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Front the Chester Reporter. To His Excellency li. K. ??coif, Govci nor cf South Carolina : SIB :-lu aLteinpting, us au bambie ciliz? of the State of South Carolina, to address ti Chief Magistrate of thc Commonwealth, trust that 1 shall bo adjudged guilty of i trench ol propriety or of duty, since no o: goes further 'han myself in acknowlsdgji the Scriptural injunction, " Let every soul subject to the powers that be," so long those "'powers'' exercise their authority f the best in te? s ts cf the people. If, thei fore, any apoli gy be needed for ibis my a let it be found in, what seem s to me, the i gent importance of the subject which I wot bring to your notice. . Under our form of government the right " petition for a redress of grievances" is gu antced to all. Tue u grievance"' which ah ?form the them*-' nf this communication, is 1 recent actio:i ol the " Board of Equaliaatio The u duty" of this " Board," I suppose to r?gulateur '. equalize" the returns of pr erly throughout the State, so as tenscert the rate to be levied for taxe. Tiiissubj of taxatbn, or tba transfer of a portion the products of a. people, from their hands those of the government, is one of the m intricate and delicate in all the wide range Political Economy. How to devise a plau public reverr?r, -whic'a shall secure the e cien; administratioa of law, and at the Ba time, least embarrass the prosperity of State, is a question which has perplexed wisest statesmen in overy age and couol The essential point 'traill axation is the val VhuJi. th? mowcnCrt-4ffc?voK ?be tax paya! lost to him, and wbea,ft leaves the Band." thegovernment is lost to the world e'erna Taxation either deprives the payer of gratification be -might have in consuming product or prevents its increase ; for that p which is lost canuot produce to bim ag: The tendency of coarse, then, is to lessen stead of increase the -wealth of a people, t when pusued io an extreme, impuvcris . the individuo: without enriching a State. I tory furnishes examples of his fact. 1 object to the plau of taxation adop by this ''Board of Equalization," becausi is immoderate in its rates. From refont ; vertisc-ment of the County Treasurer of 1 County, I see the rate including County Ti is fixed at One dollar and five cents ($1,1 per hundred dellars. In the years of < highest prosperity, the rate varied from teen cent? to thirty cents per hundred dolli Now, with three-fourths of thc product capital destroyed, thousands ot the peo? bankrupt, and our labor seriously disorg: ?zed, the rate is quadrupled. Matt not t very greatly embarrass and retard n cap - tion? I'object to the pian of ?he Board I cause it d es not fall equally on ali class While the returns ol real es:ate have bo increased (JG per cent., being raided fri ^70.12? 020 to $125,181,088, the valuad ol' personal property has not b rcn augmet e.l ? Why ibis partiality towards person; ty ? Is tb re any valid reason why be who possessions consist in merchandise, bort bt"cks. Ac should pay less for the protect! and security- of hU property than ho who i veals in lar.ds and houses? It would see the part of wisdom mat ail taxes should ?j so levied as to do ihe least possib'e injury production. Then land, constituting as docs, an essential natural agent in thc pr ductiou of prime necessitie?, should ii' be heavily trammeled with burdeus of tax; lion. j. object to the precut system of taxatio becauiO.it discriminates m favor of thc negr race. Th? it We idlejto deny. Else wb tie exemption frcm taxation of more tba an average l&ouot of the only property usi ally o7.-nc/l>y thia race? And why the sn pcnaionAf lUe capitation tax? To the? questions there caa be but one answer : The negro shall have the benefits of the g e Dmeiit without coutribuling to their Ces 'i'jjjs distinction, I ?rgue, is in viola'.iou i ?Jie Civil Rights BUD _Jhat enactment co fcrs upr.n nil persons, equal legal and c\\ rights an? privil?ge*, or, as it is usually ten: e%" perfect equal tty before the law." The: * can b? r.o right wuhmu a parajhjl ii"' ? - riTM^-^^ - r.- -, u/. ?fe* .j - l?i;.,ccessariiy- the ci . ".iel- aOjPg Sfryi/?A_ * v^jnotopfitf-* -What seYVK " ^t?ifn reasonable than that be should tran fer to fife government some poi lion "bf th proceeds cf that industry, whose fruits thi government bas secured to him ? And win they who enjoy almost absolute immunit from taxation have, at the tame time', th autbority to impo-e taxes, (as*i> now the ct: - in S; utb Carolin;!), then danger is added ti illegality. Surely harmony and stability ar imperilled ia an)- government whose law makers hr.ve no sense of responsibility-ni community of interest willi those for whoa they legislate-their cupidity, and greed, ant vengeful tempers being the sole measure o their reckless extravagance. u They niaki heat'y burden; and grievious to he borne, anti bind iLcm upon men's shoulders, but thc\ ..viii not move them with o::e of their fingers.' 1 i nject io the '"Board of Equalization,' because its very existence entails upon th? Treasury of the Slate an additional, audi will say, a useless expense. 1 have not seer the Act authorizing tho '. Board," and de fining its powers and privileges, but I pre sume its services arc not gratuitous. 'lae valuation of all taxable property was made by Assessors, who were paid "thre< dollars per day for their services (?) and now, poor lc!iows ! atc to be snubbed by having their labors supervised, and the result set aside by a "Board," not one of whom, in al; probability, has ever visited one-half the Counties ol the State ! Again, th? action of this " Beard cf Equal ization." ?3 se?f-stultification. Their right to occupy this position must not be calleif in question in this agc of " liberty."' To this, then. I i:a-.c no objection to urge. But I do earnestly object to the low estimate placed upon the intelligence of our people, by an act having the solemn sanction ot law and authority. An attempt is made to hood wink nar people into the belief, that their tax3s ure lessened by increasing the estimated value o! their property, and decreasing tue ratio ol taxation in a corresponding degree. For ex ample, this Bjard" weald teach that it is easier to pay laxes on twenty thousand dol lars, at the rate of fifty cents for every one hundred dollars, than to pay on tea thousand dollars at the rate of one dollar fer every one hundred dollar--. Let me say to thc '' Board" thit their *. little g..me" will not succeed well. 1 be great miss of the tax-pavers whatever may be said of the vote;?