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v Wfrt (g^afltgton ; gasig jptog. VOLUME X.-NUMBER 1423. CHARLESTON. THURSDAY MORNING. JULY 14. 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. PEACE OR WAR. THE FR J.NVV-PRUSSIAN DIFFICUL? TY 8TIXI VRHECIHEH. A Batch of Pleasant Premises and Ug? ly Ramo rs-The Spanish Question in Parliament. LONDON, July ll? taine House of .torts this afternoon, Earl .Granville, in reply to a question of Lord Malmesbury, said firance having announced ber determination to resist the election of (Prince Leopold, ber Majesty's Government, ia .conjunction wfth other powers, was using *e ve ry means to preserve peace and restore an amicable understanding. Similar statements were made -onthe part of the government in the House orCommonB to-night. Otway, tbs foreign secretary, ta reply to a question, -said England had sot ?expressed her self favoTaWy on the selection ?of 'Prince Leo? pold for'the Spanish throne. Mr. ?Om?stone added theft his 'nomination had take?i the govern meat by -surprise. France bael threatened to proceed to extremities, and BhonluVshe persist in executing her threats, hAr-*cjesty's Government would exhaust. every*means to prevent^rarin a -case' so little waintotlng lt, <3tetlon of Uve It?gerits9errano. IfAORID, July ll. ? is stated thal St the interview Saturday. Regent Serrano told Baron Mercier, the French Minister, that, aa a ru!e, he never in? terferes with nominations tot the throne, as '?kc desired lt should not beesid of him that he .wished to retain 'toe Regewfcy, and te added 'that in the affair <ef Prince Leopold he had .?acted ss lu all previous casca. r Exciting Veoe^pruOBOi-Xeeting -of Min? isters, . LrsBox, July ll. j The candftdature of the ' Pri ace of Hohenzell ? lern and the teonble that has -grown out of ft causes the greatest excitement here. Several meetings ?af ministers ?* ave been occasioned by eicltAugiteJograms from London and Park. A Stormy -Hoe ne In t ti r Prent* (hambor^. ? PARTS, July ll. In tbeiC?Bps LegieiaUf* to-da?\ the DukeCDe Grumntont'declared that- government uaier steod tfce.bnpatiencevof: the Chambers audi na? tion, hut could not yet rr ake known the result of negotiations. It ia wal ted an answer, upon which itsmovetneatRwould depend. All ihe-tore!gu governments to which it had addressed itself appreelated the legitimate complaint of France. He ho?ed that all would soon be1}??wu'to the Chambers, but to-dey he moat appeal to the patriettem and- sense of policy of each member. if. Argo replied that as he desired asanuch as aaj>oae to hear paoifle declarations, he must ask the Minister ot Foreign Affaire whe? ther, .among questions awaiting solution^ there were mot -some . which . had nothing- to do with .the case ol' > tho Prince of hohenzollern; andaf >??, he must conclude that the govern ment-oaJy sought-a pretext for war. The .clamore of: the ..majority prevented the Duke.de Grammont fromacaking a repjty. Aa..Ugly Complication. LONDON? July ll. The?PallHall-Gazette Urlnks the case com? plicated ? by s the a w k ward1 consequences of Olli vierte declaration to- the Corpj.L?gislatif or whai^raacewwoald. and .woola not endure in, regard to- the nomina tie n of Prince. Leopold. It is difficult,now for'Prasaia . to withdraw or modify her .policy. ' ' ': It is -asserted that France will not consent to ; a Congress of: the great ps were until ?Prussia has yieWud thet-queatki uoiLeopold's candidacy. A Pm**ftc SolnUon (AnnonnceO-ll War ?ni*no*eh fjrtim Oamildorf. Tb^CaoeUtotronnel, ^ministerial orgaa, says "th?gevernBoent has Vst?mony that the can? didature ofJ?rinee Holienaollern ia withdrawn, and tte peaee ef-Earo-.te will not be disturbed. We are satisfied that floheazollern will not reign in Spain. We demand nothing more. "? and rejoice.a?his.j>c?1c solution." ... A questionable dispatch from Du ase 1 do rf lbj? morning aaysLeopold accepts thoSpaiisb crown on the.eondition of immediate decora? tion of war ugalnst ' iFrance^ should "th? latter attack Germany. ' .". . BismarckJshere. .> . mi >>.?i?' . V A Prriinlan View of French Arrogance. / /BERLIN, July Vt. The Kr eui Gazette says: "Germany indig? nantly.'repele .the measureless arrogance of France: / Prince Leopold renounces the candi? dature, because her ria nuablerto reconcile rh er ; character of a German soldier with any action involving Germany.apd Spain In war." The Continuance of warlike Prepara - Mont. w 0 * i d O .'BR?SSELS, July-13. 1 Warlike preparations continue in France,? notwithstanding the withdrawal of Lepold. There is a universal fear of war. i A Snap ic lou? Monopoly of the Cables Pru? Jit o SU U Uneasy. LONDON, July 13. The government nearly monopolizes the cables leading to the Continent with dispatches on the Spanish question. As a consequence business ia detained and news delayed. A Berlin dispatch, just received, says that in apite of the withdrawal of Hohenzollern, . France maintains a threatening attitude. EUROPE. .The Pope Patient and Forbearing. LONDON, July ll. ! jfcbe Giornale de Roma denies that any coer -ceive pressure "has been" brought to bear by , tte; Pope on the members of the Council, au J declares that the Holy Father has shown only patience and forbearance. A C^eat, Storm and ?lood in Lanca? shire. LONDON, July ll. . A heavy storm prevailed in Lancashire yes? terday, -.which ' caused freshets in all the streams. The mills suffered severely, anda darg? quantity of other property was destroy -ed. It is rejmrtedthat some lives were lost, whole houses, with their inmates., having ?been carried away by the flood. Several contrite were filed with water. THE EAST. Another Fire in Constantinople. - un CONSTANTINOPLE, July 13. Aa e tb er disastrous fire has occurred here, by which fifteen hundred houses, mostly ben longing to the poorer classes, were destroyed. -Claimants td the property located at the corner of Broadway and Canal streets, New York, valued at $8.200,000, have turned up In a Georgi?- village. < They say one ot their ances? tors gave a lease bn this land for one hundred, years, whioh time has jost expired. The ten? ants. t>n the property havo no intent! cn as yet pf moving. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. [FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.] WASHINGTON, July 13. The new Federal ""officers at_New York will qualify next week. It is thought that Admiral Al. Smith will suc? ceed Dahlgren. Jewell, of Mississippi, and Johnson, of Tex? as, have been nominated for consulates, and Joe M. Humphreys for collector at Richmond, Va. The Georgia Committee cannot agree. Farns i worth, Thurman oaid Hamlin insist npon mak> ' ing the election next fall mandatory, upon which Butler, Paine and Howard take arab born issue. SBNATE. The report of the Conference Committee on the Tax and Tariff bille was adopted. I IA bili was introducedTestoring Major?mes .Belger to his rank in the army. HOUSE. The Hasse adopted resolutions ?allowing ; Woods to--go to Bichmond as? witness; also to investigate the treatment of the colored cadet at Westholm; also, a bill making Houston, Texas, e port of entry. A committee of conference ?was' ordered upon the Array and Civil Appropriation bills. The conference report -on-the Tax ?ad Tariff bill was adopted, and the bill -goes 'to tho Presi? dent. The following colloquy -indicates its charac? ter-: Schencksaid that the Senate having ac? cepted the report ol' 'the 'Conference Commit? tee, lt now rested -with the House whether-the srll should become a law. 'He said that bye . osculation based upon the receipts of tost war, the bill ?s lt-new stoodxwould effect a- re? daction in ti?-titses of the-'country. Heeomj ?plained that the-House by concurring In tte firs; j ?? amendment of tho-6e nate;-wb ich struck oat one; . hal'fof the bil!, bsdpuE'if wt of the power bl I the committee- to Ao ? anobli in g In relation to 2 : large class -of -tax?e. ?By adopting total amendment the House had released bank? ers and -brokers ''from special tax??, and Wall street and-^ether interests,-fran which mlfllone of revenue could have-been collected without lnjury-to the country,-were by that ?ct lon made free of tax. The -lotteries and tbeatres'were alsonmade free. The "<3en Terence Committee were prevented ironr pro? viding for any security in the printing md is? suing of revenue stamps, which ?mein* to ilOO.OO&ASO- annually, -and for the emfraerJe ment ol wi?ch there was no -sufficient responsibility. He felt that the House : had acted hastily and Injudiciously in accepting that amendment. Mr. Brooks, of New."York, claimed tratwhile there had been a redaction of duties on--rea, sugar, coffee, splcesand some other articles, the-duty had been Increased on a large number of. articles, and he - waa pro? ceeding to-enumerate some of tbent-wben he was i nter rupte d by Afr .B e nj a ml n, who rem inded him that the doty on hemp, an? impor? tant product of bis-Stale, had been-reduced thirty per cent, i fir. Brooks-Gb, well ! hair-pins are-retained. Mr. Benjamin-Yes ! but hair-pins -do .-not grow in che soil of Wisconsin. Mr. Brooks then . ?reviewed the bill by .items, and claimed that it had been framed In the interest of 4toe manu? facturers at tte expense of the laboring clas? ses. He gave (notice that the people would not submit to the.bill, and that its speedy re. vision would beidamanded. Even the negroes of the Sooth would- soon be sufficiently- educat , ed to understand that they are taxed. en their shovels, their hoes, and even on. their spool cotton. ?A motion to suspend the rules to .take up I the Texas Pacific SaHrood failed, as.dkl a simi? lar motion to take up the General.amnesty btU. 1 . A joint resolution suspending : the use of meters at whiskey distilleries was passed. THE GE&R&ZA LEGISLATURE. ATLANTA, July 13. . The Senate resolution to remove the seat of government back to Ml Hedge vi Ile and to adjourn the Legislature to meet there on the 18th of this month was tabled, as was also a' resolution providlng?Tor the appointment of a committee to confer .with Governor Bullock and General Terry, as to the best course for thc Legislature ito .pursue. Among the bills Introduced was one by a colored member, pro? viding for the ar ming and equiping ol volun? teer militia. "-<*-?fea STARKS FROM THE WTB)Mfy?$ Colonel Fred. M. Waddell, of New Hanover, N. C., has been nominated as the Conservative 'Candidate lor Congress in the third district, now represented by 0. H. Dockery. At the riot Tuesday, at Elm .Park, New York, bet ween.the Orangemen and. Catholics, .two hundred.persons, were injured. Four of ?hose injured have died. A citizen of Carroll County has been sen? tenced to six months imprisonment for selling cigars from boxes not properly stamped. J?here was another firemen's riot in Pbila phla yesterday morning, during which several firemen were injured. An attempt will be made in England to de? tect and punish the author of the. Chinese mtssocre hoax. '-' - THE GROWING CROPS* ST. JIMES'S GOOSE CREEK, July 12 The condition of the crops about hore may be'of interest co yon, so I will mention that the cora ls very fine Indeed, in fact, I do not remember that I ever saw finer in any previ? ous year in this section. This crop, ls already made and safe, as the season of constantly alternating rains and sun has been very favor? able to IL Cation, I regret to say, lookB very poor indeed to my vision, as we have had too muei? rain, when we needed dry, hot weather for ir., it has run up greatly to weed, and is bushy and very full of sop; and in the majority of pisces is. overgrown with gra$9. For this crop I consider the season thus far to have been a very unfavorable one, tor weather that makes corn will ruin cotton. We hare some difficulty in keeping our hands about here, os the high wages paid at the phosphate works induces most o? them to ?eave, and thus our crops are .suffering from want of working. Caterpillars have appeared on plaees near .the Six-M?e House, and over in Christ Church; but I have not seen any yet about my neighborhood. -A fashionable Jewish wedding in the Washington synagogue was interrupted the other day, by the groom's father, who refused to let the ceremony go farther, as no canopy waa hold over the bridal pair, which the "Or? thodox" Hebrews, of whom he ia a Rabbi, hold to be essential. The synagogue belonging to the "Reformed" faith would not allow a cano? py, ao the wedding had to take place at the residence of the bride's father. -The European system of regulating the "social evil'' has been adopted bv both branch? es of the city eovernment ol'St. Louis, Mo. DAVIDSON COLLEGS, JT. C. Commencement Exercises - Sermon by Rev. Donald McQueen - Address l>y Hon. A. P. Aldrich-Annual Represen? tation of tue two Societies-Addresses Of the Graduate?, &C. [FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.] CHARLOTTE, N. C., July 10* As a large number or the citizens of your Bute, and the patrons of Davidson College, located about twenty miles from our city, I have thought -that a brief account o? the recent commencement exercises that took place June 29 and 30, would not be uninteresting to your. numerous readers. Notwithstanding the weather was intensely bot, I do ?ot think that I ever witnessed be? fore so large a number ol' visitors, drawn to? gether by an occasion of the kind. The gene? ral ldeaeeemed to be we were to have "a good ! tirrc," ar*l in this particular we were noedis-j appointed. The exercises of the first day were Opened with a sermon from the Rev.; Donald McQueen, of Sumter, 8. C., before the' .