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COLUMBIA, S. C. Wednesday Morning, July 16, 1873. Tb? Fallacy of Concession. If the impatience of the satirist who indignantly asked, "Who shall deliver ns from the Qroeks and the Romans?" was justifiable, in view of the eternal pa? rade of these ancient worthies iu litera? ture and oritioism, that of the statesman who finds the negro question never end? ing, but still beginning, and perpetdally fronting him iu now forms, may be held to be excusable. The American people, under the stimulus of the parliamentary orusade of Wilberforce and Clarkson, fol? lowed by emancipation of the slaves in the British colonies, took up the ques? tion of their liberation in the Southern StateB, and under the manipulation of the Abolitionists, it was agitated into a political issue, whioh only war-could de? cide. They were not content with this. Wielding the powers of the Government after the war was closed, they constituted the black people the wards of the nation, aud took them under its especial protec? tion and patronage. Universal Buffrago followed next, and the political power of the frcedmen became a matter of im? mense consequence on tho political ohess-board. They have been moved here and there, to suit the demands of the Badioal party leaders, the principle all the while being proclaimed that it was necessary to seonre their fall rights. This party and the colored people them? selves, have aoted as if .with tho purpose of disproving the fallacy incorrectly attri? buted to Ohief Justice Taney, that the negro race had no rights which the white man was bouud to respect. Interminable questions concerning hi3 status, endleBB efforts to bolster him - up, so that he might Beoarely stand when the props whioh supported bim should be with? drawn, have marked the legislation of Congress and that of the Legislatures of the Southorn reconstructed States for the lost seven years. It was thought, that with the passage of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the Consti? tution and the oivil rights bill, defining and securing thecivil rights of.'the negro, we should be at the end of this agita? tion.' The. Southern people accepted and acquiesced in tWse amendments, for the sake of peace, aud cheerfully accorded the, rights thoy secured. They were anxious to have this race satisfied, and to be enabled to live harmoniously With it, uadertho same'laws, and to have its co? operation in endeavors to secure a good, peaceful aud happy government. In this State, in1870, the effort was made to bring the races together iu political action, and to lay bro?d and deep the foundations of the prosperity of both in a cordial' concession of the colored peo? ple's rights. But failure waS the const - qnenoe, and distrust and alienation de fled the honest' endeavors of Kershaw aui others, his associates in that well meant but'mistaken canvass. I$:utterly failed. Are the difficulties in the way of. satis? fying the negro aud.settling the ques tions which concern: bis -states aud his relations to the white, race, iu?nporable, then? They may not be, bat they aro destined to furnish both the field and the food for agitation for many years to oome. Ho is invaluable to the curpet bagger and scalawug. While they keep him in leading strings, and scours, through his ignorance and ea6y credulity, the advaniugesof political control, office, emoluments, personal consequence and splendid picking's and stealings for themselves, they masquerade before the vrorld ut tho same time as philanthro? pists, patriots and devoted friends of the oppressed. Truo, Cuffeo begins to open his eyes a little, and sometimes makes a show of displeasure at what is going on. But, upon the whole, he likes it, und there is an instinct whioh operates to bring these two classes together, not? withstanding the dead-sea fraits which the rank and file of tho bluck men re? ceive from the association. The leaders, black and white, are constantly getting np some new issue and tickling the fancy of their olientage with the hopo of at last attaining perfect equality with the whites iu all things, in npite of nituru and nature's blars. In Virginia, where their rights aro well secured and their coudilion prosperous, but where tho Conservative whites have had political ascendancy for some years, the black aud colored raoo is about to contend for mastery of the State. They are not content with sharing power with the white race. They ore making strides