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irr^T TTUff IT_N?TMRER 1259. CHARLESTON, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. * VJ1 JU UiliU JLJ.*.. ~ ? COLUMBIA. THE CIVIL EIGHTS BILL POST? PONED UNTIL TUESDAY. Free Entrance to the Penitentiary De? manded-Model Farms to be given tucli County, &c., &c. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE SEWS.] COLUMBIA, February 17 In the Senate. Corbin introduced a bill to provide for an election to fill county oillccs; Wim bush, a bill co Incorporate certain cburches in York and Chester. The bill to alter and amend the charter and ex? tend the limits of the City ot Columbia was dis? cussed nearly all day. Maxwell was elected a member o? the State School Commission. The following bills received their second read? ing : A bUl to authorize the formation or a compa? ny Tor the construction or aturnpite road through ornear Sassafras Gap, and known as Sassafras Gap Turnpike Company; a bill to determine the time when the salaries or county school commis? sioners shaU commence, and to fix the date or the flrst meeting or said school commissioners as State biard or education; a bill authorizing the cession of land, and the jurisdiction thereof of the State of South Carolina to tho United States of America, for lighthouse purposes. The Finance Committee reported favorably on the bill to authorize subscriptions by Lancaster and Kershaw Counties for the South Carolina Central Railroad. Thc report of the Judiciary Committee on a bill to enforce the provisions of the Civil Rights bill or thc United States Congress, and to secure to the people the benefits or a republican govern? ment in this State, was made the special order for next Tuesday. In the House, the following bills received their second reading: A Senate bill .to grant a certain lot of land to the Zion Baptist Church, of Colum? bia; a Senate joint resolution to change the name of Alexander Henry Riley to Alexander Henry Buchanan; a bill to renew and amend the charter of the Town of Hamburg. The enacting clause was striken out of the Senate bul to incorporate the Town of Chester? field. A resolution by Turner was adopted, instruct? ing the committee on the penitentiary to Inquire by what authority persons visiting said institu? tion are charged an entrance fee. The following received their first reading: A bill to provide a- model farm in each county, and a biU to Incorporate the Beaufort Home Guard. R. Smalls was elected a member, on the part of the House, on the commission to select text books. yThe joint resolution appointing trustees of the estate of De La Howe, was read the second time. EAMOUS INDIGNATION MEETING. Anotber Street Railway in Charleston -Lighthouses - Educational -Civil Rights-Indignation Mo-ting, &c. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] COLUMBIA, February lo. NEW RAILWAY IN CHARLESTON. In the Senate, to-day, Cain introduced ti biU to Incorporate the Enterprise Railway Company of Charleston, which provides that R. H. Cain, R. C. DeLarge, A. J. Ransier, B. H. Bosemon, Wm. 3. Whipper, T. K. Sasportas, R. B. Elliott, Jos. H. Hamey, Wm. M. Thomas and Lucius Wlmbush be incorporated under the above name, with power to raise a capital stock of $250,000, in shares of $25 each; that they shall have power to lay a track from the Battery on East Bay street to Cal? houn, along that to Alexander, through lt to Woolfe, along lt to Meeting, and along lt and the State road to the "Ten Mile Hill." That the act be In force for fifty years. The bUl will come up for a second reading to-morrow. LIGHTHOUSES, A bill was Introduced by Corbin in the Senate to? day, authorizing the Governor to grant any lands belonging to the State on or near the coast, suf? ficient for the erection of lighthouses and accom? panying buildings, and for the proper enjoyment and management of the same, as may be desired by the United States. This bill covers about the same bul as the one now pending In the House, to cede to the United States the jurisdiction of the Spate in all lands that may be desired for public purposes. WORKING OP PUBLIC ROADS. There was' read a first time in the Senate, to? day, a biU offered by Arnim, to provide for the working of the public highways, which requires the county commissioners to make each male in? habitant, between the ages of eighteen and fifty years, labor upon the public roads, provided that no person shall be required to perform more than twelve days' labor in a year; that thc commis? sioners may appoint as many overseers as they may deem necessary, at one dollar per day fer actual service, and any person refusing to labor on the roads shall send a substii ute and pay one dollar for each day required of bim. WILMINGTON AND CAROLINA RAILROAD. According to previous notice, Donaldson intro? duced m the Senate to-day a bill to incorporate the Wilmington and Carolina Railroad, providing that William T. Walters, Benjamin F. Newcomer and D. Willis James, as trustees for themselves and for others, under decrees of sales made by thc courts of North Carolina and South Carolina for the purpose of foreclosing the various mort gages made by the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad Company, have become thc purchasers of the property and effects of said company, in? cluding the entire Une of railroad, stock, rights, privileges, Ac, between Wilmington and Ring? ville; and that as they had done this, they should become incorporated with like privdeges, with a capital not exceeding five millions of dollars, to beheld Bi shares of one hundred dollars each; that they may alter or change the present line of railroad at such points alone; the linc as may bc deemed most judicious by thc stockholders, to Columbia, with a branch to connect with a road to Millen, Georgia, PHOSPHATES. The Committee on Incorporations, to whom was referred a bill to incorporate the Edlsto Phosphate and Fertilizing Company, reported to-day, with a recommendation that the bill be amended to pr?? vido that said corporation bc subject to such rules and regulations as may be established by law. The same committee, to whom was referred a bill to regulate the digging and muting or phos phite deposits from the navigable streams aud waters of the State or South Carolina, reported back the same, with a request that the committee still hold the opinion that the main object of the bill ls to regulate