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VOLLME XI.-NUMBER 1774. CHARLESTON, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER I, 1871. THE BLACK FIRE KING. EXTRAORDINARY EXPLOITS OF AN IGNORANT MAR TL AND NEGRO. Handling Red-Hot Coals and Licking a White-Hot Shovel-He Pours Molten Lend Into His Month and Keeps lt There till it Becomes Solid-?His own Account or the Discovery of His Strange Power?. A newspaper extract of somewhat doubtful erigin was circulated some time ago, giving an account ol the wonderful performance of a nesro in Talbot County, Maryland, in handling red-hot iron and doing various other 'eats with Are. and now a correspondent of the New York Herald has furnished details of the matter, with names of witnesses. He says: Business recently called me to the counfy ?eat of Talbot County. While there I heard from several gentlemen ot prominence the story of a negro blacksmith, who lived in an adjoining county, upon whom Are had no effect whatever. The story was so incredible that I gave it little heed. A day or two after I first heard of this remarkable negro, Mr. T. K. Hobson, editor of the Easton Star, called, Va nd stated that the negro was in town, and that the physicians were going to make an examination of him, and invited me to witness the operations. Mr. Robson and myself went at once to Dr. Stack's office, where were as? sembled Drs. Anderson. Goldsborough and ?Comegys, of Easton; Dr. J. A. Johnson, editor of the Journal at Easton; Mr. A. A. Pascault and Mr. John C. Henry, all prominent citizens ot Talbot County. A brisk fire ot anthracite coal was burning In a common coal stove, and an Iron shovel was placed In the stove and heated to a white heat. When all was ready the negro pulled -off his boots and placed the hot shovel upon r the soles of his feet, and kept it there until the shovel became black. His ieet were ihen ex? amined by the physicians, and no burns could be found, and all declared that no evidence of j a heated substance having come in contact with them was visible. The shovel was again heated red hot, and taken from the stove and handed to him. He ran out hi* tongue as far as he could, and laid the neate* shovel upon it, licking the iron until it became cooled. The physicians exam? ined the tongue, but found nothing to Indicate that he had suffered in the least from the heated Iron. A large har dful of common squirrel shot, procured from a store near Dr. Stack's office, was next placed in an Iron receptacle and heated until melted. The negro then took the dish, poured the heated lead into the palm ot his band, and then put lt Into his mouth, allowing it to run all around his teeth and gums. He repeated the operation several times, each time keeping- the melted lead in his mouth un'il solidified. After each operar tion the physicians examined him carefully, but could find nothing upon his flesh to Indicate that he had been in the least affected by the heated substance he bad been hand? ling. Aller the performances with the lead he deliberately put his hand Into the stove, in *whlch was a very hot fire, took therefrom a handful of hot coals and passed them about the room to the gentlemen present, keeping . them in his hand some time. Not the slight? est evidence of a burn was visible upon his hand alter he threw the coals back Into the stove. The exhibition was regarded by all who wit? nessed it as most remarkable, for there was no opportunity for the practice of chicanery. Every gfhtleman present was there for the purpose of detecting, if possible, any trick-If trick there was-and none could have had the least Interest in aiding or abetting the negro in his performances. Whatever solution may be had ol this matter, there can be no doubt but that this negro handles fire in the manner Set forth above, Without the.-use of any me ?chanical or chemical appliances whatever, tor be has been subjected to the severest tests ?osslble, not only at the time specified by me, ut at several other times and places, and in the presence of some ci the first men In the State of Maryland. I have conversed with-a great number ol people who have seen him, gentlemen of educatton and Integrity, all ot whom declare that they do not believe that fire lias the least eflVc". upon his flesh. After he had conduced bis performances In Dr. Slack's office I sought an opportunity to converse with him. I lound him very igno? rant, not able to read or write, and in all re Sleets an unadulterated uegro. His name is athau Coker, and he is about fifty-eight years of age. He was born In the Town ot Hillsbor? ough, Caroline County, Maryland, and was the slave of Henry L. Sellers, of that place, by whom he was sold to Bishop Emery. In rela? tion to his ability to handle fire, and how he first became aware ot it, he said : "Boss, when I was about thirteen years old, old Massa Em? ery hired me out to a lawyer whose name was Furnell. He treated me badly, and did not give me enough to eat I spied around the kitchen one day, and when the cook left I shot In. dipped my band Into the dinner pot and pulled out a rec hot dumpling. The boll? ing water did not burn, and I could eat the ho: dumpling without winking; so after dat I often got my dinner dat way. I has often got the hot fat off the boiling water and drank lt. I drink my coffee when it is boiling, and lt does not give me half so much pain as lt does to drink a glass of cold water. I always likes it just as hot as I can get lt." I then interro Sted him as to the effect heated substances d upon his flesh, and asked him when he bandied them with his hands 1." he did not suf? fer more than when he took them Inwardly, to which he replied, "No, boss, I often take my iron out ib'? forge with my hand when red hot, but it don't burn. Since I was a little boy I have never been afraid to handle Ure. He then stated that