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? zy' mt VCLUME IX.-NUMBER 1967 CHARLESTON WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. WATCHING AND WAITING. ATTITUDE OF THE DEMOCRACY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. A Reasonable Demand-Let tbe Repub? licans Fulfil their own Pledges and Retrieve their own Disgrace-T h e Parly to be Reorganized for Local Operations. [SPECIAL TKLKGKAM TO THE NEWS.] COLUMBIA, August 27. At a meeting of the Democratic State Ex? ecutive Committee, held this morning, the fol? lowing preamble and resolutions were adopted : The Democratic State Executive Committee, after a fall and free conference, have adopted the following resolutions as embodying the polloy which, In t>?!r opinion, is proper lo be pursued by the Democrats of thia State In the present canvass : 1. Resolved, That in the present state of parties In South Carolina, we deem lt unwise to nominate a Democratic State ticket, and decline, therefore, to call a convention of the people for that purpose. 2. Resolved, That having adopted the policy thus Indicated, we demand of the Republican party that they fulfil in good faith their pub- 1 lio pledges, and give to the State an atle, i honest and economical government, under 1 which extravagance and fraud shall cease, and I all classes of citizens shall be faithfully and 1 intelligently represented. 3. Resolved, That we now place on record our unqualified condemnation of the corrup? tion and robbery which, as the Republicans themselves conies?, pervade the executive and legislative departments of the State Gov? ernment, for which corruption and robbery ? the Republican party of the State, as sus? tained by the Federal Government, is alone responsible. 4. Resolved, That we deem lt of the first im - . portance that the Democratic party be organ? ized in the several counties, for the purpose ( of obtaining, by such means as may seem be6t, i the largest measure ol local and legislative re- j form. 1 5. Resolved, That the chairman of this com- , mittee appoint at his leisure a chairman for each county In the State, who shall carry out ( In the respective counties the objects of the ] preceding resolutions. J 6 Resolved, That the members of this com- < i mittee from the different Congressional DIE- ( tricia have authority to matee arrangements for the nomination ol members tc Congress ; for their respective districts. ! (Signed) ii. C. BUTLER, i Chairman State Dem. Executive Committee. _ --, - 1 The following call was issued ibr tue Fuui tu \ Congressional District : j The undersigned, by direction of the Stale i Democratic Executive Committee, request j il: nt the counties In the Fourth Congressional { District which have not already elected their j delegates will hold county conventions and \ elect delegates to the Democratic Convention of the Fourth Congressional Dlstrict,to be held In Columbia, on Monday, September Otb, at , eight o'clock, P. M, tor the purpose of nomi? nating a candidate for Congress. Each county ( will elect as many delegates as lt has members , in the lower bouse of the Slate Legislature. (Signed) S. P. HAMILTON, W. D. SIMPSON, W. H. WALLACE. Members Slate Executive Committee for the Fourth Congressional District. F. Vf. D. Z.VCKT COtTFKDlSBATJeS. A Pleasant Time In Egypt-Palaces and Oriental Luxury. NewB lately received from the ex-Confede? rate officers now in the military service of the Egyptian Viceroy ?hows that they are in the enjoyment of all the comforts und luxuries of life incidental to the Oriental countries. An j exchange gives some interesting extracts from a letter dated Alexandria, Ezypt, July 23d, received at Lewisburg from General Rey? nolds, who, with other ex-Confederale offi? cers, for several years has been in the milita? ry service of the Khedive of Ejtpyt. There ls quite a contrast between the "quarters" these officers had during their service lu the Con federacy and that which they now have in that of the Viceroy of Egypt, as will be seen from the folio wing extract: Since I last wroto you, we have moved our quarters from old Mussafar Khaona to this magnificent palace of Kabbara, just on the out? skirts of the city. It was built Dy Said Pacha, the former Viceroy, as a country palace. . Since his death no one bas occupied il except occasionally distinguished strangers, princes, dukes, &c. His Highness has removed Gene? ral Lorlng and my lamily to lt. It is fully and elegantly furnished. It ls in the centre of a large parle, with broad avenues shaded by trees. The gardens contain about len acres of all the fruits of the tropics, and tilled with the rarest flowers-with large fountains throw irxr- their spray In every direction-beautiful statuary and vases line the walks-it looks like a ialry sceue. The rooms ot the palace aie of Immense Mze, and If I may make, use of an Irish bull, papered with tapestry silk ot the most beautiful kind; the ceilings are all beau? tifully frescoed, and the floors of fine marble. Mary's chamber is fit for a Queen-it ls so elegant. The air is lovely and so cool at night that we sleep under a blanket. His Highness not only gives us this fine place to live In, but he furnishes the servants to lake care of lt so yon see we are not SHflVring * * * The authorities are making grand preparations lo receive the Viceroy when he returns from Constan!luople. which will be in the course of three weeks. We expect a grand time, such as fetes and Illuminations, presentation.", Ac, d?c. The Prince is soou to be married, when another great time will occur-grand balls. &c. You can have no idea ot the splendor of these thlogs here-they must be seen to have any conception ol them. CLEANING OUT THE WESTERN BANKS. NEW TORE, August 27. Dispatches received here this rooming state that forged drafts to a large extent, purporting to have been drawn by Konniza Brothers, ot this city, have been presented to various banks throughout the couutry, especially at the West. A mong the forgeries was one draft for $8200 presented to the Real Estate Bank at Alleghany City, Pennsylvania, and one tor $6000 presented at the Third National Bank at .Colcago. The signature that the forgers have .endorsed upon the bogus drafts ls J. T. Hill. TELE DUELLO IN IT ALT. Affair of Honor Between an American and an Italian Con nt-A Fatal Shot. By late loreign mails we have accounts ol a fatal duel which occurred on the 1st InBt, In Italy, between an Italian