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COLUMBIA, S. C. Tuesday Moren g, September 3, 1872. For President of the United States. HORACE QRBEIiBT. of New York. . For Vice-President B. GRATZ BROWN, of Missouri. Time for Action. !* ; It is high time that oar white people who are unanimously in favor of the eleotiou of Greeley and Brown as the next President and vice-President of the United StateB, and snob of our colored citizens as are of tho same opinion, should take some stops to inaugurate the campaign. Wo have delayed action np to this time in order to throw no ob? stacles in the way of that Stato reform which the dominant party in the State have been so freely and frequently pro? mising us, that they would instituto in their selection of publio officers for the next two years. They promised ns bread and have given us a stone. Frank? lin J. Moses, Jr., is put forward as the exemplar of honesty andreform "within the Republican ranks." Not.baving expectod much from "ro form in the Republican ranks," so long as the corrupt leaders maintain their control, we cannot say that we are grievously disappointed. Moses is doubt Jess a true exponent of the hopes and .purposes of the large majority of the Convention which nominated him. The bolters, it is true, hnve giveu as another .and, in our judgment, a far better ticket. Whether it will amount to anything, re? mains to be seon. It is about ns good a tioket, considering the materiel ol the Radical party in the State, as we could reasonably have expected; but we are very much inclined to the suspicion that the movement is designed more to further the interests of Grant, in his race for re-election, than with any expec? tation or great desire to reform the State Government, or resoue it from tho hands of Mosco. But, however all this may be, it is quite patent that there is now no longer any reasons why we, who sin? cerely believe that the welfare of the oouutry demands a chango in the Admi? nistration, and that Greeley, and not Grant, should be our next President, ought to remain inactive. The Democratic Exoautivo Committee have met and adjourned,, without indi? cating any purpose to call a convention to nominate eleotors. It devolves, there? fore, we presume, upon the Liberal Re? publicans in the State to take the initia? tive, and to pat forth tie electoral tioket. It certainly cannot be contemplated that we are to allow the Presidential eleotiou to go by default against us. Suoh is no! the part of good citizens, and would ill become the people of our gallant Stato. The' first thing to be done is the organi? zation of Liberal Republican clubs throughout the State. This, we hope, will bo done immediately. lu a few days, a oall for a convention will bc issued to meet in Columbia, some day towards the latter part of this month probably. A. platform will be adopted, eleotors choses and the campaign prose? cuted vigorously from that time for ward. Arrangements are now being Bet on foot here to secure the at? tendance at the time of the conven? tion of some prominent Liberal Repub? licans from the North, who will address our people and givo interest and impulse to the Greeley movement, and to the formation and growth of that party, which seems to us to promise the onlj peaceable solution to the difficult ani darksome political problems before u? Wo ought, at any rate, to bo organizei and ready for action at a moment's warn ing. There seems to be but little chance at present, of carrying this State foi Greeley; but who can tull what change, the developments of tho next few week may work upon the minds of our coloree fellow-oitizens? If the resnlt of th State elections in tho North should poin unerringly to the success of Greeley an? it comes to be very generally concedei before the election that he is to bo th next President, thousands of tho oolorei people would undoubtedly be persuadei to give him their suffrages. This wouli throw the white and colored people o the State together at once, and two year from this not a single rogue of the prc sent regime could work his way again int the legislative halls of the State, or an of her public offices or institutions, ut less it bo that gloomy granite edifice o tho banks of tho Congaree. ? ? ? ? DBAWN TO TUE LITE.