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COLUMBIA, S. C. Thursday Morning, August 24,1871. It ia ro-assuring to learn that tho dif? ferences between Prussia and Roumanie | are in a promising way to amioablo ad? judication. Had tho principality proved stubborn in tho matter and refused to acoede to the proposals of Germany, tho peace of Europe would, perhaps, havo been seriously menaced, a war might have ensued and Prance recovered her lost prestige and provinces. The gener? ous forbearance of Bonmania must com? mand the admiration of all friends of peaoo, and it would bo the part of wis? dom for the weak European powers to follow the example of Roumains in their dealings with Prussia. An article on tho oumpaigD, tu the New York Tribune, conoedes that Poun sylvauia is doubtful, and also tho con? test over the Ohio Legislature. The estimate is endorsed editorially, and is based probably on the nows received by the: Republican Congressional Commit? tee. A Philadelphia correspondent of the New York World writes a column or j so abont Pennsylvania politics. After a ? frill review of tho situation, wheroin tho squabbles and bickering in tho Radical ranks aro freely detailed, ho also con? cludes that "Pe'nnsyivania is at this mo? ment as thoroughly Democratic as it was in the days of Jackson." So much for the Keystone State. -i-? ?> ? > ^Bismarck deals with Alsace and Lor Taino precisely as he dealt with Prussia before that now great country knew what I was good for her. In spite of themselves ) the indomitable Premier mado tho Prus? sians masters of Europe. The best bated and worse lampooned man in Ber? lin, he forced that city to. eolipso the I glories y of Paris. And now this sanio I rudo statesman deals with his newly con? quered provinces as though they really loved instead of despised the rulo of the Emperor ho created. He quietly an? nounces that in time they shall become members of the Zollverein. Of coarse, the Alsatians and Lor rainers gave no in? timation of dosiring this privilege. They hate, with a sincere cordiality, their new masters; but this makes not a parti?lo of ? difference to tho' stolid man of Varzin. Ho will foroo prosperity on the now pro Tinoos, and, by his genorous and far? seeing policy, compel the next genera? tion of Alsatians and Lorrainers to erect memorials of gratitudo to Otto Yon Bis? marck. FINANCIAL.-So many contradictory statements have been made by thu pub? lic prints, in regard to the recent action of tho Treasury Department of the United States in regard to tho public loans, that wo bavo been at some paius to got the latest and most reliablo infor? mation on tho subject. In regard to the new five per cent, consolidated gold loan of $200,000,000, there only remains ?50,000,000 for gob erul subscription. ?70,000,000 of it; havo already been subscribed for, tho greator part of which was by the na? tional banks. $80,000,000 bavo boon al? lotted to tho foreign markets, and is now being rapidly taken by a syndicate of the most reliable English and continent? al houses, $15,000,000 of which havo been already subscribed. $50,000,000 have been reserved for general subscrip? tion in this country for a specific period of timo, $10,000,000 of winch havo been already subscribed by a syndicate com? posed of tho largest dealers iu Govern? ment bonds, among whom are Messrs. Fisk & Hatch, Vormilyo .fc Co., Henry Clows & Co., Clark, Dodgo & Co., Leo? nard, Sheldon Sc Foster. First nud Fourth National Banka, New York, and others. The interest on this loan is payable quar? terly in gold, viz: in February, May, August and November. Coupon and re? gistered bonds will bo issued for it, and it will be free from nil taxation from tho United States and Stato Governments. All kinds of national bonds will bu taken in payment for it. This will bo found a very convenient loan for investments by executors, institutions, &o. [Trade Journal. Out of twonty-fonr Senatorial vacau eies to be filled before March 4,1873, only two are now filled by Democrats, and Kentucky and Maryland will