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r- ? - VOLUME Vii.-NUMBER 1068. CHARLESTON, S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 30, 1869. FIFTEEN CENTS A WEEK BY TELEGRAPH. THE STATE CAPITAX. PASSAGE OF THE BILL TO AMENS THE CRIMINAL LAW-FAVORABLE REI ORT ON THE CHARLESTON ELECTION BILL-OTHER LEGISLATIVE PROCEED? INGS. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DAILY NEWS.] COLUMBIA, January 29.-IN THE SENATE, the following bills were passed and sent to the House : A bill to determine the value of con? tracts made in Confederate States notes or their equivalent; a bill to authorize the renew? al of State stocka and beads; a bill to punish persons obtaining property under false pre? tences. The Committee on Elections reponed favor? ably ou the Charleston Election bill,-which was made the special order for Thursday next. The-amendmeDts of the Houeo to-ibo bill to alter and amend the criminal law, were con? curred in, and the title changed to an act and ordered to be enrolled. The bill to regulate banks in liquidation was referred to the Finance Committee. Tibe bill to incorporate certain fire eugine companies passed its second reading. The bill to organizo the militia was made tho special order for Wednesday next. The Civil Bights bill was referred to the Ju? diciary Committee. IN THE Housn, the bill to renew the charter of the Charleston Aucieut Artillery Society parsed its second reading. The bill to estab.ish the Mount Pleasant and Sullivan's Island Ferry Company was made the special order for Tuesday next. The bili to aid the Greenville and Columbia RaiL-oad Company was postponed to next Monday. 1 he House adjourned over to Monday. WASHINGTON. UNDERWOOD REST 1 Li ^.N ED-SHERMAN SICE. WASHINGTON, January 29_The United States Supreme Court has issued a writ of injunction against Judge Underwood, to prc ven t"b im from nullifying Virginia judicial acts on the ground of the ineligibility of officers of the courts under the Fourteenth amendment. The writ is made returnable on Friday next. General Sherman is sick at St. Louis, and will go to New Orleans for bis health. CONGREl rONJLL. THE SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT-EDUCATIONAL AND PROPERTY QUALIFICATIONS ALLOWED-REDUC? TION OF THE Ar.MY. WASHINGTON, January 29.-IN THE HOUSE the Judiciary Committee reported favorably on tba bill to restore the lands of Blanton Dun? can, in Kentucky. McKee and Mullin opposed it, and, on motion of Schofield, it was laid on the table. The discussion of the constitutional suffrage amendment was resumed. v Au amendment forbidding educational or property qualification was voted down by a vote of 95 to 45. Without further action thc House adjourned. In THE SENATE, petitions were presented against the ratification of tho Alabama Claims treaty, and foran appropriation for observing . the total eclipse of the sun in August. The McGarrahan case was referred to the Committee on Private Lands after a long per? sonal debate. Harlan introduced a bill, without commit? ting himself in its favor, to aid tho Memphis and El Paso Pacific Railroad. The Pensions Committee reported adversely to pensioning Mrs. Lincoln. The Judiciary Committee reported adverse? ly to the bill extending the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims to loyal citizens for property taken daring the war; also the bill authorizing payment for stores furnished to the Engineer and Ordnance Departments. Wilson's bill reducing the army was passed, with an amendment that the two vacant briga? dier-generalships shall not be tilled until the prohibition is removed. EUROPE. RELIGIOUS EQUALITY IN SPAIN-M0NTPEK8IER FOR KINO. MADREO, January 29.-The provisional gov? ernment has established the equality of reli? gious sects before tho law. It is stated that the members of the provi? sional government unanimously favor Mont? pelier for the throne. RESIGNATION OF THE GRECIAN PRIME MINISTER. ATHENS, January 29.-At a recent public din? ner in this oity, the American Minister, Tuck erman, pledged the cordial sympathy of bis government to Greece in the anticipated trouble. Primo Minister Bulgaria bas resigned. Nothing is known regarding tho King's in? tention relativo to the Conference. DEATH OF A RADICAL POLITICIAN. LONDON, January 27.-Ernest Jones, a well known Radical politician, died yesterday. He had just been informally chosen by ballot over Wilmer Gibson, Liberal candidate, to succeed Berley, the present member of Par? liament from Manchester, in case the latter should be unseated on the charge of bribery. CEBAN AFEALES. CAPTURE OF A SCHOONER LOADED WITH ARMS AND AMMUNITION FOR THE REBELS. HAVANA, January 29.-An English schooner from >'assail with twenty-two native Cubans on board, en route to join the insurgents, has Jpeen captured. Seeing that capture was in? evitable the orew of the schooner threw over? board the arms and ammunition with which abe was loaded. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. The Merchants' National Bank of Little Bock has failed. The Cape Fear Agricultural Association had it3 first regular meeting iu Wilmington, N. C., yesterday. Delegates attended from fifteon counties in North Carolina, and from severa. 1 counties in South Carolina. Tho injnnotion ia tbe North Carolina courts against the Seato appropriation to the Chath? am Biilroad is likely to bo sustained. Captain Green, colored, one or the Ogeecuce prisoners, bas been committed on a charge of insurrection. Eighty-three others will proba? bly be committed on the same charge. A resolution in tho Georgia Legislature, yes? terday, to extend suffrage to females, was ridi? culed and lost. -The first of the three balls at thc Tuileries came off on the 4th of January. Among the three thousand invitations, twenty-six were allowed to Minister Dix for Americans. Ho had six hundred applications for these canes, and of course there were fivo hundred aud ?eventy-fonr disappointed expectants, untas some of them were admitted to the two balle which followed. At tho fireball the Empress wore a thin white silk dress, trimmed with lace, both embroidered in silver. Her orna? ments were diamonds, oo the head, neck and shoulden*. Both tba Emperor and Empress looked particularly well. EEOM THE STA.TE CAEITAZ. The Contested Election Bill-A Prospect ot Opposition - General Legislative Proceedings, [FEOM OUB OWN COBRESPONDENT. 1 COLUMBIA, S. C., January 28.