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Larger advertisements In exact proportion. TRANSI INT ADVERTISEMENTS will be published in TH* TBI-WEEKLY NEWS at the same rates as Jn THE DAILY NIWS. Contract advertisements at o ne- hair the rates tor THE DAILY NEWS. ADVERTISEMENTS nc THE WEEKLY NEWS, per line of solid nonpareil, 1 Insertion 15 cents; l month 50 cents; 3 months $l; 6 months SI 75; 12 months S3. Cnt? and Electrotype Advertisements *w?l be'inserted .on Ute Fourth Page only. RK M ITT ANCKS should bo made by Po st oin ce Honey Order or by express. If this cannot be done, protection against losses by mail may be ?secured by forwarding a draft on Charleston pay? able to the order of the proprietors of THE NEWS, or by sending the money in a registered letter. Address " RIORDAN. DAWSON A CO., . No. 149 East Bay; Charleston, S. 0. Sj* &y?tkplon %tto?. 1 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1870. UNION RieronX NQMLNJLTIQN8> "ais?Sttps? V. v? -' JW :;-?rti- :T.-- ' . . ^'. ' ?" . -.. '4Si : ' : ??'?-:?-? ? ? . ... . - HON. B. BC CARPENTEB, OF JCHARLESTON. Jor Llealeuant-Covirnar, QSNBRAL M. C. .BUTLER, OF E DOE FIELD. Tlie Reform Canvass. -Gold at New York yesterday closed at ilja21fc. . -The New-York cotton market closed droop? ing at 20c^;:Bales 800 bales. -At Liverpool cotton closed quiet; sales . 10.000 bales; uplands 8d; Orleans 8?d. : 1 -The London Telegraph ls the special organ -of the Emperor Napoleon. -Subscriptions In New Orleans for the wld . o wa and orphans of German soldiers who may be killed in the present war amount to Ave hundred dollars. - . -An order was received In St. Louis yester .day by a prominent mercantile Arm. from the French authorities, to purchase 50,000 tons of hay for the 7.^-nch army. -It ls. re ported that the Hibernian Benevo? lent' Society in New York is making prepara? tions to prevent the proposed picnic of the Or? angemen on the 6th of August Three secret meetings have been held to mature plans for this purpose. -Frederick the Great says lahls history of the Sevens Years" War: "There-- ls a God o f war; the issue ot battles is written in the stars. I have won battles that I had already given up for lost, and have been beaten when victory was already nearly in my grasp." -The colored field hands, transferred from Virginia to Louisiana, at an expense of $60 apiece, do not, lt ts reported, answer the ex? pectations of the planters. The plan, lt is ?tated, requires too large an outlay by the planters, and the hands for the most part have boen found unfit for work, In the sugar fields. -It seems that Madame BatazzI, who re? cently died. -at. Flore nee, was not the brilliant,. -celebrated -ami eccentric wife of the Italian ?x-P^a^i Minister, but the;mother of that per .aonage.-' The extensively published obituary biographies of the former lady, therefore, will 'Ok?&k?ep. -TUf New York Freeman's Journal ( Roman CathoJ&saya : "Very stupidly lt has been as .serted that the triumph of France would be for CathfiUclty. and the triumph of Prussia for Prot^kntlsm. We believe it will be so ac -cepied at large. And yet the Catholic Church is more free and more happy In Prussia than Seisin France." ' " \" -The great yacht race for the Queen's Cup, -won by the America twenty years ago, has been fixed to lake place on Monday, August 8. A nimbor or the lastest American yachts, and the "english yacht Cambria, will compete for the prize. Tho celebrated yacht Marla, ihat beat toe America many years ago, will be re? paired and refitted for the race. -Two' hundred Germans, who have been called upon by .King William to serve their time in the Prussian, anny, sailed from New York on Saturday in the British steamer Anglia for Glasgow. They, as a general thing, took, steerage, passage. It ls stated that upon reaching Glasgow-they will scatter and take their chances of getting into Germany. Some think or going to Italy, and thus penetrating .northward. -The New Orleans Preachers' Meeting of tho Methodist Church has decided against the establishment of a colored church, for several reasons, the concluding ones of which are that ."such a church is at enmity with the funda? mental principles of republican government, as that ia most perfagtly Bet forth in the Fif? teenth amendment to tho Constitution of the United States of America. Because, finally, it Jg, in fact, only building a small back kitchen Attention Is directed to the changes made in the appointments for Public Meetings, at - walch the Hon. R. B. Carpenter and General "M. C. Butler wfil address the people. The ?jr' H8tlsnow.aafoll?w8: .. T" . Bpartanburg, Thursday, August 4. Union Courthouse, Friday, August 5? - *Flsh Bam, on the S. andU. B. B., Saturday, Auguste. Lexington Courthouse, Tuesday, August o. i : Laurens, Saturday, August 13. Columbia, Tuesday, August 16. Wlnnsboro', Wednesday, August 17. Cheater Courthouse, Friday, August 19. . ' Broad Biver, Chester County, Saturday, Au *usi20.. . ; Yorkvllle, Monday, August 22. B?ck Hilt, Tuesday, August 23. Land's Ford, Wednesday, August 24.. Lancaster, Friday, August 26. Camden, Monday, August 29. - Sumter, Wednesday, August 31. . Gads den, Friday, September 2. Other appointments will be announced' from , time to time. Applications for speakers and ail com mun!cati ons intended for the State Ex eourive Committee of the Union Reform party most be addressed to the Secretary, E. W. Seibels, Esq.. Columbia, 8. C. V NJBW8 OF TBS Dif. church, so as tb prevent colored Methodists from getting Into the front parlor of the house ?fGodX ; -A diabolical