lill these. The happy correspondent admits ' that "it is feared that there may bo five other changes from Republicans to De? mocrats." We should judge that Alaba? ma would choose two, (one in place of j ?oldthwuito, deceased;) that Georgia I 'would choose two as soon as Congress suffers the peoplo of that muoh recon? structed State to be represented; that California will ohooso ono ia place of Colo, Indiana ono in placo of Morton, Now York one in place of Conkliug, North Carolina one in place of Pool, and Oregon one in plaoe of Corbett; making a gain of nine, besides Ohio, Pennsylva? nia, Now Hampshire, Novada, Louisia? na, Florido, Connecticut and ArkauRiis, . none of which aro certain to eleot a Re ?ublican. If Republicans aro elected in owa, Kansas nod Wisconsin, wo]mny at least hope that they will not bo such mon as now disgrace those States and sock re? election. If all opponents of Radical? ism, Grantism, monopoly, bayonet rulo, and corruption, will work faithfully and intelligently, not loss than twenty good Senators can bo chosen in placo of tho Radicals whoso term expire. [New York World. . 'Way? of I'lcusiiiiitncHK" ?rici .>p?ih? of Pence.'1 Mr. Speaker Blaine, in bia Saratoga speooh, eulogized tho Radical party and proclaimed that "its ways" wore "ways of pleasantness" and all "its paths" wore "peaco." We have not found it thus in this aootion. "Ita ways" have not been very pleasant, except to the few who have profited by public plundering and official thievery. Nor huvo "its paths" been those of poace. The Boston jPosi says: Mr. Speaker- Bluino wears colored glasses whou he look H ut his party. Ii ho would become far-Bighted us u states? man rather than remaiu merely clever ns a politician, he will doll his visual appa? ratus and use the naked nyes that cannot need aid in the direction in which he turns them. Through his favorite.spec? tacles ho sees his party leading the coun? try along paths that aro exclusively "paths of peace." So lovely is tho pros? pect to his sight, ho could ulmost con? sent to depart altogether after enjoying it if the Vice-Presidency were not still an unattained goal, and thora were not pleusaut pastures beyond on which he hopes to fatten. Tho prospect of oats and soft bedding is a comforting stimu? lus to every back. But what an odd de? finition is the Bluino definition of peace! Like dreams, it must positively go'by contraries. What a pretty peace specta? cle, surely, is the fight going on with musketry and cannon in New Orleans, tho. whole State thrown into confusion and alarm by the employment of the Federal army in a Radical convention. Gutliug guns rolled into the custom house to keep the Radical Governor aud his supporters out of the convention and talk about "paths of peace." A Federal captain seizing a State Governor while speaking and bidding him be still; half a political convention thrust down tho custom house steps, and all inside the Radical party, too;, aud Speaker Bluino clapping his hands on a Saratoga hotel piuzza and crying- "bravo for the paths of poaoel" What a conoealed fund of humor some men are gifted With, to bo nure. Liad he turned his eyes on New York, very much nearer than New Orleaus, he , would have witnessed plenty more of the same style of "peace." Tom Murphy, on one side, and Horace Greeley, on the other; Fenton at war with Conkling; the General Republican Oommitteo fighting with the Central; feuds and intestine eruptions from the Eastern point of Long Island to Lake Erie; what pleasant "paths of peace" these loving political brethren all travel. And in Pennsylva? nia; Cameron against Curtin and Geary, aud revolt in Philadelphia and all over tho State against the corrupt Treasury ring-what a peaceful path the Keystone State has struck into for a long journey. And tho squabble in Ohio over tho Senu torship, Sherman and Delano and Cox and a half-dozen more hitting right and left for the prize in these days of enrich? ing perquisites; that looks a good deal like "pathB of peace," particularly to Mr. Blaino, as be quaffs his