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- ?'? !, .. -A r, ?-: Despotism or If aasctleal Majority. In looking at the now Constitution o! the Stato of Sooth Carolina, and in tracing its praotioal workings in the public life of the people for the last Boron v?ar?, we ate. hot at a' l?s? to dis? co vor the causes of onr present unhappy condition. Some are more obvious then others. It would ?11 a whole broad-side of onr paper to mention them all. We single one out for comment, to-day, and direot attention to the labt that we are living under the despotism of a wild and irresponsible majority. This is be? coming more intensified, aa it finds every day lets and less oheek to its will from any quarter. Universal suffrage, with no organism to correct its excesses, class and color legislation, the prolelaire wielding all the power of the State, and directing it against wealth,, intelli? gence and respectability, have brought abont the ruin and disgrace which every? where surround eis. Even limited suf? frage, justly pxeroised, but ruling by a merely numerical majority, does not re? sult in mainteuanoe of the rights of the entire people. ? Suoh majority assumes and exercises the powers of the whole body politic. What is but a part, the greater part, becomes really the whole. The minority are not directly repre? sented at all, and indireotly but very feebly. They sometimes, through the success of principles they profess, or the predominance of politics they pur? sue, shift their position to the majority Bide. As minorities, they have no voioe. They must become majorities before they are heard. It is one of the most difficult problems of American statesmanship to adjust the rights of. all olasses in' the com liunity and secure respeot for eaoh. Mr. Buokalew, of Pennsylvania, and orhor statesmen, have excogitated a sys? tem of minority representation, and in some States well-digested plans of this sort are undergoing the test of trial. The positive power makes the govern? ment, but it is the negative which makes constitutions. The one is the power of acting, the other the power of prevent? ing or arresting action. Both are re? quired to make a good constitutional government. There can be no consti? tution which will protect all rights and interests, where a merely numerical ma? jority has control of the government. The organism whioh will supply the negative influence, or veto power, and adjust the inevitable collisions and con? flicting interests of majorities and mi? norities, and so secure just representa? tion of the whole, has been ably pro? posed by Mr. Galhoun, in his "Disqui? sition on Government," and termed by him the concurrent majority. He shows that governments of the concurrent ma? jority admit with safety a greater ex? tension of the right of suffrage than those of the numerical. If the latter prevail, the government is placed ulti? mately under the oontrol of the more ignorant apd dependent portions of the oommunity. Numerical majority and universal suffrage nnited tnd working under such conditions as we huve bad here in South Carolina,- following the disasters of war, and the wreck of the sooial system, have completely over? thrown the public liberty and destroyed tho character of tbe State. If we examine tbo popular vote in tbe State, we find it: Republican, 90,000; Conservative or Democratic, any, G0, 000. Tbe 90,000 voters send dele? gates to conventions, members tu the Legislature and to Congress, placo Judges on tho beuob, and through elec? tions and by appointment of tbe Execu? tive, fill all tbo ofJQoos of profit aud trust in the Counties. The minority of 60,000 Conservative votes, depressed by a senso of its weakness and inability to origi? nate or oarry anything through, seud up a few members to the Legislature, but not the fall representation which it is capable of returning. The predomi? nance, and we may say intolerance, of tho fixed majority also affects, in a cer? tain measure, the opinions of some who are thus chosen. Recognizing the streDgth Of the ruling elements, they take a sort of neutral position as inde? pendents, getting votes from Conserva? tives aud conciliating Radioal opposi? tion at the same lime. The independ? ent steers between parties, and