-possess T? nur ^oii'-it'n/rt-nW**-UTTrtTrO*- trrr MI JCO ^?1 tisis shameful trickery. Why, thc veri st juggler would scorn such a sickly effort at ''slight of hand." Verily, th? cap-stone is :iow laid upon the monument of definitions reared on the phrase 11 height of impudence." Sucn arithmetical manipulations may flatter the vanity of tho " aboddyites" (of whom I rejoice to believe we have but few) who are always charmed wi'h the edu.' which even the appearance cf wealth may bring; but all right minded persons mu3t turn away with loathing and di-gust. and the blush of chame tinge the cheek of all who have a jealous regard for tho good name of the State. Shade of Hamilton, brood over these " finan ciers" ! It will not escape the notice of the careful observer that wLilo the Acts o?" Appropriation expressly limit the amount to be raided for taxes to $1,0.00,000, the rate levied by this " Board," (three fourths of one per cent) on the total taxable property ($464.022,342) will yield the sum of $>1,230.1G7,?G. The tax payers have a right to know what dispo sition is lo be made of this surplus. I enter a solemn proten against the con- '. duct of this u Board," because it is a virtual \ arraignment of the people of South Carolina upon r. charge " of perjury. All returns to Assessors were by law, required to be rr.?de on oath. Plainly, then, this increased valua tion is a declaration of false-swearing. The people of this County (Chester) are told that they M do things by. knives." ' The weight of ! the offence falls upon th"! poor people of j1 Orangeburg who, it is al'djed have told but one-fourth thc filth In no County have the ! people given "the truth, the whole truth" '. and against the State is made the "lumping" ; specification, that, like Ananias and Sapphira, - it ".kept, back part of the price." Thus ha? it been reserved for ibis " Board of Euuali- ' zatlon" to solve a problem in craneal Jaw J for which Edmund Burke con fess?*! himself ! incomp?tent wLcnhe declared^' 0 do not know how an indictment ca? be framed I against a whole peuple." To suui up. Jill j systems of taxation should be "such us are j most favorable to the formal iou of a healthy national morality. Whether this can be ac complished by a scheme which is excessive iu its ratio ; which is unequally di?tribut??l j which hinders production ; which discrimi nates in favor of an inferior race ; which frees from responsibility those who levy taxes : which is needlessly expensive ; which out- j rages good sense an 1 aims to commend itself i j by a resort to trickery : which transcends its I i self-appointed boundaries, ai.d finally charges I ? the tax-payer with a base crime. I shall not : I here argue :-to (lo so were a gross insult to j j your iutelligeuce. It may be said that the people of South : Carolina, having engaged ia 11 rebellion"' have I merited all these evils as proper punishment, j Are they still to be held as enemies ? or is it : by further injuries and oppressions they are ! to be won back? Ge; eral Graut and the j Boston .lulu lee say, " Let us have peace."' i How is il to be obtaiued ? j ? Io tho times of.the Roman Republic one j of the States revolted against the national j authority, but was compelled to ackuowledge I its allegiance. When the question of "re construction'" came before the Senate, there were tbo>e who clamored for confiscation, death or banishment of the leaders and op pressors rf the people. (See how history repeats itself!) A noble Roman Senator who had drawn bis sword against the refractory State said, "Treat the people as citiz.-His !n; To yon, sir, as the li loyal" Governor of South Carolina, is commended thc'example of this so c died u heathen." Af thc exponent of the party now coot rolling thc State, you are urged to u<e all the power and influence o? your oAicial position, for thc repeal ol this iniquitous i measure. Let the cross be lifted speedily I from thc shoulders of the people. Let them j no longer feel that they are strangers and aliens, in thc land of tht ir birth. Show them that confidence is reposed in their honor and integrity. Convince them that the power of the.Government is not to be used as an en pine of oppression and humiliation, but di rected toward their protection and happiness, and that their substance is not to bo wrung from them by exorbitant taxes. Let ihe axe be laid into the root of the tree of corrup tion and plunder which has struck its ro >ts deep into the vitals of our polity and, con fessedly, grows with luxuriance in ,: high place?." Theo may the animosities engen dered by the precut abnormal condition be healed, and al! our heart-divisions cured. Then nun- this dear old State of South Caro lina approximate the glory and beauty EO dramatically discussed in tb) recent letter ni Senator Robertson. Then may it realize his dream of the .. garden cf tuc world." Then ?nay it become '* Paradise Regained :"-till then it riiust remain " Paradise Lost." A CITIZEN. Chester, S. C., Juno. 30, 1800. From Europe? LONDON, June 2'.).-Thc Star.'commenting on the reported departure of Ryan's expedi tion for. Cuba, britts the circumstance to bear upon the claims now pending between thc Umtcd States and Great Britain, it says: We arc interested iu the conduct of the Unit ed Stan s Government iu this matter. Amer ica now stands in relation to Cuba exactly as Englaud did in relation to tho Southern Con federacy. Her neutrality lows must be thor oughly and ( ffectively enforced, or she will lose the hold she has gained on public opin ion, which insures a fair consideration of Al abama claims. The Alabama escaped un armed, with an ordinary merchantman's crew on board, aud ?e are justly held to have incurred a high degree of responsibility for the consequences. The departure of a parly of eight hundred men from ?few York, as far as can be judged from present accounts, appears to be au infraction o? the neutrality laws just a3 flagrant as the escape of thc Al aWua, and oue which could have been much more e?Kiy prevented/' DUBLIN, ?5qne 29.--At tlc meeting held 'ts; uigt*^? ufg? upon government the re lease Ol' thc Fenian prism. four thousand p.'ople were preseuL Buit-V TT--.--^'TOT*~ "^77 ?7^rr=a:?r-mbTnuti? of all true-irishmen ought to bo, ,; Bide you;- time ; put^your trust in God and keep your powder dry." ]t rh.-; Brit ish Government persisted in keeping these men incarcerated, all its professions of con ciliation would be useless. Williams, of Bun garron, declared the Fenian prisoners would not accept mercy. They demanded justice from ministers. lithe latter rel used it, ?ct blood be upon their own heads. Ho would not, however, advocate a resort to the sword, for that doctrine was now out of lime. -? -?