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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1578. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE BLOCKADE OF PARIS. A NEW BOMBARDMENT IMMINENT. Firing on tho American Flag-Expected Surrender of Fort Issy. L LONDON, April 26. All station masters have been notified that the blockade ol Paris commences immediately. Provisions destined to Paris must be returned to shippers. Paris advices are to Tuesday night. The fire is. light, and mainly directed against Issy and Tanvres. No Important movements on ?Ither side. The government has taken measures to suppress the Algerian insurrection. The armistice for the removal of the people ni Neuilly extends from 9 o'clock on Tuesday morning to midnight. Military movements are suspended, but the belligerents are busily 'strengthening barricades. Many placards, urging conciliation, appear. A dor? gatlon lrom Lyons appeals to the Assembly and Commune to cease the fratricidal strife. The Prussians have not evacuated Cuarent?n. Deschamps, the poet, died at Versailles. A Tribune cable from Paris, Monday, says : "A member ol the Freemasons' delegation to Thiers, for an armistice, sajwt during the in? terview Thiers admitted it to be his intention to bombard Paris when possessed of all /ort?. Bochefort affirms that the Lyons delegates told him the Commune would be proclaimed at Lyons as soon as lt ls known there that Thiers relused concessions to the Paris Com? mune. Fort Valerien fired upon the American flag, mistaking lt for the Commune fiag. Ger*rai Cluseret says that a battalion of the One at A8nleres laid down their anns, mean? ing to join the Commune. A squadron of chasseurs did the same thing, and elsewhere other troops were prevented from doing se,.T Thc Latest. VERSAILLES, April 20. Fort Issy replies feebly. It ls'thought the Communists will soon evacuate the lort, as they are unable to repair the breaches. The Assembly are establishing pontoon bridges at Puleaux and Neuilly. WAE BREWING WITH CB INA. Cheeky Talk of the Son of the Moon No Foreigner? Need Apply. SHANGHAI, April 12. It is stated that the 'Imperial government has made a demand upon the foreign ambassa? dors that the schools for the education-of females be abolished; that teaching the stV Jects of the Empire of all doctrines opposed to those of Confucius will be forbidden; that mis? sionaries shall be considered Chinese subjects, and^that women will not be permited access to-the Empire in that capacity. The. ambassa? dors were also notified that the attendance ol j women upon religious services is one occasion of the recent massacres of foreigners; and that, though tnoee events cannot but be de? plored by the Imperial government, cqmpea sation for their -commission ls absolutely re? fused. __. ?-? ? . . TAXING NATIONAL BANKS. I Decision of the Revenue Commissioner. WASHINGTON, April 26. The commissioner of internal revenue has written to Supervisor Presbrey concerning] thc representations made by him touching the j liability of the Union Bank ot Richmond, the Richmond Banking and Insurance Com pan y and the State Bank of Virginia to taxa-1 tion, which, heretofore, had not been en? forced, on deposits and capital, as well ns the 'imposition of penalties for omission to render proper returns. On- the several cases pre? sented the commissioner substantially In-j structed that all taxes due must be paid, while, concerning the imposition of penalties, an Investigation will be made by the. proper authorities to determine the intention In the different capes before action ls taken. MEMORIAL DAT IN AUGUSTA. AUGUSTA, April 26. The oeremony Of decorating with flowers the craves ol the Confederate soldiers waa performed to-day, under the auspices of the ladies of the Memorial Association. It ' was beautiful and imposing. ' SPARKS EBOM TBE WIRES. -The Minister of Justice ol the Italian Gov? ernment has announced the early introduction of a bill separating church and State. -There was another severe hail storm in Louisiana on Tuesday evenlag, doing great damage to the cotton and corn crops. Several plantations will have to be replanted almost entirely. . . '. -The Massachusetts Legislature have passed a bill authorizing railroad employees to act as police officere, but railroad companies are lia? ble when such officers exceed their .lawful prerogative. -The High English Commissioners declined an invitation to visit Boston on account of want of lime. -The Cincinnati Daily and Weekly Times were sold by the executors for $138,000, al' though appraised at $200,000. The Chronicle Company were the purchasers,, and the two papers will be united. -The Democratic Progress office, and the new Masonic Hail, at Madison, Indiana, were burned yesterday, -President Grant, with vice-President Col? fax and Senator Horton, took part in the Odd Fellow's festivities at Indianapolis yesterday, -The capital movers at St. Louis have post? poned further action until the pending census give's the West its due preponderance in Con gr?as. -John M. Mason, ol Virginia, is very sick, j THE GREAT CREVASSE. NEW ORLEANS, April 26. Chief Engineer Thompson, In his official re? port, says that by some unfortunate miscon? ception of orders in regard to establishing a line of couriers from Keonerville to Bouvet Carre crevasse, nothing official has been heard up to this hour, 9 P. M., lrom that point. This is sure evidence, however, that no great change for the worse has occaned. Early to? morrow morning a party consisting of Gov? ernor Warmouth, Mayor Flanders. President McComb, of the Jackson Railroad, and other officials, will visit the crevasse. Colonel Wal? ton, engineer o? the Mexican Gnll coast, and Captain Hatch, assistant Sute engineer, went up this evening on the steamer Lee. No water lrom the Bouvet Carre crevasse is near? er this city than thirteen miles. The river in Iront of the city is sixteen inches below high water mark of 1862, and lulling. At Ken nervi, le and immediately above, the-1 water is pouring tn from the rear, while fall? ing in front. The draining machines on plan? tations in that vicinity are unserviceable, being choked up with the weight of the water. Nothing has been received from Bouvet Carre or tither crevasses this morning. THE COLUMBIA BING. What au Ohio Man hms to Say A boot it. I . H. V. Reynolds, who ls the special corre? spondent In South Carolina of the Cincinnati Commercial, sent thither by that journal for the purpose of investigating the tacts, and