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VOLLME XI.-NUMBER 1774. CHARLESTON, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER I, 1871. A SEW CANDIDATE FOR THE DEMO? CRATIC sojirxATiox. Apathy over tho Coming State Elec? tion-The English Vat ht man-, OeivBt -Waiting for thc Grand Dake-A French Pulpit Orator In New York Grand Combination of Musical Star?. [FBOK OCR OWN CORRESPONDE:'!1.] NEW York, October 18. the renomination o? Grant becomes more alu with the progress of events, dissatis? fied Republicans console themselves with the hope that the Democrats will nominate some bod; in opposition whom they can find an ex? cuse to support. I have written you about the Gratz Brown movement, engineered secretly, it is understood, by Senator Schurz and openly by Senator Blair. It has a great deal of j strength and ls being managed with adroit? ness. There is another movement, however, which perhaps carries with it a larger number of^public men heretofore acting with the Re? publican party, and has more countenance Jxom Democratic leaders, who regard a coali? tion with favor, than any other. It is to make Justice Davis, of the United States Supreme Court, the Democratic candi? date for the Presidency. I must confess tbat my knowledge of Davis was rather limited un til a prominent Republican pol.ticlan, who wanc3 to come over, told me all about him. I was surprised to learn from this source how widely the feeling In favor of Davis had spread j among the anti-Grant Republicans, and .parti-1 cuiarly in the Western States. It seems that he has been talked up quietly among them for fi^gme time, and with much success. He ls >^Enself in lull harmony with his friends on the subject. A Philadelphia reporter, hearing of the movement, attempted to Interview him the other day, but found tHe embryo Presi? dent too sharp to converge on the Interesting topic. When Frank Pierce was nominated for Pres? ident there was a very praiseworthy curiosity on the part of voters to know who he was. The same sentiment will naturally prevail in reference to the gentleman whom the Conser? vative Republicans ask the Democrats to take as their united standard bearer. David Davis isa native of Maryland, aged 57 years, and a kinsman of the late Henry Winter Davis. He was born and bred a Democrat, and acted with the Democracy until the breaking out of the civil war. He removed to Illinois Tn early manhood, became eminent at the bar of toe West, and an intimate friend of " Old Abe. When there was a vacancy on the Supreme Court Bencb, Lincoln sent his name into the Senate. The Judge is described as a man of | vigorous intellect and strong will, and as holding to all the ancient Democratic doctrines of strict construction, the limited powers of Congress, tariff for revenue only, Ac." He ls one of the biggest men, physically, in America, having a stalwart irame and re ma^?Table breadth of waist, and weighing over three hundred pound?. When he ls at home he resides at Bloomington, Illinois. It is urged, In favor of nominating him, that he can carr; Illinois, Indiana and Oblo, against Gran: ; that Logan, Trumbull and Schurz will take the field for him, and that he will divide the Republican vote with Grant throughout the Union. My Republican intormant thought David Davis for President, and Gratz Brown lor vice-President, would make a strong ticket. I Implored him to allow us to have at least one Democrat on the ticket. I could not ascertain If Judge Davis had been voting with the Democrats lately. It might be a good preliminary ceremony, before presenting him? self to the convention, to vote tor the Demo? cratic candidate for Congressman at large In Illinois this fall. ?You will. undoubtedly hear more of the JHvls movement in early spring. It Is posi? tively on loot, strongly supported and making headway In a certain quarter. Jhe promoters do not care to have too much said In the papers about it at present. There is such a thing as talking a man to death before the convention assembles. The chief opposition to the "big Judge" In the Conservative Repub? lican ranks will come from the friends of Ben Gratz Brown and Chief Justice Chase. The indications are that a very light vote will be polled in the election in this State next'mOnth. Yesterday was the first day lor the registration of voters in this city, and only twenty-three thousand two hundred names j were recorded, against fifty-eight thousand four hundred and sixty-nine recorded on the first day of last year, a decreas? ot thirty-five thousand two hundred and sixty-nine. With? out the usual thundering Democratic majori? ty In this city, we would be In danger of losing the State li lt were not for the apathy Srevalllng among the rural Republicans, ot h State tickets are respectably weak. It wouic be Impossible to pump up enthusiasm overee small Insurance president who heads one ticket, or the deputy to a State official who'heads the otta?r. Mr. ? shbury succeeded in bullying the New York y acht men into another concession, and consented at last to sail a> series of six races. He has been duly beaten OD the first trial. There is every probability tnat he will be beaten In the entireties If he sticks to his promise to sall, but he ls already grumbling again, and no man can tell, except himself, j whether he will not back out. It ls strange that the yachtmen have any patience with him. Their only motive seems to be to give him no plausible chance to go back to England and assert that he has been untalrly treated. The Grand Duke Alexis ls not expected un? til next week. The Russian frigate ls a slow sali? er, and 1B coming along leisurely anyway. The grand ducal quarters at the Clarendon are all in readiness, and the Russian minister and the Russian consul at this port have taken lodgings at the same house, so as to be right* on the spot when the great personage arrives. The Russian ovation ls to be