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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1578. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. OUR GAY GAMBOLTKBS. THE GREAT EOEEE TEATERS OF j SOUTH CAROLINA. A Colored Congressman the Champion How he Straddle? the Blind-A Blt of | Joe Crewa'a Strategy-A Dead Open and Shat on the Colored Assemblymen -How they Lone their Hard-Earned H?4hes-Sam Dickerson's Dilemma Hurley to the Rescue-The Columbia Tiger Chained for a Season. [Correspondence of tte New York Son ] COLUMBIA, S. C., April 6. As in Washington, so here, I find that re? laxation from the cares of State is found in the enticing gaine of poker. Your genuine black legislator, such as ls found only in South Car? olina, can no more abstain lrom cards than he can from plunder; and the consequence ls, that in the Interim of his legislative iuncllons, nearly all that he steals from day to day is swallowed up in the straights, flushes and full hands held by cooler and less aspiring colored citizens ol'the body politic. Recognizing this weakness on the part of our colored citizens, several shrewd and enterprising professionals have o fl? ned places where nightly gather Co? lumbia's dusky lawmakers to indulge their bent, even to the last shinplaster or Hardy j Solomon's latest endorsement, k The South Carolina Legislature plays poker almost to a man. ttl course, In lt are some who excel in skill and are successful in pocket; hy but the msjority have but a poor knowledge W of the game, and are generally losers. TUE CHAMPION" POKERIST left Columbia When Jim Rainey went to Con- j gress.. Jim was said to have been the most skilful manipulator of the cards in the Legisla- | ture when be sat In that body. He could sit down with Whipper, Frank Moses, Ben Byas, and that crowd, and in less than no time clean out the whole party. There was much sorrow felt by Finn, who keeps the crack place In Co? lumbia, when Rainey left, for the reason that he and Ralney nearly always played together for the benefit of the bank, and when they sat down together generally succeeded In making tlte bank account heavy. Hamey's greatest, and strongest hold is In straddling blinds. "Nb ? matter how high the latter ls, or how much it costs to get in, ii Rained has the edge, he is almost sure to straddle. S ometimes, when he bas put in $10 In the way ol a straddle, he turns up ace high, and prefers to lose the money rather than draw; but oftener he gets good hands, and is enabled to run np a big pot. Whipper, Ben Byas, and such men, who do not always have money enough to see the straddle, are frightened off, and Jim quietly rakes in the chips. Bainey had more nerve than any other J colored player around the Statehouse, and that, of course, helped him out. The negroes generally were afraid ot him. and, with a few exceptions, would risa and leave the table when he called for fifty dollars' worth of chips. HOW UNCLE JOSEPH DOES IT. There is one player, however, in Columbia that was never afraid of Ralney when the lat? ter payed here. On the contrary, Ralney rather dreaded to encounter him. This ls a white noan, who plays very frequently with the negroee. His name is Uncle Joe Crews. Uncle Joe is a giant among the poker players, not so much because of his skill In handling cards, but on account of the shrewd, lox way in which he does his betting. Like Ah Sin, "He smiles as he sits at the table. With a smile that ls Childlike and bland." Uncle Joe's smooth, unruffled countenance remains as placid osan April sun, and fairly beams with, innocence as he throws down his "full" or four of ft kind, and modestly rakes down the pile. Uncle Joe's forte is in leading, ! . on the betters. When the cards are dealt and i the pdt ls mude np for the draw, he will per ^ - haps draw one card, and as he picks it np just 9 the slightest shade ol disappointment passes ? ' over Els.countenance. The other players notice it, and mentally ejaculate, "Uncle Joseph drew to a flush and didn't un." Be? lieving Uncle Joe to be out of the .game, they proceed with the bets. It Is Uncle Joe's edge. The man next him chips. Toe next one raises it $5. The next $10. The game becomes ex-1 citing, while Uncle Joseph looks on quite "pensive and childlike." lt finally comes bis turn. He sees the bet and raises it $50. Con? sternation sits upon every colored counten? ance. Whipper turns ashy; his last cent ia in the pool, and he holds three queens. - He was certain of winning. Uncle Joseph, with a pen? sive smile, looks around the table tor responses to bis Coup d'?tat. A dead alienee ensues, but finally some darkey who thinks he knows a think or two says: : "Mass' Crews, I Nieves you ls a bluffin'. Is1 calls it," and he puts-down Hardy Solomon's! endorsement of. his lost pay certificate for ?50. Uncle Joseph's little gray eye twinkles right merrily as he lays his four kings on the table and says, "If yon fellers will bet yer money you nSust expect to lose lt." TIGHT TIMES WITH THE POSER PLATERS. Since the adjournment of the Legislature, poker bas rather, lallen off in interest with the habitu?s ol" Finn's. Money is scarce, and the Governor's veto of the legislative appropria-1 tion bill knocked spots out ot Hie legislative calculation. Speaker Moses lost all his money on nie horse race, and as he /ailed to make the State refund lt to bim. pecuniary lines have been drawn somewhat close with bim. Spea? ker Moses doesn't play poker much now, be? cause be hasn't any tiling to play with. The other members are much in the same way. Their claims have nearly all been sold to the, legislative banker. Mr. Hardy Solomon, who positively refuses to add another cent to the obligation,, and so distress looks the colored representation In the lace. There are, how? ever, several who have managed to put by a little money for a rainy day, ojid with such the game still goes bravely on. '. ' General W. J. Whipper, member of the House from Charleston, and brother-in-law of the remarkable young colored ladies, a sketch j of whom was:glve.n in Tfte Bun some days ago, is perhaps thc i -WPRST POKER.PLAYER IJCSOCJH CAROLINA, Whipper was never known to win Si p'otln his Die. ? He knows nothing whatever ot' .the j game, and it is said that be frequently lays down a flush,, being afraid to bet least somebody may hold three of a kind. He ls guided almost