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iHE FAIRFIELD -HERALD l'ihlishedt Ivery Weiiles~lay at Wir vAV~s}]()fi), IS. (f'., UY D)ESPO TES &0 WILLIA S. --0 4sqMM--hY. AD VANCE. On'e Copy on1e year, $ 3 00 I a S5 00 '1As remst I Misicai ini1'eiItio0I il A W th lidither Stringss 1lor liCeds. .-Oq,"r4AQ latest and most suoces.1-.. ful illvenltions (of tle day is a pianio 'forte withouti-tiHngs or 'rebds. The :patent bears the dite of July, 1-71, linid the..patentecs are Cineiunattian, -Mssra. Aikons aud 'Dreevvr, the foripor a dealer in piano-, and 'the latter tint ingenious German M us ician and artisan. This invention has beenl in progres.i of development for many m1ointiht. but only with in a few (a3s has a 'p-ifect instrumcit been comple. teikand tested satittctorily. .1ho action of the now instrument is the sainj as in other pianos ; it has. the usual numuber of octaves and pod..! als. The tone can be -vuried froml soft to loud, aind 4,; far superior -in richness and depth, and is as clear 'and sweet as cani b) inil gin1ed. The., peculiar feature of the invention is that, iistead of strings stretched icros4.a sounding-board, small steel toigue., each with a book, or-arrn, onl, ei-her side, are attuchel to the ound. i-ng-'board, and btituck by liammors 'siiliar to thoso of the ordinary in Itrllnent, only the tongue atid hain 'mer are worked prcrpendicularly. 'Otie hook of each tongue beirg half the leigth of tho other, yields a tone an oiitavo higher, thus each stroko of the hammor produces tLwo notes an1 octavo apart. The vibration produc ed is full ats continuonus as that obt-ain ed frpiu strings, and th' tone is readi ly atopped [y th11t a pplication of a check or damper. Of conise, such an instrut11nt. can tover get out. of tune anild may bo moved with inneh less dangor of injury than stringed itistru nts. i tv ill be more durable, also froin til) fact that the hai1ners strike thli tolgults in) sue-lh a maiierl a to wear leiss than thooe stoikiig sti ings. Jt-isi entirely priacti mhblo t~aa facture instruments of thi new pat. tern imich chiaper tll thoso of tie ordinary style, but it will require some title to hi ing inany of -thein into market, or neet tho demand for theni- at any prioce.- Cincinuad* Trial of the Traction Egiie, Tho work of ereoting the wonderful 'raction J1Miginue, to which illusionl ins beun madle everal times in the coumiuiii of the hows, was Comploted (on -a'urda.y afternoon, at d a large amiiliber of' curious mnd interested spectators were present. it th whaif of tile empire Steamhip Company to witness athe first trial of' the nlauwhine, among them val ril machiiists. Steam was raised iN a short time, suffioient to put the engille ill motion, and it was tuove'd off in a mainer as. tonishiig to ill. Though not a "'thing of beauty" it is not so uncolely in its alpoarance as tinle would tiink from.an itnspection of its various parts the apparent ea1e and gracefulness of 1its otionB lare nlot inuch iinfeioir to those of an ordinary railroad engine. The position of the driver is oil the soattin front with all the levers neees sary f'or working the engine witin 'CoWtdonient reach. A wheel in front, whichl is controlld iby thle dr iver withl per-fect ease, reguliata's tile turnlings o1 tite bngine, which are greatly fiacihita ted by the fact that the side wheels m'iay be worked back wards or for wards like the wheels of a double eirgine enteamlboat, so that it enni b tulrned aroulnd ialmost ini its owti ]ength. EMery one whlo witntessd the test on Satulrday expressed the opinion that it was a sucecs, andt it is as confident hy believed that those who are con. te'tnplating its u-c will not be disap. pmrdotnd. Crowds of persons~ visited t whiTf yesterday to look at this iiinovat iont uo tile presenit facilities8 fe rotid trnvel ;they wore arriving and1( depai tiing thec whlole day. We trust our eitizens-will have anl oppor tun ity of seeing it. rnnl thtrouigh tile eity to the (cent ral Raiilr'od depot. -Treasurecr Pitrher liewed Abrad., Both at home and abroad T(reasur er Parker is considered as hiaving put himsealf on1 thle struit of unblushing e'firOt'y. 