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* r VOLUME VII.-NUMBER 1157. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR THE STATE FAIR. A Rainy Day-Thc Crowd Increasing Addresses before the Agricultural So? ciety-Invitations to Charleston Or? ganisations-The Prize Cotton-Dr. Faber, &c. [STECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS,] COLUMBIA, Novembers It has been raining all day. The crowd in the city has largely increased within the last twsnty-iour hours. The Pair will open at 9 o'clock to-morrow morn? ing. At night a meeting of the Agricultural and Mechanical Society will be held at the Courthouse. Dr. Daniel Lee and other speakers are expected to denver addresses. The Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Trade o? Charleston have been invited by the Ex? ecutive Committee to attend the Fair in a body. There are five contestants for the silver pitcher offered by the Chamber of Commerce for tho best ten bales of cotton. Dr. Faber, who was recently appointed profes? sor of ancient and modern languages in the State University, arrived here to-day. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. The Mountain In Labor- Buttcrficl 1 Dis? placed at Last-His Successor Ap? pointed-Female Clerks to Overhaul hts Cash-Diplomatie Appointments, ?c. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] WASHINGTON, November 9. The President began work on his message yes? terday, and all visitors have since been excluded from bis august presence. Much curiosity is felt here as to the manner ta which Grant will acquit himself ta the composition of this, his first State paper. A person named Folger was to-day appointed Assistant United States Treasurer in place of Butterfield. Fifteen female clerks ia the Currency Bureau were sent to New York to-night to count the money ta the Sub-Treasury, and to verify But? terfield's account. Judge Embery, of Kentucky, was to-day ap? pointed Minister to Equador, vice Nunn, de? clined. . SheUabarger, of Otto, United States Minister to Portugal, ls coming home on account of contin? ued Ul health. [FROM r&E ASSOCIATES PRESS.] WASHINGTON, November 9. The State Department bas Chinese advices indorsing the Burlingame negotiations. On the loth of December the color of the light? house tower on Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas, will be white to half height; the remainder, in? cluding the lantern, will be black. There was no disasters to coast steamers in the recent storms. To-day's Herald says "that Fisk has gone up the Erie Railroad to solve the difficult problem of wages and strikes. He takes with him a party of buffers, bummers, shoulder-bitters, eye-gougers and other experts of the sort. We await the re? sult of this little piece of private war with consid? erable patiente." The Tribune says: "The Cuban Junta, we are glad to say, has been reorganized, with Mr. Al darna, the wealthiest of planters, and Mr. Hilario dzneros, a relative of Salvador Cizneros, the Marquis of Santa Lucia, among its members. Upon the new Junta the Cubans seem to be agreed, which is one point gained-Its admitted business character appears to be another." EUROPE. FLORENCE, November 9. Physicians report Victor Emanuel out of danger. PARIS, November 9. The city is nearly entirely tranquil. MADRID, November 9. Prim stated in the Cortes that Topete's resigna? tion was owing to opposition to the Duke of Genoa; but Topete still favored the .revolution, and would aid Prim ia the discharge of his offi? cial duties. SPARKS FROM THE WISES. Cholera prevails at Havana. The yellow fever has appeared at Puerto Principe. A steamer from Spam with a battalion of troops has arrived at Havana Smallpox is raging among the Indians in Kan? sas. Increased activity is reported at the varions navy yards. Two hundred and fifty German immigrants ar? rived yesterday in Richmond. Forty cattle, at Pflfltr's distillery, Cincinnati, died of the plague last week. The cattle were all natives. Efforts have been used to prevent its spread. The Rev. J. S. Bacon, a distinguished Baptist minister, former president of Columbian College, in the District of Columbia, died ia Richmond, yesterday; aged 70. A San Francisco telegram of the 9th says: "Twenty full cargoes of wheat were shipped for England during October. The October exports were 693,000 sacks of wheat and 34,000 sacks of flooj." VARIETIES. _AD English magazine propo?e3 the forma? tion of a Society for the Suppression of Cseiess Knowledge. -Negro deck-hands on Mississippi boats are addressed as follows by the mate: "Here, you Fif? teenth Amendment, shove out that plank!" -A Western editor has placed over his mar? riage heading a cut representing a large trap sprung, with the motto, "The trap down; another ninny caught." -A tax of one dollar each on the six milliqn dogs of the country is proposed. That would give just $6,000,000, minus pickings, and might en? able the administration to carry New York State. -Every scribbler is fond of quotiDg "The pen is mightier than the sword ;" but the quoter some? times designedly forgets the beginning of the line, "Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is," Ac. -Fanny Fern thinks "there is no man who would not rather be shaved by a woman than to have a great lumbering man pawing about his jugular vein, and poking him in the nbs to get up when another man's turn came. I don't say how his wife might Uko lt; but I am very sure he would, and as to his wife, why-she could shave some other man, couldn't she?" -Cincinnati has a veteran resuirectionist, an old man of 60 years, bald-headed, with a few w?hlte flowing locks, sharp, pinched feature?, eyes of a bird of prey, long, beut and gaunt form, and the limp that a wcU directed shot from a grave? yard sentry placed upon him many years since. He's an irascible character, and easily provoked to anger. Wacn fully enraged he bas a pleasant way of fixing that cold ugly eye on a man, and muttering: "Walt aili they 'plant' ye; PU have ye; PU keep track of ye-your hearse ride shan't be y er last."' TBE SURVIVORS IX MARION. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] MARION C. H.. November R To-day thc Survivors' Association of Marion County wasorganized and officers thereof elected, Colonel R. Graham Ls president ; Major S. A. Dur ham, Colonel E. T. Stackhouse, Major H. B. Cook and Captain R. L. Singletary, vice presidents; Captain A. L. Evans, secretary, and C. Smith. Esq., treasurer. The president appointed as dele? gates to thc meeting in Charleston of November 18, for formation of a State Board of the County Associations, Messrs. D. E. Gilchrist. Major S. A Durham, E. P. Marilee, A. L. Evans and C. Smith. The roll is left with the secretary till the next regular meeting, so any entitled to membership may sign it. Nothing else of general interest has transpired since our last communication. PEEDEE. THE IELEGEAPH BUSINESS. its Growth in the United States-Four Thousand Offices, Five Thousand Five Hundred Operators and Seventy Th?n? se nd Miles of Wire. The number of telegraph stations and opera? tors employed in the United States is not gener? ally known, even among telegraphers. According to official information the total number of tele? graph offices now daily transmitting and receiv? ing messages is as follows : Western Union oftlces, 3469; Franklin, Atlantic and Pacific, Pacific and Atlantic, and Bankers' and Brokers' line offices, 545; total number of public offices In the United States, 4014. Thc estimated number or private offices, at which no public bnslness is received for transimisson, is 100 making a grand tot U of 4114. The number of mi es of line now In actual use is as follows: Western Union Company, 52,099; Franklin, Atlantic and racine, Pacific and Atlan? tic, and Bankers' and Brokers', and co nections, 17,500. The number of persons employed, including presidents, superintendents, managers, opera? tors, clerks, messengers and Une repairers, has been carefully estimated at five hundred. A large number of good operators have left the busi? ness during the past few years; and in New York there are many professional telegraphers engaged in other pursuits. THE COLD INDICATORS About two years ago a company began thc dis trlbutlon of the little box-like "gold indicators," connecting with the New York Gold Room by telegraph; and at the present time there are one hundred and fifty-five of these important lnstru ments placed In the counting-rooms of snbscrib ere throughout New York. The price charged per week for the use of this indicator ls five dollars; and as the company is at no expense, except for the salary of the one operator required in the Gold Room, the profits are very large. Within the past year a printing operator has in vented an Instrument for recording the prices of all the stocks called in the New York Stock Ex? change. This machine ls self-recording, and the figures are plainly printed upon a slip of plain paper. The name of this company ls the "Gold and Stock Telegraph Company;" and so useful and popular have these instruments become, that they are to be found in the offices of all the prom? inent bankers and brokers of Wall and Broad streets, and Exchange Place. The price per week for the use of this indicator is six dollars. Thc clear profit of this company are estimated at live hundred and fifty dollars per day. SYSTEMS OF TELEGRAPHING. The Morse system of telegraphing has rapidly superseded all others. The House ? Phelps com? bination printing sytem, although about e3S> third faster than the Morse, has been proved to be less trustworthy and more expensive than the latter. The newspaper press generally prefer the manuscript copy of Morse operators to thc incon? venient printed tape-like narrow strips, of the printing instruments. A prominent Boston morning journal at one time refused to receive special dispatches from the Washington corres? pondent because they had been transmitted by the printing line. A rapid "sound-reading" Morse telegrapher can receive from thirty-five to thirty-eight words a minute, and transfer them to paper in a clear, legible manner. Within the past five years the Morse Register (through which a slip of narrow paper was originally run by simple clock work to obtain the characters) has gone entirely out of use, and there are not probably half a dozen'of them now working in New York. Nearly all the operators have learned to read the signals entire ly by sound; and a skilful telegrapher can also read the signals distinctly by night. The salary of first-class Morse sound-reading operators ls fixed at $118 a month; but there are a large number m New York who receive but $100. OPERATORS. A large majority of the more intelligent Ameri? can operators in the business were originally from the country, and, until very recently, com? paratively few students In the city had an oppor? tunity to learn the business. In country offices, where business is light, there are unusual facili? ties for young men to learn the method of oper? ating; and this In a measure accounts for thc fact that thc more skilful and proficient come from the small stations in the interior, within the past two years, the Western Union Company have annually received from thc public schools a num? ber of young men, who have ?uccessfully gradu? ated, and have taught them the business. These youths invariably make good tele ?xphere. Thc time necessary for a person tc . rn how to send and receive a message va. from two weeks to three months. Thc youLi. ,'am very rapidly. There are many children \-hose age does not exceed twelve years, who can transmit and receive dispatches; but to become a first-class sound-operator requires a practice of at least a year and a half. A good musician, or any one rond of music, learns very rapidly ; but persons over twenty-five years of age rarely become pro? ficient In telegraphing. Il is believed there is not an exception to this rule in this country. . Women have lately been employed in American offices, and there are Instances on record where one of them has received and copied by sound news dispatches of ten thousand words. There are few, howev er, who are able to receive more than six thousand or seven thousand words, or lour columns of newspaper type, without relief. NEWSPAPER DISPATCHES. In no part of the world is thc telegraph ?o lib? erally used by the newspapers as in the United States. Tae greater amonnt of this work is done at night, when the financial and commercial busi? ness of the day is concluded, aud the various coru ?anies can, therefore, afford to send news cheaply, he number of words contained in the press dis? patches delivered to the different journals in the United States during the past vear. by all the lines, is estimated at 400,500,000; and the amount of tons upon this class of custom in the same year was one million dollars. MISCELLANEOUS. The longest direct circuits, with which New York operators exchange business without repe? tition, are from New York to Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville and Wilmington, N. C. The Franklin Telegraoh Company about one year since adopted the use of double transmit? ters, and are constantly working one wire to Philadelphia and one to Boston, both ways at thc same time. This invention was made by Dr. Cin? tel, of Germany, a few years ago, and has proved a decided success. Th.re is scurcely a day in the year but this company work these Instruments upon this system without serious Interruption by StOridi Within the past two years several private com panies or corporations have erected lines for their own use. Among others are two wires recently completed between this city and Philadelphia, one for Smith, Randolph & Co., brokers, of New York, and Harrison Brothers ,V Co., dealers in paints, oils, Ac. No public business is transacted over these wires, which arc owned and managed exclusively by these firms. MR. PEABODVS "RESIDENCE."