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VOLUME VII.-NUMBER 1141. CHARLESTON, fe. C., FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, MX DOLLARS A YEAR FROM THE fl. UK Ii l I. VA VITA L. Tho F i rt mim Amendment In Tennes? see-Thc 11< ultu of Mr. Davis-Thc St. Tilomas1 Purchase-Hc?luct ion of thc Interest Dearing Debt. [SPECIAL TELEOHAM TO THE NEWS.] WASHINGTON, October ll. Telegrams received from Nashvlllo to-night say that thc Fifteenth constitutional amcmlmcnt will probably bc voted on this week and rejected by the Tcnncsse Legislature. Thirty members for the ratification and Bcvciity against ls thc esti? mated vote. Thc lion. Jefferson Davis remains in Baltimoro for thc present. He ls improved In health. President Grant informed ex-Senator Doolittle in a personal Interview that he ls averse to thc purchase of St. Thomas by thc United States. Since September 23, Secretary Boutwcll has re? deemed three million dollars of three per cent, certificates held by thc banks for the reservo fund. Tills redemption does not inflate the cur? rency, as thc legal tender notes paid for thc cer? tificates go permanently Into thc banks for tho same use. [ASSOCIATED rusks DISPATCHES.] WASHINGTON, october ll. The departments and thc banks are closed. St. Thomas hud earthquakes on thc 17th of Sep? tember almost equal to those of 1807. In the Supreme Court tho Verger case will IK> heard on Friday as to thc question of Jurisdiction. Thc Brown case, from Texas, ls to abide the de? cision In Verger's. Judge Fisher In thc case or Sehurcmnn sustains the motion for arrest or, Judgment on uccount or a defective indictment. There arc three other counts upon which Bchureman ls to bc tried. Schurcman ls connected with stealing notes fi?m ' thc treasury and rorging signatures, and also al? tering them. Admiral Farragut ls getting well. Thc President thinks that Hie purchase or St. Thomas would be n bad investment. A large number or cotton cases aro on tho pre? sent docket of thc United States Supreme Court, having been tak'en up on appeal from thc Court or Claims, In which thc same questions were In? volved as those taken to thc Supreme Court, in order that those before both courts may bc settled. These coses grow out of claims for cotton cap? tured i>y tho United States authorities during " thc rebellion," which cotton was sold and thc proceeds paid Into thc treasury. Secretary Bontwell Is still absent. . - General McClellan will stay at.thc Metropolitan Hotel during the winter: Thc Hon. Jacob Thompson, of Mississippi, ls here. . _ DH3IOCX.?TIC VICTORY IX SAVAN ?fA.11. ? .? SAVANNAH, October ll. Colonel John Screvcn, thc Democratic candidate for thc Mayor, and thc entire Democratic ticket, are elected by about two thousand majority. Tho negroes, generally, voled with the Dciuoornts. EUROPE. Death of a Fenian Lender-Ext cns lott a ' of the Suffrage. LONDON, October ll. Martin, Hie Fenian, died at King's College Hos? pital. Thousands attended thc funeral. Thc mourners wore green' scarfs. Four hundred peo? ple met nt Notting Hill, in favor of the extension or Fenian amnesty. The speeches were inflam? matory, but thc meeting was orderly. The Imperial Touriutv. VIENNA, October ll. Thc Emperor Francis Joseph Joins the Empress Eugenie at Constantinople, October 24th, when, accompanied hythe Sultan and lils party, they will proceed to Suez, via Joppa and Jerusalem. Thc French, Austrian and Turkish neets wUl con? vey Hie party. Threatening Movements in Franca. PAMS, October 0. Tlie Rappel newspaper*fisseris that the Depu? ties ol thc Lclt will proceed, on Hie 20th or Octo? ber, to tho Bureau or thc Corps L?gislatif, and sign a protest declaring that thc Emperor has violated thc constitution, and that they consider themselves absolved thereby from their oaths of fidelity to him. Deputy Kcratry publicly announces that he will not go to thc Legislative Chamber on thc 20lh in? stant. Denmark-Thc King's Speech. CorENUAGEN, October 0. Thc Reh lirai h was opened by thc King to-day. Pin his speech from Hie throne, thc King declares that his confidence in thc Justice of thc well un derstood Interest of Denmark and Prussia was*so firm that he hud hopes that the Prussian Govern? ment would adopt his view aud consent to an ar? rangement which would result In perpetual friendship. Strike of the French Miners. PA li 18, October ll. Thc coal-miners' strike ut Antun continues. A large meeting In the Pariah of Belleville was forci? bly dispersed. Several persons were hurt. Discontent of the Manufacturera. PAKIS, October ll. A large meeting or manuracturcrs lias been held to consider thc American cotton question and other collateral-subjects. Thc meeting de? nounced tho recently concluded commercial treaty and urged thc substitution or a customs tarin*. Escape of an Insurgent. M Ailinn, October ll. General Plevad, recently captured and impris? oned at Saragossa, has escaped. Captare of Spanish Republicans. PAMS, October ll. The defeated Spanish R ?publicans who were driven across tho frontier were promptly captured by the French authorities. A republican demon? stration at Madrid is expected, but the govern? ment ls tnklhg great precautions. TUE CASE Or THE CUBA. "WILMINGTON, October ll. The case of the Cuba was opened this morning by Mr. O. P. Lowry, of New York, who, with Col. George Davis and Judge Means, appeared for thc "Republic of Coba." Thc commission of Cora modoro Higgins as an officer of tho Cuban navy was read; also his formal protest against the ex? ercise by thc civil courts of any jurisdiction over his vessel, slic being a public ship of war of a recognized nation. After steting thccbaractcrof tho vessel Commodore niggins 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 ls in the same condltlod"as when she was purchased from the Government of thc United States, in Juno, 180?, with theexceptton of immaterial alterations; also that sho 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. H;J - TORONTO, October li. Ttte volunteers throughout tho country trove been ordered to hold themselves In readme*! for Unmodlato service The government apprehends another Fenian raid. % SPARKS FROM TUE WIRES, One hundred and forty delegates to tho Louis* vUlo Commercial Convention, mostly from the South, have been registered. A Quebec dispatch says that a scow upset while troasing the Mantle River, and fifteen persona were drowned. TUEN AND iron'. A Contrast-Tile Governors or Hiv Olden l'liii.