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* r VOLUME VII.-NUMBER 1157. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR * VU KJ XU -t. J Flt O M WASHINGTON. A GREAT BATTLE IN CUBA. TOTAL DEFEAT OF THE SPANIARDS. THE TENNESSEE SENATORIAL ELECTION. Andrew Johnson Still Ahead. MR. DAVIS ON HIS WAY TO CHARLESTON. NOTHING DEFINITE FROM THE ELECTIONS. Sic. Sic, Sic [SPECIAL TELEGRAMS TO THE NEWS.] WASHINGTON, October 15-io P. M. Tbe Cuban J on ta in this city have received ad? vices from tbe eastern department of tbe island to tbe effect that a great battle bas been fought between the Spanish and Cuban forces near Guay raaxo, In Ute District of Bayamo. Thc Cubans, commandsd by Generals Jordan and Quesada, totally routed the Spanish forces under Generals ? V almas eda and Puello. Tue engagement lasted several boura. Fuller accounts are expected by the next dispatches received by tbe Junta. SECOND DISPATCH. WASHINGTON, October 15-10:30 P. M. The commander of the United States gunboat Frolic, Informs the Navy Department that he has notified the officers of thc Cuban steamship Hornet not to attempt to leave their present position unless the case is decided iu tbeir favor, and that,by order of tbe Presiden'. he bas anchor? ed alongside,. to prevent ber unauthorized de? parture. A special telegram from NashvBie says that the Tennessee senatorial election comes off on Tues? day, and that Andrew Johnson bas a majority or | ' six votes on joint ballot. Mr. Jefferson Davis sailed from Baltimore this evening for Charleston on his way to Mississippi., The President and Cabinet returned to the city from Frederick to-night. The Radicals are greatly elated over the selec? tion of General Belknap as Secretary of War, and say that by ?da new policy towards the military commanders he wm secure the triumph of the L ? Radicals in Texas and Mississippi. | j There was a large attendance of counsel and spectators in the Supreme Court, to-day, on ac? count of the Yerger case. The members of the bar generally believe that the Court wUl dismiss tbe case for want of Jurisdiction. Nothing definite has been received officially from i a the Pennsylvania elections. I o [ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.] WASHINGTON, October 16-Noon. A telegram (fated Columbus, Ohio, midnight, says that the returns received since noon yester? day do not change the probable result: 10,000 ma? jority for Haye . The Philadelphia (Forney's) Press publishes a table of returns, making Geary's majority 3164. The Age (Democrat) publishes no taole, but says that the published returns are not worthy of trust. Both parties claim the State, and the offi? cial returns will be required to decirla the contest. WABHWOTON, October 15-9 P. M.. The customs receipts from the 1st to 9th instant amount to over $4,600,000. Mr. Davis sailed from Baltimore for Charleston to-day, en Toute for Mississippi. Admiral Farragut wBl probably live through the night. Commissioner Delano bas decided that lawyers having two distinct offices or places of .business must pay twp licenses. General Canby'a report ts fatal to the charges of fraud and Intimidation in the Virginia election. '. THE CUBAN FBIVATEER. WILHINGTON, October 15. The case of tbe sloop-of-war Cuba will come up bet?re the United States Commissioner to-mor roty. marine, who deserted her and went to York, lias been brought back here as a wit? ness for the government. An attempt was made by the officers of tha>Civu to arrest him to-day, but the officers, of the United States gunboat Frolic claimed that he was under the protection of the United Stafes flag, and the movement was abandoned. The general impression is that the case will be again continued by the government. United States District Attorne? Pierpont, of New York, Ls expected to take part in the prosecution to-morrow. The officers of the Cuba are confldtn t of being released. MEXICO. Prospecta of a Re volution-Preparations ihr War. SAN FRANCISCO, October 15. Dispatches from Mazatlan to the 4th, state that a revolution in Sin aloa is imminent. Troops are stationed along the southern frontier. Thc gov? ernment is buying and manufacturing war material. Desertions from the army are numer? ous. Lazodos' cavalry appeared on the southern frontier," causing considerable alarm. EUROPE. Spain Raps Brother Jonathan over the Knuckle?. MADRID, October 15 The reply of the Ministers to General Sickles ls that the national dignity prevents the accep? tance of foreign mediation In domestic affairs. Valencia still holds out against the troops of the government. ^Derby's Illness-Spanish Affairs. LONDON, October 14. Loni Derby's condition is worse to-day. He has been insensible for several hours. Sainte Benve, critic, poet anti senator of France, is dead. Spanish Government officials assert that the re? bellion is dying out, but trie Republicans derry it. The London Times has little confidence ic Span? ish Republicanism, and thinks the mistake lies with the government In having delayed a definite policy for so long a time after the close of the re? volution. The Times suggests a compromise be? tween the dominant party and the Republicans. Napoleon's Health-Spain and Cnba. PAKIS, October 16. Napoleon went hunting yesterday. -- LONDON, October 15. Thc Times, in its money article, says that confi? dence in Spain's ability to crush the insurrection is increasing in commercial circles. Large Fire In Glasgow. GLASGOW, October 15. The Vulcan Oil Works and Eagle Iron Works have been destroyed by fire. Loss heavy. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. During the election troubles in Philadelphia, the protho-notary of the Court of Common Pleas - was arrested and locked np. His office appears to have been ransacked. _ . -A survey of thc southern slope of Lookout JKeuntain, famous during the lat? war, in search of Iron, coal and petroleum, ls to De made. FLORENCE AGAIN. Colored People not ao Lazy-Cotton Sell lng at Night-Important Suggestion Protection of Law Appealed For-Bael ness, Money, and "The Newe" Alive and Moving. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] FLORENCE, S. C., October 15. "Florence," In yesterday NEWS says, or ls made to say of Florence, "the colored popula? tion are orderly and lazy, and cotton steal? ing measurably increased." I think " Flor? ence" meant decreased. Besides this, while our colored friends are more orderly, they are not so lazy, and I therefore think it due to them, as well as to the encouragement of increased industry, to correct " Florence." While this is the cause, and we are haring more quiet and honesty, wo are still having some stealing ; and "Florence," with thc re? marks of the editor upon the outrages near Kingstrce, have moved me to communicate an occurrence or two, with a suggestion for the public good. Just the other night, some cotton was ap? prehended coming into Florence in violation of a town ordinance. The parties thus vio? lating law threatened the colored policemen with arrest, and the township with indictment. The next night the officer who detected it was attacked, and might have been severely beaten but for the arrival of timely aid of law-abiding citizens. The spite grew out of the arrest of the cotton the night before. Now, through THE NEWS, which now exerts [Treater influence throughout South Carolina than any two journals in it, I want to make a suggestion which, I think, will materially aid ?y probably furnishing protection to agrici?tu ral industry. Let all the people in every county of the State-particularly the colored people, for they ?re the actual producers and sufferers-sign ind send into the approaching Legislature pe itions for the passage of a law which will uobiblt and punish the selling and buyinj ot itolen produce, and forbidding the sale of such )roduce at night. Such a petition may bc sa limpie as this, that Whereas, Honest labor and healthful indus ry have been greatly discouraged and para yzed by the ruinous depredations upon our rons and - 'ock, which are at once tuc fruit of ?ur toil, the support of our families, thc source if our maintenance, of more prosperous culti ation of our soil, and the resources from rhlch alone our wealth and independence can orne; and, whereas, we have had thus far to >ursue our toils under the disheartening ap? prehension that lawless marauders would reap s much benefit from them as ourselves; anet, whereas, we have not had the protection of igorous laws to punish as well the man wiio lurchases as the felon who steals our substance luring the hours of darkness : Therefore, we, your petitioners, residents of -, in the county ol-, do pray thc en ctment of a law for thc (Treater protection of ur crops and stock, and prohibiting their be? ag bought or sold between 8 o'clock at night nd sunrise in the morning. It occurs to me, Messrs. Editors, that blank .etitlons, embodying thc above, or its sub tance, should be printed and circulated tit very postoffice In our State, for the signatures f all our people and, as I said before, pafticu irly of our colored and laboring people; for it i the fruit of their toll that ls bein; lundercd, and they are the great sufferers feel assured a large body-nearly all-of the olored people of this section will elim lt I commend this to tne attention of thc Radi al sheet s, which seem BO enthusiastic for the rotection of the laboring classes. Business ls active; cotton Is bringing good nicest and money and THE NEWS circulate iretty freely about here. PaESSLKT [Our correspondent "Florence" wrote that otton-stealing had de-creased; in-creased was i typographical error.-ED. NEWS.] GOOD NEWS FROM GREENVILLE. Ilaelt Frost-Health of Green ville Coun? ty-A Fall Crop oz* Cotton-A Half Crop of Corn-The Rural Carolinian-Per tonal Gossip. [FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.] GREENVILLE, 8. C., October 13. Wc had tee and black frost this morning. It s not very cold, nor have the efTects of the ce been very injurious to vegetation. Thc weather is superb- nonpareil. No coun :ry can boast a climate or health superior to ?ronvMe City, It is remarkable, too, that ?ve hare had twosovoife droughts, not a Bingle thunder storm, rrQ^itulng to purify (as they .ayt the atmO?phe'rc, no gales of any kind, tho rains and winds have' bo*? gentle as lambs, ind-yet the health of thc country lias been al nost perfect. Since it has b?gun to rain, it las come in the gentlest showers, and all that .he fanner could wish to gather his crops und inprove turnip and potato patches. God is very good; His wrath is but for a moment, and He embraces us In everlasting kindness. The cotton crop is better than expected, naif crop of cotton will be made in this and the adjoining counties, and as double as much land was put in cotton as usual, there will be in the mountain counties a ull crop in amount ind the price is so good that on the whole tile people will do very well. Tho corn crop is ibout half. New corn Is worth from $1 to ll iO cents i>er bushel. Commercial fertilizers ire in great demand and destined to be in jreater. The first number of tho Rural Carolinian a most creditable lo all concerned in it, The editor, D. H. Jacques, Esq., under itands his business well. There is so much :orrect taste, sound thought, well selected mat? ter, happy variety and adaptation to the wants of the South, and the printers have so executed their task, that it must succeed. It s just the thing for the farmer, hortlcultural st, housekeeper, everybody wanta. Ex-Governor Perry's sickness has been more protracted than was expected, and he is slow y recovering. H? ls a great and good man, ind has served his country faithfully, and wc iii sympathize with him in his sickness. W. H. Trescot, Esq., bas moved to tills city with his family. He is warmly welcomed. Greenville is one of the finest cities in the vorkl. Climate, health, scenery, water power, refined society; Bchools, colleges, theological seminary, literary club, reading dub, it bar, pulpit, and corp of physicians, [among them the venerable, skilful and sainted Dr. Wm. Michel,) not