-From that repel tory of good things, Fratik Leslie's Jllu? troted, we take the following capital har hit. For wit and sarcasm, we have me nothing to equal it since the oampaig commenced. Well said Voltaire: "Whe * oas be expected of a people that ohoose an ape for its God?" He spoke of Afr oan savages-but we boast ourselves th flower of civilization. We think wo n oognize the same "fine Roman hand" i this which gave "Grant's oivil servie examination," some time since. The Newa In Ita New Building. We are glad to note signa of prosperity whore prosperity is BO weil merited as it is by oar highly esteemed contemporary, tho Charleston News. Yesterday's paper carno to us, the first issued from its hand? some building on Broad street, into which it has jost moved. From the de? scription of the stately structure, we have no doubt that the office nf the News is now, as the News itself long has been, a graceful ornament to the noble old city whoso interests it so faithfully advocates, aud iu whose prosperity it has such un? shaken confidence. > The News may justly be proud of its success, and Charleston of tho News. The past week was one of marino hor? rors. Ou Wednesday, the steamship Perseverance was lost io a fog off Lisbon, and thirty persons were drowned. O? Thursday, the steamer James Stephen sou was burned, without IOBS of life, near Lisbon. On Friday, occurred the terrible disaster by whioh the Metis went down, and a large bat still unknown number of lives were lost. The same day, the Aspinwall steamer Bienville was burned, and here also were several casu? alties through drowning, after the peo? ple had loft the ship. A gale is reported on the Northern lakes, attended with loss of several schooners. These, with the sun-strokes in St. Louis, tho yellow fever at Carthagcna, the numerous boiler explosions, deaths by lightning and rail? way accidents in different parts of the oonntry, make up a gloomy record for the week just sped into eternity. U. S. QUANT'S MENTAL- PHOToanArn. Some one has invented a new stylo of photographic album, in which not merely are portraits of individuals displayed, bat accompanying each is a series of printed questions, the answers to whioh are written out by the original of the picture, the cross-examination being so comprehensive and searching, that when the responses are given truthfully and candidly, they give as accurate a repre? sentation of the character of the person as tho camera has given of his features. A few of these mental photograph al? bums have found their way to Long Branch; and a correspondent at that place sends us a leaf, which ho says he has abstracted from one of them, and which seems to bo the mental aatophoto graph of our gifted President. It runs thus: What is your favorito color?-Claret. What is your favorite flower?-A toddy-blossom. What ?B your favorite tree?- A whiffle? tree. What ?B your favorite object in nature? -A "stone fence." What ia your favorite letter?-"The absent T." What is your favorite season of the yenr?-The present season. What is your favorite perfume? Jockey Club. What is your favorite wino?-Marum. What is your favorite stylo of beauty? -A bull pup. What are your favorite nnmea?-Tom und Jerry. Who is your fuvorito painter?-Tom? my Naet. Who are your favorite musicians? Harpers. What is your favorite instrument? The pipe. Who is your favorite poet?-Longfel? low. Who is your favorito prose author? Old Burton. Who is your favorito character in ro? mance?-Fagin. Who are your favorite characters in history?-The lust of tho Bourbons. What is yonr favorite book to tuke up for an hour?-Job (whoa fat.) What book (uot religious) would you part with lust?-"Hard Cash." What ago would you choose to live in? Pitt-age. Where would you like to live?-lu u palnco or a collar (wine.) What is your favorito atnnacnicnt? Traveling ( on a free pass.) What is your favorite occupation? Baking (in.) What trait of character do you most, admire in mau?-Generosity. What trait of character do yon most admiro in womitn?-Liberality. What trait of character do you most detest in each?-Sponging. If not yourself, who would you rather be?-Tho next President of tho United States. What is your idea of happiness? Four Aces against four Kings. What is your idea of misery? Four Kings against four Aces. What is your dream?-Ulysses I, Dei Gratia, Amer. Imp. What is your favorite game?-Grab. What do you believe to be yonr dis? tinguishing characteristic?-A dogged and stable disposition. What is the sublimest passion of whioh human nature is capable?-Lovo for our enemies-before the oleotion. What are the sweetest words in the world?