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VOLUME VIL-NUMBER 1093. CIIAKLESTON, S. C., MONDAY MORNING, MAHCH 1, 1869. SIX DOLLARS PER ANNUM HY TELEGRAPH VE WS FROM WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, An Rust 5.-The Revenue to? day was seven hundred and seventy-two thous? and dollars. Between four and five millions ol ten-forties have been substituted for five-twenties, as security for tue .National Bank circulation, since Boutwell's order allowing the substitu? tion. The Ministers of France and Peru are at New York, about the seizure of the gunboats. The Revenue Department bas a letter from Richmond announcing the arrest of the deputy Collector for withholding Collections. Colonel Baeziza, conueel for Brown and oth? ers, charged with the murder of Dr. Maxwell, At Bryan, Texas, is hero to have his clients placed on the footing of"Yerger, in Mississippi. The Tribune, ia an editorial headed **?ld Virginia," sa) a : *'Wetpcotest against the exe? cution of the les*, cuth as meditated by General 'Canby. We want the leading Conservatives 'o ;tako their scats bx the new Legislature, ?wear (fidelity to the now constitution, and ratify tbe Fifteenth amendment, and we want th? State admitted thereupon to representation in Con? gress and to all tho rights of self-government, and so, we are ?confident, do a very large ma? jority of the Northern people." The President and Secretary Fish will bo herc on Tuesday for consultation regarding Coban anal Mexican complications. THU WAR ZN CUBA, WASHINGTON, August 5.-The Cubans have ' official advices to the 25th ult. Quesada still bolds tho '"ommnnications between Puerto Principe and the coast. There is great suffer? ing at Puerto Principe from want of food and tho outraces -of the volunteers. The force be? fore Jordan has been reinforced by two regi ?aents of volunteers and abattalionof regulars. t.,'The Spaniards drove Jordan from bis position near Sant iago do Cuba with some loss. Jordan j rallied his forces, and being reinforced regain? ed his position. It is reported that a foraging party of Cnbata near Bemodios, and another near Bagua la Grande, were captured. The two exp?ditions numbered eighty, audit is feared they were all executed. The Cuban troops are tree from disease. A decisive action is expected io about twenty days, which, if successful, will give tho Cubans control of the eastern frontier of the island. HAVANA, Augnat 5.-The Captain-General baa authorized the Spanish Bank to issue a second loan, the proceedB of the confiscated fctea bein?? specially pledged for its rod em p ! tiro The nu m ber of volunteers in the island .000, the previous repoits being incorrect. i TR ZJCT1 VIS FIR JE INT F II I LA BEL~ l'HIA. ^ADEUPHTA, August 5.-Patterson's bond irehouse, at the..foot of Lombard-street, laing forty thousand barrels of whiskey, hsjSbeen burned. The fire has been attributed fc V"ibe breaking of ?lie floor over the engine room. The streets were flooded with barning whiskey, which greatly impeded the firemen. At lase accounta the fire waa still raging, but lore was no chance of its extending. The fsa is estimated at five millions. No lives - were lost. ?&TEB.-The total insurance on whiskey ii twa million two hundred and eighty-eight thousand dollars. New York and Eastern Com f panics are the heaviest losers. The Lindon sad Globe Companies lose one hundred and eighty-thousand? the Imperial threa hundred thousand; tbe loam ance Company of North J America at Philadelphia one hundred and 'twenty seven thousand. The Philadelphia j companies will probably .lose four hundred a thousand dollars. t THE TENNESSEE ELECTION. m MEMPHIS, Augnat 5.-The election is pro? gressing quietly and without a single disorder. , The indications are that Sen ter and the Demo Jbtie candidates for the Legislature will carry fe county by about two thousand. TUE ALABAMA ELECTION. SELMA, August 6.-Ryland Jiandolph, editor of tho Independent Monitor, has been eleoted I to the Legislature from Tuscaloosa hg a ma? jority ot five hundred, being a Democratic gain of four hundred in thia county. VAT AIL SHOOTING AFFRAY IN EBGE *.-^ FIELD. AUGUSTA, Ga,, August 5.-There is a report .Jroin Edgefleld, Fouth Carolina, that Charles rand J. D. Creswell, who left this city jester* . day, were shot, this morning, near Edgefleld; the former was killed instantly, and the latter Seriously if not mortally wounded. The affair wa? entirely of s private nature, and is ai? led ged to have grown out Of family trouble. EUROPE. VEE FBSNCH 8KSATB-ADDEKS8 OF 7&BSXDBNT EOUHBB-THE BEBATU? OONSULTUM HEAD. PAUS, Augast 4. -In the opeping session of the Senate yesterday, President Boulier made an address. He refer? ed to the duty devolved upon that body of examining proposed forms, sud ssid they should inquire whether they were popular enough to go hand in hand with liberty, and at the same time strong enough to resist anarchy. He was confident the Senate would enter upon thia discassion with s firm intention ot interpreting the will of the coun? try, sod that by the combined efforts of the Government and Senate more genuine harmo ny would be established between powers of the State and institutions of the Empire, and would acquire renewed strength, lustre and popularity. In conclusion, he expr?s? J pro .found regret a, the death of the hate president, jTroplonf,. Che Senatoa Consultum was then read. In Addition io the provisions telegraphed last night, it prescribes that Ministers are to depend only on tho Emperor, and will continue to de liberate in Council under his presidency. They sro, hos ever, to be considered responsi? ble for their aoro, but can only be impeached hy th? Senate. A Minister, whether s member of the Sonst? or Corps, baa tb? right to be present st debates In either Chamber. Th? Minister of Justice made ?om? explana? tions to MM Senate, which were of ? very libe? ral character. Th? Senate adjourned ?util ' Thursday next, when it will appoint ? commit? tee of ten to consider the Senat?? Consultum. I Th? Empress Eugenie is making immense preparations tor her visit to Constantinople. ISSTT*"* abdicates, lu favor of her son, the fi Prince of Asturias. SPAIN air? etnas. f; VUtooxD, August 5.