easily sur? passed; merchants, mechanics, and everything me wants. We would welcome among us thousands to this queen city ol' the moun? tains. _ E. T. B. -Information received direct from New Ddeans states that work upon the El Paso Pacific Railroad is being rapidly pushed for war i, and that fifty miles of the road will be finished by the last of April. Laborers were being forwarded from New Orleans. -Thc exhibition of cotton at the St. Louis fair is very fine, und altogether unprecedent? ed-there bel?g about two hundred bales id ready on the ground and considerably more on tbe way. THE PAWTIN HORROR. FURTHER PARTICULARS. No Abatement of the Excitement-The People Clamor for the Blood of Traup mann-A Doomed Man-Thc Murderer Fuce to Face with hie Victim-Exami? nation of thc Prisoner-Horrible De? talle. A Paris letter, of the 1st instant, published in thc New York World of Wednesday, gives the following additional details in regard to the awful massacre which is thc sensation of the day In the French capital: There ha? been no abatement nince my last letter of thc popular Interest in the Pantin murder-"Le crime de Pantin" or "L'Assassi? nat d'Aubervilllers," as it ls variously denomi? nated, cither after thc place In which, or the fort near which the victims were burled. The public feeling has lost nothing in intensity. Here ls a man who not only has committed a most horrible crime, but has committed lt with such care and precaution as absolutely to mis? lead the world, and induce it to attribute tbe chid guilt to one at least, if not two, of his victims, 'ind who, nevertheless, after having thus induced every one to slander thc deud for a time, now absolutely reluscs either to disclose thc names of his real accom? plices or to retract thc charges that he has brought himself and has caused others to bring against the Innocent dead. It is not in human nature, at all events It is not In French nature, to forgive such multiplication of offences. Under any possible contingency I cannot Imagine the remotest possibility of Traupmann's escaping the guillotine. Let him make what revela? tions now that he may think flt to do, thev will not avail him. Thc time has gone by. People have been, in all ranks of life, from the Emperor at St. Cloud to the raggedest chif? fonier in the kennel, too long and too sorely troubled and perplexed about this matter to consider any eleventh hour confession, how? soever accurate, of a dirty little half French, half German assassin, with a shallow brain ti II i'd only with ideas of his own capacity and pow? ers. To have been possibly useful to himself, mell a confession should have been made long igo, when lt was so much desired by the real masters of his life-tho law of the land and the ' sympathies of thc people. He has chosen to :onsult his own convenience as to the time of ? making it, If even he makes lt all ; and his jolden opportunity has paned away, never to i return. The police will probably accomplish i ;hclr task fully without any further assistance 1 rom Traupmann, although, undoubtedly, I ?uch aid would be In the last degree important; jut In any case-confession or no confession- ( rraupmaun must die. j Although very little has been made public \ lince my last letter of such startling character i is the Incidents which attended the earlier dc- l relopments of this most distressing affair, yet i mough bas been discovered to keep up the in- I erest from day to day. Here ls a summary of i vhat has occurred. It will be recollected that 1 nentlon was made of thc Anding at Pantin of ( he corpse of Gustave Kinck. thc son, and one i tf the earlier reputed assassins. The clrcum- 1 tances of this discovery seem almost provl- < lential. Traupmann had already denounced i ?us ta ve as guilty, and demanded his arrest, t Ic also had alieged thai Gustave was with r dm In Paris on the day subsequent to the t Time. Diligent search by the police wa* be- 1 ng made in every Imaginable quarter (save i he right one) for each of the Kincks, dead or t illve, when, on Sunday last, the 2Gth of Sep- I ember, the very first Sunday after the original 1 nurder, and in the very same field In which < he bodies originally found had been Interred, t i butcher's boy accidenlly came upon a I ipot which both lie and a policeman thought t lufilclcntly suspicious to demand examination ; i md a very few moments of search enabled ( hem to disinter, almost, one might say, with 1 heir very linders, a putrid corpse, -wdou? f fhastly propon lons were so slightly hidden by i he incumbent earth that In walkin? over Hie t >IaCC thc rllRfi'llilerl lindy snnL and rose be- 1 loath thc pressure of the foot of the stra?^rs ? LS though an India-rubber air cushion was be- 1 ow. This body was at once suspected as be- i ng that of Gustavo Kinck. It was removed < brthwlth to the Morgue, and, its decomposl- i Jon had already made havoc with lt, no timo ? vas lost in confronting Traupmnnn with the i 'cmains. No Intimation was given him of the i >bject for which he was led from his prison, i iud his own idea probably was, that he was i ibout to be examined again In regard to thc i marges against him before the proper uithoritles. Until he was led Into the ! chamber at the Morgue where the body i ?.as exposed, he had not the slight- ? ?st conception that anything had been dis? covered In relation to thc fate or the wh?rc ibouts of Gustave Kinck, and his self-com? mand had nearly deserted him when he was jailed on to testify as to his knowledge of the Identity of the corpse. But although greatly taken aback, his equanimity soon returned. Unhesitatingly he averred that the corrupted Eind mangled object before him was nothing else than the corpse of Gustave. Thc official ivho had him In charge vainly endeavored to extract some avowal of guilt In this regard. He obstinately persisted that, since tho boy bad evidently been murdered, the deed must have been the work of Jean Kinck, the fath? er-performed after tho other murders had been completed. But enough dropped f oin his Ups, even at that moment, to discredit his belief in thc truth of his own statement, and If/ta In the highest degree probable that, through all this time, he has known that Gustave was murdered and burled In the place where ho was fouqd, and that such mur? der and burial were of almost tho saino date as the others. The wounds by which Gustavo died were of the same character as those of hite, mother, brothers and sister-the back of his h ?