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COLUMBIA, 8, C. Saturday Morning, September 5,1874 ?- ^ Tk? Honut OuTeraucnt League. We have had occasion, more than oDoe, to notioe and commend the mqd|e[B)^T^e^it^ougtr ttan|ii^ beeo. to break the barriers wbioh sepa rate them froja^ip^epep^en t and honcBt ^ii^mm BW^offba ff80; lotions of ..tho-.ityorsl Qonventton, and of fttSiHrjUBg Mon'e CnuTention, both colored, looked this Way. A move* ment of this sort has recently been instituted . in Charleston, under the name of the "Honest Government League." 1 It proposes* that wherever offices are to be filled, each raae ahoald bo represeutpd in a convention of its own;< that eseh ahoald make nomina? tions for office upon a plan of fair division Where practicable, and, where not, that they ahall unite upon a com? mon candidate, thus securing a really rspteseoUtif e ticket. We are inolioed to think well of this scheme, an we are of every one wbiob aims to aeouro the manly action of the. colored peopla Their condition?that of those of them wh?donotreli?h being bought and sold by political traders?is pitiable; be tw*e? tbfi RBdinaia, who merely trade in tha?^neo them and despise them, and ?be Conservatives, in whom they have not Won stfle to repose full oon?dence, and whom 'iney.have been taught to diatMist; We shall rtaeaine this nlat form' ^bte'rodly. It 'begins1 right in ^^ttrrf^?? W'tbe jpwint crisis in oar affairs upon a class ol men who ha?e(^oas!y deceived the colored peo? ple and made th em parti en to a mon? strous Government. These they now propose, tp throvr overboard. So far, so good. We invite the attention of the- black people to this platform of the Honest Government League: "Apprised that a crisis has arrived in the political affairs of the State, at which either revolution or reform moat Income,.*.necessity; we have inaugu? rated, this moyfcmenr^ with a view to avof?lne rqde olaah'of violence,' while wo hot the Ie?e devotedly Maintain the free aud perfect enjoyment of unpoli? tical rights and privileges.1 That' we haVe oorne to this criaia ia the criminal fault of a blses of men who appeared upon the surface of politics in' this State immediately after the war: They hbT? groerily'deceived the oolbrdd peo? ple?they have made them parties to a government so monstrous, that think? ing men seriously rjoestion whether thy, right of suffrage has been properly exte^pe?L By1 oppressive taxes' they have exbiiuated tho, profits of capital ana sensibly diminished the wages of labor; accumulation has become im p^W^iciy^lizitioh has retrograded; zixq .ihe oapapity of the colored man for general improvement has come to be dented. Buch are the grievous in? juries these men have done our Slate aud race. We propose now to oast tham oti with their deluded followers; nud to erect from the. bosom of the colored Republican party a govern? ment fquudod upon principles of sub? stantial hiatiee?-which.-will protect thu political interests of every individual, and'vindicate' our charooteY as ft peo? ple from the seemingly just aspersions of distant obsarvers. To do so we in? vite the honest colored people of the State to adopt the constitution of this society and ita- object, and to form similar organizations in each of the vatioos Counties, until it becomes the prond privilege of every colo^d .53en w de'olsre bis membership in the hones, government league. - . "So.soon sb this organization is ef? fected, it ie proposed to summon a con? vention consisting of delegates from the various societies. This convention shall be strictly a colored Republican Convention, representing the honest colored people of the State. At the same time we invite that a white con? vention shall be assembled consisting of tbo representatives of the capital of the State. It is proposed that the two conventions by means of committees of conference shall enter into a formal convenaut, by which they agree to di? vide equally between them tho offices capable of division, and to unite upon such as are not. Upon this basis the nomination of the roipftotjye conven? tions shall proceed, Aware that tho election Jaws of the. Stato are supb as to preclude all reasonable hope of a fair enumeration of