-Ho negotiations ST? for C^w? indep?ndanse. li A UV I IO UAKE8. How tH?oy nttt t aased-.V Xew Tbeory. Tho July numbor of Blackwood contai ia a highly interesting article upon earthquakes and their cause, -which attributes ihcm en- j tirol} tx> eleotrioity. The author repudiates altogether the idea that in the centre of the globe we dwell Ol?, ?*i? to within two miles or its surface, there ia a mass cf molten fluid-a theory which scientific men generally now either discard or treat with little consideration. To the motions of that molten mass under the influences whichcoatrol the tides, and the ex- : plosions of nqueons vapor from the infiltration ? -of the wa tors of the Bea to contaot with the ! 'molten mass, eaitiiquakes have buen generally attributed. The writer An Blackwood, rejecting the whole theory, asserts that the earth is not only solid, but its density increases towards its centre, by reason of the existe nco of bodies o f metals of great specific gravity, specimens of which are occasionally found upheaved, to the surface. Those metate oro SUCH as platinum, osmium, iridium, ftc. This is inferred from the fact that, while tho mean density of our .planet is nearly fivo and a half times that of water, the mean average density of the strata which com? pose onr<continents, and which are accessible to us, is less than three times that rf water; and when we take the whole surface of the planet, land and Bea together, it da, of course, much les?-Humboldt says only one-half denser than water. And then it is ascertained in the digging of weds and mines that the heit va? ri?, s at-difl'orentdepths-a lower stratum being colder than one higher, ?Ste.-while a mine in Cornwall roache I a point where increasing heat ceased altogether, and the temperature grewetoadi'y cooler. Too writer argues further, with reference to the theory, that the interior fluid mass occu? pions surface agitations by its irregular mo? tions, that the supposed crast of two miles would not resist such a force more than a bit of tissuo paper, but would give way, and th-> mass ot molten lava would pour forttftand deluge the surface. Passing through a great deal of entertaining fact with refcrdi.ee to electric forces PS dis? played in many curious phenomena, he comes to the main question. We present bis ideas in brief. He states that the atmosphere is re? garded commonly os tho native seat ot electri? cal disturbances which give rise to hurricanes and thunder storms which convulse it and cause so many disasters; nevertheless, it is in the earth that the chief c uso cf all our thun? der.storms dwells. 'J he atmospheric phenom? ena' are secondary. It is the solid surface of the earth that is most influenced hy solar ac? tion. It becomes highly charged with solar influence, and acts upon the atmosphere. The heat of summer, in large degree, oomes from the earth, where it accumulates, and acts like a supernascent gas upon the atmosphere. Five miles up in the air the thermometer hardly shows any difference when in shade and when 'in sun. The electric influence of the solar rays accumulates in far greater extent in the earth than in the tenuous atmosphere, and the sur? face of the earth is the main seat of those elec? trical variations which produce the stormB in the atmosphere. The atmosphere nlays a sec? ondary role compared with thu solid earth in cyclones and thunder storms which convulso the atmosphere. Every discharge of elec? tricity between air and earth implies that the earth is as much ont of equilibrium as the air is, otherwise no each discbarge could take place. Electric action is ceaselessly going on between the earth and air. Every electric flash eonveying 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 of the ear,h frequently struck by lightning. On such spots the lightning descends, or manes from the ?Mirth-at suoh points we rocks which .ttroct lightning, being i?neons in their iodina? tion and probably impregnated with iron. Cer? tain kinds of rock are favorite media of mag? netic currents, and the author thinks that the veins in the reeky crust of the earth owe their origin to the long continued aotion of such magnetic currents-metals and also gema be? ing snblimations of rocks-rock which has had its atoms reorganized, its moleen.ar structure altered in a higher form by the action of mag? netic currents. Ali metalliferous and mine? ral-bearing rocks are permeated by those cur? rents. The writer assumes that it is the electric currents existing in the zone immediately be? neath the surface of the oartb which produce the heat found in artesian wells, mines, ftc. rhis accounts, also, for the variations in heat Borne rocks evolving more heat from the mag? netic action than others. Now, earthquakes are caused by the move? ment of eleotrioity through the earth. Ordi? narily the currents flow smoothly; for the rooks are netter conductors than the atmosphere; but occasionally, from unusual solar and plan? etary action, electricity is developed to an ex? cessive degree in the crust of the earth, the conductive power of the rooks becoming iuado Siate to pass the currents with sufficient r i p ity to maintain the electric equilibrium. The overcharged clouds discharge themselves by electric flashes. The same thing takes place in the earth. The pent up electricity for?es itself explosively, or by a grand discharge, moro terrible far than if the whole artillery of the world were discharged in a concentrated volley. "What is the result? A vast heat is germinated (electricity fuses everything-it is the grandest heat developer in nature,) the rocks are expended, rent, in some eases actu? ally fused; the subterranean lakes and rivers, the reservoirs of water whieh ex'st everywhere below the surface, and which In Genesis are 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 vs ls a concussion or rupture of the subjacent rocky strata, th ? effects of which reach the surface, producing the various phenomena of tho earthquake." . 