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m * * Foreign Airalrs? NOON DESPATCHES. FI?ANOU-UEUMAN CUSTOMS TREATS-PAUSE RUMORS OF A* BON AP ARTIST CONSPIRACY -STRIKES IN ARBITRATION, AO., AO. LONDON, September 29.-Gibbons, a suooeBsful merchant aud a member ol tho conservative party, hus been elected Lord, Mayor of London. Gales continue, with several additional disasters. Tho Times' Versailles special suyi . France declines to give the other powert tho same favorable customs clauses thai are accorded to Germany, under thu re aently negotiated treaty. Ou the athel hand, the correspondent of the Times writing from the same place, espresso! the opinion that negotiations with Ger many will bo protracted and fruitless. VERSAILLES, September 29.-The Mi nister of Commerce informs tho commit tee of tho Assembly, which control affairs during the recess, that uegotiu tiona with Gormauy ure making fai progress. The rumored discovery of evidence o a Bonupai'tisb conspiracy is unfounded. NIGHT DESPATCHES. LONDON, September 29.-Tbo .Non castle engineers have agreed to submi the difficulties betweeu themselves un their employers to arbitration. . The bishop of Lichfield sailed for th United States, to atteud a couferenoo c tho Bishops of the Protestant Episcopi Church. PARIS, September 29.-M. DeBaum ville, the Frenoh Ambassador, to Bomi has arrived at~Versailles. The loan of the city of Paris' has bee taken. The subscriptions .are* thirt?e times more than required. Several conflicts have, occurred b tween the Frenoh and the German ga rison at Dijon.. American InlelllKence. *NOON DESPATCHES. THE GREELEY CONVENTION-BBITIBH A? AMERICAN CLAIMS COMMISSION-ARR El OF BRIGHAM YOUNG-COMMERCIAL CO: VENTION PROCEEDINGS-FALSE REPOl . OF YELLOW FEVER IN NEW YORK-BALI . MORE CONVENTION ADJOURNED-BOST( TO WELCOME ALEXIS-COOLIES EN HOV TO CALIFORNIA-ARREST OF PROMINEI OFFICIALS-HONORS TO GEN. CLANTON .FEVER DEATHS-HORRIBLE MURDER, & SYRACUSE, September 28.-The folio ing is an extract taken from a specoh the meeting of Greeley delegates, al lu ing to the convention, from which thi withdrew: "We hove metin thia conve tion the collectors of ports and intern revonuo officers from all over tho Stat We have met postmasters in solid pL lanx, the distriat attorneys, the reg t-rurs in bankruptcy, and tho bankruf also, and yet the people against tbe o Hi holders have only boen defeated by a ix jority of thirty. The money bags Wall- street were brought here uh Henry Clews had brought money he to give the office-holders a victory o\ the people," WASHINGTON, . September 28.-T British American Claims Commissi have concluded a permanent organi: lion. Count Conti is Chairman a ThoB. O. Cox, of the Stute Dep?rtale Secretary. The commission agreed up rules and .regulations for the conduct business, regulating forms of memorit prescribing the manner of taking tei mony and the manner of bringing ? causes for final hearing. These prelit naries completed, there remains nothi for the commission to do until cases ready. An adjournment was taken ui the 14th of November. In the me time, the business will be mainly iu hands of agents of the respective ( vernments in the ' preparation of proi ?co. So much of the mles as presori . the form of memorials and the man cf taking testimony will be publiehet once for the. information of inter?s parties. NEW YORK, September 28.-' Brooklyn police report a case of yel fover in that city. .SALT. LAKE CITY, September 2? There is much excitement hero to? by tho reported arrest of Brigl Young. No arrest has been made, . though it is expected. It is underst cn good authbrity that Brigham Yo will' meet ail oharges brought agai him as a law-abiding oitizon, and .offer nd opposition to arrest. NASHVILLE, September 29.-Tl negroes were taken from tho jai Winchester, Tennessee, and hanged, barning a Methodist'Church. BALTIMORE, September 29.