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?"'dj/i'gig i&bh ? >"???'" COLUMBM, S- C. -??;. , ..in "i- ? ? Sunday Morning, October 26.1873. _^ I ? TSuI, ? i " - ___ Th? Need of Moial and Conservative ? j i *? ,~ - Si v'v j ' . -jit i ii In pursuing the line of argument en? tered upon yesterday, in regard to the crisis in opr affairs, vre desire to give brief expression to some thoughts vfhieb have lately suggested themselves to ub. Oar people are becoming de epondent, under pressure of the oonti> nued and inoreaaihg domination under which they are pleoed. We have her* a lurge, stereotyped majority in control of the State Government. Those wielding its power have exercised it without re? ference to the interests or feelings of the substantial people of the State. While this hoa been going on, what have oar own people been about? They have in elections, and by tha press and by speeches of pablio men, made euah headway against this corrupt tide as they could. They havo done so by di? rect opposition, on political and social gtonnds. They have failed, in this atti? tude, to make any material progress. In faot, their efforta have only embittered and intensified^ the opposition of the orew in oonynand of the ship of State. These have ran it at last npon breakers, and it is fast going to pieces. Ship wreck is imminent. Every available resource for raising money has been exhausted; a stringent impeouniosity has manifested itself everywhere, in public and private; desperation is nigh at hand, and repu? diation threatens to oloao the scone. What are our people doiog or likely to do, in this conjuncture? ? We have looked over this State and find no where act\ve inflaenoes at work to grapple with this molanchoTy condi? tion of things. Oar efforta heretofore made have been attended with snoh small results that despondency and in? action have succeeded them. Oar lead? ing men have withdrawn from active participation in pnblio life. They are bosy with their private affairs, and have turned their backs with disgnst upon politics. This is accepted as evidenoe of submission, of a conquered or a quailing spirit, of hopeless enervation and despair. Meanwhile, the saturna? lia and'orgies go on gathering strength, momentum and extravagance. Only a few days ago, a friend, a Conservative member of the Legislature, known and admired for high qualities and superior talents, expressed to us his sense of em? barrassment and upelessness in continu? ing longer on the scene. Fitted to in 6truet any properly constituted legisla? tive body, and to adorn it by his acoom pli'jhmenie, capable of devising mea? sures, to promote the-publio good, he finde himself powerless in the Sonth Carolina Legislature. Suoh, at least, is his feeling. But that is just what we take issue with. We live under this Government, and it is both our duty nqd our prerogative, in every public .and /private way, to en? deavor to shape its course. Otherwise we become mere ciphers and touants at will. If we make no objeotiou to being run over and trampled upon, if we are ready to bend our nooks to such ignoble yoke, there are plenty of seedy, reckless rascals and vagabonds Who are equally ready to place it on them and hold it there. Interest, feeling, comfort, the future of our children, the character wo wish to sustain when wo are gone, nil call upan us to mould the notion of the Government so fur as wo can, The grout question of every true muu in this life is duty.- What does duty oujoin? We think it roquires every man to keep a brave heart in all circumstances, uud to pat forth suoh efforts and iufiuouoes as are possible and practicable, iu every emergency of life. Have wo done this always? We think not. We have al? lowed ourselves to be governed by feel? ing too' muoh, by disgust too often. This feeling is no doubt natural and in? evitable, but it is just as natural and far more madly, that we should control it. It is not in mortals to command success, but it is worthy of honorable ambition to deserve it. A brave soldier, when asked if he could take a certain fort, re? plied that be would try. He did try, and took it, too. Wo will refer to two matters, by way of illustration and application of our meaning. One of our ex-Judges, de? servedly distinguished, and accom? plished with learning and eloquence, told ns, quite recently, that propor efforts