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COLUMN A, S. C. Tuesday Morning, August 5, 1873. - Grant und the Purple. Unabated iutcretd is felt in the ques? tion of Gouerul Graut's cuudiducy for a third term us President. Democratic and Conservative journals, without ex? ception that wo have seen, tee iu it a a departuie from the wise precedent Bet by General Washington iu' 179G, aud which has been reBpeoted by all his suc? cessors for three fourths of a century. They ore justly uppreheusive, from General Gruut'e love of power and grasping cupidity, from his obstinate temper and quiet, stolid self-conceit, that he will not hesitate to wear the pur? ple once more, aud as often as he will be permitted to don it. While he was under the influence of Democratic principles and usages, and iu his earlier days voted the Democratio ticket, he would have scouted such au idea. But he cow ehows all the virulence aud shamefulueBs of the renegade. Whon ho went over to serve the Republican party with his popularity as a military leader, ho ex? acted all tho honors uud emoluments Which it would bo iu their power to he Btow. Ho sold himself at the highest price. He drove a hard bargain with them, and now, as per agreement, fills the second term of the Presidency with a double salary, end with his greedy eyes, by common consent' iu his party, fixed upon the third term. He is a ?veritable old man of the sea, and looks his tenacious legs round the neck of his party, aud rides it with a relish aud an abandon that would be diverting, were it not fraught with such serious conse? quences to the country. The same ne? cessity which re elected him still keeps him prominent iu their eyeB. Tho army of office-holders, politiciaus and placemen dare not undertake to exercice any iudepeudence of judgment. They value their official heads too highly for that. And, with his devotiou to spoils', love of pageantry nud readiuees for jobs, he is too valuable to them to be dis? pensed with. ?"You tickle me, and I'll tickle you," is an understood matter betweeu them. None but ho can afford to exercise de? spotic power, and to scoru the limita? tion:} wisely fixed by the founders of the Government. The very qualities which dUfignrc his personal character, aud which he will wear us a brand iu the pages of history, eminently fit him for the part which he aud his partisans find it both necessary and agreeable to play. Republican journals, with a few honora? ble exceptions, throw up their caps, and flourish their pens lustily iu his behalf. They are full of wrath against any oppo? sition to their wishes, and continually cry out, "Great is Diana of the Ephe sians!" We aro bound in candor, how? ever, to admit that thore is a class of ca? pable, honest and sensible men in the Republican party, who keenly feel the degradation which such a man's freaks and incapacity for anything great or good have brought upou it. 'They are far from enjoyiDg his vulgar sway. But they are helpless, aud shrink from the consequences of Open opposition to him. He uuderstauds, whatever else he is igno? rant of, the art of teaching them their place. He says to them, as tho fish woman said to tho eels, who objected to being ekiuned, "Down, wantons, dowul" accompanied by such raps on the head as are uot pleasant to feel It is noteworthy that a part of the support, as super-serviceably tendered Gen. Graut in his aspirations for tho crown, comes from Southcru men. Browulow, of Tennessee, of courso, is ready to danco to every tune. He nomi? nated Grant long ngo, and would brush his hoots, if ho required it. Like Maw worm, iu tho play, ho loves to be soorued. Longstreet, of Louisiana, feared to con? tinue his opposition to him, oven in tho last campaign, and gavo up bis convic? tions in favor of Greeley and reform, to save his standing in the party. But what con induce men in a lately independent position, like Gen. Mosby andGov. Wise, of Virginia, to come forward so easily and promptly to bow their neoks to the imperial yoke? Either they crowd into tho great army, whose stepa tend to tho throne, from unworthy motives of gain and position, taming their backs upon honor and looking away from the true interests of their country, or they ima? gine that they nro? propitiating a power which either may do it harm, if nnap peased, or render it a noeded sorvice in the extremities which are yet before it to encounter. But thoy count without their host. They aro grievously mistaken, if