-The C vention adopted the report of tho I road Committee. The report of ?committee- on interior lines of w communication and the dredging of mouth of the Mississippi, recommi as a temporary expedient, a ship c oonneoting the Mississippi with ?ocean, os a commercial necessity, I near Fdrt St. Phillip, on the left b to the Gulf of Mexico, to be mainta at Government oost and free of t An appropriation of $4,000,000 is a for this work. The action of the vious Convention regarding tho Ji Ri vor and Kanawba Canal was apprc and the appeal to Congress for ait newed. Beverdy Johnson addressei Convention. A-committee of one each Stute was appointed on uti fini business. The report regarding .James River and Kanawba Caoul adopted. Tho report that Con .compel tho romoval of tho bridge o Mobile and Texas Road over tbe G Rigolets to a more suitable ordssing that it bo placed at right angles ti .current, was adopted. NEW YORK, September 29.-A co supposed yellow fover in Broi proves to be typhoid. A company leaves-, to-day, to reit tho Fourth Artillery in North Car Tho Tribune says: "Wo accep .ticket nominated, yesterday, at Syn We accept tho mirado of clum called the platform, and, bow to tho strous State Committee." NIGHT DESPATCHES. WASHINGTON, September 29.- A na ru? ber of delegate's to the convention are here, en route homo. All well. Probabilities-Tho barometer will pro? bably continue rising on tho Atlantic and Gulf coast and the lower lakes, with pleasant weather ou Saturday, but will fall rapidly North and West of the Ohio Valley, with increasing South-easterly winds on the upper lakes. A storm of considerable severity is probably ap? proaching from Montana and Dacota. BALTIMORE, Soptember 29.- Tue- con? vention adopted various reports; nlBO, a resolution recommending Congress to pass a universal amnesty bill; also, the following: Whereas this convention has adopted n resolution asking the General Govern? ment tu rofUud tho tax collected on cot? ton; therefore, bo it Resolved, That ebal oil, iron and other commodities having paid a similar tax be i ucl tided in tho resolution request? ing n refnuding of'tho tax on cotton. Tho couvcutiou meets at St. Louis next year. The convention adjourued sine die. ATLANTA, GA., Soptembor 29.-Foster Blodgett, lato Sn perin fendent of the State Hoad, was arrested, yesterday, charged with fraud. H. P. Farrow, Attorney-General, was arrested, to-day, charged with cheating and swindling. CHARLESTON, September 29.-Throe fever deaths iu the hist twenty-four hours. William Prichard, colored, was hanged to-day, at Towsontowu, for raping a German girl, in 1870. PORTLAND, ME., September 29.-Ro? gers, defaulting cashier of the National Bank of Brunswick, plead guilty, und was sentenced to six years imprisonment. BOSTON, September 29.-A committee of the council bas boeu appointed to ex? tend the hospitalities of the city to the Grand Duke Alexis. PHILADELPHIA, September 29.-Tho paper and rng warehouse of Jessup ?fc Moore was burned to-day. It was in ibo centro of a number of paper stores. Loss $150,000. ' . NEW YORK, September 29.-Wm. L. Shuttleworth, colonel of mariucs, is deud; aged tifty. A number of coolies, who had com? pleted eight years of service in Cuba, arrived to-day, en route to California, to which point Calm pays their expenses. t Commodore Oscar Bullan is dead. ! SELMA, September 2?.-Tho death of danton created universal and profound sorrow in this community. To-day the church bells were tolled uud other de? monstrations of respect were made. At York, seveuty miles West of Selma, yesterday, a drunken man, without pro? vocation, killed his wife and father-in law, aud fled. NEW ORLEANS, September 29.-A meet? ing, representing the principal dry goods, grocery, drug and Western pro? duce houses, embracing 150 firms, was held to-night, tb protest against the quarantine of New Orleans vessels en? tering Texas ports. Pointed resolutions to that effect wera adopted aud tele? graphed to Governor Davis. A letter declaring there was no yellow fever in the city, signed by Doctors Breckel, Bruno, Choppiu and" Halliday, '.vas read ut the mooting. MONTGOMERY, September 29.