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Clou- Qs-aut and tho South.
Tho Southern correspondent of tho Now
York Journal oj Commerce has written to
that journal from Washington, under date of
the 8th Instant, the followiug interesting ac
count of on
INTERVIEW WITH PRBSlW?NT GRANT.
Understanding from Qonoral Babcock that
tho. President would bo glad'to have a talk
with me about Southern matter J, your corre
spondent embraced an opportunity to step
into the Sanctum Sanctorum of the White
House and indulge in an Interview. A re
markable improvement in tho President's
health is apparent at tho first glance. Ho is
much stouter than usual, and looks woll.
Our conversation at first was a mero matter
ot' explanation of affairs in the Southorn
States from the standpoint on which I based
general conclusions as to the material, social
und political conditions of the d i fieront States,
as shown in letters sout you from tho States
themselves, together with tho business and
political prospects in those States. Tho Pres
ident listened attentively, and interposed ma
tty questions. Ho seemed particularly aux*
ions to know what tho people there thought
of his appointees in tho custom houses and
?ost offices and other Government positions,
le wa? answered that the general complaints
against his officers is on political grounds,
and that tho chief dissatisfaotionat the South
is with Stato and county oifioinls. Theoourse
of the Southern peoplo toward Governmout
officials is generally dotcrultucd by the hon
esty and capacity shown by tho incumbents.
Ac a general thing Govcrnmont officials got
along well with tho people aud many of thom
aro highly respected. The men against whom
the peoplo of the South generally show a
vindiotivo spirit arc men who aro dishonest
at home in tho North, and aro now thieves nt
the South, conducting their nofarious schemes
under the shield of official position, ns Re
publicans, and as Republicans only, because
they thereby manago to usc tho negro votes
to elect them to office.
WHAT THE PRESIDENT 8AID1
The President admitted a belief that there
arc very many bsd mon in office io the South
claiming to be Republicans, but who would
be tiny tiling in the political lino that would
further their bad designs, and are not Ibero
torc chargeable to the account of the Repub
lican party os a great politieul organization.
Ho believes that a largo number of Ku Klux
outrages have been committed, that thc grad
ual advanco of abettor feeling throughout thc
South, besides the moral effect of tho passage
of tho Ku Klux bill, haB stopped Ku Klux
ism outlawry to a very great extent. Ho did
not propose, in makiug appointments, to con
sult politicians in tho South who vote against
*ho Republican party any moro than ho
would in thc North. But ho was determined
to give them honest and competent Gov
ernment officials, aud he would take it as a
favor when men of any shade of politics dis
cover dishonesty or incompetency on the
part of his appointees to acquaint him with
the fact. Well authenticated complaints
from any quarter would receive careful atten
tion. He had removed al).objectionable men
from tho New Orleans Custom House, and
ho believed ho had a good set of officials there
now. He regarded thc condition of thc South
generally as improving.
.TT^T'J KUREfT-it*twecn Wand 1}
4 ?look .saturday ni;;ht a fire was discovered
in tho roar of Mudsdcn's Tobacco Store,
Meeting street, opposite tho Charleston Ho
tel, a fow doors North of BissoU's aud tho nd
joining storo destroyed some timo ago. As
usual, tho alarm was not given by the bells
until some time after thc fire was ascertained,
and when tho engines arrived ou tho ground
matters had taken a serious turn. Tho build
iues- occupied by Madsden, and Lcngnick,
dealer in Millinery, were so badly burnt that
nothing but a shell of thom is loft1. The
building occupied by E. B. Stoddard & Co.,
Wholesale Shoe Dealers, next door, was also
badly injurod. Madsdcn's stock, which he
valued nt 87,500, was insured for 86,000 in
Rnvencl, Huger & Co.'s Agency, and Long
nick's for 85,000 in A. L. Tobias' Agency,
which covers his loss. The stores they occu
pied wore owned by Jennings, Thomlinson &
Co-, and wero insured for'$5,000-82,000 in
tho London, Liverpool and Ghbc Company,
and thc balance in u Company unknown, sup
posed to bo the Astor, of New York.
te, B. Stoddard & Co., owned the premises
they occupied, whioh wero insured for 85,000
in the Homo Insuranco Company, of Now
York. Their stook of shoes, boots, &o., was
damaged about seventy-five por ccut, nodi wes
insurtd for 825,000 ; 810,000 in tho "Ger
mania;" 810,000 in tho "North British Mor
cintile," and 85,000 in tho "Georgia Home"
of Columbus, Go. Nacbman & Co., immedi
ately South of tho building whore tho fire or
iirinatecL, had their stock of dry good damaged
by smoke-though not to any great extent.