on the part of the legal fraternity in this State might, and, in all proba? bility, would, have scoured a less objec? tionable coda of laws and forms of prac? tice than the cumbrous and expensivo ? ones which were adopted. In matters outside of party, and not of strictly partisan character, the present managers of affairs ooold, upon proper representa? tions, be induced to accept advioo from competent and disinterested mon. Iu the present crisis in tbo affairs of the University, it would be worth while for sensible and discreet men, who vdue education properly, who ? neaeasarily must griavei at the prospect of closing this seat of learning to our youth, to oome forward and try to preserve it. In the pursuit of a phantom, in obedience merely to party deorees, in a spirit of truckling and pandering to the black vote, in the endeavor to break the proud temper of our own people, may be found the oauseB of the reoent radioal movement in the University. Many Republicans do not favor it. Bat they are afraid to take issue with a faotion whioh is driving boldly on. The motives to whioh we have' alluded are of a weak and merely impulsive oharaoter. They may be remonstrated with, and ur gued against, and perhaps overcome. Why may not a oonferenoe of a dozen gentlemen or more be formed to go be? fore the Legislatur?, and present a eoheme of education, whioh will satiefy the reasonable demands of both races, and provide as liberally for the one as the other? They might, if no more, enter a solemn protest against the mad? ness and folly of the hour. It would be bread upon the waters, to be gathered in due time again. And so in a great many other things, especially in those of a non-politioal oharaoter. We should be active, disoreut and untiring, ready to make allowance, and more disposed to look forwards than backwards. Con? stant dropping wears away stones, and nnremitted efforts of the kind we have instanced and perpetual vigilance will prodaoe their legitimate effects. If .no positive benefit be derived from putting forth such exertions as are possible, it will at least be a great advantage to our esprit du corps. The conscious looks in? terchanged, the elbow touch in the steps we will take in the moral march, are invaluable. It gives one a feeling that he has friends and coadjutors, that his brothers are in sympathy with him. It destroys the baneful tendency to iso? lation; it unites and binds our indivi? dual powers, and by and by will make a strong and wholesome infiueaoe. Shall no check be interposed to tho extremism whioh is grown up to each fearful proportions here, and whioh feeds, fattens and riots on our indiffer? ence? Who can tell to what lengths it may go, if unoheoked and unbalanced? And are there not some conservative Republicans who will respond to a moral influence so desirable, exerted with a purpose so commendable? We see but one oourse to take, the one wo have indicated, to seek to modify and shape resaltB, aud to nave as muoh of our civilization a? possible. In default of this, and supposing no change in the actual administration of onr affairs with the speed which we are now traveling down an inclined plane to ruin and an? archy, we shall soon reach a point where the Unitod States Government will have to iuterpouo to abate the nuisance, and remand us to the form, at least, of re? publican government. We are some? times threateued with its red right hand. It may, in the ohaogos which aro com? ing, como too soon for those who in? voke it. Will our thinking men consi? der our plea for a moro nctive participa? tion in affairs, more persevering, oaruest aud unflagging efforts to apply the brakes to our demoralized and down tending Staio Government? ? ~* < Journalistic.?Col. B. R. Rhett, Jr., I has withdrawn from tho editorial ma? nagement of the New Orleans Picayune, the Board of Directors having deter? mined, owing to tho stringency of the times," to adopt n co-operative plan. Col. Rhett concludes his valedictory as follows: "In closing our connection with the Picayune, we believe that we havo ful? filled onr part. Whatever of counsel may be in us in politioal affairs, we havo given to the titate without reservation. Whatever of knowledge or of capacity we poBsods, we havo devoted with earn? est solicitude to the best interests of the State. We trnst, and wo have confi? dence that we have