writing a mir and impartial statement of the conditions of things, in his last letter from . Columbia gives the foilowihg news of Cincin? nati gentlemen residing there with whom he met and conversed: CTNCTNNATIAN3 IN COLUMBIA. I have met several former CIncinnatians here, and they are all pleased with the situa? tion. I don't mean, the political situation; nobody is pleased with that. I had a long conversation, with Dr. E. W. Wheeler, an old Clncinnatlan, who has lived here abouttwo years. He ls a Republican, or. as he calls himself, ah '-Ohio Conservative Republican," and refers to numerous well known citizens ot Cincinnati in support of the fact. After learning this, I aBked him what he thought of the present government ol this State. '.Well," said he? "it is a. fraud, a humbug, and a swindle: Oar people up In Ohio would not live under it a week. They would kick il all over and get some honest men Into office. The officials of this st ste are corrupt from top to bottom, Scott among the rest. He is mak? ing money like all the rest. He ls Interested in the banking company through which all the State's financial ons!ness ls done. He don't own- a dollar's worth of real estate in the city, and I have no Idea he intends to live here aller his term ol office ls ont. Tbey are all in for the money here. You never saw the like, and can't comprehend how bad it ls. I can show yon a half-dozen fine, costly houses in the city owned by men now In office, who were, a few years ago, os poor as church mice. "I wish," continued the Doctor, ;ithe North-, ern people could get a fair Inside view of the State government Tiere. Their eyes would be opened, and they would see other evils besides Ku-Klus. The Commercial ls a great paper to get after fraud and corruption, and expose li, audit has done more such work than any half dozen papers in Ohio. Hut In all the Commer? cial's exposure of corruption for the past twenty years, it never touched any such mess as there ls h?re. Nothing we ever had in Ohio can hold a candle to lt. Up there, when there is stealing going on, they try to cover it up, but here li's got lo be such a common thing that the rogues are open and above board in their work. They know they have not mnch longer to hold office, and they want to make ail they can while there ls a chance. ' It's un? precedented, slr; unprecedented." The Doctor seems to be comfortably fixed In Columbia, and owns property in all parts of the city. Although a Republican, he prays for a new est of miers, and lower taxes. Among the other Clnclnnatlac?, her? are Samuel Irwin, W. Lowry and D. M. Story. They ali complain at the peculiar rule under which South Carotina now groans, and hope for the era of peace and good will to come, -nen tee lion and the lamb shall He down to? gether. I hope for that lime, too? but fear when it comes that no lamb wlU be found out? side of the lion's stomach. NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS. , Jhe fraternity have been here in considera? ble &>rce. but are scattered now with tho in? tention bf 'coming back In May, the month of conventions, when warm times are confident? ly looked forward to. The Tribune corres? pondent left some days ago. They call him ihe ''Strawberry Editor'' here, because he took more Interest in a r.ew kind of Strawberry than In the political situation. Hu would leave the capital, where momentous events were transpiring, to stray into a hot-house and spend the day, solitary nod alone, in smel? ling the early flowers and inspecting the dif? ferent kinds of plants and their roots. He de? lighted In these things more than In Ku-Kltix outrages. ' .. RELATIONS WITH ENGLAND. The .lolnt High Commission-Its Lal ors Practically Ended-The Rumored Basas Bf Satelemea?. [Washington Correspondence of the New York Tribune.] WASHINGTON', April 123. The Joint High Commission has substantial? ly completed Its labors, and will have the baste for the settlement o? the questions pend? ing between this country and England ready by the first of next month. Though the results ol' the two months' negotiations are unknown, the questions themselves are freely discussed la political circles here, and important opinions have been expressed by senators and otheis as to what terms of settlement the United Sutes will accept. It ls quite positively asserted by some that the commissioners hove agreed on a basis for the adjustment of tb? Alabama claims, which will be acceptable to the Senate and to the country. This belief ls based on the tact that this question has been so widely discussed, both In this conntry and In England, that the commissioners ought to have known before? hand what conditions would be acceptable to their respective nation?, and also on hints that have been thrown out In official circles. There are some, however, who, like General Butler, do not believe that the country will accept any settlement that so far has been guessed at as likely to be mode. They say that the claims amount to only about $13,000,000-equal to the Income of the United States for thirteen days and that they are nearly all held by Insurance companies, the representatives ot which testi? fied before the committee of ways and means last winter that their charges lor in? surance were so great during tho war that their actual losses were very light. It ls also said that many of the ves? sels destroyed were Insured In Liverpool, and that much bf the money paid by England will go to her own subjects. They deny Uiat the establishment, as a principle of international law, that a neutral nation shall not build anil flt oat vessels for nations at war will facilitate In the least tbe settlement of the question in the opinion of the people. That ls just what we wont to do, they say. When we had a war upon our hand3 England took advantage of the circumstance to build up her commerce and establish many of her great ship yards, and now, when Eueland gets into trouble, our ship-builders aud merchants ought to have the same privillges. Those who would maintain the position taken by the Senate, and so unanimously ap roved by the country when the Johnson larejjdoa treaty was rejected, scout the Idea that we can in any pbssi&le way get into a wa? with England at this time. They say thal war with the United Slates is the last thing that England will engage in ab present. Two classes ot public men here doubt the ability of Ihe commission to agree upon a platt lor the seulement of the fishery question thar, the Senate will ratify