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E. B. M IT lt lt AY, Editor. TIIU&9DAY MORNING, JULY 81, 1870. Sherman baa given "Raincy, Smnlls, Sam Leo, Swails, Agues .Tonks, aud other Republicans whoso fame oxcela their good repute, positions in the Treasury department. Would not tho country have a most promising batch of Federal officers if he should become President ? Tho Abbovillo Medium, and one or two other papers of the State, condemn the appointment of Mr. E. L. Roche, of Charleston, as Phosphate Agent to buc cced General Anderson, and placo thor, opposition to him upon tho ground Uil I ho favored exclusivo granta of territor/. and because be lives in Charleston. How many other considerations aro to enter into tho election of a Chief Jus tice? Tho bond question has been hold up as a formidable factor, tho up country and low-country wrangle has been hint ed nt, and now tho Beaufort Crescent proposes to mair? tho appointment of Mr. Roche ono of tho subjects, and de clares war to thc hilt against the Gover nor, because it saya bo has arrayed him self ngninst the anti-monopolists. Did it ever occur to tho pnpers windi are looking for all these outside matters of rnlnion from which to make a Chief Justice, that tin Legislature might de cido to pass them over, and without attempting to regulato them simply em. thc whole question by elect. ..g some per son because he is a "clever and capable gentleman" and a good lawyer. Stranger things have happened. Whatever other charges may bo raked up ngninst Secretnry Shcrmnn in tho coming Presidential canvass, ono re deeming quality it least must bo con ceded, which is tb.it ho is always grate ful to his friends. Aa a convincing proof of this, a correspondent of th? Washington Pott, writing over tho signa turo of "A Republican," Bays that Agnes Jenks, tho champion Radicnl female witness who beguiled tho monotony of tho Potter Committeo with many ingeni ous falsehoods, now "holds a sinecuro 1 position in tho Treasury department building which paya $1,800 a year, and ? that abo eau bo soon flaunting up and , .'own the corridors of tho Trcasuiy de partment on any day." It will bo re- jj membered sho waB ono of Mr. Sherman's' friends when ho was in New Orleans holninir to have elm vntn nf timi State counted for Hnyca. It is kind of him to remunerate her so handsomely now-but, then, what docs tho couutry think about ? it?,__ Tho Medium thus criticises Governor 1 Simpson for appointing Mr. Rocho Phos- j phato Agent: Governor Simpson should be moro 1 careful in bia appointments. Ho can ' argue a case iu court, and bo can make a 1 good speech on tho stump, and ho can run . tho State govornmont with far less news paper pulling than ilia illustrious prede cessor, but be can't make appointments. . If he would only freo himself from tho t unwise counsels of thoso who have \ crowded around him and do what tho peoplo tell him, he would mnko a much better Governor and do moro to merit tho gratitude of hbj countrymen. Governor Simpson has no doubt been very remiss. The sooner ho corrects bia oversight anti secures tho wise and pru dent advice of the Medium, and acts upon it, the better it wiii be for his success in life, and his reputation after death. Tho Governor ought to bavo known this from the beginning, but if ho goes on much longer appointing "clover and capablo gentlemen" to office, without tho consont of the Medium, ho will ru?:i hirsscif. The Kentucky jory which tried Buford for the m uv dor of Judge Elliott con cluded its labors last week by bringing in a verdict of guilty of murder, aud fixing tho punishment at imprisonment for lifo. The circumstances of this case were os heinous aa can bo imagined, for it will bo remembered that Buford de liberately murdered thc Chief Justice of the State because ho rendered a judg ment against him. In consequence of this, ?ho verdict of tho jury in not im posing tho death penalty is to bo regret ted, for it docs not sufficiently punish the murderer for his crime, to make his case a strong warning to all other felons who may ho tempted to wreak vengeance upon sonto conscientious Judgo who may bc in duty bound to decide somo question of ?M? against thom. It is said that Buford will kill himself rathe; than un dergo the punishment which ia degra ding; and if this be ttuo. he will bo more exact in tho justice of tho penalty bo will placo up?n himself than tho jury which tried him has been. Tho Missouri Republican hos tho fol lowing succinct and lucid explanation of the effects of the shrinkage in values, and of the increased purchasing powers of money : "Tho unindobted farmer ia . quito aa rich now, with a farm valued at $2,500, aa he was ten cr twelve years ago, when bia farm was valuod at *o,UOU ; but tho debtor farmer who owned a farm valued at $6,000, mortgaged for $2,600, ia to-day not worth a cent Not that his farm has shrunk lo real value till it can not pay tho debt, but that the debt boa expanded in value till it absorba tho favtn. Tho property hos not. lost half its worth, hut money has been doubled in ! ita purchasing power-and this ia tho -whole secret of that strange phenomenon ?? Cali 'sh!nka?T> nf-yal nra.*" TM? bfia Its operation, of course, between dobtor and creditor; but the point in which the country feels tho burden most ia in its operation with refevenco to the national debt. In this respect it has practically left tho debt aa barge as before, and at tho samo time has decreased tho property of ibo United Btates by one-half. This is tho beautiful thing which tho Repub lican party has wrought, and they call it : resumption ? - A special dispatch to the Now York World has the following interesting bit of news in relation to the Republican policy for South Carolina : i t docs not appear that there h> any def inite intention on tho part of tho adminis tr?t ion to moko a change in tho Federal tdllce-holdera in South Carolina, Sever al white Republicana from that fitai.o bavo been hero during tho psst few clays urging tho President to mako somo changea. They say that nearly all tho co?oied Republicans have boen provided for, wbilo Uto whito Republicans of in fiuencu have been ignored and men have been'appointed Uko Collector Baldwin, of Charleston, and District AMorncy Northrop, who have no political strength. Among those who havo had interviews with tho President ?B John lt. Cochran, who was chairman of thc legislative committee which investigated and expos ed the carpet-bag thieves, and who urged tho President very strongly to do some thing for tho party down there. He told Mr. Hayes that while there were eight white Republicans out of 124 dele gates in thc iast Republican Suite Con vention, it was doubtful whether there would be even ono white It' publican in tho next convention. Cocinan tells the administration pcoplo that if they want to have tho party resuscitated they must give placo to such men ai Melton and E. W. M. Mackey. It is with some sttrpriso that wc