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COLUMBIA. S. C. Thursday Morning, August 15,1872. For President of the United States. sao It ACE GRBBLET. or New York. For vice-President B. GRATZ IJ HOW tV, of HI Uncurl. Tiie Armed Force Fraud-The Vull Ex? hibit. We publish this morning in another column tho itemized account of expend? itures made by tho State Treasurer, un? der pretended authority of tho "armed force" resolution. This is a joint reso? lution passed ia February, 1869, au? thorizing and empowering the Governor to raise an armed force to the urrmber of ono hundred, if so maDy be needed, and to mount them, if it be deemed ad? visable by him. Tho Treasurer was in? structed to pay whatever expenses might be incurred-the amount of which was attempted to bo left entirely to the dis? cretion of lt. K. Scott. In other words, the General Assembly seemingly endea? vored to transfer their legislative powers to the Executive. He was virtually to mako tbe appropriation of the public funds. There was no legal limit put upon his powers in this respect, and he might havo ordered millions of dollars to be so paid out, if ho saw proper to do .il. Precisely what amount has been squandered under color of this bogus armed force wc do not yet know. Tbe account we publish is from the com? mencement of tba present fiscal year, .November 1, 1871, to tho 1st of March, . period of only four months. The joint resolution has boen in operation for three and a half years. It is probable, .however, that there were never before ?snob, enormously heavy expenditures un? der it. Judge Orr has chargod-and so, also, have other Republicans-that R. K. Scott -bribed the General Assembly, in order toiprevent his impeachment last ? winter, when it was so seriously threat . ened by Bowen, Whipper and others, s and . for thia purpose actually used the \ public funds of the State, and gave Par? iser "vouchers for the same in fraudulent drafts under this inexhaustible armod force appropriation. From the names which appear upon thia list in whose favor the orders were drawn, tho conclu? sion seems irresistible. To R. B. Elliott, who was Ssott's at? torney ia the matter of impeachment, and who loft his seat in Congress to at? tend to this business for Scott, was paid tbe enormous sum of $10,500. F. J. .Moses, Jr., Speaker of tho House, and .who now has the audacity to oiler him? self as a candidate for Governor, re? ceived $10,000. Other members of the General Assembly, it will be seen, re? ceived smaller sums. Whether or not tim money paid them was a bribe in the impeachment matter, is not so clear, but the presumption points that way. They ^must, at any rato, explain tho matter, if 'they would uleur their record. The peo? ple should murk every one of them and bring them to an account. The largest amount paid was to J. Mooney, to whose account .is credited $25.545. Who J. Mooney ia, we are unable to ascertain. No one seems to know or ever to have heard of him. It is generally believed that be is an entirely imaginary charac? ter. He is not in esse, except for pur? poses of impeachment, la short, J. Mooney is a fictitious name, employed in the drawing of the orders opon tho Treasury, in order to prevent its being immediately nppuruut who drew and .used the money. J. Leggett, to whom 810,600 was no? minally paid, is no equally mythical character, as is also D. H. Wilson, to whom $12,500 is accredited. They are what his Excellency would, doubtless, with propriety, term his secret servict yoree, If this armed force swindle doce .not furnish unquestionable evidence ol jfraud, bribery and corruption, wo should like to know what wonld. Robert Kingston Scott, the penitentiary is gaping for you and your guilty asso? ciates. You will have, too, to disgorge your ill-gotten gainB, for yoa and youl Financial Board will have to restoro tc the bankers in New York the money you have received on fraudulent bondi palmed off upon them. To you they must look, for the people ot South Caro* lina will not pay another dollar, even ol interest, upon them. We dare you tc order the levy you threaten. IFATAC, ACCIDENT.