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COLUMBIA, S. C. Sunday Morning. October 18, 1874. Tb? KeantiiR of tbe Umf EUctiona, The first reports of the results of the recent eleotio&s have been folly con? firmed. In the Southern States of West Virginia and Arkansas, the for? cier remains true to its faith, and will ?leofc a .Democratic Senator in plaoe of ?oreman. The latter in a vote of 105,000 kas given 75,000 for the new Constitu? tion aod the Democratic State ticket. In North Carolina and Georgia a few weeks ago the Democrats swept every? thing before them. Texas was long ago redeemed, and no farther question is made there. From the important central Western States of Ohio and In? diana oomea news of a political revo Intion. Ohio has advanced the Demo? cratic majority of 1,000 a year ago to 20,000 now. Indiana has placed a olear D*emooratio majority in its House of Representatives, there being in it fifty ?one Democrats and nine Independents to forty Republicans, and in the Con? gressional delegation has made a gaiu of five Democratic members, there be? ing eight Democrats to five Republi? cans. It is a significant and instruc? tive foot that in those last named States the successes gained have beeu gained upon no side issuos, nor by their aid. The contest was ono between the Democrats and the Republicans pure sad simple, and indicates the tendenoy to dispose of all third party move? ments, and to gather every element that may avail for either into the two (broad main-streams of national poli? tics. What are we to conclude from theso astounding results? What were the -matters in issue in these groat and -populous States? Senator Morton, the Westorn apostlo of hato towards the South, bore his banner of "Southern outrages" and of "intimidation of colored votora" into every preoiuot in these two States. He raised the rally? ing cry of disaffection and rebellion in the Sooth, and sent out his circulars to the local Republican press to give "as great prominence as possible until after the election" to the tales of vio lenoe and bloodshed that wore reported to prevail in that section. Bat these fabaloaa horrors did not avail him; and with all his powers and all his ex? ertions, he could not persuade the people of their truth, or of their over? whelming importance to them. Closing ap their ranks, patting behind them -their Liberal Repablioan predilections and turning away from their favorite ideas of .cheap transportation, and all /the blessings and comforts which their .-cherished grsflge has promised, they .gave the ranoOrons Senator snob, an vamawer to bia sectional appeals aa asoasts to rebake and condemnation. Slou .cannot be forever misled, and they naturally tire and tarn away in ?disgust from the too long proffered food of malignity and misrepresenta? tion. The prejudices engendered by the war have been kept alive beyond their natural term by persistent ose of artificial stimulants. Bat these do vices appear to bo losing their power, and a profound disgust has en? sued for tho ooanselB of hate, and will, we hope, soon pass into enduring form. Tho povsrty of this poo? isscs has been summarily rebaked. It is the single plank npon whioh the Radi? cal Republicans), ia the wreck of their fort a nee, essay to reaoh land; and if we mistake^ not the., temper of the American people, it will be buried soon beneath their just indignation, carrying to the political boarne from whioh no political traveler returns, the shams, hypocrites, libellers, and monBters.wbo have huddled themselves .together npon it. -?? Oood Advice. The Nation, in an article of conspicu? ous justice towards the Southern States, presents some considerations well worthy of boing pondered by them. It points to the remarkable fact that the Republican party is not agreed npon any great questions o! /prominenoe. It is divided, it says, on the oarrenoy question, has no policy at all on the transportation question, nor on the tariff question, nor on the oivil aorvaoo question, nor on the third term question ; and with regard to every thing except tho neoessity of oooroive measures towards tho Sooth, and for its own retention of powor for the pur? pose of oarrying them out, its utter? ances are vagao, uncertain and declam? atory. The moral whioh tbe Nation would draw from this