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COLUMBIA, S. C. Friday Mor mue:, August 9, 1872. For President of the United States, HORACE ORGELET, of New York. For Vice-President ?TS. GRATZ miOWN, or Missouri. TU? King Fool. Now comes the Governor in a letter to Henry Glows & Co., which we publish this morning. He, too, is anxious about the credit of the State. He wants the interest paid. But the most significant sentence of his lotter is tho admission ?that he ba? boen urged to levy the spe ?cial tax for iu',crest immediately. What is the moaning of this? It is plain. The ring want tins money now. Tho clcc Jion U approaching. They are candi .'.lated for ro-olooliou, or expect to bo. The Statu coffers are empty. They must . bo filled iu order to pay the expenses. The puoplo uro to be nguiu taxed to ruise money to put in ofliou those who hu vc robbed them for four years. In plain ?words, tho scheme is as follows: Auditor Qary is to bc forced cither to levy this special tux now and collect it immediate? ly, or he must resign or bc removed, to ..give place to a supple tool of tho ring. Tho new Auditor will then levy a special tax, sufficient to pay the accrued interest np to January 1, 1873, and proceed at once to collect it. How much is re? quired? The latest report is, that there are bonds ont to the amount of $16,000, 000. Most of these bear six per cont. . zeterest. Up to January 1, 1873, there will be on most of them interest doe for one year and six months-some of them for two years. In round numbers, then, tbs earn of $1,500,000 will be required to pay the interest. Parker Bays that it lakes six mills to produce $1,000,000; 'therefore, tho proposed special tax for interest will not be less than nine mills. We have heard that Parker wishes it to . -be twelve mills. .Let it be noted that this tax is in ad? dition to all the other taxes which ure to - be oolleoted in the fall, as usual. We are, then, if this Boheme goes through, to 'have two taxes collected this year. - One tax of nine or ten mills to be laid and oolleoted in September, and the re? gular collection of fourteen mills in No? vember. Oar planters and farmers may oswell begin to look around for this . money whioh they are to be aalled upon lor in September. Bofore they have sold a pound of this year's crop, while ?every energy is taxed to gather it, when every dollar hos been spent to make it, the thief's demand must be met, "Youi money or your life." Neagle'e insolent and brutal letter an? ticipates the ory of distress to go np from the burdened husbandman. He revels in advanoc in their agony and despair. "They have beeu madder than now, and yet they have paid." He urges the Go? vernor not to heed their groans. "Thc veteran of a hundred fights," ho says, "should not be scared from a purpose' by such appeals for forbearance as maj be wrung from a sorely tried people, We believe that the day is not far dis' tant when we may "laugh ab the calami? ty" of this renegude und "mock whee his fear cometh." Will not tho lax payers move? -? ? ? ? Winn ure You Crowing Foil The Union shoved up his bantu m yeB torday, and crowed vociferously over th? result ol' tho North Carolina election Where do you liud cause for rejoicing Mt. Union? Where is your victory? Wi have not tho figures before us, but wi quote from the Now York Times, o Monday, Grant's special organ, when wi say that Grant's majority in North Caro lina was 20,000 in 18G8. Holden's mujo rity for Governor, in the same year, wa not less, and last year (1871) the Repufa hean majority was between 0,000 um 10,000. At no time before this, when full vote was cast, have tho Republican or ?Radic?is had a majority of less thai 9,060. Where, then, Mr. Union, do yoi find the souroe of high granulation i: whioh you would seemingly indulge That is a charming viotory for Grant' administration, where they have los 19,000 votes, or at least had their maje rity rednood that much-lost five out c eight Congressmen, have lost the Logie latnre by an overwhelming majority, an will, as a matter of ooarso, lose th United States Senator. If you can crow over that, Mr. Uniot by the immortals, wo think there is chance even for you to orow when Pal ker goes to the penitentiary, and pei haps you with him. -.-?