*Wllltani8"8 Inquiry Association" of Ohe col? lege. Mr. McQueen's reputation as a ipreacher ls too well established-to*require any (commen? dation on my part. Suffice it to say that the reverend gentleman-secured the entire alt en : tion et his audience in ar. admirable discourse .on ""'Man's Agency in the Work of Redemp ? lion." In the afternoon of this day, the ?pa? ci?os chapel was again crowded to hear the address of the Hon. <A. P. Aldrich, before the . two college societies. The reputation , of this distinguished son of Sooth Carolina . bed, ol' course, awakened a more than 'ordinary share of interest in his address on : ''tte occasion, and most enthusiastically was he ?greeted when,presented to his "auditors from ' the rostrum, -The subject of the address was ! no labored disquisition either ?roon ancient or j modern literature, but a most fitting review of . the prostrate-'condition of ?ur-owe sunny . South, and what was expected of-the rising ' generative ;o-restore her to henprevtous state of " prosperity. 3t would be folly Xor me to attempt f any description of this well-timed and eloquent *? address. Jf-ntruck a chord shat . vibrated in ' every heart. The frequent :and -enthusiastic applause of*he audience showed how entirely . it was tn sympathy with the -speaker. We no? ticed upon.the rostrum some -ol thc most dis? tinguished-citizens ol' our State* and among this number, Hon. Z. B. Vanee,-and Dr. Bam say, the historian. These .gentlemen seemed no lees enthused by the address than were the rest of the audience. Indeed. I have heard but oae opinion ex pressed, and o that is, it was both ablesend eloquent. At night we had a test of the literary training of the students of this college, in the addresses of the represen? tatives of its two societies-"Philanthropic" and "Ewnenean." Candor compels me to speak in high praise of the .-performances of these young gentlemen, who certainly re? flected much credit upon those who have had the care of their literary training. Without intending to detract in the least from the mer? its of the other speakers, I would observe that the addresses of Mr. J. Harvey Hammett, ot your State, and ol' Mr. James A. Smith, Jr., of this, were above the ordinary class of college addresses, and would have done credit even to mose advanced speakers. Tbe*exerclses ol the last day were confined to the graduating class and the conferring of degrees. The Latin salutatory was assigned . to Mr. Wm. McKay, Harnett County, N. C., and the valedictory addresses to Mr. James B. Smith, Anderson County, -6. C. Of the thir? teen-who were graduated the following receiv? ed first honor distinctions : W. J. McKay and George Summey, of this State, and J. B. Smith and J. H. Mcclintock, of south Carolina. On the whole, I do not think.I ever attended a commencement that was more creditable to the speakers or more satisfactory to the audi? tors. A noticeable feature Lu all the speeches was the absence of hlgh-sounol-.g phrases the young gentlemen seemed, in preparing their speeches, to have aimed more at mental than ornamental display, and certainly suc? ceeded If the applause of the hundreds assem? bled on the occasion le any evidence of the fact. .'The Faculty of Davidson -College is quite an able one, several of the chairs being filled by gentlemen of high distinction in the literary world. I am glad to be able to say that th? number of students In this Institution is an? nually increasing. Last session there were students from nearly all of the Southern States, among whom South^Carolina was large - ly represented. In a few months the railroad that passes the college will be again in runniug order, which will remove the only obstacle to its success. Yours, Ac, VISITO IL TSE BATTLE OE Af ANNA SSAS. General Johnston's Fallare to Follow Up his Victory. .The correspondence between President Da? vis and GeneralJoseph E. Johnston, aller the first battle of Manassas, In respect to the responsibility for the latter's failure to follow up his victory and march upon Washington, has lust come to light through the columns ol the Mississippi Clarion. Mr. Davis, under date of November 3, 1861, asked General Johnston whether he (Mr. Davis) "obstructed the pur? suit of the enemy after the victory at Manas sas," or "even objected to an advance or other active operations which it was feasible for the array to make." General Johnston's reply is as follows: To ^the first question I reply no. The pur? suit was obstructed by the enemy's troops at Centreville, as I have stated in my official re? port. In that report I have also ?aid why no advance was made upon the enemy's capital, ' for reasons as follows : The apparent freshness of the United States troops at Centreville, which checked our pursuit; the strong force occupying the works near Georgetown, Ar? lington and Alexandria; the certainty too that General Patterson, if needed, would reach Washington with his army of more than 30,000 sooner than we could, and the condition and inadequate means of the army in ammunition, provision and transportation, prevented any serious thoughts ot advancing against the cap? ital. To the second question I reply that it has never been feasible for the army to advance farther than it has done-to the line of Fairfax Courthouse, with its advanced posts at Up? ton's, Munson's and Mason's hills. Aller a con? ference at Fairfax Courthouse with the three senior general officers you announced it to be Impracticable to give this army the strength which those officers considered necessary to enable lt to assume the offensive. Upon which I drew it back to its present position. SUPPOSED CHILD SACRIFICE.