-The grandest demonstration ever knowu in Alabama occurred to-day, in honor of Gen. Clnntou. His body, in state at the capitol, was visited by over 10,000. The Methodist Episcopal Church, whore the funeral was preached, was lilied, and the square around was packed with people. Tho procession to the cemetery was ovei two miles long. It is estimated that the crape on stores, public buildings and private residences would make a line ten miles long. The grief is great, aud men and women freely shed tears. The colored population vied in their demon? stration of respect to the great Demo? cratic loader of Alabama. Large contri? butions have already been made to raise funds to invest for tho family. Every business house is closed. In Paris and its suburbs eighty-eight per cont, of the births nre outside of wedlock and are illegitimate. Marriage appears to be a decidedly "played out" institution, for only oue person in 127 now marries in all Frunce. There aro 00 m para ti ve ly so few marriages that wo dou't wonder there are no absolute di? vorces granted. Separation decrees only are allowed. Small ns ure tho marriages, it is estimated' that ono out of every fifty ends in a separation of the parties. Of. the state of immorality and crime which is suggested by these statistical fuels, it is unnecessary to speuk. What? ever may bo the cause or causes that have produced them, they betoken a great deoay of those elements that aro vital to tho maintenance of States, if not, indeed, to tho existence aud repro? duction of the species. Already the po? pulation of France is stationary, or in? creasing nt so small a figure as to bo hardly perceptible. No nation can en? duro that destroys that which must be at the basis of all society, viz: marriage. A pauper from tho cradle to tho grave sums up tho career of Mary Ann Main, who died recently in Sunderland, Eng? land, work-house, at the ndvunoed ago of uiuety-threo. . She was boru a pauper ia tho work-house, and remained ult lier life a pauper. 1 A citizen of Montreal has been sen? tenced to pay 8? und costs, or to go to I jail for thirty days, for refusing to tull the census enumerator tho nges of his unmarried daughters. Tho girls advised tho old gentleman to go to jail. The ?2th bf October. As tho time is rapidly approaching for tho distribution of tho ( J old bonds by tho Charles? ton Chantal,lo Association, on tho 12th of October, 1871, scc?re your certiiicatcs at once. Tho distribution will positively take place on tho day abovo named. For cerlilicates.niid intormation, apply to L.T. LEVIN, 8opt 30 Agent for Colombia. Fin ano! ol and Commercial. COLUMBIA, S. 0" September 29. Sales of cotton to day 6G bales-mid? dling 17>^o. FRANKFORT, September 29.-Bonds PARIS, September 29.-Reoles 56f. 67c. LONDON, September 29-Noon.- I Consols 92%. Bonds 92%. LIVERPOOL, September 29-Noon.- I Cotton opened firm-uplands ? Orleans 9%@9??; sales to duy 12,000 bales; of tbo week 58,000; exports 6,000; speculation 7,000; stock 432,000; of which American is 184,000; receipts of tbe week 16,000; of which Americau is 8,000; actual export 8,000. LONDON, September 29-Evening. Consols 92?.(. Bonds 92?,i'. LIVERPOOL, September 29-Evening. Cottou closed firm-upbiuds 9^?@?,[ii; Orleans 9%@9?.i; sales 12.000 bales; ?pe dilation and export 3,000. Yarus and fabrics nt Manchester quiet aud firm. NEW YOIIK, September 29-Noou. Sales of cotton, last ovuuiug, fur future I delivery. 2.800 bales-for October 19 1-16?19 3-16; for November 19j?(a) 19 316; December 19Jj,@19 316; Janu? ary February 19 11-10. Flour 10c, wheat 2@3o., and corn lc. hotter. Pork aud lard steady. Cottou quiet aud steady-uplands 19;".?; Orleans 21JU'; nales 1,200 bales. Freights steady. Stocks brm. Gold l.SJjJ. Governments dull but steady. States dull but stoudy. Money easy, at 6. Sterling-long S%\ short 9J?. 7 P. M.