is plain enough. If the Southern whites, it advises, do not wish to supply ammunition to their worst enemies and to make tho roign of their oppressors perpetual, and to para? lyse the exertions of all those at the .North who are trying to establish a better regime, they will do what they oan to disoountsnauce and prevent all attempts to procure redress or revenge by force. This the Southern people have done ?nd will continue to do in the future. Tbey are perfectly aware o* wbat st?nde behind the vile carpet? bagger aid io l?wag, and are gratified in believing that the people of the North are beginning to open their eyes to the weakness and wickedness of the government who has so long protected them in their corruption and wrong. Halting in the A?hm of the Past. There is no question of a "Black Oode," that we aro aware of, to be pre? sented to the voters of South Carolina at the ensuing eleotiou. The Union Herald bus discovered something which it designates by this opprobrious term, which was once fur baok io the dim past, considered, and, as it says, passed in a general Act in this State. Will the Herald please give us a treatise ou original sin, or tbe persecution of witches in Massachusetts? It would be just as appropriate as its stago thunder on a defunct and forgottuu oode. Will it also study and profit by the following passage, from an article in the last Nation, entitled, "Some Considerations for both North and South:" "There is one thing, in which the treatment of '.be Southern problem, by a large proportion of the Republican press, is without excuse, nnd that is, the amonnt of attention they bestow on the consideration of 'what might have been' at tho South at the close of the war. Whenever you oall the at? tention of a large olassof writers to tbe evils of negro rale, they tell you that it is the fault of the white men, who ought, at the close of the war, to have taken the negroes at once into their oonfblenae, and have bestowed equal rights on them instead of passing biuck codes. There is uo doubt they ought; but if they had, it would have beou an act of almost superhuman wisdom. To expect anything of the kind from a so? ciety like that of the Southern whites at tbe close of the war, with their training, h tbits, education, experience and mental and moral condition, was ridiculous; and it was doubly ridicu? lous on tho part of those who bad been most aotive in depicting tbe evil influ? ences of slavery. What I he Southern whites tried to do with tbe emunoipa ted blacks was the logioal and natural result of their situation, ohnraoter and I antecedents. Tbey aotec as slave? holders beaten in battle ought to act. j We got angry with them because they did not act as the members of tbe anti I slavery societies would have acted, and we have treated tbem ever since as we might treat Wendell Phillips if we had caught him trading in negroes. In other words, we are furious with the South because the obvious and inevi? table facts of the situation are not suoh as we should have liked. It is, how ever, with tbe real South?the South as slavery and tbe war loft it?that we have to deal, and not with tbe Sonth as philanthropic imaginations at the North dream of it." j Oodes indeedi Give us some news of the fl. jod and Noah's ark. Launch out into a critioism to show that it was not built as well as a Yankee could have built it. Tbe New York Tribune says that as a campaign war cry tbe Southern out? rage business haB proved a very bad f-iilare. The people refuse to inaku fools of themselves by getting exoited over it. The Tribune asks if the Ad? ministration people can't start some? thing else. Is the light of the victo? ries of Tuesday, won since our contem? porary asked the question, we should say they would have to start something else, nnd that very soon, if they ex? pect even to "save the pieces" in No? vember. ?-???