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COLOMBIA. S. G. B?tariay Mominsr, September 23i 1871. ?ar Oily Affairs-An Investigation De? mandent. _J. i |?t Was stated ia our isaaoof yesterday, Uhat it was contemplated to apply to the coarte fox an injunction against the oity authorities' in the matter of the new Oity Hall and oity market, on tho ground that -the'oontraotors. were to receive exorbi taut rates for their work. In the dis? charge of oar duty, as a public journal? ist, it beoomes necessary to briag this matter before the public. To say the least, if oarrent rumors be founded , in truth, the interests of the oity have been eaorifloed, and it becomes the duty of the Mayor to proceed to a thorough investi? gation in behalf of: the interests of the .etty. We do not propose now to con? fider the question as to whether there was any demand for a new City Hall or . another oity market. GrantiDg that the <o3?ty Oouuoil were called upon to pat tho oity to this expense, the question is have ?]?Q public interests been guarded and pro iected in the contracte awarded for the . building of the new Gilt/ Bail and the new -city market. We frankly avow that we . are not informed in the premises. Hence we proceed first to call for an investiga \ tioa. It is the duty of the Mayor to have this investigation. If he should . declino so to do, it will then become the - duty of the citizens, as in New York, . to look after their own interests. We vko!d that the time has como for the ci ti? cen in this oountry to show his nerve, ; hie manhood, MB firm resolve to put a s stop to pablio plundering. This has "become a orime that oharaoterizes the .nation, the State, and the etty. The TONO ia becoming a publio nuisance. '{Dbe nuisance should be abated. Bat to return. We repeat that light is de? manded. It is stated that the architect, MT. Parkins, of Atlanta, Ga., has been toeard to declare that the proposed City Hall could be constructed for about .$75,000. . K this be true, the pablio are -entitled to know it, and then to ask the '. question why was it awarded to Mr. iMen for $138,000-thus entailing upon the city an unnecessary expenditure of ' -over $60,000. Again. . It has been 'Stated that the new market is not to be \ ?eo large as the old one, and yet it ie to .?oat more than twice as mueh. If this beso, the publio are entitled to know why this is so, and why the money of the Citizens is to be thus squandered. We call, therefore, for information. If the current rumora are false, they do ?certain individuals great injustice,- and ?they should be set right befor? the ? community. If tho rumors are founded in truth, thon the exposure should be .mode. .. *Ooe of the never-to-be-forgotten boasts of the Badioal presses and orators is, -crbat the grea? party they represent "re? stored the.Union," when assailed by the -?.D?mooratio rebellion." In this, there oro two -serions errors of foot. First, -tho rebellion, eo-oalled, is directly at? tributable to the aggressive and fanatical spirit displayed by the Republican party, -and to the enoroaohmenta, actual and threatened, ot this party on the Federal Constitution. If those who direotly and ?indirectly caused the rebellion are re? sponsible for its results, then we muat -look for the sources of our woes among the fanatics, of whom John Brown was at once a prophet and a martyr. Se? cond, there are serions doubts pervading the pablio mind as to the truth of the Badioal assertion that the Union baa been restored and peace established. Union implies community of interest and fraternity of feeling. The Southern States are not the self-governing politi? cal communities that they were before the wer. Tffey have bad parasitio rulers forced upon them, whose sole in te rea t seems to have been plunder, and whose teile policy the perpetuation of their %ajronet<gnarded authority to mle and ania, Troops are relied upon as the ever-ready supplement to official power, 'in too many instances entirely nsnrpod, and their nae for snob purposes, in op . position to the well-understood wishes of the people, is conolnsive proof that peace," aa yet, is entirely one-sided. The Ka Klux bill, now in foroe, does ?not.proceed on the theory of a peaceful .restoration or r?cognition of the rights .of eelf-government; in it the law of exte Mri?r foroe and conqueror's privileges are recognized. The war power is held superior to oivil polity and the right of .might to the right of rt ison. They cry, ? "peace, peaoe, when there is no peace I" : 'FBOOBBSS OF THE OHOXIOBA.