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? THE DAILY NEWS. wj&" Largest Circulation.-WA' DAILY NEWS BT ?E1NG THE NEWSPAPER OFFICIALLY RE COGNIZED AS HA FING THE LARGEST CO ^^CULATION IN THE CITY OF CHARLESTON. ^m\PUBLI!>HES THE LIST OF LETTERS RE MAI X INO IN THE POSTOFFICE AT t^t END Ol J WACH WEEK, ACCORDING TO THE PROVIS? IONS OF THE NEW POSTOFFICE LA W. CHEAP ADVERTISING. THE CHARLESTON NEWS, the circulation of which is. about twice as large as that of any other paper published in South Carolina, is the ?eat advertising medium for all business men. For persons who want eituitions or servants; who want houses or apartments, or have them to rent; who want or who offer board and lodg? ing; who have jost or found articles of value, Tax NEWS has no equal; and in order that ali classes may have their wants supplied, we have adopted *he following scale of CHEAP ADVEB Tissiavn. payment Tor which must invariably be made when the order is given: Advertisements of situations canted by or Offered to clerks, governesses, tutors, work? men, mechanics, housc-eorvantd, porters, abop .^hojb, cooks and washers; board and lodging waated or offered; apartments wanted or to let; articles lost or found; houses, shops, offices and warehouses wanted or to let, and,miscella? neous wa?ts ot all kinds. H - For eaoh insertion of advertisements of the classes specified : Not exceeding THHEE UNES or 20 words..,."?S cents " FOUR LINES or 30 words.40 " FIVE tnixs or 40 words.co .. ! All advertisements to be inserted at thea; rates must be prepaid and delivered at THE NEWS office by 9 P. al. LOCAL MATTERS. Meetings Tais Da jr. St. Andrew's Lodge, at 6 P. M. .Etna Fire Company, st half-past 7 P. M. Hope Fire Engine Company, i P. H. Auction Sates Tisis Day. JOHN G. MTLKOB ? Co. will sell at 10 o'clock, at his store, white lead and plantation?tools. PSEde:,-ii._ ?r. L. W.Davis, of the Lake City I ' Press, is in this City. ACCIDENT.-CaptainFenn Peek, of the steam? er Pilot Boy, while attending to his duties on the steamer Saturday night, slipped offs plank and dislocate! his ankle ^HAROBIH THE SELLS.-Ia accordance with a time-honored custom, the evening-bolls will j * be changed to-day from 8 and 10 P. tl. to 7 and ?* 9 P. M., and will be rang at those hours until the 20th of March next. . THE CUSTOMHOUSE WAS.-Colonel J. H. Alex? ander, of the United 8 tat es Treasury Depart? ment, arrived in the etty yesterday and pat ap at the Pavilion Hotel. It is reported that the late cnstombonse*war has something to do with his trip. A HINT ?TOE DULL Tims.-Take adran tage of the great reduction in prices, and prepare for the approaching business season by har? ing your Job Printing neatly, expeditiously and cheaply done at Tar NEWS Job Office, No. 145 Bast Raj. - " ? FR? ?KTa rs 8ATAKSAH.-The Advertiser of Friday .sst say?: "Welearn that th^ritisbbark Kentville, the first cotton vessel pot on the berth for LfverpoorEhts "season, hasibsen taken ap with s fall cargo at a half-penny. The ca? pacity of the Kentville is about twenty-six hundred bales." A Hoax -Tho statement in Saturday's NEWS that Hr. Ogden, of Barnwell, had atei with a fatal accident while attempting to clean his well, is happily without foundation, our infor? mant having been the victim of ?-ghostly hoax. Truth is said to lie st the boram of swell; but in this instance our experience has not verified the saying. *TWONEOEO?S KILLED Ht a RATTLSSNAEE. It was reported yesterday that One night last week a negro mao and woman- were bitten by a rattlesnake, from the effect of which they died in .a, few hours afterward. Tho report placed the occurrence in the vicinity of Sum? merville. AU' efforts to' learn whether there wad any trash in the report were futile. _,- . - TfrbM&TOTM.-About seven o'clock Satur? day night, Officer Nipeon arrested a ma a named John O. Fries, of-Thomaston, Georgia, upon the charge ot stealing a watch from a Jeweller in that place. Shortly after he was lodged.in tiie Guardhouse, some of his friends gare se? curity forras appearance before -the Mayor to? day, ; and he rae released. At twelve o'clock he wu re-arrested; this time for steaUng forty dollars from Mr. J. C. Gilchrist, of this city. He will appear before the Mayor this morning .33/6-'- ~ A Pgteowta Saox AT.-About one o'clock yesp*#aj moaning. Tbtle Policeman Sargent was near the Guardhouse^ with a colored man whom he had arrested opon the charge of beat lag his Mfil?, the. prisoner broke away and ran Sargent pursued, but being unable to overtake him, fired two shots over his bead, believing it would have the effect of stopping hun. I he negro stopped, waa re-arrested and safely lodged in prison. Charges were then entered vtfha the book against Sargent for "unneoes ?arycshoo*iug.'' sj ?j #THB COASUMO TBADE.-The early and large arrivals of cotton at this por,t has caused muoh activity in freights North by steam, and all our ships go fall. The steamships Cham? pion and Saragossa sailed on Saturday for New York, the former with 1780 bales, and the latter with 840 bales colton. On Friday the steam ship Faloou departed for Baltimore with 507 bates, and the Prometheus for ^Philadelphia With 409 bales cotton %nd othdr general mer chandise. The ahrps coming this way are all at this Uaw bringing heavy cargoes, and bu.;I xtess ia coasting steam frelghtawaa never more active. _ _ *. "WE? SHAH, wa TH SEX MEET AGAIN." Every one who bas seen the picture of the two innscent tooting asses, and then read under? neath 'when, shall wa three meet again ?" and rooked for the third one until ho "saw it," will perhaps see more than was intended in the fpltot^ag^ea'-Tsofc icom sn awwuit written by BadflTOam of fe visit to the Kayorjast week io ^k*ov wtasVirrry^he sr??a?o^^lK?