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VOLUME VT.-NUMBER 940.] CHARLESTON, S. C., THURSDAY MORMNG, SEPTEMBER '?t 1868. EIGHTEEN CENTS A WEEK BY TELEGRAPH. NEWS FROM EUROPE. ? SPEECH OF MINISTER JOHN80J? AT LEEDS. LOSTOS, September 23.-Mr. Johneon, the American Minister, in reply to an address pre? sented by the town council of Leeds, yester? day, said there were but few differences be? tween England and the United States, and these unimportant because they could be ami? cably adjusted without tarnishing the honor of either country. He boped for a speedy set? tlement of these difierences, and should de? voto all his energies to that end. He would regret ii either, in coming to an agreement, should suffer in its own opinion or that of the world. The United States would certainly do nothing to detract from its own reputation, and he knew Great Britain would not tarnish her honor. THE REVOLUTION TH SPAIN-GENERAL PRIM EN THE FIELD-BURRENDER OF CADIZ TO THE IN? SURGENTS. LONDON, September 23.-The Times bas letter from Paria containing the following: General Prim started from Paris. He met the generals exilea by the Spanish Government ai Cadiz. Malcampo, pf the Spanish iron-clad Saragossa, who had declared for the insur? gents, brought his guns to bear on the bar? racks at Cadiz, and compelled the rojal troops to surrender1 the city. Haying pronounced for revolution, each general sailed to pre-arranged pointa on th? coast, where each raised the standard of insurrection, and set the move? ment on foot in his appointed theatre of oper? ations. VIENNA, September 22.-A dispatch from Madrid, published in the journals here, says the revolutionists demand the abdication of | Queen Isabella in favor of her son, the Infanta Alphonse, and the calling of an extraordinary* session of the National Cortes to settle the af? fairs of the eon n try. CHINESE EMBASSY. LONDON, September 23.-The Standard of | this morning has an article on the Chinese em? bassy, jost arrived. It comments on the pub? lic indifference to the embassy in England as contrasted with the enthusiasm with which they were everywhere received in the United States, end says, all the ministers have to do ls to see they have genuine commissioners to deal wi iL, and not merely foreign ministers between England and China. COTTON CROP LN EGYPT. LIVERPOOL, September 23.-Letters from Egypt state that the yield of the cotton crop in that country this year will be enormous. IHE Mata or PRUSSIA'S SPEECH. PARIS, September 23.-Tho Moniteur to-day,, in an article on the speech of King William of I Prussia, at Hamburg, a day or two ago, says his words "show his faith in peace." THE LATEST. PARIS, September 25.-La France says that j the rights gained by the United States in the [ treaty with Nicaragua were also gained by France and England by the stipulations in the treaty of 1860. The Moniteur contains the following : Pai va, commanding the Boyal troops, is missing his forces to attach Seville. Themen are in good spirits, : ' ' HEWS FROM WASHINGTON. THE ST-SWAH-A" APPLICATION FOB TROOPS-THE INDIAN WAH, CC WASHINGTON, September 25.-The delegation from th3 Alabama Legislature, headed by Governor Smith, , are here to request the Presi? dent to send more troops for the preservation cf order in that State. Official advices from the recent Indian fight . in Kansas have been received. Lieutenant Beecher; in dead. G?nerai Sheridan reports the party all right, though surrounded by Indians. They cao stol hold out,, having plenty of am? munition, tad mule and horse- -flesh for food. Several columns are moving to the scene, and it is thought that the Indiana will be severely punished. Politic* in Louisiana j< NKV ORLEANS, September 25.-Intense ex- | ? citemeut. prevails here to-day, ovring to the Radical registration boards having refused to register some foreign born citizens recently natrirahzftd. Several altercations took place in ? consoqueniej ici the course of one of which a | ( negro was instantly killed sud others hurt. Governor Warmouth bas issued a proclama? tion deprecating political demonstrations of any kind for the present. The Georgia Legislature. ATLANTA, September 25.-The bill to call -out the State militia was defeated in both Houses. ..A resolution -to adjourn to the 6th proximo was agreed to. MINISTER JOHNSON ABD GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN.-Soon after the arrival of the Hoc. Roverdy Johnson in London, the erratic George Franois Train, who is imprisoned at Dublin far sn alleged debt, addressed him two letters, asking him to intercede for bis re? lease. The following is Mr. Johnson's reply: U. & LeqaUon, London, Sept. 7,1868-DEAR SIB": Tour two notes of the 17th af August, and 2d. of .this month were duly received. Too do me injustice m supposing, as your sec- J ond note Intimates, that I have been wanting | in courtesy -or kindness in failing to reply to the first. What you desired me to do in that was to call your case to the attention of Lord Burnley. He was then on the continent, and did not return until last evening. As soon as . I can obtain an interview with him I will bring your'matter to his attention, and lose no time in advising you o? the result. I had supposed that you Hew me too well to think for a mo? ment that I could be indifferent to the rights or interests of any American citizen. And hoping that I may prove this in your instance, I remain. Very respectful! v, your obedient ser? vant, BEVEBDT JOaNSON. THE MES KEN.-The Saturday Review, in a notice of Adah Isaacs Menken's poems, says: If other pens fail, her own has not been wanting ; if ner career inspired no other muse, at least it kindled the lyric fires of her own, and she only dismounted the fleet steed o' the arena to get astride the winged Pa gas us of immortal verse. As at As tl ey's she loved tore mind fallen man of She simple habits, or ab? sence of habits, of ttoe primitive Eden, so in her verse all is unsophisticated, frank, unre? served. We are taker, into her inmoBt confi? dence ; no aspiration of the soul, no heart yearnmg, no inmost recess of the dream-cham? ber of the spirit remains unrevealed, any more than of old was any shapely limbed or gra? cious curve hidden ?rom boxes, pit or gallery. To take off the clothed of the soul for the pub? lic behoof is conventionally looked upon as in? offensive compared with taking off the clothes of the body, so that the people who mtehj, have riitant from going to sae the late Miss Menken's performances at AJE tley's may turn to the book without scruple or fear. I ne ex? posure in the latter case is strictly harmless, and absolutely without scandal. We are iu ute presence of a passionate lup KImagine that the dull sage of Albury been born at Mew Orleans, and had been taught to ride circus horses, and so had had his blood made to run hot and swift in his veins, and you have the spirit and the rh inner of InfeUeia. FKOM THE STATE CAPITAL. COBBIN BESIGNS AN OFFICE!