they think Moloch careu for the sacrifices which aro offered him, or Juggernaut regards the pains of those who throw themselves before his bloody wheels. New York has now a precocious mur-1 derer. On Saturday, "a ohild, twelve years old, was arrested for tho murder of one of four years of age. I' The Water education. To the Editor of the Daily Union Hkk vlu: It is perjeotly evidont to us all tbat you are the friend and earnest ad? vocate of the health and prosperity of our beautiful city, oud the uncompro misiug foe of the present outrage which id being perpetrated against the citizens, iu the shape of the filthy water which is furnished thern by tho Columbia Water Power Company. For a geueratioa Co? lumbia has bceu noted as one of the most salubrious places in the United States. The parity and healthfuluess of its atmosphere has been equaled only by the parity of its water supply. When there wero nearly 30,000 people hefe, during the war, the supply of dear, pure, sweet spring water was always abundant. It is juBt bb abundant to? day; in fact, we are informed tbat it now fills a twelve-inch pipe leading tlown tq wards tho receiving reservoir. Why, then, is the city not famished with this spring water, instead of tho river "soup," as one of tho speakers last uight appro? priately called the compound-with which we are now furnished? There is a rea? son, evidently. We do not pretend to know for a truth what this reason is. It is enough for the people to know that there is a plenty of pure spring water, and Mr. "Water Power Company" may as well learn that the people are sovereign und bound to protect their health and lives in this matter. They see sickness greatly increasing; three to fivo deaths a day occur right along, which is an un? precedented thing in oar history. Ty? phoid and other fever cases abound, and thero is no use shutting our eyes to the fact. Is there any other apparent cause than impure water? Something must be done. Judge Carpenter has very com {daceutly gone away North, gone to Utode Island with tho "Water Power Company," it is said, and bun not de? cided the 7nanda?nus case, by which we are to know whether he Bustains this out? rage or not, Mr. Chamberlain ib also said to be with the Judge and the "Water Power Company." The at? torneys for the city have been requested to seud on their "briefs." Why was not the decision made here? The thing looks cloudy, to say the least. Mean? time the "soup" flows on and there is no redress, at least in law. It, there? fore, becomes a serious matter for the health and lives, not to speak of tbe I comfort of the people, what can and ought to be done. We, therefore, Mr. Editor, suggest some such remedy as tho following: Let a mass meeting bo called, and let it be attended by every citizen who de? sires and is determined to have pure water. Such a meetiug will unques? tionably show perfect unanimity, as did the one Friday night. Let the City Council bo requested to instruct the i Mayor to abut off the flow of "soup" I now 'mmped into tbe reservoir, take ' possession of the old Water Works, fire .up the engino and pump tho spring water into tho receiving reservoir. ! There is not the least question iu the world but in two days' time tho city will have just aB good water as it ever had, and in the greatest abundance. Judge Carpenter may arrest the Mayor for con? tempt, and all that, but he won't stay iu jail long, and the people will unani? mously stand by him iu an honest at? tempt to give as all pure water. This is not mob law. It will be the people in their sovereign capacity, acting in a great and desperate emergency. Their voice is the law. At least, it will have this good effect, to show the people, ind especially Judge Carpenter, that ,/ood spring water can be furnished in abun? dance, and that Colouel Pearce is violat? ing his contract in not supplying it to the city. VOX POPULI. Mk. Editor op the Phoenix: The idea conveyed by "Vox Populi," in yes? terday's Herald, is a good one. The health of the citizen is of the first im? portance, before oven law itself, and especially whon that btw is tampered with, as this water question undoubtedly is; but "Vox Populi requires a masB meeting of the citizens again, to give power und stability to any action tbat the Mayor and City Council may take in the matter, even to contempt of court. Any redress that can be had to give back to the citizens pure, wholesome water, will bo thankfully reoeived and justly