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Seto SIX DOLLARS PER ANNUM VOLUME VII.-NUMBER 1046 BY TELEGEA.PH. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. WAeJarsQTro?, July 24.-Collector Casey from New Orleans writes BontweU, enclosine a let ' ter from William Mc Cree ry regarding coolie importation, god asks instructions BontweU replies ta at Mclreery waa in error in stating that tb? act of Fe brasr j, 1862. forbid die g Amer? ican citizens from engaging in the coolie trade wae abrogated. On January 16,1867?it passed beth houses unanimously, Congress express? ing the abhorrence of the people of the United States itt the coolie trade. In conformity (therewith, Secretary Mcculloch addressed a batter to the oolleclor of customs at New Or* ie an s, (a copy of which BontweU encloses to -Casey.) The additional artiolejBve to the treaty concluded on the 28th of July last, and now awaiting tbe Chinese ratification, repro? bates any other than voluntary emigration, and makes it a penal offence to take Chinese subjects from China without their free con? sett. A circular dated January 17, 1867. and addressed to the Ministers and Consuls of the United States, directs that Consuls at every port where ooolies may embark be required to certify, after full examination, that sue a embarkation is net forced or procured by fraud, and requires moreover that such Ministers and Consuls use all their power and influence to prevent-and discourage the coolie trade. 8ach being the facts, BontweU instructs and directs Casey to use ail vigilance in this, aa BoutweU terms it, "new modification of the steve trade." _, Bassett, the negro Minister to Hayti, gives a gloomy account of the want of war vessels to protect American interests. Sainare is at the head of the army in the So a tn, but the revo? lution in the North is not even o becked. One dollar io gold is worth seven hundred in cur? rency. Sumner writes approvingly of the present Cuban policy, and urges its continuance. EUROPE. THE BRITISH BOOSE OF COBDZOSS-OOirXUCZD DIB ?TE OH THU CHUSOS BTU.-TUX OOXTBO msH AMssjatxsm or THE LOBOS SOOXFTEX? BT THE coax OHS. LONDON, Joly 23.-There was a full at (en? os nc s of members and spectators in the Bouse of Commons this evening. Wnen Mr. Glad? stone arose to speak he .was greeted with great cheering. Under a heavy-sense of the respon? sibility, but with profound satisfaction, he moved that the House agree to the amend? ments inserted yesterday without exception or lodbrration. He called attention to the exci? sion from the preamble ot the words, specify? ing the appropriation of the surplus, but as the point was better indicated in the bill, he thought it would be invidious and unnecessary to require a theoretical and sb3tracc declara " ti on in the preamble. The reinsertion of the date of 1871 waa not a token of victory, but an indication of the Joint and harmonious working of the Houses. He reviewed the otner amendments wbiob had been met with objec? tions, and said the substance of the govern? ment proposals bad remained virtually unal? tered. He asked the House to discard every word that might have been uttered tending to embitter tba question, and he apologized for any warmth of feeling he might have shown. He congratulated, the House on the satisfactory settlement which had been arrived at, and praised the ability and moderation with whkh debates have been conducted by Bari Granville and Bord Cairn es. He hoped the diseetablish ei Church would develo pe in her qualities by which her great career would be marked out for her, and that God would speed her on ber newcareer. , Sir Bounden Palmer, member for Bichmond, approved the course which had be? taken. Ic waa honorable and fair to both sides. The point agreed upon waa one which all must ac? cept. In ease of au adverse decision we must bow to the superior1 force of those who control events, and when that time comes it ia folly to refuse to see and acknowledge tbe fact. He thought the compromise waa substantially a cqheeeaion to the church, and a settlement ar? rived at whieh was satisfactory and statesman? like. ~ ... He concluded bis speech with a compliment to Mr. Gladstone on the tone and temper of tbe debate. Bight Hon. Mr. Disraeli said that when the difference between the Houses was only s mat? ter of detail, he felt that delay in the settle? ment was only a doubtful advantage, sud ? might result io disasters and difficulties of no inconsiderable kind. Compromise waa not un? conditional surrender. The most essential points in the amend? ments bad been assented to, and be thought the House and the country would deem the compromise fair and just. Ha hoped thal the present would be the last occasion when voht . ioal eire am stan oe would be dealt with by ao stract principles. We had been on the eve of a collision, occasioned by a mw understanding between the two Houses, at a time when each had deported itself in a manner to show the possession of the confidence and satisfaction of the country. Surely aU would bail with satis? faction and ratify with pleasure. After the conclusion of Mr. Disraeli's speech,' the amendments were agreed to without divi? sion. The result was received with great cheering. mSTOBT OF THE COMPROMIS E. The compromise was the result of fear on abc part ot the Peers of the consequences threatened by a collision ot the two Houses of Parliament. Last night the Tory Lords held a large meeting at a private residence, and re? solved to repudiate the Marquis of Sa:ihbury, and put themselves auder tbe leadership of Lard Cairns, and the latter was authorized to malu peace with the ministry,nod express tte willingness of the Peers to yield. To-day Cairns sought an interview with Earl Granville and gave in the submission of the Peers, when upon the Cabinet agreed to the compro* .mise an no un oed to-nigbt. The prompt and lpod expression of popular indignation terri? fied the Lords, and thus bas been postponed for a while the threatened agitation. manes PC LITIOS. PATHS, Julv tl.