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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1671. CHARLESTON, WEDNESDAY" MORNING, MAY 3, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. A THAT SAME OLD ROOSTER ! WATERLOO DEFEAT OF THE RIFF-RAFF TICKET. Election of Gen. Wagener and the Citizens' Candidates. THE FULL VOTE. JETO W THE CO WT WAS COlTDUCT?D. Scenes at the Courthouse. THE U. ?. TROOPS ON HAND. MAYOR PILLSBURY ANNOUNCES THE RESULT TO HIS SUPPORTERS. Speech from the Mayor Elect. A Glorious Day for Churiralon-Gene? ral Joy ot tue Citizens-Every body Hopeful of a Prosp?rons Future for the Old City. Thepoans of victor; rang out over Charles? ton last evening. The honest men of the whole city laid down the duties which had been zeal ously performed during the prat week and took up the song of triumph: women breathed free in the assurance that Charleston was re? deemed; a solemn Io Triomphe ascended from many a heart, and with last evening's devo tiona In many a happy home circle the tribute of praise and gratitude to Almighty God min gled with the petitions for a continuance of His ordinary bounty. The feeling of joy and hope waa profound and universal. The result which had been sp earnestly desired and 90 faithfully labored for, was anxiously awaited ail day long. The probabilities on Wednesday night bad strongly favored the triumph of the Citizens, but the actual count was looked for with absorbing interest . Counting the Vote. The General Sessions room of the Court? house was thronged at an early hour yester? day morning by a heterogeneous crowd, In which almost every element of the social life of Charleston commingled. The boxes from the parlous precincts, securely wrapped and seal?d, stood in a pile la one corner. At about 10 o'clock the boxee of Wards 1,2 and 3 were brought out, placed up ou the different tables within the railing, and surrounded by the man? agers'of .the respective precincts. The crowd then resolved Itself Into little knots around the different boxes, the nucleus of each group -'being . the managers and tellers, who were calling off and recording the votes. These little crowds around the tables co natl tu ted little nuisances.. The mana? gers, and those whose duties required them to attend the tables, were barely allowed room to stand, and the confusion was Increased by the din of voices in the room, every one talking at once, and so vociferously that lt was with much difficulty that the managers could make themselves heard. It was a good humored crowd, however, and the loud talking that was Indulged In,.amounted to nothing more than lively badinage. The counting progressed as rapidly as was consistent with accuracy, and was conducted as fol? lows: A box being unsealed and opened the tickets were taken out and assorted in E- r separate piles, the straight tickets of h party being put by themselves, and th? split tickets filed according to the name of the mayoralty candidate by which each was head? ed. The straight tickets were then told off In bundles of ten and credited opposite the names of the respective candidates on three different sheets by as many tellers, each count being called back for the purpose of compari? son. *The split tickets were then taken up, each name read separately, and the notes rec? orded, the counts being called and tallied as before. The tickets having ail been counted, and the result put down on the tellers' sheets, ' lt was then transfer? red to the official reports, which were signed by all ?he managers, sealed up, and furnished to the Mayor. Everything was conducted in the most systematic manner, and the Vhole count passed off without an un? pleasant incident, and without a single in? stance ot disagreement or dissatisfaction among the managers of the respectivo par? ties. It was a day ot hard and faithful work, performed under circumstances which caused considerable discomfort, but zealously and carefully conducted by all parties. It became evident at au early stage in the count that the Pillsbury party had not the shadow of a chance of winning the election, and the spirits of the friends of the Citizens' candidates rose accordingly, while the Radical faces fell correspondingly, and became preterna? turally and unnecessarily black. Occasionally some Ill-advised person in the room would throw out of the window a scrap .of paper purporting to contain some authoritative pre? sage of. the result. These buuletlns proved apujs ol discord to the Hungry crowds below. They would be/eagerly seized, quickly read aloud hy the darkey who happened to catch them, and received with either a howl or cheer from the colored crowd, according as tbei* fignrea boded defeat or victory. As MUNICIPAL ELECTION RETURNS. CANDIDATES. FOB MAYOR. .Wac et er, J. A. Pillsbury, Q. FOB ALDKRMBN. Wara 1. .O'Neill, B. .?Bowen, 0. A. Greene. J". F.... Ward 2. .Smith, W. B. .Michael, C.. Mackey, E. W. M.. McKinlay, W... Ward 3. .Gage. A. .Garrett, S. B. .Kenny, J. Byrnes, G. Mitchell, A. B. Howard. R. .Ward 4. .Voigt, C. .Sweegan,E. P........ .Glover^O. A. .Johnston, A. S. ?Taylor, J. H. ?Albers, J. H...;. Cunningham, G. I Hampton. W. R. H... Fields, .W. Goldsmith, M. Ward 6. .Moran, W. .Brown, F. Cameron, A....'.. As pl nail. A. A. Ward 8. .Garden. E. *Simond8. A.<c Col lus, M. H Cain, H. H. Wan, .Pelzer, F. f. Enston. E. !>.. Ward 8 .Sigwald, 0. B. Powers, J. J I 555 1126 634 601 542 614 58S en 537 523 539 694 693 578 529 528 510 531 535 601 617 589 565 689 53 505 611 594 523 543 5S0 587 635 595 523 003 WARD 3. Freclnct. 1st. 12d. 13d 233 235 233 236 233 6 73 65 86 54 235 228 66 67 . 233 233 66 65 237 64 230 69] 72 WAKB 4. Precinct. 1st. 12d 13d 1087 660 426 662 639 420 432 666 651 656 423 422 414 655 645 631 661 4471 23S| 661 454 243 248 250 234 241 248 251 251 245 243 243 221 247 240 243 243 247 248j 231 242 242 242 245 231 252 242 240 ,240 240 210 247 240 245 244 WABD 5 Precinct 1st. 12d. WARB 6. Preclncr. 