Count and an Ameri? can. The particulars are thus given by the Turin Gazette of the 2d: An 1 -affair of honor" waa determined yes? terday between Count Benedetto Yincenzo Sella und an American named Frederick Brewster. Tne latter occupied an important position in the well-known English banking Arm of Messrs. Lloyd & Co., Piazza San Marco, Leghorn. THE PROVOCATION. The Count Benedetto Vincenzo Sella was one of the hignest and best branches of the late Duke ot Parma's family. He was origi? nally intended for lite clerical profession; but the gown and tonsure proved too uninviting for one of Benedetto's calibre, and he pre Ierren to contine his ambition lo the ranK of an officer in the National Guards. On the 23d ult the Count aud Mr. Brewster had an occa? sional meeting in the saht of ihe Leone d'oro, In Leghorn. In this favorite resort Benedetto and the American gentleman had formed, through accidental meeiiugs, a warm Iniiina cy. It seemed to be the American's pride to acquire the most refined knowledge and ac? cent of our laoguage, as lt was the Count's failing to have an undue reverence for any persous from distant climate!). A lively ques? tion arose concerning the purity of American politic*, and the Count employed most bitter words denunciatory ol the same. The Ameil can demanded first aa a courtesy that the broil should be ended, and the demand failing lo be acquiesced In, Mr. Brewster aimed a sting? ing blow at the Count across the little table at winch they sat. The Count, fell backward for a moment, then suddenly springing to bis feet he drew his 6word. Thu mutual friends of the Uount and the foreigner immediately inter? fered and exerted their every effort to recon cl e the combatants. Falling In this, they took the Count into another room and coun? selled Mr. Brewster to retire. A. CHALLENOK GIVEN AND ACC&ITED. On the following morning the following note was presented to Mr. Brewster by one of the Count's footmen: '.PALAZZO SELLA, July 24, 1872. "Sit-Tou have humiliated me In the pres? ence of my friends, and I cannot live without some effort to seek revenge. I therelore chal? lenge you to meet me on the Held ot honor on a day which \ou will name, and under any circumstances you propose. '.BENEDETTO VINCKNZO SELLA, "Lieutenant Fifi h Regiment National Guard. "Mr. FREDERICK BREWSTER." The American sent the following brief reply: "15 PLAZZO SAN MARCO, July 24. "?fir- I will fight With pin tola to-rtav on the Tascan road. FRED. BREWSTER. "B. V. SELLA, Lieutenant." Here their friends again Interfered, and re? solved that should the uffalr be accomplished it all lt were better to do so amid proper sur? roundings. The 1st of August was the day appointed, pistols were decided on as the wea? pons to be used, and the distance between the contestants when called upon to prepare to fire was placed at fourteen paces. os THE FATAL FIELD. The affair was kept In profound secrecy by Ul connected with lt, and the morning of the 1st of August came und found a party of gen? tlemen taking an unusually eat ly drive In two :halses toward the country. Having reached :he little wood of Bruuello they alighted and jade the coachman return to Leghorn. Lleu enant-Colonel Bonolfi, of thu Bersallers, and Ur. Charles Lloyd, ot Leghorn, were named bv Mr. Brewster to act as his seconds or pe rolfi. Captain Lucca and Lieutenant Marma, sf the National Guard?, stood for the Count. The challenge and th* reply were read by Lieutenant Cononel Runolfl and acknowledged JV the contestants. Surgeon Parker stood beside Brewster, and r. Paul communed with Benedetto Sella, t five minutes to eight o'clock the alienists emoved their outside clothes, lenvlng nothing >u their bodies but light undershirts. At two nlnutes to eight a formal salute passed be ween them, and havingdrawn lot*, they took belr respective posit lons on a level plot of ;round. A handkerchief was tied over the ?yes of each. Turned aside to each oilier, the nader) revolvers were given to them, and when Captain Lucca's watch pointed to eight tie asked : "Are ye ready ?" Two nervous vulc?3 said "yes." The words "One ! two ! three !" then usher? ed in the murder. TUE DEADLT FIGHT. "Uno !" the pistols are clutched, and the irms slowly rise in the most probable direction of each living target. "Due !" and both arms were rigidly flied forward. Moments of terrible suspense*ensue. "Tre !" and one pistol flashed almost slmii! laneou8ly with the utterance of ihe deadly cue. A long, oil Hui moan followed, then an ejacu? lation -"On I my God I"-then nothing more. Bleeding and speechless, t he handsome lorm of Benedetto Sella lay upon the grass. He was shot below the left ear, and the bullet severed his Jugular vein. Where Mr. Brewe ter has found shelter we know not. A BULL FROM P?O NONO. NEWARK. N. J., August 27. The Right Rev. James Roosv^lt B-iiley, Ro? man Catholic Bishop ol lite Diocese of Newark, yesterday received from Pope Plus at Rome the bull announcing his uppolntmeut as Arch? bishop of Baltimore. It ls dated July 30ih. and signed with the fisherman's seal, the em? blem of St. Peter. Arc nb I-hop Bailey will leave for his new post la a few weeks. A UAYTIEN OUTRAGE. PORT-AU-PRINCE, August 2T. A letter to the Herald Biarra that American Consul Teel, at Mirage.me. has been unvsted by the Hajtiea authorities 00 a trumped up charge ot having la h s possession counterfeit paper currency of the Haytien Republic. He ls uow confiued In a filtuy prison. Minister Bassen has twice demanded his release, bul lt has been peremptorily refused. AMENITIES OE JOUEXALISM. The Trial? and Troubles of Printing a Newspaper. [From the Printing Gazette] Few people are aware of the Inside work? ings of a printing office, Dor ot the annoyances attendant upon the publication of a news? paper. It is impossible to form aoytblug like a correct idea ot the number of meu there are In every community who make it a poiut about every other time they meet you to tell you ol ?orne important tact that ought lo be noticed oy the paper pro bono publico. Gen? erally, however, lt turns out that the Item referred to ls one in which the Informant has un axe to grind, and the newspaper is lo be the free horse on which he expect* to ride Jato public notice and confidence. Or, if aol that, he ls con? stantly annoyed by a multiplicity of communi? cations, which are always lengthy, aud coniaiu nothing that anybody cares to see in print, or know anything of