-Great excite? ment exists in New Orleans over tne 6udden disappearance of a child whose parents are named Digby. Immense rewards have been offered, and the Times thus speaks of the case and the horrible suspicions that surround it: After a month of fruitless search, both father and motlier have become 60 nearly crazed that kind friends have found it necessary to place them under restraint. The most frightful rumors concerning the child's fate are abroad, and quite a panic prevails among mothers who do not know at what moment the kid? nappers may seek another victim. It speaks loudly against the efficiency of our police, when, alter a month's opportunity, they pro? fess to be wanting a single clue to the discovery of the criminals. The time hos come when some concentrated public action must be taken in the premises. The citizens ol each ward should organize themselves into searching committees, and leave no house unexplored, no hole or corner in the city unexamined, until either the child itself or its remains are brought to light. The rumor that lt has been sacrificed at a voudou orgie ls so horrible that it must be either confirmed or dispelled. There cannot be a shadow of doubt upon the mind of any reasonable man that the police had it within their power to penetrate the mystery, and that they have not done so is strangely mysterious, and calls for public investiga? tion. -Olive Logan has been lecturing to small audiences in San Francisco, on f'Paris, the City of Luxury." THE DONNER TRAGEDY. im? MOST FRIGHTFUL NARRATIVE OE MODERN TIMES. The current number of the 0 v e rion fl Monthly > describes afresh, and no doubt with minute ac? curacy, a chain of events, which for ghastly horror are probably without equal in authentic records. The tale realizes, in truth, the frightful denunciation of Othello; for in ft "on horror's head horrors accumulate," and surely Imagination can picture nothing In the way ot the piteous and awful more extreme than what was suffered by the unfortunates concern? id. In various forms, by 'rooks, newspapers, andmore frequently, by .private report, the the story has been told; for lt happened long .ago-in 1846- before Captain Sutler had made .bis discovery, and before? very old whaler from Casco Bay to Hatteras had been fitted up, to tferave once more the perils of Cape Hern.. But many have persisted in disbelieving it. It ; was too horrible, they said, to believe. And ' it is true that there seemed to be a rawhcad and bloody-bones air about the narrative that more frequently attends lietien than fact, and which, at all events, lent ?warrant to the eus Blclou that lt had -been - expanded and'embel shed. There is, however, no doubt about the melancholy truth of -lt; and the minute account ?ow published is to be accepted as the product of eil the sifted and collated testi? mony that lt has been possible to obtain. Donner 'Lake-named after the leader of the party who met their death hard by-is one ot the mest picturesque and lovely spots among the elevated nalleys of the Sierra Nevada. "Starvation iGamp"--the Immediate scene of the calamity-ls close at hand, and by it runs the railroad,-a strange contrast lu the plenty and succor-it suggests to the helpless misery the apot once witnessed. The Donner party lett their homo for the Pacific slope-In search of a healthful and eligible soil, and having penetra? ted this great distance toward their promised land, were 'Snowed up" near the lake. Their Icdian .guide, one Truckee, warned them one af? ternoon that dreadfel weather was at hand, and urged them to push on. But-for the ground was as .yet uncovered-they bad found wood, water and grass, and determined to halt for the night. In the morning, a Xoot of snow bad fallen, and their cattle had wandered away so that, few of them could be found. Alarmed, the wayfarers began to build cabins and to take such other measures as they could to pro? tect themselves from the elements. The snow continued to fall, and presently became im? passable. In a few days lt was eight feet deep. During nearjy the whole of November the long storm continued, and the snow on the moun? tains ultimately reached a depth ot more than twenty feet. There were eighty-two souls In the party, thirty-two being women and a large propor? tion children. The Captain, George Donner, was a man of some sagacity and considerable wealth, and his wife aud children being with him, had every Incentive to prudence and ac? tivity. But all efforts to escape from their frightful situation proved vain. In a short time everything in the shape of wholesome food \vas_gone. They devoured their dogs, the hides of the .cattle they had saved and their own boots and shoes. Finally the mis? erable creatures began to think of eating each other. At tills period a death occurred thus deferring the need for violence, and horrible to relate, the corpse was eagerly . consumed. Other deaths followed, and the survivors continued to subsist on the flesh of their dead companions. Alter six weeks, the storms having subsided, eight men and five women, guided by two Indians, set out to try lo make their way to California The hopes of all that remained hung on their efforts, and thev struggled desperately to succeed. But In a week, and before they had passed the Divide, this forlorn hope was again overwhelmed by snow. Three died almost at once., and the rest ate their bodies. "Having,"' 6ays the Overland Monthly, "now been without a mor? sel to eat for four days, those wretched people cut the flesh from the bodies ot the dead, and having refreshed themselves upon a portion of it and dried the balance for future use, again pushed on. Tnls was their New Year's feast, t now being the first day of January, 1847. Vive days later their food was again ali gone, and they had only the strings of their snow? shoes leftto eat:" The unhappy wretches then desired lo de? vour their ind lan .guides; but the latter, see? ing their Intention, fled over the hills and were seen no more. On the 17th of January all but three of the thirteen were dead, and of the survivors two laid down to die. The third had fallen in with a friendly .Indian, who conduct? ed him to a settlement on Bear River. There the story was told, and immediately expedi? tions set forth lrom both San Francisco and Sutters Fort to rescue .those ot the original party who might still be alive. What the benevolent adventurers lound al? most beggars description. Those that had died remained where their last sigh had been breathed-but they were stripped of their flesh. "Bodies half devoured lay strewn around tho diemal cabins, from which Issued a stifling fetor" of those who yet lived. "Not only were their bodies enfeebled and emaciated to Hie last degree, but