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Seto SIX DOLLARS PER ANNUM VOLUME VII.-NUMBER 1046 T VlaVXIXJU T M. m. m BY TELEGRAPH. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. WASJBNQTON, August 5_The Bevenue re? play was seven hundred and s?vesty-t wo '.bous ud dollare. Between four and five millions of ten-forties bave been substituted for five-twenties, as secsrity for the National Bank circulation, ?ince Boutweaw order allowing the snbsiitu "tien. * The Ministers of France and Peru are at New -York, about the seizure of the gunboats. The Be venus Depattment bas a letter from Tticbmond anson a cine the arrest of the deputy Collector for withholding eeUeotioos. Colonel Banzizi, COUD sel for Brown and oth? ers, charged with the morder of Dr. Maxwell, at Bryan, Texas, is here to have bis cliente ?laced ott the footing of Tercer, in Mississippi. The Tri bone, ia an editorial beaded "Old Virginia,"-eay s : **We protest against the exe cntioo of the test oath as meditated by General Canby. We want the leading Conservatives to take their seats in the new legislature, swear fidelity to the new constitution, and ratify tbe Fifteenth amendment, and we want the Btate admitted thereupon to-representation in Con? gress and to all the rights of self-government, and so, we are confident,do a vary large.ma? jority of the Northern people." The President and Secretary Fish will be here on Tuesday for consultation regarding Coban and Mexican complicit ions. . THE WAR IN-CUBA. WASHINGTON, August 5.-The Cubans have official advices to the 25th ult. Quesada stiH holds the communications between Puerto Principe and the coast. There is great suffer? ing at Puerto Principe from want or food and ?the outrages of tbe volunteers. The force be? fore Jordan has been rein torced by faro reg." ments of voiun teen and a battalion of regulars. Tbs Spaniards drove Jordan from his position near Santiago de Cuba with some loss. Jordan rallied his forces, and being rein for oed regain? ed bis position. It is reported that a foraging party of Cu b a 1 s Bear Remedios, and another near Bagua Ia Agrande, were captured. * Tbe two expeditions numbered eighty, and it is feared they were all executed. The Cuban troops are tree fi om disease. A decisive action is expected io about twenty days, which, if successful, will give the Cubans control of the eastern frontier of the island. HAVANA, August 5.-Tbs Captaio-Ganerei has authorised the Spanish. Bank to issue a second loan, the proceeds of the confiscated estates being specially pledged for its redemp? tion. The number of volunteers in the island is 66.000, the previous reports being incorrect. DESTRUCTIVE EIBE IN PHILADEL Enid. PHILADELPHIA, August 5.-Patterson's bond? ed warehouse, at the foot of Lombard-street, containing forty thousand barrels of whiskey, hag been burned. The fire bas been attributed to the breaking af the floor over tbe eugine room. Tbe streets were flooded with barning > whiskey, which grestly impede J the firemso. At last accounts tbe fire was still raging, but . there was no chance of its extending. The loss is estimated at five millions. No lives were lost. LATER.-The total insuranoe on whiskey ii two million two hundred end eighty-eight thousand dollars. New York and Eastern Com? panies are the heaviest losers- The Lmdon and Globe Companies lose ono hundred and eighty-thousand; the Imperial threa hundred thousand; *he Insurance Company of North Amen sa at Philadelphia one hundred and twenty seven thousand. The Philadelphia companies will probably. loan four hundred thousand dollars. THE TENNESSEE ELECTION. r . . Mums, August 5.-The election is pro? gressing quietly and without a single disorder. The indications are that Sen ter and the Demo? cratic candidates for the Legislature will carry the county by about two thousand. THE ALABAMA ELECTION. SXXMA, August S.-Hyland Randolph, editor of the Independent Monitor, has been elected to the Legislature from Tuscaloosa by a ma? jority ot five hundred, being a Democratic gala of four hundred in this county. EAT AZ SHOOTING AFFRAY IN EDGE FIELD. AUGUSTA, GA., August 5 -There is a report from Edgefield, Fouth Carolina, that Charles and J. D. Creswell, who left this city yester? day, were shot, this morning, near Edgefield; tbe former was killed instantly, and tho latter seriously if not mortally wounded. The affair was entirely of a private nature, and is al ledged to have grown out of family trouble. EUROPE. THE FRENCH SENATE-ADDRESS OF PRESLDSXT BOUBXB-TES SENATDJ CONSUL TUM READ. PARIS , August 4. -In the opening session of the Senate yesterday, President Ti juutr made an address. He refer? ed to tbs duty devolved upon that body of examining proposed forms, and said they1 should inquire whether they were popular enough to g J hand in hand with liberty, and at the same hmo strong enough to resllt anarchy. He was confident the Senate would enter upon thia discussion with a firm intention of interpreting the will of the conn try, and that by tho combined effor.s of the Government and Senate more goouiue harmo? ny would be established bet.een powers of the State and institutions of the Empire, and would acquire renewed strength, lustre and popularity. In conclusion, he expressed pro? found regret av the death of the late president, M. Troplonf,. The Sonatas Consultum was then read. In addition to the provisions telegraphed last night, rt prescribes that Ministers are to depend only on the Emperor, and will continue to de? liberate in Council under bis presidency. They are, however, to be considered responsi? ble for their acts, but can only be impeached ky the Senate. A Minister, whether a member cf the Senate or Corps, bas tbe right to be present at debates in either Chamber. The Minister of Justice made some explana? tions to the Senate, which were of a very libe? ral character. The Senate adjourned until Thursday.next, when it will appoint a commit? tee of tea to consider the Senstus Consaltam. The Empress Eugenie is making immense preparations for her visit to Constantinople. Isabella abdicates in favor of her son, tbe Prince of Asturias. m. SP AIM AND CUBA. MADRID, August 5.