The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, September 30, 1869, Image 1
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VOLUME VII.-NUMBER 1157.
SIX DOLLARS A YEAR
BY TELEGRAPH.
THE TIRGINIA SENATORS.
RICHMOND, September 29.-The correspon?
dence on the senatorial question is published.
General Canby, in his letter to the Secretary of
War, expresses the opinion that the election ol'
United States senators by the Legislature,
which assembl?e on October 5, ia both author?
ized and necessary, bat asks that the question
be submitted to the Attorney-General. This
officer in reply says:
Upon a careful consideration, I am now of
opinion that the election of senators, bite vo?
tons; ripon the Fourteenth and Fifteenth
amendments to the Constitution of the United
States, is a part of the action contemplated
by Congress as preliminary to a restoration of
the State to ita foll relation to the Government
of the United States as one of the States of the
TJ^ion. The senators thus elected would have
no power or authority until the Senate of the
United States should have passed upon the
validity of their action and admitted them as
members of that body. Under the act of April
10, 1869, the election of members of the House
of Representatives was permitted and has
taken place, and wheo Congress comes to act
opon the whole question of the reconstruction
of the State lt would seem equally proper that
members elected to both branches of the Na?
tional Legislature should present themselves
and be ready for admission to seats in the re?
spective houses. The election of senators does
not seem to me to transcend the action which
comes within the limited and qualified pur?
poses requisite to reconstruction, but rather to
be essential to the completeness of that action,
and I think that the military commander should
not interfere with or prevent it.
THE GOLl> GAMBLING.
Msw YOBX, September 29.-The Gold Ex?
change Bink has been placed in the hands of
a receiver.
The failure of C. A. Meigs <fc Son, Fuller,
Treat <k Cox, and Bloom & Co., is announced.
A number of other failures are reported as
probable, among them that of Lockwood 4 Co.
No government gold was sold to-day. The
sale is postponed until to-morrow.
SAVED AT SEA.
NEW OBLEANS, September 29.- The steam?
ship Clinton, from Galveston, picked up yes?
terday evening, near Ship Shoals, two boats
containing the captain, Morrill, the first mate,
and. thirteen others from the steamship Trade
Wind, which sank on the 24th. The mate's
bosnia still miselog.
MISSISSIPPI RADICAL CONVENTION.
JACKSON, September 29.-A Radical con?
vention met here to-day. General - Alcorn was
nominated for Governor by acclamation; R. C.
Powers for Lieutenant-Governor; * James
Lynch, colored, for Secretary of State.
s a ? - '
FIRE IN BORDEAUX.
BORDEAUX j September 29. - A fire among the
shipping destroyed thirty vessels laden with
petroleum._
SP?kRKS FROM THE WIRES.
The revenue yesterday was $552,600.
President Grant and Secretary Bout well had
a long interview yesterday.
K it reported in official circles that Sickles
has withdrawn bia Spanish note.
Senator Wilson proposes to introduce a bill
making sales of coin without an absolute de?
livery a penal offence.
The Miami Powder Works, ai Xenia, Ohio,
have exploded, killing one man and shattering
the adjoining buildings.
Covode thinks that the contest in Pennsyl?
vania will be very close, and that it will require
all the a sei stance that the administration can
give to make success sure.
PENDLETON.
Appearance of tile Vlllage-B? ttei Times
Coaalag-Water-Power-T h e Pendle,
ton Cotton Factory-Big Dividends
Art Interesting Legend-A Word to
Travellers.
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PENDLETON, 8. C., September 28.-It cannot
be said that Pendleton is thriving in appear?
ance, for thb only new structure in the village
is ? cotton gin and press, completed a day or
two ago. The streets axe not as well paved as i
they might be, not are the bouses as out war d ly
fresh as paint sud pence could make them; but
changing times have not taken away from the
village the pore elastic air, nor have they de?
prived the Blue Ridge of one whit of their
solemn or tender beauty.
Much of the society which made this one ot
the pleasantest- neighborhoods in the State
still remains, and the seaboard is represented
by several prohaineat families. Pendleton
cannot now claim th? wealth and brilliancy of
the days before the war; but the people are
gentle in manner as in blood, and look forward
with confidence to the time when the village
may see its own again. And, indeed, it mast
be a cosy place wherein to spend the weary
summer days. AU the good thin g i of life may
be had in abundance-excel I in drought
years-and if my Pendleton friends will throw
off a little of their disinclination to praise
themselves, and will encourage some compe?
tent person to open a good hotel, this place
may have next year a comforting array of visi?
tors^ The Air Lino Railroad, which is expect?
ed to touch every village ia the Northwest,
will, it is believed, pass through Pendleton.
This will give the people rapid communication
with Georgia and North Carolina, and may en?
courage the advent of
COTTON H.ANETTAC ruBEsa,
who will find in 'this vicinity water-power
enough to run all the mills of New England.
What may be accomplished by cotton mills in
this State is again illustrated in the case of the
Pendleton Colton Factory, which is situated
about three miles from the village. This fac?
tory was built iu 1836, and is 160 feet long by
60 feet broad, giving employment to about fifty
hands and consuming 1000 pound9 of cotton
dally. The present proprietors. William Perry
& Co., have- pat in new machinery since the
war closed, and are making arrangements to
put ap machinery ?Lr weaving plaids and wool?
len goods. The Pendleton Factory, in spite of
the high price of cotton, ie paying dividends
of -fite percent, a quarter, or at the rate o'
TWBNTT Tzs. CENT, per annum. There is not,
in truth, any spot in South Carolina, where the
water power can be bad, where a cotton mill
might not be-worked to handsome profit,
white the Kortbernjmills at the same prices
would lose money. The difference in our favor
is made up by the lovar cost of the ra w material,
wages and food, and by the saving in waste,
OSsWof transportation and other like expenses.
AH INDIAN 8TOBY.
