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AzlrWREW R r, S. C. dednsday, August 30, 187. The Narrow Gauge. We have received from Mr. James P. Low, Chief Engineer of the Blue RUge R. R., an interesting and instructive report to the President and Board of Directors upon the positive merits of the narrow gauge system. The narrow gauges vary from two to four feet, but three feet, says Mr. Low, is the measure toward which @ opinion of quali fled judges tend. As we glance through the copious data, true statement of facts and clear reasoning of the report, the following is deduced: ' that twenty per cent. of the cost of grading and bridging Is saved by the diminished size of the works; that the trick will cost 42 per cent. less; that, on the mountain divisions, one half the work may be saved, and the line greatly redaced in length, say from 147 to 130 miles to build." Mr. Low ventures to reduce his estimate of November 17, 1870, from $6,800,000 to .4, 000,000, as the probable cost of completing the road ready for the rolling stock, and tben invites attention to a cormparative estimate of the cost of supplying the road with rolling stock. The number of locomotives and cars is estimated for the traffic assumed in a for mer paragraph as sufficient to pay 7 per cen. on a capital of $6,000,000: THREE FEET GAUGE. 1 30 locomotive!, at $7,500....... 225,000 12 first class paisenger cars, at $2, 200.......................... 26,400 6 second class passenger cars, at $1,500....................... 9000 6 baggage cars, -t 't,000 ......... 6,000 100 box ears, at $350............... 3.5,000 50 fat ears, at S250.. ............. 12,500 25 gravel cars, at $125............. 3,125 20 hand cars, at $75............... 1.500 Total... ............ .......$318,525 FIVE FEET GAUGE. 30 locomotives, lit $15,000----...--150,00 10 first cls pas3enger cars, at 000 at.... 15,00.. .......... . 50,000 5 second class passenger cars, at 54, 000................ .......... 20,000 5 baggage cars. at $2,500.......... 13500 85 box cars, at $850....... ........ 72.250 40 flat cars, at S700................. 28,00 gravel cars, at $175...........-... 4,375 1 20 hand cars, at $100............. 2.000 Total........................ $639,125 The following is a comparison between Mr. Lo,'s last estimate for track and the cost of the narrow gauge track: FIv FEET GAUGE. 2,640 ties, 8 feet xSx6, at 4c. .. $ 1.050.0 i,000 lbs. spikes, at Ge......... 161.00 450 joint fastenings, at $1.1)0.... 495.0 98 tons 56 lb. rails, at $90.00 ... 7,92.,( Laying and distribution. ....... 8l0.00 Total .....................10,631.00 TRUE FEET GAUE. 2,G40 ties, C feet %4xf, at 25c....$ 660.00 .5,000 lbs. spikes, at 6c......-..... 300.00 3.52 joint fast.enings, at $1.00..-...--52.0 47 tons .30 lb. rails, at $92.00. . . . 4,324.00 Lay'ug and distribution..........-500.00 Total.....-.....-.-..........6,l36.00 This is a reduction of the original estimate for track of $4,495 per mile, or a saving of 42 per cent. By reference to table it appears that when1 * the ears of the two systems are loaded to *their full capacity, the wide gauge passenger1 car carries 560 pounds dead load per passen ger, and the narrow gauge car but 353 pounds; that the wide freight car carries 2,000 pounds 1 of dead weight to a ton of freight, and the 1 *narrow but 1,100 pounds.1 The break of connections, with all the in- t conveniences attending the changing of pas- < sengers, miscellaneous freights, &c., at ter- < minal points, are liberally and disinterestedly discussed, and the argument we think is in savor of the narrow gauge, inasmuch us the< :arec feet gauge will meet prospective re-< grtiremnents at a cost of $2,000,000 additional c:'pita!, and a working expense of only 521 in.s:ead of 70 per cent. of the gross receipts.< Here are the conclusions which have been 1 reached to the commercial or financial pros- t pects of the road: "To complete the road, and furnish it with 1 rolling stock, will require, for the 5 feet gauge, in cash:h For grading, track, depots, and engineering..........- G80,00 For rolling tatock.-....-.-......-. 640,000 For repair shops.......... 0,000 $7,540,000 To whic-h must be added, for re- - tiring the old deht, and pay. ing the floating debt.. ......800,000 $8,340,000 T.ward this, will be realized,fromn the four moillionis endorsed bonds, at, say 80) cents.- .$3,200,000 Le.a'mg acash capital,to be raise d, of......................$5,140,000t To complete the road, and furnish it, with ti rolling stock, will require, for the .3 feet < gauge, in cash : For grading, track, depots, and engineering...,...........4,000,000I For roilimti stock.-,,-...........320,000 For repait- shops.....-.,-.......80,000 $4,400,000 For old and floating debt, ast above.,.,.......,.....,..800,040 Proceeds of the four millions oft bonds, above...,......... 3,200,000 Leaving to be raised, in cash....2,000,000 "For the purposes of comparison, we will 1 I to complete the road, on either system, can be raised by cash subscription to preferred stock. The capital then represented by the road, completed on the 5 feet gauge, would be....$,140,000 If completed on the .3 feet gauge, the capital would be.....$6,000,000 "This calculation of capital presupposes that the present capital stock is virtually destroyed by the preference of the new, and that the old first mortgage bonds are re ': ed as presided in the estimnate. "'Now, to pay interest at 7 per cent. on a capital necessary for a 3 feet gauge, - y,000000,t) reqtuires a net income of$40, -t ); and, at 52) per dent. expenses, the - ss receipts must reach $S80,000. Such a traffic (as before stated in this report, 86 per cent. of that of the South Carolina t Railroad for the year 1870) yields perfectly erest on the capital invested. It, however, re suppose the road to be built on the omImon gauge, requiring a capital of $, 40,000, this gross traffic of $880,0O0 would r:ry 1--s than 3 per cent. interest on the apital invested ; for, in such a case, there nust be deducted from the gross earningt 0 per cent. for expenses, leaving but $264, 00 for the net earaings: "Is thr-re any douht uhich of these two ;rojects would receive the preference in mv monev market ? For it miut not be lr-otten that the capital necessary to corn )!ete this road has io be procured outside wr own resources: and when I look at hese figures, and contemplate the chances mf obtaining, upon such a showing of traffic .s we can make, ;5,0,OO,OoU for the one ilan, or $2,00j.