morning gluss at the spring at Saratoga. And tho attitude and expression of Trumbull, the fiercely plain speech of Curl Sohnrz, these are peaceful matters for a political optimist's contemplation. But Mr. Blaine asserts that with all this peaco goes also perfect "prosperity." lie has but recently left Muino. HUB he read in the Post the frank and crushing testimony of the Republican ship-build? ers of his own State, that it is nothing hut Radical legislation, Radical incom? petency and Radicul corruption that is ruining half the property of tho State? that 30,000 mechanics havo been driven out of tho State Bolely by tho unfriendly conduct of Congress? What will tho voters of Maino say, to hoar that ho went directly from the midst of this general decay, and publicly proclaimed from a Saratoga hotel piuzza that the whole country never before onjoyed such pros? perity? Tho Blaine style of pence aud prosperity fitly go together; but they are a style that uo people can very long en? dure, nud will nob long enduro even to maintain tho cleverest politicians in the places they covet. Ou tho Kith instant, a cargo of fresh beef from Texas wus lauded at Philadel? phia, consisting of 220 beeves, cut into quarters, making aboiit 170,000 pounds. Tho cattlo were slaughtered in Tosas on August 1st; and, after-hoing out up, tho beef wus immediately transferred to tho hold of the vessel, which was supplied with ice after the manner of a refrigera? tor, tho steamer (Fire Fly) being built expressly for the transportation of frosh beef. The voyage from Rockport to Philadelphia was made in nine days, nnd the beef, whou unloaded, found to bo as frosh and sweet as on the day of its ship? ment. This is said to be tho first con? signment of tho kind that has over reached Philadelphia from Texas; but it is expected that the success of the expe? riment will give rise to a new and pro? fitable trade, which will greatly reduce the coBt of beef in that city, while at the sam i time adding to tho wealth of Texas by forming anothor and cheap outlet for her immense droves of cattle, in the form of fresh Texan beef. Flits-Mr. W. P. Gwin's dwelling house and entire contents, in the lower part of this County, were destroyed by fire on Monday morning Inst, about 3 o'clock. Tho family wero absout at the timo. Tho burning is supposed to bo tho work of an iuooudiary, who, after plundering tho house, stuck the torch to it. - Carolina Spartan. Io Walterboro, on tho 18th, two bf tho murderers of Driggers-Andrew Doyle and Charles Meclmnick-suffjred tho extremo penally of tho law, agreeably I to the sen tonco of Judgo Thomas nt tho j last Court of Sossions for Colinton. Samuel W. Tucker, Esq., au oldcrly and respected citizen of Spartauburg, died on thc 19th instant. A WESTERN TOWN ON WHEELS AND UNDER CANVAS.-A correspondent writes from tho route of the Northern Pucitlo Ii iii road: Oak Lako City ia a nourishing West? ern town on wheels and nuder canvas, largely, with two or threo log houses, ono framo building, and a dozen or more stores in huge tents, some of them with stocks of goods of $15,000 to $20,000 in value. The town "is not ns large as it was," aa the teutless stakes on a by? street attest. The United States Mar ahal nabbed some twenty-five of the blacklegs und desperadoes who had squatted here, and forced them to move ou, a fovv days since. Tho "eily'' ia located in au oak opeu ing, on u riso of grouud which furnishes a charming outlook on every baud, nud would tnuke a line Bite for a towu of con? siderable size. Turn to uuy of tho later maps, nud yon will bud a nest of lakes lying about tho head waters of thc "Mis? sissippi River, Eastward toward the Rod River. From these lakes tho Mississip? pi, the Otter Tail, or Upper Red River, and the Buffalo River all havo their origins, und the waters of the lakes find their way either immediately or remotely to all points of the compass. This is known tis tho Oak Lake regiou, and is really one of the finest regions of coun? try 1 over saw. It hus suffiuiout of hill and dale to retniud one