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m?ir iiiMw?? i i '?> ' I'-OUR STANDARD BEARERS! I OK tiOVJKKXOK. t* 51loii," 55. It. ('arpenter For LicutcoHnt'liiovcruor ^Ocii'l. H. C. Itiitlcr. %r ... Froin the Columbia Phuenix. Progress of the Prussian Arms I With a resistless force as silent am crushing ns the course of destiny continues hennureh B^Phc New York Thees asserts that tin ' best possible position- qu the Moselle' wr-toi btfoa ns completely driven in as tlii I i frontier line between Snrrbrtrck am I -jAvci-senburg, aid the invader is an W, other stage nearer to the capital ol | ' ?rancc. The ^news of the evacuatiot Metz may be premature, d>ut cut off a^t-now is from all couimunicitioo wi: 1: ? j/aris, and left, as it roust ncccssarilj !?be, to the defence of a garrison inade quate to its vast requirements, its capit "1 ulation cao only be a question of tinu hnd its importance asa bulwarkagainsi r the couquerors is thoroughly neutral 1 ited. About the evacuation of JNaiicy 1 there can be question, and It is quite clear that the ?W0,000 men lately sta tiono 1 on the Moselle have effected f ^retreat to the line of the Meuse, oi fcRjly miles further kick. The slow vwith which the news travels iu tin IB Ant--struggle is beyond-all prece jm V / Nancy was entered on Friday we "wore' cot in possession of th< until an interval of two days. Th< ft-. battles of Woerth and Saarbruck wen \4 'fought ten days ago, and we arc onlj now beginning to appreciate their mag ' 'aitudo, in viewing the results. First ? the the possession of Alsace was yielded ^ up without further struggle; then the passes of the Vosges were tardily'ad J inittcd to be the property of the enemy, ''y and uow the ancient province of Lor| raine, the duchy of Lothairc, is all but overrun by tire Prussians troops. That all this has-been abandoned while two ^thirds of-tho'Frenoh army have not yet faced the enemy, speaks volumes for ^Prussian strategy and prowess, as well :ias for their overwhelming numeric.] strength. T> : >?<,Amng i.trA ino ft n T'-irls X rt/ V 1U115 iUVi/i*"V/O uit i v> iiiUKV x Mt ??. >*calmer but not less defiant. It remains to be seen whether the latest and most f^ital yet of ml the evidences of weakness which France has displayed in the " fcourso of the struggle, will leave her confidence unshaken. There is a feverish end desperate energy in tho statement, "the hour approaches when the enemj will be chased from the land," that in spite of its incongruity with existing ,-circumstances, lends it a sort cf tragic pathos. There are still three lines ol defenco to be passed before reaching the legates of 1'arLs, but who can tell whether jTtke Emperor will be prepared to make - 3 stand either in the-valley of the ? 'Mcuse, on the wood-studded plateau ol 'the Argooucs, or amid the plains ol central France, watered by Aisne, the Marne and the Seine. Af. one or other b'^ rpad^; fs already ended, will render the French "Oonrmanders doubly cautious in their prelection both of time and place.? Their most highly trained troops have 'L "been proved incapable of standing before the weight of the Prussian onset; they S^uway, therefore, reasonably hesitate be| fore bringing into action an army rein& forced by Taw levies from Paris, and .I^Qtried soldiers froar Chalons. Tu if nncacre the Prussians by sections be Jf?~ o o t cornea dailj more *rr?po.<sible. Their ,4 contracted wedge-dike front is now ' ^-confined within a space of about twenty jr miles, and their three great divisions i evidently advance with a perfect unity r of plan and direction. The capture of { Strasbourg, which appears imminent, assumed the chnpactcr of a mere i apiscde of the campaign, just as that of ? Mete may do, now that it is comclctely k ieololated from its base of supplies, k The demonstration of the licet in the ra Baltic comes all too late to turn the . <lesperatc. fortunes of the Empire. | The French Government is justified In the boast that the internal disscn *ions on which the 1\ avians may have i reckoned do net exist. But while men jycfalTshades cf politics vie with eacji Blather in making sacrifices, unparalleled f in recent European history, for the ? preservation of their common country, ? there is anl ominons undertone of din satisfaction that bodes ill for the future p of the dynasty. Places Mentioned in Recent War Dispatches. y Verdun is a place of no great impor lance in itself, but it may be made c ery strong point in a line of defence h Jt'WOfc ouce the place of detention fi>: I ..English prisoners in the old Napoleonic from which now and then incred r-' able escapes were made, among other: ^ that of Sidney Smith, the hero of Acre : "who made his way from the interior o -France to the seashore. Verdun has : i population of 10,000. It is fortified am has a citadel. Commcrey is a suial city of 4,000 inhabitants. It is no now of great intorcst, but it wss worth -of a seige in 1541 by Charles V. Sub scquently, it became the residence c V Stanislaus, King of Poland, who bui * .magnificent residence worthy of , g, and remarkable for its grand ga: ?D!