murder was perpetrated on Tuesday'night of last week, in the town ot Echo, In the northern part of Dale County, Ala. A Miss Dallas Lee, a respectable young woman aged about 30 years, was engaged as housekeeper for Mr. Jesse Kennedy, a widower with several children, and during his absence from home on Tuesday night, as is now sup? posed, Miss Lee was attacked and killed by a negro, who had previously attempted to out? rage her person. As she was the only witness against him in the case, which was soon to come to trial, it is now presumed that he took this method of putting her out of the way, The wretch attacked her with a knife, stabbing her in both arms and in the face, and cutting her throat nearly from ear to ear. More o? the Laud Ring. The people intend to hold Governor Scott and Attorney-General Chamberlain to a strict accountability for the infamous cheats of the Land Commission. These two offi? cers are members of the Advisory Board, which consists of five members only. It is generally admitted that F. L. Cardozo, the colored Secretary of State, is a plain-deal? ing, straightforward man, and that the Gov? ernor and Attorney-General could, with his assistance, control at all times the action of the Advisory Board, which, in turn, has by law absolute authority over the Land Com? missioner, and directs all. his official acts. The act providing for the appointment of a land commissioner requires that his bond shall be "approved by the Advisory Board," and that he shall "in all the duties imposed "upon him_be governed by their instruc "tions and advice;" and that the Advisory Board shall determine the price at which land may be purchased by the Land Com? missioner; and that the Land Commission? er "shall hold his qfice at the pleasure of "the Advisory Board." This is enough to ; establish the fact that the Advisory Board . are responsible for the official conduct of the Land Commissioner; and as the Governor, the Attorney-General and the Secretary of State are a majority of the board, these three officials are, before the public, responsible for both the Land Commissioner and the Advisory Board. Upon the Executive of the State, R. K. Scott, and upon the first law officer of the State, D. H. Chamberlain, there rests, however, a heavier burden. If they could not, as a minority, prevent the completion of illegal and corrupt bargains by the Advisory Board, they could take their stand upon the letter ?f .the law, and, as faithful guardians of the public interest, bring the offenders before the court3" of the State. Nor will it be denied that the Gov? ernor and Attorney-General could well, without the assistance of Secretary of State Cardozo, hold in check the schemes of Comptroller-General Jillson and State Treas? urer Parker. Governor Scott was supreme. The members of the Advisory Board dared not quarrel with him, and he and his hench? man, Mr. Chamberlain, had, at all times, the power to prevent stealing by their col? leagues, or by the Land Commissioner. This they did not .do; and the people, who bide their time, will not allow them to escape the consequences of their carelessness or crime. That public opinion justly stigmatizes the operations of the Land Commission as an infamous abuse of power, and a scandalous waste of the funds of the State, is shown by the cases, lately brought to light, in which three and fonr times its value has been paid for land bought by the commission, the ex? cess going, not into the pocket of the seller, bat into the money-box of some officer of the State. In Charleston County the Land Com? mission paid $120,000 for a tract of land for which the seller received only $30, OOO-loss to the Slate $90,000. In Oconee the Land Com? missioner bought 2000 acres of land at $6 an acre, which was not really worth more than $3 an acre-tos* to the State S6000. In Lancas? ter County the Land Commission paid $8032 for a tract of land declared by residents of the county to be utterly worthless-foss io Ute State $8032. In Beaufort County the Land Commissioner bought about 1900 acres of land at S 2 25 an acre, and made the seller sign titles at the rate of $5 an acre loss to the Slate $5500. And now we have, in the following letter, the particulars of a similar transaction in Darlington County: ' TO THE EDITOR OF TUE NEWS. The exposure you are making of tho viola? tion of oaths and law on the part of Scott, the law officer ot his crown, and of lils obsequious Legislature, In the matter ot the Land Commis? sion, call.-i to mind one singular circumstance in the great swindle. By order of the court, the clerk sold, on thc 6th December last, at Darlington, the lands of the late Colonel Samuel H. Wilds, on these terms, to-wlt : One third cash; the other two thirds, to be secured by bonds, personal sure? ties and mortgages. One John Lunney, county auditor, county senator, and a willing tool of that vulgar up? start, C. P. Leslie, became the purchaser of three tracts, a parcel of the Wilds lands, for the aggregate sum of five thousand nine hun? dred and eighty six dollars ai.1 ninety-five cents ($5,986 95.) The cash payment was made, amounting to one thousand nine hun? dred and ninety-five dollars and fifty-eight and one-third cents ($1,995 58$.) No other com? pliance with the terms of the sale has ever been had, and no title has ever been made to Lunney. Yet, on the 6th of January, 1870t Lunney, by deed, "in consideration of eleven thousand six hundred and three dollars and seventy-five cents ($11,603 7?) to bim paid by Charles P. Leslie, laud commissioner," con? veyed to said Leslie, and his successors in office, 14974 acres, being his purchase of the Wilds lands-the number of acres having been ascer? tained by one-Jackson, su> .