and the country approve, and which will at the same lime be satisfacto? ry to the Canadian Government. Any treaty to establish the right of Americans to fish lu Canadian waters, which in any way recog? nizes the Dominion Government as a semi-in? dependent power, with which the Uuitcd Slates is in any way to negotiate or enter into arbitration, and any thai contains lu it an ele? ment ol reciprocity betweenthe Uulted States and Canada, lt ls not believed would be agreed to by the Senate. The objection to such a basis of settlement with many senators, would be that it would tend to check the growth of public opinion In Canada favoring independence or union with the United Slates, and while they would not advocate positive measures to bring about this, they would do nothing to defeat it; lt is not believed, therefore, by those who are familiar with tho repeated warnings that have been given the American Commission by men whose Influeuce is greatesl here, that they have fallen into the grave error of agreeing thar Hie United States shall pay lo Canada any sum of money to be determined .on bj; ar bi ti aion. We muht agree, it is said, to pay Grer i Britain, if the Justice ol such a course cooli! be shown, but never to Canada. General Biitler. who represents the fishing in? terest of tlie country, thus figures out ' the real value ol the privilege to ii s h within three miles of the Canadian shore. Of the 400,000 barrels mackerel caughl last year by American fishermen (no other kind offish is caught with? in Hie three-mile limit.) 22,000 were caught In Canadian waters; o! these but one-fitlh, or 4400 were taken within the three-mile limit. These, at $15 per barrel, would amount to $86.000 The profits of catching mackerel are about 15 '.er cent, and tills, minus the Interest, or nine per cent, ol $66,900, equal io $5940 a year, ls the cash value jo ihe Canadas of the tis tn a ken within the three-tfnile limit by American fishermen, lt ia not, therefore, the value of the privilege so much as the offensive way In which the Dominion authorities have enforced their laws that causes our fishermen to com? plain. One proposition of the High Commission will be, lt ls generally believed, to leave the San Juan boundary question to arbitration. No objection would probably be made to this course, provided the American papers and re ?iorts on the subject be admitted as evidence n the case. This would, without doubt, se? cure the award of the Island to the United States, as no American statesman of any party who is versed in internatlpnal law believes that Great Britain has any Just claim upon lt. ATTEMPTED MURDER IN MARION. j . [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.j I MARION C. H., April 25. Perhaps it is better to state the facts of an attempted murder in our own county lest po? litical malignity may pervert the truth and charge Kn-Kluxism on us. A colored man, whose name we have not yet been able to learn, was brutally assaulted, and so badly cut by another colored man that he may pos? sibly die. It wai entirely a private quarrel between the two about a colored woman, and had nothing to do with politics. By all ac? counts lt was a most diabolical deed. The woaH-be murderer requested bis victim to walk with bim; went- some distance quietly until they were on the centre of Buck Swamp bridge, (near which they bad camped to? gether,), suddenly turned on the unsuspecting man, cut his throat from ear to ear, and pushed him into the water. The wounded man succeeded in reaching the shore, was found by some persons, attracted .thither by his feeble call for aid, and taken to a neigh? boring house, where he now Hes in a very dan ferous condition. The villain who so nearly Hied him has lied, lt is believed, to North Carolina. Our county is quiet and we hope will re? main so. We know that the better class and great majority of o-ir citizens earnestly de? sire and are determined to follow that course requested of us by the Democratic Congress men in their address. Tbe tax question will be considered and acted upon-on next Monday. MARION. MINORITY REPRESENTATION. Practical'Working of the New System In l'tniihylTanla-Ltttcr from EA. Senator Buckaltw. To tlte Editor of the Harrisl xrg Patriot : SIR-The Bloomsbury town'election (made the subject of Borne remarks in.your paper to? day) waa as nearly right os loyal regulation could make lt, and strongly illustrates the advantage* of reformed voting. The ? new council, as chosen, composed of six members and a president, ) stands politically four Demo? crats, two Republicans, and one Republican workingman. Under tile old plan of majority voting, there would not probably have been?a single Democrat chosen of the whole number, although ordinarily there ls a small Democratic majority in the town. For lt was the case of a third party-a balance of power party-in? terposing to disturb results. The workingmen had . an organization in the town comprising one-sixth, or more of the voters? and had ample power to elect the ticket ef either of the regular political parties, or a coalition ticket, under the majority vote, i For particular reasons existing in this case and because ot tbe natural tendency of minor? ities to combine, they would doubtless- have elected a Republican ticket entire, or a Union ticket arranged with that party. The result would have been a Council wholly Republican, or mostly Republican, with one or two work? ingmen members. This combination might have been either honest or corrupt in concoc? tion, but In either case it would have led to an unjust result-to-wlt, the virtual disfranchise? ment of all the Democratic voters of the town. Under the Iree vote, however, any such result waa impossible, and because it was impossible no such combination os that just supposed was 'attempted. The workingmen voted for their own candidate, and elected him because they had votes enough to entitle them to one coun-' cilman, and the regular parties elected all the rest with convenience and certainly, as lf.no third party existed. Blobmsburg contains COD voters (the exact number of votes polled for Governor in .1803) and elects her Coun? cil annually on the second Tues J1.y ol April. Organized by an act of 4th el March, 1870, the first Council was chosen on the 12th ol' April following, and the second on Tuesday last. In October last two assessors of taxes, two assistant assessors, and two consta? bles were choseu for one-year terms, and two school directors and three town auditors