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COLUMBIA, S. C. Wedneslay Morning: i October 18 1871. Tb? Ground Upon Whicli Whey Stand. Since writing the artiole published yesterdays we bavo been informed that tbe lato issue of bonds by tho City Oounoil is based upou the Aet of 1851, which Aot is entitled uAn Actio alter and amend the cJiartei' of the ioion of Colum? bia, and for other purposes." We make the following extraot from said Act, aa pertinent to tho question nt issue: ' And wberenB the present Town Coun oil of Columbia have subsoribed for stock in tho Hamburg nad Columbia Railroad Company, sud are also con? siderably indebted, many of which debts are about to fall due: Be it therefore enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Alder? men of the oity of Columbia be, and they are. hereby, authorized. to borrow money by issuing city stock,- from time to time, to the amount of $500,0(10, if to .much be nee casu ry, to pay tbe instal? ments on the subscription of the Town Council to the said railroad, and the debts which may be due or may become due, and require to be paid by said Mayor and Aldermen: Provided, That the private property of the citizens of the said oity of Columbia shall not be liable in law or equity for the payment of the corporate debts that shall or may be created under the granted powers herein made, in any other mode than by a regular and uniform taxation. Then follows a chimie giving the Mayor and Aldermen power to sell the stock of said railroad company to redeem the bonds thus authorized to be issned. - Our renders can now consider the grounds upon which, as wo are reliably informed, the City Council based their recent issne of bonds. Whether advised to this course or not by their legal ad? viser, does not appear upon the record at least, upon tbe record given to the pnblic. Let us now consider the Act quoted above. Does that Aot give the Counail the right they were seeking? It appears to us, clearly aud decidedly not. In the first place, it is a matter of fact that the oity of Columbia never con? summated tho subscription for stock in the Hambarg and Columbia Railroad. But the question arises, is the present Council, seventeen years after, author? ized to isBuo "city stocks" "to pay the debts which may be due or may become due, and required to be paid by said Mayor and Aldermen?" We hold, dear? ly not. "The debts which may be doe or may become due," certainly have re? ference to obligations that hud already boen incurred by the oity of Columbia. The reference being, then, to debts which had been incurred prior to the passage of this Act in December, 185-1, it is obvious that under the said Act the Council had not a shadow of authority to issue new bonds, no matter how the procoeds were to be applied. In fact, -we deem it unnecessary to enlarge upon this point. The City Council must, in? deed, have been hard pressed for some authority'to make a bond issuance, when they were disposed to depend upon this mero semblance of authority. If addi? tional argument were, necessary, we might refer to the fact, that in 1856 and in 1866, respectively, the city of Colum? bia was again authorized to issue bonds. Now, if thia authority to issue 3500,000 in 1851 still existed, it is plain that the issues of 1856 and 1866 would have been unnecessary. It is, we hold, a plain case that the City Council bad no right whatever to proceed under the Act of 1854, and we cannot perceive how any mind can maintain the affirmative. Thus we leave the Council in tho wilderness, and standing upon a very sandy founda? tion. Upon a mere pretence of authority, tho City Council proceeded to issue, and did in secret issue, oity bonds to the estent of $250,000! OottREOTioN.