-No negotiations are pending f?r Cuba? independence. EARTHQUAKES. How tn ry are laeteed-A Sew Trico: The July number of Blackwood contain highly interesting article upon earthquaJ and their cause, which attributes them ? tirety to electricity. The author repudia altogether the idea that in the centre or I globe we dwell OD. and to within two miles its Burface, there is a maw cf molten fluid theory which scientific men generally n ?either discard or treat with little considera tit To the motions of tbat molten masB under t influences which control the tides, and the < plosions of aqueous vapor Irom the infiltra ti of the waters of the sea to contact with t molten mass, earthquakes bare been pecera attributed. The writer in B ackwood, rejecting the wh< theory, asserts that the earth is not only soli but its density ?Dereases towards its centre, reason of the existe ne e of bodies of metals great specific gravity, specimens of which a occisionallT found upheaved to the surfst I bec metals are sue J SS platinum, oemiui iridium kc. This is inferred from the fa that, while tho mean density of our planet nearly five and a halt tixr.es that of water, tl mean average density of i be strata which coi pose our continents, and which are accessib to us, is less than three times that jf wate and when we take the whole surface of tl planet, land and Bea together, it is, of cours much less-Humboldt says only ooe-bi denser than water. And thea it is ascertained the digging of weftfrand mines that the heat v lits at d,rierenL depths-a lower stratum bein colder tban one higher, &c-while a mine : Cornwall reached a point where increaein heat ceased altogether, and the temperatui grew Bteadi>y cooler. Toe writer argues further, with reference I the theory that the interior Haid mass oca mons surface agitations by its irregular mt tions, that the supposed crust of two mil? would not resist such a force more than a b: of tissue paper, but would give way. and th mass of molten lava would pour forth an deluge the surface. Passing through a great deal of eat crt ?in in? tact with reference to electric for?es as dit played in many curious phenomena, he com? io tue maia question. We present bis idea in brief. He states that the atmosphere is re carded commonly as tho native seat of elcotxi cal disturbances whicb give rise to hurricane and thunder storms which convulse it on cause so many disasters; nevertheless, it is ii the earth tbat the chief c use cf all our than der storms dwel's. 'J bo atmospheric pbooom ena are secondary. It ia tho solid surface o the earth that is most influenced by solar a: two. Itbccon.es highly charged'with sola influence, and acts upou the atmosphere. Th heat of summer, in large degree, comes fron the earth, where it accumulates, and acts Uki a supcrnascent gas upon the atmosphere. Fivi miles up in the air the thermometer bardi' shows any dJTJ renee when io shads and whei in Bun. The eleotric influence of the solar ra ri accumulates ia far greater extent in the earth than in the tenuous atmosphere, and tbe eur face of the earth is the maia seat of those elec? trical variations which produc? the storms h the atmosphere. The atmosphere plays a sec? ondary role compared with the solid earth ii 2clones and thunder storms which convulse e atmosphere. Every discharge of elec? tricity between air and earth implies that the earth ? as mach oat of equilibrium as the ail ia, otherwise no such discharge could take place. Electric action is ceaselessly going on between the earth and air. Every electric flash conveying a message by telegraph along the wires returns to its starting point through the earth s crust or on its surface. Country people know that there are spots ol the ear.h frequently struck by lightning. On such spots the lightning descends or issues from the earth-at such points are rocks which attract lightning, being igneous in their forma? tion and probably irnpregm ted with iron. Cer? tain kinds of rock ar? favorito media of mag? netic currents, md the author thinki that the veins in the r.cky crust of thc earth owe their origin to the long continued action of such magnetic currents-metals and also gems be? ing sublima'ions of rocks-rock which has bad its atoms reorganized, its molecular structure altered in a higher form bv the action of mag? netic currents. All metalliferous sad mine? ral-bearing rocks oro permeated by those cur? rents. The writer assumes that it is tho electric currents existing in the zine immediately be? neath the surface of the earth which prodace the heat found in artesian wells, mines, kc. rbis accounts, also, for the variations ih heat some rocks evolving more heat from the mag? netic action than others. Now, earthquakes are caused by the move? ment of electricity through the earth. Ordi? narily tbe currents flow smoothly; for the rocks are better conductors than the atmosphere; but occasionally, from unusual solar and plan? etary action, electricity is developed to an ex? cessive degree in tbe crust of tbe earth, the conductive power of the rocks becoming inade? quate to pass the currents with sufficient r p idity to maintain the electric equilibrium. The overcharged clouds discbarge themselves by electric flt shes. The same tbing takes place in the earth. The pent up electricity forces itself explosively, or by a grand discharge, more terrible far than if the whole artillery rf the world were discharged in a concentrated volley. ''What is the result? A vast bent ii germinated (electricity fases everything-it is tbe grandest heat developer in nat ore.) the rocks are expended, rent, in some casos actu? ally fused; the subterranean lakes and livers, tho reservoirs of water which ex;st everywhere below the surfac?, and which in Genesis aro called the fountains of the deep, are vaporized and instantaneously converted into steam; and the result of this great expansion or explo? sion in the ground beneath us is a concussion or ruptnro of the subjacent rocky strata, tb J effects of which reach the surface, producing the various phenomena of tbe earthquake." 