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VOLUME VIL-NUMBER 1093. CIIAKLESTON, S. C., MONDAY MORNING, MAHCH 1, 1869. SIX DOLLARS PER ANNUM BX TELEGRAPH. WASHIIHTGTOir. RECONSTRUCTION-THE GEORGIA CASE-NOMINA? TIONS AND CONFIRMATIONS-PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS, AO. WASHINGTON, April 8.-Thc Reconstruction Committee have unanimously agreed to report a bill authorizing the President to order an election in Virginia, Mississippi and Toxas, and to submit to a separate vote tho objection? able features in the constitutions. General Young, representative from Geor? gia, informed tho delegation fro n that State to-day, that Butlor'd Goorgia bill will not pro? bably oe resumed at this session, and if taken up would certainly be defeated. Major Jeff. Woodford, chief of artillery, for? merly of tho Army of Mississippi, was confirm? ed as postmaster at Corinth, Mississippi. It is stated that tho Territorial Committee have decided to report adversely to. the con? firmation of Colonel Crow, Twenty-fourth Ala? bama, as Governor of New Mexico. Tho Qoorgia delegation, headed by Colonel Atkins, had a private interview with the Presi? dent to-day. A. B. Clarke has beon nominated as Assessor for tho First District of Georgia; Charles H. Pettingiii for the First District of South Caro? lina; Cyrus H. Baldwin for tho Second District of South Carolina. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. IN THE HOUSE, to-day, H?ge, tho minority candidate, from tho Fourth South Carolina dis? trict, was seated, Reed who received a majority of the vote3 being nuable to take the test oath. The. bill authorizing the submission of the constitutions and tho elections of State officers and members of Congress, in Virginia, Missis? sippi and Texas, ?vas passed by a vote of 125 to . 24. It authorizes the President to order elec? tions, at his discretion ; also authorizes him to submit the entire constitutions or separate provisions, and forbids elections in Texas, until authorized by tho President. The com? manding general may, with the approval of the President, suspend any existing State law in either of (he three States deemed oppres? sive, until action by the Legislatures, which shall assemble on the fourth Thursday after ratification is promulgated by the command? ing general. Sheldon,from the Second Louisiana District, was seated. IN THE SENATE, Morton introduced a resolu? tion making the adoption of the Fifteenth amendment the precedent to the admission of the representatives from Virginia, Mississippi and Texas. Trumbull, from the Judiciary Committee, reported a resolution postponing action on the President's message until December. Trumbull stated that he personally disagreed with tho committee. Edmunds could see no reason for del tying adjournment. The Presi? dent, without further legislation had power to order the elections. He thought it best to leave those States under military control, whioh proteoted life and property better than they were protected in thos J Stato'9*which had been reconstructed. Howard expressed the same views. A long discussion ensued with? out action. Ihe bill amending the taxes on whiskey and tobacco was taken up, when ? Sprague spoke until tho Senate went into exe? cutive session, and then adjourned. j FEARFUL CALAMITY. ' I BURNING OF GOLD MINES IN NEVADA-VIRGINIA CITY DESERTED-SCENES ABOUND THE MINES -THERTY-8IX PERSONS KNOWN TO BE KILLED. SAN FRANCISCO, April 7.-The Yellow Jacket Mine, at Gold Hill, Nevada, took fire at 1 A. M., and the flames soon extended to tho Ken tuck and Crown Point Mines. Eleven bodies were removed and others were seen at the bottom of the Kentuck shaft, but it was found impossible to remove them in consequence of the intense heat. The latest reports from Gold Hill state that thirty-six persons are known to be dead. Hopes are entertained that the flames will soon be subdued, but there will be no possibility of saving life, as the mouths of the mines must be closed in order to smoth? er the conflagration. Th a three mines that are burning are unconnected with others un? derground. Virginia City is almost deserted, the people having gone to render assistance to the sufferers. The scene around the mouth of the mines was fearful, on account of the fran? tic cries of the wives and children of those min? ers who were supposed to be lost. SUICIDE OF TWITCHELL. PHILADELPHIA, April 8.-Twitohell, who was convicted of the murder of his wife's mother, and was to have been executed to-day, was found at three o'clock, this morning, deal in his cell. It is supposed that some of his friends who visited him the day previous had fur nish e 1 him with poison. LATEB.-It is now definitely ascertained that ^Twitohell's death was caused by strychnine. . Eaton, the other murderer who was to have bsen hung with T witchell, was executed at noon. EU It OF E. PROPOSED DISESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHURCH VS ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND, LONDON, April 6.-In the House of Commons this evening, Mr. Archdale, Conservative, pro? posed tD extend church disestablishment to England and Scotland. AFFAIRU IN SPAIN. MADRID, April 6.-The government b as grant? ed permission for the introduction into Spain of Protestant books published in foreign lan? guages. Fears aro entertained that the Carliats will soon attempt a general rising. The govern? ment is taking every precaution to prevent it. -An American lady in Paris bas paid 2000 francs for a doll as a present to a little mar? chosa in Rome. The doll is dressed in a short costume of pearl-gray cashmere, worn over a petticoat of cerise salta, a grande duchesse hat ot pearl-gray, feather, with full-blown rose. There are several dresses besides, but the two most worthy of notice are a dinner and ball dress ; the first is a rich silk of turquoise blue, made with two bodies ; the latter is of Valen oienneslaoe, with the smallest bit of muslin let in (the cost of this laoo dress is 800 francs.) Then there is a white cashmere peignoir, beautifully embroidered ; also muslin ones, trimmed with lace. The whole of the under linen is of the finest batiste, richly trimmed with Valenciennes ; the pocket-handkerchiefs are perfect cobwebs of lace ; a half-square shawl- of fine Brussels lace ; a carved ivory ian ; gloves of all kinds (even the userai dog? skin;) a bonnet of white blonde, trimmed with forget-me-nots ; boots, shoos, and slippers ; a box full of lovely ohma and glass for the toilet; and, last, though nob least, a real Indian cash? mere. As it is an Easter offering, it will be packed in a box in tho form of an egg. She will travel pretty comfortably, the egg being lined with white satin. WHAT THE SOUTH WILT, GAIN HY ERECTING COTTON FACTORIES. OUANOKIUTKO, 8. C., April 6. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS. Notwithstanding frequent hints on tho sub? ject of a factory, nothing has boen done rela? tive thereto further than an informal meeting, whioh was held over a year ago by a few of our citizens, at whioh there was a meagre attend? ance on account of bad weather, and a com? mittee appointed to examine into the practica? bility of the scheme, and report at a future time, which report, recommendatory of tho project, would have been submitted had ic not been for the general supineness prevailing in? cident to tho disasters of 1867. But we regard it SB supremely important that tho subject of "Factories" should again and henceforward be constantly agitated, and that our people who aro too long used to "accustomed grooves" should swing loose from tho all-absorb? ing idea, planting, and while they trim the plough for a plenteous crop, let them unite in forming companies for tho man? ufacture of the raw material, thereby inau? gurating a career of Southern independence, giving employment to thousands ot maimed and destitute in our land, and retaining at home that stream of wealth yiat now, and for a half century has, flowed northward, enrich? ing that section to a degree unparalleled in the history of any people. It is folly and super? fluous to enter into discussion relative to tho natural resources of tho two sections; auy one at all conversant with the geography of tho South must bo already convinced that hors is the province which abounds in advantages of water-power unequalled by the united world. Tho rushing waterfalls of Tonnosseo, an 1 mur? muring streams ceaselessly coursing to the ocean from the mountains of our own State, chide us with an inertness, which firmer times may have rendered excusable, but which is a standing reproach so long as such advan? tages are neglected in tho future. A few in? contestable figures will go further to prove the point than any amount of argumeut baBed on mere assumption, and I quote from DeBow'a, January, 1867, on "Southern Manufactures : "For instance, from one pound of cotton you may make f J ur yards of what is known, in mercantil3 parlance, as four-quarter brown muslin; these four yards would he worth eighty oents, and thus we see that the process of man? ufacturing has added sixty cents to the value of oue pound of cotton. * * Henoe, we may take our two hundred and fifty thou? sand bales, worth (25,000,000, and if we manu? facture nothing but the most ordinary articles we may increase its value to $50,000,000, that is, as much as was realized from our former crop of one million halos." This statement the author made in endeav? oring to foster enterpise iu Alabama, and she is gloriously responding, as also her sister States. Georgia alone has in the course of erection about ninety faetones. What is the aim of tho Southern people, at this critical juncture of thoir (the States') life, but to revize her wasted piases and stand on a solid founda? tion of security ? How is this to be best ac? complished ? By improving every advantage and blessing placed in our reach by a benign Piuvidence. Crops of cotton are made after hard and anxious labor, and are needlessly sac? rificed for one-half their value, and the mills at Lowed, employing thirteen millions of dol? lars and twelve thousand operatives, are only a few of the numberless factories propelled to success by the wasting tide o? indifference. In another letter we will give fresh figures on this Bnbjo.t. QUELQUEFOIS. AFFAIRS IN THE STATE. Newberry. The Newberry Herald says: "The etreots were crowded on Monday. The following sales were made by the sheriff: One small house and lot, one-fifth of an acre, $305; one small house, containing one-eighth of an acre, $900;. | and one good dwelling house, with about one half acre, $1221. These were the most impor? tant sales." Sparta nburg. The sale of the real estate of Samuel Little? john, Sr., deceased, comprising about fifteen hundred acres, sold by the sheriff under an or? der from Benjamin Wofford, Judge of Probate, will take place at the reaidenco ot the deceased on the 20th instant. The following are the newly appointed magis? trates for Spartanbnrg : S. T. Poinier, W. M. Fleming, Isaac Smith, J. H. Montgomery, Jno. Epton, Robert W. West, Rev. W. B. Carson, Samuel Lancaster, Enoch Cannon, Randolph Turnet-, A. P. Turner, G. W. Tuck, Daniel G. Finley. Tho following have been appointed notaries public: J. B. Tolleson, B. F. Bates and Elias Johnson. Edgefleld. The Edgefleld Advertiser say: "Mr. John Hatoher and Mr. Cullen Rowe, living in thia district, some few miles from Aiken, were ar? rested last week by the State Constable, or his deputies, with the assistance of a posse of armed negroes, carried to Columbia and there lodged in jail. Hatoher was supposed to be implicated in the murder of Ben Bauskott, a negro, found dead some weeks back, not far from Hatcher's, and Bowe was arrested on the charge of whipping and otherwise maltreat? ing a negro." A meeting of the citizens of Edgefleld was held on Monday loBt, (Luke Galbreath, Esq., in the chair,) to take into consideration the ne? cessity for a railroad from some point on the Columbia and Augusta or Sooth Carolina Rail? road, to Borne point on the South Carolina Railroad, and to take such action as may be necessary to bring this enterprise to the favor? able notice of the public. Generals Dunno vant, Bonham, Garv, Butler, and others, favored the meeting with short speeches, set? ting forth the general benefits to be derived from this enterprise. The information derived from the remarks of these gentlemen leaves no doubt that the railroad can be completed. A resolution was adopted for the appointment of a committee of five, te farther the obj oct in view. The following gentlemen constitute the committee : General R. G. M. Dubnovant, Major John E. Bacon, General M. L. Bonham, S. W. Nicholson, General M. W. Gary. A public meeting was held at Edgefleld Courthouse, on Saturday, to form a State Agri? cultural Sdoioty. Oh motion of General Duh novant, a committee of fifteen was appointed to visit Columbia on the 28th- april, 1869, m response to a call for a meeting to organize a State Agricultural Society. The following gen? tlemen constitute the committee : Luke Cul - broath, chairman; M. W. Gary, Tito's. Jones, M. C. Butler, B. M. Talbert, Jno. E. Bacon, Beni. Bettis, M. L. Bonham, Goo, Boswell, Thoa. Lake, J. Hampden Brooks, Jae. A. Do? zier, R. G. M. Dunnovant, Yt. E. Nicnoleon, Phi!. Waters. t. It is proposed to have a meeting of the citi? zens of Edgefleld Distriot, at Edgefleld Court? house, on Saturday, the 17th of April inst., for the purpose of organising "The Edgefleld Monument and Charitable Association.