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COLUMBIA, S. C. Wo fines day Horning, October 16,1872. For Pretide.xt of the United States. HORACE GURBLET, or Btw York. Fur Vtca-President B. GRATZ BKOWM, of Minson ri. Will Yon Vote for Mosc.T Every citizen who does not vote for Tomlin8on and the Bolters, casts half a vote for Moses and the "regular rjgues." ile who stave at homo, or refuses to as? sist the opposition, cannot escape the re sponBibility of aiding in tho election of Moses. ? ? ? ? Don't Forgot. At the election, to-day, will be sub? mitted to the vote of the people the amendment to the Constitution prohi? biting a further increase of the public debt of the State by tho Legislature. That oitizea will fail ia his duty who does not come forward and record his vote in favor of the amendment. Shorn of its power to contract debts against the State, the General Assembly will be comparatively harmless, and the groat lever of corruption aud venality de? stroyed. If you voto for nothing else, vote "Yes" oakthe amendment. -?? ^ ? ? "Will Wo lioso Our Opportunity! 'There ia now but little, if any, reason 'to doubt that a moderately strong white vote will secure the defeat of Franklin J. Moses aud the ring. It is almost too lato to effect any good, inasmuch us the vast majority ol our readers will have voted or have failed to vote before this reaohes them; but we cannot refrain irom saying a word more. Additional reflection but convinces as the moro -sorely that there baa never before boen, nor perhaps will there over be again, such a glorious opportunity offered UB to .strike a death-blow to the ring aud re? deem our State. The reform movement in 1870 did not hold forth better pro? mises, if as good, as does the success of the Bolters in the present election. We 'would, perhaps, have got more good men in office in 1870, but the reform would not have been established on so firm a basis os it will be, should the regaler Radical tioket be routed to-day. Onae free the odored people from the fear of the party lash, and there will be no difficulty in the future to secure their alliance with their white fellow-citizens, in placing honest men in ofiioe. But, if Moses is re-elected, and the power of party conventions re-established and con? firmed, there is no hope for us, save in revolution; for the same corrupt men will control the conventions, as they have done heretofore, and wo will have none but thieves in the most important offices. VOOBHBES' DEFEAT.-Much surprise is expressed in some quarters at the defeat of D. W. Voorhees for Congress, from Indiana, and some persons are disposed to attribute it to his quixotic course in relation to the candidaoy of Mr. Gree? ley. The true caase of bia defeat is ex? plained in another and mach more satis? factory way. The last Legislature of that State, whioh was Radical, re ar? ranged the Congressional Districts, and so gerrymandered them as to give a Ra? dical majority in the district of Mr. VoorhooH, whioh had been before strong? ly Democratic. ? ? ? ? INDIANA, II/LINOIS AND THE NORTH? WEST.-Indiana means something more than its fifteen eleotoral votes. It is a sign. It tells of the States Wost of it of the temper of the great North-west. Ohio, which is just East of it, partook the feeling. There the Liberals made grand accessions. For the first time, they carried the great city of Cincinnati, and made vital inroads upon Cleveland and the Western reserve. By the con? cession of "Grant's own," the New York 2'imes, if the Dem?crata in the central portion of the State had stood firm to the cause the Liberals would have swept the State. That paper concedes that more Democrats stood neutral or voted against the Liberal tioket than there were Liborals in the State. The Cin? cinnati Inquirer informs us that these and thousands of others, Republicans, will be found rallying to the Liberal standard in November. The fight is just beginning, says that paper. A WUiFOIi MOBDEB-INQUEST IN THE CASE OF ALEXANDER GALE.-The ad? journed ioquest in tho case of Alexander Gale, the colored boy who was stabbed with a knife on the Lamb's Farm Phos? phate Works, Ashley River, was resumed yesterday, under tho supervision of De? puty Coroner D?lau. After hearing all the testimony that coold be obtained in ?he ease, the jury, a very intelligent one, rendered a verdict of wilful murder against Peter Davit*, a colored man, who is still at large.