1st. I 2d. 13d. 593 240 344 236 233 364 367 238 252 234 364 364 344 235 221 239 237 241 354: 370' 367 362 381 280 225 37" 367 524 241 256 242 232 293 288 240 258 .244 2901 283, 241 235 239 238 241 237 286 293 285 257 256 243 .230 257 289 232 241 23S 241 3671 287 360! 280 WARD 8.I Precinct 1st. I 2d 173? *?* 165 378 1761 408 173* 406 169 406 478 535 448! 511 198 421 172 409 172 399 481-610 174| 4C2 25S| 475|571 223 176, 415 me candidates whose names are marked with an asterisk are elected. Sc atterlog vote for E. Willis, 58. the day wore on, ami th?s election of Genen John A. Wagoner and, a Conservati Council became more and more ce tain, the howls recurred w|th startling fr quency, until at last the separate groans b I came merged into one continuous howl, u; ! lifted from thousands of colored throats j gentle. lullaby which soothed Charlesto through the evening, and which was doubtlei commingled with the weeping and wallln and gnashing of teeth of the Biff-Raff leadet who have lost their clutch at last, and let x hope for ever, on the throat and pocket < this long suffering city. Scenes Around the Courthouse. Daring the day several scrimmages o< red among the turbulent crowd of ni gre es congregated at the corner of Broad an Meeting streets. About -half-past 9 o'cloc Henry Draine, a 'colored Conservative, ai peared in trie square, and, os usual, the coloi ed Radicals "went for him." Draine is fond c ! load talking, but, in the numerous disturbar ce? in which he figures, has alwajs been fin [ pjsailed. In this instance, he talked aa loud!; aa ever, and was assaulted by several ^ol ored men with clubs. He retreated an ?.drew a pistol. While cocking thi weapon it was accidentally discharge* In his hand. His assailants pressed on and several white men interposed to protec him. Mr. H. H. Hicks wrested the pistol .fros Drnine's hand, and Ut the tumult several pav . ing atones were hurled." Two or three whit? men were hit, and Mr. Ohrletzberg was Btrucl in the head, aa he caught the arm of a coloree mon hurling a a tone. A ??sate wound was in fiicted, and the blood flowed freely. Tnt sheriff here came up, and several person haying been arrested, the disturbance ceased The peace was-now unbroken, except by oe caslonal shoats from tho dusky masses, ai some report of the success of the Radical can didate was brought down by some fayorec insider, or thrown from the wloddw o: the Courthouse. About 12 o'clock, B?n tham, a colored man, wearing t large straw hat, managed to raise ?a disturbance lu the hall of the Courthouse, and became the centre of a struggling mass. Being a sturdy fellow, he brandished his stick and lorced his way out of the crowd, who fol? lowed him into the street. The matter was here adjusted satisfactorily, and the row sub? sided. There was no white men concerned this time. The crowd kept its position through? out the day, and increased towards dusk. Their threatening aspect at this lime rendered it necessary to clear the streets, and the de? tachment of about twenty United States, sol? diers, who had been stationed in the Guard? house yard, and might have been noticed peer? ing over the wall at the scene below, or riding astride of the large yard gate, were ordered out. Deploying across Broad street, they marched steadily up lo King, driving the dusky masses, who took care to keep at a re? spectable distance before them. The manou? vre was executed quietly and promptly. Broad street to King, and Meeting up to Queen, were speedily cleared, and the military retired with? out any hostile demonstrations having been made against them. Words Fitly; Spoken. During the afternoon the result of the con? test became very generally understood by the Republican leaders, and addresses were mode to their colored followers by Mayor Pillsbury and Mr. T. J. Mackey. The former spoke from the Courthouse to a large assemblage of his colored constituents,- advising them to keep the peace and act as good citizens. Their ticket was defeated, and he saw no chance for their political salvation unless in the special providence of God Almighty. He counselled them to stand by their party, and not let one repulse unnerve them. His remarks were well received, and the dusky crowd dispersed. Mr. T. J. Mackey spoke from the steps of the Fireproof Building to the same effect as his predecessor, and closed by appealing to his audience, If they had any confidence In him as a leader and had respect for the party, to retire to their homes and use their best en? deavors to preserve the peace and sustain the ancient renown of the city. There was a so? ber sadness In these two harangues that car? ried conviction to even the most turbulent of the mass, aud "order reigned in Warsaw." The Result. The vote In each precinct for the respective candidates ls shown In the table which will be found in another column. In brief, the result is that the Citizens' candidates tor Mayor and Aldermen are elected by a heavy majority. The majority of General Wagener, our candi? date tor Mayor, is 777, he having received 5586 votes, and Mayor Pillsbury 4809 votes. The I highest vote (except that for Mr. O'Neill, who was nominated by both parties) was polled for Mr. Alva Gage and Mr. Garrett-the latter being a colored man, and the former a Northern gentleman, who has lived for a generation la Charleston. These candidates received 5699 votes.. The to? tal vote this year ls 10,401, against a total vote in 1868 ot 10,102, when Mr. Lesesne received 5042 votes and Mr. Pillsbury 5060 votes. All the candidates of the Citizens' party for school commissioner were elected, excepting in Wards 2 and 4, where Messrs. Jacob Willi man and C. G. Memmlnger received a majority. Tlie Comparative Majorities. The following table shows the majorities for Lesesne ana Pillsbury, In 1868, and for Wake? ner and Pillsbury, ia the election of Wednes? day last:. > WARDS. Majorities 1869.1 Majorities 1871. Ward 1. Ward 2. Ward 3 1st Precinct.. 