1 h eso convulsions manifest thrmsel ves some? times by noises-generally by dull, rumbling sounds-occasionally by subterranean thun? der peals. In other cases the earth shakes in harmless vibrations. In severe shocks the earth swells into waves of commotion, shaking down cities; the earth cracks and opens into chasms, which'generally dose at once swal? lowing up mea and buildings. Again, it is ex plosive, suoh as that which destroyed the town of Riobambra in 1797, which threw the bodies of men several hundred feet into the air. This remarkable earthquake did not elevate the ernst more than one foot, the shook being so sudden and intense thal the elastic crust im? mediately responded,'throwing loose bodies on the surface to an incredible height, as if dischare ed from a catapult, or like sn arrow from a bow. The writer describes at length the variety of effect and manifestations of this powerful agent through earthquakes - ?r?ch aa the form? ations of lakes, the elevation of islands in the ses and their subsidence, the forming of de? pressions on the surface by shaking the crust so as lo flit up open places previously existing on the earth, ftc., ftc. He thinks it probable that io all volcanoes the seat of subterranean convulsion lies near the surface-certainly of all permanent vol? canoes, as Vesuvius, JLVna, Slromooli. ftc. In saob eases tba subjacent zone of electric ac? tion is sufficiently continuons and near to keep open the vent, which otherwise would be closed again. Generally the earthquakes produce depres? sions rather than upheavals. The tremors or vibrations transmitted to the surface by shak? ing all the intervening strata, must tend to Shake ?down ill compacted subterranean masses; or the rooky vanita overhanding sub? terranean chasm? which have been formed by former explosions. Electric activ? ia ?a??u inore frequent in some parts of the eu th than others, as in de? monstrated by the volcanic zones which are marked in the atlases. While earthquakes are non-eruptive phe? nomena, they occasionally cause permanent upheavals, the internal expansion in snob eases not being oompens?te? by the conden? sation of the elastic tuperjaoant strata. Bir Charles Lyell holds that during the earthquake lo Chili in 18? the level of the country waa raised three feet over an extent of a hundred miks. The seat of subterranean oonvulsion. in the case cf earthquakes, is from, four to eight miles below the am face. The phenomena of explosione have been ! sometimes wonderful. The volcano o J Jurai lo was thrown up to the height of 1700 feet in one dey, and that of Foal-yams? I? ?lapso, IL OOO feet ic one Dight. Bot the more general ef? fect, ss we have stated, ia to create basins ead lakes. Lek? Coat?. Sa Jap&a, seventy-two muss long sad twelve vrtde, was CrWTWd by an tsar Sh ?uake; und in Haly tho Cimiau and Alban iakes by tho same cause. Generally the author holds that tho changes going on in the earth's surface, land becoming sea and sea land-some continents extending, others dimuiishlnir-are occasioned by local elevations or depressions ot tbe earth's sur? face, produced by expansion or contraction o' tho subj it c nt a rata, and are due to the vary? ing intensity? and direction of the electric forces generated in the earth's crust by solar, lunar, und p anotary influ? nee. TH? ?re s. T? st ?nfinw I'liistrsiicss and ?such arguaient iiAhe article ta Blackwood which could not be presente J in this analysis; but the reader has the main points in the inter? esting theory. PERSONAL. -Olive Logan <s said tobe the beet swim? mer at Long Branoh. -The physicians who ali end od Judge Black when he broke his arm in a recent railway ac? cident, have sent in a bill for $6500. . -Miss M&dalino Heuriques, some time ago married to, nod since separated from Louis Jennings, a Lonuon writer, is on her way back to this count -y, and will reappear at Wal lack's. -Ballard, the insurance defaulter, was a delegate to tho.Y. M. C. A. Convention at Portland, an i tho day when bis di eds were found out was addressing the children of five ?Sunday Schools. - Napoleon the Great always slept in shoots of fine Holland; the restored Bourbon Kings in sheets of linen cambric ; and Napoleon III pleeps in plain sheets of ordinary liuen, and the Empress in similar ones, with a largo crown, and thc cyphers N. E. embioideredon the "burndown." -The largest professional offer yet made ia tbe history of theatricals is that tendered to Mr. and Mrs. Barney Will'ams. Fifty thou? sand dollars, gold, is tho sum proposed to them ifor a single season in Australia. They were recently offered and declined twenty thousandtjfSjrilars in gold to play 'a few weeks in California. Mr. William3 is one of tho wealthiest men on the stage, having some five hundred thousand dollars invested in good in? tere8t-paying property. -Joseph White went to South Nashville a few evenings since to visit his affianced, Miss Barnes. He found her sewing and looking so pretty be tried to kiss her. ?she repulsed him gently, but in some unaccountable manner her needle penetrated his heart ; he turned ashy pale, fell to the floor and died. Miss Barnes was so overcome she took laudanum, but had not ?expired at last accounts. Tho moral of this certainly seems to bo, that affianced young ladies should not resent being kissed, -A melancholy little incident, is related of the ex-Empress Charlotte. This unfortunate Princess has been staying for some time at Spa. The other day she insisted with such ve h?menos on playing at roulette that it was impossible to restrain her. OJ approaching the table she deliberately placed a gold piece ' on the number 19. The Emperor Maximilian was shot on June 19. The wheel turned, and though thirty-seven chances were agalast her. oho won tu?