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VOLUME VIII.-NUMBER 1187. CHARLESTON, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 12, 18G9. SL\ DOLLARS A YEAR. FROM THE FEDERAL CAPITAL. The Fifteenth Amendment in Tennes? see-The Health of Mr. Du vis-T ac St. Thoma*' Parchase-Redaction >f the Interest Bearing Debt. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE SEWS.] WASHINGTON, October ll. Telegrams received from Nashville to-night say that the Fifteenth constitutional amendmen^will probably be voted on this week anti rejected by the Tennesse Legislature. Thirty members for the ratification and seventy against ls th?, esti? mated vote. The Hon. Jefferson Davis remains in Baltimore for the present. He is improved in health. President Grant informed ex-Senator Doolittle in a personal Interview that he is averse to the purchase of St. Thomas by the United States. Since September 23, Secretary Boutwell has re? deemed three million ilorVars of three per cent, oertlficates held by the banks for the reserve iunj}. This redemption does not inflate the cur? rency, as the legal tender notes paid for thc cer? tificates go permanently into the banks for the same nae. [ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.] WASHINGTON, October ll. The departments and the banks are closed. St. Thomas had earthquakes on the 17th of Sep? tember almost equal to those of 1867. In the Supreme Court the Yerger case win be neara on Friday as to the question of jurisdiction. The Brown case, from Texas, is to abide the de? cision in Yerger'8. Judge Fisher in the case of Schureman sustains the motion for arrest of judgment on account of a defective Indictment. There are three other counts upon which Schureman Ls to be tried. Schureman is connected with stealing notes from the treasury and forging signatures, and also al? tering them. Admiral Farragut is getting well. The President thinks that the purchase of St. Thomas would be a bad investment. A large number of cotton cases are on the pre? sent docket of the United States Supreme Court, having been taken up on appeal from the Court of Claims, in which the same questions were in? volved as mose taken to the Supreme Court, in order that those before both courts may bc settled. These cases grow out of claims for cotton cap? tured by the United States authorities during "the rebellion,'' which cotton was sold and the proceeds paid luto the treasury. Secretary Boutwell Is still absent. General McClellan will stay at the Metropolitan Hotel during the winter. The Hon. Jacob Thompson, of Mississippi, is here. DEMOCRATIC VICTORY IS SAVAN? NAH. _. SAVANNAH, October IL Colonel John Screven, the Democratic candidate for the Mayor, and the entire Democratic ticket, are elected by about two thousand majority. The negroes, generally, voted with the Democrats. EUROPE. Death of a Fenian Leader-Extension - of the Suffrage. LONDON, October ll. Martin, the Fenian, died at King's College Hos? pital. Thousands attended the funeral. The mourners wore green scarfs. Four hundred peo? ple met at Notting Hill, in favor of the extension of Fenian amnesty. The speeches were inflam? matory, but the meeting was orderly. The Imperial Tourists. VIENNA, October IL The Emperor Francis Joseph Joins the Empress Eugenie at Constantinople, October 24th, when, accompanied by the Sultan and his party, they will proceed to Suez, via Joppa and Jerusalem. The French, Austrian and Turkish fleets will con? vey the party. . Threatening Movements in France. PARIS, October 9. The Rappel newspaper asserts that the Depu? ties of the Left will proceed, on the 20th of Octo? ber, to the Bureau of the Corps L?gislatif, and sign a protest declaring that the Emperor has violated the constitution, and that they consider themselves absolved thereby from their oaths of fidelity to him. Deputy Keratry publicly announces that he will noL<o to the Legislative Chamber on the 26th in? stant. * ?, Denmark-Thc King's Speech. . COPENHAGEN, October 9. The Reichrath was opened by the King tooday. In his speech from the throne, the King declares that his confidence in the justice of the well un derstood interest of Denmark and Prussia whs so firm that he had hopes that the Prussian Govern? ment would adopt his view and consent to an ar? rangement which would result in perpetual friendship. Strike of the French Miners. PAR?S, October ll. The coal-miners' strike at Antun continues. A large meeting in the Parish of Belleville was forci? bly dispersed. Several persons were hurt. Discontent of the Manufacturers. PARIS, October IL . A large meeting of manufacturers has been held to consider the American cotton question and other collateral subjects. The meeting de? nounced the recently concluded commercial treaty and urged the substitution of a customs tariff. Escape of an Insurgent. . MADRID, October IT. General Plevad, recently captured and Impris? oned at Saragossa, has escaped. Capture of Spanish Republicans. PARIS, October ll. The defeated Spanish Republicans who Were driven across the frontier were promptly captured by the French authorities. A republican demon? stration at Madrid ls expected, but the govern? ment is taking great precautions. THE CASE OF THE CUBA. j WILMINGTON, October IL The case of the Cuba was opened this morning by Mr. G. P. Lowry, of New York, who, with Col. George Davis and Judge Means, appeared for the "Republic of Cuba." The commission of Com? modore Higgins as an officer of the Cuban navy was read; also his formal protest against the ex? ercise by tne civil court? of any Jurisdiction over his vessel, she being a public ship of war of a recognized nation. After stating thecharacter of the vessel Commodore Higgins sol? emnly protests against any Interference with or de? tention of his ship, and declares that she has not of? fended against the neutrality laws, and is In thc same condition as when she was purchased from the Government of the United States, In June, 1869, with the exception of Immaterial alterations; also that she was sold upon the high seas, beyond thc jurisdiction of the United States. The case was continued to Saturday to give the government time to produce witnesses. ANOTHER FENIAN RAID. TORONTO, October M. The volunteers throughout the country have been ordered to hold themselves lu readiness for immediate service. The government apprehends another Fenian raid. