The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, August 29, 1871, Image 1

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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1771. CHARLESTON. TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 29, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE CAPE FEAR FOLKS. Tr -. QUEER INCIDENTS OF THE GREAT SCARE AT WILMINGTON. A Sadden Railroad Quarantine-How the Thing waa Done-A Cordon of ! Colored Guards-A Famished and Dis? consolate Crowd-Tim Hurley and a ..Naval Officer on the Rampage-Des? perate Overtures of the Besieged-A Benevolent Boniface-Adieu ti? Wil? mington and tho Wllmlngtonians. [FROit OCa FCGinV? CORRESPONDENT.] Is QUARANTINE, ? WILMINGTON DEPOT, August 27..J A most unprecedented and disagreeable contretemps, growing directly out of the ex? cited fears of the good people ot Wilmington, has occurred to the' passengers who left C uar lost on on the Saturday evening train on the Northeastern Railroad, i On arriving at lleare's Bluff, the last station between Charles? ton and Wilmington, the train was boarded hy Health Officer Wm. Gerkin, and each passen? ger from Charleston notified that he would apt be alloweortb-enter the corporate limits of the city, but would be required to remain at the depot during the d?tention of twelve hours occasioned by the arrangement of the railroad schedule. It was further ordered that the sleeping car attached to the train should be detained at Meara's Bluff; bat it was anally arranged, through the exertions of tbe con? ductor, Mr. Walker, that it should be brought to the turnout Just outside of the city. The promulgation of this order created, as may be imagined, no little consternation ff among the proscribed passengers, but sub? mitting to. the authority which had issued it, they offered no resistance, and gave no intima? tion of any wish to disobey or evade lt in any war. Notwithstanding this, however, the city marshal, who made his appearance at the depot during the morning, subjected the pas? sengers to : the indignity of placing a guard ot colored policemen over the party, which In? cluded, besides several- ladies-and children, Captain B. T. Benshawe, ol the United States Navy, Hon. T. Hurley, of Charleston, your correspondent, ana eight or ten other gentle? men, all travelling on business or under official orders. Captain Benshawe, who is under -orders from the Navy Department, and is now within a few miles of his destination, was re1 Xused the liberty of passing through the city to reach his station, and w hen he requested of the marshal, who had .officially signed the order by which we are all in quarantine, a cer? tificate that the latter bad detained him, the marshal coolly refused to sign such certificate, ?fing that he was only acting under the orders of the Mayor. In the published order by Marshal Cana day, of Wilmington, he claims to haye receiv? ed Information from the Mayor of Charleston that 11 the yellow fever prevails in that cltyrop an epidemic" The Information thr.t he act? ually did receive, irom Mayor Pillsbury, and, as he stated to your correspondant, the infor? mation upon which be based his order, is that contained in the following dispatch: CHARLESTON, August 25. To W. P~Canaday, Marshal of City of Wil? mington:' The yellow fever ls here. The board of health decides that it is assuming epidemic jgiorm. G. PILLSBURY, Mayor. The italics In both documenta are my own, but it will be seen by comparing the Italicized portions of the two, that the Wilmington offi? cer has, to put a mild term upon lt, taken a liberty with truth, such as is neither consiBten* with official integrity, or with ' that courtesy and comity that should exist, between two Cltiea, united In so many ways as are Charles? ton and Wilmington. There appears, ta-.nave . been no effort taken by the Wilmington au thorn les el tt? er to calm the exaggerated feajre. of-their own community,:or to state truthfully the condition of the City of Charleston. . Their' exertions' to-day have'been directed to making a theatrical display ol confining In an open and wholly com!ortleaa depot a party of ladle* and gentlemen.whose crime has been the living In or passing through" the City of Charleston, and who form the centre of a group of gaping Wllmlngtonians, who amuse thft?is?lvfls by Totalling stories of the- tearful ravages of the lever in Charleston, and point? ing out the gentlemen in the party who have the pestilence In their pockets, ready to throw into the town. Meantime, the disconsolate dozen of Ch arl es toni ans organized a meeting, with toe Hon. Tim Hurley presiding, and made overtures to their beleaguers.. These were pf the most liberal kind. We offered to take the", oath ol