a business by which a class or working citizens, who are generally poor, can make their Uving, but who cannot afford to pay for machinery, Ac., and not ror a class who can afford to pay heavy fees, and asked that the word "corporation" be stricken out wherever it occurs. Both reports were laid over under the rules. POWERS OK CLERKS. The Judiciary Committee, to whom was rererrcd a bill to vest in the clerks or the courts all the rights, powers and duties conferred upon the late commissioners or equity, '.e., have considered thc same and report that they recommend that all after the enacting clause be stricken out, and the following substituted: SECTION 1. That whenever it shall come to the knowledge or any judge or probate that thc es? tate and effects of auy deceased person, as to which administration could legally be granted by him uuder the provisions of the act "to define the jurisdiction and regulate the practice of probate courts," ratified the 21st day ol September, HM, remain entirely or partially administered, cither bv reason of no application for letters or admiuis ^Fation, or from any other cause, so that lhere is no legally appointed representative of such de ceased person, lt shall be the duty of the judge or probate to give notice by publication in some public newspaper published, or commonly circu? lating tn the county, that such estate is derelict, and that there is no legally appointed representa? tive of the deceased owner thereof, and that he will, on a certain day. (not less than forty days from thc date of the first publication,) if no cause be shown to the contrary, proceed to grant letters or administration to some discreet citizen of the county, to be then designated by him, on the es? tate of such deceased person: and after such no? tice, which shall continue to be published daring forty days, to grant to a discreet citizen of the county, letters of administration on the estate of of such deceased person, with the will annexed, in care there ke a will. The person so receiving let? ters of administration shall give bond to the judge of probate, for the faithful discharge of his duty as such adrnistrator, in such amount as would be required of any other administrator, with good and sunicicnt sureties. SEC. 2. That upon the granting of such letters of administration, the person appointed shall be subject to the same dut i s and obligations and responsibilities, and have all the same rights, powers and authority in relation to said estate, and the administration thereof, as are now pro? vided for by law lu case of other administrators, except that he shall be entitled to live per centum upon all amounts collected and received by him. SEC. 3, That whenever it shall be made to ap? pear to any judge of probate, by deposition under oath, that any portion of the estate and effects of auy deceased person, as to whose estate there is no administration, and no person legaliy author? ized to take possession of the same, and as to which, according to th?* nrst section of this act, he is authorized to appoint an administration said judge of probateis authorized to appoint forth? with, under his bund and seal, some discreet and proper person to take the custody and possession of such effects, and retain the same under his charge and control until administration shall be granted thereon, pursuant to the first section of this act. SEC. 4. All acts or parts of acts Inconsistent with, or supplied by, this act, are hereby re? pealed. And the committee further recommend that the title be changed so as to read : "A bill to pro? vide for ?he administration or derelict estates," and that the bill, as amended, do pass. B0X93 OF TUE SOUTH CAROLINA SOCIETY. The "special order" for to-day in the Senate ? was a bill to renew certain bonds of the State of South Carolina, owned by the South Carolina So? ciety, which have been burnell In Columb a by Sherman's bummers. Donaldson moved that the enacting clause be stricke, out. After debate, participated in by Donaldson, Corbin, Arnim, Rainey, Leslie, Nash and Rose, during which Les? lie said that Sherman's bummers would rob their own mothers' graves, the motion was carried. Yeas-Arnim, Harber, Cain, Donaldson, Duncan, Greene, Joh. , Leslie, Maxwell, Nash, Owens, Reid, Rodgers and Swails (14.) Nays-Corbin, Bieman, Foster, Hoyt, Mayne, Jilison, Montgom? ery and Rainey (8.) EDUCATIONAL In the Senate, to-day, Jillson introduced a resolution providing that as section three of an act to establish and maintain a system of free common schools for the State of South Caro? lina, provides that thc Senate and Douse shall each elect a member of the commission to select a Hst of text-books to be used in the common and public schools of this State, therefore bc it re? solved, that the Senate do proceed to elect a member of the commission aforesaid. After de? bate it was resolved to make the election the special order for to-morrow. It is believed ?.hat Maxwell will be elected from the Senate. The House adopted a resolution to go into an election to-morrow also. DeLargc will probably be elected. COBBIN AND CIVIL RIGHTS. ' As stated in my last letter, the colored people do not like thc report of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, on the "bill to enforce the pro? visions of thc Civil Rights bill of thc United States Congress, and to secure to the people or the State the benefits of a republican form of gov? ernment." Early this morning, members of the House could bc seen walking around with copies of the report, and were heard denouncing it and Its author. About 1 o'clock, AV. H. Jones, colored, introduced m thc House a concurrent resolution providing that the Hon. D. T. Corbin, Presi? dent of the Senate, member of the codifying commission, and ex officio Lleatenant-Governor of the State, be requested to resign the above named positions, and all others given to him by those whose rights he has always ignored." Thc intro? duction of this resolution caused considerable de bate. Some asserted that the passage of fifty resolutions wouldn't make Corbin resign his offices; others contended that the resolution was intended as an .expression of the opinion of the House regarding the report. Finally, the resolu? tion, on motion of Morrison, was laid on the table by a vote of 41 to 37-absent and not voting, 45. INDIGNATION MEETING. While this debate was In progress, the pages were