^yor to the land commissioner. The deed wa? admitted to probate on-: dower \va3 renounced on the date of deed, which was recorded June 23d, 1870. Twelve dollars ;*I2) of stamps were paid. On the memorandum of the auc? tioneer Lunney was named as purchaser. When the clerk was preparing a transcript of the sale. Lunney o:... red C. P. Leslie to be nam- d as purchaser, and afterward h?.d that name erased and his own inserted. Thus the diflerence between the sum named in tho deed as paid, and the cash paid in by Lunney, amounts to the sum of nine thousand six hundred and eighteen 16j-UW (#9618, 163) dollars. Who has the money? Not the creditors of Wilds. Where ia lt ? All the transactions of this huge swindle seem to re? quire explanation. Who will tell us what has become of our money, nearly th? one-twen? tieth of the whole sum appropriated for this nefarious aud illegal electioneering scheme ? Will the virtuous Cham^-rlaln, the sneaking Lunney, the infamous Leslie, or the vulgar nondescript DeLarge? Who wi? look after the title ol the State ? Whee- iciness is it? Lunney has the people's money, and o? course ?eg-rc-gWBaag be 1B Interested tobe quiet. Leslie; ls~~out. of oi:3ce, and we suppose can' show a deed from Lunney, who had none. DeLarge bas enough' to do in seeking a seat In.Congress. Chamber? lain-ought to have a leisure moment to. advise "TheBoard," bat will he? We pause"for a reply. What we state can be tested by a visit to the office of Captain Charles, the clerk ol the court for Darlington. "The prooi ls documentary, and we have seen and read lt. No GrEss. Darlington, August 1, 1870. Upon these five transactions alone the ?03S to the State-that is, the difference be? tween the value of the land (or the amount paid the seller) and the price paid by the Land Commission-is no les3 than $119,150. And we undertake to say that similar trans? actions can be brought to light in every coun? ty in the State where the Land Commission, or their agents, have made purchases of land. These are the broad facts, without color? ing a3 without disguise. They determine the nefarious character of the transactions of the Land Commissioner, who is governed by "the instruction? and advice" of the Ad? visory Board, who "determine the price" at which the land is purchased. The Land Commissioner is required to make to the General Assembly, annually, "a detailed re .'port of the transactions of his office." That report has not been made. The Land Commissioner is . required to give surety in the sum of twenty thousand dollars-said undertaking to be approved by the Advisory Board-for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office. If the Advisory Board hold the Land Commissioner accountable to them for the operations of the commission, why have they not sued upon that bond ? Why is it charged that, instead of indicting Land Commissioner Leslie, or removing him preremptorily from office, the Advisory Board paid him $25,000, or more, to induce him to resign ? We say that the Advisory Board shall not evade the question. Land Commissioner Leslie 'may have done wrong, but the men who can stop stealing, and do not, are as guilty as the actual thief. And how much is added to their guilt when the officers of the law take the lion's share of the booty 1 Governor Scott is already on trial. The tarn of Attorney-General Chamberlain and of Messrs. Jillson and Parker will certainly come Bat it is not yet too late for a weak though well-meaning man to make a clean breast of the whole dirty business, and wash his hands before the people. Unless this one penitent be found, the same stamp will be set upon the foreheads of ail the members of the Advisory Board, and of all persons connected with the Land Ring. They will, all of them, be brawled as men who have taken advantage of their official position to cheat and bamboozle the people. And next, the courts of justice! THE Robbing Ring argue that their ad? ministration of the affairs of the State must be "ecomical, wise and honest,'' because South Carolina bonds, which had been down to the twenties, touched 95 cents on the dol? lar. We cheerfully admit that the bonds of the State did come within five cents of par. But this does not prove the truth of the ar? guments of the Ring. Their economy is, doubling the State debt. Their honesty is, defrauding the people by tbe swindling de? vices of the Land Commission, and their like. Their wisdom is, doubling taxation, for the benefit of a Ring of speculators. And we say emphatically, that South Caro? lina was better off four years ago with a debt of six millions and her bonds at thirty, than she is now with a debt of fourteen millions and ber bonds at seventy or eighty. TUE advertising rate3 of THE NEWS are fifteen cents a line, but we will publish, free or all charge, Governor Scott's denial of the statement made by General Butler, at Pickens Courthouse, that he has defiled the Executive Mansion, that he bas defrauded the State in a score of ways, that he has stirred up the antagonism of race, that he hos grown sleek and fat at the expense of the people. As Governor Scott ls a poor man, (worth only a million,) the offer of a gratuitous insertion of his explanatory state? ment may induce him to break the silence which damns him forever in the opinion o all the decent people of the State. AFTER all, what is the gain which thc peo? ple of the State derive from