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THE DAILY NEWS. Large*! Circulation.-TUB DAI LT NEWS OKI NO TUE NEWSPAPER OFFICIALLY RE? COGNIZED AS IIA TING TUE LARGEST CIR? CULATION IN THE VITT OF CHARLESTON, nrilLISUES TUE LIST OF LETTERS REMAIN? ING IN THE POSTOFFICB AT Ti. I END OT EACH WEEK, ACCORDING. TO THE PROVIS? IONS OF TUB NEW POSTOFFICB LAW. CHEAP A DTE II TIS INO. TOE CHABLESTON NEWS, tho circulation of which ia about twiro aa large BB that of any ?other paper published in South Carolina, ia the coat advertising medium fur all buainoaa mon. For persona who want Bituitions or servants; who want houses or apartments, or have thom to rent; who want or who offer board and lodg? ing; who havo lost or found articles of value, TBS NEWS has no equal ; and in ordor that all elaases may havo their wants supplied, wo havo adopted tho following scalo of OUHAP ADVEB TIHEMENT3, payment for which must invariably be mado when the order is given? ?dverlisomenls of situations wanted by or offered to clerks, governesses, tutors, work? men, mechanics, house-servants, porters, shop-1 boys, cooks and washers; board and lodging wanted or offered; apartments wanted or to let; articles lost or found; houses, shops, offices and warehouses wanted or lo lot, aud miscella? neous wants of all kinds. For oaoh insertion of advertisements oi tho Classes speclfiod : tia: exceeding TUREE LINES or 30 ?ur ls--'j ceula .. Fou a LINES or 30 words.10 " FIVE LINES or 10 words.80 " All advertisements lo bo insortod at these rates must bo prepaid and delivered at THE NBTWS office by 9 P. M. LOCAL MATTERS. Meetings Tills Day. St. Andrew's Lodge, at 8 P. III. JStua Fire Company, at half-past 7 P. M. Hopo Firo lingi nu Company, 3 P. M. Auction Sales Tats Day. Jo UN Q. M11,NO ii it Co. will soil nt 10 o'clock, at his Blore, wbito load and plantation tools. PERSONAL.--Mr. E. W. Davis, of the Lake City FrosB, is in this City. ACCIDENT.-Captain Fonn Peck, of the s ton ra? er Pilot Boy, whilo attending to his dutioa on the steamer Saturday night, slipped off a plank and dislocated his ankle. Cn ANSE nt THE HELLS.-lu accordance with a time-honored custom, the ovoning bells will bo changed to-day from 8 and 10 P. M. to 7 and 9 P. M., and will bo rung at those honre until the 20th of March next. THU CUSTOMHOUSE WAA.-Colonel J. H. Alex? ander, of the United States Treasury Depart? ment, arrived in the oity yesterday and put up at the Pavilion Hotel. It ia reported that the late customhouse war hie something to do with his trip. A HINT FOB DULL TIMES.-Toko advantage of the great reduction in prices, and prepare for the approaobing business season by hav? ing your Job Printing neatly, expeditiously end cheaply done at TUB NEWS Job Offieo. No. I 149 East Bay. _? I FBEIOBIO IN SAVANNAH,-Tho Advertiser of ^Friday last says: "We learn that the British bark Kentville, tho first cotton vessel put on the berth for Liverpool this season, bas neon taken up with a full cargo at a half-penny. The ca t parity of the Eontvillo is about twenty-six hundred bales." A HOAX.-Tho statement in Saturday's NEWS that Mr. Ogden, of Barnwell, bsd met with a fatal accident whilo attempting to olean his well, is happily without foundation, our infor? mant having bcon the viotim of a ghostly hoax. Truth ia said to Ho at the bottom of a woll; but in this instance our experience bas not verified the saying. TWONEOBOES KILLED BY A RATTLESNAKE. It was roportod yesterday that one night last week A negro man and woman were bilton by a rattlesnake, from tho effect of wbloh they died in s fow honrs afterward. Tho report placed the occurrence in the vicinity of Sum? merville. AU offorts to loam whether thora. was say truth In tho report wore futile. IN?OBBIOTBLE,- About Bevon o'clock Satur i day night, Officer Nlpson arrested a man named I John D. Fries, of Thomaston, Georgia, up m the charge of stealing a watch from a jeweller in that place. Shortly after hu was lodged in the Guardhouso, some of his friends gave se? curity for hts appearance before tbajMsyor to? day, and he was released. At twolvo o'clock he was re-arrested; thia time for steaHog forty dollars from Mr. J. O. Gilchrist, or this etty. He will appear before the Msyor thia morning A PAIBONEB SHOT AT.-About ons o'clock yesterday morning, while Policeman 8srgent r was near the Guardhouse with a colored man f wnom he had arrested upon the charge of best? ing his wife, the prisoner broke sway and ran Sargent pursued, bnt being unable to overtake P bim, fired two shots over bia head, believing it, would bavo the effect of slopping him. The negro stopped, waa re-arreated' and safely lodged in prison. Charges were then entered upon the book against Sargent for "unneces? sary shooting." Tan OOABTIHO TBADB,-The oarly and large arrivals of colton at this port has cauaod muon, activity in freights North by ateam, and all our ships go fall. Tho ateamahlps Cham? pion And Saragossa sailed on Batnrday for New York; the former with 1780 bales, and the latter with 840 bales colton. On Friday the steam? ship Faloou deported for Ballimore with 607 balea, and the Prometheus for Philadelphia with 400 halos cotton and other gonentl mer chan diso. The ships coming thia way aro all st this time bringing heavy o ar goes, and brui? n?es in coasting steam freights waa nevermore activo. _J_ "WHEN SHALL WE TH BEE MEET Aa AIE."-, ^very one who bas seen the picture of the two ?