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THE JOURNAL. ' f CAMDEN 8. C, JUNE 22, 1871. Still Absent.. The Editor of the Journal is still absent. He will be at his his post next week, when all matters requiring it will receive his attention. School Teachers Pay Certificates^ It is a strange circumstance to us, that ?these debts have not been paid before now. About the laat'of May, we alluded to the fact that the School Commissioner of the County, had been to Columbia and interviewed the Hon. J. K. Jij.lson, State Superintendent of Education, who then .and there promised 4l.nf flio Clings nooowarir thr the luillidiltion of these demands, would be forthcoming about the first of J un6. As we then intimated that we put no faith in the promises of such men, so has the result proved, for here we are, at the 22d day of June and not one cent as yet. Necessarily the fault lies somewhere. An act of the Legislature, approved February 23, 1871, appropriated $40,000 to supply this deficiency, to be paid by order of the State Superintendent of Education with the approval of tho governor, and "no part of said appropriation shall be used for any other purpose than the payment of the salaries of teachers." An act, approved March 1, 1871, provides that within fifteen days after the apportionment, by tho State Superintendent of Education, ? of the State School Fund, and the annual taxes collected by the State, for tho support of schools, the State Treasurer shall pay the several Countv Treasurers the apportion ment of the fund and taxes, belonging to their respective Counties, according to the certificate of State Superintendent of Education. Sec. 2, provides that the County Treasurers shall retain all the poll tax collected in their Counties, "and it 'is hereby made their duty to keep an accoiint of all the poll tax collected in each Parish or Township, in his County; arid the tax so collected shall be expended in the Parish or Township from which it was collected and Section 3rd provides that upon failure of the State or County Treasurers to comply with the Act, he or they shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and upon conviction, pay a fine of not less than $500, nor more than $5000, or imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court. A n ant nnnmvfid March 7. 1871. appro -1*.. _rt , , I priates $150,000 in addition to the capitation tax, for the support and maintenance of free shools. . Where does the fault lie ? With the Sujx?rin#?nfl?nt of fJdneation, the State or the" County Treasurers?" The first is exempt from the penalty of the violation of the act second above recited, but fortunately, he j is not exempt from the criticisms of the | press, whose business it is to expose failure of performance of duty. If with the State Treasurer, he has probably, stolen enough to pay ten times the amount of tho penalty, and CQuld not be hurt, and it is extremely doubtful whether a jury composed of the usual material could bo induced to convict ' him. If with the County Treasurers, it is within the province of the Grand Jury to investigate, report, indict and try them for violation of the law. *- . "'The Superintendent of Education pays no sort of attention to letters addressed to him, 1?J *? ?aonnnffiil Unmiflorp f|)UCUOU* 111 ^ I'UC illUDl ivo^rvvviv** I which is another suspicious sign.- The Go' wrnor makes promises, which, somehow, are never fulfilled. The County Treasurer makes explanations which exempt him from blame and caste it upon the Superintendent of Education, who, in turn, casts the onus upon the County Treasurer; and altogether,Jhings are in a very unsatisfactory condition. If we are to judge of the success of the system of free schools by the usual rules, we are compelled to pronounce ours an egregious failure; a humbug, and a disgrace to all connected with it. We would sincerely like to have the subject ventilated, but such wish will not probably be fulfilled, since in silence lies the chief strongth of those who hold the,reins of government. Death of lion. C. X. Yallandigham. f The telegrams bring us tidings of the death of this distinguished jurist and politi cian. The manner of his death was very strange, and shows how suddenly and awfully a man may Be called from t ime to eternity. Buta few weekssince, Mr. Vallandingham, in a publie meeting in his native State Ohio, introduced, and in a speech of great force, sustained certain resolutions indicative of V what should be the future policy of the Democratic party, to which resolutions, the leading Badical papers have given the name " The New Departure." The platform therein laid down, does