entirely in his judgment by what other people do. For instance, if he and old Uncle Joe Crews are .playing at the same table, and J Uncle Joe slays out, Whipper plays quite reck? lessly for him: but let Uncle Joe get in the Eool once, ana Whipper wouldn't bet a cent if j e bad four kings and an ace. He says: ? "Old Uncle Joe ls de debbil wid his smooth lacer I wouldn't trust him." Jira Rainey always U6ed to go for poor Whipper,-and of course lor Jim to go lor him Was to clean him out. That was a natural cons?qnence. The last lime that Jim went for the General he cleaned him out of hts first instalment of pei- diem and mileage-$400 check given that day to Whipper for bis vote on the Charleston election bili, aud aS500 order on the treasurer for two month's salary to the Rollin ladles. - Whipper swears Jim never made such a strike as that before. : Next tu Rainey, and rince he left Columbia, the most successful player here is Ben Byas, the negro member from Orangeburg. He is the homeliest colored mau in the Legislature, and- can put up a pack ol' cards in the most accomplished manner. Byas ls a mulatto, Tvith very thick lips and with reddish, woolly hair. He is almost always successful, but has been known to lose very heavily when - BOCKING AGAINST UNCLE JOE and Ralney. The only way Byas can ever get anywhere near square with Joe ls io put up the cards. Uncle Joe sometimes gets caught In that way, but ol late he has become more cautious, and watches Ben very closely as the deal goes around. June Hooley, a mulatto representative from Union County, and the somewhat notorious oratorical Incendiary, is also a constant de? votee of poker. Mobley is tolerably success idl, and ls very cautious in bis betting. He never likes to bet more than a dollar, and never calls a band unless pretty sure of the pot. He knows nothing of stocking the cards, but is good on the draw, and is iainous lor lielding bob-tails. S. J. Lee, another colored member of the lower house, is always ready to risk his last bribe at the poker table. Lee belongs to the cuu-s Lhat Uncle Joe Crews and Jim Ralney likeoo sit down with. Lee thinks he knows it all, but I ncle Joe says he has yet to learn the rudiments of the game. He will try to bluff when he knows there are threes out against [ him, and he never does more than call lf'he happens to hold fours. So lt is next to impos? able for him to be very successful, no matter "JW much fortune may favor him. He and John A. Green, the latter the roost pompous colored gentleman in the Legislature, manage to dispose of their entire winter earnings around the green cloth. Green ls a bullet headed darkey. It is said that he can neither read nor write. His infatuation -lor poker, as expounded by Uncle Joe Crews, has cost him many a hard-earned bribe. He is a legislator, and belongs to the class of which Uncle Joe and John Dennis are the acknowledged lead? ers-the class who resido in Columbia the year round, and are never seen among their con? stituents. THE NATTIEST COLORED POKER PLATER in all is W. H. Purvis, formerly ol Philadelphia, the honored member from Lexington. Pur? vis was defeated at the last election, but makes the .-tate capital his headquarters, where he is kuown as an active looby man. He is very black, and shows his Northern tnilulng. He drives a handsome horse and buggy, and, like the President of the United States, be may be seen with a fine cigar in his mouth at all hours. He ls generally success? ful at poker, although this past winter his losses have been pretty heavy. Tom Jones, another very black poker player, is an importation from your city. He is a member from Charleston County. Jones is a smooth-laced fellow, anS impresses one with the air of a millionaire as he Bails into Hardy Solomon's bank for discounts, arm in arm with his particular lriend, General Whipper. As a poker player Jones ls up to the average, al? though by no means a match tor Ben Byas, or the king of all players, Uncle Joe Crews. Either one of these gentlemen would make the dusky Jones look sick U' they set about it ! in earnest They are lenient with him, how? ever, for Jones, they say, is a good tetlow, and besides he has a wife to support. When it comes to taking money that should go to sup? porting families Uncle Joe always refuses. He has a noble bcart, and would no more bring suffering upon any one than he would rake down a pot with a pair of deuces. THE MOST INFATUATED POKER PLAYER in Columbia ls Major Samuel Dickerson, of the South Carolina National Guard. Thc major cannot be called a legislator, for he is not actually a member ot either House; but it cannot be denied that his well-known principles, freely ex ?tressed on all occasions, have had much to do n shaping the wise and beneficent legislation which has so justly characterized the past ses? sion. The major l? a devoted worshipper ol the little game, but he is also a patriot, and hence he is always poor. Every dollar that be can raise (and the major's dollars are not ?lentiful) is cast into the game ot draw-poker, [e is not skilful. He does not even under? stand the game; but if fifty cents can be raised anywhere the major invests, and always, as it turns' out. to his disadvantage The major's singular inlatualion ls fast telling upou his reputation. He is rapidly losing'the respect of the citizens of Columbia. They pass him by without noticing him, when those who should be his best friends do naught but sneer and H cc ff. Even his most marked character? istic-his or itory-ts used against him as one of irony's keenest weapons. A vile carpet? bagger named Tim Hurley delights to use this shalt, and some of thc major's very best efforts are misinterpreted and mis quoted by Hurley in the most shocking manner. ' One of Hur ley'sperversions ot the truth in this respe. : ls worthy of record, not perhaps to illustrate Major Dickerson's poverty so much as to show the heartlessness that prompts the recital of the sad story. The major hud spent TWO WHOLE NIGHTS AT A POKER TABLE, and had lost every cent he hod in the world one dollar and fifty cents. Coming down Richardson street next morning Tie met Hurley. The major looked dejected and hag? gard. His eye was wild and rolling. He was. evidently hatching a scheme to raise the wind. Noticing hje singular manner, Hurley said ; "Sam, what's the matter ?" Now the major is nothing if not sensation. He is always dramatic and-poelic, even in ad? versity, ant' In bis moments ol despair his burn? ing eloquence never lorsakes him. The major slopped short and looked at Hurle}'. His ex ?rewire eye rolled In its wildest manner, aklng Tim by the arm with a grip like a vice be said in a deep, resonant voice : "sir. have you (laughters ?" Somewiiat astonished. Tim said he had. "How did are they ?