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. One hundred and forty delegates to the Louis? ville Commercial Convention, mostly from the South, have been registered. A Quebec dispatch says that a scow upset, while . orosslng the Mantle River, and fifteen persons were drowned. THEN ANO -VOW, A Contrast-Thc Governors of (tie Olden Time-Trie Pr?nent Executive-H 1 a Enormous Official Powers-A Stranger Wielding thc whole Financial Re? sources of the State-The Evil and thc Remedy. TO THE EDITOR OF TUE NEWS. Before me are two copies of the acts of the Legislature of South Carolina. They are for the years 1853 and 1865, continued into '69. for cause, no doubt. I compare and contrast them, and submit to the planters, farmers, laborers, producers and taxpayers some of my notes and reflections. In 1853 we had a constitution for the State and one for the United States, which the Gov? ernor and members of the Legislature were sworn to support-the Legislature enacted; the courts derided, when necessary, the constitu? tionality; and the Governor, if required. en forced. "The SOVEREIGN LAW, that State's collected will, Which o'er thrones and globes elate Sat empress, crowning good, repressing ill; Smit by her staci ed frown. And the fiend, Dissension, like a vapor, sank." Then, the Governor of the State was the patriarch of his people, who eagerly and Joy? fully hastened to meet and honor him wher? ever they might. He had no power, save as minister of the law; no patronage to dispense; no offices to distribute; no money of the peo? ple, with which to corrupt their agents; no mercenary, juggling veto to raise and depress the value of old bank bills for personal and party ends. He could only recommend what he thought good for the State, and pardon when he thought the sentence of the court too harsh. Acts of the Assembly were ratified without his signature, and he never menaced the courts with a servile Legislature, nor the people for appealing to the courts for relief against grievous and unauthorized taxation. He had no State Auditor's office to fill witfi a sitting member of the Legislature, with $3500 pay, and a contingent of $1000 added to his per diem and mileage, beside his hook-and crook gatherings, and I know not how many other offices-the only necessity for which office is to do "thy master's wUF and brand the honest assessors and freeholders of the State with perjury; nor was there then such officers as county auditors apjiointed by the Governor, with an appropriation of $31.500 (ten thousand Ave hundred more than then paid the whole Legislature.) enlisted to plun? der the hard earnings of labor, and rob thc producing classes and their unborn children of their birthright; nor, then, was there "a State police" of mercenary foreigners to appoint, to follow you like bloodhounds into your homes and families, with an appropriation of $107000 of your money to pay them, and whose duty "lt shall be to execute the orders tithe Governor," not to observe the law, (and their master's will has been done without warrant or law In Ahbeville, Edgefleld and elsewhere,) and with power given to arm this force, call to their aid unlimited numbers to seize, fet? ter, imprison, murder your citizens, and as? sess your people for millions of dollars. The soul starts and turns away ? rom tho vengeful record. Then the salary of the Governor was $3500, and allowance for house rent $300, and $500 for his private secretary. The contingent ninds placed at his disposal was $20,000, "to be accounted for by him annnallv to the Leg? islature." Appropriations of hundreds of thousands of dollars were not made then by the Legislature "to be paid to the order of the Governor," nor were millions of Slate bonds signed by him, by his own procurement, nor sent by him to his own appointed financial agent, unknown to us, if not irresponsible, In New York for negotiation, without minimum limit of interest or discount fixed by law. Nor had he then control of the treasury of the State, nor the power to appoint the majority of the civil officer^ of the State, nor to appoint and remove all the military officers, nor the power to raise standing armies, officer, equip for the field, and hurl them upon the very people whom it was his sworn duty to "pro? tect and defend;" nor the power to commission. and send out secret spies and Informers under the name of constables to espionage the citi? zens of this Commonwealth, and then "the purse and the sword were not placed, as they now are, in the hands of this bandit usurper. And ttye Legislature of 1853, what of Its acts ? Its entire appropriation, the measure of Its taxation, was 1481,050. Of this sum $74,400 was for free schools; $74,450 for build? ing new and repairing old courthouses and jails all over the State; $28,100 and $7420 for extraordinary, charitable and benevolent pur? poses, and $30,000 more for the military schools at Columbia and Charleston and the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Cedar Springs, leaving 1200,680 for current expenses of civil government. Members of the Legislature then could not hold one single office of honor and profit; had no Incentive to create hun? dreds aud thousands of new ones: lix high pay for all, and thousand dollar contingents for many of them, and AU as many as they pleased by agreement and partition among themselves, and bamjuin with the Governor, whom they empowered to make near all the appointments for them, to have all the best ones, and to buy votes with what remained. Then there was no bond making, no bank bill buying, nor brokerage, nor bribery; the cur? rency was of uniform value, all specie, not debased and of uncertain and unequal worth. Members had ?o motive to vote theqaselves the best, and the State the worst. They appropri? ated for their own per diem aud mileage $21,000, and this was all sufficient to enable them to take care of the morals and virtue, the life and property'the peace and prosperity of their adored State. How ls it now, In 1869 ? Another administra? tion ls before us-another Governor-anoth? er Legislature. Who Ls the Governor ? As he himself says, he