Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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- ?; .. '' ? ' - . CQLTJMBLL Tuesdiay Morning, 'Oct. 17,1865. Farolea ?nd Fardoni. It will be seen from despatches in -another column that President John ' son bas pafoled Messrs. A. H. Ste # Tens, Reagan, George A. Trenholm and others lately, in close custody, and that he has signed the pardons for the members of our State Con? vention. From what our exchanges aay, we should not be surpr%ed to see the proclamation.of a general amnes? ty b?for? many weeks. President Johnson is thus progressing in his work of reconstruction and restor?n tion without much regard to the mut? terings of the storm of fanaticism and radicalism which, is .being invoked by Sumner, Wilson and others. Sad Coincidence. Masonry, im South Carolina, has suffered very heavily within a short time, in the loss of two of its highest officers. A few weeks since, the fra? ternity was called to mourn the loss of R. B. Boylston, 'Esq., Deputy Grand Master of the State, and now in tho death of Dr. Boatwright, the Grand Master has been called from their counsels. Perhaps no such pre? vious sad coincidence has been enter? ed on the proceedings of any Grand Lodge of the Order. The "Election?. Although the despatches say that Pennsylvania has gone "Repubbean,'' rfc will be observed that the Union oandidate for Mayor of Philadelphia, and the same . party candidates for Auditor and Surveyor-General, have both been chosen by large majorities. In Ohio, Gen. Cox, the Union candi? date for Governor, has carried the State by 25,000 majority. The fac tionists and radicals are catching it 3Torth, East and West. Gcaeral Humyhreys, late a General in the Confederate army, has been elected by the people of Mississippi io the office of Governor, under their new Constitution. The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says that a powerful effort is being directed towards getting the Presiden t io revoke the amnesty pardon which he has just tendered to Gen. Hum? phreys. We don't ftrink the effort w?l succeed. We see it stated that the Postmas? ter-General has under consideration, and is about to adopt, a new plan of cancelling postage stamps, which will add another to the many triumphs of American genius in the useful arts. His plan consists in printing and can? celling postage stamps with the same chemical inks, thus rendering it im? possible to tamper with the cancella? tion without obliterating or defacing th? stamps. Coil. JAMBS H. WrrHEBsr-opw.-We ?egret to learn, {rom the Yorkville inquirer, that the above-named gen? tleman died at Lancaster Court House, on Monday of last week, of cancer on the lip, from which ha had boon suf? fering for several months past. Col. Witherspoon was a member of the late Confederate Congress, from tho -First Congressional District of this * State. For many years previous to Ilia election io Congress, he held the effioe of Commissioner in Equity and Ordinary for Lancaster District. Ho waa much esteemed wherever known, and the people of Lancaster-his na? tive District-will long lament and Joel his loss. -.-?D? The Washington Star states that Ute oapitid stock for the construction Cf a now railroad between Alexandria and Freuericksbuxg, Va,, has been .ubseribed, and thu work will be pro? ceeded with immediately. A charter for the road was obtained at the hist session of ?ho Virginia Legislature. Old Gen. Cass, once Democratic candidate for the Presidency, -still lives at thc ag9 of eighty-three. Charleston Cotton Metric*? We extract thc? following market report from the Charleston Courier, of Friday: . Since our last report on the 6th iust., the receipts have amounted to lot) bales of Sea Island adel 1,556 bules upland 'cotton. On the 4th and 5tl? inste., news came to hand : per steamers Belgian ami Persia showing a considerable advance in price and heavy sales, and au active market in "Liverpool. On Monday, the 9th inst., middling cotton had advanced in this market to 41(3)42 cents lb. On Tuesday morning the news by telegraph reported the arrival of the steamship China, at Halifax, bringing the extraordinary information that cotton had gone up from 4d.@5d. a pound since the sailing of the Persia. This news Immediately put middling cotton up to 46@48 cents, at which prices some sales were made on Tues? day and Wednesday. Notwithstand? ing this great rise, parties continued anxious buyers, and yesterday mid? dling cottons wore worth at least 52 cents, and strict middling to good middling were sold during the day at 53@-54 cents *<$ lb. The transactions during yesterday amounted to some 400 bales, at the prices above men? tioned. THE TESBIBLE DBO?GHT TN NEW ENGIIAND.