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??? COLUMBIA, S. C.1 Wednesday Morning. August 16, 1871. t?eorgl? State Agricultural nn? niccn? nloatl Convention- bet oar State ne Aroutodi We oall attention to tho interesting lotter of our correspondent .'A,*! who gives his impressions of tho Georgia Ag? ricultural und Meohanical Convention. Georgia, aa usual, is going ahead, under the influence of tho spirit of progress. Our correspondant writes us that wo ure greatly behind Georgia in our industrial department. Let our peopio oatoh np. Georgia points ns to tho path of safety and victory. To develop the resources of our Btato and to bring science to beor upon agricnltnreandthemeohanio arts to promote tho material, well-being of South Carolina; for these purposes our State Agricultural and Meohanical Socie? ty waa formed- *wyl annual fairs institut? ed. Let us press this great work. We hope that ourcotempororiesof the State press will bring this matter prominently forward. Let us see to it that at onr next meeting of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Convention, all portions of Soath Carolina Bhall be fully repre? sented. Wo aro pleased to know that our Sdoiety is represented at the Georgia Convention by such efficient men as Messrs. Aiken, Watts, Furman and Fel? der, .We observe, from one of our Georgia exchanges, that Col. D. Wyatt Aiken was called upon in the Conven? tion, and that he spoke with his aeons tomed force and earnestness. AU South Carolina shonld be folly organized-in? dustrially. Euch County should hnvo ita agricultural and meohanical Bociety, and these made to harmonize with the contra][society. To organize thoa is to organize for tho genuine and substantial welfare of our beloved State. Tho Indina question is again assuming importance. Largo bands of Sioux aro occupying territory in Montana owned by other tribes, and a conflict in that quarter is looked for. Generals Hancock, Sheridan and Sherman agree that the Government will eventually be called upon to effectually settle Ibo Indian question, both in regard to the relations existing between hostile tribes as well as with the whites. The Government troops at present in the Upper Missouri coun? try are deelarod to be altogether insuffi? cient to carry on a Buaoessf ul campaign in coso hostilities should break out; and tho plan proposed is to keep the IndianB quiet by furnishing them with supplies until.next spring, at whioh time a force of cavalry can be placed at the more ex? posed points largo enough to awe the savages into submission, or at least con? quer an enduring peace. THE EiiKOTiON is NEWBERRY.-Our at? tentive correspondent at Newberry ad? vises us: The votes for County Commissioners have just boen counted, and the follow? ing ia the result-rather more of a ma? jority for the Democrats than was at ?rst thought: J. H. Martin, (D.,) 1,105; Col. Wm. Lester, (D.,) 1,142; W. P. Harris, (R.,) 575; Wm. Davis. (H.,) 571; Timothy Boozer, (Independent,) 82. Majority for Lester over the highest, 567. Majority for Martin over next highest, 534. THE POWEK OP ARTII?I?ERY.-The re? cent eonfliot between the French and the Prussians has been deoided-like all modern conflicts are now-more by the power of artillery than by mere hand to-hand engagements. New inventions in tho instruments of warfare have plaoed mero physical strength altogether in the minority. It used to be the boast that the British soldier was superior ia the matter of a bayonet charge to any other Moldier in the world. Now, how? ever, times are altered. The results of a victory depend, not on the power of tho mon individually, bat on tho power of the artillery collectively. Yet this leads us to an old reflection, namely: whether the mon of the present day are equal or inferior in stature to the war? riors of ancient times. The generally ? accepted belief is that the men of the ?.: present day are quite as stout and stal? wart as they were in tho old historio ageB long gone by. Even at Lord Eglin toun's famous tournament not a few of the knights had some diffloolty in find? ing armor, largo enough for thom to wear. And going even farther, bsok, if wo take tho Egyptian mn m my oases in the British Museum, few of them would contain on average sized Englishman. So mach for antiquity. Tho Romans and Greeks of old were a shorter, slight? er race than the Gauls, from whom they at first sprang, and shrank in time. The sentries suffocated at Pompeii are quito as short as the smallest French linesman, withont tho broad, well-set look so often observable in the latter sturdy little race; and, without fear of vanity on. the part of a degenerate race, we venture to think that a .brigade of our British "Guards" would have mode short work of even tho picked men of a Roman lo? gion.