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VOLLME XI.-NUMBER 1774. CHARLESTON, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER I, 1871. T.OZJfJlNT THREATENED WITH REVO? LUTION. Movement to Cast Tweed, Connolly and Hall Overboard-Another Mystery and Marder-The Tragedy of Jennie Hicks -A Tall-Tale Ring-Tilton* Life of Victoria Woodhall-Reappearance ot an Ancient Greek Statesman tn the Political Arena-Augustine Daly's New Play, '-Divorce," at the Fifth Avenue Theatre. [FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] NEW YORK, September li. A revolution ls threatened inside of Tamma? ny Hall. The present leaders, Tweed, Connol? ly and Hall, have suffered so grievously from the bot shot poured Into thej tbat their Influ? ence with the local Democracy ls on the wane. Whether or not they have been misrepresent? ed, it ls certain they have been badly damaged in reputation. The long ordeal they are about to ?go through In the public courts must be very disheartening to men who have had to bear up against a torrent of the most terrible detraction for two or three months past. Major Hall, I am told, has lost his old Imper? turbability. He has ceased to make puns, and says be is sick and disgusted with the 'whole affair. Comptroller Connolly winces, and sends his wife personally to the newspa? pers to correct current slanders. Mr. Tweed, however, ls said to preserve a placid front, ^^nd to promise that he will shortly "astonish" ?fee enemy. If the expected revolution in Tammany Hall is accomplished, and Tweed, Hall and Connol? ly are thrown overboard, it ls understood that the new regime will be composed partly of ?Governor Hoffman, Peter B. Sweeny, Judge Barnard and Sheriff Brennan. Alter the Gov? ernor's interference with the Mayor's 12th of July proclamation, the -ring" refused to have anything more to do with him. AU communi? cation between the Executive Mansion in Al? bany, and the City Hall in New York, ceased. Sweeny has not been on good terms with Tweed and Hall for some months. The Ger? man Democrats under the leadership ot Oswald Ottecdorffer, of the Staats Zeitung, have also cut loose from the old regime, ana would un? doubtedly assist in the revolution which would Install new men at the head of affairs. Satan seems to have been especially prow? ling about this neighborhood this summer. One might almost imagine that he took the first Cuoarder to this country after the fall ot the Paris Commune. Ever since the street car murder of last June we have been treated to a rapid succession of the most diabolical events. We have hardly "eased to talk about the af? fairs of Mary Post ?nd Alice Bowlsby, and the suicide lover, Walter Conklin, when another mattery and murder sets the whole town agog. Probably you will have the particulars by to day's mails. I wilt briefly summarize : On last Tuesday morning, some men walk? ing on the beach near Cold Spring, on Long Island, were shocked to discover the body of a very pretty and handsomely dressed young lady lying in the sand. From Its appearance, it was evident that lt had been cast up from the sea. There was a discoloration under the left eye which might suggest the probability of. violence and. murder. The deceased was healthy-looking and finely formed, and her cloth'.nz. which was such as a lady In comfor? table circumstances wears, gave evidence ot personal refinement. Her portemonnaie con? tained twelve dollars in bills. No name ap? peared on the clothing, but upon one of the rings on her fingers were engraved the Initials #H. The county coroner held an inquest; wit? nesses testified that the day before the dis? covery of the body several pleasure yachts were cruising off the place, and one or two of them had parties of fadies and gentlemen on board. One witness, a woman, said that on Monday alternoon she saw a yacht off Cove Neck, and that alter dark she heard screams, followed by shouting and the blowing of a horn. The strongest point of the testimony was that of an old fisherman, who swore that on Wednesday night he saw four men with shovels and lanterns crawling along the beach. He asked them what they were after, and they replied that they were looking for the body of a woman who had been drowned. Upon being told that the coroner hod posses? sion of lt they appeared to be alarmed, and, shutting up their lanterns, fled hastily. Who was the dead girl ? This ls the problem that troubles the detectives. A Troy paper furnishes a possible clue. On the Saturday preceding the Tuesday morning when the body was cast up from the ocean on the shore of Long Island, Miss Jennie Hicks, the most fasmonable dressmaker of Troy, left her place of business with the avowed purpose of going to Albany, which ls only a few miles distant. She told her clerks that she should return the same day, but from tbat time all traces of her nave been lost. She was a girl ol sound mind and good sense, and went away In excellent health aDd spirits. There were no reasons, either social or of a business character why she should come to New York. Can lt be possible, then, that the young woman who left ber home in Troy tor a few hours' absence on Saturday can oe the same whose body lay In me sand on the Long Island coast on Tuesday morning ? The initials on the ring, J. H., would seem to fur? nish the connecting link. And yet, how came Miss Jennie Hicks in a yacht on Monday night ? How did she get into the water ? Did she fall overboard accidentally, or was she murdered and cast Into the sea ? Perhaps to day some light will be shed on this mystery by the friends of the Troy lady who have been telegraphed to come down at once and sec the body found at Cold Springs. The case promises to excite as much interest as that which attached to the finding of the unknown body in the trunk at the Hudson Biver Railroad depot. The newspapers are laughing over the Rev. Theodore Tilton's new book, the "Lile of Vic? toria Woodhull." Mr. Tilton ls an ardent ad? mirer of Mrs. Woodhull, and supports her claims as a candidate for the ^residency. Any? thing f o preposterous as this by a sane New fork journalist has heretofore hardly been smnoeed possible. Tilton, besides being a minister of the Gospel, has had the reputation Of being a man of practical good sense. That he should put himself on record as theapolo ?1st and eulogist of a woman who is openly vlng with two husbands, and who boldly pro? claims the doctrine of free love, and that he should seriously urge the American