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COLUMBIA. S. C. Wednesday Horning, October 23,1872. For President of the United States. HORACE: ?KEELEY, or Now York. For Vice-President B. GRATZ BROWN, of Missouri. Thc Letter of Auditor ?nry-Tho Ball Opened. " ? We published, yesterday, a letter of Edwin F. Oary, late State Auditor, to the ci tizona of the State. There is hard? ly room for doubt, that the cause of Mr. Gary's removal was his persistent refusal to order a levy of taxes. Gov. Soott himself does not attempt to deny this. The prime object, in ordering the levy for tho pay mo nt of interest on the public debt, ia to enhance the valne ot the bonds ia which tho ring has been specu? lating to the full extent of their means, and a marked rise in which will enable them to realize an enormous amount. The bare f aot of the ordering of the levy will further their plana; the aotual col? lection of the tax will please them still better. Governor Soott, according to the Statement of Mr. Gary, frankly admits that he doea not Bnppose that the money, if Collected, will be applied to the pur? poses for which it was collected. What they dosiro is to "bull" the bonds; the actual payment of the interest would be a dead loss. But are our people going to pay.thia tax for interest on a public debt, nearly half of which is palpably fraudulent? If we make no protest, and tamely submit to any exactions which the "ring" may make, there will bo no end to them, and all the property of the State will be virtually confiscated. We cannot ' pay-no people can pay and prosper-a tax of from two-and-a-half, to five per bent., which will bo forced from our impoverished people, if this levy is made. The people, of New York-the State which, next to jPgnnrylvania, is generally conceded to bo curaed with the most' ex? travagant and venal government of any in the Ubion-are raising a loud cry, because, of a threatened tax of nine mills on the dollar. Property in New York is assessed ?for taxation at pri?es ranging , from ?no-^hird to one-half its value, "whioh would : makolo levy of nine milla in reality four and a half and less on the dollar. On the contrary, property is assessed in thia S tat ? at its fall value, and real estate, tho bulk of our property, at twenty-five, thirty, forty and in some instances. fully 100 per cent, above, or double its actual Belling value. This we are prepared to prove. While, then, the people of New York are outraged at the prospect of a tax of less than one-half of one per cent., we are coolly being sub? jected to an imposition of at least three and one-half per cent. lu a politioal campaign like the pre? sent, personalities may be considered auder two heads-those whioh relate to the candidates for office, and those whieh spring up. and are wielded against each other by the supporters of those candi? dates. As regards the first class of per? sonalities, they are not only justifiable, but perfectly right and proper and even necessary under a republican form of government. Thomas Jefferson laid this down as a rale for guidance in relation to candidates for office, and to whioh test every candidate should be pot: "is he honest; ia ha capable?" The candidate who oannot stand the touchstone of this inquiry must go to the wall. To enable the people to aot understandingly, the candidate's charaoter, moral and politi? oal, must be subjeoted to the crucible of investigation. That investigation should be fair and truthful, but to make it fair and trathful, it ought to be rigorous. Without a kuowledge of a man's charac? ter and capacity for office, it is impossi? ble for the people to aot intelligently. If a man's oharaoter is such that it can? not bo subjeoted to the requisite test, that is no fault of the people or of those who expose and hold np to pablio view his trae oharaoter. It is his fault or misfortune, and may or may not show folly on his part, or the part of his poli? tioal friends, in bringing him forward as a candidate. Such personalities, we contend, are not only, fair and legiti? mate, but absolutely necessary under our form of government. As regards personalities between poli tioal opponents-that is, among the supporters of the several candidates