for three-year terms. All these officers, except the president of the cou ell, are electable upon the plan of the free vote, which has se? cured for the town government throughout most competent and excellent mon. During the administrative year Just closed the expend? itures of the towu have been less than one half what they were for the previous year be? fore tho new organization, although Improve? ments have been made and liberal expenses incurred for groper objects ol' outlay, including ti lock-up andan excellent town map, exhibit? ing roads, streets, lanes, alleys, lots, ?c., based ou actual survey. The latter alone cost about {800. In short, the people have had much moro of proper results lrom local administration than the year before at one-half the expense. To a great extent, unquestionably, reformed ad? ministration, peacelul and cheap elections, and general good feeling in the town, have been secured by the free vote. Four Demo? crats and three Republicans have constituted the council, but their action throughout the year has been unselfish, non-partisan, upright and Judicious. This accounts for the general acquiescence in their re election, for Hie ab? sence ol'a contest for nominations or between the old parties of the town, aud for a light yote. Besides, if the vote had been full, ihe result would have been the same. Only be? cause the workingmen desired to manifest their existence and take to themselves openly their share of representation in tho govern? ment of Ihe town was the re-election ot all the old councilmen prevented. The workingmen elected their candidate, and thus set aside one ol' the old Republican members of the council. This wa? their reasonable right, and was com? pletely Jus.t, especially as a majority of them bud belonged, and may hereafter belong, to tho Republican party. But what is most Im? portant ia this case 1B the information af? forded tis ot the practical operation and effect ol the free vote when a third party interposes at an election. Such party can commonly get its just share of power and no more. Ic can? not lum an election upside down. It can ?b? lala or vindicate its own right, but it can per? petrate no injustice. Its capacity as a balance of-pbwer pany to do wrong, lo turn the scale between the main parties aud to deprive oue of these of all representation, is entirely taken away; and yet. along with this deprivation of power to do' injustice to others, Its own right to lair representation is completely secured. I need hardly add what ls most manifest that by the free vote the motive to purchase Bide par? ties, or factions, or floating votes, is almost en? tirely destroyed. They are not necessary to Just representation, and they cannot give un? jan power. Conjoined interests can only ob? tain a measure of power proportioned to their conjoint vote, and not the whole power ol the constituency or district. April 17,1871. C. R, BCCKALEW. THE WEATHER TO-DAT. WASIIINQTOX. April 2C. Probabilities: It is probable that a storm of some severity, will be experienced from Lake Michigan to Lake Ontario. Threatening anti raiuy weather from the lakes to the Atlan? tic coast. -The latest California crop is one o? taran? tulas. They are raised In Calaveras County, and sold with their marvellous houses tu East? ern tourists. Their cells are totally unlike anything eise in nature; from three lo eigh? teen inches deep, with a waterproof lining, coated over with a substance looking like chamois skia, but as fine as silk velvet, with a door or lld which they close after them when they go in, and when they have their young they latch it, bolt it, and then seal it perlectly water-tight. They Increase about one' hun? dred and fifty fold annually. j THE MAY CONTENTION. A Letter from Gomera! Mark Gary. PINE BLUFF, ARK., April 17,1871. Colonel E: C. McClure, Chester, 8. C.: Fearing that business engagements may de? lay me longer than I anticipated, I write, In. accordance with promises made to some of my friends, to give my Impressions in regard to what shouln be the proper action* <5i the convention in May. Since leaving home, I have Interchanged views with quite a number of distinguished men of the Democratic party, and with per? sons of financial reputation, and I find that a misapprehension prevails as to the object and intentions of the.people of our State touching her present Indebtedness. As I understand the resolutions ot the Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce In Charleston, they re? fer to any future indebtedness of the State; but the Impression Is abroad that they look to a repudiation of the entire State Indebtedness. I fully appreciate and endorse the feeling that has prompted our taxpayers to give warn? ing to the party now In power, that any addi? tional Indebtedness, created by corruption and fraud, will not be paid. According to the best information which I have been enabled to obtata, the present bonded debt of the State ls afcout $9,000,000, and it is claimed by the party in power that about two-thirds of this was In existence ante? rior to their Inauguration. How far this may be absolu tel v true, I am not prepared to say. If the taxes "were Judiciously 4evled, and the money arising therefrom appropriated to Ifs extinguishment, instead of going, into the pockets of the thieves who lae robbing us under the forms of law, we could soon pay It; or, at least, meet the Interest due thereon even In our impoverished condition. Repudi? ation, by either States or indi vtduaia, is a Very dangerous alternative, and shosld be resorted to only to prevent a more dire- calamity-the confiscation of our lands and tntf expatriation of our best people. We have lost all save hon? or In the late struggle for constitutional liber? ty, and before we part with that, we should suffer and endure until the keeping the public promises "ard more honored In the breach than In the observance.