-Mr. Peabody, as the cable informs us, died at "his residence m Eaton square." It was one of the peculiarities of Mr. Peabody that he never would have a house of lils own. He cared little for himself in all things-lt was his habit, for instance, to dine oir a mutton chop at the grand dinners he used to give, where every luxury was spread upon the table. He had a room in the house of his old friend, Sir Curtis M. Lampson, in Eaton square, and it was there that he died. He used to live there in the most qslet and retired manner: and his name did not appear in any directory or "Court Guide." He ha3 suffered much during the last four years, and could very seldom bc induced to call in a doctor; when he did lie neither obeyed the doctor's orders nor took his medicine. As one of his physicians complained a short time ago. Mr. Peabody was a "most unsatisfactory" patient. He hated io be asked after his health, or to have any fuss made over him. He wtU, no doubt, be buried in Danvers, Massachusetts-that, at lea1;!, was the wish he often expressed in his life? time.- New Torte Times. SINGULAR REQUEST OF A CONDEMNED MUR? DERER.-Pike, who was to bc hanged at Concord, New Hampshire, on Thursday, for murder, makes a request, which will probably be granted, that a quartette of young ladles In Concord, who have often sung to him and other prisoners, be allowed to remain in bis cell after he passes out for the last time, and stng while preparations to launch him Into eternity are being concluded; that ls, after the cap ls drawn over his face, while the straps and ropes are being adjusted. He also re? quests that no relatives of his victims shall be ad? mitted to witness Ids death. THE OE AND OPERA IN PARIS. its Construction, Interior Arrangement nnd Cost. The Paris correspondent of the London Tele? graph writes : Yesterday I paid a visit to thc interior of the new Grand Opera, Pans as yet of course an architectu? ral chaos, and hardly revealing "its future glories to exoteric eyes. Most of your readers have seen the grand mass of Haussiuaunic conception. I used to dislike it, but it has grown on Paris, and if vou waik down the Ruc Louis lc Grand you w?l see a facade, and behind it a theatre, never yet equalled in Europe. I remember being conducted with solemn awe to the Scala, and with hushed reverence to San Carlo. I had even then seen theatres and was disappointed, as every one who goes to see anything after twenty-five will probably be; still, there they were. But, looking to the actual dimensions of those two theatres, it seems to mc that you might pack them up and carry them home in the parterres of the new Grand Opera of Paris. What that edifice has cost and will cost is nothing to the readers or to the writer of this letter. Do they know what the Crimean war cost? the Indian mutiny or thc Abyssinian expedition ? No. Well, then, we have our own little expeditions; and I say with Lever. "Silence a la mort.'" To build over a quicksand is not a good plan, and certainly is not a cheap one. There is a tower in London-not the Tower; who cares for that?-which also in early life met witli very shifty fortunes. I do not say that I admire the brazen Images which thc architect has set up-I do not ?ike them at all; and, indeed, I fancy that bronze will hardly express what they will be in a year; yet they glitter, and thc Parisian, basking in the sun as he drinks lils corree and water, says to a friend from the country who pays, "Behold, my cousin, that is line.'' i do not think so, but the whole effect is grand. The walking public are to walk into their places by the grandest en? trance, that which faces the site whereon stood the Rue de la Paix before it was "Shunted right" about half a turn. If you are to judge about what you go to hear and see from the entrance which admits you to your seat you must auticlpate something mag? nificent. Crossing the Graud Place de l'Oper?, you, a cheap, walking, stall-going person, mount a staircase worthy of Venice, and go through gal? leries In which you need not be puffocat?d be? tween the acts, either to pit. upper boxes or gal? lery. It was ot'Jccted that the entrances were Tow and narrow. They are not the latter: and, as for the height, a man of six feet two, with his cane, could scarcely touch the top. Round the build lng a corridor, open in summer, closed in winter; to thc north, the carriage entrance, under cover of which comes the general public, and that com? posite body will drive up to its stalls and boxes through arcades, whicli will remind the younger male mind of Burlington. So far as we could ludge, the rest of thestaircases will be perfect. But "Halt-what have we here?" 'Tis the cn trance of the Emperor and thc Empress, and is truly Imperial. Prom a loggia we see it-a grand gallery, which in hot weather will allow ail the upper boxes to lounge out of their places, smoke In the open air, watch those who come and go, and look down on that vista which will lead to th? Theatre Fran?ais. The imperial box is enter? ed by a somewhat heavy gateway, which, from above, gives rather the effect that its occupants had better get out and walk: but once thal they have threaded the eye of the needle they are in? deed m a broad way which leads to a suit of rooms unequalled, I should say, In any theatre in Europe, and "who says Europe, says the world." Then we must turn to thc foyer I pledge you my word that it is as big as one of the loggie of thc Vatican. Years ago the foyer of a Pans theatre was an institution-per? haps the beaux jours will return willi more space. We pass through miles of passages of brick and stone buildings-walls as thick as any I have ever seen in casements, and on which I am sure the enemy, armed with the largest musi? cal Instruments, will never produce any effect and we Inspect the boxes. They are very nice. By the way, officialism here is carried to thc very extreme of the tape. A friend of mine made a note. It was, I believe, to the effect that thc "grand groups" outside arc not solid, but in de? tached blocks; that hence Harmony has a flaw on her throat and Composition a linc across her Orow, which is true. "It ls entirely forbidden to make notes here," was announced. Now In a besieged fortress one can understand this; in an unopened theatre one says, it is excessive cau? tion. I am quite sure that none of our party roar poor pilgrims from distant lands, ind going to see the "Chatte Blanche" had the least idea, even if we had the means, which, Indeed, judging individually, I .loubt, of building an opposition Grand Opera in my capital In Europe. But I must go back to Dur tour of Inspection. We went next to see the dressing