2d Precinct... 3d Precinct... Ward 4 1st Precinct.. 2d Ere clo ct... 3d Precinct... Ward 6 1st Precinct.. 2d Precinct... Ward 6 1st Precinct.. 2d Precinct... 3d Precinct... Ward 7. Ward 8 1st Precinct.. 2d Precinct... 73 107 175 122 . 98 36 93 205 100 46 322 31 ri 186 1427 16t 27 63 24 288 111 40 9 82 14T 61 18 Total. 754 802 1202 431 Pillsbury's majority, 1868.. '. .18 votes. Wagoner's majority, 1871.. .777 votes. The total vote in 1868 was 10,102, ot which number 5?42 were for Lesesne, and 5060 for Pillsbury. The total vote in 1871 waslOit?l 5586 for Wagener, and 4815 for Pillsbury. School Commissioners. WARD l. .YATES. Rev. W. B. Scott, loblas. 519 318 Yates's majority. 206 WARD 2. .Wildman. J.541 MIDDLETON, N. RUSSELL.SOI s - Wlllixan'a majority. 40 WARDS. .BUIST,GEO. L.870 Caulfield, M.v.527 BulBt'a majority. 343 WARD d. LUCAS, B.970 .Memmin^ar, CO.1064 Memmlnger's majority*.. 84 WARD 6. .AIKEN', WU.1.608 Hammond, A. L. 698 Aiken's majority. 10 WAED 6. .HOGAN, T. E.148S WABD 7. .REE?, J. W.,.431 Whyra, Jos.167 Reed's majority.204 WAED 8*. .TOBIAS, A. L. 610 Spenoer, M. t.493 Tobias's majority.117 . The names o' the Citizens' candidates are In small capitals, and those marked Vita asterisks are elected. Mr. Hogan, In Ward 6, was nominated by both parties. A Call on the .Mayor Elect. The lateness ot the hour at which the result was definitely known precluded the possibility of arranging a formal demonstration ia honor of the victory, but an Impromptu procession and visit to our honored and triumphant standard bearer, General John A. Wagener, was projected during the evening, and carried out with all the manifestations of enthusiastic joy that the occasion so eminently warranted. The procession hastily gathered, but receiving fresh accessions of strength at every step until its numbers swelled to thousands, marched up King street to George, and through George street to the residence of the Mayor elect. Here a halt was .made, and three rousing cheers were given for the gallant general. That gentleman responded to the friendly challenge by an appearance, and as soon as the enthusiasm had subsided, briefly addressed the assemblage. He thauk ed them-cordinlly oa his own behalf, but more especially in the name of that party which had ever been the foremost conservators of order, good government and justice in this city, for their untiring exertions in aid ot the ticket ol the Citizens' Reform party, exertions which were now happily crowned with glori? ous success. The present triumph, he said, potential ns lt was ia itself, audits own effects was'but tho portent of a .series of brilliant victories that would embrace ia Its redeeming influence not only Charleston, but the whole Palmetto State, aud carry the weight of its effect to every portion of the once "happy South." He thanked the colored men for their cordial support, and took occa sioa to give his assurance that they should be fairly and proportionately remembered in the distribution ot offices. His thanks were ac? corded as well to the mea of all uatioualities and all conditions of life who had unselfishly put their shoulders to the wheel and achieved a victory ia Wedaesday's work of which they, each aud all, might feel an honest pride. ' In conclusion, General Wagener advised against auy public demonstration ia honor ?f the vic? tory, as lt might incite disorder, and lead to a repetitiou ia some degree of the disorder by which the streets of Charleston were disgrac? ed last Monday night. At the conclusion of General Wagener's ad? dress, which waB interrupted by frequent and prolonged applause, another round of cheers were given, and loud calla were made for Major G. L. Buist, the successful candidate for school commissioner of Ward 3. The gallant major soon appeared and briefly addressed the meeUng. He said, that . a report had gained some . degree of circulation to the effect that the Irish' citizens of Charleston had determined to give their adhesion to the hybrid ticket put forward by the Radicals. How much foundation there had been for such a slander had'been shown by the result ot Wednesday's work, and he would leave the authors ol the libel to extricate themselves as best they might ' He needed only to point to the record of Ward 3, which now can fairly claim to be the banner, ward, for a full and Anal refutation of the slander on the Irish voters. Major Boisl's remarks were received with .applause, and Captain James Armstrong, Jr., teing noticed In the assemblage, he was called ripon for an address. Responding, Captain Armstrong said that the Irish voters had suf? ficiently shown that they had no affiliation with the Radicals or -the Know-Nothings, and by their action they had Anally repudiated both. The Radicals in attempting to fix this stigma onlllbernians had emphatically got the wrong pig by the ear-which reminded him ol a little j anecdote. 'During the Crimean war a man in Turkish uniform was found one morning piously kneeling with .his face toward the East, and presumably engaged in his morning's devotion to Allah.. A couple ol sol? diers, English and Scotch, approaching him, thought it would be a good time to exercise their legs, and fell to kicking him unmerci? fully. The supposed Mussulman imperturba? bly continued his devotions until his assail? ants had tired themselves and desisted, when, Jumping up and throwing aside his cumbrous uniform, he tackled the bold Britishers, and administered a soand drubbing to each la turn with charming impartiality, and, as he was finishing off tbe last' of them, he advised them, "The next time you want to kick a Turk, be jabera ye'd better take care not to get a Tipperary man." [Laughter ahd ap? plause.] Captain Armstrong, on retiring, Introduced tb the meeting, Mr.