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Jtoaps and .farts. Frederick Douglass, the greatest "colored" orator in the United States, in his late speech at Medina, N. Y., invariably speaks of the blacks as "negroes." A Western paper announces the illness of its editor, piously adding: "All good paying subscribers are requested to mention him in their prayers. The others need not, as the prayers or the wicked avail nothing, according to good authority." -?As the. first step toward the removal of the Washington Capital to the Mississippi Valley, the West will, at the next session of Congress, protest against any farther appropriations for government buildings in Washington. A Dublin professor has lately analyzed the milk of the sow, and found that it contains fifty per cent, more nutriment than cow's milk, but it is not easy to get, sows not being very susceptible to coaxing. The New Bedford Standard says a lady in that city recently appeared in church neatly dressed in calico, and concludes that it would not be dangerous to lend the husband of such a woman money. Pic nics in Pennsylvania are wound up by the girls standing in a lone; row, while the young men go along the line ana kiss them all lgooa night" The winding up business is always anxiously looked for by the girls. The London Pall Mall Gazette estimates tho amount of United States bonds held abroad to be about $1,200,000,000, which, if the estimate be correct, would cause a drain of $60,000,000 a year from this country to pay the interest on them. It is estimated by statisticians that the census of 1870 will demonstrate the total population of the United States and Territories to be over 40,000,000. This would make the national-debt about $6 a head. A runaway counle at San Francisco, two weeks ago, being unable to procure a license, chartered a tug boat and a clergyman, and were married "two marine leagues from shore." They returned sea-sick, but successful. A writer at Long Branch writes of the bathing for ladies: "There is a rope stretohed from the shore, and anchored out a few rods. On this the ladies hang themselves, looking exceedingly like newly washed clothes on a windy Monday." Oh! oh!! The State Legislature of Tennessee, as far as heard from, Will contain sixteen Conservatives in the Senate, with five districts to hoar from, whilst in the House there will be forty-six Con *v.,? PamiKlinnna nnrl fnnr Stokes Re jicrvauvwj iuui jli^^uvuvuu^ ?*m?. - ~ ? publicans?ultra Radicals. Cleveland, Ohio, and Quincy, 111., demand the national capital, while Akron, Ohio, cries for the naval academy. The former cities found their claim on location, and the latter on the possession of a fine canal, on which the middies could be taught navigation without getting seasick. Said a Baptist to a Methodist : "I don't like your churcn government. It isn't simple enough. There's too much machinery about it" "It is true," replied the Methodist, "we have more machinery than you; but then, you see, it don't take near so much water to run it." A new issue of all denominations of greenbacks, from one to the one thousand. dollar note, is to be made in consequence of the spurious issue of the ten dollar greenback or legal tender notes. The plates for these notes are now being engraved at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The designs are entirely new. "Everything has its use," said a philosophical professor to his olass. "Of what use is a drunk- i ard's fiery red nose?" asked one of the pupils. , "It's a lighthouse," answered the professor, "to warn us of the little water that passes underneath it, and reminds us of the shoals of appetite on which we might otherwise be wrecked.' A Washington letter says: "Nearly a hundred small postoffices in* various sections of the country, mostly Southern, however, have been discontinued in consequence of the negligence of the postmasters to make returns thereby allowing their ( names to go on the black list of the Sixth Auditor's office." A Hard-shell Baptist preached iu Washing- 1 ton lately, and took for his text "God made man in His own image." He then commenced: "An i honest man is the noblest work of God." Then , made a long pause, and looking searchingly around the audience, exclaimed: "But I opine God Al- , mighty hasn't had a job in this city for nigh on to , fifteen years!" j The tendency of the negro to relapse back to barbarism, when released from the example and restraining influence of the white race, has received i an additional illustration. The Colonization So- i ciety now calls for fifteen or twenty families, which 1 it will transport free to Liberia, for the purpose of converting and civilizing those who navo gone ] before them. i Treasurer Spinner continues to reeeiye let- ] ters from all parts of the country informing him of < the circulation of the new counterfeit ten dollar notes. The Washington despatch to the New < York Evening Post says that a letter has been re- i ceived in Washington from North Carolina, stating < that the various sections of that State are flooded ] with the new counterfeit notes. I The Internal Revenue Department has decided that base ball clubs are subject to tax, and j accordingly will, in future be compelled to take out ( licenses. It is added that the tax will be at the rate of tea dollars per annum for their exhibitions, ' and a tax of 1 ? per cent, upon their gross receipts, J while the treasurers of dubs will bo required to i make monthly income returns. ] The Charleston Courier announces that a letter has been received by the President of the South Carolina Railroad Company from the Hon. C. M. Furman, stating that the negotiation for the , exchange of the past due sterling bonds, ruarante- ' ed by the State, for new first mortgage nonds of ' the company has been successfully completed, and 1 the stockholders need apprehend no further embarrassment in oonnectmn with the overdue debt, j It is estimated that there are one hundred ] thousand men in New York who receive wages for . either manual or mental labor. If they take each one drink a day at ten cents each, the total expen- 1 diture is $10,000, and for cigars and tobacco, say ' ten cents each, $10,000, making $20,000 a (Jay, < $140,000 a week, $500,OCX) a month, and 16,720,- \ 000 a year for drinking and smoking and chewing, all of which is probably not indispensable. ( We find in one of the Atlanta, dailies nearly three columns of Sheriffs advertisements for the nale of real estate in the city of Atlanta to pay ' State and county taxes. We counted one column, i and found tlu'rty-tico lots advertised for sale; at ; dais rate the three columns would give ninety-six lots for sale in one month, to pay legal taxes. Atlanta must be a flourishing place to afford so much ' work for printers, lawyers and sheriffs?at least, we should judge that those classes of her people were just sow quite flourishing.