find ex-Senator Cochran seeking lo revive the old Republican party in this Slate, for wo had thought ho knew too well that it? corrupt carcass has been buried too deep for any resurrection. It is also surpris ing lo see him n.uuo E. W. M. Mackey as a suitable and proper person to repre sent his views of a public officer. I lo is correct. Mackey is entirely tho proper ch .s of individuals to revive tho old Re publican party. If this dispatch reports Mr. Cochran correctly, wo may hereafter know exactly where to place him. If it does not properly represent him, no time should be loat in correcting it. TI1K PHOSPHATE A (JE NT. Tho appointment of Mr. E. L. Koche, of Charleston, as Phosphate Agent, to succeed thc late Cen. It. II. Anderson, which was made by Oovcrnor Simpson a few weeks ugo, has aroused tho pungent criticisms of our esteemed contemporary, tho Abbeville Medium, which says that "although Mr. Roche is a very clover and capable gentleman, his appointment will bo generally regarded ns singularly un fortunate," because bc has been on tho sido of the phosphate monoplles ; mid our Abbovillo friend thinks it can hardly bo expected that ho "can so entirely overcome his prejudices as lo do equal and exact justice." Thc first proposition of Ibo Medium is calculated to induce a small amount ol wonder, if truo: that the appointment ol "u clover ami capable gentleman" to o position of trust will bo regarded nt "singularly unfortunate." Our views ol public office havo always been that the appointment of "a clever and capabk gentleman" should bo und is consid?r?e fortunate, and is not the ground for nr Borensonublc tirade against the appoint lng power. Aa to tho extent of Mr Roche's monopoly, wo believe it consist :.. i_:_i_.!..?.-. . a. mi-, II.; until un. ut IIIO VIII JU.'I lilli IO ll tho Beaufort River Company, whicl proved a failuro, and has surrendered it eh ar ter. But bo this us it may, Mr Rocho IB n gentlcmnn above suspicion o reproach. Ho hus been a successful am practical Man in his own business, am has the information, honor and integrity necessary to properly mid efficient.; transact tho duties of thc office to whicl io has been appointed. We favored hi ippointment becnusc ho is an honorabli ind high-toned gentleman, who wouh lot sacrifico his integrity of official con l*?ct to gratify friends or to inconven coco enemies, and for our part we pre 'cr tho services of such a man to thoso o ess capacity or integrity, whatever thei elation to tho phosphate question ma; io. Tho Special Agent is by law charge* vith tho following duties: 8ec. 10. Thai the Governor be, and bo i i-j?xby, anthoriscd to appoint special ag;-:'.! vbose duty it HIKIII be to supervise and in peet nil navigable rivers and streams of thi Itatc containing phosphate rocks or phot mat ie deposita, und tho work of all person nd bodies corporato mining orgatherin herein mich rocks or deposits lintier licens ir otherwise, and to protect the interests o ho ?State' therein, not only by provcntln inliccnsed persons to dig, mino or reniov aid rocks mid deposits from any such st ream nd rivers, but nlso in securing prompt an ccumte returns of the quantity dug, mine r removed, und the payment of all royall hereon. Sec. ll. That for such services said speen gent shall re?oive tho salary of twclv lundred dollars, payable out of thc phot .bato royulties. It will bo Been from this that tho pow ira of tho Special Agent aro consider; ile, and tho position should be lilied b i person who, in addition to thc otlu luallficationsjcnumerntcd above, shoul ie thoroughly acquainted with the terr ory, and also with the work which is I ie done. Mr. Roche also has this qual ication. His appointment is, therefor no which cannot bo opposed, except o poculnlivo grounds, Uko those of tl Medium, tho analysis of which, reduce he whole objection down to tho poll hat Mr. Rocho is not tho man tho Med im wanted ; and after all Gov. Simpson rienda may bo ablo to vindicate his a] .ointment beforo tho people, althone hero is such a powerful nrgumei tgainBt it. By way of n clincher to tl ..hole question th . Medium adds: Thc C.?.C? of phosphate inspector shon lever have been created, it is a useless ni xpenslvo sinocure, but as fi has been <; ablished it should bo administered by son ne fully in sympathy with the object ni ud of its creation. When did tho Medium discover th his offico is a useless and oxpensi \necuret If wo mistake not, tho Scni f mir Intarottinnr iVMitnmnnrArv vnt - -?---o- . - - * ? ~ . DI tho possago of tho act, and also I he appropriation to pay tho salary, ils position is correct, wo must roach t onclusion that tho representative frc Abbeville has boon a long timo in fir pg it out. We regret to seo our neighbor BO mu lispleascd at this appointment, but 1 ore tho Governor's actiou is condemn ve would bo pleased to seo a list of t ither applicants, and also to know whi >f them was tho Medium's choice T inswer to thia reqaeat will throw Iii in tfio subject, and the pcoplo ran juc is to tho relative merits of tho apj ?nts._ THE GREENVILLE AND CO MIMI RAILROAD.-Col. Thoa. Dodamoad, v. tas served the Greenville and Colum lailroad in the capacity cf supcrlnt lent for several years past, has reaigi hat position and will be succeeded he first of-Angi'it by Col. R. H. Tem] if Richmond, Va. . Col. Templo ia fficient and experienced railroad m Io was major of artillery in the Cont rate army under Gen. Huger, and a: he war was superintendent of the Y tiver Railroad of Virginia, and m econtly chief engineer of the Richmi nd AlleghanyRailroad. .'Maj. F. RT. Hnjar has been oppoin encrai freight agent of * 'J road, i Jot Ja*. P. Meredith, an old officer he South Carolina Railroad, has b ppoJnted master of transportation, ne now appointees will mau m o the lea of their office on the first of Aug -Noes and (burier. The poor Department clerk? at Wash ington, each of whom feel? that the greater burden of this vast country rest? upon hts broad shoulders, have been overe?me by their excessive duties, which hist from ten o'clock in tho morn ing to four o'clock in thc afternoon, with thc short recess of only one hour, and duties of which consist o' a small amount of clerical labor in comfortable chairs and spacious rooms. In view of their overworked condition, they have peti tioned for a release from duty at three o'clock, which they believe would reduce their present burdens within the limits of endurance. The only trouble which thc considerate heads of tho Departments encountered in granting this request, lies in the fact that an Act, which was prob ably passed by some barbarous ami pe nurious Congress, fixes the hours of ser vice from ten to four, with one hour for lunch. It was, therefore, deemed neces sary, in order to justify tho heads in re ducing tho time of service, that some legal cobwebs should ho brushed away, and therefore the question was referred to thc Attorney fi ono ral for advice as to how thc quibble of uti