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VX3LUMI3IA, S. C. ?? Saturday Morning, July 26,1874. I Under Which Color! The way Smith has been treated at SRiiat Point is, aooordiog to "Niger T?^grorum," a writer in our Radical ? -titintomporary of yesterday, a buruiog ? ?sos.mo. The specifications of this ckarge are that the treatment was un ? .Sccaocraiic, selfish and saobbish; that '?jfao has been "fouled" because those 4?fio rule at West Point and the Seore Jbujot War do not intend to allow a Tuf^rro to graduate there, "if he is inown to be a negro." He is driven u?t and home because he might attend . "Sfi? hall next year. He is hounded out ia?>tlio academy because he would have ' tote-assigned to a white regiment! 'SBbese be very serious complaints. Such revolving upon them has blinded ?*lfeo "writer to the discernment of a v \p&aia faot. He treats Smith's tribula? tions aa if they were iuflioted by the -Ewiitkern poo pie. Bat that responsi ?3nlity, whatever it is, they are free Irsm, Thoy do not rule at West -Paint. They are not influential at the "Washington court. They don't aare Stow many negroes graduate at the r optional school; the more, the merrier, - whether they are known to be negroes ?cr whether they pass through in some .?d?aguiso. This, it strikes ub, would be ? -?-difDoult Teat; but if any negro can ? epericrm it, wo shall interpose no ob? jection, hut rather admire his inge ceu?ty. Wo make no opposition to ? .^Smith's attending the bail next year; tsrc-want him to go and dance as muah :*s he pleasea. "On with the dance; lei joy bs auconfiued." As for the cHhite regiment, we are decidedly in X&vor ot 'his nein? assigned to one. '? Why not? Let net Smith's educa - itonal priv.'legea b9 abridged. He huB -uc muck: right to enjoy?them at West JJaint as any other Smith has at the >..-3t?ath Carolina University. And if J ' cuispafrioular Smith has the gonius for command, give him his white regi /:7JSBOdf><aud marobing orders to the most 1 ? afifitantplains. For'ard, march! Right ^x&out, face"! i "Niger Nigrornm" regards the exami- < ?niKioua at West Point as less difficult 1 JStca-at some colleges of which he 1 rSoaowa. His conclusion theace deduced . iiic.t~Em.ith must have been rejected ? \fraa? prejudice against his race, is not ? strictly according to Whateley, but is yrerr -enough for hi; purpose. We ??sft't complain of the logic He asks, ferthor, what divinity, then, hedges 1 'Wsst Point and Annapolis? We an i?Fer none. more than what sur i -KcrKinds''-Plymouth Charon. If Mr. H5?!t?or ifigrorum" was iu a calmer axood, we should like to ask him how . ?ncraih-of the race, whioh he thinks is aaoyastly discriminated against, flows ' &n.:?unth's veins, nud what amount of / adoring matter enters into the oirou . -'?n?ion<of Bouohet? Given these facts, -tiuri.we might determine how much - JKrathhas lost by his blaok blood, and ?.'SAVW much Bouohet has gained by his ??i?. There is a mixture, perhaps, .V? which the question of race is more j?nrely involved than it is iu the rheto zxfcai iustian of "N. N." By-the-way, in'i-?> G?on tho imp of darkuess which isi's signature would indicate? th, Bfol We Never Mention Ulm. ?.T*xo address of the Republican Con arntssional Committee is dreary reod > fjgng. It is remarkable chiefly for the Attempt to galvanize the persecuting .?x?. proscribing spirit of its party as ^???a iu the earlier days of recon -^aoction, and for the feebly expressed x-rwiro to keep alive the Civil Rights v3?U issue. One thing more is con <srjieaous by its absence. Tho com xdtteo refrain from the nsaal laudu (zcmb of the President They do not wen mention his name. That is sig .2i?cant of tho faot that they aro not j&acmonious, and that they aro without .& ietid. Our State Executive Com .srcttee humbly follow snit. They in ? Astge in similar platitudes. They also ?ocoefully avoid any mention of Presi - float Grant's name. The usual tiatte and adulation would not do after Ascetern denunciations of the misera iJa misgovern ment of South Carolina. Xfccy have nothing to rally the faithful ?