-The Irreconcilables met yes? terday. Thiers, assuming the leadershio, sub? mitted a draft of an address to the sleeters of ! Aranon. The address was rejioted. The ftrenob Assembly r?assembles in 0 ito ber, but ' tba Senate will remain in session during the month of August, to consider the constitutional ?bangos. The Senats expects a message from ' tara Emperor shortly, and the ministry is busy ? drafting new laws, which the Bmperor desires ? wJU be more h bera! than indicated in the last message. Prince Napoleon intends addressing j the Senat eon the proposed reform, whiob be i Tda aa hardly full enough, e Viceroy of Egypt departed suddenly j hom shard, lt is rumored that his rupture i wia?r the Grand Turk is the cause of his sudden i departure. I MAB. nAL LAW ? SPAHI j MAOXCB, Joly SA?-There is much Carlist ex- t ci temen:, and many arrests have been made. The government hesitates whether to meet the difficulty by civil means or by tue deciarttiion of martial law. MADRID, July 25. -The Spanish Government bas declared martial law. THE PEABODY STATUE. LONDON, July 24.-The Prince of Wales un veiled the Peabody statue with imposing c?r?? monies._ CVBA. H AV AH A, July ?M.-De Rodas baa issued strin? gent orden regarding tho collection nf cus? toms. The British authorities at Jamaica condemn ed the ?argo of the Grapeshot for violation of neutrality laws. Tte Spanish explanation of the execution of one of the Grapeshot's crew satisfies Admiral Hoff Jordan is between here and Bay arno, and bas been reinforced. Several heavy skirmishes have taken place, but no details are furnished. Jordan was not wounded. HAVANA, July 25.-The rebels have burned the railroad and bridge near Puerto Principe. FIRE IE WULXINOTOV. WILMINGTON, N. C., July 24.-At half-past 9 j -o'clock to- nlgtt a fire broke ont in the large; spirit manufactory of Strauss <fc Bice. The en? tire stock, machinery, Ac, was destroyed. Loss $?5,000, which was covered by $9500 in? surance in the Atlantic, of Baltimore, Liver? pool, London, and Globe and other insurance companies. The fire was. accidental. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. The Cuban filibusters in New Tork, mostly Irishmen and Confederates, paid ten dollars fine and were discharged. The shore end of the French cable has been landed at Denbury, Massachusetts, and the entire line is m good order. Tbs crop reports from Southern Georgia and Florida are very cheering. Nam ero us speci? mens of the new crop have been re reived at Savannah. T. F. Joues, a wealthy citizen of Liberty j Mills, Md., dropped dead in a saloon nt tho j Wbite Sulphur Springs, Ya., on Friday night. Canse, heart disease. Imported ci erara must be stamped an J can? celled by a s worn officer of Customs, under the control of the Collector, and for which labor the importer must pay tweuty cesta per thousand. The Con gr e a ai ou al Committee of Ways and Means depart Eastward from San Francisco on Monday. Senator Hendricks was enthusiasti? cally received by the Democrats, and sere? naded. BLOODY WORK IE BARNWELL. Two Hex? Killed ita a Political Affray Another Mortally WeaaOed-Vonr ar FIT? Stabbed S erl on ?ly- Wh*t lt Costa to Call a Maa a > cala wag. A serious and bloody riot occurred in Barn? well County on Thursday last, growing ont ol j the election for township officials, held on that ! day. The scene of the affair was at a place near the banks of tbe Savannah River, known as the Upper Three Buns, distant about twen? ty-fire miles from Augusta, The following ire the main facta, as given in the Augusta Chron? icle and Sentine TEX SLXCTTON. The township waa of course inhabited by two parties, Radicals and Democrats, and each fac? tion had its candid ?tea in the field. The prin? cipal officer to bs elected was a township clerk, and for this position the D?mocrate were run? ning a very respectable gentleman named John 8. Green, while tbe candidate of tbe negroes was a man named Pickena Woodward, the son of a well-to-do merchant, who, we understand, had always stood well in the county, bnt who. being very popular with tb? negroes. Buffered his name to be used on the Radical ticket. The election took place on Thursday morning, and was held at Nat. Greene's atore. 0/ coarse, as the negroes bad a large numerical majority, they carried the township and elected their candidato, while Greene was defeated. There were present at the election, besides other white men, the Democratic candidate, John Greene, his son. Frank Greene, his son-in-law, John Holland, James Tyler, Wyatt Tyler, and three or four others of the same name. Pic sena Woodward, the Radical candidate, A. P. Wood? ward, hie brocher, and W. J. Woodward, his father. HOW THE WOT COMMENCED. After the election was over, and it was known what party bad been snocdssiul, a crowd ol the white men were standiug around tue store dis? cussing it, in wbich crowd were the parties above mention. At length one of tbe Ty lei s, an ardent Democrat, remarked, that while he hate.? very badly his party's being defeated by the negroes, still be attached no blame to tbe latter for what they bad done, bnt the m m he did blame were the "d-d white scalawags who ran on tho negto ticket." At thu remark A. P. Woodward stepped np o the speaker and said that his brother's name was on that ticket; that he was no scalawag, and Tyler must with? draw the offensive epithet. The latter declined to make (he required retraction aud an alter? cation between the parties ensued, while their respective friends gathered around. THE MELEE COMMENCES. While the quarrel was progressing botween Tyler and A.P. Woodward, but before blows had passed, the Radical candidate stepped into the crowd with a drawn te volver in bis band to tase his brother's part. As soon as this was observed, John Greene, tbe D.mo eratic candidate, fell upon Wood .