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VOLUME VIII.-NUMBER 1165. CHARLESTON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1869. . . SIX DOLLARS A YEAR BY TELEGRAPH. EUROl'E. THE BTEON SCANDAL AGAIN-THE LONDON TUTUS OK THE 8ENATTS CONSULTTTM - NAPOLEON'S ' HEALTH. LONDDN, September 15.-The Daily News contains another letter from William Howitt, on toe charges against Lord Byron. He says Lady Byron bas condemned herself by the breach of an honorable silence. Irreparable wrong was done Byron by tbe destruction of the papers containing bis justification, and a solution is impossible except on defective ex parte evidence. Dr. Forbes Winslow, in a public communication on the same subject, holds that tbe theory of the mental aberration of Lady Byron cannot be maintained. The Times, im an editorial to-day, com? menting on the Emperors illness and the pub? lication of the Sonatas Consultant, eave: "The person of the Sovereign is of secondary im? portance; if the personal government is ended, it matters little who is Emperor or Regent. 1 *rhe essential question is, who is Minister, on what terms does he bold office, and on what principles does he conduct the administration? No one can govern except through the Cabi? net and enjoying the confidence of the majority of the people." The Times, discnssing the Coban question, and hopes that Spain will soon see that it would be to ber advantage to get rid of Cuba on any terms. There was a large meeting of the cotton mer? chants, spinners and manufacturers at Man cheater last evening for the parp?se of consid? ering the conditon of trade in Lancashire. Speeches were made and resolutions adopted. One of the latter asserted tbat it was expedi? ent to form an association to urge Parliament to grant an inquiry into the canses of the de? pressed state of capital and labor. It was also resolved to bold a. series of public meetings in the principal towra of England. Want of re? ciprocity, the French treaty, and the system of American imports and English exporte were generally condemned. Panis, Saptemb 3r 13.-The tempest yester? day prostrated tb a telegraph wires, and com? munication in every direcci?n was temporarily interrupted. The Emperor's health is better to-day. It is asserted that the Empress will set oat again on ber voyage to the Easf. MADBID, September 15.-TLe journals as? sert that the government bas recently sent a letter to the Gr?a; Powers of Europe, repeat? ing the correspondence with General Sickles, American Minister, on the subject of there- i cognition of Cnba, and that replies favorable i to the rights of Spain bave been received from , England, France and Austria. : WASHINGTON NEWS. WASHINGTON, 8iptember 15.-The Treasury Department will melt over one hundred coun? terfeit platee now in its possession. Two or three very fine plates will' bo preserved as specimens. Certain German citizens have asked Spinner ! regarding the genuineness of ' Confederate . bonds. Spinner thinks tba specimen exhibited \ genuine. The folio wing diplomatic gossip is authentic : ] Minister Motley was not forbidden to entertain ( inv*tati0PE to reopen Alabama claims* negotia- . tiotis. He is now engaged tn negotiating an ' important consular treaty. Sickles waa not . authorized to make any -demand upon the Spanish Government. He was instructed merely to act discreetly, bat with earnestness, . as a mediator between 8pain and Cnba, on the basis already published, for the independence ot the island. Leading members of the gov- [ em ment, i nein din g the regent,, favor the pro, ' position, but axe not free ai present to ac? cept it._ SPARKS PROM THE WIRES. Secretary Seward intends visiting the City of ' Mexico.: Tho Cuban expedition from New Bedford wan overhauled at aaa. ^An enthusiastic annexation meeting was held at Quebec on Saturday. Three whites and twenty Indians were recen i ly killed in Arizona, fighting over a wagon train. The steamer Hornet sailed from Halifax with a lot of bard customers at high wages. 8appoaed destination Cnba. The Spanish organ ai N?w York asserts that both the Spanish and Coban reports of fights near Los Tanas are fictitious. The Constitution of Virginia, recently adopt? ed, abrogates al ] existing stay laws, and pro? hibits the passing of any new ones. The project of mixed schools in Washing? ton has been defeated by a vote of six to seven in fte Radical City Council. The word "white" rennins in district school regulations. COURT IN WILLIAMSBURG: ?ii-." ij.lKV j ".. al }T>osTC?ja own COEBEBPONDENT 1 KrjrosTXEK, Tuesday, September 14.-Court was in session her? duriog the past week, and wats occupied until .Friday afternoon with criminal business. Tbe sessions docket was crowded with a IaVgV pnmber of netty cases, such as larceny, assault and battery, 4c, con? suming the time of the court and adding great . ly to tbe expenses of . the county, parties, in maoy instance?, making the court the vehicle for venting mere personal spite. Coffee was largely represented of cours?, both iu the crowd an 1 in the business of the court. The juries were about one-third white. The noto? rious scoundrels, John Washington, Robert Joonsoc, Elias Jones and William Jones, with quite a variety of aliases, were brought to trial for the robberies committed op Mr. Stagger's some time since, and were all. with the ex? ception of William Jones, convicted and sen? tenced-two of them to fourteen and the other to twelve months in t- e penitentiary. The three former took th. ir departure for Columbia yesterday in charge of |tbe sheriff's deputy, and the latter was sent to Charleston jail to await trial for a robbery committed in your city, for which there was a warrant against him under another of his numerous aliases. One of them attempt ed an escape Sunday morn? ing by slipping off his manacles, and knocking down the guard, bat was promptly recaptured. The court adjourned on Saturday after tbe trial of only one civil case-an action of "trespass to try titles" for a store anti lot in this village. Trial by jory waa waived by consent of parties, and tbe case was ably argued before Judgo Green by A. C. Spain, Esq., of Darlington, and Riobard Dozier, Esq., of Georgetown. The scene in the courthouse reminded one of the olden time, when negro juries were unknown, and Sambo W88 left to tbe performance of duties for. which he is more competent. Thafaxmers are busy with cotton pickiog, and the adjourn? ment of court is a great relief to them. ALPHA. i-A lady went this year to the While Sulphur Springs under a vow t J accept the man who made her the hundredth offer she had received. This vow she religiously kept. THE OHIO CANVASS. Mr. Pendleton Sound* Ute Keynote of tile Campaign. The Democrat'., of Cincinnati serenaded Mr. Pendleton, thoir