-THE GOVERNOR TO INVITE UNITED STATES GARRISONS TO OUR PRINCIPAL TOWNS-CLOSING UP BUSINESS THE ADJOURNKENT. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DAILY NEWS.] COLUMBIA, September 25.-Corbin has resign? ed the Judgeship of the Circuit Court, and the election of his successor has beeu postponed to the regular session. Corbin introduced a resolution in.the Senate, which was adopted, requiring the Governor to take measures to have the principal towns in the State garrisoned with United StatoB troops to preserve tho peace and protect the inhabi? tants in their lights. The Township bid, the General Election bill, the Quarantine bill, and the bill authorizing the Governor to leave the St*te temporarily, were all read the third time in the House and their titles changed to acte. Bainey, the colored barber, senator from Georgetown, presided over the Senate to-day in the absence of the Lieu tenant-Governor. The citizens of Columbia gave an entertain? ment to-night at Nickerson's Hotel to the Democratic members of the Legislature, com? plimenting them for their course during the aa-ion. The Legislature will certainly adjourn to? morrow at twelve o'clock, as all necessary busi? ness has been concluded. HOW TITS l?XLTTU BILL A NP THE JAIL DELIVERY SILL WEBE SLAUGHTERED IN THE SENATE THE BILL TO CODIFY THE LAWS-WHY TT FAIL? ED-WHIPPER VS. COBBIN-A POWERFCL SPEECH-THE STATE LIB3ARLAN-THE ORATORY OF SENATOR NASH-WTflTTEMORE AFTER THE DIKES-TANKEETZATION OP SOUTH CAROLINA. [FBOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] COLUMBIA, September 24. The legislative proceedings to-day do not demand a detailed account, but there are sev? eral incidente and events which will bear com? ment. The transactions of tho Senate to-day were of a more lively and entertaining charac? ter than those of the House, and, accordingly, I piid more particular attention than usual to that grave and reverend body. At least two objectionable measures were thrown overboard there for this session. The first was the Mili t?a bul a document of two hundred sections, providing for the establishment of a standing army to crash out the liberties of the people. The manser of the defeat of this measure shows of how gre* t value even a small Dem o cratic minority can sometimes be. The bill had passed the House, and had been read once in the Senate to-day, bat could not he taken np for a second reading without unanimous consent. Unless it was read the second time to-day there was not time enough left to pass it before the day fixed for adjournment. Mr. bums, Democratic senator from Lancaster, objected to the reading, and the bill had to he over. Another attempt waa made to take it np this afternoon, but Mr. Biemann, Democratic sena? tor from Pickens, was on the watch, and he objected, and BO the bill ia defeated for this I session, when, but for the presence of theso j Democrats in the Senate, this infamous mea j mri) might have become a law. The other j measure Wiled was the absurd bill requiring j the Governor to release all convicts who had i been confined in the penitentiary for more than six months for larceny, and for ai}, ex tra- I ordinary length of time tor other offences, forbin, who monopolizas all the legal wis lom of the Senate, said that the title^of Uta bill was enough to kill it, and he therefore moved to lay it ofi the table, which was ?greed to. . . Another bill, involving a large and useless yutlay of money, also carno to an end to-day mrongh a disagreement between the Senate ind House. This was the bill to provide for the revision and consolidation of the laws. It was i matter of soft places which bad been fore? seen by certain parties so far back as the ses? sion of the Reconstruction Convention, and ney inserted a provision in the constitution requiring the Legislature at its first session to nake provision for the revision and consolida don of the laws. ? bill was accordingly intro luoed in the Senate for this purpose, passed ind sent to the House. It was there referred o tbe Judiciary Committee, who made no re ?rt on it, bat introiuoed a bill Of their own or the same purpose. This bill was passed ind sent to the Senate, and the Senate unended it so as to be the same ts their original bill. The House re? used to concur in the amendments, and a committee ot conference and a committee of ree conference -ave both failed to effect an agreement. The Senate proposition is to au? torizo the Governor to appoint a commission? s', who shall have power to appoint an assist? ait-the expectation being that Scott will ap? point Corbin, and that Corbin will choose Gov? ernor Orr as his assistant. The House rropo iition is to elect three commissioners, the ex? pectation being that Corbin aud Whipper and perhaps Wright will be elected. The commis? sioners are to get $4000 salary each, and to bave $6000 for expenses. The places are not to be sneezed at, and Whipper wants ono of them. Corbin don't want him to have it. The majority of the Senate back Corbin. The ma? jority of the House back Whipper. Hence the difficulty. It is to be hoped that nothing will resurrect this swindle this session, and that before the next the election of Seymour and Blair will convince the mongrels of the folly of attempting further to Yankeeism the laws of South Carolina. Some debate occurred on the bill to provide For the transient poor, which might more prop? erly be entitled a bill to provide that encour? agement for lazy freedmen tb wander about the country, which has hitherto been supplied by the Freedmen's Bureau. Wright openly sup? ported the ball on the ground that it provided for freedmen compelled to wander about in search of employment. It was opposed by the Democrats, who succeeded in reducing the ap? propriation from $25,000 to $15,000. Y. J. P. Owens made a speech to-day, which deserves to be recorded, not on account of th?