Act of Congress can bu disposed of. On behalf of the country the next Congress may arrive ut the conclusion that thc abolition of about ono-ti ft h of thu clerkships might increase thc endurance of the remainder, and teach them the virtue of contentment. Thc New York Herald, however, comes valiantly to the rescue of tho ill-used and over-worked clerks, and condemns thc heeds of Departments for delaying thu release o? their Buffering subordinates long enough to i^et an opinion from the Attorney (louerai, and shows clearly how tho business ought to have been arranged in the following convincing paragraph : "Tho highest law ofliccr of the Gov ernment must study tho provisions of the statute, and search for some means by which they can bo evaded willi official propriety and without disturbing the red tape deportment of tho civil service be fore tho poor, Bullering chirks, who now now labor live hours a day at reading tho papers, picking their teeth and gossiping over current scandals, can be cut down to four hours. How much simpler and moro practical it would have becu to re fer tho subject to a janitor smart enough to understand his business and provided with a wand sufficiently long to reach the hands of tho highly respectable de partment clocks I" THE LATEST NEWS FROM MEMPHIS. Tho C'UUrlin tit Ml'lliphlM <)i;;;ml/.hn; fur l'rotcciioii. MEMPHIS, July 25. Ono now case was reported by the Hoard of Health to-day. Five deaths have occurred since Inst night-Wm. Word, Mrs. Constance Amnion, John Richmond ami A. C. Wehrum, and Wm. Uoopwood, colored. A meeting of prominent citizens was held this morning, at which a sub-com mittee of four was appointed to name a permanent committee of safety, who will aid the city authorities to preserve tho peace. Col, John F. Cameron has boen appointed on the Governor's staff and ordered hero to take charge of the local troops. He arrived this morning. Tho authorities are still unable to pro cure means of transportation to the site ?electcd for tho establishment of a camp. It has been raining all thu morning. Tho city romains quiet. Tho following telegrams have been 10 ceived : "Nashville, Tenn., July 25.-Col. John P. Cameron, Memphis: Coi. Came ron ls hereby assigned to tho command j nf tho local troops ut Memphis. Ho will ho obeyed and respected accordingly. 1 Signed: Alfred S. Marks, Governor. "Nashville July 25.-To tho officers I ind Soldiers of tho Colored Companies 1 >1 M ern pu?p '. 'Ihc eyes of thc people of ' .he State ?) upon you. Provo true sol- > Hers. I will ask the State to reward you. 1 Remember that the first duty of soldiers ' s obedience. Signed: Alfreds. Murks, 1 Governor." MEMPHIS, July 25.-ll P. M.-Eleven :ases in all wero reported to tho board of lealth to-day, among tho number being [lon Hollander, a well known saloon- J ;eeper, whose daughter died yesterday. . l'en deaths from yellow fever were also ( ifficially reported for tho twenty-four lours ending at ti P. M. Mrs. Judge Hay's name appears among tho list, ul bough HIIO has never been reported as laving fever. Tho two colored military companies iav>^ recognized Col. Cameron as tho .eprescntativo of tho Governor and will ibey any order issued by him. Tho last rain ou tho Charleston Railroad will eave to-morrow night, every station be wecn Memphis and Kuoxvillo having established quarantine against this city. Duly ono train is now being run on tho Louisville and Nashville routo, leaving Memphis daily at 8 P. M. Tho Howard \ssociation havo twenty-three nurses on lu ty. Dr. S. ll. Collins, secretary of tho Hoard of Health, resigued his position o-day to accept tho position of in peeling officer of tho Natioual Hoard of Jeal th. Miss Lizzio Meath is reported dyiug o-night. MEMPHIS, July 2d-9 p. m.-At a nccting of citizens this morning n com uittce of safety was appointed from vhosc members an executive committee vas chosen. Ou motion it was resolved o take a census of the city as a basis on vhich to calculate tho necessities of thoso cmaining. A petition from citizons of Willbur station, on tho Padueah Railroad, nt vhich point it is proposed, to erect a ?amp, protesting against the Bchemo, was ead and roferred to tho executive com nittee. Oie new casn nf fnvnr was reported o-dny, and two deaths havo occurred Lizzio Meath and Et!. Flotloy. Tho vcathcr is damp and disagreeable. Tho joard of health will to-morrow doubtless lcclaro tho fevor epidemic. MEMriiis, July 2?-ll p. m.-Thir kell cases in all wore reported to tho soard of health to-day. Tuero was one idditionai death this afternoon. It was .bought that tho board of health this iftcruonn would declare tho favor to be epidemic, but, after a careful revision of ho reports from all the undertakers, the vvuli showed that, out of 71 deaths re ported for tho week, but 84 had been ?used by yellow fever. Tho city au .horitica have perfected all arrangements, md will establish a camp early next ?veak.. Tho executive committee have issued .ho followiug address : THE ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEE OP SAFETXV. lb all GtUcns of Memphis, Absent as veil as Present: Tho undersigned beg leave to inform you that they have been ippointcd an executive committee from :ho general committee of safety to co-op irate with the authorities of tho taxing list riet in the maintenance of order and protecting lifo'and property during the prevalence of yellow fever. Warned by ?sst experience of the evils developed in ill communities by public excitement ind suffering, wo aro resolved to concert such measures as may meet a!! emergen des and givo all needed help to the tax ng district government in carrying ont ,heso purposes. We call on our fcllow ?iii.vns Tor moral and material support. Wt propose that as far as possible all ?ontributhMis should be sent to President Porter, so that by unifying our efforts the groiilost good may bo dono to thc greatest number with thc least waste of means. We call upon : M Memphinus to unite in shouldering the heavy burden once more laid upon us. We implore one and all to protect the good name of the city from the possible imputation by the world at largo of being a community of beggars sitting idly down expecting others to take care of our interests and feed our poor.* Let tho good men of Memphis do their whole duly now, and with economy, honesty and thorough system in our management wc hope earnestly hot to he compelled to ask charity of the world. Let it bc understood thut all moneys or supplies sent to us will be used for these purposes : feeding the sick, aged and helpless in camps selected for health, giving employment to able-bodied meg, thrown out of employment by fever, in guarding property, public mid private, and in such public works as will promote the health and business of our city when the fever abates. We shall keep careful records of all receipts and disbursements, publishing thc same in such form as will he a sufficient guarantee to ?ll contribu tors that their donations have been prop? crly and economically applied. 