with many the very soul had become a desolation. While some welcomed their deliverers with ecstacies of Joy, others, gloomy and cadaverous, regard? ed them with a coldness amounting almost to indifference, they having become not only reconciled to their cannibalistic diet, but pre? ferring lt to wholesome food when set before them. Monstrous as it may seem, to such an extent had the natural tastes of some of these people become perverted that they pushed aside tho flour and bacon tendered them, choosing rather to partake of the horrid feast to which they had so long been accustomed. Parents were seen feeding on the remains of their children, and children on those of their parents. Here a wife . was broil? ing on the coals the flesh of her husband, and elsewhere a company were making a . repast upon the roasted limb of a dead companion. : All filial und parental affection seemed dead, the one instinct of self-preserva? tion reigning supreme. Rapidly some of those most wretched ' creatures were being trans? formed into ghouls and demons, having al? ready lost many of the divine traits of human? ity. Haggard and attenuated, they spoke but little, while their looks and demeanor were wild and unearthly. Too incredible for belief are the stories told of the ravenous greed ex? hibited by some of these starving wretches, one of whom ls said to have eaten the entire body of a child-during the course of a single night; while another Insisted on appropriating to lils own uso the hearts and other viscera of his dead companions. On the other hand, many refused to touch thc flesh of those who had perished until the very last, and then par? took of it sparingly, and with evident feelings of horror." Tbirly-slx of the company had perished, and many of the remainder were on the point of doing 60. Amid devastation and woe there were gleams of heroism thal almost seemed needful to show that these afflicted souls shar? ed a common humanity. Donner, the leader, was too far reduced to be taken forward by the rescuing party. His wife had her choice to be saved with her children or to stay behind and die with her husband. With wonderful for? titude and devotion, and In spite of his earnest enlreaties, she chose the latter. Another man, one Kcisburgh, was also too weak to be re? moved. The rest wcro .taken in safety to California. In the following April another small party repaired to Donner's Lake to see if by ehance either ol those left behind yet sur? vived. They found Keisbnrgh living, he har? ing subsisted for several weeks upon the body of Mrs. Donner, who had died soon after her husband. The story is almost too shocking to be repeated; but as a remarkable and trust? worthy instance of the behavior of mankind, under the most trying circumstances ol which lt ls possible to conceive, the narrative has an interest and Importance that justify its recital and preservation. -A letter to the New York Herald, dated New Orleans. July 5, says: "The first day's work of the Chinese in the cane fields of Louis? iana was entirely successful. The hands show? ed themselves apt to learn and docile to obey, and got through an exceedingly good average day's work with no signs of fatigue, despite a broiling sun. Planters all over the State are investigating the matter with a view of adopt? ing Chinese labor themselves. This move? ment ls already giving such an Impetus to rice mid sugar cultivation as cannot fail to be In the h'gnest degree beneficial to tho State." VFIOFAFH REFORM. THE PROGRESS OF THE CAUSE. Th? Good "Work In Marlon. [Prom the Marlon Star.] The very atmosphere of Marloo seems filled with the odor ol Ueform. It ls the theme of conversation. Our whole community, except a lew long faced supporters of the Scott Ring, have confidence in its success, and they talk and laugh more cheerfully and independently thaa they have since the war. Our people will do their duty. A Plc? for Union ?nd Reform. [From the Klagst ree star.] A movement, indorsed by many of the best and ablest men in the State, has been inaugu? rated to remedy the mischief. The pian ls Tor all the people to unite In electing competent men to office. Thia, as we understand lt. is the great surrendering of principle as in? terpreted by a few politicians and journals In the State. This view to our mind, is absurd. We shall support the cause which in our judgment will unloose the grasp of the Sbylocks that are now choking to death all the honor and honesty of the country, and violating every, principle of right and justice. The bare con? templation of such a state of things is enough to' arouse the indignation and energy of every honest citizen to action. We can support an honest, competent man for office whether he be a Democrat or not, in preference to one who has by his conduct forleited every claim to decency and honor. We can do this with? out violating those feelings and sentiments which we have andi till maintain. We shall not impugn the motives of our friends and contem? poraries who refnse to aid this movement, but we must be permitted to doubt the wisdom of their course in this great and important crisis Let South Carolina Liv e. [From the Marion Star. ] Our State must be reformed, and the honest white and colored men of the Stare must ac? complish the great work. We feel earnestly, we feel deeply in this great movement. "Le t medie, but lot South Carolina live !" A Manly Appeal. ?[Prom the Marlon Crescent.] The State is the property of its citizens. Shall we lie down supinely and seo it taken possession of and governed by a mere haadful of adventurers? These men know us not. They take no pride in the illustrious history of the past. We do not think we go a line beyond the truth when we say they ore here for two purposes, ?rst, to enrich themselves out of the State treasury; and second, as the instruments of the dominant party in Congress to distress and humiliate the people of the State. If it ls possible l'or us to overthrow the present alien government and substitute it by one of our own people, or at least largely participated In by our own people, lt ls an object most worthy of our exertions, and one the neglect of which would at this time be a ead and perhaps irre? deemable blunder. THE CHINESE SHOEMAKERS. Description of .lohn at Work-Thc Condition of Th lng? in Massachusetts. A correspondent or the Boston Post writes from North Adams, Massachusetts, under date of the 16th instant: The last of Mr. Sampson's -eventy-five Chi? nese shoemakers