-? i Caupet- B Aoo kils .?Oeneral Hau dal 1 Gibson, a well-known lawyer and poli? tician in New Orloans, and late of tbe G. S. A., rooently made a speech, whioh has been received with muoh favor. Touohiug upon " carpet-baggers," bo thought that was a vile phrase, and preferred tho word "plunderers." Continuing on this strain, he Buid : " The mon who fanned this strife were not all born North?some of them wore natives of this soil, and he was opposed to any term of reproach being applied to a man simply because ho oamo from abroad or from a different State. [Ap? plause, j He was hostile to its uso, be oanao the person to whom it was given had come here only with a carpet bag. It was not the clothes, tho wealth, or the birth-plaoe of a man thitt entitled him to respect; it was his character; and it was because he know bow much this oity and this State had boon bouo fltod by men from other sections who had arrived hore with no other posses? sions but their own intellects nnd their own strong energy, that he ehould for? ever antagonize anyand every effort that Bbould savor of an attempt to discrimi? nate botwoea mon because- of the lougth of their residence here, precise? ly as ho should disoountenauoo any dieorimination between mon beoauso of their nativity or of tboir religion." 1 Loud and continued nppluuso. j From the Ohio returns it would ap? pear that the Northern people do not place all their oonfidonoo in the South? ern "outrages" that occur so regularly jQBt before eleotion time, Mb Editor: To your paper of the 14th, I made the point against Mr. J, T. Sloan, Jr., that while he might pos? sess the kind feelings of the Conserva? tives, be woald reoeive bat little aid from them. I stated that he teas not a representative man, either as a repre? sentative of the Columbia bar or of the tax payers of the County. In this I was not influenced by any uu kiud feelings to Mr. Sloan, personally, but as a matter of principle, that repre suutativos of the tax payers should themselves bo payers of taxes, and in direct opposition to the statement nude by Nash and his friends, tbat by suoh a nomination tbey bad made con? cessions tu the Ouuservutive element, which claim J. as well as many others, can never admit. Wheu a candidate in plaoed before th? community for their suffrage*, bis record becomes a Ut sub? ject for discussion. This his ' real friends or himself cannot attempt to deny. A writer, however, under the signature of " Ooe Who Expeots to Pay His Taxen," and who bus no more interest in tho welfare of the State than Moses or Patterson, without at? tempting to ref uto my assertion, replies to me by abuse and innuendoes, on myself pornouiilly as well us my mo? tives. I replied to tho effect that his un? truth fulness was only exceeded by bis scurrility, and as he bud villified me, I retorted by describing the kind of man I supposed him to be. Iu this I missed my aim, like many gunners out of practice, aud shot u buzzard wheu I expected to shoot a turkey. A friend, looking over my shoulder, suggests tbat it was a turkey buzzard I killed, aud I accept tho amendment, apologiz? ing to the real game I supposed I aimed at. As I have never raised the questiou as to a oomparison of Mr. Slouu with our representatives for tho past six years, I ojubt be excused from raising new issues started by Buoh an individual who rests under tbe imputation of untruth/'ulness. I can gain no credit iu a controversy with a man of such associations, and whose only merit lies iu his expecta? tions. Tbe game is not worth the pow? der wasted, and I tbiuk he can make moro money by writing up Patterson, Moses, Chamberlaiu, Nash, Minortuud Cadet Whittemore, than by volunteer? ing his services where they uro so little appreciated. He would, uo doubt, save some un? pleasant troubles at tbe gubernatorial levees which tiro to be, if he would solre the question why Nash, Miuort, or Sloan do not havo tbe nominations in tbe Union-Herald. Is Cbamborlain, Melton, Whittemore, and Elliott bet? ter than our County representatives that are to bo ? What are your expecta? tions in that matter? Are you a Greene and Delany man? If you are not, what business have you poking your nose in white men's victuals ? TAX PAYER. France Arming.?Orders are said to have been given to proooed immedi? ately with the manufacture of the now musket, model 1871 (system GraB). Those weapons will only be construct? ed in tbe workshops of the State; pri? vate firms will not be called upon to assist. The calculation is that in about a year a million of them will be made. Then only will the new arm be placed in tho bands of tho soldiors of the ac? tive army, and the men of the reserve and the territorial army will be drilled in the management of this