-It seems that we were in error in assuming that tho City Coun? cil had adopted the resolutions of the Mayor, offered at the recent meeting of the City Council. They were referred to a committee. Thus it appears that we have givon tho City Connoil too much credit. ' So much tho worse for that body. It appears that it has not yet roached even that, measure of redress, inadequate and partial as we have cha? racterized it, and as we still deem it. LYNCH LAW.-It is onrrently reported that Gen. Sheridan has executed a num? ber of thieves in Chicago, among them James Monday, Barney Aaron, Bill Tracey, Jim Brown, Edward Newman, famous under the alias of- Dutch Hein richs, and Joe Butts, the bauk robber. The Northern papers generally commend thia action of the military diotator; but if anything of the sort is done at the South it is termed Eu Kiuxism, and in the attempt to punish tho perpetrators many innocent persons aro arrested, and put to great expenso aud inconvenience. Things will changa after awhilo, per? haps. _ ^ _ Book-keepers and ohickons have to aoratch for a living. ??Not li lng Extenuate, {for Set Down Aught in Malice"-The Duty ut ttie City Council. Tho Oity Council have huon advised to put forth a stutemeut with reference to their conduct ia connection with tho Oity Hall and now market. Let us, by all means, havo this "statement." We aro prepared to do justice, though the heavens fall. This wo have to say: We have offered no allegations, havo made no charges which wo believe caunot be substantiated. It is true, that wo shall aualjse very closely any statement that tho City Couucil may make. But we shall give full oredit to the merits of their defence-if defence they have. As to our object in this affair, it is the protection of the publio iutorests. The proprietor of this jourual IB tho oity printer. If we wore lo be influenced by meroly personal considerations, we might remain silent, and exeroise indul? gence to tho Council. But we claim to havo risen above these influences, and to bo engaged in tho earnest defence of those interests with which independent and honest journalism is charged. But we go farther. There is something more than a "statement" demanded. Except- | iag the motion to modify tho bond ar- I rangement, and to repudiate Alderman Wigg'8 arrangement with Dr. Nouglo, the City Couucil have chosen to romain silent as to the serious allegations made of neglect and misconduct iu connection with the oontraot awards. Now, they are bound to undo what has been wrong? fully douo, and to do so forthwith. We hold that it is obligatory upon the City Council: 1. To repudiate all ikey have done in connection toith the bonds issued; to recover possession of them and lo cancel them, 2. To declare the contracts made, respect? ively, with Mr. J. M. Allen and Messrs, Smith and Simons, null and void, and thuB BO to provide that if the new market and Oity Hall should be built at all-which is doubtful-they shall be built upon the best and cheapest terms possible, without fraud and collusion in the premises. This we hold that the City Council are bound to do; this we believe is the popular demand, and this wo hold the City Council should in law be made to do. Let the legal screw be applied-if necessary. In referring to the President's South Carolina Eu Klux proclamation, the Now York World says: Republican logic is neatly exemplified I in a city co-temporary'? defenoe of the "severe measures" against supposed members of the Kn Klux Klan carried out by "Federal officials" in North Caro? lina, and now to be enforced by the same authority in South Caroliuu. Avoiding the main question of jurisdic? tion, save in a passing allusion to the indignation of the Southern press at this usurpation of power by the central ad? ministration, it is placidly asserted that "no law-abiding oitizeu will be likely to j object to any measure designed to put ian end to the reign of violenoe and punish flagrant crime." On the contra? ry, it seems to us that all "law-abiding" oit