-Charleston Courier. A ?oZou sheets of " plate glass, 96 by 168 inches in size, were cast last week, at the Now Albany (Ind.) Pinte Glass Work, to be used for tho Iront of a bhsi aeaa house in Chicago. STOCKHOLDERS' MKETINQ.-At the re j quest of the Board of Directors of the ! Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Bail road, a general mooting of the stock? holders in said road oonvened at the Niokorson Hall yesterday morning, at 10 o'clock. The meeting was onlled to order by President Wm. Johnston. On motion of Col. J. B. Palmer, B. A. Springs, Esq., was called to tho chair, and Messrs. Bouknight and P. S. Cohen appointed Secretaries. Messrs. W. B. Stanley, C. H. Munson and Qeo. H. MoMaster wero appointed a Committee on Proxies, who reported u majority of tho stook represented. Mr. Newcomer offered the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That, with a view to adjust? ing and providing for the payment of the floating debt of this company, and for the purpose of fully completing and oporating the road and its lines of rail? road, the President and Directors aro hereby authorized and empowered to issue a series of bonds of $100,000, of the sum of $1,000 eaob, bearing a rato of seven per cent, per annum; and to seoure the paymonts of tho said bonds, they are hereby authorized to execute a mortgage of the railroad, and all other property and franchises of this company, or any part thereof, the said bonds to be dated and ruado payable at such times, and to be signed, altered and otherwise executed in such manner, as the Presi? dent and Directors may determino upon. Mr. James H. Bion offered tho follow? ing resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That it continues to bo the desire of this company, ns expressed in a lotter of its attorneys to the attorney of the city of Augusta, of Juno last, to erect, without delay, suitable work-shops in Augusta, upon receiving au assuranco that suit by tho city of Augusta on the bond given by this company will not bo prosecuted; and that tho executive officers of tho oompany bo authorized at once to proceed at once to the erootion of said shops, whenever the snit recently instituted may be discontinued and as H ii raneo mudo that it will not be farther prosecuted. Col. Wm. Johnston arose and stated to the Convention that for tho past seven? teen years he had acted os President, through all their prosperity and adversi? ty, and that he was now pleased to say that through all their difficulties ho hud had the support and confidence not only of tho Board of Direotors, but of the stockholders, and on account of ill health he was compelled to resign his position as President. A series of resolutions complimentary to the retiring President and bis ma nagement of the road were read by Col. MoMaster, but withdrawn, on aooount of some objection, before being submit? ted to a vote. Messrs. A. B. Springs, W. B. Stanley and J. L. Morehead were appointed a committee under tho following resolu? tion: Resolved, That there shall be a Stand? ing Committeo of Fiunuco, consisting of three stockholders, appointed at tho an? nual meeting of the oompany, and two members of the Board of Directors, ap? pointed by the latter, whose duty it shall be to examine in detail the books and accounts of the company at stated pe? riods, and report their oondition to the Direotors as often as they may think ne? cessary; and also report to the stock? holders, in general meetings, such facts and suggestions ns they may deem good for tho interest of the corporation. Etch member of this committee shall be al? lowed u per diem of $5 whilo so en? gaged, and also the privilege of the road as to his own travel. The Committee on Proxies reported as represented in person 9,025 shares; by proxy, 8,381-total 18,306. Tho Convention then proceeded tc tho election of Direotors, which resulted os follows: John B. Palmer, Thos. J. Robertson, P. W. MoMaster, Columbia; H. B. Plant, Josiah Sibley, John J. Cohen, S. D. Heard, Augusta, Qa.; Wm. Johnston, B. B. Bridgers, A. B. Davidson, J. W, Thompson, A. S. Buford, North Carob na; M. Jv. Jesup, New York; James H Bion, W. B. Bobertson, Fairfield ; W. T Walter?, Baltimore; D. B. Townsend, Beunettsville. Col. Wm. Johnston, lato President called the attention of tho Convontioi to sevoral communications whioh ht had recoived from prominent gentlemet relativo to the projected road fron Ninety-Six, on the Greenville nnd Co lamb?a Bailroad, to Aiken, on the Soutl Carolina Bailroad, and invited the consi deration of the Convention to tho grea importance of the road. On motion of Col. Bion, a life tioko