the votes, it ahoold be the assigned duty of a joint oom mittee of the conventions devise a mode of obtaining tbit, whether by petition to the President of the United States or by do tor mined measures from among 'ourselves,'or by both. The practicability of t.Lose propositions is attested by a manifest inclination of the people to cd-opefate in snob a movement. The security of the people and the prosperity of the State are en? deavored to be made tbo desired ob? jects of thief, platform." A $ew York correspondent says that the dry goods people oontinue to talk "blue" aud say the only way tbey can tndko trade is to force it, and so on most descriptions of the cheaper kind of goods butting down is the order of the day. Other branches of trade take a more hopeful view, and indulge in less croaking thun is to bo beard in the vicinity of Church street and Broad? way. .oops live bjeeJB ordered;lo b?sei^ th, to Be posted, at difforen'tj an( oienflpoin f. They are! withhelj; r*^oufW,*-wnefe*4bey needed, and will be placed here, where they are cot needed. The wpreseuta: riiona upon which this.erder^wA? .'pro. | oared wore of greatly exaggerated character, and, in most instances, were ?dVh^igdW^?l?rrdoily.' ttrtnltr State, for inbtanoc, -wo buv^uiot beard of a ^n^lts rbarder of a!colored man, uoleeB there may have been Rome in tho Jones Bbwle'y Qeorgetowu riots. There was a homicide in Lexington a few weeks ago, bat for tbo most atrocious con? duct. Yet we are represented to be in a terrible condition, and mordern and murderous outruges us of almoat duily ooourreuco. The National Republican, at Washington, discusses what manner of fiends tboBe are who have "mur? dered a dozeu or more uegroes in Sooth Carolina," and tries to revive the bitter memories of the war and of Confederate prisone. The President himself, in his letter to the Secretary of War, justifies bis action by reference to tho recent atrocities in the South, particularly in Louisiana, Alabama and Soul/t Carolina. These are the alleged grounds of this action. It has no basis of facts to stand npon, so far as this State is concerned. The real purpose of those Who have procured it is to use it as an instrument to over-awe the white Conservative vote, to keep it from. the. polls, to dispirit the wbit*? people, and to develop, ouder the armed protection of the Ooverumeut, the fallest possible Radical vote, in order to perpetuate and prolong cor rapt Government. It is a Chamber? lain stroke. It Is a ring expedient. It will bo a bond-holders' instrument. TlX? Instruction*. The Attorney-?enoral, in bis circu? lar to United States attorneys and marshals, lets the oat out of tbo bag in disclaiming interference with political or party action not in violation of law. His objepb is equally plain in requiring protection to all classes of citizens, white and colored, in the free exercise [ of the eleotive franchise and the en? joyment of the other rights and privi? leges to wbioh they are entitled under the Constitution and lawb. If officials should wish it, it would not be difficult to find violations of law in political action, or danger to the rights and pri? vileges of a class, raoe or party, whose votes it is desirable to manipulate in the interests of Corruption. This wo have no reason to expect tbo Govern? ment officials of this State will pretend to find, and we debiro to be understood as not prejudging them. But there is another class of people?the leaders of the corrupt Radical hosts in the. State, the maulers of the riug?who uro not likely to be either just or prudent. Tbey mean to turn this invasion, which tbey have courted and procured, into probt for themselves. Tbey will try to make oapital out of it. Its use for tbem is to help lift theni into power. As for outrages, violence, &o.t that is all in my eye, aud only a shal? low pretext. -*??-?