>" nd fountains. Amid the plae* ? and past significance in *hi a^t e <. en,pjceSi perhaps tha uiu: * ts /<uz. This has Income E place ."W arr.tIuiW #s0UC ?f ot uwncU.es. ^^tr.ngl |/ nearest to the i'routV ^ traeted all fta tlrvraHj^ pla?e ef ihc Jtjteuch left, u.,\ ^ho i y. jective point oRwac-k of the Hut itSWiimcnsc streu"^|. * accumulation'! of Jy( [ - r ,\t .""I'Vtftfri. t? was iU " <lu> ,{ 2"' JUJ . ' I | it had not bceit fatten, and oven after ? the treaties of 1S15, and the occupa' ?tiotf'cf l'fiiis by the foreigner, Mctz ^ j was enabled to j;reserve her unstained ? reputation, and by the capitulation the retreating armies ofticriuauy and Iluss'a were prcHtided from entering the j city. It is s'ituatcd 011 the Itivir iSJo- . selle, which divides here, and leaves an . . island and fortifloatiou includes not only the city proper, but-extend to a con- J.y sideriible disltru-o beyond tlie opposite i bank of the river. 11 is strongly gar- !.u 1 risoned, and though the Prussian plan j * , of campaign seems to be to leave all i ' their fortresses and <tr mg places in llioir j ' t' rear, and to march forward, this plan. ISO valuable in success, will lend to sonic '. terrible eonsCouciicc.s " -mould fortune . m ? .1?.. \U>.7 nriii I ,? i j IIU'I! H?Ti Il>t liwui. J uki . other French fortresses would vomit j !l I j for li their defenders on ill rctreat'n.' ' 'j i foe, aui exterminate then utterly. It , s may be j art nf Napo'e n's scheme to ^ i draw them oa into t!ic iat-.r'or, where j . i a lost battle would be fatal an 1 over whelming, especially as if tlmir presence - would rouse the spirit of the whole ) French pooplo at the outrage of for- ^ t clgn invasion of lite sacred soil. ^ Chalons, the chief city in the depart; mcnt of Maine, 107 miles from Paris ^ 5 on the direct railroad line, has 45,000 inhabitants. 'The city is handsomely (] 1 built, but owes its present celebrity r less to its beauty cither of architecture j, or of situation than to the circums'a aec J of its being the point chosen by Lou's ^ Napoleon for his training camp and ? > ChautD de Mars of the French army, ft ' Here it was that i:i the days of the 0] 1 Presidency he won the affection of the (( i soldiery by his solicitude for their com- js ' forts, evinced even in trilling additions jg of luxury and allowances to their ra> tions. The camp has been laid out and st I arranged iu a way that should faci tate p0 ! the rapid acquirement by the recruit of the soldierly habits with the least possi- -p I bio outlay of wealth or convenience. The jn ' soldiers were instructed not only in the r minute of drill and dhscipline, hut in all the little economies aud arts of the mnnii'jc which go to make the scanty S1 allowances of the private and non-coui- T( missioned officer in the French army suf- gl ficient forhis simple "Wants. Chalons jn was a curious spectacle; not only a field * of arms and military exercises, but a ! military colony, in which the arts of C( ' civil life were carried on and soldiers ^ were domesticated as a nation of celc v,] bratcs. They cooked, washed, baked, p, 1 gardened, and tailored, and did simple j)( mechanical trades for themselves. w 1 B'sides its modern rrpute as a train- ^ ' ing school, Chalons has its memories of a history. Great battles have been fought c: against barbarian invaders. Here in (j, ' ! 97 < Aov/tliin ftio nnmniernr of Zeno- I ii - IU, ?UV v*?. u i, bia, gave Terticus and his rebellious le- gJ gions a desperate defeat. Here, too, p( : in 451 jE-iius, the great Roman Gene- m ral of the Lower Empire, the l ist of the ] patriots, 'defeated Attila, the Hun, [ with ovcrwhelming^laughtcr. Chalons g(. ; had its share in the intestine wars of pr France, in the civil dissensions of the w 1 Fronde, acd die subsequent contentions rp of Catholic and Protestant that ended jj, inafto, C.