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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1671. CHARLESTON, WEDNESDAY" MORNING, MAY 3, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. JfHE POLITICAL CAULDRON. THE DISCORDAS! ELEMENTS BEGIN? NING IO HISS AND y> VS BLE. Radical Opposition to Grant-Attempt to Defeat niw Renomination-Where the National Conventions will be Held-Butler's Campaign In Massa? chusetts-The Way Opening; for Democratic Victory-The Italian Cel- | ebratloa-E nthuslasm In Wei Clothes. [FROM ont OWN CORRESPONDE T.] NEW YORK, Auu ist 26. An attempt is being made among the enemies or President Grant in the Radical ranks to or ganlze an opposition to nj m inside the party, with the view o? defeating his renomination at the National Convention. The dissatisfied ele? ments are lying around loose in all of the Northern and some of the Southern States but nothing has before been done towards get ting them together und welding them into an effective opposition. There was an informal meeting of leading anti-Grant men at the A^or House one evening this week. 'Mr, -Greeley, however, was not present; but It ls known that he sympathizes with the move ment. Something was done at the meeting towards putting the ball In motion. The malcontents are engaging In a hopeless task. Doubtless they feet that they represent the great majority os the Radical party at the North, and imagine-that that backing will give them strength. The disgust with Grant, and wiih bis incapacity, selfishness, nepotism and indolence,ls widespread. 'Greeley well express? ed the predominant feeling when he said that there were mauy other men in the party who wwould run a great deal bettef. But Grant ls "mounted on the back of the party, and kick and struggle as lt may it cannot throw him With the whole machinery of the government under his control, he will have no trouble In forcing his renomination. This can be ciphered out with mathematical preciseness. The whole number of votes in the National Convention will be 318; necessary for a choice 160. Every - Southern delegation will go Into the convention pledged for Grant for an obvious reason. The Radical party In the South is almost, wholly composed of ne Eoes. There ls a small sprinkling of white Ldlcals in each State, and they are mostly Federal officeholders. By reason of being white men they control the party. By reason of being officeholders Grant controls them. Their official lives hang upon his pleasure. They will see to lt that their respective State Conventions elect Grant delegates. This will give Grant 103 votes in the National Conven? tion to start with. The action of the New York Republican State Central Committee on Wed nesday, in endorsing the Conkllng-Murpby leo ti on In this, city, shows that Grant's friends have complete control of the party machinery In this State. The Syracuse Convention will elect 33 Grant delegates to the National Con venlton. In Pennsylvania, Cameron and For? nax have fixed everything for Grant, and he call depend upon 26 votes from that State. Here are 162 votes already, two more than are required to effect a nomination, and nothing has yet been said of Maine, Ohio, Missouri, New Jersey and the three Pacific States, In all of which the party ls manipulated by the Fed? eral officeholders. - Grant will be renominated. Ur. Greeley Bays he will support him li lt comes to that. Other men who esteem the success of party above all considerations of the fitness of can? didates, will do the same; but where will Carl Schurz and the Germans go ? What is to be? come of Logan, Trumbull, Fenton, ex-Secre? tary Cox, et al ? The first Presidential nominations will come from Columbus, Ohio, where the Labor Re? formers will meet in October. The time and places of holding the other conventions are ^Beginning to be discussed by the newspapers. It seems to be conceded that the Democratic convention will meet at St. Louis. We have no Intimation from Ur. Belmont and other members of the national committee as to the time, thou tr h as early as the 4th of July, and after the Grant convention has met, would ?lve the most satisfaction to their constituents he officeholders will fix their convention at Philadelphia