(0 for the other, I confess o a fe.Jing that our choice is between the arrow gauge railro.d and no road at all." "Major Adelskold, State Engineer, of Swe len, closes a recent report as follows: "In every case where the narrow gauge oads have been built they have realized ev ry expectation, and I deem it a waste of apital to build broader gauges, when a nar ,ower and cheaper will meet all requirements. or as thinly settled country as this, where he availAble capital will barely meet the vants of the rapid industrial and agricultu al developments, and where cheapness of ransportation i,, of so great importance, the iarrower gauge roads may. in many locali ics, be well adnpted, if not positively neces arY, as they can be casily built, and at sneh ost that, with but a small trafie, they are Lble, no0t only to cover the cost of oDerating bem, bnt pay a good interest on the capital nve-ted." "Words of weighty significance, which oun11d as if they had been written for us, so ipplicable are they to the circumstances and Ieeds of this community. Mr. Low conc!udes his report as follows: "I might leave this topic here, but, in qual justice to the advocates of the narrow ,ange, mu<t add, that it is claimed by them il that it is well worth paying the cost of ransterrlng frei;:ht to keep the cars of each -oad on its own line. The system of inter hange of cars is prolific in losses and dam ige.s to tiie different companies. One does lot gain what another loses, but all suffer dike; andl from a common cause, namely, hat when off its own line, no car receives hat timely repair which, at home, would be 'the stitch in time." However bad be its -ondition, if it can be ,:ot off the hands of he parties at present responsible, and, like 'inx's baby, put off on the next parish, em )!oyees rej)ice in a sense of duty performed. kround the great terminal stations are bone rards, filled with the remains of these vic ims of neglect, whose owners are too far tway to care for them. "It is also probable that the cost of trans erring freight may be materially diminished >y special appliances for the purpose. For nstance, all articles in bulk, as grain or coal, nay be spouted from one car to another by Ln arrangement of tracks on a different lev -], and it is possible, by the use of cranes, to -aise and transfer the smaller box car bodies o flats of the wider gauge. It will be suffi ,ient for this argument to let the question -est on the comparative money cost of the ;wo systems. "Captain Tyler, tire Government Inspector >f Railways in Great Britain, whose attain nents and large experience give a peculiar raine to his opinion, says: "Whatever the rxact gauge, wvhethcr 2 feet 6 inches or 3 feet, ~r any other dimension which might be con, idered most suitable for lines of minimum raffle, there can be no question that a system >f branch lines, costing two-th irds as much as he branches now ordinarily constructed, anrd vorked and maintained at three-fourths of thre xpense of those branches,would be of decided >enefit to Great Britain and Ireland,and would >e most valuable in India and in the Colo nies; in fact, wherever there are people to ravel, produce to be transported, or resour tes to be developed, when it wourld not be -otnmercially profitable to incur the expense, n the first instance, of a first-class railway. S*oThere seems no reason why istricts, which could not support a railwray, if 4 feet 81 inch gauge should be altogether leprived of tire advantages of railway comn nunication. Thre question of gauge is, in me sense, a question of speed. Speaking oughly, on a railway of two feet gauge,with wo feet driving wheels, tniveling might be nade as safe at twenty miles per hour, as on hre Great Western, wvith 7 fect gauge and 7 eet of driving wheels, at seventy miles per tour. I hatve traveled on parts of this little ine (the Festiniog,) at tire rate of thirty niles per hour, with every feeling of safety. "The adoption of tIre locomotive power up a the Festiniog Railway is very important, nd has evidently been a very successful ex eriment. Tire cheapness with which such .line can bre constructed, the quantity of rork that can be economically performcd pon it, and tire safety with which the trains nn over it, render it an exanmple which will indoubtedly be followved, sooner or later, in his country, in Inidia, and in tIhe colonies, rhrere it is desirable to form cheap lines for nmall traffie, or as a comrmerceent in devel ping tire resources of a new co>untry." "Tfo tIs record of opinrions of those in ev ry way quralified, by professional training nd experience, to judge th'e merits of thIs nestion, I might ardd rany and a daily in reasing list of names, but I have already ex ceded thre limits whrich I had proposedl, and one far enough, I believe, to p:rt you in pos ession of sufficient material upon which to ase a sound judgment. I close, therefore,with ire baying of Mr. R. Fatirlie: "-tha'. it ought a be engraved orn thne mind of every engi eer that every inch added to thte width of a auge, beyond what Is absolutely necessary or the traffic, adds to tire cost of construc ion, increases tIhe proportion of dead weight, ncases the cost of working, and, in conse uuec, increases the tariffs to tire public, nd by so much, reduces the useful effect of Ire rai.wary. A ~Cmmunisttc Community We learn tl at the Government of thre ntited States wvill allow a large trans ortation of the G3ommrunist prisoners to ower (Cahfornria. Ministerial Change. Rev. W. P. DuBRose who has accepta ly served Trinity Church, Abbeville, rd endeared hrimrself to that community, as accepted a professorship in the Unai 'ersity of thre South. We regret the loss n our State of one so paious, gifted anrd nfluential. We will put Lexington against any >unty in the State for pretty young idies.-Lexington Dispatch. A gainst New berry ? PRAECIPITANR.