came hero a prisoner from the ranks of our unsparing enemies, about the close of the late war. He ls now our mas? ter; but few of us know him by sight, none hy? the paternal acts which should characterize his relapJOn to us-none of the moralities of peace has he manifested towards us, but more nearly the maxims of war. The rule of the first ls to do good-of the latter to Inflict in |ury. His Legislature have given him much more power (han the constitution-which he and they both have sworn ti observe-allow?. They have, by act of appropriation, given him $7500 for his personal uses-$25,000 to dis? pose of as he pleases-not "to be accounted for annually to the Legislature," except "the expenses of the Agricultural Bureau of Statis? tics," (which Ls trifling,) is to be paid out of it, to be disbursed by him. They have directed various sums amounting to 0280,300. He has under the control of his siirn-manual thc* Treasury of the State; and what is more start? ling still,, the Legislature have, time after time, from the 8th of August. 1K6S, to the 27th of March, 186!?, Inclusive, Invested him with the powert effect loans aud execute bonds, on the faith and credit ot* all the property of the people of this Commonwealth, to an amount the recital of which seems fabulous. On the 8th August, ii>6S. by act.$125,000 Bv act Legislature, 26th August, 1808. bonds, 6.20 . 500,000 Dy act Legislature, 26th August, 1868, bonds 6.20.1,000,000 Bv act Legislature, 15th September, 1868, bonds 6.20..1,000,000 Bv estimated loss to State by same act, bonds 6.20.1,000,000 By act Legislature. 15th September, 1868, bonds 7.20. 4,000,000 By act Legislature, 17th February, 1869, bonds 7.20.1,000,000 By act Legislature, 2d March, 1869, bonds 7.20. 500,000 By act Legislature, 27th March, 1869, bonds 0.20. 200.000 Aggregate.$9,325,000 Tue language of several of these act? is that these bonds shall be negotiated at thc highest market price by the financial agent of the State, approved by the Governor, In the City of New York. Ac. ; and that an annual tax, in addition to all other taxes, shall bc levied upon the property of the State to pay interest from the date of negotiations, ?fcc. Xow, behold in the hands ot a stranger and usurper your credit, your bonds. Pledging your property and your labor to be taxed for millions of principal and many millions of Interest and usury, wit dont your knowledge, without your consent, not by yourselves, not by your representatives ; and reflect, that every hour that yon labor for another against your will is an hour of slavery. And see before yon, under those pledges, if you acquiesce in them, and others like them, your doom, and that of your posterity and country. Why are these bonds issued? Why put In the hands of distant strangers, where the State has no se? curity, no check, and there ls no minimum limit placed upon their sale, anil all the ex? penses of the negotiations are to be paid out of our treasury, and The proceeds are to be taxed by another State because the Governor's agency Is there, and his financial agent or himself have but to clutch, them and appear here no more ? But lt is repudiation-lt Is a blow at tlie Blue Ridge Railroad to make these objections. Repudiate tvJiat we never agreed to? Away with the Blue Ridge or any other railroad or other bond thus obtained. There ls 11 nor life nor hope " in lt." Now, the Governor's secretary gets $2000, though $500 was consid? ered wantonly extravagant, and the Legisla? ture ol 'C8 and 'GO appropriated to themselves, for per diem and mileage, $270,000, (and many pickings added,)-$190,000 at the extra and $140.000 at thc regular session, or about seven? fold more now than then. The present government of the omnipotent usurper has ordered the collection of about $1,250,000 In round numbers, thongh the ap? propriation act of his Legislature limits the amount to be "assessed and collected"' to $1,000.000. But the Governor and Auditor and* Comptroller and Treasurer being thc supreme rulers, and perhaps moro supremely enlight? ened in their own interests, it ls supposed gave the order for thai little additional, near a quar? ter million. There Is another part of the ap? propriation act of 18(18-9 which provides that all taxes shall be paid in the following kind of funds, viz: The bills receivable of the .Stat'-, United States currency, nalional bank notes, gold and silver coin. Bills receivable were good enough for the State and the people, but not tor the members themselves. Ah. ls this so ? Turn to pago 171, No. 83, Section 0. and read : If members of the Legislature are paid in " bills receivable ol' this State, it shall bisat the current rates of exchange."' Again, turn lo acts Legislature, special session 18C8, page 105, No. 52. Section 2, and read : They shall be paid in bills receivable to the value of United States currency at current rates ol' exchange, such rate to be fixed by the Treasurer pf the State-who, 'tis said, kept a little brokcr'B office, probably on joint account, and dealt out greenbacks from the treasury for bills receiv? able and exchange added-the bills being equivalent to greenbacks In his credit account. The owners of the land and the tillers of It are the main victims of the emboldened usur? pations and daring frauds which ravage our country. They are the power of this State and of these United States. The> have the virtu? ous, honest, noble, generous purpose to restore the constitution and laws of the whole coun? try; but they must be up, combine, and do it speedily. Do they not, will they not. see near a million and a quarter of their taxes, near niue millions of their credit and bonds, now in the hands of these unscrupulous usurp? ers? Do they not see the Winchester rifles purchased with their own money loaded anti In the hauds of myrmidons and marauders ? Do they not see Scott and Parker, Neaglc and Tomllnson, and Corbin and Hubbard chuck? ling over their apathy and supineness, and then yielding up their earnings,and, their credit and their bonds, and their remaining posses sions,and their future hopes,and the Just claims of their children and children's children, lo aggression, to fraud, and forgery ? The people of South Carolina who own the lands and work them, the laborers and