1). T. I'ouTBit, Chm'n, MKMI'IIIS, July 27- ll p. m.-Four teen new cases were reported to the board of health to day. Nine deaths from fever have occurred since last night, At a meeting of the Howard Associa tion this afternoon, it was unanimously resolved that the association needs no as-istance at present from physicians or nurses from abroad to attend to the com paratively few cases now under their (diarge. The association says: "With heartfelt thanks to the many wdio have already kindly tendered their services, and who will be gruteluTly remembered, wo would add that under no circumstances will the services of unacclitnated persons be hereafter accepted." The. two colored military companies went into camp to-day on tho Mulls mi ller the orders of Col. John E. Cameron, nf the Governor's staff. Tho police ami lire departments have been strengthened, and thu authorities do not now antici pate any trouble. Camps for tho coloni zation ol'the poor people will positively be established to-morrow. llliTTEIl NEWS FROM M KM I'll I.S. MEMI'IIIH, July 28. Noon.-Three new cases were reported to the Hoard of Health this morning. No deaths have occurred. A detail of twenty-fivo men from a colored military company has been made to do police du ty during the day, us the entire strength of the regular police force has been as signed to night service. It has been ruining steadily since daylight. Dr. ?Samuel J. Fox, of Funis, Texas, arrived this morning. Ho will be sent out of the city to-night hy order ol John Johnson, superintendent of quarantine, us lie has never had fever, and tho inspectors at the quarantine station have been in structed not to permit uuaccliniated peo ple to enter the city. MEMl'IUfl, July 28.-ll P. M.-Ten additional cases wero reported to the Hoard of Health this afternoon, six of them colored. Two deaths from yellow lever have occurred, ono, howover, be yond Ibo city limits. Thc special police men engaged in taking tho census of thc city hayo completed their task. The re sult shows tho population of Memphis to be 1(5,110, viz: White 4,282, colored 11,827 ; adults 10,651, children 5,150. Of .1.- ....I .I nun t._L.J e_ i nu muli IIIIUIUUI j,rio lit'.vu uBu loci, leaving 7,308 susceptible to tho disease. Failing to secure transportation to tho site selected for tho establishment of a camp on tho Paducah Railroad, Col. John F. Cnmeron, with a detail of color ed soldiers, took passage on a train fur nished by Superintendent Burke, of the Mississippi and Tennessee Railway, and established a camp five miles below where Camp Joe Williams was establish ed last year. Tents were, taken nloug, and by morniug the detail will have fifty tents ready for occupation. A. D. LnnstafT, president, and Gen. W. J. Smith, vice-president, of the Howard Association, havo boen added to tho ex ecutive committee of safety. WASHINGTON, July 28.-The secreta ry of war hus tolegnpncd to tho president jf thc board of health of Memphis, in response to an application for tents nnd rations, that rations will only bo fur nished to persons sick with fever or in luarnntine camp who can be subsisted in no other way. //ii// Sheet Mcmjihis Appeal. When tho camps now contemplated ire established, we trust that the colored people, as well as white, will avail them selves of so seasonable a mode of life, md one that alfords so ready n means of ?scape from the epidemic. To those who ;rc not independent tho camps will af ford ut the present timo the only nvail iblo means of living. Tho peopieof tho N'orth and West, as well as of the South, Have determined that they will neither :ontributo money nor provisions to those ivho, after receiving timely warning, per ..creely remain in the city. They have al ready oxpressed themselves in this mat ter through their leading organs. They tvill send money to tho Howards, to be expended for tho sick and dead, and they .viii send money to Dr. Porter, to bo ex pended for the needy who are in camps ; ror whom, also, they will send provisions ind clothing, if needed, but they will not icr.d one cent, a pound of food orasinglo irticle of clothing for those who refuse to wail themselves of tho only ?afc refugo ret opon to them. Wc urge, therefore, vhen the camps are established, that ducks as well as whites remove to them md thus save themselves from sickness md perhaps from death. Among tho curious incidciitsjofn panic n yellow fever times, tho following ls not he least : Last Sunday tho outgoing t rain iver tho Louisville Railroad was crowded o excess by excited refugees. At tho ransfer staiion, somo miles out of tho :ity, thc excitement among tho passen gers was intenso to get scuts, and, in act, to get into tho car being thc great )bjccts. So great was tho excitement hat a Memphis lady bound for Gadsden vas taken with prematuro pain? of child bearing. Mr. Kertin, train dispatcher, tindly offered to secure a special car for icr and supply her with all necessary comforts, or would send bur hnek to tho jlty. This latter Bho declined to do, the lrcad of yellow fever being greater than icr fear of accident. So she refused to vait for a special car, and took chances n tho crowded train, although Dr. Willi "ord, who happened to bo'prescnt, volun cered to tako charge of her and attend ;o her if necessary, provided she remain ed at tho transfer station. The frighlen :d woman reached < Luhden in safety and without accident. Washington SjMcial to thc Phila. Time?. Some concern is felt at the fact that tho postoffice authorities have declined to take any steps toward the fumigation of mails which come from the infected dis tricts. Tho medical authorities insiRt that the mail matter ought all to be sub jected to a very high temperature, as was the case during tho plague in Austria, ['russia and other European countries, but thero ia no appropriation for any such purpose, and the postal authorities do not appear disposed to attempt to disinfect the mails. Tho medical men say that there is no possible doubt that mail mat ter, particularly newspapers, coming from \ yellow fever district, can spread tho rerths of tho disease. Tho National Board of Health has also dono nothing tbout tho matter, and it is very difficult to seo what it bas done about anything, .xeept to issue pronunciameutos and at tempt to publish a newspaper. Lexington Dispatch : Tho drought con tinues. Several farmers have cut down their corn. Grass and oven forest trees ire dying in certain localities.There ire twelve prisoners in Lexington jail. Lexington ia arranging for a telephone lino from the town to tho depot. SOUTH CAROLINA SEWS. CHcuiiIriK* fruin our Stute Kxc-tiuiiKe?. ' Aiken Review: A fine two-story dwel- j lir:r and a new store are in procesa of , erection in Aiken.The young folk? about AikenJ are organizing an archery . club.The trustees and lady managers of the Old Folks and Invalid Homo at Aiken, held their annual meeting and ! elected