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COLUMBIA, S. C. Sunday Kornin?:, August 18, 1872. For President of the United States. aOUACB GKGBLET, or New York. For vice-President B. GRATZ PltOWM. of Minoan. Til? Remedy or the Bond.boldere. There are upon the markets, now, and i n the hands, we presume, mostly of New York bankers and capitalists, 96,000,000 of conversion bonds of the State of South Carolina, and also $1, 000,000 and upwards of other stocks and bonds, oomprisiDg those issued under tho Aots of December 20, 1856, amount? ing to $189,385 80, December 21, 1357, amounting to $121,051.37, December 21, 1858, amounting to $302,710.00, and others, all of which are illegal, and rep? resent no real obligations of the Slate. Over a year ago, the tax-payers of the State, in convention, pledged themselves for the redemption of the debt, as it then etood between $8,000,000 and $9,000, 000. They as solemnly warned the pub? lia that they would not be bound for any additional debt which might be .oreated by a government in which they had no representation, and upon whose avaricious rapacity there was no check. All tho bonds mentioned above have been issued since the meeting of the -convention in May, 1871. Upon thia ?oore alone, the property-holders and <oitizens of South Oaroliua are released from all moral obligation to redeem or to pay the interest upon the bonds, j&oiouuting to something over $7,000,000, . which have been since issued. But, moro than this, the bonds havo been ?isaued oontrary to law, and in violation -of -fita Constitution. This instrument vpreooribes that every Act of Assembly creating a debt against the State shall be passed by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the General Assembly, and that a roll of the ayes and nays shall be -entered upon the journals of both meases. The Aot nuder wbioh the con? version bonds were created was not in? tended to increase the debt, and the ?constitutional requirements were, there? fore, not observed, and the conversion bonds, except so much of them as was used actually for conversion, are not worth the paper on which they are printed. But the bond holders are not wholly without remedy. The Financial Board, or the members thereof, are surely responsible for the money which they have received ou false pretences. They are worth, in the aggregate, pro? bably $1,500,000, all of which, with the ex osption of $150,000or $200,000, has been rapidly, though honestly, accumulated by them upon a salary of $2,000 or $3,000 in the last four years. The people of ?"our beloved State" have a shrewd notion that they have a large interest in thia large amount of money; but they are willing to make over ail their right, title and interest iu and to the said property, comprising valuable real estate in this State, Ohio and elsewhere, palatial mansions, gilded brets, spanking teams, diamonds and other preoions Htones, stocks, bonds, &a, to the said bond? holders, in order to make amends for the ?windle perpetrated upon them in the name of the once respeoted State of South Carolina. The bond-holders should bring their suits at once. It has lately b on disclosed, through F. L. Oardozo, the colored Secretary of State, that at least $7,000,000 of the bonds issued by the present Fin anoial Board are fraudulent and unconstitu? tional. The other members of the Fi? nancial Board claim that iu all their transactions in the sale and hypotheca? tion of bonds, &3,, they have been go? verned by the legal judgment of the Attorney General, Slr. Chamberlain. What has tho Attorney-General to say tot himself? Of Scott and Parker it is -scarcely worth while to speak any longer, outside of the courts. They are already politically damned, and we hope soon to herald that they are legally condemned. With Mr. Chamberlain the case is dif? ferent. He still wields considerable power and influence in his party. Peo? ple, strangely enough, do not seem dis? posed to load him with the Batne oppro? brium that attaohes to his two financial associates, Scott and Parker. We con? fess to the weakness ourselves. Yet when we ask ourselves, in what respeot is J>. H. Chamberlain less culpable for the present disgraceful financial oondition of the SUte than B. E. Scott and Niles G. Parker, whose names stink in the nos? trils of all deoent people, we are puzzled for a reply. He had greater power on the