- ? --r The iiettysburg Celebration. GKTTVSBUIU:, July 2.-Geutral Meade in a speech urged the decent burial of the Con federates. Senator Morton, the orator of thc day, in speakingof Cuba, said; "She is mak ing a bold, vigorous and, as we trust, a suc cessful tifjtt to throw off thc Spanish yoke and establish her independence." He als > said : " In the fields (?clore us are the graves of the read dead, now sunk to the level of the plain, unmarked, uuhonored and unknown. They were our countrymen, of our bio .:, language and history. They displayed a cottage worthy of a better cause, and wc may drop a tear to their memory. Thc news of j this fataj field carried agony lo thousands o! Southern homes, and thc wail of despair was heard in tho everglades and orange groves of the South." * -a- ? SUICIDE IX GREENVILLE.-Thc Greenville Enterprise, of the 30th ult., says : On Thursday last, Mrs. Mattie Charles, wife of Mr. J. J). Charles, of lins' county, committed suicide by cutting her throat with a knife. Thc cause of this most distressin occurrence, is -apposed to have boen tempo rary mental aberration, brought un by Borne bodily ailment, although the family wore not warned of her condition. She left her house in the forenoon of Thursday, and went some one or two hundred yards to the neighbor hood of the spring, taking her Bible with her. and the ki-ife. .She was seen from t'.-.c- h .us,' sitting reading. The eldest ol her two tittle children was with her. Her sister-in .aw had called to her to come to the house, {her husband nut being at home ;) as she did not regard the call, went to see after her, and discovered h?*r, after thc deed was comp ted. She hud written a not? signifying her design to destroy her Jif-_, and statuig, as a special reason, that she was not (ii lo rnie? 4n-? .;U;i.l???>s.~ i?-wfc t 'I norw ^d,l?Vn wart ?-j ed but a few yeats, and scented happy iu her marriage, was a lady of excellent character, and her melancholy end is most harrowing to her husband and friends. --.-?, ? - ?.*. THE <: UGLY CLUB."-This club of fun lov ers celebrated their first anniversary, in the University Campus, yesterday alterno m. A great deal of amusement waa . afforded, and many palpable evidences of wit were dis played by thc participants. We shall, in our next issue, furnish a full report of the pro ceedings. The following were thc awards: The Ugly Man (boots), Mr. Frierson; the Pretty Man (doll baby), Mr. Clark; the ha zy Man (a rocking chair), Mr. Miller, btu as he proved to be too lazy to call for his pres ent, it was rwarded to Mr. Norris ; the Baby (stick of candy), Mr. Wilson -, the Most Con ceited Man (a looking-glass, with which he could UPC himself at least eight times a day), Mr. Bryan j the Talented Man (a fool's cap). Mr. Spencer Mr. Thorn wei i was tho " ugly orator," and Mr. Wright the distributor of thc prizes.-Columbia S. S. Phoenix. A DANIEL COME TO J ino M KN T.-A color ed constable connected with Magisirate Mack ey's office, while eng.-tged in ejecting Francis Garrett, colored, a trespasser on the premises >f Mrs. Ann Francis, was resisted, and was compelled to use the full extent of bis au thority. He was subsequently summoned be "ore Magistrate Bench to answer the charge jf assault and battery, and tho latter refused :o take the bail of a city grocer and man of property, because he was not a freeholder, md thc constable Wa3 committed to jail. ! ' straw bail was for some time all the r/tt iu the I 1 Republican party, and at this late elate such ! 1 strict judicial integrity as the instance men- j ' ioncd above is quite refreshing-Charleston t ffews. I ] A Celebrity in Edgcfielil--01d John Brown's Right-hand Man; Little, probably, do the good gentlefolks o' Edgefield dream of the extent to which their ! fortunate county boen honored in ihe ra- ! cent change ol'internal revenue officials in that. : division of thc third collection district. We i are told that tho new appointee as Assistant j Assessor is! ? " Mr. R Realf, an Englishman/' ; a?d ohr ?Jgefieid contemporary, evidently ? ignorant of"its sepeial bliss, indulges in land- j atory regrets over the removal o? the late in- | cuinbent and lias no word of cheer or ' wei- j come for the stranger who takes h's pince. "We know something of Mr. Richard Realf, and hasten to introduce him to our readers. Englishman, indeed, he is ; but it was on th? sacred soil of the Old Dominion, and in prom inent connection with one of the most excit ing events in the annals of that renowned commonwealth, that bc first became known to fame. !? is now more than ten years since ?ihe country was startled by the tidings that Old John Brown, with a few desperate fol lowers, had made himself master of tho Unit- i ed States armory at Harper's Ferry and madly raised the standard of servile revolt. Had the blow thus yo boldly struck been fol lowed by tho chain of anticipated results, it was Brown's dream of power to have estab lished a great Black Republic, of which he himself was to be at once the creator and the dictator. Realf, at that time thc shrewdest and mostactiveaswell astheyoungestmember of Brown's gang, had bi en formally 6?nglcd out as the Secretary of State, in the organiza tion of the prince-ted government. We all know bow the crazy sehemo was throttled' at its birth ; bow the ungrateful blacks failed to rally at the call of'their Quixotio deliverer ; and how, after a fair trial before U'?ury ol Virginians, the miserable old fanatic, who perhaps v?s less guilty than most of bis fel lows, expiated big and their crime upon the gibbet. Realf. who was believed by many to have been the ruling spirit ofthe raid, was cunning enough to. escape ali serious conse quences. Of his subs?quent career little is known ; but thc versatility of his genius aud his irrepressible i m pud euee seem everywhere to have served bim in good stead. We bear of him now as a hero hobnobbing with the Abolitionists of the North ; no? as a non commissioned officer in the United State ar my at Fort Pic-kens ; now as an office-seeker bashfully urging his '.-launs us a loyalist and a soldier at Washington : and lastly as an As .?essor of tho Internal Revenue in the good old District of Edgefield, South Carolina. The days ol chivalry indeed are gone, since Richard Realf. while the soul of bi3 gaunt and grisly chief is still " marching on" in tri 'umph, abandons thc quest of glory for the quest of greenbacks.