ollicera on the 1st inst. The re- ' port shows at pre cut 7 inmates, all col ored. Died last year, I; discharged, ?3. Abbeville Medium: Adam Brutton, colored was sent to jail Saturday for twenty days, in default of payment of live dollars and cost, .xs a penalty impos ed on him for a violation of the stock law. .A number of the most influential ad vocates of the havannah Valley Railroad have concluded that while they will vote for the tax they will do HO on the express understanding thal it will tint bc levied ur collected for twelve months.The Greenwood and Augusta Railroad direc tors declaro that thu reports about the regrading of their toad arc without foundation, and that there is nothing in the way of the completion of the road but about sixteen miles of dirt, which will be dug out by next spring.Tom Claybono, a colored desperado, was shot at '('okesbury on Tuesday by W. H. GilkersoD, intendant of the town, and so badly injured as to necessitate the ampu tation ol one of his legs.Rev. J. L. Martin, Rev. R. N. Pratt and Mr. Jacob Miller have been re-elected trustees of the Abbeville School Association. The Graded School, conducted under thc auspicies of this association, bas become Hell-supporting. Chester State Bulletin: Last Friday on the plantation of Mr. John C. McAfee, a colored woman named Lucinda Franklin, while walking along thc public highway, was forcibly taken to a secluded place and an outrage committed upon her person. She was threatened and choked by her assailant, win* was a negio, and a perfect stranger in the vicinity He is supposed to be a refugee burglar i'rotn Fairfield, in which direction he iled. Ho is still at large Greenville Newt: Saturday evening last Mr. Samuel Urown, of O'Neal Town ship, Greenville County, was thrown from his buggy against the fence (the mulo running away) and so severely hurt that he died Sunday evening.Ar rangements have been made for a grand basket picnic at thc meeting of the Sur vivors to be held in Greenville on August 1st. Newberry Herald: Mr. Sidney Rondin, of Charlotte, N. C., luis the contract for building four two-story brick stores, to front an i'ratt street and to extend from Mr. Cash's to Caldwell street.Tho Fair grounds are almost clear, ant! the fence around them has been begun. Spartanburg Herald: Gen. LeDuc, commissioner of Agriculture, of the Uni ted States, is a guest of CotigFcasmnn J. H. Evins.There will be a meeting of the citizens of Spartanburg County on Tuesday, in the Court House, to appoint delegates to attend the King's Mountain meeting, the 25th inst., which will take nreliminary stuns for thu i*ontntini:il eol bration of ?88U.A negro named Mitts Wallace, while ridiug a mule, was kill ed together with the mule, a few days ago by lightning on thc plantation of Mr. J. C. Recto, in Union County. Mr. J. Gyles, deputy collector of United Slates revenue for t?os department, who had made Spartanburg his headquarters for the past year, bas been ordered to Walhalla for duty. Williamsburg Star: Dr. S. I). M. Byrd has been nominated for thc Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Col. Maurice.A tornado about a mile in width swept from west to east through Williamsburg County recently. A gin liouse, cotton press and a number of ne gro cabins were destroyed by it. Barnwell People: Dinnuh Carter, charged with being an accessory in tho killing of Charles Grant, was arrested and placed in jail on Tuesday.Con siderable sickness prevnils throughout thc county.The colored people of Barn well have organized a tempor?neo socie ty Darlington News: We hear much complaint of sickness in the county, principally fever. Edgefield Advertiser : The election of a member of tho L?gislature to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Repre Uitivo Jones, will tako place on August 5th.Two convicts escaped from the barracks at Edgefield a few days since. Their names are Reuben Gregg and Henry Smith.Tho Big Creek and Pino Grove Democratic Clubs have declared. against tho stock law. Rock Hill Herald: Tho residenco of Mr. W. H. Taylor was destroyed by fire at an early hour on last Friday morning. Darlington Southerner: Lust week, on Thursday, quite a storm of wind, hail and rain passed over the county, a few miles east and southeast of this place, doing much damage to tho oldest corn and fencing. It was particularly severo through the Mcchantcsville and Palmetto neighborhood. Hampton Democrat: A negro by the name of Royal Black was arraigned be f?le Trial Justice Pierro Rotiert, on TucRclny last, on the charge of an at tempted outrago on the person of a little girl only nine years old, a few days since, tn tho lower part of this county. Tho evidence was sufiicicnt to jail him, and he was accordingly taken in charge by Constable Joe Johnston, who brought him to Varaville and turned him over to thc sherill to await his trial at tho next term of court. Lancaster Ledger: Five prisoners in thc county jail.Thc dogs aro playing havoc among the sheep a few miles east of town. Orangeburg Democrat: A laborer in the employ of Mr. John Richard killed a very largo rattlesnake near Stiiton iast week. Tho reptilo had seventeen rat tles.We learn that a Hon of Mr. Hesf Andrews, who disappeared when thc Yankco Army passed through Orango burg in 18G5 returned on Tuesday last in search of his father. Aa a stranger he stopped at the hotel and made inquiries which lcd to tho happy meeting of fathei and son. Oranceburg Time?: A difficulty occur red at Reevesvillo about two weeks agc between two brothora-in-law, Mr. Elkir and Mr. Berry, in which both wen wounded with knives. Mr. Berry diet last Friday of fever, whether from the cf feet? of too encounter or not has nol transpired.Just as tho Babtist Sun day-School Convention nt Jamisou's ad journed on Saturdny a torrible exploaioi occurred, tho noise of which could bi heard for miles. It was found on exam ?nation to bo tho engine of Mr. R. H Riley, ?bout a mile from tho depot. Th; pieces were scattered for a considerabli distance around; the gin-houso waa bad ly dilapidate?], but strange to say no on was killed. A colored mnn was severely scalded and bruised, and the engined Mr. John Richards, stunned. Union Times: A gentleman who ha lately travelled through a lnrgo portioi of this county assures us that he sn\ hundrcda of acres of land planted ii corn which will not yield a bushel to th acre. Columbia Register : Judgo Bryan pasi cd through Columbia Thursday morniu on his way to hold tho United Statt Court in Greenville, which commence tho first Monday in August. Thoug soventy.years old, bo is always ready fe business.The negro who outraged th littlo white girl in Union County, a fe' days ago, anti who it was thought wool bo lynched, was brought to Columbi yesterday and placed in tho penitentiar for safe-keeping.The penitentiary ai thorities expect to turn tho water int the canal to-morrow, if possible. 