whatever except ihe writer, aod perhaps one or two 01 her par? ticular individuals, and for whose exclusive benefit it was written, lt not for a moment occurring to ihe writer that communications for a newspaper should be sucu a9 would in? terest thousands of readers. The newspa? per business is very exacting on all connected with if, and the pay Is comparatively small. The proprietor risks a large amount of money tor smaller profits, and the edi? tors and printers work harder and cheaper than the same number of men in any other profession, requiring the given amount of Intelligence and training. The life has isa charms and pleasant associations scarcely known to the outside. w< rid, but it his lis earnest work and hours of exhaustion, which, likewise, are not known to those who think the business all Inn. The idea that Bews paperdom Is ihe charmed circle, where the favored members live a lite of- ease, iree from care, ls a mislaken one. Business is business, and the journal mat succeeds is the one that is run on a square business footing, with the same system as a banking establishment. OPENING THE CAMPAIGN. THE FIRST GUN TO BE FIRED THIS EVENING. A Torallason Ratification Meeting In City Hall Square-The Solicitor.hip Fight. The first o? the contesting Radical factions for Stale honors to set the ball rolling in this city ls ihe Tomllnson wing, which proposes to to have a huge mass meeting this evening In front ol the City Hall to ratify its State nomi? nations. The list of speakers as announced in another column ls a formidable array, Includ? ion the bolting candidates for Governor and secretary of State, most of the Federal officials of this elly, and several others, and there will doubtless be a large crowd in attendance, If attracted by nothing more thaa curiosity to hear the first stump speaking of the actual campaign. A tour of observation among the local poli? ticians since the aciion of the rival conven? tions has been made known to them through the enterprise of Tns NBWS, reveals some new and curious complications. One o? those poli? ticians, while the war was raging in Columbia, was standing quietly on the outskirts and studying the chances of the gratification of his own pet ambition, is Mr. John G. Mackey, the redoubtable trial Justice, whose luminous beard ls commonly believed to wag knowing? ly upon subjects such as these when hts mouth ls opened thereupon. Mr. Mackey ia sorebeaded. He has had his pericranium mowed In the manner usually prescribed by the doctors in cases of cerebral excitation; but his scalp ls still Inflamed, and he is going for the scalps of others. The first man whose hair he proposes to raise is C. W. Buttz, the "regular" Radical nominee for solicitor of the First Judicial District. This was the position which Mr. Mackey felt himself peculiarly filled to adorn, and, conse? quently, he doesn't love Mr. Buttz. He does not speak kindly of Mr. Buttz. In fact, he calls Mr. Buttz some very bad names, which it is not worth while to encumber these columns with, and be announces his intention of run? ning as an independent Republican candidate for the position, so that, with Messrs. Buttz, Mackey and Lucius C. Northrop, who has already been nominated by the Bowen delega? tion to ihe State Convention, there are cow three struggling aspirants, and the First Judi? cial Circuit hos another "triangular fight" on Us hands. THE COUNTY SOLICITORSUIP. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS. COLUMBIA, 8. C., August 26. Permit me in your columns to correct the public statement in regard to the sollcitorship of the first Judicial circuit. The delegation over which I had the honor to preside, and which was admitted by the Congressional Convention as the regular delegation, pre? sented no credentials to the Circuit Conven? tion, nor was there any contest whatsoever. They Invited the Orangeburg delegation to meet them at the Statehouse, and unani? mously nominated L. C. Northrop for the BO llcltorrhlp of the circuit. I am, respectfully, C. C. BOWEN*. THE SPANISH ELECTIONS. MADRID, August 27. The ?.Imparclal" newppiper s iys: "Returns thus tar received frem t ne elecitons ?n Satur? day lani for members of the Cortes show thar one hundred amt seventy Radicals, Bixty-four Federals, len Conservatives, lour Indepen? dents and three Carlista have been chosen.'' THE ALABAMA STATE FAIR. MONTOOMERT, August 27. The sixteenth annual Stale fair will be held In this city, from the 18th to the 23:1 of Novem? ber, Inducive, durlnt: the session of theLug Islature. The premium list offers most liberal i nd t?ceme n; s to agricultural und mechanical inventions and improvements, and large pre? parations have been mude lo accommodate exhibitors from all the States. SOLDIERS AND SAILORS FOR GREE? LEY. PHILADELPHIA, August 27. A call has been Is.-ued for a national conven? tion at Harrisburg ot soldiers und sailors favor? ing Greeley. CAPTURING O'CONOR. NEW YORK, August 27. Leading Democrats have agreed to propose Charles O'Conor as candidate lor Governor ol ibis Suite at the Democratic Convention at byracuse. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -Bishop Uppold, of Indianapolis, is dead. -Tnere was a bad railroad smash at Phila? delphia yesterday. Nobody hurt. -Tne Chicago Board of Trade yesterday ex? pelled Messrs. Lyon and Mayer, the two head devils of I he recent wheat corner. -A railroad train came Into collision with a carri au e ac Taconl, Penn., yesterday, killing Mr. Hobart Deal, hts two grandchildren, a young lady and the coachman. The party were visitors from Philadelphia. -Dr. Vanderpoel, of New York, reports that all fear of yellow fever in that city is at en end. All thc patients, except, a few of the crew of the Spanish ram Numancla, have re? covered. -Mrs. Amelia Wheat, of Ballimore, a lady seventy-four years old, was murdered in her bed yesterday morning by her nephew, Jesse E. Uppercue. The murderer has been ar? rested. -Sixteen coal miners' unions in St. Clair County, Missouri, have struck for i'jur cents per tub additional pay. These miners supply Sf. Louis, but as tue thermometer in that city is still up io one hundred, aud lhere were ihlny sunstrokes there yesterday, the citizens do not seem to take a lively personal interest in the price of coal. THE NEW YORK VEGETABLE AND FRUIT MARKETS. The Daily Bulletin, of Monday, August 2G, says : New potatoes in fair request and unchanged. Sweets m good dem md and firmer at $5 50JG for yellows, and $2 50a3 for reds. Vegetables of au kinds quiet und without essential change. Our quotations lor potatoes are in bulk, in shipping order 00c. per barrel munt be add? ed. We quote Early Rose ut $2*2 25 ; and early Goodrich aod Jackson whiles at $1 75*2 We quote vegetables : Green corn 25ca50e. per 100; red onions, per bbl., $2*2 50; do. Con? necticut, $2a3 50 per 100 strings; cucumbers, Long Island, 25i40C. per 100; squash, marrow? fat, per bbl., 75.