people to make her President, looks very much as If she had some secret hold upon him which he dare, not shake off. Mr. 1 ikon, In this re mallabie book, asserts thal Madame Woodhull is acting under the direction of the spirits, and particularly of one spirit, who composes all her editorials and public orations. Wbo do you suppose this obliging shade ID ? Well, no other than Demosthenes, the eminent Greek gentleman of twenty-two centuries ago. It Is really kind in Demosthenes to lake so much interest In American politics. The loquacious and eloquent Grant will be dismayed - to learn that the famous old talker has concluded to run the much-married woman against him. Nearly all the thean es have reopened for the season. Ex-Internal Revenue Collector Sheridan Shook's new place, fae Union Place Theatre, throws open Its doors to-night for the first time. At the little Fifth Avenue Theatre, which vies with Wallack's in the choiceness of its audiences, aa original play by the mana? ger, Augustine Daly, has been produced. A part of the action lies in St. Augustine, Florida. It ls called "Divorce," and the moral, If it has any, ls supposed to point out the absurdity and wickedness of the growing American custom of settling matrimonial tiffs with divorce aults. NTH. THE RIOT AT BUCHAREST. BUCHAREST, September 12. The riot ls over. It was reported that the Jews bad sacrificed a Christian child. The government promptly intertered and arrested Sie ringleaders. Atter pta have been made to renew the disturbance. THE CINCINNATI EXPOSITION. CINCINNATI, September 13. f Eleven thousand persons attended the In? dustrial Exposition. New England and the South contributed the larger part of the fabrics. Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee are well represented, especially in brown sheet? ings. 9- Georgia sent sneetlngs, tickings, oana* burgs and warps. TUE GEORGIA COTTON OUTLOOK. Terrible Effects of the Recent Storms Upon the Crops. [Editorial Correspondence of Macon Telegraph.] CUTHBERT, GA., September ll. Three terrible gales within a month hare lashed and inundated the Atlantic coast, car? rying havoc and ruin to sea island cotton and rice crops, while the interior ha9 been swept by deluging rains, and railroads, bridges and valley crops have succumbed to the flood. CONDITION OF THE COTTON". The cotton plants straggle forth forlorn and miserable, amid the muddy and half-sub? merged fields, and their fleecy burden has either disappeared, or hangs stained and In tatters upon the parent stock. All conceded that cold and wet seasons in early sprlDg. fol? lowed by a rush of grass, lazy freedmen, and the Sahara-like drought which succeeded, had reduced to a beggarly figure the expectations of the planter. But the storm fiend appearing Sain and again upon the scene, has at length ven the coup de grace to the crop. Very little ls left for the ravages of the insatiate worm, which bas appeared of late like the camp followers of a nest, to kill the wounded and rob the dead. Uo put your houses in order ye "future delivery" vampires, and pre? pare for a graceful financial subsidence. PLANTERS, STAND FIRM. And now we can ?only counsel our sturdy farmers who literally bear upon their shoulders the fortunes and weal of the whole country, to resist the importunities and sensation stories of interested cotton buyers. The cot? ton In sight at this time exceeds only bv about 200,000 bales the amount reported last year, though the crop reached nearly 4,500. 000 bales. Ajrain. we shall have the looms of France, Belgium and Germany in the arena, and clamoring for the raw material, and it must be remembered also lhat the annual con? sumption of the great staple ever steadilv in? creases. PAT TOUR DSBT3 as soon a^ossiole therefore, and to sustain your fair name and reputation, denver the last bale that has been pledged or hypothecated tor advances and plantation supplies, and then pack and store your crops, and calmly await the issue. When receipts fall ot!, and the fact begins to be patent to the cottca lords ot Manchester and Liverpool that lhere is uo cry of wolf In the reports ot a meagre yield, we shall witness a grand and most salutary re? action In prices, which will go far to compen? sate the disheartened husbandman tor his bootless toil. Cotton, About Face-Forward, Doable Quick, March: Under the above heading. Mr. J. S. Wim blsh writes to the Macon Telegraph: In giving this order to cotton I do it because its ranks have already been thinned by tiie terrible onsets of an unpropitious season.' and because the merciless middle-men. who stand ready to decoy the few remaining bales which may escape lrom the ravages ot drought and storm, will surely Imprison these gallant Dales, and make them pay an enormous ransom be? fore they escape from their cruel clutches. Now If these gallant two million bales of cot? ton, which have passed through six or seven battles for dear Hie, bad help (rom the 'armer, they would surely be highly valued by all man? kind. Middle-men do not concede as yet that so few bales will really come to them tor spec? ulation, and if the farmer would rally to the rescue to-day and stand arm in favor ot high price for cotton, cottod would reward them by facing about and marching In an onward and upward course, until its full value was conce? ded by ail the world. Let us review briefly the terrible conflicts through which cotton hos passed, and surely all who are acquainted with the nature of cot? ton will marvel that even 2,000,000 bales should survive and finally make an appearance be? fore the expectant world. We will speak by authority and from experience. Firstly. At least Ave or six hundred thou? sand bales were sliced off at once in the be? ginning, through the lack of stimulants in the shape of manure and fertilizers. Secondly. The spring was early and the seed were not planted as early as they should have been on account of wet weather. This, coupled wltn cold rains in May while the cotton was young and tender, thinned out the stand con? siderably. Thirdly. Constant rains from the 30th of May until the 19th of June, held it in check from the fact that General Green (Its enemy) was active while cotton was needlnz help from the plough and hoe, and blessed sun? shine lrom heaven. Fourthly. After the rain the mat of grass formed over the ground had to be destroyed: then came into the ti eld the most unrelenting enemy to young cotton plants-the negro with a sharp hoe In hand. These hewed