The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, May 24, 1870, Image 1

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VOLUME IX.-NUMBER 1379. CHARLESTON, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. WA SHIN GTON. [FROM THE ASSOCIATED FRBSS.^ WASHINGTON, May 23. The President has. nominated H. A. Bo mil? man, of North Carolina, consol at Tampico, and G. D. Smith, aa collector of the Eighth Vir? ginia District SENATE. The consideration of the Appropriation bill was resumed, and at the night session an amendment giving males and females like pay for the like work was adopted. HOUSE. In the House,'among bills, that for the im? provement of Cumberland River was refer? red; the bill to exempt internaLand coastwise vessels from tonnage duties passed. The bli enforcing the Fifteenth amendment waa non-concurred In. A committee of confer? ence was asked, and Blaine appointed Bing? ham. Davis and Kerr a committee on the part of the House. A bill was adapted giving the State Depart? ment-lei examiner of claims and three addi? tional clerks. Newsham, of Louisana, was sworn in by a vote of 75 to 77. A bill pending for a resident minister at Rome was defeated. Judd moved a suspension of the rules that he might introduce a bill for the reduction of | the import duties, as follows : On syrups, molasses and all sugars and on Bait 334 per cent. On coffee and. tea 20 per cont. On pig and scrap iron 22} per cent. The motion was rejected. Yeas 102. Nays 82, leas thanltwo-thirds voting in the affirma? tive. ' _ EUROPE. Union of Spain and Portugal. PARIS, May 23. Madrid letters confirm the report that Prim and Saldan ho have an understanding whereby the iberian Union will be established. Tlie Austrian Cr?ela. VIENNA, May 23. An Imperial decree dissolves the Reichs rath and the Provincial Diets. New elections are ordered, and should the Diets fail to elect dele? gates to the Reichsrath, the Crown will appeal to the pe opie for that purpose. Tue Alleged Cuban Horrors. MADRID, May 23. In the Cortes on Saturday a deputy <fn.es tloaed the Minister concerning the reported concerted'action of Great Britain and the United State? for the mitigation ot alleged CubaifnorroiB. Morete replied that while such rumors had been extensively published, the government was without official Information on the subject. He reminded '.he deputies that Captain-Gene? ral De Rodas bad repeatedly invited American commissioners to visit Cuba and examine into these alleged cruelties end see for themselves ??how utterly ftlse the stories were. Arrival ot Steamer?. * (JUEENSTOWN, May 23. The Manhattan and City of Brussels have aFrived. Pre?en Gossip. PARIS, May 23. The French Postmaster-General has been seriously injured by a runaway horse. T?e High Court of Justice meets on June 15, io try the alleged regicides. THE PARAGUATAN WAR. LISBON, May 23. Count D'Eu, upon bis return to Rio Janeiro, had a magnificent reception. The Province of Entrerios, in the Argen? tine Republic, bas declared against the gov? ernment. CUBA. ?* : HAVANA, May 23. The Spanish steamer Sandi Spiritus has been lost on Cayo Petras. Crew save?;. DeRodas telegraphs the killing of sixty-six Insurgents, including eight chiefs and two Amedfons. Regent Serrano's nephew was badly wounded. Colonel Berzel reports the killing of twenty five Insurgents. . A dispatch from Caraccas, May 9th, states that General Blanco captured Caraccas. The city was considerably damaged by the artillery fire". Five hundred persons were killed. The new government has abolished duties and re? duced tbe tariff seventy per cent - TBE COTTON SUP PET. LONDON, Maj 23. Late dispatches from Bombay state that nearly one-ball of the cotton now shipped from Indian ports goes, by way of the Suez Canal. Only a small portion, however, reaches Eng? land. The bulk of the cotton so shipped goesj to various ports In the Mediterranean. , The Manchester Cotton Supply Association have congratulated the Brazilian minister upon tbe increased production of Santos cot? ton._ THE DISASTER AT LA CROSSE. ~~ NEW YORK, May 23. A s pee lal. dispatch from La Crosse to the Democrat says that the loss by the recent fire wUl exceed-fifty men, women and children, and that the railroad and steamboat managers are anxious that the number bumed and drowned shall not be known. Of th? crowd of emigrants aboard tbe ill-fated steamer'but few weffe saved. THE DEMOCRATIC VICTORY. . NEW YORK, May 23. The Albany Argus* of this morning, makes the Democratic majority in the State EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES* The steamer Benicia has arrived at Rio Ja? neiro-all well. She felt two earthquakes, followed by heavy meteoric showers, in lat? titude 100.00, longitude 24.02. 01 A New York dispatch says that the execu? tive officers of the Adams's Express state that * the reported sale of the State Road to Adams's Express Company is wholly without founda? tion. ======= -From a recent exhibit of the business of the Anglo-American Telegraph Company, it appears that the receipts for cable dispatches for nine months, ending 31st of January last, were about $600,000, and that the expenses were comparatively merely nominal, not much exceeding $00,OW-so that there was a net Sroflt of nearly 90 percent of the receipts, he effect of the reduction of charges which was made in August last from ?2 to ?1 los 1er a message of ten words, was a decrease In the daily average of receipts from $3000 to $2300. The receipts of the last three months have averaged about $2400 a day, at which rate the net profits for tbe current year wfu exceed $760,000. Even at this moderate rate, the cable 401, In the coane of & lew years, be abie to reduce its tolls so as .to bring its ad? vantages within reach of the people. THE FA.M0V8 FIELO OF M Ay ASS,I S. Rambles over tile Scene of the Conflict -Reminiscences of the First Great BntUt-"Camp Picken?," as it ls Time's Changes-The Village of Ma. n a ssas To-day. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.j MANASSAS, VA., May 5. Could one of Bonham's men stop to-day on the plains of Manassas, he would not recognize the old site of Camp Plckens, nor the old ba*e of supplies of the Army of Northern Virginia. Wonderful changes have occurred in the ap? pearance of this region during the past decade; metamorphoses without parallel in American history. A traveller, just before the war, speaks of the town. as consisting of a low wooden depot, a dingy saloon, and a half dozen of houses, on a broad and monotonous plain. When General Bonham came up this way in 1861, he saw the strategic value ol the junc? tion ol the railroads, and rested here with his three South Carolina regiments, while the flames of Secession were crackling all over the South, and thousands after thousands of re? cruits came flocking into the nucleus-point of Camp Pickens. Men came out irom frightened Washington, three hundred at one time, to join the gathering army, until finally the Pal? metto flag was exchanged for the standard of the Confederacy,or carried side by side with it, just as the opposing Pine-tree flag of Massa? chusetts was borne with the other standard. There was a great population suddenly trans? ferred to these quiet fields, from city and ham? let and farm-house of the South, sternly and patiently preparing for a coming day, how soon none could know, when the dread arbi? tration of war would decide their cause. When that day came, it was an exciting one in the new city of canvas. Its guards and garrison joined the columns retiring from Centreville, on the banks of Bull Bun, and all through that long, hot Sabbath of midsummer the roar of cannon and the crash of musketry rolled across the plains to the ears of the provost men, and the number of wounded came pour? ing thicker and faster from the field, until all accommodations were full. Then came that fearful moment when three or lour shattered regiments came drifting through the fields and roads in a great cloud of fugitives, broken and disheartened, probable precursor of a general route. A train stopped far above the junction Elzey's men pour out of it-form, and sweep across the fields; and the rout ls stayed, the tables are turned, and old Camp Plckens, reor? ganizing its.wearied fugitives, breaks into cheering and triumphal salvos from captured guns. For eight months thereafter the depot of supplies for the army, great lorts grew up about it, and miles of redoubts and redans defended its outposts at Centerville and Fairfax. One or two of these field-works were garrisoned by that jaunty corps of naval artillery, not a few ot whose members were irom Charleston and Savannah. These horse marines and "sea fend; bles" were so handy with the big guns, as to command the admiration of the army-and it would have fared ill with a storming party who sl'oul? have tried conclusions with these soldier tars. But Manassas was demurely evacuated without a trial of arms, and served for long after as a depot for the magniloquent Pope-not as his headquartei-s, of course, for we all remember that that was "in the saddle." He was the gentleman who proposed to walk right through Virginia, without being encumbered with "lines of retreat and bases of supply." So General Jackson, doubting Thomas that he was, swung in behind him at Manassas, and found as fine and costly a base of supplies as the Southern torch had ever dissipated. Meanwhile, 'there was a merry little stampede here by the horses ol a Penn? sylvania cavalry regiment, who persisted in carrying their six hundred riders away Into the Washington fortifications. Sagacious horses ! happy masters ! Then two Ohio infan? try regiments, at Union Mills, thought they would go up to the junction and investi? gate a little. General Stuart persuaded them to make a short stay and a speedy exit. A day or two after, the First, Second, Third and Fourth regiments of New Jersey thought that they would show the Americans, Federal and Confederate, what foreign troops could do. So they started from Alexandria to find out what was up at Manassas; but they stopped at Burke's Station, and in a few rainutes became sadder and wiser Jereeymen, under the iron admonitions of the Confederate flanking col? umn there awaiting them. The brigade was "cnt to pieces," as the official report has it, but most of the "pieces" reached Alexandria, pull? ing the biggest kind of a raw-head-and-bloody bones panic after them. Meantime the Army of the Potomac was being beaten in detail; Rickett marched into Manassas with his ragged veterans of the Cedar Mountain stampede, and united with King, who had just been thrashed at Bull Run-massing the two bewildered divisjons over the track, and resting on their arms. The next day King formed line again, and at sunset moved down into the battle, onjy to see his weary and disheartened men broken, after a short struggle, and in full re? treat over the fields. The great incoheslve and disjointed army gave back that night, and the plains and valleys" Bettled into quietude once more. During this complication of combats Manas? sas reached her lowest ebb of misfortune. It was a broad scene of smouldering.destruction and desolation. Dead horses lay thickly where the cavalry and light batteries liad buen en? gaged- half-buried corpses emitted horrid and pestilential effluvia, shattered wagons and thc wreck of retreat strewed the roads, and the only edifice visible was a rude little telegraph shanty, close by the track, whose rails were torn up or bent into all shapes by the great trains burning upon them. From this terrible waste and ruin let us turn | to a fairer sight-the Manassas of to-day. Il is a pretty village of over a hundred houses, grouped about the depot, with broad streets in good condition, lined with residences, stores, smithies, and all the offices of a con? siderable population. Many of these houses are neat and tasty, some are even elegant, and the hotel is a pleasant spacious one in? deed-while queenly Religion has built her temple on a grassy lawn at thc end