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VOLUME VII.-NUMBER 1141. CHARLESTON, fe. C., FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, MX DOLLARS A YEAR Tim IjBl'KItS <>/ MOI.OICAT. A Unrk anil ill volting Picture. A correspondent of the San Francisco llulle tlu, writing from the Sandwich Islands, says: After a Tew dnvs of very quiet lifo In llnlttin, I began to look wltli no IIHie curiosity towards a low pcnlnsitlu to Mio wi slward on tint north coast of Molokal. I! It the lioniu of the leper*. A swift ami fortunately s moot h sail under the shadow of stupendous cliffs. Hint make beauti ful and terrible litis side of ilie island, brought one safely to Ihn shore; there, watching its chance, the canoe plunged in upon Uns beach over the breakers thttt tviidcr landing In thin neighborhood very unsafe and often impossi ble. The peninsula, perhaps titr?e miles broad, spreading a couple nl miles into the sen, Is so completely Isolated llmt yon could hardly Imagine a more appropriate and secure retreat for the poor victims of leprosy. A rough sea breaks continually upon a. wild forbidding const. AI the hack till almost per pendicular wall lower., to the height of three thousand feet. There is but one avenue of approach by land?a narrow zigzag trail cut in the face of Ibis wall, dropping painfully Into the plain, below, no doubt idling the breast of the unhappy letter, who Is conduct ed hither by an olJlecr, with sickness and hor ror as he feels that now indeed ho Is banished out of the world anil forgotten of men. Yet tills very banishment is to him a good for tune? perhaps the best that could befall hint. At ills home, if Im harti any worthy of the name, he is morn or less regarded with sus picion, or treated wllh reserve. Many of the natives are quite afraid of contagion; 1 believe the disease is generally considered as conta gions, lient be is In i cured for limn lie could be elsewhere; his iiitnl, clothing and she!Ier tire certainties they were peradven tures belore. H?ing umring his lellows the constant associate of those who, like himself, tiro in some senno condemned to a living dentil?ho Is always treated with considera tion nud kindness. ' Wiiai can be mom natu ral lltuii, ut least, contentment '! "lfntHT, ritti wottsr " Forty years ago. a foreigner wlio visited these islands communicated this mont horrible of diseases to a native woman, ami from them have sprung the seeds that even nt this into day can hardly he eradicated. I'.vcry Island In "the kingdom is haunted with the miserable victims, so terribly Inanded llmt no iirtlllcc under heaven can mask their deformity. Si lently, but wllh dea-'.ly certainly, lie I t al tacked by slow degrees, mut almost unconsciously surrenders lus faculties to Hie tyranny of the plague. As the Doctor and I wore I ravelling natives came to us from time to lime, report ing supposed eases of leprosy In this or that valley. They were nt once s--:-.l lor. und usually nitida their appearance aller a little hesitation ; they drea l heilig carried from I heir homes, fearing some sort ol Imprisonment.' A few whom the Doctor scut for were not to lie found, having been secreted by their friends, who could not be persuaded to confess any knowledge of their whereabouts, tine leper was hunted for six months, and was still at liberty, his Immediate relatives keening him concealed mid-running the risk of infection, mtbor thnn give Idui up to the authorities. All lids time he Is slimmed by many end ridi culed by not n few. A StXIIIHAtl TRAIT. It tnny be one of the instincts of our nature to laugh at deformity^ lint fortunately civiliza tion rcilnes away this barbarism. The natives are nl least natural?as natural as children. ] To them any sort of deformity Is a constant source ol merriment. As wc rode one day through a small village, our attention was ut tract od by a swarm of children, uppntentl.v just oui ol school. They were gathered about a voting girl who tdood like u statue in their ldst;her chin resting upon lier I-reist, her mis hidden in the fouls of hot* coarse gown, wc drew nearer the children turned from o us, calling our iilleiillon to her lu a most less manner; holding up her bauds and ltlng to her led in the most hoist-.nuts louts ol laughter. The Doctor quieted their inscemly mirth, ttu.l. I tking (lie poor child's hand, found the bones of the lingers quite des titute of Desh, and her (eel. in iv pitiable con dition. She was un ui.dtAibtuil leper, nn-l tin melancholy stale was the occasion of Hie strange scene wo wlincs""*- A ,,u.v with n cress eye or a turned mot la generally brought, out mid exhibited to the llnoll with the great est unction, as one would show n double nonded chicken or a cat with two tails. Usually Hie unhappy creatures are named from their ilefonultics, as M Cockeye" or Orookoilrtoe,*1 Tnn i.Az.tn nnuflKi I was Hie guest of u most ninhihte couple, Mr. and Mrs. Walsh, who have charge of the two hundred ami eighty-four lepers now In the settlement. 