producers of the Slate, white and colored, are the State. These enor? mities are perpetrated un them without their knowledge or consent, and no principle ol law, human or divine, will bind or sanction their obedience to them. The Anderson Intelligen? cer advises you to gain control ol' the State government; thc Winnsboro Times, the York ville Enquirer, the Abbeville Press, all agree, and the latter says: -'Let us strike at the root reform the government-and we release our? selves ol* our oppressors."' How can we get control, reform or strike at the root, when thc purse and the sword are in the hands of the Northmen ? What*s the root of all the evils these presses su fear to seize ? It is what your tyiauts have not feared to seize and hold your money and your bonds. Money " is tho root of all evil;"-it is power; yield it, and you yield all. It controls the ballot, the cartridge, the services, the lives of a majority of man? kind. It enthrones monarchs and despots, and enslaves the masses ol the people, who toll lor it and produce lt. The bonds manufactured by the Legislature are, some of them, not yet ne? gotiated ; others may not have been : none of them are ours, or for our benefit. Why. then, not give notice at once that they are frauds, and, after we "scourge tho money-changers from our temple," then take control, reform, strike at the root, and take all authority from the Legislature to Issue bonds for you or the the State, under any pretext whatever. ANTI-STATE BOND. -Tlie morning Journals continue to ham? mer away at what they cull the Fisk-Corbin de? velopment, concerning thc great gold corner in Wall Street. Fisk and his partner, Gould, produce additional affidavits to prove that thc President's brother-in-law was an active par? ticipant, while the latter rises from a sick-bed to reiterate a flat denial of all the allegations. Incidentally another "prominent Federal offi? cer." (not tho President,) Ja brought into the gera pe. His losses are said to have amount? ed to $220.000. His name is not given, but his office ls said to be in Wall street, not far from the corner of Nassau. COVJtT ZN EDGEFIELD. Mixed Times-Negro Lawyers-Interest? ing Murder Cases-Tlic Grand Jory lg. nore? the Bill In thc Case of thc Addi son-Cresawcll Homicide. [FROM Ol'R OWN CORRESPONDENT.] EDGEFIELD, October fi. Our Circuit Court, began Ita fall session here on Monday last, Judge Platt presiding. The judge did not reach here in time on Monday to do any business. Tuesday was occupied in organizing thc juries. The grand jury con? sisted or eight whites and eleven blacks; petit Jury, No. 1, was composed entirely of blacks, and No. 2 had a considerable sprinkling. Several negro constables were employed about the courthouse, and Hubbard's men were on hand in goodly numbers. Solicitor P. L. Wig? gins was present for the first time, though lt has been nearly a year since his election to office. He is a Northern man, resides at Beau? fort, and, it ls said, was buying cotton there at thc time of his election. R. B. Elliott, negro, was present, and, It ls reported, at the request of the solicitor, to assist him in the discharge of his duties. His confreres. Whipper and Wright, who appeared In public on the stage in the courts in the lower part of thc circuit, have not made their appearance. On Wednesday the court was occupied in the trial of the case of the State v?. Thomas W. Blease. for the murder of John A. Ruther? ford. These were both white men, and the jury consisted of nine whites and three blacks. The solicitor was assisted In thc prosecution by Major Joseph Abney and R. B. Elliott. The defence was conducted by Messrs. Butler and Youmans and Major J. M. Baxter, of Newberry. The facts of the case as deduced from the evi? dence were about as follows: In June last, Rutherford went lo Blease's house for the set? tlement ol some business matters between them. A quarrel ensued, in the course of | which Rutherford entered Blease's house in a threatenlnjr manner. Blease retired to his room, got his gun, and returning met Ruther? ford on the piazza, and ordered him to leave Iiis house. Rutherford then advanced on him with knife drawn, and received the fatal shot. The prisoner Introduced no testimony. The argument was opened by LcRoy F. You mans, Esq., In a vigorous, telling speech. This was thc first case in which he had defended a criminal before an Edgefleld jury. Heretofore, as the prosecuting officer, the weight of his ability and zeal and learning was brought to the aid of the State In bringing offenders to justict-; and yet. withal, he was specially dis? tinguished for his uniform courtesy and fair dealing. His argument In this Instance only proved that he ls equal to the emergency oh either side of thc case. He was followed by Major Abney and Elliott on the side of the State. As this was the first speech here by a negro lawyer. It attracted a pretty full co?rt room. He spoke the usual length of time In quite a fluent style, was temperate In tone, and, upon the w'holc, made a fair legal argu? ment. Major Baxter closed for the prisoner. The jury alter a short absence returned a ver? dict of "not guilty." Wednesday was" occupied in the trial of the State vs. Benjamin Boothe, for thc murder of Luther Toney, at the Pine House, on .'ie Co? lumbia and Augusta Railroad, last spring. Boothe and others assembled themselves to? gether unlawfully, and made an attack on Major Abram Jones at his house, but returned to thc depot, haifa mile distant, without doing Jones as much damage as they perhaps at first intended. Before leaving Ute depot Boothe drew his pistol, which went off and killed one of his comrades, Luther Toney. They had been on good terms and had no words at the killing. "But, as they were engaged In riotous and unlawful conduct, the killing was not re? garded by thc jurv as excusable, and hence they found a venlict of manslaughter. The prosecution In this case was conducted by the solicitors, Messrs. Butler ?fe Youmans and Garey & Garey-Ute defence by Major Abner and L. B. Grittin, Esq. This case was tried at the June term of our court, but resulted in a mis? trial. The court ls engaged to-day tu tilt- ulai of Hillery Hardy and Lewis Freeman, both negroes, for tue murder ol' Mrs. Caroline