or Baltimore, or perhaps in Washington Itself, so as to be under the very shadow of the Executive Uamioa. Such locations as Chicago, where Logan and Tram bull have a strong Influence, or Boston, where Sumner ls omnipotent, are not to be thought of for a moment. The convention will not be trusted out of Bight, The Tribune makes haste to repudiate But? ler, whose blackeuard speech at Springfield opened the gubernatorial campaign tor him In Massachusetts. Butler is in earnest, and the bull-dog spirit with which he goes into the fight bodes 111 for the party in that State. But 1er ls the idol of the rowdy element (not t small one, by any means.) in Massachusetts It listens with delight to the familiar billings? gate. Issuing like a torrent from the Ups of one whom the loyal North has almost deified. It feels al home with Butler's ruffianly way of tackling his opponents. He has begut stumping tour of the State. He will mak strong fight lor the Radical nomination. Ii he is defeated in convention, his friends say he will run Independently. In either case, the party ls certain to be disorganized. The opposition to Butler will probably con centrate on Hervey Jewell, a Boston lawyer, the present speaker of the House of Repre? sentatives, aud brother of Governor Jewell, of Connecticut. Butler hates him, and will not get out ot the way for him. For the first time there ls really a good chance of the election of John Quincy Adams as Governor of Massa? chusetts. What a whirligig is time ! Who would have believed ten years ago that South Carolina could ever have become Radical or Massachusetts Democratic ? Those poor Italians. Why did they select the wettest day of the season for a parade in honor ot United Italy ? 1 he pageant was a very beautiful one, but it would have been {irudent to have postponed it. But young tal y never surrenders-not even to the ele? ments. The procession began moving, and the rain began pelting. All down the Bowery and up Broadway marched the celebratioolsts, -and the storm never ceased td rage. The handsome young women in tights, mounted on triumphal cars, and representing ancient ^and modern Rome, stood the rain bravely for '"Awhile, but finally hoisted umbrellas, ima fine the mistress ot the world under an um relia ! The one hundred little girls in white muslin, with banners represen"r>g the princi? pal cities of Italy, were speedily soaked. But they waved their flags and sneezed cheer? fully. To the spectator, under an awn lng, what visions of croup, rheumatism, neuralgia and consumption in the little ones must have arisen ? The bedraggled pro? cessionists went through the ' entire pro? gramme without flinching, and broke up lp. Fourteenth street with vociferous cheers for Moma capitale. There were no hostile demon? strations against them whatever. After they had changed their wet clothes for dry ones, .they went to Bulgers East River park to enjoy a picnic. General Franz Sigel made * speech in behalf of the Germans, and Colonel Slgnal fo appeared for the Italians ot the Southern tates (D. 8.) The latter got off a very pret? ty sentiment. He said : "As I love my mother, so I love my native land, but as I love my wife so I love America." The Idea is original - with Carl Schurz, but is none the less appro? priate and beautiful for being repeated. Nra. THE MOBILE CATASTROPHE. MOBILE, August 29. Thirty-five dead bodies have been recovered, and it ls teared that many are under the wreck. The excursionists were mostly work people with their families. THINGS TN WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, August 29. An adroit attempt to pass two checks raised from one hundred to one thousand dollars failed by the caution of the bankers. The fraudulent paper in one instance was a certifi? cate of deposit on the banking house of John A. 81sco & Son, New York, In lavor of L B ?Cornell to the value of forty-two thousand dol? lars. This was endorsed as follows: "Pay to the order of Thos. S. Cassidy, signed J. B. .orne!!." The signatures and endorsements -are correct, but the amount is forty-seven hun? dred dollars only. No customhouse appointments are to be made until Boutweil's return on the 15th of September. tl THE KU-KLUX TRIALS. A Lame and Impotent