-A fatal accidcul took place yesterday, on thc place ol Mr. John Low, residing about two milec from East Macon. Two nsgroes were employed in digging a well, and tho one down the well struck into BO me th i nf that emitted BO much gas that the mai speedily called for relief. Tho bucket waa immediately lot down, but he wai ?too weak to get into it. Another darkoj then slipped down tho rope, took off tin ?bucket and tied the rope round his com eade. He was hauled out alive, but tin mau who risked his own life to save lui " .comrade, lost it; ho WOB brought u\ .dead, and the mun ho sought to resow is not expeoted to live [Macon Telegraph, 0th. THE AHMED Foncs.-The following i H a copy of the itemized acoount in the Treasury Department, of moneys paid oat and to whom, under what is called the armed force appropriation : 1871. Nov. 21-H. G. Worthington. $200 00 21-0. M. Wilder. 19 GO 21-F. Y. Harper. 13 50 21-G. & O. lt. R. Uti.. 22 85 21-J. C. Dial. 5 89 21-Employees Adju't. Gun's. Office. 600 00 21- S. C. R. H. CJ. 19 65 21-W. J. Whipper_ 48 00 21-C. L Anderson_ 250 00 24-D. A. Jones. 16 25 27-H. G. Worthington. 200 00 Deo. 1-J. Kennedy. 100 00 5-H. G. Worthington. 200 00 20-M. W. Allen. 50 00 20- C. D. Lowndes_ 50 CO 21- J. B. Hubburd. 336 20 22- J. Kenuedv. 200 00 1872. Jau'y 6-L. Merrill. 500 00 8-S. L. H?ge. 1,000 00 8-J. B. Hubbard. 375 00 15- T. Sullivan. 321 00 16- P. R. Rivers. 300 00 18-G. & O. R E. Go.. 293 45 18- John Lilly. 60 00 19- W. M. Thomas_ 125 00 19-L. J.Maddocks_ 125 00 19-R. B. Elliott. 500 00 19-K. W. Gousarfc. 100 00 19-S. J. Keith. 100 00 19-R. Smalls. 500 00 23- J. B. Hubbard. 786 90 24- Employees Adju't. Gen's. Office. 200 00 24- F. J. Moses. Jr_ 6,000 00 25- R. B. Elliott. 5.000 00 29-J. Mooney. 3,000 00 31-J. A. Green. 100 00 31-E. Gain. 270 00 Feb. 1-J. B. Hubbard. 3,042 90 2-J. B. Hubbard. 850 00 2-J. B. Hubbard. 375 00 2-Employees Adju't. Gen'e. Office. 215 00 2 -C. L. Anderson_ 130 00 2- F. J. Moses, Jr_ 5,000 00 3- J. Mooney. 22,545 00 3-J. Leggett. 10,600 00 5-Doo. Patton. 66 66 5-R. B. Elliott. 5,000 00 19-J. B. Hubbard. 100 00 19-0. H. Green. 10 50 29-D. H. Wilson. 12,500 00 Total to March 1. . .$82,423 35 POLITICAL JOTTINGS.-Every Demo? cratic paper iu Mississippi has uow run up the Greeley flag, the Columbus Dem? ocrat being the last to unfurl it. In an able letter addressed to William H. Welsh, Esq., editor of the Baltimore Gazette, Judge Black reviews the situa? tion. He concludes that, while Mr. Greeley with all bis reforms offers no im? mediate atonement for tho wrongs of the past and only partial remedy, yet Demo? crats will support him with almost per? fect unanimity, impelled by a profound conviction that his eleotion alone will save tho country from a long period of mis-government and, perhaps, the total destruction of our institutions. Gen. Dix says Greeley is "unstable us water." If any mau says that General Dix bas u constitutional hatred for water, shoot him on the spot. Some enterprising littlo boys of In? dianapolis hftving organized a Greeley club, the Grant paper there is mean enough to call them Demobrats. A North Carolina man, who had heard that Caldwell was elected, got mad at a ballot-box and tbreatered to kick the stuffing out of it. i It turns ont that Caldwell's nominal election as Governor of North Carolina, was due to the grossest frauds. Not content with supplying money ad libitum to its carpet bag agents, the Administra? tion colonized tens of thousands from adjacent States to help along the Radi? cal ticket. We do not wonder that Mer rimou's friends insist ou his bringing the matter before the Legislature for in? vestigation. A letter to tho Boston Post, spoaking of Senator Sprague, of Rhode Island, says: "He will publish a letter in a few days defining his position, and thus throwing the weight of bis immense in? fluence in Rhode Islond for Greeley and Browu, and, beyond a doubt, Recuring this State to the Liberals." England wants Grant re-elected, be? cause there never waB a time when Eng? land did not want to see this country ruined. Tho ouo Southern mau whoso con? versation should bring comfort to the President is James L Orr, of South Ca? rolina, who says that "he is surfeited with offioe, and will never more submit to the infliction of holding one." He also declares that "he bas outlived am? bition;" and of course he bas, for other? wise he would hardly be supporting Dr. Grant. Even in the remote contingen? cy of the Doctor's ro-oloction, tho people now in office will expect, and properly expect, to bo kept in as the reward of their good and faithful service. Few will die, and none resign; and, in addi? tion to this, several members of tho Grunt family will come of age this year, and euch, upon becoming eligible, would receive something Ruug. So Orr is right in supporting Grant from motives of simple affeotiou.