-A ?correspondent of the Boston Journal, writing from Pepper ell, Massachusetts, gives a sad account of the effects bf the drought in that vicinity. Unless rain falls very soon, he says the trees in the forests will die. Apples and , winter fruit are good for nothing. He says farther: The wells are nearly all dry. People, horses, oxen and cows travel one and two "miles to the brooks for drink and for family use. Crain and saW-mills about the town have been stopped, except one, and this one was stopped this (Tuesday) morning by the Na? shua, Kew Hampshire, cotton mids, who sent a mau hero to open the water-gates, and dig away, so that all of the water might run to the Nashua without impediment. This I am told by a fai mer, who rose carly this morn-* iug for a long ride to this mill, with grain for himself and his neighbors. On arriving there, he gained thc above information. Already a large number of "grists" were there wait? ing their turn, and QU his way home he met nfany moro going to be, like himself, obliged to return with their grain, but no meal. Unless the Nashua. Company reconsider their cruel action, we must send to Lowell or Boston to get our grain mealed, or our stock must starve, beside faniish ishing nearly for water. lt is believed that the recent order of Gen. Woods, Military Comman? dant in Alabama, shutting up the Episcopal churches in that State, w?ll meet the eame "fate" at the hands of the President, as his order stopping all cotton from coming into port. The I 'resident is understood ' 'not to care a button for forced prayers from any sect or clergy. " TH? EAST TENNESSEE ROUTE.-The Chattanooga Gazeile says the time through from that city to Washing? ton will be fifty-one honrs, Baltimore in fifty three hours, philadelphia in forty-eight hours, and New York in sixty-one hours. Thig is by the East Tennessee route. -*? .?W We fear the reverend gentleman who fills the Executive chair of Ten neasep is about to fall from grace Hear what the Tribune says ol him: "Brownlow would make a pretty mess of Tennessee. He would dis? franchise all the small rebela, hang all the leaders and banish the negroes. This would leave about four thousand men to do all the voting, hold all the offices and voto. Brownlow would be sure of re-election for tlie nert ten years." GETTING AUAKMI?D.-The Washing? ton correspondent of tiie New York Herald says : * 'A citizen of Brooklyn, New York, writes to the Freedmen's Bureau that parties in that city are engaged in inducing negroes to come from the Southern States io the East, promising them work and good pay, and charging a feo of five dollars a head for all whom they transport. By this sort of agency, a large uumber of indigent and worthless blacks ure being introduced into Now York, and very few are meeting with any consi? derable success in getting employ 'ment." ^w*>*5*. -T~ . . . /... v*r>-.' ? . I ? * **' 1 I * I . fjmmt Porci?n Hews. ' THE FENIANS. Arrests of Fenians continue, and 'important documentary evidence js accumulating against them. Among the papers discovered is one giving the particulars of expected arrivals at Bantry Bay of arms-bear? ing vessels from America. The Cork Examiner gives a report that a special commission will shortly be convened for that city to try the Fenian prisoners on the charge of high treason. - Fenianism is said to have been dis? covered among the Irish residents in. London, and the police were keeping a strict 8urveillanoe over them. A passenger by the City of Man? chester, from New York, named O'Biordan, who asserts he is a United States Captain, was arrested "at Queenstown on landing from the steamer. Treasonably documents were found on him. Three additional ar? rests were reported among'the troops in the garrison at Cork. DUBLIN FENIANS REFOi:K THE MAGIS? TRATES-STARTLING STATEMENTS. The Fenian prisoners were brought before the police magistrates at Dub? lin, on the 30th ultimo, including the editor and proprietor of the Irish People newspaper. There are forty one prisoners in alL Mr. Barry, Queen's Counsel,?ap? peared for the crown,?and made a? long speech. He said that within the past fortnight three thousand five hundred pounds had arrived from America, to be expended in revolu? tionizing Ireland, and by that day's mail the Government had intercepted a letter for one of the prisoners, named Dapper, containing a draft for four hundred and fifteen pounds on the house of Rothschilds. Several other' letters containing bills of ex? change had* been intercepted. The making of pikes had also been exten? sively carried on. One of tho prison? ers had made two thousand of*these murderous weapons. Numerous re? volvers and breast-plates had also been found in possession of the pri? soners connected with the Irish Peo? ple newspaper. He quoted an incen? diary paragraph, urging the employ? ment of force, from a number of that paper, which was about to be issued when seized. j Mr. Barry concluded his speech by j asserting that the Fenians were pow? erful both in Deland and America. He trusted that this affair would end forever such hopeless conspiracies. Evidence was then given against the prisoners, und serme of them were identified as connected with the sup? pressed Fenian organ. The investigation was still pending when the China sailed, and would probably last for several days, j Tho official Dublin Gazelle, of the 2i)th, contains a proclamation disarm? ing several baronies in Tipperary, Limerick and Waterford counties. THE FENIANS IN AMERICA. Tho London Times' correspondent in America represents the Fenians as mustering