Conclusion-The Mis-Trials-Greenville Bloving-T h e Telegraph, the Railroad and the Crops. [PROSTOUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] GREENVILLE, August 26. The Ku-Klux txWn have been going on for the past week, and, as you may expect, with small result. Eight supposed Ku-Klux were brought here from Spartanburg, accompanied by a small body of United States troops, lest they may be rescued on the way. But they arrived sale. Seven were white and one colored. The seven were In no sense, the chivalry-plain, poor white men, who never held slaves, and of the class that are jealous of the negro as a rival In work. The first trial resulted In a mis-trial. The strength of the testimony was, that the ac? cused had on clothes like that of one of the Ku-Klux, a lew days before the visit of the Ku-Klux, and this was ai, and ot course nothing. The Judge charged ably and practically, and eloquently. The jury retired, and soon found that they could not agree-eight for acquittal and four for condemnation. The eight, lt so happened, were Democrats, and the tour, one white and three colored, were Republicans, and many supposed politics controlled and brought about the mis-trial. The same Jury tried another case with the same result The other Jury acquited one and convicted another. There were two colored men on Jury No. 2. The negro's case alone remains to be disposed of, and comes off Monday week. The nature of the case forbids easy detec? tion. The face, person and horse are gene? rally so disguised as to make it impossible to discriminate the person. On the whole the trials have amounted to little or nothing. The attorneys for the defence ure Carlisle & Duncan, of Spartanburg, able law? yers, but no advocates of the Ku-Klux or their ctoun. Judge Bryan ls ia full leather here-a great favorite. In the morning on the bench; In the afternoon with Daniel Horlbeck. Esq., in a | splendid landau driving out or sitting at the j Mansion House, with Major Macbeth, and other distinguished men, in chat of country, city, age. Ihe telegraph is in full operation-a new star In our firmament. The air Line Railroad ls within the limits of our city in grading, and will be In operation next summer. It puts us nearer New ?ork than you are. The City of Greenville ls Just ready for progress like that of Atlanta and Chicago. But, alas I the drought. Thia has depressed every interest. The rains have come, are now pouring in tor? rents-too late for much rellei to corn and cot? ton. I have conversed with many farmers here, and th Is ls the result: The wheat crop was a failure; luis usually yielded thousands ol dollars In July to pay off debts, A- c. Then the corn crop will be about five-eights, more than half; then the colton will be not quite half. But, with these rains, the sweet potatoes, the peas and turnip crops wMl be fine. Greenville ls crowded. SOMERS. CRIME IR THE STATE. ?A Jin rtler N< ar Georgetown. . The Georgetown Times of August 24 says : "On Thursday, a fortnight ago. Abram Alston and Henry Fenlck left Smithville, a plantation on Santee, belonging to the estate of the late W. H. Mayrant, for the purpose cf taking a hunt-each taking his gun with him. After being gone some time, Alston returned with? out his companion. On being interrogated as to what had become ot Fenlck, he slated that they had parted Just as they had got out of the plantation, one taking one direction and the ither a different one. A week wore on, and io tidings having been bad ot Fenlck, bis 'rlends suspected that he had been foully dealt with, and had Alston arrested. Upon being arrested, Alston denied all knowledge of what lad become of the missing ?pao; out on last Sunday, while in jail, he confessed to Trial Justice W. H. Jones, Jr., that he had killed Fenick, but lt waa by accident, and that, In ils alarm, he had dug a bole and burled him. Coroner Munnerlyn, on Monday, snmmoned i Jury of Inquest, and took the prisoner ?long with him to point out the spot ffhere he had burled his victim. The lead body waa found in a secluded part >f the woods, near a swamp, buried about two feet deep, and covered by two logs. The pri loner, on being asked by the corner if he had inythlng to say, said, 'that on Thursday, the