* The objeot of the association will be to raiso funds: by a general contribution, to erect a suitable monument in the publio square to all who per? ished in the late war, with their names inscrib? ed on the monument-and to the most promi? nent citizens who have died in the district, The farther object will also be to extend aid to tho indigent orphans and widows of deceased soldiers. _ EASTER CHURCH ELECTIONS. ST. PATTii's csrrraony TMTDIXTOV. _ Vestrymen-W. H. D. Gaillard, R. S. For eher, D. W. B. Cherry, W. D. Warren, and Dr. T. J. Piokans. Wardons-J. F. Green, Chauu cev Stevens. Delegates to the Diocesan Con vention-J. F. Green, W. H. D. Gaillard, W. S. Warren, and Dr. T. J. Piokens. -A baby advertised for adoption in London was wanted by 870 applicants, all of whom sent money as a pledge or good faith. GOSSIP FROM ABROAD. -? movement in favor of opening museums and routing rooms on Sunday has boon started in England. -Of tho 7000 literati now living in Paris, only 100 are able to support themslves by the proceeds of their literary labors. -It is proposed in England to bring over Cleopatra's Needle, whioh now HOB half buried in tho sand of Lower Egypt, and sot it np in London. -Wood is so acareo in Franco that they save their sawdust, mix it with glue and press it in moulds, making, it is said, very good imita? tions of carved wood. -The twenty-nine German Universities have two thonsand one hundred and ninety-four professors and twenty-one thonsand rive hun? dred and forty-two students. -Tho book that bas had the largest sale in tho present century in Franco, is Bernardin de 8t. Pierre's "Paul and Virgiuia." Upwards of ono hundred large editions of it were sold. -Tomahawk is responsible for this shocking attempt : "What is tho difference botween the Bishops of the Irish Established.Church now and after the passage of afr. Gladstone's bill ? Mr. Disraeli will kindly answer. Now they are lawn shams, and then thoy will be shorn lambs." -Ireland drinks leas whiskey than Bootland, though her population is twice as large. The late budget shows that while the latter coun? try drank, in 1868, 4,907,701 gallons, Ireland drank but 4,778,810 gallons; England at the same time consuming more than both togeth? er-over 11,000,000 R?lions. . -London Fun says that tho Peace Society is considering the feasibility of reducing the height of tho Alps bolcw the line of perpetual snow. Their reason for wishing to do this is, that at present these monntains endanger the peace of Eut op J, as they give rise to piques, and produce ooolness between Franco and Switzerland and Italy. -Two impostors, looking much like each other, and got up to look more so, are said to be aeting the part of the Siamese twins in the west of England, whero the people are a little slow at reading the papers, . Tho India-rubber flesh that binds them is filled with warm water, BO that the curious, on touching, have the truth averred by the best demonstration that both are living. -At a recent fair in Lubeck the following notioe was posted at the entrance of the hall: "The ladies in oharge of the sale tents and tables will sell kisses at a dollar apio co." The gentlemen who desired to avail themselves of this tempting offer were conducted to a tablo presided over by a boarded and cross-looking old fellow, who pointed to a pile of small scent? ed sheets of rose-colored note paper, to each of which, he crustily informed tho applicants, one of the yonng ladies had pressed her ruby lips. The girls greatly enjoyed the blank looks of the gentlemen, some of whom wore brave enough to invest largely in the kiss paper." -The Prince and Princess of Wales had a very pretty and nov?! inception by tho Arabs j at AssanaD. At the landing place there was a stage with colored lanterns, which were lighted up ab dook, and un tao nut, Sandy beach left . by tho receding river was stretched out an , array of caparisoned dromedaries, with horses , and saddled asses, whioh, with their attend? ants-a crowd of armed ?rnaouts and C?? vaseos--formed an animated foreground to the picture enclosed by the fringe of dato palms 1 and the rooky ridge of the desert range be- 1 yond the bright green fields. A group of Arabs arrived with Bhields and long swords, whose j hair was dressed in a fashion that wonld set the whole craft of London and Paris at defi? ance to imitate. They went through their ex- - ercises for the Prince, and from the distance was heard once more the long wailing cry of welcome which greeted the passage of the flo? tilla from ali the villages on the banks. Au Egyptian officer in full uniform-French in? fantry in all bub the fez and sleeve lace -went on hoard the royal yacht to pay his respects, and the Mudir and principal people of the dis? trict were also in waiting to attend the royal party. The Prince and Princess made a short excursion on shore, and their example was generally followed, and in the evening his Boyal Highness paid a visit to the village. -Mr. Diekens' suit of "Jarndioe vs. Jarn diee," whioh dragged its weary length throngh Chancery so very slowly that ali the property involved was swallowed up in costs before a decision was given, has somewhat of a parallel in a suit which has just been settled in Lon? don by a compromise. The suit was som im 1806, and was reared and nurtured through infancy, youth and manhood by 31 counsel and 8 firms of solicitors. Of the 81 coun? sel from time to time engaged in its education, one was and one is now Lord Chancellor, ona was Master of the Bolls, two were Yioe-Chan cellora of England, one was Lord Chancellor of Ireland, one was Chancellor of the Exohequer, one was Speaker of the House of Commons, one Accountant-General, one Attorney-General, one Solicitor-General, two were knights, more than half-a-dozen were King's or Queen's Coun? sel, and two were conveyancers of immortal renown. The snit having grown to manhood, produced four young suits as its offspring, all of whioh became extinct with their parent. The oaoasion of the birth of the original suit was the failure af a banking house whioh was formed in 1794 and stopped in 1808. Among tho parties to the parent and younger suits, was one earl, the Earl of Leicester (Mr. Coke, of Norfolk), one viscount, one viscountess, ona baronet, and one clergyman; and the matter was settled out of court after all 1 -A highly, exciting scene transpired a few days oinco at one of tho Parisian churches. A number of fashionable equipages halted in front of the portal, and a bride and ?