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COt^Kfiff?, S. C. _ ~ ' "_I_ i <-? 'Saturday ?ornvhK, July 23.1870. Th? Uefarin Mas? Sleeting in Cliurlealon. We have-read with interest the ad? dresses of M. P. O'Connor, Esq., and of Judge Carpenter, at the receut meeting in Charleston. Mr. O'Connor made an eloquent addresp, in ibo Irish stylo of oratory that he so well illustrate*, and his remarks evinced that earnest devo? tion to South Carolina that wo would expect of him, and that sympathy with reform which is so intimately oouuected with the honesty and intelligence of the State. Mr. O'Connor is no degeuerato Irish-Caroliuiau, but a true sou of Erin, and therefore, a loyal citizen of the State. Judge Carpenter's addross was bold, pluoky, manly and scathing. Ho bore down like a gallant man-of-war upon the smaller craft arouud nud about him, ana poured broad-side aftor broad? side into their brazeu sides. He struck right and light, and mado more thau ono galled jade W?DCC, as ho threw his darts of exposure and denunciation into the ranks of a laundering crew, and a band? ed ring of political sharpers nud pilfer? ers. Ho used strong terms, and tho radioal orgau complains of his epithets; but Judge Carpeuter knows whoreof ho speaks, and feols that uone but a sharp aud strong lash will reach the epidermis of the rhinoceros-hided herd that have been pasturing in South Carolina fields until they bavo grown fat aud saucy aud come to thiuk they uro always lo rulo the ranche. As Judge Carpenter uses tho weapons of truth aud makes allegations that can be sustained-as he denounces the rascality and robbery that have run riot in South Carolina-as he strikes for the right aud deuouuees the wrong-the good wishes of the h?hest people of the State will go with him, aud their strong arms will bear him up and sustaiu him in his good work. And his expose must do good. Let him carry it on until cor? ruption and thieviog and fraud stand branded before tho eyes of the State. CADET SMITH.-A correspondent of thc New York Sun writes as follows from West Point, concerning the colored ca? det, James W. Smith, from this city: The negro boy, James,W. Smith, is still "passing through the valley of the shadow of death" at thc academy. Day after day he is overcoming the great prejudice of color, and, by his exempla? ry conduct, is hewing his way to a sure position. Still the curses aro loud aud deep against him, but they have ceased to be to his face. A few days ago Gen. Upton, thc new commandant, addressed the cadets on dress parade, nud told them these personal insults against their brother cadet, whoso ouly crime was color, must conse. This was done after young Smith, in utter despair, had sig? nified his intention of resigning. Geu. Upton seut for him, and said: "Young mttu, I shall uot accept your resignation; you arc here, au otticer iu the national army; you have stood a severo examination; you have passed honorably; and DOW you shall not be persecuted into resigning. I am your friend. Come to me aud you shall have justice." The interview changed young Smith's intentions, and the first smile for weeks gladdened his countenance. Yesterday Cadet Lieutenant Pardee, acting officer of police, happened to come next to; young Smith in the large mess-room. Young Pardee, with all the chivalry of a Carolinian, refused to sit beside tho "d-d nigger." This was open revolt. The hall was in rm uproar. The commandant, true to his promise, had tho fastidious Pardeo put under ar? rest, where ho now remaius, with Cadet Grimshaw, who refused to drill tho un? fortunate colored by. Your correspondent called tho colorod boy from his tent to-day to ask him some questions. He came, looking as bright and as olean as any cadet in the encamp? ment. His color is that of a light mu? latto. On dress parade you would never know at twenty paces that ho had any African blood in his veins. Remember? ing tho Sun correspondent from a former call, he seemed overjoyed to see a friend? ly face. "Well, Jemmy, how goes on tho great war?" "Better, I thiuk, than when you were here last. I am gaining friends. Since Geu. Upton's new Orders, the cadets cease to call me names to my face." A Now York letter, of Monday, says: "Capitalists decline to embark in enter? prises that run into tho futuro, aud holders of almost every deecriptiou of foreign merchandise aro putting up prices, iu somo instances to a very ex? travagant figure. German and French goods of every descriptiou aro from 10 to 20 per cent, higher than they were a fortnight ago, nud tho chuncos aro that the stopping place has not yet been reached. Flour has taken a further jumpup, 25@50c. per bbl., wheat 5@7o., and corn and oats from l@2c. per bushel. The excitomcut in tho stock, gold and produce markets, all day; has been tre? mendous. At one time no price ap? peared too extravagant to bid for gold, aud parties who purchased at tho com? paratively low fignros current on Satur? day, must havo made fortunes, if thoy were astuto enough to get rid of their load when tho premium reached its maximum-22%. The heaviest opera? tors, as usual, for .some Hmo past, have been tho German houses." Tl?? European Wer. ITS EFFECTS ON OUR MARITIME INTE? RESTS.