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COLUMBIA. S. C. Sunday Morning, September 15,1872. For President of the United Stales. lion A. CK CHUCKLE Y . of New York. For Vice-President B. GRATZ BUOWN, or Mlasourl. AcrodM thu Continent. Wo pauso, to-day, in our pursuit of rings aud flagellation of scoundrels, to notico a great enterprise, whioh, within tho next lustrum, probably, will give to tho commerce uud travel of the country another groat trauB-continontal mil way, viz: the Texas Pacific Railroad. This projected rond has beon chartered under Acts of Congress, to bo constructed from the Eastern boundary of the State of Texas to tho Pacific Ocean, commenc? ing at Shreveport, La., and running through Texas and tho Territories of I New Mexico nud Arizona, nearly along the thirty-second parallel, to the port of San Diego, in Southern California. It has boen largely endowed by tho State of Texas, in tho way of lands and bonds, and tho Counties ami towns of that State along tho route have made it liberal do? nations. The United States Govern? ment has given over 15,000,000 of acres of public lands to its aid. The road is to be built rapidly, the basis of tue en? terprise being sound and good, and the oapital required for its construction being well in hand. lb will traverse the State of Texas 700 miles. On tho 1st of October, a oontraot is to be lot for tho construction of 500 miles of this dis? tance, beginning at Marshall, in the East of Texas, to whioh a railroad already runs from Shreveport, to be completed by January 1, 1871; that is, in abont eighteen months. It is pro? posed, also, to commence the work at several other points in the interior of Texas. Colonel Thomas A. Scott, the President, (the great railway potentate,) a couple of months si nco, visited Louisi? ana and Texas, examining the latter State, more particularly, for a distance of 300 miles, over whioh he traveled in a wagon. Accompanied by Colonel George Williamson, of Shreveport, he has re? cently been on a visit to the Paoifio coast, to initiate the enterprise at that end. He has been warmly received at San Francisco and San Diego, whore he made short, praotical addresses, in which his plans were succinctly developed. From Texaskana, on the Eastern section of Texas, connections will bo formed ' with St. Louis and Cairo, by way of Little Rock, and by way of Momphis to Louisville, Cincinnati and all points acoessible by the existing systems of roads to the North Atlantic coast. At Shreveport, it will form connections directly through Vicksburg, Montgo? mery, Atlanta, Richmond, Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia to New York and New England. Moro important still, perhaps, it will connect from the same point with New Orleans, Galves? ton, Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington, &o. The outlet to New Orleans and Galveston will be aborter than any other line that can bo built, because it run? directly, in that connection, on the tbi r ty -second parallel. The Government has incorporated as a branch of the Texas Pacific Railroad a company to build a road from Shreveport to Now Orleans, conferring npon it a subsidy of twenty seotions to the mile. Colonel Scott proposes to put engineers into the field at once from San Diego, the West? ern terminus, so that actual work can be commenced from that point in fonr months' time. He urges upon the city of San Francisco and the peo? ple of California that they should bo earnest and quick in securing prompt and thorough connections with this great road, which is to bo operated as an open highway to all roads that will como to it. He does not ask for any dona? tion. Ho only asks tho San .Franciscans that, when they do build their oonnect ingroad, it shall be so placed, so eon neoted, and so equipped, that all the commerce of every line that will como to the borders of the State, on the South? ern line, can reach thom without detri? ment and without discrimination. All ho asks is reciprocity from ono end to the other. Col. Scott is sustained by all tavelers, and by statistics, in the admiration and amazement whioh he expresses at the extent of the productive capacity of the State of Texas. It produces everything that will tend to make o State great and rioh. Its almost fabulous resources aro well matched by tho wealth of Southern California, and by tho immense minorai