-=-4 Mpiwta Chronicle. The Atlanta Era says the material prospects of Georgia were never better. Crops are large and abundant. Breadstuff's and the necessaries of life will far exceed the home demand. The cotton prospect was never better. Nearly every farmer 1 will nave some to sell; and, having produced all the eorn, oats,- potatoes, wheat and bacon that he will need, will be able to invest the surplus obtained from the proceeds of his cotton crop. Auother year of bountiful crops, and Georgia will be independent in a commercial sense, and in a position to exert more political influence. The State Treasurer states that the interest on the public debt is nearly all paid, and that the receipts at the treasury are largely in excess of tie payments. The interest now unpaid cannot, we are informed, be ealled for until the principal and interest unpaid previous to July 1, 1S67, is funded under the Act of 1866. When the provisions of that Act are eomnlied with, holders may present their claims, which will be promptly paid. Some $500,000 of State stock have wen converted in bonds under the Act to provide for the conversion of State securities,? Phoenix 15th. It is stated, on good authority, that the Adjutant-General of this commonwealth has succeeded in securing ten thousand breech-loading Springfield rifles ana bayonets of the United States army pattern. These, with the three thousand Winchester rifles already furnished by the government, snake up the complement for this State, and we may now regard South Carolina as armed and equipped according to law. "The colored troops fought nobly,'' and.the.Gavernor doubtless breathes eaore freely when he scans his weapons and selects his warriors.?<sltarfaion A!qios. The ifcasbville Utuon & Ameriouyi of tho 12th instant, says that its election tables or .that morning present Gov. Seater's majority as upward' of sixty-five thousand. In East Tennessee, it says, with five small counties to hear from, he leads hie competitor nearly ticentyfive hundred. In Middle Tennessee, with several small counties unreported, his majority is more than forty thousand. In West Tennessee, it is nearly twenty-three thousand, with four counties not reported. His majority will be fully seventy thousand. The vote on the legislative ticket corresponds, four-fifths of both Houses being anti-Republicans. ?? The Chemical News for August has the following: "Four children were burned to death at Coiydon, Indiana, on the night of July 3d; the fire is attributed to the explosion of a lamp while the children were all asleep. July 13th, Nora Woolf, of New York, aged 14, was fatally burned by an explosion of kerosene used for kindling a fire. July 14th, John Stein, of Yonkers, was shockingly burned by the explosion of a kerosene lamp. July 13th, a kerosene lamp exploded at No. 71 Bayard street, New York. Mrs. Ami Festlonel was burned to death in Baltimore by the explosion of a can of kerosene oil. Mr. Wellington, of Boston, was fearfully burned by the explosion of a lamp containining iuclnc oil.' The lamp was shattered into more than one hundred pieces. 'Lucine oil' is a light and dangerous naphtha, one of the most explosive products of petroleum. The East Hampton Rubber Thread Works and the Valley Pump Company's Works were destroyed by fire, July 12, caused by an explosion of naphtha ; loss $140*000. m fforfcrillc (Shtquircr. wr- wr ir "W Tr "Wl - lUKliVIJUJUti, 9. i/.i THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 19, 1869. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and job, work, are cash, in advance. X.?The paper will be discontinued on the expiration of the time for which payment has been made. A Subscriber finding a (?) cross-mark on the wrapper or margin of his paper, will understand that the time paid for has expired. PRINTERS WANTED. Two sober and industrious Compositors are wanted at this office immediately. Steady employment will be given and wages paid promptly. : + A GOOD IDEA. The merchants of Cheraw have formed a "Commercial Association," the chief object of which is to guard against injustice, either to buyer or seller, in the cotton trade. The plan adopted is to put the weighing of all cotton, sold in town, into the bands of a responsible Board of Commissioners, three in number. This Board is annually to elect a weigher or weighers, who are to see that the scales are at all times correct. The publie weigher is not to weigh cotton for any merchants not belonging to the association, undor penalty of one dollar for each bale so sold. In this way, it is proposed to afford guarantees of correct and careful weighing, a matter which is often, justly or unjustly, a cause of complaint among planters. The Board is also made a Board of Referees, in all matters of dispute concerning mercantile transactions, their decision to be final. This is intended to save useless litigation and establish precedents and rules for the peaceable decision of disputes which frequently arise in all business places. The idea Strikes us as a good one, and worthy of consideration by our business men. With reference to light bales, says the Chesterfield Democrat, from which we get the above facts, it was "Resolved, That should a bale of cotton weigh less than three hundred pounds, it shall be considered unmerchantable, and when sold, there shall be a deduction of one and a half cents per pound from the original price." ?+. ? ^ a modern patriot. As our readers are aware, a bitter controversy has been going on for some time, between the Mackey family and Messrs. Sawyer and Bowen. Alderman T. J. Mackey makes the following charges against Congressman Bowen, some of which have been published before. The only point of interest to the public is the fact that Mackey has believed them some time. He does not bring them forward now as a point of duty, but only because they have quarrelled. Mr. Macky charges: 1. That C. C. Bowen stole a valuable set of faro checks from a gambler in this city, which checks were sold by Bowen in New \ ork, where they were identified and ultimately recovered by the owner. 2. That C. C. Bowen was imprisoned in Castle Pinckney in 1S67 by Governor Scott, then Assistant Commissioner of the Freedman's Bureau, on the charge of misappropriating the funds of the Union League. 3. That C. C. Bowen, then Captain of the 21st Battalion Georgia Cavalry, was_ fried by court* aiartipl, found guilty, and cashiered for forging pay rolls, the result being announced in general crders from General Beauregard's headquarters. 