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T1YU -N 14, ANT-RERAI?.N 0S3s)I0, 8. C. 10. 1 -. N I. 1-1. Uawrtr oJ.'%. X. Jn U)A OLDN. AS-80)IATs EDITOR. Tur cniifarnha eicttion takes place on the 81l of' Septeiber, and the Maine election oil the 6th. A ieiNi) facetiously Auggests that *e have becomeo.a0 "s0or3Ieead" shice the recent railrold icoidesi. -Yes., if he had bl recklessly ptchcd head foremost down an enitakismenst, at the rate of forty idilos a'n ibtr, Jib would have becomne a sorehead too, infless his cs'alnium is uncommonly tough. MEMPlIwls Is in a bad way. The fever is spreading, over a hiuidred and fifty deaths have occurred, the people rebel at. having difterent parts of tie town quaranitned against each other, the negroes refuse to mnove into the camps, and gangs of. plunderers ire threaten Ing to sack tihe town. Our Public School System, Asmong the Hrlcent contributions to our eduentioial'literature is a capital address del0iv ret ky W. C. Benet, Esq., of the Pr oss and Banne:, boblore the Teachers' Associaiiion of Abbeville on the 1stofAugett. "He, treats of the defects thd o pub lie school. system and smqggosts certain inprovomonts. While we do not on tirely agree with him in sill his posi tions, lie states his points strongly. In most Of his ideas we concur most heartily. The, o( T Y m r. Benet holds to be its tenidonoy-to regard re suits instead of' mite thods, in other word--;, to 6iimt, titb"miid instdad of training it its tendency to lower CduI cation by confiling:it. to elemssentary subjects, rejecting the c(lassics al the higher mastthemsaties, -and to repress individuality, and fostor a spirit of connnaisni. The first objection is not solelv ip plicable, to IpulU 'lchooI9. Manv Iri vatO institItions believC they have acconplished their end wheat they hve stufied a mass of iai(ts iito )tle juvenildi P11in1d. This Cal be rIJlei icd by teach ing (ho teces .13 ILi m8u". that the commoln schools aism to tonol only tie ele nts of knowledg~e, an1d in this way they f> to sdnic, extent militate aginkt high6r culture.' Ye, 11ery the apparenit paradox presiets itselft, tlit the msost dist-inguisled II (erary men ol' A mierica have collie C'hifly fVioif those States in which the piblc selhdols lu111e longest existed, 11and the South, which iebre thle war depended Onl privato en'er prise, while developing a highly reflned people, produced but ftow men of let ters. 'Whn elementry instruction costs niotlijng, tile aspiriig .individua has more monev to speuid in ic(uirinsg thet thishing touches. -'Iim erut'me douid(Vly -hs a cent rizi/lg ellbet, hbut we hope it will never iniduce comn Tlhe~>adv~asnages sare the genersal and mocre eisusi ill Iijon' of knowledge, anid time cheaipne.S ( o impartin Ii."t TJhsese ini the pr~eet cons tipn of ou people we regaird as iasealculabilo ad-. vaauntes. W hons the State -lhd pro vided all its chibsiren with the "three Rt's"' the kni I, spoon ans f'ork' of edu.. thetn, we belicyc thati a vasts strille has been takon.. In &1um-ow~n system Mr. ienset thhisks a grave deflect exists ill nout pro'vidinmg for tratited teachers. T[hisa is true. Normal schools of somse kind shouldi b)e linugura'tecd, butt woj dho not knowv whienm to explect them. Ottr Legisla t ure seems to beceithser very ill-inl'olnsmed or v'ery careless about. the wh'lol scheme of educsation. The1 adnmi rablo voom maendatilons of Superinutenden~t Thomap son sire passed, by uniheeded. The eon stitutionsal tax of two mills is, in Mr. Bienot's opintion, too much. UdQ thinks the State should levy only; a small siun as a premium on county or individual enterprise. It should be remembered, however, that this two mill tax Is really a county taix, as each county now ox pends all the funds raised in it s limits. Ho believes that private schools should be a~ded inm some eases by the public fund. We thinik investigationm will convince hinm thast the, more muentionm of a n'ee school these hard times kills 'out pay schools, dtmd thM t isl vain to expect parents generally to pmay-tuition fees. Hie also prefers a fee bill to a local tax. in theory his idea is admirable, but we do not helieve that it will bear' thme test of experimnent. All parents Svil not94y p, anid many will with dra thir hilreninthe middle of tihe session, thus disorgassizinig classes and ruiig~ the school. While the local f aux falls with weight on the wealthy, ver~y few of this class exIst, anid Uits better for them to pay mnore thanvto hav'e halftlthebhldrens stoppling . iool, Mo syon as te count ry becomes more p~rosperouis tho'fee bill will do well. Why nut let the Iggislature Provide tbr lidth a' 168al; tax and a foe bill, )os sto ~gl~c wji its pption? Wo heartily eoneur In the opiniion that thontttto Stipeu'vtcsdenst -should holdf E fj 60 sui 1 that school coD mdesO~jIonr#bt4tIu be appointedigsd also that bof'orebehing appointed .they shouldt hs sacquirod, to stand~l in exami niatlion befor'thk Sutte boarde Thor' ough'd Wf}' ni~thth tioni shot'dd be proerIgnUon ofdheuo.State Superint