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COLUMBIA. S. C. Sun lay doming:, September 10, 1871. ?.The NtccnUy of Organization." Wo aouour with our ootemporary of th? Camden Journal iu much that it hos to say under this head. lu opr judg ruout, the sooner the Democratic party of this State is ro-orijauizod, the bettor. Wo commend to our readers the article of tho Journal, elsewhere published. THE GRAND VIZIER.-Tho Qraud Vi zior is doad ! Sandjacks, Silihides, two tailed Baahnwa, Moslems, Ghobers and Magiau8, aDd sundry Jews aud Chris tiaus are expected to mourn vehemently, but tho little children and tho big boya and girls of' the period will bo pained immoderately. It is impossible to tull exactly when tho Grand Vizier was born. It was ho who nsod to tell those soldiers in big breeches with tho curvilinear swords to out off tho other fellows' heads, which he always did. It was he who used to carry that great bag of money behind the Grand Caliph Haroun al Raschid, and when tho Caliph told bim to give tho poor knife-grinder a thousand dollars be always did it. It was he who, when Sinbad the Sailor was wrecked .upon a foreign shoro, with nobody around, but the ghouls of Boccaccio and tho Old Han of the Mountain, entered providentially by a sideways course nnd saved the noble Bailor from un ignoble death. Many other incidents might be mentioned in oonneotion with the life of this great man, but these being the lead? ing points of interest in his long and ad tlurous carcor, a catalogue of his virtues nnd achievements ia at present unneces? sary. % m ? * John Bull will now enjoy a little peace of mind, his nerves being soothed by the belief that the battle of Dorking will never be fought. Tho relianco of tho nation upon its troops is proved to be well founded by the groat manouvre of Monday last. When the Ki ng of France, with 30,000 mon, marched up the hill and down again, he performed a piece of strategy which has becomo famous in his? tory. But hereafter that memorable manouvre will pale its ineffectual fires before tho record of the great movement of 1871, when 13,000 gallant fellows resolutely marched from Aldershot tc Sandhurst, and, after enduring the fa? tigue of that niuo miles march, they resolutely pitched their tonts, and, ul numerous camp-fires, cooked their din uera, which they ate with great relish aud, after having Bmokod their pipes, folded their tents, liko tho Arabs, anc stole silently away to Aldershot, when they arrived in good order aud but little blown from the severity of the retan march. When Von Moltko hears tbii he will at once advise Kaiser Wilhelm Our Frilz and Frederick Charles to giv< over tho idea of invading England, ninci it must bo apparent that soldiers wh< can march eighteen miles a day, nnd cai eat their dinners also, are entirely tot valiant to be met on the bloody field unless the force to be brought agaiuB them is overwhelming, or by some dee] strategy might be poBsibte to capture th commissariat and deprive them of thei dinners. - A Washington despatch of the 0th, ti tho New York Tribune, says: "Ther seems to be no doubt that there is movomont in tho insurrectionary portioi of the Southern States among the Re publicans, and those who" favor law aut order, to send delegations to Washing ton to represent to tho President the os act condition of affairs iu tho va rion sections, with a vieyv to.inform the Prc eident upon the subject in a clear an? serviceable manner, that he may tak snoh immediate action as his power; permit, and bring the subjeot to the at tention of Congres? in his next ann in: message for additional legislation. It i proposed to ohuose delegates of RUCI high character that thoir statements . would be reoeivod throughout the coun try as trustworthy and oxaot. Tho State of Mississippi, Georgia, and North am South Carolina, Alabama and a portio: of Tennessee, will be represented." THE COTTON CROP OP 1870-71.-Th Now York Financial Chronicle gives th following statement, which has jos been madp up, of the cotton crop of th United States for the commercial yea ending August 31, 1871: Total receipt at the shipping ports, 4,032,154 balei shipments o vor land direct to manu fae turora, 228,923; manufactured in th South, 91,240; grand total of the crop 4,352,317. Of tho above aggregate 21,609 bales were sea island cotton. Th total consumption by the mills Nort! was 1,008,956 bales, and that of the mill South 91,240 bales, making a total Ame rican consumption of 1,100,196 balet The total exports for tho year are 3,106, 742 bales; and the aggregate of stock on hand September 1, 1871, ls 104,81 bales. .