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VOLUME VIL-NUMBER 1093. CIIAKLESTON, S. C., MONDAY MORNING, MAHCH 1, 1869. SIX DOLLARS PER ANNUM y jews jFitoM Washington. Washington, August 2.?Tile public debt statement, shown a coin balance of sixty a \ millions; coin certificates thirty-six and-a-haif millions; currency balance twenty-three mil lions; sinking; fund twelve millions; bonds pur chased fifteen millions. The Mississippi editors of the Canton Mail, YazooBanner Union Democrat and Grenada Sentinel have visited Dent with assurances of support. A delegation from Norfolk, Va., beaded by the member of Congress from that district, is at the Navy Department urging the r*"!TJovftl of Conservatives from the Navy Yard. Th? Commi jgtonor of Agriculture bas ad vices of the appearance of caterpillars On the sea island plantations. Among Clapp's apprentices in the govern ment printing offioe are two colored poisons. Three spurious legul tender notes were taken at the United States Treasury yesterday. There is no safety in receiving greenback $10 not?e. This does not apply to National Bank tens. __ Fit OX NEW ORLEANS. shit ON fibs?sciioojsEll SUNK. New Obxeans. AugUBt 2.?The ship Pauline David, from Liv -rpool, took fire near this place this morniug. Vessels went ti her assistance and pumped water into, her. The ship is slightly, tho cargo considerably: damaged, chiefly by water. , The Mexican buk Non. Intervento has brought here the captain and ,crew of the schooner Zervea Sterron. They were picked up in a long boat twenty- threo miles off South west P?se. T,ho oiptain reports that on the 28a of July, while in latitude 23, longitude 86, and oh the way from Trididad to Tobasco, the schooner sprung . aleak,.', and, sunk shortly after. - 1 _' - THE WAR IN CUBA. Havana, July 31.?On Wednesday five thou sand negro insurgents attacked Puerto Prin cipe and raiaed the city. Fo?r hundred Span ish troops attacked them, and after a severe struggle tho insurgents retited in good order, having captured and destroyed provisions val ued at fifty thousand doMars. Tho Spaniards ircf ?i. ?. jwjieu, aha the ineargeuts left thirty-four wounded' in- -the town* A patriot detachment, While destroying the fortified plantations, defeated the Spaniards under Colonel Camard, wounding him and compell ing a retreat. The negro raid on Puerto Prin cipe enabled many Cubans to eacapofrom the Spaniards. Captured correspondence has led to further confiscation. More troops are de manded for the interior, where the insurgents are increasing in numbers and activity. europe. don carlos betibb3 out of spain. Paris, August 2.?The Evening Moniteur has information that Don Carlos has re-enter ed France, and General Prim is about to leave Madrid on a trip to Vichy for his health. This statement of the Moniteur is generally cred ited, and is regarded as a proof that the Car list movement is ended. Madrid, August 1.?The Carlist fcroes in La Mancha became disorganized, and have disap peared from the province.. The party in Leon is hemmed in by troops wi'h no ehance of escape. A floating bath-house at Valenoia suddenly sank to-day, and many persons within the structure were carried down and drowned. SPARKS PROM THE WIRES. The reeent rains have caused mat in the cot ton about Augusta. The Caban Jouta at New York have advices that Jordan- bad captured General LaTorre, after routing his forces. The leader of a gang of horse thieves, which killed the sheriff, was bung at Pekin, Illinois; yesterday, in tbe final straggle the leader cut several of the lynchers, one fatally. THE OECUMENICAL COUNCIL. Proposition to Unite ths Greek and Cat nolle Churches. It is currently reported in Catholic oirclee, says the Kew York Sun, that a proposition is to be made before the coming :umenical coun cil to unite the Greek and Catholio Churches, on the ground that they are one in doctrine, and that their disciplinary differences ean.be reconciled by means of mutual concessions. It is well known among theologians that , the principal obstacles to the union ; of these ohurches were in relation to tbe filioque in the creed or the procession of tbe Holy Spirit from the first and second: Persons of the Blessed Trinity and to the supremacy of the Pope; but in all else, tbe two churches are one in doc trine and usages. A Cardinal will publish the distinctive peculiarities < of the : Greek Church before the Council. Should this ; union be effected, Catholicity will, suddenly receive an accession otfiix>.y'millions'of coh'verts. THE OCEAN BANE ROBBERY. The Bnrglnra Negotiating for the Re turn ox* their Plunder. Nou'ly all the valuable securities stolen from th? Ocean Bank in the recent daring and skil ?\l raid upon that institution have been re covered by the bank in one way or another, and still tag adroit operators remain at large watch ing theii opportunity to repeat the operation. in some oti^r quarter. Among t^O ?^o'irities taken by tbe burglars and not yet recovered are $30 000 in bonds of the Portage Lakeantr-ate Superior Ship Canal Oompanv. These bond?e Becured by a Hen upon 800 000 acres of choic, mineral lauds on tue upper peninsula of Michig.Q| and in au respects a first-class security, at^otj which the enterprising burglars seem folly to appreciate. A short time ago the pr?sidant ol v.e bank, Mr. D. K. Martin, received a cornrhauction from the present holders of these bo.fja transmitted in a mysterious manner, asking what would bs given for the return of the bonds. Tbe president returned ao answer that he would give $2000 for them. To this be has - receive*! a reply, ojuched m the moat business like terms, ' in which the burglars or their agents express their surprise at the estimate the bank puts upon these pArticular securities. Tbe writer says the discount proposed is al together too great tar bonds so amply secured as arc these, and gives tb? assuraneo that, white the holders are willing to treat liberally