- The Now York World saya: This wot will? of course-, ba mainly conducted on land; but while the milita? ry interest predominates as between the combatants, its maritime aspects axe far moro important to a distant neutral na? tion like the United States. Tho inter? national code of ocean belligerency as revised by tho Conference of Paris in 1856, and uccepted by Franco and Prus? sia among other nations, greatly miti? gates the interruption and injury to commerco which war brought under tho old usages. In the first place, privateer? ing is abolished, so that the merchnut vessels of neither nation have auythiug to fear except from the navy of its eue my. Tho second and third articles of tho declaration of tho Congress of Paris aro still moro important. Those articles are in tho following language: "2. The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, except contraband of war. 3. Neutral goods, except contraband of war, are not liable to capture under an enemy's flag." By the secoud articio, it is made per? fectly safo for I'russiaus and Freuchmen to send goods to sea in American ships. Their exemption from liability to cap? ture would causo a great part of the commerce of the belligerent mitions with this country to seok American vessels aud enrich American ship-ownors, if our absurd tariff had not destroyed our ship? ping and nearly driven our fing from tho oceuu. Tho harvest wo might thus reap as ueutrals, and the great advantages givcu to neutral ships by thc uow code, aro lost by tho surrender of our legisla? tion for the last ten years into thc hnnds of tho Republican party. British ships will do thc business and reap the harvest which accruo to neutrals iu this war, whioh will still furthor build up and strengthen our great commercial rival. But tho new rulo will nevertheless secure tho safety of ordinary merchandize bc laugiug to French aud Prussian owners, who will, of courso, prefer to send their goods uuder a neutral Hag? when ueithor vessel nor goods aro liable to capture. Tho third article of tho dcclaratiou of Paris is less importaut, because ueither Frauce nor Prussia will keep inauy mer? chant vessels ou the seas. If the Gerniau steamers kopt up their tri [is under their present ownership and flag, American merchants could ship ordinary goods iu them without danger of confiscation; but they would bo liable to injurious de? tentions for which they could claim no compensation. When tho ship was cap? tured and taken into a French port, the cargo would go with it, and tho neutral owner would bo put to the iucoUvcuionce and expense bf claiming and proving hie propel ty, and to tho trouble of re-ship fnng it lu another vessel. With such fl iability, neutrals will not trust theil goods uuder either of the. belligerent flags, even if -tho Prussian and French ship-owners should brave the dauger ol capture. Blockades aro of comparatively little cousequeuce iu their effects on European commerce, siuco all the principal cotui' trien of Europe havo become connected by railroads. Goods may bo compelled to tako moro circuitous routes; but the,> can always bo scut to a neutral port, ami conveyed thence to their destination In rail. As blockades cnn inflict less injury than in former times, there is less motive to establish them; tho withdrawal o naval force from other uses to make thou effective beiug seldom compensated bj tho injury douo to tho enemy. THE SCENE OF THE REPORTED ENGAGE MUNT.-Forbach, where tho rumoret battle took place, is au admirably situ ated town iu tho District of Sarregne mines, Departmout of Moselle. It is oi a delightful plain at tho foot of a inonu taiu called Schlossberg, and derives som? importance from its custom-house. I was formerly the chief town of grane seigniory, and for its defence a casth wus built upon tho top of tho mountain The ruius aro still visible there. In 171? tho seigniory was erected into a duchy In 1552 Charles V established his cami in this country, when ho was preparing to lay siege to Metz. The town of For baoh, composed of narrow and windini streets, is surrounded by sandy mona taius aud large forests. Tho roads fron Sarreguemihos and Sauelonis meet there and make one of tho principal outlets o Germany. Near it are tho Roman ruin of Hieropolis, which are four kilometre on the ancient road from Metz to Stras bourg, and tho Sainto-Croix Chapel situated in the midst of trees on thi slope of a mountain. Forbach is th last railroad on the French soil. Sierck, the point to which tho Prus siana are said to havo penetrated, for tb purpoBo of destroying the railway, is i small walled town in the Department o Moselle, and on tho right bank of tin River Moselle. It is almost on the frou tier of Rhenish Prussia, and is an im portant customs station. Population 1,590. THE DANES.