4. That C. C. Bowen was arrested upon the charge of having planned the piurdpr of Col. White, it Georgetown, ?. C., in November, 1S04, that he escaped punishment by the flight of his accomplice, and was released from jail when the Federal :roops took possession of Charleston in 1805. These are your rulers, our countrymen, as they lppcar to each other. They got along harmonicusly for awhile; but they are now painting one mother with all the unflattering wrath which is engendered by a contest for the spoils. And what ;s remarkable, each draws a portrait which the public recognizes at once, as true to life. the land commissioner. C. P. Leslie, the State Land Commissioner, has advertised that office is now organized, in ac cordauce to the law creating the same, and is ready to proceed to business. He desires to purchase "none but good lands, in good localities, "at their Fair m*r?.ot value, and at such prices as the same - - - f 1 . )> IT. lands would bo sold to private inuiviauais. ne proposes to pay for such purchase in currency, md invites all persons desiring to sell such lands, :o forward their proposals, giving a description of ;he lands, locality', quality and adaptation to the production of cotton, corn, and grains generally. Mr. Leslie lias also issued a circular concerning the mode of redemption of lands sold for taxes. He is of opinion that lands which have not been redeemed within one year from date of sale, cannot bqj? be redeemed without authority from the Legislature. ufho jatate/' he adds, "instead of realizing any benefits by becoming owners pf the lands taken for taxes, lias sustained additional loss by allowing the original owners to occupy and retain possession of the laihl, without payment to the State of either rent, or the taxes that have since accrued thereon. It has really placed the State in ? jyorse position than if it had not attempted to enforce the penalty." Thinking the State ought to be anxious for the original land owners to be allowed the ijiosfc liberal terms to redeem lands sold for taxes, and speaking in the name of the party in power, Mr. Leslie says he will, early in Uig ne^t session of the Legislature, recommend an act ottering relief uprns substantially the following terms: "First. That when the original owners have occupied the land since the sale, they shall pay the taxes for which the same was sold, together with the actual costs and expenses of such sale. Second. They shall pay the State taxes which would have accrued upon the same if the party had continued the owuer, Luc county auditor making all proper assessments. Third, In cases where the original owner 1ms not occupied the land since the tium of the sale, and the same lias been leased tor wmcu u mere are any leases, I am not aware,) lor a longer term than one year, and the lease not having yet expired, the party retaking possession should pay lor all permament improvements thereon. Fourth. The parties must, hy the fifteenth day of September of this year and the first day of December in each snbseouent year, file a notice with this State Treasurer .or his intention to redeem the land on or before the first day of J anuary following. In order to entitle persops to redeem their land or avail themselves of tbo provisions of such bill, they must deposit with the State Treasurer a sum of money sufficient to redeem in pursuance of f hc suggestions above made. To those who desire it, the otate will hold out the most liboral inducements to them to regain their property. But if the party refuse or neglect, after the passage of suoh an act, to redeem their lands, the State will be compelled to lease out the lands, in whole or in part, and, if necessary, dispossess tl^e orignial owners," The Land Commissioner is showing considerable activity in the way of circulars. Every week or two he i* out in a circular for information. We wish to do no man injustice, and therefore are dis- o posed j -nink he is really desirous to buy land for p the State. One or two actual sales Would be worth g more, in the way of opening the business of the f office, if the facts are published, than any number c of vague circulars about "market value," "fhir pri- fc ces," &c. He might also start his business, by li announcing some few fixed prices, which he will v give for certain qualities of land. If he will agree to take any and all land at the value fixed on it by the Board of Equalization, we will guarantee him offers in all directions. v 1 LATEST STATE ITEMS. g An associated press dispatch says that Congress- t man Bowen has commenced legal proceedings n against the Mackcys for their alleged slanderous j publications concerning him. His hitherto shame- t proof hide has been penetrated by their ventila- c tion of his record. fc On the With, a freight train on the Augusta s branch of the South Carolina Railroad ran off the c track, and two of the cars were turned over in a g ditch. It is feared the conductor was seriously in- I jured. fc Mr. Joseph B. Hughes, of Kershaw, while c coming to Camden last week in a wagon, was r struck by a falling pine tree and immediately kill- J ed, a jagged knot penetrating his back, near the j right shoulder. A negro in the wagon made his c escape, by jumping out, and says they did not see t the tree falling until it was almost upon them, g One of the mules was moTtally wounded. The t Camden Journal says Mr. Hughes had just taken s out a policy of insurance for $5,000 in the "Piedmont Company" about a month before his death, e and that the agent of the company was making ar- ti rangements to pay it at once. ? The Savannah Base Ball Club again visited a Charleston on Monday the 15th, at the invitation g of the Carolina Club. The citizens of the oity felt d it to be a point of honor that their guests should ? not be again insulted. Numbers of them, ther*- n fore, went to the boat to escort the Savannah Club, p The Mayor also sent a strong detachment of po- r lice, armed with Winchester rifles, whose protec- li tion was regarded as rather officious, and more cal- i< culated to provoke than to prevent a riot. Hap- I | pily no disturbance occurred, and the occasion was 1 a success. v The premium list of the State Pair, to be held in Columbia, on the 10th, 11th, and 12th of No- p vember, has been forwarded to us. Wc regret o thatlt is so long as to prevent our publishing it in s full. But we will endeavor to give a synopsis of fi it next week. ' ii Isaac Josey, a colored-convict from Darlington, b while attempting to escape from the penitentiary o at Columbia, on last Saturday, was" shot by the si colored guard and kiHed. A reward of $1,000 has been offered for the rearrest of Tolbert, an escaped convict. This Tol- 1 bert, it will be remembered, is the rascal who conC/iooar] tl.nf Via nroo fiWBecnrB tn t.Tlfi milPflfiP flf B. S F. Randolph, in Abbeville, and attempted to im- it plicate the Democratic clubs of the county in the a crime. t( tl DRUMMERS ARRESTED. The Charleston papers state' that the traveling ^ agents of two Northern liquor houses were arrested in that city last week, on the charge of selling ? goods without first paying fbr a license. The local law on the subject provides that "each and every transient person, traveling agept, itinerant sales- ? man, or other person or persons, not residents of th^City of Charleston, or not holding a lease, for a ^ year or ldnger, of a store or building in the city, g who shall carry on any faculty, profession, occupa- w tion, trade o? employment, or who shall sell, or offer for sale in said city, any description of goods, A wares, or merchandise whatsoever, either by sam- ' pies, patterns, or otherwise; or who shall solicit cr and obtain orders for supplying others with any 01 such goods, wares, merchandise, produqe or other b< commodity, on commission, shall, before entering ai upon any such business as aforesaid, make application to the City Council, accompanied by the E recommendation of three respectable freeholders, in certifying that the applicant is a fit and proper ai person to be entrusted with such a lieense. The is person so applying shall deposit with tbe City U Treasurer two hundred dollars, and, upon the li- re cense being granted, shall