-. John Morrissey is about to build house of worship in Saratoga with hi winnings on Helmbold. ?SUSPENSI?N OP TUB REPUBLICAN.-Tbe publication, of the Charleston Republican was suspended on Friday. We extract tbe following from its last issue: "We aro obliged to inform our readers tbat witb to-day's issuo we suspend tbe publication of tho Daily Republican. It is unnecessary for us to any witb wbat rngrot we make thin announcement. Tbe regret is uo less beoause for some time we bave anticipated tbe coming of tbe period when we would bave to say these wordB to tbe publie. Wo would gladly also avoid saying anything of the causes which make thia' suspension necessary, if we could do so cousistently with our duty to ourselves and to the Republican party. In brief,' thou, this paper dies because the Republican administration at Columbia W?IIB its death. "It is nc? secret to any one who has been inside Republican politics that this paper has not boon a favorite with our administration duriug tho past your or more. Ono mau- says it ia because wo are too docent, another that we uro not Radical enough, &c, &c. but the real secret of the dislike is that wo have re? fused to bo tho medium for gratifying tho petty spito aud personal hatred of individuals, or tho ruudy tool of those who would use tho State Government for tho purposo solely of advancing their own pecuniary aud political interests. Wo now toll our friends, both in the Stato aud outside of it, who, from timo to time, have spoken good words of ns, and wished us long life, that for our death Governor Scott and thone who, uloog with him, control tho patronage ol the government, aro solely responsible. We have never asked a favor which wo had not a right to usk; indeed, wo have not asked favors at al), but havo simply insisted that the government in the dis? tribution of its patronage should not for? get that wo who bad borno tho heat and burdon of tho day, and who bad never failed in support of purely governmental measures, however much we may havo shrunk from supporting sobornes con? cocted for the aggrandizement of indi? viduals, wore entitled to a full share of that patronage in virtue of ouf position as a journal representing and advocating Republican principios and measures. "We do not speak to serve any per? sonal ends to-day. To our personal in tercets, it can make but very little differ? ence whether the paper lives or dies, but Republicans throughout tho State, to whom this- paper bas como to boa neces? sity, have a right to know whether any injustice has been done it by those who occupy places of power and trust." Tho betrayal of General John Morgan, the Confederate cavalry officer of Ken? tucky, which resulted in his death at Greenville, Tenn., on the night of. Sep? tember 3, 1864, bas been generally as? cribed to a Mrs. Williams, a daughter in-law of tho lady at whoso house, in Greenville, Morgun and some members of his stair were stopping at tho time. A letter has recently been published, however, written by Gen. Gillern, whoso commaud surprised Morgan, to a gentle? man of Vicksburg, . in which Gillett) gives the true version of the events con? nected with the information upon which he acted when bo sent his brigade to surprise Morgan and his staff. Tho in? formation. Gillern says, was given by a boy, who had been captured by tho Con? federates, and who subsequently es? caped, aud conveyed the news of Mor? gan's presence at Greenville to tho Fede? ral commauder. This letter relieves the lady in question of tho odium that ne? cessarily would attach to so unwomanly a proceeding, besides vindicating tho truth of history, which is so frequently debauched by unscrupulous partisans. An alligator's mouth isn't tho pleasant? est place in the world for ono's head, yet a Louisiana woman tells of her expe? rience in that frightful position. Pass? ing through the bushes near her home tho terrified woman was seized by a monster concealed in the bushes, and after a vigorous struggle was drawn into the water by her powerful enemy. Here tho alligator relinquished ber lacerated arm, and caught her head between bis massive jaws. This might bo