i zens, and they alone, are "likely to object" to the exercise of despotic autho? rity; and this not from any sympathy with the violence or crime of private in? dividuals, but because justice, to be assured, must bo circumscribed by laws which bind the rulers as weil us the ruled. Suoh an argument as we have quoted is founded on the Jesuitical maxim that "the end justifies the meaus," over-ridiug all law save the law of might, and would apply with equal plausibility to the sudden vengeance of an irrespon? sible mob, or to the invasion of our shores by the forces of a foreign govern? ment which might desire, io the interest of Immunity, to repress the violence of Butler and his followers iu Massachu? setts, or to punish the peculations of Federal office-holders in tho Now York Custom House. THE LATE A. II. ABRAHAMS, ESQ. Another old citizen of Charleston has gone. Yesterday morning tho veueruble man, whose natue bends this article, breathed bis lust, at his residence, in State street, surrouuded by u lurgu host of weeping friends und relatives. Mr. A. H. Abrahams was born in Bremen, in tho year 1801, and was at tho timo of his death sevonty years old. At an early age he came to Charleston, uud started in business, which by his thrift, integrity aud enterprise he soon made remunerative. He has lived in Charles? ton for hulf a century, aud been identi? fied with hor business interests for over thirty years. Yesterday morning, while i in tho enjoyment of appareut health, a sudden fit of apoplexy carried him off, and terminated a long life of usefulness. He was a man of large heart, and al l though unostentatious, never tired iu doing good. Among tho Israelites he was held in high esteem, and noue know tho mau but to respect him. [Charleston Courier. Tho burning of Chicago, terrible as that catastrophe has been, is actually surpassed in horror by the greater fires in the North-west. These fires have swopt through five greut States, totally destroying oitios, villages aud fat rn houses, consuming almost incalculable quantities of wood and lumber, ruiuiog tho crops, and causing a loss of lifo that is absolutely appalling. Probably 2,000 persons will prove to, have perished in the burned district of the North-west, while it is impossible io estimate tho actual and prospective loss in property whioh tho fire has cansed. The South Carolina Delegation to Che Coloicd Convention. MB. EDITO i'.: Tho colored people of South Carolina havo been not only de? frauded oat of their right to representa? tion in the appointment of their dele? gates, but also grossly i na ul tod by the Republican Exeoative Committee, (so called,) in the assumption of that right which clearly belonged to their mastors, tho people. This fraud, perpetrated by these pseudo HepubllcuuB, is only equal? ed by their impudence. By what right has this committee assumed to spunk for tho people? What do they kuow of the wants or care for tho rights aud interests of either the whito or tho black nice? Thoir delegation is that of a clique, elected iu the interest of a corrupt ring, bent only on advancing its seltish sobornos, at ull hazards. Tho honied words oi sumo of tho speiikefa on that ocoasiou will bo long remembered us tho utterances of those who have deceived us onco, with the whiuiug caut of thu hypocrite, und but opeu our oj es to thu fact that thoy can only bo intended to deceive us nguiu. Thu delegates chosen by tho said committeo might have boen eleoted by tho people, but must be repu? diated hereafter if they accept tho posi? tion of our representatives without our action or approval. That the colored people of tho Stute huvo not elected delegates to represent them (despite thu action of the committee) does indeed ro? lled upon their manhood, intelligence and patriotism, but it is not too lute to say that there aro thoso of us who pre? fer no representation