-Cottou quiet aud weak, uud unchanged iu prioe; sales 2,014 baled. Flour active-Southern common to fair extra 6.85@7.50; good to choice 7.55@ 9.00. Whiskey l.U0@l.Ol. Wheat 2(d) 4o. better aud iu good export, uud spuou lativo,demand-red winter Western 1.60 @l 65. Corn 74@75. Rice steady, at 8>4@9. Freight? unchanged. Pork aud lard steady. Mouey abundant, nt 5. Sterling weuk-actual transactions 8@8,I?. Gold 14"?.,'. Governments closed Jae. higher-62s 15,'^. Southerns dull, but generally steady. Tenuet-sces 71; new 71J.?. Virginias 71 ; now 68.J-4. Lou isi a uns 65; new 59; levees 69 J.?; 8s 82. Alabamas 1.00; 5s 68. Georgias 82; 7s 91. North Carolinas 41,L4; new 23>??. South Carolinas 73; now 52;r,?. Suies of cottou to-day for future delivery 6,450 bales-for September lOJ^lfJJ.f ; October 19@19 3-10; November 19 1-16 @19}^; December l?)??; February 19>.i; March 19&; April 20(^20.'.;'. CINCINNATI, September 29.-Flour ex? cited and higher. Cora steady. . Provi? sions drooping and nominally unchang? ed. LOUISVILLE, Soptember 29.-Bugging] unchanged. Provisions very strong and in good demand. Whiskey 95. ST. Louis, Soptember 29.-Bagging sells freely, at 19. Pork aud bacon quiet. BALTIMORE, September 29.-Flour and wheat active aud firm. Corn native white 75@82. Provisions unchanged. Whiskey 1.00@1.01. Cottou quiet middling 19?^@IQ%; receipts 151 bales; sales 351; stock 1,515; receipts of the week 1,631; sales 1,141. NORFOLK, September 29.-Cotton steady-middling 18,l.<@18J??; receipts'! 1,238 bales; sales 60; stock 4.856; re? ceipts of tho week 5,310; sales 375. CHARLESTON, September 29.-Cottou steady-middling 18^; receipts 76 bales; sales 300; stock 9,558; receipts of the week 5,616; saleB 1,080. NEW ORLEANS, September 29.-Flour, firm'and lower grades scarce-superflue 5.50@5.75; double 0.50@6.75; treble 7.00(^7.25. Corn firm, ut 82@85. Pork held ut ll 50. Bacon quiet aud firm, at 8><i@9*8? choice hams scarce, at 19. Lard firm-tierce 10|.i(?)10i?.t ; keg 12@ 12}.Whiskey firmer-Western recti? fied 93?1.08. Cottou steady aud in de? mand-middling ?Ojjjf ; receipts 1,380 bales; sales 900; stock 19,264; receipts of the week 4,858; sales 5,500. GALVESTON, September 29 -Cotton steady-good ordinary 15^ (7j) 16; re? ceipts 566 bales; sales 200; stock 17,019; receipts of the week 4,563; sales 2,450. PHILADELPHIA, September 29.-Cotton firm-middling 19-J.?; receipts of tho week 1,642 bales. MOBILE, September 29.-Cotton middling 18^.j ; receipts 876 bales; sales 150; stock 8,516; receipts of tbe week 3,753; salen 109. BOSTON, September 29.-Cotton dull middling 20).{; receipts 190 bales; bales 250; stock 1,500; receipts of the week 1,125. MEMPHIS, September 29.-Cotton firm-middling 18)^; receipts to-day 965 bales; receipts of tho week 3,995; sulei 3;770; stock 2,775. WILMINGTON, September 29.-Cotton firm-middling 18; receipts 298 bales; sales 224; stock 1,877. SAVANNAH, September 29.-Cotton firm-low middling 18,'ri; receipts 909 bales; salea 600; stock 5.686; receipts of the week 4,919; sales 2,800. AUOUSTA, September 29.-Cotton quiet- middling 172.?; receipts 150 bales; sales 450; Btock 4,500; receipts of tho week 2,650. On account of tho epidemic hi Charleston, tho Daily ltafllo of tho Charleston Charilablo I Association will take placo, in public, in this city, at tho office, on Main street, at 1) o'clock A. M., communciug Monday morning, Octo? ber 2,1871. For lurthi-r information and pat* ticulare, apply to L. T. L1-1V?N, Agent for Columbia. FEVN PECK, ComniisHionnr. Sept HO ONION SETS, JUST RECEIVED ES. El. JACKSON'S uuuu Sept 30 J3 8 T O It K . t T .. ^ r, Th, SIM? Fuir. The following rulos and regulations are adopted for tho government of the third aunual Fair of the State Agricultu? ral aud Mechanical Society, which will be held in Columbia, beginning on No? vember G, and closing on November ll: RULES AND REGULATIONS.