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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1578. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. ? FEMALE BLUE BEARD. ? TUE FAIR-CRITTEXDEN TRAGEDY IX CALIFORNIA. 1 _ i. J J Lam a Fair1* Htntory-Her First Has- j band-Marriage In the First Month Of Widowhood-.V Third Husband Blows Ont Hi? Brains-Going on the Stage-She Shoots her Fonrth Hos. ! band-Sn>der--Preying on Critten den's Pars e-X Thorough Ft male Outlaw and Adventurer. [From the Kew York World.] Id OT about the year 1847 ' there died, in a j certain town to. Alabama, one Mr. Bant, who. although generally deemed a respectable and Industrious citizen, had been so indiscreet as to "live un to" bis whole Income, and copse Sternly left his family so poor at his death at the expenses o! his modest funeral, even, completely exhausted his pitiful estate. Be? reft of her husband, the widow Hunt found herself penniless In the world, with two young daughters and a son look? ing to her for support; and In this accumulation of grief, helplessness and" inordi? nate responsibility, knew ol naught else practi? cable than a removal with her three charges to the City o?New Orleans, where lived some distantATelatives oi her late hnsband, and where Ser son, at least, might be able to enter into some employment as an aid to the main? tenance of his sisters. To said city, than, after a while, the Hunts removed, and, according to reports, lived ?tere in very narrow "circum? stances lor two or three years. Drudgery and obscurity might have continued to be their lot but lor the more uncommon and rar less happy destiny of one of the daughters. Miss Laura, who to personal beauty of a very striking type added mental characteristics in chronic revolt against her trying domestic station in lite. At sixteen years of age, this gri was as conscious of her physical and lorel? ei ual illness to shine In the highest sphere of social existence as of the adverse worldly cir? cumstances dooming her to toll and hardships In the lowest, and, from the time af the re-; moral of the family to Louisiana, she seems to have bent all her keenest (acuities upon scheme for.breaking the bonds of adversity by the sheer strength of her wit and beauly, and raising her relatives and herself to something like ambitious living. It chanced that the im? poverished family, In the course ol their petty trading, became acquainted with a rich whole? sale grocer named Strong, who, ulthongh old enough to have been the grandfather of Laura, Buffered the attractions ol' the young lady to enthral his widower's heart with sentimental rapidity, and was tempted by her amiable de? meanor to offer her his hand In murrlatre. If there Is notting io the published record of this part of Miss Hunt's' life to show that she. felt any particular affection lor the suitor, there is also nothing to justify the idea that her ac? ceptance or nis ardent Bult was any more taint? ed with unwomanly motives than are gae matches of convenience arranged in the mest polite society every year. It ls but lust to give her the credit, m this matter, of the sup? position detracting the least from her charac? ter lor delicacy and average. Integrity. Be . that as lt might hare been, however. Mr. Strom's offer was accepted, the marriage took SlaceT?nd the bridegroom's money lifted the ride and* her.family, temporarily, to comfor? table ci rei ms tances. Summoning common Christian? charity to the qualification of indi? vidual Judgment again, it ls possible to be? lieve that, if this matrimonial union had proved even passably harmonious, the nature ot the young wife might have been preserved from any signal perversion, and her subse? quent career undistinguished by more follies and offences than ordinary self-willed women find indulgence for every day; but, unhappi? ly, soon after the wedding the husband was revealed as little better than a drunken, despotic savage, who, lu his frequent caps, treated bis wife with outright brutality, k At first Laura was contented to know that m her friends understood the condition of af R fairs, and sympathized with her as strongly B as Uley denounced her husband; but, bein? p finally exasp?rait % into the bravado of a pre? tended flirtation hy some particularly insult? ing act of her husband's, Hie latter's behavior to her became so outrageous that sho at once lei t him and made application for divorce. The suit Be ver came to trial, because strong died of maaia-a-potu while lt was yet pending; but, lrom the moment of having resort to that remedy, Laura seemed to cast aside all that, there was of'her better nature and become careless alike of tho judgments of God and man. Because her sisier had married, a relative of her late husband, she persuaded her mother and other relatives to disown the offender for life. All who hod Ia the most trifling degree "made allowances" for the de? ceased grocer, she abused and defied without, stin t ; while her spirit of appreciation for those who had unconditionally championed her cause was extravagantly evinced by her mar riage with one of them, a gentleman named Grayson, io the first month of her widowhood. By this act she forfeited the regard of all her worthy friends, and scarcely was the scandal over CR Its flood wheu she left her secah< husband for some wild reason never ex Elamed, to mourn that he had ever known er, and, it ls said, to commit suicide. Be come now a thorough female outlaw and ad venturer, and Dosgeseed, api arently, of a reek less determination to prey upon all whom she could ensnare into her net, she induced, or rather commanded, her rallier weak-minded mother and brother to go with her to Califor? nia, where, aa she thought, the Held or- her proposed depredation* might be lesa circum scribed by the restraints of social civilization. It does not appear clearly whether her third husband, Colonel Fair, was met and married by her in the South before lite-California depar? ture, or was amongst those-first greeting her at "the mines;" but it was certainly as Mrs, Fair that the innocent and vivacious Laura Hunt of former times opened a hotel-the . Fair House," in 1854 or 1856, in Virginia City, Nevada. The story of cht? marriage is enveloped la some mystery. The Colorado Chieftain says that the brief period bad its scene in Donnyville,California, where, alter many infelicities, the husband blew bis brains out, and the wife departed with his effects wr San Francisco. According to this account, it must have been late