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lili (tfyvtfh?l?tt ffa?g gfetog. VOLUME VII.-NUMBER 1068. CHARLESTON, S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 30, 1869. FIFTEEN CENTS A WEEK BY TELEGRAPH. THE STATE CAPITAL. PABBAGE or THE BUL TO AMEND THE CBlMINAL LAW-FAVORABLE RETORT ON THE CHARLESTON ELECTION BJ LL-OT HEB LEGISLATIVE PROCEED? INGS. [fl?'EOIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DAILY NEWS.] COLUMBIA, January 29.-IN THE SENATE, tho following bills woro passed and acut to the House : A bill to determine the value of corr tracta made in Confed?ralo States motea or their equivalent; a bili io authorize the renew? al of State s toe 1? H and bonds; a bill to punish persons obtaining property under false pre? tences. The Committee on Elections reported favor? ably on the Charleston Election bill, which was made the special order for Thursday next. The amendments of the House to tho bill to alter and amend the criminal law, were con? curred in, and tho title changed to an act and ordered to be enrolled. The bill to regulate banks in liquidation was referred lo the Finance Committee. The bill to incorporate certain fire engine companies passed its seoond reading. The bill to organize tb e militia was made the speoial order for Woduosday next. The Civil Bights bill was referred to the Ju? diciary Coaimittee. IN THE HOUSE, tbe bill to renow the charter of the Clitrloston Anoicnt Artillery Society passed its econd reading. The bill io establish the Mount Pleasant, and Sullivan's island Ferry Company was made the special ardor for Tuesday next. The bill to ai \ the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Comtfcny was postponed to next Monday. lhe House adbnrned over to Monday. WASHINGTON. TTNDEBWOQD PESTltAFNED-SHERMAN SICK. WASHINGTON, Jtnuary 29.-Th? United States Supreme Court his issued a writ of injunction against Judge Underwood, to prevent bim from nullifying Virginu judicial acts on tbe ground of the ineligibility of officers of the courts undor tho Fourteenth amendment. The writ is made returnable on Friday next. General Skermoi is sick at St. Louis, and will go to New OrLans for his health., OONOUBSSIONAI,. THE SUFFRAGE AME JUMENT-EDUCATIONAL AND PROPERTY QUALIFICATIONS ALLOWED-REDUC? TION OF THE AB MY. WASHINGTON, Jan vary .29.-IN THE HOUSE the Judiciary Committee reported favorably on the bill to restore tba lands of Blanton Dun? can, in Kentucky. McK:e and Mullin opposed it, and. nn motion of Schofield, it was laid on the table. The discussion of the constitutional suffrage amendment was r?sumai. An amendment forbidding educational or property qualification was voted down by a vote of 95 to 45. Without fur tb ar action the House adjourned. IN THE SENATE, petitions were presented against the ratification of the Alabama Claims treaty, and foran appropriation for observing the total eclipse of tho sun in August. The McGarrahan case waa . referred to the Committee on Private Lands After a long por Harlan introduced a bill, without commit? ting himself in ita favor, to aid .the Memphis and El Paso Pacific Railroad. The Pensions Committee reported adversely ito pensioning Mrs. Lincoln. The Judiciary Committee reported adverse? ly to tbe bill extending the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims to loyal citizens for property taken during the war; also the bill authorizing payment for stores furnished to the Engineer and Ordnance Departments. Wilson's bill reducing the army was .passed, wi tb .an amendment that tbe two vacant .briga? dier-generalships shall not be filled until the prohibition is removed. EUROPE. RELIGIOUS EQUALITY IN SPAIN-MONTPEN8JKR FOB KING. MADRID, January 29.- Tho provisional gov? ernment has established the equality of reli? gious sects before the law. It is stated that tbe 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 city, the Amerioan Minister, Tnck erman, pledged the cordial sympathy of his government to Greece in the anticipated trouble. Prime Minister Bulgaria has resigned. Nothing is known regarding the King's in . tention relative 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 tho charge of bribery. CUBAN AFFAIRS. CAPTURE OF A SCHOONER LOADED WITH ABMS AND AMMUNITION FOB THE REBELS. HAVANA, January 29.-An English schooner from Nassau with twenty-two native Cubans on board, en route to join the insurgents, has been captured. Boeing that capture was in evitable the crew of the schooner threw over? board the arms and ammunition with which she was loaded. BPAJRK8 FROM THE WIRES. The Merchants' National Baak of Little Rock has failed. The Cape Fear, Agricultural Association had its first regular meeting in Wilmington, N. C., yesterday. Delegates attended from fifteen oounties in North Carolina, and from several counties in South Carolina. The injunction in the North Carolina courts against the State appropriation to the Chath? am Railroad is Ukely to be sustained. Captain Green, colored, one of the Ogeeobea prisoners, has been oommitted on a charge of insurrection. Eighty-three others will proba? bly be oommitted on the same charge. A resolution in the Georgia Legislature, yes? terday, to extend suffrage to females, waa ridi? culed and lost. -The first of tho three balla at the Tuileries came off on tbe 4th of January. Among the three thousand invitations, twenty-six were allowed to Minister Dix for Americans. He had six hundred applications for thea? (tarlta and of coarse there woro five hundred and seventy-four disappointed expectants, unless some of them were admitted to the two bails whioh followed. At the first ball the Empress wore a thin whits silk dress, trimmed with lace, both embroidered in silver. Her orna? ments were diamonds, oa ths head, neck and shoulders. Both the Emperor and Empress looked particularly well PJiOM IUI! STATU CAPITAL. Tbc Contested KI cet lo?? Bill-A Prospect or Opposition - General Legislative Proceedings! [FROM 0UB OWN OOBBESPONDENT.l COLT; M ui A j S. 0., January 28.