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Wednesday MorninR, August 23,1871,. A QUESTION ron THE I?ADIOA?, PKESS. How is it that a niau who goos iuto office poor, and roeeives only n salary of $25,000, in a little over two years, pur? chases and pays for a "farm of.k8G9 aores of laud, valued at $300,000, in? cluding tko' blooded stock upon it?" Mr. Grant is the gentleman wko hm en? joyed tke salary of $25,000 for a little over two years, and Mr. Grant is tko man who kas purchased tko farm and stook valuod at $300,000. Can kc konost Iy knve come by tke money paid for tko farm and. stock? Hore is a question for tke Radical press to solve to tke satisfac? tion of tke tax-payers of tko country. . NATIONAL FAITH AND NATIONAL BONDB. Tke New York Journal of Commerce, in tko coarse of. a review of tke national finances, reaokes tke sound conclusion >bat "tke truth ia tkat a five per cent., and probably a four-and-a-half per cent., bond conld easily'bo negotiated lit par .if our Government had nob undertaken, by packing 'tho Supreme Court, to en? force the doctrine that a contraot to pay money may bo lawfully entiled, if au Act of. Congress so order, by the tender of another contract or a paper .promise. Tkat legalization of a simm has damaged American oredit moro than all oise be Bid?s, and there never will ba. a perma? nent recovery and re-establishment of that credit until this ia rovised, or au express stipulation ia incorporated in tba fundamental law of tke land forbidding any suck interpretation of a contract." MiiiKs STANDISH.-It' is proposed to erect a monument to Miles Standish. That grim old soldier is a historic cha? racter. He was tko first military leader of tkb Plymouth Bottlers in New Eng? land. He was born in Lancashire, Eng? land, about 1684? and died in Duxbury, Moss., Ootober 3, 1656. He : came to Fly month with the - first company in 1620, previous to which bc had served,in the, army of tke Netherlands. Like muBt of tke English-born magnates ke was a mon,of great pith ?and. prowess, and commanded frequent expeditions against the native Americans, that--in? spired them with great awe- ..How "Miles Standish'hacked- tba Pequot*" it; a saying which has come down to oui own day and generation. It mast be ad? mitted, this mode of dealing, with the aborigines kas prevailed among bis coun? trymen ' to, the present time. Having perpetuated kis methods of dealing with savages, they ought, to build him a monu? ment. Gen. Grant kas made a whole? some diversion in behalf of tko Indians, but whether it will be successful again si the Mile? Standish policy remains to bc seen. THE RAILWAY KINO OP Peno.-A writer in the Overland Monthly for Au? gust gives an account of tko railroad operations of Hurry Meiggs in Peru. Fdr $12,000,000, Moiggs contracted tc build, tke road from Moliendo, on tht East coast of Arequipa. Tke road was oponed in January fast; 2,000 invited guests, including the heads of Ike Go? vernment in Peru, joined iu tko celebra .ion, which lasted two weeks. The ex? penses, footing up $200,000, were puic wkolly by Meiggs. The same bold ope rater then took a contract to extend11lu Arequipa road across tho Andes to Puno, a distance of about 230 miles. At thc same timo ko entered into a ooutruot t< construct a railroad from Limn noross tc Cordilleras to a placo on the Easton slope called Oroya.i The coqsideratioi " for th?se two ' contracts was ab'??t SOO, 000,000. The lino (from ?Arequipa tc Puno across tke Andes at an altitude o 1-1,000 feet; tke Oroya'' road crosses tk< mountains afc'an altitude of 15,300 feet It is intended to continuo the last mon tioiiod road to tho head waters of th? Amazon. Then Meiggs leased the rom from Moliendo to Areqnipa, paying t< the Government three per ceiiU on th, capital, or about. ,?360,000 a year. . Tb \?rt'ter Bums up by showiug that Meiggs besides being the contractor of fon tailroads, amounting to 