- Tin Present Executive-II I s Enonnoai Official Power?-A Stranger Wielding the win,le Financial Re? sources of tl>c State-Tile Evil anti the Remedy. TO THE EOITOK OF THE NEWS. Before mc arc two copies of Hie nets of the Legislature of South Carolina. They nrc for thc years 18511 ami 1R08. continued into 'DO, for cause, no doubt. I compare and contrast them, and submit to thc planters, fanners, laborers, producers nnd taxpayers some of my notes and reflections. In 1853 wc lind n constitution for (ho Stato anil one for Hie United States, which Hie Gov? ernor and members of tho Legislature were Bworn to support-the Legislature enacted' the courts decide.', when necessary, the constitu? tionality; and the Governor, If required, ?1 forced. ..nie sovRiiEins LAW. Hint Stnto's collected will, Which o'er thrones aud globes elate Sat empress, crowning good, repressing ill; Snilt liy lier sacred frown, And thc tleud, Dissension, like a vapor, sank.'' Then, thc Governor of the State was the patriarch of his people, who eagerly and joy? fully hastened to meet and honor him wher C%?r they might. He had no power, save as minister of the law; no patronage to dispense; no offices to distribute; no money of Hie peo? ple, with which to corrupt their agents; no mercenary, Juggling veto to raise and depress the value of old bauk bills for personal aud j party ends. He could only recommend what he thought good for the State, mid purdon when bc thought the sentence of the court loo harsh. Acls of thc Assembly were ratified without lils signature, and bc never menaced tho courts with a servile Legislature, nor the people for appealing to the courts for relief against grievous mid unauthorized taxation. He had no State Auditor's ofllce to lill with a sitting member of the Legislature, with $.1600 pay, and n contingent or $1000 added to bis per diem and mileage, beside his hook-nnd crook gatherings, nnd I know not bow many other offices-the only necessity for which ofllce is to do "thy master's will" and brand thc honest assessors and freeholders of thc State willi perjury; nor was there then such officers as county auditors appointed by thc Governor, with an appropriation of $31,500 (ten thousand five hundred moro than then paid the whole Legislature,) enlisted to plun? der thc bard earnings of labor, and rob thc producing classes and their unborn children oi their birthright; nor, then, was tboro "a State police" of inercennry foreigners to appoint, to follow you Uko bloodhounds into your homes nnd families, with an appropriation of $10,000 rf your money to. pay them, and whose duty "it shall be to execute the orders of the Governor," not to observe tho law, (and their master's will has been done without warrant or law in Abbeville, Edgcflcld nnd elsewhere,) and with power given to arm this force, call to their aid unlimited numbers to seize, fet? ter, imprison, murder your cltl/cns, nhd/ris sess your people for millions of dollars. The BOUI starts and turns nway lrorn tho vengeful record. Then tho salary of thc Governor was $3500, and allowance for house rent $300,.aud $500 for his private secretary. Thc contingent funds placed at his disposal was $20,000, ,"to bc accounted for by-hlm nunnallv to thu Leg? islature." Approrirlatlous of hundreds of thousands ot'dollars were liol made, then by tho Legislature "lo be paid to the order of the Governor," nor were millions of Slate bonds signed by him, by lils own procurement, nor sent by bim to bis 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 bad be then control of tho treasury of tho State, nor the power to appoint the majority of the civil officers of thc State, nor to appoint and removea?L tho military officers, nor thc power to raise standing annies, officer, equip for the field, and hurl thom upon thc v.cry people whom it was bis sworn duty to "pro? tect and defend;" nor the power to commission and send out secret spies and informers under thc name of constables to espionage tho citi? zens of tills Commonwealth, and then "the purse and the sword were not placed, as they now arc, in thc hands of this bandit usurper. And the Legislature of 1853, what of Its acts ? Its entire appropriation, tho measure of its taxation, was $481,050. Of this sum $74,400 was Tor free schools; $74,450 for build? ing new and repairing old courthouses and Jails hil over thc State; $28,100 aud $7420 for extraordinary, charitable and benevolent pur? poses, and < $30,000 more for tho military schools at Columbia and Charleston and thc Deaf and Dumb Asylum nt Cedar Springs, leaving $206,080 for current expenses of civil government. Members of tho Legislature then could not hold one Bingle office of honor nnd profit; had no incentivo to create hun? dreds and thousands of new ones; fix high pay for ul), and thousand dollar contingents for many of them, and DU as marty as they pleased by agreement and parution among themselves, and bargain with the Governor; whom they empowered to make near all tito appointments for thom, to have all tho best ones, and to buy votes with what remained. Thon there was no bond making, no bank bill buying, nor brokerage, nor bribery; tho cur? rency was of uniform value, all specie, not debased and of uncertain and unequal worth. Members had no motivo to vote themselves the best, and tho Stnto tho worst. They appropri? ated (or their own per dlom and mllcago $21,000, and this was' all sufficient to enablo thom to take caro of tbe morals and virtue, tho life aud property, thc peaco and prosperity of their adored Stato. How is lt now, in 18G3 ? Another administra? tion ls before us-another Governor-anoth? er Legislature. Who Is tho Governor T As ho himself says, ho came hero a prisoner from tho ranks of our unsparing enemies, about tho close of the late war. Ho ia now our mas? ter; but fow of us