and'hacked it In all kinds ot style until, lu many places, there were only left here and there a stalk, like battle-scarred veterans on a hard-fought field, keeplncr sentinel. Fifthly. Having been hacked down by the remorseless hoe until wide gap3 stood bare, the dry and parching drought set in. and did up the stalks In very small packages. Now these were severe conflicts, and alone would have cut orr many bales ol cotton in any season, but taken all in one season who can count the damage done? But ls this all ? Bv no means. Since the drought has been followed by successive storms, the little stalks of cotton (having no hold upon the earth on account of such a .ong dry snell) make an at? tempt to grow, and thousands ot acres fail and drop the leaves from the plant, and the plant withers up to the roots. Again, thousands of acres, possessed of a clay foundation, receive new life from the rains, and shaving off all forms and young bolls not firmly set, put out an abundant growth of leaves greatly to the Injury of the maturing bolls-shutting out the light of the sun so essential to the full expan? sion of the boll and growth of the fibre. And again, the storms have come just in the beginning of the picking season, and all the first opening is more or less lost or injured. To day a storm is raging with deluges ot rain, which bids fair to submerge all bottom lands. I have not seen such a fall of rain, accompa? nied by such winds, since 1855. And is this the last battle-this terrible storm of wind and rain-which the poor, deci? mated ranks of the cotton plant have to con j tend with ? I fear not. An early frost may confidently be expected to cap the climax o't its calamities. Ail signs now indicate an early fall. I look for frost in September and ice in October. Well, it a piece is bit out of the crop by the cold weather, we may confidently ex? pect "doglalls" of this crop to bring more than the best sea island of last crop brought. This last calamity may be withheld, but it would not be a3 great as either which have already befallen us. Now, though cotton may not move up with alacrity from its present unfavorable position, and bring a price to make up tor the lack in supply, yet were the farmers all to stand firm and immovable the price would eventually im? prove so as to Indemnify them In part for the losses sustained through the entire vear. This crop of cotton, with the exception ot fertili? zers, has cost as much to produce it as ;he crop of last season. The gathering and carry? ing to market will not cost near as much. THE TURF. The Result of the St. Leger. LONDON. September 13. The betting on the St. Leger was enor? mous. The race was won by Baron Roths? child's filly, Hannah. Victor being second, and Kingwood third. Longfellow Wim at Lexington. LEXINGTON. September 13. Longfellow beat Pilgrim in a two-mile heat to-day. Time 3.33.J and 3.34]. Planet won a three-quarter mile dash. Time l.lSj. -It has been reported that the cholera was diminishing in Persia, but the statement ls ev? idently an error, as the latest news received from the city of Tabreez in that country from the Levant Herald bv London, September 9,) shows that the deaths from the pestilence at that place still average 210 per div. Thia is the worst report yet received from that arBict ed land. In consequence of the spread and vi olence of the disease, the Persian army nas been disbanded, and the people everywhere, Christian and Mussulman, are leaving the plains and villages and fleeing to the moun? tains. It would be a terrible thing to have to record the gradna! obliteration of an entire people, and one so ancient as the Peralans; but it would almost seem that plague and lam UN together are depopulating Persia. LIFTING THE CURTAIN. GOVERNOR SCOTT VERSUS THE OWN? ERS OF HIS .'ORGANS." ' The Governor's Righteous Indignation Against the Waste of the People's Money-He Fixes nfs '-Eagle Eye" Upon tho Doings of the Carolina Printing Company-The Real Cause of the Collapse of the Charleston Re? publican-Rich Revelations Proraised. The following anonymous communication, addressed to the editor of the Columbia Phcealx and published in that paper yester? day, is evidently the semi-official reply to the tart la3t dying speech of the Charleston Repub? lican, which was reproduced in THE NEWS of Saturday last: (From the Phoenix.] lu what purports to be the dying editorial of the Charleston Republican, considerable Injus? tice is done bis Excellency Governor Scott, and au attempt is made to throw odium on his of? ficial actions, in regard to subsidizing the Re? publican press of the State. I desire through the columns ol your paper to place the blame where the blame belongs. The last session of the Legislature passed a bill giving the public printing to the clerks ot the 8enate and House of Representatives, and the Governor's ap? proval of that bill waa obtained on the assur? ance that a considerable expense would be saved the State under their management ; but s'tbseq iect events have proved that, instead of an Intention of economy, a "big job" wo3 intended. It is not" my object at presea: to say anything regarding the gentleman who fathered this job, but lt ts sufficient to remark, en passant, that they are well versed In political clilca ner'r, and have lathered many previous i obs", which have resulted in the deple? tion of the Srate treasury. Alter the passage of this printing bill, a company was formed, called the "Carolina Printing Companv," ot which Mr. Josephus Woodruff, the efficient clerk of the Senate, was elected president. Now. to any lalr-mlnded community, the fact ot a man in whom the Legislature had confid? ed the outlay ol such an Important Item of ex? pense as '.he public printing, over which he should have looked with an eagle eye, being elected president, or even having an interest in a concern doing this public work, whose bills he would necessxrily have to certlly to as being correct on which paymeut Is made, must attach sometiog beyond suspicion. The Carolina Printing Company, thinking to make Itself Telt as a power, then bought the Charles? ton Republican and the Daily union, the latter published in this cit}*; and things went on swimmingly until a time arrived when his Ex? cellency Governor Scott was forced, from mo? tives of expediency, tn which the welfare of the State was deeply concerned, to refuse to approve ol any more bills for the public print? ing, until the matter had been laid before the Legislature