^ for Tunning a horse and cart without si ?cense: ".Realty the Mayor tookS"bettor than when we last met bun, Piac#, calm an* i^ natured as ever Se ?as ia goonJby dave. We experi? enced his gracious clemency. We met the re? doubtable T. J. ?fi. faehey) there, looking as pleased aa if be had jost taken possession of MM t>ly Tjemirail ed otiM^-m^?^ ^ ^ &T RADICALISM. IGNORANCE, CRIME AND COWARDICE. The Radical Barricade Smasher-He doesn't Know as muon as he Thinks he does, nor as mach as he should. A RADICAL LAWYER SWINDLES A POOR NEGRO WOMAN-HE 19 CHARGED WITH FORGERY AND OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRE? TENCES. A Radical Constable Hakes a Gallant Charge upon, a Woman-He Knocks her Down with hts Fist, and Threat? ens ber Life with a Knife. _ .it Appended are the accounts of the transac? tions of three members of the Radical party, Alderman David Barrow, Lawyer George A. Richmond and Constable Theodore F. Bunch. Comment is unnecessary: A RADICAL ALDERMAN. TEE NEWS, of Saturday, mentioned that Al? mau David Barrow had, OB the day before, smashed a barr ?catie, erected in front of the Planters' and Mechanics' Bank building. Tne barricade wes placed there in conformity with theordiuance ratified November 6, 1806, pro? viding that parties repairing or erecting a building on the streets, must make applica? tion to the Commissioners of Streets and Lamps to enclose so much of the streot as shall not exceed the front of the lot on which the work upon the building or repairs is being done, nor extend more than six feet into the street; tha: all inbbish and building material must be deposited inside of the enclosure; that the fence and material must be removed im? mediately after the work is finished, or when tno of the Comqaidsioners of Streets and Lamps shall require it, upon pain of forfeiture of two dollars for erery hour that they remain nnremoved. ? Before (he smashing occurred, the contrac? tor, Mr. Mulcahy, was reported by Officers Lovett and Traill fur obstructing- the side? walls. Saturday the cass waa ailed before the Mayor. Alderman Barrow stated that he saw the 1 abstraction Thursday at four o'clock and on Friday at eight o'clock, and reported it each 1 time. He passed by again at one o'clock, and, thinking it was an obstraolion, he smashed it. The sidewalks belonged lo the citizens, and be ' ntended that they should have? the use of 1 :hem. He believed he knew the ordinances, ' ind he intends j that they shonld be enforced. ' Mr. Mulcahy testified that he had put np the >arri?ade in obedience to the ordinance; that lnless it bad been placed there tho people ' vooJd have passed ander the scaffolding, and 1 tome one might have been hur;t by the plaa ering which was being pulled down; besides, ' ie had not taken np as much of the street ab , he law allowed, as the barricade did not ex- 1 ?nd six feet into ?he street, but only to the 1 rotter; and also that pedestrians need; not lave gone out into the gutter tot pass the >ank, as they could jo nuder the porch if tbey ' visaed. The Mayor then reis the ordinance, of ' ?hieb the substanoe is above given, and said hat no blame could? be attached to Mr. Mul? laby; he had oomplied with the ordinance, ritb the exception of applying for permission. Ie then dismissed tbe case. Alderman Barrow commenced to look se ions when the Mayor nearly completed the eading of the ordinance, and at Its conclusion ooked decidedly foolish. A RADICAL LAWYER. ? A short; timji9ince.a_C9lored_ woman, named _x laney Higgins, applied to Magistrate Morri- , on for a warrant for the arrest of one George . L Richmond, who bas a shingle ont on Broad- . treet announcing that he is an "At to rm y at \ jaw." The woman desired his arrest upon he charges of forgery and obtaining money ( ind er false pretence.-. ] From her affidavit and her statement of the . ?ase, it appears that about the middle of July ( ast she gave birth to a child whose father fs ] i white man, and whom for the present we ; ihall designate as A In March, before her , topfinetnent, she went to Richmond and ( ?tated that she intended to prosecute A if he ? lid not give her money for the maintenance > tl the child, which, she asserted, she would , won bear. After some talk Richmond con- ( lented, upon tho payment of ten dollars, j o attend to the case for one year, if noces- j lary. In doe time he called apon A and asked | lim what he would give the woman, to which | ie replied, that bo would give one huudred | md fifty dollars, to be paid ia three instal- , nents, and thea paid the first ($50) to Rich- , non J, who, a short time after, saw Nancy. \ ie told her that A had agreed to give her . ieventy-fivo dollars, and had paid bim a por- < ion of it. He then handed her twenty dol?an, j 3y the time the child waa born Richmond had | rotten the one hundred aod fiffrdoliars from ( I, and had paid seventy-five dollars to Nancy, i '(hen he received tho full amount from A he \ rave him a receipt in full for one hundred and i If ty. This receipt bad Nancy's name to it, ] md the young man believing that it had been \ ligned by ber, considered himself oat of the j rouble. But a short time after he saw Nancy, } iud was mach surprised to besa; that she had { inly received" seventy-five dollars. Aninvssti ratiou showed that the Signatare to the re- , leipt was a forgery, and that B. had appro- i priated tbe other seventy-five dollars to bis . own ase. . When the woman went to Richmond to afir him about tbe swindle, and, if possible, to ob- ' tain tbe other Seventy-five dollars, he coolly told her that he had spent it to get bondsmen, and that she bad better let the matter drop, or it would only result in injury to her. It is thought that an examination of the case will be held to-day. {ff A RADICAL CONSTABLE. On Saturday last, Mr. Henry Doscher, resid? ing apon Percy-street, appeared before Magis? trate Mackey and bad a warrant issaed for the arrest of Theodore F. Bunch, constable, and