1 $100,pp0,O0C deals extensively iu guano, owns a bau! at La Paz, and is engaged in other im portant enterprises. The chronopher is tho name of tho io strame'nt which supplies all Englan with thc correct time, ..It is in direc communication with the Greenwich Ol: servatoryi. and with six tuon of the pr in oipol citiesof the kingdom, and precise! at 12 o'clock A. M. the nour is/flashed not only to those stations, but to ever post oiiloe in tho country, so that a time is regulated to tho twentieth poi of a second. Time-guns aro fired evor day at IP. M., atNowo?stl? and Shield) by batteries connected with the chlone plier, nnd all the prominent ttatcl makers in London re?oive tko exac second overy kour from tba same instrt ment. ' Urnler suck strict regulation! the uni form i ty of time all over tho kiiif_ dom is as nearly perfect ns it can.be mad? -.-.-<?--ra-1 Tko Weldon News says-: "Worlcme engaged in tko construction of the no Petersburg track, on tho South side, c the Roanoke, are daily taming over large number of human bones, from fit to fifteen feet below the' ground-tb last relics of the Indians that but a fe years ago, as it wore, were wont to roai at liberty through this section." OoMPULSOiiY EDUCATION.-Tbe New Hampshire Legislature, by Aot approved on tbe 14Mi ultimo, provides a system "to compel children to attend eoUool.*f Every parent, .or perspp i?locoyparentisi is to send bis child being between eight aud fourteen tb somepublip school with-] in two miles v'of r?sidonop for twelve weeks eoob year, six weeks* at least to be consecutivo, uniese mich child be in? structed for the timo meutioued at borne or iu soma privnto school in tbe brunches taught in tho public schools, or ?a more advanced studies. Any violation of thia requirement is pnninbublc by a Hue of ?lU for tbe first ?nd 820 for the second and oyery .subsequent otlonoo.; nod OD notice to the local school board from any tax-payer that euch - offence bas becu committed, the board is to institute suit thereon under penalty of $20 for each neglect. This Act is now iu force, tak? ing effect from passage, and the work? ings of tba system will shed a needed light 00 the vexed quesliou of compul? sory education. While thinking any form of compulsory education practica? ble only in suck au iron monarchy as Prussia-rwberu it seems, by tbe by, a firm support to despotism, the State no doubt teaching despotism rather a good thiner -thin phase ut least, saves parental right to a- great extout, nud hence tbe ox peri [lient ia to be tried free, ia a mea? sure, from one insuperable objection. TH? RAGE HOBBES.- The New York Times offers aonie pomment on tbe chango which a few yoare have wrought io one of ?the"" popular' mouuB of recrea? tion. Of the many tboiisands who have witnessed the recent race meetings at Saratoga, Jerome Park, und Monmouth Park, few, it says, haye probably given a thought to the remarkable rise of the sport which is now so popular. Little more than ten years ago, thorn was in that part of tho country uo such tbing as a track devoted exclusively to racing. That pastime .was, indeed, almost un? known, or known only to bo despised. Trotting matches were then the passion of the hour, and a contest between the famous trotters often drew immense crowds to Union or Fashion Course. To-day all that is changed. The-trot? ting track ia. deserted, acd the fickle crowds that were wont to encourage the historio struggles of Patohen and' Flora Templo now hang with even,greater zest on the dying steps qf Longfellow and Kingfisher." Trotting, indeed) as a speo taole, may be said to have fallen into comparative disrepute, and fashion and popularity alike have declared in favor of its long-neglected rival. It is said that "in Beaufort nnd Col!er? t?n Counties the force of 'the late storm waa only a degree lesa than in Savannah, though the wind was sufficiently strong to blow down trees and obstruct