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O?L?MBIA. S. G. Friday Morning, September 8, 1871. COP?INO EunorKAN CUSTOMS.-North? ern papers evory day eu nt ni u acoounls of the daily movements of tho Presi? dent-General nt Loug Brunch; what ho said to this person, what he did not say to ??lat, which particular horse ho rodo on the bonah, what hour he took his bath, and other equally unimportant de? tails. We would nut be surprised to see ? court journal ere loug, us well as Bnuh eigns as "Bootmaker to His Excellency the President," "Milliner to Mrs. Graut," eto. Apropos of a rumor that the expedi? tion to Corea is to be abandoned, a Now York Republican paper naively oaks: "Are we to confess that our attempt to civilize that heathen people isa failure?" Truly, the signification which the aver? age Radical attaches to the word civili? sation is a singular one, and only expli? cable in a negative senso as implying tho destruction of uncivilized life. Of course, if we kill all the people who don't agree with ns, wo shall ultimately secure a striking unanimity of uncial and religious opinions throughout the world, aud thus promoto the universal ..reign of peace and good will. "'Thore is no accounting for tbe whims . of tho Republican rulers of Franco. Their latest freak.has boen lo send Gon. Faidherbe, not a bad loader in a despe? raba fray, to Switzerland, to study the military organizations of the peaceful "OautouB. To bo consistent, Marshal McMahon should bo despatched to Dou . mark to loam tactics from the Danes, and Qambetta despatched to some of tho minor South American Republics or Mexico to study republican Bysteni3 of government. If Franco noeds foreign ideas in the re-organization of her army -and no doubt she does-sho should .?oend her able generals to test the merits ol the military system of a nation whose spowers have proved superior to ber own .in.tho field-Prussia, for instanoe. 'Quite naturally the mania for erecting naonoments to local celebrities is spread? ing. From New England it has invaded -the South. Virginians, jealous of the monumental fame of Captain Miles -{Standish, insist that a granite shaft or .maible statue should be erected to com? memorate the deeds of Capt. John Smith. Certainly this worthy is aB de? serving of immortality in stone as the Puritan chieftain, and while they are honoring the memory of Smith the people of the Old Dominion should not forget Pocahontas; the memorials of these two ancient Virginians-one a na? tive, the other a prospector-deserve to be perpetuated together. Tho aborigi? nal damsel is said to have once saved .the life of the adventurous captain. Now Jet the admirers of the latter enable their favorite to perform an act of posthumous ? gratitude to'his fair preserver by having her memory honored in conjunction with his own. Monuments to Captain Smith and Pocahontas ore in order in "Virginia. <-???> Tho mystery of Gastein is to be con? tinued with pertinacity. It seems that the two Emperors-William and Francis Joseph-had some intention of explain? ing by a circular directed to their diplo - matio representatives, what tho nature of their conference has been and tho character of the conclusion which had been arrived at. But this proposition has been reconsidered, and it is now de? clared that circulars in relation to tho Gastein mystery will not be sent abroad, bat that wherever a nation shows a sen? sitiveness in reference to that consulta? tion, and fears that the understandings which were arrived at will menace its . own prosperity-then, and in enoh case only, will the government of the afore? said nation be informed that nothing oc? curred at Gastein which could, by any ?means, affect tbe prosperity or peace of -the -aforesaid nation, whereby it could become obvious that solicitado on the -subject need not be entertained. The world will have to bo satisfied with thia intimation, and Gastein will, in conse? quence, remain moro incomprehensible than ever. Rfc-Brp?nTO?a COTTON.