Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Sr^ay^ Binoe the abdication of AmaJeo and the proclamation of the republic, Spain baa called to the Chief Executive Fi gneraa, Pi y Margall, Salmeron, and lastly Emilio Oastelar. ? To eaoh of these in saaoesaion have tho deetiuiea of the country been trusted. Under ordi? nary ci rooms tan oes, it would bare been matter of surprise if any of the first mentioned had failed. Under the pre? sent oomplioatioifH, if is no surprise and no discredit. They hare been surround? ed by difficulties and. embarrassments which it was next to impossible, with the inadequate me an 8 at their disposal, to surmount and remove. Factious jea- j lousioa in the oities, incompetent and dishonest colleagues, an empty exche? quer, a demoralized army, civil war in the North and insurrection in the South, isolation from European sympathy?all these made government next to impos? sible. Presidents were mado i and un? made with tho same facility. Figneras] was cautious, Margall dexterous, Salme? ron bold; but eaoh failed, because those who should support them Tailed to com? prehend the crisis. It is hoped, for the sake of Spain and for the sake of free institutions which he baa so muoh at heart, that the elevation of Caatelar will bring peace, order and good government to that diutraoted country, . Profiting by she failure of former chiefs, he refused to take office, except without conditions. He likewise demanded power to inoreuae the army, to p uro huso 600,000 rifles, to organize the militia, to impose forced loans, or be furnished means by which he oan obtain 500,000,000 reals to meet | the expenses against the Oarlist and Communist insurgents. Li He, moreover, demanded- authority to suspend consti? tutional guarantees, and to deprive the local municipalities of the powers they now exercise. All these demands were voted almost unanimously, and CaBtelar j snters office as nutrammeled as Charles Y. or Philip II. Centralization is com? plete in the great Spanish decentralizes AH powder is aggregated ' in the hands of the apoatle of Federal Republicanism 1 Napoleon I could not bave asked for more. Well, Spain needs a master. Caatelar haa a great opportunity. Let him crash out the dements of opposi? tion firmly, restore', order, repair the evils of royalist tyranny and republican incapacity, only to restore the constitu? tion, establish municipal freedom, and place Spain onoe more in the path of European progress. Postmaster Filley, of St. Louis, will be known as the great Administration Assossor in fnture. He is one of the shining lights of the Missouri Adminis tration party, and his partisan services . Beoured for him the fat office of post master in St. Louis, whose just umolu moots ought to satisfy nny^ reasonable person. It is charged, however, that not oonteut with the ordinary salary, he established a regular system of assess ments upon tho employees of his office equal to fivo per cent, of their pay. Th exonse given for this shameful prooeed ing is, that Mr. Filley has been very liberal in his party contributions, enter toining the President at his house and opening bis. purse on divers aod sundry oooaoions. - Now, all this may be true ? it doubtless is trne. But it furnishes no manner of excuse for the effort to reimburse his outlay by taxing his subordinates in office, most of whom are poor men?somo with families, and nearly ull on moderate pay. A muu de? serves no credit for liberality to his po? litical religious party who, after making a gift, proclaims his liberality to the world for the purpose of getting his money back. This amounts to no libe? rality at all; it is an "Indian gift," us the boys say, which is taken back by the giver almost as soon as it is bestowed If extortion of this character bo permit ted in public offioials, und they are suf? fered to use their power to lovy assess? ments outside of their legitimate salaries and emoluments, the eivii service will become a cesspool of rottenness. Every officer will be fleeced by his immediate superior, and tho head ofllaer will em . ploy his whole time in gorging himself, like a bloated spider, upon the blood of his viotims. We do not wonder that the charges made against the St. Louis postmaster are oreatiug muoh excite? ment in the most respectable business and political circles in that city, includ? ing the best men of all parties. The people are brought in daily contact with their postmasters, and it is natural that they should feel a deep interest iu hav? ing the postal service filled by mou who will not stoop to the business of levyiug assessments upon their subordinates to make good their own personal expendi? tures in behalf of tho party. . ^MUwx?pftmMCoyi?.