of a fine street. The Inhabitants are mostly fromAhe North, a sturdy, hard-working yeomanry, bringing down those habits of industry and sobriety which have made a garden-land of even col-! and rocky New England. Their principles are also of the North, but this does not trouble the good Virginians who have set? tled among them, for they are P~" making a political colony; they came down on the borders of-the Sunny South to make homes for them-, selves, not; to become office-holders. So the fields, as far as thc eye can reach, are under cultivation, the young wheat is breaking through the ground, and all the bu3y activi? ties of tut farm are in cheerful progress. Young trees are slowly growing up, to mill gate and soften the present bald aspect of the place-the germs of future gardens brighten here and there in spots of floral brilliance and beauty-new houses are rising on newly ac? quired estates for the homes of future genera? tions of thrifty Virginians, and a smart little local paper dispenses the tidings of the day, and indulges in occasional strains of prophetic enthusiasm, which would be worthy of'Dulutu or Omaha. Poussin has a painting of a shaft and beauti? ful vale, with all the tender grace of a pasto? ral Eden, a sparkling rill dimpling down through a velvet sward, by fair flowers and stately trees. But in the back-ground is an ancient tomb, with the inscription "Et in Arca? dia ego." Thus, through all the rural beauty and freshness of the fertile plains, there rises a grimly embrasured battery, glooming over the western bounds with the same silent signi? ficance-solo memorial of thc dread days when the"grandest armies of a continent were surging in destroying waves about and to? wards this petty station. This is monument enough-the proud story is all told by this great hieroglyph of war. P?LERIN. OUR POLICY. The Omse ot' the Jane Couvent ion. [From the Columbia Phoenix.] The great, purpose, as we understand it, of the June Convention, is to promulgate, in an authoritative way, the liberal basis upon which we propose to engage in the work of political reform, and secondly, to bring together in ef? fective combination tue elements of opposition to the ruling faction. This is an important work. There is at present in South Carolina but little difference of opinion as to the neces? sity of a free and frank recognition on our part of the Fifteenth amendment to the Federal Constitution. Rocheforts, no doubt, we have. Irreconcilables, no doubt, there are. But the Sreat mass of the whites of the State are not Isposed to neglect the real and attainable in the effort to reach the sentimental and the im? possible. The June Convention, to give itself power, must, therefore, reaffirm the liberal sentiments embraced in the resolutions of the press con? ference, lu* second object, lt occurs to us, should be to crystallize, In organization, the work of reform. As a means to this end, we presume an executive committee will be ap? pointed, and a line of action laid down. Of course, the question will come up as to a State ticket. This question the convention will wisely determine for itself. It will determine the time, the character, the question of the nomination. It will do what is deemed best for the public cause that lt has at heart. After organizing the forces at its command, the convention will hold its power for future con? tingencies, or it-will concentrate it at once promptly and earnestly upon a given point, we are not disposed to anticipate the course ol this convention. Let it be u full convention of the people of tho State, that favor the cause of industrial and political activity.and that believe in the efficiency of action. We arc aware of the fact that some of our associates in political sympathy deprecate a general canvass for the Governor and Lieutenant-Governorship. They seem to hold that the political body that we oppose should be left to disintegrate. But some there are who are not disposed to walt for this slow process, and who have Utile faith In "mastely inactivity." For ourselves-for thc "do-nothing" policy we would substitute the "do-something" policy. For "masterly inactivity" we would substitute a "devouring activity"-just such an activity as tho Imperial government recom? mended to the French people when thc Plebis? cite was submitted lo the popular vote. It may be well for each county to adopt just such a line of policy as shall result in lus best possible representation In tho Legis'ature. But ns for the general ticket, we deem it es? sential that we should go before the people and make the issue with any one who shall be put forth as the representative ot the ruling regime. Let the darts of truth be sent hero and there. Let the lightnings of popular indig? nation flash about the eyes, and let the thun? ders of popular condemnation be heard about the ears of the corrupt crew that now walk the stage ?in all the Insolence of guilty power. This will do the State good. It will purify the air. It will sow the seeds of snccess in the future. We cannot be wrong. We must bend our energies to our industrial programme. We must press our immigration and direct trade scheme. We must biiild our railroads, erect our factories, and cultivate our crops. We must extend our hearty welcome lo the honest settler from abroad. We must culti? vate peace and harmony and good under? standing between the honest of all classes. But we must also make a prompt, spirited and effective effort in the interests of Political Re? form. In our Judgment it is with the weapon of action-ol lawful, fair, legitimate, but spirited action-that we are to cut the Gordian knot of our complications. Nor can we accomplish much in the line of reform without organiza? tion and concert of action. We are told that the Democratic organization of this State must no longer be essayed If those who are re? sponsible for this thought shall exercise as much efficiency in building up, as they have shown in striking down, we would Boon be able to congratulate