'I hese convulsions manifest themselves some? times by noises-generally by dall,, rumbling Bounds- occasionally bv subterranean thun? der peals. Ia other cases the eirih shakes ia harmless vibrations. In severe storks tbe earth swells into waves of commotioj. shaking down cities; the earth cracks and opens into chasms, whic'i genoral'y closo at onco. sria' lowing ap mea and buildings. Again, it is ex plosive, such as that whicb destrived tho town of Riobambra in 1797, which threw thc bodies of men several hundred feet into tho air. This remarkable earthquake did not elevate tho crust more than one foot, the shock being so Budden and intense that the elastic ernst im? mediately responded, throwing lorne- bodies on tho surface to an incredible-height, as if discharged from a catapult, or like an arrow from a bow. The writer describes at length tho variety of effect and manifestations of this powerful agent through earthquake.?-such ns tho form? ations of lakes, the elevation of islands iu tho sea and their subsidence, the firming of de? pressions on tho surface by shaking the crus: so as to fill up open places previously existing on the earth. 4c, dec He thinks it probable that in all volcmoes the ?eat of subterranean convulsion lies near the surface-certainly of all permanent vol? canoes, as Vesuvius. Av na, Strom cob. kc. In sach cases th J subjacent zone of electric ac? tion is sufficiently continuous and near to keep open the vent, which otherwise would be closed .gam. Generally the earthquakes produce depres? sions rather than upheavals. The tremors or vibrations transmitted to the surface by shak? ing oil tbe intervening strata, must tend to shake down ill compacted subterranean masses, or the rocky vaults overhanding sub? terranean chasms which have boca formed by former explosions. E'ectric action is much moro frequent ia some ptrts of the culb than others, as is de? monstrated by the volcanic zones which are marked in the atlases. While earthquakes are non-ernptive phe? nomena, thev occasionally cause permanent upheaval.-, 'the internal expansion in such cases not being oompeostted by the conden? sation of the elastic euperjacsnt strata. Sir Charles Lyell holds that during the earthquake in Chili in 1822 the level of the country' was raised three feet over an extent of a hundred mil's. The seat of subterranean convulsion, in the case cf earthquakes, JB from four to eight miles bslow the sm lace. The phenomena of explosions have been sometimes wonderful. The volcano of J orallo was thrown up to the height of 1703 feet in one day, and that of Fnsi yama, in Japan, ll OOO feet in one night. Bat the more general ef? fect, as we have stated, is to create basins and lakes. Lake Oom?, in Japan, seventy-two m des long and twelve wide, was created by an earth ?uake; and in. Haly tbe Gimian and Alban akea by the ?ame canse. ._ .fiknerally the author holds that the chancres '{Toing on io tbe earth's surface, land becoming sea and sra land-soma continents extending, others diminishing-are occasioned by local elevations or depressions ot tbe earth's sur? face, produced by expansion or contraction op the subj ac nt b rata, and are due to the vary? ing intensity and direction of tbe electric forcee generated in the earth's crust by solar, lunar, and planetary influence. The are a great many illustrations and much argument in the article in Blackwood which could not be presente J in this analysis; but the reader bas the main points in the inter? esting theory. PERSONAL. -Olive Logan is said to be the best swim? mer at Long Branch. -Tbe physicians who attended Judge Black when be broke his arm in a recent railway ac? cident, have sent in a bili tor $6500. -alisa Mada!trie Heuriquee, some time ago married to, and since separated from Loma Jennings, a London writer, is on her way back to this count y, and ?viii reappear at Wal? lache. -Ballard, the insurance defaulter, was a delegate td the Y. IL C. i. Convention at Portland, anl the day when bis deeds were lound out was addressing the children ot fivo Sunday Schools. ?Napoleon the Great always slept in sheets of flne Holland; the restored Bourbon Kines in sheets ot linen c-morie ; and Napoleon Lil deeps in plain sheets of ordinary linen, and the Empress in similar ones, with a large crown, and the oypbera IL E. embioidered on tb6 .'turndown." -The largest professional offer yot made in tho history ot theatricals ia that tendered to Mr. and Mrs. Barney Will ame. Fifty thou? sand dollars, goto, is (he sum proposed to them for a single season in Australia. They were recently offered and decliued twenty thousand dollars in gold to play a few weeks in California. Mr. William) is one of the wealthiest men on tbe stago, having some Ave hundred thousand dollars invested in good in? terest-paying properly. -Joseph White went to South Nashville t few evenings since to visit hm affianced, Miss Barnes. He found ber sewing and looking so pretty he tried to kiss her. Sbe repulsed him gently, but in some unaccountable manner her needle penetrated his heart; be tm oed ashy pale, tell to the floor and died. Miss Barnes was'so overcome she took laudanum, but had not expired at last accounts. The moral of J this certainly seems to be, tbat affianced young ladies should not resent being kissed, -& melancholy little incident is related of ] the ex-Empress Charlotte. This unfortunate Princess has been staying for sometime at Bps. The other day she insisted with such ve? hemence on playing at roulette that it was impossible to re ?train her. OJ approaching the table she deliberately placed a gold piece on tbe number 19. The Emperor Maximilian was shot on June 19. The wheel turned, and though thirty-sevcD chances were against her, Bh9 woo. She smiled sadly, took np the money, and quietly left tho room. On her way out a poor man pass ed by. She gave bim all tbe money, with the injunction that he