* ?miieu ssuiy, took up the money, and quietly left the room. On her way oat a poor man passed by. She gave him I all the money, with the injunction that be was to "pray for bim,* It ie known that tho Em? press Charlotte never pronounces the mme of Maximilian. -An alarming accident happened io the emi? nent French artist and singer, Mlle. Schnei? der, at the St. James Theatre. At the fall of the curtain in the last scene of Orph?e aux Enfers, her dress was ignited by the Aime I used in making the effect of lightning, and in a moment was in a blaze. Great alarm and ex? citement prevailed, and two or three gentle? men jumped from the private boxes on the stage and from the stalls, but, by the rapid action of the actors who surrounded her, the flimes were extinguished. This was not done, however, until almost the whole of her dress had been destroyed. Fortunately, Mile. Schnei? der has escaped without the smallest injury. After the curtain fell it was again raised, and she came forward, the audience testifying, by the warmth of their acclamation, their pleas? ure at her escape. -General Grant's nepotism bas ita folio wei s. Governor Holden , of North Carolina, has care? fully looked after the well-bei ag of all the Hol? dens and Holden connections in existence. His brother-in-law he made a Mayor, calling in the military to oust the incumbent, who was anx? ious to keep the place. His brothers and cousins he bas made magistrates. His son Joe has become a railway director under tbe gubernatorial auspices, and to keep Joe straight, ss he is a wild poy, a brother was also made a director. Another railroad re? quiring a charter, waa obliged only upon con? sideration of another Holden in 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 the way of salary, perquisites, pickings and influence, waa reserved for a loved son-in-law, and that settled tbe most clamor? ous and needy of the family. -A suicide has just been committed under extraordinary circumstances at St. Petersburg. Colonel Hnnnins, an Esthonian by birth, waa lately engaged iu discussing with the Czare wioh a financial operation concerning tbe ar? mament of the troops, Sud the Grand Duke, considering the terms proponed too high, ex? claimed^ "With Germans one is always snre to be cheat 3d," On the colonel civilly request? ing hts highness to withdraw so offensive sn expression, th? latter forgot himself so far as to strike tbe officer in the face. The colonel immediately applied to the Emperor, who or* doted bis j9on to apologise, but this he posi? tively refused to do. Despairing of obtaining any satisfaction, snd smarting under an insult he was unable to resent, the unfortunate offi? cer committed suicide by blowing out bis brains, The Emperor is said to have been most painfully affected by the sad event, and insisted on the Grand Dake attending the funeral. EausSATioy TO SPAIN.-The London soires* pondent of the Manchester Guardi?n commu? nicates to that Journal a singular projeot which lie asserts has been set on foot in London and Paris, for the colonisation ot a portion of Spain, now sparsely peopled, by emigrants from the Southern States of the Union, The writer as? serts that "some of the men who beaded dis? tinguished comm And* tn the Confeder?is or my are ready to lead back to Europe tbs de? scendants of those who two centuries ago planted i the transatlantic 'Dominion.' They find it impossible to reconcile themselves to the altered condition of things that has arisen since the civil war. They bave bean used to a land of tradition and of mem ories, associated with Old World, institutions; end sooner titan ?ve these np they are willing to asst in their ture lot with Catboho and arastocratio Spain. General Prim it said to favor the project, for he appreciates the military qualities of the raw, and not unnaturally thinks that tbs in? fusion of nsw blood would be of no little value to hts country." -The late Henry Keep ls said to bass left ls wife and daughter ?5,000.000 of tbs -tock I-f ?single road, with advice to keep it aa the beat perpetual investment far the ea*W. ft is understood that not lass than #,000,000 mote are disposed of in his will. TUE NI? a Ii O MILITARY OCCUPATION \ m ? OF EUOEFIELD. Tho Ed;refiold Advertieer Baye : Tho loading facts of the late extraordinary occupation of Edgofleld b negro soldiers an l the State constable?, bava already been given in ttie Advertiser. This occupation is still kept up, without a Bbadow of law, right or ne? cessity, and in deflunoe of legal authority m all its possible forms. Twenty strapping ne? groes, ?ill? ?lol (Ul? ?vvf-bCm ?cai, Ku&ru our j iii day and night, while eight or ten white con? stables aro ou tho Wait and watch, with eternal vigilance. Of the latter, four have arrive* 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 fellow? who guard the jail are drawn from this im? mediate vicinity, and are filled, we hear, with a horrible desire for the fray. We suouid not say' "guarding the Jail,** however, for there is no one in the jail i?quiring a guard. They aro guarding tbe arms aud ammunition lately lodged in the jail, and are kept in readi? ness to sally forth upon any vain pretext and murder docent white people, whose only crime is unbelief in Messrs. Scott and Eichelberger. The jail yard presents now quite an animated Ecjuo. with its fierce and fearfully armed black heroes, hurrying constantly to and fro; while along the iron tenee in front are ever ranged wbole ranks of lazy negroes, contemplating, in ecstatic idleness, the sublimo glory of their military brethren. Military enthusiasm is at ?ever heat, among them; they gloat Upon the exalting soene in the jail yard, and pant, with ambition that cannot be measured to serve their country with Bword and musket. Tho glittering bayonet, the pomp and circumstance of trappings, tbe warm red blood of Democrats, the seductive, life-giving government green? backs, all these things fill their evcr-oxcited brains and render them willing a " J ready for any and all cxceaaoB. Should tart ber troops be called tor just now, we have v<i tho slight? est doubt that thousands co" ^pjjkenlitjted in one day. - Through all this, as ever before, the white people of our town ti nd vicinity pursue the even tenor of their.quio", wav. In foot, the im? perturbable dignity and decorum cf the white people havo sad iy thwarted the sec .