execute a bond in the si penal sum of one thonsand dollars, with two sure- w tics, to be approved by the Committee on Licen- el ses, conditioned for the true return of sales and full w payment of city taxes thereon. And if any person w shall neglect or refuse fo comply with the require- in ments of this ordinance he shall be liable to a pen- w alty of five hundred dollars, to be recovered in any . court of competent jurisdiotion.'' g One of the accused pleaded ignorance of the law II 1 ? tn rvoit Itn firm "H dllU a WilUUgUGOa iu pu; n*v UUU) ? ?. $3 on every hundred dollars worth of sales. He sc was released on paying the fine. hi The other party produced a certificate from tl Messrs. Mantoue & Co., of Charleston, authoriz- ni ing him to sell goods in their name, as they were al agents of the house represented by him. The fe Mayor regarded the certificate as a suspicious m dodge to evade the law, but one of the firm of ai Mantoue & Co, having testified that they had \\ granted the permission to soil in their name., the si decision was postponed. oi MERE-MENTION. tc A relic speculator offers the stump of a segar m smoked by Grant for $15. ""Cotton picking tl has commenced in Florida. Illinois is the 0j first Northern State to organize colored men us part ni of tke militia."""""A mau ip Troy, Pbip, Ijas de- tr serted his wife and eloped with his motber-in-law. A There are few men who will do likewise. ""The caterpillar is reported to be in some sections of Georgia and Florida, No serious damage has .1 been done. General Thomas Jordan, formerly chief of Gen. Beauregard's staff, now in Cuba, ^ according to the Third Auditor's books, owes $22,- fr 000 to the government. A company has been k< organized in Providence Rhode Island, for the di manufacture of fins, made to resemble frogs' feet, J'1 to be. attached to the hands and feet of humaq swimmers. The Democrats elect three and fa the Radicals three members of Congress in Ala- ni bama. It is popular now to present burial gi lots in cemeteries to defeated candidates for office aJ iu Virginia. Wheelbarrows have come down 81 to us through six centuries, and have hardly experieqeed an improvement since the first inven- A tion. Jefferson Davis is now making a tour through Scotland, accompanied by Dr. Charles J Mackay. The first bale of new cotton received at New York this season was sold at auction 011 Monday i*t fifty cents per pound. It came from / Texas. '"It is estimated that tfipre are npw . 17U,0O0 Chinamen in the United States,"""""In ^ some parts of Indiana the farmers give half their . n?nr? tn whnflvpr will harvest and thresh the ITllVUb V*Wl' vv/ " ' "" """" ~ ~ Qwhole. The present population of Atlanta is st thirty-five thousand, and there are eleven bun- r< cjred new houses in process of construction. In tl some parts of Georgia the cotton plants are so 01 heavy with bolls as to break down, ?pd two bales to the acre are expected. The eclipse caused ^ a fall in tbe thermometer at "White Sulphur ^ Springs and produced u frost, The next so- b lar eclipse visible in the United States occurs on a tbe 28th of May, 1900. The tunnel of the n Mariettn Ohio railroad is cut under a well of ex- J? cellent water. The well is as good as ever and j does not leak a drop while crowded trains pass ^ directly uncjer jt. Prince Metternich is the w author or the definition of velocipedestriqnc. He it calls them fools upon rollers. Thp cotton P; worm appeared op many plantations in Mississip- ?' pi. On Pig Black friver tbejr appearance this year is five days' earlier than last, while the crop is 0i at bost two week's later."""'"George H. Pcndle- ai ton has been nominated as the Demooratlo oandi- a| date for Governs of Ohio. Hon. Jaroos W. u. Qrborne died in Charlotte, jl>. C\, .laat week, The w Reused was ff pppijjifient citizen of our sister nl State, and had filled many bigl} pqsitiflns \vjth th honor, "During the war between Kyo factions it f the Erie railroad, two parties coming from oplosite directions, ran their engines violently toother, and after the smash up engaged in a free ight/"*\*"The Texas papers estimate tho loss of otton by the recent floods at thirty-three thousand tales. Three steamships have recently been ] Dst off the banks of Newfoundland, two of which ^ rere sunk by coming in collision with ice-bergs. ] CUBAN AFFAIRS. ( The war in Cuba draws its slow length along, rith very few incidents of conspicuous importance. 1 "he bloody execution of prisoners taken by-the Spaniards has been virtually stopped by the capure, on the part of the insurgents, of a sufficient < lumber of prisoners to put retaliation in their tower. The latest accounts published come from he Cuban Junta, in New York. Theso are of ourse favorable to their side; but thejr seem to .s >e pretty fully corroborated by what the Spaniards 1 ay from time to time. According to these ac- 1 ounts, the Cuban party has been steadily gaining ! ;round. General Quesada holds the control of Juerto Principe and the surrounding oountry, and 1 mtfor the unhealthy state of the city, would have J iccupied it some time ago. General Jordan -also eports favorably from his district, claiming'to 1 lave gained the advantage in all his engagements. ' ks soon as the season becomes favorable, active iperations will be resumed. The Cubans claim tO lold two seaport3, the names of which are not ? [iven, from which they communicate safely with j he United States cohst, in twenty hours' time by ; ail. , The Spanish army is estimated at 70,000 well ( quipped soldiers, 38,000 of whom are native vol- ? mteers, the remainder having been sent from t Spain." The insurgent army numbers 50,000,' ' bout bsflf of whom are but poorly armed. The teat obstacle to Spanish success consists in the entoralized condition of their home government i Spain is herself in an unsettled condition, with a j ew and uncertainly established government. The 1 leople of Cuba are not in sympathy with the new t egime in Spain, and the leaders express the be- J icf that they could secure possession of the entire 1 iland, except Havana, within thirty days, if the i Jnited-States would grant them belligerent rights, s 'hese rights afe not likely to be granted, as they 1 rould interfere with another policy, which Gen. e rrant's administration is supposed to favor. This olicy is the purchase of Cuba from Spain, which nly in part coincides wkh the views of Cuban inurgcnts. It would afford them independence ^ rom Spain, but it would also be the signal for the c lvasion of their country by an army of carpet- 5 aggers, thoroughly drilled m the delightful science f reconstruction. But at present this is the con- v animation most likely to be effected. ?:?-? a EDITORIAL INKLINGS. n 'he Governor's Travels. t We saw it stated a day ortwo ago that Gov. s cott was in New York, looking after the financial iterests of the State. The latest papers received jntain telegrams stating that he is in Washingjn, after the State's quota of arms. It used to be le custom'for Governors to stay at home and en net1 all external State affairs to agents. But old ^ abits are hard to break. When a man has once ^ at into the way of roving about, encumbered with * - * - ... . ? i . 