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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1671. CHARLESTON, WEDNESDAY" MORNING, MAY 3, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE CROP PROSPECT. ffLOOMT REPORTS FROH THE INTE? RIOR. Estimates of the Yield or Cotton and Breadstuff's in South Carolina-Vain able Information for Planters and Merchants. Tlie following additional crop reports are for? warded to THE NEWS by its attentive corres? pondents : Lancaster. A HALF CROP OF COTTON -THE CORN CROP EQUAL TO LAST TEAR-WHEAT AND OATS A FAILURE. Our correspondents. Messrs. Haseltine & Cbafee, writing to THE NEWS trom Lancaster, under date of August 19, say : 1. Abou: ten per cent, less cotton Is planted tills year tuan last year. 2. The crop has u><\de about all it will make. The plant has dOLe growing, except in Some spots. Up to July 15 we had the best prospect .we had had for years, but the drought has cut off the crop. 3. Under the most favorable circumstances the cotton crop will not be more than a half ofwhatltwas last year. In Borne localities lair crops will be made; in others it is almost a .TaTiure. A half crop, upon the average, ls the best we can do. 4. The cost of producing cotton this year, .compared with any other year elnce the war, will oe at least twenty-five per cent, less-the .crops being equal. 5. The increase in the area ol corn planted is at least twenty-five per cent, over any other year since the war. Early corn was oretty well made before the drought; all low lands .have made pretty fair crops. The corn crop will be equal to, If lt does not exceed, that of last year. G. Oats and wheat are almost a failure. jm\ Union. ^AT BEST A HALF CROP OF COTTON-CORN PAIR -WHEAT A FAILURE. Our correspondent at Jonesville, writing on ?August 22, gives THE NEWS the following in? formation : 1. The cotton area is equal to that of 1870. 2. The condition of the crop, on account ot -the disastrous drought, is discouraging in the .extreme. With the most favorable season, from this time, we cannot make more than 'half a crop, and some observant planters make a lower estimate. 3. The cost of the present crop will be some what less than that of the crops of preceding years on account of the lower price of provls 'ions, as well as because of the more efficient working of the negroes. This bas been a sub? ject of commendation 'oroughcat the whole of the present season. 4. The prospect for the crop of corn is bad, but not so bad as might have been anticipated. Uplands, planted early and well worked, will yield fairly, while bottoms late planted have still a chance for ''making-' from future rains. 5. The wheat crop was well nigh a failure. A letter from an experienced planter, dated Unlonvllle, August 21, says : "We are suffering from a drought of filty-one -days, which has cut off the cotton crop to al? most nothing. Not more than the third of an ordinary crop can be made under the most favorable circumstances, and the early corn was pretty well mr.de before the dry weather did any damage. Io some small sections. In? cluding my place in Newberry, the season has been much more favorable; there the corn crop is good and the cotton an average one. Oats and wheat about one-third of an ordinary .crop. A letter from Shelton, Union County, dated J August 21, says : We have had no rain in this section to do any good to the crops since July 3; they there? fore present a very different appearance since ? wrote to yon about a month since. Then rthey were unusually promising, but now no planter will gather a half crop of corn, cr more than a half crop of cotton. Both ma; be considered as having made all they can." The drought still continues, and rains cannot now produce a new growth ot the cotton plant in time to mature the fruit. There being no forms or blooms, the planter cannot expect to gather except from the matured b^1 ls now cn the stalk. Lexington. EXPECTS A TWO-THIRDS, OR A HALF CROP OF COT? TON-A GOOD PROSPECT FOR CORN. Our corresporlent, John Pox., Esq., writing from Lexington to THE NEWS, under date of August 21, says : At the outset this year, and for a good por? tion of the season, the crop prospects were generally very good, especially on red lands. In some places there was too much rain for the sandy lands. 1. In cotton there was some falling off in area from last year's average. The area In cultivation the present year ls about ono eighth less than last year. 2. About the middle of July a-drought set in which has materially damaged the prospect. The crop has thrown off a good deal ol Its fruit and been so stinted in growth by dry weather, that a large percentage will be lost. Com? mercial fertilizers have been very sparingly used. It would be safe to say that not one half the quantity has been consumed this year that waa consumed last year. All things con sidered, good Judges estimate that the cot ton crop In this county will fall short of last year's crop by at least one-third, and perhaps one-half. The freedmen have worked pretty well, there being no exciting political influ? ences to disturb them. A large amount of the labor in this county is performed by white people, many ol whom work their own farms, and employ little or no assistance among the freedmen. 3. The price of labor ls about the same as last year, the hands in most cases receiving a part of the crop for their services. Where money wages are paid, they are about the same as last year. The planter gets a little advantage, as compared with last year, on account of the cheapness of provisions. 