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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1883. CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A THE K?-KLP CASES. ONE MORE EFFORT TO BRING VF TOE CASES ON THEIR MERITS. The Motion for Writs of Habeas Cor. pas and Certiorari-What the Deci? sion of the Court ls Expected to Be-A Carious Slip on thc Part of the De? fence-The Glee In Administration Circles. [SPECIAL TKLBGRAM TO THE KBVS.] WASHINGTON, Friday, March 22. The United States Supreme Court was oc? cupied to-day lu hearing the argument of Messrs. Johnson and S tan bery in favor of a mo: Ion cf writs of habeas coi pus and cer? tiorari in the case of E. Jefferson Greer, one of the Ku-Klux prisoners, whom the United States Circuit Court at Columbia had refused to discharge upon a writ of habeas corpus. In this way the counsel for the prisoners, having failed in their appeal from the deci? sion of the Circuit Court In the matter ot quashing the Indictment, hoped still to bring the enforcement or Eu-Eluz law before the Supreme Court upon its merits. liie motion was opposed by Attorney-Gene: rarWilllams and Solicitor-General Bristow on grounds similar to those taken by the Govern? ment in the case o? the United States vs/ Avery. It may be predicted in this case, as in that, of Avery, that the motion will be . denied. The decision of the court will be delivered on Monday, to which day the court adjourned. It is stated bj gentlemen who are entirely conversant with the whole subject that these cases have not been skilfully handled on the side ol the defendants. As an evidence of bad management the fact ls cited that Messrs. Johnson and S tanberry relied mainly, for car? rying their point with the court, upon the provisions of the statute of 1867, which statute waa repealed by Congress pending the de? cision of the McArdle case. C urious as this fact may appear, lt ls undoubtedly as stated; ?nd ls, as may bo supposed, the subject ol much sarcastic comment in administrative circles. PALMETTO. THE ABBEST8 IN CHESTER COUNTY. The Chester Reporter furnishes the following details of the recent arrests in Chester Coun? ty, already briefly reported io TETE NEWS : We announced last week that at the time of going to press the troop ot cavalry were on the western Bide of the county making arrests. The first exploit of the command was the cap? ture of Mr. T. M. Sanders, whom they found at the bouse of his father-in-law, Mr. A. T. Waiker. Mr. Sanders had been in town every day for a week previous to his arrest, and could bave been captured at any time. The effect, though, would not b?ve'been so dra? matic as dragging him out at one o'clock In the"1''morning and laklDg bim along BB a pris? oner of war. The company returned lrom this raid on Thursday morning bringing with them, besides Mr. Sanders. Mr. T. T. Castles, Richard Woods, Wm. McCollum, Martin Wade, Thomas A. Anderdon, James Darby and Joseph Sims. Mr. Sims was released alter a few hours In jail, it appearing that be bad been arrested by mls'ake. Messrs. Woods, McCollum and Wade were kept at headquar? ters under guard all day, but were Anally dis? charged on their parol-*, after having been subjected to the accustomed inquisition. Mr. Winiam Leckie was arrested on Wednesdey of last week and kept In Jail till Saturday, when be was released on ball. On Thursday night another raid was made by the cavalry In the Turkey Creek neighborhood, and the lo Ho wi og persons captured: J. D. Sui arr. S. Howell, M. Good, John Jones. John McCarley, J. T. Love, Lee Gaston and Ames Seal fe, colored. About the same time a detachment from York arrested and curried to Jail at that place Mr. J. M. Kirkpatrick and his brother, John Kirkpatrick. During the week Mr Baxter Crosby was arrested near La od sf o rd and lodged in the jail at this place. Mr. J. T. Walker was arrested in Columbia on Friday last, and released on ball. On Tues? day of this week Mr. T. M. Sanders was allow? ed to give bail, and was discharged. All the rest ot the unfortunate prisoners are still In jail. It ls proper to state tbat all the arrests were made by the m HDary authorities'without any pretence of acting aa an auxiliary to the Unl . ted States marsha). There was neither com? missioner nor-marshal here. The arrests, how? ever, were made on warrants issued by Com? missioner Porteous when here lan December. These are times when we are all at the mercy of arbitrary power, aud it, probably, therefore would be wise for us to speak with tated breath. 1 bat every feeling ot our heart is In .deepest sympathy with these unfortunate vic? tims of political persecution, lt ls hardly nec? essary for us- to Bay. THE KNOTTY PROBLEM SOLVED. How to Live on Twelve Hundred Dol? lars a Tear. * Under the heading of household expenses,' the New Tork Times has called out a long list of communications showing bow a middle class family may be maintained in good homes :an'd have every comfort on twelve hundred dollars. The following letter strikes us as by long odds the most feasible and commonly practiced: Your Inquiries are by far more numerous than the replies as to the mode of making both ends meet when keeping bouse or living on a small salary or Income. I have for the past two years kept house with a wife, three children and two servants, on an income ot less than twelve hundred dollars per annum, .and from present appearances shall do it again this year. My pian is'.Ms: I spend what I -need to live well, keeping a monthly account with the grocer, butcner, dec; I let the bills accumulate lor a period of, say two months, and at inls Ihne the treasury is empty and the bills considerable. Then (and this ls the grand Idea) my wife collects ibe bills and goes with tears in ber eyes to her