allegiance; to pass resolutions to en? courage immigration;to sink, pur fortunes in Wilmington City bonds; to swap Mayors, give them our present City Council, or even to lend them T. J. Mackey; but they were inexorable. We'-even expressed our willingness tb receive a public dinner at the bands of the authorities, or to read the Blot Act to the colored guard, but lo accept the freedom of the city la a Silver snuff-box we peremptorily declined. Captain Benshawe was a chained tiger, chafing under the unwonted indignity of being kept In close quarters, ostensibly to protect the health of the city, while the citizens were freely allowed to come and go. Mr. Harley had a double duty in his divided fealty to the fSladlcal party and his empty stomach. Mr. Waiker simply 'wanted to go home: Tour cor? respondent had an eye single to the approach? ing dinner, and the rest ot the party were In a ata te of quiet disgust with the whole thing. At last, however, a solid dinner came from the Purcell House, and was discussed with such appetites as twenty-four hours fasting were likely to produce, and the Weldon train soon alter supervening,' tile party left for Weldon and the North, by no means sorry to escape the rather peculiar hospitality ot the Wilming tonlans. ..; B. W. T. The Wrathful Resolutions or the In? dig nant Prisoners. IN QUARANTINE, ) WILMINGTON DEPOT, August 27. j At a meeting of quarantined passengers from Charleston, S. C., on the Wilmington, Colum? bia and Augusta Railroad, heir! at this place this dayr tt^wasr Resolved, That the detention by the health officers of Wilmington of a party ot ladies and fentlemen Irom a city in which no epidemic as been officially announced to exist, for the ostensible purpose of protecting the health of the City of Wilmington, was a measure of un? necessary and unprecedented severity and hardship. That the-circumstances that attended such detention, in the neglect to furnish, or allow to be furnished, any other accommodations than ac open shed br depot, the placing of an armed guard of colored policemen when there bad. been na intimation ot any intention of evading the quarantine, and the refusal to famish any means ot subsistence until most ol the party had been twenty-four houre without food, are such as to indicate that a laudable -desire to protect the health of the city was not the only Impulse prompting such action. That the inconsistency of the conduct of the Sty authorities of Wilmington, in subjecting ls party to the painful inconveniences of a -quarantine, is forcibly shown by the fact that while an armed guard prevented this party ?rom moving beyond the confines o? the depot, numbera of the citizens of Wilmington were allowed to, and did, mingle freely, and even obtrusively, among the proscribed passengers, and then return to the city, carrying with them doubtless quite as much Infection as would have been communicated if this Dart y had been allowed to go quietly to their respec? tive hotels. That the cordial thanks of this parly are due. and are hereby tendered, to Colonel John A. Davis, ol the Purcell House, for the excel? lent dinner which was at last prepared and brought, at no Inconsiderable trouble and ex? pens?, to the isolated position which had been Improvised for the first land quarantine estab? lished in a civilized community in many years. TIMOTHY HURLEY, Chairman! THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. Beaufort. THE INJURY TO LONG-COTTON-CRITICAL CONDI? TION OF TH?? RICE CROP-AN EXPECTED HALF CROP OF SHORT COTTON. A well informed correspondent, writing from Pocotaligo on the 26th, gives THE NEWS this Interesting information about the crops : 1. The area in long cotton ls one-third less than last year. 2. Long cotton will be cut short at least one hall by the storm-probably more. Prior to the storm, tbe crop was more promising than it has been since the war.' The gale on Tues? day last did more damage than the one on the Er ev lou s Saturday. The cotton-limbs have een broken and bruised, and the plants so bruised by the wind as to make boles in the ground around the stalks. They will inevit? ably take a second growth and cast some of the fruits, und a good deal has been already thrashed oil in the gales. Floe fields of marsn cotton, said to be good for a bale to the acre, have bean twice inundated. The last over? flow has not passed off yet. and the colton has begun to rust ia tbe lower branches. The rice crop has not suffered as much here as on the rivers, as the.harvest bas not begun. Much of lt will, however, be overripe before the fields can be dried, and considerable loss will he sustained from this cause. One hun? dred and eighty acres in this vicinity will probably prove a total loss by the break? ing of