4. Whilst the area in cotton is less, the area In corn ls more than that of last year. Up? land corn was severely injured by the drought. Oreek and river lands will yield very good crops of this staple, if there Ls no disaster ahead. . | ^ 5. The excessive rain in the spring was very VJrdlsastrous to tho wheat and oats. It caused them to take rust; and the wheat crop es? pecially was nearly ruined in some places. A ?ioorer crop of wheat has not been made here br years. Peas aro not yet advanced suffi? ciently for one to form a good idea of the probable crop, but we can generally calculate with a considerable degree of certainty on our crop of peas and sweet potatoes. Sumter. /.letter from Stateburg, dated August 19, says: The crops in this section will be short, both cotton and corn, though the yield of the latter per acre will be far below expectations. I think farmers will make enough to save them, having planted much more this year than any year since the close of the war. Our cotton promised very fine on the 1st July, and my own crop at that date was the finest for the time of year I have ever had, but six weeks without rain has done for us. I hardly think any of us will make as much cotton to the acre as last year; there is much rust, and the heavy rains following the drought have .caused the crops to shed heavily, and it is too late for the plant to mature forms making now, even with an average date ot frost. Cot? ton is commencing to open already, ten days ahead of last year, and by the 1st of October .we will have half our crop hov jed. Newberry. A Newberry letter, of the 20th instant, says: Cotton has commenced to open here smart? ly, but I do not think it all well fruited, and fear that we shall have rather a short crop this year. Darlington. A Darlington planter writes under date of August 21: The cotton crop of this county will not ex? ceed one-half ol the average under the most favorable circumstances. Marion. 4L Tho Crescent, of tte 23d, says: "Corn, where li was planted early, will give a good yield Indeed, but late corn will be almost an ; entire failure. Cotton ls very much injured. Whole fields ol it are so completely killed by rust that no fair estimate can be made of the probable Yield. Acres are as black a9 ii several killing frosts had fallen upon it, and, where the promised yield was greatest, ls frequently the spot where, now, the product will be the least and which cannot possibly pay for the labor expended In cultivation. Two-thirds of a crop is the maximum figure, and should lt turn out but a hali crop we shall not be sur? prised." Williamsburg. The Klngstree Star, of the 23d, says: "Since Friday last we have had a continuous spell of disagreeable weather. The wind has been blowing almost without cessation, and great quantities of rain have fallen, to the great in? jury ot iodder and cotton." Crops in Florida. The Live Oak Herald of the 19th say9 : We regret to announce that the boll worm has commenced its work of destruction In this county. We are informed thal the top-bolls are tumbling off from the cotton crops gen? erally In the bend of the river, and that the farmers there cannot possibly gather more than half a crop. We hope, however, that when gathering lime comes the yield will be better than now anticipated. This will be a hard blow on our friends down there, as their corn crop will fall far short ol au average this year, on account of the heavy rains lu the early part of the season. The Quincy Journal, of the 13th, says: Cotton picking ls progressing rapidly all over the county, and the staple that we have seen is very good, but the rust has made its appearance in many parts, and bids fair to do serious damage. Caterpillar is also reported in some parts of the county, though as yet have done no harm, and it ls believed by the planters, with whom we have conversed upon the subject, that before they can come in suffi? cient numbers it will be too late to do much injury. _ _ THE ARMT WORM IN ALABAMA. MONTGOMERY, August 23. There is no longer any doubt about the ap Eearance of the army worm in unusual num? era through the richest counties of Alabama. The rains now falling will aid their develop? ment. TBE RUSSIAN PRINCE ALEXIS. His Departure for America. A cable dispatch to the Russian legation at Washington announces the sailing from Cron stttdt of the Russian imperial fleet, with the Grand Duke Alexis and suite, for New York, at 12 o'clock M., on Sunday. The squadron consists of five vessels of war and tenders, selected from the imperial navy by his Imperial Highness himself, with the es? pecial object in view of bringing to American waters a representative Russian naval squad? ron^ The Grand Duke and his personal staff | are luxuriously quartered in the cabins of the imperial steam trigate Swetlaua. The sleam frigate Bogatle, fibing the broad pennant of | Admiral Pasjet, the steam frigate General Ad? miral, the steam corvette Ignatleff, the steam gunboat Abreck, with their steam tenders, cpmpose the visiting fleet. The squadron will make the passage to America under sail, con? sequently not being obliged to make port on the route for supplies ol coal. Under these circumstances the fleet will probably reach Sandy Hook by the 1st of Octo? ber. It ls understood that Rear Admiral Gordon will receive the imperial fleet with a United States naval squadron, made up of vessels on the home si allon, to be ordered here for the Eurpose. The Grand Duke, after his reception y Admiral Gordon and the usual salutes ex? changed, will be presented to the representa? tive of the President of the United States, and In turn to the State and municipal authorities o! New York. The reception committee on the part of the