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VOLUME IX.-NUMBER 1360. CHARLESTON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. MOVING OK i -. AN EARNEST AND INFLUENTIAL MEETING. RICHLAND ELECTS HER DELEGATES TO THE REFORM CONVENTION. * Reported Outrage In Abbeville. ELLIOTT PREPARING TO RUN AGAINST H?GE. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE XE WS.] COLOMBIA, June 6. The meeting to select delegates to represent Richland Count^in the Reform Convention, which assembles In this city on the 15th, was held to-day. All the proceedings were charac? terized fcy great earnestness, and the meeting was perfectly successful Twenty-eight delegates were chosen. Their names are as follows: William Wallace, John T. Sloan, Jr., E. W. Selbels, Alexander Smythe, ' John C. Seegers, Jackson Miller, colored, J. C. Bell, Richard O'Neale, James Claffey, Charles P. Pelham, John P. Thomas, James Mayrant, colored, B. D. Se un, Lewis Wallace, colored, W. H. Stack, Washington Gibbes, colored, H. D. H ami ter, Frank Faust, colored, E. S. Per? cival, James Goodwin, colored, Uriah Portee, colored, Jesse Lykes, William Weston, Tip Brown, colored, Warren Adams, S. G. Garner, ?deraon Burns, colored, John Gilmore, col? ored. ? , The movement canses a great deal ol excite? ment among the negroes, and their agitation and active interest prove that strikings and telling effects may be expected. A rumor from Abbeville states that Mr. Boozer was assaulted, and Augustus Aiken threatened by negroes. This was on account of some part taken by them in the elections of | . 1868. No particulars have, so far, been given, i A citizen from Abbeville reports that trou-1 v We is brewing in Union League circles there, ) OD* account of an announcement made by R. I B. Elliott, the colored x Assistant Adjutaat Generalof the State, that he #111 be a candi? date for Congress against Solomon L. H?ge. WASHINGTON. [FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.] WASHINGTON, June 7. " The municipal election passed off with com? parative quiet The election pf Emery seems to be con . ceded.?" The Reconstruction Committee has adopted a rule not to remove disabilities except upon a I written application. The recommendation of | friends or of high officials are not respected. The petition must be accompanied with ex? pressions indicating proper suDmission. . SENATE. In the Senate bills were introduced charter? ing lands to the State-or Alabama to aid the construction, of the Savannah and Memphis Railroad, and to prohibit contracts for the im? portation of Chinese coolies. The New York merchants' and importers' petition for the abolition of the tax on sales, was presented. Stewart Introduced a bill to prohibit con-1 tracts for servile labor, which, he said, was in? tended to breakup the system ol coolie con? tracts, by which the Chinese laborers were im? ported to this country and held to labor for four .years. The contract ls to return the Chi? nese, dead or alive, to his own country at the end of four years, and the religious feelings of | the Chinese prevented them from breaking til el r contract. This, he said, ls really a sys? tem of servile labor. The wages are exceed? ingly low and can be called by no means tree. The bill provides that no contracts with the Chinese shall be good longer than six months. Immediate action, he said, should be had as agents are now about to introduce them into South Carolina and Massachusetts. He moved that the blU be reierred to the Judiciary Com? mittee, and gave notice that he would press it to early action. The Indian Appropriation bill was consid? ered. A motion to make the Texas -Southern Pa? cific Railroad a special order prevailed, but was reconsidered. At the night session the bill for the settle? ment of claims for quartermaster and commis? sary stores furnished to or taken by the United States within the States in rebellion during the late war, was debated. . Motions to pass over the bill and to return it to the committee were defeated. HOUSE. The House has adopted a resolution direct? ing the Committee on Ways and Means to re? port a bill abolishing the duty on coal. Bowen introduced a bill (already published in THE NEWS) for the sale of certain lands on the sea islands. It was referred to the Recon? struction Committee. The report of the Committee on Foreign Af? fairs was made the special order for Tuesday next, when Banks' Cuban bill comes up. The River and Harbor Appropriation bill was mide tte special order for Tuesday. Schenck's tariff amendments to the Tax bill were adopted, also an amendment relieving coasting and fishing vessels from tonnage du? ties. The bill finally passed by 150 to 35. The Postofflce Appropriation bill was taken up. and Sargent withdrew a bill preventing servile labor contracts. SPARKS FEOM THE WIRES. Mr. Robert Bankin, of Liverpool, is dead. The Englishmen captured by Spanish bri? gands are rescued, and have arrived at Gibral? ter. George Thomas, city editor of the Omaha Republican, Is dead. He was formerly con? ni cted with the New York Herald. The ship William F. Storen, of the Blackball Liverpool line, is burning at New York. Her cargo of lard, rosin and cotton is destroyed. The railroad bridge at Troy was set on lire and narrowly escaped destruction. The same bridge was burned In 1862, involving the de? struction of the business portion of the town. A high wind this morning would probably have repeated that calamity. The authentic contradiction of the Jewish massacre in Roumanla, causes great rejoicing throughout the country. Seven ships with pertoleum departed for Europe, from Philadelphia, this week, with over a million of gallons. The shipments from the portare Ave millions of gallons in ex?esrof the same time last year. EUROPE. Marine Arrivals. LONDOXDBRRT, June 6. WattetLa, from New York, and the Frankfort, from4few Orleans and Havana, have arrived. The Fenian Scare in England. LONDON, June 6. The weather is splendid. The Irish telegraph is working badly. The yacht Egeria defeated the Cambria yes? terday. It is reported that the police are discovering ramifications of th? Fenian plot everywhere not only in London, but In Wales and else-, where. War materials have been seized in several places, and the persons in charge ar? rested. The public excitement