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, SILT VOLUME VII.-NUMBER 1080. CHARLESTON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 1869. SIX DOLLARS PER ANNUM BY TELEGKAPH. IMPORTANT PROM CUBA. abable Otiaatron- End of tkte Koro, lwtlan. NEW Y OBX, Jone 9.-It is believed here that tte revolutionary cauaeln Coba ia lost. It is srtain that the Cubans in this city have re? ceived some very distressing news, which has oast a general gloom among them, and caused much weeping among their ladies. It is whispered that treachery has been at work, and that the ievolutionary forces have been ?old ont by their leader, C?spedes. Another rumor is to the effect that the Cuban "patriots" .nd the Spanish volunteers have fraternized. In confirmation of gi is statement, we.hea.*, by the cable, that the acting Captain-General of Cuba has telegraphed to Madrid, counter? manding bis request for reinforcements. LATXRtJcOOU.Tra-THE CUBANS ACTIVE AND COX rat?TJR. WASHINGTON, Ju oe 9, P. M.-Information has been received from reliable sources in Ha? vana, asserting that tho Cubaos are engaged in an active ofiensive'movement, and were never in better spirits or more sanguine of success. Telegrams from Havana deny the report that any officer of the Cuban forces had surrender? ed to Yalmaseda, or that any number of Cu? bans have done so. The excitement in Cuban circles in New York, on Sunday night, was caused by a re? port, telegraphed by the Spaniards, that C?s? pedes had surrendered. Subsequent dispatoh es, from Coban sources, prove the report to have been without foundation. WASHINGTON NEWS. INTERNAL RE Y KN U JE DECISION-THE OONBKRVA TTVE QOkVOSBBji MAM OUTRAGED - WHY HOAX GAVE THAT OPDEIOfT. WASHINGTON, June 9,-The Commissioner of Internal Revenue bas decided that persons en? gagea in the business of preparing pork and lard for sale, who slaughter hogs, cot op and pack pork in barrels, kegs and otherwise, are manufacturers and must pay a tax aa such. The Attorney-Qf neral decides that no cable ?aa be landed connecting Ute United 8tates with s foreign country without the special con? seil t of Congress. Tho house of toe conservative colored mau whom the polios rescued from a mob of Badi* cal negroes oo Monday, has been gutted, and the furniture smashed. The family was absent. Several small outrages and robberies bave taken place. The President has receive 1 the Per uv ia? Minister. Nothing significant, was said. The Herald says : "Ihe Attorney-General is said to have hesitated along time before he furnished his recent opinion sustaining a Texas oourtmaxttal io tbe trial of s citizen for the murder of a freedman, and that his actual view of the law at first suggested an entirely opposite decision, but that General Butler said 'be would offer a resolution on the sub? ject rn the next session, if he (Hoar) did not make an example of some of these fellows.' " Under this pressure the recent opinion was given. ? ? , . .. . . AJPFAIHS IK MISSISSIPPI. JACKSON, Misa., June 9.-Brevet Colonel Joseph G. Grane, commanding the Fourth Military District, and acting Mayor of Jack? son, was killed to-day by E. M. Terser, in a difficulty occasioned by an official order of the Mayor levying on the property of Ter ger io de fault of the corporation taxes. The afntir bad ?o reference whatever to politics. Colone] Crane entered toe volunteer service from Day? ton, Ohio, and waa held io high esteem by the community. Yerger ia arrested and confined io the barracks. The Conservative Republicans of Mississippi hap? issued a call for a convention on June 23d. They claim to be the true exponents of Grant's pol icy, resid?ate the organization of extreme Radicals, and declare for recoostrcotion simply in accordance with the Congressional plan. They advise such a course ts will promote har? mony and fraternal feeling between moo of all sections and colors. They say we can and must all live together as friends. The move? ment seems to be favorably received. SPARKS FBOM THE WISES. Mr. Peabody has arrived io Washington. Eight thousand emigrants left Liverpool for America last week. The strike of the hotel waiters io New York is ended.. The proprietors are victorious. * President Grant went to West Point yester? day, and Secretary Boutwell goes this m ur fl? ieg. General HaDeck and staff leave tho Pacific coast to-day, by the overland route, for Louis? ville, Kentucky. General Can by has appointed ?Tad ge Advocate H. B. Burnham to be Judge of the Virginia Court of Appeals. Several mirares are reported to bave taken place io New Tock yesterday, io consequence . of the decline in stocks. The final deposits were mide yesterday for the fight between affCoole and Allen, which takes place on the 15th. She Quaker City, attached in New York on suspicion of bern g a Cuban insurgent, has been ordered to be released on bond. At Chicago, in the breach of promise suit of j Amanda Craig vs. Spragne, a verdict of $100, 000 bas been giver, for the complainant. The National Typographical Convention passed a resolotioo yesterday admitting prox? ies as an act of courtesy, aud not as a right. Memorial day was observed io Petersburg yesterday. Business waa generally suspended, and many bouses were draped in mourning. The cargo of an Italia i bark, coDSisting of oranges and lemons, has been thrown over? board by the health officers at New Orleans, because it was decayed. Five employees of the printsbops at Lodi, - New Jersy, who habitually drank vitriol and alchohol, mistook arsenic for vitriol in cam pounding their beverage and died m conse? quence. Tbe Japanese colony that recently arrived at San Francisco, have purchased l ind in Colora? do County, California, lor the purpose of culti? vating silk and tea. They are pleased with the location. The Democratic Convention of Alabama have Dominated A. N. Worthy, of Pike, for member of Congress from the Second District. The Republicans have nominated G. W. Buck? ley. In the convention to make nominations far the Third District, held at Opelika, there is a wide split between the native and carpe t-batr elements. Both aides aie indulging in abase, and a break-up is imminent. . ANOTHER MURDER. AUGUSTA, Juce 9.