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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1671. CHARLESTON, WEDNESDAY" MORNING, MAY 3, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE POLITICAL FIELD. GRAND SCRUR RACE FOR THE WRITE HOUSE. Presidential Plottlngs- Senator Frank Blair Trots ont a New Candidate-One of thie Brown Family-Frank's Rea? sons for Backing Brown-Greeley Gulps Grant-A Sick Old Philosopher -The Labor Keformerg In the Field. [FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] NEW YORK, August 19. Frank Blair was in town the other day, stopping at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and was taking up Ben Gratz Brown, the liberal Gov? ernor of Missouri, tor fTf***Democratic nomina? tion for the Presidency. General Blair holds that as both r' the great political parties are badly split up upon matters of doctrine, the next contest for President will really be be? tween men. The Republicans disagree among (themselves about thc tariff, about the manner of paying off the national debt, about Santo Domingo, but they appear to be agreed to ac? cept Grant as their candidate in 1372. The -Democrats are at sword's points about the so called "new departure.'' While the Northern Democratic State conventions accept the situ? ation by large majorities in every case, there are dissentients in the party in every Northern State, and a large element ot the Southern Democracy Seem to be indisposed to abandon their old position ot opposition to the amend? ments. It ls even doubtful if a platform ac-1 ) ceptable to both sections could*e framed, and j a non-committal or "dodging the issue" plat lorm would necessarily be weak. G rani's nomination by the Radicals ls as good as made. The real bus!ness before the Democ? racy now, according to Frank Blair, ls to put up A man who can beat bim. The Democrats mmt get possession of the government in 1872. Then party differences-can be Bettled afterwards. Blair believes that Brown pos? sesses most of the elements of strength of any of the possible candidates against Grant. Here are some of them: 1. He will be ac? ceptable to that large segment of the Republican party disgusted with or. ashamed .of Grant, but unwilling yet to vote for a pro? nounced Democrat like Hoffman or Pendle? ton. 2. He is not unacceptable to Democrats, lor be comes of famous old Jeffersonian Demo? cratic stock, started out in life as a Democrat, founded the St. Louis Democrat, once the or? gan of the Democracy in Missouri, and disagreed with the party only on the slavery question. That being a dead Issue, there ls no difference now between his political principles and those of nine-tenths of the members of the Democratic party. They agree upon the questions ol State rights, strict con? struction of the constitution, tariff tor revenue only, general amnesty, ana civil service re? form. 3. Being partially of-German extrac? tion, as his name Indicates, the favorite o? the Missouri Germans and the political and per? sonal bosom lrlend of Carl Schurz, he can command the entire German vote of the North west, which he Ids the balance of power In the States of Ohio, Michigan; - Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska. Senator Schurz has assured Governor Brown that he will take the stump for him if he Is nominated, i. He will poll the very best vote we can get In the Mississippi Valley. 6. He ls a practical legislator, a man-of vitality, versa? tility and breadth, a fine writer and a solid de? bater, a man of deep learning and ardent con? victions, and conspicuous for the Jacksonian -qualities of self-reliance, firmness and Integri? ty. 6? He ls a uniformly successful man. He has never been beaten. . This ls Brown, whom Blair would have for the Democratic candidate for President. In addition to the above points there may be said of him, that helsa Kentuckian by birth, the grandson ol that Senator Brown, of Kentucky, who waa the^Intlmate Trleud and adviser of Jefferson, and for a time president pro tem. of the United States Senate; that he ia possessed of ample wealth, and in per .anal appearance ls a quaint, knotty, little red-headed man, "equal parts pluck and genius, whom the peo? ple can see and huzza for." Senator Blair tells his inquisitors that he ls working bard to get Gratz Brown accepted by the Democracy. Coupled with a strong Penn? sylvania Democrat on the ticket, so as to secare the Keystone, his election will be certain. As the general lean Indefatigable laborer, perhaps he may succeed in arousing a furor over his favorite. The principal trouble with the De? mocracy is certainly the want of a man who can command the individual support of the party, while he draws votes from the opposi? tion. It may be seriously asked whether what is called the "Bourbon" element of the party ..will vote for an old free-soller like Gratz Brown. In reply, ii is raid that they voted for Frank Blair, an old free-soller, three years ago. without making a wry face, and that if the Issue is simply Grant and Brown they will have no choice out to accept the lesser of the "evils." Brown, with a Democratic adminis? tration at his back, ls preferable to four years more of the man on horseback, with Butler, the malignant Morton, (who announces his belief In a strong, consolidated governoflbt,) and the ..thieving carpet-baggers'' behlnublm. Poor Mr. Greeley