board than either of his associates, for he was not only a member but the legal adviser of the board. Under hu immediate supervision, then, we mus! hold, as at present advised, $6,000,OOC of conversion bonds were put upon thc market, as if a debt of the State, contra? ry to the Act of Assembly under wbioh they were authorized, and in palpable violation of the Constitution of thc State, Under his advice, too, something over $1,000,000 of State atooks and bonds, which had been o nco coo verted, and oonvereion bonds issued in lien thereof, and which were, io the eyes of the law, canceled the moment of their conversion, were again issued and are now outstanding as a debt of the State. How is it, Mr. Chamberlain? What have you to say why the good people of South Carolina, and throughout the country, should not hold you in the same estima? tion aa they do Scott and Parker, or is that a matter of indifference to you? Tell tho publia what has become of the $11, 000,000 of bonds issued by the Financial Board, of whioh you wore the master spirit, aud inform them particularly about the fraudulent conversion bonds and your responsibility therefor. Como oat fully, openly, and above-board, let? ting no "pride of personal charncter" re? strain, nor love of special pleading pre? scribe yon. ?????-> - Trie Financial Hoard and Air. Cham? berlain'* Connection Therewith. The parties mainly and almost entirely responsible for the immense public debt whioh has been heaped upon this State during the past four years, while the property-holders had no representation in the Govern ment, are the offioials who compose the Finanoial Board of South Carolina. The General Assembly has indeed been made up of as corrupt and unprincipled a set of rogues as perhaps ever congregated together since the days of Adam; but the General Assembly could not issue, or have not issued, any bonds of the State, and in all their ?uancial legislation, have followed the moneyed advioe of the Financial Board. Upon them rests the odium of trebling in four years a public debt of near a century's accumulation, of well-nigh beggaring the State, and of damning with infamy the party to whioh they be? long and the negro raoe which they have misled. From the days of the Revolution to the advent into power of the Radical party in this State, in 1863, the entire public debt amounted, iu round numbers, to only $5.000,000. For the creation of this debt, the State had an adequate consi? deration in various works of publio im? provement. Sinco 1868, and mostly during a short period of last year, the publio debt has benn sprung np tc $16,000,000, or an addition of $11,000, 000, not a dollar of whioh has been ex pended in any visible public improve menta, and millions of which are nnac oounted for in any way. This is th? work of the Finanoial Board, the mern bera of whioh are B. E. Scott, Governoi of the State, Niles G. Parker, Treasurer and D: H. Chamberlain, Attorney-Gene ral. POMTIOAII D?TTINGS.-A circular le) ter sent ont by Mr. J. M. Edmunds postmaster at Washington City, momba of the Radical Resident Congressiona Committee, and who in 1868 was Presi dent of the Union League of America has, we doubt not, been sent broadcas over the country, and without bein aware of the faot, it is neverthelee doubtless true that the independen Democrats are being run by the Gran machino at Washington. We quote th circular: "WASHINGTON, D. C., July 30, 1872. "DEAB SIB: Please send the enclose circular to active Democrats in you Distriot, who will not support Mr. Grec ley, and will co-operate with the Louii ville Convention. Send me a list of sue ruen in each County immediately. ? "(Signed) J. M. EDMUNDS, "Secretary." We ask honest anti-Greeley Democrat how this sort of thing strikes then: Aro they williog to be made oats-paws I rake Radical chestnuts from the fire? * not, they must halt! The energy of tb Grant retainers is almost super-humai and they will leave no means untric which promises any sort of aid to thc tottering cause. They know very wei as does every man of intelligence, th with a solid Democratic vote for Greele; his election is an absolute oertaint Hence they would willingly spend ha tho money in the Treasury to dive 100,000 Democrats from Greeley to i outside candidate And to this end, th? are at work. Col. James Watson Webb, former editor of the New York Courier and K quirer, and a prominent politician 1 the last generation, has written a lett in favor of Greeley. John Morrissey is offering to bot th Greeley will carry New York, witho oounting the voto of either Now Yoi city or Brooklyn. Ho also offer H to b that Greeloy will have forty to sparc the electoral college. The Now York World, ot tho 13t say?: We have information that Robu O. DeLiarge, one of tho colored Repu Hean Congressmen from South Carolin has written a letter, whioh will soon 1 published, iu favor of Mr. Greeloy t President. Judgjs Willard and Grahui Republicans of South Carolina, are al reported to be for Greeley. A no UT FISK AND OTHERS.