is not likely to give offence to oitber. He may be, aud generally is, a good sort of a maD, but is not likely to do any barm to the powers that be. The majority thus represented, and having only this weak array agtinst it, has deliberately excluded in its so-called State legislation any regard for the old people of tbe State, who atill exist und constitute tbe minority. They have uimed dirootly in a hundred ways to tako their property frjm them, with4 or without form of law, as woll aa their other rights. They have extioguiahed education and en. throued igoo reuoe to iJ^M^L Com; won eohooM 0? lUawlly dtwunci, I? money oppri?rifttedlor ihinr support qofc haying beep P?id|? Funds for edu? cational-purposes t6: the amount of about $200,000, ' contributed by the United States Governmont,. hare been stolen, and the State, i. the tax* payers, are to be made responsible for an equal amount. . The "College, the pride of the State, its eye and heart, is utterly prostrate. No publio improve ments going on. Not a mile of railroad built, not a yard of. oanal dug, not a school or college managed by the State authorities in successful operation. No encouragement of manufactures aod immigration. Extravagance and profli? gacy the rule. All this is open to pub? lio view. What is behind the scenes may be better imagined than desoribed. The purposes of legitimate legislation are no more considered. Expedients only are in vogue. Ugly things as they are, they yet are the necessity and fate of the majority. The State, in their hands, is like the spendthrift, whose re Bonroes, credit, character and honeBty have all gone, compelled to descend to the arts of the chevalier d'industrie. Surely, if pride goes before a fall, cor? ruption, profligacy aod inoompetenoy presage death and disgrace. Will these people ever do any belter? Will they ever learn justice? Is it pos? sible for them to check their mad career? Never. Wiser men than thoy, in the position they are in, of an irre? sponsible numerical majority, would go astray. No juBtioe, no fairness, no pro greso, no true freedom can co-exist with it. When, as soon will bo the case, the wheels of the State Governmeot are completely blocked, when every expe? dient has failed, when the Radicals can? not budge a peg, the opportunity will be afforded to the long exiled and ostra oised patriots to oome to the front. All resources have failed but taxation. They will proceed to exaot that, and they will cut deeply into the heart of the people to get it. They aro clamor? ing for the pound of flesh. But in their madness and folly they are writing out their death warrant. The day of their doom is dawning. -???>?> Nations Cabicatubed.?A series oj carioatnres now popular in Vienna rep? resents the Austrian idea of the besetting Bins of the great powers. Prussia, u haughty dame resting on a sword, rep? resents Pride; England is a scrawny fe? male. Bested on a ootton bale, aud is called Avarioe; Russia goes skating and scowling by, under the name of Envy; Turkey lolU on a sofa, a fat odalisque, #as Luxury ;]Franoe, with a man's hat in one baud and u glass of ohampague in the other, dances a decolelie oan-cau, and is called Immodesty; Spain is a wild IV troleuse, and represents Anger; Sootland is a boouie lass, dropping to sleep on a moutain hide, as laziness; Amerioa sits on a pile of Pub. Docs., soribbliug furi? ously, and the iniquity she represents bears the uncanny name of "Zeitnng aohreiberei." To hold the batou of a Marshal of France is a great honor, but one* beset with peril. A Puris letter mentions that Kineo the creation of the office by Fran? cis I, five Marshals have been tried for various offences, fonud guilty and exe? cuted. Marshal de Ratz was hanged and his body hurued for high treason. Mar? shal de Biron was beheaded for con? spiring with the Spanish Government against bis friend and benefaotor, Henry IV. Marshal da Maroillao and Marshal de Mootmoreucy conspired against tho famous Cardinal and Prime Miuistor, Richelieu, and wero sont to the scaffold for their pains by their wily aud power? ful enemy. Finally, Marshal Ney, a gallant officer, was shot for going over I to his old master, Napoleon, on his re I turn from Elba. It is said that Bazaine is the first