busily engaged in circulating handbills, as? serting that "Liberty purchased by the bullet must be sustained by thc ballot, Corbin to the contrary notwithstanding," aud inviting me Re? publicans to rally to a grand indignation meeting to be held at night in the hall of the Hom" of Re? presentatives; aud referring all who wished for further particulars to thc '-Report of Judiciary Committee or the Senate on Civil Rights bill." At night there was a large number of senators and members, and quite a large number of citi? zens of Columbia present in thc hali. Several of the legislators bore every appearauce or being "cocked aud primed" with a big speech, which they would like the occasion to discharge at the devoted head of Corbin during the evening; but the unexpected appearance of Corbin in the midst of thc assemblage a few minutes previous to the meeting being called to order, made seve? ral change their miuds, and determine to -reserve their Ure." Shortly after 8 o'clock, the meeting was or? ganized by calling W. J. Brodie, colored, or Charleston, to the chair. Laruyette J. Woolf acted as secretary. W. H. Jones, A. J. Ransier, De Large, Purvis and Small made speeches de? nouncing the report, and all relating their vari? ous wrongs of the colored people, the main ones being that they were not allowed to enjoy the benefits of thc form of thc government which they rought, bled and draw per diem mr. Corblu defended the report. Whipper (who, of course, as chairman of thc House Judiciary Committee, must have felt snubbed by thc Judiciary Com? mittee of the Senate showing the illegality of some of the sections which had passed his com? mittee without comment) denounced the report as a cheat and a swindle. Swails sustained thc report, and argued that thc House ought to thank God that there was a Senate to take care of it and the interests of the State. After the follow? ing resolutions, oirercd by Ransier, were adopted, thc ' Indignation meeting,'' which had become a "milk and water" affair, at 12 o'clock adjourned. Ransier offered the following, which was adopted: Resolved, That lt is the deliberate sense of this meeting that the bill now pending before the Senate, entitled "A bill to enforce the provisions or the Civil Rights bill or the United States Con? gress, Ac," ought to pass aud become a law, and (hat it is indispensably necessary to a large class or the people or this State. Wc respectfully ask or that honorable body a favorable consideration of the same, with such modifications as its wisdom may suggest. Resolved, That in our judgment the report or the Committee or the Judiciary or the Senate, on said bill, ought not to be adopted. L. SPARK* JFRO.V THE WIRES. The Virg'nia Legislature has passed a bil) rllowlDg office-holders to retain their offices uutil their successors ate elected or appointed. A reso? lution was adoptco providing foran armed guard /or the penitentiary, as the the convicts wer? mu? tinous on account vt the removal of the late su? perintendent. The Georgia Legislature has adjourned to April 1st, after pasing a stay-law, to be in force until April 20th. The municipal muddle at Mobile remains the same. Harrington, thc newly appointed Mayor, calls for soldiers to aid in ousting his opponent, and the Coveruor positively refuses tosend them. Price holds thc courts and controls the police, while Harrington, manages the clerical and legis? lative bran-h of Hie city government. . J WASHINGTON. THE MISSISSIPPI BILL PASSED BT THE SENATE. Thc Mormon Maddie-Grunt in Favor of Reducing the Tari?r- Boutwcll Balk, ed, ?kc. 0 [TROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.] WASHINGTON, February 17. In thc Senate, after generally unimportant proceedings, the case of Mississippi was resumed. An effort for an agreement to vote at 3 o'clock failed, and the bill was Informally laid aside. Several bills were introduced, after which Missis? sippi was again taken up, and the bill, as it came from the House, was passed by a strict party vote. Adjourned. - In the House, the Utah question was discussed to the close of the morning hour. Two bills for relieving commerce were reported, and made the special order for the third Tuesday in March. Th Appropriation bills were considered to the adjournment. The Ways and Means Committee resolved to day to reduce the internal revenue thirty mil? lions. The income tax Is to be reduced, not abolished. Grant and the administration favor the reduc? tion of the tariff twenty millions. Efforts to fund the debt this year are to be abandoned. Boutwell Bells a million of gold to-day; he boys no bonds this week. The House Committee on Foreign Relations considered the Cuban question, bat took no action. The argument bciore the Supreme Court In the case of thc New Orleans prize money, was con? cluded. The decision was reserved. The customs for the week ending on thc 12th instant was only a little over two millions. To? tal for January a trifle over fourteen millions. Returns to the Agricultural Department Ind cate a decrease In the acreage in winter wheat in the cotton belt. E VE BP E. stat ns of Father Hyacinthe-Hugo and Rochefort-Sentence of Editors. PARIS, February 17. Father Hyacinthe has been relieved from his Carmelite vows, but will be allowed to con? tinue his functions as an ordinary priest. The bullion in the Rack of France has increased twelve million francs. Victor Hugo writes Rochefort a letter calling Rochefort a farce for the future. The editors of the Revlelle were sentenced Deleschusct for thirteen months, and two thou? sand francs; Caron six months,and two thousand francs. The Empress is much better. Excitement in thc Cortea. MADRID, February 17. The Carlist deputies caused wild excitement in the Cortes by stating that their candidates had been defeated by government interference. DE STE VOTIVE EIRE. PHILADELPHIA, February 17. Bruner's woollen mills are burned. Loss $1,000,000. Thc hands, seven hundred in num? ber, are all Idle. THE IRON-CLAD MONARCH. FORTRESS MONROE, February 17. The Monarch passed thc Capes, bound for Annapolis. THE AMNESTT BILL. A More Detailed Account of ita Provl alone. The movement towards a general amnesty on the part of Congress has at last assumed positive shape. On Tuesday morning the Re? construction Committee directed General But? ler to report to the House a bili by which Con? gress transfers the greater portion of the par? doning power to the United States District Courts. It provides that every citizen disfranchised by thc third section of thc Fourteenth amend? ment, except persons who have held commis? sions in tlie anny or navy, or have been mem? bers of Congress, shall le restored to all the rights of citTzenslilp on applying by a petition to such a court lu any State or Territory in which he had his home (luring thc war, set? ting forth what office he ever lield under the United States prior to April 1,18G1, (which by law required any oath to support the constitu? tion,) and also In what manner he had given aid or assistance to thc rebellion, or whether he had held any office tinder a State or the Con? federate government, or either of them, dur? ing any part of the war-giving a particu? lar description of thc acts done and offices or places helu bj him in that behalf; and that he therein and thereby :tr??unces Z.