'I''ho New York World 3:1ys: ' At this vecry momenit the tak pay. et's of ouith Carllina, a Statd whlichl has been saddled since the walr by3 Thdielhl misrule with a debt whichi ofbrtfathers would have thight an enlorm~ons de1bt to bil carried by tile Whlole Union, are indignantly prutest inig ngaitnst the deliberattu iflsolenice wi1th wbich the State- Treasurer, Par k'er, hias fefused to allory any eks ii. inationl to bo made of the toeeolns of the Commnonweaith. Wbile the Tax. p~ ae' Cionvetion of South1 Carol ins dasin sesion last Miny, thle l jedica Statte goveornlinnat phi~hled to submi~it all t he Stato accoiunts to the publhIic. 't'h'e ('otvent ion has1 il!joi-ned, and nlow, to the request of a commnitteo ol the tax..payers for tho fulfillment of the~ pledge, the Ridicall State Trleas. nirer mlsoiently replies that 'is books hiave been examitned eniotth I' and ahtliongih tile liadieal Goornor Scott, himeself-itas been forced to admit that 'setpe irregularities have occurred,' tvh a t 1hose0 'irregullarities' are thle tax Jin rsar left to guess." The numtiber of. ho~rses in linesia is greater -in proportionl of the popula. tioa than it is i.l oar grnett hors.e regio--etuc4ky. Russia has one0 ha ss .to every three persons ; Ken tuoky hia .0n0 .horse to about four and a luf of its population. At present, when tu1ntro'K is iNi. ninen14 it is of Iiportanco to kno$ tat is and 4what should bo done a 'oaso of an -artack. -Sunstroke i a euddin pro.tration duo to oig exposure to great heat, epecoial. y when oi i6 s, ) in itoh fatigued or xhausted. Tako the patient at -dttos: 1)a Col and nh-ady place, but don't arry himh far tW a'hou'so or hospital. omen the olothes thoroughly about iis neck and waist. Lay him down .it I tit lic Al a ' itt I b ri.sed. Alip y vert luths to the liend, tausta d or tirpentird3 to t he calves ar the logs md14 Folos of the feet. Give a litle veak whilcey and water if he cai wallow. Meanwhile let somtie go for he dto or. General E'ell, ;ate of the our trmly, owns three thousatnd nine hun. Ired acres of Ianid in Maury County Penn.,,ee, ouo thousand two hundred if nhich are undor cultivation, lie las oie thousani two hund ted -sheep, 1iuthdois, Cotswolda and 'half Aloods, and 'four hutidrod -heid of cat. Io. If( wolki a dtiiry with lifty oms, averaging each a pound of but er per dty.. 'llis entiro butter pro luet is bought by one hotel. W, I RNBBOILO. Wodnesday Morning, Aug. 9, 1871. Work and Victory. The election of General Wagener as Mayor of Charleston by a majority of 777, and of the entire oitizens tie-ket, is a signil iinitaicof the value of-earn :'st work. Charleston for somne time, bias- shown signs of returning life. he organiation 'of her riflo clubs lbst winter and spring proved that the TIirit of despondency and supinenebs tad prsbod away, and been succeeded by the spirit of che rfrulness and work. And hero is viotoiy as the irst fruits of the change. Lot not tie lesson be lost upon the Stato. het, the young men in every County insOciakte together ii iRMiv.E Cmts, or iu some olther practical form culcula. ed to unite themi and keep their <corni Of misrule and their self reliant ipirit fully alive, and the future of Lhe State will brighten from day to Ily, until our redemption is co1. plete. It is association and anion that gives strength, and encourages activity. We do not favor political ulubs. They don't interest sufficient ly. Let our young mien untite in or, ganizat ions wlose perposes, .per %e, oroate a healthy and who lesoate intei - ast. tille clubs and shooting matcls, For example, ever efcito not otily in berest, but earnest cnthusi-ism. Wv should have them all over, the State. If wo are to bo rulert by negroes for n iity yOn rs as some think, but wh it h o (o not believe, lot us the more Iarnest ly keep up tho spik it of manly self-reliance by associating