Marshal of Trance who has been charged with not having doue his duty in the face of the enemy, and, whether it be uell-foundod or not, it has a tendenoy to prejudice the minds of that impulsive people, who aro ready to praise their successful leaders to the skies, but are quick to punish any sus? pected deliuqoeuoy. The newspapers of New York have long lamented tho flagrant dishonesty and corruption of the no-called detso tive system of that oity, by whioh some of the most arrant knaves in the coun? try live well, dress well and grow rioh, under the pretoDBe that they are ferret? ing out thieves and murderers, while in reality they are the confederates of oriminals, whose spoilB they often share and whose exemption from punishment they secure as long as it is profitable for them to do so. The reoeut oonduot of i the New York detectives, in regard to the arrest of tho Bank of England forgers, oaused the officers of the bank to say to tho people, of that city that thoir police detectives were the ??patron*, partners and proteotors ot habitual forgers and oriminals." Tho judgment is a very severe uno, hut can hardly be considered unjust. The New York detectives have probably assisted more rascals to escape than they ever brought to justice. The Sun and other leading dailies urge the abolition of tho whole system. ; .... : . Atel?. -v-. v'- ' South Carolina Mosutuon: AeaocriA &mt9B dtsireto ?Ut^lbfl they. r?^4twd fro? M?j. Wood ward," President of the Sooth Carolina Agricultural "aud Mechanical Aeaooifttion, on the 24th of September, a courteous aud formal permission to hold in the Fair building a bazaar for the benefit of the monument. ' On the 31st October, they received a notice, through Maj. Woodward, from the Executive Committee of the South Carolina Agricultural -and Mechanical Association, resoindibg tbe permission given by the President. In consequence of this rieten of the geutlemen of tho Committee, tbo bazaar will not be held. MRS. W. K BAOHMAN, MRS. JOHN T. DARBY, MRS. W. H. OIBBES, MISS LaBORDE, MISS MARTIN. We extract tbe following from a letter recently received from Vienna: "One of the most attractive features in the maohinery department of the Vienna Exhibition ii the collection of Fairbanks & Company's scales, and a large crowd is frequently gathered around it. Several of the royal and im? perial visitors have shown great interest in tbe weighing apparatus, and some of them have tried their weight upon one of the scales. Tbe Austrian Emperor made a oareful examination of this part of the American Beotion, and after look? ing at the different varieties", from gold and letter up to tbe railway soales. paid a high compliment to tbe skill and en? terprise of tbe inventors. Fairbanks' scales have become, tbe standard in savoral European countries, and their adoption by Austria can be regarded us among the certainties. "Many of tbe foreign visitors to the Vienna Exposition are greatly pnzzled over the soales exhibited in the Ameri? can department by Fairbanks & Com? pany. They can understand thn appa? ratus for weighing small articles and all the dozen or more ordinary varieties of scales, bat when they oome to the rail? way scales for weighing several loaded oars at once, they are quite bewildered. Such a scale is beyond tbeir comprehen? sion, and they examine it with much doubt. The agent of the Fairbanks honse has a great many inquiries to answer daily, and the questioners fre? quently remark, when tbeir ouriosity is satisfied, tbat they never before under? stood tbe greatness of America." The problem of woman's rights is at last to be practically solved in Massa? chusetts. A woman's oommunity baa been formed in tbe town of Woburn, near Boston, in whioh the women will own all tbe real estate and have the en tiro mauagoment of affairs. The tyrant man is to be utterly disqualified in a politioal sense. Tbe members of the oommunity will be obliged to attend unseotarian services onco a week. In? dustrial aud domestic schools and a laundry on a very large soale will be es? tablished. 