-There will be some strong opposition to Senator Corbin's election bill. The great argument of tho oppo eition is that it should be left to the courts. IN THE SENATE, this morning, J. J. Wright, from the Committee on Elections, to whom was referred a bill to confirm and declare valid the recent election of Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Charleston, with a request to report this day, reported that the committee have had access to tho official reports in the oase before the Acting Boord of Aldermen, of said city, also to the records of the Supremo Court, and find? ing tho caso somewhat complicated, and in viow of the faot that this bill was so recently referred to tho committee, they ask For further time. Under tbe rules, the report of tho committee was laid over for consideration to-morrow. Tho question of granting the committee fdr? thor time may bring up the bill. The Sonnte have had some warm discussion over a bill to amend an act entitled "Au act to define the jurisdiction and duties of County Commissioners." The question dis ussed was the proper rate for hcensea to liquor dealers outside of the hmits of incorporated cities, towns and villages in the respective counties. Tbe first section of the bill fixes tbe rate at two hundred dollars, to be paid to thc County Treasurer by tho applicant for a license. It was contended on tho one side that it was ne? cessary to fix a high rate of license in order to discourage the traffic, while on the other hand it was argued that more money would be brought into tbe treasury, and less liquor drank, by reducing tho price to twenty-five or fifty dollars. Tbe bill was finally recommitted to the Committee on the Judioiary. The following bills, which had passed thoir third reading in the House, ?vero read the first time in tho Senate : A bill to incorporate the Vaucluse Manufac? turing Company in the Stato of South Caro? lina. A bill to amend an act entitled "An act to lea-e the State road running from the 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 tho Civil Bights bill of the United States Congress. A bill to incorporate the Lake Swamp Navi? gation Company. A message from the Souse was received in? forming the Senate that the House refused to concur in the resolution from the Senate re? questing Congress to remove the political dis? abilities of John C. Hope, of Lexington County. The bill to authorise the consolidation of the Charlotta and South Carolina Bail road Com? pany, and the Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company was made the special order for one P. M. to-morrow. The bill to incorporate tho Citizens' Savings Bank of South Carolina, after a lengthy dis? cussion, passed its second reading and was ordered to be engrossed. This bill having passed, tho House, will probably be read a third time in the Senate to-morrow, and be sent to tbe Governor for approval. IN THE HOUSE, Whipper, from the Commit? tee on the Judiciary, repopted unfavorably on a Senate bill to chango the location of tho county seat of Barnwell County from Barnwell Courthou&e to Blackville. The bill was order? ed to ile over for a second reading. current resolution, which was adopted, and ordered to be sent to the Senate : Resol ced, by th J UOUBO of Representativos, the Senate concurring, that the Congress of the United States bo 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 the House concur in the resolution, which was concurred in. Mr. Mays introduced tbe following resolu? tion, which was adopted : Resolved, That the Committee on Incorpo? rations be requested to so amend the charter of the Town of Orangeburg, and all other in? corporated towns ba the State, as to conform to the Constitution of this State, and that the same be included in the general incorporation sot. Mr. B. M. Smith introduced a bill to afford aid in the extension of the Spartanburg and Union Railroad. Bead the first time, and re? ferred to the Committee on Railroads. ? Mr. Turner introduced the following resolu? tion, which was adopted : Resolved, That the Como .ittee on Military Afiairs, to whom was referred a concurrent resolution requiring the Cbief Constable of South Carolina to report to the General As? sembly the number of subordinate constables that has been appointed in this State, be re? quired to report upon the eame on Monday next. Mr. Neagle introduced ? bill to provide for the revision and consolidation of the statutes and laws of the State. Bead tho first time and referred to tho Committee on tho Judiciary. A Senate bill to alter and amend the crimi? nal law, being the unfinished business of the previous day at the lour ot adjournment, was taken up. The second reading of the bill at section two was continued. Mr. Jenks ottered the following as a substitute for section three : SECTION 3. The crime of burglary shall be {runishable by hard labor in the penitentiary or a period not exceeding thirty years nor less than one: but tho crime of arson, committed on a dwelling house at night, when actually occupied, and aggravated oases of rape, shall be punishable with imprisonment at hard labor in the penitentiary during natural life of the convict. Bansier moved to amend the substitute as fol lows : To strike out ali after the words . 