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r VOLUME VII.-NUMBER 1078. CHARLESTON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY ll, 1869._SIX DOLLARS PER ANNUM BY TELEGKAPH. TUE STATU SUEEEME COVET. JSTECI VL TELEGRAM TO THE HEW?.] COLUMBIA, April 20.-The Supreme Court .was opened to-day pursuant to adjournment. The following cases r?om the Second Circuit ?wero con tinned by consent : IL L. Bonham ads. W. J. Griffin; C. Bruce Walker, assignee, vs. Lewis Covar; Ann Griffin and M. L. Bon? ham vs. T. A. Addison and H. A. Addison; P. Morse and wife vs. Elizabeth Adams ?t al. In the Third Circuit, Richard Williims and wife vs. tho Escheator, Joseph T. Cummings, adr., was continued. The case of R. C. Richard? son and R. L. Livingston adrs., et al. vs. Eliza A. Tindall was heard. Moise tor tho motion. Haynesw?rth and Fraser submitted arguments in writing on the same side; J. S. G. Richard? son contra, and Moise in reply. Tbo argument of the case involving the question of the validity jDf bonds given in pay? ment for the purchase of negroes will come np to morrow aDd excites much interest. WASHINGTON. A _ THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE SENATE - NOMINA? TIONS AND CONFIRMATIONS-G BOWLS IN THE RADICAL VJ AMP - REORGANIZATION OF THE IN? TERNAL REVENUE BUREAU, AC WASHINGTON, April20.-The Senate h*S passed a resolution to adjourn on Thursday. Senator Ross made a long personal explana? tion, denying the correctnes?of the accounts of his late kterview with the President, but condemning Grant o course in removing men from office merely because appointed by John? son. The Senate have adopted a resolution direct? ing the Secretary of War to examine the month of the Mississippi, and report what is necessa? ry to benefit commerce. Among (he nominations to-day were: Riotte, Minister to Nicaragua; J. 8. Ronl, Secretary of Legation to Mexico; F. S. Richards, of Ten? nessee, Consul to Leeds, England; John C. Sonthworth, United States Attorney for Ala? bama. Collectors of Customs- Alex. C. Davis, Beaufort; Thomas P. Robb, Savannah. Thom? as Tynn, Assistant Appraiser, New Orleans, Henry J. Sampson, Assistant Appraiser, New Orleans; Thomas Ong, Local Appraiser, New Orleans; George A. Houghton, Supervisor of Steamboats for the Sixth District. Postmas? ters-Caldwell, at Rome, Ga.; Shaw, Tarboro', N.C.; Blair, Tuscaloosa, Ala. There were some forty confirmations to-day, and no rejections or withdrawals affecting the South. No new appointments will be sent in except to meet rejections. Tbjfcre is mach dissatisfaction in Congress? ional circles regarding appointments. Scbenck complains bitterly. H. R. Holbard, Comptroller of the Currency, calls on all national banks for a statement of their condition np to the 17th instant. The Senate has still two hundred nomina? tions before them. The interril revoane bureau has been reor? ganized by the establishment of three promi? nent divisions, nndor tho charge respectively of Solicitor Smith, second deputy Farnell, and & third deputy not yet appointed. Tho first division will have charge of law matters; the second of books and accounts, and the third will supervise all affairs rotative to tax on dis? tilled spirits and tobacco. Chief Deputy Commissioner Douglass ie, under the direction of the commissioner, Chief Executive Officer of tho Department, -and William P._Spearman is, nuder the new organ? ization, General Supervisor of the Bureau, it was raining heavily all the after noon. SEAEES FROM TELE WIRES. The Bertine Theatre, at Naples, has been burned. Mazatlan advices report the revolution in Sinaloa a decided failure. Tho mathematician Mitchell, aged 76 years, died of debility yesterday, at Vassar College, Philadelphia. Tb? Marine Court at Havana has rendered a final decision condemning the Mary Powell. Heavy engagements near Remedios are re? ported. Under the influence of the unprecedented rains the ice has moved everywhere through - ont the dominion of Canada, doing immense damage. A wealthy director ot the Philadelphia Union League, who has been recently nominated and confirmed to a European Consulate, was de? tected stealing cigars. He said the impulse to steal was irresistible. The case of Kimberly vs. Butler is pend? ing before Judge Chase, in Baltimore. Addi? son and Bent, for the plaintiff. Cunning and S chi ey, also Butler, for the defendant. The points discussed so far soem adverse to Butler. THE CENSUS OF THE STATE. Under authority of the act passed by the Legislature at its recent session, to provide for the enumeration of the inhabitants of this State, the Governor has made the following appointments. These officials are charged with the dnty of taking a complete census of the residents of the State, with a view to the apportionment of representation in the next session of the General Assembly, and also to obtaining a full statistical report of the agri? cultural productions of South Carolina, of the same kind as that which has been found so valuable in the Western States: Abbeville County-Hudson J. Lomax. Anderson County-Samuel Johnson. Barnwell County-James N. Haynes Beaufort County-P. E. Ezekiel. Charleston County-R. C. DeLarge. Clarendon County-E. E. Dickson. Chester County-^L. Wimbush. Chesterfield County-Henry Shrewsbury. Colleton County-Henry James. Darlington Connty-W. Welsh. Edgcfield County-To be appointed. Fr.irfleld County-Henry Johnson. Georgetown County-J. d. Rainey. Greenville County-J. B. Hyde. B?rry County-Frederick Bnck. Kershaw County-Frank Carter. Laurens Connty-To bo appointed Lancaster County-J. B. Cousart. Lexington Countv-Henry Purvis. Marion County-W. S. Collins. Marlboro* County- D. C. Odom. Newberry County-S. Montgomery. Oconeo County-Davhl Saunders. Orangeburg County-Francis DeMars. Picketts County-Moses Hendrix. Richland County-Philip Epstin. Spartanburg County-A. P. Tumor. . Sumter Connty-H. Gardner. Union Comity-H. W. Duncan. Williamsburg County-Robert F. Scott. York County-P. J. OconneL Of the twenty-nine census takers, twelve are negro members of the Legislature, and if the others, whose names are not familiar io us, aro of about tho samo complexion and order Of ability, the Columb-a Phoenix is warranted in sayiajr that "tho appointments ictU bc general? ly approved, and we hopo that in the discharge of their duties these officials will meet with every facility which can be afforded by the citi? zens of cur State." ER03I TUE STATE CAPITAL. The Sa: reme Court- V Reminiscence of Chief Justice Moses?