sustained by all of our citizens; but in? stead of calling a meeting of citizens, call upon the Board of Health; all power is iuvested in that body to remove and put a atop to nuisances of every kind; and if tho water furnished at present, and for tho last bix weeks, is not u nuisance, thero never was a nuisauoe that bus come tinder tho observation of any Board of Health of this oity like unto it. What is it? Unwholesome, dirty, filthy wahr?a breeder of disease and death?a uuisance that will kill; a nuisanoa that the people ought not to submit to for one day. Tho people call upon tho Board of Health to removo it, by calling npon the Mayor with his police force, if necessary, to ef? fect it. The woy suggested by "Vox Populi" is a good ouo, and effectual: Order tho gates shut down, start tho old engino, pump up the old, pure spring water, aud lot us rejoice once more in a good drink of pare and sparkling water from our old springs. The Board of Health has supremo control; exercise it for the bone-fit of the city and her much abused citizens. Oo to work. Tho oiti zens will sustain you iu this most just and righteous measure; and, Mr. Mayor and Aldormen, soo to it that your con? duits from tho Bprings iu Sidney Park uro all iu good order; that tho drips are cleaned out; and that the long pipe lead? ing down to tho ateam mill lot is free from all obstructions, so that it tak|s two-thirds, at least, of the water from these sources. Then Rogers' spring and its tributaries will give us an abundance of the life-sustaining element; so that going back to old principle*, \to may es? cape disease. Actien is the word. Too much valuable titeo has beeu lost. The peoplo,are aroused, and in their majesty will Bustuin the right against a fraudu? lent ooutrtot, The Board of Hoalth, by quick nud euergotio action iu relieving us of Una monstrous uuiaanco, will glad don the hearts of every mac, womun and child in the community?a consummation most devoutly to be wished for. AN OLD CITIZEN. Mu. Editor: I havo been a deeply in* tcrestcd observer of events connected with the city water supply, and at one time I thought that the iuterest univer? sally manifested by the citizens warrant? ed the expectation that something would be douo to provide a supply of good water. But.I have beeu disappoiuted, and I now believe that everything that has been done by tho citizens was ju.it what tho water tonrauy wauted I be? lieve they have been playing iutu the bauds uf thut company ull the time. Mr. Pearce is a smart ra *d>, aud he has employed smart lawyers to help him, and they together have been leading tho peo? ple of Columbia by the uoseall the time, and uo doubt enjoy many a laugh over their brandy and icell water, at tho ease with which they havo done it. But, Mr. Editor, however well such a game uiuy pay Mr. Pearce, it does not pay tho peo? ple of Columbia, and wewuut it stopped. We want good, pure water, and we want it at once, and we must have it. aud I I think I express the seutiment of the great majority of the citizen*-, viheu I say, wo will havo it. Now, I propose to tell you how I think we can get it. We have been wasting our time in "inquiring" and investigat? ing aud experimcuting and suggesting, aud giving Mr. Peurce the delay which, I thiuk, is the key-note of his policy iu thia matter, just as loug as we cau afford to do bo; and now we must do some? thing that is business. Now, what cau we do? Well, wo can iudict Mr. Pearce for producing a nuisance. I kuow the City Attorney thiuks differently, because he saya no one is obliged to use the spout water. Now, with all deference tu his largo experience and excellent judg? ment in legal questiou?, I thiuk that that is uo reason why he can't be convicted. For I am not compelled, in law, to use the water out of my well; but if Mr. Pearco pours filth into it, so *hat when 1 go to draw up water to driuk, I lind tilth in the bucket, instead of water, can he uot be indicted for it? Suppose that a stream of good water .flowed through the city, or any village or neighbor? hood, aud the people who lived near it were in tbe habit of using the water from it. Then, if Mr. Pearce were to wantonly throw anything into that stream which would render the water unfit for use, would he not be guilty of a nuisance? Now, though the people of Columbia are nut compolled iu law to use the water from the hydrauts, they have the right to do'so; and when Mr. Pearce throws substances into those hydrants which are