Their insuranoo is $25,000 in tho London
Liverpool and Globe.
Steele Sc Wardell, fancy goods, ncxl
North of Stoddard Sc Co., did not suffer ot all
It is tho goncral opinion of those who BRUI
the condition uf affairs in the early otago ol
the fire, that it was an act of incendiarism
and. ono that ought to bo rigidly investiga
ted.--. Courier, 28iA inst.
A NORTHERN REUEL'S WILL-Tho will
ofiDaniel Cornell, a citizen of Guilford, Oho
nango county, Now York, v?ho died in tb<
f ?H I860, ot the ago of 7,9 years, contain!
the following curious olattso *
"Fifth .? Believing that the natural con
sequences of action based, upon or. diotatet
by thc political orccd or bolief approved, o
or advooptcd by my daughters, Cornelia A
Wood and Ruby Houok, have been and an
to largely increase taxation, it is my will tho
tho amount of tax :s paid by me since 1861
and to bo hereafter- paid previous to my dc
cease by me, together with tho succession o
other, revenue tax or taxes to bo paid from o
on nccoun t of property now or hereafter owoei
by me, bo considered os having bcon p?id(fo
Mid on account of my said daughters, Cor
nelia A. Wood and Ruby Houok, and it \
loy will and I hoi oby diront that they rcociv
i.otbing from my estates, either real or por
tpoal"
This ch? uso (bain hon ts tho two daughter
named, on oaoount of. their, republican ?roc
li vi tics, to consequence of which tho will ha
been contested, and tho case ia now- on trial
The claim is that Cornell labored, under
political delusion ?quivalent to a monomania
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ri? Another mournful calamity comes un
dor thc bend of marino disasters. Wo hav
i no sad tidings t hat tho ship Prince of Walo
' 'tuW foundered st ses, and tfcat, fifty j>eoril
Vave found \ watery grave..
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WALHALLA, S. C.:
IYMay Morning, Sept. 1, 1871.
Krjgu Soo tho advertisement of tho Walhal
la Fomalo Seminary, which appears in this
issuo of our paper.
?Lime as a Fertilizer," by Professor
BLAKE, of Davidson College, ts a Tery inter
esting article on tho first pago. Wo oommoud
rt to thu attention of our readers.
J?~iT Attention is called to tho advertise
ment of Messrs. Titos. WILDMAN & Co?, of
Anderson, who will furnish all kiuds of inar
bio work, at low priocs, ond executed in thc
best niau ncr. Ci ve t?icui a call, when need
ing anything in their lino.
Bfjfc, It is now certain that yellow fever is
in Charleston, and is becoming an epidemic.
Tho Medical Society report tho first case to
have occurred the 27th of July, and that only
nino deaths from it have occurred since that
timo. It is reported to bo a very mild type
of thia terrible scourge.
X3T Tho Ku Klux appeared in Orange
burg, to thc number of 100 to 350, on thc
night of August 21st, and posted up a
lengthy order ol warniug to carpet-baggers,
scalawags, and evil doors generally. The
whipping post is tho remedy proposed for
dishonest merchants who deal in secdootton.
Tho World's London correspondent
says there is "good reason to believe that an
understanding iii tho nature of an alliance,
offensive and defensive, has boon arrived ot
between Russia and Franco ns against Ger
many and Austria, and that Russia was arm
ing extensively and rapidly." A similar al
liauoo appears probable between Germany
and Austria.
Freshet
On Saturday night last this immediate sec
tion was visited by a terrific wind and ruin
storm. Corn was blown in every direction.
Tho etreams were nearly up to high-water
......t?. o- L.. Jvon soHn??V -
Several bridges have also been washed away.
Pic-Nic
Thero will bc a pic nio at Bachelor's Re
treat Academy, on tho 8th day of Septem
ber. An address will bo delivered on tho oo
ension by W. K. BLAKE, of Abbeville.
Mr. J. LEWIS BELL, the principal in the
Academy, instructs us to extend a general in
vitation to all friends of education to bc pres
ent on tho occasion of their festival.
Augusta and Hartwell Railroad.