to monopolize it. The demand there is for race rule, and iu the approaching elections in that State, tho momentous and ominous question is involved, which race shall govern? We know how it is here, and tho patriot to-day is compelled to weep not alono over tho hopeless prostration of good government, bat to endure, without power to cheek it, tho | sway of organized robber bands 07cr all | the great interests of the oountry. Gee. Beauregard has sought io propitiate this exaetiog influence, and to satisfy its pre? posterous and overweening demands in Louisiana, by large and liberal Conces? sions. In this, we honor his motives, while we distrust his judgment. It is a fallacy to tuppose that any more satis? factory settlement is obtainable by yield? ing. Concession will only breed new demands. Tho sohemo of Gen. Beaure? gard, which, if logically carried out, will bring a train of oonsequencos forever to be deprecated and deplored, will, at the same time, fail to bring a finality. As one head of tho hydra is lopped off, an? other oppoars. - A correspondent in Egypt says that the Khedive "has announced his resolu? tion to begiu his new railroad at once, and to complete it in three years. No ono doubts his power to stock it with labor? ers, his wealth and credit to posh the work, nor his energy to forco it to com? pletion within his appointed period. He is tho one-man power, that says 'let it be done,' and it is done. No squabbles about tho right of way, no strikes, no in? junctions, no snow Btorms, no Congres? sional jobbing foroharters of land grants, for ho owns all the land in fco as well as in sovereignty; no board of directors to interpose objections. He is a veritable railway king." ?-???-? YiBGXSOA PoiiiTic3.?The approaohing Republican State Convention of Virgi? nia, which is to nominate Btato officers, is expected to nominate R. W. Haghes, Esq., for Governor. Mr. Hughes is at this time United States District Attorney for the Western District of Virginia. Though a lawyer by profession, moat of his life has been spent in the editorial Vocation. The Lynchburg Virginian states ' that he was at one time a Whig, and affeerwardB became a Democrat. In the ante-bellum times, ho wrote occa? sionally for the Richmond Dispatch, and during the war, as well as before, was one of the writers for the Richmond Examiner, the great war paper of the State, of which John M. Daniel was editor. These two writers made the Examiner a famous journal, and it may well be doubted whether the vigor, infor? mation, oloseness aud point of the arti? cles of Mr. Hughes did not contribute more than those of any other man to the solid valao and usefulness of that jour? nal, Upon the conclusion of the war, Mr. HogheB became chief editor of the Richmond Republic, a journal which ad? vocated the acceptance of the situation, though it also sustained the administra? tion of President Johnson, and when it was discontinued, was noticed by tho New York Tribune as a rebel sheet, or words to that effect. Since that time, Mr. Hughes has been identified with the Republican party in Virginia, and has been lately alluded to by the lending Virginia organ of that party as a "veto ran Republican." The Philadelphia Pi'ess, in noticing the political relations of Mr. Hagbe?, expresses the belief, that if men like him "in other Southern States would come forward and prove themselves faithful Republicans, corrupt speculators from the North would have no opportunity to emigrate to tho South, limply to deceive the colorod men and to plunder tho whites." This is a hard hit from a leading Republican journal at the carpet baggers, but it Bcem3 rather exacting to require a whole population to perform ?he most difficult acrobatic political ft ~Md kick themselves out of every p- jipie they have ever pro? fessed, on . j ponalty of being cheated and* plundered. Sad Accident.?A most melancholy and deplorable accident ocourred about 7 o'clock, Saturday morning, a short dis? tance below Alexandria, Va. Mr. Frank A. Posoy, of Prinoe George's Coauty, Maryland, accompanied by his young wife, his half brother, a little boy be? tween six and seven years of age, named Renj imin Edelin, and a colored mun, took a small boat to board tho steamer Fairy, on her way up from Farmington, for tho purpose of being landed at Fort Footo. Their boat, either by striking tho steamer, which had stopped for them, or because those in it stood up and lost their balance, filled and was capsized, leaving its