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COLUMBIA, S. C." Saturday Morning. August 8,1874. All Qftlet In Altaalitlppl. Have newspapers any oonBoieoce? is as interesting a question as wbotber ? corporations have souls. We tbiuk a good deal oould be said on both sides, and it is, therefore, a fit theme to bo ilia mi sated by debating societies. We xra inclined to take the affirmative, btxt find ourselves mach staggered ?occasionally by the naughty and oon tradiotory utterances of some of tho journals whioh we read. The Now York Herald, a few days ago, rung the changes npon war and peace; repr?. seating that the State of Mississippi bang upon the verge of civil war. In .seeking for tho Ganses of this inflam? matory condition, it fixed with alacrity upon the reBasoitation of the fatal spirit of secession as the chief. From this stand-point, it dealt out to the Mississippis ns its warnings and leo (tares, charging them with lack of the wisdom which ehoald seek to win the negro's love and kindness by tho frauk (bonoeasiun of all his rights. It was inotioeable, all the while this tea-pot tempest was raging, that President Grant did not lose his equipoise. The rmooe loudly the Governor called for troops to occupy Vioksburg and regu? lato its municipal election, the lesB he heard, and thus a first-class row wbb avoided. The eleotion came oil and was auoBnnlly quiet, forty colored votes feeing cast for the white ticket. And now, after all its newspaper thun? der, its secession and Ku Kiux gboBta wherewith to fright the soals of fear? ful Mississipptaas, the Herald roars you gently as -a sacking dove in the following palpable non sequitur: "The Vioksburg eleotion passed off so quietly (that nobody will be able to make oat V&y there should have been any fran? tic cries for troops or even a suggestion <of possible trouble." There will be iihe same difficulty to understand the Hei'ald's unfounded bloody apprehen? sions and fateful premonitions, unless we strain the conclusion that they arose from concern for a State whioh, as it says, has escaped many of the scandals of its Bister Southern States, and where there has beeu no "bios hriming of jail birds into full-blown jrolar?." While it disports itself with the Brooklyn sorrow and indulges its kitten-like and varied humor on the third term, we are vastly enter? tained; bat we beg it not to give any ?id and comfort to those parties, North and Booth, who are ever ready to indulge suspicions against the peace? able inclinations of the Southern peo? ple. That is a jest whioh they are only too ready to turn into au injury. The Way Oat. "No one, says the Union-BeraM, can study the signs of the times, feel the poises of the people, listen to their quiet talk, without being satisfied that thoaaands of Republicans, especially among the colored men, will prefer to trust to the jastioe of a Mab er, or the magnanimity of a Kershaw, rather than to again follow the lead of so oorrupt and dangerous a man as Moses. If this is true as regards Moses, it is also true of any one who belongs to the ring of politicians who have bronght all the troubles upon the State whioh these qoiet 'Citizens feel so aontely. It is ?not the pressure of the power for evil of one man that is so severe and harassing. The grievance is not indi? vidual, except in so far as he is repre? sentative. It is of the system, the ^organized brigandage, whioh bus been ?established over them. Any ono man who represents it is no more objection? able than another who does. The thousands of Republicans can got uo relief by changing from one to another of the name olass. They must havo in the character, record and present posi? tion of the person who proposes to overthrow corruption and introduce a better state of things, guarantees that he has the will and the ability to serve them and the country. How mach better woald it be for them to torn their regards in good earnest to those quarters where unexceptionable men can be found? The colored people iiave been twitted in the address of the Radical State Committee as the oaen who are chiefly accountable for the degradation of the Stato and the rain of its great interests. The leaders have sought to throw the blame off their own shoulders, and plao9 it upon t those of their dopes and victims. The best answer to the accusation is to re? pudiate their leadership, and in throw? ing them overboard, to strike at the foal organization which only exists to deceive its adherents and prey npon the public funds. It is infallibly cer? tain that if they trust Maher's justice, or Kcrehaw's magnanimity, they will not be deceived. Colored Republi- j cans, think of these thiugs. If you want to get out of this mess, the way is clear. Go by a leap, and be sure you leap in the right direction. Malapropos. The resemblance which tho Union Herald would like to trace