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VOLUME X?.-NUMBER 1794. CHARLESTON, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR 0TUE L ITEST OFFICIAL SHOWING OF THE CONDITION OF THE STATE. Governor Scott to Senator Scott-The Pabtic Debt anil Resources of South Carol ia-Taxes-The Kin lion Law Feeling of the People, &r., &c. Senator Jobs. Scott, of the Congressional Ka Klux committee, addressed a letter on Maj 24th to Governor Scott, of South Carolina, asking for a statement ol the debt of me State, and of the rates and amount of taxation, together with copies of the tax laws and election laws ol liie State. This request was made in ac? cordance with a resolution adopted by the Ku Klux committee on motion of Senator Blair. ?Governor Scott replies under date of Septem? ber 20th, saying that he is not disposed to .question the authority or propriety of the in? quiries into the financial condition of the State made on the part of the General Govern? ment. He continues as follows : As lhere has been a persistent, and, seem? ingly, systematic attempt to pervert and mis? represent the financial condition of South Carolina. I am gratified at the opportunity presented by your inquiries of dissipating errors and misrepresentations, by a lorrnal reply to a communication from such an au? thoritative source, and beg to submit the fol? lowing : STATEMENT OF PUBLIC DEBT OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Amount of bonded debt that existed prior to the war.'..$4,046.510 16 Am c.: : or issue of the Bank ir the State circulated previous to ihe war, the state being libbie therefor. 1,253.030 00 Amount of accumulated claims agaiust the State, h ld by sheriffs, coronets, mag's rates, cnari'.able ||2 lnsritutlons, Ac, incurred by previ ^oiu administrations, and paid by present s;ate govi-rnment. 435,227 00 Amount of bills receivable redeemed by present administraron, lncuned by i rovlslonal Government. 560,000 00 Amount of past dues, principal and interest, acciulng during and after the war, to Jul. 1st, 18:9. the time when tne present State govern? ment commenced to col ec: taxes and pay int resL". 1,922,122 94 Total.$8,162,440 10 30NDBD DEBT CREATED BY* PROVISIONAL GOVERN? MENT. Bonds Issued In fonding past due principal and Interest under acts September and December, 18-16.... $1,011,873 94 Bonds issued for new Statehouse, act of December, 1366. 11,600 00 ,T0Ia'. $1,023,473 64 .BONDED DEBT CREATED BY PRESENT AC MINISTRA? TION TO PROVing FOR THB PAYMENT -)F ABOVE LIABILITIES EXISTING IS 186 j, VIZ : Bonds is3:.e i for redemption bills re? ceivable, act August, 1883.$ 5C0.C05 00 i Bonds Issued for payment interest on public debt, act August. 13.8. 1,000,000 00 Bonds issued for funding bill- of bank < f sute.act September, isas.. 1,258.550 co Bon s issued or relief of the treasury, Tttt of February, 1863. 1,030,000 00 Total.$3,758,550 00 Bonds issued for land commission, act March. 1669. $200.0CO 00 Bonds issued lo land c mmiss.oa, act March, 1870 . 600/ 00 CO Total. $700,000 00 RECAPITULATION OF BONDED DEBT. Amonnt of bonded deb: existing prior to the war.$4,048,540 16 Amount of bonds issued ty Provis? ional Government. 1,023,473 94 Amount of bonds Issued by present administration. 4,458,550 oo Total issue of bonds and stock:.$9,528,564 io During the present fiscal year the bonded debt has been reduced by Am payment of bonds due July 1, 1871, amouutlngto. $250 000 00 Amount i f bonds held by ?tare stok? ing fund. 100,000 00 STATS MENT OF BONDS AND -TOCK ISSUED BY THE STATE DURING THE REBELLION, OUTSTANDING m OCTOBER 1, 1866. Six per cent, bonds for military de? fence issued under act of December 1860, balance unpaid.$ 239,200 00 Seven per cent, bouds for military de? fence Issued under sc: of January, 1861. 191,150 00 Seven per cent, atock for military de? fence, issued under act of Decem? ber, 1831, to amend act of January, 1861. 296,780 00 Seven per cent, stock for military de? fence, issued under act of Decem? ber, 1861. 1.514.710 00 Total.$2.241,840 00 CONTINOTST LIABILITIES OP THE STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA. ARISING FROM THE ENDORSEMENT OF RAILROAD BONDS. South Carolina Railroad bond3. pay Mole tn 1863, secured Dy Hrs: mort? gage. $93,312 40 Northeast*rn Railroad to ,ds, pay? able March 1st, 1:69, secured by first mortgage. 92,000 oo Charleston an! savannah Rai.road bonds, payabl* In 1887, secured by first mortgage. 535,000 09 Charleston and savannah Railroad bonds, payaMe In 1889. secured by first mor: gage. 245,750 00 Spartanbarg and Union Railroad bonds, payable m 1878-79, secured b} first mortgage. 3 .0,000 00 Greenvt le and columbia Railroad bond-, and certldcatea of indebted? ness, payable lo 1831 '82-'83 and '$8, secured ny first mortgage. 1,426,545 : Blue Ridge Railroad bonds, under act 1868 . 4.000,000 00 Total.$6,712,608 20 The original amount o'f endorsement for the Sou.h Carolina Railroad was $2,093,312 40; $2,000,000 of which has since been redeemed by the Railroad Company. The endorsement ol the -aureus Railroad amounted to $75,000. This road has gone into bankruptcy, and the State is fully secured. In the event of any ol the above roads fail? ing to meet the interest on the guaranteed bonds, the State is perfectly secure, from the fact that the iron alone on the road would sell for more than sufficient to indemnity the State against any los?, were it put up at public auction. The Blue Ridge Railroad is as yet unfinished, tis in a rapid course of com pk lion, and none of the bunda have yet been put on the market. Governor Scott next shows that in 1860 the total taxation, levied upon slaves, ?ree ne? grees, sales of goods, lands, bonds ant ?tocks, Ac., was $632,433. At present all real am person? al property, without exception, ls assessed for taxation at its actual selling value. There ls also a royalty of $1 for every ton of phosphate rock or deposit mined in the ivers and streams of the seaboard. STATEMENT OF AMOUNT OF TAX SS L3.V! SD. AMOUNT COLLECTED AND APPROPRIATIONS 1 IDS DURING TEARS 1868. 