LOth of this month, at 4 o'clock, I and Henry fenlck darted bunting; alter being in the voods about one hour, Henry Fenlck was In he act of shooting a crane, and I not being )ver twenty ieet i rom bim, my gun was dis marged by a bush catching the trigger-the oad taking effect In the side of Fenlck's neck, vhlch killed him instantly. After Fenlck fell ie exclaimed, '0, my !' I then ran to the .oad-seeing no one, I went back to the dead nan and burird him in a hole where a tree lad been blown up some time be lore.' This itatement was reduced by the coroner to vrttlng, and sworn to by the prisoner. The rerdlct of the coroners Jury was: That Henry fenlck came to his death by a gun In the lands of Abram Alston. The prisoner was re nanded to Jail to await his trial at the next .erm of the court. The deceased was a colored nan, and lt is sad to relate that his slayer >ears the same complexion. They both were .egroes, working on the same plantation, rlad this killing been done by a white man vt at a terrible and hideous howl would have >een raised about the Ku-Klux being at work ?gain." Sham Ku-Klux. The Clarendon Press says: "Mr. I. L Davis nforms us that on Thursday night. last a party >f some five persons In disguise waited upon lim late at night at his residence,representing hemselves to be Ku-Klux. It seems that lome fifteen days previous to the raid, that a legro and white man-both, we believe, livln_ in Mr. Davis's land-had an altercation ia his .ard. The white maa struck the negro several imes, was indicted therefor and lodged in ail. The raiding party seemed to regard Mr. Javis as aiding and abetting the negro in the iroaecntlon of the white man, and he was in ormed that such would not be tolerated. He old them that he had nothing to do with he prosecution; on the contrary, had tried o make it up between the parties; could lave Induced th? negro to compromise, but be white man was averse to any concession, na inlormed them that he thought the negro ad done nothing more than he ought to have one, and did not regard in the leasl their tireats. Fl ?ding' thu they had failed to lntlmi ate, the valorous five left, but not before saving many warnings for the future. Mr. .avis says he has no idea that they were gen ine Ku-Klux, but regards lt a weak attempt n the part of a few irresponsible sympathizers f the Jailed white man to frighten him on ac ou nt of his supposed complicity with the rosecutioD. He thinks the-genuine 'order' ught to get hold of these spurious fellows lus practicing upon their name and offices, ad give it to them soundly for attempting to ?courage violations ot the law." NEW TORE GOSSIP. NEW YORK, AU gust 29. Vessels from Charlestoa Ia the lower bay, moog them the steamship South Carolina, re detained there. If no cases offerer oc? curred, they will be allowed to come up as oon as the health officer ls satisfied that there ) no fever on board. Recorder Hackett ls chairman of the com littee ot aldermen to examine the city and aunty accounts. The steamer Congress has returned from reenland in less than thirteen davs. On er way she passed hundreds ot Icebergs, but u packed ice. The season is very open, not alike May in New York. The day became ?rpetual as they advanced North. The alarie sailed northward on the 17th, with iree parting cheers from the crew of the ingress. The Congress ls the largest ship tat bas ever been ia Disco Bay. The mystery of the corpse In the trunk sent > Chicago ls cleared up. Dr. Jacob Rosen irg, alias Asher, from whose notorious abor' on house the trunk was taken, bas been ar ?sted. The people attempted to lynch him on Is way tb Jail. P. H. Smith, No. 28 Broad street, paid a ?rged check to one N. B. Van Soun for fifty ?ousand dollars in gold. Van Soua and the louey have disappeared. THE-SEA ISLAND CROPS. TETE EXTENT OF TUE DAMAGE ET THE | DROUGHT AND RECENT STORMS. Trustworthy Statements from Eminent j and Experienced Planters? One of the most skilful and successful ot the sea Island planters, Ur. J. Jenkins Uikell, writes to THE NEWS as follows : EDISTO ISLAND. August 18. A social gathering around the hospitable board of one of our most experienced and suc? cessful citizens, brought together from this aud neighboring islands