-A negro woman,.says the umter News. whro had "backslid" was taken ick, and not being in favor with the breth en and sisters, no physician was allowed et, and when she died, she was, by order of be negro preacher, buried with her bead own, as that was the way she would go to lndes ! Shne left a seet scentsd set of Chris Yellow Fever at Chareston. We regret to learn that the above dis ease prevails in the city of Charleston. The fever first made its appearance on the 27th July, and continued in a mild form and confined to one locality until quite recently, when it assumed a spora dic condition, and owing to the want of proper sanitary regulations, it is feared that the ma!ady might become tn epi diemsc. The deaths thus fir are nine out of thirty-five c-ase-. Per contra. We have been ir.formed by a gentlemnan juis.t from the city, that mnedical authoities say the di-e.se i1 a type of bilious fever, n hivi readily yields to treatment in the earlier stage. Also, that the authoritie. are making herculean eff.>rts to put the city in a healthy con dition. Fears of an epidemic are subsi ding. General News Items. A hurrieane in Japan destroyed abont 500 lives. A400,000 priperty, and between 200 and 300 houses. A woman in Lawrence, Kansai, has five husbands, and is seeking more men to con quer. The census tah!es have been finally re ceived. and give the total population of the United .;ates at 38.555.983. An old lady, writing to her son out West, warn, him to beware of bilious saloons and bon%el allevs. We le'arn through a private source, that Sheriff Hurly, of Cabarrus County, N. C., committed suicide, on Friday night, by 1hooting himself with a gen. The Columitis, Ohio, papers don't have any ed!itorixli now, the alleged cause be in- that "the thermometer is u to three shirt co::ars a minute." Rev. Dr. Curry, of Alabma, dec'ines the Presidene of Mercer University, and the' Macon Telegraph suggests the re-election of Dr. Tutker. The papers are a-ing lthe question "is s-icide epidetmical?" ai'd thlit too, when an epidemic of suicide is prevalent in the coun trV. jF*o,j thjou,a,d French women-Commnun euse;-have been setit, it is reported, to a "fiVin" death" at Cayenne, without trial by Government. Proceedings will he instituted by the citi zina of Anderson against tLe Air Line Rairoad, for viohition of the chartered rights of the people of Anderson in refusing to construe:. the road by that place. A large and renarkabre socialist meeting has beenl held at Leipsic. Mliry iiddle cLis! persons and ladies were present. The Conunnne was a rplauded, and Bismarek and Thiers condemned. (ne of the citizens of Georgia, according to a local paper, though now only 80, bis been the father of 56 children, of whom 40 are said to be living. The father and grand father of this prolific Son-hron are reported to have ha;d respectively 37 and 39 children. A writer it the British Qtarterly in a paper o.i "Hereditary Legislators," pre sages the abolition of the House of Lords, atid says that "exxlted rank, derived from birth alone, must be permitted to die out by the flux of tinw." The Newnan Herald says that Mrs. Frances CarmiIal, of oweta county, is 87 years old, the number of her poster ity i 230, arid that ten years ago ehe lost her eyemight, but recently it has so far returned that she can read coarse print. Of prohabilities, a London correspondent writes: "You will see England as well as Ireland, without an Establishied Church: you may see England without a House of Lords and without a monarchy. It is not unlikely that you will see an Irish Parltia ment assembled in Dublin." A Dutchman has got off' the best thing on the New York Orange-Hiberniian row : "If dey watnts some fighmts, let 'emn go back to de bhices dey eooma fronm and git all de tighitingdey wants, What the tyvil have we Americana got to dio mit der oramnges and temon:a and sich dings." We are aurthoriz,ed to saiy that WV. J. Magrath, FEq., the President of the South (Carolina Railroad Company, has comn pleted in London, the- exchange of the new First Mortgage bonds of the Compainy, for thme over-due Sterling bonids, endorsed by the Statte.-Gharleston News, 22d. IREstcGNATmoN OF TttE REV. XV. P. D' Bo.,r.-In another column, we publish 'the letter of resignation by the rector of Tri:.ity Church, and the resolutions w-hich it has elicited from the Parish. The letter amid the resolutions aliko set forth those considerations of duty which have constraineud equally minister and people in acquiescing in a very painful separation, and in sacrificir.g personal considerations to the good oif the whole church. The motives which promopted the letter have been fully understood, and duly appreciated, anid find a fittin response in the tone and temper of the resolutions. Minister and people alike understand and appreciate each other, and this consciousness will best make amends for the pain of the separation. We give up our youn:g rector with the assurance that dhuty to the church de mands the sacrifice, and as his talents will be employed in a wider field, that his lhbors for good will be wore abun dantly blessed. [Abbeville Press and Banner. We are pleased to learn that the pros pects of the Union Gold Mining Comn pany arc brightening, and it is confi dentiv expected that tangible proof of the v'alue of the West Mine will soon be given to the pubbte. In a short time, all the machinery will be in working order, when we expect to visit the mine and make a true and honest report of the working. &very one ir. this County mtust feel a deep interest in the success of the efforts of the company to develop our niineral resources, and too much praise cannot be given to those now hay ing the management of it, for their on tiring perseverance and energy amidal the obstacles around them, in opening and devehopitng the West Mire. We most cnrdialy wish them abundant sue cess.-Unmon Times. CAmnro~m Corro.-We were pre sented on Wednesdlay last with a full grown cotton boll from J. M. Strong's fiehld, as a samiple of tihe crop. We have not visited the plantation for the last three weeks, but others who have done so assure us that the prospect for an ex traordinary crop improves with each week's growth. Many Southerners have visited the field, and all agree in pro nlouncing the experiment here a complete success, and many believe that this val ley will prove a f2r better cotton-grow ing region than the most favored locali ties in the Gulf States. Strong has gone below to purchase machinery for ginning and preparing his crop for market, anid in a week or two will commence the work of "picking-out" the beautiful locks of the valuable staple-San Joaquin Valley, Argus, August 5th. Sir Walter Scott's wife expressed herself with rez.rd to her hushand's indiscrindnate hoepitality, by remarking that she saw no difference between Abbotsford and a large hotel, excpt that at tce fornier nobody National Sunday School Convention. To the Sunday School Workers of the United States. FELLOW-LABoKEis: The next N,tion al Sunday School Convention will be held at Indianapolis, Ind., April 17, 18 and 19, 1872. The Executive Committee desire that it may truly be of a national character, and therefore, they have appointed the uIdersigned a Committee on Delega tions, whose special dity it is to secure the attendlnce of delegates fro:n overy State and Ter itory in our land. Tie basis of representation has been fixed at twic the Congres.i-)al delega. tion of each State. * Where Suitt Sinda sch-ool orgaisizations exi.