( -onal'inn of Iti'iiru L\' . Tlin i "icui'ioui uiiddld-ago satirical custom of ' the Bishop of Fools was preserved at CJ| Chalons, in which priests made fools of p, themselves before the people, who for j. the nonce were permitted to laugh at and mock (he pretensions and abuse*of Holy Mother Church. Amqng the , j public establishments cf Chalons the jn military and training school arc instruc- p, tion of students in the intellectual and at scientific departments of knowledge, g, but for preparing them in the arts, and () 1 qualifying them as professors and j1( practicble teachers of industries. The jj; Camp works include artillery, cavalry w and infantry barracks-permanent build- ^ ings-with the headquarters, churches, q magazines, administrative departments, c( hospitals, coffee-houses and restaurants, ai a theatre, stores, a street railroad, gas -~.i nnnirahit The caniDofl IIJ14 U UIV1 It A Chalons has sometimes been incorrectly called and entrenched camp, but it is j,rather a vast milirary school than cither jj, a camp or a defensive work. In the jK vicinity are the remains of the camp of ^ Atliia, consisting of ditch and parapet, in f() earthworks similar to those laid out by the Roman legionaries,of which des- ^ criptions arc to ba found in all Latin cj military books. t0 The War Record.?It is evident fli that the boitilc armies arc now manceu- vi vering for a battle gto'uud. The move- g< 7 ? inents of the French arc purely strategy 1> ie, and the reported evacuation of im- S< j portant cities must not be regarded ci j witb surprise. It apjears, from the d< . j lalc.-t telegrams, that Nancy has been cl I abandoned by the French and occupied by the Prussians. Mc Ma lion, who held the place, has fallen back to Toul, h i which is twelve i iles furl her west.? ol The report or the evacuation of 31 cu is al f probably not correct. When the Prus- ir J sians occupied Nancy, on Friday even- V ing, the Mayor was ordered to present w - . ? . r ?i.? i 3i himself be tore tue coinmniiucr ui iw > ; > | forces, and the town was made to pay ? t j 50,000 francs, llcquhdiiuus were af'so t' * I issued lor largo quantities of rations ol i | and forage. The Prussians tore up the s' 11 rnkiiads and cut down the't'degrajili^i-^ t ThcercTrch dcstt&xcd the f:ap^I''oc ? y of seven irrtrfs which d the 17 i- MosetJo. Or* Sctardsy/^"" William ? ?f t had his headquarter* ut Iauiquowont, h [t J imlf tfuy I'wtxooji Met/ and baarbrcclr, c?i a | ott"liu railroad J,"tween these cities. r.' it is thirty miles from tiro frontier? -< o'dti from Paris. The headquarters of is the n<"*?uLiirluies of Frederick Charles h it and tj^noral .^lu'iiTiietz are at Henry, 1 P< a oti a/'n:V4' T?np S mi-hrm-h- and j e: ir w/'? l;t iWe'TT?rtrr-qa. Li i :1 fftd ou the railroad 1 ct t?/!bcAf 11 u,ld NaiM?y,-*t Pont-a- ' ni ^iyrt-sou, on Saturday last, and were j at jrt>en oil hy a detaeliiiieiil ot French | C! Vcavalry, and thirty pri.-oucrs were ta- ' tl ! hen. It is iuipo.s-:!?! f.i predict hut* ! !u ' long the armies will .irjeh-h lor pusi- j li j tion, but tiiey arc m> mtfi?onc|flfctlu-H 1 tis.it a geocrsl engagement may he brought on any hour. Seventy thou- vj sand volunteers lelt l.ui- loi the army, hi ion Satuidity The .h.urnal jAtiic'd |v, i !?J* -thy_ iienv :i v ?i :h. y ot ./.] Bii-anew?w imL.i.i.1. i. ip j i?na.nn fur is wonderful, and all tlio immense rj sources of the country willsjon be railublc.?i\r. 1'. World, 15th. ( CONoitfesi{i\N*iroaE?"BOTTOM KAIL ~ n Ton.?It 13 A*rv.altcr of satisfaction A lat in one of the South Carolina dis icts, Iingc, the present Representative ^'1 i Congress,'has ' been'"defeated for HI: nomination by a negro named KP.iot. DA foge' is a eirpet-hagg'er, pure and q?, ndefiled. In lSG'.i lie eamo here | ' fearing the uniform nf a Major in the j A ederal army, and bearing a commission KA 5 a sort of Circuit Judge from the TY rccdmcn's Bureau. With another hircnu man, he went into the planting usincss'rretty extensively, their labor, 'J , was alleged, furnished by convicts Kel nder the bureau administration of i ?|?ii istioe, and fed from the commissary i the lores of that benevolent institution.? I l flora not vcr^ prolonged stay here, f e left in a blaze of glory, pursued to C le boat on which ho took passage, by S ic civil officers, authorized to arrest i l im for an attempt to murder, his in- C :ndcd victim being a back driver of ] lis city. Afterward lie turned up in i 1 outh Carolina, from wlicn-cc, by some rofess, he went to Congress, of w! i?h ' ] ntil March 4th next, he wiil be n n icinber. A seat in Congress is a good \ ling, and so-called Maj. I logo can cn- j >y a good tiling t o greatly,to give up ^ is lucntive place without a struggle. ,j he contest, for the nomination, there- j ire, was vigorously prosecuted, the nerocs having gotten it into ilicir heads mt they constitute the voting strcngih t f the party, they are entitled at lcait . ia portion of the offices. The result as we have intimated above. Elliot tcr a nominee, vice llogc; and Ilnge? Ma ell, llogc will turn up somewhere, -pi, lino of these days, in a "good place," ir until they break into the pcriitetrtia- . r, such men always'find good places. in ho bottom rail is coming to the top,? can r./-South Carolina, ht least.