for Its, consideration and action In the premises. Upon Governor Scott taking this position, and the Printing Company's job being blocked, all manner of expostulation and threats have been resorted to by them-among others the dis? continuance of the Republican and Union, the two leading Republican Journals In the Srate. When it is here stated, and successful contra? diction challenged," that up to the presaot time over $200.0,0 hos been dra-via lor by this Carolina Printing Company on oills certified by the clerks of the two Houses tor work done or said to be done, and large bills (rom them still outstandiog^tgainst the State-when lt Is a well known (act that irom 150,000 lo $60,000 ought to have be?n the extent of printing ob? ligations incurred, lt cannot be wondered at that Governor Scott, having the Interest of the State at heart, should refuse to approve any more bills until the matter had been laid before the Legislature for action. In regard to the Charleston Republican ceas? ing its issue from the fact ot not receiving sufficient patronage for Its support from the State, there is not one word of truth in it. Bills have been paid for work done in publish? ing the laws of the .state, Ac, the amount of which was quite sufficient to have maintained that journal in financial comfort tor one year to come, at least; but the bills were collected by the Carolina Printing?Company, the pro? prietor of the Charleston Republican, who, after pocketing the earnings ot that paper, re? fused to contributAp. dollar tor its support, and allowed the drafifrof Its financial manager to go to protest, expecting that Governor Scott would pay the unsettle 1 accounts, rather than seethe paper discontinue. Too much credit cannot be accorded to Governor Scott for his action in this matter, when it is consid? ered what he will have to undergo Irom the nany lash, all caused by his honest and firm resolve to save the Slate treas? ury from a party of cormorants, anxious and willing to suck the liie-blood from the treasury, and reduce the Stale to beggary, all tor their Bel?sh and sordid motives of gain. It is not out of the way to state an incident which occurred on the presentation of one ot the accounts, over a yard in length, of thia printing company, to the F.xecutive Depart? ment for payment, the amount of which was 3ome $13,00*0. Governor Scott stated that he was no adept in printing-account, abd would submit it to one well versed In such mattera, who. after a careful examination, reduced the amount $'.0,000, leaving a balance ot only $3000 due :'or work done. Thl3 serves to show the standard of the men interested, who would thus resort to such low methods to rob the State, throwing themselves behind the ap? proval of the bill by the Governor, whom they knew to have but lillie knowledge iii printing matters. If the proprietors of the Charleston Republican had any desire to serve the Repub? lican party by Che continuance of that paper, they could have done so, for they offered the paper for sale for $10,000-$5000 cash and $5000 on lime, with a guarantee of $6000 per annum State patronage. They were offer? ed by good Republicans, anxious for the suc? cess ot the paper, $4000 in cash, and the bal? ance, $6000, to be taken out in State patronage, to be made over to the Carolina Printing Com? pany, for its security; but they bad no desire to serve either the paper or trie party, aa shown by its discontinuance, thinking In their short-sightedness to cast the obloquy on Gov? ernor Scott. These lew Items are given to the public, in anticipation of the coining event, when the misdeeds of the Carolina Printing Company, and the parties composing it, will be thoroughly ventilated. If the leading article In the last Issue of the Charleston Republican had been supervised before its publication by Mr. Fox, its able and accomplished editor, subsequently to his lor mal interview with his Excellency Governor Scott, I am persuaded a decided different tone would have been adopted. * * * ALL A ROUT TUE S TA TE. -Colonel Levi Le Gett, of Marion, died cn the 7th. in his 77th year. -Mr. Tart, ol Marion,wa3 tallen upon by his horse and seriously hurt. -There were several whiskey fights in Horrv on sales-day. This is Horry-ble : -A hungry Marion pig eat off the fingers and a part of the face of a lonely colored baby. -A colored man named,Washington fell on a steam saw in Marion, and was terribly cut up about it. -Mr. James M. Allen was awarded the eon tract lor the erection ot the new city hall at Columbia, hi3 bid, $139,000, being the lowest. -Caemar Timmons, ol Kingtree, who shot .Elias Knight, and who was brought before Trial Justice Jacobs, aud by him committed to the custody of the sheriff, failing to procure "other ball, took leg-bail on Sunday night last. -James M. Eichelberger, convicted ot riot at the last term of the court at Newberry, and sentenced to the penitentiary for five months, has been pardoned by the Governor. We learn there were extenuating circumstances, whi:h were considered in his case. -Mrs. Ellis and her daughters, living at Marion, were badly frightened by Griffin Cole? man who shook the door and demanded ad? mittance. One of the young ladies obtained renforcements, and when Coleman walked in he was hastily licked with the helve of an axe. Mr. Coleman says it was just a jest, and he ls jest fined tea dollars and"costs by the justice. -The statement is made that the belief pre? vails in well-informed circles in Rome,that the Cardinal-Archbishop ot Palermo hos the best prospect of succeeding Pius IX. THE OLD WORLD'S NEWS. VE tis A ii-LE s, September 13. The committee of the Assembly agreed to re? port In favor of a recess. In his message to the Assembly, M. Thiers urges the adoption of a provisional increase in the taxe?, and regrets the weariness of the members and the approaching vacation. He thinks it best that the Chamber should sepa? rate and reassemble at an early day, and renes on the patriotism of the country to preserve that perfect tranquillity which France needs to revive her credit. M. De Tocqueville, nephew of the late states? man of that name, will probably be the French Minister at Washington. LONDON, September 13. It Is announced that thirty-five collieries and iron works, In Monmouthshire, Wales, are about to strike for ten per cent, advance on their wages. The people of Cardiff are Intensely indignant at the landing of the American ship Lorellet with cholera. The Paris Constitutionnel