-."id and knocked the pistol from bis band. Almost at the same instant A. p. Woodward turned from Trier, drew bis revolver and shot John Greene, killing bim almost instantly. Here John Hol? land drew his pistol io defend his father-in law, bnt before he coaid fire, Woodward shot him, inflicting a mortal wound. A SCENE OF CABNAGE. The melee here became general, and it is im? possible to give any detailed description. The negroes retreated from the precinct, as soon as the firing commenced, aud lue field waa lett to the Tylers, Hollauiis. Greenes and Wood war de. As fast as the combatants emptied their ws tols, tho useless weapons were thrown aside and the knife was drawn and tree y used by both parties, tye learn that as Johu Mol?an i lay dying ou the ground, with the balls whist? ling around bim, and the parties deiling mur? derous stabs over him, be managed to COCK sod aim bia revolver, aol soot A. P. Wood wood twice, one of the balls penetrating his back, the other taking effect in hu kidue.vs. the latter wound, it is believed, being mortal. Frank Greene was also shit aud severely wounded and blabbed with akjife. J*mos Ty? ler, Wyatt Tylor and two vt turee ot uer?, were badly subbed, but none of their wounds will prove mortal. Tiius olosed this terrible com bat, in whioh one mau was k?ied outrigur, two others mor ally wounded (one of whom nas since died,) in which every mau eng J te a was, we believe, more or less seriously wounded, and which will carry mourning aod desolation into so many families. CONGLTOION. On yesterday morning, at an early hov. a messenger c me np from the soene of slaugh? ter to this city for tbs purpose of procuring a Boffin tor Mr. Greene. Liv er in the day anoth? er messenger came for another corri.i-this one tor Mx. Holland. We snupose tbe uextone ordered will be for Ur. A. P. Woodward, who, we learn, was not expected to lire. AU of ibe parties in this tra rie oconxrenee were, we un? derstand, men bigbly houorub e and of un? doubted social position. A. P. Woodward is weil k IOWU m this oity, having been living here for two or three years, olerking for the bouse of W. B. Royal, corner of Broad and Centre streets, ana had gone home for a few 3a} s on a visit to his family. He is a mm of ?ood character and a capital shot with a pistol, having frequently in his employer's store, shot ott the he id ct a rat at twenty pacoa with a Coifs revolver. THE AWARD OF THE BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD CONTRACT. What tbe Executive Committee Hare to r-ay on tile Subject. TO 1 HE EDITOR OP THE S EWS. lu THE DALLY NEWS of tbe 17th instant ap? peared a letter from Columbia, containing what pu -ported to be a statement derived from "first rate sources,* of tbe circumstances at? tending the recent letting of the work on the Eine Ridge Railroad, and also of the amounts of tbe various proDosals, and tbe puces at which eriswell ft Co. obtained the award of the contract. Tbe writer, ''Lux," bas Callen into a few errors of fact and figures, and tbat the public may be fully informed upon the matter, the follow? ing corrections of his statements are made from the official records of the proceedings of the Executive Committee: The lowest bid received under the advertise? ment was $7 252 099 M; the highest ?0,166, 056 94. The other bids were intermediate be? tween these extremes-that of eriswell ft Co. being $9,GOO 527 4?. The Executive Commit? tee having decided to reject all these propo? sals under tbe terms of the advertisement, all the bidders were invited to a conference wi tb the committee, and were advised of the action taken upon the bids, and made acquainted with the reasons therefor. At this conference were present all tbe bid? ders save one. All were permitted to snbmit new proposals upon the nev basis laid down by the committee. Under this arrangement four proposals were received and considered by the committee, of which the highest amounted to $9 883,426 -63, and the lowest to 48 707.651 61. The party who made the proposai nuder the advertisement or $7 590,000 in which "Lux" seems to take a peculiar interest, now put his proposal at $9 000 OOO. Some advantages were offered in the details ofthenegotiaii'msby tbe highest bidders, (eris? well ft Co.,) which led the committee to pursue negotiations with them; an t the proposition having been submitted to them that thor should reduce their bid below the lowest, viz.. to $8,700.000, and they having acceded to this, tbe company still having the benefit of the ad? vantages of detail heretofore mentioned, the award was made to them as the lowest and best bidders. That thore is room for honest difference of opinion as to the expediency of the policy punned by the committee in the rejection of all the original proposals, is not denied. It is also possible tbat they erred in preferring tbe proposal of M eas rs eriswell ft Co., as more advintageons to the company than those of the other bidders. The committee, however, feel that they can abundantly jusiify the soundness of their judgment on those points to the Board of Di? rectors, and to the public. Bat the point now made is tbat the letting was perfectly fair and open, conduoted accord? ing to usage, and tbat the committee not only had the, right, bnt it was then: duty, to con? sider all collateral advantages offered to the company by the bidders, as well as tbe prices affixed to the different items of work. The work was finally awarded to eriswell ft Co. at $8 700,000. or #7651 61 below the low? est bid from other parties, and the commit? tee fail to see that in making that award they have betrayed the trust reposed in them. The statement of ' Lui" "that there was other bi is aa responsible iu every way at $8,000,000 and less, but the $9.000,000 bid was accepted, is wholly erroneous. Under the caption of "the price of the work," "Lux" gives the prices of eriswell'* bid as compared with other proposals. He does not say in so many words that tam are the pnces at which tho work waa awarded, bnt he certainly would have the public in'er that these are tbe prices. Now these prices coincido nearly with those of Criewen ft Co. 'a first bid, bnt this bid was rejected with all others, as bas been herein? before stated, and the work was awarded to them at a reduction in total amount of $900,000 below that first proposed, and of course at a corresponding reduction in prices for materials and work. The Executive Committee have accepted the bid that they believe (o be the most judicious and advantageous to the com? pany, if earned out m Rood faith by the cont? ractors. If wrong, or error has been committed, let the responsibility rast on tho members of the committee present. The undersigned will bear their part. J. W. H ORISON, President and ei-o?cio member of Executive Committee. GEO. 8. CAMERON, Director and member of Executive Committee. MORE RADICAL RASCAL ITT. A KalLroad King in Florida-How lu Operations were < ondueted- % Bois! ttx> d!i nt- Mutilai lou of the Act-A Nice Little Game. It is openly stated in Florida that one Gene? ral Littlefield, late of the Federal army, io the party who mutilated the Railroad bill, or caus? ed it to bi done. The same