-#-> The Administration still permits pc pora to be circulated in the department asking the clerks for voluntary subscrif tiona for campaign purposes. No moue is demanded, bnt the request for th voluntary contribution is made in aboti the same manner that a polite bandit o the highway, with pistol cocked, woul request a small loan. All the clerks we . understand that a refusal to nubsorih will endanger their tenure of office. Th? Tax-Payer* Moving. Wo publieh, this morning, two inte? resting communications urging prompt actum ou tho part of tho tux-puyers in oomuieuciug prosecution against the thieves who have plundered the people. Black and white, citizens of all classes and conditions, are equally interested iu this public work, and wo aro glad to have letters from our fellow-citizens showing that our efforts io this behalf uro appre? ciated, and that the people are not so apathetic as the ring organ would ropro ecut. -? -*??-? To tile Kxeeutkvv Committee. Wo ha;l subscribed, yesterday, from nioreh.mis and other gentlemen ulong Main street, between S200 and $300, to aid in tho criminal prosecution of tho public plunderers of tho Slate. Now, gentlemen of tho Executive Committee, this money is waiting to be paid to you tho moment that you soy you are ready to proceed, and wo will guarantee to get a hundred or two more right here in Columbia. Wo hope tho committee, whioh is tho ouly body authorized to act for tho citizens ut large, will call a meeting at once, determine the amount of funds they need, and appoint a com? mittee of collection at each Court House io tho State. Let that bo done, and wo will risk our life upon it that this citizens of South Caroliun will respond freely and generously. If tho Executive Committee will not move, thou Columbia will "go it alone" in tho prosecutions, with such outside help as our efforts may attract toward us. But tho work can be fur more effi? ciently and perfectly done through the Excoutivo Committee, representing the entire State. Will not publia spirited citizens in different parts of tho State get np subscription lists, and send us down tho names and a statement of the amounts subscribed? There are, at the lowest estimate, $5,500,000 of fraudu? lent bonds, issued under the Conversion Act, now out. Mr. Corbin says so; Mr. Gardozo says so; Judge Orr says so, aud many other Republicans cbargo it. This, with many other stupendous frauds, onght to be stopped at once, and the guilty parties sent to the penitentiary. The ring are now howling to levy a tax to pay the interest on these very fraudu? lent, yes, stolen bonds. CAMPAIGN NOTES.-The interest which has recently centered in North Carolina will now be transferred to the States holding elections during the next five weeks. These aro West Virginia, Ver? mont and Maine. In tbe first and last a warm canvass has been going on foi some weeks, and in Vermont the people are beginning to take more interest ic politics than they have for many years, The eleotion in West Virginia occurs on Thursday, August 22. The only State ticket in tho field is that nominated bj the Democrats. The Grant organs are filling their pa pers with personal arguments about Mr, Greoley, showing why Democrats can noI vote for him. All such efforts are mer? waste of powder. Democrats every wliero will vote for Mr. Greoley to savt onr free civil Government. Their votei in tho coming eleotion will reach boyoni Mr. Greeley, and will be cast to suppresi usurpation and military rule, and as t protest against a personal governmeu nnd a military encampment at tho Whib Ho ase. Though*Mr. Colfax is, under tho cir enmstauces, a Grant man, and now ant then makes u Grant speech, be felt it hi: duty lust Saturday, at South Bend, In diana, as ho did some time ago at Kala mnzoo, to protest against the financia policy of the Administration. He de dared thut ho looked on it with alarm and considered it tho greatest peril o tho nation. We think the Grant Nu tional Committee will exciibo Vice-Prosi dent Colfax from making many speedie during this campaign. The Radical candidate for Vico-Presi dont is as much opposed to the claspiu of hands across the bloody chasm a Secretary Boutwell. In his Richmon speech, he intimated that he was ur. willing to forgive the Southern people who, ho declared, have boen great sir. neis for forty years, and are still uncor. verted. We are afraid Mr. Henry Wil son will to bis dying day nover get ove the resentment be bas felt toward tb South and everything Southern eve since his big scare and fight at Bull Ruc Gen. Wilson says Gen. Grant bes tated to assume the power conferred o bim by the infamous Ku Klux law What u change, then, must have com o'er tho spirit of his dream when be a ternately implored and threatened Cor greBB, toward the close of its la it sessioc to re-enact tbe Ka Klux law. ? * ? ? On Thursday last, Charles Brown, oolored boy about seventeen years old was thrown from a wagon he was dri\ ing and so injured that he died. On th same day Silas Sweeney, also coloree accidentally shot aid killed himself. [Marion Crescent. FAIR COMPARISON.