was to "pray for bim." Ic is known that the Em? press Charlotte never pronounces the oems of Maximilian* -An alarming accident happened to the emi? nent French artist and singer, Mlle. Schnei? der, nt the St. James Theatre. At tho fall of | the curtain in the last scene of Orpbee aux Enfers, her dress was ignited by tho flaue ase J in making thc effect of lightning, and in a moment was in a blaze. Great alarm and ex? citement prevailed, and two or tbree gentle? men jumped from the private bozos on tho stage and from tbe stalls, but, by the rapid action of the actors wbo surrounded her, tbe flames were extinguished. This was not done, however, until almost the whole of her dress bad been destroyed. Fortunately Mlle. Schnei? der has escaped without the smallest injury. After the curtain fell it was again raised, and she came forward, tbe audience testifying, by the warmth of their acclamation, their pleas? ure at ber escape. -General Grant's nepotism basils followers. Governor Holden, of North Carolina, has care? fully looked after tbe wolJ-beiog of all the Hol? dens and Holden connections in existence. His brother-in-law he made a Mayor, calling iu the military to oust the incumbent, who was anx? ious to keep the place. His brothers and cousins be has made magistrates. His son Too has become a railway director under the gubernatorial auspices, and to keep Joo straight, as ho is a wild boy, a brother was also made a director. Another railroad re? quiring a charier, was obliged onlv upon con? sideration of another Holden ia the director? ship and Holdens as ticket-agents, conductors, and even brakesmen, nothing being too hum? ble for a Holden. The attorney-generalship, a fine plum in tbe way of salary, perquisites, pickings and influence, was reserved for a loved aon-in-law, and that settled the most clamor? ous and needy of thc family. -A suicide bas just boen committed under extraordinary circumstances at St. Petersburg. Colonel Hnnnius, an Estbonian by birth, waa lately engigcd in discussing with the Czare wich a financial operation concerning tbe ar? mament of the troopa, and tho Grand Duke, eonaidering the terms proposed too high, ex? claimed : "With Germans one is always sure to bo cheated." On tho colonel civilly request? ing bia FI i glin ess to withdraw so offensive an expression, the latter forgot himself so far as to strike tbe officer in tho face. The colonel immediately applied to tbs Emperor, who or deif d bia son to apologize, but thia be posi? tively rcfuaed to do. Despairing of obtaining any satistaction, and smarting under an insult he was unablo to resent, tho unfortunate offi? cer committed suicido by blowing ont bis brains. The Emperor is said to have been most painfully affected by the sad event, and insisted on tho Grand Dake attenoiog the funeral. EMIGUATIO?? TO Span.-The London corres? pondent ot the Manchester Guardian commu? nicates io that journal a singular project which lie asserts has been set on foot in London and Paris, for the colonization of a portion of Spam, now sparsely peopled, by emigrants from tbe Southern States ot tbe Union. Tbe writer as? serts that "some of the men who headed dis? tinguished commands in the Confederate ar? my are ready to lead back to Europe the de? scendants of those who two centuries ago planted the transatlantic 'Dominion.' They rind it impossible to reconcile themselves lo the altered condition of things that bas arisen since the civil war. They have been used to a land of tradition and of memories, associated with Old World institutions; and sooner than give these ap they are willing to c tet in their future lot with Catholic and aristocratic Spain. General Prim is said to favor the project, for be appreciates the military qualities of the raje, and not unnaturally thinks that the in? fusion of new blood would be of no little value to bis coQutry." -Thc tate Henry Keep is said to bave left bis wife and daughter ?2,000,000 or the stock of a single road, with advioe to keep it as the best perpetual investment for the monev. It is understood that not less than $8,000,000 mote arc disposed of in his will. THE NEBRO MILITARY OCCUPATION OF EDGEFIELD. The Ed.?ofl9ld Advertiser saya : The leading facts of the late extraordinary occupation of Edgefleld t>. negro soldiers an i tho State constables, hava already been given in tue Advertiser. This occupation is still kept up, without a shadow of law, rigbt or ne? cessity, and in defiance of legal authority m all its possible forms. Twenty strapping ne? groes, with bot and new-born zeal, coard our j ul di j and night, while eight or ten white con? stables are on the wait and walch, with eternal vigilance. Of the latter, four have arriv?e within the last weak. We bear also of two ne? gro detectives, who. ever and anon, flit to and fro in owl-like mystery. The negro fellows who guard the jail are drawn from this im? mediate vioinity, and are filled, we hear, with a horrible desire for the fray. We s a ou id not say "guarding the jail,' however, for tb ere is no one in the jail 1 e quiring a guard. They are guarding tbe arma and ammunition lately lodged io the jail, and are kept in readi? ness to sally forth upon any vain pretext and morder decent white people, whose only crime is unbelief in Messrs. Scott and Eichelberger. The jail yard presents now quite, an animated ecsne. with its fierce and fearfully armed black heroes, hurrying constantly to and fro; while along the iron lenee in front are ever ranged wbole ranks of lazy negroes, contemplating, in ecstatic idleness, the sublime glory of their military brethren. Military enthusiasm is at fever heat among them; they gloat upon the exalting scene in the jail yard, md pant, with ambition that cannot be measured, to serve their country with sword and musket. The glittering bayonet, the pomp ana circumstance of trappings, the warm red blood of Democrats, tho seductive, life-giving government green? backs, all these things fi il th o?r ever-excited brains, and render them willing and ready for asy and all