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COLUMBIA. S. CV xhurslay Morning, September 7, 1871. CONVENTIONS OF COLOUED MEN.-Tho colored mon of tho United States will hold two conventions of a national - cha? racter this fall. The first is called a National Convontion, nnd will moot in St. Louis, on tho 22d of September. The second is called a Southern Convention, although it is thought that nearly all tho States will be represented. It will mcot in Col ii m bin, 8. C., on tho 18th of Oc? tober. The avowed purpose of eaob is consultation on matters conuectod with tho welfare of tho oolorod race. President Thiers is in rcoeipt of con? gratulations from all tho great powers of Europe on tho prolongation of bia term of ofilao. Aa tho European powers have a reuiarkablo facility fer sending kind wiabos to any and overy succossful person in power, tho French President should put but. littlo faith in the marks of apparent favor oud approval conferred upon him by his fellow rulors. They congratulate all in authority, from tho Czar of Russia to tho President of tho new French Republic. Louis. Nupoleou was quito as doar to tho crowned heads ns a Bourbon, and they esteemed Serra? no U3 highly as Isabella, and think ns much of Amadous au thoy did of Maxi? milian. Genuino optimists aro thu crowned rulora of onr'daynud genera? tion; thoy attest in practico thoir faith in tho maxim thn.b whatever is, is right. -?-?? ? Tho Gosteiu Conference is at present a subject which exercises tho- miuds of thu quid mines in all parts of tho civil? ized world. Tho Emperors of Gormouy and of Austria have met, apparently, for friendly purposes. But when great potentates como together, the world is scarcely satisfied with tho suggestion that thoir motives-aro mostly those of friendship and respect. Something moro serious is generally supposed to bo within the meaning of the participants, and how mankind may be affected by the understandings which aro arrived at in? terest politicians very much. All that we know is that these Emperors mot, and it has been suggested that the King of Italy was invited to bo present, but declined. Indeed, it was said at ono time that Italy was a party to tho under? standing of Qastein, whatover that un? derstanding may bo. But if Italy was not present, and now declares, as she seems to do semi-officially, that she took no part in tho matter, curiosity is driven to a consideration of the probabilities in relation to the subjects discussed and the resolutions determined upou. What, then, is tho object of tho Coufereneo of Gaatoiu? Has there been a consultation upon any political snbject interesting to the people of Europe? Have tho poten? tates who wore present resolved upon anything? To all this, nothing is replied but statements pf tho guesses mr.du by the curious. Those persons who insist that the conference must have hud po? litical significance, jnmp to tho conclu? sion that determinations were made which monaco the future'peaco of Rus? sia. In confirmation.of this story, it is said that Russia is'"arming." But, as Russia always is "arming," and the activity at her arsenals, barracks and dock-yards is persistent and never ceas? ing, very little is to be mado out of that idea. Othors say that it is Italy and the status of tho Pope, wir'ch is to be settled by the ngreoraeutof these two Emperors. But if the King of Italy was invited to the oonforeuco uud refused to partier pate, it is an oven chance thnt his action was caused by a belief that ho was not particularly interested in tho object of tho discussion, or that ho expected a de? cision adverso to bis own desires. An? other party is firmly of opinion that England is now to bo taken in hand by tho continental powers, and, as Eugland bas lust all credit in Germany, and has mauuged to discourage tho friendship of the smaller States, England might well bo tho snbject of the malevolent consul? tation. Is it the Elstern question that ia tb bo settled? Perhaps not. What, thou, is th oro in the wind? Would it not bp more sensible to accept tho thoory tluit the declaration originally made, that thia Interview was in tho interest of p'eaoe, in the hops of coming to a good understanding between tho. powors cou cerned without the necessity of a treaty, and that therefore' tho Conference of Oastein is for the benefit of mankind, and not tho foro-runnor of another bloody and wasteful war? In the absence of any authoritative knowledge, let us, tho Philadelphia Inquirer suggests, ac? cept a boliof which is honorable to human nature. Lot ns behove that great rulers know that happiness is best se? cured by peaco, and aro anxious to obtain that benefit by a proper under? standing among themselves. . - t ? ? ? Jake Yoong, the colored pressman of the Newberry Herald, died last week. THE NEEDS OF THE SOUTH.