was voted to Col. Wm. Johnston ant family, over the Charlotte, Columbi) and Augusta Bailroad. A vote of thanks waa rendered to tin Chairman and Secretaries, for tho man uer in which they had administored thei duties; to Mrs. Wright, for tho use o the hall. Ou motion of Mr. Manson, it was or dcred that the proceedings of this meet ing be published in tho Columbia papers Col. J. B. Palmor offered a resolution that the annual meetings be heroafte held on the first Tuesday uftor the secoue Monday in November of eaoh year. Col. SV. B. BobinBon moved that thc Convention do adjourn, whioh was oar ried. At a meeting of the Board of Direct ors, Col. J. B. Palmer was elected Pre sident of the company. C. Bouknight, Esq., was re-electei Secretary of the oompany. ? ? ? ? FIRE AT WIU?ISTON.-One of the fines residences at Williston, owned by Mr Hurley, and occupied by Mr. Miller, wa entirely destroyed by fire at ll o'olool on Suuday. Whether by aocideut o; inoendiarism we did not learn. St. Louis has moonlight funerals. THE VIRGINIA SENATOR AND CONFEDE? RATE STATESMAN ON THE REPUBLICAN FINANCIAL SYSTEM.-Ia reply to a letter from Mr. Augustus Schell, Chairman of the National Demooratio Committee, Mr. B. M. T. Hunter, ol VirgtnU, has w?ittuu a long letter on the financial ia terests of the country. He reviews tho oourse of tho Administration and of the Republican Congress oa these points with a certain breadth of view accepta? ble to a groat many who do not wish to see tho present financial system of the country continue in operation, and who believe that this will beat ba achieved by a oliango of rulers. Tho lotter boars dato of October 5, but was not published before tho Pennsylvania election. Ile challenges, iu opening, the Republican argument, that it would be prudent to return that party in power for financial rcasous. Ia treating Iiis contradiction of this argument, ho first takes up rho question of the payment of the public debt, ut our present rate. He says: The very use of publie credit is to eu uble a nation to raise what unexpected emergencies may require by loan; aud, wheu the sum is too largo to be mut by immediate taxation, to divide the pay? ment with posterity, who share in the benefits. To impose the whole burden, or any considerable portion of the wholn burden, upon tho present generation, Booms never to have been thought uf ex? cept by our Radical legislators. Following this up, hu attacks tho great taxation necessary to meet this yearly outlay, and quotes from Commissioner Wells to sustain him. He denounces the high taxes on whiskey and tobacco as part of this system. Oa tho shipping question he lays oil tue blame of our national falling off io this respect to tho tariff, giving, of course, thu Confederate cruisers a share in tho credit for this de? crease originally. The tax upon wool he declares fatal to American sheep as if "the rot" appeared among them, und arguas outward that tho present cum? brous system keeps the American manu? factures out of the markets of the world, while preventing our ships from bring? ing return cargoes. He next treats of the currency question. It forms ono of his objections to tho tariff that it affords a constant cause of apprehension to thu country, if this sum bu large aud iu the banda of either an unskillful or corrupt Secretary of the Treasury. What mis? chief eau bo done by a mistaken uso of this power in the hands of a reckless and unskillful Secretary can still bo estimated by those in New York who remember tho celebrated black Friday, so memorable in tho annuls of this Administration. A reduotion of this turill', hy safo degrees, to tho revenue standard, would dimmish this amount and tho cupacity of thu Secretary of the Treasury for mischief to a very great extent. On the various modes of relief from this vital question, ho says: The Seoretary of the Treasury has well said that there aro two modes of "relief," (meaning a return to specie payments;) "one is to reduce tho volume of currency, as was recommended by me in my annual report, submitted to Con? gress in December, 1869; tho other mode is to await the growth of tho coun? try and the increasing demands of busi? ness, whioh iu time will produce the desired result." Of the two, the lust seems to mo to be deoidedly the best aud the safest. Nor should we havo long to wuit for it. Ho states that tho uverago premium on gold in 1863 waB 39.51 per oout.; in 1869, 32.5G per cent.; for the year 1870, it was 14 83 per cont., and for the first eleven mouths of the year 18* 