* merit of the speech, but from the astonishing fact that the distineuished senator opened his month. A bill to allow the Governor to be temporarily absent from the State whenever he deemed it necessary, *as np for consideration, and Dlr. Owens addressed himself to it logical? ly and eloquently as follows: "Mr. President, I hope that bill won't pass, sir; we want a Gov arnor here. I don't see how we are a going to do without one. I hope the bill won't pass, sir." Notwithstanding this powerful argument, the bill passed its second reading. Nash introduced a resolution to go into an election for State Librarian and Keeper of the State Hoone, both of which offices are now held by that worthy gentleman, Major Starke. Nash said bethought they oaght to be given to good Republicans. Wright said that the Senate chamber was no place to discuss poli? tics; that the present incumbent performs ed his duties faithfully, that he could be trusted until the regular session, and by that [ time Grant would be elected, and Major 8. would be a pood Republican, and they would keep him in office indefinitely. Nash saw there was no cbaooe for his resolution, so he withdrew it, and explained his reasons in a humorous speech, which kept the Sonate aughing for half an hour. The following is a choie? extract from Nash's speech : " Here is my constituency from Co? romby hab been standing round me eber since de beginning ob de session wid dere mouths gaping wide open expectin me to gib em some thin. Dey habn't got nothing de whole ses? sion, xiow I wanted ter wind up de close ob my glorious career here dis session by gittrn jus one little vacant office for Columby, an I thought I was about to git de Senate to throw a cherry into the gaping mouth of my constitu? ency, and now you turn roun and spit in it. Yon say it is too close de een ob de session. 1 kep dis resolution back to de een ob de session on purpo8o, because I want ter spring it on d?se gemmen sadden. I want to surprise dem into givrng Bomethin to Columby. Why, if yon pospone em to de next session, Charleston will be hero, Georgetown will be here, Darlington will be here, Kingstree will be here, and, for all I know, Massachusetts will be here too, and Columby won't stand no showin at all. Some yon gemmen say d 11 cte man what got de office now is a good man. I know he is a good man. But dat aint de ting. He is good only till yon Sad some friend o' yourn to take de place. Den you say, 'We want dat place, we most bab dat plage, dat man's head mos fall; and I know it will fall, but not in de basket ob any my constituency ob Columby.' I did want mighty bad to git eomethin for Columby, bat I see I aint go in git DothiD, so I withdraw the resolution. I hope, do, in de excitement ob de Presidential elec tial election, yon will forgit dis one little va? cant office, so I can spring 'em on you agin at de first ob de' regular session, and den ma' be I kin git it fur Columby arter all." The resignation of B. F. Whitemore, M. G., from his aeat in the Senate was read Inst as that body was about to adjourn. Whitte more requested that it might take effect from the 19th instant, having written it before that time, and, doubtless, thinking that the Senate would adjourn before that date and that he could not decently hold on the six dollars per day any longer. The Senate accepted the re - 8?gnation at once, but not without an effort on the part of one of Whittemore's friends to de? lay the acceptance to the last day of the ses . sion, so that he might make the last possible dime. In the House, in a discussion on the salary bill, great objection was made to allowing the treasurer's clerk one thousand eight hundred dolSars. W. J. McKinlay said that if the Legis? lature had elected an incompetent treasurer they ought to get nd of him, and not pay a clerk one tboasaad eight 1-undred dollars to do his work and conceal his incompetency. It is thought that the treasurer is making his per cen tage oat of the per dian and mileage-(. e., that he is paid a commission by To leson and others to secure them against loss. It is known that ho has charged officers a commis? sion on their salaries, and this, coupled with ;he fact that he paid the draft of the Ser geant-at-arms of the House, signed by the Speaker only, without tho signature of the President of tho Senate, as required by law, makes members dis trust ful of him. Whipper introduced a bill tata the House to punish lawyers for prosecuting claims for debts, the considerition of which was the pur? chase of slaves. The Township bill is a conspiracy to Yankee - ize Sooth Carolina. The frequent occurrence in it of "selectmen," and other Yankee terms, is enough to turn one's stomach. The '?Sinew? of War I" TO THE ED ITOE OF THE NEWS. In modern elections as in modern wars, tho contest is frequently decided in favor of the party whose purse is the longest and most freely nsed. The calls for money to provide for the legitimate and necessary expenses of a campaign are almost endless, yet the large mass of the people, especially in the country districts, look to a few of the leaders and aspi? rants for office, to provide all the money that may be used. In a contest like the present, in which principles affecting the material pros? perity of each and every individual are in? volved, and in which few if any oa:i look for office to reward them for the sacrifices they may make, dependence must be had on gene? ral contri butions. The members of the execu? tive committees of the various district clubs experience the utmost difficulty ia indi.a g any of the members to assist. So much so, that measures which ought to be adopted have to be neglected, and thus the success of tbe cause is imperilled. In view of the probable closcnois of the con? test between Seymour and Gran', aau the pos? sibility that the six doctoral votes of South Carolina may decide tue gime in favor of one or the other party, and that the judicious ex? penditure of a small amount of money in each precinct might tarn the scale and relieve us not only of the incubus of negro supremacy, bat of the intolerable system of taxation that