not materially differ from that adopted by the Union Reform Party of South Carolina in the campaign of last year. Mr. ValbndighMn had a distinguished position among the lawyers and leading politicians of the country, and his "New Departure" shows that he was not lacking in statesmanlike qualities. The country can i)iv afford to lose his eminent services in a crisis like the present. Lebanon, Ohio, Juno 17. Vallandigham, while illustrating to his feliow-couosel in a murder case, how a dead man might have shot himself,* accidentally discharged the pistol, wounding himself in the bowels. At two o'clock this morning * 3 * was still conscious, but in great pain. An internal hemorrhage is probable. His physcians pronounce his condition1 as very serious. It seeius hardly possible that he will recover. ~ Latest.?Vallandigham is dead ? Cotton Movement. New York, June 18. Cotton movement shows continued falling off; totals smaHcst for any week tfincQ rctto-' grade movement set in. Exports about onehalf the corresponding week of* last year. Receipts at all the ports 24,040 bales, against 28,136 last week, 36,402 the previous week, and 40,178 three weeks since. Receipts smce September 3,485,176 bales, against 2,800,478 corresponding period previous year. Exports from all ports 20,970 bales, againat 40,332 last year. Exports for expired portion of last year 3,003,732 bales, against 2,022,824 last year. Stock at all ports 254.851 bales, against 229,277 for the same time last year. The stocks at the interior towns are 18,244 bales, against 46,506 ?"?.-_i_ i_ t : Jnst year, inc smk'k m jjivci puui ia i/iu^vw bales, agninst 628,000 last year. The American cotton afloat for Great Britian amounts to 132,000 bales, against 115,000 last year. The Indian cotton afloat for Europe is 471,955 bales, against 355,456 last year. The weather accounts from the South report continued heavy rains in the Gulf States, and also high up the Mississippi River; but towards the close of the week the rains abated somewhat, and the weather was rather more favorable. The Closing Scenes. The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun gives the following account of the closing scenes connected with the trial of Bowcn, the convicted bigamist, and cx-Ile publican member of Congress from South Carolina: The district courts are furnishing of late quite a number of causes cclcbrcs to criminal annals. The termination of the trial of C. C. Bowcn to-day, like the closing scenes in that of Holster, a few weeks since, presented many .sensations. To the notoriety of the prisoner, and the curiosities of his marital experience, which have attracted general attention to the cause pending against him, there was added a public defence by thccul?u i.;a nr.n/tunf on/1 nil tho. nsithetic sen pi ll/ U1 UIC VUllUUWj wi.? | sation that grows out of evidences of womanly devotion to a man whom all else have abandoned. The court had been opened at an hour (9 o'clock) unusually early,"and there were but few spectors of the scene which took, place. Judge t)lin read a terse opinion, overruling the motion to suspend sentence, and then called on Bowcn to say why sentence should not be pronounced. Bowen rose to reply, but was stopped by Mrs. King-Bowcn, who clung to him and would not let him stir. In a few moments he quietted her, and proceeded to vindicate himself,' declaring that lie acted on the faith of the New York divorce, and if that waS wrong, it was not his fault, and that he relied likewise upon the act of Congress, which freed from the penalties of bigamy parties deserted for more than five I years. He said : i?X a? lirad and worn out-with this pursuit of me. Tho whole combined South, at [ one time, attempted to fight the Government of the Vn'ted States. They continued it for four years, and. failed. It is useless, it is folly for any man to attempt it. One man, without money, and, perhaps, a limited number of friends, to cope with this government in a prosecution of this or any other kind, is impossible. They pay their spies. They pay their men. They ransack the country i'rom one end to the other, having all the money needed at their command. In this I do not mean to cast any impmuuumj or jck floctions upon the District Attorney or his assistant. I only say I am tired and worn out. A new trial is spoken of I do not^ know that 1 have any assurances of a better result. NoUthat I have acted wrong in this case intentionally, your Honor, but sent to prison' at this time, what could I hope if a new trial* were granted this fall, and I returned here without'money, without friends, and was put upon trial a second time ??These