-Tho New York Tribune thus discourses ou what ic considers the needs of tho South, io un industrial' point of viow. It says: "The first need of every Southern State to-day is the application to its soil of tho systom of surveys which is one of the most beneficent dovioea for which mankind aro indebted to our Union. If Virginia, the Carolinas, Oeorgia and West Virgiuia, wero surveyed into right angled sections and parts thereof, os aro the public lauds of the Uuited States, their real estate would be worth at least twenty-five per cent, moro than il. now is, and a thousand acres of it could bo soid where a hundred cou now be. "Such a survey would affect no mau's title, affect no existing boundary. No doubt, ownors would gradually buy and sell, exchango and release, so as to bring their lines into conformity with the official surveys; but thoy would do thia only so fast und so far as their own inte? rest should dictate. But estates of 5,(JUD to 40,000 acres, which aro now scarcely salable at any price, would bo readily bought in sections, quarters and eighths, nt rates now unattainable. "Having been surveyed, ull tho lauds that the ownors did not wish to retain should be brought into market. That is impossible, under tho present no-sys? tom. Owners aro anxious to sell; they would gladly neoept very low prices; but there aro no buyers. Ho who has 1,000 or oven 5,000 acres to ?ell cannot afford to advertise as his land should bo adver? tised; tho cost would bo ruinous; and probably his advertising would sell ten other estates and uot sell his after all. An inquirer who started Southward ex? pressly to look ai his placo would ou couuter so many would-be Hollers ou his way, that ho might nover reach that placo at all. "Now, Ibero should bo very exteusivo advertising of Southern lauds, not mere? ly at tho North, but in (heat Britain aud Germany; yet it cannot bo done in un isolated way. Bub let all those who have lands to soil iu Virginia put them into tho hands of ono agent or company, and let that agent advertise them so as to reaoh ovory fire-side in the North and half those of Great Britain and Germa? ny-let him advertise so many acres in this, so many in that County, with capa? cities aud prices-let him make arrange? ments with steamboats and railroads for the cheap transportation of those in? tending to purchase, and advertise where and bow excursion tickets may be ob? tained, and thero would bo uo difficulty in selling 10,OOO.OOO.of aurea per annum. Tho agent or compnny should pay all ex? penses, take all risks, and be allowed a liberal commission; such as would war? rant and incito tho most extensive adver? tising, and, unless exorbitant prices wero asked, there could be no failure. We are confident that 100,000 tenant farmers or sons of farmers could be drawn from the British isles alone to Virginia within the next two years, if adequato efforts were made to eulighten them with regard not merely to tho cheapness and value oi the lands, timber, &a, hut to the means and cost of reaohing those lands, the en? hancement of their value by railways al? ready built or in procesa of construction, and tho ease whorewith thoir owner could be recalled to Europo by telegraph and set down at his father's or brother't door within two weeks from the despatch of the telegram. Tho masses in Europe know just us much of this country as wc do of Australia, and are generally in doubt whether Virginia is in Boston oi a little North of Chicago. Show them that it is within a day's ride of Now York, with ampio and excellent harbors, buys, rivers, ito., supplemented by canals nut by railroads, and they will much prefci it to tho remoter regions and harsher eli matu of the North-west. Tho facts tbui Indians no longer stray within hundred; of miles of its borders, and that it hat Episoopal Churches, roads 200 years old, au established social order, Ac., will pre judien multitudes iu its favor. "The South needs moro people, great er diversity of pursuits, more skill, mon energy and thrift-moro mills, mon shops, moro factories, moro furnaces she does not need more capital than wil inevitably flow iu ti pou her if shu cai but utilize what she already has. Wi submit these suggestions to her leading minds, in tho hope that they may suv some seeds of future thrift and pru gross." NEWS ABOUT THE FEVEJI.