musket. Tbe chassepots will bo withdrawn, and ihey will be altered to tbe new pattern. France has at present 1,800,000 of thorn. One year will be necessary for tbat transformation; so that by adding 200,000 new ones-to be constructed in the interval, tbe Minister of War counts upon possessing, at the end of 1876, 3,000,000 muskets (model Gras), with a store of 250 metul cartridges per weapon. The mauufactoro will afterward be oonttnued on a normal scale, and in proportion to the re? sources of the ordinary hudgot of war. Tbe news concerning the artillery is no less satisfactory. Franco will have at the end of the year 1875, 491 bat? teries of six cannon eaoh, of calibres five and seven, with iron carriages, the pieces in bronze, breech-loading, on tho Reffye system. The results of them are excellent, aud events may bo awaited without apprehension. But from tbe beginning of next year, the oonstruotion of bronzed cannon will be abaudouer1, and those in stoel on tho Lahitolle system will be adopted. Tbat motal is obtained at Le Crousot, and the composition and the make of ft leave nothing to be desired. [Journal de Paris, Sept 23. Pardoned.?"His Excellency the Governor bus pardoned Georgo W. Feastor, sentenced to fifty years in the penitentiary, for the orime of rapo, at Nowberry, November term, 1873." Feastor is a oolorcd youtb, who was sent to the penitentiary oouvioted of two cases of rapo?(twenty-live years for eaoh offence)?oue upon a colored ohild whomo became near torturing to death. We are also told that ho at? tempted to rapo a colored woman, old enough to be his graud-motber. What, plea bus tho Governor for pardoning so groat a criminal ? Should it not stir up tho just indignation of all good citizens?especially our respectable colored citizens, whom ho has so out? rageously offended ? \ Newbcrry Progressive Age. Fkib.?Wo regret to learn that on Wednesday night, Mr. Robert Simon ton's gin-houso and press were con? sumed by lire, with fifteen bales of cot tou and two head of cattle. Mr. Robert Sloan lost 11 vo bales and several colored mon lost cotton also. It is not kuown how the fire originated. [ Winnsboro News. Subscribe for the Pucenix. A SlUaUIiAB OCCURRENCE?A CHILD Strangled bx a Oat.?A stracge oo oarrenoe took place a few mornings since in the family of Mr. Silas Dolo way, engineer in Baboook, Fuller & Ow.'s new hat factory, who ocoopies J. W. Cautield'8 house, on Mulberry street, in this village. Mrs. Doloway is accustomed to leave her babe, a little girl four mouths old, on the bed up stairs while ehe does her morning's work in tho basement, from whore she oould easily hear the least noise. On the morning in question, she heard tbe little one crowing as usual, but finally noticed that the sounds ceased, and shortly after hoard a strange, gurgling noise. Supposing that tbe child had got its bead uuder tbe bed? clothes and was suffocating, she run up stairs to see about it, und found tbe houee-cat with its nose in the child's month. The child was stran? gled black, and was fighting feobly with her bauds. Sbo caught tho child and shook It several times, when it caught its breath, und came out all right. In a few moments moro it would probably have been ttruugled to death. Mrs. Doloway bad to poll the cut off tbe child, so eager was it to remain. It bad a paw on either sidu of tbe child's bead, aud bad its uusu pressed deeply into the child's mouth. Tbe cat was instantly killed. [Middlelown [N. Y. ) Mercury. The following was tho conclusion of Judgo Randall's recent charge to tbo Breatbitt County, Ky., grand jury, where tbo militiu now are: "Gentle? men of tbo Grand Jury?I say to you and to tboso who may be affected by your action, that I will not be bound from giving every man brought before me a fair and impartial trial, according to tho best of my abilities ; no con? sideration whatever shall induce mo to screen a guilty party; and in conclusion, allow qiu further to say, that if there are any of you afraid to make tbe stutoment required of you us grand jarors ; if there are any of you afraid or unwilling to indict the most power? ful man in tho County ; or if there are any of you unwilling to indict a frieud or relutiou, I want such of you to stand up. aud I will now discbarge you. Again, if thorn are any of you who feel that us