*7 I, therefore, think that the proceedings of the convention should be regulated and con? trolled with prudence and caution. I think that substantial assurances should be demand? ed from the leaders of the party In power, that retrenchment, economy and honesty should govern the future financial policy of the pre? sent administration; that taxation will be re? duced to a reasonable standard; that the present indebtedness should not be increased,' tod that the collection of the present taxes' be postponed until the pteopld make another crof. With some such assurances wa can afford to bear fora time lire IBs we have "thaii to fly tootners weknow not ot" I still hope to be abie te be present and par? ticipate In the counsels for the welfare of the State, to which I have been Invited. ? . yery truly yours, <fec.,- M. W. GAKTJ THE WAE IN CVBA. HAVANA, April ?C; A correspondent at Sandi Spiritus says there are more insurgent bands in that dis? trict than ct the beginning of the Insurrection. The majority of them have invaded this juris? diction from Camaguay, and destroyed much valuable property., Valmaseda since his-ar? rival has given them pursuit, and has ordered the execution of persons accused of aiding and abetting the Insurgents. ZA WU OE THE HT ATE. Acts and Joint Resolutions, Panned by thc General assembly or Sont h Carc 11 na. Session of 1870-'T1. [OFFICIAL.) As ACT to incorporate the Union Gold Mining Company, of South Carolina.....^ SECTION 1. tie xi enacted by roe w?nate and 1 House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina now met and sitting in General As? sembly, and by the authority of the same: That Lucian Hawley and George C. Alden, of the City ot Washington, D. C., Alvin H. Ultey. Oliver Cornell and C. C. Puffer, of the County ot Union, and State of South Carolina, and such other persons a.? now are or may hereaf? ter be associated with them, their euc cc s sors .md assigns, be, and- tbey hereby are, consti? tuted a body corporate and politic by tie name and etyle of the Union Gold Mining Company, by which name and style tbey are hereby made capable in law to have, hold, pur? chase, receive, work, sell,, mortgage, leas?, en? joy and retain to them, their successors and assigns, lands, tenements, mines of all charac? ters and chattels of whatsoever kind as may be deemed by them as mos: 'conducive to the ob? ject and interest, of said corporation, wbipb are mining and working for gold sod other minerals and manufacturing the same in Union County and par td of South Carolina, and of sending the same to market. SEC. 2. That said corporation, by its title aforosaid, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court of this State, make and use a common Beal, alter ?nc the same at their pleasure, establish, alter and amend such by-laws and regulations as shall be deemed proper by them, not in conflict with the Con? stitution or la wa of this State or the Uuited States. SKC. 3. That the capital Block of slid corpo? ration shall be ten thousand dollars, with the right to inoreas? the same by a v >tc of a ma? jority of the directors, to any sum not exceed? ing one million of dollars; that said company ehall commence business within sixty days af? ter the capital stock is fully subscribe-.], and the gtoclr may be paid either in money or real estate, or mining leases and machinery; the same to be divided into such number of shares as eaid corporation may determine, said shares to bc assignable and negotiable under such rules ss said corporation may prescribe. SEC. 4. That thoro shall be anuual maetiegs of the stoc'.b jldors at suca t me and placeas the directors may designate for the purpose of choosing a board of directors, to consist of not loss than five nor more than nine, each of whom shill be a stockholder, and a president and other officers of said corporation, to m&nage its affairs. ?LC. 5. That said company shall keep an of? fice at their principal mine in Union County, which, for all judicial purposes, shall be deem? ed its location, and, als J, one io tho cities of Columbia and Now York, if th ay choose, and all mealings of stockholders and directo/s may b3 held at such place, in or out of the State as may ba diree'ed by the by-la vs of the com? pany. SEC. 6. That all the property, reil and par sonal, of slid co np my, shall bs liable for its debts, anl the private property of the stock? holders s bal ba liable for the debts of the company to the amount, of s look subscribed. SEC. 7. That this corporation shall have a legal existence from the tima a written actjop taaco, or adoption of this charter, 6igoe J by a majority of the parson* earned ia the fir st soc- ' tioa, shall have baen filed in tha offi :tj of tho secretary of State; and this act sholl continuo in for?a for thirty years fora and attar ita pas? sage, and the privileges and franchisas granted by this charter Bhali noi be withdrawn during that time. Approved Marcia 7th, A. D. 1871. AN ACT to incorporate the Brewer Gold Mining Company of South Caroling, SE: noy 1. Be it enacted by the S?nate and House of Representatives of the Stete of 8 jntiv Carotina, now - met and sitting in .General As? sembly, and br tbe authority of the same. That Thomas S. Cavender, Charles J. An dell and Joshua Ciendenon, and such persons as now are, or hereafter may be, associated with them, (heir successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby, constituted a body corpo? rate and politic, by the name and style of tbe Brewer Geld Mining Company, by which name and style they arc hereby made capable io law to have, hold, purchase, receive, work, sell, mortgage, lease enjoy, and retain lo them, Their successors and assigns, lands, tenements, mines of all characters, and chattels of what? soever kind they may deem conducive to the object and interest of the said corporation, which are, mining anet* woriring for gold and other minerals, and manufacturing the same, in Chesterfield County, and other parts of South Carolina, and of sending the same to market. Sic. 2. That the said corporation, by their nam i and style aforesaid, may-sue and be saed, plead and be unpleased, in,any court of thia State, make and use a, com mon Beal, and alter and change the same at their pleasure, and make and establish such by-lavs and regula? tions, and ?mea alterations and amendments thereof, not io conflict with the Constitution or laws of this State or of the United Slates, as ' they shall deem proper. SEC. 3. That tbe capital stock of the said cor? poration shall be twenty thousand dollars, with tho right to increase the same by the vote of a majority of the directors, to any sum not ex? ceeding one million dollars; that tbe said cor? poration shill commence business within sixty days after ita capital stock shall nave been sub* scribed, and that the stock maytie paid either in money, real estate, mininer leases, machin? ery or any other kind of property, the same'to be divided into each number af shares as the said'corporation may determine, and the shares to be assignable and negotiable under such mles os tho said corporation