with the bank officiais, thoy are now prepared to submit to the great sacrifice propos?e, This ?ommunicfttiori is altogether one of the oou^0t pteoiMi of lmpudejoe one meets with in a luo time. ?A Mrs. Caroline Hamlin, of Iwenty-sixth street. New Yo?r W?W ueverety burned on Thursday night by the explosion of a kerosene lamp which she wts Ughting. Her husband and a child were also b&nod, bot not badly. Mm, Hamlin, It is feared, V totally injured. Time Cntnese-Agricultural Fair?A Tar. ?1 v 'treasurer?Feachea? Flood* In Tex as? Insurance baws?Union lie a g ne Meetings. Ir*01* OOB OWK OOB?B9f<.VDKNX.J Columbia, Aug0- ?While our r?0pie are making diligent inquiries concerning Hio tiug of Chinese lawr, tho Weet is going more immediately to work at it. A gentleman just from the Bed Biver region informs mo tbat he ie one of a 600if ty who already have an agent with funds goue to engage Chinese laboiers for thoir farms. The question of the expe diency of importing this liibor, he represent, had been settled in tbe minds of those soutu WCStO.'U planiere ?o? ? irai 6 iiiuUlue. THE AGRICULTURAL fair. The fair grounds nave been selected, and an architect and designer, ie busy gcltiug up a plan of the building necessary. Meat while tho clerk of the olty council is advertising fur pro posal?, although these cannot be matured until tho plan bus been fully determined on. THE STATE TRKA8UHY. While Messrs. Kimpton, Scott. & Co., through the Borvices of Attorney-General Chamberlain, keep the New York Times lively with accounts of the prosperous condition ot oar State nuan ces, there seems to be some sluggishness felt hero in Columbia in the subordinate details of the firm. ? gentleman resident' in New York City, who owns taxable property in this city; aunt to a friend hero some State bonds, with the interest on which (due on tbe first of July) he wished his .axes to be paid. Tbe friend pre set ted the bonds promptly at the office of Treasurer Parker on the first of July. The treasurer lid not pay tbe interest, but explain ed that the only difficulty in the matter was that the booki were not ready, but that they would be ready by the 15th.-of July. Onthe 17r 11 tbe friend called again at the treasurer's office, and again met a refusal. The clerk, however, explained that th? books Were not yet. written up, and appointed the first of August as the time when alf thing*' would bo ready. But in this case there is a special ' I.art!ship, for on the first ot Au.rust the tax-books are c'oied, and delinquents a re mulcted twenty-five per oent. upon their taxes. Ac?ordiugly, this gentleman in New York is subjected, by this de lay of the treasurer, to an addition of tweuty five per cent, upon his taxes. Does any one who sees daily the crowds of retainers and un derlingB of all kinds that feed about these offi cial quarters fur a moment imagine that the treasurer is untble to command an adequate corps of clerks? Hardly, another gentleman, spending tbe season at Flat Book, came down to Columbia to.get this interest due on State bonds, it being his means of subsistence, and after incurring the1 expenses of travel and stay for'some days, had to go baok unpaid, because the treasurer's books were not yet written up. It is evident that Kimpton?"the young man of much ability and promise" who operates so handsomely in New York?is much needed here in Columbia again. " "The rock of .the national resources" needs' smiting bj his hand?at least a tap or two?just now. It ia rumor.d that this Treasurer Parker was an expert financier in Massachusetts, be fore he cams "down South." May be this en ervating climate is chargablo with this hoae tude and want of promptness in this self-sacri ficing public servant, who,has corns so far away from "hum" for the sole purpose of serving "our dear Carolina." ITEMS. A gentleman from the Piedmont region of our State?Anderson County?informs me tbat they have no peaches tbis year. This utter destruction of peaches extends southward as far down as nearly to Greenwood. . It is the same, probably, in the entire Piedmont belt of country running through Anderson, Pickens, Oo mee, Greenville and a corner of Spartan burg counties. Apples are first-rare in the same region. Private letters from the flood regions of Texas, in the southeastern section, represent the destruction of all crops, fences and houses as utter along several of tho rivera for about three miles on both. sides. This is true of the Guadalupe, San Marcos, (San Antonio and the tributaries of the Nueoes; while the Colorado and BrazoS, both large streams, have had high-water marks tbat the earliest pioneers never knew reaohed before;. Along most of tbe streams first mentioned there ' is not a stalk of corn left in any of tbe bottom lands; j and these bottoms extend : from one to three ( mileB on the western sides of the streams. The eastern sides are less levai, and present cliffs at some points. A letter from some of our emigrants to 0 ili fornia gives the curious fact that the great body of the people there seem to be only resi dent there, and look forward to eome future day when they will return home. The establishment of an agency of the Pied ra >nt Life Insurance Company in Columbia, mentioned last week, will Increase tho num ber of insurance agencies in the State, and every agent bas to pay out of the funds of the oompauy he repr?senta the sum of: five dollars every year to the comptroller-general : "for bis own use." The office of comptroller-^eaeral ia held by J. Li Neagle, a prottiin the Republican party and tv gra< vidson^College. r The union League meett every this slack season. .< i: t--(. 