-"-Silma the 4/o.) Times and Messenger. i (j0) A Man Killed witu a Broom- 1'1c ride?Astonishment of the Doc ->RS.?Thomas Shea, a bar-kccpcr died iddcrily yesterday at'an eye and car firtuary from the effects of injuries on istaiued in one of his eyes. Shea came gra the oftce suffering from what appear- Cuj( 1 to be a contusion over the right eye, , ic ball of which protruded in a terri- j nc e manner. It was on Sunday, the | :h inst., and Shea stated that lie had ; hca ;en engagad in a quarrel and fight 1 0f ith some man up town, and during I wcr le melee one of bis assailants had'uscd ! ^ broken broomstick, arid ' th'c physians in charge of the patient imagined hsci lat he had received a direct blow on nor ic organ, causing it to protrude from j jiru] ccessivo internal infl imation. Every ' )ssiblo care V'as given .the injured ; an with considerable success'until the 'j 1th instant, when he exhibited signs 1 weakness, and the surgeons were , irprised by the unexpected discharge a c om the wounded eye of a piece of to ] ood nearly half an inch in length.? Tin hespliutcr was extracted succcssiully, at the patient did not rally, and on li|If CCC UX nwu VUU1B ?/? ivify, causing so severe a decree of ostration that death ensued yesteriy. ?W. Y. Times. 17th. } ' Toi Dhatii of a Prominent Pnvsici- cd, n.?We arc called upon, this morn- cur ffr, to record the sudden death of a j ominent physician, and a univcrsallyImircd resident of Columbia. Dr i y lnuiel Fair is no more. lie departed i ,j lis life, yesterday morning, at an early jur, of heart disease, from which lie : ad been suffering for years. Pr. Fair Mil as sixty-six years of age, a native of Kc ewberry District, but had resided in. ulumbia for more than a quarter of a intury. lie was a skillful physician, ?j id enjoyed a lucrative practice. . rhauix. ! thc 1 the The Walhalla Courier says: "The, 1 iceclies of Carpenter and Butler, dorercd in Walhalla on tlic 2Sth ultimo, I ^jjc id a salutaiy effect in smoothing down io prejudices of our people to the He- | rctl rni movement. They begin to realize . for ? !->"* iwnrMniins mnresented in : the .1*1 v; am uuw v?w |/t*> > %.< . ,e State ly candidates, and they must1 jor loose between them. It is uot difficult i 'perceive on which side the honest ' id intelligent voters will cast their in- k lence. Whatever bo their political . the ews and pe-scnal preferences, their ; 'J iod sense ' points to Carpenter and | mc( utlcr. as men to be preferred over j , cott, and Ransier. They 1;now their ' mdiiion cannot be rendered more bur. in ' siiscuip. A change mtist aud will be ' Tcctcd." i ( Cp to a very recent period, we have i tior ad but little hope of seeing the defeat j of ( f the Radical party in South Carolina t],? I the coming fall elections: In this j latter, however, our mind i&'changcd. j ?fc ire now think that a held, vigorous ! ?- ta ad united struggle upon the part of; ic white people will redeem the State, lie men put forward as the leaders of 1 ic Republican ] arty in this State are j Jrc Fsuch scandalous reputation as would i j nk any partx i" the world. Their j T , Bitrrlfy and unblushing effrontery in ickodneSs has alarmed and ccandal,cd the whole Republican party. Therr lost influential journals at the North ( avc attempted to relieve the party t00 f their odium by reading thein out. Mat ion Crescent. nia'i Tlic Yorkvillo Enquirer, which has erctofore "taken no active part in the , pre alitieal cainpsiyu" now deliberately qires^cs thcopihToTr it is the ! every voter who desires to se- j ire an honest and respectable govern-; ^ort cut lur I lie State to use his influence and id vote lor the election of the Reform ; thr< mdidatcs," and declares iu favor of j jjac, 10 election of the Hon. It. R. Carpcnr t'orilovcrnor, and Central M. C. J 6UIC utlor forXiemcnantCovornor. h?u ? j aMjoi Colonel Dclancy denies that V)ie ad-' liuu -id Covaftior ScottUo keep from the , arrc rtinps *^t would liavc been well t d he d.ne to lor the (.lovcruor'..1 ^ be' . i lied / niE JOT&NALT . \< ? lam den, 1870. MmliiKoFTi nzens -op'^:|sha\v wiel jje :ld in cam6?m)n next mon y two wkeda the 2ut1i aufst, to iiear jhdse carpenter i) gen. euttj'e. t1ik cardites of the u&t^refoem 1?ar. let all attekp. TJJO CmnnttijSn. .'lie Kxer.ulivo, CimituDten of tho Union 1'onn I'urfy have madf several changes in 'ointments of fHibncVvptmgi, niid wo re fore print the reyWetj list as follows: <ancnster, Friday, Aiijlu^y^G. .iberfy Hill, KerslmwCounty, August 27. anideii, Monday, Aug<at2i)i lit tutor, Wednesday, AftffiJ?t 31. Arlington, C. If., 31 on day, September o. 'hosterfield C. II., WcjiKudav, Sept. 7. leimettsville, Friday, September 9. 