-Personal-Jour? nalism in thc State-Thc Course and influence of "T h o Sew?"-Tolhert'? Whereabouts and Treatment--T h e University- -Moot Court-Gol J Ure--Lo. cal Matters. [FROM OCR OWX CORRESPONDENT.] COUUMBIA, S. C., April 19.-The proceedings of the Fr'preme Court aro very smooth and amicable, which cannot be said of the Legis? lature, where tho Democratic members had no influence and consequently said nothing. Chief Justice Moses has been polite, and Asso ciate-Justice Willard particularly so, to all members of the bar, irrespective of political standing. As to the Chief Justice, we believe, by tho sensitiveness he shows when thrown with his former associates, that he regrets his course, and if possible would retrace his steps. This very Chief Justice we saw, in the spring of 18G2, address a regiment of militia at Sum? ter, when he beseeched it, for the honor of the "Old Game Cock,'- to furnish its quota of men without being drafted, and implored, not one, but all, to como forward and delead their glo? rious and gallant State. He spoke with a warmth and fervor that could hardly be affected, and appeared to feel what he was speaking. He was listened to-he waa.cheered; and, we can? not believe he desires to forget such a day, when the people, willi whom he-was raised and whom he ought to have loved, respected him. I had the pleasure of meeting Hon.'W. D. Porter, who bas been here during the past week. General Mark Gary made us a flying visit, and will return this week to attend the Supreme Court. Tho "Southern Guardian' will hardly be re? sumed beforo September. I have talked with intelligent gentlemen about State journalism, and the cours? of "THE NEWS" is highly approved-in fact, it is pro? nounced the best paper in the State. Let it continue ia the good work, and whilo its voice ia for ol; our people to be law-abiding, nc vor let it guide them into respect for these dirty fellows who have wormed themselves into power. Good newspapers have bat little idea of their tremendous influence. Tolbert, the Randolph murderer, is down at the Penitentiary. We cannot imagine why bo should be put there, except to gull the public into the belief that he is kept under strict sur? veillance. The county jail, the proper place, is secure enough to hold any criminal, and why not confine him there ? Instead, he is carried down to the Penitentiary, put under the charge of General Stoibrand, is not worked or treated as a convict, bat is allowed many privileges be would not have in j iii. The University of Sooth Carolina is still going on, with some eighty students. It is not known what the Trustees are going to do; but the only one among them who is particularly inimical to the institution is J. L. Nearie, and if it is ever broken up it will be due to bim. We are soon to meet, and have met. a sad loss; Professor John LeConte hoBleftfor California, and Professor Joseph LaContc leaves in June. It is not known who will apply for their places, but none can be found who will ever nu mern more worthily. Some aspiring limbs of the law have formed, for mutual improvement, a moot court, with Colonel A. G. Haskell as judge. The ra ec tin ga are interesting, and though a member is fre? quently arraigned for some terrible crime, tried, and perhaps condemned, no harm is done. We lately examined some gold ore from the place of Captain J. J. Nelson, near Long town, Kershaw. It is rich enough to ?,"il pay the working it, yet this is no new discovery, as gold has been known in that vicinity for years. On "Buckhill," owned by tho late Abram Jones, there is a mine sufficiently rich to pay well for the labor of a few bands before the war, who used no improved machinery. It remains to be shown bow much wealth an en? terprising man could accumulate by investing, and then tearing up things by hydraulic min? ing. The Supreme Court, the meetings of stock? holders of the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad on the 21st, and of the Greenville Railroad on the 28th, and the Agricultural Con? vention on the same day, will draw quite a number of strangers here during tho next two weeks. Wehend an eloquent address from Colonel A. C. Haskell last night before the Columbia Bible Society, and also from the sev? eral Protestant ministers of the city. Rev. Dr. George Howe was re-elected president. Statistics, &c, were read, which bhowod that great work bad been, and yet to be, done. HALIFAX. TWITCHEEIJ AQAIX. An Alleged Confession How thc Murder .waa Committed. The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, ol Sa? turday last, hos the following: The melancholy tragedy wbich commenced with the murder of Mrs. Hill and ended with the suicide of George S. Twttchell, Jr., in his cell on the night previous to bis appointed ex? ecution, would seem to have no ending as far as reports about its various details are con? cerned. During the p .st few hours a rumor of a fall confession by tbe suicide to his counsel has been widely circul?t ed, and on tracing it to its source, we regard it as of sufficient imp n> tance and reliability to be laid before the pub? lic. It is necessary to state in advance, how? ever, that Twitchell'8 counsel feel nuable to give tbe public any direct light on the subject, being bonud by the rules of professional etiquette not to divulge any secrets confided to them by their client. The confession wbich Twitched" is reported to have made to his counsel is substantially as follows: "On the day pr?viens to the murder of Mrs. Hill, Twitcheil, bent upon effecting her death with his own bands, made a slung-shot at bis place of business m Camden. With this mur? derous weapon be struck tho old lady a formi? dable blow, no one but the actor in tbe tragedy being present, and then, unassisted, threw tho body from the window into the yard. H" then walkedidown stairs int" the yard, and pro? ceeded to wash the blood trom his hands at tho hydrant. While so engaged ho noticed that the body of his mother-in-law lying near him still exhibited manifest ai ions of life. As soon as this discovery was made bo hastened into the house, entering the kitchen first. Tho first mur? derous weapon which lie encountered hero w is the poker found near the body of thc murdered woman. This he seized, and hurrying back to the yard deal the dying woman another blow on the bead, finishing the murderous work. Ho then repaiied to bis rojm, and the deed was discovered iu the manner with which thc pub? lic is already familiar." Such is the substance of the alleged