1 tlntinl mine host living in ? Ht tlo cotlage, surrounded by Ilm various hospital wards, dormitories ami small-r ilwoiliug.4, in fact, right In lite midst of the pestih ue*e. Here, seltiotn meeting with foreigners, who-c curiosity is generally not equal to their caul I.m. continually at the mercy of the' multitude around lhein;llieinelves, possible victims ufthe same terrible malady, patient, long-sntferliig, merciful, their life Is indeed heiirolciiiid worthy of all praise. Mr. Walsh snowed us through li?. hospitals, four fair-sized buildings of one room each, wltli plenty of windows and. Im innately plenty of sea air always blowing over Uni place. Wc walketi perhaps ? quarter of a mile Id ii little village of lepers, nestling nl tin foot Of one of those sir orb cliffs, unparalleled for sublime brniliy. There live tin- mod erato cases, having lliotr own hoi|seu, hoj-aps, garden plots, ami koiiioHiuch Mends as lielp ors" for company. Tiiey certainly Boom Cdn tented, some of them arc actually cheerful. Tito "helpers" are those who promlso to re main at the set I lenient, willing to live there wlttt their tiflliclctl friends and care for them. Thoy build ami repair houses, all end to Hie gardens, and are generally useful, making their own living and serving Hie lepurs be sides, in litis way they are also a relief to the government, since Hi n'y are wnioliiid of ligiSu who would olhorwiso require nlro'd watchers. It has been also decided that husbands of le prous wives, or rice versa, are in nature divorced, but If Hjoy tiro willing may accept lifo In tho sclllumcnt, with Its re iripHoiis. Many glndly avail themselves of'iiie oppor tunity. A stuanoh intatcatios. There Is a poem of Algernon Clmrlos Rwin burno's, in whlcli a youth is mrulu to lavish the Bwlnburnlan qunntitv (or qiialltv) of love upon his leprous mistress. I believe Hie poem is a failure because of Its hideous conceit. There are a dozen cases or like linturu In litis valley of death. Though equally incompre hensible, they are nevertheless true. One poor unfortunate, at least forty years old, and re pulsive us a cobra, is fairly worshipped by a woll knit youth of two-and-twenty, who for sakes the worltl and ils temptations (which Is saying much for a Kanaka) and cleaves lo tils Medusa. 1 think Swlnbitruo should be acquit ted of the charge of morbid exaggeration upon this evidence, which I will swear lo. A more elngulur fuct is, that a man and his wife may llvo together for half a dozen years, one being leprous while the oilier is undcflled. It Is the custom in the re ligious asylums In the Levant, when a leper is presented, lo administer tho sacrament of extreme unction, and to perform it certain ceremonial of burial by proxy. Aljiir Unit the leper Is considered as one demi, ami conse quently no longer accountable for his mis deeds. This is perhaps a questionable severity since, In romo countries, leprosy Is not con sldered necessarily fiitnl. Agassi/, in his "Journey In Rrnzll," pp.. 3fj.r>-ti, montions two asylums he visited there, where certain cases had been cured, and it. was believed that with proper medical nciimcn, Hie disease would gradually decrease. Moreover, the leprosy of razll and China is of n more innlignnnl type than that of Hawaii. No foreigner, of what ever station In life, Is exempt from the danger. Yot in Brazil, us well u t in China, many per manent cures arc recorded. It bus been sup posed, though, (hat the Huwaiians nrc so tho roughly diseased that theli leprosy may not.be tho genuine article, but a complication of h?ve nd maladies. A PEW PACTS. It is almost like misfortune ndded to misfor tune that tho leprosy Is not more swift in Us work of destruction. One may live tlfleen or twenty yenrs, growing slov. lv but suielv worse tho whole lime. Tim following brief statistics, made some llmo since nt the seule ment, shows tho number of cases propor tion to tholr standing : Of one hundred and eeventy-ouo lepers?two cases wore of HRccn years standing; three of fourteen years; two Of thirteen years; soveu of iwclvo years; nine of ten yenrs; seven of nine years; thirty-two " pf Pig*)*' JcCMHi ninety-four of one to throe yoanti flrroei rindcr on,o year. In sonn- instance* IL seems to liarc been liortHlitury, i?ui not always. The youngest leper now al Iho sell lenient 1? alunit six years of age, mill I here Is mm <>M man supposed to he In his eightieth year. The settlement was ?slabllshed in January, ISfift. since thai Unie three hun dred anil seventy lepers havo been earcil for liy Iho government; of these, eighty-four have j tiled, not a largo portion when you consider* I hat some among llirni hail been lepers tenor twelve years. Istds between the ages of twelve an? llfleen, girls from sixteen (o eighteen, seem lo lie Hie worst eases. Alter waiils, the symptoms arc, in a measure, modi fied, iiiul iho" ptuhmt gradually passes nwuy. Su far. no relief has boon found in llils part of the world; mineral and vegetable pharmacy have been exhausted In tho vain hopo of dis covering some chock to the progross of the disease. Us ilrst symptoms an; almost Imper ceptible; It Is therefore diiliruli to pronounce lipon ttoilic of them. To avoid