reserves. The whole crop was and still is In a critical condition, as the water had risen almost up to the beads o? Tice. The weather s ti il continues stormy, and the easterly winds back - up the tides and retard the drainage ot the rice fields. Fresh-water streams that run nearly dry at theebblncoi the tide, have kept for the past eight days nearly brimful at dead low waler. So the prospect for a good rice harvest ls gloomy In the extreme. Short cotton In the upper portion of the county suffered severely from drought, which, followed by the storm, will have a telling effect upon it, I live tn the long .cotton belt, but have been informed that not more tv.an a half orop will be made. The corn crop of this county ls fine, and has been little damaged, as lt ls nearly mature. 3. Expenses ot making the crops will proba' bly be twenty-five per cent less than last year, as commercial fertilizers have been little used, and labor has been cheaper. Cheater. THE CORN PROSPECT-COTTON A HALF CROP COST OF PRODUCTION. Our correspondent J. F. D.. writing from Chester on the 25th, says: The early corn In this section has done well; that planted late has proved a total failure, owing to the long drought. Cotton-prospects are generally bad, and planters despondent. It may be safely estimated at not over one half of previous year. Fertilizers have not been used extensively. The cost of produc ductlon, owing to lower price ot provisions, have been materially reduced, - ana we hope, with enhanced value of the staple, to compen? sate for the'deficiency ia quantity. EOREIQy VOTES AND GOSSIP. -General Manteuffel, who seemed to be efficient enough during the late war, ls about to resign command of the German army ol oc? cupation tn France, on account of charges of incompetency which have been made against him by the press and people ot Germany. His successor ls named ia the person of a General Barnekow, a division commander. .-Mormonism does not appear to be making very rapid progress-In England. In the Bir? mingham Conference, composed ot eleven branches, tbeavhole number of new members received daring last year was only twenty-one. As there were nine deaths and nine excom mun [cations, the net gain cannot be regarded as enormous. The total number of Mormons In the Birmingham district at this time is stat? ed at 840. -Of all the French soldiers, prisoners of war, who have been for months past Inmates ol German prisons, none now remain in the foreign land but Invalids and those who have been placed ?under arrest tor misdemeanors. The sick number In all four, officers and eight hundred mea, 'and there are ten officers and about seventy-five, men in one Bavarian and' different Prussian fortresses who are under? going the sentences inflicted npon them for offences committed during their captivity." -The. St. Gotthard Ballway,'across the Alps, is announced to accomplish important results. Genoa and Leghorn are to become depots for th? commerce of Germany, and German mer? chant vessels "wi ll soon be numerous In the waters of the Mediterranean. As an eminent Austrian Journalist said a few weeks ago, "Prince Bismarck has perceived that the Medi? terranean may be ruled over from the banks of the Spree by means of the St. Gotthard Rail? road." -In the recent municipal council elections, under German auspices, in Alsace and Lor? raine, the vote in the communes of the Lower Rhine was in some cases eighty, fifty, and thirty per cent, of the electors. In the Upper Rhine districts, including Colmar and Stras? bourg, a comparatively light vote was oast, ind in many other towns abstention from vot? ing seemed tobo the rule. In some places not more than a dozen or so voted, out of elec? toral lists numbering as high, almost, as 2000. Cn Colmar, out or 4413 electors, 1649 voted, ?ind at Strasbourg 7380 voted out of 17,090. -Ur. John Ruskin, having made a *'pot of money" out of a real estate transaction, has put aside one thousand pounds sterling as a fund for opening an English paradise. It ls, he says, a trank and simple gift to the British people; nothing of it ls to come back lo the giver. It ls to accumulate, and Its proceeds are to be applied lo the enrichment of-the earth, the redemption of roc?e and moor, the schooling ot children,., the teaching.of gentle? ness -to brute creatures, the cultivation of the finer graces ot social lite, and such other pur? poses as a paradise fund may properly serve. -The traction engine for common roads ls now the subject of greet interest in England, and the mechanical magazines are publishing illustrations of the method of application of this motive power. A traction engine with an omnibus lias Just been constructed for the Gov? ernment of the British East ladles, and IB de? signed