-James Fisk was never a big drinker, but he liked the good things of the dinner table remark? ably well, and some remarkable things be liked. He had a Yankee passion for dough? nuts. The first thing be asked a cook was io relation to their ability to make doughnuts. No oook kuew anything about 'em, but a buker was found who crept iuto the basement early every morn? ing with turee or four dozen. James praised 'em; no fi toro dough? nuts for him; he knew a home-made doughnut. And BO, for nearly two years, the baker came bright aud ourly, nud no matter what high style of f?ed Prince Erie indulged in, he topped off an epi? curean dinuer with a quart bowl of cof? fee and eight or teu doughnuts broke into it. Publishing tho ?corot won't hurt him now. Ho will never know how many store doughnuts were put off ou him for home-made. Poor James I How he is missed ut' Loug Brauch. At a poiut on the road down to the Brunch, side by side ou a rock, is the vestige of n puinted an? nouncement of Col. Fisk's bund und a promenade concert, given last year at tho Branch. Then its companion iu tho laut shot (of poor old crazy Helmbold) at re? treating fortune-a very grape-Bbot; it being bia Catawba pills, with which he made a desperate attempt to hedge ou "Bucbu." No Brunch this year for that highflyer, who, according to all accounts, has subsided into a lunatio asylum-a faotlfeel inclined to doubt, believing, with the Hov. Mr. Hall, that the posscH bion of wit is neuussary for the losing it. There was never the slightest similari? ty between James Fisk, Jr., aud Helm bold, except in the woy they both ran to four-in-hands. Helmbold was a mise? rable little monkey of a mau, who per? sisted io telling what a fearful sickness "information of the bowels" wus. Very little information he had in his bowels, or anywhere olso. He was almost as bad as old Mrs. Lin? coln, who forever got big words croHS way. When she was in the White House she announced one day that some new inventor had sent her fifty packages of "desecrated eggn," and another time gave orders that tho "irritated bread" should be served at the Presidential ta? ble. My graciousl what a run of ignorant old tabbies the White HOUHO has seen of late. If for no other reason I pray for Greeley's election, that u lady-like, well bred girl like Ida Greeley may change the base of backwoods vulgarity that has reigned so long. [Missouri Republican New York Letter, WHAT IS A HOODLUM?-This is a Cali? fornia conundrum which the Eastern newspapers have been trying to solve without success. The Sau Francisco Chronicle has given the answer, and when the auswar comes we find that we have plenty of hoodlums of our own, uuder various names. The Chronicle sa VB: "Tho animal is indigenous to our State, is the growth of our peculiar civilization -belongs to us." This exclusive claim is not treating tho rest of the world fair? ly. The name alone is of California growth. It has the California directness, compactness-and oddity. The thing can be found in all highly civilized com? munities. The higher the civilization, the better it grows. This is the Califor? nia definition of a word thatoau be found in neither Woroester nor Webster. The hoodlum is a male of the human spe? cies, of the genus homo. He dresses in broadcloth, wears polished boots, carries a cane. He is too lazy to work; he is too prond to beg; he is too cowardly to steal. He lives off the hard earnings of the sin and shame of some poor girl, whom he abuses and neglects; ho stands upon tho street corners with his hood? lum comrades of au afternoon; stares in brazen vulgarity at honest women, aud insults with rude gesture and indecent expressions the soiled doves as they flut? ter by. He bas respectable relatires from