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VOLUME VII.-NUMBER 1141. CHARLESTON, fe. C., FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, MX DOLLARS A YEAR TUE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Thc Yorger Case-Probability of o Deci? sion that thc Reconstruction Lin-w? ?rf Unconstitutional-Expected Action of the President-Hungry Ortlcc-scekcrs The Ofllclal Guillotine. [SPECIAL TKLEUK MI TO T11S NEWS.] WASHINGTON, October is-p. M. Thc Judges of thc Supreme Court decided on Saturday not to render their decision In tho Ver? ger liaovas corpus cuso until next Monday. Thc Republicans profess to know that the decision ts made up, aud ls adverse to thc constitutionality or thc Reconstruction laws. Thc Chronicle ol to day thinks that all of tho Judges, except Jus? tices Sway nc, Miller and Greer, arc against the constitutionality of the law, and is or opinion that If the decision be adverse, thc President will at once call Congress together and not walt for the December session. Quito a large number of Ohio and Pi nnsylvnnie politicians arrived here to-day. seeking various offices on thc strengt li of their services in thc re? cent elections. T^e President to-i?ay ordered additional re? movals In Texas and Mississippi. (ASSOCIATED PKE83 DISPATC H ES. 1 4 WASHINGTON, Oetobcr 18. Ex-Governor Rltncr ls dead, aged ninety years. A letter from Alexander If. Stephens says lt would be utterly out of his power to attend thc State Agricultural Fair at Macon, Go. He has been contlncd to lils house since February last, and has utile hope of ever leaving home again. Thc supremo Court gave no decision to-day In the Ycrgcr case. The revenue tooday Is (022,000. . \ Secretary lloutwcll declines to accept the resig? nation of Assistant Treasurer Richardson. Admiral Farragut ls improving. I President Grant has confirmed the following sentences of court martinis: Captain W. F. Hal? ley, 33d I ufa uti y, dismissed thc service, for refus? ing to pay his board and tailor's bills at San An? tonio, Texas; Lieutenant Sehellabarger, 7th Cav? alry, dis m ls ced for conduct unbecoming nn offi? cer and gentleman; captain Granger, 25th Infan? try, dismissed and Imprisoned at tho Dry Tortu? gas for misappropriating public money. (?eneral Thomas reports from Alaska against tho establishment of a revenue service there, as the receipts will not pay the expense. No mines have been discovered. T?tere is plenty of timber and coal, but plenty equally good ls found hun? dreds of miles south. Grain cannot be raised In Alaska; and the few vegetables which arc raised there rot within a few weeks. In the Supreme Court thc case of-J. II. McKee VB. thc United States was dccldcdT lt in vol ved a claim for cotton and other property captured at Alexandria, La., by the naval forces ba 1804. -The claimant was a resident of New Orleans, jvho trailed beyond the lines under, the permit of a treasury agent. The cotton was purchased.from A. W. McKee, a distant relative or the claimant, and an agent or the Conrodqrate Treasury Depart? ment. The decision ot the; IMFVOT court against McKee ls affirmed, the court holding that tho per? mit granted the claimant was Void, and that he had no title to tho property In question because it had been purchased' from an agent of tho Confed? erate States. - Trustworthy information has been- obtained that thc Cuban ship Hornet will t?o iict&ufcci at. wilmington hy the Government authorities. It is thought here that, thc ultimate rest?t will bc that the Homet, wiilhe. seized and dismantled, oh the ground? that stR> hos violated the neutrality laws. The coln balance m. thc Treasury.< to-day ls .$114,000,000. : . 'jt EUROPE. Vnccudlarism in Madrid-The Klug of Belgium and Napoleon-Lord Derby Dying. MADRID, October 18. Thc druggists report extraordinary sales of tur? pentine and other combustibles, which thc Gov? ernment apprehends arc to be used for Incendiary purposes. PARIS, October 18. The Emperor has invited the King of Belgium to meet him at Compiegnc. Marshal Bazaine will bc appointed Commander of thc Imperial Guard. LONDON, October 18. Earl Derby ls dying. SPARKS EROXl THE WIRES. A Spanish mall steamer hos arrived at Havana bringing reinforcements. Two Cuban privateers are reported to bave escaped from New York harbor. The breaks In thc Erie Canal aro repaired. Navigation was resumed y est?ril iy. Thc further hearing of thc case of the privateer Cuba has been postponed to Thursday. The North Carolina Stato Fair at Raleigh opens to-day. The exhibition or articles in every de? partment will be very fine. , The Haytlcn steamer Peynot left New York yes? terday, bearing United states colors, being ap? prehensive of capture by privateers should she bear Salnavc's colors. Thc car shops on tho Lake Shore Railroad arc burned. Loss over $300,000. Fully covered by Insurance. Fifty workmen arc thrown out or employment. The origin of the fire ls unknown. Thc operations of thc vigllanco committee nt Taylorville, Ind., have resulted in thc death of several persons. A torrible state or affairs ls re? ported, and law-abiding citizens seem paralyzed. In thc Virginia Legislature yesterday a resolu? tion was offered congratulating thc country upon recent Republican victories nt thc North and West. In tho Senate lt was laid on tho table as being out of thc province of thc present Legisla? ture, and tho House adjourned without action. ALL AEOVT TUE STATE. NewPostoulce. The nostoflico known as Greenland, In Barnwell, and on the route from Aiken to Dun !? rt on, lias been re-established, anti Landy Wa>kor, a colored man, appointed postmaster. "Who Can Beat It I Mr. J. F. Gamblo, of Clarendon, has a part i of a cotton limb measuring two and n quarter Inches, which has on it seven fnll dovclopeil bollx and forms. On another limb, a space of one ns,d three-quarter Inches lina six bolls nnd roms. These aro near tho ends of thc limbs, ond tho vjiolo stalk contains 311 Rill develop? ed bolls Uyi forms. Ho planted the Dickson seed. Uc*.l Estate Sales. In Clarendon, OY Monday, quito an unusual number of persons Wcre In attendance, nnd for a time tho .town VQJI the scene of a busy stir. Much valuable rea. estato was disposed of under tho BhorlfPs ha?mer bringing fair prices. 