Elkln. In March, 18?8. Tills was one of the most atrocious and diabolical murders that has occurred In Edgefleld for years. William Elkin, the husband, was absent from about dusk till 10 or ll o'clock at night, anti on his return foliad his wife dead in the yard beaten and mangled fearfully. A negro girl, some twelve or thirteen years of age. slept in the house, anti swore at thc Inquest that Hil? lery and Lewis did the killing. She also testi? fied that they added the crime ol rape to that of murder; but at the trial which first was had in March last, she toltl two or three different stories. The Jury consisted of twelve white men and respectable citizens. They were equally divided, and a mis-trial was the result. The case was again tried at June term with six whites and six negroes, and resulted in a mis-trial. This time they have one white and eleven negroes on the Jury, and it ls thought that they will render a verdict of "not guilty." The case that was expected to attract the most attention at this term, of the court was that of George B. Addison and James Addison, for the murder of Charles M. Cresswell; but the grand Jury this morning returned "no bill" as against these parties. There are a few more murder cases and a good long roll of assaults and batteries and larconies, which will take up the whole of the present term of the court. It is expected that we will have an extra court, in January next, for civil business, when Judge Orr will preside. We hare tried no civil causes, except by consent of parties, since March, 18C8. _ SOMERS. . -i.S OTHERS SEE VS. [From thc Macou Telegraph.] THE CHARLESTON NEWS of the 4th, comes to us arrayed In new typographical apparel. It Is one of the most useful and entertaining papers on our exchange list. [From the Savunnah Republican.] TUE CHARLESTON NEWS, one of the best of our Southern exchanges, appeared Monday In a new and beautiful suit of type from the foun? dry of James Conner's Sons, New York. [From the Macon Journal.] * TUE CBARLESON NEWS, of the 4th, comes to us in an entirely new and very pretty dress. It is a good, sprightly and decidedly news-y pa? per, and deserves the patronage which enables it to give this substantial sign of prosperity. [From the Wilmington Star.] THE CHARLESTON NEWS IS exhibiting Indu? bitable signs of prosperity, which we are glatl to see. It has just donned a new and hand? some dress. We witdi lt every success which its enterprise and high-toned, dignllled, yet spirited conduct so richly merits. [From the Augusta Constitutionalist] THE CHARLESTON NEWS comes to us arrayed in new typographical apparel. THE NEWS ls one of the most vigorous and enterprising dailies in the South, and can wear a new suit with the most perfeet grace and attractiveness. ; May it live to wear out many more new ! suits. [From the Washington Star.] THE CHARLESTON DAILY NEWS of Monday come? to hand in a new typographical dress, and ls otherwise improved, with fresh special dispatches from the State Capital and Washing? ton. The paper gives abundant evidence of the prosperity of South Carolina, and espe? cially of Charleston. [From the Anderson intelligencer.] THE CHARLESTON NEWS appears In a new and beautiful dress. The enterprise and acti? vity of this metropolitan journal has received substantial recognition al the hands of the peo? ple, and the proprietors are determined lo kee]) pace with the spirit of Improvement and pro? gress in our State. [From the Augusta Chronicle.] THE CHAIU.ESTON NEWS la one of the leading newspapers in the South. Its accomplished edi? tors and proprietors, Messrs. Riordan ?fe Daw? son, have worked lt up to its present prosper? ous condition by their journalistic Hklll, expe? rience and untiring energy. Its new dress is handsome and becoming. [From thc Wilmington Journal.] That favorite paper, THE CHARLESTON NEWS, comes to us in a new and attractive dress. We chronicle this improvement with much plea? sure. No paper is more welcomed in our sanc? tum; nono are conducted with more vigor, ability and Independence. Wc wish our friends, personally and professionally, the most abun? dant success. -While Verdi Is said to be writing a comic opera, offenbach ia reported to be engaged on a serious work In the Verdi style. ALL ABOUT THE STATE. Shreds of State New*. At an estate sale in Barnwell old corn sold for one dollar and thirty cents. County Meeting in Chesterfield. A meeting of the citizens ol Chesterfield County was held on Monday, October 4. Reso? lut lons referring the matter of subscribing $400,000 to the South Carolina Central Rail? road, and of moving the courthouse to Che raw, to the vote of the county, were, alter much discussion, indefinitely postponed. The Yield of Cotton. The Barnwell Journal says: "We hear many complaints In regard to the yield of cotton this season. It takes nearly seventeen hundred pounds of seed cotton to make a bale weigh? ing five hundred pounds. It is thought by some that this has been produced by the pro? tracted drought; but we have as yet heard no satisfactory explanation of the matter. The fault evidently does not lie in the gins, as some of the best gins in the country have given simi? lar results.* A Row in Church. The Barnwell Journal says: "Quite a row occurred at the colored church In Barnwell on Saturday night last. Willie the congregation were at worship a freedman named London Brown came into the church in a state of in? toxication, and upon using very profane lan? guage was remonstrated with by*Tony Robert? son, another colored man. London drew his knife and showed signs of fight, when Tony promptly knocked him down with a stick. The greatest confusion and consternation prevailed at the time, and women were seen leaping from tl.e windows of the church, and making their way Into the village, screaming all the while. Such a scene at church was shameful In tlie extreme, and we hope our colored people will see that lt does not occur again." Marlboro' Agricultural Society. This society met on Monday, October 4. The question whether cotton planters would sow wheat enough, at least for their own use was freely discussed, and decided in the af-, flnnative, by a vote of seventeen to three. The following resolution was adopted in reference to oats : That it ls the Interest of planters to extend the oat crop, and In some degree, to make It a substitute for corn-leav? ing It for future experiments to determine whether il may not be used as an entire substi? tute in the feeding ol' horses and mules. The following are the delegates to the State Agricultural Society : Janies A. Peterkin, W. P. Emanuel. Wm. X Cook, C. W. Dudley. The officers of thc society were constituted a committee to consider and report to next meeting some plan, If practicable, whereby the society could furnish corn to thc destitute until their wants are relieved by the harvest? ing of another crop. JO It EJOS ITEMS. -There is to be a grand hunt through Africa for Dr. Livingstone, by a hundred well armed men. * -Tlie London papers are discussing the question " Would lt be proper to kill incurable lunatics ? " -The Courier des Etats Unis, during the month of August, was confiscated twenty times at the Paris postoffice. -Prince Napoleon pays five per cent, a month for the money which Erlanger and other Parisian Shylocks lend him. -The Queen of Prussia offers five hundred dollars to every woman In the kingdom that has given birth to twelve children. -The new gastronomical Idea in Paris Is to bring the fruit for dessert in on the branch, dwarf grape-vines, on candelabra and apple boughs hanging on figurinas. -A cable telegram annoounces that Dr. Wil? berforce has been translated to the Diocese of Winchester. Rev. Or. Jfockanness succeeds Dr. Wilberforce as Bishop of Oxford. -The London Pall Mall Gazette says the "Albert"' is not the only bankrupt life insur? ance company there, but that six large offices arc "utterly rotten and tottering to their lall." -The body of a young woman, buried in France a year ago, has been exhumed, when It was found that thc unfortunate girl had torn her shroud, scratched the coffin-lid with the crucifix, and gnawed her hands In the ago? ny of burial alive. - Vienna paper says : "Bismarck's disease, as the French papers said some time ago, Is simply delirium tremens. He cannot hold a pen in the morning, and he has to take strong stimulants In order to overcome his nervous? ness. He can never make a speech In Parlia? ment without previously taking strong doses of cognac brandy." -An order has just been Issued by the French Government directing the establishment on the railroads of trains for the conveyance of laborers to and from their employment at low weekly rates. This order, lt is believed, will tend to allay the great and still Increasing dis? satisfaction with Napoleon III now entertained by the Paris workmen. -Louisa Muhlbach was some time ago re? quested by an American publisher to write a novel on an American subject, and the event? ful life of Aaron Burr was pointed out to her as containing matter for a first-class historical romance. Madame MuhUjtich naively replied that she did not know who Mr. Burr was, and that she had never heard of him. -At an industrial exhibition in Vienna a new product ol art ls to be seen, consisting of various articles of spun glass, such as head? dresses, ribbons, bracelets, cufls, collars, watch-chains, ostrich fenthers and the like. They are the product of a Parisian manufac? turer. The threads are reported to be as fine as a spider's web and as strong as wool, but more beautiful in appearance. The thread may be used for knitting or sewing. -Two Polish ladies were recently whipped savagely, nt the Warsaw police office. Letters written by Langlewlcz were found In their possession, and the Governor-General of Po? land ordered them to be flogged as a warning to the other correspondents of the famous leader of the Insurrection of IfifiJ. Despite thc pain Inflicted on these poor ladles they did not utter a single cry. One of them, how? ever, the Countess Drynatzka, fainted away after she received the thirtieth stroke. -A Paris letter says : Thc fly train Is quite an institution-not a flying train that conveys one from one region to another, but the train ladles put on and take off when they wish-a most convenient fashion, too, If when ladies did put lt on they would have a piece of lead put In here and there to keep lt from being so flighty In the faces of the cavaliers, l?s h ped these fly trains will be of heavier material than puffed gauzes as the cold comes on. I have seen a splendid one of black poult worked with pswnpadour bouquets and trim? med with revers of velvet and black lace. This over any flounced skirt of silk with square open bodice will be a standing fashion for next season. Dancing in short skills with Hungarian boots ls a relief and hope for the future. -A Paris correspondent of the Ind?pendance Belg? Slates that Father Hyacinthe's letter luis thrown the Faubourg Saint Germain into a state of consternation. The Papal Nuncio was not in Paris when the letter was published, but he was Immediately informed of it, and at once telegraphed every word of it to Rome. It Is stated that the document was submitted to the Archbishop of Paris before appearing,' and ap? proved by him after some slight modifications. According to the Rappel, the original cause of the rupture between Father Hyacinthe and his rujieriors was the speech he delivered at a , peace congress some time since: and the sec? ond cause of offence was another speech ata distribution of prizes. An early copy of thc letter is said to have been communicated to the Emperor by M. Duvergier. the Minister of Grace and Justice, who had received it from Mgr. Darboy, the Archbishop of Paris. -A drawback to the pleasures of sport in France ls the heavy octroi duty which a suc? cessful shot has to pay upon every head of game he takes back to town. If a country friend invites a townsman to como for a few days' shooting, and sends him home with the customary well stocked hamper, the towns? man, on reaching the barriers of the city, has to pay as follows: For a pheasant, 3 francs 50 centimes to 4 francs, (according to weight;) for a liare, 1 franc 50 centimes to 2 francs; for a rabbit, 75 centimes to 1 franc 25 centimes; for a partridge, 75 centimes to 1 franc 50 cen? times; for venison, 40 centimes the pound; and for every species of feathered game not already mentioned, 18 centimes the kilo? gramme. A good deal of smuggling is done by sportsmen, who conceal partridges In their pockets, and by peasants, who hide game in cartloads of hay; but the octroi officials are very sharp. irnneral Notice*. iZSS-THE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS of Mr. and Mrs. JAMES ROSE are Invited to attend thcFuncral Services of the former, at St. Paul's Church, THIS MORNING, at 9 o'clock. octl2 * ?Sf UNION KILWINNING LODGE, No. 4, A. F. M.