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VOLUME IX.-_NUMBER 2070 CHARLESTON, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2, 18^2._EIGHT DOLL4HS A YEAR. THE CROP OF 1871-72. FINAL EXHIBIT OF THE NEW YORK FINANCIAL CHRONICLE The Aggregate 8,974,351 Baien-Ship, menta Overland to Manufacturers only 133,065 Bales. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NBW3.1 NEW TOBE, Friday Night, September 6. Through the courtesy of the editors of the Financial Chronicle I am enabled to furnish to the readers of THE NEWS, simultaneously with Its publication here, the following state ment, which has just been made np, of the cotton crop of the United States, for the com? mercial year ending August 31, 1872: CROP OF 1871-'72. BALES. Total receipts at the shipping ports. 2,732,286 Shipments overland direct to manu? facturers. 122,066 Manu factored In the Sonth. 120,000 .> Grand Total of the Crop....?,974,351 Of the above aggregate, 16,845 bales were sea Island cotton. The total consumption by the mills North was 977,540 bales, and that by the mills Sonth 120,000 bales, matting a total American con? somption of 1,007,540 bales. Tlie total exports for the year are 1,957,314 bales, and the aggregate of Btocks on hand September 1,1872, ls 54,521 bales. NTH. THE NEWS IN THIS CITY. Barm lace and Commenta i pon the Re. .nit. The above dispatch was flied in the New York office of the Western Union Telegraph Company by our careful and enterprising cor? respondent. Ny m, long before midnight last Friday evening, tbe 6th inst., and should have been received at this office in time lor publi? cation In TBS NEWS of Saturday. That lt was not so received and published ls doe to the fact that lt was flied Just too late for transmis sion to Charleston under the standing orders of the company, which allow the closing of the Charleston office, if no message ls known to be pending, at ten P. M. The dispatch was finally received in this olly at about nine o'clock ; Saturday morning, when it was promptly transmitted to this office, and as promptly displayed upon the bul? letin of THU NEWS. The bulletin board was soon surrounded by an eager throng ol merchants, factors, brokers and others, all Interested in the final exhibit of so competent an authority as the Financial Chronicle, and all eager to ascertain bow nearly their own surmises and estimates bad approximated to the truth. There was to be noticed In the remarks of the different gentle? men, who, as they were passing, stopped for a moment to glance at the exhibit, avery general expression of surprise at the small ag? gregate ot the crop as oom pared with that of ?s?u-Tl and previous years,'and the accuracy of the statement of shipments overland direct to manufacturers, which was only 122,065 bales against 228.923 bales the preceding year, wai seriously questioned by masy whose facilities and ability for accurately estimating tbe probabilities In the colton world cannot be doubted. At the office ol Messrs. Porcher & Henry, North Atlantic wharf, a record had been kept of estimates of the aggregate of the crop made by a number of gentlemen, who are either di? rectly or Indirectly engaged in the cotton business. There had been sixty-one such es? timates recorded during the season, ranging In amount lrom 2,895,303 Dales to 3.200,000 bales, and the estimate which approximated the closest to tbe actual result was 2.975,000 bales, by Mr. William Bavenel. Alter Ihls, in approximation to the result, came the esti? mate of Mr. H. T. McGee of 2,976,000 bales, Mr. T. G. Boag, 2,981,325 balee, and Messrs. Wag? ner, Huger & Co., 2.965,000 balee, and from these figures the estimates diverged until the one most remote from the fact showed a dis ' czSpancy of 225,649 bales. Asimilar record . of estimates has been kept at the office of Messrs. Porcher A Henry for the past five years, and the custom Is annually Increasing in Interest among the cotton men. In 1867, there were twenty-two estimates, and the closest was by Mr. Thaddeus Street, the crop being 1,951,988 bales. In 1868, out of sixty one estimates upon a crop of 2,430,893, the closest was by Mr. L. D. DeSausBure. In 1869, fifty-eight estimates were made upon a crop of 2,260,557 bales, and Mr. J. H. Wilson proved the shrewdest guesser. In 1870, then were again fifty-eight estimates, abd a crop of 3,203,828 boles, and Mr. B. Mantoue named the nearest figure. Last year the crop amounted to 4,352,317 bales, and, out of one hundred and twenty-six competitors, Messrs. UeSaus flnre and Porch er came th? closest to the mai k. The following comparative exhibit shows the diff?rence In the cotton movement of the year Just closed and that of the year which ended August 31, 1871: COMPARATIVE EXHIBIT. 1870-'71. 1871-72. Total receipts at the ship? ing ports.4,032,154 2,732,286 Shipments overland to manufactorers.. 228,923 122,065 Manufactured In the South.. 91,240 120,000 ^Grand total of the crop.4,352.317 2,374,351 Sea island cotton. 21,609 16,845 Consumption North.1,008,956 977,540 Consumption Sonth. 91,240 120,000 Total American consump? tion.1,100,196 1,097,540 Total exports.3,166,742 1,957(314 Stocks September 1. 