--The Now York Journal of Commerce states that 100 bales of ootton which were shipped - ?back to this country after arriving in . Liverpool, in Joly last, have been re? shipped to Liverpool in the same vessel, ?be Antarctic, that bronght tbe cotton hmro-the prices on tho other side having made the movement apparently desira? ble. The Hickory Tavern, N. C., Eagle says a Borioua accident happened to the stago tanning between Asheville and tho hoad ?ol the Western North Carolina Railroad on Monday night of last week. On crossing the Bine Ridge, the stago was precipitated some hundred feet down the mountain sides, Borionsly injuring a number of the passengers. A Uomanoi ut Crime. At) associated preas despatch fruin Washington any H: **A short Hmo nftor tho wreck of the steamship Golden Bulo, tho safo belong? ing to tho Unitod States Treasury waa found and forwarded hore, whore it was examined by the Department. Machin? ists reported that it did not bear marks or evidence of having been forced open by instruments, but could haya boen, and probably was, broken open by being violently thrown from side to Bide of tho hold of the vessel, and among tho rocka idler tho vessel broke up. No part of the money contained in the safe was evor recovered, and, notwithstanding tho un? remitting efforts of the Department, their detectives, and other?, for moro than three years, nothing baa been din oovered casting suspicion on the ofllcers or crow of the vessel, nor on thone em? ployed ia wrecking tho vessel. It is now over six years since tho Golden Hule was wrecked. Notes in the safo are pant due threu or more years, und no trace has boen found of their existence." Tho Qolden Rule sailed from New York in the ?pring of 1865, having on board an iron safe containing moro than $1,000,000, in charge of a special agent o! the Treasury Department, namod Smith, and intended for the Sun Fran? cisco branch of the Department. Tho stoamor was wrecked ou a reef tn the Caribbean Sea, and, although all the pas? sengers-upward of GOO in number were saved, everything else on board was lust, inoluding the iron safe. It was be? lieved bymauy nt tho time, the belief being shared by a number of the passen-, gore, that tho captain of tho steamer and ono or two of tho passengers hud formed a plot to plunder the safe, and that the vessel waB run npon tho rocks intention? ally, in order to afford the conspirators au opportunity to accomplish their pur? pose. An attempt was made to investi? gate the matter, but it was discouraged by certain officials connected with tho Treasury Department, and it ended iu smoke. Two yoors ago, Slr. Charles A. Danu, editor of tho New York if???, folly con? vinced that there hud been foul play, quietly But about an investigation ol his own, und has diligently prosecuted it up to the present time, spuring neither pains nor expense to get ut tho truth of the matter. In his paper of lust Tues? day, ho gives us, at considerable length, the result of his investigation, and no candid mind, after reading the.testimony he brings forward, can place the slight? est reliance upon the statomont made in the despatch quoted above. The con? clusion is .inevitable-that Dennis, the captain of the Qolden Bule, having formed a conspiracy with a passengei named-Montgomery Gibbs, caused the steamer to be run upon 'the rocks, and ? that he and Gibbs then broke open thc safe and plundered it of all the money it contained. On bis return to the United States, Dennis, who was a poor man when he started out upon his last voy? age, in the Golden Rule, bonght a mag? nificent farm in Maryland, where he now lives like a prince, and Gibbs went tc Paris, and has been living there in the most extravagant stylo ever since, ire quontly Bending costly presents tc officials at Washington, and to member: i of the President's own immediate fami I ly. Gol. Wood, then chief of tho Go vornment detectives, entered upon an in vestigation of the affair, and had sue ceeded tu obtaining sufficient proof tr fasten the guilt upon Dennis, Gibbs anc an official in the Treasury Department, when he was Huddonly dismissed fron I the sorvico without rhyme or reason, anc the matter was hushed up. The facti brought to light through the exertion! of tho Sun leaves no doubt npon oui minds that the steamer was wrecked foi the purpose of giving Dennis and Gibb, a chance to rob the safe; that spmebodj connected with the Treasury Departmeu ut Washington was a confederate o thoire, and that the Administration ha prevented an investigation of the extra ordinary crime in order to shield somi of its pets who wer/i involved therein The evidences of these facts, which an quito too numerous to be stated here, ar< overwhelming. The Sun declares that the iron saf novor roached Washington-that it wu shipped in a sailing vessel bound fo Baltimore, and that, having been etorci on deck, was thrown overboard during: storm in Chesapeake Bay. It was, there fore, never examined by much h.i-di u Washington. And to say that it wu "broken open by being violently throw from side to Bide of the hold ot tim ves sel, and among the rocks after tho vesBt broko np," in absurd. Au i rou safe t which the Treasury