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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1797. CHARLESTON, THU K SD A Y MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28 *" TEE STATE FAIR. RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE | EXHIBITORS. Programme for the Week. The following rule? and regulations are adopted for the government of the third An? nual Fair of the Sute Agricultural and Mechan? ical Society-, which will be held in Columbia, beginning on November 6th and closing on November 11th: Rules and Regulations. Persons lntendinsr to become exhibitors at the next fair, are desired to forward their en? tries to the secretary. D. Wyatt Aiken, Colum? bia, S. C., whose office will be opened at Co? lumbia on Friday, the 3d ot November. All exhibitors at the fair must have their ani? mals cr articles entered at the secretary's office before taking them Into the enclosure. All who intend to compete for the premiums of | the society must have their articles on the ground, and entered at the secretary's office, at or before 5 o'clock on Monday evening, the 6th ot November, without tall, so that they mary be arranged in their respective depart? ments, and in readiness for examination by the Judges on Tuesday morning, the 7th of No? vember, at 9 o'clock. Ladles are particularly requested to attach cards to their articles, naming the department in which they wish them to be classed. The eales will be opened at 9 o'clock A. M. of j ?each day, and at that time every officer ls re? quired to be at his post. The committee will be careful to examine everything entered, and as there will be uo general discretionary list, they may recom? mend premiums on articles possessing merit, Dotwithstaoding no premiums may have been Attired lor such article*. Awards of this de ~ ~scfipilon will be subject to.the approval ol the executive committee. Members of committee?, on entering upon the discharge ot their duties, will be fur? nished with tickets, which will pass them free during the exhibition. Articles which are the products of the soil must be entered by the producer of the same. Should any individual enter any vegetable production, or any manufactured article, or i anything else, in any other name than that of the producer, maker, inventor or improver, no | premium shall be paid, notwithstanding one may be awarded by the committee. Exhibitors will be entitled, on application to the secretary, to a ticket that will admit them at all hours to the exhibition, for which they will be charged two dollars. Exhibitors will, at all times, give the neces? sary personal attention to whatever they may have on exhibition, and at the close of the fair take entire charge of the same. All diligence will be used by the officers of the society ts Srevent injury to animals or articles on exht itlon, btu they will not be responsible for any damage or loss that may occur. No person, except the awarding committee on duty, and officers of the association, will be allied inside the arena while the exhibition Of animals ls going on. Every animal must be entered for competi? tion by the owner or his agent. Exhibitors will be tarnished by the entry clerk duplicate cards, describing each article entered for ex? hibition; these will be signed by the depart? ment superintendent on the receipt ot the articles into the exhibition. One of these cards shall be conspicuously attached to the article which it describe?, and the other must be re? tained by the exhibitor, and be presented as his order forthe delivery ot the article speci? fied, at the close of the exhibition. No animal ??article shall be assigned a place on the grounds until the entry shall have been made as above. Exhibitors in the arena must be careful to have the entry card In a conspicuous place on the animal, that the committee may be fad li? fted thereby In making the awards. No ani? mal or article deemed unworthy shall bri awarded a premium. All entries for trial of | speed must oe made the day bet?re they wish to compete for the premium. Exhibitors are expected to obey the mar? shals promptly in producing their stock when instructed to do so, and any person proving re? fractory will be ruled out ?rom competing. Exhibitors of thoroughbred animals must file their pedigrees with the secretary when the entries are made. A horse that cannot trace his pedigree to puro^lood on both sides, without a drop of mixture, is not a thorough? bred. The exhibition of stock in the arena will commence at the time, and proceed la the order specified la the programme. Animals not ready at the proper time aad place will be ruied out of competition. There wilt be a forage master on the spot who will furnish grain and forage, at market prices, to the owners of stock. Stalls will not be furnished upoa the grounds of the society for unruly or dangerous aulmals, aad euch will be promptly excluded. The statement accompanying the certificate of competitors on crops must embrace the following particulars: Character, exposure and location of the Sound: the time aad method of preparing lt: e time of planting or sowing; the kind of seed; the mode, amount and cost ot cultiva? tion; the time of reaping or gathering lt. Threshing aad measuring the product of one part of the laud aad averaging the balance, will not do. The whole product must be gathered and weighed or measured. The land must be measured wilbla thirty days previous to the harvesting of the crop, and the assis? tant, if the crop be small grain, must see lt cut, bound, stacked, threshed and weighed at the time of threshing. If the crop be corn, tMasslstant must see lt husked aaa Wv.ghed, when ina marketable condition; or, if a root crop, see lt dug and measured; if cotton, he must see it picked, ginned and weighed. All machinery entered tor competition must be put In practical operation wheo required by the superintendent. No article or animal entered for a premium can be removed or taken away before the close ot the exhibition. No premium will be paid on animals or articles removed in violation of this rule. The superintendents of departments shall act as chairmen or all awarding committees, but will not be allowed a vote ia making the award. Committees are particularly requested qttkto give encouragement to over-fed animals IdTbe breeding