offensive and poison? ous, as he does (if I remember Dr. Gibbeu' statement correctly) at the rate of at least forty grains to the half gallon of water, he should be punished for it. And the law provides a punishment, if any of our public men have the courage to apply it. But that is not our maiu remedy. Mr. Tearco has not only no right to throw filth into tho hydrants, but it is his duty to keop them filled with good, pure water. This he contracted with tbe City Council to do. He has not done it, and has, therefore, violated his contract. Tho con?eqnenco is, the City Couucil is not bound by it. They need uot pay him what they agreed to pay; they oan prooeed to supply tha city with water themselves, aud can sue him for damages for tho breach of his contract. Aud this, I think, ought to be done. What'*) the use of going "all round Robin Hood's baru" for a remedy, when here is one so simple right to our hands? Moreover, I believe that any individual who is injured, or whose fumily is injured by this water, can recover damages from Mr. Pearce, or from the city; and so can auy washer-womau whose business suf? fers from it. I havo kept silent thus loug on this questiou, Mr. Editor, because I hoped some one else would suggest these ideas. But I have not heard .them suggested, and now I hope the City Council, or somo of our prominent citizens, will act upon these hints, aud not bo Mr. Pearce's dupes any longer. BUSINESS. To (he Board uf Health?Gentlemen: There is uo doubt but that your author? ity is supremo ou tho subject of abating nuisances and preserving the health of the city, by reference to a decisiou of Judge Pratt, of the Supremo Court of Now York, in a similar case. He sus? tained tho Board of Health, saying they had authority to proceed in such mat? ters, and to determine whether it was n nuisance or not aud abate it summarily. I think your duty is clear. Order at once tho Chief of Police- to abate the nuisance, aud direct him how to do it peaceably; cut the connecting pipe be? tween Colonel Peurco's Water Works and the spriugs; put tho steam mill in order, aud commence at onco to furnish us with good water. What will be the result? The most that can be done, will bo au action by tho Water Power Com? pany for damages. The disconnecting the pipe will probably be 810, aud a fine by Judge Carpenter of $200 more, per? haps, for contempt of cotfrt. Iu the meantime, the important fact will be de? monstrated, that there is puro water, aud plenty of it, yet in tho old springs. I call on you all, gentlomeu of tho Board of Health, as well as the City Council; be firm; be meu equal to tho emergency; and if you think you can't be equal to the occasion, call anothor muss meeting, and we will instruct you what to do; or you can resign. Perhaps the peoplu can find some ono who will take the bull by tho horns. 1 am induced to urge this course bo:auso it is under? stood that the case will go to the Su? premo Court anyway, aud wo can't, with aelf-repppct or prudeuco, remain longer passive. PUKE WATER. Judge T. C. Audrows has received tho Republican nomination for Senator from Orangobnrg. Columbia, S. C, August 2, 1873. Hon. R. D. Carpenter, Judge of the Fifth Circuit South Carolina?Dear Sir: The undersigned, oommibtee appointed under one of the resolutions adopted last night, at a mass metting of the citizens of Co? lumbia, deem it entirely uncoesBory to j enter into a long explanation of this un? fortunate water dif?oulty, us tbe case has been recently most thoroughly argued before you. We think, therefore, wo will best discbarge uur duty by simply sending you the published account of the proceedings last night, which ex I plains itself, und we beg leave to assure you tho excitcmeut is iutonse, and we honestly bolieve violence will he resorted to, unless arrested by some timely und effective measure. Your decision is looked for with much interest, and whether it be for or against the city, it will perhaps opeu the way to some remedy that will relieve, if it does not satisfy, tho people. We, therefore, most earnestly beg that you will render your decisiou at once. We are, very re spectfuUy, your obodiout servants, E. W. SEIUELS, U D. SENN, C. M. WILDER., AUA If THOMAS, It. O'NEALE, Ju. Cj: ??ap.issi.?Tho New York H-.rald is creating a great sensation by war mug the country that Gen. Grant is drifting into Cietarism by prospect ig for a third term. Gen. Frank Blair long ago pre? dicted that Gen. Grant would stay iu the