-Perhaps tho tnoststrikiDj manifestation which our times havo soei was matle by the Danes when tho over whelming armies of Germany fell upoi their little fortress-peninsula in 186-1 Though it was clear from tho first tba such a contest could have but ouo termi nation, no matter how heroically Don mark might bear herself, uo sooner hat tho unequal war begun than from al parts of the worlel tho children of tb< Vikiugr hurried homo to tako part in it From Australia aud California, fron Iudin and Peru, tho Danes wont back t< battle. They left their now lives, theil busy hopes, their industries, their for .tunes, and carried all they had aud al they were, to lay it on tho altars of theil laud. Their tlevotiou was in vain, sofa as its immediate object was concerned But it was nono the less honorable it itself, and quickening ns an example. CHANUARNIEK.- Not the least iutcrest ing, aud in certain aspects, perhaps, om of thc most importaut pieces of informa tion which tho cabio gives UP, is tho ole vation of General Chaogaruicr, ouo o the most implacable, as well as ono of t li ? mont gifted of the exiles of 1851, to the rank of Marshal of Frapoo, with the command of t}ia reserves. No aot of the Emperor Napoleon's bas over boen mote timely than this, and nothing could speak more eloquently for the really na I Monal supp ott now given bim in France than the aoeeptauce of snob a command at his hands by snob a man as the hero of Africa and of the Republic GERMAN SYMPATHIES IN AMERICA.-A number of tho most respectable German residents of New York have called a meeting of their countrymen to express their sympathy with Prussia io the great war uow beginning. Nothing could be moro natural, or in many respects moro commoudable. The maxim that "blood is thicker thau water," though ofteu honored, we are sony to say, rather iu tho breach than iu tho observance by Americans of both sections during our recent civil war, lies, after all, deep iu tho heart of every vigorous aud respect? able raco of men. Indeed, a race which does not feel it and live by it iu nil great omorgoucies c.iu hardly be vigorous, uud need not hope to be respectable Com? menting upou which, the World adds: Wo have no fear that our German fel? low-citizens will seek to make their ; adopted home a party to a strife as to the real scope nud bearings of which uot cveu thc Germau.s themselves eau as yet prcteud to have auy very clear and posi? tivo convictious. It is all very well for Napoleon, in his address to his people, to bid the world remembor that tho "vic? tors of Joua still survive." So, too, do tho victors of Waterloo. But this is not tho ago of Jena or of Waterloo. Not even iu so great a war ns we now see opening before us, eau the existence of a great State like Prussia or like France bo now put at stake. What tho most brilliant moderu geuius of Germany, Heine, said of the "sunuy-ruarble-face" of the first Napoleon-"thoso lips had but to whistle aud Prussia ceased to be" eau never be said again iu our day. lu the worst event to Prussia of the present war, all that she would have to fear would bc displacement from her present posi? tion at the head of imperfectly uuited Germany. Granted the failure of the Prussiau experimeut, now only four years old, aud who need, therefore, de? spair cither of the futuro of the Gerniau States, or of a real, free, and harmoui ous German uuity, plauucd after auotber fashion, crystaliziug, perchance, around auotber central Gerniau State? Such a thiug as an iuvasiou and conquest, or even an extravagant humiliation of Ger? many, being quite out of the questiou, i our sympathizing Gormaus of tho New World, eau nfford to abstaiu from exag? gerating the significance of a conflict the mere proportions of which it is in? deed not easy at all to exaggerate. THE DL'NDEHBEHG.