tslten ahd%'lotid- beo.well iaid for 0.I w pwriy, timt gopdrlosi( would .follow,tg lmitlsg of the se~holas itdiM 01 flob6Weeinet hand 228,000t4 1165000 andrdoblethelength of dlsioui nah ear. No num wnllh that a ohild can learn muh moreP in six' years with an eigjit months' session than1 in til years with a fbr months' kession-enlch year. We havo not ppaco t* dyetltr4her oil t is su&e't. We must: losg by' saying wittllMr. Bevet that "of all tlIo signs of the tIimos *ouje is so clering, nbno so full of i milse, asthis-that in the press, on the platforn, and on the stump, in our halls of legislatioi, at our college Colmen1tceieits, and on the floor's of our Teachers' Assocla tions, the topic which presses itself forward with greatest urgency and which is discussod with most. fl:equency and deepest interest is our public school systeni. 2'A OLD CRY OF WOLF." Specialatore Dulling the Orop and Bearing the Price of Cotton--Farmern Mlust Not Take a Panic. Mo&srs. .Editors.' In your last issuo of the weekly NNws ANDHIAILD you refer to soine newspapers having im ado predictions concerning the number of bales of cotton likely to be raised this year. You very properl, coertemn such publications, for, ats you remark, such stuff call only be published with a view to pave the way for low prices. It Is well known that "the whole world and the rest of mankind" are in torsted in having thte price of cotton as low as possible, except those inter ested ,in its produiction; and it is also well known that those who raise it have very litl control over the price that it may or ought to bring. I hope this will not always be the case, as it is the fault of the farmer producing the article or market if he does not u0so the ica1nsi. iII his power to'' make the production profitable. We are not yet entirely "out of I Ito woods," but tie day Is dawning wIhent the clod hiop1per, and particullifly the cotton raiser will have more of his say na to the price of cotton. There is no toll tig whatt organization and eominbati ion. can do; and this may or perhaps will havo to be tried soon. At preseit too m11;,nly of us have to mortgage our crops to get. credit for atippheis4 to on able ts to iake a living. But I am happy to see signs of a good time alead, when we will he all ofts more indepei(lent, and will he able to sell or hol our cotton as we think best. I hogon to Southernit lewspaipler's are 'preCicting a six million crop, as those who do publish stuch predictions mt certainily ex ct to get paid for ]ltg. No one whlto has intelligeteo suillt'lent to be the pulblisher' ofat news I aper should fail to kttow the thse hood of such stu'. Now lot ts look Into the prospetsf thI e coilling crop. 11t. first. let. me s'ay that. the great "New York Cotton Exchango" 1111d its satellites seit out. predictions thiit. five and a half millions of ba les woul com e from the crop of 1878. Now the crop y1ear is about at its end, tand only 4,438,00 bales. itn roulnil iminbers havo beeit received ti, the I post. SaN, that three hlndred thous antad bales have passt'd -north thr'olt'utgh tie iterior, add what. has been cot mied by Southlern ftetories, and 11* have less tihan ive Tiiliotn bales all fo1hl. the 1M7H. Au'ain, whltim we look t the stock oI'eot.ton ntow held by all thte wtorhl, incluidingtu liat is tnow o:t slthipourtel, we wuill titnd two htundrled thusatnd bales less tan the aimtunt itn sightt a year agio. The r'epiorts rei.ceiv, di atnd pnb~llislied by the Agr'iculturtal D~epai'tieet estimaited thie op'j at fromi (0o1r and1( three-quarters to five ,hundred thlontsand~ bales last year. T his is very near' the mar'k. Now thie dlepat'rtmnt, publ~lishes that on Jutly 1st, thmre was ottly ntinetyv-tlhree per1 centt. ot' tn' averaigo eriop) for the year 18 79. pcenCutago'( w,,ili he less. owing* to the o)n1linu: t'on of dro.igl t in July. The dr Iought o'ndted in l'airt'leld otn th 13th of July, but not so int other par'ts of' SouthI Carmolinat unor' in many of the kntow that it. takes a week or two f'or badtoly tutted cottont to geCt fairly 'tun.. (der' way to formtt new gr'owth to matke new bolls or squar'es. Fronm te 20th and 25tht of' July, wheni rain) was 'enter a!, to the 1st of'Auigust was nieefed for the start. After thme 1st of' August there is otnly about fifteen days to countt Onl forl growth to pr'oduce cotton which will escape injury fi'om n'ost. '1to 'season was generally good all over the cotton r'egiont last year, and the average condition rose at every report~ until it reached ant aiver'age of' nmecty-mine por cent., while in some ofI (lie best cotton Stales it reacthied one huhidred anid thirteen per centt. Tis year we see it fallhig, and int the r'e port up to August 1st It will not be over ninety per centt.' ('The r'epor't Is not yet out.) I think we may fair'ly count ott not over four antd three-tiuartt'rs mil lionus of' bales for thle year 1879. And as we see thle supply in sighht constantly decreabing unitil no0w It is near a mnil lion bales less thtan it was thre~e years ago, and the expor~a frotm India are falling ofr, the exports f'om that coun tr'y in the year' 1878 beIng 919,413 1)al1s, and.iln 1879 6416,649 bales while the conisumlptiont of cotton is every~ year exceedling thle prlodulction, why may we not cout 0on better pices? 