/.innocent looking asses, and then read nnder m nc a th "when shall we three meet again ?" and ?looked for the third one until ba "SAW it," will ?perhaps see more than was Intended in the I following extract from an acoonnt written by f Daddy Oatn of bia visit to the Msyor lut weak to "ano v osase why" he ahoulde't be fined for running a horse sud oort without al l?ense: "Beatty the Major looks better than wheo we last met hint, placid, eslm end rood-natored aa ever be waa in gone by daya. We expert enoed his grad?os domeney. We met the re? doubtable T. J. M. (ackey) there, looking as pleased; M if be had j sat taken possession of .certain city ofioes by bia famous new method of '?MO uarranlo.' We ware forcibly remind? ed of the old saying, 'When shall We three RADICALISM. IGNORANCE, CRIME AND COWARDICE. The lUdicnl Barricade Smaaher-Ile doesn't Know aa much aa he Think! he doea, nor a* much as he should. A B ADIO AL LAWYER BWINDLE8 A POOH NEGRO WOMAN-HE IB OBARO?D WITH FORGERY AND OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PBE T EIN CES. A Radical Constable Makea a Gallant Charge apon a Woman-He Knocks her Down with his Viet, and Threat? ens her Life with a Knife. Appended aro the aooonnts of tbe transac? tions of tbreo membors of the Badioal party, Alderman David Barrow, Lawyer George A. Richmond and Constable Theodore F. Bunch. Comment is unnecessary: A RADICAL ALDERMAN. THE NEWS, of Saturday, mentioned that At? man David Barrow had, on tho day before, smashed a barricade, erected iu front of the Planters' and Mechanics' Bank buildipg. The barricade was placed there in conformity with th6 ordinance ratified November 6, 1806, pro? viding that parties repairing or oreeling a building on tho stroots, must make applica? tion to thoCommissiouore o? BtrootB and Lamps lo enclose so much of tho streot as shall not exceed tho front of tho lot on which the work upon tho building or repairs ia being done, nor extend moro than six foot into the streot; that all lubbiah and building mat oriol must bo doposited inside of ibo onolosure; that the fonco and material must bo removed im? mediately alter tho work ia finished, or when tao of the Commisaionors of Streets and Lamps shall require it, upon pain of forfeiture of two dollars for every hour that they remain unremovod. Before the smashing occurred, the contrac? tor, Mr. Mulcahy, waa roported by Officers Lovett and Tnt ill for obstructing tho side? walk. Saturday the case was oiled before tho Mayor. Alderman Barrow stated that be saw the obstruction Thursday at four o'olock and on Friday at eight o'olock, and reported it each timo. Ho passed by again at one o'clock, and, thinking it was an obstruction, he smashed it. The sidewalks belonged lo the oitizena, and be intended that they uhunld havo the uso Of them. He bcliovod ho knew tbe ordinances, and he intended that they should be enforced. Mr. Mulcahy testified that he had put up the harneado ju obedience to tho ordinance; that unless it bad been placed there tho poople would havo passed under tho scaffolding, and some ono might have been hurt by the plas? tering which was being pulled down; besides, ho had not taken up as much of the street as the law allowed, aa tho harneado did not ex? tend six feet into the street, but only to the gutter; and also that pedestrians noed'.not have gono out into tho gutter to pass the bank, as tboy could go nuder the porch if they wished. The Mayor then read the ordinanoe, of whioh tho substance la above given, and said that no blame could be attaohod to Mr. Mul? cahy; he had complied with the ordinanoe, with the oxcopt iou ol applying for permission. He then diemiaaod the case. Alderman Barrow commonced to look se? rious when the Mayor nearly completed the reading of the ordinanoo, und at ita conclusion looked decidedly foolish. a uaxMuai. jjlwrKB, A short tune aiuoo a colored woman, named Nancy Higgins, applied to Magistrate Morri? son for a warrant for the arroBt of ono Goorgo A. Richmond, who has a shingle out on Broad : street announoing that be ia an "Attorney at Law." Tire woman desired his arrest npon the chargea of forgery and obtaining money under false protenooi. From her affidavit and her statement of the oaso, it appears that about the middle of July last she gave birth to a obild whose father is a white man, and whom for the present we shall designate as A. In Marah, before bor confinement, she went to Richmond and stated that abo intended to prosecute A if he did not give" bor money for the maintenance of the child, which, she assorted, she would soon bear. Aftor somo talk Richmond con? sented, upon tho payment of ten dollars, to attend to tho case for one year, if neces? sary. In due time ho called upon A and asked him what ho would give the woman, to whioh he replied, that ho would give ono hundred I and fifty dollars, to be paid in three'instal? ments, and thon paid the first ($50) to Bich j mond, wbo, a short time alter, saw Nancy. I Ho told her that A had agreed to give her i seventy-five dollars, and had paid bim a por? tion of it. He then handed he? twenty dollars. By tho timo the Child was born Richmond had gotten tbe one hundred a,ul fitly dollars from A, and had paid seventy-fivo dollars to Nanoy. When be received the full amount from A he gave bim a reoeipt in full for one hundred and Atty. This reoeipt had Nancy'? name to lt, and the young man believing that it bad been signed by her, considered himself ont of the trouble. But a short time after he saw Nanoy, I and was mnoh surprised to hear that she h*d only received seventy-five dollars. An investi ! gatton showed that the signature to tho re? oeipt was a forgery, and that B. had appro? priated the other seventy-five dollars to bis own ase. ' ?? m Whoa the woman went to Richmond to ask him about tbs swindle, and, if possible, to ob? tain the other seventy-five dollars, he coolly told her that ho had spent it to get bondsmen, and that she had better let the matter drop, or it would only result in injury to ber. It is tbongbttbat an examination of the case will be hold to-day. A RADICAL- CONSTABLE. On Saturday last, Ur. Henry Dosoher, r?aid? ing upon Paroy-street, appeared before Magis? trate Mackey and had a warrant issued for the arrest of Theodore F. Bunch, constable, and son of Magi t tr alo L. Hunch. Tbe warrant charged Bnnoh