-t, cred-:n;iils to delegates will he issued by thvir exreci tive cotlmmittees. Wiere 1o State or ganiizationls exi.sts, the und(eraignedl will appoint S-ate deleaition ciiiiiitte, wio will iJIl up the quo of their re pective Stattrs, and i-;e the requisite ctielentials;. To pronote tins aim, the undersigned desire iiif-)rmation as fo lvws, nanely : 1. Is your Stae organized f r Sunday school work ? If sa, please send us the natmes, with the address in full, of the olicers of your organization. We shali be glad to hear fjon every oBiial mem ber of the organization, that we naV sO cure as full iiiforiation as possible. 2. If your State is not organiz-d for Sunday school work, who In it would most likely meet the demand in select ing and securing representative men as delegates ? In this case, let all who have an onin ion write it, noninating men for the S:ate Gommittee or fordelegates. 'lease give name, post offic address, aril de. noinillational connectiun. Respoitses to this call are earnesdy in viied and should ie sent at once. II this way a truly representtive and Na tional Convention will be secured. Coim muI ica tions may be abiress d to the chairman, or to any member of the committee. Fraternall J. BYNNET TYLER, Chairman, No. 7 Bl:ble House, New York. JOIIN . VINCES'. No. %W5 Iroadwav, New York. GEORGE A. PELITZ, No. 530 Arch street, Piladelphia. SAMUEL A. NELSON, Charleston, S. C. S. BOYKIN, Macon. Ga. WILLIAM P). PAXON, St. Charles, Mo. WILLIAM ROBERTS, Portland. Oregon. GEORGE S. IIA RE, San Jose, Cal. The weather vesterday did not show much improveineit, nor does the report of the meteorological bureau in Wnshmg. ton furnish much encouragement for to day. 'I'he probabilities are stated to be incrcased cloudiness throughout the South Atlantic coast, %ith a storn in the viciitV of Georgia. This stormn may, very possibly, reacb our city. Uider the inti,tence of the heavy gale which hald veered atround to the cas!, tile tide was driven up mutch higher yesterday than on the previous day. In tei west ern part f the city an inind:ion of sait water appeared imminient, and the large causeway liading to the whaif ;f the Savannah and Charleston Railro: d was partially subiierged. At high wai r the scene on the B;ttery was storimy in a high degree. The distant for ts ciould be but dimly seen through the cloud of driving mist, and large waves rolled up with the wind and broke with tremendous force upon the solid sea wall. The spray from these shocks rose in successive clouds, and drifting upon the gale fell in torrenits upon the trees and grass of the White Pint Garden and against the oppo site houses. One unfortunate old flat-hot tomed sloop drifted in with the tidle and was driven by the- ind and nave against the sea face of the Battery. It lay here all day, acting like a battering. ram and going rapidly to pieces a., ii was driven b'y saccessive waves nit!. crushing fnrce againust the solid aall of stone. As the tide reccded, it was lef.t in a shattered state, lying upon the roicks at the base of the wall. The old bathir g house presented quite a Noah's-Arky up pearance, as the waters ruse above the brick foundation and dashed against the weather boarding. The shell battery af f.aded a fine field for the juvenile lovers of aquatic spuFts, anud numerous little toy sail boats went skudding along the continuous pnnds, where a fe w days before the fairer portion of creation sailed gent 13- along with all the comfort of dry soles. The tide altoge'.her was quite too ambitious and intrusive, and with 1he heavy gr!c now blowing from the east more exiing scenes are probably in store for- to-day.-Charleston News, 23d inst. So.mItr.rms -rO STtu>r-The following extract from a religious cotemporary is well cralcuhuted to set folks to thinking, in vie-w of the hazy- political atmosphere that surroundis us: "All the kingdoms of the world arc ini agitation and solicit ude. Revolution and anarchy threatens every one of them. There have been wars, and new ones are breeding. There are moral perturbations anmonig men. Suicides and all manner of crimes and wrong doings are abounding beyond example. There are fearful ac cidents by sea and by land. There are earthquakes in these last few years, be yond all examples in history. There are furious tempests in the air, in regions themselves exempt from the like. Acci. dents frightfui!, defving human foresight, are multiplying. Unnatural crimes arc more prevalent than histories of our an cestors have ever, even by exaggeration, recounted. In the East-whence plagues come to our shores--in Persia, we read of frightful scenes of famine und pesui lence together. Among thoughtful minds there is a foreboding of calamities soon to come on our country. The pride, the fuliness of bread, the abundance of idle ness, was never more marked in Babv 1(1n or in Tyre, than in our Babylon and Tyre of thc West, New York-and all the towns and villages and railroad sta tions of the country are but New York extended. This proud, this voluptuous, this unbridled people, are calling on Hle4ven for a visitation." 1)RATS.-The friends of Mrs. Clarisa Vance, and, also, those of Mrs. Louisa Holland, will he pained to hear that these estimable ladies are no more. Mrs. Vance died on last Monday, aud Mrs. Holland on last Saturday. [Laurensville Herald, 25th inst. Mon BeRnIc.-The stables of Mr. Henry Suber, at Martin's Depot, were burnt on last Saturday nigh t. Supposed to be the work of an incendiary. This is the same man whose Steam Mills were burned the Sunday night previous. [Laurer.sville Herald. Tuma COTTON Woax A T WVoiK.