excesses. Should farther troops bo called tor jost now, we have not the slight? est doubt that thousands could ba enlisted in one day. Through all this, as ever before, the while people of oar town nnd vicinity pursue the even lenor of their q'lie* war. In fact, the im? perturbable dignity and decorum of the white people have sadly thwarted the secret designs of Alessrs. Scott and Eichelberger. These ne? gro soldiers and this swarm of constables were put here without the faintest shadow of ne? cessity or provocation, and without tue faint? est shadow of provocation or necessity aie they keot here. Ey the people of E lgefleld, Governor Scott must ever ba considered a m03t unscrupulous partisan despot; and we hold np to the unmiti? gated scorn of bis own race a nv man who c JU ld so wantonly and ungenerously outrage tho dearest rights of American citizens. AFFAIRS IN THE 8TATE. Stwberry Newberry is still agitating the question of building a telegraph line to connect that place with the outside world. Clarendon. The Pres3 says: "Heavy rains have been falling during the past week, and every part of the country that we bear from has been visited and refreshed. Planteos are more hopeful, aid citizens generally appear more cheerful, trusting that the perishable crops may revive and m>de to yield yoe, beyond our present anticipations." Marlon. Dave Wall, a colored man, well knorn in this county, was killed by lightning near Jonesboro', on the Wilmington and Manches? ter Railroad, last week. The Star says: "ive have had bountiful rains, and the cotton crop is now looting well end promising to be a large crop. The rains have been general, so far as wc eau bear, for the last week, and in our immediate commu? nity a few dave of dry weather would ba bene? ficial." I>dgefield. The Advertiser says: "Monday last having been siles-dav, there were representatives ia town from almost all sections of tho district; and from almost all sections they bring good reports ot the coming crops, colton and corn both promising an abundant yield. Bains have al Inst bien general and abuniant. In some sections, however, they have come somewhat too late. For instance, ia tbe Liberty Hill country, and in tho northwest portion of the district generally. In these sections cora par? ticularly has boen seriously cut off.'' Williamsburg. Tho Kingstree Star Biri : "The recent and continued rains have greatlr rovived tne crops. Corn that two weeks ago looked like dying is now preen and vigorous, and where it has 1 een well cultivated the yield will be good. The young cora will make an average yield. Cotton bas improved wonderfully. The crops generally promise mach better than any one would hare supposed they could a few wooka back." . A n-gro man by thc naaie of Bon Faltan wis killed near the Kingstrce d pot on Saturday morning last by the ctru Thc train was run? ning down graste when this negro was discov? ered lying across tho track. The engineer en doivored to give the alarm and tu stop his engine, bat failed. Beu was instantly killed by the trail of cars passing over bis body, cut? io; open his head and otherwise mutilating the body. He had been up several nights in succession attonding preaching, and. as it is said by his. acquaintances, that he was not in j tho habit of drinking spirits, it is supposed that he, 01 his way from preaching, went to slcp at that place, and did no: hear the com? ing of the train. THE D UELLO IN THE STATE PRISON. A Bloody Affair. An '''affair o'boiler" carno off ?t the Auburn (N. Y.) State prison Friday inorniug. Tho principals were Mr. Deming, Esq., K. C., (kitchen cook,) and tho Honorable Ur. Gibson, waiter in the collar shop. Deming teitg the challenger, Gibson had the right to chcice of weapons, ?.nd hoing Inca? pacitated by reason of heart disease from using fists, declared for swords or knives. The swords not buing furuislied by tho Slate, kuives were accepted, ami by their arbitra? ment the arbitrators were to stand or tall. Preliminaries a:ranged, thc Bladensburg of the encounter was looa ted in tuc ice house, to which Deming repaired armed with his professional weapon, a keen-edited Dam isccoe breadknife, Gibson rendezvousing at the spot with a trusty shoo-kuife from bia collar shop. With un? daunted mien and chivalrous bearing the doughty knights ot the 6tripe proceeded wich their professional tools io mortal combat, their attendant squires at hand and eager for the tray. Aa they met Deming with bis brea ' knife sliced his opponent's skull wuhaten incb cnt of the scalp, receiving in return a scientific leather-cut from tho equarc-snded shoe-knito, which inflicted a flesh-wound from tho side around to tho stomach, some three inches deep and ten inches loug, toa.'hing up thu ribs and developing sanguintously. At this stage of the affoor a professional fro OJ. the meat cel.ar rushed m with his beet-cutting im? plement, or battie-a: o, to the relief of his prin? cipal, when the f urther progreis of the duel was obstructed by a descent ot the " police,'' and the wounded men were turned over to the surgeon. TUE CHINESE QUESTION. A Strong Appeal. A correspondent writes to thc New York Journal of Commerce as follows : It is with deep regret that thinking men everywhere notice the opposition from politi? cians to the introduction into the South of Chi? nese as laborers. A nation's n&th to permanent greatness is through the products of its soil. The Chinese are thoroughly instructed in the tilnge of the principal articles of export of the South-cot? ton and rice. The climate of the South is very similar to that of China. Give the South suf? ficient cheap labor and she can drive every other country from the production of cotton. The lands of no other country can produce as much to the acre. No other co1 ton has the same le D g th and fineness of fibre. The introduction of one million of Chinese laborers, would, in a few years, g.ve annually to the world ten millions of bales of cotton, and at a very low price. The amount of rice that could ne produced by these people