together, uintil the State Government passed oiut of the hiatnds of thiieves. I lorace G reeley ca lls attention, in hiis speech at AleCxandat~iia, Va., to thle rapidlity with which the Southiertn States hiave recovered fromt tho ex hiatustion of-the war, observing that it is without a Parallel in history and that it took mrany more years for the uountry to recover from the first rev. elu tion. '1'h is is all t rute. Un t -iti in spite of political t ronues, andr not by virtue of political wisdom. If thte que'stiot of negro -suffrage had be enI left to the States, capital from Eu rope and the North would have mov ed South in quadruple- quiainiiesa home manufactures would hin\-, by) this, been well inausgurated1 and a tidle of imigration, would have been started by the demand for intelligent labor. T1o what, thent, is our recupe rattioni duo ? In our judgment, -ro actuecs applied to the instrumnente and methods of agidiculture alone. Tlhilrty years ago, the productive pow. or of labor, because tar 1ess asisted by science, was muoh less. And what would be our progress, if science were only also applied among us te mining, thianufauturing, &o. 1 Owini to~ this satne cause, we prodiet that ini live years lFranoe will havo complete. ly recovered fronm the effect. of the war. Itt thtig connectioh, it Ia an itjterest itng speculatio,to what eutent the prioductive value .of soioneo promiotes good goverunentand good morals. We are piersuaded that the itfluenti of science as a moral purifier of socie. ty has never yet been fully allowed, Theologians who hold certain views of human depravity, are blinded by their creed to patent facts, It would be sounder dootrine itt them stot to deny, bitt rather to portray them, and since soee is surely the prodntet of christianity, to claim all pi ogress through soienoe as a vindioa tiuon of their faith. 'Esacdhy io, Our readers may perhap~s remonn. ber that wo diselalied any symopathty in Mlay last, withi the proceding's of the Taixrpayois Coo~voutiou4l a'r.e tst white-washing cncna. th..t h. nuo 4 Ene tate '0'r nJany years. Ott t bum' ,*of tevrd'ioe!for '-the witdonf tLI', assenbled wiuddtb of the State," Was 'not lVA4 ,enOugly, to ropress the statement of oUrdo4vietion that an other huge blunder had been commit. 'ted. Time now stb'dily defeldpes the fact, that the cpovention, in at -tenpting to use this keen tet of ear .pet baggers, was siu ly mpst I kilfpily used~~~~~ :'y tp ;.i ' I Moud -Dot mt 1Zuch rprise uq. ps one of its r ittltgq if Some of tlaat convention Jj..iu the thiee h orbrb the *'xpiration of r.n other year. If there was no inten. tionl to fight out of t'he filth tha t'p)l lutes the State by epdiation. acaliig, or someotherforiu of patetical rebiat anee to taxation tItC -is itle lc.q thani :bpeliatidnl anid caiicati.n, there wats 1nothing for the tax-pay ers' c sven 'Lion to do excupt .to adjouri', 1fe-1, passing resolut'iuns 'bx posing a il dif--i nouncing the governst-nt, and thud keeping up the l'itit of resistavnce aid indignlation, until a better opporiuni. ty -for -aotiou -mi6-ht'-come. We uaro for "nuribng bdr ura l, to kop it warm,t' and by no means favor subinin sion to outrage and wng, upon et'e plea that th te is no reic'ly. 6' much the worse, it there be, indeed, 1o remedy ; for, tiheo, let us hite the in. justice dono usstill the more. 4(fheet is no hope of a tiate -of redres for our -diogradattin.,then let us the more. tieroeIy hat'o the auttmhors wnd th 'vile' tools of that degradation, and let no day everVonmo when we shall not hate them. But "the wisdom of 't'ho State' thon'gh't 'it b'eA to 'tyhit'csbh and concilia'te, and Treat-urer karker, now that there is no use for any furth er cloak, treats the Conmittwo of tho Convention, and through it, the 'C(n. vention itself, with the contempt tha't has all klong been felt secretly by himsielf and all of his party for its pretonsions bot wort'bless proceediengs. Paear, fear alone is \lbe rin'cipl' ou'tl cf which som'O'what has