>a$l; new turnips, $1 75al 50 per bbl.; cabbages $8al0 per 100; beets, Jersey, $1 50; tomatoes, Long leland, 15J30C per hask? el; egg plant $1 50 per dozen ; Lima beaus $1 per bag. Peaches plenty, but the quality not so fine as for a lew days past, and prices in consequence are lower. Other fruits without essential change. We quote: New apples 50ca$l 50 per bbl. Water? melons $12a25 per 100 for Carolina, and $4*14 per 100 for Virsilnla,Delaware and Jersey, nutmeg melons 60a"5c per bbl. Pears, com moo $la2; do. Bell $3; do. Bartletts, per crate $Ia2. Peaohea-Delaware 75ca$l 25 per crate: 40a60c lor baskets, and Jersey 30*60c per basket. Plums $3a5 per bbl for all kinds. Grapes 4al2c per lb. PROBING A MAD-HOUSK. Some thlus Wrong In the Bloom in gil ale Lunatic Asylant. Io view of the Importance or the chargea against the management of the Bloomlngdale Lunatic Asylum, at New York, and the seem lng difficulty of getting at the truth of the matter so far, Governor Hoffman has appointed a commission io make a general Investigation Including all lunatic asylums In the State against which charges may be laid. The com mission consists of Hon. Francis C. Barlow attorney-general; M. B. B. Anderson, LL. D president of the Rochester University, and Thomas Hun, M. D., Albany. The Governor In his letter to these gentlemen, says: Charges of abuse in the Bloomlngdale Lu natte Asylum havu lateiy been made In the public prints, by parties who gave their names and avow their aolllty to prove th-Mr allega lions. This asylum ls, in common with others of less note, a purely private establishment subject to no supervision ol the public author Hies. Our laws permit the confinement ol alleged lunatics as well in these private in s til inion s as In the public asylums ot the State upou the order of magistrales of the grade ot Justice of the peace, Issued upon the cerita cate of any two physicians. This condition ot the law giving opportunity for abuses, I have more than once asked the Legislature to cor? red lt. At the last session two bills passed the Assembly, furnishing better safeguards in conneciion with the commitment and care ol lunatics. Ono of these provided, very prop eriy, that no person or institution should un deriake the care of lunatics except when licensed by the Stale oommlsloners ot charities, aud thus subjected to tueir mepec lion. This bill (ailed to pass tbe Senate. It was very publicly asserted and not denied that the (allure of the billin the Senate was due chiefly to the personal efforts at Albany of the chief physician of the Bloomlngdale Asylum An aversion thus manifested to proper super? vision ol the public authorities makes lt the more important, as well to the repute of the Instlunion Itself as to the public interests, that the chirgeB now made should be Investigated I do, therefore, appoint you a commission for the purpose ot investigating these charges and any others that may be laid before yon against this or any other asylum for lunatics whether under publio or pr?vale management and of visiting and Inspecting ihe several asylums, with or without charges being made against them, with a view to discovering abuses wherever they exist, requesting that you report the result of your inquiries to me as soou as possible. MOTIONS OF TUE STABS. [From the Popular Science Monthly-.] It seems utterly incredible that astronomers have learned not merely whether certain stars are receding or approaching, but have actu? ally been enabled to determine respecting this kind of motion whu. they cannot determine respecting the more obvious thwart motion viz., the rate at which the motion takes place. This la rendered possible by what ls known of the nature of light. If a star Is approaching, the light which comes to us from lt will have Its waves closer together than If the star were at rest, and vice versa. Now, the dis? tance between the wave-crests of light sig? nifies a difference ol color, the longer waves producing red and orange light; waves ot medium lengtn, yellow and green light; and the shorter waves producing blue, indigo, and violet light. So that If a Btar were shining willi pure red light lt might by approaching very rapidly be caused to appear yellow, or even blue or Indigo, according to the rate of approach, while if a star were shining with the pure indigo light lt might by recedlug very rapidly be caused to appear green or yellow, or even orange or red. But 'stars do ******* - ** ?y*-?. -ealoe??* <?~M--. h??t with a mixture of all tue colors of the rain? bow, so that the attempt to est?mate a star's rate of upproach or recession by its color would fan, even though we knew the gUrs's real color, and even though star? moved fast enough to produce color-changes. The speclroscopiet hu*, however, a much more delicate means of dealing wlih ihe mai? ler. The rainbow-tinted streak forming a star's spectrum ls crossed by known dark lines; and these serve as veritable mile-marks for ihe speotroscoplst. Il one of these line? in ihespeoirum ol any starla seen tobe shirted toward the red end the observer knows that ihe star ls receding, and that swiftly; lt th?! shift la toward Hie vlulet end, he knows that th? siar ls swiftly upproaohing. Now, Dr. Huggins had been able nearly four years ano to apply this method to the case of the bright star Sirius, though his lnsuu mental means were not then sufficient to ren? der him quite certain as lo the result Still he was able to announce, with Borne degree of coufidence, that Sirius is receding tu a raie exceeding twenty miles per second. In order that he might extend the method to other stars, ihe Koval Socleiy placed at lils disposal a Une telescope, fifteen Inches in aperture, and specially adapted to gather as much light as pos-lble with that aperture. Suit? able speciroscoplc appliances were HIHO pro? vided for tne delicate work Dr. Huggins was to undertake. It waa but last winter that me insiriimeut was ready for work; but already Dr. Huggins has obtained the most wonderful neWB nom the stars with its aid. He finds that many of the stars are travelling tar more swiftly lhan bart been supposed. Arcturus, lor example, ls travelling toward us at the rate ol some fitly miles per second, and at his thwart motion ls tully as great, (for this star's distance has been estimated,) ihe aciual velocity with which he ls speeding through space cannot be lees than seventy miles per second. Other stars are moving with corresponding velocities. MORTUARY REPORT FOR TBE WEEK. The lollowing ls the official return of deaths for the City ol Charleston, for the week end? ing August 24, 1872 : CACHS OF I Adults. Chlld'n, BLACKS OR COL? ORED. Adulta. 