104,814 54,521 DH. BBATTON'S CASE. [From the Rock Hill Lantern.] Although the excitement arising from the kidnapping of Dr. Bums Bratton has subsided, the case is not yet ended. The British Lion, noted lor his tardiness, has not yet growled ont the stern demand on the United States Government for the release of Dr. Bratton and the reparation of the injury done him, which it was confidently expected would have been made before this, and fur tbe punish? ment of Hester for bis flagrant violation or the extradition laws. Dr. Bratton although still under bond, has returned to Can? ada, and ls safe from another arrest, as by the provisions of tbe extradition treaty no citi? zen of the United Btatas can be arrested in Canada for a political offence. We are in lormed that a motion ls now pending In tbe United States Court to vacate the bond which Dr. Bratton gave after being kidnapped. We learn further, that the British Government will take no steps in the matter, unless the Federal court refuses to vacate the bond. Dr. ~r, Bratton having returned to Canada, whence he was torclbly abducted, it ls considered by the British Government that the vacation ol the bond ls an amend sufficient lor the indig? nity offered. THE GROWTH: OF CHARLESTON. [From the New York Bulletin, September G.] Tho progresa made by Charleston in recov erlng irom the losses and almost ruin sustain' ed during the civil war, and from the ecarcelj less blighting influences of an excessive taxa? tion of a corrupt local and State government, shows a healthy vitality that promises well foi her future prosperity. The various obstacles that have retarded the industrial recuperation of the State are gradully disappearing, and the result cannot fail to prove beneficial to Charleston. Old channels of trade are rapidly filling up, and new ones are opening which must tend to establish the business of the city on a lastlog basis. Fine business blocks and handsome stores are going np In various parts of the city, and the famous "burned district" once more resounds to the hum of industry. There are also marked improvements ia pro? gress In the war-ruined suburbs of the city, and Sullivan's Island, which was completely destroyed during the siege, ls now being re? built with new and elegant residences, hun? dreds of thousands of dollars having been spent in improvements in that favorite locality. The following is a statement in round num? bers ot tbe leading articles ol the export trade of Charleston during the commercial year ending August 31, 1872: Cotton-uplands.bales.. 270,000 $27,000,000 Cotton-sea island....bags.. H,7b9 2.000,000 Rice.tiercel.. 48,000 2,000,000 Naval stores.bola.. 140,000 1,100.000 uamoer and limber....feet.. 19,000,000 176.U00 Domestics A yarns_bales.. 20,000 2,000,000 Phosphate. manufactured and 01 ode. 1,600,000 Sundries ad dil ion j 1. 1,000,000 Total.$37,275,000 These returns show an Increase of from ;hree to five fold since 1865-'66. and are lm )ortaut as showing that Charleston bas gained steadily on rival cities that enjoyed the great tdvantages of larger capital and possession )f the markets. It ls now the centre ol all the tea Island cotton that ls grown not only In ?outh Carolina but also In Georgia and Flor dt. and lt receives tfaree-lourths of the entire ice crops of Georgia aud South Carolina. Its mportance as a cotton market may be in erred from the fact that lt received In 1870-71 60,000 bales, and during the year just closed 80,000 bales, being a decline of only one fth, while the receipts of other ports, owing 0 the diminished product, fell off one-third', nd even one-half. The trade in fertilizers, which are manu iotured in or near Charleston, on the basis t the phosphates of lower Carolina, is rapid j increasing in Im poi tance. A capital of 2,000.000 ls now Invested in the business, and ist year the products consisted of 25,000 tons, alued at $1.200.000. Tue use of these pries hates ls rapidly extending throughout the lulf Staten, and the trade ls rapidly Inereas 3g. The foreign export of crude phosphates ist year amouuted to a total of 14,000 tons, ingland taking the bulk of lt, while the rer minder was distributed between Canada and lermaoy. The coast shipments amounted to 3,615 tons, and the railroad shipment to the iterlor to 25,000 tons. The total product was 2.581 tons. The vegetable shipping trade of Charles in ls also growing In Importance, although ist year there was a falling off as oompared rith 1871. This decline was due, among tber causes, to a partial failure and tardluess t the potato orop and also to the cold reamer which protracted the crop until lt nice Into competition with Northern pro ucts. But there was a large Increase ia hat are called "small crops " showing that ie cultivation ot garden produce for the orther a market ls probably destined to in ease In value and Importance, Last year the ilpments ot po?o,.W<i?" ?