been, aMod may yet h e'itor'teA from hose vadventur ous plunderers. They will Mbrink from no measure of iinjust ice (for they are a bold, brasay set ) that self -inter. ast dietates, except tho.e jwhich they fear may exaserate the people into effectual measures of I esistance. Letter frao nt 0i MountAIns. ALEXANDWA Ituly '6, i8. Mr. k'dtor : We found thb good people of uth erford under a grat tical of excite went, in consegutente of the imany ar iet-ts thade by 6ho troops btAtioed at that place. Pour to six are brought in daily, suspected of either . being Ku Klux or abettors to that mysteofous budy. Une of the Abiefs of the organization had godve over to the Radical party-bought by somec paltry office. anid has beconme a terror to every one i'i\ the whole tounty. A riests were mtad~e witlhout any ro gard to law or order; no warrant be. ing reqjuiredl to cnter a mian's house and carrying bhim 'oli o ,jail. Nearly every .young mani of the idace is htow an exile fromi his famnily. Th~e mo'st .f them hiding aabo~t in the woods. Bhat amidst alH the excitement, there was8 some) life in the old land yet.. O-rr genial host, ifl. C~arriers got up qutite a number of ,the fair bex, and with music andl stiall.talk, we passed a very--leasant evening. In cor'sequene of the lameness of one of our .horses, we wore detained Caomed at Mrs. htynnh'a, an old favora ite stopping place. -Theo riext day we came in full view tif dhimny 1locks This is a bo~drock, standing ottprts mi'uently from the side of the mbtin' taini, and about 700 feet above 'the road. But unfortunately the nearer you approach, the nIdre the resem blance ceases., A bqut ne , huit of, you get the best.lMk, and at thils dis. tance yett acknowledged it rightly named. We are frequ'ently retuinded of the opelling lilies in Pleastires of (lope, in Itioking at thy big wonders of the mnotutltaina3 ' ''i d iatne lenida enehantlhent to the 1Viet.11 About one mile fr-om this pftltft, IIarrTih, (better knowni as WilSofl's are the time to give them a . lod; 'Not far beyond liaris' we commenced the as cent of Ilickory Nut Oap. About half )vay up we caught sight of a very piturt'sqjue atprfual The diro fall 18 not over 0&0 feet, yet .beiog abont 800 feet above tihe road3 it is one of tho best sights of this .ight seeing counti-y. At the top pf Iltah or~y NuttAapewe had, * ane. grand tiew of the illue Ridge and bhp Saannana Mountains-a ratnge which seems tdu be hemmed in on all sides' by the Blue Ridg'd. About a half m)ile b0y'ond the gap we stdpped all night at flee's (fdratVrij ShsMivfl4 Wd were foreod-t l'oave ' ou Tamo bgrag h.qfg arnd lik;i ,adother~* ,9p&he.24 vg jPggd alog pes antly to Ashvihlle Al6 t4.6s. read Out, frie Vaingave tqiaa new; othod to lweigh! elojA. P&abiug a fartm fiouse, in the'pordh .uf which stood h young lady, and oh a shelf 'by her side some eight or 10 lumps of moun. taiti cheese. It being agreed to buy toine, ofr fz'iend Toli gbt otit'to'ndb -the barga'in. After waiting some time ahd he not 'rettirnhig, we con o .ud d toisee yvliy he staid so long - e; oin( otir,'iriend Iti. h hilem na about how to come at the weight of the cheese, there be:ing nothing on the pretises bui umir'tr ihte steeyaide. I wmstryinig 'to ilhinoo 'the fafr mtauntisin biauty that'the or.ly #l.n w.-s the following Knowihg 'her weight to be lt0 pou:&tidm, that ho cbu'ld welh a chain ahd then if hdho would sit in the chaiI and hold the chee.