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COLUNIA; jjTC. Wednesday Moraing, july 23, 1872. Far Preside/u"of Vlf Uhited States. . ' HORACE GREELEY, of N?w York. For vice-President B. GRATZ BftOWN, bf Mliiourl. i * Parker and tba Bond?holdars. I Wa published yoBteid?y a lotter of gratuitous ad vicio by our worthy State TreaaUrOr Parker to the bb nd-holdere in New York* who are threatening to insti? tute legal pr oo oe din gs against tho offl oials of tho State and the Financial Board to.?eoiire the payment of interest due thom; Though "Our Niles" is one of these- officials, and also ja member of the Financial Board, be expresses un? bounded satisfaction at the threatened action of tho bond-holders. The State debt, says this good and honest man, is a sacred debt. Of oonrse it ?B. Have not the property-holders boen amply re? ma aerated for every dollar of debt cre? ated? Are not the public edifices whioh have been crooked, the railroads whioh have been built, and all the other inter? nal improvements whioh have been con? structed or fostered, far greater in value than the $10,000,000 of debt, and all the assets of the State besides, whioh were unfortunately lost sight of through the operations of the Sinking Fand Com? mission? A valid consideration is the legal test of all obligations to pay money, and if Tva apply it to tho State debt whioh has been incurred daring Qov. Scott's and tho Hon. Niles G. Parker's administra? tion, what honorable property-holder eau grumble at the pay mont of it? We cannot at this precise moment of time ?all to mind exactly what railroads have been built, or what canals have been dog. The Union ia probably better advised on those nnbjeots than we are. But we grant precedence to none, so fat as our knowledge goes, in properly ac knowledgiog the inestimable services hie Excellency R. Kingston Scott and hie worthy coadjutor, Niles O. Parker, have rendered the State, especially in the matter of extraordinary expenditures, for whioh only, under the Constitution, bonds can be issued. If carping tax-pay erg' afc us for thc evidences bf their judicious investments, we will pot, Uko the ' Union, perhaps, treat tho inquiry with that silent con? tempt whioh grovelling curiosity right fully deserves; but we tarp ,with pridt andeatisfaotjonto that nobie.monumea' of our Goyornok'fl devotion to interna improvements, the roof upon the Stat? House. Though all of it is not then now, we atilt point to it and defy the Kt Klux Democracy, who fain would de stroy all of it, to show that it did not re quire the heaviest kind of a gast of wine to carry off the portion whioh has beei lost. Furth? rmore, if thia noble piece o architecture will not satisfy the, niggardly tax-payers aa to the use which- baa beei made of their paltry millions, we wil invite them down into .the hall of th< House bf Representatives, and bid then gaze upon the gilded and jetted chande liera, the largest one of whioh has beet carried out to keep it safe, the beautifa velvet-cushioned divans, the ample wal out chairs with Morocco bottoms, th cut-glass ink-stands and pen-holders, fo which half the legislators have no use the stately China spittoons, for which al have use, the $5,000 clocks, costly i their simplicity, tho magnificent Speak er's stand, and the golden eagle whic soars aloft above it. These, oh, yo ungrateful tax-pay ore who villify and hate your noble Ooverno and Treasurer, solely on account of thei politics, are all your property, whic those whom you so bitterly maligne have purchased with that filthy luci whioh they have kindly taken ohargo c for yon.- They bought it, too, at great saoriflooy for Mr. Dennis, who : almost as great a benefactor to the'S tal as the Governor or' Treasorer, thong . 1 M_.?..-_-fc4 1. ?_. 