'We hear the orlasthi g cry of dull market itn Liver'pool, anid of strikes, shtort tlute or' lull stoippage in the tfactoris, and a hiundr'ed other' bugaboos to n-lghlton she planters anid matke them glM to get what ever they catn for their cotton. Now, farmer's, donm't be alarmed. Only sell what cotton you may have mnortgatged. We hiavo nto r'eason to fear low prices utnless thte planters take a panic. If the Eniglish mian ufacturer's are losig always, wvhy don't they corne hlerewhtero they can make good pr'ofit? I notice a r'epor't thiata fachtory inl North Carolina mado and dclhared a divi dleud~ ot' tont per cent. fotr three tmonths, or forty per1 cetit. a year On mantuf'act uring cotton. If the mills in Newv En glanda and the Not h canntot make moey at home lot them31 conic 1:ore where they can n mile It. Buit thteir cry of losses jsall1 nonsense. There is money mtade it cotton factor'ies all over' thle wor'ld, but the manatuerors ar'e all Iiterested 'In getting cottonl ecap, and they resort to aniy mlens that promises to r'ednieo the pr1ico. Another institutiont whicoh wields an awntl motney peom' an Iis presing na downt Is the New, York Cottbn Ex change. Thlousandls and illlins sof bales of e >tton are sold--millions more the~n'can be. made. Onte party. sells lund another bu~ys, but no cotton is * -or oxptcoted to be dollvered. I . am sliways glad when t Ihear of one of these helhei's gottinig caughit, as we heard, of hot lomr slnco.. 'in ahosollo Ise aur n mv. I eroteoton for future de livery at low figures, say for Decem bor Or 1Ianiuary at prices belo~v pres ent ratg iidj hie sces any symptonis Of a alne-;- 1 presses more at as loy or' lower ~prices to keep the price down, No% until the producerciii coItrol hlls own cotton theqe t I los wilitoitiinue to make fortunes rt his ex penise., -Let us try to get out of tho Ito utches. -It we could sell only about as much cotton each month as Is iceded for conPsumto iption1, these follows might play their ganibling game o1 Some other string. Ono thing I will Vredict. There will be no six million-crop of cotton made this year. And if the shipments Qt..cottwn could bo-controlled so that there wouid be no pressure on the markets, somie niirobf th sellers of ihtures wyguld hiwe t6 caveo J. A T 2'rTV rz T' im sPI'xas. Notes aid Conmnnts by a Disinterested Visitor--The Rauroads, tl Hotl, thLO %Vator and the Visitors. COnRESPON DECH OF TIRE NEWH AND HERALD. CATAWIas SPRINGs, N. C., A ug.22. I will try and fulill lily promise to write, giving an account of this place. We reached here about mid-day last Saturday, after a trip the like whereof your correspondent has never expe rienced. It Is. objected against the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad thut it has no spirit of aecon modation. Be thankful, ye that make through trips, for these "accomnodat lng" roads try the patience iI a way that Job never dreamed of. They run at 2night exchisively-no (lay traiis at all -speed Is about ten miles an hour stops every ten ninutes--oach sto about half an hour .long-one run oi every trip, by average-cars dirty be yond coi(eoltion-anl.passoengers very miscellaneous, tle "great unwashed" predoliina ting. ICKOR'Y TAVEMN~ (a clear case of "lucus d n.on lucen (10," 1for no hickory trees are to be seen in the place) is the railroad sta tionl for this place. It.. is. a pleasant little village of about .ilfteen hundred iliabitants, with four or lIve churches and a large increasing trade. It puts on some style too. Your cort eslond cut, desiring to buy some shoostrings, ienandered Into a iry goods store, aid casually inquired for the needed arti cle. le vas considerably taken aback. by the Itiformatlon afforded by the gentleianly clerk, thit the o.tblish- 1 ment ill question walks a wholesale store I lit your corl'respon(enit learns that Catawba Co1unt y is considered one of the wealthiest aid imost flourishing counties of western North Carolina. I Henice so much hiliiut in. TiHE SPINoS are about seven or eight muilec from I l1ickory, and are reached by a wigon diriven,*whiichi, considering its lengthI, is one of the mliost pleasant your t 'orresipondent has ever seen; pert'ectly r smiiooth and almost evel. The situa- 1 ti is naturally very beautiltil-but a rt. hits don little for it. The springs ire situated on ia little flat, land- are I surrounded with hills on the. crest of which th buildings are placed. Trees I gr'ow ini ahuldance, pind (IhO white cot tag'o and buildings Scattered about .