3C0 acres sold at $&% 400 m ?3800; 20 at $100; 100 at $100; 100 at$10<V 0(0 nt $11,010; 1800, one-third Igtorost, at $30?0; 220 at $446; 2000 at $050: 1000 at $206. To?U amount ol' sales, $20,460. - , Vire at Bamberg. ' Tho Barnwell Sentinel says : "Tho Metho? dist Parsonage at Bamberg waa destroysd by dre on Moaday night last. It originated In thc kitchen occupied by a colored man and lils w)fo, and was Wo result, of carelessness. Tho burning Umbers were falling on thom oeforo they discovered thobulldlng was on fire, and they barely escaped vAtji their lives. Tho fire* men wore1 promptly on <h0 ground with tho wa. ? stonewall* engine, wo\v.ed manfully; and ;:nearly succoededln cxtiiiguvoilng the fire: but . .'owing to the scarcity of water^causod we sup? pose by the unprecedented dtoxght, lt gained Ute mastery. The parsonage w^ valued at . about $2000. \ AFFAJltS IN WASHINGTON. Thc Southern Pacific Railroad-A Ci rand Project- Charleston and Norfolk thc Terminal Points-Details of thc Scheme-Thc Tide of Immigration Radical Discontent-Personal Gossip. [KKOM OUR OWN COUHKSt'OSDKNT. ] WASHINGTON, October 17. Tho South ls to have n Pacific Railroad, with eastern connections nt Charleston and Norfolk. Unlike the Northern Pacific roads, 1? ls to bc built without one dollar of financial subsidy from thc United States, and, possibly, without even soliciting an acre of the publltfiantls. The Congress eau certainly do nothlug less than to grant the right of way through the public do? main, and furnish thu company with a charter restrictivo of the government rights and pro? tective In its character to the stock and bond? holders of thc road. Tho Southern road will not be n lobby scheme, nnd will have no conflicts In Congress ugnlnst thc cohesive power of public plunder. It Is. to bo the work of- tho capi? talist, unaided by Congress, and ls lu the bands of men In tills country and in Europe who will furnish the sinews of tho road. Yes? terday your correspondent was informed of-] all of Hie details of tho great improvement. Sufllcc that lt bc said that it ls Um Intention of | certain New York capitalists to place, tills com? ing winter or next spring, a loan on tho mar? ket for si xi y millions of dollars in a coin or currency six per cent, bond, secured by a flrst mortgngc on thc road. Assurances have been received that more than half of till? amount will be taken In Europe. Tho road is to liavu three eastern connections-thc first with the Kansas Paclllc Railroad at Sheridan and llicnco cast to St. Louis ; thc second with Memphis via Little Rock, and then with two termini on the Atlantic seaboard-at Charleston and Nor? folk. Thc lutter will bo reached by modifications of existing railroad lines running cast and southeast from thc Mississippi River. Not only have thc projectors of this linc all thc confidence needed from Eastern capitalists, but some of ] Hie wealthiest men in California arc just as earnest for tho Southern road, and will como forward, as they used to say in war times, with men and means to build it. Thc coming winter, lt ls believed, will block up with snow the present overland lino for three months, nnd demonstrate inost conclusively the neces? sity of a great. Interior continental line south of the snow belt. Thc contractor who laid every foot of Iron from Omaha to Promontory, a distance of eleven hundred miles, Is now herc, and says that the Southern road can be easily built and put In running order in four years, and ls willing to risk tho prophecy that thu cars would go over that Ino on tire first of January, 1875. During the past week t here have been quite a number of immigration agents, capitalists, Ac, passing forwards and backwards through Washington to the Southern States, looking out for places of settlement, thc purchase of | lands, Ac. In ovcry Instance they have funds which, thoy intend "to jjeck for liberal invest? ment. Just now Virginia seems to attract tho bulk of this capital, for thc conservative course of lier new State Government and tho death of | carpct-baglsm there liuvc placed her five years ahead. A company of thritly, wen-to-uo lui.... have about dOCKlcd to leave thc cold Climate of Minnesota and Wisconsin and buy ono h?n-' dred thousand acres of land near Lynchburg^' Virginia. They arc pleased willi tho land, the climate and the people, and arc already ar? ranging their plans to develop manufacturing interests. Thc Hon. Caleb dishing ls at the head of the Polish colonists, and represents them as a very intelligent, worthy, industrious class, who will add to thc material prosperity of any State In which they may bo located. Tho Radicals hero-even Fornoy-arc not disposed to be very Jolly over th J recent elec? tions In Ohio and Pennsylvania; und ll they hod carried those States by any respectable inajc.iy, their rejoicing would have been dampened by what they call the President's cruel treatment of the Republicans of Penn? sylvania as exhibited in the recent appoint? ment of the unknown General Belknap as Secretary of War. Tho Pennsylvanians felt quite confident, to thc day of thc election, that they held a kind of life-estate on any vacancy in the War Office. The fact that Stan? ton and Cameron had