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VOLUME VII.-NUMBER 1132. CHARLESTON, h. G., TUESDAY MORN IN ii, AUGUST 10, I8?9. L>\r rpm I.-WM i-? A ii rr I SI \ DOLLAR* A Y KAU EU KOFIS. BEDTJOIIOK OF OADLK BATES. LONDOS, August 9.--'be old Atlantic Cable Company bave reduced tbe tariff between any points in droit Uritain and New York to $7 50 in gold for ton words au 1 75 couts in gold for each extra word. The press half rates. The reduction commences on August 10. CONSTANTINOPLE. August 9.-The difficulty between tho Sultan and the Viceroy of Earypt will be amicably settled. MADBXD, August 0.-In cons?quence of the part taken by the olergy in the Carlist demon? stration, Minister Z ni Ja orders the bishops to issue a circular recommending tho clergy to obey the laws, and threatening the withdrawal of the power to preach and hear confession from all who are disobedient. PARIS. August 9.- Che Senate Committee has adopted the first article of the Bo natu a Consul tum. Tuero is a disposition on tho part of the Senate favorable to tho whole project. Tho Empress Eugenio departs eastward on the 24th. .. NEWS Flt O M WASHING- TON. WASHING TON, August 9.-Secretary Cresswell is herc. General Sherman will remain here until Friday, when ho will j-iin Secretary Robe eon's inspecting parly. Admiral Dorl' will bring tho Albany, his flag? ship, boroo with him. The Internal Revenue Department contem? plate withdrawing the pr?sent stamps aud issu? ing others loss easily oounierfoited and re? vamped. The Swiss Consul repot ts that the Western Swiss Colonies are prosperous and contented. He predicts heavy Swiss immigration this year. Many ?viii go to Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina. The President will arrive in this city early to-morrow. Captain-General DeRoda has boen authoriz? ed to offer autonomy to Cuba. THE SOLAR ECLIPSE, WASHINGTON, August 9.-Professor Hark ness telegraphs io the superintendent of. the observatory here from St. Louis that the re* suits of tho eclipse observation were more ? favorable than the most sanguine bad expect ed. One hundred and twenty-three. photo? graphs were taken, two of a totality. A SON KITHED ACCIDENTALLY ET HIS EATHER. CLEVELAND, OHIO. August 9.-The proprie? tor of the Lake View House killed his son, mis? taking him for a burglar. THAT EE AG UET WORM. ABOUSTA, August 9.-The caterpillar is re? ported to be in some sections of Georgia and Florida. No serious damage has been dose. SPARKS EROM THE WIRES. : The revenue yesterday was $920 OOO. The Mexican Minister at Wishing toa will present his credentials to-morrow. Commissioner Del au o wants moro clerks, and Boutwell requires him to take them from other bureaus. \ Treasurer Spinner is overwhelmed with de? mands for fractional currency, but ?hero lenone on band. ?ti The work on the cast-iron lighthouse for the Southwest Pass of the Mississppi is ordered to be completed at once. Captain Tucker of the schooner Francis Sal? ter Lee from Sagua, died of yellow.-fever in quarantine at Fortress Monroe. Congressman Hamilton, of Florida, i3 in Washington endeavoring to oust tho Conserva? tivos from the Pensacola Navy Yard. Secretary of the Navy Robeson goes on a tour of inspection along the coast immediately after the Cabinet meeting of Tuesday. Pratt, the alleged Texan rioter, hos been re? manded to the custody of the United States Marshal in New York. The case will be heard os Thursday. Bowers, Bookman k Co., dry goods mer? chants of New York, have failed. Liabilities $*,000,800. The failure is attributed tb the steady deoline in woollen goods. The R ivonne Collector for the First Louis? iana District reports an increase in receipts of $185,000 for May, Jane and July, as compared' with tho same period of last year. A moating of the Loyal League ia to be held m Philadelphia on the 11th, to make provisions for tho Mississippi and Texas elections. [We ore informed that this is a meeting of the National Executive Committee of the Union League, of which Governor Geary is the chairman.-Ed. NEW?.] THE COTTON CROP OF TEXAS. [Pram the Galveston New*, Joly 28th .J "July makes tbs cotton crop," is a common saving among, planters. Since 1863 we have not had it dry, or comparatively so, in tho month of Jaly until now. The rain ceased on on the 5th of the month, and up to the present time, with the exception of au occasional shower during the post week, tho weather has been hot ana dry. The progress cotton has mode in growing this month hos been most marked, and we expect to heal of picking being general gt least two weeks earlier thia season than last. . The total failure of the crop ts our coast counties in 1867 was attributable more to the excessive and continuous rains which fell i? July and August than to the rav? ages of the caterpillar. ' Raport3 come to us from the country OT the appearance of this ootton destroyer in many sections; but we do not fear his assaults while the weather, as a general thing, continues fair. Latt year's oiop is now all in and disposed of, aggregation some 188.000 bales at this point. The principal ohaunel through which oar receipts have come ls the Contra] Railroad, which brought down some 90 OOO bales since the first ot September la&t; putting ibo receipts by boat from the Trinity Uiver at 14,500 bales, and from Sabino, lndianolaand Lavaca at 6500 bales, would lea 'o 23,0;)0 fat toe Harrisburg aud Columbus R.>ad. M iking vnpleallowance for the da mags to the crop on ihe Colorado from the overflow, wo expeot to eeo the re? ceipts by this road the coming season double what they were last. A tall crop to \oe acre? age, throughout the region tributary to olves? ton would swell oar receipts to 200,000 bal?, tor 1809-70-but as already stated the crop io i*l0 West bas met with a severe backset fr m ah anexpeoted source, and taking int 9 account, tbe liability to injury, from vari?os canses, ot thia product, we may assume that 150,000 to 175,000 oalea will be nearer a correct estimate. Texas is likely to be favored this season, over the other cotton States, in having BO ruo weeks the start of them in tbs way of early picking. -A landed aristocracy, it ls feared, will be created io the TJnuea ?tates, by the immense grants which have been made by the govern? ment. A comparison is drawn between these California ranchos and the plantations in the South. The subdivision of those estates has by no moans kent paco with their enormous rise in value, and it is asserted that they can? not fail to vest the ohildren of their present owner? with vaster fortunes than are known in any other part of tbs country, andi riot greatly unlike or inferior to lbs immense landed es? tates of the Hungarian And Ruseiau noblen, watten hove bean created