several intelligent planlers, from whom I collected, at your re? quest, the following Information concerning the crops of these islands : Edisto Island-Area planted In cotton in 1871, 3052 acres long cotton; 40 acres short. Total 3092 acres. In 1870, 3096 acres long; 2599 acres-slfort. Total 5695 acres. The crop of this island is regarded as 33 ? per cent, bet ter than that ol last year. John's Island-Area of long cotton equal to that of last year, and prospect of crop no bettor. Wadmalaw Island-Area of long coUon 25 per cent less than that of last year, and pros peet of crop 25 per cent better. The crops ol corn on these islands are better than they have been since the war. The price of labor bas been cheaper, and the labor itself better, by reason of smaller crops having been cultivated,- and the demand for it consequently less. With a lew exceptions the crops are as good as ever they were in ante-bellum days and this improvement over the few past years is attributable mainly to better cultivation and the revived use of plantation manures. AUGUST 22. Since the above information was commun! cated, we have been visited with a continuous storm of rain and wind, which has materially changed the condition ot our cotton prospects. It will require days yet to tell the extent of the injury; but enough can be seen lo sadden the poor planter, and Impress him with the uncer? tainties of his labors. The tollowing letter, dated August 26, has been received by Messrs. Wm. U. Lawton & Co. from an Edisto planter: I bave not replied to your letter as early as you may have thought I should have done, but I could not then have given you that reliable information which you sought on ac? count of the very precarious condition In which our crops were placed by reason of the severe drought which then prevailed The whole appearance of tliin?s are now entirely changed. Our fields are flooded with water, our cropB lie prostrate and torn under the incessant storms which have raged around them for two weeks. About the 1st of July I had one of the most promis? ing crops I have ever had, either before or since the late war. It fully Justified the ex pee tat ion of one hundred and fifty pounds, su? perfine* cotton, to the acre. The utmost it can give now ls fifty pounds. Ihe drought of July and part of August almost destroyed the high lands, whilst lt increased the productive? ness of the lower lands, so that what was lost in one was regained in the other. The con? stant gal es. we are having, have BO torn and shattered the plants on the low lands, and they have been so saturated with water, that I very much doubt if they will yield more than the high lands. The gales have been most severe on the seashore. In the Interior of the island the crops have not suffered so much from the wind as from the great fall of water. The information I have given In regard to what I believe my crop will make, I do not in tend to apply to all crops on this island. Backward crops, whether so from late plant? ing, or from being put back by want of timely attention, or from any other cause, have not suffered so much from the drought,and appear to have stood the fury of . the storms better. There ls less power of endurance and recupe? ration in older than younger vegetable life, as lt ls generally the case In the animal kingdom It is with the cotton as it ls with the corn and other crops, Its .inductiveness is very much effected by Uavlug seasons to suit certain periods cf its age. Whilst early planting of? fers a fairer average ot chances In its favor, there are exceptions to this rule, and this year is one of them. From what I can gather from planters whom I have met, the injury done to the crops of cotton by the late gales ls from one-third to one-half from what was expected Lwo weeks ago, according to different locali? ties, and leaving a crop about equal to what lt was last year. The coarser grades of cotton tiave passed through the fiery and watery ordeals of the season much better than the finer. _ _ _ THE WEATHER THIS DAT. ^ WASHINGTON, August 29, The storm centre on Lakes Superior and Euron will probably on Wednesday have ex ended northeastward tar Into Canada, with southeasterly winds and rain to-night on the s'ew England coast, with southwesterly winds md local stormi from Maryland and New Jer iey northward; fresh winds from the south vest, and west from Lake Ontario to Lake Michigan. The conditions will remain favor ible for short ralos on Wednesday on the masts of the Southern and Guli States. Yesterday's Weather Reports of tUe Signal Service, U. S. A.