individual is Batd to have been presented by a North Carolina grand jury for perjury, ibo Quiiman Banner has Borne remarks showing tho extended sys tem of unblushing rascality that prevails in the Executive and Legislative departments of our s ister State. It says : Tbe rascality of officuls in Florida is unpar? alleled. A number of Yaukoo adventurers, with headquarters at Jacksonville, h < ve formed a "ring" tor the robbery of tho State on a mammoth scale. Recen, ly they couceived the i .'ea ot procuring uu appropriation of three millions or moro of Slate bonds for the ostensi? ble construction of a railroid from the Chat? tahoochee River to the waters of Esc mbiaB.tv; and it is said the Governor was paid eight thou? sand dollars to induce bim to convene an ex ra session ot the Legislature, so that a bill mtgut be iii traduced and passed, making the required appropiiitioo. Upon the assembling o. the L gtsluluro. the 'Tins" proceeded to the work ot bribing the members in tbe most scientific sud unblushing wanner. Nen York dra.ts svero d.siribuicd web <i lavish band, arid tho recipients boldly offered them for sale on thu streets of Tallahassee. When the pockets of the " truly loti" legislators wore bofltaenliy filled, tbe necessary bill was passed nnil promptly approved by the Governor. Some of ns provisions, however, were ob? noxious to the ' nug," and to remedy the evil, the most outrageous fraud ever committed was re-sorted to. Previous to the pub icu iou of tho law, tbe "ring" eau ed the officials of that State-by what mema is btBt known to them - to mutilate, actually erase such clauses as ?ere objcct.onaole clauses that, in a measure, in? terfered with the high-handed robbery of the people. This fraud, of com se. was promptly discovered and at the instance of two promi? nent citizens of Tallahassee, an injune.ion was : served upon the Governor, restraining him from the issuing of the suiboru!3d bends. This transaction is but .motber evidence of i the baseness of heart and reek!ess luaifforen .*e to all pnnoiples ot honor influencing ac ven i tiners who come South to fatten upon the resources of the people. La there no law to ; punish, no hand io strike dowD the scheming rognes w o thus pollute and disgrace the i State and steal the substance nf sn unpr >- i tected people? The thieving 'Ting" id cer? tainly deserving o, censure but it is against : the officials of the 8'ate. tho Governor, his subo di ates and .ho Legislature, that tbe ana? themas of the people should be hurled. PERSONAL. -The Gentleman's Magazine will soon con? tain a ttie from thc pen of Charles Dickeue, Jr. -1 he latest sensation of New York is the elopement of Miss Kate Taylor, of Madison Avenue, an acknowledged belle, and heiress of an immense fortnne, with Mr. Henry Howland. --Ex-President Millard Fillmore and Mr. Tharlow Weed met the other day in Saratoga, and renewed an acquaintance which had been interrupted by political differences for many years. -Mr. Raymond, of the New York Times, it seems, died intestate, leaving behind him an estate amounting *. the comfortable sum of $450,000. It was the result of a life of assidu? ous application and labor, euch as few men have gone through. -Horace Qreeley made a very narrow es? cape from serious injury and perhtps death on Thursday, at Long Br?nch. While out car? riage riding the horses took fright and ran away, throwing Mr. Greeley out. He fortu? nately escaped with a few slight bruises. -Mr. Samuel Burke, a South Carolin ian of wealth previous to the war, died in Newark, New Jersey, on Monday, tn the 581 h year of j his age. He was at one time a prominent offi? cer of the Grand Lodge of Sooth Carolina, and was buried with Masonic honors, several of the Newark Lodges attending bis funeral. -Wade Bolton, of Memphis, who was shot by Dr. Dickens in that city a few days ago, died on Friday. Before dying he made a will bequeathing one hundred thousand dollars to charitable purposes, including ten thousand dollars to Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, and fifty acruB of land to each of his former slaves. -It makes Queen Victoria sea-sick to hold a I levee. The London Medical Times and Ga- J ^ette says: "We are not revealing medical se? crets, but simply stating what is well known to all ber Majesty's inner circle, that the presence of a crowd, or the succession of persons who j are presented at court, produces on her ner? vous system the giaVdmoss and other symptoms comm m to landsmen at sea." -A remarkable story is told about tbe fatc of the Russian peasant who a few years ago saved the Osar from assassination. For his conduct he was elevated to the nobility, and received an enormous fortune with all possible honors. But he could not endure the dazzling glory of his new life, and so he took to drink, became a sot, and has Just hung himself. By saving the Czar's life, Komissarron lost his own soul. -When the Princes Metternich was about leaving Paris the other day, she submitted to her husband a dressmaker's bill for 112,000 francs. He paid ii Then she brought out a m ll in er's bill for 2250 francs. "My dear,'1 aa d the Prince, as he opened his purse again, "I bavenotioed that io proportion as your bon? nets diminish in size the prit? of them in? creases. One of these mornings we sh?ll have the millner bringing nothing but the bill.'' -The great ecclesiastical trial in Chicago bu commenced. Bev. Mr. Chiney is being tried before an Episcopal board for alleged un? authorized omissions-mainly of the word "re? generate"-in the baptismal rites of the Church. Mr. Cheney is rector of i Christ Epis? copal Chnrcb, in Chicago. The proceedings of the trial on Thursday were interrupted by tue serving of a writ, issued by the Supreme | Court, ordering a stay of proceedings. The sheriff was louily cheered wLen he served the writ, and the court, amid acme confusion, ad? journed until Friday, on which day Bishop Whitehouse postponed the trial until the 29th instant. -At a dinner party given by Queen Victoria to the Viceroy of Egypt, her Majesty's private band played, among other selections, Beetho? ven's Chorus of Dervishes and Turkish march entitled "The Bain of Athens," which was in? tended as a delicate compliment to Mohamme? dan prejudioes, but which is said not to have been at all relished by Ismail Pasha, who is at