know him by sight, nono by tho paternal acts which should characterize bis relation to ns-nono of the moralities of peace has ho manifested towards us, but moro nearly tho maxims of war. Tho ruin of tho first ls to do good-of tho latter to Inflict in? jury, nia Legislature have given him much more power than tho constitution-which ho and thoy both havo sworn trobsorvo-allowa. They have, by act of appropriation, given him $7500 for his personal uses-$2.0,000 to dis? pose of OB hs pleines-not "to bo accounted for annually to tho Legislature," exeunt "tho expenses ofthc Agricultural Bureau of Statis? tic?," (which ls trifling,) is to, bo paid out of It, to bo disbursed by bim. They havo directed various saran amounting to $280,300. He has under tho control or -bia sign-manual tho* Treasury of tho State; nnd what bi more start? ling still, tho Legislatura lmve, Hmo after timo, from tho 8th of August, 1888, to tho 27th of March, 1809, inclusivo, investor! him with tho power t effect loans and execute bondi, on tho fulth and credit of all the property ol tito people of thl? Commonwealth, to an amount tho recltul of which seems fabulous. On thc SIN August, ISO?, by act.$125,000 Hy uct IjCglHlaturc, 20th August, 180S, bonds, 0.20.... .:. 600,000 liv act Legislature, 20th August, isos, bonds 0.2O.1,000.000 Hr oct Legislature, 16th September. 1803, bonds 0.20.1,000,000 Uy estimated loss to State by same act, bonds 0.20.1,000,000 Hy act Legislature, 16th September, 180s, bonds 7.20 . 4,000,000 liv act Legislature, 17th February, 1800, bonds 7.20.1,000,000 Hy act Legislature, 2d March, ison, bonds 7.20. 500,000 Hy act Legislature, 27th March, 18CI>, bonds 0.20. 200,000 Aggregate.$9,325,000 Tl" language of several of these acts ls that HICK >nds shall bu negotiated nt thc highest market price by thu financial agent of the State, approved by the Governor, In thc City of New York, Ac; and that an annual lax, In addition to nil oilier taxes, shall bc levied upon thc property of thc State to pay Interest from the dato Of negollulloiis. Ac. JVbto. behold In thc hands of n stranger mid usurper your credit, your bonds. Pledging your property and your labor tO'bt' taxed for millions of principal and many millions of Interest and usury, without your knowledge, without your consent, not by yourselves, not by your representatives ; and relied, that every hour that you labor for another against your will ls an hour of slavery. And see before you, under those pledges, If you acquiesce In them, and others like them, your doom, and that of your posterity and country. Why arc these ^>nds issued? Why put In thc hands of Instant strangers, where the State has no se? curity, no check, and there is no minimum limit placed upon their sale, and all the ex? penses of the negotiations aro to bo paid out of our treasury, and the proceeds arc to be taxed by another State becausq^he Governor's agency Is lhere, and his financial agent or himself hove but to clutch them and appear herc no more ? But lt ls repudiation - lt ls n blow at the Blue KUlge liallroad to make these objections. Repudiate whati wo never agreed to ? Away with thc Blue Ridge or any other railroad or other bond thus obtained. There ls " nor life nor hope " In ll. Now, the Governor's secretary gets $2000, though $000 was consid? ered wantonly extravagant, and the Legisla? ture of 'C8 and 'GO appropriated to themselves, for per diem and mileage, $270,000, (and many pickings added,)-$130,000 at the extra and $140,000 at tho regular session, or about seven? fold more now than then. Thc present government of tho omnipotent usurper has ordered tho collection of about $1,250,000 In round numbers, though thc ap? propriation act of lils Legislature limits thc amount to bc "assessed and collected" to $1,000,000. But tho Governor and Auditor and Comptroller and Treasurer being thc supreme miers, and perhaps moro supremely enlight? ened In their own Interests, lt ls supposed gave thc order for that little additional, near a quar? ter million. There ls another fart of the ap? propriation act of 18G8-'l? which provides that till taxes shall be paid lu Hie following kind of funds, viz: The bills receivable of the /State, United Stales currency, national bank uotcs, gold and silver coln. Bills receivable were good enough for the State and the people, but not for tho members themselves. Ah, ls this so ? Turn to page 171, No. 83, Section 0, and read : If members of the Legislature are paid In "bills receivable of this Stute, it shall be at the current rates of exchange." Again, turn to nets Legislature, special session 1808, pago 105, No. 52, Section 2, and read : They shall bc paid In lulls receivable to thc value of United States currency ut current rites ol' exchange, such rate to be tlxed by the Treasurer bf thc Suite-(Who, 'Hs said, kept n little broker's ofllce, probably on Joint account, and dealt out greenbacks from the treasury for bills receiv? able and exchange added-thc bills being , equivalent to greenbacks in his credit account. Thc owners uf thc laud and the tillers of lt arc thc main victims of thc emboldened usur? pations mid daring frauds which ravage our country. They arc thc power of this State and of these United States^ They have the virtu? ous, honest, noble, generous purpose to restore thc constitution and laws of the whole coun? try; but they muBt bc up, combine, and do lt speedily. Do they not, will they not, see near a million and a quarter of their taxes, near nine millions of their credit and bonds, now in tho banda of these unscrupulous usurp? ers ? Do they not sec thc Winchester lilies purchased with their own money loaded and in thc hands of myrmidons and marauders ? Do they not see Scott and Purkcr, Ncaglc and Tomlinson, and Corbin and Hubbard chuck? ling over their apathy and supineness, and then yielding np their carn In gs, and their credit and their bonds, and their remaining posscs alons,and their futuro hopes,and tho Just claims of their children and children's children, to aggression, to fraud, and forgery ? The people of South Carolina who own tho lands and work them, tho laborers and producers