1._rJ ?1_! AAOA n/M mo lurunure uu*? mu* nukuaiiy CAUV,WI as he said, magnanimously agreed to 1< yOO; "being a* yon were, tax-payers, have it for less'than half price, and ot the bill down to something like $95,00( Still, baee wretches that yon are, yo still grumble, and rmme of yoa pre ten even to say that the furniture ought m to cost over $25,000. Whoever heard < famishing a good-sized room, in a fir olass style, for $25, OOO ! , The truth of the business is, that thei ia no satisfying stingy tax-payers, esp oiaUyjwhen they are actuated in the abase of a p ubi io official "solely on a conni of his politics. " There is bat one way to bring them their senses, Mr. Parker, and we on wish that yon and bur Governor won adopt it. Just lot yon and the Go verm offer to give them back all their wort! less, old bonds and State assets whic yon have been compelled to use in carr ina out your plans for their benefit, ai . .?'if lake yourselves al) the" ra??toSa?, can ale,' the rout on the State House, the furni? ture, Seo., whioh you haye given them in return*'for- their m?hey^"" Try -It, *Mr7 Parker, and see' how eagorly they will! oling toOhe railroads,1 canals, &o., which ] yon bap tised their money in building, and provo to the world how insincere and*1 maliciously false they have been in all their wanton attacks upon you and the ! integrity of Gov. Scott's administration. The tax-payers had better, keep their mouths ahnt, or GOT. Soott and Trea? surer Parker Will be compelled, in jus? tice to 'themselves, to take some snob course as we have suggested. WUat'a the Us? of Lying* The Union is constantly making ex? travagant statements as to the number ' of persons who have been killed by tbe Kn Klux in this State. On Monday it spoke of the "thousands who fill bloody graves." If the Union can name twenty persons who have been killed by Ku Klux in South Carolina, Oorbin and the other prosecuting authorities would surely be glad to get the information, for they laok a good deal of reaching I that number, with all the perjured testi? mony they have employed. Now, we challenge the Union to name twenty homicides wbioh have been committed by the Ku Klux, ont of the "thousands of bloody victims*' which it so frequently speaks of. Except the men who were taken from the Union jail, and executed by Lynch law for the murder of Mat, Stevens, there have not been, we are in? formed on good authority, fifteen mur? ders, in all, charged in the prosecutions under the Enforcement Act. PofcrncAi. J OTTINGS.-Bad news for the Washington ring from one of their friends: Congressman Eldridge, of Wis? consin, predicts 150,000 majority for ] Greeley in New York. H. G. stamla for Honest Government. Tho Liberal watch-word: Reconcilia? tion. There is no question that General Grant expeots soon to have an opportu ni ty of showing what he knows about tanning, as a large number of his friends haye already gone into the bark business,, , ', . r Tho papers give minute and glowing descriptions pf General Grant's turn out at Long Branch.; But it is not a cir? cumstance to thu turn-out the people will give him next November. Mr. Greeley, left Cincinnati, May 5, I and Baltimore,1 July 10, en toute for tho 1 White Honso. at? ?uoV -: *?. Gerrit. Smith says p\%*. Democratic party is dead. - Yet the'Baltimore Con? vention was nota funeral,put a wedding, and th'? only tears shed in it were those of joy no.d hope. Ii waa a grav? 000& H?OII in ono respect; it dug the political grave of the present corrupt Adminis? tration, '"ita Twenty-one tons of Grant campaign' documents have already been . sent through the mails. They reckon on two tons to a convert, and won't get | that,.. One good thing has been said during the present canvass-that nobody had any fault to find with General Grant, but that the country wanted no more of President Grant. That is as true a state? ment as was ever made, and the result at the polls next November will prove it to the satisfaction of everybody. "Hallo, Tom," said one friend to I another, "are yon for Grant?" "Yes," replied his friend, "I'm for Grant-lng Greeley my vote on tho first Thursday in November." CAMPAIGN' NEWS.-The Presidential campaign is now opon ns, and is des? tined to prove the most exoiting and in? teresting one that we have had for many I years. We are determined to furnish onr readers with the fullest and freshest information, from all quarters ol the' Union, as tho campaign progresses, and to this end will increase the number of our news1 columns, so that the PHONIX will contain for the campaign more read? ing matter than any daily paper at the capital, and as much as either of our Charleston cotemporaries. To the oiti I zens of the npper Counties of the State, the PHOKIX, as furnishing news twenty four hon rs ahead of the Charleston news? papers, particularly addresses itself. All ye who feel an interest in tho, election of Greeley and Gratz Brown, and desire to know the correct status of the campaign as each .new development is made, send in your subscriptions to tho PHCENIX, either daily or tri-weekly. . Wo promise] yon a lively, readable sfid reliable pafcer. 