'lorcnce. Saturday, 'Sept eitfl c r 10. larion C. If., Monday,^ptetrfbcr 12. xinstreo, Wednesday,ftpfcmbcr 14. (mining, Friday, ^efltfiniherfl(i. )rnngctrarg C. H., Monday, September 19. IariiwellC.II ,Wednesday! Septctnber21. Vhito Hall, Coliy^my County? Frichiy, itember 23. s Jeaufort, Jlondny, September 23. Our Town. The condition of the 'streets and tins of our vcncraUe*-Town, is a mat of coiigratulatiojutf10 Council, .rshal and the generally.? c drains arc in snfcfr^pd condition, t it is impossible for water to'colfect thciii: tho streets are level, and we ' -X ' ? ' J t?1.1. _< mot but attribute Uie gooa iicauu ui Town to the wise legislation of the jncil and the efficient execution of ? ir ordinances by the iVta&hal. ItiofOUN. The lower part of Brood Street, was Saturday last, the seeuc of a disceful riot, eon fined-entirely to the jred people. Twif'or throe were J icked out of time by regular "shil- j h3;" one f .llow wa* boatdn in the 1 d with a spinntr; ojp had a piece his lower lip bitten! and fdur e consigned td the dfcfSutf&J. A'c doidt knd'vr whet her Ibr h'bt to ribc it to the Cing Convention or , 1/bfwoulJ not b<f surprised if chat i'cotiicthing to do wall it. #/ Ground ltrdUccii. Tha foundations of n<Tr KpiscoChorch arc now'being dag, and the hitect, Kedi.vg, scej? doerraincd Dush tho work as aAiossible. 3 dimension*pf are GO 10 feet, andvrMjSp^^^^arthree 'enlral I'nion Kefbrvi ( ]nb iVill hold a meting fo-nlght at the . ,vn Ilall. Speeches yill be deliver- j and an onnortunity a&rdod to all lo oil their names with the Secretary. jet all onr people atteid. I'ateree L'nion lt<ibriu Club. This club will have A grand Mass cling and Barbaeuo, at Cureton's II on Saturday next, jhc 27th inst. ep the ball in motion. Vrraugdnictits -foJjIoiidny. tMie Conimitte of Arangcments for meeting on Monday icxt, anuouDce following: Vn extra train wif be run from ugsvillc to Camden, lomecting'tfith morning train from iolumbh, rind ; lrningin the aftcrnool?both ways one fare. The rcgulir speakers for da} will be Judgo^Cdponter, Kcv. ins Byrd, Gen. l}utler,and General rsliaw. Jpcaking to commerce at noon at Acadctuy grove on K'Kalb street, rhe'dinner Will be prtakcu of iiuiiately after spcakir^ k over. k band of music is expected to le it tendance. |.? I Election. M lov. .Scott has iss'jd his proclama-' f i, ordering ejectionsIn tin I'Jth day i October next, to (ill he vacancies in i various district oflios, ar.d the re- t b:ivc Congressjotracts of the c. I ^ ^ The Meeting flb-Jfiglit. j The Meeting to*ujit' will bo ad- ; ? ' c) sscd by Messrs.!:!. J. Conway, 1 A. Cbcsnut, J. I Kennedy, and ! , T. Hay. ?111 Rnlihpp An<.4Ip(1. J ' .) Tuesday last, M J. M. LeGrnnd c k ont a search wurnt, to search tho miscs of on'c Berrjt/ancy, a colored n, for some watchj that had been en from hiin. Upi going into the i C* n o | || mises, a stock of/oods was found | ^ ich would sufficed start a country ; ^ c upon and lead!) an independent .une. There we! watches, finger ear rings, knit, needles, pins, . ad, bolts of alpaij cloth, lard, to- j j, co both chewing il smoking, hums, 1 c, iked beef, tape, iid, sweet soap, j t] k.s ?nJ eyes, can? etc.. etc j in all j t. at two hundred id fifty to three j a died dollars svoth. Laucy was j r slcU ana lougeuji JUu. vv he fullewiuj; lucjfiauts have ideati- ol llicir goud-': ^ssr's. D ]j. I)o? Saussuro & Co., Dr. F. L. Zemp, J. M. LcGrand and Allisod IToUgh. ^ Laney scrrcd out his^erm ia jail for larceny once ba/orc, ohf wc e-ipcct will try it again before'many dap. lie had a bunch of keys, about twenty-five in number with which he' pcrfurincd his bs tract ions. ~ % C'So??c" Op. It is desirable that all business be suspended during 'the hours of the speaking on 3Iunduy, so gs to enable all to enjoy the rich trcut that is before us. ; I, The Sting Xomiimlcs. At'a meeting held en Saturday la at, the following persons were nominated by tbe'adherents of the Ring : Senate.?Henry Cartloza, (brown man). House.?Frank A damson, Stephen Gary, Reuben Gaither, (all colored). Judge Of PkOBate.?J. F. Sutherland. CbUNtY COMMISSIONERS.?J. F. Sutherland, Munro Doykin, Andrew Dibble. ' / ; The reason why we place the words ''brown man" opposite j\Ir. Cardoza's nainO, is, that lie refused to" have himself registered as a colored man, bat as a Lroxcn man. The only distinction wc 'have hitherto known, relative to the J I two races of people in this State, is : "whito" and colored," but nere we have a hew sub-division instituted by Mr. Cafdb2a, who denies 'thereby that lie is to be included under the distinction "colored.v Will the colored men support a man who denies his color? A noteworthy fact is, that J. F. Sutherland is 'the the only white man on tiie entire ticket. We understand that great dissatisfaction exists among the party, because'of the nominees being unpopular with 'a groat many'of 'fhem, and that they intend to "bolt." Comsillwsfoners of Election's. Messrs. C. Shiver, Atnuion llcyuolds i | and "J. fF. 