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VOLUME VIL-NUMBER 1093. CIIAKLESTON, S. C., MONDAY MORNING, MAHCH 1, 1869. SIX DOLLARS PER ANNUM BY TELEGRAPH. TUE 8TAITE SUPREME COVET. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NKWH,] COLUMBIA, April 20_The Supreme Court was opened to-day pursuant to adjournment. The following cases from tho Second Circuit were continued by consent : M. L. Bonham ads. W. J. Griffin; C. Bruco Walker, assignee, vs. Lewis Covar; Ann Oriffin and M. L. Bon? ham vs. T. A. Addison and. H. A. Addison; 8. Morse and wife vs. Elizabeth Adams ot al. In the Third Circuit, Riobard Williams and wife vs. tho Eschoator, Joseph T. Cummings, adr., was continued. Tho case of R. C. Richard? son and R. L. Livingston adrs., ot al. vs. Eliza A. Tindall was hoard. Moise tor tho motion. Haynesworth and Fraser submitted arguments in writing on tho same Ride; J. ti. G. Richard? son contra, and Moise in reply. The argument of tho oase involving tho question of tho validity of bonds given In pay? ment for tho p'urchaso of negroes will como up to-morrow and excites much interest. WASHING TON. THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE SENATE - NOMINA? TIONS AND CONFIRMATIONS-GROWLS IN THE RADICAL CAMP - REORGANIZATION OF THE IN? TERNAL REVENUE BUREAU, AC. WASHINGTON, April 20.-Tho Sonato has passed a resolution to adjourn on Thursday. Senator Ross made a long personal explana? tion, denying the correctness of the accounts of his late h terview with tho President, but condemning Grant's courso in removing men from office merely bcoause appointed by John? son. The Senate have adopted a resolution direct? ing the Secretary of War to examino the month of the Mississippi, and report what is necessa? ry to benefit commer?a. Among the nominations to-day wore: Riotte, Minister to Nicaragua; J. 8. Roul, Secretary of Legation to Mexico; F. S. Richards, of Ten? nessee, Consul to Leeds, England; John C. South worth, United States Attorney for Ala? bama. Collectors of Customs- Alex. C. Davis, Beaufort; Thomas P. Robb, Savannah. Thom? as Tyon, 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. There is much - dissatisfaction in Congress? ional circles regarding appointments. Sohenok complains bitterly. H. R. Hulbard, Comptroller of the Currency, calls on ah national banks for a statement of their condition up to the 17th instant. The Senate has still two hundred nomina? tions before them. The internal revenue bureau has been reor? ganized by the establishment of three promi? nent divisions, under the charge respectively of Solicitor Smith, second deputy Parnell, and a third deputy not yet appointed. The first division will have oliarge of law matters; the second of books and accounts, and the thud will supervise all affairs relative to tax on dis? tilled spirits and tobacco. 4 Chief Deputy Commissioner Douglass is, under the direction of Ibo commissioner, Chief Executive Officer of. the Department, and William P. Spearman is, under the new organ? ization, General Supervisor of the Burean. It was raining heavily all the afternoon. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. The Bertine Theatre, at Naples, has been burned. Mazatlan advioes report the revolution in Sinaloa a decided failure. The mathematician Mitchell, aged 76 years, died of debility yesterday, al Vassar College, Philadelphia. The 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? out the dominion of Canada, doing immense damage. A wealthy director ol 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, dishing and Schley, also Butler, for tho defendant. The points discussed so far seem adverse to Butler. THE CENSUS OE THE STATE. Under authority of the act passed by the Legislature at its reeent session, to provide for the enumeration of the inhabitants of this Slate, the Governor has made the following appointments. These officials are charged with the duty 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 tho agri? cultural productions of South Carolina, ol 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 County- W. Welsh. Edgefield County-To be appointed. Fairfield County-Henry Johnson. Georgetown County-J. tl. Rainey. Greenville County-J. B. Hyde. Morry County-Frederick ?iuck. Kershaw County-Frank Carter. Laurens County-To bo appointed Lancaster County-J. B. Cousart. Lexington Couutv--Henry Purvis. Marion County-W. 8. Collina. Marlboro' County- D. O. Odom. Newberry County-8. Montgomery. Oconee County-David Saunders. Orangeburg County-Francis Do Mars. Ptckens County-Moses Hendrix. Richland County-Philip Epa tin. Spartanburg County-A. P. Tamar. Sumter County-H. Gardner. Union County-H. W. Duncan, Williamsburg County-Robert F. Scott. York County-P. J. Ooonnel. Of the twenty-nine census takers, twelve are negro members of the Legislature, and if the' others, whose names aro not familiar to us, are of about tbs same complexion and order oj ability, the Columbia Pheonix is warranted in saying that "the appointments toill be gener il? ly approved, and we hope that in the discharge o? their duties these officials will meet with every facility which can be afforded by the citi? zens of our State." ritOM THE STATIS CAPITAL. The Sa; reme Court-V lUmlntioence ot* Chief Justice ?loses-Personal-Jour? nalism in the State-The Course and Infi ne nee of" "Thc New?"-Tolbert** Wnoreaboute and Treatment-T h e University-Moot Court- G ol?I Ore-Lo? cal Matters. IF HOM OOH OWN C0BKB8P0NDENT.] COLUMBIA, S. C., April 19.