having been set to work to? day, and the whole number being now indus? triously employed, some idea of their capabili? ties and efficiency can be foi med, all this having been mere conjecture in the past To? day completes three weeks from the first en? try of the Mongolians Into the shops, and to? day there are several "teams" who no longer require the supervisions of an instructor, but work on their own hook, and turn out equally good work with tb?"average of that performed by tlie Crispins. In fact, Mr. Sampson declares that his work never averaged as good in quali? ty, under the old dispensation, as now. As to ra? pidity, of course the Orientals are inferior as Jet to their predecessors. It has been thought est to allow them to take their own time, merely requiring that the work shall be well and thoroughly done, and allow them to gain speed hereafter. But il the Chinamen be not as rapid as thc Crispins, they make up in per? sistent, unremitting industry, which in the long run will enable them to make a fair show miz at least os to quantity of work turned out. Today the last detachment of fifteen, who have hitherto been in blissful Ignorance of the art, were brought Into the shops, and, under tire tutelage of their brethren who have al? ready acquired it, are plunging into its myste? ries. OBSERVATION* AND IMITATION*. These Chinese are a most observant and Imitative people. Their little, oblique, almond eyes, take in a great deal of what ls going on around them, and on occasion they prove that their memories are alike quick and retentive, and their facility of execution good. With their utter Ignorance both of the craft and of our language, it ls a matter of surprise how speedily and thoroughly they have mas? tered the technicalities of the business, and what they are shown once they rarely forget, or need to be shown a second time. Hence their progress in acquiring the trade has been as rapid as that of average English-speaking apprentices, and hos lar exceeded the expecta? tions of Mr. Sampson, or his superintendent, Mr. Chase. A VIEW OF TUE W?HR ROOM. It is a novel and pleasing sight that the bot? toming room in Mr. Sampson's factor}' pre? sents. All around the spacious apartment, whl?h Is on the second floor, and lighted on three slde9, are '-teams" of the yellow-skinned apprentices, industriously pegging away, each at his own particular branch and passing the work along to its next stage. Each "team" consists ot three men, each of whom performs a certain part ot the bottoming, and together completing the shoes ready Tor the finishers. In the centre stand two pegging machines, which are already managed with much skill by a couple of the Celestials. A MONGOLIAN "BOSS-MAN." The foreman and interpreter, Ah Sing, or as he npw calls himself, Charley Sing, ls a tall, good-looking young fellow, who speaks, reads .and writes English with considerable facility. He ls very quiet and unassuming in his man? ners, but lias excellent government over his Oriental brethren, and Is the principal medium ot communication between them and the white Instructors and foremen. He was unfortunate enough to have his right thumb crushed in the cam of a pegglng-machlne, two weeks ago, by the sudden starting of the power by a green hand whom lie wa.s "instructing. He carried his hand in a sling, and says it is "welly sore, but getting better." He wears better clothes than the majority ol'the Chinamen, and enjoys some privileges and comforts extra to theirs. IN WORKING HOURS. Notwithstanding the influx of visitors with which the factory has been dally overrun, the Mongolians lose very little time in noticing them. Ordinarily they keep steadily at work, looking at nothing else, and seemingly uncon? scious that outside barbarians are in the room, or that anything on earth, save shoe-making, is worth living for. When the visitors ap? proach a "team" and manifest peculiar inter? est in them, they simply look up with a plea? sant smile and nod, and perhaps a cheerful "how do," and go on as belore. They converse sparingly and always pleasantly; in fact, Mr. Chase avers that lie has never heard an un? kind word exchanged, or seen any trace of discordant feeling since he took charge of the Asiatics at San Francisco. Their language sounds no more unpleasant than Spanish or German, and is certainly as musical as either. PERSONNEL OF THE JOUNS. All the men are young, none over 22, save the two cooks, who are over 30. and are the only married men In the party, and a few are boys ol from 14 to 18. The cooks, being elders, comparatively, and much respected therefor, act as judges, in a measure, of any trifling disagreements that may arise; but as yet there has been no occasion for their services. The dress of the "Johns" consists of a loose blouse of flannel denims, loose trousers of something between a Zouave and a sailor cut-that is, they are baggy all over, and wide at the bot? tom-flannel shirts, white socks, and Chi? nese shoes, with felt soles three-quarters of an Inch thick, and block, cloth uppers, and common felt hats. Their blouses and trousers are generally dark blue in color, and their hats black, though a few light ones are seen. All wear the national queue or pig? tail, which grows from the round unshaven spot on the crown of their head, the rest being carefully kept shaved. These queues are from four to five icet In length, tightly braided, and finished off at the end with cord or ribbon. When at work, and in fact generally, they arc worn colled around the crown of the head, giving a ludicrous resemblance to a lady's chignon. Their faces are almost.lnvariably as smooth and destitute of beard as a woman's. They are quite short, but generally plump and round-faced, and their appearance not in the least repulsive. ON THE STREETS. Alter working hours, quite a number of them can frequently be seen on the street, and they make the necessary purchases of clothing, ?kc, at the stores very quietly. They seem mnch impressed by the factory girls whom they have seen, and their almond eyes convey many glances of admiration when they meet them. Last night, I observed a couple of Mongols In an apparently animated conversa? tion with two blooming operatives', and heard them repeat the merry ugood-nlght3" of their fair enslavers with evident delight. But not al way s does so enviable a fate await them at the hands of the softer sex. A day or two ago, as a little squad of them were leaving the print mill of Freeman & Co., a bucketful