1 Send for specimen copies? \. MASS MBETIN? IN CHAIILOTTB, N. C. Tuero will be a grand moss meeting held in this oity on Monday next, the 20th inst., at wbioh time the Hon. Carl Sohorz, of Missouri, Gov. Walker, of Virginia, and Hon. Wm. A. Graham, will address the citizens. Gov. Vance and other distinguished speakers are ex? pected to be present. [CJiarfotte Observer, 28c/. 'Bine nidge Scrip UneOBtttTtttiemmi. . The following is the decision of Judge Willard iii the bond eorip case, whioh .wasannounced yesterday.' J ~<Y 'COMMOK PLEAS-Iltt&&#v COTJUTY. I The State ex ret, mWf Gary, Auditor, , vt. N. G. Parker,'??- Treworer, and \ others. j^jF i jj? , .. This motion comes before me under Section 241 of ' the dode, authorizing a Justice of .tho Supreme Court to enter? tain- a motion lorian injunction in case of the absence of the Cironit Judge from his Circuit; jor .his inability from any canse. The question involved is, whether an Act of the Legislature, entitled "An Act to relieve the Slate of South Carolina of all liability for its guaranty of the bonds of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, by providing for the aeouriog and de? struction of the same," passed Marah 2, 1872, (15stat., 79.) is unconstitutional, so far as it attempts to authorize the issue of certain obligations from the Treasury of the State, designated therein as revenue bond scrip, on the ground that such Act contravenes so much of the tenth section of the first article of ! the Constitution of the United States us declares that no State shall "emit bills of oredit." It ?B claimed by the plaintif! that the obligations contemplated by the second and third sections of that Act are bills of credit, within tho moaning of the Constitution of the United States, and that the provisions of such law, for the issue of snob obligations, intend an emission within the sense and meaning of that Constitution. Section 3 provides as follows: "That to carry oat the purposes of this Act, the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and required to have printed, or en? graved on steel, as Boon as practicable, treasury-certificates of indebtedness, to be know.: and designated as revenue bond scrip of tho State of South Caro? lina, in such form and of such denomi? nations as may be determined on by the State Treasurer and the President of the Biue Ridge Railroad Company in South Carolina, to the amount of $1,800,000; whioh revenue bond Borip shall be signed by the State Treasurer, and shall express that the sum mentioned therein is dao by the State of South Carolina to the bearer thereof, and tho same will be received in payment of taxes and all other dues to the State, except special tax levied to pay iuterest on the public debt." The question arises, are the obliga? tions contemplated by this section, billa of oredit, within the meaning of the Constitution of the United States? The proper definition of the terms "bills of oredit," has been settled in the Supreme Court of the United States, after much able and earnest disoussion, eliciting marked difference of opinion. Chief Justice Marshall, in delivering the opi? nion of the majority of the court, in Craig es. Missouri, (i Peters,410,) declares that the terms "bills of oredit," as em? ployed in the Constitution of the United States, "signify a pup or medium in? tended to circulate between individuals, and between government and indivi? duals, for the ordinary purposes of so? ciety, and that the prohibition against such emissions comprehends the emis? sion of any paper medium by a State Government for the purpose of common circulation." This definition received muoh consideration, as to its ocouraoy, in the subsequent ouse of Briscoe vs. Bank, (ll Peters1, 257,) but was enforced, rather than impaired, by the decision in the last named case. The opinion of the majority of the judges, in Briscoe vs. Bank, was delivered by Justice McLean, who, it will be observed, waa one of the justices who dissented in Craig -os. Mis? souri. He declares, after reviewing thc various d?finitions of the terms in ques? tion that had been brought into dis? cussion, in Craig os.fjMissouri, that "the definition there, which does include al classes of bills of oredit emitted by the colonies or States, is a paper medium, issued by the sovereign power, contain? ing a pledge cf ita faith and designed tc oirculate as money." It is not necessary, for tho purposes ol the presen'* case, to inquire whether the foregoing definition is exhaustive of the whole sense and meaning of the consti tutional prohibition; for the present eas? will be found fully within that d?fini tion, and, therefore, covered by the aa tbority of the Supreme Court of the United States in the casu already oited It remains, then, only to inquire whethei the obligations contemplated by the Ac under consideration are intended to hav< the following characteristics: 1. That they were to be issued by t State in its sovereign oharaoter. 