1869 AND 1370 Total taxation for 1888, rate of taxa? tion. State, 1% mills; counry, a mill?.$1.828 742 19 Total amount collected. 1.163,053 28 Total appropria lons for the year 1863. exclusive or interest oa public debt ior which no aj-proprtatloa was ?nade.-.y ?l,-9a8 2? total taxation for 1369. rate-Sta:e. 5 mids; coubtv, 3 mills. 1T?,-?? S Total amount collected.-. 766,.o6 os Total appropriations for the year 1869. including interest on public x m m w Tot?Vax???nf?rV3VoVsta?e,9mRis; county, 3 miUs. }'utast ol Total amount collected. 1,146.037 06 Total appropriations Tor the year 1870.", . Taxation for 1871, rate, State 7 mi la; county 3 mills. Taxes not yet levied or ? Jllected for ^BeSfilng county debts there are no means of ascertaining the amounts. THE 8TERLINO FUNDED DEBT. Aller giving a list o? the acts authorizing the public debt, Governor Scott says : u.w?h of the original debt ol the State con . 52f nf roistered stock; both this stock and fl^diSBWOfO of the State together Sth l?ebonds Issued sine J I he war have been Verted into these bonds by the holders un ^ thS ?I the original stock and bonds bay 2J?^re???nedgto the treasury and can I celled, leaving upon the market a more uni? form class ot bonds. An act to create a debt of the State of South Carolina, to be known as the sterling funded debt; the same or the proceeds thereot lo be exclusively used In exchange lor, or IR pay? ment of, the existing public debt of said Suite. Act No 377, pase G16; approved March 7.1871. This loan was authorized by the Legislature for the purpose of funding such portion ot the debt due or coming due. Up to the present time it has not been lound necessary to put any of this loan on the market. It ls r.rt In? tended in this act to enlarge, but simply to replace the existing debt. THE GENERAL ELECTION LAW. In regard to the general election law of September 26, 1868, General Scott says : While the spirit and intent ol this law was as honestly and tairly can led out as the elec? tion law In any other State, yet it must be admitted that an improvement can be made in the time fixed tor counting the ballots. Ex? perience has taught that ten d . vs is too long a period from the day the election ls held till the time the ballot are counted by the com? missioners of elections. This change will unquestionably be made at the next session of the Legislature, and thereby close the door to the charge that the law gives an opportunity to tamper with the ballot boxes during this interval of ten days. The remainder ot Governor Scott's letter is as lollows : THE ALARM IN THE STATE. Having thus submitted a full statement of the State debt and other subjects connected therewith, embraced in your circular, I deem it not inappropriate to the occasion io reler to the present state of affairs in this State, and suggest the cause to a ceriaiu extent ol our present unsettled conditiou. I d ; not desire to arraign any class of citizens rs being guilty of an Intention to obstruct the execution of the law?, but a vague and undefinable appre? hension exists in the minds of certain classes of our population, created no doubt by the many extravagant rumors put In circulation by interested parties. This apprehension is one of alarm, particularly to those unacquaint? ed with the machinery of politics and nuance, and creates In their minds a dread ot some {peat evil to come to the State, either by an aerease of the State debt, enormous assess? ment ot taxes, over issue of bonds, or other calamities to them unknown. This impression has been fostered by thosa interested in keep? ing up the teeling of dissatisfaction. It will be seen from the assessment and col? lection of taxes that the amounts are no great? er than prior to the war. Previous to recon? struction a large amount of capital of the State was invested In the Bank of the State, and the profits of that Institution were used to support the State government Money was loaned to the planter, merchant aud business mao, and the percentage thus derived went to sustain the machinen- of government; now, those men are compelled to pay their tax di rect, instead ot by a percentage to the Bank ot the State. In all communities the subject of taxation ls oue which operates on all classes with the liveliest feelings of alarm, and more particularly la this the "case in communities where the landholder bas been until recently comparatively exempt lrom the visitations of the tax gatherer. 