with having, at eight o'clock that morning, gone to prosoou or'a house while he was absent, and mado a forcible ou? trance into the yard by breaking the lock. On enteripg be met Mrs. Doschsr, and demanded a horse belonging to Mr. D., saying he had come to levy upon it. Upon her ref using to let him bava the horse, hs struck her ia the stomach with his fist and knocked her down. When she attempted to get up he drew a kalie and brandishing lt, threatened to kill her if abe didn't give op the horse. Afterwards hs went into the stable, ont the baiter, and carried off the horse. Tho warrant charging Baach with malicious tree pass and an assault and battery with la? tent to kill, waa Issued and ftivea io Constable Woolf, who in a few momenta thereafter re? tained with the accused. After a short inves? tigation, which ehiitad eaoagb testimony to warrant bia being seaton to? higher court, the magistrate Announced thai he would re? quire $800 security fer his appears ase at the State Court for trixi Busch, at tbs lastanoe of hts father, refused to give the esearity, sad waa committed to tail. la a short tiste, how ever, hs fltrnlahed the ?-cumy gad was re F EAU PU T. CATASTROPHE. Terrible Accident on the South Carolina Hallroad-A Train Precipitated into (be Congaree Swamp-Tlie Unglnccr and Fireman Killed and Another Fireman Wounded-Warrow Kscape or the Passengers-Heartrending Details or Hargrove's Liast Moments-The In? quest, Acc., ?bc., dto. Tho ODtbre community was startled carly Saturday morning by tbe report that a train on tho South Carolina Railroad bad run off tho track, causing great loss of lifo and deatruetion to proporty. Many were tho reports in circu? lation relativo to tho numbor of killed and wounded. Tho excitement which was created by tboso reports waa not allayed unlit about ono o'clock, by which timo tho foll extent of tho looa to lifo and proporty was generally known. TUB AOOTnxNT, By which tho livoa of Hebron Hargrove and James Gilbert were lost and a considera? ble amount of property destroyed, ooourrod near Kingvillo to the night exproaB train of the Bout h Carolina Railroad about four o'clock Saturday morning. Tho train, ooneiating of the locomotivo W. O. Dukes, tonder, len loaded and two empty freight oars, baggage and con? ductor's oars, and two passenger coaohes, waa on ita way to Columbia, and, haviug crossed the Coutnaroo Rivor, waa moving slowly across tho trestle ovor tho Congareo Swamp, whoo suddenly tboongine plungod down into a gap in thc trcstlo, tho tondor and tho twolvo freight cars followed, and all in a moment lay a per? fect mitas ot ruina. Tho conductor, Mr. W. Ii. Evana, who waa hi bis car just in front of tho I'assaongor coacboa, felt tho ahock oaused by tho fall of the ongine, and immediately sung out to the brakosmon to put thc brakes on, which tboy did, and thus saved tho pas? senger and conductor's cara from going over, tho Iront one of thoao stopping within a fow inches of tho break. THE w rr .T.wi rt AJ?D WOUNDED. All tbiB occurred in a moment. Before that portion or tho train left upon tho traok waa stopped, tho orios of the wounded were hoard. Those who wero unhurt jumped from the troa? ne down into tho swamp, which, owing lo the rcoent dry weather was comparatively dry, and prooeeded in the direction of the cries. Tho first maa tboy m t was Mr. Oharloa H BuroB, one of the firemon, who was sitting on a log to whioh ho had crawlod after falling. He had received a severe out across tho foreboad and waa severely bruised in other portions of the body. Ho was put in a oh air to whioh a rope was attached, and hauled up upon the trestle and attended to as well as ciionmatanoea would permit. While, this waa being dono, otbera were ondoavoring to aid the onpineer, Mr. Hebron Hargrave, whom they found lying on hut sido, jammed in among some of the ma? chinery of tho locomotive, which, however, might have been oasily removed had it not been for tho weight of tbe debris of a freight car whioh bad fallen upon it. Messrs. T. H. Symmcs, Express messenger, Mr. Seyles and .Tnmos Maguire, train bands, and others, first attempted to remove the wreck of iron and wood by whioh tho man was being crnabod, tbe pressure being; upon bis loins. Thia waa futile, and an effort was mado to break the iron with an axe, but it also failed. Nothing daunted, however, the workers seised aome spades whioh weie among the freight, and endeavored to dig the dirt from under him, hoping by thia method to get him out, but the wood and iron whioh appeared to have enveloped the lower portion of bis body, prevented them from carrying out thia plan. After tbey had worked for several minutos with the result above stated, the ory of fire was raised, and the assemblage wt ?.M.IM *~ MWV ?Ml. U.IUC3 11QIUK from tho wreck of the cara. The fire in a mo? ment communicated to somo kerosene oil and whiskey barro lu, anil they commenced to ox-' plode with a loud noise. Some of the passen? gers, at the requeat of the conductor, who feared for the safety of the oars on tbe trestle, want with bina and shoved them ont of reach of the flames. Those who were working to ro? le aso the engineer ceased not thoir labors when tba fire commenced, for they recognized the fact that if he were not released very soon ho would be burnt to death before their eyes, and they worked with renewed zo?]