White House as long as ho lived. Mr. Stophel s and mtuy other public a en admonished the country of similur dangers. Tbe Herald is putting naughty ideas iu the President's head, and is con? siderably behind the times on this sub jeut. Gen Grant is not the only man who loves to keep placo and power. Our great consolation is that Cte-mr had his Brutus. So build up Pompey's statue and send Grant an ascension robe. [Augusta Constitutionalist. Another serious tiro occurred in Bos? ton, on the 31st tilt. The buildings were tha property of the National Dock aud Warehouse Company, aud were lilled with goods in bond, consisting of ship stores, gunny bags, saltpetre, sugar, dee. At half-past 5 tbo Ore was com? pletely under control aud prevented from spreading further. Tho buildings were of brick and formed part of a long row which was heretofore considered tiro-proof. The assessed value of the buildings burned is $00,000, hut the actual market value is probably SSU.0U0. Estimated value of the goods iu houd is from 8400,000 to $500,000. SPAIN.?The troubles of uu happy Spain are daily increasing, aud the un? fortunate pouiusular is drenched with blood by the armies of three contending factious. Whilo the Cortes aud the Car lists were struggling for tho mastery, tho Internationals hoisted tho red llag of the Commune on the towers and steeples oi Albania, Seville and Carthageua. Each party has its own object in view, aud no two of them can comhiuo against the third. Tho Carlists wish a monarchy, the Cortes desires a Federal republic, while the Communists are bent upon murder, pillage and anarchy. Eugenie ?The ex-Empress of Franco announces her policy thus: "We shall await our hour; hut no coup d'etat, no military measures, nothing but a plebiscite. Such was the last older I received from my husband." The little Napoleon may get back. Huzlitt used to say there were two kinds of nature?human nature and French nature. Prudent lodgers in Paris always make it a condition with their landlady I to bo told each morning, before rising, under what form of government thoy lived. Augusta is iu a fever of excitement over the operations of a party of sup? posed treasure-seekers. A hole, live feet deep and eight across, has been disco? vered a few miles from the city, and at the bottom of said hole is the impres? sion of a bauded*box. Two strangers I were seeu prospecting iu tint vicinity the day before tho discovery of the hop. This is not tho first time that treasure seekers ha7e pursued their investigations I iu aud arouud Augusta, but whether or not they mot with success is not stated. The San Francisco Bulletin say*: "Au I infatuated youth with a banjo opeuod a I strain of impassioned minstrelsy, lust night, under the windows of a boarding I honso ou Clementina street. Ho was I suddenly interrupted in the midst of I 'Sweet Spirit, Hear My Prayer,' by a person iu the third story, who had to empty a scuttle-ful of ashes. A police? man who passed tho scene immediately after tho incident, asserts that it was the roughest praying he had ever heard iu his life." Tho frothy coutruvorsy between Geu. D. H. Hill and Parson Brownlow is still going on. Iu his Inst letter, Hill says: "Brownlow boasts that he still live?. Yes, ho does drag out a miserable ex? istence, apparently that ho may stand as a monument of tho effects of wickedness and malignity of .Satan, which can thus transform a human being into a hideous and ghastly wreck, jeering at Heaven and abhorred by mankind." James Ptckett, of Idaho, will bo hung in August, for murdering an Indian. It is a curious commentary ou the regard for tho lives of tho savago tribes of the i border, that his easo is cited as the first I in which a white man has been hung for killing a red man. Hanging an Indian I for killing a white mau was, of course, j perfectly right; but tho converse was not j considered by any meaus proper. I Au idea of the water-melon trade of j Augusta may bo formed, when it is stated that over 100.000 of this delicious fruit j has been shipped to Now York during tha past soason. County Auditor S. L. Dennett, of I Cbar'estnn, has been removed, and Mr. j W. N. Taft appointed iu his place. Eiooal It? xacL m. -?? ? ? City Matters.?The pnoe ?i aingle copies of the Phoenix is flvooents. There were seven deaths in Colombia for the weok ending the 2d?whiteB two, colored five. Mr. Guerry's much-admired portrait of Colonel Childs has been placed on cxhi ition at Bryau's bookstore. Sunday