-X)n?e-a'We?k.' " The order of the Sooiety of Jesus, with their General at their head, have left Borne to establish themselves in Sieily, principally, at Palermo. Tho town in Coos County, N..H., named "Success" is a failure. After twenty years, it bas only five inhabitants. [Th? Georgia State Agricultural and Mechanical Convention. BOMS, GA., August 12. Mit. EntTon: The Agrioaltaral Con? vention which recently mo| in this city adjourned yesterday, after a moat inte? resting session of four days, ten work? ing hours constituting a day. Nearly 500 delegates woro present, and every County in the State waa represen tod. A programme of business was submitted by the Executive Committee of the Georgia Agricultural Society, and adopt? ed by tho Convention. On thia pro? gramme were arranged sabjeots for dis- j onsston, all of which were of vital inte? rest to tho many stanly farmers that made up this body. The making, han? dling and application of domestic ma? nures, tho use and value of commercial fertilizers, hill-aide ditches, live stock, fencea, drainage, irrigation, clover and the graiisoa, immigration, corn and the cereals, cotton and manufactur?e, were nil m turu ably discussed, and a liberal interchange of opinions given on all aud every one of these subjects. Indeed, the delegates, both old aud young, edu? cated aud nneduoated, talked and spoke BO glibly and sometimes so eloquently on theae various aubjeota, that I concluded each had prepared a set spoech before ho left home, or else Georgin ia a State of oratorical farmers. Every one had something to say, und each said it gene? rally weil. Interspersed through the long programme wore appointed boura for addresses by variona distinguished sous of Georgia. General John B. Gor? don delivered a moat adrnirablo address on the subject of education and the ne? cessity of using Southern aohool hooks, which, I am sure, would be of immense value to South Carolina, if he could be induced to deliver it during Fair week, in November next. During the Bitting of the Convontion not a subjeot was in? troduced but that was thoroughly ven? tilated, and many new and valuable ideas must have boen pioked up by every dele? gate. When Gov. Brown announced the fact that since the 1st of January lost, the Western aud Atlantic Bailroad, ovor which he presided, had brough) into Georgia from Chattanooga 33.??C bales of hay; and another member as? serted that 27,000 males bad boen sold in Atlanta between September, 1870, and April, 1871, the eyes of the planten wero opened, and many of them at once resolved to begin growing the grassei and raising mules; while, on the othei hand, the old fogies of the Convoutiot were astounded at being told that foui bales of cotton had been made on otu acre of land, as also on two other singh acres five tona of clover hay and 3?0? worth of Bugar and syrup. Now, Mr. Editor, upon these am similar ideas, aa well as tho preparatioi and cultivation of tho land, aud all tin et ceteras connected with the matte nnder discussion, are told iu open con vention by the men who did it, and whi allow themselves, while on tho floor, b he interrogated as to tho mi nu ti ie; cai yon not seo that Buch bodies aro promo live- of the science of agriculture in sud a way as to enable the most illiterate t< profit by it? Then, why cannot th planters and mechanics of South Caro lina be taught in a similar way? Tho; can and should be. This oral teachiuj by narrating practices and experiment is the most effective of all methods, am should be adopted by the men of on State. Tho system in this State is Him ply as follows: The Georgia Agricultura Society is merely a whole, of whioh th component parts aro tho County sock ties. They have a spring convention ii Southern Georgia, and a fall conventio in Northern Georgia. Each County ha tho same number of delegates from it society, and each local club is entitled t ? delegate; but no County has more tba six votes, even though it has a doze delegates. By tho liberality und munit! cent generosity of the railroads, ever delegate is oarried to and from tho COD vention for nothing. Tho cities whic invite the Bittinga of the conventio throw open their doors to the convor tion, and hospitably entertain, free c hotel