father, pleads poverty, ?ta1 ks tbe old gentleman out of a check, and the crisis ls met. Tbe next time, to give him a rest, one of the two inevitable well-off broth? ers-in-law ls called into requisition. Tbis you will see only happens twice a year to each, and it don't hurt them much, so we swing -along. Tue above ls the only feasible plan I see, and ls I know the most common way. No young man in my opinion has a right to cet married unless his father-in-law keeps a bank account, and unless the marriage brings him a couple at least of moneyed brothers-in-law." POLITICAL NOTES. NEW YORE. March 22. The Liberal Republican central committee held their first meeting last night, and resolv? ed to send delegates to tbe Cincinnati Con? vention. There were seventy new small-pox cases during tbe week. The house ol A. T. Stewart ls abandoned to a servant, who has a most virulent case. LAWRENCE, KANSAS, March 22. The State Republican Colored Convention elected delegates to the National Colored Convention, which meets in New Orleans on April 10. SAN FRANCISCO, March 22. The Oreeon Republican State Convention ?ndorses Grant and Colfax. RAILROAD STRATEGY. SAVANNAH, March 22. Important railroad malters are transpiring here. Ata meeting ot the directors or the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad tbe proposition of certain parties lo lease the road for a term ol years was rejected, cons?quent ly six of the directors, representing tbe Savannah Inter? ests, resigned. At the last annual meeting oi the stockholders a proposition was made to lease the road and extend lt to the original terminus, Mobile. fe THINGS IN COLUMBIA. Arrest of Fug lt ive* from Justice-A Confession of Oaf lt-Sadden Death Causea by Hard Drinking-A Snow Storm at the Capital. [SPECIAL TRLKGRAM TO THE NEWS.] COLUMBIA, Friday, March 22. George Black, who was charged with shoot log and killing Henry Thompson, a colored manager at the elections in Abbeville County, in 1869, was arrested in Cleveland, Kentucky, and brought here to-day. He confesses the murder and bas been committed to jail. Black was hunted out by D. K. Moore, who was was stimulated by a reward ol one thousand dollars offered by Governor Scott for the ar? rest of Hie murderer. An Inquest was held to-day upon Mrs. Mary Johnson, who had died suddenly. It was shown that she and her husband had been .beastly drunk for several days, and the Jury ' found that the immediate cause of ber death was congestion of che brain. Money is tight, and times are dull. A snow-storm set lu. at three o'clock this afternoon. _SALUDA. THE AIKEN PEACHES. What la Said About Them-The Fruit Prospect. [F80M CUB OWN CORRESPONDE ST. J AIKEN, March 20. A gentleman remarked In my hearing re? cently "that he had never eaten a peach-in a pie, canned, preserved or In any way, ex? cepting as he plucked it from the tree. That he had eaten them in Delaware, Jersey, Long Island and the We3t, but that he must admit that the Aiken peach was far superior in flavor to any that he had before tasted," and I be? lieve that it ls generally conceded by all Im? partial judges that lt is the most delicately flavored fruit sent to market. Mr. Furguson, of Furguson & Lott, New Tork, who handle a greater portion of the fruit shipped from this section, says: "Aiken peaches always com? mand the very best price In this market." Mr. James Purvis, who has. been shipping fruit for twenty years, and who owns the largest orchard but one in the South, is quite san? guine of a good crop. He thinks, if we can Eass Easter without a killing frost, it ls safe, ast year the bearing was immense, but the Incessant rains in the spring seriously affected the irult, causing lt to be Juicy to the exclu? sion of sacc nari ne matter, consequently lt was almost an Impossibility to place the fruit at the North In perfect condition, lt lacking the eleme .t ot preservation in so great a degree. The trees are not yet in bloom, with the ex? ception of the honey peach, which ls of no value for exportation, and which is in blos ?som, usually, two weeks before any other .variety. So that lt is very probable that we shall nave not only a fair crop, but one that will prove remunerative to the grower?. NAV. THE OLD WORLD'S NEWS. The English Reply to the American Note-What About the Cotton Loan Bonds t-The Commercial Treaty Be? tween France and England-Execu? tion of Communist Criminals. LONDON, March 22. The Dally Telegraph of Ibis morning Bays that Granville's second note with regard to the Alabama claims was delivered to General Schenck on Wednesday. It does not recede from the position taken in the fl st note, and reiterates the repudiation of the claims for in? direct damages, but lt proposes that counter claims on both sides be lodged with the Gen? eva board of arbitration on the prescribed date, without prejudice to the position taken with regard to indirect damages. In tne House of Commons yesterday Mr. Gladstone, in reply lo the question of Mr. Tor? rents, stated that, since the conclusion of the Treaty of Washington, a correspondence had been going on in regard io IIB provisions, as they affected Canada, between the Colonial Secretary and the Governor-General of the Dominion. The corespondent was as yet incomplete, and lt w?