-Persons in? tending to beoomo exhibitors at tho next ftiir are desired to forward their entries to tho Secretary, D. Wyatt Aiken, Co? lumbia, S. C., whoso oflice will bo open? ed at Columbia on Friduy, tho 3d of No? vember. All exhibitors at the fair must have their animals or articles entered at tho Socrolury's oflice before taking them into the enclosure. All who intend to com? peto fop tho premiums of the society must have their articles on the ground, and entered at tho Secretary's oflice, at or before 5 o'clock on Monday evening, the Otb of November, without fail, BO that they may bo nrrauged in their re? spective- departments, and in readiness for exurniuutiou by tho judges on Tues? day muming, the 7th of November, at 9 o'clock. Ladies are particularly requested to attach cards to their articles, naming the department in which they wish them to bo classed. Tile gatos will bu opened at 9 o'clock A. M. of each day, at that timo every ollicor is required to bo at his post. Tho eominitteo will be careful to ex? amine everything entered, and us there will bo no general discretionary list, they may recommend premiums on urticlet possessing merit, notwithstanding nc premiums may have been offered for suet articles. Awards of this description wil bo subject to the approval of the Execu tivo Committee. Members of committees, on entering upon tho discliarge of their duties, wil bu furnished with ticket?, which will pnsi thom free during thu exhibition. Articles which aro the products of tin soil must bo entered by tho producer o tho K?me. Should any individual enter any vogc tuble production, or any niauufucturoi urticle, or nuytbiug else, in any otho name than that of tho producer, maker inventor or improver, no premium shill bu paid, notwithstanding ono may b awarded by tho committee. Exhibitors will be entitled, on appli cation to tho Secretary, to a ticket tim will admit them at all hours to the oxhi bitiou, for which they will bo charge two dollars. Exhibitors will, at all times, give th necessary personal attention to whatevc they muy have on exhibition, and at til close of thc fair take entire charge of til same. All diligence will be used by til officers of tho society to prevent injin to animais or articles ou exhibition, bt they will not bo responsible for any di mage or loss that may occur. No person, except tho awarding con millee on duty, and oflicers of tho ussi elution, will be allowed iuside the urei while tho exhibition of animals is gob ou. Every animal must bo entered fi competition by the owner or his ugen Exhibitors will be furnished by the en ti clerk duplicate cards, describing cai article entered for exhibition; these w bo signed by the department BUperi tendent, on tho receipt of tho urticl into the exhibition. Ono of theso euri shall bo conspicuously attached to tl article which it describes, aud tho otb must be retained by the exhibitor, ni bo presented us his order for tho de! very of the article specified, at the olo of the exhibition. No animal or artic shall bo assiguod n pince on the groan until tho entry shall have been made above. Exhibitors in the arena must bo cat fal to have the entry card ina couspic ous place on the animal, that the co inittee may bo facilitated thereby making tho awards. No animal or ar ole deemed unworthy shall bo awardei premium. All entries for trial of spo must be made tho day before they wi to compete for tho premium. Exhibitors are expected to obey t marshals promptly in producing th stock when instructed to do so, and n person proving rofractory will bo ru! out from competing. Exhibitors of thoro.igh-bred nairn must tilo their pedigrees with the Sec tury when thu entries aro made. A ho that cannot trace his pedigree to pi blood ou both sides, without a drop mixture, is not a thorough-bred. Tho exhibition of stock iu tho un will commence at tho time, nilli proe in tho order specified in tho program) Animals not ready nt tho proper ti nuil placo will bo ruled out of comp Mon. There will be u forage master on t spot, who will furnish grain and fom ut market prices, to tho owners of ste Stalls will not be furnished upon grounds of tho society for unruly dangerous uni in a is, and such will promptly excluded. Tho statement accompanying the . tificute of competitors on crops u embrace tho following particulars: Character, exposure and locatiou tho gronud; tho time mid muthoi preparing it; the timo of planting sowing; tho