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--r"-[ ; , - i [Special Despatch lo?Jie Phoenix.] Arrival of trie Oreen Linc Excursion I nts. CINCINNATI, OHIO, Septombor 29.-r- j The Qreea Line excursionists, number- j ing about 400, arrived heie safely, at 7 o'clock, this evening, and were warmly ' welcomed. They wore received at the Barnett House, by the President of the Chamber of Commerce, who was replied to by Colonel F. W. MoMaster. The Columbia delegation are stopping at the Gibson HOUBO. Ail well. ?orclgn New?. ORLEANS, September 29.-Tho enemy, who yesterday were at Ceroottes, the first railroad station North of tho city, have retreated. It is believed a serious oheok at Paris occasions the retreat. TOURS, September 29.-Despatch bal? loons aro announced from Puris every day. Advices to-day from the capital report French successes in various minor engagements around the city. Tho Gardo Mobile behaves extremely well under fire. The removal of tho Government from Tours is no longer talked of. BELLEGARDE, September 2S.-It is re? ported that Pithionircs hus been evacu? ated by tho Prussians, withdrawing to? ward Stamps. NEITOURS, Soptembcr 28.-Tho Prus? sian post at Chapoile lu Heine has been captured. The Prussians subsequently returned, burned several dwellings and exacted 10,000 francs. A convoy of mu? nitions, on tho way to the Prussians, in the neighborhood, was also captured. MESIEEES, September 29.-An armis? tice has been oonoluded with the Prus? sians around this place. It will proba? bly be continued until October, The Prussians besieging Verdun have made no strong demonstrations. LONDON, September 29.-Tho Moscow Gazette says Russia loses power, because France is no. longer counterpoise to Prussia, who is now able to assail her neighbors with impunity. The Belgian Government forbids fairs, to prevent the spread of tho rinderpest. A correspondent writes from Hom? burg, the 27th, that 80,000 reserves passed through Frankfort, this week, to reinforce the army in France. A great deal of typhus fever prevails in German hospitals. The wounded are being removed from thu oontagion. BERI?IN, September 30.-Popnlar ap? petite for conquest is increasing, but despatches from army headquarters are pacific. LONDON, September 30.-The block? ade of Elby has been removed. FLORENCE, September 30.-Rome is threatened with exclnsion from tho ple beoite. Tho Pope dismissed tho Italian guard , of honor. The National Guard will escort the King to Rome. LONDON, September 30.-A telegram just received from Tours, says there is' considerable insubordination in the French army. The officers appear una? ble to control the undisciplined soldiers. Severe examples continue. The Prussians hove desisted from their Westward march oud seem to bo concen? trating around Paris. It is reported that a movement on Lyons is untrue. The French say the Prussian losses since the commencement of tho war, and espe? cially sinco tho investment of Paris, are so enormous that tho Germans take oare to conceal facts. A telegram from Luxemburg, says Mezieres is very strong, but it is not thought it can hold out. French prison? ers are working on the canal in Hanover. Later advices from Paris say the con? struction of barricades is rapidly pro? gressing under the supervision of Roche fort and Gustave Florens. Tho Mobiles are armed with a new and dreadfully de? structivo engine, the invention of which is kept secret. TOURS, September 30.-The firemen aro being enrolled. Breach-loaders are replacing inferior arms. Later udvices from Paris say that a series' of successful engagements in? crease tho order of tho defenders. New breach-loading cannon have been placed on the ramparts. LYONS, September 30.-Political ex-1 citemeut has entirely subsided with a few additional arrests of Claseret's ad? herents. ROUEN, September 30.-Yosterday an? other Paris balloon landed. A messen? ger has gone forward with a multitude of letters for Tours. LONDON, September 30.