1,000 persons are already committed to this novel enterprise, which will hereafter be known as "The Womens' Economical Garden Home? stead League." The result of this ex? clusively feminine experiment will be watched with interest by the members of the sisterhood everywhere. During tbo month of September there was scarcely a day in England without its railroad collision or accident, so-called. Io thirty days there were thirty-six of tbem in all. On ono or two days there was none; on one day tbero wero four. "And," says an Eng? lish paper, that sums them all up and places tlio fearful list before tbo public, "there is hardly one that can properly be called an accident, tbat is, non-es? sential to tbo existing state of things, 'not to be foreseen or prevented,' oo ouraiug by'cbance?-which means being caused by our ignorauce of laws tbat wo have no means of ascertaining. Tbe re verso is tbo true stato of tho ease; the real accidents would have beon if tho catastrophes in question bad not oc? curred." - - DlSTRBSSlKO.?We learn that three colored children, whose parent.-} lived on the plantation of Mr. Philip Clay? ton, on Twelve Mile River, aged from fonr years down to an infant, were burned to death on last Thursday, about 2 o'clock. It seems that the mother, fearing that tbo children might get into tho river and be drowned, locked them in the houBO while she went off to attend to some business. On returning, she found tbe house wrapped in a solid sheet of flames, and was unable, in con? sequence, to rescue her children, who were entirely burned up with the house and its contents.?Pickena Sentinel. A New York letter*, of the 27th ultimo, says: The announcement of the boss masons that journeymen's wages are to be reduoed fifty cents a day, on and after the 1st of November, but fore? shadows the inevitable in other trades, if one oau believe the current conversa? tion at the various trades hoadquartors. It is oonsoling to know that if weges are shrinking as well as "stooks," tbe value of groceries, clothing, boots and shoes, and other necessaries of life, is also gradually working its way to corres? pondingly lower points. This may help to equalizo things. Tho Memphis Avalunche says: Asa part of the history of the ravages of tbo scourge in North Memphis, we place on record the fate of tbo inmates of the boarding house known as the Missis sippi House, corner of Market and Front streets. Tbe landlord is Joe San ford, whose family consisted of a wifo aud two ohildreu. In his bouso wero eighteen boarders. Of all these, tbero were only Joe Sand ford and one hoarder who survived; all the rest (twenty) died. Ehoi^and's Shams and Gdoby,?A London correspondent of the Chicago Tribun? makes- W?ibl? ^cTetotioos about Great BriU? H# ess?a to. ?bow ihat it is not ?free odWr-h that] 60,000 land owners form a ?lose jfcrpo?<| ration and monopoly, epgerideriflg thai practical slavery of 81,000,000 oi people;'j that the titles of tbo aristocracy to the land are founded upon robbery, and' that 8780,000,000 are annually extorted num the poor in ground rents alone. The Tiohbobne Trial.?The trial of this remarkable cnsoe baa fatigued pub lio patience to snoh an extent that the name of Tiobborns hue become a noi sauce. There appears to be no end of it, however, as the claimant continues, with bull-dog tenacity, to assort his rights as the real simon-pure "Sir Roger." He is now beiog tried for per? jury, a small offence in this oouutry, but a serious one in Eoglaud. Parrioide is regarded as a serious mis? demeanor in Massachusetts. One El dridge Wixon, of West Harwiok, in that State, has been found guilty of man? slaughter, in killing his father, and sentenced to "seven years in the State prison, one year of which to bo solitary confinement." After Buch a Bevere punishment it is confidently believed that he will never kill his father again. What abb the Chances??One man in every 100 in ordinary commercial business succeeds, the others fail, but in the gift concert of the Public Library of Kentucky, to be given December 3, every fifth ticket draws a cash prize, with cbanceo for such prizes as $250,000, $100,000, ?50,000, 825,000, &c. Thin is a very clear case, aud all are taking chances, aud no wonder. The Zoological Garden of Hamburg has juBt been enriched by the gift of a two-headed snake. It is a cross adder of the most poisonous species, and was found on the Gross-Thurrunu estate, near Ratzburg. The two heads