candid ito for Governor, on Friday last. In the coarse of his speech in response to the compliment, he said: I cannot agree with Governor Hay >s that the vexed questions of national politics are wisely and happily settled; that the great questions of liberty and union have been solved, and the reconstruction of the Union made safe. 1 can? not agree with him that retrenchment, economy and boneBty have been introduced into the management of tbe Federal expenditures; that the debt has decreased and is decreasing as be states it; tbat the burdens of taxation have been reduced and their weight upon the people light? ened; that sound judgment and freedom from bad influences have been brought to the ex? ercise of the immenee power of the Secretary of the Treasury ; that business is active; that enterprise is active; that vigor, energy and in? dustry are bountifully rewarded; that employ? ment is abundant; that daily toil is fairly com? pensated; that commerce on the ocean and on land is prosperous; and therefore 1 cannot, serenely as docs onr worthy Governor, turn my face from all questions of Federal politics and look only at State afiaire. I cannot say the Union is restored, when Virginia, Mississippi and Texas are under military government, and Georgia without representation m Congress; that the Union is restored, when justice ia administered by a drumhead court-mar? tial; that the constitution is maintained, when we know tbat tbe Supreme Court is only waiting for 1 an opportunity to declare the Reconstruction acts unconsti? tutional. 1 oppose tbe adoption of tbe Fifteenth amendment because it is * material, radical change in oar system of government. It destrovs tho relation or the States to tbe Federal Union which the constitution estab? lished, and degrades them; takes away (rom t ie States, without their consent, that essential attrioute ot a self-governing community. Two years ago the people of Ohio, without distinc? tion of party, by an immense majority, refused to amend tbe State Constitution. I see no reason to believe that they have changed their opinion. I object to its adoption because, by the strongest implication, it coalers upon Con? gress a right reserved to tbe States, to ex? clude from the ballot persons of our own white. race, because of their nativity and want of education or property, and prohibits the exclu? sion only of another race. If the inter? pretation of Senator Morton and Senator Howard be correct, under this amend? ment Congress and the Stares may exclude Irishmen, Germans, Catholics, Protestants, or the poor man from the enj oyment of eaffrage, bat not the negro or Mongolian. I object to its adaption because it is part and parcel ot a scheme to flood the country with a forced im? portation of au immense number of Chinese coolies, and to bring into our fallen race a more difficult form ni the social and govern m er tal questions tbs t have so unhappily divided our people. Mr. Pendleton dwelt at some length upon the financial question, reiterating bis former assertions in regard to the payment of the government debt and the bondholders in greenbacks, and abolishing the national bank system, and the study of economy in reducing the national debt. THE LAURENS Ii AILRO Ali S ABBLE The Statement of Mr. Joseph ; >xwi. We have received a loDg-winded communi? cation from Mr. Joseph Crews, in reply to the letter of Dr. B. S. James on the sale of the rolling stock of the Laurens Railroad, which was published in THE Ny.ws of the 31 inst. The greater part of Mr. Crews' reply is mide ap of an ex parte account of his individual and jonfldential business dealings with Dr. J*moo. These, we take it, are matters of no possible concern to the general public; and, even were lt otherwise, the language ot Mr. Crews ir nar? rating them ia not such as we could permit to appear in oar columns. Ba* as it is a princi? ple of THB NEWS to give every side a hearing, we make room for those portions of bis letter in which he gives his version of the sale of the rolling stock-a transaction which has been so severely denounced, even by Governor Scott's own Attorney-General. Mr. Crews writes : . ???.? Now. aa to the sale of the locomotives. One A. M. Brodie and J. W. 8. Arnold obtained a judgment in the United States Court against the Laurens RiilroadJCom jany, some time in the winter of 1868, upon the coupons of the bonds of the company, the payment of which bonds and coupons was guaranteed bv the State of South Carolina. There were sola, an? der that judgment, three locomotives, one sta? tionary engine, five box cars, two platform cars, two posh cars and one crank car. I bid in the property in tbe name of R. E. Scott, who at that time knew nothing of my actions or intentions. I took & receipt from the spe? cial deputy of the United States Marshal who sold the property. I immediately went to Co? lumbia and notified Governor Scott of my ac? tion. He agreed to abide by it and whatever policy I deemed beBt for the interests of the State. The property was put up and sold to tte highest bidder, and after being advertised the number of days required by law. All that desired had an opportunity to bid, and Dr. Jam?B could have bid off the property as well as I did. After the property was sold and Gov? ernor Scott was notified that the road was be? ing ron to the great detriment of tbe niter* sis of the road and State, he advised that I should take charge of the road, and cause all the pro? ceeds, excBpt what might be required to pay me for my eervices, tobe applid to repairing the track and rolling stock, until sait could be brought against the company, and an equita? ble adjustment made of the whole matter, as between the stockholders and the State. The State in 1859 guaranteed the bonds of the road to the amount of $75,000, the interest of which was to be paid sem -annually. The bonds were made payable ra twenty years, bearing inter? est of seven per cent. Section 2d of the "Act to afford aid to the Laurens Railroad Company." ratified 22d day of Decemb3r, 1859, says : "That so soon as the said bonds shall have been endorsed, they shall constitute a lien upon the entire proper? ty of said company, including tbe road bed, right of way, grading, bridges and masonry, upon all the stock subscribed for m said com? pany, and upon tbe iron rails, chairs, spikes, equipments and appurtenances of every kind; and the State of South Carolina upon tbe en? dorsing of said bonds aud by virtue thereof, shall be invested with said hen or mortgage without a deed from the company, for the pay? ment by said company of sara* bonds nith tbe interest thereon as the same bf comos due; and it shall not be lawful tor said company to give, create or convey to any person or per? sons or body