foi offioe-we do not believe them necessary or desirable. Bat if they are commenced by one side, the other side will follow sait ia self-defeaoe. In such oases, blows aro to be received as well as given. lu the present campaign, the "personali? ties" whfoh wo have called legitimate, so far as the friends of Mr. Greeley are con 03rned, have been olear, distinct personal oharges of official delinquency on the part of Grant, and of moral and per? sonal unfitness for tho duties of the high offioe he holds, with ?he proof of them. How ie this legitimate warfare met? IQ the usual way-that ie, by vague, senseless slanders, aimed india oriminately at every Democrat. The friends of Grant shout "traitor," "seces? sionist," "copperhead," "Ku Klux," &o. To those sharp, olear foots that cannot be gainsaid or answered, our op? ponents reply only by vulgar abuse. Ktcctlon Returns. AIKEN.-Sentator-O. D. Hayne. Representatives-P. R. Rivers, S. J. Lee, Glosten Holland, W. R. Jone?. ABBEVILLE.-Representatives-E. Gain, J. R. Tolbert, Ii. P. Martin, H. H. Elli? son, H. Wideman. - .. . ANDEBSON.-Representatives-John R.. Coalmine, John "Wilson, J. O. 0. Fea therston. BARNWELL.-Senator-.Tas. M. Smith. Representatives,-B H. Norland, B. W. Middleton, Julius Mayer, G. H. Harri H. BEAUFORT.-Senator-Robert Smalls. Representatives-Hastings Gantt, Sa? muel Green, Thomas Hamilton, G. A. Reed, N. B. Myers, J. B. Bascomb, J. D. Robertson. OHESTEH.-Representatives-J. Lilly, Charles Sims, Prince Young. CHESTER FIED.-Representatives-J. P. Singleton,-Robeson. OoiiijETON.-Representatives-W. M. Thomas, Abram P. Ford, Robert Tarle? ton, Sherman Smalls, Wm. D. Frazer. DARLINGTON.-Senator-B. F. Whitte moro. Representatives-S. J. Keith, John Boston, Richard Humbert, J. A. Smith. EDQBFIEIID.-Senator-Lawr'co Gain. Representatives-lf_t?i>_. A. Barker, Limus Simons, Paris Simpkins, David Graham, A. Simpkins. t) FAIBF?EI?D! -Senator-Sandy Ford. Representatives-leane Milier, Levi Lee, S. M. Smart. GEOBOBTOWN.-Senator-W. H. Jones. Representatives-JamcB A. Bowley, Charles.H. Sperry, Charles S. Green. Honny.-Senator--T. O. Dunn. Re? presentativos-J. H. DuBenborry, N. B. Cooper. - T*? entire, Oonsetvative ticket waa ele?tod/.' KBBSJQAV. -Representatives-A. W. Hough, ll. J). Gaither, Frank; Adamson: LAUBENS.-^Senate r-^Y; J; 'P. Owens. Reprqsentatiyes-^J?e Crews, Jim Young, Ctusar Sullivan, ' ' ', NEWBERRY.- Sonutor-H. G. Corwin; Representatives-JOH. D. Boston, Iaam Greenwood,.Sampson Bridges. ??oNEH.-~S?hiaf?r-Wm. C. Keith. Representatives;-Edmond Herndon, Enos A. Tat?.' -' - ^ OBANPBBUBO.'-Senator-Jae. F. Jami? son.. Representatives-Samuel L. Dun? can, John Dix,. J. Felder.Myers, Henry Riley, Abram Donnelly. SI'AETANUUBO.-Senator-David R. Dunoan. Representatives-Dr. R. M. Smith, G. Cannon, Dr. W. P. Compton, Thomas J. Moore. SUMTES. - Representatives -T. P. John? son, Wm. W. Ramsey, Butler Spears, T. C. Wilson, T. P. Johnson. UNION.-Representatives-W. H. Wal? lace, B. H. Rice, Allison Smith. YOBK.- Senator-J. H. White. Rep? resentatives-J. Martin, M. L. Owens, J. ?. Ratohford, Nelson Davies. Speaking of the removal of Auditor Gary, the Columbia correspondent of tho Charleston News says-: In pursuance of au Act of the last General Assembly abolishing the office of S ta to Auditor, "on and after the general election of 1872," Gov. Scott, this morning, issued an order to State Auditor Gary, directing him to turn over the books and papers bf his office to the Comptroller-General, by whom the duties of both offices are to be perf?rmed'here after. It is rumored that the Comptrol? ler-General, whose duty it - IB now made to levy all taxes ordered by the General Assembly, is about to levy a speoial tax (as directed by the "validating bill" of last winter) to pay the interest on the publia debt, and that this action is to be taken at the desire of the Governor eleot, Moses, who will then proceed to sue out an injunction restraining the col? lection of the tax for interest upon the $6,000,000 of conversion bonds now sup? posed to be out, so as to bring the whole question of their legality to a square issue before the courts. A NORTH CABOMNA PiiOT.