2. That they were to contain a pledgi of its faith; and, 3. That they were intended to circu late as money. The first and second propositions ar? settled in the affirmative by the terms o Section 3, whioh provides, as wo hold for a paper to be issued by the S tatt Treasurer, importing an obligation oi the part of the State to pay a certaii sum of money to the bearer. It will therefore, be necessary only to inquin whether it was the intention o? the Ao that this paper should oirculate as money An inquiry of this nature calla int? exercise one of the most important an< responsible judicial powers iuoident to i constitutional government. It involve the examination of un Act of the Legis 1 ature, with the view of fixing the pur poso and intent of the Legislatur? ii the passage of suoh Aot, not merely as i means of effectuating suoh purpose am intent of the law-making power, b; means of tho judicial authority, but fo the purpose of testing the authority c the law-making power itself in the case nnder the sa promo law of the land. Th principles that should govern suoh ai inquiry are well illustrated in the caso c Craig vs. Missouri, already referred tc and the mode in whioh they are ther applied to a case remarkably similar t the one ia hand, marks out very olearl the^rirtr'*of Inquiry appropriate to be pursued. i' To fix the moaning of the term tVinoney,"it mast be taken in tue ordi? nary senBe understood by the community in their mutuel dealings. A strenuous attempt was made in Graig rs. MieBoari, and in .Briscoe ts. Bank, to limit the sense of the term "money," as entering into; the question of what co ?ut? tu tes a bill Of credit, to the legal or technical I Sense of the term, which ombraoee only the legal coinage of tue country, and that which is its legal equivalent, or, in other words, is made legal tender; but that line of argument did not prevail. The question properly stated is, whe? ther a particular obligation is what the community regards and deals with as money? TJie answer to it is, that what? ever is current in a form convenient to pass from band to hand, and that may boused to pay dobts or purchase com modifies, ia in this sense money. It is not essential to such character that ten? der of payment in such substituted me? dium should have the force aud effect of a legal tender, nor that it should have an aotual capuoity for paying dobtB and purchasing commodities equal to that of money possessingintrinsio or legal value. That which passes ourreut as money may bo depreciated without losing it? character os money, and depreciation necessarily implies u diminished capu? oity for paying debts and purchasing commodities. On the other band, it is not enough to characterize an obligation as money merely because certain individuals have found it convenient to use it in the place of money in their mutual transactions There must bo a dealing in this medium, or money, by the community ns such, although the extout to wbioh such deal? ing by the community ta carried is, per? haps, unimportant to the question. There are certain characteristics that tend to adapt a paper expressing a pro? mise to pay money, or representing money value, to become current in the community as money. It must be in a form convenient to pass from hand to hand; it must be based either ou the credit of a governmont, a corporation or an individual, or association of indi? viduals, or upon a fund pledged or set apart for its redemption; it must either have undoubted oredit, such as arises from its ready convertability into money value, or it must tend to supply some want, natural or artificial, of tho commu? nity in which it is intended for circu? lation; ft most be placed upon the com? munity in quantity or volume sufficient to create an adequate