( nnhionmg thie green trees, and tihe green. lawni, taken ailtogethier, form a lpleas anut rural pi(cture. As your corrue spondent is not enjoying the boe'elt of the usual courtesy extenided to gentle men01 ofthle press ho feels at liberty to abuse15 anly thing lie does not like, andl lie finds tile hotel establishiment car riedl oin with a miost Jiberal anld en Lightened paim~i~ ony. The buildiings ire all diiidalted, ihe servanllts Arc few and1( ihr' betweeni, indeed not miore thtan ~ half as maniy as there ouighlt to b~e, and little convenIences are generally want ig. There is perhaps the llhiest col Iection of broken pitchers here that the world has over' so0on. Bu1t with these exceptions the plaice is plealsant enough. THEi WArEn has the r~eputation of hbe' one of the best Slphur ii sprinigs in tfRis country. it is very health y. It ought to be. It I is vile enough to lbe anything. Thet pleasaint odor of decaved hien-fruit lini- I gers around, and the 'visitor gently ab- t sorbs enough to be almost a sudphur i spriig lIimuself. There arc four spi-ings ~ on thie plae-a white sulphur, a blue I sulphuir, au iron and ai fl'etono. No< 011e drinks anything here but the whito a sulplhur, however. It gives one a fa-< mouIs appetite. Your corr'espondlent hans somo3 git'ts in) thaiit line Iany way, an no1 iw- (Like Mirk Twajni's Paris-t ilan gulide hie can searcely hold en oughi ( to satisfy his superhuman appetite.) I Don't you print this.* THE visIrons here are not Very' numlerous, but ari'r a pleasanlt, easy and soclable set. There are between thirty-five andl forty South Carolnins heoro, mostly firom Chester ; thiough Columbia, Rock 1H1ll, Wlnns b~oro and B3ennettsvillo haVe represon- 1 tatatives. TYUE AMIUsE~IENTS ' consist ofwhist playred by gentlemen wh~o know nothing about it, ten~ p)1ns played by ladies wvho fudge half way dlown tile alley, and croquet played by numerous very itoisy children, who are hero in full force.. Then thecre Is dancing, every night which is largely attondeld, and a band who never, that is hardly ever, play, and do't pa well wvhien they do. o ly. Such ar'e the leading features of Catawuba Springs. Pd~ like to say more, but cannot (10 so now. REuo. Tonsii AT SEwVANEE.-Fr'om the Mountain .News, p'ublishe'd at 8o wanee, T1enm., we learn that some of our South Carolina students took hon orabjo. posItions at . the recont Coin mncoment' ,of the Univorsity of the South. Mr. John Gass of Greenvlille well known and much liked in Abbe valloe, gained (lhe pr'lzo cupl offered for the best ossay. Mr'. Gass also gained hils diploma in thre'b depa'tmolfts and Chuemistr'ys Our young flei(end ' Mr L~. W. Smith, of Abbe villo, took his balchelor's diploma lin Mathematics antI in Political Ecoouy and -IUistoi'y. Mr. W. PIMlratton, of Wininsboro, gralied dIhipoas in Fr'oech Language indh Literature, COllemistryv Geology and Mineralogy, Metaphmyslesbnd Eng, --The 'Earl of DtonayeA sch'04 ts d superiorty to the Canadlanu savage by' -l wrIing 'SoI d tho Indiali ahould < 010,ou pck ~~Ormi 6. C.l(LrfjL N. -Tito fofirdation for the new Bal) tist cliurch at ltock Hill has been laid. -The fare from .Colimbia to Nov York- v. -harlestob has been reducc< to twety-eight dollars. Thre is a Ilegro woman in Cai dii wlio claims to. be one hundred til( sevent yeairs old. - --Ex-Coigressman Robert Smallb has been appointed a special inspectoi of customs for the district of 1eaufort -The rice crops in Georgetowi county are unusually promisinig am a very heavy yield is oxpected by thi planters. -The wheat crop of Laurens count Is estimated at twenty-four thousan bushels, and tile oat crop at twelvt thousand bushels. -Tile Democrats of York county or Tuesidty nominated J. A. )eal, Esq., for tihe House of Representatives, t( lilt the vacancy occasioiid by the rc signation of C. M. Green, Esq. -A military cpmnpany recently or. gaized at Gaffney City, with F. W. McArthuri as captaiU, fIas been nrnledl the "Sinipson Guards," in honor vi lis Excellency Gov. W. D. Simpson. -Thto syiod of the Associate Re. ormeed lurch, of the South, 'will meet at Union church, Chester coun y, on Thursday, the 25th of Septomt ber. Thie synod embraces ten pros byterics. -Wm. C. Black,'Esq. aged seven. y-four years died last Sunday morn. img at is residence at Black's Station, Vork county. He was a prominent 1nd useful citizen, and was several 4muues a member of the Legislature. -It is understood that the South ,arollina Railroad proposes chiighig ts lie so as to, effct a saving o1 wenty-nine mile? onl the two maim eonneetionis from Charleston uijd Co umbia mid Augusta. -In Charleston on last Thursday 1101itn MIrs. llarriet E. Rose, a re pectable lady. of flitv-three years o0 ge, living with her 'htusbandti at 269 l.1et.ing street, wais flund dead in hei 0011, lavitig comitiled suicide by ingig herfsolf'to the bed-post. -A fire broke out at Fi.shldan, about ifteenl miles below Ulnion on tile Spar 111burg, Union al)d Clester .Iilroadl mi Wednesday night about ten o'clock mtid burnied two stores. The depol aught fire but the people succeededl n putting -it out. "There was no il. uraine, as far as can be learned. -On last Thursday morning, just eforo dany-break, the resideice of Mr. 11. Peebles, about twelve miles from oaeiln, on the Shrock's Mill road, vats completoly