rooms of the ladles and gentlemen, and were charmed. Then we went to sec the theatre Itself. "Why, it ts not so big as the Olympic I" was the cry. Yet I am told lt ls a little larger, even; nay, it ls even bigger than thc now existing Grand Opera of Paris, being capable, in fact, of rontalning three hundred persons more-"and they will all be comfortable" was said by our eery taciturn guide. Now the present house con? tains 1950, and they are certainly not all "com? fortable." Standing with your face to the stage the Impression would be, 1 think, that you had traversed miles of massive masonry, climbed up many stairs, gone through long lines of passages, merely to see a very handsome but small theatre. It is only when you pass on to the stage you dis :o vcr the enormous size of the building, t he height, width and depth of the actual stage lstelf, ina the vast spaee which ls not seen from the rront. You exclaim, "Why. this ls keeping the promise of tue outsiae !" what wonderful spec? tacles will our sons see on that vast scene; and sr hen the whole pit, stage and back-stage arc boarded over for thc bal masques, what a sight it ?ill be ! There is only one epithet for the size of the stage, and that is "vast." You must under? stand, too. distinctly that the theatre only seems miall, while lt is very large; and I suppose that, is there is a limit to the human voice divine, so lhere must be a limit lo t he size of a theatre. Ad? orning the stage, ami lu the old Ruc Neuve des tfathurius, is the library of the theatre-very large, as lt needs be, to contain all the manu? scripts and printed music of a national opera of IO long standing. The building itself looks as if .ntended to lust as long as the monuments of [lome, and will give a very distant New Zealander i flue chance of a sketch. Fire, too, would be, I should say. an impossi? bility, there being, literally, nothing to burn; but certainly what most strikes the unaccustomed ?ye ls the immense mass of stonework, the long -ange of supplementary passages and stairs ne? cessary to form a theatre. They cover between leven and eight English acres of ground. Wc ?vere taken In nt the back or workmen's entrance, ivhere we saw two Egyptian coluraus, not in good ?ste, and much too "small, which are to adorn he actor's entrance; and then we were gradually jrought baek to the place where wc had entered, ind were thence dlsmisssed to our breakfasts. They said, but lt has been almost contra licted, that the 15th of November would iee the whole of the outer works finished, ind that on the 15th of August, 1870, the muse would be opened. The flrst anticipa ion is probable, but I doubt thc possibility of the iccond. Inside there is nothing but the rough, >are stones and the cement which binds them. 1 lave necessarily given you a very imperfect idea >f the Interior of thc Grand Opera, but an archi? ed alone could describe tho coming theatre from he existing shell. As for statistics, tliev are luite tabooed; they will not show you a model or i plan, and the consigne of the man in uniform vho is toled off to conduct you over thc structure -lt ls rather like visiting a vast Herculaneum-is .to answer no questions." Strangers arc admitted with great didlculty. md never more than three are allowed to enter vith one card. No doubt they fear the crow.! of latlvc/oneur?, THE CHINESE PROBLEM. V Practical Solution of thc (?in . ?iou. [From the Overland Monthly.) To tempt Chinese immigrants, and introduce hem into our cotton States in Bnfllclent numbers o further a higher prosperity, will require skilful nanagement. Chinese merchants, entitled to es ecui in their several companies, have latelv re? amed from a prospecting tour to the Atlantic .'oast, where universal kindness was bestowed ipon them, and unmeasured good feeling mani Csted toward their people. Pioneer gangs have ately started for places in thc Eastern States, vhere their labor is represented as almost a press ng necessity. These, after a short period in n ountry where all is new to them, write b^cn lo heir friends accounts, favorable or otherwise, of he locality, people aud occupation. Thus, by dc ;recs, through these means, au immigration will ?e established. They will come freely, when every cttcr written home unites in confirming the en :ouraglug assertions of those who visit China per* onally, to start them forward. Thc travelled ;hlnainan, telling stories of his wanderings, will .?corne a sage in his native district when describ ng railroads, factories, ami numerous inventions 'f civilization. Foreigners will certainly come from the ovcr Towded districts to a desirable country, with a lopulation of less than ten persons, and to a State vith only two anti a half persons to a square nile. The national constitution makes no dis irlmination regarding who may come, but affords iqual tights to all. If Chinese present themselves ve must admit them. Wc are bound by treaty o afford them thc same protection we" accord ?Hier nationalities. Great nations cannot afford o be unjust. Rather than prevent their coming, if it were )osslble, let us study to understand and become nasters of the situation, and direct a system fur lishlng us Asiatic laborers, so as to advance and devate all of our present white laboring classes iVho have within them ability to rise. Their iu :roduction will be gradual but constant: and liter supplylug the large deficit of labor at thc South, and furnishing sufficient for the inaugura? tion of new enterprises, it will enable all who are capable to advance and keep pace witta thc gradu? al withdrawal or their competitors from menial labor to higher positions. lt is the opinion of well-informed Chinese mer? chants, who are close observers, that the annual savings remitted to China by the 05,000 Chinese now on thc Pacific coast do not exceed ?30 to each man; against which, as a State, we have the profit on 23,720,000 days' labor and ull permanent Industries developed through their presence, which afford further employment topare white laborers. A very large portion of even this sum sent to China generally goes to assist in bringing more neighbors and friends to this country and contributes largely to support American shipping. Eight out of every ten ships plying between California and China are American, Chinese mer? chants having invariably given them preference, even when compelled to pay war risks, which, with all their other insurance, they give to our local insurance companies. During the war their merchants gave freely to the Sanitary Fund. They have no desire for suffrage, and study to keep out of politics. All return to China, general? ly after about five years. A majority return here, bringing others with them. If they die abroad, their bodies are carefully prcverved, taken to their native place, aud buried lu line at their an? cestral grave-yard. If California