often when by himself he would pick up red hot Iron because his tongs were not hand}-, and that he never felt any discomfort from lt. He felt no more harm, he said, from handling Are than stones. I could cite a great number of Instances be? side those mentioned, and give the names of a large number of gentlemen of high standing who have witnessed the wonderlul doings of this untutored Airlcahv.but I do not deem lt necessary, as what I have stated can be more than authenticated by almost any prominent man living in this locality. I am thoroughly convinced, from personal observation, that lire has no effect whatever upon his flesh, and I am sustained In that belie! by the united Judgment of all gentlemen who have seen bim, Including a large number of physicians. ANOTHER MURDER RT ROUGHS. PHILADELPHIA, September 12. A mechanic, returning from work, was killed by some roughs while attempting to shield a young woman from their attacks. POLITICS IN GOTHAM. NEW YORK, September 12. The leaders of the Young Democracy have held a meeting for reorganization. The two wings of the Radical party are coquettiub-." THE MAINE ELECTION. PORTLAND, September 12. The returns up to midnight indicate that the Republican majority ls about 11,000 (against 9506 last year,) but the Legislature will show a slight Democratic gain. In the ship-building towns the Republicans have gen? erally lost. si-ARKS FROM THE WIRES. -The Portuguese Minister at Washington bas resigned. -The President has left Long Branch for a Western trip. -It ls said the Wards are going to Europe this fall to race the English oarsmen. -The toot and mouth disease ls increasing at at- alarming rate in Leicestershire, Eng? land. -Rothfelder, the inventor of the stem winding watch, committed suicide yesterday In New York. * J -The young man who accidentally shot his mother while defending himself from a brutal attack by his uncle is honorably acquitted. -The Republican State Convention tor Ma? ryland was organized at Baltimore yesterday The resolutions endorse Grant and Creswell. ?. -Advices from Puerto Principe report 'Lleuteuant-Colonel Lopez R?celo Rorrero, with twenty-five Insurgents, surrendered. Among them Commander Fernando Ag?ero Betan oourt. Captains Fanstine, Cabaiiiero and Za? marras. ELECTION IS O RA S G EB UR G. [SPECTAL TELBORAJ? TO TE'B NEWS.] ORANGEBURQ, Septemb.-r 12. The municipal election at this place tool* place to-day, and resulted as follows: For mayor, F. H. W. Briggmann, HG rotes. For aldermen, A. L. Dermen, 121; E. J. Oliveros, 121; Wm. Willcock, 113; Geo. Boliver, ll"; Abram Martin, 81; scattering 31. The candi? date for mayor and the four aldermen first mentioned are elected. These aldermen, with the exception of A. L. Dermen, constituted the Citizens' ticket, which was a compromise agreed upon on the Friday night preced? ing the election, the mayor. Oliveros and Will cock being Democrats, and Boliver and Martin Republicans. The last name was scratched considerably, and is the only one on the ticket which bas not been elected. THE OLD WORLD'S SEWS. LONDON, September 12. General Mauleuffel, commander o? the Ger? man Army|of Occupation, alter announcing yesterday the consent of his government to the evacuation of the departments around Paris, dined with President Thiers and Gene? rals Ducrot and Cbanzy. The northern forts will be evacuated first, after which the troops will be withdrawn from the other points at the rate ol three thousand a day. LITER -Thiers proposes that the Assembly take a recess from the 17th instant to the 1st of November. It is now decided that the evacuation shall commence at Fort Cuarent?n, which will be the first delivered up to the French by the German commander. LON'DON. September 12. It is denied that the cholera is abating in Russia. LIVERPOOL, September 12. Arrived, the ship China, from New Orleans. The American ship Lovillo, from Hamburg, arrived at Cardiff with lour dead from cholera. ROSESZWEIG'S REWARD! NEW YORK, September 12. Rosenzweig, the abortionist, was soundly thrashed in the Toomba by a fellow-prisoner yesterday. SEW DiAMOSD DIGGISGS. CH?CAOO, September 12. There is a diamond excitement in Yankton, Dakota. It ls said that a diamond worth $100, 000 has been found on the banks ot the Jim River. . FIGHTISG IS KESWCCKT. LOUISVILLE, KT., September 12. A collision has taken place in Russell Coun? ty, between a detachment of United States soldiers and a party alleged to be Ku-Klux. One soldier was killed, and a sergeant was wounded. The soldiers took two prisoners. THE SEW TORE EHBROGLIO. Mayor ?Hall Invite* ro?kpStroller Con? nolly to Retlget-The World HlnU at Lynch Law. NEW YORK, September 12. Mayor Hall has requested Comptroller Con? nolly to resign on account of the suspicions at? taching to bim from the disappearance of the vouchers from his office. The Mayor has no power to remove him, except by the te? dious process of impeachment, and desires to replace him at once by a person possessing the confidence of the people. The World, commenting on the abstraction of the vouchers, says: "Every honest man in the city will endorse and applaud the firmness and vigor ot Mayor Hall, In demanding the Im? mediate resignation of Comptroller Connolly, after the untoward Incident which has Just oc? curred In his department. It ISTOO well known that the Mayor has no power to remove the heads of departments. If he possessed that power, the request now made would, of course, oe followed up, in the event of non-compli? ance, by a step equally prompt and still more decisive. The case is too urgent for the slow and dilatory process of Impeachment. Since this unfortunate occurrence, the comptroller has lost all capacity to be useful In his present office, and not only public Interest, but the self-respect of his associates in the city gov? ernment demands bis retirement. "It Comptroller Connolly be so weak or so blind as lo disregard the firm demand of the Mayor, he will find, before night, .that a scorching and resistless public indignation will make the city too hot to" hold him. It may be his misfortune, and not his fault, that this al? leged robbery of his department occurred just in this critical juncture, but it has sc sus? picious and damaging a look it lie ls an up? right, Innocent man, willi reasonable sense and honor, he will be too glad to afford the Mayor an opportunity to appoint his suc cesso:." LATER.