Department wool intrust $1,000,000 for auch a voyag oould not bo broken open in that way Once at the bottom of tho sea, it woul lie there undisturbed by tho wind an waves forever. It must be said, in justice to Mi Smith, the agent who was sent out i: ohnrge of tho safe, that not a shadow c suspicion attaches to him. As soon a tho vessel struck the rooks, Dennis an Gibbs placed a guard over the baggage room in which the safe was deposited and Smith was not permitted to enter it When the passengers and crew wer taken off, by United States vessels c war from Aspinwall, Smith refused t leave tho wreck until a search had bee made for the safe, and, supplying bin: self with provision*', remained upon raft that had been lashed to the rockt until wreckers were sent to his relie! two or three wonks afterward. The saf was recovered, but was found to bav been broken open nnd plundered. Bm it had bis wife and little children wit him on board the steamer. These b sent away with the other pnsseugen and remained alono upon the raft, hat iug failed to find one man among all th passengers who was willing to stay wit him for any sum of money ho felt av thor i/.ed to oiler in tho name of the Gc vornment. Bis instructions on loavin Washington were to remain constant! by tho safe until delivered into the hunt of the parties at Sau Francisco to whom it WOB consigned, or to destroy its con? tenta in casu the steamer should be at? tacked by pi ru toa. To tho very lost he was faithful to his oh ar go. We regret to say that ho Boon after lost his life by tho wreck of n steamer OD tbe Pacific coast. It is not bolioved that the Administra? tion is tn any way responsible for this mouBlrouti artair, hut it is responsible for tho faut that tho guilty parties have not only never boon brought to justice, but have boon carefully shielded from tho Hovoro punishment they so riohly deserve.-Lo u IUD illa Courier-Journal. Tho Now York N'or/d adds: LOST-ONK HUNUIIBD MiniiioNS - Wo hear a good deal now and then iu tito papers of what is called conscience monoy. This name is given to the sums, for tho most part, rather inconsiderable, which are from time to timo sent anony? mously to the Federal Treasury, with letters setting forth that they are paid in acquittal of dues to the Government whioh had boen feloniously withheld until the conscience of the debtor re? fused any longer to grant him reposo. If there bo anything approaching to (i revival of honesty throughout the coun? try, ce we ?ro Rorootimca naked to believe thero really is, we ought very shortly to rend of quito the largest sum of "con? science mouey" over paid into the strong? box of the State. For it has become plain, from tho statements of Mr. Goo. S. Boutwell, Secretary of tho Treasury, and of General Spinner, Treasurer, that the trifle of moro than one hundred mil? lions dollars is missing from tho Treasury of the United States. Hero aro tho statements referred to: BF.ronTEn nr SRCRKTAUY norrrwr.i.r.. U. 8. dont. July 1, 1871.*? 833.211,332 22 BEPonTBO m: TUKASUitEn SPINNKK. U. S. dobt, July 1,1871.*2,243,58U,821.08 Excess Boutwell over Spinner..?100,630,511.14 This is a pretty serious discrepancy, is it not? That there is not now, and for n long time past has not benn, anything in tho administrative system of thu Treasury ut Washington to make it even seriously difficult for such a deficit to bo orcated Biifiioiently appears, as wo sub? mit, from the statement mudo only the other doy by Comptroller H. W. Taylor as to th? million of dollars reported lost on board of tho Golden Rule steamship, in May, 1855. Comptroller Taylor qui? etly announces that this great sum of money wus sent forward from the Trea? sury for shipmout as "a package of largo treasury notes, $1,000.000," with no statement either "of the denominations or the numbers," and he adds, that "no record of tho denominations or tho num? bers was kept. That it should bo possi? ble to foist even a hundred and ten mil? lions of unlawfully issued bonds upon a treasury which disdains to keep the slightest record of millions sent out from it, need surprise noone. And as there is no reason to expect thuUthe Radical ma? jority in Congress will this year permit that thorough overhauling of the Trea? sury accounts which they hnve hereto? fore steadily resisted and defeated, wo aro remitted to the operations of the conscience for our only chance of over again seeing these hundred and ton mil? lions of dollars, upon whioh the labor of the country is paying between six and seven millions of dollars of annual inte? rest in taxes. NEOUO PIIILANTUHOI'Y.