~? ?fjMjfrJjg'Cj'i ona" hr railroad and steamers Irom Charles is to New York, Ballimore, Philadelphia and ;her points amounted to a total of 85,622 ates against 53,450 crates in the previous ?ar. The Bhlpmenta of potatoes lo 1872 mounted to 16,000 barrels, a decline of 3000 arrels from the exports of 1871. The general local trade of the city shows a increase, as compared with former years, be dry goods, clothing, drug and other ades are described as Increasing in volume id amounL The prospects ot the fall trade re regarded as very favorable, and a prosper? as season ls confidently anticipated. - "REFORM," WITH A TEN GE ANCE. tie Sentiment of the Conservative Press. [From the Union Times.] Hen like Tomlinson and Cardozo, who stood j aDd looked on while Scott, Parker, Moses id others who lead tue party, stole from the easury, squandered tbe people's money, tined and disgraced the State, without lundlng the alarm or attempting to stop the lere?, ?re no more to be trusted than those bo did the r teal log. The promise of reform, our opinion, ls nothing but electioneering ap-trap; for those who make the promise e either the former thieves or-having held isltions where they must have known ot the KUI log-aided and abetted the thieves, by their ence and indifference to the people's lnter ts. We have no more confidence in one an the other; and, in our opinion, neither 111 give us reform. Mr. Tomlinson ls pre? med to the people as a most righteous in, who left the position of auditor because i found the other officials were ao rm pt that he could not hold official lnter urse with them. Now, long before Mr. imlinson resigned his position as auditor ?ny uf the most stupendous iranda against e people were committed by these corrupt Sciais, and, in his position he must have en folly apprised of them. Then, In the ime of honesty, we ask why did he not dla sse them ? Il he ls the honest man be ls presented to be, and saw, as he says he did, e corruption ol the other officials, why did . not come out boldly and denounce the ras? tis ? No, Mr. Tomlluaon, we could not trust e man who would Bee men plotting our de? motion and not warn us of our danger any ore than we would those who carried the ot Into execution. [From the Georgetown Times j If lt required anything to show that the re? nn ol wnlch Judge Orr and his followers luto e bolting convention professed themselves be intent upon effecting was a shallow and eanluglesB pretence, it will be found In the nguage of every one of them, not only at the invention, but since they have arrived at ime-that if the Liberal Bepubl leans and ?mocrats should bring out a ticket they will imediately abandon the field and coalesce Ita men whom they have bitterly denounced thieves, roboere, liars and villains. Accord g to their doctrine, a thieving Radical ls In? fi tely preferable to an honest Liberal or Pe ocrat. This conduct demonstrates clearly iat tne Bolters are 3fter the purse strings, id not actuated by any desire to benefit the ;ate._ ACQUITTAL OF DE SCHOEPPE. CARLISLE, September 7. The jury in the case of Dr. Schoeppe, on his >cond trial for poisoning Miss ste!necke, ot altimore, returned a verdict, after being osent about fifteen minutes, of "not guilty," nd the defendant was promptly liberated by rder ol the court. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -The rubber works of Messrs. Stickney & 0., Chelsea, Mass., were burned yesterday. ,088 $40,000. -A mob attacked the jail at Beardstown, L, yesterday, threatening to hang a murderer anfined therein. The jail was strongly uarded, and the mob was repulsed, and after? ward burned down a whole tquare of bulld igs. _ _ A HEAVY ENGLISH FAILURE. LONDON, September 7. The failure of Lamb, Marsh & Co., bankers nd commission merchants, la announced. It i slated that their liabilities are ?200,000. everal firms of St. Thomas and Porto R eo re taid to be Bufferers by this failure. Tue ?certainty as to the amount of award of amages to the United States by the Geneva ioard ol Arbitration unsettles the market lor onsols to-day. BUMING OF THE B1MYIILE . F?LL PARTICULARS 4>F THE LOSS OF THE STEAMER. . Arrival of thc. Survivors fit Baltimore Incidents of the Fire-Escape of the Passengers and Crew-An Oe cnn Voy? age In Boats-The Lose and Saved. Tbe schooner William McGee, Captain Gam brill, from Nassau, N. P., August 2-1 th, arrived at Baltimore on Friday morning, havlog on board three ol the passenger and thirty-two of the crew of the steamship Bienville, C?ptala Maury, from New York lor Aspinwall, which was burned at sea on the 15th of August. The arrival of survivors in Baltimore are : Thirty live by the schooner McGee and six by the steamer Adelaide-total, forty-one. Having lost all they had, and bel?g lu an entirely des? titute condition, the good people of Nassau supplied their immediate and pressing wants in the way of clothing, Ao. In Norfolk, Va., those who came by that way received similar kindly attention, and the good offices of the Baltimoreaus were not wanting to relieve the distressed also. THE LOST AND THE SATED. The total number of persons saved from the Bienville ls eighty-five. Number known to be drowned, nine; number missing from boat No. 5, probably drowned, ten; number not heard from, twenty-three; total, one hundred and twenty-seven. By the steamer Moro Cas? tle, which arrived in New York from Havana, Captain Maury and lorty-one of the survivors of the Bienville were brought back iiafely. I The total number of passengers thu? tar saved I ls thirty-eight, Including those at New York j and Baltimore; the total number