been Secretary of War, and that cx-Spcakcr Grow and other Penn? sylvanians desired lt so much, made them confident that they would not be disappointed. Besides, they say that thc President acted cowardly in delaying thc appointment until the very moruing after the Pennsylvania elec? tion. True, If ho had selected tho unknown Belknap from far off Iowa a week before tho election, thc little majority on which Geary has squeezed in as Governor would have been swollen thc other way in favor of Asa Packer. But os mean as ls tho obscurity 'of Belknap, tho Radical element here arc boastful that ho ls a good substituto for General Sherman, and will so manipulate thc military In Texas and Mississippi as to secure Radical triumphs there. From what cnn bc learned, this seems to be true. The Yerger case was argued yesterday In thc Supreme Court, In tho presence of a largo assemblage of spectators and lawyers. There ls a good deal of feeling In tho case, and a va? riety 'of opinion among tho members of tho law as to what thc court will decido. It Is mostly agreed, however, that tho result will bo tho same ns In tho McArdle case-wherein Die courb-sald it had no Jurisdiction, and de? clined to poss upon tho constitutionality of tho military Reconstruction laws. It decides thus under thc second clause of Section 2, Article 3 of tho constitution defining the Jurisdiction of 1 the court. But how plain ls tho very next clause, which stares In the fae? thc Illegality of the military commission' which tried and convicted Yerger: uT/?c trial of all crimes, except- in cases of impeachment, shall be by jftry or A rt icio C of the amendments. But I forget that I am living in Radical rule, and talking about tho constitution I Hon. Roverdy Johnson ls in town, looking | tho picture of fino health, and bidding fair to survive many years. Ho ls still active In lils law practice, and will argue a case before tho Supreme Court next week. * Senator Wilson carno down.here thc other day and got tho Presttlont to appel nt his broth? er, a man named Cabotb, postmaster at Dover, N. H. The salary ls $2000 n year. Caboth ls Wilson's real name, that of Wilson being an assumed one. . , . Tho Supreme Court lawyers aro of tho opin? ion that tho cotton tax will be declared uncon? stitutional, and that Congress will have lo re? fund forty-two millions which they collected. A womans' parliament IS to meet herc in January to memorialize Congress to enact {T?malo suffrage In this district. ? ' i r Spcak er' Blaine loft town Our morning. Ho pays tho coming session, will bo a long and Im? portant one. and that tho .Cuban question and tho financial Issue will ho the' most prominent. The civil service bill stands a very fair chance of being made Into a law during tito next ses-1 sion. Most of the heads of departments are for lt. ' ZUTA. THE THIA i. O F TUE CITX OEEIVEE8. A DISGRACEFUL THICK OF COUNCIL. Tlie Aldcnnanlc liing In Secret Session They Determine to Gng thc Counsel fbr the Accused-Manly Protest of messrs. Milus At Wilkinson-An Alderman Uadly Snubbed. An adjourned meeting of thc City Council was held last evening for tho purpose of hearing thc charges preferred by Council against Mr. 0. N. Averill, Flour Inspector, and Mr. P, C. Querry, City Starlit At half-past 7 o'clock thc Mayor took lils Beat. Tie Clerk then called tho roll and thc following answered: Aldermen T. J. and E. W. M. Muckcy, Urccnc, Geddings, Cunningham, Harrow, Voigt, Collins, Potter, white; E. P. abd L. F. Wall, Brown, Hampton,Small, McKinlay, colored.' Council was then called to order. Among those present were ex-Mayor Clark, and Parker Pillsbury, (brother of thc Mayor,) who ls of tho opinion that "the ballot may bc thc one thing needful for tho negroes; but lt seemed to him that soup, Band, tine-tooth combs, pots, ket? tles, chairs, tables, knives, forks, spoous, decent food, cooking and clothing, glass windows, and even looking glasses, should ot least go Bide by side, If they may not precede tho rights of suf? frage and sovereignly." TUE FLOUR IN*SrRCTOK. Alderman Mackey said thc clerk had exhibited to him a plea flied by counsel for thc accused to thc Jurisdiction of Council In thc caBO of Mr. Averill, and requested that It bc read. Mr. Miles then read thc plea, which denied that Council hud thc right to try Mr. Averill, because he waa a Slate and not a city officer. Alderman T. J. Mackey sahl, that on the part of thc managers and of Council he denied thc plea In toto, and proposed to waive thc charges and specifications of "Incompetency" and "official misconduct" preferred against the Flour Inspect? or. He then requested that Mr. Averill should appear and uinknhls statement. Mr. Miles contended that Mr. Averill was not before tho Council until his plea was overruled. Alderman T. J. Mackey moved that Ute plea bc overruled. Alderman L. F. Wall seconded thc motion. Alderman T. J. Mackey said he would now pre? sent testimony to show that Mr. Averill was not now, uor never was, Flour Inspector; that he was neither an officer of thc city nor of the State. Mr. Miles denied tho right of thc Alderman to withdraw thc charges. If Mr. Averill ls not Flour Inspector, he Bald, what right has Council to pre? fer charges against him. How dare ll to drag a citizen here I lan prepared to show that If Mr. Averill was not the Flour Inspector Of the city, he Is now, under tho resolution or this body adopted at the meeting when the charges were preferred. Alderman T. J. Mackey interrupted thc speaker, and moved that Council retire to deliberate. CORBIN WANTED. Alderman Cunningham moved that thc City At? torney bc sent for, saying that there were a great many matters brought forward that the members did not understand. Alderman