three hundred thousand men in America. RUMORED PLOT TO ASSASSINATE THE ARISTOCRACY AND COEKCE THE MILI. OWNERS. At a private examination of six of the Fenians at Dublin Castle, on the 30th ult., evidence was put in show? ing that the plot of the Fenians was o. the most sanguinary character. It was to wrrfte down tho nobility, the aristocracy and the land owners, and assassinate them all on the breaking out of the rebellion. The Duke of Leinster and - others were specially named for assassination. The linen manufacturers and others were to be called on to give materiel to support the Fenian cause, under threats of extermination and confiscation of their property if they refused to do so. Tue evidence oi treason against the prisoners is said to be most complete. PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S RECONSTRUCTION POLICY. The Philadelphia correspondent of the London Times points out that President Johnson hus taken a de? cided conservative stand, and has thrown his protection over tho con? quered Confederate States. The Times has an ditorial on this test, and expresses thc belief that the lenient and generous policy of the President will,-within ?he next few months, enable the Southern States again to send representatives to Con? gress. BUSH FOR TJSrnSD STATES SECURITIES -EFFECT dF PREsSIUEET JOHNSON'S POLICY. Satterthwaite's circular, dated the evening of the 27th September, says: The amount of business dane in American securities lately has bt-j-u of a magnitude unprecedented since tho outbreak of the rebellion. The conciliatory nature o? Presi dent Johnson's speech to tar delegates ?. .. . from the Southern States appears to have inspired general confidence in the speedy cordial re-union of the North and South, and all American securities currently dealt in in Lon? don have been in great demand. ' M ISOKLLL ANEO US. . Rev. W. H. Channing has b?enlec 4uring in Liverpool on "the freedmen of America," whose future, he con? tended, promised most encouraging ! results. The weather continued intensely hot for the season in England, but there were indications of a change when the North American sailed. - NEW YORK GOSSIP.-We clip the following items from the New York correspondent, of the Philadelphia Ledger: * The* Embassy from Tunis are cer? tainly entitled to the sympathies qf the Humane Society. They are trot? ted about from morning till night to 1 the shops, and galleries, and saloons, and manufactories of.sharp people, who avail themselves of the opportu? nity to advertise their wares gratis. The American Institute got hold of them yesterday, and used them pretty well. The Ambassador, Gen. Hashem, 'has already been the recipient of in? numerable sewing machines., photo? graphs, pairs of patent leather boots, gutta percha walking sticks, and I am not sure I may not add a number of elliptic hoop skirts. If he keeps on accumulating this way, he will have enough of stock on hand ere long to set up a first class fancy store. The Aldermen, it is said, are medi? tating a demonstration in favor of the distinguished stranger. They are anx? ious to take him around and show him the institutions, after voting him the "freedom of the city in a gold snuff box." The experiences of the unhappy Turkish Ambassador, when in similar keeping a few years ago, naturally inspire solicitude as to the fato bf the Tunisians, under a like visitation, now. Judge Moncrief, in thc Superior Court, this morning, denied the ap? plication of Miss Laura Keene for an injunction to restrain tho performance of "Our American Cousin," at the Winter Garden. Depositions from Messrs. Wheatley, Stuart and other theatrical managers were read, to show tliut Miss Keene could have uo exclu? sive proprietary interest in the play, and in that showing the court declared its concurrence. A fashionable wedding was celebrat? ed at Grace Church, this afternoon, Rev Dr. Taylor officiating. The bride is Miss Mary King, grand? daughter- of the ex-President of Co? lumbia College, and the bridegroom Charles Clark, Esq., of the banking firm of Steadman, Ewell & Co. Thc edifice was well filled "by the friends of the parties. Eitz Green Halleck was prc Bent. The new comic paper which was to be started on the ruins of the late Mrs. irrundu, will make its appearance about the 1st of November, lt is said that one of the English railroad capi? talists lias undertaken to supply the money and a good part of the brains. He must be a smart man, and a bold one, too, whoever he is. MR. DAVIS* NEW QUARTERS.-A correspondent, writing from Norfolk, says: From a gentleman calculated to know, I learn Jeff'. Davis is greatly pleased with his new quarters at For? tress Monroe. The building (Carroll Hali) in which he is confined, is situ? ated within the fort, and is divided off into mesa-rooms, a library, of? ficers' quarters, and a place for hold? ing courts martial. From Jeffs room a gallery extends to the ramparts, sc that when he walks abroad he need not encounter tho puze of spectators, It iz an improvement upon his late casemate quarters; still it must bo a tedious confinement to the once proud spirit of the occupant. CONTRADICTED.