ordina? ry travel. The rain washed away bridge? and ferries and filled to a depth of ten or twelve feet streams that were a few hours before nearly dry. The swollea oonditiou of the streams between Beau? fort aud Yemassee, oa Saturday, pre? vented the passage of tho mails from Beaufort. Tho Savannah River, io thirty minutes, rose four and a half feet. On the low oottou lands it may be a week or more before the 'water can leave them dry, owing to lack of proper drainage. But little damage is anticipated to the oom crop, it being far enough advanced to be out of danger. Rice is considered generally nafe, tho fields being flooded with raiu offered a strong support to the ?tulka against the violence of tho winds. As so many of the large oottou fields of Beaufort and Colletoo Counties are iu low lauds, it is very probable the cotton there hus sustained a severe loss. The Now York Sun says tho sickness of the President's colt, about whoso sore tail the whole office-holding world was so greatly exercised, was due, we learn, to the ciroumsoribed quarters de? voted to the Presidential stublo. To guard against such misfortune io future, Graut is erecting anew palatial struc? ture adjoining the State Department, on Seventeenth street, for the royal stud. This edifice is to bo sixty by eighty feet, and three stories high. It is to be "built of pressed brick, with brown stone trim? mings, while the interior will be of hurd wood, oiled and finished in imperial style. Tho basoment floor is destined for tho Presidential dairy stock, thu first floor for fifteen horses and equipages to mutoh, aud tho upperstories for proven? der ?ud residences for tho liveried sor -.vante. The co.st of {"hi? imposing stable will lie defrayed, nat 1 rpm the Presiden jUal privy purse, bat ,|ro.m tho appropri? ation for the erection of the now State Department.' G KEELEY"f AND - WooDHDiili.-Victoria 0. Woodhull bas a long artiole in Wood-1 hull and Qfaflih* 8 Weekly, in responso-to a lotter from Horace Greeley to the editor of the Golden Age, in whioh ho Rays that be has two daughters, and inti? mates that ho would rather look upon their graves than see thom leotnrersupon woman's rightB. The Woodhull retali? ates by calling Horace an ignorant bigot, and makes some severe strictures upon tho Greeley family menage. She says that tho harsh father wishes to drive his daughters into matimony to make drudges of them contrary to their true destiny, and that bo is far more morally guilty, thercforo, than Victoria C. Wood? hull, whoso irregularities and lack of deference for Mrs. Grundy disturb Mr. Groeley's mind so seriously. Marshal McMahon's roport of tho siego of Puris is a formidable military doonmeut, occupying someten or twelve columna in tho Paris journals. It is couched, however, in military language, refleot? no outside passions, and eschews all harsh reflections upon the vanquished. Tho operations of each of tho corps of the army of investment uro detailed in a graphic way. Lydia Thompson asks if ii. will pay to como boro with her troupe; and tho newspapers respoud "Barely." ? COUPLE OF BELLES RUINED BX A SULPHUB SPUING BATH.-rThere' arrived recently at Kiobfield t?prioge two beanti ful belles from New York city. Their tra?na were endless, their costumes won? derful as to fabric, fearful as to oxpense; rieb and rare were the gems thoy wore, and it waa estimated by good judges that thoir complexions coat at least' $10 per box. They exercised "Piuk and Whito Tyranny'1 ovor all the poor gen? tlemen iovalids wko wore Reeking health at the Springs, and were the envy of tho expiring lady invalids who were buzzing around tho Springs in search of a longer lease of the world and its vanities. These belles arose one morning from refresh? ing slumber, and determined to renew their beauty by a sulphur b'uth. . To ibo bath they went with dazzling flakes of the previous evening's rose and pearl still