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COLUMBIA, S. C. Saturday Morning, Kov. 7, 1874. The Coming Fair. Through tbo courtesy of Mr. James M. Crawford, we had the pleasure of a drive through the Fair Qrounds and adjoining raoe oourae, yesterday morn ing. The plaoe looks revolutionized siuoe we last saw it. The Secretary's office is bright and iuviting, with a new coat of paiut, und a new, strong fence on the street, neatly white? washed, ia a ploaBaut exohango for tho old dilapidated one. The grand stund is reoeiving a ooat of whitewash, the grounds have been graded, the various Btalls, sheds, stables and lots for the reception of stock are all in ordor. The main building is beiug prepared inter? nally for tho articles which are to be displayed in it. Mr. Crawford hau fitted up an urt gallery after an im? proved style. Everything about the grounds begins to fi el tho change and look attractive. A trot round tho race course showed the truck to he in capi? tal order. Articles uro beginuing to arrive. The efficient Secretary, whose hand is ever ready to carry out the conclu? sions of his quick aud discerning judg? ment, aud whoso experience has been iouud bo valuable iu all our agricultu? ral festivities, is expected to arrive this evening, and enter upon his work. Everything betokuns a good fair, aud the stook exhibition is, wo understand, likely to bo quite fiuo. Next Tuesday, the 10th, the Fair will open, und we take occasion to Bay a last word to ex? hibitors and visitors, that they may govern themselves accordingly. Every? thing is in readiness to receive their Kontribution^. Let them now pour .in, and, farmers, come yourselves, and bring your wives, daughters und sous. Merchants, meuhauics, laborers, urtistu and student?, welcome all! Wo hopo to see a crowd?a real, live, good-sized 2rowd, aud everybody and his wife en? joy theui&cives. -?-??-> The Army of Northern Vlrgtntu. During tho recent Fair week in Richmond Virginia, members of tho army of Northern Virginia held a re? union, aoucludiog with a banquet, an interesting account of which we read in the Richmond Dispatch. These old heroes of the grey are as accomplished in the arts of peuce us they were formidable iu those of war. They treat the dread issues iu which they played so importaut a part with a temper, a discretion, an enlightened judgment, which are beyond praisd. Aotive in th# field, wise in council, patriotic and self-sacrificing in doty, now that years havo pubt siuce they sheathed their swords, they come forth from their re? tirement none tho less oonoerned in ihe problems of government, uud none the less devot od to great princi? ples for which they contended. On the occasion to which we refer, Qeu. Fitz Lee presided with ready wit and easy grace. He pleasantly in? troduced the evening by telling an anecdote wbioh some of his friends had enj >yed at hia expense: "An old firmer," be said, "who was a devoted adhereutof tbe cause of tbo Confederacy, uud a firm believer in its ultimate success, was very startled at tbe rumor that Lien. Lee had surren? dered, und most indiguuntly denied it. At last there came along some men who said tbey were at tbo surrender, and offered to Bbow him their paroles. This puzzled bim, and he scarcely knew what to say, uutil at last a bright idea struck htm, and he triumphantly exclaimed: 'Ohl I know how it is; it is not Gen. R. E. Lee who has surren? dered, but that fellow Fitz Lee, and I nm not surprised at anythiug be does.' And so, continued Gen. Lee, you must not be surprised at anything 'that fellow* may say or do to-night." Gen. Kemper, the Governor of Vir? ginia, handsomely responded to the first toast of tbo evening, embodying tbe glowing sentiment of Gen. Lee, worthy in its compass of thought and terseness of expression to .compare with any apothegm of Aristotle or Ba? con: "Virginia?As grout iu peeoe os in war, she is teaching nations that 'hu? man fortitude is equal to human ca? lamity.' " To the .sentiment that "fortitude and fidelity now are us honorable and bo coming to the survivors of the army of Northern Virgiuia as were their chivalry and oourugo iu wearing the grey," Geu. Eirly made characteristic response, in tho courso of wbioh be entered, but