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From thc Anderson Intelligencer. Home Views MR. EDITOR : Nothiug but a want of cheap aod,.,raptd transportation ,.oau longor prevent i?v- Vavciin'^4^J(iiuu0?, who aro permeating- through ovory nook and ooruor of tho wide jvorld io sour^h? of novelty, lioulth aud pleasure^ from turning their ?tops-to tho now uukuown, unvisited, but irra?d aud love Af eceuor-y to bo four?rjr tn tho Bluo llidgo nY??ntains 0? South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. Tho oomplotion of a few moro railroads by tho enterprising peoplo of caoh of tho tinco States named above, will throw Opon this terra incognita, teaming with beau ty, wealth and grandeur, to tho public, and tho regret and woudor will bo that it was not earlier known and appreciated. Within oight miles of Walhalla, there rises tho- long, lovel ridge of a mountain, some 1,600 footabove tho lovol of the sea, end 700 feet above tho lovol of tho town itself, pre Renting views at ovory turn, of unsurprising loveliness, traversed by streams aud rivulets of puro, olear, ioy water, grovoa of magnifi cent forest trees, beautiful sites for couutry houses-within' a few milos of streams ?bounding in fish and woods with dcor aud pheasants, and yet nota summer housoissccn, ?nd visitors aro as raro as Fifteenth Amend ments. Now and then, it is said, a few curi ous people undertake to do thc mountain nnd tunnel in a day, abd actually accomplish tho feat. If the swoltcring peoplo from closely packed cities and towns ulong tho Southern seasnoro could only enjoy tho bracing atmos phere, tho olear cold water, tho luxurious 'nights, by oheap transit of a single day and night, UH we hope soon will bo realized, how muoh both sections would bo improved in all that mokes lifo onjoyublo; but wo started out to describe some of tho diatinotivo features of this homo Boonery, hot to speculate ot philos ophize. . This mountain, volent Stum-p I?ouac, a lo goad about whioh wo shall not tarry to relato or create, is but a spur of the grout Hluo llidgo mountains, ?nd divides Ocoueo county .'nearly in half, oast and west, cuoh knob hav ing a distinctive nntno, as Underwood moan tain',' Popr mountain, &o., und is now most easily, and pleasantly asoondod by a now oud well gradod road, constructed by Mr. Steers, o.orjtractor, Under tho direction of Maj. Thoa. B; Lee, ?iigiuecr. This road carries tho visitors in view ol ninny extensive ?co'ncs of mountain and val ley, aud up ravines romarkablo for tho fortil ty of tho soil and growth and varioty of tim ber trees. Hickory, white oak, black walnut, locust', and poplar, all abound, of astonish ing height and size. About half way from tho base to the summit, this mountain, in thc early spring time, exhibits a strange, though . beautiful condition of hasty and luxurious verd?ro. Weeks before the valley below, pi tho heights nbovo, show iudications of return ing ?pring, in bud or foliage, this bolt is cov ered Wt,th' green, and presents a striking con trast with tho bleak aud wintry appearance ol tho" country around and above. Tho ot ter prising owner of theso broad aoros, Maj. t?rjslvdm/ Unk. long talked of .planting this Southern belt in fruit trees, and should ho do so. and succeed, it would bo another evidence of Ibo existenco of' that isothermal belt 01 frost lin?, so long claimed by inuny ns charoo XcrAYtic of our Southern raugo of mountains Up?n tho crest of fJ)?..?r?ouatain, and ex , feeding c'a3t.*yp,tr-tttvu num?'Mai?? ^t?f pony OWDS^IUVCUU "y 0f tnY meres of lund onco covered with voluu-oio timber trees, nov 'somewhat depleted by tho uso for firo woor ana" building material during tho work on tin great tunnel, ouc mile in length, passing un dor the moutain. This land is eminently fitted for country scats, nnd a hotel during tho hot summer months, and is productive it . tho cernid<* nnd fruits. Ti ia also rumored hero,'.that this Company is now oflcring tc give altcinato lota toaotual summer*residents and fifty acres, with abundant building mate rial in wood and stone, to any responsibU company who will ercet a hotel for uccommo dotion of visitors during thc summer months This sito, even now so acocssiblo, with such commanding scenery and hoalthful' atmos phere, should at onoo be occupied and int pr?ved,and oponed to visitors the next season I But tho uncompletod Tunnel is the greal objeot of notice, inquiry and romark of* tin very fetf who visit it, and of the many whe only have hoard of this gigantic work, un dortaken by tho little State of South Caroli na. With its arched way driven through tlu hardost granito for more than one-half mile Hs four-shafts from thc summit of thc moun tain to grade, from 100 to 280 foot perpen dioularly, it dona present a bold and difficult wot*" to be' onoountorod so long ago by hu man.hands, without tho