occupants flooiidor iug iu tho water. Mr. Posey swam to his wife, aud having caught her by tho waist, suoceeded in holding her head ubove tho water until the bout could be righted by the colored man, when by tho hitter's assistance she was placed therein. Rut this had hardly been ac? complished, when, from some unaccount? able reason, the colorod man, iu trj'iog to get into tho boa'/, caused it to upset again, aud tho sole occupant sauk to rise no more. In the meantime, tho little hoy had been lost sight of, and had found a watery grave. Mr. Posoy was roEcued, though overoomo by the sad event. Tho colored man was ulso saved, and no blame can bo attached to him, as he did all in his power to render aid, aud tho unfortunate part he acted on the sad occasion bo effected him us to secure him tho sympathy rather than blame of the passengers on board tho boat. Mr. Posey had been married but about six weeks, his wife being a Miss Jameson, of Charles County. Sudden Death.?Thomas Burk, n white man employed at a saloon No. 101 Market street, was found dead in bod, yesterday, by a man who slept with him. Burk had been complaining the evening before bo died, and went to bod "for re? lief.? Charleston News. James M. Foster, the first white man born iu Kokomo, Ind., died ou tho 2d inst. His father, literally "the oldest inhabitant," survives him. Does thb Wob&d Qbow Bwxsa?? The narratives of crimes, especially of violenoe, and some of them of peculiar at?-itv ?nah ss *u" W$m.?? ~f Li.4M4 by each other, has revived the qaestioD whether the world, as it advances in civilization, is not retrograding iu virtue. Of course, if civilization be rightly un? derstood, the very statement of snoh a question presents its own solution. Civilization is not, as some seek to con? sider, steam, gas, eleotrioity, facility of locomotion, and material development. Unless it implies deliverance from the morals as well as the rudeness of barba? rous nations, there seems no reason why we should expect civilized people to be any more virtuous than Bavages. If it may be understood to comprehend ame? lioration of the hearts as well as intel? lectual progress, thon advance in civili? zation necessarily includes improvement iu sociul relations and in morality gene? rally. We ought to settle the question first whether civilization in this elevated sense has advanced, for that will deter? mine at once whether the world is better or worse than it was formerly. No one having the most superficial acquaintance with history can be in doubt ou this sub? ject. Let us put entirely out of view the inventions and discoveries of modem times, which aro really no indications of improvement in virtue, and inquire whe? ther there has not been a great moral ohange for tho hotter in the last few oonturies. We think there has, and that it is capable of demonstration that all orders of society have derived benefit from Ahe mollifying influences of a true civilization upon tboir character. No? thing is moro remarkable than the ame? lioration which has taken place in war, which was conducted a few centuries ago upon principles akin to those of our Western savages, and even that was an improvement npou preceding centuries, when, in addition to other acts of cruelty and revenge, it was the custom to make slaves of oaptives, an abomination which only yielded at last to the advance of a true civilization. Tho slavery of the white race, at one time far more general than that of the negroes, and more abso? lute, inasmuch as the master possessed the power of life and death, a power not unfrequently exercised, has only been entirely abolished within the preseut generation, when tho Emperor of Russin, a few years ago, struck off the shackles from 40,000,000 of serfs, a number greater than the whole population of this country. Even in regard to official integrity, England, at least, exhibits a great improvement since tho seventeenth oontury, when a statesman at the head of affairs, without giving scuudal, might ac? cumulate in a short period an estate ampin to support a dukedom. In regard to humanity, no one can deny that we live in a more merciful age than that of out ancestors. Iu work-shops, in schools, iu private families, brutality was, a few centuries ago, the recognized moans of upholding discipline and imparting knowledge. A husband now-a-days who beats his wife is looked upon as a savage, but even Blackstone lays it down as a law that correction may be administered by a husband to his wife