gentlemen (District Attorney and his assistant) having the privilege and the means of roaming the country to- hunt up all sorts of witnesses, it seems to mo that I oould not hope for a much better result. " In conclusion, I say that whatever punisment may fall upon my head, I stand here to receive it. F rom the commencement of this affair, I have not shirked. I married that woman (pointing to his wife) last August, in good faith. Though the laws of the eountay many annul that, I have a firm belief that the laws of God ucverwill. when what - -1 * . t \ ,1 . ever punishment that inay DC innictea Dy mis court shall have been served out, if we are spared, (turning to his wife, who rises and receives nis extended hand,) I return to her. [Mrs. Bowen here clung closely to her husband. Mrs. Bowen, in a moinont or so, resumed her scat at the request of her husband.] uOne word more, and I am done. To these gentlemen, who kindly offered to go my bail, I am much obliged. I have acted by them, as I have in this whole transac. tion, in good faith. To-day they are relievedI am truly grateful to them. "Now your Honor, I am done. Pass your sentence. You know the case and the circumstances that surround it." The Court?The sentence of the court is, Bowen, that 'you be confined for two years in the Albany penitentiary. Mrs. Bowen?(Clinging closely to her husband, in a feeling manner, said in a firm yet gentle voice:) "If he did it, I did it. If he is to bo sentenced, please sentence me. You have no right, your Honor, before God Almighty, to visit punishment upon him nlnnn fnr what T did also. With that record in my hand, I Btand before this court and my God. I procured it. It was obtained in good faith. If irregular, if invalid, we are not in fault. Oh, sentence me! I cannot part from him. IIo is too pure, too good. I ou know him not. I do know him." The Court?Madam, I have'a duty to perform here, and, while I sympathize with you from the hottom of my heart, I must still perform that duty. In addition, Mr. Bowen, to the imprisonment for two years in Albany penitentiary, you will pay a fine of $250. I hope the warden of the jail, if you are committed to his custody, wilUpostpone the execution of the sentence until you have an opportunity to apply to some of my brethren on this bill of exceptions for a stay of the execution bf the sentence. I may be mis* taken.V; I do not profess to be unerring about this, but. I have given my best judgment to ifc. The case is so sad that it drawB blood from the'heart. You are a man of great intelligence. You are surrounded.in* such a way that it is sad to be compelled, as I think I am compelled, to pass the sentence of the law. I wish from tho bottom of my heart that it were otherwise. 13ut I have brought my best judgment to the case. Tho law must be administered, however high your social position may . be, and however sorrowful the surroundings may be. If I had any doubt about the rightfulness of the verdict, I might have taken another course. Hut I do not see how I could do it. While -I sit here I must perform my duty as I understand it. ' %. Bowen then Bpcnt some time in the mar shal's office, a message Deing sent, in 10 tne reporters requesting that ho be allowed to. see the report of his speech. After a short stay there, he departed for jail in a hack, and was, with Mrs. King-Bowen, furnished comfortable quarters by Warden Crocker. Application for respite of the sentence will be made immediately, it is said, to Judge Humphreys. Tiie Bowem Case?Efforts for Par; don?A dispatoh from Washington to the New York papers is as follows: "Mrs. King-Bowen is already at work procuring^ influence to secure her husband's pardon; and though Bowon's career has been a long I series of law-breaking, culminating with his service in the rebel army, public sentiment is in favor of his pardon on account of Mrs. King, whose first husband,was killed in the rebel army at the battle of Secessionville." Tiie Blue Ridge Rail Road.?Gov. Scott, (says the Columbia Phoenix,) has returned to the capital, and brings the gratifying intelligence thXt arrangements have been perfected in New York for pushing rapidly forward the work on the'Blue Ridge Rail Road. Col. Thomas Steers?well-known throughout the South as an experienced and thorough rail road man?will see to it that his portion of the contract is completed at the earliest moment. Ho! for Cincinnati and the great West. * ______ The Buenos Ayres Pestilence.?A correspondent writes the London Tim#*, under date of June 1st: I left Buenos Ayres on the 14th of April, and from the beginning of the plague until that date had sad experience' of