4?BETTER KEELING PREVAILING-NO KEPUDIA TION. I am constrained to believe that much of thc turbulence and disorder ia the State has arisen lrom the apprehension of people who put too much confidence in rumor. Wild and exag? gerated stories of corruption and extrava? gance on the part ot the State Government have been put in circulation in the hope, no doubt, of dogging the wheels of government. These reports have created a want ot confi? dence oa the part ot those who bold our secur? ities and have operated against the credit of the State. A better feeling, however, begins to prevail, and I am gratified ia saying that at the present time all parties seem to be ready to lay aside political differences, investigate and accept the truth instead of rumor. With such a condition of affairs I am con? vinced that the future must luspire confi? dence, both at home and abroad, and that our citizens will feel that the best interests ot the State will be subserved by a cordial co-opera? tion of every class; and the oft-repeated rumor of the disposition of any party to repudiate any portion of the debt created ls without foundation, as a reference to the proceed? ings of the 'taxpayers' Convention, held In this city, (a copy of which ts forwarded,) compris? ing among its members the most intelligent and prominent mea ot the State, whose influ? ence la ibis direction would be potent for either good or evil, bavin; pledged themselves la that convention to hold sacred the obliga? tions of the State, as a careful Investigation satisfied them that no such extravagance or Increase of the State debt had taken place la the administration of the finances as to Justify a conditional threat la that direction, should a change of administration place them in control of affairs; Indeed, lt any feeling is more domi? nant than another on the part of the taxpay? ers, it is that the debt, amountintr to$2,241,840, contracted dunns the war. should also be held as a sacred obligation. THE COMPLAINT OF TAXATION. While it ls a recognized right o? the taxpayer to complain of the burdens of taxation and the poverty of the people, yet. it is a fact patent to observation that the annual increase ol the staple products of the State, the value of prop? erty, and the accumulating wealth of the citi? zens are so largely added each year to the ability ot the people to meet their obligations, that very soon our preseut State debt will be looked upon asa comparatively inconsiderable sum. The Immense wealth to be derived from phosphate rock alone. Ia the rivers and inlets of the seaboard, is sufficient In itself, if proper? ly cared for. to meet the eotire expenses of the State government. I desire, ia conclusion, to cali your atten? tion to the tact that the annual appropriations to meet the expenses of the State government average less than one million and a half of dollars, which is collected trom every species ot property, both real and personal, and yet the Federal Government has collected lrom our citizens annually nearly double that amount, while the sources from which this revenue is derived is limited to a lew subjects of taxation, and therefore confined to a very small number of taxpayer?. I merely refer to this"subject lo illustrate the fact that our people do not differ from the pec pie of other Commonwealths, and that the complaint of taxation is a common one to all communities and to all parlies. I remain, very respectfully. (Signed) ROBT. K. SCOTT, Governor. CRIME IS THE STATE. Homicide in Chesterfield. The Camden Journal learns that Silas In? gram. Jr.. on last Saturday nisht stabbed and Killed J. C. Newman, a sou ot Mr. Nelson New? man, tn the neighborhood ot Brewer's gold mine, which ls in Chesterfield County. Our intormant states that Silas Ingram. Jr.. came to Newman's house, where his mother and sis? ter. Newman's wile, were, io a state of intoxi? cation, where he stayed a short lime and ?he? declared his intention ot leaving. His mother besought Newman to go out and *~j and deter him from going. Newman went < . and meet? ing him near the gate caught his bridle and begged him not to go. as his mother was in great distress about aim; but he drew his kalie and told Newman to let go his bridle rein or he would cut him. Newman still continued to beg him not to go, and laid his hand upon In? gram's leg, when Ingram told him again to iel him go or he would ?tab ulm, and in the same instant inflicted upon him a fearful wound in his throat, severing his j ignlar vein and cutting down to the breast boue. Newman lived but five or six hours. Inaram is ailll at large, and cannot be found by trie sheriff who ls ia pursuit ot him. Mr,. Nelson Newman lost another aon hist a week since, and now an? other heavy sorrow has tallen upon him. THE LOUISIANA LEVEES. NEW ORLEANS, September 23. There is much apprehension regarding the levees. A committee from the river parishes is here urging repairs. The Baton Rouge Ad? vocate says the levees along the coast are cracked and caving to the extent that threatens destruction to the sugar coast this winter. While Warmouth, Dunn & Co. are quarreling over the spoils, the country ta left with ruin starlog at the unfortunate planter through ?aps In the levee that neither himself ncr par? ish lu which he lives have power to close. The Picayune says the levee at the point of the Bonnet Carre crevasse ls only about three feet above the level of the river at the present low stage of the water. THE NEW INQUISITION. THE KV-KLVX TRIALS IX RALEIGH. Impassioned Charge by .Tu rf ge Bond Conviction and Sentence or tuc Ac? cused. A dispatch from Raleigh, N. C., 21st Inst., says that the argument in the trial ofF. A. Shotwell and fourteen others indicted by the grand Jury in the United States Circuit Court lor conspiracy and being members of the Eu* Klux K an in Rutherford County, closed on that date and was given to the jury. The prosecution contended that the Invisi? ble Empire, the highest degree ot the Ku-Klux organization, was an illegal association; that their oaths, orders and acts constituted it a body of conspirators, and the acts of each be? came the acts ot the whole. The defence contended that the oat li of the order was not sufficient evidence in its terms of a conspiracy against the right of colored men to vote, nor was it such as practically In? terpreted by its members, it being abunda'nily shown that it was established lor u lawiul