son of Magistrate L. Bunch. The warrant charged Bunch with having, at eight o'clock that morning, gone to prosector's house while be was absent, and made a forcible en? trance into the yard by breaking the lock. On entering he met Mrs. Doscher, and demanded ?horse belonging to Mr. D., saying be had cora? to levy apon it. Upon her refusing to let bim have the horse, be arrack her ia the stomach with his fist and knocked her down. When she attempted to get op he drew a knife and brandishing it, threatened to kill her if she didn't give ap the horse. Afterwards he went into the stable, cot tbe halter, and carried off the horse. The warrant charging Bunch with malici?os trespass and an assault and battery with in? tent to kill, was) issaed and given to Constable Woolf, who in a few moments thereafter re? turned with the accused. After a short inves? tigation, which elicited enough testimony to warrant bis being se it on toa higher court, the magistrate announced that he would re? quire $500 security for his appearance at tbe State Court for trial. Bunch, at the instance of his father, refuged to give the security, and waa committed to jtii. In a short time, how? ever, he furnished the security and was re? leased, . FEARFUL CATASTROPHE. Terrible Accident on the South Carolina Railroad-A Train Precipitated Into tho Congaree Swamp-The Knglneer and Fireman Killed and Another Fireman Wounded-Warrow Escape of the Passengers-Heartrending Details of Hargrove's Last Moments-The In? quest, &c., dec., die. The entire commaoity was startled early Saturday morning by the report that a train on the Sooth Carolina Railroad had rna off the track, causing great loss of life and destruction to property. Many were the reports in circu? lation relative to the number of killed and wounded. The excitement which was created by these reports was not allayed until about one o'clock, by which time the full extent of the loss to life and property was generally known. THE ACCIDENT, By which the lives of Sebron Hargrove and James Gilbert were lost and a considera? ble amount of property destroyed, occurred near Ringville to tbe night express train of the South Carolina Railroad about four o'clock Saturday morning. The train, consisting of the locomotive W. C. Dukes, tender, ten loaded and two empty freight oars, baggage and con? ductor's oars, and two passenger coached, was on its way to Columbia, and, having crossed the Congaree River, was moving slowly across tbe trestle over tho (Jingaree Swamp, when suddenly the engine plunged down into a gap in thc trestle, the tender and the twelve freight cars followed, and all in a moment lay a per? fect mass ot ruins. The conductor, Mr. W. H. Evans, who was In bis car just in front of the passscnger coaches, felt the shock caused by the fall of tho engine, and immediately sang out to the brakesmen to pat tho brakes on, which they did, and thus saved tho pas? senger and conductor's cars from goiug over, the iront one of these stopping within a few inches of the break. THE KILLED AND WOUNDED. All this occurred in a moment. Before that portion of the train left upon the track was stopped, the enes of tho wounded were heard. Those who were unhurt jumped from the tres? tle down into the swamp, which, owing to the recent dry weather-was comparatively dry, and proceeded in the direction of the cries. The int maa they met was Mr. Charles H Barns, Due of the firemen, who was sitting on.* a log .0 wbioh be had crawlod after falling. He had received a severe cut across the forehead and iras severely braised in other portions of the aodv. He was pnt in a chair to which a rope iras attached, and hauled np upon the trest'o ind attended to as well as ciioumatances would permit. While this was being done, others vere endeavoring to aid the engineer, Mr. hebron Hargrave, whom they found lying on its side, jammed in among some of tho ma? chinery of the locomotive, which, however, night have been easily removed bad it not leen for the weight of the debris of a freight :ar which bad fallen upon it. Messrs. T. H. Symns.'s, Express messenger, Mr. Seyles and Tames Maguire, train bands, and others, first ittempted to remove the wreck of iron and vood by which the man was being crushed, ;be pressure being upon bis loins. This was mile, and an effort was made to break the iron with an axe, bat it also failed. Nothing lauoted, however, the workers seized lome spades which wete among the freight, ind endeavored to dig the d?t from ander lim, boping by this method to get him mt, but the wood and iron which appeared to lave enveloped the lower portion of his body, prevented them from carryiug out this plan, if'ter tbey had worked tor ffeveral minutes sith the result above staled, the cry if fire was raided, and the assemblage rae horrified to seo the flames rising rom the wreck of the cars. The firo in a mo no-' n"mmi,n,n,i^ tu Ooma Wfe , eT\e. OH Una " vhiskey barrels, and they commenced to ex? plode with a load noise. Some of the passen? gers, at the request of the conductor, who eared for the safety of the cars on the treat lo, vent with him and shoved them out of reach >f the flames. Those who were working to re ease the engineer ceased not their labors when the fire commenced, for they recognized :hc fact that if he were not released very soon ie would be burnt to death before their eyes, ind they worked with renewed zea). They worked with spades, axes, levers, and some, in ;heir frenzy, torc ap tho dirt from around bim with their fingers; bat, alas, all in vain. The fire steadily approached, the heat in? creasing every moment, until at last the workmen were compelled to leave the unfortunate man to b?e fate. He saw that he was doomed, and told those, who had boen working to release him that it waa useless to do anything farther. At this time, Mr. Symmes, who had stepped asido