-Tho eily re gistrar reports only ono certificate o death from yellow fever during tho tweu ty-four hours ending at noon yesterday anti this death took place on Saturday This is as cheering a statement us wi could desiro, and moro encouraging thai faint-hearted folk had ventured to ex peet. Doubtless this glorious "ntitumt weather" is doing more for us than ul tho doctors and disinfectants in tho city The nights and mornings aro deliciously cool, aud tho days more like tho end o October than tho beginning of Septem ber. Wo may, of courso, have a returi of tho summer heats, but, us the mos critical fovor period is from tho first t< the third week in September, every coo day lessens tho chances of any serioti augmentation ju tho number of deaths This has boen an carly season. Thi winter was mild, and J,ho summer tempo rature-with tho exception of a ebor term of rod-hot weather-has been re mnrkably low. This caused tho opiniot to gain ground that the back-bone of tb summer is now hrokeu, and that ho days for the rest of the season will bi few aud far botweeu. [Charleston News, 6th. Tho following oppointmouts have beei announced at tho Exooutive Department John M. Beatty, Jury Oommissione for Lancaster County, vice John Q. Cou surt, resigned. GeorgoL. McNcal, Trial Justice, Chea ter, vice R. W. Boyd, resigned. Robort M. Welch, Trial Justice, Cia reudou, vice T. M. Braughten, resigned Snmuol Fur man has resigned the ollie of Trial Jtiatioe in Newberry. Tlte Health of Charleston' ?nd the Kc turn of Common Sense. If it woro not for the conseqneuces, , tlie character of tho panio which has ? provailed ia our neighboringcities iu re? ference to tho few eases of lover which have occurred ia Oharleatoa, would be ludicrous id tho extreme. Thia journal ? has endeavored, from the commence? ment, to present a' truthful condition of affairs. For the sanitary condition of tho eily tho present administration is clearly responsible. Thu hygeioo of tho city has been neglected to a criminal ex? tent. While the expenses havo been enormous, there hus not buen tho slight? est regard for tho public caro und securi? ty. Tho whole action of tho authorities has beeu au invitation for the presence o? diseuso, where, otherwise, there would havo boon tho most complete heult h. Tho ouly surprise is that ibero hus not boon a greater extent of sick? ness. Tho fever thus far, itt our judg? ment, has buuu tho offspring of local causes, autl ephemeral in ils character. Wo know that this is at wiilo variance with exaggerated reports, which havo Hwept Uko wild-tire throughout thu coun? try. Dat our object is to ascertain the truth, aud stato tho facts. Local causes will always produce local diseuso. Open a foul drain anywhere, whether in Now York, Boston, or nuy othor sectioh of thu country, and oxposo its uoutents to thu summer's sun, or uso these us n cement, for tho covering o? a street, und fever will be the result. Thia is tho direct and necessary effect of an ascertained cause. Tho few cases of fever which have, since tho 27th of July, occurred in Churloatou, aro all di? rectly traceable, to this cause. There never has boen any Hound reason for either panic or excitement. For the week ending tho 20th of August, there were, in our largo population, but neveu deaths from fever of till kinds. This is tho fact, as shown by tho weekly bills of mortality. And this muy be implicitly relied upon. It may be said thin is uot consistent with tho reports prevalent in Wilmington, Savannah, Augusta, aud elsewhere Nevertheless, it is so. Anti this only tends to illustrate the utter fal? sity of tho reports iu refereuco to thc health of this city, and how madness hus ruled whero reason should have hud tho sway. The)0 aro a few cases of fever here, which aro attributable entirely to local causes. Aud when wo assert this, we state the whole truth. To this extent it has thus far gone and no moro-if it were otherwise*, wo would us freely give it utterance. Oui citizens have inaugu? rated measures to take the health of their city in their own hand. These already have boon productivo of benefit, and, with tho removal of tho local causes, we havo every coutldunoo that all apprehen? sions will bo allayed. But oven with the cases of fever which have thus far occurred, tho health of the city compares favorably, us to thc ? mortality, with tho previous years. As to this, ibero is no room fur doubt. It is a matter of statistics. 