-New York Tribune. There is sad nows from Missouri. The leader of tho gaug who took out and whipped Mr. T. La urson is an uncompro? mising Grant man. Daddy Cain In the Up-L'uuniry. PENDLETON, August 10, 1872. Daddy Cain was hore last Thursday, and made a moBt excellent speech. He began by telling bis colored brethren that he was going to vote for Grant; not that Mr. Greeley was not a good, honest man, for that ho (Cain) considered bim one of the bopt in the United Statos, but that Grant was a man of determina? tion, while Mr. Greeley was all theory. After several questions from Captain 8., and considerable dodging, bo confessed that Greeley had worked the longest for tho colored people, us four years to forty. He forgot to tell them, though, that it was Mr. Greeley's forty years' theory that caused Grant's four years of practice. Ho then waded into the ufFeo tious of Messrs. Scott, Parker und Cham? berlain-especially Parker-and im? pressed on his subie hearers, after seve? ral attempts, that he considered the aforesaid gentlemen either incompetent or dishonest; he did not think them Ihe former. Therefore, his bearers could make up their minds ut to what he did consider them. After several repeti? tions, Sambo saw the joke, und was tiokled exceedingly. He touched up the Blue Bulge Railroad swiudle, de? preciation of bonds, enormous increase of State debt, &c. ; all of which to his brethren might au well have been Greek or Hindost?n, for all they understood of it. Still, he evidently made au impres? sion on the aolorod part of bin hearers, which was mote than the Rev. J. S. M., of Anderson, did, a few days ago, wheu he dropped preaching, and tried poli? tics. On tho whole, his upeeoh was a very good ono, for it attacked our dishonest State Government, and that is the sore that troubles us at this time more than Greeley or Grant. Hurrah for Greeley and honesty, nevertheless. Yours, tc, PELAYO. ?-?????-> The Republicans of Greenville ure dissatisfied with the condition of things, and at their last meeting adopted thc following, among other resolutions: That we profoundly regret thu discre? dit and Bhame which has been brought upon the Republican party, not only ol this State, but of the United States, bj the mal-administratiou of the Govern? ment of this State by the mis-conduct ol most of the exeoutive officers of tbii State, by the notorious abuse of theil official trusts, and shameless corruptior of many of the executive officers, ant members and officers of the General As sembly, who, in their capacity of publii servants, have wrongfully enriched them selves at the expense of those from whou they derive their power. Among otbei shameful abuses practiced by theso of ficers, it appears by the sworn statemen of Treasurer Parker, that the sum o $111,860 65 has already been paid out o the Treasury of the State for the ex penses of tho lust Fcasion of the Gencru Assembly. At least three-fourths of thi amount was wholly unnecessary, and i believed to be illegal. lu addition ti this sum, there is known to bu in th bands of the various County Treasurer of this State pay certificates to an im meuse amount, purportiug to have beei issued io members and employees of th General Assembly. For this crimina extravagance and patent fraud, Frankli J. Moses, Jr., Speaker of the House c Representatives, is largely responsibh Notwithstanding these facts are well sui stantiated, this convention lenroy wit paiu and regret that the said Frankli J. Moses, Jr., has annouuced?himself e a candidato for Governor, and bas r< eeived the endorsement of a few bodic of Republicans, who have declared tbs bis course is acceptable to them. That the drawing of money from tb Treasury under the pretence of th armed foroe bill, for the purpose of di feating their impeachment, by Governc Scott and Treasurer Parker, ia a betrayi of the confidence of the party, and conclusive of their utter unwortbinei of the positions which they hold.' At a meeting of the Republican par! in Columbia, on Saturday last, rosoli tions were introduced and adopted ii struoting tho delegation not to supp'o Governor R. K. Scott aud State Tre surer Niles G. Parker as candidates fi re election, nor Gen. Franklin J. Mose Jr., as candidato for Governor. ? ? WHAT WE HAVE WON.