\l allegiance or fealty to any supposed government hereto? fore set up against the United Slates within the same; and that he truly Intends hereafter to act and conduct himself as a true .and loyal citizen, and will bear true faith and allegiance to the government; that he has not done. since June 1, 16(15, any act of hostility to the United States, or committed any crime by vio? lence against the laws thereof, or against the laws of any State; and that he has not endeav? ored since that time, by force and fraud, to in? terfere with thc civil rights of any citizen, or to prevent the freedom-of election or of speech; that from that day he has been a well-dis? posed and good citizen, and that he prays that his rights be restored lo him. This peti? tion is to be sworn to in open court, and ls to be publicly advertised thirty days, at thc end of which time any person may appear and op? pose stich petition. But if lhere be no opposi? tion, the judge can issue a certificate to the petitioner, whereupon his disabilities shall be removed. If there be sufficient evidence showing why the certificate should not be granted, then the petitioner is forever debar? red from relief, except by special act of Con? gress. Nothing in the act Is to be construed to restore nny rights of property heretofore lost or forfeited by an citizen, or io allow any claim on Congress lor the same. ALL ABOVT THE STATE. Shot in thc Dark. We leam that Mr. W. L. Abrams, who lives lu Williamsburg District, was shot a short time since and painfully wounded. He was out at night al tending to the buming of some logs in his field, when he was shot by some person concealed in tho dark. Seven shots took effect on his person. He had a difficulty a few days previous with a negro, who is supposed to oe the party who committed the act. Escape and Recapture. The Darlington Democrat says: The young assassin who was confined lu our jail for cut? ting a negro girl some time ago, made bis escape on Hie night of the 6th* Instant, by climbing through the feed window of tho cell. On reaching the bottom floor, he secreted him? self behind the door until the jailor had passed up the stairs, when he escaped to the street. He was caught the next day about daylight, by a wagoner trying to steal one of his horses. On his person" was found the pistol ol the Jailor, which he had stoleu. Ile is now In jail again, and the jailor has takcu the precaution to stop the cracks so that he cannot escape anymore. This boy is only about thirteen years old. Personal. Mr. Hiram Mitchel, of Spartauburg. died ou Saturday last, aged 03. The Spartan says: He was one of the few surviving converts of thc great revival of 1839, and assisted In the forma? tion of a Baptist society at this place, of which lie has been a leading member ever since. Both church and State have reason to regard his death as au atllict I ve dispensation of a wise Providence, which is only relieved by the as? surance that Ho who ordained it ,ldoeth all things well." His disconsolate fatally have our sincere sympathy. ^ COTTON ABROAD. The Supply and Trade of thc World Cultivation of the Staple in Asia-Tm. menge Yield of thc China Fields-The Mills of England. [From the Calcutta Englishman, December 14.] We proceed to notice thc sixth section of Mr. Carnac's report, which contains a sketch of thc present position of thc cotton trade, em? bracing the cotton production and cotton con? sumption of thc whole world. Mr. Carnac states that his attention has boen attracted during the year not only to the cotton trade of India, but also to that of other portions of the world. He, therefore, gives a sketch of the demand for cotton In the different parts of the world, the share borne by India In supplying that demand, thc satisfactory position which India has now attained in this great trade, and the reason for hoping that this position may, for the future, De firmly maintained. Mr. Carnac has taken his cotton statistics chiefly from the published circulars ol thc Lancashire trade, the reports of the Board of Trade given in the Cotton Supply Reporter, and other au? thorities quoted; and wc think the figures of such authorities may fairly be relied upon. Thc cotton supply of the world, wc are In? formed by Mr. Carnac, excluding China, Cen? tral Asia, and small quantities used In produc? ing countries, may be laid down as 6,099,000 bales of 400 pounds each. This production is . distributed among the following countries In thc quantities stated: America, 2,900,000; In? dia, 2,300,000; Egypt, 310,000: Brazil, 272,000; other countries, 317,000. Other countries in? clude our West India colonies, the Cape, west coast of Africn, Australia and other countries bordering on the Mediterranean Sea. The cotton consumption of the world ls given as follows: Great Britain 2,490,090 bales oHOO pounds; France ?30,000 bales; Germany 420,000 bales; Russia, excluding quantity sent from Central Asia, 250,000; Holland 140,000; Spain 140,000; Belgium 90.000; Italy 100,000; United States 1,080,000; India 630,000; China (India? cotton) 135,000. We have thus a total of 6,105,000 bales of 400 pounds each-any differ? ence between production and consumption would be supplied from existing stocks. But Mr. Carnac says that thc requirements of the world were 6,640,000 bales, so that there is ample room for increased production. From the figures given above it will bc seen that India ls very close In the quantity of cot? ton produced to America, the greatest cotton protiuclng country in