-The cho? lera does not seem to relax its hold or abato ita foroe in its march over Europe. The telegrams from Berlin report that 'the disease increases in virnlenoe in the famous old oity of K?nigsberg, where 'the ratio of deaths has inoreased from fifty to seventy and even eighty per cont. For tho week ending last Sunday . -300 deaths from cholera are recorded. ?Strange Bcd-F?llovr?. The New York Evening Poet gives as some apt illustrations of the adage that "politics makes strangebed-f?llows." It recoils the foot that in 1860 Bailer wai Bent os a Douglas deleg?te to the Charles? ton Convention, bat was so strong a se? cessionist and pro-slavery advocate, that he turned his baok upon the Little Giant and voted more than fifty times for Jef? ferson Davis; and that, on his return, his friends in Lowell held an indignation meeting, to condemn his course in voting with the pro-slavory wing of (ho party. "A few months after that," says the Post, ?'tho New England Anti-Slavery Sooiety held a convention in Tremont Temple, Boston. The pro-slavory De? mocrats who sustained Gen. Butler de? cided that the meeting should be broken up. An organization was formed for that purpose, and ruffians in broadcloth came in from the surrounding towns to help. For two days the society vainly endeavored to transact their business; as 1 often as they met, the "respectable" mob took possession of the g?llenos and drowned the voices of the speakers with songs and aries. At the Bame time terror reigned among tho negroes in tho city, and their houses and churches were wan? tonly attaokod. On the evening of tho socond day, Mr. Wendell Phillips tried to address the meeting in Tremont Tem? ple. But the triumphs of the mob had made it bolder. The meeting waa finally broken np, and Mr. Phillips esoaped with some difficulty. The mob then sought his house, and the utmost efforts of the police were ueoessary to protect it." And now Butler and Phillips are in the same political bed, lying as lovingly together aa., if they had been in oaoh other's arms from earliest infanoy. They both addressed a large meeting at Salis? bury Beach the other day, "and upon the ohief political question now dis? cussed in Massachusetts, the fitness of Gen. Butler to be Governor, they were in happy harmony." The National D?mocratie Committee at Washington has prepared and issued a valuable document, showing tho extra? vagance and corruption of the Badioal party. It ia a statement of Govern mont expenses ander Grant, compared with Democratic administrations. The ex? penses, exclusive of interest on the pub? lio debt, under Grant's first year, were $100,796,355, and tho total expenses were $411,255,477.63. The entire expenses of President Jackson's administration, eight years, wero $145,792,276.20; of Yan Boron's administration, $120,729, 810.15; of Polk's, $147,342,853.34; of Pierce's, $212,066,228.94; of Buchanan's, $263,661,197.76. The eost per capita under Jackson was $1.16; under Grant it is $10.28. Tho expoosos for one year under Grant were nearly double the ex? penses for four years under Pierce. At the rate of the first year, the whola oost daring Grant's term would be over $1,645,000,000, and the doable term which he BO mnoh desires would cost the country over $3,290,000,000. One of the ablest speeches ever made in the United States was delivered at Steubenville, Ohio, last week, by Wm. S. Groesbeck, of Cincinnati. In the aourae of his powerful address, Mr. Groesbeck alluded to the system of plunder inaugurated in the South by the carpet-baggers. Since the Badioal re? construction of the Southern States, he said, the debt of South Carolina has swollen from $6,000,000 to $13,000,000; that of Georgia from $6,000,000 to $20, 000,000; and that of Florida from $500,000 to $15,000,000. The entire in orease in Southern State debts, under Radical carpet-bag reconstruction, is estimated at more than $100,000,000, and the States have hardly anything to show for it. JUNKETING EXTRAORDINARY.