-"All that I have is thine." What are the saddest words?-"It was my last cigar." What is your aim in life?-To bo tho most gifted man ot the ago. What is your motto?-"To him that hath shall be given." The Constitutionnel has the following paragraph regarding the orop prospects iu Franco: "The year 1872 will be re? markable in Franoe for its abondant har? vest, whioh is oaloulated at present at 35,000,000 hectolitres, (two and three quarter bushels eaoh.) representing a capital of 1,500,000,000 franca." PARTY ?AUES.-Por haps the orators and journals of the Administration have borne too heavily OD the oharge that the Liberal movement is purely in the De? mocratic interest. People, at any rate, are beginning to ask, well, what of it? This may seem bold in the face of each constant d?nonciations of a party whioh still bears a venerable name; but it is trae, nevertheless. What divided Re? publicans and Democrats ten years ago? 'The conduct ot tho war and the question of slavery, which pervaded tho whole struggle. What were the issues whioh still existed when the war was over, and Grant and Seymour were before the peo? ple as Presidential candidates? Tho ad? justment of several political questions which grow out of the civil war, but notably those of providing for the pay? ment of the national debt, the preveutiou of oppression of the freedmen, and the adjustment of the deranged political machinery of the South. On such is? sues as these, or their correlatives, the nation was divided into two great parties in 18G1 and 186S. Are those issu s not settled now? And if they aro not, will they ever be? Will they be quieted ami? cably in 1876? in 1880? iu 1881? If then, why not now? Plainly, what is the issue now before the country on which voters may logical? ly be divided into two parties uuder old party names? It is not enough to answer this query with a vague flourish about danger to the finances, aud aiding and abetting treason. All of these mattum were either settled by the war or by sub? sequent legislation. Can yon, brother Republican, put your finger on ono car? dinal political doctrine wherein you dif? fer from the majority of mon who call themselves Democrats? Is there a single point of radical difference between you and your Democratic neighbor, unless, possibly, you and he support different men as Presidential candidates? Is it not, after all, a question in governmental management, more or less colored by personal prejudice, which divides yon? Let ns examine tho points of difference which existed in 1861 and 1868, and see how wiso you are in bringing them into 1872. Nobody proposes, so far as we know, to make another attempt to build a Southern Confederacy. Nobody pre? tends that it is possible, desirable or ex? pedient to re-enslave the blacks. It ie equally impossible to rc-open the ques? tion of negro suffrage and the political status of the freedmen. Ample and rigorous provision is made for the fall, honest payment of the publia debt ; and equally safe preventives against any as? sumption of any part of tho rebel debi by the United States have ulso beet made. These principal poiuts of na tional concern have been built into the amended Constitution of . the Uuitot States. They cannot be taken out bj this generation; thero is no party, noi even a fragment of a party, which pro poses to attempt to tuko them out Why, even some of tho men who faugb longest for American slavery and a Con federaoy founded thereon, both during and since the civil war, aro against us Even tho sanguine and sanguinary Mos by soes no hope for tho Southern empir in Greeley's election. He is for Graut And even Wm. Lloyd Garrison, a seed sowor of Abolitionism, passionately de clares that it is idle to talle longer of "th infinite w ongs of tho African." He i able to shitt for aud defend himself. S both of these extremists are agreed tba their old ideals have no part in this Prc sideutial coutest. And is it not u littl illogical, not to .?