of dirty water descended from an upper story window, fell upon the head of one of the Orientals, who took it very meekly and mani? fested no resentment. It ls but justice to the proprietors, who had been courteously gratify? ing the curiosity of their Celestial guests by showing them through a part of the mill, to say that thev made every eflortto discover the offending girl, butin vain. The galt of the Chinamen is a peculiar halt? ing, constrained loddie, reminding one of the locomotion of a hen hoppled by the frugal Bwain as a protective measure in defence of his vegetable beds. When in a hurry they swing their hands directly fore and aft, and as they generally 00 hand-in-hand, like school chil? dren, their appearance on the street ls quito ludicrous. Tho citizens usually regarding them as inoffensive and docile, are disposed to give them all the asst stance needed in ac? quiring Information. THE CRI8TTN8 ABANDONING THE FIELD. All danger of Interference or violence on the part of the Crispins seems to be over. Very many of the latter have lett town, andmore are going every day, In search of work else? where. Others have taken up with other em? ployment and are now working in the mills, driving, teams or farming. A few are still Idle, and are reported to be receiving aid from the coffers of the order. I heard indirectly ot one of these who declared that he had refused an oder of $6 a day elsewhere; "for," he philo? sophically remarked, "the $10 a week I draw will support me here, and I ain't d-d fool enough to work when I can get a living without." Nearly all the Crispins here were foreigners, the majority French Canadians, and though some of Ute traders, especially clothiers, will regret the loss of their patron? age, the citizens generally are disposed to re? gard their departure with resignation. The other shoe manufacturers are overrun with applications for work from American boys and men who desire to learn the trade, and most of them are busy teaching apprentices, and turning out a fair amount ot work. The fuct of thc large pay formerly made by the Crispins makes the trade very attractive to other mechanics and laborers, as even at the "cut-down" rales, nearly any decent hand could earn three dollars or more a day, while fou nd ry men who have served three years only get $2 75. The experiment of a co-operative shop will doubtless be tried by the strikers, with what success remains to he seen. Mean? time, a few of the old bands have renounced Crlspinlsm and all Its works, and have gone to work for their former employers at the reduc? ed wages. The excitement over the imbroglio ls pretty much over In town, though the interest In the Celestials and their manners and progress con? tinues unabated. For along time the public interest will centre around Sampson's big fac? tory and Its Mongolian artisans. DECADENCE OE CALIFORNIA Industrial Depression-Abondance of Laborers and Scarcity of Labor Living on Fifteen Cents a Day, and Sleeping In the Bush-Destruction of thc Crops-No Land. Mr. John Hill writes from San Francisco to the New York World: San Francisco and California are progress? ing backward. If you were here, and could see the thousands of men Idle In the city, and nothing doing, not a house building, nor Im? provements of any kind being made, you would think it the dullest city in the world at this moment. The Bulletin ls ashamed, and tells the workingmen to go in the country and look for work. I have seen men who have travelled from Upper California to Southern California with their blankets on their backs, looking vainly for work. The country is nearly ail dried up;- Southern California is dried up altogether. No rain has fallen there for the last fourteen months. Cat? tle and sheep have died In numbers. No wheat at all in Lower Callfo'nla, and very little in Upper California. Most of the wheat crop was cut when green for hay. There won't be one hundred weight this year for the ton last year. There are thousands of farmers who sowed and will not have a grain of wheat or barley. The mines are played out with gambling specula? tors, and an Industrious man won't nave any? thing to do in them. There is more destitu? tion In this city and State at this present time, and has been for the last year, than In any part of the world. There are thousands of fine workingmen in this city and State who can't get a day's work. They have pawned and Bold their clothes brought from other States, and have been living on fifteen cents a day and sleeping ont In lumber piles and in bushes out? side of the city. I have seen them get up In the morning ont of bushes on the outside of the city, and they have told me they had not been in a bed for six weeks. Many expected to earn enough in the harvest to take them out of the State. On account of the failure in the crop they can't do lt. There is not one mau needed for a hundred seeking for work. I have lived in the East for thirty years, and never saw anything to compare with the destitution of this country. The workingmen designed getting up a petition, signed by twenty thou? sand men, to Washington, to see if the govern? ment would send ana help them to get from here. As for the land of the country, it is all taken up and held by speculators, so that a man with small meaus ls not able to settle on it. I am a farmer, and have farmed In the East for thirty years, and I want to buy a farm here, but the land which ls worth settling on is held for twice as much as it is worth. This is no place for a farmer ot limited means, a working man or a mechanic, and, for the sake ot humanity, I wish this letter understood, so that men won't be deceived in coming here. A GAME OF C A it D S. FOR A WIFE.