ls In a quandary. He hates .Grant, be wants the nomination for President himself, and his better Judgment tells him that the present occupant of the White House (when he is there) bas everything fixed for .controlling the convention. Greeley an? nounces in the Tribune that he opposes the renomination of the President because he be? lieves in the single terra, principle, and be? cause there are men in the party who would run belter. But conscious that he may have to support Grant, he hedges by saying that the re-election of this incapable, corrupt, selfish, vulgar and lazy man is infinitely preferable to a Democratic triumph. This prostration at the leet of party ls lamentable In an individ? ual who makes so many professions of inde? pendence as Mr. Greeley does. His future ls dark indeed. He has nothing to hopo from the Democracy, and, if Grant is re-elected, he ls Just as much out in the cold, for the Presi? dent treats him with the most exasperating contempt, and cares nothing at all for his re .commendatlons. The third party, the Labor Reformers, will .certainly put a candidate for President on the I track. The national convention ls to meet at Coi um bus, Ohio, in October, for the purpose ot making a nomination. It is understood that the two prominent names canvassed among the Labor Reform leaders In this connection are those of George W. Julian, of Indiana, and Wendell Phillips. In spite of the sanguine an? ticipations of Phillips, lt is difficult to see where the material ot tbe "great party of the future" is coming lrom. The labor reform movement is based on one idea onlv-the bet? tering of the condition of mechanics, or those employed in labor by capitalists. As the vast majority of the inhabitants ot the United States are agriculturists, who have no very strong reason to abandon present party asso? ciations to aid a party gotten up to assist a class only of the community, lt is evident that the labor reform organization must be con? fined to narrow dimensions. There are three candidates besides Grant al? ready in tbe field for the Presidency, but it must be admitted by their most sanguine sup? porters that their candidacy will not seriously affect the general result; that it will not even throw the election into the House ot Repre? sentatives. Pratt, the greatest of American travellers, and Train, are not positively certain of more than one vote each, and Madame Woodhull can hardly expect to carry more than the Territory ol Wyoming, which, unfor? tunately for her, has no electoral vote. Nra. THINGS IN NEW YORK. Hurricane at Sea-Verdict or the Coro? ner's Jury In the Starbuck Explosion ?Yacht Race. NEW YORK, August 22. The steamship Victor, from New Orleans for New York, encountered a hurricane on the 15th of August, off Jupiter Inlet. Her cabin 'was filled with water, and the oargo shifted. There was also much water in the bilge. The verdict in the coroner's Jury in the caBe ot the tug Starbuck charges the engineer and .Government Inspector Stratton with man? slaughter. Warrants are out for both. The Madgle won the challenge cup, and the Sadie the prize for sloops at the Newport, R. I., regatta. THE PROSPECT FOR COITOS. Bine Tidings from Alabama. The Selma (Alabama) Times tells us : We have passed our lives here, where the staple ls raised, and we have never known a year as disastrous; nor have we ever known a year in which the damage Inflicted by exces? sive rain, and then by a continued dry spell, is as great as this has been. We saw on Monday plantations which have always yielded well, and which have looked comparatively well up to date, upon which the small bolls on the .stalk are literally dried up, while the plant is now throwing off everything that it ought to make; and such is tho condition of I the crop generally' in this section.' Even if I a rain should come now, general and in sufficient quantity, we have our doubts as to whether lt would do any good, so far as making anything farther, tor the plant would now have to commence another growth, form, square, bloom and mature, which we do not believe would effect anything before the worm, which baa already made Tts appearance In some localities, will march in in full force and add its quota to the disastrous combina? tion of circumstances against the cotton crop for 1871.? The cotton crop ls short, very short; ! and the corn .crop is in the same condition, and still the price ot the staple does not ad? vance, but "hangs fire" at a figure that if sold at by the planter this year will beggar him* The price of cotton, Judging by every princi? ple of supply and demand, ls bound to ad? vance, and we say to our planting friends that they have the game in their own bands, and that it is with them whether they are sold out of house and home after another year of | labor, toll and privation, or whether they at least realize enough from their cotton crop to make an even balance sheet with their factors. Crop Disasters In Georgia. A correspondent writes from Scriven Coun? ty. Georgia, under date of August 19 : Between the drought (which lasted (hree weeks, and came on at a time when farmers here were delighted with the prospect) and the wet spell, which I cannot say how long will last, I am afraid the cotton crop in this neighborhood will be cut short nearly one half. The question might oe asked, why so ? I answer, at the time of the