-There will be Borne strong opposition to Senator Corbin's election bill. The great argument of the oppo? sition is that it should be left to the courts. IN THE SENATE, this morning, J. J. Wright, from tho Committee on Elections, to whom was referred a bill to confirm and declare valid the recent election of Mayor and Alderm en of the City of Charleston, with a request to report this day, reported that the committee have had access to the official reports in the case before the Acting Board of Aldermen of said city, ako to the records of the Supremo Court, and find? ing the case somewhat complicated, and in view of the fact that this bill was so reoently referred to the coumitteo, they ask for farther time. Under tho rules, tho report of the committee was laid over for consideration to-morrow. The question of granting the committee fur? ther time may bring up the bill. The Senate have had some warm discussion over a bill to amend an act entitled "An act to define the jurisdiction and duties of County Commissioners." The question dis ussed was the proper rate for licenses to liquor dealers outside of the limita of incorporated cities, towns and villages in the respectivo counties. Tho first section of the bill fiscs the rate at two hundred dollars, to be paid to the County Treasurer by the applicant for a license. It was contended on the one side that it was ne? cessary to fix a high rate of license lu order to discourage the traffic, while on the other hand it was argued that more money would bo brought into the treasury, and leso liquor drank, by reducing the price to twenty-five or fifty dollars. The bill was finally recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. Thc following bills, which bad passed their third reading in the House, were read the first time in the Senate: A bill to incorporate the Vaucluse Manufac? turing Company in the State of South Caro? lina. A bill to amend an act entitled "Au act to lease the State road running trom tbe County of Greenville in this State across the Saluda Mountain to the County of Henderson in North Carolina.'' A bill to enforce the provisions of the Civil Bights bill of the United States Congress. A bill to incorporate the Lake Swamp Navi? gation Company. A message from the House was received in? forming the Senate that the House refused to concur iu the resolution from the Senate re? questing Congress to remove the political dis? abilities of Johu C. Hopo, of Lexington County. The bill to authorize tho consolidation of tbe Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad Com? pany, and the Columbia aud Augusta Railroad Company was made the special order for one P. M. to-morrow. Tho bill to incorporate tho Citizens' 8avings Bank of South Carolina, after a lengthy dis? cussion, passed its second reading ana was ordered to bo engrossed. This bill having passed, the House, will probably bo read a third time in the Senate to-morrow, aud be sent to tho Governor for approval. IN THE HOUSE, Wupper, from the Commit? tee on the Judiciary, repopted unfavorably on a Senate bill to chango the location of the county se&t of Barnwell County from Barnwell Courthouse to Blackville. Tho bili was order? ed to lie over for a second reading. Mr. Tomlinson, reported the following con? current resolution, which was adopted, and ordered to be sent to th? Senate : Efsjtced, by tbj House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, that the Congress of the United States be respectfully requested to remove the political disabilities of isaac J. Long, of Horry County, Lemuel L. Griffin, of Abbeville, and Robert Hawthorne, of Fairfield County. Also, on a Senate concurrent resolution for the removal of the political disabilities of Thomas J. Lamotte, of Columbia, and recommended that tho House ooncur in the resolution, which was concurred io. Mr. Mays introduced the following resolu? tion, which was adopted : Hesolced, That the Committee on Incorpo? rations be requested to so amend the charter of the Town of Orangeburg, and all other in? corporated towns in the State, as to conform to the Constitution of this State, sod tbat the same be included in the general incorporation act. Mr. R. M. Smith introduced a bill to afford aid in the extension of the Spartanburg and Union Railroad. Read the first time, and re? ferred to the Committee on Railroads. Mr. Turner introduced tho following resec? tion, which waa adopted : Resolved, That the Committee on Military Afiairs, to whom was referred a concurrent resolution requiring the Chief Constable of South Carolina to report to the General As? sembly the number of Bubordinate constables that has been appointed ia this otate, be re? quired to report upon the came on Monday next. Mi-. Neagle "'ntroduoed a bill to provide for tho revision and consolidation of tho statutes and laws of the State. Road tho first time and referred to tho Committee on the Judiciary. A .Senate bill to altor aud amend tho crimi? nal law, bciug the unfinished business of the previous day at the hour of adjournment, was taken up. The second reading of the bill at section two was continued. Mr. Jenks o tie: cd the following as a substitute for section three : SECTION 3. The crime of burglary shall bc punishable by bard labor iu the penitentiary tor a period not exceeding thirty years nor less than one; but the crime of arson, committed on a dwelling houso at night, when actually occupied, and aggravated cases of rape, shall be punishable with imprisonment at hard labor in tho penitentiary during natural life vt the convict. Bansier moved to amend the substitute as fol? lows: Tostrikeout ali after the words "nor less than one," and insert in lieu thereof : "The crimes of rape and arson shall bo punishable by hard labor m tho penitentiary for life, or for a period not less than ten year?, according to the aggravation of the offences,-' which was agreed to. A bili to regulate the agencies of insurance companies not incorporated in the State of South Carolina was recommitted. The bill to incorporate tbe Amateur Litera-y and Fraternal Association of Charleston was read a third time, and ordered to be engrossed. -An individual in Berlin undertook on a wager to sit tor four hours ia a harbor's win? dow, without moviug, in place of tho wax figure customarily di -played there. At throe in thc afternoon ho appoared at his post, dress? ed in a v bite sheet and with a huge wig ou bis head sui mounted bv a