-A letter from Sanderf villo, Washington County, Qa., to the Chroni? cle, states that Colonel R. W. Flournoy, a Democratic representative io the 8tate Leg-it lature, was ru ordered in his own field J y a ne? gro man in his employ. The negro was ar? rested._ . . EUROPE. THE FRENCH ELECTIONS - BEPOBTED BI0T8. PARIS, Jane 9.-Official returns from this department show that SO official candidates and 28 Opposition candidates and one whose political complexion .is unknown, are elected. The (reneral result is as follows : Government candidates 213. Independent 42. Radical 35. Serions riots took place at Nantes and Bor? deaux yesterday. THE SPANISH TALKING MACHINE. MADRID, June 9.-The Cortes debated the Regency bill at great length and finally referred it to a committee. Oinziga_ said that at pre? sent the election of a Ring would be impassi? ble. THE IRISH CHURCH BILL. LONDON, June 9.-The Earl or Harrowby will more in the House of Lords to postpone the Disestablishment bill for six mouths, which will kill it for this session. 2 Janes Campbell, amercbant, bas susponded. PURZIC MEETING IE ORANGEBURG. [TROM OOB 0W.< COBBESPOirOXNT.] ORANGEBUHG, Juno 7.- To-day a largo as I semblage of the citizens of the district met at the courthouse, pursuant to a call, to consider the late action of tho State Board of Equaliza tioa with respect to the immmse increase of] assessment pat upon real estate. Colonel Barton was called to the ohair, and John A. Hamilton, Esq., requested to act as secretary. The following resolutions, offered by Samael Dibble., Esq., were adopted : Whereas, The State Board of Equalization have recently raised toe assessments in real estate in this county to four times the amount of the county assessments; and whereas, this carries the real estate ot the oonoty to valua? tion, for taxation alone, far above the actual intrinsic or market value of the same, andwill, if adopted as the basis ot taxation, par ah z 3 the agricultural interests of the county, brina; min upon the people, and renew the distresses from which the county is DOW just rec J ve neg after t be vicissitudes of lerolut ion anda char go of the labor system of the State; and whereas, we desire to do all in oar power to avert this sen oas calamity. Be it, therefore, Besotted, That? committee of six ba ap? pointed by the chair to confer with bis Excel? lency the Governor of the f tate, and the mem? bers of the State Board or Equalization, and represent to them the views ot the citizens cf the county, and to lake each steps in present in g the same as they deem advisable, and after said conference, that the said committee may call another moe tin s ot citizens if neces? sary, or take such other steps as the said con? ference may suggest proper nuder the eiroum stans?s. Besotted, That a snbeoription be r*i?ed by voluntary contribution, for the parp?se of de? fraying the necessary expenses, and that the committee of six do take charge of the collec? tion and disbursement of the same. The committee appointed consists of Colonel P. 8. Felder, Messrs. Harpin Riggs, Samuel Dibble, J. R. Mill house, and Dre. J. A. Keller, and F. W. Vogt. They will proceed early noon their doty, and we hope may snoeeed in effect? ing a reconsideration of the matter. The action of the Board of Equalization is glaringly unjust upon those wbo made correct retaras, and particularly so noon the owners of town property, who by their action axe assess? ed four times beyond the actual value ef their dwellings and stores. Buildings of ordinary constiuctioo, and many of them in disuse, are assessed variously ftom eight to twelve thous? and dollars, and in some cases private res? idences are rated nnder the revised bill at twenty and thirty thousand dollars. But we refrain from farther comment, awaiting the re? sult of the petition. THE "DETECTIVE? SYSTEM. [From the Philadelphia Ledger.] Un the raomiog of the 5th of April last, the people of Philadelphia were startled by the announcement that one of the stupendous bond robberies that have become peculiar to these latter days had been co m mi itt-d io oar own city, and that the victims on this occasion were the Bene?oial Saving Fund and its thou? sands of poor depositors. This vdlany trans? cended any that had gone before it in the same line of "'business." The plunder exceeded a million ot dollars, and was composed of bonds, (large amounts of them negotiable) cash to the amount of ten thousand dollars, and dia? monds valued at ten thousand dollars. Eight hundred thousand dollars of this vast plunder were the hard earnings and savings of poor Sople, and between two and three hundred oasaod dollars were the property of persona who had lefc it with tbe Savin ir Fund for Bale beeping. The affair made a great stir at the tune, but soon dropped oat of general notice, except among the officers of the society, the plundered depositors and their trie >ds, and a-.me of the newspaper mon, who were deter? mined that it should not slip ont of si.'ht as so many other robberies have. A few weeks after the robbery, about two hundred and fifty thous? and dollars of the stolen securities were re? turned, an my ruo ub ly (as alleged) through Adams' Express, and on Satur day it was an? nounced that all tho rest of the securities were returned in the same way, tne thieves retain? ing ouly the $10,000 in cash and tbe $10 000 in diamonds, to compensate them tor their Sun? day's work. If this be true, aa we suppose it is, the mouey loss to the Beneficial Saving Fund, or its depositors, is reduced to about $35.000; viz: lbe $l0 0U0 in cash withheld by the thieves, and the $25,000 to be paid as reward. The thieves however, make $20 000 clear, and those engaged in the negotiations for the re? turn of the plunder have a claim of $25,000 more. < The Beneficial Savin- Fund is now enabled to announce tint it will resume, business this morning, a circumstance that every one will be glad to bear, for the sake of the depositors and the estimable gentlemen wno compose the officers and du ec' urs or the society. Aud now for the public aopo Us of this important mat? ter, lt no longer involves any danger to the poor depositors for the pnblic press to say openly and emphatically of the system that led to this affa>r what should and would have been said long ago if there had been LO such