every phase and detail of the calamity. I am, therefore, enabled to speak with accuracy on the subject. The population 6f Buenos Ayres is about (from varions causes it is difficult to take a census there) 200,000. The germ of diseases was imported from Paraguay and Corrientes .early in January. Up to the end of March the whole number of deaths was 20,000.? The inhabitants who had the means removed to the country districts, which, without exception were, and continue to be, free from the disorder, and the accommodations in the little towns of Flores, Bclgrano, &c., were comfortable and decent in every respect, and thero was an abundance of "every class"~or food, &c. , ? There is no mystery as to the ennso of this fatal malady in a^ify populated as stated abovq, end ontirely without tl?e most ordinary sanitary arrangements?no roads, no drainage, almost no pnre water, no baths, and a system of cesspools which probably have no parallel in the history of civilization. The climate is, perhaps, the finest in the world, and its beauty lulled the people into a careless security, until the filth and the crowds of the city were ripe and ready to roccive and propagate tno insidious disease.? The Indians and natives were, the chief sufferers. These people live in a filty and ineagro way,' hate soap and water, and do not : know what ventilation means. The malady is now gradually declining, and doubtless will die during the cold motfhs, from J une to October. Meantime the authorities are taking active measures to make up "for their previous neglect, and the wants indicated above will soon be supplied. . Tho Shakers at Hancock, near Pittsfield, * m * * -if h - J oam in Massachusetts, nave liuuu" unm?u?Kmsation in the elopement of their lepdTng business man, Ira Lawson, with one of the fairest of the demure Shakercsscf. The eloping couple are about 35 years of age, and Lave been brought up in the community from childhood. Having shaken off their allegiance' to'the rules of the community,, these devoted Shakers hastened to Albany, where thev were duly married. Of coarse Brother Tra lias rendered himself liable to be disciplined by the society, but he has rather the host of his brethren, as he has been allowed to kceji tho bank accd?mt of j the family in his own name, and neither the j law of the State nor (he bank knows the 11 Shakers as a body. Tiie IIorribi.e Famine in Persia.?A J correspondent of the Levant Herald, writing , from Tabrcez, April 30, gives an accdupt of the famine, which goes to confirm tlifi later tnlefrrntiliie news of extremities to which the people have been reduced. The writer says: The details which reach us hereof the j destitution and misery which the drojight of < lost season has caused in the cental and < Southern provinces of Persia are icbrfnlly heart-rending. That the people are dying of hunger even in the streets of the capital is a minor phase of this terrible cnlamily. ]n Khorassan parents arc selling their children as slaves to the Turcomans iu order to keep 1 them alive, and in Ispahan, as is said, men , tiotrn hrv*n spizpH in the act of dicriae? no 1 the corpses to serve as food for their'starving families. In Shiraz-Kerman and Yezd thc wretched sufferers endeavor to support life on the grass and roots which they may find in the neighborhood, and. as might b? eipected, pestilence follows hard on the footsteps of famine; between them, the half of the Kingdom of Persia is being rapidly dopopulated. We have already published statement# ( concerning a Tate speech of the Emperor of Brazil, in which ho has taken the initiative npon the subject of the abolition of slavery. It may now be added that the Brazilian Government has presented to the Chambers a j bill for the emancipation of all slaves bolong- ^ ing to the crown. The bill provides also ^ that convict slaves are to become frecafter' seven years imprisonment, their owners re- ,* ceiviug indemnity from the treasury. The whole scheme, we are told, meets with string J opposition. The population of Brazil in ] 1856 was 7,677,800 of which 2,000,600/ > ?? I I??II II ^ ( ! were whites, 1,121,009 "mixed free, pedple,' j free mixed people,*800j()0<Jcivitizod Indians- .. 