pur? pose, lhere being no evidence ot a ?Ingle raid on a colored man because of his Republican principles. * THE CHARGE TO THE JDRV. Judize Bond. In bis charge to the jury, said: "In conclusion, gentlemen, the court cannot refrain from commending this case to your most serious attention. In a long experience upon the bench we have never seen a case which presented, if the witnesses speak truth, facts of such unprovoked wickedness and bru? tality. Its enormity consists in this, that some seven or ei^ht witnesses have stated in a court ofjusliee. upon oath, that they themselves went in disguise upon an expedition to mur? der a neighbor, ot highly respectable charac? ter, In the dead hour of night, towards whom they had noillrwi!!. who had never wronged them, and whose property they had no desire to steal. They state that they dragged him from the side ot his sleeping wile in a feat tul storm, where they would have killed him had not a co-conspirator's heart relented at the critical moment-and he a stranger. Why, gentlemen ? Not for personal malice or lil will, but because they were ordered to do so ! Gentlemen, if you dod these lacts Irom the evidence to be true, aad if it be true they can? not be punished. I tell you, solemnly, there ls no security for our llve6 in North Carolina. You are in* the hands of bandits. Tho law is a mockery and the courts might as well be closed." THE VERDICT, The Jury then retired, and remained two hours and a half, when they returned with a verdict of not guilty as to F. A. Hatwell. Cal? vin Tealand, William Tanner; guilty as to R. A. Shotwell. Adolph Depriest. Amos Owens, George Holland. M. M. Teal. W. McIntyre, D. Collins and William Scruggs. Spencer K. Moore and D. B. Fortune pleaded gr.iliy dur? ing the progress ot the trial. Those lound not guilty were at once rearrested by the United slates marshal on other charges similar io those on which they had Just been acquitted. AD application ?tt writs of habeas corpus ts spoken of lu the case3 of the convicted. The verdict 1? unsatlsiactory to the prosecution, the Jury failing to say. -Beine a member of invisible Empire is a crime." THE .SENTENCES. A telegram from Raleigh, N. C., dated Fri day evening, says : The ten prisoners convicted o? Ku-Kluxlng J. M. Justice, the Republican representative in the Legislci ure. in July last, were sentenced to-day In the United Statps Court as follows : R. A. Shotwell. six years' imprisonment and $5000 flue; Adolphus Dupriest, two years and $500; G. W. Holland, two years and $500; Wm. McIntyre, two years and $500; Wm. Teal, three years and $500; David Collins, four years and $500; James Moore and D. B Fostatn, six months' imprisonment each, and Wm. Scruggs three years' imprisonment and $500 flne; Amos Owens. Ave years and $5000. The parties sen? tenced to fine and hard labor loii? be sent to Al? bany, Al I". THE KU-KLUX COMMITTEE. WASHINGTON. September 23. The general Ku-Klux investigating commit? tee met again to-day at the capitol. F. N. Strudwick, of North Carolina, David Grist, of Union County, South Carolina, and Clayton Camp, ot Spartanbunr County, South Carolina, having been duly summoned and failed to ap? pear as witnesses bet?re the committee, the chairman. Senator Scott, was authorized to re? port said fact to the Senate at its next session, and request the president of the Senate to is? sue his warrant tor their arrest, as being in contempt of the authority of Congress. It was also ordered that copies of this resolution be sent to the above named parties by mail. The full committee then adjourned, to meet on the first day of the next session of Congress, or sooner If called by the chairman, after which the sub-committee of three. Senators Scott, Pooi and Blair, appointed to examine witnesses, organized and examined Colonel Wm. L. Saunders, of North Carolina, and Ed? ward Wheeler, of Arkansas. Colonel Saunder?, whom the committee have had much trouble tn getting before them, refused to-day to an? swer all questions inquiring as to his connec? tion, or the connection ol any other person, with the so-called Ku-Klux organization, on the ground that he was not compelled to crim? inate himself, or bring upon h mself the pun? ishment which, according to the decision of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, may be visited upon any member of a band of Ku-Klux for the misdeeds of their fellow member. The act ot Congress, of Janu? ary 24th. 1S62, was read to him, wherein lt ls enacted that such a plea shall not be held good to excuse a witness from testilylnjr before" the Congressional committee: but he sijll persisted in hts relu9al to answer the questions put to him. saving he preferred relying on the con? stitution of the United States, rather than an act of Congress. He was then Informed that he would be reported to the full committee, at ?ts next meelina-, when it is expected Con? gress will take "cognizance of the case and order his arrest !or contempt. The two subcommittees of the Ku-Klux committee held meetings to-day. The sub? committees for the Carolinas, Georgia and Fiorida, resolved to meet at Augusta on Octo? ber 13th. The sub-committee for Tennessee, Alabama and ?sslsslppi, will meet at Hunts? ville, Alabama. October 5th. ALL ABOUT THE STATE. -There are some thirty prisoners in the jail at Barnwell, some eizht or ten being charged with murder. -The city fathers of Union are so economi? cal that they won't advertise the sale of the city mule. "They make written notices do. -The peopie of silverton and Beach Island declare cerlain roads Impassable, and request Governor Scott to remove D. P. Stoney, the present