considered tho ond of the struggle when tho strength of the beast,s jaws is remembered. But the woman still resolutely fought her amphibious foe, and, incredible to say, reached tho bank, and with tho aid of neighbors escaped the monster. Her wounds were frightful, tho marks made by the teeth of tho alligator presenting tho appearance of incisions with a steel instrument. A correspondent of tho Eaton (Pa.) Argus, who has just visited Monticello, tho homo of Thoa. Jefferson, says: "The mansion is nothing but a heap of ruins. It is a disgrace to tho nation that the lipmo of tho author of thc Declaration of Independence should bo permitted thus to rot and tumble into decay." Tho Monticello estate comprises about 350 aores, and is now in litigation, having beon confiscated by tho Confederate Government and bought in by a citizen of Charlottesville. The stono over Mr. Jefferson's grave is a ruin like the house, relic-hunters having chipped into it until tho very uhape of the original obelisk is destroyed. ^Sleeping in a city of 1,000,000 Jups, thousands of them low fellows, entrust? ed with two swords, who know bow to uso them liko lightning, too, and who are so koen with them that only three years ago two crazy follows, attacking a whole British retinue, out at, and rather cut up, nino Englishmen and two horses before they were brought down-sleep? ing, I say, with paper windows and doors only, (on the ground floor,) that any? body can opea at night, is not as safo as sleeping in tho eighth or tenth story of a Now York hotel. [Yeddo Cor. New York Express. HThe "hearse" is tho cheerful name of a Nevada saloon. Railroad Meeting. ID ob?dience to a call in the Herald ot last week, a largo and enthusiastic meet? ing of the citizens of Laurens County was held in the Court House, on Mon? day, tho 4th instant, for the pnrpoae of taking iuto consideration the proposed railroad from Laurens Court House to Augusta, via Ninety-Six and Edgefleld Court House. The meeting waa orga? nized by calling J. Wiatar Simpson, Esq., to the okair, who, in a plain and foroible manner, explained the object of the mooting. On hiotioD, S. J. Craig was requested to aot as Secretary. Tho Hon. W. D. Simpson, iu a fow eloquent remarks, introduced the follow? ing resolutions: Resolved, That we, tho citizoue of LauronB County, in couvcutiou assem? bled, hereby express our lively interest in the proposed enterprise of a ruilruud from Augusta, Ga., to Laurens Court House, S. C., ewEdgefield Court House and Ninety-Six, uud on to Spartuuburg Court House, to connect with tho Air Line Road at that point. Resolved, That wo HO nd our assurances to the citizens of the respective locali? ties abovo named, and ulong thu line of the proposed road, of our willingness to heartily co-operate with them in tho ear? ly cousunitnatiou of this enterprise, by affording ail the material aid in our power. Resolved, That a committee of .six be appointed by tho chair to open corres? pondence with tho localitiesabove named, with tho view of initiating a concerted movement for tho beginning and speedy completion of this project. After some discussion by Cols. Ball, Todd, Carlington and Jones, tho above resolutions were unanimously adopted. Tho chair then appointed, under tho third resolution, tho following commit? tee, viz: Messrs. W. D. Simpson, U. \V. Rall, R. P. Todd, C. Gnrlington, Dr. li. F. Kilgore, Dr. Samuel Huuter aud Dr. F. G. Fuller. Upon motion, the chairman was added to tho said committee. On motion of B. W. Ball, Esq., the ubove proceedings were requested to bo printed in the Laurensvillu Herald, Co? lumbia PHONIX, Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, Carolina Spartan, and in tho Edgefiold Advertiser. On motion, the mooting adjourned. J. WI3TAR SIMPSON, Chairman. S. J. Cit.vio, Secretary. i. . . - ^ ? m+- ? -- ? - TUE SriniT OP COMPROMISE.