-Reports fr>mz the richest cotton fields of Alabama and Mississippi say that the army worm has appeared in larger numbers than ever before. The boll worm is also re ported in many counties. The citizens of Lain-ens meet next Sale Day to consider the ways and means of build ing a railrod. fro,m that. place to Angusta. IIELP YOtRSELVES! -Tlue Laurensvile Herald advises that every citizen go to work at once and secure the confidence of the negroes within his r. ach. by as suring them of the naint.-.ance of their rights, and by explaining the evil conse qiences to the State of another Radical victory. In this way the voting material will be ready for organization when the proper time comes. Any formal political meeting, or Con ference, or preparation platfirm, or re newal, in any shape, of party agitation, would be di.tastefJul to the people and in juriois to the Cotse-rvative cause. Next st.rinig and summer will be early enough for all this excite.neit and confusion of tongues. lit we do believe that the white pe"ple of the State, v individuals -.1 m) king as the Ierali proposes, can in tLje,ce enough colred voters to secunre the dief-it of Radicalism in 1872. We have toll the people again and again that it is a gro-s absirrity to say that fifty or six v thousand whites cannot control the votes of fiiteen or twenty thousand n-groes. It can lhe done without bribery, as without intimidation. The will alone has been wanting, and it is high time that the people stretch out their hands to save therselves. Newspapers can't do it for them.-Charleston News. Tot-: FAT.IL GooD NIGHT.-A despatch to the Louisvifle Ledger gives the follow ing detaik of the affecting tragedy at Frankf.nt. Ky., WeInesday ni-lht Aowut half-ast 8 o'ciovk, while Mrs. Berry was reaJing, her little daughter, Annie Watson, nearly nine years of age, cameli into the rono to say her prayers and ki.-s her tna good night. While in the act of throwiii- her arms around her mothcr's rieck, her hand struck agailnst an oil lamttp, upsetting and caus ilg it to explod'e. Mr. Berry, who wa in the adjoining room, hearinrg the ;oise caused by the explosion, ran in and found Mrs. Berry enwrapped in lames. Ie slcceeded in putting out the fire, but not until she was severely. though not seriously, burned. Mr. Berry did not know that little Annie was burned until he heard her tries in the hack vard, entreating one of ihe servants to -ave her. She was burn inlg to death. Mr. Berry ran to her res cue, but it was too late, as she was so badly burned that she died in about three hours after the accident happerned. Mr. Berry had his hands and arms badly burned. TnE POTATO BLtmHT IN THELAND.-It is reported that the potato blight has developed to an alarming extent in Ire laind, and fears are expressed that the crop may be entirely ruined. If this should happen, it is not unlikely that. another famine may devastate ireland and add to the many miseries of her un fortunate people. British rule hasruined 1 the commerce, the manufacturez, and the agriculture of Ireland, and if a fatmine occurs bad government will be almost if not entirelv tr, blaie for it. Such a calamity will certainly intensify the an tagoni;im of the Irish to their English tyrants, and will secure for therm an amount of sympathy throughout the world that their abortive attempts at in surrection will never gain for them. If a famine does occur, and, as is riot 1n likely, the cholera makes its appearance at the same time, a repetition of the ter ribile scenes now bieine enacted in Persia may he expected by ioglishnmen at their very doors, and they may ant'eipate the indignation of the 'vorldi for their share in bringing about such a calamiity. Tue Aii ALt . Soe-r-c.-General Shier man, replyicng to a requiest for troops to protect the Western frocntie'r, says that the available forces ocf the Utcecd Statces :itmy aure not, suic(iert to pro tect it, andI censures the Governme'nt fur sending troops South I for poiticacl purposes. Doies General Sherman suppose that the lives *f 50t,O00 Western set tiers have any weight bef'tre the claims of Grant for re lectiion y Tie armyV was ineedtedl in North :ittl .cth1 Cair.mli-in, andI will be wantedh in Tlexas, Locmiviana, and oither Sctcthertn Staite-, to stuff the ballot-hoxes with fracudu lent negrto votes. '"We don't like Philipu Phillips, 'the Sit;:i,tg P ilgriim,' wiho san g at the I Iow ard Presbyvterian Ghmehccl on Tuesdav,'" sayvs a California paper. "lie filters all his hiymns thireough his nome, and has an unipleasantc way of repeacicng the laist line of each verse over :and over again. T1he effect of 'lIis Btwels welt with Loave' was not pretty when suncg thus : ibs howels melt with love. hiis bow-wow. wow-wow wow-els mielt with love.'"' Los Angrelos, C;alifornia, again repor'ts a heavy shioweLr of mnt. About this timie last year, says the Virginia (Neva da) Entrerprise, a similar shower fell in Los Nietos, with these diff'erences TIhen it was raw, now it is saio to be "boiled." Then the blades of the stand inig corn were "'dren-ced with blood." now they are mnoistened with a kind of homneopathic soup. Tici Ta',xni; Powcnu.--There is scarce ly atnythincg inc this world which may not he subjected toa tax thirough the exi gencies of an icnsol vent government. One offime lattest fi nacncial schemces in Paris is ac tax of five franics upon each and every at, acid of one franc upon each bird kept in a e,ge. Thank fortune, we havn't comec to cats anid canary bird et.ds W~.tmicrros, Acugust 25.-Vicent Collier's report from the New Mexicani Indians is uncfavorablc. Thecy are tiearly all senttered, through fear of miniers andI Mexicacns. Cochise is in the mountains, sick, eating his horses. T1he Mexicani Governmecnt is off'ericng large bounties for A pache scalps. "W~hen thou entctest down thine harvest in thy flieh, acid hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thon shalt riot go ag-ain to fetch it: it ebalil itt for thie strange'r, for thce father less, andI for thce widow :that tile Lord thy God may bless thee inc all the work of thine hadt."