could manfacture as cheaply as Massachusetts, she might retain annually $14, 000,000 in the State, which now go East to pay for Imported goods. Her wealth may also be large? ly Increased by employing Chinese In silk and tea culture. In China, where the use of silk origina? ted, lt was a noted Industry 4767 years ago-2808 B. C., or by Hebrew record, A. L. 1293. They arc recorded as using silk strings for musical Instru? ments, 3200 B. C. The world now annually pro? duces silk valued at $225,380,000-over hair of which still comes from China, Japan, aud thc neighboring parts of Asia. Thc United States produces but JlOO.OOO worth, and Imports from $40,000,000 to $45,000,000 worth annually, of which about $27,000,000 worth comes from France, which, in 1860, manufactured $140,000,000, and ex? poned $110,000,000, thus giving employment to over 500,000 persons, aud adding vastly to her na? tional wealth. We can furnish America all her tea and silk, with '.he assistance of Chinese laborers. California can thus, singly, settle our national ex? changes, by a solution far" more satisfactory than England, when she forced opium upon the Chi? nese. Accessions of cheap laborers, without In? terfering with those now here, would enable her to supply herself and produee raisins, almonds, olives, prunes, oil. tobacco and wine profitably for export. These fields or productive Industry will reap far ampler rewards, enriching California more than any present export from the gold fields. These ar'icles are, also, more valuable ns exports, because annually produced and consum? ed; while the production of gold is ningle and ex? haustive, and not being perishable, its relative value to other property diminishes in nearly the ratio of its annually-Increasing value. FOREIGN TOFICS. -The English Princess Royal of Prussia charg? ed at thc head of a regiment of cavalry In a sham fight at Stargard, and the troops have given lier a "sword of honor." -So many liberals in Prance, Germany and Italy having lately declined accepting the orders conrerrcd upon them by different sovereigns, the French Government has Issued a circular to the various European cabinets, suggesting that hence? forth no more orders shall be given to any persons but such as previously signify their acceptance. -The North German Navy, since the acquire? ment of ports on the Baltic, has been rapidly In? creasing, and greater interest is felt among thc people in maritime affairs. The German Society in aid of the shipwrecked ls constantly receiving additions of members and contributions, and the operations of the association are becoming more extended. The sympathy with the shipwrecked saiiors is not confined to the coast districts, and the society recently received a donation or $8000 rrom a resident or Bonn. -A model or the proposed briuge across the British channel is to be erected over thc lake in the Bois de Boulogne. In constructing the chan? nel bridge, thc piers are to be floated to thc ap? pointed spot, and then the buoys being with? drawn, they lall into their position. Each pier ls armed with telescopic screws or enormous strength, which are workeJ Into the bed. The piers arc so constructed that water pours through them with little resLstance; and each pier Ls pro? vided with a staircase, up which, should vessels run roul or them, the crew could run and go home by train. -In the City of Bristol, England, the annual death-rate has lately been reduced from twenty eight to twenty-two and a hah* per thousand of the whole population; iu other words, there are fewer deaths by a thousand In a year than for? merly. Thc change ls ascribed to the action or a health officer, Mr. Davies, who, aided by four in? spectors, has visited every tenement court three times a week, examined every house and closet, dislnrected every nuisance, and superintended the clearing or drains and thc whitewashing or walls. Although a gr?a*, part or the population live in these crowded courts, Mr. Davies has suc? ceeded in extirpating typhus and other malignant fevers, and has thoroughly interested thc laboring people themselves in his measures. -There was a very alarming shock or an earth quake in and around Schemacha, in the Caucasus, on the 21st ol August. Nearly the whole town, with the neighboring town or Sundi, was de? stroyed. Hardly a house escaped serious dam? age. The earthquake signalized Its approach by several phenomena, among which were an tinu ?ual turbidness ol t lie water and Hie prevalence of an odor or garlic in the air. Duriug the trembling the magnet lost Its attractive power. The motion was undulatory, and thc earth-waves, following different directions, met and crossed each other. This wave-like rolling of the ground was accompanied by a vertical movement which has been but rarely observed in such phenomena. Thc centra! point of thc earthquake was a chain of mountains in the neighborhood or Schemacha. -Asia is suffering from thc combined attacks or cholera and a lamine. At Lucknow, thc deaths from the former are averaging eight or ten a day. During themonth of June alone there were 20,000 deaths from cholera in the central provinces, and for the following two months the rate was not much less. In Eastern Bengal there have certainly been 20,000 deaths during the season, and in the Punjab, Upper Bengal and Rajpootana the deaths have at thc very least been sufficient to swell up the grand total to 100,000 for the whole ol Eastern and Central India. Six hundred Europeans have perished ont of a scanty population of some iso, 000. Tlie famine Ls also doing its part towards the diminution of the population. In Delhi rood has risen to rour times thc usual price; rice that used to be procurable at rorty seers (eighty pounds) for thc rupee now commands a rupee for ten seers, and in spite of the general well-to-do char? acter or the population there ls widespread dis? tress. People are selling off their idols and jewel? ry lo keep themselves alive; the rood shops, ap? prehensive, possibly, of riots, expend a large share or their profits in dispensing provisions gratuitously to the people. In Ajmere aud some or the native States of Kajpootana the suffering is dreadful. Ia Gwalior alone there have been two thousand deaths from starvation in the past six weeks. The Maharajah or .leyporc has expended ?l',o,ooo in reeding his people; but even this mu? nificent liberality has only partially alleviated the existing distress. -Tlie following account or the recent torture or a Christian woman by the Chinese, in Clinton, comes to us in our latest foreign (Iles: ?A native Christian woman, much respected by the Chris? tians, and even by the pagans who were acquaint? ed with her, has devoted herseir for twenty years to iii" rescuing and bapUziug infants abandoned by their parents, At thc beginning or July she was arrested on the charge ol" practicing