for amoment, ?meup. Hargrove recognized him, and ex maimed, "Oh, Tom, come hero." Mr. Symmes went as close to bim as tho fire would permit, as the flames were nearly touching their vio tim, and asked him if he could do anything for him. To whioh he replied, "Ob, no, it is too late; bat tell my family how I died, and that nothing could bc done for mo;" and, as the flames were buming bis hair, he gave Mr. ?jmmee a message for bis wife. Those assem? bled then turned away; the sight of a man Darning to death before their eyes-waa more than they could bear. They had done all that naman strength and ingenuity could devise to release him, who now with folded arms and a prayer apon his lips calmly awaited death. During the confusion no one missed James Silbert, the firemen, bat when the excitement had partially subsided he was asked for, and no response being made, a search was insti? tuted-all boping that he would be found unin? jured. Bat they were doomed to disappoint? ment. Alongside of the tender waa found the mangled body of him for whom they searched. There was erery inplication to show that he had been instantly killed by the fall, and had not suffered from the flames which bad scorch? ed and blackened portions of his body. * THE PASSENGERS, Most ot whom were asleep, were soddenly awaked from their slumbers by the shock, and for some time could not realize that they had made so narrow an escape from almost certain death. The majority wore most zealous in aiding those connected with the train. The passengers are as named: D. Raveuel, Jr., and lady, child and servant, E. T. Jervey, A. C. Kaufman, W. H. Dura, Charleston; Mrs. T. 8. Budd and child, Miss Anna T. l idding, W. D. Peck, Columbia; J. C. Mackcrell, Black stock; John Nellighau, G. W. Conner, Balti? more; J. W. Perkins, Augusta; J. M. Bunch, Union; Mrs. H. H. Odot, Spartanburg; J. W. Pievost, Charleston. THE FIEE AND ITS 0BI0IN. The fire commenced about fifteen minutes after tho acoident, and after destroying the freight cars anti the freight extended to the trestle work, (burning about three hundred feet of it,) and also to the telegraph poles, a number of which were burnt. Tbe trees in the swamp also took fire, and for a time it was feared that the conflagration would become general. During tbe firo an attempt was made to save the baggage by smashing in the oar with eonp?ng-pins- tho only implements ob? tainable-which was partially successful, and five trunks were rescued; but a majority of tbe passengers lost their baggage. In the ex? press safe were a number of packages of money, $11,009 ra all. To save this money, Mr. Symmes, as witnesses state, risked hit fife by going into the burning car. Be succeeded in unlocking tbe safe, and as he thought, t ont all of the packages, bat, when he coui them, found that one containing $120 had b lost. All of the express freight was destroy The freight was, we learn, principally for n chants on the Greenville Railroad, a small | tion for the Charlotte Railroad. Tbe origin of the fire is not known, o: least if the witnesses knew they did not stat in their testimony yesterday. Some assi upon what grounds we know not, that boiler of the locomotive exploded and scatl ed the fire which was in the engine. Bat t does not seem probable. Had the boiler ploded the engineer would have been blown pieces, instead of lingering with his entri crashed out to meet death by fire. A geni man who had not been examined before I jury, but gave bia testimony after the verd bad been rendered, stated that there wi among the freight kerosene oil, whiskey a matches, lt a takes a very slight shock to i a box of matches on fire, and when we refli that the cars fell a distance of twen'ty-C feet, causing a shock sufficient to explo matches, no matter how well secured, we mi conclude that the fire originated from thc matches. There is another fact in support this view cf the matter. AU the witnesses a one or two others who were on tbe train, but c not testify, agree in saying that the fire c not coenmonce at the engine, but among t merchandise. One witness seemed to know the fire first from the explosion of the oil ai whiskey barrels. CAUSE OP THE ACCIDENT, From tho testimony of throe witness* which is appended, it appeais that a large tn three feet in diameter, bad fallen across ai broken a portion of the trestle. The nig being dark, tbe engineer did not observe tl gap, and before he was aware was himself tbe midst of the ruins of his own engine. B for th J presence of mind of the conductor promptly ordering the brakes to be pat o the whole train would have gone into tl swamp, and, doubtless, bave caused much lo cf life among the passenger.-. ADMIRABLE CONDUCT. The conduct of tbe conductor, Mr. Evan tho express messenger, Mr. Symmcs, and tl train bands, Messrs. Mcguire and Seyle, wa to say tbe least, most gallant, and won tl admiration and praise of the passengers. ? that could be down for the accommodation < the passengers and to prevent the destrnctic of property was done by them. THE INQUEST. A special train arrived from the scene of tl accident at eleven o'clock yesterday mornini bringing the bodies ol the two victims. Con ner Whiting had been notified that tboy woul be brought to tho city and he summoned tl; following named parties as jurors to hold a ioqaeet: F. W. Bolger, W. BL Forbes, H. ( Moseley, J, Churchill, P. Patino, J. W. Zebi E. 8. Wingate, P. J. Hutaoo, L. I. Bryant, J B. Miller, Wm. Theeman, S. W. Jackson. The train stopped at the upper depot an the coffios were placed upon tbe platform, tb lids removed and the jury allowed to look upo the bodies. The lids were thoo replaced an ths jury repaired to a waiting room of th depot, where was elioited the following TES TIMON!. Mr. W. H. Evans, the conductor, testi?ei that about four o'clock A. H., while tho Coluin bia night train was passing