on their faces. Alasl that, in this instance, a thing of beauty wus not a joy forever. The sulphur changed those lovely, thoso expensive complexions to blue-black. The color would not come off. Those complexions wero first class and warranted to wash, and thoso belles, thus unexpectedly put under the protec? tion of the Fiitoentk Amendment, went away from Richfield Springs in haste, They aro now undor the enro of an ex pert chemist in Now York. i There is a moral to this story somo where, bat we do not remember whore it is. Euch reader can select a moral to suit. - Utica (2V. ?.) Herald. THE FATAI, GOOD-NIGHT.-A despatch to the Louisville Ledger gives the follow? ing details of the alice tin g tragedy at Frankfort, Ky., Wednesday night: About half-past 8 o'clock, while Mrs. Berry was reading, ber little daughter, Annie Watson, nearly nine years of age, came into the room to say her prayers and kiss her ma good-night. While in tho act of throwing hor arms around her mother's neck, her hand struck against an oil lamp, upsetting and caus? ing it to explode. Mr. Berry, who was iu the adjoining room, hearing the noise caused by the explosion, ran in and found Mrs. Berry enwrapped in flames. He succeeded in putting out the fire, but not until sha was soveroly, though not seriously, barned. Mr. Berry did not know that little Annie was burned until he heard her cries, in tho back yard, entreating one of the servants to'save her. She was burn? ing to -death. Mr. Berry ran' to her rescue, but it was too late, as Bbc wan so badly burned that she died in about three hours after the accident happened. Mr: Berry had his hands and arms badly burned. A correspondent of tbeBoslon- Travel? ler records the tw? 'fojlowiug "srnart speeches" of. children: A bright little boy, about four years of age, BOO of a clergyman, was at yoar correspondent's house one evening with Iiis parents, and I gave bim a couple of five-* cent pieces. Ho laid them on the table, and, putting his finger on one, said: "This one l am going to give tb the heathen, and the other one I am going to keep myself." He played with them awhile till.finally one of them rolled away, and he could not find it. "Well," said I, "my lad, which one have yon lost?" "Oh," said be, "I have lost the ono I was going to give to the heatheu." Tboy have a locomotivo called tho Ku Klux at Tuskegee, Ala., and when it lets off steam with an angry shriek, that's another Kn Klux outrage. Brick ! Brick ! '. WE have a largo quantity of fresh' bnrnt BUICK on ha ml at Green's old brick yard, and are prorared to fill all orders. Aug23 8 WILLIAMS & THREEWITS Wanted. A GOOD, exrnrioucod YOUNO MAN, to at J;\_ tond to business promptly. Liberal salary offered. Apply at thin office. A II ir 23 1 Columbia Oil Company. AMEETING of tho Stockholders will bo held at tho Palmetto Eugine H ouse, at 10 o'clock. TI1IS DAY. E." 00PE, August 23 1 President. For Sale or to Kept, ROBB'S HO'JPEL, TillS eligible property., sit? uated within livo minutes' wall; nf thc'.State llouso ami _ I tho business portion ol Mniji ?troot, having boon closed to tl)6 public, ia now offured for salo or to rent. Tho llouso has recently been renovated in every parti? cular, contains fifty thoroughly furniidiod rooms, and is ono'of tho best Hotel Stauda in Columbia, ltoas'ouablo terms can ho ni ado with tho propriotor, who can fcc consulted on tho premisa*. W. E. ROBE, Auguet 23 Proprietor. BUT Charleston Cxntrier, Greenville Moun? taineer, and Yorkville Enquirer pleast insert until furl lier notice._ State of South Carolina-Richland Co. COU HT OF COMMON J'LEAS. Mrs. Sarah J. Harris, Plaintiff, againut James G. Gibbes, Defendant. To mr. DWKNOANT, JAMES G. Ginni?: YOU are horehy summoned and reqnirod to answer tho complaint in this action, ot which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to tho said complaint on the subscriber, at his omeo, in the city of Columbia, in