may pre? scribe. :r. . SEO. 4 That there anally be annual meetings of the stockholders, at such, tune and place as they may designate, for the purpose of choos? ing a board of directors, to consist of not less than three nor moro than nine, each of whom "shall be a stocirholder, and a president and otherofficers of seid corporation, who maybe members of tbe said board of directors, to .manage their affaire. > SEO. 5. That the said corporation shall keep an office at their principal mine in Chesterfield County, which, .for ail judicial purposes, shall be deemed their location; and also one in Philadelphia, or New York, if they choose, and all meetings of the stockholders and directors may be held at such places, in or out of tho State, as may be directed by the by-laws of the said corporation. SEC, 8. That the said corporation shall have all the rights and privileges granted by law to other gold mining companies in this Satte, and ali the property, real and personal, of the said corporation shall be liable for their debts, and the private property of the stockholders shall be liable foi the debts of the said corporation to tbe amount subscribed by them respective? ly, and not 'actually paid in money or in prop? erty at tbe time of tbe commencement of the enit against them. ? SEC. 7. That the said corporation shall have a legnl existence from the time ol the passage of this act, and this act shall continue in force for the tcrm.of thirty years from and after the time of it? passage, and the privileges and fran? chi jes granted by this act sholl not be with? drawn dorine; that term. Approved March 7tb, A. D., 1871. AN ACT to Incorporate the Champion Hook and Ladder Company, of Cheater. SECTIOS 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Honse of Representatives of the State of South Carbuna, now met and flitting in General As? sembly, and by tho authority of the same : That Crockn Champion, Malachi Grayson, Theodore Boyd, Benjamin Walker, B. F. Mi? chael, Harrison Bailey and John Lee, and their associates'and successors be, and they are hereby, constituted a bxly corporate and poli? tic, under the name and style of tho Cham? pion Hook and Ladder Company, of Chester, with a capita! Block not exceeding the sum of five thousand dollars, with tho right to sue and be sued, to plead and bo impleaded in any court of competent jurisdiction, to have and to use a common seal, and tbe same to alter at will and pleasure, and with all other rights, privileges and immunities thal are now secured by lu w to like incorporated bodies. SEO. 2. This act shall be deemed a public act, and shall remain in force for the ternrof fifteen years. Approved February 28.1871. AN ACT to renew the charter of the ferry knowe as Asbepoo Ferry. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Se?alo and Hoare of Representatives of the State of Sou lb Carolinal now mat and sitting in General As? sembly, and by the authority of the same. That tbe charter of the ferry across Asbep oo River, and known as "Asbepoo Ferry," be, and the same is, renewed for tho term of fourteen years, and the same is hereby vested in Na? thaniel Heyward, bis heire, administrators, ex? ecutors and assigns, for said term of fourteen years, together with ail the rights, privileges and immunities heretofore incorporated in said charter. Approved March 10. A. D. 1871. AM Acx declaring a tract of one hundred acres of land in the County of Fairfield as escheat? ed to the State, and to vest ibe title to tbe same in the trustees of Ridgeway Academy. Wbereia, one Mrs. Murdoc, widow, died a nnmber of years sineo, leaving as her estate one hundred aores of land in the County of Fairfield, bounded by lands of William Dunlap, Samuel McQuarteis, and others; and, whereas, ehe left no heire or repreBentalivea; there? fore, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rapresentatives of the State of South Caro? lina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by tho autbori'y of the sam3 : That the said tract of one hundred acres of land -be, and the same is hereby, declared to have oscheated to the State. SEC. 2. That the title of the State to said ono hundred acres of land be, and the same ia berebv, vested in S. iL Smart, Moses James and Wyab B ou! ware, and their ftuccesbors in office, as trustees of the Ridgenay Academy, in tbe said County ot Fairfied. SEC. 8. That they are hereby authorized to sell the same, and apply the money for the purpose of building a school at or near tho above mentioned place. Approved March 9th, A. D. 1871. Ax ACT to incorporate the Healing Springe Baptist Church, in Barnwell County, South Carolina. SECTION 1. Be ii enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of tho State of Sooth Cajoling DOW met and sitting in General As? sembly, and by the authority of the same:.' That the members of the said society be and aie hereby-incorporated, and are hereby de? clared to bea body corporate by the name and style of the "Healing Springs Baptist Church." and by that najne and style shall bare succes? sion of officers and members, and shall haye a common seal. SEC 2. That the said corporation shall have. power to purchase, receive and hold any real or personal estate not exceeding in value the sum of twenty thousand dollars, and to sell, convey and dispcee of the same; and, by ita corporate name, to sue and be sued in any court of this State, and to make Buch roles and by-laws, not repugnant to law, aa it may con? sider necessary and expedient. Ssc. 3. That this sot sha?l be deemed and taken to be a public act, and shall continue in force for the term, of twenty-five years, K, . Approved Haren'9tbT A. D. 1871." ',"', Al? ACT to authorize 8y 1 vanna Mayo fco build a wharf in the Town of Beaufort. SECTION I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repr?sentatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and Atting m General AL? 