daggers drawn with the Grand Turk, and who consequently propitiates the Greeks. The Greek and Buss ian Ministers, who were present, smiled daring the performance of this political air, and looked knowingly at Ismail Pasha, who frowned upon the innocent musicians. -The Security Insurance Company of New York has 1 st 163 000 by a defalcation on the part KJ Mr. Frank W. Ballard, who has been ils secretary since November, 1366. The discovery was made two days ago, and Mr. Ballard was promptly dismissed. Heretofore be bas al? ways held a high position among insurance men, having filled the position of secretary In both the New York Board of Fire Underwriters and : be National Board. The defalcation was managed in the most ingenious manner, and could have been accomplished only by an ex? pert bookkeeper. Tho company usually has a surplus of about $200.000, part of which is used to make call loane. Tbe company never charges moro than seven per cent., and re? ?oives only government bonds as collateral security. These collaterals were used by Mr. Ballard for purposes ot speculation. Mr. Bal? lard, it may be added, is a prominent member of the Young Men's Christian Association, and was in attendance at their International Con? vention at Portland last week, when he was elected one of their officers to serve during the year. _ _ _ REV. JAMES H. VI'URE RT, D. D. We copy from the Bicbmond (Va.) Beligiou* Herald thc tallowing, in reference to this dis? tinguished divine, who has been laboring in Augusta, Ga., for the last five or six years, havintr accepted the oallofth: First Baptist Church of Washington, D. C. : being in Augusta, Ga., on the fourth Sab? bath of last month, 1 w<ut to tic Uroenc street Church, to hoar the valedictory of Dr. Cuthbert, the theme selected for the occa? sion was, "Tue full assurance of faith." The suhstauciof the disc mrse was that no Cbns tiou cou d uttalfTth i full m msiire of holiness, and happiness, and in fu ness to which tho Goxpjl invited him without it. What will not Washington hare to answer for? We have felt its crushing, dishouoraole legislation; now, she must drag our ministers from our adare! The people here suy, "They need Dr Cathbcrt m ?i e maa we do. Was i iugtoii is a bad placj." Well will those emis sanes of evil, that afflict ?md corrupt the peo? ple, go to hear him? He will not "prophesy unto thom smooth things," though he will tell them terrible things in a tend'* woy. and carn ejsily.beseech thom "tosoek those that make tor peace." REF. DH. HICKS IN GRE E.WILL E. The Greenville Euteipnso of tho 21 it inst. sayB: BEV. Da. W. W. HICKS.- This distinguished munster has favored our city with a visit, and last buuday preached, tu his very eloquent manner, two sermons. In the morning he oc? cupied the Presbyterian Church, in the evening the Baptist. Both were filled with deeply at tout ve listeners Ha also attended the Sunday School meeting of the Presbyte? rian Churo >, and the Meiuodist and Baptist, which ali uuited tor tbe occasion at the Baptist Church, io hear an address from him. IL was an excellent one, au i very appropriate. Dr. Hicks is a very gifted man indeed, and we are not surprised at the gie it un Tension m ide by hts preaching upon tuecuy cjogregation. Dr. H.cki lectures tnis ?yening before the Literary Cuib IL the Courthouse. AFFAIRS IN THU STATU. Kerahaw, Richland ?nd Orangeburg. From these counties we have reports that several refreshing showers have cheered the drooping corn and the fanners' spirits, during the past week. Chesterfield. The Cheraw Democrat says : "The six weeks drought may bo said to be over. Yesterday we bad quite a pleasant shower, falling gently and steaddy for some time. Though there was not as much rain as we would like to have, it will be of immense service. A great deal of the corn is past recovery; bnt the young crop trill be benefitted and the cotton saved in a good measure." Hugh Craig, Jr., for many years the oopular and efficient clerk of the court for Ches ter field, died last week. Georgetown. The Times says : 'The past week bas been but a repetition of the week before, the ther? mometer seldom ranging lower thai 90 de? grees, and frequently several notches beyond. We bave had several attempts to rain, which have been generally ineffectual. On Tuesday we received a grateful shower-the best we have had for* month past-wbicb, although not profuse enough, has tended to cool the at? mosphere, and will doubtless do something towards resuscitating such vegetation aa may not be beyond hope. From present appear? ances, we hope for a repetition of showers." Laurens. The Lasrensville Herald says: "Since our last issue, splendid showers have blessed varions sections of the district-our own particularly. The crops are reviving and looking bu >yant. In many places they were suffern'g badly and wera seno us ly injured by the drouth. We hope by this, every nook and corner of the land has been made to put ou a smiling look by visitations of generous show? ers." The same paper says: "In the fall of 1867, Bob Yoong (negro) shot and killed, at Clin? ton, in tbis county, a negro by the name of George Dial. It was a most unprovoked and fiendish murder. Bob Young was a great Radi? cal light and orator. He made bis escape, and sometime this year was arrested and commit? ted to the jail ot Cabanas County, N. C. Ic is rumored here tbat Y mn g is no wat large-that Governor Holden informed thr Governor of 'our sute' and oar people-to wit. R. K. Scott -and Governor Scott de lined to make a r?? quisition for Young, an i therefore, the murde? rer is turned loose on the good people of tbe Old North State. Can these things be true?" > York. The Yorkv?le Enquirer says : "Another week has passed away without bringing those re? freshing rains which the suffering crops need BO much. A lew light showers bave rallen in vari <ua parts of the county, but none, so lar as we have been able to learn, heavy enough to lay the dust. Anxiety about the crops is beginning to prevail extensively. Tbe corn crop has certainly been a good deal shortened by the drought. Cotton has not yet been in? jured to any great extent, and looks as if it might stand it awhile longer. Gardens and track patches are pretty thoroughly used np. The weather is intensely hot, with a preva? lence of warm, dry winds, which are anything but