-et designs ol Messrs. Scott and Eioiielberger. These ne? gro soldiers and this swarm of constables were put here ?vithout the laintoat shadow of ne? cessity or provocation, and without the faint? est shadow of provocation or necessity ate they kent here. By the people-of Edgefleld, Governor Scott must- eyer be considered a most unscrupulous partisan despot; aud we hold up ti then imiti gated scorn of bis own raco anv mau whneould so wantonly and ungenerously Outrage the dearest rights of American citizens. AFFAIRS IN TUE STATE. ""??uv berry. Newberry is still agitating the q otlon of building a telegraph line to connect tb*l place with the outside world. tl e. iv imo H. The Press says: "Heavy rains have been falling during the post woek, and every part of tbe country that we hear from has been visited and refreshed, Plantera are more hopeful, aid citizens generally appear more cheerful, trusting that the perishable crops may revive and m?do to yield yet, beyond our present anticipations." M ?a rio at. Dave Wall, a colored mau, we'd known in this county, was killed by lightning near Joneaboro', on the Wilmington and Manches? ter Railroad, last week..* a. The Star says: "tVe have badH bountiful rains, and the cotton crop ia now ko kmc well ana promising to bo alaric orup. The rains have been general, so tar aa we can hear, tor the last week, and in our imm?diate commu? nity a few dava of dry weather woul.i ba bene ?ciaL" Bttgreflelcl. 'i,.--' The Advertiser says: "Monday last having been sales-day, there were representatives in town from almost all sections of tho district; and from almost all seetionethoy bring good reports ot the coming crops, colton and corn both promising an abundant yield. Bains have at last bien general and abunlant. In some sections, however, they have come somewhat too late. For iustanea, in the L-barty Hill country, and in the north weat portion of the district generally. In these sentions corn par? ticularly has boen seriously cpl off." WUllamsTonrfi-. The Eingstree Star Bays: "Therecent and continued raina have greatly revived the crops. Corn that two weeks ago looked like dying is now green and vigorous, and where it has Leen well cultivated the yield will be good. The young corn will make an average yield. Cotton bas improved wonderfully. The crops generally promise mach better than any one would have supposed they could a few weeks back." A negro man by the natue of Ban Bolton waa killed near the Eingstree depot on Saturday morning laat by the oar i. f he train waa run? ning down grade whan thia negro waa discov? ered lying across the track. The engineer en? deavored to give the alarm and to atop his engine, but failed. Bou waa instantly killed hy the train of cara passing over bis body, out? ing open his head and otherwise mutilating the body. He had been np several nights in snooeasion attending preaching, and, aa it ia said by bia acquaintances, that he waa not in the habit of drinking spirits, it is supposed that he, on his way from preaching, went to Bleep at that place, and did not hear tho com? ing of the train. TUE DUELLO IN TUE STATE PRISON. A Bloody Affair. An "affair of booor" cama off at the Auburn (N. Y.) State prison Friday morning. The principals were Mr. Deming, E*q., K. C., (kitchen cook,) and the Honorable Ur. Gibson, waiter in the collar shop. Deming tete* the challenger, Gibson had the right to choice of weapons, and being inca? pacitated by reason of heart disease from Using fists, declared for ?words or knives. The swords; not bei og furnished by the State, knires were ace opted, and by their arbitra? ment the arbitrators wore to stand or tall. Preliminaries arranged, the Bladensburg of the encounter was looated in the ice house, to which Deming repaired armed with his professional weapon, a keen-edged Damascene bread knife, Gibson rendezvousing at the soot with a trusty shoe-knife from bia collar ehop. With on daunted mien ttDd, chi vairon s bearing ute doughty frights of the stripe proceeded with their professional toola to mortal combat, their attendant ?qui rea at haud and eager fox the fray. As they met Deming with his bread? knife sliced his opponent's skull with a ten mob cut of tbe scalp, receiving, in return a scientific leather-out from the equare-ended shoe-knife, which infl'oted a flesh-wound from tho side around to the stomach, some three inches deep and ten inches long,, touching np the ribs and developing aanguinioualy. At thwwrage of the affair a professional from the meat cellar rushed in with bia beef-catting im? plement, or battie-a: e, to the relief of his prin? cipal, when the farther progress of the duel was obstructed by a descent of the " police," aud tbe wounded men were turned over to the surgeon. THE CHINESE QUESTION. A Strang Appeal. ? correspondent writes to the New York Journal of Commerce as follows ; It is with deep regret that thinking men everywhere notice the opposition from poli ti? ntana to th A tntrorlnet i rm in tr. the, South 0? Chi ossa is laborers. A nation's path to permanent greatness is through the products of its soil. Tbe Chinese are thoroughly instructed in the tillage ot the principal articles of export of the South-?ot ion and rice. The climate of the South is very similar to that of China. Qivo the South auf floient cheap labor and ?ho can drive every otbor country from the production of cotton. < The landa of no other ooocitre-g? produce as much to the acre. No otheiMaWton fans the .ame length and fineness of flor?; The introduction of otto million of Chinese laborer?, would, in a fe? years, g.ve annually to the world ton milbong of bales of cotton,* and at ? very