destroyed by fire, ogeth!er with all the contents, includ ng fifty dollars li money. The ori ,in of tlie tire is not kitown. -On Thursday eveiing about sunll et a lady, wife of Mr. Nathan Crider, esiding about four miles from Mid vay, was struck by light ning whilst tanding in the d-or of her dwelling td instantly oxpired. Tho rain storif vas not sovere,,and the lightiige did to other damage but, tear a few shin rlcs off tie' house. --While an Abbeville county minis er, Rev. Mr. Pratt, was prteahtitg at coultry church hait Suinday, his lorse, hitchoed to a rack in the yard, vas stolbn. The Jress and Bnpner ays lie tdacked thio'orse tile nlext moi0rnl ng anld pressed tle jliefso closely that lie latter fled and left tie hior to fall nto the hands of' its.2wnier. --The. Camden ..Tournaa savs that :10]. 1. J7. iiller, oft' Geretw, a ii thaft town'l last weetk, 'feeling thte sen1 imtents Q f the people conlceringilo the ublscrilp110ons to' a .project to opeit a 'anal fromn Santtee ltiver to Wlnvah lay, a distanice of eight miles, ther'eby ~iamg di rcct wvafor commitunicatilon r'om this river to Gergetown. The iroject was not favorably received. -On Monday befot'o last an alterea ion occur'redl in the street, ntear the Ourlt-houtse, ini Yorkville, betwveen two vhlich Br'yantt fir'ed his pistol1 at Tur ier, after, as he alleges, Turner had truck him several blows with a rock. To injury was inflicted by the pistol. heo parttes had a hear'ing beforce the nyor' and~ were fined fivo dollars each. -James Morgan aliaslirace Iir. 'ezi, th'e youngtO mtan whlo attmpted to ob the IPrst Nationtal lBatnk otf Charles onl in Matrch last, and wvho was r'ecent y tiranisferrecd frotm his cell ini the jail o a r'oonm itn the City I los pital ;inl colt equetnce of~ ill ihthi, eil'ected his es ape by tmeans of a '-opo ladder from is wlindow, at atn early holiri on Thuirs la' lmorinug, andl up to this time htas utcceeded ini eluding the olllcers of the f the law. -Otn WedntesNy morning last, just about daylight, a negro manti enltered lie bedrooni of a lady' residinn' ini l reenhill str'eet, Chtarlestont, anid niniister'ed chilorof'ormn to hter and( heri Ittl SOnt, whot ocupied the satmc room, ortuniately the chiloirotormn (did not ako fullli tfeet upon01 the lady, and( she ~woke to tiid thtevilIlain with his htatnd potnher. Shoj umped ouLtof bed anid sei d1 heir husbanid's pistol1, whlich, untfor-. uitately, prloved to be uilOaided1. The ogro in the meoatntime ran undetr the >ed, while the lady sntappecd thle plistol wvic at him. Fintding that the wcn >on was unloaded the ntegro left hisi tiding place and -made his escape hrough the fronit windowv by which he nado i s entriantce. Thein negro was ulspectedl to be a lamnplighter who f're uonts the nleighbi6rhood, and lie was brrested. -Ani inq uest was recently heold over six motnths old noerro baby, found it he branch niear ladd1(ox's Mills, int 4anrens county. It wast evident hat the baby htad bdon killed b~y blows in its head, an~d r'ocks tied in its dress o sink it itn theo water. A negr'o we. natn was soon tho day before with two hlldren necar this place. .She was a .tranger in the~ neighborhood. No ont new where she came from. The dress mt the child was identtifled as thie sante hat was the child that the stratngo weo nan had.the previouts day. 'rThe jury' enidereod a verdict that the child camc olits death from blows at the hatnds 01 bhristianta Ware, it4 another. She has ~onfessed, but says that on her wvay ritn Abbeville site fell i getting over ho fence, opi thte child's head, atnd e t'actured its skull that it gofr. worse, mttil she arrived on4h'o Lgs~urens side mtd thtat eon this sido 9f the river ii lied in hoer arttrs . $1ho says r aho be ante alarmed for fear-sho would be ecutecd of mnurdlo'Ig: it, nd in her mirry, thirow t fito o brnoL. ---A specIal from Vicksburg, Miss., 'aye the Yazoo county difficulty, ~rowving out of Dixon-ruinning. na an tdeondent candidate foil shorlfrt/las mimn tated in the sleting of Dixon Itsmce'y clerkcj ,tiMohor imose and died on ilt y NEWfs OF 2'lB DAY. - -Two hiundred laborers of the Chicago dock laborer's union are .oI r the striko for 20 cc*tts per hour. Thoy imnw focoifo.2Qpeptls, A grpat Gro has I brokei out at - . ordeaux F~rbnco. Fltfteeni buiklings havejlrCady been destroyed aud tho flames at lastaccounts were still gain Ilg ground. -Tho Surf House at Rohloboth, Del., was destroyed by fire about 3 o'clock, nl Thursday? morning. There were sixty persons in the house at tho time, but all escaped. -A Biloxi, Miss., dipatch says there has been a territle storm at the sea shore. Tho'ca'nl gntuiilds,' tIbernacle and other buildings were blown dowi. So far as heard only two persons were haurts. -Thie rains in England conthme and a renewal of the overflow of' rivers was reported on Saturday morning from SomerseLshire, Derbyshire, Warwick shire, Leicestershire and Stafford shire. -The colored exeursionists from Mississippi, who went to look at Kan sas a few days ago, havo returnied satisfied