'nor less than one," and insert in lieu thereof : "The crimes of rape and arson shall bc punishable by hard labor in the penitentiary for lite, or for ft ?ieriod not less than ten years, according to he aggravation of the offences," which was agreed to. A bill to regulate the agencies of insurance companies not incorporated in the ?tate of South Carolina was recommitted. The bill to incorporate the Amateur Literary 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 for four hours in a barber's win? dow, without moving, in place of the wax figaro customarily displayed there. At three in the afternoon he appeared at his post, dress? ed iu a white sheet and with a hage wig on his head inn mounted by a fez cap. Every effort was made by the bystanders to make him show some sign of life. Street boys were tempted by tho promise of Iago rewards to make their most ridiculous grimaces, and ad? dress him in all sorts of tunny speeches ; but all in vain. Ho remained isaraovablc until tbs clock stiuok seven, when ho rose, bowed grave? ly to the assembled crowd, and retired into the shop. -There is good deal of talk in France about the fact that many of the finest pictures in the great collection of the Lonne have been car? ried off to different imperial palaces or to the houses of officials about the court. These pic? ture a are the property of the nation, and tbe Emperor has no better right to thant than any other Frenchman. As long ago as 1858 the Empress took away a Holy Family ef Murillo, one ot the finest in existence, to place in the nursery of the Prince Imperial at the Tull?nos, and abo has since appropriated many other masterpieces of the Spanish school. This sort of appropriation ot the public property ls like* ly to cause Napoleon III a great deal ot trou? ble, lt touches the popular feeling of the French tn a point where it is most sensitive, and it will bo difficult for tbs Emperor either to deny the offence or to justify ita coinmir. aion. ON THU WING. from (Cotton Ties-Proel act? of tue Conn <y-Affects Of tile Wur-Valnc of Lismd W Stier Powcr-Factoiirs-lMibor-I'hc Fol ?rc-Tratle-MortUcrn Dnimmo TTS A Mew State Map-School* ana Col? leges-Wofford-A Moral Piar?-"Dry" and ..Wet." [ru?se OOH OWN COBBKSPOHDKNT. ] SPABTAHBOBO, January 20,1869.-Rope-mak? ing will soon be one of the lost arts. Wh at with the abolition of capital punishment, now getting more and more fashionable every whe re, and the substitution of iron for the old-fash - ioned hempen bands, the rope- walk will soon become doaerted. From the general favor which the iron-tie seems to And, I suppose its use must bo moro to the advantage of the cot? ton packer than the rope which it has sup? planted. And yet there are those who regret the disappearance of the rope. The manufac? turers and dealers are, of oourse, of this num? ber; but nearer home, we find the perqui sites of tho proprietors of tho ootton presses in our shipping ports very materially reduced. I havo been told that some of our presses, in the good old times, before rope had given way to iron, netted as much as $3000 per annum from the waste rope ends. 'Tia an ill wind that blows nobody good, and vice versa. In the course of ray travels, I have Boon ootton bales tied with four, five and six iron-ties; very rare? ly any ti jd 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 the case in former years. Spartanburg, as you know, is not a cotton oouutry, though more or less cotton bas al? ways been raised in the district, and sold in this town. Tho census of 1860 gives the pro? duction for that year at six thousand two hun? dred aud seventy-nine bales. The population of the district is set down at twenty-six thou? sand nine hundred and ten, of which number eight thousand two hundred and forty were slaves. Thoro wero then, according to the same authority, ono hundred and fifty-six thousand acres of improved lands, and four hundred and fifty-six thousand acres of unim? proved. Tho cash vallie of farms is given at $4.338,000. As the number of slaves in this distiiot bore but a small ratio to tho white population, the change of the labor system has not worked as disadvantageously here as in other parts of the State. The war also, so terrible in its ravages in the lower and middle parts of the State, passed by Spartanburg. True, she gave her sons and her treasure, as freely as you did who dwell by the sea* but she was spared the blighting tread of hostile and contending armies, and the wanton and wholesale dca true Lion of the accu? mulated wealth of years. Consequently she recovered more speedily from the shook caused by the disastrous olose of the war, than other parts of the State; and land to-day is as valu? able in almost every part of the county as it was in i860. In some sections it is more BO. The reason is obvious. The population is prin? cipally composed of small - farmers. Large planters are only found in the rich river bot? toms. These farmers and planters have nearly all made more or less money this year, 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 bring a barge influx of population and capital from abroad. No wonder, therefore, that land owners should.be slow to part with their pos? sessions at present figures. As I am "on the wing," and have only been travelling along the lino pf the railroad, I have not had the opportunity of visiting the many factories of this eounty. Spartanburg is an old manufacturing district. Bateaville and Bivingsvillo have long been known ?s> cotton spinners, and the rolling mills on the Pacolet have supplied the whole up-country with nails and iron for many years past. Still manu? factures are only in their infancy. Not a hun? dredth part of the water power of tko county is in use. This is all but certain to become the manufacturing county of South Carolina. A communication, published in the Phoenix about a month ago, under the signature of "Pacolet," and, if I mistake not, republished in THE NEWS, gives a very full and satisfac? tory account of the extent of the water power of Spartanburg. "Pacolet," who is throughly familiar with his subject, states that he does not know of any^territory of the same area in the United States that has the same amount of water power as Spartanburg. Labor is abundant hera and cheap. The fac? tories already in operation have no difficulty in obtaining all the labor they require; and a much larger number of operatives could be obtained from the poor pjoplo who live at the foot of the mountains, within twenty miles of Spartanburg. I hops that ere long the Paco? let a, theTygersand thoEuoreo will be crowded with mills, as the Connecticut, the Raritan and the Genessee are to-day; nay, more, I fully believe that many of your readers will live to see the full realization of this hope. Spartanburg is a pretty ..stirring place for business ; in this respeot resembling Walhalla, as sketched in one of my letters. Being a railroad