bills, every delegate. The press all over the Ntr.te stir up tb planters to attend these Convention! und publish calls for them without chnrgi Aud thus tho entire State ia aroused t the importance of having every seotio represented hy good men. By a vote c the convention, their proceeding ai always published and distributed to tb members; and every set oration, c praotioal speech, or valuable experimor. reported during the convention, is pul liahed in the proceedings. Tbua tb planters of Georgia are acquiring prac tical, scientific information, which : building up the agriculture of tho Stat? loading her onward to success, wbic entitles her to that claim which she he always asserted-that of being the En pire Btate of the South. Can South Carolina not do as niue for herself? Will not the press in th manner lend her aid towards developin our industrial resources? Are not or railroads os munificent and patriotic Are not our people aa hospitable? | feel that I can speak for one section And are not our farmers and plantel and mechanics as d?sirons of interobanf ing vio'wa and comparing notes wit each otbor, and thus edifying one ni other, and both by precept and exampl conducing to our material prosperii and individual and collective sncocst What say yon, Mr. Editor? As Geo glans say in convention, "let's hoai from Colombia. And why should not Charleston speali Now that the dear old city is oleause from her baptism in political filth, wh should she not be able to extend a grce iog to a convontion of planters an mechanics? Roll thia ball, Mr. Edito it will catch moss that at po distant da will grow into a beautiful green ooveriu for the entire State, and compel her 1 be what abo 'Should bo^a worthy'agr cultural and mechanical rival ot thiB enterprising sister bf hersi A. -k "anMirr ?-1- * ? A correspondent of the Augusta Chro? nicle and Senti nd writes as follows of the late accident on the Bine Bid ge Bail road: Liaat night, John Calhoun Clemson, Esq., was killed at Honnioutt, on the Blue Ridge Railroad. A train belong? ing to the tl roou vii ie and Oolambia Rail? road Company waa passing np the line for lumber, and following the up-pas aenger train, in whioh was Mr. Clemson. At Hunniontt a passenger was landed, and whilst the mail train was stopped for this parp?se, the lamber train ran into it with great foroo. Mr. Clemson, seeing that a collision was inevitable, tried to escape into a forward oar, but, in passiug from ono platform to another, received a bio iv in bis chest, whioh broke Bevoral ribs, and caused his death in about two hours. Mr. Clemson was aged thirty years, and the only son of the Hon. Thomas G. Clemson, formerly United States Minister at Brussels, and grand-son of John C. Calhoun. Only two weeks ago, Iiis sister Floride, the wife of Gideon Lee, died in the Stato of New York. Thus, in fourteen days, the parents are left childless, and this community has lost two of its most promising and most amiable members. Every one sympathizes with the suffer? ers, und all desire to console- them, bat no ono knows how. There is no parry? ing snob heavy blows. Is it not a most extraordinary thing that a lumber train should bo so close to a passenger train as to run into it? I hear it is done very frequently in this up country, and that it is n common thing for two trains not to be fifty yards apart. I obBervod, on tho Greenville uud Columbia Railroad, that the brakes? man always sat in tho cars until the whistle blew. Surely if the engine driver can fix his undivided attontion on his moving machino for twelve hours, as he does ou this line, tho brakesman can stay at his post, where he has so little to do. There is want of good management on those roads, and heneo the death of Mr. Clemson. FIFTEEN HUNDRED WOMEN SENT TO A "LIVING DEATH" IN CAYENNE.-Tho Liberte, of Friday evening, is responsible for a report which, if founded on truth, requires either an explanation from the Government or the severe judgment of tho world, by the pross or otherwise. II. reports that 1,600 women-Oom ni u neuses, of coarse-havo boen sent off to Cayenne by the Nereide, and that 2,500 have also been shipped from Toulon by the Ceres and the Amazon. This report i seems circumstantial. The writer ecoms to have seen a portion, at least, of the shipment, and describes, ia vivid pic? tures, the despair of the women in thus being sent to a living death; and, to heighten the picture, tim fact may be added that none have been legaMy tried. Tho above statement has naturally