not bitterly, into tho merits of some statements in Gen. Joe Johnston's narrative. In showing who are tbo survivors, ho insisted that there are two deaths?ono of spirit and ono of body?aud that tho mau who dies in spirit is "deader than those who have died iu body." . , He said a word also about tho "for? give and forgot" spirit inoulcated by his gallant friend, Qen. Fitz Lee, ranging Tiimeelf' beeide one of the great fathers and lights of the early ohnroh: "It is very bard to forget, ho 6aid, and we cannot always do bo wbeu we wish. He would like very much to forget 'Appomattox Court House,1 but, nnfortunatoly, he is unable to do ro. In referenoe to tbe duty of forgiveness of enemies, he thought tbut ouo of the conditions was Unit they (should re? pent. He bad receutly derived great comfort from reading a suyiug from the eminent St. Chrysostoni: 'I love my enemies, but I hate the enemies of my country and my God.' Ho could cordially adopt this exegesis of tbe doutrioe of love to enemies." Generals W. H. F. Lee, Liudaay Walker, James A. Walker, Bradley T. Johnson, of Maryland, Robert Ran? som, of North Carolina, and others, agreeably filled up tho pauses of the evening with patriotic uiid stirring ad? dressee, which we have fouud to be pleasant reading. "Wit, humor, and good fellowship," says tho Dispatch, "reigned supremo." "Many memories of the camp, tho bivouac, the march, and the battle, were recalled, aud nothing disorderly or unpleasant marred this most de? lightful re-uuion of Lee's Veteran?." ?ix mouths before the belching of the guns of Sumpter any one would have beem deemed a fool who pre? dicted absolute war. 1 Philadelphia Press. This may be all true enough; but tho war is over now, aud why do you seek to renew the bitterness of secticn ul bate by spelling Sumter with a p? -1 ? ? ? The Election*?Its Fhauds, Arc.? The election for this Couuty, which took place ou last Tuesday, so fur ns order und quiet was concerned, passed oil to tha entire satisfucliou of all lovers of peace, but as to fairness and honesty ou the part of ut least one polling precinct out of tho four at this ? place, thore were perpetrated tho most glaring fraudo. At preciuct No. 1, at which E1?B Thompson was Chairman of tho Bourd of Muuugers, tbe election law was set utterly at defiance; first by said prcoiuct beiug opened a full hour before tbe time designated by law. Tbe law says tho polls kIiuII be opened at G o'clock A. M. The pulls were opened at nuid box, and voting com? menced at ? o'clock. The law was set at defiance, or utterly iguore !, in the secoud place, by eaid Tuompsou, in his refusal to have his box pub? licly inspected before opeuiug tbe polls. Ho was requested, by quiet, orderly uitizous, in a calm uud cour? teous manner, to let his box bo opened for iuspcutiou, but he refused, uud persistently reTuaed?the box was not inspected at all. But this modol "manager" aud lit tool for auy dirty political work, pro? ceeded, even before the first streak of dawn?aud, as above stated, an hour before the time designated by law?to take in the votes of the "newly en? franchised," and by half-past 6 o'clock there were polled at this magioul box, "No. 1," the astounding uumber of 490 votes, ?uly &3? votes in aii during tbe whole day were polled ut this box, 490 of which were takeu iu the short space of ouo hour and a half?all Ra? dical. As soon as tho evidences of fraud were made so manifest at this precious box, "No. 1," no Conserva? tive would deposit his ballot iu it; uud even the decent colored voters?a part of whose religion it is to vote tho Ra? dio il ticket?who knew of the alleged fraud, shunned it us human nature is wout to shun a vile aud poisonous rep? tile, uud went to other boxes hard by. LLaurensville H.ral:l. What tub Noutixehn Elections Said to the CuATTANOoGEit.s.?To the political harlots and uupuuished rub? bers and murderers of States who wore iu conclave at Chattanooga, it said: "Back to your dous of infamy and lairs of uuoleauuess, ye hypocrites, plunderers aud deceivers; crawl iuto your boles, ye political vipers, whose slimy trails have marked aud blighted the fairest lauds Heaven's sun ever bkoue upon; hidu your guilty heads, ye defumors of the Amme m name, ye