-A Wash? ington despatch to the New York Tri bune says: "The Treasury Department continues to send o detachment of three olerks to London with eaoh instalment of the new bonds that goes ont to the syndicate. Eighteen of these fortunate gentlemen are now abroad enjoying themselves at Government expense, and four more de? tachments are to go, making thirty olerks in all. Their passage and all other tra? veling expenses ore paid, and they are allowed to be absent for periods of six weeks eaoh, giving them time to moke a little trip on the continent." The 2Vibune adds editorially : "The Treasury, Post Office, Govern? ment Architect's Office, and nearly every other publio department, has each in turn furnished recruits to the Inokyarmy of American tourists in Europe. Once it was thought to be o fine thing to be a popular city pastor with a sore throat which nothing but European air oould cure, but the modest clergymen ore alto? gether outnumbered by the traveling Go? vernment clerke " An Atlanta paper-it will not be bord to guess whioh->-has an editorial with this caption: "President Grant and the editor of this journal!" [Savannah Republican. GEN, WADU HAMPTON ON THU SITUA? TION.-The following letter, addressed by Gen. Hampton to the editor of the Southern Homo, is published in that paper "in its issue of tho 19 th: COLUMBIA, September 0, 1871. MT DEAR SIB: The Southern Home, of the 5th instant, containing your editorial on the policy to be pursued by the South? ern States in reference to the next Na? tional Demooratio Convention, reached me a day or two ago, and along with it tho letter in which you were kind enough to ask my opinion on this question. Though I cannot flatter myself that ony opinions I may entertain can have the weight your partiality would induce you to attaoh to them, I most cheerfully com f)ly with tho request contained in your ?ttor, because it is only by consultation and discussion among ourselves that we can hope to aot judiciously and harmo? niously. It would, porbapB, bo snflicient to say that I oononr fully in the views you have expressed, aa to tim impropriety of *he South taking any part in tho approaching Convention; but, in deference to your wishes, I give briefly tho reasons which have induced this conviction in my mind. 1. Tho Southern delegates in n Na? tional Convention could exercise no in? fluence in shaping the policy, making up the issues, or selecting the candidates for tho next contest, without seriously injur? ing the prospect of a Democratic tri? umph. That thia would inevitably be the caae, is proven by the result of the last Democratic Convention, where the very presence of Southerners was nsod to prejudice the notion sud to defeat the candidates of our party. 2. If the Southern delegates could not , with propriety, oxert any influence, in the Convention, while their mero attend? ance in it might result in infinite mis? chief to the Demooratio party, it is sure ly the part of wisdum to refrain from participating in the deliberations of the Convention. 3. The Northern Democraoy will have to bear the burthen of the fight in the next Presidential contest, and it is only right that they should choose the field and select the standard-bearers. These, in brief, are (ho reasons, in con? junction with those yon have already so ably advanced, that have convinced me that our true policy ia to abstain alto? gether from all participation in the nest National D?mocratie Convention. Of course, in pursuing this polioy, we should take oare to have our conduct aud motives fully understood by our North? ern friends. We should aay to them, that we aro actuated solely by the desire to promote the success of Democratic principios and Demooratio candidatos; that we wish to leave them free to act, as the best interests of our party demand; and that we pledge them in the contest all the aid wo caa give, only asking them to givo us a good platform, and as ac? ceptable candidates, os they can. When the platform is announced, and the can? didates selected, the Democraoy of the South can ratify the notion of the Na? tional Convention, and they cnn uso every effort to secure the success of tho party; for on ite success depends the ex? istence of the Southern States. If our people concur in ithis policy, arrangements should be made iu oach State to carry it out tully and effectually. Should they not concur, we must, in any event, aot in portent accord and with en? tire harmony. Too much ia at alaka for ns to differ amongst ourselves, and I, for one, am willing to yield my own opinions for tho success of ?ny plan which will tend to save the South from ruin. I nm, very respectfully and truly, yours, WADE HAMPTON. To Gen. D. H. Hinn. Oar Union Camp Meeting Will commence Wednesday, Septem? ber 27th, at Trenholm'8 Grove, five miles South of Columbia, near the South Ca? rolina Railroad, at ll o'olock A. M. Christians of all denominations and all orderly friends to tho cause are cordially invited to attend. Satisfactory arrangements for railroad accommodations have been completed. Speoial trains wiil leave tho South Caro? lina Depot at 9 o'clook A. M. and return at 6 o'olook P. M. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and othor days if necessary. Tickets lo go and return, twenty-five cents. M. WILLIAMS, W. D. HARKIS, A. WESTON. THU SUEZ CANAIJ.-The prospects of the great Egyptian Canal have assumed a brighter appearance. The company has concluded to resort to another loan, < and have authorized tho raising of an : additional 20,000,000 francs. To moet I this the Vioeroy hos allowed the company i to increase the tolls one frano per ton. i The regular traders which use the canal I route represent 340,000 tons. This mul- 1 tiplied by their annual voyages indicates 1 2,000,000 tona, produoing 20,000,000 ' francs for tolls per year. A line of I steamers is to be established between i London and Shanghai, and will com- 1 menee running on the lat proximo. I This is expected to add 600,000 francs annually to the treasury of the canal, I and the company have been apprised by ' the British Government that it intends < sending nineteen transports through be- < tween this month and March next, the i tolls on whioh will be from 700,000 to i 800,000 francs. The practicability of I keeping the canal free of sand aeeumala- : tions has been settled satisfactorily, and 1 indications aro that the question as to 1 the success of the work fiuanoially will, < ere long, have as gratifying a solution. < - > ? ( DEATH OP P. L. DEAN.-We regret to 1 learn that Mr. Preston L. Dean, a pro- ? minent merchant of Fair Piny, died on the 10th instant, after a lingering illness. Mr. Dean waa also n good farmer-aud, altogether, one of our best citizens. f [Keowee Courier. ID tho Columbia Union, of the 10th instant, we fled the following letter: WINNBBOBO, September 15. "To 'mu EDITO u OP THH DAILY UNION: This will inform yon that the Ka Klux are etill on the warpath in thia County. On Monday night, the 4th in? stant, tho boase of George Fiokens, an honest and induetriooB colored man, who lives on the plaoo of Dr. Jeff. Liles, about sixteen miles North-west of this plaoo, was visited by a band of dis? guised men, 'between the hours of 10 and ll o'clock. Tho baud dismounted and fired about twenty allots, the moBt of whioh went through tho house. "PiokeoB has a fine growing crop, and will bo compelled to abandon it. Ho is now in thiB place, making efforts to re? move his family here. Ho can give no oauso for this visit of night ridors, ex? cept that he is a Republican. "There was also a band of Ku Klux out noar Ridgowny, ono night Inst week, but they committed no extraordinary QXOHSSCB. X." Our attention IJAR benn called to this remarkable letter, not only on accouut of tho falsehoods and inaccuracies continu? ed io it, bat also as displaying a delibe? rate attempt to wilfully misrepresent the condition of affairs in this County. In regard to the contents of the letter, wo have this much to Ray in reply: Accord ing to the Btatemout of George Pickeus himself, a party of Dot moro than three or four men did Visit his house, but whether or not they were disguised, he himself does not know. They did not dismount, nor wore twenty shots fired into his house. Wo mnke this Btatemout upon the faith nf what he reported to a gentleman of thin town. * * * * * * The report of tho appearance of Ku Klux at Ridgeway, we pronounce infa? mously false, and unless tho Union cor respondent can furnish good grounds for this statement, ho stnads guilty of a base lie in the estimation of all right minded people. ****** Why is not the Union correspondent prompt in reporting nil outrages in tins County, suoh as barn-burning, cattle stealing, house-breaking, murders, and a host of other crimes that are of daily occurrence in our midst? He does Dot, because the perpetrators aro his friends and political allies, and sit with him in secret conclave, plotting iujary and harm to bis own race. But let ODO of the "callerd brethren" be visited by Homo private enemy, and have a few pistol shots fired at his house, and straightway we see in the "Munchausen organ" of modern times a letter from "Our WinoBboro Correspondeot," de tniliog a horrible Ku Klux outrage in Fairfield Coouty. Every affair in which tho "poor" negro is the victim, is forth? with reported as the work of tho bloody Ku Klux. Wo iotond to expose and dononnco every attempt that is made, calculated to convey a false impression of tho condi? tion of our section of the State. Our County is as quiet aa any ia the Stato, and entirely free from anything of the naturo of Ku Klnxism, tho Union corres? pondent to the contrary notwithstand? ing.