tormiuus,.it, is the converging point at hundreds, if not of thousands of wagons, ooming long distances, laden with produce of various kinds. Corn, butter, eggs, fowls, ap? ples, &c.f are purchased here at about the name rates as in Walhalla. The local con? sumption is ranch greater, however, than at the latter place, as Spartanburg is quite a con? siderable, town. Population, probably, about 8000. Thero is a large number of stores here, and some of them appear to be doing a very flue business. I heard , of one firm whose re? ceipts during several weeks before Ohristmas averaged about 1800 a clay. This is not bad for an up-country village Btore. I do not know whether our Charleston friends, are alive to this fact; but I found in the course of my trav? els, that the business men of New York, Phil? adelphi* and Baltimore ara disposed to nurse all these little avenues of trade; and their drummers sire td be met with at every railroad depot and every cross-roads country store. Let your Charleston importers and jobbers, fedora tmd oomrni?s?cu merchants, bear this in mind, and shape their oourse accordingly. If they make the necessary offerte, they eau retain and control tho trade of the State, not? ' withstanding all tho seductive allurements of Northern traders. The surveyors have been at work for some weeks ?ere laying off the county into town? ships, which, I suppose, bas lately been done ht other parts of the State also. Now, it strikes me that these measurements may be turned tb good account, If they result in correct county maps, wbiob, in turn, will furnish the material for s new and correct Stats map-an artiole very much heeded at this time. The last map of thc State, published, I think, by Colton, some sixteener eighteen years ago, never was very accurate, sod now is decidedly behind the times. New railroads have been tmilt, sad othersare projected or in process of construe tion; towns and Tillages bave sprung np in va? rious parts of the State; mines have been dis covered and become developed; factories built; and all since Walker & Johnson's last map was published. There is sow far more travel here than was the case fanner ly, and the map is in constant use for reference. Northern capitalists como here to nuko investments in laud?, mines, water power, ?e., for all of which purposes n good State map is requisite, and I hope we shall soon have one; but let it be one that is minute and accurate, from the islands on the sea-coast to tho Savannah River and the North Carolina line. Spartanburg owes no small share of ber prosperity to tko so hool H and colleges that have boen crooted within her boundaries dur? ing the last fifteen years. The St. John's sobool, a fine architectural itruoture, built principally according to the design and under the supervision of tho Rev; J. T>. McCullough, is now the property of tho Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina, and has bees set apart for tho use of tho Theological Seminary of that denomina lion. I am sorry, however, to learn, that owing- lo tho stringency of the times, the exercises of the seminary have been suspended, and for tho present its doers are closed. The Female Collego, built in 1854 and 1355, under tho auspioes of tin Methodists, and, until the war, a flourishing institution, has also yielded to tho pressura of adverse circum? stances and Bttspendod. I learn that the pres? ent proprietors, several jori vate gentlemen, contemplate opening it Agata soou. Wofford College, bowever, is the main fea? ture of the town. This institution takes its name from Rev. Benjamin Wofford, who, about eighteeu years a^o, bequeathed to the South Carolina Conference (Methodist), $100,000, to be used partly ,n erecting suitable buildings for a college ana; pr o t'es sors' houses, and the remainder to bo a permanent fund, from the interest of which the professors were to be paid. The college Mont into operation in the summer of 1854; av 3 is one of the few institutions in the South which has never sus? pended, either during or^mce tho war. Iris now, I believe, tho most prosperous college in the State, having considerably over one hun? dred students. Tho gradates of Wofford are to be found in almost ev%ry Southern State, ania in every sphere of life; and during the war shed lustre on their Aim.'. Mater on many a battle-field by their daring .-.nd heroio conduct. An unusually largo number of them fell, either in battle or died in the b ?pit?is of Virginia, Carolina or the Wost. TUeir names are not forgotten, and their deed.-; are kept fresh in the memory of their suc iessors of the Cal? houn and Freston Societies. The Faculty of Wofford College is as Allows : Rev. A. M. ?hipp, D. D., Presiden*; Rev. Whitefoord Smith, D. D., Professor of Eaglish Literature, &c; Rev. David Duncan, Professor of Ancient Languages; Professor Jarifos H. Carlisle, Pro? fesser ot Mathematics; Professor Warren Du Pre, Professor of Chemistry and Physios; and ii?w. A, H. Lester, Pt of essor of Hebrew and Oriental Literatare. These gentlemen are all men of high character, of fine talent, ard pro? found scholarship; and they exert a most sal? utary influence ripon the youth oommitted to their charge, as well as upon the community where they reside. ?. Spartanburg ia a very mfrs! place, as would naturally be expected fron?ti>e preaenoe of so many churches, schoids raj good neoplo. Still :??vj?i ?J ~ n . .;?,i~ausT?',??,^,.