kind of seed; tho nu amount mid cost of cultivation; tho t of reaping or gut hering it. I'll reel nod measuring tho product of ono of the laud und averaging the bali will not do. Tho whole product ti be gathered aud weighed or meustt The land must be measured within tl day.', previous to thu harvesting of crop, and thu assistant, if tho crop sm ill grain, must seo it cut, b.n s tacked, threshed nod weighed at timo of threshing. It' the crop bo c tho assistant must seo it husked weighed, when in a marketable ct lion; or, if ti root crop, seo it dug measured; if cotton, he must st picked, ginned and weighed. AH machinery entered for compel must bo put in practical operation \ required by tho Superintendent. No artiole or n nimaru ter ed for a pre? mium can be removed or taken away be? fore tho close of the exhibition. No premium will be paid on animals or arti? cles removed in violation of this rule. The superintendents of departments shall not as chairmen of all awarding committees, but will not be allowed a vote in making the award. Committees are particularly requested not to give encouragement to over-fed animals in the breeding classes. No invention or products of convict labor will be reoeived for exhibition or competition. Tho premiums will bo awarded from tho executive stand at 12 o'clock, on Sa? turday. Tho auction sales of live stook will take place on Saturday, at 10 A. M., but tho uuimnls sold cannot bo removed from tho grounds uutil tho close of the exhibition. No disorderly conduct of uny kind will bo permitted ; a police forco will bo upou tho grouuds sufficient to prevent thc ar.trse, and nco that all the rules uro observed; nud a watch will be kept ut night for tho protection of all property. Premiums not called for within thirty days nfter tho award will positively bo considered forfeited. Persons will bo admitted for fifty cents each day during tho continuance of tho fair. The charge for admission of vehi? cles will be us follows: Coaches, car? riages, omnibuses, &c, (the iu mutes paying for personal admission,) ?2; buggies, Si. Children under twelvo years of age will bo admitted with half tickets. All delegates from State agricultural societies, mechanics' institutes, report ors, fcc, will receive a ticket upon appli? cation ut tho Secretary's office, which will admit them free of charge, and enti? tle them to thc privileges of the grounds during tho fair week. Tho Spurtuuburg and Union Railroad will transport all articles intended for tho fair to and from Columbia free of charge. The Greenville and Columbia Railroad will require full freight going, but return the samo ou ull articles returning, upon presentation of ii certificate from the society that these articles were placed on exhibition by the portion then in posses? sion of them. All other railroads iu tho State will re quire full freight going, and return freo. AU articles will be carried from the depot to tho Fair Grouuds ut the ex? penso of tho society. All persons having business with thc socioty, or wishing information not herein furnished, will address tho Seoro tary, ut Cokesbury, S. C. D. WYATT AIKEN, Secretary and Treasurer. PllooRAMME F?it THE WEEK.-Monday -The Secretary's office will bo opened at 8 A. M., and entries received until 5 P. M., when the books will positively be olosod. No entries received from citi? zens of Columbia aud its viciuity alter 10 o'clock this day. Tuesday-Gates open at 9 o'clock A. M. From 10 till 12, an exhibition in the arunu of all the cattle, under the direc? tion of tho Superintendent. From 12 till 2, a display of all tho horses, begin? ning with those led by the haller, aud closing with saddle, single and matched harness horses, ns directed by the Super? intendent. At 3, tho contest for the speed premium of $50 for the fastest trotting aud pacing, mile heats, to be followed by a race for tho speed premi? um of $100, singlo dash of two miles. Wednesday-Gates open at 9 o'clock A.M. From 10 till 12, a brilliant mu? sical contest between tho brass bauds of