. They worked with spades, axes, lovera, and some, in their frensy, tore up the dirt from around bim with their fingers; but, alas, all In vain. Tbe fire steadily approached, the boat in? creasing every moment, until at last the workmen were compelled to leave tbe unfortunate _ man to his fate. Ho saw that he was doomed, sud told those who had been working to release bim that it was useless to do anything further. At this tims, Mr. Symmea, who had stepped aside for aaomont, came up. Hargrove recognized bim, and ex? claimed, "Oh, Tom, come here." Mr. Symmea wont as oloso lo bim as tne fire would permit, aa the flames were nearly touching their vio tim, and asked him if be could do anything for him. To whioh he replied, ' Oh, no, it is too lats; but tell my family how I died, and th at nothing oould be done for me;" and, as the flames were burning his bair, be gavo Mr. Symmea a message for his wife. Those assem? bled then turned away; tbe sight of a man burling to death before their eyes was more than they oould bear. They had done all that human strength and ingenuity oould devise to roi ease bim, who-now with folded arms and a player upon his lips calmly awaited death, . Daring the confusion no one missed James Gilbert, the fireman, bat when tho exottement had partially subsided ko was asked for, and no response being made, a searoh was ID ?ti- ; tated-all boping that he would be foo nd unin? jured. But they were doomed to disappoint? ment. Alongside of the tender was found the j mangled body of him for whom they searched. There waa evory ind lea t ion to show that be had been inatantly killod by tbe fall, and had not s offered from the flames which had scorch? ed and blaokeoed pd?iona of his body. TBS PASsKNoaaa, Most of whom were asleep, were suddenly awaked from their a lumba ra by the shook, sad for some time could not realise that they had made so narrow an escape from almoat certain I death. The majority were most sesiona in aldin? those connected with the train, The passengers are as named: D. Ravenel, Jr., and lady, child and servant, B. T. Jervoy, A. 0. Kaufman, W. H. Dara, Charleston; Mr?. T. B. Budd and child, Miss Anna T. Pickling, W. D. Peok, Columbia; J. O. MaokereU, Black stock; John NoUighaa, Q. W. Conner, Balti? more^. W. Perkins, Augusts; J. M. Bunch, Union; Mrs. H. H. Odot, Spartanburg; J. W. Provost, Charleston. TBS BTU urn rrj OBJ ors. Tbs fire commended about fifteen min?tes after tbs sodden., and alter destroying tba freight cars and tb? freight extended to tbs trestle work, (barning about three hundred feet of it,) and also to the telegraph polee, A nnatber of which wera burnt. The trees is tbs . waurn also took fire, sud for A time lt was reared that the oonshgntiaa would becoaae general. During the firs an attempt was made to gare the baggage by atnaahtng ic the oar with eoTjpiisg pins- the oaly implements oh- ' taiasble-whioh was partially sueeeeeful, and .fi trunks wen neoned; hut s majority of ?be pa ts angers lost their baggage. In the ex? press safe wera s nn taber of packages of Boosey, lil ooe in sil. To sera this money, Mr. Ssstjaos, as wllaessee elate, tkaed his rife j by going into the burning car. He tocoeedsd In unlocking tin- safo, and aa bo thought, Tr?k out all ot tho packages, but, whon ho counted them, found that ono containing $120 btd boen loat. All of the express freight waa destroyed. Tho freight was, wc learn, principally for mor? d?ante on tho Qrecuvillo Itailroad, a email por? tion, tor tho Charlotte Itailroad. Tbo origiu of tho Aro ia not known, or at least if tho witnesses knew they did not stato it in thoir tcaliniouy ycatorday. Somo assort, upon what grounds wo know not, that tho boiler of the locomotivo oxplodcd and scut tor oil thc tire which waa in the engine But thin docs not seem probable Had tho boiler ex? ploded tbo engineer would have Leon blown to pieces, instead of lingering with his entrails crushed out to meet death by Uro. A gentle? man who bad not boon examiner1 before tbo jury, but gave bia testimony after tbo verdict had boon rendered, stated that thero were among tbe freight kerosene oil, whiskey and matobee. lt a takes a very slight shook to set a box of matches on Aro, and when wo reflect that Ibo cars foll a diatanco of twenty-uvo feet, causing a shock sufEoiont to oxplodo matches, no matter how well secured, wo must conclude that tho Aro originated from these matches. Tboro is another fact in support of this view of the matter. All tho witnesses and one or two others who wero on tho train, bul did not testify, agroo in saying that the fin? did ; not commonco at tho engine, but among tho mcrchandiso. Ono witness Boomod to know of tho Uro first from tho explosion of the oil and whiskey barrels. CAUSE OF TUE ACCIDENT, From tho testimony of throo witnesses, which ts appended, it appoais that n largo tree, turco feet in diameter, bad fallen across and broken a portion of tho trcatlo. Tao night being dark, the engineer did not observo the gap, and boforu ho was aware WSB himsolf in tho midst of the ruins of bis own ong.ue. Out for tho preBonco of mind of the conductor in promptly ordering tho brakos to be pub on, tbe whole tiain would have gone into tbe swamp, and, doubtless, bavo caused much loss cf lifo among tho passengers. ADM1UAULE CONDUCT. The conduct of the conductor, Mr. Evans, the oxpross messenger, Mr. Symmes, and the train hands, Mesara. Maguiro and Moyle, was, to say the least, most gallant, and won the admiration and praiso ot the passengers. All that could bo down for tho accommodation of tho passengers and to prevent tho destruction of property was dono by them. THE INQUEST. A special train arrived from the scone of tho acoideut at eleven o'clock yesterday morning, bringing tho bodies ot tho two victim J. Coro? ner Whiting had boon notified that tboy would be brought to tbe oity and ho summoned tbe following named partios as jurors to hold au inquoat: P. W. Bolger, W. H. Forb'a, H. C. Mosoley, /. Churchill, P. Patino, J. W. Zehe, E. 8. Wingate, P. J. HutBon, L. P. Bryant, J. B. Miller, Wm. Tb ce m an, S. W. Jackson. Tho train stopped at tho upper depot and the coffins were placed upon tbe platform, thc lida removed and tho jury allowed to look upon tho bodies. The lids were tbon repUced and the jory repaired to s walting room of tho depot, where was elioitod tho following TESTIMONY. Mr. W. H. Evans, tbe conductor, toatided that about four