-Ono of the most formidable vessels iu the navy of Louis Napoleon was devised and built in this country by Americans for the use of our Government. Wo allude to tho immeusc irou-plated ram Rochambeau, more fa? miliar to our readers as tho Bunderberg. This mariuo monster is three huudreil and seveuty-eight feet long, seventy three feet beam aud thirty feet deep, carrying an armament of eight fifleeu iuch guns. As a "ram" the Jnocliamhcai will prove fearfully destructive, it being calculated by experts ItlmtOwliou collie! iug at a speed of ten knots an hour, she would eleliver a blow equal to a caunou ball of ono thousand pounils' weight, burled willi a propulsive force1 of sixteet huiulreel feet a second. This mighh craft crossed the Atlantic from New Yorl to Cherbourg in fourteen days, frequent ly .steaming at the rate of fifteen kuots au hour. QUESTIONS AT STAKE.-The New Yorl Times gives thc following summary: Those who suppose that the war be tween Franco aud Prussia is solely tin fruit of thc Emperor Napoleon's ambi tion, can have paid but little attention t< the recent history of Prussia. Tho cubit tolls us that tho Lonelon Times saiel, yes torday: "France, without a shadow o: excuse or justification, plunges Europi iuto a war of which no living person ma; soe tho end." The first part of this sen tence may answer tho purposes of parti snnship, but it is not historically true Tho latter part of the sentonce, althougl coutaiuiug only au opinion, is wortl more consideration. Tho probability iu creases every hour that this will be a wa of colossal magnitude. It is said tha tho Uniteel Statos cannot possibly bi drawn into it, but bow can there be au; certainty of that? A misunderstandiuj with rogart! to any American vessel, iu tcrceptod on the high seas by a bollige rent power, might compel us to take ai attitude which would ond in war. A present we have, unquestionably, a bet tor prospect of peace before us than an; great power on tho face of the earth" Wo might do a trade unequaled in ou: history-wo might, perhaps, ro-instati our foreign commerce at a single stroki -if the policy of Congress had|only lefi the hands of our ship-builders and mer chants free. If tho sympathies of tho American peo plo aro at present with Prussia, that ii no reason why we should wilfully blim ourselves to tho incontestable facts o history in reference to this contest France, as wo have already shown, hne many temptations to provoke au issm with Prussia-but when it is assum?e that Prussia is an inoffensive power which has been goaded iuto war by wan ton insults, without doing anything t< provoko tho suspicion of enmity o Franco, her truo position isontirely falsi fled. No living man would bo HO nanci amused with this theory as Count Bis marok, tho guidiug principio of whos< life seems now to be, fleclerc si neque> super os, Acheronta niovebo, We. talk o inconsistencies in statesmen, but tin world has never seen BO remarkable ai instance of a mau reversing nil bis pro fessions as it witnesses in tho caso o Bismarck. In 1850 ho maelc a speed avowing that tho mission of Prussia wo to subordinate herself to Austria. Tci years afterwards he warned Austria tba ?be musk'1 finally abandon hor old posi? tion in'Germany. In 186? Prussio led Austria into the war o palp st Denmark, and managed to absorb all the advan? tages of the enterprise. That little inter? lude ia parti v forgotten' ..now, j but the transactions associated w,tth it are little to tho credit of other powers besides Prussia. England sympathized with Den? mark, and all but positively pledged its assistance to ber. There can be no doubt but Denmark went into tho war count? ing upon this assistance. It never came -Denmark was crushed, aud Austria betrayed. Tho Kiug of Prussia and tho Emperor of Austria agreed to divide the Elbe Duchies between them, at the famous meeting where tho Convention of Gasteiu waa drawn up. All this time, Austria was merely being used by Prussia as a oats-paw. Bismarck, with tho prover? bial zeal of a new couvert, had taken up thc groud idea of a North German Con? federation, aud resolved that no price would bo too high to pay for it. Since the time of Frederick thc Great, tho policy of Prussia has been to suppress weaker States, or place its feudatories on vacant thrones. The story of tho Elbo Duchies uud of llanover, illustrates the first tendency, and the recent intrigue with Prim, is an example of tho second. But Bismarck's iuteutiou to render Prus? sia the dictator of Germany, was at first so little appreciated by the people, espe? cially when they saw it involved a war with Austria, that he was probably tho most unpopular man in the conutry. When he was shot at, in May, 18G6, the sympathies of his countrymen were en? tirely with the nsftassin. It was all dif? ferent after the war. Bismarck was re? ceived in Berliu with more thou royal houors, but uo man knew better thou he that his wjrk was only