danger. The "detective" system of the large cities of tbe United States encourages and pro? tects tbieves and robbers, an 1 especially thc most dangerous class ot thieves aud robbers, tbose who are BO experc as to make rob? bery a w?U-deiced "profession," and wbo deal miinly in large "operations." Tho "detective system," as it ia worked, makes the "profession" not only a very pro? fitable bot a very safe . .basinets." Rob? beries of the class referred to all follow the same beaten path. First is the st art ho g news of the enormous plunder, then intelli? gence of tho "negotiations'' for surrender of | the property, tbeu restoration of the greater part of it, the thieves always stipulating that they shall retain a portion, and have immunity from prosecution, which they always get, and immediately begin to lay plans for another heavy stroke ot "business" m the same line. No one, or next to no one. is ever prosecuted. This is the regular and orthodox way with tho "detective" system. II in some one exception? al cose there happens to bo a prosecution and a conviction, the "professional man" slips away from the officer while on bis way to pri? son, as in a recent case in New York, the offi? cer obligingly going to sleep to give him the opportunity. Hence it is that we say that the "detective" system, as it is worked, makes robbery not only a profitable but an exceeding? ly sate "business." In all, or nearly all these cases the "detectives" are actively oogaged, I and m some, if not all of tbem, they get a cou-1 BI der able share of the plunder, fur several in? stances or this have recently come to light in New York and Boston. ADDITIONAL CROP REPORTS. AN ENCOURAGING EXHIBIT. Letters from A hoe ville. Anderson, Barn? well, Coll eton, Darlington, Kershaw, Laurens,N ew k. rxy, Uconee, Orangebarg, Richland, and SparUnbarg. Tbe following additional crop reports from the diff?rent parts of the State bave been specially prepared for THE NEWS by our corres pjndenfs and tri ends. Tiley will be found both trustworthy and interesting : Abbeville. Colonel D. Wyatt Aiken has favored us with the following clear and comprehensive sum? mary of the crop prospects in Abbeville. The letter ia dated Cokesbuiy, June 7: While in Abbevillo Village to-day, I interro? gated planters from all parts of Abbeville rela? tive to thc glowing cotton crop, and tbe labor, &c., and met very generally with replica such as the following: 1st. The area planted in thc northern half of the district is no greater than that planted last year. 2d. This area is very materially reduced by hundreds ot acres being killed out by late frosts, recent freshets, and in some instances, by berni: replanted in corn. 3d. lo the western and southwestern por? tions more cotton was planted, but lesa must be made in consequence of the effects of late frosts. 4th. In tbe southern, southeastern, and eastern, about thc same area was planted as was in 1868, but tho late frosts have had their effect tbece two, though in less degree than elsewhere, as this is the red section of tbe dis? trict, and the tresta were most destructive on gray lands. 5th. The general impression is, Abbeville will make lees cotton than it did last year. Gib. The freedmen are working about as well as freedmen can be made to work, attempting io a loose way to do in five days what tbe employer flunks can scarcely be done in six. Most of the freedmen stop work Saturday by 10 A. M. 7th. Oar corn crop looks healthy, bot is very small and backward; wheat is fine; oats, fair average; barley, a comparative failure, io. Anderson. Oar correspondent, P. H. E. 8., writing from Pendleton, on Jane 7, says : The condition of the crops is much more favorable tutu ten days since, cotton especial? ly, such as bas been spared by the frosts, and the plough injudiciously applied, mach having been pions bed up which would have recovered and made a fine stand. Owing to the bigb price and the seducing accounts of the productions from the ase of cu mos and other fertilizers, a mach larger breadth of land bas been devoted lo cotton than probably ever beforo in our district. But the unfavorable prospects ota good stand has greatly reduced that bro id th and given it to corn, which has been much stinted in its prop? er proportions in oar up-country, and we now have a prospect of an averaee crop of both cot? ton and corn, the great staple which we teared had been overlooked. Hundreds ot acres of land hist devoted to cotton hos been changed ' to the production ot corn. Oar wheat crops are unusually flattering at this time; some rast, bot not enough to mate? rially affect the general crop; but owing to the Boat city and high price of seed at oar last sow? ing, the breadth of land in wheat is not equal to that of form sr years. Oats are promising a fair crop, and clover patches, for we have nothing bat patches yet, which we predict will not be the case lone, are greatly encouraging to the culture of the grasses in the upper sections of our State in? stead of cotton. As to the woik of* the colored people gene? rally, we cannot say anything favorable, if you get good work oat of them, yoa mast take the ' fore row." Many have rented lands and procured old broken down males and horses, and without the adequate means ot support of themselves and work animals, are endeavoring to make crops; but their prospects aro any? thing but flattering. Colleton, Barnwell and Orange bm g. The following-letter from our correspondent S. gives an account of the condition of the crops in the extreme upper part of Colleton and the lower part of Barnwell and Orange burg: The crops of every kind are at least three or four weeks behind last year's in growth owing to the unprecedented cold spring, and the protracted drought they have just passed through. A fine rain fell on last Friday, the first iu about four or five weeks, which has in? vigorated everything very much. From whai I can learn, there is about the same amount of corn planted this year that was planted last, and notwithstanding it ii much smaller at ibis tune than usual, the pro? babilities are that the yield will be much great? er, from the fact that last year, owing to the very wet season and poor culturo, in many in? stances the grass got tho start