the State. From 12 till 4, a grand tour? nament, under the supervision of Col. A. C. Haskell, of Columbia, to whom letters should be addressed for informa? tion as to details. Knights from all sec? tions of tho Union respectfully invited. Thursday-Gates open at 9 o'clock A. M. The forenoon will be devoted to the examination, ia the arena, by the com? mittee, of all cuttle; succeeded by a dis? play of tho halter led horses and mules, ns directed by tho Superintendent. At this examination the decisions will be made und the ribbons tied. At 3, the contest for tho speed premium of $50 for the fastest trotting, milo dash; to be followed by a race for the speed premium of S100, mile heats. Friday-Gates open at 9 o'clock A. M. From ll) till ll, n contest in the arena between the saddle horses. From ll till 2, the same between single and double harness horses. At this contest the committees will tie tho ribbons. At 8, tho ooutest for tho speed premium of $50 for tho fastest trottiug, half-mile heats, best three in five; to bo followed by a ruco for speed premium of 875, milo dash. Saturday-Gutes open ut 9 o'clock A. M. At 10 o'clock, auction sales of livo stock. At 12 M., the premiums will be awarded from the executive Btand, ut the conclusion of which the fair will close. For tho Week-Each morning of the week, from 9 till 10 o'clock, will bo de? voted by tho rospectivo committees to ploughing mutches, aud tests of ay kinds of implements. Sufficient motive power, grain, sued cotton and logs will bo fur nLilied by tho society to provo tho mills, gins und other machines. Ploughmen uro expectod to furnish their own teams. A bazaar will be open on the grounds during tho week, by tho Indies of the Memorial Association, and its proceeds devoted to protecting too Confederate dead. The several committees will be pub? lished in tho Columbia papers of Tues? day, 7th November, nud all tho member? aro earnestly requested to call nt tho Secretary's oflice, ut 9 o'clock of samo' day. At Private Sale. , . A BEAUTIFUL LOT, on Areenal Hill, I Vim} rontaitiinj! nearly i>ne-foil rt li ot ali aere,! ???lLrtituaWid on tho Nin th trido of Jlienlaud, heiwfon Gates and Lincoln streets. On the lot lh. i o ia a Dwelling, containing four rooms, ulm) othor necessary nul-buildmus. Thin ia ali opportunity to secure a valuable prouerty. Apply to E. W. 81?IU?LS St CO. Sept HO 3 WI IO LICE ALIC I'll IO KB CUlUlEST.gg OOnKKCTKD WgKKLT BT TtlE DO A BP OV TRADE. APPLES, $7bu. 1 00@2 00 Morosa RS.Cu ba,35(350 BAGO mo,.1U@26 , New Ori'nu HOQiW UALE UorE,Ma.22?24 onRarH'so.. 60(&90 N. Y.orWoB??b 7@10 NAILS, # keg5 60@U 00 BUTTEH, North.. 38@40 ONIONS.#bu8l50@l 75 Country, $ lb.35(3)40 OIL,Kerosene,g35(345 BACON. Hams. 1G?20 Machinery..75@1 CO Hides, t-< th. 9^4011 SPECIE, Gold fyi m Shoulders... 8@9 Silver. (?010, CAXDI.ES, Sporm40@70 P?TAT'S, IriBl 50^2 00 Adamantine lbl?@10 Sweet, bus 1 00@1 25 COTTON YAHMI 20@1 25 RICE, Carolina lb 9 fcc lo CoTTON.Stct M,_18j SHOT, $bag. 2 75@3 00 Middling.1HA ?ALT,Liverp.200(?2 10 Low Midl'g,_17* SOAP, ^lb,.7J@10 Good Ordny,_1U$ SPIUITS, Alcohol,gl?CO Ordinary.15 Brandy . .4 00@12 00 CU?KSK, E.U.flti.l6@18 Gin.2 0O@G0O Caotory.134015 Bum.2 00@7 00 COKKEK, Ui?,$ilbl7@221 Whiakoy.. .185@4 00 Laguayra ... .23@25 , SUOAU, Crus &. P15@16 Java.284030 I Brown.12<8>14 [.'LOU it.Co. (i75?j)10()01STAncu, tillb... 814?10 Northern. 750(J310 50 TEA,Green lbl 00@200 GI'.AIN, Corn 1 10@1 15 j Black,_1 000)110 Wheat_1 80(32 00 ! TOUACCO, Ohw.G0@l 00 Oats.75rg90 8mokiug,lb..50@l 00 Peas.1 10@1 25 VI.NEOAU,Wino,.50@Gt) HAY, Nortn, ^icwt.200 French_ ?1C0 Ulm:*,Dry, $dbl2A.(ai8 WINE, Cham.28(935 (0 Oreen.?8 Port, ^gal3Q0@5 tO LAUD, ^1 lb .... 12@15 Sherry.... 