says the govern? ment is buying 550,000 chassepots lrom the minister of war at Berilo. SALZBURG, September 13. It bas been decided by Prince Bismarck, Count Von Beust and other diplomats who re? mained here after the departure of the Empe? rors William and Francis Joseph, to suppress the International Society and to settle finally the Schleswig question. THE LAST KEW YORK SENSATION. NEW YORK, September 13. The Sun reports intense excitement In post office circles over the alleged defalcation in the money order department. The Sun names John W. Norton, and places the amount of the swindle at from $100,000 to $150,000. Norton, however, being a man ol wealth, compounded with the government and resigned. John Mason, a clerk, was detected In open? ing letters and is held to bail. He had been in the postoffice twenty-five years and owns some valuable property. Other employees are sus? pected ot similar crimes. It is stated that Recorder Parcels, ol Long Island city, will be impeached for misappro? priating ot money. The Sun says: "There ls no longer donbt but that Mr. Sweeney and Mayor Hall have cut loose from Connolly and Tweed." The citizens' committee have adopted a report recommending civil and criminal suits against the last named officials. The roughs stoned a street car last night. Several persons were hurt. Several thousand workmen paraded the streets with flags and banners, for eight hours day's work, in an orderly manner. FOREIGN GOSSIP. -Charlotte Bronte's husband. Mr. Nicholls, has married the author's cousin, ML>s Bell, and is living in Ireland. -Emile Olli vier has settled in Turin, and avows lils determination ot never retain re? turning to France. He ls not rich, but ls familiar with Italian, anti with his profession, the law, and his pen, he hopes to keep him? self afloat. -Some 300.000 signatures have been obtain? ed to the anti-German League In France. Each signer pledges himself not to employ any Germans, not to buy anything from Ger? mans, and to do all that he can to lessen the Influence ol Germany. -The Prince and Princess of Wales have ended their German tour at Oberammergau, where they have quite captivated the peas? antry by their affability and condescension. The royal couple have stopped during a week or more in the cottuge ol a wood-chopper. -A report l3 current in France that George Sand (M'me Dude vant) has become a devout Catholic. She has recently had several long interviews with Archbishop Guibert, formerly Bl6hoD of Tours, the city which she has spoken ol in uer writings as th?- most pleasant place in France. -The Duke of Argyle doesn't seem to place much trust In the rumors of his son, the Mar Suis of Lome's appointment as Viceroy to anada or India, for he has fitted up Rosneath Castle, one of the most magnificent dwellings In Scotland, ror the Princess Louise, who at once fell In love with the place.? -According to Edmond About, who has written a new book entitled "Woman Under the Second Empire," in which are given many spicy revelations about the Influence of cer? tain ladies at the Tuileries upon the political action ol the ex-Emperor, the German Princess Metternich was the cause ot the Franco-Ger? man war, which was declared by Napoleon at her instigation. -One of the chief reasons why public opin? ion lu France desires the suppression of the National Guard -apart from the fact that the National Guard ls usually the active agent in all revolts against established authority In France-ls that people Just now are all desirous of the adoption of the Prussian compulsory military system. The first consequence of this system would be to render the National Guard an Incongruity; for, were lt kept in existence, Its ranks would become the refuge of all those who should desire to escape compulsory ser? vice lu the army. -Netacheff, the Russian, who has been sen? tenced to death for conspiracy against the Hie of the Emperor of Russia, was at one time a favorite servant ol the Emperor Nicholas, the father of the present Czar. While in the service of the late Emperor,tbe present Emperor, Alex? ander III detected him In the attempt to steal money lrom his father's desk. Netacheff never forgot this discovery, ?yid hence his recent conspiracy. The sentenced man will be put to death according to the usual cruel Russian code. He will be tied so as to be unable to move bis limbs. The executioner will then hang him on a large iron hook, an?.' turn him round until he is strangled. -The " Battle of Dorking," that now world renowned jeu d'esprit, has been attributed, since us first appearance in "Blockwood's Magazine " for May, to more than a dozen dif? ferent persons, of more or less note and lite? rary celebrity. Colonel George Chesney, who ls now by the London Athenaeum announced as the author, was never dreamed of as the father ot that clever satire, it being generally con? sidered the production of Colonel Hamley, a well-known contributor to " Blackwood," and the author of " Lady Lee's Widowhood," and the recent racy account ot the opening of the Suez Canal, published io that magazine. It was also attributed to his brother; to.the Rev. Geo. R. Glelg, author of "The Subaltern," and cbaplaln-general of the British army; to 8ir Archibald Allison, eldest son of the late historian of that name; to Major Lockhart, and to half a dozen others ot less note. In the magazine, and also in the repub? lication, In a separate form, over one hundred thousand copies ot the lamons battle were sold in England within two months; besides which it has had an enormous sale In this country. It is now being translated into French, and wlil ?shortly be published in Paris. -The Cherbourg correspondent of the Lon? don Times gives an interesting description of the fittings and "accommodations" of the transport Garonne, which ls to be used for the transportation ot the Communist prisoners who have been banished to New Caledonia. The (?aronne ls a screw steamer of about 2000 or 2500 tons burden, and, having originally been built as a transport for horses, is unusu? ally lofty between decks. The arrangements made for the prisoners are as follows : On each deck, four separate departments are being constructed, two on each side of the ship, each running nearly half the length of this, or about one hundred and fifty feet long, by twelve or thirteen feet in width. The sides of these compartments are formed of strong iron bars, or railings, placed ata sufficient distance from the side of the ship