fez cap. Every effort was made by the bystanders to mace bim show some sign of lifo. . Street boys wura tempted by tho promise of l?ge rewards to make their most ridiculous grimaces, and ad? dress him in all sorts ot runny speeches; but all in vain. Ho remained immovable until tho clock struck Beven, when he rose, bowed grave? ly io the assembled crowd, aud retired into tho shop. -Thero is cood deal of talk in France about the fact that many of the fiuest pictures ia the great collectioa ol the Louvre havo beeuoar ricd off to different imperial palaces or to the houses of officials about the court. These pic? tures are tho property of the nation, sad tbe Emperor bas no better right to them than any other Frenchman. As long ago aa 1858 the Empress took away a Holy Family of Murillo, ono ot the fiuest in existence, to plac? in tho nar; orv of tho Prince Imperial at tbe Toileries, und she has since appropriated manv other masterpieces of the Spanish school. This sort ot appropriation ol the public properly is like? ly to cause Napoleon III a great deal ot trou? ble. It toucues thc popular feeling of the French tu a point ?hero it is most sensitive, and it will be difficult tor tho Einpeior either to deny tho offence or to justify its commis? sion. OE TEE MEG. Iron Cotton Ties-Products of tho Coun? ty-Effects of the War-Value of Land Water Power-Factories-Lahor-The Future-Trade-Northern Drummers A New State Map-Schools and Col? leges-WotTord-A Moral Plan-"!) ry" and ?"Wet." [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPOND ENT ] SPARTANBUBO, January 20, 1869.-Ropc-m ak ing will soon bc one of the lost arts. Wh at with tbe abolition of capital punishment, now getting more and more fashionable everywhere, and the substitution of iron for the old-fash - ioned hempen bands, the rope-walk will soon become deserted. From the general favor which the iron-tie seems to find, I suppose its use must be more to tho advantage, of the cot? ton packer than the rope whicb it bas sup? planted. And yet there are those who regret the disappearance of the rope. The manufac? turera and dealers are, of course, ol' thia num? ber; but nearer home, we find tbe perqui sites of tho proprietors of the cotton presses in our shipping ports very materially reduced. I have been told that some of our presse3, in th e good old times, before rope bad given way to iron, netted as much a? $3000 per annum from the waste rope ends. 'Tis an ill wind that blows nobody good, and viee versa. In tho course of my travels, I have Been cotton bales tied with four, five and six iron-tios; very rare? ly any ti;d with rope. As a general thing, however, the cotton now seen at railroad de? pots is in good condition-rather more so than used to be tbe case in former years. Spartanburg, as you know, is not a cotton country, though moro or less cotton bas al? ways been raised in the district, and sold in this town. The census of 1SG0 giv?s tho pro? duction for that year at six thousand two hun? dred and seventy-nine bales. The population of the district is Bet down at twenty-six thou? sand nine hundred and ten, of which number eight thousand two hundred and forty were slaves. There were then, according to the same authority, one hundred and fifty-six thousand acres of improved lands, and four hundred and fifty-six thousand acres of unim? proved. The cash value of farms is given at $4 338,000. As tho number of slaves in this district bore but a small ratio to tho white population, the chango of thc labor system bas not worked os disadvantageously here as in other parts of the State. The war also, so terrible in its ravages in the lower and middle parts of thc State, passed by Spartanburg. True, she gave ber sons and her treasure, as freely as you did who dwell by the Bea; but she was spared the blighting tread of hostile and contending armies, and the wanton and wholesale destruction of the accu? mulated wealth of years. Consequently she recovered more speedily from the shock caused by the disastrous close of tho war, than other parts of tho State; and land to-day is as valu? able in almost every part of the county as it was in 1860. In some sections it is more so. Tbe reason is obvious. Thc population is prin? cipally composed of small farmers. Large planters aro only found in thc rich river bot? toms. These farmers and planters have nearly oil mad? more or lesa rooney this Tear, and land offers the only sure and profitable investment for this surplus. Besides, Spartanburg has valuable iron, gold and other mines, and an almost incalculable amount of water power all now exciting attention, aud promising to bring a large influx of population and capital from abroad. No wonder, therefore, that land owners should bo slow to part with their pos? sessions at present figures. As I am" "on the wing," and have only been travelling along tho linc of the railroad, I have not had th? opportunity of visiting the many factories of this county. Spartanburg is an old manufacturing district. Bitesville and Biringsvillo have long been known a? colton spinners, and the rolling mills on the Pacolet have supplied the.wholo up-country with nails and iron for macy, years past. Still, manu? factures are only in their infancy. Not a hun? dredth part of the water powor of the county is in use. This is all but certain to become the manufacturing county of South Carolina. A communication, published in tho Pheonix about a month ago, under the signature of '-Pacolet," and, if I mistake not, republished in THE NEWS, gives a vory full and satisfac? tory account of the extent of the water power of Spartanburg. "Pacolet," who is throughly familial' with his subjact, states that he does not know of any territory of tho same aroa in the United States that has tho same amount of water powor as Spartanburg. Labor is abundant hore and cheap. Tho fac? tories already in operation have no difficulty in obtaining all tho labor they require; and a much larger number of operatives could be obtained from the poor p. oplo who live at the foot o? thc uiuuutaitis, within twenty miles of Spartanburg. I hops that ere long tho Paco lots, thc Tygers and the Eaorec will bj crowded with mills, as tho Connecticut, thc Raritan and tho Genessoc are to-day; nay, moro, I fully believe that maa; of your readers will live to see thc full realization of this hope. Spartanburg is a pretty stirring place for business ; in this respect resembling