counseled for the best. Oar record for this short period is, however, fresh and before the public. We have no tears of penitence to shed and no mook humility to express over our work. In our quiet withdrawal from publio affairs under the pressure of peooniary necessity, we do not find need for afleotation. We have no publio orrors to repent, that we are aware of, and we find no cause for shamo or for regret in our past career. We have en? deavored to uphold the honor and in? tegrity of the State of Louisiana under every emergenoy." A Nbobo Woman Burned to Death. Last Thursday evening, a colored girl went to the oiroos and left her mother at home. On her return she was horri? fied to find the woman lying on tho hearth of the room burnt to a crisp and stone dead.. The poor creature was literally baked. The woman was a suf foror from epiloptio fit?, and it is sup? posed ono of them camo upon her while she was near the hearth, and caused her to fall into the fire, where she was burned to death. \ Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel. The House, on the 24tb, being in Committee of theWhoIeontba flau oial condition of 'the State, Mr. Critten deu said: , Mb. Cuairhak: The Legislature of South Carolina has been oonvened in this, an extra session, by his Excellency the Governor, npon what may well be termed an "extraordinary occasion." I conceive it, sir, to be the most impor? tant session of the General Assembly whioh has occurred since reconstruction. Wo are now discussing within these walls questions which affect the vital I interests of the whole - people of the State. We will soon be called to vote npon those questions involving larger pecuniary interests than any which have preceded them. Oar aation, therefore, npon the financial affairs of Soath Ca? rolina will be, and is, an object of the deepest interest, both within and with? out her borders. What is theoondition ii vhipb we' find ourselves to-day? With an overwhelming debt above our beads, we are here, sir, with an empty trea? sury, with many of the appropriations made at the last session wholly, or in part, unpaid, our salaried rffioers in arrears, our charitable institutions lan? guishing for funds, with the public schools of the State still doe muoh of the appropriation for their support. This, too, in the face of a tax levy for the present year which is acknowledged by all parties to have been onerous and heavy. Further, Bir, the "extraordi? nary occasion" whioh has called as to? gether is the issuing of a writ of man? damus from the highest judicial tribu nul of the State, compelling a high functionary to levy, on or by the 15th day of next month, a tax, in addition to all other taxes, sufficient to pay the three years of accrued interest, whioh will be due on the first of January next, on five different classes of our State bonds, amounting to 83,700,ODD. These are the circumstanoes nndor whioh we meet. The Governor's message, with his recommendations in the premises, is before us. I have read that message and examined it carefully, and have no hesitation, sir, in pronouuoing it tho most lucid exposition wo have yet had of the State liabilities. It could be the result only of much labor and research, and is peculiarly valuable as a historical narrative of the State debt from a period but little subsequent to the revolutionary war. Its figures are authoritative as coming from the higbest official sources. With regard to the statements contained in it of a purely partisan character, I feel disposod to pass them entirely by. It is sufficient to say they are fallacious. But, sir, in considering the great question whioh is before ue, I desire to Bink every thought of politioal differ? ence, and to rise above every considera? tion of party. What can we do, in good faith to the oroditors of the State, to re? lieve our people of the everwhelmiug load of debt and taxation with which they are opprossed is tb.6 question. To accomplish this, I am ready to (unite with any man, and to sustain any plan whioh promises success. The Governor has suggested a plan. Although, in my opinion, this may not be the beat one whioh might be suggested, still I take it to be, ob the plan of the administration, the only one whioh can be advocated with a prospect of its beiug adopted by this Legislature. In his recommenda? tions upon this subject, there