'Sutherland Miave'4>cetJ ap- " pointed by Gov Scott, Commissioners of t felectiofis' fbr.ihi3 District. Arrested. 'John 'Ferry, Ferry Andrews and Gov Dunbp implicated in several robbciics recently committed in town, were ! arrested and lodged in jail ye terdny. [ Don't Forget That the grand Mass Meeting and Barbacue will be held in Caiu loo on Monday next. Great preparations have been made,i& and a fine time k expected." _ ^ caniic a'Union Itofonn Club. A large j f and influential meeting of both white ! tl and colored, organized by electing for t President?Thomas J. Caothcn. 1 ice-Prr.siJett t?Geo. 51 ay hew, So ectury?J. J. Draktford. ;l On motion, it was Resulted, That c every voter, of this meeting be eonsti- i' tuted a member of this Club, by enroll- f ing his uamc, or hauding it to the See- ( rotary. c Thirty-five (35) members, about one s< third colored, were enrolled. The War in Europe. It would puzzle a Philadelphia law- j A ycr to say who is ahead on the road to P Paris, the 'Prussians or thc'French. ^ From the disjjatclics, upon reference ? to a map of the seat of war, it appears 'tl that the Prussians are between IWelz b and Paris, and consequently between ^ the French army and their beloved i j. CSrpttol. si Every mail brings tidings of'battlc, V but both sides iuvariably claim the vie S( tory, as appears from official dispatches, j"1 As far as wc can make out, JMarshal r( DIcMalion has not succeeded in effect- j ft ug a juncture with the main body under j ci iforulml liuihtnrt H'n rithllcVi tliia I ...... .. v, t ? | J. t description of the localities mentioned iu laic dispatches^. V,Te thiuk that dciz is about 150 from Paris, P ind about U0 from Ct&vms. Verdun seems to to be about half . vaj'bctflrwn MctZ and Chalons. Strausbo'firg is new beseiged and j cc jombarded by a portiou of the Prussian , li irmy, but with what effect wo arc not j l}; ible to say. This point is about seventy-! *!' ivc miles from Met/., and immediately i sj( ipon tf.c river Rhine. It is garrisoned | ti< >y 40,000 French, and from all ac- i of ounts is prepared for a seigc. ^ President Grant has issued a prcchiu nation of neutrality between France ' tj, ud Prussia. He recites the lav; bear- j w! Dg upon the subject, uud withdraws \ dii ho protection of the United States . . . ? ab com persons violating teem. ~~ of Per the .Journal. I Mr. Editor : I see, from an article j co i your paper last week, the Statement, | jpicd from the Iirpubliron, that one of lie causes for the removal ofthecoun- p** 1 Treasurer was ''his refusal to obey written order of the county Auditor." j wa i?:? ... (!...? :? I fur UUsllU IU a*\y waii it uu unui , it as the State Auditor's order to which 0>' CXI bedicucc was refused. > our s, f II. COKDOZA. cij < 4k South Carolina Central Bail Road. I I Sumter, S.C., Aug. 181S70. i Tho"annual"mooting of the Stock- 1 IioldOT3 of" tliq South Carolina Central 1 Hail Road Company, was held tins d?y. 1 A majority of the Stock being re- 1 presented tlio meeting proceeded to business. On motion of Mr/^jdmcs 71. Carson,. Col. JamesIX JilaDuing was called to ( the Chuir, and "V/." II. Peronncau, ap* pointed Secretary. ,. The reports of the President and Treasurer, were read and received as information. The following officers were elected, to serve until the.third "Wednesday in , February. 1872, viz: Vrcs'ufaU?TX 15. SfcLaurin. . , Directors?Jaiues M. Carson', John "It. DuVcg, \L. D. liJowry, A.' F. RaVcnel, Yi. R. Oaks, M. K. Jesup. A Code of 13y Laws for the government of the Company, was adopted. After tho passage of sundry resolutions the meeting adjourned nine die. JAM ES I). BRANDING, Ch'n. W. II. Peronneau, Secretary. "For Young JIcu :s?d Yonng Wo? The "Yu'uvg Folks' Rural" is the novel title of the new Rural and Literary Monthly being issued by II. N. F. Lewis, the publisher of the Western'Rural of Prtvno orn for cfn_ 1*U VUIVW^V. A 14.x, . .v rics and contributions on various subjects by young writers, 'anil One premiums for clubs of subscribers. Terms 81.00 per year. 