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COLUMBIA, S. C. Tuesday Morning, July 28, 1874. Oar Thermopylre, In view of the combinations which have been formed to strengthen and sustain, the Radical newspaper organ at * this place, a word as to ourselves may not be; ?mite to oar readers and j the public. Without referring* in 2j notice of this kind, to the supposed and probable, sources of supply whioh have boen laid under contribution to revive that, failing journal, we may may take the statements as they ap? pear in it, and draw from them a use fa! and valuable I??bc?. It says that it "has been recently purchased by seve? ral influential Republican a, who have contributed their means to its support. The papier was on the eve of uuspen eion, when tbey stepped forward to save it, and to nail the Republican colors,'to its mast-head." Here is a combination of men, who unite their means, talents, experience, inflaenoe and labors.to uphold their party jour? nal. That journal ia specially devoted to a maintenance of its party organi? sation. It has rallied every available element and' brought it into line for this purpose. It has no thought of the great interests or the violated rights of the people. It moves wholly upon the plane of party prejudice, party passion and party asoendanoy. It seeks to perpetuate its domination as of the most vital necessity and at all hazards. With the wrecks of the rain and dis? grace it has wrought lying round on all hands; with the condemnation of the American people ringing in its ears every day; with the terrible de? nunciations of decent Republican journals all over this country; with the frantic desperation of madness it seeks to prolong its wretched existonoe, it ?craves that it may continue to govern the fortunes of the State of South ?Carolina, not appreciating the fact that it has, by its ignorauoe, corrup? tion and indeoenoy, by its crimes against the people, against their liber? ties, against civilization itself, for? feited the right to exist, and mnoh more, the honor to govern. It gives notice that it. will make a desperate struggle for a new lease of power, and it pats forth efforts corresponding to the importance of the stake and the magnitude of the issue. Having ap? propriated a fund, aud made their journal strong in means; having en? listed the servioe? and interest of seve? ral writers; having made a pool, so to speak, of the politioal fortanes of a number of aspiring men and candi? dates, they are ready to exert its power for evil; they mean to disseminate its corrupting doctrines, and, if possible, make its sophistries popular and pre? valent. We shall not speak of ourselves, fnrther than to say that we occupy in this contest no donbtfal attitude. We have certain clearly-defined views and objects whioh we seek to impress upon the public mind. We see just before us gigantic issues, and it is our effort to enlighten and prepare the country for them. As we have frequently said, there is much to be done. If we were to-day enlightened upon the matters whioh so nearly concern us; if our peo? ple fully aad rightly appreciated the situation in whioh they are; if they only saw and felt the momentous events whioh are hastening on; if they were both informed of and sternly united upon the duties of the hour, the Radical power would melt away before their stern determination. Will oor friends think of tbe great cause whioh they, as well as we, ought to have at heart? Will they strengthen our hands by their sympathy, their encou? ragement and their support? Our means are moderate, oar resources small. We are a unit against a multi? tude. We are alone in the midst of etrong combinations. We de? pend entirely upon legitimate bu? siness. We have nothing to rely npon but subscriptions and advertise? ments. These we want, and it is not too muoh for us to say, these we are entitled to have. We ougbt to-day to number at least 5,000 subscribers in this State. That wonld bring us ad? vertising. That would make ns pecu? niarily independent. That would enable us to employ and pay for talent in employees and writers in number and force safHoient to make a strong impression