deposits of New Mexico and Arizona, and tho ether sources of rovouno along the route. The tradl of Southern Cali? fornia, Southern Utah, Arizona, Now Mexico and Mexico, will be largely com? manded by this great highway. Of all great trans-continental lines, the Texas Pacific is pre-eminently adapted to rail? road building, and when completed, will not bo subjected tu tbe same drawbacks as tbo Contral and Union Paoifio Bail roads. It will be exempt from tbe snows that so muob embarrass the upper roads. It runs through a country of perpetual summer, and will have no need of BOOW sheds. The amount of money absorbed in tho construction of snow sheds on tho Central and Union Pacific will be .suffi? cient, it is confidently stated, to pay for all tho bridging and trestle-work on tho Texas Pacific Road. Tho rice, tobacco, lumber, cotton and sugar of the South and South-west, will bo exchanged, with great mutual advantage, for the wine, fruits, minerals, grain and manufactured fabrics of the Pacific slope. Tho harbor of San Diego is represent? ed as excellent. Tho situation of the town is fino, with a good foundation for building. Tho climate is eqnable. Frosts come only at iutcrvals of many years, and aro light. A traveler states that ho ate tomatoes gathered from bushes that had yielded fruit freely every weok in tho year for three years past. This great highway is to be completed in fivo yoars. It is an undertaking whioh startles by its boldness. It is no less prolific of the most promising results, than dazzling by its grandeur. From the speech of Col. Williamson, at San Francisco, wo take an extract in whioh the high dostiny of that city is portrayed ; when, by its connection with this great lino of trade, it shall become the gate through which tho products of the East shall pass to the markets of this country and Europe: "We look forward to the time when San Francisco will emerege from its present proportions, though fair and handsome, iuio a magnificent city, larger than New York, as largo as Lon? don, and perhaps larger. With the geographical position of this great city upon tho Pacific seaboard, commanding, as she does, or as she ought to do, the trade of the great East, she must ne? cessarily increase in wealth and popula? tion; and if that wealth does not ener? vate you by the luxuries which it will I introduce, there is no bound to the greatness of the empire which you may yet wield. Human imagination falters in trying to conceive of tho grandeur of any city that commaads tho Eastern I trade. Fellow-citizens, that trade has enriched every country into whoso lap it | has been poured, or that has energy nud skill and pluck enough to get it. Lt was that trade, if you will bear with me, which built np the great cities of thu plains-Babylon, Palmyra and Da? mascus. It was tho trade of that coun? try, with its dense population, where labor is cheap, and where tho products of human banda havo a value very little above the products of mnchines in this country, or of our best machines, that made Sidon and Tyre, Memphis and Cairo, Alexandria and Carthage, the great cities of their day. It was that trade whioh enriched tho Grecian and Macedonian Empire. It was that trade whioh made Rome the grandest und richest of all the cities of anoicnt times. And when, a??e? the discovery of tho mariner's compass, that trade was taken from tho Mediterranean and the cara? vans ceased-when they were able to double the Cape of Good Hope-it was that trade which built up Spanish power. It was that trade whioh built up the immense power of the Hanse Towns ; and it is that trade to-day which makes England the mistress of the world. Now, it is this trade whioh naturally be? tanga to San Francisco." GRANT AND GREELEY AS BUSINESS MEN. Thu Express says: "If anybody can show ns wherein Grant ia a better business man than Greeley, let him prove it, or forever after hold his peace. Greeley bas honesty, ho has industry, he has good personal habits, he has thrift aud economy, and ho has a knowledge of men. By tho uso of all these bo built up one of tho moat prosperous journals of the world, and his success hus bocu pro eminent. From poor bo became well educated and prosperous. Comparo his progress in this respeot with Gen. Grant, who w?s educated at tho cost of tho na? tion, and who sank after his resignation from tho army to tho position of clerk in a