in s similar manner. ^v."v<>' J... JU UXU. ?L> X' VF? 4. Tb? Tax (tnoDtton-MoTrmcnt to Form .a New foanty- lb? Hort Hoya! ?all roa?l-< orner r-hops-- l ls.c Murder of 1 ?ptain Hey ward. HOM ou it OWN conn r. nr. ?is DENT] 'IO CUE EDI I OU OF XHE KEW-. Some animation goonin pervading th? long lethargic people of Beaufort, and our poople aro not ovor-willing to p.iy the arbitraty de? mands of tho stranger who introduces himself as ??f ownty Treasurer." tiorne of the instan? ces of excessive taxation in the midst of ns aro somewhat oinking. One of the most highlv honored of our citizens announooi "''bis un? righteous tux" tqgbo triple what be had ever paid on II?B several thousands of sores wh-.u productive, and the slaves that mado thom so. Auo'hcr, a good honest farmer of very limited moans, rendered nervous by the as? sessment ot ina land, sold ab that pneo before the august treasurer announced vori a b'.o taxation, willi tho stipulation that bia pur? chaser should pay t he tux. Io good time ?i:o reprodeutativo ot the powens that be. ni.ikcB UiB astounding announcement to tho unfortu? nate purchaser at double the price paul for the land. Thee o things startle some ot as. And, bosido thes? general evils, the plan tere oft lae in? terior are contemplating being "haled beiore tho Judge" tera fortiiight'3 terra at tho town oi Beaufort with elongated visage. Aud well they may at this season, for some RO from neigh? borhoods sixty-five miles distant, with? out au3' but private trausportation. This pricking imposition hos united Upper Beaufort aud Southwestern Barnwell, which sections consider themselves similarly agnov ed by the removal of the' old district seats of justice. A mass meeting is called for 10th mst., to consider, on middle ground the beat means by which to obtain tho expo; ditious formation cf a new county, comprising those sections, and to bo called Coosawha tobie. It is.there understood that tho interest sud influence of the several county officer.* ol Beaufort are thought by the incumbents to be seriously involved, and therefore opposed, un? wholesomely, to the iree aotion of our legisla? tors. The prevailing idea is to have a court? house at a central point ou the lino of the fort Royal Railroad, if at a meeting of that com? pany next week a president is elected, in whom the people can ie 1 a confidence, ?nd there ap peat any immediate prospect for the compu? tion ot tho road. Much is expected from that enterprise nuder tho direction ot some, man . of financial strength and daring, and of an influence with WoBterr railroad connections- if such au ono eau IK reached. Then we oan extend ? cordial invita? tions and offer some inducements to Jobi Chinaman, about which many are solicitous Honest labor is s idly needed. Darno Rumoi is aglee with the report that the Planter? Club of St. Peters Parish (an organization foi the prevention of cotton thieving) has indict ed a half doz au men who have been keeping little tin pan a- d liquor shops, and who ship ped large qnantitiea of cotton last season. I true, it is very common labio in the gen tlemon of tho- club to Liva oarefnll: and patiently investigated tho. aase and t'hei to take, so decided a position as that indicate* by the dame. Those shops of such, disreputa ble trade have been, ever since the introduc tion of the contract system ot.lober, mach to numerous for tho welfare of planter or negro and ore rather multiplying than decreasing and the planting community had done well t adopt this wholesome measure earlier. W hope it may have a salutary effect upon.th morals of all concerned hkewise, in every vi cinity. Some interest is felt in the appro ich of th Court of Sessions, as some ot the accused c the shocking murder of the truly lamente Captain Qeorge C. Hey ward will bo on trial. I pabilo Beutimont they are not convicted, excor. by those over anxious to see somebody coe demned. ' B. P. T? TEXTILE FABRICS. Th? Kxrtlbition im Cincinnati. . Tho exhibition of the manufactures pf tb Western, t?outhero, Southwestern and Nortl western States, now open in Cincinnati, is rt ported to be superior in point of number both of sample J aud exhibitors, to that held i Chicago in 1863.. Circulars wcro sent to eyei milt, and according ter tho Cincinnati paper aud exhibition has been prepared coutaimn the largest variety of cloths and the finest dil play of woollen and cotton goods ever co lected together at one time and in one plot in America. A description ejft'tbe exhib tion states that the goods inolaie cotilo fabrics of various kinds; flannels, from ti heaviest, coarsest grades to the finest opei goods ; beavers of exquisite finish ; jeans, ox earn plo of which is said to be the finest ev? made in America ; taney cassimeres, that ha' ttte finish and tcxturo of foreign goods ; do skins, cassimeres, tweeds, hoods, maohine ko stockings, yarns, blankets, mittens, glove flinnel jackets, braids, underwear of t kind?, shawls of every pattern and qos ty, carpets, wool, hemming, ' colton wa ding, sewing silk, and, ia foot, every tb it connected with the manufacture of ?otti or wool into fabrics. The correspondent* the New York "Post n?tig, among tho nt and commendable things io the Exposition, tl IMPROVEMENT.! IK COTTON OLEANXMO. It is the patent of L T, Clement, of Tenne see, obtained ?but this present week, the r salts of which are shown ia tba baa at if ribbon of spun cotton produced, gt one ope* tion, from tho cotton bolls as they are bro ag from the field, and from whence a superior ev< yarn is produced by tho sime mil*. Tl {?tent?e shows that the cotton, while yet he seed, is ia its inoat perfect condition; t filament cannot be lengthened by working, b that every additional handling wastes and d stroys tho regularity of the fibres: and th cotton, as now brought tcTmarket, is serious injured in all tho,, processes it goes throng rendering it a tangled mass, to be again to aad its filaments cracked, if not broke by its repeated handling and hackling. X lint, too, is mingled together in every co Cbivable direction. Though parallel to e v other when stripped, their parallelism is ir mediately, lost, they become mixed sud matt togetbet ; and all these evils are increased packing and the severe pressure it is anote* ed to when baled tor shipment Moat of ? machinery in present usa is for the purpose restoiing the fibre to ila original cundir >c snd tho fibre of cotton is harmed by such o v. v>ork, bat even then the object aannot be fa accompiioiied. The new machinery, it is elat j co, eoseoriaes io the one movement six difl ent stages \Q which raw cotton is now si jected, consequently the expense is ot stdersbly redooea, and two oat of ev* three laboring hans* gre saved ia the p