Tho Board of Directors of tho Augusta
and Hartwell Railroad have been in session
in Augusta. J. A. UNDERWOOD is Presi
dent. The contract for building tho road
was ratified. According to tho terms of the
contract, work is to bc commenced at onco,
and tho road completod to Clayton by 1st
January, 187-1. CHARLES SEYMOUR, Esq.<
waB elected Chief Engineer
One Honored Thousand- Bollan Cash for
Five Dollars
Tito South Carolina Land and Immigration
Association, having at ?ts head such men as
Generals BUTLER and GARY, ond JOHN
CHADWICK, Esq., proposo to. give away five
hundred thousand dollars in cash gifts, tick
et? to cost only five dollars. Tho highest
prize is an Academy of Music, worth
8250,000.
The drawing takes plaoo in October. The
proceeds aro to bo used in bringing immi
grants to tho South and settling thom on lands,
and tho scheme is endorsed by tho most dis
tinguished capitalists and publicists io tho
country.
Mineral*?
Every ono who has traveled at all in thia
part of tho country wiii havo noticed tho ro
ut ark able abundance of small flakes of Mien
(mineral isinglass) scattered through tho Boil.
Sometimes large shoots, a foot or moro in di
ameter, have been disoovcred and shown- os
curiosities; but nothing further was done
till lately towards mining it. Latterly, how
ever, its incombustible, tough and transparent
nature has camed it to. como into extensivo
demand in tho North, and still more in Eu
rope, for making ship and stove windows, and
for other kindred purposes ; tho price varying
from 25 to 75 cents per lb., and upwards, ac
cording to size and quality. Under those
circumstances, somo half dozen Mies minos
havo been oponed within a radius of sixty
wiles from this town, and several of tho
mine owners, working on a very small eenie,
have netted from 84; to 810 per doy. To
ony ono findjng a M toa mine, and'desiring to
work or lease it, v/o would, refer him for par
ticulars ag to sizes required, manner- of putting
it nn. Aa,, to our townsman, ' .\ WM. P.
THOMPSON, formerly,- employed' as R oivjl en
gineer, on th? Blue Ridge Railroad, whetw
Hdvertie?ment ?pj>M(rA in tbil itfltw...
That Conferonoe.
Tho Democratic porty of South Carolina has
been devoted to voluntary, non responsible,
non obligatory oouforences and COD vo?tions
since I860. If any, tho least good has ever
resulted from tho u?sembliug of suoh bodies
WO have never been able to seo or ascertain
it. Such assemblies aro usually controlled by
a few spirits, who mnnago to say or do some
thing, which is connected by tho opposing
party into au instrument with which to dofoat
us. What could wo effect in Stato matters?
Wo do not desiro to lead in national affairs
Let US ta'.l it this timo. The memorable
pla uk put into the platform of 1808 by South
Carolina crushed tho vory life out of the par
ty. We will make moro by staying at homo
ou-J harvesting our littlo crops, than talking
about mutters over which wo havo no control
Besides if a confcrcuco be advisable in any
o veut, this is too early a day. Wo huvo al
(trays been too apt aud too reaiy to expose
3ur hand. Wo play 100 fair and should try
0 littlo "bluff." But says tho Camdon
Journal, wo aro for conference and early or
ganization, not agitation. Is that possiblo ?
Whatever might bo dono in that conference
Would bo agitated in twenty four hours after
tts adjournment. Not agitate? imponible.
Carolinians possess ono of tho traits of Frouoja
m in, aud that is impulso. They aro good on
1 oh arge, but tire in a long campaign. Thi>
s a reason why if any course is designated it
thould bo done at a lalo day. If wc begin
?tow, wo will lind onrsolvcs Uko tho bearii)
ihe fable, only wo will have worn ourselves
jut fighting tho wind. While wo oro panting
>n our backs at thc opening of the campaign,
die enemy fresh aud strong in past victory
md the spoils of office, will sweep every thing
joforc them. We men of business can afford
k long and heated campaign, but thc farmer"'
md laboring men cannot ond will not. At
irst they aro warmed up and interested, but
.heir business soon cools their ardor and os
die thing becomes old they grow careless.
Let us have uo conference for the present.
Cumulative Vottng
Tho Camden Journal proposes a preferra
ile alternativo for cumulative voting. This
s for tho Democratic party to raise tho stm
lard of the "new departure," and under its
just recognition of thc rights of the colored
mao, seek thc aid of thc most intelligent por
don of that race to help us on to victory. In
this way, it believes, we could carry tho State
it tho next election. The late success in
Charleston has doubtless aided our cotcmpo
rary in reaching this conclusion. Grunting
wo could carry every county in the State,
would the rejection of cumulative voting bc
advisable or for the best interests of all ?