ol officers I and men o? the Bienville at both ports ls forr.y I seven. TAKING TO THE BOATS. The passengers and crew of the steamer took reinga in six ship-boats, but few ol' them being amply provisioned. The sufferings of all were very severe, and a number were driven to insanity. The first boat conta]oed Captain Maury and some of tho officers of the ship, but lt was the last to leave the burning steamer. From the second boat, landing near the cove, Eleuthera, nine persons were lost In the surf-one man, three women and Ave children. Ot theae persons the only names known are those ot Mrs. Joseph Banner, a German lady from New York, and her three children, the pldest fourteen years of age. The swamping of the boat, it is auld, was caused by an Englishwoman from New . Orleans, who, irom excitement, stood up as i they approached the breakers, causing the ; boat to capsize. She was drowned. Mr. , Joseph Banner and one boy twelve years old were saved, but the father became Insane upon reacbl'jg the land. In the third boat, one ot the passengers, Christoph Onega, a cabin passenger, had on his person thirteen hundred dollars In gold, which he saved, ' ?4oogc 8lck and helpless. When lt was bund j that this boat was leaking, a lady Dassen ger. : Miss Christie Keys, ot Newfoundland, took off ! ber upper clothing with which to ca.ulk the : boat. They were rescued by a sloop, and : taken Bafely to Nassau. The Bulleringa of the ; passengers In the fourth boat are reported aa [ very severe. On Sunday, tbe fourth day after . the disaster, they subsisted on raw bacon and j the milk of cocoanuts gathered from an Island, and, when leaving that haven, a German woman from Brooklyn, who waa insane, was. from necessity, left on the Island, she refusing 1 to go with them. The fifth boat swamped be- ' fore leaving toe steamer, her complement Z oping twenty-six persons, ten of whom are J. missing. Tua sixth boat has not been heard . from, but lt ls hoped by the survivors that lt lian, of tbp 21st of August, gives the lc How- c lng Incidents': ? LOOKING FOR LAND. Alter abandoning the ship, the captain gave sailing directions to all the boats, order? ing them io toilow him as closely as possible Watling's Island being the nearest 1 iud some ola von,y miles off-it was hoped at first v that lt might be reached; but the wind blow- Ii lng strongly from the southeast and a heavy v Bea running, it waa found Impossible In these S small boats io keep any course but that before y the wind and sea. and they were only kept li from swamping by conataut watching and ball- s log. A email piece of caovusB was made fast & to an oar of the captain's boat, which did good I service as a sall. Tnesun bearing down with c Intenseness caused great thirst. During the n early part of the first day they encountered a v heavy squall of wind and rain, which seemed Q to revive the entire boat's company, as they n were much fatigued by rowlug and bailing, o IB well as irom their exposed and cramped ll condition. c RECEPTION ON ELEOTHERA ISLAND. ? On Friday last, at 10 A. M., after travelling i, ibout one hundred and Atty miles, land was v llscovered ahead, which proved to be Eleu- j, hera, and at 3 30 P. M. a landing waa effected j wo and a half miles above James's Point . As ti loon as the boat was hauled up on the beach bey were met by Boston Johnson, one of the etilers, who, with others, had discovered the ?oat in the distance, but could hardly imagine be cause of so tiny a crail, with such a multi? ude of souls, coming or flying, as lt were, rom the broad open ocean. All hands re? lived irom the Inhabitants of the settlement he moat generous hospitality, water, fruit, 9l cc, being brought to them, and as soon as a ire nu th would permit, they were escorted to a he village, where everything the people pos- n essed was placed at their disposal. Meo, wo- D nen and children vied with one another In D ,cts of kindness and in ministering to their j( rants. Captain Maury, with six others, left y or Nassau at once, and arrived here on Hatur- ti lay morning, bul the remainder of the party T eated In the settlement that night, and took tl lassage in the sloop Shannon, Wm. Hanna, n naster, on Saturday morning, and came In at c tight o'clock the same evening, when every ii itientton was shown them by S. P. Saunders, o Seq., United Slates vice-consul. tl Statement of the Commander. tl Captain Maury makes the following report 91 o the agent ol' the Pacific Mail Steamship 1 Company: I have to report the total loss by ?