confes? sion, and wo give ic for wbat it ia worth. It willnot be amiss, however, to rocalla circum? stance which teads, in some measuro, to con? firm this story. Mr. Mann, on the trial of Twitcheil, endeavored to piove that tbe wea? pon which indicted tho fatai blows was a slung shot and not the poker. If, as reported. Mr. Manu really knew that a slung-shot did thc work, bis earnestness in pressing this point can bo readily accounted for. -Tho Albany (Ga..) New3, of th? 9th, says: "After diligent inquiry we estimate that our planere have pul in about forty per emt. of corn, ten of oats, and fifty of cotton. Tho com landa have been thoroughly prepared and well manured, and the stand is probably the best ever known. We arc glad to announce that our people have made up their minds to raise their own bread." Sm AGUE OX TEE WAE PATE. Ile Defines His Position and Purposes His Opinion of the State of tho Conn try. An interview with Senator Sprague forms the topic of two interesting columns in the New York Herald. The senator was found in his study wrapped in a loose and well-worn dressing-gown, and apparently lost in thought beyond hope of awakening. Tho study ap? peared in itself a study, with all kinds of curi? ous traps lying around loose. Books on top of ?ohemian vases, wjnderfully carved paper kntvos, odd-looking ink bottles, pen-wipers, and a host ol other ai tides of stitioncry on the mantel-piece, on the marble-top wash? stand, on the writing fabio and on the floor. Near thu senator's chair stood a small tray bolder, laden with the abs'^mious fare of a student, consisting of coffee minus milk, and t038t minus butter. S pr ague looks old on near acquaintance. He baa a small bead, small features, large, lustrous eyes, slightly dashed with dimness that necessitates tho wearing of glasses. Ho has not tho faintest trace of outward affectation. \W copy from the Herald correspondent's account : "People say, Governor, that they do not comprehend exactly what you are driving at. Some insinuate that you are bidding for the Piesidency; others thai you want to cut loose from your party, and still more state in down? right terms that you are crazy." J'Hold on 1" exclaimed the Governor, "let me answer the last charge. Yes-I am crazy crazy, as every reformer has been since the be? ginning of tho w.rld. Because I refuse to fol? low in the ruts of that set calling itself tbe Senate of the United States the cry is raised at once, 'Oh I Sprague is crazy.' I'will let them know before long exactly how crazy I am. I am not bidding for the Prosidoncy, either. If it wore offered to me to-morrow I should only take it on conditions ot being at liberty to kick out of the Wbito House every office seeker that dare come into it. Not a man should be appointed under me to office because he was this man's friend or that man'B supporter. 1 wonld have an incorruptible board ot examiners for every office under tho government, an* no man should be appointed unless he showed the proper capacity to fill it. I would disregard party altogether, and put only the best men in the nation in places of trust; but as I koow such a condition of things can never De attain? ed, i he Presidency is not my ambition. Neither am I about to cut bose from my party and at? tach myself to the Democratic. Both, as par? ties, are rotten; but 1 intend to build up a new party, in which politics will have little to do. My party will have for its one grand principle the reform ot our finances, the rendering of money cheap, tho reduction of taxation, the elevation of the working classes, thc protec? tion of babor, the improvement of our cotton, agricultural, commercial, and manufacturing interests; in short, the making of this country really great, strong and prosperous. All your talk about the nigger, nigger suffrage, State rights, women's rights, rebels, Ac. is only Ht tor these old grannies in Congress. Where is our shipping at this moment ? Who of tboso men, pest' i i ng oui cars all thc time about reconstruc? tion, rebels, niggers, ftc. bas'ever lifted his voico io favor ol the -broken-down comraeree that was once our pride and glory ? I tell you, sir, these men would drivo this country head? long to the devil in thoir greed for powor. Th's country is to-day intrinsically weaker than any on tho face of the globe, not except? ing Mexico. Now, let me explain; but first lot mo enliehten you upon tho purpose of tho s peech, tho opening one of tho late series I UlailC ill thc ?UU?^n lt ncr?i.ovvp?.i'y X ulfcoul.1 ?raw the attention of the peoplo to Congress to invite greater attention to the speech I made upon tho finances and thc bill offered in connection therewith. I began by skirmish ing, my objective point being thc treasury the great national curse. Mv scheme was no hurriedly considered affair. For thrco years I have devoted my mind exclusively to this sub? ject, and you w ill find, it I am mad, there was some method in my madness after all. You eaw how that first speech awakened a thrill of interest throughout the nation. There is some of the evidenco (pointing to a bundle of let? ters.) Now, if ? hod made my pioposition alone, without any preparation of the public mind, it might have gone thc way of all like propositions. I hold that the treasury is the root of our presont evils. Forty millions of dollars, we will say, are received there this month. Ibis money comes out of the pockets of the people. One man whose taxes are large has, perhaps, to borrow the money at a high rate of interest to pay his indebtedness to tho government. That money gets into the trea? sury, and lies there hoarded up fora mouth or Bix weeks without producing a particle of ben fit to the government or tho people. Twenty millions of that amount, we will say, are paid ontby the government, and twenty millions re? main. The market in New York, where tho capital of tho country is centralized, is de? clared scarce. When monoy is scarce the ?". who have tho least put their stocks on ?... the market at a low rate to induce purchasers and procure capital to carry on their business. There is always in New York a class of epoculatore who buy up all such stocks acd wait for tho favorable time -next month, wo will say-when the Treasury, in place of $20,000,000, pays out $60,000,000. Then money becomes abundant, and these s to ks are rushed in upon the mar? ket, and the gamblers make their harvest. You see there is no equilibrium here. Our money market is all tho time fluctuating, influ? enced by