Walhalla, as sketched in one of my letters. Being a railroad termiuus,.it, is tho converging point of hundreds, if not of thousands of wagons, coming long distances, laden with produce of various kinds. Corn, butter, eggs, fowls, ap? ples, ko., aro purchased hore at about tho same rates as in Walhalla. The local con? sumption is much greater, however, than at the latter place, as Spartanbarg is quito a con? siderable town. Population, probably, about 3000. There is a large number of atoros herc. 1 and eomo of thom appear to be doing a very fine business. . I board of one firm whose re? ceipts during several weeks boforo Christmas avoragod about $800 a Jay. This is not bad for an up-country villago store. I do not know wbother oui1 Charleston friends are alive to this fact; but I fou id in thc course of my trav? els, that tho businoss men of Now York, Phil? adelphia and B Altimore arjdispjjud touurao all ttieso httlo avenues of trade; and their drummers aro to bo mot with at every railroad doiiot and every cross-roads country storo. Let your Charleston importers and jobbers, factors and commission merchants, bear this in mind, and shape their course uccoidiugly. If they make tba necessary offjrta, they can retain and control the trade of the State, not> withstanding all tho seductivo allinvoients of Northern traders. The surveyors have b"en at work for some weeks here laying off tho county into town? ships, which, I suppose, has latoly beon dono in other parts of the State also. Now, it strikes me that these measurements may bc turned to good account, if tbey result iu correct county maps, whicb, in turn, will tarnish the material for a new and correct State map-an article very muoh nooded at this time. Ihe last map cf the State, published, I think, by Colton, some sixloen or eighteen years ago, never was very accurate, and now is decidedly behind tho times. New railroads have been built, and others are projected or in process of construe (ion; towns and Tillages have sprang ap in va? rions parts of tho State; mines have been dis? covered and become developed; factories built; and all since Walker & Johnson's last map was published. There is now far more travel here than was tho case formerly, and the map is in constant use for reference. Northern capitalists come here to make investments in lands, mines, water power, <Scc, for all of which purposes a good State map is requisite, aud I hope we shall soon have one; but let it be one that is minuto and accurate, from the islands on the sea-coast to the Savannah River and the North Carolina line. Spartanburg owes no small share of ber prosperity to the schools and colleges that have boen erected within her boundaries dur? ing tho last fifteen years. The St. John's school, a fine architectural structure, built principally according to tho design and under the supervision of the Rev. J. D. McCullough, is now the property of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina, and has been set apart for the use of tbe Theological Seminarn,of that denomination. I am sorry, however, to learn, that owing to the stringency of the times, the exercises of the seminary have been suspended, and for the present its doors'are closed. The Female College, built in 18.5-1 and 1855, under the auspices of tbe Methodists, and until tho war, a flourishing institution, has also yielded to the pressure of adverse circum? stances and suspended. I learn that the pres? ent proprietors, several private gentlemen, contemplate opening it again soon. Wofford Collpge, however, is the main fea? ture of the town. This institution takes its name from Rev. Benjamin Wofford, who, about eighteen years ago, bequeathed to the South Carolina Conference (Methodist), $100,000, to be need partly in erecting suitable buildings for a college and professors' houses, and the remainder to bo a permanent fund, from the interest of which the professors were to be paid. The college went into operation in the summer of 1851; and is one of the few institutions in the South which has never sus? pended, either during or since tho war. It is now, I believe, the most prosperous college in the State, having considerably over one hun? dred students. Tho graduates of Wofford aro to bo found in almost every Southern State, and in every sphere of life; and daring the war shed lastre on their Alma Mater on many a battle-field by their daring and heroic conduct. An unusually large number of them fell, either in battle or died in the hospitals of Virginia, Carohna or the West. Their names are not forgotten, and their deeds are kept -fresh in the memory of their successors of the Cal? houn and Preston Societies. Tho Faculty of Wofford College is as follows : Rev. A. M. Shipp, D. D., President; Rev. Whitefoord Smith, JD. D., Professor of English Literature, (Sec.; Rev. David Duncan, Professor of Ancient Languages; Professor James H. Carlisle, Pro? fessor of Mathematics; Professor Warroo Du Pre, Professor of Chemistry and Physics; and Rev. A. H. Lester, P. of essor of Hebrew and Oriental Literature. These gentlemen are all men of high character, of fino talent, and pro? found scholarship; and they exert a most sal? utary influence upon the youth committed to thur oh?rge, as Well os upon'the comm unity . where they reside. Spartanburg is a very moral place, as would J naturally be expected from the presence of so many churches, schools and good peoplo. Still "Old Adam" is not without his representatives hore. For many years there has been a stroiggh ' between the two factions for a "wet 'anda "dry" ticket. Now the one, and now the other, would be successful. Just now the Town Council is "wot." For the benefit of your fair readers, < it is perhaps proper that I should add, that a "wet" administration means one that will per? mit tho sale of spirituous liquors upon the payment of a certain sum agreed apon for li? cense; and a "dry" Council is one under whose administration liquor must be sold without li? cense. BIRD'S-EYE. A FATAL MESMERIC PASSION. Love and Crime In New Orleans-Persis? te nt Pursuit of a married Woman-Va? garies of a Maddened Lover-His Tra? gic Death. We have already made brief allusion to the terrible homicide in New Orleans, in which Salvador Fernandez lost bis lifo at the bauds of Louis Martin. Madame Martin, the cause of tho killing, is about twenty-two years of age ?nd extremely beautiful. Tho case seems to have excited extraordinary