whom ho borrows when the wolf chases him too olosoly, aud duriug elec? tion times he sells bis influence for coin and aids to control political results. He travels on shape and talent; he bullies the weak, and be fawns upon tho strong; hin ambition is to got some sineoure berth ia polities; he ia night watchman, or has special policeman's beat-duties which he never performed, exaept to col? lect the money. He lives at free lunches; be amuses himself by rowdy actions; at? tends excursions. His strong effort is to keep ont of the clutches of the law. He is the friend and counsellor of thieves, swindlers and oonfldenoe-men, and final? ly adopts the felon's profession-then he ceases to be a hoodlum. He booomes a drunkard, and is then called bummer. He gets shabby and thea finds no frail woman to support him; he is then a va? gabond and loafer. During tho time of bis earlier suooess bo bange arouud theatres; knows and is useful to actors aud actresses; ho is olacquour and dead? head. Ho brings up either in the home of tho inebriate, the County hospital or the State prison. He is a disgraoo to his family aud a uuisauoe to the community. A happy young bridal party wont down from Pouria on the P., P. aud J. Railroad tho other morning. Tho blush ing young bride thrust her hoad out of tho our window an tho train started off, und, after looking around for a moment or two, suddenly jerked her head back with a quick exclamation, and buried her fuco in her hands. Her loving, fright? ened husband sought to learn the cause of ber dismay, nod offered feeble oouso lation: "What wan it, darling? What frightened it dour? Tell it own hubby! What muk?s it cry?" Tuero wasn't inuoh to cry about to bo sure; ob, no! Dar? ling hud ou ly dropped u Hut of glitter? ing front tooth out of thu window, that was all. The sad affair luis cast a gloom o?er tho eutiro community. - - -* . They aro io have snored uiunio in Cen? tral Purk ou Sunday. THE COLORED LIBERAL REPUBLICANS OF MASSACHUSETTS -Au address by tba colored Liberal Republicans of Massa? chusetts has beeu issued. Tho following are the couoluding portions: Let us be "agaii st the policy of hate, against fanning ancient flamen into con? tinued life." Let us ccaso to rake "in the ashes of the pant fur couts of tire yet burning." Latus "pile np the ashos, extingnitth the flames nod abolish the hate!" Fellow-countrymeu! You espe? cially who, iu tho dark valley of slavery, hoped for better days, you whose faith el you to anticipate freedom, be not now doubtful. Let us uot question thu good faith of those wh> have beeu brought over to tho right side until there I be proof to thu contrary. As yet, we who hold most sacred all that you are contending for, assure you that there is not ono parti?le of doubt that under the administration of Horace Greeley, you will enjoy nit the rights, privileges and immunities of American citizenship. The j colored men will not, wo are sure, desert one of their oldest, earlie.it and longest tried friends, auch na is Horace Greeley, to vote for ono who, like Oeu. Grant, only entered tho Republican purty at tho eleventh hour, fur the purpose of ob? taining its highest offico. Wo have never been accused of ingratitude-no, it is not ''characteristic of our race. Horace j Greeley'ii record is crowded, for thirty years, with the most earuest, warm? hearted and entirely disinterested advo? cacy of oar rights aud our interests. I President Graut nover vouchsafed UH a cordial word ia his life, and nover did one act in our favor to which his position as au o Hi cor of the Govern meut or au agent of a party did not compel him. With this plain and unvarnished state? ment of facts and the positions of the two candidates, we leave the question to the candid, enlightened patriotism und judgment of our fellow-countrymen, the country ever believing that their sense of gratitude will impel them to cast their ballots for the true repr?sentatives of honesty, "the uuity of the republic, equal rights to all, and reconciliation" Greeley and Brown. THE TWANG ULAR FIGHT-CAHDOZO'S REJOINDER.