corporate whatever, any hen, mcumbrance or mortgage of any kind, which shall have priority over, or come tn confltct with the hen of the State herein secured; and any sucb lien, incursbronce or mortgage shall be null and void as .tgainst said lien or mort? gage of the State, and the said lien or mort? gage of the S?ate shall bare priority over all other claims existing or to exist against said company." Tbe property I bid in was sold under a judg? ment obtained upon coupons guaranteed by the State, and for the payment of which tbe State held a mortgage upon the entire road and lolling stock. Dr. James denies bavin? sold, but says he did, apon a few occasions, exchange a few old castings wirb the Greenville and Co? lumbia Railroad Company for now ones. 1 have ascertained from thc shops of tbe Charlotte and Soul h Carolina Railroad Company tbat be disposed of 21,100 pounds of ola car wheels, and 5195 pounds of axles, which he had no right to do; and further that ho disposed of 8667 pounds of castings and sciap iron to Messrs. Goldsmith A Kind at $20 per ton. As Dr. James is so honest, I would bo glad to bave him inform tbe public as to what bas become ot all tbe springs, steel, and large piles of iron;' and large quantities of old iron formerly in tbe depot yard at Laurens. I do not believe the rate at Laurens, be they ever so large, have been ablo to carry off this "iron. He may answer it by saying be txchauged it for uew material lor the L?ureos Road, but every one knows that this property is mortgaged to tbe State, aud it was his duty 11 repraee the stock, which he wears out, from the proceeds of tbe road and not from the original piopertv of the company. He is to use the road and pot it in order. Whoever heard tell of $200,001 worth of property being leased to one man o set of men, without some compensation bein) ci ven to the company and to the public. If tbi directors authorized Dr. James to dispose o the entire property, except the road bed, it cer tainly became the duty of every good citizen t< bold the directors and Dr. James responsibh to the public for their acts. # # # * * * JOSEPH CBEWS. PERSONAL GOSSIP. -The Hon. Lot M. Morrill will probably bi the successor of the late Senator Fessenden. M.e. General Lee is so rheumatic that be: only mode of locomotion is in a chair wltl wheels. -Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, described as t youthful and attractive widow, is at Rockbridgi Springs. -The Prince Imperial of France is tallei than bis mother, but does not stand eo high at bis father. -The editor of the Times at Port Huron Mich., wrote to Carlyle for his autograph, anc received the following reply in a Stephen-Hok< inish looking manuscript: "Here is my auto graph. Much good may it do you. T. Carlyle, Chelsea, 23d June, 1869." -At the last interview between the Presidenl and Governor Walker, the question of tbe Vir? ginia 6enatorsbip came up, and the President "unreservedly expressed his personal prefer? ence for General Robert Williams, of the army, the husband of Mrs. Senator Donglas." -Mr. John Lester Wallack, since bis return from Europe, wears on full dress occasions a blue swallow-tail coat, with velvet collar and gilt buttons, a white vest, with rich, fancy but? tons, black kneo breeches, and black silk stock? ings, and pomps with delicate silver buckles. This is now thc correct thing fur full dress. -Twitcbell, the Philadelphia murderer and suicide, ie still alive, according to a "gentle? man of truth and veracity," who bas seen him in Montana and read a pardon dated April G, 1869, and signed lohn W. Geary. He further says that Governor Geary charged such a big price tor the pardon that Twitcbell hasn't money enough left to start in business. -A Misa Gray, of Waebinpton County, New York, a milliner, thirty years old, was en? gaged to a young Englishman a few years ago. He died before the time fixed for their mar? riage, and left ber seventeen millions of dol? lars. The natural heirs of the young man contested tho will, but in vain, a-d the young lady is to receive the first instalment of her large possessions in December next. Five millions of dollars are to be sent ber then, and the balance as soon as possible. -A New York letter assures us that Mr?. Dr. Lozier, of (hat citv, basa practice which yields her an income of over twenty thousand dollars, and that "thc best physicians in the city recognize her ability, her honorable posi? tion, and are proud of ber. She is small and very beautiful. Her voico id low and caressing in its tone, and she enters directly into sympa? thy with ber patients, and they are devoted to ber." We are further told that she has a daughter-in-law who graduated last May, and who is also doing a paying practice. -Adah Isaacs Menkent body was buried in Pere la Chaise, in a grave wbicb was purchased ior five years, the longest time that brr friends could get. But the cemetery authori? ties, in violation of their contrant, hnri^ another body ?vor the corpse of Menken; and her friends, not knowing that fact, moved the deal box containing the unknown body to Mount Parnasse, where they had erected a monument. That body bes under the Egyptian obelisk to tbe memory of Menken, while the ashes of Menken lie in Pere la Chaise, without a stone to mark their resting place. -Victor Hugo lately gave a new proof of his modesty. It is the annual custom of the French Academy to give a purse to whoever of their number happens to need assistance. In order to render tbe reception of the purse as little abhorrent as possible to the member for whom it ie designed, it is effered in the first phce to the oldest member; be declines, and it then goes to the next oldest, and so to the member previously agreed upon. This year the puree was to go to M. Jules Sandeau. It bad regularly passed down the list to the next preceding M. bandeau's, wbicb happened to be that of M. Hago, who, instead of declining with thanks, kept the money and sent a letter full of gratitude for the liberality of hie fellow academicians. The disgust of the academy may be imagined. , General Beauregard, it seems, dyes. A letter from the White Sulphur Springs, in sketching the notabilities at a recent ball there, says: "Bat what young mau is that whose raven locks and moustache may be seen wherever beauty and grace reign most decidedly? Some one whispers that it is General Beauregard, the great engineer and gallant soldier; but surely that cannot be, for the last timo I saw that great chieftain bis bair was as white as driven snow, and bis bronzed features were not those of the ball room gallant. Bat another look convinces me that my friend ie right, es? pecially when I remember the ready reply made by the brave chieftain to one of the belles who twittted him on this change. 