--Thefoi lowing is ? nummary oHhci prooMdio? in the United Stetes OaftrLfo session ft' GreeuYilMi ?r IhefeettiW ogSaplpm-; bei 4k' ' *9 ' '? ' i? It: 'SAl^v^Tcri-TiiSl,. 'Wh??:*!? at MiW?H. Treloot ef al, assignees Oi the Blue Ridge Railroad. Ordered, that ike time for filing demurrer, plea or answer to the bill of complaint by the ?aid debtors, the assignees of tho Blae Ridge Railroad Company, be extended to the first Monday, to wit, the 6th day of Coiober, 1873, aid that this order be deemed to be-without any prejudice whatever to the, .rights of the said de? fendant. Ex par la Jamoa P. Low, John P. Southern, Geo. W. Williams, assignees of Bine Ridge Company of South Ca? rolina, bankrupt. Order to advertise for creditors, ?o. Petitioner ordered to give notice to creditors to present their claims before J. O. Carpenter, Re gistrar, in Charleston, on or before the 3d day of Novombea next, and Regis? trar ordered to fiie a report setting forth the nature and oharaoter of said claims; advertisements ordered to bo published once a week every two weeks until the 3d day of November, in the following gazettes, vis: Charleston Chronicle, Co? lombia tynioh-Herald, Columbia Phoenix and New York Times) ordered, that this order be deemed without prejudice to any person or persons, oreditors of or interested in the estate, real or personal, of the said bankrupt. In re Martin A. Garden, bankrupt. Petition referred to W.I. Glawson, Re? gistrar, for adjudication, Sea. In re Wylie Hannah, bankrupt. Pe? tition referred to W. I. Clawson, Regis? trar, for adjudication, &o. In re Cnarlcs O. Montgomery, ex parle Snllivan & Stokes. Referred to CG Jmger, Esq., Registrar, to inquire into the matter sot forth in said petition. Ex parte J. H. Claws on, assigueo, in re Thomas Palmer, bankrupt. Petition for sale and to call in lieu creditors. Re? ferred to W. I. Clawson, Esq., Registrar in Bankruptcy. Ex parte J. H. Clawson, assignee, in re Obediah Surratt, bankrupt. Petition for sale and to call iulieu creditors. Re ferred to W. I. Clawson, Registrar iL Bankruptcy, to report. W. S. Brown, assignee of Keys Sc MoCall, bankrupts, vs. A, P. Hubbard, Mrs. Adeline Keys et al. Petition to set aside conveyance of land. Report of W. S. Brown, assignee, confirmed, and residue of assets in his bauds, exclusive of costs, be distributed amoug the cre? ditors of baukrupts according to law, under directions of C. G. Jreger, Regis? trar. i _ "The Need op the South."?The New York Times (Administration organ) gives it us its opiniou that "there is no remedy for the evils under which the South is laboring except diversified in? dustry and self-help, and it seems that the more thoughtful of her people are finding this out." Right here we stick a pin for the editor of the Times. Tho great evil nnder which the South labors ?the crowning evil?is Federal inter? ference in local State affairs. Remove the pernicious infljence thus exercised from all the States South aud? all the needs of the people will bo spuedily sup? plied. We speak not of Georgia, for the people have rescued tho State from the oontrol of tho irresponsible adven? turers who were maintained for a long time in power by the Federal Adminis? tration; but of South Carolina, Ala? bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas aud Arkansas, where the people have been plundered of their properity and har? assed nigh unto death by the Govern? ment and its emissaries. Our puoplo aro becoming more self-reliant aud the industries of tbo South are being di? versified and iucrcascd ? showing won? derful vitality, indomitable cuergy and astonishing recuperation, under circum? stances the most depressing. Had the Southern people been left fro.) to mauago their owu affairs after the war, instead of being placed at the mercy of hordes of plundering ourpet-baggers and acala waggers, their pecuniary oouditiou would have enabled them to have di? versified tho whole industrial system of the South. Remove the heavy baud of oppression aud the needs of the South will be supplied in due time. [Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel. New