-Dehut. xxiv. 10. [Farmers will do nell to remember these words.] Several philanthropic ladies of Wash ington city have undertakeni thle great work of reform of the curse of the city the "social evil," and to the end that they may understand the herculean task be fore them, have vicited many of the most fashionable places of vice. Their plan is to create such an interest in the public minds, that means of support for the unfortunate victims may be found, and to redeem them from their present mode of living. Already considerable -ratifying progress is being made in this "good work. One party has cff'ered to, donate her splendid house and furniture for the purpose of establishinig a home for those females who desire to reform, and others are offering good situations with promises of moral support, and no referenice to past life ; while others are contributing morey in support of the measur-e. The Washington Chronicle gives in detail an account of whiat has bc-cn (lone, an'd is putting forth its en ergies Iin supflrt of this philanthropic LOCAL. COTTON TIES AND BAGGING.-(;. W. Villiams & Co. We invite attention t) card: resumption of xercises of Newberry Female Academy. We beg to call attention to Mr. Pringle's ard in our issue of to-day, and to ask for him share of public patronage. Attention is solicited to advertisement of 1 lonl.ney, Trimble & Co., dealers in guns, >istols and sportsman's goods generally. We regret to learn the death of that es imable citizen, Smith . Davis, which oc :urred on Saturday last at his re.idence in his County. School Trustees are informed that the imount of Tax assessed in their respective listricts must be reported to the county Aud tor as they are coilected-the same as other axes. NoTICE TO PLANTEP.s.-Cotton planters ire requested to put six Iron Ties on each >ale of cotton. The Cotton Presses in Charle on charge 10 cents for each tic short of that mumber. Mr. Ifardin, the popular principal of New )erry Male Academy, gives notice that the Lcademy opens on the first Monday in Sep ember. There will be room for one hundred "Upils. N JW COTTox.-Tlie first bale of new cot :on was soid in our market on Thursday last >y Mr. H M. Singley, and classed middling. t was purchased by Messrs. A. . . McCaugh -in & Co., at 161 cts. A LARGE STocx O MISCELLANEOUS oons.-We are requested to state that Mr. ohn Barre will return at the close of the reek with a large and choice stock of Dry ;oods, and a full line of Groceries. &c. A card appears in to-day's paper from 6essrs. Peake & Miles, who have entered tie commercial arena at Charleston. From he experience and practical worth of these entlemnen, it is reasonable to expect that the iew firm will do a good business. THE MORAL STATUS AT THE JAIL.-Meet ng that quiet and discreet officer-Deputy heriff Bailey-a few days since, we inquired is to jail affairs. Bad, he laconically replied. Vhy, and how bad? This time, last year, ;aid he, we had comparatively nothingto do. Cow, we are full of work and much more in >rospect. We understand the relaying the track with r rail on the G. & C R. It., commenced at lomaria some two months since, is suspend d for the present. Nearly six miles of track as been relayed, and it is much to he re retted that from some cause the work has icon suspend..d. When the road passed in o the hands of the present administration, it ras promised itiat the track would be chaned -rom the chub to the T rail-making the en :ire line a first class road. THs PooR llousE.-The intelligence re :cired from.the Poor House is truly distress ng. The inmates, some thirty, were recently 'ound by Mr. Boyd, the present superinten lent. in a terrible condition. Many of them Tere nude, and covered with vermin. Squal, or, wretchedness, and filth, met the eye 01 over the establishment. But Mr Boyd ~as measurably succeeded in the' humane york of cleansing the helpless and supplying lie most destitute with clothing. It will be emembered that the late superintendent is n durance vile for this dreadful lapse-the ruits of Radicalism. THE W EATHER.-lt would have taken the torm and si;gnal service with a full corps of clgraphers, photographiers, phonographers, stronomers, and meteorologicians, npon the Aiggest sort of an observatory last Saturday, sith telescopes, spectroscopes, horoscopes, chronoscopes, barometers chronometers, and :ameras to have kept tally with the winds and waves. In this region it blew apparently from all ,oints of the compass and alternated with -in, sunshine and shadows all day. Talk rbout atmospheric vicissitude, cyclones and iquinoctial gales, we had them here more or less last Saturday. SCRAs. Of die 1,(ti1 young ladies who faiinted ast year, 993S fell inito the arms ot young' nien, two on thre floor, and one in a water >neket. A young lady recently niarried to a far ner, one day visited the cow-houises, i -n de iihus mnterroga ted her nmilkmnaid, '-Byv le by, Mary, which of these cows is it thai :ivcs the buttermilk?" The lonst on (Texas) Telegraph irej '>ces hat "in all the South there are nio such orrors as nomen poisoning their husbands -that these crimes are confined to the re ions where cold freezes and the sun trikes." "Doestn't this lovely sc'ne animate you ?" skedl Anna of her lover. "No," said he, ''iothring but you can Anna-mate nue'! (O, ay yes, my darling." She blushed, and ;aid yes, and his cup of aninmation was ~ui. Fashion reporters announce a diffiulty in -eportig the toileties at Washington re :eptions. The same set of ladies attend i the receptionis, andl nearly all of them ear tihe same dresses over anid over A gentleman trying to describe to a ~rienid t he beautiful manner in which his ance' h iair was arraniged, said : "It was ~rizzled in front and fricasied and scram eled at thre back." The 3lotgomery (Ala.) Advertiser ;rr ounces ithat Mfrs. Tuck, now divitng in alifax Va., year before hasr, gave birth to brec boys at a time, and week before last o foiur boys, and that she is now "doing wll." An Alabania editor having read Dr. Hall's lecture advising that husband and wife 'hould sleep in separate apartments, says liat Dr. IfallI cani sleep where he chooses, but for himseh he interds to sleep where hie can defend his wife agair.st rats and all other nocturnal foes, as long as he has got ne to detend. The Knoxville Chronicle is responsible for the following : "A newly niarried young chap ironm hiusolical regions sent an orter to onie of our merchants, the other cl'ay, for the following articles for his wife : One black ladies's son down; one pair of iiec ladies' hoes; two yds. of blue bluff gingum ; one oz. fitany and one viol of lodanmv." During the Fair of the State Agricul tural Association, at Columbia, on Thurs riay evening, the 9th November next, the South Carolina Club have detertoined to give one of the most elegant balls ever given in South Carolina. S-r. LUKE's (;tIURCH.