-"A man is known bj the company he keeps," says an old proverb, and "a candidate is shown by his advocates" might be another adage, about elcctiou time, just as full of truth? fulness. President Grant would not j fure very well under this role. AU'the relatives upou whom he baa bestowed oflice uro, of course, vehemently in fuvor of hie re .election. Knowing their niter incapacity, they still crave tho emolu? ment? of public positiou. Cameron, Morton, Coukliug, Chandler, Carpenter, Butler and Nye, uro all for Grant, and their cburucters cued not bu dilated upon. Everybody knows them. Gree? ley, Schurz, Trumbull, Cox, Wells, Bay? ard and Hendricks arc, on the contrary, all opposed to Graut's pretensions, und everybody also knowe what a proud re? cord lh?y can show of public nervier. All the corrupt and dishonest meu who misrepresent their constituents in Wash? ington support Graut. All thc pure and upright, all the honest aud incorrupti? ble, oppose his ro-electiou us fatal lo tho best interests of thc country. Mn. EDITOR: The time for action has arrived. The committee of tho Tax? payers' Convention must act promptly. Tho ring aro badly frightened by tho ex? posures in tho Gibson caso, as well us tho truthful editorials in the PutESlX. Wo have too loug followed the policy of "tho lark aud her young ouos," so well illustrated iu the fable, li the commit? tee will not act, tho tax-payers must do their own work, aud cousigu the legal? ized robbers to apartments iu General Stolbraud's hotel. ACTION. MR. EDITOR: I have read your edito? rial in* the PHOENIX, of tho -ith instant, with great interest. The lime for action on thc part of the tax-payers has arrived. Everything, yon soy, is "propitious," and I believo the tax-payers will sub? scribe generously. Let the Executive Committee of the Tax-Payers' Conven? tion meet and appoint suitable commit? tees in each County to make collections, and tho funds to conduct the prosecu? tion will not bo wanting. Tho mer? chants in Charleston, Columbia and all over the State will respond generously. They are, perhaps, moro interested than any other cluss of tax-payers, subject, us they are, to an unconstitutional und in? famous license law. The time for action has come. Longer delay will be playing into the hands of the ring, who have en? riched themselves ut tho expeuse of the tax-payers. Legal investigation will show how much of the million expended in cash I and pay certificates for the last legisla? tive session was used fraudulently to prevent impeachment. It will give a few inmutes to the penitentiary, block the game of the ring iu levying a tax to pay interest on the bondB issued ille? gally, by prohibiting the State Auditor from levying the tax, and last, though not least, spoil the little game of Messrs. Parker, Neagle & Co., so well exposed in the PHOSIX, aud prevent them adding a few millions of the people's money to their hourds. TAX-PAYER. The Shenandoah (Va.) Remid tells the following sad story : "On Saturday last the inhabitants of this borough witness J ed a very extraordinary and sad funeral. Three generations-a grand-mother, a mother and a baby-were interred to? gether. The first of these, Mrs. Hun sicker, was attending oun of ber daugh? ters, who was laid up with small-pox, until nearly recovered, when sho was taken ill. Overpowered by fatigue and cure, the old woman could not face the complain!, and the fourth day sho fell a victim to il.. Sho was tho mother of six children, and had tho rare fortuno to soe them all grown up aud satisfactorily settled in life. She had twenty-one grand-children, eighteen of whom are alive. Tho very day Mrs. Huusioker was taken sick, her daughter, Mrs. Seelbach, was also laid up, aud survived bur mo? ther only sixteen hours." A NEW SOUTHERN INDUSTRY.