now oppresses the masses for the benefit of a few, it behooves every man, however limited his means may be, to offer his mite to the cause, without waiting to be importuned and solicited by committees or individuals. Nor ehould such contributions be looked on as gifte or money thrown away, but as invest? ments which would be returned to him a hun? dred-fold, by his being relieved from taxation, direct and indirect, and by the increased pros? perity of the country enabling him to earn two dollars where he now earns one. - Few persons ever trouble themselves to think ot the enormous Bams exacted from the South, under the present administration of the government, to swell the coffers of the rieb citizens of tbe North. As the South has been impoverished and desolated by the war, it is held that the North has to pay the taxes. So the; do, just as the merchants or the manu? facturers pay sums which are reimbursed to them by their customers. For a single item, look at the tax we are ply? ing for the ase of a circulating medium under the existing By Kt em of national banks. Think for a moment how many Southern bank bills have ever passed through your hands ? Have you ever seen one ? Now money is not loaned without interest being paid for it. Some one has to pay the interest. Who is it? As a matter ef course, those who uso the money. If we are not mistaken, before (Le war $8,000, 000 was required in this State to furnish a circulating medium for the people. We will, therefore, suppose that $3,000,000 are now re-, quired. The average rate of interest paid for this paper money bas probably exceeded ten per cent. Consequently $300,000 has to be drawn annually from the hard earnings of our people to pay this interest, and a largo pro? portion goes into the pockets of the Puritani? cal New Englander. Rhode Island bas seventy-seven dollars bank circulation foi each inhabitant, and Massachu? setts fifty-five dollars. No wonder they can roll up such heavy Republican majorities, and are willing to contribute largely to keep up each a system. This is but one instance in a hundred which might be mentioned of the means resorted to by the crafty politicians of the Republican party to foster their own in crests at the ex? pense of others. But a few years ago we de? nounced boldly and loudly the injustice of taxine us to pay the bounties offered to the New England fishermen as bei.ig sectional in its character. That policy is now extended in a hundred directions. To relieve ourselves it is necessary to have a change at Washington. In thia viow the black man has an interest in Seymour's election as well as the white man, and were prooer means taken to enlighten them, the large proportion would vote with tho Dem?crata. Away'fro n large towns, railroad lines and centres of the Loyal Leagues, the blacks are not as rank Radicals as man; suppose. Ia conversation with* them it will be found that they are dis? appointed in not having received some direct and tangible benefit from their former voting, and could easily be persuaded to remain away from the polls. Thousands of them live on plantations which ore five, ten or fifteen mites from the polls. The walk there and ba.-k is long and tiresome, and unless s trou ply urged by their leaders, many would not, for to them an abstract idea, take the trouble to vote. How easy, then, it would be for tho farmers to get up a little dinner or frolic-fer their em? ployees and their black neighbors OD the day of the election, and thus materially diminish their vote. The chances of success for the De? mocratic party would bo vastly enhanced if each white man who could control five or more negro men would remain vntb them on that d <y, and at the same time urging all other whites to go and cast their vote3, There are about 60,000 white voters in the State to 80,000 blacks. The largest vote cast as vet by the Republican party is less than 71,000, and that was when little or no exertion was made by the Democrats. If 2000 whites, by absenting themselves from tbe polls, could keep back on an average five black voters each, it is not improbable that there will be a suffi? cient number of others of the newly enfran? chised who will vote the Democratic ticket, and thus enable us to cast the six electoral votes of South Carolina for Seymour and Blair. Tho A ot ional Labor Congress in New fork.' At the session on Tuesday of the National Labor Congress, Mr. L. A. Hine, of Loveland, Ohio, moved for a committee of five to con? sider the question of taxation, prefacing bis motion with an address showing how the male adults of this country were divided, and how unequallv the Income of the country was dis? tributed by the system al present in operation. Excluding the Southern States, a ad estima? ting the i ovulation of the rest of tue country at 28 800,000. he thought the division might stand properly as follows : the moneyed olass 440,000; the middle clase 1710.000; the wages class 2,750.000. Total 4,900,000. Thus it was seen that the wages class bear 28 per cent, greater than the sum of both the other classes. The speaker then went on to argue that as things stood the bondholders and the capital? ists had it all their own way. His speeoh occupied tbe time of the convention down to one o'clock, when a recess was taken till three o'clock, in nrder to give the committee oppor? tunity to report. On reassembling the Committee on Ways an i Means reported that they had received a paper from the Woman's Suffrage Association notifying them that Elizabeth Cady ?itanton bad been appointed a delegate. The commu? nication was signed by Mrs. Horace Greeley, Susan B. Anthon?, Elizabeth C. Stanton and Abby Hopper Gibbons. The committee re? ported that they were^inable to decide on the credentials, as they were not from a labor or? ganization. The debate on this question was long and rather warm, and was participated m by large numbers, among whom was Mrs. Stanton her? self, whose remarks were received with great applause. The yeas and nays were then called for on the question whether Mrs. Anthony snould be admitted as a delegate. Many ot the dele? gates, as their names were called, arose and explained why they voted as they did. The excitement was great, and many of the mem? bers strew quite warm d?nnt? the balloting. Mrs. Stanton's credentials were