are three prominent points: First, that a large portion of our bonded dtrbt was con? tracted illegally and without authority of law. Secondly, that the whole vo? lume of our debt is more than our people can bear without a virtual confis? cation of their property. Thirdly, that the Legislature has the right to scale il down, meeting tho demands of justice aud the ability of the State to pay. On page 12 of the message it is shown that $500,000 of bou<?s woro issued to re? deem what ure known as the bills re? ceivable of tho State. These were sold at seventy ceuts on the dollar, realizing $350,0(111. But $293,702 of tho bills have ever been redeemed, uud tho Go? vernor has been unable, with all the official records, to hud out to what pur? pose tho balance of $57,293. has boeu applied. On page 13, it is shown that, under the Act of August 20, lbGS, to authorize* a loan to pay interest upon the public debt, two issues of bonds were printed of $1,000,000; tho second only intended to take the place of and supply an Omis? sion in the first issue. But $550,000 of the first issuo were ever canceled or destAyed, so that $1,150,000 of those issues still exists as a debt against the State. On pago 1-1, tho message says "the cntiro amount of bonds issued under tho said Aot for the oonversion of State securities was $7,576,500." It is known that the letter and intent of this Act, as its name indicates, wbb only to change tho form of indebtedness of the State, and not to increase the amount. Still, on pago 15, tho Governor tells us "there are also outstanding oonversion bonds to tho amount of $5,965,000, whioh represent an actual increase of the publio debt." This wholo sum is ac? counted for by onr lato Financial Agent in New York, upon the ground that they wore hypothecated for certain loans and forfeited. The Govornor places the whole amount of our debt, funded and float? ing, at $20,333,901.10. I will not use tho word repudiation; but, sir, I am in favor of subtracting from that amount every liability whioh haB been contracted illegally or without authority of law; and when the propor timo arrives, I will vote to soale each class of our indebted? ness, according to its merits, until the aggregate comos within our ability to pay. I will vote to soale the old debt and the new?fully satisfied that a State, as an individual, satisfies the doraando of justice and honor when it pays to the extent of its ability. From the present reduced rates at which our bonds are sold, it is also dearly the interest of the holders to have the volume reduoed and the interest paid regularly. Fifteen cents on the dollar ia the present value of most of them. The example or the States /Of Illinois, Indiana and- Michi gan/esoh of which reduoed by Boaling XnaAa ft# rtoht th^J" foGcd' to tit) OVft* whelming; ia citecf by the Governor, and is periinent, sinoe the restored credit of those States in the markets of the world has justified the act. Mb. Editor.: I undertook to ride on horseback down the Montioello road, to-day, and with great difficulty suc? ceeded in reaching Columbia. The con? dition of this road beggars description. It presents the appearance of having been long utterly abandoned. Between the sixth and fifteenth mile 8toUes, it ia out and gashed into impas? sable gullies. No signs of human life were eeen, to break the monotony of dreary desolation, save in two instances. Once I met an aged darkey, with a blue military overcoat, with a staff across his shoulders, from the end of which was suspended ou his back a black oarpet bag and a new pair of shoes, cautiously picking his way over the BtoneB which Ho iu masses ovor tho denuded road-bed. ?'Why don't you put on those shoes?" "Dese rock out em out, sa." Next I came upon a white man, stand? ing iu what was once tho road, en? vironed in a labarynth of ghastly gullies His manuer was confused aud he.iita-? ting, with a look of profound bewilder- J meot. He was evidently a foreigner. As I passed him, riding resolutely, and with a temerity for which I am not par? ticularly distinguished, along tbo bot? tom of a four foot ditcb, which here di? vides the road into two sharp ridges, he lookod up, "amolu a ghastly smile,"and cried out, "Vat for dis roud not been vork?" "Nigger commissioners," was the answer, which he did not seem to understand. A geutluman, who lives ueur the