- Winnsboro News. SENATOR SCOTT AND THE KU Knox. The Washington Patriot, of Taesday, publishes the following. Wu have received the following oom monioation from a gentleman of this oity, who is thoroughly conversant with the facts. Mr. Pointer's statements will laso their force wheo read in conneotion with this communication: WASHINGTON, D. C., September 18, 1871. EDITOB OF THE PATRIOT-DEAR Sin: This morning's Republican publishes a letter from S. T. Poinier, of Spartan* burg, S. C., in regard to Senator Scott's reoent letter urging that martini law be declared. I write, Mr. Editor, to let your readers know who this man is who says "martial law is the only remedy for these troubles." Just at tho close of the war. Mr. P. came to Spartaoburg, an? nouncing that he was a member of Sher? man's army. There were no United States troops within fifty miles of the place theo, yet he lived thero as safely as the "grand cyclops" himself could. When Johnson and Congress disa? greed, Poinier, who had beeo keoping very quiet, announced that he was a De? mocrat, and was soon appointed post? master. He made Democratic speeches, was a member of the Conservative com? mittee, and tried hard to get nominated by the Democrats for Congress. When Grant was elected, ha was kioked out of the post office to make room for a s cal la wag; in a few months ho doffed his De? mocratic garb, and is now Scott's chief Dook in the plaoo where "Ku Klux oat rages" are prepared tor tho public pa? late. This very man Poinier has him? self been in apmmand of a gang when the most brutal outragea were committed by them. The Ku Klux Committee know this, and yet bia letter is sent to Garant in support of Scott's false asser? tions. If proof of this ia wanted, the testimony of men who, (judging from the Dumber of fat offices they hold,) are high in favor with the present Adminis? tration. But political are not the only changes that have come over this charlatan. When first he came to unfortunate South Oarolina, he was a Baptist divinity stu? dent, ex-ohaplain, .tc; then he became in Episcopal divinity student; now we and him forgetting all this and taking to tho wino cup and writing for Radical newspapers. If the Democrats carry the next Presidential election, there will be no more blatant Democrat in the soimtry than S. T. Poinior, ex-chaplain, px-Baptist, ex-Episoopalian, ex-Demo jrat, and ex-overything, oxcept excusa? ble for boing a turn-coat and false wit? ness against a suffering people. SOUTH CAROLINIAN. Capt. M<.see E. Coxo, un aged and re? spected oitizou of Marlboro, died on tho L7th. A Worro ABOUT SPBOIB PAYMENTS. The ex trafagan ft congratul?t i oas in which' a portion of the party press have been indulging up ou the subject of the honor? able the Seoretary of the Treasury's suc? cess in plaoing $200,000,000-a drop in the bucket-of the national indebted? ness at five per oent. suggests to us two questions, the answer to one of which will go far to annwer the other. First, why should thin financial achievement admitting it to be all that upon tho sur? face it appears and professes to be-in the case of a nation so great, so wealthy, so prosperous and growing as tho United States, bo the Bnbject of congratulation? Secondly, why is it that of late we have hoard so little upon the Bubjeot of a re? turn to specie payments? We take for granted that if this lust event had taken place, if to-day government promises to pay were worth their face in gold, dollar for dollar, Mr. Boutwell wonld have bad no difficulty in placing not $200,000,000 merely, but the whole of the 8500,000. 000 nt five per cont. This is all that is required to place our national credit in the foremost rank of the financial mar? kets of tho world. With a paper cur? rency at par, with the demonstration which the history of the last ten years bas furnished of tho strength of onr in? stitutions, and of the ability and dispo? sition of our people to grapple success? fully with tho heaviest financial burdens, and to bear uncomplainingly whatever weight of taxation the vindication of the national good faith may require, what foreign power could compote with ns in an appeal to capitalists necking an in? vestment at onoe profitable and secure? What is there to-day to hinder the fund? ing of our entire debt upon tho mest fa? vorable terms, but the fact of our irre? deemable and depreciated currency ? This remains a foot in Bpite of all that has been done by tho Treasury, and all that has been borne