cannot be estimated. Three miles below the Cily of Savannah is an uncultivated area of twenty square miles, capable of being made, with proper dams and dikes, the very best of rice lands. At the monika of most of the large rivers there is tins same uncultivated tract of COUD try. The landis of the very best quality, bat there bas never been sufficient cheap labor to bria? it into cultivation. The prod act ion Of cotton is still in its infancy. On fresh lands before the. war a bale of cotton from two acres was looked upon as a good yield. On David Dickson's farm in Middle Georgia, since the war, with fertilizers and improved culture, a field of cotton bas been made to average two bales and a half of cotton to the acre. Since the war it has been discovered that in the heart of the "Great Cotton Belt" nature has deposited the means of enriching the old wornoat cotton fields. The writer bas before bim a pamphlet about these "Pbosphate Beds of Soi th Carolina," compiled and written by N. T. Pratt, professor of chemistry, Ac. Thirty square miles ot c inn try is covered with this valuable fertilizer, capable of yielding twenty: millions of tons of superphosphate of lime superior to the S nan's Island, Patagonian and other imported guanos. Let as, then, by all means have a million of Chinese to turn these militons of tons of guano into millions of bales of cotton. The man who after the war asserted that four millions of bales of cotton would never be produced again at the South in a single season, may live to see doable that amount. Let ne nave peace ! Let ns have Chinese. THE CALIFORNIA FLYING MA? CHINE. [From the San Francisco Bulletin. July 261 At a meeting of the Serial Navigation Com? pany, held yesterday, it was voted to raise tbe necessary funds to construct an improved Avitor of large size. The opinion of the en? gineers of the company was unanimous as to success so far, and the feasibility a nd success of the projected flying ship. It will be about one hundred and fifty teet in length, twenty to forty feet diameter of the gasometer, with propelling blades ou each Bide of the ceutre, describing a radios of about sixteen feet. The propellers arc shaped like a steam? ship's, wita two blades, each very light. They will be driven by a steam engine of five norsa-power, weighing, with boiler, con? nections and water, 430 pounds. The planes on each side for floating tbe machine will be about twenty feet wide at the centre of the machine and made in sections, sc they can be depressed or elevated at pleasure with the rudder, or tai!. Tho frame york will be made by Kimball St Co., the carriage makers; the gasometer will be made in sections, so that in the event of accident to one section the re? mainder will be sufficient for sil practical pur? poses; indeed, it is claimed that the si ip can fly through tbe air with such speed that tbe sustaining power of the lines alone win be sufficient to maia tam the Avitor in mid-air. The gasometer will be made, probably, of thin musliu or silk, saturated with gotta percha. It is to carry four persons, and will be ready for trial in sixty or ninety days. The result of this experiment will be looked for with great interest all over the country. PRINTING. THE NEWS JOB OFFICE, Ko. 149 East Bay, Executes all kial? of PLAIN and FANGT PRIN1ISG with nearness and dispatch. The best work guaranteed at Ieas*than New Tor? prices. OF EVEBY DESCRIPTION JOB WO UK, BRIEFS, PAMPHLETS, POLICIBS CARDS, CIRCULARS, NOTE3 BILL-HEADS, POSTERS, BEJELPIS CATALOGUES, BANK-CHECKS SHOW-CARDS, PROGRAMMES TICKET?, DBUO LABELS, 4c, Ac. AS WELL AS LAW BLANKS of every description, Printed at the shortest no lee, and cheap for caib, al THE NEWS JOB OFFICE. THEATRE MANAGERS, TRAVELLING SHOWMEN, RAILROAD AGENTS, HOTEL KEEPERS, STEAMBOAT AGENTS, And all those who have JOB FAINTING to rio, will find it to their interest to call at THE NEWS JOB OFFICE, No. 140 East Bay. A large anl well assorted Brock of PAPERS and MATERI AL kept on band, from which selections may be made. ODS FRIENDS IN THE COUNTRY, may send their orders to THE NEWS JOB OFFICE, And rely upon their receiving the same attention and beiog filled as promptly and aa cheaply as if given perionally. Our Job Department ia in charge of Mr. JAS. D. PARRY, a practical and ex? perienced Job Printer, who will afford every facility possible in the execution of orders. Addreaa THE NEWS JOB OFFICE, No. 149 Eaat Bay, Charleston, S. C. fiR???itb. LEE-CLEMSON -Monday mon log. Ute id in? stant, st Kt Paul's Choreo, bv the Bev. A. H OOBJI I?H. GIDEON Lt. E, of Sew York, to Miss FLOhlDE F., onlv daughter of the Hon. T. G. CLBHOH. of ] Pendleton, t?. C. No ca?ds. r /ttnrral lottos. av The Friends and Acquaintances of | Mr. A. C. PALPBIY, and of Mrs. JAMES Tums, are invited to altead the Funeral Service? of ELIZA? BETH AN NET rfc PAL EB h Y, only daughter of the former, at the retldence of Mrs. JAMES Terran, No. 341 Mr e?rjg-B tr? et, THIS ArrzBVOOft, at Five o'clock. August ? Special Hoticti. ?-NOTICE.-NOTICEI8 HEREBY GIVEN that at the expiration of three momba from dato I hereof application will be made at the People's Bank j of South Carolina for a RENEWAL OF CERTIFI? CATE OF 6T0CK, (Ihirty s:x Shares) >o. 2367, da'ed April 18, 1859, in favor of S. F. CHAPE AC, the same having be?n lo:t. S. F. CHAPEAU. August 8 laoio3 *sr NoneE is HEREBY GIVEN IHAT application will be made at the next iesrion of the State L<=g?filature for the renewal of CERTIFICATE No. 889, dated 1th June, 1857, for Ten Thousand One Hundred and Twenty-five ,16-100) Dollars Ihre? Per Cent. Steck, now standing in the name of Wm. Dehon, the original having been lost. August 6 lamoS A. M PESOS. Executrix. ?" THREE MONTHS AFrER DATE AP? PLICATION will be mide to the City Council of Charleston for reitwil CERTIFICATES for the fol? lowing s toe*, the original having been lost, viz: No. 329 for Two Thousand and Sixtj-flve (11-100) Dollars ! ix Per Cent. Etoclr, dated 19 h March. 