possess one throat in common, but the move? ment of one head is entirely independent of the other. A head wind?The wind whioh head edgoff the St.fLoniB prize fighterB by blowing thoir steamboat across the river aud the pugilistic excursionists into the affectionate embraces of the Illinois po? lice. The "mill on the floea" was, neces? sarily, postponed on account of the weather: The school committee of Dudley, Mass., havo beou informed that the holding of evening prayer meetings in the school house will vitiute the in? surance thereon, the underwriters not believing in the efficacy of prayer when associated with kerosene lamps. Griffin, Ga., thinks she knows how to make genuine Mooha coffee out of per? simmon seed. Griffin Arabs should have more respect for the feelings of those in the Orient than to attempt to under? mine them in this insidiouB manner. Worcester, Mass., raised a subscrip? tion, two years ago, which was intended for Chicago, but not needed by that oity, and again rejected by Boston, and the committee now propose to offer it to Memphis. Bill Arp'a "Peaoe Papers" aro dedi? cated "to the uuarm'd, uuleg'd, nu leg'd, unpenshun'd, unwept, nnhonor'd sung soljiors of the Confederate State?, so-called." Dr. Richard D. Moore, the oldest and one of the leading physicians of Athena, Ga., died on the 31st nit., at half-past 5 o'clock, in the sixty-fifth year of his age, from' pneumonia. ? Austritt and Turkey are knocking chips oil each other's shoulders, making faces and calling ugly names, prepara? tory to a neighborly little throat cutting tussle. The Count de Chambord is lost. He has run away to escape from political deputations; and the Daily News sayB, "No one knows where he is." Heoika.?It is currently reported that tho Mormons are about to move to Mexico and tho Sandwich Islands. Adool Adool! Some of Durham's (N. C.) tobacco fuctories are suspending operations on account of the striugency iu money mat? ters." An incendiary fire destroyed tho sta? bles of Mr. J. P. McRue, two miles from BennottBville, on tho 2*d ult. Funeral Invitation. The relatives, friends aud acquaintances of Mit. DANIEL It. no WELL, Mrs. Mary It. llowell and family, aro invited to attend tho funeral of tho former, at tho Baptist Church, THIS AFTERNOON, at? o'clock. Columbia Building and Loan Asboc'u. TI1E thirty-eighth monthly meeting of this Association will bo held at lern ?franco Hall, over P. Oautwell's store, TO IOBBOW (Monday) EVENING, at 7 o'clock. Nov 2 1 A. O. BBENIZBH, Secretary. Myrtle Lodge No. 3, Knights oi Pythias I THE Regular Convention of Myrtle ] lLodgc, No. 3, Knights of Pythias, 1 vill ho hold in Odd Follow'a Hall, /rO-MORltOW (Monday) NIGHT, at, 7A o'clock. Tho Armorial Bank will be | conferred. OHAS. A. CALVO, Jn., Nov 2 1 Koepor of liocords and Heal. COLUMBIA FEMALE SEMINARY. THE exercises of ibis institu? tion will not open until further C. W. JEROME. 1 A Card. IBEG to state to those of my eustomors, who have boon running monthly bills, that all accounts unpaid on tho 5lh instant will at oucn bo stopped and tho proper steps taken to legally enforce paymont. This conrao is imperative, for protection of my solf and creditors. No exception whatever will bo mailo. QEO. SYMMEBH. Nov2_ _ Citizens' Savings Bank oi'S. C. ALL SAVINGS DEPOSITS mado iu this Bank on or bofore the 5th day of each calendar month will bear interest for that month as if doposited on tho 1st instant. Nov I 5 J. C. B. SMITH, Asa't Cashier.a Oixt Matters.?Sobeoribe for tbe Phcenix. h Neis/Riter oyiter?:'are '^ecelred d^Iij it the- Pollock Hcmse. T^eyjare lofge 'ThtTfl xfero so von jfcathjiin bolumfoia fer the week endftig the 1st?whites | three; colored four. Fine Norfolk and Gharlestoa oysters at ail times and in ail Btylea at Wfii. M. Fine's State Capitol Saloon. ? -,. The new issue of "city money" has made its appearance. It is similar to tbe old, but has a green back/ It is rapidly coming into circulation. . Gen. Wade Hampton sod other speak? ers delivered stirring addresses before the Southern Historical Society, in Richmond, on the 26th ult. Mr. Symmers will not be left in the baok-groond. He comes.up this morn? ing with the annonncement of what he is doing, and what he expeots from his customers. Mr. James P. Raw