- Augustine T. Smythe, who paid a graceful tribute to the mechanics and workingmen of Charleston tor their unan? imous devotion to the cause ol order and good government, as represented by the Citizens' ticket. Loud calla being made again lor General Wagener, j he again appeared, thanked the citizens for the compliment they had tendered him, counselled them to be temperate and generous In their, exultations, and wished them good night. The procession then reformed and marched through George street to King, and thence in smaller squads and by different routes pro? ceeded, to their homes. One large detach* ment, proceeding down town, came through East Bay, and, halting opposite the office of THE NEWS, called loudly for Captain Dawson. A number of gentlemen soon appeared at the windows, among whom was Captain Arm? strong, who briefly addressed the assemblage, j and introducedCaptain F. W. Dawson. Captain Dawson thanked his visitors,; announced tbe rehabilitation of "the same old rooster" that in 1868 had flapped his anticipatory wings over a supposed victory that proved to be a close de? feat, and prophesied the extension of the re? deeming influence of the Charleston municipal election of 1871 thronghoat'ifie IengflfTW<r breadth of South Carolina. Tbe procession then marched to the Courier office where a similar interchange of greet? ings and gra tul at ion s took place, Mr. B. 8. Bruns delivering a stirring address upon the Issues ol the day and tbe last and greatest tri? umph, of the good citizens of Charleston. THE ELECTION IN NOBTH CAROLINA. WILKIN'OTON, August 3. The election passed off quietly. In Magno? lia, Dublin County, the Conservative gain was 17. In the whole vote of the city the majority against the convention ls 973, which ls a Con? servative gain of 21 on the last election. THE WESTFIELD DISASTER. NEW YORK, August 3. . In the disaster investigation, Henry Robin? son, engineer, was sworn: Left Staten Island at halt-past 12; came into tho New York slip; the engine bell was rung, "all done;" went out and put the hose on the tanks, and went on the dock to straighten them; went back to the engine-room, saw there was twenty-seven pounds, and went out; the fireman shut off thu water; I then saw the fireman out of the fire room, and asked him if all was right, and he said yes; I then returned to the eugine and saw 27 pounds steam; I then walked slowly out to? wards the bow and saw the captain with bis hand ou the wheel. I then returned towards the engine room, and when within ten or twelve feet heard an explosion. I rushed for the en glue room door and stooped and lifted the trap, when a fireman came up so badly injur? ed that he died immediatejy. Was not absent lour minutes after noticing twenty-seven pounds on the steam gauge; don't know whether the gauge was correct or not. When there was no steam on the gauge would some? times stand at two and others at zero. Worked twenty to twenty-two pounds ol' steam on the way up. Generally use from twenty-five to twenty-seven pounds of steam. The valve was set at twenty-seven so as to give the steam a chance to- blow off and keep it at twenty-five. When the gauge showed twenty seven In the slip, the solety-yalvs was Just simmering. The water In the tanks is some? times bolling. The valve ls five Inches. Could not tell the square Cf five or the difference be? tween high and low pressure. There were sometimes little pin-hole leaks in the engine, and there was a patch on the saddle, put on last fall, which was blown off at au explosion. MISCELLANEOUS TELEGRAMS. -Mrs. Burnside, daughter of Senator Cam? eron, ls dead. -A New York dispatch says three more persons are missing since Sunday, and it is be? lieved they were blown up lu the Westfield. Another of the victims is dead. -The Excelsior brewery at St. Louis is burned. Loss $150,000. -The disaster at the Washinston Schulzen fest was greatly exaggerated. There was only one hurt. -The Indians plundered the express train and robbed the mali near Fort Beuton. -The Lyman school-house, in Boston, was burned yesterday. Loss $100,000. -The small-pox ls reported in the vicinity ot Salt Lake, and three deaths have occurred. -The Hornet ls reporLed at Kingston, Jamaica, ready and preparing to leave. A Spanish war vessel la watching her closely. SHOOTING AFFRAYS IN DARLINGTON [From the Index.] On the 27th ultimo, Doctor Davis, colored, waa shot and seriously-wounded in two places by Wm. Coker, white, in the vicinity of Hurts? ville. We have not learned the cause of the shooting. Coker has made his escape. We learn from a reliable source that on last Sunday night, at Society Hill, Richard Onall was attacked, and fatally shot by Ben McCul? lough, both colored, at the house of the latter. The facts seem to be these: Ben, who is em? ployed on a Peedee boat, bad a suspicion that the deceased was too intimate with his (Ben's) wife. On the night of. tbe murder he lett his house, telling his wife that he would not re? turn that night; but in ord^r to satisfy himself as to her conduct, he did return at a late hour, and found the deceased with ber In the house. Deceased attemDted to escape, but after passing out of the house was shot by Ben and died on the spot. Ben made no attempt to elude the officers of the law. LIFE AT SARATOGA. THE HEADQUARTERS OF FASHION, AS IT WAS AND AS IT IS. Jennie J one's Sketches of Doings at the Springs-What a Trip Cost*-How the People Dress-Hints on Summer Tbl? lets-Travelling Costumes-"Jludc np'' "Women-Who Ought and who Ought Hoi to go to. Saratoga. SARATOGA, July 27. It would be useless looking for fashion in the larger cities during the month of July and August The only people