cre? ated some indignant sensation. Tho Radicals in the Assembly are redder than ever, and in the lobby the subject was discussed with great warmth. M. Girard is reported to have had a private inter? view with M. Dafanre, the Minister of I Justice, to elioit an explanation. It was expected tho Official vroi?d have formally denied the statement, but it is silent. The Radicals havo, therefore, resolved to interpellate the Government. [London Eolio. Some of the factory girls in Lowell are on a strike, but as they aro obliged to give a month's notice before they quit, they have issued a circular to the world at large, ia which is the following interesting paragraph: "We aro now working at our notice-aan turn our bunds to mo-t anything-don't like to be idle, but determined not to work for nothing whero folks cnn afford to pay. Who wants help? Wo can mako bon? nets, dresses, puddings, pies, knit, roast, stew, fry, make butter and cheese, milk cows, feed chickens, hoe oom, sweep ont the kitchen, pat the parlor to rights, make beds, split wood, kindle tires, wash and iron, besides being remarkably fond of babies." RAIN.-A fino shower of rain fell at this place and vicinity on Sunday night last. Other sections of the County have boen similarly favored. Tho drouth, npon the whole, continues, aud there is not the least doubt bat that the crops ure out short one-half. It is distressing? ly sad to look upon tho large fields of corn and cotton which promised so mooh six weoks ago, and now withered and parched. - Winnsboro News. Conventions being the order of the day, some wag in the North proposes ono of tho Grant and Dent families. Ho prophecies that it would bo ono of tho largest and grandest gatherings of the times, and, by sheer weight of num? bers, wield an important iufluence upon the political complexion of tho next po? pular vote. A Canton, III., farmer says: "I was going out past my corn crib the other morning, when I observed a large rot, with head erect, carrying a full-sized ear of corn in bis mouth. At the same time his tail was wrapped arouud another, and an extra large ear, which ho was dragging behind bim." A Boston jail holds n beautiful and well-educated girl, who was arrested for stealing ?2,000 from her employers, a dry goods firm. Indiana youth? who give hints to their fathers at the end of A Bowie knife are properly looked np for twenty years to study the point A oonple at Danbury, Conn., having carefully considered tho question for twenty-five years, have recently decided to get married. The Columbus, Ohio, papers don't have any editorials now, tho alleged oanse being that "the thermometer is up to three shirt collars a minute." ? ?^REIiESS SrioOTis? ON TUB FilONTlER. A letter from au ex-poat chaplain tu the NbW York jTW&une, dated Footoville; Wis., (Tune 5,.aaya: On the march of our regiment froin Sioux City, Iowa, to Fork Sully. D. T., we were overtaken by a young fron tiers - man, whose parents live in the Northern part of the Territory. He had boen with General Sibley'a expedition, had been recently discharged, aud waa now on his way home. With ns b? could have company nud rations. Ho natl hie horse, rifle, aud cavalry accoutrements with him. After wo hud gone into camp, one evening, and sapper waa over, the boya gathered in groupa, as usual, to en? joy a chat. lu tho group around our frontiersman a discussion arose on the respeotivo power aud accuracy of their pieces. Thia young mau praised his piece above all others for long range aud accuracy. Just then one of our men saw wbut he thought vms n buffalo, or deer, crossing a bute, about a milo off, and caullenged him to shoot at that. But he said it was neither a deer nor a buffalo, but an Indian, and ho thought he could hit him, or, at any rate, he could scare him. He drew a bead and fired; tho object was seen to spring np in the air, nud Rome one exclaimed: "You hit him." Ho replied, very coolly: "Don't know; an Iudiun would jump that way and then full if he hoard the whizz of a ball, just to prevent, your firing again." Some of our boys caught bis spirit, and said, "it was only an In? dian, anyhow;" but most of them were shocked that a man, who had never done them any harm, should be shot at in so cold-blooded a manner. At roll-call, ono of our soldiers was missing. Another of the company said he fell out at a stream, about two milos back, to catch a fish for supper; another said ho was down with Company K ; so tho inquiry was passed over uunuswered. The ser? geant, however, whq shared