-We print elsewhere the re? joinder of Secretary of State Cardozo to the elegant epistles of Gov. Scott and Treasurer Parker. It rube in the charge that SC,000,000 conversion bonds wore fraudulently issued, and demonstrates that the writer ia u master of the lie-di? rect stylo of argument. It does not clear Mr. Cardozo's skirts. As he Hays, the Goveruor aigus the bondi, the Trea? surer countersigns and tho Secretary seals. This is enough. The public hold thu three equally guilty. It is fun? ny, of course, that Gov. Scott should have vowed that he would sign the bonds only with his heart's blood, and it would havo saved the State many millions if he had stuck to his resolution. This does not relieve Mr. Cardozo of responsibili? ty. Without his aid the bonds could uot have been issued and squandered. He admits that be knew that there was foul play; and he kept his mouth close shut until there was a chance to get up a cha? racter by peaching on his associates aud netting up as a reformer. It is too thin, Mr. Cardozo. One new point he does make, viz: That $201,816 of the State funds were lent by the Financial Board to the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, without au? thority aud iu defiance of law. This ia a olear caso of official malversation; and Secretary Cardozo, although not a credi? ble witness in his own behalf, is a good enough witness when he accuses his late confederates. If there is any lew in the State, this loan to tho Blue Ridge Rail? road will smash and scatter the ring. This can be done through the courts. Without money, however, no progress can be made. Where is the money to come from? Columbia is doing what she can; but Charleston is as silent aa Mr. Cardozo was until ho had signed about $6,000,000 conversion bonds. [Charleston News. Probably no caudid person who bas studied the returns of the North Caro? lina election, and intelligently compared them with the per centages of previous elections, has doubted that Mr. Merri mon is chosen Govornor of the State. But since tho fourth day after the result was first auuounoed, it baa been olear that a desperate attempt was making by the Administration party fraudulently to give Caldwell a semblance of victory. All the facts point to the existence of such a soheme, and the latest reports from the State show that it will be abor? tive. By the time the Legislature moots, sufficient fraud will have been proved to overcome the slight majority whioh the friends of Caldwell now claim for him, and temporary advantage of the Admi nistratiouists must fade. Nothing could more forcibly illustrate the desperation of the office-holders' party than its ex? traordinary efforts to gain in North Ca? rolina even thin fleeting]ihadow of a vic? tory.- N. V. Tribune. The railroad bridge between San Fran? cisco aud Goat Island will boa novelty in architecture. It is to be run through an immense tube of boiler iron, supper ? ed in tho water by its own buoyanoy, und held thirty feet below the surface by a complicated system of cable, anchors aud buoys. Tho tube is twenty feet in diameter, and strengthened by an inter? nal irou framework. The principal pro? blem with tho onginoer was to hove the buoyanoy of tho tube equal tho weight of a train of oars, so ns to requiro tho mini? mum of anchorage or support. Should the bridge prove n success, submarine railroad tobos may become quito com? mon, as they may be usod where regular tunnels would bo impracticable, or ut least very expensive. ?*> . ?> Oou. Alberto. Myer, better known as "Did Prob bilitioa," has boen made a Doctor of Law by Hobart College-bis Alina Mater. Ho stands henceforth as I "Old Probabilities," LL. D. "EToi ocal Items. -. ? m Cm MATTERS.-The price of single copies of the PHONIX ?B five cents. The bieunial catalogue of tbe Univer? sity of South Carolina has been received. The corps of touchers is kept up, and it is to be hoped that at the opening of tho next eeeHion, the number of scholars will ba materially increased. We are indebted to Mr. Wm. H. Faber for a copy of tho "Staats Courant," ol Cape Town, Africa. Delegations to the Republican State Convention, at Columbia, oan obtain re? turn tickets for one fare on tho South Carolina Railroad. Mr. C, ll. Franklin has purchased the woll known "Guignard Place," in Lex? ington County, a short distance from Neaglo'a Bridge. It is hin intention to lay out a raoo track, eic. The invest? ment will pay. Mr. John N. Long advertises a lot of Kentucky horse?, suitable for saddle or draft. They are in Que order and well worth inspection. Main street builders should place a rope or some other obstruction around their buildidgs, as several individuals have recently made