that while It Is a lovely land It is no -place for colored peoj)1O or any other people without money. A ummber of emigrants returtind with them. -An Odessa dispatch reports the Judgments of a military tribulnial inl tihe case of Nihilists whose trials ter minated oil the 17th inst. Five mnii were senteined to be hanwed, one1 woman' to Nclie In Siberia 4il twenty two other prisoners to tet years peinal servitude. -An Atlanta, Ga., special says a . rellable report hIs been received t'hcre to the ctlict that various Mormon con gregations in north Georgia are or gamztug for an imlmediate exodus to Utah. A great iiiny iative Morimotins will gro. The movement. reats soim excitement in the ountrv. but tlh saints are detcriniiled and tile field will be abandoned For a while. -At Vickshur-r, Mis;.. lIst Tiues day niighit, Joe isher, atged sevvte, shot and miortally wvoundeItl his color ed mistress, from joalousy. Fihi.er then fled. 110 . was tired at screvl' tit'es, an1d twice returied the ire uponl his pur'SuersI, onle of, hi~s shlots knotking the pistol ottt of the hand of' oie of themi. .110 has sinIco been1 Cap tured. -Tihe glnests at the Burnett Ho'lmse, at Strotldsburg, Pa., we 'e stalu d t Tucsday by the anonneement Ihat the jewelry, of' Several ladv gulests- L d been stoleni the previolis nightthe total l1valu of which was $1,000. The entire lot .vis afterwards found mider j tihe bed of a yoing man named Fil mor, son of a wealthy citizen of Easton, Pa., who owns (he house. Thd young man asserts his innoc01ce. He is under arrest. -Dell Nestor, a lad of sixteen, son' of a wealtlhy brewer in Goneva, N. Y., drew $1,024 fromn a bank on a florged check a fow days ago and cloped withi tile daughiter of a proineiint surieon of that placo. He was arrested at t.he Anthony House, in Broadway, New York, Tuesday, whore he was regis tored under an asstuned name, but no T trace could be found of the young lady. The youigi& man had $900 with T him, and was reutmanded to await the f arrival of his father. -Ry. W. IT. I. Murrav, whose 'e cent disappear'ance fmom 'Boston has excited so much comtiunent, and who has turned up in San Fi'ancisco, in-. Iormis tihe Cdul nlewspap~er of' that city '" thaut h'o camne ther'e to itntr'oduce his , i patent buckboar11d wagon,' and1 is per' fectly astonished ait thme action takenl foi by his creditors at home. lie sav's his th entire indebt~edness wvillI not e'xceed $19,000, 'and his pro0perty if sold1 at cul aution would more than pay it all. HeI says lie intends to returnl .East in a en fewv days. - rul ____ ____ ___.th ML'sicAL UOmEs ARE ALWAYs liAP er loams.-Thore are thouisands of PC homes to-day in our sunny Southland a that would be rendered happier by the ar pre'sen~e' of' a fine ne0w Piano or an .Or'gan. We want to fill such homes: with instruments, andl we mean to do Pi it if we live long enough). fe' One of the methIods hvy which we shall in (1ue time be r'opi-esented (by - th our instruments) in every Southrmi 0 home of' culture. is thr'oughi our Grand Introduct ion Sale of' Pianios and Or-~ A gans, which we inaugur'ated in No- m vember last and whlich is so far a mnag- 1 milcent success. Ten of the largest Manufactuirer's in v' Amer'ica have auithorizedl us to placo0 jfr'om one to five thousand of' their in str'umnents for initrodu Lctioni and1 adver' tisemnent in reCpresentative doutherin" hlomnes at Agents' Wh~olesalo Rates, t$ andl we are now placIng them in eycry at Southern State just as5 fast as steam iIi can carry' them. Such an opportmmitv fa to seeurie stanidard inst'rments f'ront cc suchd celebr'ated manuii hetu rer's as tit Chickoring, Weber, Kntahe, Hfallet &1 Davis, Maithuishek, Dixie, Sout hernui Gem,.Mason & ai andIlu Peloubet rua & Pecltoni neOver hats occuriredI befoere si and neOver' will again unless we offer ui It. It is tile only sale of the kind ever' caried out in the United S:ates. Readers of this notice who have not~ yet purc'hasedl inlst1rments a'xe request ed to wurito to uts for' our TItroduiction Sale Circular' and Special Otfors. Ad dress LUnleN & IIArI.s' Sot: riwus Aug 5--xf1mo*. BAsE BA LL No-rEs.-There is a pap1)0r in Janesvlle that contilues to publlish base ball news. Base ball, it will be remnemboro'ed by old1 settlers, is a amou j payed by eighteeu per'1sons wuho wear' , shirts anld drawers. They scatter ib around the field1 and try to catchb a I" canontli~ ball cioveredl with rawhide. se The11 gjumo is to get pl)ell to pay two et Sshillings t~o come1 inside the fenic.- (IS .Aidwaukee Sun. "Juice" Lathmam Is made tile her'o ofl a avery seintimiental stor'y in one of' thme Sprngielapes.inio G;aviord I falls in love wvitht him, hie is, invit'ed toa the faily mansion, the "old man" thinks itil ih ntil h <id u lhe lb a base ball player, when. lho for bids him the. houso, and, thereupon IAnn 110weeps tears of disappoin tmenit. The old matn then hiites a hack and goes' out to see the game. Georgo, stops a~ K thrown ball, a~nd the O. M. gets excilt- d' od; he catches a foulfliy,.and the D jM. of nearly goes off .tho .handle; he steale * homo, and then 0, M. rushes einto. the i field, pulls out his poclkut.bandkorchief, ce wipes the~ tobacco spit off George's su perabundant lips, kisses him four times annlounces that. .le will be forgivei and invites hlim too thodiouse,.and.'