-e it, her hands he could eo'ily weigh ao toltethbr, auld then 'lin iat the weight of 'the Aoheceo 'by dledubtig i We'rtht l 1'hain aid damiel frth the whole !he wouldna agree. Had to compromhise by gucsding the weight of the chewe. L. H V.id6, N. ., I uly 20, 187'1l. Mr. Editor : We find it almo't inJopossible to k'dp up a correpdndtfeo from the moun-I tains. We are constatly pa.i-Ng from 'ne point of inteiebt. to another -'but object 1ttNI'g to gut a slght -at all, and have, therefore, so-l tr'uble in writing. -aldes' t'ho nrhils are so 'irreglilar s'nd slow from this section that we may arrive holne ahead '6f letters. Tnt we thau'e p'-onted you to give an outline of our tri:p. Will fulfil the 1promideee th Irebt of ou'r ab'ilitie's. Time h ant ing hea\nily on diir 'hands during lauuday afternobn at Xshvill-., we made a trip to the top of Mount' Beau Catcher. From this point you get a clear sweep of the Swannanoa VrAlley., with Ashville snuggly nestled in a-eirole of wnountaite.4, uhile the Fre'nch bisoad, a bold dashing stream, 'rushes away to the right. During th6 late wan' th'6r1e was a batte'-y of seige guns 'planted on th'is muo'duth'in us a protection to Ashville from the rui Is of the renegade Kirk. We be lieve it was afterwards used against I(irby, and ras initly instrumental in his repulse from Athville. We can ha'rdly retliz) the 'troublo snch scoundrels as Ki:k gave many of the good peolple of the western countie. of North Ctrolina-. nu conVersation with an old lady, sthe tol As that she was raided on thi teen times by these robLem, anid at ech time wAs told tht ir her boyi would enom home they would not mol st her further and wouhl also protect them from arrest. Site told them to take and burn the last thing tn the place, but that her buys shoul'd nivr Lesert their LS-te. One w as afta rwards killed ; the other (thbree) staid until Lee sur~nd'tred. No Spartau~n oother e\-er ihowed mor e firmness and patriotism utnider such tryinag circumnstances. Otn Sunday night we heard hhi excellent termon from ohie of the younget E by turlsh preachers in the dth-. \ve caught bin name at Mr. Summey. At eighteen years of age, he certainly gives the highest premise of l:Seumiing houses---in faut, ha\'ing at thin tilne to preachs in the Methodest Chturrh. the Presbyter'iah being too all --- As Ashtile lich no ehtrally, t'nal it, such a direet line between the places of interest among the mtsountaina, it is generally crowded with pleasuro seeker*. On~e half of the .pri'vat~e h. i-s in the place take bearders. From what we can learui its popula tion is nearly dotibled dunrinig the auhluner months. We left on Mon day morning -for Alexander's. We are altmost tired or this evealamstinig going *tp-hlll. Joe says if he gets up utgo higher and cftis got a running~ Jimp ho thsinka he could make Adger's at the lowest calculatiton. L. Ditlile Chasticqlttf* Air, Editor: Allow me) to present your readers somec aibber thotghts appropriate to our snrruundttgs:s III Out- present state justice is not strictly meastj-d nut to individitals. The pretsd itud 't-ebeUjetua re.- sometimnes pertilittedi .to sapread out, and indttlge lb carnality without hinderance in this life;: but there are other times when the Ditinia OGorni'. atderts his guvereignmty, ad taits. fiery indignation and wramth upon a people whose sins are enor' mous. It was so with the inhabitanti .f Sudomn and domorrahs, It wasso iritb Israel.under Ahab, and again under Jehoiukim.1 Now ifithe Ruler of the Oniverie ASrnt a blofd-c 'tipun Itrael under Joioakioi's *ibfked ~eign, tbecaust ot their forg~tfulrioss of him, who can say that, Heobas nu6i sent )aswordsagainst our }and for the samne 'aubs ''iHe wlthli'did rdin 'from the land inte a dy of Ahat' bepatuse of heior. viokedhessa who oabs ay tbat lIe does not withhold jke ,rein 'fro ouar 1and'for the jipme rea(* 1 'For ten long years in suecession,'Oheo'alamity after another bas bden 'Yied upon our land, and still its'vices are un checked. They are ruiber iuoretsing in nunmber, audacity and aingiitude. Thete is now nerhaps more greed df gain, indro profanity, inore'dilunken. nesds, more lewdness, ure lasciviu'is uad disipitiig, revelry, niote 'vain ahd tWistetl atdorhing bf th1e person, more false mad frivolous cotversati n than ea er beforee. A nd the wuo l ha Is blecome1 ,U %%'h~ddd to its vices, 'tini he 'who l'ppe 6aUC'ethem ealis down upo 110 tell 0!b -dr,b fer s.'ieAty, a melt C:olds, ik 'jhJf Qld, aos d'n Ihe hal~iiattiIs of mten a.ntld hide 'him.elf away in the dletIs and 'euve., of tIe e aith. IeAt I Stp aI; d .poinder. 