citizens of New York, says the Times of that city, will afterward be presented to his Imperial Highness, and will then be con? ducted by the young gentleman to his mag? nificent apartments on board of the reception steamer. Escorted by two or three ol our first-class steam frigates, and passing in re? view of a miniature navy of government and private yachts and steam Teasels, the combin? ed fleets will move slowly up through the Nar? rows, the Russian visitors receiving In the united salvos from the forts and the American shipping their first grand welcome from the great Republic. The Grand Duke will of course first visit the President of the United States, which will doubtless necessitate his journey to Washing? ton, when, upon his return, the most attrac? tive portion ot the above programme will be carried out. With his suite, and a number of officers not attached, on leave of absence, the Grand Duke will make a leisure Jaunt acrosf- the contlneut to San Francisco, stop? ping at all the larger cities en ruute. At Port Laramie he will participate In a grand cut?alo hunt, gotten up lot* the occasion by General Sheridan and a number of Uni? ted States army officers stationed on the plains. It is said that the reception of the Im? perial party In San Francisco, preparations for which are now beluz made, will not be surpassed by any display ever witnessed on the Pacific coast. Though the suite of the young Russian Grand Duke comprises a large number of eminent Russians, together with a diminutive army of dashing young noblemen, there will not be a lady In. the entire Imperial party, as an old Russian ukase ot the time of1 the great Peter, who was never, lt is said, very partial to the softer sex, prohibits wo? men from becoming passengers on any Rus? sian man-of-war, which prohibition ls not even withheld when the Emperor's son makes his cruise._ MONTREAL AND TUE CHOLERA. MONTREAL, August 22. The Mayor has ordered the strongest meas? ures . regarding city cleaning, in view ot the possible approach ot cholera. Disinfectants Eire supplied gratuitously to the Inhabitants. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON', August 23. The barometer will probably continue to fall with light rain to-night on Lakes Erle, Ontario ind Huron. Clear weather will probablv cou laue on Thursday from Michigan to Louisiana, .nd westward. The barometer will probably continue to fall In New England, with partially cloudy weather. Partially cloudy and clear ?veather. with fresh winds, are probable for .he Middle and South Atlantic States. Yesterday's "Weather Reports or the Signal Service, C. S. A.- 4.47 P. M., Local Time. Place of Observation. Augusta..30. oo Baltimore.30.33 Boston.30.28 Buffalo, N. Y.... 30.04 Charleston_30.15 Cheyenne, W.T. 29.19 Chicago.30.10 Cincinnati.30.03 Uleveland.30.10 Corinne, Utah... 29.51 Detroit.30.03 Duluth, Minn... 30.es Indianapolis.... 30.01 Knoxville, Tenn. 30.081 Lake city. Fla.. 30.02' Memphis. Tenn.. 30.00 Milwaukee, Wls,!30.i2 Moolle. 29.931 Nashville. 30.02' Sew London, Ct.|30.32! New Orleans.... 29.97 New York.30.2S Omaha, Neb.:30.02' Oswego, N. Y.... 130.01 Philadelphia.30.27 Pittsburg, Pa.... 30.27 Portland, Me.... 30.32 Rochester, N. Y. 30.03 San Francisco.. 29.92! Savannah.|30.09| St. Louis. 29.901 St. Paul.30.ii| Toledo, 0. 30.051 Washingtons C. 30.20| Wilmington.N O. 30.22 Norfolk.130.23 Lynchburg.130.23 Leavenworth....|30.13 Cape Ma*.|30.27 Mt. Washington.|30.43 tr I" , e ss D a SE SE S SW SE S NE Calm. E SW 78?E 75! W 54 N 70 NE 79 SW 88 SW 74 SE sols 90|SW 71 SE 93 NW 70 E 82 SE 75! NE 85|S 67'3 83 N 04|SW 83:E 82: SW MN 80 >i 73|E 82 SE 86,'SE 70 NW 84 SE 74 SE 51 W 3? SS Fresh Light. Light. Fresh. Gentle. Fresh, Fresh. Gentle. Fresh. Light. Gentle. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Gentle. Gentle. Gentle. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Fresh. Gentle. Gentle. Gentle. IQentle. FreBh. Fresh. Gentle. Fresh. Gentle. Gentle. Cloudy. L. Rain Clear. Fair. Fair. Clear. Hazy. Hazy. Fair. Cloudy. Thr'ng. Clear. Fair. Cloudy. Thr'ng. Clear. Hazy. Cloudy. Fair. Thr'ng. Hazy. Thr'ng. Fair. Cloudy. Cloudy. Fair. Fair. Fair. Hazy. Fair. Ci'g up. Clear. Cloudy. Cloudy. Cl'(? up. Fair. L. Rain Fair. Lt. Rain Clear. NOT?.-The weather report dated 7.47o'olock, this morning, will be posted In the rooms ol the Chamber or commerce at 10 o'clock A M., and, together with the weather chart, may (by the courtesy or the chamber) be examined by ship? masters at any time during the day. THE OLD WORLD'S NEWS. STARTLING REVELATIONS IN THE VERSAILLES COURT-MARTIAL. Sixty million Dollar? More Paid to Ger? many-Thiers'* Term to be Prolonged -The Cholera Brought to London Railroad Collision-A Catholic Con? gress. VERSAILLES, August 23. The prolongation of Thiers's term is as? sured. Another three hundred million francs has been paid Germany. In the court-martial to-day members ol the Paris fire department deposed positively that the Commune ordered the firing of public and private buildings, and forbade their extin? guishing the flames In the Palais Royal. A bill providing for the dissolution of the present Assembly will soon be brought for? ward. The deputies of the Left are prepar? ing a manifesto, demanding the restoration of the constitution of 1818. The press hotly debate the proposed dis? bandment of the National Guard. Conserva? tive journals advocate and Radical papers op? pose the step. Fears are expressed that Its enforcement will meet oppostlon In Lyons and elsewhere. It ls sti.i.ed that Thiers adopts the disarmament of the National Guards aa a.gov ernment measure. The steamship France was partially burned off