is unabated. The Vacant Throne. MALTRID. June 6. There was a grand demonstration yesterday in favor of Espartero as king. TUE EAST. A Terrible Conflagration and Fearful LOBS of Life. CONSTANTINOPLE, June 6. A fire has broken out in the richest part of the city, on the north side of the Golden Horn. A high wind was blowing. The residences of the English, American and Portuguese Am? bassadors and Consuls, the theatre, many churches and mosques, and the richest shops are burned down. The loss of life caused by falling walls is fearful. The loss of property is incalculable. The fire is still raging. CURA-MORE BLOODY WORK. HAVANA, June G. DeRodas telegraphs that a hundred Span? iards and two gunboats dispersed the filibus? ters from New York, on their landing near Neu vitas, killing ten, including Captain Harri? son, wounding two, and taking prisoners. The stores were captured. Several of the prisoners were executed immediately. The steamer George P. Upton, which landed the expedition, escaped. MEXICO-A RICE STATE OF THINGS. HAVANA, June 6. Vera Cruz advices report that the Mexican Congress would probably koli an extra ses? sion to discuss constitutional reforms. The stage between Vera Cruz and Jalapa bad been robbed, and one passenger killed. Six bandits were captured recently at Zaca? tecas. The new Pcrmissello mines are yielding enormously. # The citizens of Guatemala have invaded Mexican Territory. It is generally believed that Felix Diaz, the Governor of Oaxates, is the ji ri me mover of this invasion, and Intends es? tablishing a separate republic. The national treasury is bankrupt. The G u ay rufe revolution is ended, Lozada having refused to takeout in it. THE MONTGOMERY MUDDLE. MONTGOMERY, June C. . The so-called meeting of citizens called to censure Judge Busteed for incarcerating Au? ditor Reynolds, tor disobedience of an Injunc? tion of the United States Cour?-as a grand failure. Thompson, a negro member of the Legislature, presided, and announced that Busteed should be sustained. Resolutions de? nouncing Busteed were voted down. A war? rant was Issued against Busteed this morning for libelling Reynolds, and two negroes were deputed to execute it, biit Busteed gave bond, and evaded an arrest. PERSONAL GOSSIP. -The New Orleans Picayune speaks of Sen? ator Sawyer as "a white blackbird." -Bismarck has recovered sufficiently to be able to visit Paris. -Alfred Tennyson is to make a tour along the Rhine-on a new poem intent. -James Waters Zacharie, "the senior mer? chant of New Orleans," died lost week. He was a native of Ballimore. -The King of Sweden meditates a tour around the world in order "to see with his own eyes whether it is round." -Our foreign files announce the death of the eminent Liverpool merchant, Mr. George Alexander Brown, of Brown, Shipley A Co. Mr. Brown was an American. -Francis Joseph has conferred upon Baron Anselm von Rothschild the Great Cross of the Iron Crown, carrying with it thc title of Ex? cellency, which has never before been enjoyed by Austrian Hebrews. -It is announced that the Queen of England will give a prize of ?40 for the best lan, painted or carved, by a lady under twenty-five years of age; the competition being open to female artists of all nations. The fan must be ready for the exhibition of 1871. -Thackeray, on his first visit to New York, was introduced to a very fashionably dressed young lady, the daughter of a publisher noted for his piracy of the works of British authors. "Ah !" murmured the novelist, "a splendidly bound edition of 'The Pirate's Daughter.* " -A letter lrom London with relerence to Mlle. Nilsson's visit to the United States, says: "The French Emperor has authorized the di? rector of the grand opera In Paris to pay M. Strakosch $50,000, the penalty of breaking her American engagement with him, and to en? gage her for ten years, with a pension." If this is true, the chances of her coming here, after all, are very dubious. -The Fenian General Gleason is said to be only six feet six inches tall, with breadth and strength In proportion. He has served in thc Papal army, was lieutenant-colonel of the Sixty-Third New York Inlantry in the late war, and has been an internal revenue inspector in New York City, where it ls reported his cam? paigns against illicit whiskey were "bold, brilliant and decisive." It appears that he has also destroyed large quantities of liquor by the glass in bar-rooms. -A strange story comes from Lisbon. " M. Viera de Castro, formerly deputy, and an au? thor of some note, had strangled his wife. He found that she was carrying on an underhand correspondence with M. Maria de Garrett, who was considered one of his most intimate friends, and in the end she confessed her actual guilt. The husband then half smothered her with chloroform, alter which he completed her death by strangulation. De Garrett, to whom he afterward sent a challenge for a duel ? out? rance, declined to fight with him, but intimat? ed that he was willing to lose his life as an ex? piation for the injury inflicted, adding that he should passa certain spot at such an hour. The injured man, howevor, did not carry his re? venge further, but went to the prefecture of police and constituted himself prisoner. The other, it was rumored, had entered a Trappist monastery. The murdered lady was only nineteen. THE REFORM COLUMN. TWENTY-SEVEN COUNTIES IN EINE. TOICE OF THE STATE PRESS. The People Looking to the Convention a [From the Camden Journal.] The people have done all they could In a col? lective capacity, and now look to the conven? tion to put matters Into such shape that all parties can unite without regard to political antecedents, and work together, heartily and earnestly, and with some prospect of success. Awake ! Arise ! r. (From the Abbeville Press.] ' Let our people remember that tue duties of our life are not to be assumed and put offal pleasure. At no time is apathy commendable, and least of all, wh?n the skies lower, and the storms blow and the ship of State quivers in .every straining canvas, and creaking spar, and shaking timber. Now ls the tithe for work. Action! Action I Action! - [From the Orangeburg News.] The people of our State are making the last holy effort for decency, for honesty. The lost great prayer wells up from the heart of a stricken