*' the major asked. "Quite young," responded Tim. "So have I daughters, sir, and they are fair and comely td look upon. I want to ask you, sir, as a father, how you would like to see your young and blooming offspring tremblinr, upon the brink of a moral precipice ? How would you like to see their purity and inno? cence endangered, and have them driven to despair by the cravings ol hunger, and made to suffer physical pain for lack of protection from the cold, carping winds of winter ?" Tim said those were things he wouldn't like. Here the major grew more confidential, aud sidled up closer to Tim. . "Sir, 1 tell you this. My daughters are In danger. Even now the tempter ls lurking near, almost ready to grasp his victims; und, sir, it I do not i aise $5 by G o'clock this eve? ning, I fear it will be too late. If that small amount ls not lent me by some one of my friends, I certainly will not be answerable for the cons?quences. Will you, slr, loan me the small.sum of $5??' "Been playing poker again, haven't you. Sam P asked Tim, in lils sharp, qnlck way. "I cannot tell a lie. Mr. Hurley, I will not deny that I have dallied with the fickle god? dess," responded the major, "but I promise you-" "Oh, never mind promises. Sam. Hero,'' and he handed the major $5. "Take this, and save your daughters from the horrible fate that awaits them." And Tim's little eyes fairly aanced with lun as ho walked oil'. The next seen of Major Sam was his dark form disappearing In a little alleyway that led to Finn's mansion, and doubtless ere another" I hour had passed Tim's $5 had been stowed away into the capacious wallet of Uncle Juc Crews. THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT of Columbia is also well represented in this poker carnival. Alderman Mlnock is an accom? plished player, but ihe Alderman is u little like Major Sam Dickerson in one respect-he has very lillie money to play with. Alderman Hayue does better *" Huyne is a man ol some meuus, and he loves the game of poker dearly. Uncle Joe always. UK? ;Q ^eD Alderman Kayne enter the room. Both these" jnen are negroes, * But | few white men, with the exceptlou ol Uncle Joe, ever care to mix with their colored brethren al the poker table. Speaker Moses, it is said, frequently takes a little hand at Finn's; but, as I have saki bet?re, Moses lost all his money on his horse race, and when the Governor vetoed the appropri? ation bill, bc lulled to get lt back again. So his poker playing will probably be deferred Oil the machine goes to work In November. The game at Finn's ls very slack now. Money is scarce. Country member:; dare not go to their homes, aud are detained in Colum? bia at incise or less expense, and haven't the money to venture on the green-. Finn doesn't trust, and Hardy Solomon gives no more dis? counts- ergro, the tiger will doubtless soon be chained up for the summer. A. P. THE TEXAS PACIFIC RAILROAD. NEW YORK, April 15. The corporation ot the Texas Pacific Rail? road Company held a meeting to-day at tho office of Marshall O'Roberts. Among the prominent members present were General Fremont, John W. Forney, qi the Philadelphia Press; Senator Nye, of Nevada; Thomas A. Scott, of the Pennsylvania Railroad; Geueral Rosecrans and numerous other capitalists ar.d railroad men. Samuel Sloan was appointed treasurer, and gave bonds for one hundred thousand dollars, Judge Pierpont and Marshall O'Roberts being the securities. By the unani? mous consent, eleven thousand out of ihe twenty thousand shares of stock were allotted to Marshall O'Roberls, thus virtually Becuring him the entire control of the road, and the presidency in case he desires lt. General Fre? mont received five thousand shares, and the remaining lour thousand shares were dis? tributed among the balance of the corporation, and immediately suscrlbed for. THE FIGHTING IN FRANCE. FURTHER REVERSES TO THE GOT EBNMENT TROOPS AT EASTS. Farther Excesses of thc Reds-Havoc in the City Caused hy Shells-Reac. Hon in favor of the Priests-The Barricades to be Replaced by Earth works In every Street. PARIS, April 13. The houses about Porte Hallot and the rall w8y station have been destroyed. The present barricades are to be removed and earthworks erected in every important street. The Com? mune ordains that mistresses o? the National Guards shall receive ibo same pension as wives. It ls reported that the combat on Tues? day night was terrific. The only cannonade maintained by the Parisians is on Chatillon, to which no reply ls made ; no one has been wounded. Three hundred deserters Irom Ver? sailles, principally mobiles, were brought in from Issy this afternoon. PARIS, April 14-Evening. There was fighting last night and this morn? ing at Neuilly and Asnleres, but it did not re? sult In appreciably modifying the position of the belligerents. The Versailles iorces still occupy the vicinity ol the Bridge of Neuiliy, and a detachment which the Insurgents are endeavoring to force to recross the Seine re? main on the Island ot Grdnde Jatte to await re? inforcements. The buildings in the neighbor? hood of the ramparts are badly damaged, and nearly all the inhabitants have moved away. The situation on the south side of the city ls unaltered. All are awaiting the grand attack. Marshal McMahon is reported at Reull. There isa comparative lull. The Nationals are anxious to make an attack, but Cluset in? sists upon defensive operations. Three gun? boats shelled Sevres and St. Cloud to-day. One of the National Guard was shot to-day for killing his captain. He confessed to his kill? ing offlcerB. Petroleum Khella are being pre? pared to be thrown into Fort Valerein. The church at St. Roche has been seized. -A woman who falsely denounced a plain dressed citizen as a priest was terribly beaten by a j crowd. This is the first reaction in favor of J the priests. Cluseret, reporting tc the Commune, boasts that the Asseutblylsts afc so easily repulsed that he has great hopes in his ultimate