-nd waa. cnprnul in as with a blow from a pickaxe; hrs throat cut from ear to ear, so 03 nearly to sever thc head from the body; and In Hu; faning wound-a wound In which ono could easily plunge his two clenched fists still remained the weapon by which lt was effected. This was simply a common table knife, black-handled, but highly sharpened. The tame nervous, half frantic, bestial energy that guided the assassin's hand through tho Infinity of strokes dealt to tho other victims was to be seen here: und there remains little room for question that tho same hind was guilty of all of the various offences. Whether or not lie had accomplices is still unknown.Tho po? lice for some dayspasi have been very reticent, and the rumors "that are prevalent as to their discoveries arc so many and so various that lt is impossible to receive them as authentic. But their general tenor seems to be that lhere were two, If not three, others engaged with Traupmann in tho crime, and that tho authori? ties ure upon tho track of one, and perhaps all of them; that tho man who dug, or aided lo dig, the pit at Pantin is already In thc hands of justice, and that his wife is a native of tho same town as Traupmann; and that Kinck, tho father, was murdered by Traupmann or his comrades some days previous to the consum? mation of tho tragedy. All those stories, If true, will BOOD bc verified by thc trial of tho case. But, on the other hand, a theory exists which, unsupported by so many circumstances Indeed, but fortified hy a strong moral con? viction in the minds of a large num? ber of people, attributes thc eutire con? ception and execution ol tho plan to Traupmann alone. lu thc first place, it is as? sorted that ho would not be apt to entrust the various details ol'such an enterprise as tho be? guilement and slaughter and burial of eight different nerfcons to strangers. His great am? bition ls known to have been the sudden ac? quisition of wealth. He knew that tho sum total of the Kiuck properly would not exceed some 80,000 francs, which in America would bo about $20,000. This sum divided among three or four would hardly have fulfilled his aspirations. Therefore he* resolved to act in? dependently and alone, confiding only such things in the scheme to others as might be necessary to Insure ?Ls success. For instance, thu aid of another lo dig the grave may have been secured by him without tho revelation to bis assistant of any information as to Its purpose; albeit tho assistant must have kuown tuai ils end was secret and unlawful, and was, therefore, probably paid accordingly for his services. Ho knew that Kinok hau plans of establishing himself at Gucbwillcrs, and way? laid ami murdered him on his way thither, strip? ping him of what valuables he had about him. He know that Madame Kinck could scarcely spell through a printed page; thal a manuscript, eveu of her husband's, was to her entirely illegible, aud therefore ho wrote to her lu her husband's name, requiring tho remission of Mud francs to Guebwillcrs, which sum he had thought to be able, by passing himself oil' as I Kinck, to receive. And when Madam had sent the monev, which the postmt fused to pay to him, and when she ha another neighbor, who knew tho hanc of lier husband, to read the forged whicli he was writing her, who infon that it was not her husband's writing, the audacity to tell her the tale of the w wriBt. which compelled the employme amanuensis. In short, that, growing by success and impunity, he went on fi step to another until he'had knocked th family on the head, and was prepared America, armed with all their evide property. Once there, he would, un Dame of Jean Kinck, forward to France of attorney, accompanied by title deeds sale of the Kinck estates, and cause t ceeds to be remitted to him. It seems impossible that he, and he c guilty of these stupendous crimes ; bi not at all improbable. Although descr appearance as an insignificant looking fellow of some eighteen or twenty y< age, with dark hair, a sallow and mudd plexion, aud an aversion from regularar industry, he nevertheless possesses grca leal strength in moments of nervous ment, and ls, to the last degree, self-coi and consequential, vain ol his person, of his superior intellectuality. The pliy called on by the authorities to exami mental and physical condition have prone him entirely sound in mind and bod; probably endowed with extraordinary g muscular and nervous rapacity in momi passionate excitement. Their verdict i firmed by his own record. At the age c entecn, when a maddened cow r ramping through the streets of lil: l?ge and the whole population hud fl fear to their dwellings, he sprang upc beast, seized her by the horns, and her vanquished to earth. So 'much ft strength of body. For his strength of : it must suffice to say that, although he i cribed as about as vulgar and ill-conditlo little whelp as ever was swamped in the di ditch of a manufacturing town, he has ai valued himself upon his comeliness. Simon Tapperfit of Dickens, thc Titt Titmouse in "Ten Thousand a Year," maj some Idea of this young gentleman. Sti in person, repulsive in countenance, h agined himself as the most beautiful and I of mankind. He shunned the society o fei low-work men because of h Ls self-attril mental superiority, while they in turn culed his pretentiousness, and In der nicknamed him '.Mademoiselle Traupnu There is something about thc charucU Ibis wretched little monster which sire suggests a similitude to that of Maxim Robespierrre; the same fatuous Belf-con the same over-weenlng self-confidence, mine entire and utter disregard