exhilarating." The same paper has the following : "Those of onr readers who think the addition of seventy five per sent, to then- assessment, under or? ders from tbe Board of Equalisation, unjust, have a remedy, if they choose to use it. Ap? plications made to the State snditor, through the County Auditor, will be received, and if the applicant can make it appear to the satisfac? tion of these officers that hi ? property was re? turned at its full value, the additional assess? ment will be taken off. Bat unless this condi? tion is shown te exist, it will of course be use? less to apply to Columbia for a release from the seventy-five per cent, increase of valuation. Parties bore bave tried this plan and have suc? ceeded iu getting off, with various degrees of success. Some had all their additional tax re? moved, and others part of it, each case being decided on its own supposed menta." Barnwell. Tbe Journal says : "The aspect of things in tbs way of corn and cotton is distressing in? deed. The corn is scorched np, and even with most favorable seasons in future, will not re ach half a crop. The cotton is casting off its forms by the thousand, and the yield will be far below the average." The Sentinel says : "We reported the fact last week of the homicide of a negro man near this place, whose name we have learned was Blake Col y. we also stated that his wife was at the same time shot down and dangerously wounded. The report of ber havii? been shot was true; but not so the fact of her dangerous condition, as she is now again going about. An inquest was hald on Thursday last over the dead body at Coloy's house, and six white and six colored men composed tbe Jury-magis? trate Graham acting as coroner. The evidence of the wounded won? m and of her son, a lad some thirteen years of age, charged four white man of the vicinity with having committed the deed. The friends of the accused brought forward evidence to prove ahbie. On the last and final sitting of the jury-the acting coro? ner having adjourned from day to day-the jory failed to agree apon a verdict. 1 he coro? ner drew np a report to that effect, which was signed' by the six white jurors. The colored jurors refused to sign the report, and the jury were accordingly discharged. The colored people, although much excited by the homi? cide, have behaved iu a very quiet and orderly way. There is a mystery banging over the whole proceeding, and it mast be remarked that there was much discrepancy between the evidence of Coley's wife and that of her son. The whole affair is a most lamentable occur? rence, and so far unaccountable." Abbeville. Tbe Banner says : "Abbeville District has never boen more exempt from sickness than during the present summer. The doctors pro? nounce the country alarmingly healthy. The continued drought his greatly damaged tho early corn. Recen, showers, though very par? tial, inspire some hope that the crop will not prove a total failure. Oar gardens have been almost totally destroyed. The cotton crop is very small. The production mu-t necessarily be light Pnces must rule high in the fall. Dealers seem to understand the matter. A gent oman informed us that be had been offer? ed twenty-five cents a pound for the whole of his incoming crop." The BJ nner gives the folio wi og account of a circumstance which occurred at Abbeville Court Bonsai, which has been magnified and distorted bv Huge and other Ridicala in the h >pe of injuring the people of the county : "Ou Saturday last, abour a doz JU young mon who had been arrested under a warrant issued by Guffin as a magistrate, came to this village in obedience to a summons to make their ap pearanae at court. OJ their anivai they as? certained that no court was in session, and that G flin bad no riirht to iasuo tho warrant for their arrest. They acording'y demanded and received their bonds. While in thc vjciu ity of Guffin'd office a negro acted very inso 1 ?nth towards ono of tho yoong men. who be cime so exasperated that bc tbroatened to shoot tho fellow. This led to the assembling of a good many negroes, with tho constabu? lary force. Excitement ran very high, and, lor a time, a collidion seemed inevitable. Out ibo Kev. Ocavius orcher for whom thc young men referred to cherished a profound regard interpose! very opportunely, and prevailed upon them to refrain ft om any acts of violence and to return home." yyiLLis ct CHisuitA, FACTORS, COillllSSION MERCHANTS awi SHIPPING J GENTS, gai. ATTEND TO THE P?BOBASE. SALE AMI SHIPMENT ito Poreiim tua Domestic Portei of COTTON, RICE, i,cV (. Kit \ND NAVAL HTOKEf a r La S HO WHARF, Charleston,o. R. W IU LS.A. H. ?HISOLM October Si JluWARD HALT, GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT, So. sua Warren-otreet. NEw TORS. PtBSO^AL ATTENTION OIVfiN TO THU l-CB CBASE ot all kinda oi MtBCH-NMSE. Boots. Shoe?. Hats, Ca., g and Truss*, and straw Goods ? specialty. Conaignaaenta of all kinds of Staple Articles on? general Proouce solicited. Prompt return? gua-auteed. ETJWABD DiLT, Late Of Ohad'atoo. 8. 0. mi-Westly Price 8 orren ta lent free bj post. January 2t fi*0 fimos Spinal luttas. MW SOUTHERN BRANCH OF THE EQUI? TABLE LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY, No. 141 MEETING-STREET.-During my ibsence from the city, my office will be in charge of Mr. THOMAS H CHOFI, wbo wlD attend to all trastees* connected with the General Agency. WM. B. SHAW, jolj 26 6*_General Agent. ns- CONSIGNEES PER STEAMER SEA GULL, from Bal timare, are hereby notified that the is THIS DAT discharging cargo at Pier No. 1. Union Wharves. AU goods not taken away at sunset will remain on the wharf at consignees' riak. MORDECAI A CO., Joly 2C_1_Agents. MW CONSIGNEES PER BRIG HAMPDEN are hereby notified that she is THU DAT discharging Cargo at Ad per'e North Wharf. All poods not oalled for before sunset will be stored at their risk and expense. No claims allowed after Goods leave the wharf. WILLIAM ROACH A CO. July J?_' _1_ ~MW CONSIGNEES' NOTICE-MER? CHANT*' LINS.-Consignees per schooner 1IYRO VEB are hereby notified that she is THU DAT dis? charging cargo at Adger*s Kor b Wharf. All goods not called for before suniet will be stored at their riskaod expense. No claims allowed after goods leave the wharf. WILLIAM RO ACH ft CO. Jqly 26_1_ S3" LOOK HERE A MINUIE.