*pou but a milk and water lecture .xjson the shadow of reform, addressed ?aota particularly to the oolored peo? ple. At a Presbyterian ohnroh, in Sarn ia?Q, <a sermon was recently delivered aa the Christian's regatta toward the iwavenly goal. Ho was described as vffl&tkeriag his oar with preoision, turn iegthe stake-boat of. life with all the -solution of faith, ooming down the Corporate oourse of the home-stiretch . with vigor, fixing his eye on the hoa vanly Referee and taking good oare not So imitate the disciple Judas and break ji? ten 11. int unonl Union? Columbia, 8. C, July 28, 1874 j To tue Editob of the Phoenix: Being a visitor to your city, and hav? ing heard of a recent grand ooooert that was given by the amatenr musi? cians of this city, and beiDg a great lover of musio, I attended the ooooert given last evening by tho Colombia Choral Union, for the benefit of the Palmetto Orphan Home. To uny that I was pleased would only faintly ex? press the pleasure it afforded me. The oborusas were very finely rendered, and especially the "Miserere" aud "Anvil Chorus," from Trovatoro, in which Mrs. Mahon and Mr.Tappan were equal to the ocoasion. Miss Bryae's rendition of the "Staccato Polka" was charming, and richly de? served the applause and shower of bouquets she received. Schubert's "Last Greeting" was rendered by Miau Solomon. The duet between the Misses Barnett was very pretty and well snng. The solos of Mrs. Mahon, Miss Smith and Miss Sawyer were very artistically rendered; and the tenor aolo by Mr. Epstin did the young man great credit. The accompaniment on the piano by Mrs. Jackson deserves great praise. Tbat lady acquitted her? self very creditably indoed, and is quite a valuable acquisition to the Choral Union. Your correspondent was very much pleased at the graceful presentation of bouquets, by several young lady members of the Union, to Mrs. Mahon, after her masterly rendi? tion of the "Cavatina," from La Son nambnlo, as it forcibly demonstrated woman's noble charaoter. Qreat cro dit is duo Mr. Iredell and Prof. Evans, for the happy manner in which the concert was conducted. All in all, it was a grand success. The citizens of Columbia may justly feel proud of this organization, wbich I learn wob but recently organized, but which 1 hope will have a long aud successful career. Very respectfully, A TRAVELER. A Card.?The Board of Trustees of the Palmetto Orphan Homo were gra? tified, on Wednesday eveuiug, in meeting with so large un assemblage of onr citizens at tho concert generously given by tho Choral Union iu aid ot the Home. While tendering our thanks for tho putrouuge thus bo stowed, wo aro pleased to regard tho liberality as an endorsement of tho important charity which wo aro strug? gling to perfect. Oar thanks are eminently due and now rendered to the Choral Union for the delightful entertainment und benefit bestowed thereby npon tho orphans, the extent of which will bo mudo public as soon as asoertained. We aru indebted to the Post Band for fino music iu front of the hall. J. W. PARKER, President Board of Trustees. An Old and Warlike: South Caro? lina Family.?Among tho few splen? did mansions spared by tbo army of Sherman still stands tho old Hampton House, built by the head of the fami? ly, a soldier of the revolutionary war and of the war of 1312. Ha was the first Wada Hampton of South Caroli? na. Springing originally from the oavaliers of England, who filled tho world with thoir fame, and whose de? scendants still walk the earth as the highest types of genius, his immediate ancestors settled in Virginia, and from theuae he came to South Carolina aud to Colombia. Tho mansion und its grounds oeonpv oue square, or four acres of the city. The house is of the old style of architecture. I have seen hundreds of others in the South pre? senting a much liner external appear? ance. But tho ohief attraction of the plaoo is its shrubbery, its rare trees and exotics. It looks like an earthly paradise. He was twice married. By his first wifo a son was born to him whom he called Wade. Two or three daughters were tho result of the second marriage. John S. Preston married his daughter Caroliuo and ex-Governor Mauniug his daughter Susan. Ho accumulated a vast estuto around him, and is said to have owned 1,000 slaves. I have often, whou a boy, heard old people say that he owned bo raauy that he did not know them when ho met them, and that they were constantly introducing themselves to him. But be this as it may, when ho diod, ho left all or nearly all of bis property to his son. When tho successor to the house aud to the estate