Yoke Dnv Goons Make et.? The past week was omphatically active with the commission agents, and the arrival of numerous buyers from all sections of tho interior gave a docided impetus to tho jobbing distribution, which, during the week, assumed largo proportions. All descriptions of sea? sonable goods participated in the gene? ral aotivity. Cotton goods were spirited iu request during tho week, and price fluctuations were infrequent, the cur? rent rates having beoa firmly maintain? ed. Although tho distribution of woolens failed to meet tho expectations of the most sanguine holdem, there was, nevertheless, a large nggregate amount of goods placed with the job? bing trnde und iu the bauds of distribu? tors, aud the movement was unattended by any mutcrial reduction of priced, but, on the contrary, the current rates for really desirable fabrics were iuliy sustuiued. Tho market for imported goods exhibited a decided improvement during the week, although transactions lacked the liberality of former seasons. From tho importers there was u fair in? quiry for moderate quantities of sea? sonable productions; but, with tho ex? ception of dress fabrics alone, there was no real animation iu the demand, although thtt numerous small sales effected resulted iu a fair aggregate dis? tribution of Reueral imported fabrics. [New York Daily Bulletin. Messrs. Berry Bouaou and W. M. Hitt, of Augusta, Ga., huve been award? ed tho pool of $1,740, tbey having made the closest estimate of the cotton crop of 1872 3, 8,931,277 bales. e A Riot and Stabbing AJTrW A diagraoeful scene occurred In this town about-8 o'clock P. M., last Satur day, and night was made bideons by a lot of drunken colored men./who defied thiTssMiorities^ud feraz??t? ??t pistols, oorsiDg and swearing that they could not and would not be arrested. All this occurred in front of the dwell? ing of Col. J. L. Young, one of the most respectable citizens of our plaoe, and within hearing of bis wife and chil? dren. * This of itself was an outrage; but when onr cSeient Town ulaio??!, Mr. John Fanoett, interfered to stop the disgraceful soone, these infuriated be? ings sot upon him and defied bis power I and authority. Iu attempting to arrest Rube Bates, who appeared to. be the main leader of the rioting crowd, a desperate fellow by the name of Sam Harris undertook to interfere aud seized the Marshal's mace. Finding himself unable to oope with snob a number, Mr. Fanoett called upon Mr. Oreer, Deputy Sheriff of the County, to assist him. Mr. G. promptly responded and pushed his way throngh the crowd to Mr. F.'s side. Seeing the danger, Mr. G. seized the Town Marshal's maoe aud floored Bates and Harris. Harris rose again and drew his knife and out Mr. Gresr. Mr. Fanoett seeing the movement, told G. that he was ont. This was the first j knowledge Mr. Greor had that he had been stabbed. The blood began to show on his shirt bosom, and seeing it, the orowd of negroes began to give way. On examiniug Mr. Greer it was found that ho had been stabbed badly in tbe breast, the kuife entering just below the collar bono aud passing down about three inches, making a ?evere though not mortal wouud. Harris slunk away from the orowd as soon as he committed tho deed. Mr. Greor was taken to Drs. Moore & Dobson's store und had his wound dressed. Up to last night he j hud not been able to leave bis bed. One of the rioters, Rock Johnson, was arrested aud.lodged in jail that night, which caused much exuitemont among tho aolored people, and Silas Hawkins, Trial Justice, aud Elijah Meng undertook to forcibly eutor tho jail and liberate him. In this they were foiled by two or threo peaceable oolored men, who prevented Hawkins* entrance. Hawkins acted iu a most riotous man? ner for a pence officer, proving himsulf j entirely unworthy the position ho occu-1 pies, and iguorant of the duties of his office. The next morning, (Sunday,) Elijah Meng, Rube B?te? and Sam Harris, the leaders of tho row, were ar rested. The two Bateses were released, but Harris is still in jail. This fellow Harris is a deBperato character, having seriously cat two colored mon before. We are reliably informed that when the row commenced, June Mobley, the County Auditor, was among tho crowd, and was seen to draw his pistol and afterwards replace it. Hawkins is Mob ley's Trial Justice, and Mobley is Gov. Moses' pet iu this County. Through