-Comptroller Connolly, in a long letter to Mayor Hall, declines to resign. There ls still no clue to the stolen vouchers. Connolly, In his letter to the Mayor, says the abstraction of the vouchers does not vitiate his accounts. It has transpired that Comptroller Connolly on the 13th of August transferred a half mil? lion registered bonds to his son-in-law. THE PET OF THE PETTICOATS. Seaside G j ss lp about Ed .vin Booth, the Great Tragedian. A Long Branch letter say3 : Edwin Booth seems to be as much admired of wemen since his second marriage as he was before his first, while he remains as in? different to the sex at large. I seriously question If any man, who has so much awak? ened the romantic and sentimental interest of Eve's daughters has, at least in this genera? tion, felt such Hide interest tn them. It is not otten that any man, whatever his pretensions, is really bored and persecuted by feminine at? tentions and solicitations; but th? young Ham? let certainly bas been lor a number ot years. Few persons are aware how he has been del? uged with dowers and presents and billetdoux from silly women who fancied themselves In love with him because he looks melan? choly, has a pleasant voice, and knows how to act. Strange to say, he has never shown himself an egotist, a coxcomb or a puppy amid all this adulation and worship; has never had lils head turned a whit; has never depart? ed In the slightest from the even tenor of his way. A man who is not, or cannot be made a fool about women, must have an extraordina? ry degree of good sense and discretion. Men who appeared strong in everything else show themselves weak in this particular, Scipio and Isaac Newton, perhaps, excepted. Booth ls by no means coid. or even cold-blooded, as is manifest in his impassioned style ot actinsr. He was extremely devoted to his first, as he la to his second wife, and, unlike most artists, is thoroughly domestic In lils tastes. To bis profession and his family every thought and aspiration are surrendered. Beyond them he has not, nor does not care to have, any ambi? tion or expectation. Last season Bool h was overworked, and. before his theatre closed, his physicians teared that a serious cough, which he had had for some lime, had seated itself permanently upon his lungs. Though of muscular and vigorous frame, he is of such a delicate organization, and throws himself so much into the charac? ters he assumes, that a long engagement wears upon him sensibly, and he has been medically advised to abs'taln hereafter from such vigorous taxation of his health and strength. The star engagements he performs throughout the county belore he plays at his own theatre are very arduoue. and, "out for the fact that he Is extremely anxious to pay off the debt upon his magnificent dra? matic temple, they would not be undertaken. His theatre cost nearly $900,000, less than $200,000 of which was lurnlshed by its proprie? tor. He now owes, I am told, about $350,000 on the building, all warm personal friends and admirers, who would not care if he deferred the payment until doomsday. But so consci? entious is he that he can hardly rest until the entir? debt is discharged, when, he says, he will be a free men again. Persons who think the tragedian ovarworks with a view to mere money getticg will understand from this ex? planation the real cause of his extraordinary exertion. THE COTTON PROSPECT. A GEORGIA ESTIMATE OF THE G ROWING CROP. Hints to Planters ana Factors. [From the Colambas (Ga.) San.] The latter part of July we gave a review of the condition of the cotton plant, and the probable yield at that time,'a all the cotton growing States, founded upon Informa? tion obtained from a numerous exchange with th? press In all these Slates, and from disinterested correspondents. We then gave it as our opinion that the yield would reach 2,700,000 bales. In that review we conceded that in Texas the crop, on the area planted (which we put down at an eighth to a fourth less than the previous year. ) would give an average yield, as compared with the previous crop. Our advices from that State at this time do nor sustain the estimate then given. The drought which has prevailed successively for over two months, in more than two-thirds of the State, has played havoc with the forms and young bolls, and resulted in the entire destruction of the top crop. The univereal estimate In that State ls, that the area planted will tall more than a third short of last year's yield. We also estimated that the crop of North and South Carolina, and Florida, would make an equal yield in the area planted, with that of last year. From all of these States the reports are that a great change has taken place with? in the last Rix weeks. Frcm all of them not more than three fourths of a crop is expected to be gathered. The crop in maDy portions of Arkansas, also; ls reported to have suffered heavily from drought, causing the loss of the top crop. Our Information from Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee, does not change our views then expressed of the condltton ot the crop and the prospect of yield in those States. With this evidence of change In the situa? tion, we now put the yield of the crop of 1S71-2, at not over 2,500,000 bales at the out? side. Taking this to be the true status of the