tho shelter tent with tho youug mau who had shot at the Indian, was rustless all night, and could not sleep for thinking that per? haps it was young P., tho missing man, that was shot. He watched for peep of day, then woke the young man up, pro? posing to go up tho bute aud seo if ho had hit that Iudiau. They went, und when they drew near euongh to seo the object on thu ground distiuotiy, tho fron? tiersman, who was ahead, threw up bis hands, and exclaimed: "My God, it's a soldier I" It was our lost comrade, a quiet, poaceuhlu youth, of about nine? teen years o? agu. Tho ball hud passed right through bi- head. The young man who shot him was put nndur arrest, depositions taken, and, when wo reached tho rivor, waa aunt, by the lirst down boat, under guard, to Sioux City. Having buen discharged, he was a civilian, and wo had to band him over to the civil authority. Had ho boen in thc service, wo could have dealt with him under martial law, He re? mained tberu until tho grand jury met, when they decided they had no jurisdic? tion-no bill found. Had he shot uu Indian, wo oould not have done anything with him, as an Iudiun is not n citizen. A trader, who has been several yuara in tho Iudiun country, told mo if it had boen an Indian, our regiment would have lost many a scalp as a penalty of the wickedness of that ono mau. This would have led to reprisals, and then there would have been numerous ac? counts of "Indian outrages." TUB BARNWELL AGRICULTURAL SOCIK TY.-At a nifetiug of the committee, held on tho 7th iobt , arrangements wore made for organizing tho society into a joiut stock association. Upon coufer enco, tho President was instructed forth? with to issue a premium list for the an? nual fair in October, and to take all pro? per s te pf toward making it a success. It was further determined, to add interest to the occasion, that a tournament be ridden on the second day with tho sabre, and that Messrs. Alfred Aldrich, H. W. Richardson and Council Dunbar bo a committee iu charge of thesatne, Young gentlemen intending to ride will commu? nicate with the cbairmun, Mr. Alfred Aldrich, Barnwell. After many wonderful mututions, it is said that Napoleon III proposes to again seek a home in Switzerland, tho free land which simpered him in bis earlj days of exile and obscurity. Thus the right of asylum, which despots nearly all ignore, and which Napoleon himself would have readily violated when he was at the height of bia power, is once more invoked from a liberal European repub? lic, and thu ex-Emperor goes buck to her bracing mountains to dream of past greatness, or, perhaps, to couooct schemes for tho restoration of his dy? nasty. A colored man, hy tho name of Wright Moore, of Statesville, N. C., came to his death, on Wednesday last, iu a singular manner. Hu and another colored man were chasing a bog, aud were running nt considerable spued, carno in contact with each other, both fell, Wright fulling on top. Tho concussion, it ia supposed, produced an internal injury, from which ho died in a short while. On Tuesday evening last, Mr. J. h. dolemau wont to tho plantation of Mr. J. O. Brimson, to arrest a freedman by ?be nama of Bogg Piorcc, who was con sealed ia a house. Oolemau demanded idmittanco, which was refused. He then forced tho door and entered, when he ivas shot by the negro aud instantly tilled.-Barnwell Sentinel. The body of Mr. James Brown was ound near Grico'a Station, ou the Wil nington, Columbia nud Augusta Rail oad, iv few days ngo. He is believed to lave boeu murdered by a colored mau lamed Henry Williams. A paper having had an article headed sith the conundrum, "why do wives ade?" a contemporary "supposes it ia lecause they won't wash." The proverb that stolen kisses are weet, is enforced by tho fact that they generally come from lasses. II - HM i 11 H ti Vu m ag II i rn CAROLINA'S HONORED DEAD.