and from the hatchways leading to the engine-room, to afford a clear passage all around, and to prevent the possi? bility of the prisoners doing any injury either to the sides ot the vessel or to her machinery. Benches have been placed around the aides of the compartments, and hooks are driven into i he beams of the deck above, from which the hammocks are to be suspended. At each end, outside these cages, but pointed towards the prisoners, a small brass gun has been placed on a platform, which will be kept loaded dur? ing the voyage. A guard of thirty or forty marines will also be constantly on duty to pre? vent any outbreak. On '.he lower deck will be the sick-bay, with low iron "bedsteads, and every convenience for the surgeon and his at? tendants. The Garonne ia Intended to take out 500 or GOO prisoners ia all, 120 tp 130 belog maced In each cag*. NEWS FROM: WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, September 13. Senator Pool and Representatives Buckley and Beck, constituting the Bub-committee ot the Ku-Klux Investigating committee, met to? day to examine and digest the mass of evi? dence, furnished by the Executive officers of the Southern States, concerning their finan? ces, taxation, election laws, 4c In - order to report to the full committee of twenty-one, which meets on the 20th Instant. The sub? committee find to-day that several Governors have failed to furnish the Information request , ed by the chairman of the sub-committee, and I ?heir report upon the matters above indicated will be imcomplete, unless such Information is communicated without further delay. Major John Ledyard Hodges, paymaster of the united States army, bas been taken to Fort McHenry for confinement, charged with a heavy defalcation, certainly half a million and probably more. The Attorney-General decides that the gov? ernment has no priority over private creditors of insolvent national banks. The question grew out of the First National Bank of New Orleans, which tailed in 1867. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -The police in Madrid who failed to enforce ' the edict against gambling houses have been dismissed. -The steamer Junlata, recently ashore off the Florida coast, has arrived la Philadelphia without serious damage. -Robert Bentley, the famous London pub? lisher, ls dead. -The Illinois Episcopal Convention has amended its constitution so os to prohibit any I clergyman from resorting to the civil courts to arrest or avoid ecclesiastical proceedings against him, under penalty ot suspension. -Men and women ot the Rosenzweig class may yet be brought within the purvlew'of the law that punishes the crime of murder. At present, should death result from their peculiar operations, they can only be held for mar slaughter in the second degree, punishable, on conviction, with Imprisonment for seven years in the penitentiary. But unless the pn s nat Indications fall, tbe law on such crime. In New York at least, will be so amended oy the Legislature as to bring their guilt within the category ot murders committed. Two or three hangings among this class of wretches would go far to cause the child<mtirderers to dwindle tn numbers. It would be well to enact such a j law in erery State. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, September 13. A rising barometer, with partially cloudy and clear weather, will probably continue on Thursday from Wisconsin north and west. Falling barometer, with cloud and rain, will probably extend northwestward to the lower lakes and New York, and the conditions re? main favorably for local rain from Virginia lo Florida, Yesterday's Weather Reports of thc Signal Service, U. S. A.-4.47 P. M., Local Time. Place of Observation. sea S?! ia Augusta.. 30.13 84 Cairn.Clear. Baltimore.30.ie 78 N Geurie. Cloudy. Boston. 30.00 04 S Gentle. Thr'ng. Buffalo, N. ?.... 30.13 67 N Gentle. Smoky. Charleston. 30.18 78 SE Fresh. Clear. Cheyenne, W. T. 20.30 09 NW Gentle. F?lr. Chicago. 30.22 0? N Fresh. Fair. Cincinnati.8MT 75 N Fresh. H. Rain Cleveland. 30.17 09 NW Gentle. Cloudy. Corinne, Utah... 29.60 82 SW Gentle. Fair. Detroit. 30.10 09 SE Fresh. Cloudy. Duluth. Minn... 30.14 58 NE Brisk. Fair. Indianapolis_ 30.10 80 NW iLlgut. Fair. Key West, Fla.. 29.99 84 SB Gentle. Fair. Knoxville. Tenn.ISO.ltl 76 E Gentle. Cloudy. Lake etty, nu.. 30.os 70 NE uentie. rnr'nir. Memphis, Tenn.. 30.08 74 E Light. Lt.Raln Milwaukee. Wis, ro.27l 03 NE Brisk. Cloudy. MonUe. 30.07 78 S Light. Lt. Raia Nashville.30.12 70 E neutle, Lt Rain New Baven, ct.. 30.12 03 sw Gentle, r/.Ratn New orleans.... 30.04 80|.sE Gentle. Fair. sew York.30.13 N SW Gentle. Clr'gup Omaha, Neb.30.09 00 NE Gentle. ?Cloudy. Oawego, N. Y.... 30.08 HW iQentle. iCIoudy. Philadelphia.i30.l5 7liW |.Clear. Pittsburg, Pa....,30.21 08| NW Gentle. I Fair. Portland, Me ... 30.01 M SW Fresh. Hazy. Rochester, N. Y. 30.il SSINW Fresh. |Smoky. San Francisco.. 129.91 TS Nh' .iHazy. Savannah.?30.16 79 E Fresh. Fair. sr. Lunts.30.05 79 SE Fresh. Cloudy. St. Paul, Minn.. 30.an 67 E Fresh. ?Cloudy. Toledo. 0 . 30.14 70|B Light. kl ?ody. Wajhington.DC. 30.12 82 S Fresh. ?Hazy. Wilmington,NC. 30.10 83 SE Fresh. Fair. Norfolk. 30.15 82 S Light. Cloudy. Lynchburg.,30.15 75 SW Gentle. Cloudy. Leavenworth....I30.2J 63 N Light. Lt Rain Cupe Mar.i30.13i 73 3 Llghr. Fair. Mt. Washington.?30.lt' 43!N ?Gentle. Uoudy. ll NOTE.-The weather resort dated 7.47 o'clock, this morning, win be posted lo the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce at 10 o'clock A. M.. and, together with the weather chart, may (hy the courtesy of the Chamber) be examined by ship? masters &r. any time during the day. Special Notices. DISINECTANTS.-T HOSE IN want of DISINFECTANTS will Uni a rull assort? ment at the Drug Store of DR. fi. BIER, in Meet lng street._sepl PB* PURIFY THE BLOOD.-IT IS AN established fact that avery large class or disor? ders can only be cured by such remedies as will enter Into the blood, and circulate with lt through e?ery portion cf the body; for by this means only can the remedy be brought into Immediate con? tact with the disease. Ti obtain this desirable end no preparation has ever been SJ uniformly successful as DB. JAYNE'S ALTERATIVE. Scro fua, King's Evil, Cancer aud Cancerous Tumors, White Swellings, Enlargement of the Bones, Chronic Rhumatlsm and Oout, Eruptive Diseases of the Skin, Old and Indolent L'icers, Goitrous Swellings of the Throat, Ac, are cured with a certainty which has astonished every beholder. It ls, besides, one of the mose pleasant articles that can be taken Into the stomach; operating aa a tonic, lt removes Dyspepsia ami Nervous Affec? tions, and imparts aglow of animation and health unequaled by anything in the whole Materia Medica Sold by all Druggists. GOODRICH, (VINEMAN A CO., Wholesale Agents. sep9-stuth3_ pm* INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATUBE ON HEATLH.