'When I was in command of an army,' said be, 'I used to dye my hair white to impress my soldiers with a proper respect for my ago and position; but after the war closed and the necessity passed away, I allowed it to return to its natu? ral color?' May his locks never turn gray, and may he live long to enjoy the society of which he is so bricht an ornament." -Somebody bas recalled a paragraph which went thc rounds of the newspapers in the early years of the war, in wbicb it was stated that a son of Lord Byron was a major in the Federal service, and that he was not, as might bo supposed, a natural son, but the fruit of tho poet's secret marriage with a Spanish lady of rank and a Catholic. Major Byron was de? scribed as a man well advanced in yeare, but erect and vigorous, and Deanne a remarkeble personal resemblance to Lord Byron. He was familiar with the noble family of wbich he claimed to be a scion, and, indeed, had written a three-volume history of its members. He possessed many manuscript letters, personal relics and other mementoes of the man whom he claimed as his father, and could repeat almost every word of Lord Byron's poetical works. A correspondent of the St. Joseph Missouri Herald writes to that paper, stating bis acquaintance with Major Byron, and recall? ing a conversation with bim on Ibo subject of Lord and Lady Byron's separation. Major Byron declared that Lady Byron unluckily dis? covered a portion of ber husband's correspond? ence with bis Spanish wife, and although by the laws of England and the laws of 8pain the marriage waa void, she at once determined apon a separation. Major Byron mentioned to the Herald's correspondent the subject of Lady Byron's revelation to Dr. Lushington, and con? tended that it concerned Lord Byron's mar? riage in Spain. The theory is, of course, within the bounis of possibility, but it is repeated here merely as an illustration ot the wide range of speculation which bas been wasted in futile efforts to discover the cause of a famoue matri? monial quarrel. THE FABER FOB THE TIMES. What People in the Country Say About Tbe Charleston Newe. [From the Georgetown Timei, September 9.] THE CHARLESTON DAILY NEWS ha?, ia the hands of tts present proprietors, justly taken and maintained its rank as a first class daily paper. Its energy and enterprise, in giving tb its readers the latest and most reliable news, wonld of themselves commend it to public favor; but great as ie its enterprise, and valu? able as it has been in giving items and articles of interest to every class of its readers, ita ability in discussing the various ques? tions and subjects which the present abnormal condition of things give rise to, is even more marked and noteworthy. Fully realizing the condition of the State un? der its present profligate rule, it has been dil? igent in searching out, and fearless in expos? ing and denouncing, corruption and depravity in high places as well as low places. Tbe tra? ditionary respect and veneration which once surrounded the Governor's chair constitute no barrier to its well directed attacks on the dis? honesty and corruption which now degrade and disgrace the office; and its present occu? pant is titly exposed in all the deformity of his mercenary nature to public gaze and the de? testation of an outraged people. The wretched minions of his creation, who are willing to bar? ter away their oaths for gain, and ready for a paltry consideration to assist in re-enacting the bloody scene-* which resulted in the mur? der of Mrs. Surratt, are not too low to escape tbe sweep of its lash. Justly appreciating tue true wont and duty cf the press, it suffers no villains of high or low degree, who come under its notice, to escape exposure aud punishment. In this it is doing yoeman'? 3crvice to the cause of good government among us; for its whole? some disciplioe, "while it may not work a mira? cle upon the heart, will assuredly operate in some degree on the conduct" of the greedy and unprincipled adventurers who are nowgiowing fat and insolent on the spoils wrung from an oppressed and impoverished people. ID these times, when civic virtue is not thought of, and selfishness, venality and corruption are the means employed to attaiu and retain public office, the press, and particularly a daily pa? per, is potent lor good or evil to tho State, and its duty aud responsibility are .great. THE CHARLESTON DAILI NEWS has bravely met that responsibility and boldly discharged its duty. The miserable policy of conciliation puisued by too many well meaning men, ft om tho close of tbe war up to thc present time, towards the vulgar set who have been placed to rule over our peoplo, has, we verily believe, b:en one of the most prolific canses or the evils which now afflict the State. Had the course DOW pursued by I DE NEWS b jen adopted by the entire press or the State in tbe beginning, the thrift which followed fawning would never had fewer at? tractions to tempt tho we k and unwary to the fellowship ot our unorincipl d rulers. Tue homi? nes sc?l?ratissimi, immani acaritia, noceiUissi mi, iidemque superbissimi, now have power and authority. The quotation was addressed to tbe Roman people nineteen hundred y cam ago, in answer to the question, At qui surd ii qui Rempu'olicam occupacerel We need not go outside of South Caroliua to lind tho applica? tion m worse men than over plundered the Roman citizen in the most corrupt times, ot either the Republic or Empire. THE DRY GOODS AUTOCRAT. Interesting to the Ladies -Jennie June at Stewart's-Secret of the Great Mer? chant's Success-Thc Feature of Com plete Outfits-Family Sewing a Thing of the Past-?ewing C arpets by hall? way-A i olossal Charity. Jennie June, the ?prightly fashion writer and one of the lights of tbe New York Sorosis, concludes her las: letter with tho following very readable batch of gossip for the ladies: Stepping into Ste vart's on my way home, the athAr afternoon, it suddenlv wj" 11 ' * commenced raiwng flEarny. lhere was no belp for it. I was weather bou id; I could not ride across town ,as no cars go m that direc? tion, and the luxury or a carnage on the occa? sion of Bueu&small contretemps was not to be thought of. The los* ot one hour or more of my time was the great source of my regret until"one of rue gentlemen present suggested that I should utilize it by taking a journey through the establishment. To this I assented, and we took our seats in a carpeted, handsomely mirrored and cushion? ed car, and were rapidly, but with little per? ceptible motion, landed on what I conceived to be tbe top floor, until I found there were two more above oe. I am not going to either weary or entertain my readers with tho exact number of feet con? tained in this euoimous pile, nor the