-There is no abatement of Russian war preparations. CHERBOURG, September 30.-The greater part of the French fleets havo returned. Squadrons are left in the Northern and English Channel, to pro? tect tho French coast. TOURS, September 30.-A great num? ber of the Emperor's privato documents havo been made public. Many noted persons of tho old regime aro implicated in scandals. TOURS, September 30.-A letter from Par?3 says Jules Simon hos stopped the pension to thoso dramatic writers who needed no assistance. Other retrench? ments will be made by the Ministry. Tho contemplated savings will amount to 50,000,000 francs. VIENNA, September 30.-Tho natural? ization treaty with the United States was signed by Austria. LONDON, Soptember 30.-Tho Prus? sians evacuated Ramhoillct seventeen miles South-west of Verueilles. Confi? dence is returning in Paris. It is vaguely assorted that some positions occupied by tho Prussians have been recovered. The Prussians aro continually coming nearer and throwing up works at Rug? ueux and Mendon Terrace. Their works will face tho works on Vauoiso and Issy on tho South of Paris. American Affairs. WASHINGTON, September 20.-Tho Consul to Geneva writes to tho Depart? ment of Stato, September ll, stating that pupers in that city relate an accident to th roo travelers, and eight guides sod porters aooompuuying them, by which ali were lost, on the 6th or 7th instant, in ascending or descending Mont Blanc. Two of thom were Americans, named Dr. James B. Bean, of Baltimore, some way conneoted with the Smithsonian Institution, and John C. Randall, of Quincy, Mass. The latter had hereto? fore made the ascension of Mont Blanc, and made his will tho night before leay ing. Unhappily, no doubt exists of the death of the whole party, oaased either by a hurricane or nn avalanche NEW YORK, September 29.-The Times special from London is informed from well informed qnarters, that the presanre brought to bear on tho English Ministry, by persons like Sir Henry Bulwer on one hand, and deputations of the rudical party on the other, is pro? ducing an effect upon tho Government, which is likely to cause it to depart from its policy of abstaining from active mediation. Tho working classes favor a determined effort to stop the war. It is curious to eeo that while moneyed men aro against intervention, all military and naval men are loud in expressions of I indignation becauso England makes no ' effort to save Franco from ruin, j RICHMOND, September 30.-Superin? tendent Kates, of the Western Union Lines, telegraphs this morning that n number o? buildings at Lynchburg have been swept away and both the gns and water works are submerged. Houses from tho country above have been float? ing by all tho morning and during last night. Tho now iron bridges of the South Side Rood were carried away this morning. The highest freshet ever known is prevailing at Lynchburg. Tho passenger bridge across James River, one-quarter of a mile long, was washed away last night. The depots of the Orange and Alexandria and Virginia and Tennessee Railroads aro submerged. Tho canal is submerged und the 'boats are going about over the tow-path and through the lower streets of the city. The water washed up the main gas pipe, and, at ll o'clock last night, Lynchburg was suddenly thrown into total darkness. A large number of employees on the South Sido Railroad aro cat off on an island below the eity. The freshet will reach Richmond about 2 o'clock to-day, and the river here has already risen a foot. Mcrch a uta ore may in the lower portion-of the city removing goods in time. Telegraph lines aro down io ull directions. CINCINNATI, September 30.-Ten thou? sand visitors were at the fair yesterday. The exposition is the finest ever in tho West. The Green Lino excursionists from tho South, 300 in number, safely arrived. BOSTON, September 30.-The Gner reire got off uudamaged, and proceeds to New York. NEW YORK, September 30.-The Ger? man steamer Frankfort got safely to sea. No French cruisers are visible. JACKSON, MISS., September 80.