io 1854. or early in 1865, that the woman .undertook the career of au actress on the stage1 ol the Metropolitan Theatre In the City of the Golden Gate. Wbat ever the exact dale of lt, this new venture did not attain sufficient success to last iong. Ia the character of Lady Teazle, however, Mrs, Fair was effective enough to please, at least, one of her auditors, a brillant, lftWJiT und ex Judge, named Crittenden, who, furgetlicg Ina wile aud family, secured au introduction u> the fair man-killer, and, from thenceforth, for some months, allowed Uer to prey upon him to the extent of manv thousauds of dollars. The Colorado paper before mentioned says that, she was thus enabled to "settle" a line house and aAproporilonate fortune upon her mother before going herself to Virginia City to open a hotel, ia' the last named town, ac? cording to . another authority, when, aller a long career in the society and shared vlllaules of a band of gam? blers and Bharpers. she was keeping the "Fair House1'or "Hotel," her "Southern sympathies" in the war induced her to shoot a fourth hus? band dead for eviucing his "Union sympa? thies" by nailing the national flag to the staff ot the House ! Mr. Crittenden, who wt? m Virginia City at that time attending to some mining claims of hls-owu, deiended her in ber ensuing trial for murder, aud that with such eloquence and legal effect that she was ac? quitted. Unhappy was the day for the able advocate when he allowed the influence of former imprudent acquaintance and present sectional sympathy to lead him Into the new relation with this dangerous woman of one who had saved her life. She left the court? room only to reclaim her prey, and rob nim anew of honor und fortune. It waa during the second enslavement ol' Crittenden, says a correspondent of the New Bedford Mercury, that Mrs. Fair, as she was still called, paid a flying visit J.0 this city, (1866,) and, sending for a lawyer wuom she had known In New Orleans, placed in. his hands property to the amount ot $70,000, ro be invested l'or her_(as lt ls .suppossedBiiil to be) in government bonds. Upon her return after this to San Francisco the soon married* a Wealthy man named Snyder, from whom, aftefr but six weeks lu his -comuuuy, the relearn! her.-ely by divorce. In 18US she was ia this city again, at an np town hotel, evidently scheming to gain spoils by another rich-mar? riage; but, ratling.io.ib.li..- 6he returned once mote laCailiornla, and fionght a Barf- league w ini Mt. Crittenden. At hut* however, even the moBt chivalrous, weak-heartea, generous of ber victima had awakened to a realizing sense of her evil power and his own past lolly, and, having sent word to his family to come io him from the Eastern States, refused to hold any farther acquaintance' with her. Remon? strating, threatening, forcing herself into his {resence, she declared that he was her uaband and dared him to cast her off. Readers of the newspapers know what came ot this at last. Some weeks ago, while Mr. Crittenden was crossing thc ferry from Oak? land to San Francisco with his wife and chil? dren, who had but Just come by. Pacific Rail? road from the East, he Was 'soddenly confront? ed In tho cabin of thc boat by the woman to wham he had saved life and given fortune, and shot down by ber like a dog. - Death like that wae the wages of sin; and now, she who slew him ls bein* tried for ihe murder. Ac? cording lo the telegrams of the past week from San Francisco, the murderess, so far from being awed by her terrible situation, audaciously defends her whole career of in? discriminate marriage, plunder and murder; declares that, "in the eight of God, ?be was Crittenden's true wife," and justifies the very astounding wickedness of the last eighteen years ot her life by the "advanced theories of ihe free-love school.'' A few days-possibly a lew hours-will show what is to be the fate-of this unhappy creature, eo far as the law shall decide it; but. the many-sided I moral of her whole career Ts not to be deflned I and ended'thus. She belongs, evidently, to a class ol' women which the "Mies GwilC in WilkieColHns'8 romance of ''Annadale" ls an underdrawn rather than an overdrawn illus? tration, and tho true social lesson of her typi? cal story ls, thatwhatsover tends, In any de? gree, to "?ewomanlze" her sex, to make it hold lightly or sceptically the modest delicacy subserving all Its distinctive and instinctive natural virtue, tends in the same degree, by inexorable natural law, to produce a being compounded of the intensified vice, rather th ia th? virtue, ol both sexes. THE DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS. Important Co un ve l to the Southern People. The addresfoi the Democratic Congressmen to the people of the country has been Issued, and ls signed by fourteen senators and ninety five members of the House. From thc con "cludingportlons of the address, the foltowing ls extracted: "" . - . . Everything that malicious ingenuity could suggest has been done to irritate the people of the Middle and Southern States. Gross and exaggerated chargea ol disorder and violence owe their origin to the mischievous minde of j potential managers in the Senate and House I of Representatives, to which thc Executive hus, we regret to say, lent his aid. and thus helped to inflame the popular feelings. In all this course of hostile legislation and harsh re? sentment, no word ol ooncHlatlon, ot kind encouragement, er fraternal feeling, has ever been spoken by th% President, or by Congress, to the people ol the South? ern Statea-they have been addressed, in the language of proscription. We earn? estly entreat our fellow-citizens in nil paru} of the Union to spare no effort t) maintain peace and ord?r, to carefully pro? tect the rights of avery citizen, lo preserve kindly relations among all men, and to dis? counter! ance and discourage any violation of the rights of any portion of the people secured under the constitution, or any of its amend? ments. And in conclusion, earnestly beg of you not to aid the present attempts ot Radical partisans to stir np strife in the land, to renew Hie issues ol war, or to obstruct thc return of pence and prosperity to the Southern States, because it ls thus that they seek to divert tbo attention of the country .from the corruption and extravagance in their administration of public affairs, and the dangerous and profli? gate attempt they are making towards the'cre? ation ol a centralized military government. TUB STATE SUPREME COVET. A Highly In '.eroding