COBS. The cotton la th? peed IS submitted the new machinery, whit* removes the I from the seed and stalk, pre**ryiDg the nat ral parallelism of the fibres, clean* \t cards , removes every m ato or dirt in the bow. and i livers it io one continuous and uniform ait*, or ribbon, ready for immediate drawing, i with such rapidity as that t wont v pound i< be thus cleaned and rendered ready for sa nmg in one hoar, while by tho pres entono fifty pounds a day ia considered rfood work, is estimated that fifty per cent. je saved ia labor, fieedom,. from ?vast?, and. In the l enrovorffeut of tho twpianlamy qualities of cotton. No drawings of the machinery were ? l\ . |P: mic ea, DUI it is proposed to 1M vo tho machino ia operation in New York in September, and al tbe lair to be held at Nashville on the 8th of Ooiober next. As, however some sam tiles of tbe portectod process were shown, 1 have ob? tained two to send to you; one the long ribbon o' cleaned and carded cotton, the other a hank of yarn from the same. Tho regularity aad evenness of the yarn will be acknowledged. The idea is like to that eo successfully oper? ated on in eastern cheese factories. Tho milk from tho dairies, within s circle Bay of five miles, is delivered to the taotory, weighed, aud a return mudo either in cheese or in money. All the petty family troubles and labors are thus avoided, tho cheese is mado witb cleanli? ness, peiiectne?S of soientitle economy, and much more cheaply than if each tami ly worked un their own produce mt milk. Aud now this plan is projected for cotton raisers. A new cotton oleanincr machino oan be cont rally locat? ed, and eaoh large or petty raiser brings bis one hundred or one thousand pounds of bolls, wbiOh will be cleaned for bim. and he will ro ooivo pay in either of tho prooesses to which the cotton is wrought, or in tho market price of tho rough ai tide. Is not this the very machine now wanted for the small farmers in the South ? I have not had time to obtain a microscopic examination cf the threads in the ribbon of Le spun cotton, so as to seo if their parallelism and direction aro preserved. THE BMUE Einnii, and Borne small handkerchiefs made in England from it are also exhibited. The article bas a beautiful lustre, equal almost to silk, and the p?aut can bo raised wherever cotton can There is a considerable demand tor tho fibre io Europe. Tue exhibition has beeu througed every dav. GOSSIP FROM WASHINGTON. Universal Suifrago-Taking the Back Track-tbe negotiations tor tate Far? chase of tuba-The Jt eec tit Cabinet ? meeting-tlleged irritation of F real? dem tirant and the tteason why-The Asw Jeney Land ?Mt Peremporiljr De? clined. A "Washington fetter io the Baltimore Gazette says : Il bas been observed that, since the Virginia election. -' universal " suffrage has become sur? prisingly less pop alar with the mass of Etadtoal newspapers. North, and South. But it could not have buen surdiised that at so early a day, a journal known to pos ess the confidence of tho extrema portion of tho present..Cabinet, would " go.back " upon the very shibboleth ol tbs Badical party. Yet suoh is the case. In an elaborate snide, evidently written under the inspiration of ant hun ry, and by another hand than the regular editor, proposes to disfran? chise ninety-nine out of every hundred negroes now entitled to vote I 1 quote verbatim from th? Republican of this oity ; Tho system Of putting tbe ballot-box into tho hands of the ignorant masses-no matter of what origin-it continued cannot fail to lead to very serious, if not disastrous reBults. Con? gress will be remisa in its duty toj.be conni ry if early action ou the subject ls neglected, lt is contended by many of our ablest men, and with great fore3 of argument, that the beat suffrage qualification would be "ability to read and write the English language correctly.1" With this as a universal qualification test in al Federal and State elections, the ballot-box would bo protected against ignorance, and, tc a very large exieot, against the possibility ot corruption. thc brazan impudence of thia suggestior (from such a source) cannot be sufficiently ad mired. Who put ' thc ballot-box"-(I supposi the anther meant the ballot, but his phrase n literally correct.)-"intn th? hnvjdn of .t-b?' i???i> rant masses ?" But let that pass. The ramed; preferred aa sufficient to correot the evil is "ai act of Congress." But fearing some little dtf Acuity th that ?ray, a "sixteenth amendment' ia proposed as a means of u> doing the rnisobio accomplished by the Reconstruction acts at tb< South, and threatened by the fifteenth amend ment to the North 1 Tho proposition is as fol lows : lt is objected that we cannot deprive an; portion of our citizens of the right of euffrag ulready granted to them. There is no mourn upon wbioh to base such a conclusion; bu if even the argument was sound it would aftbr no plea against the proposed chango in tb laws governing the right of suffrage. Suppos Congress, during the next session, enacted Sixteenth amendment to tbe constitution, re quirinir tho qualification of ''ability to rea and write the English language correctly," a the condition of a right of suffrage, to tak effect in one, two, or any certain number c years heneo that might be agreed upon, an called upon tho different States to ratify thoi act, what Stato or class of intelligent citizeu would object to the proposition ? Nono what ever. The measure would be universally pope lar, aa affording a check against that control c tbe ballot-box by ignorance and corruptio now dreaded in the future by oar wisest stato* men.' > Tho confession by an organ of the adm inif tration that the fundamental action of tbe Rac ical organization, "if continued, cannot tail t lead to very serious, if not disastrous results, is important, and will be hailed aa "tbe ring < true metal." Yet the remedy suggested (be yond looking to tho'disfranchise ment of som white voters,) is a mere "running around Bobi Hood's barn." Why not repeal the Re coi s tr action laws-allow the Southern States t alter their constitutions, enforoed upon ibei at the point ot the bayonet, and reject the Fi teeni h amendment ? These measures, (if coi pied with prudent alterations of our natural zition laws applicable to the Chinese r nd otb? i'agan immigrants,) would effectuai?, ?ffoi "a check against that control of the b&tlot-bc by ignorance and corruption." whiob baa bee inaugurated by Badical rascality, and now bi terry complained ol by their loading presses. It will be seen that our government has bec foiled in its attempt underhandedly to bc Cuba. Some Ot tho Northern papers assam to give the precise instructions furnished i S i ok les. At the time of his departure, as even before it, the administration determine, for rea sous then fully stated, to throw oold wi ter upon the movement for Cuban indepei dence,-walesa annexation and Radicalism wi sure to follow in its train. Hence, tbe vigorot enforcement of our neu ?M li tv law?; and the a tempt to purchase the island. The rumor ho is that the C?spedes ' Government" has (atti a fashion) toed tba mark, and given the neos nary assurances of "loyalty." Hence, it mi bp, that Spain herself may be made to e peaience the cooseqaeaoss of daring to viola our stored neutral laws. There cannot, hoi eyer, of course, bo any "recognition/' ye though for a very different reason than th assigned' in. Nor them dispatches. Mr, F?