accepted by a large majority. Nearly all of the leading delegates and officers voted for her admis? sion. A long debate on the subject of strikes ensu? ed, the prevailing opinion being that strikes would decrease in number ts co-operation be? came more general. NEW YOKE, September 23 - At the National Labor Congress to-day, a resolution was adopt? ed io form a National Labor Reform party tor political purposes, to advance the interests of working men of tho country. A committee of three was appointed to issue an address calling upon the working men of the United States to vote for no man for office who was not pledged to sustain the Natioual Labor Unioo. A Singular Case-A Corpse Sita np in ned and Aterrea Its Limbs. [From the Houston (Texas) Times, September 12.] A good deal of talk has boca excited by the following singular circumstance on the other side of the Bayou : On Thursday night, at an early hour, a carpenter, who hal been in ill health for some timo past, to all appearances died. There was not a sign of animation left; he was pronounced dead by his attending phy? sician, was dressed in his grave clothes and laid out for burial. His friends in Galveston were telegraphed to come up and attend his funeral. It was ahouf eight P. M. when he was pronounced dead, and preparations began for his burial. About daybreak yesterday morning he suddenly rose up in his bed, with? out bavins given, up to that time, a single indication of life. He was unable to speak, pulseless, cold, and, with the exception that he was able lo sit upright sod move his arms and hands, still appeared a corpse. Not the faintest respiration could be discovered, nor did tho eyes, though open, give any indication of anything but death. H.s physician was immediately sent for, who, on entering the room, was utterly befuddled at the singular case. Restoratives, stimulants, and everything else likely to be of service, were applied, but the breath refused to return. The muscular power to lise in tho bod and move the limbs continued, and was exercised frequently during five hours, when that also apparently ceased forever, and tbe carpenter was lett as perfect a specimen of a corpse as could poBsibly.be. Has such a case-as it has been related tous, andas we have told it to our readers -ever been heard of before ? About mid-day yesterday he wai buried. Was he alive when Le rose in his bed ? Probably not. We may be violating the sense of delicacy due to the friends and relatives of the subject of this notice, but the case ia so singular we think we are justified in saying that we heard that deceased-if ho bo deceased-had latoly been drinking verv hard. 4 II *m .? ? THE NEW YOBK DB? GOODS TBADE.-The New York Express, of Monday evening, thus speaks of the dry goods trade: The dry goods trade to-day is dall and fever? ish. There is a fall on some of tho leading qualities of bleached muslins. Te-day's prices for Now York Mills are twenty-five cents, WdCisuttas twenty-two cents and a half, Bart? lets fourteen cents and a half a fifteen cents, bunnyside thirteen a thirteen and a half cents. Still 'there is not any change in the prices of the balau.cf of the different lines, ona buyers do not seem to take hold of goods with any more vigor than they did last wees, lt is evi? dent that the buyers bave the best of the mar? ket, and that the manufacturers, as well as importers, will have to still further modify their figures before there wdl be a really good and healthy fall trade. In the meantime, we notice that,"silks, particularly the lower grades of plain blacks, are advancing and scarce in the market, wbile the higher grades of those goods are very firm. Linens also very 'firm, and at an advance of fully ten per cent, on the finer grades of these goods. Fronch dress fabrics, and also those of British make, have not ruled so steady m figures for the last ten days. They are held ai quite a decline from the opening prices of the season. Still im? porters claim thero will be a reaction in price 3. A DUEL ON fl OESEBACK.-The Corpus Christi Advertiser has the particulars ot a bloody and fatal pffray which took olace at Oakville, on the 22d ult. between Mr. Hender? son Williams and Sic Brown, about some beeves that were turned into a herd against the wish of Mr. Williams. Some angry words occurred at first, which culminated m the drawing of weapons, which were heavy dra? goon six-shooters. Both parties being mount? ed, at eacu Buccessive snot they charged up closer to their dreadful work. The firing was rapid and tho combatants became enveloped in the tirrike of th ir weapons, which lapped together on the last round. Mr. Brown's fir? ing was wild. ow.ncr, no doubt, to the fact that he received a mortal centre shot from Wil? liams' first fire, although he sat on his horse firmly, until shot tue third time through the body, wbiob, entering the heart, he fell a corpse on tho instant. Williams.was rnhurt, but his horse was shut in the head, and was fractious and unruly during the fight. Both parues bad nu bers of w ll armed friends on the ground, but no assistance or interference was offered, and the issue wau fairly and squarely tested.' Items of State News. -Tho caterpillar has made its appearance in several parts of E ?gefield District; bat so far as we can learn, its ravages have not been very serious. -A falal rencontre occurred near Crim's store, on Cloud's Creek, in Edgefield District, on Saturday last, between Air. Wade Padgett and a young man by the Dame of Corley, which resulted in the death of the former. -Charlie danton, an interesting lad, aged about fifteen years, a son of Mr. J. W. Glan ton, living near Cold Springs, in Edgefield District, lost his life on Saturday last by the accidental discharge of his gun, while he and a cousin of his were ont hunting on his father's premises. -The Chester Standard says : "The City by the Sea"-gallant old Charleston-is giving notice to the interior of the State that the fall trade is about to open, and she wiahes to be "counted in." We hope every section of the State will show a substantial appreciation of her business capabilities." -The Bennetteville Journal says: "The cot? ton fields in some sections ol this dictrict have been visited by the caterpillar. This is some? thing unusual, as we do not recollect ever to have heard of thoir appearance m any large numbers in this locality. The boll worm is also doing considerable mischief. From all the unfavorable indications at present, we fear that the cotton crop in this district will fall short nearly quite one-third what it promised to be two months ago." GENIE AX EPISCOPAL CONVENTION OF THE UNI? TED STATES.