whatever, to that 'of a delegatiou elected by a clique, which has shown so clearly its utter in? difference to any higher aim thuu party success, and tho emoluments of ollieo. Wo utterly repudiate the trickery und corruption of that insolent ring, which, in the name uf Republicanism, has per? petrated this fraud upon our rights; and wo also repudiate tho delegatiou which eau only ropreseut tho corrupt clique which called it into ex in tonco. When the future candidates for oflice, nomi? nated through tho treachery and gold of these inflated tricksters, uro pluccd be? fore ns for our suffrages, wo will repudi? ate them also. COLORED VOTERS 3D CON. DISTRICT. ? ?? ? ? COLUMBIA, October 17, 1871.-At a meeting held by Jumes M. Allen, con? tractor on State Lunatic Asylum, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That tho Board of Regents of the State Lunatic. Asylum uro most respectfully requested to place sufficient funds iu tho State Treasury to pay their orders, (when given,) so tbut the con? tractor may put such force on tho build? ing as will satisfy the Superintendent, and "add to the comfort of the unfortu? nate people entrusted to his cure." JAMES M. ALLEN, Contractor, Chairman. In compliance with the request ap? pended, wo publish the following appeal. Wo cannot nuswer for the sauity of the writer: NOTICE TO ALL.-Man-oh! man why cast off tho duties you ono to your Qod? Tho time is ueur ut hand for all mankind to worship tho true and living Qod, or drink an endless woe. Be it so. In the name of Jesus Christ, tho time is ou us for a chauge-otherwise you ure cursed unaware of your condition. (Signed) H. W. MORRIS. HONORABLE SIR: I have enclosed you a notice for tho publie, tb all thut'may take warning, otherwise they will re? ceive the cup of wrath und indignation of Qod, as He is disposed to issue in the fulness of His own name. Will you please huvo tho same published iu your papers of that vicinity aud oblige. Yours, with obedience, H. W. MORRIS. CAVT. JACOB H. POOSER.-Our South? ern exchanges bring us tho melancholy I tidings of the decease of tho gentlemau i whose name appears nt the heud of this j article. Ho died ut his residence iu Ma j riuuu, Fla., after a Hil gering illness. Capt. Pooser was a native of South Curo I lina, hut for tho past twenty years a ro.si [ deut of tho State of Florida. Ho wus a prominent citizon iu tho locality in ! which he so long resided, having at one I time represented Jackson County iu thc State Legislature. A mun of sterling . character, ho possessed a Spartan iinn I ness of purpose and an irreproachable integrity in nil tho affairs of lifo. An I ardent Southerner, he gave to the cause of his native laud three as noble sons as ! ever braved tho perils of tho battle-iield, i iuvested all his ready monoy iu efforts tu sustain the credit of the Confederacy, and, leaving his planting interests, hired his .slaves to the Qoverument to engage them in works of pnblio utility. Brave of soul aud high of honor, truthful, generous and siuoere, ho was profoundly respected und admired by associates and neighbors. As a prominent member ol tho Methodist Church, hu lived in itt communion with nil fidelity, and died iu its bosom, sustained, no doubt, by thc consolations of tho faith which ho sc long professed.-Neto Hork South. PERSONAL.-Tho New York Herald, ot Saturday, says: "Senor do Moneada, lute Spanish Consul at Charleston, S. C., hus boen nominated member of tho Spa nish Congress for his State, whilo du ? visit to that country. Senor du Mon eada belongs to one of tho mobt libera aud most respectable families in Murcia, his native State." lu the private oflico'of Mr. Cowley, business manager of tho' Chicago Wt hunc, was a large Krupp sholl, tl relic ol the sieg?"of Paris. When tho Tribum oUico took, tire this tdieU exploded., muk iug d breach io tho walls fifteen feet widt from tho foundation to the roof. ANNIVERSARY" OF THB DEATU OF LEE AT BALTIMOBE-ADDRESS OF GEN. WADE HAMPTON.