* bride? groom stepped from the first carringa tobe married in the church. As soon as the bride? groom, surrounded by his friends and rela? tives, reached the door, bo was suddenly met by a well-dressed young lady who had evident-* ly been waiting for him in the interior of the church. Stretching out both arms she held up before bim a lovely little girl, six or eight months old, and said in a piercing voioo, "This is your ohild, but you are not worthy of bring? ing her up; I am going to keep her. As for these portraits of him who has sp basely De? tr lyed rae, I will gi vo thom back to you.1" So saying, she flung two photographs at his feet. The relatives of tba bride and bridegroom in? tervened immediately in order to put a stop to the painful scene, They surrounded the yoong laiy, trying to calm her and take her away. She consented to loaVe the church, but in doing so, she fixed her eyes pu her < little daughter and exclaimed, "Your father has de? serted me; but.this day will bo ?n unlucky one for him. ?Sod will curse him, and heaven will not desert you 1" The young bride, who had already been married to the faithless fellow at the Maire, raintod away; ?ben she awoke to consciousness she allowed herself to bo led to tbs altar, whero the bridegroom in a faltering voice and with a livid face, amid the scornful sneers of many of the bystanders, plighted his troth to her. THE T WITCHETJTJ CASE. It bas already been stated tliat George Twilobell, Jr., who, as tho telegraph informs ns, committed suicide yesterday to escape hanging for tho murder of Mrs. Hill, his mother-in-law, made a confession charging his wife with the horrid rimo. It was also alleged that the oonfesssion of her condemned hus? band had caused ber to leave tho city very sud? denly. The Philadelphia Ledger, however, says: The statement that Mrs. Twitched bad fled was untrue.. Bhe had an interview with ber counsel on Saturday, when she stated that she did not intend to mako any reply a. the pres? ent time to tho confession of George. From remarks made by tho condemned to persons who visited him in his cell, it was believed th it ho bad made such a confession a week or two ago to the attending clergyman, which he did not feel at lib <rty to have published. Such an impression was created by a remark made to one of the reporters by the Rev. Mr. Bring? hurst, to the effect that what information be had obtained as a clergyman ho did not feel himself at liberty to communicate to others. The confession made in the presenoe ot tho Rev. Mr. Bringhurst and Mr. William B. Per? kins was published at the request of Twitchell. It is alleged that his wife had not boen to see him for sovoral days before, ..tod that she had expressed a fear of a confession by him. It is singular that a report was current in the early part of last week that Mrs. Twitchell intendod to confess to the commission of the deod, and to declare that George had no act or part in it. Another Philadelphia paper says: Rev. Mr. Bringhurst, as overybody knows, is the pastor of All Sam's' (Episcopal) Church, in Twelfth-street below Shippen. The Twitch ells and Mrs. Hill, when they attendod any church, went there, but Mr. Bringburst had no acquaintance with them. When incarcerated on the charge of murder, George Twitche 1 sent for him. For more than seventy days he has not let twenty-four hours pass Dy without a visit to TwitobcH'd cell. Ho baptized bim in the prison, and believed that, ho had prepared bim for death. Mr. Bringburst ie one ofthat class of unsuspecting, guileless gentlemen who would very probably mistake a horse thief, if travelling with him in a railroad oar, for a student of divinity, or a gentleman who does business with "the little Joker" tor u mis? sionary just retnrned from Hindost?n. Mr. Bringburst received Twitcboll's acknowledg? ment, as above, with great surprise. Twitchell begged that it should be suppressed until after his execution, but Mr. Bringhurst refused to receive it upon any such terms. The rever? end gentleman himself produced it fir publi? cation on Saturday last. f The heart of George Twitchell opened on Friday when, after an absence of five days, he became satisfied that Camilla had forsaken him. He was led to believe that she was too ill to visit bim, and was apprehensive accord? ingly. Unable to lie, and unwilling to prevari? cate, Mr. Bringhurst told him that his wife was not sick, and was in the city. She had paid a flying visit to Millville, N. J., but had returned. The statement t'Jat she had taken a cottage in West Philadelphia and was living there. Mr. Bringhurst says/ was erroneous. The lady requested Mr. Br?nghursl to ask George where h 3 would like, aSter he was hung, that his body should lie. Ref. Mr. Bringhurst reiterates his s'aternentlhatefto so asked him. Mrs. Twitchell has always rn untested exceed? ing trepidation at tho idea c: tho reporters witnessing the execution of Ber husband and taking notes of any confessions he might mako. The report that abo fled tho jpity on Saturday is doubtful, unless tho hour?vas late, as she was in consultation with Mr. 0$tyrne during the morning. Mr. Bringhurstln r e oase is sorely puzzled. Anterior to this foss ion he be? lieved lu the sincerity of 'Mitchell's state? ments; he now knows not. y<i?jro be can oast ino oucnor nf hope. So fUr aaSJ?ar j'Uiv: ut pub? lic opinion 'can bo felt by the reportar of a newspaper, no one believes any more of the confession of the unfortunate matricide than that he was cognizant of h er murder-but be? fore, not after, the'fact. The Philadelphia Press, referring to the con? fession of Twitchell, the