1 would have been turned on Friday nigl if it hod not been found necessary to d somo moro work on somo portion of than tras not anticipated. A REVOLTING OUTBAOE.-lt falla to .ur lot tli?H week to record one of the nost diabolical outragea that wan ever >erpctratcd in this country. Thc circum tances aro these : Mr. A. II. Humphries and hf? wife, iving four miles from town, nearSardis Jhurch. on Wednesday evening left their n(ant daughter, aged about 2 years and ! months, in thc caro of a negro boy, lamed Ed. Holmes, aged ubout 10 years, virile they went to church. On their re urn the mother discovered that the child va? very bloody and ber ?creams brought leigh bora to the house. Dr. Beaty waa inmediately sent for, and upon examina ion discovered that the little creature .ad b n outraged in a most horrible iianner. As the parent? went into the louse the negro boy passed them, going ?ut, ami at last report wa? at large ; but ve thir'r. he cannot long escapo the rigilant search of tho excited citizens vho are after him. It is supposed to oe inpossible for the child to live. The limpie recital of this most revolting out age makes the blo-jd curdle in our vein?. - Union Tunes. From (he Greenvale Xews, 'Sith int!. A deputy sherifT of Union passed brough Greenville yesterday morning br Columbia, having in his custody a legro boy about 10 years old, who had miraged a little two-year-old daughter )f a respectable gentleman in that ^oun y. Thc deputy wa? fleeing with the rreen-eyed monster to save him from the vrath of an enraged community, and rom what wo can gather, be made u jarrow escape if ho reached Columbia u safety. The villain'? tender victim i? ?nid to be in a very critical condition, iud cannot recover. ROMANTIC MAUUIAGE.-M. W. J. Br wi ll, of Abbeville County, and Mis? Davis, of Charleston, wero married last January, but it was until a month uno hat the fact became generally known. lt Hcems that Mr. Erwin was in Churlcs on during the Christmas holidays tosco ii? sweetheart. They had been engaged "or .some tune before thi? vi?it and Mr. Erwin in-.sted ou a marriage at once, but he lady objected to going to the country io soon. 5lr. Erwin proposed a com irotuise by marrying at once, with the luderstnuding that she should come to lis home in Abbeville as soon ns poss! ile. A minister was called, and in the ireseucc of the family of which she was i member, thc marriage ceremony was lorformcd. Thc minister was requested o say nothing of thc matter, Mr. Erwin eturncd to hi? home at Erwin's Mill in Ybbcvillc County, and the young lady emained at her home in Charleston un it some time in June, when ?he came to 'Ionen Path, whore she was met by her tusband. Up to this timo nobody in the icighborhood where Mr. Erwin lived mew anything of his marriage, and on icr arrival all were surprised. We have lad the pleasure of meeting thc happy :ouplc in their neat cottage, with its dne-clad porch, under thc hill, where the :ity brido will henceforth live, within tho he sound of the murmuring waters that urn thc tireless wheels.-Abbeville J'ress uni Donner. FATAL ACCIDENT.-On Saturday, nt .bout quarter past 12 o'clc :k p. m., a col tred woman, a servant in tho residence f Mr. T. O. Lowndes, ll Legare street, Fas attracted to a room in the third story iy a sound which she describes ns re embling that of a heavy fall. Upon ntering the apartment she found Mr. lartin L. Wilkins, a nephew of Mr. jOWlides, who resided with liim, stretched ii tho floor, with a Colt's navy revolver y hi? side. Assistance waa immediately ummoned and obtained, but it was non alling, Mr. Wilkins having evidently icd nost instantaneously. A gun-shot rom wa? found on his left side near he region of the heart, the ball having anged upwards, touching the lung. Thc atal shot had evidently been fired from bc pistol near him, one chamber of irhico was found to have been discharged. Vial Justice Barnet held an inquest dur ng the afternoon, the jury bringing in a erdict of death from the accidental di? harge of a pistol in tho hands of tho cccuscd. Mr. Wilkins was a very young nan, just entering upon '?fe, and had a urge circle of warm friends, by whom lis untimely death will be sincerely mourned. His father and mother are bsent but have been notified of the sad vent.-NeiV8 and Courier. FATAL ACCIDENT ATGOUDEYSVILLE. -A communication, under dato of July 2d, to tho Union Times, says: This com munity wa? thrown into intense excite ment yesterday from the hilling Mr. olin J. Wood, nu upright, peaceable nd worthy man, living on Mr. J. T. Ioorehenu's plantation. A party of fivo .'ere in thc woods squirrel hunting and ad treed a squirrel. A colored man in he party, named Willis Wise, told the thers to be quiet, as ho saw thc squirrel. Ie raised his gun to fire, whon the squir el ran down the tree, Willis lowering is gun a? ho ran, then fired. Mr. Wood ras on the opposite side of tho tree and he whole load from the gun struck him ehind the left ear and lodged over the ight eye, mangling the wholo head rightfully. He lived nbout two hours. Trial Justice J. M. Greer empaneled a ?ry and held an inquest over tho body, 'ho verdict of the jury was iu accordance ith tho facts above stated/that bo carno j his death, by mischance or accident, om a gun shot wound in tho baud? of dillis Wise. Willis was admitted to bail in tho sum f $500 to appear at the uext October ;rm of Court. Mr. Wood leaves a devoted wifo and 4 ttle children beside? many relatives to mum iris loss. COMPARAI iv*. r?,vrcn STATEMENT. low docs tho spread of thc fever in Icmphis this year compare with the ep .emic of 1878 ? is a question often asked. Ia? it been moro rapid or slower; moro ital or less so? The first de; th from ellow fever in Memphis last year oc nrrcd thirty-seven days later than thia oar-on August 16, when two persons ied. Tho fever came this year carly in .-1.t.. .r?.v _i_.1_*_?V_. wiy-mo .'nw - Tvncit ttioi?? trev ...iv-. eatb. Tho record for the first sixteen nya of the_ epidemics of 1878 and 1879 rnnp.ire as"follows: FIRST WEEK OF THE FEVER. 878.2 0 0 0 0 2 1-Total, 6 370.3 0 0 2 0 0 0-Total, ? SECOND WEEK. 878.1 0 1 1 8 1 6-Total, 13 879.1 0 2 4 4 0 7-Total, 24 THIRD W-KEK. 878.3 3-Grand total, 24 870.6 10-Grand total, 45 It will thus be seen that the fever this car has advanced much moro rapidly ian it did in 1878. Tho death? for thc ?cond week have been double thoso for ie second week of that year, and the lird week lind commenced with an even igher average increase. QUARANTINE GUARD.- To guard gainst the ingress of refugees from Iemphis coming into the city, Mayor ale, after consultation with Dr. Lobby, ea 1th officer of thc State, has designated 'cmassce, on the Savnnnah and Cnnrles m Road, 1 hauch ville, on the South 'andina Road, and Florence, on thc dorthea .tem Road, ns thc points beyond hich they shall not pass. Last evening guard was sent from this city to each f theso pointa. Officer Miller baa been ^signed to Branchville, Officer Stevens 'emts-vo, and officer Lynn Florence, hese officers will board all down t-nlns, nd make the necessary inquiries con arning passengers on board, and turn ack any persons who arc coming from itics infected with yellow fever.