-Ou Tuesday afternoon, assistance wus asked of the Howard Association for a colored woman und hor sick child, who hud been taken with tho fever und wore lying in a house in Church street. At the ollice of tho association thero were wevertd colored nurses who had tendered their services (to he paid for) to the rssociution, and one af these was despatched tn tho houso. Upon finding that tho sick per? sons were of her owu color, the nurse re? turned in disgust, suymg "sho was hired to attend white people and not niggors," and could not be induced to wait on the sufferers. Thu other colored nurses made the sam? point. At length one of the directors ot tho association waa seut down, who instructed the sick woman to biro any unrso she kuew of, at the ex? penso ot the association. But wo bo ; ?evH that one of tho regular nurses nf ! forward changed hor wind. Wo may mention, in this connection, that tho as? sociation, like truo charity, knows no distinction of race or condition. [Charleston News'. THE K. M. MiniTAitY SCHOOL.-Si nco the close of tho war, this ad mi rabio in? stitution has been under tho exclusive control of Colonel A. Coward, who has steadily maintained its reputation as ono of the best schools in the country. We are gratified to learn that after the first of January next, ho will have associated with him, as co-principal, Col. John P. Thomas, of Columbia, who will then make Yorkvillo his home. Col. Thomas is possessed of tho large experience ne? cessary to the successful management of such an institution us the King's Moun? tain Military School, he having been for a number of years the Superintendent of the State Arsenal Academy at Colum? bia. We congratulate Colonel Coward and the patrons of the school on the happy combination, and our citizens generally on tho fact that Col. Thomas is to beoome a resident of our town. [Ybrkville Enquirer. Tho Murquis of Lorne visited America a while ngo, and, on returning homo, published a hook of what ho saw, mak? ing some facotious remarks about tho gentlemen from Ireland ho encountered hero. Those remarks wore reposted in Ireland, aud now ho is on a visit to tho bog with Alhort Edward, his chickens are coming homo to roost; and tho Dub? lin Nation hints that the little fowls will mako it warm tor him before he gets homo again. Tho Abbeville Press and Banner luis boon shown au ear of corn having 1,0110 grains-twenty rows, of fifty grains each. Martini tifllY. Au will be seen in our columns to-duy, Senator Scott, cbairmuu of tbo Ku Kli?x Committee, hus h nd un intervi?w^ with President Grunt, and us the result of tho communication which tho cbairmuu submitted to tbo J'reside nt-, martial law* may be declared at nu early day in se? veral of tho upper Counties of South Carolina-especially tho Counties of York and Spartanhnrg. At our present advices, this lotter of Senator Scott's has been referred to the Attoruoy-Gorio ral, who is to take action concerning the application of the Ku. Klux law upon the statomouls aoutuiuud therein, and as soon as that official hus mude a report the proclamation will be issued. While fully conscious of tho futility of anythiug wo might say upon the subject, wo cannot, on behalf of tho good peo? ple of York County, refrain from enter? ing our protest against euch action by tho Executive, fueling fully conscious, as we do, that it is entirely un wurran ted by the circumstances, and that the con dition of affairs in our midst has been grossly exaggerated. It is not unchari? table to say that the witnesses, in ninny instances, who woro examined by the committee in this place, overstated facta, and that lu their zeal to make a good case, tho majority of tho committee, when they made their report, and Sena? tor Scott, in his recent, letter to tho Pre? sident, gave full play to their imagina? tivo (acuities, with tho view to bolster up tho tottering temple of Radicalism aud strengthen the chances of Republi? can success in many of thu approaching Stute elections which are considered doubtful. Senator Scott insists that from infor? mation recently received from this Coun? ty, ho learns that ?ince tho committee were here, "the Ku Klux have renewed their deeds of violence und crime, whip? ping influential men 'for no other cause than their political opinions und the co? lor of their skin,' and burning n negro school-house." Tho source of Senator Scott's information is, doubtless, better than that enjoyed by other?, und no doubt his informants possess facilities denied tho less favored for obtaining tho news, ns is apparent from thu fact that after tho most diligent