-The proceedings of the Supremo Court are very smooth and amicable, which cannot be said of tho Legis? lature, whore ihe Democratic members had no influence and consequently said nothing. Chief Justice Moses baa been polite, and ABSO ciate-Justice Willard particularly so, to all members of the har, irrespective of political standing. As to the Chief Juscico, we believe, by tho sensitiveness ho shows when thrown with his former associates, that he regrets his course, and if possiblo would retrace his stops. This vory Chief Justice we saw, in tho spring of 1862, address a regiment of militia at Sum? ter, when he beseeched it, for the honor of the "Old Gamo Cock,'- to. furnish its quota of men without boin ti drafted, and implored, not one, but all, to come forward and defen d their glo? rious and gallant State. He spoke with a warmth and fervor that could hardly bo affected, and appeared to feel what he was speaking. He was listened to-ho was cheered; and we can? not believe he desirgp to forget such a day, when the people, with whom ho waa raised and whom he ought to have loved, respected him. I had tho pleasure of meeting Hon.W. D. Porter, who has been hore during the past week. General Mark Gary made us a flying visit, and will return this week to attend the Supreme'Courfc. Tho "Southern Guardian" will hardly be re? sumed before Septomber. 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 in the good work, and while its voice is for a li our people to be law-abiding j never let it guide them into respeot for these dirty fellows who have wormed themselves into power. Good newspapers have but little idea of their tremendous influence. Tolbert, the Kan dolph murderer, is down at the Penitentiary. We cannot imagine why he should he put there, except to gull the public into the belief that he is kept under strict sur? veillance. The county jail, the proper plaoe, 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, but is allowed many privileges he would not have in jail. The University of South Carolina is 'still going on, with rome eighty students. It is not known what the Trustees are going to do; hut tho only one among them who is particularly inimical to the institution is J. L. Noaglc, and if it is over broken up it will be due to him. We are soon to meet, and have met, a sad loss; Professor John LeConte has left for California, and Professor Joseph L3Conte leaves in June. It is not known who will apply for their places, but none can be found who will ever fill them more worthily. Homo aspiring limbs of the law have formed, for mutual improvement, a moot court, with Colonel A. C. Haskell as jndge. The meetings are interesting, and though a member is-fre? quently arraigned for some terrible orime, tiied, 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 well pay the working it, yet this is no new discovery, as gold has heen known in that vicinity for years. On "Buckhill," owned by the late Abram Jones, there is a mine sufficiently rich to pay well for the labor of a few hands before the war, who need no improved machinery. It remains to he shown how much wealth an en? terprising man could accumulate hy investing, and then tearing np 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 the next two weeks. We heard 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, wbioh showed that great work had been, and yet to he, done. HALIFAX. T WITCHELL AGAIN. An Alleged.Confeaaion-How tho Murder was Committed. - The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, oi Sa? turday last, has the following: The melancholy tragedy which commenced with the murder of Mrs. Hill and ended with the suicide of George S. Twitchell, Jr., in his cell on the night previous to his appointed ex? ecution, would seem to have no ending as far as reports about its various details aro con? cerned. Daring the p st few hours a rumor of a full confession by the smoide to his counsel has been widely circulated, and on tracing it to its source, we regard it aa of sufficient imp >r tance and reliability to be laid before the pub? lic. It is necessary to state in advance, how? ever, that Twitchell's counsel feel unable to ?ive the publio any direct light on the subject, eing bound by the rules of professional etiquette not to divulge any secreta confided to them by their client. The confession which Twitchell is reported to have xnado to bin counsel is substantially as follows: " ' m' ?" "On the day previous to the murder of Mrs. Hill, Twitchell, bent upon effecting her death with his own bands, made a slung-shot at bis place of business in Camden. With this mur? derous weapon he struck the old lady a formi? dable blow, no one but the actor in the tragedy being present, and then, unassisted, threw the body from the window into the yard. He then walked down stairs into the yard, and pro? ceeded to wash the blood from his hands at the hydrant. While sa engaged he noticed that tho body of bis mother-in-law lying near him still exhibited manifestations of life. As soon as this discover:' was made he hastened into the house, entering the kitchen first. The first mur derous weapon which he encountered here w ts the poker round near the body of the murdered woman. This he seized, and hurrying back to the yard doo! the dying woman another blow on tne head, finishing the murderous work. Ho then repaired to bis room, and the deed was discovered in the manner with which the pub? lic is already familiar." Such is the Substance of the alleged confes? sion, and wo give it for what it is worth. It will not be amiss, however, to recall a circum? stance which lends, in some measure, to con? firm this story. Mr. Mann, ou the trial of Twitchell, endeavored to prove that tho wea? pon which inflicted tho fatal blows was a slnng shot and not the poker. If. es reportad. Mr. Maun really knew that, a stung-shot did tho work, bis earnestness in pressing this point oan be readily accounted for, -Tho Albany (Ga.) Mews, of the 9th, says: "Alter diligent inquiry we estimate that our planters have pul io about forty per cant. of oom, ten of oats, and fifty of cotton. The corn lands have boen thoroughly prepared and well manured, and the stand le probably the best ever known. Wa are glad to announce that our people have made up their minds to raise their own bread.