>tild be impossible lo produce it at present The annual review of the volunteers will take place at Brighton. The report that the University boat race had fallen through in consequence of the with? drawal ol' Oxiord ie not confirmed. PARIS. March 22. Lord Lyons, the British Ambassador to France, has notified President Thiers that England cannot modify her customs duties on commodities of France during the year. The commercial treaty between me two nations remains in force. Em I ot, the Communist incendiary, and seven of the murderers of the Bue Haxo, have been convicted and condemned to death. Many other Communists pronounced guilty of similar crimes, are sentenced to transporta? tion. Count Murat, en route from England, was arrested at Calais and compelled to return to England. ROME, March 21. Tbe Italian Chamber ot Deputies to-day adopted a re&olution?o? confidence in the Minis? try, by a vote of three hundred and thirty? nine to one hundred and seventy. AFFAIRS LN SAN DOMINGO. Attempted' Assassination of President Baez-The Coffee Crop. PUERTO PLATA. March 21. President Baez has again lost the Town of Savaueta. He was defeated at San Juan by Cabrai, who was unable to advance for want of money and ammunition. The people object to supporting Cabrai, because they Billi have hopes cf annexation to the United Stales, or an American protectorate. An attempt was made on the 4th instant to assassinate' President Baez, simultaneously with the murder of hts cousin, Adolfo.Caeo, who was shot on the street by Juan Julio. The murderer was arrested, but subsequently escaped, and ls now on Turk's leland. The coffee crop is about all gathered. The price has increased to fourteen and a ball cents Iree on board. A foreign loan ot $4,000,000 ?3 contemplated. THE PACIFIC COAST. SAN FRANCISCO, March 21. The Sutro tunnel is progresslDg rapidly. The main tunnel ls now twenty-eight hundred feet in length. General Howard left for Arizona to-day. The press of this coast ls united against further meddling with the operations of General Crook by the peace commissioners. General Crook has enlisted one hundred Hualapols to fight against their old allies, the Apaches, In Arizona. The weather ls bot and dry. THE INSURRECTION IN CUBA. HAVANA, March 21. The Spaniards have captured the Cuban General Siapena, with five companies, in the mountains near Trinidad. Captain-General Valmaseda has arrived at Manzanillo. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -A Kansas negro and three of his children were accidentally burned to death yesterday. -Council Bluffs ls determined on aa the Eastern terminus of the Union Pacific Rail? road. -John C. Davis shot his wlto, a circus per? former known as Rosa Davis. He says it was an accident. -The Massachusetts House of Representa? tives have defeated the motion for woman suffrage by a vote of seventy-one to thirty six. -The case of the United States against Colonel David L. Stanton, the late collector ol internal revenue, for the Fifth District of Maryland, charged with embezzlement of pub? lic money, ls postponed to March 28. THE SCOURGE OF ROBESON. A SKETCH OF HENRY BERRY LOWERY, THE HALF-BREED OUTLAW. Physique anet Personal Appearance A Walking Arsenal-Characteristics Thc Outlaw's Wife. The following detaliB in regard to the famous North Carolina outlaw, from the Lum berton correspondence of the New York Her? ald, although, doubtless, somewhat over? drawn and sensational, will be read with In? terest at tbls time: DESCRIPTION OP HENRY BERRY LOWERY. Henry Berry Lowery, the leader of the most formidable band ot outk rs, considering the smallness of .it numbers, that bas been known in thlB country, ls of mixed Tuscarora, mulat? to and wblte blood, twenty-six years of age, five feet nine locheB blgb, and weighing about one hundred and fl fry pounds. He has straight black bair, like an Indian; a dark goatee, and a beard graceful lu shape, but too thin to look very black. His face slopes from the cheek bones to the tip of bis goatee, so as to give him the Southern american contour of physiognomy; but lt ls lighted with eyes of a different color-eyes of a grayish hazel-at times appearing light blue, with a drop of brown In them; but In agitation dilating, dark? ening, and, although never quite losing the appearance ol a smile, yet In action it ls a smile of devilish nature. His forehead Is good and his face and expression refined-remark? ably so, considering his mixed race, want of > education and long career of lawlessness. A scar of crescent shape and black color Hes in tbe skin below bis left eye, Eald to have been made by an Iron pot falling upon him when a child. His voice ls sweet and plea' ant, and in nts manner there ls nothing self-important or swaggering. He is not talkative, listens quietly, and searches out whoever is speak? ing to him like a man Illiterate In all books. The color ot his skin ls of a whitish yellow sort, with an admixture of copper-such a skin a?, for the nature ot Its components, ls in color indescribable, there being no negro blood in lt except that of a far remote genera? tion of mulatto, and the Indian still apparent. It Is enough to say of his skin that lt seems to suffer little change by heat or cold, expo? sure or sickness, good bousing or wild weath? er. The vely rf latives of white men killed by Henry Berrfr Lowery admit? ed to me that "He ls one of tho handsomest mulattoes you ever saw." LOWERY PHYSICALLY. To match this face, the outlaw's body ls of mixed Btrength and beauty. It is well-knit, wiry, straight in the shoulders and limbs, without a physical flaw In lt, and, as one said to me who had known bim well since child? hood, "He ls like a trap ball, elastic all over." He has feet which would be noticeable any? where, pointed and with arching Instep, so that he can wear a very shapely boot, and his extremities, like his features, Indicate nothing of the negro. A good chest, long bones, sup? pleness, proportion, make his walk and form pleading to see. He is negligent about his dress, but bis clothes become him, and never disparage bim. People have told me that be wore floe clothes, but, when questioned to the point of re-examinatlon, admitted that he had nothing on but ? woollen blouse and trousers, and a black wide-brimmed, stiff, woollen