classes. No invention or products of convict labor j will be received for exhibition or competition. The premiums will be awarded from the ex- J ecu:ive stand at 12 o'clock oo Saturday. The auction sales of live stock will take place on Saturday at 10 A. M., bat the animals sold can? not be removed from the grounds until the close of the exhibition. No disorderly conduct of any kind will be per raited ; a police force will be upoa the grounds sufficient to prevent the same, aad see that all the rules are observed; aad a watch will be kept at oight for the protection of all property. Premiums not called for within thirty days after the award will positively be considered forfeited. Persons will be admitted for fifty cents each day durinz the continuance of the fair. The charge for admission of vehicles will be as fol? lows: Coaches, carriages. Omnibusses, Ac, ?the Inmates paying for personal admlaaloo,) 2. buggies tl. Children under twelve years ot age will be admitted with half tickets. AU delegates from State agricultural socie? ties, mechanics' institutes, reporters, Ac, will receive a ticket upoa application at the secre-1 tory's office, which will admit them free of charge, and entitle them to the privileges of the grounds during lair week. The Spartanburg and Union Railroad will transport all articles Intended for the fair to aud from Columbia iree of charge. The Greenville and Columbia Railroad will require lull freight going, but return the same on all articles returning, upon presentation of a certificate from the society that these arti? cles were placed ou exhibltioa by the person, then in possession of them. All other railroads in the State will require f?ll freight going, and return free. All articles will bo carried from the depot to the Fair Grounds at the expense of the so? ciety. All persons having business with the socie? ty, or wishing information not herein furnish e^wlll address the secretary at Cokesbury, SW. D. WYATT AIXBN. Secretary and Treasurer. Programme for the Week. MONDAY. The secretary's office will be opened at S A. M., and eotries received uatll 5 P. M., wheo the bojbks will positively be closed. No eotries received from citizens of Columbia and ile vicinity alter 10 o'clock this day. TUE: AY. Gates open at 9 o'clock A. M. From 10 till 12 au exhibition in the arena of all th? cattle under the direction of the super? intendent. From 12 till 2 a display of all the horses, be? ginning with those led by the halter, and closing with saddle, ?ingle and matched har? ness horses, as directed by the superinten? dent. At 3 the contest for the speed premium ot $50 for the fastest trotting and pacing, mile heats, to be followed by a race for the speed premium ot $K0, single dash of two miles. WEDNESDAY. Gates open at 9 o'clock A. M. From 10 till 12 a brilliant musical contest be? tween the brass bands of the State. From twelve lill lour a grand tournament, under the supervision of Colonel A. C. Has? kell, of Columbia, to whom letters should be addressed for information os to details. Knights from all sections of the Union respect? fully invited. THURSDAY. Gates open at 9 o'clock A. M. The forenoon will be devoted to the exami? nation, in the arena, by the committee, of all cattle; succeeded by a display of the halter j led horses and mules, as directed by the su? perintendent. At this examination the decis? ions will be made and the ribbons tied. At three the contest for the speed premium of $50 for the fastest trotting, mlle dash ; to be followed by a race for the "speed premium ot $100, mlle heats. FRIDAY. Gates open at 9 o'clock A. M. From ten till eleven a contest in the arena between the saddle horses. From eleven lill two the same between sin? gle and double harness horses. At this con-1 lest the committees will lie the ribbons. At three the contest for the speed premium ot $50 for the fastest trotting, half-mile heats, best three in five: to be followed by a race for speed premium of $75, mile dash. SATURDAY. Gates open at 9 o'clock A. M. At 10 o'clock auction sales of live stock. At 12 M. the premiums will be awarded from the executive stand, at the conclusion of which the fair will close. FOR TUE WEEK. Each morning of the week, from 9 till 10 o'clock, will be devoted by the respective com? mittees lo ploughing matches, and tests of all kinds of implements. Sufficient motive power, grain, seed cotton and logs will be furnished ny the society to prove the mills, gins and other machine?. Ploughmen are expected to furnish their own teams. A bazaar will be open on the grounds during the week, by the ladies of the Memorial Asso? ciation, and its proceeds devoted to protecting the Confederate dead. The several committees will be published in the Columbia papers ol Tuesday, 7th Novem? ber, and ail the members are earnestly re? quest e? to call at the secretary's office at 9 o'clock of same dav. A FLA YED MI SCHA USES. Thc Independent News Smashes a Rad? ical Reviler. [From thc Winnsboro' News.] We had hoped to avoid a controversy with the Columbia Union and its correspondent l-X," but since it has been thrust upon us, we eagerly accept it. We observe in the Union of the 23d another letter from k>X," its Winnsboro' correspon- I dent, an embodiment ol falsehoods from be? ginning to end. We ought not, properly speaking, to notice this communication on ac? count ot Its emanating from an anonymous in? dividual, but lt is so flagrantly false and cow? ardly in its character that we cannot pass lt by. The letter in question opens in this wise: "Tue Winnsboro' News, the organ of the Ku Klux Klan, In this section of the country," Ac. Upon this point we have but little te say, and that little we mean in its full force. If the anonymous correspondent makes this state- j ment upon bis own responsibility, he simply utters that which he himself knows to be lalee. If he does not comprehend the meaning > our words, he can be enlightened by calling upon us. e #..?.? The case of Nancy Coleman, cited by '-X.' is still ?resh in the minds of our readers. Those acquainted with the facts and circum? stances or the affair, both white and colored, believed that the murder and burning was com? mitted by negroes, on account of some private feud. Nevertheless, it better serves the pur? poses of Radicalism to pervert the truth