Freedom from error is not a characteristic of
any race or party. Wo upproxim o truth
and justice only by a thorough discussion and
sifting of ail sides of a question. When
all at a council ure of u party, .they uro a>^<;
oe ui mo same opinion, and by suoh a bojry
thc greatest errors are often committed fcoui
prejudice or oversight. An opposing- element,
though a minority, might provoke discussion
and exposure of the error, and prevent n
grievous wrong. Besides, minorities have
rights which should bo-rcspootod, and thc
bist means to scouro such respect is to glvi
th MU proportional representation. It is lint
fdr and just. Tho majority would still rulo,
enjoying thc counsel and coition of the mi
nority. Thc latter would act like brakes ti)
a train of oars, checking thc sgoed when then
was d inge ahead. We are willing to rais<
thc stind ird of thc "new departure," but wi
also 8-iy, let us keep up and unfurled tin
standard of proportional rcprcsontation ; and
if we should win thc ncc, let us extend ti
thc defeated the right of minority representa
tio i now claimed by us. It is both wisden
and justice.
The Crops.
"The Charleston News" from private let
tors and other source of inform Hum estimate
tho avorago cotton orop io this Stato for th
present year at thirty per cont less than tho
of last year, provided tho seasons provo favoi
ablo in tho future. With unfavorable futur
seasons, tho crop will not exceed-ono hal
the crop of last year. Though a large increas
of area has been devoted to bread stuffs, th
yield will not bo largor than is required fe
thc wants of the- Stato. This estimate ut
cords very well with our information os toou
own County aud is perhaps very nearly ooi
roet. On tho face of this our exchange
speak of tho early appearance of tho arm
and boll worm in thc Stute of Georgia, Alubi
ma, Mississippi, Texas-and Florida. MIK
of these States havo also, Buffeted froi
drought, so that if newspaper statements ar
at all oorrcot and reliable wc tuny expect
very short orop of tho staple The drougl
seems to have been general, and ns far as v
have seen or boori aldo to heur,, tho cor.n. Ott
has boen seriously injured Thc lurgo on
planted may supply tho deficit and render tl
yield in the aggregate as lurgo as usual. O
County hus more old corn now, than ever b
fore since tho war at the present period
the year.
B?A- The Connecticut Senate has passed
law, which bids fair to bo more effectual
preventing tili? salo of liquors than the Mai
1 iw. It enables the purohascr to recov
baok all monies expended for liquors; doclai
all leises, contracts and sales in eonsider.it io
part or whole, of tho silo of liquor n M ai
void; punishes by fino end imprisonmet
any person selling liquor to a minor under \
years of ago, and, makes tho seller rospom
bio for all damages dono by drunken tuen,
Any, tax, payer may bring suit.
?3?* Tho Savannah Republican saya t
recent galo and flood have seriously i nj or
tho rios ovop.along tho Ogeeohco riven Ti!
entire low lands W wbtntrged)
TraiHo in Liquors
It is truly distrossiug to any well wisher of
tho county to witness tho number of tho c?ti
so G 3 of Occace, who uro unnuully dragged to
Qrccuvillo, ohurged with potty violations of
tho liquor laws. Docs it result from igno
rance or a disregard of tho luw? lt is true,
tho statutory regulations governing the distil
lation, removal and sale of spirituous liquors
arc sovero and oppressive to our people, who,
being accustomed to convert their corn into
whiskey aud pork, dud themselves too poor to
run a still .which would justify thc expenses
under tho present law. Under this view,
many regard these rogulutio is unjust and feel
themselves nt liberty to avoid thom. How
ever this be, they uro thc luw und should be
observed by all good citizens. They should
bo observed, first beouse they aro tho law of
the laud, whother good or bad, juster unjust.
No citizen is justifiable in violating u law be
cause it operates oppressively on his particu
lar section. Wero this reason truo, there is
hardly a statute in South Carolina but in some
sections would bcoomo nugatory. Whatever
is law, unless plainly unconstitutional, should
be obeyed by overy good citizen, until its
evils, if any, are remedied by tho p/opor uu
thorities. It has been well said, "A bud law,
well administered, is better than a good law,
badly administered." Tho proper course is
to obey tho law, und io tho meantime, sock its
ropoul, if radioully wrong. We do not, how
ever, think thc law any. too stringent. What
ever curtails thc making, salo and uso of
spirituous liquors, cannot but provo beneficial
in the cud to thc community. Besides, as a
revenue must bo raised, what is so proper un
article of taxation as that which uot only is
not beneficial to any one, but is ia truth u
rcul curse to overy commui tty.