the State upon a new or? ganization ready to enter upon the work of redeeming the fortunes of the commonwealth. Let the people in the June convention decide upon the canvass. This ?will suggest to us all the path of diity, and bring good men of all parlies on a common ground, and put them in a common line of action. We are lor moving in right lines, out as for the method ol' reform, let us adopt any and all modes "justified by honor." Be np and Doing [From the Barnwell Sentinel.J No wonder senator Cain and the leading Radical journal of the South denounce in strong terms thc corruption ol the men of their party, now ruining the State. Every man who has a grain of honesty, or spark of virtue, or who owns an acre of land, should be up and doing, and work bravely, honestly, earn? estly, untiringly, to unite the people to save the State, by driving out these worse than highway robbers. Let them go to work now and work unceasingly, until the last vote is polled to rid the State ol those insatiate plunderers. It is not a question of party triumph, but of State salvation, in which all are alike interested, and the appeal is made to all, white and black, irrespective of party, lt is made to every voter in the State, who prefers honest, intelligent men in office, to rogues and blockheads. But if the people will not lake interest enough in public affairs to come together when a public meeting ls called, to counsel for thc public good, may we not be excused for feeling gloomy and despondent ? A PEEP INTO THE FUTURE. . , The Pneumatic Tube over Ponr Hun? dred Miles Long-Seventeen Seconds from London to Glasgow. thc following extract from a private letter describes the operation ol a pneumatic tube between Glasgow and London. Probably few or our readers are aware ol the existence of the process by which messages and packages are almost instaneously transmitted between these two cities. 1 had occasion to send a telegram to London' the other day, and in a few minutes received a reply which led me to supposD that a seri? ous error had been committed by my agents, in? volving ?any thousand povsds. 1 immediaie ly went to the telegraph offi :a and asked to see my message. The clerk said, "We can't show it to you, as we have sent it to London." "But," I replied, " you must have my original paper here: 1 wish to see that." He again said, "No, we have not got it; it is in the post office at London." "What do you mean?" I asked. "Pray, let me see thc paper I lett here an hour ago." "Well," said he, "If you must see it, we will get it back ina few minutes, but il ?8 now in London." He rang a bell, and in five minutes or so produced my message, rolled up in pasteboard. It seems that tor some months there has ex? isted a pneumatic telegraph betwixt Glasgow and London and betwixt London and thc other principal c:tics of the kingdom, which consists ' of an iron tube, into which the messages are thrown and sent to their destination. I in? quired if I might see a message sent. "Oh, yes; come round here." He slipped a number of messages into the pasteboard scroll, popped it into the tube, and made a signal. I put my ear to the tube and heard a slight rumbling noise lor seventeen seconds, when a bell rang beside me, Indicating that the scroll had arriv? ed at the general postoffice, four hundred miles off! It almost took my breath away to think of it. If I could only go to Boston with the same relative speed, yon might count on my passing an evening every week at No. 124 Bea? con street, and returning home to sleep. Who knows but we may be conveyed in this marvel? lous manner before many years ? Perhaps you are aware that there has been a large tube between the General Postoffice In London and the station in Eustace square in operation for a number of years. The mall bags for the north are all sent by this convey? ance, so that the postoffice receives letters up to a few minutes before the train leaves,lhree miles off. The transit takes less than two se? conds ! Surely this is an age of wonders. THE METHODISTS OF COLUMBIA. Eloquent Appeals in their Behalf. In the Methodist General--Conference at Memphis on Thursday last Dr. Shipp spoke of resolutions of sympathy ?iassed hy the last General Conference, affect ug the church at Columbia, S. C. ; of Its suffer? ing at the hands of war; of its former pros? perity; its boundless liberality; of the generosi? ty of its members. He Baid that of all suffer? ers in Columbia, tho Methodist Church bore the most grievous calamities. The church building was reduced to ashes, the homes ot Its members were burned, and all their property swept away. The congregation ls too poor to rebuild their house of worship, and have only a little chapel inadequate to the wants of the congregation. Dr. Sehon moved the adopt ion of a resolution roviding for a concession of all that is asked y the petition. Dr. Smith, of South Carolina, said that the church spoken of had suffered as none others. Its people were poorer than those o? any church or city in the South, and that South Carolina was in the worst condition of any in the South. The difference in the social and industrial condition of the two States, South Carolina and Georgia, was most strongly marked and palpable. In Carolina the people were still trodden under loot by the harshest task-masters, who heid offices with not the remotest idea of promoting ends of public good. They only sought to oppress and rob the people and gather wealth for themselves. The ownership of real estate in Columbia be? gets poverty. A house that ls rented for six hundred dollars is taxed five hun? dred and seventy-five dollars. Columbia, once famed for the intelligence, public and private morals of Its people, and for the genius, learning and eloquence of individual citizens, whose lolty character and many vir? tues gave tone to society, is reduced to the ut? most straits of poverty, aid subjected to every process designed to degrade and destroy. The tasteful scholarship ol Legare, the matchless