condemned murderer, says : On Monday, two friends of Geo. S. Twitchell, Jr., visited him at the county prison, and en-' gaged in a conversation, he having expressed a desire to explain the statement tuado on Sat? urday. The following interrogatories and the replies thereto are given for what they are worth : Question. Is the statement made on Satur? day of yo-r own composition, and without any influence whatever? Answer. It was my own entirely, anl on Saturday I asked for Mr. Perkins to be pres? ent, along with Mr. Bringhurst, at tha^read ing of it. Q. Did you, on any occasion ever before, know Mrs. Twitchell to leave her bed after retiring? A. Yes ; I have known Mrs. Twitchell fire quenly to leave the room, and also have known her to be gone some times for over an hour and converse with Mrs. Hill. But on tho evening in question I foll asleep on the tongue, and can? not say whether she left the room or not. Q. How do you acoouut for the bl )od on your shirt and person? A. All I can say to that is. that in lifting un the body to throw it out "of the window, ? caught hold of the head and shoulders, the heaviest portion, and my wife the feet. Q. Was Mrs. Hill dead when you threw her out of the window ? A. As far as I am able to judge, Mrs. Hill was dead when I hfed up the body. Q. Where was Mrs. Twitchell when she called you? A. She was in the entry, at the end of the staircase leading up into our room. Q. Can you account for the poker in the yard? A. I oannot ; I knew nothing of a poker until after our arrest. Q. How about the ashes on the windowsill? . A. I was smoking after tea, aa it was my usual custom, and 1 presume I left them there. Twitchell here added: I did not entertain the slightest idea that my statement would alter my situation as far as the law went, but mada it to have entire peace with my God, and did not think it would be published until after my execution. My reasons for not stating it soon? er are simply these: that 1 fully expected my wife to come forward and state ail, and not leave ms to perform the unpleasant .duty; but her absenting herself from me, and her actions, so unnatural to me io such a position, have compelled me to come forward and state all I know, which 1 did on Saturday. I would state also, gent Ismen, that, ii these statements can be said by my wife to want foundation, and ara incorrect, let her come forward and deny them. -They have a novel mode of execution in Constantinople. A correspondent describes that of a Musseiman Albanian who had con? fessed a crime similar to that for which tho negro Harris was recent!y b mg in Maine. The execution had been delayed for some days, owing to the difficulty of finding a gipsy the usual finisher of the law-to undertake the job for the modest fee offered by the authori? ties. The Zingara, however, holding eat for better pay, a policeman was at length induced to do the work, and, without previous" hint of his fato, the murderer was roused from his sleep at sunrise, to go down, ?s he Was told, to a steamer for exile to Trobiz.mdo. On reach? ing tho spot selected, the party of police es? corting him halted, and the first intimation the wretch had bf bis ' fate was the ques? tion if he desired to say his prayers. He replied in the negative, and the executioner then advanced and attempted to throw a looped cord over his head. Manacled though he was, hs resisted for some minutes, strug? gling florcoly, and screaming in a manner whioh, early as the hoar was, speedily gather? ed a orowd into the previously empty street. At length the cord was Rot round bis neck, and after a farther short resistance he was strangled into insensibility. This dons, the I body was hitched np to a hook in the door ? post of a neighboring butcher's shop, with the feet barely off the ground, and left 'odie oat thus, under watch of a single septicb. There was no excitement among the spectators, and in !v?? IM&U Lau? ?i* JuwM? mlv?? tu? ?uur?tu?r was dead only some three or four loiterers lin? gered ne tr the spot. About 1 P. M. the body was cut down and carried off in a sack for burial. THIS $ i,300,000 JU O ND ROD BERT. The Philadelphia. Burglar* Giving the New Torfe. Operator? ?.casona-A Daz? zling Howard. The robbery of over a million dollars' worth of bonds and greenbacks, which was executed on Sunday morning in Philadelphia, and which was successfully perpetrated in a build? ing situated at the thoroughfare of the south? west corner of Twelfth and Chostnut streets, goes far to prove that tho burglar's h ado ie fast approximating to the rank aud olass of a science. The robbery was discovered by the keeper of a billiard tabla saloon, who, on going home, paw that tho window belonging to tho Saving Fund Society was open. A short examination soon disclosed tho fact that the window had been forced opon, und that the largo Lillio firo ?Toof safe had boon burst and robbed. A mall safe within tho large one, having four locks, and which contained papers of tho great? est value, had been lifted out into tho floor, and the lock having been picked, overy paper was taken from it. THE BUBOLABS TAKING TH El il OWN TIME. The carpet of the room was torn up in differ? ent places, and torn envelopes that containod valuable bonds, Ac, were strewn around in all directions. Tho robbers had evidently been at work several hour j, for it was found that a largo piece of timber, evidently prepared for the purpose, had been fastened in an upright position ou the floor, near the safe door, by moans of iron hinges screwed to the floor, and behind this was a prop, securely planted against this upright post. This contrivance wa? used to afford a sort of support to the drill used to drill a hole into the safe door, by whioh the burglars were enabled to pick the lock. The combination look of the safe was knocked off, and a bole drilled through the chilled steel forming the panels of the safe door, about three inches to the right of the place where the combination lock was. This hole was drilled to the depth of abont threo inches. A paper containing powder, and different sized "bits," a large braca and a bottle of aloohol, were found in the room, which had boen left behind. A TEMPTING BEWARD. Of the securities stolen from the St. John Beneficial Saving Fand, about $400,000 were registered bouda, not convenible. The coupon bonds amounted to $160,000, of which $93,000 were 5-20'a. Mortgages to the amount