^" maoi t . ^ ^ here. Fer many y oar a there has been a struggle between tho two factions for a "wet ' and a "dry" ticket. Now the one, and now the other, would be successful. Just now the Town Coma oil is "wet." For the benefit of your fair readers, it is perhaps proper that I should add, that a "wet" administration means one that will p er mit the sale of spirituous liquors upon the payment of a certain sum agreed upon for li? cense; and a "dry" Council is one under whose administration liquor must be sold without li? cense. BIRD'S-EYE. A1ATAL MESMERIC PASSION. jLove and Crime int New Orleans-Persis? tent Pursuit of a. Married Woman-Wa garles of a Maddened l.over-~His Tra. gie De a ?a. We have already made brief allusion to the terrible homicide in New Orleans,, in which Salvador Fernandez lost bis life at the hands of Louis Martin. Madame Martin, the cause of the killing, is about twenty-two years of age and extremely beautiful. The oase seems to have excited extraordinary interest in the community where it occurred. We copy the statement of Madame Martin, as to what had preceded the tragedy: STATEMENT OF MADAME CAMILLE MARTIN. "From the time I was eight years of age I knew Salvador Fernandez, and from that time we were raised up as children together. We were strongly attached at the comino ncement of the war, although I was then very young, and neither of us then dreamed of loving any one else, After the etty was captured by the F?deral army, Salvador ran tho blockade and went to Havana. He subsequently succeeded in entering the Confederacy, and remained in serviee until peace as lieutenant. It was while he was thus absent that I heard that he had been killed in some battle; and, after giving way to the grief naturally suggested by his death, I thought myself absolved from tbe attaohment which had previously existed between us. Sub? sequently I accepted the hand of Mr. Louis Martin. The first time I saw Salvador was after the war, and at the time I was about em- . barking for Matamoras. My husband has al- | ready become established tn business there, and I was going thitherto rejoin him. Just as I was crossing the levee Salvador met me. It was the first time I had seen him for years: and he showed by bis attitude and manner that he loved me as muon as ever. ? told bim, when he asked me What I was about to do, that I was then on ray way to Matamoras. He re? proached me with having married during his absence, and begged me not to go. I explained to bim that I thought that* be was dead. He said that in that, case I ought not to have sur? vived bim,' or that at least! oudht not tb have married any one else. Findirig'tnat I was about going to Mexico, he bogged mo not to sail lu the Harrison-the vessel upon whioh my pas? sage was already engaged?~but to aoo?pt a caoin and berth upon a schooner belonging to himself or to a near relation. H6 Stated that in case I should be willing to travel in this way, that everything should, be placed at mv disposal, free Of oharge, I explained that I was under the protection of a relative, and that his proposal was simply impassible. I then bade him adieu-the vessel set sail, and 1 reached Matamoras in safety. After arriving there, I received a letter from Salvador, tell? ing me that he would soon rejoin mo. I promptly wrote back word that no mn*t- do nothing of the sort; that the country was a miserable ono, that! myself was weary with it, and that I would shortly return to the city. lt was not a great while after that 1 did re* tura. When I again s*whim I was in conver? sation with a lady friend. Without paying any attention to her, he passed between us, turn? ing hts back upon ber. I remonstrated sud glinted out his apparent rudeness to my friend, e gave as bis exouse that he was so agitated and nappy at seeing ma that he bad forgot? ten every one else. Some time after, on Mardi Otas nighs, we met at the bail given st the New Opera House." * [AS to what ocourred at this ball it appears from ? .0 statement* pf third partier that an adopted daughter or Mm?. j?vielle had gone with Camille to the ball, and that Salvador Fer? nande? had entered their box, and paid marked attention to Mme. Martin. According to the statement of Mme. Cam tile Martin, Fernande?, la the course of s warm dispute, had boen H) vuele by Martin. Bo tbis as it may, wbon tho adopted daughter returned home she re? ported to limo. La vielle that abe would never go to another ball with her daughter Camille again-that she waa extravagante, too light-headed, and had aoted all th.) even? ing, at the sight of Fernandez, aa if on. of her senses.] The statement of Mme. Martin is resumed: "We subsequently met at the National Thea? tre, aud some difficulty again occurred between H. Martin and Fernandez Salvador and I had gone to the supper room together and drank a bottle of wine. M. Martin became incensed at this and demanded an explanation. Salvador then stated that ho had known me from a child; that he had always stood toward me as a sla? ter-and that he would eat, speak and drink with me when he pleased. (Something was i then said about the parties descending to the , banquette to settle the difficulty then and there. The matter, as near as recollected, ' ended at the iutorposition of friends. 1 "Wo never became really lovers until St. Jo- | soph's night following. At that time I begged Salvador when wo met to end our friendship; that he was really crazy, and acting like a mad? man, and would inevitably ruin us both. He ' refused. He said that he would love me as long as he had life, and both upon that occa- ] sion and afterward declared that neither I nor . himself should ever survive a separation. lu- 1 deed, more than one time he proposed that we 1 should both take poison together, and abandon life in each other's company. He had many 1 singularities in this respect which I never could understand, and which made me wonder where be could have obtained them. After tho ball last mentioned, he was never- willing that I should go out unless in his company. He was continually telling me that he nevor went to any reception upon my account, and was unwilling that I should go where I was not attended, or certain of meeting him. When I went to the theatre or any place of amusement he always followed, and when I went out at night to visit at any private bouse he also attended me. Upon Buch occasions I started from homo with a child as an escort, and Salvador would always bo certain to re toi n me. The principal trouble with him was lis 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 he was not, protested strongly against my attending. Among other arguments he used to induce me to remain away, ho 