half done. France could not look nu moved upon the supremacy acquired by her daring rival. M. Edgar (?uiuet wrote, in 1SG7: "Will not France ot'teu aud oftou awake from her sleep, thinking she hours the step of her ginut neighbor? Or, sup? posing she were to fall asleep without taking prudential measures, would not this be the sign of a deadly relaxation? Aud what a temptotiou theu for Ger? many to take advantage of it! lu ull these cases, our danger is equally great." But what could Fraucedo at this period? She had no weapon which she could oppose to tho ueedle-guu of Prussia, and the example of Austria had showu how mad was the hopo of wiuniug battles with nu inferior arm. The hosts of .Vus tria full like corn beneath the sickle, while the Prussian troops were compara? tively unscathed. Austria had made thc fatal mistake of under-rating her rival. Tho sayiug attributed to Prince Schwarzenberg-"77faut avilir la Prusse d'abord pour ensuite la d?molir-whether really uttered or not, expressed the seu timeuts prevailing at Vieuua, and the re? sult was that Austria was herself almost destroyed. Thc Emperor Napoleon could not fight -butlie could prepare to fight. Prus? sia, BO Far from moderating her aims, seemed clearly to bo enlarging them, i Her next move was to place a feudatory I upon the throne of Spain. Napoleon saw that tho hour hod come for striking tho blow. If he has been ambitious, eau I any ouo pretend that Prussia has not also been guided by that fatal passion? Is tho "aggressiveness" all ou the side of Napoleon? This is not a question to bc decided by sympathies, but by a regard for the records of history. These two groat powers havo been striving to gain the mastery in Europe for years past. Bismarck undoubtedly seemed to bc winning the game. If France and Prus? sia could now be left alone to fight out their own quarrel, tho world would look on, not iudeed with indifference, but with comparative calmness. Of this, however, we have no guarantee. Auy accident-tho temporary invasion of Bel? gium-might draw England into tho vortex, and events might occur which would at once and irrevocably change the current of modern history. It is ab? solutely certain that tho present war, even if its area is not enlarged, will ma? terially chango the position of the con? testants. If Napoleon failed, he would disappear from tho throne of France, while King William I would probably emorgo as Emperor of Germany. If Prussia is compelled to treat for peace, the loss of her Rhenish Provinces would probably not be tho ultimate measure of her humiliation. Alluding to tho outrages of Holden's minion-Kirk-in North Carolina, the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinelsays: Tho people in that section of the State seem to be getting thoroughly aroused, and wo should not bo surprised to hear at any moment that having exhausted oil legal means of redress, they hove re? sorted to force for their mutual protec? tion. This is certaiuly a desperate stato of affairs, aud in tho obsonco of Govern? ment protection, tho people must pro? tect themselves. We are very muoh mis? taken as to the character of tho descend? ants of tho Mecklenburg declaration if they submit much longer to these infa? mous outrages. If noithor tho courts, tho Stato Government or tho Govern? ment at Washington will givo them pro? tection, they must do as their fathers did, strike for themselves. In such n st reggio they will have the warm sym? pathy of all good citizens North and South. A woman, seventy-three 3'eors of nge, and unable to read or wiite, whose pro? perty was ascertained to he worth 8105,000, was found by a census-taker, living iu the third story of a large tone meut house in the Eighteenth Ward, Now York. Tm: FASTEST 'MILE RACE.-A horse named Jndgo Curtis ron a ruilo iu n race at Saratoga, on tho loth, in thc nnparolollcd time of 1.43. Tho best time previously mode in America was by Herzog, in l.-?3.'.i. Thirsty people, go t<> Pollock's. XLooal Items. We nfcgret to announce the death; yes? terday, at tho Lu untie Asylum, of Mrs. Porter, wife of the Bov. J. G. Portarand daughter of ?. N. Averill, Esq., of Charleston. She leaves rr vast circle of friends and counectious to mourn her untimely end. Wo havo been requested to state that it is uecessary to make a change iu the appoiutmonts for Judge Carpenter and General Butler. They will speak in Spartauburg on the -1th; Union on tho 5th; Fish Dam on the Otb, and Lexing? ton on tho Otb. MAIII ARRANGEMENTS.-Thc Northern mail is opened for delivery nt 8 a. m.; closed at 8.30 a. m. Charleston, opened at 5.30 p. m.; closed at 8.30 p. m. Greenville, opened at 5.30 p. m.; closed at 8.30 p. bl. Western, opened at 9.30 a. ni.; closed at -? p. m. Charleston, (evening,) opened ut S a. m.; closed ut 1.30 p. m. Ou Sunday, thc post office is open from 9 to 10 a. m. THE WEATIIEK.