-This is the age of compromises. Tho war spirit and its attendant bitterness hus, in great measure, passed away. Men of all poli? tical creeds seo the folly of pursuing au extreme course of action; the many grave and serious changes aud counter changes made by and against each other are found to be of no advautago to either, and hence there is an evident dis? position to leave these old grounds of combat and fight the next battle upon new and living issues. The question now bas resolved itself into one of self-pre? servation, and all men feel the absolute necessity of combining to overthrow tho corruption which everywhere prevails. Upou this point all are agreed that a ne? cessity exists to end, if possible, the wide-spread system of plunder going on at overy hand. How shall this ho done? Will it be done by suffering tho Repub? lican party to put in office men of their own selection? Unquestionably not. Experience of their otficiuh forbid the assumption. On the other hand, it is useless to suppose that tho Democratic party can elect their men, because the majority against us is too large to bo overcome. Shall wo, then, accept any honorable basis of ' compromise which tho Republicans offer ua? Or bhull we, losing sight of our own State, and the benefits to bo derived from such compro? mise ns is above suggested, adopt thc national Democratic platform when it shall be declared, and fight it out, rely iug upon tho overwhelming evidence against Grant as an incompetent and corrupt President, fora national victory? It is absurd to think that wo can agaiu go before the oolorod people nnd offer them such terms as wo did in tho last campaign, for our overtures being then ignominiously rejected, wo would sacri? fice every priueiple of honor to repeat the offer. All propositions looking to our co-operation must como from them. Tho complote blinding of tho great mass o? thom by their leaders is not at all sur? prising, ns wo have before shown; but, of late, somo hopes have been enter? tained by us that light waa breaking in upon their hitherto darkened minds. I They huvo it in their power to do them .selves and ns lasting good. They have practical evidence of how they are treat? ed and their rights respected bj' Demo? cratic officials iu this and other towns and cities in this State, and they will find that the same will bo tho caso if De? mocratic rulers aro elected to fill the State offices. It is left to them to mako the overtures, to seek our aid, and we look to tho moro intelligent among them to tako the steps we have pointed out in thia and former editorials. ?Camden Journal, WEST POINT MILITARY ACADEMY. Tho board of visitors to the Military Academy at West Point have rondored their report, from one portion of which three of tho members dissent. Tho New York Tribune thinks it "remarkable" that they dissent upon au article "which certainly ought to command the instant and hearty approval of every mau who knows anything of the irregularities which a lack of disciplino has brought, into the aohdemy." This article recom? mends severer discipline, and especially a cessation of that familiarity between cadets and officers which has been so fruitful heretofore of abuses and disor? der. "West Point," says tho Tribune, "is not a creditable institution in many respects, and judging from "ur abstract of the usual annual report of its condi? tion, it is not in a fair way to command tho confidence and estece: of tho coun? try." And yet, tho contrary used to be the cane. THE HIGHEST TIDE YET.-A New Or Ioana contemporary LOB tho following sensational warning: It is a sad but an imperious duty to warn tbe inhabitants of all our Gulf and Atlantic ooast that it is time to begin to prepare for tho great tidal wave, which, according to the calculation of a pro fonnd astronomer, is to sweep over the whole ocean coast from Hatteras to Ba? hai, to the height of fifty feet or more, on the night of Min 5th of Ootober, or in tho morning ot the nth. ;; Beforo a Scotch Provost, not long since, a young boy was charged with breaking into gardenB nnd stealing fruit therefrom. The charge was fully sub? stantiated, and the magistrate, address? ing tho juvenile of?euder, said, ia IUB gravest manner: "If you had u garden nud pilfering boys wore to break into it aud steal your properly, in what way would you like to havo them punished?" "Awed, sir," replied tho 'cuto urchin, "I think I would let them a wa* for tho lirst offence!" Tho little fellow got off. There is uo moro modest and sensitive man than tho Rev. Dr. William lt. Wil? liams, tho eminent Baptist divino, ile recently published a charming little work ou tho threo parables in the 15th of Luke, the appropriate title of which was: "Tho Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin, and the LostPSon." Imagino the horri? ble foelitigs of the sensitive divine when ho saw the typographical bluudcr of tho Christian Union, which reviewed it under tho title of "The Lost Sheep, tho Lost Cow, and the Lost Sow." INVENTIVE LADS.