12 0 more baggage than a iigbt carpet bag, he seems a bysically obliged to take a little jaunt every once 1 a while. There "is- no other Bfl&igntfble reason . >r the wanderings of our ohief magistrate, who is t) philosopher of the peripatetic school Still there j : no harm done by this 'little ecoentricity; for the tate seems to get along just as well without as ith him. - c drew Johnson in the Field. jj In the last speoch ho made during the recent invas in Tenneaee, Ex-President Johnson came jt squarely in favor of nationial repudiation. The mdholders he thinks have received the full nount of their investments. This speech was r< iceived by the audience with great enthusiasm. x very thing indicates that the Ex-President is go- 0 g to squeeze himself into the ring, to try his luck C ;ain. It is asserted that the majorityof ihe Leg- P lature elect are pledged to sustain him for the ^ '. S. Senator from Tennessee. His anxiety to h iturn to Congress is based on a very natural de- k re to get some endorsement of his course, which u ill rebut the impeachment. If he docs" get this w ection, certain prominent Radicals will find it ^ armer work to pitch into Mr. Johnson, than it c' as while he was debarred from replying to them 'c dividually. 'ho is R. W. Boyd? jj ? A Confederate soldier who passed through umter a few days ago, informed the editor of the Vatchman that when he left Johnson's Island, in ecember last, there were eighty-six Confederate ft ldiers at that place who had not been home or fa 5ard from their friends since the war. Five of $ ?? ?? G/infV rVnAlmo lia rro\tq f Vinrr W ICS? VYUIU lri/m UUUIU vuiunuu, c4kjv4 uv guiv mvu ui mies as follows: Major Mobley, of Fairfield, is 30utrthirty-two years of ago, fair complexion, five fi ct eight inches, or six feet high; Lieutenant Sim- f\ ions, of Fairfield ; ''Captain Zeigler and Lieu ten- x>j it Easterling, of Orangeburg, and Lieutenant 11. b< W, Jloyd, of York. He begged that these names lould be published, that their friends tiiight learn st ? their whereabouts and that they were alive. ni The lieutenant named as from York, is unknown tl i us. It is a very strange circumstance, if so vi any ex-Confederates are still at any place where tl ley had been kept as prisoners. The re-opening vi mail routes lorig ago afforded means of commu- 4ication with their friends. Yet the story may be 3: ue. ' ei n Enemy's Tribute. " pi At the late reunion of the army of the Po- 81 iiuac in New York, Governor Chamberlin paid P le following tribute to G on. Lee's army: b "That Army of Northern Virginia! Who can 8( elp looking back upon them now with feelings half o< aternal? Lagged and reckless, yet careful to li cep their bayonets bright and lines of battle well ressed; reduced to dire extrcmeties sometimes, ^ 3t always ready for a fight; rough and rude, yet * Rowing wpll how to make a fleld illpstrjous, L "Who can forget them?thp brave, bronzed o< ;ces that looked at us for four years across the fla- p ling pit?men with whom in a hundred fierce b rapples we fought with remorseless desperation > id all the terrible energy of death, till on the one . de and the other a quarter of a million fell, and 11 3t we never hated except that they struck at the ? d flag?" t) other Amendment Wanted. ei rr^.-The National fiepulilican, published qt o: Washington,' calls for an amendment requiring afi lucational qualification as an essential condition ^ ?the exercise of the right of suffrage. It must _ e remembered that this call comes from a Radical jc mrmd. The writer aqys: vi "The system of putting the ballot-box into the " amh of the ignorant masses?no matter of icIuU rigin, if continued, cannot fail to lead to very bi rious, if not disastrous results. Congress will be ? ' ;miss in its duty to the country, if early action on ir le subject is neglected. It is contended by many t* E1 our ablest men, and with great force of argu- tl lent, that the best suffrage qualification would be " ibjlity to read and write the English language cor- w ictly.' With this as the universal qualification bi ;st in all Federal and State elections, the'hiillpt- bi ox would be protected against ignorance, and to ?( very large extent against the possibility of cor- h' iption. " v f j3 objected that h e cannot deprive any portion of our citizens of le right of spffrago already granted to them. 01 licrc is no ground upon which to base such a coir ? iision; but if even the argument was sound, it E ould afford no plea against the proposed change tl ^ ~ i-i J-Vt a/onffmoro Snn. CI i liic ittwa guYurijiug me rigut v* ose Copgrpss, during the next session, enacted a ictmij/i amendment to the Constitution, requirig the qualification of 'ability tp read and write je English language correctly,' as the condition ai i a right of suffrage, to tajce effoot in one, two, or G iy certain number of years hence that might be tt jroed upon, and called upon the different States rc > ratify their act, what State or class of Intelligent a tisena would objeot to tho proposition? .None h< batever. The measure woulabe universally pop- ni V/r, as ajj'ordiug a chccjc against thai control of n< x ballot-bo# by ignorance and corruption voir sj readcd in (he future py our wisest statesmen. ,n LOCAL ITEMS. . " NEW ADVEBTI8EMENT8. Assignees' Sales of personal proiwrty. kVm. and Thomas McOill,' Administrators?Notice. Robert AlstonVTho Shelby District Meeting. Agrioultnrfll Meeting. .;. dary Elam, Executrix?Notice of1 Sale. Vnnstrong, Cator Jk Co.?Fall and Winter Importation. 2. Gravely, Agent for the State?Gnllett's .Steel Brush Get ton Gin and Hall's Patent Cotton GinFeeder.. ,, .. . 'xuyftendHl*<t Toriilirtson?TI16 York: Drug StoreTanners' Oil?Carbolic Soap?Herbal Ointment?Desiccated Cocoanut -Tonic Elixir? Sugar-Coated Pillfc?English Soda. >eo. W, Willianis-tfc.Oo.; Factors?Cotton Ties. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. ^ \ Our friends.throughout the county will confer n ipccial favor on us and the readers of the Enquiier, by informing us of any matters of general interest which may transpire in their respective leighborhoods. Furnish the facts in epcH-Case as jri^fly as possible, and we will put the information n a.shape suitable for publication. . The names oi persons giving u? .information must accompany .heir communications; not for publication, but as in evidence of good faith on tho part of the writei md for owu private use. .... ' .' AGBIOULTUBAi MEETING. We invite the attention of our readers to the idvertrsement calling for an agricultural meeting icxt sales-day.". As there arc several matters ol mportancc, in which all are interested, and which iroporly come uuder the jurisdiction of such asso:iations, "we trust there will be a full attendance, esulting in the formation of a wide-awake Agrisultural Society.. A GOOD THING FOB BOOK HILL. Wo learn from the Chester Reporter, that Mr, f. It. Allen, for sixteen- years the effioient and popular postmaster at ChoBter, is about moving tc Jock Hill. He intends resuming business, it hat place, about the middle offieptember. - W? lave long known Mr. Allen, and from all we evei mow or- heard of him, we feel justified in congratdating Hock Hilt and York Distriot -on-receiving