-Thos. P. Conner, a member of the Mississippi Legislature was, to-day, shot and killed by a man named Collins, at Winono, Mississippi. The difficulty grew out of tho recent assassination of a man named Arnold Brantley. Collins hus not been arrested. NEW *YonK, September 30.-Three Russians, very skillful counterfeiters, wero captured while printing fifty cent scrips. Many thousand dollars in bogus scrip wore captured. WASHINGTON, September 30.-The Supreme Court meets on the 31st inst., in continuation of last term, which ends on the first Monday in December. Tho call docket will be resumed at case 201. An appeal from the Supremo Court of Illinois, which refused admission to the bar to married women, comes up this term. RICHMOND, September 30.-The flood reached hero at 12.30, and in twenty minutes the river rose six feet. There is great excitement in the lower part of the city removing goods from places accessa ble to water. The Orange Hotel and Orange and Alexander Railroad bridges, at Lynchburg, were swept away this morning. A telegram from Gordon? ville says the Ki vana River is flooding all tho surrounding country. Houses, bar? rels of flour and cattle have been wash? ing down the stream all this morning. GORDONSVILLE, September 30.-To? day the accounts that come in from the flood are more and more disastrous. Tho Orango and Alexandria Railroad bridge, over Rock fish River, aro report? ed swept away. Tho bridges over tho Ki vana and Moore's Creek, on the Chesa peak and Ohio Railroad, are also gone. Burley's and Wells' two mills are both floating down tho Rivana with 400 bar? rels of flour floating around them. A dwelling house, completely furnished, went by this afternoon. The Rivana is filled with debris of furniture, barns, agricultural implements, crops, etc. _ AUGUSTA, September 30.-Prepara? tions for tho Agricultural Congress and tho annual fair o? tho Cotton States Fair Association aro being rapidly completed. The city authorities are making arrange? ments on a grand scale for tho entertain? ment and reception of dolcgates to the Congress. Every State in the South will bo represented by tho most promi? nent mon. From tho present display of livo stock, machinery and agricultural productions, tho fair promises to be more extensivo than over seen in tho cotton States. Hotels and public buildings aro boiug fitted up to accom? modate comfortably tho vast numbers expected. ATLANTA, September 30.-Ackerman's election bill, postponing tho election to the 20th of December, passed tho House yesterday by a voto of til to 57. Au ef? fort to reconsider to-duy failed-07 to GO. Iron Ties. A f \ {\f\Ci LBS- superior UtO ^tV/.VJVJv/ TIES, for sale low by Kept 1?_ E. HOPE. Bolted (J?rn Meal. BARRELS, ill tine order, for sale bv Sept U EDWARD HOl'E. jr m AN ci AL. AND COHNEKCIAL. COLUMBIA, 8. C., Ootober 1.-Sales of cotton yesterday 107 bales-middling 13^. NEW YORK, September 30-Noon.* Flour and wheat quiet and unobanged. Corn unobanged and doll. Pork steady. Lard dull-steam 15)?@15%. Ootton quiet-uplands 16%. Turpentine quiet, at 39 V?. Rosin firm, at 95. Freights dull. 7 P. M.-Cotton easier-soles 800 bales; uplands 16)?. Flour-State and Western quiet and uuehanged; Soutboru dull-?uuiiuoD to fair extra 5.30?6.00. Wheat quiet and unchanged. Corn steady. Beef dull. Pork nominal, at 24.50. Lard dull-kettle 15%@16}?. Whiskey 88. Groceries steady. 4Gold 13Freights declining. BALTIMORE, September 30.-Cotton dull aud tending down-middlings 16J?; sales 115 bales; net receipts 583; stock 2,405. GALVESTON , September 30.-Cotton dull nod nominal-good ordinary 13; sales GO bales; net receipts 305; stock 18,231. CINCINNATI, September 30.-Flour heavy. Corn dull and lower, at G8; new 52. Mess pork quiet aud weak, at 24.25. Bacon quiet und unchanged. Whiskey 85@86. ST. LOOTS, September 30.-Flour steady-superfine 4.U0@4.25. Corn dull mixed 57. Whiskey dull and nominal. Hemp and bagging unchanged. Mess pork lower, at 25.00. Shoulders 11)4; clear sides 17}.