tho said Stato and County, within twenty days after tho scrvico hereof, exclusive of the day of auch service; and if you fail to answor the complaint within tho timo aforesaid, tho plaintiff in this action will apply to tho Court for tho relief demanded in tho complaint. JAMES D. Tit AT)EWELL, Plaintiff's Attornov. D&tod at Columbia, S. C., AURUBI IC, 1371. To THU DKKRNOANT, JAMES G. GIDREH: Take notice that tho summons lu thia action, of which the foregoing is a copy, wa? filed in tho bQloo of tho Clerk of tho Court of Com mon IMoivs. at Columbia, in tho County of meil? land, in the Stato of Routh Carolina) on tho ICth dav of August, 1871. JAMES D. TBADEWUT.I,, Plaintil?'B Attorney. GoMwniA, S. C., August 23, 1871. Au gu wt 'J:i wft? Seegers' Beer is Pure. IT don't contain Uocbculua Indiens Fiah Horries to make sleepy or hnadach?. Choice Teas. GUNPOWDER, Hyson,Oolong and English Breakfast TEAS. Tho choicest imported for sale low. E. HOPE. MURDER IN DOOLY.-The Americus (Qa.) Weekly Republican leur IIB that on the fOth instant, Mr. John Joiner, of Dooly County, bad been shot nod lolled by his step-Kou,'Dev?reos. . The homi? cide was committed ajj.' tho residence of j old man Joiner, with a pistol, and was occasioned by some 'disagreement be? tween tho parties as to matters pertain? ing to the property of Mrs. Joiner, which, it seems, previous to her Just marriage, had been managed by hor son Devereux. We learn further that the old people were living unhappily togeth? er, and wero contemplating a divorce Devereux is a married man, having a wife and child. Ho has tied from jus? tice, having left ou a horse ho forcibly took from a negro who was starting af ti r a physician for the deceased, und has not been heard from, as wo aro iuformed. His mother, Mrs. Joiner, has boon ar? rested upon tho charge of accessory to the crime, and ber preliminary trial is Bet down for next Monday. Sbe is said to have furnisbod Devereux gold and grconbacks to aid him in escaping. # *-?--i-. Tho New York steamboat men aro struggling with a knotty problem. Gen. Belknap said, before the close of tho Government investigation of tho West? field disaster, that it was the duty of every boiler inspector to go inside tho boiler under examination and test the inner plates and bruces. Mr. Matthews, one of the inspectors, is a FalstulV, and the end of a boiler would have to be knocked off to enable him to got into it, and he couldn't do it then unless it was a largo boilor and well greased on the in? side. Now tho question is whether larger boilers are to be made, or Mat? thews is to he dieted and rubbed down until ho can get into tho present ones. A petrified human body, headless and limbless, wus recently exhumed in Iowa, whereupon a local paper asserts that it is "the rem ni es of King Nebuchadnezzar, who went on all-fours ?ndate grass until he wore his limbs off, and, like a good many other worthless quadrupeds, 'eat his head off,' too." A despatch received from Wm. J. Ma? grath, Esq., President of tho South Ca? rolina Railroad Company, announces the arrangement of the sterling debt Of the company. Jost Arrived, ^ 25 HEAD HOI18ES AND ? *%hjim. MULES, amongst them HnmnfYWr *^5P as Ano Saddlo and Harness /*"" 1 1 MnvlJorBQB aa over bronght to this city. Apply at O. Logan's Stables, corner Assembly and Senate streets.' Aug 22_W. S. J. M. TA. LU OTT. For Sale Cheap. 