moral and intellectual grandeur of Calhoun, the splendid oratory of Preston an'd McDuffie, once made Columbia the abiding place of all that made life delightful. Tbe condition ot the ruined city to-day presented a mournful con? trast with its pristine glory and splendor. It is sad and. sickening to contemplate the present and dream of the past. Of wealth there is none, and poverty in Its rags and gaber? dine bas invaded alike the palaces of the rich and hovels of the poor. Indigent as are these people, they are generous to the last degree. They share with one another the little that is left them, and widows and orphans arc not forgotten by those who have more than the absolute wants ol'life de? mand. The little chapel they occupy as a place of worship will not contain the congre? gation that often gathers about its doorway, und they often secured the uso of buildinirs ol' other denominations, especially of thc Bap? tists, who had been very hind. Bishops Co? pers, Dunwoody and other great thinkers and orators of Methodism, sleep in the churchyard hard by. Their monuments bad beeu over? thrown or destroyed by bloody, red-handed war, and desecration and horrible outrage and insufferable calamities marked every ieature of the church's fortunes. Will not those more blest in abundance help those so utterly im? poverished ? The sympathies of this flourish? ing city would be touched if it may listen to a simple recital of woes which have befallen tho church at Columbia. . Bishop Andrews anproved the utterances of Dr. Smith. He had* dedicated the church at Columbia, years ago, to the Most High. Capers was there, and many of the purest and best and most learned men. The character of the congregation, its virtues and Christian worth, bad not been too highly colors, and there can be no worthi?r object of our oe&eScence. It was first in all Christian virtues. Many of its strongest members have fallen beneath the weight of terrible calamities, and the survi? vors are hardly able to live. There was once no limit to their generosity and deeds of Christian charity. Help them; they will soon be able to help themselves, and a church edifice worthy of the people will soon rise from the ashes of that which was destroyed. Mr. McAnnally Bpoke with tearful eyes when he said'that each member of the conference should forward a sum tor the purpose of re? building the Columbia church and erecting a memorial worthy of the lame and virtues of Dr. Capers. It was proposed to amend the pending pro? position by inserting the words "all other churches in like condition.'' lt was stated that at least fifty Methodist churches had shared the same fortunes with that of Columbia. Dr. Marshal] suggested the adoption ol a general system, like the Wesleyan, for church building. The matter will be taken up again. A. FUNNY DEVELOPMENT. A Politician's Eulogy on Himself. There i6 a very fierce contest raging in Washington over the office or Mayor. The two candidates, Bowen and Emery, are both Radicals, and there is great division and bitr terne88 in the party. Thc Chronicle cham? pions Bow'en, and the Republican and Star Bide with Emery, is ever the case when friends fall out, angry passions rise to fever heat, and no mercy is shown to an adversary. Unluckily some ol Bowen's present oppo? nents were formerly his friends and intimates. This confidential relation put them in pos? session of his secrets, and one of these has been recently revealed, to the general hilarity ol' the public and the great confusion of Bowen. It appears that when Bowen set up for the mayoralty some years ago, he wrote a most extravagant eulogy ol' himself, got a col? ored man to sign it, and had it issued as a cir? cular. This document, in the handwriting ol' Bowen, fell into thc hands of the Republican, which has recently published it, with the state? ment that thc original, in the autograph ol' Bowen, is in its possession and subject to pub? lic inspection. The following passage may be taken as a fair specimen ol' what a modest man ol' thc new era may say of himself: All this was done by Mr. Bowen from princi? ple, without the remotest expectation ol lee or reward, and I happen to know that he docs not want any office or favor at your hands; that if he were the only one to be consulted he would retire to private life when he leaves the posi? tion he now so ably and satisfactorily fills. But yon and we, the Republicans of this city, can? not permit him to do this. He is. in my. opin? ion, and in the judgment of the best men in Washington, the only man in bur ranks who can command the entire vote ol' the party, and thus insure the election of a Republican mayor. 1 am proud to be able to say that even the tongue of slander has been compelled to remain silent as it respects his morals, and sterling integrity, and that, although many millions of govern? ment funds have passed through his hands, not a dollar, nay, not even a single penny, has ever stuck to them, excepting, of cdhrse, his legal and legitimate salary His honesty is proverbial, and it is this, my friends, and his acknowledged capacity, that have secured for bim the many positions he has held under the government, ot which we have heard so much. lt was this that commended him to our sainted Lincoln, whose confidence he possessed to the fullest extent, and from who he received, and now keeps as a sacred memento of that friend and martyr of liberty and humanity, more commissions than any other man living dead. With his name on our banner success certain, and who other but he will be sore secure that object ? FOREIGN ITEMS. -St. Paul's Cathedral. London, is said to in danger from excavations of underground railroads. -A number of young men have been appre hended for frequenting the London theatres in female clothing, one of whom ls said to have been mistaken for the Duchess of Manchester -Westminster Palace will seat but 400 of 658 Parliamentary representatives, and durin important debates peers and commoners on the floor. -A Belgian