Decision. In the Supreme Court at Columbia on Thurs? day, present Chief Justice Moses and Justices Willard and Wright. ' Israel vs. S. M. Ayer & Co. Motion granted and a new Arial ordered. Opinion by Chief Justice Hoses. Tills decision establishes the following Im? portant principles : Bills' ol exchange and promissory notes im? ply a consideration in themselves, and iu this respect differ from all other ^laroi contracts. One who claims by transfer or endorsement before maternity from the original hoM?r, tor value, ls not bound by any legal or equitable defence which may prevail between such hold? er and the Immediate parlies to the trans? action. Au accommodation bill ls one to which ellher of the parties, os the c .se may be, has put his narnu without consideration, for the purpose of benefiting or accommodating some other party who ls to provide for lt when due. The defence of want of considemlonjcun only be made against the porty accommodated by him who has thus for his benefit lent his name. The other parties are not affected by stich defence, and are entitled to claim ac? cording to Ihe positions they hold on tl?*; bill. A holder, though payee ot' the bill as agaioet Hie acceptor or drawer, is net affected by knowledge ol tho Jact that lt was accepted tor the accommodation of the drawer. Whatever wonld discharge a surety In equity, may also be set up as a defence at law. .The acceptor of a bill ipr the accommodation of ihe drawer ls not a surety, nor Is such drawer the prlncl-, pul. Therefore no act of the holder ol such a bill, ellher by extending ihe time ot payment orjan agreement for value, or making other ' collateral contract with the ri ra wer, wilt dis? charge the acceptor. Nothing but payment, or a release cati have that effect. The acceptor of. a bill may be discharged by an agreement between the parties on sufficient consideration, or by some renunclatiou induc? ing an act on als part which might not other? wise have been done, which affects his inter? ests. The discharge may . tte Implied from circumstance)/, but there must be a clear in? tention to discharge. An assignment by-an insolvent ls not per se void, but is oulj void? able. A debtor, though Insolvent, may give a urefereace to one creditor over another, pro? vided he dox's, not secure to himself an advan? tage by eddi preference at the expense ol creditors, ' and that lt ls not elven Wita a fraudulent view to defeat, hinder or delay other creditors. Nor ls an assignment by an insolvent ver se void, under liie bankrupt act. To be so, li must be made against the pro? visions prescribed lu ihe 35m section of said act. ' Jabez Morton Vs. William Lewis et al; Mr. Moise resumed his argument lor appellant. Mr. Blandlng was heard for respondents" Mr. Richardson In reply lor appellant. Ex parte A J. While, in re Morris, K. Jessup vs. the Wilmington aud Manchester Railroad Company. Mr. Mciver read brlel for appel? lant. SPAMKS Jb'ROil THE WIME'. -California is now ihe second wool-growjng State in ihe Union. -A hundred tons of silk and tea were ship? ped eastward, yesterdayvby thc Pacific Rail? road. -There wa3 a terribie wind, with slight snow, at Kansas City, yesterday. -One-sixth of the wool clip sold at San Francisco at the highest prices ever realized there. -William A. Moore, a New York theatrical manager, ia dead. -The Richmond colored people celebrated the tifie erith amendment anniversary by a pro cession, at the head of which waa carried a rooster. They were addressed by George'P. Downing, colored, of Washington, who de? nounced the administration for its treatment ot Sumner. The crowd gave three cheers for Sumner and then cheered for Grant. -The lower board ot the City Council ol Louisville has voted $375,000 In aid of the Louisville and Nashville Hoad and Its So them extensions, contingent upon a lease for thirty years, of the Nashvi;le and Decatur Rood, and ebtaIning,CQntrol of lue North and South Ala? bama RM4? ill will probably peas the alder? men on Saturday, and be submitted Ja the people on the 6th of May. YET ANOTHER REVOLUTp. THE COMMUNE ABB EST THE CEN? TRAL COMMITTEE. The National Guard Indignant-An? archy In the City-The Government Troops Intrenching-Fall of the Arc de Triomphe-A Desperate Fight at Nea Illy. LONDON, April 20. AsniereE.was captured by the strategem of Vejs?ftWs pas?ng the otfpoataaaurpreteod Uf?" afflliatloS *w3ffi^flref TTatrblnals. ' Twenty th?OUBanfl J m pt?r kit Vii arte, under Due rot, hare rachel Yersaftle^^ T?tere waaiuj'?jg&genj??at -along tba? eatira JJne on Wednegj|ay. jfcwnbrpwskl reporta. th?\?fcwU s Qf?r?gjn tfie ^crotrutno. Tho Carjirqaaisli ? verO;.nrn.?terlng"\3rt-the leland ef Grand Jatte. Trie figbtiOf waa "of 'a Woody character, the Communists ma&Injf' a'f',f*rftteglc movement to envelope life Versaillists, who ad vagued too far. Lavellols was sacked. Forts VW?ri en and Courevec are shelling Paris frightfully. The Arch of Triumph has lallen. Shells shower In the Avenue Des Thames. Forty civilians have been kiiled. The Nationals arc return? ing, despairing and disgusted. The slaughter has been awful. Dombrowski complains of the Inefficiency of hi? officers. Dombrowski says he 13 awaiting the co-operation of-the gun? boat?, which will be ready In four days. LONDON, April 21. Versailles dispatches say the Communists have not recovered their los: positions. There was a desperate bouse to house fight at Neuilly and Lavellols. A decisive engagement Is pro? gressing at Porte Maillot.. Thu ramparts ad? joining are a mass of rains. The shells reach Rne de L'Elysee. There is nothing official or explicit, though the general tenor of regular and special dispatches Indicate that the Yer salJllsts are gaining grourtd. ' ' The Latest. PAKIS, April 21. General Qkolawilz is wounded. The Ver? saillists have thrown tip entrenchments on the left bank of the Seine, anti are concen? trating at Puteaux and Corbevoie, with the apparent intention of resisting a .?errie against La val lois anti Villicies. The cannonade of the Maillot at the gate continued. The journals whose suppression was recently ordered acon liaue to appeur, . ' ' LONDON, April 21. It ls announced .that Germany supports the claim ol the inhabitants of Alsace r>5&?st Eran ce. " .