-We have wc a sound Legislature which will mal laws for the people, and not waste tl substance of the people in vain babb and riotous liviug-a Legislature th will not increase tho burdens of our ii poverished people as the swindling L gislature of 1868 did. We have won a representativo in Co gress by such men as Waddell, Ash Leach, Robbins and R. B. Vance. We have won a great moral viotory victory that causes Federal office-helde to tremble in their boots-a viotory tb breaks the power of Radicalism forev in North Carolina. Now tell us what sort of a victory tl Radical party won? What are they i joieing for? Wbat aro they crowii over? Do they think, because tho offioi vote may declare the State to have go for Caldwell and the rest of their tickc that Conservatives give it up as a Rad cal victory? Wo do not give it up. Tl State was carried by fraud. Tho eic tion will be contested. A Conservati Legislature will see that justice is doti 1 Wilmington (N. C.) ?Slur. ODITUAHY.-Tho numerous friends Gen. Robert H. Anderson will regret hear of the doath of his amiublo and r compliuhed lady, which event ocourr ou Sunday moruiug, at her residouco Society street. Mrs. Anderson was lady of many Booial virtues, and unit in a remarkable degree the attractions a cultivated miud und Christian grace the charms of prepossessing beauty person.-Charleston Courier. GOVERNOR BROWN S ACCEPTANCE OF THE BALTIMORE NOM'NATION.-The cor? respondence between J. B. Doolittle and B. Gratz Brown, respecting tbe nomination of tbe latter for vice-Presi? dent b.y the B tl timor? Convention, is published. The letter of Mr. Brown is as follows: EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, JEFFERSON CITY, MO., Aug. 8, 1872. GENTLEMEN OF TUE COMM ITT KI;: I buve tho bouor to acknowledge tho receipt of your communication, advising me that I had been uuuuimously nominated as u candidate for the Vice-l'resideucy of the United States at baltimore. For this mark of confidence on the part of so large a representative body of iny follow citizens, I cannot too deeply express ray gratitude. The distinction is ouo which I feel to bu ia u great measure unde? served, where so many mure suitable could have beeu found; aud yet, should your action be confirmed, I shall en? deavor to discbarge the duties of thal high place with fidelity to your trust, with devotion to the public iuterest, and with tho inflexible resolution to prove not unworthy uf such choice. The fuct that it repose? also upon the declaration uf principles affirmed by the Liberal Republicans at Cincinnati, and was proclaimed without amendment, by tho Democratic party ut Baltimore, gives assurance that in this combined expres? sion there is sought only tho deliverance of the nation from a preBent grout peril to its peace and liberties. To that end all minor considerations hare been sub? ordinated, and an illustration presented to the country of unselfish patriotism rather than any stickling for party ad? vantage, which should cuuvince all of the perfect sincerity of thia movement. It has involved no surrender on either part of any former convictions. It has uot beeu negotiated or bargained. Its origin was from tbe people. Though differing in the past iu some issues of great magnitude, yet, now that they are settled, there is hearty concurrence be? tween us upon all vital questions agitat? ing the public mind. What conduct of national allai rs that involves, your Con? vention has well set forth iu its platform, und its true accord witb the Democratic ideas that guided an earlier Administra? tion is the best guaranty that it will re? store equal rights, tranquillity, develop? ment and constitutional rule. Permit me ulso, gentlemen, through you, to express my thanks to the great musses of your party, which has since ratified this action with such sigual una? nimity, and to say to them thut, iu ac? cepting this, their nomination, I do so, believing there is nothing in honor or conscience, that should prevent the most cordial co-operation henceforth in behalf of politics preserved. Io concluding, it is proper to stale that severe illness han intervened since the reception of your communication, which bas delayed this reply until my re? covery and return home. With very great respect, yours truly, ' B. GRATZ BROWN. ANOTHER SANTO DOMINGO Jon.