-ny dishonest, for men t profess anxiety about tho uatiout finances while they are upholding a administration which has sustained tu Southern State governments, in ruuniu their people iuto debt (we will here uc say plundering them) to tho amount c over 8200,000,000? If, then, Democrats propose to unit with Republicans in undertaking wilt seem to be vitally-needed reforms in th Government, where is tho possible ol jection? We havo shown that the ol party names aro as meaningless uow i the old party divisions ure ?seles Why, then, tight the old battles ovt again? In a peaceful canvass which pr< poses a re-adjustment of tho powers ( the Government, ned a correction ( growing abuses which threaten the vei existence of that Government, whi place havo tho Virginia Resolutions ( *?8? or tho political platforms of 180t or the battles nf Ball Run and Appoma tox Court Uousu? Tho Liberal part; as wo call the new combination of voter propose, not only to stand by tbo pub] credit, und tho men who fought to kee it, and tho people who were freed durit that fight, but also to return to ovei Stato, Southern ns well as Northern, tl power of self government, primo dow tho enormous patronage of tho Nation Government, reduce its oxcossive coa purify tho civil servico of all possibili of Dents, Caseys, Butlers, and their lik aud break down tho unnatural barrie whioh have boon maintained betwei tho North and tho South by designii men. That thore should be virulent o position to this work is inevitable. Tl great horde of oflicial incumbents ai their relations will oppose it. Meu wi have the dispensing of the patronage this Administration, but know not who they shall fall in thc next, will oppo it. And, above all, every man who h any personal or political interest in kee ing apart old combatants-whether i tho field of battle or field of politics will oppose it. Bit, with faith iu tl honesty and good intent of the pccpl wo believe this great undertaking w be accomplished.-Nero York Tribune. Dr. Jowett, a well-edncatod aud t oeutrio old gentleman, of North Have Mo., committed suicide in his offioe > Friday last, in a very extraordinary me ner, by severing the femoral artery both his thighs, and then setting fire a eau full of kerosene oil whioh he h poured over the floor of the room. J was found undressed, weltering in 1 blood in tho midst of fire, and died i mediately. LIGHTNING AMONO THE LIONS-A SCENE IN A MENAGERIE.-A correspondent of the Chicago Inter-Ocean writes from Da? venport, Iowa: Adam Forepaugh is a famous show? man, but he has never offered to the pub? lic so thrilling aud extraordinary au exhibition as that which "might have been seen" at a point near Pleasant Hill, about seven miles from Davenport, on Monday morning, bofore daylight. The scene was that of a menagerie attuoked by a thunder-storm of unusual ferocity, in the dead of night. Mr. Foropaugh's establishment, con? sisting of a menagerie, museum and circus, exhibited at DeWitt, Iowa, on Saturday, August 17, and at midnight started for Davenport, wbero it was to exhibit on the 10th. At Pleasant Hill, a small village, it encountered one of the most terrific storms of thunder, light? ning and rain ever experienced iu this part of tho country. It was about 2 o'clock, on Monday morning, when the storm broke upon the caravan. There were 175 dens or cages of wild beasts and birds, a museum equipage, baggage wagous, ifcc, drawn by SOU horses, aud following tho great chariot. This, iu turu, was preceded by a dozen camels and ?he elephant Romeo, Jr. As tho storm increased iu fury, the chariot horses became unmanageable, and started off" at a fearful speed. The camels, unable to stand, crouched down by tho road-side, trembling with fear, and thc elephant lay down in thu middle of tho roud aud stubbornly refused to rise, completely preventing the further progress of tho long train of cages, which were scattered along tbo roud for nearly two miles. Tho animals, thoroughly frightened, mingled their yells und roars with tua deafening thunder, and bounded from side to sido of their narrow cages with tromoudous force. This caused many ol the horses to follow the example of those before the churiot, and as no fustbei progress could bo made, the whole train soou became inextricably confused. Tc make "confusion worse confounded," th?: driver of the lion-cage was hurled from his seat by the falling of his wheel horses, and over went tho cage contain iug four large lions. The museum wagon, containing the "Lord's Supper," was struck by light ning, and four of the twelve npostlei laid low. And yet the worst bad nol come. Tho awful fury of the storm anr tho terror of tho scene demoralize about twenty drivers, who had been hirei a few daj's previous, and in a most cow ardly mauuer they deserted their horse and fled to the woods. Ono of the? cages left driverless contained a gnu, o horned horse, a most vicious and untam able brute, and