-4.47 P. M., Local Time. Place of Observation. =1 S ss! e 53 P o Sit? Augusta. ballimore. Suston. iurfalo, N. V.... Charleston. ;heyenne, W. T. Chicago. Cincinnati. Cleveland. Corinne, Utah... Detroit. Culuth, Minn... ndlanapolls.... knoxville, Tenn. .*ake city. Fla., uemphls, Tenn., milwaukee, Wis, nobile. < as ii vi ile. ?ew London, Ct. Jew Orleans.... <?ew York. )maha, Neb. )swego, N. Y.... 'hlladelphta. Misburg, Pa.... 'ortland, Me... tochester, N. Y. lan Francisco.. lavan nah. IL Louis. it. Paul. 'oledo, o. Vashington. D C. Vinning ton,N C. lorfolk . lynchburg. .eaven worth.... lape May. lt. Washington. ,29.78; 83!w 29.841 82 S 129.891 70 E 29.62? 69 iff 29.82! 81 NW !29.3S| 65 S ?9.621 73 W 129.721 81 SW 129.62! 76 SW ,20.46 88 SW ?29.49 67 SW 29.371 58 S 29.64; 76 SW 29.771 81 SW 29.82 8S SW 29.80 86 W 29.41 73 W 29.85 91 S 29.781 86 E 29.921 74<S 29.871 92 NW 29.84 76 S 29.74 72>*W 29.60 65!S 29.84 831 SE 29.79 69ISW 29.96 60|SE 29.54 69i3W 29.55 65?W 29.78 87'NW 29.69 60 SW 29.63 OS1 SW 29.64 70SW 29.79 83 S 29.79 79|E 29.86! 82 S 29.79; 79?SW 29.95' 68 NW 21.87 TC's 30.ll! 54:SW Light. Fresh. Fresh. Brist. Gentle. Brisk. Brisk. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Brisk. Gentle. Brisk. Gentle. Fresh. Pentie. Urlsk. uentle. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Brisk. Brisk. Fresh. a S Brisk. Light. Fresh. Gentle. Brisk. Gentle. Fresh. Gentle. Gentle. Fresh. Brisk. Fresh. Gentle. Fair. Cloudy. Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair. (Cloudy. Bazy. Cloudy. Cl'g np. Fair. Clear. Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair. Ciondy. H. Rain Fair. Cl'g up. Lt. Rain Cloudy. Bazy. Fair. Fair. Thr'ng. Cl'g Up. Thr'ng. Cloudy. Cloudy. Thr'ng. Thr'ng. Fair. Cloudy. NOT*.-The weather report dated 7.47 o'clock, his morning. wtU be posted In the rooms ol the :namber of Commerce at io o'clock A. M.. and, ogether with the weather chart, may (by the ourtesy of the chamber) be examined by ship. lasters at any time during the day. SPARKS FROM TH? WIRES. -The military and civic ball at the Conl'.nen il Hotel Long Branch, was a grand affair, 'our thousand persons were present. The ill Ninth Regiment band, with one hundred istruments, turnished the music. -A Halifax dispatch Bays that the Paris rew have definitely withdrawn from the four ar race, but will challenge the winners for a ice in smooth water. -Indian troubles ia South California are irions. A general uprising of the Indians is pprehended. -The West Vir?inia Convention is called by bout 1200 majority. -A white and a black man, charged with ipe, were taken from Morgansfleld, Indiana, iii and hanged. -The documents for the abolition of slavery i Brazil will be executed in Rome next wln ?r, as the Emperor and Empress intend to pend the season ?here. The Pope will sign ie document, to which he has been largely istrumental, it is said, in turning the impe .al mind. THE OLD WORLD'S REWS. LONDON, August 29. Advices from Zanzibar report Dr. Living? stone slowly making his way homeward. Petroleum exploded ou a vessel and she was burned, with two persons killed. The tug Ospree was lost off Dundee, and six persons drowned. The Prussian, from Quebec, run down the steamer Aber lu the channel. It ls believed that all were saved, though the Aber sunk in a few minutes. PARIS, August 29. The Prussians will probably evacuate the forts near Paris on the 5th of September. The report of the committee to consider the pro? longation of Thiers's powers gives him. while president, power to promulgate and execute the decrees of the Assembly, to participate In the A ?sembly's deliberations, and appoint and dismiss ministers, who shall be responsible to the Assembly for Thiers's acts. The Journal des D?bats deplores Dufoure's amendment, expressing confidence in Thiers. The Si?cle says Thiers ls opposed to the man? ner in which the bill prolonging