leather storo at a salary of SGOO a year. Is this financial ability? During the samo period Mr. Greeley onterod into competition with tho best minds in tho grout city of tho country. Mr. Gree? ley bus always sot his face in favor of tho policy of earning money, rather than ob? taining it by Bharp practice. He never has stood indebted to frieud or family for a dollar of aid since his apprentice? ship. His history of tho American con? flict nottod him about $170,000, becauso of itu prodigious eale. Do theso facts indicate a lack of financial ability? Sec? retary Chase is not moro the author of the views usnally put forward ns Greo loy's on resumption, than Greeley him? self. Boutwell had to yield to Mr. Gree? ley's policy as to the gold hoard, so far as to reduce the amount of surplus gold from $100.000,000 to about 310,000,000 in buying bonds." TnE TROOPS IN THE SOUTH.-The total number of troops now stationed in tho Southern States is 7,879, of whioh num? ber 3,743 are in Texas on Indian and frontier service, 331 at Fortress Monroe, and 451 in Florida, mostly doing garri? son duty at Fort Piokons, Koy West and the Dry Tortugas. Of tho balance a small number are doing duty ut coast for? tifications, so that about 3,500 aro in thc interior. Tho largost number iu any ono Stato is 1,050 in South Carolina, while the smallest number is in Arkansas, C3 being stationed there. FAILURES.-A Baltimore despatch to tho Charleston Courier, under date of tho 13th, says: Besides Kirkland, Chase & Co., who eusponded payment, yesterday, are the following other large honses: Lazear Bros., J. C. Bridges & Co., grocers; A. A. Porry Sc Co., lumber merchants; also, anno othes. lt is rumored to day that the aggregate liabilities are estimated at $3,000,000, and that there nre largo assets. It is hoped that most of the parties may be able to compromise and resume. Alluding to the heavy failures in the city, yesterday, the Baltimore Sun, in i's financial article, says tho whole umouut involved in thtso suspensions, it is uu derstood, will probably amount to $2,000,000, but tho houses all claim lo have assets ampio to discharge their in? debtedness, if realized. The American] BnyH tho amount of liabililios is estimated at nearly $3,000,000, but it is impossible to speak with certainty aa to this or ulti? mate results of the disaster, although it is generally believed that the suspension will on'y be temporary, and that tho ma? jority, if not all these houses, will speed? ily resume business. Tho Gazelle says: .*No such disasters as tho failures above noticed has befallen Baltimore for a long sarics of years, and tho day is destined to be rauked in thc history of com? mercial events as famous us Bl nek Friduy in New York." Tho followiug are the houses whoso failures are announced: Lazear Brothers, whuleBalo grocers, Exchange Place, who went to protest ou Wednesday, nud whoso suspension was followed yesterday by tbat old firm, Kirkland, Chase Sc Co., heavy importers, who are enguged in tho West ludia and Brazil trude; J. C. Bridges Sc Co. and Wm. Boyne Sc Co., wholesale grocers, Commerce stroet; and A. A. Ferry & Co., wholesale lumber merchants, who are extensively engaged in manufacturing staves and Bhooks for the West India trade. Several other failures are reported to-day. TUE NORTH POLE.-Uuder tho influ? ence of the fervid temperatnre to which old Sol has lately subjected tho dwellers upon this third rate planet of oars, tho thought has frequently occurred to the imaginativo mind that it would bo plea? sant to take a Bummer exenrsion to the North Polo, if that rather mythical point wero easily accessible. Wo had almost began to indulge tho hope that in this progressive ago of ours, tho pole would not only be reached, but that a short cut to it, cither by ballooning or by tho modification of the pneumatic telegraph for tho accommodation of passengers, might ouablo the peoplo who live in what have been heretoforo classed as the inhabitable parts of the globe, to trans? fer themselves iu a few short hours to a place where the Arctic breezes would fan their fovered cheeks, and from which, whou those- Arctio breezas begnu to swell into icy gales, they might make a rapid retreat. Were such n summer resort opened, Sarotogn would be forsaken, tho streets of Newport would grow up with horse-weed and dog-fennel, and even Grant would sell "tho cottago by the