ot the crop, whereas this season it bas been kept clean, and with good seasons from now out, if only half worked, the yield must certain! v be better. The area of cotton planted this year is some? thing greater than that of last, but it is so much smaller, and the stand so very bid, that it is a very difficult matter to arrive at any definite conclusion as yet in regard to that plant; still, 1 think that I might safely Ray, that with favor? able soasan and no unforeseen disaster, the cotton crop (which is never very large in this section, ) will equal that of lotit ye ir, as the area plan ed in excesB of la3t year will about moko up for the deficiency in the stand. Tho freedmen, BO far, are working very well, especially those who are receiving wages. Those farming on their own account, with but few exceptions, never have made a safficiency for themselves and family, and I fear never will I notice one encouraging feature in tbe colored people, that elections do not take them off from their work as it did a year aro. Colleton. Our correspondent E., wiitin? (rom St. George's on the 9.h instant, gives the follow? ing information: Corn is very small for the season, needing rain very much. The weather bas ac last turn? ed warm, aod rf we can get rain tbeie is every Erospect of a good yield. Cotton is looking nely, but tanners generally complain ot bad stands. It has been so cold that a great deal of the cotton bas died out, and t lier o has not been enough rain to bring up tho replants; but witn the preseot stand, should the season con? tinue favorable, I think thera will be a much better yield than last year, owing to manuring and more thorough cultivation. 1 be area of cotton and corn se-, m to bo near the same as 1 : nt year (-ay ono-third cotton the balance corn.; Ibo great aim seems to bo to multe enough corn hrsi, and after that all tho cotton they can. Thc colored people aro working better than last year, aud seem to be taking somo interest in the crop, and Dot divoting their whole at? tention to politics. 1 here is still room tor im? provement, aad I believe- they b?g\n to seo that it is necessary to work io live. Stealing still continues. A great many ot Ibo coloiod people bivo stttled off to themso ves, and aro cultivating little natalies of their own. their 0 ops, with but few exceptions, look badly and will not make moro than half enough to do them. All things conBidcied. the prospects aro brighter, much brighter, and I have great, hopes that better times i re slowly, but surely comiDg. Darlington. Oar correspondent L., under dato of the 8th instant, writes RB follows of the crops in the vicinity ot Dove's Depot : From here to Darlington, about eight miles, 1 see some cotton crossed and put in coro, aud where this is not the case tbe stand ?B very bad and also in grass. There is more corn put in than last year; more small grain, of which the wheat is very good. Tho freer men work no better than hereto? fore, as 1 can Bee. Many of them are on small, poor, ont oi the way places, as many as six full hands trying to farm with but a single yearling cow or ox, and no visible support, on twenty to thirty acres at moat. This fact alone. If gene? ral in tho cotton region, and I believe it is, ia prima facie evidence ihat we will have but a small crop. Another faot is that the cotton is late, and if ve have early frost it will cut jt off in the meridian of its glory. I have see bottoms on which cotton bein ? late wonld however and make weed Urse enong have tbe fruit on it to make a bale per bnt being cnt by frost wonld not raak? fourth ol a bale. The corn looks tolerably well, bnt has thinned in the stand a great deal b; worms, who glory in snch cool weather' had. Kershaw. A friend sends as from Btatebarg, i dato of Jnne 8, the following crop report The present appearance of the corn cr this section is very good, and promises a i factory yield. The condition of tho c crop is by no means so promising. The nnnsnal occurrence of frost in tho earl} of May, and the continuance of cool or chilly nights for some time afterwards, e killed the ccttoD outright, or injured mach that considerable portions of every crop had to be replantea. This part o crop is, therefore, three weeks lat -r than u Siuce the middle of May the weather has tine, and thecotton, though small, is now ing pretty well. There is about the same in cotton and corn, or, if any differ en< slight increase in each as compared with year. The negroes ore working well, so f 1 know. Laurens. Oar correspondent X., writing from Lau Courthouse on June 3,1869, gives the folio' account of tho crops : The area in cotton this year is much la as compared with the area in corn last \ and as to the comparison this year, 1 thin the land in cultivation at least two-ibTrds ? is in cotton and one-third in corn. I Bay thing as to that in small gram in this con tioo. Guano and other fertilizers have t applied the present year on cotton m gre abondance t ban I ever knew them to be fore. The crop was planted latex than usual consequence of the late frost and exc?s rains and long continued cool weather. . after planting, the storms, heavy rains, o BI cual frost and cool winds were of ruinous i dene? to the crop. The cotton came up b: and died rapidly-to such an. extent that ph era became quite despondent. The corn i wise was seriously injured. Both are later less promising than I ever saw them at I period of the year. The stalk of tbe col looks red, and the leaves covered with rn; 1 joking spots. Such cotton after getting Borne distance, according to common ex nence, or mach ot it at least, takes wha commonly called sorc-ehin, and thestalk bre od' aad falls down. The stand of cotton very irregular and scattering, so much so t many persons have ploughed it np and pla ed corn in its stead, while others hi replanted with cotton seed, bat I fear too 1 to do much good. Thc stand on the lit gray lands is wors > than on the red or stii soils; and on the hill or broken lands cr loss has been sustained, both m the f?rtil.zi and the destruction of the cotton by the wai ing rains. For the last eight or ten days the weatl has been warm, and a favorable change is vj blc in all vegetation; bnt the Drospect foi good crop, in my judgment, ie