who remain at this season are business men and hard-working ar? tisans and.their wives and families, who can? not get away, and none-' of these furnish the material for fashion record? or chronicles of | society. SARATOGA AS IT WAS. Saratoga has never been quite .itself since the war putastop to the annual emigration ot the brilliant Southern, women, Whose yearly vis! ts to the North was the great eve ut of their. lives, and who, to gfre dash and effectiveness to these brief campaigns, were wont to bring all their forces Into requisition. Those were days of "Saratoga" trunks, of gorgeous toilets chaoged five times during the day,'of gorgeous . equipages, of troops of negro servants, of .din? ners at the lake, of supper at midnight, of a carnival in which every one felt it necessary to Join, or else be excluded from all the sights and'privileges common to citizenship and hu manlty. SARATOGA AS IT IS. The present season commenced later, but-I has been so gay, since the races in July save it Its first impetus, that visitors remark, "How much lt is like 'old times ' " It ls - not quite like old limes, however, and probably never will be again, nor 1B' lt perhaps desirable it should. There ls greater simpllcltv-of. style and manner, more freedom of action: ladles dress more according to their conveniences; there IK much less effort to vie with each other in the matter ot dress, and more desire to have a *'good time" according to the individ? ual idea. WHAT IT COSTS DT SARATOGA. It must be supposed, however, that Sarato? ga has become a cheap watering place, or that lt does not.cost as much, or more, to live here two months of the year than lt did ten or fif? teen years ago. Five dollars a day and ex- | tras, which means fees to servants and the like, brings the cost per diem up to at least six dollars, white for riding and other expen? ses twenty to twenty-five dollars per week would not be -extravagant It will be found, therefore, that exclusive of travelling expen? ses andjthe cost of additional clothing a per? son may do Saratoga very finely, boarding at the best hotels ana taking drives frequent? ly, at a cost of about sixty dollars per week. UOW LADIES DRESS AT SARATOGA. Freedom ia dress does not by aay means convey the Idea of poverty in dress. It simply means adapting it more to convenience, and less to the former conventional standards. Some ladles have an Idea that lt ls now hardly worth while to take their handsome dresses to Saratoga, that they will find no use for them. A very brief stay would convince them that that was a very mistaken * idea. It is quite true that one misses much of the magnificence that formerly distinguished -the toilets. One finds the severity that dictated algid attention to the changes from morning, afternoon, din? ner and evening costumes much relaxed. A dress put on In the morning is not unfre qnently, though not often, worn all day. And upon the evening promenade, and even to the ball-room, quite as many short dresses are seen as long ones. Bat If a lady should presume upon that to suppose she could come to Saratoga and stay at a fashionable hotel, j'among fashionable women, with a very limit- j ed wardrobe, without feeling awkward and out of place, why she would find herself mis? taken. One cannot realize the cost that ls put Into those apparently simple costumes until one tries to copy them, one discovers nume? rous changes that are required In order to pre? serve the exquisite crispness and freshness. I / THE CHARACTER OP THE SHORT DRESS. It is not very long since a lady's social posi? tion could be gauged, it was said, by the length of her train; to-day it is not too much to Bay that her standing can be best jndged by the greater or less cost of, and elegance of, her short dresses. The lady of economical habits and limited means who lives In a city, and wishes to present a good appearance upon a email sum, ls afraid to put money In short dresses-so she makes them out of cheap ma? terial, or alters them over, into scant gentility, from some worn and faded representative of I former elegance, whioh has Been its "best days," and expends ber principal energies upon her. long dresses, which are to make a first appearance at winter balls and parties, ana prove her claim to social distinction at summer watering places. This is the best she caa do; her tram ls as long as that of aay other woman, and in it she is a success, but In the beauty, elegance and variety of her short dresses she falls be? low her average, and she knows it. Miss A. and Mrs. B. can afford to keep an elegant short dress of silk and muslin, becauso It 1B lovely either tn the day or evening, aud they have a fresh one of white pique, trimmed with costly madenei embroidery for to-morrow, another of batiste or French lawn for the next day, and so on for every day to come. But poor Mrs. C's plain liner, or simple lawn, looks out of place surrounded by gay toilets, and, besides, she is compelled to be economi? cal even ol. these, or they will reqidre wash? ing, which would be aa additional Item of ex? pense; so she retires back upon the Inconve? nient grandeur of her train, and, while some? body else is estimating the cost of her "grand toilette," ls wishing she could array her even lag promenade ia a short dress. DESCRIPTION OP TOILETS. It has beea already stated that short cos? tumes are not only universally worn in the morning, but in more delicate and dainty ma? terials, and more or less,[according to inclina- j lions, ia the evening, and even ir) the ball? room. A description of toilets, therefore, is necessarily a description of short dresses, for it is upon these that fashion expends itself. Trained dresses are to a certain extent uni? form ia style, for the train ls then a distinc? tive feature, but short costumes afford an al? most Infinite