read tbo will, he did what fow men ever did before or since. He tore it in a hundred pieces, aud then made an exact and equal division of all his father's property between himself and half-sisters. As soon as the war of 1812 broke out, this Wade Hamptou offered bis sword to General Jackson and was assigned a position on his staff. He was one of his aides at tho battlo of New Orleans. Like his father, ho was thrifty, and added greatly to the estato, making purchases of largo tracts of land in the valley of the Mis? sissippi, which even yet remain in the family, I believe. Hie step-mother lived to a green old age, and did not die until some tide just before or daring the late war between tho States. The third Wade Hampton its the oue living to-day, who so distinguished himself daring the Confederate war. He has been twice married, and is now a widower. His first wife was a Miss Preston. By this marriage, threosons were born?Wade, Christopher and Frank. His son Wade sorved on the staff of General Josoph E. Johnston. PrestOD was on the staff of his father and was killed by his side. Iiis so oond wife was a daughter of Seuator McDufli'j. [Co~. Louisville Courier Journal. Wanted?A fow moro advertise? ments, to onablo us to publish a paper for tho good of others us well as our solves. In addition to the political obangeB which have taken place recently, by which Legislatures in different States had become Democratic, which had for a long time been Republican, it ap? pears also that tho list of the Go? vernors of the thu-ty-Eevon States of the Union has been turned about con? siderably. In 1870, four years ago, there were but six Democratic Go? vernors in office, viz: Haight, of Cali? fornia; Siulsbury, of Delaware; Ste? venson, of Kentucky; Bowie, of Maryland; Rtudolph, of New Jersey, and Hoffman, of New York. Those were the days when it was succriugly said that the Democratic party wus "dead." To-day thero are seveuteen Democratic Governors, not. counting Booth, of California, und Unter, of Arkausus, irho may be classed umorg the opponents of tbo regular Republi can organization. Tho Democratic of? ficials are I.igersoll, of Connecticut; Ponder, of Delaware; Smith, ol Georgia; Elendricks, of Indiana; Lea He, of Kentucky; Groome, of Mary? land; Woodson, of Missouri; Brndluy, of Nevada; Weston, of New Hamp? shire; Parker, of New Jersey; Allen, of Ohio; Grover, of Oregon; Brown, of Tennessee; Coke, of Texas; Kemper, of Virginia; Jacob, of West Virginiu, and Naylor, of Wisconsin. In 1870, the list stood lix opposition to thirty one Republicans. In 1874, it stands nineteen opposition to seventeen Re? publicans, excluding Kellogg, of Louisiana, who waB not elected Go? vernor, and who exercises power now only by the protection of bayonets. The New York Assay Office furnishes some very interesting statistics. &)0, 000,000 gold (bullion) were operated upon iu the last eighteen montim ami $7,500,000 silver. The shipments of silver from Now York to Philadelphia amount to several tons a mouth. Lust year thero pawed through the labora? tory forty tons of gold, worth about $500,000 each. Most silver curries gold, and the presence of gold is espe? cially noticed iu the silver ores of Utah aud Nevada. The Assay Office does not reoeive crude ores uf any kind, only hulliou, which signifies either coin or burs. Many of the jewelers send samplet; of their goods to the Assay Ollloe, iu order to test their value. A few days ago u magnificent golden chalice from a Mexican convent was thrown into the cruciblo, and old family plate frequently meets the same fate. During the lust twenty years, gold bars- to the amount of over $2li), 000,000 und silver bars to the amount of 015,000.009 wero tnanufucturud in the New York Assay Office. The Oak Bluffs, Martha's Yiueyard, were, but a year or two ago, a barren waste, with little to attract, nothing to shelter or detain. But the Methodists cboBe the spot for one of their grout see-coast cump-meetiugs. A company bought it and laid out the grounds, ereoting temporary houses, and most of the visitors bringing their tents. Muoh of the land around them was uot worth more than a dollar an acre. Gradually the cottages became more permanent in their character. Per? sons who went thereto oamp-meetiug thought they might just net well stay in the heat of Bummer n little