-A contemporary says it had intended writing an item on this interesting subject, but tho following, clipped from au exchange, is a suffici eutly accurate description of things thereabout for tho past few days: "Hot, hot, hot, mercury liiuetj'-oue everything lookiug blue beneath the glaring sun. Dust, dust, dust, the streets in a fog-everybody gasping and panliug like a frog. Sweat, sweat, sweat, run? ning iu a stream-oh, for a thousand I fans or a saucer of ice-cream. Sleep, i sleep, sleep, as well try to fly, for tho 'squetoes aud the heat won't let you close your eye. Ice, ice, ice, aiu't it a treat to have a lump iu your porter when overcomo with heat? Whiz, whiz, whiz, tay, what a crash! tho heat has set tho machine ou tire and busted it all to smash." .i CRUMDS.-Col. W. S. Grisham, of Walhalla, has returned from his ex? tended tour through California nud the North-west. Beading matter on every page of thc PuiENTX. Laud Commissiouer DeLargc denies that he has auy connection whatevor with a sheet published on Wednesday, aud entitled the Shoo Fly. Capt. Chichester, of tho Steamer Ten? nessee, died, on the 21st, nt his residence ou Long Island. He was universally ad? mired for lbs many good qualities. A colored woman was badly beaten by several disguised men iu Anderson Conu ty, a few days ago, nud Gov. Scott has issued a proclamation, offering a reward of 8500 for their arrest. Coroner Thompson held an inquest, on Thursday, over the body of a colored woman, named Polly Conner, who was killed by lightning, near this city, on Wednesday lost. The PHOENIX oflice is supplied with every style of material from the small metal letter to tho largest wood typo, together with plain and foucy cards, paper, colored iuk, bronze, etc. It is the only establishment in the interior of the State where two and three sheet posters can be printed. All kinds of printing attended to promptly, at lowest prices. Seo tho indestructible tag. You may insert a thousand things in a newspaper, and never hear a word of ap? probation from tho readers; but just let a paragraph slip in, even by occident, of ono or two lines not suited to their taste, or fall just ouce to get in somethiug which they thiuk ought to have been published, and you will bo sure to hear of it before your paporhas "been out" n day. Such is life. Gen. M. C. Butler is at the Nickcrson Houso. In noticing thst they havo been firing cannon in the fields, near Paris, to bring on a rain, tho Now York Commercial odds that tho next firing of cannon that takes place there may end a reign. About fifty suits were ontcrcd in tho United States. District Court lost week against parties in Richmond city who had neglected to stamp their receipts. Among tho number are some most re? spectable citizens, embracing every class, who have occasion to givo rocoipts in the amount required by law to bo aturupod. Sun-slrokes aro reported in all parts ot the country. Those who aro compellod to labor in tho sun cannot bo too care? ful iu every particular. All excesses should bo avoided, and when it is at all possible, the direct roys of tho sun should* bo avoided by mechanical contrivances. Such attention to health will pay. The commissioner of internal revenuo has prescribed os a mothod for cancoling stamps, that they must bo so cut and mu? tilated as to render tho rc-uso of them im? possible. lie, thoroforc, authorizes the uso of any canceling machino which will do this, and directs collectors throughout the country to forward sam? ples of tho cancellation made. Ho will discontinue the uso of nny machino which does not effectually conform to the method prescribed. A barbecue will bo furnished at Gei? ger's Springs, to-day, botween tho hours of 1 aud 2 o'clook. Mr. H. H. Dent su? perintends, and bnrbecueists know what to expect. Tickets one dollar. A supply of Stultz's well-known pan? cake chewing tobacco has been received at the Pollock House. Major John E. Bacon, of Edgefiold, candidate for Congress, has bad his dis? abilities removed. Gen. Ames (formerly commandaut of this post) and Beast Butler's daughter Blanche, were married iu Lowell, Mass., a few days ago. Auy ono desirous, of establishing a newspaper in the country, eau be sup? plied with nearly all the necesssry mate? rial-second hand-at a low rate by ap plyiug at PIRENIX oflice. COUNTY MEETING.