<. NEW ORLEANS, September 30.-Cotton aotive ut full prices-middlings 15@15.J4; sales 2,800 bales; net roceipts "2,223; stock 9,189. AUGUSTA, September 30.-Cotton oc tive aud steady-sales 160 bales; receipts 1.1G5; middling 14. SAVANNAH, September 30.-Cotton in good demand, at 14^?'@14^; sales 1,000 bales; net receipts 3,448; stock 2,080. CHARLESTON, September 30.-Cotton steady-middlings 14^@14^; eales 200 bales; net receipts 1,348; coastwise 25; total 1,373; exports coastwise 4,135; stock 6,042; net receipts of tho week 8.655; coustwiso 25; total 8,680; exports coastwise 8,457; sales of the week 4,000. LONDON, September 30-Noon. Consols 91??. Bonds 90J?. LIVERPOOL, September 30-Noon. Cotton dull-uplands 8%; Orleans 9. LIVERPOOL, September 30 -Evening. Cotton flat-uplands 8}e[; Orleans 8J?; ?ales 10,000 bales. Yarns and fabrics at Manchester dull. The radicals of the North have made confusion worse confounded by tho irre? concilable positions they assume in their convention platforms. Ono congratu? lates the noble Gorman people on their heroically righteous victories; another, with equal strength of averment, ex? presses unmingled joy and congratula? tion on the success of the people of Franco in the establishment of a French Republio. Ono demands the almost immediate payment of tho public debt, regarding its oontinued existence as anything but a blessing; another insists with equal emphasis on a reduction of taxation. \Neto Orleans Times. Tho "Red" organs insist on a com? plete and thorough change in tho per? sonnel of the entire administrative body employed under tho Empire. Those of Paris aro already beginning to assail the Government and trummelits action. A journal asks what is tho difference between a soldier and a fashionable young lady? and roplies, 4'One faces the powder, and tho other powder tho face." "Which of yon all now deny to dance? Shu that makes dainty? She, I'll swear, hath corns."-Shakspeare. The only opportunity to bo afforded by Dr. Kendal, (whoso office is now on Assembly street, in the cottaRo adjacent to the Wash? ington House,) to thoao suffering with Corns, Bunions and Diseased Nails, to havo them instantaneously and effectually removed, will end in tho next two or throo days, ho having boen solicited to visit other cities, to which ho must attend. Thc following certificates have been fur? nished by gentlemen of this city to DR. RENDAD, from London. Dr. Rend al operated on my foot ontirelv sa? tisfactorily. J. L. REYNOLDS, Baptist Church. Columbia, September 27. Dr. Kendal has this day removed several painful Corns, without giving any pain. September 2C W. D. CORNWELL, M. D. Dr. Rondal has this day extracted Corns from my foot painlessly, expeditiously and en? tirely. A. N. TALLEY, M. D. Columbia, September 21. COLUMIJIA, S. C., Soptcmbor 20, 1870. Dr. Rendal has this day removed two most troublesome Corns, without any porceptiblo Imin. I havo had tho operation performed K'fore, but not so entirely satisfactory to me. W. P. GEIGER, M. D. Dr. Rendal extracted for me this day, two Corns, without giving auv pain. C. H. MIOT. Dr. Rondal's cures of Corns and Bunions and diseased Nails, aro instantaneous, effica? cious and without pain, by a process peculiar to'himsolf, and cutiroly unknown to others. Ho has testimonials of over twenty years from all ranks and conditions of men of this and other nations. Many of them, years after tho operation, yivo proof of their not re? turning. LADIES can bo waited upon at their resi? dences if desired. Sept 2? Tho many friends, (both colored and while,) of JOHN T. SLOAN, Ju., respectfully nomi? nate him for tho office or PROBATE JUDGE of Richland County. Sept ?8 Selling Off to Close Out. AS I intend hereafter to keep only a FIRST CLASS JEWELRY ESTABLISHMENT, 1 will sell out, at and bolow cost, my ENTIRE STOCK of Pistols, Guns, Powder Flasks, Shot Pouches, Caps, Cartridges, Powder and all other Fancy Articles. ALSO, A fine lot of FANS, selling very low. ISAAC SuLZBACIIER, June 1 Columbia Hotel Row. WHOLESALE PRICES CUltltENT. COBBEOTZO WEEKLY BY TBB BO ABD OP TB ADE. APPLES, %ibu. 70(0)1 OU Moi,.v?bEs,Cubal45(i05U BAOOIWO.80@37 NewOrrna OU@100 BALE HOPE, Manil,(g)26 8ugar H'se..76@l 00 N.Y.orWw?H> 8@12 NAILS,. $J Keg5 50(06 00 BUTTER, North. 