sorcery upon young children, and or taking out their eyes, the marrow or their bones, and even their souls, with a view to the preparation or magical remedies. She was several times savagely beaten on the race with leathern straps to induce her to confess lier guilt. In the midst of her tortures, how? ever, she maintained thc greatest courage and con? stancy in coufessiug the faith. S'ac was con deiuucd to death, aud it was feared the sentence would be immediately executed. Upon this M. Girardin, the resident missionary, succeeded in obtaining entrance to thc prison, heard her con? fession, and administered to her the Holy Viati? cum, whUe the bishop, Mgr. GniUemln, left no means untried to obtain a respite. This was granted, and the Viceroy spread a report that the cause would he carried by appeal to Pekin. But in thc meantime thc populace was excited to fresh violence, and the mandarins subjected the acensed to fresh examinations, forcing her to re? main for many hours kneeling upon ircn chain? AU of a sudden, however, the victim of persecu? tion was set at liberty, and received with public demonstrations o? joy by the Christian part of the population."_ __ TBE CONFERENCE OE RABBIS. Thc Subject of Marriage. The Convention of Jewish Rabbis reassem? bled in Philadelphia, on Friday last, at the resi? dence of Rev. Dr. Hirsch. At the opening of the session Rev. Dr. Hirsch called the attention of the conference to the death of the great philanthro? pist, George Peabody, and, warmly eulogizing him, moved that the conference express its sym? pathy. The president seconded the motion in fit? ting expressions, and requested the convention to rise, in token of respect, which was unanimously acceded to, and ordered that the proceedings be entered on the oillcial minutes. The following resolutions were passed : Thc dissolution of marriage pronounced by a civil court is of full validity in the eyes of Juda? ism, if the judicial documents furnish evidence that both parties have consented thereto; where the court issues, however, a decree of divorce by constraint against one or the other parties, Juda? ism recognizes the validity of such divorce then only If thc grounds on which such a decree ls issued are deemed sunk-lent in accordance with the spirit of the Jewish religion. It is recom? mended, '.lowcver, that the deciding rabbi obtain the concurrence of competent men. The decision of the question whether the hus? band or the wife is to be declared, In doubtful cases, as dead or lost, h to be left to the courts. It was further resolved: The command to marry the widow of a de? ceased brother and of taking oif the shoe has lost for us all understanding, all validity and bind? ing force. Further-The male child of a Jewish motlier ls by its birth not less than the female, in accord? ance with a principle never disputed lu Judaism, a member of the Jewish community. The following propositions were adopted: Thc benediction now in use ls to be replaced by one which fully expresses the moral elevation of the married state and emphasizes the biblical Idea of the fusion of man and woman into one person? ality and the Divine prohibition of Illegal Inter? course. Polygamy is in direct opposition to the idea of marriage. Thc marriage of a man with a second wife can be as little valid, therefore, and as little claim thc sanction of ecclesiastical authorities as thc marriage of a woman already married to an? other man is to bc considered null and void. The Conference then adjourned to meet In Cin? cinnati next year. FOREIGN TRAGEDIES. Fearful Murder in Bruaiels-Two La? dies Murdered in their own Dwelling. Tlie correspondent of the London Morning Herald gives details of a fearful murder, still shrouded in the deepest mystery, and perpetra? ted in Brussels. An elderly widow, Mme. Vandenpoel, occupied a house at Ko. 7 Rue de Brabant, close to the ter? minus of the Cologne Railway, together with her daughter, an old maid, about forty years of age. Thc liousebelonged to them, and they were very well oh", but rather miserly In their habits. They led a very quiet life, occasionally received a few friends and neighbors, and very seldom went out. On Friday last, the 15th Inst., their door remained closed. A card was stuck np outside with the word "absent" written upon lt. On thc previous day a lady, who had rented their first floor, had moved out, and the two ladies, who kept no servant, were thus quite alone In the house. The neighbors were rather surprised at their hav? ing gone away without saying anything about lt, but the notice aiilxed outside thc door prevented any suspicion being entertained of any fool play. Six days passed, and the notice still remained nailed to thc door and neither Madame Vanden? poel nor her daughter made their appearance. The neighbors got alarmed. An old friend of theirs bethought himself that they had relatives at Louvain, und. thinking lt possible they might have gone there on a visit, took train to Louvain, but soon returned, having ascertained that the ladles had not been there. He then put himself In communication with the police. An entrance was made into the house, and the murdered bodies of tho mother and daughter were found in the dining room. The daughter's corpse show? ed signs of a fearful struggle; her hair had been torn off In several places; her face was all over scratches; her skull had been beaten In, after an attempt at strangulation, which had left Ineffaceable marks on her throat; thc body was lying in a pool of blood. The mother had been killed by repeated blows about the head, inflicted by a hammer; lier head rested on her knees, as If tn her terror she had wished to shut out some dreadful sight. Thc cloth was laid In the dining room for three persons, and the furniture was not broken nor disturbed. The drawers of a writing table were found open, and title-deeds, shares and other securities in them are untouched. In the bedroom of the mother the bed showed traces of having been slept in. On the last day they were seen alive. October 14, they were bustling about the bouse. superintending the removal of their tenant's furniture. During the evening or the 14th, the neighbors fancy thcv recollect hearing some noise and men's voices, and supposed they were receiving company. No clue whatever lias been discovered to thc assassin, or rather assas? sins, as it ls supposed there were two persons en? gaged lu this bloody work. Fourfold Murder In Belgium-T h r c c Brothers put to Death. Thc London Times of October li gives an ac count of four murders committed by one man at a village called Horno, near Mons, nearly thirty miles from Brussels. Tlie murderer, for about three years, has been a small farmer and sheep dealer. His name is Dessous-le-Mousticr. He is twenty-eight years of age, and was married some three years ago to thc daughter of a farmer. He was