1 s. sbjs ( i . vc:. \ TIfJtC Hif*"*'"'1''' 1 "*3*mt .v'V:., How ?Hey Bratlt tap tneir Bnslness . Sc)tuel?tting ?ne ?mall E?y. , : - > j The New York correspondent of the Boston Gazette writes of tbe Harpers : Their invariable rule bas been tbis : Those foreigb authors that we reprint nobody else shall reprint; if any ono does, we will kill their edition by selling ours below cost. SO reso lutely bave they followed this plan that every publisher who has crossed their path has had cause to repent his temerity, and Others who would have been glad to throw down the gaunt let to them, have wisely let "I dare not wait upon I would." The policy pursued by the Harpers has seemed harsh, but probably under any other plan, with their long and viluable list or English authors, every unfledged pub lisher; would bave a picking in their pre serves. A history of the diff?rent warfares in which they have been engaged would re- | veal not a few interesting facts in literary history. Their large capital has for mary years en abled them to be indifferent whether special issues were profitable or not, and they would unhesitatingly throw away large sums, if ne cessai y. to Wu off a rival's book. The moat interesting and lively of all their contests was Miat with Winchester some twenty /eats ago. Wvichoster was ruined in the end, but for a { long ?me he made a plucky fight. This was iu the haight of our cheap novel mania, when nul wer, Tames, Mrs. Cray, Misa Picker ing, and. other popular novelists were turning off fiction by steam. Every steamer brought over a batch of English novels, and son times in less than thirty hours, both the Harpers and Winchester would have editions in the market?the one that was two hours ahead getting the cream of 4he sale. Newsboys in shose times used to dash through the streets with a new novel Just as .they did during the war with a war "oxtra," I ??4 people bought the books In almost as hiRUsn exoitement. The moment a ?opy of a new nwel by Bui wer or James was received, ? buried into the composing room, the doors lockevand not* soul allowed to leave the premises w?l the bonk was pria ted and ABOUT IfEtTSX'Al'EltS. Their Ups ?nd Downs In the City of New York. The Journal of Commerce, dwelling on the fact that during the past thirty-five years no leas than fifty-five daily papeia hare been started in the City of New York, lived for a short time, and thon died for want of adequate BU+^orl, after hiding sunk millions of dollars, moraIia,w-in this toatrtictive veto: ftfT^Ba/f*?rtw wbT nofc than one ont Sail. ?"?al'y newspapers snoceed are n*ot &??K?P9afe^ were, in "" JCWV, ?r fhA ??Irin? #.? fW. ft com The first f ndgro itost difficulties is tu . of sufficient meany. Upon this point. w?~r has been frequently elucidated, we will barer, towh. To ran a first-class daily (and only such stands the least ohanoe of surviving in the struggle tor existence) costs not far from $1000 a day, even with a moderate circulation. This rate of expenditure takes frightful daily bites ont ot the capital; and, unless the pro jector has the parse of a Stewart, Astor or Vcitiderhilt, he cannot stand the inroad upon his fonds for many months or weeks or days. Among professional newspaper men in this city, the c sh in hand required to gjva a fit st elasa newspaper a chance or life, is estimated at from a balf to three-quarters of a million. Its failure, without suoh a sum at its back ?which it is prepared to invest boldly and aagaoiOualv?Is certain. Its success after all the money has been spent in the wisest and most judicious manner, iB still highly problematical. Unless all the circum stauoea favor the undertaking?if there is a weakness or want of taot developed at any stago of it?no nmount of money pan put a new daiiY paper in profitable operation in this city. The ..,failing- newspapers are usually brought up with a round turn before many tens. of tlibuganda have he-0:1 sunk. , The backers' become- alarmed?and hack1 out. If the hew , concern is a stock company, the subscribers to shares pay but one or two of the assessments, and then forfeit what they have in va ted rather than lose more. Only in, a few. cases are men so lucky?or perhaps we-should say. so foolish ?23 to go 00 wasting a real half million, be fore abandoning their lll-adviaed newspaper scheme Discouragement and disgust com monly aupervena by the time that $60,000 or 1100,000 have vanished in the yawning gulf. The editor (hen goes on to show that the newspaper business differs from most others In tbe fact that when once fairly established it can be indefinitely extended, with no risk and but little extra trouble, and adds : A newspaper with machinery for printing 20.000. 30,000 or 60 000 copies can throw off 100,000 pr 150.000 with but a few hour* more work. The newspapers now existing can sup ply the widest demands for their issues. They represent every variety ot public opinion and interest- no p rson has tno least difficulty in obtaining a newspaper that meets his views and suits his special want. If no journal could possibly print more than 5000, 10.000 or 15.000 copies, then the supply would fall short of tbe demand, and there would be room for other papers filling exactly tbe same fields as those already established. The ; lightning presses cf NeW'York newspaper offices could, among them, supply at least one paper a day to every adult who can read in the United States. In the dry goods, grocery, boot and shoe, hat and cap, drug and other lines of business, where articles dee It in are heavy and bulky, no ten or a dozen men in one city, unless they have acres of buildings and armies of clerks, could supply tbe enormous demand for those goods. The extension of tbeir busi ness is attended at every step by immense ex penses and new risks, which are not incurred in the enlargement of the circulation of a. w>n>? papor that la ouco won founded. Ten or a d< zen papers can furnish the public with read lag matter jupt as speedily as a hundred could do it, i\?d at a cheaper rate. , . ? The. promising fields of, first-class daily newspapers being already occupied, now new journals can command a great success, except by taking away subscribers from other papers. This ia ft very difficult thing to do. It never can be done except in caaes where the paper to be supplanted wantonly and persistently ne glects the interests or abuses the confidence-of its subscribers. 