'dehah i kih n4t gis en lip the goverliaalenit of the '*umt Id. -Not 'till -tl;o ebellkin and wielickiness of ultli ed nier, aior all t'Ie rgt.e.0ats of 'inkfidelity 'ein take Iim froia his throne. 'From his itifty habitat ioni, high 1a tLC heitvell.- 11bove t!, bcar tl fe Il uttorance, Wo ath h i' tha t st riVet'lh ia h 'h is mAke r, et the .pot.,herd strive with the !outdherds of the earth." \V'b have suffered Iong and have sui'fdf i ilxtid. We are t'ffrrinag still, and the prospect of slffring 'II 'be'fu-re usS but who can endure if '&d were ro'let I' e hib fe''recore judgments upon us at onCe-the sword,. the futmine, the nuiboulie be.ost aind t'hte .)Cbt itYAec'. ITis w rath is 'e t sita ed in a maen"urc. 10 lily people, 'bear ye the rod and him n ho hath ap :pU'inted 'it-. Tu'n fi'om your idole, .'yo'ur ujiae culp, your ievelry and 3 our w ickeduer.s." Th-ie ik not tuhe time to be merry, but to w ep.--not the tite to dance, but to momrn--not the tim'6 to put on gold ared costly appai el, but siekcloti. Let evely pthiaiathropi-t and every patriol set hi6 face like a 'fbat againt lie prevailing wickedness of the ltind. Hear ye the word of the Cord, '-Wh'en the -liandl sinneah 'Againtia. 'e by ti-esp sIng greviiously, then will I stretch out miino hand iipon it, ad w-1l break tle staff of the brenad 'thereof, and will seud fam.. iuCe upon it and iWill Cut off m1an itiad h)ean't from it, and though these three men', Noah'a, D.niel and Job were in it, tley should deliver kit their own sotds, b.y their righteo'aisesne." .MON-roIAsut Co6., VAr., JUL~Y dist. I . iditor: At a r(econt 'ilecorAtion cC Ole graves of "o'ur fallen ra v'e-A,'" Who are buried iear the \\ hite Sulphur Apring, Montgomery 'County, Ya I fobued th numi~0s of four holdiers, fa om my native .state-l seuad 'thaem to yu foi- publica t ion, thinikinrg somein poor wihv's or mo(t her's heart i'might heo relieved of part of its baurdeir, by knowing that the resting. yia of. it's load one, ina still 'cared for, by the no'ble women, wvho so fai tfall1y nt. rended the wounded ahd d3 ihig durirng (our unaeeendul strtuggle Vao.r ite penidence. 14ete retinet the a:peas thiongh: odt ti. State to to~py the litt df' ulaueb giveih belo*. to- Sharp Sht oters. W1 Wiley, (Iturpauy l'', 0ath Shuth Carolina llegimient. S. Scot t, Cormpflny lI1, fHath pton Le. gi.z h ., S. Wi. [inmeri Company N, 6th South Carolina llegi mernt. Aund obhigio; A ('A110LlIAN. Toir nr" -ru. II3lAInPAys, An Ji-r 40.,000t Fwri;i A nuovx, " We" iwo" wenit out to get an .appxe. tite, weo lived so high at home, dIidn't care a d---n for e?1pdeus, yet felt weatk antI slightly debailated, nnd thought the high altitude of this seil tiont, might, ilhad congenial comanny in the ekhuabtionu of our maggrificent breath: bour't thitik iir. I'ditor; de are giting. ourselves up. to thae iagnituido of tiur thigh~ltsi and indulging~ in thn sublimity of thinking tubo4it unteelted, faf from It I we afd most interbsted, sir, in supiposing whdt youl trid out Snumbrq~fl. fr'iend ait h-> te t rod do ng itn this our long 'abeenej, *We si'e so blosely linited tufgeth~t that when we feel our p~uhsda incredse iu frequency ~9aour iunas expand with unrud~ eftort, ive icnow,' sir, our frieuils at hoine aitf sufferilagbat, dir, tie coinsqlx our' haighuly eu tivt'ed and Imaginative power, by the soothing refleciimn, that we won't be gone ag long as to let yeur valued; highly os. teemed and tuoferito be oxtinguisbea thou'hss'uy 'fromi our muod happh and never to be forgotten polvqs. . Yours delightfuily, SWAG FAMILY-. The Charleston Election. TItIUM PIA N'T S UCCIE-S OF TIHE CITIZENS PARTY. GENERAL WAGENER %o MAJO1lITI'Y. 'Othello's Occupation Gone." PILLS DURI ED. EY A WAGEN.ER-! "C'HAnR5E7ON EEEMEA ('itai.):s1oN, .\lgnt t . ' -- nerali Wageier is lel.ct'd by about 750. 'I'h C.>m!i rvi tiv: Allermai tiok e;t ii((. 1v by bdt, 00 thatiu \'ote. 6..W eninge'r, onl tihe Ytepuli. C:11 Iticket four Schkool Commia-siouer, is tlectedl. lONDON, Atglst I .