situation, what is the duty of the planter to himself and his section ? It ls well known that what ls termed a "Cotton Ring" exists in New York, composed both ot manufacturers and moneyed speculators. This ring, which has grown rich ot! the losses of our planters, has been busily engaged the entire summer tn writing up the growing crop to a large yield, in despite ot glaring facts to the contrary, and have not given up the effort. They yet persist lu an estimate ot three and a halt to four millions. This ls done to delude Liverpool and enable them to secure the bu.k of the crop at a low figure. They act, too, upon the supposition that planters are Indebted to the merchant class for supplies and advances to the extent of two-thirds of the crop, and that this much of lt, ot necessity, will be thrown on the market as fast as ginned and packed. This latter feature bas been taught them from past experience. Then, we repeat, what is the duty of the planter ? It is plain. Such as are in debt for supplies or advances should bring forward their cotton and make the best arrangement fiossible with their creditors, even to Belling, t necessary. In this emergency, the mer? chant has a duty to perform also, In extending all the leniency in his power when a cotton collateral has been placed in his hands by the planter debtor. These two classes are mutual? ly dependent on each other. The merchant, li agriculture is cramped and fleeced, can? not prosper. If what we have stated as the probable yield of the crop be true, and we believe we are correct, then every Eound of cotton made is worth thirty cents, ess than twenty-five cents will not remune? rate the planter for the making of the present short crop. The proper effort at accommoda? tion between the Indebted planter and bis merchant, with a disposition on the part of the unembarrassed planter to hold for twenty-five cents, will soon march prices In the interior markets up to that figure, and save millions of dollars to be expended at home, which, with a different policy, will go into the pockets of the manufacturers and speculators ot New York and Liverpool. THE DAMAGE TO THE COTTON CROP. Reports from Georgia. The rain storm in Middle Georgia on Wed? nesday was the heaviest and most disastrous to rallroadsj^nd crops that has occurred for thirty years? The Macon Telegraph says: "The greatest sufferers In Central and South? ern Georgia are the planters, we think, and it will be bard to calculate their losses from the inundation of their creek bottom lands and crops. All open colton is, of course, nearly or quite destroyed.*' A correspondent writing from Houston "County says 3,000,000 bales of cotton will not be realized this year. Cotton ls bound to sell ' tor twenty-five or thirty cents next spring; that is as plain as the hose on a man's lace; but we will be forced to sell for fifteen or twenty cents this fall. I will back my Judg? ment with one thousand acres of land tfiat there will not be three millions of bales of cot? ton made, and that lt will sell for twenty-five cents before the first of May. Ol' an average crop, or one-half of a good' crop, there will not be gathered, at most, over five-elghis. Another correspondent writing from Taylor County, says : "Crops here are only mid? dling-"strictly middling.* Corn will be more abundant than last year, there being a larger area in cultivation than last year. Cotton, so far as I have observed, will probably yield five eighths ot'a commonly good crop in this coun? ty, at least so tar as I have heard and seen. Its deadliest loes, viz : black and red rust and the boll worm, have plat ed sad havoc with both plant and fruit within the past three weeks." The Thomasville Enterprise says : "Our farmers report the prospectas anything but promising In this section. The boll worm coo? limba its ravages, which in some localities amount to almost a total destruction of the young bolls. The storm also did considerable damage by blowing down the stalks, whip? ping off the bolls and forms, and muddying and scattering the open cotton." The Columbus Sun says: "One Bure Indica? tion ol the shortness ot the crop ls the com? parison of the receipts with those of last year. For Instance, during the first five days of 1870, Columbus received 259 bales. Thus far she has not received 30." The Macon Journal says lhere will not be more than half a crop ot cotton and corn made in Walton County this season. Reports from Florida. The Flui Idian says: "The rust in cotton has become distressingly prevalent In this country. The extent of the damage effected is not defi? nitely known; in fact, it is impossible to cor? rectly estimate it, but we fear lt will cut the crop very short. Many planters are greatly discouraged at the prospect, and predict that the bulk ot the cotton will be in the gin houses by the 1st of November. Crops in Mad? ison County are said to be nearly ruined by the wet weather.'* Reports from Arkansas. LITTLE ROCK, September ll. The cotton worm has appeared in many lo? calities in the State. No rain for nearly six week?, and both cotton and corn have sut fered irom drought. THE KL-KLUX COMMITTEE AGAIN. WASHINGTON, D. C., September 12. The Ku-Klux Committee reassembles to? morrow. It is proposed to send sub-commit? tees to Mississippi and Tennessee. -The text of the Pope's encyclical, Issued August 5th, mention of which was made by telegraph, is received by mail. He thanks all Roman Catholics for their abundant demon? strations of affection towards him, as display? ed upon his attaining the twenty-sixth year of his pontificate. He believes that it" they will continue to unite their vows and supplications to bis. that "the full and absolute triumph of the Church" will be secured. "The destruc? tion of all the earthly allies of hell" ls confi? dently looked for, and there ls not the slight? est hint given