our next grand sensation. The Tammany frauds are getting tiresome, and the Chicago conflagration has lost its novelty. Next week about this time, the Ring and tbe Fire will have been forgotten, and we will be wild, In the most approved New York style, over the Muscovite visitation We have ia our midst at present the most eloooent ol French pulpit orators, save Hya clh?p. Ii is the Rev. Athanase Coquerel fils, the leading mind In the Relormed Church of France* He preached at Beecher's church on last Sunday night, and bas begun at the Coop? er Institute a series ot lectures on the condi? tion of France. Last evening he spoke on the Prussian selge of Paris. He made one Btrlk ? ing observation which, it- not correct, at least '?bows the bent ol the French mind in this cri? sis. He attributed the calamities of France to the empire. "But now,'' he said "I have one comfort-my country ls iree. And I must add that I pity the other country, though she has gained great military fame and a magnificent success, because she is not free-because she has now an Imperial reign to bear. I have felt what that is for twenty years, and I wish no one, not even an enemy, suck a calamity as that. I can say truly thai I prefer to be a vanquished Frenchman, but tree, rather th-n a triumphant vassal." The great Wachtel, the best tenor Germany has ever sent us, has created such a sensation in the musical community tbat there is a nat? ural desire to hear bim in conjunction with Nilsson. That culmination of musical excel? lence ls no', to be vouchsafed at present, but a combination almost as good is announced. Wachtel will slog with Parepa-Rosa in the Truvatore, at the Academy, on Saturday night. Gazzanlga will sing the gipsy part. This ls a strong team. The regular Italian opera season, with Nilsson as the prima don? na, will begin on Monday night. Every box in the Academy of Music, for the whole series of twenty nights, has been engaged in ad? vance, and in some cases an extravagant bonus has been paid for choice boxes, by those who were unlucky at the box office. As much as $1000 bonus has been paid in one instance for a single box. Nothing more ab? surd than this has been done by fashionable New York since tne Jenny Lind furor. NTH. A HUGE FAILURE IA" THE QUAKER CITY. PHILADELPHIA, October 20. The Ledaer says the failure of C. T. Yerkes, Jr., & Co. involves a loss to the city of $478, 000. It is hoped the assets will save the city from loss, une hundred and fifty thousand dollars of State funds are also in jeopardy by the failuffe. In both cases the city and State officials had leaned money to speculative firms without legal authority. BOILER EXPLOSION'S. TO THE EDITOR OF TBE NEW?. It is an established maxim that the best judge of any science or art is a person who has made that science or art his particular study. Therefore, has the world looked to the practical engineer for an explanation of the causes of the frequent steam boiler explo* sions. But the recent examination of the so called experts shows that the world has been deceived, and no doubt the experts them? selves equally.. The examination goes to show that the engineers have directed their study and attention rather to the mechanical portion and workings of an engine than to the chemical phenomena produced by the agents they are employing. They all agree that a steam boiler may be exploded, but differ, and, Indeed, are quite at fault, as to what combina? tion of facts must produce this result. Borne confusion of mind seems to exist when the words "explosion" and ."bursting" ot a boiler are used. The "bursting o? a boiler" simply Implies the "breaking of a segment*'of boil? er-escape of steam and water, and consequent scalding of firemen and engineers, and those carelessly Dlacing themselves within range of danger; wfiereas, the "explosion of a boiler" ls not merely the "breaking of a segment," but ls the art of driving out, with noise and violence, and, as it is too well known, In? volves not only the life of the careless, and oft-times ignorant, engineer, but also the lives of all entrusted to his c*re. We are apt to say, we know the nature of a body when we know several of the uses to which that body may be applied, and the con? sequences of such application in greater or | lesser quantities, simply or In combination. But to know the nature of a body ls to know the original materials ol its constitution and the mode ot their combination; and those ma? terials should be knuwn In their primitive or most simple state, and the knowledge ol their combination should Include all the inter? mediate changes, in all their details, from the primitive elements. Therefore, the engineer should not only study thoroughly his ma? chinery, but also chemistry, at least, so far as it relates to those bodies which he U obliged to use, and should govern. ? committee of men thus educated would not be long In In? vestigating and giving the true cause of steam boiler explosions. We are gravely told, in some of our school books ou natural philosophy, that experi? ments were made by a committee of the Frank? lin Institute, Philadelphia, at the sugge?tion and expense ol the State Treasury Depart? ment, showing that the generation of hydro? gen gas in steam boilers, however high th-?ir beat may be, never takes place. "After many trials, with the express design of forming hy? drogen In a steam boiler, if possible, they never produced a trace ot this gas from the de? composition ot water." Again, "even it the gas in question were formed in overheated boilers, no damage could accrue Irom its pres? ence, since hydrogen never explodes without being mixed with oxygen or common air, neither of which ever exista in a steam boiler when in use; besides, were these two gases in the steam boiler ready tor explosion, still no danger would exist, Blnce thev never take fire, except from contact with flame-hence, all danger