-About eight or nine months since a man living in the northern part ol this city went out into the eastern part of the State to seek his for? tune in the new mines ol that section, leaving his wife and one child here in town. Some seven months ago a gallant disciple of St Crispin persuaded the white Pine widow to take up her abode with him in a house which he furnished for her. The new pair lived to? gether for about seven months, when a few days since the genuine husband returned. Of course there wa? trouble In the camp, but after some quarrelling the two men agreed to play a game of seven-up for the woman. The game came off last Saturday night, and the husband won his wile back by just "two points." The man claimed his wile, and the man of leather could not say but that he had fairly won her. The woman preferred the shoemaker, but the husband and winner was determined to have his own. He packed up what furniture they possessed, and last Sunday evening, with all his household goods and gods, lett by a fast freight wagon for California. When the wagon started from North C street there was quite 0 scene. A crowd of nearly one hundred per? sons had collected to see the husband carry away his "stake," and there was much merri? ment over the romantic affair. The woman cried and wanted to stay with the shoemaker, and the shoemaker cried at parting with th? treasure he had lost by not holding enough "trumps." He asked sonde of the crowd if they thought he would be arrested if he at tempted to take the woman ont of the wagon. They told him he had loBt her "on the square" and be must bear it like a man, so the wagon moved on and soon the lair one was "gone from his gaze." [ Virginia City (Nevada) Enterprise, June 29. Tn? True Solution-Ic? Water (wi th on f Ic ? . A scientific correspondent o? the Pall Mall Gazette argues that, practically, the great de? sideratum for the people is not ice, but water cooled to 40 degrees or 46 degrees Fahrenheit. He says : To cool London water to this temperature, is a simple and comparatively inexpensive pro? cess. It ls the production and storing ot loo that with us is attended with great difficul? ties. During the past year I bad occasion to study this question practically, with a view to insuring at any season and in any coun? try that meats, to be preserved fresh, might be cooled to fit them for the absorption of antiseptic gases. My experiments nave been mainly made with an ether machine, constructed by Messrs. Liebe Brothers, which in itself has worked admirably; but until lately the best, means of utilizing and saving the colcr produced by such a machine, were involved in some mystery. There are two successful Instances of reap? ing the lull benefit to be derived by the use of other machines. The one now widely known ls that of Messrs. Truman, Hanbury et Co.'s brewery, where, instead of attempting to* freeze, the cheaper plan of abstracting fifteen degrees or twenty degrees of heat from Lon? don water is resorted to, and the second ls that of the Paris glaci?res. I have recently watched the skill with which the economizing or cold produced is provided for by the intelli? gent superintendent of this establishment, and with the same machines* and working twelve instead of twenty-four hours daily, ne now produces 6000 bottles of iced water, against 1500 produced two or three years since. CoMt therefore, can be had with certainty at a cheap rate, and the greater the improvements in steam boilers the cheaper will that cold be. lt. is one of the necessaries of the day, and tne deflclency will be supplied in most countries by the artificial production of the amount ot cold required in liquids or air, mher than by the expensive carriage, storage and hand-. ling of unwieldy and perishable mountains of. ice. -? I ?ts? it ? ? * A NOVEL TEA Frais.-The New York I World says: "A new firm, composed of two ladies, has lately been opened for the purpose of purchasing plantations, and importing tea direct from China, upon a larger scale than has ever yet been done, and also upon such terms aa to secure a monopoly of the trade. Mme. Demo rest's name baa already been mentioned in con? nection with tbe enterprise, and her long and. successful experience affords a guarantee which hardly admita of doubt as to the ultimate result of tbe nuder taking. Her colleague ia Miss Susan A. KICK, a maiden lady ot mature years and ripe discretion, whose immense fortune has been made solely by ber own shrewdness, industry, business tact, and management. For years she has been one of the largest real estate operators iu New York city, and bas the. confidence of some of the wisest and soundest, of our bueineeji men. The new firm commence with a capital of naif a mil? lion, and Miss King is already on her way to ? China f via San Francisco. ) where she intends to make an attempt to explora the mteiior, select better brande of tea than are usually seat to thia, country, buy a plantation ot her own, and B<H a thousand Chinamen to work. The first cargo of selected tea ie expected io arrive before Christ? mas , and will be consigned to Mme. Demoreet, who is the resident and representative New York partner. ?Jrintinfj. pw THE PRICE TELLS. CHEAP PRINTING. CHEAP PRIOTING. CHEAP PRINTING. OHEAP PRINTING. CHEAP PRINTING. CHEAP PRINTING. The attention of the business paulo ls lavlteo. to the following greatly REDUCED RATES for JOB PRINTING THE NEWS JOB OFFICE, No. 149 EAST BAT. BUSINESS CARDS, from $2 60 per thousand and upwards, accord? ing to size and quality of card. BUSINESS CIRCULARS,. From $4 00 per thousand and npwaroe, accord? ing to the quantity of matter and quality of paper. ENVELOPES, With Business Card neatly printed thereon, at from $2 60 per thousadn and upwards, according to quality. . - . BILL HEADS. At from $3 60 per thousand and upwards, ac? cording to size and quality of paper and amount of matter. DRUG LABELS, - At from 40 cents per thousand and upwards. . ? ."..?. 1.1 : dil .;..,'?. vir .J ac cord Lng to size and quantity. . : t v. . . . TH&tlVt& ... ALL OTHER KINDS OF PRINTING will be done at correspondingly low rates, and in the best style. - ?j OW SHOW PRINTING A SPECIALTY. ~B? ? . rsa " aima tam Itu - ..i Call at THE NEWS Office and examine speci? mens and prices. ps- JUST RECEIVED, A LA ROB ASSORTMENT OP FINE BUSINESS ENVELOPES, NOS. 6 AMD 6, Which will be furnished to our customers with Business Card neatly printed thereon at $4 to $. per 1000. CALL AT THE NEWS JOB OFFICE AND SEE SAMPLES. T HE FOUNTAIN SYRINGE. SELF ACTING.-NO PUMPING.-NO AIR INJECTED. The best universal SYRINGE in the market. It ls recommended by the first Physicians, or the - country. . lt is so simple that it cannot get ont of order.-. There are no valves, ana notidng that will cor? rode. One will last a life time. Dr. JOS. H. WARREN, an eminent Phlsiclan, of Boston writes to the manufacturers: ..From the fact of its simplicity and correct principle In the structure of your 'Fountain Sy? ringe,' and ror the easy manipulation, practicable result, and comfort to the patient, I have recom? mended true Instrument extensively.'! The Profession are invited to eau and examine the apparatus. For sale, wholesale and retail, by Dr. H. BAER, No. 131 Meeting street, may30 Agent for South Carolina*