the world. We must ex? cept China, lu which, from one province alone, that of Kuang-Joa-ken-han, the out-turn ls sala to be 4,500,000 bales. But as China not only consumes all Its own cotton, but Imports cot? ton from India, Mr. Carnac very properly leaves China out ol bis calculations altogether. Mr. Carnac makes some remarks on a re? ported assertion that Manchester would only be too glad to leave India in thc lurch, and take its supplies from America, if a better quality of cotton, and of sufficient quantity, could be obtained. Ia thc event of such an occurrence, Mr. Carnac consoles himself with the reflection that other countries would take all the cotton that India could produce. Mr. Cannae is quite right in stating that short stamped India cotton is not Ill-adapted to thc requirements of the continental spinners. We go further than Mr. Carnac, and believe that it will be India that will inhumanly desert Manchester, and not Manchester India. Hitherto France, Spain, Germany and Italy, have obtained the greatest portion of their supplies of India cotton via Lirerpool. Tho amount of India cotton taken by the conti? nent is 720,000 bales, of which 170,000 bales were imported direct, aad 550,000 through Great Britain. With the Suez Canal now opened, it is abundantly evident that the con? tinental nations will take their supplies direct from India. Preparations for such a con? summation have already been made, as can be gathered from thc following paragraph In Mr. Carnac's report: I have been verj-piuch struck with the di? rect trade in cotton between India and thc continent. Last year a French house in Bom? bay headed thc list of shippers from that port. This year the number of foreign mercantile houses has largely Increased. A French house luis purchased land, and set up full presses In the Beran; and there appears to be a determi? nation in France to deal direct with India for her cotton. That thc foreign trade is consid? ered important by even thc English mer? chants la Bombay, I have reason to know, from the circumstance of some of them shipping .largely to thc continent; and It has even been found necessary In some cases to engage loreign assistants to carry on thc correspondence thus entailed. There is now a bracch of the French bank at Bom? bay, which much facilitates all banking trans? actions with France and other countries In Europe. The French are soon to have a line of steamers to carry the full-pressed bales direct to thc ports of the Mediterranean, through the Suez Canal; and. it ls believed, now propose to establish a branch of the Aus? trian banks at Bombay, and to run a fornightly service of the Austram Lloyds' from Trieste through tho Suez Canal to Bombay. I have no information at my command to show how thc continental manufacture have increased during thc last lew years, or thc prospect of their further development, but thc figures already given, and thc blocks painted blue on the map, will show that they consume a large quantity of cotton. With Improved facilities of communication, wl'.b, for instance, tho Suez Canal open, and reasonable freights, lt is, perhaps, not improbable that the colton trade between India and the south ol' Europe may be still further developed; and it may not be incorrect to assume that, although the Eng? lish market will command the pick of our crop, Oven ir" Lw?T?29! should uot care to take Hie colton grown by our ryots, they may still lind good customers for our produce among the manufacturers of the continent. For. 6o mr as I can ascertain, our cotton is well suited to many ot these foreign mills. Many ol the French factories and those In Germany were, I understand, built after thc scarcity ot thc long staple American cotton had begiin lo bc felt. Thc machinery was therefore made to snit a short stapled colton, and thus our pro? duce, which also has the merit of cheapness, linds favor abroad. In Russia, on tho other hand, the style ol the machinery, it is said, necessitates "thc use of a superior cotton, and thus, while thc French shlpppers buy up the Oomrawuttee and other cottons readily, the purchasers for Russia generally prefer the cream of thc Hlngungliat crop n'nd the clean, long stapled Uhnrwar cotLou grown from American seed. At M?lhausen ?iiil at other factories in Alsace; at Elhcrferd, and Glabtich, and Barmen, in North Germany; at pleasant Zurich, and at Giants, where much of the Turkey red so well known in Berar la made and all thc many factories which have of late years sprung up tiround Vienna, and even In Italy and Spain our Indian colton ls well known and not lightly esteemed. Moreover, too, thc continental spinners are now dealing with India direct, and when thu Suez Canal is opened, and the expenso ot freight is reduced, orders may be expected to pour in still more copiously. With such prospects of an Increased trade before us, nuLshould not relax in our endeav? ors to impSPt our cotton in quality and In? crease it in quantity. THE WILLIAMSBURG XURDER. The Klngstrce Star has the following report of the trial of Ell Cha vis for thc murder of T. J. K. Dargan: Thc trial took place on Thursday and con? sumed thc time of the court about seven hours. The evidence adduced by thc State (the de? fence offered none) was substantially as fol? lows: That Chavls and Dargan had had an alter? cation some time previous to the killing; that abusive epithets were used by both parties: that they separated; that shortly aller, Dargan and another mun were in a dispute in a store; that a negro attached to the menagerie heard the loud talking and went to the store (the door ot which was shut) and called Dargan's antag? onist away, but he refused to go: that said negro 6aw Chavis at that time standing in Hie road about five 6teps in front of the store; that immediately after some one outside the store exclaimed, "What's thc matter In there, let that man put lils head out and I'll kill him;" that Da gun went out and was shot; that as soon as Dargan returned into thc store and was laid down, a man resembling prisoner in size and voice came in at the door, pulled his hat before lila eyes and asked if be was dead, and on being answered lu the afllrmative left in? stantly. (Thc prisoner admitted that he was the man who came and asked thc question.) It was also testilled that when Dargan started to go out, a man with large whiskers was standing on the steps, that he stepped