machinery and iippli anoos of .tho' present day. Hut now that i now lino is discovered and located, scalin? (?he mountain heights without a tunnel, suv trig ? few milos tn distance, and over $300, 000 in cost over completing tho old line, how '?few of,those who oro daily casting obloquy and reproach upon those great men who orig . inated the enterprise,, for want of skill, jndg ' tnont and foresight, stop to inquire tho rou onuses which produced this change in tlx lino, and abandonment of thc largo omoun ' bf work already performed. How few know of choose to consider, that tho Engineer nearly twenty years ago, was restricted to t grado of 05 foot to the mile, and that it wai impossible to pass this moun tain without that tunnel. After tho location was mude, many distinguished Engineers carno nnd <x umincd thoroughly this lino, and pronauno ed it the bosb that could bo had. Only ono, Mr. latrobe, of tho. Baltimore A Ohio Rail road, suggesting tho uso of a higher grado But ty o havo tho rooont authority of "IX ' 0." fox saying that thc world dues octuallj \ mbvo,.and that soma tuon move with it, may safely, assume that the scion copf ongin ' cering* Has advanced somewhat, and that thc power of locomotives has been, by skillful uri isa ns, increased since tho days of Sloven , t?n and Brunel'. Uenoo, it is now not onlj ''possible but practicable to ascend tho Stump House' fountain at a grado of 90 or 05 feel to thc nillo, with engines of sufficient powei ^*nd capacity.for tho trafico and tr ivel likely 7 ib^ oom* i>v?i-liio rpnd. This o'nango, thoro fore, shcMcr bo jusily oMvibuted' ko tho prog , ross and advanees reade in soionco, and noi lo ' iiu\ of skill or judgment in those ' f.llon entrusted with the work. ; Way tb tho top of tho mouniufn, and when 'lots is accomplished, ell who muy havo aided lih???d tecoivo at lohst justice. ?. BERUW, August 3i.~-A town in K?st ?,^rVW?a,;sjx(y wilos fion? IJopigsberg, of 479 , inhabitants, hud seventy, niuo enees nnd forty ?ix deaths froaj chofer"*. BY KEITH, HOYT & CO. '?f~TE 'TM S.-i-For Subscription, TWO DOL LARS per annum silkily ii* advance ; forbin months, One Dollar. Advertisements at %\ per, square fo^ ten lines or less for the first insertion, ana) 50 ?euts for each subsequent insertion-. BQy- Obituary Not ices exceed i ny five lines. Trib utes of Respect, Communications of a personal character when admissublc,and Announcements of Candidates, will be charged for as advertise wents. Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed ?Kjji* Necessity compels us to adhere strictly to the requirement of cash payment. WALHALLA, S. C.: Fr I ?luy morning, Sept. 8, 18Y1. ?08?* Tho (ittontion of our readers is directed to the various now advertisements in this issue. I?, A few oases of oholora uro roported in Puris. This dreadful sec urgo if moving cast ward, and may soon be hoard of on our shores. Precautionary measures aro being adopted along tho cntiro Atlantic coast. -"."- t SU. Tho bodies of four third assistant en ginoors, attached to tho Monitor Wochawkon, bavebcon reoovored by divers. Tho vossol was sunk in Charleston harbor, in Decombor, 1803-. by ?v Confederate torpedo boat. Thc . bodies woro nearly denuded of flesh. S?g^. Tho Yellow fever is on th* decronso in Chnrlcston. Twonty-scvondeuths from it aro re ported up to August 31st. Tho free uso of disin fectants seems to have checked the spread of tho disease, whilo ilio cooler temperature of tho Inst few days.has mitigated its sovorit y. Wc hope soon to honr of the entire disappearance of tho fovor from this City. 9<5X" Tho number of Indians under tho super vision of the United States Government is stated at three hundred md fifty thousand. Tho policy of President GRANT towards these poor, benighted savages is said to look to their civilization, educa tion and christhuiizalion. Ho hopes ultimately they will bocomo citizens. 8?" An indictment for man-slaughter, in tho third degree, has been found against- tho I President, Suporintomio?it and engineer of tho I Staten Island Kerry Company ; also an indict ment for man slaughter, in tho fourth dogree, against tho United States Inspector of boilers. Suoh firm, prompt and decisive action on tho part of tho public will doubtless have a henel! eiul effect in preventing tho recurrence of dis asters similar to that of tho Westfield. BQJU Tho statistics of homicide, fur thc year .tiding in May, as furnishod by tho. census of fice, tobt up nineteen hundred and ninety six, as occurring in forty-six States and Territorios. This number includes one hundred amt sixty killed by Indians. In Vermont no Caseoi bom icido is reported. In Texas threo hundred and twontythreo are reported, being tho largest number in any Stato. South Carolina furnish, os thirty-sovcu casos, being lesa than tho aver age. Tho Radical Press would have tho world icr?S?d-?n ^?ltnj?