of the most beau? tiful portions of Now England, or New York, or Pennsylvania, minns thu moun? tains, and the growth of timber is suffi? cient to give tho face of tho country tho appenrauce of being heavily wooded. It is, without doubt, the finest section of country traversed by the Eastern portion of tho Northern Pacific Road, nud at? tains additional importance from being the locution from which tho brauch ut the road to Pembina will leave the main lino of the road. Here, and within tho range of travel and traffic centering here, tiresome 2,000 railroad surveyors, contractera, sub-con tructors, laborers, supply men, bummers, black-legs, desperadoes, and all the con? comitants of a frontier railroad town. I arrived here on Sunday, and us I drove in under the shade of tho oaks, which shelter tho town, found a "quiet" .Sun? day, but the stores were all open, and trude was going on, though-if 1 may be allowed the expression-with a some? what subdued aspect. Religions services were, however, held under tho treas in the forenoon, by a branch of the Young Men's Christian Association, aud also again in the evening, while n dance house at one end of tho main business thoroughfare resounded with the soumis of revelry and mirth, at the same time that the religious services were in pro? gress at the other end of the same un? graded avenue. The danco house, I am assured, has all tho bslongings of a Five Points Hell of the same kind in New York, and, in this respect, tho frontier town of Oak Lake City rivals tho most thoroughly "civilized" town at the East. I am reminded at every step that this is a free country, and the child-like games of poker, keno and similar occupations, can be engaged in here ns profitably as iu places moro remote from the abodes of genuino beasts of prey. RIOT AND BLOODSHED.-On Monday evening, between 9 and 10 o'clock, jwe were startled by hearing the discharge of fire-arms, as if a skirmish was going on iu Main street, near the court house. Upon proceeding to tho spot, wo learned that a party of tho Uuited States sol? diers, stationed hero, had opened Uro upon a crowd at thu corner of Muiu and Liberty streets, and that two ne? groes were wounded, ono in tho arm and one iu tho thigh. Wo saw both the wouuded. Tho first had a soveie flesh wound in the fore-arm, which hu received as he was proceeding toward the placo of conflict, some 100 yurds listant. The other, a quiet lad, re? ceived a ball in tho thigh, tho result of which may yet prove fatal. The next flay a third negro was brought into town with a fiesli wound in tho head, who snid that ho had received thu wound from the firing of tho soldiers tho night before, and that ho had fled iuto tho country. Wo learn also that ouo of the soldiers was wounded by a pistol shot in tho leg. This, wo hear, was tho l?rst shot fired. Au investiga? tion will bo mado, and the truth, what? ever it bo, will, doubtless, bo ascer? tained. Homo ill feeling, it appears, had existed between some of tho sol? diers and some negroes. When wo arrived upon tho sccno of action, wo found tho acting Intendant/ Capt. G. Richardson, already there, endeavoring to allay tho excitement and to prevent further bloodshed. Capt. Lloyd, commander of tho post, with a detachment of his men, was also soon upon the spot. We hear that threats had been mado before night against tho soldiers. But whatever may have caused the riot, o trust that tho investigation to be held will bring it out.-Sumter News. KILLED FOR INSULTINO A WIFE.-In Meed County, Ky., on the 5th instant, a mau named John Kaufman, from Indi? ana, grossly insulted the wife of a re? spectable citizen in her husband's ab? sence. The woman fled from tho house and informed her husband, who mot Kaufman next day. and in a fight which ensued, shot him dead. He was acquit? ted for the deed on tho examining trial. CORONER'S INQUEST.