-The Co nc or din Opera House was filled to overflowing, last evening, to bear Gen. Wade Hampton's address on the Life and Character of Geo. Robert | E. Leo. The ami i o nc o was well worthy of .the orator, and the address was | equally well worthy of the audience. From first to lust, during tho two hours 1 which were spout iu its delivery, Gea. Hampton riveted tho attontion of his hearers, occasionally eliciting' tumultu? ous applause, when ho made allusion to tho more prominent events in thu lifo of the grout Virginian, or to the moro pro? minent of his great, lieutenants and com rades-iu-urms. It is uot possible, in.an outline of tho address, to convey an ade? quate idea of itu graphic power or fervid eloquence. It will bo published shortly by the committee, in pamphlet form, when all will havo ian opportunity of [ reading tho eloquent tribute of tho great Carolina soldier to the memory of .his illustrious commander. Among tlio dis tiuguished gentlemen who occupied the stage wu observed Hou. Jell'. Davis, who was greeted with loud uud hearty ap? plause by the au di e. nco. There were also present on the stngo Gens. Gordon, Fields, Steuart uud Trimble, Commo? dore Hollins, Judges Burtol, Inglis, Garey ami Piuckuoy, Ileitis. Reverdy Johnson, Wm. George lirowu, S. T. Wallis, Esq., Rev. Dr. Bullock, Cols. Kane, Johnson, Marshall, Meliluir uud Andrew;-, Messrs. Stool, Armistead, Nor? rie, Morrisoti, Gittings, Kirkland, Clark, Poe, Halo, Trippe, Hodges, Torseh, and other distinguished gentlemen. [Baltimore Gazette, 13/A. SAILING: or THE GEORGIA.-This popu? lar mammoth .steamship went to sea ou Saturday afternoon with tho largest cargo of tho new crop yet moved coast? wise, embracing 2,?bt) balen, besides 500 casks of rice, clay, naval stores uud goods, fou'itig up about 2,800 packages iu nil. Her draft of water was eleven feot four inches aft and tou feet four inches forward. Freight room under tho recent heavy roceipts is getting scarce, und but for the pr?sence of such heavy freighters us the South Carolina and Georgia, there would bu a pressure for accommodation; but with three steamships ouch week, uud ouo of the j three alone equal to 2,500 or 2,000 bules, tho current is likely to flow smoothly and steadily forward to tho great centres North aud East. Tho South Carolina sails next Thursday, and will load full. [Charleston News, lGlh. CIVIL RIGHTS.--Tho United States Commissioner ut Wilmingtou, N. C., has decided a case nuder the Civil Rights Bill, where colored men prosecuted a sa? loon keeper for refusing to sell liquor, the Commissioner saying that .the com? plainants could not purchase without a contract to that effect, and that it was impossible to compel any person to dis peso of any property without his con? sent. A petition to tho President is cir? culating asking tho Commissioner's re? moval. DEATH AT SEA.-Oo the last trip of the Virgo, Miss Caddie Monroe, of Bos ton, known as tho "fut girl," aged niu years, .and weighing 300 pouuds, died very suddenly of heart disease, uud waa buried at nea on Thursday last. She, in company with her mother uud Dr. D Prescott, ngeut, were passengers on tho Virgo, on their way to atteud tho fairs iu Georgia during the ensuing season Tho body would not keep, uecessitating its commitment to a watery grave. SUDDEN DEATH OE AN AGED COUPLE. Mr. William B.indel and bis wife, Mrs Mary Bundol, both died yesterday within I seven hours of each othor, ut the resi ; dence of their son, Mr. S. L. Baudot No. 207 North Broadway. Mr. Bandel was in bis eighty-fifth year aud his wife in her eighty-fourth, aud they had been married sixty-seven years.' The wife hud been quito active until within thu past few days, and died at 10 A. M. yes terday, rather suddeuly.