-Charleston News. . THE ADVERTISER. EDGEFIELD, S. C., JULY 7, 18G?. Banks, Sumner, Sickles, The Cuba Question. BANKS incessantly tiroes thc President tn re cognize Cuban belligerency, while S CM.VE a inces santly cautions bim against a proceeding, which would, as ho believes, .justify tho course which was taken by thc Jirithh Government in relation to tho Confederate States. Thus far, it would seem that the counsels of ScuxER p"rcv.ail ; for it is announced that Geni.'SICKLES, tho new Mims tor to Spain, is instructed to assuro tho Spanish Covernincnt of tao intention of tho United Stu'es to maintain the strictest neutrality is regard to her domestic troubles, while he will recommend a compliance by Spain with the wishes pf thc Cu ban1;, if they dosire independence. This is as it should bc. Thorovolution in Cuba bas been going on now fur eight or nine months, and in ?ill that t i trio tho leaders of it have loo!;ed to tho United States for their most substantial succor in men and materials. Tho fact that they h ivo received both has not been concealed from tho put-lie. Ever, buforc tho actual shipment of ' these recruits, the evidence of such design waa so apparent that it-was clearly the duly of'loni. CHANT to issue a neutrality proclamation, ;>nd to Kum citizens of the United Slates f*y& engaging SttHinch li o ~i i li? ?. \ ?i cd i t ic.-. .?(iWiias t^'ciiuJJiJit-^ - .' i rr-irrniT-, nIii- l??n it T>9on done since the fact has become known td every one that ineu aro being enlisted, and aro-being con stantly shipped, with material of YOU, lo aid tho revolutionists. It matters not if the sympathy of this country, or of tho President, ines attaeh to the Cuban pa triots. These patriots have the warmest sympa thy. It is a pure i?uc;tiun of law and of good faith to a power towards whom wo entertain friendly relations, and to whom we ate bound by I'M: obligation of solemn treaties. To fail in this duty is to fij in the faco of tho policy alway? observed by this country and exacted from Others. It is to render null al! tho indignation hurled against England for her acts iu the late war; for when-sifted down to fact, England did nothing half as reprehensible as this sileneo of (tuner.il Crant. When the war broke out ?he issued her neutrality proclamation, und the Queen never couceded belligerent rights lo thc South until it bad been done by thc Federal U o vern meat itself. In fact England was scrupulous in observing the demands of international duty; and even tho fitti7.g out of thc Alabama, nfter belligerent rights had been conceded, and of which such loud cou pluiiit is now made, was done against the urders of tiie English ('ovcrnment, and only by nu eva sion of its vigilance. Thc tacit acquiescence of thc United States Government thu? far in tho aid given to the Cuban revolutionists has been a re proach to her good faith ; and although, ie: wc have often remarked, we ol' tho South have but little to do with the Government, and are syste matically discouraged from feeling pride or inter est in it, yet it is nevertheless n matter of con gratulation licit tiie President has determined to act willi that consistency which becomes the Ex ecutive of a great nation. - . ? % - Oiil Virginia About to bc Restored? To tlx family of States-avery (\liestionable bles sing! On to-day, Tuesday (?th, takes place tho reconstruction election in that nobie ?nd unfor tunate Stale. This election is called, first, for lb:1 ratification ?f the constituios adopted ly thc radical convention of 1S68; (and upon several clauses ol this constitution thoro will bc a sepa rato voto, us upen disfranchisement of rebels, for instance) secondly, a full delegation to Congress ?3 to be chosen ; thirdly? Governor, State ticket aud Legislature, involving the election ol' two United States Sermion?. Ii said the registered ..\li1tt)~VtfTer?'or rho" State o'u I number i??1oTa?ks by over twenty thousand. Toe canvass through out the State ba;; been lor some time exceedingly animated. In every county, eily and village, mass meeting* have been tho order of the day. i?oih candidates for Governor-Wells, Ibo radical, and Walker, the conservative-are republicans, and both aro Northern carpet-baggers. Toe cha?es appear to be decidedly in favor of the conservatives. ? ??' ? STATS TAX ns.-Tho Columbia Phoenix says: '. Many citizens of South Carolina refuse to pay their State tax, on the ground that it is an ille gal imposition, even according lo th? present C institution and laws of South Carolina. The question will bo carried into ibu Courts." - . ? ? ? Heavy Business. Tho Southern people aro beginning tu under stand their own interests. Thc llearient /Jai/'* ll'?ri- in Life lu/tnrance mi Hen,-il. On tho lilli doy of Juno last, thc Piedmont Life fnmiruuci Company of Virginia, chartered b?? the State of Virginio, received 129 applications for policies-risks amounting to Sd li.',, OOO ; among which were five paid up poli cies for $34.000, on which ibo cost premiums were aver SIT,('WO, und ihr premium on thr ?ingle dui/'* wari over $40,000. This ?3 no id lo boast, but a ' literal truth, and shows most conclusively the true position of this reliable audgo-a-head South- ' ?rn enterprise. ?5^" The " AVA' Centn,/' Publication Com pa- i ?y at Charleston have brought nut a Rem in the ' Viiy of Magazine Literature. Tho Sketches of ' he War, and Running the Blockade aro graphie. ' irfd there is not an uninteresting paragraph bc ween the covers. Tho humourous pictures alone, ir'o worth the price, $3.60 per annum. Address j ?. G. doFontaine, Business Manager. - { Our Washington Correspondence. WiSJlISUToN City, July 1, '{j'J. With ehoracteiistie mendacity and jntsreprcecn- J ta1.;.m thc Radical prc.-.* arc again perverting the truth in thc interests of the Gnni administration. Thc Philadelphia Prcis, of yesterday, in an arti cle on tho fina acial workings of foe Radical parly eulogizes Grant by saying Hhut his unrivalled' financial abilities bave procured an increase ?a* the revenues of the last quarter of the fiscal year ending :;i)th of June. 18C0, of $17,0(!0,fl0fl over the average of the three preceding quarters. This the Prent ciloo us an evidence of Grant's economy and ability. Now a? the income.taxes aro returned in the last quarter of thc fiscal ycar^ it will bo seen, at once, how deliberately false is this statement of tho Prem, and how contempti bly mean thc spirit which promptod it to such misrepresentation. The object of courso was to dolada the masses of tho people in'o bolief of a ./<>, for, to usc this p1*in Saxon, such it is. And thus we lind thc Radical press of the country, with a lew honorable exceptions, lending them selves assiduously to tho task of prostituting tho intelligence of tho people, and educating them ?D a systematic course of