that vast, overgrown corporation, tbe National Treasury. Then, again, all kinds of stocks are affected in this way. I can go into the maiket ia New York a'uy day iu my busi? ness, and by the process that obtains there smash, by roy superior force of capital, the small dealers that venture competition with me. The whole country is affected by this. Money is entirely too dear. The cotton plant? ers at the South pay almost twenty-five per cent, for the capital to work their plantations. England is the chief market for cotton, but she is every year extending her purchases in India and Egypt, and finally, by manipulating thc markets, she will damage our cotton inter eats at the South irretrievably. Agricultural interests suffer in the same manner from this dearness of money. England will, after a while, buy less of oar agricultural staples. Capital is too dear, the cost of transportation too high, the taxes too many and too crushing, for our farmers. Same way with the manufac? turing interests. Twenty years ago our firm in Rhode Island was one among twenty little once; now we have the whole field to ourselves. Bat then we crushed out tho others, and are now engaged fighting tho big follows, until finally New England will havo nothing but a small aggregation of enormous monopolies, wielding a power dangerous to the Slate and to tho liberties and happiness of tho people. But think or all that money that goes into tho Treasury being committed to the charge of a boy, formerly a secretary of minc, whereas in Europe the most responsible men in the com mu m ty oro invariably selected for the duty of receiving and looklug alter the public funds. Hie Treasury, above all things, should be jeal? ously guarded, and all its incomes and expen? ditures scrutinized with exceeding care. -Germany is furnishing booksellers to all partBofthe world. lu tho Siberian city of Tobolsk an enterprising Teuton has recently started an extcntivo bookstore. Bookselling, os a general tbiug, is a profitable business in Russia. A great many booka arc prohibited there, and thc Russians, who, like every body else, are fond of forbidden fruits, pay round prices for these prohibited booka, ol which tho booksellers in that country always manage to keep full supplies by bribing the police and customhouse officials. Theio are by far more Gem?an and French than Russian books sold in Russia, and the number of works that aro annually published ii: Russia in the language of tho country is remarkably small. There are in Russia very few book publishers that have invested a large capi'al in their business. Good writers aie acareo and in great demand in that country. -Tho Virginia Commissioner of Immigra? tion advertises for "bodies of unimproved land, ranging n*om fifty to one hundred thou? sand acres, at cheap rates, with a view to the immediate colonization of respectable and in? dustrious emigrants from Great Britain, which land/'be says, "tho agents in London inform thc board can be sold there if they be furnish? ed t.t ones with plata, accurate descriptions and lowest price of the land." r OJIE LON ITEMS. -Nearly all tbe crowned ladies of Europe are said to be in favor of female suffira ge. -Five thousaod copios are still sold annually in France of Alexis de Tocqaeville's "Domoc racy in America." -A battalion of German volunteers has been organized at Rome, which will be commanded by Prince Lichtenstein. -The German astronomer, Maedler, has measured the height of 1093 mountains in tbe moon. Twenty-two of these are higher than Mont Blanc, which is within a few feet of being three miles high-six. are above 19,000 feet. The highest observed mountain in the moon is 24,914 feet high. -A plan for cutting a canal through the valloyof the Garonne, France, to unite the Mediterranean and tho Bay of Biscay, is re? ceiving much attention, and is favorably re? garded. The cost of the scbemo is estimated at $88,400,000, and to be possible of accomplish? ment in six years. The projected canal would be for merchant and war ships of the largest size. -By tho last foreign mail we have some frightful facts in regard to the cotton spinners strike in England. In Lancashire, the princi? pal cotton centre, some five thousand " mill hands," as they are cr.lled, were out on a strike. By this time the number may have swelled to twontyor thirty thousand. In Lanarkshire, S?otland, where there are many thousands of families dependent upon tho cotton mills, some mills were already standing. * -A young fellow in England has settled a breach of promise suit, brought against him by a mo3t eligible damsel, in a now way. The damages were laid at ?3000, and she gained them in full. Whoreapon the defendant ad? dressed the young lady a note, saying : "I have behaved infamously, but if you will only forgive and forget, we may be happy yet. The only objection which my friends had to you ie now removed. They can say no longer you are without a penny, since you have ?5000 of your own." And she married him. -The Abbe Deguerry, preaching to fashion' able Paris against the fashions during Lent, exclaimed: "Oh, my sisters, what can be the meaning of the slight covering yon wear on your shoulders ? What can, every evening, bo tho motive ot tho absence of sleeves to your dresses ? With these eyes have I beheld ladies of the most irreproachable character spending their whole evening in catching at their shoul? der-straps lest their dresses should fall off en? tirely, and this is not from any feeling of pro? priety, but from the dread of inconvenience." -A new notion bas been introduced at social parties in Paris. At the entrance of tho salon is placed a large covered basket containing small bouquets of flowers, and presided over by a modern Flora. Each guest places bis or her hand into tho basket and lakes a posy, wbich the women attach to their dress or put in their hair, and the gentlemen place in their buttonhole. Tho latter promonado through the salons, each'in search of a lady wearing a similar bouquet to his own; and when shs is found, he has a right to take possession of her and retain her as partner for tho_rest_ of tho. oveninc. -The land question, involving the mainten? ance of groit properties, is coming to the front in Europe in every country except Franco, England, and Austria. In Spain, Italy, Hun? gary, Busia, "moro land" is cverywlioro thc cry of Ibo peasantry. Tho elections in Hungary, wbich have terminated in tho victoiy of the Doak or liberal party, have brought to light this stato of feeling, wbich ia this instance did not avail. Whatever tho "liberality ' of the Deak party consisted of, it had nothing to do with land. The largo proprietors, who still own the woods ard unculti .