opportunity for the display of taste and genius, and lt is seized to the ut-. ] most A new costume consists of a polonaise ot fine white muslin, trimmed upon the skirt and sleeves with narrow ruffles, bottud with col? ored silk; petticoat of the silk, trimmed with flue nariow flounces of the same, pinked out upon the edge. Full wide sash pinked out. ?Skirt of pale blue, trimmed with narrow alternating flounces of the blue and pearl; gray-gray polonaise, trimmed with bands ol' blue silk, and with gray kaotted silk fringe. Costume, consisting cf lODg overskirtand j?cket of pale gray baliste, trimmed with bands of silk, qverashort dress of very light Nile-green silk, bordered with a rich plaiting. Overskirt simply lifted high at the sides; neck? tie of silk fringed out upon the edge. Skirt and polonaise of fine French muslin, profusely trimmed with needle-woru and val lf nclenne lace, chip hat, tri mme 1 with scarf ot pale blue gaze de ?hine and pink ("blush") rose, and white silk parasol lined with blue. A very effective ball dress of black tulle was trimmed with puffings, divided by soft ruches of white and black silk. Another black and white toilette was ot silk, trimmed with white fringe, covered'wlth black lace. One of the prettiest black and white toilettes is of black grenadine, trimmed with several narrow flounces, embroidered with white silk upon the edge in a narrow vine-leaf pattern. Upper skirt and Jacket are embroidered to match, the latter made very bouffant, bul with? out niffies. Dresses of white cbambery gauze ojsjjeat this design In embroidery of various colored Bilks, but these are less distinguished than the black and white. Many very pretty coBturnja are spoiled by the want of harmony between them, and their accessories; a simple costume, If lt ls harmo-' nlous, ls more effective than a costly one, if it ls composed of mixed and incongruous elements. BLACK AND WHITE. The only .way to be always well dressed with a limited number of dresses at a fashiona? ble watering place, ls to restrict one's self to black and white. Two white morning dresses, one of lawn, the other of plane, trimmed with embroidery; one---long evening dress ef white French muslin, one handsome street dress of black grenadine, another of black silk, and a long dress of black silk or grenadine, will carry any lady through the season,' and give her tbe reputation of being, ai wave better dressed than the majority. They must be of. frood material, however, and weil 'and lash onably made. There is this advantage about white and black dresses-that all other colors can be worn with them, and that it Is almost im? possible in them to offend the most fastidious taste. Moreover, the very selection of black and white ls indicative ot refined taste, and a Judgment that knows how to make the best of Its resources. FASHIONABLE 80TT8. There ls nothing more marked and distinc? tive this season, in the choice of colors, thau the "good style" which the selection of the palest shades in blue, green, pink, bnff, mauve and others are supposed to evince. Decided colors are to the new Belgravia: what the Bowery in New York ls -to Broadway. The new blue is so pale that it looks faded beside what would bave been called bright blue last year, and so also of other, colors; but, take them alone, they are very lovely, particularly becoming to blondes,-and afford precisely the iugeestion of color, in the way of gloves, rib? bons and bonnet trimmings, which all white or black toilets demand. ? AMERICAN LADT TOURISTS. An English paper recently gave English women a.great scolding for not dressing bet? ter for travelling. It is said that a crowd of English women would be known anywhere, by being so badly dressed that they seemed to take pride and pleasure in collecting their oldest and most incongruous articles of at? tire, and out of them constructing a rig that would defy any attempt at proper nomencla? ture. . This cannot be said of American women; al? most all of them travel more or less during the summer or fall season, and' nearly all ot them are well, or at least appropriately, dress? ed. No matter how small the resources, a nest travelling suit, hat, veil, and waterproof will be obtained from them, and when they arrive at a hotel, and ore-obliged to make an. appear? ance before a large number of persona, a little brushing, a clean collar and a fresh necktie render them bright and presentable as need be. A certain lightness and deftnesu of touch, which rearranges disordered bair in a minute,' and imparts grace.te the whola appearance, seems to be Inherent with American girls, and constitutes, in fact, a large amount of their capital. The arrival at a great summer re? sort, and the necessity ot 'acing a crowd ol critical loungers, ls a very trying thing to the nerves of most women, but there are lew who are not perfectly ' prepared to undergo such scrutiny. While men, after a day's railroad travelling, look wretched, dirty. limp and mis? erable, the majority of women will come out. serene, neat, plumage unruffled, temper un? disturbed. FALSITIES OF FASHION-. Th? American women, In fact, /like Mark Tapley, seem wonderfully adapted to coming out Jolly under trying circumstances, while at ordinary times she ls weak, imitative and easi? ly influenced into doing things totally opposed to her Judgment and Instincts. The simplicity with which slender, delicate, spirituelle women add to their natural forms false humps and protuberances, which deceive no one, which, if they were natural, would only be recognized as deformities, would be laughable If lt had not a serious side to make lt sad. With half the force and half the muscle, with less than half the. flesh, they Insist upon having the full busts, the broad hips, the bulk of calf of the English, German and French women, for? getting that