o'clock A. M., whilo thc Colum? bia night train was passing over thc trestle work in tho Congarso swamp, bo war stand? ing in tbe sido door ot bis car and felt \ shook; he immediately ordered tbo brakesmel to put tue brakea on, whioh was doue, sud. that por? tion of the train lett on tho truck wsiat ono? stopped; he then jumped down into thus iv amp, and met Charles Burns (one of tho firemen.) who was injured; with tho assistance of Mr. T. II. Symmes, Express messenger, and ooma ot the passengers, be succeeded in getting tbe injured mau upon tbs troatlo and into a car; witoesa, while assisting Burua, heard cries in thou direction pf _ fte^ cnsrino^ . aad^ ai whore bia injuries could bs attender] to, went to the engine; Air. Hy m m ea and twe of tbe train banda had already gone to the eu gino, whore they found Mr. James Hargrove tho engineer, jammed in between tbe quadrant and the frame ot the ongino, in surb a post tion thal be oould not bs moved: witness trice to brest: the iron with an axo, but could not the explosion of the kerosene oil and whiskey barrels commenced about this time; tbo bodj ot Mr. dilbert waa not found until after th< tender was burnt; ten loaded and two empt; freight oars, and the biggago car, with tin mail, baggage and express goods, were burnt the flames wero communicated to tbe trad almost immediately after the accident; whei witness met Mr. Burns ho told bim thero wai a tree across tho iraok; witness saar nothin; to warrant tho belief that it was lolled; it wai three feet tn diamoter, ono of tho largos! ii tho swamp; the looatiou of the accident .tva; about three-quarters of a mile on the Ooium bia side of the Congarce Uiver bridge. Ur. W. J. Hoyles, one of the train hands testified that immediately after the shock h put the brakea on in obedience to tbo order o the conductor: as soon as tho train stopped witness went down into the swamp toward the engine, sod saw Mr. Burns Hitting upon i log; he told witness to go to the asaiatanoo o tho engineer, which bo did, arriving at tbi engine at the Bama time with others; Mr. Hat grove asked them to dig bim out, wbiob the. attempted to do with some spades they fanni among tbe freight, but found it impossible t? render him assistance in bis efforts to extri oato himself; witness was then sent to King ville for assistance, snd when be returned tn engineer was dead, bavin* been burnt to death wi tuena did not see Mr. Gilbert until after tb oars were burned, and then be saw bia remain alongside of the tender; witness examined th tree whioh waa across the traok and found th a it was hollow. Mr. James Maguire, a train band, teatiflei that when the accident ooo ur ed tho train wa moving st the slow rate of speed usual in past lng over s trestle; when hs felt the shook b put the brakes on, and when the train stoppe went down into the sw imp, sod, hearing ene in the direction of the engine, proceeded to I arith Mr. Boyles: they found the engineer dow in the mud, held fast by some of the mach nery of the engine; they toro away some or tb dirt with thour bands, and when the spade were brought used them, but were ?nanle t dig tim out on account of the iron and woo work which was aro and him; Mr. Hargrov was aenaible all thia time, sud wss asking th bystanders to help him ; witness then cc s lsver sud'attempted to ex tri aa to hlrx but, failed; in about fifteen min?tes afU the accident the firs common oed, an witness went to war I the passenger oai and found tho passengers attempting to brea open the baggage car, in order to get the baggage. He asked them to go wit bim to aid Mr. Hargrove,- but none of thei won ld do so. He then returned to the eoginee bnt fonnd that all further efforts would bo nat less*, and he wu compelled to losve him to h fate, the beat from tho fire preventing hil from going very near, him; be examinod tr tree and found lt rotten in the heart; it wi three feet in diameter; no marks of an AI were visible. TBE YBADIOr Was rendered about ono o'clock, sud in very few moments After the exam inn tion of ti last witness. Ills ss follows: "Wo, tliojor find that the doc eased came to their deaf I by tho accidents? r tinning off of the engine sn train in Con g a roo swamp, caused by - the . cidonlal falling of s tree serosa the track < the morning of the 18 th of Bc pt ember." ' nra DEAD. Immedistel; siter the bodies had bei slewed by the jury, they were removed to thc bornes, 8. Hargrove, who ls shoot thirty-five years Age, tod bas been co nat ec led with the railrot tot several years psst, leaves s wife ?od ot child. Hts wife is ? daughter nt Captain \ H. Oasaon, of Columbia., He was weli-eklile prudent ind regarded ss A number ono e giDoer. It is abated that the deceased leann hm lite for Wot A tew weeks ago. James Gilbert is about twenty-three yeats Age. He also le*voa A wife and child. Their remains were interred yesterday aft* noon. The funeral servie*? wera nerfortued St, John's Chapel. BWATSA. . Jjfc?ft As soon as the avsendm Varas repjAp Itel Pr?sident W. J. Magrath au* <*^>d< H. T. l'oako went up ou a special train, and took i ru mediato stops to nave tho dead remov? ed, tho mounded cared for and tho track re? paired. There ?B a largo force at work, aud it ia thought that tho trestle will bo up by to? night, and trains bc ablo to pass over to-mor? row._ .^ijtt: A SPLENDID CHANOE TO OET SUITED.- Dy re te renee to our advertising columns it will bo seen that Mr. John Ilugholmor, morchant tailor, No. HI Kiug-streot, has just returned from Now York with a largo stock of dot ba, doeskins, beavers, coatings, vestings and fur? nishing goods. Mr. It.'s lOLg experience In tho business onablos bim to select with raro tasto tho artiolos oxaotly adapted to tho wants of our young men, whom wo warrant eau bo suited as well, if not bottler, at Mr. R.'e store, both in quality and in price, as at any other puce in tho city. Qivo him a call. INOBEABBD MAU. FACILITIES.