* SVR AGUES ON TUES WAR EAT ll. Ile Define* Hie Position and Purposes His Opinion of the State of tue Coun? try. An interview with Senator Sprague forms tho topio of two interesting columns in tho New York Herald. The senator was found iu his study wrapped in a loose and well-worn dressing-gown, and apparently lost in thought beyond hopo of awakening. Tho study ap? peared in itself a study, with all kinds of curi? ous traps lying around loose. Books on top of bohemian vases, wonderfully carved paper knives, odd-looking ink bottles, pen-wipers, and a host ot othor ai tides of stttionery on the mantel-pieoo, on the marble-top wash? stand, on the writing table and on the floor. Near thu senator's chair stood a small tray hoider, laden with the abstemious fare of a student, consisting of coffee minus milk, and toast minus butter. Sprague looks old ou near acquaintance. He baa a small head, small features, largo, lustrous eyes, slightly dashed with dimness that necessitates tho wearing of glasses. He has not the faintest trace of outward affectation. VW copy from tho 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 Pi esidency; others that yon want to cut loose from your party, and still more state in down? right terms that you aro crazy." "Hold on 1" exclaimed tho Governor, "let mo answer the last charge. Yes-I am crazy - crazy, as every reformer has boen since the be? ginning of the w rid. Because I refuse to fol? low in the ruts of that set calling itself tho Senate of tho United 8tates the cry is raised at once, 'Oh 1 Sprague is crazy.' I will let them know before lon.? exactly how crazy I am. I am not bidding for the Presidency, either. If it were offered to me to-morrow I should only take it on conditions ot being at liberty to kick out of the White House every office seeker that dare come into it. Not a mau should be appointed under me to office because he was this man's friend or that man's supporter. 1 would have an incorruptible board ot examiners for every office under the government, and no man should be appointed unices he showed the proper oapacity to fill it. I would disregard party altogether, and put only the best men in the nation in places of trust; but as I know such a condition of things can never be attain? ed, tho Presidency is not my ambition. Neither am I about to ont 1 JOSO from my party and at? tach myself to the Democratic. Both, aa par? ties, are rotten: but 1 intend to build up a new Sarty, in which politics will have little to do. [y party will have for its one grand principle the reform ot our finances, the rendering of money cheap, the reduction of taxation, tho elevation of the working classes, tho protec? tion of labor, 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, rob?is, &c, is only fit tor these old grannies in Congress. Where is our shipping at this moment ? Who of those men, postering om ears all the time about reconstruc? tion, rebels, niggers, Sta., has ever lifted his voice in favor ot the broken-down commerce that was once oar pride and glory ? I tell yon, sir, those men would driva this country head? long to the devil in their greed for power. This country is to-day intrinsically weaker than any on the face of tba globe, not except? ing Mexico. Now, let me explain; bat first lot me enlighten you upon the pnrpose of the speech, the opening ono of the late series I made in the Senate. It was necessary I should draw the attention of the people to Congress to invite greater attention to tho speech I made apon the ii nances and the bill offered in connection therewith. I began by skirmish ing, my objective point being the treasury the great national ourse. My scheme was no hurriedly considered affair. For three years I have devoted my mind exclusively to this sub? ject, and yon ?iii find, if 1 am mad, there was some method in my madness after all. Yon saw how that first speech awakened a thrill of interest throughout the nation. There is some of the evidence (pointing to a bondie of let? ters.) Now, if I had made my proposition alone, without any preparation of the public mind, it might have gone tho way of all Uko propositions. I hold that the treasury is the root of oar present evils. Forty millions or dollars, we will say, are received there this month. Thia money comes oat of the pockets of the people. Oae man whose taxes are large hes, perhaps, to borrow the money at a high rate of interest to pay his indebtedness to the government. That money gets into the trea? sury, and hes there hoarded up for a month or six weeks without, producing a particle pf ben fit to the government or the people. Twenty millions of that amount, we will say, are paid out by the government, and twenty millions re? main. The market in New York* where the capital of the country is centralized, is de? clared scarce. When money is soarce those who have the least pat their stocks on the 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 speculators who buy op all such stocks and wait for the favorable time -nsxt month, we will say-when the Treasury, in place of $20,000,000, pays oat $60.000,000. Then money becomes abondant, and these ato ks are rushed in upon tho mar? ket, and the gamblers make their harvest. You see there is no equilibrium bore. Oar money market ?SAU the time fluctuating, influ? enced by that vast, overgrown corporation, the National Treasury. Theo, again, all kinds of stocks are affected in this way. I can go into the market ia New York any day in my busi? ness, and by the process that obtains there smash, by my 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 era at the Sooth pay almost twenty-five per cent, for tho capital to -work their plantations, Eogland is the cluer market for cotton, but she is every year extending her purchases in India and Egypt, and finally, by manipulating the markets, she will damage oar cotton inter? ests at the South irretrievably. Agricultural interests suffer in the same manner from this dearness of money. England