Mobley's influence, Hawkins was ap? pointed. After the fight was over, Mr. Faucett discovered that his coat had been cut, evidently by some one who inteuded to stab him below tbe ribs. Whether this row was gotten up to unite tho colored people in opposition to tbe Democratic ticket at tbe eleotion on tbo following Monday, or was solely tbe result of drinking whiskey, is not oortainly known, but tho fact that a number of loaders of tho oolored men were in it, and used uo influence to quell the disturbance, gives strong pre? sumptive evidence that it was gotten up fur some purpose. We hoard a gentleman say, tbat after the row, be passed a squad of colored men on the street, ond heard one of them threaten to drive the white people out of town. There was a disposition on tbo part of the colored people to keep up tbe excitement, but tbe pru? dence and perfect silence of tbo white citizens gave tbem no ezouse for such a course, and kept them iu awe. If about four colored ineu wo could nauio could be induced to leave this Couuty, or go to work like honest men and get au honest living, instead of seeking official positiou for support, we could be certain of perfect quiet uud harmony iu Uniou.? Union Times, TiiaT Speech.?The editor of tho Greensboro (X. C.) Patriot is n North? ern man, and fought iu tbe Federal army during tho late unpleasantness. Uoro is whut he says about Mr. Uivis' speech: "Tho leaders of tho war party in tho North lied to tho people of tho North and the South, und thus secured the support of the Northern people and the tinul surrender of tho Southern armies. They wont iuto a war with the cry of Union on their lips, and it was this cry that tilled their armies which swarmed over the South. Whou charged by tho Domoeruoy with it as au abolition war, a war to froo and enfranchise the nogro, to destroy Stato sovereignty, to annihi? late the rights of citizens and Statos, they denied it strenuously and filled tboir dungeons with editors aud speak? ers who bad the courage to charge them with it. Aud yot we have seen ull this brought about, aud more, too, than we ev?r dreamed of, and not only the Southern people, but also tho Northorn people were 'cheated,' as Mr. Davis ex? presses it. Those may bo unpleasant truths for Mr. Davis, or any ouoolse to utter, but still they bo truths, never? theless, and all the pens iu tbe Radical domain cannot uuwrite them. At the municipal election iu Union, on Monday last, tho Democrats wore successful. Tbe following is tho result: lutoodaut?W. C. Harris. Wardeus? W. D. Humphreys, Jason M. Greer, Johu Rjdger, Wm. Eller. Tho eleotion for municipal olfioors of Kiugstrue resulted as follows: Intend? ant?S. A. Swails. Wardens?W. J. Loo, G. P. Nolsou, J. F. Blakely, Philip Heller. How a Man akd Hn Wotb Put Up a -.Putting up a,stove.ja not bo in iUeTf?t it?b> ttpe that ar^ftbs^?the mVohi?faod ?& to dost. *Yoa nSayiake down'a Btovo -jilu .11 *?.e ?are ffi tse vr?rld, fed h?c ?our wife pat sway the pipe ia a sooqure place, and yet that pipe won't como to? gether again an it was before. Yon find this out when you are standing on a chair with your arms full of pipe and your month fall of soot. Your wife is standing on tbe floor in a position that ??ablcii h?i' lo S6f> you, thu pipe and tue oh air; and here she gives utterance to those remarks that are calculated to hasten a man into the extremes of iuua uity. Her dress is pinned over her waist, <<nd tnr hands rest on her hipe. She has got one of your hats on her head, and your linen ooat on her baok, and a pair of your rubbers on her feet. There is about five oents' worth of pot black on her nose, and a lot of flour ou her chiu, aud altogether she is a specta cle that would inspire a dead mau with distrust. Aud while you are up there trying to circumvent the awful contra? riness of the pipe, and telling that yon know some fool has beon mixing it, she stauds safely on the floor and bom? bards you with such domestic mottoes as: "What's tho use of swearing ho?" "You know do ono has touched tbe pipe." "You ain't got any more pa? tience than a child." "Do be careful of that chair." And then Rhe goes off, and re-appears with an armful more of pipo, and before you arc aware of it she baa got that pipe to horribly mixed up that it does seem no two pieces are alike. You join the ends, and work thorn to and fro, aud take them apart again and look at them. Thon yon spread one