-Newe nd Courier. GEOBGE W. WILLIAMS.-WC arc able to state, on thc be.it authority, that tho report relative to the financial troubles of Mr. Williams, which this and^ other Southern papers have copied from North ern Journals, aro untrue, in so fara? they relied on his business integrity and sol vency. The relations existing between Messrs. Williams and Birnie are of a friendly na ture. No suit bas been entered or threat tened by Mr. Birnie against Mr. Wil liams. Nor has Mr. Williams offered to compromise his debts, but is prepared to pay ali legal obligations dollar for dollar, and even if made to psy tho liabilities incurred in the cotton future sp?cula tions rd thc New York partner, he will then have a comfortable million left to his credit. There r.re several facts with in'our knowledge which wc are not at liberty to publish, but which, if gener ally known, would confirm and increase public confidence in its exalted estimate of Mr. Williams' diameter. As tho "successful merchant" of the Siuth, we hone that a long and prosperous future is before him, for his ^onerous charity and enterprise have made hun a bene factor not only to Charleston, but to the Siate at large.-Ifarnicdl J'coj>fe. A SUMTER MURDERER CAPTURED. A letter from llendersonville, to the Co lumbia Iie;/U(er, says that Rodgers, who shot and ki'lcd McCutchen in Sumter some time ago, was arrested in Brevard, Transylvania County, N. C., on the "24th instant. Ilodgers assumed the name of Stokes, and had completely covered his proper name, but a long season of success lessened his vigilance, and a letter writ ten him by a relation in Sumter, advising a -bange of base, fell into the hands of I some coin panions, who proposed to rend it and "see what his sweetheart had to say." These gentlemen were startled at the contents, and at once acquainted the proper ollicer, w'ao, upon interrogating the prisoner and satisfying himself that there was something wrong, made the arrest. Mr. Budgers confessed every thing, and expressed a perfect willing ness to return and stand his trial. He is now in jail at Rrevard. Ex-Congressman Haralson, of Ala bama, himself a negro, furnishes some interesting evidence about the negro exo dus. He says that thc movement is going to set in this fall with a sweep that nobody now dreams of. From his own district, bc thinks ns many as fifteen thousand will ?rn, which would be at the rate of a hundred thousand for tho whole State. He reports thc darkies simply in fatuated with the idea, and says it is as useless to argue with them about it ns to debate with the east wind. Mr. Hand son proposes not to bc much of an exor dus man himself, bul if his race are bound to emigrate, he opposes any more of them going to Kansas, and favors their scatter ing through the southern parts of Illi nois, Indiana, mid Ohio. - Martin Depoor and wife, living six miles from Atlanta, both uearly SO years of age, were brutally murdered on the night of thc 25th inst, while in bed asleep, uolh wore tut m the rieck with au axe, the body of Mrs. Depoor being nearly severed. The murderers are not known nor their object in committing thc deed. Different theories nro expressed. Tho Depoors were quiet, pcaceablo people, not having an enemy as far as their neighbors knew. Tho community is ex cited and every effort is being made to discover the murderers. A great failure in business is some times less lamentable than a failure in health. Dr. Bull's Baltimore Fills preserve the health. Price 25 cents. "VTOT1CE TO CREDITORS. -i-N All persons .having demands against tho Estate of lt. P. Low, ueccared, arc noti fied to present them to the undersigned within the time prescribed, properly attest ed ; and all indebted to said Estate to make payment. R. H. A. ROBINSON, ) ,M J. C. LOW, J Ex re July 31, 1879_.3 :$? EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. All persons indebted to tho Estate of Daniel Drown, deceased, or tho Estate of Mrs. E. StC. Drown, deceased, uro required to make payment to tho undersigned, und those having deinnnds against either Estate will present the sume to W. II. NARDIN. Kx'r. of Will of Mrs. E. StC. Drown. Julv 31, 187!) J 3 3 WOOL CARDS. rpiIE Andcreonvllle WOOL CARDS JL havo recently been put in excellent condition, and good work is guaranteed. All work left with Messrs. Cunningham & Co., nt Anderson, will be sent to and return ed from the Factory FREE OF CHARGE. July 31, 1879 3 2 SHINGLES ! SHINGLES ! JUST RECEIVED, 25,000 GOOD HEART SIIIXULKS, which I uni selling at $3.50 per thousand at thc Blue Ridge Yard. Parties wishing to pur cl ;e would do well "o call and examino. JOHN KAUFMAN, Anderson, S. C. July 31, 1870 3 3 Special Inducement. IN order to reduce our stock by August 20th, we will make it to tho interest of purchasers to call within tho next three weeks. Our stock is still complete and at tractive. New Goods constantly arriving. A. B. TOWERS & CO. July 31, 1879 3 TAKE N?TIGE. A LL NOTES AND ACCOUNTS duo Jt\. Ti. K. ?fe J. P. SULLIVAN and N. Ik. SULLIVAN ?fe CO., must bo settled on or boloro 1st November next ; or if not paid by this time, wo shall certain ly place them in the hands of an Ofllcor for collection. Wo mean just what wc suy. AU settlements can bo made with either of the undersigned. Thc Accounts and Notes will be found at the Storo of J. 1*. Sullivan & Co. till November 1st. N. K. SULLIVAN. J. P. SULLIVAN. Julv 31, 1870 . 3 4m Town Election Notice. NOTICE is hereby given that an Elec tion will bc held on MONDAY, tho llt> day of AUGUST, 1870, from nine o'clock a. m. to live o'clock p. m., for thc purpose of clectitiK a Town Council, (Inten dant and four Wardens,) for tho ensuing year. MAN \..!'.;;.? op ELECTION-W. A. Font, A. kl. Osborne and J. D. Maxwell. Thc books for Registration of votors will bo opened by the Clerk of tho Council at tho Probato Judge's ofTlce on tho 7th, 8th, and flth days of August, 1870, from 0 o'clock a, fa tO 0 n'?loolf ? in G. V. TOLLY, Intendant. Tuns. C. LinON, Town Clerk. All persons having demands against tho Council will present them immediately io tho Clerk. * THOS. C. LIGON, Town Clerk. July 31, 1879 3 2 . Sugars and Coffees HAVE advanced, but wo aro still offer ing our friends good Goods in tho grocery lino at low prices. A. lt. TOWERS A CO. Jut --I, 1870_JJ_ Prepare for Winter BEFORE lt comes by getting your CAR PETS ready. Prices greatly reduced, and the EXHIBITOR as attractive ns ever. A. B. TOWERS & CO. July 31, 1870_3__ *BURN H AM'S WARRANTE!) BEST*. CHEAPEST. Also, KtlLINB MACHINERY. r&IOESBSD??OSD APS. 20.78. r?m phl?U Cree. Oma, Yow, Ti. Another Lot OK PEED CUTTERS, CORN' SHELL ERS, Aa., just received. If you don't believe they aro good got oho nod trv iU A. li. TOWERS A CO. July 31, 1879_3_ EXECUTOR'S SAL.E OK REAL. ESTATE. ON tho FIRST DAY OP NOVEMBER next. I will soil on tho premise*, all th?; LAN Od belonging td thu Estate of Willis Allon, deceased, consisting of itttl aeres, moro or less. On this place ia one of the best Shoals (unimproved) known on Saluda Uiver, which will be sold in a sepa rat traet at private sale. TERMS OK SALK.