1865, and No. 327 for Twenty-two Hundred Dollars Mx Per Cent Stock, dated li th March, 1855, all in the name of Wm Dehon Augusta lamo3 A. M. DEHON, Executrix. 83~ EXECUTORS' NOTICE. - ALL PER? SONS haring claims against the Estate of WILLIAM GODFREY, Esq., late Ot Colleton County, will pre? sent the same prone ly attested, and Ihoae indebted to said Estate will make payment either to HEN DEBSON k BF HRP, Attorneys at Law, at thia place, or f J Ihe undersigned. W. C. P. BELLINGER, 1 Qualified C. G. HENDERSON, f Bxecuton. Walterboro', 8. C., August 3d, 1869. AugU't 0 _f3 ?3- APPEAL OF THE HOPE FIRE EN? GINE COMPANT- CHARLESTON, AUGUST 3, iee?. The officers and members of the HOPE FIRE EN? GINE COMPANY would respectfully inform the citizens of Charleston, that their present hand en? gine is very much out of repair and will require a large outlay of money to put it in a good working condition. They leel satisfied that lt would be a use? less expenditure of money to repair a hand engine at thia time, especially when steam takes precedence over that which requites manual labor. The engine now in use has been in active service for over twelve year*. In consideration of the above stated facts, th *y bavs resolved to purchase a substantial steamer, located in one of the largest and wealthiest wards of the city, Ward No. 4. They feel confident that the services of such a steamer would be much more re? quisite than a hand engine in times of conflagration, and for th it purpoeo they have concluded to appeal to our citizens for aid to carry out- thur plan?. It has been a long time since this company baa called upon the public for assistance, from the very fact, that at the time they procured the present engine, more than one-half the amount wis taken from it* sury to make the purchase. The following Committee have been appointed to canvass the various Wards of the city to solicit sub ?criptlons from inch of our citizens as appreciate the services of men who risk their hves in attempt? ing to cave property without rec jiving any personal benefit whit?vcr, save the satisfaction of knowing that they are employed In doing good for their fellow creatures in time of emergency: B. P. SEYMOUR, WILLIAM BROOKBANK*, Jr., JOHN KENNY, H. T. PETERS, GEURIE BURKE, J. H. DILKE, F. I'UCKHABEP, L. LIPMAN. W. H. SMITH, President Hope Fire Engine Company, AUB us 14 6 Chairman of Comm Lttee. .?-CHARLESTON COUNTY-IN EQUITY LAWRENCE W. O'HEAIt AND Cd ARLES Mi DESEL, AND HIS WIFE. vs. ANNA F. O'HEAR, ADM'X. AND ANNA H. O'HEAR, EZ'X., ET AL,-NOTICE TO CREDITORS.-In pursuanse of an orie . lu the abeve cause, to ma directed by the Bon. R. B. CAR? PENTER, ( ircuit Judge, I hereby give notice to all creditors cf the late JAM ts O'HEAR to present and prove their claims before me, on or before toe rrnsr DAY OF OCTOBER N'EIT. M. L WILKIN-', Special Referee, No. 54 Broad-street. yajyaa_tegw AWMARENGO.-F EVER AND AGUE CURE, TONIC, FEVER PEEVSNl'iVE.-Ttiis val? uable preparation ha? been in private use for many years, aud through the pcmuvlon of friend*, who have u ed it with the most b?n?ficiai res-tit*, the proprietor bas been iaduced to offer lt to the pub? lic. It is warranted to cure CHILLS AND FEVER cf howcvci long standing, r:movtng the cause and entire!} eradicating its effects from thc system. It will PURIFY THE BLOOD, strenstheu the diges? tive organs, induce an appetite, and restore the patient to perfect health. It is a purely VEGETABLE prepara'ion, und so harmless that children of all agec may take it with safety. As a tonic MARENGO ba? no superior, and for debility arising from the effects or fever, or from other cause, is invaluable. A few do M is sufficient to satisfy thc most in? credulous putterer of its virtue and worth. All wholryone bottle of MARENGO wi 1 bj so much pleased with its effect, that ihey will readily en? dorse it, NO HUMEUO. For eviJence ol its effi? cacy and value, refer to MA Itt NGO circulars, which contain certificates of well known and respectable citizens. MARENGO is a genuine Southern preparation, the proprietor and m inufacturer b in ; a native and resident of Charleston, and it ls fully guaranteed lo give complete and universal sths'action. :- NO HUMBUG. TRY IT. . For sale by all Druggist?, and b.t DOWIE k MOISE, corner Meeting aud Haeel street*; GOOD BICH, (VINEUAN k CO., Hiyuc-street, and G. J. LOHN, Drusgi.st, Agent of Proprietor, corner ot Ein? aud John streets, Cbarlefitou, S. C. June 8 ?ac j m os BO" "FRESH AS A MAIDEN'S BLUSH" Is tbe pure pearhy Complexion which follows the use of HAGAN'S MAGNOLIA BALM. It is the True ferret of Beauty. Fashionable Ladlee lu So? ciety understand this. The MAGNOLIA BALM changes the rustic Coun? try Girl into a City Belle more rapidly than any other one thing. Redness, Sunburn. Tan, Freciles. Blotc hes and all | effects of the Sun mer Sun Jis3pnear wben it is ?red, and a genial, cultivated, fresa expression is obtained, which rivals the Bloom of Youth. Beauty ls possi? ble to all who will Invest seventy-five cents at any respectable store and insist on getting the MAGNO? LIA BAL Vf. Use no'bing but Lyon's Kitbairon to dress the Hair. sae mwilmo July 26 AW PHILOSOPHY OF MARBIAGE.-A. NEW COURSE OF LECTURES, as delivered at tte New York Museum of Anatomy, embracing the sub? jects : How to Live and Wh?t to Live for ; Youth. Maturity and Old Age ; Manhood generally review* ed ; the (lame of Indigestion ; Flatulence and Ner? vous Diseases aoccuuted for ; Marriage Pbiloaophl. eaVy Considered, atc. These Lectures will be for? warded on receipt of four stamps, by ad ires ?ins : SECRETARY BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ANATO? MY, No. 74 West Bal omore-?treef, Baltimore, Md. April 19 Biwflyr WAX TED. A VESSEL TO LOAD FOB BOSTON. iSS^ MOSES GOLDSMITH k SON; August 6 _3_Venene Bange. EXCURSIONS! EXCL USION I THE FTNE FAST BAILING TA CHT ELLA ANNA, the Champion of the son rh. /npi la now ready and prepared to make regalar ZSa?? tripa, thus affording aa opportunity to all who mar with to visit pointa of interest in oar beau? tiful harbor. _ For passage, apply to the Captain on Union Wharf. June 21 FOR 5KW tJUK. REG ULAR LIEE EVER 7 WEDNEEDA Ti PASSAGE $20. THE SPLENDID 61 C E WHEEL I RTE>M8tip MAGNOLIA, cap; m M. B. CBOWZXL, har ns elegant and . spacious accommodations lor pas? sengers, will leave ??z?dpihor*t'a Wnarf os Wau? HESOAT, August lltb, 1-6J. at half-past 8 o'clock A. M. BAVENKL * oO.. Age?tiw August 5_ NEW YORK ANO CHARLESTON STEAMSHIP LINE. - PUR ? E W YORK. *" CABIN PASSAGE 120. TBE t-PLlNDID srDE-WaEED 'STEAMSHIP CHAMPION, B. W. LOCKWOOD, Commander, will sail, from < ager'? bouth Wharf on SAX- * caral. 