In thc next place, tho law should bc obey,
od for tho sake of thc individual himself.
Tlte disregard or wilful violation of any exis
ting regulation, unless punished, is apt to pro
duce, a degree of recklessness, which will end
in ruin, perhaps infamy to the party. These
uil'cuccs do not belong to that class termed
infamous, or bud in themselves, but are mere
ly acts, which being otherwise lawful, aro
prohibited, under certain restrictions, by pos
iltve statutes.
lu the next place, the law should br ?bey
cd because obedience to it is true ecotio. -
A pet sou may for a season profit by uirtk. g
or dealing in contraband whiskey, but tu the
end just loo will overtake hun, and bib luwlui
and uuUwlul gains, not lo Sty his liberty, will
bc lost. Whom can a man trust? If your
particular friend docs nut betray you directly,
lie wiil tell hts friend where tic eui get some
good whiskey, and so the muller goes, until
you hud yourself entangled in the meshes ol
tho law. If no ono breathes the matter,
wbiskcy, who isa noisy fellow, will speak for
himself. Tho mau who violates the law nev
er has an easy conscience and a quiet night's
rest. Ile is like the wicked who flee when
no tuan pursuclh. He is constantly anxious
aud uneasy. The profit is a trifle, compared
to the risk. Let our citizens bc careful itt
tho future] unu lui UM?, <ps,u..?? nv. -^.i
to emigrate, either as principals or witnesses,
annually, to G reen ville*.
Doubtless, some have violated tho law from
ignorance of its requirements, and without
any criminal intent. The btw is so stringent,
thut wc cnn give our readers no safer counsel
than tu batidlo or buy no liquors except f>oiii
regularly licensed dealers. .Section ii 1 (b'Si
clause) ol' the Act of July 2Ulh, 1808, en
acts, "That any person who shall remove, er
shall aid or acct in the removal of any dis
tilled spirits on which thu tux has not boco
paid to a place other than the distillery ware
house provided by btw, or who shall conceal or
aid io tho concealment of any .spitits so rc
moved, or who shall remove or aid and abet
in tho removal of any distilled spirits from
nu) distillery ware house, or other ware house
for distilled spirits authorized by low, in any
manner othor than is provided by law, or who
shall conceal ot aid in the concealment of any
spirits so removed, ?hull bo liable to a penal
ty of double thc tax imposed on such distill
ed spirits so removed or concealed, and .shall,
on conviction be fined not less than two hun
died dollars nor moro than five thousand dol
lars, and im prisoned not less til ut) three mouths
nor moro than three years." Section 25 of
thc same act, enacts in substance, that when
over any cask of distilled spirits, on which thc
tax has been paid, is to be removed from the
wurc house, thc gauger, in thc presence o.c
thc store-keeper, shall place upon the head
thoreof, a stamp, "on which shall he engraved
thc number of proof gallons contained in said
cask on which tho tux has been paid, and
which shall bo signed by tho collector of the
district, store keeper and gauger, and which
shall state t|je serial number of the cask, the
name of thc poison by whom tho tax was
paid, and tho person to whom and tho place
whore it is to be delivered." Tho natuo of
thc distiller shall ulso be cut or Inwood, on
each cask. A book shall also bc kept, in
which a record of those fuels shall be enter
cd. Tho law also requires thc claimant of
spirits siezod under suspicious circumstances,
or trucod to thu possession of a party, though
not seized,, to show that no fraud bas bcou
committed, and that uli, tho rcquiromonts of
the law in relation to thc payment of the tax
have been complied with. Under tho abovo
provisions of tho law, Messrs. IlARPBlt, Mull
O AN und HorEKwero convicted. In tho ease
of MOKOAN* there was u more deposit of liq
uor at his lumso, and a secret removal by a
third party. Tho liquor was never seized,
und thc government failed to show that it was
not legally stamped. Having traood it to thu
bouso of MottOAN and proved its removal
under suspicious circumstances, tho court
ruled it incumbent on tho defendant to show
that the law. had been complied with This,
i(> was heltP, hu could'do by tho gauger or bb
records, us kopt under thc Aot. This is a
statutory regulation in derogation of the, conr
mon luw, which would, have required thc
Stato to prove the guilt of the puny sutisfuo
tinily on ull points. Hero tho claimant oi
defendant must provo bis innocence. Thc
ouly safe ruin is to keep aloof from bundling
liquor and allow no ono to bring any cask in
tu your bouso. A word to tho wiso.