1 it wits 12.1 per cout. He properly attri? butes this decline in the premium ou gold to the increased demand for paper, iu the increased business of the country. This increase of business in this country is so rapid that the day cannot be dis? tant when the demand for paper will raise it to par with specie. The quantity of paper is fixed, but the demand for it is variable and constantly iuoreaeing. Suppose this wore helped, us it might be, by freeing the South from the system of oppression under which it is suffering, and by permitting it to develop its re? sources through the agency of its beat and most efficient material. Suppose, iu other words, its annual export of cot? ton should be raised, as might easily be done, from a little more than 8200,000, 000 to S300.000.000 or S35U.000.000; suppose, too, the tariff should be so modified as to lot up other great produc? ing interests of the country, how long would it be before apeoio payments would be resumed by the operations of trade itself? This is tho true way to re? store specie payments to the benefit of all and without iujury to any. Men who have contracted on tho basis of this par per would not bo forood to pay an unex? pected.value through a sudden change. Nor should we iuour tho danger of diminishing tho amoout which is neces? sary to move the crops of tho West and South before tho system of exchanges is completely restored. Wo should thus accomplish our desires without any shock to tho system of credit or cur? rency-an exceedingly desirable result. ONE RECRUIT LOST.-The negro man who wu8 drowned here, last Saturday evening, iu attempting to got on the Bal? timore boat, and whose budy was reco? vered Sunday, had in his pocket, when found, a through ticket for Philadelphia aud a cousioerable amount of money, and also a letter directing him to report to tho Republican headquarters in that city, giviug tho uame of tho streot and number. Ho waa ono of tho recruits whom tho Radicals have been sending up there to carry the election; but his occidental death put a stop to his brada? ient voting there or auywhero elao. Ho was probably one of tho 102,000, and a portion of the quota furnished by the Virginia Radicals to help swell their number in Pouusylvania. [Norfolk Virginian. A Freuch court of Jaw is tryiDg to de? cide whether false teeth arc personal property or not. TECH FAIB THIS YEAH.-The Fourth Annual Fair of tho State Agricultural and Mechanical Society will begin in (his city on tho 4th and cloue on the evening of the 8th of November next. The following will bo the programme for the week: Monday.-Tho Seotetary's office will be open at 8 A. M., and entries received until 5 P. M., when tho books will posi? tively be closed. No entries received from citizens of Columbia and its vici? nity after 10 o'clock this day. Tuesday.-Oates opon nt 0 o'clock A. M. From 10 lill 12 au exhibition in tho uruna nf ull tho cuttle, under tba direc? tion ot the Superintendent. From 12 till 2, u display of ull the horses, begin? ning with those led by the halter, and closing with saddle, sinpjje and matched harness horaes, us directed by tho Su? perintendent. At 3 the contest for the ?peed premium of ?50 for the fastest trotting and pacing, mile heats; to be followed by a raoo for the speed pre? mium of 3100, singlo dash of two mites. Wednesday.- Oates opon at 0 o'clock A. M. The forenoon will bu devoted to tho examination in the arena, by tho committee, of all cattle, succeeded by n display of the halter led horses and mules, its directed by the Superintend eut. At this examination the decisions will bo made and the ribbons tied. At 3 tho contest for tho speed premium of 350 for the fastest trotting, milo dash; to be followed by a race for the speed pre? mium of $100, milo heatH. Thursday.-Gates open at 9 o'clock A. M. From 10 till ll a contest in the arena between the s oldie horses. From ll till 2 tho same between single nud double harness horses. At this contest the committee will tie the ribbons. At 3 the coutest for the speed premium of $50 for tho faslest trotting, half-mile boats, bust throe iu live; to bc followed by a race for tho speed premium of $75, milo dash. Friday.