was a particularly sultry day; but yesterday a rain storm pleasantly cooled the atmosphere. Lund-holders must huve their lots in the city numberud, as the ordiusuce is to be strictly euforced. The following is the range of the ther? mometer at the Wheeler House, yester? day: 5 A. M., 81; 7 A. M? 81; 10 A. M., 81M; 12 M.,80; 2 P. M., 78; 5 P.M., 76j?; 7 P. M., 76. The meeting of the members of the press of tho State, for the purpose of or? ganizing a Stato Press Association, is to bo held in Temperance Hall, to-morrow (Wednesday) evening, at 8 o'clock. Gray-haired men aro the only ones who are satisfied with Pearce's water. They claim that by frequent ab? lutions, the hair becomes browu iu color. Tho washer-?omen of the oity are about to call an indignation meeting re? lative to Pearce's water. They complain that tho more they scrub the dirtier the garments become. Tho Augusta Constitutionalist has been revived, under the editorial control of James R. Rtudull, Esq. The first num? ber appeared ou tho 3d instaut. It is of the strict, no departure Democratic school. Attorney-Gouoral Melton will accept our thanks for a pamphlet copy of .the "Propositions and Authorities Submit? ted by tho Attorney-General in the Case of thu State ex v.l. Morton, Bli-is & Co. tw. Solomon L. Iloge, Comptroller-Gen? eral." Representative H. C. Miuort is raising a regiment of militia in this County. On Saturday, ht? was in Gadsdeu, where fully GoO were preseut at a meeting, when four full companies were organ? ized. What is the meaning of it?is an? other war brewing? Messrs. E. E. Davies a: Co. have re? ceived the first of the season in the mar? ket iu the way of sweet potatoes?the "Southern Queen," introduced in this aectiou of country by Mr. R. O'Neale, Jr. They aro really fine. Messrs. D. & Co. also cluim to have the largest water-melons in the vicinity, also raised by Mr. R. O'Neale. * ?3 a Day.?The proprietor of tho old established hostelry, the Columbia Hotel, Mr. Wm. Gorman, puts forth auother anuouueement, this morning, relative to his centrally-located establishment. He is actively aided in his endeavors by Messrs. Bedell and Gadsdeu, who have been long enongh connected with the business to thoroughly understand it. Read what Mr. G. has to say, and profit by it. Sudden Deaths.-There have been two sudden deaths in Columbia during the past few days, both colored. The first occurred on Friday night?Toby Primus, an aged man, commonly known us "Uncle." The second was Mary Mimms, who diod iu Zion Baptist Church early ou Sunday morning, during a watch mooting. Excitement aud heat are believed to have cuused the latter, cud congedtive chill the former. A Wateh Test.?Au English tichnioal periodical points out an easy way of I testing whether water is good and tit for I general uso. It says: ?'Good water should bo frco from I color, unpleasant odor and taste, and should quickly afford a lather with a small portion of soap. If half a pint of water be placed in a perfectly clean, co? lorless, glass-stoppered bottle, a few grains of tho best white Inmp sugar added, and the bottle freely exposed to the daylight in tho window of a warm room, the liquid shonld not become tur? bid, even after exposure for a week or ten days. If the water becomes turbid, it is open to tho suspicion of contamina? tion; but if it remain clear, it is almost certainly safe." Piicenixiana.? It is all very well to say that "handsome is as handsome does," but a handsomo woman is handsome, whatever eho does. Never buy anything that you don't want, and never want anything that you can't buy. Some people cumber the earth, and j others cucumber it. The latest uows from Cuba?Both i sides are victorious. Foreign travel still has its peril?. Henry Wuttersou, who is visiting Eog ? laud, has boon made an houorary mem? ber of tho Cobden Club. If there is an ordinanco prohibiting fast driving on tho public thoroughfarep, it should bo enforced against all, "with? out regard to race, color or previous condition." The Old Size.? After a neaeaaary de? lay of two weeks, tbe Phoenix appears again, this morning, in its old form? twenty-four columns; at which size, barring accidents, we propose to con? tinue it. Br Sea ?We desire again to call the attention of travelers and tourists to the advantages presented by tho sea route to New York. Tho steamers leave twice a week?Wednesdays and Saturday*; ard substantial vessel, commanded by ex? perienced officers. The line we are most