18IX-H0RSE PORTADLE ENGINE, 1 50 Haw Morris Oin, 1 Davis Portablo Press, All in good working order, and aro offered for $800, cash. Apply to RICHARD TOZER. Aug 20_C_ School Notice. THE MISSES MARTIN will re? sumo tho exeroiecs of their School ?on MONDAY, October 2. ? Arrangements having boen mado for forming a Primary Class, a few preparatory scholars will bo re? ceived.. Muiical Department under charge of Prof. PLATI. C?aseos will bo formed in French, German, Latin, Drawing and Fancy Work. A very limited number of pupils will be re? ceived as bonrders. Fur terms, A-.a., apply at tho residence of | Rev. WM. MARTIN, on Bland?iig street. Au KO st 20: w $50 Reward. MY bouse was entered on tho night of the 15th instant, aud somo clothing tak'in away, in which wero a lot of Keys and ? Pocket-Rook, containing somo Notes and Me? morandums, of no value to any one ba', my? self. I will give tho above reward tu auy ono who may return tho same, aud ask r.o ques? tions whatever. The party effecting tbn en trauce, being disappointed in securing any? thing of value, may have thrown tho Keys, <kc, away. Anyone finding them and deliv? ering to mo wiil receivo the above reward. Augustin J. II. KIN ARD. Four Hundred Dollars Reward ! 11HE above reward will bo paid for tho ro . turn of tho Money and Notes stolen from Mr. W. C. McGregor on tho night of tho 15th inst, or 33i per cent, on ull money, and no ques? tions asked; or wo will pay tho above reward for information that may lead to the recovery of tho Monoy and Notes and the conviction of the robbers. All persons aro warned ugaiiiAytrading for any notes or due bille pay? able to'us; also against truding fur an order r>n th? Comity Treasurer of Charleston, in favor of Peter " B. Hedges, for ?31G; and one on tho Stase Treasurer for $1$, iii favor of - Robiuson. GEIGER & Met) KEG O II. Aug 17 ti Fan and Winter Importation-1871. R i B~B"CTN S , Millinery and Straw Goods. ARMSTRONG, GATOR & CO., IMPORTERS and Jobhors of Ronnet. Trim? ming and Volvot RIBBONS; Bonnet Bilks, Matins and Velvets, Blonds, Netts, Crapes, Ruohes,Flowers. Feathers, Ornaments, Straw BonnctB and Ladies' Hats, trimmed and un? trimmed, Hhaker Hoods, Ac. 237 and 2:19 Baltimore street, Baltimore, Md. Offer tho largest stock to he found in thia country, and unequalled in choice variety and choapnesH, comprising the latest Europoan novelties. Orders solicited and prompt alten tinn given. _ _ Aug ll 12* C. R. HOLMES, Cotton Factor and Commis. Merchant, ACOOlIMOnATIO.X WHARP, CHARLESTON, S. C. August 1(> |3mo Tho Georgia Gin. TH IS ic tho third season wo have enid these GINS, und luivo never had a single com? plaint. Wo offer them with renewed confi? dence, at moderate prices and reasonable terms. L?RICK A 'LOWRANCE,. Ag ta., July M anio Columbia. H. C.__ Just Received, 2fr BBI.S. NORTHERN IRISH POTA .J TO ICS. For salo low bv August 3 JOHN AGNEW A. SON.|| Breakfast Bacon. 1 AAA POUNDS Fulton Market BACON ?.1 r\)\ 1 STRIPS, for sale low August 3 E. HOPE. ?Looal lt? xrx s . ?-? . m PIIONIXIANA,-The price of Bingle popies of the PH?ENI? ?B flv? oentsV S A-chuuce for ay. first, clas? investment is joffored in tWY^veiaifomeut of Mr. W. 'JB. ?oso, which ^peuifa ola?Bwhere ia our columna. The ' notel which he proposes to sell or rent is on the site formerly occupied bj tho popular Hunt HOUBO, and is confessedly ono of the best stands in tho city for a hotel. Tho house hos recently beeu enlarged and thoroughly renovated, inwardly and outwardly, and would bo un invatuablo acquisition to any ono who "kuows how to keep a hotel." ... Au illiterate man is derided for that which, in many a man of education, wins applause-making his mark. When you "give it to a man," yon need not expect that ho will "take it" without some exhibition of temper. The thermometer stood as follows, nt the Pollock House, yesterday: 7 A. M., 79; 12 M., 83; 2 P. M., 80; 7 P. M., 70. Our merchants, and others wishing to prepare for the full business, will pieuse take notice that the PIUENIX office is supplied with ull necessary material for as handsome cards, bill heads, posters, circulars, and other printing that maybe desired, ns any office in the city. Givo us n cull und test our work. .Tho Southern gas generator, now in usa at the PHOSNIX office, is much ad? mired. It is just tho thing for large es? tablishments; and in country towns is invaluable. IJ? Bon Ton is tho title of a superb fashion gazette, published