lougor. Outside parties purchased uud built. Now land which was at first worth but an insignificant sum will bring $1,500 in lots 35x60 feet. A town, in fact, has sprung out of n camp-meeting. During the months of July and Au? gust, us many as 70,000 pcrsuus either visit the place or reside there, with magnificent fishing, sailing aud bath? ing within easy reach. The latest specimen of Scotch meta? physics hats been reported on the Sab? bath question. Ono Sunday morning a party of Paisley weuvers, whoso wives were "down tho water" for the season, were anxious to got across from Gourock to Dunoou. Deeming it a profanation, however, to engage an oared boat for the purpose, thoy em? ployed u friend to negotiate with thu cuptuiu of tho Rothsay Btramer "to cast out a bit o' his tow and take thorn wi' him, as he wus guun that way ut ony rate." "But what's the moral difference, pray?" asked the negotia? tor, "between being rowed over with oars aud towed by u steamer?" "Dif? ference! There's n hantlo difference between rowing by the power o' man, wha maun answer for what ho does, and twa water-wheels pu'iug us. Iu ither words, gin ye wad hau us to be tnair particular, a steam eugiue's no' a moral boiug; it's no* accountable agent!" In no Hunitv.?At Saratoga, ou tho evening when tho comet first showed its appearance, a young busbund rushed into tho drawing room for his cam gpoaa, seated comfortably on tho sofa, receiving with mischievous delight tho compliments and the "hommages" of two snowy-haired Cubans. "Mary, Mary, quick I Come and look at the comet," ejaculated the husband. "I'm enguged ut present," she repliod tran? quilly, and will seo it some other time." "Bat you oau't, for its going away soon," ho persisted. "Oh, Johu, don't bother me," tho lady rcspouded; "as if we wero never coming to Sara? toga again! I can see it next year, you goose, you!" Tableau. A copper piece, affecting to bo oi ten centimes, has got into a certain circulation iu Franco, of which a note may bo fittingly mado. It bears thu head of Napoleon III in a Prussian helmet. Around tho neck is a dog's collar with a ring. Upon it is inscribed "Sedan." Tho circular legend iB "Na? poleon III, le Miserable; 80,000 pri Bonaircs." On tho reverso an owl perched on a cannon; around "Vam? pire Frauctiiee, 2 Dec. 1851, Septem her, 1870." At Dubuque last week, during a storm, a ball of lire tho size of a man's head descended from the sky into the oeotre of the street, directly on the bead of Paul Hennis, and there ex? ploded with a terriils report. The hair was burned from his scalp, the blood oozed 'from bis ears, a gush au iuch aud a half long was found under his chin whero tho electric curroutbad apparently mado its exit; the shock hud broken his neck, aud his body was literally skinned. All down his back und ehee.t und limbs to the soles of his feet, the cuticle whs peeled from the flesh and rolled aud curled upon itself, leaving tho corpse a allocking speeta clo, which those who raw could never forget . ?? - - At u recent meeting of the P arts Soieuti?o Acudemy, M. H. Saint? Claim Devilie, a distinguished eiio mint, c.fl': rtd to the gentlemen present a tight vial coutuiuiug ubout lifti en pounds of osmium, the mos' deadly poiaon known. Iu a short cxplaua* tiou M. Dcvillo said that tweuty pnuudd of the chemical would be suf? ficient to poison the eutiro population of the world. 1,000th part of a grain of OHinio acid, sot free in a volume of air of 100 oubic yards, would possess such a deadly influence that all the persons respiring this air could be nearly killed. Osmic acid is so much the more dangoroua that no counter poison is known against it. Reduction of Freiguts.?The Bal? timore Sun, of Saturday, says; "The reduotiou iu freight tariffs to Mucuti and Augusta, Ga., und Columbia, S. C, announced lately by the Bultiroore and Charleston Steamship Company, created some stir iu railroad circles. Agents of the Piedmont Air Line aud other rail routes cuutroing iu Peters? burg und Richmond, V*., culled on the sgeuts of tho Ch.irie.