a rapid specula? tive advance in the price of the State bonds? The speculators make money ; but the perma? nent investors receive nothing more than their six per cent a year, whether the price of the bonds be twenty or two hundred. And we ask, What benefit is it to the people to receive their interest in gold, instead of in currency, when they are taxed by the State to pay the difference not only upon their own bonds, but upon ail the bonds pawned in New York, or held by stock speculators outside of the State ? THIS one advantage there is in run nie 2 np. the price of South Carolina bonds-it is easier to create new loans, and easier to sell the bonds when the loan ts authorized. And we undertake to say that the one con? trolling reason which led Scott <fc Co. to pas3 the Gold bill, and the Insurance bill, and tho monstrous Tax bill, was that without some such legerdemain, they could not successful? ly shuffle off the millions of dollars in bonds placed in the hands nf the cherubic Kimp ton. Hts Excellency Governor Scott can buy affidavits ai five dollars each, with a liberal discount upon taking a quantity. Why does he not publish a string cf such affida? vits to show that he U not guilty of the courges or venality and malicious miscon? duct publicly made against him ? These affidavits might convince a deaf and dumb man, who does not road THE NEWS, and it would be one .ute gained anyhow. WHEN Governor Scott left Ohio to come to this State iie paid taxes upon a blind mare valued at SH 75, and a dilapidated chaise valued at 6'?. For two yeats he ha3 been Governor of South Carolina, at a salary of $3500 a year. And now, accoru.'ug to hts own admission, he is worth S130.000. Where is the man that believes that thi3 huge sum was come by honestly ? Let him step for? ward. _ _ WHEN- Governor Scott retunn to Ohio next November he may set up as an auc? tioneer. But, unfortunately, he cannot sell out the v,./.ored pjople as he proposed to do about two years ago. ??Free Speech.'' To outer barbarians, the South Carolina Radicals are the lusty 'champions of Free Speech. This is the refrain of their formal gatherings, and the pebble with which th?y intend to slay the Goliath of Reform. But, to those who live within the borders of this politics-ridden State, it is clear enough that the Scott Party, while singing Let your thoughts be unconfined, Pat not a padlock on tte mind, do in sober truth exercise a despotic sway, where clubs and hooting are of any avail, over the political utterances of all but those whose political opinions jump handsomely with their own. In the Radical State Convention the gag was applied in the usual way. Even United States Senator Sawyer wa3 not allowed to go scot-free and was attempted to be brow? beaten into silence. At the Reform meet? ings in Charleston, and in Abbeville, the same game was desired to be played. And at the Radical meeting held in White Point Garden on Monday night, aband of partisan Radicals endeavored to carry out a similar programme. They did not succeed in all that had been marked out for them, but they did make the gathering a model of confusion and disorder. When the Reform Party hold a meeting all the Radicals unite in the vain effort to drown the voices of the speakers and to tire out the patience of their friends. When the Bowen wing of the Radical party call their clans together, the DeLargefaction do their best to drive their opponents out of the field. And when the DeLarge party, in turn, have a meeting, the Bowenites fight hard to break it up in a row. There is a ludicrous impar? tiality in the whole proceeding. As every candidate, and every section of a party, has its pet aversions, so each may expect to be yelled at, if not pelted with rocks, whenever it is wished to waste a score of blue-lights and rockets, or to administer, with effect, an oratorical tonic The squabblings of the Radical party are matters of little real consequence to the good people of the State, but they have a certain value as an indication of the systematic gag? ging and repression which would be the order of the day if the Reformers were de? feated by the minions of the Ring. Wanto. WANTS OP ALL KINDS CAN BE made known to everybody In this column at the rate of 25 cents for twenty words or leas, each Insertion, If paid In advance._ WANTED, AN ELDERLY WOMAN, colored, to cook for a small family. Re? commendations required. Apply at No. 3 Beau fain street._ang3-l? "ITT*ANTED EMPLOYMENT, BY A SIN VT OLE Man of steady habits, as gardener. In the laying out of ornamental flower gronnds, culture or flow.-rs and vegetables, he will give satisfaction to any one that wishes to employ him. Healthy located country employ preferred. Jobbing will bc attended to: also, Rardens made new with small expenses. He can be seen at Ko. 24 South street, two doors from Nassau, on the north side, or at this office. Different respectable city references given._ang3 WANTED, A SITUATION AS A Clerk, with severat years' experience. Good references given. Address "R.," Branch? ville, ^G._ang3-4* WANTED, A COLORED GIRL TO DO house-work and chamber-work. Apply, with recommendations, at the corner of Vander horst Wharf and East Bar._ang2-2? ASOBER MUSIC TEACHER WANTED. The Yorkvllle Brass Band wish to employ a competent Teacher. Address J. A. OWEN, Captain, Yorkvllle, 3. C._angl-4 WANTED, A VESSEL TO TAKE FROM 350 to 400 tona Phosphate Rock from a point on Ashley River, abont three miles above the city, to Richmond, Va. Applications will be received at No. 66 Broad street, (second floor,) where full