on the side we esponseAaud defend. We should like to send forth a strong and able journal, the power? ful advocate of truth, the inflexible exponent of duty, tho olarion voice summoning the pooplo to oonoert of action against the wrongs they too pa? tiently endure. We should eDjoy lay? ing on oar editorial sooarge every day, whipping the rascals naked through the land. Bat if we are to be a poWer, to.stand as a sentinel ?fl thef wat&-towerj to teond raya of iatslli ge4oe and light Into' every" corner of the7 aountry, top pour uut a daily i stren-n which shall fertilize and glad den tbo land, to be a terror to evil-doers and a beaoou-ljgbt, Ol. guidance and hope to au op? pressed people, oar friends mast sus? tain as, the pablio mast stand by oar Bide. We have long stood in the breaoh, battling with snob strength as oar almost unaided arm coold wield. We ask that we shall not be left in the larch. And now, looking away from | ourselves, we ?uy to the country, this position is one of immense importance, j It will not do to give it up, or to lose it, or to leave it to a weak and insuffi? cient foroe to maintain. Man it tho? roughly, and plaoe it in the keeping of faithful men. Am Experiment In Bnanll Grains. Id the August number of tho Rural Carolinian, Ool. D. Wyatt Aiken re? peats his old advioe to planters and farmers to seed their cotton land at the last working of the orop in Aagast, either in barley, oats or rye. This ad? vioe is reoommeuded and illaatrated by his own experience. We plaoe it before oar agricultural friends for their consideration. The time is near at hand when it may be pat into prac? tice. We believe that it is practicable and likely to prove profitable in most of the soils on which cotton is grown in this State, and the results as shown in Ool. Aiken's last year's experiment are certainly very encouraging. In whatever walk of life men may ne en? gaged, they should always aim to achieve tho highest results. Love of excellence, united with sense of profit, oall oat the most strenuous endeavors. There is mach to be learnt, both of the theory and praotiae of agriculture, simple as '.it may seem to most folk. The example of Mr. Warthen, of Geor? gia, raising five bales of cotton on one aore of land, almost without work, ex? cept that of most careful preparation of the soil in advance, ought to effect a revolution in that orop. Five bales ou one aore, inBtead of one bale from five aoresl So this experiment of Col. Aiken points the way to an economical production of grain and forage for Block, with benefit to the land, upon the very land and almost at the same time on which the money crop is grown. It is worth thinking about and trying to equal in results. We give tho artiole below, commend? ing it particularly to the attention of oar planting friends: "If 'Book Farmer' has an aore of land under cultivation this year that will, on 1st Aagast, promise a yield of '1,750 lbs. cotton,' lot him sow that land broadoast in barley, ouo und a half bushels to the acre, and then Say by' with three shallow sweep furrows. With fair luck, the barley orop will sell for as much as the cotton crop. He can, as well as I, count the cost of cul? tivating and harvesting the two crops. Let him treat any laud he has under cultivation, with a prospective yield of 1,000 lbs. of ootton per aore, the same way with red oats, and his oat orop will bay the ootton orop, bagging, ties and seed, aud treat the harvest hands beside. Let him treat his thinnest ootton lands the same way with rye, and next May, (not allowing a hoof to make a track on the land from the day of sowing till May,) tarn under the rye orop and sow the land broadcast in peas, a bushel and a half por acre, and in September or early in October turn the pea orop ander, (without feeding a leaf or a pod to bib stock,) and sow the land in wheat. He will then eat better flour than he can bay, and his thin lands will improve. An experiment to the point: The first week in August, 1873, I hired six plows, (mules and hands,) and laid by twenty acres of ootton with thorn, as I advise above, I going ahead of the plows and sowing a bushel and a half of red oats per