size ot the squaro wbicb the whole building will occu? py when GoupiTs former art gallery (now in process of demolition) hos disappeared, and tbe structure is complete). Measurements convey ideas to my unod only by comparison, and it will, therefore, be sufficient to ray that each floor would contain a dozen ordinary farm bouses-barns, poultry-bouses and all and that there arc eight floors, including tbe basement. It is now altogether tbe largest and most complete commercial bouse in the world. What it will be when the area ot several more large stores is adde.l to it, it tires one to think. My object, however, in writing this paragraph is not to eulogize Mr. Stewart or his enter? prise, but simply note him as ono of the ex? traordinary facts of tho day, and give same idea of bis aims, and what he is doing to bring about their accomplishment. Eighteen vears ago, when ho was about en? larging bis down-town store, a gentlen.au, a merchant, said to bim: ' Ls it safe lo do this. Mr. Stewart? Don't you know that fou are a very ?unpopular man?" "Yes," said Mr. Stewart, 'T am aware of tbat; but 1 don't do business on that basis. My method is not to obtain popularity, but to compel people to buy or mo." The merchant never saw Mr. Stewart a?ain, until a few days ugo, and then looking around at the vast result, he reminded him ot this conversation of eighteen years before, and ac? knowledged that the principle must have been sound. As a man, Mr. Stewart is not a whit more popular to-day than he was eighteen years ago. He is the terror of all the small dealers whom be undersells and out-buys. He is also the oracle, be is the regulator ot prices, and it is a fact tbat ladies will appreciate that if Mr. Stew? art should die to-morrow, pieces of dry goods would go up twonty-tive per cent. Ot cours2 he bas recognized the modoin idea ol ready-made clot liing for women and children, and within tbe small township ot space which success bas placed at his disposal, he aims to supply not only the material for all hinds of garments, but the garments them? selves, of every kind and grade, adapted to everybody's wants and everybod>'s purs J. The floor, by oto of the windows ot which we aro still standing, looking down upon the attics of | the bouses opposite, is devoted to thc manu? facture of ladies' and children's outfits. From tour to six hundred girls and women are cm ployed in this deportment, and tbe demand would be such that thc number might bs trebled, if the work was properly superintend? ed and the pi ?mary idea tully carried out. But this requires a woman as well as man. lt requires a woman ol great natural capacity, with the experience of a mother, the taste ot a lady, the perception of au artist, thc tact and judgment of a financier, and the energy of Susan B. Anthony. Sjme such woman ia per? haps econring knives in ber little kitchen, but tbe world and Mr. Stewart knows nothing of ber, ani bis great design, therefore, of supply? ing all the women in tue world with well-made and well-fitting garments, at a reasonable cost, is marred and rendered imperfect by being in? trusted to bali a dozeu iucompetent superin? tendents. It is true, however, tbat even now a lady can go to Mr. Stewart's and fit herself from bead to foot, and ctn supply a family of children with many useful articles". But tbe departments are not properly systematized, and the lines of goods are not complete; the garments are n.>t well graded, and there are no complete outfi's for ladies, childreu and infants, of different etyleB and pri?es, which would represent at once td the purchaser what could be obtained for a given som. lt is a heietical opinion* to advance, I know, butlmust say it: tbe days of family sewing are numbered. Fifty yeais from now it will bo as rare for women to make the garments of a family at home as it is DOW for them to spin the linen. There is no reason why manufac? turing bouses should not supply every article worn, at the cost or material and labjr, labor being gauged, not by the old method, but by tbe application of the sewing machines and other modern labor-saving inventions. In fact, this is already tbe case with odd garments bere and there. Very neat and well cat, and well fitting chemises can be obtained for a dol? lar each, drawers ditto, bat no night-dresses are to be found corresponding with these in style and price, and as the prices go np the difference in quality does not correspond with the difference in cost. But to return to our expedition. The sky had already cleared when we descended in the luxuriously appointed coach, more luxurious than tbe famous drawing-room coaches of the Central road. It was time to leave; but our guide i s eis ted on paying a visit to the carpet manufacturing department and seeing tbe operation ot so wing carpets by railway. Seven heavy sewing machines whicb sew over and through and through at the same time are affixed to a little "low-Lacked car" and placed upon seven different linea of railway, wbich ex? tends the length of an impossible carpet. The operator seats bim or herself in the car and travels rapidly down the length of the seam on the track, sewing it more substantially than could possibly be done by hand and at the rate of four to seven hundred" yards a day, thus en? abling the house in a busy season to tarn out from two to three thousands yards of made carpet per day, and thus anpply customers with great promptness and facility. "Ob,dear me!" said a lady near by,"only think bow many poor girls this throws out of em playment." "Madam," said I, "think bow once broke my back over the long, heart-rend? ing seam of ? parlor carpet. I am glad they are tbiown ont of auch employment. I am sure she thought I waa a horrid wretch, and I was willing she should, for I was buey thinking of the happy future, when California will grow us plenty of ,Rreat white grape8 and other fruits, which now we only look at wish? fully as we pass the windows ot the foreign fruit stores. When Mr. Stewart will empty our work-baskets of everything but the stockings, and the bright carp ats of thousand of cheerful sitting-rooms will be as commonly aewed by railway aa the fabric is now woven io the loom. I do not know Mr. Stewart, I have never spoken to bim personally, but iL know he is usually considered a hird man. Be docs not send Ina employees on picnics m sammer, nor give them entertainments in winter. He does not like personal appeals to his sympathies, and be mikes es close a bargain "as be can, and expects people to stick to it; neverthe? less, I am not aure bot, in bia own way, be ia a benefactor. What he will not do for an in? dividual he ia doing for thousands-he ia build? ing, on the corner of Thirty-fourth atreet and Fourth-avenue, a monster hotel, whiob