600,000 mixed slavepopulatipn, an&200; 000 blacks-or African slaves. In Brazil ,J slavery has never produced the- distinction* ofcaste which attended it. in mqsj? other coun- t tries. Tdanumil&on has &en rendered easy 1 by the laws; and to the emancipated every. f calling and office are open. The opposition to emancipation spoken of .probably conies . from those portions of Brazil especially interested in slayciy. _ Tho.iustjtutiiui is.doomed evei'ywhefc, and" Cuba ere long will have to follow the example of Brazil, .... . ... . Daily 'News. Fearful Disaster at Sea. FIVE nUNDREl)" COOLIES ROASTED ALIVE ( OR DROWNED?THE CREW ESCAPE IN THE ( BOATS?nOBRIBLE DEATHS. - |> San Francisco, June 13.' { Details of the total destruction by fire of j the Peruvian ship Don Juan, at sea, have been received. It is supposed that sh? was 1 set on fire by tho coolies entrapped on board pt Macao, "Ghina. The crew abandoned the vessel, leaving 550 coolies fastened un- " der tho hatches. Five hundred wero roasted alive, and the others escaped when the batches burned off. The vessel wus Ameri- ' can built, and sold in San Francisco to "Compania Martima -do .Peru^L-and?ra?_ _ christened Do Ores Uquarte. She was fitted 1 out here for the coolie trade, and returned . several times for supplies. The following particulars of the disaster , are given: - - 1 The Don Juan loaded at Macao on the 4th 1 of May, taking 650 coolies on board for ! Peru, and on the 6th of May was b rned to J the water's edge not more than fifty miles from Hong Kong. The coolies who have arrived in Hong Kong all aver that their treatment was humane, and they had nothing to complain of, either as to allowance of food or variety or quantity, and the whole affair was accidental The other view, that j the vessel was set on fire by designing men ! among'the Chinese, is not impossible. One ' of the men distinctly avers that he heard ! the explosion of gunpowder aft, &nd also smelt a strong oder of it. Others assert* J they did net hear any report, and that they i were nearly overpowered by sickness from i the smell of the ship's material burning aft. j ?It" is to bo regretted that tho Tiuropean who had the humanity to open the hatches did not succeed is saving his own life,, as he was overtaken by the coolies, who made a rush at tho boat waiting for him, and a general scramble occurred to get to it, the Europeans using arms to prevent the coolies ' from getting in it. In tne sccamblc several Chinese were drowned. The boat, however, untimately succeeded in getting clear of the ship, but had not gone far when it upset, within sight of but not in reach of the coolies. The coolies seemed to have had a little leisure to look around, when they observed < the other three boats at a distence. Du- i ring this time all the materials of the ship were rapidly burning, and a large number ' perished in tho hold, some of whom were ( suffocated, nud the cries from othors were piteous. Man}', however, jumped into the water and eseaped by-4iuiKnlng the more. ? horrible^ death by fire A number of them ' remained on tiio elect ana bow8prnr,ana ( whilst In this position one of the mast gave j way, and the coolies at once made much ( efforts as they could to reach it. Having got to it they clung with desperation, calling as loud as they could to save their lives. j They had not been long in the water before ( a passing junk camo up and they were taken off two or three at time. The. mast was held on the wreck by a wire rigging, or it ' would otherwise have drifted "away to sea. ' The coolies state that there.were no less . than fifty Europeans in the vessel, and it remains to see what became of them, some, v no doubt, being lost in the boat.fchat swamped. It is-reported that thirty of the crew have, arrived at Macao, and they are unanimous instating that the coolies mutinied and set fire to the ship aft, in the hope of pressing all -j forward,* and so take possession of the vessel. . It seems they thought the fire could be ex- I tiuguished afterward. . 1 t The enormous fees received by the New York customhouse officials is forcibly ( illnnl ? AtfttAniAnf fllO I XliUBllUlfVU UJ Lliu UU1UIUI OLUl^llltllV JUX vuv moieties and fees from seizures for April, 1 wherein it uppears that the collector, surveyor and naval officer received nearly 89000 apiece, the informers an equal amount, and tno government the other half. This is at the rate of nearly 8100,000 a year for each of those officials. - j! . t Therfe is a disease j5"revaillingto a large ex- t tent among the car horses of New York City I which seems to be contagious, and to defy 1 the veterinary surgeons. In gcncrpl charac- , tor it resembles diabetes or a disorder of j tho kidneys, manifesting itself in running ? jores C.n the back, pre eded by weakness of > die loins, pr a sort of paralysis. A great 1 nany horses hur? died from the disorder * Masonic Celebration. p Kershaw Lodge No. 29. A.*. F.\ 51.