-Oaten open at 0 o'clock A. M. At 10 o'clock, auction sales of livu stock. At 12 the premiums will bo awarded from tho executive stand, ut tho conclusion uf which tho Fair will close. Each morning of tho week, from 0 till 10 o'clock, will be devoted by the re? spective committees to plowing matches and tests of all kiuds of implements. Sufficient motive power, grain, seed cot? ton and logs will bo furnished by tba so? ciety to prove the mills, gins, aud other machines. Plowmen aro expected to furnish their own teams. Tho severul committees will bo pub? lished in tho Columbia papera of Tues? day, 5th November, and ull tho memners are earnestly requested to call at the Secretary's ofiico at 0 o'clock of tho same day. The following Superintendents have been designated for tho different depart? ments: FIELD CROP-W. M. Shannon. STOCK-CatUe-J. K. Yauoe. Horses J. M. Williams. HOUSEHOLD-J. M. Baxter. FRUIT-Garden and Tree-A. D. Fre? derick. MANUFACTURES-J. B. Palmer. NEEDLE AND FANCY WORK-W. G. Whilden. MECHANICAL-James MoGutchen. FINE ART AND LITERARY-J. H. Rion. The office of Colonel Aiken, the Sec rctary and Treasurer, will be opened nt Columbia, S. C., on tho 1st November. MORE ARKANSAS TROUBLES.-A de spatch, dated Memphis, October ll say?: Tho stoamer Celeste has arrivet from Osceola, Arkansas, and her officer report that in going up they wero firec npon from Edriugtou's Mills, belo? Osceola, by a party of whites on guard one ball passing through the pilot-house and another striking a spar. Tho shot: were fired by miBtako, the party suppos ing her to be another boat, bringing U] recruits for Fitzpatrick's party. Shi then passed Osceola without lauding and went to Bower's, eight miles above where she found a number of familic from the neighborhood oollected on th river bank, around a large fire, bavin/ lied from the negroes, who were report?e as having threatened to boru every bous and outrago every white woman iu tin vicinity. They were protected by a fei armed men; und, leaving them, th Celeste passed over to tho Tenne3se side for assistance, but got none, and oi going back to Osceola found it in th possession of the whites, and learne that on the day previous a fight had oe curred between Fitzpatrick's party, num bering 100, and about forty whites, i whioh thirty or forty shots wore fired b; each party, two negroes being killed an several wouuded, and two white me badly wounded. One of the latter cam to Crown Point on the Celeste, and rc ports the fight as a hot one, bat tba Fitzpatrick and his band were driven t the woods, aud Fitzpatrick compelled t take to the river, which ho did, crossin to the Tennessee side in a skiff with negro, closely pursued by several whi tee who would have inflicted summary pun ishmuut if thoy had overtaken him. Iv formation from another source says th origin of tho fight was in the attempte arrest of a dozen armed blacks by a con stable and posso. Tho negroes wer ordored to snrrondor their arras, wilie! they refused to do, at tho carno tim firing at tho posse, opening tho figh with tho result us staled abovo. It has beeu deoidod, in oonsidoratioi of tho ro-established cordial understand ing botwoen Germany and Austria, t employ no captured Austrian cannon ii the decoration of the great column o victory orected in tho Tbiegarton, but ti restrict the uso of trophies und metal en tinily to French. A Versailles despatch of tho 10th inst, says: The court martial iu session her for tho trial of tho Communist prisoner hus condemned Eyrand and Roborcboi to death, Clements to twenty years' im prisonraont and Armand to transporta tiou for life. XI? ooal Items. CITY MATTERS.-Tho price of single copien of the PHOENIX is fiveoents. Old newspapers for salo ut PHOENIX office, ut fifty cents a hundred. The number of trains arriving nod leaving, ouch day, on the different roads diverging from Columbirt, ure as follows: Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Rail? road, four freight uud four passenger; Greenville and Columbia Railroad, three freight end two passenger; Charlotte, Columbia aud Augusta Railroad, threo freight and four passenger; South Caro? lina Railroad, six freight and six passen? ger-sixteen freight and sixteen passen? ger traine, making thirty-two in all. A disastrous fire occurred in tho lower part of this County on Saturday last. Tho fl tines broke out on tho turpentine farm of Mr. A. H. Vau Bolklen, con? suming two crops of turpentine and .10,0U0 trees, and also destroyed a valu? able dwelling place belonging to Mr. Johu English. The City Clerk's office will bo closed to-day. Mr. C. V. Autwerp has como forward to-day, with a supply of fine fancy arti? cles, to which ho invites the attention of his friends. The following programme will be given by the band of the 18th United States Infantry, at tho garrison parade grounds, this afternoou: Concordia Quickstep-Goetz. Periohalu Selections-Offenbach. Dream on tho Oceau Waltz-Qungl. Potpouri Lies Hugenots-?Meinicke. Heart aud llaud Galop-Lewis, MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-Tho Northern mail opens at 3.20 P. M.; closes 11.00 A. M. Charleston day mail opens 5.30 P. M.; closes 0.00 A. M. Charleston night mail opens 7.00 A. M.; closes 0.15 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. THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE CHAR? LOTTE, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA RAIL? ROAD.