T. J. Mackey. Tho mat tera, Uroupht forward do not appertain to tho City Attorney. Thc fact of the matter ls we have had too much of Hie City Attorney. He has been thc cause or all our trouble. Had ho attended, to lus husmeas, when thc case of Mr. Caulfield was .before Judge Moses, we would not now be here. Alderman Geddings called Alderman Mackey to order after that worthy sat down. Alderman L. F. Wall called Alderman Geddings lo order. .. i. _ ?' ./Alderman Barrow was of the opinion that Al? derman T. J. Mackey should -speak uutU dooms? day If he desired to do so. Alderman E^W. M. Mackey moved that thc mo? tion for Council to retire be put, which waa done, and two Aldermen voted In favor, and hone In opposition to thc motion. Council then retired to thc Mayor's ofucc. After Council retired thc City Attorney was sent for and gave his opinion about things. After remaining out I bree quarters of an hour, Council returned to thc chamber, i The Mayor then read tho following: Wttereae, Upon examination, it appears that Mr. C. N. Averill, who was elected to tqe office of Flour Inspector on or about the 20th day of Decem? ber, 180S, has failed to give bond as provided for in section 8 of an "Act to provide for the Inspec? tion of nour," passed December 20lh, 1850; bc it, therefore, Kesoiifii, That thc charges against tho said C. N. Averill be and tho sumo are hereby withdrawn, the said C. N. Averill not being Hour Inspector for Hie Parishes of St. Phillp and St. Michael, os here? tofore alleged, and the managers on behalf of Council In tills case are hereby discharged. On concluding the reading, the Mayor said the resolutions had been ran ned by a large majority of the members. Mr. Miles said tba resolutions embodied what was not a fact-Mr. Averill was the Flour Inspec? tor; the resolutions were Intended, so far as Coun? cil could do lt, to deprive Mr. Averill of the office of Flour Inspector. Tho action waa not legal ho contended, and read the law regulating the trial of onicera. Mr. Miles made a lengthy and strong argument, and boldly denounced the action of Council as Illegal in the extremo ; that tho mem bcra, by their action, had deprived bis client of his oftice and rights without a hearing. Alderman Mackey then presented tho bonds given by Mr. Averill to the city, as Flour Inspect? or, and asserted that the law required that the Flour Inspector should give bond to tho'state, whUc he bad given bond to the oliy, which was no bond at all; that his predecessors had given bonds to the State; that tho reason of the with? drawing of tho charges In secret session was be? cause the members"found that Mr. Averill was not Flour Inspector, or because bo had never com? piled with tho requirements of the law. In con? cluding bis remarks, he oiforcd the following pre? amble and resolution: Whereas, Tho om co of Flour Inspector for tho Parishes of St. Phillp and St. Michael ls now vacant, tho samo having been forfeited agreeably to the statute and under tho provisions or section 12 or tho ordinance entitled "Au Ordinance reg uiaUng tho appointment and duties of city of? ficers," ratified October 17, 1800. Betoloca, That the Council tv ill proceed to an election for an Inspector- of Flour on to-morrow evening, the loth Instant. Alderman Barrow seconded tho resolution. Mr. wilkinson roso to speak, but was Interrupt? ed by Alderman E. W. M. Mackey, who desired to know if tho members were in session ns a court or os Connell ? Tho Mayor said that they were in session ns thc Olly Council. Mr. Wilkinson arose several times to speak, but was called to order by Alderman Barrow. Finally he said he was thcro In thc Council rjhambor as n citizen of South Carolina as well as counsel for Mr. Averill. He demanded that Council should hear him as a citizen, If not as COUD sci for .tho ac? cused; he didn't Intend to be throttled by one member, and would movo that a vote be taken by Council whether or not he should be heard. Alderman Barrow commenced to call tho speak? er to order, and tho Mayor said he wveuld havo to overrule him (Mr. W.) Mr. Wilkinson. Well, I demand that my motion be put to a vote. Alderman Barrow commenced Ids ?tuni talk about the dignity of thc Council, and caste to thc conclusion that it had disposed of thc Flour In? spector's case, and moved that Council proceed with tho regular business. Alderman Geddings moved that no further ac? tion In regard to the Flour Inspector or his office bo taken until Friday night, by which time the opinion of the City Attorney contd b? given. Mr. Wilkinson demanded that he should be heard; he believed that there was sufficient man hood In Council to prevent his being gagged. Alderman Geddings moved that Mr. Wilkinson be heard. A'-'orman Cunningham seconded the motion. Alderman Harrow demanded IhatVho resolution offered Ot Aldcrmnii Mackey bc put.to a vote. Thc resolution wns then nut and adopted. Aldcrmuii Geddings pressed Ms 'motion. Alderman T. J. Mackey said he ''didn't think Council owed (he counsel nnyedhrtesy, os they had taken pains to insult thc bony Ul asserting tliut lt Had discriminated against Mr. Averill bu' cause he was a whito man; Mr. MUcs. I say that statement ls raise m fact and Alderman Mackey-excitedly. Mr. Mayor, I order that that "fellow be arrested at once." Mr. Miles then stepped quickly to tho front of thc Council board, and within ft- tow paces or. Al? derman Mackey, and said, "I am ready to bo ar? rested; I Btnnd herc as a citizen of South CaroUna, and am ready to make thc issue in my own person." Alderman T. J. Mackey. Thoao men (referring i Messrs. Miles and Wilkinson) should he put out of tho chamber; I will not sit here to be insulted. Mr. Wilkinson insisted upon being heard.1 Alderman Harrow