There are in this section, as I suppose you
know, a number of creeks called the "One
Mile" Orejear, "Plve Mlle" Creek, "8ix Mile"
Creek, and so on co "Ninety-six" Mile Creek,
now the name of a station on the Greenville
and Co?nabt? Railroad, These creeks obtain
ed their names in-this way. Daring the 1
okee war of 1760, the British garrison at
George were cut off from their eupporte
nearest fortified place being at Ninety-si]
was discovered that the Indians intend
make an attack in force at a ce
tune, and there was no hope of s
unless the garrison at Ninety-six coul
informed of the perillous condition of
comrades. The country wae overrun by
tile Indians, and all hearts were 1
when an Indian squaw, who had at a dis
become enamored of one of the officers
unteered to carry the momentous dispat
the distant fort. The squaw set out, folio
the old Indian trail, and as she crossei
creeks on the way, named them ..ccordii
their distance from the point cf depar
"One Mile" creek wae one mile from
George, and sr? on to the ead. These
tances are nearly correct by the present
road. The legend says farther that the d
ed woman ran the ninety-six miles in a daj
a night, and that Fort George was saved.
FOB THE 8CMMEB VISITOR
Pendleton has many attractions, and no
least of these are the moderate rates of b
and the low rente. One sf the best honst
the village, with, 1 believe, ten room8 and
of eleven acres, is rented for one hundred
lars a year. Other housi s, suitable for tami
are rented at sixty dollars. ? large nun
of refugees lived in this place during the
and have since moved away. There ar
new comers of any consequence, and the 1
demand for house-room k?epe rents at
rates I have named.
A CHOICE SCHOOL.
Pendleton has aleo a school for young lat
conducted by Miss Warley, a lady of large
perience and ripe culture. The institutic
spoken of on all sides as one in which the
pile study rapidly and learn thoroughly, wi
by constant companionship with their teao
they attain a moral dignity and elevatio
sentiment worth in itself far more than
ordinary education. For young girls grov
np to womanhood, Miss Warley's school ii
that could be desired, and I am please
learn that the nnmber of pupils is steadily
creasing. XJJ
A. VT JE Ii TBE BATTLE.
A Glan?e over the Field-The t ondit i
of the Balls-Commodore Vandert
on the F lelo -Secret History of t
" (. orner''-The Recoils.
The New York papers are full of the g
panic, the moral of which is seen in the mou
ful questions of the Herald : " Are the bt
ness men and public in their transactions
be at thc mercy of a few men in Wall-atte
is the value of everything, to the extent
hundreds or thousands of millions of prop
ty ,to be? regulated by a few millions of gc
more or less, in the hands of these men
The final result of the fight of 1
week in Wall-street will depend much* nf.
the condition or Smith, Gould cfc M
tin, the leadinc bouse in the bull mo verne
It ie probable i bat they will come ont all rig!
aa they bad twenty millions Friday before t
government sale, and were receiving balanc
at 150 and upwards. Messrs. Heath cfc Co., A
Speyer? and others are largely dependent
their action, and ai! wait for a settlement
the Gold Exchange Bank. There was a i
port that Duncan, Sherman & Co. had be
advised that the Barings had placed ten m
lions of gold to their credit in the Bank
England, on the strength of wbicb they borro
ed five millions in gold from the go verum ci
which they bad sold to help smash the nc
Beiden has not absconded, Speyers bas fail
but not gone crazy, and Headley, of Yandi
venter cfc Co., bas not turned up. The Nt
York SOD, of Monday, says:
imora OF THE OAXX.
The forions hurricane that eweDt over Wi
street spent its force on Friday. The shore
strewn with wrecks, and there is au immen
demand for steam tugs and lighters. It is ?
?'et impossible to be certain of the names
be vessels lost. Some were immediately ca
sized, and are floating bottom up Others 11
rapidly making water, and all bands are at tl
pumps. In some cases jnrymasts have bet
rigged, but the wind is BO strong that no cai
vas can be spread with safety. In m my ii
stances tbe ballast has shifted, and there
great difficulty in getting on cn even kee
Some very large frigates have been drive
ashore. Their commanders hope to war
them off at hieb tide. Meantime all eyes ai
turned toward the Exchange Bank. When it
officers are able to take the sun and determin
their latitude and longitude, it will be possibl
to give accurate details. At this time the moe
of tho vessels are at sea, without chart c
compass, and their crews are Buffering fe
want of provisions.
BOW Mn CH THE BULLS HIVE MADE.
The theory ot a highly responsible broke
with reference to tho profits of the gold opera
tors for a rise, and who was familiar with th
operations of that clique, estimates that th
bull combination up to 12 o'olock on Friday bai
accumulated profits in the aggregate as'higl
as ten to twelve millions of dollars, the resul
of their shrewd manipulations. A large pot
Mon of their purchases of gold, according ti
h's statement, ranged from 13lj to 135, and a
the price advanced the clique unloaded, us wei
as made further purchases. Several million!
of short interest were added to the pool oi
Wednesday at 141, which, together with pro
vious purchases, was settled on Friday al 1
o'clock on the basis of 148, 149, and 150, ii
their compromise with the bears. The amoun
of capital involved in the scheme was abou
forty millions ot dollars, on which WP s done i
business of about one hundred millions, and ii
is estimated, ofter making liberal deduction!
tor extra interest paid for carrying the golt
trom day to day (reaching Friday as high at
one percent.,) that at least ten to twelve pei
cent, accrued on the gross business of the com?
bination up to the time above stated. A fen
millions which are reported in dispute were
purchased at 160 to 162$, when struggling tc
sustain the market at that price; and even
should tb is be adjusted, still a profit ol
several millions would be lett in the "locker.'
If this theory is true, the suspended firms ol
Friday will resume business as soon as the
Gold Exchange Bank can present them then
balances.
THE INDIGNATION OF THE BULL BROKERS
Against Messrs. Fisk, Gould, and Heath cfc Co.,
last evening was very great. A tall gentleman
in the Astor House declared that he had boen
an errand boy in Wall street, and brought up
to tho business. "I know the ins and oats and
thc ropes as well 03 anybody/' said he; "and ?
have been cleaned out by a* clique of thieve*
and bars. I spent seventeen dollars for a re?
volver yesterday, and somebody'll get shot be?
fore I go to aleep over my margins."
Tho prevailing impression lost night was
that the scenes around Wall street to-day will
eclipse even those of last Friday. Dr. H. T.
Helmbold, the Buchu man, cleared $25,0C0 in
the gold market on Friday morning.
THE VISIBLE INVISIBLE.
Neither FiBk nor Gould was visible to a
thousand and one individuals who were anx?
ious and interested in seeing them. Mr. Gould
waB Been to enter his office on Broad street ou
Sunday, bat denied admission to all except his
friends. James Fisk, Jr., and Mr. ?elden are
believed to oe in the city.