* ' PARIS, April 21. New York World special: Another revolu? tion is imminent. The Commune has arrested the central committee, accuaiog the members j of negotiating with Thiers to betray Baris. The National.Guards are indignant, and laWat |t?n to arrest the Commune unless the commit? tee are released. Complete anarchy reigns. ANOTHUR CREVASSE IN LO UJSIANA. NEW ORLEANS, April IL A c pe vasse occurred yesterday at Wall's plantation, In the Parish of St. James, right hand, fifty miles above-the city. The Boayet Carre crevasse is now a hundred feet wide, and increasing continually. LATER,-The Bouvet of the Corre Crevasse is now two hundred feet wide and very deep. ALL ABOUT THX STATE. Tho Crop* In Sumter. The Watchman says the planting intereits ofthat section are progressing finely, under an unusually auspicious spring. Corn ls nearly all up, and cotton, on many places. Is "peep? ing our ol the ground ul ready, giving promise o? its beautiful fleecy harvest. Wo are likely to have an abundance of fruit this year, and Heaven seems to be smiling un all the labjbrs ol the husbandman. t * 1 A " KH-KIUJ" Trial. The Yoikville Enquirer pays: "We learn that a party of six or seven disguised men visited the residence of David T. Barretts Ho this county, during the night of the 4th instant, in search of State arms, supposed to be in Barrett's custody. Mr. Barrett made com? plaint belora W. B. Williams, trial justice, charging that three ot his nearest neighbors, to wit: Jobn Caldwell, James Barber and Lowry Smith, were of the party that'Visited his premises at the time stated. The accused were arrested, and recognized to appear on Saturday lost for a preliminary examination. Upon this examination the prosecutor stated that no personal violence was inflicted upon himself or family-that he could opt swear positively, but only as to belief, apd that hie impression was based upon, circum? stances that led him to suspect the parties above roamed. A portion ol the testimony In? troduced by the accused was that ol colo&d persons. Upon tho conclusion of the testimo? ny the trial Justice decided that the oem plaint was not sustained, and ordered the discharge ol' the parties: The State was represented By I. D. Witherspoon, Esq., and the accused byT. J. Bell, Esq. We trust that our people will recognize the necessity of discouraging ull such unlawful assemblages. So long as such acts are continued, so long will the Ir.nocopt be liabie to snell charges as were preferredln the case mentioned above." Associate llefbruned Presbytery. The First Presbytery of the Associate Re? formed Synod of tho South, met ut Yorkvllle on Monday last. The Presbytery was consti? tuted hythe Her. John E. Crossley, thc retir? ing moderator, by the delivery 01 a sermon from 1st Chron. xxlx, I. The Rev. B. W. Bryce was chosen moderator. The reports from tito several congregations under lite care of the Presbytery were read, and exhibited en? couraging evidenoes of prosperity in all the cuurches. Calls for pastors were sen? up from all the vacant congregations except two.. These eilis were presented and accepted in every instance. ?he- Rev. L. McDonald accepted Hie call ire m the oc*ngit>tplion of New Hope, Fairfield County, STC.; the Rev. E. E. Press ley accepted the call 'from Shiloh, Lancaster County, S. C.: the Rev. C. B.(Betls accepted t ie call from the congregations of Unioft and Keeley's Creek-the former in Chester County and the latter in Yorir. County, S. C.; the Rev. K. A. Ross accepted the call from Smyrna con? gregation, in tills county, for one-halt of his Line. The meeting was a very pleasant one. Harmony prevailed in all the deliberations. On Sabbath the Presbyterian and Baptist pul? pits of this place were occupied by members ot the Presbytery. The pext meeting ol the Presbytery will be at Black Creek Church, in Mecklenburg County, N. C., ou Monday alter the first Sabbath in September next i .' Th? Crop? In York. The Enquirer says: "The prospect for a* fine fruit crop ls good. Since the blooming ol fruit trees, there have been no frosts, rad hence the fruit ia not injured, and the prospect is thal we will have au ? abundance ol good fruit. The wheat and oats look promising. Taking ail things into consideration, our peo? ple are in a better condition than ihe ywere this time last year." Things in Cheater. A correspondent of the Yorkville Enquirer, writing Iroin Cheeter on the 17th,.says : "The Chester National Bank opened Its doors for business to-day. It ia desired to increase the capital stock to $100,000 by the first of July. There are a great uiauy persons whose prop? erty, last fall, was assessed at a figure far in excess of its true value, and who have thereby been compelled to pay more than their Just quota of the onerous laxes lhat were gather? ed. lt may be well to state for the. Informa? tion of such, that, by a prooer representation made to the Stale auditor, through ihe county auditor, an order upon the county treasurer eau be obtained for the refunding ol so much ot the tar as wus charged upon the excessive valuation of the property. A good many petitions have been forwarded from this conn ty, and they have generally met with prompt und favorable consideration al the hands ol' the State auditor.'' GOOD NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. Governor english Elected in Connect!* cot by Forty Majority-Thc Reap? portionment In Pennsylvania. WASHINGTON, April 21. lt is stated indirectly, but reliably, that the official count of the vote at the Connecticut elections gives Governor English a clear ma? jority of forty. The conference committee ot the Pennsyl? vania Legislature have agreed upon an appor? tionment which, based.upon Geary's voie, will give the Kepubllcans one majority only in the Senate after 1872, and six majority In the House. Sorne Republicans are'-dissatisfied, but it ls believed the bill will pass. Boutwell orders the payment ol the May in interest on Monday without rebate. THE TERRITORY OF COLUMBIA. WASHIXOTOX. April 21. Ciiipman's majority is four thusand. The upper House of the Territory "Js appoint? ed by the President, and all are RepuWrcaas. Il consists of eight whlte3 and three negroes. The lower House consists of seven Democrats and fifteen Republicans, the latter including two negroes. These are elected by the people. All the other officers of the Territory, appoint? ed by the President, are Republicans. THE' WEATHER TO-DAY. WASHINGTON, April 21. Probabilities: It is probable that on Satur? day aa Increase of pressure, with clearlng-up weather, will be experienced on the Lakes and in the Eastern Stales; partially cloudy and clear weather In tlie South Atlantic and Gulf .States. _ *__ -A correspondent from Rome writes that Pius IX continues to receive many visrtors-4 Protestants as well as