and throw the odium of the lawless act upon so called Ku-Klux. In thlB same letter, we find also the follow? ing piece of information: "The Ku-Klux cer? tainty exists In this county as an organized band." We pronounce this statement utterly false, and wtihout foundation. No one can truthfully elle a single Instance of violence or | lawlessness committed by even supposed Ku Klux. If the Union correspondent can prove what he so boldly asserts, why does he not take steps for ihe arrest of those he accuses of j lawlessness ? But we believe that we have said enough to show up ".V in bis true charac? ter. At the close of his letter of the 20lh, he says: "I am responsible for the letter ot the 15th instant." The idea ot responsibility at? taching to au anonymous communication is simply absurd. Upon the whole, we regard the attack ol the anonymous correspondent upon the character of this paper as cowardbj in the exlrtme. We are aware that the free use of personalities ia contrary to the true spirit ol' Journalism, but recourse tc them in the present Instance has been forced upon us, and upon this ground only we ask for the indulgence of our readers. TUE R EATHER TU IS DAT. WASHINGTON, September 2^. A rising barometer, with pleasant weather, ls probable lor Thursday for the Southern and Gulf States, with a falling barometer with cloudy weather in the Northwest. The storm on Lake Ontario will probably move eastward and extend to Maine during the day. Yesterday's Weather Reporte or the Signal Service, U. S. A.-4.47 p. M.. Local Time. Augusta..[20.81 TO N Gentle. [Clear. Baltimore.29.se 62 NW Gentle. Hazy. Boston. 29.71 63 w iGentle. ?Cloudy. Buffalo, N. V.... 29.09 52? W ?Brisk. (Lr.Ra!n Charleston.?29.82 69, NW Gentle. Fair. Cheyenne, W. T. 29.02 7i;SE Fresh. [Cloudy. Chicago.130.04 54;NW Fresh. ?Fair. Cincinnati..?30.04. 68 W Gentle. Cloudy. Cleveland.129.86; 50;SW tresa. Cloudy. Corinne, Utah... 129.10! 8s SW Brisk. Fair. Detroit. 29.82, 54 NW Fresh, icioudv. Duluth. Minn...'so.i: f>b S Gentle. 'Fair. ' Indianapolis....?29.99 57:NW Fresh. ?Fair. Key West. Fi*.. 29.19 78 SW ?Brisk. ;Cloudv. Knoxville,Tenn.?2?.97| ?7 SW ?Brisk. ?Hazy." Lake City, Fla..'29.T6 75,NW ;(ientle. ?Hazy. Memphis, Tenn ?30.08 62 NW 'Gentle. 'Fair. Milwaukee, Wls.'30.03 53 NW (Fresh. iCioudy. Moalie.?29.94. 72;NE ;Fresh. ?Hazy. Nashville. 30.08 60-NW Gentle. iCioudy. New Haven, Ct. ?9.75 63SW ?Gentle. ?Fair. New Orleans.... 20.96? 74 N ?Gentle. ?Hazy. New York.!2?.76 ai sw Fresh. ?Fair. omaha, Neb.?30.oi re NW Gentle. ?Clear. Os weiro, N. Y....129.64 57 sw i Brisk, H. Raia Philadelphia.'-9.SO M W Fresh. Fair. Pittsburg, Pa....?23.95 53'NW iFresh. ;Fair. Portland. Me.... t?.67 61 ?W Gentle. ?Fair. Rochester, N. Y.129.681 50 W Brisk, kloady. San Frascisco..'2i?.96 66,w .tFalr. Savannah. 29.93 TO SW Presrt. 'Fair. St. Louis. 30.0) 6) NW Fresh. ?Fair. St. Paul. Minn.. 10.18. 51 N Gentle. Cloudy. Toledo, o.129.89 S7|NW 'Gentle. Clr'fop Wa?hlngton,l>C-9.84 62 SW Gentle. Hazy. vviiminiEtou.NC 29.S3 65,NE Gentle. ;Fair. Norfolk.. ?29 83 6*S 'Fresh. Fair. Lynchburg.'29.97' Bl W Gentle. ?Fair. Leavenworth....'?0.3o 59Calm..Clear. Capo May.29."9 62'NW Fresh. Fdr. Mt. Washington.'tl9.Tl' 40 NW Gentle. C'oudy. NOTE.-The weather rerjort dated 7.47o-ciock, this mornlug, will be posted In the rooms of 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 POLITICAL CAULDRON. BUTLER'S TRIUMPH PROBA BLE- WA R AMONG THE SEW YORK RADICALS. assathusetts Republican Convention. WORCESTER, September 2". At midnight the opponenis of Butler, three in number, were still consulting. There are four candidates, and Butler has a plurality of votes. Later advices express a confidence that Butler's opponents will unite upon one candi? date. In th? Republican Convention to-day, Gene? ral B. Lorin? wa3 chosen temporary chairman. Butler moved that the galleries be thrown open to the crowd, which was carried aller two votes. The galleries were immediately Jammed. Butler spoke in opposition to some preliminary measure regarding organization. Butler's appearance excited cheers, hisses and groans. The persons on the floor and in the galleries participated tn this demonstration. LATEP..-Butler, Dawes, and others had a prolonged discussion upon a question at is? sue, which ls deemed ia some measure a test j ol' their strength. It was decided against But? ler. Geo. F. Hoar bas been elected president, and titty vice-presidents have also been elected. Hoar lauded the National and State adminis? trations, and strongly favored woman suffrage. Caadbourn has been appointed chairman of | the committee on resolutions. It Is conced? ed on all hands that Butler's tactics thus tar have been successful. A nomination ls im? probable to day. f'lailin and Dr. Lorlng have withdrawn from the contest. New York Republican Convention. STP.ACCSB. N- Y., September 27. Tie Republican Stale Convention assembled hereto-day. Pending the temporaryorgani? zion t?tere was considerable tumult, and the po'.lce were called upon the platform to pre? serve orricr. The vote resulted : White 188, Satibuer l>9. [Applause.] By consent, the contesting delegations did not vole. The com-1 tnittee on contested seats consists of one I rom each district, except the first, appointed by the chair. White, in addressing the convention, said he would do all he could to promote har? mony in the party. [The mention of Grant's name elicited applause.] While Grant was called a butcher he saved from butchery four? fold the number which feil under his military career. B. D. Silliman is chairman of the committee on resolutions. The convention then took a recess to seven o'clock. Virginia Republican Convention. RICHMOND, September 27. At the Republican State Convention there are abOHt one hundred and Atty delegates in attendance, representing nearly every county of the State. The convention bas permanent? ly organized, the Hon. Charles H. Porter be? ing president. The committee on the organi? zation of the party in the State have been ap? pointed, also the committee on resolutions, with Caked States Senator John F. Lewis chairman. THE OLD WORLD'S SEWS. LONDON, September 27. Queen V.ctoria'ri health ls unimproved. Mr. Gladstone ls with herat Balmoral. The Princess ot Wales has returned from the continent. Mr. Disraeli has declared In a speech (according | to a