80 long fas it pursues a just, honorable I and Judicious course, meeting tbe wants of its customers in all or most respects, the ties of friendsh'p between the subscribers and tbe paper are' as hard to break by any outside third parly as the links which bind old friends in business or social Hfet Occasional defects and errors, if such there be.: in ft newspaper, are overlooked by those who have become attached to it through its' daily perusal for years. They may sometimes become dissatisfied with it on account of something which has slipped Into its columns, and may stop taking it; but the absence of - the familiar sheet at tbeir house or office lor a few days beoomee an insupportable deprivation, and they hasten to tske it- again, and possibly to apologize for having stopped it. , This we believe to bo a common experi ence in the history of all established news papers. No friendship on earth is ! more con stant than that contracted by tbe reader for ft journal which makes an honest and earnest effort to merit h ia continued support. ?.- 4 ?? m* ?? ?' - >**' HEAVY EXPRESS ROBBERY. The Augusta Chroniole brings as tbe parti cular.? of a heavy robbery, which occurred in Georgia ft few days ago, and Of which the Southern Express Company has been the vic tim. The booty captured on the occasion was considerable, the*thieves getting four thous and nine hundred dollars, in currency. 'Tbe facts of th? case are as follows; There Is in the employ of the Southern Ex dress Company s young gentleman, a resident of this county, and of the beat tamfiy, Mr. But ler B. Hays, who had ft situa dos. as messenger, and ran in that capacity on tbe Central Rail road, between Savannah and fl?acon, A few nights aince ho left the company's; office in 8a TftQKftl to go to Sis Con, receipting tor and tak ing on board of his car with him a quantity of Express freight, and one mt the iron ohests in which the money forwarded' by 1 the com pany ia usr^ly tr^aporM. Eutering hie ear. . with Ahe money ? all rieht, the train left Savannah tor Macon. On the portion of the lino between Savannah and Mil le?, we understand that Mr. Mays went to sleep, leaving his nlbbto and ireight all right; On arriving at Mi|?ep be awoke and found a a package containing four .thousand nine bun ?drod dollars had .been stolen from hie posses sion while be stombeyed. Not kuow?ag wbst else to do, the horrified messenger immediate ly returned to Savannah and reported the loss to his superior officers. We are informed that Superintendent Dempsey and General Sup?tin tendant O'Brien were fortunately in Savannah at the time, and at once took the ! matter in hind and endeavored to ferret oof the robber or robbers. Up to this time, however, tbeir efforts in that direction have been of ?tt> avail, and tbe affair still remains enshrouded in mystery. Mr. Mays came this city s day or two eines and was closely examined by both th? offloera of tbe Express Com pany and tbe ohief of police; bat was unable to give any information, by, which fe 1 men who were on the train at tbe time ore suspect ed of being the guilty parties, but sufficient proof bas not yet been collected to warrant their arrest. Oos of those men ia said to have re to Augusta, and the polks here are on trsok and are ba?y endeavoring to get, a clue by which ta m?y be nabbed; In Savan nah the Poliosis also busily engaged in work ing up the ease. The most rettonsble hypo theses seems to be that these men followed Mr. Maya from t-avannah, where they had proba bly aeen him, and planned toe robbery, and 1 fid watched him on the train until he slept and thon bagged the booty. ?? ? ? ?'* ? ?A good story comes from Borne. In pre paration for the (Ecumenical Council the Tops ' ordered from his architect certain embellish ments, tho plan of which was brought for his inspection by that gentleman's little boy. Charmed by the plan, the Pops opened a drawer fall of gold, and seid to the child, "Taft* * handrci of coin as s reward for the beauty of your rather** work.'' "Holy Father," replied the child, "take it ont for me; your hand is bigger than mine." Pins IX could not t help wailing, and obeyed the ohikt -Along tho outer bJj Njr* of ParSs *te*m cars are now riinninfr'wi*Pu* ra^'1 00 maca damized roada. ?A clock work appar?ijP?r?r working sew ing machines, has just b ffi devjsed in Ger many, which will run foj?^e^^p.ur6 whon wound up J."^ft; ' '* lypini-'-i: . ?too O*or is taking j jjjlte oart'tryitrc^jq^ ladieB, bless him. He h^i^.de^_;?*Sftl?W|(r^M| rent shall compel Iiis (faangbter to marry against her will. )T ?London has an Aatitahopping-on-Satur day-afternoon Association?;* fourteen hundred ladies of fashion. The object is to give the trade folks a half holiday. ' ?The Jewish Xhcologicul ?oeioty, which con sists of nome of the moa S learned rabbis in Germany and Austria, in i?Ute sitting at Bres 'au, resolved to preparejjur^ncyclopeadia of tbat,^vmud m or*er t0 ^j^tate *he study of st??e^n a^cehM be^p?a^ upon the stage in a farce ^ 4,^ Ch?^a of tbe Cuamiel," now perforu. h> * , t. t a r?. . . ? a? Strand Thea tre, London. Theintngu#L , . jf 7. , , . . ? ?9 conducted iu tho intervals batween spasms ?fjX? - ;^ humor depends upon tho ^^^S^f extr ?M by tho passengers from th|^'*-|^^ v - ?. "* I in whioh they are placed. 1 ' ?French and Germanrodents in training for professorships in publi|BohoOlB, it is re ported, will hereafter, by afahgehjebt of the authorities, be transferre?p^rom educational establishments in tbe.ouewountry to similar institutions m tho other. While the Germans will finish their education i^ei&y with regard to French, at French sent^ Tries, the young French'?tud?hts are to ^^?n?itted free or all expense to the benefits of /.