Catholics-and he roi commends himself to -the prayers of the for? mer as well as the latter. To an English lady, who attended one of the recent receptions, the Pope said: "Pray for me. Protestants also can pray tor the cause of Justice and truth." The following expressions to some other visitors are quoted as indicating the Pope*6 own opinion ol his confinement : f'You have tome, to see him who is called tho prisoner of the Vatican. Truly I am so. I could, doubtlessvmaterlally go out,- but I could 1 not do sb morally without seeing the afflicting epectacte of a city entirely changed from what lt used to be. Every step, every glance, would torture me; therefore, I shall eo ont no more until 'God puts an end to the bitter trial to which He has chosen to subject us." Your prayers will hasten that day." -Tho Indian depredations in Arizona con? tinue. The Indians appear to be supplied with government arms. LAW? OF THE STATE, Act? and Joint Resolutions, Passed by the Genci-ul Assembly of South Caro? lina, Session of 1870-'71. ! O F F I C I A L . 1 AN ACT to charter the South Caiolina Phos? phate and Phosphatic Hirer- Mining Com - pany, in the State ot South Carolina, and to grant to tue .persons therein named, and theo- associates, the rieht to die and mino in the .bods of the navigable streams and waters of the State of .South Caiolina-for phosphate rooks and-phospharte deposite. SBCTIOX 1. Bc il enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Stale of ?oath Carolina, now met and sitting in General As? sembly* nod by the authority of the same : That the State of South Carolina does here? by gi se and, grant to the following persons, to wit: R. B. Elliott, Robert Smalls, VT. J. Whip? per, s. B. Meyers, Lacios Wimbasb, W. B. Nash, 8. A. Swails, H. J. Maxwell, James M., Allen, W. H. Jonee, B. A. Boremon, ?. Byas, Edwar.i Mickey, E. Nehemlas, W. R. Jervey, J. N. Hayne, Timothy Hurley, Anson W. Thoycr, John B. Bates, J. C. Mayo, James M. Crofut, F. J. Moses, Jr., A. J. Ranaier, C. W. Montgomery, R> E. Wbittemore and fi. A Sim? son, and euch other persons as they may asso? ciate with them, the right to dig, mia? .and remove, for the full term of thirty years, from tile'bedf of the navigable streanrs and waters w.thin thu JnriscUetroa of the (state of South Carotina, 'the phosphate rocks tad phosphatic. deposits: Provided, That the persons named, and their associates, shall not in any way in? terfere with tho free navigation of the.naviga? ble stree, os an J waters of this State, or the private rights of any citizen or citizeos resid? ing upon or owning the lands upon The banks o? tho said navigable rivers end wcteisof the State: . - .* SEC. 2. That this gift ana Brant in made upon thc express condition that eaid graci?es shall pay lp the State or South Carolfna the Bum of. une (1). dollar per ton for every ton of phosphate rock and phosphatic deposits, dug, mined and removed from the said navigable rivers and waters of the State : And farther, that tho said gran!ees shall pay into the treas, ury ot the S'ate therms of live hundred dol? lars aa a license foe before commencing busi? ness under, said grant. SEC. 3. Before commencing operations under authority of this act, said grantees tod iheir aas ucla tes shall file, or cause to De filed, in tho office of the State Auditor, a baud in the'penal sum of fifty thousand ($50,000) lollara, condi? tioned that sait] grantees and their associates shall nick: true and faithful return? to said .State auditor, itnnually, on or before tie firs! day of October, aud oftener ii required by the said state auditor, of the number of tons Of phosphatic rocks and phosphatic depo ii is dug, rniued aud removed by them from the badi pf the navigable stream-tind waters of the State, and shall prrnctrally pay to the Slate treasurer annually, on the first dsy of October, one (tl) dollar per ton for every ton ofphosphatic rocks and phosphatic deposits by them dag, mined and removed from thc beds of-ibo navigable strc-ims and waters of the State during the yeai-preceding; Maid boud to.be renewed an? nually, and approved by the attorney-general. Tee bo jks of said cranlees and their associates shall be opeu to the iu?peotioa of the State auditor, or agent duly appoin:ed by him tor that parp?se. SEC. 4 That thecapi-al stock of said com? pany Bbafl consist, of two million (2.OC?.00O) dollars, to be divide! into shares of one hun? dred dolhrs each, with the privilege of iucreas Ing the same to an amount not exceeding five million dollars; and wheu the sum or three hundred thousand dollars shall have been sub? scribed, the said company may be organizad and go into operation. SEC. 6. That tbe profits of said company may, from time to tims, ba divided among the ftockho!dorsaccordine*ti such rules and regu? lations se the? may prescribe, not repugnant to the taws of the State. Ste. 6. That, (he stock of said company be transferred in snch marro er and form as be ?irected by the by-laws of the company Sac. 7. The said com nany shall be eoti to ail the lights and privileges accorded other corporations incorporated by the ia? this Statt: Provided, That nothing in act shall be construid as giving to thc < .South Carolina Phosphate and P*bosph River Mining Company thc exclusive righ dig and mine in the navigable rivers waters of tbe-State. Sic. 8. All acts and parts of acta ?OCOE tent with this act; are hereby repealed, jr Approved rhe^Oth day of March, A. IX ll Ax ACT to establish a new judicial and el tion county from portions of thc Coontie: Barnwell, Edgefied, lexington and Oran burg, to be known os Aiken County. Szcnox 1. Be it enacted by the Senate a House of Representatives of the State of Sot Carolina, now met and-sitting in General , sembly, and by the authority of the same : That a new judicial and election conn with its seat of justice located at the Town Aiken, which county shall be known as Ail County, shall bo formed, and is hereby ant rized to be formed, from portions of the pi ont Counties of Barnwell, Edgefield, Lexi ton and Orangeburg, ' with the metes a bounds hereinafter described, to wit: co mending a' the month of Fox's Creek, in Ed field Comity, where it empties into Sa va sr River, theuce in a straight Hoe to where i sooth brauch of Chinquapin Falla Creek tributary of the North Edisto River) in terse thc Edgefield and Lexington line; thence do said creeks to where it empties into the noi fork of the Edisto River, and down the s north fork to where the dividing Noe betwc Lexington and Orangeburg