-A promi? nent North Carolina politician, who has just passed through Washington, reports a deep-laid plot on foot to deprive the people of that State of their right to select a United States Senator, in the event of Grant's eleotiou. lt is believed that Gov. Caldwell will declare the entire Legislature just chosen, in which there is a decided Conservative majoiity, to bo illegal, and get the Radical Supreme Judges to confirm this action. He will next prooeed to appoint John Pool or some other Radical to the vaoanoy, and let the election of a new Legislature go over for ono or two years. By this means, Pool will get and keep the seat, in defiance of the popular will. MISSING" BOAT FOUND.-On Saturday morning last a oanoe, about twenty-two feet long, left Dereef's wharf, on a fish? ing exoursion, outside, with Captain Peter Rutherford, John Evans, Peter Walker, William Robinson and Robert E. Maxwell, some of the port wardens, all colored, aboard. They did not re? turn at the appointed hour, and a great deal of apprehension was felt fer their safety, but it was hoped that they would turu up all right. lu all probability a sad fate has overtaken them, as the oanoe in which they left was picked up yester? day, bottom np, by Captain David Deroef, colored, between the Housatonio and Rattle Snake buoys. They may have taken to one of tho islands when tho rough weather set in, but the im? pression is that they have all been drowned.-Charleston Courier. Remembor the only complete Menage? rie traveling South is "Old John Robin? son V-Columbia, November ll. Corre apo nile nc c. COLUMBIA. S. C., Ootober 17,1872. Hon. Edwin F. Gary, Columbia, 8. G. SIB: I have just received from his Excellency Robert K. Soott, Governor, a communication directing me to assume the duties of State Auditor in accordance with the provisions of an Aot entitled "An Act to abolish the offioe of State Auditor, and confer the duties of the offioe upon the Comptroller-General," approved March 13, 1872. I, therefore, take this opportunity to notify yon that I this day assume the duties heretofore devolving upon you as State Auditor, and request tUatypu ,*iil at once turn over to this'office all tho books and papers of your oflfcf? I have notified' the' proper officers of the various Counties that they will in future oe governed by orders issuing from this office. Very respectfully, J. L. NEAGLE, Comptroller-General. OFFICE OF AUDITOB OF STATE, COLUMBIA, 8. C., Ootober 18, 1872. Hon. J. L. ? eagle, Comptroller-General, Columbia, S. C. BIB: In reply to your communication of the 17th instaut, I would say that I do not acknowledge the authority of the Governor to turn over the duties of this offioe to any one, without first removing me from offioe; and I hereby notify you not to interfere in any manner with suoh duties. I shall this day notify all officers whose duties are subordinate to thia office, to ignore nuy order emanating from any other sou roo. Very respectfully, EDWIN F. GARY, State Auditor. COLOMBIA, S. C., October 17, 1872. Hon. ??dw?? F. Gary, Slate Auditor South Carolina. SIB: Under provisions of an Aot enti? tled "An Aot to abolish the office of State Auditor, and ooufer tho duties of his offioe upon the Comptroller-General," approved March 13, 1872, it is my duty to notify you that your position as a State offiosr ceases by limitation of law; and I have, iu accordance therewith, notified the Ron. J. lt. Nea g lo, Comp? troller-General, to take charge of tho offioe formerly under your control. Personally, I regret the abolition of the office, ?ud take gt eat pleasure in tes? tifying to the ability with which you have conducted the duties of State Au? ditor, and tho corrodion of errors com? mitted undor the administration of pre? vious officers. I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, ROBERT K. SCOTT, Governor, OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF STATE, COLUMBIA, S. C., Ootober 17,1872. Hts Excellency R. K. Scott, Governor of South Carolina. DBAB SIB: In reply to your communi? cation of this day, I have the honor to say that I do not construe tho Act to whioh you refer in the same manner as yourself; and desire to say that I cannot Bubmit to suoh a construction, as I think the interests of theState will be jeopard? ized by my vacation of th o office at this time. If yon desire my removal, it lays in yonr power to effect thin; although I would suggest to your Excellency that matters are in such a state as to render it impolitic to do so. I shall continue to conduct the affairs of this office until my term expires by law, unless removed by yourself. EDWIN F. GARY, State Auditor. COLUMBIA. 