favorably impressed with is known as "Clyde's Iron Line," composed of the Georgia and South Carolina, and for which W. A. Courteoay, Esq., of Charleston, is tho agent. We reoently took a "round trip" on the Georgia, Captain Crowell, and are, therefore, the hotter prepared to speak of that par? ticular steamer. She is built of iron; is of large size; has handsomely furnished and thoroughly ventilated state rooms, and an extensive promenade deck. Captain Crowell is a seaman aud gentle? man in every sense of tho terms, and soou makes his passengers feel perfectly at home. He has been a coaster for so many years that he scarcely ever re? quires reference to a chart. His first and second officers and Pilot Evans are au fait in their departments. Purser Ash croft is an able assistant, and flits around and among the passengers, with a kind word and a willing arm to aid the sick, and giving a ready ear and pleasant reply to questioners. Of the table, we can truthfully say that it rates with the first class hotels of the country?soups, fidh, meatn, poultry, vegetables, fruit, pies, puddings, jellies, etc., being daily furnished, and everything properly pre? pared aud cooked. The entire cost from Columbia, (ri*i tho South Carolina Bail road,) incinding carriage through Charleston, birth and meals on steamer, is only $22. At this season of the year, it is generally smooth, so that sen-sick? ness need scarcely be apprehended. List of New Advertisements. Win. Gorman?Columbia Hotel. J. 1). Bateman?Ice. Meeting Palmetto Fire Company. 1). C. Peixotto <fc Sous?Oats. T. P. Wnlker?Notice. Indian Girl Segnr Stote. Hotel Arrivals, August 4.? Wheeler House?Gen M C Butler, Allen J Green, Hichiand; Thos Thompson, Abbeville; Wtn Dudley, Charleston; Peter L Krider, Philadelphia; Mrs Turner, Abe Coblins, Macoo; Thos J Moore, city; R H Haud, Augusta; C G Falligaut, Sa? vannah; S II Blodgett, Camden; A B Springs, York; j L Morehead, NC; TS Clarksou, Charlotte; C L B Marsh, Wilmington; Foster Blodgett, G W Audrews, Newberry; John C Ciles, Ab? beville; T M Johnson, Marion; John C Walker, Ridge Springs. Columbia Hotel ? H J Everson, N Y; H Cranston, Augusta; H M Rutledge, H C Muller, Charleston; W H Evans, S C; G W Thames, J D Gardner, Wilmington; S S Williams, W& LARR; W GGibbs, W D Kennedy, Charleston; John J Yaughan and son, Fla; G E Reab, Au? gusta; D B Haselton, Charleston; Jas E Black, Cherokee Springs. Hemlrix House?B Manly, N C; P Ha? gau, D T Frey, Ga; P S Williams, W P Lester, city; S M Pearson, Oraoge ourg; J T Coit, Charlotte; T McKinstry, Fuirfleld. MiNisrER Washburneon Back Par.? Hon. E. B. Washburne, Minister of the United States to the French capital, thus explains himself upon the back pay qnestiou: I was in Congress when tho salary was but $3,000, and I always found it more than sufficient to meet my necessary per? sonal expenses. When it was raised to $5,000 I thought it too much, and think so still; but raising it to $7,500 is no? thing more or less than straight stealing. Every year that I was in Congress I laid by a portion of my salary, and none of my constituents over complained that I didn't live decently. The people don't send their representatives to Washington to live like princes, buck the tiger, and keep half a dozen of mistresses. Watching one's health izlike watching the wealher?a grate deal of time iz lost, and there iz just az menny showers after all. If mankind wero obliged tew give their gifta Becretly they would look upon it oz u grate hardship. He that won't listen kan't learn; pkoo's and bobolinks are poor listeners, and have but one song. When eloqnenco and wisdom kontend for the superiority in man, he has got about as for above the rest of us az he kan get. Thero is two kinds of hipokrits?the bold and the humble; and the humble ones are the wuat.?Josh Hillings. A Danbury man's ordor for his wife's hat is a novelty in this way. She was sick aud could not go for it, so he drove iu himself. He told the milliner to put ou a dollar's worth of pareely fifty cents worth of string beans, ten cents wcrth of cherries, a fow green currants, a beet or two, a little cabbage, and about three slices of turnips, or, if it was too early for turnips, make it two now potatoes instead. ? The Suah ?Mr. Edmnnd Yutes de? scribes the "King of Kings" as "a/a rouclte looking vagabond, with a perpetu? ally sombre, almost hang-dog air." As ho rides an Arabian stallion with a pink tail, what a circus spectacle he mast be!