^ K" r 8?U Tho catalogue of, uri ino in tho United I States prosonts a fearful illustration of human 3 depravity. Accounts of murders, suicides, burglaries, rapes and arsons meet tho oyo in nearly overy journal in tho land, not to mon tion tho numberless offences of less grade_ Tho New York Herald, of thc 28th ultimo, says, "Oar col limns this morning record one murder and suicido, two attempted murders, a shooting and stabbing affray, and imo car rob bery, besides a long list of minor u llb nco?." This is but a fair speoimon of tho daily record of crime in that oity. A similar condition of things is found in all thc largo cilios, though in a loss dogree. UgX, One of tho latest mysteri?s of Now ; York is the discovery of the body of a beautiful . young lady, packed in a trunk and checked for i Chicago. Tho trunk was brought to the depot by a truckman, under tho direction of a woman who procured a chock for it. Thc smell from ? the trunk led to an investigation and tho disoov I ory of tho abovo facts, ?j tho aid of a boy, who helped tho woman check the trunk, the po " lico began their search, which resulted in the ' finding of tho truckman, tho houeo from which j tho trunk was taken and tho arrest of one, JACOB ROSENZWEIG, n notorious abortionist. , As yet, tho woman who accompanied tho trunk , to tho depot, has not boon discovered. j TdiO Republican, of tho 30th ultimo. , speaking of what that porty hos dono for tlio . promotion of education, has tho following: "Wc . say it, with deop grief and humiliation, that ni J most nothing bas been dono in this direction, ? in comporfsori with what tho country hWd a t right to expect." It claims that devotion to , the educational interests of tho people at largo i is tho great distinguishing feature of the Kc 1 publican party. "Whenovcr it loses this dis 1 tiootivo feat uro, it dogonerutos into an organi ' zotion whoso object is a moro scramble for ' spoils and offico." To look at tho number of offices oreatoi and filled by tho party und the fabalouq amount of money exponded or squnn ' dored annually, ono would hardly think thor? could be such degeneracy ns is ubovo spoken , of. In tho matter of schools, nearly ono half r of tho ontiro appropriation of biet year was I squnndorocl in tho salaries of school commis ? shiners, superintendent of education, clerk biro - and stationery. Forty of tho ono hundred and ' fifty thousand appropriated by tho last Legis lature will go tho same road, reducing nsoloss ' ly tho pay and number of teachers. It will do \ for the-radical1 fmrty to prate ?bout education. \ It is a good hobby ns long ns tho poople aro , kept in ignorance, but whenovor gonornl Intel ligence is established in tho land, that party , muHt reform or peaish. Tho cxtravagunco which , marks its overy movement would not bo emlur i ed by the oolored man any moro than by the white roan. At present, tho fow who are edu oatod control tho ignorant manses of (hoir race. These tow get offico, und, fror? soif interest,, stick to tho party. But when eaoh and every on? ca? read and decide for himself, tliero will bo a change. tyndor this belief, wo have dosir * ed and ndvooatod tho encouragement of 6obooh? for both races, andi we believe.tho entire Dem ocrat io party tire to day moro anxious fdr tho goneral diffusion of inteliigonco than tho ito publiunn -party. BM_i-BB-mu-- 1 I -r Thanks. Wo aro indebted to Mr. 0, JON KS for late New York, Saratoga, aud Niagara Falls papers; Sadden Death Mr T. F. RRODIK. of Charleston, died In Wah halla, last woek, of chronic- disoaee of tho liner. Mr. RHODIE had been lu town only a few days. Fio&ens Advertisements Special attention is directed to tho now ad vertisements from Piokons County. Tho go ahead citizens of Piokons muka Heal Estate in I their midst bring its full value. An Array of Lawyers Tho number of persons engaged in the pfaotlco of law, inoluding pettifoggers, itt Nc\f York city foots up eight thousand. This is about ono-to j every one hundred inhabitants, or oue to every twenty voters. Telegraphic. Tho telegraph poles botuoun Anderson and Walhalla aro being put up. Thanks to Mr. TRESCOTT und bis enterprising company, wo i shall soon bo in telegraphic communication "with all tho world and tho rest of mankind." Railroad Hatters. Tho roador will find on our first pago tho proceedings of tito interesting railroad meetings held in North Carolina and Georgia. Tho "coming men" of tho now Bluo Ridgi\*a<*nj>i notion appear in tho list of officers. f\.. Catalogue Wc aro under obligations to our fricud,. A tux. Y. LEK, Esq , of Columbia, for. a "Descriptive Cataloguo of Fruit ami Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Roses, -Evergreens, Flowering Fiants, etc., cuUi .vated and for ?ale ut tho Frnithmd Nurseries, Augusta, Ou. P. J. BKUCKMANS proprietor. Mr. EEK is