will accommodate nearly all the women in the City of New York. There working girls and work? ing women will find a comfortable home at a price that they can pay. the restaurant will be for the use of these and all other women, and will furnish good meals at minimum prices, but men will have no part nor lot in it; it will bo for women only. Kaowing the difficulties that women havo to encounter in every effort that they make toward a life of independent labor, not only for want of opportunity, bat want of habit and training, and aympithizing witbovery struggb. I cannot help thanking Mr. Stewart with all my beait tor the great aid which be extends to the most needy close of Cod's creatures, lt is another evidence that great wealth can nover belong to, or be employed by, any individual for bia sins le nae and benefit. He can use but so much, he can carry nothing away, and the path of the wise man or worn in who possesses great means ia, therefore, to emulate the eximple of Girard, of Aator, of Peabody, of Cooper, of Vassar and Stewart, and build' thei* own monuments of more imperishable materials than more atone and mortar. -Although all pure ice aold in England goes under the name of Wenham Lake ice, impor? tation of ice from the American continent nas long sir ce ceased. In bard winters much ice is now collected in England, and at least thirty thousand tons are imported from Norway to supplement the home supply. Estimating that sixty tbousanc) tons are annually used IU Lon? don, it is believed that this amount is far less than is used in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati kid am?rwrug m mis country. AmericaT like co:>l drinks, m winter BB mm as in em mer, while Englishmen indulge in bot drinks in July and August, and have only lately learned the use of ice. Ice which costs five shillings tbe ton in Norway, brings from twenty-five to fifty shillings in Loudon, ac? cording to the demand. -One of the officers attending the Governor General at Halifax, saluted tbe Prince with his hand instead of his sword. Tbe story goes that in the Crimea be was convicted of an offence punishable with death, but, by high in? fluence, be obtained a commutation of sen? tence, by wbich be was placed perpetually on half pay, and bad bia sword riveted to ita scab? bard. _ _ ?_ -A new outcry baa been raised in New York, about, kerosene oil, and the accidenta arising from ita nae. A bat of fifty-two deatha are given, aa occurring in New York city, in one year, from the use of explosive oils. The ap? pointment ot a kerosene inspector, with power to prosecute dealers in explosive oils, is recom? mended. -Mr. Samuel Jackson, an old and respected citizen of Fairfield County, died on Saturday last from an attack of apoplexy. For thirty odd years he bad been a successful merchant tailor in Winnsboro', but some time since had retired from business. /unwul Hotirrs. its' The Friends and Acquaintances of Mrs. JAM FIS MILE?, and of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. PEAKE, are requested to attend the Funeral Services of the former at the Church rf the Holy Commu? nion, at Four o'clock, THIS AFTERNOON. t-ept 16 Special ?Mires. ?3-THE NEATEST, THE QUICKEST AND THE CHEAPEST.-THE NEWS JOB OFFICE, No. H J EA-j r BAY. having replenished Its Stock with a new and large asxortmrnt of material of the finest quality and lateet style-, le pren ired to execute, at tbe bhortest notice and In the best manner, JOB PRINTING ol every description. Call and examine the scale of prices before giving your orders elaewbere. ?TA HANDSOMEIND?CE..1ENI.--EVERY person who sends $3 50 to the "XIX CENTURY' Publication Company, in ihis city, receives tbat superb Magazine for one yeir, and a copy ol' either of the Waverly Nove?9 or the works of Charles Dicken* that maybe designated. Specimen num? ber wiih premium list 35 cents. August 31 tilths] mo N9T1CE.-I, THERESA SONNTAG, WIFE OF OTTO SONNTAG, Dyer and Scourer, residing at No. 1*1 Market-street, couth side, do hereby give notice that I will cany on business as a Sole Trader in one month from the dite hereof. August25 Imo THERFSA SONNTAO. AST MAN1IOOD.-A MEDICAL ESSAY ON THE CAUsE AND CURE OF PREMATURE DE? CLINE IN MAN, the treatment of Nervous and Ph sical Debility, *c. "lhere is no member of society by whom this book will not be found useful, whether such perron holds the relation of Parent, Preceptor or Clergy? man."-Medica! Tint's aid Gazette. Sent by mail on receipt of filty cents. Address tte Author, Dr. E. DEF. CURTIS, Sept 1 lyr Washington. T>. C. ta- IT IS STRANGE TO SEE WITH WHAT carelessness some invalid* attend to their health. They will procure a bax of PLANTATION PITTFJIS, which ought to be used up in a month or six week?, and upon inquiry lt i" found that they have used only two or three bottles, s .une days they have used it according to the directions, and others have not touched it. The who'e trill ha? been irregular, and, ol' course, a less favorable result has come from their use. If ii be true that "what ia worth doing at all is worth doing well," bow emphatically is it true in matters, relating to the heal.b. A few bottles of PLANTATION BITTERS have often wrought wonders, while In other instance! disease has only been sub? dued after weeks of resistance. MAGNOLIA WATER.-..uperior to the best imported German Cologne, and sold at ha'f the price. Sept 14 tu'h-3 Spcrial Muts. ?-TAX NOTICE.-OFFICE CITY TREA? SURY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1869.-The third and last instalment of TAX ON REAL ESTATE ls due, and payable during the present month, for the year ie69. Sept 16 3 S. THOMA?, Pity 'Treasurer. ??NOTICE IO CONSIGNEES.-THE Steamship SARAGOSSA is THIS DAT discharging cargo at Vanderhorst's wharf. Gooda not removed by (unset will remain on the wharf at owners' risk, or if stored, at expense and risk of owner or con? signee. BAVEN EL A CO., Agents. Sept 15 3 A3- A CARD-SOUTHERN LIFE INSUR? ANCE COMPANY, ATLANTA DEPARTMENT. To the People of South Carolina: The above Company waa organized in 1866, in consequence of the wholesale forfeiture of Southern policies by Northern companies. The unpar illeled success of the enterprise has forced several of these companies to restore their Southern policies, from the fact that they could not operate in our midst without the appearance of honesty. We keep all our money at home to build up our impoverished country-every dollar of premium being safely invested in the State from which lt is de? rived. The institution is purely Southern, and hence should sppeal with great force to the patriotism and and sympathy of every Southern heart. 