duplicity and falsehood.. The judgement of an impartial and virtuous pos terity will weigh heavily upon tho conductors of the Radical n?w?p;.pcrs of this country. Tho ceremonies at Gettysburg aro excitirjj^rcat, interest in AVashingt?n, especially among We " carpet-bag" officials of this city. Mayor Rowen, and u <argo majority of thc City Council, loft here on yesterday afternoon for the purpose of attend, ing the dedication of the monument attLat pjat^ Mr. Bowenloves tu travel^ or two agu returned from the jubilee at Boston.' announces his intention of returning to Washing ton on Saturday, but I question if the Grand Mogul of the district negroes can tear himself, away so soon from the delights of such a mutual admiration society as will bo present ottiieannual festivities at Gettysburg. Thc in e mb ?rs of tua. City Council havo generally nothing to do hu; receive their salaries, vote laxes to support-~th^ negroes, and iuterfcro with tho private businosj of ihe white citizen, such as dictating to gentle* men what employees they shall chose. Uer.?? their absen< .. is not so mater::'.!,-in fact ?f they were abscntall the timo it Would bo moro bencfi;i?l than otherwise. But.it does seem rather odd, to an old-fashioned Democrat like myself, 'ha*M largo and flourishing city of over ono bu??rrjftf and fifty thousand inhabitants should be taxed, beyond endurance for tho purpose of furnish! "carpet baggers" and negroes with tho means travelling nrouud thc country. Yesterday 2f? ladies and five discharged from the Register's Office of thc T; cry, making an aggregito of over t(M hum. from that.Bureau alone who have been dismire since Grant's raid on tho clerks commenced. If he goes on at this rato ho will kill moro mon and women, proportionately, than ho did at the W'l derness and Cold llarbor. For economy', saaV. is the ostensible reason of these discharges, ut why is it that the Radical press zealously in.m tho people of every removal that is made, ?n they as zealously keep back how many netp pointmcnts instantly follow tho.removals ?'ur example, twenty clerks wera turned tiff a fCTa3"* since in the Second Auditor's Offico of tho 'ous" f' ury, and tho very next day fifty new nppoir1611'8 made. I am informed by persons who kn ?that the pinces of ail those discharged, are, W> ivaj^. exceptions, immediately filled. Yet thc-untry is led to believe, by incessant exertion ?u the part of thc administration journals, tha^ront is bent on " retrenchment." If you. dout this as sertion you ar .:..mnVnt proof " why thirty-i Treasury yest President. ( urns at the Ct and celebrated town College. Gi neral Spinne arrive 1 in this Ci. duty oMiumji^hL ?? < i c :.v. r?iTtrppe?rs bo and looks live yet weeks ago. Wallington i--; at last; to nave .v .~0 connection with Norfolk. Mr. J. JJ. Savage, ol this City, an enterprise:, md wcalthyj^ylivc Washingtonian, intends inauKitr.i'.ifcg aStcaulhoat line between tho " Virginia New York," and'this city, ou Saturday. At present ho will put bat one boat on, but is m..king arrangements to parpbaso another, aud il the enterprise succeed.-,'a's. 1 tu.-t it will, proposes to largely increase thc number. This is au epoch in thc history of thc'Capitol City, and if wc were cot ruled by dishonest, muj, dcrous drunken negioes, and their zealous coad jutors, tho " carpet baggers," I should greatly rejoice But if tho enterprise proves successful our lax-paying citizens will have to submit to in creased taxation that the ncgiocs of the district, with .Mayor Bowen at their bead, may have theil Salaries raised, and thus m joy au excursion to Norfolk whenever they feel disposed. 1 A succession of grateful showers last evening cooled tho atmosphere, and to-day, thc first in iwo weeks, we are enjoying a reprieve from thc intense heat of thc last part of Jurie. ~* Gold closed to-day at 137. Money was activo. Stocks firm. Government are firm. B. jfrft- Thu New York Herald bas a table which shows (bat tho country is about to bo ovorri.n with immigrants from thc Oid World. TharaLM been nothing like it in ihe past. The totul arri vals for ihe lir:t five months of tho year 1SG9, and tho first sixteen days of June, were as follows: Prom Ireland, 30,520; Germany, -17.700: Eng land, 29,:; I ! ; Scotland, -M02 ; Wah s, ?90 : France, 1,1SG; Spain, 10J; Switzerland, 1,73-1 ? Holland, SIB j Norway, 1,J03'; Sweden, 14,420; Denmark-, l,S?2; Italy, 502; American citizens, 20,115. Grand total, 144,233. t " gS3F The Cincinnati Enquirer says :." A South ern editor, whose State ha* been specially over run and.afflicted with radical carpet baggers fr un Ohio, who have cine into bis State und monopolized all the offices, accounts for thc re cent suicidal mania in our State Penitentiary on thc supposition ikit they are the victims of des pondency, producid by confinement in prison, while many of their companion? in crime ?reper in it tad io g? carpet bagging down South, where they arc made Governors arid members of C.-TI gross, or-nppointad to p o s 11111.- : e- r s I ? i ?. s. a n J a! *A: j lucrative oflieeif. They esteem i: ?nlMiaraiie il..,, ? they should he ?ni:,?shed fur their little poecadlP loes and dclinqiieiicics, while others, equally mean and dishonest, arc used by thc radical Farly to punish the Southern rebels." pit- Near Kalamazoo, Michigan, on the ICfi instant, a d.mgh'cr of D. N. Kr.KP, .three years old, was killed by a freight train. The child ww playing by the track and thc mother, seeing tho donger, rushed toward and seized her, but too late, as the engine wheel passed over the little girl, culling her in two, leaving one-half the body in lae mother's bands. The poor woman, over come with borrow, tainted, and iu an insensible condition was taken np and carried Into her house. ?-ir- Mary Robinson, a Southern negress, is touching school at luku. The (Jute'te .-ays : Mary is a good teacher, is poiito and respectful to every body, %nd will do more to educate tho littlo dar kies th au all tho Yankee niggers anil al! tho Yan kee white trash that ever ate*pumpkin nip *r ?oh bed hen mosts ??KN cw England. v_ L.'-^" The Conservatives in Virginia claim that tho recent registration has increased their vote by twenty thousand. THE BLUE KI HOE RAILROAD.