of the State, whlto and colored, are tho State. These enor? mities are perpetrated on Uicm without their knowlcdgo or consent, and no principle of law, human or divino, will bind or sanction their obedience to them. Tho Anderson Intelligen? cer advises you to gain control of the state government; tho Wlnnsboro Times, the York vlllo Enquirer, tho Abbeville Press, all agree, and tho latter Bays: "Let us st Tike at tho root reform the government-and we release our? selves of our oppressors." How can wo -get control, reform or strike at the root, when tho purse and tho sword are In tho hands of tho Northmen T What ls the root of all the evils these presses so fear to se lzo ? It ls what your tyrants have not feared to solzo and hold your money and your bonds. Money " ls the root of all ovil;"-lt ls power; y luid lt, and you yield all. It controls tho ballot, tho cartridge, the services, the Irres of a majority of man? kind. It ontbronea monarchs and despots, and enslaves tho masses of the people, who toll tor lt and produce lt. - The bonds manufactured by the Legislature aro, ?oma of them, net yet ne? gotiated ; others may not have been *, nono of them are ours, or for our benefit. Why, thon, not give notice at once that they aro frauds, and, after wo "scourge tho money-changers from our temple,? then take* control, reform, strike At the root, and take aU authority from thoLegbuaturo to Issue bonds for you or the tho State, under any pretext whatever. ' ASTI-STATK BONO. -The morning Journals continue to ham? mer away at what they call tho PlskrCorbln de? vclopmen t, concerning tho great gold com er In Wall street. Fisk and his partner, Gould, produce additional affidavits to provo that tho Presldont's brother-in-law was an activo par? ticipant, whllo tho latter rises from a sick-bed to reit?ralo a flat denial of ail tho allegations, lucidon tally another ''prominent Fedora! offi? cer,** (not tho President,) ls brought Into tho scrape. His losses aro said to have amount? ed to U30,000, Hts naroo ls not kl ven, but his office Is said to be In Wall streot, not far from the corner of Nassau. wv KT i y Elm J: I v EE$?? Mlxttl Times-Negro l^rvyirsWy^crrHt liig Murder Cases-Tin- GranSrary Ig? nores tUc lilli In thc Cmc of?.ie Addi son-Ci-csswell Homicide. [FROM Olin OWN OORRBSrOXDKNT.] EDCsrtCl.D, October P. Our Circuit Court begun 1| IUI session hero on M on il uv hist, J migo l'l-ir presiding. Tho Judge did not reuch hero m timo ou Monday to do any business. Tuesday was occupied In organizing tho Juries. The grand Jury con? soled of eight whites and" eleven blacks; petit Jory. No. 1, was composed entirely of blacks, und No. 'i hud n considerable sprinkling. Several negro constables were employed about thc courthouse, und Hubbard's men were on bnnd In goodly numbers. Solicitor P. L. Wig? gins was present for tho first time, though It nos been nearly a year since his election to otilee. He ls ti Northern mun, resides ut Beau? fort, and, it is said, wu? buy lng cotton there nt the time of lils election. It. H. Elliott, negro, was present, and, lt Is reported, at the request of the solicitor, toasslst him In the discharge of his duties. Ills conif?res. Whipper and Wright, who nppeared In public on tue stage lu the courts In thu lower part of thc circuit, have not made their appearance. On Wednesday th^ court was occupied in the trial of thc case of tlif State vs. Thomas W. Bleasc, for thc murder of John A. Ruther? ford. These wera both \-'-.!to men, and tho jury consisted of nine whites ami three blacks. The solicitor was assisted in tho prosecution by Major Joseph Abney and lt. ?. Elliott. Tho defence was conducted by Messrs. Butler anti Youmans and Major J. M. Daxler, of Newberry. The facts of the case as deduced from tho ovl .lencc wcro about ns follows: In June inst, Rutherford went to Bleasc's' house for thc set? tlement ol some business matters between them. A quarrel ensued. In the course of I which Rutherford entered Bleasc*? house ina tin-eat etil nu manner. Jilease retired to his room, got lils gun, mid returning met Ruther? ford on tho pla/./.a, and ordered' him to leave his house. Rillherfonl then advanced on him with knife drawn, and received thc Intal shot. The prisoner introduced no testimony. Tlie argument was opened by LcRoy F. You? mans. Esq., In a vigorous, telling speech. This was the first case In which ho hud defended n criminal before an Edgclicld jury. Heretofore, as the prosecuting otllcer, tho weight of lil? ability and ?teal and learning was brought to the nhl of the Stute In bringing offenders to Justice: and yet, withal, ho was specially dis? tinguished for his uniform courtesy and fair dealing. His argument In tlil. Instance only proved that he is equal lo tho emergency on either side ol' the cuse. He was followed by Major Abney and Elliott on thc side of the State. As this was thc first speech here by ii negro lawyer, lt attracted a pretty full court? room. Ho spoke thc usual length of time lu quito a Huent style, was temperate In tone, and, upon the Whale, made u fair legal argu? ment. Major Baxter closed for the prisoner. Thc Jufy niter a short absence returned a ver? dict of "not guilty." Wednesday waa occupied lu the trial of the Stnto vs. Benjamin lloothe,' for thc murder of Luther Toney. at thc Pino House, on the Co? lumbia and Augusta Railroad, last spring. Boothe and others. assembled themselves to Sether unlawfully, nud made an attack 'on Udor Abram Jones at Ids house, but returned to tho depot, haifa milo distant, without doing I Jones as much damage as they perhaps at first Intended, H cfo re- leaving thc depot Boothe drew hlB pistol, which went off and killed ono of his comrades, Luther' Toney. Thoy . liad boen on good terms and liad no words at tim killing. But, as they wero engaged In riotous. and unlawful conduct, tho killing was not rc- j gavded by tim jury as excusable, and hence they found a verdict of manslaughter. Tho prosecution In this case was conducted by tlio solicitors, Mcssrt. RiiMcr?sYoitmnns and (iureV St Onroy-the defence bv Major Abbey and L. B. Griffin, Esq. This 'Case waa tried ut thc June