people, "from this miry, murky tide of pollution and morok filth that is rising with slimy crawl and overflowing with foul stench the holy avenues to our homes, our shrines, our hearts, threatening to stifle and to drown all the lingering relics of the good and pure. Good Lord deliver us." From their great bowed heart wells up the prayer to God in heaven, and by their efforts and working for this movement their prayer finds expression. "Let thy great deeds be thy prayer to thy God." The True Issue. [Prom the Barnwell Sentinel.] We are glad to see the unanimity prevailing over the State, in regard to this meeting, lt will be one of the most important conventions ever assembled in South Carolina, the object being to deliver the State from the hands of the thieves and robbers, who are now bleed? ing to death not only our credit and resources, but utterly ruining our character for integrity and honesty. Let it ever be remembered, that the object of the present movement is not to place in office Republicans or Democrats, but to drive out these "highway robbers," as they are called by Senator Cain, and put in honest men, irrespective of party. No man Is to be voted for because he Is a Democrat; no man is to be voted against because ls a Republican. The simple test \a fitness and integrity. Surely this ls an appeal which commends itself to every honest minded man, to every pat riot citizen. The Colored People Joining Va. [From the Union Times.] We were pleased to see at our county Re? form meeting a number of colored delegates in attendance, as well as some colored men from the Republican party. It should be the duty of every man who Is in lavor of Reform in our State Government to Invite and encour? age the colored people to attend our meetings. Let them understand thal what we do and say ls done and said in broad daylight and with open doors, for all to hear and, it they choose, to participate in. Let us teach them that treason and robbery grows and ?onrlsh?s only under the shades of secrecy und thc darkness of night, while patriotism and honesty can only flourish in the bright light of open day, and m manly opposition lo traitors and ras? cals. Down with the Taxes ! [From the Lancaster Lcdjrer.] The movement for Reform and Retrench? ment ls composed of ali previous parties, and without regard to class or race. It ls the rep? resentative and the movetr.ent of the people, In their might, for the vin licatlon of their own liberty and the administration of their own government. Otu- pebple are now ground down to the dust by excessive and oppressive taxation, meir hard-earned money, under the pretext of law, is wrenched from them and wastefully expended and used for pur? poses which " disgrace civilization." The Stale has readied the very verge where something must be endeavored lor pu? rity, order and good government, or where we must submissively and voluntarily pass under a yoke at war with all freedomv and where the only government is that of the strong and ruthless hand. The Reform party bas placed itself upon broad und progressive principles. It hos no selfish ends to answer, or purposes in view. It recognizes exact and "qual Justice to all. It is the party of ihe people who de? sire a government ol honesty without plun? der, of ?rulers without corruption, and of pro? gress free from oppressive taxation. . The Sham Cry of "Principle." * [From the Columbia Guardian.] In order to give success to the effort for re? trenchment and reform, it is necessary to sink at once all partisan feelings, and to curb, re? strain and conquer all prejudices of race and color. Let those who may term this a sacri? fice of principle on the part ot those who were in 18C? opposed to the extension of suffrage lo the colored population. Of such we would ask, upon what grounds was the enfranchise? ment of the negro obnoxious? Aside from prejudice, and regarding the matter in a sober and statesmanlike view, was not thc opposi? tion maintained from the honest conviction thal in his present condiiion the colored man was not prepared to exercise with proper dis? cretion the elective franchise, and that the vesting him with it would lead to mischievous results ! Thc good ol' Hie State was the object sought. No sane man believed that there was any wrong per se in the colored mau's voting. No man ?whose mind can rise above the level of a vulgar prejudice opposed this elevation because nftr forefathers came from Africa, or be? cause his skin is black or his hair unlike ours. By what system of logic, then, can he be said td have deserted his principles who seeks to subserve that same end-the good of the State by the assistance of the colored vote-which he strove lo secure by opposition to universal suffrage ? We can conceive of no higher standard ia political ethics than the good of the State, and whatever conduces to that end we deem it the duty of every good citizen to further. To rid the State of the vultures that are now preying upon her vitals, ls the great necessity of the nour. To effect this, the col? ored citizens of the Slate must join us; and whatever tends to effect thal junction is right. ?THE BANK ROBBERS AT WORK. Daring Attempt at White Plaina, New York-B lowing Open Doors-T he Burglars Work all Night, but Her. ring's Hank Sufe Foils Them. White Plains. New York, has again been overrun by burglars, who, during thc i?ast few days, have carried on a profitable business, with one or two exceptions. On Friday night last a gang entered the Central Bank ol' West? chester County and attempted to blow open a large Herring sale. bu", without success. Strange to say, no arrests have been made, but tile police are scouring the country in search ot the offenders, who will be severely dealt with if captured. LETTER FROM THE RANK OFFICERS, CENTRAL BASK OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY, I WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., May .10, 1870. j Messrs. Herring. Farrel db Sherman, No. 231 Broadway. Nate York: GENTLEMEN-The Triple Champion Safe we bongin of you about eighteen months ago has amply paid tor itself. On Friday night, the 27th instant, a gang of burglars made a des? perate effort to'break it open. They succeeded in blowing open the outer lire-proof. Next they commenced operations on the middle safe, made