to run for the conveyance of passen? gers and malls, and also of troops and supplies tor the distance of sixty-eight miles, between Baw ul Plndee and Jhelum, In the Punjaub. Four engines and omnibuses have been built for the government. The engine, running on common dirt roads, is placed on three wheels instead of four, giving lt a smaller base, and thus enabling ll to turn within Its own length and breadth, and to manoeuvre along narrow and crooked highways. All the parts are con? structed ot wrought iron or steel, BO that the machine ls much more compact and lighter than the ordinary locomotive. The principal dimensions are as follows : Diameter ot cylin? der, eight Inches; length of stroke, ten Inches; revolutions per minute, one hundred and sev? enty-two; working pressure, one hundred and forty pounds; diameter of main road wheels, six leet; width of India rubber tires, fourteen inches and a halt; thickness of India rubber tires, four inches and a half; greatest speed o? englue, ten miles an hour, and slowest speed three miles. The capacity of the water tank is three hundred and seventy gallons, and the capacity of the coal bunkers one ton. The weight of the engine with tender fully supplied with water aDd coal, is twelve tons. The om? nibus attached, which ls a double-decker, will larry sixty-five passengers, with baggage and mall bags._ _ ? THE CHARLESTON CUSTOMHOUSE. WASHINGTON, August 28. il ls possible that the Customhouse at Charleston will be closed until the yellow lever subsides, the collector ard most of the employees being unacclimated. COTTON LOOMING UP ! THE EFFECT OF TUE WORM A SD TUE ENORMOUS CONSUMPTION. The Bear? Beginning to Yield to the Pressure of the Coming Short Crop. The New York Financial and Commercial Chronicle, ol Saturday^ In ita, weekly review of the cotton market, says: The m:.t^et the past week has, notwith? standing the small business done, taken another upward turn In response to the in* creased sales and higher prices at Liverpool, which appear to have been Induced by the re? ports in regard to the crop sent from this side. The Associated Press have telegraphed over the country that caterpillars are destroy? ing the cotton plant, and this statement, toge? ther with the fact that the rains of late have been frequent and excessive In some sections having been telegraphed to Liverpool, formed the basis ot the rise tn prices. Consumption in Europe and this country is, in fact, so larye at present that the market is very sensitive to the least adverse rumor of tlie kind referred to. We learn this week that late returns indicate that our Northern mills are now consuming fully 19,000 bales per week, and -'so long as this ls the case, and Liverpool disposes of 75.000 bales per week tor consump? tion and exporc as during the past week, we cannot be surprised at the effect of reports which state that the supply from this country is to be very materially curtailed. Fortunate? ly these newspaper reports of destruction from the caterpillar are at least premature, and this conviction has shown its influence in our mar? ket to-day by a decline of ic. from the highest prices of yesterday, and the close to-day was quiet at the decline, the total sales for the day reaching only 883 bales. Holders are becoming rather more timid of late, and generally the offerings have been abundant at the current rate. This timidity arises from the near ap? proach ol the period when the new crop will begin to be sent forward, and the lear that the improvement in prices will lead planters io market their cotton early and freely, and thus prices be forced down below their present level. For forward delivery there has been a very active movement with wider fluctuations in prices than lor spot cotton, butat the close the rates show only about the same Improve? ment. ? Easton's New York Cotton Circular for Au. gust 25 says : The iolowing was circulated yesterday : "WASHINGTON, August 25. The reports of the cotton crop now, being re? ceived by the Bureau ot Agriculture, are very unfavorable. The officer in charge of. these reports says the Department will be fully sus? tained in Its Juae and July reports, notwith? standing the odium cast upon them by specu? lators and others." Although the Bureau have as yet issued no official report, we have no doubt that the above was obtained In some way from the De? partment, in advance of the regular issue, as was the case in June and July. As our friends may not remember what was said In the reports of June and July, referred to above, we reprint lt here : June Report.