-IF YOU want a smooth, white and beau ti i ul skin, resembling alabaster, yon should stop using poisonous tobet powders, and give MILK OF VIOLE ts a trial. The effect of tts use, especially during hot weather, ls wond TI ally pleasing. Sold by druggists and fancy goods dealers._1_Joly 36 MW "FRESH AS A MAIDEN'S BLUSH" Ie the pare peachy Complexion which follows the use of HAGAN'S MAGNOLIA BILM. It is the Trae Secret of Beamy. Fashionable Ladles in So? ciety understand this. The MAGNOLIA BALM changea the rna ti: Coun? try Girl into a City Belle more rapidly than aay other one thing. Hedores, Sunburn Tan, Freckles, Blotches and all effects of the Summer Sun disapnear when it ls axed, and a genial, cultivated, fresa expression is obtained, wbioh riralo the Bloom of Tontta. Beauty Is possi? ble to all who will Invest seventy-five cents at any respectable store and insist on getting the af AO NO? UA BAL ?. Use nothing but Lyon's KsUialron to dresatbe Hair. nae mwnmo July 26 49-GO TO GEORGE LITTLE & CO. FOB fine Silk Warp Alpaca backs far $6. July 2?_6_ MW TA X E S I TAXE8I-N0TI0E IS herebv given that the Treasurer of Colleton County will be ready to receive the 8TATE AND COU S TY TsXE? at the tollo iring pisces: Adan's Bun, July 26 and 27. George's -tatton, August 6 ind 6. Green Fond Station, August 18 and 19. Beeves'Station, South Carolina Railroad. August 7. Kidgevllle Station, South Carolina Railroad, Au? gust! Summerville Station, South Carolina Railroad, Au* gust2and 3. Walterboro', from the 5tb to the 24th of July. Yonge?' leland, /St. Paul,} July 28, 29, 31 and Au? gust 16. Jicksonboro', July 80. Tb? Treasurer wi? be found at his office ia Wal? terboro' to receive Taxes on and after the above named date J until August 26. After that date an ad? dition of Twenty per Cent, will be charged on all amounts of Taxes unpaid bel jr? tbe 17th day of Oc? tober, and after that date the Treasurer will pro .-red to olle ct, by dis tress or otherwise. All real and per? sonal property are charged with seven aiid-a-bJf mills on th? dollar for State, and three mills for County Taxes. Office Couoty Treasurer, Walterboro', 8. C., .>*? 6,1869. JAMES W. GB ACE, July 21_6_Treai-ur er. MWTBX NEATEST, THE QUICKEST AND THE CHEAPEST.-Tax Nxwa JOB OFFI0B, No. 149 EAST BAT, having replenished its Stock with a ne* and large assortment ?r material of the finest quality aa? latest styles, ls prepared lo execute, at tba ahorteat nobe? and In the best mannsr, JOB PB IN TING of ?ve>y desert p?o a. Call and wine the scale of prices before firing your orders elsewhere. 49-G0 TO GEORGE LITTLE & CO. FOR fine Drab D'Et? Sacks for $4._0 July 21 MW ESSAYS FOB YOUNG MEN.-ON THE Errors and Abuses IDO!dent to Youth and Early Man? hood, with the humane view or treatment and care, sent by mail free of charge. Address HOW ABD AS? SOCIATION. Box P. Philadelphia, Pa. May 82_3mos MW BATCHELOR'8 HAIR D YE v-THIS splendid Hair Dye is the best In the world; the only true and perfect Dye; harmless, reliable, instanta? neous; no disappointment; no ridiculous tinU; rem? edies the ill effects ot bad dyes; invigorates and leaves the bair soft and beautiful black or brown. ?old 1 y all Druggists and Perfumers; and properly applied at Batchelors Wig Factory, No. - Bond street. New fork. tyr Hay 16 ayDUrCHER'8 LIGHTNING FLY-KILLEB Death to the Lirlog ! Long Ure the Killers ! Sold by Dealer? everywhere. Imo June 29 j ??.MARENGO.-F E VER AND AGUE j CUBE, TONIO, FEVER PREVK* Ti VE-This val- | natte prcDaration had been in private nae for many years, and through tbe persuadion of friends, who have u ed it with the most beneficial results, the proprietor has been iuduced to offer it to the pub lio It is wamnted tocare CHILL** AND FE VEB of bowevei long standing, removing the cause and entirely eradicating its effects from the system. It will PURIFY TBE BLOOD, strengthen the diges? tive organs, Induce an appetite, and restore the patient to perfect health. It f s a purely VEOETABLE preparation, and so harmless that children of all ages may take lt wiih safety. As a tonic MAKKNGJ ha" no superior, aud for debility arii-ln? from the effects of fever, or Iro n utber canse, is invaluable. A few du>es is sufficient to palisty the most in credulous puff-rer ot it* virtue and worth. All who try one bottle of MARE >GO will be so much ptoased with i s effect, that ihey will readily en? dorse it, y.0 HUMBUG. For evidence ol its effi? cacy and value, refer to MAlitN'GO sironlars, which con tai J certificates of well known and respectable dtizeas. MARENGO 1? a genuine Southern ] .reparation, the proprietor and minutaocurer h inp* a native cn J r^ sident of Charles-an, and it ls fully guaranteed to give complete and universal satisfaction. IiO HUMBUG. TB? I C. For sale by all Druggist*, and by DOWIE A MOISE, corner Meeting and Hasel streets; GOOD? RICH. W1NBMAN a CO.. Hayue-sire-t. and G. J. LUHN, Druggist, Agent of Proprietor, corner of j King and John streets, Charleston, d. C. June 8 UAC 3mos /lUAKaVKSTOS A?Klt?liTBUAt J WAREHOUSE AND SEED STORE. jiUKlCUL fURAL IMPLEMENTS, GARDE i SEEDS (tc ELLERBEK TRANSPLANTER FOR SALE, GEO. E. PINGS. BE, Nc. 110 Meeting-street, chuleta?. Mandl 24_Orne A C A ti. D. M. CAULFIELD, FLOUR INSPECTOR, OFFICE No. 167 EAST BAY. joly ll imo EXCURSIONS: EXCUXSIO*BI THE EINE FIST ?AILIVO YACHT ELLA ANNA, tbe Champion of the .-outs , , is now ready and prepared u> make regal a i i trips, thus affording aa oupoitunlt* to all who mar wish to visit points ot mb-reet in oar beam . tirai harbor. For passage, apply to tbe Captain on TJ?ion Waar Jone 31 EXCURSIONS AllUUKD TUE UAJEBOR. ~w THU FIXE, FAST SAILING AND COM. My1 FOBT ABLE appointed Sacht vi, EA NOB / I Ck ?Tin resume nar tripa to biatone points la ? mr*M the harbor and will leave Governiren Wharf daily at Ten A. M. 1er Passage apply to THOMAS YUWO, December 18 Captain, on board. HW YUB& ADD CHA UhBSTOS STEAMSHIP LINE. FORK S W YORK. CABIN PASSAGE $20. ? >vC*??a? TBK SPLENDID SIDH-WHKBL ^^at?WJ'HTKAM?uip MANHATTAN, M. a ??/MjC&fu Woopinrix. Commander, will ?all ?MsttHaiaWL. from '.oner'a oouth Wharf on PAT OBSAX, diet instant at ll o cioca A. al. $Sf An extra charge ot SS made tor Tickets pur? chased on board after sailing sty No Billa of Lading signed after the steams* lea vee. , ter Through Billa Lading given for Cotton to Boston and Pron'dence. B. I. ?S- ihreugh Billa of Lading given to Liverpool. A?r Marine Insurance 07 this une % ?ter cent. ns- The steamers of this Una art first class lp every respect, and their Tablea ar* eUoolied with al) the delicacies ot the New York and Charleston mar. kata. ivor "freight or Passage, apply to JAMA> 1D0A.11 A CO. Agenta, Corner Adirer** Wharf and Past Bav1 Hp-.