of Franklinite and hardened steel combined; first they knocked of the dial of the lock; then Ihey tried to make nn incision in the lower right-hand corner of the door, evi? dently for the purpose of inserting steel wedges (a number having beer, left "broken and used up;) failing in tliis, they then strip? ped off a portion of outer wrought-iron, all to no parp?se. Fully two pounds of powder must have been used in these three ineffectual blasts. We found In the morning two cans entirely empty, and the third one nearly empty. Our window sashes were entirely blown out. One piece of metal from lire-proof door, weighing about three pounds, was imbedded in the ceil? ing overhead; clock ceased lo mn. The shock was terrific, but wedges, drills and powder proved of no ava*. They made very little or no progress toward getting open the middle safe or outer burglar-proof. We are napp; to say the inner burglar-proof containing 'our treasure was not reached at all. We feel proud of our safe, and think it is well worth of the name Burglar-proof. Yours, with much respect, Ac, W. H. ALBRO, President. HENRT M. BISSELL, Cashier. THINGS IN GEORGIA. GOOD NEWS FOR CHARLESTON. The Condition of thc Crops-The Com? pletion of the Macon and Angosta Road-A Smelling Committee. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] I - MlLLEDGEVTI.LE, GA., May 31. A year ago my business led rae over this section of the Empire State, and In again trav? elling from Augusta to Macon, via Milledge? ville to Athens, and thence to Eatonton, and again to Milledgeville, I hav? had a peculiarly good opportunity of noting-the changes ol the year, If any there be, and of seeing the condi? tion of the crops. It Is with no small satisfaction that I am able io report both cotton and breadstuffs In fine con? dition. The wheat crop of Georgia is unusually good, and the best evidence of this pleasing fact, is that every farmer admits lt. and the only grumbling is that, as the crop has turned out so advantageously tbey ought to have planted larger crops. The oat crop, though not as good as the wheat, has yet been brought out materially by the recent rains. One fact worthy of notice here, is that the farm? ers are using commercial fertilizers on their small grain crops with great success; and the Wando and other Charleston manipulations of phosphate will probably be largely used in planting In the fall. The stand ol cotton could not be better, and although the plant in most instances ls only a few Inches high, yet it is beautifully green and vigorous. The cold, dry May seems to have proved beneficial rather than otherwise, for, while the grass has not grown, cotton, especially where manured, seems to have gathered all of Its energies for a race when the first rains gave the signal for a start, and If there is no loul riding, cotton must distance its hardy rival. Fertilizers have been used this year to an unprecedented ex? tent, and the manures that preiss real merit will establish themselves beyond peradven? ture, and who doubts but that the Charleston fertilizers will win the day. And, apropos of the dear old, and now much cursed, city, her merchants must be up and doing, as the Au? gusta and Macon Railroad (so that thoroughly efficient superintendent, Mr. B. K. Johnson, of the Georgia Road, tells me) will be done by September, and Charleston should be much benefited by it. One of the largest cotton buyers of Macon told me a day or two since that last vear he shipped about 20,000 bales over the Central Road, but that as he bought to fill Northern orders altogether, he would this sea? son ship to Charleston, and thence by our splendid steam" lines to New York. It is esti jnated that irom twenty to fifty thousand bales of cotton will go to our city over the Augusta and Macon Railroad. There ls one thing in connection with the lost season and this road that I cannot understand, unless my in? formant is mistaken, and he bas no business to be as he ls, thc agent of Eatonton Road, a branch of the Central at this point. He asserts that his road ls, up to date this season, 1900 bales ahead of the Augusta and Macon R. H., while last season, 1868-G9, the latter road beat him 380 bales. If his statement is correct, why tills falling off? The only crop that has been materially cut short by thc long drought ls thc plum crop, and no doubt this gives great satisfaction to ' the many anxious mammas of refractory boys who will eut so many green plums. Tho effect of the recent rains is already visible; all nature smiles, the air is delightful, and even railroad travelling comparal I rely pleasant. Georgia, although still under the Iron heel and overrun by Grant's minions, nourishes. There ls u re? freshing independency of tone pervading the whole people, and they look for aspeedv release from their burdens. Speaking of burdens, there is a batch of mouthy legislators, so-called, call? ing themselves an investigation committee upon the Penitentiary. As far as I can learn, it ls just such an affair to get rid of the super? intendent as that scheme of Scott and his brothers to get rid of Major Lee, the late able superintendent of the South Carolina Peni? tentiary. They are making a mountain out of a molehill, as lhere arc only some thirty con? victs within the walls ol the Penitentiary; the others, some five hundred in number, are un? der contract building the Augusta and Macon Railroad, and the Air-Line Road from Atlanta to Charlotte. Milledgeville is a ghost of its former sell, and, in a mercantile point of view, is almost a New Jerusalem once again. SE.MI.OU. SUPPLY AND CONSUMPTION OF COTTON. Influences Affecting thc Trade. [From the Boston Advertiser.] The dally and weekly reports of the market have fur many months shown an unsatisfac? tory condition ol'the cotton goods trade and manufacture. The greater part of the produc? tion leaves no profit to the manufacturer, while the declining tendency ol' prices lias de? terred dealers from making purchases beyond the imm?diate want of consumers. The mar? ket will not take the full production in some ofihe largest lines of goods except at prices which leave an uncomfortable loss to the man? ufacturer upon the cost of the raw cotton worked into them. There are some excep? tions, as in tlie case ol special fabric.