to* pride. The amount of rice that ooo!i bs produced b* ?Mas people can not beestimated. Tlxree miloo below the City of bsva?sanis an uncultivated area of twenty square miles, capable cf being made, ?Ith whoper dams and dikes, tia? very bast of -fis? latida. At the mouths of moat of tba large couutry. The landis of the very beBt quality, but there has never been sufficient cheap labor to briny it into cultivation. Tbe production of cotton ie at ill in its infancy. On fresh lands before tho war a bale of cotton from two aorea was looked upon as a good yield On David Dickson's farm m Middle Georgia, since the war, with fertilizers and improved culture, a field of cotton has been made to average two bales anda half of cotton to the acre. Since the war it has been discovered that in the heart of the "Great Cotton Belt" nature hus deposited the means or enriching tho old wornout cotton fields. The writer bas beforo him a pamphlet about Ibese "Phosphate Beds of ?South Carolina."compiled and written by N. T. Pratt, professor of chemistry, SK. Thirty square miles ot c tun try is covered with this valuable fertilizer, capable of yielding twenty millions of tons of superphosphate of limo superior to the S van's Island, Patagonian and other imported guanos. Let us, then, by all means have a million of Chinese to turo these millions of tons of guano into millions pf bales of cotton. The man who after the war asserted that four millions of balee of cotton would never bo produced again at the South in a Bingie season, may live to eco double that amount. Let us have peace 1 Let us have Chinese. THE CALIFORNIA. FLYING MA? CHINE. |From the San Francisco Balletts. Joly 20 1 At a mooting of the JEorial Navigation Com? pany, held yesterday, it was voted to raise the necessary funds to constiuob an improved Avitor of large size. The opinion of the en? gineers of the company was unanimous as to success BO far, and the feasibility and success of the projected living ship. It will be about one hundred and fifty teet m length, twenty to forty feet diameter of the ^ gasometer, with propelling blades on each side of the centre, describing a radius of about sixteen feet. The propellers arc shaped like a steam? ship's, wit'.i two blades, each very light. They will be driven by a steam engine of five horse-power, weighing, with boiler, con? nections and water, 430 pounds. The planes on each side for floating the machine will bo about twenty feet wide at the. centre of thc machine and mide in sections, so they caa be depressed or elevated at pleasure Ti th the rudder, or tail. The trameTork be made by Kimball & Co., the ear, iago 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 all practical pur? poses; indeed, it is claimed that tbe sMp can fly through the air with surii speed that tbe sustaining power of the linen alone will bo sufficient to maintain the Avitor in mid-air. The gasometer will be made, probably, of thin maslin or silk, saturated wit.*, gutta percha. It is to carry f >ur persons, and - will bo ready for trial in sixty or ninety days. The result of this experiment will be looked' for with great interest all over the country. ' flinting. PRINTING. THE KB WS JOB OFFICE, ss?. x*? Kait Bay, Executes all kin a? of PLAIN and rAHOr PAINTING wilta neatness aria dispatch. The best work guaranteed at lesa] th an New Tort prices. OF EVERT DESCRIPTION JOB WO UK, BBIBP3, PAMPHLETS, POLICIES OABD3. CIRCULAR3, NOTES BILL-HEADS, POSTERS, HE 3 ELP TS CATALOGUES, BANK-CHECKS SHOW-CARDS, PROGRAMMES TICKETS, DRUG LABELS, Ito., Atc. AB WELL AS LAW BLANKS of every description, Printed at Ute shortest no'tee, and cheap tor cash, at THE NEWS JOB OFFICE. THEATRE MANAGERS, TRAVELLING SHOWMEN, RAILROAD AGEST?*. HOTEL KEEPERS, STEAMBOAT AGENTS, I And aU those who bave .TOB PRINTING to do, witt And it t e tholr ia terest to call at THE HEWS JOB OFFIOE, ?..149 Bast Bay. A teg* and well assorted stock of PAPERS and MATERIAL kept on hand, Ama whtch selections maj be ?ade. OUR FRIENDS IN IBB COUNTRY . maj ??ad their orders to THE NEWS JOB OFFICE. ?Wi ??V ?pw? i??iw* receiving UM ?ame attention .?nc? seing filled as promptly and aa cheaply a? If given personally. Oar Job Department fa ta efcaty* of Mr. i AB D. PARMI, . practical and ?nv penanced Joh Printer, who will afford every fedUty possible ta the rxeettOon of orders. Adare? THE MEWS JOB 09I1CB, No. H8 East Bay, Ghattoitoa, 8. C. i-,----? - /tamo. LEE-CLEMSON -Monday mon io?, tbe 2d in? stant, at st Paul's Church, bv tbo Rev. A. H CORN? ISH. GIDEON LKE, ol New York to Mise FI OM1DE Jtf., only daughter of the Hon. T, G. CLEMSON, of Pendleton, H. C. No cards. * /mitral lotices. .ry r|,ii* frleadts ?S-??S? Asqaaiatsncss cf Mr A. C. PALFREY, and of Mrs. JAMES TUPPER, are invited to attend the Funeral Service? of EMZK' BETH ANNETTE PALFREY, only daughter of tho foi un r. at tho residence of Mrc. JAME? TCPPEB, NO. 241 Mteting-Btreet, Tm? AFTEHKOON, at Five o'clock. August t Special notices. O-NOITCE.-NOTICE IS HEREBY. GIVEN that at tbe expiration of three months from date hereof application will be made at the People's Bank of South Carolina for a RENEWAL OF CERTIFI? CATE OF STOCK, (Thirty six Shares) >o. ?267, dated April 18, 1859, ia faror of S. F. CHAPEAU, the same having been lot t. S. F. CHAPEAU. August 0_ lamo3 0S" NOTICE IS HEREBY G [VEN THAT application will be mado at tbe next session of tbe State Leg elature for the renewal of CERTIFICATE No 889, dated 4th June. 1857, for Teu Thousand Ono Hundred and Twenty-five (16-100) Bollara Three Per Cent. Steck, now standing in the name of Wm. Debon, tho original haring been lost. August 6 lamo8 A. M DEBOX. Executrix. gST THREE MONTHS AFTER DATE AP? PLICATION will be mide to the City Council of Charleston for renew?1 CERTIFICATES for the fol? lowing btocfc, the original having been lost, viz: No. 329 for Two Thousand and Hixty-flve (21-100) Dollars fix Per Cent. i-tocU, dated 19 h March, 1853, and No. 327 for Twenty-two Hundred Dollars Mx Per Cent. Stock dated ltth March, 1855, all in tbo name of Wm Dohon. Augusto lamo3 A.M. DF.HON, Executrix. jay EXECU TORS' NOTICE.