particulars can be obtained. J uly 29_ WANTED TO RENT, IN THE LOWER part of the City, a HOUSE, containing six rooms with outbuildings and other conve lences. ir terms are moderate, a permanent tenant can be obtained by addressing Z, at this office. July 16_ AGENTS WANTED, TO SELL THE only really good low priced SEWING MA? CHINE Sample complete to agents only $12. From $75 to $200 per month and expenses paid to ener? getic agents, male or female. Send for circular or sample Machine, and commence canvassing ln your own neighborhood. Address BAKER SEW? ING MACHINE CO., Cleveland, Ohle. inay3-3moa? ?ot Sole. SODA WATER APPARATUS FOR SALE. Will be sold a bargain, if applied for at once, a Matthew's Complete SODA WATEK APPARA TUS, Including Marble Slab for Counters, hand f=o e Silver Plated and Marble Draw Stand, Gen? erators, two Porcelain Lined Iron Fountains with Stand, Lead Pipe, Tumblers, ic. Cost $600. Can be seen ut GOODRICH, WINEMAN 4 CO.. No. 23 Hayne street._angS-t O. 4 ^ A?"i ...FOR SALE, A LONG W*JcO\J\J* ESTABLISH RI? BUSI? NESS, (Retail.) paying a net profit or $2500per an? num. Ample time given a purchaser to learn the business. This ls a rare chance for an active man to secure a permanent Income. Business done wholly for cash. Persons having the "*tamps,; and meaning business may address "$2500 In? come," Box V, DART NEWS Ofllce, giving real name._Ju ly 26 FINE OLD HYSON TEA ONE DOLLAE A POUND, a" METZ'S GROCERY, cornel Queen and Meeting streets, opposite Mills House, july 26-3mos?_ FOR SALE.-I HAVE ON HAND ANC for Bale another supply of second-hand Sewing Machines, of various makers, which 1 will dispose of very cheap. Call and examine al No. 2T Queen street. J. L. LUNSFORD. Jnn21_ FOR SALE, THREE FAKilS, TWC miles from the Port Royal Railroad, tc the Whippy Swamp neighborhood. One Farm contains 375 acres, one 335 acres, and one 16C acres. Fach Farm contains one hundred acre? good planting land, with two to three comfort able cabins on each; also well timbered, good ray ge for cattle and hogs, and perfectly health} all thc seasons. For particulars apply to K. D. H.. Barnwell Village._mayio TO PRINTERS.-FOR SALE, A RUG GLES'S Rotary Card and Billhead PRESS 4>i by 7 inches inside of Chase. The press ls ir perfect working order, and la capable of being worked at the rate of 2000 Impressions per hour Is Bold to make room for a larger one. Price $10-: cash. Apply at THE NEWA Job Office. mav3 ?o Ecru. TO RENT, THE RESIDENCE No. 5? Tradd street, near Meeting, containing sta square ru rims, attics, double piazzas, cistern, Ac aug3-wf2?_ TO RENT, THREE STORY BRICK RESI DENCE, No. 21 Meeting street, convenlen' to the Battery, with fine outbuildings and even accommodation for a large family. Possessor given Immediately. For terms apply to JAMES CONNER, No. 17 Broad street._mch30 wa TO RENT, A CHAMBER AND PARLOR, furnished, with use or Dining-room, if de aired, in a private ramify, where there are nc other boarders. Apply at this office julyl9 ?cmotntls. M O V A L The subscriber begs leave to notify his friend and the public generally that he has remove* his Stock or HARDWARE to No. 314 KINO STREET, corner or Society, two doors above ht old stand, (siga of the BIG GUN.) jUly28-lmo SAM'L R. MARSHALL. ?tteetings. ATTENTION, VOTEES WARD No. 4 -| . A Meeting of the Totere of Ward No. *wffl be held at Masonic Hall THIS EVENING, at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of organizing a Union Reform Clnb._ ang3 /CHARLESTON BOARD OF TRADE. VJ The Regular Monthly Meeting will be held I THIS EVENTNO, at 8 o'clock, at the Rooms, Meet lng Btreet. A. FOSTER BLACK, aog3_Secretary. CHARLESTON STEAM" FIRE ENGINE COMPANY ?F AXMEN - The Regular Monthly Meeting of your Company will be held, THIS (Wednesday) EVENING, the 3d instant, at your Engine House, Market street, at 8 o'clock. By order. J. W. McKENRY, ang3-*_Secretary. THE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH CAROLINA will meet at the Market Hall on THURSDAY, nth August proximo, at half, past 8 P. M. The members of Charleston County Agricultural Society are invited Io attend. A full attendance ls requested, as officers for the ensu? ing year will be elected. By order ROBERT HUHS. vice-President and President pro tem. H. B. HORLBECK, July30-smwstuth6 Secretary pro tem. Situational. RENSSELAEB POLYTECHNIC INSTI? TUTE, TROY, N. Y. Fnll Courses or Instruction in Civil, Mining and Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry and Natural Science. Appropriate Degrees conferred. Re? opens September 14. For the Annual Register, giving full information, address Prof. CHARLES uROWNE, Director._aug3-26 ASHINGTON COLLEGE, VIRGINIA. w GENERAL R. E. LEE.PRESIDENT. The next Session will begin September is, and end June22d. Expenses $325 to $375. For particulars, apply to CLERK OF FACULTY, julyl3-w2mos Lexington, Va. Dissolutions of (ttopartitersljiji. DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP. The Copartnership heretofore existing be? tween thc undersigned, under the Brm name of I SCOTT, WILLIAMS A CO., ls this day dissolved by mutual consen t. The name of the firm will be used only In liquidation. EDWIN J. SCOTT, GEO. W. WILLIAMS A- CO., Of Charleston, S. C. HENRY E. SC0TT. Columbia, S. C., august 1st, 1870. NOTICE.