-; and tine goods, having an established reputation in market, the whole of which are readily taken at fair and steady prices. But these are chief? ly consumed by people who need not econo? mize closely, who can always buy as they want; while "the larger production of coarse and medium goods find consumption among Hie agricultural and laboring people chiefly. Upon these the influence of the great fall In the price of grain and other agricultural pro? duce is seriously felt, as is the effect of every check to the well-paid employment of labor. ' There is, however, a more Important or far reaching^ reason for the depression In this trade. Every dealer In cotton goods, from the heaviest jobber in New York to the most re? mote of retail distributors, watches the cotton market closely, and is as keen and often a more correct observer of the main facts in the market for raw cotton which determines Us rise or fall, than the colton speculator or man? ufacturer who studies mainly such points in Hie relation of supply and demand as the spec? ulator lays before him. The principal dry goods houses have agents travelling through every district in the South where cotlon"is grown, and through them learned the truth ol' the shortened crop grown in 1808, and of Hie greatly lengthened crop of 18G9. For a long time inc trade as a body have pursued a con? servative course, and during the Inst year have taken from week lo week, willi rare excep? tions, only such quantities of goods as they could quickly and without loss distribute. They have known that cotton was too high, and they interred that cotton goods were too high and must cheapen. The great increase in facilities (or transportation also favors frequent replenishing, ami relieves them Irom the danger in carrying heavy stocks. This conservatism by the trade, and the economy ol the people, whether of choice or necessity, have concurred to reduce thc de? mand for cotton fabrics below the needful sup? ply to Hie people, and lately below the produc? tion of the mills, until il has come about that in the last twelvemonth our whole population lias taken but little if any more iceiyht of cot? ton cloth than in the year 1800. when its num? bers were so much less. Before the war, every well-to-do family had ils store o? cotton arti? cles for domestic and personal usc. beyond the Immediate want, and this surplus was used up by and during the war. Because of the higher prices since, very little of it has been replaced, and the purchases of each year since 1805 have nearly measured the current needs. It follows that the country lias no surplus ol'cot? ton goods. Those In wear must soon be re? placed. This necessity is aggravated by an ex? tensive substitution of light nib ri cs for the heavier cloths in common usc prior to 1801. Many more yards are now made from the same weight of cotton, and their cheapness lias giv en them preference in market; but the neces? sity for new cloth comes all the sooner. Tlie inference from all this is, that there must soon come a large and necessitous de? mand for the production of all our cotton mills. There is a limit to the "walting for lower prices." These may come, but whether at higher or lower prices, the want, now real, though unseen, will become urgent and visible, and when once recognized by the trade, there will be no Idle looms. Our manufacturers have now the dullness of the summer before them. It may be expedient now. as in 1868 and 18G9, to shorten the production in all mills whose fabrics do not sell close up. It would tend to hasten the turn in their favor, as the same policy produced it in 18C8, when the few weeks, of short work were followed by a very profita? ble autumn and winter. A suggestion has been recently made that manufacturers should combine to bring about a common reduction. Such a thing ls impracticable, and would be wholly inexpedient if feasible. Even concert? ed action of this character is unwise. Every manufacturer should decide upon his own case, according toits facts, of market and of profit or loes, present and prospective. It would, seem now quite sure that there will or can bc no further material decline in the general value of cotton goods, except such as may properly result from a decline in the price of cotton. We need make no prediction in re? gard to that, especially now when thc whole cotton-dealing world, awakening from its long sustained blunder as to the supply of the cur? rent year, is carrying its opinion to the oppo? site extreme and looking for superabundance. We place before our readers the prominent facts of cotton supply and consumption, as they stand to-day. leaving each lo make his own deductions therefrom as to the future course of prices : Since September l the receipts of cotton at au our ports amount to.bales. .2,770.000 The visible stocks at seven interior towns were lost year 24,ooo bales; are now 52,000 bales. After tbts date last year, thc receipts at ports were HO,ooo bales. The cotton other than that at the Interior towns is supposed, from the ratio of recent deliveries, ands from plantation advices, to be in larger pro? portion than lt was last year, but in re? lative proportion to the inland stocks the receipts to September l will be.. 173,000 The overland cotton direct to the mills has not yet been accurately stated, but good authority un this point in post years soy lt ls.227,000 Add Southern consumption. 90,000 The crop will be stated at abont.3,260,000 Tne consuming capacity of the Northern mills ls, say 6,7t0,0O0 splndles,at 4 skeins of No. 28 yarn each per day for 800 days, with an allow? ance of 2fi per cent, of the weights of yarn for waste the equivalent ai 460 pounds per bole, of nearly. 800,000 Add for other uses than spin? ning. 40,000 Add Southern consumption as above. 90,000 - 930,000 Total available for export.2,330,ooo Of this the export since Sep? tember has been: To Great Britain.1,300,000 To the Con une nt of Europe... 645,000 - Total export to date.,.1,945,000 Leaving available for export, if wanted.. 