Counties (ronni from Big Beaver Creek ta'the north fork of t Edisto) touches said river; thence ia a strate line to the head of Tinker's Creek, in Barn? County; theuce down said creek to where empties into the Upper Throe Runs,.and dot said Runs Creek to where it empties into t Savannah River; thence up the Savannah Rp to the initial point at the mouth' of Fo Creek. SEC. 2. That Frank ?rnim, M. F. "MHlon* P. K. Rivera, J. L. Jamison, E. Ferguson, J. Hs? ne, E. J. C. Woad, P. R. Boekwoli, J. Greeno, W. H.Secdihb and B. By as be, a are hereby, appointed commissioners to r out and properly mirk and define the aa boundary lines, with thc assistance ot' two coi petnut surveyors to be selected by them. Sec. 3. That S. J. Lee, Frank Arnim, P. Ri vo*a, C. V. Hivuc, TJohn Wooley, E. J. Woe J. N. Hoyne, Levi Cfeavia, W. H. Reedish a; J. H. Cornish be, and are hereby, appoint commissioners to protide, suitable .buUdfn for the so vor al tourte and county o&ers, ai to select* and punchase, or procure sites ter li usual publie buildings, and to contrast for at superintend the -erection of the eourthon sad-jail thereon; and that said public buthhn ?hall be built at the expense of the citizens said county, aaa to meet the said donn ands special tax on the assessed value of real ai personal property in said county be levied. SEC. 4, -Tba.! an election shall be held ic t County of Aiken, as established by this sot, the third Wednesday of October, A. D. 18' JOT members of the General AesembTy, and t the regular county officers prended for by tl constitution and la wa of the State, and t. officcm so elected shall, before entorioff ap< tue duties of their respective offices. Be r qnired to give bond with sureties, as now is i may be required by law. ' SEC. G. That until the next apportionraei of repr?sentatives; the repr?sentation of tl Borera! co>tnti*e of this State affected by th act, shad vern aie ns now est? bli shod. SEC. G. Tba? the County of Aiken be, and is hereby, attached to-The Third'Congreasion District, and shall form part and parcel of tl Sixth Judicial -Circuit, aad that, the reguh tenus of the. Courts ef Genera] Sessions ac Common Pisas shall be held in the town Aiken, OQ tho second il o oday of Januiry, Mi and September of each year, and ?hat the Ju tices of the peace, constables, in the sever counties affected by this oct, who shall be i office at the timi Ibis.act gy.-s into.'cffect, sha continue in offica until their successors sba have been elected and shall have qualifi?e Provided, however. That tho justices of tb peace and con s tab 1 a now ia office shall, trot and after tho time this act goes into effect, b conti ne I and limited in their official capacity 'duty and power to the limit's of their res pee tive counties, as altered by thia act; and th said officers residing in Aiken County shill, i like manner, be restricted'in their official tune t?3n3 to said County of Aiken;. SEC. 7. Thal Tom and' after the fourtlrtla of October, A. D. 1372, all suite pending in tb* Courts or Barnwell, Edgefield, Lexington an Orangeburg, of which the defendants reside ii those portions of the said counties now estab lislicd as the County of Aiken, and all indict monta now pending in Inenourts of said.conn ties w'L-ere the offence was committed in thoa naris of the enid counties, now established ii the County of Aiken, ahaU. to transferred t tha dockets of the courts of the said Couutv-o Aiken, aud ail records, commissions and othei pap?is -belonging io any of the sud'snit orindictments, together with all the icga mcide?ts thereunto appertaining, shall be transferred to the clerk, of the court of th< said County of Aiken, and ail. write ant i olhc-r procesaesjalready issued and made re i turnable to tue fall toi rn of the coorie of Bara , well, Edgefield, iexinston and Orangeburg where th" defendant* in the said cases resid* : in tbe parts ot the said count lea now establish ed is the County of Aiken, BhaH be ts valu and effectuai as though they had been issnofl to thc fall term of the court of ihe said Count; of Aiken; aDd the service of such processos bj ' the sfcerin" of any of the said counties, shah tx as goo J and effectual as a service to tho fal term pi the court of .the said County of Aiken and all such writs' aud processes shall bc transferred by the clerke of tho courts of the said counties, to the clerks of the coart ot tht County of Aiken. SEC. 8. That the board of jury commission? ers of Barnwell, Edgefield, Lexington and Or angahurg Jountiee be, and are hereby, requir? ed to prepare and furnish to the board of jury commissioners ' of Aiken County, on or before the fourth Monday ol O:tol.er, 1872, separate lists of person-; liable to 'serve as jurors, ant residing in the limits of said counties as alter, ed by this act. From the lists so furnished to thc board of jury commissioners ot aiken County shall be drawn, in accord? ance with law, the petit and grand juron and talesmen for the courts to be holden ic Aiken County, in conformity with the provis? ions of this aot, and the jurors so drawn are hprebj declared lawful juror? to all purposes aad intents. Approved*March 10th, A. D. 1871. Ax ACT to amend section 22 of the Code ol Procedure. SECTIO* li Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representntives of the State of Sooth Carotina, now met and biting' io General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That section 2j! of an act entitled "An act to revise, simplify and abridge the rules, prac? tice, pleadings and forme of courts in this State," be so amended as to read'as follows: Sec. 22. The Circuit Courts in the Fifth Circuit shall be held as fjllows : 1st. The Court of General Sessions at Camden, for the County cf Kershaw, on the third Monday of January, April'and September, and the Court of Com? mon Pleas at Camden, for the County of Ker? shaw, on the first Thursday after the third Monday ol January, April and September.' 2d. The Court cf General Sessions at" Columbia, for the County of Hicbland, "on ihe fixation day of February, May and October; and the Court of Common Pleas at (columbia, for the County of Richland, on the second Monday of February, May aod October. 3d. The Court of Genoral Seesions at Lexington, for Ute County of Lexington, on the fourth Mon? day of February, May and October ; and the Court of Common Pleas at Lexington, for the County of Lexington, on the first Wednesday after the fourth Monday of ?February, May. and October. 