by the people for the purpose of sustaining and olevating tho national oredit. We have approxi? mated to the standard of specie pay? ments, but we have not reached it. Worse still, the Government in its poli? cy appears to have lost sight of it. Why is this? Has a depreciated ourronoy ceased to bo considered a national evil? If so, all the teaohings of political eco? nomy, all the experience of former times and of other nations, not excluding our own, have boon at fault. Ia the last for? mal debate which took place upon this Bubjeot in the Senate of the United States in tho last winter of Mr. Johnson's ad? ministration, if we remember aright, there was no difference of opinion ex? pressed as to tho importance, the neces? sity oven of a return to specie payments at the earliest practicable moment, that is, if we would impart a healthy tone to trade, prevent confusion of values, re? store the balance of exchanges, and place American oredit upon the pinnacle where it really deserves and ought to be. The only difference of opinion was as to the best method in which this desirable end should bo accomplished. Senators Trumbull, Sumner, Fessenden, Sher? man, Morton, all had their sohomes differing in principle, perhaps-differing in detail largely, but. alike in this, that all aimed ostensibly, and we believe ho? nestly, to make tho paper dollar of the Treasury equal in value to the gold dol? lar of the mint. Unless, as wo have remarked, all for? mer experience is at fault, all former theories, in error, and the whole Senate of the United States, and with them the entire world of thinking and business men, mistaken as to the very principia, the alphabet, so to speak, of the science of political economy, this great desider? atum is as much to be desired to-day as ever before. Why, then, is it so entirely lost sight of by those having the manage? ment of our national finances? And have the American people, lolled to sleep by the indifference and apathy of their rulers, come to regard the present condition of tho currency with equa? nimity, and to consider an irredeemable carrency in the light of a blessing? Be? fore wo congratulate Mr. Boutwell upon his success in placing the new loan at five per cent., we would like to know whoso fault it is that American oredit is so low, that this result, after so much hawking and advertising and such ex? traordinary efforts, a well paid "syndi? cate" being called in at the last, deserves tn he hailed OB a great achievement in ti nance. And this, be it remembered, is a question wholly apart from the doubts and insinuations that are np in financial circles as to the real cost of placing the loan, the commission paid to the "syndicate," and the legality of the expedients resorted to by the Treasury for the purpose.-Ballimore Sun. THE LOST CO URTI.-In explanation of the catastrophe, of which intelligence was given recently, by which an entire County of Florida is represented to have ennk and been replaced by a lake, we are told that the ooean waters flow nnder bog omets in that State for many miles, that salt water fishes have been taken in "sink holes" or openings in this orust sixty miles from the sea-shore. Snoh a caving io soared the people of Orange County, New Jersey, lately, and recalls the simi? lar phenomena in Iowa that recently, in the same way, destroyed several miles of railroad that had been built over an un? suspected lake. So, too, in York Coun? ty, Maine, the railroad that bad been completed around a pond in Alfred sud? denly sank, and when tho cause was aought it was found that an unsaspeoted pond, sixty feet deep, lay under the meadow over which the road had been constructed. But in Florida snoh condi? tions exist more extensively than any? where oise. OPENING FOR THE SEASON.-We under? stand the Mills House is about to be re? opened for the coming season, under the auspices of a well known dry goods mer? chant of this oity, who was some timo since ono of the partners in the manage? ment of tho Charleston Hotel. This is a welcome sign of reviving trado and prosperity.-Charleston Courier. Cocal Xtomio. PuQBSB?