-On Saturday afternoon, a coroner's jury held an in? quest over tho body of Phillis Davis, tho colored woman who diod rather suddonly on tho preceding ovoniug. Tho verdict was that deceased carno to her death through neglect of medical attention. [Marton Star. Tho Washington Star thinks that a city which cannot boast of a modern Borgia ovinces fearful luck of enter? prise. Tho bodios of thirt3T-two Confederate soldiers, killed at Gettysburg, havo nr rived at Savannah, and been ru-interred, GORDIAN KNOTS.-There are kuots which people tie, with tongue or deed, which no after efforts on their part cuu unravel. Bo it a reputation wounded, a falsehood deified, or an, evil seeming given to harmless things, the tremulous waves of air through which the whisper rides, seem to have tho strength of a tempest to ravage a lifo. It is through the blindest workers that often tho great? est mischief is done. Neither anger nor malice may move thom. Perhaps to make a "mot" thoy sot in motion lies and Blunder that no huinau power can stop. To gratify the eruvings of idle curiosity, secrets, which might hnvo re? mained hidden until tho day of doom, aro paraded in all their naked deform? ity. Evil tics a kuot which good can? not always unravel. Circumstance, too, that scapegoat of tho world, often makes laws of blind inevitable necessi? ty, which, liku icebergs, go thundering ulong on what appears their destined way. Can wo not all recall some trifle of word or look-a moro nothing, ap? parently, but bringing straugu or tragic sequences which ninko or mar lives? The old fable of Pandora's box has n deep and occult meaning, which even tho subtle Greek mind failed to fathom. A littlo movement of what, nuder ot her circumstances, might have been legiti? mate curiosity, and tho full-statu ml evils of humanity, liko sleuth-hounds, spring forward in full cry and hot pur? suit-a chase which will never cease until tho end of timo. This is ono of those myths which seems a natural out? growth of tho human miud, so singu? larly do they crop ont among tho most diverse people and in tho most widely separated countries. Tho unity only varied by the manners and tono of thought of the people amongst whom they aro boru. What is Pandora, but the Greek Eve? The samo insatiate curiosity, the samo violation of a sacred trust, the same disproportionate punish? ment of an idle deed. But yet the germ of a great truth un? derlies tho fable. Evil, with deft and slender fingers, ties a knot which tho strength of a score of giants cuouot loosen. But yet, though evil may have its day, its day is not eternal. Tho hope which lay at tho bottom of Puudoru's casket, the promise which carno to the mother of mankind in her blackest hour of despair, show that Gordian knots can be undone, in exceptional cases ut least. To ho sure, they are so mysteriously woven that neither beginning nor end aro visible, bat a bold hand sometimes cuts them asunder. Gordian kuots aro often tied by weak parents during tho childhood of their children. Bad habits fostered hy indulgence, or tho mind warped and narrowed by senseless pre? judices, are a bad preparation for the struggles and triumphs of lifo. Tho knot ties up in a useless bundie faculties which, removed from restraint or un weakened by license, might benefit the human race. The worst cf it is, that theso dwarfed people aro ignorant of their own needs or capabilities. As in an embryo, there is merely the marks of development to point out what might have been. But of all the ties of either human or divmo law, a mistaken marri? age is tho most cruel and inexorable. Tho steps or voices of a young couple, accord beautifully in dance or song. Straightway they fancy this harmony will extend through every thought or act of their united lives. Tho knot is tied, nota figurative ono either, but a clanking chain of circumstances hem them in from all tho beauty aud good? ness that might hnvo been their portion. A Gordian knot indeed! Not to bo li roko n nor cut, save under certain strin? gent laws, and even then buying free? dom under penalties, which cost moro than tho slavery itself. Wo hnvo not ex? hausted tho subject of Gordian Knots. We will return to them at some future timo. Ax Ai'uociuu? MunoKU ANO STK?XOE CONDUCT OF A MILITAKV OITICXK.