interest and mo? tivo to secure its currency; and, finally, it must have a certain denominationa character adjusted to the wanta of thc community in respect to a circulating medium. An examination of tho Act in question will disclose a clear intent to clothe tin obligations in question with attribute! fitting them for general circulation ai money. These attributes will bo con sider ed in the order just slated: 1. Was it intended that tho revenue bond sorip should be issued in a fora convenient to pass ^?om hand to bane in ordinary . transaotiqns 'Qf the comma nity? . .u .! t?cotion third gives to the scrip tb? form most nsual and^onveniont to serve as paper money, viz: that of the asua bank or treasury note. It is to be print ed or engraved on steel in snch form ant of snch denomination' as tho Stnte Trea surer and the Preaidept of the Bim Ridge Railroad Company shall deter mine. The object of referring this an thority, as to form and denomination, t< the Treasurer and thft .President of th? Railroad Company, is obvious. Th? Treasurer is, by the Act,' to receive ant pay out this scrip from the Treasury a money, and the President: pf the Rail road Company is to re?oive tho sorip a the representative of bis company, am to realize from its employment; and a most likely to know what qualities, as ti form and denomination, would have th' tendency to give the greatest onrrenc; to tho scrip at the time of its Issue,' certain discr?tion is loft with them fo suob purpose.. While the third seotioi determines what shall be the eubstantia character of tho scrip, as imparting pledge of the public faith and credit, th form of the instrument, as adapting i in external appearance to the commoi notion of mouey, is left with those mon concerned in its currency. 2. It is to be based, by the terms c the Aot, on tho oredit of the ?Stat; Gc vornment in its sovereign capacity. 3. The Act attempts to confer upon i not only the full oredit capable of bein conferred by this, as of the full fait and credit of the State, but to or?ate a artificial want in the community tondin to give it currency. In the first place, j is made receivable in payment of taxe and all other dues to tho State, excer. the special tax levied to pay interest o the publie debt. (Sec. 3.) Again, it I provided that if any such scrip is re oeived in the Treasury for tli3 pay men of taxes, the Treasurer is authorized t pay ont the same in satisfaction of an claims against the Treasury, exoept ii terest that may be duo on the pabli debt. (Seo. 5.) These provisions contain two distinc features. Tho first is a promissive fei ture, affecting eaoh individual in tb community who is a tax-payer, and sui plying to him a motive to become purchaser of the scrip. A more enei gdtio means of oroating an interest an motive in the community to deal wit the scrip as money could not be offeree short of making the sorip compnlsor payment of all debts as between in div duals. The other feature involves tb communication to the sorip of the oapi city of performing all the functions < money in all dealings between the Stal and individuals, exoepting only tho cat of the payment of interest on the publ: debt. This last feature can have n other niguifloance tuan that of givin ourronoy to tho scrip as money. It will be observed, from the languag of the fourth section, in wbioh the fail and funds of the State are pledged, that euch pledge is not io terms that such scrip shall be redeemed by payment to the bearer, on presentation of the amount of money called for bj it, but the language ia "that the faith and funds of the State are hereby pledged for the ultimate redemption of said revenue bond scrip.V It is only ultimate re? demption, not payment on demand that is oovered by this pledge. What ia meant by ultimate redemption is made clear by the succeeding clauses of that seotion. It ia provided that a certain tax shall be annually levied for the re? demption of the scrip; and it ia ul so pro? vided that the State Treasurer shall "retire at the end of eaoh year from their date one-fourth of the amount of tho treasury scrip hereby authorized to be issued, until all of it shall be retired, and to apply to such purpose exclusively the taxes hereby required to be levied." Tho effect of these provisions is that the holder of the scrip must not look for payment according to the tenor of his scrip, but must Beek a market for its circulation under the influence of the pledge of faith and lands for its ultimate redemption. Ia other words, an at? tempt ia made to give ourrency to the issue, notwithstanding the absence of any intention or ability to redeem, according to the teuor of the promise, by obtaining a credit with tho community for the amount of scrip put in circula? tion, io tho strength of certain special provisions and a general pledge of the faith and funds of tho State for its ulti? mate redemption. 