t> valuable an acquisition to their citizenship. iVe trust Mr. A. will have reason to be well pleasid with his new home. - ' ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS., We have a rule of long standing, never to Pubish any communication without knowing the name >f the author. Still we occasionally xeceiye anonrmous communications, some of which deserve obe published. We claim the rights decide rbcther or not any communication shall be pubished in our columns; but. when it comes to us .ccompamed by nothing to show-who wrote, we lever do publish it. There are wise reasons for bis rule, too lengthy for enumeration now, but trong enough to enforce it. "Epsilon" will please ake notice. " KEEP COOL.' Ever since the eclipse, the son seems to have ntered a proteBt against the prediction aimed gainst it by the sleeping prophetess ofKentucky. !o far from diramirig his "Brightness, he has put Drth a greater effulgence than ever before. The tmosphere is lite'rahy oppressive, and all nature, riimal and vegetable, is wilting away. The earth i thirsty, and the heavens are scorching in their '? ;? .. ngntness. uncrcr inese ciruuuiawuues^ ji m uuiu 3" keep cool. But the' community are engaged, 1 various'ways/ in the effort, and we hope they 'ill succeed. v - -1 We are happy to add'that the desired cooling Blue last (Tuesday) night, in this vicinity at least, 1 the form of a very refreshing shower. . FATAL ACCIDENT. We regret to learn that on-last Thursday, Mr. ames L. Clark, who had been for some months a isident of this County, was throwfcfrem.a buggy nd instantly killed. The.deceased had just come ut of Rock Hill, on his. way to the residence of !ol. Cad. Jones, accompanied by a young lady. A ortion of the breaching had previously been bjoen and Mr.-C. had repaired -the injury as far as e could, having tied the weak place with a hand* erchief. But in going down a hill, just before caching a bridge.Over a gully, the harness gave ay again. The horse fell into the gully and Mr. I was thrown so violently over the dashboard, oee to the horse's heels, as to have his neck dis^ (Cated. His companion was also thrown out and sverely, but not dangerously,-injured. Tb*relains were sent on Saturday, to Columbia, where le deceased formerly resided, COLLECTION OF TAXES. The work of collecting State and County tgxes >r York is daily going on ; but a large proportion l yet unpaid. The total amount of taxation is 52,280.00. Of thisamount only $22,527.04 had ecu paid up to aod including the 14th iDStaut. It well to remember that the. 28th instant is the mit during which the taxes can be paid wtihcmt irfher expense. After that date 20 per cent.,..or lie fifth of their presont amount, will positively b adde'd to all taxes still to be collected. ~ . The Auditor has furnished us a few interesting atistics from his books, which we annex. The umber of acres of land returned is 461,087, and leir assessed .value is $.2,102,418. The assessed ilue of buildings not In towns, is $482,614, And lat of buddings and lots in towns, including Yorlcille, Rock Hill, FortJMiir and Ebenezer, is $446,16. The assessment of personal property is 23,390, and the total value of all property assess1, real and personal, is $4j7J7,982. Thenqqabey p pqlls returned fbr ta$a(iqp is 2,742, and there re supposed tp be some 1,500 persons liable to a oil tax, whose names are not op the tax books. ,226 persons have paid this jjoII tax. There is )m.e difficulty in ascertaining the amount of the Election' of poll' taxes, as oil tax-payers are not iiMc. some beinc fhmales and others over age. With reference to collections, there have been 16,431.05 paid on the State taxes jind forwarded ) tlie ^reftsqrpr, at Polumbia, The amount of )upty taxes paidjs $6,08?. The total State tax, aid and unpaid, is $38,126.86, and tbo county ix is $14,153.94. From these statistics, it must e apparent to all that York pays its full share for le blessings of government. Another significant ict can be discerned. Owners of real estate pay iree-fourths of the bill. Nearly one half of the ntire assessment is on land, and nearly qpe fourth q town lots and buildings. A You.no Man Takes, a Two Years' Nap. .wakens, and asks, I.s "breakfast ready ? -We are informed that a young man living in the iwer part of this county was tagen sick about two aars ago, and ffeil into a deep aleep, from which e only awoke about two weeks since. The first cpression he made use of on coming to was, "is reakfast ready?"-just as though he had been deep but one night. A physician had been attendig on him all the time, and happened in just af>r he awoke. On walking up to the bed, he called io patient by name, remarking "that you must iel lbetter, as your cheeks have more color," to hich he replied by asking, "who are you ?" On sing informed tliat he was a pjiysiciqp who had 2pn attending him constantly for two years, he )uld hardly believe' his senses. During his sleep e was fed regularly with spoon victuals, as though e was conscious, Ife js now up enjoying good oalth, and busily engaged in trying to get the /cnts of the last two years posted up in his mind, lat he may unite them with the past and present. fe has a distinct recollection of everything up to le time of his going to sleep. We have heard no tplanation of this case of llip Van Winkleism. Madison [ftul] C'mr&r, 2Stfmk. ? ?r? r?r A Hain Stowm ov Snakes.? An extraordinary id most wonderful phenomenon oocurred at Indian rave Gap, In Campbell County, Tennessee, irough wnloh the Knoxvllle and Kentucky Hailiad is being built, on Sunday afternoon. During sovero thunder storm, and while it was at its light, the gap was suddenly filled with countless imbers of snakes, which were seen falling for larly ten minutes. They were of the common nicies, and measured from five inches to two feet length. JJicy wero all deaty being killed, 'it fe supposed, by the fall. The news of this freak of nature soon Tbecame known among the. farmers of the region, and created the" most intense excitement. By evening the gap was crowded with hundreds of people, dhiwn nither to witness the novel spectacle. . Numerous surmises were. in-. / dulged in by the puzzled spectators, but the gen- 1 eral opinion was that the mysterious shower was the premonition of some dreadful scourge. ' ClcirksviUt (Tenn.) Patriot. ' ( For the Yorkvilln Enquirer - * "EQUALIZE'THE LAND TAX." J Mr, Editor: I was pleased to see in your last i?- : sue, an article,, uader the above caption, calling the attention-of land holders and tax payers to this subject. .... . I fully concur with you in sentiment on this sub joct,. believing, as I do, that it erabraces-within its \ scope, not only the vital interest and prosperity of J the land holders?but also those, who cultivate the i 1 land (whether they be white or blacky and every 1 other class of business men among us, because aH ' are more-or less directly interested iu theagricul tural and consequent-financial prosperity of the r country. . - ,. .... ' i That tho present rate -of taxation is veiy griiev' ous and unjust, none will now attempt to question or deny, being about four times as large as that ( formerly collected before the war, when wo had a ; far better political government over us at much 1 leas cost, a purer moral government around us, L more peaco and oomfort in the management of our ? - - > , . 