out and jam tbe other toge? ther, aud mount thorn once more. But it is no go. You begiu to think the pieces are inspired with life, aud ache to kick them through the window. But she doesn't loso her patience. Sho goes arouud with that awfully exasperating riggiug ou, with a length of pipe under each arm, aud a long-handled broom in her baud, and says she don't see how it is some people never have any trouble iu putting up a stove. Then you miss tho dimmer. You don't soe it anywhere. You stare into the pipe and along the maulle, aud down on the stove, and off to the floor. Your wife watches you intently, and is finally thoughtful enough to inquire what you are looking after, aud ou learn? ing, pulls tho article from her pocket. Then you feel as if you could get out doors und swear a hole ? twelve feet square through a block of brick build iugH, but she merely observes, "Why on earth don't you speak whon you want anything, and uot stare arouud like a dummy." When that part of the pipe which goes throagh the wall is up, she keeps it up with her broom while you are making the connection, and stares at it with an intensity that is entirely uncalled for. All the while your posi? tion is becoming more and more inte? resting. The pipe don't go together, of course. The soot shakes dowu into your eyes and moutb, the sweat rolls down your face and tickles your chin as it drops off, and it seems as if your arms are slowly but surely drawing out of their sockets. Here your wife oomes to the rescue by inquiring if you are going to be all day doing nothing, aud if you think her arms are made of oast iron; and then the broom slips off the pipe, and in horeudeavor to recover her hold she jabs you under the chin with the handle, aud tbepipecomea down on your head with its load of fried soot, und theu the chair tilts forward enough to discharge your feet, and you come dowu on the wrong end of t chair with a force that would bankr .. ile driver. You don't touch ' ?? stove again. You leave your wife examining the chair and bemoaning its injuries, and go into tho kitchen and wash your skiuued and bleeding hands with yellow soap. Thou yon go down the street after a mau to do the business, and your wife goes over to the neighbors with her chair and tells them abqut its injuries, j aud draius the neighborhood dry of its sympathy long before you get homo. [Danherry News. Tin: WatereeSwami*.?A correspond? ent of the Charleston News explains?at least, to his otvD satisfaction?how $1,01)0,000 may be added to tho value of tbe Waterce I w >h by the expendi? ture of Sl.OOU.P'W iti raig'itouiug the river. Lands u . Wu?ln from two to five dollars ?n ucre, will thou bo worth $00 or 3100. The scheme is uu attrac? tive one, u:u1 the landed proprietors are only askc i to make a contribution of lauds which are now more a-burden than a bles-ung. Once reclaimed, the Waterce lands cau supply the State with grain. They uru as fertile and produc? tive as tho lauds of tho Mississippi val? ley, aud will yield fifty bushels of coru or a bale of cotton to the aero without manure. Tho correspondent is confi? dent that the work will be douo iu time. Swift Poxisumb?tov Cmub.?A case of swift justice occurred in the Quarter Session Court of Philadelphia, on the 11th. E. Johnson, alias E. Jordan, was arrested at Louisville, Ky., and brought to that city ou the charge of embezzle ing books, newspapers, &C, belonging to liiley A. Sargeact, general news agents at tho West Philadelphia depot. [ Johnson was arraigned, tried and con? victed duriug the morning. George Midelhell, alias Aaron Mitchell, was also convicted of tbe same crime. John Green, charged with the same offeuoe, jumped his bail aud is at large, with the detectives ou his track. Midelhell was Heutencod to four months aud Johnson to three years imprisonment. Mrs. Elizabeth Denuington, 109 years of age, died iu Ocoueo County, ou the 2d iust. She was the mother of nine children, aud, at the time of her I death, was living with her youngest I child, who was sixty-six years old. Cttt_ Matters.?Sab ?oribe for the PHfBinXy^ ' ? -ry- ?' ?jm>*- liter" ?t'W |fr. d F. Jacket's 8d and 4th lots of goods have jost como to baDd.; See hi3 ?dvoisiiaetaeuw,; ;'? 