was recently hung by mistake in Bruges, and as a slight recompense to his wife, the generous-hearted government have accorded her free permission to beg. -In the discussion which is going on in Eng? land in reference to the recent horrible In stance of Greek brigandage, it is distinctly charged that the affair is due to the direct en couragement of the constituted authorities and that even some of the ministry are not above suspicion in the matter. One-half of the members of the National Parliament, it is al leged, are more than suspected of complicity with brigandage, and some of them, it is said are actually retired members of the profes sion. -The bombs which were alleged to have been manufactured for the destruction of the Emp ror Napoleon were filled with a new fulminat? ing powder as dangerous to the maker as to his victim. The substance was unknown up to the present, and ls formed of twenty parts of chloride of potash, ten of prusslate of potasa and five of sulphur in powder. The slightest friction, pressure, or shock, produces an ex? plosion of fearful violence. Competent -j>er 8ons, who have examined the projectiles, con sider them terrible engines of destruction, but most unfit for assassinating a person in a car? riage. They would have to be thrown from an elevated position, and from the form of the shell and the force of explosion, it is thought that the debris would not rise, but sweep along the ground. Flung from a barricade Into close column of troops, the effect would be fearful. -Among the Cossacks of the Ukraine, leap year ls eternal. When a young woman feels tender passion for a young man. she seeks him at the residence of his parents, and addresses him as follows: "The goodness I see written !n your countenance ls a sufficient assurance to me that you are capable of ruling and loving wife, and your excellent qualities encourage me to hope that you will make a good husband It is in this belief that I have taken the r?solu tion to come, and beg you, with all due hu mility, to accept me for your spouse/' She then addresses the father and mother, and so licits their consent to the marriage. If sh meets with a refusal, she declines to leave the house, and Buch conduct is usually crowned with success. The parents of the young man never put the young maidens away, if they still persist in their stay, believing that by do ?rig so they would bring down the vengeance of beaven upon their heads. -Co-operative trading associations, we be licrc, have never been successful in thia coun try, probably from want of good management One in England, the Civil Service Supply As sociation, we observe, has been more .urtu nate, having made sales during the third year ol its existence io the enormous amount of more than a million and a half of dollars, and realized a net profit over ol $23,000. the wh ole of which was available for reducing the prices of ihe articles sold. The society was first put in operation by a few postoffice clerks, who pri vately clubbed together to purchase wholesale groceries for distribution among themselves The experiment proving successful, all mem? bers of the Civil Service were admitted lo the association; and in three years it has grown to the magnitude indicated by the above state? ment of sales and profits in the last year. The remarkable success shows what may be done by such laudable combinations; arid it confirms the axiom that small and quick re? turns are the true principle of commerce. -Witchcraft is not extinct. An old man in England, nearly eighty years of age, after imagining or believing tliat he had for several year? been bewitched, or overpowered as he called lt, by one Mary Stevens, undertook, by the advice, as he said, of more than a hundred persons, to "fetch" the blood of the woman, so that he might overcome her. Embracing a fa? vorable opportunity, he executed his blood? thirsty design. He did it, however, very mildly. Having met her in the market-place, he suddenly scratched her arm with a needle and caused it to bleed a trifle, but yet enough, as he conceived, to fulfil the mysterious law by which he was impelled. Disdaining to shed her blood in so ignoble a cause, thc woman complained of him and he was arrested. He pleaded in excuse for the assault that such had been the power of the witchery the woman had exerted over him that for five years he had suffered afflictions of various kinds through her sorcery, sometimes having four diseases upon him at once, besides losing, in thc mean? time, lourteen canaries and fifty goldfinches. He was fined two and sixpence and costs. -The funeral of the victims of the recent Greek massacre was one of the most imposing ceremonies ever witnessed in Athens. Thc solemn service was held in the English Church in that city. All the resident ambassadors were present, the Archbishop of the Greek Church, and the entire Synod. All the officers and ministers of the Greek Government, and the King, who never mingles with the multi? tude, attended. The Queen, too, was there, and in tears. After the services at the church were over, they all followed the bodies to the cemetery. The King and Queen led the pro? cession, and walked the entire distance, an act unprecedented in the history of Greece. About 8000 persons were collected between the church and the burial place. The King, in a long military cloak and helmed cap, with feathers, walked immediately behind the cof? fins, whicu were borue upon the shoulders of the marines, and covered with the national flags. The beads of seven of the brigands killed by the soldiers during the late encoun? ter were displayed, strung in a line on a scaffolding in the Champ de Mars, where crowds ol'people went out to see them. GREEK BRIGANDS. There ie a regular system of treating for the ransom of the ciptives. A letter ia first conveyed by the robbers from the captive to his friends. This generally contains a safe conduct for the messenger who shall be chosen to gj to the robber camp and treat, and a plan marking out