1 domestic affairs, and more money n> our pocseis, 1 wherewith to meet all our liabilities, private or public. - - 1 The blaek population not only enjoys the privilege oLvoting?a privilege iothcni almost a stumbling block and foolishness?not only enjoying the , privilege of settling upon and cultivating the land, thereby securing a home And- sustenanoe for their ; I families,?but by their votes have presented thero, selves as willing instruments in the hands of un- ,< ( principled men, whose sole purpose is to get into , fat offices and juicy contracts for their own interest ( , and not that of the blacks. And thus it is by the black vote oombined with evil designing men, that 1 , this unjust taxation has been imposed upon-us". This'being our-condition, we naturally look around us and seek for a remedy. l ean suggest none that promises more fnlly to secure our purpose?to advance the interest and prosperity of ? the white and black man, than the one proposed | in yonr article-?uto make th* entire votinrj jtopnleu i 'tionfeel it," and thus impress upon the black pop- j ulation that their true interest is altogether ident- ( ifled witlk their own white people, and especially l ! with those who -are land holders, and not witb ! those carpet-baggers, who come among us, to ncs- j i tie a while in fat offices -and soon return,to their < i Own homes, with tlieir caxpet-bogs .filled with ino- J - ney fraudulently obtained. Since then, the black , population enjoys the privilege of voting,- aDd has thus assisted in imposing ibis tax upon us, surejy' it would be nothing but fair, just and proper, -t?at they-should reap the fruits of their own labors and < pay their due proportion pf that tax, which they { have so willingly and kindly heaped upon us. The land holders possess the keys to their polit- ; ioal and-financial salvation, in their own care and j keeping, apd-.tbey have only to use them in a pfb-v , per time, place and manner to seeure their ohieet ^ We also possess this power as individual land hold- f ere, but individual action will not secnie our purpose or save us in this crisis. It will require a 1 unanimous, united action of all the land bolderaof this county, and the surrounding counties ofjthis ; State and North. Carolina, upon whieh to establish ; t n i Lilt. :..g a Dasis or operation, oy wuicu wo may rurciye justice ourselves, and dispense the same-to the color- 1 ed laborers of this county. With our purpose J complete, we will not oply have leas tax to pay > ourselves, but the black laborer will also be relieved 1 from the same burden now so unBeceasarily placed . upon us, the land holders being thus . better enabled to extend more liberal terms to .all who 1 cultivate their lands. This. action on the.part of J land holders will.teach black voters, that in exer- j oising this privilege, they should consider, well the t effects of their votos upon their own labor and pro- 3 fit from the same. ... There is, in my opinion, no plan by which to impress the minds of the.black voters with the result of their voting, more effectual than that, which f causes them to pay .a part of the tax thuS imposed upon us by their votes* If they are so'willing to j dance, surely they ought to be as willing to pay t .the fiddler; . s We agree then that.united action is necessary . for our purpose?can this be obtained? Will land holders come up in public and enter into a solemn agreement ataoug themselves to adopt the. plan t proposed? I believe they will. Let us, there- t fore, at once take the necessary .steps to epter up- 1 on this important wotly, and in order to do^o, I, 1 would suggest a meeting at an early day, of all " the land holders of the county, and all others interested in the welfare of the agriculture of the same, be held in the Court House, when and where .* wo can discuss the- merits and practical utility of * the subject, and receive, such plans as the wisdom ! and experience of the county may suggest. As this subject bears a strong relation to agri- culture, I hope .that the planters of the county will * at once re-organise in the -County. Agricultural Society, ancj take this matter into their special care and beeping.. Land Holder, c - ?bituam. - <? - c Dibi>?In this County, on the 13th instant, JAS. RANDOLPH, Infant son of W. H. Nicholson, ami 11 months. ? , In this County, on the 7th instant, at tho residence of his uncle Morrison Russell, M. C. RUS- _ SELL, son of the late Rev, R. Y. Russell. - V Jn this County, on tho 16th inst.,,Mr. GIDEOJT ? SEAHORN, aged 88 years. In this County, on the 11th June, Miss FRANCES R. HUDDLESTONE, aged 71 years, "O. for the death of those Who Hhtntberln the Lord 1 O. be like their* my hwt r^jxye, Like Utelrs my liwt reward." | Jftititnnitl ititb Commercial. ' j YOBKVILLE PRICES CtJBREgT. 1 corrected weekly by cabroll, clark & co. ^ ? : _ v WEDNESDAY, AUGUST lfl, I BAGGING?Gunny?V yard (uj 27 BALE ROPE?Hemp V fl> I2g(g) .. ~ Manilla.V6 ;.... 25 M . 30 cbttoli.Va ;.. @ .. IRON TIES, per-pound, ? (a) 10 BLUE-STONE,*V lb @ 20 CANDLES?Tallow?V lb { @ ., ? Adamantine, ? fit ?35, COFFEE?Rio?Y fc 20 (jij 28 Laguyra, V ib (a) 30 Java, V jb,,,, (a) V tl COTTON YARN, V bnnch of'5pounds,.7.. @ 3 25 e QUNFOWDER. V b..i @ 45 ^ MACKEREL?No. 1, half barr.-L @ ? Z No. 3, half barrel* (g No. 3, half barrel* (a) 12 00 a No. 1, V Kit, S 3 75 i( No. 9, V KU, (?j 3 50 U No. 3, V Kit S 3 00 , MOLASSES?Cuta?V gallon @ 70 ? Went India, f gallon (a) .. ' New Orleans, V gallon 1 15 @ 1 25 WAILS?Northern?Y lb 7g (g 8 SALT1,*rac? $ 3 30 ? SUGAR?Polwl?ed?V ft ? - @ 25 5 Crushed, ? ft w ?j b a,vft :........ :. ?s 20 w c,b*w,v ,v.v? <1 9 BroWn, r ft ? ? }* .i TEA?Myuon?V lb 1 50 S. 2 00 tl * Imperial; ? ft @ ' Black, V ft 1 00 (S) 1 50 VINEGAR?Cider?V gallon (a) "> produce market-prices from wagons. BACON-Hamr-Vft... ? '20 Shoulder*. V ft @ i? Sides, V ft .. (u| 21 CORN, V borhel I 00 @ I 15 CORN-MEAL, V builicl .............. ,. ? 1 90 DRIED FRUIT?Aphlesj peeldd, V bushel.. ., (a| 100 Reftpnea, peeled, V bushel.. ., @ 1 50 Penohes, unpeeled, ? buihel ,, (a) 1 25 EGOS, V doaen 10 (2 .. r\ FLOUR, V100 ft. <f 4 .10 J HIDES?Green?V ft..." @ ~ (1 Dry, V ft..... (3 M r, LARD?Country?V lb IS) ^ n LIME, V bushel @ '0 it OATS, V burlicl & 6J & PEAS, Vbiwhel 90 @ 1 00 j. POTATOES? lrl*h?V buehel 50 @ 75 ^ Sweet, V bushel 75 (aJ 1 00 r SHINGLES, ? TO00? 3 50 ffi 4 00 *, TALLOW, P ft 1U.? " WHEAT, V bushel ,,,..v,. ., ? | 5Q 'A Cotton?W? cannot gtye $i\y quotation^, as 4 there Is pow really no market, there 1>elhgnone j offered. 1 "1 CHESTER PRICES CURRENT. JORUKCTED WEEKLY BY MAJ. J AS. PAGAN, GROCERY AND COMMISSION MERCHANT. - TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1861). SAGGING?Gunny?pejyard .. 27 a 30 1ALE RORE? Hemp, per poiynJ .. ? 12# Manilla,perpound ~... 85 a 30Cotton, perpound, 20 a 23 JI.UE-STONE, per pound, V a 20 JANDLES?Tallow?per pound, a Admnnntlno, per pound, 23 a 25 COFFEE?Rio?per pound 2S ? 33 Lafluyra, per pound, a 33 Javn. per pound,..' I., 40 a 45 JOTTGN-YAIIN, per.honch of 5 poarule,....