sea" at Long Branch, nud tako refuge in some paluce among tho glaciers pre? sented to him by his entirely disinte? rested and admiring countrymen. If the New York World is right in a theory it has lately advanced, however, ull these fancies of things, with the possiblo oc? currence of which we soothed onr suf? ferings under the summer solstice, must bo given up. The World says: "Every boy, when first told how ra? pidly the world spins round, has proba? bly asked what keops the inhabitants from flying off at a tangont, and haB boen informed |in reply, that tho attrac? tion of gravitation (which he, of course, recollects was suggested to Sir Isaac Newton by tho fall of an apple) suffices to more than counterbalance tho centri? fugal foroe occasioned by the rotary mo? tion of our planet. But obviously this centrifugal impetus diminishes as wo ap? proach the centre of rotation, and the gravity which gives a man firm foot-hold at tho equator, whero ho is whirled rouud at the end of a radius 4,000 miles long, would at the quiescent polo make him so heavy that no effort of human muscle could raise his heel from the ground; for bo it remembered, that if be stood erect upon earth's summit, tho only motion impressed upon him would be that of turning slowly round once in twenty-four hours." Tile World's theory fully explains why Sir John Franklin, and BO many others who have gono in quest of tho North Polo, have never como back. Whou tho goal of their ambition was reached, tho poor follows found thoir feet glued be? yond all power of extrication to the earth. Now that the mystery of Sir John Franklin's non-return has boon solved, wo very greatly fenr that bia anxioas widow, could she repair with impunity to tho spot, would only find the anatomy of her former husband and his companions fixed to the frigid soil; but sho wonld ut lenst havo tho consolation of knowing that ho came to his death by a fixed law of nature, and that the great white bears, which aro supposed to infest tho Polar regions, could do himno wrong, for tho obvious reason that their feet as well as his must havo beon glued to tho earth. Wo accopt tho World's theory, and de? duce therefrom that it is worse than folly to send any moro expeditions in quest of tho North Pole. If President Grant, indeed, could be induced to enter him? self a passenger on ono of tho exploring ships, wo don't know that we should par? ticularly object. It wonld, perhaps, bo as good a thing as could happon for tho country to have him gined to somo gla? cier in tho Arctio regions. [Louisville Courier-Jour nal. --. ~? . -. Tho Liberal Convention of colored mon, called to meet at Indianapolis, In? diana, is postponed to Scptembor 25, and will assemble on that dato nt Louis? ville, Ky. RlOTINO ON TUB Poi'.T ROYAL RAIL? ROAD.-Ou Tuesday lust tho laborers on the Port Royal Railroad wore paid off at Allendale, about sixty miles above the junction with the Savnnn th and Charles? ton Railroad. That evening, about 7 o'clock, while tho superintendent of the Port Royal Railroad, Mr. S. C. Millott, wes eating supper, a short distanco off, his tent was entered and robbed of $800 in currency. Tho next morning, about 200 of the laborers left Allendale on tho train for Yoniassee, with the avowed iutontiou of returning to their homes. Whim the train arrived nt Dixie's Station, about ton miles below, alargo number of the negroes loft tho train aud mudo a rush into tho store of Mr. A. MeBridgo Peo? ples. Those who got inside tho store grabbed up everything that luy upon the counters, and several of their number attempted to jump over tho eouutcrs, but were promptly knocked down by Mr. Peoples and his father. Fortu? nately a good many young white mon of the neighborhood had gone to tho station that morning, aud being collected near tho store, they wout immediately to tho assistanco of Mr. Peoples, and succeeded in driving ont thoso negroes who were in tho store, so that the doors could be closed. Tho negroes then crowded around tho house in great nu tu? bers, and might have comtnittod.furhor acts of violence, had not the starting whistle summoned them quickly to the train. At the next station, about four miles lower down, the negroes made a similar attack upon the store of Mr. William Altman, which they completely rifled, there hoing nono to defend it ex? cept tho proprietor and his son, who, being taken by