his power has been advocated, and will oppose it. The dep? uties of the extreme Left and Bight centres held a meeting to determine their future course. MADRID, August 29. West India vessels have been quarantined to prevent the introduction of yellow fever. A PARTC-STRICKEX GUARD. LOUISVILLE, August 29. Several hundred negroes collected round Danville Jail to protect a prisoner charged wi h arson from Ku-Klux, became panic-stricken during the night, rushed into the streets and tired about a hundred shots, wounding several of themselves. ALL, BLACK ? CO. NOS. SSS AND 667 BROADWAY, N. T., IMPORTERS OF DIAMONDS AND ALL PRECIOUS STONES. MANUFACTURERS OF FINE J E jW E LEY. ? Best Quality of DRILL CABBON ALWAYS ON HAND. Jalyl8-lyr_? . JEWELRY, WATCHES AND SILVERWARE. JAMES ALLAN, NO. 307 KI56 STREET, INVITES SPECIAL ATTENTION TO HIS NEW, LARGE AND ELEGANT STOCK OF NATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVER? WARE AND FANCY GOODS. Ul the newest and most exquisite designs in JEWELRY, comprising, SETS OF PEARL, GARNET, ALL GOLD,! CORAL AND STONE. 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Cure No. 68,-ilS-"Rom, July 21, 1886.-The health of the Holy Father ls excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, he bas con? fined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent rood too highly." From the Gazette Du Mm, July 25. FROM THE DOWAGER COUNTESS OF CASTLE STUART. Cure NO. 62,812.-"RossTBXvoa, COUNTY or DOWN, IRELAND, December o, 1861-The Dowager Countess of Castleatuart feels Induce^, ia the in terest or suffering humanity, to state that Da Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food has cured her, after all medicines had failed, of Indi? gestion, Bile, Great Nervousness. Irritability, and Hysteria of many years' standing. This Food de? serves the confidence or ali sufferers, and may be considered a real blessing. For sale in one and two pound packages by DR. H. BAER, SOLE AGENT, MEETING STREET. Directions with every package. aug2l THE CELEBRATED GERMAN SOOTHING CORDIAL, FOR INFANTS TEETHING. This ls the best Medicine for Infants and young Children ever offered to the public. It ls carefully prepared from the best Drags, accord ng to a pre? scription furnished by a distinguished German Physician of large and successful practice, and bas been tried and approved by many of our best physicians. It ls specially adapted to the diseases Incident to childhood daring the trying period or teething, and recommends Itself ror the cure or Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Colic, Griping In the Beweis, Summer Complaint, Ac. It contains TV O ANODYNE, or other Injurions Drug, and should, therefore, be preferred to the Soothlag Syrups that now flood the market, which are known to contain opium, and are, therefore, more or less injurious. Thous? ands of children are murdered annually by sooth? ing Syrups; in some cases, this fact has been pub lished la the newspapers, where the physician in attendance so stated in bis death certificate. In the numerous other caaes, where the Innocents are murdered by this modern Herod of the Nur? sery, the cans?is laid to a thousand other causes to au bat the right one. Mothers, bear this la mind, and use the GER? MAN SOOTHING CORDIAL, which ls sale, effi? cient and satisfactory. DO NOT FAIL TO TRY A BOTTLE AT ONCE! This SOOTHING CORDIAL is also an excellent tonic, admirably adapted la cases of debility riving tone to the system, recuperating the itrength and restoring the appetite. PRICE-TWENTY-FIVE OENIS PER BOTTLE. MANUFACTURED BY Dr. H. BAER, CHARLESTON, S. C. Also by the following Druggists: li W. ECKEL A CO., Dr. A. RAOUL, HT. W. A. SKR1NE, A. O. BARBOT, .'OGI A CO.. J. BLACKMAN, 3r. P. M. COHEN, Dr. E. H. KELLERS, J. S. BURNHAM, GRAMAN A SiGHWAKE J. W. AIMAR, J. LOCKWOOD, }. J. L?HS. W. T. LINN. L M. COHEN, W. A. GIBSON, And by Druggists generally. aug2l Cotton Sus, (Sins, 'Sft. rpHE WINSHIP COTTON GD MANUFACTURED Di ATLANTA, OA. The subscribers are toe Agents for the (sale of the above Superior OIN, aaa beg to call the atten? tion of Planters to its merita. Price $4 per Saw, delivered at any Railroad Station In the State. FELZER, RODGERS A CO., aug28-2mos_Brown A Co.'8 Wbarf. T HE "WALLIS" TIE. DIPLOMAS FOR BEST COTTON TIE GRANTED BT Lonlsana State Fair, April, 1870. Georgia State Fair, October, 1870. Cotton States Fair. October, 1S70. Mississippi State Fair, October, 1370. Alabama State Fair, November, 1870. MADE OF TEE BEST ENGLISH IRON. EASILY AMD RAPIDLY ADJCSTED. 