against ceitniu persons or parlies you would bo disposed to screen them or bunt up excuses to keep from indicting them ; or if there be any who ure nuprepared from any cause whatever to discharge your whole duty, 1 want yon to let in_ know, that I mny discharge you also. Tho record shall give you credit for boueaty in acknow? ledging yon have not tbe moral courage befitting a grand juror, and your places filled by men who have tbo nerve und disposition to vindicate tbe law." The New York Nation, the ablest of the Republioan journals, bus fully ex? amined tbe statistics of Southern out? rages, and, giving the facts and fig? ures, shows that in those Southern Status in wbioh the whites, in virtue of their numbers, bold the State govern? ments, thero in as much order and se? curity for blacks as whites, while in those States in which the blacks have the majority, or the two races are near? ly equal in numbers, there is constant disorder and violence. "Tbe meaning of this," tbe Nation concludes, "isthat the whites are restive under tbe rule of poor ignorant negroes, led by North? ern thieves, defaulters and adventurers, and try in wild and lawless ways to get rid of their oppressors. It furnishes a complete answer to those who say tbo negroes cannot trntt tbe whites to gov? ern them." McRDER IN BuiiKB Go?NTY, Ga.? Deputy Sheriff H. V. Lester, of Burke County, brought to the city, by tbe Central It olroad train, yesterday after uoon, two white men, father and eon, named respectively T. L. and Goorgo Stolnuker, charged with tbe murder of an old rn?u named Wm. Henry Chance, white, near Waynesboro, last Wednesday night. The Stolnakers and Gbanoo were employed by Mr. N. Bullurd, on bis plantation in Barke. Chance, it is said, discovered that tbe Stolnakers were stealing corn from Mr. Bullard, and informed tbe latter of tbo faot, nud it is supposed that tbo Stol? nakers killed him through revenge. Chance wbb called to the door of his house last Wednesday night, fired upon with a rifle, and killed instantly. [Chronicle ami Sentinel. A Millionaire Becomes a Pauper. ?Wo find in one of our exchanges a sketch of one Francis Laoroix, a Frenob octoroon, who, boforo tbe war, was tbo fashionable tailor of New Or? leans. He became a millionaire, and retired from business. Tbe war di? minished his revenues, and then came the carpet baggers, whose tax bills be? came larger and larger every year. At length his taxes amounted to 875,000. He could not pay them, and his pro? perty was sold and gobbled up by tbo ravenous carpet-bnggors. The million? aire ia now a pauper. Attomoy-Gonoral Williams deoido9 that it is tho duly of tbe United States authorities to ouforoe every Act of Congress, and Congress deems it ils duty to enact any law it may deum " appropriato" to tho condition of tho Southern States. Why not recog? nize at once that there are no Southern States, that all power over tbo South? ern people is in Congress, that the .States uro blotted out by tho fourteenth amendment as interpreted ? Ouo hundred aud fifty-nine bains of cotton woro sold in Rook iiiil last Sat? urday, at prices ranging from I'd,1..' to 14 cents per pound. On Sunday night, tbo Ith inr>t., tbe gill-house of J. W. Bradford, in Su inter County, was destroyed by firo. Tbe first flakes of snow of the sea sou fell in Now York on Wednesday, Consumption Can Be Cubed.? Sohenok's PulmoDio Syrup, Sohenok's Sea Weed Tonio, and Sohenok's Men drake Pills, are the only medicines that will cni" Pulmonary Consump? tion. Freqi ci. t!y medicines that %vil! stop a ooogb will occasion the death of the patient; 'hey look up the liver, stop tho circulation of the blood, he? morrhage follows, and, in fact, they olog the action of tho very organs that j caused tho oough. Liver Complaint nnd Dyspepsia are tho oanees of two-thirds of the cases of Consumption. Many persons com? plain of a dull pain in the side, consti? pation, ooated tongue, pain iu the shoulder-blade, feolings of drowsiness and restlessness, the food lying heavily on the stomach, accompanied with acidity and belching up of wind. These symptoms usually originate from a disordered oondition of tho stomach or a torpid liver. Persons so affected, if they take one or two heavy colds, und if the oough iu these cases be suddenly checked, will lind tbe stomach aud