moved to adjourn. Alderman Ueddings insisted tliat his motion to hear Mr. Wilkinson bc put. Alderman T. J. Mackey. These gentlemen have como and insulted this body, and me hs manager. I have been denounced In my pince aa having ut? tered a falsehood-- lmmllod while in a position rherti I cannot resent lt as*I would were thc in? sult olfcred elsewhere. Mr. Miles was about to reply to this, but was Interrupted by loud calls ot ord cri1'and a number of persons present called to tho Mayor that it was lils duty lo preserve order. Alderman Ocddlugs persisted In having bis mo? tion put. Alderman E. W. M. Mackey thought those who desired to hear tho lawyers could remain after Council adjourn ed, ns, it chou ld. do, as all business vas disposed of. Thc motion or Alderman Geddings' was put and lost. Aldermen Geddings, Potter, Cunningham, Holloway and McKinlay voted in favor or it. Alderman E. W. M. Mackey moved that thc hearing of thc charge against the City Sheriff bc postponed until 7 P. M. on Wednesday next. Tlic motion was carried and Council adjourned. jFonjszair ITEMS. -A French chemist has discovered a pro? cess by which thc numbers On houses are rendered visible at night by the application of phosphoric paste, which . can bo renewed once a month. -Thc experiments of tho Prussian govern? ment with rifled artillory bavo given rise to a new industry. Bail thieves, as they aro called, lie In walt near thu target, mid, If the sholl does not burst Immediately, nish out of their cover In tho neighborhood, seize tho shell, knock off the tendon coating with a few shnrp blow's of a chisel, and make'off with their booty. Sentries aro posted. near tho line of flight, but they often fall In catching tho de? predators, who, regardless of danger, place themselves Just where the shell Is expected to fall. . " -A German photographer hhs invented a method of making seals and stamps; with the po rt nd tn of lils customers. AL thin layer of gelatine, sensitized with bl-chrom ato of potash, ls exposed to tho action ol' llghtuMera pho? tograph positive, by which tho parts acted on arc rendered insoluble in water. Tho gelatine film Is Immersed In water, ?."and tho. parts not acted on by tho light swell up,'?and'we'obtain n picture In relief of which a plastee ciu?wari lie'taken. A galvanic plastic c/Jpy beingfhken qf tho cast, we have a me^l}}ifa?.;'Blm|lo 'of; of ih A n h otoi/ranh. whlclr cnn' (?KV. amx?awrf Ai? ? a seal. This process suggests re method of obtaining perfect likenesses ?I "persons Iii metallic ?hecka for tile use of the printer, nnd also an admirable way ot illustrating sclent Hie books. . ' .,. -Thc following illustration of postofflce. ad mlnlstrollon In Russia ls communicated thc London Times : "Ten days ago I was staying at the Hotel do France, In St. Petersburg, and having written a letter and closed lt, I i md occasion to open lt again, but time did not per? mit rac to uso a fresh envelope, so that lt was posted with evident signs upon lt of having been oponed. In about three hours after post? ing my letter a message came from tho poet office, with thc letter, to Inquire if I had posted it in that condition and If Its contents were in? tact. This vigilance may have been due to necessity, caused by thc great robberies which havo undoubtedly becu committed In the St. Petersburg postofflce, but I think if the ad? ministration have Buffered In re pu tm lou by tho dishonesty of some of their employees, they should have thc credit of such a circum? stance as that Iilaavo related." -Hie horrible atrocities of the Skopzl, thc fanatical sect of Russia, are stiU exciting the at tent.OB of Europe. A ?Russian paper gives an account of ono of their recent exploits. Ono day last month a party of four hundred of these fanatics left tho .Town of Balatschow and proceeded to a neighboring wood lo pray. The scene witnessed on their return was hor? rible. A madman named Wasfloff declared that "he. was tho son of God, and, arter chooa- ? lng twelve apostles from th* party, called for, | a unman sacrifice. Five victims were at once selected, placed ona number of wagons, which hod been plied up for me purpose, landburnt alive. A woman who had distinguished her? self by thc violence of her religious parox? ysms seized the shaft of tho cart and bent two young girls ,to death; whilo another female wes | ?rat trodden under foot and thea lite roll;, turu j .to pieces by tho fanatical crowd. V-T%i>rtli tulls aro given of the horrore etaoteti.^hlch j aro utterly unfit for publication. '?Jyjij^ ?N'uor .Of tho town heard of tho facts^.v rh^feim pany of soldiers totlW^i^ ja ^j.,,^^ ? party was arrested ptUU M , S " -, ? thus stopping furtbftrJk \, , ?.,., ,71 bo wondered at tba?' * feffife1^ arelnWoxltyho c%?,Jttl ^ ,?l>0 bora of this scot. ..- ^* -A number of Zttqtm tonrttta/opjiMrtli* of preachers af.' UnH wlvori, prpfe.-vus and artiBts, recently mada a Journey to lt.il>, avail? ing themselves of the excursion triatss whicti left tho prlnlclpal cities of Germany for tho Italian peninsula. Upon arriving ar. Borne, thcBe gentlemen applied ?for an audience to tho Pope, .who granted lt Immediately.' Thci tourists now asked each other wiieth?r their dignity, would permit thom to comply with tho cere? monial th at required them, to kneel down be? fore his Holiness .and kiss lils foot Tho Holy Pallier, upon being Informed of their scruples, said, "Let them do what their heart .prompts them to do." Tho aridlonce took place. Tho tour? ists c n t or, on d thc slmple,yot so m ajes 11 c attitude .of the Popo, lila mild glance, tho sympathetic Boand of his voice, make such on Impression on them that they Involuntarily compiled with the niles of tho ceremonial.' Too Popo then spake to