aore. In March, 1874,1 hired somo hands to knock down the ootton stalks. On the 4th Jane, I hired six oradlers, six binders, oue 'shocker,' one water-car? rier and two boys to throw bundles to the shook, and gave the entiro gang three meals, aud paid for the oooking. The twenty aores were harvested in one day and about two boars. Oa tho llth, 12th and 13th June, I hired teams and drivers, and hauled this orop of 690 shooks (and I am sare eaoh shook will make a bushel, for each con? tained twclvo large bandies or sheaves,) six miles, from my plaatatiou to my stable lots in Ookesbary. My aooouot stands thus: 30 bushels seed oats, at $1, $30; my own servioes as a hand, 2 days, at 75 cts., 81.50; 6 plows, 2 days eaoh, ut $1.12, $13.50; feeding same 2 days, mnlea and hands, at 75 cts., $9; knocking down cotton stalks, $5; har? vesters, at $2.25 oaoh, $18.i>0; binders, at $1 eaoh, $6; shookors, at $2.25, 3 boys, at 50 cents, $1.50, $3.75; raw material, and oooking the samo, $4; 3 two-horso teams, 3 days, at 83 eaoh, $27; 3 extra hands, 3 days, at $1 eaoh, $9?total, $124 25. I now have 500 bushels of oats securely housed, (with straw as good as fodder, a* a drop of rain nover fell on it,) for $124.25, or jast25ceots per bushel. Tho option of hauling thorn 6ix milos, of coarse, I i no reused their cost, and was more than ten times the tax on the land. 'Book Farmer' may say this is an eroeptlon. If 1 have filled to do as Well in ten years, I am pot aware of it; and there/ aro farmers in my vioinity that do as well, or better, every year." ?sare '??? Death of a Baptist Minister.? Rev. W. J. Hard, a well-known and esteemed minister of the Baptist Oharoh, died in Augusts, last Satur? day, in his Bitty-eighth year. He was a native of Charleston, a graduate of the South Carolina College, eminent in his prime in the pulpit, and honor? ably connected in his latter years with the oause of female education. He I wbb Frincipul, for a time, of tbe Honghton Institute, and afterwards successfully conducted a private school in Augusta. He was a true Southerner, a staunoh patriot, a man of wit and accomplishment, a genial oompanion, and estimable for the graces no lesB than for the more substantial qualities of character. Modern Civilization.?Don Carlos deigns to acquaint the Spanish nation with the fact tbat if it permits him to become its maBter, ho will tolerate re? ligion and do many other beneficent things. Don Carlos is not a Spaniard, basno drop of Spanish blood in bis veins and huB never been in Spain Soutb of tbe seoarely sheltered Biscay an hills. Yet, because of certain le? gends and traditions and tbe success? ful wars of other generations, he claims to ravage Spain with an army, to re? tard ber prosperity, and bring upon the people innumerable woes. More than all, be calls tbe Government u re? bellion, which be will stifle with can? non. There is no remnant of barbar? ism so painful and bloody as this seri? ous effort of a man like Don Carlos to force himself upon the throne of Spain, and to do it by ucts of war, confisca? tion, rapine and murder. We Heo uo difference between Carlism iu Navarre and Communism ns we saw it in Paris. Both are crimes against civilization. I New York Herald. The king of tho dailies might look a little nearer home, and touch up the carpet-baggers in tbe South. Don Curios belongs to that delectable fra? ternity which now rules iu the South? ern States. - Office Scp't S. 0. Penitentiary, Columbia, S. C, July 2G, 1874. \ Editob Puxesix: I notice in your issue of this morning a paragraph in which you state tbat three conviotB escaped from tbe penitentiary, yester? day, and were fired upon by the guard, but ineffectually. Please do tbo guard the credit of doing their duty by mak? ing tho correction. At 12 o'clock noon, of Saturday, just us the conviotB bad all knocked off work for dinner, three convicts tbat were at work on the boundary wall of the North-west cor , ner of the penitentiary grounds jumped the fence, and broko into a run op tbe canal. Tbe guard on pott fired, but I missed. Sergeants Lark and Cannon, with others of the guard, started in pursuit of tbe fugitives, and were joined by