388,000 The movement of the India crop has been delayed equal to two months, chiefly from a tardy maturity and a more tardy preparation for market. We have not changed our opin? ion, early expressed, that the India crop now coming in, is considerably larger than the pre? ceding one. Its shipments from Bombay to Europe stands about 190,000 bales behind that of last year. There are but two or three weeks more before the early monsoon, when Its movement should nearly cease until Octo? ber according to the experience of previous years. The receipts in Bombay are very heavy, and Increasing weekly. It seems pro? bable that iu the last quarter of the year there will be such an accumulation ot cotton In Bombay and other Indian ports as has never been known; but whether, and how much of it Trill cv nie txj marhct itt 13 LU upc?, cn tine tlc pend upon the price and other conditions of trade. Of the shipments prior to the monsoon, though likely to be 100,000 to 180,0UU bales less than last year, so large a part comes through the Suez Canal, that by the end of June or In July the supply of India colton in Europe will not differ widely lrom that of last year. In each year since 18C5 the consumption of American cotton in England has been largest in the months when the supply of India cotton was lowest and of American largest; the use of India cotton increasing with its free supply. The relative proportions up to Mo$ 27 and for the whole year were os follows for three years (per week:) Taken for consumption Year's consumption from Liverpool to May 27. In Great Britain. American. E. India. American. E. India. 1867 . 21,000 13,000 20,100 17,150 1808.28,000 10,500 21,400 15,400 1869.19,000 14,500 17,540 18,400 For the first 21 weeks of 1870 the trade have taken (for consumption) at the average rate of 25,150 American, and 12,000 East Indian per week, from Liverpool. It will be observed that the quantities lor the first 21 weeks are from Liverpool only, while for the whole year they include deliveries from London, Ac. Nearly all the American cotton goes to Liver? pool, while London gets a large share of the India cotton, materially changing the propor? tions for tlie whole year. So ihr the propor? tions approximate those ofl8G8, and Indicate a weekly average for the whole of 1870 about 23,000 bales Amenait, and 17.500 bales ol East India cotton, "lils would call for an av? erage rate from now to December 31, ot 21,500 American bales per week, and covers an aver? age increase of consumption of all sorts equal td 3500 to 4000 bales per week for the whole year. Compared with 18G9, a total increase of about 200,000 bales. The continent has been slowly Increasing its consumption from year to year. Last year, worked to its full spinning capacity, it can Increase this year only by In? crease of ita machinery or by heavier work. If the new spindles be reckoned at an increase of six per cent., which ls hardly probable, they will require an Increase of only 100,000 bales of cotton. To sum up : The Increase in Ameri? can supply actual and offered to Europe from this crop is-export: This year.bales 2,300,ooo Last year. 1,600,000 - 644,000 Increase from other countries.... 20,00s 080,000 150,000 100,000 40,000 225,000 -575,000 Net increase of available sup? ply or American cotton, arter covering all deficiencies, and a full rate of consumption. loo.ooo To be added to stocks In Europe, Oct. 1. This assumes what ls not probable, that an export demand will uko to Europe all ol' this crop that we have to spare; what does not go there will remain In our ports. We have al? lowed for home consumption the full require? ments of the capacity of our milli. Last Sep? tember they began with stock in hand 50,000 bales larger than usual. To that extent, and more, they may reduce purchases this year, If so induced by the state of the market: in which case so much more may be exported, or left to swell the stock in ports. TUE CUB AX QUESTIOX. St ?itu-, of the Insurgent*-Critic ism of Spanish Brutality-Proclamation of Neutrality Recommended. The Washington correspondent of a New York paper gives tho ?ext of the report on the thc Cuban question, to be submitted to Con? gress next Monday week, by the committee to whom the subject was referred. The report opens by referring to all thc numerous peti? tions in behalf of Cuba, signed by nearly 75, 000 people ol the United States, a:i<l recapitu? lating the early stages of the patriots' struggle; the delusive promises of Spain to speedily crush the rebellion, and immense efforts made by the Spaniards and volunteers. The Cubans, the report continues, had at Yura, October ll, 13C8.147 men. 4000 the 12th Total increase. Per contra : Required for English deficiency torlea 21. Deficiency from ludia, say. Deficiency from Brazil, 75,000, equal td American. Increase in English con? sumption to Oct. l.150,000 Increase In continental consumption to Oct. 1.. 75,000 of October, 9700 in November, and 12,000 in December. They have now 20.000 well armed men. There are 60,000 enrolled and drilled, but without arms, and they claim that with a supply of arms they can put into the field 200,000 fighting men-citizens, farmers and emancipated blacks-men of the country fight? ing for its liberties. These hostile forces, have not forgotten the objects for which they were organized. From the declaration of Cuban in? dependence at Yara to this hour there has not. been a week, scarcely a day, which has not been marked in the calendar of war by fierce and bloody contests. No revolution presents a more constant and determined struggle. Although the Cubans were undisciplined and unaccustomed to the use of arms, of which in the beginning they had few or none, and their enemy was composed of the best troops of the army and navy of Spain, whose places in the military posts of the island had been supplied by the resident Spaniards organized as volun? teers, the Cubans, nevertheless, have been ready to meet their foes In skirmish, combat or battle, and have shown themselves as brave in attack as defence. A record of nearly all raids, skirmishes, combats and engagements and battles occurring from tho xlth of October, 1868, to the defeat of Puello and Goyeneche, which terminated the campaign of December, 1869, and January, 1870, give an honorable dis? tinction to the struggle of the Cubans for Inde? pendence that would in no wise discredit a people long accustomed to self-government and trained to the use of arms. The report then gives a review of the inhu? man course of the Spaniards toward the insur? gents, and after elaborate