1870 was n I healthy season in Charleston. Tho mor? tuary report for the week outliug August 20, 1870, as furnished by tho City Re j gistrar, Dr. Robert Lobby, Sr., sobws: Deaths-whites, 13; blacks and colorud, 21; total, 34. ! Tho mortuarj' report foi I ho week owl? ing August 27, 1870, ns nlso furnished by Dr. Robert Lobby, Sr., tho City Re? gistrar, shows: Deaths-whites, 1G; blacks and colored, 31; total, 47. And yet for tho wook ending August 20, 1871, when our noighboru will havo it that the fever exists, as au epidemic, in tho fuco of the facts, shows: Deaths-whites, 7; blacks and colored, 20; total, 27. This shows seven deaths less this year than tho corresponding week of 1870. Ia tho light of this statement, as to which there can bo no denial, how ridi? culous, and moro than this, how unjust, appears tho false rumors, excitement autl panie upon which Wilmington, Au? gusta aud Savannah have wrought them? selves into a condition uf unnecessary frenzy. Our Savannah exchanges, who have been foremost in this unnecessary nod uncalled for punic, seem restive nuder auy comparison of tho health of Chai lea? ton and Savannah. We need only refer them to thu Savannah Republican, uf the 30th ultimo, which says: "Wo crave tho indulgence of our read? ers. From sickness and other causes we have boon deprived of nearly half our usual complement of compositors for several days past, and, ns n necessary consequence, wo havo been compelled to issuo tho Republican without, ils accus? tomed umouut of news. Wo hope to be all right in tho course of a day or two." Wo can only say that tboro is no sick? ness is Charleston which requires tho in? dulgence of our readers. Our composi? tors aro all well, attentive to their duties, and in tho enjoyment of porfect health. Wo will recipr?calo good for evil, and uro ready to furnish tho Republican with assistance from Charleston, in tho stead of "nearly half of their compositors laid up by sickness and othor causes," nod enable thom to publish their paper with "its accustomed amount of news.'' .It is high time that this liasco as to the health of Charleston should cease, and the era of common sense and reason return.-Charleston Courier. Tho Detroit Free Press takes a gloomy view of thiugs. It says; "No mao mau will now sot out on u journey by rail or water, without first closing np all his business affairs and arranging his paperrj so that his executors caa lind them, aud kissing his wife and children a last fare? well. If ho comes hack all right, ho caa claim an interposition of Providence. If ho comos back in pieces, bis friends caa claim that 'they told him -o.' " A negro went to sloop on tho track of tho A. & G. R. R., near Dixie Station. Ho will never sleep o i n railroad any more. Briok Pomeroy is leo' ni ing in Califor? nia on "Thu Assassination of Lincoln Its Causes, and tho Nooessity For lt." Tim Grciil DfutiioiiVI I>l*e<>very, Tbe Brussels correspondent of Ibo Journal <lcs Arts rcconiMi tho following astounding disco very : Aa unusual activity had been observed for Homo time, by tho agenta of the Rothschilds, iu calling iu their loans or changing tho securities. Many of their largest loans were upon tins security of large di a m o m is pledged, especially by the orowued heads of Europe. It is with this class of loans that the changes wore made. Tho causo is now a matter of public notoriety upon thu streets of Antwerp. A diamond cutter, by the name of Grentz, had had his curiosity excited by tho experiment annually mude at the Ech?lo Polytechnique of putting dill* mond scraps in a hollow iron globe, and on exposure to grout heat, converting thu iuterior surface into steel, by the union of tho volatilized diamond (or puru car? bon) with thu iron. Au examination by him of one. of the fragments with u mi? croscope disclosed thu fuct that the steel surface wan coated with a film of pure diamond. Making tho experiment him? self, with an irou globe lilied willi dia? mond scraps, a thick layer of diamond WAS tho result. Repenti u g thu experi? ment with a globe bf east steel, fully eur lionized, nono of thu diamond material was lost. Repeated trials, however, only resulted in a hollow diamond globe, and lilied with innnrneriilil?yf'i(f?.?. One defect ho overcame by having a hollow neck leading to the cavity iu tho steel globe, which ho also lilied with diamond scraps. This neck ho tightly closed with a screw plug. When plucud in the blast furnace, thu hollow neck wus kept vertical lo tho central cavity. Thu result was a solid diamond, but full of Haws. After oft repeated trials, hu found that by h aving the steel ball in thu blast furnace, and allowing the iuruuco to cool oil very gradually, tho diamond globo was free trom nil flaws. Thu culling away of the steel from the otttsidu of thu diamond was a work of little difficulty; and Grentz offered Ansulin Rothschild arose cut diamond of thu first watur, weighing 321 carats. The size, may bu estimated from the fact that thu Pitt dtiimoud weighs only 136 carats. lu answer to Rothschild's query of where hu got the jewel, Grentz replied that ho had made it. Rothschild, perfect? ly incredulous, told him if hu would make another liku it, hu would buy both. lu a mouth, Grontz returned with a fae simile, weighing, however, two carats more Rothschild then promised to give him ono million thalers for the pair, if he would suffer himself to be conlinod for throe months. While Rothschild had Gronlz a close prisoner, hu aha riged all his loans secured by diamonds; and upon Gaeutz's rolouse, a few days ago, ho, per? fectly satisfied with his suddenly ac? quired wealth, mada a full aud public disclosure of his discovery. Thu dia? mond market bas been greatly affected. Largo diamonds being enormously de? preciated, while, strange to say, tho price of small diamonds has beeu enhanced. AN OUTLAW KILLED.