-llo ccutly a murder wu.s committed iu Clark County, Kentucky, of the most atrocious character, und which has re? ceived additional notoriety from tho fact that a United States military officer, protects tho murderer, and refuses to surrender him to thc civil authorities. A .Mr. Joseph E. Curry, a respectable citizen of Clark County, having some business in Powell, us wo learn from tho Kentucky Sentinel, rodo up to tho house of a negro man on tho bank of Red River, and made some inquiries abont the ford. While tho man of tho houso was giving him the information desired, and as Curry rode away, another negro, named Dave Prewitt, shot him dead from his horse, und thou rifled his person of quite h sum of money. As Mr. Curry had drawn tho money from bank in Win? chester that morning, iuteuding to uso I it in tho payment of a debt in Powell County, it is highly probable that ho was followed from that town by his murderer. After plundering his victim tho assassiu and robber lied to the camp of tho United 1 States troops stationed iu Powell, whore I ho now is, Capt. Morse, tho officer in I command, refusing to deliver him up to I tho authorities. According to tho law of ! Keutucky, Capt. Morse has rendered himself liable ?is particepx criminis after tho fact, according to tho Sentinel, which recommends that tho Sherill of Powell County obtain possession of tho mur? derer at ali uuz?rds, calling out every able-bodied man in tho County to aid him, if possible. Had General Faidliorhd, of tho French army, boen proportionately successful in war ail he has been in tho duello, ho would undoubtedly have annihilated tho cutir? German army opposvd to him in tho lato war. Ho was originally a trader in Sonegambia, and at a dinner party, givon by Frouch officials in that coun? try, ho became involved in a quarrel, from which arose six duels. Faid herbe killed live of his antagonists, nud dan? gerously wounded tho sixth. Thero aro 3,001 languages spoken in tho world. National Sunday School Convention. To the Sunday School Workers of the United Slates. FELLOW-LABOHEBS: The next National Sunday School Convention will be held at Indianapolis, Iudh, April 17, 18 and 19, 1872. Tho Executive Committee desire that it may truly be of a nutional character, and, therefore, they have uppoiuted tho undersigned u Committee ou Delega? tions, who o special duty it is to sccuro tho attendunco of delegates from every State aud Territory iu our laud. Tho basis of representation has been fixed at twice the Congressional delega tiou of each State. Where State Sun? day school organizations exist, creden? tials to delegates will be issued by their executive coinuiitteen. Where no Stute organizations exist, tho undersigned will appoint State delegation committees, who will fill up tho quota of their re? spectivo States, ami issue tho requisite credentials. To promoto this aim, tho undersigned desiro infortnatiou us fol? lows, namely: 1. ls your State organized for Sunday school work? If so, pieuse scud us the names, with tho address in full, of tho ollicers of your organization. Wo shall bo glad to hear from every official mem? ber of tho organization, that we may se? cure as full information as possible. 2. If your State is not organized for Sunday school work, who in it would most likely meet thu demand in select? ing cud securing representative meu as delegates? In this case, let all who have au opi? nion write it, nomiuatiug men for the State Committee or for delegates. Please give mime, post office uddress, and de? nominational connection. Responses to this call aro earnestly in? vited and should bo sent at once. In this way a truly representative nud Na? tional 'Convention will be secured. Commuiiicalious may be addressed to thc chairman, or to any member of the committee. Fraternallv, J. BENNET TYLER, Chairman, No. 7 Bible House, New York. JOHN H. VINCENT, No. S03 Broadway, New York. GEORGE A. PELITZ, No. D30 Arch street, Philadelphia. SAMUEL A. NELSON, Charleston, S. C. S. BOYKIN, Macon, Ga. WILLIAM P. PAXSON, St. Charles, Mo. WILLIAM ROBERTS, Portlaud, Oregon. GEORGE S. HARE, San Jose, Cul. SrxauLAK CASE.