< has very little respect for tbe ridiculous poi made by Sumner that suoh a course won complicate our relations with England im .pact io the aiabamt imbroglio. The President. I am told, exhibited sot temper during his short stat here. He begj to feel tho oords about hts limbs, and to ai cern some ot the machinations of the prof eis* politicians who surround him. He was mai irritated at finding that Bout well bad attemi ed. to interfere with certain persons io t Southern States, ra whose welfare ho feels personal and lively interest. '-'In* impress! is now almost universal that he will allow : inteiTerence prajadicia) to his bitrtber-in-la General Dent. It is said to-day that bis Excellency perena torilv refused a deed for fifty acres of la' in the Jerseys, rooent y tendered him by 1 Stetson, of hotel notoriety. Previous acoour stated otherwise. Mischievous people, w profesa to know something ot that scotian the State, say that the land there is very pi duct ive-of sedge and mosquitoes-other wi of little value. But of tbis I do not prof? to bara any omoial information, . " .? *. Si? '? 1" nj i. -The new bayonet furnished to the infant soldiers of the British army baa a sword ed anda saw back, with a point aa effective asl ordinary weapon. It is of th? ?ame length tba old bayonet, bat as th? now Martini Her rifle ie 8? inches shorter than the old. lita,it total length of ?ha arm as a pdt? ia reduced a corresponding extent. The efficiency of 1 bayonet as a sword, aa a saw and as a pike, I been carefully teated. A sheep waa eat an ii Jointe with the sword edge, and thick plat were sawn through by the back. The Ooma tee of Parliament, to whom the subject breech-loaders waa referred, have also repot in fever of tba reintroduction of muaarte st pera, aa the soldiers now insist On asina rt or a oars for that pay noaa, a practice ?tton< with great danger. The stopper propot covers tbe sights, so as to wara the sold against fleing without it? removal. The b of the stopper ia steeped ia an anti-corroi composition, so an to obviate the necessit; trequeatiy cleaning chelsae. i - . . ' ' , -Vj.' / t) S?., .' : ':' /" '" .; * ,-..', . ?.." ?EBP CULTURE FOR COTTON. The Method and the Benefit* The following letter to the Macon Telegraph, (rom Mr. 8. I. G?stin, a prominent and suc? cessful colton planter of YmWille, Georgia, will be road with interest by everybody inter? ested in the culture of our groat staple : VisiEvrxiiE August a.--I feel embarrassed by tbo prominence .which hasabeen giren my cotton patch in 'ho Toicgrawi. as ton are aware that I have no taste tor a public contro *"?rsv Tri th these who advocaW " Jiiforou?. cul? turel But as you and some ot your readers seem anxious to get more information aboat il, I will try to describo, as briefly as possible, my method of culture on this patch. I am thoroughly convinced, from experience, 1 that the benefits of deep ploughing in winter I and spring are lost, to a great extent, if it it not followed up by deep oulture afterwards. Because the ground soon becomes bard and compact underneath, if only the surface soil is cultivated in a ?ns How maimer; the disadvan? tages of Sbirh I will speak hereafter. The cotwi patch in question is on a gentle 1 Blopeofarcd bill, and more soil bas been j washed from it, to the lands below, than has been washed upon it from these above. It is tree from stones and stumps. But was nearly as hard as a brick when it was ploughed for the first, time in the early part of May last. Before ploughing. I Bowed upon it broadcast "Gaston's Superphosphate,'' at the rate of 60C Blunda per aoro. With lour inn'bS to ono ol rmiey'a largost sized prairie ploughs it was ploughed eight inches d-^ep-followed in the same furrow by a subsoil plough, running twelvo inches deep. The same quautity ol superphosphate was again sown broadcast and harrowed in. The soil was thus pretty thor? oughly pulverized and disintegrated to th? depth ot eighteen or twenty inches, and en? riched with superphosphate at the rate of 1001 pounds per acre. You will say that that is pretty expensive. Bul I will venturo to say that this land will pro duce quite ns much cotton and as muoh con as the beit land on a plantation iu Floyd coun? ty whioh sold for $100 per acre a tew weeks ago After harrowing it was checked off with s small plough 3xC feet in which the seed wen planted-a single plant only was left to a bill and covered with a hoe, which was the oui; work done with a hoe-aa toe subsequent cul* turo wis done entirely with Mapes* Subsoi Lifter and a horse hoe. It bas baen oultiva'ei four times with the subsoil lifter and twioi with the horse hoe. This subsoil lift r is made Of wrought iron is light and can easily ba drawn by a singlt mule or horse where the ground bas 9300 pre viously subsoiled. From Its peculiar construe tion it turns uo farrow, but works nader tb ground like a mola, to tun depth of abou fifteen inches, slightly raising the soil aa i moves along. Tho soil in falling baok is pul venzed at least a foot on either side of it track. The horne hoe is aa improvonioo100 tho oui tivator ond effectually destroys All weeda an thoroughly pulv?risas the surfaoe soil. At the first working of the, cotton the subsoi litter was run four, times between the rows th wide way -three times tho secoud- twice th third time-and euee at the last working, ruc niug as closely aa possible to the plants ever time. There is no danger of destroying or injurio the roots by this method of oulture it th plough is not run so near that the swingle-tro breaks the branches -on the contrary, ii is th very best preparati in for the rapid multiplie tion and extension of the small fibrous root whioh are the feeders to the plants. This deep oalture must be kept ap from tb beginning. If the roots are prevented trot Er*??*?