drought cotton was as fine as we have ever had ll at that period of the season, full ol forms, and still growlne and promising a lair yield, having'from four to six weeks in which to develop itself. Before the drought ceased lt had stopped growing, every day at noon was wilted until the leaves and blos? soms were all closed. Then came the rain, and it began to turn yellow, shed Its leaves and blossoms, and to open rapidly. Some of our neighbors' crops need picking now, and it can be noticed In almost every patch you enter, that all the forms not hali grown at the commencement of either the drought or wet season (I am not sure which) have dried up on the stalk and are dropping off. CONDITION OF TSE CROPS. Darlington. Our correspondent X writes to THE NEWS as follows, under date of Darlington, August 21st: The area planted in cotton in this county the present vear ls considerably less than that planted last. The condition of the cotton crop at present la very unfavorable. The late drought, with cool nights in July, caused the plant to shed and take rust. The crop of the present year, under the most favorable circumstances, compared with that of 1870, will not exceed one half. Owing to the reduction in price of cern and bacon, and the small amount of commercial [ fertilizers used, the probable coat ot the pre? sent crop ls less than that ot last year, or the four preceding years. The area planted in corn Is greater than that of last year; the crop will be probably two thirds as much as that of 1870. Edgetteld. Major Z. W. Carwlle, writing to THE NEWS, from Edgefleld Courthouse, under date of August 19, says : I think there ls at least fifteen per cent, less aerease In cotton thtx year than last The prospect of the cotton crop, at this time, ls very uncertain. Up to the first of August most ot the crop In the pine land portion of | our county bid fair to make avery good yield, but much of it has been injured by drought, and now the rust bas appeared in it, which will very much shorten the crop. The crop on the clay land portion ot our county is gene? rally very poor, having suffered from an ex- ! cess of rain and grass in the early portion ol the season, and lately from severe drought On the whole, I think the yield for this county will be one-third leBs than last year. The crop has cost much less this year than last as not nearly the former amount of fertilizers was used, and provisions have been much lower. The corn and small grain crops have been much enlarged, and where they have been well attended to will make fair average yields, particularly of corn and oats. I hope we will make very nearly enough to supply the de? mand in this county. Beaufort. The Republican says: "The copious rain with which we have been blessed the last week has had a salutary effect upon the cot? ton crop on St. Helena and elsewhere in this vicinity. Wherever lt looked dead and parched, lt has taken new life, and the pros? pects are now looking more favorable foran extensive crop than ever. The fields that were looking as brown as In mid-winter are looking fresh and green, and the pasturage is good." THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, August 22. Light local storms are probable for to-night in Illinois and westward, and an area of low ba? rometer, with threatening weather, will be de? veloped over the lower lakes. Rlsinsr barome? ter, with easterly winds, will probably contin? ue on the Middle Atlantic coast. Cloudy and threatening weather will probably continue on Wednesday in the South Atlantic States, with increasing cloudiness south and westward to Texas, and a severe storm on the Georgia coast Yesterday's Weather Reports of tile Signal Service, U. S. A.-#.47 P. DI., Iiocal Time. J'.ace of Observation. c Sf* SP B 53 Augusta..29.941 79 NE Baltimore. 30.31 79 E/ Boston. 30.39 69 E Buffalo, N. V.... 30.05 SI V Charleston.29.91 '.8 -E Cheyenne, W. T. 29.23 83 S Chicago.30.01 "9 SE Clncinna'l. 30.07 87 B Cleveland.30. io 74 NE Corinne, O tah... 29.60 92 s Detroit. 30.05 77 S Duluth, Minn... 30.07 79 W indianapolis.... 29.99 88ISE Knoxville, Tenn. 29.9? Si SE Lake City. Fla.. 29.8j 76 NE Memphis. Tenn.. 29. ?9 88 NW Milwaukee, Wis, 30.04 75 SE UoMle.29.'J2 95 N Nashville..co oi 93|E New London, Cf.iii?37 69 SE New Orleans... .'23.98 90 NW Sew York.jC'j.35 71 E Omaha, Neb.:*?o.oi 70 NW Oswego, N. Y" /C0.13 81 S Philadelphia.130.33 76 NE Pittsburg, Pa.. . E.0 16 85 SW Portland, Me.... 30.38 69 SE Rochester, N. Y. 30.O9| 82 S San Francisco.. 29.941 63 s Savannah. 29.61 74 E St LOUIS. 29.92 91 E St Paul. 30.13 76 N Toledo. 0. 30.071 78 NE Washington^ C. 30.241 79 NE Wilmington.N C. 30.08 85 SE '.- .rfolk. 30.17 77 NE Leavenworth.... 30.17 78 NE Lynchburg. 30.04 84 N Cape MST.|30.27 73 NE Mt. Washington.130.61 49!3W Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Brisk. Fresh. Gentle. Fre3h. Gentle. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. ?Light. I Fresh. Mentle. Gentle. Gentle. Light G ec tie. Gentle. Fresh. Brisk. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Gentle. Fresh. Brisk. " Light. Gentle. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Light. Fresh. Gentle. Fresh. Brisk. H. Rain Pair. Hazy. Fair. Cloudy. Cloudy. ?azy. Uazy. Hazy. Fair. Cloudv. Clear. Bazy. Hazy. L. Rain Fair. Uazy. Hazy. Hazy. Fair. Fair. Fair. Thr'ng. Fair. Clear. Fal?. Fair. Fair. Fair. L. Rain Fair. Clear. Hazy. Fair. Oloudy. H. Rain Cloudy. Fair. Cloudy. Fair. Norse.