-As will be 6eon by the report of the meeting of the stockholders, held yestorday, our esteemed fellow-citizen, Col. John 15. Palmer, has been elected President of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company.. No more happy selection could possibly have been made. His marked ability, business experience, high character and enterprising disposition eminently fit Col. Palmer fora successful career in hts new field of labor. The Saluda Factory and the Central National Bank already form lasting monuments of his energy and capa' ity, um1 we doubt not the Charlotte, Cob' .a and Augusta Road will pro.1t ' Jt>y. ~" .ol' oy TUE TABERNACLES.-Ou this uvuuing, 16th instant, will commence the Feast of the Tabernacles, which will last eight days. The first and eighth day are held peculiarly sacred. Both are' de? voted to abstinence from labor, and dedioated to divine worship and rejoic? ing. This feast is :n memory of the goiug out of the Hebrews from Egypt, when they sojourned in the wilderness of Arabia, and lived in temporary dwellings or booths. It is also distinguished by "the presentation of the fruits of the earth unto the Lord." The Tabernacles Feast was the close of the harvest in Palestine, as the Passover and Pentecost were the commencement of the barley and the wheat harvest. The citron, the branch of the palm tree, the myrtle, the willow, were all united in tho bunch and "waved in the presence of the Lord, who made everything so well adapted to the service of man." The eighth day of this feast is considered a separato festi? val, and is termed the "Eighth Day of Solemn Assembly," in which the annual oycle of the Pentateuch, observed by orthodox Jews, terminates by the read* ing of the last chapter of Deuteronomy, followed by the first chapter of Gonesis. PHCUSIXIANA.-A new stylo of oar-drop screws into the lobe of the tortured member, so that the pearl or diamond rests upon thc ear as if with no support. In fact, very few are able to support it. The Louisville exposition contains a lock of hair six feet long out from the head of a Swiss peasant girl. Editing a nowspaper is very much like raking a fire-every ono thinks he can perform the operation bettor than the man who holds tho poker. "Extending your shop front into tho newspapers," is tho latest definition for advertisement. It is hard to respect old ago when ouo gets sold on a venerable pair of chickens. When the rain falls, does it ever rise again? Yes, in dew time. Frugality is founded on the principio that all riches have limits. Tho great singers want gold for their notes. Autumn leaves-when win ter comes in. Affairs in Greece-fried oysters. CO?BT OF GENERAL SESSIONS-COLUM? BIA, October 15, 1872, Judge Melton presiding. In the case of Tho?. Roberto, charged with murder, continued from Monday, ' the jnry rendered a verdiot of guilty of manslaughter. Messrs. Wallace and Moore for defence. The court adjourned until Thursday, at 10 A. M. MKS. D. P. BOWERS.-On Monday evening, the 21st instant, the distin? guished actress, Mrs. D. P. Bowers, commences an engagement at Irwin's Hall, appearing in tho grand historical piny of Elizabeth. Mrs. Bowers is anew aspirant for histrionic fame in Columbia, but ?B well known elsewhere as one of the first actresses on tho stage. She is tho peer of Janauschek and Seebach, and iu many characters is unequalled by any actress on tho stsgo. She is a lady occu? pying a high social position, and is an especial favorite in Philadelphia, Balti? more and Western cities, where she is best known. Mrs. Bowers will be sup? ported by Mr. J. C. McCollom, a young actor of great ability, and the entire company from Ford's Theatre, Balti? more. We can assure our readers that the performances of Mrs. Bowers will be of a meritorious order, and worthy of their patronage. TUE CINCINNATI BIOT.