8. C., Ootober 21, 1872. Hon. Edwin F. Gary, Columbia, S. C. SIB: On the 17th instant, I addressed you a communication, notifying you that your position as a State officer ceased by limitation of law, and direct? ing you to turn over the office of State Auditor to the charge of the Comp? troller-General, nuder provisions of an Act entitled "An Aot to abolish the offioe of State Auditor, and oonfer the duties of his office apon the Comptroller-Gene? ral," approved March 13, 1872, which you deoline to do, olaiming that yon could not submit to finch a construction of the law, and stated that tho only manner the State Auditor's offioe could be transferred to the control of the Comptroller-General was by your re? moval, and the appointment of the Comptroller-General as State Auditor. The opinion of the Attorney-General being clear that the offioe of State Auditor stands abolished by law after the late general eleotion, (the 16th in? stant,) but to avoid the complication of a law suit, whioh would involve the loss of time in arriving at a decision, and would thereby defeat the intention of the Legislature, I have thia day caused your removal to be made. I have the honor to be, sir, very re? spectfully, ROBERT K. SCOTT, Governor, OFFICE OF AUDITOB OF STATE, COLUMBIA, 8. C.. Ootober 22, 1872. His Excellency R. K. Scott, Governor of South Carolina. GOVBBNOB: I have the honor to ac? knowledge the reoeipt of your commu? nication of the 21st inst., notifying mo that I have been removed from the of? fioe of Auditor of State, and that you have appointed Dr. J. Ii. Neagle to suc? ceed me. Very respectfully, EDWIN F. GARY, Late State Auditor. A barber in Titusville, whilo cutting the hair of a rural customer, ran his shears against somo hard substance, whioh proved to be a whetstone. The old farmer said he "had missed that whetstone ever since haying time last July, and had looked all over a ten-aero lot for it, but now remembered sticking it up over hid ear." There was a fight at Shiloh Churoh, Covington County, Miss., tho other day, in whioh the combatants wore the Sulli? vans and their friends on one side, and the Chains and Dykes on tho other. Two men woro killed outright, another mor? tally wounded and four others badly in? jured. -? To the People of South Carolin?. OD the 5th of November, the people of South Carolina, in common with the people of all the United States, will be called upon to elect a President and Vice-President to serve for the ensuing four years. The coarse that has been pursued by the present Administration h QB beon so subversivo of all local Bolf-government aud hostile to tho rights and liborties of the oit i zen, as to have excited the gravest apprehensions for the safety of our free institutions, and has aroused the intelli? gent and conservative masses of tho na ? ti?n to a United, "abd determined effort to rescue, if possible, tho Government I from the hands oT "its present audacious and unscrupulous1 raiera, and7 bring it back to its' constitutional bearings. More than this, so alarming and wide? spread has been the growth of corrup? tion in high places as to have tainted all the fountains of public justice, and so reckless the Uso of corrupt instrumentali? ties by publio officials, as to undermine every principle of honor and honesty-in tho breasts of the people, and prepare the way for tho rapid and almost sure j decay of all publio virtue. To arrest tho I spread of these evil and dangerous ten I dennies, and to save to tho people the substance, as well as form, of a consti I tutionul republic, citizens of all classes j and parties have organized a holy, firm and indestructible alliance on behalf of purity in government and sympathy and reconciliation between sections. The cardinal principles of this movement were promulgated from Cincinnati on the 1st of Iaet May, and solemnly ratified