-The weither re-port dated 7.47 o'clock, this morning, will be posted In the rooms of the Chamber or Commerce at 10 o'clock A. M.. and, together with the weather chart, may (by the courtesy of the Chamber) be examined by ship? masters at any time during the day. -The young men at the watering places have discarded white vests. The young ladlee use BO much oil on their hair that a vest is only good for one evening on the piazza. SUCCESS OFTHENEWIOAI; TBE WHOLE A3?OUNT OFFERED TA?CEN VF iy.A SINGLE DAT. Thiers's Salary-Thornton a Member of the (intens Privy Connell-TIM Cholera at K?nigsberg-Shipwreck. PARIS, August 22. The br?dget committee flies Thiers's salari? at haifa million francs, exclusive of ordinary expenses. Tr. the Assembly to-day a stormy discussion was aroused by Irreligious expressions used by some deputies in their speeches. At the distribution of prizes in school at Lyons, M. Jules Simon, who-' was present, made a speech, in which he declared he should ever uphold the principles of morality. LONDON, August 22. The introduction of seventy-five millions ot dollars of the United States five per cent, loan to-day, by Jay Cooke, Mcculloch A Co., was a moneyed success, the subscription ex? ceeding in a single day the whole amount offered. The continental subscriptions are re? ported large. The books will be closed to? morrow Instead of Thursday, as advertised.*" The Times says that further French loans will be required before the City of Paris is re? stored to the condition it was in before the war. The meeting between the Emperors of Prus? sia and Austria has been postponed. , Thornton, recently minister at Washington, bas gone to Balmoral to take the oath as a member of the Queen's Privy Council. The Prince of Wales, from Hong Kong for Slam, foundered at sea. Fifty of those on board were lost. BERLIN, August 22. The cholera ls steadily increasing at K?nigs? berg, and has appeared at Dantzig. There are no cases in Silesia or South Prussia. The carpenters of this city have struck for an increase of 25 per cent in wages, and a re? duction of a day's labor to nine hours and a halt. VERSAILLES, August 22. A tax of twenty francs per kilogram of paper Is substituted for the newspaper stamp duty. There is a reported compromise made re? garding Tbiers's tenue ot office. He receives the title ot president, and holds during the ex? istence of the present Assembly. ROUE, August 22. The government ls taking the most strin? gent measures against the cholera. MUNICH, August 22. j A new ministry has been formed, with He quemanberg as president THE DEATH PENALTT. Execution of Two Negro Murderers Their Dying Speech and Confession Ort limitantes of the Crime. [FROM OUR OWN CORRSSrONDBKT.] WALTERBORO', August 19. Yesterday two of the murderers ot Dag? gers-Andrew Doyle and Charles Mechanics: suffered the extreme penalty ol the law, agree? ably to the sentence of Judge Thomas at the last Court ol Sessions lor Colleton. Daniel F. Drlggers was murdered last Janu? ary on Pon Pou River, and for a time his mur? derers were unknown. Finally Charles Me ohanick was discovered wearing the murdered man's shoes, and was arrested, and bet?re a trial justice on oath admitted his complicity, and Implicated Andrew Doyle, Simon Jenkins, Charles Brown and Jack Prloleau. All these parlies were arrested and tried together, but testimony could not be procured to convict more than two. and a no?, pros, was entered as to the others. On trial Chas. Mechanlck denied having made the oath belore the trial Justice, although it was proved, and denied all knowl? edge ol'the murder; so did Ihe others, except Andrew Doyle, who admitted that he killed Dragers,bu t was so drunk he did not know how lt/happened. But .lt was proved be was seen waiting on the road, and Bald he was going to kill Drlggers. A Jurf, consisting of nine colored men and three white men, convicted Doyle and Mechanlck, and they were hung yesterday, no effort being made to have them pardoned. Mechanlck, after conviction, said all his previous statements were false, and that his uncle, Tom Pinckney, was the mur? derer. There was an immense crowd of all colors and sexes to see the execution. The best judges said there were three thousand; but tne greatest order and decorum was ob? served by the crowd throughout. The prison? ers, neatly dressed, rode to "Gallows Hill" on their coffins. Aller prayer, they mounted the scaffold, and were asked by Sheriff Terry if they had anything to say. Charles Mechanick spoke lu substance aa follows: "I am twenty odd years old, and never was in a church In my life, and never prayed lill I got In this difficulty, which has beeii 'he means of Bavlng my soul. It I had told the truth all the way through I would not be here now. If I saj I don't know about this murder I would lie. I can't lie now, I got but a few minutes to live. I do know all about lt, but I won't tell on any one but myself. I was persuaded by the man that done lt to tell that He, but I won't tell who it ls, I beg you al!, white and black, to pray for me, and meet me In heaven. Good by, Brother Cuffee, (to some relative,) I see you; tell 'em all at home I gone right to heaven." He talked a great deal more, but this ls the substance. Doyle was given the same chance. He Bald he had made his peace with God, and