-uir?.) ter CHAMPION to follow BiTtranax, Angus* 7 b. at 8 o'clock, P. M, Joly 36_6 FOR PniLAoKLPHlA AK O BUS a Oil. r f-rawiar STEAMSHIP P P. O M B . sZt&D&SZ THEDS' Captain A B. GRAT, wfll 4ZmMf&m*h.\- North Atlantic Wharf, 0* ammWmmitL- FBEOAT 30 h, at - o'clook. For Freight apply to JOHN ? THEO. GETTY, July 26_North Atlantic Wharf. BALTIBOHE ARD CH AKLHSTOS STEAMSHIP COMPANY. t- f-raari 3 HE STEAMSHIP SEA GULL, Captain N. P. DOTTOX will sail ?&Mw?m for Baltimore on 1 HTJUSDAY, ?th -3ataj||f?pi|L july, at - o'clock, fron, Pier So. 1, Union Wharves <#- Through Bi Us Lading signed for all classes of Fn-ight to BOOTON, PHJLaDtt PSI A, W1LM1NQ. 10N DEL., WASHINGTON CITY, and the NOBTH WX8T. For Freight er paaaage, apply to COtrBTKNAY A TBEHHOLM, Jul? 36_mwth8_Onion Wharves. FOR nt ac w lt aun. REO ULAR LINE EVERY WEDNESDAY. f rr aa aa THE SPLENDID PTDRWHEB1 ^S?rB?J OTB/M rip MAGNOLl*. Capt?la ?ffltv?kftr M. B. ''BOWELL harina elegant and ^aMttTaTAaw spacious accommodations for pas? sengers, will lente vactisinorai'f ?"art oa Waa nisnax M omaso July 38, lt ?d, ai 9 o'clock. July 33_Ks VEN KL A- O. s gutta, PACIFIC MAIL ST KA 31* HIP COMFY 8 TWKOrOH LIB* TO CALIFOBNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN. CHANGE OE HAILING DAYS I - 8TBA MY BB OF TSR ABOV ^im^^r hoi ot Canal-sa-sst New York, at ?aWalaaaaMaW IQ o'clock noon, of th* lat. MM and list of every meath (except whan tbeae a ada laM .o Sunday, then the Saturday preoading). Departure of lat and list connect at Panama with .teamer* for Hon tn Pad Bx and Central Am erica D perts. Those of lat touch at Manors flin. Departure of nth ot each month oonneota with the new aleara Une from Panama to Ana trana aa* New Zealand. Stsamahip OREGONIAN leaves San Prarcateo for China and Japan Augtut 1.1860. No Cali lonna steamer* tomen at Havana, trat gt direct from New York to AspinwaU. Onu hundred pounds baggage fros to each saut). Medicine and attendance free. For Passage rickets or farther Information awol; at the COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, oa thj wharf root of Ceual-atreet, North Bivar, New York. March 13 lyr F. B. BABY. Agent EXCURSION TO FORT SUMTKH. " . "rf-?a. ONB OF THE MOTJN T PLEAS D'. T i*sJ*33aaaK FERRY KTEAUER* will leave as above from Market Wharf, foot of Market-eta- ?ti, 1 nts DAT, at haU-pasi Twelve o'clock, and retara a> City at ball past Two o'clock. JOHN H. MURRAY, Joly 36_]*_Market Waarf. FOR G KOKS ?.TO Wi?, 8. C. ? ?TT""*? THE STE A MEE EUI IB C .PTAIN .ttaGaBaC p- C. Lura, will rooeive freina.t Tata Dar, at Commercial Wharf, and leave a s above, on Tu tan AT Momnso, the 27.h instant, at S o'clock A M. For engagements apply to SHACK.ELFORD k KH CLY, July 26 1_Ko l Boyoe'a Wharf. ~~ CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. FOR PALATKA. FLORIDA. TIA SAVANNAH, Fi BN ANDINA AND JAOHjtf vu I.B. i- ^Sk THE ELEGANT AND FlftST-CLASS ?tm^SBmZ STEAM HB DICTATOR, Captais W. 1. inwalaB, will sall from Charleston every TUESDAY Evumro, at Nine o'clock, tor the abovt pointa Connecting^wrah the Central Railroad at Savanesr for Mobile and New Ortean*, and wuh tbs Florid] Railroad at Fernandina for Cedar Keys, at wniei point steamers connect with New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola. Key West and Ht vans. Through Bills Lading signed to New Orleans and Mohne. All freight oiyable on the wharf. Gooda not removed at runlet wul be stored at ria and expense of owners. J. D. AIKEN k CO., Agent?. May 27 mw South AtlanUo Whar'. Special HiUittfl. ta- THE CONDITIONS OF HEALTH.-IT is idle to expect health if the precautions necessary to secure it are neglected. The human organization is a delicate piece cf mechanism, and requires as much intelligent care and watcululne?s to keep it fn order, ts are requisite in the management of tba most complicated combination ot levert, wheels and pinions. At fbi? season of the year the body ia peculiarly sensitive, because it is greatly ? sakened and relaxed by the continuous bea*. The akin, in eumuier, wHh its miUiona of pores wide open, is a very different sort of tegument from the compact fl rous covering wb'ch it become? under the action of the winters cold. I he muscles too, arc comparatively Harold, the nerves tremulous, the bloo i poor, an i the whole frame less capable ot enduring fatigue and restating disease, than in cool weather. 1 hean indications of a depressed condition of the vital forces aro so mana: anmiatakab'o hui's that mirare nceda re intoning. Ordinary stluulaoU will not tffoct this oojeat. Tbeyinflime and excite, but do not streu?; then. The onl.? prepara ion which can bc depended upon to impart sumiual vigor to the system, aud enable it to enduro tho ordeal of the heated tenn without giving way nuder the pressure, is HOtTBTf SB'S STOMACH HITTERS, a louie and corrective so pare, so harmless, so vtterly Cres from toe drawbacks which render many of th* po verful astringents em? ployed tn meJieaJ practice more dangerous than tho ailments they ace employed to cure, that it ay as administered witbont fear te the feeblest female In? valid, or tbe mot dehcate child. The cathartie and alterative vegetable ingredients which are combined with those of a tonic nature in its composition, keep toe bowels mwderaUly free on 1 porteetly regular, while shs work of Invigorating is going on. She fine? blood dep?rente winna the herbal kingdom affords are alto among its component*, so that it re? cruits, purines and regulates the system shanl tanfoaslj. 6_SAO_July SI tO- PHILOSOPHY OF M ABBI AGB.-A HEW COURSE OF LEOTURES, as delivered at tito New York "Inseam of Anatomy, embracing the suh? le ctn : Bow to Uv a and What to Live for ; Yoath, Maturity and ala Age j Manhood generally review - ed ; the flaute ot Indigestion ; Fla tul-nc* and Ner? vous D?seises aaocnuted far ; Marriage Philosophi? cally Considtred, SK. These lectures will be for? warded on receipt of four stamps, by addMtwtna : HBOBETABY BALXlilOBB MObkTJM OF ANATO? MY, No. 71 Wen Baltimore-stroat, Baltimore, M4. April 19 auf Irr