decidet gloomy. The colored people are not working w: thal energy and alacrity that they shon Their proclivity to idleness, and their dispo tion to claim greater privileges and negli their duties, are more manifest than usu which is a very serious obstacle in the way successful planting. We may well, ander BU prospects, ant ?ap; te treat scarcity in t means of living soother year, and should n every possible circumspection in providii against it in due lime. newberry, Oar correspondent,- "Subscriber," writ from Pomar ia on the 7th instant in regard the crops, as follows: With continued seasons, an average crop corn may be expected. The. cotton prospect is vtorta-thanker known in thia section; the plant is small ai the stand poor, cving to the cold and w weather. The prospect now is gloomy indee and it is at least three weeks later than form years. Never have known planters dtvo more attention to their farms than this yea and np to this date no one calculates being r muneratei for tho immense quantities of fe tilizers used. Wheat is being harvested, and the yield w be an average one. Oar people are turnit their attention moro to oats than formerly - crop easily and cheaply raised, furuistiit more food for stock per acre than corn. Another year we expect to see much mo: land sown down in this grain than even this. Oconee. Our correspondent K. writes as follows fro; Walhalla, ander date of June 7: Cotton is beginning to look a little bstte It has a healthy appearance sin -o the lai xainB and warm weither, bnt before that looked very bidly, and everybody was undi tho impression that no cotton would bo mad All bad, more or less, to replant, 'A bose thc planted late have tho best cotton, but all sa they have bnt half a stan;!. There ia a goo ( eal more planted this year than there ev? has been before. Everybody has got cotton o the brain. Formeily there was only enoug Slanted for home consomption, but now even ody has got cotton. If cold weather does DC come too soon the farmers will still da vcr well. Corn is now looking finely, and if the seaso favors, wo will mike an abundance of corn, i being mostly what is planted t ere. Wheat looks vory well. No rust bas ye made its appearance from what I can bear. * Orangcbnrg. Oar correspondent, "Quelquefois,'1 wiitin] from tho Courthouse on the 7th, says: The crop of cotton planted in this distric will not excoed in acreage that of the last year Tbe cotton earliest planted has been iDjurei vastly, in many cases requiring replanting That planted later is in a healthy condition but fears are entertained that the yield will no equal that of the past Beason. A planter o large experience reports the appearance of th? caterpillar. Tho corn crop is m promising condition, and Bach negroes as have contract ed aro working beti er than at any time eine? the close of the war. But hundreds of them have rented lands on their owo account, and will hardly make bread. In consideration ol tho check which the cotton received by thc late cool weather, and the loss of labor by rea< son of the negroes hiring lands on their o wi: account, it is not safe to calculate upon more than thrtc-tourlbs of the average crop. Richland. Our correspondent, J. F. A., writing from Hopkins' Turnout, on the 4tb instant, says : There is generally about tbe same propor? tion of corn and cotton planted this year as there was last year. The corn is very pro? mising at this dato, and wo think it moro vig? orous and bardy than that ot'last year, with a better showing for Dread. We have not been BO attracted by au El Dorado of greenback a as to neglect tbe raising of bieadstuffs, that in? dis peu su b!o basis of a planter's ptosperity. In common with our conon planting brethren throughoutthe South, we hate bad the most unfavorable weather for cotton in our Know? ledge and lecollection asa planter. Replant mar, or rather a partial planiing over again of tho colton, has been resorted to in manv m 8i anees m this section. The past few warm days have revived the cotton very nincii, and now, with good seasons and a late fall, we may Bafely predict that tho cotton crop ni this lo? cality will not bc diminished more than a fourth, : s comp irod wita last years crop. As rozards the dispositici of tho freedman to libor, we can truly eav that Cufiee'd iucreas ine faith in the honesty of his former master, and his handling of numerous greenbacks the past year, have had a remarkable tendency to quicken bia energies in the cotton patch. We have high hop* s of Cuffco. His radicalism will bo removed by the "silent amelioration ol time." His return to bis first IOVJ will be ef? fected by patience and lair dealing on tho part of the higb-priCBt of the cotton patch, thc genuine Southern planter. Ia this connection we maybe permitted to say, as the result of our honest cor viciions, that the negro's nature, temperament and physical constitution, render him an invalu? able element in achieving thc highest and most enduring orospenty lor the Cott u States. We should cherish him because of his real value to us as an indispensable adjunct in developing tbe piogressive tendency of the new era. Wo should not entertain the least unkind feelinsr toward him. because be is now politically tho dope of "certain lewd fellows of the baser sort," who hugely enjoy Coffee's ignorance and ptey upon his credulity. If we be true ko oar selves, and by consequerce to tbe freedman, a few short years will remore all our difficult iee. S parta nb ur g. "Ennoiee, ' writing from Spartanburg Court? house on Jane 7, gives the following cheering account of tbe condition of affairs in bis county: .Tho prospects of oar planters may on the whole be represented as encouraging. More than tbe usual amount of land (perhaps even twice as mach) was at first planted in cotton. Hauy acres never came np at all, and many otheis having come up were killed by late frosts, which continued this spriig down to May 24. In some cases the land was replanted in cotton, in others corn was planted where .the stand of cotton had failed. The entire extent of cotton land, however, is still con? siderably over that of last year. The average stand of cotton is still considerably below a good one. The weed li as grown very rapidly, however, for the