with a rod not thicker than the thumb. The implaca? bility of political parties to each other, bitter as it is now, is mild compared to the days when English Whigs murmured because Stafford was suffered to die with? out seeing his bowels burned before his face, and Tories reviled and insulted Russell as his coach passed from the tower to the scaffold. At the same poriod, when an offender was put into the pillory, his life was endangered by tho brick-bats and paving stones thrown at him, and if ho was to be whipped the orowd pressed around imploring the official to give it to him well and make him howl. Many now living can recollect whea not only tho whipping post, but tho pillory, was iu use iu most of the States, and when imprisonment for debt, as savage and senseless a custom as evor existed, prevailed. Few of the present generation have any idea of the obstinate resistance made to tho nbolition of the custom, but which this journal, which labored so hard and .successfully to bring it about in Maryluud, is not likely soon to forget. It has always been an illusion of man? kind to overrate the morality aud happi? ness of preceding generations. Even tlomer, near 3,000 year ago, speaks of "those degenerate times." As to tbo progress of crime, we must recollect that we havo positively no means of deter? mining that it has increased, because there wero formerly no such methods of announcing and proclaiming criminal acts among the mass of tho population as now. Each towu and neighborhood might know tho offences committed within its owu limits, but as to what took place outside their own limited horizon they wero iu perfect darkuoas. Now the press and tbo telegraph catoh up aud, us it were, photograph every abhorrent and repulsive act committed in the wide world, so- that overy inhabi? tant thereof hears of it. Men are cer? tainly wickod enough now, just as wicked as formerly, but no worso. There was a time when the world was so wickod that a flood was sout to destroy it. There has boou no flood since, but tho clouds that have threatened us sinoo Luve their rainbows, und it is bettor to dwell upon the bright side and to have hopo in the future than to be constantly discontented with a condition iu which we aro con? stantly improving.?Itullimore Hun. TurPElt Law.?Tho Judges appear to bo enforcing tho Tupper liquor law all over tho Stute, and, as a oonsequence, liquor-sellers gcuerally aro very mnoh oxeroisod upon the subject. Judge Ma? lier, at (Jolleton, lust week, obarged the graud jury that a grog shop, with a few bundles of fodder aud a mattress thrown iu a corner, did not constitute a tavern, ucoording to bis construction of the law; that a quart liceuso did not mean that they could sell one pint nud a half; but ! that the letter and spirit of the law must I be obeyed, or the offenders might expect ! to suffer it? full penalties. ButjIabds and Bub ax a Chuboh Faib.?Tho profitable bat uninteresting fairs, private theatricals and brilliant concerts Trhicb arc so often resorted to as a means of raising lands for impov? erished churches and Impecunious minis? ters were all eist into the shade by tbe performance given in aid of the Boman Catholic Church of St. Cecilia, at 105th stroet and Seoond avenne, last night. The edifice, which is in a half-finished state, has, for tbe last two weeks, been the Bcene of a fair, but the fancy articles and wax dolls not Belling with their usual rapidity, and tho lemonado-well and post office not meetiug with their cus? tomary financial success, it was conclud? ed to try the effect of an appeal to the I more popular tastes of the masses. One corner of tbe room was tastefully ar? ranged as a beer garden, and here tbe cooling lager and fragrant ciga.vs were dispensed by young ladies in white. In the centre of the church a billiard table of the newest design was placed, and on tbe beeches which surrounded it wer seated, iu full enjoyment of the per? formance, tho members of the chorch, old ladies iu black bonnets, uud little children with no bonnets at all, all alike engrossed iu watching the play. The first game was between Messrs. Knva uagh aud Cyrille Oiou, and Albert Gar? nier aud Joseph Diou. The iuteres'.iug feature of this game was tho evideut em? barrassment of the pluyera, who had probably never before pluyed u gnuio of billiards under such peculiar circum? stances or before such an audience. Cryille Dion was evidently discoucerted, as he pluyed the firat dozen iuuiugs with no tip to his