Mr. Lewis Prior, at tho water works, wbo assisted in arresting two of tbem, but tho third did not stop running until brought down by a shot flied by ono of the guard, which struck him on the bead, making an ugly but not dangerous wound. Tbe whole time, from tbe time tbey jumped the fence to the time tbey were brought back iuto the yard, did not exceed ten iniuutes. Very truly yours, JOHN B. DENNIS, Sup't S. C. Penitentiary. Important Spanish News?The United States Invited to Send Troops to Cuba.?The New York Sun, of yesterday, Las the following de? spatch from Washington, which we can only say is very important if true. It looks very marvelous, however: "I am able to inform you with posi? tive certainty that the Spanish lega? tion here have recently been instructed from Madrid to approach Secretary Hamilton Fish with tho inquiry whe? ther the United States would be dis? posed to intervene with armed force ill Cuba, with n view of ascertaining whe? ther the people of tbat island really deBiro or not to separate themselves from tbo mother country. This pro? position oomes in a certaiu conneotion with an intrigue which has for some time been maturing iu Europe, by virtne of whioh Qormany and England are to intervene in Spain itself, and by means of sufficient bodies of troops, put a stop to the civil war now going on tbore, and place Prince Alfonso on the throne. This scheme has boon managed especially by Prussian di? plomacy, and as all the money wbiob Marshal Serrano has had for some time past, for tbo purpose of paying troops and carrying on his Govern? ment, has been furnished to him from the Prussiun treasury, it is clour tbat tho proposition to make Alfonso King is not to be opposed by him, although common deoenoy would forbid his taking a leading part in putting it into exeootion. Whoa it is done, however, by foreign armies, be oan submit to it without inourring special odium among his countrymen. Part of tbo project is tbat Prussia shall have some small island in tbo West Indios for a watoring station, and tbe oonsont of the United States to this is to bo com? pensated by giving us Caba." A brakeman, named Corley, fell from a train noar Lynobburg, Va? a few days aero, and whs ran over aud killod. There recently died in Belgium a lady of fortune, named Madame Mon 8?ur who bad a singular mania/for the hoarding of articles of ureas. After her death an examination of her eU feots revealed an unusual;i state of things. There wore mou?taiuB of dross goods unont, and bearing the. tradesmen's price label, besides hun? dreds of bounds, dresses made up, cloaks, shawls and various specimens of tho modiste's art. It is believed that the sale of this accumulation of goods will realize something like $20, 000. A man, nacbed'Clark, was ohoppiog wood at Worth in ff, ton, a small town twelve miles from Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, wheu two men, named Louaton and Belch, suddenly attacked him. Louston drew a pistol, aud Olark struck him with bis axe, killing him instantly. Then seizing Louston's pistol he beut Belch over the bead with it, crashing in his skull and in? flicting fatal wounds. He was arrested and taken before a magistrate, and ac? quitted on the gronnd uf self-defouoo. There was an old grudge between the ! parties. Edward Lange, convioted in New York last Ootober, for stealing United States mail bags and sentenced by Judge Benedict to p?y a fine of $200 and be imprisoned for one year, was subsequently resentenced to imprison I meat alone, the first sentence being contrary to the statute. The second sentenoe was deolared invalid by the Supremo Court, aud Lange was dis? charged. He now has begun a suit against Judge Benedict for false im? prisonment, claiming $50,000 damages and his costs. The Boston Advertiser (Rep.) says that it would be folly to deny that there is much diusatisfaotion in Massa? chusetts with tho existing Nutioual aud Stute Governments, uud it gives two reasons. Oue is the continuance of the prohibitory liquor system in tho State, aud the other is "sympathy with tho people of some of the South? ern States, whose helplessness has been takeu advnutagu of to impose