- ALL PER? SONS having claims against the Estate of \\ ILLIAM GODFREY, E>q., lato of Colle ton County, will pre? sent thc aime properly attested, and thone indebted to said Estate will matte payment either to HCN DF.RSON & Bi HRS, Attorneys at Law, at thia place, or to the undersized. W. C. P. BELLINGER, \ Qualified C. G. HENDERSON. j Executor?. Walteiboro', S. C., August 3d. 1869. August 6 _f3_ ta- APPEAL OF THE HOPE FIRE EN? GINE COMPANY-CHARLESTON, AUGUST 3,1869 The officers and members of the HOPE FIRE EN? GINE COMPANY would respectfully inform the citizens of Charleston, that their present hand en? gine ls very much out of repair and will require a Urge outlay of money to pat it in a good working condition. They feel satisfied that lt would be a use leas expenditure of money to repair a hand engine at thia time, especially when steam takes precedence over that which requires manual labor. The engine now in use baa been in active service for over twelve years. In consideration of the above stated facts, they bava resolved to parchase a substantial steamer, located la one of the largest and wealthiest warda of the city, Ward No. 4 They feel confident that the .errlees of anon s> Bteamer would be much more re? quisite than a hand engine in times of conflagration, .and for th it purpose they have concluded to appeal to our Citizens for aid to carryout thtlr plane. Tt has been a long time since this company has called upon the public for aasistaudjf, from the very fact, that at (be time they procure A' the pre nert engine, more than one-half the amount was taken from its treasury to make-the parchase. The following Committee have been appointed to canvass the varions Warda of the city to solicit sub? scriptions from auch of our citizens as appreciate the services of meo who risk their hvea in attempt? ing to save property without receiving any personal benefit whatever, save the satisfaction of knowing that they are employed la doing good for their fellow creatures iii time of emeVgeucy: B. P. SEYMOUR, WILLIAM B ROO KB A N KS, Jr., JOHN KENNY. H. T. PETERS, GEOR IE BURKE, J. .H. BALKS, F. PUCKA ABER, L. LIPMAN. W. H. SMITH, President Hope Fire Engine Company, August 4_g Chairman of Committee. ??-CHARLESTON COUNTY-IN EQUITY LAWRENCE W. O'HBAR AN D CHARLES M. DESEL. AND HIS WIFE. vs. ANNA F. O'HEAR, ADM'X , AND ANNA H. O'HGAR, FE'% ET AL,-NOTICE TO CREDITORS.-In pursuance of aa order in the abc ve cause, to nn directed by the Hon. R. B. CAR? PENTER, t i rouit Ju fl ge, I hereby give notice to all creditors cf the late JAMES O'HBAR to present and prove their claims before mo, on or before the rrasT DAY OF OCTOBER M?!T. M. L. WILKINS, Speeial Referee, No. 64 Broad-street. July28_ le2w aarMARENGO.-F EVER AND AGUE CUBE. TONIO, FEVER PREVENTIVE.-This val? uable preparation han been in private ase for many years, and through toe persuadion of friends, who have used it with the most beneficial results, the proprietor bas been induced to offer lt to the pub lie. It ia warr AU ted to cure CHILLS AND FEVER of howevei long standing, r?noorina the cause and entirely eradicating Its effects from the system. It will PURIFY TBE BLOOD, strengthen the diges? tivo organe, induce an appetite, and restore the patient to perfect health. It is a purely V?OSTABL? preparation, and so harmless that children of all ages may take lt with safety. As a tonto MARENGO has no superior, and for debility ai laing from the effects or fever, cr from other cause, ?a invaluable, A few doses is sufficient to satisfy the most in? credulous sufferer of its virtue and worth. All who try one bottle ef MARENGO will bo ao much pleased with ita effect1, that they will readily en? dorse it, NO HUMBUG. For evidence of its effi? cacy and value, refer to MARENGO elreolara, which contain certificate? of well known and respectable, Citizen?. MARENGO la a genuino Southern preparation, the proprietor and manufacturer toing, a native and resident of Charleston, and It ia fully guaranteed to give complete and universal satisfaction. NO HUMBUG. TB Y IT. For sato by sB Druggist?, and by BOWIE A MOISE, corner Meeting and Hasel streets; GOOD RICH, WIN EM AN A CO., Hayne-street, and O. J. LUHN, Druggist, Agent of Proprietor, corner of King and John streets, Charleston, ?. O. , June S DAG Smos MW ' FRESH AS A MAIDEN'S BLUSH" Is the pure peachy Complexion which follows the use of HAGAN VS MAGNOLIA BALM. It is the True Secret of Beauly. Fashionable Ladies in So? ciety understand this. The MAGNOLIA BALMjhanges the rusti? Coun? try Oirl into a City Belle moferapidry than any other one thing. Redness, Sunburn, Tan, Freckles, Blotches and all | effects of the Bummer Sua sisapwear when lt ls ?sed, and a genial, cultivated, fresh expression ls obtained. which rivals the Bloom of Youth. Beauty la possi? ble to all who wm invest seventy-live cants at any respectable ?tor? and insist on getting the MAGNO? LIA BAL?. Va? nothing hut Lyon's K> tb al ron to dress the Hair. . ?ap mwflmo Jury? ?ST PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE.-* NSW COURSE OF LECTURES, as delivered at tee Kew York Museum of Anatomy, embracing the sub? jects i Bow to Live ?ad Wh?t to Live for i louth, Maturity and Uta Aga j Manhood generally review? ed ; the Oamse cf tMU?sriton ; Flatul-nce ard Ns TO? Hawass asotttutad ft? ; Marriage Pbttosophi ?ely Ooaridersd, ka. \ These x?ctar*a. wUl he for? warded on receipt of four atWtya, hy addrosshag : B?OBETA?f BALXiMOBE MUS1?M ANATO? MY, Btv 74 West sW?ssawa ainu. Batt?mes. MdL Antill* wwf ly. WANTED. A VESSEL TO LOAD EOS BOSTON. MOSES GOLDSMITH & SON, August G 2 Vendue Bango. EXCURSION S X EXCLURIONS I THE BINK 1TAST SAILING YACHT ELLA ANNA, the Champion ot tiio -<oum, ia now ready and prepared to make regular trip?, thus affording an opportun it ? to ail who m av wish io visit points of interest in our btau tilUl barbor. For pansage, apply to the Captain on Union Wharf. Juno 21 EOH NSW % t)l<Et. REG ULAR LINE EVERY WEDNEEDA Y. PASSAGE 120. THE SPLENDID PIDE WHEEL PTE/Mst IP MAGNOLIA. Captin M. B. C BO WELL, havng elegant and spacious nccornniodaUons (or pas? sengers, will leave Vandeibom'H w> -.Jri un Wro NEsiiAv, August ntl), li-oi?, at half-past 8 o'clock A. M. RAVEN El. & CO., Agents. August 5_ Ri H". W YtlllK ANU CIIAUI.EHTOII STEAM ?HIP LINE. F O IL M K W YORK.. CABIN PASSAGE $20. THE SPLENDID S?DE-WBEEL 'STEAMSHIP CHAMPION, R. W. 