surprisn, were powerless to protect their property. The next station was the lumber mill of Messrs. Steiumeyer it Stokes, of this city. Arriving at this station, tho ne? groes made a similar attack upou tho commissariat, but wero baffled by the clerk, who perceived their intentions and closed the doors in time to keep thom out. Several of thom attempted to effect an entrauce through an unclosed window, but were met by the muzzle of a murdorous-looking bluuderbus, which caused them to retreat. Ia walking around tho premises, some of them dis? covered a piece of lumber that had acci? dentally fallen upon the railroad track, and conceiving that it had been put there for the pnrposo of throwing the train from the track, they at one? at? tacked un inoffensive mill hand. This unwarranted act brought out tho whole force of the placo to tho assistance of the assailed man, and the mob were driven to tho car, after receiving a pretty se voro clubbiug. Tho store keepeis nt the stations be? low had, by some means, been informed of tho occurrences above, and took the precaution to shut np close before thc arrival of tho train. It seems that this gang of negroes has for somo time time past buen in the habit of committing moro or less violent outrages. A short time ago, some of their number attacked a white man at tho store of Mr. Law? rence Youman9, near Dixie, aud would have killed him, bad not Mr. Yoemans given him shelter and protection at his store. Incensed at this, they, several days later, set upon Mr. Yonmans at an unguarded moment, while he was walk? ing in his yard, beat him most unmerci? fully, and in nil probability would have killed him, but for a colored mau in his employment, who ran up and inter? ceded in his behalf.- Charleston News. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.-Tho following persons wero elected Intendant and Wardens of the town of OrahamV, at an election held on the 2d instant: Intend? ant-W. H. Wroton. Wardens-W. M. Kersh, R. D. Holman, Aaron Mitchell, Hanco Mims. Tho following is the result of an elec? tion held at Barnwell village, on Mon? day last, for Intendant and Wardens ol that town: Intendant-John S. Brown. Wardens-J. J. Ingram, I. M. Uutson, A. P. Manville, W. M. Hunter. At an election held at Williston, on Monday last, the following persons were elected town officers for the ensuing year: Intendant-W. W. Smith. Wurd ous-A. J. Weatherboo, W. H. Kennedy, Lnnsford Harley, L. S. McCrcary. MONEY IN POLITICS.-All tho money ever spent in former Presidential elec? tions did not equal in nmonut thc sums now poured out to re-elect President Grant. "Wu shall beat you, for wo have got tho money to do it with," is a stand? ing boast of tho workers on thnt side. That till tho wealth of tho country is on their side is continually, though un? truly, vaunted in leading Grant journals. Acting on the assumption that "every man has his prico," tho managers of Grant's canvass aro arranging to buy tboir way through. They have assessed tho G0.O0O Federal offico-holders au averago of $10 onch, making a total of $2,100,000; and they bold that nothing cnn stand against tboir car-loads of money. Tho Washinglon Patriot thinks that tho heartiest joke about that joke of jokes-wo beg to bo exouscd for writing the word so ofteu, but tho whole Louis? ville Convention sooms now to bo the jokiest of jokes-is that Blanton Dun oan, himself not a, dolegate, but present only by invitation on the Convention floor, should have delicately intimated to Georgo Francis Train that ho was not a delegato and could not bo permitted to speak. A "foliow-fealing" in that case should have luado Blanton "wondrous kind;" but it did not. Tho next joke in order will bo how G. F. T. will tuko it. A San Francisco drug clerk, on going to open tho store at which ho is em? ployed, found tho front door open, nud just inside tho store a woman in her night-clothes wus lying dead. Investi? gation provod her to bo a divorced wife, and she had evidently died from deliri? um tremcus. Eiooal Items. CITY MATTERS.