at 64 Ruo St. Annie, Parin, and imported by S. T. Tnylor, 391 Canal street/ New York. The September number, already issued, prosents us with flveelogant steel plates, all in.colors, of the fall fashions.. Full .descriptions in both the French and English- language accompany these plates, making the magazine invaluable to tho ladies. Published as above at $0 per annum. Scribner's Monthly, for September, is at hand, with a rich and varied table ol contents. . Several of tho articles arc embellished with very fine illustrations, and there is n variety of matter on i groat variety of topics. Scribner's is ai pleasant a companion for'leisure houri as one can readily find, and for such s thing as railroad Crave], for instance, car hardly be surpassed, being printed oi beautiful white paper, and in olear, large type. Scribner & Co., New York, at 8i per annum. A portion of tho turtle only wai souped, yesterday,, at the Exchange llouse-tho balance will bo served UT to-doy. The first was good, bat th< second will, without doubt, bo better. Last night was tho time for the regn lar meeting of the City Council; bu there hoing no qnornm present, the citj will be the guiner to the extent of seve ral dollars-the new rules adopted in dieting . :>oualty of one dollar on absent i ces. Tho great storm switohed its tail ove this vicinity, yesterday; and regula March weather was the result-con side rabio wind and a little rain. SYNDICATE.-Recent financial negotia tiona iu connection witk tho new Govern ment loan bavo brought into use anionj UH a term heretofore unknown in ou business circles. As it is ."aid that i "syndicato" has agreed to take the loan au explanation of the word is noccssary In tho French commercial law, : "syndic" is the assignee of an insolvent' or bankrupt's estate, and a "syndicate is the body of assignees, or syndics. Bu the real meaning to bo attached to th phrase is simply that of a committeo o hoard of directors, "syudioato," in th European business world, auswerin. substantially to a board, committee- o agency among us. "HOBSON'S CHOICE."-The meaning c this saying is correctly understood fl "This or none." But we beliove its origi is not BO widely known. Hobson kep an inn in London called the Bull, sitt ated on Bishopgato street. He let ot horses to hire, and nny person applyin for ono was obliged to take tko unimi noxt to the stable door, or go away witl out one. Hobson was widely known fe benevolence, particularly for kindness! animals. He always put tko korso nea est to tho door which had rested longos aud tkus managod to have their hom of rest according to their labor. ? would loso a customer before he wonl broak this rule. So tho saying woi abroad "Hobson's ohoice," instead < this or nono. MAIIJ AniuNOEMESTS.-Tho Norihei mail opous nt 3.00 P. M.; closes 7.1 A. M. Charleston day mail opeus d.t P. M.; closes COO A. M. Charlcsto night mail opens 6.30 A. M.;, closes ti.f P. M. Greenville moil opens 6.-15 1 M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Western ma opens 9.00 A. M. ; closes 1.30 P. M. O Sunday oflico opon from 3 to 4 P. M. A mt EST OF ONE OF THE Ronnuns. Johnson, altos Jones, alian something oise, was overhanled in Jacksonville, Fla., on Monday last, on suspicion of having committed several robberies in this city. He is a colored man, some? what resembling an Italian, and made his headquarters in this city for several weeks. He is a three-card monte player; but, if reports are to bo rolled on, was not very successful in Augusta, Ga., where be made u halt. I3y-the-way, the Augusta papers publish a rather sensa? tional account of his modus operandi in Columbia, which is far from correct. HABEAS Courus. -Irvin Holt, John Jackson, Sandy Kelly, and seven others -all colored-who woro arrested and committed to jail fer riot and resisting an officer, in this County, on tho 28th i ult., were brought beforo Trial Justices Nash and