errors a trmpo rary retreat is established ut Honolulu called TIIK kai4iii asylum. Hero all doubtful eases ore intended lo, and Hie patient has nothing to do but wail for fur ther developments, mich as a thickening ol the lohe of llu- ear. swelling ol the hands and feel, paralysis ol tho arms und lingers, uleerallon, Ac. There Is a deudly look Iii the eye which can hardly lie mistaken. With all those dreadful signals or doom there h no pain. Tbu senses are benumbed, and most fortunately so. As soon ; it becomes certain that the patient Is really a letter he Is sont at mice aud forever to the asylum at Moloknl, where bo is housed ami served with a fair allowance of oat allies per day. while all bis lit Ho grievances are attended to Ina geullu though firm way. The order was almost perfect during my slay, ami I give llieetillri Credit lo the persuasive Christian disc ipline of | Mr. mid Mrs. Walsh. I i am moreover satisfied thai no community of whites, tinder the same circumstances, would behave themselves us well as these poor natives. The worst features of the disoaso arc an unhealthy appetite and a complete deiiiondl/jillon, the passions becom ing almost ungovernable. Every Sunday there Is some service hold lu one of the hospital I wards. Prayer, exhortation and psalm sing-1 lug have become a second nature with tho old people. A little eh ore h is talked of. They will doubtless have one before long, pari of Hie funds being already In baud. Tho Sunday evening I spent there we were all cdilied for four hours at a stretch by a choir of native boys singing readily by notu out of one copy ofllio Plymouth Ccllecllon. I.e. us turn back ami look into the hospital as it is. Till! lUIAMRBU Ol' IIORttOUH. We ontpr the room; mats spread on all sides are covered by about a dozen or llfleen re cumbent ligures, among the worst, of the bud cases. A total odor, faint bill perceptible, per- | vudes Ilm u|KilTnicilt. Wo hour bard, bourse breathing, harsh whispers and deep sighsfrolu Umso who can never again speak with I heir old voices. The decay ?I the vocal organs is almost tho last stage of Hi" plague, and scorns the most terrible of all. The path-nt Is usually by this lime one mass of corruption. What faciH arc turned to us as we grope among the ball' conscious sufferers, faces that look as I though they bad been backed twenty times ncruss with a broad axe and each gash ficallng had loll a horrid scum. Kars swollen lo twice tli. lr natural size, raw Imming nml bloody, while the enormous lobes bunging nearly to , Hie shoulder, ointe with a sickening nils. There are those wllli nostrils slowly wither ing away, some with no nasal at ad, only an ulcerous cavil v remains, loo abominable lo bo I hough t of for a moment. Fingers grown sharp ul (he omis, sloughing Ihu skin, shod-1 ling tho Joints one by one. This man can lay bold of and remove a toe without any sensa tion. Whnl is it thai su imralyzca the sensi bilities ? Nothing hm deitth iisoir. grasping llie.vliills. Tliey are but half alive, these lep ers, and carry I heir own Infectious corpses alioui Wllli them. <>no old man, silting in a Mala, a narrow sirlp of cloth bound nboill Hie loins, is covered from head to loot wllli large, hard swellings. There is not valley enough between his ibonsand-aitd-one fleshy hillocks lo lay the lip of your linger. Vol he is uncon scious of any puin whatever, lie luriis a ghastly irrhi?supposed lo ben smile?upontia, as lie exhibits a new mound just making its appearance on one side of him., wblob fa like If hi crown out a fliw of I lie oilier ones. Tlio poor wretoll looks more like a horned load, jwllshed down n* little, tbau a man anil a bro ibcr. THK n.vxcu or nriATn. It is proof enough of ihcir indifference or (hofuture, as well as their contentment with the present, to find that once upon a lime tiiese decaying rciumutts nf linniniillr delibe rately gave a grand hail al the hospital. There was n giinornl cleaning out of disabled pa tients and a .brushing up ol tluery, while the ball Hself was I he greal topic of conversation. Two or three young fellows who bad a few lingers let-! began to pick up a tune or two on native flutes ujndf of bamboo. Though rather melancholy lu tone, limy wore certainly tint ln npiiroprlalu In the occasion. The old, young ami middle aged took a few quick turns In a dark corner, gelling their sllllened Joints Hui lier again, and so familiarizing their ungrace ful forms with Hie hollow mockery of I he wait/.. Night came at last, the lamps Ikuiicd III tho death chumber of Iho la/ar bouse; Hie wheezing voices no longer musical, the sbuf iliug of half paralyzed limbs over the bare Door, Uni wild sea moaning In tho night, uU tended in make the sjueiie most unearthly. The Hilles began llieir shrill, dolorous pln iug; I hero was rushing lo aud fro of wiid liglires. A bleeding half blind leper seized on another of Hie accursed brings;, v:nutol\lug jicr, i?i pwore, lVoiu l;er grave. In all her loath sonio clay, he dragged her Into Um? Intoxicat ing whirl of I lie (lanc?. Naturally excitable, healed with exertion, Intoxicated with