The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, November 02, 1873, Image 3
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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.
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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.
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South Carolina Mosutuon: AeaocriA
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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."
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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.
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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