interest in tho community whore it occurred. We copy the statement of Madame Martin, as to what had precoded tho tragody: STATEMENT Of MADAME CAMILLE MARUN. "From tho timo I was eight years of age I knew Salvador Fernandez, and from that time wo were raised up as children together. We were strongly attached at the commencement of tho war, although I was thea very young, aud neither of us then dreamed or" loving any ono else. After the city was captured by the Federal army, Salvador ran tho blockade and went to Havana. He subsequently succeeded in entering tho Confederacy, and remained iu service until peace as lieutenant. It was while he was thus absent that I heard that he bad boen killed in some bartle; and, after giving way to tho grief naturally suggested by bis death, I thought myself absolved from tho attachment which had previously existed between us. Sub sequ -t'y I accepted thc hand of Mr. Louis Martin. Tho first time I saw Salvador was af cor the war, and at the time I was about em? barking for Matamoras. My husband has al? ready become established in business there, and I was going thither to rejoin him. Just as I was crossing tho levee Salvador met me. It was tbe first time I had seen him for years; and be showed by his attitude and manner that he loved me as mucli as evor. I told bim, when be a?ked nie what I was about to do, that I was then on my way to Matamoras. He re? proached me with having married during his absence, and begged me not to go. I explained to him that I thought that bo was dead. He said that in that casu I ought not to iiave sur? vived him, or that at least I ought not to bavo married anyone else. Finding that I was about going to Mexico, ho bagged me not to sail in the Harrison-thc vessel upon which my pas sago was already engaged-but lo accept a oauiii aud north upon a schooner belonging to himself or to a near relation. He stated that ia case I should ba willing to travol iu thia way, that everything should bo placed at my disposal, free of charge. I explained that I was under the protection of a relative, and that bia proposal waa simply imp ?ssiulc. I then bade him adieu-tho vessel not sail, and I roached Matamoras in safety. Afur arriving there, I received a letter Irom Salvador, toll? ing mo tuat ho would soon rejoin me. I promptly wrote back word that he must do nothing of the BO?; that the country was a miserable one, that I myself was weary with it, and that I would shortly return to the city, lt was not a great while after that 1 did ro? tura. When L again saw bim I was in conver? sation with a lady friend. Without paying any attention to ber, he passed between us, turn? ing his back upon her. I remonstrated and pointed out his apparent rudeness tomy friend. He gave as his excuse that bo was so agitated and happy at seeing mo that ho had forgot? ten every one clso. Some time after, on Mardi Ctas nigh., wo met at thc ball given al the ?ew Linera House." [As to what occurred at this ball it appeals from t o statements of third parties that an adopted daughter of Mme. Li vielle bad gone with Cmille to the ball, and that Salvador Fer? nandez had entered their box, and paid marked attention to Mme. Martin. According to tho statement of Mme. Camille Martin, Fernandez, in the course of a warm dispute, bad been Struck by Martin. Be this as it may, when the adopted daughter returned home she re? ported to Mme. Lavielle that she would never go to another bali with her daughter Camillo again-that she was extravagante, too light-headed, and bad acted all the even? ing, at the sight of Fernandez, as if oai of her senses.] The statement of Mme. Martin is resumed : "We subsequently met at the National Thea? tre, and some difficulty again occurred between M. Martin and Fernandez Salvador and I had gone to the supper room together and drank a I bottle of wine. M. Martin became incensed at this and demanded an explanation. Salvador then stated that he had known mo from a child; that he had always stood toward me as a sis? ter-and that he would eat, speak and drink with me whon he pleased. Something was then said about the parties descending to the banquette to settle tbe difficulty then and tb ore. The matter, as near as recollected, ended at the interposition of friends. "Wc never became really lovers until SK Jo? seph's night following. At that time I begged Salvador when we met to r d our friendship; that he was really crazy, ar. 2.toting like a mad? man, and would inevitably ruin us both. He refused. He said that be would love me as long as he had life, and both upon tbat occa? sion and afterward declared that neither I nor himself should ever survive a separation. In? deed, more than one time he proposed that we should both take poison together, and abandon life in each other's company. He bad many singularities in this respect which I never could understand, and whicb made me wonder where he could have obtained them. After the ball last mentioned, he was never willing that I should go out unless in his company. He was continually telling ms that he nover went to any reception upon my account, and was unwilling that I should go where I was not attended, or certain of meeting lum. When I went to the theatre or any place of amusement ho always followed, and when I went out at night to visit at any private bouse be also attended me. Upon such occasions I started from home with a child at an escort, and Salvador would always be certain to re? join me. The principal trouble with him was his constant jealousy. He wished me to leave my husband, reside with some of my relations and friends, and obtain a divorce. About two months ago Salvador hearing that there was to be a wedding to which I was invited, and to which be was not, protested strongly against my attending. Among other arguments he used to induce me to remain away, he threat? ened to throw vitriol or some substance upon my dress just as I entered the house. Becom? ing out ot patience at what he exacted, I told him I would go and amuse myself if I had to go there and dance in my petticoats. Subse? quently, however, when the time came I did nc4'go, and so I remained away together with all my family that would have gone with mo. I saw Salvador almost every day; he waa con? tinually passing and repassiug. The last time I ever met him was a few minutes before his death. At that timo I told bun it was impos? sible for me to seo him that evening, and beg? ged him to go away. He did so, bat only went ucross tbe stieet to sit down upon the steps of a colored man's door. Why he did so I could not understand. While he was sitting there, my husband, who was expecting to collect some money from a negro that had been owing bim, passed along and recognized Salvador, i did not see the difficulty, but J. was subse? quently told by my husband that he had stop? ped on seeing Salvador, and asked bim if bia namo was Fernandez. 