off. and thc report of thc platol was heard; th) prisoner at the bar did not at all resemb man seen on the steps, <tc. Chavis is q young man without any beard. Thc eas argued on the part of the Slate by R. D Esq., in his usual terse and logical style. Sistrnnk, of Orangebnrg. conducted th fence, and made a very sensible argui The Judge read over the testimony to the stating that there was no points of lawlnv in its determination, and submitted thc They retired and in*a short time returned a verdict of not guilty. FOREIGN GOSSIF. -Baron Haussman spent $J23,500,0C Paris during his rule. -RoclWfort's printer says the great rc tlouist doesn't pay his bills. -Fraulein Ida Pfeiffer, of Berlin, edil the fashion journal Das Haus, died recent her twenty-fifth year. -Advices from France state that the sp of the King of Prussia, at the open'mg ol Federal Pariiament, was not weU recelvi Paris. -Russia has made a peremptory dem a the Swiss Government for the surrender certain felon who took refuge in that cou some time ago. -Professor Kiepert, the celebrated Get geographer, is about to make a Journey to key and Palestine, at the expense of the 1 siau Government -In the year 186S 2330 students at tin gymnasiums of Prussia, received testlmoi their Illness for the universities; HG oft fell through in thc examination. -The Cape Town papers publish letters Dr. Livingstone to Sir Thomas Maclear, Astronomer Royal at the Cape. The lt were, however, written several months b< thc communication from UJljl, which reci appeared in our columns. -London ls aghast at the thought tl shrewd enemy, in case* of war, might pestilence Into every house and blow up e highway in the metropolis, simply by a < de main at Barking, destroying the machi at thc mouth of thc great sewer there ente the Thames. -It is stated that at the funeral of M. VI Noir the police adopted the expedient of m lng with a cross thc backs of as many of spectators as possible. The Figaro obse that this premonition of the visit of the straying angel has not as yet produced serious consequences. -It ls remarked as a singular circumstc in the South African diamond diggings tha the diamonds have been found by natives, not by Europeans. Thc natives go on all fo scanning thc surface and scraping with tl nails, while the European tries to maintain dignity of an erect attitude. -Thc French Government have made a c cession to an architect In Paris, who propc to establish subterranean passages across boulevards, so as to enable people to cross street without danger from the vehicles; ' entrance will be by kiosks, and the depth 1 not be more than that of an ordinary nigh stairs. -In the Corps L?gislatif, on Monday, Ciioiseul asserted that his party in thc Cha bcrs really represented the majority of I country. This called forth au indignant < nial from Olllvler. He asserted that the g ernment would persist in Its liberal cour but would resist dangerous agitation in streets or In the press. -Prince Pierre Bonaparte has not yet lected a lawyer to defend him. He is In a i sponding mood, and looks forward to fl years' seclusion. His objection to the Suprei Court of Justice iles in the notion that thc Ju "will bc composed of large landowners de* ted to the empire, who will sacrifice him save his cousin, the Emperor." -The London Times says on the subject the proposed acquisition ol the Bay of Sama by the United States, that there will not be England the least desire to hinder the Ame cans from satisfying the wish of their heai in the establishment of a colony or depende cy, but thinks wc have at present surBcie territory to administer and a sufficient popul Hon ot the Alrican race. -Tall and unusually slim, pale complcxio small black whispers and glittering spectack a stoop in his galt, and a small black cape his head; a voice soft and clear, speech abounding in metaphor, and language remar: ably elegant, with a reputation in the la French Chamber of speaking better Frene than any one, except that grand master of hi language, Berryer-such ls the portrait of M Olllvler, constitutional Premier of Franct drawn by an able hand. -One of the greatest attractions to ch i Ul rc at tho recent Industrial Exhibition atwitter burg was a wonderful set of toy-soldiers, Wilie was finally purchased by thc Queen of Prussli One poor little fellow, almost heart-broken rt the loss of his favorite soldiers, (he had bee daily lo the exhibition to see them,) withou consulting anybody wrote a letter to the Queel pleading his poverty and the many enjoyment which her children must have, ami asking tha the toys might be returned. The kind hcartct Queen made her little subject a present of tin set. -Seventeen years ago when Napoleon II visited Bordeaux, he was received by the Pre let of the department, a very tall, powerful built man ol' winning manners, beside whon the Emperor was a dwarf. Side by side thej drove through the city. "Pr?fet," said Napo leon, "the citizens seem to regard their Pr?fet, and forget their Emperor." "Sire," was thc courtly reply, "when a regiment is marching, thc crowd is always struck with the drum major, bul it is not to be concluded they forget the general in command." This Pr?fet after? wards became Baron Haussman. -O'Donovan Rossa, the Fenian, who was recently elected member of the English Par liament for Tipperary, has not been permitted to take his seat, by a vote of 301 to Si, upo u n motion introduced by Mr. Gladstone. Rossa is about forty years of age, and for the last twelve years has been a prominent agitator. In l8.',2 lils thoughts were turned to the United States, where a brother resided, but on reaching Cork, on his way to America, he. reconsidered his plans anti remained in Ireland, finding that he could not leave thc land of his birth. Tr. 1857 he organized thc "Phoenix National and Lite? rary Society" at Skibbereen. and entered into political movements against the British Gov? ernment. In 1858 he and eleven others were indicted and arrested for "treason felony,"and alter having been inprison for eight months, was released without trial. In 1802 he came to the United States, but returned to Ireland after the lapse of a year. In 1805 he was tried for treason, and sentenced to penal servitude for life. _ _ _ -Mr. W. S. Gilbert, the author of the "Bab Ballads" and a successful burlesque writer, says in a letter to the London Dally News, that he has never allowed a music-hall song or a