If his friends wished to see him they must "come to glory."" He said he had confessed he killed. Drlggers, but it was not true. The devil got the better of him and made lum tell the lie. He told the crowd to meet him In heaven, &c. After they bad finished speaking and praying, the ropes were adjusted,the cap3 drawn, the word given, aad they were launched into eternity. *** THE RROKES CARLES. Revelations of Somebody's Blunders An interesting fact in relation to the Eng? lish Atlantic cables has Just transpired, which shows that there was a stupendous blunder in the calculations by which the break in the cable of 1366 was located lu mid-ocean, the re? sult of which was, that in the search for Ibis break, the cable of 1865 was broken in grap? pling for that of 18G6, und we were left wiih only the French cable as a means of telegra? phic communication between the continents. When the cable of 1866 gave out, the fact was located by the usual tests lu mid-ocean, whith? er a repair steamer was dispatched to take up and reunite the two ends. In grappling for these, the cable of 1865 was picked up and accidentlv severed, apd efforts to find the break In that ol'1865 were fruitless. This left the public entirely dependent upon the French cable until late last spring, when it waa discovered that the fault in the cable of 1866, instead of being in mid ocean, was lu close proximity to the Newfoundland coast, where lt might have been repaired ia a few hours, except tor an original mistake, which resulted in the rupture ol one cable by the efforts to find the break in the other where it did not exist The facts have important bear? ing in promoting the uying of new and com? peting cables, confirming as they do the theo? ry that ocean cables once properly laid ia deep water are little liable to be severed. TBE COREAN FAILURE. WASHINGTON, August 22. Full details of the Corean affair is published in the Terald. The caption ot its article ls "A Great Victory, but a Great Fizzle." The Tribune says : ??Y"? have failed in seenriag the avowed object ~. the expedition, and the whole affair 1H worse than useless unless the force under the orders of Admiral Rodgers ls Immediately quadrupled arti be is ordered to reduce the country." ABOUT POUT CHARGES. Outrageous Extortion at New York, The exaclidns upon commerce at the port of New York, it is asserted, are enormous, and the extravagant fees charged are excused on the ground that the persons holding office in the quarantine and harbormaster's depart? ment s are obliged to pay heavily for their ap? pointments, and also to contribute largely to political tunds. Inls state, cf affairs has not always existed, and, In fact, has grown up within the past fifteen xear.s. Thus, in 1856. the commissioners appointed by the New York Legislature to lay out the lines of the harbor of New Ybrk City, made a comparison of the port charges at London, Liverpool. Antwerp, Amsterdam, Havre and New York, aod lt was shown then that the charges at New York were less than those at any of the ports named. An exami? nation, however, at the present time, taking the ligures from actual occurrences, shows, it is asserted, that the exactions in the port of New York are very much greater than at any other port In the world where statistics have been collected. Thus at Lon? don the charges of entering and clearing, including all expenses, for a ship of 991 tons, amounts to a little less than $1000. At Liverpool the cbanres ot entrance and clear? ance on a ship of 1000 tons amount to $1050. At Antwerp, all the charges both way, for a ship of 207 tons, amount to $162, aud at Am? sterdam the charges in and out on a ship of 300 tons only reaches the sum .of $96. At Havre the entire charges on a vessel of 120 tons amouat to $120, and at the Mediterranean ports the expenses of entry and clearance amount Irom ten to seventy-five cents per ton of the vessel's measurement. At the port of New York the charges are enormous, and a recent sase of the actual expenses of a bark of 689 tons which arrived at that port from Cuba, with a cargo of 1100 hogsheads and 300 boxes ol sugar, will show how importers are treated. The items are as follows : Inward pilotage, $95 62; health officer's fees, tu 50; lumi gating, $20; stevedore, for discharging, $595; lighterage, $825; cooperage, $200; surveying hatches, $5; towing lrom quarantine, $60; en? try fee at customhouse, $5 50; harbormaster's tee, $10 34; United States Hospital fee, $16 80; State Hospital fee, $50; wharfage tor Atty days, $322 50; berthing fee, $50; stevedore, for load ding, $350, and outward pilotage, $52 70; ma? king a total ot $2215 66. In addition to these charges for one voyage, the tonnage dues, payable once a year, amounts to $206 70. In another case of a vessel arrived from Cuba, the health officer's bill lor lightering, steve? dores' labor, cooperage, permit, fumigation and towage amounted to $1265, while the en? tire freight was only $2175. More than one half ol toe freight was, therefore, paid to the health officer. TRIAL OF TEE COMMUNISTS. The Order of Proc?dure. The trial of the Communist ringleaders now going on at Versailles ls held i rf the large hall of the riding Behool attached to the cavalry bar? racks In that town. During the German occu? pation of Versailles the Emperor William's horses and equipages were stabled In the bar? racks. The