-1 ire of the steamer Bienville, under my com- '< nanci, (chartered from the Livingstone A Fox Sew OrleanB line, ) on the morning ol August 15th, at sea, In latitude 25 12 north, longitude T415 weBt, by account. At 3.45 A. M., Au? gust 15th, the officer of the watch called me, ind reported thal the ship was on dre in the g fore hold. I gave the order to call the men to a the lire-quarters quietly, and to have the a pnmns started and steam tu: ned on the fire c extinguishers leading to the tore hold and c forward freight room, at the same time keep? ing the ship off before the wind, and hauling down the head sails, leaving the head of the |lb up and stopping the engine. Captain Mau? ry says that be had the hose laid down to ihe lore batch, and endeavored to get below with c th? hose, but so great a volume of smoke s came out tnat it was necessary to close c the hatch immediately. Then he had the r hatches battened over with wet awnlnir, and c started the hose at tbe ventilator, but ihe t steam pumps were quickly disabled and the j water cut off. Meanwhile the fire extinguish- \ ers and buckets were used to keep the fire a under, and Ihe boaiB wera made ready and i manned. The two large life-boats were pro- i plsloued and watered, and a full supply of e life-preservers were served out to all the pas- c sengers. At 5.30 A. M. Captain Maury thought t the tire was BO far smothered be would be ru- \ abled to run lor Watling's Island,about sixty- 1 five miles distant. C?ptala Maury Boon discov? ered Ibat the Ure was working Us wuy thronen l both Bides of the ship, abreast of the boll?r, l and that it would be necessary to abandon the ( vessel. The passengers then disembarked, (he i women and cbLdreu being equally divided, 1 as nearly as possible, in eacu boar. Two boats l were safely loaded and seat off. A third t was also sent off, but was caught under < the counter of the ship, capsized and stove. | The persons in her were rescued and placed I la another boat. At seven A. M. all but two small boats had been boarded and sect off, ! and lhere were etui more persons on board I than the boats could hold. The twe small < boats were Ihen sent off with passengers to ' be distributed among tue other boats., which l had the lightest loads, from which they were , to return io the Bhlp. By that lime the flames i had gained such headway and the heat was i so Intense that all the remaining persons hastened into the boats as quickly as possible, i and at half-past seven A. M. Captain Maury left tbe ship. Te flames were burst log from the cablas by ttais time. The largest life-boat filad and capsized. The sea was lncrealng, but bv the aid of the stover: lile-boa, wnich was float i DR wound, they were right? and balled. Seven or ten others, however were lost. An ac? count ls then given ol their voyage to land and the landing of the |asaengers at Nassau. Woe boat capsized in tbesurf and nine persons were drowned. None J/ the names of Ibe lost are known, except Irs. Brannon and her three children. All the iodles were recovered and buried by the auhorliles of Eleuthera Island. There is still oe boat missing. She was only moderately laded, was one of our faBt boats, and was well provided w'th water and food. The Are broie out between decks, Immediately over the loller, and not in the fore hold, as lt was firs supposed. I am un? able to give the origin o the fire. THE LUNATIC ASYLUM FIX. A Nice State of A?TiT?-The Institution Compelled to Pae? Around the lint [Prom the Colunbla Phoenix.] We publish below twc letters of recent date from Dr. Ensor, the superintendent of Lunatic Asylum, the ore to the Carolina Na ' tlonal Bank, the other to, Mr. E. Hope, lm ploringald for the lnstitallon of which he has charge. It will be seen that, not a single do lar ol this year's appropriation for the Asy lum has been paid. Th? taxes from which the appropriation was desigied to oe drawn were collected last fall and wtoter, but they were squandered In legislative expenses, meeting drafts upon the bogus armed force fund and such like swindles. Tie Asylum, tbe Pent tentlary, the public schools, and all other proper objects of ROT emmental care and support have Buffered terribly In conse quence. The Asylum his been kept going to this time simply through the personal ex? ertions ot the superintendent and the assis tance rendered nlm by private Individuals We are glad to say that Mr. E. Hope has con Bented to supply the Aiylnm wkn necessary provisions for one month, though much to his inconvenience and embarrassment. In the meantime, we learn from Dr. Ensor that he proposes to visit Charleston and make an appeal to the banks of that city to furnish him with sufficient funds to keep the poor Inmates of the Asylum (rom starvation, until the fall taxes come In, and the Legislature makes an other appropriation, which, of course, will be done immediately afterthat body convenes We commend Dr. Ensor and his cause to the barkers of Charleston, and trust he may get from tbem the relief needed : COLUMBIA, S. C., September 4, 1872. To the President and Board of Directors of the Carolina National Bank : GENTLEMAN-I have the honor to apply to rou for aid for the State Lunatic Asylum. The Legislature made a liberal appropriation last winter lor the support ol this Institution, but lave been unable, up to this time, to draw .Ingle dollar of this appropriation; and were it lot for the indulgence of the merchants and :he benevolence of those who have lent ns honey, the inmates of the Institution would riave been turned qut into the. streets, depen lent upon individual charity, and the institu ;lon closed. Our creditors find our Indebted less to them BO serious an embarrassment hat they cannot extend ns further ?redil, unless they are paid at least apart >t their present accounts. Thia places he Institution again in immediate peril. Once lefore, when our household was on the verge >t.suffering