fomeuters of civil discord, blood uud rapine; sueak from the pub lio gaze, ye political publicans uud Pharisees, ye miserable prostitutes whoso harlotry has turned to a by? word and reproach the very name of republican government, uud whose damnable crimes have retarded tho growth of the nation half a century, aud heaped a thousand millions of tuxes upon a burdeued people I" These wero the thunder tones that c imu from 5,000,000 of freemou on Tuesday lust, as interpreted by their votes, aud they have only warned the 11 ulie.il leaders before they smite them with u baud oucased iu iron mail.?Pittsburg Post. Tin: Nation's Loss ?Iu one of B. F. Butler's late invocations to his con? stituents for a renomination to the House of Representatives, he recounted tho imaginary outrages of the white leaguers iu New Orleans, uud asked, "What wiil the South do if you re? fuse to return mo to Congress?" That interesting question must now he an? swered. The terrible emergency sug? gested by Mr. Butler has occurred, und it remains to bo eouu whether the South can bo kept in the Union with? out the aid of Butler. It is a pity to lose a man who lends so much grace, dignity and honor to the councils of the nation, but uncording to the old saws, what's douu cun't be helped, and whut can't be oured must be eudured, und republics are proverbially ungrate? ful. An Affray.?It ia oar unpleasaLt duty to report a difficulty that occur? red at thia place ou Wednesday, the day after the eleotiou. It was between two young men from Spartanburg aud two colored men from Columbia. Tbe oauoe of thia difficult; we have not been able to ascertain, but understand that it wan altogether personal, and that politics bnd nothing to do with it. It resulted in tbo wounding of the two colored men slightly, and tbe arrest, by tbe military, of tbe two young men from Spartauburg. Two other young men, citizens of thia County, were also arrested by the militury as partici? pants, one of whom wus ufterwards re? leased. Iu this connection, we will uud fcuul the militury made the urrests before the civil authorities even hud uu op? portunity to uct. If we have been cor? rectly iu formed, the Sheriff was at his dinner :it tho time the difficulty took place, anil that be never as much as requested tho aid of the military. Neither did the municipal authorities have time to uct. It is proper to state, further, that tbe two young muu who were arrested made no attempt to es? cape. Wo have, heretofore, enter tamed the old fogy notion that the military was subservient to the civil, aud only to be cillvd upon when the civil authorities had exhausted proper efforts. But wo do not propose to comment upou the matter at this time, We give the facts to the world, and they uro truuipet-tongued of them? selves. ?Luurensville Herald. Rubber Over-Shoes rou Houses ? This is a recent invention, which pro? mises to be a boon to the equiue iu hubitauts of paved cities. Tbo shoo is made and liued iu a precisely similar munuer to the urlicio of apparel worn by the human race, and, iu fuel, pro seills no points of difference save in its shape and its manufacture of tho best quulity of Iudia-rubber. It is de? signed as :i substitute for the irou shoe, und as a means of preventing the many maladies to which horses' feet uro subject. Horses sufleriug with Cracked or contracted hoofs, ami simi? lar paiuful hurts, it is said, arequiekly cured by tho BubslitittiOQ of tho rub? ber coveriug for the unyielding metal shoo. Too elasticity of I ho former al? lows tho hoof to remain iu its natural shape,.while protected from abrasion against pavements by the heavy rub? ber sole bcne.it h. The device is easily removed from or put ou the hoof; uud hence, while standing in the stall or turned out to pasture, the horse may be left bare-footed. Iu winter time the coveriug serves as a protection agaiusl illuess due to the common practice of mingling salt with the ice and snow in city streets, while the roughened surface of tho rubber be? neath serves to give the animal a foot? hold in slippery weal her. As compared with irou shoes, the cost of the rub? ber oue is about one-third more, und their weight is some forly per cent, less, while they are very durable. Sixteen sizes are manufactured, so that accurate fits may be obtaiued. ? ?