BUN ON THE TENTH NATIONAL.
On Saturday a determined run was made on
the.Tenth National Bank. An announcement
that the bink waa $900,000 ehoit at the Clear?
ing House in tho morning, coupled with a re?
port that thair certifie J checks were being
thrown ont by other banks, Beems to have
occasioned the ruo.
The street was ready for a panic, and by
eleven o'clock it had it in a general rush of de?
positare to this institution with furious de?
mande for their balances. Ibe rush soon be
came eo great as to demand the atiendan
the police to preserve order. All dem
were met on presentation, and corr
promptly paid. At two o'clock, however,
case looked squally. The officers found i
culty in procuring currency to meet the
mande. Certified cheoks of thc Bank ol
Commonwealth, the City, and the State B
were sent ont for collection and returned
satisfied, these banks referring them to
Clearing House. Their directors and Mr.
lender, the Bank Examiner, were runnin
all directions for currency. The teller's
[ was fast running low, and it seemed impr
ble that they could bold ont. At this june
relief came from some sister banks in
shape of several hundred thousand doll
and the concern was saved. Tbey contin
to pay until twenty minutes past tbree, wi
everybody being satisfied, they closed for
day. At the commencement ot business in
morning their deposits aggregated 11,100,
of which they paid all bat 1100.000 before
close of business. At three o'clock they adjui
their balances at the Clearing House,
were pronounced all right there.
COMMODORE VANDERBILT OM THE FIELD.
During the height of the tremendous exe
ment that prevailed on Friday, a delegatioi
dealers io tbe Vanderbilt interest, fearin
general panic and crash, waited upon the
Commodore and urged him to make his
pearance in the street.
"Come down," tbey pleaded, "even if
do no business. The mere fact of yonr ]
sence will allay the great excitement, and i
vent the crash that now seems so imminei
But the Commodore was deaf to all their
treaties, and resolutely remained at bis ol
in Fourth-street, wholly unconcerned, as if
termined to let the gentlemen who had mat
plated the crisis carry it through to tl
heart's content.
The crash came. The street was in cor
sion. The heaviest firms were suspend?
Confidenco became an unknown princi]
Millionaires turned aeronauts, and roushro
operators suddenly found themselves wo
millions of dollars less than nothing. The
oration ? of legitimate business weie stop]
by the clog in the Gold Cleat ing House. C
fusion reigned supt "me, and the day dos
leaving only the anticipation of greater trou
on the day to come. Un Saturday morning
old Commodore appeared on the street, ca
quiet and serene-the very picture of aelf-e
isfaction. He moved about, surveying
wreck with the at most indifference. Hesboi
himself everywhere and-to everybody, and tl
Siietly took himself away, evidently Batist
at he had clinched tbe great victory of l
bears over the wild bulls of the gold cliq
and secured the downfall of his bitterest i
tagooist and aspiring rival, the great Prince
Erie.
TBS TELEGRAPH.
An idea may be formed nf the immense bu
ness of Friday, the day of the great panic,
a perusal of the following telegraphic stat
tics: On that day the Franklin Telegraph s<
5000 messages; the Bankers' and Brokers' 22
the office of the Western Union Telegra
Com pa nv at tho Gold Boom, 900; tbe office
the same line at No. 21 Wall street, 800, a
tho main linc about 5000. More than foi
tilths of this number were quotations of go
THE 8ECEET HISTORY OF THE TU ANS ACTION.
The idea of a sudden inflation ot the price
gold at this particular juncture, when noboi
expected it (precisely Ino very best time to ?
peet it) occurred to Jay (Joa?d and Jam
Fisk, Jr., and other?, som - days since. Woe
ward was brought m as agent tn tbe matti
but the main details were hatched by tb
goodly trio, Fisk, Beldon and Heath, with t
latter two of whom the former had an inte
viow early on Friday morning, the eventful d
when it waB determined to make or break. In a
ditton to the use of A. Speyers as agent of tb
ring, W. F. Livermore was also brought in
requisition. This gentleman fulfilled :
! omer from Fisk to buy gold at 50*60; and wi
told to pat the large "amount tb us bought
.the credit of Heath. But when it was seen bc
tho cat was about to j amp, Heath refus)
to receive this gold, and denied F.sk's right
assign it to him. Fisk, of courso, in virtuot
prudence and penitence, repudiated ali]
Speyers and L ver m ore, and in consequence tl
whole onus of the transaction fell upon Live
more himself, who, afte- paying off all tl
obligations be could on bis own account, sn
pended payment at the last. Fisk is reporte
meanwhile, from the moment that ho saw th;
gold was destined to fall, to have neted th rou a
bia secret agent in the bear interest, and it
even said that be bas not only not lost, bi
has positively made a large sum' of monev t
his transaction. Not only so, bat Yoong Er
ie said to bave sont a polite message to thi
effect to the grim old Commodore Yanderbil
who was inclined to rejoice at the downfall c
bis rival. As for Woodward, he kept $3.755
000 of gold, which he had bought at $85 fe
himself, but be also kept it out of the markt
for the bulls. Io fact, tbs gold panic wi
merely engineered by a few bold and un sen
palona operators, who have, tbe public may t
sore, taken care of themselves. A notab
proof ol this last fact is that throughout th
whole of Friday the leading gold oreratoi
were as cool and calm aa though they wer
Bleeping infants.
IN ANOTHER WORLD.
Mr. Solomon Mahler, a Wall street broker, i
the first victim of the excitement in the gol
market onjeiday. For a number of years b
bad been afflicted with au occasional rush c
blood to the head, attended with temporary ii
sanity. He retired to b .d at ten o'clock Frida
X' t, that being bis usual hour. ?Short)
six o'clock Saturday morning a report c
a pistol was heard in his room. He bad Bbo
himself.
HOW LEGITIMATE ?EADE WAS AFFECTED.
Probably ibe worst feature of the gold es
citerrent was its effect apon legitimate trade
Wholesale dry goods bouses, for instance, pos
tively refused to sell imported goods to conn
try merchants, because it was impossible ti
determine what prices to place on them, owin,
to fluctu?t iona in gold.
Again, a gentleman who presented a mea
sago for tiansmis?ion to Europe by thc cable
and tendered payment in greenbacks, was in
formed that they could not accept them, no
knowing what rate to place on gold. Thi
message being of some importance, he went tt
Wall street to purchase thc gold, but was un
able to obtain any.