-ton line tu re tnoustrnte sgaiu.st the reduction, which they fear will have tho effect t>f draw? ing much of the Southern trade, now confined iu Richmond ami Petersburg, to B iltimoro." A hater of tobacco asked au old ut< gro woman, the fumes of whose pico were annoying to him. if she thought sha w.iH a Christian. "Yes, hrudder, I Hpectlis." "Do you believe iu the Bible?" "Yes, brudder." "Do you know I hat there is a passage iu the Scriptures that declares that nothing Uucleati shall inherit tbo kingdom of heaven?" "Yes, I've heard of it." "Well, Chloe, you smoke-uud yon can? not cuter the kingdom of heaven, be? cause there is uothing so nneleun us tho breath of a smoker. What do you suy to that?" t'Why, 1 spects I leave my breff behind when I go dswr." Died?At tho residence of bis' father, Mr. Thomas McClellion, in this! city, yesterday, ut 7 o'clock, Mr. John j McClellion, aged about thirty years, j Tho deceased resided iu Columbia, und having been sick for some time, visited Greenville for the improve? ment of his health, where lie died. Ho leaves a wife aud two children, father, mother, brothers aud sisters, und nu? merous frieuds to mourn his loss. Ho was au industrious, upright and moral man. ? Greenville News. HOWto ExTEllM in ate cock roaches. It is the harmless expedient of plac? ing washing bowls iu their favorits haunts, first placing a little water und swoet syrup iu tho bowl uud u piece of rough wood reaching from the floor to the edge. Thousand-* euter these fatal traps, easily scaling the wood, but the slipperiness of tho sides of the basin prevents their exit, aud thu colony may thus be more thau decimated iu a siuglo night. Usitxd States Ciitenr Couirr, CllAKLhSTON, July 23?Judge Bryan presiding. ?-It was ordered that tho potitiou of Jasper C. lloalh, of Co? lumbia, for uutil discharge iu bank ruptcy, bo referred to tho Registrar for liual lieuriug at Greenville, on the 1 Ith of August next. Tho proceedings of involuntary bankruptcy iu the mat? ter of R. C. Shiver a Co. wore dis? missed. Tho Colisoutu, a monster place of amusement, erected in Jones' Wood, New York, was opeu'ed ou Sunday, by a grand monster concert, with 100 mu? sicians and (UK) singers. 0,000 persons were within theinclosure. Tboedi?co is of Swiss architecture, forms a hol? low square, which is ornamented with trees aud grass plats. It has galleries uud towcrH, and every convenience to niukospectators comfortable. Tho government now existing in South Carolina aud some othor South? ern Status is un o?'enuo and a reproach to tho whole country. It ought to be changed und improved us speedily as I possible, and wo aro glad to learn that the President moans to take thu work of improving it in hand; unless it is j immediately accomplished by the peo plo of the State themselves. \Providence Journal (Rep.) Who can read without emotion tho story of tho two littlo girls in Green Bay, Wis. Tho eldest was seven years of ago, tho youngest only five. A drunken father left them alone in their room for six days with ouly a email loaf of bread for food. When tho chil? dren were found, the oldest sister was nearly dead, having refused to oat of tho broad, so that her little sister might not suffer. Goorge Washington Hoffman, aged thirty-eight, a carriugo blacksmith by trade, committed stiicido iu Philadel? phia, rocently, having lirut attempted to murder his wife, who was severely cut about tho throat uud faco. Huff man was out of work for somo time, and this fact seemed to weigh upon his ! rniud and canso a depression of spirits. Suuscitinuits?Obtain tho latest news by mail aud by telegraph in the Daily PlIUiMX. "Daring a hurricane in Kansas a County Treasurer owned up that he had stolen $1,&00 of County money, but after tho wind subsided he denied it." Of course the man is guilty. Few County Treasurers would tell a lie for fifteen hundred dollars while ex? pecting every moment to bo blown to thunder by a hurricane, but when the air is calm und all nature is in repose, bow many of them wouldn't prevari? cate a little even for fifteen cents ? Sau Francisco anticipates doing a largo business iu sardines. A pack? ing house buy been erected, und, as thu fish are abundant ull along the Pa? cific coasts from April to August, it is anticipated tbat a very large business will bo done. Having tho sardines and tue means for curing them, the propri? etors of tho establishment now propose to get their olive oil from Mexico. TnEU Planting.?We learn from a Western nowspaper that of 4,000,000 trees planted ulong the line of a cer? tain railway company, less than three per cent, havo fuiled, and