ot b'ood-i lng, and the same cowardice, seem to ex themselves as the prominent traits of boti My own opinion is that Traupmann liai complices in Die commission of his crime. I cannot consent to thc arguments of tl who, arriving at the same conclusion with ?elf, contend t hat it is unnatural to sup| .hat one man could have committed so rn is eight murders, and that of the sever these eight which have so far been trace .he corpses of thc slain, thc wounds sin mve been so numerous, so needless, so iictive. These arguments do not require ti net by any labored refutation. The euri ilstory of French crime furnishes parallelf !och supposed incongruity. Still, I adhcr ny opinion that Traupmann was not alon he crime of which lie was probably thc ori] itor and contriver. I think that if ever ruth be known, lt will be shown I ic had comrades, and that these c tides were of his own class and cc rymen. And the system of French Jus s of such a nature that it is altogether ikely that anything that wit of man can tover should remain concealed. For instai akc thc case of this prisoner Traupmann. s in a double cell at Mazas-a double cell bc Imply two cells thrown Into one-and ht lever for one moment left alone. Usually 1 if lils fellow prisoners are his compa?ic Their business is to talk with him, nu Heads with him-pump him, in short, i 2e their place. "?^Sty^M m oulccr pops In with some carefully com .red but abruptly delivered question, and minds, and geuerally receives, a reply. Evi liing that the prisoner says ia put dowr mee. and everything that lie has said is v weighed in connection not only with itself, with what else may be known or suspect md If a fresh clue can be imagined, lt is -tantly pursued. All this ls so utterly rep nant to our system of criminal justice. ? to that of England, that nt first blush it spired amazement, scarcely less than disgi Yet it works well. Some one has said that E land was the best and France tho worst place ali the world for a guilty man to be tried in. am not sure but that the assertion is corre In England the law is administered for i Frotection of the possibly Innocent accus n France lt ls administered for the puni ment of thc probably guilty. I Imagine, lu ever, for one moment, how a New York co of justice would receive thc evidence (tor c dence more or less lt undoubtedly ls) to be i duced from thc circumstances of Tniupman confrontation at thc .Wguo with the cori of Gustave Kinck, which ne had no idea li yet been found. His defence all along li been that he himself was but a tool In I hands of father and son, and he was utte Ignorant of the spectacle to which he * about to be presented. The sight was t much for him; lie covered his eyes, first w his hands, then with his handkerchief, a nearly fainted away. "Oh, the poor fellow !" at lost he mutter< '.Come," said the officer," take away li handkerchief and look at the body. You ha no need to pretend to weep over it. Do y recognize the corpse ? " "Yes, I do. It is Gustave." "And it was you who killed him. was noUlfe "No\*no: I did not. His father must lia killed Him for four that, lils youl li and lils cc science might have led him to talk about t crime that, they had committed." "Well, wc'U#eo about that," replied thc ol cial, "but you know we can't believe yo word." . "Oh ! " npnoqillzcd Traupmann," "if I cou only be In lils place !" "In whose place ?" Traupmann was here wise enough to ho his tongue, aud made no answer to tl: adroitly-put question. "Answer me?" But no answer came. Then thc official tried another tack. "You have written to your father?" "Yes." "Your last letter was on Monday, the 20th "Likely enough." "The very day of the murder?" No reply. "And you sent him a lot of money on th day. Did you not?" No reply. "But you must answer me !" "Well, I did. Now do not ask mc anotlu question, for I won't say another word," r turned Traupmann. And everything that li had said then and there will, with cverythin of any relevancy that he has said anywhci else, be serviceable in evidence against hil when he comes to stand his trial. It is probi hie that au American court would pronounc all 6uch testimony inadmissible, on the groan of its having been obtained from the accuse by unjustifiable means; but. the conclusion doc not follow that t he means arc not Just, as we as lawful, In France. Meantime there hav been no fresh developments ol'any importanc that the public are aware of. Unfounded rc ports of the discovery of Kinck, the father, ur again and again repeated; hut I do not look fo auy such occurrence until Traupmann or som oilier of the conspirators point out the way Hut I do anticipate the arrest of his accotn pilcos, and from some one of them we may oh tain the lights which are .?rill necessary. Traupmann himself continues to follow tin line of defence that hellas marked out for bim self, aud seems to believe that, as an Involnn tory participator in the crime, he will al tin utmost be punished no moro severely than bj ten or twenty years' imprisonment. ".Vow what are twenty years alter all?" he said ti one of his fellow-prisoners. "I shall get oui at forty years of age, and I can begin Hie ova again !" Every means ls being taken to wrin<; a lull confession from him. His father ha> hoon induced lo write him n letter, adjuring him to make a clean bren.Pt or il. If this fails, his mother, for whom lie appears tc entertain a profound reverence, is lo be brought into play. You need not ask me by what process the French police can accomplish such things, (liven a family In poverty and disgrace, without food for the morrow, and surrounded by all earthly sorrows, and it is not hard to perceive how ii portion of a " secret seirlcfl fund," bocked by thc influence of the officials, should operate successfully. The prisoner is not devoid of literary taste His favorite authors are Alex? andre Dumas and Fennlmore Cooper; and his favorite character of romance is Rodin in the " Wandering Jew," the Jesuit WT?TT, in pur? suit of an inheritance, compassess the mur? der of PO many