term of our coiirt, bdt .resulted In a mis? trial. The court ts engaged to-day In tho trial of Hillery Hardy and l.cwls Freeman, both negroes, for tho murder or Mrs. Caroline Elkin, In March, 18tW. This was otic of tho - most atrocious and diabolical nun dors that hus occurred In Edgclicld for years. William Elklu, thc husband, was absent from about dusk till 10 or ll o'clock ni night, and on lils return round lils wife dead In tho yard beuten and mangled leal fully. A negro gili, some twelve or thirteen years of ago, slept In thc house, and swore at the Inquest that Hil? lery and Lewis did thu killing. She also lesli lied that they added tho crime ot rape to that of murder; but at thc trial which first was had In March lust, she told two or three different stories. The Jury consisted of twelve white men and respectable citizens. They wert equally divided, and a mis-trial was thc result. The case was again tried at June term with &\x whites and six negroes, and resulted In a mis-trial. This timo they have one white and ole veil negroes on thc jury, and lt Is thought that tlicy will render a verdict of "not guilty." Tho case thal was expected to attract thc most attention nt tills term of tho court was that of George B. Addison and James Addison, for thc murder of Charles M. Cresswell; but thc grand Jury this morning returned "no bill" ns against those parties. There arc a few more murder cases and good long roll of assaults and batteries and larcenies, which will tnke un tho whole of thc present term of thc court, lt ls expected that wo will have an extra court, In January next, for civil business, when Judge Orr will preside. We have tried no civil causes, except by consent or parties, since March, 1608. _ _SOMERS. AS OTU EKB SEE vs. [From thc Macon Telegraph.] Tn? CHARLESTON NEWS, of thc 4th, comes to us arrayed In new typographical apparel. Itis one of tho most useful and entertaining papers on our exchange list. [From the Savannah Republican.] THE CHARLESTON NEWS, one of tho best or I our Southern exchanges, appeared Monday In a new and beautiful suit of type from the foun? dry of James Connor's Sons, New York. [From the Macon Journal.] THE CHAIU.KSON NEWS, of the 4tbrcomes to IIB in an entirely new and very pretty dress. It ls a good, sprightly and decidedly news-y pa? per, and deserves tho patronage which enables lt to give this substantial sign of prosperity. [From the Wilmington Star.] THE CHARLESTON NEWH ls exhibiting indu? bitable signs of prosperity, which wo oro glad to seo. ft has just donned a now and baud some dress. We wish lt every success which Ita enterprise and high-toned, dignified, yet spirited conduct so richly morita. > [Prom the Augusta Constitutionalist.) THE CHARLESTON NEWS comos to us arrayed In now typographical apparel. THE NEWH ls ono of tho most vigorous and enterprising dallies in the South, and can wear a now suit with the most perfect grace and attractiveness. May lt live to wear out many moro now Bult?. '?. [Prom the washington Star.] "THE CHARLESTON DAILY NEWS of, Monday comes to hand In a now typographical dress, and ls otherwise unproved, with frosh special dispatches from tho State Capital and Washing? ton. Tho paper gives abundant evidence of tho prosperity of South Carolina, and" espe? cially of Charleston. * * (From the Andorson Intelligencer.] TnB CHARLESTON NEWS appears In a new and beaut Ifni dress. Tho enterprise- and acti? vity of this metropolitan Journal haA' received substantial recognition at tho hands of tho peo? ple, and tho proprietors aro determined to keep pace with tho spirit of Improvement and pro? gress In our Slate. [From tho Augusta Chronicle.] - TUE CHARLESTON NEWS ls ono of tho loading, newspapers In tho South.: Ita accomplished edi? tors and proprietors, Messrs. Riordan A Daw? son, have worked lt np to Its present prosper? ous condition by their journalistic skill, expe? rience and untIring energy. Ita now dress ls handsome and becoming. [From thc Wilmington Journal.] That favorite paper, Tun CHARLESTON NEWB, comes to us In a new and attractive dress. We chronicle this Improvement with much plea? sure. No paper is moro wolcomed In ?dr aanc tum; none aro conducted with moro vigor, ability and Independence. Wo wish our friends, personally and professionally, tho most abun? dant success. -Whllo Verdi ls said to be writing a comic opera, Offenbach la reported to bo engaged on a serious work In tb? Verdi style. ALL, A. BO VT. THU STATU. Sin i ilH of sind News. At nu estate salo In Rarriwell old corn sold for one dollar mid thirty cont*. <. County Meeting In Chotcrflcltl. A meeting of (ho citizens ol Chcstcrlleld Cornily was hold on Monday, October 4. Reso? lutions referring tho mailor ol' subscribing $400,000 lo tho Routh Carolina Central Kali road, and ol' moving tho courthouse to Che mw. to tho vote of thc county, wore, aller much discussion, Indellnllely postponed. Thc Yield of Cotton. Thc Barnwell Journal says: "We hear ninny complaints In regard to tho yield of cotton this season. It takes nearly seventeen hundred pounds of Eccd cotton to make a bale weigh? ing live hundred pounds. It ls thought by some that this has been produced by the pro? tracted drought; but we hnve ns yet heard no satisfactory explanation of tho matter. The fault evidently does not Ile In thc gins, ns some of thc best gins In the country have given slinl lar results." A Row In Church. Thc Barnwell Journal says: "Quite a row occurred at thc colored church In Barnwell on Saturday night last. While tho congregation were at' worship a freedman named London Brown came Into thc church In a state of In? toxication, mid upon using very profane lan? guage was remonstratetrNvltli by Tony Robert? son, nnothor colored man. London drew lils knite and showed signs of light, when Tony prompt ly knocked him down with n stick. Thc greatest confusion and consternation prevailed at thc time, mid women were seen leaping from the windows of the church, and making their way Into thc village, screaming all thc while. Such a scene at church was shameful In the extreme, and we hope our colored people will see thut lt does not occur