-The subscribers have formed a Co? partnership in the Banking and Brokerage Busi? ness, to be conducted by EDWIN J. SCOTT and HENRY E. SCOTT, under the name of EDWIN ; . SCOTT, SON A CO. With ample facilities, the new firm will extend increased accommodations to their friends and customers In the discount of approved paper, the purchase and sale of Exchange, Specie. Bonds, Stocks, Bank Bills, Ac, and will give special at? tention to Collections, remitting for same on the day of payment. EDWIN J. SCOTT, HENRY E. SCOTT, JOHN P. SOUTHERN, C. H. BALDWIN, R. C. SHIVER. Columbia, S. C., August 1st, 1870. In retiring from the Banking House of SCOTT, WILLIAMS A CO.. we recommend their success? ors, Messrs. EDWIN J. SCOTT, SON A CO., as worthy of entire confidence, and ask for them a continuance of the patronage of the public. ang3-wrro3 GEO. W. WILLIAMS A CO. Cost ano .found. LOST AND FOUND AGAIN.-IF YOU have lost anything, make lt known to the public through this column. The rate for twenty words or less, each insertion, ls 25 cents, If $ aid in advance._ PICKED UP ADBIFT, A BAFT OF LOGS, and a Batteau. The owner can have the thc same by proving property and paying all ex? penses. Apply at the Point House, sullivans Maud._angS-4* LOST, IN KING STREET, BETWEEN Society and Broad, a child's BRACELET of Coral Beads. The finder will receive the thanks of the owner and be suitably rewarded, by leav? ing the same at the office of THE NEWS. Jons Boaroing. SEVERAL GENTLEMEN, OB MARBLED parties, can obtain board in a private family; cheerful rooms, delightfully situated; comfortab? ly famished. augl-mw2* BOARD, WITH FINE AIRY SOUTHERN ROOMS, can be had on application at the RING MANSION, corner George and Meeting street. July30-smwf4* Notices in BankrnptcD. DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA-In the matter of the LAURENS RAILROAD COMPANY. Bankrupt-In Bank? ruptcy.-A Warrant in Bankruptcy has been issued by said Court against the Estate of the said Laurens Railroad Company, of the State of South Carolina, tn said District, adjudged Bank? rupt, upon the petition of its creditors; and the payment of any debts, and the delivery of any properly belonging to said Bankrupt to the said Company, or to its use, and the transfer of any property by said Company are forbidden by law. A meeting of Creditors of said Bankrupt, to prove their debts and choose one or more assignees of Bald Bankrupt's Estate, will be held at a Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden ar Newberry Court? house, In said District, on the 12th day of August, A. D., 1870. at 12 o'clock M., at the oMce of C. G. JAEGER, Esq., one of the Registrars la Bank? ruptcy for said District. L. E. JOHNSON, July20-wf8 U. S. Marshal. Messenger. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI? TED STATES FOR TUE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA.-In the Matter . f JOHN B. OKNN1S. Bankrupt-In Bankruptcy-At Charleston, In salo District, on the 28th day of July, A. D. 1870.-Slr : Take notice that a petition has been flied In said Court, by said Bankrupt, of-, in sp.id Dis? trict, duly declared a Bankrupt, under '.ne Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to establish a Uniform .WRtura of Bankruptcy throughout the United States,'' approved March 2,1867. for a Discharge and Certificate thereof from all his debtB and other claims provable under said Act. and that the 3d day of October next, at 12 o'clock M., ls as? signed for the hearing of the same, when and where you may attend and show cause, if any you have, wily the prayer of the said petition should not be granted. DANIEL HORLBECK, July27-w2 Clerk of District Court. S mrs ?Doos, &z. E L~~?"l N O O U T ! IN ORDER TO CLOSE THE BUSINESS. MESSRS. I. HYMAN A CO., No. 233 KINO STREET, are ottering their entire entire stock of FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, Fancy and Fur? nishing Goods, at rates far BELOW COST, for the NEXT THIRTY DAYS, and great bargains can be secured. julyl2-lmo Cabinet- making, &t. ?ABmE^-MAKS NICELY AND SUBSTANTIALLY DONE BT J. L. LUNSFORD, No. 27 Queen Street. I wish to Inform my friend* and the public gen? erally that the Hospital for SICK FURNITURE ls Btill at No. 27 Queen street, where all the dtseases that Furniture ls heir to will be cured speedily and on the most reasonable terms as usual. Send in, therefore, all your sick and wounded patients, and I will heal them and make glad the the hearts of all those who favor me with patron? age In this line. l would respectfully beg leave to call your at? tention to the fact that I am selling the best Sew? ing Machines to be found In the market, all com? plete, for only $17. Cull and examine for your? selves, and read the testimonials in favor of the Improved Common Sense Family Sewing Ma? chine, and then I am sure you will take one home with yon. J. L. LUNSFORD, No. 27 Queen street, near Calder HOUBS. april THE CELEBRATED THOROUGHBRED Stallion "JONCE HOOPER" will stand this season In Spring street, uear King. Terras-$25 the season .ad $1 to the groom, payable In advance. , , _ For pedigree and any other particulars, apply at No. ll Vanderhorst wharf jan31 mwf F BES H ARRIVAL OF L?NDRETWS WARRANTED GARDEN AND FIELD SEEDS, Consisting of Landreth's Improved Large Purple Top YELLOW RUTABAGA; Large Globe, Large Norfolk, Seven Top Yellow Aberdeen. Red Top and Dale's Green Topped Hybrid Turnips. Also, Large Late Drum Head. Large Flat Dutch, Green Glaze, Drum Head and Curled Savoy, Large Bergen, and Ox Heart Cabbages. Also. Cauliflowers. Broccoli, Br?ssel Sprouts, Kohl Rabbi, Scotch and German Kalo. Also, Brooms, Brushes, Wooden-Ware. Baskets and Feather misters. With a large assortment of AGRIGUL? TURAL AND HORTICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. Orders from tile country promptly filled, and all Seeds-warranted Landreth's fresh and genu ulne. BLUM k MILLER, Successors to C. Ring, Landreth's Seed House, between Liberty And George streets, Sign Large Plough. augl-mwlmo Netn Publications. E USSELL'S LIST AGRICULTURAL WORKS, kc. THE PARKS, PROMENADES AND GARDENS OF PARIS, Illustrated. 