40@50 ONioNH.$buBl75@2 00 Country, ^ lb.25@35 OiL,KeroBeue,g45<2!60 BACON. Hams.. .27@30 Machinery. .75(2)1 00 Sides, ty lb..19(5021 SPECIE, Gold @110 Shoulders... 17<i$18 ' . Silver. @1 00 CANDLES, Spotm40(t$70 PoTAT's.-Iris ?1 50 Adamantine 1M8@20 Swoet. hue 1 50@1 70 COTTON YAHNI 40@1 50 Iiic?, CArolinatt94(tllO CoTTON,8trictMd..l4^ Snor.tybag. 250(?)2 65 Middling .,.18J SALT, Livorp.2 20@2 26 Low MitU'g.16 1 SOAP, tyUV . . . .; ?@15 Good Orduy,.12i ' SPIRITS, Alcohol,gl7 00 Ordinary.12 : Brandy . .4 00? 12 02 CHEESE, E.D.DJ. 18@20 I Gin.2 00@7 00 factory. ?22 Bum.2 00@7 00 COFFEE, Rio,$1120^25 Whiskey.. .135@4 05 Laguayra_24(02?? buoAU, Crus & ri6?15 Java.83(037 i Brown.12(010 FLOUR, Co. 800@90U ? .STARCH, ty lb... Northern.700(011 00 : TEA,Greeu lbl00(02 10 GRAIN, Corn 1 80(0140 I Black, ... .100(0110 Wheat... .1 40@1 50 TOBACCO, Chw.C0?l ll) Oats. 75(090 Hmoking,lh..5O(01 10 PoaH'.1 50(01 CO VINEGAR, Wiue,.GO(087 HAY, North, tyowt.2 00 French- @101 HiOES.Drv, tylt>12A(3;i8 WINE, Cham.25@30 0O Oreen.!.7?H Port, tygal30Q@5 70 LARD, tylb. 19<??22 I Sherry.... 3 50(06 65 LIME, ty bbl. 2 G5<02 75 | Madeira.. .2 50(05 80 LATEST QUOTATIONS OF SOUTHERN SE i c DRITTES IN CHARLESTON. S. C-Corrected, j semi-weekly, by A. C. Kaufman, Broker, No. 25 Broad street-September 30,1870. Names of Securities. Kate In. Of tl Asked. STATE SECURITIES. North Carolina, old.... 6 - 48 N. Carolina, new. 6 - 27 South Carolina, old.... G - 82 S. Carolina, now. 6 . 70 S. C. reg'd stock, ex in. 6 - 70 Georgia, old. 7 - 91 Georgia, new. 7 .... 93 Georgia. 6 .... 88 Tenneesee, old. 6 .... 59 Tennessee, new. C - 57 Alabama_. 8 _ 98 Alabama. 5 - 73 CITY SECURITIES. Atlanta, Ga., bonds_ 8 - 86 Augusta, Ga., bonds... 7 .... 80 Charleston stock. G .... 48 Charl'n Fire Loan b'ds 7 _ 66 Columbia, S. C., bonds 6 _ 60 Columbus, Ga., bonds. 7 .... 80 J Macon, Ga., bonds.... 7 - 78 Memphis, Tenn., b'nds endorsed... 6 45 _ 14 unendors'd.. 6 43 .... Savannah, Ga., bonds. 7 -. 86 Wilminj, on, N. C. 8 _ 72 Wilminfe in, N. C. 6 _ GO RAILROAD BONDS. Atlantic and Gulf. 7 _ 80 B. R. R., 1st mortgage 7 _ 60 Central Georgia. 7 _.99 Charleston nod Savan.. 6 .... 65 Charlotte, Col. & Aug.. 7 _ 85 Cheraw and Darlington 7 .... 82 Georgia Railroad. 7 _ 98 Green. & Col., 1st mor. 7 - 85 Greou. &C., State guar 7 - 65 Memphis & Charleston. 7 .... 86 North-Eastern past duo 7 .... S7 North-Eastern, new_ 8 .... 87 j Sav. A Char., 1st mort. 7 _ 78 Sav. & Char., State gita, 7 _ 69 South Carolina. 7 - 75 South Carolina. 6 _ 71 Spartanburg and Union 7 - 55 RAILROAD STOCKS. Par. Atlantic and Gulf. 100 _ 33 Central Ga., ex div_ 100 _116 Charlotte, Col. & Aug.. 100 _ 40 Georgia. 100 .... 102 Green, and Col. R. R.. 20 .... 2?.< Macon and Western... 100 _110 Memphis & Charleston. 25 _ 9 North-eastern. 50 .... 13 Savannah & Charleston 100 _ 31 So. Cu., whole shores.. 100 _ 38 So. Ca., half shares... 125 _ 39 BANK STOCKS. fPeop's N. B'k Charl'n, capital 9500,000. 100 103 _ JlstNat. Bank Charl'n capital 8400,000. 100 120 .... gS. C. Loan & Trust Co 100 102 _ Caro. Nat. Bank, Col'a. Bank of Charleston_ 100 _ 21J.? Union Bank S. C. 50 .... 6>? People's Bank So. Ca.. 25 .... 5 Plan. & Me. Bank S. C. 25 .... 1)i Bank of Newberry. 25 .... 3 Bank of Camden. 50 - Others worthless. MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES. Char. M. & M. Co. 100 .... 200 Wando M. & M. Co... 100 .... 325 Charleston Gas Co_ 25 _ 21 Charl'n City R.R. stock 50 .... 51& GranitevilleMan. Co... 100 _ 85 G. & C. R. cert, in deb. 60 S. C. R. cert, indebt's. par N. E. R. E., cert, indebt. 55 City Charleston cor. iu. 90 par. City of Memphis coup. 50 - N. E. R. R. pref, stock. 40 S. &U. R. past duo coup. 50 ti. <fc C. R. past duo coup. 60 EXCHANGE, ETC. Now York sight.}^oi? par Gold. Ill 114 Silver. 