certain places he must stop at. He travels by night on a white horse, apd carries a sma:l bell, which be rings at certain couveuiant and so.itary stations, where he is aDswereibya shrill whistle if all is well. fjnle=8 the whistle ia heard he mr^et not go on, and the whole plan is so arranged that the man himself does not know where he is finally joing to, so that it ie impo98iD]6 tor me au horitiee to discover the brigands' haunt there? by. At a certain spot the robbers meet him, ind conduct him into the presence of the -bief. Then a regular bargaining is com? me:* ced. The chief names a sum, which the messenger, if he ia a man of determination, ind represents well the inefficient- means of the captive, can often get reduced. When the bargain is finally struck, tbe messenger goes back for the money by a different road to tbat he came by, and returns with the same cere- j monies and precautions. Tbe ransom is de- I livered to the chief in presence of all tbe band, ff ho light a taper and examine the coins to see if they are good. The captive is then brongbt in, loosed from his ropes, his beard cat off, md then be ie kissed .by each robber on the cheek, while they all cry out several times j ' Kallali I" tbat is to say, "Begone, and be of good health." Should the robbers be besieged during the time of the bargaining, both cap? tive and ransom are destroyed. The robbers' great object is to terrify the people into bring? ing sufficient ransom; therefore when it is d?? ficient, or the captive is too poor to pay at all, the most horrible cruelties are practiced. Tbere are several such cases known to have occurred quite lately. One man whose ransom was short of the som named, was tortured, stripped naked, and slo.vly burned with a lighted fuse to euch an extent that he can never recover. A boy of fifteen bad his ears cut off from the roots beciose a hundred iraebmiof the ransom were wanting. Bat the most terrible account of all was as follows: Three peasants had been taken prisoners. Two at them were enabled, hy the sale of their oxen, to make up a sum sufficient to content tbe brigands. The third was a poor man and could pay nothing. He was condemned to ?eath. He fell at their feet praying for mere v. "The low forbids it," was the answer.-CasselVs Magasine. iHillinerrj, Saner) ?oo?s, &c. J^AD. LUZIER., (DB J AK IS.) FRENCH DRESS-MAKER NO. 214 KINO STREET, CORNER OF MARKET STREBT. DRESSES AND MANTLES made In the latest Parisian style. Patterns cut and sold, may is (Clo tl] in g ano ifnrnisrjing C$0000. J^OW IS THE TIME. GEORGE LITTLE A CO., No. 213 KINO STREET. Is the place to find the largest and best selected stocK of Men's, Youths' and Children's CLOTH? ING ever offered in this market, and at prices to sui: the times. Raving determined to seU our Qoods as low as can be purchased elsewhere, we would respectfully solicit an examination of our Stock. Our StOCk Of CHILDREN'S CLOTHING com? prises the latest styles in Linen and Casslmere. Also a fine and well selected assortment of FURNISHING GOODS. GEORGE LITTLE A CO., No. 213 King street, below Market. apr3Q-6 8tnth9_ Q PRING CLOTHING. No. 2 19 KING STREET. CORNER OF WENTWORTH. An extensive supply of SPRING CLOTHING, made ur expi-oosi? fur tue iraae of this city, ls now offered at LOW PRICES, the Goods having been bought since the decline in gold. The as? sortment consists of all New Fabrics for men's wear, and made up equal to custom work. This bouse will continue to deserve the wide reputa? tion lt has enjoyed for many years of "selling the best made Clothing In the city." In the stock will be fonnd the following: SCOTCH CHEVIOT WALKING COAT SUITS Scotch Cheviot Sack Coat Suits French Batiste Walking Coat Suits French Coating Walking Coat Suite English and American Melton Coat Salts Silk Mixed Coat Suits Plaid Casslmere Coat Suits Blue Flannel Coat Suits French, Blue and Black Tricot Coat Suits Oakes' Casslmere (all Wool) Coat Snits, at $16 60. BOYS' AND YOUTHS' CLOTHING. The ?arpes: and best assortment In the city, viz: Walking Coat SUITS, Sack Coat Suits, and Fancy Knickerbocker Suits, for ages from 6 to 17 years, of Meltons, Silk Mixed, Blue Flannels, Mixed Cas? slmere, Black Cloths, Ac, of all qualities. FURNISHING GOODS. In this department will be found every style of Un der-Garments for men's wear, such aa: Gauze, Merino, Lisle Thread, Silk, Cotton and Per kale Undershirts Jeans and Linen Drawers Silk Ties and Bows, Colored Silk Cravats and Scarfs French Kid Gloves, Beaver Gauntlets, Silk and Thread Gloves Patent Shoulder Suspenders, Braces, Ac. Also, TUE CELEBRATED STAR SHIRTS AND COLLARS, Introduced by me in this city twenty-five years ago, and since then selling them to the satisfac? tion or all purchasers. 49- Trices as advertised in Card. TAILORING DEPARTMENT Is supplied with French, English and American COATINGS, Meltons, Batiste, Scotch Cheviot, Silk Mixed and Cloths, or a variety of shades. CASS1MERES of the most select patterns of the season, Plaids, Stripes and Plain, which Goods will be made up to order, in the well known good style always displayed at this House, and at mod. erate prices. WHITE TURKISH HAREM VESTS, A new and elegant Garment. Vf Purchasers are Invited to call and make their selections. WILLIAM MATTHIESSEN. Captain B. W. McTUREOUS, Superintendent. may2-?mo 7 IF YOU WANT SCHOOL AND TEX! BOOKS or all kinds, cheaper than yon caz purefcaae elsewhere, go to EDWARD PERRY, No. 166 Meeting street, opposite Charleston HOV Charleston, s. 0. deci4 cmos _Shipping._ ^ESSELS WANTED FOR EUEOPE. To Load Phosphate Rock from Willi m an 'a Island. Quick despatch, and the fallest market rates freight. Apply to WILLIAM ROACH A CO.? Agents Williman's Island Phosphate Co maj24-l _ Tl MERCHANTS LINE-NEW YORK 1VJL SAILING PACKETS. The regular line Schooner N. W. SMITH, William A. Tooker, Master, hating the^ balk or her Cargo engaged, will take whatL? freight may offer, and sall forthwith. Apply to WILLIAM ROACH k CO., may24-3 ? - Agents. -pOR FORT SUM The sare, rast