Marseilles. The vessel and cargo are much damaged. Loss heavy. The evidence before the court martial estab? lishes the fact that the Federals, disguised as firemen, fed the flames with petroleum. Col? let, the prison director under the Commune, Bweare he read orders to ferret out and shoot hostages, but declined. LONDON, August 23. A collision has occurred on the Northern and Midland Railroad, near Leicester. Many were injured. A meeting In favor of the ballot at Birming? ham passed resolutions condemning the ac? tion of the House of Lords. A foreign Bhip has arrived at Shields with iL? cholera. It is reported that Baron Yon Beust has re? tired from the Austrian Cabinet. The potato blight in Ireland has, it seems, been exaggerated, and the official statement sayB the crop is a good one. DUBLIN, August 22. . The people and police of Limerick fought, and several were injured. MUNICH, August 22. A committee of conservative Catholics have invited the Catholics of Germany, Austria and Switzerland to a Congress at Munich, Septem? ber 22. ANOTHER NEW YORK HORROR. NEW YORE, August 23. Felix Darry thia evening in a crazy flt cut bis wife's throat, attempted to murder his two children, aged respective!v nine and seven? teen years, and then committed suicide. The children, *7ho will probably survive their In? juries, say that their father has been subject to fits ol derangement for six months. A Sun Sensation. The Sun publishes a report founded upon a statement o? the detective, Colonel Wood, that the Golden Rule was purposely wrecked In 1866, in order that overa million of treasure belonging to the United States might be stolen. According to Wood's narrative Montgomery Gibbs managed the affair. Wood says be would have made the arrest had lt not been for tue desire of the administration to protect Gibbs. He has won over Washburne, Mrs. Grant, Speaker Blaine, and others, and so there ls no use pursuing him further. The Municipal Fight. The long promised accounts of the city and county government, have made their appear? ance, accompanied by a long message from Mayor Hall, In which ne requests a committee irom each board of the Common Council to examine the vouchers upon which the ac? counts are based. The accounts include the period irom January 18G9 to July 1871. and will make a volume ol several thousand pages. Tbe tone of the message ls bold and defiant. The city government now claims the prop? erty upon which the New York Times building now stands, on the ground of detective origi? nal title, and a suit of ejectment has been commenced. The property is valued at one million dollars. SAD CONCLUSION OE A GREAT ROW? ING MATCH. 8T. JOHN'S. N. B., August 23. The great scull race for the championship ol the world, came of this morning on the Ken nebecasls. The boats started at 7.25, and led alternately for Ave minutes; at 7.33 St. John ahead; at 7.40 St. John the only crew rowing, the Tyne crew having gone ashore In conse? quence of Reniorth being taken with a flt. The St. John crew rowed over the course, winning in forty minutes eleven seconds. Re nfc rt h lied this morning at half-past S o'clock. THE SARATOGA RACES. SARATOOA, August 23. Moselle won the first race; time 1.21 j. There ivas tremendous interest In the great race be? tween Longfellow and Helmbold. During the Irst three miles Longfellow led by one to two lengths. Helmbold began to gain on the last ?lghth of the third mlle, and passed under the string a half length ahead. Longfellow lost steadily during the last mlle, Helmbold lead? ing three lengths at first quarter, six at half mile, and finishing si steen lengths ahead of Longfellow, amid the most tremendous en? thusiasm and cheers. Time : 7.494- Aeolus won the third race In 3.MA. THE ALARAMA CLAIMS. Organization of the Geneva Arbitration Tribunal. [From the New York Herald.] This board, as it now stauds, ls as follows : Charles Francis Adams, the arbitrator appoint? ed by President Grant; Chief Justice Cockburn, the arbitrator appointed by Queen Victoria; General Menabrea, a distinguished soldier and statesman, of liberal ideas, the arbitrator :h03en by King Victor Emanuel, and Jacques Staempfli, an ex-president of the Swiss Con? federation and an able advocate, named by the jovernment of Switzerland. The treaty of Washington provides further that the Em? peror ofBrazll shall also name an arbitrator, ind no doubt we shall shortly hear thal the aoard ol five arbitrators ls complete. The ireaty (article 2) next provides'that "the lrbitrators e'nall meet at Geneva, In Switzer? land, ut the earliest convenient day after tbey shall have been named, and shall proceed Im? partially and carefully to examine and decide ill questions that shall be laid before them on the part of the Government of the United States and her Britannic Majesty respectively," md that "all questions considered by the tri? bunal, Including the final award, shall be de? eded by a majority of all the arbitrators;" and "that each of the high contracting parties shall ilso name one person to attend the tribunal as its agent, to represent lt generally In all mat? ters connected with the arbitration." Counsel before the tribunal on both sides ls also au? thorized, and while General Grant has Intimat? ed that Mr. Adams shall be fortified by some of the best lawyers in the country, we mav be sure that England will not neglect to give" the best legal assistance of the realm to Chiet Jus? tice Cockburn. Tbc3 the arbitration board, with itB two agents, its lawyers on both sides, and ItB clerks, &c, will be a somewhat impos? ing body, and os its sittings may be extended over a year or two the tribunal