thc horses, plungim from ono sido of the road to the other overturned the cage, causing tho top ti break open. Instantly the brute Ieapoi into tho road, and, overturning a oag tilled with monkeys, darted off into th woods. Tho situation of tho caravan at thi juueture was very critical, as may b readily imagined. There was thc pitcl black darkness af the night contendiu with the lurid glare of tho lightning There was tho drenching rain pourin down iu sheets. There was tho almot constant roar of thunder. The roar t enraged tigers, tho neigh of frightene horses, tho wail of a hundred animals some to be feared and others to be pitie -all wore concentrated. Trees fe around. Horses dashed hither und tb ther, crashing tho vans which they drov and scattering their contents. Ono t .the drivers, who still remained faithfi and courageous, was killed in his seatb a 6hock of lightning. No wonder thi mon's hearts quailed, und that arnon the less bold of them a panic and stan pedo set in, which promised to end wit the total ruin of tho caravan. This wa doubtless, averted ouly by the appen ance at the front of Colonel Foropaugl who had beeu following the train, an who had come up as rapidly as possib ou realizing the danger of the sitnatioi He ordered the horses to bo detnclu from tho animal cages aud the wagoi corroded. Tho lieu cago was rightci and a detail sent to recapture tho e ca pial gull. Daylight dawned aud the storm abate Ten horses had buen killed by lightuiu four drivers were injured seriously ai one killed. With tho m?.sistnuce of tl farmers in the vicinity, the monagoi people soon put matters in a pr?sent?t shape, including even tho survivii Apostles, eight in number. - ... ? ?*? AN EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGE.-Tl Georgetown Times is responsible for tl following: Wo learn from nnqestioned anthori that Mr. Johu G. Pouters, of this Cou ty, aged seventy-eight, has recent taken to .himself iu marriago a youl and blushing brido of not quito fourtei yoars, aud that such has been tho eff? on his venerable head, that his ha which wassilvory white, is rapily nssui iog tho black color of his youth. Y have heard of hair growing white in single night, but wo do not kuow tl wo have ever before hoard of tho ca pilaceous ornament which adorns t hoad taking the back track, and tarni from gray to black. Our informant < sures us that tho old gentleman has us no hair dye, and that tho change is i tributnble entirely to the new stato ic which he has eutered. A Litchfield couple on their way hoi from a Wolootville pio-nio were depot ed ou tho earth by tho breaking of t oarringe. The young man went to neighbor's bouse for help, and in movi about for the door fell down an op hatchway into the collar. YVhen ho { on his foot ho found a huge dog barki at tho outrance, and iu tho brief int vals of the dog's bark could distinc hear the man of tho houso heavily cha ing a double-barrel gun. . Henry Wilson's reply when asked ho had ever beeu n member of the Knc Nothing order: "I know nothing!" An outerpr?8?ng reporter for the New York Tribune has been investigating the alleged abuses practiced on the patients in Bloomingdale Insane Asylum, some? what ia tho same manner that James Greenwood, "the amateur casual," gain? ed practical knowledge of the interior management of the English poor bouses, Those who remember the articles written by Greenwood will recollect that, for tho purpose of gaining his information, he disguised himself as a pauper, aud, clothed in rags, slept iu the casual wurds of various poor houses, aud, with u graphic and picturesque pen, related his experiences. Tho articles created quite a sensation at the timo they were pub? lished. Tho Tribune has bad one of its reporters committed to Bloomingdale by due process. Tho easu with wlrch this was done shows the abuses to whioh tho system is liubl-3. The insanity of the reporter was simulated For tho pur? pose of gaiuiug admission to the institu? tion. Two reputable physicians, a medi? cal student aud a professional curse were fouud, without any difficulty, to certify that ho wus "a violent lunatic, danger? ous to himself and others." Perfect strangers to bim signed the commitment, and tho justice employed never saw bim ut all. The physician in charge received him without ever asking tho name of the person committing him, and uftt.r nu examination of less than ono minute, consigned bim to one of the wunls. After staying