-In the fall the difference between the temperature of night und day la greater than at any other time of the year. Ia the early au? tumn the quicksilver sometimes rises aa high dur? ing the day as lo the most fervid summer weather; while at night lt orten sinks to au almost wintry point. The haman body no: being made of steel or India rubber, sensibly reels these tremendous changes. To fortify the system against them, a genuine tonic ls required: and the public has long since discovered that among this description of medicines HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS ls infinitely the best. I: gently quickens the circu? lation, regulates the bowels, tones the liver, bra? ces the nerves, and thus pats the whole pbyslqae on Us defence against the vicissitudes of tempe? rature la oar climate. Few. If any cases of epi? demic fever are heard or la localities where It ls la common use. AS it becomes more and more widely known, and the demand for it increases, chills and fever, and the bilious remittent seem to recede before lt, and if ever lt should come Into univers il u3e, these diseases would cease to be known as the scourges of our lonMylng and marshy districts. Thrt homely blt of proverbial philosophy, that "prevention ts better than cure,"' should be especially borne In mind in the autumn months; and Indeed in all seasons, together with the fact that, among ail the preventives of mala? rious disease, Hoste? r's Stomach Bitters is the most safe an J potent. Be certain, however, to obtain the genuine arti? cle, as countless imitations or a pernicious char cter are abroad. See that thj externals are all right, and remember that liostetter's Stomach Bitters is sold in bottles alone. sep9-stuth3 Dac I ?bitnarn. BUTLER.-Died, on the 7th instant, at her resi? dence, near Philadelphia, GABRIELLA M. BOTLSR, aged 03 years, widow of Captain John Batter, United States Army, and daughter of the late Colonel Lewis Morris. * ? -funeral Stouts. THE RELATIVE?, FRIENDS AND acquaintances or Mr. and tief. H. w. Muckenfuas are respectfully Invited to attend the Funeral Service of tjelr eldest daughter, RATE D., from the residence of her father, Ko. io* Wentworth street, THIS MoRsruo, at half-past 10 o'clock. aepU-* pm* THE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS or Mr. and Mrs. JOHN MARSHALL, JR., and or John Marshall, Sr, and W. Y. Leitch and their re? spective families, are Invited to attend the Funer? al services of the former, THIS AFTERNOON, at half-past 4 o'clock, at the Second Presbyterian Church. THE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS or Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Dacoater, and of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Holloway, and of Mr. and Mrs. George Shrewsbury, are respectraily invited to at'end the Fanerai Services of Mrs. J. B. DAC05 TER, at St. Mark's Church, THIS MORNING, at 9 o'clock. sep^* ^CHARLESTON HOOK AND LAD DER COMPANY, No. 1.-You are hereby invited to appear at your Hall, tn full uniform, ats o'clock THU MORNING, to pay the las: tribute of j respect to your Ute brother fireman, O. B. COL? LINS. J. H. LOEB, sepU Secretary. ??-MARION LODGE, No. 2, L O. O. F. The officers and members of Marlon Lodge, No. 3, L 0. 0. F., are invite! to attend the Funeral of our brother, OSCAR B. COLLINS, from the Hall of Hook and Ladder, No. 1, at hair-past 8 o'clock THra MORNINO. By order. ROBT. C. STARR, sepu Recording Secretary. FRIENDSHIP LODGE, No. 4, KNIGHTS OP PYTHIAS.-Brethren : You are re? quested to attend the Fanerai of Brother OSCAR B. COLLINS, THIS (Thursday) MORNING, at 9 o'clock, from the Hall or Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1. The Brethren of Palmetto and German! A Lodges are respectfully Invited to at? tend the Funeral. By order or the w. C. aepU R. H. WILLOUGHBY, Rec. Scrloe. Special Notlrte. ^NOTICE:-THE CHARLESTON CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION will resume busi? ness on THIS DAY, September I4th, 1871. r-epH-1 J. P. HORBACH. General ag .mr. ^crrr TAXES.-OFFICE OF CITY TREASURY, SEPTEMBER 1, l37!.-The third and last Instalment or CORPORATION TAX for 1871 will be received during the present month. S. THOMAS, aepl4-3 City Treasurer. pm* MEDICAL NOTICE.-PATIENTS supering from Diseases pertaining to the GENITO URINARY ORGANS, will receive the latest seien* tide treatment by placing themselves under the care ot Dr. T. REEN3TJERNA, office No. 74 Hasel street, three doers from the Poa tom ce. sep20-turhlyr _ -a pm* ON MARRIAGE.-ESSAYS FOR young men on great so dal Evils and Abases, which intorftre with Marriage, and ruin the hap? piness of thousands-with sure means of relief for the erring and unfortunate, diseased and de? bilitated. Sent in sealed letter envelopes free of charge. Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No. 8. Ninth street, Philadelphia. Pa. sep4-3mos pm* NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all Sub-Agents of the Land Commission, that, from anil after the first day of March, 1371, they -ill report all their proceedings to Hon. F. L. CARDOZO, Secretary of the Adviaory Board. ROBT. C. DSLARGE, L. C. S. S. C. Columbia. February sa. 1871._marl! pm*OFFLCE HOWARD ASSOCIATION, MARKET HALL. CHARLESTON, SEPTEMBER 1,1871.-The office or this Association will be opened dally from 7 o'clock A. M. until! io o'clock P. M. Mr. DANIEL S. UART, Clerk of the Board, will be In constant attendance to meet all app I? cations ror relier, receive contributions, Ac. The Secretary win be at the office dally at l o'clock P. M., to examine and select nurses, and those who desire situations as nurses must apply at this office. GEORGE S. PELZER, M. D., Secretary. DIRECTORY OF THE IFFICER3 OF THE HOWARD ASSOCIATION OF CHARLESTON. PRESIDENT, JAMES H. TAYLOR, Realdence No. 7 Rutledge atreet; office corner Hayne and Church streets. SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT, THOMAS S. BUDD, Residence No. 7 Water street; office 15 Boyce's wharf. JCNIOR VrCE PRESrDENT, W. O. DBSAUSSURE, Realdence No. 23 East Battery; office 23 Broad street. TREASURES, GEORGE H. MOFFETT, Office Adgcr A Co 's Hardware Store, Meeting street. 