8. had then replied. "No 1 there's my name," and had drawn and discharged a revolver at the same moment. From what bad boon told me, and what I knew of Fernandez's character, I believe that he had fired first. "At the timo that the disturbance actually took place, I bad commenced undressing hy the fire, and was taking off my shoes and stockings wben my attention was called to tbe difficulty. I never for a moment suspected who tbe parties were. I thought it W*B sim? ply the discharge of a fire-ciacker that I heard and ran to tko door. Subsequently ilartin . entered the house and embraced me-telling me tbatho had mot Fernandez, and had killed him on my account. I loot my senses at the news and scarcely knew what I said." [Ono of the coroner's witnesses, Henry Lean mont, when off tbe stand, stated that the re? marks of Mme. Martin at tbe time were: "You have killed Miuouche-1 loved and lived for him and will die for him," with simdar excla? mations suggested by grief.] "I did not at tbe time fully believe that Sal? vador was dead-I did not believe it until the next day when I had seen the papers, and had spoken with Doputy Coroner Espin?la. It wtis this fact whicb caused md to visit his bouse i where I was told that the body lay) at an early hour ia the morning. It was this ignorance which caused me to subsequently ask tba Dep? uty Coroner to tell me about Salvador-whether ho was dead or alive. "As for M. Mar. in, he never doubted, or showed that be doubted, of my lovo at any time during our marriage. On the very even? ing that tho homicide had boon committed, be? fore leaving the house, I bad told him of a dream that I bad the night previous, in which I had fancied myself dead. At that time be had pretested that such an event could not happen, or If it did, that his body should be put into a coffin for my remains." STARVATION AT SEA. Arrival of a British Bark at Philadel? phia, after Ono Hundred and Five Bays' Passage from Liverpool. [From the Philadelphia Post, January 20.] On Saturday tho British bark Cadet, Captain Christian, laden with earthenware, consigned to the firm of Peter T. Wright & Co., arrived hero from Liverpool, which port she left on the 9th day of October last. The bark, while sailing down tbe Irish Channel, on her fifth day out, encountered her first trouble. She was struck by a heavy gale from the north? west, bul being a good strong vessel of five hundred tons, and having on board fourteen stout seamen, and provisions for a seven weeks' voyage, this trouble was not considered pf par? ticular importance. Then followed three days of fair weather, with a good wind, and she sailed smoothly along nntil tho morning of the 17tb ol' October, when she again encoun? tered a gale which buffeted har on the madden? ed waves until the 22:1. The storm then sub? sided, and the worn-out crew again had rest and good weather, making rapid headway to the course marked out. The weather, how? ever, soon changed, and her pt ogress was again impodod by head winds, which continu? ed until the 27th of October, lt was now dis? covered that there was no likoliboo 1 of making tho port to which aho was destined within the time anticipated, and care bad to be exercised in tho distribution of provisions. To guard against the supply being exhausted, the men were reduced to a half gallon of water per day and half rations of hard food. The weither soon after became boisterous, and tho brig was thrown about by tho surging sea; sometimes drifting eastward then northward, tho waves breaking over her, tho wator tunning through the batches. The half starved men were kept busy at the pumps night and day,suffering and discouraged, and at times giving up in despair. Not a sail novo in signt, and thus the unfortunate brig was either tossing or becalmed during tho whole cf both November and December. Tho first day of January dawned upon a famishod crew, sub? sisting on a half pound of rico, a few dried peas, coo&ed flour, and a half pint ot water, and with but >en pounds of flour left ia ibo cook's room, lt was a sad day for these living souls, aud a prayer went up fr ino the hoare of every ono of them that a sail would neave in Big.it and save thom from death. lu tbo ovot. ?uga ship, tbe Queen, of St. John's, N. B.frorn Liverpool, bound for Charleston, S.e., in bal? last, carno within a short distance, aud, board? ing her, they obtaiuod a small quantity of Er o vis ion?, they thou boro up for tho coast; ut off Hatteras, eighty milos duo east, they wore caught by a terrible galo from the north? west, and were again drivon oat to^soa. Their provisions were again giving out when, on the lith of January, the steamer Huntress, of New York, was spoken, and a little provisions obtainod from ber. On the 19th of January the bark again boro np for the coast, and endeavored to make the Chesapeake, but was met by the tremendous not th west? ern gales and blown eastward. On the 21st the crow, almost dospairing, made another and a lost effort. Tho lood%had completely given out, but tbe schooner William Fliut, from j Tbomastoo, for Noifo k, came to their aid, ! and supplied their wants. Thus encouraged, tho crew worked with a will, and at night sighted Capo Honlopen, and in a few hours afterward were safe in the Delaware Ki ver, and in two days moro, safer still, alongside dock. During the whole voyage of three months and eleven days the crew behaved most admirably, and not a single caso of sickness occurred. I The men, exhausted ana witn scarcely any sus? tenance, worked night and day in water to then waists, now handling the sheets and tacks, and ! again taking spells at the brakes with fortitude and heroism. Kot a rope was lost or a sail lorn, though the vessel went through some of the heaviest gales that have occurred on our coast in many years. ... 