over the tread work in the Congaree swamp, be was ?laud ing in the side door ot his car and felt a shock he immediately ordered tbe brakesmen to pu the brakes on, which was done, and tbat poi tioo of the train lett on the track was at oudi stopped; he then jumped down into the swamp and met Charles Burns (one of the firemen, who? was injured; with the assistance of air. T H. Symmes, Express messenger, and soma ol the passengers, he succeeded in getting- thc injured man upon tbe trestle and into a car witness, while assisting Barns, heard ones in the direction of tbe engine, and ai soon as he had seen Burns placed where bis injuries could be attendee of the tiain hands hadalready gone to the on gioe, where they found Mr. James Hargrove the engineer, jammed in between the quadranl and the frame of the engine, in sucb a posi? tion thal he could not be mored: witness tried to break the iron wilh an axe, bat coald not; the explosioa of the kerosene oil and whisk es barrels commenced about this lime; tbe body of Mr. Gilbert was not found until after the tender was burnt: ten loaded and two empty freight cars, and the baggage car, with the mail, baggage and express goods, were burnt; tbe flames were communicated to the train almost immediately after the accident; when witness mot Mr. Burns be told him thoie wac airee across ibo trick; witness saw nothing to warrant the belief that it was ' tolled; it was three feet in diameter, one of the largest ia the swamp; tho location of tho accident was about thrce-qutrtera of a mile on the Colum? bia side of the Congaree River bridge. Mr. W. J. Hoyles, one of the train hands, testified that immediately arter the shock he put the brakes on in obedience to the order ol the conductor; as soon os the train stopped, witness went down into the swamp towards the engine, and saw Mr. Burns sitting upon a log; he told witness to go to the assistance of the engineer, which he did, arriving at tho engine at the same time with others; Mr. Har? grove asked them to dig him out, which they attempted to do with some spades they found among the freight, but found it impossible to rendar him assistance in bis efforts to extri? cate himself; witness was then sent to Ring? ville for assistance, and when he returned the engineer was dead, having been burnt to death; witness did not see Mr. Gilbert until after the cars were burned, and then be saw his remains alongside of the tender; witness examined the tree which was across the Iraok and found that it was hollow. Mr. James Maguire, a train band, testifiod that when the accident occured tbe train was moving at the slow rate of speed usnal in pass? ing orer a trestle; when he felt tho shock he put the brakes on, and when the train stopped went down into the sw imp, and, hearing cries in tbe direction of the engine, proceeded to it with Mr. Bevies; they found tho engineer down in tbe mud, held fast by some of tbe machi? nery of the engine; they tore away some of the dirt with their bands, and when the spades were brought used them, but were unable to dig him out ou account of the iron and wood work which was around him; Mr. Hargrove was sensible all this time, and was asking the bystanders to help him ; witness then got a'lever and attempted to extricato him, but failed; in about fifteen minutes after the accident the fire commenced, and witness went to wari tho passenger cars and found tho passengers attempting to break open tho baggage car, in order to got their baggage. He asked them to go with bim to aid Mr. Hargrove, but none ot them would do BO. Ho then roturned to the engineer, but found that all further efforts would bo use? less, and ho was compcl'ed to leave him io his fate, the beat from the fire preventing him from going very near him; be examined the tree and found it rotten in tho hoart; it was three feet in diameter; no marks of un axo were visible. THE VERDICT Was rendered about ono o'clock, and in a very few moments after the examination of tbe last witness. It is as follows: "We, the jory, find that the deceased came to their deaths by the accidental running off of the engine and train in Congaree swamp, caused by the ac? cidental falling of a tree across thc track on the morning of the 18tb of September." THE DEAD. Immediately after the bodies had been viewed by the jury, they were removed to their homes, 8. Hargrove, who is about thirty-five years of age, and baa been connected with the railroad for several years past, leaves a wife and one child. His wifo is a daughter of Captain W. H. Casson, of Columbia. He was well-skilled, prudent and regarded as a number ono en? gineer. It is stated that the deceased insured his lifo for 15000 a few weeks ago. .James Gilbert is about twenty-three years of age. He also leaves a wife and child.0 - Their remains were interred ySsterday after? noon. The funeral services ware performed at St. John's Chapel. REPAIES. Aa soon as the accident was reported here, President W. J. Magrath and Superintendent H. T. Peake went np OD a special tram, and took immediate steps to have the dead remov? ed, tho wounded cared for and the track re? paired. There is a large force at jfork, and it is thought ??at the trestle will be ap by to? night, and trains be able to pass over to-mor? row. " ^g??i A SPLENDID CHANCE TO GET SUITED.-By reference to ont advertising colamos it will be seen that Mr. John Rugheimer, merohant tailor, No. 141 King-street, has jost returned from New York with a large stock of cloths, doeskins, beavers, coatings, vestings and fur? nishing goods. Mr. K.'s long experience in the business enables bim to select with rare taste the articles exactly adapted to the wants of our yoong men, whom We Warrant can be suited as well, if not bettter, at Mr. R.'s store, both in quality and in price, as at any other place in tho city. Give bim a call. INCREASED MALL FACILITIES.