again." Marlboro1 Agrl .tiltural Society. This society met on Monday, October 4. The quest ion whether cotton planters would sow wheat enough, at least for their own use was freely discussed, and decided In thc af? firmative, hy n vote of seventeen to three. Tlie following resolution was adopted In reference to oats : Tlint lt. ls the Interest of planters to extend thc oat crop, and In some degree, to make it a substitute for corn-leav? ing lt for future experiment? to determine whether lt. may not tic used as nn entire substi? tute In the feeding of horses and mules. Thc following are tho delegates to thc State Agricultural Society : James A. Pctcrkln, W. P. Emanuel, Wm. J. Cook, C. W. Dudley. Thc officers of tho society were constituted a committee to consider and report to next meeting some plan, If practicable, whereby thc society could furnish corn to thc destitute unlll their wants arc relieved hythe harvest? ing of another crop.. t VOXBIQX ITE3?S. -There is lo bc a grand hunt through Africa for Dr. Livingstone, by a hundred well armed men. .?-The London papers aro discussing thc question " Would lt bo proper to kill Incurable lunatics ? " -Thc Courier des Etats Unis, during thc month of August, wa? confiscated twenty times at the Paris posto nice. -Prince Napoleon pays Ave per cent, a month for thc money which Erlanger and other Parisian Shylocks lend him. -Tho Queen of Prussia offers five hundred dollars to every woman in the kingdom that has given birth to twelve children: -Thc new gastronomical Iden In Paris is to bring the fruit for dessert In on thc branch, dwarf grapc-vlncs, on candelabra and apple Jinuglw hangi n/r on .figurions. ... ' * J?pA calde telegram annoounccs that Drr-Wu berforco lias been translated to thc Diocese of 'Winchester. Rev. Dr. Mack ami ess succeeds Dr. Wilberforce as Bishop of Oxford. -Thc London Pall Mall P.azcttc "says- thc "Albert" ls not thc only bankrupt Ufo Insur? ance company there, but that six large offices are "utterly rotten and tottering to their fall." -Thc body of a young woman, burled In France a year ago, has been exhumed, when lt was fo'iud that thc unfortunate girl had torn her shroud, scratched the coflln-lid with thc crucifix, and gnawed her hands tn thc ago? ny of .burial alive. - Vienna paper says : "Bismarck's disease, os thc Kreuch papers said soino time ago, ls Simply delirium tremeits. He cannot hold a pen in thc morning, and he has to take strong stimulants In order to overcome his nervous? ness. He can never mako a speech In Parlia? ment without previously taking strong doses of cognac brandy." -An order has Just been issued by the French Government directing tho establishment on the railroads of trains for thc conveyance of laborers to and from their employment at low weekly rates. This order, lt is believed, will tend to allay thc great and still Increasing dis? satisfaction with Napoleon III now entertained by thc Parla workmen. -Louisa Muhlbach was somo timo ago re? quested by an American publisher to write a novel on an American subject, and thc event? ful life of Aaron Burr waa pointed out to her aa containing matter for a first-class historical romance. Madame Muhlbach 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 now product ot art ls to ho seen, consisting of various, articles of spun glass, such as head? dresses, ribbons, bracelets, cuffs, collars, watch-chains, ostrich feathers and the like. They arc tho product of a Parisian manufac? turer. The threads aro reported to be os fine as a spider's web and os strong ns wool, but more beautiful In appearance. Thc thread may be used for knitting or sewing. -Two Polish ladles, were recently whipped savagely, nt tho Warsaw police office. Letters written by Langlowlcz were found In their possession, nnd tho Govornor-Oencral of Po? land ordered them to be flogged as a warning to tho other correspondent? of tho famous leader of the Insurrection of 1863. Despite the pain Inflicted on these poor ladles they did not uttor a Blnglo cry. One of them, how? ever, the Countess Drynatzka, fainted away after she received tho thirtieth stroke. -A Paris letter says: The fly train ls quite an Institution-not a flying train that conveys ono from ono roglon to another, but the train ladies put on and take oft* when they wish-a most oonvoniont fashion, too, If when ladles did put lt on they wonld have a piece of lead pot In here and thora to keep lt from being so flighty In the faces of- the cavaliers. I tils h ped these fly trains will bo of heavier material than puffed gauzes as the cold comes on. I have seen a splendid ono of block pontt worked with pompadour bouquets and trim? med with rovers of velvet and* black 'acc. This over any flounced skirt' of silk with square open bodice will bo a ncondlng fashion for next season. Dancing In abort, skirt? with Hungarian boots Is a roller and hopo for the future. -A Paris correspondent of the Ind?pendance v Beige slates that Father Hyacinthe's lutter has thrown the Faubourg Saint Germain Into a state of consternation. Tho Papal Nuncio was not in Poris when the letter was published, bnt ho waa Immediately informed of it, and nt once telegraphed every word of lt' to Rome. It ls stated that tho document was submitted to tho Archbishop of Paris before appearing, and ap? proved by kim after some slight modifications. According to tho Rappel, tho original causo of tho rupture between Father Hyacintha and his superiors was tho ?peech ho delivered at a peace conginim nome lime since; and the sec? ond cause of offence was another Hpeech at ti distribution of prizes. An carly copy of the letter la said to huvo > <!cn cotiiinuiiicaled lo I the Emperor by M. Dnvergtcr, thc Minister of | Urncc and Justice, who had received lt from Mgr. Darboy, tho Archbishop of Paris. -A drawback to thc pleasures of sport In Prance is the heavy octroi duty which n suc? cessful shot has to pity upon every head ol' game lie takes back to town. If a country friend Invites a townsman lo como for a few days' shooting, and sends him home with thc customary well slocked humper, thc towns? man, on reaching the barriers of the elly, has to pay ns follows: For iv pheasant. 