A large India rubber manufacturing firn
having received information tbat two of thoi:
vessels wore off Sandy Hook, immediately sen
the captains of the vessels word not to come ii
anti) further orders.
The New York panic extended to other cities
and was felt as far off as Sa n Francisco.
ON li DAT LATEE.
The Baltimore Gazette of Tuesday bas ?
string of special dispatches from New York de?
scribing the action of the Gold Board and Baot
on (bc previous day. Early in the morning the
president of tbe Gold Exchange Bank notified
the members that the following dealers bad
been rejected for failure to comply with the
rules : Albert Speyers, Dornin & Boocock, Gal?
way, Hunter &. Co., Wm. Beldea & Co., tfeveg
& Graves, Chase, McClure & Co., P. H. Wil?
liams, Jr. & Co., Charles W. Keep fr Co., James
Brown & Co. And Mr. George Frank gave no?
tice that bc would be obliged to resign.
THE GOLD BOARD.
During the cxecutivo session held in the
morning there was great excitement. Duriug
the debate James Brown indignautly denied
(hat his house was unable to settle; they were
perfectly intact. He alluded to the operatious
of last week, as conducted by financial ruf?
fians. His remarks were received with min?
gled hisses and applause. Tho voice of thc
president was stopped by the confusion.
Mr. Hodgki a said thai if tho board continu?
ed in executive sossiou, thcro certainly would
bo bloodshed, and his motion to appoint a com?
mit too of nine, to adjust tho difficulties, pre?
vailed. The Gold Board adjourned till noon,
and tho excitement was succeeded by calm.
At the second session the committee of nine
reported in substance that they had induced
the Gold Exchange Bunk to delay the declara?
tion of failure against members who had not
mado good their statements.
At the tbree o'clock session the committee
appointed to ascertain Beiden 's account at thc
Gold Exchange Bank were unable to report.
It is understood that the bank positively re?
fase to give it, as it bas not yet finished up
Thursday's business.
THE BINO SAFE.
A New York correspondent of the Boston
Traveler, who is noderslood to be inside the
Fisk ring, telegraphs to that paper tbat "the
ring is all safe and will reap a big harvest. Thc
most important result of Friday's work is the
transfer of stock in a certain leading railroad,
which has as much to do with gold operations i
as gold itself. ? large amount of shares were
absorbed by parties, who moved the specula?
tion for thc purpose of getting New York Cen?
tral."
lt is estimated that not less than fourteen
million dollars aro locked np in the gold clear?
ing house, which accounts for the renewed
stringency in themoney market on Monday
morning. Until this is liberated the market
will continue close.
DOINGS IN DARLINGTON.
Thc Weather and the Crop-A Falling
oft* in 8 te alago-Important gale of
Real Kstate-The Kew County Jail
A ?lac Ridge Contract in Bl ni a tare.
[VBOV OUB OWN COBBXSPOHnZirr.
DABLLNOTO.V, September 28, 1869_The fall
in the price of cotton, the very thia crop of
corn, and the prospect of an early frost, have
brought about a correspondence between the
usually " blue " talk of our farmers and their
real feelings and opinion*)}. It is, however,
comforting to know that it is in the power of
our people to keep back the most of their cot?
ton, and that they are not bound, as in 1867, to
send it forward despite the great fall in the
price and the confident expectation of a rise.
Even where the crop is under a lien to cover
heavy advances, the factor is not likely to in?
sist on its immediate sale. Many long years
will pass before will be forgotton among the
planters and factors of South Carolina the un?
happy experience of 1807. Do your people ap?
preciate the loss to your city, occasioned by
the natural, perhaps necessary, conduct of
your factors that yeal ? The old antebellum
love and confidence were destroyed. Thia fall
muoh of tho cotton of this county will go to
factors in Baltimore-more will bc sold by the
planters themselves to the agents of northern
houses.
Owing to circumstances' too well known to
need a restatement, the cotton has opened so
rapidly that planters, even those having extra
bauds, have fouod it impossible to keep
closely up with it. Nevertheless, the testimony
is almost universal that so far there has bean
less stealage from the fields this season than
daring any other since ue war. A good and
gracious sign this for tho ciuntry, and worthy
to be made public. J
lt is feared that the fall in tho price of cot?
ton will exercise a depressing effect on the
sales of valuable real estate expected to take
place this winter. It should be generally
known that on the sales-days of November and
December next, thousands of acres of tho best
lands of this fine cotton growing section of
tho State will be exposed for sale. Most of
this property will bo sold under proceedings
in equity-and there will consequently be no
difficulty about the title. Even should the ex?
pectations of the most sanguine bc realized,
thc prices will still range much below the real
value of the land?, it is not probable that a?
fine an opportunity for monicd men to invest
in valuable real estate will ever again occur in
tl?is couuty.
Oar jail is atlast completed, bat the county
commissioners not having the money ready,
tho contractor hesitates to torn it over to them.
As, howevor, after soaic transparent acting,
meant "just to fool um"-um being the white
pablic-tbey have virtually given the contract
for the building of tho cou-thousc to tho jail
contractor. It ie believed that, in considera?
tion of this, he will permit the county com?
missioners to have their jail "on tick." If our
commissioners had any character to lose, it
would perhaps bo worth my while to ventile
this whole transaction. It is simply a neat
imitation of the famous Blue liidge Railroad
operation.
The taxpayers would like to know why the
commissioners are now unable to pay for tho
jail they ordered. The cootractor says that
had he built the jail according to the specifi?
cations given him, it would have beca no
stronger than an ordinary dwelling house.
The specifications for the courthouse, it is
understood, wore drawn np by one o? Governor
Scott's model magistrates, who for some time
has had the contract for eupplyiog the Radical
party in this county with ideas. R.
THE SITUATION IN CUBA.
Probable Fallare of the Revolution
The Volunteer Organization-its Na?
ture and Objects- How and Wbere lt
?was Formed-Its Strength and Influ?
ence - Its Atrocities - More Trouble
Ahead for Spain.