-A countryman liv? ing in Tennessee, where forests and game aro plenty, says that his boys, who all huvo ii gun apiece, bucame short of percussion cups a few days ago, nud tho first thing he knew they were shooting with mutch heads as a substitute. How many boxes of mutches he lost iu that way he did not say, but ho found that they fired as clear aa the cap itself. It is said that necessity is the mother of invention. The decliuo and fall of slavery in New Jersey aro illustrated by tho census figures giving tho number of HIUVOS in I tho State in each decado from 1790, as ! follows: Year 1790, slaves, 11,423; 1800, 12.122; 1810, 10,851; 1820. 7,517; 1830; 2,254; 1810, 671; 1850, 236; I860, 18; 1870, none. Tho 18 who appeur in 18G? were tho colored apprentices for lifo by tho Act to uboliah slavery, passed April 18, 1816. ANOTHER CONCUSSION THKOKY.-Some timo ago ?Slr. Hardee, of Florida, started a theory iu regard to killing the "cur culio" and developing vegetable life bj concussion. Now he proposes to apply the same "cure all" to yellow fever and cholera. His theory is that yellow fever, cholera and other epidemics aro caused by animalcule in the air, and that con? cussion of tho atmosphere will destroy them. The sea serpent has emigrated from Nuhant, Mass., |whcre ho had become ridiculous, to North Carolina. On Neusc River "it has been 6con," says tho Ra? leigh Sentinel, 6th inst., "by several very reliable gentlemen, with small lambs and little pigs in its jaws, having seized them when nt tho water-edge drinking." It it eomfortiug to remark that tho authority here is not tho "reliable gentleman,"bul is "soveral very reliable gentlemen." A Snn Francisco "medium" has inter viewed tho ghost that walks tho wharf al Oakland by uight, and ascertained thal he was ono of tho ferry-boat "El Capi tun" victims, and would havo been res cued hud not another mau jumped or. his back, aud in suviug himself, drowner him. Ho is now looking for tho man who did it. A meeting of tho registered voters o Greenvillo, on Saturday last, nominatec James P. Moore, Esq., for Mayor, auf tho following gentlemen for Aldermen Ward No. 1, F. A. Walter; Ward No. 2 Wm. Beattie; Ward No. 3, M. J. Beard iii; Ward No. -1, John Ferguson; Wart No. 5. L. D. Cline; Ward No. 6, Leo uard Williams. Hero we havo a first-rato bull made ty a French preacher, who lately said: "Ad miro tho prodigious strength of Samson With tho juw-bono of au ass, be put : thousand Philistines to tho sword.' Paddy from Cork may try a long whili beforo ho blunders into anything so ex collent as that. Mr. Brick Pomeroy has faithfully reat Greeley's "What I Know About Farm iug," and bas logically deduced a hal column of invaluable agricultural aphor isms from this standard work. One o tho most important of his deductions i j this: "Pat a swivel on your scytho BC that it will out both wayo." A littlo shoeless three-year old dowi in Teuuessee, a few days siuoe, was tolt that he might go out visiting with hi mamma. Being missed soon after, h was found in the back porch with boll feet thoroughly blackened, nnd using hi ? best endeavors with a brush to give then a polish. Several flocks of sheep, amounting t< ovor 5,000 head, havo recently perish e< in that portion of Texas which lies be tween tho Nueces and tho Rio Grande for want of grass and water, tho border having lost their road in attempting t remove thom to another range. HEALTH OP BEAUFORT.-Letters fron Dr. H. M. Stewart, Jr., und Dr. John A Johnson, Port Physician of Beaufort, t Dr. Robert Lobby, of Charleston, stat that thero havo beon no now cases o yellow fever in Beaufort for eleven daye ending Soptembor 5. It is said that ono of the best lawyer in Columbus, Ga., could not reud whet ho was nineteen years old. It isn't state* whether ho can now. An Iowa postmaster advertises u lotto addressed to "Tho man who leaves hi mule hitched all day ovory othor Sunda; in tho alley near tho Carey school." QUEER.-A Connecticut Justice of th Peace wrote out a warrant for his owl arro-t and commitment tho other day. JLooal Items. ? ? ? PncBNixiANA.