them of tho hopes of the church, and expressed his Joy at seeing about him Chris? tians ?ho, ho said, despite their dissensions among one another and with him, yet were his children.. He then added, In a voice tromb . ling with emotion: "I will gtvp yon the bene? diction; even though you do not believe In tho Vicar of Christ, yon will, at all events, receive the bl ess ls g of a father." -The PaU Mall Gazette says : "Pcoplo may like to know what becomes of all the news? papers j, bat ar? Mixed by tho French police. AH there ta not a flay pnasos but eight or ton Journals, native and loreign, arc conilscntctl by M. Forctule's ofllululs, the mass or literature accumulated In thc course of a twelvemonth is generally enough to fill n big storeroom. One might sttpposo that Hie forfeited papers were made to pay the penally of their various offences by being employed during winter time to light tito Arcs In all the Imperial palaces, barracks and police olllcos of the empire, or handed over gratis to loyul buttermen as n roward for voting Intelligently nt thc elections. But thc futo reserved for them ta more useful, and. on the whole, less binni Hut? ing. When tho storeroom Is full to overflow? ing the pupers arc transferred to tho Re? ceveur tlu Domaine, or Crown slcwnrd, and carted away under his surveillance to a closed ppot beyond tho barrieres, whero they. are thrown pell-mell Into cauldrons of hot water and prosaically boiled down to pulp. This op? eration ls called la mi.se au pilon, aud ls per? formed in tho presence of a squad of gend? armes, who aro careful to sec that not a single one of thu doomed Journals escapes. When the whole mass of print bas been reduced to a thick colorless paste, lt ls sold to cardboard and paper manufacturers, who make of lt what they can. At thc last bolling, which took place a week or two ago, 1CO,000 of Henri Rocheforfs Lanternes, red covers j and all, were stewed In company with about I half a million copies of the Independence Beige, thc Gazette dc Franclort, tho Gazette de Moscou, and tho Kiaddcradatch, four pa? pers which, from so often finding themselves In hot water together, must, by this time, have got used to each other's society. Next to th use Just mentioned, lt IB tho Italian Jour? nals which go in the greatest numbers to thc melting pot; after ihese como thc Spanish, which ol lalo have been in particularly bad odor. Thc English papers, which a few years ago, were offered up in monster hecatombs, aro bolled now In smaller numbors." iHmiic?. ? KAZYCK-RONAN-On Tuesday. October 12, lS?fl, at St. Philips' Church, by the Rev. W. B. w. Howe, WILLIAM G. MAZYCK to HENRIETTA V., daughter of William Ronan, all of this city. * Special Notices. ??B~TRE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION was adopted by thc Painters' Union on Monday, thc 18th instant: Resolred, By tfle House and Ship Painters of Charleston, that thc wages, from and after Mon? day next, bo |2 60 per day: and all men, that have been but a short time at the business, receive $2 per day. By order. SAMUEL MA SS AY, octlfl l'_Secretary. pSh'K BUSY MAN IS A LOCOMOTIVE, an(l.iire a track. Every night he drives Into "tbe house" and stops. Every morning he ls fired up anew, and away he goes switching off in one di? rection and. then.po another. In this routine of business, he forgets that the physical organiza? tion ls or the moat delicate kind. If a hard Iron locomotive needs constant'care, and tobe weU oiled upland rubbed- off. every day, how much more necessary is.lt that-all/men and women should use PLANTATION BITTERS, which arc the tie njujs ultra pf, everything which ls necessary to keep the system Ina perfect tone of health. MAGNOLIA WATBR.-Superior to tho best im? ported Cern?an Cologne, and sold at hair the price. . octlQ tutti&3 ._ _ i ?*-TQ..THE FLOUR .MERCHANTS AND ALL INTERESTED.-OFFICE INSPECTOR Ol FLOUR, No. 68 EAST BAY^CTIABLBSTON, Ootobei 10.-Orders for Inspection of Flour wlB be rc eclved at this: office from this, dato,, and b< promptly attended to. C. N. AVERILL, octio_Inspector of Floor. ^-NOTIOE.^-THREEMONTHS AFTEI date application wilt be made, id tho' namers' ant Mechanics' Bank of Charleston, for Renewal o Cert Ideate No. 0000, dated December 3, 1841, to 118 Shares Stock in said Bank {also to thc Charles ton Bank for Renewal of Certificates Stock held ii the'namc of Dr. SAMUEL WILSON, viz: Five Shares, Scrip 7765, dated October 29,1867 Twenty-three Shares, Scrip 2611, dated b?c?m ber, 1840. Five Shares, Scrip 2772, dated June IL W?*. Nineteen Shares, Scrip 2701, dated May 2?, 1841 HIx snares, new, Scrip 4614, dated October 30 1867. Thc above having been lost or destroyed. j . M:^c?fc,}^uV>rs.. Charleston, Adgust 18,1809. .. ; . augie larnoo_ , ? ' . ; ' "? ^ar*THE STATE OF SOUTH CARO LINA.-Charleston County-In the Comino Pleas.-WILLIAM S. UENERBY va. WEL 1)0 te P ATT O N.-Attachment.-Whereas, tt Plaintiff did, on the seventeenth day of Joly, fl bis declaration against the de fe nd aaste wt (as lt Ls said)- arc not residents of^ne sa State, and neither has a wife nor attorney know within the samo'urT?u whom a ?opy or tho ?a declaration might be served: It ls j therefore o dercd that the said defendants' do appear ar plead to tho said, declaration, on or before ti BKinTKKNTIl DAY OF JULY,'which WlU br? In tl year of our Lord ene thousand, eight hundred ai seventy, otherwise, final and absolute Judgmei wBl then lie given and awarded against them. Clerk's Office, Charleston County, 17th Joly, 18< (Signed), s."*. j ? A.- 0. RICHMOND, . y Clerk Common Pleas. . fiiiylQ-octl9-)anlO-apl9 _. j. - ? >arrTHE GREAT VITAI+IZER. ?