different persons. He is very anxious to bc permitted to read the newspa? pers, but this is not allowed. It is not thought advisable that lie should be at all posted as to thc manner in which he is being absolutely sifted by thc authorities. For a similar reason his request for a history of criminal trials has also been denied. He must not be allowed to seek from the experience of others a new line of defence. He has told his story, and he must either retract it and tell the truth, or stick to lt and have Its falsehoods confuted by the po? lice. RELIGIOUS ITEMS. , -Mi-s. Van Cott, the only female licensed preacher among the Methodists, is preaching with success In Chlcopee Falls, Mass. -Kev. Mr. Lefnngwell, Episcopal, of Gardi? ner, Me., lately preached a sermon defending the doctrine that the church and the Bible are of co-equal authority. -The Jewish Messenger avows the belief that the establishment of the Suez Canal ls an? other step towards the fulfilment of the divine prophecy that the Jews shall return to the land of Palestine. ? -A seminary has been founded near Ber? lin, Prussia, to educate preachers and teach? ers for the German emigrants in North Amer? ica. It ls called the Sternehaus (Star House,) after the banner of the United States. -Peter Bayne says: "There is much doubt In the higher intellectual world of England ; it is doubt of an earnest, sad and reverent cast-doubt struggling towards belief. Such doubt is not so much skepticism as It Is lim? ited faith." -The American Catholic Bishops have been regarded as the surest support of the Pope in ali his reactionary policy; but the Figaro, of Paris, asserts that fifty American Bishops will support IL Dupanloup, Bishop of Orleans, In his defence of liberal opinions before the Council. -A Scotch minister, so the story goes, being asked if he was not tired to death alter preach? ing a sermon two and a half hours long, of which he had been telling, replied : "Aw, na, I was as fresh as a rose; but lt would have done your heart good to see how tired the congregation was." -An English editor, referring to the refusal of the Pope, through Archbishop Manning, to hear Dr. Cumming before the Council, says : "Dr. Cumming will think It a feather In his cap to have been written at by the Pope, and ire shall have to bear the unhappy conse? quences of his elation." -The experiment of the Duke of St Albans, In allowing the parishioners of Rcburne to select their own vicar, worked admirably. There were 500 applicants, and the English papers speak ot lt as a remarkable fact that none of the reverend gentlemen "canvassed" for the place. Rev. G. Godfrey was chosen. -Ont of 150,000,000 of people under British dominion In India, it Is estimated that there are 110,000,000 Hindoos, 25,000,000 Mohamme? dans, 12,000,000 of the aboriginal tribc9, tnd 3,000,000 or 1,000,000 Buddhists, Jews and Parsees. Thc Roman Catholics claim 640,000 adherents, and thc Protestants'240,000. -A Freue li uavau named Dr. Fugutll haa """T""1" u" ?on "ttile graph a moral and studious _^AU?,_TMMT habit into a child, displacing any normal vic? iousness or indolence be may have inherited from his parents. The Lyceum of thc Prince Imperial at Vannes ls about to experiment with this discovery. -A Chicago paper has discussed thc ques? tion whether St. Paul travelled on Sunday. It Is now engaged In thc attempt to prove that | thc apostle was a married man, and thu father of several children. If successful In this at? tempt, the writer will have taken the wit and point out of many ol' thc best things said and written by the "Sorosls" people about thc crusty old bachelor of Tarsus. -Tlie Spectator says that General Butler's elaborate cross-examination of Mrs. Stowe's evidence is, we take it, rather to be set down to dislike of the New England party of virtue than to any uncontrollable sympathy with Lord Byron; though, we dare say, among the rebels against Puritanism in the Puritan States, lhere arc not a few who Indulge a passion for the one modern Titan who has covered his re? bellion with a cloud of glory. -There ls a growing tendency among the churches of all denominations In Boston and vicinity toward free seats. At the Old South the gallerie? have recently been made free. Rev. James Freeman Clarke's new church is free In all parts, and his parishioner find that they can raise more money in this way than by the old way of letting. One of the Cam? bridge churches, which last year raised ouly $1400 from its rentals, has got over $3000 this year, with free seats. . -Tiru following Is Archbishop Purcell's ulti .matum onajthe tchool question, now under discussion In Cincinnati: "The entire govern? ment of public schools in which Catholic youth are educated cannot be given over to Hie civil power. We, as Catholics, cannot approve of that system of education for youth which is apart from instruction in thc Catholic faith and the teaching of the Church. If the School Board can offer anything In conformity with these principles, as has been done in England, France, Canada, Prussia and other countries, where the rights of conscience in the matter of education have been fully recognized, I am prepared to give it respectful consideration." -The incumbent of St. Matthias', Liverpool, Rev. E. Newton Jones, has announced his in? tention of rendering the church entirely free to all. "It Is my full Intention," he says," to abolish pew-rents in my church at the end of this month, and on and after the first Sunday In Jidy, to throw It open to all, having the offertory at each service." "I hope, (headds,) the time is not Ihr distant when the unscrip tural practice of receiving pew-rents (in my opinion a most Iniquitous tax) will be done away with forever, and the offertory, for which we have apostolic sanction, be every? where substituted. Until this ls done, wc must, I fear, look In vain for full churches." -Boston clergymen are accused hy a writer In the Christian Intelligencer of the free use of most unclerlcal language. He says : " Bos? ton has of lute become notorious for the choice language of its ministers. At the Temperance Convention. Rev. Messrs. Milner, Thompson and Usher freely used 'rascals.' 