The well informed Washington correspon?
dent of the Baltimore Gazette writes under
date or Sunday last :
Assuming tho correctness ol the recent news
from Cuba-of which there can bo no reasonable
doubt, considering Us source-it is evident
that uni as oo.no unforeseen event should oc?
cur, the revolution is doomed to certain and
disastrous failure. But even this failure to
establish the independence of Cuba will not
leave thc island in a state of quietude. There
will sti'l exist an element of disorder, cud ono
which Spain may yet have Borne trouble to
overcome. Frequent mention has been made
in the press of the volunteer organization of
Cuba; and yet, how li'tle is known of its na?
ture and objects. This organization has played
a most important part in thc revolution, and
to it is j lally attributed the creator portion of
those atrocities, on the part of Spanish com?
manders, which aro almost wi thou, parallel
even m the history Of civil wars. The follow?
ing information, derived from an authentic
source, must therefore provo of general in?
terest :
The volunteer organization is a secret so?
ciety, and waa originally formed for the pur?
pose of B3iztng tho forts arounl Havana, de?
claring tho island independent of Spain, and
appropriating to themselves tho revenue and
officer. Actuated by those motives, it speedily
became very popular with Spanish adventurers
and the mixed population of the island. In a
short timo Juutas were formed in nearly every
town and district, with a Grand Council, or
Ayuntarnouta, in the City of Havana. Arms
were purchased and distributed- arnon? the
members, who were bound by the most terri?
ble oaths to secrecy and fealty to the objects of
the council. The garrisons of Havana and
other portions of tho it land wi rc composed
largely of tho volunteers, and their plans were
nearly perfected when they received the news
of au" approaching revolution in Spain. Ihe
Ayuntatnenta advised thc postponotnint of
their schemes to await the result in the moth?
er country. Meanwhile, the Cubans, who look?
ed with artat distrust on the volunteer move?
ment, and who had boen preparing for some
time to assert their independence, took advan?
tage of the disruption in Spain to inaugurate
the revolution which bad attained such formi?
dable proportions, and which, but for thc
blundering or treachery of its representatives
in this country, must have proved cuccesstul.
The Volunteer Ayuntamcnta decidid to sup?
port tho government. Ono of their purposes
was the securing of the largo projorties be?
longing to ptomineut natives, the division of
which would have placed them ia posse&Bion of
immense wealth, and they deemed this coures
would best subservo their ends. They thea
turned their attention to influeno ug tho Span?
ish officiais, and soon succeeded lu gaining
complete c JU I roi ol the civil and military au?
thorities sont by Spain for tho government ot
the island. They drove Dnlco from Havana,
forced Espintr, who succeeded, to counter?
mand the order for reinforcements; and they
now control the present Captain -General De
Rodas, with a tyranny which he cannot resist.
A cardinal purpose with tho volunteers is to
secare the confiscation of the property of Cu?
bans, and the edicts of the Ayuntamenta are
executed, even when the owners ure known to
be naturalizad citizens of thc United States,
by the captain-gcnpral. Already numbers of
tie largest plantations and some* ot the most
valuable properties in Havana have passed into
their hands, and. should tho revolution fail,
they would to-daybe in possession of a lorre pro
protion of the most valuable and prodnctive
property on the island. Actuated by this ob?
ject, and by means of their thorough organi?
zation, they have initiated and forced the mili?
tary commanders to commit a scries of atroci?
ties, which call for (be interference of the
civilized world. Hundreds of Cubans havo
been executed without trial and without a
charge against them, simply at the command
of the Volunteer Ayuntamenta; and among
their victims have been a number of American
citizens. In every instance bas the property
of the murdered men passed into the posses?
sion of the Grand Council of Volunteers.
lt is with this organization Spain may have
to deal, should the Cubans lay donn their
arms. That even now she is fearful of them,
recent telegrams clearly show.
PERSONAL GOSSIP.
-Mr. Henry W. Raymond, son of the late edi?
tor of the New York limes, will assume, next
month, a position on the editorial staff of that
paper.
-Mlle. Nilsson bas entered into an engage?
ment to sing at various places in England from
the 15th of September to the 15th of Decem ber
for the sum of 200,000 francs.
-George Washington bas jost been sent to
the Virginia State Prison. Thomas Jefferson
Daniel Webster, and John C. Calhoun were al?
ready there, and Napoleon Bonaparte and Wade
Hampton have received tickets of admission.
-It is rumored that Mrs. Stowe is engaged
to write a new life of George Washington,
showing him np in the light of a voluptuary.
It is said also that she has fastened her clutch
on the prophets of the Bible, and expects to
write up their amours in a style that will
make a sensation in the Massachusetts board?
ing-schools.
-Boston tells the story of a man, aged one
hundred and four who, on his one huudredth
birthday, ordered a pair of shoes, saying be
wanted thom- stoutly built. The shoemaker
remarked that he might not live to wear them
ont, but he sharply retorted that he began
this one hundred years a good deal stronger
than he did tho last one.
-Mr. Alfred Austin, who wrote a poem call?
ed "The Season," has felt called upon to pub?
lish a vindication of Lord Byron; Mr. William
Howitt and about a dozen others are writ?
ing letters on tho same subject to tho London
newspapers, and Mr. John Camden Hotten, of
Piccadilly, has collected and is going to pub?
lish in a volume everything on the topic that
everybody of note has put forth.
-Professor Faber's speaking machino is to
bo exhibited at Hamburg during the Interna?
tional Horticultural Exhibition. It is said to
articulate various words, and even to answer
questions by simplo sentences with wonderful
distinctness. This is not tho first invention of
thc kindthat has been exhibited. Wolfgang
von {?empelen, the inventor of a chess auto ?
malon, who was born at Presberg in 1734, and
died at Vienna in 1804, constructed a machine
of the kind, and wrote on the subject. Tho
machine about to bo exhibited at Hamburg is,
however, reputed to be more perfect than any
previous invention of the kind.
-A lesson for tho sedentary and for lazy
young men is taught by the feat just now per?
formed in England by the veteran pedestrian?
Mouutjoy. He is over sixty yoars nf Ago, and
yet he undertook to travel one hundred and
fifty miles by foot in three days. He started
from the Bolle-Vuo Hotel, Clapham-common.
On tho first day he traversed fifty miles in thir?
teen hours and forty minutes ; on tho second
ho occupied fourteen hours in the fifty miles'
journey ; and on the third he finished thc one
hundred md fifty miles, and performed fifty
milei ia thirteen hoars, and at 7 o'clock ho
came to the winning goal and accomplished his
feat. A largo number of spectators were pre?
sent.