World special.) that the Queen ls physi? cally and morally incapacitated (rora reigning. The cholera is' abating in Germany. Vessels from infected ports bound for ports in the Mediterranean must quarantine at Sigo. BADEN BADEN, September 27. The Queen o? Denmark ls here en route for Athens, and has been visited by the Empress Augusta. LAUSANNE. September 27. In the session ol the Peace League Congress to-day, many speakers defended the Paris Commune. PARIS, September 27. Marshal McMahon has been heard oeiore the committee ot Investigation on the conduct of the late war. The marshal is reported to have said that he assumed the sole responsi? bility for the disastrous results of his march from Chalons to Sedan. He declared that he did not act by the orders of the Emperor Na? poleon, who exercised no influence whatever on his resolution. The plan adopted by bim, (the marshal,) which was opposed to that ot'I concentration of the army under the walls ot Paris, be said, ought not to be absolutely con? demned, as it had equal chances of success. But two days had been lost, because the troops were too much fatigued to coniinue their march, and because he was ignorant of | the other communders-in-chief, which was the principal cause of the disaster. This declaration has produced a profound sensation, and the Bonapartist journals express great Joy over lt. THE COMMERCIAL CONVENTION. BALTIMORE. September 27. In the convention lo-day the Slates were called tor resolutions. Among those offered were resolutions making Helena, Arkansas, a port of entrj ; for the Improvement of 8t. John's River, Florida; concerning the seizure of goods by irresponsible revenue officers; the abolish? ment of a special whiskey lax, and making the whiskey tax payable at the distilleries; the establishment of an export tax on whiskey; an uniform tax on raw tobacco; the abolition of | discriminations against insurance companies; asking appropriations for the Mississippi Le? vees, Charleston harbor, the Oblo River, and other waters; the enactment by all the States o: a general railroad law, and acknowledging the right of the United States to charter rail? roads passing through the several States. These were all relerred io appropriate com? mittees. Several special committees were ap? pointed. Adjourned. A DEMOCRATIC VICTORY. WASHINGTON, September 27 The official vote in New Mexico ls Gallegan, Democrat, 7G70; Cheves, Republican, 5285; Sena, Independent, 2534. The four excluded precincts would have increased Gallegan's majority. .1 TENNESSEE HORROR. NASHVILLE, September 27. Mrs. John H. Hamblin. who left home on horseback to visit her friends In the country, waa found in a corn field with her throat cut. She was evidently ravished and then mur? dered. THE KU-KLUX TRIALS AT RALEIGH. RALEIGH, September 27 Ia the Circuit Court to-day the case ol' the United States against Amos Owen was con? tinued. The morning session was consumed In the discussion of points ot law, and the counsel are now arguing the case. The fol? lowing prisoners having been acquitted on charges of Kti-Kluxing, were discharged: Wm. Tanner. Calvin Teal. T. A. Shotwell, Jce Del lioger, John Evans, David Henry, J. E. San? ders and R. Hicks. SHARKS FROM THE WIRES. -Governor Alcorn, o:' Miseieeippi, has sold the Agricultural College land scrip, 210,000 acres, at ninety cents an acre. -The Hodge court-martial convened In Washington yesterday. The prisoner plead gsiity to all the charges, and sentence will be announced from army headquarters. -The Ticket Agents' convention commences business in Philadelphia to-?'ay. It meets next year in San Francisco. -The government bought two million ol bonds in New York yesterday. -Harry Sanderson, the pianist, is dead. -The bishops o! Tennessee and Alabama are present at the New York Episcopal Con? vention. There are no great questions pend? ing. - Alter a whole day's discussion by abie coun? sel on both sides in the case ot the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad, at Knoxville. Judge Trigg ha? postooced the cases until Oc? tober 12th. -Another mar. was clubbed to death yester? day in New Orleans, by the Metropolitan police. -Governor Davis, ot Texas, orders all ves? sey leaving New Orleans or Brunswick Bay, after to-day, tobe quarnutined at Galveston tor twenty-five days. A CHAPTER OF GRANT'S LIFE. His Drnnkenness and Consequent Dlr. grare-How He Rose-His Accidental Promotion by Fremont. A correspondent of the Sr. Louis Republican tells us: In 18 )4 Lieutenant U. S. Grant was the quar? termaster ol' the Fourth Infantry, stationed at Vancouver's Island, on the Pacldc coast. Alfred Pleasonton was lieutenant of dragoons, and Rulus Ingalls was. the quartermaster ot the posr. Grant had been addicted to drink to that extent that be had been several times cautioned by his friends, and he Anally, to prevent trouble, and as a guarantee of future abstinence, placed his resignation in the bands of Colonel Buchanan, to be used in case of another disgraceful spree. Soon alter this Grant went to San Franclcco, and while there got on another "lear," and overstayed his leave, being seduced by the wonderful temptations and fascinations of the Occidental City. When he returned to his post he found, much to his surprise and mortification, that hts dissipation had become known, and his re? signation had been forwarded with such an endorsement as secured its Immediate accep tance. In due course of lime Grant became a private citizen. He was now In a bad fix. impecunious and despondent, he tried to drown his sorrows in ihe flowing bowl. Pleas anton and Ingalls were warm personal friends of "Sam Grant," and together they "staked" him. so as to enable him to reach the States via Panama. He proceeded to St. Louis, and there lived Hie life of a vagabond of the first water, Inallng about the elly, alternat? ing between the city and old Dent's farm, several miles out of the city. At this time Genera' William S. Hillyer ana General Rawlins were In business together as counsellors and attorneys at law, nod Grant used to make their rooms a sort of headquart? ers, dropping in almost every day, and pas? sing hours with his leetcockedon the table, or a chair, enjoying his Inevitable smoke and no less pleasant chat. In this way the friendship for Rawlins and Hillyer became