- - Outrages to Order. The readers of the Union-Herald \ were eulerlaiued a short time since by somo letters of Bishop Haven, copied from tbe Independent, which were re? markable for extreme Radical views1 and for deuuuoiatious of tbe people of tbe Sodtb. Io tbe Independent of this week we see a correotion of somo of these statements, and tbe others, in all probability, rest upon no better ground. Says tho Independent: Mr. W. S. Witbam, 207 Canal street, New York, writes us that Bishop Ha? ven was misinformed about tho execu ttuu of four negroes iu Tbomusvillo, (In., for a murder of which nearly everybody believed that three of tbom wero innocent. He says: "I was in Thomasville when three1 j of those negroeH murdered their em? ployer, Mr. Hall, who bad been to town to sell his cotton and was ro i taming homo about dnsk. Tbey wore (convicted of murder iu tbo first de? gree by a negro jary and sentenced to be haog by an impartial Jadgo. The i fourth negro was convioted for killing bis wife, and tho four were hang lo? go I her." 1/ ,-.-??-. As wo regard tbe ordering of troops into this Stato as a mere electioneering dodge, it gives ns little concern. It is donbtfnl whether tbey will, after all, be sent here. If they arc, they will not stay long. Tboy will leave as soon as tho election is over. Whilo hero upon a duty which is, in its nature, odious, we havo no doubt they will ob? serve a proper discretion. And tho people will rocoive tbom with no un? kind feelings. Tboy bear them no malice. Thoso already stationed here have conducted themselves without offense or reproach, aud tbo olficcrs havo made themselves pert onnlly wel? come aud agreeable. .;. .^.?j^ j &Dij{>n JfipHtKNix: WhBt; ?o^ tltif: erjyjtor.tf fcfce Unitm f/crdldyptftfkft by making the following ?I'l'WMO'^ Ffjday robbing's issue: "Tfe^.CQttOn arcrp of -the Boutb in I860 waS about tbreo million (3,000,000) bales. It was for tbo year eudiug August 3l< 1374, fourvrdfllfoo'(4:000,000) bales, an in? crease of- ootr- iniliiou bales, L? not this simple statement worth a vu}utue bf argume'uts in proof olI the superi ority of freedom, aver slavery ?" Now, air, we should greatly like to know whether the editor of the U.-^ll. is really ignoruut of tbe subject whereof be affirms, or whether, on I be con trary, be is informed himself aud is seeking willfully to mislead otbors. In either event, be is cot just the man to writo for <be information uf tho pubiio Evi ry tyru even ought to kuow that tbe cotton crop uf I860 wait by far the litrgest crop ever produced iu the United States. Tho ceusiia re? ports give tbo production uf that year at Jlcc million tbreo hundred uud eighty seven thousand uud fifty-two bait s. Iu viow of the facts of tbe case, we see that bis simple statement is worth just nothing at all, (unless it be us a proof of either bis own iguorunco or of bis determination to suppress tbe truth,) for tbe simple reason that said statement is utterly devoid of tho one all-important element?truth. We have frequently seen it .stated during the lata four years?once iu 1871 by a no less important per souago than our lute illustrious Representative iu Congress, lion. K. B. Elliott, iu a speech deli? vered in Cooper Institute, New York, that free labor is producing bettur crops of all tbe great staples of tbe South than was ever produced by slave labor; and, now the sapient editor of tbe O-B, cornea to tbe front with b reiteration of the falsehood. He say.-,: "We take tbe great staple of cotton us a specimen, and we infer that the in crease of tbe other productions bos been in the same ratio." Let us see now how tbe case stands witb "tbe dtber productions." We begin with Indian com, the great stuff of life with tbe laboring millions. Tbe Southern States, excluding Delaware, raised, iu 1860. 433,607,490 bushels of this al? most iodispenstble orop. In 1870, tho same States produced 315,100,193 bushels, a falling off of 118,501,297 bushels. Of wheat, tbe Smtheru Stutes produced, in 1860, 49.1G6.7U1 bushels; in 1870, they produced 50. 152,166. Again, in 1870, of 981.465 bushels, Missouri, witb a colored popu iatiou of only 118,071, against ;i white population of 1,603,146, or uu'y one negro to every utue whites, iuoieased her : wheat production by more than 10,000,000 bushels, thus fbowing u falling off iu tbe balance of the South? ern States of more than 9,UU0,000 from 1860 to 1870. Of rice, which is ptodnced exclusively iu tbe South, the crop of 1870 whs 73,035,021 pounds, against 187.1117,032 pounds iu 18(50, and 215.313,497 pounds iu 1850. Here, id a tailing off of uenrly two thirds of tbe rice crop from 1850 to 1870. In "our owu beloved State," where there were, iu 1S70, 126.000 false us perjury itself. Those who make these assertions an? either wilfully ig more negroes than whiles, the ric-? production fell from 119,100,528 pounds to 32.311,825 poiiuds, from lb?O to 1870?.t falling1 off of nearly three-fourths. In 18G0, the South raised 375,266,09-1 ponuds of tobacco, aguiust 206,524,789 pounds iu 1 70?h j falling off of nearly onu-balf. Of inugui, the South raised, iu I860, 230, ! 