* downwards by tho hardness and po' arty, of the soil below, and-aro forced to exton themselves only near the BUriace,deep plougl lng, under auch circumstances, woolduodottb edly mutilate th iso ruts, to the injury of U plant nnd'oauso it to sh*: Jr its fruit? This cotton ia now about five and a half fe high, and where the strand is perfect, tl branohes meet >in every direction, and are 1 heavily laden with trait that, aime of tl branches are splitting off with the weight. It waa plaoted on the Otb of May, and h grown rapidly from the start. It was not i: jared in tho least by the drought, and at th time not a single fallen boll, square or for could be found, y mos tbe rains 1 have notio a few fallen squares. Plants growing on a m cultivated so deeply can hardly be injured I drought and are bene ht tod in various otb ways. lt must be remembered that the ai roosphe is the great store-house from which plants c rive at least nine-tenths of the substances which they are composed. Ammonia is cc staotly escaping into the atmosphere from c cay IL g animal and vegetable matter. Car bot acid gas and water are largely diffused in t atmosphere, and the hotter the weather t more water is held in suspension. We all km how large a portion of a tree ia charcoal carbon, and that when it is burnt and oombin with the oxygen of the atmosphere and boco tr carbonic acid gas-an invisible gas esoapi into tho atmosphere-Snow little ia left boin as a residuum. That little is the product tbe soil. What has disappeared is aubstar derived from the atmosphere. Now, if the soil be. deeply pulverized, so to allow a free circulation of tbe atmosphi through it, the Watery vapor is condensed coming into contact with the oriol substrato of the earth, on tho same principio that t atmosphere condenses upon the aides ol pitcher filled with cold water upon a wa mid-summer day-thus supplying the ra with moisture holding in solution these fert zing (tases whioh the atmosphere contains, necessary to the growth aud development the plant, and in this condition so readily be taken up by its roots and fibres. Besides all this, these atmospheric (rsi and water make coluble and a food for 1 plant other substances in the earth, wo without th am would remain insoluble, tn and useless. . A deeply pulverised soil has still another ; vantage tn dry weather, lt draw* -np 1 moisture from below, upon th? prinoipl? capillary attraction, which may be illustra by holding a lump of loaf sugar part way i merced io your cup ot coffee. Tbe au jar ! immediately draw up sufficient of the li quat become saturated with the moisture. All tneae advantages are greatly dimiriisl or entirely lost in a hard, compact soil; WI tbe rains fall-impregnated with these fem lpg ga?a?-fMhe soil be deeply mellowed 1 porous, they ave absorbed at once and pe trate to tbo rocs of the plants, with their i bordea of life and health. But if only the s face ts mellow, and tho ground.bo sloping billy, most of ?he rain rans off.' carrying v lt much of the surface mould into the at roa below.' On tbe other hand, should the groi be level it lies ipon tho euri ace till evapora by the sun and the enriching gases esc again into ?he atmosphere whioh should be pi opriated by the crop. Water wbioh hes upon the sur race till ev orated by the sun makes the grouod cold, takes the beat from it to convert the water ? vapor, upon the sams principle that a root sidewalk ia cooled by sprinkling with wats a sunny day. Finally, it the water remi upon the surfaoe long enough to Leoomo s nant, lt becomes so poisonous to tba pli that they turu yellow and sickly. It would be easy. Messrs. Editors, to long these re narks indefinitely, but 1 h av? time. I hold you responsible altogether this apparent obtrusion of my views, i 1 no desire to championtas them, or to con conflicting opinions; but, having appeale me for an explanation of some Utile singn ty in the mods of cultivating tba cotton pt io question, I have written thia solely in d< euee to the requests of your readers and ?. selves. Yours truly, 0.1. . if*,',,. -'-1 Bf *' *.* ' * ?' 1 -Tho personal adulation paid by the pl? of England to royalty has baan tan? good account by the directors of oharttribl atitutions. They have gotten up a piss little custom,,of what is oalled "preset] panes." A festival I? held ia behalf pt a c Mable fund, som? one of the mnltitudti royal family ls prevailed apon to attend, the purees gi von in aid of tho causa are pl directly by th? donor into the hands of roy O blissful opportunity 1 Tho? yopr ooo* your squire of tow degree, nay, even the catcher's Daughter, provided he or abe raise a "fl'pun nota,'* may come into the in oUate ran?enos of a pr mooly personage, pounds ia tho minimum ?um tba? a j should contain, and two hundred and purses, nona oontainh.fi toss thea five some a? much as fifty pounds, bave beet Weted at a single sitting. Apart fro? money ooUeoted and tba assistance ?hua | to deserving" charities, this ens tom is commended, since it gives the children < Majesty some useful occupation. . ? .'. ? if.- "-:.^S.'v- ' -. ..... ul S i HA MUt: lltAOlCJJY. 4, - TI Sic W?fo of et Prominent Boston Phy? sician Shot llestd tn ber Parlor in thc Presence of Ber Family. A Btrango md terrible murder took placo in BoBton on Tuesday evening labt, tho partlcu 1 irs of which are given in tho Journal aa fol? lows : About half-past ten o'clock last evening, Dr. Alvan H. Hobbs, who is an old and highly es? teemed physician of thia city, residing at Mo. 1366 V/^hluK?ua-Dlibrt, iuauv? breathlessly into the fifth station, and stated to Captain Small that his wifc had been shot. Sergeant Hawthorn was immediately dispatched to the scene of the tragedy, and arrested Major l'hornas L. White, Bald to ho a resident of the State of Tennessee, but lor seme time past residing in the family of Dr. Hobbs for medical treatment. This White was the author of the tragical event, aud was brought to the station-house without anv re? sist .nco. The statements ot inmates of Dr. Hobbs' family are to the effect that the mem? bers, including the murderer, had taken tea together in the most friendly and agreeable manner, and at the conclusion of thc repast Major White retired to his room in the upper part of Che house, whore he commenced to read aloud. Mrs. Hobbs proceeded up stairs and inquired why he read in so 1> igh a tone, to which White replied : "lo order to develop my lungs," or words to that effect Mrs. Hobbs soon afterward ca no .down stairs auain, and was about to enter the parlor, when, turning her head in the direction of the room above, she saw Whito coming down with a oistol in his hand. She soi-m ed to be apprehensive of White's murderous intention, for sbe imme? diately called out to her husband, "lie is coming, and with .a pistol," and almost simultaneously with tbis ejaculation the first shot from ti o ossasin's pistol te 8ounded through tho house. This shot proved iueffjctual t J fa