'scamps,! . liars.' Ac., and il was hoped Universalist min? isters monopolized such kind ol''slang;'but Mr. Murray, ol' Park street Church, seems to run a race with this delectable class, and vie with them in dispelling this vulgar diction. Last Sunday evening, in alluding to such as failed in presenting fully taxable property, lie culled them -liars and villains.'" -According to Austrian and Hungarian journals, a Messiah has made his appearance in Jerusalem. Letters are said to have been received by the Babb! of Paks, (Hungary.) , which slate: -Toward the end of last mom li, a column of fire was seen at the ruins of Solo? mon's Temple, and a strong voice was heard, addressing itself to a Jew who was rendering his devotion thereat the time, intimating to him to announce, as prophet, that the Messiah will arrive at the coming year, that the Jews shoidd repent and observe better the religion of their fathers. The man so addressed Imme? diately went to the city, predicted in the man? ner of the old prophets, and announced what the voice had revealed to him. The people ol the various creeds treated him as an Impostor, and some wanted to kill him, but with super? human strength he fought hundreds of his as? sailants; a battalion of soldiers was sent to ar? rest him, but they proved powerless against him. This week two Israelites will leave for Jerusalem to obtain exact information." EVO EN IE ON CUBA-A SHARE POLICY. It is well known that the Empress Eugenie has very decided opinions on all the public issues of the day. The idea she entertains, or at least entertained some years ago, on one of ( the disturbing questions of the present hour, is Indited by the following incident: During the last visit to Europe of the late Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois, (in 1860, if we remember correctly,) he was introduced, when in Paris, to the* French Court, after the usual forms. Presently the Empress Eugenie fell into conversation with him. and the flrst remark she made, after the salutation, was: "Senator Douglas. I understand that you are fn favor of the sale of Cuba by Spain to the United States." Thc senator attempted to avoid a direct answer by making a pleasant and complimentary remark, to the effect that as France had been fortunate enough to se? cure a Spanish lady for the throne lu the per? son of her Majesty, (alluding to Eugenie's Spanish birth,) so the young American Repub? lic was anxious to win a prize from Spain by securing an alliance with thc Queen of the Antilles. To this lively sally the Empress made no reply, but instantly remarked, in thc most earnest and emphatic way: "If I had the power I would sacrifice every cent (sou) of the Spanish revenue, and every soldier in the Spanish army, before Cuba should be sur? rendered by .Spain."' Hlarrie??. SELLERS-ROWE.-On Thursday evening by Rev. Mellchamp, Mn. GEORGE D. SELLERS, of St. Matthews, to Miss SIMSIB E. Rows, younger daughter of Captain J. C. Rowe, of Orangeburg. No cards. * Special Notices. PSST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH. Service tn this Church TO-MORROW MORNING, at half-past 10 o'clock, by the Rev. OWEN HICKS, and In the EVENING at half-past 7 o'clock. Stran? gers will be provided with seats In the morning. Evening Service scats free, octio PS- DIVINE SERVICE WILL BE CON DUCTED lu the Orphans' Chapel on SABBATH AF? TERNOON, at 4 o'clock, by the Rev. A. TOOMER PORTER. octia piT WENTWORTH STREET LUTHE RAN CIIURCH.-There will be no service In this Church TO-MORROW, in consequence of the ab? sence of the Pastor. octio ^FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.-THE Rev. J. R. PICKETT will preach in this Church TO-MORROW MORNING. Services will commence at half-past io o'clock. octie ^-CITADEL SQUARE BAPTIST CriTmciI.- PreuchliiK In this Church TO-MOBBOW MOKNINQ and NIGHT, by the Pastor._Morning o'clock. A collection will be taken up at thc close or each service._octl8 s ~??^0S?DALIS STANDS UNRIVAL? ED I-Read the following from four of the largest Wholesale Drug Houses of Rainmore: I) ALTIMORE, August 14, 1808. Gentlemen^-We, thc undersigned, Wholesale I Druggists of thc City of Baltimore, take great pleasure in stating that we have for some time, from thc unrivalled popularity of your med cine (ROSADALIS,) been induced to buy it in TEN OROSS LOTS, and notwithstanding we buy lt In such quantities, the demand has been ? great that wc have to repeat our orders quite frequent? ly. The medicine gives universal satisfaction. We have no hesitation In saying, that lt ls the most popular medicine ever handled by us for thc time lt has been befare the public. Yours truly, THOMSEN A BLOCK, No. 28 Hanover street, CANBY, GILPIN A CO., Cor. Light and Lombard streets, WM. H. BROWN A BRO., No. 25 S. Sharp street. CARR, BOY KIN A CO., No. 29 Dunover street. For sale by GOODRICH, WINEMAN A Co., Im? porters of Drugs and Chemicals, Charleston, S. C. octlO stuth3_ pS-THE GREAT SOUTHERN REMEDY. I 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, is now offered to the whole country. It is Invaluable to every lady, both married and single. w " No family can afford to be without lt, and none will to whom Ita virtues are known. ? For sale by all Druggists and general dealers. HOWIE A MOISE, octa 3mosDAC_General Agents. ^.ALMOST GIVEN AWAY.-THE TRI-WEEKLY NEWS ls the cheapest country pa? per In South Carolina, and THE RURAL CAROLI? NIAN is the best Agricultural Magazine ever pub? lished In the South. Price for TRI-WEEKLY NEWS and RURAL CAROLI? NIAN one year four dollars._ 0gr- A NOTICEABLE FACT.-THAT one way of appealing to a man's reason is through his eye. In these busy times men are so deeply Immersed In the conduct of magnificent projects, that they forget all about the condition of their systems, and hence lt ls that the proprietors of the PLANTATION BITTERS, which cures dyspep? sia, purifies thc blood, improves the tone of the stomach, regulates the bowels, and, indeed, In? vigorates the whole Inner man, are so active In advertising. In fact, advertisements are merely sky-rockets sent up to attract attention to a really good article. MAGNOLIA WATER.