932 hogsheads, against 87.043 bogs I beads for 1870 ?a falling off of nearly two-thirds. Here are the statistical facts iu re? ference to tbe great leading produc? tions, as given, not by Democrals, but by Republicans, iu the service of the United States, and tbey show that tbo assertion that free labor produces the great staples of the South iu greator abundance than slave labor did, is false as perjury itself. Those who make theso assertions are either wilfully ig? norant, or eise they lie, witb tbe deli? berate design of deceiving those who ure innocently ignorant. Perhups thesu worthies bnlievo Forney's lying assertion, that the ignorance of tbo nutive whites of the South "is denser than that of tbo population of the worst quarter of any eity North of the Potomac;" aud that "were it not that the Soiit Ihm n whites havt a convenient contrast witb their uegro fellow citi? zens, their illiteracy would be posi? tively black." And it may be that, presuming on this iguorunce, they have concluded that there is uu danger that their lying representations will be exposed. If so, let them be unde? ceived iu this particular. ARGUS. -, ? ? . Unconstitutional. ?Judgo Carpen? ter has made a decision declaring tbe Act of tbo General Assembly, approved March 3, 1874, unconstitutional. Thin Act provides that tbo poll tax for tbo fiscal year of 1873 shall bo appropri? ated to tbo payment of tbo school cer? tificates of 1872 and 1873, leaving open, inter alia, a wide field for edue itionul speculation. Uy tbo Act of March 19, it is made- a felony for any officer to apply a* tax levied and collected for ouo year to^ the.indebtedness of any other year. The decision r^csts, however, uot upon the conflicting provisions of the two AotS, bat upon the ground that the Legislature has uo right to divert u tax levied for a specific purpose aud year to any other. - Deskktinu thr West.?Tht) Chica? go Inter-Ocean xuya "evidences of stag? nation in business an; abundant ! enough, but ouo of tbo most signifi? cant signs iu Ibis direction is the tide of emigration, which is now turning Eastward with a rush never equaled since tbo depressing days of lf57." wJ)M . ?.??? * TfesfeiStor OoNci'iiT or f He^RTABoriie RBfiUNrV- Association ok ?rNoiiro?k SPoarirONEU.?Our readorW will utsL ^qffiijMfri ?.rVrnrtinnmnnt iu another cn Uttio* that IIh> grand gtfi coooe? wcicli was to have been grrbii by-toe Masonic Belief Association, uf Nor? folk? Vtt., on the ttJ ot September, has been postponed until Thursday, tbo ldtb-ot November. ? ? -As tbo director* reinurk iu . tbeir mini, there hretnauy-persons wbo de? sire aud iutend to invest in.this enter - prise, but have been deterred from so doing by the'belief tbat a postpone rnent would take place, uud thoy were uu willing to purchase tickets until they felt us.sured that a day Imd been tiled when the drawing would positively take place. Iu oou.s( queuco of this Impressum, tbo na!u ol ticket*??vhilu iuruo'y in ?Z'jese of the uumbtr sold previous lo the postponement <>f tin first gift conceit given by the Uisociu lion?bus iR?t b mu to such an extent as to unable the directors to uiakc u satisfactory distribution of prizes or to accomplish tbe ubjsut of the coucert proposed to bo given. It is, there? fore, the. iutere.it of nil concerned, that tho drawing be deferred until tho day designated m the auoouuoemuut; uud wo doubt not that tho action of the directors will meet with the hearty up provul of their patrons, uud that tho result will prove satisfactory to them. Tue Last Giiand GiFr Concert in Aii> of the Masonic Relief Associa? tion of Norfolk Postponed.?To the Public: Iu selecting the 3i day of Sep lumber as tho date