-If our information is correct, the committee now sitting at Brownsville is engaged in a far more importent work than it would seem to be on tbe surface, aud this will appear iu due time. It is, in fact, the first step towards the annexation of the Rio Grande country to the United States. We have reason to koow tbat it is the desire of President Grant that the fact of the utter inability of the Mexican Go? vernment to maintain order in that por? tion of its territory contiguous to our own should be established by official proofs of the most incontestible charac? ter, in order that the "new departure" he is contemplating may be presented at home and abroad in the light of a necessi? ty which circumstances have absolutely forced upon ns us n matter of self-de? fence. The report of this commission will bo among the dnouments accompa? nying the President's message, and the message itself will invite the immediate attention of Congress to it, with a view of placing our relations with the sister republic on an entirely new basis, and putting an end to the anomalous condi? tion of things existing ou the border and constantly threatening tho peaceful re? lations between tho two countries. It is part of the programme to sound the Mexican Government upon the proposi? tion for a joint military occupation of tho Stales of Tam a uli pas and Nuevo Leon, with a view to mutual protection of the lives and property of tho citizens of both countries. But, in the nature of things, a military occupation of this kind cannot be of long duration. Our people will soon tire of maintaining troops in a neighbor's territory, in order to prevent that neighbor from robbing and killing peaceable settlers ou our side of the line, aud this feeling in due time will i nduoo tho Administration to open negotiations for a treaty, transfer? ring tho.whole territory in a lump to tho United States in consideration of a nomi? nal indemnity of a few millions of dollars. I New York Bulletin. "PUT UP OR SHUT UP."-Por the past week 810,000 has been waiting nt the of? fice of tbe Baili/ News to bet that Horace Greeley will bo tho noxt President of tho United ?States. This fact has hcon duly advertised, yet among the thousands of mon who have made hundreds of thou? sands and even millions out of tho Ad? ministration, not ono of thom will risk a dollar of thoir ill-gotten gains upon tho candidate whom they say is "nure to bo re-elected," "a perfect walk over," "Greeley no chance in tho world." Now, gentlemen, all of you aro uot too pious to bet money, nui? even if you aro, you oan (if you win) dispenso it iu charity, or uiako another handsome present to Ulysses. Who knows, when Graut re? constructs bis Cabinet, (ns it is rumored that he has promised a prominent jour? nalist to do,) but that a present bought with his money might make thu lucky fellow Secretary of tbe Treasury? [Ne io York AV irs. Eiooal Items. -?-. ? . CITY MATTERS.-Thu pr ico of single copien of the PIKEN ix. is five oents. A largo and varied lot of cards, suita? ble for weddings, invitations, visiting and business purposes, have just been re? ceived at this office, which, owing to the dull season, will bo printed at very low rates. We learu that tho present incumbent, Mr. A. S. Wal luce, yesterday, received the Republican nomination for Repre? sentative of the Fourth Congressional District. Mr. Puffer withdrew after a ballot, and tho nomination was mude unanimous. Rev. J. L. Reynolds is the contribut? ing editor of the Working Christian now published by Mr. 0. M. McJunkin. Yesterday was pleasant, as Pollock's thermometer bears evidence: 7 A. M., 81; ll A. M., 92; 2 P. M., 90; 7 P. M., 8:3. The meteoric dispiuy continues nightly. Politicians and wire-pullers from dif? ferent sectious of the State are busily engaged in Columbia, at present. The candidates aro numerous for every posi ? tion, from member of Congress down. Tho colored element is largely iu the majority. Edward Harris aud William Lucas, who wore under sentence to be banged on next Friday, for the murder of John Simpson, have had the execution of the death penalty suspended by the Go? vernor until Friday, the 30th day of August, as the attorneys for Edward Harris desire to submit further evidence in his case to the Governor, from whioh they claim extenuating circumstances can be proven, in (lie hopes of obtaining a commutation of bis sentence. By a private letter from Union, we learn that Thus. H. Stoll, ex-Sergeant of Troupe E, Ith United States Cavalry, who was convicted of a deadly assault upon Sutler Schmidt, and appealed for a new trial, has beeu sentenced to five years' imprisonment. Programme of music this afternoon by the baud of the 18th Infantry: Overture Tancredi-Rossini. Quickstep that Stayed Behind Me. Serenade-Schubert. Waltz, Flying Trapeze-Miller. Aria aud Finale Trovatore-Verdi. SOMETHING NEW AND EFFECTIVE.