the'reBt are doiug well. This is good news from a prairie country, and goes far towards solving the problem of tree planting on the open, wild and endless reaches of prairie land in the West. A Detroit female, breathing hard and currying a large hickory cane, ran down the street the other morning, in? quiring if anybody bad seen u "small, cross eyed man uuy where along here?" Several persons asked, "What's the matter?" But she hurried ou, saying, "I haven't time now; L want to get my paws on the fawning sycophant for just a minute!" The Cingalese language stands iu the front rank of all spoken tongues? so far iv? names of places are con? cerned, iu the Yeyuloowa district there i* a village termed "Gulliup pocondiiraeirrt.ucnoruherf." Another Imrulet clcwe by is styled, "Keeuloolla gugoilepoodamu." A few more are, "Ousek'lupooduninkuudrt," "Boodoo gey koudegaaio wit." What's in a nume? We observe in j a Philadelphia uewsparer a call for a meeting of "Paradise Lotlge of Jour? neymen Tailors." Considering thut thero were no tailors iu Paradise, nod that uo tailors were needed until after Paradise Lost, it seems to us that the Philadelphia stitchers might have hit upon u more appropriate name. A Wife's Answbu ?A husband find? ing a piece broken out of one of his i plates aud another ouo out of bis sau? cer, petulently exclaimed to his wife: [ "My deur, it seems to mo that every? thing that belongs to you is broken." i "Well, yes; uvt-n you seem t>o be a lit? tle cracked." Many women are martyrs, and yet they do not kuow it. They shut the I sunshine out of- their houses and their j hearts; they wear veils; they carry parasols and everything possible to keep of! the most potent influence which is intended to give them strength and beauty and cheerfulness. A lad who b->rrowed a dictionary to read, returned it after be had got through, with the remark: "It wus werry uice reading, but it somehow changed the subject werry often." It was Iii? sister wh > thought the first ice cream she tasted wus a lectio touched j with the frost. A dying ma in Maine requested that j the ceremonies at his funeral should be I conducted by a curtain auctioneer, in whom he had confidence. Said he: "He's an eaey, fluid talker, and I allers liked to hear him. I've bad dealiu's with bim, aud I allers found he set out things jiet us they was." Iu speaking of the dog show at the j Crystal Palace, near London, the St. ? Louis Kepubfcxm says: "Out here in ! tbo West we havo arrived at that high ! standard of civilization where we bold > 'levees' for onr dogs, aud let our labor ! era starve or emigrate." "I tell yoa," said a Wisconsin man to a ueighbor next day ufter burying bis wife, "when I cume to get into bed, aud lay thar, und not hearin' Lucinda jawing around for an hour and a half, it just madu mo feel us if I'd moved into a strange country." An Indian.?Baunack Jim stepped into the cigar stote at Boise, Idaho, a few days ago, and asked to borrow a pencil. As Indians aro not generally good writers, he was asked why he wanted it. "Oh, mo play poker?me waut to mark 'em cards." Ouo sad result of the panic is that several havo felt constrained, by way of economy, to give up their church pews. If business don't pick up soon, wo fear some of our citizeus will be obliged to sell one or two of their bull dogs. A Glasgow paper chronicles a rumor to tho effect that a certain titled ludy has lost .1100,0U0 at ecarte, and thut it will necessitate the sale of '.a largo portion of hor husband's land, and tbo retirement of both from that country for a fow years. A Texas paper says that State has "much tho largest and grandest en? dowment for public schools of any State on the continent," aud that in ten years, at tho present rate of growth, it will be second or third in population. A Georgia politician oalls an oppo? nent a ''Carmagnole," and is denounced in turn as a "kidoriug." Tho lexicon of Georgia blackguardism is among the most unique and striking of modern works. r/;A Toronto editor, returning from church, sat down aud wrote of tobacco chewing: "Tho result is not spitting, but a mitigated form of spewing, ac? companied by disgusting phenomena on which wo cannot enlarge." Grace Darling's tomb is also in a ; ruined condition, and the people near ; whero she lived are not awaro thut she , ever rescued anybody. Orrr