8P1CTCORRESPONDENCE. The Chief Constable of the State on the Rampage-He Wakes np the AV ron g Passenger. The following rich correspondence has jost come to light. Mr. Elkin unequivocally denies the accusations of- Constable Hubbard and considers himself "an individual who is ma? liciously charged with using expressions which he never uttered:" OFFICE OF CHIEF CONSTABLE, j COLUMBIA, January 20, 1869. J John Elkin, Esq., Columbia, S. C.: Sm-You will find enclosed a picture of me, for which you remarked, a few days since, yon knew a party tbat would pay $100 for. This is a chanco for you to "make a raite.T I send it gratuitously. And now, sir, you have all privileges granted you imaginable, to send this to any one you feel disposed, without distinction. But remember, should I be molested on any of my trips up the coun? try-if even a hair of my bead is harmed-I will assure you that you will be held responsible for it. If I "goos Randolph did," as you re? marked, you will share the same fate tbat the assassins will. My advice to you is to bridle your tongue, lest it destroys your miserable carcass. Respectfully, JOHN B. HUBBARD, Chief Constable. ALSTON, 8. C., January 27,1869. Mr, John B. Hubbard-SIR: I do not know you. I do sot know that I have ever spoken of you. I have received from you your likeness. I suppose yon regard your likeness akme suf? ficient to strike terror. I assure you I neither fear you nor your picture. I am certain there is no man in this community who would give five cents for your picture; I therefore think that your picture would be a bad investment on which to "make a raise.'' Should you "meet the fate of Randolph," I assure you that neither I nor any of my con? nexions w?l be your assassin; and, as for your threat, I treat that with the same contempt which I foal for its author. As to my "miserable carcass," I hope it will be m existence when your "miserable carcass" shall have been devoured bv worms. JOHN P. ELKEN". AEFALRS IN THE STATE. Kdgefield. Edgefield County has adopted the limits of the old heat companies as the boundaries of the townships, auder the new law. This is an economical as well as sensible procseding. They will hold their township elections on Tuesday next. Chester. The Reporter says: We have boen shown by Mr. John Simpson, of this town, a complete model of a cotton press that be has invented, and for which he has applied for a patent. It is so arranged that the same expenditure of power that prepares the press for the reception of a fresh bale, removes the tnl e already pack? ed. Parties who have presses in use, con? structed after this model, say tdey can pick no flaw in them. ? _ Green vi Lic. Judge Orr presided at the January term of the Court of Sessions and Common Pleas for Greenville County, and a series of resolutions comn?mentaxyio the_,Tudge werepassel by the bar orthat place. . In the case of David Davenport vs. B. J. Hitt, tried before Judge Orr last week, to re? cover a note for $200 and interest, given by tile defendant July, 1864, the jury gare a verdict for the plaintiff for one eighteenth of the amount only. The only wit ?cse was a gentle? man wi o proved the handwriting of th? note; but on cross-examination he stated that the d?fendant was engag J I, at the date of the note, in buying and seili i? various things on specu? lation: and that thi 1 rice of oom, cattle, and other things at the same time, in Confederate currency, was about twenty times the usual price; and the note being payable one day after date, the facts and surroundings satis? fied tb? jury that the plaintiff ought not to re? cover the face of the note and interest. Camden. A cruel murder was inflicted on a colored infant, about fifteen months old, by its nurse, at the Fork plantation of Colonel W. J. Rey? nolds, of this district, on Monday last. On Tuesday, J. A. Schr?ck, Esq., acting Coroner, impanelled a jury, and proceeded to the plantation, anl neld an inquest over tho body, at which the following facts were elicited : The mother had gone to work in a field a short distance from the house, leaving the child in charge of Morris Corbitt, its nurse; after an hour's absence, Morris oame to her, and upon being questioned stated that the child was at the noose alone. The mother left Mor? ris and immediately weot in search of her child, but was unsuccessful. Morris then said that the child had fallen into the fire, and that he had buried it near the house, and pointed out the spot. The body waa taken up, but very little signs of burning could be discovered. ? wound was found near the right eye, which Morris acknowledged he inflicted with the spade with which he dag the hole. He said that after burying it, tho child attempted to rise, but after the blows it remained quiet. The verdict of tho jury was that the child came to its death from tho blows inflicted by Mor? ris Corbitt, its nurse. Morris is a colored boy, about twelve or thirteen years of age. He has boen lodged in jail. /anco ?Boovs. INDIA RUBBER CLOTHING,"" SUCH AS SACK COATS, OFFICERS' COA TB, Capes, kc , Air Pillow- of different BIZ?S, Nur* sery Whits .Sheeting, 3-4 and 4-1 wide, India aub ber Teething Rings, Rattles, 4c, india Rubber Foot Mats, Wai'ers, ?c. Just received at YON S ANTEN'd 6 AZ AA B, No. 229 King-street, near Market. January 29 2 (?nftttiuiien), &r._ IMM'i CAM FACTORY, ~ No. 279 King-street. CANDY PUT UP IN ASSORTED BOXES OF 25, 60 and 100 pounds, soJtable for Country Trade. Merchants can rely upon our Candies Oeing per? fectly free from all euch pji.-onoas tubalanees aa TERRA ALBA AND MARBLE DUST. Als?, constantly on hand, a full supply of French Confectionery AND FANCY CANDIES. No extra charge for boxing. January 7 thstulino D V A CI C 13 S CN GO T T 0 XT. TO PLANTERS AND OTHERS WISHING TO BO LB CO TT ON 1 N ENGLAND, Where STORAGE. INSURANCE, and other expenson for holding ace LEbS than in the United States, we will advance TEN CUNTS PCR POU V D ON MIDDLINGS, Shipped to our friends ir. Liv-rpool, charging the Eng? lish commercial rate of interest, wnlcb at present is FIVE PER CLINT. ?nd hold as long as desired. CXAQflORN, HERRING b ?0" Accommodation Wharf. January 16 27 ?51 WANTED, v TWO SMALL VESSELS TO LOAD LUM? BER at SstUL Elver for Mootevedio. Ona ?vessel for cargo SUTSJ from north' side Coba ?to a port north of Hatteras. Apply to WILIIj k OHISOLM, January 80_1 Atlantic Wharves. FOU LIVERPOOL. THE NEW AND STRICTLY Al SPAN? ISH Ship PEDBO PLANDOL?T. Am?:'' OCAL Master, having two-thirds of her car go engaged and going on board, will load with dispatch for the above port For farther Freight