of $250, 000 wero not disturbed, so that, including re? gistered bonds, securities and real estate, the society will have $780,000 to meet tho claims of 3,000 depositors. The society offer a reward of $25,000 tor tbe arrest of rho burglars and the re? covery of the assets. The managers have sus Eended payments to depositors for tho present, n addition to .the bonds belonging to the so? ciety, there were" a large amount of boxes be? longing to private parties deposited for safety. Valuables were in the vault with a Lillie com? bination look, which, as well as a Bmaller safe inside, were bored into with apparent ease. DR A. IN WAVES. We mentioned, a few daya ago, that a writer in the London Spectator had propounded a theory of "brain waves," to account for the ap? pearance of persons at the point of death to their distant friends. He claims that there is a kind of brain atmosphere, whioh extends over the globe, and upon whieh the brain has tho power of impressing undulations, jnst as a bell sets the air in motion, or an electric bat? tery the electric fluid in a telegraph wire. These waves, when they meet with a sympa? thetic organ, produoe ideas and images more or less distinct, according to circumstances. !*h? auV>j??* io undergoing uiscnesion in the oluuiue of tho Spool ator, and in a i scant num? ber of the paper some facts confirmatory of the theory are advanced. One is the caae of a per? son whose image was seen by his wife to enter his houae-and go ap stairs some two hours be? fore his actual arrival. On inquiry it was found that at that moment he was mentally imaginiug himself as doing the preoise thing whioh his apparition did. Another story is perhaps not new to many of our readers, but it is sufficiently interesting to be repeated : Admiral Sir Thomas Williams, a straight? forward and excellent man, was in command of a ship crossing tbe Atlantic ocean. Hie course brought him within sight of the Island of Ascension, at that time uninhabited, and never visited by any ship except for the pur? pose of collecting turtles, which abound on the coaat. The island was barely descried on the horizon, and was not to be noticod at all; bnt as Sir Thomas looked at it, he was seized hy an unaccountable desire to steer toward it. He felt how strange snoh a wish would appear to his crew, and tried to disregard it, bnt, in vain. Hia desire became more ?nd more orgeat and distressing, and foreseeing that it would soon be more difficult to gratify it, he told his lieu? tenant to prepare to "put about the ship," and steer for Ascension. The officer to whom he spoke ventured respectfully to represent thai Changing their course would greatly delaj them-that jost at that moment the men wert going tu then ui?ii?r-thai, ai least, some de lay might be allowed. Bnt these argument! seemed to increase Captain William's anxiety and the ship was steered toward the uninter eating little island. AU eyes and spy-glaasei were now fixed upon it, and soon something was perceived on the shore. "It is white-it ii a flag-it mast be a signal 1" And when the} neared the shore it was ascertained that aix teen men, wrecked on that coast many dayi before, and suffering the extremity of hunger had set up a signal, though almost without i hope of rahel. FR OXIDE OiV EDUCATION. Mr. Fronde, the English historian, has bee: appointed Hector of the University of St. An drew's; and on the day of his inauguration h delivered an address to the students, which, i: many of its passages, has a universal applioa tion, and espeoially in those whioh relate t education as a means of independence. He said there wore two ways of being ind? pendent. If a man required much, he mut produce much; audit he produced little, h must require little. He set the austere Ufa ( the old scholars before his audience-the me whose studies added nothing to the materit wealth of the world, and who were oontent t be poor. The thirty thousand students wh assembled at Paris from all parts of Europe I hear Abelard had the use of their own legs 1 going there, and were satisfied. They did n< grumble because they had no money when with to ride. They respected alike the compel sations of the intellect and of manual labo They had taken their stand, having made the pwn choice, and did not look for wealth in tl sphere which they had deliberately accepte knowing that wealth did not grow there, n< anywhere, oat of the material conditions. Th waa the most important thing for a man make up his mind to ia the outset of life, I then knows what he ia doing, and walks intel gently through tho world, without quarrelUi with the tacts. . But the old system of education waa i wrong. A man of to-day must be trained live in to-day-to grapple with the euergis difficulties and obstructions of the times whu make'h is life. To cram a lad's mind with i finite names of things whioh he never handle places he never saw or wiU ase, and stat menta of facts whioh he could not possibly u derstand, was like loading his stomach wi marbles-for bread gi ving him a stone. A m must esra his living; that waa tho primal nea? Sity. He must maintain himself in honest int amdence. No education was worth a rash til d not aid a man to do this, for the millie moat toil with their hands or the race will so oeaae to exist. Bat there weald come an an lioration of labor. The beneficent tight wh it descended would be a light whioh wot maka labor more productive by being mt scientific, whioh would make the humbh drudgery not unworthy a human being, by n king lt at the same time aa exorcise to t mind. . Indeed, from first to last, it waa a praoti address. Educate to the businoss of life-tl was th? barden of it. Learn tho modern preference to tho dead languages, and lei many of them. Do not forgot to ostabl: your mind in the phyeioal sciences sith They will be sure to prove of inestimable val ai acme time or other oi once "ufo. Ana sm all things, be honest. As John Knox aa "Know God, and stand by the good causo, t nae your time well." This is the whole di of man. Special Volkes. MW NOTICE.-THE CREDITORS OF GEO. H. GRUBER, Esq.. arc requested to meet THIS DAT, tho 9th inst., at the offlco of the Insurance aud Trust Company, in Broad-street, at 12 o'clo -k. April 9_ ! ?