will, after a while, boy lees of oar agricultural staples. Capital is too dear, the cost of transportation too high, the taxes too many and too crushing, for oar tanners. Same way with the manufac? turing interests. Twenty years ago our firm in Bhode Island was one among twenty little once; now we baye the whole field to ourselves. Bat then we crushed out the others, and ar? now engaged fighting the big fellows, until finally New England will havj nothing bot a small aggregation of enormous monopolies, wielding a power dangerous to the State and to the liberties and happiness ef the people. But think of all that money that goes into the Treasury being committed to the charge of a boy, formerly a seoretary or mine, whoreas In. Europe the most responsible men in the oom mnnity are invariably selected for the duty of receiving and looking after the pnblio fonda. Ibo Treasury, above all things, should be jeal? ously guarded, and all ito inoomes and expen? ditures scrutinized with exceeding care. -Germany is furnishing booksellers to all parts of the world. In the Siberian city of Tobolsk sn enterprising Teuton' has recently started an extensive bookstore. Bookselling, as a general thing, is a profitable business ifs Russia. A great many books aro prohibited there, and the liassionst who, like every body else, are fond of forbidden fruits, pay round prioea for these prohibited booka, of which the booksellers in that country always manage to keep Ml supplies by bribing the police and customhouse officials. There are by far more German and French than Russian books Bold In Russia, and tbs number of works that are annually published in Busala m the language of the country is remarkably small. There are io Basais very few book publishers that have invested a large capital la their business. Good writers sie scarce and in great demand In that country. -The Virginia Commissioner of Immigra? tion advertises for "bodies of unimproved land, ranging from fifty to one hundred thou? sand acres, at cheap rates, with s view to the Immediate colonisation of respectable and in? dustrious omi?krants from Great Britain, which land." be says, "the agents in London inform the board can be sold there if they be furn i sh? ed at once with plats, accurate descriptions and lowest price of the land." VOliJElON ITJSMS. -Nearly all tko crowned ladies of Europe are said to be in favor of f o malo suffrage. -Five thousand coplee are still sold annually in France of Alexl^ de Tocqueville^ "Democ racy in America/ -A battalion ofVerma n volunteers has been organized at Home, which will be commanded by Prince Lichtenstein. -The German ^astronomer, Maedler, has measured the height of 1093 mountains in tb? moon. Twenty-two of theee are higher than Mont Blanc, wbiob?i9 within a few feet of being three miles bigh-i-six, aro above 19,000 feet. Tho highest observed mountain in tho moon is ' 24,941 feet high. | -A plan for culling a oanal through the valley of tho Garonne, France, to unite the Mediterranean anc. tho .Bay of Biscay, is re? ceiving much attrition, and ie favorably re? garded. Tho cost ol the scheme is estimated at $88,400.000, and to ve possible of accomplish? ment in six years, rho projected canal would be for mord?an t and .var ships of the largest size. -By the last foreign mail we have some frightful facta in regard to the cotton spinners strike in England. In Lancashire, the princi? pal cotton centro, aime five thousand " mill hands," as they are called, were out on a strike. By this time the nniiber may have swelled to twenty or thirty tbt/jaand. In Lanarkshire, Scotland, where thc., are many thousands of families dependent ur JU the cc tton mills, some mills vere already sffiading. -A young fellow 'iii England has settled a breach of promise suit, brought against him by a moat eligible damsel, in a new way. The damages were laid;.at ?5000, and Bhe gained them in full. Whereupon tho defendant ad? dressed the young ?lady a note, saying : "I have behaved infamously, but if you will only forgive and forget, vfc may be happy yet. The only objection whicli)ruy friends had to you is now removed. They" can say no longer you are without a penny, since you have ?5000 of your own." And she married him. -The Abbo Degue?ry, preaching to fashion able Paris against the fashions duriug Lent, exclaimed: "Oh, my sisters, what can be the meaning of the slight coveting you wear on your shoulders ? What can, every evening, be the motive of the absence of sleeves to your dresses ? With these eyes have I beheld ladies of tho 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 no t from any feeling of pro? priety, bat from the dread of inconvenience." -A new notion has been introduced at social parties tn Paris. At tho entrance of the salon is placed a large covered basket containing small bouquets of flowers, and presided over by a modern Flora. Bach guest places his or her hand io to the basket and takes a posy, which the women attach to their dress or put in their hair, and the gentlemen placo in their buttonhole. The latter promenade through the salons, each in search of a lady wearing a similar bouquet to hi? own; and when sh a is found, he hos a right to take possession of her and retain her as partner for the rest of the evening. ^ | -The land question ."involving the mainten? ance of great properties , is coming to the front in Europe " bi ' every " country except France, England, and Austria. In Spain, Italy, Hun? gary, Basia, "more land" is everywhere tho cry of t he peasantry. T jo elections in Hungary, which have terminated in the victoi y of t he Denk or liberal party, havo brought to light this state of feeline, which in this instance did not avail. Whatever the " liberality ' of the Deak party consist ad of, it had nothing to do with land. The large proprietors, who still own the woods and uncuiti /ated lands, were all on Desks aide, and the peasants on that of