they are quite out of harmony with their own physical construction and the laws of its development, and thus they go carrying upon their poor littte bodies, burdens which deprive them of all physical power and capacity, which deform instead of beautifying, and which render their leanness and poverty o? physique more conspicuous when these extraneous conditions are removed. What ls the use of women try? ing to disguise themselves by bustles and busts, and hoops and calves that are hung up. in every shop window-that are as patent to every man and boy that walks the s tree ts as to women themselves-that teach everybody a lesson of distrust of his own mother before he has learned to have confidence in her ? Amer-, lean women hare a beauty of their own which might easily be cultivated, naturally and truth? fully to superiority to such shallow tricks and devices. The depth and breadth of bust and general formation which characterizes most European women, does not belong to their more tender and delicate style and conforma? tion. Ot course there ls no necessity that thia should degenerate into lankness, flat-cheated ness and the absence of all womanly growth and attraction, bat. when this ls the case, some other means must be taken to remedy tho evil -whalebone, hair-cloth and cotton bat tag won't do lt. WHO OUGHT TO OO TO SARATOGA. The women who go to Saratoga are the very ones who ought not to go. Life to them is very much the same everywhere-principally eating and dressing, driving and flirting they go to Saratoga because it is necessary to go somewhere, and because some of their friends are going there. They get up but a mild Interest In anything. Life presents no sharp or vivid contrasts to them, and they are languidly ready to go or stay anywhere that they will be likely to find companionship. Such women as these ought to go camping out in the woods, or roughing lt In the Adaron dacks during the summer. For a few short months, they should leave their airs and graces, their train2 and panniers, their, puffs, their patches, their languor and nervousness, and get Into the heart of nature. Coffee cooked over cross-sticks and sweetened wltb molasses, or not sweetened at all-and our experience of hard-tack and salt mackerel would make civilization precious to them when they re? turned to it, and would take many of the cob? webs out of their brains. Then to Saratoga I would bring the hard worked, the over-taxed women, the poor wo? men, whose lives are spent in performing offices for others, and with whose narrow ex Benses no knowledge of the holiday side of fe has ever come. I should like to see these women promenading the grand piazzas, revel? ing in the light, the air, the sound, the color I Bhould like to see tiiem seated at tables, sup? plied with all the luxuries of which they had ever heard-with troops of servants to fly at their bidding, aud the choicest things of the earth placed at their disposal. I do not think lt would hurt them one blt-it would do them good- they would enjoy lt for a time, but they would soon become satiated with lt, and they would learn that there are better things than the pleasure of the senses-that the exercises of the atlee Hons, the performance ot' duty, tbe effort to realize a nobler ideal of life, are all better even than Saratoga. JESSY JUNE. "jrnAT ARE rou SNARLING AT ?V Blunt Horace Greeley anti the Innocent Carpet-baggers. [From the Kew York Tribune.] The Charleston Republican Is soared by our castigation of "thieving carpet-baggers," yet confesses Its justice as iollows: "There are indeed 'thieving carpet-baggers In the South, as Mr. Greeley says. To doubt it one must be a fuol. There are men here from abroad who belong to the family of Satan himself. Tn ey are here, no bett?r and no worse than the scum or our society who are natives. Tue native tbtef and heli-houad, aud the one from abroad, are wonderfully alike. "They are here, these 'thieving carpet-baggers.' and so some of the clsss are In Greeley's own city-yes, tens of thoisands of -them. Horace Greeley did not blunder when he showed that we have a large criminal class among us." Very well. We are agreed as to the essen? tial facts. Now, the Tribune Insists that the honest Republicans of the Southern States shall send these thieves to the rear, and not allow them to lead and drive, to legislate and execute, as their impudence and their rapa? city impel them to do if permitted. Is not that good advice ? Is it not timely ? Ought lt not to be heard and followed ? It yes, what are you snarling at '?: JOTTINGS FROM TEE CAPITAL. WASHINGTON, August 3. Thomas H. Dudley, nine years consul at Liverpool, has resigned. The treasury department has announced Its readiness to redeem a million and three quar? ters of three per cents, which cease bearing interest September 31st. The assignment of land warrants must here? after be made on (behack of the warrants. TEE OLD WORi^MWS. THE LAST OE TH? FRENCH PRISON? ERS IN GERMANY. Ecg Uah and Continental ^Toplc?. ( LONDON, August 3. T wo passenger trains collided in the under? ground ?t?tropolltan EaUroad. Sererai pet :8?ris were hurt. - . ^ ? ; A grand banquet will be given In London on .the 15th, In celebration of the centenary of Slr Walter Scott, Hep worth. Dixon will pre? side, and lt is anticipated four hundred of the moat di s tl ngu 1 sh ed ' people' of Great Britain* and the Continent will be -present. The cutter Vanguard took the first prize at the Cowes' regatta yesterday. PABIB, August3. Algerian advices are alarming. The insur ! gents are bural og the forests and com milting horrible atrocities. ' The natives of Oran have I Joined the^lpBurrectlon. JThe Deputies of the Left Centre, la caucus, resolved "to vote for the 'prolongaron* of ' Thlera's power under the title of president. The proposed conference between Thiers, Von Bneat and Granville relates to the Inter? national Society. It Is rumored that Re nu rsa t will be appoint? ed Minister of Foreign Affairs. Boux,* leader i of the abortive Communists insurrection' in {Marseilles, har been condemned to death. The., only French prisoners now in Germany are four officers and eight hundred privat es,, lu hospital, and ten officers and seventy privates Imprisoned for various offences. .. BBBOTi fAuigustra. - Armed Germans havirg violated"the 'Jora .frontier of Switzerland, the .Swiss ..Govern? ment bas addressed a protest to the Cabinet of Berlin. CONSTANTINOPLE August 3. The Porto bas ; dispatched 20,000 troops j against the Insurgents lit Albania, i \ '*>ai w -?