from hydrogen in boilers exists only in the imagination." We are told by some chemists from the labor? atory that the spheroidal state of the water ls the cause of the explosion, but we know that the spheroidal state ol the water cannot exist unless the boiler be overheated; and if there be a sufficiency of water and a safety-valve the boiler cannot be overheated; therefore, with a sufficiency ot water in the boiler and a saiety valve, we cannot have the spheroidal state of the water nor an explosion of the boiler. Let us now see what does cause explosion, and, first, what is the effect of an Insufficiency of water in a boiler which ls well heated. The flame or heat passing through a flue or under a surface of a boiler not covered by water, soon causes this flue to become red-hot; the steam generated necessarily comes in contact with this red-hot Iron. Iron decomposes steam at all temperatures, from a dull rea to a white heat, appropriating its oxygen; IL this way, or by this continuous chemical action ol d?composition, lt would take but a short time (according to the surface of iron ex? posed) to convert the greater portion of the steam generated into Its elements, hydrogen, which remains lree in the boiler, and oxygen, which the heated iron flue appropriates to Itself, forming oxide of iron. While the machinery is not in motion, or the steam not escaping freely, the hydrogen fills the upper portion of the boiler, and does not come in contact with the red-hot Iron, nor its oxide. But any cause which may produce an expansion or disturbance of the gas, so as to bring it into contact with the "oxide of iron, heated to the same tempera? ture as will decompose steam, the gases will immediately become chemically combined." producing a most Intense heat-("the most in? tense heat that can be produced ls caused by the combustion of hydrogen gas")-and caus? ing an explosion, when the "oxide of Iron will be reduced to Its metallic state." [Sec Turner's Chemistry, by Rodgers, page 333. ] The simple experiment of burning a mixture o? the gases in what ls .termed a "hydrogen gas," or experimenting with the "endlome ter," In a basin ot water, wlfl satisfy any scien? tific engineer, not only as to the cause of ex? plosions In steam-boilers, but also how they may be obviated. JOBS LYNCI?, M. D., Professor University South Carolina. MARTIAL LAW IN YORK. [From the YorkvlUe Enquirer.] The arrival In Yorkville of Hon. A. T. Aker man, attorney-general of the United Slates, and Hon. D. T. Corbin, attorney-general of the State, on Tuesday alternoon, was duly an? nounced In the Enquirer of last week. These officials, upon arriving here, proceeded Im? mediately to the headquarters of Colonel Mer? rill, commandant of this post, where they were in conference for several days. ****** Since the promulgation of the President's proclamation a feeling of Insecurity pervades among many, and as a result of the apprehen? sions engendered, we learn that a number of persons have left the town and county. We hear of no arrests of citizens having as yet been made. It is stated that a private soldier of one of the infar'ry companies stationed here has been placed under arrest, and is now in Jail, charged with advising or counselling a citizen of the town to leave. LORILLARD d CO. A Firm which does not Care a Cent for Southern Trade. [From the Macon Telegraph.] We suppose that most of our readers have heard ot this celebrated tobacco and snuff house of New York City. An Atlanta tobacco merchant called at the house a short time since to make some heavy purchases. Bet?re buy? ing, however, he told one of the firm that he had been solicited by the Lee Monument Asso? ciation to establish agencies In that city for the sale of the pictures ol General Lee, ard asked this business man if he would not sub? scribe for one. He received a most abrupt and insulting answer after this wise: "Sir, I would not permit the picture of Buch a traitor and rebel to come into my house if I knew it, much less encourage the building of a monument to his memory by paying money for u. I think lt an insult lor you to ask me to do such a thing." On being asked by the Atlantlan if he did not care lor Southern trade, he replied "that he would not give a cent for lt." We trust that our friends and Southern dealers generally will not hereafter trouble these gentlemen with what they do not "care a cent for." Remember the house-Lorillard A Co., New York City. TIGHTEXIXG THE SCREWS. WASHINGTON*, October 20. The Secretary of the Treasury directs thal hereafter all disbursing officers or agents ol the United States, except pension agents, drawing checks on moneys deposited to their official credit with the treasurer of the United States or any ol the assistant treasurers, in lavor of themselves or bparer, or in favor ol any person other than a public creditor, must sute on the lace or back of the check the ob? ject or purpose to which the avails are to be applied. Pension agents drawing such checks must furnish a list, containing the names ot the persons to whom payment is to be made, and the amount due to each. EDUCATIONAL REFORM. THE DEFECTS OF OUR S TS TE 31 OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Boards of Education.