-Baltimore ?sun THE LATE CHARLES A. DESAUSSURE. Tho funeral of this highly esteemed aud venerable gentleman took place yostor day afternoon, nt St. Luke's Church and was attended by a large number of tho friends and relatives of tho deceased. Mr. DeSaussure was one of a good old generation which hassal most passed a way.-Char tesla ti Ne ws. Tho Intelligencer expects the coming Anderson Fair to reflect tho highest cre? dit on the County. Tho farmers aro fully alivo to the occasion, and will pre? sent, a splendid array of stock of all kituls aud thu finest specimens of their held crops. The household department pro? mises to bu unusually attractive. Tho census statistics show that the total number of Get mans residiug in tho Uuited States is 1,690,533. Mexico, Mo., ia tho happy homo of a couple who have beeu married thrice and divorced twico. Orangeburg Fair OVENS TUESDAY, October 24, and cloaca THURSDAY, Octobor 20. tleturn paa aago and freight on South Carolina Railroad freu. Art icios received fur exhibition ut Ruil road Depot in Orangeburg, uud hauled to Fair Uruuuda treu of charge. Adilreas EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, Oct 18 1 O. A. H.. Omngcluirg. s. 0. Strayed or Stolen, FROM tho plantation of Maj. J. G. Lykea, on thu night nf the lotti inst., _, i ii no-black horse MULE, about four II..ads high, with three whim spots on loft hip, uu<! M about aix yours old. Said mulo ia veiy quick in harm-as. A rewirdof #2? will bo paid if delivered to my camp, ou tho Waleroi River, or il lett with M-d LyKes. _ ?'*18 a* 'h . i':LIJa? For Sa:o. fjllI?T desirable property belonging to Mrs. JL I1' UV J?ayr??it? situated between Sonuto and Mollumi, l(oiider?on uud Barnwell si rents, continuing l'EN AU lt EH. Tobe auld lu ono body, or divided to suit purchasers. Said property can bo treated for ut private salo until lat December. Purchasers to pay for stumps and pupers. Ap?Jy tn VY. tl. Ul RUES. Oct 18 3 CONSIGNEES TER YELLOW AND GREEN LINES, VIA CHARLOTTE, COLUMBIA AND ADODSTA RAILROAD, COLOMBIA, October 17, 1871.-J. P. ElkiD, Suhvan & Co., J. D. Cash, W. H. Webb, R. & W. C. Swa?leld, W. B. Stanley, J. A. Hendrix & Bro., Copeland* B., J. Agnew & Son, W. C. Carr, Lorrick & L., B. F. Griffin, J. A. & W. H. Bailey, j! W. Rykurd, C. E. Fleming, F. Brookbanks & Co., J. Sulzbuohur, W. Robertson, R. Hunnon, George Symmers, P. L. Lafitte, M. H. Dorry, J. P. Love, J. H. Priser, J. N. Frick, J. B. Ransom, J. C. Dial, R, C. Sliiver, Cooper ?fe Taylor, M. Cocderford, C. Hamborg. W. H. L., C. H. Mint, John Knox,' Kennedy, AL ?fe Co., J. L. Dodgo, J. D. Pope, A. A. ^Blythe, W. F. Sturgiss, W. Gorman, J. McKenzie, G. Diercks, A. M. Bowden, L. Strouss, B. ?fe M.. Fagan Sc Bro., J. C. Seegers & Co., ?L?. R Smith & Co., M. D. Baily, F. ?fe Miller, James Brown, L. H. B., J. H. A., Quarlca, P. Sc Co., J. A. Jarrett, J. D. M., J. H. White, J. A. Hudgins, Copeland, W. Sc Co., A. W. L., B. Davis, J. J. Hill Sc Co., A. P. Hilliard, J. & J. L. McO. Ferguson Sc M., D. M. Ward & Co., Wheeler ?fe M, J. L. cfc F. Bubbs, John S. Morgan, R. Williams, W. A. L. D. B. Glymps, A. D. Lovelaoo, J. L. ic W. S., D. Miller, M. Brannon, M. N. Coleman, J. D. Lipscomb, J. Caldwell Sc Co., J. H. Allen, M. Hale, E Hope, M. Fustenberger, CK M. Audrews, Geo. Sy m mors, H. Murdock, B. F. Y., W. C. Harris, R. McUaddeu, F. W. Wing, W. H. Webb. Bine Ridge Railroad. TIIE Annual Meeting or tho .Stockholders of thu li Iud Ridgo Railroad in South Ca? rolina will bo held on THURSDAY, the lGth day ol November, 1H71, at tho ollice of the Company, in Columbia, at 12 o'clock. By or? der of tho President. NV. H. D. GAILLARD, Secretary. Oct IS wi URSULINE CONVENT," VA I. LE CH WIS, SEA il COL UM li IA, S. C. THIS excellent School openod .September 1, and oilers board and . Education ut the moderate terms 'of ?l?O per sesaioh. Music, Lau Ktiagos and Painting form extra chaises. Foi -circulars, apply