>orman colleges for a certain number of years.jt ?Tb a Viceroy of Bgypt?BS-'issued orders for tho building of three ?pV''places-ono at Sakarab, the ancient- 'No^polis, another at the baao of the Pyramids, "shd the third at the Virgin's Tree. They must&all be finished by October for the roceptio"; of the expected royal gjests. Tbc first is equated four leagues from Cairo, hi tho middlcjpf the doser t, in a waste of sand, to wbiohWfer ' has already to be brought for the use of ?voller?, from the Nile, which is two hours' dWtant. The seoend Will be built under th? Bh'Mj^ of the tomba of tho ancient Pharaohs. ?It is announced tbafc^committoo of the Royal College of Phyriieianf of Lone on, after ton y3ars* labor, has pu jlisued a revised medi cal nomenclature. In iho'lisfc of diseases to each English name is addtX on the opposite pago the corresponding La':u designation, and the equivalent terms in t; > French, tho Ger- . man and the Italian languWes,.^' The classifi cation^ adopted is based u tan tho anatomical regions of the human body, and is so framed as hot to imply any doubtful tuooriea. It is to be hoped this work will be fully adopted for use in the United States. ?The, King of Prussia h ai done a wise and right soldierly thing in ordering that tbe anni versary of Sadowa shall uot any more be cele brated. The gallant Greeks had a law which forbade them to raise a trorjjhy. They had so many fights among themsel/es that they felt a trophy.ruiojngf ?voulu mtt?xo ihn {jrrtwt.h nf ami. oable feeling impossible, ting William has ' learned that beautiful (fctfM losaon, and says, in fact, that o- feel ings of any German people -a sentiment that does him more honor than l?c could bave from ten Sadowas or countless needle-guns. ?In 1864 a now mineral was discovered in Nassau, whioh was particularly rich in phos phate of time. As the great value of this sub stance in agriculture was immediately recog nized, shafts were at ouce sunk in the Lahn and Dilk districts, where the "phosphorite," as it has been called, exists in thick layers. In this way a new branch of industry has arisen in that part of the country, and an entire pop ulation of miners, car tor a, &c.,havo been es tablished in the moot favorable spots for ob taining the phespborite by several pompeting companies. The mineral is bought by manu facturing chemists, who make from jit a favor*, ite manure known as superphosphate of Ihne. ?Borne enricua devices were resorted to ?* M. Oppeuboim'u ball, (the splendor of wh ich is still the talk of Paria,) to amuse the Vice roy. Mew figures were invented for the after supper cotilhon. Large sealed envelopes were distributed among the ladies, who opening them found grotesque head dresses inside, with which they were expected to. crown their part', ners. Crackers containing pieces of fancy oostume were also pulled between the figures of one of the dances, and' the gentlemen had to wear the finery which fell to their share. In what was called the steeple ehaso dance, the ladies received fans bearing the names of well known raco horses, ant the gentlemen cards similarly inscribed. At a signal the music struck up, and each gentleman hastened to discover the lady on whoso fon was written the sama name a? on his card. Another fantastic novelty was the distribution of hoops among the gentlemen, one to each six: Tne six. ' ad vanced to a lady, carrying their hoop between them, and on touching a spring it suddenly imprisoned the one destined to he; the lady's partner. Both the Oriental visitors and the native visitors are,said to have beea muoh amuaed by these performances. * < .. . ..'..??; ?i* ?an.f?' ?' -? -'; Jbj?Jtr? air A nAtLWAX king. H*? Career?What Kraergy Cam Do. ' ' . ' ' , , ',f?*' .* The JSew,York Evening Post?o'fj Saturday says : Tbo death of Henry Keep, the railway king, Will be generally regretted. Hia integrity, manly qualities, and sagacity as a man of bu smess, nad won tor him a popularity and gen eral esteem whioh is not commonly enjoyed by our railroad financiers. He was not a more adventurer, to dazzle by his daring operations, but a man who labored assiduously and faith fully for, the benefit of those with whom ho was associated. Henry Keep ^ao born at Adams, New York, on the 22d of June, 1818. The exact place is not absolutely determine*. His mother died in his infancy; of hia father, little is known. At the age Of twelvo he was apprenticed to Joseph Gnmmonds, and lived with him five ?ears. But he was not oontebted in this borne, le ran away at the afte of seventeen, and was duly advertised in the Sackolt'a Harbor North American; and "all persons were forbid trust ing him." Young Keep went to Rochester and engaged as a driver on the Erie Canal. Winter setting , in, he sought and obtained employment as a teamster for John U. Teller, of Rochester. He soon conceived the idea oi speculating, and beginning with tbo investments ot small i amounts, was not many years in acquiring a sung little competence. Be became an ex change broker at nineteen; and after the pas sage of the General Banking law. establisbed in turn the Bank oi Potsdam, the union Bank, Henry Keep's Bank and several others. About fifteen years ago he became a resident oi this Mr. Keep soon became a ?fSower'' in Wail street. He began to operate in railroad stocks, and finally became identified with several rail way linos. Improvdent management had entailed disaster on many of the road*. Mr. Keep set himself Jo their improvement. The ClevehttSTaAd Toledo Railroad was impover ished, and its Btoek was sailing at sixteen per cent. He obtained control oft it and became 11? President; Its shares arose to par in a ?hor?>i(09. He next undertook the WUchtgaja j ' < ( . minify, r* South*rn Ibnlrnad, which was about to pass info tho hands or receivers. Its shares were quoted at five per Cent. Hie administration soon raised the value to-seventy-seven, and tua.xoatf at the same tinjp. was made one of the bestequ pped inMtoe country?*- ?" 