for the necessaries of Hie, you tlndly came to our relief, and kept the gaunt nonster starvation from our doors lor several nonths. Your kindness to us in the past en ?ourages me to appeal to you in chis our iroso ti t extremity. The -amount of five thou and dollars would relieve our present wanta .nd I believe tide us over the balanoe ol ibis errlble year till the taxes are oolleoted, when he State treasury will be able to pay the ap iroprlatlon made for tie Institution's sup Hoping and b?n?vina^ou~WI,'Tfp?i^lPie orne to our relief, I remain, very truly and espectfully, J. F. EN9OR, .. Superintendent. OFFICE S. C. LUNATIC ASYLUM, ) COLUMBIA, Septe m ber a. | Mr. E. Hope-DELHI Sm: I write to inquire whether lt is possiole for you to supply this DBtltutlon with supplies for one month, and rait till December for your money. The Itale treasurer has not paid a dollar of this ear's appropriation, beginning on the 1st ol ist November. Mr. Solomon carried the in tltntion till the end of April last, and the leBsrs. Agnew havo carried IC from May 1 up 0 this time, but cannot extend a iurther redit. Owing to the tightness of the money Harket I am unable to borrow money with riilcfi to buy provisions; and unless we can ?biala a further credit for supplies, the In? natos ol the Institution must stiffer for want f the necessaries of life', or oe urned out oto the streets, dependants upon Individual hariiy, as the State has proven utterly in ompetent to provide f?r them- We have ow but one day's supplies on band, and un? ies relief Is afforded, day after to-morrow rill And nearly four hundred human beings 1 this asylum Bullering lor something to eat. n the name of God and humanity, I beg you 3 help them if you oan. Yours truly, J. F. ENSOR, Superintendent. STR1I?E OF TH HS CHU UBERS. [From the columbia Union.] An Incident ooourred at the Statehouse, sveral days since, whloh seems to have re? tained unnoticed longer than it should. It ppears that owing to the contraction of the louey market, the washerwomen at the L it? alic Asylum, about a dozen in number, have ot been paid lor several months. They there ire resolved to raid the State officers, and on Wednesday called inj a body at the State reasury, where they made known their wants, heir combined statements were too much for ie presiding genius of that Institution, and :iey finding the same, BO far as money was oncernedjn as dilapidated a condition as their idex Angers were after a bard day's scrub? ing, leit, and wended their way to the execu ive rooms. Here they were received with :ie characteristic urbanity of his Excellency, lao made them a neat little speech, condoling heir misfortunes, which was so effective that ne women returned immediately to the Asy ?m, to await the collection of taxes. NEW TORE BANK STATEMENT. NEW YORK, September 7. The bank statement shows a loss on re erves of $1,625,000. Loans decrease, one nd one-eighth million; specie decrease, two nd seven-eighths millions; legal-tender de roase, three-fourths of a mlllloD; deposits da rease, Ave and one-half millions. CROPS IN THE STATE. The Uoion Times eays: "A large number ?f our good cillzens from the country were In .ttendance on Monday last. The reporta re eived Irom them as to the crops were, gene ally, quite flattering; but all agreed that the irop of conon in this county will not reach bat ol' 1870. Many of the most observing llantera say they fear much disappointment viii be exprienced when the crop is gathered, is they fiad the bolls are small aud not so numerous as the thrifty condition ot the plant ndloates. All. however, agree that it will be i good crop. There is no doubt that the corn :rop is abundant, which will save to the eoun v a large amount ot money heretofore sent Vest and North for that necessary article. Che fanners generally look cheerful." The Georgetown Times says: "The rice ?arvest is in lull blast, and the rice birds are n more than usual numbers, doing infinite lamagc to the crops. The weather so far has leen most propitious for getting in the rice. The crop will scarcely reach that of last year, n consequence of the damage done by the :aterpillar and the salt water in the latter part ii June and the Arst part of July on the lower plantations. The birds, too, are playing sad lavoc with the youug rice." The Laurens Herald says: "The army worm in great numbers have made their appearance In our vlllaze, attacking the gardens and doing considerable damage to vegetation, raese worms, so far, however, eeem to con? tine their ravages to the young turnips and grass. We have heard of some complaint, also, by the farming community of these de Btruollve visitors. We learn they have at? tacked the cotton fields in one or two sections of the county, but so lar no damage bas been done." WHO BEBED THE SENATE? TOMIIS SOX'S PLUMB DENTAL OF THE TRUTH OF THE CHARGE. What he has to Say In Reply to Meltou and Card o zo-His View of the Phos? phate Grunt-Vc Money tn lt, except tor the State and the Laboring Men. CHARLESTON, 8. C., Septembers. TO THE EU ITO Ra OF THE NEWS. GENTLEMEN-On returning to the city to? day, my attention ls called to your editorials o? Friday and of yesterday, in which you refer to charges made by