comruissioaer. -Without giving notice or stating reason therefor. Governor Scott, last week, notified D. R. Elkins that he was removed from the office of trial justice o: Fairfield County. One S. B. Lumbkin ha3 beea appointed in hi? place. THE WEATHER AX It THE (ROI'S. Fairfield. The Wiansbor.j' News estimates tr.e crop of 1571 a: :rom twenty-five to thirty-three per cent, less than that ot l?'0. Orangebarg. ?.?he News ol Friday says that the heavy fall r"fr?li.n has done the '.armers an immense in? jury, a great part o: the cotton crop bein/ ruined. Beat-, fort* The Republican of the 21st pays : "We are sorry to state that the present indications are thal not more than hal: a crop will be realized this season. The heavy rains In August cut off the bolls. Reports come to us from dirTerent parts ot the county, and they all agree upon this point. It Is estimated that the picking season will be over by the end ot October. The cotton that has thus lar beea broujht into the market is of a superior quality." THE SMALL-BOX IX LOWELL. LOWEIX, September 23. Eighty-three new cases aad ave deaths of small-pox during the week. TUE OLD WORLD'S S'EWS. LONDON, September 23. A correspondent of the Independence Beige asserts positively that Napoleon has advanced money to bribe ? French regiment to arrest the leading members of the present govern? ment. The steamship Lafayette, from New York to Havre, was burned at sea. with her cargo. The cargo was valued at $80,000. and was fully in? sured. No colton was on board. The vessel was valued at $800,000. PARIS. September 23. BL Thiers will remain at Versailles until the commerce and evacuation questions have been settled. MADRID, September 23. Additional reinforcements have been sent from Malaga to the Spanish garrison at Me? lina. COTI OS MOVEMENT FOR TUE WEEK. NEW YORK, September 24. The cotton movement for the week shows a larger increase In receipts, while the exports are considerably below those of last week and last year. The receipts at all of the ports have been 20.G06 bales, against 12.561 last week, 9137 the previous week, and 7570 three weeks since. The total recelptsslnce Septem? ber have been 42,464 bales, against 63,464 for the corresponding period of the previous year, showing a decrease of 26,000 bales. The ex ports from all of the ports for the week have been 42S3 bales, against 7755 bales for the same week last "year. The total exports for the expired portion ol the cotton vear amount to 29,926 bales, against 19,626 bales for the same lime last year. The present stock, as compared with that of last yeal-, is as follows : Sept. 24, 1571. Sept. 24, 1870. At all of the ports. 88,3*4 72.428 At i he interior towns. 12,301 16.684 In Liverpool.467,000 487.000 American cotton afloat for Great Britain. S3 000 25,000 Indian cotton afloat for Kurope.715,484 432,487 The weather South was Irregular in the early part of the week, being dry In some sections and rainy In others; but towards Hie close there was a marked improvement In many sec? tions. The picking operations were progress? ing rapidly, with exceptional complaints of the caterpillars and the rotting ot bolls not fully matured. Nothing has been said about the army worra, and it ls possible the plant will escape this scourge. TUE PROSPECTS FOR PRODUCE. WASHINGTON, D.C.. September.34. The agilcultural report says : Corn-Favor? able reports continue except in the Ohio valiey. Wheat-The returns are less favorable count? ing one hundred as the average condition, it stands: Virginia 79 bushels. North Carolina 59, South Carolina 53, Georgia 52, Alabama 66, Mississippi 94. Texas 84, Arkansas 70, Tennes? see 70, West Virginia 94; above the average are New Hampshire. Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Michigan. The aggregate decrease ls ten per cent., partially offset oy Increased area. Barley ls generally reported below the average, New York, Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin showing best. Buck? wheat Is-below the average ten per cent. Rye ls near the average, with the heaviest depreci? ation in New York. Hay-Reduced rn quan? tity but better quality. Georgia and Arkansas are above the average, potatoes about the averaze. Sweet potatoes full between New York and Virginia, but below the average In the Southern Stales. Thirty per cent, on the average product in sugar may be expected. AFFAIRS IN TEXAS. GALVESTON, September 24. The Governor assumes the control of the city, State and special police during Hie rail? road election In this city, and orders the chief of police to report to the reglstrator for orders. The election, so far, has proceeded quietly and orderly. The'Taxpayers' Convention ls In session at Austin, Texas. Governor E. H. Pease was elected president; ninety-five counties belog represented. They passed a resolution that a committee be appointed to wait on the Gover? nor and ask his co operation with the conven? tion, for i he purpose of reducing the taxation. Another resolution, that no candidate be sup? ported at any election who will not pledge himself to retrenchment and reform, was re? ferred to the business committee. A Are occurred at Houston, Texas, this morning In which the corner of Travis and Preston streets, comprising six stores and one residence, was destroyed. Most of the busi? ness men are Insured. A DRUNKEN ENGINEER. [From the Winnsboro' News of Saturday ] We have been informed by a passenger from Columbia, yesterday morning, that the en? gineer who was to have brought the night ex Sress from Columbia mounted his engine just efo.e starting time, and asked the switchman to open the switch and let him out, which