tho. Agent, and will bc glad to- rcccivo your order?. Col Sage. 1 Chief Engineer of tho Richmond and Atlanta ! Air Line Railway, passed through towt? last week. The Colonel is in tho enjoyment of Ano health, and is posing bis great euftrpriso ahead with skill f. 1 remarkable assiduity. Tho sur veys iu thia 'State and Georgia, aro being pros sol to completion. The Crops Reports from every portion of thc South contin ue lo represent I he prospect for cotton as more ?nd moro gloomy. Rust, drought, caterpillars and boll worm seems to have visited nearly every cotton growing State. Thc yield must bo small for the present y nr. In ot County reports of great injury to'^tbc corn crop from tho late freshet comes from ovcrj quarter. Thc bottoms ot the Kcowee, Togalo, Little River and Cane ('reek, with their tributa rios, were complote!}' flooded.'and several furniert consider tho injury from this c"auso will prov? more-serious than from the drought. Tho upland! oauhot overage a half ?rop. R C Shivsr & Co Havo again spoken to tho publie throng! ou columns. Everybody knows this firm to bi ?Oilnd and trust-worthy. They deal only ii tho best articles, and every one may rest as sured, that in trading with SHIVER SC Co.. Jhe; will buy fresh and fashionable pal terns-/nm db ra I dr? J*aL*l(M .J'ruivv thii?'~iidr<??i,>?M<?'?,,,>?ii_ J u! . uv peen, tiley lia ve oponed a wholesale? ?io , i nos*. They havo bought largely hy tho cns? and considering the experience nf the proprttj tors and tho less expense of living in Col um hil] they eau alford goods at a? low figures as th merchants of Charleston. This they propos to do. Merchants gmng to market would d well to cull nod examino thoir stock an prices. Doe West Female College Wo call ut tout ion to tho advertisement of th opening of this institution, mi the'2nd of Oct? tidier next. It is under tho charge of Hot J. I. BONNER, who exercises a parental HU pei vision ovor the pupils. The Institution is in flourishing condition, with a corps of eight aid and QXperiehcod Professors. It is situated in honlthy locality, and offers to parents imluci monts in economy for board and tuition, wit good and wholesome moral and intolloctui instruction. We commend ii to the attention < parents desirous of giving io their dwight or* ih trough education. Read? Reflect aud Profit Thereby We take pleasure in informing our roadei that Mr. J. C. CARTER, bf tho lino ni CARTU & VERNER, hos just returned from Now Yorl and will, in a few days, bo receiving mid opo| ing tho largest omi best selected slock o' asso ted merchandize be has ever ?tfbrod for ?alo i this market. When wo consider the gool) tus and durable material heretofore filling tl shelves of CARTER SC VERN RR. (this is saylr a good deal,) but Mr. CARTER informs os I bas bought more largely than usual, with riper experience, nod on as good (arms as on bo had in Now York for cash. Tho now slot will bo coming in by tho last of this week, ai will, doubtless, ho opened and ready for HU early next week. Our numerous readers shou not forgot to cull ut CARTER & VERNER'H stor when they come to town. This finn witt aliso buy all cotton, in bale brought to tliem, and will pay, in cash, Ne York pricos. loss necessary expenses. Wal hu la noctis a fow enterprising merchants and v aro glad to soo tbeso gentlemen offering sui inducements to our farmers tu find and use tl legitimate market. Tho business und trade Anderson are. to a groat extent, duo to the li oral i ty of lier morohants. Let Walhalla em late tho example of Anderson, and wo w soon find nor trado doubled. The course CARTS* & VERNER desorve* emulation? A full advertisement will appear in our Oi muns next week. HQX- Tho tolegraph brings tiding* of tho pi hablo doclarationof Martial law in tho co on ti of York and Spnrtanborg. Senator Seo Chu!-mun nf the tho Ku Klux Commit too in i interview with tho President on tho 31st ul suggested that a proclamation undoi tho h Klux aot, pifoliminary to a proolamotion martial law in thoso coontie*, he issued. T President agrcod to tho suggestion and tho oi is perhaps not far. LouisviLTiR, Sept. I.--Two nogroon ai ono while man hnvo just been hanged by mob at daceyville for outraging tho persi of a white woman ?a that vicinity. Vi n>on wore concerned fn t^^ot?rogo, whh was of n horriblo charrttffoV -?Tho others lu been exeonted in the s<tflh^ft$pncr soon aft eommilting the oflVgse. 