ce? mented, and this accounts for their selection on Grant'd personal staff when he became a origadier-general. Every one knows how Dick Yates, then Governor of Indiana, took him tor his military secretary, and afterwards gave him the colonelcy of an insubordinate regi? ment which hud been tried by two or three colonels, who were unable to subdue their riotous and mutinous disposition. Grant soon straightened them out, and demonstrated his value as a disciplinarian. Being sent to the department of Missouri, then under command ot General J. C. Fremont, Grant was assigned I to General John Pope's command, and was the senior colonel in that army. On one occa f Blon Pope had business away, and Grant, as senior officer, was in the command. On Pope's return he found Grant in his headquarters tent, writing and doing such business as was incident to h s command. Pope, with that bru-queness and discourtesy for which he was noted, said to Grant that he wished he would do his writing in his own tent and not Intrude , himself so much at headquarters. Nat? urally indignant, Grant wrathfully stepped out and proceeded to the tent of the sutler, with whom he was very Intimate, and whose whis? key be had drunk ad libitum. To this bosom friend he poured out all hts woes, and as he sipped his "Bourbon straight," he vindictively ejaculated: "I hope I shall live to see the day when I shall outrank General Pope !" So out? rageous did he become in bis cups, that Pope finally found lt necessary to send him to St. Louis, with a recommendation that he should be dismissed tor drunkenness. Although Mr. Lincoln had placed almost autocratic power In the hands of General Fremont, he hesitated to dismiss him, and let bis case hang on from day to day, awaiting a leisure moment to give the matter his personal attention. Meauwuile Grant loafed about Sr. Louis, neglected, im? pecunious and 6habby, dancing attendance at headquarters every day In the hope of a speedy settlement ol' his difficulty. At this lime the enemy were advancing upon Cape Girardea.., which was then occupied by new levies, undisciplined and undrllled, under the command of Genera'. Prentiss, of Illinois. Ow? ing to Prentiss's want of experience Fremont deemed it advisable to supercede him, but In the absence ot other more experienced officers the general hardly knew whom to select to relieve him. While he was in this quandary, a gentleman occupying a high official position, In whom Fremont had great confidence, called to see him one day. As he passed up stairs he saw Grant in the hall, sitting on a wooden bench. Grant's red face shone over his wool? len shirt, dirty and tobacco-stained. He had no collar, bis uniform was greasy and shabby, and altogether he presented a miserable and woe-begone appearance. The gentleman refer? red to recognized him, and as he shook bands he asked what he was doing lhere ? Grant re? plied that he was in a little trouble," "and," said he, "I want you to help me out," The difficulty was related by Grant, and his lriend said he would see what could be done, after which he passed up stairs to the presence of the great Pathfinder. During the conversa? tion, Fremont mentioned the Cape Girardeau difficulty, and said he did not know who to se,nd there. -I know the very man you want," said our friend; 4-I saw him down stairs as I came up." "Who ls he ?" inquired Fre? mont. "Why, Sam Grant; he's Just the man; send him down." Fremont called his adjutant general and asked him what the circumstan? ces uf Grant's case were, and he was inform? ed. "Oh yes. I know." said the other. "Sam la a drunkard; but he will fight, and he knows how to do it, too." "But," said Fremont, "!hey all rank him down there." "Send every d -c" one of them away, and put Grant In command. He'll fight. I know." So Fremont, somewhat unwillingly, and for want of a better mau, consented to ihe order being issued On his way down stairs Grant's friend took him along, and as he entered his ougsry he asked Grant where he was stopping. "Nowhere," said Grant. "Where ls your baggage." he asked. "I haven't any." said Grant. '.That's a bad lookout; come with me," and he took Grant to the Planters' House, straight? ened him up. got his transportation for him. and inside ol ten hours had him' started for Cape Girardeau by special train. As was ex? pected, his seniors kicked against his assum? ing the command, and they were all relieved by Fremont, and Grant lett with a supreme command. At thi3 time President Lincoln was determined In his onpo9ltion to the inva? sion of Kentucky, even though the enemy were occupying her soil and advancing upon our torces. He persisted in considering Ken? tucky as neutral ground. As the enemy ad? vanced upon Granr, another general was or? dered by Fremont to cut across a corner of Kentucky, and cut him off from his base, while Grant was to attack him in front. This | genera), instead ol obeying hl3 orders, tele? graphed them to Lincoln, who countermanded them at once. Grant, however, like a true soldier, obeyed the orders from bia superior, and, advancing into Kentuck}-, met the enemy and routed him. This laid the foundation of his military lame, and was the first step on the ladder by which he reached his present po? sition. GENERAL CL ANTON KILLED. KNOXVILLE. September 27. Colonel D. W. Nelson, son of Judge T. A. R. Nelson, ot the Supreme Court, shot and killed General J. H. danton, ol' Alabama, this even? ing, ia a personal rencontre. GREAT FIRE ON LAKE MICHIGAN. MILWACKEE, September 27. A fire is raging along the coast ot Lake Michigan, between Manitowoc andConnapee, and the larmers are burying their household "oods to save them. AU communications will bs cut off unless lt rains. The loss of property and life will be fearful. The wells are all dried up. A person who escaped through the fire ona horse badly singed, counted twenty houses aud barns in ashes. -Of late the attention of navigators in the Gulf of Mexico has been drawn to the im mcn-e numbers of dead ana dying fish float? ing on Hie surface in that body of water and along Hs coasts. This mortality among the fish is probably correctly accounted for on the supposition that the late severe storms along Uie South Atlantic coast have disturbed the sea nettles or jelly-fish in their haunts, and have brought them in great numbers to