-? Foul Murder?A Brutal Scene in the Streets of St. Paul, Minn.?Jas. Lick aud bis wife were attacked ou tho streets by George Liuchteu Schlager aud Georgo It ipp aud wife, who evi? dently hud been lyiug iu wait for them. Mrs. Lick was brutally mur? dered on the spot. Mrs. liapp and her husband tbuu attacked Mr. Lick, the former being armed with a knife aud tbe latter with a tinner's soldering iron, and after knocking him prostrate they placed him face downwards in a small creek, and Rapp stood on him to hold bis face in the water until he was strangled. They were frightened off by approaching footsteps, uud Lick was picked up insensible, and may yet diu from bis wouuds. All the assassins were cupturcd. ? ? The Milk in the Bismarck Cocoa nut.?The Berlin correspondent of tbe New York Herald bus obtained the grand secret of tho Von Aruim-Bis marck trouble' Here it is: The Em? press Queen, the Crown Prince uud tbo Crown Princess of Germany want? ed to abate Prince Bismarck, who is a noisy, impolite mau, aud to put Count Vou Arnim over htm. Princo Bis? marck got wind of this project through an attacbee devoted to his cause iu tbe German embassy iu Paris. Therefore, he recalled Count Arnim, and then in? stituted legal proceedings iu duo form, assisted by the crown lawyers, politics beiug rather a grim game just now. ? ? ? Kerosene Drinker.-?Tho Chris tuiimburg (Vu.) Messenger states that tbero is a negro boy living iu Neport who will drink kerosene oil by the quantity whenever be oau gut it. Ho ! cruves it to such an extent that tbo family are oompoHcd to bide, not ouly the can which contains it, but even the lamps, ll'i has been known to drink half a pint at a time. The effect is similar to nrtmu whiskey; it produces u wild intoxication. Wheu under tbo influence of it be will light matches and bold them within his mouth, talk j idiotically, mimic ninn and beasts, und ' nets liko a frantic baboon generally. He goes by the name of Brandy. Poison Inoculated from a Dead Person.?Mr. Nowry Hamilton, uu undertaker, of Brooklyn, N. Y., re? cently disinterred the body of ono Mrs. ! Uyitu, and, while performing the work, I cut bis band. The injured limb came ! iu contact with the corpse, inoculating I poison into Mr. Hamilton's system, j developing at ouoo the fact of tbe pro I valence of blood poison, from tbe ef? fect, of which Mr. Hamilton is now suffering, with very faint hopes of bis recovery. The enemies of Butler probably think that "time at last makes all things oven." Looking Out for a Row ?Tbe United States Obief of Ordnance ia evidently anxious to take stock iu tbe next war that may be moving around anywhere. In his annual report, it seems he favors an accumulation of 500.?OO of the Springfield breech loud ingarm, aa admeasure of economy" and a "reserve in case of war." "Eve? ry year's deluy," he urgeH, "is fraught with danger," and "?u increase iu the appropriation for nrmiug aud equip iug the whole body of tbe militia is again brought to tho attention of Con? gress." Of course, it is right and prti deut to be on the sufe side, but ut pre? sent it is difliuult to understand what bus excited Geuorul Bunet. The At torney-Quccral, who is now special I'om niuuder of the at my aud uuvy, may have been givicj him some of his high military inspiration ou the streugtb of Merrill's reports from Louisiana, und Hester's from Alubimu, or McDowell's general report, which oouveys the maddening intelligence that within twelve mouths oue Uuited States sol? dier bus beeu slightly injured by the detested Southern while tilUU. If it is uu outside war, well may we ask, "Where is tho enemy?" Probably the manufacturing interest involved vs also in u highly excited, uud prophetic hu? mor, uud ??OU.OO? a year for eight or tru years would prove extremely nootb iug and pacificatory. The Average B.muiei. ?Ho is in u .state of perspiration und is greasy; he wears a paper collar; bis lingers are pudgy and iiis nails are iu mourning, evidently* for some near relation; lie suips und snips away, pinching your ears, nipping your eye lashes and your jaw until you think he must have cut off euuugh hair to lill a mat tress. He always stiys: "Shampoo, mi?" to which you pay, "No," und lie nays, ?