1 Personal. General JOHN A. WAUBNKR, Mayor elcot of tho | City of Charleston, is ?ponding a tow weeks in our to wu! Ile is regarded, in a great degree-, ns tho author and founder of Walhalla, and ns suoh is j highly esteorued by all our ottlzous, both Gorninu and \ruorloan. Under his auspicios tho German soeloty was formed, lands purchased, the town laid out and tho thrifty Gorman oolonizod in our Cornily. What is now tho flourishing town of Walhalla, was then a poor, sandy ridge, tho land being considered a hard bargain nt twouty-flve oenls per nore. Tho Couuty was without a mark et or railroad What a ohango has boon effected In the lust twooty yoara, muoh of whioh is justly attributed to General WAOKNKU. ll? is a maa o:. strong native intollcot, good physique, uouud judgment and practical information. In manners ho is a polished gentleman, affecting no ostenta tion in dress or oouvoraatiou, thc mau to be pop^ ular and to retain tho good will of tho people by n fair and dignftlod bearing towards all and n fearless and faithful discharge of tho di ties of a good citizen. During tho first session of the Leg islature after the war. he seemed to appreciate, more fully than any other member of that- body,' tho groat danger both political ao l industrial, whioh threatened tho pooplo of tho South from emancipation. To prevent or mitigate tho evils Impending over South Carolina, he strenuously advocated tho 6ncouragcinertt of foroigu whito immigration and introduced a Bill into the Legis lat Uro asking aid for that purpose. After much opposition the pitiful ?uni of $10,OOU was grant ed, o sinn totally inadequate to any extended bene fit. How muoh might, thon have beeu duim lo per manently bolter our condition and prospects by u libera! appropriation and thc adoption of gener ous inducements to settlers who would immigrate to our State. Before another session lite Storm cloud, which has desolated our Stale with oppres sive taxes and an army of corrupt and extravagant otlieinls, had arisen. The golden moment was lost, but the fulfilment of thc predict ion nf Qenoiud WAOKNEU illustrates his good judgment none I lie less forcibly Ho is to day perhaps tho most pop ular man in the City of Charleston, tn thc h?? contest for city officers he was selected by the Conservatives as the man wdio could concent inte tho ?greatest number of all el/ises and races and bore the bonner ol' that party to- victory. W* predict thal his administration of the City govern ment will be a success, fair and jnst lo all rneoyj and conditions,, and satisfactory to thc public - With thc characteristic of his raeo lie will doubt less use every exertion to Inaug?rate economy, reduce taxation. Improve the financial condition of thc Citv, preserve order and enforce a system of cleansing und policing, which will in tho lutm-p defy all epidemics and malarial fevers. The pros pects of Charleston ure brighter by his election, and if she will be true to herself and spread her banner before thc public through thc medium of advertising, she will soon regniil mid retain her old presllgo as a market and properous ^seaport City, So moto it bo. i a' Fly lo the Mountains While thero is n general Hegira from Char lestmi .iud 'ls (orrible epidemic, let ns sugget to the fugitives n trip td Walhalla and u little ol BIEMANN'S good eheor. From this point par ties cull in ono day's travel reach Table IL?ck. from tho top of which tho grandest view of tho grand works of nature opens np* At tho huso of tho mountain is a large und commodious. lintel, where the host spring water, the purest -,.^mrs;-Uio c-mTost hrec/A :,?..." , . , , 1 ' , . "'9*1 RpUWOJ] host assorted collation nf rich, suinta itial food cnn always he had. Ten miles farther im the traveller will he upon the summit of C.-crsurs head, where there is another grand viow nf scenery. Such n trip through our delightful mountain rogion would literally expel from ami lair the doors of the constitution against all the* nuts and wiles of Yellow .Jack. Ile can't stand thc mountains with its cool, brucingatmnspheve. its pore wutor mid attractive scenery. Tho body becomes so refreshed and tho mimi so In terested, that Yellow Jack can find no wonk point of attack. Fly to the. Mountains ! The now disinfectant, Bromo Chlo ral tim, meets the groat want of something adapted to all condition* where prompt deo dorising nm disinfection are necussaiy. It is entirely odo non poisonous and harm less, Ami hoing largely di I lilt ntl when u?od, its economy brings it within tho renell nf all who wish to employ this simplo means fm thc preservation ol' health during thc warm season. TjlK UMTKD SIATKS Oot/ttT,-The Uni ted Status Couti is still in session, and u vast amount of businuss still romains tu be traiif? noted. Tho indictments under tb? Ku Klux and Election hills resulted in two mislrials, sever al acquittals i^lid ono or two coli rici lobs - Among tho Ku Klux was ono colored man. who is said to have voled th - lladioal liokot. Ile was acquitted. Tho Judge's nhargo* on] th csu case;* were most eloquent nod admira, blu. Whilst he admitted tho many ami grave evils which existed, ho did not mmsid?i ibis tho proper remedy, lt was not consistent! with tho character of tho native Sooth Caro lina gentleman, who was not accustomed to strike in th? dark, but in opon daylight, and after fair warning to his foo, laking the full cons?quences of his net. His Honor doubted not that ?onto hnd engaged in these things,, conscientiously believing thal it wnsthoonlyf means of col lecting great evils, but that many bad men took this means of wreaking out their/ pr?valo vengeances; that their deeds were dono under shadow of night, tho noto?s were unknown and could nat. l>o hold up as individ mir* to pnhfio opprobrium; that even tho press wits thus fettered, nnd could only con demn in gouoral terms.