will be a wind? fall to the City of Geneva, both In a financial and political view. ANOTHER KU-KLUX SCARE. A Descent of Night Riders in Orange? burg-Good Advice Through Irregular ? Ca annels. [SPECIAL DISPATCH TO TBS NEWS.] ORAKOEBURO, August 23. A party of mounted men, variously estima? ted in numbers at from fifty to one hundred, entered thia town a little after midnight yes? terday morning, and, alter posting notices on the postofflce In the lower part of the town, near the hotel, upon one of the office doors of ; the buildings allotted to the officers of the court, and upon a telegraph post near the railroad avenue, withdrew quietly and so mysteriously that no one la able to give any clue to their route. The notices purport to emanate from the headquarters of the Ku-Klux-Klan, and con? tain warnings to such as are engaged In buy? ing seed cotton (a practice that Is carried on to a shameful extent, and which encouragea unlimited thefts In tbe cotton fields,) and hints to the carpet-baggers and scalawags, who are stirring up strife between the races, to desist under penalty of being visited with summary punishment. The orders conclude with a friendly call to the colored people to unite with them aa the friends of order and good government, to root out the enemies of | both white and colored men. On the whole, the document waa aimed at flagrant abuses, and was full of peaceful assurances, especially to industrious and honest negroes. The movements of the party were quietly conduct? ed with the signal of the whistle, and since their departure not a veatlge of Information Is known of them, and not a single threat or act of violence has been reported ol them. A WESTERS WAR CLOUD. WASIKXOTON, August 23. Governor Potts, ol Montana, appr?henda an Indian war, and la organizing the people, but will not call them into service unless authoriz? ed by the secretary of war. Pending a suit the commissioner of Internal revenue suspends Pleasanton's decision. Conse? quently Importers will not have to break their cases for the purpose of stamping their con? tents, for the present. The retail dealers, however, must affix the necessary stamps to the articles. Domestic subscription to the new loan, to? day, amounted to over five millions. MUTINY AND RORRERT. FORTRESS MONROE, August 23. While the brig Evening Star, from Balti? more for the Baltic, was Tying at anchor In Lynn Haven Bay last night, six of the crew robbed the captain of two hundred dollars and his watch, ana then seized the boat and lett the vessel, which was afterward brought In by the crew of the pilot boat Slicer. TWO HEAVY FIRES. LEXINGTON, KT., August 23. A whole block of houses on North Broadway, between Malu and Shorts streets, was destroy? ed by fire this afternoon, causing a loss of one hundred thousand dollars. ITHACA, N. Y., August 23. The Ithaca Hotel and several adjacent build? ings were burned to the ground to-day. Loss, $100,000, mostly covered by Insurance lu New York companies. THE NEW YORK YACHT CLUB. The Races-Flying Start-Its Introdac tlon and Merits. The New York Tribune publishes the follow-1 lng letter, dated Newport, August 30 : The races which are to occupy the attention of the New York Yacht Club for the next ten days will attract Interest throughout the coun? try. Never belore, in the whole history of the sport, were there congregated at ene point or entered for any series of regattas so many large schooner yachts. All the regattas during the week will begin with what Is now known as tbe "flying start." Thia start owes its con? ception to Commodore John Stevens, of tbe New York Yacht Club, who, In thia harbor, In the summer of 1854, ' Instituted a regatta in which tho yachts for the first time began the race in that manner. The mode of procedure Is sufficiently well known at the present time, but lt was then a great novelty. The race was for thc possession of a golden bowl, valued at $1000, over what has since been adopted as the usual regatta course, namely : southwest from the entrance of the harbor to the buov oil j Block Island and return. The superior advantages of the flying start, as compared with the old form of beginning a race, may be briefly stated. In starting in line from an achor, much trouble was fre? quently experienced in slipping the cable when the wind was blowing very strong, or A heavy tide was setting In against the fleet. It it was desired to get the anchor on board, much delay and the neceeslty of using men for the work who should have been employed with the sails, was often the means of defeat? ing a yacht. The danger of fouling where the fleet is large and the start Is made in line, ls by no means small. The Cambria suffered some little delay, and her sailing-master con? siderable vexation, by au event of this kind at the beginning of the memorable Queen's cup race, August 8, 1870. When the wind ls of J such a strength aa to compel the sailing-mas- j ters of yachts to keep the sails down on deck until the signal for starting ls given, the dlvl I sion of men compelled by the taking in of the anchor renders the labor of hoisting the sails very tedious and fatiguing to the crew. A good captain of a racing yacht dislikes very much to tire his men before tbe beginning of a race, as their full strength may be needed in ' au emergency, which ls liable to come at any time. The new system of allowing twenty minutes for the start, alter the firing of a gun. does away with all these annoyances. A new feature, which has developed with time, is the belief that the chancea of winning the race are bettered by being the last boat ocrosa the line. From thia fact it frequently