success. The Communists are plundering the offices and churches, and coln the treasures found. I The supply of milk has ceased. Provisions are advanciog. PAWS, April 15. There was brisk cannonading yesterday evening. Cluseret claims that he repulsed the Assemblylsts. The cannonading recommenced j it Maillot gate and Neuilly this morning. Reports from London. LONDON. April 14. A dlspaich Irom.Paris yesterday states that twelve shells fired into Paris caused great damage. The shells are continuing to- fall, und lt ls reckoned thal property to the value of two million francs has been- destroyed. The Qghtlng is HUH going on. A great attack was expected that must be final. A dispatch Irom Versailles says the stories of the government troops being defeated at Asnleres and Clamare are untrue. The troops inly retreated to draw the insurgents oat. An American gentleman who just got out from I Paris states that it is certainly true that 9000 nsurgents were killed, wounded and missing. The government is endeavoring to obtain he use of the Pi usslan guns agaiust Belleville ind Montmartre. The Times special from Versailles says the irrlval ol' General Fabrice, the German admin stiator at St. Denis, is consequent upon the .eceipt of a notification from the' Versailles I government of the intention to make a su ireme effort for the capture of Purls. A number of guns have been seized in the ?hep ot an American dealer. Two American I iontractors have offered to buy the column of : Vendome and cast it into cannon. M. Jecker, the noted Franco-Mexican bank-1 j ir, has been arrested by t be Commune. It < las been decided to keep Bergeret under ar- j .est, and to release Assy. LONDON. April 15. The bill glvinghnuni.'pal riirhts to Parlabas j )cen passed by the Assembly. The concen- i .ration ol loyal troops at Versailles continues. '. Huers's circular says the fighting of the last I, wo days was comparatively unimportant. I : The government troops are well established J ' n th?lr positions. The insurgent sorties have leen Ineffectual. The Very Lntcst. L'NDON, April 16. A terrible cannonade prevailed all last night, ! he attack of the government troops being ? ,'verywhere repulsed. The cannotmde and c nsihide were resumed this afternoon. Fort I Pls^y is said to be damaged, otherwise the c es ni ls are trifling. WHAT CONGRESS IS HOING. ( Progress of thc Amnesty and Ku-Klu\ j Bills. L WASHINGTON, April 15. The Senate has postponed the proceedings- L 5iellminary to considering the House amnesty j ?lil. Its action was considered unfavorable to ( he bill. I, nousc. , Thc Senate amendment to the deficiency , ippropriatlon bill ns amended by the House, . uiihoriziug the reprinting o? national bank illls add assessing thc banks tor the expense, vas rejected. Finally a committee of confer- I, ?nee was asked. The Ku-Klux bill was taken up. The Senate imendment extending the right ol the Presi- , lent to suspend the writ of habeas corpus to | he end of the next regular session of Con- . rress was rejected by a vote of 8G to 93. The imendment requiring the iron-clad oath from , Federal Jurors was rejected without a division. , sherman's amendment (telegraphed )ast night) , was rejected. The other amendments, most . jf them immaterial, were concurred in, and a iommittee of conference ordered. GE EAT STORM IN MISSISSIPPI. JACKSON, April 15. A ierrible storm passed over this vicinity |p.st night The hall fell for fifteen minutes. Many of the stones measuring six inches in circumference were found. Several thousand window-lights were broken, Bheet-iron roofing perforated, gardens, fields, crops and fruit seriously damaged, forest trees stripped of their foliage, and hundreds of birds killed. NEW YOEE BANK STATEMENT. NEW YORK, April 15. Loans decrease four and a hall millions; spe? cie increase nearly a quarter million; legal ten? ders Increase me anda half million; deposits decrease one million. The specie shipments to-day amounted to a million and a half doi THE FUTURE OF COTTON. What a Charleston Sinn Thinks About lt. The following communication appears In the New York Dally Bulletin, of Thursday last: CHARLESTON, April 7,1871. There is no doubt whatever now that the cotton crop of this last year will exceed '4,000, 000 bales< and if the ratio of receipts. In com? parison with the four previous years can oe reeeived as an Indication, we may have even 4.300,000; but such may prove to oe Incorrect data, because lt ls certainly known to those long experienced in the cotton trade that planters always rush forward? their crops to market-when prices are low and declining, and hold back their crops when they are high and advancing, being influenced only by the popu? lar opinion, and following the current blindly. It may be, and 1B quite probable, that nearly all of the cotton has now been, marketed, and it ia asserted by the best authorities, that fully: (?even-eights (}) of the crop in the Southwest have been already marketed; and lt ls certain? ly the fact that, in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, not more than one-tenth (l-io) of the crop is remaining in the country. It ls not desired to give any estrmate of the crop, but to only mention the probable circumstances affecting it. The planters in the South Atlantic States, last year, Invested so largely in fertilizers that their colton crops have not paid their expenses. Such, therefore, have been their losses that they are, this spring, unable to plant as much land'in cotton as they dlcVin 1870. And lt may be relied upon that, in this section, the aver? age in cotton will certainly be reduced, and that In provisions Increased. The canses which so disastrously affected the planters here did not operate upon those of the South? west. While the planters in most cases, even there, lost money last year, their losses were comparatively small lo those ol the Atlantic States. The best authorities on the subject agree that cotton can be cultivated so os to produce a profit lo the planter when sold at 13 cents per pound in New Orleans or Mobile, for middling quality. The planlers in the South? west, as we are Irustworthily informed, aro now pulling actually more land In cotton than they did last year, and thus we will probably And" that the Increase of acreage here will about counterbalance ihe decrease In ibe At? lantic States. One very important