-R. K. Scott, Governor ol South Carolina, and Chairman if the Executive Uommitteeof tho BlueRidofc Railroad, liai advertised f;>r piopo-ala from x?itractors tu complete the rond from An icrson, Soul h Carolina, to Knoxville, Tenne? *iv. a distance of one hundred and fifty- two miles. Payment for the work is to he raad?? in thc seven pu' cent, first mortgage braids .f ibo road, princip.il in coin, and guaranteed jy the State. Proposals will be received illi li the eighth ol' this month. --- . J h ?,V?" A S5000 monument is being oastat Mufflch ? ( br the graven of Confederate soldiers interred in j i cemetery near Baltimore. For tho Advertiser. EoGuriBLO C. H.. July Otb, IS??). i JJditur Advertiser:-My attention Ins just (J?ce'n directed to an article published in the. Char- ; "fij&?on N't w?, of Siiturday last, which, copying! your notice cf my appointment as Azs'L Asse i.r of Internal Revenue for this Comity, proceeds Lo , relato ina vory mraglod, distorted, and malignant way, certain incidents in my previous career. I have ?ol yet soon the article in question, and oan therefore speak only generally na to its alle gations ; which I understand to be 1st, That in thc John Brown insurrection of j 1359, I held thc position of Secretary of State under his " so-called" Provisional Government. 2d, That, whilst I set in motion the machinery of the said insurrection, I kept myself aloof from ?any active participation in it, using other men as tools for the accomplishment of my purposes, but shrinking froai thc dangers which those purposes involved. i 3d, That, during t*ho Lite war, I served in thc [.?'niou Army as a Non-Commissioned officer, and was attached to tho forces operating in Florida. .Uh, That I have subsequently been a plueo liunler at Washington City, and that my impor tunities have at last procured for mc my present appointment in South Carolina. I understand these to bo tho points mndc against mo ; and sinco, whether I retain my Assessors'.: ip ^Tiiot, I proposo to mako my home in your State, ' I bog you to do mc the justice to hoar me in my ' own cause. # First, then, I had no connection, direct or indi rect, with thc Harpers' Ferry insurrection of. 1859. My earliest acquaintance with JohrrBrown l^lrfgUi in Kr ns (if, in 1S5C. In-l&ii. h c. br joched " to certain young mon, myself included, tao sub ject which he afterwards prosecuted to so disas trous a termination. In tho spring of 1S?S he took certain initial steps in thc matter, but in tho summer of that year, by reason of the failure of hi3 co-operative agencies, tho further pursuit of the business was indefinitely postponed. In July 1S6S I went to Europo, nnd I nevor afterwords saw, or held communication with, cither Jobu Brown or any of his party. In 1859 I returned to tho United States, and at tho period of the insurrection I wus in Texas, where I was arrostcd shortly afterwnrd and taken nuder guard to Wash ington. At Washington I was set free; and it may perhaps bo recollected that James Bedpat'n, in his "Life of Brown,'"-laboring under tho er roneous impression that _Southeru Deraocrr ?efaco to allude to m rms. (A letter from myj Cook, (ono ( lie New Yo lo the Nc !?n?ain?d I fou ed by, ron " sold out" to tl.o thc honor, in lits complimentary other of John .) published 1SG0, nod month, matter. 1 ULM Ul jv....a Cl A'lOllU.I. .11 Jr Duwil JKI iuu vi service was in thc Army of tho Cumberland, du ring, which I passed through every grade from the private soldier to thc'Staff oSicor, and partici pating in every battle, sk'rrnii-h and movement incident to thc operations of that' Army. I I havo not been in Washington for nearly four years ; nor have I held any correspondence with perions residing there, during that length ol' U'inc. It is true that should I tee fit to do so, I ?hall hardly solicit thc pera.?.-sion of thc New*/ ' ^hfflit is nevertheless a fact-incredible ns it. may Be'em-that I am a Republican without being a toady or a tuft-hunter. In January of this present year, thc Washing ton Correspondent of thc Worcester Spy, in an article entitled "Reminiscences of John Brown's Men," quoted certain stanzas from a poem of mino which ha l recently found its way into the Pensacola (Fin.) Obicrver, and added his belief -.thtrt I was then a non-commiscioned officer in tho Regular Army, serving in Florida^ and il was from this source, I take it, that tho Charleston New? derived its impression. As soou as lbw ar ticle was brought to my attention, I immediately corrected it ; stating that I was a resident of New York City : and if you will take thc trouble to look up a January file of the New York Time?, -you will observe that in my card 1 useifthis lan guage : " With years and experience have como patience ?nd charity ; and while I have lost nothing of my young belief in the ultimate triumph of hu manity . vcr ignorance, superstition, o?ste and privilege, 1 h ive learno 1 that (for myself at least) thejnoblest work in which I can engage is to re sist anil put down whatever tendencies impair my full ability to bc a man, willra healthy soul, conscious of rights and duties, owning i'.s gifts, and valuing above everything else the liberty to, place its happiness in being noble and true. Thoroughly convinced that the reformation of thc world-thc rfstitulion of things to reality-is,' not to bc accomplished by hammering and tinker ing on the outside of systems and societies, I prefer henceforth to work on spiritual essentials, beginning with my own nature." This is the, spirit which animates and in forms me now. Having been an earnest, nnd nuoni promising opponent of the Snnth during;^ trar, una having witnesiod tho triumph of those prin Oiples which wero dear and precious to ?ne, I have now no other aim nor ambition than to labor for the inauguration "f that era of fraternal har mony which thc potts and prophets have foreseen anti sung :-wherein each man's good shall bs ail men's rule. "And universal po.-ico Lie like a shaft ol' light across thc l ind, And like a lane of beams athwart ilia sea, Though all thc circle of tho golden jeir." R. REAL P. IPS?" The XIX Century Magazine. Canvassers and Agent? wanted for the new Charleston Month ly Mng.e/.iiic. A young man should make atlcist $5.00 a day. . Address XfX Century Company, Charleston, So. Ca. The ndventure of Sam Patch has been re peated in England, in tho presence nf ap admir ing crowd, with a like fatal result. Thomas Worthington, thc " star-diver," advertised that he would dive from a platform into thc Derwent ninety feet below. A very large crowd of people wero present. Worthington made tho perilous leap, but, by an involuntary turn of his body in the nir, ho fell upon his chest, and was probably instantly killed. His body Mink, and did not riso again until a spectator recovered ?thy divine;. AHottimpts at resuscitation failed, and a jury returned a verdict of " accidental death." ?ST" (?rant appointed no negro cadets. Ile thereby enraged tho negroes of Washington. '* What ?" say they, " aro colorod men to bo re stricted in social intercourse to tho mechanical niasses, and their sons and heirs to bo rofufcd ad mission to thc national academies nt West Point : md Annapolis? Perish the thought!" Grant putt nogroos'iuto tho printing-offices and brick yards and pavy-yards, hut nono into W*5t Point, Coo n?s COMING TO MARLUUUU' COUNTY.