*J5:I, sil?" to which yon reply. "Nu!" Two octaves higher, "Head's very dirty, sub;"' to which, if you have experience, you respond: "1 always have it so," and cut oil* further debute. But he bus his revenge. He draws bis tiugers iu u pot of axle-grease, scented with musk and age, uud before you cau di? vine bis fearful intent, smears it nil over your head, and rubs it in until I you look like an animated gun swab. Then he showers weak hay rum down your buck aud over your shirt, inge? niously arranges your locks in a way that would tu ike Socrates look like a [ thunder blasted idiot, uud collects his stipend with uu air of virtuous cuude- i scetisiou. Am you put your hat on, you ' uro assaulted by a small boy with til large brush, who'punches you in the ubdumeu with the straw end, raps your j ribs with the haudle, uud conducts Ins | movement- with sucli musterly strategy j that you must full over him or pitiably bribe him with tcu cents to let 3*011 out. How ia it that git Is cun always tell a married man from a single one? The fact is indisputable. Bluckwood says that "the fact of matrimony or bache? lorship is written so legibly iu a man's appearance, that no iugeutiity cuu con? ceal it. Everywhere there la some in? explicable instinct that tells us whe? ther an individual (whose name, fur tune and circumstances are totally un? known) ba or bo not a married tuuu. Whether it is a certain subdued look, such as that wbieb characterizes tbe lions in a menagerie, uud distinguishes 1 them from the lords of the desert, wo cannot tell; but that the truth is so, we positively n?irm." MaTWMONV and PuilQATOltY.?A priest who was examining u continua? tion class iu tho South of Ireland usked, "What is tho sucrutueut of mutrimony?" A bright little girl ut tho head of the class answered: "A state of torment iuto which sowls enter to prepare for a better worrnld." "That's the auswer for purgatory," said tho priest. "Put her down fut of the class," said the sub deacou. "Lave her alone," retorted the priest, "for, anything you or I know to tbe cju trury, sba may bo perfectly right." ? If the old inun will iusist on taking u smoke after going to bed at night, tbe sooner the house is insured for twice its value tho more complacent will be the feelings of the relatives who stand by wbeu tho lireuiou hunt urnoug the ruins for his bones.? Detroit Free Press. A trunk checked for Chicago ut tho depot, yesterday, had tho following iu scriptiou pasted ou it: "For Heaven's sake, play light ou this trunk. All I've got is iu it, and every cent in my pocket I must speud to get a divorce from a shiftless husband." I Troy Times. Ou Tuesday, from Massachusetts to Texas uud Florida, tho people assem? bled to enforce their coiupluints; a free people mot to execute the will of freemen as lightuiug does the will of Ood. Aud they havo spoken with uo uncertain sound. And Butler?the great Republican 1 commoner?to-day there tiro none so ! poor us to do him houor. His politi i cul course is run, and he drops from I public life, amidst the shouts of a hap i py people, with a blackened public uud I private diameter. MottTAIilTY IS PlIUj.VDEMMIIA,? ' There were "278 deaths 111 Philadelphia I lust week, a decrease of 8 from the 'previous week. Of this uumber, -J I i died of consumption, 11 from disease I of the heart, scarlet fever, 12; typhoid 1 fever, 10; and diphtheria, 8. A lady halber bus been driven out : of Dubuquo by the married ladies of : that place. The latter thought she ' scraped ncquaiutuucu too easily. David Martin, convicted of the uiur ' tier of little Willie Carter, is to bo j hanged iu New Hanover County, N. jC, on December 18. We woudor what Ben. Butler thinks t about the third term? City Hitters.?Subscribe (or tbe Phcknix?dn't borrow. Dry aud maty agiio, and rain would be more thai welcome. ^ Tbe "crokers" prate of agae and fever weatheinoW. "Apple-plcy" ia now tbe fasbionu blo uilment. The fostiviruoj-qnito returnod for a brief season nth the warm weather. How to bid u girl out?call when sbu isn't in. Broken sidwulks abound in various portious of tb. city. Judge Carpnter bua recovered from his recent injncs aud sickness. The gun rsll ? takes place at tbe Wheolcr llous to-night, ut 9 o'clock. The little lol s aro already begiuuiug to look uuxiouly forward to Christ? mas. Tho Governor has appoiutcd E. N. Clurktjuu Trinl Justice for llicbluud County. The official reuru of tho recent elec? tion Will not hi made bcforu next -iL'tiesduy. Mr. Nast wil hive a Quo opportunity for a fresh cutoou. We respectfully suggest a "lidd wtve." Good advice tu these dry times for beads of futuilis lud girls?look out for your sparks. There is ou cjmfort?fushious change, but wtnuu do not change with them. The alarm of ire at G o'e.ock, last evening, was oouetTuy tho explosion of oue of tbe oil imps put up by the city. Apples are nut uly most serviceable us mere mall, rs ul nutrition and food, but aro exceeding? valuable for their medicinal virtue-'. llov. B. M. Palusr, of New Orleuus is lu this 011 v, am will preach at tho Presbyterian Churh to-morrow morn? ing uud evening. Au honest old ferner, ou being iu formed, the other uy, that ono of his neighbors owed hie a grudge, growled out, "No matter, b never pays any? thing." It is too bad thatgirls should ruin | their hair by wearig so much false stuff, when the niajnty of tbem have enough of their on to make :i pretty display. A grand rally of to friendi of Mr. Chamberlain will beiold iu the House of K.'preseutatives o Tuesday next. Mr. Chamberluiu, Jdge Muckey, At torney-Geueral Multu und others, are expected to address to meeting. A writer iu Scriinr thinks it im? proper for a person I say "exouae my glove," ou shaking Uuds with a fel? low being. If this vriter bad been pursued for a week r two by a man with u sbot-gun, for tglecting to make this sim[ lo requett.te might change I bis opinion. These aro "hard ti es," yet tbe va? rious admixtures of 'due ruin," "dia? bolic giu," "taugle iot" aud "fusil oil" remain uualldctoi and the steady old tipplers bud it a ratter of no little difficulty to keep u their regular "nips," while a good pi uro "bust" is totally out of tbe queaon. Mlle. Zoe ?This Cubuu sylph, ussisted by a strongcompuny, will open au engagement t Parker's Hall, on Monday evening, to 9th instant, concluding ou Ttiesdayiigbt, tbe 10th. Tbo pieces selected forthese occasions ure, "The Ereucb Sp" and "Esme rulda." Tho ourugment, though brief, wo believe vill bo a great suc? cess. Mile. Z jo ioms to u3 with tbe highest praise roo press and peo? ple, und, as elsowhro.wo have every reason to believe be season of tho troupe berewill be <no jf pro Lit to tbe manager and ontctukiment to tbo people. Her actiugwai bo pleasing to the peoplo of a towi in Nevada, and so up to nature, tut Mile. Zoo was presented with o silvr brick, enclosed iu a substantial case or better preser? vation. You cau see tbim tvory day when you pass by, and . ghnce ut tbem sa t is ties you that thy ire fresh Haiti* j inoro sausage. Bojgiag, also, of any ' circumference and length desirable, j Their fruits aud seuouable vegetables j are full and eomplet in stock, tempt j ing to tbe eye tindpleasiug lo tho I taste. Apples, orabes, and other ! fruits, nuts of all kindtcabbages, .vc, ? are kept constantly iu ft) supply. Tbo I cheapest pindars in tow. Then, tho I ooufectionery department.0uies in for ? a share of your attentim There is ; no use in specifying tbo iweet things ?just call aud see there especially ; thoso barrels. Oysters, fre?h from J Wilmington, constantly oiband. We had uearly forgotten to ty that all ' these articles are found iu fofusion at the store of Messrs. Hofuan <fc AI breoht, a few doors below ie Pnossix office. By His Fruits Shall You Know Him. ?Tbe election is over, and the Boceeesful parties are rubbing their hands in glee over the fruit? of tbe victory; but tbat fades iuto iusigoiS oauce, when you tickle your palate with nud smack your lips over tbe fruits of tbe earth at Mr. McKenzie's; pears from California, of golden lino, apricot", green gages, preserved gin? ger, &o. Aud theu to think that dur? ing Fair week, hot or cold, rain or shine, you can get oysters in every style, ice cream, ?fco., at tbu saloon at? tached to the coufectiouery. Hotel Arrivals. November 6 ?