'Chlld'n. Apoplexy. uonv u ls I o II s from worms. Diarrhoea. Drops?. Dvscntery. Knt TO Colitis.. fever, Puerpe ral. Fever, Kemlt teiit. Gastritis. O .is tro Enteri? tis, Chronic Hypertrophy of Heart. Insanliy. Marasmus. Measles, E f - fectH of. Phth-ls Pulmo natl-.. Sci urala. Teething. 'j ris m us Nan centium. Tuberculosis.. Wantorviat.il uy. Total. 1 ! .. 6 ' 6 RECAPITULATION. Whites 9, Blacks and Colored 20-total 29; and 4 Stillbirths. at* ? ? h 35 Under 1 year o< age. Between l and 6 years or aze... Between io and 20 years of age.... Between 20 ami 3? years of agc.... Between 40 a .d 60 years of age_ Between 60 and 70 years of age..., GEO. S. PXLZKR, iL D., City Registrar. A REMARKABLE STORY. DID HENRY STANLEY REALLY SEE DR. LIVINGSTONE? An Old Comrade of Stanley Accuse* him of Forgery and Otii-r Crime?-A Ro? mantic Na rrml vt - flow a Turk wat Taken In and Done for-A. Nnt for tue Herald to Craolc. The New York Sun prinls a long and extra? ordinary letter from a" young man named LewlB H. Noe, of Sayvllle, Long Island, who Bays that he knows Stanley, the correspondent of tbe New York Herald, and the alleged dis? coverer of Livingstone, Intimately, and bas reason to believe that he never saw Living? stone at all, bat that the whole story ot his meeting the great explorer is an Impudent tissue of forgery and lQveBiloo. The letter ls circumstantial In regard to the writer's previ? ous acquaintance acd companionship with Stanley, which appears to have commenced in 1864, on board the United States frigate Minne? sota, then at Hampton Boaus, Virginia, on which Stanley was a landsman, acting as cap? tain's clerk, and the writer of the letter a young recruit In the navy. According to the letter, Stanley from that lime continued to excite the admiration of the writer by his dashing manner, his Ingenuity of resource and his knowledge of the world. Stanley soon acquired such influ? ence over ihe writer as to induce him to desert lrom the navy by picturing to bim a course of travel and romantic adventure. They deserted, but the writer soon found to his chagrin that Stanley only wanted lo use him as a bounty-Jumper from the Nrrthern army, and they parted in mutual disappoint? ment. Tne writer returned to his parents, and Stanley departed for parts unknown to contiene his brilliant vagabondizing. In the spring of 1866, however, Noe's evil Mar brought bim again in company with Stanley, who appeared in Sayvllle handsomely dressed, and with every appearance of recent and present prosperity. He told a charming story of wealth and romantic adventure picked up by him In the Rocky Mountains, where he had been travelling, and. by bis display of funds and specious promises, he seduced the unfortunate writer of this in? genious late to leave New York with him on what he represented would be a pleasure trip around t'je world. The boy left New York for Smyrna in high spirits, and in company with Stanley and a man named Cook,to whom Stanley Introduced hi^ias his half brother and compagnon du voyage. As coon as they got to sea, however, the poor lad discovered his companion in his true character as a daring adventurer, bold and unscrupulous, but spe? cious and intelligent. He waa not lung In discovering that Stanley's pretended wealth was a myth, and he had, under Stanley's orders and threats, to work his passage across the Atlantic. After a sixty day6' voyage they ar? rived at Smyrna, and thence Stanley propos? ed a prolonged tour through Asia Minor and Persia into the heart of Asia, and thence to the coast of India through Thibet. TUE STORY OF THIS TRIP ls beat told In the language of the letter writer as follows: With what lillie means he and Mr. Cook had they purchased a couple of sorry horses, a few make up a meagre om flt. Tills belnii accom? plished, Hie whole amount or money-left did not exceed the value of Uve dollars lu gold. The t wo horses, such us they were, were used by Stanley and Mr. Cook. Instead ot tue finely equipp-d Arab horse which I was tn have lo ride, I was compelled to trud-re along on loot, on a projected Journey of thousands ot miles, through barbarous, or, at best, fcint clvillzed couutries. A hundred dollars in guli would have purchased everyihlug we had in (he way of au out tit-hordes, anns, ammuni? tion, utensils and camp equipage. With no more means left thun 1 have slated, 8tanley, wlih an effrontery unexceeded, nego? tiated with a man at Smyrna to accompany us as a guide to a certain point, offering him. li I recol ect aright, equivalent to sixty dollars a month and expenses I Tne bargain was con? cluded, but the day before our departure from Smyrna Hie man teutloly concluded not to proceed, and we started on our lour without him. I asked Stanley what he meant by engaging a mun for tnis service when he kuew he would be without ihe means io pay him when wu ar? rived at the point to which the guide was to leave us, and what he would do li the guide In? sisted uponpaym-nt. His reply was charac? teristic: "I would tie him to airee und blow his Drams ont, as I don't intend to have auy man ito back tn Smyrna aud lei them know how we travel." AN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE. On our second day lrom Smyrna, while we Were at rest, aud Mr. Conk waa sealed by a buuch ol'bushes, half asleep, in boyish spori I set fire io the hushes to give him a scare. He waB scared, and Stanley and I had our latish on him: but the flames went further Dian I had luiended. Ttiev Spread into a briar hedge aud soon burned lt. The inhabitants became much excited, aud four or five men, evidently Invested with some kind ol police authority, cameup, and liter some resistance, arrested Stanley and Cook. During the strug. gie that