to THE MOTHER SUPERIOR, N.E. Refugoes, or pureutB visiting Colum? bia for health, univ outer their duugliters bv Ihu month. _ _ Oct 18 12^' j u s x R E (J E I V E D AT M?KENZIE'S, MA IX STREET, ORANGES, PEARS. ^Northern Apples, new' *Eigs, new crop Hai? das, Dates, Bor *doaux Pr .UH a i h tun all* packages, Fresh Euglieh Walnuts, Palm Nuts, Paper, Sholl and other Almonds. Delaware Crapes, Carlsbad Sugar Wafers. English Sugar Wafers, Albert Crackers. Nick Nacks, a full assortment of Cukes, Candies. Ac, on hand constantly. Oct IS 6 OFFICIAL. "Home Insurance Company. Cash assets, October 1,1871.$4,723,200 52 Losses at Chicago will not exceed 2,000,000.00 Eoaviug each assets, October 12, 1871.f2,723.20G; All loase* trill be promptly paid, and policies issued as usual. CUAS. J. MARTIN, President. J. H. WASiinuRK, Secretary. New York, October 12, 1871." S. L. LEAPUART, Agent, Oct 17 Columbia, S. C. J. RTSOLOMONS, M. D.~ DENTIST, TENDERS h s professional services,tb citizens of Columbia during prevalence of yellow fd 1 ver in Charlouton. S7~ oilice oppouito Columbia Hotel, over D.nlie Sc Chapman's bookstore. Oct 17 Cow Feed. 5/~Kf"V/'\ POUNDS moro of fine COW ?\J\J\J FEED, junt received, and will bo sold lower than any on tho market for cash. JOHN D. BATEMAN, Oct ll At tho Columbia leo Houne. * Cheviot Shirts. WE havo received five dozen CHEVIOT SHIRTS, that wo will warrant tho cloth puro, and made hy D. A J. Anderson, Glasgow, who manufacture these gooda exclusively. ALSO, ' SO pair lino IiLiCK CAS3IMERE PANTS. HATS, HATS, HATS. Afresh arrival. Oct Iii Imo CHILDS & WILEY. Barley ! Barley ! PLANTERS eau havo SEED BARLEY at $1 25 uer bushel. Terms cash. Sept 22 JOHN C. HEEGERS. "Fish. WE arc sound on tho FISH question. New MACKEREL-Bonton inspec? tion-iii kita, half barrols and barro s. Also, '"Meus Mackerel." Theso aro strange Fish-having neither heads nor tails. Also, Codlirth, Tongues and Sounds, highly recommended by tho faculty. For salo by_GEO. SYMMERS. Maccaroni, &c i}f\CASES Italian MACCARONI. ?miVj ? cases Vermacclli. 1 caso Tapioca. Soa Moss Farina, Arrow Root, Ac. All fro?h.__GEO. SYMMERS. For Sale. 1AAA AAA FEEr LUMBER. Par- I ,UU? t 4\J\J\J ties can ho supplied at ron .-omi Ule noes by applying to Sept 2 JOHN E. GYLES, at Hope's store New Mackerel. OA A WHOLE, Half Barrels and Kite ?\ f ll Nos. 1, '1 and 8, Boston inspection, just received and for salo much lower tbau at any time sinco tho "little unpleasantness." Sept 17__E. HOPE. The South Carolina Club. THE annual ball of tho South Carolina Club will bo givenon THURSDAY EVEN? ING, November ?, 1871, at Irwin's Hall, MES 'olumbia, 8. C. Tho annual mooting of the Club will bo hold in Columbia ou November 10,1871. By order Executive Committee; WM. T. GARY, Proaidont. Official: U. E. ELLISON, JR., Secretary. > WOharloston Courier and News copy three | times a woek in daily. Oct 7 415 Ha o o a 1 lt ? fyi s ? PHONIXIANA.-The price of . jingle copies of the PHOENIX is five cents. The PHONIX office is supplied with all oecessury material for as handsome cards, bill heads, posters, pamphlets, hand-bills, circulars, and other printing that maybe desired, as any office in the Sonth. Give us a cull and test our work. Tho colored convention assembles in the hnli of the House of Representatives, to-day. "Chicago," says an exchange, "has tho satisfaction of knowing that she has tho sympathy of the civilized world." Yes, eho certainly has that satisfaction ; but don't you think that she paid a rather exorbitant price for it? Anna Dickinson is evidently lacking in tho respect which every true American should feel for the Presidential chair and thc iucumbeut thereof. She says: "Though the silence of other men may be golden, that of President Grant is leaden" Wicked Anna Dickinson. A correspondent from Bamberg in? forms us that the corn-house apd kitchen of Mr. A. E. Simmons, in