8eve ;Si other^mes were benefit! ed by his operations in like manner; * Last y?ar a silver ser.jce., prepctad by Browni& Spaulclln?, was pr>VBDiitW to Httb; And on the pitoher was in scribed a history of these occurrences). In 1857 Mr Keep and another capitalist pur "astl? the Britok^Ohuroirproperty, where tbe. l&'?*8r"w Brands.- Ane pric/j w*? rod extravagant at the time; bub the re sult abundantly jus tilled the enterprise. In 1866 Dean Riehmond died, and ti*s famous contest to ik place for the contr?l?t the New York Central Railroad* Mr. KmP was elected president on tbe 13th of December. He made an unsuccessful endeavor to procure legisla tion m behalf of the eompawVi the b?H being defeated by tbe veto of Governor Fenton. A question of veracity between Mr. Eeop and the governor has never been determined; Mr. Keep and his Iiiends always persisted in acousing the Rovornot of perfidy and falsification ot bis word. They assert that he declared unofficial ly his approval of the bill wbioh passed the Legislature, and intimated that he would sign it when it reached him. The result of this quarrel was tbe overthrow of the BapublioAUS in the State. y Mr. Keep shortly afterward/ resigned the presidency, and va* sncceoded. by Mr, H. H. Baxter. A fc** -months later to^^as Jfccted eB*dpnt ot.Jhe, '"h?cafO 3i?d^StorBpHtcrn trol, followed in this instanoe.. T***" a??" Mr Roop as a financier is entitled to high appreciation. Boi'fi in the most abject-pover ty, he made himself rich, but1 not by "i"*or roacuing or extortion. Vigilance, intel, nt energy and sagacity, not. often paralleled, characterized his operations. Ho was retioont. but gentlemanly; he nover violated his word; he was straightforward, and sustained a high character for integrity. Bis health failed under his incessant labors, and for many months he-has baen uuablo to do business. His complaint was heart disease. He failed gradually till at six last night, when death closed the scene;. PENDARVIS ? LYN OU.?On Tuesday evening, July 27. 18119, by ttio Rev.?0. O. TmroXMEt. Mr. j. T. PENDARVIm, of Sumrnerv.ue. to Mms A. O. LYNCH, voungcet daughter of Ur.F.O. Ltkch, of this city. ISo cards. * ?bituort): F R A 8 E R-Died at Alken, ou the 80th of July, BEN BY WILLIAM, Infant sou of Dr. and Mro, He.nr? D. I 'raser. * Spinal toilets' ?r AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF UNION STAB FIBS ENGINE COMf ANY, tbe fol lowing Officers were elected to servo for the ensuing year: W. a Mich aw. President; A. McCoy, Vice Pres^'mf; vVm. Hamilton, Firpt Director: A. Kik xooh Second Director; Alex. Mott, Third Direc tor) Tctob Giixiabd, Fourth Ditector; Eusha Le tt, Secretary; M auch Rivers, Treasurer; J. Davis, Trudce; Lewis Brown, First Axman; J. Gibbs, Becond Axman._1* August 3 fly I HE NEATEST, THE QUICKEST AND THE CHEAPEST?The News JOB OFFICE, No. 149 east BAY, having replenished its Stock with a new and large assortment of material of the Onset quality and latest styles, la prepared to execute, at tbe shortest notice and in the beat manner, JOB PK iN ting ot every description. Call and examine tbe scale of prices before giving yourflrder* elsewboro._ ?T DANIEL RAVENEL, PRESIDENT, AM) OXHEBS, DIRECTORS, vs. THE PLANTERS AND MECHANICS' BANK AND QVaEBS. CLAIM ANTS THEREON?IN EQUITY,?TEE PLANTERS' AND MECHANICS' DANK OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CHARLESTON, JULY 21, 1809 ?The President and Director* of this Bank, in obedience to tbe decree in the above cause, made by his Honor Judge CAR PENTER, On the 16th Ju-y instant, do hereby call upon the Stockholders to attend a meeting at the Bank, on TmraaDAY, the lata day of August, at 12 o'clock noon, to consider and take auch, action sa they may cbooa* upoa tha repart which Is to be laid before them. The Stockholders ara also notifie 1 that if they fail to organize a meeting-, the doty will then devolve upon tho Board of Directors to determine whether to wind up tho said Bink or to apply to the Gover nor and Comptroller-General for the benefit of the Aot of tho legislature of the ,13th Ma reh. 186J. ent i tlod "Au Aot to enable the Banks or this State to re sew business or to place them in liquidation. ' ; W. Mi HASKELL, Cashler. SO BU OF ?BOX?. . Oearlkstoh, S.U., mi' 1869. X hereby appoint for me and in my name, to vote on tho shares I hold in the Planters' and Mechanics' Bank of South Carotins, at tbe meeting sf the Stockholders, to be held on the 32th day Of August, 1869, arid at all subsequent meet ings of ta* Stockholders of said Bank, until revoca tion hereof. ' July 22 , atnthfS g?TMARENGO.?V E V ER AND AGUE CURE, TONIC, FETER^ PREVENTTVjB.'?Thui val uabl?prenarafion hss beeuiu private usa for many years, and through. the persuasion of friends, who have u ed It with the most beneficial results, the proprietor has been 1 adored to offer it to the pub lic. It Is warranted to care CHILLS AND FEVER of bowevei long standing, ramoving the cause and entirolj eradicating its effepte from the system. It will PURIFY THE BLOOD; j strengthen the diges tive organs, Induce an appetite, and restore the patient to perfect health. ?t ia a purely vegetable preparaiion, and so barmloas that children of all ages may take It with safely. As a tonic M AHENGO ha? ho superior, and for' debility arising from the effects of fever, or from other cause, la invaluable. A. few doses to sufficient to satisfy the most in redulous suaVrer of lt? Virtue and worth. All who try one bottle of M ARE NGO will be so m itch pleased with Us effect, that they will readily en dorse It, NOJtOiaswi ?r<*-*ra Of its efl- j cacy and vain*; refer to MAftES?GO elrpilara, wlucfc, | contain certificates of Woll known and irespactablo id' m?wk AHENGO is a' genuine Southern r?paration, the proprietor and m mufaotuxer bribg a native and resident of Charleston, and, it is fully gvUiwuteetl to give complete and universal B?tt3taoUon. , , NO K?MBUG. ,TBY IT. For sale by all DroggUU, and bj