riding school ls a loft about one hundred feet long, twenty-five feet high and fifty feet wide. It will hold about 2000 per? sons. The space has been subdivided so as to make room for the prisoners, lawyer?; members of the military tribunal and offi? cers of the council generally, members of the press, witnesses, ministers, mem? bers of the diplomatic corps, and other distinguished persons. About half of the court-room IB g.vea up to the public, who will be given tickets of admission. Those not hav? ing tickets must remain In the court outside. The room ls fitted up In the most Inexpensive style, benches, covered with a very coarse calico, being fitted up for the spectators. The first trial will be of the eighteen members of the Commune now in the hands of the Gov? ernment. When the case of these shall have been disposed or, Rossel, the delegate for war, will be tried, to be followed by Bochefort. The members of the Commune who are to bs first tried are: Ferre, accused of ordering the Ministry of Finance to be burned; Asst, the mechanic, a prominent member ot the Inter? national Society; Urbain, mayor of the seventh arrondissement; BUloray, JorTde, Finance Min? ister of the Commune; Trlnvuet, Champy, Regere, Lullier, the crazy enthusiast, lieuten? ant of marine, who commanded the Commun? ist fleet; Rag to ul, who organized concerts at the Tuileries, and who, among other sugges? tions. Issued a curious proclamation to his col? leagues, urging that the chiefs of the Com? mune should surrender to Thiers; Paschal Grousset, Foreign Minister under the Com? mune; Courbet-,- the artist; Verdun?, Ferr?t, Descamps, Clement, and Panent. The public on this aide of the ocean ls almost daily kept Informed by cable of the .proceedings at the exciting trials of many of these men. TBE STORM OFF WILMINGTON. Disastrous Effect? of the Gale/ [From the Wilmington Journal of Tuesday.] A heavy gale prevailed at Smithville, begin? ing on Saturday morning at ll o'clock, and continuing all day ol Sunday and yesterday morning. The wind was from the northeast, and blew lerri?cally during Saturday night. Two lillie schooners were capsized and sunk. One of these, the Foy, engaged in lightering Height to the vessels outside the bar, and loaded with rosin at the lime, was lying oppo? site Smithville when she was struck. A signal of distress was made, and Ibe revenue culler W. H. Seward put out from Smithville and resued ihe crew. It is thought that a large portion ol' Hie cargo will be lost, aTtboiigh th^jpessel will be raised. She lays in four feet ot water. Another small vessel, engaged in fishing for the phosphate works ot the Navassa Guano Company, located at Federal Point, was also sunk. b< tittie crew managed to get ashore safely. This .ssel prill also be raised, and the loss on her will be slight. The steamer Wac camaw, we learn, drageed her heaviest anchor fully one-lourlh of a mlle, and she sustained no damage. At Smithville serious damages weft at one time threateued. Houses were rocked by the force of the gale, and huge trees and branches of trees were thrown to the ground. Yesterday morning, when the Waccamaw left Smithville, the wind continued to blow with great violence, siill Irom the northeast. ., NEW STSTEM OP MARINE INSURANCE.-Some large shipowners have adopted the principle ot sell-insurance, and lt ls said to be increas? ing in favor. A prominent steamship com? pany of Philadelphia, in overhauling its affairs, ascertained that notwithstanding Ibe loss ot two steamers, the money received on policies was much less than bad been paid to insur? ance companies. Its annual Insurance pay? ments amounted to $35.000, a sum which would go a great way toward building a new vessel. It ls maintained by those favoring self-insurance that where several ships are under one proprietorship the payment of In? surance is BO much lost capital, as the high annual premium required approaches so near to the cost of a new ship, and that lt is much more profitable to have a reserve fund, the in? terest upon which alone, by adding to the earnings, would have a marked effect upon dividends. It ls believed that nonr- of the large European steamship corapaultn Insure, and seVeral domestic lines are reported to be working on the same plan. The advisability ot self-insurance must depend upon the extent of business and amount of capital. It could only be' profitable in large organizations, owning many vessels, and would give them a prefer? ence in the ireight market, as it ls presumable that self-insuring firms would be very careful as to the condition of their vessels, and see that none but the moet experienced and capa? ble men navigated them. CALIFORNIA COTTON.