*ated lands, wore all on Deiks side, and the peasants on that of tho Beds, as prom? ises of great agrarian changes were frequently made by tho latter. Bat for emigration, says the Spectator, this land question would be the first social question of Europe. -A matrimonial case in a lower rank of life is the present sensation of tho chief town ia East? ern England. O a New- Year ' s day an innkeeper from Norwich, spending his holidays in Lon? don, altor some days' meditation of suicide, went into a police station and demanded to be taken into custody for having, thirteen years before, murdered bis wife and ont her np in pieces in Norwich. His statement was care? fully written down and signed bv tho wretched man ; it was remembered that bis wife myste? riously disappeared at tho period specified, that ho had soon married again, that the re? mains of u woman bad been found scattered about, and an inquest held upon them without result. Tho man was committed for thal, de? nied his confession, put in a plea of not guilty, and lias just been tried, convicted and sentenced to death. His heal h seems breaking up, os well as it may, after this long agony of remorse, and it is doubtful whether ho will live to bo hanged. It is sometimes true that m nrder will out. -Dr. Bornird, the President of tho Academy of Modlcine in Paris, treats with contempt the objections to vivisection, and declares that tho science of medicine, properly so called, will not exist until doctors cut up enough living cats, dogs and other animals, to form a proper basis j of induction. He acknowledges, however, that thc-strmgely human behavior of a poor mon? key under lus dissecting knife, caused him to desire to use chloroform. It was thought be? fore this address was delivered that French physicians had recognized tho cruelty of the practice, especially as a pursuit of careless students. Thc horrible doings at Alfort, where veterinary students learned to practice on thc living horse, have been, it is stated, of lato years, greatly cnrtailei, and instead of ten miserable animals subjected to sixty opera? tions and eight hours of inconceivable agony, there are now at most but one or two. And now the evil is starting up afresh under tho auspices of thc president of thc medical academy. -Mr. Berthold Auerbach seems to have got himself into trouble in Germany by tho boasts bc made recently in regard to tho big copy? rights wbich bo pretends to have received for his last works. Ho says that he received $12, 000 from the publishers of the Vienna Presse tor thc manuscript of "Thc Villa on the Rhine," and that the proprietor of tbe New York Staats Zoitung gave him $3000 for the advance sheets o! the san;e novel. Both statements aro con? sidered gross exaggerations, and Auerbach bas been called upon to provo that ho baa not told fibs. Mr. Auerbach baa international copyright on tho brain. He ia the soul of tho salon of Louisa Muhl bach in Berlin, and baa made all the German authors who frequent that literary attractive centre unhappy as to the imaginery wrongs which he tolls them aro constantly being perpetrated on them by Anieri . can publishers. Auerbach advised Louisa Muhl _back some time ago lo get some American au? thor to write some chapters to bo incorporated with ber now novelB, when, bc assured her, she might get them copyrighted ia the United States. Louisa Muhlbach acted upon ibis sug? gestion with considerable alacrity, and was greatly disappointed when her American friend replied lu her that the proposed plan would not enable her to get a copyright in America. I SEATS AND SADDLES. Major Dwyer, an Irish officer, who left the English service for the Austrian, has written a book entitled "Scats and Saddles, Bits and Bitting; Ihe Prevention and Cure of Reetive ness in Horses," which is reviewed at some length in Blackwood for Jana try. Major Dwyer was a very distinguished officer; held high and confidencial rank, and was a soldier because be lovod the business. He bas writ? ten a book, not to lay down a rigid rule for general application, but to state principios, so that each person may discover what will snit bjs own case, aud be put in a position lo make the best and most of whatever horse be may have to ride, and in the safest manner. Of course no ono resents tho imputi tion of want of skill or knowledge so quickly as a horseman; and most people would sooner lis? ten to doubts of their mental or moral qualifi? cations than to a doubt of their thorough familiarity witt the horse and all bis surround? ings. Still oven such may read this work pro? fitably and with good assurance that some of its bints will be quietly adopted. At Solferino, out of 10,206 French cavalry horses, there were only 3500 available. All the rest were render? ed unserviceable by tho Baddie and portions of the equipment. Of 1800 mounted mon in tho Austrian army who had mado a severe winter journey of many miles, only twenty bad unser? viceable horses. Major Dwyer bas a simple remedy for tho in? juries done by saddles, lt is to substitute the surcingle for the girth, placing the former "right over, the middle of the saddle." Of not less importance are the stirrups, and these he would bavo placed directly under the rider's 690.1. Heflays : "What is the legitimate use of the stiaruDS," besides enabling us to mount our horses ? The first and most obvious one is to give the rider lateral support, to prevent bis slipping off to the right or left by hts seat revolving around* the horse's body as a wheel docs round an axle. In riding barebacked, or on a saddle without stirrups, if tbo rider falls it is most generally to one side, and not directly for? wards or backwards; and it is very evident that the more directly under the rider's seat tbe stirrups bo suspended, tbo more efficiettly will they perform this duty, the resistance offered by them bemg perpendicularly up? wards, or precisely in the opposite direction to that in which the weight falls; which is per? pendicularly downwards ; whereas, if the stir? rups oe suspended at a distance from the rider's seat, they act at an angle to the line of fall ; they may and always do, in such a posi? tion, change the direction of the fall, but they cannot meet and prevent it so efficiently as when placed under the seat. The second use of