narrow escapes from falling bats. Our neighbor, John C. Seegera, Esq., furnishes a healthy and substantial lunoh every diy, at ll o'clock-and it" is well patronized, too. A large and varied lot of cards, anita I ble for weddings, invitations, visiting and business purposes, have just been re oeived at this office, which, owing to th? dull season, will bo printed at very low rates. Tho advertising ageuoy of Walker Evans Sz Cogswell, represented by Ros well T. Logan, Esq , ia the only author ized ageucy for this paper in Charleston The negro voters of South Carolini may ponder this fact with much profit Virginia, under Democratic rule, ha established over 700 schools for the oo lored man, while South Carolina, undo I Radical rule, has not only done nothini for them, but the Radical State Govern mcnt has stolen all the school money and broken down the negro schools thu were already established. Messrs. C. O. Martindale & Co. hav furnished the second bale of new cotto raised near this oity. It was sold t Messrs. R. O'Neale & Son, at ninetee cents, being classed as first middling. The following is the programme c muBio by the band of the 18th Infantn for August 19: March Rifle. Club Bach. Robert le Diavalo. Meyerbeer. Chorus Massaniello. Auber. Il Bacoio. Arditi. Polka Mazourka. Funke. The Republican Convection continue in session yesterday, and made the fe lowing nominations: Clerk of Court, ] B. Miller, white; Probate Judge, S. < Swygert, white; School Comniiooione David Salmond; County Commissioner Wm. Hayne, Uriah Portee, Ellison Ev? ton. PncENixiASA. - The author of 4 Golden Sorrow" is now at work on 1 Silver Grief," to be followed by "Cr Iron Happiness." The man whoBe wife extorted frc him a promise not to smoke, finds th as there was no government stamp it, it has no effect npon him nntil af I j October 1. j The newest charm is in the form ol oompass, and about the size of a oei The oldest oharm is in the form of enoompas9, and about tbe sighs of asse: One of the pleasures of life-Taki off new boot? and putting on old si pers. '.My dear boy, honesty is tbe best ] licy." "Well, you ought to know, thar, for you have tried 'em botb." The most irredeemable bonds ; I known to tbe financial and moral wo are vagabonds. A Cincinnati wife left her huabao board, but took tbe bed with ber. is puzzled to know how to word ale notice of Haming to prospective ore tors. V'The riob," said a Jew, "eat venii becauso it ?sh deer; I eat mutton beca it is sheep." A Leavenworth editor sat down in a served seat already oooupied by a hon He stands up when scissoring bis ed: rials now. A despatch from Congressman '. Large, dated Charleston, August says: "The statement in tliG New Y World, of the 13th instant, that I b written a lotter-which would appea: a few days-declaring myself in favo; Hon. Horace Greeley, is false." MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-Tba North mail opens at 2.30 P. M.; closes li A. M. Cbarloston day mail opens < P. M. ; closes 6.00 A. M. Charlot uight mail opens 7.00 A. M.; doses I P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.40 M.; doses 0.00 A. M. Western or aud doses 1.30 P. M. Wilmington oj .?.30 P. M.; doses 11.80 A. M. J Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M RELIGIOUS SERVICES THIS DAY.-Tri? nity Ohnrch-Rev. P. J. ?hand, D. D., Rector, ll A. M. and 5>? P. M. Lutheran Church-Rev. J. H. C. Mc? Kinney, 10)4 A. M. Mariou Street Church-Rev. J. M. Boyd, 8 P. M. Maes meeting of Sunday Schools in Marion Street Church, at 4 P. M. Addresses by Bishop Wm. M. Wightman, J. H. Kineler, Esq., H. T. Wright, Esq., and G. J. Putterson, Esq. Washington Street Church-Rev. J.L. Shuford, 8 P. M. Presbyterian Church-Bishop Wm. M. Wightman, D D., lOJ.j A. M. Rev. J. G. Griffiths, 8 P. M. Seats will bo free iu tho Preabyteriau Church during morning service. Baptist Church-Rev. J. W. Humbert, 10)4 A. M. Catholic Church-Rev. James Fuller? ton, First Mass, at 7 A. M.; Second Mass at 10 A. M. ; Vespers ut 4J? P. M. Lunatic Asylum-Rev. M. Brown, 9 A. M. M. E. Church, (North,) Rev. J. A. Clifton, 10>? A. M. Rev. Thomas A. Griffiths, 8 P. M. A. M. E. Church, Rev. L. C. Loyal, 10>? A. M. Rev. J. T. McElhaney, 4>? P. M. Rev. J. S. Beasley, 8 P. M. LIST OP NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Rooma to Rent. R. D. Seun & Son-Bolted Meal. S. B. Pickens-S. C. Railroad. University of South Carolina. Meeting Columbia Lodge. HOTEL ARBIYALS, August 17,1872.