occurred, I escaped and made my way to Syrorna on foot, a distance ol ten or twelve miles. That same afternoon Stanley came back lo Smyrna In search of rae, and stated that alter I lett he and Mr. C ?ok were taken to a uuard house, where their papers were examined, and alter some little delny ihey were released. By flattering words and prolessions of love li? reassured rae, and I consented to go on with him again. DISSOLVING VIEWS OP ROMANCE. Soon I learned what I bad dimly suspected before leaving Sm\ rna-tho real character of the man I had confided in. Inaiead of being a travelling companion, Hound that I was to be a slave and a beagar, and a slave, too, of a remorseless master. My duties were soon taught me. Tney were simple; to perform uny menial service he directed, and t<> pro? cure the necessaries of llie-black Turhl-h bread and fruit-aud any articles ot camp equipage to add to our scanty stock by beg cing or, Jailing In this, by theft. Th? latter was not uni'requenily reftorted lo. Indeed, all the food we used on our route tor many weeks was what I obtained in these disreputa? ble wayp, under the guidance of my new lu sirucior in morals. I was taught the next day alter rav escape by an impressive lesson that my own will must be subjectrd to his. Soon alter our departure from Smyrna ne said to me, In the severest tones, '"Remember, you are here to do my bidding. It I tell you to cut a man's throat, you do it ! " I was not long In learning that there was no misiaking the sliinlflcance of these words. My attempt, to escupe was as assertion of the ludependenc" ol my own will, and a violation of that, duly which ne had laid out for me, and he could not let lt. pass unpunished. A Kl"-KLUX OF THE ORIENT. Without giving me notice ol his intention, he asked me into a pomegranate forest off the travelled road. He seized me, tied my hands together around a tree, stripped my clothing from my back, und on my bare skin f courgud me with a whip which he cut from the trees, and on which he left the sharp knots, until the blood ran from my wounds. Stanley un? derstands the refinement of cruelty lu whip? ping. Each blow caused the most excruciat? ing agony, which continued for hours. While he was tying me he looked Blgnlficauily at hts revolver, which wus lying on th? ground, and said he wished me to understand that I was in his power. Before he commenced his whip? ping he asked me ir I knew what he was going to do. I toni him I did not. Said he, *'I am going to give you the d-i-dest thrashing you ever had." I theo asked him what I had done to deserve a whipping. He said that ''whipping does boys good, whether they have done any! or not." Duri og the scourging, as he rested beti the blows, be recalled to me facts In our Intercoms* In the navy and In New 1 when I had offended him, end particular!' leaving him in New York, and enlisting ii army without bis knowledge. When he concluded, he comforted me by saying think yon are a good boy, J mst the one I \ for a companion. We will let the mi drop. Jor I am satisfled." Two or three days alterward he asked r, I recollected what be had told mn on oar age from Boston to Smyrna, that he'was gi to give me a severe trial, and one which wt convince him whether I was the coropai he wanted or not. I told him I did. He added, "Yon now what I meant. It is the way you stood whipping that has convinced me I made a rect choice." THE BOT IN A NEW HOLE. On one occasion, soon alter this, when were some fifteen miles distant from Chlhis a Fqualid mountain hamlet, about three h dred miles from Smyrna, Stanley remar! a? he had frequ- ni ly done before, that tl cheap horses would not hold out lor tl Journey much lurther, and to make be progress we must have new horses. En lng he had no means, I asked him how hw going to obtain them. His reply was, "11 show you how." He did so, and In a brief time convinced that his genius was equal to highway robb? Perceiving a Turk in advance ot us in post sion of two horses, he said to me, "I am go to have those horses, and to help me to them I want you to do as I tell you.'' Mr. Gook was at this time some dist mo? the rear and not within sight. We accelf ted our pace and overlook the Turk, who \ leisurely riding one horse and leading other. Stanley, who had learned some of languaze from a phase book, soon engaf the Turk in conversation, the nature of wb I did not then understand, though he told afterward. As he related lt to me he 1 asked the Turk lt he didn't want to buy a g and represented to bim that, I, though dre ed tn boy's coi tiing, waa really a girl. 1 Turk was Incredulous, but Stanley Insist upon lt, and finally said lhat the Turk mit inspect my person and satlefy hlmselr. Bi then dismounted, and the Turk tppraaet rae with smiles, apparently with the hop? finding a girl in breeches, and Stanley toilc lng him, seized a favorable opportunity, rah lils sabre, and, with all the force he coi muster, struck the Turk a blow on the he wnlch ( thought would kill him. Fortunate the poor fellow had within the fez he wor kind of thick pasteboard stiffening, wbl stopped the force of the descending sabre a ficlenUy to prevent lt proving fatal. A STRUGGLE. The Turk was staggered by the blow, I did not fall. Two OLher strokes followed quick succession, which I think he warded < and then they closed, seemingly lor a deal struggle. The Turk fought with the despet lion of a man who knew that his life was stake. With a drawn dagger, he tried to rea the hean of Ins am agonist, and soon seem about io obtain a mastery over him. Stanl struggled to Iree himself, bur, finding he coi not, he called out to me, ''Shoot bim. Lew shoot him, or he'll kill me " My experience with Stanley had taught n the prudence of obeying orders. I raised t gun, levelled lt at ihe breast of the poor Tm and pu.led the trigger. The rifle Tailed in intended work. That morning, after shoo th at a mark, Stanley had failed to reload lt, an by this fortunate omission, I was spared t guilt of shedding an Innocent lellow-belni blood Stanley continue.! io cry out, "K him ! kill him !" and then, as the only resoi I approached ihem, clubbed ihe Turk with t bun of the rifle, and Stanley again was lr? The whole convict was quicker than I ci narrate lt, and was as desperate as a deal struggle between two powerful men. Wi: h Stanley tree, and I lhere to assist hin the Turk was at a disadvantage. He retret ed back in the direction from which hw ht