the Beds, as prom? ises of great agrarian changes were frequently made hy the latter. But for emigration, says the Spectator, this land question would be the first sooial question of Europe. -A matrimonial case in a lower rank of life ia the present sensation of the chief town in East? ern England. On New-Year's day an innkeeper from Norwich, spending his holidays in Lon? don, after some days' meditation of suicide, went into a police station and demanded to be taken into custody for having, thirteen years before, murdered his wife and ont her up in pieces in Norwioh. His statement was care? fully written down and signed bv the wretched man ; it was remembered that his wife myste? riously disappeared at the period specified, that ho had soon married again, that the re? mains of a woman had been found scattered about, and an inquest held anon them without result. The man was committed for trial, de? nied his confession, put in a plea of not guilty, and has just beer f ried, convicted and sentenced to death. His 'jeal h seems breaking ap, as well as it may, a'.wr this long agony of remorse, and it ia doun'ml whether he will live to be hanged. It ia sometimes trae that morder will oat. -Dr. L?mard, the President of the Academy of Medicine lu Paris, treats with contempt the objections to vivisection, and declares that the science of medicine, properly so called, will not exist until doctors out up enough living oats, doga and other animals, to form a proper basis of induction. He acknowledges, however, that the atringely human behavior of spoor mon? key ander bia dissecting knife, caused him to desire to nae chloroform. It was thought be? fore thia address was delivered that French physicians had recognized the cruelty of the practice, especially as a pursuit of careless students. The horrible doings at Alfort, where veterinary students learned to practice OD the living horno, have been, it ia ?tated, of late years, greatly onrtaileJ, and instead of ten miserable animals ?abjected to sixty opera? tions and eight hours of Inconceivable agony, there are now at most bat one or two. And now the evil ia starting np afresh ander the auspioss of the president of the modi aal academy. -Mr. Berthold Auerbach seems to have got himself into trou bio in Germany by the boasts he made recently in regard to the big copy? rights which he protends to have received for his last works. He says that he received $12, 000 from the publishers of the Vienna Presse for the manuscript of "The Villa on the Rhine," and that the proprietor of the New York Stoats Zeitung gave him $0000 for the adyanoe shoots 01 the ?ame novel. Both statements ?xe con? sidered gross exaggerations, and Auerbach has been called nppn to prove that he hos not told fibs. Mr. Atterbach has international copyright on tho brain. He I? the abai of the salon ot Louisa Muhl bach in Berlin, and ha? made all the German authors who frequent that literary attractive centre unhappy as to the imaginary wrong? which he telle thora are constantly being perpetrated on them by Amer! . can publishers. Auerbach advised Louisa Muhl baoh some time ago ,to get some American au? thor to write some chapters to be incorporated with her newnovels, when, he assured her, ?he might get thom copyrighted in the United State?: Louisa Muhlbfcoh acted upon this sug? gestion with considerable alacrity, and wa? greatly disappointed when her American friend replied to her that the proposed plan would not enable ber to get A copyright in America. JSEA.T8 A.ND S I It IH, ICS. Major Twyer, an Irish officer, who left the English service for tho Austrian, has written a book entitled "Seats and Saddles, Bits and Bitting; tho Prevention and Curo of Restive? ness in Horses," which is roviowed at sumo length in Blackwood for Januiry. Major Dwyer was a very distinguished officer; hold high and confidential rank, and was a soldier because bo loved the business. Ho has writ? ten ft book, not to lay down a rigid rule for general application, but to stato principles, so that each person may discover what will suit his own caso, and be put in a position to make the best and most of whatever horse ho may have to ride, and in the safest manner. Of course no ono rosonts tho i input, lion of want of skill or knowledge so quickly as a horseman; and most people would sooner lis? ten to doubts of their montai or moral qualifi? cations than to a doubt of their thorough familiarity with the hor30 and all his surround? ings. Still oven such may read this work pro? fitably and with good assurance that some of its hints will bo quietly adopted. At Solferino, out of 10,206 French cavalry horses, there were only 3500 available. Ail the rest were render? ed unserviceable by the saddle and portions of the equipment. Of 1800 mounted men in the Austrian army who had made a severe winter journey of many miles^only t venty had unser? viceable horses. Major Dwyer has a simple remedy for the in? juries done by saddles, lt is to substitute tho surcingle for the girth, placing tho former "right over the middle of the saddle." Of not less importance aro tho stirrups, and these he would havo placed directly under the rider's seat. He says : "What is tho legitimate usc of tbe stirrups, besides enabling us to mount our horses ? The first and most obvious ono is to give the rider lateral support, to prevent his slipping off to the right or loft by his Beat revolving around the horse's body as a wheel does round an axle. In riding barebacked, or on a saddle without stirrups, if the rider falls it is most generally to ono side, and not directly for? wards or backwards; and it is very evident that the more directly under the rider's seat tho stirrups be suspended, the more efhciot tly will they perform this duty, the resistance offered by them beings 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 aot 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 paddie by standing