-ot - much mbroe remains tobo saidM. pro? ' sume the Utiona papoar ntilisoon aty ltoluno., the o emen~~ot, at tp ~ *aid tim 'o r hor As1tbs. ~J 1f pa y r. ' s '1 i' TUTT'S~ PIL-LSI INTRODUCED, 1865. A TORPID LIVER Is the fruitful ionrce of many diseases, proml. ment aunong which are DYSPEPSIA, SICK-HEADACHE, COSTIVENESS, DYSENTERY, BILOUS FEVER, AGUE AND FEVER, IAUNDICE, PILES, RHEUMATISM, KIDNEY COM PLAINT, COLIC, ETC. SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. P.oas of Appotite and Nauson, the bowels Irocostivo, but sometimes alternate with loosenossalE Winithe Head, accompanied iithiabuiflienation ithe bapkpartPam in thd right. ide anadcer the shoulder blade, Kllnasiaatereating, with a disi idiniitio ito exertion of bodyoind.i,1. ility of tempor, Ijow spirits, Losm of siemory, with a fooling of having nogleotod iono duty, Gonei a Ninei4 iness1 l'futt ering ast the Hoat. Dotb3 ioro the yos. Yellow Skin/Hedache generally wer tho right eyo, Resitlo e night Iv i ithif "rarn "rilfybed~rine~ [F THESE WARNIf(S ARE UNHZEDED, SERIOUS DISEASES WILL SOON BE DEVELOPED, TUTT'S PILLS %ro espootmily adaptod to such M3o8, 0 8in7io dooo offeots such a change of fooling as to mutonish tho sufferer. TUTS PILLS tro cmmnde.' d fromt snbtnnce. that nie A'en ftem any ioroperiteOthut cana ure the m1at iecllente orgautantinu. hay nlearale, Olean t, Puri'y, stual Invigorate iho eattr. t4yeteu. By relieving the en forsesd .Lver, they cienlwo the blood fr en, "ol,,nuousaa ,nr,,, nalusihs.impart .lles ?sue t Iltaality to (IS boly, CusAing tiho i,we#S tu net naturally, i owitheus wiuvias 11o 0o can Afeel Well. \ Notd Dvino says: t- '0Tf)T:--Dar 8:r1 For tets :reira I h-ave en --,a --'I , - .15 t . V O IIua. nS P'iles. kAn - r- e. a .. .mc ttee 4to me; I uod T on 1, r urin, eolidILabs. 'Jssiaville, g. 'le ftPet "t J to fnsemms the Appetite, ni si . boty lo 'it-%o ,,n ilesh, thus the * *'z .opi ir -.-1, ntd by their Toole Ac e 11 ein thp 1s:rv tIv Organs, Iegula* LU1P' ja ith . W 1 O2K, SAYG: - t xV tit c:tnnnt be relioved by re. , iver t its n"In-.i function", and for i u i %s eswa that SOLO EVE3YWHERE, PIICE 25 CENTS. -04' MrSleny 4-4trect, New Tork. I;' Dr.' El"i' MANUAl, of Wlnable tior 'seDO:a:.l 134ful Itecelipt " will be maled/re. M Y .s r t on~j ws' * Wi . cli t med to a oxrssoen 1Nu:K by asitico.ii.. .itt of this Ditp.. it Ila. V-: il w 4or 4 ca,~.. iw -at~ 1i'itotiaRy. and is ~I n,' A,~t ~i n~ '~ t 'otd by Druwgists, ox w, 'rray St., Now York. f13MPIE 11UND OF ALL OLLOVAAY'S PILL8!! 'I ha no appetite; olloway's Pil oe ma a hearty ono," 'Your lis are nmarvelous." 'I sendl for another box, and keep thoem tho h uso." 'Dr. Holloway has cured my headJaoho t was chronic. '1 gave one of your Pills to mty babe cholera morbus. Tuo dloar little n g got well in a day." 'ly nausca of a morning is now red." 'Your bOX of Hlolloway's Ointment rod moe of noises in the head. I Ibed seime of your Ointment behind c ars andi the noiso lhas left," 'Sund me two boxes; I want one for a or family.'' "I enclosa a dollar; your price is 25 ala, but the medicine to me is worth a liar." "Sond mec five boxes of your Pills," "Let me baye three boxes of your 1s ,,by return mail, for chills and [lhave over* 200 (meh testimonials as es ,hut want of space oompels me to neltudo. Fon CUTAKEOUS DISOnDERS, id all eruptions of the akin, this Oint mt is most invatluable. It does not al extrnaimlly alone, but penetrates ih the most aseoing effects to the ry rcot of evil. lO0L 0OWA.Y'S OINTMENT.. l'ossessed of thmii remedy, every manl 1y be.own doctor. It may be rubbed to the system, so as to reach any in enal complaint; by these means, cures rcs or ulcers in thse throat stomach, 'or, spineoor other parts. It is ant in liblo remedy for bad legs, bad breasts, utractedi or stiffj joints, gout, rheuma imt and( all skin dhiseisea. sssoscr T NT ('lo.Nn arc genuIne in s ihe~ si nituiro of J1. tiAY,,oLK. ns algent,. for Unl'cIte 8t:lts sttirroiIrlis each box af Pillis 1 UiLunaj. Boxl'eri ia 25 centf, (t2 fCntts, anti 7' There Is conskilorale sav'Ing by taking bin go: siz.es IIOL LO W AY & CO., eb1y ew York. A PPNN~Y SAVED 3 A PENNY GAINED. Yon can save money by calling~ at the Groecry tore of WY [[. DONLJY. Just opeoned a 1n1('' lot of Sugar Curedl nyassod llams at, prticoes to sutit A lit thimes. A iso a select stock Coffes 1 Xsugar.. Aibui: Lt's Uns-osundl Roaat Crsfe'o a special:y. AllI tha favorite smnds of Augu~ssta F'lour, Bobtael Meal anid ari OIrite. (iannedo~ Gioods of all doa. riptions', Ohowing and Stnuking Tobao , is from0 theo highest to the chea s t brands, Bloots and Shoes at loi bnros; Ladios' fine cloth G*aitors, al os, lower than the lowest. (Cholo metas and Lignors, Porter, Boer and Ale oshi Spasrlhng Cider, (Jider, Vinegr 'd iermojp (Give mot a call. I U >t be undersold. W. H., DONL . mayl3 81. 