-A meeting of dele? gates from the different precincts in Bichland County, was held lust night, in the Court House, for the purpose of se? lecting delegates to the Republican Con? vention, to be held in this city on tho 2Gth. School Commissioner Edwards occupied the chair, aud Mayor Alexan? der acted ns one of tho secretaries. After considerable debate . and the exhibition of much excitement thc following delegates were chosen to nominate caudidates for State officers and members of the L?gislature: Scuator Nash, Representative Thomp? son, Probate Jutlgo Wigg and Roprc soutativo Wilder. United States Sena? tor Robinson was called upon, and deliv? ered a short address, complimenting the colored citizens upon the full attainment of their just rights. The following are the delegates to tho Congressional Nominating Convention: JEsop Goodsou, Joseph Taylor, Jauuary Simpson, John Knott. W. B. Nash was nomiuated for tho Senate; W. H. Wigg, Probate Jiulge. Thero was a contest and war of words as to the nomination of School Commissioner. N. E. Ed? wards, (thc preseut incumbent,) Alder? man Minort and Senator Nash deliver? ing fiery addresses. There was much ex citemcut, aud the convenventiou was in sessiou until a very late hour. HOTEIJ ARRIVALS, July 22-Columbia Hotel.-H. Terry, Richmond; John B. Hubbard, J. C. Banks, citv; J. M. Cock? ran, Due West; C. D. Brake, C. C. Piuckuey, Jr., wifo and two ohildren. Charleston; Mrs. James H. Adamsand child, Miss C. H, Adams, J. H. Adams, Richland; J. B. Rershaw, Camden; W. F. Gregg, Columbia; W. D. Kennedy, Augusta; Alexander McBee, Greenville. Nickerson House-J S White, Rock Hill; G J Porter, Aikeu; C N Averil and lady, S Howell, Charleston; H Hickman and wife, Misses Hickman, Master Hick? man, Augusta; M C Butler aud wife, two children and nurse, Edgefield; T J Steers, H B Prrbble, B R R R; L> Mal? lory, Ch?raw; H C Rogers, Ky; Thomas W Ball, T Young, S C; T E Goodwyn, Richmond; F C Fisher, N C; II L Goss, Union; S Little, Baltimore; T II Sym mos, So Ex Co; J M Seigier, Newberry, G W Walker, Geo Symmers, E C Che nowith, city. LIST OE NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. R. K. Scott-Proclamatiou. W. H. Wallace-Call for Convention. JOY TO THE WOLD I WOMAN IS FREE!! Among the man}- modern discoveries looking to tho happiness and amelioration of tho hu? man mee, nono is entitled to higher conside? ration than tho renowned remedy-Dr. J. Bradtlcld'a Female Bcgulator, Woman's Best Friend. Hy it woman ia emancipated from tho numberless ills peculiar to her sex Bo foro ita magic power all irregularities of the womb vanish. It euros whites. It cure? sup? pression of tho niensoB. It removoB uterine obstructions. It euren constipation and strengthens tho hvatem. It bracea the n?rvea and purifica tho blood. It never fails, as thou? sands of women will testify. TLia valuable medicino ie prop&red and sold by L. Ht Brad lield, Druggist, Atlanta, Ga. Price, $1.50 per bottlo. All respectable drug men keep it. J17 *-4. % ? Tho attention of our roadora is called to? day to tho advertisement in another column, headed Lippman'a Groat Gorman Bitters, a preparation that has bcon us'od for upward of a century in enlightened Europe with the greatest ancoona in the cure of Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Constipation, LOBB-' of Appetite, Liver Complaint, loss of tone in tho digestive organs, etc. Tho proprietors, Mosers. Jacob Lippman A Bro., (Savannah, Ga., havo, at con? siderable outlay, succeeded in obtaining thc original recipe for making thia delightful tast? ing Bittors, and pledge their reputation that in propariDg it, tho original Btaudard shall bc kept up. J une 2 Tho boat Liven medicino is HEINITSR'S QUEEN'S DEMO UT. Thia wonderful vegetable compound acta with certainty upon tho Liver and stomach, without impairing the functions of any othor organ. It invigorate*, restores, ; improvoa tho goneral condition of tho system; regulates tho Bowels by ita aperient proper? ties; stimulates tho Liver and makos it act; strengthens the digestion and give? tono to the maur It awakens the dull anti sluggish Liver to activity and life. This is, of all tho season, tho time to try it. Go and got a bottlo from Heinitah-you will not regret it. Jo Au informal declaration of our neu? trality in tho war between Franco and North Germany has beou sent abroad in the form of instructions to American foroign ministers and consuls. Food, arms and munitions of war aro to bo sold to either party to thc conflict, but no enlistment of troops will be permitted in this country. ON THE RAMPAGE.-The United States Secretary of tho Navy is issuing orders to all navy yard and fleet commanders to bo "ready for any contingencies." The same functionary thinks of enlisting lf>,0U0 additional seamen, although there aro no war vessels of auy cons?quence to stow them in. Look out fotf'Cuba!