2 ?A B- G^Stfiver Sfe .Op. ar*. out with a eard relative to dress goods. Tbey feel satisfied of tbeir ability to please one und all. Old Porter, the well-known colored fiddler of ante-b??GGS times, ii payiog a visit to.his former home. Uoole Porter has laid .aside tbe fiddle aud the bow, ] bat sticks to his "last." The following is the range of the ther? mometer at the Wheeler Hoase, yester? day: 6 a. m., 69; 7 a. m., 68; 10 a. m., 70; 12 m., 78; 2 P. m!, 75; 5 P. m., 76; 7 P. m.,75>?. A telegram from Sbreveport, La., to Mr. Judah B. Pollock, of this city, say a: "The town is deserted; the yellow fever is raging; we are nnrsing the poor, who are dying fast." The Governor has appointed John O. Nolte a Notary Pnblio for Charleston, and G. D." Holmes for Colleton. G. P. Kirkland, of Oconee Connty, Auditor, vice L. B. Johnson, removed. W. G. Keller a Trial Justice for Abtfeville. Owing to an affeotion of the throat, Rav. Samuel A. Webber, of Union, has determined to rest awhile from tho regu? lar work of the ministry, and will spend tho time in teaching in tbe Female Col? lege at Williamston, Anderson County. Swaffield's bats are tbe admiration of one und all. They are high and low as to price; tall aud short as to height; and varied us to eolor. Little folks and big folks can be suited. A young name? sake of tho senior attache of tbe house was made happy, yesterday, by having his head adoruod with one whioh may truly bo termed the little beauty. "Our Mutual Friend" Beck . has the happy faculty of making himself popular with everybody. Fire.?About 11 o'clock, last night, Gro was seen issuing from tho stable of j Mr. John A. Crawford, ou Boll street. The alarm was at once given, but owing to the inflammable material, it was almost entirely destroyed before the' arrival of tho firemen. The flames ex? tended to the kitohen, but were extin ! guished before any serious damage was I done. a horso and a mule were in the burning building, bnt were rescued. The fire is believed to have been the1 work of an inoendiary. Phozmxiaxa.?A sweet strain?Strain iug honey. It is always better to be an hour too early than a minute too late. A roby sot with diamonds is the fashionable little finger ring. Girls can wear foulard without neces? sarily becoming foolhardy. To dispel darkness from about you? Make light of your troubles. Opportunities, like eggs, must be hatched wbon they are fresh. Whiskey is said to be tbe born of plenty, because it will corn you copi? ously. Euvy is an insult to a.man's good sense, for it is tbe pain wo feel at tbe exoelloncies of others. Professor Abbe has been transferred from the signal service to other duty, which is supposed to account for the re? cent Abbe-rations of tho weather re? ports. A gentleman reading a newspaper a day or two ago, asked a friend, "What's tbo meaning of the Bobemiun .Diet, about which we hear so much of late?" "Free luucbes," was tbe reply. A New Book ey Author op "East Lynne."?Mrs. Henry Wood's new i v?ok, "The Master of Greylands," is in press, and will be published in a few days, by T. B. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia, from tho author's manu? script and advanced proof sheetp, pur? chased by them from Mrs. Wood, und will bo in uniform stylo with "Done Hollow," "Bessy Rane," "Roland Yorke," "Tho Cbnnnlngs," "Within the Maze," and all the previous works by this favorite and popular author. For some months past, a new serial, entitled "Tbo Master of Greyland9," has been published in the Argosy, a London magazine, edited by Mrs. Wood. It w:ll bs completed for English readers in tho December number; bnt, in conse? quence of a special arrangement with tbe authoress, who has supplied the Petersons' with her manuioript in ad? vance, they will publish the whole story complete in one large octavo volume long before its publication in England. The plot in entirely original, and is said to be equal, if not superior, in interest to ber other famous books. It will be issued in a largo octavo volume, and sold by all booksellers, at the low price of 81.75 in cloth, or 81.50 in paper cover; or copies will be sent by mail, to any plaoe, post-paid, by the publishers, on receipt of the price. Maa?ammt ~r.-?c?irita? THBjpHQwa BAUOQ?.