fact must not be allowed to escape observation, that ls, the very large Immigration continuously taking place to Texas and Arkansas. A large portion ol these-Immigrants till the soil, and necessarily produce the staple ot those Slates, and lt ls in this. Southwest. that the large in? crease in the crop ol 1870 was produced. Thus far the Soulhern Slates have been tavored with as fine a-spring as could be de? sired. The weather has been worm, and suffi? cient rain bas fallen to be benetlclal. but not a drop more than necessary. The planting sea? son has certainly been, thus far, one of Hie most favorable known lor some years. Thc present and prospective supply of cotton appears to be large, but, when we look at the enormous consumption going on, we are led to thc conclusion that the world hos not one bale too much. Even admitting that the crop of 1870 will aggregate 4,250,000 bales, and that of 1871 will be os large, we will have an In? crease in the supply of American cotton of only 32 per cent, over that ol last year, while the increase in consumption in Great Britain, since 1st January lost, hos been over 60 per cent ; that of the United Stales bas slightly increased also. It-must be noted that on most ol the Continent of Europe only American cotton is used entirely; so In Russia and Spain. In the Baltic provinces the consumption has rapidly and steadily increased of late years, and it ls estimated that about 700.000 bales of American cotton will be used there during 1871. The spinners of Great Britain have been lately doing a thriving business, and ore not afraid of cotton at present .prices. True it ie, thai a dullness has been caused In the ludia markets by the heavy export of cotton goods, from Great Britain, but lt ls a remarkable fact that'while prices are low whenever one market fur goods fails others are found, because there are always actual consumers who are willing' to buy goods at low prices. Again, when prices ure low, and now at or below 8d per lb, manufacturers are not afraid to go un work? ing, even when they have no orders, as feeling confidence lu the reasonable rates, they will not be alrald to accumulate goods. While, therelore, as we have said, the sup? ply of American colton is large, we can see certainly an equivalent increase in the con? sumption, and under these circumstances we can only consider presentprices safe, and see no reason for any further decline; but rather, If the French should be pacified and resume their consumption, to however small an ex lent, and If any disaster irom floods, or an ad? verse season should occur to the crop o? 1871, we could only see a heavy advance tn prices. It must be remembered that the two post sea? sons were remarkably favorable ones, and the greatly Increased sizes of the two crops were attributed to floe growing weather and long continued picking seasons, and thus far In the cotton trade three remarkably Une seasons have never been known to follow each other successively. It ls evident that the world Is now consuming all ihe cotton that it has, and the consumption caa be checked only by a re? duction of tne supply of raw material, which would of necessity cause an advance In prices. Il Is probable that Liverpool has already re? corded the largest stock that she will have in 1871, and her stock will probablv decrease from this time forward. X. X. X. THE COTTON MOVEMENT. NEW YORK, April 16. The colton movement for the week shows i continued Jailing off in receipts and exports, som pared with many weeks post. The ex lorts, however, arc largely tn excess of the ?orresponding week of last year. The exports 'roin all the porls for the week are 83,93T lah's. The slock at the interior lowns is 19.:",ic. and the stock in Liverpool 813,000 mles. The amount of American cotton afloat for Great Britain is 320,000 bales. The .weather south has been very wet, and the rains have jeen unusually heavy. This has interfered with work lu the field. In some sections the ?vealher has been fine, and planting ls pro yessing. Far South the plant is up. The cot ;on supply question ls being actively discus? sed, both here aud ut tho South. In the gene? ral estimates ol' the present crop there is a strong leaning towards 4,200,000 as the total production lor the season. -The Meuse, a journal of Liege, tells how Lhe ex-Emperor Napoleon III received the news ol the revolutionary movement In Paris, which reached him while he sat In the railroad carriage in the depot of tliat city, on his way tb Ostend and Chisel hurst. One of the repre? sentatives of the Meuse chanced to meet the Prince dc la Moskowa, one of the Emperor's suite, and Communicated to him the substance of the dispatches received relative to the events at Pails. The Prince Immediately alighted, and hastened to the door of tho car? riage occupied by the Emperor. A few mo? ments after the Imperial comp!rrtment, whlch had been previously almost dark, became illu? minated, and Napoleon was seen reading the dispatches by the light ol a wax candle. His countenance remained Impassible as usual, although his companions gave evidence in their faces o? a Beeret satisfaction at a condi? tion of affairs that might prove beneficial lo their master's fallen fortunes. -The New York Post says: "It is a curious fact among our hat and cap manufacturers that different localities use different sizes of hats and caps as standard sizes. Boston and the Eastern States use the smallest sizes; New York and the Middle States use the medium to largest sizes, and Chicago and the Western States require the largest sizes. Goods manu? factured for one market cannot be sold for the other only in exceptional cases. The South use a shape peculiar to themselves and of large size. ALZ ABOUT TUESUUA Deaths. Mr. John Mackley, of Greenville, died on Saturday night a week ago. Mrs.. Elija Hood, of Orangeburg, died on Tuesday. Town Election. In the election for Council of the village of West Union, Oconee County, the following officers were elected: For Intendant. Captain J. P. Mlckler. Wardens, J. M. Beard, Dr. B. S. James, Captain R. M. Anderson, A. H. Os? borne. The Crops. In Barnwell. The Sentinel says: liWe have had the pleasure of conversing with two of our friends who have just returned from a visit In the low? er pan of this county, and in Colle ton. They inform us that the' planters, so far as they