3 francs GO centimes to 4 francs, (according to weight;) for a hare, 1 franc 50 centimes lo ? francs; for ii rabbit, 75 centimes to 1 franc 25 centimes; for n partridge, 75 centimes to 1 franc 50 cen? times; for venison. 40 centimes tho pound; and for every species of feathered game not already mentioned. 18 centimes thc kilo? gramme. A good deni of smuggling ls done by sportstucn, who concent pnrtridges in their pockets, mid by pensai..?, who hide game In cartloads of hay; but thc octroi off dals arc very sharp. -funcvfil Notices. faTftUE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS of Mr. and Mrs. JAMES HOSE are In . tied lo attend the Funeral Services of thc former, ot St. Paul'! Church, THIS MOIININO, at o o'clock. octl2 * UNION KILWINNING LODGE, No. 4, A. F. M.-You are invited to attend the Funeral Services of our late Hrothe'r, JAS. HOSE, Esq., at St. Paul's Church, at 0 o'clock Tins .MonsINO. Hy order W. Sf. octl2 ADAM E. GlllSON, Sccretnry. J?3- THE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS of Mr. nnd Mrs. vv. j. CHANNEL and thc m emilers of the Citadel Square llaptlst Church arc respect? fully Invited to nttend the Funeral Services of thc latter, nt thc Iel Square llaptlst Church, Tins MORNINO, at 10 o'clock. oct 12 ?uccinl Notices. ??J~ "MARION SOCIAL CLUB."-AT A meeting held in the Marion Fire Engine Compa? ny's Hall, on the "th instant, Tor thc puni?se of forming a "Social Chili" among thc members, it was unanimously agreed to, and thc above-named club organized with thc following otllccrs: T. S. sig wald, President; J. W. Stevens, vice-President; E. B. Doughty, Sccretnry; P. nattai, Treasurer. Committee of Arrangements: W. H. liaison, Chairman; O. F. Huchhelt, J. Cahill, C. W. Shokcs, T. S. sig wald. Floor Managers: Q. McNlcl, Chair? man; T. lt. Keegan, J. W. Stevens. Committee on Constitution: A. J. Joger, Chairman ; M. Har? ris, R. C. Barkley. E. n. DO?OHTY, - - Secretary Marton Social Clnb. Tlic First Annual Soiree will be given by the Marton Socinl Club on TnunsnAY EVENINO, thc 14th Instant. Those, wishing tickets can apply to either of tho undersigned committee. W. II. lt A !.SA l.t., Chairman. T. P. CAHILL. octl2 1 _T. S. S1C.WALD._ ??T PUBLIC SCHOOLS-EXAMINA? TION OF TEACHERS.-Thc ltcgulnr Quarterly Examination of candidates forthcotTlcc of Teach- I erTn th? Pulrtla Schools will i>e held nt thc Nor? mal School, Ht. Phillp street, on SATURDAY, 10th Instnut, commencing at 0 o'clock A. M. Applicants ure requested to be present punc? tually at thc appointed hour. Hy order of thc Honrd. E. MONTAGUE GIHMKE, Secretary Commissioners Free Schools. oct 12 5_ A NOTICEABLE FACT.-THAT one way of appealing to n man's reason ls through lils eye. In these busy times men ore so deeply Immersed In thc conduct of mognlliccnt projects, that they forget all about the condition of their systems, and hence lt ls that tho proprietors or the PLANTATION BITTERS, which cures dyspep? sia, purifies thc blood, Improves thc tone o the stomach, regulates the bowels, and, lndc.nl, n vlgorates thu whole lnucr man, are so act ve In advertising. In fact, advertisements arc merely sky-rockets sent up to attract attention to a really good article. M AUN o?,i A WATER.-Superior to thc best Import? ed German Cologne, and sold ot half the price. octM tuthB3_ jSS-THE GREAT SOUTHERN REMEDY. JACOB'S CHOLERA, DYSENTERY AND DIAR? RHOEA COnDIAL.-This article, so well known and highly prized throughout thc Southern States as a Sovereign Remedy for thc above diseases, is now offered to thc whole conntry. It ls Invaluable to every lady, both married and slngtc. No family can afford to be without lt, and none will to whom its virtues arc Known. For sale by all Druggists and general dealers.1 DOWIE & MOISE, octll 3mosPAC_General Agents. $?S- ESTIMATES WANTED FOR B?ILD INO a Hall for the German Freujulschaftabund. Plans and specifications can lie seen at Mr. T. IL Abrahams, Architect, No. 35 Hay ne .street. Es? timates to bc handed In on or before the 22d in? stant to JACOB SMALL, Chairman of Commit? tee^_octll 3 ?3~ A. CARD,-A CLERGYMAN, while residing in South America as a Missionary, discovered a safe and simple remedy for the cure of Nervous Weakness, Early Decay, Diseuse of the Urinary and Seminal Organs and the whole train of disorders brought on by baneful and vicious habits. Great numbers have been cured by this noble remedy. Prompted by a desire to benefit the unnoted and unfortunate, I will send tho recipe for preparing and using this medicine, In a sealed envelope, to any one who needs lt, free of charge. Address JOSEPH T. INMAN, Station D, Blblo noose, oct4 3mos* New York Olly. WORDS OF CHEER - ON THE Errors of Youth and the Follies of Agc, In rela? tion to Marrlago and Social Evils, with a helping hand for the erring and unfortunate. Sent in scaled lotter onvclopca, free of charge. Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Box P., Philadelphia, Pa._ * ' sopt29 3mos ?SB- ROSADA LI S.-D EAR SIR Please send mo immediately, per Express, to Tar? bor o,' two dozen more bottles of your ROSA ' ' u .is. I have carefully examined Its Formula, and have used lt ta my practloo la a number of cases. I am well pleased with it. I think lt, boyond doubt!, the best Alterativo I ever used. I have tried lt in several cases of Scrofula and Scofulous affect Hons, ic., with much satisfaction to myself and patients. I have, therefore, no hesitation In re? commending lt to Physicians and others, as tho most reliable alterativo now known. Respectfully yours, A. B. NOBLES, M. D. For sale by GOODRICH, WINNEMAN A CO., Importers of Drugs and Chemicals, Charleston, South Carolina._octa ?tnth3 #?r BATCHELORS HAIR DYE.-THIS splendid UalrDyo ls the best in the world; the only trna and perfect Dye; harmless, r ellable, In stantaneous; no disappointment; no ridiculous tints; remedies tho 111 effects of bad dyes; In? vigorates and leaves the hair soft and beautiful black or brown. Sold by ou Druggists and Per? fumers; and properly applied at Batchelor'* Wi? Factory. No. - Bond street, New York. m? j li lyr Special Notices. pit- CONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP CHAMPION uro not Hied timt she ls THIS DAY discharging cargo ul Adgcr's Wharf. Goods not called for ai sunset win remain on tho whnrf at Hie risk of owners. oct 12 2_JA M KS AIM! Kit .V ra.JVgonts. CONSIGNEES* NOTICE-M E II - CHANTS' LINK.