-"Au official estimate of the ultimate result so early In the season would be an absurdity. The Influence of the future rains, floods, frosts and Insect enemies, cannot be calculated lu advance. Butin view of the extremely favorable circumstances affecting the crop ol last year, there cannot be expected in the present season, upon a reduced area, exceeding three and one-half millions of bales. An early frost, or the .prevalence of insects, or a very unpropitious season, might reduce the yield to three millions; and a still further re? daction is possible in the union or severity of these causes of failure." July Report.-"While no estimate can, at this early date, be authoritatively made, this information leads to the following conclusions: With a reduction of li percent, in acreage, the continuance of the present relatively low con? dition, and a season as long as that of 1870, there should be gathered a crop of 3,200,000 bales, or about as large as that of 1869; with a sea? son of average length, 2,900.000; witU an early frost, and a very un lavo rab le season for pick? ing, 2,700,000. The prevalence of insects, with other unpropitious circumstances, would pro? bably reduce the crop to 2,600,000 bales. THINGS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, August 28. Suits have been commenced against the Staten Island Ferry Company for sums ranging from Ave to Atty thousand dollars. The British steamer Linda ls ashore on High Head, near Tarmouth, a total loss. It is prob? able her crew are saved. Recorder Hackett, in charging the grand jury in the Westfield case, said a great exam? ple would be set by holding the president and directors of common carriers .responsible. The ocean yacht race from Sandy Hook has been postponed until .October. The assistant aldermen concurred with the aldermen directing the mayor to take steps Immediately for the recovery of the old Brick Church property from the New York Times. MRS. WOODHULL EXPLAINS. Why She Live? with lier Two Husband* -Reply to Air. Greeley's Letter in the Golden Age. [From Woodhull A Claflln's Weekly.] Let us turn to the consideration of my of? fences as enumerated by Mr. Greeley, the of? fences of "one who has two husbands after a sort," "who lives in the same house with them both, sharing the couch of one but bearing the name of the other," and bf one who may be "persuaded to overbear her shrinking modesty and nominate herself." In respect to my do? mestic relations, which were dragged upon the public by those who desired and Intended to In? jure me, but to whom I am only too grateful for that favor, I knew not when 1 decided and acted at tho several epochs of my life I should ever meet with a single outside friend who would justify me. But, as I was justified to myself, I decided and acted as I did: and I am not only embarrassed by the idea that any one should think that by speaking on the Bubject at all I am condescending to apologize to anybody. I was divorced from Dr. Woodhull for reasons which to me were sufficient, but I was never his enemy. He continued to need my friend? ship, and he bas had lt. My children contin? ued to prize and to need his affection and pres? ence, and they have had them. Circumstances over which I assumed the right to decide for myself, to the satisfaction ot ah who were im? mediately concerned, made lt best that I should retain in public the name by which I was al? ways kno wn, as in the case of actresses, sing? ers and other public women ls often done, tn both respects my conduct is undoubtedly ir? regular. I knew not how lt would be ac? counted for by tbe world, If the world should trouble Itself with the matter; but tbe com? plete acceptance and Justification not merely, but the appreciative laudation also, which has been conferred on my course in respect to my "two husbands," even In the most conserva? tive quarters, have been among the most grat? ifying experiences of my lite. That I should have dared to be the protector and Irlend of a dis? carded but unfortunate husband has not con? demned me in the Judgment of the Christian women and others ot this enlightened com? munity, and, with the exception of some thoughtless badinage and mere slang, Ur. Greeley's Is almost the only voice 'hat has been raised adversely. -The Chinese at North Adams, Mass., lt is stated, after an apprenticeship of four weeks, were able to make a good marketable shoe, and are now as far advanced both In work? manship and rapidity of execution as most of the white shoemakers who have served an ap? prenticeship of three years. They are report? ed to be peaceable, industrious and saving, and not to be inclined co rove about, bein" apparently quite contented with their situ?t tlon. Many of the Chinese have adopted the costume worn In the United States, but still shave the head and braid their long tails of hair with the scrupulous exactness of a female. The shop or working dress of the