inquiry, we have buen unable to procure any authentic facts to warrant tho Secntor in his as? sertion thal, deeds of violence and crime have boen renewed. The statement thut a school house was recently burned iu this Couuty is erro? neous. It is truo thut a school house was torn down-tho result of a fend be? tween two rival factions, each one con? tending for tho possession of tho house in which to conduct a school for colored children. As the facts are related to us, it wus a matter in which the white citi? zens of tho neighborhood had no con? cern, and certainly in which, according to the common usage of tho meaning, Ku Kluxism had uothiug whatever to do. Wo make no attempts to conceal acts of violence that may transpire in this section, and invariably publish all au? thenticated reports that ronoh UK; and, in another place, wo publish an account ot two "outrages" perpetrated iu this County within the past week. We sup? pose these occurrences will, in duo time, be reported to the astute Senator, who ie so oxtremely solicitous for tho mainte? nance of ordor in York County, as thc most ghostly Ku Klux tragedies yet en? acted. But are such acts conGued lc York Comity? to the State of South Ca? rolina? to any Southern State? or, (ex? cuse tho comparison,) to any State of the Union? Bad men nre in all communi? ties. Robberies und murders aro planned aud executed almost daily in every State: and we submit that only tho most tyran? nical spirit would prompt tho inconve? nience and hardship to which a whole community would bo subjected by the enforcement of military rule or martial law, simply on account of the conduct ol a few, who would transgress the laws and evade punishment just as readily wore martial law declared as they now do. Wo have read somewhere that it it well for a man to cast tho beam from hit: own eye before ho attempts to pluck the mote from tho eyo of his neighbor. This injunction, doubtless, escaped the atten? tion of Congress ut the timo the Ku Klux law was enacted, and it has cer? tainly paused away from tho memory ol Senator Scott altogether. Wo would, therefore, most respectfully suggest to the honorable .Senator that, so soon ns his ard ti ov s labor of hunting up nod col luting cases of crime in South Carolina is concluded, ho turn his attention tc other sections nenrer his own propel bailiwick. His nativo State, Pennsylva? nia, will furnish nmplo materiul for the exercise of his peculiar talent, anti should he exhaust the fertile resource! there at his comraaud, let him turn hit attention to tho moro cnlightoned New England, and, our word for it, he will lind a tusk t? which the cleansing of the Augean stables was a mere circumstance. J Yorkvillo Enquirer. THE LATE THOMAS R. WANING.-It its with great regret that we anncuuee the decease, yesterday, of this most estima? ble citizen and gentleman. Mr. Waring was largely und influentially connected. He has been taken away in tho very prime of a useful lifo, all the duties ol which bo bas discharged with singular fidelity, and which procured him thc esteom and consideration of tba entire community. Mr. Waring was well known for years as the cashier of tho Bank of the State. When this bank ceased its operations, his valuable .services were immediately claimed as cashier of thc South Carolina Loan and Trust Com? pany. Of tho highest iutegrity, and of large financial ability, he was equally esteemed in all the relations of lifo, aud his death is a mutter of common loss and universal regret.-Charleston Courier. A Mr. Charles Thomus, who has bceu organist of a pariah church in Rye, England, for sixty yours, is said to have been only absent from his post two Sun? days iu that whole time. A DEHTKUOT?VE STOIIM.-A gentleman writes from Limestone ?Springs, Spar tanbnrg County, August 27, ns follows: t "Une of the' most terrible and de strnotivu storms, or cyclones, paused tli rough our neighborhood, on yesterday marniug, aba?t ? o'clock,, that bas ever boen witnessed in our aOmmuuily. It did not, however, pass very near to us. The farthest point South that wo have heard from is Mr. Obediah Tate's, in Union County, about six milos from ns. It is described by eye witueseos ss mov? ing in u due North course, by Isaac Pooler's, thence to 1 Maynus Coyle's, blowing down every log of his house, and the chimney to within two feet of the ground-piling the timbers in every direction, and carrying some of the logs from lui) to 150 yards. Mr. Coyle was badly hurt by the timbers, and his daughter wus dangerously mashed and bruised-a heavy cup-board fulling upon her when tho houso was