observed on their route, are putting in much larger grain crops, and greatly reducing the area of land devoted to cotton. Labor seems to be abundant and willing, commercial fertili? zers not so freely used, and, on the whole, a general disposition to devote more time and energy to the production of bread and meat." Negro Ku-Klux. A band of negroes in disguise, a few nights since, made an attack upon tbe house of Mr. Pud Shaw, in Laurens County. They demand? ed money, and fired several shots into the house. Mr. Shaw is avery old man, himself and wife living entirely alone, and the villains no doubt thought that they would hare an easy job; but lt so happened that ? a young friend was with him at the time who scatter? ed the gang by sprinkling them wi''.1 shot. One of them was severely woundea, and is now under medical treatment. The Weather In Union. The Union Times says: "For the past three weeks we have had delightful weather, and farm and garden work have been pushed with energy. On Tuesday we had a delightful rain, which set everything to growing finely. The heavy rain, tallowed by strong drying wind and baking sun ot last month, nad made soil so hard that lt was almost impossible to work it, but Tuesday's rain put it In fine condition. Fruit trees in this section are loaded. We have had no frost since the buds began to swell. If nothing happens our fruit crop will be very, large. # ' Trouble tn Lancaster. The Columbia Phoenix o? Saturday says : "A party of disguised men appeared in the neigh? borhood of Belair, Lancaster County, on Thursday night, the 6th instant, and killed a colored man named Isaac Coles, who was a commissioner at the recent election, and, as is charged, stuffed the ballot-box. He ls also charged with burning a gin-house, and was generally regarded a dangerous character. A white man named Lawson H. Long, also a commissioner of election, was waited upon, as is supposed, by the same party, received ase? vere whipping, and was notified to leave the county in fifteen days. A day or two ago he sent a request to a citizen requesting an extension of time, which could not be grau led (rom want j of author!ty. A, committee of citizens irom Lancaster waited upon the Governor yesterday and requested the removal of certain unpopu? lar officers, as well as the arms now In the hands of the militia. As satisfactory reasons were brought forward, the Governor promised to comply with tbe request." shred* of State News. S. P. Klnard, Esq., lias received official noti? fication o? his appointment as postmaster of Newberry. Tbe annual meeting of the stockkolders of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Com? pany will be held in Columbia on Thursday, the 27! h instant. The election, held on last Monday for muni? cipal officers of the Town o? Manning, resulted In the following choice : Intendant-Jos. F. Rhame, 40 votes. Wardens-Captain Y. N. Buller, 04; a A. Blgby, 67; Captain E. M. Brad ham, 42; A. Setzer, 40. 65 votes were polled. The fol lo wi nit appointments were announced on Friday: James A. Gray, trial justice for Dark Corner locality, Anderson. County. R. K. Carleton was appointed coroner for Beau? fort County, in accordance with the act of the last General Assembly. During the progress of thT??re, iii Columbia, on Thursday night, the HtoTe of Mr. J." M. Roach, corner of Gates and Gervais streets, was entered and the following articles stolen : Pilleen or twenty pounds tobacco, fifty pounds sugar, flfly pounds coffee, eight or twelve large sugar-cured hams, five small sacks flour, some whiskey, and a wooden box. The box, it is s apposed, was taken to pack the stolen articles In. The authorities are on thc track ol the robbers. Judge Platt ls sick, and has postponed thc Barnwell court. L. H. Long, of Belair, Lancaster County, withdraws from the Radical party, and pledges his support in the future to all measures of ne form advocated by the white citizens of the State. The legal difficulty mentioned not having been satisfactorily removed, Colonel Johnson bas decided to decline the. office of school commissioner of Union County. The work of laying the foundation of the new Methodist Church at Uniouvllie is begun. Edom Hammond, found guilty ut Lancaster of the murder of Mr. David Kirkpatrick, is to be hanged in May. THE STATE OF THE WE ATHEE. WASHINGTON*. April 1G. It is probable that on Monday clear or clear? ing up weather will prevail on the Atlantic \ coast, and partially cloudy weather, with gen tie winds, from the lakes to the gulf. It is probable that a storm will be experienced .on the Pacific coast on Monday. LAWS OF THE STATE. Acts anil Joint Resolutions, Fussed by thc General Assembly of South Carolina, Seaslun of IS70-"7I. [OFFICIAL.] AN Acr to incorpor?e the Coutiuental Tele? graph Company. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Houso of Representitires ol the state of S JU th Carolina, now met and hitting in G?nerai Assembly, and by the authority of the same: That William Sf. Hill, Ethan A. Hall and Charles Thurman, and all thoso who shall be? come stockholders io the company hereby in? corporated, sua'.l be a body politic and cor? porate, by the name of the Continental Teh graph Company, and by that nam > shall have perpetual ance ;asion, and may have and use a common seil, and may sue or bs sued, in any coart of comp?tent'jurisdiction. SEC. 2. Such corporation is authorized to con. struct lines of telegraph along, upon, across, over, under and beside of thc Greenville and Columbia Railroad, andauy of the public roads and highways, and under and across any of the waters witbiu the limits of this State, orso much or so many of either of tbe fotegoing as may be deemed expedient, by establishing suitable offices and the erection of the neces? sary cords or wires und fixtures, including posts, piers or abutments for sustaining the cords or wires of such lines : Provided, The same shall not be BO constructed as to incom? mode the - public use of said roads or high wiiya, or injuriously interrupt the navigation of said wate is, and also to cooslrnct a line or lines of telegraph, and to establish offices and erect such necessary cords or Wires and fix? ture ?