-The price of single copies of tho PHCENIX is five cents. Old newspapers for sale at PHONIX office, ut fifty cents a hundred. , A largo nud varied lot of cards, suita? ble for weddings, invitations, visiting and business purposes, be,ve just been re? ceived at this offico, which, owing to the dull season, will be priutod nt low rates. Gov. Scott has removed the following Trial Justices in Charleston County: Wm. Y. Lovett, Martiu Caulfield, A. M. Mackey, fur euoourugiog petty litigation; Henry C. Iuwood, for bribery in offico; Edward Petty, for general incompetency nud using his official position to perse? cute citizens. The Governor has mudo the following appointments for Commis? sioners of Electious and Trial Justices: Beaufort County-J. G. Thompson, ric? lt. H. Gleaves, declined; W. C. Morri? son, vice W. J. Vurdier, declined; and J. II. Normau for Colletou, rice C. L. Johnston, declined. James P. Mooro a Triul Justice for Greenville County. Jesse C. Smith, a Trial Justico for New? berry Couuty, have resigned, as also Henry V.7. Schroeder, a Trial Justice for Uharle'stou County, whoso resignations have been accepted. Tho following is tho programme by the lyth Kegimout Baud for to-morrow afternoon, at 5 o'clock: Habt Trapt Q-iick-step-Gnngl. Overture Caliph do Bagdad-Baldien. Ascension Wultz-Faust. Scene from Robert la Diable-Meyer? beer. Tanz Jubel Polka-Apisns. An altercation oconrred, a few day! since, about ten miles from tho city, be tweeu Thomas Boberts and James Davis (both white,) in whiok tho latter reoeivec a severo wound in his left arm by a knife which rendered amputation necessary a the shoulder joint-the operation boiuj performed by Dr. Darby. Wc lenro that Col. James n. Rion, a attorney for Messrs. Jumes M. Bax te aud Thomas B. Jeter, bas filed a bill ii Eqnity against H. G. Worthington am the Spartauburg and Union Railroad for the foreclosure of a mortgage cn sai road, aud for tho appointment of a r? ceivcr. Tho case was heard befor Judge Moses, at Chambers, in Newbery on Thursday, asking for an injnnctio restraining tho agents of tho road an all others having funds belonging to tb road, from paying them over until tb whole case can bo hoard, which will b at the noxt regular term of th 3 court fe Union County. Tho injunction wt granted. The attention of shippers and passel gers is called to the advertisement of tl "Greaf Southern Freight and Passen gi Lino, ria Charleston, S. C." A.fir class Bloomer-the Mercedita-has bne pnt on, to run direct to Boston. Tl New York steamers ran tri-weekly. A poor but pions young man apol gized the other evening, while making : call, for tho muddiness of his boots, sa ing ho had not taken a carriage, bi "walked up with commendable eoon my." He was grieved when tho love! being whom ho adores inquired why ] didn't "ask Mr. Economy in." Justice Josse C. Smith, of Nowber ' County, has sent in his resignation tho Governor, which has been accopte Tho firm of H. F. Bakor ? Co., Charleston, formed in 1851, by Capt. ] F. Biker and Mr. E. F. Sweogan, is d solved by mutual consent, after a co tiuuous existeuco of moro tbau twon years. FIICEN'ISIANA.-A now abomination L appeared in tho vocabulary-"nuptiate i for married. A good man, who has seen much tho world, and is not tired of it, sa; "Tho grund essentials to happiness t something to do, something to love, a something to hopo for." A punster challenged a sick ma: voto at tho city election, on tho gron that ho was an an i? legal voter. A Western exebaugo advises "for si -a statesman's breeches." One thinf sure, they aro not Grant's. Why is coal the most contradict articlo kuown lo commerce? Bocau whon purchased, instead of going to t buyer, it goes to tho cellar. "Th? sword of Grant has written I namo on tho heart of tho nation." says a rabid Grant orator. Yes; a the country's heart bloods from it. A lady says her husband is oat Greeley-till about 2 o'clock every mo ing. An Indiana woman, just divorced, 1 writtou a letter of advico to hor sex, which sho says: "I would say to yoi girls not to marry young, and whon j aro married livo at least fifty miles fr your husband's relatives." An editor's pocket was picked at Lit field, III., and ho tried to make tho p lie believe bo lost two dollars. I Bangs writes to bis editor: "Wo dc j waut advice; give us advices." m._i_.JT^----? The Sons of Temperance, of Coltfm bia, propose holding u fair, within a few weeks, for tho benefit of the order in this city. Signs of new life are already ma? nifest in tho zeal and earnestness in which the Son's are at work in reclaim? ing tho fallen and bnilding np their so? ciety. We bespeak the hearty co-opera? tion of every trae friend of temperance to aid ia the succors of tho fair, and thus promote "tho cause of all mankind." RELIGIOUS SERVICES THIS DAY.