blown down. The uext wo hear of it in its cour.so was at Piuckoey Colo's, below Mr. T. Ser? vice's. It blow his houso down and in? jured his wife und step-daughter, though not seriously. Tho next placo in its track was Mr. Samuel S. Poss'. It ap? pears only to have struck ono corner of his main dwelling, and did not prostrate it, but unroofed four or live negro house??, upset his corn-crib and stables, sweeping garden and fences and every? thing iu its track, which is generally said to not havo exceeded Bovonty-fivo or eighty yards in breadth. Mr. Ross says he saw it coming, and observed it very partioulurly. Ho says it was a most terrific spectacle, and ho saw it when it struck tho "Drummer Mouutain," which appeared to check its progress for u short time; but very soon on it carno, thu ?l?ments rillod with its wreck! Largo troo tops and everything elso iu its course was flying iu the air; clouds were seen, in funnel shape, hurling aud wreathing, sometimes one end np and then the other. He ran into tho house aud fast? ened tho doors to keep the wind out, and expect d thu houso ta bo blown down; but, ns I have already said, it did uot strike it fairly; but he felt it quiver very sensibly. In a moment, almost, it was perfectly calm; aud what appears singular, there was not a drop af rain with it, though we had rain about that timo. I could give more particulars, but have not time." A correspondent writing of Jacob Vanderbilt, President, and tho other gentlemen officers of tho ferry company awning the boat Westfield, which ex? ploded at New York with Buch fatal effect, eays that since the grand jury have indioted them, "these gentlemen and their friends uro in great distress at the turn of affairs. They never expected it would go so far." A PiiANTEn Ku KIIUXED BY His HANDS. A plauter, named Conway, living near Bartlett, on the Louisville Railroad, was found near his home, yesterday morn? ing, lying in the roud with his skull crushed, as if it wore done with a fence rnil. Ho had a difficulty with some of his hands Saturday. It is supposed he was murdered by ono or moro of them. A report having been put iu circula? tion that Mrs. Peggy Jones, living near Woodlawn, in Edgefield County, was the possessor of a largo amount of gold, a raid was made on her house, dur? ing her absence, a few nights ago. $200 in greoubaoks and $'M in gold was the reward. The thief, Joseph Kent, a co? lored employee, escaped into Georgia. A man, named Fawcet, was run aver, [ near Stegall's Station, on tho Georgia ? Stato Bond, on Saturday night, and hud his head literally severed from his body ? hy the cars. He was intoxicated, and i two bottles of whiskey were found near i his person. The annual expenditures of the British ? Government are nearly 0120,000,000 lesa I than those of tho United Statea Govern 1 meut. Can it be possible that tho office? holders of Grout Britaiu have absolutely ' nu pockets in their clothes? 1 Mr. Charles M. Furman, so long and favorably koowu us the President of the ' Bunk of tho Stato af South Carolina, hae been prostrated by a stroke of paralysis, ut Wuihalla, where he has lately been . sojourning. Two yonug mon,' named Charles Lutt , man aud Oliver Laue, were wrestling ut , a camp meeting, near Berkely Spriugs, Va., when the latter fell, striking his head against a stuue, and was instantly \ killed. A marriage by match-light was recently . consummated in Kunsas City. The ? 'Squire was in a hurry and so was the ? couple, and neither would wait until the i lamp could be illumined. The fee was i puid under a neighboring gos lamp. ' A colored cann, named Jos. Podgers, i was drowned in Ashley River, on Satur > day last, while attempting to cross in a boat, in company with two others. The body waa recovered on Wednesday. Mr. J. L. Wood, of Gaston, N. C., 1 carno to Ins death in York vi Ho, S. C., 1 on the 31st ult., by a fall from his horse, owing to the breaking of the saddle girth. The Charlotte Observer says Horace i Greeley will be in that oity at the Char , lotto Fair, and will be tho guest of M. l L. Wriston. i A residont of Lewiston, Mo., who turns a penny when ho can, said the handles from' tho coffin in which he i buried his wife. The oholera is spreading over Europe ' in every direction, aud hus appeared ut Coblontz, Liverpool, Leipzig and Vi? enna. A narrow gauge railroad from Chester, S. C., to Hickory Tavern, N. C., is being talked of in the Chester Reporter und Yorkvillo Enquirer. A Virgiuia couple recently walked thirty milos au a hot and dusty day to gut married. An agricultural club has beon formed in Chester. Bo c a X' It ems . Puen NIX IAN A.