Chinese is a uniform consisting of a short sack end panta? loons made ot bluish cotton drill, and this garb, with the close shaven head, lt is said, would convey the impression that a gang of convicts waa employed, did not the cheerful laces indicate a different condition of the work? men. -The loss by the great fire at Point a Petrie, Guadalupe, was six to eight millions. THE OLD WOBLD'S NEWS. LONDON, August 28. The Buropeau Syndicate have exhausted their allotment of the five per cent, loan by a distribution at seventy-five per cent, among the subscribers. An attempt was made to-day, by unknown parties, to explode the monument to King George IV, at Kingston, Ireland; though much blackened by gunpowder, the monument re? ceived no real injury. VERSAILLES, August 28. Algerian advices are grave. All the Tabra villages are destroyed. The rebels are attack? ing the tribes faithful to the French. PARIS, August 28. The deaths this week were eight hundred and twenty-three, including six irom cholera. ANOTHER AWFUL EXPLOSION. MOBILE. ALA., August 28. The low pressure steamer Ocean Wave ex? ploded her boiler at hali-past 5 o'clock on Sun? day afternoon, at Point Clear wharf.. About two hundred excursionists were on board. From fllty to sixty were killed or wounded. Some of the bodies have been brought to this city by the steamer Fountain and were burled last night; others will be brought to-day. Ef? forts are being made for the recovery of the drowned. The cause of the disaster has not ?been ascertained. An investigation will be made. Of one Creole family, consisting of seven persons, six were killed. The captain, engineer and pilot were killed. Only three officers escaped. LATER_The steamer Ocean Wave, a low pressure boat, left the city Sunday morning with about two hundred persons on board, for an excursion to the Fish Elver, about twenty miles from the city. On her return she stopped at Point Clear, reaching there at 5 P. M. The boat was made fast and part of the passengers went ashore. Alter remaining bair an hour, the whistle blew and the passengers had Just got aboad when the boiler exploded with great force, followed by a rumbling, hissing sound. Fragments of lumber and metal flew tn every direction. The forward part of the boat and cabin was carried completely away. The chimney fell backwards toward the rear of the boat, crushing the upper cabin, and the boat immediately sunk with her bow submerged. About sixty or seventy persons were killed or Injured by the explosion. So far, the bodies ot nineteen dead, eight ladles among the number, have been recovered. Twenty eight wounded have been brought to the city, and one of the number, a little girl, has since died. The scene was appalling, terrific and heartrending. Wilder scenes of grief have seldom been witnessed. The frantic cries of the survivors as they lamented for their lost wives, .children, parents and sisters, were agonizing. Many of the passengers were little children,and many little hats aun bonnets came ashore to tell of the little-victims beneath the waves. The captain, William Eaton, swam some time with both legs broken. A boat reached him Just too late, and he went down. The two pilots were killed, the engineer and his wife severely injured, and all the firemen killed. It is Impossible correctly to estimate the loss. By some it Is supposed that at least thirty or forty persons are still buried in the debris of the wreck, or at the bottom of the bay. A diver has gone to the scene of the dis? aster. The accident has cast a gloom over the whole city, and universal sadness prevails. The streets are crowded with people, and the excitement is Intense. The Ocean Wave has been for some time considered an unsafe' boat, and has always been an unlucky one. A criminal responsibil? ity rests somewhere. The boiler was not so much exploded, as lt was torn open with a long seam. It was so rotten as to literally tear open. Had it been stronger so as to ex . plode with greater violence the destruction would have been greater. The. loree of the explosion was upward and forward. DEA TH ON3 THE RAIL. NEW TORE, August 28. The mail train, going thirty-five miles, and the freight train, going eighteen miles an hour, collided on the Erie Road, near West Port, Pennsylvania. Six were Jellied, and there ls a long list of wounded. The engineer, who was fatally Injured, had orders in his pocket for? bidding the movement of the train which caused the disaster. ' SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -Twenty-five railroads, mostly south of the Ohio River, will carry passengers to the Cin? cinnati Exposition for half fare. -Charles Scribner, head of the well known New Tork Publishing House, has died in Eu? rope of typhoid fever, aged