* Hendrix House?G U Niekelsou, N C; D McCliuch, Philadelphia; Miss H McKiin. Camdeu; E E Sill, R A Powel, Kershaw; J S Gunnels, Rich laud; Jules Strauss, Charleston; F P Sbeltou, Uuiouville. .List ok New Advertisements. B. Visunska?Watches, Jewelry, etc. H. & S. Beurd?Auotiou Sale. At McKenzie's?California Pears. Mile. Zoe?Parker's Hall. Aguew ?fc Sou?Mince Meat, etc. A Card to the Masonic Fraternity and the PuiJLIC in general.?The following card from tho Secretary of the Masonic Belief Association spoaks for itseif. The drawing will tuiio place without doubt: Office Masonic Relief Association, Norfolk, Ya , Octuber 3U, 1874. At a meuiiug of tbe Board of Direc? tors of the Masonic Belief Association, held to-night, the following resolution was. udopted: Resolved, That we give to the public our oUiciul assurance that our Grand C-ift Concert will positively be held oa tbe r.ltb day of November, 1S7A, as previously appointed, and will, under no circumstances, b*- postponed. (Signed) HENRY V. MOORE, Secretary. M ELANCaoLY Circumstance ?Pri? vate r?bcau, of the Uuited States troops stationed ut .Marion, iu a lit of delerium tremens, lust Saturday moruiug, at? tempted to take his life by shooting himself with his rifli. Tbc ball struck bis left elbow uud bbuttered the bones, injuring the joint to such uu extent as to require amputation. Tbe operation was performed by Drs. Mullios, Price and Ellerbee. The putieut is doiug well. n "Come Home, Dear Nellie, Comb Home."?Nellie Grunt is coming home iu .January, of course. We suppose that an interesting eveut may be ex? pected about that time, und the young wife would naturally wish to be with her mother at such a season. More* over, a boy boru out of the Uuited States cannot be President, and it is well to look forward to even distant eventualities. The Election.?The election passed off quietly at this place ou yesterday. The whole number of votes oast at this box wus 729, the largest ever polled. The Conservatives worked manfully, uud it is conceded that they have carried the County by a hand? some majority. Green received 319; Chamberlain 375. Kershaw 351; Wal? lace 375.?Lancaster Ledger. Sudden Death.?Mr. John O'Neill, a young man, iu employment at Riddock's saloon iu Market street, near Meetiug street, Charleston, died very suddenly, between 11 aud 12 o'clock Thursday, from the effects of a sudden tit of coughing. His health hud not been good for some time. United States District Court, No? vember 5.?The court met at the usual hour, Judge Bryan presiding. The petition of J. A.* Euslow & Co., for voluntary bankruptcy, wus heard. The judge sigued the order of adjudication, und referred tho petition to Registrar Carpenter for further action. "Frederick, Md., is exhibiting a jackass with the gift of speech," says tbe Cincinnati Times. Frederick is unquestionably a very enterprising ' towu, but there are thousands of towns that will tell her that her exhibition is I nothing new. The number of Chinese students in Massachusetts aud Connecticut is now upwards of sixty; and will soon be one hundred. These "Emperor's boys," us they are called, are allowed about 3709 a year for expenses by the home goverumeut. Nover iu the history of politics has this country scon such a wonderful - political revolution, brought about peacefully, as occurred Tuesday, in more than one-half of the Stales of the Uuiou. Mrs. R. B. Game died at her resi? dence, iu Marion, rather suddenly, last Thursday. She was a most estimable Christian wife and mother. She leaves a devoted bnsband and nihj interesting uud uilectionate children. - Miss Barto, a young lady living in Osceolu, Pa., was impelled by curiosity to search a male friend's pockets. She drew out n revolver, the hammer of which caught iu the cloth, und she was shot dead. Ouce again uuder its proud colors, tbe Democratic party has triumphed. A very large majority of the . 'joplo of I the United Stales has voted for its candidates and endorsed its principles . Wo feel authorized iu auuouuciDg that Gen. Graut will not be a candidate for a third term.?A". Y. Herald. He will "leave this to tho people," Mr. Herald. Mr. Jamos Calvert, a worthy citizon ot Spartauburg County, died near Walnut Grove, ou last Friday, in tho eighty-third year of bis age. Now we shall havo time to hear more about tho Beecher scandal.