-The statement re? cently made that the President in? tends making a Southern tour was denied bellini on Saturday. He said positively that he liad no such inten? tion at present. No donbt this reported contradic? tion is authentic. With'.the constant pressure upon Iiis time which tho re? organization of the South imposes, it is difficult to see how he could bi; absent from the s<:at of Govern meut during the time which would necessa? rily be consumed in a Southern tour. INTERESTTNO -INTERVIEW.-Madame Octavia Le Vert, ol Mobile, Alabama, had an interesting conversation u.id interview with the President this morning, lt ia understood in politi? cal circles, she is soliciting Executive clemoucv for General Beauregard. * Witshiiigtw Cons. Union, Sth Od. Xiooal ItezxiSa "Cotton, Blanks" and pe rait*-indispen? sable to all persons purchasing or shippipg cotton-?an be obtained at this afflce. EMPLOYMENT.-Eight or ton good print? ers can obtain employment in thia office, during the approaching session of thc Legislature. CASH.-We irish it distinctly understood . that our terms for subscription, advertiaing and job work are ooah. The money must ?in every case accompany orders, or they wUL not fe? attended to. This rule applies to ali. DEATH OF DE. BOATW?TOHT.-We deeply regret to have to record the death of Dr. John H. Boatwri^kt, a native tfhd resident of our city. As a citizen, ho waa highly esteemed, and as a professional gentleman, he had a largo share of public confidence and practice. Dr. Boatwright, has filled many positions cf honor sud trust. Ho has boen Mayor of the city of Columbia; twice elected to tho House of Representatives in the Legisla? ture, from this District, and at the time of his death was Grand Master of the Order of Freo Masons in South Carolina. In all these positions, ho discharged his duties with fidelity to^hoso who had placed thim in them, with ability, and with great ere" dit to himself, both in head and heart. He was a good citizen, and his loss is univer. sally lamented in our community. He died on Sunday morning} at 3 o'clock, after a brief but painful illness, and his remains were escorted to their last resting place on yesterday morning by a large number of thc Masonic fraternity and citi? zens generaUy. ' , NEW ADVERTISEMENTS_Attention ia call? ed to the iollowinj advertisements, which are published for tho first tim? this morn? ing: Meeting of Council No. 10, TL L. A. Dr. D. P. Gregg-Dentistry. Browne & Schirmor-Com. Merchants. Nominations for the Legislature. Jas. Wood Davidson-Classical School. Jas. G. Gibbes-Furniture, etc. H. F. Kraft-At Private Sale. House for Sale-Apply "in Gadsden street. Shiver <fc Beckham-Bonnet Ribbons. " " -Boy's Hats. Eligible Residence-Cor. Laurel & Bull. Durbec St Walters-Furniture, otc. DAVIS AND OTHER STATE?PKISONERS. -Tho Petersburg Express, of yester? day, says: A gentleman was in this ?itv Tuesday, who saw (but was not permitted to converse with them) on Monday last, Mr. Jefferson Davis, Clement C. Clay, and Mr. John Mitchel. The two former appeared cheerful and contented, but the latter seemed to bo sad and gloomy. He states that the prisoners are all very comfortably quartered, and are daily furnished with the very best diet I which the Norfolk and Baltimore makets afford. Save the restraints imposed by confinement, tho prisoners aro as comfortably situated at this time as they or their friends could* desire. NEW YOKE EDITOR ARRESTED IN IRE? LAND.-Our Dublin correspondent reports the arrest of our associate by the officer? of the English Govern-' ment. Some three months ago, Mr. Meehan, resigning temporarily "?all business cares, left these shores for a brief sojourn in his^native land. He was on the point of returning to America, when, if our correspondent 1 be correct, he was seized and im? prisoned.-Nev? York Irish American. VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT.-Gen Gideon J. Pillow, ol Tennessee, late of the Confederate army, called upon tho President to-day, returning him thanks for his consideration and gene? rosity in extending to him an amnes? ty pardon. General Pillow philoso? phically and practically accepts the prient condition of political affaira. [ Washington Cons. Union, 5th Oct. - ?es % BACON.-Tue choiera having killed nearly all of the hogs in South-west? ern Virginia and East Tennessee, and the. war bating swept them from Eastern Virginia, we shall be depend? ent this season for our bacon entirely on shipments from Ohio and the West. From some cause, not ex? plained, the Western hog crop seems to be a short one, and, in conse? quence, we regret to say that there is every prospect that bacon, already dear, will advance very considerably. We quoted yesterday shoulders at 19j?@20>? cents; hams, 25>.->(/? 26 cents; and sides, 2()%(d%i cents. Tho Baltimore Sun, of yesterday, quotes shoulders and sides at Zk)%(afi2}? cents-Richmond prices. The stock here is very ?light and the demand brisk.-Richmond Times. Gen. William J. Hardee is living, for the present, on the plantation of his wife, in Alabama. The Supreme Court of Oregon has deckled that all State taxes must be paid in gold.