4th. The Court of General Bes-. sions at Edgefield, for the Csrmtv of Edgefield, on the first Monday or March, June and No? vember; and the Court of Common P.eae at Edgefie ?. for the County of Edgefield; on the secogd Monday of March, Jane and Novem ber." SEC. 2. Section 18 of the act mentioned in the third section of this act is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "The Court of Gen? eral Sees io IIB at Orange burp, Conn ly of Orange^ borg, on the first Monday of January, May and October; an J the Court of Common Pleas al Orangebarg, in the C.mmy of Orargeburg, on toe first Wednesday after tl* if ? Jfoaday of January, May and October.'' " Bte. 8. That all writs and processes which sh all bav? beert made returnable to the courte ol any of the said counties, according to the laws heretofore of force, ehall be legal and valid, to all intents and purposes, for the courts next to bs held in the said co anti PB. resp ec ti y ely. according* to the provis i otra of this act ; and all persons already sommoned, or wno may h ore af ter be summoned, to attend the coarte of any of the said couatiecraa jurors or witnesses, or who are now, or hereafter shall be, boottd in recognizance to appear at any of the said courte, according to the taws heretofore of force, shall be, and are' hereby, reqaJre*& to attend or appear at the courts of the said counties, respectively, next 'to be held, according to the provisioni of this act. Approved tho 10th day of March, A. D. 1871. JOINT RESOLUTION ordering that the Hon. Jas L. Orr, jaJ.ge.of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, j be allowed extra compensation for holding extra courts. . Resolved by the Senate' and Bouse of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: That tbe Hon. Jas. L. Orr, judge of. the Eighth Judicial Circuit, bo allowed an extra compensation of eight hundred dollars ($800) for holding extra courts thirteen W3eks in the Counties of Edg .eld, Abbeville, Newberry, j "Laure'..s and Spartanburg, which said counties were not included in his circuit. Approved the 1st day of March, A. D. 1871 <? jiJnrutg, ?nmi?lntig.(Soo?s, &t. ~P R I K G {<>P B NIKO S MENKE * MULLER, So. 325 KING STREET, a a ve Jual open ea an entire New Stock of CLOTHS, CLOTHING, FURNISHING GOODS, Ac, fur Spring and Summer. Our Clothing ls a very large and fine selected stock for Men, Youths and Roys, from $5 to $50 per suit. The l?rgest portion ia or imported goods aud manufactured hy ourselves; weean, therefore, recommend them as regard flt, wear and workmanship. OUR TAILORING DEPARTMENT ls supplied with the finest selection of FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC CLOTHS, DOESKIN?, DIAGO? NALS, TRICOTS, MELTONS, CHSVloTri, CASSI MURES, Ac, and a very large stock of the most rashlonable Pant and Teat Patterns, which we will make np to order by measure m the latest styles. The foreman lu this department of oar business has nu equal in thc artistic world for cat? ting and prod nein g an elegant flt. FURNISHING GOODS. this department ts scpplled with the celebrated STAR SHIRTS, Foreign and Domestic Under? shirts andDrawers, sut and Thread Gloves, Linen and Paper Collara, Neckties, Bo wa,Scarr?, Pocket. Handkerchiefs, Socks, Umbrellas, Ac. Our stock has been selected with great saxe, and prices marked very low in plain figures. Bayers ia our line will Had it to their advantage to give us a call be fjre purchasing elsewhere. ' mar2j-3mos_ ?er tillers. pE R?YIAN GUANO. 23 tona No. 1 Chlucha Island GUANO. - For cale by WILCOX, GIBBS * 00. ap? 30-??_.__._ Q.BNUINE PERUVIAN .GUANO. o tons Geuulue No. Peruvian GUANO, price $9< per ton. For sate by J. A. EN3L0W A CO., apraO_No. ?B East Bay. pBRUYlAN GUANO. 600 LOBS No. 1 PERUVIAN GUANAPE GUANO, per "Ida Blrdsuli." For sale In lots of ten toni and upwards at $C0, gold, per ton or 2210 pounds apn2U5 GEO. W. WILLIAMS APO. F E K T I L I Z EES. KO tous No. l PERUVIAN (Chincha) GUANO, warranted pure. 1500 bbls. Land Plaster, ground from the best Nova scotia Kock, aud warranted pure, loo tons Pura Oiasulved and Ground Bone. 150 tous Whitelock'a Vegetator. The Vegetatoi has been successfully used, and bears a very high reputation, lt ls second to nc other Fertilizer, except Peruvian Guano, onere d in this mart et? ico tons '.Ralston's'' i>iasolved.Bone and Ammo? nia. loo bbls. Eastern Island Fish Guano, at $35 pei tun of tiiM) pounds. _" . " For sale by T. J. KERR Je CO. rebs_ THE S TONO PHOSPHATE C0MPAN? OF THIS CITY, ARE NOW MANUFACTURING THEIR " SOLUBLE GUANO, ' Which will bc furulshel at $50 cash, or $55 on ls Novomber next with City accep ance, and theh ?DISSOLVED PHOSPHATE.? for composting-witl Cotton Seed, at $33 cash, or on 1st Novembei with io per cent odditiouaL '.PURE GROUND PHOSPHATE" at $15 cash Contracta for the Fertilizers may be made in ex change for Cotton. ORDERS SENT WILL RECEIVE PROMPT /I TENTION. " J. D. AIKEN, AGEN'l. min Jfc?minm Cond. Sott- . ^?KEN PREMIDM LAND SALE! CONTI?fUATTON OF THE SALE OF SHARES. REVISION OF PLA? I TRANSFER OF THE PROPERTY TO TRUSTEES, ' !N* TEirST FOR S?AnE?OLPERSI FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IX FITE BUND RE r> AND TWENTY-TWO GREENBACK PRIZES ADDED. . W INCREASE IN NUMBER OF SHARES. .-: ., ; ."-.1. '?>'. - :-iff*r' :: '. . . : <\ SPECIAL' NOTICE TO SHAREHOLBEBS, APRLL 218T, isn. Tao Manager respeciXcilr ??nnounces to Share holdera tuaia portion or tn? Snares are yet rm sold, aaa ia order to realise s reasonable Taine fur the property, without Impairing the Interest or each Shareholder, and at the sanje time main tam tm coBDdeuM so generously reposed lo-tile management of the aale, he has decided w trans? fer, by Deed of Trast. the Berby Farm property, as described In the Pamphlet, to the Committee appointed* to con-tuet toe .distribution or Prizes wno will hold the same for tbe benefit of Share holders, SUBJECT ONLY TO THE coafLWiON or SAU OF TBK KEMAININ? SHAKES. . lt taxes more time to carry throng*! saccessfal ly so large an enterprise than the brief period whict? has elapsed since the sale wa* organised and placed In working order: still la' spite or the pecuniary condition of the people, the pout teal costplexlou of Southern affaira BXAOUIRATKD FOR POLITICAL rc RPO SES, Had the large number of bogus imitators in the field which tend to destroy the con fl dence of the pabilo In any diottibu?loa ' scheme, tbs Manager has reason to be gratified with tbe'progresa made The public ls satisfied that this sale hr honorably and fairly conuscted, and Shareholders are only subserving their own interest by