&A,-The] pjk??t off pip?le copies ot the rnajNix ?B ayoioe'?ife^ '. jj Tho drawing o? the prizeain the ??ufch Carolina Land and Immigration Society, advertised for the 31 et October, baa, ire are informed, been unavoidably post? poned. . The Randolph Rifles, Capt. Angostas Cooper, had a target excursion, yester? day , in the vicinity of "Gie nd alo." The ou tiro day was spent in a pleasant man? ner,- and the company, on their return in tho afternoon, paraded' through tho prin? cipal streetn. There were three prisses contended for, which were awarded aa follows: Miles Cary, silver capt' Thomas Johnson, silver cop; Henry Champion, silver goblet. The judges wero Mayor Alexander, Policeman Knott, Alderman Hay ne, C. L>. Lowndes and James Gra? ham. The thermometer at the Pollock House yesterday recorded as follows: 7 A.' M., 58; 12 M., 64; 2 P. M., 66; 7 P. M., 67. A fan is a good thing, bot to a gentle? man a Fanny is bettor. Our merchants, and others wishing to prepare for the fall business, will please take notice that the PBXBHTX o flic O is supplied with all necessary material for as handsome oards, bill heads, posters, circulars, and other printing that maybe desired, as any office in the city. Give ns a call and test oar work. W. D. Frazee has been appointed No? tary Public for Richland County. M. H. Berry, Esq., will accept our thanks for late New York papers. Oar old ' friend and fellow-oitizen, John Yeal, Esq., was one of tho Trus? tees of the old Methodist Church, and fills the same position in the new one. Mr. E. F. Gary-conneoted with the State Treasurer's office-has been ap? pointed State Auditor, ad interim. It is said that the King of Siam is about to free all the slaves in his domi? nions. If the abolition of slavery there is to produce snoh a crop of carpet-bag? gers and scalawags as was produced by the abolition of slavery here, we wonld advise his Majesty to go slow. The supposition is that Captain Hall's reception by the Esquimaux will be a cool one. Weare informed that David Benno, Esq., the thoroughly competent bridge builder, has closed a contract with Comptroller Neagle for the ereotion of an iron bridge over the Congaree, the Bite of the old Columbia Bridge. Well-timed silenoe is more eloquent than speech. The cares of the day should be flung off with our clothes. Predictions of another meteoric shower "about the lost of this month" are again going the rounds. MAIL ARRANOEMEHxs.-The Northern mail opens at 3.00 P. M.; closes 7.15 A. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.00 P. M.; CIOBOB 6.00 A. M. Charleston night mail opens 6.30 A. M.; closes 6.00 P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P. M.; closes G.00 A. .M. Western mail opens 9.00 A. M.; closes 1.80 P. M. On Sunday office open from 8 to 4 P. M. HOTEL ARRIVALS, September 22. Nickerson House-J. B. MoCants, Winne boro; W. R. Kline, S, C.; S. O. Clyde, S. A. Townes, Greenville; W. F. Ootte, Ya.; A. E. Alden, Washington; Mrs. J. >D. Henry, Miss. ; D. D. Aling, New Or? leans; John H. Winthrop, Mass.; J. H. Henry, Laurens; M. 8. Chester, S. C.; J. W. Greene, New Market; Miss CC. Daniels, Anderson; W. H. Elliott. Md.; J. H. Walker, Norfolk; Miss L. Bryoe, Miss M. Bryce, Colombia; Wm. J. McCormick, Charleston; Eugene Mikel], Summit; M. M. Bailey, Va.; Daniel Horlbeok, ?. C. ; 8. E. Blanobard, Ga. Columbia Botel-S. t?. Gilbert. F. S. Rodgers, W. E. Howland, Charleston; David Homphill, James M. Brawler, Chester; G. M. Green, Illinois; John M. Bauer, St. Louis; W. A. Bradley, Au? gusta; M. W. Abney, Edge fi old; E. B. Blakeley, Clinton ; Mrs. Shoenberg, Wal? halla; J. T. Craig, Clinton; Walter Hur? ley, S. & A. T. Co.; John Moon, Rich mond; Edmund ?. Fisk, New Orleans; Frank S. Roberts, Augusta; I. W. Hayne, New York. LIST or Nsw A D vEimcEnmsTa. J. Soimonelli-Removal J. B. Sitton-For Sale. W. S. & J. M. Tolbert-Malea. L?rick & Lowrance-Oats. J. B. S teed man-Summons. IMPORTANT TO BurLDBBS AND Co NTH A OYO OB. Wo learn from oar Charleston exohangea that Mr. P. P. Toalo, the well-known manufacturer of Doors, Bashes, Ulinda, Ac, has established a dopbt at No. 20 Hayne street, whore be keeps constantly on hand not only aU articles from bis own manufactory, but aleo every variety of builders' hardware, French and Amorioau window glass, both plain and ornamental, slate mantels, and. in short, ovory thing, ne? cessary to fluifth handsomely a residence, a Btoro. or a church. Aug 81t ONLY TW J TEA-SPOONFULS of Doo ure's YEAST POWDEB to a quart of flour are necessary to produce extra biscuits, rolla, Ac, while tboBO of ordinary manufacturo require nearly dou? ble that quantity. This is owing to ita per Poet purity and extra strength. Asido from this faot, oaeh package contains tho full ?mount that is represented. Hence, DOOLEY'S Itt the OH KAI'EST, DEST AND MOST RELIABLE in market, and takes tho precedent of all others. Grocers koop it everywhere DOOLEY A Bno., manufacturers, 60 New street, Now York. Bopt19 ^3