-rTHl title may be fairly given to a restorative! whl ha- taken precedence of all other tonio and t tcratlve preparatlons for a period of nearly twe ty years. During that long Interval HOSTE TKti'S STOMACH BITTERS may be truly said nave enjoyed unrivalled popularity. Many prc ?r dions have been get up to competo with .jut they have ail fallon Into Its wake or sui tum oblivion for lack or patronage. From t drat, this now wcrld-reuownod Vcgetablo Tot ita l-eon both medically and financially succei Tin. Every year has added to tho number of 'friends, and the demand for lt, based solely up the experimental proofs of Its oxcellence as a pi vetitlveand curative, seems to have no osais able limit. The medical profession sanction'a approve Its use, and lt ls now at the bead of t class of medicines to which lt belongs, the r milted, undisputed sovereign Joule of the af Thc statistics of tho United states Revenuo I partaient win verify ttit statement that lt stan alone and un approached in the m agni tu do of sales as compared' with those of any otnor pi prictary remedy advertised on this side of tho J lan tlc. Tho explanation or this faot may bo compris In S? few words. HOSTBTTRR'S STOMACH B TERS bi at once tho purest, the safest and i most potent of aU vegetable tonics, and the b antidote to every variety of malarious dises Hence lt Is especially adapted to the presents son of chining dews and unwholesome vapors. QC tl 8 flPAO_;_. . _< ^Sr-THE GREAT SOUTHERN HEMED JACOB'S CHOLERA, DYSENTERY AND DU HIKE A CORDIAL.-This article, so well kno and highly prized throughout tho Southern Sta as a Sovereign Remedy for tho above diseases now offered to the whole country. It ls Invaluable to every lady, both married i Bingle. No family can afford to be without it, and n< will to whom lu virtues are known. For sale by al) Druggists and general dealer* BOWIE a MOISE, oem Smofloso Oeneral Agent! Special Notices. ?3T NOTICE.-CONSIGNEES PER steamship MANHATTAN, from New York, ore in? formed that her cargo ls Tuis DAY being dis? charged at Adgcr's South Wharf. All goods on thc dock at sunset will remain nt risk of owners. ocllO 1_JAM KS AUGER A CO., Agents. ?*S- SOUTH CAROLINA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY.-All Deposits made in thc Savings Department on or previous to WEDNES? DAY, uoth October, will bear interest from isl Oc? tober. Thc night oillcc, In Hascl street, open as hereto? fore on WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY EVENINGS. THOS. R. WARING, oct 18 3_Cashier. ^BB~NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.-THE Steamship MINNETUNKA IBTIIIS DAY discharging cargo at Vnnderhorst Whnrf. All goods remain? ing ou wharf at sunset, will bc slured at risk and expense of Consignees. octl8_RAVENED A CO., Agents. ?S0-A CARD.-A CLERGYMAN, while residing in South America as n Missionary, discovered a safe ami simple remedy for thc cure of NervouB Weakness, Early Decay, Disease of the Urinary and Seminal Organs and tho whole train of disorders brought on by baneful and vicious habits. Great numbers have been cured by this noblo remedy. Prompted by a desire to benefit the afhlcted and unfortunate, I will send the rcclpo for preparing and using this medicine, In 8?sealed envelope, to any oae who needs it, free of charge. Address JOSEPH T. INMAN, Station D, Illblc House, ocU 3moa?_New York City. sar A CARD.-SOUTHERN LIFE INSUR? ANCE COMPANY, ATLANTA DEPARTMENT! To TUF. PEOPLE OP SOUTII CAROLINA : The above Company was organized lu 18C0, In consequence of thc wholesale forfeiture of South? ern policies by Northern companies. Thc un? paralleled success of tho enterprise hah forced several of these companies to restore their South? ern policies, from tho fact that they could not operate In our midst without tho appearance oT honesty. We keep all our money at home to build np oar impoverished country-every dollar of pre? mium being safely Invested In the Stato from which lt la derived. Tlie institution ls purely Southern, and hence should appeal with great force to the patriotism and sympathy of every' Southern heart. Tts not our purpose to make war on other companies, but to exhibit thc special advantages offered by this pnrely Southern Company-found? ed on patriotism and soUd wealth, lia ratio of assets to liabilities-the true test or a company's strength-Is second to none on this continent, being nearly $soo to $loo. ' Whenever and wherever wo have presented the claims or this Company, lt has not only enlisted the sympathies of onr people, but has also secur? ed their hearty co-operation. We have secured ooo policies In South Carolina since the loth of February. Wo number among oar : Directors General Wade Hampton and Colonel Wm. John? ston, gentlemen well known to every citizen of South Carolina. Wc appeal personally to thc people of South Carolina to assist in pushing for? ward this deservedly popular Southern institu? tion. * . . .i ' J. H.t MILLER, General Agent Southern Lifo Insurance Company, No. 23 Broad-street, Augusta, Ga. 8. Y. TUPPER, Agent, Charleston, S. C. H. W. DESAUSSORE, M. D., Medical Examiner: We cheerfully recommend the above Company to the patronage of the citizens of Sown caro? lina. COLUMBIA, S. c.-J. S. Preston, J. P. Carroll, O. D. Melton, s. w. Melton, J. D. Pope. . . . ' . CAMDEN.-J. li. Kershaw, Wm. M. Shannon, W. EJOhnson. S II MT KU.-John B. Moore. ? WINNSSORO'.-w. R. Robertson; J. B. McOants, James H. Rion. ' YORK vi LLB.-W. B. Wilson, A. Coward, James Mason, I. D. Witherspoon, J. R. Bratton, J X Lowry, R. G. McCaw. " At; i.ERsoN_J. L. Orr. BARNWBLI_JM- A. Lawton, James Patterson, John Bon Mogood. i'j CLARENDON.-Jno. L..Manning, T. C. Richard? son, urowne Manning. REFERENCES IN i IIAUI.RSTON. General JAMES CONNER, Mesara. PELZER, RODOERS A CO., JAMES H. WILSON, Esq., GEO. H. WALTER, Esq., LEWIS D. MOWRY, Bsq. , _anglo 2mos ps- BATCHELORS HAIR DYE.