tLe switchman did, thinking he only intended moving his engine up and down the track to get it in good working condition, which ts said olten to be the case before starting. As Boon os the track was cleared, to the astonishment et all who were at hand, the engineer started his engine at tull speed up the road, and kept on as far as Killian's, where he stopped. A crank-truck was started for the engine and found it switched off at Killian's. The en? gineer reported lhat he could not get the pumps to vsork, and run to the first station to clear the track. The watchman reported the engineer to have gone trotn a bar-room to the engine In an Intoxicated state. Every precau? tion was Lakpn by the officers of the road to prevent a collision. The train was detained five hours and a half. TUE WEA TUER TUIS DAT. WASHINGTON, September 24. Continued hazy and clear weather ls proba? ble for Monday from the Middle and I- astern Stales to Texas, and also westward to the Mis? sissippi valley. Cloudiness with light rain will probably continue from Florida to Virginia, and off the middle Atlantic coast, but no ex? tended disturbance is apprehended unless probably at a considerable distance east of Georgia. Yesterday's Weather Keporta or til? Signal Service, V. S. A.-4.47 P. M., Loi ul Time. 2? g' 5.' S g S Place of ? g za Observation. : s. B : o o-, : ci ? : a 2 : g! r-:c " |o Augusta.?30.01; "SCalm.Cloudy. aaitimor? .29.!)i|78SW Light, Hazy. Bost'.:..29.B7: 75 W Gentle. Has?. Buffalo, N. Y....I?fl.8lj 65 W ?Brisk. Fair.' Charleston.'?o.oi 74 K ILight. Thr'nj. cti?-yenne. W. T.?J9.15, 781M ?Gentle. Fair. Chicago. 30.05 6>.E Light. Hazy. cincinnati..29.9; 76,w iGenrie. Fair. Cleveland.^9.92 64,NW Gentle. Hazy. Corinne, Utah... 29.39 so SW Gentle. Fair. Detroit.29.86; 70 W Brisk. ?SraoKy. Indianapolis .... 29.91'74 N Fresh. Fair. Kev West, Fla.. 29.86 84 SE (?entle. Cloudy. Kr>"'-xville,Tenn.l29.9i. 70S Light. Hazy. Lalee city. Kia.. 29.9L 73 NE ?Gentle. L'.Raln Memphis, Tenn.. 129.95; si W ?Gentle. |C!ear. MilwauKee, Wis, 30.00, -O SE Fresh. Hazy. Mobile.:29-92: 84, N Light. Fair. Nashville..'29.96 81 W 'Gentle. Clear. New London, Ct. 29.75 69 >w Gentle. Hazy. New orleans.... 29.9-' 82'E iFresn. Pair. New York.IjS.SOj TifSW I?risk. Hazy. oraali3. Neb.,29.91 73 ?E gentle. Hazy. osweg'i, N. Y_?29.74. 64'flr .Brisk. Hazy. Philadelphia.?29.81, 73 s Fresh, ctear. Pittsburg, Pa.... 29.91 T? W Fresh. Fair. Portland, Me..? 680-!? Ll9nt- H?zy. Rochester, N. Y. ?9.79 65 SW Brisk. Hazy. San Francisco.. ?9.>0, 72|W . Fair. Savannah.,29.99 .1 Calm.. Thr'ng. sr. Unta. 29.89, 8i|NE Kresh. Fair. Toledo. O.|29.9? IP? ?Fresh. Hazy. Wa?hington,l)C. :9.88 78SJV ,Llght. Hazy. Wi;mingtou,SC.;30.iO 7S!?W uentle. Cloudy. Norfolk. 29.92! 76j>W Gentle. Thr'ng. Lynchburg...-...,'29.93 7i.sw Gentle. Fair. Leavenworth.....00.01; 76?E Fresh. |Falr. iMpcMav. 29.871 7l|sW Fresh. |Clear. Mt. Washington.-9-87, 3S:SW \. Cloudy. NOTE.-The weather report dated 7.47 0'c:ock, this morning, will be posted in the rooms ol the Chamber of commerce at 10 o'clock A. M., and, together with the weather chart, may (by the courtesy of the Chamber) be examined by ship? masters at any time during the day. SPARKS FROX THE WIRES. -A meeting of twenty-five hundred people in New York has endorsed Tweed. -The Secretary of the Treasury haa ordered the purchase of three million dollars' worth of ?ve-twenties on Monday. THE PORT ROYAL RAILROAD.-The Beaufort Republican says : "The railroad is progressing rapidly. The track Is laid to ihe draw at Whale Branch, and on Saturday an engine and sir heavily iaden cars were on the trestle. The draw is completed, and will shortly be put In place. It is believed the road will be com? pleted by November 15th. There ls a large gang ol men steadily at work. The new en? gine, "S. C. Millett," has arrived at Yemassee." ?bitnarn. STARR -Departed this life, on the night or ih 20th last., of the prevailing epidemic JAM KS OTIS, aged seven years, eleven months and twenty-four days, and on the mo nlng or the 2ist, EDWIN PEARSON, aged eleven years and twenty one days, children or Robert C. and Anna B. C. Starr. "For or such ls the kingdom of Heaven." * -funeral ?ffoticee. ~~pm* TJIS RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND Acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. S. Cox are invited to altead the Funeral or their eilest soo. SAM? UEL HENRY, from their residence, No. 22 Bor gard street, at 3 o'clock THIS AFTERNOON, 25th In? stant, without further Invitation. sep25-? pm* THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND acquaintances or Mr. A. L. M. ANDERSON, and or his rather, Mr. A. C. Anderson, and or Mr. J. J. Wescoat, are ?espectfu ly invited to attend the Funeral of the former, at his late residence, No. 313 East Bay, at half-past 9 o'clock THIS MORN INO. sep23 pm* PALMETTO GUiRD RIFLE CLUB. You ate Invited to attend the Funeral or your late Brother Member, Mr. A. L. M. ANDERSON, at hts late residence. No. 313 East Bay, at half-past 9 o'clock THIS MORNING. A. S. DOUGLAS, fep25 Secretary. Special ffotices. pm* DISINFECTANTS. -THOSE IN want or DISINFECTANTS will And a Tall assort? ment at the Drug Store of Da. H. BA ER, In Meet? ing street. sepl CANDEUR LODGE, No. 36, A. F. M.-Any member of this Lodge who may be taken sick, or who may require nun-lng or medi? cal attendance, ls requested to give notice ol the same, without delay, to Senior Warden D. MUL? LE H, No. 325 Elog street. sep2i pm* NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all Sub-Agents or the Land Commission, thar, rroni and after the flrat day of ii aren, 1271, toe jj wtu report all their proceedings to Hon. F. L. OAROOZO, Secretary af the Advisory Board. ROBT. C. DaLARGE, L. C. S. S. C. Columbia, February 28,1371. maru ??-OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTORS OF TH S CHARLESTON CHABITA-.I BLE ASSOCIATION, No. 147 MELTING STREET. CHARLESTON, SEPTEMBER 20, 18tl-NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC-The Scheme or the 12ih October next will go on as usual, under the supervision or j Major HORBACH, General Agent, and the Raffle win poal Ively take place on that day. Vendora will go on with sales. S. BROADBENT, SR., sep22-3 President and Manager. J** CHARLESTON BIBLE SOCIETY. The Treasurer of the Charleston Bible Soc'.ety will receive Subscriptions or Donations at his o trice, No. ss East Bay, corner or Atlantic Wharf. The paymeui of Two Dollar? win cunqri tue a person a member for one year. Bibles are kept on oau<i for distribution. The Society has one Colporteur ia tue Add. and solicits aid to Introduce another. Persons interested tn the woik or seeking fnrther Information will please call on the Treasurer. J. N. ROBSON, apr28-6mo9 Treasurer C. B. S. pm* C^SAR COVERED HIS BALD head and groy hair with a laurel crown. AYER'S HAIR VIGOR covers grey heads with the still more welcome locks or youth. sep22-rmw30Aw ?arBATCHELOB'S HAIR DYE.-THIS SUPERB HAIR DYE ls the best in the toor?d-per fectly harmless, reliable and Instantaneous. No disappointment. No ridiculous tints or unpleas? ant odor. The genuine W. A. BATCHELORS HAIR DYE produces IMMEDIATELY a splendid Black ur Natural Brown. Does not stalu the skin, but leaves the hair clean, soft and beautiful. The .?my Safe and Perfect Dye. Sold by all Drug? gists. Factory No. 16 BOLd street. New York. jan23-mwflyr pm* SPECIAL NOTICE.-A GRAND LECTURE w.ll be delivere 1 by Colonel M. R. DE? LAN Y beruie the ' Young Mens' Africanus Deba? ting Club,*' at the A. M. E. Church, Calhoun 8treet, on MOND?T KVENINQ next, the 25th In? stant. Subject: "SCIPIO AFRICANUS." Price of admlsaton-Adulta, 10 ceots; chll'rcn, Ave ceuts. The public la respectfully luvlted. Doors open at 7 o'clock. Lecture to commence at half past 8 o'clock. T. A. DAVIS, President. JAS. GREEN, sep23-2* Acting Secretary. pm* A SAFE, SURE AND SPEEDY remedy for Diarrhoei, Dysentery, Csolera. Sum" mer Complaint and all Bowel Affections may be had in JAYNE'S CARMINATIVE BALSAM. Com pounded with care from the best understood tn gredlents known to the Medical Faculty, Ita action ls prompt, and always to be depended upon, while the reputation lt has attained as a Standard Household Remedy should Induce al1, at this sea? son ir the year, to keep a bottle or so useful a medicine by them. Sold by all Druggists. GOOD RICU. WINEMAN A CO., Whoicmle Agents. sep23-stath3 ^OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY.-This ls at least true of the old method of treating the long abused and much abused human b>ly. It ts no longer t onsldered wise to puta patient to the torture in order to care him or a disease la which palu ls already undermining the energtes of his system. True sciencj ranges itself on the side of nature, and endeavors to assist her in her flght against dlaease. This ls the province Of HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS, the most approved tonic ever advertised In this couutry. It may bc recommended as a fall medicine, par excellence; for lt ls In the fail that biliousness, dys? pepsia and malarious fevers are especially preva? lent. The frame, exhausted by the heats of sum? mer, is relaxed and feeble at Ita close, and re? quires, we may say demands, artiflcial asstst aace. Afford it that assistance In occasional doses of Hostetter's Stomach Bi'tera, and the evils referred to may be escaped. Tarough nt the far West, and on the steaming alluvial of the Southern r.vers, all the varieties of periodical fever are probably rife to-day. Had a course or Hosteler's Bitters been commenced by th suffer? ers a month ago, L e., before the uoUealthy sea? son set ia, seven-eigh? of them would ia all prob? ability be lo their usual health at the present time. So much for want of foreca9te. So much for not keeping In the house, and using dally the best safeguard against epidemic and endemic fevers. As docks of lmposters and Imitators are trying to follow in the wake of the great Americau remedy, therefore be sure that the article you buy la genuine and verified by ihe proper trademarks. The true article can only be obtained In bottles. Beware of the spurious bitters sold by the call n or la kegs. 8ep2?-atuth3osc Special Notices. pm- CONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP [.MANHATTAN, from New 7ork, are notified that she ls THIS DAT discharging cargo at Adger's Wharf. Goods uncalled for a; auLset will remain on the wharf at owners' risk, si r>2j-l JAMES ADGER A CO., Agents. pm- CONSIGNEES PER MERCHANTS' LINE Schooner FLORENCE ROGERS will send for Goods to Adger's North wharf. Those not called for before sunset will be stolid. No claims al? lowed after goods leave the wharf. sep25-l WILLIAM ROACH A CC pa- CITY TAXES.-OFFICE OF CITY TREASURY, SEPTEMBER 1,1371.-The third and last Instalment of CORPORATION TAX, for 1871, will be received during the pre?nt month. sep25-3 S. THOMAS, City Treasurer. pm- THE NEXT GENERAL CONVBN TION of the Protestant Episcopal Church will be held at Baltimore OCTOBBK 4, 1871, and the ensu? ing three weeks. On account of the very great interest attached to the debates of the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies, ' The Churchman'' will publie H. during the Convention, a dally edltloa at Baltimore. It will contain a phonographic re? port, verbatim, of the Debate*, Committee R-; ports, Sermons, Ac, made by D. F. Murphy, Chief of Official Corps or Reporters or the United Slates Senate, and his assistants. "The Churchman,'' Dally Edition, will be mar? ed each day to any subscriber, on prepayment of j SI 50. M. H. MALLORY A CO., Hartford. Conn. sep25-? No. 713 Broadway, New York. ^NOTICE.