liver clogged, remaining torpid aud inactive, and al? most before tbey aro aware, tho lungs are a mass of sores and ulcerated, the result of which is death. Schcuck's Pnlmonic Syrup is an ex? pect mint, which dors uot contain opium or anything calculated to check a cough .suddenly. Schcuok's Sea Weed Tonic dissolves the food, mixes witb tbe gastric juices of tbe stomach, aids digestion and creates a ravenous appetite. When the bowels are costive, skin sallow or tho symptoms otherwise of a: bilious tendency, Scbcuck's Mandrake Pills arc required. These medicines aro prepared only | by J. H. SoHENCK & Sou, N. E corner' Sixth and Arch streets, Philadelphia, and arc for sale by all druggists aud dealers. Oct llfia An Autumn Suggestion.?Now, as j heavy fogs arise and searching winds commeoco to blow; now, as tho human body, exhausted like inanimate nature by tho heats of summer, begins to wilt uud droop; now, ero tho inclement weather makes its trying onset; now is the time for a preparatory course of | the best acclimatizing medicine in ex? istence, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Fever and Ague is rampant iu all parts of the country. Quinine, tbe I physicians admit, will not quell the phase of the disease whioh at present pervades tho entiro West. It is well j that it is so, for the remedy (so-called) is deadlier tbau tbe malady. But if I uuiuino is inefficient in intermittent! levers, Hostetter's Bitters is irresisti? ble. It would be safe to make a con-1 tract, uuder heavy penalties, that any giveu "fover-and-ague district" should be exempted from the disorder for any partionlar time, provided every inha? bitant would take the Bittcia accord- [ ing to directions during tho term of contract. There has never beon an in? stance in whioh this sterling invigo rudt and anti-ferbile medicine has j failed to ward off tho complaint, whon taken duly as a protection against ma? laria. Hundreds of physicians have! abandoned all tho oQioiual specifics, aud now prescribe this harmless vege? table tonio, and nothing else, as a pre? ventive and oure for all tbe forms of obiils and fever. Vigor No tho thing most needful iu these oases, as well as | in dyspepsia and nervous affections, und Hostetter's Bitters are the safest, surest and most wholesome strength? ening preparation that human skill has yot coucooted. (JlDjf! Business Necessities.?In these | days of progress, most enterprising firms use every means of putting their names before thoir customers. In no way can this bo more conveniently and attractively done than by using Printed Letter Headings and Bill Heads. Thoy have come into such general use by Merchants, that one seems old fashioned who does not use them, and the custom should be generally adopted by the Country Merchants. Walker, Evans & Cogswell, Charleston, S. C, furnish Letter and Bill Heads of all grades, and at tbe most reasonable prices. Send to them for samples and prices. By the woy, Msssns. Walker, Evans & Cogswell are getting up and selling like hot cakes, somo excellent books for our Merchants. One, the Merchants'Cotton Book, for keeping correct accounts of purchases and shipments of Cotton; tho other, the Merchants' Bill Book, for readily knowing how the payments on their customers' notes and accounts stand. Both books are exceedingly complete, aud answer the purposes exactly. 017 ? ? Fubctigott, Benedict<fe Co., Charles? ton, S. C., are offering ouo of the j largest stocks of Dbt Goods and Car? pets in the United Statos. Parties in want of the same will 6ave from 25 to to 30 per cent, by ordoring from (hem. They aro prepared to send samples on application. All retail orders over $10 will be sent free of charge to any part of the Southern States. Bemit by P. O. Ordor, Express or Draft drawn to our order, or Goods will bo sent C. O. D. 017 Dratii op a Circus Giant.?A giant boy oonneoted with the Chicugo Cir? cus, whioh was recently traveling through Delaware, died of typhoid fevur at Fraukford. a rural village in Sussex County. He bad boou left there by tho company, sick and nnable to proceed further, without mouey uud among strangers, entirely dopendent upon tho charities of tho people there. He was, howovor, kindly cared for by tho poople uutil death relieved him. I Wheu laid out for burial ho measured seven foot