-THIS splendid Hair Dye ls tho heat in the world; the only trim and perfect Dye; harmless, reliable, In stan tan?ons; no disappointment;'no ridiculous tints; remedies the Ul effects of bad dyes; In? vigorates and leaves thc hair soft and beautiful black 'or brown. Sold by all Druggists and Per? fumers; and properly applied at Batchelors Wig Factory, No. - Bond street, New York. ? may 16 lyr._ ^ALMOST GIVEN AWAY;-tHE T^t-WEEKLY NEWS ts the cheapest country pa? per in Sooth Carolina, and THE RURAL CAROLI j Nf AN ls the best Agricultural Magazine ever pub? lished In the Routh, itt'} l l. Price Tor TRI. WEEK LY NEWS and RURAL CAROLT NIAN one year lour dollars. _, _ j?? WORDS OP CHEER - ON THE Errors of Youth and tho Follies of Age,'.In rchv tInn'to Mnfrl'ago and Social Evils, with a helping hand ' for the erring and unfortunate. Sent In sealed letter envelop cw, frca ? or charge. Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION^ Rox.P., Philadelphia, Pa. ? ? . , ._scpt26 8mos ^BTROSADALIS STANDS UNRIVAL? ED :-Head the fellowing from four of tho largest -Wholesale Drug Houses or Ballimore: BALTIMORE, August 14, iso?. Gentlemen-We, the undersigned, Wholesale Druggists of the City of Baltimore, take great pleasure lu stating that we have for some timo, from the unrivalled popularity of your medicine (HOS ADA his,) been in.laced to buy it in TEN GROSS LOTS, and notwithstanding wo boy lt In snch quantities,''thc demand has been so great that we have to repeat onr orders quite frequent? ly. The medicine gives universal satisfaction. Wo have no hesitation In saying, that it ls the most popular medicino .ever handled by us for tho time lt has been before the public. Yours truly, ';' ; Ti I OM S EN A BLOCK, ? , No. 28 Hanover street, CANBY, GILPIN A CO., Cor. Light And Lombard streets, WM. M. BROWN A BRO., , No, 25 S. Sharp street. CARR, B?YKIN A CO., ? No. 29 Hanover street. For salo by GOODRICH, WINE VI AN A Co., im? porters of Drugs and Chemicals, Charleston, B. C. octio stuth3_1 _?_: PO- MANHOOD.-A MEDICAL ESSAY on the Cairne and Cure of Premature Decline In Man, the treatment of Nervous and Physical De? bility, Ac... "There is no member of society by whom this book will not be fonnd useful, whether such per? son holds the relation of Parent Preceptor or Clergyman.'.'-Medical Times and Gazette. - Sent by mall on receipt of Hf) y cents. Address the Author, Dr. K, DBF. OORTIS, Washington, D. 0. septl lyr Gr I Bil ES & BARNWELL, COMMISSION MERO 11 ANTS, . ? SAVANNAH, QA. Advances made on Consignment? of Cotton, Rice, Ac., to Foreign and Domestic marketa. ALLIN B. GiBBES. . ARTHUR BARNWELL. octa fmwlmo s Glouco, Un mi co, &c. TO VE S AT W*, il O Jj K .S A L'E'? THE UNDERSIGNED, SUCCESSORS OP HOB TON A SHEPHERD, HAVE RESUMED THEIR TRADE IN STOVES, AS WHOLESALE DEALERS, IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR OTHER BUSI? NESS, AND ARE NOW PREPARED TO SUPPLY OTHER DEALERS, FACTORS, MERCHANTS AND ALL THE CUSTOMERS OF THE OLD HOUSE WITH THE MOST APPROVED DESCRIPTIONS OP CO0KIN? STOVES, RANGES AND HEATING STOVES AT A CLOSE APPROXIMATION TO FOUNDRY PRICES. TUE COORING STOVES AND RANGES ABE -iOLD WITH OR WITUpUT FURNITURE-SOME OF THEM ARE DESIGNED TO OPERATE WITH? OUT THE AID OF CHIMNEYS IF NECESSARY AND ALL ARE GUARANTEED TO BAKE PROP ERLY, IF SET UP AS DIRECTED. THE RANGES ARE UNUSUALLY LOW IN PRICE-HAVE SIX BOILER OPENINGS.AND DOUBLE OVENS, TUOUOH BUT A SINGLE PIPE, AND NEED NO BRICK-WORK TO SET TnEMOT. THE STOCK OF HEATING STOVES EMBRACES CAST-UION AIR-TIOUTS, RUSSIA-IRON AIR TIG HTS, SIX-PLATE CR BOX STOVES, Ac. ' ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES AND PRICES WILL BE FURNISHED UPON APPLICATION. , \VM, SHEPHERD A CO., KO. 24 HAYNE STREET, _CHARLESTON S. C.._ JAPANNED TIN -WARE AT WHOLESALE^ WM. SHEPHERD AGO., _No. 24 HAYNE STREET._ g T A M P ? D TIN-WARE AT WHOLESALE. W.M. SHEPHERD St CO., No. 24 HAYNE STREET._ ?pRBNCH RETINNED IRON - WARE AT WHOLESALE. WM. S HEP H E RD1 A C 0 . , No. 24 HAYNE STREET. B ELLEVILLB COPPER HO LLING MILLS. AGENTS IN CHARLESTON: W.tf. "SHEPHERD 4 CO., NO; 24 HAYNE STREET. _ (Kloti-iinq ano Jmrnielnng (Booba. Q ,P".E'..N I N..-G ? * .: L ./ ' . . : FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING,, OF OUR OWN OJ^iiECTION AND MANUFAC ni7??D IN'CHARLESTON BY OURSELVES, Whim wc have determined lo neil at each prices as cannot fall to satisfy tho views of tho CLOSEST DEALERS, EITHER THROUGH ORDER OR PERSONAL SELECTION, TO WIT : Fancy Tweed Casslmercs, (Sack and Pants). $ I 60 Mixed Casslmere Snits.13 co Double and Twisted Casslmero Suits.... 16 00 Harrison's Gray Casslmero Suits. 17 00 I Fancy Casslmere Suits. . 17 00 Black, ami White SUk Mixed Suits. 18 00 Colored Scotch Cheviot Suits. 20 00 Gold Silk Mixed Suits......... 25 00 Black Cloth (Sack, Panta and Vests...... ll 00 Black Doeskin Casslmere Pants from.5 00 to 10 00 Colored Casslmero Pants from.4 soto1 9 00 Colored Union Casslmere Fonts from.2 00 to, 4 00 Fine Black Cloth Vest..... 8 00 Fine Colored Casslmere Vests. 2 00 Waterproof Tweed Over SackB. 10 00 _ti . f|1 t':;'; ? V-"'); LOTHING FOR BOYS AND YOUTHS FROM NINE TO TWENTY YEARS OLD. . THE GENUINE STAR BRAND SHIRT AGENCY. Lot 42 Star Shirt.. $200 Lot 82 Star Shirt.:.?V. 2 60 ?t ':.> ufa i ' nie*) . s 8TAR BRAND COLLAR, $2 60 PER DOZEN, ja COTTON PLANNEL DRAWERS, OUR OWN MAKE, at $1 26. MERINO SHIRTS FROM 76 cents to $1 CO, A GOOD ARTICLE. Call and see us. Wc do not boast of having the most expensive QOODS, but we can boast of having the cheapest and best mads CLOTHING in Charlestop, and equal to the BEST CUSTOM WORK. TKBMS CASH, or city acceptance. O. E. St A. S. JOHNSON, octvt ?tua?mos No. 317, KING STREET.