Hie very odors of death that pervaded the hall of | tho revellers, the mail crowd swayed and reeled through the unholy hours. Filially, satiated with the very bltlerness of their un natural Joy, they called lor Hie grand national lluluhula os a lining close, in the thick at mosphere of smoking und hair c:\UnijuUlioil iaiup.i, Ibcy fed on tin: voluptuous nfmmlon hient of the iuiiddenetl iliuioe, till posrion It self fainted with exhaiisllon. Was il not a dance of death ? pHOTQlTl'APlI A$*p PORCELAIN A I XT INC. Miss HATCH bus the pleasure of Informing lier friends that she has resumed the labors of her Profession al liur rooms over the store of .Mucul lar, Williams A Parker, No. 2U7 King street, whero sin: will be happy to sue them,_aclM tusi* E Vf LARD. N It 1' I X B I) P A M I I, Y I, A It 1>. We arc nor.- packing . / N It W I. A It 1) or THIS s BS AS oms IIA k H. Tierces, half bbls.. Kegs, a lbs., ft lhs., and 10 lbs. cnihtirs, oo lb. cases. For price lists, address. PllOCTOlt k C.AMF.I.K, oetsa tiistuis Clnclnnall, Ohio, ? I f? R Y. oT) T T O Mi T I 13, W A POM, BlTPPhY OF THIS TIB VT7l.fi Itt^CRPT BY Cn DCllINO THK REASON. The steadily Increasing demand for TUB WAILEY TIE, Is ihc best proof of its superiority over any other Patent. For sale by STREBT BROTHERS fi CO. septo rjrt ? 0 W N BRS OF PINK L AND, TUnPKNTINB-MAKERS, fee. Tho undersigned have Just published n Paraph let describing Ihelr new patented process of making Turpentine; by which three limes as intieli is prndnced as by the ordinary modo, und tho very Dnestqualities of llosin made, If properly distilled, throughout the hcusoii. Wo have had >l lu siicccshIuI operation the past season near Ceorgctown, 8. C. Address MOHOAN k PUDKION, Ocorgetown, 8. 0. Pamphlets at Tub CiiAni.r.sroN Naws and Courier oiriccs, and at Hhaekeiford A Kelly's, OOUO Miths.8 Jp AC IF10 GUANO COMPANY'S COMPOUND ACH? PHOSPHATE OK 1,1 MK, fou COMPOSTING WITH COTTON SEED. Tills article U manufactured at the Company's Works umior tho direction and snperlntvndcnoa of l?r. li.WENEL. H contains the same elements of fertility as Soliitile Pacific Guano, except that It is not furnished with ammonia. H is prepared expressly for composting with cotton seed, which furnishes ihe dement of nmmonin?the object I le tup; to'tender that stilc-pr?tltict of the plantation available to Hie highest degree as an element of fertility. Per further, and particular Information, apply to tlie undersigned, .1. N. KOItSON, Agcul for Sou I it Carolina. Nos. l and t! Atlantic Wharf. JOHN. S. REKSK A CO., (leneral Agents llattlinoro. octal wfmanius jr^ A N 1) P i. A S T e 11 . 300 barrels LAND PLASTER, In .-tore. For sale by oell'J OI.NKT A CO. 13 II O O K I. Y N LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Assets over.$1,300,COO Issues all kinds of Life ami Endowment Poli cies. Dividends annually tu cash. Only Com pany having tlie Dolluitu Guaranteed Surrcndor Valup Plan Policies, world-wide. Second to no Company hi the Culled Stales for stability, libe rality and economy. (MUco No. i ll Broadway, Now York. CilRISTIAN W. DCCK. President. William M. Coi.n, Secretary. State Agency No. 33 llrnad-streel, second Moor. Local and Ciiuvassiiig Agents wanted through out tlie Stale. Apply lu person or by teller id JAM KS 15. HOLMES, .In., General Agent for Smith Carolina. July 13 iiiwfiiinns Q u a V T S M K n S ~ LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, or sew voiiic. Oitlce: Park Pank llalldlng, Nos. 214 and 210 Rroadway. Capital.j ilo.ooo COE AHAMS, President. William T. PHI PPS, Vice-Pr?sident. HENRY PELDEN, Secretary. .1. T. HUMPHREYS, Agent l'or State of South Carolina, Oi?lcc No. :? llrond street. J. S. r.CLST, m. D., .Vedle.il Examiner. a3~Sl'D-AGENTS wanted throughout the State. Apply by teller to J. T. HUMPHREYS, General Agent, dee; m ? P e cT.\ i. nIF'F"I 0 e. The nltenlion of rtcnl?rs and consumera of | CIGARS AND TOtt.vcco is ralletl to, mid they are requested to ami call axnmlue the sto.-k or ihe Havana Cl.;ar Faclory.No. su Market street. Fresh Importation* seeclvcd monthly. Prices to rum* pare with New Vork houses. JOHN KAYAS, notu mini. i'roprieior. jrjtoit gig a i i-ma/n c factuiTe lis. Received a large lot of fliic P E N N S Y L V A N I A WH A P P E It 8, And fine old CONNl?l mCUT Fl Lid K?. For sale cheap, in lots to suit purchasers, by J. MAUSEN, Tobacconist, No. 914 KingSlTCCl, corner Society, net 23 !