DOW TE A MOISE, corner Meeting and Basel streets ; QOOD RICH, WISEMAN St CO., H?yue-street, and G. J. jUQHN, Druggist, Agent of Proprietor, corner of Xing sod John streets, Charleston, d. C. June 8 n*c Smoa ??T* "FBESH A8 A MAIDEN'S BLUSH"? Is the pure peachy1 Complexion wbfob follows the use of BAGAN'd MAGNOLIA BALM. It Is the True Secret of Beau?y. Fashionable Ladles in So ciety understand this. The MAGNOLIA BALM changes the rustio Coun try Girl Into a City Belle mere rapidly than any other one thing. Reines*. Sunburn, Tan, Freckles. Blotches and all I effects of the Summer San disappear when It 1? need, and a genial, cultivated, fresh expression is obtained, wbioh rivals the Bloom of Youth. Beauty is posai* bis ta all who will Invest asventy-flvs cents at any respectable atom fcad insist on getUng the MAGNO LIA BALM. Usa nothing bat Lyoa's Kttbairon to dress the Hair. PAO mwflmo July 2ft tfkT BATCHELOR'S HAIR DYE.?THIS apioadld Bate Dye la the beat in the world; tbs only true and ptrfasft Dye; termless, ratable, Instanta neous; no disappointment; no ridiculous tints; rem edies the fl) eflscta 0? bad dvs?; invigorate s and leave* tbs natr ?oft and beautiful black or brown. Bold ty sUDragglsVi and Perfumers; and prowrly Printing. PRINTING. THE NEWS JOB OFFICE, No. 149 East Bay, Ex?cute? aU kind* of PLAIN ?od FANCY PRINTING with neitnees and dispatch. The beat work guaranteed at less than New York prices. 'OF EVERY DESCRIPTION JOB WORK, BRIEF3, PAMPHLETS, POLICIES m CARDS, CIRCULARS, NOTES BILL-HEADS, POSThRS, RE3EIPIS CATALOGUES, BANK-OHECUS SHOW-CARD3, PROGRAMMES ' TICKETS, DRUG LABELS, *c, &c. as well as LAW BLANKS of every description, Printed at the shortest nollce, and cbcaj for cash, at . THE NEWS JOB OFFICE. THEATRE MANAGERS, TRAVELLING SHOWMEN, RAILROAD AGENTS, HOTEL KEEPERS, STEAMBOAT AGENTS, And aU those who have JOB PRINTING to do, wiU find it to their interest to call at THE NEWS JOB OFFICE, If?. 14? K?st Bay. A large and well assorted stock ef PAPERS and MATERIAL kept on band, front which selections may be mads. OUR FRIENDS IN THE COUNTRY may send their orders to THE NEWS JOB OFFICE, And rely upon their receiving the same attention and being ailed as promptly jnC aa eheaply as if given personally. ' Our Job Department Is in charge of Mr. JAB. D. PARRY, a practical and ex perienced Job Printer, who win afford every facility possible in the execution of orders. Address THE NEWS JOB OFFICE, No. 149 East Bay, Charleston, S. 0. . 'Mi'.-?-:?' LG'S DHlVBRHAbBIISSIAK HEALING SALVE; ' THIS VALUABLE REMEDY HAS EFFECTED innumerable cures, and has gained for itself a great reputation. rJ he discoverer of this Salve. has applie d itwlth eminent succ?s? in thousands of eases dur t\ami?k\n^WlUimu T,mr> ?"u uw??i*reu u?igwvuB wuuuds, in manv cases considered mortal. I j MBjK. BERG-iaVsfee'?o'.e possessor of the valuablo secret of making this i-alve; from his experience in using it in Europe and the ' success attending its. ap UcaUen there, he has been induced to introduce it ato the United biete?. IT RELIEVES PAIN I Those who have Wounds, Biutses, Cuts of all kinds, or Sores, Felons, Scratches. Musqutto Rites, Frost Bitten Joints, Sore Libs, Chllblai e. Children's fccorbutio complaints on Bead and Face, are speedily cured. It has proved of great advantage to ladles, and Is peculiarly adapted for fathered breasts, sore legs, Ac, through confinement, and other causes It acts Hke magic m removing Boils, Pimples, and Cutnneous Diseases, and has been successfully n-ied for Oorce, Bunions and Bore Throat, by apply* log oxternaVy every eveniog before going to bed. #or sale by all druggista. Price 25c. ffOa.end $1 per Jar. Offlco, No. 260 Bowery, N. Y. None genuine unless countersigned E. BERG'S UNIVERSAL RUS SIAN DEALING BALVE,' No. MO Bowery, New York._stutb ly_ July 8 E 1 * 0 w ' * TOBACCO ANTIDOTE. Warranted to Remove all Desire for Tobacco, 1? to Ptawely Vegetable andl eoaiafass aotlidbag laajuriow?. Tke foUovrhwr is ono of thousands of testimonials that ars dally received by Ike Manufacturer: Rxcujmoho. Va., November 28,1868. ' Da a* F kb?The "Tobacco Antidote" prepared by you aocordinsr to the receipt you have submitted to me, and the ingredients of which I have examined, is purely vegetabie, entirely bar miete, and contains nothing In ute leset Injurious. It la not disagreeable to tke teste, and ae a home article, I hope yon wil" meet wife ready sale for it, and I believe that If tbe directions are followed. It will dp ell yow chimed ft* it. JOHN DOVE, M.D tor Price 50 cents per Bot. The usual discount to the Trade. ?ST For sals by E>r. H. BAER, WHOLES ALB ?GKNX FOB SOU IH CAROLINA. Jona! VKS<llCi,s WANT KD .jilH }?*p FOR NEW YOHJT' *aiORE? PHILADELPH?3 T^^o " ? H F- IHKER & CO., / uguat a 2 J^o. go^amberlapd-Btreet. uxounsiovsi JKXCUKKIOXMI THE IINli FAUX HAILING YACHT ELLA ANNA, the Champion of thu soqth la now ready aud prepared to wake regular tripa, thuv aff>rdtngau opportunit? to all who uiav wish to visit points of interest in our be-au ttt'ui harbor. For passage, apply to the Captain ?u Union Wharf. June 21 NKW THICK A WD CIIAKLKSTUN STEAMKH1P LINE. F O IC NKW YORK:. CABIN PASS Ad E $20. THE f-PLF.Nnil? flTDE-WBEEL htka M^HIP CHAMPION, B. W. I ockwood, Commander, will sail from Adger'a south Wbarl on Sat crdat, 7th August, at 0 o ciocb P. M. jay An extra chaw of t? made tor TickoU pur chased on board atter safling fii,~ No Bills ol Lading elgnva' after the steamer lea vcs. xjtsj* Through Bills Lading given for Cotton to Bo-?on and Providence R. I. ttST hrough Bills ol Laifug given to Liverpool. ??* Murine. Insurance by tbts Uno oer cent. JH?~ lhe steam r* ot tb'.s Hue ar* first class in every respect, and their Ta'des are eupolled with all . 0?e delleeelee ot the N?w York and Oharluston mar ror Freight or P?