-Tho Pottstown (Pa.) Ledger relates n singular case ot the death of a boy, twelve years of age, named Charles Hart rani t, a son of Wm. Unrtrauft, of Pine Iron Works. The boy had been going without his shoes for somo time, and when he put them on again, on tho 14th of July, be said they pinched him, and then complained of severo pain in one of his great toes. On examination, nothing, except a small blister, could be seen to causo the pain; but it wus thought best to poultice it, which was done for days, whou it broke open in throe places. This, however, did not bring relief; in fact, his suffer? ings increased, and his foot and leg com? menced swelling, extending, finally, to tho body. Three physicians were called in, but nothing could bo douo to check his disease or save tho hui's life. He lingered in great agony until Tuesday, when doath intervened. Died, on Sunday afternoon, tho 20th inst., at tho residence of her son, Mr. Wm. B. Baker, Sr., Mrs. Catherine Baker, aged over 100 years. Mrs. Baker had lived many years more than the number allotted to humun-kiud, but, even at this great ago, there were tender ties to sunder, and her death has bceu a grievous loss to those who felt the loving influence of her presence. She may well bo called a mother in Mut hod is ai, for sho had been a member of that church beyond the memory of any here living. Old men, now tottering to their li nal rest, cati ouly remember her us thc gontlc, proft Siing Christian, already parir lied hy long suffering.-Mari?n Crescent. LOST IN THE RIVEU.-Harry Mani gault, colored, who hud been over to Mount Pleasant with tho military com? panies which went there on Monday for target exercise, was returning with thom on tho ferry-boat, after dark. Ho got ashore at Market Wharf, and stepped upon somo lumber piled on the dock, and fell back into the dock. Several persons who heard the plash os ho fell, looked for him, with a view to throwing him a rope, but in vnin. He sank, and was seen no moro. His body had not boon recovered up to last night. Maui gault drovo a furniture cart, and was well known on King street. 1 Charleston Courier. SEHIOUB DAMAGE TO THE RICE Cnoi\ Tho Savannah Notes says: "Tho whole back country, from Scroven's Ferry to Bellinger's Hill, is flooded, and tho rice crop badly damagod. Sorious injury was sustained by tho very salt atmos? phere on Friday, which almost totally destroyed tho young rico. Since theo tho storm has inoreased the damago, and planters, who expected their crops to average from forty to fifty bushels to tho acre, do not now expect to roalizo fif? teen." Tho Caban telegraph cabio has de? veloped a now foo. Turtles aro said to guaw it, thus several times interrupting communication. Atlast Hiram Powors has written to New Orleans that bis marble statue of Franklin, contracted for over thirty years ago, is ready for shipment. DEATH OP A CENTENARIAN.-Ma i y Drayton, a nativo of Charleston, died in that city on Saturday last, aged 102 years, 2 months nud 5 days. Two San Francisco girls lately ordere oighly-fivo dresses from Berlin. Th "old mau" owns a gold mine. JO* ooal lt? m fi? - PHO?NIXIANA.-Tho price of single copies of the Pnaitnx is Ave cents. Owing to the extension of the water pipes, the water, will be shut off on Blandiug street, East of Maiu, at 7 o'clock this morning. Tho nights aud mornings are now agreeably cool-a sign of approaching autumn. Good house-keepers are putting np all tho fruit they ca?, and l'ttle boys and girls aro williog to try and put down OB much as their mothers. Mayor Alexander has furnished us with copies of lato Glasgow aud Loudon papers, which aro on lilo in tho Piioxix office. It is said that straw matting cnn be kept new-looking and bright by being 1 washed once or twice during the sum 1 mer with salt aud water. Mr. I. Sulzbacker returned home, yes? terday, wi lb an extra heuvy stock of ar? ticles in tho lines of jewelry nnd fancy articles. Ho will have them