-No. 7. Ii some, if not all, of the suggestions already made be heeded and acted upon, it will not, then, be difficult to get the best people of the State to take an intense interest in the success of our public schools ; and then, for the non? political office of commissioner of education, the very best citizens can be induced to run. These offices should be one of honor, in every county, aud not of profit. The abomination of county echool commissioners dr?Ving a salary of one thousand dollars per annum should be utterly abolished, and the principal of the County Graded School, (to be suggested in our next paper,) nt every county 6eat should, ex officio, be the executive officer to carry into effect the plans ol the county board of education, and should re? ceive additional compensation for so doing. This principal of the main county school will get his certificate to teach irora the board of examiners, already suggested, by merit, and not by favor, and adding somewhat to his in? come, Bay five hundred dollars, for performing the duties (not) now performed by the so-call? ed school commissioners, will malee his office one of great honor and consideration. Of all the rotten parta of the present rotten, ineffi? cient system, the most rotten spot is Just here In this vile abomination of overpaid political sycophants called ccunty school commissioners. The very thirty two thousand dollars wasted upon them could establish, li to It were added" another thousand dollars for each county town, a most axcellent public school, at what is, and must continue to be, the focal point of Influence in every county. It this money were given to a hard-working, efficient, competent and well-educated teacher,so that one teacher at least in a county might make a decent support by his laborious profession, what an encour? agement, and what a spur it would be ! But ah ! I am trespassing upon the impracticable, the eccentric, the Insane ! That the Oliver Twist of professions should dream of asking for more ! That the Botany Bay of all other professions, the apprentice way-station. of law, medicine, divinity, <tc, the asylum, too, of the sick, the halt, the lame,,the blind and the deal, from every conceivable quarter of society, should put in a claim to civilization, and conless to a desire of making almost aa much as the half-starved clergyman ! Me? thinks I hear an indignant murmur. .And that the teacher of a mere public school should, in one instance at least, make enough to live like a gentleman of culture and refinement ! ' Ye Gods ! upon what meats does this our Cosar feed, that he hath grown so great ?" FAIRFIELD. THE TRIEXXIAL EPISCOPAL COX VEXTIOX. The Question of Ecclesiastical Appel? late Courts-Joint Committees Ap. pointed-Abbreviated Services to be Permitted in Specified Cases. THIRTEENTH DAY-0CT0BJ3K 18. A messag* was recel^oJ from th* Hom? nf Bishops non-concurring in the amendment to the resolutions adopting the hymnal, striking out the clause providing for a royalty on the sale of the hymnal, and asking for a commit? tee of conference thereon. The request for a committee of conference was agreed to. JOINT COMMITTEES. Messages from House of Bishops were re? ceived announcing the. appointment ot the Bishops of Ohio, Louisiana, New Jersey, Western New York and Long Island as mem? bers of the Joint committee to prepare an ad? dress to the Church of Ireland ; and the ap? pointment of the Bishops of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Central New York as mem? bers of the joint committee to prepare a re? sponse to the letters of greeting from the Dioceses of Litchfield and Chester. THE QUESTION OF APPELLATE C0CRT3. Rev. Dr. Halght of New York, from the committee on canons, reported : The committee on canons, to whom was referred the question ot reviving the report of the special committee on the jud?ela! system of the church, made in the year 1856, and also the draft of a canon providing for the organi? zation of a court of appeal, respectfully report: That they have considered the matter refer? red to them, and are of the opinion that the proposed action would be In conflict with the provision of the constitution as it now stands; that in every diocese the mode of trying pres? byters and deacons may be Instituted oy the convention of the diocese, and that they are not prepared at this time to recommend any alteration in the constitution to remove the difficulty, and they therefore ask to be dis? charged" from the further consideration of the subject. By order of the committee. WM. COOPER MEAD, Chairman. A minority report of committee on canons on the same subject was presented. The subject was made the special order for Friday. CANON' AUTHORIZING ABREVIATED SERVICES. The regular order, being the report ol the committee on canons, proposing to amend Canon 20, -of the use ol the Book ol Common Prayer," so as to allow in certain cases of an abrevialcd service lor morning and evening Drayer, was then proceeded with. It was suggested that a still further liberty in regard to using the service be allowed to congregations worshipping in a foreign tongue. Rev. Dr. Leeds, of Maryland, said this mat? ter had for some lime past been receiving the serious consideralion of a committee. The Germans in sympathy with the church had de? clined to use the prayer book, as heretofore translated, because it was stiff, and paid no respect to their idioms. The purpose now of this committee waa to respect the formulas to which the Germans were attached, where there was no conflict of doctrine. On motion ol Rev. Dr. Haight, this amend? ment was concurred in. The question was then taken on the canon, Rev. Dr. Lewin, on behalf ol the clerical dele? gation of Maryland, calling tor the vote by or? ders. The clerical deputies of thirty dioceses and the lay deputies of thirty dioceses voted In the affiratlve, the clerical deputies of six dio? ceses and lay deputies of seven dioceses in the negative, and clerical deputies of lour dio? ceses were divided. So the canon was adopted. A message was received from the House of Bishops concurring in the amendments of the House ot Deputies to the resolution in refer? ence to the new diocese of Pennsylvania. Also message concurring in resolution of House o? Deputies as to the application o; the offertories lor Chicago, with an amendment designating the bishop of Illinois and the other church clergy of Chicago to assist Rev . Clinton Locke In the distribution of the same." The Latest. BALTIMORE, October 20 The report of the committee on the state of the church 13 