*. will celc jrato the Festival of St. John at the Presbyterian Church, at 12 o'clock, M. An oration will be ielivered by Past Master Brother J. B. Kershaw. Hie public are respectfully invited to attend. Ik L .DeSaussur? & coT7 COMMISSION AGENTS, Win buy and sell COTTON, PRODUCE, and MERCHANDIZE generally, upon liberal terms, ind solicit consignments, which they will endeavor to dispose of to best advantage, either at Wholesale or retail. CONSIGNMENT. . Flour, Syrup, Bacon, Sugar, Lard, Coffee, Soap, Hams, Molasses, $ Candles, &c. &c. Which arc offered VERY LOW,"for CASH ONLY. They also Offer, I At Cost for Oash, sc The entire of their former stock," purchased by Messrs. J. I. Middleton & Co., and 6old on their lecpant. / D. L. DbSAUSSURE & CO. June 22?tf I Vi Medicines, &c. il; complete supply of the most popular Paten ?' Medicines. Also,. Hostettor's, Plantation and Herman Bitters. For sale by HODGSON * DUNLAF. lelcn B. "Whjtoker etal. "J - s: ?. :>i: -jT Lbill. 5'' ;. John McCaa ct-al. '!: J The creditors of theJEiitate of L. L. T^Jritaker tre hereby notified to" establish.- their claims be'ore the undersigned, |it his office, on or before ho first day of September .nex^' 'or bo debarred rom the benefit of any decretal "order passed in he above named cause. J. D. DUNLAP, Juno 8.?til (8.25) Referee. J. i. MiDTOiETOTrrm, ; -i, ,PACTOB8 , AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS; ' B A LTIMOiife, MI)., Haying purchased the ehfciw'fiTOCK OF jOODS of- Messrs. D. L. DiSausbure & "i- ? r?i _iivxi ' JO., we Win sen vue iwuie ui> COST for CASH, uid for tliafc purpoae heicby constitute the nembers of that firm our agents to effect such tale. * : J. I. MIDDLETON & CO. ^ Juric8. tf .. SHANNON & LININGr7Attorney's jit Law_i^ ___ c. ?OFFICE, on Broad-Street, over Mr. BENJAMIN'S Store: rOMRS. B. S. KIRKLEY. OIt HER ASSIGNS. NOTICE is hereby given, that- the sum of soventy-six dollars and twenty-five cents, faa.ye bten deposited in the County Treasury of-'Keriliaw, for the redemption of the southern half of iot No. 1176 in the Town bf Camden, sold for tax: ss on January 3d. 1871, as the property of William Daash, and bought in by Mr&B.S. Kirklcy. A. W. HOUGH, June 1st 1871 ' , County Auditor. June 1? 2t. School District 9To. 1. -sr * A general attendance of the inhabitants of School District No. 1, bounded as follows: North by Sanders' Creek, thence to head of Little Pine Tree Creek to intersection of Chesterfield Road, ind Hyco Branch thence along Ilyco Branch to Big Pine Tree Creek; East and South by Big Pino Tree Crock and West by Wateree River; is requested to an Ananal Meeting, to be held in Camden, at the Town Hall, on the last Saturday (24th) June, for the purpose of assessing a Tax ror the support of Schools Of this District, for Iho ensuing Scholastic-Year. D. MCQUEEN, Clerk Board of Commissioners. Juno 15th, 1871. , I,.'" NOTICE. Tho PROBATE OFFICE will bo open on Moniny, the 19th inst. - /, Sheriff Sales. Siiebiff's Office, Camdes, S. C., June 12th, 1871. By virtue of sundry writs of Fi. Fa. tome directed and lodged, I will proceed to Sell in front >f the Court House in Camden on Monday, the 3d of July next, within the legal hours of sale, ho following property, to-wit: * House and Lot in Camden on the corner of Mill and DeKalb streets. Levied on as the property of C. Nelson at tho suit of tho. Town for axes. t ALSO . The Lot with Post Office thereon, in Camden, >n llutlcdge street. Levied on as lite property jf \V. jrriWwL at tho suit of the Town for taxes. - Quo Lot with St?m Muiuw riwwiii.jiii ttwwiwir )n tiio cower oT Broad and HirtJedgc afreets, Levied on na the properly of Jolm S. Mefonoy, it tho sifit of the Town for taxes. ALSO Three Lots with Rrick Ilotcl thereon, in Cnmlen, on the corner of Broad and King streets. Levied on as the property of J. P. llced, Trustee, it the suit of the Town for taxes. 'ALSO : One Bell. Levied on Its -the property of W. Beaumont Clarkson, at the suit of A. White, k Co. Terms Cash. Purchaser paying for stamps ind papers. J. P. llOSWELL, June 1 o.?^3t S. K. C. ROCKBRIDGE ALUM SPRINCS, Oi? VIRGINIA. / Opened May 5th. 187L " This favorite and celebrated Watering Placo nffers additional attractions this season; among >thcr improvents there has been added an elegant and spacious Ball Room, adjoining the Parlor; the Parlor has been enlarged and much improved, and life proximity of the two renders each tasily accessible. It will be kept in a style not iurpasseu anywnero in Virginia. The Waters of these special Springs either cure sr greatly relieve most cuses vof Scrofula, Tnefpi;nt Consumption, Chronic Bronchitis, Chronic Laryngitis, Chronic Pneumonia, Chronic Dyspeplia, Chronic Diarrhoea, Chronic Dysentery. They ire also a great value in those uffections which ire