4. The quantity or volume of the con? templated issuo ia suoh as tended to create a strong motive and interest in the community to keep the scrip in cir? culation aa money. Tho amount, Si, 800,000, as compared with the extent of the commercial transactions of the com? munity on whioh that amount was in? tended to be placed, afforda the clearest indication of an intention ao to affect the interest of the community as to secure ita circulation aa money. It waa to be placed at once in private banda aa valid obligations on the part of the Stute. The various provisions of the Act that look to a distribution among the people preclude the idea that it waa intended that the recipients of thia large fund ehould bold it until redemption, or even that it should be kept together in the hands of a limited number of holders; on the contrary, it was clearly intended for dispersion, and the magni? tude of the interest in the hands of the first receivers of tho scrip waa sufficiently large to warrant the assumption that it would become thus diffused throughout the community. 5. As regards its adaptation in re? aped af denomination, we have already seen that authority was conferred on those most oonoerned with ita circula? tion, to adapt the issue in that respect to the wants of the community. Such a proviso shows additional evidence of an intent that the scrip should circulate as money. Considering the Act in'its en? tire aspect, as well as its integral perts, it ia clear that the Legislature intended that tho serip should circulate aa money; and that, for this reason, the provisions of the Act authorizing the issno of scrip aro in conflict with the prohibitions of the Constitution of the United States as to tho emission of billa of oredit by States. The Act being unconstitutional, it ia void, ab far as it oontemplatea the issue of revenue bond scrip. It is unimpor? tant, therefore, to inquire whether the scrip that was actually issued waa con? formable to and authorized by the Act. The injunction heretofore issued must be continued until the final hearing and determination of the action. A. J. WILLARD, A. J. S. O. ZJ o o ?t 1 Ito fri ta. CITY MATTBBS.-The prioe of single copies of the PHCSNIX is five cents. Mr. Wm. Way, agent for the Singer Sewing Maohiue Company, was slightly wounded, yesterday morning, by the ac? cidental discharge of a pistol, whioh was jolted out of bia pocket, while crossing a atone drain in a vehicle. The ball passed through the seat of the buggy and caused Mr. W. to start suddenly. The firing, Monday night, waa in honor of the "Chappaqua farmer." The firers were a number of working men. The advertising agency of Walker, Evans & Cogswell, represented by Ros? well T. Logan, Esq., is the only author? ized agency for thia paper in Charleston. A lady reader calls attention to the oondition of Heinitsh's alley-adjacent to the Union office. She requests us to call the attention of the Board of Health to it-as she ia fearful of cholera. She also thinks the Union should look after this nuisanoe as well aa the Davis alley. The scholars attached to the Washing? ton Street Sunday School pic-nicked in Sydney Park, yesterday. Professor Ly Brand's excellent band added materi? ally to the pleasures of the day. "A Retrospective View," is the title of a pamphlet purporting to be a "speech of Hon. Niles G. Parker, in defence of his official acts as State Treasurer, etc." A large and varied lot of cards, suita? ble for weddings, invitations, visiting and business purposes, have j oat been re? ceived at this office, which, owing to the dull season, will be printed at very low rates. The Indian Girl has just reoeived a fresh supply of fine out, o? the cele? brated "May Flower" brand. The drain at the corner of Blending and Sumter streets is in a bad condition. Little Fritz Mollenhauer has changed his base from the Columbia Hotel to Mr. Diercks' saloon, where' he will at all times be ready to dispense cooling beve? rages to his patrons. The thermometer ranged ns follows at the Pollock House, yesterday: 7 A. M., 78; ll A. M., 91; 2 P. M., 90; 7 P. M., 87. The followiug is the programme of mnsio by the band of the 18th Infantry, at the garrison parade grounds, this afternoon: Capt. Adams Quickstep-Barns. Lucia di Lam mer mooro-Donizetti. Faust Waltz-Gonnd. Wandering Refugee-Mays. Polonaise-Apithes. MAIL ABKANGEMENTB.