fllty-one. -Boston was visited by a terrible storm of wind yesterday, which blew down two ot her steeples, prostrated trees and did other dam? age. -The Atlantic and Gulf Railroad trains will pass over the entire road on Wednesday ll there come no more rains. No bridges are gone. -The French section of the International Society of New Tork have resolved to accept the Invitation of the Worklngmen's Union to lake part In the great demonstration oe the 15th ot September, provided they are allowed to carry the red flag. -A Jury wholly composed of colored men was empanelled In Flushing, New.York, on Sat? urday, to try the case of an Irishman charged with assault. The Irishman protested so ve? hemently against being tried by negroes whol? ly that the court took the responsibility of dis? charging the Jury and ordering a new panel. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, August 28. Southerly winds, with cloudy and rainy weather, ls probable tor Tuesday on the South? ern and Gulf coast, and clearing weather from Wisconsin to Arkansas and westward. The area of lowest pressure will probably move northeastward over Lake Huron, with rain and fresh southerly winds on the lower lakes, and easterly winds on Lake Superior. Threat enlugweather and light rains In the Middle and eastern States. Dangerous winds are not anticipated. Yesterday's Weather Report* of the Signal Service, U. S. A.-4.47 P. M., Local Time. Place or Observation. B2 a? ES : ? fi So Augusta... Baltimore. Boston. Buffalo, N. f.... Charleston. Cheyenne, W. T Chicago., cincinnati. Cleveland. Corinne, Ct ah... Detroit. Duluth, Minn... Indianapolis.... Knoxville, Tenn. Lake City, Fla.. Memphis, Tenn.. Milwaukee, Wis, ilonue. Nashville. New London, CL New Orleans_ New York. Omaha, Neb. Oawego, N. Y.... Philadelphia. Pittsburg, Pa.... Portland, Me.... Rochester, N. Y. San Francisco.. Savannah . St. Louis. St. Paul. Toledo, o. Washington.DC. WUmlngton.NC. Norrolk. Lynchburg. Leavenworth.... Cape May. Mt. Washington. 29.94 30.01 30.04 20.80 20.06 29.03 20.54 20.73 29. TT 29 59 29.68 29.69 29.8?j 29.85; 29.81 29.76 29.56 29.86! 29.70| 30.04! 29.861 30.00? 29.61 29.88 30.00 29.85 30.03 29.69 ?9.95 29.93 29.00' 29.61 29.61 29.97 30.02 29.09 29.91 29.771 30.00 30.25! 77 Calm 76 SE 71 SE 77 ?E 82 SE 82 NW 75 SW 84 S 78 SK 85 SW 60 E 68 SE 72 SW 75?SW 801 NE 82 S 88 SE 80 9W 81 S 71 3E 88 SW 76 SE 68 NW 73 N 78 SE 82 SE 67 S 71 ICE 66 W 81 B 73 SE 65 SE 71 B 77 calm. 86 S 82 NE 82 SW 60 W 74 NB 48 SW ' Fresh. Gentle. Fresh. Gentle. Brisk. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Kresh. Fresh. FreBh. Fresh. Gentle. Fresh. Freah. Gentle. Freah. Gentle. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Freah. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Light. H. Rain Cloudy. Fair. Fair. Thr'ng. Cloudy. Ol'gnp. Cloudy. Lt.Rain Hazy. Lt. Ra tn Cloudy. Lt. Rain cloudy. Fair. Cloudy. H. Rain Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair. Fair. Cloudy. Cloudy. Thr'ng. Thr'ng. Fair. Bazy. Hazy. Fair. Fair. Cl'gup. H. Rain Clear. Clear. Cloudy. H. Raia Cloudy. Cloudy. Cloudy. Kort.-The weather report dated 7.47 o'clock, this morning, will be posted In the rooms of the Cnamber or Commerce at 10 o'clock A. M., and, together with the weather chart, may (by the courtesy ot the Chamber) be examined by ship? masters at any time during the day. Patent IHe?ici?tts. g E A D THIS! AN OUNCE OP PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OP CURE. GET YOUR DISINFECTANTS, last received, a supply of CARBOLIC ACID, DARBY'S PROPHYLACTIC, CHLORIDE OF SODA, (Solution) Ac . A1*0 a supply of MEDICATED WILLOW OH AR COAL, In Powder and in Pastilles, Imported from Parla, prepared by Dr. Belloc, and approved by the Frenen Academy of Medicine. Trna ls tbe beat article ever offered here; recommended by many physicians as a preventive or Yellow Fever. Also, a snpply of the best WHITE MUSTARD SEED, highly recommended as a preventive of Yellow Fever. Call early, as the snpply ls limited, at the Drag Store of BB. H. BAER, - angM_ -No. 131-Meetlng stnet. MOST WONDERFUL CURES EF? FECTED, BOTH OF MIND AND BODY. DU BARRY'S DELICIOUS HEALTH RE? STORING REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD Will enre DYSPEPSIA, Constipation, Acidity, Cramps, Fits, Heartburn, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Nervousness, Biliousness, Affections of the Liver and finneys, Flatulency, Colic, Palpitation of the Heart, Nervous Headache, Irritability, Noises .ia Head and Ears, Giddiness, Pain between the Shoulders, and la the Chest, Chrome Inflamma? tion and Ulceration of the Stomach, Emptions on the Skin, Scurvy, Fevers, scrofula, impurities, Poverty of Blood, Incipient Consumption, Dropsy, Diabetes, Rheumatism, Coat, Influenza, Grippe Nausea and Vomiting daring Pregnancy, after eating or at sea, Low Spirits, General Debility, Paralysis, Cough, As-hma, Tightness Across the Cheat, Phlegm, Sleeplessaess, Tremors, Vertigo, Blood to the Head, Exhaustion, Ac. The beat food for invalids, generally, as lt never tarns acid on the weakest stomach, Uke arrow root, bot im? parts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion and nervous and masco'ar energy to the most enfeebled. Likewise adapted to rear delicate Infants. A few oat of 69,000 Testimonials or Care are given below : THE POPE'S HEALTH RESTORED BY DU BAR? BY'S FOOD.. ; Cure No. 08,418-"ROHS, Joly 31, 1866.