-frin'he Ar thur',, pentsiol of X15,0100 por titnum1j: has pd8.sed both i hjubve and iccecived roy I -a sent. But 'bn 'oholera c'hse 'is'-e'pmtt'Nd at 1111ui. aild 'eps hi ave beenl takenl to localize thq di isea.; MWk rshali B y, ai in is i I, udlor. Mormlitigtmi Ao:i 'the Brightd I stakes,; Stuckun., secoud', -jertrode thij id-. jona N, AXug6A i -'ho Oake of Iliculeich is i'll, and will not lie uble to presideu't the 'Celebration of the ceutentiary of Sir Wa'iter - Firot nrfic. lit-s, A ug!ust 1.-The o cholera has appeared in South France-. Measues wvill be adopted to pre\'cnt its stpread if po-ssible. Feblin the &est liitlies, B.sroN, August i.--The steamer Delta, from Beruinda, sas there was a fire at Point, a Pitre, Gutdalo'ape. Nearly the w ible toen was burned. 'Thirty thoustaind peo'i'le Vre withont siilter. The sufir, ready for ship ping, was destroyed. Tne tOwn w;0 rebni'it. entirely of wood after tile destrdotion by eartquaiko in 1-84-. The fi're was #upposed itlooudiry. II'oift Iostofi. . BosToN, August .-A 'tor'i tit Ilav'erhill blow down four ba'ra", nuid the stock in one wa? barneA', *itl seVe'ral va'iable horbes. 14m1 NVasIS'igtefi. WX-uIJNG-TON, Aunust .-Conter feit twenties on the United States National Bank of Waishibigton ar'e bir'euiaiing'du the railroai. Froin Teiinesiec. ME'&I rl, Angnst I---McGee, svho %Vhs nrasted, ch avged (yith counter feit inigr, hs heated thie Mempis .jail kaisuud ea'eaped-. ival.-Ald i-16t Ca Nar'r Yo'nK(, A- u t '-'t ' rer hed tiat the Sp inf ards itnder P dniee't were' comtapietely dat eiod by 'Q tOesda a fey widass aftar his hZI dii, with, a Voa of ndI li~e aahd 606I Wuohn'de'd. l'rohl Neiw York. Nr: oalk. Jdlyi ..-ie ahh thun ta.r att' 5i!. antd, 142~ .B~jhr6d. (ae roA~ (inI' wh'e she htc, uhoed At thb i~ot. ef lR it thirk- 1th 1e'dt-, i bioa rfe~ (f .,'eh.brV YOtg. All hve bi en rennh-udvee to the Mo1 ghe. TIhe If..arce of the ekp!B'sio1 M, -p: uM~rd, bhloilig a . th itudh tbek; cabin deck hhd hat'riee' 'd eak; int IAlmoiest.n at tra1it 'abib atu a Idtle far - bulitisrks wet-r, hjIotn iiwaiy' iautid te mle~tal shalld i ni-uddr the 'f'ime li'ds orutmpicd Ilid Ipper otu ihs how: An irs'h pipe tan inich a ik;s.jolubd t18 the are mi stupply cheat, w'as tein hvay~ lIike t10ih unat'd huaribil aig.iiit thnb .ie Iof the baoat. 'hvto h'ateci' taliks weW-o thtro n' bacekwa'rd ('(wr d ihij tlurni I ii, conisjider a le dtistatiee. ' he. atfte i p at of. tile babina in comparatively un ijntred. TIhe base ball madlch bdtwden lhe Saivantnahs and Eckfords bas been~ postjiontod oti beounift of the'oij'ibn bf the gi-ounad. Frohi Tilrklj. ONSTANTIN~pJRvg Augnst. ,...Tiie I orto. hlas djspatth ed 20,000 troops againtat tle insurgents in Albania. Ikromn Philandlpia. PIIAttl.LiirA, Augdlst 2:--A spe elad to tlhe Evening Telegramu; from Atlantic City; .says!t AbbitIe thirty phisonp;tftet, eating corn starch pud. dling at dinner at the Alhiatmbra floteil yesterday, showed digns of hav ingilleen poigoniod. lI~tfipposed ar sto was put iin ttab 'oron starbh bf a dieoh'argd 'domre etie St. Ldute, August 5.--A rfomear, co(e from nursing her sick oh~ild, took it nset pouts.ide of Jitcquae, Kasn sas, anagehoked It with raugn and then strang jed herseit, by tioin8 a rag aroun Uher own throat. - Fromi )elawarer V1.3IINGTdN, Deg,., Aigust' --. freight traia and penohv train collided on the Wilmington and Renoding road. The enginebrand several brakemen, were hurt. The. trains werh badly ewtenkarb From iotilsimna. NEw ORLEANs, August .-A .-e i ious trouble is appiehended from bitter fooling existing between the two wings of the Republican party when the convention meet's on t1M 9th. A policeman was fatally stabbeh while walking about last night. A desperado naned Gererand was mor tally wounded by Sheriff Houston ; k tra) bhot hit a negro. Gtroreud killed one mun in 1868, and one in 1869. Hiouston was jailed. From North CWrolina. WiLMINGTor, Angust 5.