sailing and comrortably ap? pointed Yacht "ELEANOR" win make two<_ trips daily to Fort Sumter and the other points or historic Interest In the harbor, leaving South Commercial WharT at io A. M. and 3 P.If. The Yacht can also be chartered for private parties on reasonable terms. For passage or charter apply next door sooth or the Mills House, or to the Captain on board. mayl4 BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA, BOS? TON, AND THE CITIES OF THE NORTH? WEST. THROUGH BILLS OF LADING GIVEN FOR. COTTON TO BREMEN. The fine Steamship "SEA GULL,' Dutton, Commander, will sall lor Balti? more on SATURDAY, 28th May, at 5 P. .1 Making close connection with Bremen .steamer* (Ohio) or the 1st Jane. SST Philadelphia Freights forwarded to that city by railroad from Baltimore without addi? tional Insurance, and Consignees are allowed am? ple time to sample and sell their Gooda from the Railroad Depot in Philadelphia. PAUL 0. TRENHOLM, Agent, may24-tuths3 No. 2 Union Wharves. J10 R PHILADELPHIA THE REGULAR STEAM LINE-WEEKLY TO PHILADELPHIA. The Screw Steamship PROMETHEUS, Grey, Commander, will sail for Phlltt-,-n - ? - delphla, dlrect,on FKIDAT, May 27th, at 4 o'clock P. M., from Brown's South Wharf. tn~ insurance by the steamers of this Line X per cent. For Freight engagements, or Passage (cabkn $16,) apply to WM. A. COURTENAY, Agent, may23-mtuthf4 No. 1 Union Wharves. J10R NEW YORK-TUESDAY. The Al side-wheel Steamship SOUTH CAROLINA, Adkins, Commander, WILL Bali for New York on TUESDAY, May 24th, ai & o'clock P. M., from Pier No. 2, Union Wharves, connecting with day Passenger Trams from Co? lombia aud Augusta, arriving at 4 P. M. The SOUTH CAROLINA will make close connec? tion with Liverpool Steamship NEVADA ol Messrs. Williams . A Onion's Line, sailing June 1st. Insurance by the Steamers of thia line x pei cent. For Freight engagements, or passage, having very superior stateroom accommodations, all on deck and newly furnished, apply to WAGNER,. HUUER k CO., No. 26 Broad street, or to WM. A. COURTENAY. No. 1 Union Wharves. mayl9-fl .J^OTICE TO TRAVELLERS. To accommodate the large VEGETA? BLE BUSINESS offering by this steam J line to New York, the Steamships are appointed to sall lrom Charleston as follows, arriving in New York on FRIDAY MORNING: SOUTH CAROLINA, Captain Adkins, TUESDAY, May 24. 6 o'clock, P. M. TENNESSEE, Captain Chichester, TUESDAY, May 31, 6 o'clock, P. M. SOUTH CAROLINA. Captain Adkins, TUESDAY, June 7, ? o'clock, P. M. TENNESSEE, Captain Chichester, TUESDAY, Jane 14, fl o'clocK, P. M. SOUTH CAROLINA, Captain Adkins, TUESDAY, June 21, fl o'clock, P. M. TENNESSEE, Captain Chichester, TUESDAY. Jane 28, 6 o'clock, P. M.. Travellers from interior points will note this temporary change or sailing days. Both the Steamships on this line are newly con? structed, the largest and most commodious on the Atlantic coast, built of Iron, with water-tight compartments, and all passenger accommoda? tions ARE ON DECK, securing thorough ventila? tion and comfort. 49* Tickets can b? purchased at all interior railroads points in connection with Charleston. For freight or passage, apply to WM. A. COURTENAY. Agent, Union Wharves, foot of Hayne Btreet. WAGNER, HUGER k CO., General Agents, No. 26 Broad street. may20-ftu4 T7ESSELS SUPPLIED WITH CABIN AND V MESS STORES ON SHORT NOTICE. Captains and Stewards are respect? fully invited to caU and examine the; quality and prices or our GOODS. Fa guaranteed. Delivered free of expensa WM. S. CORWIN k CO., No. 276 King Btreet, opposite Hasel, Charleston, 8. O. Branch of No. 900 Broadway, New York. Jan 24 ?pOR BEAUFORT, VIA EDISTO, ROCK? VILLE AND PACIFIC LANDING. Steamer PILOT BOY, Captain 0. ? .?JJT^^ Caroil White, will sall from Charle?-?sflSii?HE ton for above places every TUESDAY MORNING, ai 8 o'clock. Returning, the PILOT BOY will leave Beaufort early WEDNESDAY MORNING, touching at all the above named Landings on her route to Charleston. J. D. AIKEN k 00. mch24 F OR PALATE A, FLORIDA, VIA SAVANNAH. FERNANDINA JACKSON' VULE AND LANDINGS ON ST. JOHN'S RIVER. SEMI-WEEKLY LINE. Steamer "DICTATOR," Captain George E. McMillan, sails every, MONDAY EVENING at 8 o'clock. Steamer "CITY POINT," Captain Fenn Peck, salis everv FRIDAY EVENING at 8 o'clock. Con? necting with steamer STARLIGHT for Enterprise. Fare to and from Savannah $3 each way, in? cluding berth and meals. Through Tickets and through Bills of Lading for Freight given. J. D. AIKEN k 00., Agents, janis _South Atlantic Wharf. TjlOfi SAVANNAH, (INLAND ROUTE.) VIA PACIFIC LANDING AND BEAUFORT. The steamer PILOT BOY, Captain C: Carron White, win leave Charles- _ ton every THURSDAY MORNING, at 8 o'clock, for above places. RETURNING: The PILOT BOY will leave Savannah every FRIDAY AFTERNOON, at 3 o'clock, touching; at Beaufort and Pacific Landing, and connecting at Charleston with SATURDAY'S steamships for New York The PILOT BOY will touch at Bull's Island Wharf every fortnight, going to and returning from Savannah. J. D. AIKEN k 00. apr8 _ FISHING EXCURSION TO THE BLACK FISH BANKS. The popular Steamer "SAMSON" ? ?TTP^ w. will leave Boyce A Co.'s Wharf on jasSOB?m WEDNESDAY MORNING, May 26, at 9 o'clock, ror a DAYTTFISHING, returning In the evening. Bait will be provided. Fare for the trip $1 60. TULLY will be in attendance to furnish Re? freshments. Tickets can be obtained at A. 0. STONE'S Store. East Bay, also TORCK'S "Our House," J. C. H. CLAUSSEN'S and STENHOUSE k CO.'S, and at the Office of HENRY CARD, Agent, may20 Accommodation Wharf. * M. S. HANCKEL, M. D., D E N T I S"T, Has resumed the practice :of hts profession, Rooms No. 236 King street, opposite Basel, over SPEAR'S Jewelry Store'_J an26 8 thstn UPHAM'S ANTIDOTE FOR STRONG DRINK. A SURE CURE FOR DRUNKENNESS. One Dollar a Bottle. Sent by mail, postage paid, on receipt or price. The Antidote ls the beat remedy that can be administered In Mania-a-Potu, and also ror al^ nervous affections. _ For sale by Dr. H. BAER, No. 131 Meeting street, octe Agent for South Carolina?.