-OFFICE OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAND AND IMMIGRATION ASSO? CIATION, ACADEMY OF MUSIC BUILDING, CHARLESTON. S. C., SEPTEMBER 25, 1871.-The South Carolina Land and Immigration Associa' Hon beg io infom their subscribers that, owing to the prevalence of the yellow fever in Charles? ton, and consequent interruption to their busi? ness, which was progressing very sat lata dorl ly, and the Impossibility of having the Drawing come o tr during the existence of the fever, would respectfully announce to their patrons that the draw ng ls postpoued to January 8, 1872. This postponement so far from being any detriment to our large list of Ticket-holders, ls aa absolute gaarantee that lt will positively take place at the time named, and affords an opportunity to thous? ands of our friends throughout the South who were anx oas to secure tickets, but were unable to do so until they had realized from the sale Of their crops. Respectfully, Ac, sep25-3 BUTLER, CHAD WI ;K, GARY A CO. pm- ON MARRIAGE.-ESSAYS FOR yoang men on great So:lal Evils and Abuses, which Interfere with Marriage, and min the hap? piness of thousands-with sure means of relief | for the erring and unfortunate, diseased and de bliltatedV-?ent m sealed letter envelopes free of charge. AddresV-?O^LARD ASSOCIATION, No. 2 S. Ninth street, PhlladelpbTB7-g&^J|ep4^o8 pm- CHARLESTON COLLEGE JULY" 6.1871.-At a meeting or the Board of Trustees, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That a committee or three be appoint el by the Chair, who shall be authorized to con? sult with tne Faculty of the College and take proper steps to present the names or such gen? tlemen who shall be deemed qualified to fill the Professorship of Classical Literature, recently vacated by Rev. Mr. Miles, sud report at tne anniversary meeting of the trustees in October next, viz: on the Monday preceding the third Wednesday. MR. ALONZO WHITE, ) MR. W. A. PRINOLB, 5 Committee. MR. WM. RAVENEL. ) N. B.-Persons desirous or filling tbe above named Professorship will please confer with the committee. augl4-mi patent ?W?ucincg. jyj 0 T H E B S I For your Children, use none other than tne GERMAN SOOTHING CORDIAL. lt contains no Anodyne. For sale by the M. lu u tact ure r. DR. H. BAER. And also to be had at all Drug stores Q.OOD NEWS FOR THE SICK I LIEBIG'S EXTRACT OF BEEF, (The genuine article.) UPHHAM*S FREsH MEAT CURE for the pre vention and cure of Consumption, after Dr. Trousseau's recipe. Beer, wine and Iron. Elixir Calisaya Bark. Elixir Calisaya Bark and Pyrophosphate of Iron. These and all other new preparations are to be round at the Drug Store or Dr. H. BAER. sepl4 No. 131 Meeting street. MOST WONDERFUL CURES EF? FECTED. BOTH OF MIND AND BODY. DU BARRY'S DELICIOUS HEALTH RE STORING REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD Will cure DYSPEPSIA, Constipation, Acidity Cramps, Fits, Heartburn, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Nervousness, Biliousness, Affections or the Liver and Kl ineya, Flatulency, Colic, Palpitation or the Heart, Nervous Headache, Irritability. Noises In Head and Ears, Giddiness, Pain between the Shoulders, and lu the Chest, Caronia Inflamma. tlon and Ulceration or the Stomach, Eruptions on the Skin, Scurvy, Fevers, Scrofula, Impurities, Poverty of Blood, Incipient Consumption, Dropsy, Diabetes, Rheumatism, Gout, Influenza, Grippe, Nausea and Vomiting during Pregnancy, alter eating or at sea. Low Spirits, General Debility, Paralysis, Cough, As h ma, Tightness Across the Chest, Phlegm, Sleeplessness, Tremors, Vertigo Blood to the Head, (exhaustion, Ac. The best rood for Invalids, generally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, like arrow roo:, but lm parts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty or digestion and nervous and mtiscu ar energy to the most enfeebled. Likewise adapted to rear delicate Infants. A rew ont ol 69,000 Testimonials or Core are given below : THE POPE'S HEALTH RESTORED BY DU BAR RY S FOOD. Cure yo. 68,413-"ROMS, July 21, 1868.-The health or the Holy Father ls excellent, especially since, abandoning all other remedies, ne has con? fined himself entirely to Da Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes a platera', at every meal. It has produced- a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." From the Gazette Du Midi, Julu 26. FROM THE DOWAGER COUNTESS OF CASTLE STUART. Cure NO. 52,812.-'-ROSSTRKVOB, COCSTY OF DOWN, IRELAND, December 9,1851.-The Dowager Countess of Castleatuart feels Induce'', In the in? terest of suffering namanlty, to state tlut Do Barry's excellent Reval-'nta Arabica Food has cured her, alter all medicines had faded, of Indi? gestion. Bile. Great Nervousness. Irritability, and Hysteria of many years' standing. This Food de? serves the con2dence of oil sunerers, and may be considered a real blessing. For sale ia one and two pound packages ty DR. H, BAER, SOLE AGENT, MEETING STREET. Directions with every package. aagm Kera Publications. jg TANDARD TEXT BOOKS. By Professor ASA GHAT, Of Harvard University, Ant nor of "How Plants Grow, " "School and Field Boos or 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-Boots."-Prxtf. J. S. Davis, univernt?v of Virginia. 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