four inches, Mr. James A. Hoyt has withdrawn from tho Senatorial oontost in Ander? son Countv. CiTT Matters ?Subscribe for the Phcemx?don't borrow. And jet the mosquitoes linger. The Greenville Fair is in fall blast, and baa proven to bo a success. A paper containing many fine points ?a paper of needles. "What shall we do to be saved" from dnll trade? Advertise. When sausages become dog cheap it is time to change boarding houses. Love without money is something like patent leather boots without solec. A severe thunder-storm, for, this sea eon of the year, passed over Columbia Saturday afternoon. Deaths in Columbia for tbe week ending the 17th inst., 7?whites, 3 ; colored, 4. Ibe "Beecher Smash" and tbe "Til ton Slings" are tbe latest in that line. Henry makes them. Transient advertisements and no? tices tnust be paid for in advanoe. This rule will be adhered to hereafter. Attention is directed to important obanges in tbe schedule of the Wil? mington, Columbia and Augusta Rail? road, published on our fourth page. The Eistern suburbs of Columbia were visited by a heavy fall of bail yesterday afternoon. Tbe ground in eome seotions is represented to have been nearly white with the hail. Governor Moses went to Sumter with the expectation, it is said, of be? ing nominated for tne Legislature on tiie Greene ticket. His chances in toia county were so elim that he concluded tu risk tbem no longer. Messrs. R. & W. C. Swaffield make their column bow to onr readers this morning. Tbey have expressed them? selves in language that we cannot add to. Read for yourselves what they say. The Berger Family, well known as tbe "Swiss Bell Ringers," always ?0 popular among audiences of intelli? gence and refinement, have entered upon their annual tour for 1874-'75, leaving their borne, Jackson, Michi? gan, on September 1st. The luscious vegetable known as the oyster flourishes luxuriantly at this season of tbe year. Tbey have been undisturbed during the summer months, and naturally ripen in the fall. They are gathered an apples are ?from the ground; and like apples, can be eaten raw, stewed or fried. Mr. Diercka has just received, and mil continue so to do, so long as profitable to himself and pleasing to his custom? ers, a supply of these popular vegeta? bles, and invites his friends to call and try them. Mail Arrangements.?Northern mail opens 6.30 A. M., 3 P. M.; closes 11 A. M., 6 P. M. Charleston opens 8 A. M., 5.30 P.M.;oloses8 A. M.,6 P. M. Western opens 6 A. 3f., 1 P. M.; closes G, 1.30 P. M. Greenville opens 6.45 P. M.; closes 6 A. M. Wil? mington opens 4 P, II.; closes 10.30 A.M. On Sunday open from 2.30 to 3.30 P. M. Photographic.?We visited Mr. Hix's gallery, and saw the new glace picture. It is the moat beautiful thing in the photographic way we have ever seen. Mr. Hix has bought the right for Columbia, as the invention is pa? tented. Mr. Hix has secured the ser? vices of Charles Coffin, an operator who has been at work for the last ten years in the leading New York galle? ries, as his assistant in the photo? graphic department. Religious Services To-Day.?Pre . byterian Church?Rev. T. T. John? son, of Canada, at 11 A. M. and 7 i_ P. M. Trinity Church?Rev. J. H. String fellow, at 11 A. M. and 4 PM. St. Peter's Catholic Church?Rov. J. L. Fallerton, first Musb 7 A. M.; second Mass 10>? A. M.; Vespers 4). P.-M. Baptist?Rov. Geo. Howe, D. D., 11 A. M. Second Baptist Congregation?Rev. A. M. Oar tied go, 11 A. M. Washington Street Methodist?Rev. W. D. Kirkland, 11 A. M. * Marion Street Methodist?Rev. S. B. Jones, 11 A. M., and Rev. R. C. Oliver, 7& P. M. Lutheran?Rov. Mr. Witherspoon, from Mississippi, 10^ A. M. Hotel Arrivals, October 17.? Col? umbia Hotel? A B Mathias, Charlotte; J F Numan, Charleston; F J Miller, Boston; G J Mills and wife, Savannah; Mrs Wiggin, Beaufort; G A Muffer, S C; J W Smyzer, Charleston; J J Ham ton, Ga; R Witherspoon, Sumter; W Spriukle, Charlotte; J MoElroy, Char? leston; A W Thompson, Seneca City; J T 8teole, Ga; Miss Barnohe, S C; W E Hayne, Jr, J E Tham?*3, D B Mc Lauren, Charleston; D W Sirapkine, city; O M Royster, Raleigh; W H Mo Laugblin, USA; WH Evans, Charles? ton. List op New Advertisements. R. & W. O. Swaffield?Clothing. P. O. Box 167?Wanted. W. P. Hix?Photographs. Knights of Pythias?Meeting. Columbia Lodge, No. 108?Meeting.