by the Democracy of the whole Union in general convention at Baltimore on the 9th of July. Horace Greeley, of Now York, and B. Gratz Brown, of Missouri, chosen as tho standard-bearers of this causo, have been hailed with patriotic enthusiasm by the friends of law, order and well-regulated liberty throughout the entire land. The principles which have been emblazoned upon our banner, in the hopeful words of our illustrious candidate, "cannot die, bot must and will survive even defeat, if defeat were possible." South Carolina, recognizing this as the only movement in tho present crisis calculated to overthrow a monstrous cen? tralization, and to secure to the present generation the blessings of a just and free government, has, through a con? vention of her people, recorded her ad? hesion and pledged her support to the movement. While we are not permitted ! to speak the language of assured victory to our people in this State, it is neVer i tholess our solemn duty to adjure them, ! by their enlightened love of country and I their devotion to its institutions, to sum? mon to their, aid that highest fortitude in man,' ot-fidelity to principle, even in I the midst of disaster, and rallying j around our colors, give to our candidates a manly, a generous and a united sup? port. Animated by the foregoing senti? ments, and profoundly sensible of the responsibility devolved upon them, and to insure the action which is now recom? mended, the State Central Executive Committee of the Democratic and Libe? ral Republican parties, after a joint con? ference, have determined, under tho auspices of the uadersigned, represent? ing this State in the National Executive Committee of the two parties, to present to the people of South Carolina and in? voke their Buffragc9 for tho following ticket of eleotors: PRESIDENTIAL ELBCTOBS.-Slate al Large-M. P. O'Conner, of Charleston; W. H. Wallace, of Union; S. A. Pearce, of Richland. First District-W. W. Walker, of Georgetown. Second District-Johnson Hagood, of Barnwell. Third District-Simeon Pair, of New? bery. Fourth District-W. R. Robertson, of Fairfield. THOMAS Y. SIMONS, National Democratic Executive Com. S. A. PEARCE, National Liberal Republican Ex. Com. "USED UP."-What is tho precise meaning of this familiar phrase when employed to signify an unnatural condi? tion of body and mind? It means ex? haustion, languor, want of vital energy, mental apathy-a pitiable state of physi? cal and mental helplessness. The best, and lu fact tho only perfectly reliable panacea for a "used up" system is that most popular aud potent of medicinal stimulants, Hostettors Stomach Bitters. No matter whether the health has been broken down by excessive labor, over study, an insalubrious atmosphere, anx? iety, irregularities in diet, dissipation, or any other causo, this powerful and pleasant vegetable restorative will soon reorait the drooping energies of nature, restoring the integrity of the norves, and re-establishing that functional regu? larity which is essential to animal vigor and a hopeful frame of mind. As a cure for debility, in all its varied manifesta? tions, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is un approached by any tonio in the materia medica. O20f8|L Thirteen volumes, containing the Ku Klux report and testimony, have been issued, at a cost of $15,000, from the Government printing office at Washing? ton. As it is found that they fail to fire the Northern heart, they are now being used as waste paper and sold to the paper mills. Such is the eoonomy of Grant's administration. Don't oonfound Old Reliable, who never fails to bring a first olasB enter? tainment, with any other exhibition Not at Columbia until November ll. It is reportod that two-thirds of the priests in Paris are ready to follow Hya? cinthe's example-as soon as they can find tho essential Amorioau widows, with $75,000 apiece. A mighty chasm in tho Andes has just beeu bridged by n Baltimore company. Tho struotnre is 12,000 feet above tho level of tho sea, and the highest of its kiud in the world. Xjooal Itoms. CITY MATTERS.