ot any design to abandon the venerable claims of the pontificate to tempo? ral power, nor ls there even a temporary ac? quiescence in the situation. The address is ably and moderately written, but lt is tinged throughout with a certain melancholy, natu rally suggested by the great changes which have recently taken place. POLITICS TX CALIFORNIA. SAN FRANCISCO, September 12. Booth's majority ls five thousand four hun? dred. Houghton ia elected in the first district by two thousand eight hundred and seventy lour majority. Conghlln and Sargent in the second and third districts, were elected by large majorities. In the Senate, with the Lieutenant-Governor's casting vote, the Re? publicans have one majority. The House stands fifty-one Republicans to twenty-two Democrats, and one independent. -The funeral of Alice Bowlsby, the unfor? tunate young woman whose body was found in the trunk in New York, took place on Fri? day from the residence of her mother, in Pat? erson. All of Paterson turned out to bear tribute to the memory ot one who was gene? rally beloved by her associates. The throng was so dense that scarcely room could be ob? tained for the cortege to move. The ladies decked the coffin with numerous fragrant wreaths, and the bottom of the hearse was covered eight Inches deep with floral offer? ings by Patersonlans of both sexes. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, September 12. The barometer will probably continue low and falling south ot the Missouri, with easter? ly winds and cloudy weather southward to the Atlantic. The pressure will probably fall slightly in the Middle and Eastern States and over the lakes, with partially cloudy and pleas? ant weather and light winds. No serious dis? turbance is apprehended for these regions on Wednesday. Yeiterday'? Weather Reports or the Signal Service, U. S. A.-4.47 P. AI. Local Time. Place of Observation. ra 8 SS 1 Ss Augusta.. Baltimore. Boston. Buffalo, N. f.... Charles ton. cheyenne, W. T. Chicago. cincinnati.. Oieveland. Corinne, Utah... Detroit. Duluth, Minn... Indianapolis.... Key West, Fla.. Knoxville, Tenn. Lake City, Fla.. Memphis, Tenn.. Milwaukee, wis, Mobile. Nashville. Sew Haven, Ct... Kew Orleans_ Sew York. Omaha, Neb?.... Oswego, N. Y.... Philadelphia. Pittsburg, Pa?... Portland, Me.... Rochester, N. Y. San Francisco.. Savannah . St. Louis. St. Paul, Minn.. Toledo. O. Washingtons C. Wilmington,NC. Norfolk. Lynchburg. Leavenworth.... (Jape May. Mt. Washington. 30.21 30.40 30.35 30.28 30.26 29.47 30.28 31.31 30.22 29.66 30.21 30.22 30.17 30.03 80.15 :0.ll 30.10 30.81 SO.ll 30.23 30.38 30.09 30.39 30.23 30.21 30.41 30.28 30.37 30.22 29.98 30.21 30.16 30.27 30.26 30.34 30.31 30.36 30.30 30.30 30.39 30.40 77 Calm 69 SB TO SE 72 NW 77 NE 66 R 66 SE 82 W 68 NE 80 SW 70 G 75 W 82 W 86 B 87 SE 78 NE 80S 66 SE 82 NE BONE 69 SE ?E NW N E SW 3 . S SW NE NW N E E E NE S NE 681E 42 NW Fresh. Gentle. Gentle. mah. Light. Gentle. Light. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Light. Gentle. Gentle. Gentle. Light. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. L'tht. Gentle. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Gentle. Light. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Light. Gentle. Fresh. Fresh. Gentle. Qentle. Gentle. Frosh. Lt.Rain. Cloudy. Clear. Fair. Fair. Cloudy. Cloudy. Smoky. Fair. Fair. Thr'ng. Hazy. Hazy. Fair. Fair. Clondy. Fair. Cloudy. Cloudy. Cloudy. Fair. Lt. Rain Thr'ng. Lt Rain Fair. (lindy. Fair. Hazy. Clear. Hazy. Cloudy. Fair. Fair. Cloudy. Cloudy. Fair. Fair. Fair. Cloudy. Cloudy. Clear. NOT a.-The weather report 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 or the Chamber) be examined by ship? masters at any time during the day. CJrrj ?coo*, $?t 1871.A.TJGTJST.1871 GREAT BARGAINS IN DRESS GOODS! NOS. 211 AND 4.37 KING STREET, Invite attention to their large assortment or REAL LLAMA LACE POINTS Black Orenadlnes Rich Black Silks Plaid Muslins French Muslins Japanese SU ks Nainsook and Mall Muslins. 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BARR, apr22 No. 131 Meeting street, J-ttneral Notices. ^^THEIFRTEND^^ ANCES of Mr. H. P. FISCHER, and H. Kruei E. J. H. Fischer, are respectfully Invited to at the Funeral of the former, at the corne Church street and atoll's "alley, at 3 o'clock AFTBRNOON'. Sepl Special Notices. pm* DI8INECTANT3.-T HOSE want of DISINFECTANTS will find a full asi ment at the Drug Store of DB. H. Ba ER, In S lng street._se pm* MEDICAL NOTICE. -PATHS] suffering from Diseases pertaining to the GE> ORIN ART O ROANS, wal receive the latest sc title treatment by placing themselves under care 01 Dr. T. REENSTJERNA, office No. 74 H street, three doors from the Postofffce. sep20-tnthlyr_ pm* NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV to all Sub-Agents of the Land Commission, t from and after the first day of March, ian, 1 will report all their proceedings to Hon. F. CARDOZO, Secretary or tho Advisory Board. ROBT. C. DBLARGE, L. C. S. S. 0. Columbia. February 28.1871._mar pm* NEITHER FAILING TEETH, N the peeplag wrinkles of time, so forcibly te! advancing years as your gray hair. ATE VIGOR restores its color and makes your app ance more agreeable to others, as well as y< self. With fresh, luxuriant hair, the tnflrmi of age are far less noticeable. sep8-fmw3DA pm* ON MARRIAGE.-ESSAYS F young men on great Social Evils and Abu which interfere with Marriage, and min the li piness of thousands-with sure means of ti for the erring and unfortunate, diseased and bllltated. Sent tn sealed letter envelopes fret charge. Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, 2 S. Ninth street. Philadelphia, Pa. nep4-3mc pm* CHARLESTON BIBLE SOCIETY The Treasurer of the Charleston Bible Society \ receive Subscriptions or Donations at bis orri No. 68 East Bay, corner of Atlantic Wharf. 