-We were presented on Wednesday last wUh a full-grown cotton boll lrom J. M. Strong's field, as a Bample of the crop. We have not visited the plantation for the last three weeks, but others who have done so assure us that the propped tor an'ex? traordinary crop improves with each week's growth. Many Southerners have visited the field, and all agree in pronouncing the experi? ment here a complete success, and many be? lieve that this valley will prove a far better co'ton-growlng region than the moBt favored localities in the Gulf States. Strong has gone below to purchase machinery for ginning and preparing his crop for market, and in a week or two will commence the work of "picking out" the beautiful locks of the valuable staple. {San Joaquin Valley Argus, August 5tA. THE COTTON WORM AT WORK. MOXTGOMERT, Align?t 22. Reports from tue richest cotton fields of Alabama and Mississippi say that the anny worm has appeared in larger numbers tuan ever before. The boll worm ls nlao reported in many counties. SARATOGA RACES. * . - SARATOGA* August 22L Duffy won the steeple chase. Vesuvius Shrew his rider. Midway won the second race, time 1.48. Joe Daniels won the third, time 1J8SL Abdel Kader won the fourth. SPARKS FROM TBE WIRES. -The Revenue Department has no discre? tion in extending time for taxes due. -It Ia stated that -McCook has withdrawn from the gubernatorial candidature in Ohio. -The ship Euterpe, of New York, has foun? dered at sea. Seven of ber crew are missing. -The schooner ashore orl Body Island is said to be the Marion from Boston for Liver? pool -Masked men hanged a colored man who had committed rape at Cleveland. Ten? nessee. -The negro cadet Smith ls In trouble again for harsh treatment of his lellow-negro, Gee Frow. of Alabama. -The Kentucky Legislature stands: Senate, .35 Democrats. 3 Republicans. House, 82 Democrats, 18 Republicans. -It ls announced by the Treasury Depart? ment at Washington that none of the new five per cents, will De on the market after this week. -It ls now generally denied In New York that the recently alleged case of Asiatic chole? ra there was anything more serious than a cate of cholera morbus. -The smack Ida May bas arrived at Provi? dence, R. I., with part of a pilot house marked "Wyoming," picked up at seo. The vessel to which It belonged was a large steamer with side wheels. It appears to bare been blown up by powder and steam. Later advices say the wrecked steamer hailed from Perth Am boy, New Jersey, and was on her way from New York to Providence. THE LOUISIANA SUGAR CROP.-From all parts of the State we have very encouraging ac? counts of the growing sugar crop ol Louisiana. The cane ls lu splendid condition and still lm?> proving. The crop, on the whole, is in better condition than the most sanguine anticipated earlier in the season, and should the latter por? tion of the year be favorable for cutting and .grinding, our Stale will turn out a crop some? thing ilse thoBe of ante bellum times. We do not think that 225,000 hogsheads isp hfgh esti? mate of the yield at this time, though of course the contlngeicles of the fall must enter the calculation so far as the merchant is concern? ed. If the season continues as favorable throughout as it bas been thus far, this great staple will be reinstated in Its former position within a very few years. We have the capaci? ty lo produce one million hogsheads, and these figures will sooner or later be reached. N. 0. Picayune, 16ift. itaittring material. g BINGLES! SHINGLES! Just received, a line lot. For sale low at BUILD EB'S DEPOT. No. B4 Church street. junia E. M. GRIMKE. ?Agricnltnre, Ijatf icnltnre,. &c. LANDRETH'S WARRANTED SEEDS. - S We have on hand our full supprimer TURNIP and other SeedB, all of which we will warrane as Fresh and Genuine. 'No oi her Seeds but those grown by LANDRETH are sold at this establishment. Seeds poi up in dozens to eult country trade, at Philadelphia price*. All orders promptly attended to. Large "i ello w Purple-Top ROTA BAGA, Large White Globe, Large Norfolk. Yellow Aberdeen, Dale's Hybrid. Amber Globe Stven-Top. Red-Ton, Early Flat Dutch, and all the varieties of Cab? bages. ALSO, Rlveted-back SCYTHES. Hay Rakes, Tinware, Wood and Wlllowware, House Furnishing Goods, Agricultural and Horticultural Implements. BLCM dc MILLER, Proprietors or Landretti's Old Established Agrl cultural House, No. 353 King street. Sign Ploosrh. ancB-wflmo D Drugs, Clicmicals, &t. RTSIMMONS- LFTER^R^G?LAWC A pr?parai ion of Roots and Herbs, warranted to be strictly vegetable, and can do no Injury to any one. It has been used by hundreds, ami known for the last thirty-live years as one of the most relia? ble, efficacious and harmless preparation] ever I offered to the suffering. If taken regularly and persistently, lt ls sure to cure: Dyspepsia, bea lache, Jaundice, costiveness, Bick headache, chronic diarrhoea, affections of the bladder, camp dysentery, affections of the kidneys, fever, nervousness, chills, diseases of the Bkin, Impurity of the blood, melancholy or de? pression of spirits, heartburn, cholle or pains m i the bowels, pain in the head, fever and ague, dropsy, bolls, pain in back and limbs, asthma, erysipelas, female affections, and bilious diseases generally; ' Prepared ,pnly by J. H. ZEILIN A CO., Drug? gists, Macon, Ga, Price $1; by mah $1 25. Many highly respectable perseus can fully at? test to the virtues of this valuable medicine. For sale by GOODRICH, WINEMAN A 60. BOWIE, MOISE A DAVIS, jnlyl8-tn_"_Charleston. jp BENCH PATENT MEDICINES. Prepared by Grimault A Co., Pans : SYRUP OF HYPOPUOSPHATE OF LIME, asov engn remedy in phthisis-relieves, Coughs Mghtsweats, Ac. duarana, for headache, neuralgia, Ac, ? Pepsine, for Indigestion, loss or appetite, Ac Iodized Syrup of Horseradish, invaluable fot persons unable to take Colliver Oil-eapeclallj recommended tn cutaneous affections, and as ? most powerful depurative. Digestive Lozenges or the Alkaline Lactates, s pleasant and effective remedy tor fanctlonal.de rangement of the digestive organs. Troches of Pepslae and Paucreattne. ALSO, PURGATIF LE ROY. Pharmacie Oottin. VOMITIF LE ROY, Pharmacie Cottm. Dragees de Sautonive. Dragees de Morphine. Lancelot's Asthma Cigarettes. For sale by Dr. H. BAER, may30 No. 131 Meetlne strp"* gPONGES! SPONGESi ? just received a fine assortment BATHING SPONGE Carriage Sponge Toilet Sponge Surgeon's Sponge, Ac, Ac. For sale by DR. H. BAER, maylo_No. 131 Meeting street. HASKELL'S ELECTRIC OIL. ANO HASKELL'S CARBOLIC CANCER SALVE, For sale bv DR. H. BAER, mayy_131 Meeting street. gDPERIOR COLOGNE WATER. Manufactured and for sale by Dr. EL BAER. oct! ll Meeting street. Patent ?tte?icines. MED?n.