-W? again advert to tho roll of our martyred dead aod the history of the different1 regiments, battalions and conupauiee, furnished by this State during the late | war, whick is now iu course of prepara? tion by tho. Survivors' Association of South Garolina. An ageut has been ap? pointed ' to canvass the State for sub? scribers to this most valuable work, al oopy of whioh should find its way to the household af every one whose beert] throbs in union with the principles for which those brave men*fought aud eo hr? roioally died. It is true "the war between the States" is past, and tho doctrines which we sub? mitted to the stern arbitrament of arms has boen decided against ns. Il is trae that it Was our duty when the last line of bayonets was lowered at Appomatox, ween the sturry cross on tho ensign of the army of the West was shrouded in the gloom of tho surrender at Joneshoro, to forget tho mad passions engendered by the red demon of strife. But though the field be lost, it does not follow that.' wo should be altogether unmindful of the past-a past fruitful in all the ele? ments of moral, political and martial greatnecs-a past, the fame of whioh is as imperishable os the deeds it comme? morates; a past whioh calls up the march, the bivouac and the fight. The march through the gorges of the Blue Kidgo, and ap the lovely Valley of the Shenandoah-with Johnston through Tennessee and Georgia, where the foot? prints of our mon could be traced in characters of blood, from their torn and lacerated feet. The bivouac, where1 'neath the cold arch of winter's night, and the quivering light of the stars, they rested from the fatigues of the day, un? comforted save by thoughts of the loving aud loved ones io their sunny Southern home. The fight in whioh our gallant1 boys presented fearless breasts to the storm of loaden hail, and won for them? selves a name almost without a parallel in the history of nations. It is the in? tention of the Survivors' Association to | place on record the dame of every sol? dier from this State who perished in bat- I tie or who died during the war. There I are few of our people who do not monro some relation who fell io the front of battle. There are none of our people who do not treasure the memory of oar plain heroes. - Even those who were op? posed to the principles for whioh the South fought bear willing testimony to the valor und self-sacrificing heroism of the mon in gray. We earnestly hope that the agent will meet with success commensurate with the nobleness of the object.-Charleston Courier. SINOUI,AR CASE.-A young lady cf Pittsburg to all appearances lay dead for twdnty-two days. When she diod(?) there was such a peculiar expression on bur countenance, and decomposition not1 appeariug, her friends refused to allow her to be buried. On the twenty-second day she arose with a start, as if just awakened from a refreshing sleep, and was surprised upon being iuformed of her Bip Van Winkle slumber. About her first motion was to go to the cup? board and pot herself outside of a con pie of pius. She then told tho asto? nished neighbors who bad filled the house that she had only been asleep a dreaming, and became greatly annoyed at what she thought was their propensity to "tease" her fur "over sleeping her? self au hour in the morning. It is a very singular case. Tuglioni, the once famoos danseuse, died at her villa, on Lake Como, recent? ly; aged 100. There are 118 Free Mason Lodges in this State, with a membership of 14,000. COW FEED. 5{\f\i\ LKa- WHEAT BIIAN, .\JVJ\J 100 bushels Cow Pens, 75 bales North inver Hay, For salo low, for cash, at P. OANTWELL'S, August IG 1_Main ut root. C R. H?LMES7 Cotton Faotor and Commis. Merchant, ACCOMMODATION WHAEK, CHARLESTON, S. C. August 10_i$mo Fresh Arrivals. Q/"Vrv BARRELS FLOUR, fro-n common OUU to Quest quadties. ? tierces Hams, of the oelebratod "Orango" and "Diamond" brands. bmoland Beef, Smoked Oeif Tougues. Pickled Beef Rounds. Roasted Java Coffee, Mocha, Java, La guayra and Rio Coffees. ALSO, A foll and well-selected stock of fresh : TEAS, and other Staple and Fancy Oroceries. For sale low. CEO. BYMMERS. August 16 New Books'. New Books!! New Booka!!! THE DOMESTIC LIFE OF THOB. JEF< FERSON. By his grand-daughter, Sarah N. Randolph, ?2.60. Reminiscences of Fifty Years. By Mark Boyd. $1.75. "At Last." A Christmas io tho West lu Hes. By Charles Kingsley, with many illus orations. $i. ibo Lifo of Hu rn ando Cortex. By Arthur Helps. 12 50. "Light and Electricity." By J. Tjudall. 11.25. "Corinne; or, Italy." By Madamo DoStad. (2.75. Tho Coming Race; or, The New Utopia. (1.25. "broad Winners." By a Lady of Boston 11.29. Six Boys. A Mothor's Story. By tho Arno ?cnn Tract Society, fl.25. The Earthly Paradise. A Poem. By WU iam Morris. Threo volumes, tl.50. . "Ktuostins." Ey Georgs Ltzd. ??V>. Terriblo Temptation. By Chas. Reade 30o. Also, a largo selection of new Novels by the it.ii authors, Just roceivod and for sale at ra tuend prices, by BRYAN A MoCARTKR. Schiedam Schnapps.