the surface of the waler and into the Gulf, and that the schools of fishes getting among them are stung by them in the gills-a result which produces poison and death. THE TAMMANY RING. THE WAR AGAINSTHALL, TWEED di- CO Progregs of the Great New York Manic. Ipa! Squabble. [Correspondence or the Philadelphia Ledger.] NEW YORK, September 23. The opponents ot the Ring complain now that the committee of seventy do not move fast enough against the enemy. The Tlme9, which first led the assault upon them, com? plains, in a leader this morning, that Hall, Tweed, Connolly and Sweeny ought to have been placed under arrest ere now, and ls in? dignant that the committee do nothing but lose valuable time, and pass empty resolutions. ?fcc. This dissatisfaction, lt may be said, ls oe glnnlng to be echoed elsewhere. The Mall, which is a sort of organ of the seventy, comes up to their delence this even? ing. It claims that great resu ts have already been secured. The acting comptroller, more? over, we are told, has secured evidence that will convict every prominent member of the Ring, and that evidence will be used by the committee, with unrelaxing vigor, if the peo? ple will only have patience. The committee were In session lor two hours this afternoon, and, as usual, with closed doors. The only business of Importance transacted, so it is understood, was the appointment ot a law committee, to act Io conjunction with the com? mittee on remedies, also a committee to urge before the Legislature a revision of the char? ter. The committee have issued an address to the people appealing to citizens ot both parties to eave the city and the State lrom the possibility of another such degradation os has fallen on all of us. They say the money that has been accumulated from the spoils of the metropolis will be pouted out like water to procure the election of purchasable legislators, but that lt will be spent lu vain wherever the people are aroused by a few earnest leaders. The coun? try ls called upon to help the city, on the ground that If tne city is overburdened with taxes the country has to pay us the more for doing tts business. The address adds : "In our glorious resurrection of public virtue the humiliations of the past will oe forgotten as a hateful dream, and every Institution of society and politics will feel the elevating Influence ot revived con Ode nee In honesty and justice." The address is signed by the seventy. Mrs. Hagerty, wile of the supposed voucher thief of that name, has been released by Jus? tice Led with, alter giving $5000 bonds to ap? pear and answer when called upon. At the City Hall the word to-day is that ' Tammany stock ts up," and that the Ring magnates on the whole are feeling much bet? ter. The mass meeting for "the Boss," last evening, they say, has done something to stem the current of public opinion that was selling so strong against him, while the do nothing policy of the committee of seventy is accepted as an Indication that that body is in? disposed to go any further than they have gone already. Mayor Hall, too, ls quite jovial, and cracks his jokes lathe Leader os blithely as of old. Mr. Connolly says that he has reason to believe that Tammany Sachems, at their meet? ing on Monday night, will endorse him, while Peter B. Sweeny has no doubt thal "the worst of the storm has blown over." A meeting of prominent bank officials ls to be held this evening, to consult as to the ex? pediency of tendering the acting Comptroller Green sufficient funds to enable him to tide over the existing emergency without Impair? ing the etty credit. The school teachers, the laborers on the public works and the em? ployees of the board of health, are all the creditors of the city, and are becoming clam? orous for a settlement. Monday promises to be an eventful day. The alleged voucher-thieves will be again in court, and there are rumors that one of them has promised to turn State's evidence, in which case the public will know who lt was that hired them to do the job. Mayor Hall, lt is understood, has urged this course upon Baulch. The clergy continue to help work upon tbe excitement. Several Sunday sermons ha**e city corruption for their theme, not only here, but in Brooklyn and Jersey City also. ALL ABOUT THE STATE, -There ls a malicious cow-killer In Kings stree. The Star ls alter him. -The Kingstree jail approaches completion, but will dot be ready for the lall trade. -The Williamsburg planters find the corn better than they expected. The Star says that cotton Is maturing rapidly. -The stables of Mr. W. E. Earle, of Green? ville, caught fire on Monday, and, with two carpenter shops, were burned down. Incen? diary ! -The Marlon 8tar gives the following cor? rect version of the Estleraan-Pawley difficulty : "Estleman enticed Major Pawley toto his res? taurant, and, when thu major was in no condi? tion to defend himself, the gallant Yankee as? saulted him and beat him most mercilessly, and never ceased his cowardly pitrmelling till .he Imagined lils foe 'settled.' " CRIME IN TUESTATE. Homicide Near Wlnnsboro'. The News of Tuesday says: "A bloody affray occurred about six miles from this place, on Thursday. 21st Instant, between Mr. A. Y. Paul and Mr. George Martin, both friends, which resulted In the death ot Mr. A. Y. Paul. Mr. Paul, alter the affray, lingered until Friday night, when he died. It seems that the par? ties concerned had a slight falling out about some trifling affair, between this place and their homes. An inquest was held on Satur? day last. The verdfet of the Jury was that de? ceased came to his death from a wound In? flicted by a knife in the hand3 ot Mr. George Martin. This is quite an unfortunate affair, both of these gentlemen being quiet and re? spectable young men. Mr. Martin surrendered himself '.o the sheriff on Saturday morning, and gave bail lo the amount of two thousand dollars." RADICAL GRATITUDE. Pitiable Condition of General Robert Anderson, "tile Heroof Fart Sumter." An extract from a private letter received In Elizabeth. N. J., on Wednesday, and dated "Hotel Byron, Pres Villeneuve, September 4, 1871, Lac de Geneve," is printed in the Eliza? beth Journal as follows : Coming up the lake the other day I met General Anderson (of Fort Sumter fame) and his family. The general is on his last legs, or rather he ls