* jy? A N u t'a CT urei) A N D s M 6 KIN G TOBACCO. G . K O L i. I N , TOM.MHJU MANUFAOTtHtKllS' ARKKT, Ns. Cl Cast Hay. A general assortment of Manufactured and Smoking Tobacco, or all grades and Styles, Horn reliable Manufacturers in Virginia und Ninth Carolina, and oil'cred at tlie lowest market prices MpUM c 1 L O T II IN G , T AI lor1ng AND FURNISHING GOODS. MISNKE A MULLHR, No. 3 'i ? K 1 N U 8 T It K K T, Three Doors below liberty street. Rave Just received and opened Of lar^e ami line assortment or Men's Youths' and Buy's CLOTH ING, FURNISHING GOODS, Ac Consisting of I Kli'guut OVERCOATS, Ibi?'iuess und Dress Suits, White and Colored Shirts, Underwear Couds, Ac., English and Domcsllc Hair Hose, Alexander's ami Couvlslcr's Kid Cloves, Ituoksklii, Doeskin, Calfskin; Cloth, Cassimeio, Tweed; Silk and Thread Cloves, Linen and Paper Collars, Cravats, Neck Tics, Pocket Handkerchiefs, Suspenders, Urabretins, Ac. Also, a largo and well assorted stock of BROAD CLOTH, CASSIMP.RK, D0P.SK IN, BEAVER CLOTH, Ac, a large variety of the new style Pants nml Vest Patterns, which we offer to sell by piece, yard or pattern, or make up Into garments by measure, In tlie latest htyles. . Our slock has been selected with great care, and prices marked very luv:, In plain figures. Ilclng comblent that we can oil'er Inducements unequalled by any other house, wc solicit buyers In our line to give us a call before purchasing elsewhere. All orders will rooblvo our prompt and very ear-ful attention. Eniire satisfaction la guaranteed, octll inwismos o"r1 a u m a j~n rs, MERCHANT TAILORS, Have removed to No. it" KINO street, five doors below their former stand, where they will he pleased to see their former patrons and friends, and I lie public, generally. Mr. Jurs lias just returned from the Norih with n large and well selected stock of Foreign anil Domestic. Cloths, Heavers, Coatings, Doosklns, Cassltnercs and vesting*, also, A line assortment of (fonts' Furnishing Ooods, which wlU ho sold at a very small profit. Ocntlcmeu In want of any or the above articles will do well to call before purchasing elsewhere octll mill _ Q ii a rl b1mF0N~ h o t iTl^ CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. This firsl-Olass HOTEL, sitnntcd Inn pleasant location, and In the business portion of the city, tenders It Hie most desirable Hotel for either por msnrnt or transient guests. The accommoda tions are unsurpassed, having oxtenslvo suites or elegantly mrnlahed apartments for families and single gentlemen. The proprietor will endeavor to maintain the high reputation enjoyed br the "Charleston" as a tlrst-class house, and no effort will bs spared lo deserve a continuance of the liberal palrouago heretofore bestowed upontt. The best of Livery accommodation* will bo round adjulnlng the osUhlUhmeiit. The h ou s a u supplied wttk the oolcbrntod Arte sian Water, of which d?llghtfnl baths can ho had cither day or night. E, H. JACKSON, htlyi? Proprietor. k w f a l l g o o i) s for 1 8 6 9, .1UST OPENED AT W rl? O Ta f W 19 B M Se C O . , Nos. 2 8 7 a x u 2 8 9 K 1 M (J IT R K KT, :i>: Wc respectfully call the attention of Hic Ladies or Charleston lo our New Slock or cheap dry GOODS. Every Department la roll and complete In variety and in price*. I.ailles cari depend on buying cheaper from um this year than they have ever done before. Our entire Stock Is marked at a very small advance, and we are determined to glvo our Customers every advantage possible In purchasing this season. A great many Gonds have been purchased from Auction Mouses ami will bo sohl very low. We beg to mention a few spucinl bargains which are selling vo?y rapidly. I> ? 33 . 6* J-s <i <> <> 1> ?S . 1 ease FALL, DRESS GOODS at 33 cents, (worth 45 cents.) I ease assorted Winter Poplins, 33 cents?very cheap. case assorted DeLalnes, 20 cents. 1 case assorted Poplins at 30 and :i? cents?Cheap. 1 ease Changeable Poplins at 40 cents, t case Winseys (new) for Suits, 89 cents?cheap. A large lot of 7-S Poplins at 5a cents, (worth 75 cents.) JO packages or 7-S Solid Colored Poplins at 40 cents?very cheap. Choice lot or Kreuch Poplins, in He- most ruthlouahla Shades; also, a small bit or Drus? Silks, In Uglil Shades. sp * Kreuch Merino?, und Empress Cloths In ovary Sliudo und al low Oguroa. Ladles will plouso call and examine our Slocks before purchasing elsewhere. NEW LOT OK BLACK iill.Kd AND BLACK DRESS GOODS. w <> o J* t- \z >r i> is i? a ii ?r lit xi is t . I halo WH ITK (all Wool) PLANN EL at un cents. I bale 7-S White Flannels at !<) cents, (worth 50 cents.I 1 bale 4-4 Super White Flannel at So cents?cheap. Opera ami Sack Flannels, all Shades. All Wool Red Flautists at 33 cents, less by pieces.) 1 case assorted patterns Figured CiUMllUcres, lor Gonl I' Sulla. Ill $1?aheap. Family Ulaukeis In every variety and ai low prices. Special attention to a cheap White Blanket at ju per pair, Job. 1> OvM 12 9 T 1 CJ GOODS, AN 8) II O TJ S Va - F 17 R N .1 S H I N ( Y D?PA K T M E 1ST T, , RLEACIIRB TAULE damask at 70cents?cheap. 1-2 IlleacUcil Table Damask at m) cents, (worlll 75.) A lot ot Huck Towels over one yard long at 33 cent-'. Snper AU Linen Duck Towelling al 3s cents. 20 pieces very cheap Rlnloye Diaper, (a Job.) Russia Diapers ami Cotton Diapers. 