The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, September 13, 1871, Image 1
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.
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Gentle.
Fresh.
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Gentle.
Qentle.
Gentle.
Frosh.
Lt.Rain.
Cloudy.
Clear.
Fair.
Fair.
Cloudy.
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Smoky.
Fair.
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Clondy.
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Cloudy.
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Lt Rain
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(lindy.
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Clear.
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Cloudy.
Fair.
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Cloudy.
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Fair.
Fair.
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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.
GOODS FOR BATH1SG SOITS
Flannels
Cloths
Caaalmerea
Towelling
Sheetings, Aa
All or which we now offer at
REBUCED PRICES!
A SEPARATE DEPARTMENT
FOB
CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS,
AND
MATT I?N G .
The Finest, Best and Cheapest
Stock of Goods in Town.
July27 _ _
rjIHE GREAT GERMAN REMEDIES.
Proreasor LOUIS WUND RAM'S BLOOD PURI?
FYING AND PURGATIVE HERBS, (In PUIS or
Powders,) for the cure of all Acute or Chronic
Diseases, resulting from impure blood and imper
feet digestion.
AlsoTthe fouowlng Medicines by the same (Pro
Tensor Louis Wand ram, Brunswick, Germany :j
.GOUT POWDERS.
'?" Rheumatic Tincture.
Epileptic Remedy.
Toothache Drops.
Herb Tea (lor Dyspepsia and Nervousness.)
Rheumatic Herb Tea.
Gout Tincture.
Eye Water.
Wundwasaer (the German "Painkiller/',
For sale by Dr. H. IA ER,
nja^o No. 131 Meeuna ?tr<w.
gIR JAMES CLARKE'S FEMALE PILLS.
These PILLS have long been used both in Oreat
Britain and this country, and are the best or their
kind tn the market, _
For sale by DR, H. 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,