-The South Carolina Railroad Company are now construct? ing at their workshops ia this city four new and improved mail cars. These will be twenty feet longer than tbe ordinary baggage cars, and will be divided into three co apartments, the centre to be occupied by the mail saj^t, and those at either end by tbe baggage mas? ter and express messenger. These cars will be placed upon the road in a few weeks' time. Under the present arrangement the mail agent occupies the conductor's car, but his room is too contracted for mail purposes, and the new cars will supply a want that has long existed. SERMON BY RBV. DR. ?ICKS_The Lutheran Church was densely thronged yesterday by a congregation assembled to listen to a diecourse by the associate pastor on the subject of thc Avondale diaastc-r. The text selected was from l-t Corinthians. 13th chap. 14th verse, "Charity 6uff-retli long and is kind." The preacher dwelt eloquently on the beauty of charity in its various phases, but ospecially in that one in which the appeal came from a section which, however hostile it had been in the past, was now the scone of woe. Notwithstanding all we had our? selves endured, there could be no more excel? lent manifestation oTTha true spirit of human? ity os derived from the Godhead, than the sympathy proposed ia behalf of the sufferers of Avondale. Such an exhibition of tenderness in distress was oalcolated to do more in build? ing np a trae anion and securing atrae recon? struction than all the enactments tbat contd be passed. The sermon was listened to with great attention, and moat admirably received. After the sermon a collection was taken up, and $180 realized Two BABIEI KILLED BY OVERDOSES OF LAU? DANUM.-OD Saturday last two babies, eight weeks old, named respectively Baan and Jacob, and sons of Frederick Toomer, colored, living at No. 88 Nassau-street, died very suddenly. Coroner Whiting was notified, and yesterday morning beld an inquest with tho following jurors: T. W. Hyatt, J. Discher, T. Robinson, F. W. Bolger, T. W. JacksoD, R. Moseley and R. Princo, white; R. Attics, G. Gibbes, J. Mark, J. Digge8, J. Edwards and J. Holmes, colored. The evidence showed that the mother and the twins were very sick, and laudanum was ad? ministered to the twins to relieve them and also to keep them quiet. After the evidence had boen given, the jory returned a verdict upon each body. The fol? lowing is the substance of the two ver? dicts: We, the jury, fiad that the deceased came to ?heir deaths from overdoses of lauda? num administered to them on Friday night last, by some person or persons attending them while sick. It seems to us that a verdict should bo a littlo more explicit than the above. The peoplq, generally are left to determine for themselves whether tho administering of the overdoses of laudanum was accidental or intentional. CRCHB?.-Tho Nicolson Pavement Commit? tee will make a favorab le ieport at the meetiog of Council to-morrow Dight. Codifier of the Laws, Ac, Corbin has written a lotter to Magistrate Bunch cooceruiogGeoree W. Hooker, who bas beeu mentioned in con? nection with oue or two forgery cases. The office-bolder states that Hooker swindled him by a "more deliberate, carefully conooived piece of swindling" than had ever before come under hie notice. Dr. Angel now has charge of Health District No. 4. The linos imposed by the Mayor Saturday amounted to $30. By a recent decision of the Mayor, a woman who has been beaten by her husband is allowed to go scot froo when arrested together with her husbind for disorderly conduct. The "husby" is to bo fined fivo dollars. ' A drummer was captured by the detectives Saturday. Ho paid the t ax upon his sales and waa released. During the week ending Saturday there were 157,980 feet of lamber and timber inspected ia this city. The investigation into the charges against the City Engineer did not commence Satur? day, but was postponed until this afternoon. Daddy Cain wants a "little more light" upon that $7000 claim of United States District At? torney, Ac, CorbiD, and desires to know whether be is "suing as counsel for thc Mayor and Aldermen elect in the courts, or as a member of tbe General Assembly, be having introduced the bill which seated them ? If the former, he said in the first instance that he thought or knew that the case would bo car? ried to the courts, and heneo the charge of $1500. If the latter, tben does ho intend to divido the $7000 with those who fought and voted for this questionable piece of legisla lation ?" Mr. Moses Goldsmith, while baodling his pistol on Friday night last, accidentally dis? charged it. The ball shattered two fingers of the right hand. It is thought that be will not lose them. An old man, eighty-four years of acre, having been deserted by his sons and daughters (who are well off and amply able to take caro of him) had to go to the Almshouse. He is now in great distress, and intends appealing to the public for relief. It ia to be hoped that his children will bo humano enough to do their duty, and not allow themselves to boar the shame of having their father cared for by strangers. A drunken white man was found early Satur? day morning with his bead and shoulders on the ground and bis feet on a picket fence. An inspection showed that his trowsers had been caught ia the fence and bo could not take his feet down nor get np. Ho had evidently at? tempted to get over the fonce and was caught as he either jumped or fell off. He ought to take a lesson from tho politicians who know how to cot upon and remain upon a fence, bat wheo they fall or jump always tumble into a good thing. lt ia reported that application will be made at tho next session of the State Court to have the name of Geo. A. Richmond strickoa from the roll of attorneys. The CouDty Commissioners will not go inte the Nicolson pavement