upon which to have thoir last gift concert, the Directors uf the Masonic Belief Association were influenced by the belief that there woald bu a suflicieut length of time between the publication of the aobeme aud the above-mentioned dato to eua b!e them to dispose of such a number of tickets us to insure a full drawing and an avoidance of scaling tbe prizes. While the enterprise has been liberally patronized by a large number of pur? chasers of tickets iu every section of the United States and tho British pro? vinces, yet the impression seems to huve prevailed, with many, who were wilhug to aid iu the work of complet? ing the Masouto Temple in this city, by investing iu this scheme, that the concert would he postponed, and, us a consequence, they havo declined to purchase tickets until an announce? ment, should be made that u day had been fixed upon when tho drawing would positively take place. Tbe Di? rectors, being assured that their pa? trons will be satisfied with tho reasons actuating them iu making a postpone? ment, have selected Thursday, the l'Jch day of November, u$ the time to bold their second grand gift coucert und drawing, and they hope that orders for tickets will be sent immediately by till who desire to obtain one or more of tho valuable cash prizes which they oiler. The public may bo contideut that the auoiu fairness and honesty which characterized their Urst drawing n i 11 bo observed iu this. BOA BD OF DIRECTORS, Masonic Relief Association. By El en ni V. Mooiik, Secretary. .. Anniversaries of County Bihlo So? cieties will occur ns follows iu South Carolina: Grornvillo city, September ?; Picken? Court House, September 13; Wulhulla Court House, September 20; Anderson Court House, September 27; Caunlen and Ksrsbnw, ntCuroden, October 11. The Sumter County bible Society will celebrate its fiftieth uuui vursary at tho towu of Sumter, Suu duy, October 1, it being the first Sun? day in October, at the Baptist Church. The President has advised Secretury Bristow to withhold for tho preseut any contemplated change iu tho mat? ter of making a new appointment, in place of Supervisor of Internal Reve? nue Cobb. of North Carolina. The ru rnoval of Col. Whitley, as onief of the aeoret service division of the Treasury Depart pent, wus determined upou to? day, Fred. Martin, who sailed from this country . short time ago, having iu charge a >ra? 100.0U0 young shud, intended for tho streams of Germany, writes from on board tbo steamer, that tbe fiih all died of starvation, und uu other attempt would bo made to trans plant shad from American to German walers. I Think of the whole South in n ?tute i of starvation, and tho people depend? ent ou charity for their daily broad, und sumo idea may bu formed of tbe vuHtUCSS aud the horrors of the great famine now ulliiotiug India. 8.000,01)0 of natives are said to bo wanting tbe ueccssaric-s of life. Tho terrible sod bloody "conflict of races" at Wucooeheo Valley, Ala., bus turned out to be another story of "three black crows"?it was only, som. thiug us black us a crow." No? body was killed, or even hurt much, us , far us in certai ned, und only one church , was burned. Tue "Pkess OAOOUll" G-qqeo.?Re? turns of tho election iu tho Second Congressional District of Vermout an- j uouuecs the defeut of Judge Poland, father of tho iniquitous "press-gag" I luw, passed at the lust session of Con gress. Trim Davis, the deaf mute, eon of Davis, manager of Variety Theatre, ktllcil Win. Bird, policeman, in Jae.k ly's circus, the other night, in Cincin? nati, by shooting him to esoapu ar? rest. Remarkable Suicide?Mrs. Jona? than IJoluien, ati old lady seventy-one years of age, living in Jones County, ] Ga., near Clinton, deliberately blew , out her brains with n shot gun, lust Monday uigbt. The now Synagogue iu St. Philip street, Charleston, was appropriately dedicated on tho 31. The Presideutj is Mi. P. PiukiiHflouu. '?At CueVokee./A?fcama, f**WG*fu vo|)ng Rafters, aim W the Tb^nflMartJ shud, war&W and instantly kiflfcd by Jotyu Mfi/foekjll sob of tba Circuit Cdtyrt CttrkV ut^Taacnmbia. \ t-1 \i Cfru.'rr "nl; 13. Y?UDg was defeated io tbe oumiuatiug convention of tbo 7th Congressional District of Georgia, on tbe 1st instant, by Hon. L. M. Trammelt.. 