breakdown dance to bc introduced into his burlesques, and lie is "happy to add that the ghastly spectacle of a man in woman's clothes lias never been seen in any piece of mine." He doesn't, however, say anything about the what-you-inay-eaU-it spectacle ol' a woman In man's clothes. A DUEL WITH SnORT>S. An Exciting Scene in New York. A duel with broadswords occurred In New York City, at an early hour Monday morning, between Senor Francisco de Porto, a young Cuban, and Mr. George Proude, a young Eng? lishman ot some means and good standing. De Porto, lt will be remembered, was severely wounded last summer in a duel, fought with pistols, by Senor de Conto, editor of the Span? ish journal El Cronista. The origin of the present duel was a slur thrown by Proude upon the Cuban Junta, who, he intimated, were living like cowards on the struggles of the patriots. Thc fight waa arranged to take place In a room in a fashionable house in West Nineteenth street, and thither, at a late hour Sunday night, the combatants, with their friends, repaired. By 2 o'clock A. M. aU pre? liminaries were, completed. An account con? tains the following description of the fight: A DEAD SILENCE ensued, while an ashy paleness seemed to be the prevalent complexion of every man in the room. The word was given and the duellists crossed swords, and, having taken three paces backwards, the fight commenced. At first a slight timidity was apparent on both sides-not so much timidity, perhaps, as the nervous expectation Incident to the opening of the encounter. Finally, after some little hesitation, De Porto advanced, Proude mean? while on the alert to receive him. The scene was exciting. All at once the few spectators were startled by a sudden cut made by Proude nt thc head of his opponent, who, however, deftly parried, and retired a pace or two. Up to thc present both had observed a compara? tively serene demeanor, but it was evident the duel could not be a prolonged one, each being bent on deadly strife. Having again crossed, Srent skill was displayed by both, their eyes ashing with fire and endeavoring, as it were, to penetrate each other's intent. ADMIRADLE SWORDSMANSHIP was displayed, the cuts being rapid, well di? rected and parried with precision. Up to the present, which was about five minutes from the commencement, De Porto had escaped with a slight scratch on the chest, Proude be? ing unharmed, when suddenly De Porto offer? ing a tempting chance, Proude advanced on him and inflicted a diagonal cut upon the right thigh. It was a fatal move for Proude, for no sooner had he leaned forward to mak . the cut than, with lightning-like rapidity, De Porto following up the contrafllto, gashed his oppo? nent on the right shoulder, causing a wound some Ave Inches in length, and about one and a half inches in depth. His sword arm was disabled. THE DEEL WAS OVER. Proude dropped his blade, exclaiming, "Enough for to-day; you wLU give me my re? venge another time," to which De Porto re? plied: "I am always at your disposition." Subsequently, the parties shook hands and the wounds were examined. That Inflicted on Dc Porto, though some eight inches in length, was scarcely a quarter of an inch in depth, while Pronde's was of a serious charac? ter, the blood streaming from it in profusion. He was immediately conveyed to his residence in Brooklyn, where the proper assistance was procured. OPENING OF A COTTON EXCHANGE IN NEW YORK.-Thc New York Post of Tuesday says: The new Cotton Exchange, at the corner of Beaver and Pearl streets, was formally opened to-day In the presence of a large number of cotton brokers. The exchange Ts in the base? ment, which is not well adapted to the bu? siness. It will not be opened, however, longer than the 1st of May. Mr. Wright, vice-president of thc Board of Cotton Bro? kers, delivered the opening address. He said that the different branches of business, with with the exception of the cotton trade, have had separate exchanges. Tho want of n room suit? able for this large body of men to meet In dally hos been often freely expressed, and the mat? ter was recently brought to the notice of the board of brokers, and they resolved to make the experiment of forming a merchants' ex? change for the cotton trade. For this purpose they called thc meeting of to-day, and it gave the speaker great pleasure to see the spontane? ous manner in which the invitation was re? sponded to. The board bas taken the room, and will bear the expense until the first of May, by which time lt is hoped thc necessity of such a place of meet? ing will bc apparent to every one, and its continuance a matter of certainty. The room is not to be used for the purpose of "call? ing" cotton as stocks are called at the Stock Exchange. It ls proposed to make lt an agreea? ble place of resort; a headquarters for all In? formation in matters connected with cotton; to bold change at some convenient hour to the trade, when not only the trade itself, but Its collateral branches, may be fully represented; to concentrate facilities for buslnqss, and to promote harmony aud good will among its members. Jitsnrrmce. QFFICE OF THE GREAT WESTERN (MARINE) INSURANCE COMPANY, NEW YORE, January io, 1870. TUE PAIB UP CAPITAL IS.?1,648,300 00 and THE COMPANY HAS THE FOLLOWING ASSETS: Cash In Bank and lu England. $000,400 SI Government bonds, demand and bond and mortgage loans. 335,450 00 Real estate, bank and railroad stocks and bonds. 527,298 IS Bills receivable and^rcmlums due... 897,330 41 Reinsurance, salvage and sundry ac? counts. 259,989 79 $2,680,474 89 Freights and Cargoes insured at tlds office to and from all ports In the world at the current pre? mium in gold or currency, as may be desired. Cert ideates arc issued under which losses are made payable at the Company's Hankers In Lon don or Liverpool, and are available with Hanker abroad and at home as collateral security. A Cash Discount from the current rate will bc made as equivalent to Scrip Dividends ol Mutual Compauics, if desired, when negotiating the risks. DIRECTO KS. WM. C. PICKERSGILL, RICHARD LATHERS, WM. H. GUION, JonN R. GARDNER, SAML. D. BABCOCK, HENRY F. SPAULDING, JAMES M. BROWN, WILSON G. HUNT, N. CHANDLER, J. B. JOHNSTON, WM. M. EVAKTS, GEO. W. BEE, JOHN ALLEN, ROUKRT SPEEDING, THOMAS SLOCOMB, GEO. W. HENNINGS, w. BUTLER DUNCAN, CHAS, LULINO, JOHN J. CRANE, JOUN L. ASPINWALL, CHAS. G. LANDON, JACOB DE NEUFVILLE, M. A. SORCHAN, HENRY M. TABER, G. C. BALDWIN, NATUL. B. WEED, FRANK PHELPS, . FREDK. SCHUCHARDT, JAMES T. SOUTTER, GEO. WESTFELDT, WILLIAM PATRICK. JOHN A. TARKER, President. ALFXR. MACKAY, vice-President. W. T. LOCKWOOD, Secretary. feb2 Wfm2mos J. T. HUMPHREYS, BROKER, AUCTIONEER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT. SALES OF REAL ESTATE, STOCKS. BONDS, SECURITIES AND PERSONAL PRO? PERTY ATTENDED TO. NO. 27 BROAD STREET, Charleston, S. C. REFERENCES.