>, including thc posts, piera or abutments, as and for the purposes aforesaid, and keep, hold and maintain tbe necessary offices upon, through or over, any other land, s-it iect to the right of tho owner or owners thereof to full compensation for the same, to be agreed upon by said owner or owners and tbe said corpora? tion, or to be fixed or determined OB herein? after provided; and the said, corporation may, io like manner, and with like power, construct lines of telegraph to snch place or places w i th oat nus o?ate, us we voua OJ aireciurt elect. SEO. 3. Such corporation eh all have fall] to parchase, lease, receive, hold and e real estate, or any interest.therein, and m addition thereto, ase each real estate, o interest therein, aa may be necessary fe convenient transaction of the basin ess. for effectually carrying on the- operalio Baid corporation; and may appoint such < tors, officers and agents, and make such dential rules, regulations and by-laws as bo neceesary in the transaction of its busi not inconsistent with the constitution of State gr of the United States. SEO. i. If any owner or owners of any taken or used, or likely to be taken or use said corporation, shall consider himself grieved, or likely so to be, or damaged thei or shall refuse to accept the compensation < 'ed by said corporation therefor; it shall bi duty of the Circuit Court, to- be held ii county within whieh said lands are, on the plication of such owner or owners, or of i corporation, by petition, stating the fae relation thereto, and on snob notice to t h< posite party as such court shall prescrib? appoint three disinterested per?ons as com sioners, who shall se/orally fake and snbsc an oath, before any person authorized to adi ister oaths.faithfully and impart tally to perl the duties required of them by this act; ai shall be the duty of said commissioners, majority of them, to make a jost and eqnit assessment or appraisement of all the losse damage sustained, or which is likely tobe tained, by reason of any land, or interest th in, taken or used, or likely to be take used, for said offices, liens, posts, pion abutments, and the erection and. operario .Baid telegraph lines; and such assessmen appraisal. shall, in any proper case cases, determine the annual rent or corni: sation to bo paid by such company for such i or, in lieu thereof, a Barn in gross as the a pe nea ti on for allowing tbe fixtures belo ing to such association permanently to c j.tinue, audtbe same to be repaired, impro and renewed or removed, from timo toi time such corporation shall require, duplicate; wnich said assessment or appraisement si be reduied to writing and signed by said ct missioners, or a majority of them, ode cop; which shall be delivered to the party allege: be ?Dj tired, or likely BO tobo, and the otbei the president of said corporation, on derna in oaso any damage shall be adjudged to person alleged to be injured or damaged, likely so to be, tbe corporation shall pay amount thereof, with costs of appraisal, wh said costs shall be liquidated and ascertaii I in said award; and said commissioners si I each receive, for their services, two dollars I each day they are actually employed in mak ! said appraisement; and npon payment of sc I award, tbe right, title, interest or property s nibed tn said assessment or apportionxne I e h.ill become and be vested in and be the pr I er ty ot such corporation. . SEC. 5. Tbe capital Btock of such c cr poi at [shall be fifty thousand dollars, to be dr/it j into two thousand shares of twenty-five doll each, which may ba increased, from time I time, to such an amount as and whenever ai j jority of (be stockholders present at any ge ral meeting shall eicot; books of subscript may be opened to obtain the amount of sU first above named, at such time and pli I within this State aa a majority of the perse first above named shall determine) sud for 1 increased slock in such a manner as the st I corporation may deem expedient; and i said corporation shall go into operation j such limo aa a majority of the stockholde j may fix. SEC. 6. Such corporation may lease, sell convey its property, rights, privileges ai franchises, or any interest therein, or ai I part thereof, to, or may unite with, any tel I graph company organized under or created I j the laws of this or any other State; may a quire by lease, purchase or conveyance, ti I property right B, privileges and franchises, i I any interest therein, or any part thereof, any telegraph company organized under < created by the laws of this or any other Sta) j and may make payments therefor in its OT I stock, money, bonds or property, or recei payment therefor in the stock, money, boni or propel ty of the corporation to which tl same may be sold, loaned, or mortgaged < conveyed, or of any other corporation or co j porations: Provided, however, that no-euc purchase, sale, lease or conveyance by at corporation Bb all be valid until the written coi sent of the holder or holders of a majority c tho capital stock shall hare been obtained. SEO. 7. The stock subscribed for may be issi ed at such prico o? subscription, and npon sue terms of payment or exchange, as tbe holde or holders of a majority of the stock at enc time shall determine, except that the first sui I scription price, terms of payment or oxchang shall bo fixed by the persons first above naa od; and any corporation or corporations ma subsenbe for, purchase, hold, sell or conve the capital stock of this corporation, as ofter I and to QB great an extent; a? such corporatio or corporations may deem advisable. Bsa 8. That said corporation may issue bond for such an amount as the officers shall fix, an may secute the samo by a mortgage upon si much of the property, right*, privileges an franchises of said corporation as may bs nam ed in such mortgage, which mortgage may bi recorded in the office of tba registrar of mes m conrsyances in tbe County of Bichland, in thu State, and thereupon, and thereafter, it sha) become and bo a lien upon all the property rights, privileges and franchisee, or of any in terest therein, and of any part thereof, describ ed in said mortgage. SEC. 9. Any person who shall wilfully am maliciously injure, molest or destroy any o said lines, posts, piers or abutments, or th materials or property belonging thereto, shall on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding fire hundred, dollars, or im prisonment in the Penitentiary at hard labo: not exceeding one year, or both, in the diacre tion of the court before which