'Tis not our purpose to make war on other com? panies, but to exhibit the special advantages offered by this purely Southern Company-founded on patriotism and solid wealth. Its ratio of assets to liabilities-thc true test of a company's strength-is second to none on this continent, being nearly $300 to $100. Whenever and wherever we have presented the claims of this Company, lt has not only enlisted the sympathies of our people, hut bas also secured their hearty co-operation. We have secured 600 policies in South Carolin? tunee the loth of February. We number smong our Directors General Wade Hamp? ton and Colonel Wm. Johnston, gentlemen well known to every citizen of South Carolina. We ap? peal personally to the people of South Carolina to assist in pushing forward this deservedly popular Southern institution. J. H. MILLER, General Agent Southern Life Insurance Compsny, No. 23 Broad-street. Augusta, Ga. 8. Y. TUPPEB, Agent, Charleston, S. C. H. W. DE SAUSSURE, M. D., Medical Examiner. We cheerf olly recommend the above Company to tho patronage of the citizens or South Carolina. Columbia, S C.-J. 8. Preston, J. P. Carroll, C. D. Melton, S. W. Melton, J. D. Pope. Camden.-J. D. Kershaw, Wm. M. Shannon, W. E. Johnson. Sumter.-John B. Moore. Wiunsboro'.-W. R. Robertson, J. B.sMcCants, James H. Rion. YorkviUe -W. B. W.lson, A. Coward, James Ma? son, L p. Wither?poon, J. R. Bretton, J. T. Lowry, K. G. McCaw. Anderson.-J. L. Orr. Barnwell.-Jos. A. Lawton, James Paterson, John? son Hagocd Clarendon.-Jno. L. Manning, T. C. Richard-on, Browne Manning. BEFTBKWCIS IN CHARLESTON. General JAME I CONNER, Messrs. PELZEB, RODGERS A CO , JAME^Q WILDON, Esq., GEO. H. WALTER, Esq., LEWES D. MOWRY, Esq. August 19 2mos ?- A DEFENSIVE MEDICINE.-"IN time of peace prepare for war," is a sound military maxim. "Let not the sickly season find you unpos/ I pared," ls an equally good rule In medical jurispru. ' dence. The man must be made of iron who tinda commencement. Such a phenomeron ls rare, even among the most robust of the human family. Mus? cular and conalitutional vigor oozes out of us in the broiling weather of July and August, and few of us, at the opening of the fall, are in the best possible condition to defy the unhealthy Influences of the season. Fever and Ague and Bilious Remittent Fevers, together with a variety of complaints that affect the digestive organs, the liver and the bowels, form a portion of the autumn programme. Bear in mind that exhaustion invites these disorders, and that stamlnal vigor enables the system to repel them. "To he weak is to be miserable," says Satan to his defeated lesions, in "Paradise Lost," and the axiom Ia correct, though it comes from an evil source. Ho 1 then, ye weak and feeble, fortify yourselves against the invisible enemy that pervades the au? tumnal air. The best defence against miasma la a course of HOSTETlEh'S STOMACH BITTERS. This rare vegetable tonic will improve your appetite, stimulate your digestion, give firmness to your nerves, invigorate your muscnlar fibre, regulate your secretions, cheer your spirits, and put your ea? die physique in perfect working order. It i9 easily done. The standard tonic and alterative which will recuperate and build you up, is not "bad to take," but, on the contrary, a pleasant medicine. See, however, that you have the genuino article. There are imitations and counterfeits in the market, and they are all worthless or deleterious. Bear in mind that HOSTETTER'? 8TOMACH BITTERS is sold only in glass, (never by the gallon or cask,) and that each bottle bears a label surmounted by a vignette of St. George and tho Dragon, and our revenue stamp over the cork. Sept ll_DAC_6 ??SOLOMON'S BI TIERS.-THIS PRE? PARATION, compounded by one of our oldest and most esteemed diuggiste, bas, during the short time in which it ha9 boen offered to the public, attained a reputation which has almost entirely driven ont of market the various tonic8 and stimulant? which, for a few mon'hs, by exorbitant puffing and heavy ad? vertising, succeeded in building a profitable busi? ness for their projectors. Solomon's Bitters are not of the flashy style, de? pending upon large advertising, bought puffs and fictitious recommendations for a sale to a gullible public. Their composition is well known to and ap? proved by many of our best physician?, and the pro? prietors depend upon the intrinsic merits cf their medicine to make it as popular as it is curative. They do net pretend ti oner a medicinal prepara? tion that will cure all the ills that Hush in heir to, but they do contend that the judicious use of these Bitten ?ill greatly alleviate human suffering, and bring very many to a state of comparative health who have long been strangers to that great blessing. One good genuine recommendation of any pro? fessed curative is worth dozens or hundreds of bought certificates, and the Messrs. SOLOMONS have only published a few out uf the hundreds of un? solicited testimonies which the have received. We this morning giveacopy of a letter from Hon. ALIS. H. STEPHENS, whose peculiarly enfeebled condition for the past six months has been known to the whole country. His few earnest words will go much fur? ther to confirm the goo.1 opinion already existing as to the beneficial qinlitici of this medicine than would columns of ster<.otyprd recommends Hons from unknown parties: Lin :r.:r HALL, ) (*IUWF )KDSVILLE. GA , AugU6t li 1839. I Messrs. A. A. Solomons ? Co., Druggists, Savanna!*, Ga.: GENTLEMEN- Please send mo half a dozen bottles of your Bitte?. I have been using them lately upon the recommendation of a friend, with decided benefit, in giving ton* lo tbo digestive organs and general strength to my system. Send by Express, with vjlue endorsed, C. O. D. Y'iurs respectfully. iSigned) ALEXANDER H. STEPHEN-'. August 24 _imo ?-BATCHELORS HAIR DYE.-THIS splendid Hair Dye is the best in the world; the only true and perfect Dye; harmless, reliable, instaita Dtous; no disappointment; no ridiculous tints; rem? edits the ill effects of bad dye?; invigorates and leaves the hair soft and beautiful black or brown. Sold ly all Druggists and Perfumer.