between the Freedman'a Bank, at Washington, und the Citizens' Saviugs Bauk, ut Colum? bia, does uut exist in fact. Whut cither will pay the depositors remains yet to be seen. Tbe possibility of paying anythiug ou tho part of the former is due, if we are not mistaken, to the action of disinterested parlies, who have protected the frcedmcu against those who, par excellence, claimed to be their friends. The Citi? zens' Saving t Bank has already paid twenty-five cents in the dollar, and has ordered twolve-anda half cents more to be paid on the 1st of Septem? ber. One of tbe causes of its embar? rassment is doe to tho failure of the South Carolina State Government to pay an important claim that it has against it. It was directly and strongly affected in its solvency and strength by the bankrupt condition of the State. If there has been any mis? management on the part of those in charge of its affairs, (and we don't know that there has been,) no imputa? tion that we know of has been made upon their integrity. The ullusiou to the names of a distinguished Confede? rate General and of bin euoceBBor are particularly unjust. Not tbe slightest stain rests upon them. As to tho financial troubles of the bank, they were, no doubt, due principally to the "panic," which struck it inoppor? tunely, delivering its whole force iu this place on this one banking institu? tion. Others, perhaps, were saved by it, or relieved at least. There is no likeness that we can see between it and the Freedmen's Bank, except, per? haps, that eaeh, to its sorrow, credited the Government or Government offi? cials where it was located?the one the Geueral Government at Washington, the other tho State Goverument of Sooth Carolina. -?-? ?? The County Tux Uuiou of Edge field, held last Monday, was the most thoroughly respectable, most tho? roughly representative and most tho? roughly in earnest of any held since the close of tbe war. So says tho Advertiser. ElgeGel I is wide-awake. The meeting resolved that it was inex? pedient to make a nomination of can? didates for ofiioo ut present. --?? Rant.?Tbe Chicago Tribune, one of the most pronounced Republican newspapers, thus happily ridioules the rant of those journals which look so anxiously (or opportunities of foment? ing dissension ugaiust tho South: "The uawepapers which are still busy iu suppressing tbe rebellion uud abolishing slavery are in ecstasies over the White Leugue of the Sooth. They nse it as the old gentleman with a story about a gun used his foot. He would stump ou the floor, start up und say: *Eh! eh! wuut's that??a gun? Well, speaking of guns, reminds me,' etc. So the truly loyal editor writes 'White League,' looks at it, and shrieks in priut: 'White League I Abt trai? tors! Here! help! Save the republic! Stuff the ballot-boxes again I Buck up tbe carpet-baggers! Help tbe rogues! help them, or that dreadful disloyal League will destroy the glorious Union, tbe blood-sealed greenback and the ransomed colored brother, by actually establishing houest government in the South 1' It is a frightful prospect. Tbe shrieking journalists sketch it again and again. The raw-head-and bloody-bones story has a fearful fasci? nation to them. Tilton vs. Tilton.?The testimony of Mrs. Tilton beforo the Plymouth committee, somo extraots from which we published recently, may or may not suffice to exculpate her from tho orime alleged aguiust her by her hus? band. But if its details of his treat? ment of her for years aro true, Mr. Tilton, right or wrong in his ohargos against Boecher, oau expect no sym? pathy from the pnblio. A mun who makes his home such a place of tor? ment to his wife that sho seeks the gruTvcs of her ohildrcn for shelter might be charitably supposed to be a lunatic if he had not shown such method in hie madness. Of course, it is impossible to know whether Mrs. Tilton's story of tho brutalities prac? ticed upon her by her husband is true or falde, bat, as he has volunteered the statement that she is tho most "white soulod woman" he ever know, he can? not complain, if he expects the pnblio to bolievo what he Bays in that regard, that it should also believe what she Bays of him. She certainly does not return his compliment, bat leaves a strong impression on tho reader that tbe color of Mr. Tilton's sonl is the reverse of "white." In a reoent debato in the British House of Commons, a member ac? cused anothor of saying, "Thu Con? servative party who lio ou tho benches opposite." Tho implicated member replied, "I said iiuo tho benches op? posite.' " Tax Unions. Mb. Editob: Id the present de pressed condition of the white people of the State, it behooves them to unite in solid phalanx, "for their defenoe, for the recovery of their liberty and the preservation of their property." I have said "depressed" nud not de? graded, for, though trampled under foot, despoiled