'The fiist'500 subscribers 'arc to be credited'Lr two years. | We think this paper must excite a great I interest among tlie young men -.and j young women throughout the United States. Address H. N. F. Lewis, Publisher, Chicago, Illinois. The opposition to the r.idic'il retjfimc in this State, arraye'd under'he banners of reform, retrenchment an'd relief, we are pleased to say, gathers slrcfig'h as it progresses. There is a good promise of su'cces, and certain we arc tliat if every man, blaelfc or wh'fC opposed to the reigning dynasty would (Jo \ his duty, and his whole duty, we shall I rbpeat in South Carolina the victory I won in North Carolina. As it has' tc? n well .'aid, the Reform organization can scarcely Ikj called a political party. It is a generous movement, outside of party lines and national issues, to relievo South Carolina from the evils and burdens of a corrupt and 'partial faction.? If lie is thrice armed who h'.th his rjuarrel just, then in more triple armor do the Reformists make their g? od fight." If Heaven blesses a good cause,; then its favor rests upon the ends c.?n- j tcmplatcd by the Reformists. Let, then, the good wmk go bravely on. Let the J, good pcop)p f,f the State everywhere ; rally. If others there le like Judge j Orr and Col. Graham, who have no stomach for. this fight let Flrem go. The genuine son?"of the State intcntH*t'o| hold ( he result.. The power of'truth is thus ! f llustratcd. Nor is there any dottbt 1 a ow as to the unanimity wiih which , d lie effort fur reform will be prosecuted. I )n the part of the sober, intelligent j ml virtuous people of the Stare, there ; s * but one voice. Political pru-lcry I o nd a certain sentimentally may iiiflu- i o nee a few men to decline to enter heart- i t ly in die .movement for reform. Rut i t he great mass of the people opposed to i'i: liuicalistu arc taking a sensible view cf "s lie matter, and are seeking by pracii- i f al means to save the State fct'theui-; s elves and their posterity. , a Columbia Pi>a:nix t 1 c IIoitlUBtiE KfFECT OF InTCMPERh 1 0 NCE.?A certain queer genius, who. c v romii.cnt specialty was an aversion to t afcr, happened home late one night ! r rith that peculiar, furry sensation ' !, bout his tongue and 1o i?il? which gen- j b lenien who rejoice in clubs will reuiem- | i eras part of their experience. -His i < - I. _ i i .<v _ k ..N:; ! IIC 1111(1 leu blJUUllIJ3 UIJ U UUIUU -V : xmbler, in which?for seme purpose J ^ nown to a housewiro?-" he hr.il jlat a j c, rou 11 ball of silk thread to soak. I c Without observing the; fact, Bibulous j ? ;ized the tuiiiUlur and swulloiveu Its j'e indents. Fcelinga thread in his mouth, [ Y e began pulling upon it. To his hor* a ar, yard after yard caa.e stringing c >rtb, until, in agony of excitement he C ried out: . ft "Lucy, for God's sake, cotnc here ! i) m unravelling.". p a A New Planet.?Professor C. 1*1. ; i: eters, of the Litchfield Observatory, , n ' Ilauiiltou College, Clinton, N?'\v ork, announces the discovery, on the { ightof August 1-ith, of a new planet, ' b< id states that its motion was fully as- ; oc irtaincd on the eveniog of August bi >th. This new planet is situated on 1 a ,o dividing boundary lino between j $u c constellations Aquarious and Cap* V i-ornus, in -'>21 degrees of right aseeu- ; th jii and 13 degrees of South declioa*! to >n, aud is moving South at the rate ! th tlirce minutes a dny. It will bo the } ra 11th of the asteroids. cv ? ' I th While Prussian victories have caused i wi material decline in the price of gold, lit ero are several influences at work lioh are likely, before long, to pro* 1 ice u contrary rc.-ult, nfreetihg cur- oc ncy prices of cotton and other export- 1 fn !e commodities. So far, the JOnropc i w( ? i._. . . i .i . I ,?i Will 11 US MlLllUIUlV/a iuc I'AjJUiUIUUli , W1 uotliin^ but gold and breadstuff*; the i tl; pert trade in almost all ether h ading ! qu in laud i ties has been depressed by it. ' lie r the week ending July 8, one week , eui lore the declaration ui- war, the tola! th; portation of cotton was 2.">,125 bales { as ' the week ending July 22, one week ho or war was declared, the exportation ; tui s 12,712 bales, or about one-half, and j tin the week ending Auguut h, it was I n'JO bales, making the present weekly | 1 port of cotton about twenty per cent, ha' what it was four weeks ago. The wil rortation of petroleum and tobacco swi ' ' ***? \ ,'y't >*, - ? . , r~'' lias also been greatly diminished daring the last two or three weeks. Now ll ere is pcarcely any doubt that tjio decrease in these leading articles, orr iccount of the war, wil} more than offset l lie increase^ exportation of breads tuffs from the siync cause. In this connection it most be considered that witklu the-last four or five weeks over $20,000,000 in gold have been drained out , J; of the country, whereas during tbo wliolo of the year .l8G9 the total net exportation from the port of New York did not exceed $32,500,000. These show that while Prussian success in war assures firmness in tHe price of Aoicri can bonds in iiuropo, the situation here is not upiavoraele to a bull nioveiuoot j to put up the price of gojd, as speculation may bo favored by the length aud character of the conflict. Jjlnmphi's. ..