-Tri? nity Church-Rev. P. J. Shnnd, D. JJ., Rector, ll A. RT. and 5 P. M. Marion Streot Church-Rev. Manning Brown, 10!? A. M. Rev. A. M. Chrietz burg, 8 P. M. Washington Street Church-Rov. A. M. Chriotzburg, IO,1..' A. M. Sunday School, \)A P. M. Presbyterian Church-Rev. J. R. Wil? son, 10A. M. and 8 P. M. Catholic Church-Rev. James Fuller? ton, First Mass, at 7 A. M.; Second Mass at 10 A. M. ; Vespers at 1 \? P. M. Ladson Memorial Chapel-Services at 10J? A. M. and 8 P. M. Lutheran Church-Rev. Geo. Howe, 10;^ A. M. MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-Tho Northern mail opens at 2.30 P. M.; closes 12.00 A. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.30 P. M.; closes COO A. M. Charleston night mail opens 7.00 A. M.; closes 6.15 P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P. M.; closes 6.00 A.M. Western opens and closes 1.30 P. M. Wilmington opens 2.30 P. M.; closes 11.30 A. M. On Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M. PHYSICAL VS. SPIRITUAL ?ID.-In a house in the lower part of the city, one night last week, several colored persons had assembled for the purpose of having prayers. While in tho depth of their devotions, and when an exhorter had worked bis bearers up to that pitch of religious enthusiasm for which the co? lored people aro proverbial, several of those present, in response to tho suppli? cations of the exhorter, gave rather loud and frequent expression to such senti? ments as "Lord, come help ns," "Help, O Lord, help us." A policeman, with? out, nn appreciation, or probably know? ledge, of tho prnyer meeting, happened to saunter in the neighborhood, when bis oar caught the cry of "Help, O Lord, help us." Ho immediately sprung bis rattle, vigorously and continuously, anti in a short time several of his comrades anewercd his call. They rushed for the supposed scene of outrage, only to realize the fact that it was spiritual and not physical help that was needed. SUPREME COURT DECISION, September 14, 1872.-J. M. Sullivan, et al., vs. W. M. Thomas, ct al. The decree of the Circuit Court must be modified, and the aase remanded to the Circuit Court for farther proceedings. Opinion by Wil? lard, A. J. . FLURRY IN SOUTH CAROLINA BONDS. By the latest telegrams from New York we see that the April and October issues of new South Carolina bonds havo sud? denly risen from 20, the quotation of a few days ago, to 28. Tho January and July issnes stick at about 25. The rea? son of all this is given in tho New York Herald's stock market report for Tues? day, which says: "There was a pretty activo ioqairy for April and October is? sues of the new South Carolinas, with an advance to 2G,1? bid. Usually these is? sues have boon about 1}4 per cent, lower than the July bonds, owing to their cou? pons coming three months behind tho latter, but somo one professes to have discovered that there is a provision in the State laws making it compulsory in tho Treasury to pay the interest on tho April and October class of bonds out of a spe? cial tax, and hence tho flurry which caused them to run ahead of the January and Jilly's this afternoon." "NOT VERY WELL."-A feeling of vague bodily discomfort, which does not amount to positive illness, and yet is in? compatible with health, is often aptly described by the phraso "Not very well." This feeling usually arises from a defi? ciency of tho nervous power which is re? quired to keep the vital machinery in vigorous and healthful operation. Ner? vous weakness lins too frequently taro ed out to bo tho prelude of somo serious malady, to admit of aoy doubt in the raattor. Inactivity of tho bodily func? tions as surely begets their derangement as causo precedes effect. It is, therefore, absolutely essential for the preservation of health, perhaps of life itself, that this warning should be promptly heeded. The oaso docs not admit of delay. Revitalisa the system at onoo and effectually with Hostetter's Bitters-that peerless invigorant whioh, by infusing now health and strength into tho system, protects it against disease moro surely than over knight of old was proteoted by armor of proof against his foe. sl4f3 LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Regular Meeting Board of Health. Regular Meotiug Columbia Lodge. Seibols k Ezell-Wanted. Oopouing Columbia Female Aoadoroy.