urging the sale of ALL TUX SSAXSS before the distribution ls made, their Interests being-represented and protected by responsible Trustees, who will distribute the properly as toon. as all the Shares are sold. Many newspapers throughout the country har? ing become fideo with the advertise meeta of schemes organized since the "ArxxN PBXKitrjf LAX* SALK" was m ade public, and aa m most cased these schemes have no foundation or relia? bility, except as they are supported by the mease advanced by a condoms public, che Manager or . the AJEEN PBXJOUH LAND Saut has decided, in? order to expedite the sale.of the balance br the Tickets, to AWAXO the $&eoo he had -plained to - expend in additional advertising, to the SHARK HOLDERS, to be distributed as follows: 622 GREENBACK PRIZES, IN SUMS OF FROM $ i TO $1000. One ol $1000, one of $soo, five of $100, five of $60, ten of $25, and 500 or $6 each, without Increasing tfce number of Shares, thus securing to all owners of Shares oue chance in every TH LRT Y- ONS Of re? ceiving some prize In addition to the Premium. Eagravi?g. * Trie Manager respectfully solicits Shareholders, to use their best endeavor-- to hasten the sale or the rvaiftttiing Shares, wbea the Trustees will dis? charge their trust by Oistrlbmlng" tue property and money according to the published pro? gramme. THE SALE CAN EASILY BE COMPLETED OT. OME MONTH if the pre?ent Shareholders will interest thfta selves. The present Peach crap of the Derby Farm ls pronounced by competent Judges to be worth from $10,000 to $ lis ooo, whicts, with the yearly product af the Vineyard of $5000, ls agood Indtcatloa of The vatae of the property to be dis? tributed. ? ... . ' ; No better or stronger endorsements ot the plan? and object of the saie, the value of the property, or the managements the scheme, could be de? sired than that submitted, to the public. REMEMBER! Every one paying $6 becomes a'shareholder and - receives at once a superb Work of Art, worth the amount Invested, and a Tlc Ret. In the Wsirlnutlon . or the Friz-.s, which may yield a $26,000 Prize, or an equal chance in CIS Prizes, the aggregate value Of Which ls $100,000. . . v f?i*fw Any person sending $26 for fire. ahareaVul ie colvo an extra share and Engraving, which wai afford another po.-Blbl ll ty of ob taning the Grand Prize or one of the 616 several Prizes. ; Shares arc being taken rapidly. All'money re? ceived for orders after the boocs are closed will be promptly returned to the senders, and the pab? ilo notified through the telegrams or the Associa? ted Press when the d ra wing will take place. - ' Address, for farther particulars, embraced "ra? the revised Pamphlet, J. O. DERBY, General Manager, Principal Office comer Jackson and Reyaolds streets. Augusta, Ga., Poatofflce Key Box,Ho.384, Or C. HICKEY, No. 545 King street, charleston,, ac. afS-M-4 $95,000 _ $95,000 LAST CHANCE TO SEE WHAT $5 WILL DO $5 wm secure a Share in the Aiken Preminm lb $6 Land Sale.rarest $fr $5 Will secure a share as above and a fine S& $6 Work of Art to adorn vour homes. $5 $6 Will seenre a share and the Steel Engrav- $6 $5 lng, "Marriage or Pocahontas,"...worth -46 $6 will secure a eh are and the Steel Engrav- $6 $6 lng, "Landing of Oaiambus,"..worth $s $5 wm secure a share and the Steel Engrav- $6 ta lug, "The Day we Celebrate,".worth $6 $6 wm secure a share and the beautiful $6 $5 enromo, "Amenean Autumn,"..,.worth gt $6 Will secure to some shareholder the Der- $6 S6 by Mansion and 26 acres or Vineyard and $6 $6 Orchard, valued at $26,000. $? $3 Will Bccure to some shareholder "Rose- $6 $6 ville Farm." 160 acres'.. $5 $6 valued, at $10,000.invest $&. $5 Will secure to some shareholder "Qm- $6 $5 house Farm," 165 acres..:. $5 $6 valued at $6000.invest f6. $5 Will secure to-some shareholder who In- ti? to vesta, a Pesch Orchard, valued at $8600 $6 $5 Will si juro to some shareholder a Vine- $6 ti yard and Peach Orchard. $i $6 valued at $3000.invest $5 $6 WHl secure to som? shareholder a fine $6 $6 vuia site, with Cottage, ?arden,. Ac, fa 35 valued at $2600.:.invest $5. $6 Will secure to 88 other shareholders val- ss .' $6 nuble properties, ranging m value from $e $& $800 to $1500..:.lamest $> ?6 Tnese Real Estate Prizes... $& $6 valued at $s?pooo, ace located lu the bean- ti ts Ulai Towu of Aiken. Sooth Carolina?. ?5 $5 les unequalled climate and health-giving $5 $6 surroundings, lias made it the -ti? ti "SAKATOGA OF THE SOU-H." fl $5 The Shares will be distributed April 21st, $& $5 when each Shareholder will see $6 $6 "WHAT FITS DOLLA&S WILL no." $a "There ta a tide m the affairs JI men. which. Taken ac tho flood, leads ou to iortune.? 1 The mast liberal tarins to Clubs. For description of the valuable Real Estate. Prizes, notices of the press, names of Committee to make the Drawing, home endorsements, and. general character or the enterprise and manage? ment, send for pamphlet: Remittances for shares should be made wita Postodtoe Money Order, or currency lu registered letter, or by Expresa Ad? dress J. C. DERBY, General Manager, Augusta Qa., Ollie e c orner of Jackson and Reynolds streets. ay Residents of Charleston and Vicinity can: seenre Shares by apnlymgto J. RUSSELC BAKER,' 50 Society st,; at C. HICKEYS, No. 345 King street, WILBUR A MONS', No. 69 Broad street, and JU? LIUS KOI'MILLAT'S, No. 601 King street, where specimens of the Works of Art, which each share? holder receives, can be seen. apr21-6 Q O IeU M BIA HOTEL, COLUMBIA, & C., WM. GOKilAN, PROPRIETOR. The Proprietor of thia pleasantly located and elegantly furnished Establishment, at the Sta? Capital, desires to inform the travelling p ut ll o and others seeking accommodations, tba", the "CO? LUMBIA" ls m every respect a-urst-ciaas Hotel, unsurpassed by any In the state.or the United states. Situated in tho business eeutre of the: city, willi fine large airy rooms, and a table-sup? plied with every delicacy of the season, both from Sew York and Charleston markets, the Proprie? tor pledges that ne odo rta will be spared to give perfect satisfaction.tn every respect. A first-class Livery Stable ts attached to the Hotel, where vehicles of every dascripuon can be had at the shortest notice. Omnibuses attend the arrival and departure o. every Tram. WM, UOKMAJI, Proprietor and Supertnt?ndent. J. D. EUDDS, Cashier. aprlf wfm Spool Cotton. r k P. COATS' SP 0 0 L COTTON. We have in Stock and will always keep anas, sottment of COATS' THREAD for sale at Ne*? York trad e pri?es. JOHN Q. MILNOR * 00" ftbU-stuthemos. No. 186 MeeQog sbeeo.