these contrivances is to enable the rider, for various purposes, to rise in bis saddle by standing in the stirrups. And bore a distinc? tion must be drawn as to whether it is the rider's object to transmit his own weight indirectly through the stirrups to tho sad? dle at the same point at which he previously applied it directly with hiB seat, or at some other point. In the first caso it is very obvious that the stir? rups are best placed exactly under tho rider's scat ; for, putting aside any changes of tho po? sition of bis own body trom tho bips upward he may please to mako, everything remains as before' and tbe equilibrium of tho horse is not' disturbed. In thc second case, on tho contra? ry, supposing the stirrups to be placod far for? ward, and tbe rider tar back in thc Baddie, -ulimidiiiK iii (ibu oHrrnpo will at ottOO throw tUO weight from one end of tho saddle to tho other, mako tina press partially on thc horse's back instead of equably, as in tho first case, which seesawing must tend to make the saddle shift, and must also alter tho equilibrium of the horse, throwing its weight moro forward, conse? quently rendering the animal incapable of turn? ing sharply and handily, and, if dono suddenly, lrequontly oven bringing it to a doad halt." THE MUEDEE OF ATEE. An Interesting Case-Detection of the Principal in the Crime. A correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle gives the following particulars of the murder of Dr. Benjamin Ayer, a Radical member of the Georgia Legislature from Jefferson County, from which it is clearly established that he was murdered by his own friends and robbed of his money: LOUISVILLE, GA., April lti, 1869. Dr. Benjamin Ayer was found dead on the outskirts of Louisville this morning. He ar? rived at Barlow yesterday, and reached Louis? ville about seven o'clock P. M. the same even? ing. He went first to George Holt's, colored, just outside of the corporate limits, and asked for board and lodging. Upon being refused, leaving his overcoat at Holt's house, he went into town to the house of W. S. W. Sherman, colored, and there sought board and was again refused. Ho stated to Sherman that he was ex? ceedingly tired, and that he bad an overcoat which he would spread on tho floor and sleep on it if Sherman would permit bim; Sherman, notwithstanding, still refused. Ayer, in the meantime, took ont his pocket-book, con? taining a considerable roll of money, and taking therefrom a dollar, sent it down town by Sherman's BOD to buy some cheese aud crackers. After tarrying awhile at Sherman's house, be went out saying ho would try and find a lodging place. A short time after this bo was s?en by Sherman's daughter in com? pany with some person ( whom she did not recognize) but thought it was a colored person returning from down town. Short? ly after this, George Holt and bis wife beard Ayer and some person talking in the road in front of Holt's house. Presently Ayer step? ped in and got his overcoat and left. As he was leaving Holt stepped to the door and ask? ed if be had company, to which Ayer replied ho had a friend with him. Holt asked him who it was. Ayer declined telling who it waa. About 9 o'clock Austin -, color? ed, passed along tbe road and saw a man laying on the ground. Did n it recog? nize him, but thought it was a man drunk. Dre. Garvin and Powell, after carcfu'ly ex? amining the skull, are of opinion that death was caused from a blow, given with a heavy stick or club, causing fracture of tho skull. Deceased was robbed of his money and pistol. The above is, in substance, the evidtneo this day taken before tho inquost, and upon which tho jury returned tbe following verdict : "We, the jury, alter a full investigation, find that tho deceased was killed by a blow from a club in the bands of some unknown person, and then robbed." The fact that a person was seen by Sherman'* daughter ia company with Ayer, going in the direction of Holt a bouao, and the further fact of his arrival at Holt'a house, in company with eomo person, and stating to Holt that he bad company, ana his being killed in thc road cr ming back from this house, not more than two hundred yards from it, und this person, although acting as his friend, yet not now coining forward to m t-kr known bis name and tell something about tbe alf ur, leads to the suspicion that this un know, person committed tho act. That it was a colored person ia conceded, from the fact that il ia well known that Ayer Iud no white associate in tho town or community. LATEO.-April 18.- Last night important dis coveries were made. Wilson, ono of the color? ed witnesses al the inquest, waa, upon suspi? cion, arrested and searched. On bia person waa found Dr. Ayer's pocket-book, cont liumg $285. Robert, a brother of Wilson, and a girl to whom Wilson waa paying bia devotions, were also searched, and they bad somo $120, which thev say waa given them by Wilson. They also stale that thoy saw in Wilson's pos? session a day attcr the murder, a pistol, from the deacriptiou of which it ia known to have been Dr. Ayer's. There can bo no doubt irum the evidenco but that Wilson committed the murder. Whether he bad accomplices ia not now positively kuown-the investigation up to this time would, however, lead one to believe that he bad. -The New Orleans Crescent, which for many years bas been one of cue leading journals of tho southwest, bas ceased publica ion. It was purchased by C. A. Weed, for some time the real, though not nominal, proprieto' of tho New Orleans Times, and tho Creaceul has been me:?ed in tho Times. Tho Augusta, Ga., Daily Presa bas also collapsed for want of support. Sptciai Witts. J8S-C0T1LLI0N CLUB.-ME UBERS DE SIRING Tickets to the Bi LL to be given 1 HUHS SAT, 22d, will call on tbe Secretary between 9 A M. and 2 F. M., WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY. HERBY T. WILLIAMS, 8ec*y aad Treas., ?prU 21 2 Office Accommodation Wharf. ?"CONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP CHAMPION are nodded, that she ls discharging car? go at Adder's Wharf. Goods rematnirg on dock at sunset will be stored at owners' risk and expense. 9S* Freight will be collected at the new tariff rates. JAMES ADGEB A CO., ?gents New York and Charleston Steamship Line. April 21 _1 ?S- ASSESSORS NOTICE.-THE ASSESS? MENT for the present year of Beal Estate is com. pleted and will be open for the inspection of those interested until the FIRST MOND?T LN MAT next, previous to which time all intended appeals mu*t be made. JOHN FEBGUSON, Assessor Town of Mount Pleasant. April 21_w2sl j?