'IncmvooD, Commander, will sail , from Adger'H booth Wharf on SAT? URDAY, 7th August, at 6 o'clock P. M. J80JP An extra charge of $5 made tor Tickets pur? chased on board after ?ailinn MW No Bills of Lading Bigned after the steamer VC 8* MW Throujrb Bills La ling given for Cotton io Boston and Providence. B. I. MW 1 brough Bille of Lading given to Liverpool. jjE?j- Marino Insurance by tUis lino ?i per cont. MW Tho SteamHTt) ot thia line ar? first class in every respect, and their Tables are fupolled with ah the delicacies ot the New York and Charleston mar? kets. For Freight or Passage, apply to . JAMES ADOth & CO.. Agents, Corner Adsrer's. Wharl and East Bay (Up-ftatrn ) MW MANHATTAN lo follow SATURDAY, 14th August, at ll o'clock, A. M, August 2_S BA LT I MO HE AND C ll A ll li E S T O S STEAMSHIP COMPANY. , 1 HE STEAMSHIP FALCON, Captain J D. Bo as KY, will sall ' for Baltimoro on FBTDAY. 6th of m August, at 5 o'clock P. M.,from Pier No. 1, Union Wharves. MW Through Bills Lading f Igaod for nil classes of Freight to BOSTON. PHILADELPHIA. WILMING? TON. DEX., WASHINGTON CITY, and the NORTH? WEST. For Freight or p aunase, apply to COURTENAY A TRENHOLM. August 2_5_Union Wharves. KOK PlIILAUELPHIA A IVO BOSTON. , THE STEAMSHIP J. W. EYER? MAN, Captain W. H SK?DHU, will have Nor il Atlantic Wharf, on _j!SATURDAY August 7th. at - o'clock. For Freight cr passage apply to JOHN A THEO. GETTY. August 2_"North Atlantic Wharf. PACIFIC MAIL, STEAMSHIP- COMF1 ? THROUGH USU TO CALIFORNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN. CHANOS OF SAILING DATS! STEAMERS OF THE ABOV line leave Pier No. 42, North River, foot of Canal-street, New York, at 12 o'clock noon, of the 1st, 11th in? Mat of every mouth (except when these dates tall en Sunday, then the Saturday preceding)., Departure of lat sud 21st connect at Panama with .teamen for South Pacific sud Central American ports. Those of 1st touch at Manzanillo. Departure of 11th ot each month connects witta the new steam line from Panama to Au? trail a an? New Zealand. Steamship JPAAN leaves San Fraicieco for China and Japan September 4 1S69. No California steamers touch at Havana, but go direct from New York to AapinwalL One hundred pounds baggage free to each adc!*. Medicine and attendance free. For Passage Tickets or further laformatlon aval* st the COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, on the whirl foot of Canal-street, North River, New York. March 12 lyr F. R. BABY, Agent. Special toilers. 49-THE NEATEST, THE QUICKEST AND TBE CHEAPEST_THU NEWS JOB OFFICE, Mo. 149 EAST BAY, having replenished ita Stock with a new and large assortment of material of the finest quality and latest styles, is prepared to execute, at t be shortest notice and In the best manner, JOB PRINTING of every description. Call and examine tbs seale of prices before giving your orders elsewhere, sarROUSE THE SYSTEM.-IT IS A SAD thing to pa? s through Ufe only bair alive. Yet there are thousands whose habitual condition ts one of langoor and debility. They complain of no specific disease; they suffer no positive pain; but they have no relish for anything which affords mental or sen? sual pleasure to their more robust and energetic fellow-beings. In nine ca' ea out of ten this state of lassitude and torpor arises from a morbid stomach. Indigestion destroys the energy of both mir d and body. When the waste of nature is not supplied by a due and regular assimilation of the food, every organ ie starved, every function interrupted. Now, what does common sense snugest under these circumstances of depression} The system neela rousing and strengthening; not merely for an heur or two, to sink afterward into a more pitiable condition than ever, (as lt assuredly would do If an ordinary alcoholic stimulant were resorted to,) bmt radically and permanently. How ts thia desirable object to be accompli shed? The answer ta this question, founded on the unvary ing experiences of a quarter of a century, is es sir/ given. Inf use new vigor into the digestive organ? by a course ef HOSTETTEB'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 fereat organ apon which all the other organs depend for their nurture and support. By the time that a J oz n doses ot the great vege to? bie tonio and invigorant have baen taken, the feeble frame of the dyspeptic will begin to feel ito benign influence. Appetite will be created, and with appe? tite the capacity to d?nent what it craves. Persevere until tbs cure is complete-until healthful blood, flt to bo the material ol flesh and mussle,bone and nervo, and brain, flows through tho channels of circula? tion, instead of the watery pabulum with which they have herotofftjjfl been imperfectly nourished. Jnly?l ^ nao_ sar ESSAYS FOB YOUNG MEN.-ON THE Errors and Abases inoident to Youth and Early Man? hood, with the humane view of treatment and onie, tent by mail free of chargd. Addresa HOW ABD AS* SOCIATION. Box P. Philadelphia, Pa. May aa_3m os SST BATCHELOR S HALB DYE.-THIS splendid Bair Dye is 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; tavlgorates and leaves the hair soft and beautiful black or brown. Sold l y all Druggists end Perfumers; and properly applied at Batchelor's Wig Factory, No. - Bond street Wsw York._lyr May IB A CAKE*. M. CAULFIELD, FLOUR INSPECTOR, OFFICE No. 1*7 BAST BAY. JuiylA_____ USO riHAI. H I OK M T, GIL D B R ... POBXRAXT ABD PICTURE ERAME MANTO A? TUBBS, No. Mfi KING-STREET", CHARLESTON, B.C. LOOXXM&GT*aBftBiof all-iaw fitted 1