of their substauce, de? prived of their rank and status as citi? zens, denied all participation in tho administration of the Government, ex? cluded from all its benefits, und well uigh ruined uud destroyed by a horde of barburiaus, ofliaerud, directed und impelled by a baud of Northern rob? bers; though ussuiled by u swartn of vampyres, who are now sucking, and will, ere long, if not speedily aud effectually checked in their riithlo-is career, exhaust, their lifo blood, the white people of South Curoliuu are not yet degraded. No people arc de? graded who for the time yield to irre sistiblo aud over whelming forco. Gene? ral Lee was not degraded under the apple tree of Appomattox. No peoplo cau bo degraded, but by their own default. The aots of others cuuuot degrade them without their own assist? ance. But, though I say that tho whito people, the former citizens uf the State aud present owners ot the soil, are not yet degruded, tbe time is at hand when, unless they are ulive to the peril of their position and alert iu the exercise of the meuus of preserva? tion aud rescue, they will become not ouly a ruiued but a degraded people. Overcome by superior force, placed uuder military rule, compelled to yield ussent to measures by which they were deprived of all power und indueuoe iu tbe State, it was but the part of wisdom and prudence to await quietly and patiently tho time wheu the voice of reason uud of justice could he heard aud the influence of wisdom and right be felt. That time has now arrived. The rottenness aud corruption of the present misnamed State Government has excited the disgust of the civilized world against our base oppressors aud enlisted its sympathy iu our behalf. We have no longer can: -o to apprehend the employment of Federal bayonets to frostrate any just aud proper course of action which we may devise for our protection; aud I advise no other course.- lint I shall be asked what course I would suggest, what measures of deliverance I would advise. My answer is, that ail I have to suggest or to advise is comprised iu the single word, uuion. Why should Union Leagues und I. ?. U. li. Societies be formed aguiust us? Why should the whole Radical party in tbe State be banded together for our dostruotiou, and we form no onion for our defenoe, for our preservation, for the proteo tion oi ail that makes life dear?nay, for tho protectiou of life itself? The Tax Unions now in progress nf formation, if thoroughly aud efli cieutly established, uud wisely aud energetically employed, cuuuot fail to work out our deliverauoe from bonduge aud ruin. We are a minority in the State, it is true; but we are a large mi? nority, tho intelligence aud virtue of the State is iu our rauks; und us yet we are the possessors of the soil. Our influence, if unitedly and euergeti ouily exerted, would be felt for good? iu fact, we must, if we are wisb, exert a controlling influence. But there must be no half measures, no merely nominal uuion. We must unite, heart aud soul, iu this work of redemptiou. Let every tax-payer, every man in the State who has the well-being of the State at heart, join the Uuious; let every member of every subordinate Union iu the State attend every meeting of his Union, with the hearty desire and the earnest purpose to push its objects to a successful issue; let every subordinate Uuiou send dele? gates to its County Uuiou; let every County Uuiou scud delegates to the State Uuiou; let tho Staid Uuiou do its duty; lot every member of every Union, ns for life, sustain the actiou of the State Union, and . our deliver? auoe is accomplished. We appeal to tho Goverumeut of tho United State; we appeal to every civilized govern? ment ou earth; we appeal to every hu? man being who loves right and hates wrong, not for material aid, but for that sympathy which civilization aud humanity owo to the wrongfully op? pressed. Wo can, without doing any wrong ourselves, redress our own wrongs, if ouly we have tbe sympathy aud kiudly regard of those whoso sym? pathy is worthy oar acceptance. We confidently appeal to the tax? payers of tho State, with the assurance that every member of the Tax Unions will be ready to peril all io the boly cause of deliverance aud liberty, to prove himself, iudeed, a CURTIUS. The Press and tue Scandal ?Tho Springfield Republican Buys: "Wo ad? mire tbe consistency of condemning the newspapers, op bill aud down, for dealing with the Boeohor scandal and thou going iuto the pulpit and preach? ing about it. Tho faot is, that the newspapers have kept siluut about it for six years, and never would havo mentioned it, if it bad not been foroed upon them by tho clerical profession sitting in council and by tho religious press." Emigration from Liverpool.?Tho returns of emigration from Liverpool show that iu June 1-1,609 emigrants sailed from that port for various places, an