-A Cot respondent of he Edgefield Advertisetr says that the Rev. Ellison Capers, of Greenville, has just declined a call to St. Luke's, Charles ton.-Charleston News. SELM, August 25.-The army worm commrenced operations on the 21st inst.~ in this vicinity, and is now committiug Fearful ravages. Cotton will be materi ally shortened. A young man who went to Maine to ex amine the condition of a mill after a freshet, reported, by due courr.e of mail, as follows: "I find a dam by a mil! site, but n) mill byl MOUNT riLEASANT, S. C. August 17, 1871. MESSRS. EDITORS:-The ladies of the vil lage, like their sex everywhere, foremost in works of charity ard religion, have been very busy in their arrangements for a concert, in aid of the Episcopal church here. rnder the acceptable ministration of Rev. T. F. Gads, den, son of the former beloved Bishop of the Diocese, and to-night the important event comes off, and must prove a success from tie energy and zeal the fair workers exhibit to make is such. The ladies of the new Baptist Church, un der the pastorate of Rev. 0. F. Gregory, al.-o have been working noly in their cause, and the sterner sex, too, are entitled to a full meed of praise for their share of the work, which has given so neat and chaste a Houce of Worship. A protracted meeting for the past two weeks, has just closed. On the eve of 10.hi inst, about 9 o'clock, a storm of wind and rain came up, accomp.: nied by the most vivid lightning, and in a little while the sombre clouds united In one black pall, obscuring the whole heavens, from the fold, of which the deep-toned thun der pealed in sonorous notes, and the forked lightning streamed in lurid light through the dark and piled up mass. At near ten o'clock came a crash, which made every one feel as though he or she was individually the nearest, striking the house occupied by Mr. T. M. Hasel, in the upper portion of the village. The lightning, in its eccentric course, furnishes a most remarka ble illustration of the protecting hand of an over-ruling Providence: all the inmates were almost miraculously preserved, while the sub- i tle fluid seems to have entered every room, except the three occupied as sleeping apart ments. Where it entered, or where its exit was made, appears equally unknown. A column of S. E. corner of the piazza was split and. separated from capital to base, thence it appears to have run along the plate, separating the column at the other corner z actly in the same manner. Tile back room and entry were visited, the plaistering thrown down and the weather, boarding wrenched off, descending throughi the safe, in which it bored a kerosene can. thence making its way to the earth, splitting a brick pillar of the foundation, as though struck by a shell. The east gable was much shattered, weather-boarding torn off, and the plaistering scattered over the floor. 0On several of the columns Mr. H. had tro phies of his success among the antlered mon archs of the forest. One of these, on th - column first mentioned as struck,was wrench ed off and thrown half the length of the piazza. What prevented a fire supervening. the same beneficent Being who protected tl.e sleeping inmates, alone knows. All who saw the destructive effects of this subtle agency stood in mute amazement. Yours, KAPPA The Greenville Mountatineer says: "Dispatches are being received and for waded daily by the telegraph line re ently constructed between this place and O;oltmbia. It is an important ac quiition to our people. Vc suggest that if the office were located nearer the min business portion of the city than it now is, the facilities thus atforded u ould be more generally male use of." By c'ntinnous travel, a trip around the world can uow be made in eighty days. COMM ZRCIAL. NEwBEarRYi, S. C.. August 29.--Cotton 161o. L.tvkaro(r.. Auguset 28---Evenin.-otton clsed strong-uplands 9); Orleans 9); sales 15, Nx;w YorK. Auanet 25-7 P. M.-Cotton quiet and tirm;: sales 1.3 0 bales: Gold 121 a I23. A L'GtSTA.- August 28.-Cotton firm-middl ing 17; receipts 2' sa!es 23'. CH A Rt.ts-roW. A ugust 2.-CottAn dull-mid dlug 18: receipts If, bates; stock 2.2-9. It is stated as a curious tact that of 26,200 vitms oif the yellow fever in Buenos Avres. durinig tIre t.auc seas.n, niite,ten,ths of the numbuer were men. Trhe disease incre::sed in virtil-ec with chan2es int thue weather, from the expo,Ure of river mud, b.y a suddeni fall in the river, with te stirritng in the beds of fith, etc.. all showing its dlependence upon other cau-es thtan personal contagien. Of the 360 grave diggers cotistantly unployed. not one died. thtus proving that the grave yard was the hecalthilest place to live in. e-y X R. P. P. TOA LES NEW iFFeE A ND S A t.t.8 looMs .-We are ha ppy to in frm, our renders that their old aicquain ttaice. 31r. l. I". T,'a!e. wh ile continuing his manrufactory- of ioors. slihes. Blinds. etc . on llorlbeck's W harf. Chrles:tn. S. 5.. has opened a buat.dsomne office ad extensive sides rooms at No.2' H-layne Street. where they will find it more .convrenient to csll on him when they visit the citv. Thre Sales Rtooms sxtend to No 3 P'inicktney street, where thters is another entrance. $end andI get a new and ex tended p)rice list of latest styles', etc. See adrer tisement . July 12. 26-ltn. P'nooF PosIrIVE.-The immense salest of Sing ers Sewinre Mach ines is a proof positive of their merits. No f.mnily knowing anything about them are willing to do without otne. Atnything in the way of sewitng. plain or orntametal. can be done on them. and a child with but little in structiotn can run thiem with facility The ma chinery is simpte atd not liat>le to break or get out of order. They have been known to keep ini good rutnnting order for fifteen years without need of repairs. which cattnot 'oe said of other macines. Messrs. Chick & Chick are theagenits at Newberry.t. *r DEBTILITY AND EM ACI AT1ON both resutlt fromt the lack of abtility to convert the food inito riutrimenit. How necessary, then, for those sufYering from these alarmit.g symptomis to immediately resort to a renmedy that will strengthen the stomtach anid digestive organs. For, as soon as this desirable object has been nec conplisheid the health ittproves, amnd the patient resuntes htis usual personal appear ance. Hlostetter's Stomach IIitters have attained au world-wiide poput!arity in such cases, and have beeti proven the best and safest means of removing constipation, toning the stotmacht, givitng