-Wt were present, yesterday morning, in th? suburbs of tho city, at a trial of a puted lire annihilator-thu Gardner fire extin? guisher-which proved itself au effectua means of putting a stop to the devour ing element, even after it has attainec considerable headway. The trial on th? present occasion, be it known, was bj individuals-citizens of Columbia-wb< had never before experimented with i machine of its nature. Nearly a cord o piue wood was piled and a barrel o shavings (saturated with kerosene) scat tered in, around and over it; fire wa then applied, and after the mass had be come thoroughly ignited, and was blazinj in all parts, the extinguisher was place? upou the back of one of the party, th valves opened, and a stream of water; gas brought to bear, and in aninoredib); short space of timo tho llames sputters and died out. The stink-pots used b the Freuoh in Algeria wero not mor successful in "putting out" Arabs, tba was the "Gardner fire extinguisher" i putting out the flames in the present it stance. Among the interested spectr tors were Insuranoo Agent Huggini Coal Dealer Keenau, Livery Stable Da! and "ye local." Messrs. John Agnew i Son, of this city, have the machine fe salo, and will impart all the necessary ii formation. The Gardner machines ai used on the Government naval vessel, and also in tho army and navy. Tb Gardner fire extinguisher essential! differs from all others io that it so UBI its chemicals that they are discharged i tho most destructive form, being a con biuation of sulphate of soda and ca bonio acid, either of which are icstat destroyers of fire; the most destructs of the two being the saline solution < sulphate of soda, whioh not only d stroys flames, but leones a non-oombnst bio coating over tue objects again which it is direoted. It affords absolu protection from fire, being always reac for instant use, perfeotly Bimple in op ration and prompt in its action. It believed to be the simplest and choape extinguisher in use, and tho manufa turora chum that it cannot be barste Tho following certificate from Moser Hollander & Prechtel, of Baltimor under dato of August 8, 1872, will sho its efficiency when danger was imminen "It affords us great pleasure to stu that the Gardner lire extinguisher, : tho bauds of our best of fire depat meats, saved our store on tho night July 31, 1872, and provouted grout lo to our firm. Our stock comprises fir works, notions and toys, and bad tl first caught ou fire, our store would ha' beeu abandoned and our entire stock d stroyetl, either by fire or water. Ti much credit cannot be awarded eilh your extinguishers or tho bravo Grein? I that worked them." Tbe Medical Faculty'of tbe South Ca? rolina University, yesterday, licensed the following as pharmaceutists and drug? gists: A. H. Davega, Cheater; J. W. Paok nin, Charleston; VV. T. Penney, Abbe? ville; W. F. Pratt, M. D., li. li. Barr, M. D., Newberry; A. J. China, M. D., J. M. Wilder, George P. MrKugen, T. T. Earle, M. D., D. J. Auld, Sumter; F. A. Walter, Greenville; J. L Miller, Duo West; W. B. Penn, Edgeiield. MAIL ARBA.NO EME HTS.-The Nortbera 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.; closes 6.15 P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P. M. ; c! oses 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.