-Nicker son House-K t? Barnwell. Nashville; J Ker? shaw, Camden; S Anglo, N C; J Mc Duffy, AI O; E T We st, So EX CO; John W Zimmerman, Balee ville; J K Chatham, Helena; W W Hunt? ing. 8 C; W M Thomas, i.homer; J J Chapeau, J Barrett, Charleston; J M MaoKay, Abbe? ville; C Hasbruck and daughter, Pa. Columbia Hotel-J H Hion, Wiansboro; A M Jackson, Qa; F Pretchel, Md; E W M Mickey, W N Taft, J W O'Brien, F F Chappeau, Jacob Barrett. Charleston; E O Whitney, W H Mc? Donald, N C; CC Puffer, Union; U M Sadler, 8 C. RAIN CLOUDS.-A few weeks ago a raiu cloud burst and washed away the road-bed of the Honesdale branch of the Erie railway for a distance of about 100 feet. Cloud-bursts are of infrequent oc? currence in the Atlantic States, but they are quite common in Nevada and else? where in the extreme West. A cloud? burst is not a water spout, though the two are often confounded in the popular mind. A water-spout results from a whirl-wind, which gathers a quantity of water from the face of the ocean or some other broad surface, and whirls it up? ward and through the air. Cloud-bursts occur io the summer during heavy thun? der storms, and are simply rain showers of sudden and extraordinary violence. An over-ladeu cloud suddenly condenses, and the water of which it is composed falls to the earth in torrents. In a moun? tainous country like Nevada, the results of a cloud-burst are often terrible. So sudden is the flood that sometimes where not a drop of water has been seen for months, a large, turbulent torrent all at once comes pouring down, washing away trees, bouses, roads, rocks, and everything that comes in ita way. One of these floods thus pouring down a steep, dry, mountain oanou, frequently shows an advancing, resistless front of logs, boulders, and brush twelve or fif? teen feet high. m % m THE HOUSE DIVIDED.-It would seem, from outward appearances, that the Ra? dical house is divided agaiuat itself, at least in this locality; and indeed in other portions of the County as well. Some? thing is wrong-there's a screw loose in the scalawag and carpet-bug machinery. They don't pull together "like they nae to did." They quarrel; oall eaoh other ugly names; they "cuss;" draw bloody minded pistols, and threaten to shoot but they don't. There is evidently un? happiness iu that portion of the Scott Grant family inhabiting Laurens, or else they are doing up a farce hugely well. At the township meeting at this place on last Saturday, we learn, there was great wrangling and moon dissatisfac? tion. At the meeting, also, here on Monday, for the purpose of appointing delegates to the Radical State Conven? tion to meet in Columbia, pretty mach the same discord prevailed. The meeting reaulted in the appoint? ment of Y. J. P. Owens, Joseph Crews, David Leahy aod Pratt Sober, (the lat? ter colored,) as delegates to the aforesaid Oonveution, which meets on the 21st in? stant.-Laurensville Herald. AN UNS?MPATHETIC AUDIENCE.-That was an un plea unit audience which Gen. Beverage addressed at the Grant meet? ing in Chicago recently. Ex-Gov. Oglec by had previously fought the war all over again, and the audience had be? come a little restive. Consequently, when the general began the fight again, au impatient man cried out, with muon bitterness, "Damn the wari" Some? what discomfited, the general sidled off into an attack upon Mr. Greeley, and here an emphatio "Dry up!" caused him to tack again. That tremendous argu? ment against Mr. Greeley-bis censure of the Democrats-next received atten? tion; but scarcely bad the valiant orator got well under way when his eloquence received a sudden and effectual oheok in the calm assurance, "We can stand it," whioh a olear voice sent up from the crowd. The laughter which followed was too much for the orator, and he ab? ruptly retired. The lower classes in Japan are afraid of the telegraph. They cannot alto? gether see "how the old thing works," and they are simple enough to think that it is the device of the devil, and that tho wires are coated with the blood of young women, and that the census now being taken for the sole purpose of finding out the number of available Ja? panese maidens whose blood will do for telegraphic purposes. The idea is a cu? rious one, and it is strange that the Ja? panese should uot understand the expla? nation.