Experiments aro being inado to tesl
tho application of. com pressed paper oar wheoh
to railroad trav.ol. As fur as tried they hav<
been demonstrated to out last tho iron wheel
by three-fold, while they oro much.safer, there
hoi eg no danger of break.ige.
Mere-Mention.
Ex.Gov. Pei ry hus prepared for the prow
a history of Greenville.-Honibold lius
beaten Longfellow io a four milo ruco.
Gov Soott offers u roward of $500.00 for tho
murdor of Bon. Huir, of Newborry.-Tho
town marshul lust week settled au affair of
honor in Maiming by nrresting tho parties.
-Piekcns county boasts of thc best work
ed roads in tho Stute.-The discases which
cir ry off fowls can be remedied by puttiug
tar in tho water that they usc.-John
King, kuown us thc first teetotaler in Great
Britian, hus reached un old ogc of helpless
ness and poverty.-Tho Northern und At
lantic Telegraph Company have finished thoir
lino to Chester.-A woir.au in Lawrence,
Kansas, hus five husbuuds, and is seeking
more mon to oonquer.-Ton cents apiojo
is the prico paid New York sewing women
for making "dusters."-Tho sugar and to
bacco crops in II ny ti are largo.-South
Sido square, Hartford, Indiana, is burned.
Loss 950,000 -Thc Democrats of Wiicon
sin have nominated ex Seaator Doolittle for
Governor.-A fuir woman is tho most
beautiful of house ornaments.-A chinese
actress hus made a sensation Ht a London
theatre-Let your expenses bc smjj^to
leave a balance in your pocket.-It is vain
to hope to please nil.-Mary Drayton died
in Charleston on Saturday, aged 102 years.
-Caibolio acid and uminouiated lime nrc
being used in Charleston as disinfectants
-Thc small-pox is at Key West, Florida*
-The latest Western beaveragc is a mix
ture of whiskey And ginger beer.-A cot
ton crop of considerable amount has been
raised this year in California.-The deaths
in Now Orleans for last week numbered 122
-Garvey und Earle, ol' New Orleans, have
boon convicted of murder and sentenced tobe
hung-Nearly all of our Texas exchanges
complain of tho drought and a dearth of news.
-Thc report thai Count BUest had iel't
tho Austrian Ministry proves to.be false.
Newborn hus bad ti ctso of small pox.
Largo numbers of colored people arc emigra
ling from some parts of North Carolina to
Louisiana.--The colored people of Home
talk of building a college.
Tho New York Humid anticipates n
very serious disturbance of old paly organi
zations, and perhaps of our existing social
condition-., by tho labor reform movement,
lt perceives in it the clement of n great rev
olution, arraying labor against capita); rc
fers to the iuUuenco of thc late New Hain
shire election, and to its probable fuller ex
hibition of strength in the approaching Mas
snchusctts election, and concludes : "In any
event, after November, 1872, wc s'iall have
thc beginning of a new political agitation in
this country which will hardly stop short of
thc greatest and most radical and sweeping
revolution in thc history of thc world, and wc
shall bo fortunate if wc escape another gene
ral civil war in 'pansiii^ ibrougb thin npprouoh
jug revolution. Such aro the signs of tho
times, and we live in un age of revolutions.''
- Dr. Hall relates thc case of a man who
w.n cured of biliousness by going without
his supper mid di inking freely of lemonade.
Every morning says thc doctor, this patient
rose with wonderful sense of rostand refresh
ment, lim! a feeling as though the blond had
been liter illy wished, cleansed and cooled by
thc lemonade and thc fast. His theory is
that food will be used as a remedy for many
diseases successfully. As an example, *v?
cures cases of spitting blood, by tho use of
silt; epilepsy and yellow fever by watcrinel
?affection, by celery ; poison,
oil ; erysipelas, pounded oran
1 to the parts affected; hydro
phobia, onions, tte. Sollie way to keep in
good health is really to know whut to cat, not
wi? it in cd Ud nc to take-.
JJ?"* A movement is on foot to endow
Washington and Lee University, the institu
tion over which Gen. LKB presided at tho
limo of Ids death, with fluids sufliuicnt to
make it ono of the first universities in tho
United States. Thc object is to make it a
memorial university, which, through all time,
will serve to perp?tuit? tho memory of the
revered chieftain. If successful it will con
stitute a monument moro lasting than brass,
ond more worthy the hero and soholar thun a
column of thc finest Parian tnarblo?