generally cheerful, and says . "They cannot, however, close their eyes to the fact that in the Southern and Southwestern dioceses there are still great weakness and depression, and the recovery of the church, in the older jurisdictions, from their great ca? lamities and deep poverty has not been as rapid as was hoped and most earnestly desired. An elaborate discussion is progressing over the joint report on the ritual. CU BS AXD STARS IX COUXCIL. ST. LOUIS, October 20. The National Police Convention organized, Joseph Brown, mayor of St. Louis, being pres? ident. Ninety delegates were present. THE G BEI T FIXES. Relief for Chicago md the North Division of Contrbutions-The lng Abroad-A frat's in Chicag snrance Disasters, ?bc. The great calamityaChicago is still a of painful interest, and:he active symp has evoked from all qarters of the ci world illustrates the Btnngth and influe the better impulses of himan nature. 1 bio reported yesterday fem Berlin that Frederick William and Pincess Victoria, nizlBg tbe cordial sympathy shown in Ai for German soldiers durhg the late war in a contribution of fl vi hundred thal? the re lief of the victims cf the Chicago Ity. Another dispatch fron London stale the Mansion House fund n that city has ed about ?25,900, and tha additional sui tions have been received from Southan Dundee and Nottingham The Lord has received a telegran of thanks fro mayor of Chicago, ir. Washburn? American minister at Pals, has also rei a telegram from the miyor of Chicag knowledging the Paris sibscriptlons, ai pressing thanks. M. Labiulaye, a well-k friend ot America, has bten appointed man ot the Chicago relief committee f< by citizens of France. Iraccordance wi instructions of tbe comnlttee, he has an address, calling for ccatributlap*an lng that although France Is poor; she d to show her gratitude, ant make some i cal return lor the fratenal sympathy e for her In her misfortunes bv the people United States. Dispatches from New York state thai Chamber of Commerce cdopted a men which was forwarded to Iresident Gram government aid to the sifferers in Mic and other places would pnbably be neces and assuring him that Congress woulc doubtedly sanction any ottlaj for this be; lent purpose. The relief committee o chamber have appropriated $15.009 for tl lief ot Chicago refugees n New York, committee announce that tuture con'.rlbu received by them will be divided bet Cnicago, Wisconsin and Mchigan sufferer! the Secretary of War has authorized Ge Sheridan to afford such rtlief to the latl may be in his power. A dispatch from Albanystates that the 1 merce Insurance Company has Increase capital ?100,000, and resoled to continue ness. This gives the conpany a hand surplus. Telegraphic advices stats that in that much anxiety ia felt conctrninz the loca surance companies. It ls feared thatonl Union wilt be able to meet its losses and Untie business with capittl unimpaired. National Fire Insurance Company, of Wc ter, has not suspended, as reported, b going ahead, with a surplis, above all li ties. They lost but $2500 ai Chicago. The Cincinnati City Council have voted 000, the Chamber of Commerce $1000, am police of that city $900. The San Fram contributions for Chicago tow reach $150 and Portland, Oregon, $10,000. There was a meeting of Belgian cltlzei New York last night to inttltute measur relief for their suffering feQow-countrymc Green Bay. CHICAGO Toprcs. i CHEAGO, October j The chaos of last week ls resolving order all around. The relief districts been carefully marked ont, and comp? I men placed In control; the statistics of dead of the fire are approaching somet like accuracy and reason, and some ol thousands of lost people are daily broug their friends. The attested records of dead prove beyond question anarchy demoralization as the prime causes of m: the deatbs. In Borne streets the corps? men were found in heaps in such posltloi to indicate that drunkenness generally at the bottom of the trouble. There at more than one hundred bodies so far arce ed for, but it ls feared that a great ncr were swept away by the means of the when tha'porrlnir orowds hqrt hurle'' ll selves In the sana to escape the blinding lanches of flame and cinders hurled tim the air. Some of the women and chi! must have perished from hunger, cold and ror. Not a tenth part of the ruins has I looked through yet, and not until every t bas been overturned can the tull stor death be known. As close an estimate as can be reached the houseless at 99,310. This is not gt work, however, as the official lists show number of houses and the number ot pe in the burned divisions. Of course all ll are not on the charity of tbe town. Man] tain slight sums lrom the banks, and I other resources; but the great majority n be cared for in some way during the long 1 ter tbat hovers over this Northern country The rush of strangers and business spec tors ls great; all the hotels are packed, v Ave and six In a room; all private board houses are filled, and all residences are pr? crowded by refugees from the other s Hotel men are coming in to take a turn in new wheel of fortune, and before long place will be one vast caravansary. Uti cars and stages are beginning to run regu ly through the burned streets, and commi cation ls quickly restoring itself throughout the divisions. The reports from all the banks are subsi Hally the same-as yesterday-very little i ney being called for and deposits quite lai The insurance companies tbat are solvent paying their losses without requiring the p cy holders to go through the usual lormalli of adjustment. The american Central Cc ?any, of St. Louis, commenced paying to-d he executtve board of the Republic Iusurai Company ol this city, at a meeting to-day, solved to wind up. Their losses aggreg $3,600,000, cash assets $900,000. The comps will pay 25 per cent, ou demand. A contri tion of $21,000 was received from Memphis day. The Times