last two weeks nnder the warm sunshine and frequent showers. Corn looks well, though a little backward. The extent planted is less than usual. Wheat is unusually fine, generally and even universally, lhere has not been t ie slightest sign of rust until within the last few days. It is still slight, however, and iu few locdities. A few fields have been cut, but a week or ten days must paes before the harvest tairly opens. Oats look wall. The laborers generally, perhaps universally, are doing bettor on the farms than last year. Io some cases the improvement is marked, while we have beard no farmer make special complaint. Far more thau the usual quantity of fertil? izers has been used this year. In one case a young and enterprising planter has spent fif? teen hundred dollars on his fields, which we hope will give it back to hun in the fall with a generous increase. Our county is healthy as usual. On the whole you may let your readers know that the people in this mineral district are cheerfully at work, hoping thus to make something "turn np," as waiting hos been tried long enough elsewhere with rather "negative success." The sales to-day of a lew tracts of land show a gradual rise in pnces. ?-GO TO GEOEGE UTILE ? CO. FOB cheap UNDEBSBIBTS AND DBA WEBS. Jnnel_ tutbslmo Sb?- EXECUTORS' FINAL NOTICE.-NO? TICE is hereby given that on the fifteenth day of June ensuing, at Twelve noon, the undersigned will apply to tbs Judge of Probate of Charleston County for a final discharge os Executors cf will of the late THOMAS M. BUM?. Kt w, G. HUME. ) JOHN 8. MI rc HELL, M. D., J Executors. T. GKANGE SIMONS, J May 16_tra th Imo SS" ROSADA LIS I-THE FOLLOWING IS from Dr. B. Wrxaos Cana, Coroner of the City of Baltimore : EALTIMORE, February 10,1868. La. J. J. LA WHENCE : Dear Sir-I take pleasure in recommending your Bosadalis as a very poweriul alterative. I have seen it need in two cases with happy results-one a case of secondary syphilis, in which the parlent pronounced himself cured, after having taken five bottles of your medicine. Ihe other a case of s .-rora'.a, or long standing, ?hieb ls rapidly Improving under its use, and the indications sre that the patient will scon recover. I have care? fully exam'ned the formula by which jour Boeada* lia is made, and find it an excellent compound of alterative ingredients. Yours, trulv, B. W. CABB, M. D. For sale by GOODRICH, WISEMAN ft CO., Importers of Drugs and Chemicals, JuneS_stnthS_Charleston. 8. C. - BATCHELORS BAIR BYE.-TH 18 splendid Hair Dye is the best in tbe world ; the only true and perfect Die; harmless, reliable, instanta? neous; no dlssppolntment; no ridiculous tints; rem? edies the ill effects of bad dyes; invigorates and leaves me bair soft and beautiful black or brown, ssold Ly aU Druggists and Perfumers; and properly applied at Batchelor'? Wig Factory, No. - Bond street New York. lyr_May 16 ta- HAGAN'S MAGNOLIA BALM.-THIS article ls tbe True Secret of Beauty. lt is what Fashionable Ladies, Actresses, and Opera Singers nae to produce that cultivated dittingut appearance so much admired in the Circles of Fashion. It removes all unsightly Blotches, Badness, Freckles, Tan. Sunburn and Erects of Spring winds, and gives to the complexion a Blooming Purity of transparent delicacy and power. No Lady who vai? nes a line complexion can do without the Magnolia Balm. Seventy-five cents will buy it of any of our respectable dealers. Lyon's Kathairon is a very delightful lair dress Lng._tu th s Imo PAC_May 22 tO-MARENGO.-F E V E R AND AGUE CUBE, TONIO, FEVER PEBV?S f\V?.-Tb is val nable mod.cine, entirely vegetable in its prepara? tion, is offered to the public and warranted to cure any case of CHILLS AND FEVEB of however long standing, completely eradicating Ita effect from the system, purifying the Mool, strengthening tbe di? gestive organs, inducing an appetite, and keeping (he system in perfe:t health. T hose suffering from debility arrising from any caus -will find it the purest an i best TONIC to be had auy#here. To psrsons residing in un healthy sections, or who are predisposed to fevers of any kind, it will be found invaloaole as a preventive. It is quite pleasant to the taste, and can be given to children of all age? without injury Numerous let? ters have been received testifying to its efficacy and value as a FEVEB AND AGUE CUBE AND TONIC. It is fully guaranteed to give completo and uuiver Fal satisfaction. ?J ABEN GO is no humbug. TEY IT. For sale at retail by ell Druggists. At who'essie b) DOWIE & MOISE, comer Meet iugand Hasel streets; GOODRICH. WINEMAN ft CO., Hayne-street, an i O. J. LTJHN, General Agent of Proprietor, southeast corner Klog and John Mtreeti, Charleston, S. C. PAP 3 m OS June 8 S9-0NE HUNDRED YEARS AGO THE now celebrate i PLANTATION BITTERS were as well knc*n in the West Indies as they are now known, iu the United ?tates. It is true that they were not known by tbat name, but their components aud manner of manufacturing were tbe same-rave that there bas been added Calisaya or Peruvian Bark, celebrated the world over far its wonderful tonic properties. Even to lfai-4 day these Bitters are popu? lar as ever, and their sale and use on these islands is constantly increasing, sod lhere can hardly a family be foun 1, rich or poor, wbo is without them. We do not wi*h to impute any wrong to the Ameri? can proprietors ot these Bitter-, but tint they are the origin itors we most stoutly deny, aad they muet take such umbrage at it os they please, ii the same tree wc take this occasion to say that a more valu? able tonic Bitters canuot be icu ?cl in all the world. We consider ihcm just th-.- thing for weak and deli? cate female?, and all those requiring a mild and gen* tie stimulant. MAGNOLIA WATEU.-Suotrlor to the best imported German Cologne, and sold at half the price june 8 tutbs3 J?-CREDITORS' NOTICE. -ALL PERSONS indebted to Mr. GEOBGE H. G BC BEB are requested to m ite payments to either Mr. GEOBGE H. GBUBEB, orto Mr. G. W. GR?BEB, (to be found at Messrs. COBWIN'?STOBE, EING-STBEET.) during the month. After the first of June, aU indebtedness unpaid will be placed into tbe bands of a Magistrate, n order to wind up the affairs aa speedily as possible. H. GEBDTS 4 CO., May IQ Imo_Agents for Creditors. JO- ESSAYS FOB YOUNG MEN.