-Henry Bauks, of Atlanta, Ga., called on us on Friday. Ho showed lia a beautiful spe? cimen of paper, manufactured from the saw palmetto, u dwarf species of palmet? to, found throughout Middle and South? western Georgia. Tho paper was manu? factured nt Philadelphia, and last week's Sunday edition of tho News printed thereon. It is stiong and white, and not so hubie to tear as paper mado from straw. Mr. Banks expects to form a company, and locate u mill at Milltown, Lowndes County, Ga., whero largo quantities of the raw material aro found. From ex? periments already made, Mr. Bauks as? sures us that a largo profit can be made on this manufacturing enterprise. [New York South. B'THE OUTLAWS.-Since tho killing of Tom Lowrey tho two remaining outlaws, Stephen Lowroy and Andrew Strong, have disappeared from their old haunts about Back Swamp and MOBS Neck. The liobesonian says it is understood that they have established a now base in a settlement several miles above, and known as Upper Scuilletown, where they ure keeping very quiet, and seom to be concerned only to keep out of the way of Mr. Wishart and his gallant little bund of pursuers. During the storm on Friday last, a flash of lightning killed thirty-two sheep on tho plantation of Mr. Henry Easter ling, near Barnwell, the entire number on his farm. They had takon shelter undera large hickory treo during th? heavy full of rain of that afternoon. TUE PAST DUE INTEREST.-Gov. Scott has addressed tho following letter to Messrs. Heu ry Clews ?fc Co., Baukers, Now York, relative to tho payment of in? terest ou thu public debt: AUGUST G. 1872. Messrs. Henry Clews ?0 Co., Hunkers, ivy. 32 Wall street, Kew York. GENTLEMEN: Your letter of the 21st June has remained for souio timo unan? swered, iu consequence of my not being able, until the present moment, to fur? nish you with the desired information. On account of thu many inquiries from holders of our State bouds, I deem it mj* duty to writo you fully on subjects touching not only tho payment of tho in? terest, but the bonded debt itself. Au appropriation was made ut tho ses? sion of tho L?gislature of 1870-71, to pay the iutcrest on tho publie debt full? ing due Januury, April, July uud October of the year 1872. But in consequence of no levy of tuxes being made for the payment of legislativo expenses of thu last sussinu, which were unusually large, as you will perceive by referuueo to the enclosed stiteoeit made by the Stet' Treasurer to Judge Willard, ol' tho Su? premo Court, tho money was diverted from the payment of interest to muet the payment of legislative expenses, and es? pouses incidental, thereby leaving the State Treasurer without funds to meet tho decreased iuterest or even current expenses. Therefore, unless ii special levy of taxes is made under the law au? thorizing tho issue of bouds, mid col? lected immediately, us hus been urged by many who believe it to be for tho best interests of the State, I soi compelled to state (hut no iutcrest eau possibly be paid before January, 1873, us a levy un? der thu law is now being mudu which will be collected between the 20th of No? vember uud loth of Januury next, and set apart tor that especial purpose. I have also received uiail.V letters com? plaining of the extravagant charge of uue per cent, demuuded by the "Com? mercial Warehouse Company" for the registration of bonds, stock?, Seo., and I must concur in the justice of the com? plaints. As you will perceive by the eu closed advertisement of tho "Carolina National Bank," of this city-which is ulso named a? ono of the pincus of regis? tration in the law-that their charges are very much less, umouuting in the aggregate to less thun one-tenth of one per cent., as they cliurgo only SI for each baud or piece of stock. Tho com? plaints of tho requirement of law iu this registration I regard us unjust to the of? ficers of the State. The law was not enacted to Butisfy the oflicers charged with tho duty and re? sponsibility of issuing bonds that there was no fraudulent issue placed on the market, but to give the fullest opportu? nity to the holders of bauds to satisfy themselves that the report of the Trea? surer wus correct, and also to expose the malignity with which false representa? tions were made and published broad? cast throughout tho country, placing our debt ut