in the stirrups. And here 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 the sad? dle at tho same point at which he previously applied it directly with his seat, or at some other point. In the first case it ia very obvious that the stir? rups are best placed exactly under tbe rider's seat; for, patting aside any changes of the po? sition of his own body from tho hips upward he may please to make, everything remains as before, and the equilibrium of tbe horse is not disturbed. In the second case, on the contra? ry, supposing; tho stirrups to be placed far for? ward, and the rider far back in the saddle, standing in tho stirrups will at once throw the weight from ono end of the saddle to the other, mako this press partially on the horse's back instead of equably, as in the first case, which seesawing must tend to mako the saddle shift, and must atoo alter the equilibrium of the horse, throwing its weight more forward, conse? quently rendering the animal incapable of turn mg sharply and handily, and, if done suddenly, frequently, evouoriugiiig it to a dead Kilt." THE MURDER OE A.TER. An Interesting Csu?-Detection of the Principal in the Crime. A correspondent of the Augusta Obroniole 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 waa murdered by his own friends and robbed of his money: LOUISVILLE, GA., April 16, 1869. Dr. Benjamin Ayer was found dead on the outskirts of Louisville this morning. He ar? rived at Bartow yesterday, and roached Louia ville about seven o'clock P. M. the same even? ing. He went first to George Holt's, colored, ?nst outside of the corporate limits, and asked br board and lodging. Upon being refused, leaving his overcoat at Holt's house, he went into town to the house of W. B. W. Sherman, colored, and there sought board and was again refused. He stated to Sherman that he waa ex? ceedingly tired, and that he bad an overooat which he would spread on the floor and sleep on it if Sherman would permit him; Sherman, notwithstanding, still refused. Ayer, in the meantime, took ont his pocket-nook, con? taining a considerable roll of money, and taking therefrom a dollar, sent it down town hy Sherman's son to buy some cheese and crackers. After tarrying awhile at Sherman's house, he went out saying he would try and lind a lodging place. A short time after this ha was aeon by Sherman's daughter in com? pany with aome person (whom she did not recognize) bat thought lt was a colored person rel arning from down town. Short? ly after this, George Holt and his wife heard Ayer and some person talking in the road in front of Holt's noose. Presently Ayer step? ped in and got his overcoat and left. As he was leaving Holt stepped to the door and ask? ed if he had company, to whioh Ayer replied he had a friend with him. Holt asked him who it was. Ayer declined telling who lt was. About 9 o'clock Austin , color? ed, passed along tide road and saw a man laying on the ground. Did n>t recog? nize him, bat thought it was a man drunk. Dra. Garvin and Powell, after carefully ex? amining the skull, are of opinion that death was caused from a blow, given with a heavy stick or elub, causing fracture of the skull. Deceased was robbed of his money and pistol. The above is, in substance, the evidence this day taken before the inquest, and apon whioh the lory returned the following verdict : "We, the jarv. after a fall investigation, find that the deceased was killed by a blow from a club in the banda of some unknown person, and then robbed." The fact that a person was seen by Sherman's daughter, in company with Ayer, going in the direction of Holt's house, and the farther foot of his arrival at Holt's house, in company with some person, and stating to Holt that he had company, ana his being killed in the road coming back from this house, not more than two hundred yards from it, and this person, although acting as his friend, vet not now coming forward to make known bis name and tell something about the affair, leads to the suspicion that this an know, person committed the aet. That it was a colored person is conceded, from the fact that it is well known that Ayer had no white associate in tbe town or community.. ! LAT KU. -April 18.-Last nigbt important dis < covories were made. Wilson, one of tbe color? ed witnesses at the inquest, was, apon suspi? cion, arrested and scarohed. On his person was found Dr. ?yero pocket-book, containing $285. Robert, a brother of Wilson, and a girl to whom Wilson waa paying bia devotions, were also searched, and they had some $120, whioh they say was give? them by Wilson. They also state that they saw in Wilson's pos? session a day after the morder, a pistol, from the description of which it is known to have been Dr. Ayer's. Thora can be no doubt from the evidetloo but that Wilsen committed the morder. Whether he had accomplices is not now positively known-the investigation up to thte time would, however, lead ope to believe - ' i |i i ? <l SS? ll ?? n, -The New Orleans Crescent, wbieb for many years baa been one of tbe leading journals of the southwest, bas ceased publica Jon. It was purchased by O. A. Weed, for some time the' real, though not nominal, proprietor of the New Orleans Time?, and the Crescent has been merged in the Times. The Augusta, Ga., Daily Px ese bas also collapsed for want of support. Spt?ai lotices. *yCOTILLION CLUB.-MEMBERS DE? SIRING Ticket H to the BALL to bo given 'JHURB DAY, 22d, win oaB on the Secretory between 9 A. M. and 2 P. M., WF.DNF.HDA? and THURSDAY. ll KN KY T. WILLIAMS, Sec'y sad Treas., April 21 2 Office Accommodation W barf. ?arCONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP CHAMPION aro notified that sho ls dlKcharglug car? go at Adger's Wharf. Goods rem ni ni rg on dock at sunset will be etored at owners' risk and expense. HSf Freight will bo collected at the new tariff j rates?.. JAMES ADO ER A CO.. Agonts Now York and Charleston Steamship Line. April 21 1 ??