compared with 18,603 in Juno, lust year. This is a dooruaso of 3,034 on the month, and of 19,457 on tho year. The number of emigrants for the quarter endiog Juno, was 47, 754, a decrease of 39,064 on tho cor? responding quarter of 1873. An East Matter.?Wbeu tbo United States authorities at Wushingtou pave tbe way to perfect peace aud reconcili? ation, by permitting tbo South to rise from her knees, and rHcover from Snmner'b legaoy ncd its burburoua re? sults, tbe old flag will bo respected aud loved as our flag as woll 11? tbe flag of tbo North. So loug as that flag flouts over dogruded South Caroliua, faction torn Arkansas, niotigreliz-?d Missis? sippi und pluudered Alabama, just so loug will it bu regarded us tho symbol of- oppression aud tho token of disho? nor. We believe that u great re-uctiun is even now takiug place, aud that the Northeru masses have determined to help tho South to her feat. When they shall have douo so, proving their profession by their uuts, the day of jubilee over the national banner us the [emblem of concord, civilization and common glory will have cosiu tu some purpose. Pending that day, wo salute the old flag with some dillideuce, and uro uuiy sorry that t>o splendid a ban? ner should be borne by auch recreant hands. May its folds very boou cover North aud South with tbe wings of justice, humanity und true restoration. At such a time, no people will hail it with greater enthusiasm tbuu the peo? ple of tbe South, und they await that consummation with hopes aud fears, ! before hurrahing to any considerable exteut.?Augusta Constitutionalist. The Wages of Sin.?A Now York 'journal, printed within ruuge of the Plymouth Church organ, urraigus Bcecher thus: There was u time when Beecber was wholly a political parsuu?when he preached murder, and his t*-xt was "Sharpe'a rifle" instead of the Bible. All of us still remember hin ribald wit? ticism on tbo uame of tbo contributor uf a rifle?Killam ? whuu ha remarked, with tbe smile of it hyeu i, that "Kill Vuj" was it good word to seud out to missionaries spreading tbo political religion of Beechcr through the muzzle of Shurpe's rifle iu Kansas. Hundreds of thousands of brave meu were sacri? ficed iu our late war, ?ud more of their blood still clings unwashed aud unu toned to Beecber's skirts than to those of any other of the promoters uf that terrible strife which virtually began in Kansas. The crack of mauy a Shurpo'e rlflo fired from the pulpit of Plymouth Church is still sounding iu uur ears, and we know that every bullet thero froru pierced tho heart of a loved bus baud, brother or son. Corn Crop Destroyed.?The grass? hoppers have ontirely destroyed the coru crop iu Western Kansas and Ne bruska. It is doubtful if 3,0U0 bushels will be saved iu those States. Hun? dreds of settlers are sulliug out and re? moving. Tho insects arc swarming everywhere, and fears are entertained that they will destroy all tbe corn West | of the Missouri River. ! GiiASSnoi'i'ek GltEASE ?A Bismarck (Dakota) paper of recent date, says: "Last night's,train was behind time, owing to the gruBshoppers on the Elst? ern cud of this division, which were so thick as to grease the rails, und com? pelled the engineer to double the road for fifteen miles, taking hull tho train each trip." Young Bismaick is evidently a be? liever in tbe dootriues of his father concerning dueling, und has recently shot an officer of iufautry in tho "field of honor," causing his death. Per haps the young scapegraoo considers tbe killing of his man necessary to grace the beginning of his career. Observe tbe contrast! Kentucky, na a result of Democratic role, is free from debt and has a surplus in her treasury; North and South Carolina, cursed by the sway of Radicalism, groan beneath a load of debt, which they are unublu to pay, and so suffer iu reputation as well as in material in? terests. A romantic York girl thought to Maud Mullerize und "rake the mea? dows sweet with hay." She stood over a yellow jacket's uest as she swung her little rake. First jump from the score, eleven feet. Distance to the house, half a mile. Time, two minutes. The striko among the glass-blowers iu thevioiuity of Pittsburg, which has continued about a year, is now ut au end, und the various manufactories are resuming business. Tbe strike was cuusud by the proposed reduction in wages. Xantiite. ? Poor Bcecher had oauso to wish himself dead. A friend of tho family describes Mrs. B. us u shrow? ouu of those hatcbet-fuced women whose faculty for making home mise? rable amounts to a science. Poor Earopol Another big for tu no to bo given np to American heirs? Mrs. Deio8Daufortb, of Elkhart, Ind., ami her brother, a magician, this time. 810.000,000 the amount. Scotland the particular country to bear tho loss. It is estimated that the cotton crop of Abbeville County will not exceed two-thirds of last