-The General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, which holds its session once in three years, will meet in the City cf New York on tho 7th of October next. Bishop Stevens, in a late circular, referring to the fact, says : In this great council of oar church will be gathered, tor the first time since 1859, bishops, clergy and laity from all of the United States. It will comprise a larger number of bishops and a larger number of dioceses than any of our previous councils. The business which will be brought before it is of the deepest importance to the well-being of the church, now and hereafter. The erection of six or seven new dioceses and missionary jurisdictions; the election and perhaps consecration of j several bishops; the readjustment of our code of canons to new phases of ch ireh growth and action; the various memorials touching vital points of faith, ritual and disci? pline, which will be presentad; the recasting of the whole foreign missionary work of the church; the needed revision of the course of studies for candidates for Holy Orders, as pre? scribed by tho House of Bishops; the devising of new and enlarged agencies of church edu? cation and church extension; the methods by which we can best minister lo the spiritual needs of the poor, the working-classes, the freedmen, the fallen of every grade, on the one hand, as well as reach and successfully grapple with the various forms of rationalism and un? believing science on the other. These aDd other equally great questions, each big with untold consequences, will engage the delibera? tion of the legislative council. In addition to these matters, which pertain specifically to conventional action, there are mau y other top? ics connected with the operation of the several great voluntary societies in the church, which bold their meetings at the same time, and tho Sroceedings of which will have a moulding in uenco on the ch uren, at large. GENERAL GRANT'S NAME_In a late conver? sation with a newspaper correspondent, the irrepressible father of General Grant gave the folio Ting account of the christening of his son: . It occurred in this way-he was our first? born, and his grandfather, grandmother and several others felt an interest in naming him. We finally agreed to write all the names we chose, (one eaoh, there being seven of us,) place them in a hat, and draw, abiding bv the result. Ulysses was drawn first. But his grandfather's ohoioe was Hiram. So to please my father, we permitted it to be Ulysses Hi? ram ; but all know how they got his name Ulysses S. on the West Point books. I tried to get it corrected, but Ulysses said he didn't like the name Hiram anyway, and so we let it stand. /astral Mitt. 49" Tbe Relatives, Friends and Ac? quaintances of Mrs. H. H. WILLIAMS, and of her Sous, are respectfully invited to attend her Funeral Services, nt Grace Church, Thit Afternoon, at Hali past Four o'clock. September 26 3peeiul Mitts. ?O' WE ARE NOT CAST IRON 1-CAST iron undergoes marked chancos under the alternate action of beat and cold, and the human body is not cast iron. On the contrary, it is a combination of delicate tissues and fibres, which are exquisitely sensitive to atmospheric change?, and, unless pro? tect ed against sudden and violent varlatio as of tem? perature by wise precautions, are euro to be disas? trously affected by them. At this season the difference between the tempera? ture of night and day is greater than at any other period of the year, and the stomach, the liver, the bowels and the nervous sys'.em are apt to receive violent shooks from these changes, resulting in in* digestion, bilious attacks, debility, low nervous fever, fever and ague, remittent fever, Ac. Sustain and leinforce these organs, therefore, with the pur? est and most potent of all vegetable tonics and alteratives, viz: HOSTET! ER'S STOMACH BIT? TERS. Thc effect of thia matchless lnvlgorant is to brace up th\e whole vital organization, and regulate its action. Useful at all seasons as a means of pro? moting per foct digestion, an even and natural flow of bile, an J a healthy condition of the bowels and the skin, it is especially necessary In the fall when the complaints arising from checke! perspiration are so common. It is found, by those who are in the habit of using this agreeable and unequalled tonic, that it so strengthen? and fortifies the body as to render lt proof against the morbid influences which infect the air during the prevalenee of epi? demics. 6 September 26 J93-WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU ? This ls tbe familiar question put to every invalid. In many cases tho answer ls, "I don't know exactly, but I don't feel well." Look at the countenance o the man or woman who makes this reply, and you will generally fiad that the eyes aro dull and lustre? less, the complexi?n sallow, the checks flaccid, and the whole expression of the face dejected. Interro? gate the Invalid moro closely, and you will discover thtt constipation, tho result of a disordered stomach and a torpid liver, ls at the bottom of the mischief. "That's what's the matter." Whoever has expe? rienced the effects of TAREANT'S EFFERVESCENT SELTZER APERIENT in such cases, need not to be told to recommend it as a remedy. TARRANT & CO., Wholesale Druggists, No. 278 Greenwich and No. 100 Warren streets, New York, Sole Proprietors. Soid by all Druggists. 3raos 22 July 6 93- A YOUNG LAD? RETURNING IO her country home, alter a sojourn of a few months in tl e city, hardly recognized by her friends. In place of a coarse, rustic, flushed face, she had a sou ruby con plexiom of almost marble smooth? ness, and matead twenty-three she really appeared but eighteen. Upon inquiry as to the cause of so great a chango, she plainly told them that she used the CIRCA--LAN BALM, ar. d considered it an in? valuable acquisition to any lady's toilet. By its use any Lady or Gentlemen can Improve their personal appearance an hundredfold. It is simple In its combination, as Nature herself is simple, yet an eur pasi-ed m its efficacy in drawing impurities fro also heating, cleansing and beautifying the skin and complexion. By its direct action on the cuticle it draws from it all its impurities, kindly healing thr same, and leaving the surface as Nature intended i should be-clear, soft, smooth and beautiful. Price $1, sent by Mail or Express, on receipt of an order, br W. L. GLARE k CO., Chemists, No. 8 West Fayette-street; Syracuse, N. Y. rbi only Amen ow Agents for the sale cf the ?ame. March SO lyr Special Hatters. MW ORPHAN HOUSE CHAPEL.