energy to the liver, and trelieving every symptom of ner vosess and depression of spirits. Its cheiring and beneficial effects are highly spoken of by thtousands, who o,ve to it their restoration to htealtht. No restorative in the annals of miedicinie has attained the same popularity in the short space of time it has been before thte public, or has won the high endorsements accorded to this excelletnt tontic. M(any other preparations, purporting to be correcties and restora tives, have been inti-odttced, and have per ished one by onre, whlile the popularity of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters conitittues to itrease, and is now recognized its a stand ard household ntedicitne. The success wicit attends thte usc of the Bitters evinices at once its virtues in all cases of debility antI disease of the stomach. Certificates, almost without numrrber, have been pub lished, attestng its truly miraculous power in removing those painful and fearful di seases. And at tbis timte it sents idle to do more than call attention to the great remedy of the age, in order to awaken pub lic attention to its excellence. It is the only preparation of the kind that is reliable in all cases, and it is therefore worthy of the cotnsideration of the afflieted. Arug. 2, 31--m. COTTON TIES AND BAGGING. AS Agents for 3Manufacturers, we offer for sale at low prices the following TIES: The "Arrow," the "Anchor,"the "Eureka," Swett's Patent Buckle, Butler's Buckle, and Beards Patent Lock Tie. American, Dundee and ladia BAGGiNG. G;EORGE W. WILLIAM1S & CO., F.ctrs ('hireh Street. R. A. PRINClE, COTTON SELLEIR AND PRODUCE BROKER Central Wharf, Charleston, s. C, charlestOn-la. C. L LowndeM. Pt-t Bst Nf Alar:ePtOn. W B. .Smith. Eq., P, Uni 8a..k of fharcssoR.L'ert Adgtt. E e. j-e.j-Ljy. F .' ewberry-Robert L rin. 1,'es't Nat Bank, Newberry. ConsignmenstQ ot Cotton s.r:falIy soHll P1rompti a tion given to .ale. Aug. 20, 3-4. NEWBERRY MALE ACADEMY. THE exercises of this atitA. tioit will be resumted on the FlI:ST MNDA Y OF SEPTE1. 1ER NEXT. lus4truetion gita in English, C!as?ical -1d1 l.rthe. :atical branches. RATs or TrTo-Six, Ten and Fe. ieen Dollars per quarter session-pyeb"e in advance, respeatively, for the Ptimar. Inteinjediare and Classical Departments. J. C. H ARDIN, PrincipsI. Aug. 3o, 35-1m. L. P. PIFE, M. A., : Prind. biss FANNIE LEAVELL,: hrm. Prof. F. WERBER, Musicalp't This School will resume its exercises on the :-ist September rext. S. P. BOOZER, F.sq., See. B'd. COL. S. FAIR, Pres'rt. Anzp. :0. 3-tf FIffH. SHRIMPS, CJRAB& Saturday, Sept. 2nd., IF TO BE HAD. So Come and See on Saturday, Sept. 2d. L. Rs MARSHALL. PEAKE & MILES, FACTORS AND ERAL C. 0 1 I18N IRM, oFFICE, CENTRAL WHARF, CIIARLESTON, S. C. IEFER.NcEs: Mes'rs. Jas. Adger & Co., "harleston, S. G.; lion. Jno. P. King, Maj. eo. T. .lac'-son, Augusta, Ga.: Col. L. D. Dhilde, J. P. Southern, Esq., E. Hope, Esq., :1lumlibia, S. 1". Special attention given to Consignments )f COTTON and other MERCHANDISE, and orders for Yellow and Pitch Pine LUM BER, promptly and carefully filled. 1. T. PANF. Z, SCOTT KILTS. Anug. 3,-1 . District Court of the United States, For the District of South Carolina. -n Bankruptcy. [n the matter of Frederick Schlegelmilch, B3anak rupt-District of Sotuth Carolina, TillIS is to give notice that on the 22d lay or August, 1871, a warrant of Bank -a prey was issuzed out of the Dis-rict Court >f the Unaiaed States, for the District of .,cth Catrolinat, against the Estate of Fred riek Schalegelmnileh. of Gilbert Holloer, its 'le County of Lexington, in said District, a!j.ndged a Bankrupt otn his petitiotn. That the payment of atny debts and the l,.Iivery of any property belonging to such liaakrupt to him, or for his us'e, and the ;raansfer of anyv property bsy him, are for jidaena by law, and that a meeting of the :reditors of said Bankraupt, to prove their leatt anrl to choose one or more Assignees >f hais E.ta,te, will he he:d at a Conrz of Banakranpzcy, to be holden at Register's Of ice, Newberry. b'ef'ce C. G. Ja~ger, Esq., Register in B14aruaptcy for said District, on .he 7th day 3f October, A. D. 1871, at 12 e'lock, M. L. E. JOHNYSON, U. 5, Marshal as Messenger. B;y A. P. PIaRa, Dep. Mess. 1A7. FI,L3L-T. IE 81 CUNS. CUNS. CUNS. Double and Single Barrel Guns, Breech loading and Muzuleaaig Gans, af Eng!ish, French & German manufactate, AT ALL PRICES. Single Guns at $2.0 4 00, $6.00, S8AO0, $12.00 to $20 each. Double Guns from $7, to $200 each. Pistols. Pistols. Pistols. Smith & Wesson, Colt's, Allen's, Shari's, and all the popul.ar and approved kinds. A M MUNITION FOR CUNS, PISTOLS & RIPLES. SPORTSMAN'S COODSOF CREAT VARIETY. BEST QUALITY AND AT LOWST PIE Coutry Merchants and Sportsmen are in vited to call and examine our large and well selected stock of the above Goods, which we import d irect and b-.ty from the manaufacta rera. We gnarantee quality equal to, and prices as low as any responsible house in this country. Orders by mail filled promptly, and sent by express, (. 0. D. POULTNEY, TRI3UBLE & C0., 200 W. Baltimore Street,. A pr. 5, 14-1y. RLIOZ D PROCLAMATION. ST&TE or SOUTH CARolSA, Execuras DE1'rT3ntT.xr OFFICIA L itnformation having been corn 'nunaic;aed to this Department that acold daooded anad deliberate murder was perpe. ~rated, on the night of the 22d instant, be. :ween II and 12 o'clock, on the plant.atiep y f M rs. Margaret Noble, in the county ofNew berry, aabout three and a half miles from the L'ourt Hotuse, on the person of ian aged and noffensive colored man named BEN THOM. Xs, hut sometimes called BEN HAIR, by shootin~g him tharoaugh the head with a rile ar pistol ball; and whereas the party or paarties w'ho perpetrated this wanton arnd unprovoked muarder have fled, and are n-t known to the officers of the law : Now, know ye, that 1, ROBERT L. SCOTT, Governor of the State of Siouth Carolina, in order that juistice may be done, and the majesty of the law vindicated, do - bereby offer a reward of FIVE HUNDRED fC DOLLARS for thte apprehension of any pe son or persons conacerned in the said inas der, and their delivery in any jail of t - State, with proof to convict.*. In testimony whereof, I have 1' hi'wflo unto set my band, and caus-"S ,11 or Great Seal of the State to b'whic Atn' [L,. s.) ed, this 25th day of .Aalommasee4 D., 1871, and! ina the (g year of the Indepenadi. I'nited States of Am: i St BOBERT K. SCOTT