peculiar to the female constitution, and as an ippetizer,' a tonic and general restorative, they ire perhaps unrivalled amongst mineral waters. The proprietor will have provided for the lawns, iiid ball room a first-class Band of Musio, and in general all the sources of amusement and rccrcaion usually found at our best summer resorts will ?e at. the ^command of the guests at "ROCKJR1DGE ALUM." The place is within eleven to hirtecn hours of Richmond, Washington, Baltinore, etc., by rail, a 1 Lint daylight.. Passengers cave the cars of the Chcsapoakc and Ohio Kail load, at Goshen Depot, and the new and elegant tage coaches, passing rapidly over a smooth and oad of only eight miles, set down the visitors at he Springs to tea. JAMES A. FRAZTER, Proprietor, Dr. II. R. NOEL, of Baltimore, Resident Thyician. The Rockbridge Wntes is for sale by the princidruggists of the United Stales. De?crJp., !v? Pamphlets scot free on application. Juno loth, lb!"*. \ JSstai IOUTH CAROLINA RAIL ROAD. SSSSbm CAMDE3T BRANCH, r On nnd after Monday, June 12, 1871, the diedule of the Camden Train will be as follows: Leave Canulen at t> 00 A. M. Arrive at Columbia at 10 "40 A. M. Leave Columbia at 1 25 P. M. Arrive at Camden at 6 00 P. M. Running through to Columbia on Mondays, edncsdays and Saturdays; on Tuesdays, Thursiys aud Fridays, the above schedule will be jserved as far as Kingsvillc. By order of the Viee-Psesident. A. B. DnSAUegURE, Ageni. Camden March 80, 1871. 0 # .* ; .v. T' i i I I Notice to School Commissioners, Orricz ot 6TAT? Scp'* "o? EptrcArf<)if, ' Colombia, S. C., May 24,1871. To Each of the County School Commissioner?: YOU are hereby requested to instruct the board off School' Trustees of the several School Districts irt your county to* call meetings of the legal voters of their respective school districts on .Saturday^ Juue 24, 1871, at 12 o'clock M., notice of tHpbue'aod place of such meeting to be given by tWderJfef the. Board bfTrtiiteea by posting written or pridied notices in three (8) public places of the School District at least ten I (toy days before sold meeting. Your special at- i tention is invited to the following extnucifijrom J, an Aet to amend ah Act entitled^ ''tiSid&t tb taJabflsh and' maintain.* . system of free afeuaon . schools for thef State of. South Corotimy* approved March 6th, 1871: ' v Sec. XXIX. The County Treasurer shall pay over all moneys by him recdredi whicfc ahaU 1? n xia lionn aaunutio/f Kv uivinn *\f j*ia*V IVVWM.UUWVOUVV. ' ?* r*v ^ " District meeting as hereinafter provided far, in the County in which such district is situated, on - , the order of the Clerk of the Board of Trustees of said District,? countersigned by 'the County School Commissioner, to be used for the purpose directed by the District meeting no held.. Mid money Shall be as&saetf and collected S^Uli urfie, and in the'tflanner tliat County taxes m assessed and collected; and If the inhabitant* of any School District, at their Annual district meeting, shall fail to provide for the raising ef such tax, then the CountyJfoj)^d?.Cani*>*TlT&^^"''" ' snau be'''required to withhold' from aid District that part of the State appropriation, ^(jerfred from the revenue of the State, and <9 apportion and distribute the. some to the other Districts of the County which have ebihirtied witk .tierequirciQppta of this Act: Provided.. That in School Districts where there' are less than one hundred1 children between the ages of six and sixteen, ^?the inhabitants may raise sqob a sum, per efeifcT,. as will be sufficient to maintain their school*, Sec. L. The following perqpna shall 1;s'jjfctill tied to vote at any district meeting; vtfi-?*} All persons possessing the qualification of electors, as defined by the Constitatiofeef'fkis State, and who shall be residents of DypdUfriot at the time of offering tp vote at said meeting.. Sec. LI. Tho inhabitants.Qualified to vote at a school meeting, lawfully assembled, shall have power: . vlst. To appoint ,a Chairman to preaida over said meiting. V' > ' . 2d. To adjourn from time to time. 3d. To choose a Clerk, who shall posses* the qualification of a voter. 