ready for inspection in a day or two. Our merchants, und others wishing to prepare for the fall business, will please tako notice that tho PHOSIX office is supplied with all necessary material for as handsome cards, bill heads, posters, circulars, and other printing that maybe desired, ns any office in tho city. Give us a cull and tost our work. Why is coffee like an axe with a dull edge? Because it has to be ground he foro it can bo used. A good many tradespeople only give li f toen ounces to the pound-it is a weigh they have. The Southern gas generator, now in use at tho PHOENIX office, is much ad? mired. It is just the thing for large es? tablishments; und in country towns is invaluable. We had rain enough, yesterday, to satisfy uuy ordiuary mortui. It was of a searching character, and brought to light many unknown leaks in roofs, etc. Tho-"Firemen's Baud" will perform in front of Ly Brand's music store, this evening. Chris. HayneBWorth, the Columbia Hotel barber, requests us to say that all tho barbers he bas in his employ have been with him for months. He knows nothing of tho dark-complected burglar referred to byu cotemporary. Mr. John A. Moroso, of the Charles? ton Courier, has been captured und is now secured by a "chain hymenial." He is being looked after at the Columbia Hotel. MAIL AHKANUEMEXTS.-Tho Northern mail opens at 3.U? P. M.; doses 7.15 A. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.00 P. M.; closes COO A. M. Charleston uight mail opens C.30 A. M.; closes COO P. M. Greenville mail opens G.45 P. M.; closes COO A. M. Western mail opens 9.00 A. M. ; closes 1.30 P. M. On Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M. HOTKL ARRIVALS, August 23.-Colum? bia Hotel- J. Woodruff and wife, J. W. O'Brien, MisB M. J. Woodruff, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Moroso, A. H. Seward, E. A. Tulmer, Charleston; F. Goss, S. Lorrick aud wife, Camden; P. B. Delaney, Rich? mond; F. W. Stocker, Hopkins'T. O. ; W. H. Evans, Augusta; F. N. Wilson, Williamsburg; Mrs. Burroughs and ser? vant, Couwayboro; Mrs. Barron and ser vaut, Colorado; T. W. McDougall, U. S. army; L. Li. Cullin, Abbeville; E. W. South, Lowudesville; J. E. Duulup, Marion. dickerson House-J. H. Rion, M. M. Farrow, Wiuusboro; E. C. Baker, Dar? lington; D. C. Bobo, Jamestown; E. H. Frost, Charleston; M. Ry laud, Rich? mond; J. E. Bacon, Edgelield; J. M. Seigler, Newberry; C. A. Badger, Char? lotte; J. Hardy, Philadelphia; T. K. Jackson, Ala. LIST OP NEW. ADVERTISEMENTS. E. W. Scibels Sc Co.-For Sale. Lucrecia Johnson-Notice. Meeting Acacia Lodge. W. B. Stanley-Fruit Jars. --^ ? ? - Mu. P. P. TOA LE'S NEW OFFICE AND SALES ROOMS.-Wo aro happy to inform our readers that their old acquaintance, Mr. P. P. Toale, whilo continuing bis manufactory of doors, sashes, blinds, otc, on Horlbeck's wharf, Charleston, S. G., has opouod a handsome oflico and extensivo Bales rooms at No. 20 llayuo street, whero they wilt hod it moro convenient to call on him when they visit tho city. Tho sales rooms extend to No. 33 Pincknoy street, whoro Ibero in another tn trauco. Scud and get a now and extended price list of latest styles, etc. Seo advertise? ment. July ll ImoU FACTS WORTH KNOWING.-During a rocent trial or comparison ot ordinary baking Pow? ders in Now York with DOOLEY'S YEAST POW I>KU, it was shown conclusively that bolter results wero attained with from one-half to two-ibirrin the quantity of tho latter than with any other in market. Tho secret of tho success "lies in tho caro with which DOOLEY'S YEAST POWDER la prepared, and ita entire freedom from substances that aro injurious to tho system. We cliallengo comparison at any and all times. Tho verdict ot the consumer is al? ways in our favor. For salo bv all grocers. August 22 * ^ }3 OFFICIAL RAFFLE NUMIIEUS Charleston Chari? table Association, for benefit Free School fund: RAFFLE CJ.ASS No. 147.--Morning- August 2?a 72-13 ? 31-O-?5-77-2G-?0-75-12-22 Witness our hands, at Charleston, this 23d August, 1S71. FENN PECK, JAMES OILLILAND, August 24 Swotn Commiaaiouers.