-; and properly applied?at Batchelor'? Wi Facto'y, No. - Bond. I etrcc?, New York. lyr May V? Shipping. FOR LIVERPOOL. THE FIRST-CLASS BBITT3H BASK VINCO. K. HALLIDAY Master, having a 1 portion of ber cargo engaged, wiH have 1 dispatch for the above port. For Freight engagements, apply to HENEY CARD, Sept li accommodation Wharf. EXCURSIONS TO ALL POI ST* OF IN? TEREST ABOUND TBE HABBOB. , THE FAST SAILING AND COMPORTA 1 BLT appointed Yacht ELEANOR will now presume her trips to all poinU in the har ? bor, starting EVERY MORNING, at Ten o'clock, from South Commercial Wharf. For Passage or Charter, apply to THOMAS YOUNG, Sept 13_C?ptala, on board. EXCURSIONS] EXCURSIONS I THE FINE FAST SAILING YACHT ELLA ANNA, the Champion of the South, is now ready and prepared to make regular i trips, thus affording an opportunity to ali who may wish to visit points of interest in our baan tirai harbor. For passage, apply to the Captain on Union Wharf, June 21 NEW YU UK. AND CHARLESTON STEAMSHIP LINE. FOR N E W YORK. THE FIBSTOLASS SIDE-WHEEL '8TEAM8HTP CHAMPION, R. Wt LOCKWOOD, Commander, will sail ? from Adger's south Wharf on SAT? URDAY, September 18th, at ? o'clock P. M. 49* Marine Insurance by this line % per cent 49~ Through Bills of Lading to Liverpool on Cot? ton at ?id. 49* Through Bills Lading to Boston and Prov? idence at reasonable rates of Freight. For Freight or Passage, having elegant cabin ac? commodations, spply to JAMES ADGEB A CO.. Agents, Corner Adger'a Wharf and East Bay (up-ftatra.) 4W The Steamship CHARLESTON will follow on TUESDAY, September 21 at 6 o'clock P. M. Sept 16_ 8 BALTIMORE ANO CHARLESTON STEAMSHIP LINE. TUB STEAMSHIP FALCON, [Captain HORSEY, will sail for Balti? more on FRIDAY, 17th September, at i4 o'clock P. M., from Pier No. 1, Union Wharves. 49" Through Billa Lading signed for all class?e of Freight to BOSTON. PHILADELPHIA, WILMING? TON, DEL., WASHINGTON CITY, and the NOBTH WESr. For Freight or passage, apply to COURTENAY k TRENHOLM, 8ept 16_3_Union Wharves. FOR PillLADKH'HIA AND BOS IOS, THE STEAMSHIP PBOME ' THEU3. Captain A. B. GRAY, wffl li ave Nona Atlantic Wharf, on FRI , DAY, 17th instant, at 3 o'clock P. M. For Freight apply to JOHN k THEO. GETTY, Sept 12_J_North Atlantic Wharf. FOR N KW lOHK. REGULAR LINE EVERT THURSDAY. THE SPLENDID STEAMSHIP 'SARAGOSSA, Captain C. RYDER, will leave V >ndnrhorsf s Wharf on .FRIDAY AFT?RNOOM, September 17, 1869. at 4 o'clock. RAVENEL k CO.. Sept ll _Agents. PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMP V'S f ranoriH LISit TO CALIFORNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN. CH A SQ P. OF SAILING DATS I BTSAMFBS OE THE ABOV lise leave Pier No. 42. North River, foot of CaaaLetreet, New York, at 12 o'clock noon, of th? 1st, ll tb and 21st of every month (except when these dates fall en Sunday, then the Saturday preceding). Departure of lat and ;;?t connect at Panama with steamers for South Pacific and Central American perte. Those of 1st touch at Manzanillo. Departure of 11th ot each month connects -*Jtb the new steam nne rrum panama lo Australia sod ^SCHHtfbloiraT ieav?i san Francisco ivr and Japan October 4. 1869. No California steamers touch at Havana, but gc direct from New York to AsplnwslL One hundred pounds baggage free to each adult. Medicine and attendance free. For Passage Tickets or further Information apply at the COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, on the wharf foot of Canal-street, North River, New York. March 12 lyr F. B. BABY, Agent FOR EOISTO, ROCKVILLE, CHIS OLM'tt AND BEAUFORT. , -?4P*>>k, THE STEAMER -PILOT BOY." JBEBBpCCaptain FENN PECK, will leave Middle Atlanrio Wharf for above points every THURSDAY MORNING at 8 o'clock, until further notice. Be turn? ing, will leave Beaufort at 6 o'clock FRIDAY MORN INO, and Edl-to at 2 o'clock P. M. same day. All Freight payable on the wharf. J. D. AIKEN k CO , Sept 14 3 South Atlantic Wharf. Special Mitts. 49* THE PLANTERS' AND MECHAN 1081 BANK OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SEPTEMBEB1, 1869.-DANIEL RAVENEL, PRESIDENT, JAMBS K. ROBINSON AND 0THEB3, DIRECTORS OF THE PLANTERS' AND MECHANICS' BANK OF SOUTH CAROLINA, vs. THE PLANTERS' AND MECHANICS' BANK OFSCUTH CAROLINA, LEW M. HATCH AND OIHER8.-Whereat, In pursuance of the decree of the Court of Equity, in this case, a meeting of the Stockholders of the Bank was duly called on the 12th instant, butsaid meeting, although largely attended, failed tor want of a legal quorum; and whereas; in that event, the further action of the Corporation ia devolved by the said decree upon the Board of Directors. Be lt, therefore, 1st Resolved, by tbe sal 1 Board, That it is expe? dient to re-establish the Bank with as large a Capital as possible, under the Act of the General Assembly, entitled "An Act to enable the Banks of the State to renew business, or to place then in liquidation." 2d. Resolved, That to thia end an assessment of Five Dollars ii hereby laid upon each share, to be paid in two equal Instalments, on the 1st October and the 1st ot November ensuing; said payment to be made either io cash or by stock note of the share? holder, the same to be deemed a part of the Capital and te be credited accordingly to each share. ' 3d. Resolve J, Th>t stockholders failing to pay in cash or by note at the dates aforesaid, shall be deem? ed to have declined the privileges ot the new Charter; and a separate account shall be kept of the assets and debts of the Bank, as set forth in the report, with a view to a I'quldation of their claims; and that whenever the said assets shall be collected, and the debts acd expenses ascertained and paid, the said Stockho'ders shall receive credit for their re? spective shares of the surplus. Tbe foregoing resolutions, reported by a specla committee appointed for that purpose, were unani? mously adopted by the Board of Directors. The Presi lent will attend at the Bank daily from ll to 2 o'clock, to give information and arrange the assessment called for. Stockholders will please bring tbeir Certificates of Stock with them. W E. HASKELL, Sept 2 th?tu26_Cashier. 49* ROSADALIS! ROS ADALIS 1-SKIN Diseases, such a9 Tetter, Salt Rheum, Scald Head, fcc., are often cured in a short time by the Rosada lis. Sometimes it requires a considerable period, but if tbe patient will persevere in its use, tbe di? sease will certainly yield to the great alterative ef lects of the medicine. BALTIMOSE, February 19,18C8. Thi9 is to certify that I was severely afflicted with an inveterate Eruption of thc S ?in, and that I was " cured by Rosadalis. BENJ. M. W1EL. Pear Sir:-In 1863, my son, now aged five years, ?s vaccinated with what proved to be impure mat \ which completely destroyed bia health. He has been afflicted with an inveterate and extremely trou? blesome Eruption of the Skin, sometimes breaking out in sores, Ac. Rosadalis was prescribed by our family Physician, Dr. A. D. Moore. After taking it a few weeks, my sou became and remains entirely tee?. Yours truly, J. B. DANIEL. For sale by GOODRICH, WISEMAN A CO., Im? porters of Drugs and Chemicals, Charleston, S. C Sept ll *tutLS 49-NOTICE IS HER FRY GIVEN THAT spplicatlon for tho renewal of the following Certifi? cates of Stock in the People's Bank of South Carolina will be made at the expiration of ninety days from this, date, wbich Certificates have been lost: No. 793, November 13,1855, for One Hundred Shares; No. 2608, July 39,1863, for Forty Shares, both in favorer J. B. Whitndse. OSMA BAILEY, july 23 lam3moe* EXSCP'**''