-Tho ?ted sown by Secretary Boutwell and others, who, like him, have striven to enlist the co? lored votors as a body, as a distinctive political element in this campaign, is be? ginning to bring forth its legitimate fruit. In Cincinnati, there are many negro residents, and the hostile feeling excited between them and tho Democrats has evidently been intenso. This ani? mosity, it appears, last night, broke oat into a serious riot, in which pistols were freely used, and several persons were se? riously, if not fatally, injured. It is im? possible to say at present how the lament? able affair commenced, or whioh party was most to blame for the collision. Oar special despatch lays the responsibility npon the negroes, but, however this may be, the moral is the same. The affray shows the evil effect of exciting a preju? dice of race as an element in a political campaign, nod no ono can resist the ap? prehension that, if the policy pursued by tho Boutwell orators in the present election is to prevail in the future, tho riot we now chroniclo will only be the precursor of yet more serious and fatal disturbances.-New York Herald. MEDICAL BUBBLES.-Columns would be required to enumerate the medical bubbles that have risen to the surface and hurst since Hostetter's Stomach Bitters becamo the standard tonio of the Western Hemisphere. Boasts the most extravagant, fabrications the most pre? posterous, cant the most sickening, have in tum been employed to bolster up the worthless preparations that have from time to time been introduced, iu the hope of dividing the field with that famous vegetable remody. Signal failure has been the lot of each and al). The reputation of the Bitters as a preventivo ! of epidemics, a stomachic, an invigorant. I a general restorative, and a opecifio for indigestion, bilious affections, rheuma? tism, nervous debility, constitutional weakness, paroxysmal fevers, and all complaints to which the more sensitive sex are exclusively liable, is established upon the Bound basis of more than twen? ty years' experionoe, and can no more be I shaken by the clup-trap nostrums of un? scientific pretenders than the everlasting hills by tbe winds that rustle through their defile*. O 13 fJ3 HOTEL ABBIVALS, October 15.-Hendrix House-B E byles, H D Haunter, J Monte, Dr JO McMeekin, Miss A It M e. Meek io, W T Davis, Fairfield; It W Lipsey. E Shannon. It A Love, VY J Henry, E M Mills, J H Neely, J L Bichara, A B Douglas, 8 M Wylie, J O Wylie, W T Coleman, H W Miller, Chester; C 8 Garrigues. Tenn; Dr E W McAnley, White OakajNV? Kernagban, Battsville; Dr O B Mayer and wife. Kiowberry; S Taylor, Rich? land; W B Seal, Va. Nutional Hotel-J B Smeltzer, J H Schee? ronbeck, H M l'hiney, Walhalla; G D Bern heim, NC; JW James, N Y; D W Overby, Va; B HobiiiBon, W M O Blair, Mrs M J Blair, Union; B P Smith, J H Honor, G S Hacker, A H 8chwako, W S Bonnoau, J ?chrinor, O L Yates, Charleston; J8 Frink.Va; DKohn and lady, Blackville; J Asher and lady. Marion; Mrs McMickeu and daughter, S O; M T Bart? lett, R 8 Morrison, Pompey Town; J A Sal nago, N Y; Mies M L Haynesworth, 8umter; Mia* A E Walker, Spartanburg: Miss M Sluee, Ga; lt D Polk. R Carier, W T Holland, N C. Nickerton House-3 O Hudnutt, Greenville; W C Latimer, T Watson, Edgefield; J E Fant, Ga; A S Bn?ord, Ya; J L Morehead, A B Da? vidson, W D Stone, NC; R J Downing, Md; G W Oreone, Lenoire; G Carroll, R 1) Mills, Blackstock; B M Wyle, H W Miller, J O Wyle. Mise M E Coloman, J 8 Moans, J Norton, Jr, Chester; T Medlin, Fairfield; W 8 Coleman, OharloBton; J H Cole, Angueta; Mrs A Gra? ham, child and servant, Mrs H H Smith, ohild and servant, Mr? M 8 Barry, H Nims, J A Sad? ler, NO; D Randall, New Brnnswiok; T J Bo bineon, W, C A A R R; J J Norton, Walhalla; Mrs J J Blackman, Miss K Blaokman. Columbia Hotel-J R Jackson, N C; 8 D Hoard, ? Estea, P Cohen. Augusta; W H Brawloj, Cuestor; W 8 Wynne, N Y; Hp Gil? bert, NC;QL Holmes, Oharlejton: B Bettis, Mila Bettie, Pino House; Mrs J J Mclmre, Misa Boaaio McLure, Master T E ?cLure, Chester: H H Wilflon, Sumter; A F Peay, Fairfield; Jos R Richards, Baltimore; J Car? roll, Il B Mills. Blackstock; J L Bichmond; AN Gayden, Fairfield; T E Mciver, J D Jam ai son 8* Ex Co; W D Kennedy. Charleston ; J H Shoolbrod, Biobland; G E Reab, So Ex Co; I Watson, Edgefield; H W Share, 8 F Housman. Wilmington. LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. John Agnew & Son-Liquors. I. Snlzbaober-Notice. W. E. Spalding-Theatre. C. V. Antwerp-Just Received. Notice. Henry Steel-A Card. Tho residenoo of Mr. J. T. Cox, of Angus tu, Ga., was destroyed by Aro Monday night. Inoendiarism. It is supposed that murder and robbery were contemplated.