comments on the character of the struggle as a civil war, and the duty of nations to belligerents, claims that a proclamation of strict neutrality on the part of this government is demanded, and asks : What objections can Spain make to a procla? mation of neutrality la the case of Cuba Iden? tical with her own "prompt decision and friendly action" in the case of the United States? What objection can the European na? tions, wno instantly proclaimed their neutrali? ty in the civil war in this country, urge against the neutrality of the United States in the war ' between Spain and Cuba, after the unparalleled atrocities of eighteen months, and the brutal murder of scores of American citizens and repeated insults to our consular and commercial agents ? Great Britain declared her purpose In regard to the American rebellion in the House of Commons, the 6th of May, 1861, twenty-three days after the attack on Fort Sumter, and belore a Bingle life had been sacrlfled or a drop of blood had been shed, except in the conflict between soldiers and citizens in Baltimore on the 19th ot April, 1861. Spain Issued her proclamation of neu? trality, describing the contestants os belliger? ents, the 17th day of June, sixty-five days after the fall of Fort Sumter, and before a single life had been sacrificed, except at Baltimore. What objection can Spain make to a declara? tion of neutrality on the part of the United States In the Cuban contest after a bloody and brutal civil war of a year and a half f The committee distinctly defines its position as follows: We ask only that in the armed contest in Cuba, the existence of which it would be a crime to question, the neutrality of the. United Slates shall be proclaimed and enforced. We ask for Cuba nothing but justice-that justice which Mr. Burke said is the chief concern of mankind. It is n misconception of lad to as? sume that by a declaration of neutrality we grant belligerent rights to the Cubans. They have an inalienable and naturel right, admit? ted of all men, to fight against oppression lor the llbertv of their race. It would bc inhuman for us to strengthen the hand of the oppressor. If we cannot espouse the cause of liberty, we ought at least to stand neutral. When we recognize that a contest exists, the law of na? tions-the enlightened code of the civilized world-defines the rights and applies the law of belligerents. It localizes the war, restrains the power ot the conqueror, protects the van? quished, and substitutes for the rapine and murder of barbarous ages the restraints which -ara now .everywhere enlorced by Chrlstlad no? tions. It is likely that the report will be amended in some of its particulars before being sub? mitted to the House, lt having been prepared by General Banks In April last, prior to the occurrence of events of considerable impor? tance. No recommendation ls made regard? ing the murdered Americans, Wyatt and Speakman, although lt denounces In strong terms the cruelty and cowardice which caused their deaths, and lt ls considered probable that a resolution will be reported authorizing and instructing the Executive to demand prompt indemnity from the Spanish Government. Railroads. gOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. BHOHHHHi GENERAI. SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, I CHARLESTON, S. C., May ll, 1870. J On and after Sunday, May lotti, the Passenger Trains upon the South Carolina Railroad will run as follows: FOR AUGUSTA. Leave Charleston.8.80 A. M. Arrive at Augusta.4.25 P. M. FOR COLUMBIA. Leave Charleston.8.30 A. M. Arrive at Columbia.4.10 P. M. FOR CHARLESTON. Leave Augusta.s.oo A. M. Leave Columbia..7.45 A. M. Arrive at Charleston.3.30 P. M. AUGUSTA NIGHT EXPRESS. (Sundays excepted.) Leave Charleston.8.30 P. M Leave Augusta.6.00 P. M. Arrive at Augusta.7.05 A. M. Arrive at Charleston.,5.40 A. M. COLUMBIA NIGHT EXPRESS. (Sundays excepted.) Leave Charleston.7.30 P. M. Leave Columbi?.7.60 P. M. Arrive at Columbia.0.00 A. M. Arrive at Charleston.r.6.46 A. M. SUMMERVILLE TRAIN. Leave Charleston.2.60 P. M. Arrive at Summerville.4.10 P. M. Leave Summerville.7.10 A. M. Arrive at charleston.8.25 A. M. CAMDEN BRANCH. Camden and Columbia Passenger Trams on MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS, and be? tween Camden and Ringville dally, (Sundays ex? cepted,) connects with up and down Day Pas? sengers at Ringville. Leave camden.6.35 A M Arrive at Columbia.ll.oo A. M. Leave Columbia.LOO P. M. Arrive at Camden.6.40 P. M. H. T. PEAKE, mayl3 General Superintendent. ittisceUancons. JAMES CONNER'S SONS UNITED STATES TYPE AND ELECTROTYPE FOUNDRY AND PRINTER'S WAREHOUSE, NOS. 28, 30 AND 32, CENTRE STREET, CORNER READ AND DUANE STREETS, NE W TO Ii K. A large Stock of ENGLISH AND GERMAN FACES, bothjplaln and Ornamental, kept on hand. All Type cast at this establishment ls manufactured from themetal known as Conner's Unequalled Hard Type Metal. Every article ne? cessary for a perfect Printing Office furnished. ian29 stuthtfmos* gUMTER WATCHMAN. The WATCHMAN, published at Sumter, S. C., ls one of the oldest and cheapest newspapers In the State, and has a much larger circulation than any allier newspaper In the section In which lt ls published. .Tho merchants of Charleston cannot lind so goda a medium for communicating with the businessmen of Sumter and planters of the surrounding country. Address GILBERT A FLOWERS, Proprietors, or W. Y. PAXTON, Business Manager, apr20 Sumter. S.e. SHAMPOOING AND HAIR CUTTING. LADIES AND CHILDREN Attended at their residences promptly and at reasonable rates. Send orders to W. E. MARSHALL, Barber, Broad street, next door to Tc.egraph olllce. may23_. IF'YOU WANT PAPER BAGS, FLOUR SACKS, and Bags of every description, go to EDWARD PERRY. No. 155 Meeting street, opposite Charleston Hotel, Charleston, s. C. deci4 6moa _Sapping. P o R LIVERPOOL. The first-class British,brig "J. L. PTE ? Pye, Master, having a large portion of hera cargo engaged ano going; on board, will sain dispatch- For Freight engagements apply to J. A. ENSLOW 4 CO., J?i6_ Ko. 141 East Bay. pOR FORT SUMTER. The safe, fast sailing and comfortably ap- A. pointed Yacht "ELEANOR" will make twoSffll trips dally to Fort Sumter and the other pointa of historic interest m the harbor, leaving South Commercial Wharf at 10 A. M. and 3 P. M. The Yacht can also be chartered for private parties on reasonable terms. For passage or charter apply nest door sooth of the Mills House, or to the Captain on board. may 14 .pOR PHILADELPHIA. THE REGULAR STEAM LINE-WEEKLY. The Screw Steamship PPflMPTIir _J[?3B?L US, Gray, Commander, will eal! for22*iM2 Philadelphia direct, on "FRIDAY, Jane loth, at 2 o'clock P. M., i rom Brown's South Wharf. 