as striking the murderer's victim Wi concerned, who ?m uiedia ely closed the dla r between herselfand White. Bat, H tran ij ely, fae second shot which almost immediately followed tbe first after passing through a panel of tbe door, entered the left breast of the unfortunate wo? man, passed through her body and came out under the right arm, and she fell to the floor, and in a few moments breathed her lost. The dreadful act was witnesaod bf the husband and young son of the victim-a boy about nine ieara of age, who has since been almost fran io with grief and horror. Wheo the officer entered the room wherein the teirible cn mo took place, the murderer stood in the middle of the apirtment contem? plating his fiendish work, and still holding in his band tho fatal instrument of death. Im? mediately, however, upon the entrance of Sergeant Hawthorn, he extended bis arms in a theatrical manner, s .tying. "I'm your mani'' and was immediately secured and conducted to the station-house,. whittier he proceeded quietly. Whito is a goo J looking man, apparently 1 somewhere in the vioinity of thirty years of I ago; abd. io conversation with ? the offi ? cer on the way to the station, although ex pressing no regret at the horrible deed he had committed, remarked that there ought not to have been cause enough for him to have done what he did. The murd ired woman, Hrs. Katie Hobbs, waa the second wife of the doo tor, and was about thirty-five years of age. It is stated that the murderer had been a ! friend and acquaintance of Mrs. Hobbs from I : early ohUduooa, and no teason was given last i Bigot showing what impelled the murderer to ! commit the awful deed. While, last night, waa unawaro of the extent of his crime, and seemed to be under the impression that his victim was still alive. Ie is deemed ad nsable by those in authority to leave bim in that con? dition for the pr?sent. > -on examination or the room of the murder? er after bis arrest revealed a scene of the wild , est disorder. Books and papers wore scatter i ed about in every direction, and innumerable I letters were foun i in a. partially consumed con? dition. The murderer, White, come, from Nova Scotia. When the war oommenool ho enlisted in tho Ninth. Massachusetts Regi? ment as a private. He was severely wouuded at Fredericksburg, and 'subsequently promo? ted to the rack of major. Of late he has re? sided in Mississippi, and was a delegate from . that State to tho Chicago Convention of 1838, and since bas aotod as a registry officer, a posi sition secured for bim by bis friend General Dent. He carno to Boston about two weeks ago from Mississippi, Buffering from a pulmo? nary complaint, and having bien an intimate friend of Dr. Hobbs and wife, wa? tasen into their family for modical treatment. It is as? serted that White was in love with Mrs. Hobbs, and, in fact, a monomaniac iu his devotion to her. ODbitttart). DA VI'. OB.-Died in Brooklyn, on lat Angus', ?"LOL3K HAYN a. daughter ol ROBUST O. and SALLY M. DAVODOB. aged 10 months ano 38 days. * /ttneral lotices. 49? l'Ai* itel?, tl ves, Friends sad Ac? quaintances of HAMILTON B. ROUT and of hts brothers JAMBS and W. Gt. ROOT, are respectful i y in? vited to attend the Funeral Services of the former, at Centenary Church, Tau Arcas MOO x, at Three o'elook, without further levitation. Angustia * kW Ashley Ftoo Kamine Company, No 9.-.Assemble at your Hall, No. 188 Meetlar-street, Tura Dav, at half-past Two o'clock, in full uniform, (white panta,) to attend the Fun-ral rf your late Ex Vice President, JAMES F. BROWN. By order of the President H. BOLDON PicKlNPACE, Angustio 1 Secretary. Spinal lotices. 4VN0T? JB.--THE UNDERSIGNED WILL make application to the Legislatura of the State of South Carolina at tho ensuing Session for a renewal of the following lost Certificates of Six per Cent. Stock of said State, standing in the name of Hmo ra Ole H. D. LR8K8K3: OERTIFI0AT8 No. 16. SIX j PER CENT. STATE CAPITAL STOCK, under Act Of | 1888 and redeemable tn 1883, for 83970, and CER TI FIO ATE No. 80. 8 IX P3R OBttf. STATE CAPI- , TAL STOCK, redeemable in ISSI," tor $4CO. JOHN 0. WH ALBY, Administrator do bonis of John Fergus J n, AngaatlO " largos I OST FBOM. THE ARMY HOSPITAL, THE bloody battle field, tho mansion of the rion and the humble abode of the poor-from the ottos and the Bac red desk, from the moan tain-too, distant valley and far-off ulanda of the ossan-from every nook and corner of the el viii sad werld. is pouring in the evidence ef the astonishing effects of DRAKE'S PLANTATION ul IT Ens. Tbouainde upon thous? ands of letters like the following may be soon at our ofaoe: * * * * I have boan in the army hospital for fourteen month?, speechless and nearly dead. At Alton, III, they gave me a bottle or Plantation Bit? ters. Three bottles have made mea well man. O.B FLAUTE. MASKOLIA WATSP..-Superior to tbe beat Imported German Cologna, end sold at half the paies. Angnatlfl_tttthaS kW BATCH RLOB'8 HAIR BTE.-THIS splendid Heir Dy? to the bast ia the world; tba only ?sae end perts et Dye} harmless, rehab**, inatento? - neons; no disappointment; no ridiculous tinta; rem? edies the Bi effects of bad dyes; mvigoittoe and leaves toe keir soft end hoennrot Week or brown, siced by all Dragaste s^P#rAua*ra; end properly appltod at BaUhetor's Wig Factory. No. - Bond, stau??, wsw Toa*' ayr May IA ~~kW PHILOSOPHY OF MARRU^E.-A NEW COURSE OF LECTORES, aa delivered at the New York Museum of Anatomy, esatxmetng the sub? jects : How to Live and What to Liv* for ; Youth. Maturity and old Age ; Mamboed generally review, ed j th? Oanse of Indigestion t FlataLnee and Ner? vous DI tea sos aoscaatod far ; Marriage Philosoph! eal j Consider*!, &o. These Leetttres will befos* warded on receipt of toar iiaaaape. by addressing i BPCfiBTABY BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ANATO? MY. No. 74 Ws?t Saltfanoce street. Bantaaere, Md. A pru 19 mwflyr Special llo?tcc. *JW<J1T ADEL BQD ABE BAP i 1ST CHURCH. Bev. A. D. PB ILL! Pit. retuned missionary tom central Africa, will deliver u leoture lo-NIGHT, at bali-pa? t Fi .'ht o'clock, in record to that remoto region, ard the manners and customs of the people. Mr. PHILLIP-? has explored regions in the Yoruba eoutitrv. where no other white man has benn, ?nd bas labored there during the. last fourteen Tears. A collection Will be taken np ia behalf of the African Mission. The public are cor inti ly invited to attend. August 10_ ?sr 1 HE SJ tlERS OF MERCY IN CHARGE of tbs Malo O.-pban Asylum, beg to tender their grateful thanks to Miss U AAS for a large box of beau? tiful flowers tor their chapel. 1 August io 'COLLEGE Otc CHAKLE'srON.