--The price pf ?ingle copies of (he PHCENIX is ?ve couta. That sterling paper, the New York Journal of Commerce, calle attention to tho fact that while Spain, "before thc throes of revolution have entirely . sub? sided," is proclaiming an amnesty for all j political offences, Qen. Grant is fulmi? nating a new bull against South.Caro? lina, i A lady writes to ono of the society papers that the old idea that persona could not entertain their frieuda without turning their houses into a restaurant ia beginning to die out among sensible peo? ple, and entertainments whero only cake and lemonade are passed around will be considered more select than the big sup? per affairs. Tho Southern gas generator, now in uso nt the PHCESIX office, is much ad? mired. It is just the thing for large es? tablishments; and in country towns is invaluable. Vanity is rather a mark of humility iban of pride. Vain men delight in telling what honors huvo been done them, what great company they have kept, and the like, by which they plainly confess these honors were more than their due, and such as their friends would not beliovo if they bad not been told; whereas, a man truly piond thinks tho honors below his merit, and acorns to boast. Give your atomnchs ns well ns your minds a "day of rest," and you will feel refreshed when Munday comos. Try an early breakfast, a light dinner and a chatting, social cup of tea for supper, and you will bo snrprised to discover what brilliant and profound sermons your minister is preaching, and what a bright, sunshiny bevy of boys and girls you havo in your Sunday School class. H Tho thermometer ranged as follows, at tho Pollock House, yesterday: 7 A. M., 74; 12 M., 78; 2 P. M., 78; 7 P. M., 76. I Our merchants, and others wishing to prepare for the fall business, will please take notice that tho PHCENIX office is supplied with all necessary material for as handsome cards, bill heads, posters, circulars, and other printing that maybe desired, as any office in the city. Give us a call and test our work. A new clothing store is to be opened in Columbia Hotel building, on Monday next. Messrs. Strauss & Bro. bave a largo establishment in Charleston, and intend opening a branch here. Yesterday was another showery day. Plenty of rain for the present. From the returns made to the State Auditor's office, it appears there is about $21,000 defioit in the Abbeville County Treasury, to bo accounted for. This winter-like all of them-is to be "bard." Mr. G. T. Shelton has been appointed mail agent between this oily and Green? ville, in place of O. C. Folger, removed. Mr. W. J. Anderson, well known in connection with the Charleston Hote1, now occupies a position in the Columbia, '. vice Mr. J. D. Budds, who seeks another field. The Greenville passenger train did net 1 arrive until nearly 9 o'clock last night tho detention being caused by the run off of a cattle train. MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-Th? Northern muil opons at 3.00 P. M.; closes 7.15 I A. M. Charleston day mail opens ?.00 P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Charleston night muil opens 6.30 A. M.; closes 6.00 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 office open from 3 to 4 P. M. Dr. E. W. Wheeler announces in this morning'* PHCESIX that tho valuable pro? perty hitherto advertised will bo distri? buted ou the 10th of November-daring the holding of the Agricultural Fair in this city. The property is valuable, and the trustees are reliable citizens and business men. That the award will bo ' made at that time, we think is beyond a 1 doubt. Those who desire to take the risk will find, all particulars in the ad? vertisement, which also contains a picto? rial representation of the first prize. ' HOTEL ARRIVALS, September 7. Columbia Hotel-H. Cranston, Augusta; 1 J. H. Averill, W. W. Pemberton, Charles? ton; J. Thompson, J. H. Thompson, At? lanta: H. S. Johnson, Ireland; F. Goss, Camden; Mrs. B. Hartzog, Mrs. M. ' Hartzog, Mrs. S. A. Darby, Charlotte. Kicker son House-William L. Webb 1 and wife, Charleston; B. J. Hancks, Dalton; G. H. Harriss, Bowling Greeu; ? Frank H. Howard, Graniteville; J. M. ; Seigler, Newberry; Mrs. L. E. Dowolfe. two ohildron and servant, San Francisco; Mrs. Kerr, Charlotte; A. E. Alden, Washington; J. R. Murphy, C., C. & A. R. B.; G. P. Hoffman, Doko. LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. R. C. Shiver & Co.-Shirt-mukiug. L. Carr.-To Israelites. Dr. E. W. Wheoler.-Rnflle. S. Strauss & Bro.-Clothing, ic. llostetter's Stomach Bitters. Rev. Wm. Martin.-For Rout.