* IfT CASES Wolf o's celebrated SCHIEDAM QO AROMATIC SCHNAPPS, Jost arrived nd for Malu low by Aug 15 JOHN AONBW ft RON. THE MORRIS COTTON OIN HAS DISTANCED ALL OTHERS. A ND is warranted to do it again. For fall ?L particulars, relativa to these machines, ddresa E. MORRIU, Juno.18 3mo Columbia, B. 0. J?M O O gt 1 lt? TT* S A PncKNixiAN?.-The price of BkLJ?: copies of the PHCSftfx is flVe ceo ta. The wenthpr is all tb at conld he di? sked-cool nt night abd in the morning, and not uncomfortably warm at mid-day. Tho fall departures have commenced and numbers of our merchants are ult* for Gotham, the Quaker and the Monu? mental cities for their supplies, The Southern gas generator, now in use nt tho PHOENIX officer, is much ad? mired. It ia just the thing for large es? tablishments; aud in country towna ia invaluable. Prefer diligence beforo idleness, unless you esteem rust above brightness. Buy the truth and sell it not; also, wisdom and instruction and understand? ing. Faith which works by fear only leads to u selfish, dishonest repentance, if to any. No person ever?got stung by hornets who kept away from where they were. It ia ao with had habits. Praises are valuable only when they fall from lips that have courage to con? demn. Lire to be useful. Live to give light. Live to accomplish the end for which yon wero made, quietly aud steadily shine on, trying to do good. Getting in debt ia like a mouse getting into a trap-very easy going in, bat ex? tremely difficult getting out. Our merchants, and others wishing to prepare for the fall basiuess, will please take notioe that the PHOBNIX office in supplied with all necessary material for aa handsomo carda, bill beads, posters, circulara, and other printing that maybe desired, as any office in the city. Give ua a call and test our work. The thermometer Btood as follows, at tho Pollock House, yesterdays 7 A. M., 75; 12 M., 85; 2 P. M., 86; 7 P. M., 87. We are prone to judge others narrowly by their particular acts. We like our? selves to he judged generously, by our spirit. If yon fall into misfortune, diaengago yourself aa well as you can. Creep through tho huahea that have ?he fewest (briers. * . Not long aince Sir John Lubbuck called attention of Parliament to the in? accuracies which ocjsur in some of the text booka used in the primary schools ol Great Britain. In one of these books Ireland, he said, Was ; represented ni being in America. This is certainly < mistake, but not so great a mistake ai Sir John seems to auppose. There i almost as mach of Ireland in America n ho will find anywhere else. A Baltimore poet, taking up an oh theme, gives tho end of Cleopatra ii this style: "She got a little p'ison snako And hid it in ber gown; It gave its little tale a shake, And did her job up brown.. "She tumbled down upon her bed, Whero abe waa wont to lie, Removed her chignon from her head, And followed Antony." SCPIIEMK Cou UT DECISION-August 1 Samuel W. Melton and wife es. J. ] Withers et al. Decree of Circuit Cpu set aside, demurrer overruled abd ca remanded. Opinion by Willard, A. J. MAIL AHUANOUUESTS.-The, Nor!he mail opona at 3.Ot) P. M.; oiosea-7. A. M. Charleston day mail opens " 4. P. M. ; closes 6.00 A. M. Chariest night mail opens 6.30 A. M.; closes 6. P. M. Greenville mail opens b\46 M. ; doses 6.00 A. M. Western m opens 9.00 A. M. ; closes 1.S0 P. M. < Sunday office open from 8 to 4P. M. HOTEL ABBTVALS, August 15.-Kick son House-W. Johnston, J. J. Gorm Miss Anderson, W. R. Kline; N. C.? H. Averill, Augusta; W. M. Bo?soup Ch ap pel i's; Mrs. H. IT. Boyer," Abi ville; J. M. Sei gier. Newberry; John Mao Kay, Abbeville; W. H. ? Troact Pendleton; J. J. Norton, Walhalla; Steers, S. B. Steers, J. E. Steers/U H. B. ; I. Holmes, E. P. Butta, Miss' I riok, Charleston; W. Wilkins, w child and servant, New York. Columbia Hotel-M. L. Kinord, ci 0. T. Grant, U. S. Senate; H. Iv Bt ton, N. Y.; J. Woodruff and daogb H. Winthrop, Mrs. W. H. Lorena,,, H. Evana, J. E. Thames, Charleston, H. Hickman and son, Augusto. LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. P. Cantwell-Cow Food. .0. R. Holmes-Business Card,. Bryan & MoOarter-New Booka, Geo. Symmara-Fresh Arrivals. ? < Jacob Levin-Auction Sale. OFFICIAI. IUFFLJS Nuiratns Charles toi^Ql ?bia A?fcooialiona for benefit Free Behool ? EIATFLK CLASS- NO. 133 -Morning-Augut 7*-fl6r24-21- 51-65-11-70 71-26-42^79 Witness our bands, at Charleston, this ingnst, 1871. FENN PECK, - JAMES OILLIliAND August 10 ' H worn Oommiasione Old Government Java. '. - T%f\ MATS GOVERNMENT JAVA COPI fiU SO hau? choleo Rio and Lagnayra. _? q.ftQi Seagers' Beer ti Bore. . PT don't contain Oocoeu?oa ?nalra? L Dorrien to make sleepy or heaS?che.