upwards of $30,000,000, instead of n possible debt of less thac SIG.000, OOO. I hope, therefore, that the law will be strictly complied with iu tho registration of every bond that bus been placed upuu tho market. I feel it also due to myself to correct misrepresentatious, that ure currently circulated, that the money derived from the sale of bonds and collection of tuxes had been misapplied by State officials. It requires but a very brief statement to convince any man, wbu is not engaged iu misrepresentation for political pur? poses, of the falsity of these charges. You will see, by reference ta tho report of the Financial Agent, (a copy oi which is forwarded.) that ?53,813,000 face value of bouds sold by him between Oc? tober, 18G?, uud September 3, 1871, real? ized $2,203,783 33 in cash, which sum was turned over to tho State Treasurer, leaving the balance of tho entire issue ol bonds-amounting to $5,571,000-in hu bauds, ami pledged as collateral for Hu comparatively small sum of $1,027,' 075. G3. Now, if the Legislature had authorized the levy un i collection by tuxes of tim last sum of money, it would have placet! beyond a possibility of becoming a part of tho State debt, ut least one third (Jj'j of the entire auiount of bonded debt ru ported by thu Treasurer. It appears to me that it is scarcely no cessary to sny a word more in explana lion of our increase ol' debt. All Hu money that has been received for sale ol hypothecation of bouds, with tho exoep tum ol' $70.000, bas been used in pay muut of debts anil interest thereoi agaiust tho State, accumulated prior tc l*t July, 1S?0, up to which time ut taxes bad been collected. Our misfor tuue bas been, that sufficient tuxes wen not levied iu ouo year to meet tho ex penses of the most ecouomiuully-mu uaged State Government in the Uuitui Statue, as tho collection of taxes for th? past four years has annually nmoimte< to less thau $1,000,000-a smaller sun than most Stutes collect ycurly forschoo purposes alone. I feel justified in assuring you that ii tho future a tax will bo levied under tin law requiring tho levy of a tax to pay tin iutorest on the loan authorized, and tba thu money so collected shall be devotee exclusively to the payment of the inte rest on the publia debt. I bavo tho houor to be, very respect fully, your obedient servant, ROBERT K. SCOTT, Governor. Couivr.-The trial of Mr. Georg Martin, for tho homicide of Mr. A. Y Paul, last winter, was concluded jester day; tho jury retuned o verdict of uo guilty. Tho jury having it in chargi was composed of soi cn whites uud liv uegroos.- Winnsborc News. HORSE STEALING.- -Thus. H. Gains ba been committed to jail, at this place, fa stealing a Uno maru from Mrs. Lay, o Pickous County. On Saturday lust, i horse bolougiug to Mrs. Alexander, o old Pickous, was stolen from her. I Keowoe Courier, GEN. BANKS' LETTEII.-Tho Jolter of Goo. Bank? rings like a rifle-shot. lb has sont a shiver through tho wholn framo of tho party in tho State anil Union. Tho excitement in his district aud tho city on its reception was unpa? ralleled among purely political occur? rences, showiug in what respect his judgment as a public mau is held by his fellow-citizens. Few rneu enjoy u higher reputation for political sagacity, and for this reason, too, his decision between Grant aud Greeley was awaited with the profounder interest. What ho says, therefore, carries great weight with the members of his party. He basin thc present instauce not ouly given bis judgment frankly upon thu tendencies of th is evil Administration, but he has like? wise pointed iu thu direction in which tho greut popular current is moviug. None seo it moro clearly than he, whoso long contact with men and familiarity with tho currents of popular opinion give him peculiar qualifications for re? porting aright on great public move? ments at their inception. This an? nouncement by so justly promineufc a member of the Republican party comes liku au earthquake shock to thoso who were satisfied to follow blindly after the Graut Administration. Taken with So uator Sumner's letter, it eau hardly fail to bo decisive of tho fortunes of the Graut party in Massachusetts. List us publicly rejoice that there is auuther man of true independence and courage, who is not afraid of being called a traitor to Grant. Liet us be grateful that there is ono rno/o who, when warned