49* Insurance by the steamers of this Line % per cent. For Freight engagements, or Passage (cabin $16,) apply to ' WM. A. COURTENAY, Agent, Jun6-mtuthf4_No. ltTnlon Wharves. BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA, BOS? TON, AND THE CITIES OF THE NORTH? WEST. THROUGH BILLS Or LADING GIVEN FOB COTTON TO BREMEN. The fine Steamship .. MARYLAND, Johnson, Commau?cr, will sail rorJSflflE Baltimore on WBDNESDAY, 8th June, at i p. IL Connecting with the Bremen Steamer, "LEIP? ZIG, of the 15th. 49? 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 Goods from the Railroad Depot in Philadelphia. PAUL 0. TREN HOLM, Agent, jun4-4_No. 2 Union Wharves. ?pOR NEW YORK-T U E S D A Y. The Al side-wheel Steamship jfTflL CAROLINA, S. Adkins, Commander,_\jMmZ will sail for New York on TUESDAY, June 7, at s o'clock P. M., from Pier No. 2, Union Wharves, connecting with day Passenger Trams from Co? lumbia and Augusta, arriving at 4 P. M. The SOUTH CAROLINA will make close con? nection with Liverpool Steamship NEBRASKA, of Messrs. Williams A Onion's Line, sailing June 8th. Insurance by the Steamers of this Une K per cent. For Freight Engagements, or passage, having very superior stateroom accommodations, all OB deck and newly famished, apply to WAGNER, HUGER A CO., No. 26 Broad street, or to WM. A. COURTENAY. No. 1 Union Wharves. jonl-e T7ESSELS SUPPLIED WITH CABIN AND V MESS STORES ON SHORT NOTICE. Captains and Stewards are respect- _jf_W__. fully invited to cad and examine theSy?fig2 quaUty and prices or our GOODS. Full weight guaranteed. DeUvered free of expense. WM. S. CORWIN A CO., No. 276 King street, opposite Hasel, Charleston, s. C. 49* Branch of No. 900 Broadway, New York, jan 24_ XpOR BEAUFORT, VIA EDISTO, ROCK? VILLE AND PACIFIC LANDING. Steamer PILOT BOY, Captain C. _ .?rr*1*^ Caroll White, will sall from Oiarles-^jaSHSC ton for above places every TUESDAY MORNING, at 8 o'clock. Returning, the PILOT BOY will leave Beaufort early WEDNBSDAY MORNING, touching at all the above named Landings on her route to Charleston. J. D. AIKEN A CO. mch24_ pOR SAVANNAH, (INLAND ROUTE.) VIA PACIFIC LANDING AND BEAUFORT. Tbe steamer PILOT BOY, Captain C. r _?a*?~*?t? Carn-ll White, will leave Charles-Jg?SBBMm ton every THURSDAY MORNING, at 8 o'clock, for above places. RETURNING: The PILOT BOY will leave Savannah every FRIDAY AFTERNOON, at a 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 BuU's Island Wharf every fortnight, going to and returning from Savannah. J. D. AIKEN A 00. apr8_ pOR GARDNER'S BLUFF AND INTERMEDIATE LANDINGS ON THE PEEDEE RIVER, VIA GEORGETOWN. The Steamer PLANTER, Captain J. T. Foster, ls now receiving freight._ at Accommodation Wharf, and will leave ou WEDNESDAY MORNING, the 8tb inst., at 6 o'clock. Freight and wharfage prepaid. For Freight or Passage, having stateroom ac? commodations, aply to RAVENEL A HOLMES. Jun4-3DAC No. 177 East Bay Drags, (Eterniz?is, Sst. JJUSSELL'S SOOTHING CORDIAL FOR INFANTS TEETHING. ALLAYS INFLAMMATION OF THE GUMS. CHOLIC, CHOLERA INFANTUM, DYSENTERY, AND ALL DISEASES TO WHICH CHILDREN ARE SUBJECT WHEN TEETHING. CONTAINS NO ANODYNE. RUSSELL'S SOOTHING CORDIAL is offerea. o the public with an absolute guarantee against au danger from its use. Read the following certifl CHARLESTON, May 16,1868. Mr. J. B. RUSSELL, one of our carerul and intel? ligent Pharmaceutists and Apothecaries, has sub? mitted to my examination the formula for the preparation of a Soothing Cordial prepared and vended by him. It affords me pleasure to express a favorable opinion of its safe and efficient adaptation to the particular cases of the diseases of children, which lt is designed to reUeve. E. GEDDINGS, M. D. Having had occasion to prescribe RUSSELL'S Soothing Cordial In severe cases of Bowel Com? plaints In children and delicate females, I have been much pleased with Its effects. I consider lt a valuable medicine lu aU cases, in which lt may bc advisable to avoid tho use of anodyne, and par? ticularly for family use, as it is perfectly safe. W. T. WRAGG, M. D. CHARLESTON. S. C.. 1868. 1 certify that I have most successfully asea RUSSELL'S Soothing Cordial In the Summer Com? plaints of infants. He has fully exhibited the in? gr?dients of his remedy, and thc tedious method of preparation. I recognize the prescription containing no anodyne whatever-as a most safe and ertlcaclous one In bowel affections of cldldren. When much pain or restlessness attends the affec? tion, doses of Paregoric can be added to the pre? scribed doses of the Cordial according to the age of the patient. The compound, though more often, acts in an efficient manner without any ad? dition of anodyne. In the Diarrhoea of the aged, in Increased doses, lt ls of great value as a remedy; never disagree? ing with the stomach-increasing appetite, im? proving digestion, and acting asa slow but ela? ci?n: astringent agent. W. M. FITCH, M. D. CHARLESTON, S. C., 1868. Dear Slr-I have used your Soothing Cordial for Diarrhoea in teething children, and find it & very excellent preparation, lt has a great advantage over most preparations of the Und in containing no Opium or Narcotic. When these are required they con be added ia proportions applicable to the case. I therefore can recommend Its ase In the affec? tions for which it is designed. Respectfully yours, Ac, T. L. OGLER, M. D. MOUNT PLEASANT, S. C., 1898. Afr. J. B. Russell : DEAR SIR-1 have usod your Soothing Cordial for chudren extensively In my practice, and moat cheerfully testify to Its merits. I have found lt, without an exception, to accomplish all it dalma, and consider it superior to anything in use fcc Its freedom from anodyne of any kind recom? mends it as a perfectly safe preparation In tbe hands of mothers and inexperienced nurses. Verv respectfully, Ac, 3 D. R. WILLIAMS, M. D. Made bv J. B. RUSSELL, Chemist. Sold by Dr. H. BA ER, Wholesale Agent fe South Carolina. ?ctn