-Uri? C. V. WILLIAMS will ills charge cargo, Tuts DAV, at Middle Atlantic Wharf. Goods not called for liefere sunset will he stored at risk mid expense of consignees. No claims admit ted after gooda leave thc wharf, oct 12 1_WILLIAM POACH A CO. iffier NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.-TnE Steamship PKItlT ls Tuts DAY discharging cargo at Vaudcrliorst's Wharf. All goods remaining on wharf at sunset will ho at risk or owner, or ir stored, nt expense and risk or owner or consignee. octl2 3_KAVKNEL & CO., Agents. ^-CONSIGNEES NOTICE.-MER? CHANTS' LINE.-Consignees per llrlg C. V. WIL? LIAMS arc notified she ls Tins DAV discharging cargo at Adgcr's North Wharf. All goods not called fur inTcre sunset will he stored nt their risk an<l expense. Claims positively not admitted arter leaving wharr. WM. ROACH A CO., octll Adger's South Wharr and East Day. jsr- NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.-THE Steamship GKOKOlA ls Tins DAT discharging Cargo Ut Vunderherst 's Winn r. Cumin not TC* moved hy sunset will remain on thc wharr al owner's risk, or ir stored, at expense and risk or owner or consignee. KAVENEL A CO., octll 2_Agents. ?SB*ALMOST GIVEN AWAY.-TUB TRI-WEKKLY NEWS ls the cheapest country pa? per In South Carolina, and TUE RURAL CAROLI? NIAN ls thc beat Agricultural Magazine ever pub? lished lu thc South. Price for TRl-WBRKLY NEWS and KORAL CAROM. NIAN otic year Tour dollars._ ^yE?-NOTlCE.- ATTENTION IS CALLED to cluiugc or schedule or Steamer PILOT BOY, which will In rulure be: To Edlsto, Rockville and Kennion every MONDAY MOKSI.NO; to Suvannah via Beaufort every THURSDAY MOKNINO. Return? ing, will leave Savannah SATURDAY MORNING, at 7 o'clock. J. D. AIKEN A CO. octo 6_ ' OS-X CARD.-SOUTHERN LIFE INSUR? ANCE COMPANY, ATLANTA DEPARTMENT. TO THC, PEOPLE OF SOUTH CAROLINA : Tiie above Company was organized In 1806, lu consequence of tho wholesale forfeiture or South? ern policies by Northern companies. The un? paralleled success or tho enterprise has forced several or these companies to restore their South? ern policies, rrom thc tact that they could not operate In our midst without thc appearance or honesty. . We keep all our money at home to build up our Impoverished country-every dollar or pre? mium being surely Invested lu thc State from which lt ls derived. The Institution ls purely Southern, and hence should appeal with great force to thc patriotism and sympathy of every Southern heart. 'Tis not our purpose to make war on other companies, but to exhibit thc special advantages otTcrcd by this purely Southern Company-found? ed on patriotism and solid wealth. Its ratio or assets to liabilities-tho true test of a company's strength-ls second to nono on this continent, being nearly $300 to f 100. Whenever and wherever wc have presented the claims of Hits Company, tt lins not only enlisted tho ty munt hies or ?ur neonle. lint lins also semir cd their hearty co-operation. Wc liavo secured 600 policies In South Carolina since the 10th or February. Wo number among our Directors General Wade Hampton and Colonel Wm. John? ston, gentlemen well known to every citizen ot South Carolina. Wo appeal personally to the people or South Carolina to assist In pushing for? ward this deservedly popular Southern Institu? tion. J. H. MILLER, General Agent Southern Lire Insurance Company, No. 23 Broad-street, Augusta, Qa. S. Y. TUPPER, Agent, Charleston, S. C. H. W. DESAUSSURE, M. D., Medical Examiner. Wc checrmlly recommend the abovo Company to thc patronage of thc citizens or South Caro? lina. COLUMBIA, S. C_J. S. Preston, J. P. Carroll, C. D. Melton, S. W. Melton, J. D. Pope. CAMDEN.-J. B. Kershaw, Win. M. Shannon, W. E. Johnson. SUMTER_John B. Moore. WINNSBORO'.-W. R. Robertson, J. B. McCants, James U. Rion. YOBKVILLK-W. B. Wilson, A. Coward, James Mason, I. D. Witherspoon, J. R. Bratton, J. T. Lowry, R. 0. McCaw. * ANDERSON.-J. L. Orr. BARNWBLL.-JOS. A. Lawton, James Patterson, Johnson Hagood. CLARENDON.-Jnn. h. Manning, T. C. Richard? son, Browne Manning. REFERENCES IN CHARLESTON. Ocncral JAMES CONNER, Messrs. PEI.ZER, RODGERS A CO., JAMES H. WILSON, Esq., QEO. H. WALTER, Esq., LEWIS D. MOWRY, Esq. _nnglQ 2mos J5&-TUE EXHAUSTED SYSTEM. -SUM? MER ls a debilitating season, and the sudden ehuuge of temperature which takes place at this period or the year finds thc healthiest or us con Blderably enervated by thc preceding heat, and the weakly and delicate almost prostrated. This 1B not a favorable condition In which to encounter the raw cold winds of October and Its chilling togs and night dews, aad consequently intermittent rover, dysentery, bilious attacks sud rheumatism are more or less prevalent everywhere, but cspo dally In localities where tho atmosphere ls natu? rally unwholesome. 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Bach ls tho opinion o distinguished members ot the medical profession and the general verdict of tho public, after ap ex perlenes of twenty years, during which HOSTET TEIP& BITTERS has attained a greater popularity and a more extensive sale than any sped ac eve .advertised In the columns of the American press ? OCtll 8DAC_ ?ar MANHOOD.-A MEDICAL ESSA"! on tho Causa and Curo of Premature Decline h Mani thc treatment or Nervous and Physical Dc ,blUty, Ac '?Thoro ls no member of society by whom tnt book wtn not be round useful, whether such pei son holds the relation or Parent Preceptor o Clergyman."-Medical Times and Gazette. Sent br mall on receipt of Un y cents. Addrca tho Author, Dr. E. DEF. CURTIS, Washington P -O.'_scpti iyr T O U I S M o L A I N ", BROKER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, No. 48 BROAD STREET. Charleston, 8. 0. Stocks, Ronds and Ootd bought, carried an sold ?hort In New York City. Particular attention paid to tho purchase an sale of all kinds of Southern Securities. ocl? (