- ASSESSOR'S? NOTICE.-THE ASSESS? MENT for tho present year ol Real Estate ?B com. pleted and will be open for the inspection of those interested until the MEST MONDAY IN MAT next, previous to which time all intended appealo mm t be made. JOHN FERGUSON, Assessor Town of Mount Pleasant. April 21_w2Bl JWNOTIOE_ALL PERSONS HAVING any demands against tho Estate of the late Captain JAMES MGVEY, are hereby notified to present tho same, and all persons in any way indebted are here? by notified to make immediate payment to CATHARINE MoYKY, Administratrix, April 21 W3* No. - Inspection-street. AST AT AN EXTRA MEETING OF THE ASHLEY FIRE ENGINE COMPANY, held on the 19th instant, THOMAS S. BENNISON was elected Presi? dent, vice John L. Scansen, resigned, who was Presi? dent for twentv-twa years. 1* April 21 <* JO-OFFICE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, FIREPROOF BUILDING, CH ABLEST O N, 8. C., APBIL 19, I860.-LICENSES TO BETAIL SPIRIT? UOUS LIQUORS IN THE COUNTY.-AU persons who bave failed to take out their Licenses, as re? quired by the act of the General Assembly, are called upon to do so forthwith, or the penalty attached for neglect will be rigidly enforced. AU who neglect to take out their Licenses on the 1st May proximo, wUl be considered defaulters, and will be dealt with accordingly. By order of the Board. F. C. MILLER, April 20 ll Chairman. ter h. CARD FROM MR. GEORGE H. GRU BEB.-To Mr FBIKNDS : It ls 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. 230 King-street. In m ukin g 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 waa difficult to keep up a supply of 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 UberaUty which so characterizes that 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, Brandies, Ac. The combined effort of myself and formor partner, Mr. JAMES S. MARTIN, will be to please yon, and we respectfully solicit a continuance ot your patronage; and we pledge ourselves to give oar personal and prompt attention to such. Again thanking you for past favors and indulgencies, I re? main your Obedient servant, GEO. H. G RUBER, Care of Wat. S. CORWIN A Go., No. 275 King-street, Between Wentworth and Beaufain, April 14 wfmG And opposite Basel-street UW PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE.-A NEW COURSE OF LECTURES, as delivered at tue 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 SECRETARY BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ANATO? MY, No. 74 We it Baltimore-street, Baltimore, Md. April 19 mwf lyr aarTO CONSUMPTIVES.-THE ADVER. TIBER, having been restored to health in a few weeks by a very simple remedy, after having suffered several years with a severe long affection, and that dread disease Consumption, is anxious to make known to his fellow-sufferers the means of cure. To all who desire it, he will send a copy of the pre? scription need (free of charge), with the directions for preparing and using the same, which they wul find a sure eure fer Consumption, Asthma, Bronchi, tas, Ac. Tho object of the advertiser in sending the prescription is to benefit the afflicted, and spread in? formation which he conceives to be invaluable; and he hopes every sufferer will try bis remedy, as it will cost them nothing and may prove a blessing. Parties wishing the prescription wUl please ad? dress . Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON, Williamsburg, Kings County, New York. Februarys 8mos MW ERRORS OF YOUTH_A GENTLE MAN who Buffered for years from Nervous Debility, Premature 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 perfect onfidence, JOHN B. OGDEN, No. 43 Cedar-street, New York. February S Sm oe 49*ESSAYS 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 arno jr. B HEABD, N. X. I W. ?. HKAttD, NORFOLK. O. W. YOUNO, N. Y. I F. 14. OOODBIIKM, rOBTSUOCTTH. YOUNO Si CO., PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 34T Wasbington-sts-ect, HEW YORK. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE SALE OP EARLY VEGEGABLBS, FRUITS. POTATOES, Ac. gjRsufjsnaNCEB.-Governor Z. B. Vance, Charlotte; W. D. Reynolds A Bro., Norfolk; E. G. Ohio, Super intendent t?. & lt. Railroad, Portsmouth ; Colonel H. L. Fremont, E. E. Bur russ, Esq., Wilmington; H, K. Thurber A Co., Langbraa A Egbert, New York; Bernard O'Neill,Charleston; Alexander A Russell, Savannah._3moa_April 2 ftjgg? ?m?w .-OHS GILT, KNOX & GILL, COTTON F A C T O M 9 aim G?N?RAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 190 SMITH'S WHARF, BALTIMORE. Consignments of COTTON, RICE, frc, respect? fully soUeeted, and liberal advances made thereon. Orders for COHN and BACON promptly ex?cut?e with care and attention. AvMl ?7 l2mos* , T O BUSINESS ?KN . THE SUMTER NEWS, PUBLISHED At SUMTSB, 8. P., F? ONE OF THE BEST PAPERS IN THE UP? COUNT BY; bas a large circu? at iou, and affords su? perior advantages ss an advertising medium. Terms {aw. Addres SS. DARR A OsTEEN, February 22 Proprwees. Sawing. FOR LlVEKl'UOL. ?V-an? THE FIRST-CLASS BRI USU BRIU /LOk COURIER, JENKINS Master, wants 200 bales LEJE^Cotton to complete careo. XSS?m For Freight engagements, apply to R. T. WALKER, April 21_l Boyce ft Co.'s Wharf. VESSELS WAI* TKO ?jrrv TO LOAD FOR PROVIDENCE, R. L, JSHB1V'>?('W York, Boston, .Sew Haven, Conn., USSR*Elizabethport, ami South Amboy, N. J. T**^^"*Oood ratc3 and dispatch given. Apply to H. F, BAKt'.R A CO., April 1? No 20 Cua harland street. FOU BOSTON. , THE SCHOONER ANNA E. GLOVER, having half of her cargo engaged, WlU load ?with dispatch for tho above port. ? For Freight engagements apply to " . " T. 1UPPER & SONS, March 31_Brown's Wharf. EXCURSIONS ABOUND TUE HARBOR, THE FINE, FAST SAILINO AND COM? FORTABLY appointed Yacht ELEANOR ,will resume her trips to historio points in 'tho harbor, and will leave Government Wharf daily at Ten A. M. and Four P. M. For Passage apply to THOMAS YOUNG, December IS Captain, onboard. FOR. LIVERPOOL. CHARLESTON AND LIVERPOOL STEAMSHIP LINE. THE FIRST CLASS IRON SCREW .'Steamship MARMORA, R. M. ROB? INSON Commander, is now ready to receive Freight lor the above port, to sail on or about 5th of May. For Freight engagements, applv to ROBERT MURE A CO., April 21_Boyce's Wharf. FAST FHKIOHT LINK TO AND FROM BALTIMOBE, PHILADEL? PHIA, WASHINGTON CITY, WILMINGTON, DEL., CINCINNATI, OHIO, 8T. LOUD?. MO.. AND OTHEB NOBTH WESTERN CITIES. LEAVING EACH PORT EVERY 5TH DAY. FALCON.JESSE D. Hon.