hat. HIS ARKS. To see this trim youth as he appears when? ever seen on the highroads or the piney forest bypath, or as often at the railway stations of Moss Neck, Eureka, Bute's Store or Red Banks, ls to see young Mars bearing about an arsenal. His equipment might appear prepos? terous, if we do not consider the peculiar cir? cumstances of his warfare-outlawed by the State of North Carolina, without a reliable base of supplies, and compelled to carry arms and charges in them enough to encounter a large body of men or stand a long campaign. A belt around his waist accommodates live six-barrelled revolvers-long shooters. From thirberraTMoulder strap passes trp and sup? p?t ts behind, slinging fashion, a Spencer rifle, wbtcb carries eight cartridges, and lt ls now generally alleged that be bas replaced this with a Henry rifle, carrying double the former number of cartridges,while, successively, man after man of the band, by some mysterious agency, becomes possessed of a Spencer rifle. In addition to these forty or forty-eight charges Lowery oarrles a long-bladed knife and a large flask of whiskey-tbe latter because he fears to be poisoned by promiscuous neighbor? hood drinking. He can run like a deer, swim, stand weeks of exposure In the swamps and forest, walk day and night, and take sleep by little snatches, which, lo a few days, would tire out white or negro. Although a tippler, he was never known to be drunk-a fact not to be justly asserted of his confederates. Brought suddenly at bay he Is observed lo wear that light, fiendish, enjoying smile, which shows a nature at Its depths savage, predatory and fond ot blood. The war he bas waged tor the past nine years, within a region of twelve or fifteen miles square, asalnst county. State, Confederate and United Slates authorities, alternately or unitedly, ls justifi? cation for the terror apparent lo the faces of all the white people within those limits. Low? ery's band gives more concern to Ufe Caro? linas than did Tarleton's Legion ninety , years ago. HW . LOWERY AS A BRIGAND LEADER. "What ls the meaning of inls ?" said I to "Parson" Sinclair, the fighting parson of Lumberton, "How can this fellow, with a hand? ful of boys and Illiterate men, put to flight a society only recently used to warfare and full of accomplished soldiers? Explain lt." "Lowery," answered Blnclalr, "ls really one of those re mar kan! e executive spirits that arises now and then in a raw community, without advantages other than nature gave him. He has passions, but no weaknesses, and his eye ls on every point at once. He has impressed that whole negro society with his power and Influence They lear and ad? mire him. He asserts h1 j superiority over all these whites just as well. No man who stands face to face with him can resist his quiet will and assurance and his searching eye. Without lear, without hope, defying so? ciety, he ls the only mao we have any know? ledge of down here who can play his part. Upon my word, I believe if he had lived ages ago he would have been a William the Con? quer. He reminds me of nobody but Rob Roy." HIS BLOOD AND INCLINATIONS. The three natures of white, Indian and negro are, however, seen at Intervals to come tor ward In this outlaw's nature. The negro trace ls in his love of rude music. He Is a banjo player, and when the periodical bunt for bim ls done, he repairs to some one of the buts In Scuffletown and plays to the dancing of the mulatto girls and his companions by the hour, his belt of arms unslung and thrown at bis feet, the peaceable part 01 the audience taking Eart with mixed wonder, delight and appre ension. Several times this banjo hus nearly betrayed him to his pursuers. Sh. riff MucMil? lan described himself and pos-e once lying out all night in Ihe swamp and timber around Lowery's cabin to wait for him io come forth at daylight. "And," said he, "that banjo was Just everlastingly thrumming, and we could hear the laugnter and Juba-beating nearly the whole night long." THE MULATTO SARDANAPALUS. The licentiousness of Lowery ls sufficient to be noticeable, but while lt never engages him to the exclusion of vigilance and activity, lt also shows what may be traced to his Indian nature-the using of women as nn auxiliary to war and plunder. He has debauched a num? ber of his prisoners with the mulatto girls of Scuffletown, and the charms ol these yellow tinted sjreus broke up the morale of the late campaign in force against the outlaws, while as some allege, the discovery ol the Detective Landers's plan to capture Lowery was made by a girl in Lowery's Interest with whom Lan? ders spent his <fcne. Lowery has said, and laughed over lt, that he devised at a critical point in the truce between the contending p irties that a bevy of the prettiest and frailest beauties in Scuffletown should come up and be Introduced to one of the officers high in com? mand. After that the Marc Antony in ques? tion laid down his sword, and gave practical evidence that the hostility of races is not so great as the slavery statesmen alleged. The Indifference of the Indian to the loan of his squaws findB some parallel tn Lowery's tactics. He himself ls the Don Juan of Scuffletown; but he sleeps on his arms, and will go into ihe swamps for weeks without repining. Women have been employed to give him up; but they either repent or he discovers their purpose by intuitive sagacity. THE OUTLAW'S WIFE. The white society around him gave Henry Berry Lowery a lesson in Belf-ecnoollog and sacrifice so far as women were concerned. After the murders of Barnes and Harris offences which some think ought to have been Included in the proclamation of oblivion ior offences committed by both sides before the close of the war-Lowery stood np by the side of Rhody Strong, the most beautiful mulatto of Fcuffletown, to be married. Aware of the engagement and the occasion, the sheriff's posse, with cruel deliberation, sur? rounded the house till thaceremony was over, and then rushed In and I took the outlawed husband from the side of. his wife. He was removed to Lumberton Jail, and then sent still lurtber away to Columbus County Jail; but he broke through the bars, escaped to the woods with the Irons on his wrists, and made bis way to his bride. They have three chil? dren. A GLIMPSE AT MADAME LO WE RT. As I rode down on 4be train from Shoe Heel to Lumberton, on the 28th of February, the conductor. Colonel Morrison, came to me and said: "If you want to se?