1 payment of Two Dollars will constitue a perso member for one year. Bibles are kept on bs tor distribution. The Society has one Colporti In the Held, and solicits aid to Introduce anoth Persons Interested In the work or seeking fnrtl Information will please call on the Treasurer. . J. N. ROBSON, apr28-6mos_Treasnrer 0. B. S pm* INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATE ON HEATLH.-In the fall the difference betwt the temperature of night and day ls greater th at any other time of the year. Da the esrly i tnmn the quicksilver sometimes rises as high d lng the day as la the most fervid sommer weath while at night it often sinks to an almost win point. The haman body not being made or st or India robber, eenslbly reels these tremendc changes. To fortify the system against them genuine tonic ls required; and the public has lo since discovered that among this description medicines HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS infinitely the best. It gently quickens the ctn tatton, regulates the bowels, tones the liver, b ces the nerves, and thus puts the whole physlq on tts defence against the vicissitudes of tem] rature la oar climate. Few, ir any cases or I demie fever are heard or In localities where lt in common use. As lt becomes more and mc widely known, and the demand for it Increasi chills and reverend the bilious remittent se< to recede before lt, and If ever lt should coi Into univers il use, these diseases would cease be known as the scourges of oar low-lying a marshy districts. That homely blt of proverb philosophy, that "prevention ls better than cnn should be especially borne In mind In the autut months; and Indeed In all seasons, together w! the fact that, among all the preventives of ma nous disease, Hostett r's Stomach Bitters is t most safe and potent., Be certain, however, to obtain the genuine ar cle, as countless imitations of a pernicious chi cter are abroad. See that the externals are right, aad remember that Hostetter'a Stoma Bitters ts sold in bottles alone. sep9-3tath3 PAC_ ^.OFFICE HOWARD ASS0CIATI01 MARKET HALL. CHARLESTON, SEPTEMBI 1,1871.-The office of this Association will 1 opened daily from 7 o'clock A. M. r.ntlll 10 o'cloi P. M. Mr. DANIELS. UART, Clerk Of the Boar will be In constant attendance to meet r.ll app cations for relief, receive contributions, Ac. The Secretary will be at the office dally at o'clock P. M., to examine aad select nurses, ar those who desire situations as nurses mast appl at this office. GEORG?". S. PELZER, M. D., Secretary. DIRECTORY OF TUB OFFICERS OF THE HOWARD ASSOCfATIO OF CHARLESTON. PRESIDENT. JAMES H. TAYLOR, Residence No. 7 Rutledge street; office corne Hayne and Church streets. SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, THOMAS S. BUDD, Residence No. 7 Water street; office 15 Boyce' wharf. JUNIOR VICE PRESIDENT, W. G. DBSACSbCRE, Residence No. 25 East Battery; office 23 Broai street. TREASURER, GEORGE H. MOFFETT, Office Ad ?er A Co's Hardware Store, Meetlnj street. SECRETARY. GEORGE S. PELZER, Office in Market Hall. DIRECTORS-WARD l. H. F. Baker, residence No. 27 Qaeen street office No. 20 Cumberland street, (H. F. Baker ? Co's. Coal Yard.) W. G. DeSaussure, resldeuce No. 23 East Bat' tery; office No. 23 Broad street. WARD 2. T. P. Lowndes, reildence Llmeaouse street; office No. 26 Bread street. W. H. Peronneau, residence Sm ta's lane; etfice Bank or Charleston. WARD Thomas M. HanckeL residence No. 47 Hase street; ofrlee Ko. 4 Broad street. H. C. Robertson, residence No. 1 Maiden lane; whartlnger, Atlantic wharf. WARD 4. Jacob Small, residence No. 4 Bull street; office corner King and Princess streets. S. A. Nelson, residence No. 21 Archdale street; office No. 2 Hayne street. WARD 5. S. Y. Tapper, residence no. 2 Ana street; office Planters' and Mechanics' Bank. J. H. Devereux, residence No. 23 Reid Street; office corner Broad and East Bay. WARD S. Joseph A. Sanders, residence No. es Pitt street, next corner Vanderborst street. F. S. Holmes, residence corner Pitt and Vander horst streets; office Holmes's Book Store. WARD 7. B. F. Evans, residence No. 7 Drake street: office Walker, Evans A Cogswell, Broad street. James M. Eason, residence No. 15 Drake street; office corner Columbus and Nassau streets. WARD 8. W. G. WhUdeu, residence southwest come Ashley and Spring streets; office corser Ring and Beaufaln streets. W. S. Henerey, residence soatheaat corner spring and St. Phillp streets. sep2 _ Special Notices. ME?CELiNTS' SOUTHERN ~BOS^ TON LINE.-Consignees per Brig F. H. JEN? NINGS will 6end to Adger's North Woarf ior Goods. All remaining at snnset wm be stored. No claims will be allowed after Goods are rem-,v. ed. WILLIAM ROACH A CO., sepl?-l Agents. p9* THE SEASON IS APPROACHING for Children's Sammer Complaints, especially tn those who are Teething. A safe and secare reme? dy ls all Important, and mothers will find finch a one in DR. BABB'S GERMAN SOOTHING COR DIAL. To be had of all Druggists. apr24-mwf PW* PURIFY THE BLOOD.-IT IS AN established fact that avery large class of disor? ders can only be cored! by such remedies as will enter Into the blood, and circulate with ft through every portion of the body; for by this meaos only can the remedy be brought Into Immediate con? tact with the disease. To obtain this desirable end no preparation has evtr been so uniformly successful as DR. JAYNE'S ALTERATIVE. Sero fn!a, King's Evil, Cancer and Cancerous Tumors, White Swellings, Enlargement of the Bones, Chronic Rhumatlsm and Gout, Emptive Diseases of the Skin, Old and Indolent Ulcers, Goitrous Swellings or the Throat, Ac, are cared with a J certainty which has astonished every beholder, lt ls, besides, one or the most pleasant articles that can be taken Into the stomach; operating as a tonic, lt removes Dyspepsia and Nervous Affec? tions, and Imparts a glow of animation and health unequalled by anything In the whole Materia Medica. Sold by all Druggists. GOODRICH, (VINEMAN A CO., Wholesale Agents. sep0-9tutb3 Nero TJnbiic?tions. g TAN DARD TEXT BOOKS. By Professor ASA GRAY, Of Harvard University, Author of "How Plants Grow," "School and Field Book of Botany," "Manual of Botany," "?struc? tural and systematic Botany," Ac, Ac. "Botany should be taught in every school, and these Volumes should be the Text-Books.''