project, alleging lack ol funds as the reason for their decliDing. Tho SchiUer Lodge, L O. O. F., have remor ed to their new hali, at the corner of Society and Kin pr streets. Messrs. Clacius ? Witte have removed from the Blore opposite THE NBWS office to thc northeast corner of Bast Bay and Centrai wharf, the stand recently occupied by Geo. W. Clark A Co. HOTEL ABBTVALS, 8 EP TE JEBES 18 AND 19. Pavilion Hotel-J. G. Foster, Adams Ran, 8. C.; il. C. Hall, J. Ferebce, South Carolina; Warren Carson, Monoks' Corner; P. Otis, Mrs. .C, C. Dann, Mrs. Pritchard, Miss L. J. Reed, .Miss Julia McCarthy, Augusta, Ga.; W. H. Bryan, Mrs. R. C. Robinson, Miss A. J. Col? son, W. Hi Bryan, Jr., Fort Motte, 8. C.; A. M. Kirkland, South Carolina; S. B. Owens, Alaba? ma; A. M. Chatterton, Baltimore, Md.; J. R. Cnambers, Chester, 8. C.; John Rudolph Ed? ward Chadwick, Mrs. H. Davis and child, Fer risndina, Fla.; J. Gorham, Charleston, 8. C.; M. J. Humbert, G. P. Nelson, R. E. Dukes, W. K. Lane, child and serrant, Grahamville, 8. C.; J. W. Thompson, Savannah and Charleston Railroad; Wm. Ferebee, Grahamville, 8. C.; M. Dnblon, New York; Mrs. C. M. Knicker? bocker, Savannah; F. J. Binns, Charleston, 8. C. ; C. K. Smith, Georgia; Edward, Townson, Baltimore; A. Barnch, Florence, 8. C:; Colonel J. H. Alexander, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. S. W. Rhoades, C. H. Beedie, Beaufort, S..C; John F. June, Manning, S. C.< Louis Jacobs, King8tree, 8. C.; W. P. Appleby, Beeves ville, B.C. . Char'tealon Hotel.-P. 7^ Henry. South Caro? lina; A. Getty, City; J. J. Gregg, A. C. Ives, Augusta; M. Tiller, Columbia; J. C. Bailey, Greenville Enterprise; J. C. Courtney and sou, 8outh Carolina; C. C. Coe, W. H. Gilders Coe, D. R. Betrand, Boston ; James Chesnut. C. E. Haile, W.' L. Loyd, Florida; J. Dawkins and lady, Gainesville, Fla.; E. W. Davis, Lake City, Florida; Captain Palmer, Steamship Miaouri; S. J. Burns, Wilmington, N. C.; W H.Bass, Sparta, Ga.; T. S. Price, Augusta, Ga.; J. T. Hunt, City; 8. W. Holland, Ander? son; 8. R. Smith, Baltimore; 8. Bronny, BU Louis; M. Heckmyer, North Carolina; J. Wil balm, Louisville, Ky. BuaiNsaa NOTICEB. 1 THE BALTIMORE STEAMERS can relieve thc wanta of New York shippers, as they occur from time to time, by giving dispatch to cot? tons via Baltimore to tho New York market. THE BUTLBB TIE, advertised by Messrs. Henry Cab?a & Ce., has been used extensively by planters and factors throughout the South, and in every instance has given entire satis? faction. LNSUBANCE. -Attention is directed to the in? surance advertisement of tbe old and well es? tablished agenoy of Messrs. William B. Heriot & Co., which will be found in another part of to-day's paper. ATTENTION is directed to the reopening of Mis. Blum's school on Monday, the 4th Octo? ber. Mrs. Blum has a competent corps of instructors, and her tchool has been long es? tablished, and is in a flourishing condition. . - -o IN ANOTHER COLUMN appears a notice of the reopening of Mrs. Liurens' boarding and day school for young ladies. This establishment is too well known and flourishing to need any comment. We therefore only refer our readers to the advertisement. -o A NEW SUFFLT OF LAGER BEEB, bottled ex? pressly for family use, just received, delivered in any part of the cit. at $2 per dozen. All kinds of crackers and .biscuits received fresh this week. WM. S. CORWIN & CO., Sept 18 2 No. 275 King-street. -o LIGHT READING FOB THE WARM WEATHER. Oar friends in the country who desire to obtain light reading for the warm weather, at strictly popular prices, are referred to the advertise? ment of Mr. C. C. Righter, the very enterpris? ing and trustworthy King-street dealer in books and periodicals of all kinds. His?list will be found to include something to suit every taste, and it seems to us a marvel how he con afford to seed bis books by mail over the country, -finv-iurtrt. *t Un? rrittimv.uoly Tow p-HMWt Shirts an) /arnisljtng. (fltoo&i. rjl H E GREAT SENSATION. ? ST . CHA?** SCOTTS Superior Fitting Shirts. m SHIRTS. SHIBTS. SHIRTS. I SUlTrS. SHIBTS. SHIBTS. 8HIBT8. SHIBTS. SHIBTS. SHIRTS. SHIRTS. SHIBTS. JulyS SCOTT'S ? POPULAR AND RELIABLE SHIRT MANUFACTORY * Meeting-street, Opposite Market Hall. .SHIBTS MADE TO OBDEB. 8HIBTS BEADY MADE, ALL SUIES. Directions for Measurement, Ac, SENT BY MAIL. sao 6uio* BLACKWELL'S SQ H .\o. ?MO KIVG-STBEBT, One door below Market GKEAT REDUCTION IN PBICE9 OP SCARFS TIES HANDKERCHIEFS rjN'DEBWEAB, Ac. $W TBY IT. _ GOODS. d % H m h* H H % July M_ gm0fl riUOfKEK?, GL. i SS Si groSEWAHK AT REDUCED PRICES. In order to make room for new goods, will be sold Ibo entire stock of OBOCKKTTY, 0..A88 aod STONh WABE now cn band, at sri-utly reduced prices. Parties washing bargains hid netter call early. JOHN W. LINLEY, . No. 3.-8 KJog-street, Sept n C* Near Barn?* lane. pITRATK OP MABtbSlA. A GOOD COOLING. SUMMER MEDICINE. MA?! fresh every day, by Da. B. BA EB. Msy U6 No. 131 Meeting-street. Ruction Salts. Engl?h White L?ad tn? Box of Plantation TooU.. BY JOHN G. MIXNOR & CO. THIS DAY (MonoV.) 