eight mile stone, tells me that a countiy merchant from Fairfiold, not having the fear of a broken neck before his eyes, recklessly started down this road with a load of eggs, and that his wagon was upset and 100 dozen eggs wero broken, and that his "hogs lived on eggs for a week." Think of that ye thirsty nog bibbers, and Christmas coming! And all this, Mr. Editor, in the full blaze of this "glorious" niuuteuth?but I forget, we are now living under Ihe Mosaic dispensation. J. H. K. Octobek 2-1, 1873. -? m ? ? Calhoun's Last Spsecii.?Tho Bos? ton Commercial Bulletin gives this ac? count of the last speech of John C. Cal houn iu tho United States Senate. Cal houu came into Senate Chamber, sup? ported on one sido by his venerable and chivalric colleague, A. P. Butler, and on the other by James M. Mason, then Senator from Virginia, subsequently the emissary of Jefferson Davis at Lon? don. He had been unable to attend his place iu the Senate for several weeks, but had devoted his expiring energies to the appropriation of a great speech iu opposition to the admission of California into the Union as a free State, by which the equilibrium, or, as he termed it, the equality of the slave holding and non slaveholding States would bo destroyed. He was unable to stand without support, and unable to utter evou a fow abort eeutenoes with? out great difficulty. His large, clear eyes shone with supernatural lustre, his long white hnir brushed back over his head flowed lightly in the air. His face was pale and emnoiated, so that the oolorless skin seemed to adhere to the osseous frame work. The day had been assigned for this speech, which, it was evident, would bo his last. The seats and galleries were filled to the utmost capacity, and yet the silenae was oppressive, as if in tho actual pre? sence of the grim messenger. He calm? ly aud deliberately surveyed tbo eager faces beforo and around him, and being I assisted to arise, summoned strength to address the-chair, and request that tho speech he had intended to deliver might be read by his friend from Vir? ginia, Mr. .Mason. After the conclu? sion of the reading, many Senators gathered around the dyiug Senator to give expression to their rospoct aud sympathy. He left tho Senato Cbambor for the last timo as ho had entered, sup ported by tho arms of. his two friends, lie was taken to the "Old Capital,"nod iu a few days passod to "that undis? covered country, from whoso homo no traveler returns." Connecticut didn't limit her seat of government to a single city a day too soon. An appropriation was made some time since for tho erection of a now Stato House, and tho newspapers of that "land of steady habits" charge that the contractors for the building have stolen $200,000 before the walls oro laid. This is taking time by the forelock with a vengoauco. The early bird catches the worm, and tho Connecticut birds of proy, in this instance, appear to have sat up all night in order to bo certain of getting a toothsome morsel for break? fast. If $200,000 have boen made away with beforo the foundation is laid, it would require a barn door of extraordi? nary dimensions to contain the -figures whioh would represent tbo total sum of stealages on the complotion of the State House. Let Connecticut thank her stars that she has now ono oapital only, and thereforo only ono State House to build. To incur tho cost of building two State nouses, at the rate of $200, 000 for an anticipated foundation, would knock tho bottom clean out of tho land of brass clocks, cabbage-leaf cigars and wooden nutmegs. Tub United Status Court.?Goorgo W. Williams & Co. aud tho executors of the late James H. Taylor filed a notice of resistance to the final disoharge in bankruptcy of Levander G. T?te. Seventeen boxes of tobacco, 613 pounds, seized for violation of the internal re? venue law, were ordered to be oon 1 demned. City. Matters,?Sobsoribe (or the Extra floe oysters e$ File's State Capitol Saloon;, f $ o % I A mnoh-nee Jed rain, $ eater day j&Jaid the dost effectively. Eyes that are always wide open? Advert-ize and real ize. Have your pookets made atonter, for specie is coming, so they say. Call at the State Capitol Saloon and get good-oysters. , A New York editor says sngar has gone up so high as to induce a slight inoreaso in the price of sand. The Phoenix takes gold, silver, nickel, greenback, city