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 not go, and so I remainod away together with all my family that would have gone with me. I saw Salvador almost every day; he waa con? tinually passing and repassiug. The last time I ever met him was a few miuutes before his death. At that time I told him it was impos? sible for me to see him that evening, and beg? ged him to go away. He did so, but only went across the 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 him, passed along and recognized Salvador. I did not see the difficulty, but I was subse? quently told by my husband that he had stop? ped on seeing Salvador, and asked him if his name was Fernandez. S. had then replied. "No 1 there's my name," and had drawn and discharged a revolver at the same moment. From what had been told mo, and what I knew of Fernandez'^ eharaeter, I believe that he had fired first. i "At the time that the disturbance actually took plane, I had commenced undressing by the fire, and was taking off my shoes ana stockings when my attention was called to the difficulty. I never for a moment suspected who the parties were. I thought it was sim? ply the discharge of a lire-cracker that I heard and ran to the door. Subsequently Martin entered the house and embraced me-telling me that he had met Fernandez, and had killed him on my account. I lost my senses at the nowa and scarcely knew what I said." [One of the coroner's wi tnesses, Henry Lean mont,,when off the stand, stated that the re have kilfed'Minoucbe-1 loved and live'd'Yor him and will die for him," with similar excla? mations suggested by grief.] "I did not at the 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 Deputy Coroner Espin?la. It was this fact which caused me to visit his house ( where I was told that the body lay) at an early hour io the morning. It was this ignorance which cause? me to subsequently ask the Dep? uty Coroner to tell me about Salvador-whether he was dead or alive. - "As for M. Margin, he never doubted, or showed that be doubted, of my love at any time during our marriage. On the very even? ing that the homicide had been committed, be? fore leaving the house, I bad told him of a dream that I had the night previous, in whioh I had fancied myself dead. At that time he had protested that such an event could not happen, or if it did, that his body should be put into a coffin for my remains." STA.JtVA.TION AT SIS A. Arrivai or a British Bark at Philadel? phia.* after One Hundred and Five Hays' Passage front Liverpool. [Prom the Philadelphia Post, January 35.] On Saturday the British bark Cadet, Oaptaip Christian, laden with earthenware, consigned to the firm of Peter T. Wright & Co., arrived here from Liverpool, which port she left on the 9th day of October last. The bark, while sailing down the Irish Channel, on her fifth day out, encountered her first trouble. She was struck by a heavy gale from the north? west, but being a good strong vessel of five hundred tons, and having on board fourteen stout seamen, and pi o visions for a se v?n weeks' I voyatre, this trouble was not considered of par- 1 tioular importance. Then followed three days of fair weather, with a good wind, and she sailed smoothly along until the morning of the 17th of October, when she again encoun? tered a gale which buffeted heron the madden? ed waves until the 22d. 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 progress was again impeded by head winds, which continu? ed until the 27th of Ootober. It was now dis? covered that there was no likelihood of making the port-to which she was destined within the time anticipated, and care had to be exercised in the distribution of provisions. To guard against the supply being exhausted, the men were reduoed to a half gallon of water per day and half rations of hard food. The weather soon after became boisterous, and the brig was thrown about by the surging sea; sometimes drifting eastward then northward, the waves- breaking over her, the water tunning through the hatches. The half starved men were kept busy at the pumps night and day,suffering and discouraged, and at times giving up m despair. Not a sail hove in sight, and thus the unfortunate brig was either tossing or becalmed during the whole of both November and December. The first day of January dawned upon a famished crew, sub? sisting on a half pound of rico, a few dried peas, cooked flour, and a half pint of water, and with but ten pounds of flour left in the cook's room. It was a sad dav for these living souls, and a prayer went up from the heart of every one of them that a sail would heave in sight and save them from death. lu the even? ing a ship, the Queen, of Sr. John's. N. B.,frorn Liverpool, bound for Charleston, S. C., in bal? last, came within a short dktaoce, and, board? ing her, they obtained a i niall quantity of provisions. They then bore up for the coast; but off Hatteras, eighty m:!e? due east, (hey were caught by a terribie gala from thia north? west, anti were again driven out to sea. Their provisions were again giving ont when, on the lath of January, the steamer Huntress, of New York, was spoken, and a little provisions obtained from har. On the 19th of January the bark again bore np for the coast, and endeavored to make the?? Chesapeake, but was met by the tremendous northwest* ern gales ?nd blown eastward. On the 21st the crew, almost despairing, made another and a last effort. The food had completely ??ven out, but the schooner William Flint, from bomaston, for Norfok, earns to their aid, ana supplied their Wants. Thus encouraged, the crow worked with a will, and at night sighted Capo Henlopen, and In a few hourn afterward wer? safe in tba Delaware River, and lu two days more, safer still, alongside dook. During the whole voyage of three months and ?laven days th? ?trew behaved ?tost admirably, and ?Qt a single oas? of sickness occurred. Tho men, exhausted and with scarcely any sus? tenance, worked night and day in water to their waists, now handling the sheets and tacks, and again taking spells at the brakes