-Tho South Carolina Railroad Company are now construct? ing at thoir workshops in this city four new and improved mail cars. These will be twenty foot longer than tb o ordinary baggage cara, and will bo divided into tbreo co j) partmonts, tbe contre lo be ocoupiod hythe mail agent, and thoso at oithor end by tba baggago mun? ter and express moBsenger. These cara will bo placed upon the road in a fow wooka' time. Under the present arrangement tho mall agent ocoupioa tho conductor's car, but hts room is too contracted for mail purposes, and tho now cara will supply a want that has long existed. SEUMON nt REV. DB. HICKS.-Tho Lutheran Church waa densely thronged yesterday by a congregation assembled to listen to a discourse by tho assooiato pastor ou tho subject of tho Avondale disaster. Tho toxt selected was from 1st Corinthians, 13th chap. 11th verso, "Charity hu fl TO iii long and is kind." Tho preacher dwolt eloquently on thubeauty of charity in its various phases, but especially in that one in which the appeal carno from a section which, however hostile it had boou in the past, was now tho scene of woe. Notwithstanding all wo had our? selves endured, tbcro could bo no more excel? lent manifestation ol' tho truo spirit of human? ity as derived from tho Godhead, than tho : sympathy proposed in behalf of tho sufferers of Avoudilo. Such an exhibition of tenderness in distress was calculai eil to do more tn build? ing up a truo uniou and securing- a true recon? struction than all tho enactments that could bo passed. The sermon was listened to with groat attention, and most admirably recoived. After tho sermon a collection was taken up, and $180 rcalizod Two DADIRH KILLED BT OVEBDOSES OP LAU? DANUM.-On Saturday last two babies, eight wc ohs old, named respectively Esau and Jacob, and sons of Frederick Toomer, colored, living at No. 38 Nassiu-slreet, died very suddenly. Corouer Whiting WAS notified, and yestorday morning hold an inquost with tho following j jurors: T. W. Hyatt, J. Disohor, T. Robinson, F. W. Bolger, T. W. Jackson, R. Mosoley and R. Prince, white; lt. Attics, O. Gibbes, J. Mark, J. Digges, J. Edwards and J. Holmes, colored. Tbe ovidonce showed that tho mother and the twins were very sick, and laudanum was ad? ministered to tho twius to relievo thom and also to keep thom quiet. After the evidooce bad boen given, tho jury returned a vordict upon each body. Thc fol? lowing is tbo subatanco of the two ver? dicts: Wo, the jury, lind that the deceaaod came to their da?tbs from overdoses of lauda? num administered to them ou Friday night last, by sumo person or persons attending them while aiok. It acorns to us that a vordiot should be a little moro explicit than tbe above. The people generally aro loft to determine for thomselvM ..._,i,,,r tue uumiumionog oi tao overdoses ot laudanum was accidental or intentional. Carrum.- The Nicolson P&voment Commit? tee will make a favorable icportat the meeting of Conuoil to-morrow night. Codifier of the Laws, Ao., Corbin has written alottcr to Magistrate Bunch concerning George W. Hooker, who has beon mentionod in con? nection with one or two forgory cases. Tho office-holder states that Hooker swindled him by a "moro deliberate, carefully oonooived piece of swindling" than had over before como under hie not ice. Dr. Angel now has charge of Health District No. 4. Tho fines imposed by tho Mayor Saturday umountcd to $30. ?, By a recent docision of tho Mayor, a woman who baa been beaton by ber husband is allowed to go scot freo whon arrested together with her husband, for disorderly conduct. The "busby" is to'bo fined five dollars. A drummer was captured by the detectives Saturday. Ho paid tho t ax upon his sales and was reloaaed. During the week ending Saturday thoro wero 157,080 feet of lumber and timber inspected in Ulis oity. The investigation into the charges against the City Engineer did not commence Satur? day, bat was postponed until this afternoon. Daddy Cain wanta a "little more light" upon that $7000 claim of Unitod States District At? torney, Ac, Corbin,. and desires to know whether he is "euing as oonnuel for the Mayor and Aldermen elect in the courts, or as a member of the General Assembly, be having introduced the bill whioh seated them ? If the former, he said in tho first instance that he thought or knew that the o ase would be car? ried to the courts, and boneo tho ch argo of $1500. If the latter, then, does he Intend to divide the flVO?d with those who fought and voted for this questionable pieco of legisla tatton ?" Mr. Moses Goldsmith, wbllo handling his pistol on Friday, night last, accidentally dis? charged it. The bali shattered two fingers of the right band. It is thong ht that be will not lose them. An old man, eighty-four yours of age, having boca deserted by bis sons and daughters (who aro Well off and amply ablo to tako care of him) had to go to the Almshouse. He is now in great distress, and into i. Jo appealing to the publio for relief. It is to be boped that his children will be humane enough to do thou* duty, and not allow t hom s ol voe to bear tho shame of haying their father eared for by strangers. A drunken white man was found carly Bator day morning wit h bis head and shoulders on the ground and bis feet on a ploket (once. An inspection showed that his tro weera had been caaglit in tho fenoe and he could not take bis feet down nor get up. Ho bad evidently at? tempted to get over the fence and was caught as be either jumped or fell off. He ought to take a lesson from tho politicians who know ho w to get apon and remain anon a fence, but when they fall or jump always tumble into a good thing. It ls reported that application win be made at the neat session of the State Court to have the name of Geo, A. Richmond stricken from tho roll of attorneys. The County Commissioners will not go into the Nicolson pavement project, alleging lack of fonds sa the reason for their declining. The Schiller Lodge, L O. O. P.,.hare remov? ed to their new bili, si tbe corner of Society and Xing streets, Messrs. dados A Witto have removed from the atore opposite Tu Narwa eshoo to the* rtattSAktV oort**. *f Bist :U*y sod Outrai |wtoi*? ?h* stand remit/ opear);ed by Ooo. W. HOTEL ARRIVALS, SEPTEMBER 18 AND 19. Pavilion Hotel.