cue. The gamo was won by Joseph Diou and Gamier by a soore of 150 to 91. The second game was be? tween Cryille Dion and Maurice Daly, and was 300 points, 4 balls. The game was wou by Dion by a score 300 to 202. Daly's largest run was 181, Diou making oue of 147. At the conclusion of this match the company were entertained with numerous fancy shots by Gamier and others. Father Flattery, tho pastor of the church, was present throughout tho evening, appearing pleased and happy at the success of the somewhat novel entertainment. jAt'io York Tribune, July 8. Tue Mother as a Hair Cutter.?Yon can always tell a boy whoso mother cuts his hair. Not bocause the edg^s of it look as if it hud been chewed oil' by >n absent-minded horse; but yon tell it by tho way ho stops on the street and wrig? gles his shoulders. When a fond mo? ther has to cut her boy's hair, Bhe is careful to guard against any annoyance and muss by laying a sheet on the carpet. It has never yet occurred to her to sit him over a bare floor and put tho sheet aronnd his neck. Then she draws the front hair over his eyes, and leaves it there, while Bhe cuts that which is at the back. The hair which lies over his eyes appears to be surcharged with electric ncellep, and that whict silently drop? ping down under his shirk-band appears to be on fire. She has unconsciously continued to push his head forward until his noses pressos bis breast, and is too busily eugagod to notice tho suullling sound that is beooming alarmingly fre? quent. In the meantime, be is seized with an irresistible desire to blow bis nose, but recollects that his handkerchief is in tho other room. Then a fly lights on bis nose, and does it so unexpectedly that he involuntarily dodges, and catches tho points of tho shears iu his left ear. At this, ho commences to cry and wish he was a man. Bat his mother doesn't notice him. She merely hits him on tho other car, to inspire confidence, aud goes on with the work. When she is through, she holds his jacket collar back from his neck, and with her mouth blows tbe short bits of hair from the top of his head down his back. He calls her atten? tion to this fact, but she looks for a new plaoe on bis head and hits him there, and asks him why he didn't use his hand korcbief. Thon ho takes his awfully dis? figured head to the mirror and looks ut it, and, young as he is, shudders as he thinks of what the boys on the street will say.?Danbury News. Importance of Healthy Blood.? Every drop of blood that circulates through tho veins eventually becomes a solid partiulo of the body. Flesh, boue and muscle are merely solidified blood, and apon the quality of the blood de? pends the condition of tho whole physi? cal system. Unless tho liquid material by which tho human substance is re? newed and sustained is pure and nutri? tious, it is impossible that the body can bo healthy and strong. Ono of the most important properties of Hostettcr's Stomach Bitters is that of improving the condition of the vital fluid when in? fected or impoverished. Acting directly and powerfully upon tho stomach, in which tho manufacture of tlio blood is commenced, and upon tho liver, which secretes a fluid next in importance to the stream of life itself, this powerful vege? table tonii aud depurent has nu immeuse indirect influence upou tho circulation. Uenco the extraordinary cures wrought by the Bitters in cases of general debili? ty, malarious fevers, rheumatism, bi? ll or.sne.j-, constipation, Ac. Jy 11 fijt New Enterprise.?Tho ceutenuial oaleudar, dated July 1, 1873, good for 100 years, aud n monthly almanac, em? bracing eighteeu months, from July 1, 1873, to December 31, 1874, containing mtuh information relating to tho cen? tennial celebration of 187G, and the valu? able properties of Simmons' Liver Re? gulator. 4,000,000 arc printing and all are for gratuitous circulation. Send a one cent stamp for a copy to J. II. Zeilin ft Co., Philadelphia. Druggists sup? plied upon application. J12{3fil Tlioy turn sheep into cotton fields iu Georgia, with a viow to gcttiug cotton , wool to fleece tbe country with, j It is said that "Turkey is arming." If i the Czar once gets at her iu earnest, it ! will uot be hog before she is "legging." City Matthrs.?The price ut single copies of the Pbssxz is fi ve cents. People who are under the weather now are undor very hot weather. Dr. J. T. Darby returned, yesterday morning, from a short trip to the North. Old newspapers for sale at Phoenix office, at fifty cents