-?'?>>'?. FLO SE NO E, August 3. ' The British iron-clad ] Warrior, ann an American frigate, are ashore near Leghorn,. It Is boped they will get off without serious damage. "' THE TURF. V ; -A- . SAKATQGA, August 2. A bet of $10,000 a side waa made Sere to--' I day for the October meeting. THE NEW KNOW-NOTHINGS. ?' 'N^TOIIR; "August 2. The central committee of the Order of Sons of America rejected a proposition to change the ritual so as to admit all persons opposed to Roman Catholicism, i THE WEATHER ASH THE CHOPS, ii Orangibarg. A correspondent says: "At no time.until within the past three weeks have the seasons, combined to give such a promise cf golden harvest An early and-genial spring, a sum? mer of alt? mating showers and sunshine ex? panded a growth ot cotton and provisions, that *aa almost unprecedented; but a;steady drought has parched the earth and wilied 'titer crops, until such that aro planted Ir- light lands are Ont off; and the late corn has put on that yellow cast which portends .failure. A rain now will be worth .thousand*: .to tile county." Kershaw. The Journal says: "On Saturday last Cam? den and vicinity was visited by a refreshing . rain, causing vegetation to look aa emuingas possible, unfortunately, ho we ve r, the show? er was local, and many portions of the county have received no rain for six weeks, We learn that cotton ls shedding badly In the neighbor? hood of Flat Bock and elsewhere, and that cora is Buffering extremely. The prospect,. therefore, ls but little brighter thad lt was last week." Darlington. m The Index says: "With the exception of a very light shower last Sunday afternoon wa have not yet had any rain. Corn and cotton . are literally drying up, and could not now be * much benefited. The indications are, how? ever, that plentiful showers will visit us ina day or two, which will at least have the effect of laying the dust and cooling the atmos? phere." Barnwell* The Aiken Journal.says : "The crops around - Barnwell, while th^y have been pretty good, are now suffering from want of rain, and if we do not have some pretty good showers goon the crops will be short The season has beea such a good one for fruit everywhere ttat* Barnwell people were in hopes that they would be favored lu this line too; out though we hear .of some folks around and in the place wno have an abundance ot splendid fruit the great majority of the orchards look no better than they did this time last year." Sumter, ' The Watchman says v "In. some regions ol Sumter County the effect of th? drought upon cotton and corn has been distressing. The failure will be disastrous. This is the case la some regions adjacent to Bis hop ville and Sum? ter. In other parts good seasons have been experienced, and the crop will be fair." - ' ? t. mi ? ? * THE WEATHER THIS DAY. WASHINGTON, August 3. Partially cloudy and clear weather ls proba? ble for Friday from Louisiana eastward, and lu the South Atlantic States the conditions will remain favorable for local stocms from Mis-. j souri to Ohio, and northwards. The low ba ! rometer, with threatening and rainy weather, ls now prevailing from Ohio to Laka ' Ontario, and will probably extend over Pennsylvania and New England. Yesterday's Weather Reports of th*. Signal Service, U. S. A.-1.47 P. BL.,. Local Time. . Place of Observation. e o's, 55 Augusta.. Baltimore.... Boston. Buffalo, H. Y Charleston... Cheyenne, W.T. Chicago. Cincinnati. Cleveland. Corinne, Etan... Detroit. Duluth,Min .... Indianapolis.... Key West,Fla... Knoxville, Tenn. Lake City, Fla.. Memphis, Tenn.. MiiwauKee, Wis. Mobile. Nashville. New London, Ct New Orleans.... New Yerk.. Omaha, Neb. Oawego. N. Y.... Philadelphia. Pittsburg, Pa.... Portland, Me.... Rochester, N. Y. ' an Francisco.. Savannah . St. Louis. St. Pani, Minn.. Toledo, o. Washington, D.C. llmtngton.N.C. NorfolK. Lynchburg.. Leavenworth.... Cape Ma*...| 29.98 30.ee 29.93 20.86 80.09 29.08 29.90 30. Oi 29.931 29.63] 29.86 29.80 29.93 30.11 30.01 30.05 30.06 29.91 30.12 30.0* 29.99 30.18 30.0< 29.74 29.88 30 04 29.96 29.96 29.83 29.96 80.06 29.87 29.88 29.93 30.01 30.07 30.00 30.01 29.98 30.U6 ia E SE SE sw sw s NE E SW sw ?W w w N E S SW SE S w sw Cm ? . E Cm S w sw SE sw Gentle. Gem le. fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Fresh. Fresh. Light. fresh. Fresh. . Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Gentle. fraile. ldght. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Gentie. Fresh. Fresh. w SE Light. Gentle. Ught. Qeiiu?." Brisk. Gentle. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Gentle Gentle. Fresh. Fair. Fair. Fair. Cloudy. Fair. Cloudy. Fair, rb'lng. Thr'ng. . Fair, rnr'ng. Fafr. Fair. Fair. Cloudy. Pair. Fair. Pair. Fair Hazy. Fair. Fair. Fair. Cloudy. Hazy. Fair. Cloudy. Fair. Pale Clear. Fair. Lt. Rain Clear, tl. Rain Fair, fair. Fair. Clear. Pair. Fair. ?J* NOT?.-The weather reoort date? 7.47 u'cloo&v this morning, will Be posteo in trie rooms ol toe ' On&mber of commerce- at 10 o'clock A. IL, and, together with the weather chart, may (by the courtesy of the chamber) be examined by ship-' masters at any time during the day.