-Superior to the best import? ed German Cologne, aud sold at half the price. oct 12 tuthsS_ pf PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE.-A NEW COURSE OF LECTURES, as delivered at the New York Museum of Anatomy, embracing thc subject.-,: How to Live and What to Live for; Youth, Maturity and Old Age; Manhood generally Reviewed; thc Cause of Indigesti?n; Flatulence and Nervous Diseases accounted for: Marriage Philosophically "Considered, Ac. These Lectures will be forwarded on receipt of four stamps, by addressing: SECRETARY BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, No. 74 West Baltimore street, Bal? timore, Md._apr? mwfiyr ps- MANHOOD.-A MEDICAL ESSAY on the Cause and Cure of Premature Decline in Mau, the treatment of Nervous and Physical De? bility, AC .There Is no member of society by whom thl? book will not bc found useful, whether such per? son holds the relation of Parent Preceptor or Clergyman."-Medical Times aad Gazette. Sent by mail on receipt or fifty cents. Address the Author, Dr. E. DEF. CURTIS, Washington D .C. septl lyr Suena' Notices. ?&-TO THE ^W?R^ORCS?^T< AND ALL INTERESTED.-OFFICE INSPECTOR 0 FLOUR, No. 68 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, Octobo. 16.-Orders for Inspection of Flour wiU be re ceired at this office from this date, and b promptly attended to. C. N. AVERILL, octie Inspector of Flour. ^CONSIGNEES PER STEAMEB FALCON, from Baltimor- are hereby notified thal she is THIS DAY discharging cargo at Pier No. 1, Union Wharves. All Goods not taken away at sunset will remain on wharf at Consignees' risk. octie 1_MORDECAI & CO., Agents. pt- CONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP CHARLESTON, from New York, are hereby noti? fied that she is THIS DAY discharging cargo at Adger's South Wharf. AU goods remaining on the wharf at sunset will be stored at expense and rte* of Consignees. JAMES ADOER A CO., octal_2_ Agents. ^PUBLIC SCHOOLS-EXAMINA? TION OF TEACHERS.-The Regular Quarterly Examination of candidates for the office of Teach? er in the Public Schools will be held at the Nor? mal School, St. Philip street, on SATURDAY, 16th instant, commencing at 0 o'clock A. M. Applicants are requested to be present punc? tually at the appointed hour. By order of the Board. E. MONTAGUE GRIMEE, Secretary Commissioners Free Schools. octl2 6_ par- MEDICAL NOTICE.-PATIENTS suffering from Diseases pertaining to the Genito Urinary Organs, will receive the latest scientific treatment, by placing themselves under the care of DR. T. REENTSJERNA, Office No. 74 Hasel street, three doors east from the Postoffice. aug25 ws Jp?T-I??E, EXHAUSTED SYSTEM.-SUM MER is a debilitating season, and the sudden ehange of temperature which takes place at this period of tbe year finds 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 espe? cially in localities when; the atmosphere is natu? rally unwholesome. In order to avoid the dan? gers arising from these causes, the exhausted sys? tem should now be renovated and Invigorated by a course of HOSTETTKR'S STOMACH BITTERS. This purest and most potent of ail vegetable tonics and exhilarants 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 flavor which renders the ordinary tonics so renulslve, composed of extracts and Juices of the i .oleest 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 that the world han ever known. Such is the opinion of distinguished members of the medical profession, and the general verdict of the public, after an ex? perience of twenty years, during which HOSTET TER'S BITTERS has attained a greater popularity and a more extensive sale than any specific ever advertised In the columns of the American press. QCtll 6DAC__ pst-A CARD.-A CLERGYMAN, while residing in South America as a Missionary, discovered a safe and simple remedy for the cure ot Nervous Weakness, Early Decay, Disease of the Urinary and Seminal Organs and the whole vicious habits. Great numbers have been cured by this noble remedy. Prompted hy a desire to benefit the afflicted and unfortunate, 1 will send 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 Yorlc City. ta- A CARD.-SOUTHERN LIFB INSUR? ANCE COMPANY, ATLANTA DEPARTMENT. To THE PEOP?." IF SOUTH CAROLTNA : The above Company was organized lu i860, ia 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 in our midst without the appearance of honesty. We keep all our meney at home to build up our impoverished country-every dollar of pre? mium being safely Invested In the State from which lt ls derived. The Institution ls pnrely 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, bnt to exhibit the special advantages offered by this purely Southern Company-found? ed on patriotism and solid wealth. Its raUo of assets to liabilities-the true test of a company's strength-is second to none on this continent, being nearly $300 to $100. Whenever and wherever we have presented the claims of this Company, lt has not only enlisted the sympathies of onr people, bnt has also secur? ed their hearty co-operation. We have secured 600 policies in South Carolina since thc 10th of February. We number among our Directors General Wade Hampton and Colonel Wm. John? ston, gentlemen weH known to every citizen of South Carolina. We 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 Soulhern Life Insurance Company, No. 23 Broad-street, Augusta, Ga. 8. Y. TUPPER, Agent, Charleston, S. C. H. W. DESACSSURE, M. V., Medical Examiner; Wc cheerfully recommend the above Company to the patronage of the citizens of South Caro? lina. COLUMBIA, S. C_J. S. Preston, J. P. Carroll, 0. D. Melton, 8. W. Melton, J. D. Pope. CAMDEN.-J. B. Kershaw, Wm. M. Shannon, W. E. Johnson. SUMTER.-John B. Moore. WINNSBORO'.-W. R. Robertson, J. B. 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