-T H E Bev. W. W. LORD, D. D., of St. Paul's (Episcopal) Chorea, will perform Divine Service ia thia Chapel To-ii ur row Afternoon, 37th instant, at half-past Four o'clock._1_September 26 OW FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.-THE Rev. A. M. CHRIETZ BEBO will preach in this Church To-Morrow (Sunday) Morning. Service will commence at half-past Ten o'clock. September 26 1 OW RELIGIOUS NOTICE.-SERVICE AT Trinity Church, Basel-street, To-Morrow Morning, and at Night, at hair-past Seven o'clock, by tho Pas? tor, Bev. F. A. MOOD. 8ervice in the Lecture-room in the Afternoon, at Four o'clock. Entrance on Malden Lane. 1 " September 26 OW DAVIS' AND WHITTAKER'S HAMS, Smoked Beef, Smoked Tonzues, Scaled Herring, Prime Codfish, New Mackerel, New Salman, Pickled Lamb's Tongues, Ac., received per Steamships James Ad ger and Charleston. September 26 2 WM. 8. CORWIN k CO. ter OFFICE CHARLESTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY, September 25, 1868.-A DIVIDEND OF FIFTY CENTS PEE SHABE on the Capital Stock o this Company having been declared by the Directors the same will be paid on and after Monday, the Ith proximo. The Books of Transfer will be closed from this date to the 4th proximo. W. J. HERIOT, September 26 Secretary and Treasurer. 43" THE MERCANTILE CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION,-The subscribers to the Capital Stack of the MERCANTILE CO-OPERATIVE ASSO? CIATION are hereby notified that the undersigned will be prepared to receive at his office, in John street, on and after Tuesday, the 22d instant, pay? ment of subscription for one Share each, at the par value of TEH- DOLLARS, and they are respectfully requested to respond to this notice accordingly with? in ten (10) days from tho date hereof. ? By order of the Board. L. 0. HENDRICKS, September 21 Secretary and Treasurer. OW FLOUR, CORN, HAY, Ac.-MESSRS. JOHN CA MP s EN k 00. have opened a Branch to their Market-street Flouring Mills at the corner of ] East Bay and North Atlantic Wharf. The Store ls large and commodious, an i having secured a full stock of the various cereals, they are prepared to fur? nish their customers with Graine at the lowest mar? ket rates, September 24_3, eow24 <yTAX-PAYEES OF ST. JOHN'S BERKE LEY PABISH.-Collection of Taxes will close as follows: At Bingen Church, September 23d; Straw? berry Ferry, September 24th; Plneopobs, Septem? ber 26th; Calamus Pond, September 26tb; and The Barrows, September 28th and 29th, 1861. City r?sidents interested can see me at the Court? house, September 21st and 30th. A. C. BICHMOND, September 19_10_Tax Collector. ?-TRY THEM. -MANY PERSONS have within this summer eryerienoed the benefits to be derived from the use of PAOTtHnfs HEPATIC BIT TIES. We would recommend 'hom to all who stand in need of a tonic. For sals by all Drufgism. ?_October 6 OW BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM.-ESSAYS FOB YOUNG MEN on the interesting relation of Bridegroom to Bride In the Institution of Marrissa a"gulde to matrimonial felicity and true happines s. Sent by mail in sealed letter envelopes free cf charge. Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION', Bot P., Phila? delphia, Pa. 3mos September 22 _Ipaints, .ilMEfc WM. M7BLB?F& CO., IMPORTEES A>D MANUFACTUREES OF White Lead Zinc Paints Varnishes Colors Oils Window Glass Brashes. KEHOSK.VE LAMPS AND FIXTURES. ^ DEALERS IN REFINED PETROLEUM : OR KEROSENE) AGENTSFOR MARVIN'S SAFES ASS HOWE'S PLATFORM SCALES. No. 203 East Bay Street, SIGN OF MARVIN'S SAFE. WE ABE SOLE PBOPBIBTOBS OF THE FOL? LOWING BRANDS OF WHITE LEAD, which are copyrighted and bear our trade mark : WM. M. B. & CO.'S, STONEWALL, WANDO, CHICORA AND ET1WAN. ALSO, WM. M. B. & CO.'S AND QUEEN CITY ZINCS. ALSO, THE FAVORITE ERAND OF BRILLIANT PETROLEUM. August 29 SAO Broth 3moa "QRUGS AND MEDICINES, FBESH EY EVERY STEAMER. E. H. KELLERS & CO., No. 131 MEETING-STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGISTS. Always on hand a large asso'tmentof DBUGS, Patent Medicines, Soaps, Perfumery, and Toilet Article s. Physicians' Orders filled promptly and at the low? est market rates. E. H. KELLETS, M. D. H. BA EB. V. D February 17_ CITY TrtJCASURV, JULY 1, 1868.-?U? TI IE TO HOLDE US OF FIRE LOAN COU? PONS.- The Fit e Loan Coupons due this day and parable in the City of New York, will oe paid on pre? ss ntation at this Office. ?. THOMAS, july 2 City Treasurer. pipping. FAST FREIGHT UVK TO AMD FROM BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA, WASHINGTON Cm, WILMINGTOii, (DEL.) LOUISVILLE, (KYI CINCINNATI, (0.) ST. LOUIS (MO.) AND OTHER. NORTHWESTERN CITIES. THE FAVORITE AND 8WIFZ" Screw Steamship SEA GULL, N. P. DUTTON, Commander, will sail ?for Baltimore on Saturday, the 28Ui September, at Two o'clock P. M., from Pier No. 1? Union Wharves, making dose connections, and de? livering freight to all points in connection promptly and at low raitt. shippers of RICE are notified, that we w!U issue "Through Bills Lading '* at the following rates per 100 pounds: Charleston to Cincinnati.,. .66 centsw Charleston to Louisville.75 cents. Charleston to St Louis.86 cents. Rates on Bice always lower than by any competing line. - " Insurance on Cotton, Rice, Domestics and General Merchandise, by the steamships of this line, % pox / cent. For Freight or passage, apply to COURTENAY A TRENHOLM, September 23 - ws2 Union Wharves. NEW YORK AND CHARLES (ON STEAMSHIP LINE. FOR NE W TO SK. y&st-JS&em THE SPLENDID BIDE WHEEL ^^garaprSSTEAMSHIP CHAMPION, LOCK ^mFijUSHfflf WOOD Commander, wll leave Adgcr*? IMISII mesrSLm Wharf on Saturday, 26?2 instant, a Three o'clock P. M. The Steamers of this Line insure st three-quarter? per cent For Freight or Passage, having elegant cabin accommc dations, apply to JW The Steamship CHARLESTON will follow ont Tuesday, 29th lust., at - o'clock P. M. JAMES ADGER & co., . Corner East Bay and Auger's Wharf (Up Stairs). September 23_ . MAC GREGOR LINK. DIRECT STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH EUROPE. A+/rt?