engagements, apply to . W. P. HALL, ' January 29 - 10- - Brown k Qo.'a Wharf. FOR FREIGHT OR CHAJRTERT ' THE BRITISH BBia WM. M. NASH, MOBBTDB, Mauter is now ready lor a voy-, age to any port in the West indUe. ' For particulars, apply to . W. P. HALL, January 29 8 Brown kCo'a Wharf. FOR NE W YORK-MERCHANTS' LINH. THE REGULAR FLR8T-CLASg SCHOON? ER ROBERT CALDWELL, MOCOBMAOX .Master, having large portion cargo engaged ??aJ going on board, wants a' few hundred bales cotton or light freight to All up and sall prompt? ly. WILLIAM BO AC H ti CO. January 26_ ...... FOR LIVERPOOL. THE FIRST CLASS DANISH BARE ?KAMMA FONDER, KBOOH Maa tor, having' >part of cargo engaged, will have disp fach. For Freight engagements apply to . . " WILLIS fe-CHIbOLM, January 8 . Imo North Atlantic Wharf. ? FAST FREIGHT JONE TO AND FROM BALTIMORE, PHIL ADEL. PULA, WASHINGTON COT,' WILMINGTON, DEL, CINCINNATI, OHIO, ST. LOUIS, MO., AND OTHER NORTHWESTERN CITIES. THE FAVORITE AND 8WOT Screw. Steamship SEA GULL, N. i P. DUTTON Commander, will sail for !?? ??.i Bal thu ore on 'IUESD AT, the 2d of February, at Eleven o'clock A. M., hom Pier No. 1, Onion Wharves. Philadelphia Freights delivered promptly via "Baltimore. Wilmington and Philadelphia Railroad.'* For Freight or paaaaxe, apply to COURTENAY k TRENHOLM, . January 29_3_Union Wharves. FOR LIVERPOOL. CHARLESTON AND LIVERPOOL STEAMSHIP UNE. . THE FIRST-CLASS IRON SCREW 'Steamship GOLDEN HORN, R. J. BLACBXXX Commander, ls now ready. i. to receive freight for the above port. For Freight engagements apply to ROBT. MURE k CO., January 29_8_Boyce's Wharf. NEW YORK AND CHARLES SOS STEAMSHIP LINE, FOB NEW YORK THE SPLENDID 3LDE WHEEL STEAMSHIP CHAMPION, LOCK? WOOD Commander, win leave Ad _ --ger's Wharf on SATURDAY, the 30th instant, at A o'clock P. M. 49-through Bills of Lading given to Boston and Providence, B. L ?? as~ insurance can be obtained on these steamers at J? per cent. For Freight and Passage, having splendid cabin accommodations, apply to JAMES ADGEB k GO., Corner Adger's Wharf and East Bay (Up fitafrs). The steamship CHARLES TON wdl follow on TUESDAY, the ?d February, at-o'clock. January 28_thea FOR NEW YORK. REGULAR LJN??VERT THURSDAY. PASSAGE KKUUClBP TO $15. THE STEAMSHIP SARAGOSSA, 'Captain 0. Biran, will leave Van. derhorst's Whari OB THUBSDAT, Feb -troary 4th, at Twelve o'clock M. January 29_RAVEN EL k CO.. Agents. FOR PHILADELPHIA. THE STEAMSHIP PROMETHE? US, Captain A B. GEAT, will leave North Atlantic Wharf lor Philadel? phia on THOU ? DAY, the 4dt Instant, at 1 o'clock P. M. For Freight apply to JOHN k UEO. GETTY, January 30_North Atlantic Wharf. TRAVELLERS PASSING THROUGH CHARLESTON EN ROU TE TO FLORID A, AIKEN And other places, should not fal' to lay tn their supplies of PROVIS* IONS, CLARETS. CHAMPAGNES -_CORDIALS; BRANDIES. WEIS KIES, WLNESTCANNBD MEATS, SOUPS, ka. Pates of Wild Game, Devilled Entremets, Ham, T?rke T, Lobster, etc, for Luncheons, Band wiche?, Travellers' Repast, Arc. 49~Send for a catalogue. WM. 8. CORWIN k CO., No. 275 King.?treet, Between Wentworth and Bssofain, Charleston, S. 0. Branch of No. 900 Broadway, corner 20th atraet. New York. _October28 . FOR S?RTH ED?STO. r^sES?* THE SIEAMER 8T. HELENA, iiTaTila?E?i nT,n'- J AM ?B G. RUMLEY, will re? ceive Freight ins DAY and* leave MONDAY MOBHTNO. at 0 o'clock, and Edisto same day at 3 o'clock. For Freight or Passage apply on bo ird or to JOHN H.. MURRAY, Mamet Wharf. The steamer leaves again on WiDsuDir Moas> nto, at 8 o'clock, and Edisto THURSDAY MOONING, at 8 o'clock. 1* January 30 FOR GEORGETOWN, S. C., AND LANDINGS ON THE PEEDEE RIVER m -?nr**^. THE STEAMER EMILIE, CAPT? ??3??E?SjC IBAAC DAVIS, wi'l receive Freight THU DAY at South Commercial Wharf, and leave sa above on MONDAY MOBNINO, 1st February, at 6 o'clock. Returning, will leave Georgetown on WEDNESDAY MOBNINO, 3d February. Freight for Landings on the Peedee River will be transferred to Steamer GEN. MANIGAU/T, at Georgetown. All Freight prepaid. No Freight received after sunset SfiACKELFORD k KELLY, Agents, January 30_1_No. 1 Boyce's wharf. FOR BRUNSWICK, GA . r -?IT-?>. THE STEAMER "DICTATOR," .SSSBSBC Captain CHAULES WILLEY, will touch at this point everj Weinesday. leaving savannah at Nine A. M., and on ber return trip will touch there OD Saturday Afternoon, arriving bick at Savannah ou Sunday Morning. J, D. AIKEN k CO., November 24 Agents. INLAND ROUTE. THROUGH TICKETS TO FLORIDA. CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH STEAM PACKET LINE, VIA EDISTO, ROCKVILLE, BEAUFORT AND HILTON H K AD, CONNEOTTVO WITH THE ATLANTIC AND GULF RAILROAD AND CONNECTIONS FOR ALL POINTS IN FLORIDA. r -aiir^W TBE PINE, FAST 8 TE A M E R ?s?SaaC PILOT BOY, Captain FXNS PHOT, will leave Charleston on MONDAY and IHTJBSDAY MOBN iNQSal Eight o'clock Returning, will leave -avannah 1CH5DAY MonxiNog at l-is tat o'clock, and FBIBAX ASTEBNOON at Two o'clock, touching at Kdisto on IHOBSDAY trip from Charleston, at Klevan A. M., and leaving Kcisto at Ntne A. M , SATURDAYS, on re? turn trip. The steamer will touchai Bhiff?on and Obi-olin's, each way, everv iwo weeks. commencing with trip of January 21st. and at Rookvillo every THUBSDAY. For Freight or Passage apply to JOUN VERGUEO**, January 11_Accommadation Wharf. KOK PA LAT Ii A. FLORIDA. VIA SAVANNAH, Ff UN ANDINA AND JACKSON VILLE. i- .jdEl^l* THE FIKM-CASS 'STEAMER |fT?*yr*TJSg<'' DICIATOB, Captain fHA3- WILLEY, wfl) sail trom Charleston sver? Tuesday Evening, at -Eight o'clock, tor the above points. The first-class Steomor CITY POINT, Captain WM. T. UONXLTY, will i ail from Cl?rlcBtou every Satur? day Evening, ak Eicht o'clock, lor stove pot ?ts. Connecting with the Central Railroad at -avannah for Mobile and Ne? Orleans, and with the Florida Railroad at Fernandina for Cedar Keys, at which point steamers connect with New Orleans, Mobile, Pcnsaso'o. Key West and H-vana. ?broui/h Bills Lading given for Freight to Mobile, Pensacola and New Orleans. B?th it famers connecting unth H. S. Hart's ?team, - erl Oclawaha and Griffin fur Silver Springs and Lakes, Griffin, Eustis, Harris and Durham. An freiuM o'yao'c on die wharf. Goods not removed at sunset will be stored at risk and expense oi owners. For Freight or Passage ongagemet t, apply to J. D. AIKEN k GO., agents, South Atlantic Wharf. N. P.-No extra charge for Meals and staterooms. Steamer Oity Point will touch st St. Mary's, Ge o. going and returning c:cb week. November 21