in the institution two weeks, ho wu6 released on a writ of habeas corpus, sued out at tho instance of Jt gen Hem wi connected with tho office of tho Tribune, and his experience while incarcerated will bo detailed in that pa? per, which says that "it will be a plain, unvarnished tale, without reservatiou of names or facts, and we are sorry to say, that it will bo adverso to the institution, and reflect painfully ou tho law of com? mitment and its administration in this city." There have been grave charges preferred against Bloomingdale Asylum, aud there exists such excitement in tbo publio mind of New York, iu respect to thu management of all tho insane asy? lums iu tho State, that Governor Ho?F man has felt compelled to appoint a commission, consisting of Attorney General Barlow, Dr. Anderson, Presi? dent of tho Rochester University, and Dr. Hun, of Albany, with powor to exa? mine all private asylums in the State, "with a view to discovering abuses wher? ever they exist." The narrative of the Tribune reporter, us u record of personal experiences, acquired in a novel wny, will, therefore, bo likely to create a sen? sation. DISCOVERIES OF ANTIQUITIES IN MOAH. A correspondent of the London Athe meum writes from Jerusalem, July 24: The excavation in search of antiqui? ties in Moab have proved surprisingly successful. About 600 objects, in earth? enware jars, lamps, figures of men and animals, inscribed slabs, etc., have been safely lodged in Jerusalem. Many of these are of the highest interest. Oue of tho most striking is the figuro of a calf, nearly lifo size, in a sitting posture, and with a hole in tho buck, apparently to buru incense in. There is no inscrip? tion upou this figure, but another calf's head, of smaller size, is placed upright upou au earthen disc, which has some letters inscribed upon it. The jars are of largo size, aud somewhat rudo con? struction, and aro principally valuable for the writing with which they are co? vered. The characters are, iu some instanced, stamped, (somo stamps in earthenware have beeu found.) in others engraved with a sharp instrument, whilst o third kind is in strong relief, and may have beeu moulded, or, ns appears to be the case wit!* one of the lamps, first formed in wet clay, and then stuck ou. It seems also that some of these raised characters havo been formed by scraping away*tho surrounding clay-work reqairing much skill and patience where the inscription is copious and the character crowded. Tho letters aro chiefly Phoaioiau; others rosombloJ'"Nubntheau," and others again are of forms not previously known here. Tho human figures oro very numerous. Somo are surmised to represent Moloch, hnving a cavity in the capacious abdo? men, and a hollow space, perhaps for fire, underneath. But tho most remark? able, and iu somo respects the most inte? resting, of theso antiques, aro tho Phal? lic emblems. Some of these aro of a very unmistakable character. It is, perhaps, fortunato, in so far as tho recovery of these valuable antiqui? ties is concerned, that tho American Ex? ploring Expedition has boen delayed, it being certain that no such party, how? ever small and modestly equipped, can outer Moah without attracting tho atten? tion aud excititing the cupidity of the Sheiks, and putting a stop to all useful search for inscriptions, etc. It is report? ed that thcro aro at present nearly 100 Arabs employed in digging for antiqui? ties. Each man works upou his own ac? count, and is paid only for what he finds. A SOUTHERNER'S REASON FOR VOTING rou UNCLE HORACE.-A Southern gentle? man, wearing a Greeley badge, waa ac? costed by a Grant man, yesterday, on a Fulton Ferry boat, with the remark: "Well, I suppose you aro going to vote for Groeley?" "Correct. I shall voto for Greeley," replied the Southerner. "On what grounds?" "On the grounds of what ho knows about farming." "What does Greeloy kuow nbout farm? ing." "He knows that when a pile of manure gets too high it requires spreading." Exit Grant mau.-New York Sun. Last week, during a storm at Opelika, the lightning struck and killed a lady. A child three weeks old, in her arms, was uninjured. Mr. Timothy Hurley, in pursuance of his declared intention of never being found with the minority, is cautiously craw-fishing back to the "regulars." TI* ?r> o A 1 Items. -. ? -- CITT MATTEBS.