103 .... S. C. BANK BILLS. ?Bank of Charleston. ?Bank of Newberry. Bunk of Camden. 35 Bank Georgetown. l-l Bank of S. C. 8 .... Bank of Chester. 14 .... Bank of Hamburg. 12. Bank of the State of S. C., prior to'61. 45 .... Bank of Stato of S. C., issue '61 and '62 . 32 - ?Pl. &Mec. Bank Char'n. ?People's Bauk Charl'n. ?Union Bunk Charles'n. ?S. W. R. R. Bank, old. ?S.W. R. R. Bank, new. Stato Bank, Charleston .... 8 _ Farmers' Ex. B'k Char. 1 _ Exchango Bank, Coluin .... 7 .... Com'l Bank, of Ceduna .... ll .... Merck. Bank of Choraw .... 5 .... Planter's Bank Fairfield_ 5 - S. C.|bills receivable. 00 .... Charleston chango bills. 00 .... " fLess Stock dividend ot 20 pur cent. and cash dividend of 6 por cent. JLoss cash dividend of 6 per cont. gLess cash dividend of 6 per cent, ffiay-Bills marked ihns (*) are being redeemed at tho bank counters of each. Feathers. OC\?~\ LB8. NEW FEATHERS, for lalo by ^UU 8opt272 T. J.AH. M. QID3QN. Carolina Indigo. KfjjA LBS. PRIME CAROLINA INDIGO, tl\JVJ on band and for sale low at wholesale and retail._J. A T. R. AGNEW. MRS. LEVY will resume tho exercises of ber School on MONDAY, 3o OCTOBER, at her residence, corner of Bull and Lady etreota._Sept 2'.) 7 Cheese! Cheese! I rtpf BOXES choice cutting CHEE8E, just ?i*J received ?vnd for sale bv Aug 31_J. A T. R. AGNEW. New Mackerel wwfiMff?, JUST to hand. No. 1, 2, and 3 MACKEREL, catch of 1R70. For Balo by_G KO ROE SYMMERS. School Notice. MRS. S. C. GOODWYN, will re? sumo tho exorcises of her School on MONDAY, October thc 3d. Her rooms are on Assembly street. Sept 20 W Just Arrived, fa ONE car load of fine MULES ?SA and HORSES, which can bc 4-JtZu"ccn at Chas. Logan's Stables, corner iSenato and Assembly streets. Sept 29 4_W. S. A J. M. TALBOT. Guns and Ammunition. JUST received by William Glaze, fine Eng? lish BREECH-LOADING GUNS, fine Eng? lish Powder, in Canisters, Shot and Caps, of all bind. Oue door North of Messrs. Scott, Wil? liams A Co.'J Banking House. Dec 16 New York Smoked Shoulders. JUST received a supply of New York citv smoked Bacon SHOULDERS, eugar-cureil and equal in quality to fine hams. Sept 25_J. A T. R. AGNEW. For Sale, 3?AA ACRE8 of LAND tn Barnwell, .OV./V7 on the Edie to. 750 ACRES iu Kershaw-in lots to suit. HOUSE and LOT in Columbia-$12,000. 1 House in this city, $5,000. HOUSE and thirteen acres LAND, near tho city-$3,000. Apply to JOHN BAUSKETT, Attorney at Law and Real Estate- Agent. Sept 24_ly Wanted. AN aetivo and honeet LAD or YOUNG MAN can find employment in Columbia, S. C., during tho Fair week, by applying at onco to WALKER. EVANS <fc CC-QBWLLL,Charleston, 8. C. Must be well recommended by parties known to us. _Sept 30 2 Columbia Building and Loan Associa? tion. THIS institution is now fully organized. Stockholders are called upon to make the first monthly payment of ono dollar per share. Office of tho Association at the Savings Bank. JOHN P. THOMAS, President. A. G. BREKIZER, Secretary and Treasurer. Sept 30_ Downer's mineral Sperm Oil. ANEW OIL, which wUl not light under 300 degrees Furenheit; never gums; is almost odorless and as safe as Sperm, or Lard Oil for family use, and when burned in the MINERAL SPERM LAMP, the light is equal to the best Kerosene, at a cost nob exceeding one-half a cont, per hour, lt requires but little atten? tion, no trimming, and tho chimney never breaks from heat. A supply of this safety oil, and a small assortment of Lamps, just received and for sale by J. A T. R. AGNEW. Sopt SO _._ Pure Whiskey. WE are agonta for the cole- : brated WOODCOCK: : WHISKEY, made in Jefferson : : County,Ky., and oller it. to the trade : : and at retail at low figures. Wo : : have been selling it for four years : : and it has given better satisfaction : : than any whiskoy we have ever : : sold. We will be pleased to refer : : to critics in this city and all parts : : of tlic State who use it srdolv. : L?RICK A LOWRANCE. : Sept 312 : PROCLAMATION By His Excellency ROBERT K. SCOTT, Governor of the State of South Carolina. IN