-The prioe .o? single copies of the PHCEHIX ia five couts. The non-arrival of a supply of paper foroes us to publish a "lap-sided" sheet this morning. Our merchants, and others wishing to prepare for tho full business, will please take notice that tho PIIONIX office is supplied with all necessary material for us handsome cards, bill beads, posters, olrculars, and other printing that maybe desired, us any office iu the city. Qive us u call and tost our work. Forced politeness is conceded to bo bowing to circumstances. Goldsmith Maid usurps tho placo of Dexter at tho head of tho trotting turf. lu u race at Milwaukee, Wednesday, Bhe trotted three successive heats in 2.20>?, 2.17, and 2.20^. Tho timo of tho so coud heat is a quarter of a second bet? ter than Dexter's best, and tho fastest on record. Wo havo been presented with tho pre? mium list for tho annual exhibition of tho fair of the Carolinas, to bo held in Charlotte, N. C., commencing Tuesday, October 24, und continuing four days. S8,OUI) ia offered in premium?. Wo ure also in receipt of a card of in? vitation to thc third annual exhibition of tho Agricultural Pair Association, at itome, Ga., on thc Kith, 11th and 12th October, 1871. Mayor John Alexander will accept our thanks for copies of late Glasgow aud Renfrewshire, Scotland, papers. They aro on file in tho PIIONIX office. Messrs. John Agnew it Son have in their possession a magnificently-illus? trated catalogue of locks manufactured by Mallory. Wheeler <fc Co., New Haven, Conn. Thia book is justly conceded tho finest piece of printiug in existence. It contains 292 pages, and every lock is ac? curately colored. The expense must havo boen enormous. 2,000 copies, it is said, were issued, which are furnished to dealers at $10 a copy. It is worth an inspection. The Southern gas genorator, now in uso nt tho PHCENIX office, is much ad? mired. It is just tho thing for largo es? tablishment?; und in country towns is invaluable. I has rained so hard at Milwaukee for four months that tho Chicago Republi? can asserts that all tho children born there aro web-foot?d. No person over got stung by hornets who kept away from whore they were. It is just so with bad habits. There are bat two kinds of temporary insanity, aud euch has but a siugle symptom. The ono was discovered by a coroner, the other by a lawyer. The ono induces you to kill yourself when you are tired of life; tho other persuades you to kill some ono elso when you are fatigued at seeing bim nbout. It is no longer fashionable to givo pre? sents to your sweetheart beforo mar? riage. Ono unfortunate-a fellow that's jilt? ed. Ono more unfortunate-his success, fat rival. September dawned upou us this sea sou cool aud breezy, and has thus far continued without chango, other than that enforced in tho costumes of our citizen. Tho star-gazers aro on the lookout for Eueko's comet, which is expected to put in an appearance early this fall. Tho thermometer rauged as follows, yesterday, at tho Pollock House: 7 A. M., (JO; 13 M., 73; 2 P. M., 73; 7 P. M., 72. Parsons who havo arranged to adver? tise in the "History of. Columbia," aro requested to hand 'jn their advertise? ments nt ouce, as the work is being pushed forward. Dr. E. E. Jqokson has a .veritable dor? mouse-a raro animal iu this section, we believe. It was overhauled at Saluda Old Town; hada predilection for flies, and would manfully fight a grass-hopper, but could not successfully combat death, whioh overcame him on Friday night. His minuteness is to bo stuffed by Mr. George Green-provided room suffioient can bo obtained for the necessary filling. Mr. W. C. Swaffield has returned, and will, on Monday, open an extra fine as? sortment of articles in the way of gen? tlemen's furnishing goods. It is always in your power to win an enemy by smiles; what folly, then, to make an enemy by frowns. Difficulty exoites the mind to the dig? nity whioh sustains und finally conquers misfortune, and the ordeal refines while it chastens. If thou wouldst live long, live well, for folly and wickedness shorten life. A clear conscience is tho best law, and tompernnco the best physio. Now York city, with all its expendi? tures, is fairly eclipsed by the now go? vernment of Washington, whioh has contracted a debt in 100 days of $9,500, 000. Sweetening one's coffee is generally tho first stirring ovent of tho doy. ?m i ' . --i- j j ?-?AM?