acquuinted willi three brothers who were extensive traders in sheep, near thc forest of Audennes. The elder brother, Pierre Joseph Thirion, aged sixty-two. was on friendly terms with the murderer, and in March, 186s, called upon him on business. He was never again seen alive, and it was known that he had upon him thc sum of three thou? sand francs. About a month afterward his brother, Nicholas Thirion, aged lifty-clght, visited thc prisoner to make Inquiries respecting his missing brother, but he never return? ed to his home in the forest. A month still later-namely. May, 1808-thc youngest of thc three brothers, Gustave Thirion, aged forty two years, went in search of his brother, and shared the same fate. The mysterious disap? pearance of the three brothers naturally excited considerable suspicion, aud Dessous-le-Moustier was called before the authorities and interrogated, but gave such a plausible explanation that, In the absence of any proofs, he was discharged. A few days ago lils wife became suddenly ill, and he re? fused her medical aid, but she induced a neigh? bor, who accidentally called in, to send the vil? lage doctor. She rallied a little, but afterwards had another attack, under which she sank. Before her death she mude some disclosures respecting her husband, and avowed thc belief that he had poisoned her. The doctor eoiiilrmcd her sus? picions, and, acting on this information, the man was arrested. The previous suspicious then re? vived, and thc dying wife's disclosures prompted an examination ol' the premises of thc prisoner. An old pit that had been lilied up in his garden was excavated, and there at different depths were found tlie remains of tho three victims. Of course considerably decomposed. In poisoning Iiis wile the wretch appears to have hail a double motive. A woman in the neighborhood has co? habited with him and is enceinte. To bring this paramour into his home, and at thc same time to rid himself of thc only dangerous witness of his previous crimes, he resolved to com pass lier death. When arrrcstcd and charged with the murder of his wife, he, with great coolness, ex? claimed, "Oh ! is that all r" He was on Saturday confronted with the remains of his victims, but was very collected and disclaimed all knowledge of the matter. He has, however, since admitted his guilt, and inculpated an old man, who has been arrested, as an accomplice, lie pleads for speedy execution. Thc stomach. Ac, ol' his wife are in the hands of au eminent analyst in Brus? sels for examination. The remains bf the three murdered brothers were on Sunday interred in thc village cemetery, iu thc presence ol' thousands of spectators from the surrounding towns and villages. _ _ SLEEP POR SALE.-De Quincey says that when he tirst purchased opium, it was like dis? covering thal pleasure could be brought by the bottle and oblivion by the rules of liquid measure. The New York Medical Society is making known the fact that something very like this has been done in thc discovery ol' thc anaesthetic known as chloral-hydrate. When the proper quantity is ju? diciously injected, a sound, refreshing sleep en? sues, from which thc patient awakes with tiie ap? petite and resilient spirits which follow the sleep of health. It is said to bc superior to ether, chlo? roform and morphine, and may be taken with water, mucilage or orange-peel. It is due to the experiments ol' Dr. Liebright, or Berlin, who first brought lt to light last July, and was introduced into this country three weeks ago by Dr. Jacoby. With tlie exception of the small quantity brought by Dr. Jacoby, there Ls none in the United States, so that its success among sleepless Americans re? mains to bo tried. imiterai Notices. J?T- THE FRIENDS AND ACQUAINT? ANCES of Miss MARIA E. FARLEY are respect, fully invited to attend her Funeral Services, at No. 27 Mazyck street, at half-past 3 o'clock, THIS AFTERNOON. novio * J?r* THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. JOHN R. CHI. CHESTER, and of Mr. and Mrs. James S. Chiches? ter, and of Mr. and Mrs. Francis L. Perry, are re? spectfully invited to attend the Funeral of the for? mer, at his residence, No. 6 Rose Lane, THIS MORN INO, at 9 o'clock. novio * Special Satires. p3~ EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.-ALL persons indebted to the Estate of thc late ELIAS wHILDEN will make payment, and all persons having claims against the same will present them, properly attested, to Mr. W. W. WHILDEN, East Bay, one door north of Society street. W. W. WHILDEN, novio w3_Qualified Bxecutor. j-39-NOTICE TO TEACHERS. -ON THE 4th December next, the Board of Trustees of the Unionville Female High School will elect a ITinci pal to take charge of this large and nourishing School. Applicants desiring to learn particulars, will please communicate with and forward refer? ences to JOHN N. HERNDON, Chairman of Board. Union, S. C, November 5,1869._novio w4 psT" NOTICE TO LEGATEES.-T II E STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, LANCASTER COUNTY.-The surviving Executors of WILLIAM MCKENNA, deceased, vs. PATRICK N. LYNCH, Roman Catholic Bishop of Charleston, et al In Equity.-Bill for Settlement of Estate, Ad? vice, Ac-By order of the Circuit Court In this cause, filed October 15th, 1869, notice is hereby given to the individuals embraced within the classes hereinafter described, with? in twelve months from the date of the publi? cation hereof, to come in and establish before the undersigned Clerk of the Court their right to the Legacies bequeathed to them in and by the last Will and Testament of William McKenna, late of the County and State aforesaid, deceased; or fall? ing so to do within the time specified, their claims will be barred, to wit the following: The children of James McKenna, a brother of the Testator, for? merly residing at Castle Nacor, In the County of Donegal, Ireland; the children of Owen McKenna, also a brother, formerly residing at the same place; the children of Nancy Clemens, a deceased sister of the Testator; the children of Elllnor Barr, also a sister; the children of Einnor Moran, a daughter of the said Elllnor Barr; the children of John McKenna, a deceased brother of the Testa? tor; the children of Rose McKenna, a sister of the Testator; thc children of any of the above mentioned classes who may have died before the death of said Testator, leaving such children liv? ing athis death; and, also, thc children of John w. Bradley, a nephew of the said Testator. THOMAS H. CLYBURN, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Lancaster County, S. C. October 13, 1869._oct20 w3mos p8~T HE PRICE TELLS. CHEAP PRINTING. CHEAP PRINTING. CHEAP PRINTING. CHEAP PRINTING. CHEAP PRINTING. CHEAP PRINTING. The attention of the business public ls Invited to the following greatly REDUCED RATES for JOB PRINTING AT TEE NEWS JOB OFFICE, No. 149 EAST BAT. BUSINESS CARDS, From $2 50 per thousand and upwards, accord? ing to size and quality of card. BUSINESS CIRCULARS, From $4 00 per thousand and upwards, accord? ing to the quantity of matter and quality or paper. ENVELOPES, With Business Card neatly printed thereon, at from $2 50 per thonsadn and upwards, according to quality. BILL HEADS, At from ?3 50 per thousand and upwards, ac? cording to size and quality or paper and amount or matter. DRUG LABELS, At rrom 40 cents per thousand and upwards, iccordlng to size and quantity. ALL OTHER KINDS OF PRINTING Will.? be lone at correspondingly low rates, and in the best style. OS- SHOW PRINTING A SPECIALTY. -?ft Call at THE NEWS Onice and examine speci? mens and prices. pS- MEDICAL NOTICE.