience will insuro her a reasonable Buccces. Ternis very moderate. A few children can he accommodated with board. Aug 3 2 ' Notice ! CLERK'S OFFICE, COLUMBIA, July 31, 1869. PURSUANT to an ordor of Judge Boozer, paaaed at Juno Term, 18C9, a SPECIAL SESSION OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, for Richland County, will he held at Columbia, on the third MONDAY of August next, for the despatch cf Equity business. Aug 11_D. TL MILLER, C. C. P. A GRAND TOURNAMENT, SUPPER AND FANCY DRESS BALL, WILL ho given at tho Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, (Big Tunnel Dopot Virginia and Tennessee Railroad,) on THURSDAY, August 5. 18G9. The Proprietors tako great pleasuro in in? forming their friends and tho public that they havo taken special painu to mako tho above pageant one ot tho most imposing character. Tho celebrated Metropolitan Band (20 piecea) will perform on the grouuda. In tho evening tho lawn will bo brilliantly illuminated by 1,000 Chinese lanterns, and a magnificent dis? play of fire-work?. Ihr Knight s will be allowed to practice three days in advanco upon tho grounds. Horace furnished when necessary. ! For further information, address Committee of Arrangements, care of WILSON A LORENTZ, Proprietors. Aug 1 3_ CLOSING OUT Summer Goods ! PRIOR TO TAKING STOCK. AND moving in New Store, will soil for fifteen dava tho above class of Goods, at and below first cost. Call at the Sign of M BIG BOOT AND HAT, Opposite Columbia Hotel. Aug 1 A. SMYTHE. In Court of Probate-"Richland County. IF. IF. Coogler et al., xs. John II. McEhceeet al. IT appearing to roy satisfaction that John H. McElweo, ono of tho defendants to tho within petition, retidos within tho Stato of North Carolina, and beyond the jurisdiction of this Court, on motion of Mesara. Pope A Haskell, for the petitioners, It ia ordered, that tho said John n. McEl wec do appear and plead, answer or demur to tho baid petition, within forty days from tho publication of this order; and upon default, that a decree pro confessa bo rendered against him. It ia further ordered, that publication ho mado of this rule, for tho space of forty days, in tho Columbia Phoenix. (Signed) WM. HUTSON W?GG, July 28 wG Judge of Probate. In Bankruptcy. In tho District Court ot tho United States for the District of South Carolina. July Torin, 1SG9, In tho mattor of Joel R. Subcr, Bankrupt Petition for fall and final discharge in Bank? ruptcy. ORDERED, that a hearing bo had on tho 23d day of August, lsG'J, at tho Federal Court House at Greenville, S. C., and that all creditors who have proved their claims, and other persons in interost, may appear at said time and placo, and BIIOW causo, if any they have, why tho prayor of tho petitioner tihould not bo granted, and that the .second and third meetings of croditors bo held before C. G. Jaegor, Register at Newberry, S. C., on the 20th day of August, A. D. 18G9. By order of tuc Court, thia 23d d*y?of July, 18G9. DANIEL HORLBECK, Clerk of tho District Court of tho United States._July 28 w4 Now is Your Time ! C. F. JACKSON IS SELLING 50 cents Dress Goods at 25 cents! Longcloth, splendid, at 6 yards for $1! New Prints and Homespuns Just Re? ceived \ July 21_ D. GAMBRILL, BROKER A ND Doaler in GOLD. SILVER, BANK t\. BILLS, BONDS, STOCKS, Ac, Ac, Main street, near the Poet Office, Columbia, B. C._July 8 Imo? OATS. rxAA BUSHELS PRIME HEAVY OATS, OvJVJ for sale low, by July 30 E. AG. D.HOPE. C??al Ito TM m . ? >* A few copies of the "Sack ana Destruc? tion of Columbia" can be obtained at the Phoenix office. Price twenty-five cents. A colored man named Wm. Edwards, alias Jim Mason, was overhauled by Chief Radcliffe, yesterday, on suspicion of hoing one of tho parties engaged in reocnt robberies about this eity. The supposed thief hails from Charleston. The police are on the track of others of the gang. At a mooting of the Columbia De? bating Society, held on the 2d inst., the following officers were elected to serve the term of three months: President D. Ooodman; vice-President-C. D. Stanley; Secretary aud Treasurer-W. W. Williams; Censor-J. E. Orchard; Librarian and Door-keeper-S. D. Eps tiu. A letter has been received from Mr. James Creswell, in which he asserts that the paragraph published in the Augusta Constitutionalist, and copied in the PHOC NTX, relative to his son, J. D. Creswell, is a gross slander and without the slight? est foundation. The young man is alive and well. A card with reference to the chnrgo will be published in a day or two. JOB OFFICE.