20th instant, ut half-past 10 o'clock, we will sell JI oar Auction Salesroom. No. 135 Meeting street, 7 whole kees ENGLISH WHITE LT3AD, 112 tts 13 half kegs English ViiVe lead, 66 tbs 31 quarter kegs English White Lead, 28 fsa 1 box Plantation Tools. Conditions cash. Sept M SALE OF YAL TJA BL IS REAL ESTATE. Will be sold at Public Auction, on the first MON* DAT in December next,in the Towu of Manning. Clarendon County. Sooth Carolina, The following LOTS oF LAND, all situated lat :he said County, being the property of an Ajjreatal Estate: "TOWN PLACE." This is the late residence of Dr. Ingram, aid M located In the most desirable portion ot the Town it Manning. The lot contains two acres; the ap? purtenances are. a well finished dwelling, contain mg six rooms; outbuilding? complete, consisting of storeroom, servants' houses, kitchen, stable,' ko. The place ls ornamented wi''* beautiful Uve oaks, let out about ten years ago. Jtogether it ls aband lome placet costing ten years ago about 98V00. I .HOME TBAOr.'V This ls an excellent and well settled tract o? ?0? icres of land, situate about two miles from Mau? ling. The land produces well-cotton, corn and seas. The appurtenances consist of dreiling house, with all necessary outbuildings, laborers' housse, ?in house, granary, stables, ko. "CONYER8' TBA OT." This ia a tract of 620 acres bf lind ; it is a well rH? :!pd and blghly productive plantation, situate nt "Fork of Black River," six miles from! Manning. "BOSE BAY PLACE." Thia ls a tra :t of 640 acras of fine cotton and oom land, situate within a mild of the Couyer.'; and ad. joining the "Oonyera' Tract." It ls without settle? ment. "MCLEOD TRACT." Thia ls attract of 300 acres. An improved and val? ?anle tract cf land, situate in the -Fork of Black River," produces corn, cotton and rica well, and la eonvonlent to Manning and Sumter, the latter place affording one of the beat markets in the bitte. "MCKNIGHT PROPERTY." Thu consists ol a storehouse, dwelling and eul buildlng-. and Ave acres of land in the Village of Summerton, near Wright's Bluff, on San tee River. LOTS TN MANNING. House and two acre lot in the Town of Houss contains four rooms, lot well improved. A small House and kitchen and two acres of land in the Village of Manning. A vacant lot. TERMS 07 SALE. One-third cash ; the remainder on a credit of eoe and two years; the credit portion to be secured by bond of the pure li as or, with interest at the rate ?ir aeven per cant, per annum, and mortgage mt tte' premises sold. Parchasen to pay for t tamps anal ' papers. FR08T k ADO ER, for Assignees, Charleston, fl. O, Sept 20_1 oe ti, 18, noTl,8,15,11,29, dee* SHERIFF'S SALE? A. Gs McGILLIYBAY, Auctioneer. By virtue of a writ of Fieri Faclaa to me directed and delivered, wUl be aold OD MONDAY, the Ith day eg October, next, at the northeast corner orthe Court? house, oetween ll o'clock A M and 3 P. M., - All the right, btle and Interest Of the defendant In all that TRACI OF LAND situate m the late Par? iah of Christ Church qn the Georgetown road, abet three miles from the To tn ot Mount Pleasant: Osarles* ton Count;, containing 100 acres, more or lesa, fons* erly the property of John Hamlin. Butting and bounding south on the landa of G. F. Kinloch, east on the Georgetown road, west on lands of H. ?. Ts w, and north by the Georgetown road. Levied on and to be sold aa the property of Jehu M. Brysn. at the suit of Henry Horlbecfc et al. and. William Yon Gohren. ALSO, At the same time sad place. All the right, title and interest of the d?fendant In all that PLANTATION known aa "Bull Head," in the Pariah of St. Thomai and St. Denis, contain? ing 541 acre*, more or ?ess. Bounded southwardly and eastward ly on landa now or late of Colonel Thomas Screveu; westward ly on lands BOW or tat? of Alexander Coorin,"??and northwardly eu lauds now or late of William Capers. * Levied on and to be fold aa the properly of Aar eat Logan, at the suit of EUI? SeTrev?le. ALSO, At the aime time and place, AU the right, title and interest of the defendant ina LOT of LAND situated In Meeting, betwesav. Line and Columbus streets, sud known as No. 8tJ? with the improvements thereon. Lot measuring hi front 40 feet by 209 feet in deptb, more or lesa. Levied on and to be aold as the property of BL i?. ufc?u?.? j, mt wi. ?u ic vt Ju'in T. Forbee. Terms cash. E. W. M MACKEY. Sept 13 mi s. 0.0. S&isttUmns. JQO YOU WISH TO HAVE A GOO? APPETITE, a relish for Food, and a perfect Diges? tion 1 USE SOLOMONS' BITTERS. . Sept 17 3m oi jpUKOliINE AND PcitTABLB OAS LIGHT. THE UNDERSIGNED RE9PBCTF?LLY CALLS the attention of the public to the above named LIGHT, for which he ia DO* prepared to receive orders, li Ia claimed for thia Light that it ls supe? rior to ZLerosene or any other Illumina Hag Oils that !c is Non-explosive, and that lt gives a light al? most equal to that of Coal Gas, and ia Jost aa cheap aa Kerosene. A f ample may be seen at No. 1 Koyoe/a Wharf, sud full informatioB giren by Augnst27 raw Imo O. J. OOLOO0K, J*. jyo YOU WISH TO SLEEP SOUNDLY at night, and awake In the morning with a thorough appreciation of your Egg, Bolls and Coffee ? Sept 17 8moa UBE SOLOMONS' BITTERS. QA KOLI SI A TEA A G KN CT, Na 888 KING-STREET. The undersigned takes pleaau-e la informing bia friends connected with the trade that be hu received the AGENCY of one of the moat extensive Tee last porting Houses in ths United States. The business of the Agency will be conducted tn such a manner that, while it will present great Inducements to afl parties, it wul be of special advantage to the smelt capi alist, by enabling bim to keep a U.ht ?tock aast full assortment through a trifling mvoarsaeat, Th? Agency will be used exclu-lrely in the interest* of tho grocers, and their promptcc-optn.tion ls solicit? ed ?nd expected._-*?. Mr. WILLIAM SIMONS ls in the amploy of the Agency, and is authorized to solicit ciders. For further particulars see circular, or apply te JOHN W. LINLEY, Sept 17_6?_Bole Agent. jr-^O YOU WISH TO PUT OFF INDE? FINI TE Li' SICK HEADACHE, Sour Bructatioea and Acidity of the Stomach ? Sept 17 3mcs U?E 80LOMON3' BITTERS. Pental (faros. H. SOLOMONS, BI. D.. J. DENTIST, Has lt et tun ed, BASEL-STREET, OPPOSITE SYNAGOGUE. 8ept6 ?\ H A 8. HIC H E Y, GILDER, PORTRAIT AND PICTURE FRAME H AN CF AS" TUBER, No. 345 KING-STREET, CHARLESTON. 8. C. LOOKING-GLASSES of all sixes fitted to Frames. July 16_nao_tmwtmrn JOHN D. ALBiaaniB," ACCOUNTANT, NOTARY PUBhIC AND QENSRAL AGENT. Mm. M Broad-.treet, RUgp EOT FULLY SOLICITS BOBIN C88 IN AB JUSTING AOOOBYT? ol Merchant* aad otb?-?, and in WHITING UP Ai.D POUTING their BOOKaV eifber ID pert or whole. Ax. January a