-EY. Commander. SEA GULL.N. P. DUTTON. Commander. MARYLAND.J. V. JOHNSON. Commander. THE FAVOBITE AND SWIFT 'Steamship FALCON, JESSE D. HOB BEY Commander, will sail for Bal? timore on FRIDAY, 23d April, at 3 o'clock P. M., from Pier No. 1, Union Wharves. Heavy freights taken at very low rates-to Phila? delphia, Rice 50c. per tierce; Rosin 30o per package. For Freight or passage, apply to COURTENAY A TBENHOLM, April 21 3_ Union Wharvcr. FOR J'UILAUHHMIIA AK O BUS i ON. REG ULAR EVER 1 1 HU R SD A Y. THE STEAMSHIP PROME? THEUS, Captain GRAS, will leave *North Atlantic Wharf, oo THURS . DAL 22d instant, at - o'clock. For Freight or Passage apply to JOHN & I HEO. GETTY, April 17 North Atlantic Wharf. FOR I*WW UKH. REGULAR LINE EVERY THURSDAY PASSAGE II KOLt KO TO fid. THE SIDE-WHEEL STEAMSHIP MAGNOLIA, Captain M. B. CROW ELL, will leave Vsndeihorst's Wharf , on IHUBSDAY, April 22, I860, at 3 o'clock P. M. April 16_RAVENEL fr co.. *gente. NEW YORK. AND CHA lt LESION STEAMSHIP LINE. FOR NEW YORK, CABIN PASSAGE $20. TBHR SPLENDID SIDE-WHEEL 'STEAMSHIPS of this Line will leave Adger'u South Wharl, during ?the month of April, as follows ; JAMES ADGEB-TUESDAY, April 6, at 2 o'clock P M CHAMPION-SATURDAY. April 10, .tr 4 o'clock P M CH ABLESTON-TUESDAY April 13, at 8 o'clock A M MANHATTAN-SATURDAY, April 17, at io o'clock A M JAMES ADGER-1UK8DAY, April 20, at 12 o'clock M CHAMPION -SATURDAY, April 24, at ? o'clock P M Mgr Insurance can be obtainer1 by these steamers at % per cent. MW an J-xtra Charge of $6 will be made to pas? sengers purchasing Tickets on board after nailing. MW These STEAMSHIPS have handsome and roomy accommodations for passenger?, and their tables are suppUed with all the delicacies of the New York and Charleston markets. For Freight or Passage, apply to JAMES ADGER k CO.. Corner Adger's Wharf and East Bay (Up-stairs.) April 5_ PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CO tlPY'S THROUGH TO CALIFORNIA. CHINA AND JAPAN. CHANGE OF SAILING DA VS I STEAMERS OF THE ABOVE line leave Pier No. 42, North Bi ver. foot of Canal-street, New York, at 12 o'clock noon, of the 1st, 11th and 21st of every month (except when these dstes fall en Sunday, then the Saturday preceding). Departure of 1st and ?1st connect at Panama witt* steamers for South Pacific and Central American ports. Those of lat touch at Manzanillo. Departure of 11th ot each month connects with the new steam line from Panama to australia and New Zealand. Steamship JAPAN leaves San Francisco for Ghin? and Japan May 4, 1869. No California steamers touch at Havana, bulk go direct from New York to AaplnwalL One hundred pounds baggage free to each adult. Medicine and attendance free. For Passage Tickets or farther information ajsplft at the COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, on the wharf, foot of Canal-street, North Bi ver, New York. March ia_lyr_F. B. BABY, Agent. INLAND ROUTE. ONLY TWO AND A HALF HOURS AT SEA. THROUGH TICKETS TO FLORIDA. CHARLES!ON AND SAVANNAH STEAM PACKE T LINE. THE STEAMER PILOT BOY, OAP ?TAIN FENN PECK, will leave Accom aarf every MONDAY and THURSDAY MORN . nias, at 8 o'clock, touching at Beaufort only; returning will leave Savannah TUESDAY and FRIOA?, at 9 o'clock A. M, making the trip in eleven hours. The Steamer FANNIE, captain ADAIR, will leave Charleston every WEDNESDAY MORNINO. at 8 o'olook touching at Edisto, Chtsolm's Land'n i. Beaufort and Bilton Head ; returning, leave Savannah every THURS? DAY, at 2 o'clock P. M., vouching at the above land? ings. will touch at Bluffton on the second WKONZSDAY in every month, going and returning. For Freight or Passage apply to JOHN FEBGUSON, April 6_Accommodation Wharf. FOU PALATKA. FLORIDA, VIA SAVANNAH, FERNANDINA AND JACKSON VILLE. - THE FIBST-OASS STEAM RR tfefaSMMgDICTATOR. Captain WM. T. MONKI, TY, WW sail from Charleston every Tuesday Evening, at Eight o'clock, for the above pointe. The first-class Steamer CITY POINT. Captain GEO. E. MCMILLAN will ? ail from Charleston every Fri? day Evening, at Eight o'clock, for above points. Connecting with the Central Railroad at Savanna A for Mobile and New Orleans, and with too Florida Railroad at Fernandina for Cedar Keys, at which point steamers connect with New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola, Key West and Havana. * Through Bills Lading given for Freight to Mobile, Pensacola and New Orleans. Connecting with H. S. Hart's steamers Oclautaha ernst Griffin for Sitter Springs and Lakee Griffin, Sus* Hs, Harrie and Durham, . All freight payable on the wharf. Goods not removed at sunset will be stored at ria4 and expense or owners. For Freight or Passage cngagemet t, apply to J. D. AIKEN A CO., Agents, -with AtlanUo Wharf. N. B.-No extra charge for Meals and Staterooms? November 21 TAILLIS *U CH ISOLAI. FACTORS. COMMISSION MMHOH?NTf? asm SHIPPING AGENTS, WILL ATTEND TO THE PURCHASE, SALE AND SHIPMENT (to Foreign aud Domestic Ports) Oft COTTON, BICE, LUMBER AND NAVAL STORKS. ATLANTIC W El A BF, < h arlos ton, S. O. I.WILLIS .ft. B. CHI?OLM October 25_ j?LANDINO, RICHARDSON A ItHAMK, ATTORNEYS AT LAW A SOLICITORS IN EQUITY, Manning, S. C? Will practice in Clarendon County, ?nd In the United States Courts. rAiras n. BLAKDINO, I . JOSH a. RICHARUEON, sm. JOSEPH ?. BH?ME. JOSEPH F. RH 4MB will practico separately tn the C<rantie* of Kershaw, Sumter. Darlington, WU llamsburg. ?nd will give piompt attention to aU busi? ness entiunted to bis care. fm wi rn* April 9