pursuance of an Act of tho General As? sembly, approved March 1st, 1870, entitled "An Act providing for tho General Election, and the manner of conducting the same," an election will bc held in tho several Counties ot this State, on the THIRD WEDNESDAY, be? ing tho 19th day of Octobor next, for a Go? vernor and Lieutenant-Governorof tho State; for Representatives in the respective Con? gressional Districts; for members of tho State Legislature, and for tho various County offi? cers; and to fill the vacancy in tho First Con? gressional District, aud all other vacancies in tho County offices. Said election to be conducted according to tho rules, principles and provisions prescribed by the Act afore? said. All bar-rooms and drinkiug saloons shall bo closed on tho day of elcltion, and any per? son who shall sell any intoxicating drinks on tho day of election, shall bo guilty of amis demeanor; and, on conviction thereof, shall be lined in a sum not less than one hundred dollars, or bo imprisoned for a period not less than ono month nor moro than six months. Tho Commissioners and Managers of Elec? tions, and each of them, are horoby required, with Btrict regard to tho provisions of tho Constitution and laws of tho State touching thoir duty in such case, to causo euch elec? tions to bo held in their respectivo Counties on tho day aforesaid, and to take all neces? sary steps for tho holdiug of such elections, and for tho ascertaining and determining the perBous who shall have been duly elected thereat. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set un? hand and caused tho great seal of the State to bo aQiod at Columbia, this [t. s.] 29th day of Septomber A. D., 1S70, and in tho ninotv-fith year of tho independ? ence of tho United States of Ann rica. ROBERT iv. SCOTT, Governor. F. L. CAROOZO, Secretary of State. ?V South Carolina Republican, Charleston Courier, Abbevillo Banner, Anderson Intelli? gencer, Barnwell Sentinel, Bouuettsvillo Jour- \ nal, Camdeu Journal, Choraw Advertiser, ; Chester Reporter, Uorry Sentinel, Darlington Southerner, Edfeelield Advertiser, Georgetown Titties, Greenville Mountninter, Kiugatreo Star, Laurensvillo Herald, Lancaster Ledger, Clarendon Harmer, Marion Star, Newberry Herald, Orangeburg Saes, Keowce Courier, Spartanburg ReptdiHaih, Sumter Xews, L'nionvillo Times, Fairfield Herald, Yorkville j Enquirer, Southern '.'eil, and Pendieion Ca- \ zelte will each copy once and forward copy aud bill to Executive offico. Sept 80 2 | Aiiotion Salo?. Fine Double Buggy. BY D. C. PELXOTTO & SON. MONDAY next, October 8. 1870. in front of tho Court Houao, in thia city, at 10 o'clock, ito will sell. A fine DOUBLE BUGGY, aound In cverv particular and very little used. The above can bo treatod for privately previously to day of aale. Sept 30 State of South Carolina-Executive Department. WHEREAS, a vacancy exista in tho Repre scutatiou of tho "First Congressional District of South Carolina, occasioned by the resignation ot Hon. B. P. Whittcmoro. Now, therefore, I, ROBERTK. SCOT!, Governor of the Stato aforesaid, do hereby issue Ibis, ruv proclamation, that an election, to fill eaid va? cancy, will bo held at tho several election pre? cincts in said Congressional Districts, on WEDNESDAY, tho 10th day o? October next. Tho Commissioners of Elections, appointed iu pursuance of. an Act providing for thc general elections, and tho manner of con? noting tho same, approved March 1, 1870, are authorized and directed to conduct the said special Congressional election, and to make all necessary arrangements therefor; and oach of thom aro hereby required, after due publication, and with Btrict regard to the provisions of tho Constitution, and of the laws of tho Stato, touching their duty :n such case, to causo such election to bo hela on tho day aforesaid, and to tako all tho necessary steps for t..c holding of auch ejection, and for tho ascertaining and determining tho person who shall have Deon duly elected thereat. lu testimony whereof, I