flirures the total loss by l fire at $150,000,000. The business of the Bot of Trade has been fairly resumed. The celpts and shipments of grain are very heai A survey ot the Tribune building was ma to-day by architects, who report the walls a most of the floors good, and that the build! can be repaired for $50,000. The original c< was $210,000. ACTION OF THE LEGISTATCRE. ST. LOUIS. October 18 The lower house of the Illinois Leglslalu yesterday evening passed a bill for the reli of Chicago, which provides for the issue of te year 6 per cent, bonds for the amount of t principal and Interest expended by her on t! Illinois and Michigan canal. Nearly $3,000,0 of the bonds are to be delivered before M vember 15. Not less than one-flfth nor mo than one-third ot the proceeds of the bonds a to be used in rebuilding the public works Chicago, the remainder to support the polii and fire departments. FAILURES, FEARS, ?C. NEW YORK, Octobv r 18. The failure ot the Atlantic Fire Insuranc Company, of Brooklyn, is announced to-du Business was suspended this morning in co sequence of losses by the Chicago fire, whic are said by the officers to have proved li greater than at first supposed. The Habilita as nearly as can now be estimated aggregal $500.000; UBsets $575,000. Chauncey Bedell lias been appointed ri ceiver of the Manhattan Company. Presidei Palmer, it is said, has been removed, an holds possession of the securities ot the coi cern. The Washington Fire Insurance Compan; of this city, has suspended. Fires in the Northwest. WASHINGTON, October 18. Judge Barron, flfih auditor ot the treasury returned to day from a visit to his home i Wisconsin. He says that the published r< portB of the wide-spread destruction and su fering In that region, caused by the terribl fires, are in no respect exaggerated, and tha no accounts can give an adequate idea of th frightful extent of the calamity. The loss t the lumbering interest In the destruction c mills, &c, is immense, but not, however, irre parable, as the pine lorests are generally lei standing, though stripped by the fire of thel lighter branches and foliage. TUE FOREST FIRES OUT. MILWAUKEE, October 18. The relief committee for Northern Wiscon sin have decided to send two men into ever, county devastated by the fire to ascertain thi exact amount and kind of supplies needei during the coming winter, and the neares point io which supplies may be sent. The re cent rains have stopped the conllagrallon. BURNED TO DEATH. TORONTO, October 20. The engineer In charge of the Canada ant Pacific Railroad survey reports two whites, be longing to his staff, and five Indians burned t< death by the fire tn the woods. NEWS FROM COLUMBIA. REPORTED SURREXDER OF ALLEGED KU-KLUX IX SPARTAXBURG. Third Day or the Colored Convention a New Batch of Kegolntiona - Plain Talk from a Delegate - The Address to the People of the United States Probable Adjournment To-night. (SPECIAL TBLKORAM TO THE NRW3.) COLUMBIA, October 20. Marshal Johnson reports to-day from Spar? enburg that a number ot men charged with being Ku-KIux came In and surrendered to him yesterday. None of the committees of the Colored Men's Convention have reported yet, but they are expected to do so to-morrow. The following resolutions]were introduced and (referred : By Nelson, of Texas, recommending the members of the convention, when they return to their homes, to establish educational societies ; by White, of South Carolina, deprecating the efforts made by certain parties to induce col? ored people to emigrate to Liberia ; by Wall, of Florida, to encourage emigration to that State. Quarles, of Georgia, denounced the efforts of members of the convention to have it as? sume a political aspect, as lt was calculated to weaken Its power and U3elulness. He de? nounced in severe terms political adventurers whom reconstruction threw upon the surface as Republican leaders in the Southern States. Although he might cause dissension in the party, he wanted to get rid of all dishonest of? ficials, and thought lt was time for the colored people to begin to think for themselves. The address to the American people, writ? ten by Elliott, of South Carolina, will be sub? mitted tc-morrow. It ls a conservative and carefully written document, setting forth the condition of the colored people at the South since the war, their present position, future prospects and aspirations. It asks for a more perfect recognition ot the colored people In the workshops and all other industrial pur? suits that they may become proficient in mechanical sciences, and thereby protect skilled artisans from having to compete In the market with workmen of /hferlor capability. It asks from Congress aid for the education of the poor children of the South. It demands one standard of duty or policy for all citizens and no special favor, but to deal with all alike. ' It affirms that the colored citi? zens have no desire to strike a line of action not common to the whole people, and con? cludes with a hope for a speedy abolition of slavery fn every part of the world. The convention ls holding evening session?, and it ls supposed will conclude its dellberJ tlons and adjourn sine die to morrow night. GRANT'S LAST SPEECH. PORTLAND, ME., October 20. Grant had a showy reception here. In re? sponding to a serenade, be said "I have vivid recollection of a visit to your city six years ago. This ls the second time I have been In your city, and I am much pleased with my reception here as well as at other places I have visited In your State. If I do not come oftener than I have heretofore, I shall not make many more visits here before I shall be aulle an old man." _ THE SOUTHEBX PACIFIC RAILROAD. SHREVEPORT, LA., October 20. A large railroad convention is In session. St. Louis, Memphis, Vicksburg, Kansas, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Louisiana are repre? sented. Reports were read regarding