- Proj. X S. Dams, university of Virginia. The publishers beg to call the attention of those about forming classes In Botany to the well-known works by Professor Oray. Having been carefully revised, they present the latest and most accurate principles and developments of the science, and lt ia safflcleat Indorsement or them to state that they are nsed In almost every noted College, High School and Seminary In the country, and are rec? ommended over other series by nine-tenths of the leading Professors and Botanical Teachers la the United States. No author has yet approached Professor Gray In the rare art of making purely sclent inc theories and dry details popujar and interesting. From his charming elementary work "How Plants Qrowi" to his more elaborate "Manual.''there la one simple, concise and yet exhaustive method ot teaching the varions grades of the study. Descriptive Circulars, giving fall titles and pri? ces, will be forwarded by mall, to any address, on application. 1V1SON, BLAKEMAN, TAYLOR A CO., Publishers, Nos. 133 and 140 Grand street, New York. febio USSELLS LIST The Arts in the Middle Ages, and at the Period of the Renaissance. By Pani Lacroix, Curator ol the Imperial Library or the Arsenal, Paris. Iliac rated with nineteen chromo-llthographic prints, and upward or four hundred engravings on wood. $12. specimens of the Drawings of the Ten Masters, with descriptive letter-press and twenty tho to graphs, 4to, handsomely bound. $10. Songs or Home, with thirty-six moat rations by Fenn, Hennessy, Griswold, *c, and eight auto graphs, uniform with "Songs of Life," "Kath rina," "Bitter-sweet," Ac, cloth, full gilt. $\ Marvels of Glass-Making. By A, Sauzay. with sixty-seven Illustrations on wood, and ten auto? type copies or the best examples In the South Ken? sington Museum. $6. Wonders of Italian Art. By Louis Vlardot. With ten autotypes and thirty engravings, cloth. $6. Wonders of Painting. Of the Spanish, French, English and Flemish Schools. By M. Vlardot. With numerous antotype and wood cut illustra? tions, cloth, gilt. $6. The Wonders or Engraving. By George Da plesslB. With thirty-four fine wood cats sad ten photograph reproductions in autotype, illustrative of the various stages of the art of engraving, (rom the earliest times to the present. $&, Illustrations of the Life of Martin Luther. En? graved In line after original paintings by Labou? chere, with letier-press. Bv Rev. Merle D'Aublgne. Twelve pictures In folio. $6. The Birth ana Childhood of oar Lord Jesus Christ. Meditations selected from the works ?I augustine, Chrysostom, cosln, Hall. Calvin. Ac, with twelve photographs after Da Vinci, Barfaelle, Murillo, Guido, Deiaroche, A ry Sc helier, and other masters, 1 vol., illuminated cloth, extra gilt. $6. Library of Poetry and Song. Being a choice selection from the best poets, with introduction ny Wm. Cullen Bryant. Handsomely Illustrated! I voL, 8vo. $8. The Song of the Sower. By Wm. Cullen Bryant. Illustrated with forty-two engravings by the best artists, ito, cloth, gilt. $5. Rustic Adornments for Homes or Taste, with nine colored plates and two hundred and thirty wood engravings, 1 vol., 8vo, cloth, gilt. $9. Miss KHmansegg and her Precious Leg; A Gold n Legend. By Thomas Hood. Illustrated by sixty exquisite etchings from draw Inga by Thoma? Seccombe, R. A., in characteristic cloth binding. $T 60. illustrations to Goethe's Faust. Thirteen de? signs in Silhouette, by Paul Koncwka. The English text from Bayard Taylor's new translation, l vol., 4to. $4. Mangln-The Desert World. Translated from the French, with additions and emendations. One very handsome vol., royal 8vo., with one hundred and sixty superb Illustrations. $8. Mangln-The Mystery of the Ocean. Translated from the French, with additions and emendations. One very handsome vol., royal 8vo., with one hun? dred and thirty superb illustrations, ii. Mlchelet-The Bird: Its History, Habits and Usefulness. One handsome vol., royal 8vo., with two hundred and ten superb illustrations by Glaco melli. $6. Figuier-Earth and sea. From the French el Louis Figuier. Illustrated with two hundred and arty engravings. One handsome vol., royal 8vo. $b. Ecclesiastical Art In Germany during the Middle Age*. By Proressor Lubke. Illustrated with one hundred and eighty-roar engravings, 1 voL, 8vo. $9. Library or Wonders. Illustrated with one thou sand beautiful illustrations. The series consists or: Wonders of the Haman Body; The Sublime tn Nature; Intelligence of Animals: Thunder and Lightning; Bottom of the Sea; Wonders of the Heavens; italian Art; Architecture: Glassfflaklng: Lighthouses and Lightships; Wonders of Pompeii: Egypt 3300 Years Ago; The Sun; Wonders or Heat; Optical Wonders; Wonders or Acoustics; Wonder? ful Escapes; Bodily Strength ard Skill; Balloon Ascents; Great Hunts. The volumes may be pur? chased separately at $1 SO. * Etchings by John Leech, containing Illustra? tions or "Jack Brag," "Christopher Tadpole" and "Hector O'Halloran," one vol.. folio. $3. M?nchhausen-Adventures da Baron de M?nch? hausen. Traduction nouvelle par Gautier Als. illustr?es par Gustave Dore. Two vols. Royal octavo. 