-iHE Seroi-Annuil Examination of thc >rudonts ot the College wtU be continued every day (his week until FRIDAY at noon, commencing daily at 0 A. M. F. A. PORCHEH, August 10 1_Secretary Faculty. ?er ALL DEMAND? AGAINST 'J HE British Schooner LION, MCLELLAN Master, must be rendered into our office at or before noon THIS DAY, loth August instant, or they will be debarred pay? ment. J. A. KNSLOW A CO., Agent?, *^g?Rt IO_I_No. 141 Bes? Bay. gar NOncE.-THE STEAMSHIP MAN? HATTAN, from New Tort, ls THIS DAY discharging her carg > at Adder's South Wharf. Consignees ore requested to remove their ROO-s before sunset, or they will be stored subject to their rUk and ex? penso, JAMES ADO ER A CO., August 10 1 ?gent.?. SST THIS WTO NO IT i? Y THE PUBLIC OF CHARLESTON that I have put up on? of SCOTT'S PATENT ELEVATORS, at Messrs. B. BUL WINKLE A CO.'? STORE, No. 94 Southeast Corner East Bay and Avenue leading to Brown's Wharf, where it can be seen In operation. It possesses many advan? tage over the old style Elevators. I being appointed Mr. Scott's Agent here, am prepared to make said Elevator* to order. ARCHIBALD MoLKlsH, Angustio fus2 No. 4 Cumberland-street. gar OFFICE COMMISSIONERS PILOT AGE-CHARLESTON, AUGUST 9, 1869.-NO HOE TOPILOISAND OTHERS.-That from and after the FiBST DAT or SHPTRMBIB, 1869, no one but State Pilot?, or those holding State licenses, will be per? mitted or allowed to pilot within the oorders of this State. By order of the Board. G. B. STODDARD, August 10 tu4 Chairman Board. SST NOTICE_MY SON, THOMAS. M. HANOKEL, Jr., is authorized to act as my Attorney. Aoguat 19_8*_JOHN HANOKEL. ?er DANIEL RAYENEL, PRESIDENT, AND OTHERS, DIRECT* HS. vs. THE PLANTERS ABD MECHANICS' BANK AND OTHERS, CLAIM? ANTS THEREON-IN EQUITY.-THE PLANTERS' AND MEO BAN ICS' BANK OF SOUTH C iROLIN A, CHARLESTON. JULY 31. 1869 -The President and Director s of thia Bank, in obedience to the decree in the above cause, made by bis Honor Judge CAR? PENTER, on the 16th Jn'y instant, do hereby call upon the Stockholders to attend a meeting at the Bank, on THUHSDAY, the 12th day of August, at 12 o'clock noon, to consider und take auch action as they may choce upo a the report which is to be laid bo foro them. Tbs Stockholders are also notifie 1 that if they fail io organise a meeting, the duty will then devolve upon the Board of Directors to determine whether to wind np th? ?aid Bink or to apply to the Gover? nor and Comptroller-General for the benefit of the Act of the Legislature! of tho 12th March, 1869. enti? tled "An Act to enable the Banka of this State to re? new business er to place thom in liquidation. W. E. HASKELL, Cashier. FO RM OF PROXY. CHABXBSTON. S. C.,-1869. I hereby appoint-for me and in my name, to vote on tho >harea I hold in the Planters* and Mechanics' Bank of South Carolina, at the meeting of tho stockholders, to be held on the 12th day of August, 1869, and at all subsequent meet? ings of the Stockholders of said Bank, until revoca? tion hereof. July 23 8 tutbsS ter A LIFE-SAYINQ dEFORMATlON.^A radical ?hange has been Introduced in the practice af medicine. Physicians have censed te torture and prostrate their patienta. Instead of pulling down, abey baild np; instead of assaulting Nature, they assist ber. Cupping, leeehtng, blistering, venesee? rion, eal o mel, antimony, stopifying narcotics, and rasping purgative?, once tbe favorite resources of the faculty, are now rarely resorted to even hy the most dogmatic members ot the profession. The old creed was that disease was something whieb must be expelled by violent artificial means, irrespective of tbe wear and tear of tho vital orgamzttlon m the process. The new ereed recognises tho improve? ment of tue general health as essential to the cure ef ali local all m oct'. Hence it is tbat HOS TETTER'S STOMACH HITTERS, tbe most potent vegetable tonto that pharmacy baa ever brought to the assis? tance of nature m her struggles with disease, bas been cordially approved by practitioners of tho modera school. It is pleasant to refleot that reason and philosophy have at laat been viotoriouj over tbe errors of the past, and that thousuads, and tens of thousands, ef human beings are aliva and well to? day, who would indubitably be mouldering in their graves, had they boon subjected te the pams and penalties which were deemed orthodox asid Indis? pensable thirty or forty years ago. Pr?ventive medication was sea rooty thought of then; but now lt is eonstJared ol p*r?ntaant im? portance, and the celebrity of the standard in vigor ant, alterative and restorative of the age, <a title whick HOSTS 3CTKRH BITTSRS have fairly earned by their long Career of suoces*,! is mainly chao te its efficiency sa a protective preparation. A course of tho Bitters is .urgently recommended at thia a aa son of the year, as a 'safe and certain anti? dote to the malaria which produces Intermittent and remittent fsvers, dia?rhos?, dysentery and other maladies. . nao ? August 7 ?ST ESSAYS FOR YOUNO MEN.-ON THE Errors and Abuses Incident to Youth and Early Man. hood, with the humane view of treatment and oars, tent by mail free or charge. Address HOWARD AS* BOCIAITON. BOX F. Philadelphia, Pa. Mayas_ ? '_amos ?OTMARENQO.-F EVER AND AGUE CUBE, TONIO. FEYER PREVENTIVE.--This val? uable preparation has been in private uss for many years, and through the persuasion of friends, who have u - ed lt with the most beneficial results, the proprietor has keen induced to offer lt to the pub? lic. It i? wa rr ni ted to cure CHILLS AND FEVER of bowevei tosg standing, removing the cause and entirely eradicating Ita effects from the system. It wfli PURIFY TBE BLOOD, strengthen the diges? tive organs, induce an appetite, and restore thc pal Wat ts perfect health. It ia a purely vxaw ABLH ' preparation, ?nd BO bar ml eeo that children of ali ages may take lt wbb sainty. As a tonto MAKENGO has no superior, end for debility arising from thc effects of fever, or from other cause, ls invaluable. A few doses ss sufficient to satisfy thc mest lg. credulous sufferer of ita virtue and worth. All who try ono bottle of MARENGO will be so much pleased with its ascot, that -hoy will readily en? dorse ft,*NO HUMBUG. For evidence of tat em? cee? and value, refer to MAREN OO .treaters, which ?ontain certassntes ?F well known and respectable chinen?. MARENGO ls a teunfnc Bowthorn preparation, the proprietor and manufacturer being a native and resident ef Charleston, and lt to felly guaranteed to give completo and tudvsreal tctttotaettou. NO HUMBUG. TRY IT. FOC sato hy SB Druggists, and ky DOW!? A MOISE, corner Meeting Bad Hem! arr?ete ; GOOD? RICH, WIN BM An A GO., ?ayna-street, and G. 4. LOHN, Dramist, Agett of Proprietor, corner of . Klug and /cha atteste, onarleatoo, ?. O. I Jons S ?CO ?mos ?S?'DDinf?. PUK FREIGHT OK C'HAKTKR, ft^T^ ?Ht KA-U' CLIPPER SCHOONER JgGEiVB N. HAWKINS, MCVKI, Ma*t<>r, will .jro?aftakc best coastwise t-o^i.t -.bat < fier*. 