-^Not wishing. folly experimented with * 'bilWon; last oaiiy into' the air, about hali-paafc 8 o'clock, aud the sacent was* witnessed by large numbers df* citizens, although there was tip pnblio announcement of the event. The height 'tp( tbe*?rial visitor ,w?? feetj,more, or l?M-rper baps much lead; diameter in proportion. Tbe name "Daily Phcekix,'? in letters .ten feet or less in height, adorned the sides. The material of whigh the bal? loon was composed wu^ neither sil)t nor cotton. There, were Beveral.'voJauteer aeronauts, who, at the last moment, cowardly declined, nod the ce'foHatwas launched into the air, with onjy a bea ocn-light attached. . We earnestly hope, if it lands on terra finna, that it willi be. oarefoily handled by the finder, and returned to the PnmNix offloa. It is also hoped that the discoverer will care? fully measure tbe distance, so that we may be able to record it?merely for the advancement of science. Honor .to whom honor is doe?we should have mentioned Professor Wells, in connec? tion with the ascension, who was pre? sent, and superintended the Inflation. The Professor's name is well known in balloon circles, and his autograph on Phoenix receipts. A second and larger balloon is being prepared, and if com? pleted in time, will be launched this afternoon. P. 3.?Since the ascension of the "Daily Phoenix Balloon," the telegraph has informed us of the explosion of the ?iDaily Graphic Balloon." We regret that tho racial oar of onr contemporary failed to demonstrate the existence of a Westerly current; bnt we are prond that ours proved the folly of tbe Wise theory, as our Lexington friends will' testify. Our balloon struck an Easterly current While we may reseive a graphic descrip? tion of the failure of the trana-Atlantio voyage, we hope, phamiz-like, a grander may rise from the ashes of tho first at? tempt. Hotkij Armvajji. September 12, 1878. Columbia Hotel?FVf Tromp, Ga; A A Stoltz, G W MoManns, P G Webb, J EL Hall, J W O'Brien, Charleston; Nichols Acker, D 0; Mrs W B Davis, child and nurse, Charleston; O O Jordan, Aiken; W P Rhodes. W T Cutt, Ga; J. D Gard? ner, Jr. GWThames, N C; H O Ma zyok, Oharleston. Hendrix House?J M Gallo way, Winns boio; J J MoNally, NY; SB MoKin strey, Fairfleld; B 0 Lampley, J O Dun bar, Marlboro; P P Chambers, Darling: ton; L L McCleskey, Ga; O Fair,' N Y; F J Carter, Ga. Wheeler House?Grant Wilkins, At? lanta; BB Watson, BJdge Springe; F Boatright, J 0 Watson, Ridge; W L HardiD, J E Dnval, T H Leavy, Balti? more; Geo MoAlpin, Philadelphia; W A Gill, C C B; W P His. Virginia-: J M Morgan, Rich land; W W Davis, B & D R R; J M Mackey. Abbeville; P M Coheo, Union; Mrs M C Butler, Misses Butler, city. List of New Advbbtisements. Copelund k Bearden?Notice. B. O. Shiver & Co.?Dress Goods. J. N. Long?Mules. C. F. Jaokson?3d and 4th Lot. There was a destructive storm in Union on Friday evening last, which played havoc with ? mill-dams, fences, eto. The Times says: "The destruction of crops and fences by these itorms oannot be estimated as yet. One man informs us that they completely destroyed ten acres of fine bottom oorn, by blowing it'down and completely covering it with hind and water, so that it cannot be saved, and also so completely rained ten acres of tine cottou that it i3 not worth gatkei ing. This is ouly one of a dozen simi? lar cases which have been reported to us by reliable persons. We hear that a number of mill-dams were washed away, but can only speak positively of the dams at Beaty's and Webster's mills, which, we learn, are almost entirely, gone." - ^ * ^ ? ? ? Petroleum gae as an illuminator pro? mises to supersede every kind of gas now in use on account of its cheapness und superiority. Means have been dis? covered by which it can be generated and used for private houses, halls and churches. It is now very generally used in Pittsburg, and the chnrcb.es of j Sharpsburg, Md., were recently lighted I up with it to the great satisfaction of the respective pastors and congrega? tions. The Charleston CoTTOr Pool.?The figures of the New York Financial Chro' nicla. received yestordav. it will be ?*nn, are 3,930,508 bales. If these Agares are correct it is probable that the Charleston ootton pool has been won by Mr. Garey, of Newbet.y, whoso Agates, - wc learn, are 3,031,339 bales, only differ ing from the result 831 bales. [Charleston News. A man, named Edward J. Walker, had a difficulty with another named [ Frank J. Malpasa, near'Point Oaswell, N. O., on the 10th, when the latter struck the former a blow with bis fist, whioh knocked him down.. His friends rained htm up, but found that he was dead. The New York Herald, of the 10th inst., quotes: South Carolina sixes, 27)?; do., new, January and July, 13)s@l6; do, do., April and Ootober, 28^029.