upon them in the name of the Repub? lican party n brutal tyranuy which is a disgrace to tho country." Law and the Telegraph.?A novel nse of the telegraph is soon to be put into operation in New York. The court rooms in that city aro to be tele grapioally coanected with the offices of tho loading lawyers, aud by this , means the state of the caleudar and tho I progress of trials can be announced to the lawyers, aud the latter summoned when wanted. Tho telegraph in this respect promises to be quite as useful as it is on the stock exchange or in business circles. Mrs. Helen M. L. Millingtou, of] Ontario, N. Y., has written a defence , of Boeoher. She thinks that inasmuch as Solomon wasn't blamed for keeping a wholo female seminary in his private residence, Beecher onghtn't to bo blamed for?well, for anything. Mrs. Millington, you had better dry up. Get thee to a nunnery. Unmuzzled as you are, yon are more dangerous to the community than would be a bowl? ing raccoon of the mountains. Bold Words.?Congressman A. S. Wallace, who is alwnys a candidate for re election, made a speech at Gow deysville, in upper part of this State, on Saturday week. Amongst other things, he said to the oolored people: "Your rights are in peril, aud you must defeud them. If yon don't get them at the ballot-box, yon must re? sort to the cartridge-box." The boy murderer of Massachusetts has been adding bo extensively to his list of crimes in his confessions that it may be charitably supposed that ho is insane. Such a criminal reoord for a lad, at such an early age, is too mon? strous for1 belief on any other theory than juvenile morbid depravity, or, rather, insanity. A sea captain recently died at Wash-1 iugton, leaving a request that his body should bo given to the doctors, but if they did not want, it that it should bo sunk in six fathoms of wator. They didn't, and Distriotilaw forbade tho mode of burial prescribed, so the remains had to be inhumed after all. Juno Mobley, the Auditor of Uuion i Couuty, hotter known as Ku Klux Juno, is trying to frighten the timid white people, by telliug thorn that the formation of Tax Unions is a conspira? cy against tho laws and peace of tho State and tho country at largo, and in? timates that tho United States au? thorities will intorpose to put it down. A lunatic in the asylum at West? minster, Maryland, on tho 25th, crashed in tho skull of aoothor lunatic named Suaefler, with au axe-handle. Though a portion of the skull was driven in upon the brain, Shaeffer lived several days. The Richmond Register is responsi? ble for tho statement that a meteoro lite which fell near that plaoo a few nights siueo, strack a negro woman in the faoe and carried off part of hor nose. There has been intouso religious exoitement among the negroes since. In China and Japan tea fanciers con? sider tho older tho treo is tho better its product. The shrubs whioh supply the high dignitaries of both countries with their favorite boveruges are said to be all the way from 400 to 500 years old. The Greenville Enterprise makes a point. It shows that Govornor Moses, having failed to report to the General Assembly tho pardons granted by him and tho reasons thorefor, is guilty of a negleot of duty, for which ho can, aud should bo, impeached. Tho Pennsylvania Railroad claims tho largest locomotive in tho country. It has twelve driving wheels and weighs soveuty-livo tous. City Matters.?Subscribe for the Phosmix. A, continuation of tbe delightful September weather' during the past two jdays. Tbo Paltjaettoes .exercised their I steamer, yesterday, and did a consi? derable amount of "blowing." J. Barrett Cohen, Esq., a prominent member of the Charleston bar, is at tbe Columbia Hotel. Hasn't tbis been a remarkable July? Not a single warm night yet, end no real hot day. Judge Carpenter and ex-Attorney General Chamberlain departed for Charleston, last night. Many are inclined to speak disre? spectfully of the weather about these days. Several persons bave been dog-bit recently in and around tbis city, but we have heard of no oases of hydro? phobia as yet. A catalogue of Due West Female I College shows that there are 118 pupils in that