'Col. John D. Wylie haB been nomi? nated for tbo Senate, and B. F. Miller and John B. Irwin, Esq , for tbe House of Representative*, tu Liueas ter. Tuesday night, in Jersey City, New Jersey, Heury Liohman, while enraged at bis wife, beat her ou the bead, causing fatal wounds. Tbe brutul bus bund was urrosted. Gjv. Kellog, of Loniniana, baa is -tied u proclamation, offered a reward of UDO a head for all tbe persons implicated in the Couabutta affair. The railroad barbecue, at Spartan burg, on the lUth, will be u most in? viting feast. Thomas Lesesne, a very worthy co? lored man, died iu Charleston, ou tbe 2d iust. Mrs. Mury Glenn, Mrs. Sarah Langs t mi and Mrs. Mary Wilson, of Liureus, Hied last week. A colored woman, uamed Daphne Piuckuey, fell dead iu Charleston, ou tbe 3d. There was a slight fall of snow ut Omaha and Salt Lake City on tbe 2d. Funeral Invitation. The friends and acquaintances of Miss LOULA MOORE, Mr. J. A. Moore and family, Mr. S. H. Blodgett and family and Mrs. C. E. lined and family, are respectfully invited to at? tend the funeral services of tbe for? mer, at tbe First Baptist Church, THIS DAY. at 2 o'clock. Eilale Sale. By JACOB LEVIN, Auctioneer. ON MONDAY MORNING, September 7lh, at ID o'clock, 1 will sell, iu trunt of my oftlco, 2 tine cream-colored HORSES. 1 double Carriage (now.) 1 superior Baggy and Harne??. 1 Wagon and H&rnoea. ;t superior Milch CoWs. STOCKS, ?l ?karoa COLUMBIA GAS LIGHT. 15 shared Broad River Uriilgu. 3 shared Cburlotle and South Carolina Railroad. ?> shares GraonviUe Hailroad. K?pt5 2 Miss E. W. Barnwell .??w WILL re-open her SCHOOL /Ofo FOR GIRLS on October 1st, e^ii3B*eiioruor of Plain and Marion ^4fl|?^fgstreets. French and Latin or yawdoimau taught without extra Or chargo. Hon. lt. W. BAllN WLIjLi will assist iu the School. Terms ? 15, SI aud f!l per mutilh, or $12, $10 and $3 per lpt1 rter. Hent 5 omti* The Principals OF the COLUMBIA FEMALE ACADEMY, JANE H, REY? NOLD:] and SOPHIA M. REY? NOLDS; will be prepared to receive Boarding untl Day Pu? pils, aa usual, on tbe lit of Oc? tober. For circulars, apply to tbe Princi? pal or at the Book St?res iu tbo city. *?pt !V J?* NEW CODFISH, New MeBs Mackerel, a NO FULTON MARKET BEEF, all fresh A ami line, op?u this morning, at Kepi 5 1 OaNTWELL'S. FALL STOCK i\W OPENING* D. EPSTIN'S FASHIONADLE Clothing House, Un ter (Join min a Hotel. 'YlIIEniuat popular styles of tbe Bcason JL in Meu'ri aad Boys' HAl'S aro now ready, among which are the "Granger" and "Torn ?ollins" Hat. Magnidcont stock of Furnishing Goods, &C Arriving every day. Look out for bar g-tiiiH thin season, as I am determined to maintain thu standard of Meiling tbe BEST GOODS iu tbo market at the LOWEST P It ICES. BALANCE OF SUMMER GOODS will bo sold at a SACRIFICE, in order to cloee them out aud maku room. Call early for thi in at 1). EPSTIN'S, j s. pt "< Under Columbia Hotel. New Church Music Book Foe is 7 1-77?. THE LEADER! By II. R. I'ai.mf.b. assisted by L. O. Em er so?. JUS 1' iiuuod and ready for sale. Its mie cosa already assured. Its price is a return to ante-war Church Book rates and its contents now, freah anil cannot tail of winning a hearty endorsement from choir maulers- -tbo mutdcal profession and tho muiical public. Spojimon pages froo on application, i'lllCE ft 3H. $19 00 pkk doz. RIVER OF LIFE, FOR SAUUATI1 SCHOOLS. A sale of over 80.000 iu less than one yoar attests tho merit of this book. Tho publisher* aro confident that no better Sabbath School book has been published In yecr??, and nono given such entire satisfac? tion. Price35 els. B'de; $8.00 per dez ; $30 per 100. THOMAS' Sacred Quartettes and Anthems. This day ptibliahod. Has been many years in preparation, aud will bo welcomed by all tbo lovers of Mr. Thomas' sacred music -and who is not one? As a quartette hunk lor choirs, it will bofouud indispen? sable. Price in boards. *2 60. Cloth, $ 5 00. OLIVER Dl ISDN .V: CO., Boston, OHAS. II DISTON .V CO., Sept 5 Tlaw 711 Broadway, N. Y. jfprr?" STbttehb.?Subscribe for the P?tcnixS T Pat. ejpccis to soup tbe balance of hb turtj| to-day. -Transient advertisements and no? tices must be paid for in advance. This rnle will be adhered to hereafter. Mr. Henry