not on his legs at all, since he has to be carried, and I, os an American, am ashamed to say that he ls so poor that he can? not afford a servant to take care of him. His wife, who ls perfectly devoted to him. ls obliged to do everything. She has a family of lour chil? dren and they all live on his half pay. It strikes me that a man who stood by nis government as he did, under peculiarly trying circumstan? ces, deserves more lrom his government than he getB. The Idea that he should be so poor as to be forced to live (!) here, when the dear? est wish of his heart is that he might, as ?ie ex? pressed lt. "close his eyes ia his own ?and," seems hard. He was peculiarly tried. With a Southern wife, the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in the South, Southern affilia? tions, and probably his family of Southern sen? timent, he had Indeed a hard task to perform when he did his duty as he did; and then to think that his government and the people should allow his last days to be those ol pover? ty and absolute want ! THE CHOLERA IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK. September 27. The Humboldt, from Stettin, is quarantined. She had one fatal case of cholera at sea, but no trace of the disease remains. DISASTERS BY SEA AND LAND. NEW YORK, September 27. A coolie vessel loundered off the coast of Martinique. All lost. Two hundred bodies were washed ashore. The salvage on the Juniata, aground off the Florida coast, is $17,500. PHiLADBLPHrA, September 1r~. Lipp's brewery tell, killing one person and wounding four. COTTON IN GEORGIA. Gloomy Ile pon i from Every Quarter of the State. The Covington Examiner says: "Weare having cold September rains, injuring the corn and cotton, causing the corn to sprout and the cotton to rot" The Albany News says : "It is now evident that Southwestern Georgia will gather the shortest crop of any previous year, and that we are safe In announcing the crop a disas? trous failure." The Elberton Gazette says : "Not more than half a crop will be realized rbis season. The j heavy rains tn August cut off the bolls. It ls estimated that the picking season will be over by the end of October." The Hawklnsvilie Dispatch has this: "All hopes have vanished for anything more than a half crop of colton In this region. There bas scarcely been a day ot favorable weather for picking since the first of the present month." The Talbotton Standard says : "Weathercon? tinues unfavorable and but little cotton or corn being gathered. Planters feel confident ot high prices, and being principally out ot debt, do not intend to rush their cotton on ihe marker. Cotton gamblers In New York and Liverpool will have to pay for this crop." The LaGrange Reporter says : "We are having too much rain for the good ol cotton. The weather Is too wet to gather the staple to advantage. Not much more than half a crop will be made in this county this year. We continue to hear great complaint about the shortness of the cotton yield." The Blackshear Georgian says : "The ex? cessive and continued wet weather has been very damaging to the crops ot alt kinds in this section ot the country. In Clinch, Charlton, Wayne, Ware and appllng. the whole crop will be cut off over one-half. In Clinch we understand the whole country is under water, and there will be comparatively nothing made. In the other counties lt will be only i very high places that there will be a crop.' The Columbus Sun has the following "About a halt dozen stalks of cotton, gathered from the Russell Countv plantation of C. S. Shorter, were brought to the city yesterday, h.very leaf had been stripped from the plant, and every sign of a top boll eaten away. The caterpillar is said to be equally as bad In neighboring plantations. Caterpillars must be In a burry, or they will soon be frozen our. It was cold enough last night for frost." We take the following from the Bainbridge Argus: "This staple has been injured to a vast extent by the recent heavy rains and winds. So continuous have been the rains that they have kept the open cotton soaked, and it ls rotting in the fields. After lt is picked, for want of sunshine, it rots In the gin-house before lt can be dried. Farmers in this, Baker, Miller and Mitchell Counties esti? mate the lose at fully one-third of the crop." The Houston Home Journal has the follow? ing: "Cotton bolls are rotting, and prospects altogether are very gloomy Indeed. Such a bad eeason for cotton has not been known for thirty years-so say experienced men. One of the oldest and best farmers In the county said to us: You can say in your paper that the cot? ton crop is damnably gone up; fully one-half of | what is now in the boils Is rotten." The Washington Gazette says: "This has I .been a disastrous year from beginning to end for the cotton crop In this section. The spring was bad, the stand was bad, the grass took the crop during the spring, while the rainy weather prevailed, and in July the drought, with Intense heat came. Late in August, at the very time when dry weather was desired, the rains set In and have continued, with only short Intermissions up to the present. We sum up thus: Bad stand to begin with, cold, wet spring, grass killed out what little was left by the cold wet spring, drought killed and stunted what the grass left; late rains rotted the bolls before opening and ruined that which was open, and prevented picking and utterly destroyed what the droaght left. So If there ls more than half a crop after all these disas- j tera we will bet on Wilkes County forever after." The Macon Telegraph says : "We saw yes? terday about a dozen cotton bolls, which Mr. Saulsbnry had brought In from a tour of crop observations in Southwestern Georgia during the last week. The trip satisfied Mr. S. that the cotton crop of Georgia will fall short fully one-hall of what lt was last year, and these cotton bolls give painful proof of that fact. The effects of the continued cloudy ana wet weather upon the bolls Is disastrous. They are small, black and rotting. Some of them are partially opened, but for want ot the warm sunshine to tully develop them, they have lost their fructifying properties and vitality. In Eroportlon to the area of land in cotton which e saw during the trip, Mr. S. says he ls sure that a poorer crop was never raised In the State." The Augusta Chronicle says : "From all parts of the cotton growing region we have accounts of serious damage to the cotton crop by the late heavy and continued rains. The extreme moisture has produced 'rot,' and In large districts the open cotton hos actually sprouted in the bolls." drugs, Chemicals, &i. FINE FRENCH EXTRACTS FOR THE HANDKERCHIEF. 