-The health or the Holy Father ls excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, he has con? fined himself entirely to Da Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, or which he consumes a platero! at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Bolinean cannot praise this excellent food too highly." From the Gazette Du Midi, July 26. FROM THE DOWAGER COUNTESS OF CASTLE STUART. Cure No. 62,812.-.'ROSSTRBVOR, COUNTY OF DOWN, IRELAND, December 0,1864.-The Dowager Countess or Oastlestuart reels induce**, in the in? terest of Buffering humanity, to state that Da Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food has cured her, after all medicines had faded, or Indi? gestion, Bile, Great Nervousness. Irritability, and Hysteria of many years' standing. This Food de? serves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be considered a real blessing. For s?lela one and two pound packages by D E. H . B A E B , SOLE AGENT, MEETING STREET. Directions with every package. angta THE CELEBRATED GERMAN SOOTHING CORDIAL, FOR INFANTS TEETHING. This ls the best Medicine for Infants and young Children ever offered to the public. It ls carefully prepared from the best Drugs, accord ng to a pre? scription famished by a distinguished German Physician of large and successful practice, and has been tried and approved by many or oar best physicians. It la specially adapted to the diseases Incident to childhood daring the trying period or teething, and recommends itself for the enre of Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Colic, Griping In the Bowels, Sommer Complaint, Ac. It contatas TS O A. TS O JD Y IV E . or other injurious Drag, and should, therefore, be preferred to the Soothing Symns that now flood the market, which are known to contain opium, and are, therefore, more or less lnjuriousvlhoas. ands or children are m arde red 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 certificate. Ia the nameroas other cases, where the Innocents are murdered by this modern Herod of tbe Nur? sery, the cause ls laid to a thousand other causes to au bat the right one. Mothers, hear this ia mind, and use the GER? MAN SOOTHING CORDIAL, which ls safe, effi? cient and satisfactory. DO NOT FAIL TO TRY A BOTTLE AT ONCEI This SOOTHING CORDIAL ls also aa excellent Tonic, mlrably adapted in cases of debility giving tone to the system, recuperating the strength and restoring the appetite. PRICE-TWENTY-FIVE CENTS PER BOTTLE. MANUFACTURED BT Dr. H. BAER, CHARLESTON, S. C. Also by the following Druggists: A. W. ECKEL A CO., Dr. A. RAOUL, Dr. W. A. SERINE, A. O. BAR BOT, VOGT A CO.. i. BLACKMAN, Dr. P. M. COHEN, Dr. E. H. KELLERS, t?. 8. BURNHAM, GRAMAN A bOUWAKE O. W. AI MAR, J. LOCKWOOD, O. J. I.UHN. W. T. LINN. A. M. COHEN, W. A. GIBSON, And by Druggists generally. aug?l Cotton gus, gins, Ut. rjIHE WINSHIP COTTON GIN, MANUFACTURED TS ATLANTA, GA. Tue r-ubscriberu are the Agents for the {Bale of the above Superior GIN, and beg to call the atten? tion of Planters to ita merits. Price $4 per Saw, delivered at any Railroad Station in the State. PELZER, RODGERS A CO., ang2S-2moa Brown A Co.'a Wharf, T HE "WALLIS" : TIE! DIPLOMAS FOR BEST COTTON.TIE GSANTED RT Lonlsana State Fair, April, 1870. Georgia State Fair, October, 1870. Cotton States Fair. October, 1870. Mississippi State Fair, October, 1870. Alabama State Fair, November, ISTO. MADE OF THE BEST ENGLISH IRON. EASILY AND RAPIDLY ADJUSTED. 2000 or the above TIES now landing per British bark M E. Seed, from Liverpool, and tor sale at tbe lowest market rates by J. N. HOBSON, Nos. 68 East Bay and l and 2 Atlantic Wharr. ang23-lmoD*c_ (Eoncational. s T. JOSE PH'S.ACADEMY, SUMTER, S. C. ?KDBR THE CARE OP THE SISTER3 OF OUR LADT OF MERCY The Exercises of this lae tita te will be resam-, J ed September 1st. The Scholastic Year la divided into two See slons: The first, commencing September 1st, and' ending February lat. The second, commencing February 1st and end? ing July ist. .. ,. nii ; ? Si '-' ?.; ss?J C ' ' ttV ??fl . 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