-J. G. Pouter, A<hm? Ruo, 8. C.; M. C. Hal!, J. Fercbco, South Carolina; Warron Carson, Monoka' Coruor; P. Olia, Mrs. C. C. Dunn, Mrs. Pritchard, Miss L. J. Reed, Min? Julia McCarthy, Augusta, Ga.; W. ll. Bryan, Mra. lt. C. RobiniOO, Mine A. J. Col-" eon, W. H. Bryan, Jr., Fort Motto, 8. C.; A. M. Kirkland, South Carolin?; 8. B. Owens, Alaba? ma; A. M. Chatterton, Baltimoro, Md.; J. R. Chambers, Choster, S. C.; John Rudolph, Ed? ward Chadwick, Mrs. H. Davis and child, Fer? nandina, Fla.; J. ?orham, Charleston, 8. C.; M. J. Humbert, Q. P. Nelson, R. E. Dukes, W. K. Laue, obild and servant, Grahamville, 8. C.; J. W. Thompson, Savannah and Charleston Railroad; Wm. Foroboo, Grahamville, 8. C.; M. Dublon, New York; Mrs. C. M. Knicker? bocker, Savannah; F. J. Binns, Charleston, 8. C. ; C. K. Smith, Georgia; Edward, Townson, Baltimore; A. Barucb, Floronce, 8. C.; Colonel J.H. Alexander, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. 8. W. Rhoados, C. H. Boedlo, Beaufort, 8. C.; John F. Juue, Manning, S. C.; Lom's Jacobs, Ki u ? at roe, 8. C.; W. P. Apploby, Rec ves vi Ito, S. 0. Charlesion Hotel.-P. Z. Henry, South Caro? lina; A. Gotty, City; J. J. Gregg, A. C. Ives, Augusta; M. Tiller, Columbia; J. C. Bailey, Greenville Enterprise; J. C. Courtney and son, South Carolina; C. C. Coe, W. H. Gilders Coo, D. R. Botrand, Huston; James Cbosnut, C. E. ii ai le, W. L. Loyd, Florida; J. B. Dawkins and lady, Gainesville, Fla.; E.W. Davie, Lako City, Florida; Captain Palmer, Steamship Misouri; 8. J. Bums, Wilmiugton, N. C.; W. H.Bass, Sparta, Ga.; T. S. Price, Augusta, Qa.; J. T. Hunt, City; 8. W. Holland, Auder-] son; S. R. Smith, Baltimoro; S. Bronny, Bl. Louis; M. Hockniyor, North Carolina; J. WU- | balm, Louisville, Ky. BUS IN B S S NOTICES. TUE BALTIMORE STEAMERS can rolicvo tho wants of New York shippers, as they occur from time to timo, by giving dispatch to cot? tons via Baltimoro to the Now York market. Tau BUTLER TIE, advertised by Mosers. Henry Cobia A Co., bas boon usad extensively by planters and factors throughout tho South, and in every instance has given entire satis? faction. INSURANCE. -Attention is directed to the in surance advertisement of tho old and well es? tablished agonoy of Moaara. William B. Heriot ft Co., wbich will bo found in another part of to-day's paper. -o ATTENTION ia directed to the reopening of Mra. Blum's sohool on Monday, the 4th Ooto ber. Mrs. Blum has a competent corps of instructora, and her school bas been long es? tablished, and is tu a flourishing condition. IN ANOTHER COLUMN appears a notice of tho reopening of Mrs. L lurens' boarding and day school for young ladies. This establishment is too well known and flourishing to need any comment. Wo thcreforo only rotor our readers to the advertisement. A NEW SUPPLY or LAOKR BEEB, bot lien ex? pressly for family uso, just received, delivered in any part of the city at $2 per dozen. All kinds of crackers and biscuits received fresh this week. WM. H. CORWIN ft CO., Sept 18 .?*2 No. 275 King-street. -o Lia HT READING FOB THE WARM WBATHER. Our friends in the country who desiro to obtain light reading for the wann weather, at strictly popular prices, are roferrod to the advertise? ment of Mr. C. C. Righter, the very enterpris? ing and trustworthy King-street doaler in books and periodioals of all kinds. His list will be found to iuolude somotbing to suit evorv tast/> and it seems to un ? marvel how be can afford to send bis books by mail over the country, post-paid, at the ridiculously low prices named. Shirts ano /nrnisrjittfl ?oaos. T il IS GREAT SKNSATION. SCOTT'S Superior Fitting Shirts. SHIRTS. Billum Biiium SHIRTS. SHIRTS. 8 RIETH. BHIRT8. em HTS. BRUITS. SHIRTS. BHTRTS. B HIRTS. JulyS SCOTT'S POPULAR AND BELT ABLE SHIRT MANUFACTORY Meeting-street, Opposite Harket Ball. SHIRTS MADS TO ORL-Htt. SHIRTS BRADY MADE, ALL SIZES. Directions for Ueanurement, Aie., BENT BY MAIL, nao 6moa BLACKWELL'S QQ % W a NO. ?ID KtSG-STUKKT, One door below Harket. OI1KAT RBDUOTIUN IN PRICES or SOASES TIES HANDKEROBIBES UNDEKW EAR, AC ST TRY IT. GOODS. Cl W M GO H M ss 0 Mt*? ?ff efcttj, toimmtt, Ctr. piKOCaCatKV, OL ABS ?b BTORBWARB AT REDUCED PRICES. In order ?o Baaks roora for new goods, will be sold I the en Ure stock of OROOKBBYrGLa&S and S TON K WARK now eat band, at nready reduced prices, ParU??wl*hln? barga!n.b.d c-atter ?.ll early. JOHN W. UNLEY, ?> t No. 3*8 Eiag-slteel, Sept? 1*_Weer Burns* lane. AsTaEATB OE? HAeistSlA. A ?00? ?MUM SUMME? MsTXUOTNaV MAM fresh avery day, hy . Dm. H. ?ABB, May SS No. 1*1 kteet?Bf-etreet, faction Salts. Engliih White Lead -md Box of Plantation Toole. BY JOHN (3. MILNOR & CO. THIS DAY (Mondar.) 