2 75@7 On LIME, y bbl: 2 C5?2 75 Madeira.. .3 00@8 CO Second Grand Fair OF TUE Cotton States Fair Association, Open* ut Augusta, Ga., October 31, and con? tinues Fice Bays. $15,000 191 PREMIUMS ! (?A i?nn ON FIELD CROPS! $2,100 , l^'ab*Jv7 v_/srecial prominmB for speed of homes. Grand Tournament 1 I For'Prcmiuin List and information, address tho Secretary. E. H. GRAY-, Sent 30 aw_Secretary. EMPORIUM OF FASHION, ABBEVILLE, S. O. THE beut selected Btock of DRY tGOODS in tho up-country. Tho J grandee t display of Millinery in Mouth Carolina. Dress Making dono in tho very best of style. The very hunt taleut to be had in Balti? more in chargo of tho Millinery and DreeB Makio;: Departments. Business dono strictly upon tho "caah" Byatem. Grand opening of fall and winter Btylos to take place on Tues? day, Gctobor 10, at ll o'clock. The ladies of tho up-country arc invited to attend. Sam? ple's uent upon application. Orders for any article in thc Millinery lino will bo filled and satisfaction guaranteed. ExpcuBes light and priced correspondingly low. Sept 30 Imo JAS. W. FOWLER. Pro'r. Columbia Agency, S. C. R. E. Co., COLUM11IA, S. C., Sep?emher 20,1871. CAMP MEETING. AS TEC I AL THAIN will leave Columbia for Tionholm'8 Grove, aB.followa: SATUIIOAY. 30th instant-9 A. M. and 5:20 P. M. Will leave Trenbolm's Grovo for Co? lumbia at G P. M. MONDAY, October 1-Will leave Columbia at 8 A. M., 11:30 A. M.. and 4 P. M. Will leave TrenholmV Grovo for Columbia ct 10 A. M., 12 M., and G:30 P. M. A Train will leave Gadsden on Sunday for Tronholm's Grove at 9:30 A. M. Returning will leavo Treuholm'a Grovo at 4:30 P. M. Sopt 30 2 JOHN E. MARLEY. Agent. $1,000,000$ BY Oin authority ol tho Act of tho Legisla? ture of Kentucky, of March 13, 1871, tho Trustees of the Public Library of Kentucky Will R?VC li - G lt A .V D GIFT C O N O S! IC T, AT LOUISVILLE, KT., ON TUESRA Y, OCTOBER 31, 1871. 100,000 TICKET8 OF ADMISSION, $10 EACH, CURRENCY; HALF TICKETS, $5; QUARTER TICKETS, $2.50. Tickets will be sent by registered lotter; the money for thom maybe sent by P. O. money ordor^ greenbacks, or araft. Each ticket con? sista of four quarters, v?luo $2.50 each. The holder ia entitled to admission to the Concert, and to the value of tho gift awaided to it or its fraction. $550,000 IN GREENBACKS will bo diatri- , huted to holders of tiokets, in gifts from $100,000, tho highest, to $100, tho Towoat, be? ing 721 gifte in all. Tho Concert is for tho bono?t of the Publie Library of Kentucky. Tho Citizens' Bank of Kentucky ia Trea? surer, and the Corporators and Supervisors are tho Hon. Thoma* E. Bramlette, late Go? vernor of Kentucky, and twenty-seven of the most distinguished and respectable citizens of tho State. Tho undersigned, lato principal business manager of tho very successful Gift Concert for the benefit of the Mercantile Library at San Francisco, baa been appointed Agent and Manager of this Grand Gift Concert. The drawing and distribution will take placo in pul 'lie, and everything will be done to uatiafy the buyers of Tickets that their inte? rcuts will bo as well protected is if tbey were personally present to superintend the entire affair. For tickets and information apply to C. R. PETERS, 120 Main st., Louisville), Ky., No. 8 Astor House, New York; H. N. Hempsted, No. 110 Broadway, Milwaukee, Wis.: M.A. French. Virginia City, Nevada; M. A. wolff,"No. 316 Chestnut street, St. Louis. Tickets also for sale in everv prominent placo in the United States._- 1 _ Bept 30 12 Wines and Liquors. THESE scarcely requiro advertising. Our branda ot imported WINES aud BRAN? DI KS aro oxol naively our own, being import? ers' aconte for whatever wo do not import ourselves. Will be glad to exhibit atook. Supt 20_GEO. SYMMERR. Barley ! Barley ! PLANTERS can have SEED BARLEY at $1.2>por bushed. Terms caeh. Sopt23_ JOHN C. SEEGERS. Axes1. Axes'. I f\(\ DOZEN warranted AXES, retail price .Lv/w $1.25 each, on hand and for sale at wholesale and retail by Sept 20_JOHN AONF.W ?V SON. Ked Oats. -1/^/^ BUSHELS RUST-PROOF RED 1\J V 9 OATS. Tor salo by _Sept23 LOltICK .V LOWRANCE. New Mackerel. WHOLE, Half Barrels and Kits ?av'v* Nos. tl, 2 and 3, BoBton inspection, just received a'nd for nain much lower than at am time since thu "little unploaBantiieBB " ?Snpt 17 E. HOPE. 01,1) BANK UUJLS and ?Ul) i I LATHI) CUltKKNUir bought and nold by Nov 23 fimo I). GAM ?RILL. Broker.