-A correspondent of an English journal
gives a dismal account ol the appearance of
Mr. Gladstone, who has been striving to build
ap his health at the seashore. This writer
says that tho three weeks of absolute repose
and sea air have apparently done nothing to?
ward improving bis health, and that he looks
"infinitely more careworn," and seems to pea
eces "e /eu less constitutional vigor than he
presented a few days before the closo of the
session." The correspondent says he has seen
Mr. Gladstone seven times since his return to
London, and that "the sanken eyes, tho pale
face, the nervous glance, tho shambling gait,
the stooped shoulders, tho quick, shirking
movement, all betoken a nervous system in a
high state of tension, and a physical frame in
a condition of lamentable exhaustion." Eng?
land can ill afford lo lose thc services of Mr.
Gladstone; and wo trust that this picture,
though sketched by a friendly band, is over?
drawn.
. Special Hotiff5.
49" NOLIE ,-BISSELL & CO., HARD?
WARE M EU CH A NTS, have executed to the sub?
scriber a Deed of Assignment of all their Gooda and
Eff-:c!s tor tho benefit of Cred torc without distinc?
tion or preference. Pursuant to law, a meeting of
CroJitors, for tho appointment of an Agent, will be
bel len at thc ornee of Megara. BBOWX & MIKELL,
law Range, on TaTOBADAX, the 30th Instant, at 12
o'clock M. ALEX. H. DROWN,
Sept '20 mtuths7 Aaalgnee.
?ST OFFICE CHARLESTON GASLIGHT
COMPANY, SEPTEMBER 23,1809.-A Dividend of
FIFTY CENTS per ??har? on tho Capital Stock of this
Company having been declared by the Directors,
thc same will be paid on an 1 after MONDAY, tbe 4th
proximo.
Tbe Hook* ot Transfer will bo closed from this
date to 4th proximo. W. J. HERIOT,
Stpt21 8 Secretary and Treaauicr.
?-THE NEATEST, THU QUICKEST AND
TUE CHEAPEST.-THE NEWS JOB OFFICE, No.
14J EAST BAX*, having replenished its Stock with a
ne? and large assortment of material of the finest
qaulitv and latest ctyles, is prepired to execute, at
the stiertest notice and tn thc best manner, JOB
PRINTING ol every description.
Call oed examine the scale of prices before giving
your orders elsewhere.
SST BA rCHELOR'.S HAIR" DYE.-THIS
splendid Hair Dye is the best in the world; the only
irue and porfuct Dye; harmless reliable, Instarla?
?eou?; no disappointment; no lidictilous tinta; rem.
edies the ill effects of bad dyes; invigorates and
leaves tb* bair soft and beautiful black or brcsn.
Sold ly all Druggists and Perfumers; and properly
applied at Batchelors Wi Foctory, No. - Bond
atmet. New Torli. lyr May 15
io-RuSAUALIS ! ROSADALI81 - TUMORS,
Ulcers or Old Sores are caused by an impure state
of the b.ood.
Never attempt to cure ac old sore by means of
ointments, salves, etc., alone. Nature often makes
an outlet of this kind as a "safety valve," to throw
off the impurities of th? blood. Clsanse tbe blood
thoroughly first, and the old sere win got well itself,
bcoause nature has no further need for i t. Evidence
comes to us from many quarters of cures effected in
cases of this kind, one in which the ulcer had run
on to such an extect, that the limb was pronounced
gangrenous by a physician, and tbe next step would
have been a resort to the surgeon's knife. Happily,
however, ROS^DALIS waa tried, and a cure the
result.
For sa'c by G?ODBICB, WINE MAN A CO., Im
porters of Drage acd Ch?Ei1:a!e, Charleston, B.C.
6a?tM etuth'.
S?Jff?ol Was.
?.THE UNDERSIGNED MOST RESPECT
FD iXY Invites an examination by the public of the
Boof Trusses and Gallery framing ?tthe New Opera
bouse before tbey are covered by tbe plastering.
The Building will be open on 1 HT/BSDAT, between ll
sud 1 o'clock. All work calculated to interfere with
the comfort of visitors will be suspended.
Sept 29 a JOHN H. DEVEREUX, Architect.
MB- TAX NOTICE.-OFFICE CITY TREA?
SURY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1869.-The third and last
instalment cM?JthX ON BEAL ESTATE is due and
payable during ?ie present monOi, for the year 18(19.
Sept 29 8 8. THOMAS, City Treasurer.
49-OFFICE CHARLESTON CITY RAIL
WAT COUPANT, CHARLESTON, 8. C., SEPTXMBZB
39,1869.-On and after Ods date the Cars on both
Lines will run to the Broad street Terminus. The
last Car leaving at 9 o'clock P. M.
Sept 29_2 8. W. BAHS AT, Secretary.
MST GUINNESS' EXTRA FOREIGN STOUT;
BARCLAY, PERKINS A CO.'S London Porter, of |
direct importation, at $2 75 per dozen.
Bremen and Milwaukee Lager Beer. I*m
WM. S. COBWIN & CO.,
Sept 28_3_No. 275 King street
49" SMOKED SALMON, SMOKED BEEF,
Codfish. Breakfast Strip?, Pig Shoulders, received
this week, at WM. S. COBWIN A CO.,
Sept 28_3_No. 275 King street.
??.A HANDSOME INDUCEMENT.-EVERY
person who sends $3 50 to the "XIX CENTURY'
Publication Company, in this elly, receives tbat
superb Magazine for one year, and a copy of either
of the Waverly Novels or the works of Charles
Dickens that maybe designated. Specimen num?
ber with premium list 35 cents.
August 31 tuthsl mo
MO- A CARD-SOUTHERN LIFE INSUR?
ANCE COMPANY, ATLANTA DEPARTMENT.
To the PeopU of South Carolina:
The above Company was organized in 1866, in
consequence of the wholesale forfeiture of Som bern
policies by Northern companies. The unparalleled
success of the enterprise has forced several of these
companies to restore their Southern policies, from
the fact that they could not operate in our midst
without the appearance of honesty.
We keep all our money at home to build up our
impoverished country-every dollar of prei. 'um
being safely invested in thu State from which it is de?
rived. The institution is purely Southern, and hence
phould appeal with great force to the patriotism and
and sympathy of every Southern heart.