30th ln?Unt. at half-pa*t IV o'clock, wc will Bril at oar Auction Salesroom, No. 13S Moetins: airest, 7 wholo kegs ENGLISH WHITE LEAD, III lbs 13 half kegs KngUsh Wbl'e 1 oad, BR lbs 31 quirler kegs English White Lead, -?H lb* 1 hua Vlanta'lou Toola. Conditions caah. Kept 30 SALK OF VALUABLE! HEAL ESTATE. Will bo sold at l'nbllo Auction, on tba first MON? DAY In December next, tn tho Town of Manning, Clarendon Oountr. South Carolina, Tho following LOTS oF LAND, all situated (? the eald County, bclnx tho proper ly of an Assigned Estate: '.TOWN PLACE." This la the lain xoaldenee of Dr. Ingram, and la located In tho most desirable portion of tba Town of Meaning. Tho lot oonlalea two acres; the ap? partenances aro. a well finished dwelling, contain? ing six rooms; outbuildings compWo, consisting of storeroom, servants* bouses, kitchen, stable, Ac. The place is ornamented with beautiful live oak?, set ont about ten years ago. Altogether it ls aband" some place, coating ten yeera ago about ?8000. "HOME TItAOT."J ,' This la an excellent and well settled tract of id* seres cf land, ?ltu?U> about two miles from Msn 'ng. The land produces well-ootloo, corn and i. The appurtenances consist ot dwelling house, ?.kb all necessary outbuildings, labor?te' houses, gin houso, granary, stables. Sc. ..CONYKRS' TRAOT." This is a tract of C20 acres of lind; lt la a well set? tled and highly productivo plantation, situate In "Fork of Black River," six miles trout; Manning. "ROSE BAY PLACE." Thia Is a tnt of 610 acres of fine cotton and corn, land, situate within a milo of the Couyer*'; and ad. Joining thc "Oonycrs' traci." It IA without aettlo meut. "UoLEOD TRACT." Thia ls a tract of 300 acres. An Improved and val? uable tract of laud, sit?ale tn the "Kork of Black I River," produces corn, cotton ano rice well, and la convenient to Maunlug and Suinter, the latter plano affording ono of tbo beat markow tn the State. "MCKNIGHT PROPERTY." Tbl? consists of a storehouse, dwelling and asl buildings, and five acres of land In the Village of Suaimorton, near Wright's Bluff, on Benlee River. LOTS IK MANNING. House and two acre lot in tbo Town of Mannings House contains four rooma, lot well Improved. A small House sod tdtchea and two acres of load in Ibo Village of Manning. A vacant lot. TERMS OF SALE. One-third caah; tho remainder on a credit of ena and two years; the credit portion to bo s ?cu rod by bond of the purobaaor, with interest at the rate eat ?even per cent, per annum, and mortgage of thar premises aold. Pu rehuse rs to par for ?tampa and papers. FROST A ADOBE, for Assignee?, Charleston, 8. O, Sept 20_1 ocU.18, novl.B.l?,21.29. dec* SHERIFF'S SALK. A. C. McUILLlVBAY, Auctioneer. By virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias to me dtree ted and delivered, will bo aold ou MONDAY, tbe ?th day af October, next, at the northeast corner of the Court? house. Between ll o'clock A. M and 3 P. M., All tba riuht, title and luterott ol the defendant in all that TRAOT OF LAND situate in the hate Par? ish of Christ Church, on tho Georgetown road, about Ui re o milos from the Town of Mount Pleasant, Charles? ton County, conloixlug 100 aero*, mora or leas, forar. erly the property of John Hamlin. Butting and bounding south on the landa of G. F. Kinloch, east on tho Georgetown ro id, wost on lands of H. B. Tos? and north by tho GeorgO'own road. Levied on and- to bo sold as tbe propsrty of Ja -, M. Bryan, nt the suit ol Henry Horlbeok at al. and. William Von Gohren. ALSO, At tbo same >lme and place, All tbo rl lit title and interest of tba defendant in all that PLAN i A f ION known aa "Bull Head," In the Pariah of St Thoma i and St. Denis, contain? ing 611 sore-, more or lea*. Rounded southwardly and outwardly on landa now or late of Colonel Thomas Screven; westward ly on landa now or lato of Alexandor Ohovln, and northwardly on lands now or Uta of William Capers. Levied on and lo be sold aa the properly of Asian Logan, at the suit of Ellis DeTrcville. AUSO, At the same time and place, All the right, title and intered ot the defendant ina LUC or LAND situated in Meeting, between uiuu .uj OvlwitlHi. HtM.1,, ?nd hnu.B M Ko, SOS. with (he improvements thereon. Lot m >-aa tiring int front 10 feet by 200 feet tn depth, more or lesa. Levied on and to be sold aa the property of H. . .stafford, at tba ault of John T. Forbes. Terms caah. K. W. M. MACKEY. Sept 13 mi B. O. G. YOU WISH TO HAVE A OOO! APPETITE, a relish ?or Food, and a perfect Diges? tion T U9E SOLO MO Nh' BITTERS. Sept 17_Brnos pVltUlilNK AND PORTABLE OAS LIGHT. THE UNDERSIGNED RESPECTFULLY OALL3 the attention of the publie to the above named LIGHT, for nhloh he la now prepared to receive* orders, lt ls claimed for this Light that it ls supe? rior to Keroae.no or any other Illuminating Olia that it ls Non-otploslve, and that it giros a light al' most equal to that of Coal Gas, and ls Just aa cheap as Kerosene. A camp's may be aeen at No. 1 Boyoe's Wharf, and full tn/armatlon given by Augusta? fmwlmo C. J. OOLOOOH, Ja. ~jQU YOU WISH TO BLEEP SOUNDLY at night, and awake in the morning with a thoro'vgk appreciation of your Egg, Bolla and Coffee ? Sept 17 amos USE SOLOMONS' BITTERS. QAHOLINA TEA AOKNUY, No. 888 KINQ-3TBBBT. The undersigned takes ploaau-e in informing kiar friends connected with the trade that he has received the AGENCY at one of tba most exteuaive Tes Im porting House? in th? United H (atea. Tb? basin esa* of Iba Agenoy wlU be oo nd acted tn such s manner that, while ii will present great lndccaments to aH partira. It will be of special advantage to the ?mau capitalist, by enabUng bim to keep a hVht stock ?nd full assortment through a trifling Investment Tat? Agency trill be used exehvlvety lu the Interests of the grocers, and their promptco-optratlon ia eollcit? ed aud expected. Ur. WILLIAM SIMONS is In tho employ of the? Afiency, and ia authorised to solicit orders. For further particulars are circular, or apply ts JOHN W. LIN I.BY, Sept 17_0*_Hole Agent. ?jyo YOU WISH TO PUT OPP I NOBB FINITELY BICK HEADACHE, Boor Eructaileaa and Acidity Of the Stomach T Sept 17 Stnoa USE SOLOMONS' BITTERS. Pental (garbs. J. R. SOLOMONS, St. D, DENTIST, Hats I! etas na ed. H ABEL-STREET, OPPOSITE fiYNAQOGUB. Sept 6 c HAS. HICKEY, GILDER, PORTRAIT AND PICTURE FRAME M AN CF Adi TUBBS, No. 346 KING-STREET, CHARLESTON, & O. LOOK!NG-GLASSES of all sisea fitted to 1 July 1?_pao_ fmwSc OHM D. AlilIllosKi ACCOUNTANT, NOTAMT PUS SW AND O KS IRA L J OK NT, ?st* M Bawd stress, ?TOP EOT I OLLY so LI on H BUSTS EAS CS ABW JUBT1NG tOOOUWTB ol H arche, vis aad ?Gweaa. I atad i? WSITTNG UP AN D'POSTING thew SO?*-A? \ et**** ta patt as whole, Ac Jae oas? B J