- Greenville'Moun taineer. GOT Hts DKSKRT? -Wo hnvo been relia bly informed that tho Hon. Hannon Jones, e*-pnMor of tho colorod Baptist Church, in this town, who, it would bo remembered, l?ft, hone nuder a olood, whioh w?id cloud was noth ing moro not los** than horse-stealing, and who left his country for "his country's good," And went to Louisiana, ha* dovolopod u st rango infatuation to resido ii) (ho ample car- j avniisnry provided by that Slate foi tho- KO ! ?option ol criminals, and in order to unter thososnored prooincts, hud covotoiw eyes up on nod feloniously abstracted a bairol. of poik, : and being caught in the act, wa* sent to tho'' ?aid institution at Baton Iloguo. His stay i? indefinito. Wo are also iufoi mod that "they don't pardoo out tl^re,"-- (lumden Jowiutk' CttA.Ri,es*oN, ?eptei?b?r 4.--The.weutW ia' Pino-, and the genoral opJnioa U that tho fever 1 is dying out. Tho Board of Mouhh wpoit*'1 tin co deaths for th* two' da?* om.iingat DOO? today. ? 11 i ...i aagewMwggM. Accidents. I lu tho history of thc world, lhere lia? ?ct been such a record of terriblo calamities t? liavo occurred during ibo past year. Not- I I withstanding the destruction of lifo and prop 1 city by tho lalo storms on tho ocean baa been great, yet tho recklessness of man hus , ever txoeuled the elements in tho work of ! dealt). In tho last month, ?overol hundred livos bnvo beeil sacrificed to ignorance and carelessness. It is an oh! saying, thal it HOV? or rains bul it pours. So ono disaster follows another in rapid succession. What is strange, too, is that iheso calamities seem for a limo to proceed from similar som ces, ihcn chang ing, another list proceeds from n different source. No ono can have forgotten the hor riblo accounts of tho loss of lives in tho minos at Pittston ami oilier plao?s in thc Non h. and how these calamities succeeded*each otb* er in rapid succession. Tho consequence was, I bat public opinion was awakened lo tho inadequate provisions for ibo security of life in tbe working of mines, which resulted in j th?; making and enforcement of such regula I lions, as Imvo, prevented their recurrence. Tho world is now being regaled with a list ol' 1 horrors in stciimhonl and railroad travel. The investigation of tho Westfield disaster, with its hundred victims; was nd completed when we hear of a terrible railroad colli.-ioti at Reviere, seven miles fr bm BoidjOn. Twen ty ?>ne persons were kilted, and forty lo filly Wounded, several of whom have since died Tito engine struck tho train nt full speed, de molishing the last our. nnd setting on lire the train. Tho boiler of tho engine bu rsl ed scalding a great limby. On tho the 28: li, on lin; libio Road, via Westport, l'a., a mail ti lui freight train collided; six me? killed ?nd it i.nge ii ti tuber wounded, On- the-. ultimo near Mobile, another casualty neem ml, rcsul ting in a heavy loss t?f life. The steamer Ocean Wave, with n large excursion pu j on board, burst her boiler; killing 29 am wounding 26 persons. Oilier*? who are be lieved to have Ix-eit on board the vessel, hov, not been found. Great ext rtetiicnl is said ti prevail in Huston and New York, und tin oublie, demand a full investigation, and tin punishment of all parlies who may be culpa ble. ei'her from ignorant***, negligence or ? selfish disregard for tho safely of lheir pas sedgers. . The Ifemld, the grout regulator of pu bin opinion, is on the war path, ll demands, ot thc part of the- pannier a rigid examination nud the holding of tho owners of. boilois am engines responsible "for ibo condition of lliei mnebtneiv and tito intelligence and care o I hoir eiu?iiieeis." lt says .'Ibero are trtlb seven hundred iioi!oi> io lim city, and mair of them have Ix-en used al moat since the ap plication of'?il vim). Till ike people KI icu I boldly and unmistakably, Vesuvius will be j plac? of safely, eoni'mred wit li New York.' Action of the kind mentioned above cai alone leinedy liles? evils. They ar? of lat becoming of too frequent occurrence iii iii *t??w|i. and. especially, in our own Slate. Important from Washington WASHINGTON, August 31.