'r*~ WILLIAM ROACH i CO. August 10 1 1TUK BOSTON. THE SCHOONER SCLlOTA HAVING ' two-thirds o' lier carg<> eng?,;-d, wants >Colton and light freight to Ali op. ? MOSES a OLD* u ta u & st >N. August 10 2 KXCURRfOSS TO ALL. FOISTS OV LW TER1HT ARO' ND ThE HARBOR. THE FA OH t ELEANOR WILL NOW BE? S C ME ber tripe to ?ll points in the harbor. Apply to A.A. GOLDSMITH. At M. Goldsmith 4c -nut, . ' August 10_ Vendue Runge. EXCURSIONS: KXCUHSIO\S X THE ?IN H FAM SAILING YACHT ELLA ANNA, the Champion ot' the >outh, v 1B now ready and i>repared ?o muk? regular tripe, thus affirdtogan oopor tuait* toaU who ii\si\ wish to visit poinU ol inturest in our beau? tiful harbor. For passage, apply to the Captain on Union Wharf. June 'il BAI/l'lMOK K ANO CHtRliKiTUII STKAMSHIK co.up-.Ny. &SE&?* THK S'lEAM HIP 8EA GULL, 'Y&10&??tr Captain ts P. 1 DTXON. vrlil H?U tor Bad more tm 1-nroAT. 13 hoi August, ? y*~it$tir-str- athoL-p st 10 oMock A. M., Iron? Pier No. 1, Union Wharves. MS- Through Bill Lading binned for al' classes of Freight to BOSTON, PHIL A Dh I,PB TA WtL ING ION, JDhL., WASHINGTON CI1Y, and the NOR1H WBS . For Freight or paa-avc, ap ilv to COURTENAY & TREN HOLM, August 10_4 Onion '.Jiurves, RI IS W TORR. A .I* O C ll A lt ls IL S? T U R STEAMSHIP L I N E . FOR Pi td W Y li K K . CA BIN PA8SA3E $20. . TBK HPLENOJD 8IDE-WREBL HTEAMSEIP MANHATTAN. Woo? Huii, Commander, will exil trom -oger's Boutu Wharf on > AT can AT, 11th August, at ll o nook A. M. R3~ Au extr? chonte ol ?5 made tor Tickets pur? chased on board alter sailing 49* No Bills of Lading signed after tbe steamer leaves. OS" Through Bills Laling given for Cotton to Boston and^aVrovideiice. K. I. ? brough Bills ol Lading given toLivefpooL Sb*- Marine insurance by tum hue )i nar cont. esr~ The nteam?r? ot thia liue ar? first class in every respect, and their Tables are tapohed with*%R the delicacies ol tbe New York and Charleston mar? kets. For Freight or Passage, apply to JAME? ADUhh a ?O Anent?, Corner Adder's Wharf and East Bav (Up- tairs.) S3- The CH\MPIf)N will follow ou ?SAI o im AT, the '?1st August, at 6 o'clock, P. ii, August 9 6 KOR NKW KJMH. BEG WLAB LINE EVERY WEDNE8DA Y. PASSAGE IW, THE SPLENDID SIDE WHEEL ; PTE/M ??HP MAGNOLIA, captan M. B. CBOWKU,, hav.ng elegant and .spacious accommoda.ions tor paf sengers, will leave Vmdeihonn/s w?.?rl OL. WKJD MKSDA?, August 11th, 1^69, at half-pabt 8 o'clock A. M. RA VEN EL & oO" .e. Kt-nw. August 5 PACIFIC AI AIL? .STKAMMIll' tOffl?'? S IHKorOH LIKU TO CALIFORNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN. CU A SOE OF SAILING DATS! Bl EA MFRS Of TBE ABOV line lea^e Pier No. 12, NouU Birar, foot of Canal-street. New York, at 12 o'clock noon, of the lat, lltb and 21 st of every month (except wben these d*ie? tell eu Sunday, then the Saturday preoedlnm. Departure of 1st and -?1st connect at Panania with steamers for eoath Pacano and Central America? ports. Those of lat touch at Manzanillo. Departure of 11th ot each mouth cennects with the new steam line from Panama to Australia an' New Zealand. Steamship JPAAN If uv. g San Fm cn-co for China ?nd Japan september 4. I860. No California steamers touch?t Havana, bat ge direct from New York to AaptnwalL One hundred pounds baggage Iree to each adult. Medicine and attendance free. For PassageTicketa or farther information aped* at the COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, on tba wharf foot of Canal-atreet, North River, New York. March ia_ITT _F. R. RABY, Agent Special lottrw. 49-MR. GEOROE COLMAN IB AUTHOR? IZED to act as our Attorney during our absence from the State. J. R. BEAD tc CO* intrust 9_a Star CHARLES TON BOARD OF TRADE. The Charleston Board of Tra ie OFFERS A PRE? MIUM OF TWO HUNDRED AND FITFY DOLL A RE? LAUS ($250) for the beat "Treatise, with Statistics upon the past and present Trade of Charleston, the advantages to the Southeastern States of making Charleston then* emporium and centre of exchange, and the measures which should be adopted for se? curing to Charleston this position." The Treatise must be without signature, but designated by aome motto or sentence, ac ?ompanied by a sealed envelope, containing within the motto or sentence which designates the Treatise, together with the name of the author. The Treatise must be banded to the Secretary ot the Coard of Trade ou or before the first day of November, 1369, and every competitor must engage to acquiesce cheerfully sa the award of the Committae. The examination of the Treatise and the awarding ot the Prize will be confided to a Conuntt'ee of gentlemen selected sole? ly for their ability and Impartiality. By order ef the Board. H. COBLA, President. H. Ran, Secretary. Char eaton. Joly 88. 180?. w?6 July 26 ?arTHE NEATEST, THE QUICKEST AND THE CHEAPBST.-Tax NEWS JOB OFFICE, No. 149 EAST BAT, having replenished tta Stock with a ne* and large assortment of material of the finest quality and latest styles, is prepared to execute, at the shortest notice and in the beat manner, JOB PRINTING of every description. Ca? and examine the scala of prices before giving' your ordena elsewhere. JS3T "FRBSH AS A MAIDEN'S BLUSH" Is the pure peachy Complexion which follows the use of HAGAN'S MAGNOLIA BALM. It la the True Secret of Beauty. Fashionable Ladles in So? ciety understand this. The MAGNOLIA BALM changea the rtutio Coun? try Girl into a City Belle more rapidly than any other one thing. Redness. Sunburn, 7sn. Ereoslos, Blotches and aU effects of tho Summer Son disappear when it ls used, and a geniaLeult:vated, fresh expression is obtained, which rivals the Bj oom of Youth. Beauty is possi? ble to all who will Inyent <">vt uty-flvo cents at any ^11)0.018^? store and Insist on getting the MAGNO A BAL?. Use nothing but Lyon's Kntaahxm to dress tho Hair._MO_mwfl jao July M mr ROS A DALIS PURIFIES THU BLOOD, beaut! I> a the Complexion, eurea Chronic- Liver Complaint?, and all Chronlo Affections of the Blood. Liver, X doeys or Bladder, It lathe moai powerful AuraxATrra ooamuusxon known ia medicine, and has gamed sadxearrattms aa unrivalled reputation. It also possesses great Toole and Diuretic proper* um, and ls therefore valuable wherever an Alt?rai Uve, Tonie or Diuretic remedy ls indicated. By Mm um of this medicine all Herofuloui Humors, or other had taints wfll be entirety driven, out of ttt*> system, the blood and tta* assretiood wtU be puri? fied, SSA the entire system restored to a aeelthr ?onction, sad acnes ail th??? diseases depaadea* ?poa aa i sm ari stats a/Ms Mead, wat am PMS Var sala by ?OOBRIOK. WI?RMA3 * CO.. porttiTR of Drags and Chombo, Oharlastou, 8. C. AagSStT ?tu th*