-Tho Bcuucttsvtllo Journal says : " Wc ?vero pleased to notice, a few days ago, n n'nnber of English rccn ami otbfirs, gentlemen of capital, on our street*, in searchof land, willi a view to pur chase und settle in the district. Wo understand that these gentlemen have ir. contemplation tho purc.hnso of several tracts of laud, and will intro duce the Chinese laborers to eultivato the soil. W* hope they will succeed in their objscl." jEBf" '. Graphic, racy, entertaining and instruc tive," is thc popular verdict on the AVA" Ueutnty Monthly Magazine. Published in Chariest? n $3.50 per annum. Address P. C. dcFuiitainc, Business Manager. HST The great Southern Monthly Magazine, " Thc XIX Century" is making a sensation. Kead tho June and July numbers, S3.50 per annum. Fresh. Arrivals CHEAT??AM BROS. IO BARRELS SUGAR-all grades, ' S icks COFFEE, Boxos TURPENTINE SOAP, Duxes STARCH, SODA, Ac, ADAMANTINE CANDLES, S.e. All very cheap-FOR CASH ONLY. July ti . tf 23 NEW GOODS AT CUSATIIAH Su HARRISON'S; asf*S*fc Recdj^d%?unJT?w YedL- the following GOODS, which having been purchased very li for Cash, will be sold at low prices : .>'..' Bicachcd Goods. '25 Pieces N. Y. MILLS, 25- " ." WAMSUTTA, 20 " FRUIT OF THE SEASON, 50 "? HILL'S SEMPER IDEM, 50 ? ROOT E, 50 " BARSLEY. 25 ? . METHUEN, 20 " CANOE. 4-4 Brown Goods. 25 Pieces PEPPEREL R, 25 " do. . 0, ' '25 " SARANAC lt, 25 " DWIGHT. aSfi'OWHu laOBHCMpUHS. 1 Bale 3 -I HOMESPUN, Augusta Mills, 1 Bala 7 S . do do .1 Bale 4-4 do. .* do 20 Pieces DRIL;LS,.::;' 50.Pieces OSNABUIU?S". --Also 50 Pieces COTTON DIAPER. A fine lot or 10-4 SHEETINGS, .. Beautiful PILLOW CASE COTTONS, from 20 to 25 cts. Beautiful lot SHIRT FRONTS, New lot HOOP SKITTS. very low, 100 Doz. LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, of all grades. j HOSIERY for tho MILLION, A Beautiful assortment RIBBONS. 2g A full linc of SWISS and JACONET, cheap. "'-".Our Stock is complete, and wc will do our nt .V'-,. . ' t? pienso all. * ?^OVc are still closing out our Spring Stock ' sPricoH. HOATHAM & HARRISON. *^4??'X\ tf 28 iS^ATr^?r?3T having been appointed eficld County, has es ?dence, two doors he ranch Office in tho lc will bo pe rtaining to his rr ICE always on banu. July li tf 28 In Bankruptcy. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI TED STATES, FOR SOUTH CAROLINA. In tho Matter of TIIOS. J. HAMILTON, Bankrupt. IT IS Ordered by thc Court thar a meeting of thc Creditors of said* Bankrupt, to provo their debts and chooso onu *cr moro Assignees of his E.-!:ito. will bo held at the Oflleo of C. G. Jaeger, Registrar, Newberry C. H., on thu 19th day of July, lSf.3. at 10 o'clock, A. M. This meeting is in lieu of tho first meeting of Creditors ordered lo ho held before Henry Sum ner, RejristMr, dee'd., on tho 1st August ISnS, which meeting was not held. LOUIS E. JOHNSTON, U. S. Marshal as Messenger. A. P. PIKER, Deputy Messenger. June 2S Mt 2S In Bankruptcy. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI TED STATES FOR SOUTH CAROLINA. In tho Matter of RUYDEN lt. GRIGSBY, Bankrupt. !T is Ordered by the Court that a mceiinic of thu Creditors of said Bankrupt, to provo "heir d?lits and ciioo'e one or moro Assign?es of hi? Es'nte, will be held at tb?'.Oftice of C. G. Jaeger, Registrar, Newberry C. H., S. C., on thc I'Jth dav of July. IS09, at ll o'clock, A. M. This meeting is in lieu of tho first meeting of Creditors ordered tn ho held before Heii'y Sum mer, Registrar, ilcc'd, on tho 1st August, 1S68, which meeting was not .held. LOUIS E. JOHNSTON, U. S. Marshal as Messenger. A. P. PIKER, Dep. Messenger. June 2:> .'it 28 ~~ RARE CHANCE! Thc Sforlh America Life ins. Co. OF NEW YORK. Assets Foiir Millions and a Quarter, DESIRES to secure LOCAL and DISTRICT AGENTS throughout the Seato of South Carolina, and will mako liberal arrangement* with men of energy and activity. It ?sines all tuc desirable forms of Policies, at rates as low mother first class Companies.- It gives a loau ?it' 1--"' thr y. ?(.,-,,!mu when desired, and ree??vc?th?balanoc?r? one, trna or three inntaUmentn, VL?>hM dajp p-" rc far ju?jfmexte. Utipolicios aro nnn-forfcitable for <t tjteei?ed anvmm in ease ol' failure to pay premiums. No rttfri?lioHH au Sinthern remdenee or tratet. Act i re. lani with o Company can make an Agency pan them mell. Apply to E. P. GEORGE, Gen'l Agt. S. O. Columbia, S. O.._lit_25_ In Bankruptcy. Ex Parte W. W. Adams. J Tn Re A. G. Teague. Bankrupt, i UNDER an Order of thc Court in tho above case, the Lien Creditors of said Bankrupt ave hereby notified to provo their liens before C. G. Jaeger, BegWcr, nt Newberry C. II., S. C., on or bofurc thc 23th day o? July next. Z. W. CAR WILE, Assignee. June 20 ;!t 27 State of South Carolina, EDGEFIELD COUNTY, IX V RO ll ATE COURT. F&V D. L. TURNER, Judge of Probate in IS BdgcfioM County. Whereas, Robert G. Lanham hath applied to mc for Letters of Administration, on thc Esiato of Theodore Lundy, late of thc County dee'd. ThesciirCj therefore, to cite and admonish al] anti singular, tho kindred and crcditorsof tho said doccftscd to bc and appear before mc, at a Court of Probate for thc said County, to bo holdenatEd.TcficldC H.. on the 12th day of .Inly 18(59 at lfl o'clock A. M. to show cause, if any, why'the said Administration should not bo ^(Hron undor my hand and the Seal of tho Court, tliis 2ftth day of Juno, A. D. I860, and in ,i." o.i)rd year of Amoricin Independence. D. L. TURNER, J. P. C. E. C. JunejZS_27 Notice, A Lh Persons having demands against the ? Ejtoto of HARTWELL ROPER, dee'ei., are ' I [|0t,flod &> present them to the undersigned; and i h th .sn indebted ti said Estate nro requested to ii ".Y their indebtedness. ? ? 9 . JOHN P. MEALING, Ad'or. July 5 2m? 28 j HEN, LANE St CO., COTTON FACTORS, Commission Merchants AND DEALERS IN SUPERIOR FERTILIZERS, AUGUSTA, Gr-A~ WE take pleasure in announcing that we have associated with us Maj. Z. W. CARWILE, of Edgefield District, S. C., with whom we will continue the COTTON FACTORAGE AND CO?IIte?SSION BUSINESS with increased facilities. We arc confident wc can renier to our friends entire satisfaction. We respectfully solicit Consignments of COTTON, GR UN, &C, promising to use our best efforts to promote the interest of our customers by IMPLICITLY OBEYING INSTRUCTIONS accompanying shipments ; obtaining the highest market values, and prompt rendering of account of sal:s and net proceeds. 