|Henry Berry Lowe? ry's wife, you can find her in the forward second-class car." She had taken the train at Red Banks for Moss Neck-points between which the whole band of outlaws ireqnently ride on the freight trains-and at the latter I notable station I saw her descend with her baby and walk off down the road in ?se woods, and stop there among the tall pitch pines, as If wailing for somebody. The baby-the last heir of outlawry-began to cry as she left the train, and she said, mother-fashion: "No, no, no, I wouldn't cry, when I had been so good all day !" This woman 1st the sister of two of | the five remaining outlaws, and wife ot the third. The whites call her, satirically, "the Q nee ti of Scuffle town;'' but she appeared to be a meek, pretty-eyed rather shrinking girl, of,a very light color, poorly dressed. She wore many small brass rings, with cheap red stones in them, on her hands, and a dark green plaid dress of muslin delaine, which Just revealed her new black morocco "store" shoes. A yellowish muslin or calico hood, with a long cape, covered her head, and lhere was nothing beside that I re? member except a shaw] of bright colors, much worn. It was sad enough and prosalo enough to see this small woman with ber baby In her arms, carrying lt along, while tbe husband and father, covered with the blood of fifteen murders, roamed the woods and swamps like a Seminole. A RAILROAD HOLOCAUST. Two Passengers Killed and Thlrty-ilx Injured. PHILADELPHIA, March 22-. The Southern Expresss train was thrown from the track to-day. by a broken rall, near Johnstown. Two persons were killed, six were burt seriously, and thirty slightly. There are no Southerners on the lists of wounded. CINCINNATI. March 21. The express train east, due at Fort Wayne at three o'clock this morning, was thrown from the track by a broken rall, five miles west of that place. Two baggage and one ex-1 press car, and two coaches and a sleeping car were burned. The entire contents ol the ex? press car, nearly all the baggage and part of I the through mail were destroyed. The ex? press messenger was seriously Injured, and severalother persons slightly scratched. THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION. Reported Successes of the Revolution? ists. MATAMORAS. March 22. The revolutionary committee of Ta maul I pas Issued a bulletin to-day announcing that the Jaurez forces took Zacatecas on the Gin, through lae treachery oMtoorps Of prisoners taken at Watapalga, who Joined the revolu? tionists and were holding the mountain of Labulo near Zacatecas, and surrendered to Rocha without resistance. After the defeat of the revolutionists under General D?nalo, Guerra rei Ired lo good order to Fresnella. A column of three thousand men, which Rocha Bent In pursuit of Guerra's army, were re? pulsed and twenty pieces of artillery taken from them on i he Ulb, which result enabled the revolutionists to again take the defensive, and they now confront Rocha with a force equal to that of the government. Mazatlan ls closely invested by tho Juarlsts, and must fall soon. THE SOUTHERN RAILROAD. CIKCD?NATI, March 22. A Frankfort dispatch says the amendment to the Cincinnati Soulhern Railroad oct bas passed the Kentucky Senate by a vote of six? teen to fourteen. It removes'%11 restrictions and taxes upon the road, except the Holt amendment, whloh requires a tax upon freight. JOTTINGS ABOUT THE STATE. -The residence of Kenan Brazeale, In An? derson County, was burned down last Mon? day night. -Colonel Robert A. Fair, a prominent law? yer of Abbeville, bas forsaken the bar and en? tered the Presbyterian ministry. -The trial of Winslow Hamilton, for the kill? ing of Captain George Butler, occupied last Monday and Tuesday In the Court ot General Sessions for Edgefield County, Judge Meltqn presid? ng.and resulted In a verdict of not guilty. -Two negroes convicted of the murder of Mr. Hey ward, of Beaufort, and who were sen? tenced to imprisonment In the penitentiary, made their escape from their colored guard at Summerville on the night of the 20th Instant. -The North Carolina Legislature has char? tered the Carolina Narrow Guage Railroad, which is to begin at a point on the State line In the direction of Yorkvllle, and run thence to Dallas, Lincolnton, Newton, Hickory Tav? ern and Lenoir. The Yorkvllle Inquirer de? clares the projpct feasible, and pledges the as? sistance of York County for the new enter? prise. _ _ THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, March 22. Easterly to southerly wind?, with cloudy weather and rain, will continue over the South Atlantic States. The area of cloudy weather and snow from Tennessee northward will gradually extend eastward over the Middle Stales to-night, and over the New England States on Saturday, when the winds will back to southerly. Rising barometer, falling temperature, clearing weather and non h westerly winds will extend eastward over Hie Mississippi valley during the night, and over the upper lake region, the Ohio val? ley and the Gulf States on Saturday. Danger? ous winds are not anticipated lor the Atlantic and Gulf coosts. Yesterday's Weather Reports or the Signal Service, V. S. A.