\EiFOI)D(0)lBl.\ED MOST WONDERFUL CURES EF? FECTED, BOTH OF MIND AND BODY.'' DU BARRYS DELICIOUS HEALTH RE? STORING REVALENTA AH ABI CA FOOD Will care DTSPEPSIA, Constipation, Acidity, Cramps, Fits, Heartburn, Dlarrhoa, Dysentery, Nervousness, Biliousness, Affections of the Liver and Kidneys, Flatulency, oollc, Palpitation of tbe Heart, Nervous Headache, Irritability, Noises in Head and Earsr Giddiness, Pain between the Shoulders, and in the Chest, Chronic Inflamma? tion and Ulceration of the Stomach, Eruptions on the Skin, Scurvy, Fevers,' Scrofula, Impurities, Poverty of B)ood, Incipient Consumption, Dropsy, Diabetes, Rheumatism, Gout, Influenza, Grippe, Nausea and Vomiting during Pregnancy, after eating or at sea, Low Spirits, General Debility, Paralysis, Cough, Ashma, Tightness across the Cnest,?Phlegm, Sleeplessness, Tremors, Vertigo, Blood to the Head. Exhaustion, Ac. The best food for Invalida, generally, as lt never turns acid on the weakest stomach, like arrow root, bat Im? parts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion and nervous and moscu'ar energy to the most enfeebled. Likewise adapted to rear delicate Infants. A few ont of 09,000 Testimonials or Cure are given below : THE POPE'S HEALTH RESTORED BY DU BAR? RY'S FOOD. Cure A'O. tW,4l3- '"ROMi July 21, 1366.- The health of the Holy Father la excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, be has con? fined himself entirely to Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, or wh'ch he consumes a plateful at every meal. It bas produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health*, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly/' From tile Gazette Du Midi, July 26. FROM THE DOWAGER COUNTESS OF CASTLE STUART.' Cure A'o. 62,612.-"RossTBSVoa, COUNTY OF DOWN, IRELAND, December 0,1854,-The Dowager Countess or Castlestnart reels lnduceH, In the in- ' terest or suffering humanity, to state that Da Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabics Food has cared her, alter all medicines had failed, or Indi? gestion, Bile, Great Nervousness.' Irritability, and Hysteria or many years' standing. This Food de? serves the confidence or all sufferers, and may be considered a real blessing. For sale In one and two pound packages by DB. H. B A E E, SOLE AGEVT, MEETING STREET. Directions with every package. au g2Lwfe THE CELEBRATED 1 GERM?N SOOTHING- CORDIAL, FOR INFANTS TEETHING. This ls the best Medicine for Infanta and young Children ever offered to the public. It ls carefully prepared from the best Drugs, accord ng to a pre? scription furnished by a distinguished German Physician or large and successful practice, and has been tried and approved by many or our best physicians. It ls specially adapted to the diseases Incident to childhood during the trying period or teething, and recommends itself for the cure of Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Colic, Griping tn the Bowels, Summer Complaint, Ac. It contains NO ANODYNE, or other injurious Drug, and should, therefore, be preferred to tbe Sooth i i g Syrups that now flood the market, which are known to contain opium, and are, therefore, more or lesa Injurious. Thous, ands of children are murdered annually by Sooth? ing Syrups; In some cases, this fact has been pub? lished in the newspapers, where the physician In attendance so stated In his death certiucate. In the numerous other cases, where the innocents are murdered By this modern Herod or the Nur? sery, the cause ls laid io a thousand other causes to all but the right one. Mothers, bear this In mind, and use the GER? MAN SOOTHING CORDIAL, which ls safe, effi? cient and satisfactory. DO NOT FAIL TO TRY A BOTTLE AT ONCE! This SOOTHING CORDIAL ls also an excellent Tonic, admirably adapted ?in cases or debility giving tone to the system, recuperating the strength and restoring the appetite. PRICE-TWENTY-FIVE CENTS PER BOTTLER MANUFACTURED BT - - Dr. H. B A ER, CHARLESTON, S.*C. - o For sale by all Druggists._' aug21 JJE. BIER'S IMPROVED VEGETABLE CATHARTIC PILLS will remedy BILIOUS DISORDERS and LIVER COMPLAINT-will cure Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Headache, Costiveness, Loss of Appetite, and have proved or jrreat use in Neu? ralgia, Dropsy, Dysentery, Piles, Pains In the Side, Back and Limbs. They will cure Sick Headactte and all Derangements or the Stomach. These Pills contain no Mercury, and may be taken with perrett safety by any persons, and in all situa? tions of Ure. , ,_ . .. No ramily should be without them. Manufactured by DR. H-BAER, Wholesale and Retail Druggist, Charleston, S. C. Price per box 25 cents. Usual discount to the trail e. ._ rTPHAM'S ANTIDOTE FOR STRONG U DRINK. 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