flourishing institution. Rev. J. I. Bonner is President. Mrs. B. A. Rawls will acoept onr thanks for a full-blown night-blooming oereus. She has a bash with eighteen blooms upon it. A colored baojoist and ventriloqnist is astonishing tbe natives by tbe dis? play of bis wonderful powers. Tbe "wandering minstrel," be terms him? self. Cbicora Tribe, No. 2, Improved Order of Red Men, was instituted Saturday night, and tbe following obief-i wero installed, to serve the en? suing year: Mr. Epstin offers "extra induce? ments for thirty days"?that is, be proposes to close out bis present stock of olothiTg, etc., at low figures. See bis advertisement. It is thought tbat tho late atmos? pheric disturbances may bo attributed to the comet?which gave a vicious kick before departing. Our despatches tbis morning report additional casual? ties. President Seegers informs the Ger? man Sobuetzens tbat their regular monthly meeting will be held to-mor? row (Wednesday) evening, at 8 o'clock, when Secretary Koenig will be pre? pared to receive dues, etc. Wo bavo been requested to state tbat Mr. John Martin will have con? veyances at Alston, on the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, on Saturday and Sunday next, to convey passengers to and from tbe camp ground, on libe? ral terms. Senator Nasb's friends are begin? ning to move in the campaign. A meeting in his interest was held at Artbnr's, on Saturday, at whioh ad? dresses were delivered by Comptroller General H?ge, Adjutant-General Fur vis and others; after which nomina? tions were made for Senator and Rep? resentatives?as nsaal, all oolored. The campaign was opened, in Green? ville, on the 25th. Tbe colored band was around, followed by a large crowd, and, after tooting in front of tbo Man? sion House, Jndge Cooke was called oat and delivered a short address?the gist of it being tbat he was a Repub? lican and gloried in it. "Uncle Joe Crews" also gave a piece of bis mind. Tbe oity bell was tolled Sunday afternoon, through respect to the memory of William McGainnis, Esq., an old oitizen and formerly an Alder? man. Thore was a large turn out at his funeral. F. M. Dronnan, Jr., Sachem; Chus. Naery, Senior Sagamore; C. L. Hodges, Junior Sagamore; W. S. Pope, Keeper of Records; T. C. CrewB, Keopor of Wampum; W. H. Casson, Jr., Prophet. Wo find, upon inquiry, that the statement by ye local in the Sunday's isauo respecting an over-doso of lauda? num givon by a surgeon-druggist was inoorreot. It was only the oxcitement consequent upon the administration of chloroform by a pbysioian for tho pur? pose of extracting a tooth, that gave rise to tho alarm on the part of the rural gentleman. Hampton Tax Union.?A meeting was held at Hampton's Mills, yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of organiz? ing a Tax Union with tbe above title. After organizing, the following officers were elected: President?Ohas. O. Marshall. Vice? Presidont?J. C. P. Simmos. Secre? tary?J. M. Morgan. Treasurer?J. W. Saber. Executive Committee?G. W. Davis, John Kelly, R. E. Howell, tbe Frosident and Vioe-Prosidont ex officio. Delegates to County Conven? tion?J. O. P. Simmes, J. M. Morgan. ^Subordinate Tax Union of Ward No, 2 was organized last night, by tbo elec? tion of tbo following officers: President?J. McKenzie. Vice-Pro sidont?J. Agnew. Seorotary? Samuel Beard. Treasurer?Geo. W. Parker. Executive Committee?J. Meigban, W. K. Greenfield, Robert McDoagall. Rev. Mr. Brysou is absent 'rcni Co-, lumbia at present, being on a visit to Virginia, iit< search of recreation and rest. His. pulpit was oocopied, last Sunday, both morning and evening, by Rev. Mr. Daniel, of Camden, Ar? kansas. Tbe tbeme of tbe morning discourse, was Esau's sale of his birth? right and forfeiture of the blessing. It was handled with fine effect. On the War P^th ? Judgo Mackey arrived in Colombia, last night. He is still on the war path. On Thursday last, daring one of bis characteristic addresses, before an immense audi? ence, io Yorkville, he compared South Carolina's Governor to his illustrious prototype, in tbis, that whereas the anoient gentleman destroyed the two tables of stone opon whioh the com? mandments