not to waver in support of a personal dynasty like that at Washing? ton, was bravo enough at once to speak out concerning it as lt deserves. Unless honest and direct words, clothed in clear and decided opiuious, have entirely lost their force, tho letter of General Bauks will not bu loug iu showing tho effect it has produced on tho party. When such a mau declares in all deliberateness that "the perpetuation of tho present policy of the Government is not for tho advan? tage of tho country," his party may well pause aud consider the extent and depth of his moaning. When bu says further that it is ouly by "tho uniting of the musses of the people of all parties, sec? tions aud racea," is it possible to secure the establishment of the recognized re? sults of tho war, they may conclude that to follow this Administration uny farther is to throw away the lives und treasure for which the conflict was waged, and divert the noblest exertions of uuselfisb patriotism into channels conducting only to selfish ends. Why ought any Repub? lican to fear the title of "traitor" for judging such au Administration on its deserts? Why should he not first of all refuse to bo driven into silent submis? sion by the application of party terror? ism? The example of Gen. Banks will inevitably be followed by thousands more of tho Republican party, who re? quire but to see the real tendency of the Grant rule to repudiate it with equal manliness and patriotism. They cannot rejeot, any more thnn he, the union prof? fered in good faith on the basis ot the results of the wur, and accompanied with fervent hopes of permanent peace und reconciliation.-Boston Post. SUICIDE AT TWELVE YEAHS OF AGE. On Friday morning last, John Benson, a colored boy twelve years of age, son of Moses Benson, was found hanging dead on a tree, on the side of the road to Yorkville, about a mile and three quar? ters from this town. Trial Justice W. M. McDonald empaneled a jury and viewed the body. The finding of the jury was that the boy came to his death by his own hands. Popular indignation on Friday, particularly among tho co? lored people, wns roused to a very high pitch against Mosts Benson, the father of tho boy, under the impression that it was cruel treatment of the boy that caused him to seek relief in death from tho punishment threatened bim. It is a very mysterious case. Nothing but a very strong motive would drive a bo}' of twelve years of age to commit suicide. Some Radical scoundrel or other tried to create tho impression among tho negroes that it was a case of Ku Kluxiug; but tho testimony before the jury was too clear to leave any doubt that the boy de? liberately took his own life. [ Chester Reporter. BLODOETT.-A correspondent of the Macon Telegraph Bays: "I saw Fosttr Blodgctt, a lew days since, at Newberry, S. C., where ho ?B living. Ile devotes his valuable time to playing billiards and driving fast horses. Ho keeps quite a number, and when he tnrns out lor a big swell, brings ont a splendid pair of Mucks. His hinds he has deposited about in spots-made quito u deposit iu a bank in that town, and has quito a largo amount in a curtain man's safe in that village. I WUB told that he had the assurance of Scott that he should not be molested; that Smith might make his requisitions and bo d-d. It is evident that Foster has plenty of money." DESTRUCTION OF A HOMESTEAD DY Finit. The destruction, by fire, of tho home? stead of our esteemed fellow-citizen, Dr. Allen S. Dozier, at Mt. Willing, on Tuesday night, the 30th July, is some? thing startling and fearful. The fire broke ont in the stove room, and was discovered about ll o'clock at night, included in tho wholcsalo destruction was not only Dr. Dozier's medical libra? ry, but also that of the late Dr. Harwood Burt, tho father of Mrs. Dozier. Dr. Dozier estimates his loss at $5,000 at oast. No iusurance. \Edgefisld Ad cert ?ser. DEATH OF JAMES ZACHARY.-We are pained to learn that Mr. James Zachary died at his residence iu this County, on tho 30th ult., of fever contracted in Ab? beville, during a Btay thero of several weeks. Mr. Zuchory had formerly hold the position of County Commissioner, and was one of our best citizens. 1 ICeowee Courier. ?ZM O O .EV l Itema. Cm MATTHUS.