8ECRETARY, GEORGE S. PELZER, Office in Market Hall. D i RECTORS-WARD 1. H. F. Baker, residence No. 27 Qneen street; office No. 20 Cumberland street, (H. F. Baker A Co'a. Coal Yard.) W. G. DeSaussure, residence No. 23 East Bat? tery; office No. 23 Bread street. WARD 2. T. P. Lowndes, rei ide nee Llmehouse street; office No. 26 Broad street. W. H. Peronneau, residence Sm th's lane; ellice Bank of Charleston. WARD 2. Thomas M. Haackel, residence No. 47 Hase atreet; offiee No. 4 Broad atreet. H. C. Robertson, residence No. 1 Malden lane; wharfinger, Atlantic wharf. WARD 4. jacob Small, residence No. 4 Bull street; office corner King and Princess streets. S. A. Nelson, residence No. 21 Archdale stree:; office No. 2 Hayne street. WARD 5. S. Y. Tupper, residence No. 2 Ann street; office Planters' and Mechanics' Bank. J. H. Devereux, residence No. 23 Reid street; Offlee corner Broad and East Bay. j WARDS. Joseph A. Sanders, residence SO. 68 Pitt street, j next corner Vanderhorat street. F. S. Holmes, residence corner Pit: and Vander? horat atreeta; office Uolmea's Book S:ore. WARP 7. B. F. Evans residence No. 7 Drake street; office Walker. Evans A Cogswell, Broad street. James M. Eason, residence No. is Drake street: office corner Columbus and Nassau streets. WARI 8. J W. 0. Whllden, residence southwest come Ashley and Spring streets; office corser King and Beaufaln streets. W. s. Henerey, residence southeast comer SpriE g and BL Phillp streets. sepa Patent ?ttgoiring0._ ^OOD^K?WS ~F??~THEI "SICK! LIEBIG'S EXTRACT OF BEEF, (Tue genuine article.) l'PHHAM'S FRESH MEAT CURE for the pre? vention and core or Consumption, after Or. Trousseau's recipe. Beef, Wine and Iron. Elixir Calisaya Bark. Elixir Calisaya Bark and Pyrophosphate of Iroo. These and all other new preparations are to be found at the Drug Store of Dr. H. BAER, sepl4_No. 131 Meeting atreet. HH&FOODHBD. MOST WONDERFUL CURES EF? FECTED. BOTH OF MIND AND BODY. DU BARBY'S DELICIOUS HEALTH RE? STORING, REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD Will cure DTSPEPSIA, Constipation, Acidity, Cramps, Fits, Heartburn, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Nervous ness, Biliousness, Affections of the Liver and Kidneys, Flatulency, Collo, Palpitation of the Hear:, Nervous Beadache, Irritability, Noises In Head and Ears, Giddiness, Pain between the Shoulders, and In the Chest, Chronic inflamma? tion and Ulceration of the Stomach, Eruptions on the stin, scurvy. Fevers, Scrofala, Imparities, Poverty of Blood, Incipient Consomption, Dropsy, Diabetes, Rheumatism, Goat, Influenza, Grippe, Nausea and Vomiting during Pregnancy, after eating or at Bea, Low Spirits, General Debility, Paralysis, Cough, Asthma, Tightness Across the Chest, Phlsgm, Sleeplessaess, Tremors, Vertigo Blood to tbe Head, Exhaustion, Ac, The batt rood for invalids, generally, aa lt never tarns acid on the weakest stomach, like arrow root, but lm parts a healtny relish for lunch and dinner, sod restores the faculty of digestion and nervous and moscu'ar energy to the most enfeebled. Likewise adapted to rear* delicate Infants. A few out of 69,000 Testimonials of Core .. a given below : THE POPE'S HEALTH RESTORED BT DU BAB? RVS FOOD. _ Cure No. ?8,413-"Rons, July ai, 18??.-Tte health or the Holy Father ls exeeUent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, ne has con? ti-.ed himself entirely to Dn Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, 'or which he consumes a plateful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly beneficia; effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." From the Gazette Du Midi, July 26. FROM THE DOWAGER COUNTESS OF OASTLH STUART. Cure NO. 62,912.-"BOSSTESTOa, Co CUTT Ot Dows, IRELAND, December 9,1851.-The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart feels Induce4, m the In? terest of Buffering humanity, to state that' Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabics Food luis cured her. alter all medicines had tailed, of indi-. gestion, Bile, Great Nervousness, irritability, and Hysteria of many years' standing. This Food do serves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be considered a real blessing. For sale In one and two pound packages by D R. H. B A E R,l SOLE AGE VT, MEETING STREET. Directions with every package. angai THE CELEBRATED GERMAN SOOTHING CORDIAL, FOR INFANTS TEETHING. Tais is fae best Medicine for Infanta and young Children ever oflered to the public. It ls carefully prepared from the bes: Drugs, according to a pre? scription furnished by a distinguished German Physician or targe and successral practice, and has been tried and approved by many or oar best physicians. It la specially adapted to the diseases incident to childhood daring the trying period of teething, and recommends Itself for the care of Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Colic, Griping tn the Bowels, Summer Complaint, Ac. It contains IVO ANODYNE, or other injurions Drug, and should, therefore, be preferred to the soothing Syrups that now flood the marke:, which are known to contain opium, and are, therefore, more or lesa injurious. Thous ands of children ve murdered annually by Sooth? ing Syrups; la some cases, this fact has been pub? lished in the newspapers, where the physician la attendance so stated In his death certificate. In the numerous other cases, where the Innocents are murdered by this modern Herod ot the Nur? sery, the cause ls laid to a thousand other causes to au bat the right one. Mothers, bear this in mind, and use the GER? MAN SOOTHING CORDIAL, which ls sate, effi? cient and satisfactory. DO NOT FAIL TO TRY A BOTTLE AT ONCE! Thu SOOTHING CORDIAL is a'.3o an excellent Tonic, admirably adapted In cases of debility I giving tone to the system, recuperating the trength and restoring the appetite. PRICE-TWE.VTY-FIVE CENTS PER BOTTLE. MANUFACTURED BY Dr. H. BAER, tr % CHARLESTON, S- O. Also for sale by the following Druggists: A W. ECKEL A CO., Dr. A. RAUtfL, Dr. W. A SKR1NE, A 0. BARBOT, VOGT A CO.. J. BLACKMAN, Dr. P. M. COHEN, Dr. E. H. KELLERS, E. S. BURNHAM, GRAMAN A bOHWAJKJ ' G. W. AIMAR, J. LOCKWOOD, (i. J. I.UHN. W. T. LINN. A. M. COHEN, W. A, GIBSON, and oy nruarsists zenerallv . auarzl gPONGESl SPONGES i Just received a fine assortent BATHING SPONGE Carriage Sponge Toilet sponge Surgeon's Sponge, Ac, Au? For sale by Da. LL BARR, may ii No. 131 Meeting street.