the convictioi shall be bad, and, in addition tnorelo, shal pay such damages as shall be caused by bia or her, to be recovered in a civil action by saic corporation. SEC. 10. the board of directors, as often ae the interests of the corporation shall require, aie liersby authorized to and shall fix the rate or ratos lor transmission or delivery of any message or messages which may be required to bo paid in advance. SEO. ll. Any person connected with such telegraph company, either as operator, mes? senger, agent, servant or clerk, or in any other capacity, who shall wilfully and maliciously disclose, divulge or communicate, or permit the same to be done, the contents, or the na? ture of the contents of any private, message or communication entrusted to or left with him, or her, or such corporation, for transmission or delivery, other than to the party or parties entitled thereto, or who shall wi If ally refus? or neglect to transmit or deliver the same, he or . j she shall, on conviction before any court, be aajuogea guilty OT a mis a tm rou or, un ?un eofier imprisonment in the comity jail or workhouse where BO ch conviction shall be had, for a term 0/ not more than three mooth)"', or shall pay a fine not to exceed five hundred dol? lars, or both, in the discretion of the court. SEO, 18. All acts or paris of acta contrary, to or in cone's teni, with this act are, for the pur? poses of this act, but for no other purpose, hereby repealed. Seo. 13. Thin act shall lake effect immer diately. Approved the 7th day of March, AD., 1871. Special iyptitga. PST RE.AD CA REP O-E'fi'T.' ' FEVER AND AGUE. The; only prevent! veknown tor Chills and Fever is the nee of Wolfe's Schiedam Schnapps. WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS Is good for Dyspepsia. WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS Is a preventive of Chills and Fever. WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM . SCHNAPPE Is good for all Kidney and Bladder Com plain : 9 . WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS Is used all over the World by Physicians in their . . fi practice. ' . WOLFE'S > SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS Is good for Gout. WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS Is good for all Urinary complaints. WOLFE'S SCHLEDAM SCHNAPPS Is recommended by au toe'Medical Faculty. | WOLFES SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS Is good for Collo and pam in the stomach. WOLFE'S SCHIEDAM SCHNAPPS # ; Is Imitated and counterfeited, and purchasers will nave to use caution m purchasing, i beg leave to call the attention or the reader to testimonials in favor of the Schnapps: 1 feel bound to say that I regard your SCHNAPPS as being lh every respect pre-eminently pure, and deserving of medical patronage. At allfevents it ut the purest possible article of Holland gin, here? tofore unobtainable, and as such may be safely prescribed by physicians. DAVID L. MOTT. M. D., Pharmaceutical Chemist, New Yorfc. LOUISVILLE, Ky., September 1. I feel that we have now an article of gin suit? able for such cases as that remedy te adapted to. i . DB. J. W. BRIGHT. "Schnapps" ls a remedy in chronic catarrhal complaints, Ac I take great pleasure in bearing highly credit? able testimony to its efficacy as a remedial agent In the diseases for which yon recommend it. Having a natural tendency to the macons sur? faces, with a slight degree of stimulation, I re? gard it as one of the most important remedies in chronic catarrhal affections, particularly those of. the g en ito-url a arv apparatus. With much re? spect, your obedient servant, CHAS. A. LEAS, M. D., New York. No. 26 PINS BTEEXT, N. Y.. NOV. SI, 1867. ?DOLFHO WOLFE, ESQ., Present: DRAB SIB-1 have made a chemical examination of a sample of your "Schiedam Schnapps," with the intent of determining ir any loreign or injurious substance had been added to the simple distilled spirits. The examination has resulted in the conclusion that the sample contained no poisonous or harm? ful admixtures. I have been unable' to discover any trace of the deleterious substances walch are sometimes employed in 'the adulteration of liquors. I I would not hesitate to nae myself, nor to recommend to others, for medicinal purposes, -the "Schiedam Schnapps" aa an excellent and unobjectionable variety of gin.. Very respectfully yours, ? (Signed) CHAS. A. SKELY, Chemist. CHEMICAL AND TECHNICAL LABORATORY-, ) . 18 EXCHANGE PLACE, N. Y., NOV. 25, 1807. j UDOLPHO WOLFE, Esq. : DEAS SIB-The under? signed have careinlly and thoroughly analyzed a sample ol your "Aromatic Schiedam Schapps,". selected by ourselves, and have found the same free from au organic or Inorganic substances? more or less Injuri?os to health. From the result of our examination we consider the article one of superior quality, healthful - as a beverage, and efleotoal In its medicinal qoauties. Respectfully yours, (Signed) ALEX. TRIPPEL, Chemist. FRANCIS E. ENGELHARD, M. D. 3 For sale by all respectable Grocers and Dru gists. UDOLPHO WOLFE'S EST., mar21-3mo3 No. 22 BEAVER STREET, N. T. JflURCHGOIT, BENEDICT & CO. RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCE TO THEIR FRIENDS AND THE PUBLIC That, owing to the SPECIAL FACILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS Of their Resident Farmer in New York, They are enabled to purchase their supplies of FINE AND STAPLE DEY GOODS, Both Foreign and Domestic, in an cases from first hands, '-' - AT TBE LOWEST CASH FIGURE ' ' And thus to oller EXTRAORDINARY INDUCEMENTS TO CDS TOME RS, Their prices, will be found from TWENTY TO FIFTY PER CENT. LOWER. Than those of any other Dry Goods Bouse m the South. They Invite an inspection of their Stosk, which ur made up of . NO AUCTION GOOD3, But which will be found to consist of an immense variety of THE CHOICEST AND LATEST NOVELTIES * IN THEIR LINE. Comparison, as to quality, with the best gooda offered elsewhere, IS CHALLENGED, And competition as ta price IS DEFIED. Every article sold by ns ls warranted to be pre? cisely as represented. Our motto is "QUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFTTB,1* And Customers who wish to ? 8AVE.M0NEY IN BUYING Will do well to give nt a call. - FURCHGOTT, BENEDICT A CO. Up-Town Store, I Down-Town Store, Mo. 437 King street, No. m King street, Corner of Calhoun. | Near "Tue Bend.**, octal