-Washington Dullard, n negro outlaw, was killed a few nights since in Clarendon. There were several warrants ont against him, but he hud successfully resisted arrest-iu one instance choking a Trial Justice, and iii another leveling a double-barrel gun ut tho officer who tried to taku him aud who, thereupon, backed out and allowed him to escapo, l?o is said to have beeu Ku Kluxed by his owu color, the party surrounding his bouso and being fired upon by him, it is rumored, with Home damiigo lo the assailants. Ho then made a dash for tho woods and wn.s fired upon and killed. Ile was a brother of Jim Recd, recently killed by Constable Weeks, and ho and his brother were both from Clarendon. They wore run off from there aud cunio to this County where they continued their course of erioro uutii thu country became loo hot for them. Roth are now ?lead. [ Su tn ter 1J r< itch >u a n. In THU LAW A MOCKKKY?-WC luid oc? casion norna time ngo to call attention to the fact that II convict, imprisoned in our jail, was allowed to roam the streets ad libitum, and thought that those in charge of such matters would take warning, but it seems not, ns another prisoner, Grey Gaillard, colored, nuder twelve months sentence of his Honor Judge Graham, in oho caso for assault aud battery with iu teut to kill, is frequently seen driving Gen. Whipper's buggy abuut, and yes? terday was ou tho jailer's hor.se enjoying himself with apparent ease, hs ho can? tered along Mooting street. Is tho law a mockery? Is a solemn judgment of tho court to bo troatud with .such con? tempt by a sheriff or a jailer? Verily things are coming lo a pretty pass when a man nuder sentence of tho law iu a jail should be allowed tho freedom of tho utrcola. Tho grand jury should look into this ovil and present the guilty parly.-Char lesion Co u Her. At least six men lost thoir lives by a singular accident on the Burlington (Iowa) aud Missouri Railroad on Satur? day last. A cow on tho track in frout of two freight cars, which were being pushed along by au eugine, threw ono of them off at a point where four workinou wero digging a ditch by tho sido of tho track. This car was thrown across tho track; tho second car was thrown up? ward by tho lirst, aud fell over ou tho lo? comotive, and then falling to uno side crushed tho four workmen beneath its ruins. Of seven or eight men on tho car, two have already died, including tho conductor, aud tho others woro more or leas injured. As tho car fell over on tho engine it knocked tho engineer senseless and injured the firomau somewhat. Mrs. Sallio Ward Lawrence Hnnt, of Kentucky-once known as tho handsome Miss Sallio Ward-is engaged upon tho "Ilistory of a Belle," which, being an intobiography, is lookod forward to with considerable intorest by her numerous friends. MuVo Dlllttary lute* Terence. Every day's experience noakes it moro apparent thut Ibo purpose of tho Presi dbUt ia to employ the army, not only in controlling partisan conventions, after tho fushiou in Now OrlennB, but in or? ganizing a military plan to operate on the Presidential election. Hence, troops are now scattorod over tho South with a strategic design, at tho very time that cries como from tho frontiers and plains, claiming protection agni nat savage in? cursions aud murderous assaults. Thou ? sands of soldiers aro lying idle iu South? ern cities or tho interior, and kept there us u stuudiug menace to peaceful pcoplo, while tho Indian roams with impunity, scattering desolutiou in his wild and fu? rious path. Not many mouths have elapsed since tho President fulminated a proclamation against South Carolina, threatening mar? tial law, which was notoriously instigated by his partisan adherents, and was desti? tute of all justification. At best, there was ouly local disorder, which tho Go? vernor was bound to suppress, and had thu power to crush. Instead of exercis? ing this authority, hu called upon tho President informally, uud between them a town riot was m a g ti i lied into tho pro? portions of a State insurrection. The whole scheme was sensational, and iu I tended to produce thu impression that thu