30ARD OF EQUALIZATION. 1ME County Board of Equnlization for Fairfilid County will 'meet at the uditor's Office, at; finnaboi-o,,on Men.. sy, 25th August instant, for the purpoe hearing toimplaints from any taxpayars me have been notified of a Iditions ,to sir returns of real .ostate o to h year 7i6'ond for such other~ buiil oas mg in befofoe said1 tnard, I, N. WIT HER~S, County Aiuditdi-, A aog l1zf2w S1T Philadelphia La ~rBeer freshi every day at b ChIT 8, Roat, o 0 Sotlieri Purchasers of Plaftod' Or galls, Musieal Publieations and Su1all Musical Iustruimients - who tre. al.e' to th ir. own iiterests wili buy from thie great LUIDDEN & BATES' SOUT.~E3~~i]S MUSIC HOUSE .SAVANNA f, ;GA: Anzid Branch Houses AtUSITA, UA, ATLANTA, GA. 'ceo 0. obison& Co. 0. L. Braumuller & Co. CHARi13.TON,1 . O. CIAILtLO. TRE N C C. L. McCleinhan & Co. Ilusith Muso Hiouso. JACKSON VILLE, PLA. PENSACOLA, FLA. - . A. It. Caipbell._ Brown Brothers. Savannah, Ga., Is the Grand Mitcal Centre of a 8oltid Musical South, and fromx this Central DistributIng Depot, with its cllid of iratnch Music Iouses, all under one manatagement, and having uniform Prices and Terms, are drawn tho mtusical supriles of the South. A GNIFifEE~'iUC~ZSS -OITR GRAND INTRODUCTION SALE --OF STANDARD-. carried olit in th U. 8. Five thotisand istan al laasIttsinent at Factory Hates for Unswh, or 011 E-as~y 'Yora~s. Tlenl of th leaulding Manufacturers of the U. S. have 111ven uis exclulivc control of their inutru luenti ha the South, and anthorized us to place for Iltact ealon and Advertist'eient One Thotam a nl of I heir bet, inst uI'ments in repr, bentative So'thern households at Factory Wholesalo SEE THE PRICES. PIANOS T Oct. Ilne Bosewood Carved $125 Iig. Six Years Guarantee. PIANOS Oct. fne Rosewood, Carv-$155 te.Legs. SIx Years Guaran 1ee. PIANOS T.i1 Oct. Square Grand, Su- $257 perb Case. With Stool and Cover. $57 9aStoPst an"m Walnut ORGANS Case. St'ool an InsrutorAN $71 In st"ps, Elegant Walnut ORGANS $86 13 Stops, Superb -Hro 1ORGANS All guaranteed Instruments. Maker's- namo on eaich. Fifteen Days'Trial If wanted, we pay the freight, if nao a.e. A trial costs nothing it instrument don't silt. Don't hesitate to order. MASON AND HAMIIN ORGANS. M1ASON & HMAIIN 4 . Church and Parlor Organs. Not Lowest Priced and Dearest but Highest Priced, Best and Cheapest. 6 Stops, .Only $80. 10 Stops, only $95. V Ith Mirror Top, only $100. Peloubet & Pelton Organs 68Stops, oir boll chimes, only $100. Send for Inatronuction Sale circular giving prices antd full iuformation. Theli magnIficent Chickering, Haiqt & Davis WVeber, Miatthushek. Southern Gem,'Dlxie and Favorite Pinnos, itlason & liamlin, P'eloubt & Pelton and Sterling Or-gans all included in this s'ilo. A clean sweep. NO reserve. All new Ini. sttruments of iatcst style. Fresh from Factory. Lrgs s elecio of stand ird instrumeonte ever IMPOTANT Pia orA*4 on as.la. Qagtw I i (t lior freight paId' to any LUDEN& BATES. SHAVING SALOON. T HLE underhigned bogs leave to inform his customers and the publie genei ally that he is prepared to give stitsfaction to all who may favor him with their pat ron age. i.0O. HUTCH INBON will Rhas 0 ou vwith facility-cutting, dyoing and dressing in the latest andi most approved style, with J. M. McoCALL at the Champion Barbor Shop and Sh am poning Saloon, Yinnsboro,S.. aug 21-8t va Awek In your own town, and no U capital risked. You can lyve the business a triad wIthout expenso. Th aet 0 - portunity over offered for those wIllingt work. You sh1ou]d try nothing else until you see for yourself what you can do at the busi ness we alter. No room to explain here. .You can devoto all your tiane or only your spare time to the business, atnd make greet pay for every hour that you work. Women maves mueni as mon. Send for special private terms and particulars, which we mail free, . $o pitit freo. Don't compilan of hard timeos while you have such a chance. Address Aug 1IALLETT & CO.. Portland, Maine, I F you want a good Claret Phhoh; call .Lat the PiLmrro HOUSE, Under the W innsboro Hotel. P UtmR Rye WVhiatkey, Ale, Perter and -bod~a Water for sale by J. 1. McCARLEY. NO WOOD, NO PAPRa I N the Standard Screw Bay State . Shoo, J. M. B3EATY & Co. FRESH TURLNIP SEED. RED Top, Fiat Duatch, White Globe, ~1jCow Horn, .Abordecon, -Amber Globe, (.olden Ball, huta B3aga, Seven Top. Also, IFlowor of Sulphur, Str'yoh nine, McMunn's Elixir of Opiumi, 'I R. Syringes, Gum - Caiphor, As~acicad Chloroform, Tooth Bruahes, Nail Drnsbes Bird Heed. Toilet Heap, &c., just reoeive~ and for sale by Sjuly 12 MMASTER & BRIO~. PUJRE WIKIT55 OIL --160 DEGRE W188 TfSZT-. W .Ei reeomuinend - the .~TA VV OZL as a safe ilhiminiator. 14a as oloar andi whit . wa4hr, conlsequo~l gives a brilliant light- with vr -odor. 'Tky'it. hleopro 1Xsstah ovet. ,2 ~OR the best, haffdienmpke,~ 9TeSmasher," supedeor to.~4 others, at 1F. W. HABEmz~~g, 10 a of To Hall.# SMOKING and ~ T~oA k)C igars of the b had M - RS St 84