'S em bly, and by tho a nth or! tr of the same: That Sylvanus Mayo be and he is hereby au? thorized to build a wharf to deep water in front of tho property owned by bim. in the Town of Beaufort, known ' as lot A, in block thirty-nine (39.) to collect wharfage on the same, and to use, sell or lease the said wharf for his o'va use and benefit, subject to any laws now existing, or hereafter to be enacted, in relation to such paoperty. Approved March 2,1871. Special Notices. jar* READ CAREFULLY. FEVER AND AGUE. The only preventive known for Chills and Fever ls the use of Wolfe's Schiedam Schnapps. WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS Is good for Dyspepsia. WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS Is a preventive of Chills and Fever. ' WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS Is good for all Kidney and Bladder Complaints WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS Is used all over the World by Physicians m their practice. WOLFE S SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS Is good for Gout. ??. WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS ls good for all Urinary complaints. .WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS Is recommended by ali the Medical Faculty. | WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS Is good for Colic and pam in jf?e stomach. WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS Is Imitated and counterfeited, and purchasers will 1 have to nse caution in purchasing. 1 beg leave to call the attention or tue reader to testimonials ia favor of the Schnapps: 1 reei bounci to say, that1 regard your SCHNAPPS as being lu every respect pre-eminently pure, and deserving of meUcal patronage. At all events lt la the purest possible article of Holland gin, here? tofore unobtainable, and as ! such may be safely prescribed by physicians. DAVID L. MOTT, IL D, Pharmaceutical Chemist, Kew York. LOUISVILLE, Ky., September L I feel that we have now an article of gin sn It able for such coses as that remedy ia adapted to. * ? DB. J. W. BRIGHT. "Schnapps*1 Is a remedy In chronic catarrh.il complaints, A-c. '" I take great pleasure in bearing highly credit? able testimony to its efficacy as a remedial agent tn the diseases for. which yon recommend lt. Having a natural tendency to the mucous sur? faces, with a slight degree of stimulation, I re gard lt as one of the most Important remedies in chronic catarrhs! affections, particularly those of I the genito-urlaary apparatus. With mnch re-'| - speer, your obedient servant, CHAS. A. Lt?AS, M. D., New York. No. 3D PINE STREET, N. J Nov. 21,1867. UnoLTHO WOLFE, ESQ., Present: DEAS Sta-I have made a chemical examination of a sample of your "Schiedam Schnapps," with.the intent of determining If arty foreign or Injurious substance had been added to the simple distilled spirits. The examination has resulted in the conclusion that the sample contained no poisonous or harm? ful admixtures. I have been unable to discover any trace of the deleterious substances' which are sometimes employed in the adulteration of liquors. 1 would not hesitate to use myself, nor to recommend to others, for medicinal parpases, the ' Schiedam Schnapps" as an excellent and unobjectionable variety of gin. Very respectfully yours, (Signed) CHAS. A. SEELT, Chemist. CHEMICAL ANO TECHNICAL LABORATORY, I 18 EXCHANGE PLACE, N. Y., NOV. 25, isa:. J UnOLFHO WOLFS*, Esq. : DEAR SIB-The under? signed have carelnuy and thoroughly analyzed a sample, ol your "Aromatic Schiedam Schapps," selected by ourselves, and have lound the same free from ah organic or inorganic substances, more or less Injurious to health. From the result of our examination we consider the article one of superior quality, healthful aa a beverage, and efectual in Ita medicinal qualities. Respectfully yours, (Signed) ALEX. TRIPPEL, Chemist. FRANCIS E. ENGELHARD, M. D. For sale by all respectable Grocers and Dru 8lS ?' UDOLPHO WOLFE'S EST.. mar21-3mos No. 22 BEAVER STREET, N. ps* THY IT.-IT 13 AMUSING THAT the feeble should totter, with uncertain steps, over the lace or the earth, In danger every day of falling victims to the morbid influences by which we are all surrounded, when a tested and proven vegetable tonic, capable of endowing them with the vigor they need, ls procurable in every city, town and settlement, lt might reasonably be thought tbRt after the twelve years' experience which the world has had o? HOSTETTER'S BIT? TERS, all wonld know that ita effect Ls to pieveat disease. At certain seasons^he atmosphere is surcharg? ed with the Beeds of intermittents, remittents, rheumatism, pulmonary dlsjrders, billons com? plaints and the like Persons whose nervous sys? tems are relaxed are the first to succumb to these distempers. Brace up the physical energies, then, with this poteutlil vegetable tonic. It ls the mo3t powerful r?cup?rant which the botanic kingdom has ever yielded to patient research and experiment. .Try lt. The blindest discipline of the old medical dogmas will at least admit that a tonic and alterative, compounded of approved herbs, roots and barks can do no harm, while the testimony of thousands Invites a trial of its virtues. vigor is the thing most needed in these eases as well as in dyspepsia and nervous affections, and HOSiErr-EK'j BITTERS is the safest, surestand mos: wholesome strengthening preparation thnt haman skill has yet concocted. Hundreds of physicians have abandoned all the officinal receipts and prescrioed this harmless tonic as a preventive and care, for all cases of chills and fever. apr22-nac6 -pUECrRO MAGNETIC BATTERIES, MEDICINE CHESTS, PHYSICIANS1 SADDLE? BAGS, AC. For sale by DB. H. BAER, mario No. 121 Meeting street. ^DtE? PREMIUM LAND SALE! CONTINUATION 0? TBE SALE OF SHARES. BEVISION OF. PLAN ! TRANSFER OF THE PROPERTY TO TRUSTEES, IN TRUST FOR SHAREHOEDEBSI KI VE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN FIVE HUNDRED* AND TWENTY-TWO GREENBACK PRIZES ADDED. NO INCREASE TN NUMBER OF S HARBS. . SPECIAL NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS, APRIL am, un. The Manager respectfully announce* to Share? holders that, a portion of the Shares are yet an? gola, and In order to realize a reasonable value for the property, without impairing the lntarest of each Shareholder, and at the same time main? tain the eccCdence so generously reposed m the manage peat of the sale, he has decided to trans? fer, by Deed of Trust, the Derby Farm property, aa'described in the Pamphlet, to the eomiUUtee .anointed to can met the distribution of Prises who will hold the same for the benefit of Share. holders, StTBJECT ONLY TO THE COMPLETION OF SALS OF TUB Bili AIN IN 0 SHABS8. lt takes more time to carry through sncoeasf ol? ly so large an enterprise- than the brteiperiod which has elapsed since the sale was organized and placed m working order; atm In spite of the pecuniary condition of the people, the political complexion or Southern affairs nzAUaSBATSD TOB POLITICAL PUR POSES, ?nd the large number of bogus Imitators In the Held which tend to destroy the