-ON THE Errors and Abuses Incident to Youth and Barly Man? hood, with the humane view of treatment and cure, sent by mall free of charge. Address BOW ABD AS? SOCIATION, Box P, Philadelphia, Pa. May 22 Sir.ce ?-NOTICE TO SHIPPERS OF VEGE? TABLES PER MANHATTAN_Aa the MANHAT? TAN will leave at Eight o'clock A. M. on ? AT ca DAT, tb312th instant, no Freight will be received after Eight o'clock P. M. on F MEAT, 11th instant JAMES ADOBE A CO.. Jane 10_2_Agents. MW CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.-DES PATCH LINE.-The schooner B. N. HAWKINS will discharge cargo Tors CAT at Adger's North Wharf. Gosds not called for before sunset will be stored lat risk and expense of Consignees. June 10 1 WILLIAM ROACH k CO. MW PROPOSALS FOR RATIONS AND FUEL FOR LIGHT-VESS ELS, ko.-OFFICE LIGHTHOUSE INSPECTOR, No. 10 BfiOAD 8TBEET, AT CHARLESTON, 8. C., JUNE 9.1869. HEALED PROPOSALS will bc received at thia office until Twelve o'clock M. on PATUBDAY. the 12th day of June, 1869, for furnishing nnd delivering Rations and Fuel as may be called for for tho light-vessels and tenders which aro or may be in tbis District, for one year, from the lat day ot July, 1869, to the 30th Jane, 1870, inclusive. Hie rations to be of good aad approved quality; to be delivered a'ong side of the lighthouse tender or other vessel pro? vided for the purpose, at Charleston, 8, C., and ts be stated in the bid accordingly, in good and suffi? cient packages, barrels, boxes, and case?, and in good order, once a quarter, free of all expense to the United State?, agreeably to specifications, which will form a part of the con trac t, copies of which may be had by applying at this office. The bids for ratio JH, coal, and wood, win be con? siderad separately. Ali bids must be sealed and endorsed "Proposals for Bations and Fuel for Light-vessels," and then listed in another envelope and left at or directed to this office, prepaid if sent by mall. By order of the Lighthouse Board. H. E, STONE, Commander U. S. N., Jone 10_8 Inspector Barth DI?triol. srIHE NEATEST, THE QUICKEST AND THE CHKAFEBT.-Tm News JOB OFFICE, No. 119 EAST BAT, having replenished its Stock with a new and large assortment of material of the finest duality and latest styles, ls prepared to execute, at the shortest notice and in the best manner, JOB PRINTING of every description. Coll and examine the scale nf prices before giving your orders elsewhere. jtaTGO TO GEORGE LITTLE & CO. FOR FINE LINEN SACKS, SI 60. June 1 tuthelmo A3-ROME QUESTIONS FOR THE SICK? LY AND DEBILITATED.-Ia rt wert h while to en dare penal torture after every meal, when indi? gestion can be immediately relieved and penna* nently cured by so agreeable a remedy as HOSTET TE R'S 8TO rf A CH BITTERS ? Dot s it pay to be compelled by debility and lan? guor to abandon active business, when brain, nerve and muscle can be braced up, and the whole system restored to a healthy condition by a course ol HOS TETTER'S BITTERS ? Wby approach the dinner table dally with a posi? tive disgust for all that is savory and delincas, when a vigorous appetite for even the plainest fare ls created by the use of no.s TETTER'S BITTERS ? Is it wise to live in this bright world as if it were ? dungeon, gloomy, d^contentedand miserable, when the worst case of hypochondria caa be cared in s week by such a pleasant and wholesome exhilarant as H08T?TTEB'S BITTERS ? Can it be possible that any person of bilious ha? bit will ran the risk of remittent fever or bi'lons colic, when he can tone and regulate the great se? cretive organa with HOSTETIEB'S BITTERS ? ? ts lt nota speeie? of moral insanity fer evy mer? chant, farmer, mechaaio or traveller to be without the best known antidote to tho effects of poisoned air and impure water, HO STETT ER'S BITTERS ? Considering the harnessing and depressing nature of the functional derangements to which woman is subject, is it not astonishing that any invalid of the feebler sex should hesitate to seek the certain relief afforded in such cases by the genial operation of HOS TETTER'S MTIERS ? These are questions of deeper interest than any of the political dogmas of the day, and those whom they concern are invited to give them something more than a passing thought. PAP 6 Junes MW TIES, SCARFS, GLOVE UNDER? WEAR AND HOSIERY, at BLACKWELL'S. May ll laths No. 219 King-street.?I Igjffg Ht?to. ILLIS dt CHI ts OL .tl, FACTORS, COMMISSION MERCHANTS ABB SHIPPING AGENTS, WILL ATTEND TO THE PURCHASE, SALE AND SHIPMENT (to Foreign and Domestic Ports) ot COTTON, RICK, LUMBER AND NATAL STORES, ATLANTIC WHARF, Charleston, 8. C. S. WILLIS.A. B. OHI60LM October Sj_ J. E. HEARD, H. X. I W. J. HEA?D. NORFOLK. C. W. YOUNG, 1?. T. j F. E. nOOnatDOE , POBTSXOCTB. J?EARD, YOUNG dc CO., PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS, l?o. 21V Washington.strret, NE W YORK. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE SALE OF EARLY VEGEGABLES, FRUITS, POTATOES, 4 c. REFEBENCEB.-Governor Z. B. Vance, Charlotte; W. D. Reynolds k Bro., Norfolk; E. G. Ohio, Super ?nt en dent 8. k B. Railroad, Portsmouth; Colonel a. L. Fremont, E. E. Burrusa, Esq., Wilmington; H. K. Thurber k Co., Langbran k Egbert, New York ; Bernard O'Neill,Charleston; Alexander k Bussell, Savannah. 3mos_Apr:! 2 JJOLMES di MACBETH, So. 30 Broad-street, Charleston, Es. C., BROKERS, AUCTIONEERS, REAL ESTATE AND G IM KAL COMMISSION AGENTS Will atttend to Renting and ?> Heeling of Rents. and purchase and sa'e ol Sto-As, Bonds, Gold, Silver and Real Estate. ALSO, To the Purchase of Goods and Supplies for p ir.ti in the country upon reasonible terms. GEORGE L. HOLSTES.ALEXANDEB M AC BET, January 1 lyr J. T. H U 31 P H H E T S , BROKER, AUCTIONEER AND COMMIS? SION MERCHANT. BALES OF BEAL ESTATE, STOCKS, BONDS, SB CURITIES AND PERSONAL PROPERTY ATTENDED TO. .to. 8 7 BROAD-STREET CHARLESTON, 8. 0. BZFXBENOES. Hsn. HENRY BUIST, W. J. MAGRATH, Esq. General JAMI'S 00NNRR, T. B. WA HING, kV?. October EXCURSIONS! EXCURSIONS; , - THE FINE 7 AST S 4 TEING TA CHT V ELLA ANN A, th o CT am pion of toe South, ?la now ready and prepared to make regalar ?trip*, thus affording an opportunity to all who may wleb to viait pointa of interest in our bean ti fol harbor. For passage, apply to the Captain on Union Wharf._Imo _May i 8 EXCURSION S AROUND THE HAKBOK. THE FINE, FAST SAILING AND COM. 