1 voL, 8vo. Curtis's Farm insects, wi tb. Colored Plates. 1 VOL, Bro. Stephens's Book of the Farm. 2 vols., 8vo. Insect Enemies of Fruit and Fruit Trees, by Trlm baU. Vida's Six Lectures on Agriculture. Wright's MOO Receipts. Youatt on the Dog, edited by Lewis. McClure's Diseases, American Stable, Field and Faim Yard. stonehenge: The Horse in the Stable and the Field. American Gardiner's Assistant-Bridgman, revis? ed by Todd. Bridgman's Kitchen Gardener, a now edition. Culture or the Grape and Wlnemaklng, by Robt. Buchanan, with an Appendix on the Cultiva? tion of the Strawberry, by Longworth. Downlng's Landscape Gardening, Illustrated. 8vo. Farmer's Barn Book, by Oater, Youatt. Skinner and Milla. Gleanings from French Gardening, by Robinson. Henry Courtland, or What a Farmer Can Do, by A. J. Cline. Leavttt: Facts about Peat, as an Article of Fae!. The Sportsman and the Dog. 1 voL, 12mo. Woodward's Graperies and Horticultural Band? ings. The House: A New Manual ol' Rural Architecture, or How to Build Dwellings, Barns, Stables and Outbuildings of all kinda. The Garden: How to Cultivate Vegetables, Fruits and Flowers. The Farm: A New Manual of Practical Agricul? ture. The Barn-Yard: A New Manual of Cattle, Horse and Sheep Husbandry. Allen*s( R. L.) American Farm Book. Alien's (R. L. and L. F.) Kew American Farm Book. Johnston'8 Elements of Agricultural Chemistry. Bommer's Method or Making Manares. Breck's New Book or Flowers. Caldwell's Agricultural Chemical Analysis. Dadd's American Cattle Doctor. Hop Culture. Johnson's How Crops Feed? Johnson's How Crops Grow. Mohr on the Grape Vine. Onion Culture. Our Farm ol Four Acres. Pardee on Strawberry Oulture. ] Pedder's Land Measurer. Percher on Horse. Randall's Sheep Husbandry. Saunders's Domestic Poultry.' Tobacco Culture. Turner's Cotton Planter's MannaL Warder's Hedges and Evergreens. Waring's Draining for Profit and Health. Wheeler's Rural Homes. Wheeler's Homes for the People. White's Gardening for the South. Woodward's Country Homes. Farm Talk (Brackett.) Fuller's Forest Tree Culturlst. Jennings on Cattle. Jennings on the Horse and his Diseases. Mavnew'H Illustrated Horse Management. McMahon's American Gardener. Norrie's Fish Culture. The Horse (Stonehenge.) English edition, 8vo., 622 pages. The Mule (Riley.) Thomas's Fruit Culturlst. JOHN RUSSELL, mayl No. 286 KINO STREET. ianep gro?os, #r. ALL, BLACK & CO., Nos. 565 and 567 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, Invite the attention ot purchasers from Charles io? 2nd vicinity, to their unequalled assortment or SILVERWARE. JEWELRY, FANCY GOODS AND GAS FIXTURES. AH orders will be prompt? ly attended to. Goods sent per Express, and Eackages allowed to be opened before selection i made. Any article not satisfactory can be ex? changed. Estimates given and designs famished on ap? plication. Our goods are of the best, and at prices which cannot bs undersold. Strangers visiting the city, without Intention of purchase, are also Invited to visit our establishment. Julyl8-lyr (?jina, ?rockcrrj, #c. TTT li . G . W HI L D E N * O 0. HAVE REMOVED THEIR WHOLESALE CROCKERY, CHINA AKD GLASSWARE ESTABLISHMENT FROM No. 137 MEETING STREET TO No. 28 HAYNE STREET, . Extending through to No. 62 MARKET STREET, entrance on both streets. B Mr. W. S. LANKEAU will have the WHOLE? SALE DEPARTMENT especially under his charge, and Mr. STEPHEN THOMAS, Jr., will be lound at the RETAIL STORE, No. 255 KING STREET, cor? ner Beauraln, and will manage that branch. Our customers and friends will find a complete ASSORTMENT OF Q00D3 at both Stores at REA? SONABLE RATES. WM. G. WHILDEN. .S. THOMAS, JR. . W. S. LANKS AU CROCKERY, CHINA AND GLASSWARI AT WHOLESALE OR RETAIL, AT N*0. 29 HAYNE STRE EjT, AKD No. 62 MARKET STREET. WATCHES JEWELRY SILVER AND PLATED WARE . CUT AND PRESSED GLASS CROCKERY AND CHINi AT NO. 255 KING STREET, ' CORKER BEACFAIN. For sale by WILLIAM G. WHILDEN & CO may3 flot?is. pT?T UTTBTAT~H~6 'FE IT, COLUMBIA, S. C., WM. GORMAN, PROPRIETOR. The Proprietors ol this pleasantly located am elegantly furnished Establishment, at the Sta: Capital, desire to Inform the travelling public am others seeking accomuiodailous, that the "CO LUMBIA" ls in every respect a first-class Hotel unsurpassed by any in the State or the Unlte< States. Situated in the business centre or ctn city, with fine large airy rooms, and a table sup pited with every delicacy or the season, boto rron New York and Charleston markets, tha Proprie tors pledge themselves that no efforts will b spared to give perfect satisfaction lu every re 8pect. A first-class Livery Stable Ls attached to th Hotel, where vehicles or every description can b had at the shortest notice. Omnibuses attend the arrival and departure c every Train, and passengers are carried to am from the Hotel FREE OF CHARGE. WM. GORMAN. aprlS wim . (?yozet\ta, tirrnore, &t. j^EW YORK. "ELEPHANT" BAGGING^ STANDARD WEIGHT ?ft LBS. TO THE YARD, AND PUL? WIDTH. 400 rolls in store and constantly flrrlrii?- This BAGGING has no superior for covering cot&n. For sale by MORDECAI A CO., aug3-3_Agenta for the Manofactnrerfl. ?^T HITE CORN. 2000 bushels Prime White CORN, Just arrlred per steamer from Baltimore. For sale by aug2-2 T. TUPPER A SONS. c ORN! CORN CORN! Landing this day per Steamer Falcon. 