^*,-,,.. to JAM ks All (iL H A CU. AgontB, Corner Adder's Wharf and East Bav <np-?uirn 1 VW MANHATTAN to follow Saturdat, 14th August, at 11 o'clock, A. M, Ausrast 2 g B A LT J JU.U K K AND CHARLESTON STEAMSHIP COMPANY. Villip -c, ?HE STEAMSHIP FALCON, *? Captain J D. Hobset, will sail fer Baltiuioto on I'mnay, Cth of August, at 5 o'clock P. M.,from Pier No. 1, Union Wharves 4ST" Through Bllla Lading signed for all classes of Freight to BOSTON. PalLADKlPRlA, WILMING TON. DEL., WASHINGTON 01TY, and the NORTH WEST. For Freight or passage, apply to COURTENAY A TRENIIOLM, August 2_5 Union Wharves. KOll PZIILAUKLI'HIA AMlilU? rOM. THE STEAMSHIP J. W. EVER MA'.'J, Captain W. H. Sntoee, will ?kevp Nortb Atlaulic Wharf, on -Satubday Auaust 7tb, at ? o'clock. For Freight crpassage applv to JOHN & i'HEO. GETTY. August 2_North Atlantic Wharf. FOB NKW Y JHH . REG ULAR LINE EVER Y WEDNESDA T. PAS-AGE (20. THE SPLENDID 8TK/ MSUIP SARAGOSSA. Capt in C. K.-deb, 'will leave Vsrdoihorst's Whsrt on -WEn?EsoAi, 4th August, D-6S?, at balf-pa?t 1 o'clock P. M. July 80_ RAVENEL A OP.. Agents. PACIPJC MAIL SI KAJISIIIP COmPY S THBorOH UN ii TO CAL1FOBNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN. OH A NO E OF SAILING DA FS I <&tt*t)Om STEAMERS OF THE ABOV -^?tif!*n^2*' Une leave Pier No. 42, North Rivoi, ?^frBffifrffi'ft^ foot ol Canal-street, New York, at ^SSSkt^fmtm 12 o'clock noon, of the 1st, llth and Slat of every month (except when these daces tall n Sunday, then the Saturday preceding). Departure of 1st and 21st connect at Panama with steamers fer South Pacific and Central Amerlcac ports. Those of 1st tench at ManzanlUo. Departure of llth oi each month connects with the new ateam Une from Panama to Australia au? New Zealand. Steamship OREGON IAN leaves San Francisco for China and Japan Aupujt 4. 1869. No California steamers touch at Havana, but cc direct from New York to AaplnwalL One hundred pounds baggage free to each ada'.t. Medicine and attendance free. - For Passage Tickets or further information aspl? atlhe COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, oaths whirl foot of Canal-street, North III ver, New York. March 12_lyr_F. R. BABY, Agent. Special Iflticei. ?BT No. 281 EA8r 818T street, NEW YOBK.?Dbab Srn-For thiee weeks past I have been using your PLANTATION BITTERS. For more than four months past I havo been suffering ftom what my doctor said wao nervous, prostration, being unable to endure hardly any physical or men tal labor without great fatigue. But 1 had not used the Bitters a week before I was son solo as of their benefit ting me as nothing else had, end I have con tinued to gain very rapidly since, till now I am able to be about my usual household duties. To all who are afflicted with general debittty I can testify from experience that the Bitters are invaluable. Youre, truly, MARGARET B. STONE. MauKoua Wateb?Superior to the best imported German Cologne, and sold at half the price. August 3 tuths8 J?-RO?3E the system ?it is a sad thing to pass through lifo only half alive. Yet there are thousands whose habitual condition U one of langour and debility. They complain Of no specific disease; tbey suffer no positive pain ; but they have no relish for anything wbick affords mental or sen sual pleasure to their more robust and energetic feUnw-beings. In nine ca>es out of ten this stats of lassitude and torpor arises from a morbid stomach. Indigestion destroys the energy of both mind and body. When the waste of nature is not supplied by a due and regular assimilation of the food, every organ is starved, every function interrupted. Now, what does common nenoa. suggest under thoai circumstances of depression ?- The system neJfs rousing and strengthening;'not merely for an heur or two, to sink afterward into a more pitiable condition than ever, (as it assuredly would do if an ordinary alcoholic stimulant were resorted to.) but radically and permanently. Bow is this desirable object to be accomplished ? The auswer te this question, founded on the unvary ing experiences of ? quarter of a century, is easily c>._ ?_. ..?utmio iiih ?? by a course ef HOSTET TEH'S STOMACH BITTERS. Do not waste time in administering temporary rem edies, but wake the system up by recuperating the fountain-head of physical strength- and energy, the great organ upon which all the other organs depend for tfvUr nurture and support. By the time that a <lo??n doses pt the great vegeta ble tonic and invlgorant have been taken, the feeble frame, of the dyspeptic will begin to feel its benign influence. Appetite will be created, and with appe tite the capacity to digest what it craves. Persevere until the cure is complete?until healthful blood, fit to bo the material ol flesh and muscle,bone and nerve, and brain, flows through the channels of circula tion, Instead of the watery pabulum with which they have heretofore been imperfectly nourished. July 81 _nap _8 aar rosadai.I8.~db. lawbence : my sen was terribly affltctel for ? long lime with Epi lepsy or Fl to. He usually bad from five to twexty a day. I tried the pest medioel skill without benefit. X then commenced giving him your R08ADALI8. After taking it' ? few weeks, his fits began to de crease in number until about four months ago, Wh?U they stopped entirely. Bis general hc ..a has altio been completely restored, and he is now a bright and sprightly boy. I believe that, if be had not iaken your Rosadalis, by tale time he would act have known day from night. I have also used the Rosadelteinmy family, end know it to have been used by my neighbors as a general health restorer, with the greatest sucoens. Truly I can say that It to a medlcinr cf extraordinary merit, f j I am. ?lr, your obedient servant, JAMBS DAVIS. I ror sale by GO?DBT0K, WINBMAN A CO., Xajk porters of Drugs tad Chemical?, Charfesta". ft. 0. Jmly ?1, _ ! stothl aW ESSAYi jfOB YOKING MEN.?oh THE Errors and Abuses Incident to Youth end Berly Bega? hood, with the humane view Of treetment and ouot, tent by mail free of charge. Addrww HOWARD AS SOCIATION, Hoc P. Philadelphia, Pa. OaaU , ?M?