-The price of single copies of tho PHOENIX is five cents. Old newspapers for sale at PUONIX office, at fifty cento a hundred. The annual session of the Grand Divi? sion of tho Sons of Temperance con? venes this evening, in Temperance Hall, a few doors below the PUONIX offioe. By tho way, weare informed that the Colum? bia Sons contemplate the erection of a temple in this city. The Governor has pardoned John MoCord, of Abbeville, convioted of as? sault and battery -with intent to kill, at the February (1872) term of the court, and sentenced by Judge Orr to twelve months' imprisonment at hard labor. Also, Goorge A. Berry, of Biohland, con? victed of groud larceny in two casca, at the October (1870) term of the oourt, and sentenced by Judge Melton to three and a half.years imprisonment at hard labor. The pardon of Thomas DeHay, of Fairfield, who was convicted of aid? ing a prisoner to escape, at the March term of the court, 1872, and sentenced to ten y oars' imprisonment in the peni? tentiary, has been canceled by the Go? vernor. Several dissatisfied individuals, as we are informed, contemplate the formation of a new gas company in this oity. Prof. Anderson, the wizard and illu? sionist, assisted by Leona and Columbia Anderson, Young America and Prof. Schubert, after a brilliant European tour, appear before a Columbia audience on the 4th and 5th November, in Irwin's Hall. This is, wo believe, Prof. A.'s first tour of America in sixteen or eighteen years. We recently noted an error in assign? ing the invention of champagne to the reign of Louis XVI, (1778;) and here we find an old memorandum referring to the Spectator, No. C69, July 19, 1714, where wo read of "champaign," ns it is there spelled, aa a drink known for at least twenty years. Tho artistic reporter sees items in orange elands, and paragraphs, in every? thing. The embryo banker in the Sun? day-school books attracts the attention of a generous patron by Blooping to piok up a pin. Bat the reporter whose na* tore is permeated by a e?nse of the re? sponsibilities of his oalli.ng, sees a bana? na peel on the ohnroh steps, and tarries patiently by it till the congregation oomea out. John Thompson says the reason why the Grantltes do not want to "clasp hands across the bloody chasm" is, theil hands are too full-they would have tc drop something. The "Eastnee Diamonds" is the latest production of Anthony Trollope, authoi of "The Golden Lion of Granper?,' "Baroheater Towers," etc. The reputa? tion of this talented author ia so wall established that newspaper oommenda* tion is really unnecessary. His charao tera are drawn with an outline firm, bold and strong. His broad and vigorout portraiture, keen insight into character, aud subtle and penetrating observation, embraoe too widely and pierce too deep ly into the society around him, not tc give to all he writes tho strength anc consistency of a purpose. The prioe o this volume is $1.25. Mr. W. J. Duffie has furnished us with a copy. The scaffolding has been removed fron the froat of Mr. Stieglitz's building, (o? Main street, three doors below tho PHCB nix office,) and it now looms up in all iti beauty-a monument to the skill o Messrs. Berg Sc Hewetson, the architects and Mr. Jacobs, the bailder. Not what it was, bnt what it shouh have been-tho play at Irwin's Hall Tuesday night. The secret on the stag waB Lady Audloy's, but tho secret of tb local notice was the non-attendance o tho local. Elizabeth was not produce* on the stage, though previously an nounoed by programme and advertise mont. The local did not receive th usual complimentary, but retaraed goo* for evil, and paid the usual compliment ary notice-showing onr high appreoia tion of the well-earned reputation o Mrs. Bowers. We are authorized by Comptrolle Neagle to say, that, notwithstanding th removal of Aaditor Gary, the bond seri sait will bo prosecuted ns vigorously a over-Messrs. Pope & Haskell havio been retained as counsel. The long drought was rolieved, y estel day, by a dull, steady rain, whioh corr menoed falling about ? o'olook. Tb dust had become intolerable. A novel custom has been introduce in some of our fashionable housei When a visitor calla and finds the famil out, he is requested to write his name i a handsome visiting book. Not a ba idea. Now that wooden-weddings, tin-wed dings, silver-weddings and gold-wedding are so frequently