-Hon. HENRY BUIST, W. J. MA? GRATH, Esq., General JAMES CONNER, T. R. WARING. Esq. . 0Ct4 F _Gripping. OR LIVERPOOL Toe Favorite New Al American Bark AN? NIE TORREY, Libby, Master, having con-,_ slderable engagements of cargo, will have prompt despatch. For balance engagements, please apply to fcblS wfm_WILLIAM ROACH A CO. OR LIVERPOOL. F The fine American Ship MISSOURI, L. T. Blackburn, Master, having a large portlonSEJt of her cargo aboard. For further Freight engage? ments, apply to W. B. SMITH A CO., Janl7 mwf_Napier's Range, ' "jp O R LIVERPOOL. Thc-fine Britlsb Bark DAVID MCNUTT, Lockhart, Master, ls now ready to receive*_ Cargo for the above port. Being of small capacity and part of her cargo engaged, will meet with dispatch. For Freight engagements, apply to ROBERT MORE A CO., febl4_ Boyce's Wharf. F OR LIVERPOOL The Al American Ship ROBT. C. WIN TH ROI', J. H. Stewart, Master, having a SS* large part of her cargo engaged, will have dis patch. For engagement of balance apply to PATTERSON k STOCK, Corner Exchange street and South Atlantic Wharf. feblO thstn JgOSTON AND CHARLESTON Lim FOR BOSTON. Tue Schooner ANNIE E. GLOVER, having a large portion of her cargo engaged, wlllaaBl load with dispatch. For Freight, apply to MOSES GOLDSMITH A SON, feb? Agents. BALTIMORE, PHJXADEIJPHIA, BOS? TON, AND THE CITIES OF THE NORTH-? WEST. THROUGH BILLS OF LADING GIVEN FOB COTTON TO BREMEN. The fine Steamship " MARYLAND," ^fifr. Johnson, Commander, will sall for Bal-2?Ufl0?? timor? on SATURDAY, 19th February, at6 P.M.. The "FALCON" wUl follow on -. 49>Insnrancc by the Steamers of this Uns >* per cent, to Baltimore and Philadelphia. To Bos? ton X- Philadelphia Freights forwarded to that city by railroad from Baltimore without addi? tional expense for Insurance. 43-Consignecs by thia line are allowed ample time to sample and sell their Cottons from the. Railroad Depot In Philadelphia. PAUL C. TRENHOLM. Agent, I febl7 3_No. 2 Union Wharves. -pOH NEW YORK. The First Class Side-wheel Steamship ^SCf"*. CHAMPION, R. W. Lockwood, Com ^?uWSi mander, of the New York and Charleston Steam ship Company's Line, will leave Auger's South Wharf on SATURDAY, the 19th instant, at 6 o'clock P. M. precisely. . ts* Marine Insurance by this Line half per cent. ts~ Through Bills of Lading given on Cotton to Liverpool and Boston. IS" Superior Accomodation for Passengers. febl6 4 JAMES ADGER A CO., Agents. VESSELS SUPPLIED WITH CABIN AND MESS STORES ON SHORT NOTICE. Captains and Stewards are respect-^^S^L fully Invited to call and examine UieSji?8S? quality and prices of onr GOODS. FnU weight guaranteed. Delivered free of expense. * ? WM. S. CORWIN A CO., No. 276 King street, opposite Hasel, Charleston, s. C. ts- Branch of No. ooo Broadway, New York. .gnat_ "jp 0 R LIVERPOOL. CHABXESTON AND LIVERPOOL STEAMSHIP LINE. The Fine Iron Screw Steamship i-pfCSL "LUMSDEN." J. Rutter, Ooramander,22d|S? ls now ready to receive Freignt tor sB "88SX port, and has a portion of her cargo engaged and going on board. Through Bills Lading signed In Charleston to all principal ports on the Continent of Europe. Marine Insurance by this Une at low rates. For Freight engagements apply to febO_ROBERT MURB k CO. rjp RAVELLERS PASSING THROUGH CHARLESTON EN ROUTE TO FLORIDA AND AIKEN, And other places, shou'i lay la thnr^Mfc supplies of Clarets, Champagnes, Cor-^??BE dials. Brandies, Whiskies Wines, Canned Soups and Meats, American and English Biscuits, De? villed Ham, Tongue, Lobster, Durham Smoking Tobacco and Imported Segars. WM. S. CORWIN k CO., No. 275 King street, opposite Hasei, Charleston, S. 0. branch of No. 900 Broadway, corner 20th street, New York. sept2S 6moa ~pOR GARDNER'S BLUFF AND INTERMEDIATE LANDINGS ON THE PEEDEE RIVER, VIA/JEORGETOWN. The Steamer PLANTER, Captain _ _*df^"~"V J. T. Foster, ls now receiving freight&??2532 at Accommodation Wharf, and wlU leave on SAT URDAY NIGHT, the 19th Instant. Freight and wharfage must be prepaid. For Freight or Passage, apply to RAVENEL A HOLMES. febl7 2D4C No. 177 East Bay. F OR SALE The Commodious Stern-wheel Steamer GENERAL HOWARD, Formerly plying between Wilming? ton and Riverside (Cape Fear River) j as passenger and freight boat. Length over all.iso feet. Breadth of beam.'..29y feet. Depth of hold. 5 feet. Draft. 3>?feet. Tonnage.144 63-100 Two Engines in good order. Cylinder 16 Inches diameter; 6 foot stroke. Upper deck saloon and passenger accommodations are spacious and com? fortable. Lower deck and hold for freight. If not previously disposed of at private sale, will be sold at public auction, on WEDNESDAY, March 2, 1870. B. S. GUION, General Superintendent, Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford R. R. feb912 Wilmington, N. 0. JNLAND ROUTE-FOR SAVANNAH VIA BEAUFORT AND SEABROOK'S LANDING, HILTON HEAD, TWICE A WEEK. The steamer PILOT BOY, Captain C. Carroll White, will sall for Sa van-._ nah via Beaufort every SUNDAY and THURSDAY' MORNING, at 8 o'clock. On the Sunday's trip she will touch at Chisolm's and Turner's Landings, going and returning, and will touch at Bloffton, going and returning, every alternate Thursday. Returning will leave Savan? nah every MONDAY and FRIDAY AFTERNOONS, at 2 o'clock. For Freight or Passage, apply to J. D. AIKEN A CO., Agents, jan29_South Atlantic Wharf. ?pOR PALATKA, FLORIDA, VIA SAVANNAH, FERNANDINA JACKSON? VILLE AND LANDINGS ON ST. JOHN'S RIVER. SEMI-WEEKLY LINE. Steamer "DICTATOR," Captain George E. McMillan, salis every, TUESDAY EVEKING at 8 o'clock. Steamer "CITY POINT," Captain Fenn Peck, salis everv FRIDAY EVENING at 8 o'clock. Con? necting w'ith Steamer STARLIGHT for Enterprise. Through Tickets and through Bills of Lading for Freight given. J. D. AIKEN A CO., Agents, Janl3 South Atlantic Wharf. .CTTIILIAM A. COURTENAY, SHIPPING AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT, AGENT OF THE NEW YORK AND SOUTH CARO? LINA STEAMSHIP COMPANY. No. 1 UNION WHARVES, feb?stusfmo. Charleston, 9. C.