-4.47 P. M., Local Time. Place of Observation. Augusta, Ga... 30.17 Baltimore....... 30.24 Boston.30.09 Charleston.30.16 Untcago.28-9* 0 nein natl.30. ll Oalvrston, Tex.. 29.M Key Weat, Fla.. 30.0K Knoxville, Tenu. 3o. OT MetnpniB. Tenn 30.03 Mt. Washington. 29.64 New OM i-an s.... 29 .-89 Sew Ytrk.30.17 N jrfolfc. [30 2' I'hlladelphla.30.21 Portland, Me... '?9.99 Savannah. 30.12 St, Louis. .9.97 Washington.40..o Wilmington,N.O. 30 28 92 ts* 5? 39 NE 49 S 31 W 47 NE 23 ? 36 SE en w 24 E 30 NE ttl* 9 W 73 SW 35 SW 41' S 36 W 28 S 63 E 26 SW USE 46 E Gentle. Gentle. Fresh. Gentle. Brisk. Gentle. Brisk. Brisk. Gentle. Light. Gale. Frisk. Brisk. Gentle. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Light. Brisk. Gentle. So Lt. Rain Cloudy. Clear. Thr'ng. Ihr'ng. L.Snow Lt. Rain Fuir. L.Snow. Cloudy. Gear. Fair. Hair. Tnr'ng. Cloudy. Clear. L. Rain. loudy. cloudy. Cloud v. NOTB.-The weather renort dated 7.47O'CIOCK, mis morning, will be posted In the rooms of the CM amber of Commerce at 10 o'clock A, M., and, together with the weather chart, may (by the courtesy of the Cham uar) be examined by ship? masters at any time during the day, DOINGS AI .THE FEDERAL CAPITAL. The Repeal of the Daly ait Rice a Set? tled Thing-The Louisiana' Quarrel Wo Southern Nomination*. WASHINGTON, Marcs 22. The appropriation committee defeated by a tie vote an appropriation of Atty thousand dol? lars to enforce the civil lights bill r?gulations. The Pacific Railroad committee agreed to re? port a supplemental Southern Pacific Railroad bill. It authorizes forty thousand dollars in bonds per mlle, and directs that the work: be commenced Immediately at the eastern ter? minus. 8churz was before the arms sale committee to-day. Nothing damaging or Interesting was elicited. In the House a large number of private bills were passed, and District affairs occupied the balarxe of tbe day. In the Senate the bill defining the rights of part owners of vessels passed. The qnestlon of the Louisiana land titles weet over till to? morrow. ThP tariff bill came up In order, but, bv a vote of twenty-seven to ten, was laid aside; when a bili for the benefit of soldiers was taken up and passed. The tariff bill was then discussed to adjourn? ment. Scott's amendment, admitting tea and coffee free, passed by a vote of thirty-five to thirteen. Sherman, of the committee of finance, then said be would suggest the reten I tlon of the duty on rice- and other articles. He regarded the question of repealing the duty on tea and coffee as now settled, And be ad? vised the business men of the country to make their arrangements accordingly. ' There ls no prospect of a reconciliation be? tween the Warmoth faction and the adminis? tration, unless the nomination of Parker for surveyor at New Orleans be withdrawn. His confirmation before (he Senate w'.ll be op? posed. The Louisiana delegation will be sat? isfied with nothing less than a black surveyor of customs. Hon. Samuel Shellabarger, of Ohio, who bas been 111 at bis home, has returned to this etty, and reoccupied his seat In the House yester? day. Ex-Representative G. G. Bowen, from South Carolina. Is here to urge his claim to the seat In tbe House now occupied by tbe colored member. DeLarge. The House committee on election! decided some weeks ago that Bowen was entitled to the seat. NOTES FROM NEW YORK. NEW YORK. March 22. The case ot Edward S. Stokes will be called to-morrow before Judge Cardoza, In the Court ot Oyer and Terminer, when tbe prisoner will plead to the Indictment charging the murder of Fisk. Hugh Waters, an old man employed at the Astor House, was stabbed In the abdomen, early this morning, lo Chatham street, by George Hughes, a car conductor, who has been arrested. Waters was seriously, though not dangerously, Injured. Judge Cardoza to-day denied the motion for the release of Vogt, the alleged Belgian mur? derer, holding that the case was before a magistrate, and receiving proper legal atten? tion. Drnga an il iHc?ncinca. JTjRTJGS AN*) MEDICINES. WHOLESALE ?fc RETAH? DR. H. BAER, NO. 131 MEETING STREET. Oilers his Large and Well-Assorted Stock of DRUGS, MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, PERFUMERY, TOILET ARTICLES, FANCY GOOBe,- . ?cc, ?cc, 4c, AT THE LOWEST MARKET RATES. Constantly on hand all the leading Proprietary Medicines FRENCH, ENGLISH. GERMAN AND AMERICAN. " FOUNTAIN SYRINGES, the best and most con ventent for general use. Also, every other kind of Syringe known In the marker. Trusses, Abdominal Supporters, Shoulder Braces, Abdominal Belts, Physicians' Saddle Bags, Physicians' Packet-Cases, Elastic Stockings and Medicine chests. Kidder's Electro-Magnetic Batteries. Druggists' Glassware, of every description, a the lowest rates, and a fall assortment of "Drug? gists' Sundries." Agent for Nattan's "Crystal Discovery for the Hair." Agent for the "New Torfc Medical University's" Preparations. Agent for Rlson's Tobacco Antidote, and Up barn's Antidote to Strong Drink. Agent for the elegant preparations of W. R. Warner A Co., of Philadelphia, consisting of a fall line of Fluid Extracts, Sug.r-Ooated PUls Elixirs, Medicated Wines, and Syrups, Licorice and Pepsin Lozenges, Ac, Ac. Special attention ls directed to the following articles of his own manufacture: GERMAN SOOTHING CORDIAL! An excellent Carminative, invaluable In the diseases Incident to the period of dentition In children; as al30 In colic, diarrhoea, dysentery, and other infantile complaints. It ls superior to other medicines used for this purpose, aa lt Js en? tirely free from any Injurious drug, and CONTAINS NO ANODYNE 1 It ls recommended by tbe best physicians, and mothers