celebrated, it is prc posed to celebrate the India-rubber wed ding also. It oan be stretched to soi ? any anniversary, of^course. People en? counter so many little "gum" games em? ployed to abstraot "der mouish" from j the domestic treasury after marriage, that the proposed celebration might be deemed superfluous. If Hymen's wor? shipers handle their cards well, they are certain to win the rubber, at any rate, by the time they "peg out," as Lincoln used to express it. Mr. Hngh McElrone has been called upon to mourn tho deuth of another obild, from diphtheria. His youngest an infant-died on Monday night, and was buried yosterday. Gov. Scott hos appointed Edward D. Legard a Commissioner of Deeds for South Carolina, resident at Philadelphia, "Thieves break through and steal" from brick ns well as wooden bouses; but the thieves that broke into Mr. Squiers' etoro on Tuesday night did not steal anything. Money must have been their object, but they didn't get any. We republish this morning, on our first page, the highly interesting letter of ex-Auditor Cary, addressed to the citizens of the State. There are matters throughout the letter of Buoh interest to the people that no apology is needed for ita second publication. MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-The Northern mail opens, at 3.20 p, M. oloBep 11.00 A. M. Charleston day mail opens 5.30 P. M.; closes: G.00 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 V. M. ; closes 11.30 A. Mi Oh Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M: Oouirr OP COMMON PLEAS, COLUMBIA, Ootober 22.-Judge Melton presiding. J. A. Hendrix & Brother vs. Charlea H. Manson. The jury returned a ver? dict for the plaintiffs for 81,049.01. Hester Flynn, el al, vs. Wm. Simona. Trespass to try titles. This case occu? pied the attention of the court up to the hour br adjournment. ST. CBISPIN'S DAY.-Next Fridoy, the 25th of October, is Set down in the calen? dar aa St. Crispin's Day. In England this is the great festival day of the "Cordwaiucrs," or shoemakers, who aro often poetically termed the eons of 86. Crispin. The "Oordw'ainers" derived their name originally from Cordova, a town in Spain whence the famous Spa? nish leather used to oome in which tho English gentlemen of the old time muon, rejoiced. St. Crispin was a shoemaker, and migrating from Borne to France in tho third century, preached for the good of souls daring the day, and at night tor? tured soles to make good "understand? ings" for his customers. Martyrdom under the Emperor Maximilian Was his fate. Shakspeare makes Henry Y say, before the battle of Agincourt: "This day is called the feast of Crispin." The boot and shoemakers now universally accept the cognomen of Crispins. The publio generally, however, have but a vagae idea of the reason why they are BO denominated. Hence this paragraph. PncENixiANA.-Some one has said that the three hardest words to pronounce consecutively are, "I was mistaken." Let the person who made this assertion try:his articulating powers on the names of the lakes in Maine-three for instance -Hoknztyahob, Zitzmornumgohic, Ma? li ogapragohgug. Tastes have changed within the past 3,000 years. Once extreme criminals dreaded the river Styx; now their great? est fear is of the Noose, There are many people who not only believe that this world revolves on its axis, bot they believe that they are the axis. When are stockings like dead men? When they are men ded; or, perhaps, when their soles have departed; or, again, when they are all in holes. Al! the reasons for things can't be though! of at once, and possibly there are mon of 'em. Next te the "little busy bee" the boot? black famishes the brightest example ol improving the "shining hoar." A Cairo woman shot her husband jost because he threw stove-wood at ber. LIST OP NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Anderson, the Illusionist. J. D. Bateman-Apples. J. C. Swygert-$10 Beward. John Agnew & Son-Oat?. HOTEL ABBITAU, Qoto?or p.-Hendrii House-A. D Bates and daughter, Mrs M I Coleman, Batesville: E A Kennedy, Josepl Lawton, Ridgeway; J B Crosby, Crossyville H H Goiger and wife, Lexington; J H Kuulor Richland. . . _ _ . 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