-NOTICE.-ALL PERSONS HAVING any demands against the Estate of tbe late Captain JAMES M?VEY, are hereby notified to present the same, and all persons in any way indebted are here? by notified to make immediate payment to CATHARINE MoYEY, Administratrix, April 21 W3* Na - Inspect !o n-e tree t. J?-AT AN EXTRA MEETING. OP THE ASHLEY Flits ENGINE COMPANY, held on the 19th instant, THOMAS S. DENNISON was elected Pr?si? dent, vice John L. Scan tien, resigned, who was Presi? dent for twenty-twj years. 1? April 21 -3 JO-OPFICE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, FIREPROOF BUILDING, CHABLE3TON, S. C., APBIL 19, 1869.-LICENSES TO BETAIL SPIBIT OOUS LIQUORS IN THE COUNTY.-All persons who bave failed to take out their Licenses, as re? quired by the act of the General Assembly, ire called upon to Jo so forthwith, or the penalty attached for neglect will be rigidly enforced. AU who neglect to take ont their Licenses on the 1st May proximo, will be considered defaulters, and will be dealt with accordingly. By order of the Board. F. C. MILLER. April 20 ll Chairman. ?TA CA LID FROM MR. GEORGE H. GRU? BER.-To MT FRIENDS : It is with extreme regret that I announce to my friends and patrons that cir? cumstances beyond my control compelled me to dis? continue my business at the old stand of N. M. POU? TER A Co., No. 236 Kin z-street. In making this announcement I beg to tender my sincere thanks for their liberal patronage and support, and trust that In my new position they will extend the same liberality. My limited capital, together with losses of the past three years, impaired my credit to such an extent that it was difficult to keep np a supply ot goods without paying exorbitant prices, and I was fast losing my health, business and friends. In this extremity I appealed to Messrs. WM. S. CORWIN A CO., and the liberality which so characterizes thal firm was at once extended to ma, and I am now en? abled to offer better inducements. Their extensive capital and experience permits them to offer a finer class of goods at about the prices I had to pay, par? ticularly in Teas, Champagnes, Clarets, Bran-lies, Ac. Tho combined efforts of myself and former partner, Mr. JAMES S. MARTIN, will be to please you, and wo respectfully solicit a continuance ot your patronage; and we pledge ourselves to give our nrrnonal aod prompt attention to such. Again thanking you for past favors and indulgencies, I re? main your obedient servant, GEO. H. DRUBER, Care of WM. S. CORWIN A Co., No. 27 > King-street, Between Wentworth and Boaufatn, April 14 wfmti And opposite Hasel-street ?r PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE.-A NEW COURSE OF LECTURES, as delivered at tbe New York Museum of Anatomy, embracing the sub? jects : How to Live and What to Live for ; Youth, Maturity and Old Age ; Manhood generally review? ed ; the Cause of Indigestion ; Flatulence and Ner? vous Diseases accounted for ; Marriage Philosophi? cally Considered, Ac These Lectures will be for? warded on receipt of four stamps, by addressing ; H ECB ET AB Y BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ANATO? MY, No. 74 West Baltimore-street, Baltimore, Md. April 19_ mwf lyr aa-TO CONSUMPTIVES.-THE ADVER. USER, having been restored to health In a few weeks bys very simple remedy, after having suffered several years with a severe lung affection, and that dread disease Consumption, is anxious to make known to his fellow-sufferers the mean * of cure. To all who desire it, he will send a copy of the pre? scription ni ed (free of charge), with the directions for preparing and using the same, which they will find a sure cure for Consumption, Asthma, Bronchi Us, Ac. The object of tho advertiser in sending the prescription is to benefit the afflicted, and spread in? formation which be conceives to be Invaluable; and he hopes every sufferer will try his remedy, aa it will coat them nothing and may prove a blessing. Parties wishing the prescription will please ad? dress Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON, Williamsburg, Kings County, New York. February 3_amos ? ERRORS OF YOUTH.-A GENTLE? MAN who suffered for years from Nervous Debility, Premature Decay, and all the effects of youthful in* discretion, will, for the sake of suffering humanity, send free lo all who need it, the receipt and direc? tions l ~>r making the simple remedy by which he was cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by the advertis? er's experience, can do so hy addressing, in perfect on ?de nee, JOHN B. OGDEN, No. 42 Cedar-street, New York. February 3 3moa ?-ESSAYS FOR YOONG MEN.-ON THE Errors and abuses incident to Youth and Early Man? hood, with the humane view of treatment and cure, sent by mall free ol charge. Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Box P, Philadelphia, Pa. January 20 3mo J, B BEARD, N. T. I W. J. HEARD, NORFOLK. C. W. TOONO, N. Y. I F. E. O?0DUIDGE, PORTSMOUTH. J TKARD, YOUNG i& CO., PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS, NO. 417 Wallington.street. NEW TORE. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE SALE OF EARLY VEGEGABLES, FRUITS, POTATOES Ac. E REFERENCES.-Governor Z. B. Vance, Charlotte; W. L>. Reyno ds & Bro., Norfolk; E. G. Ohio, Super? intendent S. A- B. Railroad, Portsmouth : Colonel a. L. Fremont, E. E. Burru6s, Esq, Wilmington; H. K. Thurber k. Co., Langbrau A Egbert, New York; Bernard O'Neill, Charleston; Alexander A Russell, Savannah. 3mos April 2 JAMES KNOX....,.JOHN GILI KiNOX & GILL, COTTON FACTORS AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 125 SMITH'S WHABF, BALTIMOBE, Consignments of COTTON, RICE, ?c., respect fully solicited, and liberal advances made thereon, Orders for CORN and BACON promptly executer" with care and attention. A?"il 27 l2mo?* T O BUSINESS M. E Ii . THE SUMTER NEWS, PUBLISHED AT AUMTEB, S. C., I* ONE OF THE BEST PAPERS IN 1 HE UP? COUNTRY; has a larcc circulation, ami affords su? perior advautaaesas an advertising met'Inm. lerui? low. Addres. I'ARR & CITREN, February 22 Proprio**. Stripping. FOR LIVERPOOL, >nr^TFl'?3r-CLASS BBIII8H BR 14} o'.ton to completo cargo. ? For Freight engagements, apply to , ., ,., " R. T. WALKER, APrtl 21_1_Boyce ft Co.'g Wharf VESSELS WANTED TO LOAD FOR PROVIDENOE, B. I_ J New York, Boston, New Haven, ConnT fElizabetbport, and South Amboy, N. J, ?flood rates and dispatch given. Apply to H. F. BAR EB A 00-.,,. April 19_No. '20 Cumberland-street." FOR BUSTOS. I s THE SCHOONER ANNA E. GLOVER,, having half'of her cargo engaged, will load #wi th dispatch for the abovo port. ? For Freight engagements apply to - T. TUPPER A SONET, ". Varch SI Brown's Wharf.. . EXCURSIONS AROUND THE HARBOR, THE FINE, FAST BAILING AND 00Af 'FOBTABLY appointed Yacht ELEANOR vwUl resume her trips to historio pointa la. ?the harbor, and will leave Government Wharf dally at Ten A. M. and Four P. M. .'