happens that so many manouvres are resorted to by the sailing master for detaining his yacht that he barely crosses the line at the sound of the last gun. The Phantom, in the race for the Aahbury Cup In Newport harbor last year, by passing the line half a minute too late, lost claim to a place among the first yachts arriv? ing at the borne stake. Her time over the coast was remarkably fast. The event of to-morrow will be the race for the Challenge Cup, presented by Commodore James Gordon Bennett, Jr., and won by the schooner Tidal Ware last June in the annual regatta off New York harbor. The course will be from an imaginary line between Fort Adams and the Dumpling Fort, at the entrance of the bay, southward to and around a black can buoy on the northeastern end ot Block Island, theuce returning to the starting point. The entries are the Dauntless. Dreadnaught, Sap? pho, idler. Tidal Wave, Wanderer, Halcyon, Palmer, Madgtc, Magie, Rambler, America, Caprice, Alarm and Tarolinta. The Columbia and Fleetwing are overhauling their jibbooms and topmasts, and will not enter. Should the weather prove favorable, the race will be a great event. The harbor to-day swarma with pleasure boats, and gay parties of ladles and sentlemen are enjonng the mimicry ot' sailor life without any ol Its hardships. -An eccentric trenlua, named Cornell, died recently at Oxford, New York, leaving several children, two of them daughtera, and Repub? licans. By a will the old gent cut off the two daughters on account of their pol?tica. The following ls the dlainheritlng clause: "Fifth. Believing that the natural conaequences of | actions based upon or dictated by the political creed, or belief approved of or advocated by my daughtera, Cornelia A. Wood and Rubv Houck, have been and are to largely Increaa'e taxation, lt is my will that the amount of taxes paid by me since 1861, and to be here? after paid previous to my decease by me, together with the succession or other revenue tax or laxes to be paid from or on account of | property now or hereafter owned by me, be considered as having been paid for or on ac? count ot my said daughters, Cornelia A. Wood and Ruby Houck, and it ls my will, and I here? by direct, that they receive nothing from my . estate, either real or personal." THE PORT ROYAL RAILROAD. ' \vV*rk Done and *? be Dont-Kcaoarce of the Company. The lol ioTvl'nS report has been Rub m i Lied to the etockholde.'3 oi tae Port Boval Railroad Company by the p/esldent: J,'EW YORK, July 22, 1871. To the Stockriders0/ tlie Port Soy al Bail road Company: . _ The National Ballway au,'d ?J?* Company, contractora, having failed In .their agreement with this company to complet? tDe building and equipping ot our road, by stu',PendJDS all work for eight months, have conse^16"t0 a8' sign their contract to Mr. 8. C. Millett. This transfer has been made with thS con" sent and approval of the boa?tf: of directo.** of this company. An entire change has been made In the aa " ministration of the affairs of the company by the resignation of all the officers and a majori? ty of the board of directors, and the election of others to fill their places. From the report of the engineers and superintendent, I find the present condition of the property to be as follows : Thirty miles of track are laid, part at the terminus at Port Boyal, westward, and part east and west from.the junction (at Yemassee) with the Savannah' and Charleston Bailroad, leaving a gap of ten miles on Port Boyal Isl? and to be laid with Iron, for which the road? bed Is now ready. When this is done, a con? tinuous road for forty miles from Port Royal will be complete. From Port Boyal westward for a distance of seventy-five miles, the road ls continuously graded, bridged and tresselled, ready for the track; ail the ties for this are now on the line. The road bed la graded In all for ninety miles. We have on the road a construction train of one locomotive and twenty-seven cars. We also have on hand crank cars, push cara, horses, mules, carts, and a large quantity of tools and appliances for construction of the road, In great part belonging to us, the rest being the property of the contractor. The engineering ls welt advanced over the whole road. The department ia well supplied with instruments. Estimates, drafts and plans for all the work have been so far completed that the supervision of the road only remains for this department. The company have (In connection with the Savannah and Charleston Bailroad Company) erected a fine depot at Yemassee. We have also erected two water stations, with tanke, pumpa and wella complete. The company own a plat of one hundred and forty (140) acres on Port Boyal, giving us about one-halt mlle of dock front, upon which we have erected and completed a dock one hundred and fifty by four hundred feet. There remains now to be done only twenty (20) miles of grading, (570,000 yards,) and only one and three-quarters (1 j) of a mlle of tres selling, including the open drains and cul? verts. The ties for thirty-five miles are yet to be bought, and the bridge across the Savan? nah River, eight hundred and forty (840) ieet, to be built. A part of the timber for this structure ls now on hand. The Iron for eighty-six (86) miles. Including side tracks, ls not yet purchased. The depots and water stations for the greater part of the road remain to be built. The right of way has been procured for most of the distance, there being only a few cases now to be settled, which will be done at small expense. The company have a floating debt of about thirty-six thousand dollars. The company have Issued to the National Ballway and