with fortitude and heroism. Hot a rope was lost or a sail lorn, though the Teasel wont through some of the heaviest gales that havo occurred on our coast in many years. SPICY connus PONDE NC M. The C?ate?Constable of tuc State on the Rampage-He Wakoi ap the Wrong Passenger. The following rich correspondoncj has just come to light. Mr. Elkin unequivocally domes tho 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, ) COLUMBIA, January 20, 18G9. j John Elkin, Esq., Columbia, 8. C.: SIB-You will lind enclosed a picture of me, tor which you remarked, a few days since, you know a party that would pay $100 for. This is a chance for you to "make a raise." I ?end it gratuitously. And now? sir, you hare all privileges granted you imaginable, to send this to any one you feel disposed, without distinction. But remember, should L be molested on any ot my trips up the coun? try-if even a hair of my head is harmed-I will assure you that you will be held responsible for it. If I itgoo8 Randolph, did," as you re? marked, you will share thc same fate that 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-SIB: I do not know you. 1 do not knu?v that I have ever spoken of ?ou. I have received from you your likeness, suppose you regard your likeness a'one suf? ficient to strike terror. I assure yon I neither fear you nor your picture. % am certain there is no man in this community who would give five cents for your pioture; I therefore think that youl- picture would be a bad investment on which to "make a raise." Should you "meet tho fate of Randolph," I assure you that neither I nor any of my con? nexions will be your assassin; and, as for your throat, I treat that with the same contempt which I foal for its author. As to my "miserable carcass," I hope it will bo in existence when your "miserable carcass" shall have boen devoured by worms. JOHN P. ELKIN. APE AIRS IN THE STATE. Sedgefield. Edgefleld County has adopted the limits of the old beat companies as the boundaries of the townships, auder the new law, Tliio is an economical as well as sensible procaediog. They will hold their township elections on Tuesday next. Cheater. The Reporter says: We have been 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 bale already pack? ed. Parties who have piesses in use, con? structed after this model, say they can pick no flaw in them. Greenville. Judge Orr presided at the January term of the Court of Sessions and Common Pleas for Greenville County, and a series of resolutions complimentary to the Judge were passel by the bar of that place. In the case of David Davenport vs. R. J. Hut, tried before Judge Orr last week, to re? cover a note for $200 and interest, given by the defendant July, 1864, the jin y irdlet for the plaintiff for one tighter?) tl . Lat amount only. The onlv wita was - rvtlb but oTi'cttB^S?ii^ifi^te^yX 'VJa' of \yt r. defendant was engag JJ, at th date of th noto, in buying and Belli ig various chinga on epaou latiou ; and that the 5 rice o oom, cattle, nod other things at the same time, in confeder?is currency, was about twenty times the usual price; and the note being payable one day after date, the facts and surroundings satis? fied fie jury that the plainti? ought not to re? cover the faee 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 the 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 ohild in charge of Morris Corbitt, its norse; after an hoar's absence, Morris came to her, and upon being questioned stated that the child was at the house alone. The mother left Mor? ris and immediately went in search of her child, but was unsuccessful. Morris then said that the child had fallen into the fire, and that be had buried it near the bouse, and pointed out the spot. The body was taken up, but verv 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 dug the hole. He said that after burying it, the child attempted to rise, but after the blows it remained quiet. The verdiot of the jury was that the ohild came to its death from the blows inflicted by Mor? ris Corbitt, its nurse. Morris is a colored bov, about twelve or thirteen years of age. He has been lodged in jail. /anet) (fitoafcs, INDIA RUBBER CLOTHING,1* SUCH AS SAdS COATS, OFFICERS' COATS, Capes, ko, Air Pillows of different sizes, Nur lery White Sheeting, 8-4 and 4-i wide, India Hub ber leo thing Bings. Battles, kc, India Rubber Foot Mata. Walters, ko. Just received at VON 8 ANTEN'd BAZAAR, Ne. 229 King-street, near Market; January 29 2 _<(Csiajrr?tioncrni Str. No. 379 King-street. CANDY PUT UP TH ASSORTED BOXES OF 25, 60 and 100 pounds, suitable for Country Trade. Merchants can rely upon our Candies being por? tee tty free from all snob poisonous substanses as TERRA ALBA AND MARBLE DUST. Als?, constantly on hand, a full supply of French. Coxiieotioiiery AND FANCY CANDIES. Ft extra charge for boxing, January T tbstnlmo A n v A H c re g ON e 0 T T O Jv*. TO PLANTERS AND OTHERS WlflHXNO VP ff OLD COTTON IN ENGLAND, (There STOB AGC, INSURANCE, and other expenses for holding are LESS than ax tbs United States, ve sill advance ' Vmm CBNT8 PIS tl POUND OH Mij>i>Li#&a9 Ihlpped ts eur friends In Liverpool, charging the Eug? lah commeroiRl rate of interest, wnioh at pr?sent Is PJTVK FIR Ott NT. tod hold as long ss desired. . CLAGHORN, HERRING * OO,. * Accommoditloa Wharf. January 16 VI Sapping. WANTED, TWO SMALL VESSELS TO LOAD LUM? BER at satill i River for Moulove Jlo. One >vessel for cargo su'/ar from north fido Cuba ?to a port north of Hatteras. Apply to WILLIS k CHISOLM, January 30 I Atlantic Wharves. FOU LIVERPOOL.. THE NEW AND STRICTLY Al SPAN? ISH Ship PEDRO PLAN DO LU'. AMEN OCAL Master, having two-thirds of her ear go engaged and goiog on board, will load with dispatc h for the above port. For further Freight engagements, apply to W. P. HALL, January 29 10 Brown & Co.'a Wharf. FOU FREIGUT OR CHARTER, THE BRITISH BRIO WM. M. NASH, MOBRIOE, Master is now ready lor a voy? age to any pot t lu tho West Indies. For particulars, apply to W. P. HALL, January 29 3 Brown & Co's Wharf. FOR NE W YORK.