'FOBTABLF appointed Facht XLEAHOB ?will resume her trips to historio points lu .the harbor, and will leave Government Wharf daily at Ten A. M.* For Passage apply to THOMAS YOONG. December 18 Captain, on board. FOR SEW YORK. REGULAR LINE EVERT WEDNESDAY, PASSAGE ISO. THE SIDEWHEEL STEAMSHIP MAGNOLIA, Captain M. B. Caow zLL, wm leave Vandetborsfs Whsrf on WEDNESDAY, June 16th, 1869, at ll o'clock A. M. ? Freight of vegetables received up to 10 o'clock on dsv of ?.Hing. RAVENEL & CU., Agents, June 10 FOR PIULA UKLPH1A AMI BUS IOU, EEG ULAR EVERT THURSDAY. THE STEAMSHIP J. W. EVERMAN 'Captain SNTOXS, WIU have North ^Atlantic Wharf, on THUBSDAT, June _.10th, at a o'clock P. M. For Freight or Passage, apply to JOHN st THEO. GETTTfc - Jane 8 ._North Atlantic Wharf. HEW YURKASO CH A K li E ?TOS STEAMSHIP LINE, FOR 1? E W YORK. CABIN PASSAGE $20. THE SPLENDID SIDE-WHEEL .STEAMSHIP MANHATTAN, M. fi. WOODHULL Commander, will ssw from Ad ger* a south Wharf on Bar. C?DAI, June ia, at 8 o'clock A. M. MW An extra charge of $6 made for Tickets pur? chased on board after sailing ay No Buts of lading signed after the steamer leaves. MW Through Billa Lading given for Cotton te Booton and Providence, R. L AW Marine Insnranoe by this Une % per cant. SST The 8team?ri of this line are first class la every respect, and their Tables are inpolted with all the delicacies ot the New York and Charleston mar? kets. For Freight or Passage, apply to JAME? iDutti A co.. Agents, Corner Adder's Wharf and East Bay (Upstairs.) June 7 e PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMFY 8 THBOT70H LIN* TO CALIFORNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN. CHANGE OP SAILING DAPS! STEAMERS OF THE ABOTE line leave Pier No. ta, North River, foot of Canal-street, New York, at ia o'clock noon, of the let, 11th and Ust of every month (except when these dates tall en Bunday, then the Saturday preceding). Departure of 1st and 2lst connect at Panama with steamers for South Pacific and Central Amaneas porta. Those of 1st touch at Manzanillo. Departure of 11th ot each month connecta with the new steam line from Panama to Auatmlia and New Zealand. Steamship GREAT REPUBLIC leaves Ban Frarcn co tor China and Japan Joly S. 1SG9. '. ' No California steamers touc? at Havana, but gs direct from New York to AapihwaU, One hundred pounds baggage free to eaeh adosa. Medicine and attendance tree. 3 For Passage Tickets or further Information aasjdf at the COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, on the whats? foot of Canal-street, North River. Hew Fork. ' 0 March ia_lyr_F. B. BABY, Agent. . CHANGE OF.SCHEDULE. FOR PA LAT R.A. FLORIDA. VIA SAVANNAH, FERNANDINA AND JACKSON VILLE. THE ELEGANT AND FIRST-OLA 8 STEAMER CIT! POINT, Captain KO. E. MCMILLAN, will sall from Charleston every TCTSDAT EVENING, at Nine o'clock, lor the BOOT? points. Connecting with the Central Railroad at Savannah for Mobile and New Orleans, and with the Florida Railroad at Fernandina for Cedar Keys, at whick, point steamers connect with New Orleans, Mobil?, Pensacola, Key West and Havana. Through Bills Lading signed to New Orleans an d Mobile. All freight p-iyable on the wharf. Goods not removed at sunset wiU be stored at ria h and expense of owners. J. D. AIKEN at CO., Agents, May 97 South Atlantic Whait Sommer ttfMrts. fjpHE HOT SPRINGS, HATH COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 8. C. TARDY, & CO., PBOPBO\OBS, PBOFES?OB 3. L. CABELL. M. D., OF "HE UNI? VERSITY OF VmOINIi, BESrDENT PH" gi (TM N, WILL BB OPEN FOB THE BEC?t?TION OF VI8I1088, June 1st, under the maniement of7. A. Mo 'LU N'G. All tbe buildings haring been re? paired, painted and fitted out with nea Furniture, Lmen, Beds and (able-ware, these SPilNGd offer unsurpassed attractions to both the in va ia and plea sur*>seeler. No expense or effort has >een spared by the Proprietors to make it as con fortable and pleasant as posaible to all visitors. SST The hoi WALER* here have bee a well known for more than half a contary to possess in a wonder? ful degree, Tonic, alteiatlve. Derargeat and .Stimu? la: in? Properties, and bave become J a/.tly celebrated for the cure ot Rhcuma'ism, Gout, Diseases of the Liver, 8km. Bladder and Womb. Paralysis, the result of injury or serious effusion ; Cnn u action of Muscles sud Joints, Diarrhoea, and Dyspepsia, accompanied with t-ore Month and Tongue. Descriptive Pamphlets furnished by the Manager at the t-wings, or by S. 0. TARDY, k CO., Bich* mond, Va. A telegraph o?Ve will be established at the Springs, thus sffjrJlng vtdtors an opportunity of prompt com m ?nica tion with every port of the coun? try._Imo_May aa T^yillTE SULPHUR SPRINGS, GBEENBBIEB COUNTY, WEST: VIRGINIA. THESE CELEBRATED SPRINGS. SO FAVORA? BLY known for their valuable ALTERATIVE WA? TERS, charming summer climate, and as one of the mo t lashionable resorts lu the country, will be open for company on the IStb of May. and with the extensive imorovements that have been made, wfE De prepared for the comfortable accommodation of from FIFTEEN HUNDRED TO TWO THOUSAND PEBSONS. The WHITE SULPHUR is now the western termi? nus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, and tbe cars of that road ' n onnectlon w th telegraphic fa? cilities) will be running to the .-pr in gs by 1st Joly. No pains or expense have or will be spared to se? cure the comfortable entertainment, in *i\ the varie Mea of accommodation, of the large number of visi? tors that wiU resort to the Springs tbe present sea? son. ?-One of the best L\WN AND BALL-BOOM BaNuS will be in attendance; an extensive Li VEBT has been provided; and suitable arrangements made to facilitate every innocent and recreative amusement appropriate to a FASHIONABLE WATERING PLACE. A number of Fancy and Masquerade Balls will be given during the season Charges will be $25 per week, and $80 per month. Children under ten years oi age and colored ser? vants, halt price. White sei vants, according to ac? commodation!. PEYTONS d< CO., PBOPBIETOB8. White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. May 21 Imo J Ja. MOSES, No. 34 Broad-street. COLLECTOR OP BENTS AND REAL ESTATE AGENT. April 10 emthSmoe