la (next door to the Phoenix office) has a portable braes band, on tbe organ principle, whioh is curiosity in its way. We get a blast from it occa-Honolly. Our popolar neighbor, John C. See-.J gers, Esq., continues his capitul lunches. Yeateiday ho set ont Russian sardines, pickled tripe, mackerel, peppers, potato hash, bread, crackers, etc. Fowler's Bazaar, of Fauhion, Litera? ture and Art, for November, is before | us. It is a capital fashion monthly. Published by James W. Fowler & Co., Abbeville, S.O., at Si per annum. Senator Lawrence Gain, of Edgcfield; | Representatives Joseph Boston, of New berry, and Paris Simkins, of Edgefield, have entered the Law Sohool of the South Carolina University. Mr. M. W. Buff, of Lexington, is go? ing it strong on the potato question. He has presented us with a peck of] these roots?of the yam and Hayti varieties?and four fill the measure. Lexington is bard to beat. A vehicle, containing two ladies and two gentlemen, was run into by a wagon, yesterday afternoon, near tbe corner of Richardson and Taylor streets, and badly damaged. The horse started off, the occupants were thrown out and the carriage upset. Fortunately, no? body was seriously hurt. Phcenixiana.?Bustle is not industry, nor impudenoe courage. The fashionable virtue for next win? ter will be economy. Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk as they will. The best actions are liable to be un- ! dervalued if done with a bad grace. It is to be hoped that the last mos? quito has presented his bill. Laziness is a good deal like money? the more a man has of it the more he wants. A new case of divorce?inaompatibili- I ty of temperament of the wife's relatives ?is recognized by the California Courts. Another Youno Columbian Calls? Henoe.?We are pained to reoord tbe death, yesterday morning, at the resi? dence of his sister-in-law, Mrs. G. R. Starling, of Mr. D. R. Howell, after a painful illness of several months. He was a native of Columbia, and had nearly arrived at the age of thirty. He went into Confederate service at tbe be? ginning of tbe war, aud served faith? fully uutil tbo battle of Berryville, Va., where h'e was taken prisoner and carried to Rock Island, Hi. There ho remained during many weary months, his health being materially injured by tbe severe reather. Upon the close of tbe war, he obtained a position in a mercantile house in this city, and afterwards went into business for himself at Gadsden. His strict attention to business and suavity of manners obtained for him many friends, and he died generally lamented. He leaves an aged mother, two sisters and two brothers to lament his untimely decease-. The Ai.ahm Bell.?It is believed that I a suooessf nl oast was made of the new I bell, yesterday afternoon, by Mr. McDougal, at Mayor Alexander's foundry. A number of citizens were present, many of whom dropped silver ooin in the molten metal, to assist in improving the tone of the about-to-be constrnoted fire-alarm. The new bell is to be 200 pounds heavier than the old one. Mr. McDougal is believed to be the only man in the State who is com? petent to do the job. We hope in a few days to be able to announce the successful tost of - this seoond re-oast of [ the metal. Mail Arrangements.?Tbe Northern mail opens 6.30 A. M., 3 P. M.; doses' Id A. M., 6 P. M. Charleston opens 7 [ A. M., 2.80 P. M.; closes6 and 8.30 P. M. Western opens 6 and 10.30 A. M.;| closes 6 and 2 P. M. Greenvillo opens | 6.45 P. M.; closes 6 A. M. Wilmington opens 3 30 P. M.; closee 9.80 A. M. Oo Sunday open from 9>.< to 10>? A. M. Mm* MX a- :4t f Yespera 4.% P. - M. , .v< ft Trinity Ohoreh?Revi 'P. j. Shand/iv LmtberaQ Oho^eh?Bev. A. R. Rade}: IOWA. M:1' <.,? ? ?^??v,?.0.,,so' #j Marion Street Church?Rev.-W. D; Kirktand; 10? A.''M. and 7}? P. M. : Sunday School, * A.i'Mi1 ' N *gopfe t*? Washington Street Obereh?Rev,-0. < A; Darby, 1?M A; M. and 4-P, II Presbyterian Obnroh^Rev. Richard McIlvraiD?, 11 A: M. and 7 P; M; ??>?