a hundred. The gas at ooruer of Washington and Gates streets needs ottoution. In place of the golden rule, we find tho steal rule daily growing into favor. Columbia is very dull just now. The penitentiary is the only establishment which retains its full complement of men. Persons in arrears to tbo Puassix for subscriptions are notified that prompt payment must be made. It is either money or no paper. A quantity of type metal?equal to liabbitt, for tnauy purposes?for sale ut Phoenix office, at twenty cents per pound for small quantities?large lots less price. If you waut a good Water-melon, go to E. E, Davies & Co.'s. Tbey have just received '100 Augusta and 500 Charleston Melone; also, 200 Canteloupos, * We aro indebted to the committee for a curd of invitation to a barbecue, to be given at Meetze's Mill, on Thursday, July 21, und shall endeavor to be on hand. Auditor Solomou will commence mak? ing a circuit ot the County in a few days, for the purpose of receiving tux returns. Tax-payers are warned?tho books will positively be closed on the 20th August; therefore, delay not. A number of tho railroad magnates, iucluding Messrs. Bridgers aud John? ston, held a conference iu Colombia, yesterday, relative to the Stutesville mat? ter, but no satisfactory conclusion was arrived at. Mrs. G. W. Wright has presented us with a vegetable curiosity?seventeen to? matoes in one bunch. They are nearly all red and ripe, and resemble a bunch of grapes. They can be seen at the Pikenix office. Mayor Alexander has received a letter, which sounds like busiuess, from a Con? necticut manufacturer of cottou duck, asking informatiou as to the water power in and about Columbia, and expressing a desire to locate here. The papers contain numerous sensa? tion stores relative to the ticket whioh drow the $100,000 prize in the Louisville lottery. Mr. Gambrill, of this city, sold several prizes?oue each of $1,000, $500, $150 and $100. Tbo place known as "Richmond Hall" wus the scene of lively times Monday night. The citizens who reside in that vicinity have our sympathy. All we oan say, with no more light than we have on the subject, is, we are glad wo don't live near by. .. There is no doubt that the Glter has improved tho color of the river (yolept Pearce's) water; but the smell is the same. Oar poet says: You may filter the water as much as you will, The scent of the river will huug round it still. Advertisers, wh > bring funeral, mar? riage and other small notices to this office, must oomo prepared to pay for them. It is uurea30unb'.o to ask us to charge these petty amounts, and our ex? perience teaches us that we ultimately get paid for oue out of three. Our terms are published. While Mr. Parker is on his tour j through Europe, iu all probability, some one is in charge of "Puiker's Block." If so, ihey should sco to it that well known disreputable women do not make tho corner of his building, on Main street, a nuisance by lingering around it. Knots of men and women have been seen squatting and lounging nrouhd tho spot referred to for several nights past. First one, aud uow half a dozen. Tho matter should receive the immediate at? tention of parties interested. Tho publishers of the Southern Musi? cal Journal aro now their own printers, and in tho July number, just at hand, give us a fiuo specimeu of typography. Its publishers aro iudefutigable in their efforts to givo the South a first class mu? sical magazine, and havo achieved a real success. As a means of extending its circulation, tho publishers now offer all new subscribers a premium of sheet music, (of their own selection,) valued at fifty cents. Subscription prico, $1 por year. Specimen copies, containing $1 worth of music, free to any address. Ludden & Bites, publishers, Savannah, Georgia. Mail Auranobmekts.? Tho Northern mail opens G.30 and 10.30; A. M.; doses 8 A. M. and 6.30 iP. M. JCharleston openH 7 A. M. and 2.30 P. M.; closes 6.15 and 8 30 P. M. Western opens 6.30 and 0.30 A. M.; closos 0 und 6.30 P. M. { Wilmington opens 4.30 P. M.: closes 6 A. M. Oreouville opens 0.45 P, M.; clones G A. M. Ou Sunday the ofiioe is ! open from 3 tc 4 P. M. ?* Patrons oif HosBASDBi,?To -?how this order is gaining airenglb, we append the numbers of Oranges in tbe following States: Alabama, 13; Arkansas, 23; California, 24; Georgia, 30; Illinois, 526; Indiana, 222; Iowa, 1,693;Kansas, 267; Louisiana, 77; Michigan, 34; Minnesota, 282; Mis? sissippi, 149; Missonri, 381; Nebraska, 262; North Carolina, 17; New Xork, 5; Ohio, 67; Sonth Carolina. 