Trust Company, under their con? tract, nine hundred and ninety thousand ($990,000) dollars of the first (1st) mortgage bonds, leaving one million Ave hundred and ten thousand ($1,610,000) dollars available for the completion of the road. The contractor bas made arrangements to ship the necessary iron at once, work upon the road has been resumed and will be pushed vigorously. (Signed,) JAKES APPLETON, President jUniluing Material. gHTNGLES! SHINGLES! Just received, a fine lot. For sale low at BUILD? ER'S DEPOT, No. Bl Church street. junie E. M. GRIMEE. DOORS, SASHES AND BLINDS. P. P. TOALE, Manufacturer and Dealer, Has removed his Office to and opened his prin? cipal SALESROOMS at No. 20 HAYNE STREET and No. 33 PINCKNEY STREET, where he takes pleasure la offering to the public a full stock of | his own manufacture of DOOB.S.SASHES,BLINDS MOULDINGS, NEWh/LS, BALUSTERS , Ac. WOOD TURNING in all its branches. A specialty made or FRENCH and AMERICAN WINDOW GLASS, at WHOLESALE and RETAIL. tar Orders lor stock of irregular size work re? cel ved either at the Salesrooms, No. 20 HAYNE STREET.or at the FACTORY on Horlbeck's wharf. aug!5 tnthsemos_ ffotelfl._ jyj-ETKOPOLITAN HOTEL, BROADWAY, NEW YORK, Wld reopen nnder new management, August 22 for the reception or guests. The spacious building baa been thoroughly reno* vated and newly famished throughout. The proprietors have made every exertion to adapt lt to the comrort and convenience or its patrons, and have spared neither nalns nor ex* pense to secure that end. TWEED A GARFIELD, aug21-2mos Proprietors. C OLUMBIA HOTEL, COLUMBIA, S. C., WM. GORMAN, PROPRIETOR. The Proprietor or this pleasantly located and elegantly furnished Establishment, at the State Capital, desires to in form the travelling public and others seeking accommodations, than the "CO? LUMBIA" ls m every respect a first-class Hotel, unsurpassed by any In the State or the United States. Situated In the business centre or thc city, with fine large airy rooms, and a table sup? plied with every delicacy or the season, both from New York and Charleston markets, the Proprie? tor pledges that no efforts will be spared to give porree; satisfaction In every respect. A first-class Livery Stable ls attached to the Hotel, where vehicles or every description can be ned at the shortest notice. Omnibuses attend the arrival and departure ol every Tram. WM. GORMAN/ Proprietor and Superintendent. J. D. BUDDS, Cashier. aprlP (vim rrj ST UEOElYEl? CARBOLATE OF LIME, the best Disinfectant and destroyer or Rats, M ce Bugs, Cockroache?, Ac. A smaU quantity piacied where they frequent will at once disperse them. Pendleton's Panacea, or Vegetable Pain Ex? tractor. A rresh supply or Fleming's Worm Conrectlons the most reliable lu use. Also, a rresh supply of SEAL OLEUM, the great remedy for Rheumatism. For sale, wholesale and retail, by Dr. H. BA ER, my 30 No. 131 Meeting street, \ Shirts ano Jrnnusljmg ?ooo?. TO MAKE ROOM FOR FALL Al WINTER GOODS, Tue undersigned ls now closing oat his saperb stock of GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS, STAR SHIRTS AND UNDERWEAR, . AT Grreatlv Reduced Prices. NOW 18 THE CHANCE FOR BARGAINS ! E. SCOTT, STAR SHIRT EMPORIUM MEETING STREET, OPPOSITE MARKET. (Educational. JgETHEL MALE ACADEMY, NEAR WARRENTON, FA?QUIER COUNTY, VA., Prepares Youths for College, University, or Rosiness. BOARD AND TUITION $175 Per session of 10 mouths-no extras. Locality unsurpassed for health and morals. For farther Information, Catalogue, Ac, address ALBERT G. SMITH, ) WM. w. SMITH. A. M, J Principals. -, J. BLACKWELL SMITH, J augr-lmo. . rn VIL AND MECHANICAL ENGLNEER \j INO. at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y. A higher and more practical Course or Instruction wl.l be given here than has ever been attempted elsewhere in this country. Re? opens September 13th. For the Annual Register, containing Improved Course or Study, and full ?articulare, apply to Pror. CHARLES DROWNE, irector. aug4-lmo ?^ASHINGTON & LEE UNIVERSITY. LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA. The next session or this Institution will com? mence on the Third THURSDAY. (2lst) or Septem? ber, 1871, and continue without intermission un? til the Fourth THURSDAY In June, 1872, The Instruction embraces thorough Classical, Literary and scientific courses, together with the Professional Departments or Law and Engineer? ing. The entire Expenses for the Session of Nine Months need not exceed $300 to $325, according to the price of Board. Arrangements are also made lor messing, by which Students may re? duce their expenses to $260 per session. For further information, address G. W. C. LEE, Pres.dent, Or WILLIAM DOLD, Clerk or Faculty.. augT-lmo_i S T. JOSEPH'S ACADEMY, SUMTER, 3. C. UNDER TER CARR OP THE SISTERS OF OCR LADY OF MERCY The Exercises or this institute will be resum? ed September lat. The Scholastic Year ls divided Into two Ses slons: The firs:, commencing September 1st, and ending February 1st. The second, commencing February 1st and end? ing Joly 1st. THE COURSE OF INSTRUCTION Comprises .Orthography, Reading, Writing, Grammar, Rhetoric, Composition, Ancient and Modern History and Geography, the French and Italian Languages, Botany, Philosophy, Chemis? try, Astronomy and use of Globes, Algebra, Vocal and Instrumental Music, Drawing and Painting lu Water Colors and Pastels, Ac, AC, AC < TERMS PER QUARTER LN ADVANCE. Board, Washing and English Tuition.......$50 00 Music. ls 50 Use or Instrument. 2 50 Languages, each. 10 00 Crayon Drawing, Painting in Watercolors, Pastel and Olia, each.lo 00 Embroidery. 