-Donator Scott Chairman of the Ku Klux Committee, In an interview with tb? President, tiud suboiit toil a communication, which was tully discus ed in tho interview, Rotting forth briefly tb number of acts of unlawful violence wilie have been perpetrated within thc past fo' months in various Counties in'South Carol tn, and notably in Spartan burg and Yorl fur wMeh no one had been punished by th civil authorities, as disclosed hythe invest gatioo* of the snt> commitine i(i ibeir recen visit to these loo.ditios j also, tho fact tim Senator Scott h id thero notified prominoij citizens that if these acts of violence by di: guised men continued, and especially if viii riessea examined by tho committee were sui) sequent!* outraged, he wwuld call the Fros dent's attention to thc facts, tod reoommein that he exercise the power* oo n for red by th Ku Klux Act. li? submitted t..) thc Pres; dent various communie uions, all? 1 ?vils, ko showing that since tho return of tili) commit tee, and in spite of tboetTorts of loading citi zens, who, upon his suggestion, bad mud st ron?? efforts by speeches mid otherwino t n>mnol ?nd cheek lawlessness, thc outragt hail continued to go on undiminished, wini the perpetrators aro unpunished. Ho sup gosted to tho President thc propriety of h suing a proclamation under tho K>. Klux Ac preliminary to a proclamation of martini la in York and Sp u tahburg Counties, and thai under the third section of tho Aol, instru? lions be issued lo .military oommimdors in tit , adjoining Counties lo arrest partie.? wither process and band them over to tito civil ny thorities for prosecution Tho Presider aureed to tho suggestion, nod a proclamado preliminary lon declaration of mn/liai la i may soon bo expected. li The 'Cabinet (pooling was attended toda I by all the Ministers except thc Postmnslc: ?General and Secretary ot the Treasury, bot ' of whom are absent. The President cart i called tho attention of tho members preset to tho letter of Senator Scott, of Ponayfvnnii alleging causes for tho declaration of marti) J law on eertaln Counties of South Carolinit .'wined wa? banded to the President jestcrdip I Without any discussion of consequence, th letter wu's referred to tho Attorney Goncra who is to tako action concerning ibo appliui lion of thc Ku Klux law upon ike statoinont contained therein ; and as soon as this oflloii bas mad? n report, tho proclamation tfil! i isanod. The Cnblnel also considered tl Corean difficulties, bat it is understood th question will bo left for the notion of'Ooiigros A largo n mou et of routine business was a eomplished. PATivruir Aoci?KNT.-On Saturday1, tl 20tb instant, Master Jesso G. Huggina, sc of our oMeomed fellow-citizen, Dr. II. 1 Huggins, while ont gtinninur, had tili? mjsfo tune to burst bis pl ope and sustained'a torr bia laceration of hislofi hand in eonscqoono Such was tho extent of tho- iujuny third- tl thumb and a large portion of tlMi'ttashy pa of ibo band lind to bo amputated, which, MO skillfull./ perfofiiu'd by ibo father, and hero vnlly borne by the son, ?t >.?. fortrose/hi tb? loft Uftiulj insleadl of ibo right \yii?u?ji?re< n>? it wi ir no?, vety materially interfere wit tbo calling fo? which bo > fitting, hiinsol that of a drwgftiat* The burstiug wa? siq **>o?edi to liavo Resulted from not driving t)i wada down on th* Qbarge.^ Clarendon Pros Our Progress and Prospect. Tho Oominoroial alatetiwnla' ol' tho buiibost I of Chailesiou, punted in th? AYttwof yeslor-'M day, arc a forcible an I convincing reply ta<rJ lin) occasional rep u ts,:'ohiolly uiruUluled by M correspondents ol' ibo Northern press, tbat j$ ibis eil v, ii) a business souse, is in n moribiind \? condition! Our cnicl\diy prepared tnbylar m sliiteinoiits show that trade is healthy nnd M vigorous, and, in all its. branches, steadily in creasing in volume. Tliis progiess iji'vniiiiojiy^ ly eneouiagwig, both on nccouiil ot its ti AMP""""' ninnie and rcguhiiity. Wm During ll.e year ending August, 31st, CT^j lesion received 8 13,1 70 ba'os ot' upland eolto. . w nod 11,061 bales ot' ?ca Mauds, ngrtlliat Wjl IOU, 2 ll bales bf Upland?, ?ml 5503 bales of sea i da ods received in 1805-00, ibo lint year aber the war. Tho receipts ol' uplands, I therefore, bavo been nono limn trebled in livo years, hast yeur '237.7 12 bnlo? ofupland* were received, so thal the teceipis ol' 1871 lin I I pet cul. larger than ibu receipts of 1870, 1" rina I beac is nsiiuilur improvement, Hie rei??ipis b?ii?g 13,983 tio?c?'s for 1870-jL^- . ayililiHl 38,628 tierces (ot 1800-70. Mp^' naval stow s and lumber there is a sirisfnr^Wj Mihai.c? Tho export* ol' lumber f?u I ;>''rfflL ar.' 1 .'?.707,0 1 J fed,'against I 2,437,0 ? 1 ^fflfe I8?O-7U -a gain ?if over 25 [?or u>-iu. Tlr^K exports ut naval stores tor 137d- 71 aro j? 92 9 S3 birr?l.^ against 78,000 in lite preced ing voai-a gain of about 20 poi Cont. 