-Tue price o? ?ingle copi?e o? tho PHCENIX is Qvecent3. The Republicau County Convention of Richland will assemble in this city on Saturday next, tho 10th instant, when delegates lo tho Slate Convention will be chosen. The State Convention assem? bles iu Columbia on Wednesday, Augast 21. We learn that a weekly paper is to be published at Greenwood, in Abbeville County, culled the Free Press. The Republicans of this County will bold a convention in Columbia on the lGth instant, for the purpose of nomi? nating candidates for the various County oflices, as follows: Pour Representatives to the Goneral Assembly; one Sheriff; ono Clerk of Court ; a Probate Judge; one School Commissioner; three County Commissioners and a Coroner. Wo were shown, yesterday, tho "latter end" of two rattle-snakes-one contained twelve rattles and a button and the other nine rutiles and a button. The snakes were killed iu LexiuRtou County, near Mr. J. A. Corley's. W. A. Warren, tho candidate for Su? perintendent of Education on the ticket of the Willard faction, is a white man. We aro in receipt of tho annual cata? logue of the officers and students of Furmau University, located at Green? ville, S. C. There was a full mailing of the Board of Health, yesterday afternoon. Seve? ral important resolutions relative to the hygiene of the city were passed. There was another beautiful display of the aurora borealis last evening. R ingo of the thermometer yesterday, at the Pollock HouBe: 7 A. M., 74; 12 M., 82; 2 P. M., 85; 7 P. M., 80. Programme of music by the band of tho 18th Infantry, for this afternoon : Selections from Martha. Flotow. Bounty Jumper's Polka. Wiegand. Crazy Musician's Medley. Samuels. Andante Precises. Weber. Fort Dodge Galop. Smith. RESIGNED-We regret to announce that Dr. John T. Darby bas resigned the Professorship of Anatomy and Sur? gery in the South Carolina University, which he has held with each distin? guished ability for several years past. His resignation will prove a serious loss to the institution. BEFORE JUDGE MELTON AT CHAMBEES. The State ex rel. Morton, Bliss Sc Co., vs. IF. L. Cardozo, Secretary of State. Pe? tition for mandamus. Mr. Carrol moved to quash the return of the respondent for insufficiency. Af? ter hearing the arguments of Mr. Carrol and Mr. Corbin, the Judge refused the , motion. The relator was then granted leave to traverse the retarn, and the case stands over until the October term of the Court of Common Pleas, when it will be tried upon the issues presented. John M. Mackay, et al., vs. the Blae Ridge Railroad Company. Bill for in? junction, Seo. Mr. Melton read the returns, aud ac? companying affidavits of the defendants were read, and further time was granted, until Thursday next, to reply by counter affidavits. PHONIXIAXA.-Endeavor to take your work i)uietly. Anxiety and over-action are always the CHUFO of sickness and restlessness. We must use our judg? ment to control our excitement, or our bodily strength will break down. We must remember that our battle is to bc won by a streugth not our own. It is a battle that does not depeud upon the swift nor the strong. Excessive sensibility is the foppery of modern refinement. A mind hardened against ufiliction, and a body against pain and sickness, are tho two securities of earthly happi? ness. As the diamond is found in thc dark? ness of tho mine, as the lightning shoots with most vivid flashes from tho gloom? iest cloud, so does mirthful ness frequent? ly proceed from a heart susceptible of tho deepest melancholy. Pride is never so effectually put to the blush ns when it finds itself contrasted within an easy but dignified humility. Why is a doctor better taken care of than his patients? Because when he goes to bed, he's sore to have somebody rap him up. Darwinism-A mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown, and a silk gown becomes a woman. HOTEL ABBIVILS, August 8. 1872.-Nicker son Ilouse-E T Weat, So Ex Co; T 8 Chat? ham, Ninety-Six; K Latta, Yorkyillo; W S Poar8on, N C; Foster Blodcett, wife and chil? dren, K F Blodgett, SO; WT Anderson, Au Kuata: Mrs f oaater, Greenville; J A Sadler, Charlotte; F D Bush, Flat Kock. Columbia Hotel-J Irvin, N Y; J A Bronner, Ga: H J Mccormack, T D Gillespie, ThoB M O'Noill, Q A Damon, W J Magrath and wifo, Mrs Butler, Charleston; O M Sadler, A Ro? bertson, N C; J E Wannam&ker, Orangoburg; L F Youmane, Edgofleld. LIST OP NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Chas. Logan-Males. Meeting Palmetto Lodge.