10 00 Vocal Moalc ac Professor's charges. GENERAL RULES. Each pupil requires a good supply or comfort? able clothing-dark skirts for whiter-black Bilk or alpaca aprons; ir convenient, silver cap, spoons an J fork, marked; one pair or blankets, two paira or sheets and pillow caaea, comba and crushes. No undue Influence used on the religious princi? ples or the pupils; but to Insure regularity, ail must conform to the general rules of the Institu? tion. The correspondence or the pupils is subject to he inspection of the superioress or the Academy; bat by no meics restricted as regards parents or guardians. English Tuition ror day pupils per quarter- $6, $8, $12, $15. Extras as ror Boarders. For rurther particulars, apply to the SUPERIORESS OF THE ACADEMY, ?angl9 Sumter, S. G. *? Patent itUo innes. MEDIH&FOODWH. MOST WONDERFUL CURES EF? FECTED, BOTH OF MIND AND BODY. DU BARRY'S DELICIOUS HEALTH RE* STORING REVALENTA AB ABIC A FOOD WiU care DYSPEPSIA, Constipation, Acidity, Cramps, Fits, Heartburn, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Nervousness, Biliousness, Affections of tbe Liver and Kidneys, Flatulency, Colic, Palpitation of the Heart, Nervous Headache, Irritability, Noises in Head and Ears, Giddiness, Pain between the Shoulders, and la the Chest, Chrome Inflamma? tion and Ulceration of the Stomach, Eruptions on the Skin, Scurvy, Fevers, Scrofula, Impurities, Poverty of Blood, Incipient Consumption, Dropsy, Diabetes, Rheumatism, Gout, Influenza, Grippe Nausea and Vomiting dorins; Pregnancy, after eating or at sea, Low Spirits, General Debility, Paralysis, Cough, Asthma, Tightness Across the Chest, Phlegm, Sleeplessness, Tremors, vertigo, Blood to the Head, Exhaustion, Ac. The best food for invalids, generally, as lt never tums acut on the weakest stomach, like arrow root, but im? parts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion and nervous and mnscu ar energy to the most enfeebled. Likewise adapted to rear delicate Infants. A few out of 69,ooo Testimonials of Gore are given below : THE POPE'S HEALTH RESTORED BY DU BAR? RYS FOOD. Cure yo. 88,413-"Ho HX, July 31, 186a.-Tha health of the Holy Father ls excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, he has po a nned himself entirely to Do Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consom?s a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Bolinees cannot praise this excellent food too highly." From the Gazette Du Midi, July 26. FROM THE DOWAGER COUNTESS OF CASTLE STUART. Cure yo. 52,612.-"ROS8TBBVOB, COUNTY OF DOWN, IRKLAND, December 9,1854.-The Dowager Countess or Castiestuart feels induce*, In the in? terest of suffering humanity, to state that Da Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food has cured her, after au medicines had failed, of Indi? gestion, Bile, Great Nervousness. Irritability, and Hysteria of many years' standing. This Food de? serves the confidence of airsufJerers, and may be considered a real blessing. For sale lu one and two pound packages by DR. H. B A E R, SOLE AGEHT, MEETING STREET. . Directions with every package. angil THE CELEBRATED GERMAN SOOTHING CORDIAL, FOR INFANTS TEETHING. This is the best Medicine for infanta and young Children ever offered, to the pabilo. It ls carefully prepared from the best Drugs, according to a pre? scription furnished by a distinguished German Physician of large and successful practice, and has been tried and approved by many of our best physicians. It ls specially adapted to the diseases Incident to childhood during the trying period of teething, and recommends itself for the cure of marrueca, Dysentery, Colic, Griping in the Bowels, Summer Complaint, Ac. It contains TV O ANODYNE, or other injurious Drug, and should, therefore, be preferred to the Soothing Syrups that now flood the market, which are known to contain opium, and are, therefore, more or less injurious. Thous? ands or children are murdered annually by Sooth? ing Syrups; In some cases, this fact has been pub? lished m the newspapers, where the physician in attendance so stated m his death certificate. In the numerous other cases, where the innocenta are murdered by this modern Herod of the Nur? sery, the cause is laid to a thousand other causes to all bot the right one. Mothers, bear this In mind, and use the GER? MAN SOOTHING CORDIAL, which ls safe, effi? cient and satisfactory. DO NOT FAIL TO TRY A BOTTLE AT ONCE! This SOOTHING CORDIAL ls also an excellent Tonic, admirably adapted in cases of debility giving tone to the system, recuperating the strength and restoring the appetite. PRICE-TWENTY-FIVE CENTS PER BOTTLE. MANUFACTURED BY I>r. H. B A E R , CHARLESTON, S- C. For sale by all Druggists._angtU T\ R. B A E R ' S IMPROVED VEGETABLE CATHARTIC PILLS will remedy BILIOUS DISORDERS and LIVER COMPLAINT-will cure Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Headache, Costiveness, Loss of Appetite, and have proved of great use m Neu? ralgia, Dropsy, Dysentery, Piles, Pains in the Side, Back and Limbs. They will cure Sick Headacha and all Derangements or the Stomach. These Pills contain no Mercury, and may be taken wita perfect safety by any persons, and la all situa? tions or ure. No ramlly should be without them. Manufactured by DR. H. BAER, Wholesale and Retail Druggist, Charleston, S. C. Price per box 25 cents. Usual discount to the trade._ PHAM'S ANTIDOTE FOR STRONG DRINK. A SURE CURE FOR DRUNKENNESS. one Dollar a Bottle. Sent by mah, postage paid, on receipt or price. . h The Antidote is the best remedy that can be administered ta Manla-a-Potu, and also rora? nervous affections, " For sale bv Dr. H. BAUK,_ ?or saie Dy ^ m Meetlng QC?8 Agent for South Carolina?