'J he pb..'photo business has, ab", nssliUltd very Inigo propel lions. Dining (be year jtisl closvil.ibv v.Njv?r! t.fSoiuh I'aioliua phosphates amounted io'ji?t?SO'tmis, against 30.802 ions in 1870. and 20,000 lons in' I 809. Last sen non ivas une of (he mos! favorable wei known for fi nils alni v?geiubios lloro wei ? ship ped, lo New Wuk alone, ir>,l?\7 bunds of pol a'<>es, atol 35,252 packages of vegetables, against 1 1,0 U barrels of potatoes and '5 ;'50 pink a gos of vegetables in the season ol I ti70. hiii ge o mm lilies, showing a uko tnmea-e, wcro shipped io l'l?l.i.i.dplii i and H.irl?iiiorc, and by tilt' Nmtbe.isiera Haiil'iiod. ll.sides the business in coil on* rico, lumber, naval s'iui's, phosphides, and fruits and vego lalili 'ballest?n boitslsofa- il.?uri diiugjobbillg Made representing many millions ol' capital. TTie o-iiin.ttod sales dining ihc yv.v were as follows ; Dry goodartud fancy g<>'?ds, $05.000, 000 ; shoes, liais mid clothing, $1.750.000 ; eu ice ri es, 88,000,000; hardware, Sl,250,?00 ; lings, 8400.000. No other Southern city, 01 wlneh wu know, can equal Ino figures. ... With receipt* viii ned at 832.530,000, and ? jobbing ti ade of 818.000,000, Charleston may well look forward to the future willi confidence ..nd hopi'. An enorgotio eily government will know how to protect tho comtnunity from diseases which are the legitimate offspring . d'dirt and Illili, ami, (his being accomplished, lhere is no reason why Charleston should not broome the most ii?lb?e?>lial.and thriving port on ibo South Atlantic coast.- Neiosi Y>.i.r.o\v FKVKIV-Tho fever seems lo bo oil the wane, amt has evidently boon effected by tho weather which wo ha-vo experienced, lilli ono death was reported vestenlay. Ser end persona who were rumored to bc ill td* the mala ly are doing well-indeed convales cent. The official report of tho Board of Health shows bm twenty seven (?e?iths since ibo 25th of .July, when tho fever began. Out of thean twenty-seven eases, two of lhein.\y,oro not sn flicl il i ly itini'ked in type to l>o really classed willi the others. As tho Bonrd'pur poses publishing hereafter daily reports of the dJ*?isslfii?J? mnv occur, the public, mind wi 1 sW'S^'ll stale^f aif iirs, and ix->\ mow-UkX' ease on ttjio subj-ct. The rf po it of tho Oil y Kegist r r is?-o'r. ct beyond all shadowofdoubt, because no hour?u driver is allowed by law lo ?remove a body until ho has the dod o i's cor tif?ente, nor can a sexton int?*r without a si mi lar document. A physician anya, tho fever is in clined to keep in thc locality where il origi nated-that is, in and about Market street, where I hose foul drains were opened. Ho ro marked ii singular, fuel, that where cases have occurred outside of certain lines rn the direc tion iodinated, it has invariably boen after high Easterly breezes.- Ch ar test? tl Courier. VKFISAIM.ES, August 3). - After a fever ish debate, nn amendment to tho preamble assuming constituent powers which eulogize* i Iii) conduct of Thiers, was adopt rd by 533 to t hi i ly four, loo mo m ber? abstnined from voling. ' M A ll lt l KI), on the 3 Ut ult., at tho reside of tho bride's father, by Hov. Androw MoO fin, Mr. J. M. DICKSON to Miss CI.ARI*A E\F daughtei of Samuel Boeder, Esq - all of Oco nce County. Printer'* fp? receive 1. O Q JS?E[ IsA_E fe QI A lli. New YORK. Scmptcmbcr 4-Evening.-Cot tan dull nnd dropping Ralos 1518 bales ; up lands Ii)}.; Orleans {. Gold 13|(//)13| Georgia 82 ; 7s 90. & .uh Carolinas 75 : new 57J. CuAHr.p.sToN, September 4.-Cotton firm; stock light; middlings J<N net receipts. 58 halos ; oxports coast wise 06 : sales 25 ; stock 3,533, AUOITSTA. September 4.---Cotton firm; mid dlings 18 -, receipts 40 bales ; solos 20. biVRiti'ooi,, Scptomhcr 4-Evoning.-Cotton closed firm ; uplands 0|f&0j ; Orleans 0J(7H9|. Cumberland cut 32s .A. iri pt i VALS : AT TUB WA L HA L L A II O V ? L, For the Week endino September 5^-, 1871j, Aupl30--W K, lilii0 QrpAoiwiood; Har. ry Moseley brbnU, S. C. J,\ ? ffi Obarlcston ; G. Felzinger. Chjlo. August 31 lt. P. Curry and Wife, Apgiistiv, Ga.';. Mr?? In-' man. 4 oluldron ond4KQnv.aiit. Npw York) Mr.' and Mis. Hoissar, Gpo. J. A. W.ngonor, Mrs*' C. P. Stiles. Mis? A, C. Porronnau, Charleston. Sopto'nbpr ^-Ciipt. .1. C. Warding, Bi lt. R. Rt! WJ F. HCngbt, Anderson. ' Sopt?mbor 2 B. Trosooc, gfi E. | Lobby, A, C. Laughlin, Bt| lt, IL. ly* ; *>. iSoncoa. Hahn, Springfiold, Ga. '. li, G? Sloan, Columbia; Wm. Taylor. Andor ??u V J;p? ?Vnt??gd2iQhildrep. Oha^pstbn,--! Soptembor 3-gilliam Porfv.'Symdiatot*, Ifao t?'.y;. I}. ItVank Sloan, P^pneejt Jfe J^Pw.ia, Porrvviflo.; 4 Ha rr won?. An ?I er som Sonttom-' N?nety.?fu ; 0. A. Vmig, B? R,; lv< ? I i J ?" ...JJL_-MjiMH'meiuj_r^jMgwgga>J ?onauntly Qu hapA not ou)ty+\\ i,t>m?a)ftQW hja, mvn m.anutiwtoi-y, Wu.t^a&^? Wfot/ talflk ers' hardware, ^^lwllk an* Aw>?ja?ttii, Winfew, glass, r? ot tn, ylaln And ornamental, S]AH HiMit?t* ia short, evorything nooossary to fi^iijl).lM?iv somQly a residence, % store, or'u, oliurob,.