7tb August, at 6 o'clock P. M. 49* An extra chante of ls made tor Tickets purv chased on board after tatting ? J??~ No Billa of Lading signed after the steamer leaves. w es? Through B.lLi La ling given for Cotton to Booton and Providence. B. I. . MW l hrongh Bills ot Lading given to Liverpool. - MAT Marine Insurance cy ima hoe yx per cent. MW The Steamar* ot this Une are first class ur every respect, and their Tables are cupelled with all tile delicacies of the New York and Charleston mac? kets. For Freight or Passage, apply to L JAMES ADOEb A CO.. Agenta, Corner A direr'? Whari and East Bay i Up-ta ir? ) 49- MANHATTAN to foUow SATOSDAT. H th August, at ll o'clock, A. af, August 2_6 BA LT 1 MOKE AND CHARLESTON . STEAMSHIP COMPANY. q THE STEAMSHIP FALCON? 'Captain J D. HOES ET, will sall, for Baltimore on FBXDAT, 6th of ?August, at 6 o'clock P. M.,from Pier No. 1, Union Wharves. MW Through Billa Lading tigned for all claases of Freight to BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA, WILMLNO. TON. DEL., WASHINGTON CITY, and the NORTH? WEST. For Freight orpaaaage, apply to COURTENAY A TBENHOLM. August 2 6 Union Wharves. FUR P;ilLAl>EL.I'HlA ANO BOSTON. THE STEAMSHIP J W. F.YER ' MAN, Captain W. H. SNIDES. wiB have N&rti Atlantic Wharf, on , SATURDAY August 7th. at - o'clock. For Freight cr passage apply to JOHN A THEO. GETTY. August 2_North Atlantic Wharf. PACIFIC MAI ti STEAMSHIP LUMPY 8 THBOrOH TISH TO CALIFORNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN. CHANGS OF SAILING DATS! STEAMERS OP THE ABOV lin* leave Pier No. 42, North Hirer, foot of Canal-atreet, New York, ai 12 o'clock noon, of theist, 11th and Dat of every month (except when these dates tait" on Sanday, then the Saturday preced? ag). Departure of 1st and 21st connect at Panama with, ute am en for South Pacific and Central America r porta. Those of lat touch at Manzanillo. Departure of llth ot each month connects with the new steam Une from Panama to Australia ass New Zealand. Steam akip JPAAN leaves Ban Fm cn co fot China and Japan September 4. 1st''.'. Ne California ateamers touch at Havana, but ge direct from New York lo AsplnwalL One hundred pounds baggage free to each add'? Medicine and attendance free. For Passage Tickets or i arther information ajpif at the COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, on the waarf foot of Caual-atreet, North Birer. New York. March 12 ly.- F. B. BABY, Age Et. Special Hollies. esr THE NEATEST, THE QUICKEST AND THE CHEAPEST.-THE NEWS JOB OFFICE, No. 14* EAST BAY, having replenished its Stock with a new and large assortment of material of the finest quality and latest styles, is prepared to execute, at the shortest notice and in the best manner, JOB PRINTING of every description. Call and examine the scale of prices before giving your orden elsewhere. ?-BOU3E THE 8Y81EM.-1T IS A SAD thing to pis? through Ufe only half alive. Yet there are tbousaods whose habitual condition ii one of langoor and debility. They complain of no specific disease; they suffer no positivo pain; but they have no relish for anything which affords mental or sen? sual pleasure to thetr more robust and energetic fellow-beings. In nine ca-es ont of ten this stat i of lassitude and torpor ariaes from a morbid stomach. Indigestion destroys the energy of both mu d and body. When the waste of nature is not supplied by a due on-i regular assimilation of the food, every organ is starved, every function interrupted. Now, what does common tense suegest under these circumstances of depression ? The system neets rousing and strengthening; not merely for au hour or two, to sink afterward into a more pitiable condition thin ever, (as it assuredly would do if an ordinary alcoholic stimulant were resorted to.) but radi-ally and permanently. How is this desirable object to bs accomplished? Thc answer 11 this question, founded on the unvary? ing experiences of a quarter of a century, is easily - - given. Infuse new vigor into the digestive organs by a course cf HOSTET TE R'? STOMACH BITTERS. Do not waite time in administering temporary rem? edies, but wake the system up by recuperating the four.tain-bpad oj physical strength and energy, the great organ up m which all thc other organs depend for their nurture and support. By the timo that a Joz-n do<es oi the great vegete ble tonic and invigorant have baen 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, flt to bo the material ol tie* and muscle.bone and nerve,, and braio, flows through the channels of circula? tion, instead of the watery pabulum with which they have heretofore boen imperfectly nourished. July 31_rac_6 MW ESSAYS FOB YOUNG MEN.-ON THE Errors and Abuses incident to Youth and Carly Man heod, with the humane view of treatment and cure, sent by mail tree of charge. Addrrss HOW ABD A3? SOCIATION, Box P. Philadelphia, Pa. May 22 3mos MW BATCH E LO R'S BA1B DYE.-THIS splendid Hair Dye ls the best in the world; the only true and perfect Dye; harmless, reliable, instanta? neous ; no disappointment; no ridiculous tints; rem? edies the ill effects of bad dyes: invigorates and leaves the bair soft and beautiful black or brows, sold ly all Druggists and Perfumers; and properly applied at Batchelor's Wig Factory, No. - Bond street. New York. lyr May 15 A CARD. M. CAULFIELD, FLOUR INSPECTOR, OFFICE Nc. 157 EAST BAY. July 14 imo c HAS. HICKEY, GILDER, PORTRAIT AND EICTUBE FRAME MANUFAC TUBEB, Nc. 345 KING-STBEET, CHARLESTON, B.C. LOOKING-GLASSES of all sizes fitted to Franjea. July IC S4S