year's crop. The backward spring and unfavorable sea? sons since hava interfered very much with tho growing crop. Iu Loudon, the other day, there wore fifteen conflagrations, all raging about tho samo time, and ut one of them, no less a persouago than tho Priuco of Wales appeared en the scene aud directed tho fire brigade. Tho Newborry Progressive Ago spruks of the Tax Union which con? vened there the 3d, us tho most calm, earnest und determined body that has mot in that County since tho war. It is said that n valuable deposit of sulphur has boou discovered ou Mr. John Bell's plantation near Due West. This, if true, is butter luck than strik I ing ile. Piuo, a colored niau, aged 111 years, died in Buruwell, a few days ago. City Matteiis.?Subscribe for tbe Phobnix. Seuator Pattersou is in tbe city. "Hull Hole" is what tbe Snmter True Soulhern writes for Columbia I Tbe new T iron wbicb is being laid on the Greenville and Columbia Ruil rjuk, extends nearly to Newberiy. The next ?xhihitiou of the Sehuet Z?n-Vcrein Dramatic Club will be on Th?rs.lay evening, August 20. Advertising is to business what steam is to machinery?the gruud propelling power. There is but one way to obtain busi? ness?publicity; but one way of gain? ing publicity?advertising. August nights have gouu back to July principles?cool aud pleasant. There wus a good rain, yesterday. Transient advertisements and no? tices must be paid for in advance. This rule will be adhered to hereafter. The summer meeting of the Agri? cultural aud Mechanical Society will be held iu Spartanburg, on Wednes? day next, August 12. Gaiters with monogram clasps are n<?w all the fashion with pretty girls. The style is said to be couvonieut and olegaui, and we hope to sec more of it. Seegers' ice machine turns out about 7,000 pounds of the article every twen four hours. It is u curious uod inge? nious affair. The scUudulu on the Spartanburg and Uuiou Railroad has been ugain changed, and ouly oue train a duy now ruus. , Tbe ouliuu ball iu aid of the Confe? derate Mouurxcut Association comes off at Glenn's Springs, on Thursday uext, the 13th instant. Job printing of every kind, from a miniature visiting curd to a four-sheet poster, turned out, at short notice, 1 from Pikenix ottiue. Try us. An extra train will leave Alston, on Tuesday morning, August 11, at 9 I o'clock, for the accommodation of de? legates to the State Agricultural Con? vention, at Spartauburg. Old type metal?superior to Babbitt for some purposes?can be obtained at Piiu:xix office at low figures?23 cents a pound for fifty pounds or leas; 20 cents for larger quantities. Mr. J. Gregg Maxoy has exhibited to us several open cotton bolls, picked from his field, yesterday. He had some open as early as tho 4th. His stand is very good. Special trains ore to bo run over the Greenville, and Columbia Railroad to? morrow, between Greenville, Walhalla, Anderson, Abbeville and Belton, to ao commodate visitors to the BaptiBt Convention at the latter place. Despatches indicate that North Ca? rolina is all right?the Democrats have swept the State. When will each glo? rious tidings bo chronicled relative to "South Carolina? Echo answers? when? Gov. Moses "talks" to the Snmter folks to-day?a sort of bolstering and apology for his administration of the affairs of State. It wiill. doubtless, be lengthy, as he is understood to have been busily engaged npon it several days. 1874 can be termed the great frnit . year. Never within onr recollection has there been such immense quanti? ties raised in this State. The United States revenue officers are kept busy in tho npper sections furnishing li? censes to those who want to got the spirit of it. The sale of tho Blue Ridge Railroad, under an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina, will take place at tbe United States Court House, in Charleston, Thursday, October 22, at 11 A. M. Col. McMastor, through the columns of tho Central Presbyterian, of Rich? mond, Va., replies very sharply to tho criticisms of Rev. J. B. Adger, of this State, in a series of articles rolativo to tho Presbyterian General Assembly, Dr. Plumer, etc. A gentleman in the city designs going into tho hido business, and wants to bay every species of dog th?t can bo found. He will tako any quan? tity, from one to ton thousand. We rather suspect Ihb real object is to ob tain a quiet night's rest. The young ladies who affect those pockets dangling from tho belt should bo careful not to put letters therein. A love-sick gent lately picked a note out of one, which let him know that an? other had tho inside track, and so saved him the trouble of popping the question and getting snubbed. Hero is n rare opportunity for mu? sical instruction free of charge. Tro fossor W. H. Evans wants eight boys, between tho ngos of eleven and four? teen, with good voicoB and a talent for music. For