~<r> THE GEORGIA AND LIVERPOOL. y/^MpVVL LLNE OF FIRST-CLASS NEW IROJT ^Iffl^gffi CLYDE-BUILT STEAMSHIPS, com SABASOTA.(Now Building. . SALUDA.?."(Now Building. SELMA.(Now Bm ding. SAVANNAH.(Now Building. S A TTL LA.(Now Building. WAV?BLY.Captain BRTSOH. . LEITH.Capto-n BaBNzrsoa. - ST' KLING.Captain BLACK. . RIGA.Captain Eu.vrra. DON.Captain MABOKL Freight taken from and to st. Louis, Nashville, . Memphis, Vicksburg, Selma, Montgomery, Eu fania, . Tallahassee, Atlanta, M-icon, Columbas, Augusta, . Griffin, Albany, Americas, Greensboro', Madison, . Covington, Athens, Newnaa, LoGrange, West Point. . Cuthbert, Dawsoo. Thomas ville, C arter? ville, sad au f points in the Southern States, Great Britain and tb e Continent. . Bills of Lading signed upon lailroad receipts a . interior points of .?hlpment. Press receipts st Uavaa nah and dray receipts at Liverpool. Insurance effected from interior points of shipments and from, havannah, when desired, on our open Policies here or in Liverpool. Ad van co of three-quarters of the value %*. the tim s - of shipment given upon consignments, and proceed a guaran teed. Proposed days of sa tiing from Savannah, 1st and 16th of each month, commencing as iol.'ows : WAVERLY, 1600 bales capacity..IB th November. . DON. 2600 boles capacity.1st December. RIGA, 3600 bales capacity.15th December. . LEITH, 4600 boles capacity.1st January Extra Steamers of 1600 and 3000 bales capacity will be dis pate lied to Liverpool, Havre, Bremen, Ham? burg, Antwerp, Trieste, Genoa and Cronstadt, when? ever inducement offers. . Freight taken from Car Jiff or -ny indirect port to Savannah. Apply to WM. M. TUNNO 4 00., In Liverpool to SIODDART BROTHERS. And in Leith to DON AID R. MAC G Rh GOR. September 6 _ s3mo PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMFY*** THROUGH LlIlJ TO CALIFORNIA. CHINA AND JAPAN. FREIGHT AND PASSAGE AT GREATLY BM DUOED RATES! -*Vfri*rs? SIEAMKRS OF THE AEOVj> liae leave Pier No. 42, North River? . ^^Ty?SMtf ft,ot of Canal-street, New York, a asE=3SESLa 12 o'clock no^s. of the 1st, 9th, l?tb. and 24th of every mouth (except when these date* fall cu Sunday, then the Saturday preceding). Departure of 1st and 24th connect ot panama wita steamers for South Pacific aud Central American ports. Those,ot 1st touch at Manzanillo. Departure of 9th ot each month connects with the aew steam Une from Panama to Australia and Now Zealand. Steamship JAPAN, leaves San Francisco, fo - Chit a and Japan, November 2. No California steamers touch at Havana, bat go direct from New York to AspInwalL One hundred pounds baggage free to each adult, . Medicine and attendance free. For Passage Tickets or further information apply . at the COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, on the wharf, foot of Canal-street, North River, New York. March 14_lyr_F. R BABY. Agent. STKl.ll TO LIVERPOOL. CALLING AT QUEENSTOWN, r r-fHT THE INMAN LINE, SAILING /<3^<&?to KEMI-WEIKLY. carrying the U_ ^MWjKAflj S. Malis, consisting of the foltowiafi, CITY OF PARI8, CITY OF BALTIMORE, CITY OF WASHINGTON, CITY OF BOSTOH Sailing every Saturday and every alternate Mon dajv ot 1 P.M., from Pier No. 43 North River, New York. RATES OF PASSAGE. BX THE MATT. RTE AME h 8 SAILING EVKBT ? ATURDA*. Payable ia Gold. | Payable tn Currency. ; 1st Cabin.$100 j Steerage.$? 1st Cabin to Loud on.. 105 s t?cnico to London... 8 1st Cabin to Paris....115 | Steerage to Paris.4 Passage by the Mon Jay ste '.mers-First Cabin S90- ? gold; Steerage $30; payable in U. S. currency. Rates of uissage from New York to Halifax; Cabin. $20, Steerage, $10; payable in gold. Passengers also forwarded to Havre, Hornburg?. Bremen, Ac, ?t moderate rate?. Steerage posMure from Liverpool sad Queenstown* 140 currency. Tickets con be bought here by pac? sons sending for their friends. For further information apply at the Comptai* offices. JOHN G. DALE, Agent, No. 16 Broadway, New York. June 4 ? 6mo FOR WRIGHT'S BLUFF, AND ALL THE LANDINGS ON SAN I EE RIVER f - T-ft-*")?? THE STEAMER MARION, CAPTV* j?????2=C T. J. FOSTER, wi.l receive Freigh. ? Monday, 28th instant, and leave on Thursday, 1st October. JOHN FtR iUsON, September 24 _Accommodation wharf. [ONE TRIP A WEEK.] CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH STEAJEV PACKET LINE, VIA BEAUFOR T, HILTON H EAD AND BLUFFTfJHi STEAMER PILOT BOY.Oapt. W. A VADDC STEAMER FAN? IE.Capt, FENN Fxcx ~rt7?w ONE OF THE ABOVE STEAMERS J?3??i?EsL wiulcaye Charleston every Tuesday Morning, ut 7 o'clock, and Savannah ever Thursday Morning, at 7 o'clock. For Freight or passage, apply to J HN FERGUSON, June 29 Accommodation Wharf. FOR PALATKA, FLORIDA. VIA SAVANNAH,FrRNaNDTNA, JACKSONVILLE AND ALL LANDINGS ON THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER. _ .JT*L THE STEAMER CITY POINT ^SiilSSC Captain W. T. ?CNELTX. WQ leave Chorlestoi ever/ Tuesday AiyAr at 9 o'dockv aad Savannah every Wednesday Afternoon, at S o'clock, tor the above places, ttetuining will leave havannah tor Charleston every Sa/urdag Morning at 8 o'clock. All goods not removed by sunset will be stored s the expense and risk of owners. All might must bo pre? id. J. D. AIKEN A CO., Agents, September 1_-outb Atlantic Wb?r .YACHT ?AGGIE MITCHELL.. r-, THIS FAVORITE J ACHT, HAVINQ-" ??V been thoroughly refitted for pleasure pa? ^^pvtj^s. is now ready lor eigoeemonts by op> ..T~ Tin plication to the captain on board, or to BLACK A- JOHNSTON, April 7 luthsiTnos Agents. rpHE KEOWEE COURIER, PUBLISHED IN WALHALLA, 8. C., BY ROBERT YOONG k CO. WHITNER SYMMES, Editor; ROBERT YOUNG, Publisher. THE COURIER, pub'tsbed o' the <erminus of the Blue Ridge Railroad, sad surrouadel by the abun? dant and fort lo counties of North euroli a oed Geor? gia, affords a superior advertising medium for the < merchants of Charloiton and Comm ola. I he fall trade before us promises immense shipments from this depot of every kind o produce The proprie? tors devote their time and energy to promote ?he enterprise and resources ot th? State, and to main? tain the supremacy of the white race. September 4