the early completion of the Southern Pacific Rail? road. ? SPARKS FROS! THE WIRES. -Gold mines have been discovered at Win? nipeg. -Augusta, Maine, had an earthquake yester? day, lasting ten minutes. -A Syracuse colored girl is arrested for burning a school-house. -The McCormick reaper establishment In Chicago will be rebuilt immediately. -The reports of wrecks on Lake Michigan continue to come in. Much wheat was lost, but little life. -A verdict of guilty has been rendered In Newark, N. J., againsr Botts for the murder of Pet Halsted. . -The Canadian authorities deny that a Brit? ish cruiser was sent tn pursuit of the filibus? tered schooner Horton. -The two missing boats of the steamer Col burn, wrecked in Saginaw River, are saved, but twenty persons are missing. -The schooner Hattie Haskell, from St. Ma? ry's. Georgia, for Montevideo, ls wrecked. The captain and crew were saved. -General Curley, the leader of the recent Fenian invasion, has surrendered. He de? clares the expedition was a colonization scheme. -A purse of $1000 has been made up at Gloucester, Massachusetts, and presented to Captain Knowlton, who rescued the schooner Horton from a Canadian port. THE ?EATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON. October 20. The barometer will probably continue high, with pleasant weather throughout the Atlan? tic Slates; easterly winds increase In the Southern and Gulf States, and a falling ba? rometer with southerly winds prevail in the Mississippi Valley. Yesterday's Weather Reports or til? Signal Service, U. S. A.-4.47 P. BI., Local Time. Place of Observation. If H li is I ss Augusta..?30 19, Baltimore... 30.35! MOD.'30.20! Buffalo, H. y....'30.35i Otiarlestou.?30.21 Cheyenne, W. T.. ,29.06! crueag.?.30.26. ::iuclnuail.|3t?.28? Cleveland. 30.341 Corinne, ?tah... 29.67? Detroit.130.33 Duluth, Minn...?30.ol indianapolis.... 30.18 Key West, Fla.. 29.06; tnoxville, Tenn. 30.19 .ate City, Fla.. 30.14. lemphls, Tenn.. 30.1*! Milwaukee, Wis, 30.2S Morlle.30.17 sann ville.30.21 New London, Ct.l30.24 lew Orleans.... 30.14 sew York.30.28 omaha, Neb.29.831 '.sweg'i, K. Y.... 30.34 Philadelphia.30.31 Pittsburg, Pa.... 30.38' Portland, Me....|30.l5? Rochester, N. Y.I30.35I San Francisco..?30.oil Savannah.30.23 at. Louis.30.OS: St. Paul, Minn.. 30.00 pie.lo. u.,30.3i a,hmgton,D?.!30.a) iunin1{iou,NC.:30.22 ,rfulk. 30 26 Ly ne li hu or.30.2>? ?a ven worth.... ao.<w| ape Mav.30.31 T.. Wa-ttiington. 129.861 To Calm : > SE 43|NW 44 S "3 SE Bal M SIB 65 E 43 SE 62: SW 48 SE SU NE 65 rt Itt SE 71 SE 77 NE 72 SE 4 > SE 74 S 71 SE 44 SW 76 E 49l SW 77 S 41 N 64 N fit? N 39 SW Sa NW 63 SW 74 SW 72 Calm, 59 -E 48 SE 62 NW 74 SE 6?|NE os's 7 WW 55 NW ...K| M VV Light. Fresh. Gentle. Gentle. Bigh. Fresh. Gentle. Gentle. Brisk. Gentle. Brisk. Liuht. Fresh. Gentle. Fresh. Light. Fresh. Light. Light. Fresh. Gentle. Brisk. Br.sk. Fresh. Fresh. Light. Fre.-li. Gentle. Fresh. Brisk. Fresh. Gentle. Gentle. I Fresh. LlRllt. lOeiitie. (Gentle. iKreHh. ii Clear. Fair. Hazy. Fair. Clear. Fair. Clear. Clear. Clear. Fair. Smoky. Fair. Uazv. Fair. Clear. Fair. ?Clear. Fair. Fair. Clear. Fair. Fair. Clear. Hazy. Fair. Fair. Smoky. Cloudy. Clear. ?Cloudy. I Clear. ?Smoky. Fair, i Fair. Fair. ?clear. C.ear. [Hazy. (Clear. Clear. I'Inn" y. NOTE - Tue weainer immn us>i?w ".?1 .< t.uck, ? m iriiing, will be posted lu tue rooms ul the ?niber of Commerce at, 10 o'clock A. M.. and, Luxelher with the wearier chart, may (by the courtesy o? the Chamber? be examined by ship? masters a'- any time during me day. PARIS, October 20. More favorable Algerian advices state tbat the Insurgents are submitting. The ratification of the treaties with Ger? many gives great satisfaction. M. Quertier was congratulated by Thiers, and the Cross of the Legion of Honor was conferred upon him in recognition of his services. BERLIK, October 19. The Emperor has approved the treaties with France. Hi VASA, October 19. A steamer from Cadiz brings 600 Spanish troops. -funeral Di ot ices. PHILLIPA-Departed this life, on the 90th ia stant, arter a brier lllneis, THOMAS M. PHILLIPS of this city. 'THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. THOMAS M. PHILLIPS, and their respective families, are In? vited to attend the Funeral Services or the for? mer, from the residence of his sister, Mrs. J. E. Bonn eau, No. 18 Bee street,.at half-past 8 o'clock THI3 MORSfVo. OCt21 Special Dfotires. usas! Morning Service may be expected in this Church TO MORROW. oct2l DIVINE SERVICE WILL BE CON DUCTED in the Orphans" Cnapel on SABBATH AFTERKOOS, at zyt o'clock*, by the Rev. D. X. LAFAR. oct2l ??S* TRINITY CHURCH. -BISHOP W. M. WIGHTMAN, D. D., will preach TO MORROW MORNING, at half-past io o'clock-. Sunday-school In the AFTERNOON, at half-past 3 ' o'clock._oct21-* i^FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Divine Service will bs held In this Church by the Rev. W. B. YATB&TO-MORROW MORNING, at hair past io o'clock. The congregation of the Mari? ners' Church are Invited to attend. sep23-s ?9* SUMMERVILLE METHODIST CHURCH.-The Rev. T. E. WANNAMAKER Will preach at the above Church on To-MORROw MORNING. Service at ll o'clock. Afternoon Service at 4 o'clock. The seats are free, and visi? tors to the village are cordially Invited. oct2l-? MR. LEWIS SIMONS IS DULY authorized to act as my Attorney daring my ab? sence from the State. 0Ct21-l_W. H. WELCH. 3?- WE SHOULD NOT SUFFER FROM a Cough, which a few doses of ATER'S CHERRY j PECTORAL will cure. Time, comfort, health, are all saved by it. oct20-rmw3D4w ^NOTICE. -ALL PERSONS HAVING claims or demands agflnst tne Estate of JOHN O. CRANE, late of Charleston, deceased, will present the same, properly attested, to Messrs. BUIST k BUIST, Attorneys at Law, No. 41 Broad street, and those Indebted thereto will make payment to 3. REID BOYLSTON, oct2i-sw6_Qualified Executor. A CLEAR COMPLEXION AND A healthy skin can never be obtained while the pores or the akin are obstructed, or the blood ls m an impure condition. Dr. JAYNE'S ALTERA? TIVE will, bowever, restore the parity of the skin, and will thoroughly c.eanse the blood; lt will also remove the obstinate state of the pores, and free the perspiration from all impurities and gross particles. A trial wtll establish tts efficacy. Sold Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S. C. 0Ct21-8t0th3_ ?m- THE CHARLESTON CHARITA^ BLE ASSOCIATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FREE SCHOOL FUND.