128; Tennes? see, 42; Virginia, 23; Wisconsin, 163; Dakota, 7; Pennsylvania, West Virginia, New Jersey, Massachusetts, etc., are also represented. PncEsrxiANA.?A distasteful ration? Botheration. A standing drink?Whiskey straight. A word to tbe wise?Never be other? wise. A drink which sick people crave? Champagne. What age is the most deceiving? TLe Bauasage. What is the opposite of "too thin?' Tooth out. The proposition to rnn General Grant for a third term is of a term-oily charac? ter. A man was arrested recently for being intoxicated with delight. With tho return of September,-we can Bpeoulate upon oysters, with the pros? pect of a few-raw. Tue Difference ?Meet a fellow man when the thermometer is up among the nineties, aud you see him mopping, the sweat from his face, digging the -dust from bis eyes, his paper collar' wilted, his linen coat streaked with sweat, and he exclaims: "Hot! Why, I never saw such weather!" He tells yoa how the rubber in his suspenders has melted and run together; how he could wring pints of water from his clothing; how he has lost five pounds Of flesh in ten days; how the sun has crisped bis boots and rained his eye-sight, and he starts off with the remark: "Never saw anything like it." Now meet a lady, and what dp yon see? Clean white dress, dainty collar, jaunty tie, hair nicely combed, eyes bright and smiling, no dust?everything as tidy and orderly as if the weather was Ootober. She doesn't hurry a bit, stops now and then right in tbe 6un, cuts the air with her parasol as if she had no use for it, and always manages to Oooape tbe furions cloud of dust coming op or down the street. There are no inquiries about the state of the thermometer, no longing looks at soda water signs and ice wagons, and no application of the handkerehief. She does not hurry, does not dash for the shade, of a six-foot awning and hang to the spot waiting for a cloud to pass over the sun, and when she takes a oar it seems to matter little whether all the windows are up or whether they are down. How on earth do they manage it? List of New Adv?rtisemrxts. Seibels & Ezell?Private Sale. Columbia Wood and Lumber Co. W. W. Pegram?Excursion Tiokets. J S Mclntosh?To Rent. \V L\ Geiger?Grist Mill to Rent. Hotel Arrivals, July 15.? WlieeUr House?II E Osier, Charleston; Chaa B Hinton, H H Adam?, ? S A; E F Morri? son, N C; T S Clarkson, Charlotte; F A Tunbolake, Augusta; Robt Slessier, At? lanta; R H Hand, Augusta; S W Hess, Baltimore; Col Seabrook, Sumter; J S Browning, Charleston; Phil Dannenberg, Winnsboro; F H Summers: Brooklyn; K R Bridgers, N C; J T Low, city; Mies C B Townsend, B O Townsend, Carey B Townsend, Society Hill. Columbia Hotel?D J Townsend, Fort Motte; J F Newman, A Ramm, Charles? ton; J A Chambers, Jr. and wife, Savan? nah; Jasking W R Friend, Savannah; Dr J T Darby, city; Col W Johnson, N C; W D Kennedy, Augusta; Jas McClel? land Bowon, Baltimore; H F Turnkey, Toogadoo; E H Brooks, Orangeburg; II C Mazyck,' Charleston; Dr J T Good wyn, Dr A T Darby, Fort Motte; W J Sprinkle, Charlotte; James W Williams, wife and servant, Newberry. Nervous Deriltty.?A depressed, ir? ritable state of mind; weak, nervous, exhausted feeling; no energy or ani? mation; confused head, weak memory, often-with debilitating, involuntary I discharges. The consequence of ex ! cesBes, mental overwork or indiscretions. ! This nervous deriltty finds a sovereign j cure in Humphreys' Homoeopathic Spe? cific, No. 28. It tones up the system, arrests discharges, dispels tbe mental gloom aud despondency, and rejuvenates the entire system; it is perfectly harmless and always efliciont. Price55 for a pack? age of five boxes and a large 82 vial of powder, which is important in old serious cases; or Si persiDgle box. Sold by all Druggists, or sent by mail on receipt of price. Address Hcmphreys' Specific Homoeopathic Medicine Company, No. 562 Broad way, N. Y. For sale by Geiger & McGregor, Columbia, S. C. Apl4f?ly We earnestly recommend our readers to give up the use of poisonous bair pre? parations, as they too frequently pro duco, first, headache and afterwards more serious complaints. Uso a re? storer entirely harmless, and euch a one Nattana' Crystal Discovery certainly is. For sale by C. H. Miot. Jllt3 A New York lager beer saloon-keeper oilers buttormllk and sacred music for Sunday entertainments. A young husband ' calls his wife "Birdie," because, he says, she is always associated in his mind with a bill.