were written, the latter day Moses had deliberately broken every commandment. Palmetto Orphan Home.?A city cotemporary publishes the following aooonnt of this charitable institution: Tbe increasing interest'manifested in this charitable institution is of the most commendable character. Al? though the untiring efforts of thoBo directly in charge have.accomplished maoh, and friends have responded to calls for aid, there is a continuous and proper appeal for more help, whioh doubtless will meet with responses in the future more numerous than those so acceptable in tbe past. Tbe build? ing occupied by tbe Home is situated od Washington street, East of Rich? ardson, and tbe management of its affaire is under tbe supervision of a Board of Trustees, composed of citi? zens of tbe highest character, with Dr. J. W. Parker as President. The immediate care of the Homo rests in charge of two estimable ladies?Mrs. Lynes as matron and Miss Bollin as instructress. There are now nnder their care nineteen children?orphans ?ranging from six weeks to ten years of age, und since its organization, many little waifs who bad been found in suffering and neglect, ragged and nnoared for, uave been provided witb good homes, where they are contented and happy, and have tbe opportunity afforded to grow up to be useful mem? bers of sooiety. As intimated, tbe Home is supported entirely by volun? tary contributions, and tbe trustees are now using every endeavor to raise a fund to sustain it. It is an institu? tion, tbe prosperity and welfare of which appeals directly to the most tender feelings of every man and wo? man, and tbat the appeal has not been allowed to pass unheeded, we have gratifying proof by recent events, es? pecially the hearty response called forth by the recent musical festival of tbe Choral Union. Bat the work should not stop with this. To carry this noble charity on to tbat measure of success whiah it so justly merits, maoh more needs to be done, and we hope tbe oitizens of tbe State will con? tinually bear in mind that "every lit? tle helps." Tbe children now are doing well, having just passed through those- ordeals of iufanoy, the whoop? ing oough and measles, without a single fatality. PnozNrxiANA.?It is very easy to look down on others; to look down on car selves is tbe greatest difficulty. To remove dandruff?Go out on the plains and insult an Indian. Mnoh hard talk and bad blood would be saved if people would stop to weigh things before tbey blame others. When we have much to carry, Heaven rarely fails to fit the back to tbe burden. The best conundrum out? Iu my first my second sat, my third and fourth I ate. Answer?In eat-i ate. Note-shavers succeed financially because they "take so mueh interest" in their business. List of New Advertisements. M. H. Eappelmann?Shipping. Meeting Sobaetzen Verein. Meeting Eataw Enoampment. Jacob Levin?Furniture. ; D. Epstin?Extra Inducements. Hotel Arrivals, July 27, 1874.? Wheeler House?S S Murdoch, J Jen? kins, Ga; H O Rawls, Va; B F Bryan, N C; O A Darling, Lee Hugood, F Brown, D B DeSaassaro, city; T B Johnston, C H Moise, J T Solomons, J M Carson, Samter; Y JP Owens, Lau rens; H A Meetze, W J Assman, H W Rice, Lexington; J M MaoKay, Abbe? ville; W Dudley, Charleston. Columbia Hotel?G F Molntyre, city; H L Barley, S & U R R; J B Cohen, Charleston; W D Kennedy, G EReab, T S Olarkson, Ga; F H Miller, oity; W W Davies, Sparenburg; A H DeWitt, Md; J A Crews, A & R Air Line; W J Sprinkle, N C; T J Maokey, Chester; S Hartman, Va. Hendrix House?J S Yonng, Ohio; J H McF.lwee, N C; S N Thompson, Sumter; J W Starnos, Doko; W J Ass? man, Lexington; G K Hawkins, Charleston. Ramor has been basy naming Con? gressional candidates for the past few days. Messrs. Banaler, Cain, Garney and Maokey, of the Second District; Raiaey of tbe First; Whipper and Smalls, of the Fifth; H?ge, Jillson, Purvis and Crews, of the Third, and a bevy from the Fourth jast sprouting. A lady of Ontaria, N. Y., has writ? ten an artiole for one of tbe news Eupers entitled "the golden silence of leeoher." Bat tho statement of Theo? dore Tilton goes to show that Beech er's silence, though seemingly golden, is mere brass.