that town, was destroyed by an incendiary fire, on tho Dight of the 15th. He had jost gathered his corn crop, amounting to 125 bushels-which was totally lost. We return our thanks to President Alexander for a complimentary card of admission to the "Fair of the Carolinas," to be held in Charlotte, on tho 21th, 25th, 2Glh and 27th October. Also, to the President of the OraDgeburg Agri? cultural Society for a similar favor. The parade of the Independents, which wus to have como off, yesterday afternoon, was indefinitely postponed. Charon should throw away his torches and light the passage across the Styx with kerosene. A lamp, overturned on the Gib, burned up a yacht and its plea? sure party, and another, kicked over on the Sth, burned up Chicago. November 13 is announced os the occasion of the grand free exhibition of shooting stars. Chicago is already itself again. The thrifty survivors of the fire are putting up new houses, and half a page of ono of the newspapers there is filled with "re? movals"-the genial and cheerful term which these people apply to the change of location necessitated by their being burned out. The magnificent businesa tact of Chicago is fully equaled by mag? nificent mettle. The thermometer at the Pollock House ranged as follows, on'Monday: 7 A. M., 70; 12 M., 75; 2 P. M., 78; 7 P. M., 77; aud on yesterday, as follows: 7 A. M., CO; 12 M., 64; 2 P. M., 65; 7 P.' M., 64; indicating the approach of cold weather. Somebody started the report-the other day that Chicago was set on fire by the "rebels." Ii wouldn't surprise us much if the young man who was milking the cow that kicke'd over the lamp that set tho barn ou lire should turn out to have boen a Major-General in the Confederate army. . . MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-The Northern mail openB at 3.00 P. M.; closes 7.15 A. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.00 P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Charleston uight mail opens 6.30 A. M. ; closes 6.00 P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 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. HOTEL ARRIVALS, October 17. Columbia Hotel-h. Hill, Edgetield; W. T. Craycroft, H. J. Nowlan, N. C.; W. M. Dwight, Winusboro; H. A. Wendell, S. & A. T. Co.; ,7. D. Bruce, Newberry; J. R. Gibbes, W. Dudley, G. A. Sey? mour, John S. Riggs nod wife, Charles? ton; L. A. Steichel, Summerville; H. T. Peake, A. McBeth, Charleston.; J. H. Bradley and wife, U. S. Army; Kirk Robinson, Ornugcburg; G. W. Palmer, New York; W. H. Lindsay, N. C. R. R.; G. N. S. Aiken, Robinson's. Circus; J. P. Bainbridge, Now York; H. M. Drane, E. E. Burnes, N. C. ; W. W. Pemberton and wife, Orangeburg; W. E. Earle, Greenville. Central Hotel-B. P. Aughtry, F. Gre? gory, P. Duuu, T. Vinson, J. W. Vin? son, J. Crawford, M. Fant, T. G. Foster, W. MoNunce, T. J. Green, J. P. McKis Bock, W. T. M. Williams, Union; T. O. Barbie, Ky.; A. Jossolyn, Greenville; W. C. Meredith, G. & C. R. R. Nickerson House-ll. Ransom, N. C.; T. W. Allen, Beunettsville; J. G. Haines, Philadelphia; W. R. Kline, Chester; B. Boyed, R. & D. R. R.; J. W. Caldwell, Mississippi; Fred. Scblegmilch, Gilbert Hollow; M. M. Hovey, Massachusetts; D. W. Jay, J. A. Moore, S. C. ; R. L. Fraser, Mrs. Anderson, two children and servant, L. S. Fraser, wife, child aud servant, S. C.; J. R. 'Chatham, Grub-AU; Capt. Pettingiii, S; 0. *-? LIST OP NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ? J. J. Ellis-Strayed or Stolen. . Just Arrived at McKenzie's. Ursulino Convent. Oraugeburg Fair. W. H. Gibbes-For Salo. W, H. D. Gaillard-Meeting. OFFICIAI. UAFFLK NUMUKUS Charleston Chari. fable AfSiioiathm, for benefit Free 8chool fund: RAFFLE CLASS NO. 178 - Morning*-October 17. 58-24-51-17-28 7-40-54-20-C9 19-13 Witness mv hann, at Columbia, tins 17th day of October, 1871. FENN PECK, Oct 18 Sworn Commissioner.