Ku Klux of Radical fabrication had moro than imaginary existence. The .samo gui?o is to be repeated. Then it was Governor Scott who tigured, and now it is Suualor Scott-arcades timbi). Thu Senator heads a committee which, after throwing a drug-net far aud wide, und catching swift witnesses of till colors and character, at 82 a day, and ten cents ti milo for travel, hus utterly [ailed to make anybody bulieve thut there is any Ku Klux organization iu or out of South Caroliua. Hence, he urges thu expedient of a now proclamation, in? tended to have effect on tho pending elections, and to withdraw attention from tho frauds which havo been recent? ly disclosed in Pennsylvania, und now threaten tho defeat of the Radical party. The pretext alleged by Mr. Scutt is casi in thu old mould, und bas not even the stump of novelty lo recommend it. Ht pretends to havu iufurhiation that "out' rages" have been committed in the Coun? ties of York and Spartunburg, .whiel: justify interference on thu part of th< Federal authorities. What sort of "outrages" must the} be, the kuowlcdgo of which is cou?uee tu Mr. Scutt, uud derived from his pur tisan instruments iu South Carolina! The telegraph is operating aud the mailt travel regularly, aud yet not a word ha; been heard of theso alleged crimes More than this, there isa detachment o Uuitud States troops on tho spot, tin duty uf whose commander it is to repor such facts to tho War Department. Yet with ull these opportunities aud constan communication, it is now audaciously at tempted to impose a story ou tho public of which nobody has heard, and upon i flimsy and fabricated charge liko this, t< subject iunocent people to tho terror and penalties of martial law! That this scheme was deliberately con I coded fur u partisan purpose, ia no doubted. Tho presence of Scott uni Cameron hero, by preconcerted plat with tho President, is corroborate proof, if any wero needed. Aud this i but tho beginning of a system which i to be applied to every part of the Soutl whenever a pretext for interference cai he invented. Tho aim is, by this tor turing process, and others equally crimi nul, tu provoke n collision, and then, b; declaring martial law aud employiuj force, to hold States in subjection whici ure known to ho hostile to Grant's rc election. ' This is the meaning of th new programme, which is to bu carrie ont us soon us the excitement of th Now Orleans affair shall havo subsided Tho President hesitates on that accourt ouly, but he adheres to tho policy c armed intervention, just ns ho "sticks tu San Domingo.- Washington Patriot. A Kentucky man, who attempted t cross a high railroad bridge atShepurd: ville, in that State, on tho 2-iih ultime stumbled aud fell between tho ties, bu1 fort ti nat ely, managed to grasp a tio wit bis hamid und thoru hung dangling, wit 1UU feet of elmer fall beneath him. H was utterly unable to regain* tho top r tho bridge, mid ho hung on with a deal grasp until his cries brought ussislauct Lifted from his perilous position, he wu led off tho bridge, ami sat down for few minutes, apparently overcome b thu danger through which he had passet Then ho got up, as ho said, to go noun walked a few steps, and fell to tho groun dead. Phj'sicianfl, who carefully exan iced his body, say that thero was n bruise or wound sufficient to disabl him, much loss canso death, and aro ( opinion that his death was cnuscd h fright. SAD NEWS.-News was received in th city, last Monday; of tho death of rt estimable ladj, Mrs. Walter Drem, i Charlotte, N..O. Scarely ono year ag< a large circle of thc frionds and acquain auces of this young aud beautiful lad assembled iu tho Presbyterian Churo! iu this city, to witness her marriage to gentlemun of Charlotte. Xestorda; somo of them stood by the gravo whi her remains, with those of her two litt babes, wcro buried beneath tho soi Truly, sod changes aro ofteu wrought I the passage of a fow short days. [Augusta Constitutionalist. --< i ? Mit. G. RICHARDS.-On Friday lae this gentleman, so long a citizen of 01 towu, died from tho effects of dysentor For years, Mr. Richards waa a merohai ol Marion, and he won mauy friend and enjoyed universal confidence. 1 was about sixty-eight years of age. H remains were carried to Columbia, ai thoro interred with tho Jewish buri riles.-Marion Star. Thero were 10 doaths in Chnrlestt for the week ending tho 2d-whites 2 colored IU. H* ?'?a'I It oin ?r. PIICENIXIANA.