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MaeycK Simons, are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral Services or the for? mer, at St. Paul'd Church, Radcllffeboro', THIS AFTERNOON, at 4 o'clock. sepas-* *m* THE FRIENDS AND ACQUATNT ..vCES or Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Carlisle, and of their son.Mr. WM. M. CARLISLE,are tivlted to at? tend the Funeral of the latter, at Trinity Church, at io o'clock THIS MORNINO. sep28-* pm* SUMTER RIFLE CLUB.-YOU are invited to attend the Funeral of your late brother member, W. M. CARLISLE, at Trinity Church, Tani MORNING, at ll o'clock. sep28_W. M. BRUNS, Secretary. Special nTottceo. pm CONSIGNEES PER STEAMER FAL? CON, from Baltimore, are hereby notified that the Steamer ls THIS DAT discharging cargo at Pier So. I, Union Wharves. All goods not taken away at sunset will remain on the wharf at own? ers' mk. MORDECAI A CO., Agents. sep2S-l pm* DISINFECTANTS. -THOSE TN want of DISINFECTANTS will And a full assort? ment at the Drug Store of Da H. BA ER, in Meet? ing street. aepl ^#*LA CANDEUR LODGE, No. 36, A. F. M.-Any member or this Lodge who maybe taken alck, or who may require nursing or medi? cal attendance, ls requested to give notice cf the same, wi thou t delay, to Senior Warden D. MUL LER, No. 328 King street._ gepM pm* A SAFE. SURE AND SPEEDY remedy ror Diarrn> i, Dysentery, doler?, Sum mer Complaint and all Bowel Affections ma7 be had In JAYNE'S CARMINATIVE BALSAM. Com? pounded with care from the best understood in? gredients known to the Medical Faculty, ita action ls prompt, and always to be depended upon, while the reputation lt has attained as a Standard Household Remedy should Induce ali, at this sea? son of the year, to keep a bottle of so useful a medicine by them. Sold by all Druggists, GOOD? RICH, WISEMAN A CO., Wholesale Agents. sep23-8tuth3_ pm-OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY-This is at least true of the old method of treating the long abused and much abused human bxiy. It ls no longer considered wise to pata patient to the torture In order to cure him of a disease In which pam la already undermining tbe energies of his system. True science rangea itself on the aide or nature, and endeavors to assist her in her light against disease. This la the province of HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS, the most approved tonic ever advertised in this country. It may be recommended as a fait medicine, par excellence; for lt ls in the rall that biliousness, dys? pepsia and malarious revers are especially preva? lent. The mme. exhausted by the beats of som? mer, ls relaxed and reebio at lu close, an?! re? quires, we may say demands, artificial assist? ance. Afford it that assistance ia occasional doses ot Hosteler's Stomach Bitters, and the evils referred to may be escaped. Tarooghoat the rar West, and on the steaming alluvial of the Southern r.vers, all the varieties of periodical rever are probably rife to-day. Had a course of Hoste tier's Bitters been commenced by th? suffer? ers a month ago 1. e., before the unhealthy sea? son set la. se ven-eights or them woald in all prob? ability be In their asnal health at the present time. So much for waat or rorecaste. So much for not keeping in the house, and using dally the best safeguard against epidemic and endemic revet a. As nocks or lmposters and Imitators are trying to rollow in the wake of the great American remedy, therefore be sure that the article jon bur ls genuine and verified by the proper trademarks The true article can only be obtained m bottles' Beware of the spurious bitters sold by th i gaU"a orin keg3._sep23-stnth3p*c ps* NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all Sub-Agents of the Land Commission, thar, from and arter the firs: day or Marco, 1871, they will report all their proceedings to Hon. F. L. CARDOZO, Secretary or the Advisory Board. ROBT. C. DsLARGE, L. C. S. S. C. Columbia, February 38,187L_m aril pm* ON MARRIAGE.-ESSAYS FOR young men on. great sMtal Evils and Abuses, which interfere with Marriage, and rata tte hap? piness of thousands-with sure means of relier for the erring and unfortunate, diseased and de? bilitated. Sent la sealed letter envelopes tree ot cnarge. Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No. 2 S. Ninth-street. Philadelphia, Pa. sep4-3mos pm* CHARLESTON BIBLE SOCIETY. The Treasurer of the Charleston Bible Society wltl receive Subscriptions or Donations at his office, No. 68 East Bay, corner of Atlantic Wharf. The' payment or Two Dollars will constitue a person a member for ene year. Bibles are kept oo band for distribution. Tae Society has one Colporteur in the field, and solicita aid to introduce another. Persons interested in the work or seeking farther information will please call on the Treasurer. J. N. ROBSON, aprtS-smos_Treasurer C. B. S. fTPHAM'S ANTIDOTE FOR STRONG U DRINK. A SURE CURE FOR DRUNKENNESS. One Dollar a Bottle. Sen: by mau, postage paid, ou receipt of price. The Antidote ls the best remedy that canap administered in Maala-a-Potu, and also forS nervous affections. For sale by Dr. H. BAER. No. 131 Meeting street, nets A*ent. for south Parolina. rjTIHE GREAT GERMAN REMEDIES. Professor LOUIS WTJNBRAM'S BLOOD PURI? FYING AND PURGATIVE HERBS, dn Pills or Powders,) for the cure of au Acute or Caronia Diseases, resulting frost impure blood and Imper? fect digestion. , , . _ _ Also, the following Medicines by the same (Pro? fessor Louis Wundram, Brunswick, German j :) GOUT POWDERS. Rheumatic Tincture. Epileptic Remely. Toothache Drops. Herb Tea (ror Dyspepsia and Nervousness.) Rheumatic Herb Tea. Goat Tincture. Eye Water. Wundwasser (the German "Patniuier."| For sale by Jr. H. 3 A ER, mavSQ_ Kn. 131 Meering street. FRENCH PATENT MEDICINES. Prepared by Orimaul: * Co., Pans : SYR?P OF HYPOPUOSPUATE OP LIME, a SOV erlgu remedy la phthisis-relieves, Uougna, Nightsweats, Ac. 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