Collins, a capital artist in crayon drawing, expects to pay a short business visit to Colombia. Tbe Columbias vrere defeated by the Ku Kluz Bisa Ball Club in Winnsboro, yesterday. The SCO re stood 20 to 32. We can look baok opon August and say with safety, "take it for all in all, < wo will never look upon its like again." Mrs. O. E. Rsed leaves for tbo North, this evening, to purchase ber fall stock of millinery and fancy goods. Many who had on their over coats yesterday week, August 28, bad on their linen yesterday, September 4. Tho Spartanborg New Bra has de? parted for tbe happy Camp grounds of Radicalism. SiO what Mr. D. Epstin has to say relative to the fall stock of clothing, etc., he is now opening. It was se? lected under his personal supervision. We have been requested to say that tickets of admission to the Sohnetzen Verein eutertainment (except mem bers) are Si. "What is more unpleasant than al? ways expeoting to be douued?" asks an exchange. Being dunned, we I think, is. . , ., ^ Who pays foe tbe gas consumed iu tbe Court House during tbe numerous and almost nightly gatherings held there? If our oity authorities will oast their eyes ou certain portions of our streets they might find several evils whioh ought to be oorreeted. Are you aware that 15 cents pays for a week's subscription to the Phxe mix ? and yet many individuals com? plain that they cannot afford to sub? scribe. When tbe year commenced with March, September whs iu reality the seventh mouth, but now the name is a misnomer, as are' also the names of October, November and December. Old type metal?aqperior to Babbitt for some purposes?can be obtained at Phoenix office at low figures?25 cents a pound for fifty pounds- br leGs; 2C % cents for larger quantities. Tho ante room of the Governor's office was the scene of a set-to, yester? day, between two colored politicians. Oao of them was tossed across the room?very nearly damaging some o: the lookers-on. They were separated bufore any serious iojary was done Ph<esixiana.?Modern rod of cor? rection?Stick of candy. Is "steuliog a march" worse than tuking a walk? la the morning, think what thou hast to do, und at night, ask what tboc hast done. No manners are so fine as the most awkward munifeotations of goodwill toward men. A hoary bead is a orown of glory, but a small tooth comb goes through it all tbe sama. A young man who got the mittet, from his sweetheart, the other night, i says he can now endorse what the poet' said about these being "the melan? choly days, tbe saddest of the year." List op New Advertisements.? P. Cantwell?New Codfish, A c. Oliver Ditsou & Co.?New Music Misses Reynolds?School Notice. Jacob Levin?Estate Sale. D. Epstin?Pall Stock. Miss E. W. Barnwell?School. Walker, Evans & Cogswell. Hotel Arrivals, September 4 ? Wheeler House?J Jenkins, Ga; Mrs J U McDevit aud child, Edgefield; E G Williugham, Ga; G Schult?, N Y; F B Evans, W Phillips, Pa; J D Gregory, Miss; J Armstrong. Md; W P Rassel!, Charleston; CAW Barbara, N C; P Brown, city; A B Trent, Ohio; GW Fisk, NY; L Zimmer, Charleston; D E Gosnoll, Md; T II Cooke, Green- i vtlle; W P Starko, S C. He.mli i.s House? John J Taylor and wife, A S Barnes, Guston Eatman, Charleston; A S Lamier, B A Slovall, Ga; L W Perrin, Abbeville; O Smith, Hard Sorabble; S P Boozer and two children, S Boozer, Miss Lila Boozer, Newberry; J S Jones, Ga; B S Quattle bunm, Lezington. Central Hotel-B H Rice, Mrs B H Rice, W W Rico, F W Eison, Union; Mrs W W Duncan uud three children, Va; Miss M A Wallace, Miss; Hon G Cannon, Spartauburg; G P Hoffman, Doko; L P Loring and wife, Sumter. Charleston to the Front.?Among our new advertisements, is that of oue of the oldest establishments in this State, established in 1832, it has maintained tho first place in its line of business. With largo experience and unsurpassed facilities, Messrs. Walker, Evans & Cogswell are prepared to sus? tain tbo reputation of their establish? ment. Liko A. T. Stewart, tbey be hevo in newspaper advertising, and take this means to unuounco that tbey huvo, tnis season, added very largely to their stock of type and muchiuery, and are better prepared than ever to please their customers. Wo wish them every success. ^ SH