may administer ic with confidence THE EXCELSIOR HAIR TONIC, ls a carefully prepared Dressing for the hair, at once answering the purposes of hair oil, hair wash, and hair tonic. It contains no sulphur, lead, or nitrate of silver, and ls NO DYE I It will promote a healthy growth of hair, and prevent their falling out, and will not Injure the general system. Baer's Improved Vegetable Cathartic Fills. A gentle Aperient, of purely vegetable sub? stances, recommended for Dyspepsia, Headache, Constipation, Ac, Ac DOUBLE DISTILLED BENZINE, for removing grease spots, and cleaning clothes. None but the Purest Drngs used, and satisfac? tion guaranteed, both as :o price and quality. Order are solicited from Druggists, Phys clans, Country Merchants, Planters and others, with the assurance that they shall receive prompt and careful attention. mch7-8mosocAW BECAUSE A PERSON HAS A BAD Cough lt should not be Inferred that Consump? tion has set in, although a case of Consumption ls rarely met with unaccompanied by a distress? ing Cough. Where, however, a disposition to Pulmonary disease exists, a Cough, if left to it? self, strains and racks the Lungs, and wastes the general strength, and soon establishes an incura? ble complaint. In all cases, then, it ls the safer plan to get rid of s Congh, Cold or Hoarseness without delay, and for this purpose no remedy acts more promptly or surely, or with more bene? fit to the orgaus or the chest than Dr. D. JAYNE'S EXPECTORANT, an article scientifically com? pounded from carefully selected drugs, and which, on trial, will always be found worthy of its world-wide reputation. Sold everywhere. Wholesale bv P. W1NEMAN A CO., Charleston, S. C- mch2l-thgtn3 iSorrit?. SMITE-JOYE.-On Thursday, the 21st inst., by the Rev. w. H. Adams. Ur. J. WESLBY 8KITH, of Bennettsvllle, s. c.. to Miss 0. MAITLAND, daughter of the late D. 0. Joye, of this city. . Snnexal JXatitte. ?f THE RELATITBSTFRIENDS AND acquaintances of Dr: George and Mrs. Canller, and Miss Ellen Mccormick, also the member*, of the Lutheran Church, are requested to attend the Funeral of Mrs. cAULIER, THIS ARSBKOOK, at 4 o'clock, at the Lutheran Church, Archdale street, netts ??-THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND acquaintances or Mr. and Mrs. Francis Barton are respectfully invited to attend the Fanerai of their son; FREDERICK BARTON, from his late residence, East Bay, opposite wentworth street, at half-past ?o' clo ck, To-MORROW (Sunday) MORN? ING. mcfcO-* _gggritj Notices. ^BB^DIVINE SERV?TJE^?LL BE; C?N D?OTED in the Orphans' Chapel on SABBATH AF? TERNOON, at 4- o'clock, by the Rev. A. M. CB RIETZBERG. m ch?a ^TBINIT? CHURCH.-REV. B. D, SMART will preach TO-MOBBOW MORNING, at half-past io o'clock, and Rev. WHITEFOORD SMITB, D. D., at NIGHT, at 8 o'clock. Sunday School in the AFTERNOON, at half-past 8 o'clock. mch23 * pf UNITARIAN CHURCH. -DIVINE Service will be held in this Church TO-MOBBOW MORNING, at half-past IO o'clock, the'Rev. JONA? THAN COLE officiating, and in the evening at half-past 7 o'clock, the Rev. R. p. CUTLER offici? ating. All strangers (are cordially Invited to at. tend. Subject for the evening C?E co arse : Religion as the "Still small Voice of God." mch23 ^.-ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH. The Installation Services of the newly elected Pastor of this Church will take place TO-MOBBOW MORNING, at the usual honr. The Congregation of the Went wort h-street Lutheran Ohurch are ex? pected to attend. The two;Congregations will unite again in the Afternoon, at the Wentworth atreet Lutheran Church, at 4 o'clock, when the Rev. T. W. DOSB, of St. John's Chu. -,b, will preach. mchJS pf MARINERS' CHURCH WILL bec pen for. Divine Service every SABBATH MORN? ING, at half-past io o'clock, corner of Church and Water streets. Services by the Rev. W. B. TATES, Chaplain. Sunday School at hair-past 8 P. M. [ ' JB^NOTICE.-C - LUMBLA, MABCHiT 1872.-At a meeting of the Corporators or the Sooth Carolina Real Estate and Joint Stock Oom? ?fan? the following officers were elected: * LOUIS CARR, President. LOUIS WILSON, vice-President. E. MARKS, secretary and Treasurer. X DIRECTORS: ROBIBT L. JONSS, LOUIS HiTWARD, HENRY JOHNSON, T. SANDS, R. A. SI8S0N, -, WASHINGTON ASH, M. D. STONE, P. B. Ltrsx. Extract from Minutes. Whereas, exoiuslve rig!:*: xor the period of twenty-five years has been conferred on the cor? porators of the South Carolina Beal Estate and Joint stock Company by their charter, as ratified and approved at the regular session of the Gene? ral Assembly, i87l-'72, to loan out money on in? terest, purchasing and mortgaging real estate, buying.aud. seeing,.or otherwise disposing of per? sonal property: and they shall have the same rights and privileges enjoyed by banking corpo? rations of thia State; shill also have undisputed right to dispose of any and all property, real, personal or mixed, that they may become pos? sessed of, in any manner an d on such conditions aa the said corporation, for their own interest, may deem flt and proper; and, Whereas. Section 4 of sold said act repeals all acts conflicting with said act; Therefore, this ls to give notice to sit whom it may concern, that all Individuals, copartners, companies or corporations who may. by charter or otherwise, Infr.nge npon the rights as guar? anteed by this act, will be at once proceeded against according to law. mch23-l ^.SPECIAL NOTICE.-?LL PARTIES are hereby cautioned that I will NOT be responsible for any bills contracted for the "Mills Bouse" by any other person than myself, on and after this date. D. 0. BURNETT, Charleston, March 20, 1872. mch2l-s? ?f THE CHARLESTON CHARITA? BLE ASSOCIATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF TBB FREE SCHOOL FUND.