'Tia not our purpose to make war on other com?
panies, but to exhibit the special advantages offered
by this purely Southern Company-founded on
patriotism and solid wealth. Its ratio of assets to
liabilities-the true test of a company's strength-is
second to none on this continent, being nearly $300
to $100.
Whenever and wherever wc have presented the
claims of tbls Company, it has not only enlisted the
sympathies of our people, but has also secured their
hearty co-operation. We have secured 000 policies
in South Carolina since the 10th of February. We
number among our Directors General Wade Hamp?
ton and Colonel Wm. Johnston, gentlemen well
known to every citizen of South Carolina. We ap?
peal personally to the people of South Carolina to
assist in pushing forward this deservedly pooular
Southern institution. J. H. MILLER,
General Agent Southern Life Insurance Company,
No. 23 Broad-street. Angosta, Qa.
8. T. TTJPPEB,
Agent, Charleston, B. C.
H. W. DE SAUSSURE, M. D"
Medical Examiner.
Wo cheerfolly recommend tho above Company to
the patronage of the citizens of South Carolina.
Columbia, 8. C.-J. S. Preston, J. P. Carroll, C. D.
Melton, 8. W. Melton, J. D. Pope.
Camden.-J. B. Kershaw, Wm. M. Shannon, W. E.
Johnson.
Sumter_John B. Moore.
Wlnnsboro'.-W. B Robertson, J. B. McCants,
James H. Rion.
York vii le.- W. B. Wilson, A. Coward, James Ma?
son, L D. Witherspoon, J. R. Bratten, J. T. Lowry,
R. G. McCaw.
Anderson_J. L. Orr.
Barnwell_Jos. A. Lawton, James Patterson, John?
son Hagood.
Clarendon.-Jno. L. Manning, T. C. Richardson,
Browne Manning.
REFERENCES IN CHARLESTON.
General JAMES. CONNER, Messrs. PELZEB,
RODGERS A CO, JAMGa H. WILSON, Esq., GEO.
H. WALTER, Esq., LEWIS D. MOWRT, Esq.
August 19_2mos
tar MANHOOD.-A MEDICAL ESSAY ON
THE CAUSE AND CURE OF PREMATURE DE?
CLINE IN MAN, the treatment of Nervous and
Ph) slcal Debility, kc.
"There is no member of society by whom this
book will not be found useful, whether such perron
holds the relation of Parent, Preceptor or Clergy?
man."- Medical Tim's and Gazette.
Sent by mail on receipt of fifty cents. Address
tho Author, Ur. E. DEF. CURTIS.
Scptl_lyr_Wasbiugtoo. D. C.
JO- WORDS OF CHEER-ON THE ER?
RORS of Vouth and tho Follies of Age, in relation to
Marriage and 9ociil Evils, with a helping hand for
the erring and unfortunate. Sent in sealed letter
envelopes, free of charge. Address HOWARD AS?
SOCIATION, Box P., Philadelphia, Pa.
Sept 25 3mos
L
ifliliincri), /anc? O0O?5, (Etc.
ENG NICK ?i SELL,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS,
No. 27 HAY NE-STREET,
CHARLESTON, S. 0.
Would inform the trade that their stvoral depart?
ments of stock, in
FANCY GOODS AND NOTIONS,
LADIES' TRIMMED HATS AND BONNETS,
AND
MILLINERY AND STRAW GOODS,
Are now complete, and offered at New York prises.
Sept lt tuthslmo
Q&IUEL A. WHITE,
DENTIST,
OFFICE No. 307 KING-STREET,
OVER ALLAN'S JEWELRY STORE.
Work guaranteed. Prices moderate.
Sept 8 I tbstulmo
j Jl>l.?lK> Ot MACBETH,
\ o. 36 Broad-street,
Charleston, b. C.,
BROKERS, AUCTIONEERS, BK 4L ESTATE
AND
(;EMK11AL COMMISSION AUEJiTS
Will atttend to Renting and Collecting ot Rents
and purchase and sale ol Stucks, Bonds, Gold,
Silver and R.-al Estate.
ALSO,
To the Purchase of Goods and Supplies for parties
in the country upon reasonable terms.
GEORGE L. HOLMES.*LEXA>-DEB MACBETH.
January 1_ yr
YyiLLlS Si ( HlSIJL.n.
FACTORS, COMMISSION MERCHANTS
AND
SHIPPING AGENTS,
WILL ATTEND TO THE PURCHASE, SALE ANS
SHIPMENT (to Foreign and Domestic Ports) C]
COTTON, RICK, LUMBER AND NAVAL STOBEo
ATLANTIO WHARF, Ctarleslon, 8. C.
f. WILLIS.A. E. CHISOLY
Catcher 29
S,ip|),tif.
BOSTON Alt II CHARLESTON LINK.
FOB BOSTON-TO LEAVE SATURDAY. ?CT 3.
s THE SCHOONER ANNIS E. GLOVES
will leave M above, and wanta 300 bale?
vcottor. to All np.
Freight Kc- Apply to
Sept 39_M08E3 GOLDSMITH A SON.
EXCURSIONS TO ALL. FOISTS OF IN.
TEBE8T ABOUND TBE HARBOR.
THE FAST SAILING AND COMFORT A
! BLT appointed ?aoht ELEANOR will now
presume ber tripe to all pointa in the har
.bor, starting ETEET MOBNINO, at Ten
o'clock, from South Commercial Wharf.
For Passage or C harter, apply to
THOMAS YOUNG,
6epH3_Captain, on hoard.
EXCURSION S1 EXCURSION S I
THE FIHE FAST SAILING YACHT
ELLA ANNA, the Champion of the South,
, is now ready and prepared to make regular
. trips, thus affording an opportunity to all
who may wish to visit points of Interest tn our beau?
tiful harbor.
For passage, apply to the Captain on Union Wharf,
June 31
HBW YORK AND CHABIdEITOI
STEAMSHIP LINE.
FOR N E m YORK.
, THE STEAMSHIP CHAMPION.
R. W. LOCKWOOD Commander, will
sall from Auger's Wharf on SATDB
. DAT, October 2d, at 4 o'clock P, M,
For Freight engagements to New York, Boston,
Providence and Liverpool, apply to
JAMES ADO ER A CO.. Agents,.
49*The Steamship CHARLESTON will follow on
TUESDAY, the 6th October, at S o'clock P. M.