-The Phoenix Job Office is prepared to execute every style of printing, from visiting and business cards to pamphlets and books. With ample material and first-class workmen, satis? faction is guaranteed to all. If our work docs not come up to contract, we make no charge. With this understanding our business men have no excuse for sending work North. The New York World B&yH : "Rev. Dr. William S. Plummer, the eminent theo? logical professor in the South Carolina Seminary for ministers, is supplying this summer thc pulpit of the Rev. Dr. Van Dyke, of Brooklyn. Moreover, Dr. Plummer is empowered to receive aid for the honored institution with which he is so honorably identified, and the friends of the South and of non-political preach? ing can do nc better than assist this ster? ling and modest school of divinity." HOTEL ARRIVALS-August 3.-Colum? bia Hotel.-S. D. Johnson, C. E. Hod? dinott, W. H. Evans, Charleston; R. L. McCaughim, L. J. Jones, Newberry; M. R. Saar es-, Barnwell; Salmon Shaw and lady, Buffalo, N. Y.; R. A. Houston, Augusta, Ga. ; C. Barnum, city; Miss L. S. Foster, J. J. Foster, Spartanburg; J. D. Otts, Union; E. DeBerry, South Carolina; Mrs. J. S. Richardson, Miss Kate Richardson, Sumter. National Hotel.-J. Ward Motte, Lau? rens R. R.; H. Tompkins, Walhalla; W. E. Clary, Edgefield; Mrs. Sellers, Mrs. Poujaud, Mrs. Salas, Capt. W. L. Disher, Charleston; W. P. Passmore, Greenville; P. Sullivan, Newberry; Thorn G. Clem? son, Pendleton. Nicker son House.-J. L. Wright, wife and three children, Timmonsvilie; L. O. Neal, Edgefiold; L. J. Patterson, Ker? shaw; Y. J. P. Owens, Laurens; Jesse D. Joy, Miss Joy, Abbeville; Mr. and Mrs. Y. Lee and servant. New York; Mrs. A. Townsend and child, Alabama; James W. Subbett, Richmond; J. R. Chatham, Newberry; Rev. Wm. W. Hicks, Charles? ton; J. L. Denton, Charlotte. 1 MONTHLIES FOR AUG CST.-Farmers and planters will find iu the Southern Cultiva? tor-published in Athens, Ga., by Wm. L. W. L. Jones-an amount of reading matter, particularly adapted to their wants. It is intended for the plantation, thc garden, and the family circle. Sub? scription $2. Tho Little Corporal, for August, is as bright as ever. It is filled with original and entertaining reading matter, taste? fully illustrated. The subscription price is only ?1 per annum; while extra in? ducements, in the way of premiums, etc., are offered to clubs. Alfred L. Sewell, Chicago, Ul., is the publisher. In Merry's Museum, for August, Miss Alcott, tho editor, continues her story of "An 01d-Fa8hioned Girl," introducing Polly to some new fashions. "Madam Cluck and her Family" will please thc little folks, while "Writing Composition" and ''Marie Antoinette" are instructive and interesting. In addition to this pleasing variety, wo have a charming poem by Miss Prescott, the usual Month? ly Cha^, Puzzle-Drawer, &c. 81.50 a year. Horace B. Fuller, publisher, 14 Bromfield street, Boston. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is called to the following advertisements, published the first time this morning: Meeting Richland Lodge No. 39. P. Cantwell-Irish Potatoes. D. C. Peixotto k Son-Hay! Hay! J. B. Oakes-Seven per cent Stock. J. 8. McMahon-To Contractors. Tho Portland Advertiser thinks that we should have a trial of Chiuese labor before wo encouiago it. Oh yes, test your bridge before you build it.