-You arc invited to attend the Funeral Sen'ices of our late Brother, .IAS. ROSE, Esq., at St. Paul's etiurch, at 9 o'clock THIS MORNING. By order W. M. oct!2 ADAMfjK. GIBSON, Secretary. THE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. CHANNEL and the members of the Citadel Square Baptist church are respect? fully invited to attend thc Funeral Services of the latter, at the Citadel Squar?Baptist Church, THIS MORNING, at io o'clock. octl2 Special Notices. ?& "MARION SOCIAL CLUB."-AT A meeting held in thc Marlon Fire Engine Compa ny'tiHall, on the 7tlt instant, for the purpose of forming a "Social Club'' among the members, it was unanimously agreed to, Aud thc above-named club organized with the following officers: T. S. Slgwald^jSjesldent; J. W. Stevens, vice-President; E. B. Doughty, Secretary ; P. Pattal, Treasurer. Committee of Arrangements: w. H. Ilalsali, Chairman; O. F. Buchhelt, J. Cahill, C. W. Shokcs, T. S. Sigwald. Floor Managers: G. McNlel, Chair? man; T. K. Keegan, J. W. Stevens. Committee on Constitution: A. J. Jager, Chairman; M. Bar? ris, R. C. Barkley. E. B. DOUGHTY, Secretary Marion Social Club. Tlie First Annual Soiree will be given by the Marion Social Club on THURSDAY EVENING, the 14th instant. Those wishing tickets can apply to either of the undersigned committee. W. H. HALSALL, Chairman. T. P. CAHILL. OCtl2 1_T. S. SICWALD._ ?Sf PUBLIC SCHOOLS-EXAMINA? TION OF TEACHERS.-The Regular Quarterly Examination of candidates for the office of Teach? er In tho Public Schools will be held at the Nor? mal School, St. Philip street, on SATURDAY, 16th instant, commencing at ? o'clock A. M. Applicants are requested to bc present punc? tually at the appointed hour. By order of the Board. E. MONTAGUE ffttlMKE, Beert)tart Commissioners Free Schools. oct 12 5_ ??r A NOTICEABLE FACT.-THAT one way of appealing to a man's t eason is through his eye. In these busy times men are so deeply immersed in the conduct of magnificent projects, that tlicy forget all about the condition of their systems, and hence it is that the proprietors of the PLANTATION BITTERS, which cures dyspep? sia, purifies the blood, improves the tone o the stomach, regulates thc bowels, and, indeed, n vlgorates thc whole Inner man, are so ac've in advertising. In fact, advertisements arc merely sky-rockets sent up to attract attention to a really good article. MAGNOLIA WATER.-Superior to the best import? ed Herman Cologne, and sold at half the price, oct 12 tutlis3_ ^TTIIE GREAT SOUTHERN REMEDY. JACOB'S CHOLERA, DYSENTERY AND DIAR? RHOEA CORDIAL.-This article, so well known and highly prized throughout the Southern States as a Sovereign Remedy for the above diseases, Ls now offered to the whole country. . It ls Invaluable to every lady, both married and single. >o family can afford to be without lt, and none will to whom its virtues are known. For sale by all Druggists and general dealers. DOWIE A MOISE, octll 3niosi)AC_General Agents. ?&- ESTIMATES WANTED FOR BUILD? ING a Hall for thc German Freundschaftsbund. Plans and specifications can bc seen at Mr. T. H. Abrahams, Architect, No. 35 Hayne-street. Es? timates to be handed in on or before the 22d in? stant to JACOB SMALL, 'Chairman of Commit? tee^_octll 2 pgr A CARD.-A CLERGYMAN, while residing In South America as a Missionary, discovered a safe and simple remedy for<he cure of Nervous Weakness, Early Decay, Disease ol the Urinary and Seminal Organs and the whole train of disorders brought on hy baneful and vicious habits. Great numbers have been cured by thia noble remedy. Prompted by a desire tc benefit the afflicted and unfortunate, I will semi the recipe for preparing and using this medicine, in a sealed envelope, to any one who needs it, free of charge. Address JOSEPH T. INMAN, Station D, Bible House, oct4 3mos* New York City. Jar WORDS OF CHEER - O N T H E Errors of Youth and the Follies of Age, In rela? tion to Marriage and Social Evils, with a helping hand for the erring and unfortunate. Sent in sealed letter envelopes, free of charge. Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Box P., Philadelphia, Pa. sept25 3mos ^ROS Aa*,LIS.- DEAR SIR Please send me Immediately, per Express, to Tar boro,' two dozen more bottles of your R0SADALIS. I have carefully examined its Formula, and have used lt in my practice In a number of cases. 1 am well pleased with it. I think it, beyond doubt, the best Alterative I ever used. I have tried lt in several case.*, of Scrofula and Scofulous affect tlons, Ac, witto much satis' .lon to myself and patients. I have, therefore, no hesitation in re? commending it to Physicians and others, as thc most reliable alterative now known. Respectfully yours,MV A. B. NOBLES, M. D. For sale by GOODRICH, WINNEMAN A CO., Importers of Drugs and Chemicals, Charleston, Soutli Carolina._octa atntM ??r- BATCHELORS HAIR DYE.-THIS splendid Hair Dye Ls thc best in the world; the only true and perfect Dye; harmless, reliable, in stantaneous; no disappointment; no ridiculous tints; remedies thc ill effects of bad dyes; In? vigorates and leaves the hair soft and beautlfti 1 black or brown. Sold by ah Druggists and Per? fumers; and properly applied at Batchelors Wig Factory, No. - Bond street, New York. mayi5 lyr Special IVotices. ?aT* CONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP CHAMPION are notified that she ia THIS DAT discharging cargo at Auger's Wharf. Goods not called for at sunset will remain on the wharf at the risk of owners. octl2 2_JAMES ADGER ic CO., Agents. j?9- CONSIGNEES' NOTICE-M E R - CHANTS' LINE.-Brig C. V. WILLIAMS wiU dis? charge cargo, THIS DAY, at Middle Atlantic Wharf; Goods not called for before sunset will be stored at risk and expense of consignees. No claims admitted after goods leave the wharf. OCU2 1_WILLIAM ROACH A CO. /SET NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.