-PATIENTS suffering from Diseases pertaining to the Genito L'rinary Organs, will receive the latest scientific treatment, by placing themselves under the care )f DR. T. REENTSJERNA, Office No. 74 Hasel ureet, three doors east rrom the Postolllce. aug25 ws_ ^TIIE SECRET OF BEAUTY LIES n the usc or HAGAN'S MAGNOLIA BALM lor thc :omplexlon. Roughness, redness, blotches, freckles, sun? burn and tan disappear where it is applied, and a jeautirul complexion or pure, satiu-like texture is obtained. The plainest Tcatures arc made to glow n-itli healthful bloom and youthful beauty. Remember Haean's Magnolia Balm ls the thing that produces these effects, and any lady can se? cure it ror 75 cents at any or our stores. Topreserve and dress the hair use Lyon's Ka lhalron. wotc27 rm rn ol p8r WORDS OF CHEER-ON THE Errors of Youth and the Follies of Age, in rela? tion to Marriage and Social Evils, with a helping hand for the erring aud unfortunate. Sent m Bealed letter envelopes, free or charge. Address no WARD ASSOCIATION, Box P., Philadelphia, Pa. sept25 3mos Special Notices. ptr- JUST RECEIVED, A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF FINE BUSINESS ENVELOPES, NOS. 5 AND C, Which will be furnisheil to our customers with Business Card neatly printed thereon at $4 to $6 per 1000. CALL AT THE NEWS JOB OFFICE AND SEE SAMPLE3. novio_ ^TO THE FLOUR MERCHANTS AND ALL INTERESTED.-OFFICE INSPECTOR"/)? FLOUR, NO. 68 EAST BAT, CHARLESTON, October 16.-Orders for Inspection of Flour will be re ceived at this office from thia date, and be promptly attended to. C. N. AVERILL, octl6_Inspector of Flonr. ?kW NOTICE.-NATIONAL FREED? MAN'S SAVINGS AND TRUST COMPANY, CHARLESTON BBANCH, No. 74 BROAD STREET. Money deposited on or before November 15th will draw Interest from November 1st. oct2817_NATHAN RITTER, Cashier. ?&-TKE CONFEDERATE WIDOWS' HOME.-The Second Anniversary of this Institu? tion will be held at the Rooms of the Home, in Broad street, on WEDNESDAY, November 10, at 12 o'clock, noon. Addresses will be made by Colonel B. n. Rutledge, M. P. O'conner, Esq., Colonel Ed? ward McCrady, Colonel Thomas Y. Simons, A. T. Smythe, Esq., and others. All who are Interested In the Home are Invited to be present._nov9 2 j-SS-TO CONSUMPTIVES. -THE AD VERTISER, having been restored to health in a few weeks, by a very simple remedy, after having suffered several years with a severe lung affec? tion, and that dreadful disease, consumption, ls anxious to make known to his feBow-snfferers the means of cure. To all who desire it, he will send a copy of the prescription used (free of charge,) with the direc? tions for preparing and using the same, which they will And a SURE CORE FOR CONSUMPTIO?T, ! ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, AC The object of the ad? vertiser in sending the Prescription is to benefit thc afflicted, and spread Information which he conceives to be invaluable; and he hopes every sufferer will try his remedy, as lt will cost them nothing, and may prove a blessing. Parties wishing the prescription, will please ad? dress REV. EDWARD A. WILSON, Williamsburg, Kings County, New York._nov9 3mos ^ERRORS Or*YOUTH.-A GENTLE. MAN who suffered for years from Nervous De? bility, Premature Decay, and ali the effects of youthful Indiscretion, will, for the sake of suffer! lng humanity, send free to all who need lt, the re? ceipt and directions for making the simple rem? edy by which he was cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by the advertiser's experience, can do so by addressing, with perfect confidence, JOHN B. OGDEN, No. 42 Cedar street, New York. novo 3mos _ ^MALARIOUS FOGS.-COUNTLESS millions of cubic feet of malarious vapor reek from the moist earth every twenty-four hours during the month of November. This evaporated mois? ture ls the active principle which begets fever and ague, bilious remittents, Indigestion, dysentery, bilious cholle, rheumatism, and many other ali? ments which prevail more generally In the fall than at other seasons, and some of which, lu low, swampy regions and new clearings, take the form of virulent epidemics. The best safeguard against these complaints, as evidenced by the experience of a long series of years, ls HOSTETTER'S STOM? ACH BITTERS, the most pleasant and at the same time the most efficient of all vegetable tonics. The Invigoration of the system ls manifestly the best means of defending lt against the causes of sickness, whether constitutional or casual. Na? ture, as every pathologist knows, ls the most de? termined enemy of disease, and the paroxysms of an acute malady are In most instances the con? sequences of the efforts she makes to conquer the foe. The great object, therefore, of preventive treatment is to reinforce the system, and it ls ac? complished thoroughly, rapidly and safely by the use of HOSTETTER'S BITTERS. This powerful tonic contains also an aperient and corrective principle. It is no less valuable as a regulator an', puriiler than as an lnvigorant, and there is no .ianger of exciting the brain or over-stimulating the circulation by employing it as an antidote. noys HA ct)_ ?Sf A CARD.-A CLERGYMAN, wliile residing in South America as a Missionary, discovered a safe and simple remedy for the cure of Nervous Weakness, Early Decay, Disease of thc Urinary and Seminal Organs and the whole train of disorders brought on by baneful and vicious habits. Groat numbers have been cured by this noble remedy. Prompted by a desire to benefit the afflicted and unfortunate, I fill send the recipe for preparing and using this medicine, In a sealed envelope, to any one who needs lt, free cf charge. Address JOSEPH T. INMAN, Station D, Bible House, cct4 3mos?_New York City. PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE.-A NEW COURSE OF LECTURES, as delivered at the New York Museum of Anatomy, embracing the subjects: How to Live and What to Live for; Youth, Maturity and Old Age; Manhood generally Reviewed; the Cause of Indigestion; Flatulence and Nervous Diseases accounted for; Marriage Philosophically Considered, Ac. 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