2800 busnels Prime Whtte Baltimore Milling CORN. For sale low from wharf by STENHOUSE A CO.. ang2_Nos. 108,110 and 112 East Bay. ICILY LEMON SUGAR, S A PLEASANT SUMMER DRINK. For sale by DB. H. BAER, July29-6_No. 131 Meeting Street. JJUSSELL'S SOOTHING CORDIAL. New supply received by the Agent Jnly20-6_? DR. H. BAER. JEFFORDS & CO., Noa. 17 AND 19 VENDUE BANGE. Oharieston, S. C., OFFER FOR SALE AT LOWEST MARKET RATES: 15 hilda. Choice C. R. SIDES 16 hhds. Rib Sides 20 hhds. Prime Western Shoulders 6,000 lbs. Choice Strips 26,000 lbs. Choice Dry Salted Clear Sides 20,000 lbs. Choice Dry Salted Clear Rib Sides 20.00C lbs. Choice Dry Salted Shoulders 1,000 barrels Common to Choice Family Floor 76 barrels Common to Choice Whiskey ?0 sacks Choice Rio Coffee v * loo barrels "Extra O" and "A" Sugars loo barrels Molasses._Jan25 tnwthemos Jj U N D E E BAGGING. Now landing and to arrive. 300 pieces, I>i lbs.. DUNDEE BAGGING 300 pieces, 2 Iba, Dandee Bagging. Superior quality, suitable for both upland and sea island cotton, for sale low by Jnly27-wfml0 G. A TRENHOLM A SON. 500D0ZEN pouillac claeet A pure and excellent WINE, at a moderate price. For sale by KLLNCK, WIOKENBERG A CO. Jaly30-smw3_ Q.REEN AND BLACK TEAS AT ONE DOLLAR PER POUND I (Fresh, and of excellent quality.) For sale by ELINCE, WICKENBERG A CO. july30-smw_ JUNE PALE SHERRY AND PORT WINE, IMPORTED BY OURSELVES. 10 Quarter casks Extra Pale and Delicate SHERRY & Quarter cat ks Fine Amontillado Sherry. ANO 2 Qnarter casks Cockburne's Finest Pure PORT WINE 3 Quarter casks Cockburne's Superior Par? Port Wine. For sale low by KLlNCK, WICKENBERG A CO. Jaly30-smw3_ BACON, SHOULDERS, SIDES AND STRIPS. 20 hhds. Choice SHOULDERS IS hhds. Choice C. R. Sides Shhds. GoodC. R. Sides-low priced x 5 barrels Choice New York Strips. Landing and In store, and for sale by aogl-mw2_LAUREY A ALEXANDER. J^IRECT IMPORTATION. GENUINE ENGLISH GOODS. er ' - LOW'S BROWN WINDSOR SOAP Low's Honey Soap Low's Elder Flower Soap Low's Glycerine Soap Low's Pomades Henry's Magnesia Piesse and Lnbln's Perfumes Bank of Flowers Darby's Carminative beating's Cough Lozenges. G. J. LUHN, Apothecary and Druggist, Southeast corner King and John streets, may27-fmwsmos Charleston, S. a w H I S K E Y . A G?CKENHEIMEB ? BROS., FREEPORT, PENNSYLVANIA. COPPER DISTILLED PUBE BYE WHISKEY, Pure and unadulterated, sold and shipped direct from the Distillery Warehouse to Charleston, S. C., ls now in store and for sale by the following Wholesale Grocers and Wholesale Druggists of this city: BOLLMANN BROS., GOODRICH, WI NE M AN A CO., WAGENER A MONSEES. WERNER A DUCKER, MANTOUE A CO., J. H. RENNEKER, E. M. STELLING, RAVENEL A HOLMES, ?. M. LUHRS, T J. H. WURHMANN, J. N. M. WOHLTMANN, WM. MARSCHER, This Celebrated WHISKEY, well and favorably known In the North, East and West, is an article of superior merit, and ls now being Introduced In Its pure and unadulterated state In the Southern markets, and one that will give satisfaction to all lovers of a pure and healthy stimulant. A. GUCKENHELMER & BROS., Proprietors of the Freeport Distillery, Armstrong County, Penn., and owners of the united States Bonded Warehouses, Ornee NOB. S3 and 95 First Avenue, Pittsburg, Penn. mchl2 smwemosnao JJA VIS & MILLER'S FLAVORING EXTRACTS. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. GREAT B EDUCTION IN PRICES. QUALITY STILL FURTHER IMPROVED. We beg leave respectfully to call the attention of the public to our Superior Flavoring Extracts. As ten years have now elapsed since we first In* troduced them to the notice of the American pub* Ile, we deem lt unnecessary at present to enter Into a lengthy description of their merits, Ac There ls hardly a elty or town or any note In the country into which they have not found their way. The reason of this widespread popularity and daily increasing demand ls owing entirely to their peculiar excellence and intrinsic worth. Being d et ermined to make them the Standard Ex? tracts of the day, we have still further improved their quality, and now we firmly and honestly be? lieve that they stand without a rival. Our Vanilla Extract cannot be surpassed for richness and delicacy of ilavor. It is a strlctty pure and high? ly concentrated Extract of Vanilla Beans. Ia short, we th ink lt the best that ls made, at leas:, this ls the decision of the best judges In the conn* try. We don't pretend to compete m price with many of the so-called Flavoring Extracts of the day, which are really but worthless compounds, undeserving of the name. For quality and style, we defy competition. DAVIS A MILLER'S PURE YEAST POWDEB, A substitute for Yeast m making Hot Bread, Rolls and Batter Cakes of evn.-y description, hav? ing the advantage of making the dough or batter perfectly lisrht, and ready for baking without delay, and greatly diminishing the liability to become sour. Many dyspeptics, who cannot tolerate fresh, light cakes when made with yeast, can eat them with impunity when raised in this way. When used according to ? irections, it Ls war? ranted to make rich, sweet, UL .lt and nutritious Bread and Biscuit, Muffins, Wallies, Corn Bread, all kinds of Griddle Cakes, also Bolled Puddings, Dumplings, Pot Pies, Ac. PREPARED ONLY BT DAVIS & MJLLEB, BALTIMORE, MD. A J. MILLER, Sole Proprietor. We have been appointed Agents for the State of South Carolina for the above desirable gooda, and can offer them to the trade at proprietors' prices. _ GOODRICH, WINEMVN A CO., Importers and Wholesale Druggists, mehi- sm wemosDio Charleston, S. 0. DR BING'S PILE REMEDY. 9 For sa'.? by DR. H. BAER. jal/?