Sept 29 4
TRAVELLERS PASSING THROUGH
OH AB LES ION EN ROUTE TO FLORID 4. AND
AIKEN,
AND OTHES PLACES, SHOULD
'lay in their supplies of Clarets,
Champagnes, Cordials, Brandies,
? Whiskies, Wines, Canned Soups and
Meats, Amerlcsn and Fnglish Biscuits, Devilled
Ham, Tongue, Lobster, Durham Smcfting Tobacco
and Imported Segars.
WM. 8. OOBWIN A CO.,
No. 275 King-street, opposite Hasel,
Charleston, 8. C.
Branch of No. 900 Brordway, corner 20th-srreet,
New York._6mo_Sept 38
FOR PHILADELPHIA AND BOSTON.
THE STEAMSHIP PROME
' TH EUCaptain A. B. GRAY, win
have North Atlantic Wharf, Tirtras
? DAT, September 30th, at 1 o'clock
P.M.
For Freight, apply to
JOHN A THEO. GETTY, Agents
Sept 28_North Atlantic Wharf.
COR NEW YORK.
THE STEAMSHIP CODI AC,
'Captain Hmas, will load for the
above port, and will have dispatch.
.Through bills of lading given to
Liverpool.
For Freight engagements apply to
Sept 27 RAVEN?L k CO.. ?ge o ta.
KOK IV KW I OR K.
REGULAR LINE EVERY THURSDAY.
TBE STEAMSHIP SARAGOSSA.
Captain fl. HTDEB, will leave on
-at - o'clock.
49" Through Bills Lading given
OD Cotton to Liverpool.
Sept 26_RAYENEL t CO.. Agente.
PACIFIC NAIL STEAMSHIP COJIP?'I
THROUGH Il.Yii TO
CALIFORNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN.
CHA SOB OF SAILING DATSl
STEAMERS OF THE ABOV
line leave Pier No. 42, North River,
. foot of Canal-street, Nsw York, at
12 o'clock noon, of the lat, 11th and
il st of every louth (except when these datea tall
en Sunday, the. i the Saturday preceding).
Departure cf lat and Slat connect at Panama witt
steamers for South Pacific and Central American
porta. Those of lat touch at Manzanillo.
Departure of 11th ot each month connects with
the new ateam line from Panama to Australia atc;
New Zealand.
Steamship OHINA leaves Baa Frat cisco for China,
and Japan October 4.18Gt>.
No California steamers touch at Havana, bat go
direct from New York to AsplnwalL
One hundred pounds baggage free ts each adult,
Medicine and attendance free.
For Passage Tickets or further Information apply
at the COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, on the wharf
foot of Caual-etreet, North River, New York.
March 12 lyr F. B. BABY, Agent
FOR KUI STU, KUCKVILLE, ENTER?
PRISE AND WAY LANDINGS.
_ .JR****. THE 6TBAMEB ST. BXLStTAj
.OHnEtsWK Captain H. D. ELLIOTT, will receive
Freight 1ST DAT and leave To-Moaaow at ll
o'clock A. M., and Edisto SATTTBDAT at ll o'clock
A. M.
For Freight or Passage apnly on board, or to
JNO. H. MURRAY, Agent.
*- Market Wharf.
The Steamer leaves again TUESDAY Moanna at
6 o'clock, and Ediato WEDNESDAY MOBIOVO at 4
o'clock. 1* 8ept 30
FOR SAVANNAH.
INLAND ROUTE VIA BEAUFORT AND HILTON
HEAD, TOUCHING AT SEABROOK'S.
THE STEAMER "PILOT BOY,"
_Captain FEN? PECK, will leave Mid?
dle Atlantic Wharf every MONDAY MOBNINO, at 8.
o'clock, for above points.
Returning, will leave Savannah on WEDNESDAY
MOBNINO, at 8 o'clock. All freight payable on the
wharf. J.D. AIKEN k CO..
Sept 23 South Atlantic Wharf.
FOR I* DISTO.
ROCKVILLE, CHItOLM'8 AND BEAUFORT.
m -?4r***S> THE STEAMER ?-PILOT BOY."
? rn^ta? 'V ''"r*'1" FENN PECK, W:11 ICATO Muidle
Atlantic Wharf for above points every THURSDAY
MonsTKG at 8 o'clock, until further notice. Return?
ing, will leave Beaufort at 6 o'clock EBIDAY Monst?
ruo, and EdiUo at 2 o'clock P. M. same day.
All Freight payable on the wharf.
J. V. AIKEN A CO., Agents,
Sept 23 Nouth Atlantic Wharf.
FOR GARDNER'S BLUFF
INTERMEDIATE LANDINGS ON THE PEE
DEE RIVER,
w THE STEAMER PLANTER. CAPT.
?JJ T. FOSTER, DOW being throughly re
Iiaire l uud refitted, will leave for the above points
about tho lat October next.
For engagements apply to
BAVEN EL k HOLME8,
No. 177 East Bay.
N. B.-All freight consigned to agents will be for
warded free of commission and storage. 12 Se 17
Seining JHorljincs.
rjIHE UNIVERSAL FAVORITE.
WILLCOX <fc GIBBS'
SILENT SEWING MACHINE.
THIS MACHINE STANDS THUS FAR UNRI?
VALLED as a FAMILY SEWING MACHINE, and
has tabea the place of ovcr tarty double thread mi.
chines In this city. Reliable Agents wanted in all
large iowna m thc State.
D. B. HASELTON,
No. 307 KING-STREET,
Willcox k Gibls' Agent of South Carolina.
NEEDLES, OIL, SILK, Ac, constantly on hand.
RtPAIHLNO as uanaL stuthly May I
TAMB FAMILY KNITTING MACSIINK.
THE ONLY RELIABLE AND FIRST-CLASS
FAMILY KNITTER ever offered to the public. Over
one hundred different garments and stitches. Gold
and Silver medals at all the priu-ip U Fairs la the
United States and Europe. Best thing for Agents to
malte money on. For sam?les and leroi? address
LAMB KNITTING M. M. 00.,
Sept 28 Imo Cbioopee Falls, Mass.
rpHOMAS J. RAYNER Si CO..
MANCFACTURER3 OF
FINE CIGARS.
Particular attention to Special Brande for Grocer? ?
and Jobbers.
Nos. 29 LIBERTY-STREET AMD 64 MAIDEN LANE.
NEW TOBE.
AS" Samples sent to responsible houses.
July 27 (ulfa* fracs