-OFFIOAL RAFFLEB NUMBERS. CLASS Na 413-MORNING. 61- 7-11-45-19-78- 3-18-77-40- 5-26 OLASSNo. 414-EvxNTNO. 78 -42-34-CO-16 -29-37-67-43-22-75-32 As witness our hand at Charleston thia 22d day or March, 1872. FENN PECK, JAMES G1LLILAND, oct8 Sworn Commissioners. OFFICE OF COUNTY COMMIS? SIONERS, BARNWELL COUNTY, S. C., BLACK? VILLE C. H., MARCH 18,1872.-Plans, Specifica? tions and Proposals to build a JAIL at Blackville Courthouse will be received at this office until the second Tuesday lu April. The cost of Jail not to exceed eight thousand ($8000) dollars. By order County Commissioners. mchlS 12 M. G. TOBIN, Clerk. pf BATOHELOR'S HAIR DYE.-THIS superb Hair Dye ls the best in the world. Per? fectly harmless, reliable and Instantaneous. No disappointment. No ridiculous t.nts, or unpleas? ant odor. The genuine W. A Batchelors Hair Dye produces immediately a splendid black or natural brown. Does not stain the skin, bnt leaves the hair clean, soft and beautiful. The only safe and perfect Dye. Sold by all druggists. Factory ie Bond street, New York. mcbff-tnthslyr-DAO CLEAR AND HARMLESS AS WA? TER-NATT ANS'S CRYSTAL DISCOVERY FOR THE HAIR.-A perfectly clear preparation in one bottle, as easily applied as water, for restoring to gray hair its natural color and youthful appear? ance, to eradicate and prevent dandruff, to pro? mote the growth of the hair and stop ita faUing out. It ls entirely harmless, and perfectly free from any poisonous BU tance, and will therefore take the place of all the dirty and unpleasant preparations now in use. Numerous testimonia s have been sent ns from many of our most promi? nent citizens, some sf which are subjoined. In everything m which the articles now in nae are objectionable, CRYSTAL DISCOVERY ls perfect, lt ls warranted to contain neither Sugar of Lead, Sulphur or Nitrate of Silver, lt does not soil tue clothes or scalp, ls agreeably perfumed, and makes one or the bsat dressings for the Hair in use. It restores the color of the Hair "more per? fect and uniformly than any other preparation,? and always doss so In from three to ten days, virtually feeding the roots of the Hair with all the nourishing qualities necessary to its growth and healthy condition; lt restores the decayed and Induces a new growth of the Hair mere posi? tively than anything else. The application ol this won ter ful discovery also produces a pleasant and cooling effect on the scalp and gives the Hail a pleasing and elegant appearance. Price $11 bottle. ARTHUR NATTANS, Inventor and Proprietor, Washington, D. c. For sole by the Agent, DR. H. BAER, No. isl Meeting street, Charleston, S. 0. novis-stnthiy (Oottjittg ano ?ttrmsrung ?0001. GREAT REDUCTION I1V PRICES - . it : -. 's :[ -X i ty '. ?ji .-teao?? - ki s t?Wfffii^i -. --VIT !?; In order to Close Oat ont Stock of We have Marked Down our Goods fr03a lfM??TOFWPBRI??T Now: is the time toftBuy ' FIRST CLASS GOODS . . .. i~ Ji ' ?? ? ?; ./7 - -. i.:.?-". ?'c.' ;. ;asTtl.-.ife?fC?ie :-i-.:tii At Uitremely low Prices, CALL AND BXIHITB THK3I iS?CK ..-* il J. :?: :r:r. 1 ?? -:?.'Ai mil J. H. LAWTON & CO. v:? ... .'? '.'.' .''7. . i , i -V ,3?f?U" ACADEMY MUSIC BUILDING, ; .'...::.<...> :>???.t T.-M .Wa. ?S-v CORN KR KING AHD MARKET MTS. ^^-^-^N^-^>-^-^-^-^-^-^^.-^-,-"-"-.-.-_-v~?--~ THE CHOICEST . .:! tr. m-ntlV STOCK OP ? JEWELRY, STERLING SILVER, SILVER-PLATED WABE AND TABLE CUTLERY; French and American Clocks; IS TO BE FOUND AT JAMES ALLAN'S, No. 307 KING STREET? deca-stuthemos ?Droga at tOrjolesaU. 'N MEDICINE, QUALITY IS OF THE ITR8T IMPORTANCE. PHILIP WINEMAN & CO., DIRECT IMPORTERS OP CHOICE DRUGS AND CHEMICALS, NO. 36 HATNE STREET, CHARLESTON, S. a PHILIP WINBHAN. JOHK ASIIEUBST. Big respect folly to call the attention or Physi? cians, Druggists, Country Merchants and Plant? ers, to their extensive and complete stock or Choice DRUGS, CHEMICALS, PERFUMERY, FANCY GOODS, GLASSWARE, SURGICAL INSTRU? MENTS, PAINTS, OILS, DYE STUFFS ' AND PURE LIQUORS, AU of which have been selects 1 with great care and particularly with reference to quality. Many bouses sell Medicines and Pharmaceutical Preparations with regard only to cheapness; this we avoid doing, "quick sales and small prouts" being our motto. Physicians and Oouutry Mer? chants can rely on procuring at our establishment none but pure and reliable Goods; and we fully guarantee every preparation that bears oar label. Mr. WINEMAN being a regularly educated Drug? gist ana Apothecary, takes especial charge of the manufacturing department. Being Agents for the most approved PATENT MEDICINES, can offer them at proprietors' prices. we are In receipt, by recent importations from Europe, of the following Desirable Gooda: - Howards A Sons' London CALOMEL Herring A Oo.'s Blue Mass Herring A Oo.'s Medicinal Extracts Atkinsen A Blgger's Iodide Potass SarRS'8 Pure Vienna Glycerine English Conc'd Ammoniac, In bottles English Calcined Magnesia Calvert's Carbolic Add. Together with a full assortment of AMERICAN CHEMICALS from the best makers. NOTICE. We can offer with great confidence to the trade the following D?sirable Goods of our own mann* facture: OLD CAROLINA BITTERS Ext. Sarsaparilla and (?ueen's Delight Essence Jamaica bmger Cr} 8talUzed Worm Candy Infallible Cough Specific Improved Liver Fills. The above articles are prepared with special ref? erence to the diseases they are Intended to cure, and are warranted In all cases to give perfect satisfaction. mchS-stnthSmosnAO ON MARRIAGE. Happy relief for Young Men from the effects bl Errors and Abuses in early life. Manhood re? stored. Nervous debility cured, impediments to Marriage removed. New method of ment. New and remarkable remedies. Boo? and Circulars sent free, In sealed envelopes- AU dress HOWARD ASSOCIATION. Na 3 *?? Ninth street, Philadelphia, Pa.