-Ib'ahn$8& j Waiie Hampton o^r F?erqrm.? Tlic.Abbcville Press and lJainiet^T\nXti: the following extract, from a priyalo letter of General Wade Ilamptou, ado dressed to a re^ideut of Abbeville village. fjencral Hampton says: V " How does the Kcfurui worcmcpt prosper/ Iujhe issiiQs. no,w prcscjittyl and the qindftlatcs in the Celtl, t capnot see how any'true man in the Stale can hesitate as to bis proper-poeitiop. Differ as we mayabotiV ihe'jplatforjn.p? the new p^ty, I sfyifno' alternative bit to Vupport its nominees. *t Vopo and pr ty that good may come of tlio movcinent, for unless a chaiige is made in the rule of the Stale, nothing bot'nife awiits us." The l'scsi aid Earner s.:y< tfwj General IliimptOD defines his osip pi^?r. lion and that of every true CcrblipiaV <;on the pending issues 'bet.1weeri tfdiert and ltcforin and 'Kcpub'lipai)isin?between a reformation of abuses iud their n -ii. UUUllinitllll III Kill Uvi lU'iUi.lUU, T1 V/ know, by alt our people, to whom rhq nft'ine' of llalifplbh fiketf is worth a liurfdrcd nrgiihieots.' 'The laW and antidote.are both'bcforc you." ,Tt will help the ran dec. to understand military oj crhtion i t France, to renum ber that the Prussian forci s consist of an army of the North, under General Sfcinructz, comprising the seventh, eighth, nincthand tenth corps; an army of the centre, under Prince Frclerick Charles, comprising the second, third, fourth and twelfth corps, ai.d army of the South, und?T(thc Urowh'lM'ncp Frederick William, comprising the fifth corps, the guards aud South Germans. 1 he e'ty ! as more Southern visitors at tins moment that a# any time sfneo the rej-toration of peace. Some of out la'gest hotels are literally crowded with thcin. They seem intent upon "BKrtJd.r \ iog pleasure with busihes!', and'hdfc 'at' all unwilling to titTk*artd act, and enjoy ; thcrnselfcs generally as though they had never smarted hnder the pro- . * cwlpSf-roconstructioh . Tiuir pics cine indicates the return of 'prosperity to ^ ^ i re as hearty nud kind as iu the oldcit fays.?Xdc York Times. Winn the war was declare 1, the B p cinturs in the gallery of the Chamb< r . f Pei-utres united in the spontaneous W* utburst of cut htiatusiii which greeted lie niiiioiiccmcrit'of the Kni|Te?orVMc- M rmitiation to fiiilit. 'I he applause m < now reserved fir those who counsel toad fast resistance' to the advancing J^*. oe hut who also propose to erect another M tiprcuic power us a counterpoise to. and BD^ possible judge of, the Kniper-?r. Whcif j^l h it deep determination wh eh now 3L* xists to repair recent defeats finds an nportunity to transfer itself to tliosb W rho will be aecused of c tuning tlicinj W lierc will an uc Oint dennnd-d of the ulrr of Francr, wliieh nifty "riot "be as I lo 3/ ?.s that dctSamled oflidiisXVI", ut will c irtain'y he as stcru and as lifficult'tu satisfy. 'Jfhohgli North Carolina has given rom'fifteen to twenty 'thousand Dcino^atio majority,-thtrrfefo'lfcd radical ras;N^*winve ustrrjici! power in tho tatc sBPschoinihg ( ) overthrow tho he. ion. A (IcIogatio'iV has on no to Vashiogton to confer with Judge Keily nd lien. Jfhtlcr, nr.d to arrange for bntesting the scuts of thc^Di in icratic lohgross'hion elect* d, and substituting ?r them the radical minority canffi.n. _ ates, upon the plan adoj^flii^by tlie' resent Congress in thg^rase.of Louis* na, and for tlu>-psflffige of a bill turnip North Carolina over to military Je. A I.OXO on SanitT War ??It is Moved that Prussia, owing to tho unplctc disorganization of all the halu.al conditions of life which follows itnivers.il arming of the nation, must fF?r hiiM'iJ fprtm !i hkm** imp f!i:in Krnnnti. roai this fact, and the groat energy of e military operations,- it is believed bo the policy of Eismarck to ??i;ik*> o war "short, sharp and decisive",' oaning thereby not lour years, nor en four months, but, judging from3 Austrian precedent, less than four' eks. The present war, however, :e!y to be yet a lfttlo longer. Avery singular freak of lightning eurred recently, during the storm, ai dependence, Kentucky. Eight mcd tro at work In a Held threshing wheal leu ligbtuufu strucR tfie macnine ey were handling, stunning them, all itc severely and prostrating ou^ rses. ^hcn the men recovered their nseiousness, three of them fouud it their tongues hid been blistered, if they had teen touched with u red t iron. The spots 011 each man's iguc were exactly alike, aud all near 2 front. " # The French, since the war begaD. trc discovered thai they are afllictcu h fraudulent shoddy contractors, and iudlcrs in the coumiissiariut. i