come. Stanley's fingers were cut inside grasping the Turk's dagger while in the mid BKytfWttraff-MilKfitt Mttfiwii??Ptmi our own safety, and Stanley rushed to lils sa die-bags, took out his revolver and fired tv successive shuts ut the retreating Turk, tb? two or three rods distant. Hu missed li mark, and the Turk continued bis retreat ihe top of a small hill some forty rods distar By the escape of the Turk, ihe anxiety Stanley was Increased, for he saw that 1 must himself be a fugitive. His effort was t secure his Immediate escape. He mount* one of the Turk's horses, and was about i starr, when he found that the horse's ie Were entangled in the bridle of the other, 'i disengage him, I had to cut the bridle reit and also rope by which one horse was a inched to the other. He very hurriedly dlrec ed me to gather up our blankets and utensl and to follow him.' HO ! FOB THE MOUNTAINS. ^ Just at that moment Mr. Cook came np, ar with a cry. ,lHo! for the mountains," Stault galloped "off. Mr. Cook lollowlng. As quick i tio-siole, 1 gathered up what few Illings could and mounted the remaining horse, wax with ??Ifflcnliy that I could get him 1 move, lor the Turk kept calling to him fro; the hill and he seemed resolute in going li other way. It was only hy means of stn kin him with a sabre that I finally got him nud< com roi. I galloped off alter Stanley and Cool who reft the highway and moved to the soul toward th? mountains. We ran our horses distance of fifteen miles, when they were e; banned, and we were compelled to encan; for the night. RETALIATION. But In the meantime the Turk had not bec idle. He collected a force ot eight or ten me aud started In hot pursuit of us; and Just bt tore dark, when Stanley thought that all wn sale, we were startled by the yells of the Turki who captured us, bound us with lariats, cot veyed us to Cblhlsaar, and lhere held us prL oners for four or five days, during which w were subjected to cruel torture. Each day wu were drawn up over the limb of trees by ropes and lariats around our neck to compel us io give them money. At ot tu limes they laid our beads on blocks and shari ened knives belore us and by signs made u to understand that we must give them mone or they would cut our throats. But as w were penulless, ot course we could not af cede to iheir demands. Tney refused t believe we were without means because I was usual lor foreign travellers to be abut dantly provided. At last, ilred themselves of thus tortunn; ns to no purpose, the band took us to Aflum Kara-Ht8sar, a city about four hours' trave from Chililssar, where we were again Imprk oned, and a charge of highway robbery wa preferred against us before the Cadi. The writer then proceeds to narrate thi manner in which Stanley, with equal lngenui ty and effrontery, procured the release of him se? and lils companions. Their captors had during their Imprisonment, robbed them o all ihey had, and Stanley, by a Berles of per Jurlep, which he dictated to the others, com pletely turned the tables upon bip accusers be lore ihe Cadi, and had them thrown into jai as robbers and assassins, while tie and Cool and Noe were released. The writer continuel oy narrating the following bold expedient o the teriile Stanley lor RAISING THE WIN'D. While the trial was pending at Broussa. wi went iwo or three tunes is Constantinople reaching there at first destitute of means rugged and forlorn. But Stanley's brllltan genius was equal io the financial emergency He appealed to the Hon. E. Joy Morris American Minister to Turkey, and so fully dit ne enlist ihe sympathies of tnat gentleman li our behalf, and so plausible a story did he tell that Mr. Morris advanced from his privat? funds an amount equal to several huodrei dollars. Stanley giving therefor a draft for th? amount on his father, whom he represente* was a wealthy merchant in New York, lin draft was forwarded for collection, only to bi returned protested, and with ihe Intelligent thar, no such man as Henry Stanley's fattie: could be found. In Stanley's Interviews with Mr. Morris : was studiously kept in the background, and! had no opportunity of communicating wlih bin at all. Stanley obliged me io sign a statemen lhat I had received one-third of the amouni Mr. Morris had advanced. But my third wem Into Stanley's pocket, and that ls the last I evei saw ol it. A CLANDESTINE DEPARTURE. 1 With a fictitious draft sent to America, Stanlev felt that the air of Constantinople would'not be conducive to his health. With? out waiting for Mr. Cook, who was still at I Broussa awaiting the fermi Dation o? tie tria', we, without any knowledge on the part of Mr. Morris, of our intention to return to Europe, took a steamer for Marseilles, Trance, and thence proceeded to Liverpool. Here he Jeft me io the house of an uncle and aunt of hin people In humble circumstances, while ..he proceeded to Wales, where he waa born, sod where he had always lived until at the ag? of fltteen years be came to america. It wai from bis relatives that I learned his early his? tory, and learned/ too, that be possessed tho same characteristics as a boy that he bas aluce exhibited as a man. THE LIVINGSTONE EXPEDITION. It was while I was at Liverpool that Stanley spoke to me (?-.Dr. Livingstone's explorations in Africa. They seemed to be an object of great Interest to him. He expressed a deM re to go Into Africa himself, and said he should aim to do so aa a correspondent of the Herald, and thereby make a story and a sensation, and gain both fame and money. This ls the principal and most Important portion ot the young man Noe's letter. It ls followed by a certif?cale from toe supervisor and postmuter, a oorary public an insurance agent and other citizens ot the little town of Mayville, who cordially testify tb Mr. Noe's Integrity and truthfulness and exprese their Implicit belief in his remarkable statement. BIDING "KAN-FASHION." A Vindication or tue' Side-Saddle-A Lady Who Knows All Abont It Gives Her Experience. [Ellzabsth Dndley in the New York Matti . - Tbe fashion of ladles' side-saddles for bone-' back riding was, no doubt, Introduced for a good and sufficient physical reason, and'my experience In equestrian exercise leads moto believe that the majority ot women will always find the side saddle most comfortable lor them. It ls claimed that if the girth gives way the lady wilt have DO possible hold upon her horse, but will be thrown to the ground. She will, however, land