*? If laughter is the day-light of the soul, a emile is its twilight. He must be a thorough fool who can learn nothing from bis own folly. A Western paper accuses a cotemporary of "dirty moans," and remarked: "We want bim to understand that two can play at that game." A rather frank avowal. Two men, named RanBom Arant and Joseph Plyler-the former from Lan? caster, 8. G., and the latter from Union County, N. C.-had a fight with knives, on Saturday night last, near Zoah Camp? ground, Chesterfield County. The former was cut in five and tho latter iu seven places, besides three knock-downs with a ru.il. Both men wero intoxicated, and will, in consequence, recover. Tho Now York Herald says: "Better let the heathen slide for tho present, and attend to the home trade in social demo? ralization and geueral wickedness. Scurcely ono crime or one horror is an? nounced ere it is 'telescoped' into an? other." JEWISH OHSERVANCES.-On Sun-Bet of tho 5th, tho Jewish civil year began. On the lGth and 17th, they blow the ram's horn, iu commemoration of the first revelation to the Patriarchal Abra? ham. This ceremony is based upon Leviticus, 23d chapter and 23d veree: "Speak unto tho children saying, in tho seventh mouth, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a Sabbath, a memo? rial of blowing of trumpets, a holy con? vocation." Tho second festival takes place on tho 21th instant, at G o'clock. ?The Jews always begin their festival on tho evening previoua."| During these festivals, all places of business will be closed, and the day will be rigidly de? voted to purely religious duties. The Biblical year dates from tho 10th day of penitence, called Tom Kippur. It falls in tho Jewish calendar on the 10th of Tishri, or in the Christian calendar on tho 25th of September. This is a most sulemu day for tho Hebrews, and is de? voted by them from sun-set to sun-set tho next day by prayer and fasting. The observance of this day is based upon Leviticus, 23d chapter aud 29th verse: "Also on the 10th day of this seventh month thcro shall be a day of atone? ment; it shall be a wholly convoca? tion unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls and offer an offering made by fire unto tho Lord." The month Tishri is crowded with festivals and prayer days. In all, there are twenty-three days for prayer meetings or solemn festivals. The remaining holy days are Sekkuth, or feasts of Booth, occurring on the 15th of Tishri, which answers to the 30th in? stant, and the Azoret, or feast of conclu? sion, on tho 22d of Tishri, or 7th of October. MAIL AiutANOEiiENTS.-Tha Northern mail opens at 3.00 P. M.; closes 7.15 A. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.00 j P. M.; closeB 6.00 A. M. Charleston night mailop'ens 6.30 A. M.; closes6.00 P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P. M.; doses 6.00 A. M. Western mail opeus 9.00 A. M. ; closes 1.30 P. M. On Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M. RELIGIOUS SERVICES THIS DAT.-Tri? nity Church-Rev. P. J. Shand, D. D., Rector, 10)? A. M. and 5 P.M. St. Peter's Church-Rev. Frauds Ja quemet, 1st Mass, 7 A. M.; 2d Mass, 10>.<. Afternoon Service 4 P. M. Lutheran Church-Rev. A. R. Rude, 10)? A. M. Presbyterian Church-Rev. J. R. Wilson, IOMA. M. nnd 1% P. M. Washington Street Church-Rev. Man? ning Brown, IO)*" A. M. andA%.P. M.' Marion Street Ohurcb-Rev. W. W. Mood, 10$ ?. M. and 1% P. M. . . - , Baptist Church-Rev. J. L: Reynolds," ?oj? A, M. Chapel, (late Christ Church)-Rov. B. B. Babbit, ll A.- M. The following appointments and changes have been announced at tho Executive Department: Joseph D. King, of Horry, J. Bailey and W. P. Noble, of Abbeville, P. A. Williams, of Orangebarg, and Samuel M. Roo!, of Lexington, Notaries Public. George R. Summers, Trial Justice for Orangeburg, vice W. L. W. Riley, re? moved. Resigned-J. A. Whittemore, as Coro? ner for Sumter, E. A. Law, as Jury Com? missioner for Darlington. D. H. Farmer bas been appointed Judge of tho Second Circuit for the un? expired term of JudgeZ. Platt, deceased. HOTEL ARRIVALS, September 9. Nickerson House-NV. E. Mo Michael, Orangebarg; Thomas N. Barber, Vir? ginia; W. J. Magrath, R. DeS. Baoot, Charleston ; S. S. Fraser, R. O. Fraser, W. R. Kline, S. C. ; P. S. Whisnant, Air Lino Railway; H. D. DeLong, Mary? land; W. W. Pemberton, Charleston; J. M. Seigler, Newberry. LIST OP NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. W. D. Love & Co.-All Ready. W. M nllor-School Notice. R. Sc W. C. Swafflold-Clothing. J. D. Tradowolt-Lots for Sale. R. C. Shiver & Co.-Our Own Glove.