?tW Tho Athens (Ga.) Watchman, refer
ring to a di s pa bo h from Porno, states that a
G.rcono county farmer mada livo toni of clo
vor hay to tlie nore H-iy, in, this market,
h is oost as high as $2 25- per cwt. But sup
poso it is only ono dollar, it will beat King
Cotton to death 1 Ono hundred dollars p:r
aore, with little or no labor t Why uot try
clover ?
- An ngod woman in North Adams relates
that many yours ago, wbilo attending a sectil
danoo a young'meehanio a blt ed her hand for
one of tho dances. She indignantly refused,
fooling very much mortified that he should
m ike euell un offer. Year? havo passed, ond
sho has filled an honorable hut h unible position
in life, wbilo tho young m in whom she then
seornod hus boon Governor of Massachusetts.
-i Tho Raleigh Sentinel sate: Wo givo
to. day tho official vote of the Stato for and
against convention. Th? niujority against
? convention is 0.245. These returns show
that tho Conservativo voie of this year oocucs
within 1,541 of that givon for Attoruoy Gon
orul Shipp last your,, whilo that of tho Radi
cals given- n gain of twelve thousand, mid
twenty five.notwithstanding tho foot that it is
known that thousands of negro Radicals havo
loft the Stato sinoo tho last cloction.
- Over 1,000 ox-Confodcrntcs mot at
Roadokp, Mo., on. Wednesday, tho28d, and
passed, a resolution that it is tho duty of nil
tuon to turn thoir backs upon tho past, and
grasp manfully the duties and. respoostbili
ties of. the.future.
' *v \
M ORK. M i SE ut-Reports from Southern
Ilungury toll of frightful inundations and di*)>
tress. The wheat crop of this section of Ku*
ropo constitutes ono of the lending clements
in determining pri?es throughout mai ??hu?
Christendom Tho breadth sown to wheat
oovers thousands of square miles. His not
to bo hastily credited that any considerable?
proportion of tins bas boen destoyed by inun
dation. Thc e?oets of thc overflow aro likely
to bo restrieted to the neighborhood of the riv
er banks. Much individual loss and suflcr
iug may provo to have been inflicted withoii^
tho disaster having assumed proportions tl
materiuiv afleet tho amount of the surplus ol
Hungarian wheat, which is relied upon by!
the countries. Importing brou dst uiTs us ju.it of
their regular supply.
AN KOVPTIAN NADOD-Tho Khedive of
Egypt hus the g/ca test private puise of any
individu d ill thc World. His personal wealth
is said to ?mount to $300.000.000. Ho live?
tu a new palace willoh cost him 815.000,000,
and spent S25,000,00d enleitain'u.g sixty
thousand Kumpean guests at tho Sue/ Canal
opening, paying for everything, including^
their washing.
DcArn OF Mus. VA Mi A S tua ti AM.-The
wi low of thc lamented Valluiidighuiu, whose^
untimely death is mourned throughout th?
laud, and whose eoudiliou. both tnentully uini
physically, has been quito precarious ever
since his tragic death, died of a broken heart
nt Cumberland, Maryland, ono diy list wcok.
A tru'y sad aflair.
?"OT7FIV? S IR, O I-A-L.
NEW YOUR, August 28-livening. - Gold
]2?'W;1~}. Governments steady but dull j 02?
l8|. Georgias 83; sevens Di). North Caro
linus -15; new 25. South Carolina* 70 : new
571. Cotton quiet and ftf.u : sales 1'JtuO bc lus ;
iiptaiids ii)] ; OrUiius 10$. Floor quiet and
unchanged. Wheat heavy ?nd ?.(d t cents
lower dun slightly-favors buyers nt 00] (?)
07. I?ice firm ntR?@0J.
Cu AU i.KSTON, August 2>*.-Cotton.dull ; mid
dlings IS ; net receipts 15 hales ; exports coast
wise 127 : stock 2200.
LiVGRVooii. Augn?t 28--tC von Inn;.-Cotton
closed strong ; uplands Oj ; Orleans 0;j : pnlcs
15.nOfr bains ; sppoulation and ex put .WOO.
"ARRI LS"
AT TIIK
W A L If A L h A II O TE L,
For thc Week ending August 29M, 1871.
B Pi Scott, A. & R. A. It. Ti. : Miss L. A..
Bull. Miss J. l). Bull. Chariest.ni ; T. S. Gar
ner. Allanta, Oa.; Pr. O. M. Dovlo, Togalo;
Wm. L. Bessman, Augusta: J. H Scruggs,.