-The Northern mail opens at 2.30 P. M.; closes 12.00 A. M. Charleston day mail opens 4.30 P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Charleston night mail opens 7.00 A. M.; closes6.15 P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P. M. ; closes 6.00 A. M. Western opens and closes 1.30 P. M. Wilmington opens 2.30 P. M.: closes 11.30 A. M. On Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M. PHONIXIANA.-When a man thinks that nobody cares for him, and that he is alone in a cold and selfish world, he would do well to ask himself what he has done to make anybody care for and love bim, and to warm the world with faith and generosity. Generally those who complain the most have done the least. It is the!height of impertinence to ask a fallen man who he is. How can a man give an account of himself when he has loBt his balance? Idleness is many gathered miseries in one name. The new dictionary will definne deli? rium tremens as a tight fit. "That perennial absurdity" is only another name for the Congressional Globe. Au old bachelor compares Ufe to a shirt-button, because it so often hangs by a thread. A local, describing a recent accident, says that the "ball entered the groins of the victim, and passed thence into his lamber region." We suppose the viotim had a wooden leg. If thou hast a loitering servant, send him on thy errand jost before his dinner. White veils are very fashionable in Paris, and, of course, will soon be here. They are made of plain white tulle dot? ted with blaok. SOUTH CABOUNA DENTAL ASSOCIATION. The Association met, yesterday, in the Palmetto Engine House, at 10 o'clock A M., and was called tp order by Dr. W. C. Wordlaw. There not being a quorum present, a recess was taken until 8 o'clock P. M. Upon re-assembling, the President took the chair, the roll was called, and the following members answered to their names: Abbeville-Drs. W. C. Wardlaw and J. S. Thompson. Columbia-Drs. T. T. Moore, W. L. Reynolds and D. L. Boozer. Cheater-Dr. W. C. Bennett. Camden-Drs. M. Bissel, J. H. Alexan? der and A. H. Durham. Orangebnrg-Dr. C. B. Hatto. Newberry-Dr. R. 8. Whaley. The President, npon taking the ohair, congratulated the members upon their reunion, and in a few well-timed re? marks, indicated a portion of the busi? ness that would be brought to the atten? tion of the Association. After the minutes were read and con? firmed, the following committees were appointed: On Membership-Drs. Boozer, Hutto and Whaley. Mechanical Dentistry-Drs. Alexander and Whaley. Operative Dentistry-Drs. Reynolds and Durham. < The privilege of the floor was extend? ed to Prof. Faber, of the South Carolina University. The following were unanimously elect? ed members: Dr. W. A. Williams, Green? wood; Dr. W. C. Bennet, Chester; Dr. P. A. Dantzler, Orangeburg; Dr. J. S. Thompson, Abbeville. The election of officers was postponed until to-day, as also the hearing of the address of the retiring President. Columbia was selected as the place for the next annual meeting-on the first Thursday ia Jane next, at 10 o'clock A. M. Dr. Boozer, from the Executive Com? mittee, reported that he had made ar? rangements with all the railroads leading to Columbia fer the transportation of the members of the Association for one fare, going and returning, with the ex? ception of the Charlotte, Columbia' and Augusta Road; and arrangements had also been made with the various hotels in the city for the board of the members at red coed ratee. " ; Dr. T. T. Moore, Chairman of the Committee on Dental Ethics, made a very able and lengthy report, wbioh was made the special order for to-morrow, at ll o'clock. Several communication a were read; after whioh, the Association adjourned until this morning, at 10 o'olook. LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. The Trustees-Common Schools. Heinitsh's Fall Crop. Seibels & Ezell-Notioe, &o. The King of Bavaria narrowly es? caped drowning while boating recently, bot was saved by some peasants.