1 caso 4-4 Longciottw, I3J? cents?cheap. Our Loagcloth Stork is the largest wo have ever shown, ranging in prioo trnm C'? eonts to 20 anil 38 cents. P.vory piece In Oio best Htaudanl Brands WARRANTER PERFECT In Texture. ? Calicoes foe Fall and winter In very lo/go variety. One ?use vetv cheap MADDER COLORS at II cents. Onr Stock Is Full and Complete In every Department, and Consumer* can Invest their fnuils In advantage at tho Cheap Store, N s. 2 8 7 AND 2 S 9 KINK ST R K H T. RESPECT FCLLT. S T O Ii L , W E B B & < : O. Oct.10 1 "P a l h o 1? e x l n u . ok millinery goods, AT >ins. M. J. 7.F.rxow9, Xo. SC-I KIXti ST. Having Jnst returned from New York, would re Rpcctfuily call the attention of tlio Ladles loa lnrgn and handsome assort mer. t of MII.LIXKIIY coons, Including Dress Trimming* und IV per Patterns. clonks on hand and niado to order. Drosamrklng artende?! to as usual, country orders solicited and promutly lilltil. octi4 a tnthsamoH jyj^?s.S ?. a. ., m u rt La n d~ Xo. :10S KlX(i-STRKKT, Would Inform her customer* and the Ladies generally that she has opened a varied and choice assort men t or new AXD FASHIOXAItLH MILLINERY, Adapted to the season. _octca tnthslmo XjT I L L F n K Ii Y (To ODS. A COMPLETE STOCK OF KINK MATERIALS IS NOW OPKNHI. Which will bo made In the HEBT MANNER AND LATEST ST-YLW, FOR FALL AND W1XTBR. AU Orders promptly filled. M. J. I100TH, No. ?9 King atreet. * actif ft tuthssciAs rpiin CKLElIRAT?D WATT PLOUGH. OVER EIGHT T. "SAND SOLD. rATf.NTl.i? iit nnoRdjR wArr, Richmond, Virginia. The best Fallow, Subsoil, Ditching and Cultiva ting I'LOITOII. Superior to all others by actual test", being adapted to every soil, and doing tho hoc nnd plor.gh work without choking. For sale ai manufactory prices, freight ndded, by J. A A DOER A CO., Agents, No. en East nay, ciiarleaton, s. c. AUo on hand, a large nssnr .tent of other Plough*, Corn Sh.'llers, Hay Cutters, and Agricul tural jrnplerwcnla of all kinds. ncisii Miil'h jb K T K R T O T'A X S, TURNER AND DE a .ER IN ivory and MASUIMCTl'iieh ok billiard halls and cues, And Importer of Billiard Cloth, Cues, Letter Chalk, ami ltlllln.nl Merchandise In general. No. no Fulton Stiikkt, New took. mayj ssmos_ JOHN MARSHALL, J n , * commission merchant. NAVAL STORES, COTTON, LUMBER* AND RICE. marshall's wharf, Charleston, S. C. ang?l a w I L LIA M M. L A W T 0 N , FACTOR AND COMMISSION MBRCUANT, No. io BOYca'a Wharf. Extra Heavy Sea Island DACOINO AND TWINE for sale. Advance* made oa> " .-oinrc In hand, augtu tfaam Q I- t) T II 1 N a SF.I.I.lNtl AT PRICES TO SUIT TIIK TIM US. ?EOliri K LITT L E .t CO., No. 213 Kino Struct, Yfoniii respectfully cnji ftin attontiun of ilia public n> i hoir large ami varied assort nselU uf Men's, Youths'ami Hoya? OI.OTUINO ?ml FBE NISHINC MOORS, Which Iber uro olIVrlliJi al prices Hint cannot fib competed with lu Iii?1 dly. Any olio In need or Iii? above mentioned articles, rill pleasegiro us n rail before |Hirehit*iii'( ?tais whore, anil wo win guarantee lo suit tiieiu in style.* ami prices. Itcmcinhor our I'lno Casdincro VNSTSnclUng at$s&o. C. B C n O E L I T T I. E ,fc CO., No. SU KINH STREBT, Five doorn below Market street. OCI30 rjlO Tnii CITIZENS OF CHARLESTON. t\tAjCTJTJU a XI. i? a. it it nil, AT Ko. 297 KING ST UK HT, Have In store a Urge slock of PINK CLOTHING, nil or thoir own manufacture. They are orrcrins all Wool Cheviot Bulls at f 12 worth $20. Coats and Sacks at $in, worth $13 to $ ??. Pantaloons $3 to $8. Veals $1, $2and $3. Shir;.* $2. Un tler-Slilrla and Prawns nt fi each. Hosiery, aiovea, Tics. Collars, Ac.., Ac, nil at extremely low price*. Their old customer.-1, and all who wish good goods, are Invited to examine their stock at No.-?7 KINO STREET. RTORR rT.RMI'RLY BCCOTIKD nr Sl'mw UOBBX. ?ict.'i tnthalmo _ _ _ g E W I N O M~A C II I N KS. Tho place to bay S E WINO M A C II I N E 3 19 where yon havo a oholco of styles'of different makers. 1 havo Ihc best single nnd double-thread Ma chines now lioforo tho public. THE Wlld.COX A OIUHS S 1 LENT MACHINE and tiik "WER I) 'i F. F. LOO K-ST1TCII Arc the simplest and most reliable Machines made. Every Machine Is warranted to Rive satis, faction, or It will bo exchanged for other kinds. All kinds of Sowing neatly and' promptly done. Orders taken for all first class Sewing or Knitting Machines, Noedlaa, Oil, Thread, Silk, Ac. . HF.PAIHINU ns usual. 1?. D. HASElTON, raayl atuthly Zfo. tf>7 King street. "J^ U S S K Ii I. - S II ( ) O K S 'I' O |{ K . RKCKXT PU IUJ CATIONS. McCULLOCII?Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, iiud Historical, or Commerce iimi commercial Navigation. Ity J. H. McCullocll. 1 vol., s vu. wllh maps. IQWI pp. ?23. WoiiiI? Illlilu Animals, bring a description of every living crcttturo in Mm Scriptures, from Ihu Ape to tint Coral, wllh ion iilttat rations, I Vol., bVO. $10 CO. . |i"i's iro:iivrour tin' industrial Arn. iiy I'lilllmiu Hurt/., Pottery ami Porcelain. Class", Kmuuel, .Metal, t!uhlsudth*<l \v.?ri;. Jewelry uml Titiic*. try. Wllli ilium rolls Illustrations, i vol.. Mn Elegantly printed. $o. Watson?The Reasoning Power of Aulimds. I'.v llu: Dev. John Sc'llijr Watson, M. A., M. It. S. I*? llioaniiorescencc; or, iho Emission ?r Light i.y Minerals, I'iailUuml Animal -. Ity T. I,. Pliip. sun, itieiuberiil tho Chemical Socle!v of Paris. *.| 7.1 Meteors, Acrcolllcs, Storms mol Atmospheric Phe nomena, from the l-'rcnoh or /.iirclirr and Mnrgolle. Ity William Lackland. Illustrated. < I Go. Volcanoes ami Kiirihntinke.i. Hy M M. /.iirriicrniid Margulle. Ileiiiiliriillylllustmti.it. ?:i"."i. The Worbl We Live lu. i.y 1>. T. Ausletl, r. (i. s. rents. Physical Media in Spiritual Muuifcslailuiis. Ity <:. W. 