further particulars, inquire at Ly Brand's music store, on Saturday morniug, botwucu 9 aud 10 o'olosk. A Kleptomaniac.?There is a little black kleptomaniac, who has been in the habit of following the Phoenix carriers and stealing papers whenever he can reach them; he has been de? tected iu stealing other things, and has been iu the guard house so often, that ho bids fair to become a second Sye Singleton. Only a day or two ugo, he received u terrible beating from uu individual, who caught him thieving. The youngter has a sort of Oliver Twist expression about the eyes, but he can't be trusted. It would be a good idea to turn him over to the tender mercies of Gen. Dennir, and obtain a pledge from Gov. MooeB that he will not pardon him during his official term. RlCHLAND V OLL'N'TEKK RlFLE CliCB. At a meeting of a number of the old members of this cherished corps, held last night, an organization was effected with the above title aud tho following officers elected?all of whom have seen service in tbe field: President?Ool. A. C. Haskell. Vice Presidents?1st, R. E. B. Hewetson; 2d, J. J. Campbell. Ensign?H. C. Heise. Secretary and Treasurer?R. ; S. Morrison. Wardens?1st, W. J. i Cat heart; 2d, C. J. Beck; 3d, J. A. Scott; 4th, F. M. Drennan, jr.; 5th, Jas. Patterson. Directors?1st, J. G. Friday; 2d, F. L McKenzie; 3d, R. May rant; 4th, Thon. Mood. Steward? Pat. Meigbun. Drummer?Wm. Rose, colored. The euergetiu i fforts of an impri- ? soned eat, next door, to effect its re? lease from confinement, last nignt, caused the Phoenix, folks to fly around, pistuls iu hand, to stop the supposed robber. An entrance was effected, when puss jumped oat, and tbe typos returned to their labors. This is not n suitable neighborhood for burglars to operate in. List of New AdvebtisebIents. Drawing Louisville Lottery. Election of City Officers. Hotel abbivals, August 7, 1874.? Wheeler House?A Gage, Charleston; M D Porter, J Jenkins, Ga; John H Me Do vi?, Edgefield; B C Martin, TB Johnston, Snmter; J Buxbaum, A S Peudleton, Pa; J A Turrentine, N C; L A Harper, St George; A C Shaffer, Walterboro; W C Sanders, Ga; W Dudley, Charleston; W Adams, Kings ville; F B Hacker, Charleston; Wm L Pou. St Matthew's; S A Arnstein, N Y; J B Dennis, R B Carpenter, city; J P L it uner, J M Sullivan, Greenville; J T Aldrich, Miss Aid rich, Barn well; E Wimberly, Aiken. The champion office-holder of Flori? da is thus referred to by tbe Gainsville Era: "When the Hon. L. G. Dennis left ns for his Northern trip, to be ab? sent several months, we lost in him oar Senator, Coanty Commissioner, Board of Instruction, Deputy Marshal, Dc puty Sheriff, Deputy Coonty Clerk, Treasurer of Sohool Funds, Custodian of County Treasurer's books, senior Councilman and acting Mayor. Nearly all public business was suspended uutil his return." "The moat peaceful election ever known" is the news from Vicksburg. Tbe whites have elected their ticket, and Republican misrule is at an end in that city. It is no wonder that Gov. Amos and Lieatenaut-Governor Davis wore anxious to have troops sent to ao dangerous a locality. The charter of the Charleston Chari? table or Art Association bus been re? voked, because of a failure on the part of the managers to pay the sum of 81,000 into tbe State Treasury, as called for by the Act of incorporation. Judge Campbell, who was one if the Confederate Commissioners at the Hampton Roads Conference, has promised to write a full account of it for the Southern Historical Society. Treasurer Spinner strongly advo? cates the plan of abolishing the Post Office Department and transferring its duties to the express oompanies, on the score of economy. A soldier, named Boo Hjarne, be? longing to Major Stewart's company at Newberry, died Tuesday, after a long illness, of consumption. He was a Swede. Booth's Theatre, in New York, rents for ?60,000 u year, and as the season is only eight months, the rent is $7,500 per month, or about $300 per night. Judge T. H. Cooke, in a speech at Camden, said that C. D. Melton was bis candidate for Governor. That is one vote, certain. Beiiliiu is the pleasant name of a new town in Kansas, which is bounded by Cow, Thunderbolt and Lightning Creeks. SSi'Ilio steamer Donau, from New York, took some 100,000 young shad, whioh, if lauded alive at Bremen, will be plueed iu the Rbino. "The fool's play is ended and the onrtaiu drops," wrote Henry Wagner, of New York, to the girl who had de? ceived him, and then shot himself. Now is tub Time?To advertise, at our suinmor rates, and while there is leisure to read the papers. During a storm in Camden, on Tues? day night last, a house was blown down and a colored child killed. The Bennett's mill property in the city of Charleston has been sold at auction for the small sum of $6,920. An accidental fire destroyed the store of Mr. James Harper, in Kings tree, on the 5th.