money and Building and Loan scrip in payment of indebtedness. Tho chicken thieves are on the ram? page again. Mr. Ehrlioh lost nearly forty on Friday night. Mr. A. D. Rookafellow, who purposes establishing a daily paper In Atlanta, Ga., is in Colombia, and paid na a visit, yesterday. The Presbytery of Charleston met in this oity on Friday, for the transaction of business. The Rev. Dr. Joseph R. Wilson preached the opening sermon. To-day is the anniversary of the sur? render of the fortress of Metz to the Germans by Marshal Bazaino, for whioh tho latter is now boing tried by a military court in France, with everything, so far, against him. It is now announced, on tho authority, of course,.of an eminenl physician, that it is not considered healthy to rise be? fore 8 o'clock in the morning. This applies only to men. Wives oan rise at 7 and start the fire as heretofore. We have received the Norcross Ad? vance, a weekly paper, published at Norcross, Ga. We notice a familiar namo as publisher and local editor? John Blats, Esq., who formerly consti? tuted one of tho Phcrntx corps. The paper is neatly printed and well edited. Professor Fay gave his second and dual entertainment, last evening, at Ir wiu's Hull, to u large and appreciative audienoe. The performance being, in the main, a repetition of last evening's, we can but repeat what we said in yes? terday's issue. The professor has left many mystified persons behind him. Messrs. E. E. Davies & Co. are pre? pared to furnish hotels, restaurants and families with fresh fish, oysters, fruits, and all the vegetables of the season, as they receive daily supplies. On or about the first of the month, they will also be able to furnish wild game end dressed poultry, as arrangements have been made with Northern markets to ship us by that time a supply. * Fatal Affuay.?A difficulty occurred in Winusboro, on Friday afternoon, be? tween two men, named Duncan and bullock, in which the latter was killed by a pistol ball fired by the former. Duncan was arrested'and lodged in jail. Phcenixiana.?To recklessly and igno rantly acouse another of mean or mer? cenary motives, is apt to imply that you are conscious that, under tho same cir? cumstances, you might be governed by just such low and selfish considerations. People obey willingly when they are commanded kindly. Simplicity is one of the striking I characteristics of roal genius. Memory tends the past, notion the present, determination tho future. Did you ever hear tho noise of a quartz-crushing machiue in full opera? tion? Well, that is nothing, compared to tho clatter that would fill the world if good resolutions were made of glass or crockery ware. Captious readers of tho Columbia (S. 0.) Mud may complain of tho editor's inconsistency in acknowledging the re? ceipt of a milk punch in one column, and publishing a "Temperance Depart? ment" in the next. But that gentleman, believing in a fair and amicable division of labor, explains that the "editor of tho Mad has nothing to do with what goes into the temperance column of his paper, nor have the gentlemen who con? duct that department anything to do with what goes into the editor of the Mail." The editors of the above had their mails badly mixed. The punoh was tried by more than one. Religious Services This Day:.?St. Peter's (Catholic) Churoh?Rev. J. L. Fullcrton, First Mass 7 A. M.; Second Mass 10>$ A. M.; Vespers i.% P. M. Trinity Churoh?Rev. P. J. Shand, 10>6 A. M. and 5 P. M. Lutheran Churoh?Rev. A. R. Rude, 10?.,' A. M. Marion Street Church?Rov. F. L. Leoper, 10V? A. M.; Rov. W. D. Kirk Innd, 1% P. M. Sunday School, 9 A. M. Washington Street Churoh?Rev. J. R. Wilson, lOW A. M.; Rev. O. A. Dar by, 4 P. M. Presbyterian Church?Rev. J. R. Dow, 11 A. M., and Rev. J. D. A. Brown, 7>^ P. M. Baptist Church?Rev. J. K. Menden? hall, 10?.,' A. M. and 7 P. M. Sunday School at 9 A. M. mall o;#i &dO*JB"H^ 10 A: M?;fr Fv Mr Westera opens '6-aid closes 6 and 2 P. M. Greenville opens t 6.45 P. M,; clows fi^MJ Wllntiogtojt ? opens i^^^if^^mi Sunday opfl?;!