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Uuskin?Tho queen "f iho Air; a study nr th.: iik Myths of Cloud anil Storm, ai : ' . Hrlnton?Tlio Mythsol toe New World, iiy |>. <:. Hrlnton. "Dr. I Irin ton I* tho lint Amer ican who has treateij lliu sui>j< ,i of Indian My thology lu a thorough and scholarly way." Uoker? Kouigsniark : the Legends on lit: lloiuuh', and other I'oems. Hy George II. linker. $i ;.'>. Robinson?Diary. lU'liiiiilsciinccs and CoiTcspou denco of Henry Crubbc Hoblnson. -j vols, si Country Parson?New editions. RccroaUntis, : vols., $'J .'iU: Leisure Hours, .- I 2.1; Craver Thoughts, ;-J .Mi ; Kvcryduy Philosopher, $i 33; Counsel uml Comfort, f>\ .5; Autumnal IMy davs, $1 85. WOHKK OF FICTION. Andersen's Improvisator!:; Mrs. Austin's ti nner; Mr*. Ilache's Lcgemts of-fairy Laud: Miss Draddou'a I'.luct; Hand; Mis. Plight's Tlnco Here* nlco.s: Dash's Mlle. fifty Millions; l?e iiille's Cord ami I Tee., ; Mix Dorr s Slhyi Uunilngton: Dor. sey's Nora llraily'S Vow; Dam:!-' Low and Liber ty; Holland's Asnasin ; Victor Hu;;o's Clmidc (lucux: Tho Man Who LaugliH; Kittgs?ey's tleily; " lacfcettzle's Married Against Reason: Marlilt's Countess lilscltt; Niitimiui's Sidney KUIotl; Mrs iewby's Margaret Hamilton: nml, Itlgltl and l.efi: o'l.eaVy's Irish Willow's So::: HouliufolP* Ruder Hie Spell; Solmnmc; Mrs. SouthworlIt's Prince iif Markness; Trollope's Dream Namliers; and, (iuilio Dalatesta; Walter Ogllby; Miss Warucr's Daisy; Mrs. Wood':: Itolaml Vurko. ocll OOK BUYERS WILL 1 'INI? IT TO B VHKIH A D V A XT A t: E TO ONSUhT THIS CATALOG I" . The List will he changed t I NEW AND STAN ?*-^. ' ton : '.la. I<* O tt ARTIE'S HOOK I*. . \ Catauuii'i: No. 17. AOitP 1" LTD K A I. HOOKS. ALLEN'S SHW A.MMHICAN l'A HM POOR, l. \ l.-ed au.', enlarged, :;1 Mi. Ileiidersou's lliinleidng for Profit, Illustrated, ?1 fa). 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White' i tn.'h uiiigror tlttt .-' .'Mli, or lUw lutimiv Vc./'ir.tik'S and Knills, with uddl'.lons by .1. Van Ittireit ami Dr. James Cam.: '!:. f.A ItulBlos' S..::!. 1'arnter. new mid enlnnseil nihion, iviiltan nrticlo ioii II.iiml ('oilon. ?l w. Siiiuulcr"* Domustic Poultry, very fully lllitelratcil, ??e. Henderson's. Practical lluiUr . . i '*. Sheep?Thell' Dieeiui. MlltUlgeillcill ami Pis eases, by Win. Voialtl, fl, Itaudail": : Husbandry, with Hniidatl's l.ctlci' ;.:::?.. ;: Raising in Texas, ^i ?0. onions?How lo Itaise ilieiit Prollluldy, atsc. The Hnnleuers and Karmeis Iteason Why, Illustrated, $ I sv. Hoitrguiguon oa the <':.:i;.1 Plague, Origin, Desunpttuiiami Treatment, si -* ?. MISCKI.LANHOUS HOOKS. 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A., 4L Standing anil Stumbling; P.tn Ist. Sei en Common Paulis; l'art -Jd. Your Duly and Mine; Part ad. Things Rarely Met With; by .1. U. Phillips, M. A., Vicar of Warmliisler, $i &%. The Great Ch.ud of Wll lu sses: or, failli ami its Victories; Abel to Moses; bj Win. Lumlcts, D. D., $i ii): The (lospel of ihe ItesurrecUiHi; Thoughts on Its Relation lo Reason aud Ills tory; by llronke fuss West colt, II, I)., ?I io. Dnehenler; or, Tiie Revolt of La Vendee, f i. . Moral Reforms, with Remarks on Practical Reli gion, br J. Cleveland Cox. $1. TbO Spirit of C?das fire; The clone v.lii.hi the Sun our Heaven; by D. Mnrtlniorc, D. D., $i CO. The Astronomy ef Um Ii;' !-, by o. M. Mlicbell, Li.. Ik, wlili u ltiogr.il Ideal Sketch, fi The Literatur.? of ihe Ago of Llt/.nhclh; by Lilrrln P. Whipple, ?i Dixie Coid.cn ; or, Row I Mnnageil my Table for Twelve Year -: Iiy Mrs. Rnrriitger, i f .North Carolina, coc. - Oleamngs mini the llarve ' 1'ields r?f Mleitilnre, a Melange of Lxccrpin: curious, i iiiiiorims and Inslmctive; collated i>y c. c. notaimush; fourth edition, enlarged. * j ."io. Sleep and Its Derangements; by Win. A. Ham mond, M. D..SI Sorghum and Its iToducIs; an neconnt ef Recenl liivesllgallous; by J. L. Slewurl, ?i >. rho Sunday Magar.bi'i; a MonKily ofltecreallou . and Inslriiclio:!. pmflisely illuslrnteib Kdltei' hv Dev. Thox Outline. i?. D. Tita Del number cotiimeiiccs a new volume, coiittiln ii g fourteen urlit lea wlllj f.fleeii i;ti :; .tin: single pari \ Miy sub.-crip:; .a ist it .1. ii. UpptncoH A c->.. American Putiiiflier Specimen copies will bo sent bv mini, by Ml r-foslng 00c. to Pogarlie's Rook Reposlioiy, CbArlcston, ?. c. A Memoir of Ilm Dev. .lohn Krble. M. A., late Vlcarof llursley by the Itiglii Hon. Sir J. Coleridge, D. C. I... second edition, with raidi llons, ? vols., $4. Miscellaneous Poems; by the Dev. .1. Kehle, uni form witn Hie Memoir, .'2. nitcs and Customs of the Hrcco-Hnsalnn church; by II. c. Romannrr, with an Introitnclloii bv the author of "The llelr of Rcdcliffe,'' $3. A large and varied slock of Pocket Diaries for 1S70. We urn now receiving, In advance of Hn* Holl days, many Renutlfully lllnstnileil Rooks, Plioto gr?pli Albuins, I'orii'oluM, Writing Case.