-THE Steamship PERIT is THIS DAY discharging cargo at Vanderhorst's Wharf: All goods remaining on wharf at ?unset will be at risk of owner, or If stored, at expense and risk of owner or consignee. octia 3_RAVENEL A CO., AgentB. jar CONSIGNEES N O TIC E. -M E R CHANTS' LINE.-Consignees per Brig C. V. WIL? LIAMS are not Hied she is THIS DAY discharging cargo at Adder's North Wharf. AU goods not called for before sunset will be stored at their risk and expense. Claims positively not admitted after leaving wharf. WM. ROACH A CO., octll Adger's South Wharf and East Bay. P&- NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.-THE Steamship GEORGIA is THIS DAY discharging cargo at Vanderhorst's Wharf. Goods not re? moved by sunset will remain on the wharf at owner's risk, or if stored, at expense and risk of owner or consignee. RAYENEL A CO., octll 2_ Agenta. jZSrALMOST GIVEN AWAY.-THE TRI-WEEKLY NEWS ls the cheapest country pa? per in South Carolina, and THE RURAL CAROLI? NIAN ls the best Agricultural Magazine ever pub? lished in the South. Price for TRI-WEEKLY NEWS and RURAL CAROLI? NIAN one year four dollars. ^.NOTICE-ATTENTION IS CALLED to change of schedule of Steamer PILOT BOY, which will In future be: To Edisto, Rockville and Beaufort every MONDAY MORNING; to Savannah via Beaufort every THURSDAY MORNING. Return? ing, will leave Savannah SATURDAY MORNING, at 7 o'clock. J. D. AIKEN A CO. OCt9 6 ta- A CARD.-SOUTHERN LIFE INSUR ANCE COMPAN?, ATLANTA DEPARTMENT. To THE PEOPLE OK SOUTH CAROLINA : The above Company was organized lu 1866, in consequence of the wholesale forfeiture of South? ern policies by Northern companies. The un? paralleled success of the enterprise has forced several of these companies to restore their South? ern policies, from the fact that they could not operate lu our midst without the appearance of honesty. We keep all oar money at home to build up our Impoverished country-every dollar of pre? mium being safely Invested In the State from which lt is derived. Tlie Institution ls purely Southern, and hence should appeal with great force to the patriotism and sympathy of every Southern heart. 'Tis not our purpose to make war on other companies, but to exhibit the special advantages offered by this purely Southern Company-found? ed on patriotism and solid wealth. Its ratio of assets to liabilities-the true test of a company's strength-ls second to none on this continent, being nearly $300 to $100. Whenever and wherever we have presented the claims of tl?s Company, it has not only enlisted the sympathies of our people, but has also secur? ed their hearty co-operation. Wc have secured 600 policies- in South Carolina since the loth of February. We number among our Directora General Wade Hampton and Colonel Wm. John? ston, gentlemen well known to every citizen of South Carolina. Wc appeal personally to the people of South Carolina to assist in pushing for? ward this deservedly popular Southern Institu? tion. J. H. MILLER, General Agent Southern Life Insurance Company, No. 23 Broad-street, Augusta, Ga. t. a Y. TUPPER, Agent, Charleston, S. C. H 'W. DESAUSSURE, M. D., "*** Medical Examiner. We cheerfully recommend tke above Company to the patronage of the citizens of South Caro? lina. COLUMBIA, S. C. JR S. Preston, J. P. Carroll, C. D. Melton, S. W. Melton, J. D. Pope. CAMDEN.-J. B. Kershaw, Wm. M. Snannon, W. E. Johnson. _ SUMTER.-.lohn B. Moore. ss? WiNNSBORO'.-W. R. Robertson, J. B. McCants, James H. Rlpn. Yo UK VILLE.-W. B. Wilson, A. Coward, James Mason, I. D. Witherspoon, J. R. Bratton, J. T. Lowry, R. G. McCaw, ANDERSON.-J. L. Orr. % ' BARNWELL.-JOS. A. Lawton, James Patterson, Johnson Hagood. CLARENDON.-Jno. L. Manning, T. C. Richard? son, Browne Manning. REFERENCES IN CHARLESTON. . . General JAMES CONNER, Messrs. PELZ ER, RODGERS A CO., JAMES H. WILSON, lisq... GEO. H. WALTER, Esq., LEWIS D. MOWRY, Esq. _anglo 2mos ^3-THE EXHAUSTED SYSTEM.-SUM? MER is a debilitating season, and the sudden ohauge of temperature which takes place at this period of the year Andu the healthiest of us con siderably enervated by the preceding heat, and the weakly and delicate almost prostrated. This is not a favorable condition in which to encounter the raw cold winds of October and Its chilling fogs and night dews, and consequently Intermittent fever, dysentery, bilious, attacks and rheumatism are more or less prevalent everywhere, but ??pe dally in localities where the atmosphere ls natu? rally unwholesome. In order to avoid the dan? gers arising from these causes, the exhausted sys? tem should now bc renovated and Invigorated by a course of IIOSTETT?R'S STOMACH BITTERS. This purest and most potent of all vegetable tonics and exhllarants regulates the secretions while it renews the strength, and purifies the fluids of the body, while it gives firmness and vigor to the nervous organization. Free from the unpleasant llavor which renders the ordinary tonics so repulsive, composed of extracts and Juices of the choicest vegetable invigorants and correctives, mingled with a diffusive stimulant from which every noxious element has been ex? pelled, this renowned preparation ls, in all re? spects, the very best medicine of its kind tbat the world tuts ever known. Such ls the opinion of distinguished memi>crs of the medical profession, and the general verdict of the public, after an ex? perience of twenty years, durinr. which HOSTET TER'S BITTERS has attained a r reater popularity and a more extensive sale thai any specific ever advertised in the columns of t .ie American press OCtll 6DAC jar- MANHOOD.-A MEDICAL ESSAY on the Cause and Cure of Premature Decline in Man, the treatment of Kerran and Physical De? bility, &c. "There ls no merni-cr of society hy whom thia book will not be four J useful, whether such per? son holds the relatfjn of Parent Preceptor or Clergyman.''-Medical Times and Gazette. Sent by mall on receipt of fifty cents. Address the Author, Dr. ?. DEF. CURTIS, Washington, D .c-_septl lyr T O U I S McLAIN, BROKER ANT COMMISSION MERCHANT, No. 48 BROAD STREET. Charleston, S. C. Stocks, Bonds and Gold bought, carried and sold short in New York City. Particular attention paid to the purchase and sate of all kinds of Southern Securities. oct5