F. L. Cardozo and* S. W. Melton against me vllh reference to my al? leged connection with the passage ot the phos? phate bill; and, looking upon at least one of these gentlemen as bavlng some character for veracity leit, you may properly demand that I ahall meet the charges. I had already been Informed, in a private letter from Mr. Corbin, ot tbe statements made by Mr. Cardozo and Mr. Melton, at York rille, and was awaiting an opportunity to notice them publicly. By your kindly Interference, I have that oppor? tunity. I have not yet read Mr. Melton's speech delivered in Charleston, but under? stand irom others ttu.t the statement made In that speech is substantially the same as that made at York vii ; e. Mr. Cardozo la represented as Baying at Yorkvllle, "Mr. Tomi nson ls no better than Moses, so far as corruption goes, for If Moses did Issue lraudulent pay certificates, Mr. Tomllnson told me himself that he helped to buy up the Senate to pasa the phosphate bli! over the Governor's veto. He told me this at the time, and I have i.o doubt that he told me the truth." I can only say that (his statement ls a bold, unblushing and unqualified falsehood. Will you tell me now I am to prove that Mr. Cardozo tells an untruth when he makes this statement ? He might with as much propriety say that I had tried o bribe him to murder somebody; one assertion would be Just as reasonable and as true as the other. But if he repeats these assertions until the cra:k of doom, I do not see how I am to prove their untruth. I can only place my assertions and character against his, and let the public de olde for themselves. I may say, however, that In his speech at Yorkvllle, previous to making the above state? ment, Mr. Cardozo said of me that "I had been his friend lor son ie years,and was an hon? est and upright man." Mr. C. may think that uprightness o? character ls consistent with a I ' weakness for bribing senators. I do not. | < Mr. Melton ls repres ented as saying at York vine that he had been told (and would give his authority if Mr. Tomllnson asked for it,) that he (Tomllnson) hid borrowed the money or endorsed a note ai; the bank to get the money which was used for the purpose ot passing the phosphate bill through. Thia ls substantially the same Etalement as that mudo oy bim in bis Charleston speech. In reply I save to say that there ls absolutely not the shadow of trnth In the statement. [ am bound lo believe, even against some ? reasons tor lack; or lattn |n his perfect Veracity,' ' that in tbls Instance Mr. Melton thinks he has ! foundation for his obarge, and I will be oolv J loo glad to have his authority for the assertion .ie has Been fit to fake. Of course you do not ask me now to prove that somebody did not teil Mr. Melton that I tiad done th*ythlng charged, although the lan- ! zuage ol yon- editorial of Friday would seem 10 Imply that it was my du'y so io do. I respectfully Bubralr, that there ls no paral el between the charges made against myself ind those made against Mr. Moses. Itislu llclally proven that there have been fraudu? lent Issues or pay certificates-aee the aQlda rit of Treasurer Parktir In answer to Judge redeemed at the treasury, und thai. fu. ?ooo, - 300 the treasurer's notes had been given, to jay nothing of the larne amount not yet taken :are of bv the treasurer-and yet you seem to place the charge of Smith, Jones or Brown that I have stolen a horse or robbed a bank, In the same category with these charges which are ol Judlolai record, fn your desire to hold ihe scales even between the two Bad leal factions, I fear you lean a little to the other side. in conclusion allow me to say, that my con rjeotlon with the phosphate bill was just this. [ voted for lt because I thought lt for the in :erest of Charleston and of the State to do so [ urged the Governor not to veto lt for ihe lame reason, and tor other reasons not person-1 i 11 to myself, and I have as yet Been no reason 11 io regret my action. For my stock in ihe company, which ls not $40,000, nor anything near that amount, I hf ve paid precisely what iver; stockholder in the company has paid, ? eluding lu the list Berne of the most honora sie business men in Charleston. Some of the ff I ldeat and moat absurd things have been said Kith reference to Ult) gram under which the sompany with which I am connected und )thers associated with us are acting. Without 11 Defraying business malters which do not con-1 j jern the public, permit me to say, that up to .bis tims the only parlies who have reaped iny benefit from thar, grant are the Slate of : 'Hitit Carolina and the hundreds of mechanics IJ ind laboring men employed by these compa- J f iles. I am, very respect fully, Your obedient servant REDDEN TOMLINSON. SENATOR ROBERTSON COMING HOME. ( 1 WASHINGTUB, D. C.. September 8. | c Senator Robertson, of Soulh Carolina, will euve here to-morrow morning for his home it Columbia, owing to the condition ot lils | t leallh, and, by the advice of his physicians, he Ecnator will not engage lo Ihe local or Slate politics at present pending In South Car? ina. _ ME NEW YORK VEGETARLE AND] FRUIT MARKETS. The Dally Bulletin of Saturday, September | r, says: The market for new potatoes ls about steady, 11 ff ?th a lair general Inquiry. Sweets are a I j ibade easier, but fairly active at $6a5 50 per ' jbl. Ia vegetables, green corn is becoming jcarce, and held a true higher. Cucumbers mrdly arriving In quantity enough to esta illsh a quotation. Other articles without es- < ?entlal change. Our quotations are ia bulk; i ?n shlDplng order 50c ner bbl must be added. ? (ve quote as follows: Early Bose at $l50a2, ? ind early Goodrich iud Jackson whites at (I 25al 75. We quote vegetables: Green corn r5ca$l per 100. Ked onions, per bbl, $2a2 50; clo Connecticut $2a3 ??0 per 100 strings. Cu :uinbers, Long Island. 