-Tho price of single copies of the PHOENIX is five cents. Mr. James McKenna, an Irishman bj birth, but for macy years a resident of Columbia, died on Sunday morning, rather suddenly. He had been in feeble health for a length of time, but a serions result was not anticipated. Old newspapers for sale at PHCENIX oflice, at fifty cents n hundred. Mr. Levin advertises some extra fine butter ut auction. It may be worrh looking after. The Duo West Female College opens ou the 7th October. See card in another column. Hicks Emanuel, a colored mac, while in tho act of drawing u bucket of water from ono of the wells in the Routh Caro? lina University campos, on Sunday last, accidentally lost his balance, and was precipitated to the bottom of the well. The only damage was a good ducking. A card in another column gives infor? mation of the formation of a partnership between Mesare. Edward M. Nathan and Daniel C. Peixotto, for the purpose of carrying on a first class crockery and house-furnishing establishment. Both of them ure active young men. i Tbe Board of Health failed to have a meeting, yesterday afternoon. Stir up, gentlemen; the health of the city is im? portant. Tbo following is the programme of music by Prof. Bachar and his excellent band, this afternoon, at 5 o'clock: Coliseum Quick-step. Beyer. Pot Pouri, from Martha. Flotow. Springsinger Waltz. Heppman. Stabat Muter. Boseini. Leap Year Galop. Samaells. HOMICIDE IN EDGEFIELD.-Ba mors .were current on Sunday of a justifiable homicide, in the vicinity of the Pine House, Edgefield.- on Saturday last, but as yet wo can glean no particulars. From tbo statements made, it appears that there had existed for a long time ill-feeling between two men in that vici? nity, and open violence had been at? tempted. O fi Saturday, one of the meo attacked the station-master at Pine House with a long knife; the attacked party sought refuge in his house, when the attacking party followed him, knife in hand. The station-master then shot him dead on the spot, aud ?B reported to have surrendered himself to the proper authorities. OUR BOOK TABLE.-Messrs. E J. Halo it Son, 17 Murray street, New York, have furnished us a copy of a work, which they havo just issued, that will prove attractive to udmirers of Charles Dickens. It is called "A Cyclopedia of the Best Thoughts of Charles Dickens, compiled from his works, and alphabeti? cally arranged, by F. G. DeFontaine." It can bo obtained, we presume, from our booksellers. Tbe Rural Carolinian, for September, is out. It is filled with entertaining as well as usefnl matter for the farmer and gardener. Walker, Evans it Cogswell ?t D. Wyatt Aiken, Charleston, are the publishers, at 32 per annum. PHOXIXIANA.-Deeds are fruits; wort's are but leaves. A small sorrow distracts-a great ono makes ns collected; as a bell loses its olear tone when slightly cracked, and re? covers it if the fissure is enlarged. - Books are company, and the company of bad books is as dangerous as the com? pany of bad associates, while that of good books is like that of good men. No ninn is so insignificant as to b 3 sure his example oan do no hurt. If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, 6ervo yourself. What men want of reason for their opinion? they usually supply and make up in rage. HOTEL ABBIVALS, September 2.-Kicker son //.mae-\V A Therrell, Pla; P Atkinson, Ky; J Norton, Sr, Chester; T Taylor, J Crawford, PElmoio, W M Thomas, city; W G Turner, W Johnson, N C; J ? Hndnutt, L It L Co; Vt T Butt, Augusta; J L Wilson, Sumter, E D bush, Greenville-, J lt Chatham, Helena. Columbia Hotel-R H Kirk, Colombia; J D Kennedy, Camdon; 12 li Pierce and wifo,Ga; J T Keon, t?o Ex Co; J Brennan, W Q Evana, Charleston; TB Duncan. Newberry; J Ii Mc? Cullough, Honoa Path; J L Shumate, Ldge llold; S Agnow, Miss Lou Brennan, Mis J Jane Kennedy, Due West. LIST or NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. G. M. Walker-Union Savings Bank. Nathan & Peixotto-Copartnership. Jacob Levin-Auction Sales. * Duo West Female College. Palmetto Fire Company. Misses Elmore-School Notico. M. J. Calnan-Notice. Dr. Tutt's Sarsaparilla, ko. Pheonix Hook and Ladder Company. Mrs. S. C. Goodwyn-School Notice. Fislur k Silliman-Wanted. Geo. Symmera-Cigars, Chocolate, ko. D. 0. Peixotto & Son-Auction Sale. Miss M. A. Bollinger-School Notice. The Badicals will not leave well enough alone. They are now enslaving the white mao. Ia our Government to be f orever a see-saw on the black question black up, white down-white np, black down? The Radical policy begins and enda in that.