conOdence of the nubile In any distribution scheme, the Manager -baa reason, to be gratified With th? progress made. The' public Is satisfied that this sale ls honorably and fairly conducted, and Shareholders are only subserving their-own Interest by urging the sale or ALL TS* SHAKES before the distribution ls made, their Interejtf* being represented and protected by responsible Trnstees, who will distribute the property ag goon as all the Shares are sold. Many newspapers throughout the country bay? ing become tilled, with the advertisements of schemes organized since the "AIKEN Psomm LAND SALS'* was made public, and as in most cases these schemes have no foundation or relia? bility, except as they are supported by the means advanced- by a confldirg public, the Manager, ot the A ia KN Fameux. LAND SA?"hAS decided* tn order to expedite the sale or the b^^oeoT the Tickets, to AWARD the $6000 he had pl*5*s*M-to expend In additional advertising, to the, 8HAS& HOLDERS, to be distributed as follows: 622 GREENBACK PRIZES, IN SUMS OF FR0MJ$6 TO $1000. V One of $1000, one of $600, five of $100, live or $50, ten of $26, and soo or $5 each, without increasing the number or Shares, thus securing to all owners ol Shares one chance In every THIRTY-ova of re? ceiving some prize m audition to the Premium Engraving. The Manager respectfully solicits Shareholders to use their best endeavors to nagten the sale of the remaining Shares, when the Trustees will dis? charge their trust by distributing the property and money according to the published pro? gramme. . -, i THE SALE CAN EASILY BB COMPLETED IN ONE MONTH . li the present Shareholders will Interest them? selves. The present Peach crop or the Derby Farm is pronounced by competent judges to be worth from $io,ooo td. $16,000, which, with the yearly product of the Vineyard of $6000, Is agood Indication of the value of the property to-be dis? tributed. . No better or stronger endorsements of the plan and abject of the sate, the value of the property, or the management or the scheme, could be de? sired than that submitted to the pabilo., REMEMBER! Every one paying $6 becomes a shareholder and receives at once a superb Work; of Art, worth the amount invested, and a Ticket In i;be Distribution or the Prizes, which may yield a $26,000 Prise, or an equal chance in ela Prizes, the aggregate value, or which ls $100,000. Any person sending $25 for live shares will re? ceive an extra share and Engraving, whloh will afford another possibility of obtaining the Grand Prize or one of the S16 several Prizes. Snares are being taken rapidly. All money re? ceived for orders arter the DOOKS are closed will be promptly returned to the sendera, and the pub? lie notified through the telegrams or the Associa? ted Press when the drawing win take place. Address, for further particulars, embraced ia the revised Pamphlet, ' J. 0. DEBBY, General Manager, Principal Office corner Jackson and Remolds streets. Augusta, Qa, Postoffice Key Box, No. 834, Or C. HICKEY, No. 345 King street, Charleston. S.O._||_, apr21-6 $100,000_$100,000 LAST CHANGE TO SEE WHAT $5 WILL DO $6 Witt secure a Share; in the Aiken Premium sa $6 Land Sale.invest $6 $6 Wtu secure a share as above and a fine $6 16 Work of Art to adorn your homes. $6 $5 wai secure a share and the Steel Engrav- $S $5 lng, "Marriage of Pocahontas,"...worth $> $5 wdl secare a share and the Steel Engrav- $6 $5 lng, ..Landing of columbus,**..worth $* $6 Will secure a share and the Steel Engrav- SS $6 lng, "The Day we Celebrate,"......worth $? $5 wm secare a share and the beautiful $. $5 Chromo, "American Autumn,"....worth $6 $6 wm secure to some shareholder the Der- $s f ? hy Mansion and 26 acres or Vineyard and $6 $5 Orchard, valued at $26.000.. $6 $J Will secure to some shareholder "Bose- $S S3 ville Farm," 160,acres. $t $6 valued at $io,ooo.Invest $. $6 Will secure ?0 some shareholder "Qm- $* $5 house Farm," 165 acres. $6 $6 valued at $6000.invest, $5 $5 Will secure to some shareholder who In- $6 $6 vest*, a Peach Orchard, valued at $3600 $5 $5 Will secure to some shareholder a Vine- $6 $5 yard and Peach Orchard. $j $5 valued at $3000.....w.invest $6 $6 WiU secure to som? shareholder a line $6 $5 .Villa site? with Cottage. Garden. Ac., $5 $6 valued at $2600.Invest $6 $6 wm secure to 68 other shareholders val- $& ? i nable properties, ranging m value from $s $5 $300 to $1500.Invest $s $6 Thean Real Estate Prizes.. $6 $5 valued at $9S,ooo, are located in the beau- $6 $6 tlful Town or Aiken. South Carolina... $6 S5 lu unequalled climate aid health-giving $& $6 surroundings, has made it the $5 $5 "SAllATOGA OF THE 80F"TI." ?6 $5 The Shares wm he distributed .april 21st, $$ $5 when each Shareholder wm see $6 $5 "WHAT FIVE DOLLARS WILL DO." $6 "There ls a tide in the atfairs n men. whloh. Taken at the hood, leads on to fortune." The most liberal terms to Clubs. For description of the vam ?ble Real Estate. Prizes, notices of tbepress, names of Committee to make the Drawing, home endorsements, and general character of the enterprise and manage? ment, send for pamphlet. Remittances for shares should be made with Postoffice Money Order, or currency In registered letter, or by Express. Ad? dress J. C. DERBY, General Manager, Angosta Ga., Office corner of Jackson and Reynolds streets. MW Residents cf Charleston and vicinity can secure Shares by applying to J. RUSSELL BAKER, ?o society st.; at C. HICKEY'S, No. 345 King street, WILBUR, A SONS', No. st Broad street, and JU? LIUS ROU M ILL AT'S, No. 601 King street, where specimens of the Works of Art, which each share? holder receives, can be seen. . ap ra-a Mxstelianeons. jjJjA?^L?T^ To Telegraph and Ballway Companies, Brokers, Reporters and Exchange Offices, TRY COWAN'S PATENT IMPROVED MANI? FOLD AND CARBON PAPERS. Send ror price and particulars to COWAN ? CO., Stationers, . No. 35 Pine street, New York. P. 0. Box 4748. For sale hy all Stationers. mar2-thtns3mo8_'_ rjmE GREAT GERMAN REMEDIE?. Professor LOUIS WUNDRAM'S BLOOD PURI? FYING AND PURGATIVE HERBS, (in PUIS o?/ Powders,) for the cure of all Acute orOhrwBo. Diseases, resulting from impure blood and Imper? fect digestion. . . '_ Also*the following Medicine^by the samefPro. lessor Louis Wundram, Brunswick, Germany :) GOUT POWDERS. Rheumatic Tincture. Epileptic Remedy. Toothache Drops. Herb Tea (for Dyspepsia and Nervousness, i Rheumatic Herb Tea. Gout Tincture. Eye Water. . . Wnndwasser (the German "Palulffler.N For sale by Dr. H. i ABB, may 30 No. 181 Meet tn g r~