-Tho in. dicatiuiS soeemu mure favorablo to.day to the defeat of Contvenitioin, by a very -iall najority. The Rpublicaits cl;.ain the State by f rom 5.000 to 15,. (J00 maiij *r ity, while tile Cone, va tin.m oi:il rhink the is.-uo in doubt, wditi the'chances in their favor. Re. tua'ns a'' un'ly 'ift 'from about onle hid of the dbut tie-, ad 'they not N Lw'1E, A ugust 5.-John F. 1'ickerull, the New York ba.nker, %Nab l ugh't beroac'Judge 'Rddma'n,'df' h6 ninmCo'tt, by a writ of h.be!. crp , in this city, on Thurmday. xclr 'hearing tli-eale the prosecuto.a ug reed to enter a 'houe rrjulcqu, 'auid s 1nmit the question of aecount to ai binrion, Ilyrovti ed Pick'brell '(oNil. fot sue then for damages ; this was a'eet'otl by Pickerell, and all .par tuts acturned to Wilmington 'aiaNiun o'rot, IT>b., August 5.-A negro entered ibe residen'oe'of a'ei 1N.11n, namit d Luizier, for the purposb '6f steali'g, btit. findirvg the, Germuan's daughtcr aslcep, att'nept'd h dWiikeit crime. The girl's screams broiigh't her fatherTb tle roo'm, when the ne. g'ro sho't hi'm th'rodgh 'th'e lea'rt an'd o b zc a l p e d - From Indidt'h 'iriliry. S:r. Lo'ui, August 5.-- A foriMid. blo Indian raid, under Sitti'fig hiull, consisting of 1,000 lodges, is raiding Gallatin Valley, Montana-. Prom ennesee. M zitrn's, August 5.-The Ku Klui trial before the United 'tates 'ow. 'ii'bs6ner-in which four mon were arraigned 'for t'e murd'or of A man lianYed 'Garret, who IvAs tateu frodi Iail in Saulbu'ry, teo'anaes6e, last June-c-t'erminpte'd last'%v'ni'g in the 'dischaige of the prisoner's, the Coin'. Vn.iier h' eig -'sied t'hat th6 proseoulion-, on the pltrt '6( 'the prin ei'pal witoessesr, w-ha nafioious, and ticir testimdby 'untrA'6. Two of th6 wit'ne'ses woro arrezted for perjary and Comaliittad to.)ail. Irom WGrii. S x I , A ig (st B.--Sandaler, 'd0w-n1 lie-~reobi'ved to-day th'6 firs't halo,'f niew bot'ton. It was rai.-nd by '. . Chadlo0k, of Je&rd ca6nou. t y Florida-. From New York. NrW 'ouik, Aubtist 5.--Mayor Tiall "Iad ite Com'ptrl'r, Coni'oily, have called 1 pon the Chambr of C6m-IereI for the n'pp'inment di'a committee t'd investighte thb 'city accounts and Seator A'bbott, of North Oarolina; ieegnpa: "We carbied the Stats6 4iA' conv'ention by full 10;060, to 1 5,000t am.jofiay. E'.Mtin, Aujuat N. - A c'lot-e' mian), tniarakinag a imutlat to for a tegi-d of ,whoti he. was jealous', sh'6t thbd miulatto ileau-. ' N'nlAd.aco, A'ILust' 5. A brna ni Kenii lh ohn! l Prei'denL of Arzoina.. wats murdered s't Caliij Wood by thle A pnehe .javye I iiaij whoih lhe had fed for six mnontha, be: enu-S he refu'sed to furnish thih wit~h amiithu IIit ion. . r.W YOniK, Adg. .-- ye'ing Cotri easie~r ; uplumda l9} ; salc 50t4 hbs. Gold I. ChAInLPs-ro.t, A igustI S.--~t...0 ll ddll-nitd' iings ia ; t-eceipts 208Ji sales L30 bales. ("otti op'6red j'iet ann elosed ste dy -uplands 9t ; Or-leans N ; sulta b 000 bales. They have in Caroline notinty, Ma I ylnnd, a veritable hie-batur~named t'ok er, a conlottd than. T'h Easter:i d drnd says of himn:i . ACokcer, thme negro fire-hateI horn Cardilife coitnty, was in Easton, and *118 jndubbd to give al1 bxhibition of hid firo-probf 4luallitib; of which so much has beeni said, Hie lapped hi. tongue .sevottal tima on a red-hot ehovel, rtibbed the same hot bovel on the bottom. 8f his fooit, and thence lutb his thiuth, where he lot it res maitn tintil it hardened. There was a' legftdemalfj about it-it was done in' the p tesbiiE hf a number of gentle.' mtn in mediately around him, and by whom he bras hlosely watehed to pre. 'bnt imp ogition. A phyasician exanW. iced hi I mouth, but could find no' ehadence of burns, or that the heat had any effect upon him. It Is cer tainly wonderful, and an examinationt of his~ skin worthy the attention of scientific men." George WV. Earle, E q., chief englJ nleer, with an able, corps of assistante, comnmenced aset Thursday the survey' of the new route from Columbia to Augusta for Colonel Biridges' nDOU road--the Wilmington Columbia and Augusta Rrod Greenville county Is'having a serreE of vavlval.