1600 pages and namer ous engravings. Price, $7; by mail, post-paid, $8. jan! Also, a large and choice collection or the newest Juvenile and Toy Books. dec ia IJlHE UNIVERSITY MEDICINES, F3EFARED BT TH2 NEW YORK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY. COMPOUND FLUID EXTRACT OF CANCER PLANT-Pnce $2 Cough Linc:us-Price $1 DUauthus Extract, for Epilepsy, St. Vitas" Dance, ?spinal and Brain Affections-Price $2 Catarrh Specific-Price $2 Hydrated oxymel, for consumption, Bronchitis, Whooping Cough, Ac-Price $2 Pile Extract-a never railing Pile care-Price $?. May Apple Pills, Tor Dyspepsia, Torpidity of the Liver, Constipation, Ac-Price 50 cents Headache Pills-Price 50 cents Alkaline Resolvent-an Iodized chemical water superior to Vichy, Kissingen, Seltzer, Ac Price ?i n ". Five Minute Pain Curer-Price $1 Chemical Heating, Blood and Bone Ointment Price $1 Ethereal Phosphorus-Price $3 Llthla-for the Kidneys-Price $3 Katalp-t Extract-the woman's friend-Price $3 victoria Regla-unrivalled for beautifying complexion-Price $2 Ama-anth-for the Hair-stops falling hair-Price Neuralgia-Rheumatic Elixir-Price $2 Fever and Aguo Globules-Price $2 per box. For sale by DB. H. BAER, aprtl No. 131 Meeting street, Charleston. Patent ?lebicines. ?H&FOODMl. i _ MOST WONDERFUL CURES EF? FECTED. BOTH OF MIND AND BODY. DU BARRY'S DELICIOUS HEALTH RE? STORING BEVALENTA ARABIGA FOOD Will care DYSPEPSIA, Constipation, Acidity, Cramps, Fits, Heartburn, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Nervousness, Biliousness, Affections of the Liver and Kidneys, Flatulency, Colic, Palpitation or the Heart, Nervous Headache, Irritability, Noises In Head and Ears, Giddiness, Pain between the Shoulders, and In the Chest, Chronic Inflamma? tion and Ulceration of the Stomach, Emptions on the Skin, Scurvy, Fevers, Scrofula, Impurities, Poverty of Blood, Incipient Consomption, Dropsy, Diabetes, Rheumatism, Cont, Influenza, Grippe. Nausea and Vomiting; daring Pregnancy, after eating or at sea, Low Spirits, General Debility, Paralysis, Cough, As'hma, Tightness Across the Chest, Phlegm, Sleeplessness, Tremors, Vertigo Blood to the Head, Exhaustion, Ac- The best food for invalids, generally, as lt never tarns acid on the weakest stomach, like arrow root, bat i m parts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion and nervous and muscu ar energy to the most enfeebled. Likewise adapted to rear delicate Infants. A few ont of 60,000 Testimonials of Core are given below : "v THE POPE'S HEALTH RESTORED BY DC BAB RY'S FOOD. Cure No. 68,413- "Roto, July 21, lSSfl.-The health of the Holy Father ls excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, he has con? fined himself entirely to Da Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consames a plateful at every meal. It has produced a f-urprtslngly beneficial effect on'hls health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." From the Gazette Du Midi, July 25. " FROM THE DOWAGER COUNTESS OF CASTLE STUART. Cure No. 62,612.-"R08STKZV0R, COUNTY OF DOWN, I BS LAND, December 0,1854.-The Dowager Countess of Cas tl esta art feels induce*, in the in? terest of suffering humanity, to state that Da Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabics Food has cored her, after all medicines had failed, of bal gestion, Bile, Great Nervousness, irritability, aad Hysteria of many years'standing. This Food dis? serves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be considered a real blessing. For sale In one and two pound packages by DR. H. B A E R,4 SOLE AGENT, MEETING STREET. Directions with every package. angil THE CELEBRATED GERMAN SOOTHING- CORDIAL, FOR INFANTS TEETHING. This is the best Medicine for Infants and yoong Children ever offered to the public. It ls carefully prepared from the beat Drags, according to a pre? scription furnished by a distinguished German Physician or large and successful practice, and has been tried and approved by many or c ir best physicians. It ls specially adapted to the disease* incident to childhood during the trying period or teething, and recommends itself for the core o? Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Colic, Griping In the Bowels, Sommer Complaint, Ac. It contains IV O ANODYNE, or other injurious Drag, 'and should, thereto re, be preferred to the Soothing Syrups that no*" flood the market, which are known to contain opium, and are, therefore, more or less injurious. Thous? ands or 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 certificate. Ia the numerous other cases, where the Innocents are murdered by this modern Herod of the Nur? sery, the cans?is laid tc a thousand other causes to ail bat the right one. Mothers, bear this in mind, and ase the GER? MAN SOOTHING CORDIAL, which is safe, effi? cient and satisfactory. DO NOT FAIL TO TRY A BOTTLE AT ONCE! This SOOTHING CORDIAL is also aa excellent Tonic, admirably adapted ta cases of debility giving tone to the system, recuperating the strength aad restoring the appetite. PRICE-TWEXTY-FraP CENTS PER BOTTLE. MANUFACTURED BT Dr. H. BAER, CHARLESTON, S. O. Also fer sale by the following Druggists: A. W. ECKEL A CO., Dr. A. RAOUL, Hr. W. A. SERINS. A. O. BARBOT, VOGT A CO.. 1- BLACKMAN, Dr. P. M. COHEN, Dr. E. H. KELLERS, E. S. BURNHAM, GRAMAN A SOU WAK* ?. W. A! M AR, J. LOCKWOOD, 0. J. LU I IN. W. T. LINN, A. M. COHEN. W. A, GIBSON, and by Druzais's generally ._angil PHE* FOUNTAIN SYRIN QI SELF ACTING.-NO PUMPINQ.-NO AIR INJECTED. The best universal SYRINGE in the market. It ls recommended by the first Physicians of th country. It ls so simple that lt cannot get ont of order. There are no valves, and nothing that will cor? rode. One will last a life time. Dr. JOS. H. WARREN, an eminent Phlalclan, o? Boaton writes to the manufacturers: "From the fact of its star, j'.'ciry and corree* principle to the structure or your 'Fountain Sy? ringe,' and for ?he easy manipulation, practicable result, and comfort to the patient, I have recom? mended tola Instrument extensively." _ The Profession are invited to call and examina the apparatus. " For sale, wholesale and 7BAEK| yo. isl Meeting street, mjK Agent for Soita. OaroUra,