-Tho price of ?ingle copies of- the PHONIX is Qve cents. A friend should bo one in whoso'?? dcrstauding and vittue we can equa]]y coniide, and whoso opinion|we eau value at ouco for its justness and its sincerity. ' It is not the most demonstrative o? our friends who euro most about us. Scores of people wish us well who do not feel impelled to stop us on the street and sn y so. It has long been settled that lhere aro but two ways in this world by which a man can secure a living. One is by ho? nest toil, the other through theft. It is much easier to keep out of u .rut than to get out. Tho Southern gas generator, now in use at tho PHOENIX office, is much ad? mired. It is jost tho thiog fur large es? tablishments; aud iu country towns is invaluable. Wo are glad to learn that Major J. P. Horbach, who hos been quite sick, in Charleston, is recovering. Capt. Charles Garretson, howuver-who was engaged with Maj. H.-died on Snturday. Tho Captain had previously, iu other cities, weathered through threo attacks of fever. Work will Kunu bo commenced on the United States Court House and PoBt Of? fice, South-west corner of Richardson and Lau rel streets. A number of work men hnvo already arrived, and yester? day's mail brought tho necessary blanks, etc., for tho superintending cfBcer. Our merchants, and others wishing to prepare for thu fall business, will please take notice that the' P?ICENIX office is supplied with all necessary material for us haudsome cards, bill heads, posters, circulars, and other printing that maybe desired, as any office in tho city. Give us a call and test our work. Tho weather for tho past few days has been cool and delightful. Yesterday, there was considerable of a fall of rain, which thoroughly laid the dust. To avoid dofcnlion of freights, the line of steamers between Charleston and New York will not carry passengers at present. Many men pass fifty or sixty years in the world, and when they are just going out of it they bethiuk themselves and step back, as it were, to do something winch they had all tho while forgotten to wit, tho mnjn business for which they came into the world-to repent of their sins, and reform their lives, and make their peace with God, and in time pre? pare for eternity. Mr. Brookhanks is in receipt of n lot of fine fruit-oranges, lwmons, etc. See his notice. The thermometer must have been in tho vicinity of tho ice box at tho Pollock House, yesterday, as it rated aa follows: 7 A. M., 71; 12 M., 71; 2 P. M., 75; 6 P. M., 71. MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.--Tho Northern mail opens at 3.00 P. M.; closeB 7.15 A. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.OU P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Charleston night mail opens 6.30 A. M.; closes G.OOr** P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.15 P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Western mail opens 9.00 A. M.; closes 1.30 P. M. On Sunday oflico open from 3 to 4 P. M. I WASHINGTON STREET METHODIST Eris* , COPAIJ Ciiuncii, Sotrrn, COLUMBIA, S. C. Tho Christian Neighbor, in its last issue, states that tho committeo of arrange? ments announce to tho friends of tho church that tho ceremonies counectcd with laying the corner stone for tho re? building will take place, Providence per? mitting, on Thursday, tho 21st instant, at 10 A. M. Tho address on tho occa? sion will bo delivered by tho venerable Dr. Lovick Pierce, and we confidently oxpect that tho sorvice3 will be of great interest to thoso who may bo present. Ample arrangements will bo made for thc comfort of tho audience, and a cor? dial invitation is extended to all who feel au interest to be present. LIST OP NEW ADVEIITISEMENTS. T. J. LaMotte-To Rent. J. J. Stork-Notice. Chambers & Bryco-Dissolution. C. Brookhanks-For Salo. i J. R. Lynn-Court of Probate. J. Agnew & Son-Wines and Liquors. J. W. Parker-For Salo. ACTUAL, VS. SnotiT WEIOUT.-Aside from tho impure substances from which aro mado tho majority of BakiDg Powder?, a large propor? tion are BQOBT or Tin* WEIOHT represented upon tho package. Wo not only claim that DOOLEY'S YEAST POWDKB is froo from any in? jurions substances, and that cacti package contains FULL WEIOUT, but that tito quantity required to produce tho desired result in the kitchen is from twonty-livo to fifty per cent", loss than thoso of ordinary manufacture. Manufactured by DOOLEY A HnoTUEB, G9 New street. Now York, aud for salo at retail by all respectable grocers. Sept 5 13 IilPOnTANT TO Du i LU Ens AND CONTEACTOBS. Wo learn from our Charleston exchanges that Ur. P. Pi Toalo, tho well-known manufacturer o? Doora, Sashos, Blinds, Ao.. has established a depot at No. 20 Hayno Btroot, where ho keeps constantly on hand not only all articles from his own manufactory, bat a'so every variety of builders' hardwaro. French and American window glass, both plain and orna? mental, slate mantels, and, in short, every? thing necessary to Unish handsomely a reel deuce, ti storu, or a church. Aug Ul ?