1 We have large F?RE-PRO0F WAREHOUSE ACCOMMODATIONS, afford ing the very best facilities for Storing and Selling. Liberal CASH ADVANCES made *on Cotton in Store, or Shipped to our friends in Liverpool, New York, Boston or Baltimore. . Orders for Bagging, Rope, Iron Ties, Plantation Supplies, etc., promptly and car-efulLv .filled. . I^.B^-W^Rretiill Agents for Ketti ewell's GUANOS, f Ober s PHOSPHATES, rand oWneil QV&3$0?, aud fok the ?BRPW/TIE^for Baring Cotton.-., " - ' {. . J V WARRENf^NFlc CO. Augusta, Jul VI, I860. tf 1-28 SPLENDID DRY GOODS AT NEW YORK COST !* DARING THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS, the Subscribers will offer'At And Widow New York Cost, A BEAUTIFUL LINE CF Dress Goods! Consisting of LE?OS, MOZAMBIQUES, English BAREGES, MUSLIKB, PRINTED LAWNS, Pique and India LONG CLOTHS. Also, all the best brands of AMERICAN PRINTS. JUST We fire also prepared to offer to our customers a splendid assortment of Bleached and Brown SHIRTINGS and SHEETINGS, . PANTS GOODS for Men and Boys, and a heavy stock of SHOES for everybody at exceedingly low rates. Call early and secure bargains. W. H. BRUNSON & CO. June 8 lm 24 Pattern Sale OF Ju FIBESS d rifts I JAS. A ssOFFER on MO at greatly Reduced Prie 'ap??ese O. fEmbroideri WT I 'Vi I mm ? fm - :. 4 ? - :'.:- -v. - \ ?? Qf^lain.Silks- .<-: r?:^z^f>lJ^--^>. ? ' Embroidered ":-: *??M&^&g& U '$ Xjenosir^WbcTfi. Cretonnes, "XLf. T,",,-> Ci ?mu u iv r ?DE Undersigned having bee .jiiy engigcd fur tho past three years iu -.ecting the atUntion of purchasers to thc advantages of this vicinity, offers his services to parties desirous of SELLING A PART OR TUE WHOLE OP THEIR ESTATES. Pamphlets with descriptions of property placed in bis hands for sale will bu published at au carly da/, and circulated extensively at thc North. , E. J. C. WOOD, Real Estate and Iu.-urance Agent, AIKEN, S. C. June.22 3t 26 FIESH PEACHES, BERRIES, CORN, TOMATOES, &C-. All the Year -Ronnel. - THE Millville Atmospheric 'FRUIT JAR HAS boen used extensively for several years nth increasing popularity. It possesses many ld van tn gt;*, among which aro that you can deter nino whether the fruit is safe or not without icait ky for it to/tv Men t. Nothing but glass comes in toutaei willi tho fruit. Thu Gum Rings areboavj ir than ia must other jars, and will last for^evc jal years, instead of having to bo renewed yearly. Flic j ir c ia ba opened with caso. These- jars arc Gie best and most economical ?ir family usc. for fresh Fruits, Preserves, Jellies, lama or Pickles. Sold wholesale ami retail by PLUME Jt LEITNER, Augusta, Ga. Agents for tho manufacturers. .Tune 23 Sra * 26 Isstga?t'fl Notice of Appointments . tji I "JU--... .--^ in thc Di'tiirt cturt of thc United States, for the DiktriU r/' Smah Carolina.-In BANKRITTCY. IN TUX MATTER OF W. C. MITCHELL, BANKRUPT. To Whon it may Concern : THE Undersigned, hereby gives notices! his nppoiumcnt as Assignco of the Estate of Vf. C. MITCHELL, of Edgofleld District, in said District,"who has been adjudged a Bankiuptupon Iiis own petition, by C. G. Jaeger, Esq., Register in tho Court nf Bankruptcy. Dated at Edgefield C H., tbo2ud day of Juiy 1869. . ? LEWIS JONES, Assignee. July I, 3t 28 Assignee's Notice of Appoint meut. Cn thc District Court of the United Stute?, for the District nf South Carolina,-IN BANKnuPTCY. IN THE MATTER OF J. W. TOMPKINS, BANKRUPT. ro Who ii it may Concern : r'IE f adVsighedhcreby.gi|Vcs notice of his np poiitmc'nt ns Assignco os tho Estate of J. W. LOMPKINS, cf EdgoGeld District, in sr,id Dis rict, aid who has been adjudged n Bankrupt, ipon thi petition of himself, by C. G. Tacgcr, ?sq., Rtgister in the Court of Bankruptcy. Dated it Edgclald Court House, the 2nd day of July, 868. Z. W. CARWILE, Assignee. July < -it 27 I ss ig-.ie c's A'ol ice of Appointment. ? thc Lvitrict CoifXl of the United Statt*./or the Dutriciof Siuth Carolina.-I* BANKRUPTCY. N THb MATTER OF LOVETTS. HILL BANKRUPT. I'o Whom it may Concern : rllE Undersigned, hereby gives notice of his appointment ns Assignee of tho Estate of ? OVIO S- HILL, of Edgefield District in said Mstriot, Mho hus been adjudged a Bankrupt upon is own petition, bj C G. Jaeger, Esq., Register i the Court of Bankruptcy. Dated at Edgefieid I. H., thetfnd day of July, 1S69. I T. S. DANIEL, Assignee. July 0 3t 28 JUST received a larpo supply of LANDRETH'S CELEBRATED TURNIP SEEDS. For sale by Til OS. W. CAR WILE, At Sign Golden Mortar. \ Juno 20 . tf 27 MONEY WANTED. OOA AAA WANTED, in suma of not eJp^^UUU less than $1,000, at a fair inte red und ample security guaranteed. Apply to E. & G. D. HOPE, Columbia, S. C. JUDO 29 3t 27 Turnip Seed. TEE Subscriber bas received his usual largo fopply of TURNIP SEED, warranted Pure and Fresh, comprising RED TOP, PURPLE TOP RUTA BAGA, LARGE WHITE GLOBE, GOLDEN BALL, YELLOW GLOBE, EARLY DUTCH, ?c. G. L. PENN. Sune 29 tf 27 ri NOTICE is hereby given that my FLOURING MILL bas undergone its usual preparation fur (be GRINDING SEASON. It ia now in condition to make aa FINE FLOUR, and, as is believed, as much to the quantity and quality of Wheat as cat be made on any Mill in or out of thc State. Thankful U my friends for the liberal custom hitherto bestowod, it is still my studied aim to make it their interest to continue their patronage so long as I shall be the proprietor of a Mill. PAUL QU ATI LE BA UM. June 2S 3t 27 SEED PEAS FOR SALE. f^AA IiUSPEL.S FEED and SEED PEAS. tJUvf Present wt* $1.15 pej bugbeL_... ' 47 Jackson St., Augusta Ga. June 15 fit 25 Vinegar, Spices, &c, 1OK> Making Pickles. JUST "received TWO Barrels BEST APPLE VINEGAR, GINGER," Black PEPPER, TURMURIC, CLOVES, CINNAMON, ALLSPICE, WHITE MUSTARD SEED, 4c, Ac For sale by TH?S. W. CARWILE, At Sign Golden Mortar. June 29 tf 2T SODA WATERS THE Subscriber has tho pleasure of informing bis friends and the public that be has re lived a beautiful MARBLE SODA WATER APPARATUS, and is now prepared to dispense DELIGHTFUL ICE COLD SODA WATER, iavorcd with Iwft Syrups of all kinds. G. tgPEKN. Jiune 2& tf K Lightning Ply Paper ! ILLS FLIES and FLEAS INSTANTLY. For salo by THOS. W. CARWILE, At Sign Golden Mortar. Vinegar and Spices for Pickling! HE Subscriber UAS in Store a good supply Superior CIDER .VINEGAR warranted to? Lcep Pickles, Also, SPICE. PEPPER, GINGER, CLOVES, ACE, NUTMEGS, TURMURIC, CELERY 5EED and White-MUSTARD SEED. G. L. PENN. Juno 23_ tf_2J Remember Yeur Absent Friends. To%ny one wishing to send the A?VXRTI$ER o an absent friend or relative (sojourning ia tber Stotel,) we will furoisa two copies one year br $fi,00.