* ?. a 2 25 JIJNPOWDER. perpound, a MACKEREL?No. ly-tialf banels, - ,. .a No. $,half batreiaj .. *? Nd,3, half barrels,.'....;; a No. l,perKti, a 3 75 No.2, per Kit, . a 3 50 No.3, per Kit............... .. ? 3 00 MOLASSES?Cuba?perflation 70 a 75 West India, perflation,..'. a New Orleans, per fnllon, a 125 MAIF.S? Northern?perpound,.., a .8 RICE, per* pound, 10 a 14 SALT, per sack .. ' .. a 3 25 SUGAR?Pulverized?per pound .. a - 25 " Cruif>eit,^erp(Tund.;.? a 25 A, per pound,..,,.. 19 a 20 C, Extra, per pound,...... 18 a 19 Rrntun nar ngnj Ifl a 18 rEA?Hyson?per pound, ?. 1 50 a 9 95 Imperial, per pound, 235 a 3M Black, per pouud, VINEGAR?Cider?per gallon 50 a ,70 " PRODUCE MARKET. BACON?Hams?per pound, SO a 30 Shoulders, per pound,....;.... a IB Sides, per pound 20 a 23 CORN, per bushd,.... v..l. r..- .. a 140 CORN-MEAL, per bushel..,., .. a 140 EGGS, per iJor.nn, .". ? ' .. FLOUR, per 100 pounds, 4 50 a 7 00 HIDES?Greeiwpcr pound, ?o 6 0ry, per poimd,... a 12 LARD?Cotyjtry?per pound, a 25 LIME, perbwhel, a PEAS, per bushel,.. a -1 15 POTATOES?Irish?per busbej, ,a Swtsft, per buihfll,........ Art." .. c SHINGLES, per 1000, a 3 10 TALLOW, per pound...... .. a 22 WHEAT, per bushel........>.... * L-$ a t 33 CHARLOTTE: August 16.?Cotton?Very Httlo ootton was offered during the week and prices bavexaqged from 30 to 3ld.eent8. v ' Flour?The' market is Veil' supplied, and is bringing from $3.85 to $4 per sack from wagons; Corn?$1.10 to $1.15 per. bushel. Meal $1.10 to $Ll5 per bushel. .. ? , Wheat?$1.25 to 1.50 per bushel" NEW YORK,'.August 16, 7 p.'m.?Cotton quiet :uid-lirin, with sales ol'4Q0 bales,, at 33*.- CHARLESTON, August 16.?Cotton quiet,wH.li ?ale.s of 23 bales?middling 31{. ' Financial.YORKVILLE, August 18.?Gold, $1.40. NEW YORK, August Id.-Gold, $1,331. CHARLESTON, S. C., Thursday, Aug. 12, 1869. ?Bank of Camden, 80<; Bank of Charleston, 85; Bank ofChesfcoc, 16jBankofGeorgetown, 15: Bank of Hamburg,8; Bank of Newberry, 82; Bank of South Carolina, 2ff; Bank or thd Stare ofSouth Carolina prior to 1881,40; Bank ofthe State of South Carolina, after 1st January 1861, 10; Commercial Bapk, Columbia, 4 ; Exchange Bank, Columbia, 14; -Merchant's Bank, Cheraw, 12; People's Bank, 02; Planter!* Bank,Fairfl eld, 8 j Planter's and Mechanic's Bank, Charleston, 85; Southwestern Railroad Bank, old, 78; Southwestern Railroad Bunk, new, 75 ; State Bank, Charleston, Union Bunk,-98 to- par;-City <tf. Charleston Change Bills, 99; Stateot South Carolina.'Treasury Notes, 97. ' ' . ^ - Jjpiaual. ! " MARRi^p-rAt tho residence of th? bride's fathjr. in this County, on tbe 12th instant, by Key. J.. 3. Bally/Mr. "W7G. PALMER, of Unfoh'Coun:y, and MIbs M. J. GOOD. - - " * InSholby County, Alabama, on the 29th of July1. T- MOORE, of Marengo County, Alabama, anai Miss CYNTHIA BARNETT, daughter of M? . HARPER, Esq., of the former place. '" / rHE public are respectfully invited to meet at the COURT HOUSE on next Sales-Day, with ;he view to organize an Agricultural Society. SEVERAL CITIZfiN& August 19 ? . 33 , J,.. 3t rHE SHELBY DIST. MEETING IV7 ILL-commehee in' this place THURSDAY T y - NIGHT at 8 o'elock, August 26th. ^Bishop iVightman will preside, and visiting brethren, are >xpected. Delegates arriving by Rail Road will je metat the Depot; those coming by private conveyance wiji please report at tbe Store of P. B. Darwin, Esq. ROBERT ALSTON., August rfr 33 " 2t v COTTON TIE& r BEARDS PATENT.LOqK TLESjuisurpassed by any Tie yet manufactured. For neatness, trength and dafdbillty, this Tte has nb equal, la vi n g-sold them for the past three years, we feel hat we can cordially recommend Atom to all Planters, as the article they want. For sale by GEORGE W. WILLIAMS A 00., Factors, Charleston, S. C. .August 19 33 . \ . 3n^ NOTICg# , FIE undersigned-gives notice that at the expiration of three months frotn date, ho will RP~ dy ror renewal Certificates of Stock?(10 shares In he C. & S. C. Rail Road, No. 1939, an d&shares in he S. C. Railroad?tboOrigiuals being last or destroyed. " " JOHN GvGILL. June 16 - " 23 - ^ 8m ' a civic cfcowjr. 7T~ [N the olden time; the'Itfw awarded to every Roman, who saveitthe fife of a fellow-ekinm. i Civic Crown. If the. moderns had perpetuated his custom, SINGER'S REGALIA would, by his time, have been the eighth wonder of the .vorld. Singer's Sewhig Machines are fbr sal# by , .j... .. * -- ? . M.JONES, Ageal ADMINISTRATRIX* NOTICE, A LL person* having claims against the estate /V of MATTHEW WHITE ceased, are hereby notified to present the same previous to the 1st n 'September, or paymanfc will be barred. All jersons indebted to tno estate are notified to make mmcdiate payment. . <, CATHARINE WHITE, Administratrix. -July 29 - 30 FOXLETT'S STEEL BRUSH COTTOHtorS,^ HALL'S PATENT COTTON GlS FEEJflEK. SKNB FOB CIRCULARS. 7 . . \ GRAVELY, Agent for the State, 52-EasfcBay,, South ot the Old Post Office, * CHARLESTON, S. C. p. R. LONDON, Sub-Agent, Rock Hill, York: bounty, South Carolina, - ~ "r August 19 33 y. 3m FALL AND WINTEE IMPOETATIOH ^ 1809, ' mis, mam m am ?. ARMSTRONG,' CATOR A CO., 237 <& 239 BALTIMORE STREET, ,v BALTIMOHE. [MPORTERStand Jobbers of Bojmet and Trimming Ribbons,! Velvet and Sash Ribbona. Bonet Silks, Satins and Velvets, Illusions, Blonds, iaces, Ruches, Notts and Crapes, French Flowers nd Feathers, Straw Bonnets and Ladies* Hats, 'rimmed and Untrimmedj Silk, Velvet and FeU. tonnets and Hats, Sundowns and Shaker Hoods. The largest Stock of Millinety Goods In tWs ountry, and unequaled in choice variety, which ft dfl'er at prices that will dety competition, OR)ERS SOLICITED, August 19 ' 33 * *" " 4t ~ k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. V3W THE next Session will begin on tbe FIRST MONDAY- IN OCTOBER, and continue, without intermission, to the ensuing J uly. dtr Advantages are offered at this Instiltion to Students in Law, (the graduates being ntitled to practice in the Courts of this State;) in ledicine, (the course of instruction being extenLve and thorough, with two writtenexanunatioas uring the Session;) in Engineering, Mathematis, Mental, Moral/and Political Philosophy, Hls)ry, Rhetoric, English Literature, Ancient and lodern Languages, and in the various Scientific chools. EXPENSES FOR SESSION OF NINE MONTHS: Annual fee, $5; library fee, $10; Room Rent ;e, ?lo; Tuition fee, ?; for each of three schools, 15 \ Tuition in Law or Medicine, $50, Board ean o had at $10 to $20 per month. By messing, it dll be less.' ' .' For further information, send for Catalogues to ie Secretary of the Faculty, Rev, C. Bruce . Valker. R. W, BARNWELL, unairman 01 raciMty. Columbia, S. 0? August 2,1869; August W 7 StcAft kiygts mouytaiy r. road. 11HE trains over the KINO'S MOUNTAIN RAILROADjOu and after this date?on Monays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays?will Lin as follows, making cloa?-connections on the lentioned days,witl\ trains on the Charlotte and outh Carolina Railroad; <eave YorkyiH^, promptly, atO o'clock, A- M. Liriye at Chester at 8.20 o'clock, A. M. teave Chester immediately after the arrival of the tail train from Columbia. Lrrive at Yorkville at 7i o'clock. All Freights must be delive^ea at the Depot by o'clock, p. m., on the evening* previous to the eparture of the train. S, MOORE, President*