-OFFIOAL RAFFLES NUMBERS. CLASS NO. IS1 -MORNING. G-31-1 -?5-56 -12 -59 -69-38 -57-18-73 AB witness oar hand at Columbia this 20th day of October, 1871. FENN PECK, JAMES OILLILAND, oct3_Sworn Commissioners. DISINFECTANTS. -THOSE IN ?rant of DISINFECTANTS will find a foll assort? ment at the Drag Store of DR, H. BA ER, In Meet? ing street. sept UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT.-By an Order or the Hon. GEO. BRYAN, United States District Judge, the hear i orall petitions and motions In Bankruptcy, or . the general business or the District Court ts post? poned until the ors: Monday or November next. sep33_HANL. HORLBECK, Clerk. ??f SHAVING SALOON.-MR. J. H. WEICHMAN will superintend the business lately conducted by Mr. LOMBARDO, and will be pleased to see his rriends and the patrons or the establishment, at the Old stand, in Market street, where BO pains will be spared to please. octu IMPORTANT NOTICE-NOW opening at No. 131 MEETING STREET, a large and well assorted Stock of BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, Ac, which will be sold very low, and every article guaranteed as represented. All who are tn want of good Cheap Goods will do well to call. T. S. NIPSON, octl2-thstu5_No. 131 Meeting street. NOTICE.-ALL PERSONS HAV? ING claims against the Estate of the late JOHN MARSHALL, JR., Naval Stores Factor and Com? mission Merchant, or Charleston, S. C., will pre? sent the same properly attested, and those Indebt? ed to the Bald Estate will make payment to Mr. JOHN MARSHALL, SR., Marshall's Wharf, or to S. R. MARSHALL, Administrator, octio-tcs6 No. 314 King street. ???THE SOUTH CAROLINA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY, SAVINGS DEPART? MENT. -Depositors are requested to leave their books on and after MONDAY, October 2d, to be credited with the quarterly interest due 1st prox imo. AU deposits made on or before the 20tk October will bear interest from 1st October. Interest, Six Per Cent, per annum, will be com pounded quarterly. F. A. MITCHELL, sep3)-stuth9ri Assistant Cashier. ?Sf O N MARRIAGE.-?^ Happy reUer for Young Men from the effects of Errors and Abuses in early lire. Manhood re? stored. Nervous debility curel. Impediments to Marriage removed. New method or treat? ment. New and remarkable remedies. Books aud Circulars sent rree, in sealed envelopes. Ad? dress HOWARD ASSOCIATION. No. 2 South Ninth street, Philadelphia, Pa. octl ^SPECIAL NOTICE.-SOUTH CARO? LINA RAILROAD COMPANY, CHARLESTON, S. C., OCTOBER ll, 1871.-The following Fairs will commence on the dates mentioned below: Atlanta.october 16 Macon.October 23 Orangeburg.October 24 Augusta.October 31 Columbia.Novembers AU Frekht shipped over this Road for the above Fairs will i e returned FREE, upon the Certificates of the Secretaries that they were on exhibition. Return Tickets for ONE FARE w ll be sold to visitors, commencing sale three day- before the date of each Fair, anJ good for nrteen days. J. M. SELKIRK. Superintendent G. S. F. Line. S. B. PICKENS, General Ticket Agent. 0Ctl2 ?peciai m mires. All persona Indebted to the Estate of MOSES DR?CKER, deceased, late of ?nlonvllle, and for merly a citizen of Charleston, must make pay? ment at once to the undersigned; and al! per jons having claims against Bald Estate will present them without delay to PHILIP M. COHEN, oct7-s4 Administrator, Colon S. C. ?&- CHARLESTON BIBLE SOCIETY. The Treasurer or the Charleston Bible Society will receive Subscriptions or Donations at his office, No. os East Bay, corner of Atlantic Wharf. The payment of Two Dollars will constitues persona member for one year. Bibles are kept on band for distribution. The Society has one Colporteur m the Held, and solicits aid to introduce an o tn er. Per?ons interested in the work or seeking farther information will please call on the Treasurer. J. N. ROBSON, 3prt8-6rans_Treasurer 0.8.8. OFFICE OF THE SOUTH CARO? LINA CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, CHARLESTON, 21ST SEPTEMBER, 1871.-The Thirteenth Instalment or TEN DOLLARS PER SHARE will be payable on T WE:ST V FIRST OCTOBBK proximo. In Charleston-At the OFFICE OF THE COM? PANY. In Sumter-To Colonel JAMES D. BL ANDING. In Mannlng-To Dr. 0. ALLEN HUGGINS. WM. H. PERRONNEAU, Treasurer. sepai.octe, 19,21_ NOTICE TO PLANTERS.-IN order to accommodate my planting friends who may wish to ase the COMPOUND ACID PHOS? PHATE for composting wltn Cotton Seed, pre? pared at RikersvU'.e by the Pacific Goano Com? pany, under the personal supervision of-Dr. ST. JULIEN RAVENEL, and which has giren soon general satisfaction, I am willing to deliver NOW, charging no interest until the 1st of March next at that time to be paid in cash, or on time, at the price and terms I am then sel un g at. J. N. ROBSON, No. ti East Bay and Nos. 1 and x Atlante Wharf oct6-th8tol monee_ Nf-aj JJablicatlons. OC?OOTTBO?KST^H^L^ BOOKST BUY YOUR SCHOOL BOOKS AT FOGARTIE'8 BOOK DEPOSITORY, NEW CATALOGUE-No. 17. LOSSINQ'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND, Political Military and Social, from {he Earliest Times to the Present, with Appendix, udex and Maps, $2 60. Gold Dost, for the Beautifying of Lives and Homes. Bj ' Brick" Pomeroy, $1 66. Brick Dual, a Remedy for Bines, Ac. By "Brick" Pomeroy, $l 60. The Teeth, and How to Save Them. By L. P. Meredith, $1 26. 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