Clayton; IC. A. Tato, Parryville: M. O. Calla
ghan; Columbia: Gan. J. W. Hamsun. Ander
son : Maj. Wad? Hampton, Mr. ?nd Mrs. J,
B. Exoil. II 8.' Johnson, Col n tn bia ; Wm. Bur?
master. M. Kelley. G?d. J. B\ IC Shuni, ('har
laxton : Clnis. 1). 'Lilly. Augusta ; J'. I? Offal,
Sn. Cn. i Tims. Stoen HUI] Daughter, Miss M.
IC. Hahn. Prof. M. ?. Do Camps. Greenville ;
J. L. Addison, ridgefield; J. IC. Lobby, B. li.
lt. lt.; Wm? Ti Starke. Master Hammond,
Augusta ; Wm. Norton. N. 0. ; T. F. Brodie,.
Wife, Two Children and Servant, Charleston ;
C. C. Scruggs, Engineer; H. G. Crump, Ulairs
ville. Gn.; B. Karlo Seaborn, Charleston; C.
A Mngeo. T. D. Sloan. K. Franklin. S. D.
Tresoot, F. N. Bickens. B. lt. lt. It ; Wm. P.
Thompson, Walhalls : M. C. Parker, W. N.
Alexander, Tims. Wildman, Anderson ; Mrs.
J. C. Alders, Three Children ?nd Nurse, Geo
W. Stencils, Wifo and Tinco Children, Cl
leaton.
MARBLE WORK'S
ANDERSON, S. C.
.4 LL tho diffcron! grades nf M.VB III.IC kept
XJL on hand, sirituldofor tho Trude and at
PRICES CILKA PE ft
THAN CAN BIC BOUGHT ANYWHERE
Anil Good Work Guaranteed.
SlnaV?, (ixS feet-, from $35, *J<). to $110 5 Head
Stones. 4 feet high, frnni $11 to Sid, 4 fejrfr-??*
high, *S to $0 : Small Setts for Children,
%2 50 to $5.00 ; Littering. 3 cents.
Give ns a cull boforo purchasing else
where, as wc cannot he undersold.
T. WILDMAN & CO.
Sept. 1. 1871_45 3m
WALHALX?T
F o m a 1 o S e m i n a ry jm
fjpiIE Exercises of HUH School will he ro
1 urned ou tho FIRST MONDAY in SEP- \
TEM BEB. m
Tho course of instruotion will bo thorough,
embracing nil those broncos commonly taught
in Fournie Colleges.
Young Ladies from abroad will bo fur ni shod
with wholesome faro and good lodgings, at
rcasonahlo prlcoa.
The tor ms of tuition will ho reduced in pro
portion to the amount received from tho Behool
fund, appropriated by tho Stato for educational
purposes.
For particulars apply to
MISS C. MOKOAN,
Walhalla, S. C.
Sept. 1.1871_45_ 4
MI KIR A LS.
rpHE Ilighost Market Katoa will bo given.
1 (IN CASU) for MICA, (Minorai Isinglass)
QUA UTZ CHRYSTAL'S, CO KU N I) U M,
BICK Y L. O AUNEIS, Mineral Spcoimuns in,
general. IN (MAN STONE INSTRUMENTS?,
HATCHETS, SOAPSTONE POTS & PlPJiS^
&c Apply to
WM. P; THOMPSON, J?
Mineralogist and Enginoor, jfl
Bleniann's Hotel. Walhalla, S. C. ^|
Sept. 1,1871; 45_3m* ~
Filial Settlement
THE Estato of Maj. JOHN C. MILLER;
deceasod, will bo lundi y settled" before thei
Judge'of Probato, at Walhalla, on Tuesday the
171 li day of October nost. l^rtioa intorostcd
will apponr- on that day. Croditors will pro
Font thoir dotnands to J* J. NoilTON, Esq., bo-,
furo that time.
P; J. MILLER, E-'or.
Sopt. 1, 1871_45_ 4t
FOR SALE,
AVALUABLE RIVER FARM, well ito*
proved, in ono of tho most desirable seo?
lion? of Oconoo. Tho prcsont orop, stocklAo.,,
will he sold. Torin* accommodating. fl
Apply to ROBT. A. THOMPSON.
_Sopt- 1, 1871_45 6t
JEqualization Hoard.
fiMXK ANNUAL BOARD for tho Equalise
JL tion of Real and Personal Property, willly*
meet, in my offlpo, on,MOMMY, tho MiUdfr*
of SEPTEMBER. L, B. JOHNSON^
Sept. I, 1*71 ^ounty AudBo,,