Matters.?Subscribe for tho Phoenix. A. \V. Sud or, Esq., Intendant of Sumter, was in the city, yesterday. Pat. will furnish turtle soup for lunch, at the Pollock House, to-day. Advertising is to business what steam is to machinery?the grand propelling power. There is but one way to obtain busi? ness?publicity; but one way of gain? ing publicity?advertising. Job printing of every kind, from a miniatnre visiting card to a four-sheet poster, turned out, at short notice, from Phcenix office. Try us. The farmers don't want to hear any? thing more abont "areas of rain." They don't think that rain is in arrears at all. No bell can ring so londly as a good advertisement. People will believe what they see rather than what they hear. The Boda water epparatus of Messrs. . Hoffman & Co. exploded, yesterday, and stampeded the parties, bot? fortu? nately, seriously injured no one. Onr citizens are moving in the mat? ter of Tax Unions?two have already been formed?in Wards 3- and 4. The Connty Union meets, we believe-, on the 6th of August. Fine water-melons and other excel? lent fruits of the season, to be found at our neighbors' froi.ery, Messrs. Hoffman & Albrecht's. They receive them fresh evory day. Coggia/s comet turns out to ha7e been u complete failure. Mr. Coggia will probably never have a better op? portunity to retiro from the comet business than at present, and wo would advise him to avail himself of it. We announced, yesterday morning, the death of Mr. William McGuinnis, of this city, us it was generally reported on the streets. He rallied, however, and it was thought he wa9 improving, but he died last night, at half-past S. His funeral services will be performed at St. Peter's Church to-morrow. We would suggest to the officials the propriety of putting the fence around the Stute Capitol grounds on the street, lines. The public highways were en? croached upon duriug the erection of the building, but there is no necessity for it now. Senator Robertson's monument? the Columbia Post Office?looms up grandly. The btone work is nearly completed, and contracts for the wooden noosing ore advertised-. The bnilding is located at tho highest point in the city, corner of Richardson and Laurel streets. Superintendent Oak shott is poshing the work ahead ra? pidly. At a meeting in Ward No. 3, held yesterday evening, for the purpose of organizing a Tax Union, the following ofSoers were elected : President?W. B. Stanley; Vice president?X. H. Heinitsh; Secre? tary?B. I. Boone; Treasurer?D. Gambriil; Executive Committee?W. C. Fisher, H. L. Tappan, F. N. Ehr? lich; Delegates to the County Conven? tion? W. K. Baohman, W. B. Stanley. Death of Another Old Citizen.? Our old residents are rapidly depart? ing. We bava to record tho death, yesterday evening, of & venerated citi? zen, Mrs. Susan Lesher?a native of Philadelphia, but for thirty-five years a resident of Colombia. She was highly respected and leaves numerous relatives aud friends to mourn her decease. Mrs. Lesher was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. "Accidental."?Tho shooting of fire-arms bus become quite a pastime with some of oar citizens. Some time ago, an excited person fired into the room of Mr. Cordes, who resides at Col. Simula', on Laurel street. Not satisfied with this achievement, ho (or she) fired two more shots, one entering tho door and the other the door-post. This occurred about 2 A. M. Firing in that neighborhood has since been twice repeated. The matter demands correction. Our police should be com? mended for their efficiency, as they are always on hand when not needed. Phcenixiana.?Men who take it "straight" sometimes go it crooked. Capital letters are the epistles that contain remittances. Noses, like lobsters', tarn red be? cause they can't help it. "Have courage enough to own that yon are poor," says an exchange. We haven't got cheek enough to deny it. Are blacksmiths, who make a living by forgiug, or carpenters, who do a little counter-titling, any worse than men who sell iron and steel for a living? In old times, an essential part of a bride's outfit was eaud for scouring her kitchen implements. Now-a-days, they don't trouble about the sand; all that is required from father is that he shall come "down with the dost." List of New Advertisements. D. Horlbock?Bankruptcy Notice. P. Ountwell?Peach Brandy.