^-CONSIGNEES PER BTE A M 8 HIP CHARLESTON are notified that ahe is discharging cargo at Adger's Wharf THIS HAY. Goods uncalled for at sunset will be stored at owners' risk and ex? pense. JAMES ADQER tt CO., Agents. April 9 1 jasj-CON SIGN EES PER STEAMSHIP SEA GULL, from Baltimore, aro hereby notified that abe is THIS DAT discharging cargo at Pier No. 1. Union Wharves. All Goods not taken away at minuet, viii remain on wharf at Consignees' risk. MOKDECAI & CO., April 9_1_Agenta. JS3-THE ACTING MAYOR AND ASSISTANT TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES AIDING TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE CITY TREASURY IN VIOLATION OF LAW. TO THE EDIT OB OF Tims MEWS. The Act of the Legislature of December 18, 1850, in reference to the Municipal Government of Charles? ton, provides as follows: "SKO. 2 The Mayor, and not less than twelve Al? dermen, shall be a quorum for the imposition of taxes and tho appropriation of money." I commend the above to Mr. G. W. CLARK, Acting Mayor, and Mr. J. D. GEDDINGS, Acting Al? derman, as they seek to excuse their lawless efforts to keep the Republican Mayor and Aldermen elect out of office, by affecting a sensitive "regard for law." These gentlemen have recently aided in mak? ing appropriations out of the City Treasury with a Board consisting, all told, of the Mayor and only ELEVEN Aldermen. Mr. CLARK is the well known Democratic aspirant for the Customhouse, and Mr. GEDDINGS ia the Democratic candidate-slightly disguised-for re-appointment as Assistant Treas? urer of the United States; and they have doubtless been so busy in getting up memo i i ul s in their be? half, signed by violent Democrats and bogus Repub? licans, that this law has escaped their attention. Charleston, April 7, 1869. A TAXPAYER. April 8_ _6 ?WA CARD_I HAVE NO INTEREST OR connection with the house known under the style and name of COURTENAY, No. ? Broad-slreet. I can be found for Ute present at DENNY A PERRY'S, opposite Charleston Hotel, Meeting-street. April 7_wf?6_ HIRAM HARRIS. MW STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA_ CHARLESTON COUNTY.-FIRST OIROU1T_OF? FICE CLERK OF THE COURT OF COMMON FLEAS, CHARLESTON, APRILS. 1669.-The Jurors drawn for the Extra Term of this Court, whian com? menced Its session on the 29th Marah, 1889, aro re? lieved from further attendance on the Court from and after this date, in accordance with the act of the Legislatur? entitled 'An act to regulate the manner of drawing jurors." By order of the Court. A. C. Ul CH MOND, April 7_wfs3_Clerk. MW CHARLESTON PRESBYTERY WILL meet in Zion Church (Glebe-street), THIS EVENING, at Eight o'clock. Sermon by the Rev. Dr. HOWE, Moderator. There will bo preaching on each suc oeedlug evening of this week, services to begin at Eight o'clock. Seats free._April 7 MW NOTICE. -THE SUBSCRI &Ett HAS discontinue.* nrncerv business formerly con? ducted by ham at No. SSS King-street, oast ?ide of j and above Market-street, formerly known aa the stand of N. M. Porter, and in future will be found at the store of WM. S. CORWIN A CO., No. 276 King-street, where he will be pleased to see the old friends of Gruber A Martin, and also of G. H. Gra? ber. GEO. H. GRUBER. April T_ MWTO CONSUMPTIVES.-THE ADVER? TISER, having been restored to health in a few weeks by a very simple remedy, after haring suffered several years with a severe lung affection, and that dread disease Consumption, is anxious to make known to bis fellow-sufferers the means of cure. To all who desire it, he will send a copy of the pre? scription used (free of charge),, with the directions for preparing and using the same, which they will find a sure cure for Consumption, Asthma, Bronchi tea, Ac. The object of the advertiser in Bending the prescription is to benefit the afflicted, and spread in? formation which he conceives to be invaluable; and he hopes every sufferer will try his remedy, as it will cost them nothing and may prove a blessing. Parties wishing the prescription will please ad? dress Rev. EDWARD A, WTL80N, WiUlamsburg, Kings County, New York. February 3 Smos MW ERRORS OF YOUTH.-A GENTLE MAN who suffered for years from Nervous Debility, Prematura Decay, and all the effects of youthful in? discretion, will, for the sake of suffering humanity, send free to all who need it, the receipt and direc? tions for making the simple remedy by which he was cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by the advertis? er's experience, can do so by addressing, in perfed onndence, JOHN B. OGDEN, No. 42 Cedar-street, New York. February 8_8moa ?WESSAYS FOR YOUNG MEN_ON THE Errors and abuses incident to Youth and Early Man? hood, with the humane view of treatment and cure, sent by mail free ot charge. Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Box P, Philadelphia, Pa. January 20 8mo fttjiwtjft garfa JjDWAMB LOWNDES, STOCK AND REAL ESTATE BROKER, Np. 1 BR0AD-STREE1. WILL BUY AND SELL ON COMMISSION, REAL ESTATE, Bonds, Stocks, Ac. Also, attend to Rent? ing and Collect mg Rents. March 8_mf Imo T OH N O. A 1J IS X A N 1) E ll , ACCOUNTANT, NOTARY PUBLIC AND GENERAL AGENT, Mo* IO Brood-street. RESPECTFULLY SOLICITS BUSINESS IN AD. JUSTING ACCOUNTS of Merchants and others, and in WRITING UP AND POSTING their BOOKS, either tn part or whole. Ao._January 9 J T . HUMPHREYS, BROKER, AUCTIONEER AND COMMIS? SION MERCHANT. SALES Ol1 BEAL ESTATE. STOCKS, BONDS, SB 0UR1TIES AND PERSONAL PROPERTY ATTENDED TO. No. S7 BR O AO-BTRUSr, CHARLESTON, 8. 0. BKVERKNOKS. Hon. HENRY BUIST, W. J. MAGRATH, Esq. General JAMES CONNER, T. B. WARING, Esq. October_I . JgD WARD DALY, I GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT, BJ?. SA Warrem-etreet, NEW TORS. PERSONAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE PUR? CHASE off all kinds of MERCHANDISE. Boote, Shoos, Hats, Ca, a and Trunks, and Straw Gooda a apcclalty ? Consignments of ?U kinds of Staple Articles and ener*! Produce -elicited. Prompt re turua guaranteed. EDWARD DALY, Lat? of Charleston, 8. 