*, Ac, Ac. for tho Yiiiing Polks, wo have a large supply nf Juvenile Donks, and new supply of Ihe School dirt's favorite, " Student's Companion" and ' Casket." Novels and Light Reading of the latest nr.d Standard Authors tent by. .Mall without extra charge. Any Hooks published In America or'Europe sent frco of posiaue on receipt uf publisher's prlco. Address FOOAIITIE'S BOOK DEPOSITORY, No. ??o King street, (in tho Rend,)Charleston, 8. o. ostso stnthuAo t. ~ B H U A lt H F U L W II A T M K D I C 1 N K S V O II i' A K. H . When you nro exhausted by overwork of head or IibimI, nntl reel Ihu need ni something invigorat iittr. dont ilrlnk whlskuy or nuv intoxicating iliiiiu*, whether huiler Hut name of lUttentor other wise. Koch urtlclcii Klve JiMi us much strength to your weary hialy ntut inind as thu whip gives t<> ili?jiidcd horse, mid no more. Alcoholic si Int - ultintit uro injurions to nerve health, and arc al ways followed iiy depressing reaction. DODDS NERVINE AND INVICORATOIt K n Tonic and gentle lUimiilunt, which in uni at leaded ily rend Ion. What It gains for roil It maintains. When it refritfhes ImmIjt or mind, it refreshen with util und strength that comes t? Slay. We are nut n connu, ndim: leetntalisui In the interest of any fad ion: lust long and extend ed observation leaches us that he who resorts*to th.- holile r?r rest or recuperation, will Hud, as he kei'i - al it, that In* is kindling n fire in ids hom-s win. Ii will consume like the li?mes of perdition. Turn from it. Tal.? a ionic that will refresh and not destroy. DODD'S NKHV1NK Is for sale by ali Druggists. I'rieutMie dollar. See book of cert I llcates thai uccouipunles cacti bottle. juuej.'. Tinos r\ u . it i c n a i; * s <i n I, Il K N It R M K IV l RS. Ask for no other, take m? other, and you will save lime, health and money. ftoiiii reward inr any ease of disease In any singe which they fail in eure. Dr. RICHAU'S HOLDEN IIA I.SAM No. t cures fleers, Ulcerated Sore Throat and Moutli. Sure Kyry, Cutan.is or Skin Irruptions, Copper Col ored IttoiclleS, Soreness of the Scalp, Scrofula. Ac.; Is n.t greiftest Renovntor, Alterative and DIihmI I'urilicr known, removes all diseases from the system, und leaves tlm blond pure and healthy. Dr. EtCHAC'S GOLDEN HAINAN No. il euren Mercurial Affections, Itheumatlsm in all lu loriiis, whether from mercury or other causes; gives imm?diate relief in all cases. No dieting liecessaiy. I have thousands of l.'ertllicates proving the miraculous cures cUvclud by these rcineilles. Price of either No. I or No. il, per bottle, or two bottles for $w. Dr. RICMAU'S (IOI.DKX ANTIDOTE, a safu, speedy, pleasant and radical cure fur all Urinary Derangements, accompanied with full directions. Pri?e sa per i sit I le. Dr. Itll.ilAU'S GOLDEN ELIXIR ii'AmOUB radical cure lor Nervuus or General Debililv, bi Old or young. Imparting energy with wonderful etfect. Price J."i per bottle, or two buttles for IV. tin receipt or price these Remedies will he ship ped to any place. Prompt attention paid to all correspondents. None genuine without the name m "Dr. RICH AC'S COI.DKN RKMEDIKS, D. II. RICHARDS, Sold Proprietor," blown In glass m bottles. Adiircs.1 II. II. RICHARDS, No. tas Vurlck street. New York. Oillce hours fiom u A. m. lo " P. m. circular* sent. Julys lyr TfcflT K13 TING S T R K K T FOI IN i> Ii V. t1iu hWAUMSIIMKNT is now i'CIIXISIH.Vfl Tili: iii raovnn M c ? A R T II V C 0 T T <? N G I N, 'TEAM EXGINKS AND ROH.KRS, -irlosiii slr.es, on hand. nul Horizontal corn MVIs, 's. Stitfar Holier* anil HorsciPowcis . Gin Gi nj ?in n to w feet to d~,.i.1vK,>.'. lull roved l.tc r C afin i l?d' to... i uw and if. -c ttttU Maci.lnei-j und (;a*i ^ "'eripti in "i-.. Panic dar att?i m paid! House 'nuits *.ml Castings for buildings, Cra . . ?'o S.ish WuiolltS, Ac, Ac. WILLIAM S. IIBNRRKT, m A C Ii I N I S T AND FOUND k? ! ' No. ?.U mkkting STRKhT, cnAni.xsTOX, s. c. nun i mtvs r t, il ? m r II II K Y s, RHOKt-.li, AUOTIOXEEIl AND COMMISSION M RUCH A NT. am:; of rkal kstatk. stocks, ronds, SKOt RiT?KS and personal pro pkiitv attkndrh to. :.*?. 2? ii It 0 A II STRBF.T, Charleston, s. c. Rki'HIimncks.?Hon; IIKNRY BCIST. W. J. MA G RATH, Esq., General JAMKK CONNER, T. R. W.viilNo. i: ai. neu r.it- T ! I K V K I C K T E li LS. Cil HAP PRINTING. CHKAP PRINTING, i IlKAP PRINTING. CHKAP PRINTING. CHEAP PRINTING. CHKAP PRINTING. The attention of Hie business public is invited la (he following greatly RKDfTCKD RATHS for .1 OB P R 1 N T I N ? AT THE NEW H lOV, OFFICE y No. 149 Past D.w. BUSINESS CARDS, From %i 30 per thousand ami upwards, accord ing to size and quality of card. BUSINESS CIRCULARS, Prom $4 ct) per thousand and upwards, accord ing to the quantity of matter ami quality of paper. ENVELOPES, With Business Card neatly printed thereon, nt from ?- ' <> per thousand and upwards, according ;u quality. HILL HEADS. At from $3 ;.o per thousand and upwards, ac cording to size and quality of paper and amount of matter. DRUG LABELS, At fr?m 40 cents per thousand and n.-wsrds, according to size and quantity. ALL OTHER KINDS OP PRINT1X0 Will be done nt correspondingly low rates, and In the best styte. 1X3- SHOW PRINTING A SPECIALTY. "BfA Call nt Tiik News Oftlco and examine sped, mens and pticov