^ .fa ^A,>IM What shall,, wV.slj^g^f^ zens to attend this entertainment? They hardly need any appeal from ntt, The . oaase for which H is t?r^ given' js?ne which shon^St' be tieat^ y^^i^V^fjrr?W^ ^ and generona heart. :The Buffering, the j poor, the weak and dying, inoludtng delicate females and tender little chil? dren, ef our sister cities of Bbreveport and Memphis, have sent up a cry for re- ,j lief which has gone to every nook and J corner ot the oouuUj,.awakening gene rial sympathy and dieting from many communities a prompt and liberal re? sponse. Contributions are flowing in freely, and are giving the relief which will be returned in blessings on those who remit them. It is,oar tarn to do something worthy of the occasion and worthy of ourselves. Columbia, we are sure, will not be lacking in her duty of charity and love. She has inspiring ex? amples in several other cities, especially in Charleston and Memphis. 1 We are pleased to learn that Colonel Black and the officers of the garrison have interested themselves in this con? cert. The excellent pos> band, under Professor Bachar, will contribute its part. Messrs. LyBrand & Son will fur uTah a splendid Kuabo piano, over which the genius of Professor Denok will preside, and elicit those tones whloh all so much admire. And last, but not least, the accomplished Miss Feininger and several amateurs of the finest skill, will unite their exquisite voices and thorough cultivation to the attractions of the evening. The concert will be given in Mr. Parker's elegant hall, which has been expressly prepared and pat in the best order. for the purpose. All will be under the management of the following excel 1 anfe Executive. Com? mittee; Col. Thomas Dodomead, 0. F. Janney, Esq., E. W. Seibels, Esq.;'jV B. Ezell, Esq., W. H. LyBrand, /Esq." We refer oar readers, to the card of the committee. v ;i ruif-ia <*?' ?? List oftJkw ADy,ia^Tifie?ja^TS. j Vocal and Instrumental Concert. R. C. Shiver, & Co.?Wanted. Riobard O'Neals ft Son?N?tice. J. M. Morgan?New Hay. Meeting Aeaoia Lodge. <? W. J, Ledingham^-Bewatd. ""?-T^ Meeting Myrtle Lodge.' J&?ff>i Hotel. Arrivals, October %5, 1878.? Wheeler House?F, King, J % Champ ney, NY; W .H Pratt, Tennj-W J> Roberts, Lexington; H Sparnick, Aikon; F S Roberts, A N TaUey, Jr., Augusta; Wm Dudley, E Man tons, Charleston; A Westheimer, Baltimore; ? MbLanier, SORB; Wm M Nelson, J* J Neil. Winnsboro; Mrs Goodwin, N O; Dr J G Huguenin and lady; Mrs J P Adams, Ricbland; W A Clark, city; J James, S U; E Hall, B F Bryan, Wilmington; T A Sherard, Moffettaville; J Jenkins, NO. Columbia Hotel?0 B Lessey, Rich? mond; T D Boozer, Newberry; A E. Drake, city; J B Campbell, Charleston; C H Schwing and wife, Charlotte; F J Moore and wife, Baltimore; Miss Lizzie Kreps, Ohio; W J Sprinkle, Charlotte; W H Taft, J H Stelling, W D Kennedy, Charleston; A J MoDonald, Augusta; P B Gregory, Miss; T J Robertson, wife aud son, Washington; R P Bass, Va. Hendrix House?G A Jamison H A MctAze, Lexington; E Williams, Ricb? land; A M Sperry, Charleston; Wm H Lockwood, Beaufort. Wno Wouldn't Bb an Editor??A Wheeling, West Virginia, despatch, of the 16th inst., says: As reported last j evening, Major J. Sweeney assaulted and beat O. S. Long, editor of the Register, for abusive articles published in yesterday morning's paper. This morning's issue oontains further reflec? tions on Sweeney's character, and abases him terribly. About 11 o'clook, Swee? ney met Louis Baker, proprietor, and J. S. Olarkson, looal editor of the pa? per, and, after some words, all three drew revolvers, and the firing com? menced. Baker was slightly wounded, and Olarkson was hurt in the hand. Baker and Olarkson then took refuge in a store. There will probably be more shooting before the polls olose. Swee? ney is a candidate for the Legislature at the election to-day. Nervous Debility.?A depressed, ir? ritable state of mind; weak, neb you?, exhausted feeling ; no e neb ax or ani? mation; confused head, weak memory, often with debilitating, involuntary disoharoes. The oonsequenoo of ex* oesses, mental overwork or indiscretions. This nervous debility' finds B SOVEREIGN cube in Humphreys' Homcbopathio Spe? cific, No. 28. It tones up the system, arrests discharges, dispels the mental gloom aud despondenoy, and rejuvenates the entire system; it is perfectly harmless and always efficient. Price $5 for a pack? age of five boxes .and a large $2 vial of powdor, which is important in old serious cases; or $1 per single box. Sold by all Druggists, or sent by mail on receipt of grioe. Address Humphreys' Specific t?lfCSOPATHIO MbDIIONB company, No. 562 Broadway, N. Y. For sale by Geiger & McGregor,Columbia, S. .C. Apl4 trlv