Thompson, upon a writ of habeas corpus, yesterday. After tho read? ing of several affidavits, and the exami? nation of witnesses, the three first were admitted to bail in the sum of $100 each, and the others $10, with good surety for their appqarance at tho next term of the Court of General Sessions. W. S. Monteith, Esq., for the prisoners, and Mr. N. Barnwell, acting Solicitor, for the State. Attention is called to the advertise? ment appearing in to-day's paper, of the Charleston Charitable Association, giv? ing a sohedule of awards' of a raffle, which, it is stated, will positively take placo on Wednesday, the, *22d day of November, publicly in Charleston. The. schedule includes prizes in the shape of real estate and hon Bes ranging from $35,000 downwards-the same being splendidly located and of good titles; much of the property within the limits of the city of Charleston. The managers also state that awards of United States gold bonds pf ' $500 Value each will also ,be made to the fortunate purchasers of ; certificates. The enterprise is plainly stated, and the schedule fairly exhibited, the ratio and particulars of which can be ascertained by a careful, perusal of the I advertisement of the association, to which roforence is' made. AH orders .should be addressed to ,the Charleston Charitable Association, .-No. 117 Meeting street, Charleston, S. O., or to L. T. Levin, agent, Columbia, H. C. Ho?Kii AIIKTVALH, August 22.-Nick orson House-O. .Li. Yates, Charleston; W. Li. Garey, Glenn Springs; W. R. Kline, Woodwards; J. R. Fant, city; W. J. Lee and wife, Kingstree; Mrs. Watts and child, Sparenburg ; A. B. Springs, York; L. H. Brvan, Edgefield. i Columbia Hotel-I?. Duffie, A. H. Se? ward, E. A. Palmer, Charleston;'J. H. Ham, Baltimore; H. S. Johnson, San Francisco; J. A. Brenner,-Augusta; P. Rion, Winnsboro; James Fite, Philadel? phia; R. Hemphill, lady and child, Ab? beville. LIST oy NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Williams & Threewits-Brick..; L. T. Loyin-$250,000 Raffle. < . Jumes Di Tradewoll-Summons. Wanted-Apply at-this office. W. E. Rose-For Salo or Rent E. Hopo-Columbia Oil Company. OFFICIAL RAFFLE NUIIBEBB Charleston Chari? table Association, for bene?t Free School fund: RAFFLE CLASS NO. U5t-Morning-August 22. 74-Gt 30 38-48-41-U-12-49-1-42-29 Witness our hands, at Charleston, this 22d August, 1371. FENN PECK, JAMES QILLILAND, August 23 Sworn Qommissiouera. . EDWARD R. ARTHUR, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, NO. 7 LAW RANGE, i ! WILL practico in the Circuit, and Probate Courts of Richland and adjoining Counties. - : July 12 tflPO FRENCH UASSlMERE PASTS, ^ FORMERLY *l?"to $18, ,we (fw aro how making for $12 NNI1 ?K?J?S?BJ m*. ^ M ; i / ! '; 11 ' ' ' f j J.I I l\f' f-13, to'cl?B? out'onr lino bf French'Goods, f Light Oasaimero Suits at Cost. Now is the time to order our perfect tuting S?IRT8, warranted to please. -, ; A few Ladios' TRAVELING TRUNKS, at i . e. coat. * B?- Call and socuro.BARGAINS at July111 R) A Vf. C.' rtWATfTELD'B. SHIELDS & Gr?i?ZB, COLUMBIAi:f. C., Palmetto Iron' Works, MANUFACTURERS o? STEAM ENGINES and BOILERS, Saw, Grist and Cane Mills, all sizes, all,kinda, of Agricultural Im? plements, Mouse atm'Store Fronts, Irbn Rail? ing, Iron and Braes Casting; Shafting, Pul loya and Dangers made to order. ALSO, Manufacturers of UTLEY? IMPROVED LEVER COTTON PRESS, which was awarded tho ?rst premium'In North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama and Lonisiana last tall. Wo also maunfactnro tho DIXIE SOREW COTTON PRESS-a ?heap and durable ono. Send Tor circulars. Orders tilled on short notice and on most reasonable terms. Juno 2A 8mo The Exchange House fHAS been overhauled and re-arranged for the Spring and Summer. Iced beve? rages compounded at short notice. May fi _ VAYSINGER ?fr FRANKLIN. Imported Ale aud Porter, i^e: CASKS-riots-beet brands, in store ZD and for sale GEO. SYMMERS.