-Copper-toed fans aro sold for tho benefit of young ladies who have uo one to love, and who chew the staffing out of any other kind in one evening, when a hop is in progress. Physicians recommend ladies to form walking clubs. This is a matter in which steps should be taken. Smigglea Bays that the most thrilling tale he ever listened to was that of a rat? tle-snake. We've heard of a Beeret which was so big that it required all the women in town to keep it, and then they could not do so without the help of their hus? bands. What lady is fond of giving? Jonnio BoBsity. What lady paints comic pictnrea? Carrie K. Ture. Stake-holders-Butchers. . When is a man a scapegrace? When he is late at dinner. A great composer-Sleep. LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Apply at tbiB Office-Wanted. L?rick & Lowrance-Wanted, John McKenzie-Concord Grapes. Agnew & Son-Cotton Gin. T. P. Walker-Notice. TEN BECAUSKS.-A hundred reasons might bo given why Lyon's Katbairon should bo used by every intelligent human being in pre ti renee to every other preparation tor tho hair, but ten will suffice. Here they are: Becaueo it nourisher tho fibres, multiplies them and makes them grow; because it thus prevent!* them from withering and bleaching; because it removes the scurf and dandruff whicb choke them ns t aren choke the golden grain; beuaueo it keeps the acalp cool and prevente eruptions; because it renders the hair aa lustrous as satin; because it maltee it pliant and elastic; becaneo it is a fragrant and delightful dressing; because it does not soil the pillow, the cup or tho hat; because it is without a rival in cheapness, and because no other article sold tor the same purpoae, in this or any other country, possesses all, or even one-half, of these invaluable properties. 43"Pimpleson the face, Emptions, Blotchea, Scrofulous Diseases, and all sores arising from impure blood, are cured by Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Aug 15 ?3 HOTEL AnatVALa, August ll, 1872.-Nicker son House - Mrs Geo Read and two Bona, Master Binden, Charleaton; Rev J McDowell, wife and child. Camden; B D Cunningham, 8 C; Mrs O D McDowell, J 8 Richardson and wife, Miss K Richardson, D McD Richardson, J H Richardson, Jr, Sumtei; Rev WT Farrow, Newberry; Miss A Houser, Salem; J D Cald? well, city; J Nutter, Ky; J I Bonner, Due West; E W Holland, Atlanta; F H Oreen, Orangeburg; O Wilkins, Ky; T Oiat, Mies I O Oist, Miea F Oiat, Arkansas; Misa A Blunt, Mies C Ulunt, Virginia; M J 8eigler, G & C R R. Columbia Hotel-Vf C Graham; 8o Ex; W B Penn, Edgefield; T J Mackey, Cheater; W B Peake. WinnBboro; D J Auld, J M Wilder, G McKagen, Kumter; D T Corbin, J 8 Brown? ing, Miss Kate Barke, Charleston; J Cheanut, Camden; W H Gardner and wife, Sumter; E G Francia, England; J P Boyce, Greenville; J Beddick, W H MoFarlan, N C; P M Sprinkle, So Ex; J W Anderaon, city; J M Baxter, New? berry; W Murdock, ALB R; J EThames, SC. THE ELECTION OF A POPE.-A question of apparently immense future importance in European politios is looming up. This is tbe question of the election of a new Pope, when tbe time shall come for the selection of a successor to the present venerable Pontiff. A lato Berlin letter to the London Times says that France is the only power which bas declined to enter into arrangements with the Ger? man Government concerning the elec? tion of the new Pope, and that it is well known in Berlin that the French Go? vernment bas been for some time post endeavoring to secure the Papal Crown to a Frenoh cardinal. Important os will be the selection of the next Pope in re? ligions matters, tho political world would no less be interested. A Frenoh Pope exeroising, as woald be natara), an in? fluence in favor of France, would become a serious question for Germany and other powers whose interest might ba jeoparded by the weight of such influ? ence. THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL EX? ECUTIVE COMMITTEE.-In pursuance of u resolution of the Democratic Convention, held in June last, I do hereby appoint the following named persons to consti? tute the State Central Exeoutive Com? mittee: M. C. Butler, Wade Hampton, J. P. Thomas, Riohland; Thos. Y. Simons, M. P. O'Connor, F. W. Daw? son, Charleston; John S. Richardson, Sumter; S. P.Hamilton, Cuestor; John? son Hagood, Barnwell; W. W. Sellers, Marion; M. W. Gary, Edgefield; Samuel MoGowan, Abbeville; Henry Mciver, Chesterfield; W. H. Wallace, Union; W. D. Simpson, Laurens. The committee has boen distributed over tho four Congressional Districts of tho State, aud it ia respectfully suggest? ed that the gentlemen named take moa sures iu their respective districts to se? cura an organization in each County of the State; W. D. PORTER, Prosideut lute Democratic Convention.