upon her feet, or at least upon one ot them; while If the girth gives way when she ls using a man'd saddle, she will tall head downward, with one leg bent under her body and the other elevated over the back of the horse. In this position she is more likely to break some bones than ia the other. We are told, to be : sure, that in riding astride a lady would be able to keep "J 'horseman's grip"-on ^ her horse, and in case of a "loose girth could bold her saddle In place. I doubt this. Our slender women and our fat women alike have DO muscle. I laney even a wtry-ien dooed billet gill would be unable to control the powerful muscles by which a vicious norte strives to burst the ginn or lake advantage ot its becoming loosened to escape from his rider. A welt trained animal, In event of such au accident, will slacken bin pace at once,' or even slop ol his own will. And the majority of our women are too short to look well In riding astride; they hsve not sufficient length ol limb lor the "horseman's grip." Any ona who bas seen a boy of len on the back ot .a broad, high horse, with bia legs spread In right angies, c*n imagine ihe ridiculous ap? pearance which must of our ladlee will pre? sent ai riding astride, and If they practice th is *? position much lt will affect tneir gau.. They will Iben, when walking, present tne comical appearance of au old sailor Just off a lung voyage, who rolls along la tue meet absurd way, with his legs wide apart. . We shan have some hearty mn at tne eXuease of these Amazons. When I bear a lady ? complaining of the "unco m for table" and ''twisten" position of sideways riding, of feating mat her ''back la crooked,"' or that sh? ie insecare, I know she does not sit properly. lu the drat place she muotgeta side-saddle which fits her. As some women are thin, and some robust, some with long nJrtsVfttf MUM "llh tlww 11 iqUasaiaaConi every woman. Tuen she should take her seat flrmiy aud evenly tn in? centre of the saddle, as If about to rlue astride, and adjust the right leg in tne most comiortable position possible; it must not oe too much strained over to ihe lett, ann may Indeed be sauted a lillie more lo tho light afier riding a ttbori distance aud gelling accustomed to the motion of ihe noise. I was once visiting some friends who lived on aa isolated hill-side farm, when my host In using some macniuery met with a .ciions accident. While ms wife remained ac his side applying cold water to the woiiBd,' I saddled a horse with a man's saddle (there WU6 no other at hand) and dabbed off lor ihe doctor. Toe road was deserted, so I natural? ly rode astride; but such a ride ! Ou a hard-trotting, madly galloping plough-none 1 went up and down the strong hui roads, thinking that I should never come up with tue doctor, wlio had left hts hom? and started on his rounds. I caught bim ut last aid turned him back, lortunateiy lo time; but I hurd ly knew whether the patient or my? self suffered tnost for a day or two. I was then an accomplished equestrienne on a tide-sad? dle, and I resolved never to use any other. When living oa the Cumberland Mouutuio, tn Tennessee, I rode couetautiy on horstback, al? ways witn a side-saddle, ana my neighbors old . the same. One giri whom I anew mere roda . ou uer brolber'o saddle frequently, wbeuever lier t-liter or ruo'ber was with ber, and never rode astride, sue placed her rlgnt leg tu tua same position as when she used her own sad? die. When I asked the reas <n for ibis she re? plied on y: "'Pears like a gal couldn't ride w an-; albion noway 1" Now, mis healthy, har? dy mountaineer had a beautiful womamy form, aud was classically propositioned. Asche * ora neither corsets, paniers, nor hoop eklria, her figure could not te disguised, and ll she could uot ride astride, what woman cao ? I taney that twenty miles' experience on a mab's Bad? die overa rough road will convince uimusiaoy ot our ludes that she can't do everything "Just as weil as a man." I have ridden wilh - my babe in my arms up and down mountain roads so steep that when my horse was climb? lng up I baa to lean lorward un-il my cheek touched hts mane, and when be was cautious? ly creeping down I wad obliged io lean buck until the strain became a.most losupportab e. In both positions I ?mud the horn ol mr sad? ? ole a great help. But the most trying situa? tion of all was wheo, ia Hie same couairy, I reached the ford ot the little Collins B ver, two hundred feet wide, where usually toe water was hardly up to the knees ot a horse, and found lt swollen by late ralos, and dashing along so swiftly ihat ihe horse could scarce? ly struggle i brough. One of our nany crossed first, and we saw mat the waler rose to his saddle la the middle of tbe lord. It would be necessary to kneel on our saddles, and risk: being swept off. Every maa in .me puny begged io relieve me ol my o a by; they feared that I could not possibly bold him aud steady my sel i; but he was too precious to be trusted out of my arms, and I knew I was a good swimmer. I bad my saddle changed tor one ot theirs to have room lor kneeling, and I looked well to tne girth, the buckles and the straps, had my boy firmly bound to me with a shawl; then kneeling upon the saddle, my riding skirt tucked about me, my baby firmly clasped In my left arm, and my right baud twisted In the mane ot my horse, we sate'y made the perilous Journey. The Intel? ligent animal had alwavs been used lo a s ack rein and needed no control. She picked her way with the utmost care, and when at last we reached the bunk I hung like a rag over her neck and kissed her, aud felt better. I have not space now to give other experience on this subject, bul shall await with great In? terest the result ot ihe experiment which some of our ladles mean to try In Cenira. Park. I am anxious to know if they enjoy riding man-fashion. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, August 27. Clear weather will prevail Wednesday over the southern States eastor the Mississippi. _ -An incidental notion ot the extent of Infla, ence enjoyed by the Church of England may be garnered from the MCI.that ihe demand created by the I^sue of ihe New Legionary of scripiure Lessons has actually dborga&ute? a.. the binding trade throughout ihe kingdom,. and it hu9 oeeti almost impossible logetaby work of the kind done while ail the artists were busy on dally services, prayer-boots, ?c., at almost any rates of payment they liked to ask-.