. o For Passage apply to THOMAS YOUNG,. December 18 Captain, on board, " FOR LIVERPOOL. CHARLESTON AND LIVERPOOL STEAMSHIP ' LINE. THE FIBisT CLASS IRON SCREW 'Steamship MARMORA, R. M. BOB i.NBON Commander, is now ready- ; , to receive Freight tor the above port, to sall on or about 5th of May. ' For Freight engagements, apply to ROBERT MURE k CO., - April 21_'_ Boyce's Wharf. ? FAST FREIGHT LINE TO AND FROM BALTIMORE, PHILADEL? PHIA, WASHINGTON CITY, WILMINGTON, DEL., OINODNNATL OHIO, ST. LOCIS. MO., AND OTHER NOBTHWESTEBN CITIE8. LEAVING EACH PORT EVERY 5TH DAY. FALCON.JESSE D. HOR.-EY. Commander. SEA GULL.N. P. DUTTON, Commander.7 MARYLAND.J. V. JOHNBON, Commander. THE FAVORITE AND SWIFT Ste&mihip FALCON, JESSE D. HOB BEY Commander, will sall for Bal? timore on FBEDAT, 23d April, at S o'clock P. M., from Pier No. 1, Union Wharves. Heavy freights taken at very low rates-to Phila? delphia, Bice 60c per tierce; Rosin 30c per package. For Freight or passai;e, apply to COURTENAY k TBENHOLM, April 21 8 Union Wharver. FOR PHILADELPHIA AND BOS ION. REGULAR EVER* THURSDAY. THE STEAMSHIP PROME? THEUS, Captaba G RAJ, will leave -North Atlantic Wharf, on THUBS* I DAT, 22d instant, at - o'clock. For Freight or Passage apply to JOHN k THEO. GETTY, April 17_North Atlantic Wharf. FOR MK W li JRK. REGULAR LIN SEVER Y THURSDAY PASSAGE REDUCED TO ?15. THE SIDE-WHEEL STEAMSHIP MAGNOLIA, Captain M. B. CROW ELL, wul leave Vandeihorst's ' on THURSDAY, April 22, 1869, af HAVENEL A CO.. Agent?. YEW YORK AND CHARLESTON STEAMSHIP LINE. FOR NEW YORK. . CABIN PASSAGE $20. TBE SPLENDID SIDE-WBEEL [STEAMSHIPS of this Line will leave Adger's South Wharf, during: ? the month of April, as follows ; JAMES A DOER-TUESDAY. April 6, at 2 o'clock P M CHAMPION-SATURDAY, April 10, at 1 o'clock PM CH ARLESTON-TUESDAT April 13, at 8 o'clock A M MANHATTAN ?ATURDAY, April 17, at 10 o'clock A M JAMES ADGEB-TOESDATJ April 20, at 12 o'clock M CHAMPION-SATDBDAT, April 21, at 1 o'clock P M Insurance can be obtained by these steamers at ?? per cent. MW An hxtra Charge of S6 will be made to pas? sengers purchasing Tickets on board after saulng. 49? These STEAMSHIPS have handsome and roomy accommodations for passengers, and their tables are supplied with all the delicacies of the New York and Charleston markets. For Freight or Passage, apply to JAMES ADGEB A 00., Corner Adger's Wharf and East Bay (Up-s taira.) April 5_'_ PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPY1 THROUGH Lift* TO CALIFORNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN. CHANGE OF S Al UNG DATS! STEAMERS OF THE ABOVE line leave Pier No. 43, North Rivet, foot of Cana1..street. New York, at 12 o'clock noon, of the 1st, 11 th and 21st of every month (except when these datea fall en Sunday, then the Saturday preceding). Departure of 1st and 2lst connect at Panama with, steamers for South Pacific utid Central Am erl cac ports. Those of 1st tench at Manzanillo. Departure of 11th of each month connecta with, the new steam line from Panama to Australia and New Zealand. Steamship JAPAN leaves Bau Fr ai-cisco for Chin? and Japan May a, 1889. No California steamers tench at Havana, hut go direct from New York to AsplnwalL One hundred pounds baggage free to each adnu* Medicine and attendance free. For Passage Tickets cr further Information aypJy at the COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, on the Whait foot of Canal-street, North River, New York. March 12_lyr_F. B. BABY, Agent INLAND ROUTE. ONLY TWO AND A HALF HOURS AT SEA. THROUGH TICKETS TO FLORIDA. CHARLESTON. AND SAVANNAH STEAM PACKET LINE. THE 8TEAMEB PILOT BOY, OAP _?TAIN FENN PICK, wld leave Accom 3aHon~v?harf every MONDAT and THURSO AT Moas, mos, at 8 o'clock, touching at Beaufort only; returning will leave Savannah TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at 9 o'clock A. M., making tho trip In eleven honra. The Steamer FANNIE, captain ADAIR, win leave Charleston every WEDNESDAY MORNIHO. at 8 o'clock: touching at Edie to, Chisolm's Land'n.j, Beaufort and Hilton Head ; returning, leave Savannah every THURS? DAY, at 2 o'clock P. M., touching at the above land? ings. Will touch at Bluffton on tho second WEDNESDAY/ in every month, going and returning. For Freight or Passage apply to JOBN FERGUSON, April C Accommodation Wharf. FOR PALATKA. FLORIDA? VIA SAVANNAH, FERNANDINA AND JACKSON? VILLE. THE FIBST-CASS 8 TEA M EB _^_?DICTATOB, Captain WM. T. MONEL TY, will sail from Charleston every Tuesday Evening, at Eight o'clock, lor the above points. The first-class Steamer CITY POINT, Captain GEO. E. MCMILLAN will i ail from Charleston every Fri. day Evening, at Eight o'clock, for above pointa. Connecting with the Central Railroad at Savannah for Mobile and New Orleans, and with the Florida Railroad at Fernandina for Cedar Keys, at which point ?I earners connect with New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola, Key Weat and Hnvana. Tbronsh Bills Lading given for Freight to Mobile, . Pensacola and New Orleans. Connecting toitA H. S. Hart't tteamtrt Oelatoaha and Griffin for Silver Springt and Laket Griffin, Eu?, tis, Harris and Durham. All freight m ya ble on the wharf. Gooda not removed at sunset will be stored atria and expense of owners. For Freight or Passage engagemet t, apply to J. D. AIKEN k CO., Agents, South Atlantic Wharf. N. B.-No extra charge for Meals and Staterooms?. November 21 DILLIS ?l CHISUL.11. FACTORS, COMMISSION 511?RUHANT8 AND SHIPPING AGENTS, WILL ATTEND TO THE PURCHASE, SALE ANT/' SHIPMENT (to Forets anrt Domestic Ports) of COTTON, RICE, LUMBER AND NAVAL STORES. ATLANTIC WIM Itv. i bari eaton, s. 0. E.WILLIS.?. *. CHISOLM 0ctober 86_ J? LANDING, RICHARDSON & RH AME, ATTORNEYS AT LAW k SOLICITORS IN EQUITY, Manning, S. C. Will practice in Clarendon County, and In the United Mates Court.?. JAMES D. DLANDINii. JODS 8. RICHARDSON, JB.. JOtaEFH F. ll H A ME. JOSEPH F. RH ?ME will practice separately In the Coontie? ol Kershaw, Sumter. Darlington, Wil? liamsburg, and w-llylv- pi ompt attention to all busi? ness enliuiled to bu care fmwln.* April 9