-MERCHANTS' LINE, THE REGULAR FIRST-CLASS SCHOON? ER ROBERT CALDWELL, MCCORMACK Master, having largo portion cargo engaged and going on board, wants a few hundred bales cotton or light freight to fill up and gail prompt? ly. WILLIAM ROACH & CO. January 2G FOR LIVERPOOL. THE FIRST CLASS DANISH BARK 'KAMMA FONDER, KBOOH Master, having ? par t of cargo cugaged, will hive disptacb. For Freight engagements apply to WILLI8 tc CUlSOLM, January 8 Imo North Atlantic Wh-xrf. FAST FREIGHT LINE TO AND FROM BALTIMORE, PHILADEL. PHIA, WASHINGTON CITY, WILMINGTON, DEL., CINCINNATI, OHIO. 8T. LOUIS. MO., AND OTHER NORTHWESTERN CITIES. THE FAVORITE AND SWIFT Screw Steamship SEA GULL, N. F. DUTTON Commander, will sail for Baltimore on TUESDAY, the 2d of February, at Eleven o'clock A. M., lrom Pier No. 1, Union Wharves. Philadelphia Freights delivered promptly via "Baltimore, Wilmington and Philadelphia Railroad." For Freight or passage, apply to COURTENAY & TRENHOLM, January 29 3 Union Wharves. FOR LIVERPOOL. CHARLESTON AND LIVERPOOL STEAMSHIP LINE. -, THE FI RST-CLASS IRON SCREW m Steamship GOLDEN HuRN, R. J. 1 BLACKLIN Commander, ?B now ready , to receive freight for the above po rt. For Freight engagements apply to ROBT. MURE & CO., January 29 8_Boyce's Wnarf. NEW YORK AND CHARLES TOM STEAMSHIP LINE. FOR NEW TORE THE SPLENDID SIDE WdEPL STEAMSHIP CHAMPION, LOCK? WOOD Commander, will leave An? ger's Wharf on SATURDAY, the 30th Instant, at 1 o'clock P. M. jaar'through Bills of Lading given to Boston and Providence, R. I. 49*-Insurance can bo obtained on these steamers at % per cent. For Freight and Passage, having splendid cabin accommodations, apply to JAMES ADGFR JrO<? . Corner Adger's Wharf and East Bay (Up Htal?*). The steamship CHARLESTON will follow on TUESDAY, the 2d February, at - o'clock. january 28_ths2 FOR NEW YORK. REGULAR LINE EVERY THURSDAY. PASSAGE REDUCED TO 915. 4?/r?*-m THE STEAMSHIP SARAGOSSA, ' - . ? in C. RYDER, wiP learr T ?-rArfi??i?i'" der?orst's Whait unlnri . \^mamSSL?xaiixy. i?x, at Twelve o'.^-i'-^ - WAv EN BL .-. ?. V .. "'f... ..: .rp r f. i-^AM?rt^^^fe^k 1 ..nain A. H. GRAY, WI!! lca-fe" No Lb Atlantic Wnari tor Phtladel -' pfala on THURSDAY, the 4.U instant. at 1 o'clock P. M. For Freight apply to JOHN 4c THEO. GETTY, January 80_North Atlantic Wharf. TRAVELLERS PASSING THROUGH CHARLESTON EN ROU TE TO FLORIDA. AIKEN And other places, should not fal to lay in their supplies of PROVIS. IONS, CLARET'S. CHAMPAGNES - CORDIAL8, BRANDIES, WHI8 KIES, WINES, CANNED MEATS, SOUPS, Ssc. Pates of Wild Game, Devilled Entremets, Ham, T?rkev, Lobster, etc., for Luncheons, Hand wiches, Travellers' Repast. Ac. SSVSend for a catalogue. WM. S. CORWIN A CO., No. 275 King-street, Between Wentworth and Beatifaln, Charleston, S. C. Branch of No. 900 Broadway, corner 20th street, New York._ October28 I FOR NORTH EDI STD. THE STEAMER ST, HELENA, .Captain JAMES G. RUMLEY, will re _THIS DAY and leave MONDAY MORNING, at 6 o'clock, and Edisto same day at S o'oleok. For Freighter Passage apply on bo ird or to ! JOHN H. MURRAY, Market Wharf. The steamer leaves again on WEDNESDAY MORN? ING, at 8 o'clock, and Edisto THURSDAY MORNING, at 8 o'clock. 1* . January. 30 FOR GEORGETOWN, S. C., AND LANDINGS ON THE PEEDEE RIVER r -TIK-*!^ THE STEAMER EMILIE, CAPT JPffftisMsaTii ISAAC DAVIS. wiU receive Freight THIS DAY at Benth Commercial Wharr, and leave as above on MONDAY MORNING, 1st February, at 6 o'olock. Returning, will leave Georgetown on WEDNESDAY MORNING, 3d February. Freight for Landings on the Peedee River will be transferred to Steamer GEN. MANIGAUIT, at Georgetown. AU Freight prepaid. No Freight received after sunset. SHAOKELFORD 4t KELLY, Agents, January 30_1_No. 1 Boyce's wharf. FOR BRUNSWICK, OA. THE STEAMER "DICTATOR," _ Captain CHARLES WILLEY, will touch st tins point every Wednesday, leaving Havannah at Nine A. M., and on her return trip will touob there on Saturday Afternoon, arriving back at Savannah on Sunda* Morning, J. D. AIKEN A CO., November 84 _Agents. INLAND ROUTE. THROUGH TICKETS TO FLORIDA, CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH STEAM PACKET LINK, VIA EDISTO, ROCKVILLE, BEAUFORP AND HILTON HEAD, CONNECTING WITH THE ATLANTIC AND GULF RAILROAD AND CONNECTIONS FOB ALL POINTS IN FLORIDA. m ^js?P^fc* THE FINE, FAST STEAMER Ss?mSBSMZ PILOT BOY. Captain FENN PECK, will leave Charleston on Mo ND AY and 1 H HOBDAY MORN IN os at Fight o'clock. Returning, will leave ?ayannah IUESDAY MORNINGS at sight o'sloek, and FRIDAY AFTERNOON at Two o'olock, touching at (?disto on IHURSDAY trip from Charleston, at iflovou A. M., md leaving EV ia to at Nine A. M , SATURDAYS, on re? turn trip. The steamer will touch st Blnflton and Obfoolm's, each way, everv two weeks, eommenclng with trip >f January 21st. and at Rockville every THURSDAY, For Freight or Passage apply to JOHN FERGUSON, January ll_^ Accomm dation Wharf. FOR PALATKA. ELOHIMA, CIA SAVANNAH, Ff RN AWDIN A AND JACKSON VILLE. THE FIRM-CARS lIBiMIB _ DICTATOR. Captain CHAS. WILLEY, jnT san From Charleston sver; Tuesday Shining, at Eight o'clock, tor the above points. The ftrstc'ais Steamer 01TY POINT, Captain WM. T. MstNsi/tY, will t ad from Charleston every Satur* t*y Evening, at Right o'clock, for above points. connecting with the Central Railroad at Savannah tor Mobil? and New Orleans, and with toe Florida Oat 1 road at Fernandina for Cedar Keys, at watch soint si earners connect with New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola, Key Weat and Havana. Through Bills Lading given for Profght to Mobil?, Nntaoota and New Orleans, Both steamers connecting with H. S. Hart's steam - tr? Oelatoaha amt OriMn for Silver Springs and Lakes, 9riffln, Eustis, Harri* and Durham. Ali freight payable on the wharf. Goods not removed at sunset will bs sun?? at risk md expense of owners, for Freight or Passage engs?emet t, apply to J. ?. AIKEN sr 00" agente, . . South Atlantic Whait m. B.-No extra charge for Meats and tttfttorooms . 8 towner city Point will touch at 8L Mary's, Ge o. fr?!ng ?nd returning each week. November ai .. t