-One-third rash, and balance on a credit of one and two year*. Parties desiring to sec the plnco will fi:;d J. I). Allen on tho premises, who will show them over the place. There are on tho place four well Improved sott lenients. I will also sell at the same time mid plaus one linc croaiu-colored MILE for cash. J. U. ALLEN, Executer. _July 21. 1*70_ _2_2jlt>5o_ Valuable Property for Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. Court of Common ?'lois Jonathan B. Lewis vs. A. Heed Campbell, J. JJ. E. .Sloan, et al.-Complaint to Fore close Mortgage, BY virtue of an order to mc directed in tho above whited ca.su from J migo A. P. Aldrich, presiding Judge, hearing dato Juno 13. 1879. I will ?ell nt Anderson C. H., 8. C., on SA IiEDAY In AUGUST next, at public auction, thu following de scribed property, to wit : All that Parcel or Lot of Land situnte in the Town ol' Holton, County of Anderson, containing 13 feet front and <>.'! feet in depth, bounded on the North and East by lands of J. H. Lewis and A. J. Stringer, on the South by lands of B. D. Dean, and front and West by lands of thc Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company. TERMS OF SALE-One-half thc pur chase money to bc paid in cash ; the bal ance on a credit of twelve months, with bond and two good sureties ami mortgage of tho premises, with interest from day of sale, witU the right of the purchaser to an ticipate tho deferred payment. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. YV\ W. HUMPHREYS. Master. July 10, 1870 .r)2 4 Valuable Property for Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON COUNTY In thc Court of Common Pleas. J. W. Norris against Mary J. Harrison. Judgment for Foreclosure. BY virtue of an order to ino directed in tho above stated case by his Honor T. JJ. Eraser, presiding J migo,"bearing dato March 1st, 187!), I will sell at public sale at Anderson C. H., S. C.. on HALED A Y IN At ti CST next, tho following described property, to wit : All that certain Piece, Parcel or Lot of Land, and the Uuildings thereon, situato within tho corporate limits of the Town ol Anderson, known as thc Pool Spring Place, containing twenty acres, moro or less, and adjoining lands of H. I^rank Mauldin, J. Fleet. Clinkscales, Joseph X. Drown and others, and known as thc lalo residence of (??.ii. .1. W. Harrison, TERMS OF SALE-One-half of tito purchase money to be paid in cash ; the balance on a credit of twelvemonths, with interest from day of sale, to be secured by bond of }. ?rchaser and morlgago of the premises. Purchaser to pay extra for pa pers. \V. W. IIUMPUREYS, Master. July 10, 1879 . f>2 4 ELECTION NOTICE. "13URSUANT to a resolution adopted by JL the Town Council of thc Town of Anderson. S. C., nt a meeting held on 22nd July inst., at ?J o'clock p. m., thc amount of the subscription to tho Savannah Valley Railroad was fixed fur th? Town of Ander son in the sum of Twelve Thousand Dol lars ($12,000), to be paid in three equal an nual instalments, without interest. Notice is hereby given that an election will be held at Anderson Court IIouso, in tho Town of Anderson, on WEDNESDAY, THIRD DAY' OF SEPTEMBER next, be tween the hours of 9 o'clock a. m. and 4 p. rn., nt which all qualified electors of said Town will vote-those in favor of the Town subscribing tho above amount to said Rail road will have written or printed on their ballots "Subscription/' and those opposed ?o the Town subscribing tho above amount to said Railroad will have written or'?rinted on their ballots "No Subscription." Tho following are tho miningera appoint ed to conduct said election : L. P. Smith, J. D. Mnxwoll and J. M. Payne. At thc close of the election thc managers shall proceed to count thu votes, mid tho ebnirman of the Hoard shall certify to tho result in writing, and : J soo:: as practicable transmit it to the Intendant of tho Town. G. P. TOLLY, Intendant. Titos. C. LIG?N, Town Clerk. July 21, 1879_2 "> ELECTION NOTICE. In the mntter of Hie SAVANNA ll VAL LEY RAILROAD.-Petition for an Flec tion on Subscription t" thc Qtpital Stock of snid Railroad Company. PURSUANT to a resolution adopted by thc l.'oard of County Commissioners tho 22nd July inst., thca.iount of subscrip tion to the said Road was llxed in tho fol lowing named Townships, to wit : Hall, $3,500; Vnrcnnes, $5,6G0 ; Corner, $3,700 ; Savannah, $3,850; Centreville, $5,100, tobo paid in three equal annual instalments, with out Interest. There will bo an election held in tho above named Townships on WEDNES DAY, Till KD OF SEPTEMBER next, between tho hours of 9 o'clock JU m. and 4 p. m., nt which all qualified electors in said Townships will vote ..Subscription" or "No Subscription." BLACBS OK ELECTION-For Hall Town ship, Carswell Instituto; Corner, Mofluts vil?e ; V?rennos, Flat Hock ; Savannah, ?Win. Jones' ; Centreville, Hunter's 8pring. Tlie following aro appointed malingers to conduct Haid election : Hall Township-R. R. Beaty, J. li. Lev erett, Dr. W. J. Milford. Corner Township-I). J. Sherard, J. A. Gray, Wm. O'Briant. Savannah Township-Wm. Jones, E. W. Stewart, A. E. Scuddny. Yurennes Township*-W. G. Watson, S. P. Tate, W. J. Stevenson. Centreville Township-J. W. Provost, J. W. Keys, Marcus Burnss. At the closo of tho polls the manngera will count tho votes aim declare thc result, which result shall bo certified in writing by the chairman of each Board of Managers to tho Chairman of the Board of County Com It. S. DAILEY, Chairman County Commissioners. July 21, 1879_2_5 TAX-PAYERS' NOTICE. THE County Bonni of Equalization for Anderson County, composed of ono member from each Township, will meet at tho Auditor's oflico on the First Monday in August next. Any persons wlio nlny ho dissatisfied with the Assessment of their Read Property by their Township Bosr.is of Assoisoin, for tim year 1870. cnn appeal to tho said Board of Equalization for relief. THOMAS J. WEBB. A. A. C. July 24, 1879_ 2_2 THF- FA?J, SESSION OF Williamston Female College. . Wlllinmsiun, 8. C., WILL open on MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1879. If you nw looking for,a Behool os good as tlie best, with rates as low ns tho lowest, send for u new illustrated Catalogue. Rtrv. S. LANDER, President. July 10. 1879_52_3m WANTED. ALADY, who desirca a situation as a Housekeeper, and understands tho management and care of children. Address W. W. RUSSELL, Pendleton Factory, 8. C. July 21, 1870_2_ 4 NOTIUK TU CKKIHTOUS. All persons having demands against thc Estate of John Cox, deceased, arc here by required to present the ?anio within tho time prescribed by law, else their claims will bo barred. J. WILLET PREVOST, \ JOHN W. DANIt.i.s, j*3*T July 24, 1879 2 3