2000 of tbe above TIES now landing per British bark M. E. Seed, from Liverpool, and for sale at tbe lowest market rates by J. N. ROBSON, Nos. 68 East Bay and 1 and 2 Atlantic Wharf. aug28-lmop*o_ ??ucotional. s T. JOSEPH'S ACADEMY, SUMTER, S. C. UK DHU TUB CABS OF THE SISTERS OF OUR LADY OF MERCY The Exerolses of this last it ate will be resum? ed September 1st. The Scholastic Year ls divided into two Ses alona : Tbe first, commencing September 1st, and endlng 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, Tocal and instrumental Music, Drawing and Painting In Water Colors and Pastels, Ac, Ac, Ac TERMS PER QUARTER IN ADVANCE. Board, Washing and English Tuition.$60 oo Music.12 50 Use of Instrument. 260 Languages, each.10 00 Crayon Drawing, Pain ting Jin Watercolors, Pastel and Oils, each.10 oo Embroidery.10 00 Vocal Music at Professor's charges. GENERAL RULES. Each pupil requires a good sapply of comfort? able clothing-dark skirts for winter-black silk or alpaca aprons; If convenient, silver cup, spoons and fork, marked; one pair of blankets, two pairs of sheets and pillow cases, combs and crashes. No undue Influence usafcjon the religious princi? ples or the pupils; but to Insure regularity, all must conform to the general rules or the Institu? tion. The correspondence of the pupils ls subject to he Inspection of the Superioress of the Academy; but by no means restricted as regards parents or guardians. English Tuition for day pupils per quarter- $6, $8, $12, $15. Extras as for Boarders. For farther particulars, apply to the SUPERIORESS OF THE ACADEMY, anglo Sumter, S. O JJETHEL MALE ACADEMY, NEAR WARRENTON, FAUQUIER OOUNTY, VA., Prepares Youths for College, University, or Business. BOARD AND TUITION $176 Per session or io months-no extras. Locality unsuroassed for health and morals. For further information, Catalogue, Ac, address ALBERT 0. SMITH, ) WM. w. SMITH, A. M.. [ Prlnolpals. J. BLACKWELL SMITH, ) aug7-lmo CIVIL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEER? ING, at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y. A higher and more practical Course of instruction wbl be given here than has ever been attempted elsewhere In this country. Re? opens September 13ch. For the Annual Register, containing Improved Course of Study, and full particulars, apply to Prof. CHARLES DROWNE, Director._ang4-lmo TXTASHINGTON & LEE UNIVERSITY. LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA. The next Session of this Institution will com? mence on the Third THURSDAY (2lst) of Septem Der, 1871, and continue without intermission un :li the Fourth THURSDAY in June, 1872. The Instruction embraces thorough Classical, Literary and Scientific courses, together with the Professional Departments of Law and Engineer ing. The entire Expenses for the Session of Nine Months need not exceed $300 so $325, according :o the price of Board. 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By Professor ASA GRAY, Of Harvard University, author of "How Plants Grow," '-school and Field Book of Botany," "Manual or Botany," "Struc? tur?t and systematic Botany," Ac, Ac. "Botany should be taught in every school, and these Volumes should be the Text-Books."-Prof. T. S. Davis, University of Virginia. The publishers bag to call the attention of those ibout forming classes In Botany to the well-known works by Professor Gray. Having been carefully -evised, they present the latest and most accurate principles and developments of the science, and I is sufficient Indorsement or them to state that hey are used In almost every noted College, Hight school and Seminary lu the country, and are reo* rm men Jed over other aeries by nine-tenths of the eadlng Professors and Botanical Teachers ta toa Jnlted States. No author has yet approached Professor Gray In he rare art or making purely scientific th?ories ind dry details popular and interesting. 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