have hereunto act my hand, and caused tho great seal of tho State to bo affixed at Columbia, [L.S.] thia twenty-ninth day of September, A. D., 1870, and in the ninety-lift li year of tho Independcnco of the United Statoa of America. ROBERT E. SCOTT, Governor. F. L. CABDOZO, Secretary of State. Sept 30 2 mm South Carolina Daily 7?f/>uWtcan,Charlea tcn Courier. Bennettsville Journal, Camden Journal, Choraw Advertiser, Horry Sentinel. Darlington Southerner, Georgetown Times, Kiugstroe Star, Lancastor Ledger, Clarendon Banner, Marion Star, Sumter JSeios, will each copy once, and forward copy and bill to this office. Columbia Odd Fellows' School. TUE exercises of thia School will be resum? ed on MONDAY, 3d October next. Terms per month, payable at the end of each month. Spelling, Roading and Writing.$2.00 Arithmetic, English Grammar, Geogra? phy, History, Latin and Greek Lan? guages.,... .14.00 Algebra, Geometry and Surveying.... ..$5.00 C. O. TRAPP, Aug 26 8ept 16 Oct 1 A 2_Principal. For Sale IOFFER at private aale my PINE BLUFF PLANTATION, on the Bluff Road, two and three-quarter m il en from Gadsden Depot, on the Bomb Carolina Railroad, until the tiret Monday in November; if not disposed of at that time, it will bo sold at public eale, in Columbia. Persona wishing a valuablo upland and swamp place umtcd, will hud themselves suited. For partieulara, apply to me, on the place, by letter, addresaed to "Hopkin** Turn-Out, Richland Countv." .Sept 24 tlG_ISAAC T. WESTON. The Misses Martin WILL roeume tho exercises of their SCHOOL on MONDAY, Octo stober 3. Musical Department, as hercto 'fore, under charge of Prof. Plate. French-Dr. J. C. Faber, Pro? fessor of Modorn Languagos. Classes will be formed in Latin, Drawing and Painting. _ July 26,27,al.25,27,23.29.80,ol,2 Notice. TnE suaeriber ia now in receipt of bia .FALL and WINTER STOCK, consisting f?f CLOTHS, CASSIMERES and VEST? INGS of the very latest atylo and pat? terns, which baa been* carefully selected by himself, and invites tbe public to call and ex? amino tho eame, as ho nus one ot tbe linost assortments of goods iu his lino that ever came to thia market. * Havo also on hand a splen? did assortment of the STAR SHIRTS, some of them tho linet)t ever manufactured. Sept 24_J. F. EISENMANN. For Rent. DH. LEWIS* twf STORE HOUSES, on . Richardson aud Laurel streets, former? ly occupied by Thomas J. A ll. M. Gibson, have undergone thorough repairs, aro now ready to reut. Business men dishing good stands, will do well to inquiro on the promi? ses for information, S. KRAIT, Sept 28_Agent. The Office OF the Exocntivo Committee of tho Union Reform Party ia over the Savings Bank. All persona friendly to tho causo, will have access to tho roi m at auy timo of the day, where they can seo tbe papers, and get the news. Oulce hours from from 9 to ll a. m. and from 5 to 6 p. m. E. W. SEIDELS, July 28 Sec. and Treas. Ex. Com. A Large Village Store for Sale. A TWO-STORY WOODEN BUILDING, in tho centre of business at Orangebnrg, - S.C., fitted up as a STORE and DWEL? LING, will bo sold at public auction, on MON? DAY. 3d October, on liberal terms. Title good. HARPIN RIGGS, Sept 2t) tlu?2_Sheriff Orangoburg Co. E. Morris, Columbia, S. C., MANUFACTURER of COTTON GINS, at $3.59 per saw. Our Gina are warranted to pleaao in ovory respect, or no salo. Pre? mium awarded at last Stato Fair. Also, Wood Turning iu every description and style, at short notice. Juno 30 3mo For Sale, A OREAT VARIETY OK GERANIUM ^CUTTINGS aud other handsome green UOU90 plants, for Bale very low, by O. ADAH!, Sent 13 jSmo_At tho Asylum. _ Creme De La Creme. 1 f\f\ BARRELS very superior FAMILY JA/U FLOUR. , " ... 200 barrels low priced and medium qualities. For sale low h-_EDWARD HOPE. Cotton Bagging. 1- /"v/^v/^ YARDS heavy and medium O.UUO COTTON RAGGING for sale by E. ?OPE. Bagging. Bope, Twine and Cotton Ties. AFULL SUPPLY constant lr on hand and for sal.? low, hy _ J. ft T- jj AGNEW. Seed Ry.?. 2K RUSnELS PRIME SEED RYE, for sal* Q by EDWARD ROPE.