4th. To raise by (ax, in addition to theaammni apportioned by the State to their..uje, such further stuns of money as they1 may dtfem proper for the support of public schbfels, Said sum not to.be more than thrcedollars for erenrnhildin the District between the ages of six and sixteen, ae uBtcrtajncdby the lost enumeration; said Mm i to be colIo|Bd by the County Treasurer, and to be held by him, subject to the order of tho j Trustees, couutersigned by the County School Commissioner, such sums- of money to^be need j as sbull be agreed upon .at the meeting, either \ for the* pay of teachers' salary or to purchase or lease sites for school houses; to buu<jb''*biro or purch.tso such, school houses-to keep >lhem in repair, and furnish the same with necesimry fuel und appendages; or to furnish. black-boards, outline maps and apparatus for illustrating the principles of science, or to disshagc anyJdebtaor liabilities lawfully incurred-. . y f>th- To give ^uch directiotv-aua make soeh provisions as may be deemed q*eessary,Jn rdation.'to the prosecution Or defence of- any fuitor proceeding in which the District may be yporty. Oth. To authorize the Board of Trustee* te . build school houses, or rent tt?same-; tc^feeffanj school' house eite, or other property" belonging . to uie metrtci, wucn tne name enau .no longer do m noedful for the use of the-Dlstriet." '2 7th.* To niter or repeal their proceeding" from time to-time, as occasion may require, and to do any other business contemplated in this Act. ;; ,J;K. jrLEfJO^ _ mi# I* t?Ut> ifli J ? t 1? * '' ? . i t ; THE SOUTHERN BAF&3T THEOLOGICAL SEMEfABT, : GREENVILLE, S. G." ' $ ' ' A _ J JAMES. P..BOYCE, D. P., Professor of Bj+ t,en\ntlc Theology. . '? JOHN A. BROADlirS, D. D.; Profeesw of Interprcta'tion of the New Testament. BASIL MANLY, Jr.r J). D., J>jrofe*s?r of Blbli'cnl Introduction, Polemic Pheologyf and Prapamtion nnd Delivery of Sermons. C. II. TOY, D. D., professor jOf Interpretation of The Old Testament. s WM. WILLIAMS, D! D., Profesfor of Choreh History, Church Government, and Pastoral THE NEXT SESSION (of eight months)?pons on Thursday, September 1st, 1870, when there will be an Introductory Lecture by Dr. Boyoo It is oh mary account* important for Stqdtnts be present' on tbe first day^ - ~ TUH-STt'DIES ' 6 A vo ov<*1nttrn1v TliuitlAmiodl ' 'Pha Rrminarv docs not undertake to supplant, a college, or grammar school, in'givingliterniyinsirnetioite- Those who.need that must seek it;.where itis^approprjuite., But i n pursuing' the extensile coarse included strictly un lev Theology, instruction is given adapted to different grades of preparation; . so that the best college graduates, anil thoee who have only a good English education, WMJ both find 8uc.li courses ns they .respectively need There are eight, distinet Departments or Schools, several of which have two or thiiree classes each. SGI.ECTJON or STCriBS. . A Stuilent selects, with such advice'ache nay 1 desire from the Professors, the subjects to which lie devotes himself for tlio year. . If sncceufal, lie can graduate in the departments he has choscd, and the next year, if-Jie i? able return, pursues the other parts of the course;. to cook plete which requires usually three to fojtr years, according to preparation and diligence^ ' PASTOBS ATTENniNQ >0R UN* TB?B, On leave of absence from theirnhtfrcHes might fthd their minds directed as to 1he~ method of study, the books which arc most available, the topics which need investigation; and by their presence among the Students might both receive ..rtrl imnnrl utimnTnc ami nrnMifol OTT\Avi*?t*w in thoir great lifcffOfk. ' , . extesses. , , < There are no charges for iuil'.2.n: nor fee8 any kind. Some of the rarer and not* expei*. sive text books, as in the tungmagee?*ve loaned U the Students. The cost of those t?Mcb ifc i? necessary to buy varies from ten to Iweaty-fivo dollars a year. They may bo procured in Grec^iUe at ^cw Y.ork cost. Board is furnished in the "Seminary Ilall" at aotunl cart, say about ten dollars a month, including food, fuel and lights. One hundred dollars wio cover necessary expenses of a Session, ?if- ^-clothing, travelling expenses and personal incidental ire otherwise provided for. location. ^ Greenville is in a healthy mountain. ^eoioBy, and is reached by railroad, via Columbia,<.S. C\ aid to stcdekt3 * * Who need such assistance, is supplied, sq fanas the means contributed admit; oxiL'jojt' a. ' Student Ls Fund," the collection and management of wnicn nas Deen eoirijBiea 10 nev. ?u?M?s, Jr. It is desired that 110 one, who is prepared to en-, ter with proper qualifications, spiritual Mid intellectual, on the studies of the S em inarjy shall be debarred from it by lack of ifteatas. .jjrdthren wishing to attend are invited- tq write at once. Contributions for the purpose o&supplying thjem^ with the necessaries of life while studying to, prepare for tho Ministry, are also respectfully solicited. ' ? *'H : ? "* For Catalogues, or further information, ' iddress B.*MANLY, J*., Secretary of the Faculty/ ~~ W. R. WITHERS,1 . " Attorney at Law,; > CAMDEN, S. C. /. OFFICE, above C. NOELKIN'6 Store. Mar. 9. Dm.