0. Semi-Weekly Price Cn ire nt? sent free by post. January 28 nan Smos FOU L1VKHPOUL. THE FIBST0L.83 BRITISH BARE DAVIU MoNTJTT, M. P. MOELHINKEY Master, will load for the above port, and hoing of small capacity will meet with dla? patch. For Freight engagements apply to April 0_fmwa_RU BT. MURE & GO. VUU HUNTON. , THE SCHOONER AN N'A E. GLOVER, having half of her cargo engaged, will load With dispatch for tho abo,vo port. ? For Freight engagements apply to T. TUPPER & SONS, Maroh 31 Brown's Wharf. EOR IM jew ?OiiH. REG ULAH LINE~SVERY THUR8DA Y PASSAGE RKUUCK- 'J O SI 5. - * THE STEAMSHIP SARAGOSSA. F** Captain C. BYDKR, will leave Van derhorBt'a Wharf on THUB?DAX, _?April 15, Id69, at 9 o'clock A. M. April 9_RAVENBL k CO., Agents. WKW Y'JRK. AND CHAULESTON STEAMSHIP LINE. . - . POR NKW YORK. CABIN PASSAGE $20. TBE ?SPLENDID ?jlDE-WHEEL, STEAMSHIPS of this Lino will 'leave Adger's South Wharf, during , the month of April, an foUows ; JAMES ADGER-TUESDAY, April 6, at 2 o'clock P M CHAMPION-SATURDAY, April 10. ar 4 o'clo?k P M CHARLESTON-TUESDAY April l?, at 8 o'clook A M MANHATTAN-HATUBDAY, April 17, at 10 o'clock A M JAMES ADGER-TUESDAY, April 20, at 12 o'clook M CHAMPION-SATURDAY, April 24, at 4 o'clock P M CHARLESTON-TUESDAY, April 27, at 7 o'dock A M MW Insurance can be obtained by th oso steamers at yx per cent. j&g- An i-xtra Charge of $6 will bc made to pas? sengers purchasing Tickets on board after sailing. 49- These STEAMSHIPS have handsome and roomy accommodations for passengers, and their tablea are supplied with all the delicacies ot the New York and Charleston marketa. For Freight or Passage; apply to ? JAMES ADGER A$ CO., Corner Adger's Wharf and East Bay (Up-ftairs.) April 5_ FOR LIVERPOOL. CHARLESTON AND LIVERPOOL STEAMSHIP LINE. - THE "HST CLASS IRON SCREW . ^; ^i^-?'i? Steamship CAMILLA, HENRY ^___6_l PEACE Commander, is now roady .T?^___S_* to receive Freight tor the above port, to sail on or about 10th of April. For Freight engagements, apply to ROBERT MURE A CO., Boyce's Wharf. MW Risks taken by this vessel at five-eighths (%) per cent. Maroh 26 TRAVELERS PASSING THROUGH: CHARLESTON EN ROUTE TO FLOBIDA, AIKEN f. -cAnd other places, should not fal ,4?$?^'?rzL *0 lay ,n tuelr supplies of PROVIS ?.?dJMxtma IONS, CLARETS, CHAMPAGNES? __t__B__ CORDIALS, BRANDIES, WHI EXES, WINES, CANNED MEATS, SOUPS, Ac. Pates of Wild Game, Deviled Entremets, Har. . Tsrkey, Lobster, etc., fur Lunche. Sandwiches , Travelers' Repast, Ac. XaT"Send for a catalogue. WM. S. CORWIN "'i CO., No. 276 K uc.-street, Between Wentworth am) Beaufain, Charleston, S. O. Branch of No. 900 Broa 1 way, corner JOtU street. New York. . Or:ober28 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSilil' COMP V'S THROUGH LlAu. TO CALIFORNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN. i?>ir_?'_ STEAMERS OF iii i. ABOVE .<'l?^?W*~:xL llne Pier No. 42, North River, - _i\ty__l foot of Oanal-street, New York, at PH fflWWtii 12 o'clock noon, of tue lat, 11th and 21st of every month (except when these daces fall en Sunday, then the Saturday preceding). Departure of 1st and 21at connect at Panama with steamers for South Pacific and Central American ports. Those of lat touch at Mansanlllo. Departure of iith of each month connects with the new steam line from Panama to Australia and New Zealand. Steamship JAPAN leaves San Fre? cisco for China and Japan May 4,1869. No California steamers touch st Havana, but ga direct from New York to AspinwalL One hundred pounds baggage free to each adala. Medicine sud attendance free. For Passage Tiokets or further information apply at the COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, on the whait foot of Canal-street, North River, Now York. March 12_lyr_F. R. BABY, Agent. POR GEORGETOWH, ?. O., TOUCHING AT WAT BBL Y, BROOK. Git HEN AND KEIIHFIELD MILLS <- THB STEAMER EMILIE. 6APT. JE_I??_HCP- ?- LEWIS, will receive Freight TmtS DAY st South Commarcial Wharf, and sail as above on SATURDAY MOKNINS, the 10th instant, at 6 o'clock. Returning sha will leave Georgetown en TUE8DAT Mo_UN?, the 13th instant, at daylight. AU Freigilt must be prepaid. For Freight engagements, apply to oHACKRLFOR? A KELLY, Agents, April 9_ 1 Boyes A Co 's Wharf. CHANGE OP SCHEDULE. INLAND ROUTE-ONLY TWO AND A HALF HOURS AT SEA. THROUGH TieKSTS TO FLORIDA. CHARLESTON AND8AVANNAH STEAM PACKET LINE. i- _a____*a THB STEAMER PILOT BOY, OAP B^HjgBpZ r * IN FENN PSOK, win leave Accom? modation Wharf every MONDAY ?nd THURSDAY Moan * ?os, at 8 o'clook, touching at Beaufort only; returning will leave Savannah TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at 9 o'clock A. M., making the trip in eleven hours. The Steamer VANNIE, Captain ADAIR, will leave Charleston every WEDNESDAY MORN INO. at 8 o'clook touching at Ediato, Chisolm's Land'nz. Beaufort and HUton Head; returning4, leave Savannah every THURS? DAY, at a o'clock P. ai,, touching at tho above, land IN WM touch at Bluffton on the second WEDNESDAY in every month, going and returning. For Freight or Passage apply to JOHN FERGUSON, April 8_Aocommiodation Wharf. ? POR PALATKA, FLORIDA, VIA SAVANNAH, FERNANDINA AND JACKSON? VILLE. _ . ?EIT~?_ THE FIRST-CARS STEAM KS JR_SHHE_ DICTATOR, Captain WM. T. MONXL TT, wUl sail from Charleston every Tuesday Evening, at Eight o'clock, tor the above point?. ? The first-class Steamer CITY POINT. Captain Orso. E. MCMILLAN will rail from Charleston every Fri? day Evening, at Eight o'clock, for above points. Connecting with the Central Railroad at Savanna!? for Mobile and New Orleans, and with tho Florida Railroad at Fernandina for Cedar Keys, at which point si earners connect with New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola. Key West and Havana. Through Bills Lading given for Freight to Mobiler Pensacola and New Orleans. Connecting with H. 8. Hart'? uteamtrt Oclawaha and Griffin for Stiver Springt and Lake* Griffin, But? ti*, Harrie and Durham. AU freight payable on the wharf. Goods not removed st sunset will be stored et ri? end expense of owners. For Freight or Passsge engagemot t, apply to J. D. AIKEN A CO., agents. South Atlantic Wharf, . N. B.-No extra charge for Meals snd Staterooms. November ai _ EXCURSIONS A ROU NM TUB HARBOH. THE FINK, FAST SAILING AND OOM JWV? FORT ABLY appointed Yacht ELEANOR will resume her tripp, to historio points in _sas_the harbor, and wltl leave Government Wharf daily at Ten A. M. sad Three P. M. For Passsge apply to 1 HOM AS YOUNG. , December 18 Captain. on board. > JAMBS HNOX.........JOHN Oft.* KNOX & GILI/, COTTON FACTORS " AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. US SMITH'S WHARF, BALTIMORE. Consignments of COTTON, BICE, Wa, respect, folly solicited, and liberal advances m*do thereon. Orders fat CO BN and BACON promptly executed with ewe and attention. _, Ar.rH 37 tamos* jpliABLKSTUN AHBIOIIU'VRAL WAREHOUSE AND 1-fEED STOBE. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, GARDEN SEEM, sta, GEO. E. Pl NO REE. Nc 140 Meeting-street, charleston. March 21 6mo