>. ?d Baptist Obnroh?Rev. J. K. Mandefauu ball, 10^ A. M. and 7 P. M. Sunday ? School at 9 A. M. > j H : Nunon.?We have receive^ at tbia. office, and read with a good deal of iote rest, a little newspaper entitled 'Niilidu.? ' The Hawaiian News?all the way from Honolulu, the capital of the Hawaiian Archipelago. It is edited and owned by ? > Walter Murray Gibson, an Englishman, who has led an advent or ous, roving life, and gone through many perils of flood and field. For several years, \ he re? sided in Anderson County, in this State, where he manied and reared a family. He is now engaged in sheep-raising on the island Lanai, an interesting visit to whiob, in company with the Commis? sioner of France and hie lady, last August, is described in the number of the News before ui. Mr. Gibson strongly opposes tho cession of Pearl Harbor to the United States Government, and warmly maintains the necessity and ad? vantage of the Hawaiian Government? a limited monarohy?continuing in its present form, and avoiding dependence on any foreign power. Among the news items, we read that Charles1 Nord hoff bad a reception; that a small mutiny ' had occurred in the army barracks; that: the natives had held a meeting aud dis? cussed the subject of tbo succession; and that his Majesty the King, in whose1 "royal person there is hope aud benison . for hiB kingdom," continued to improve in health. We wish Mr. Gibson a plea? sant time in his far-away island home, and wish we could be there for a month or two, but no more, to see its wonders and atraoge life. "? Public LlBBABX of Kentucky.?We are informed that all unsold tickets to the fourth oonoert of thio enterprise, in - the hands of agents, will be returned on 25th instant. Remember this, and form your olnbs aud secure tickets while they can be had. NH3 Good Advice.?In these times of business depression and 'consequent stringency in the money market, the financial situation can be improved if everyone will pay promptly his little bills. The Philadelphia Ledger pots it in this way: "However small the amount, pay it at once; the party to whom it is due may be waiting for it to enable him to make up the requisite amount to pay a much larger sum. There is no estimating the good that may result from the payment of a single dollar. As often as once in a week every one incurring little debts should overhaul his accounts and make special efforts to pay all, or as many* of them as possible. No one should post? pone payment from mere indifference. Nothing will so soon and so effeotnally remedy the difficulties experienced from waut of oorrency aa this, and., it>. is a remedy that will cost little of effort and no inconvenience. Oo the contrary, there will follow the liveliest satisfaction to all, to those who pay as well as to those who receive. Reader, look to' it in your own oase/^ \._ List or New Advebtlssmbnts. Meeting of Myrtle Lodge, K. of P. Geo. Symmera?V? Viotis. Colombia Female Seminary. Meeting Col. Building aud Loan Asso. Geo. Symmers?A Card. Hotel Arrivals, November 1,1878.? ! Hendrix House--H D Hamiter, Rich land; D B Haseltou, Charleston; O j Harris, oity; j A Kennedy, Ridge way; Miss Lizzie Boliok. Wheeler House?? H SimmonB, NY; E 8 j Hayes, Miss Nettie.Barr, Lexing tonjUTTate, M 0 R R; MA Bland, N C; j j Taylor, j S Browning, Obarlea ton; Geo H Brown, oity; j R Bryan, Williamsburg; j j Hempbill, Chester; A N Tall bj, NC; T B Jenkins, O, G;& ABB; T 8 Olarkson, Augusta; John Robinson, Florence; D O Peebles, S O. Columbea Hotel?J H Sei gier, G & O R R; W j Sprinkle, N C; H j Leach, G Scott, L Sorenk, G E Circus Co; j H Stelling, j F Newman, Charleston; W' E MoMulty, Doko; A Parker, Abbeville^ 1 Nervous Debility.?A depressed, ib ? Rltable state of mind ; weak, nebvouf, exhausted feeling; no en ekgy ob ami' mation; confused head, weak kbmobt/ often with debilitatino, involuntary discharges. The consequence of ex oesscs, mental overwork or indiscretions. This nervous debility finds a bov.hbhion cube in Humphreys' Homoeopathic Spe? cific, No. 28. It tones up the system, arrests discharges, dispels the mental gloom and despondency, and rejuvenates tho entire system; it is perfeotly harmless and always efficient. PrioeSS for a pack- ' age of five boxes and a large $2 vial of powder, which is important in old serious case); or $1 per single box. Sold by all Druggists, or sent by mail on receipt of prioe. Address Humphreys' Specific homcbopathio MedHONK company, No. 6G2 Bf oad way, N. Y. For sale by Geioeb & MoGrkoob,Columbia, S. .0. Apl4 ffly