25a50c per 100. Squash, marrowfat, per bb! 60raSl. New luralps $1 26 il 50 per bbl. Cabbages $8al2 per 100. Beets, Jersey, $1 60. Tomatoes, 60a70c per basket. Birsr plant 75ca$l per dozen. Lima beans (lal 25 per bag. Apples are very dull and the market over? stocked. Very little Western hos arrived, however, as the low prices ruling will hardly pay cost of packages and freight. There ls eenerallv at this period of the year some out? let by shipment Norttt, but all sections are so well supplied by the extraordinary yield ol the present year that there is scarcely any direction where apple? could be shipped to ad? vantage. Peaches are plenty, the receipts comprising 77 car loads of lruit, and prices re? main about the same as for a day or two past. Plums are active aud higher where the fruit is aot over ripe. Bartlett aud fancy varieties ol pears in demand and hlaher, but common grades continue dull and hard to sell. Melons are dull and decidedly lower. Grapes are plenty and about steady. The late arrivals of Cai! ! ot ula pears consisted mostly of sickle d-scrlpUons, and being I in splendid condition, brought about $6 per case, and the consignment was consid? ered the best ol any received BO far this sea? son. Other fruits are without decided change. We quote: Apple*-Permain, per bbl, $lal 25; fall pippins, do., 50CE SI 25; pound sweets, do., $lal 25; blush, do.. $1 25il 75. Pears-Bart lett, per crate, $2i2 60; do., per bbl, $8a9; Dutchess, do., $7u9; Flemish beauty, per crate, $2 60a3 50; table, per bbl, $2u3; common, do., $la2. Grapes-Concord, per lb, 7a9c: Dela? ware, do., 10al2o. Piaches - Delaware, good to prime, per orate, $1 25al 75; do., fair io good, do., $lal 25; do., per basket, 40oa$l; Jersey, do., $3Uca$:.. Pluma-greea gages, per bbl, $5a6; blue do., $6o7. MelODs-nut? meg, Jersey, per bbl, 38ca$l; water, Jersey, per 100, $12315; do., seconds and culls, $3al3. THE NEWS AND ITS FRIENDS. I More Pleasant Sayings from Our Ex changes. [From the Boston Post.] THE CHARLESTON NEWS, one of the papers in the South, has moved Into a office said to be the finest for the business the cotton States. [Prom the New York Bulletin.]. THE CHARLESTON NEWS enters upon the enr [rent commercial year In new spacious nod elegant quarters, to which it was removed from the premises lt has occupied for the last Ave years. THE NEWS ls an able, reliable and enterprising Journal of high standing and reputation, and ls fully deserving of the pros perky which lt enjoys. [From the Washington Star.] THE CHARLESTON NEWS has entered upon the occupancy o? Ita new publication office From the description given it well Justifies the claim ot being, not only "the finest newspaper office In the Cotton States," but one bl the handsomest and best arranged In the country We congratulate Messrs. Riordan and Dawson the editors and proprietors of THE NEWS, up? on this evidence of the substantial and de served prosperity of their newspaper enter? prise. Mr. Riordan waa formerly a citizen of Washington, and Mr. Dawson is well known In this city and Bichmond. [From the Union Timea] THE CHARLESTON NEWS.-We are pleased to know that this ably conducted.Journal ls meet? ing with 'that success which it- so greatly deserves. The proprietors have purchased the property so familiarly' known aa the Southwestern Railroad Bank building, situated on Broad street, Charleston, and fitted lt up in elegant style. On Monday last THE NEWS was first issued from the new office. The price paid lor the property was $20,000. We rejoice to see the prosperity ot those Journals that so bravely battle for the good of the State. Long may THE NEWS and Its enter? prising proprietors continue to prosper. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, D. C., September 8. Southerly to westerly winds tor the Southern States east of the Mississippi, on Monday, with jlear weather. GOVERNOR SCOTT'S PETS. Attempted Escape of Two Penitentiary Convicty-Kiiung of One hythe Guard and Escape of tn? Other. [From the Columbia South Carolinian.] On Saturday morning about four o'clock ;wo convict?, Jackson Brooks and William Smalls, confined in the corner cell on the loutn west of the building, were discovered by he guard io be making* their escape. The .wo men ran towards the canal, and when 3ma!ls was about half way across the guard m duty at ihe lime, Evans, fired on Um, ihe hall taking effect on his .ighrside and ranging through his body. 31s calls for help brought Sergeant Bice o his all, and on bringing him to ihe lank of ihe cabal he expired in about tweoty niantes. Brooks succeeded in making bis ?scape. The darkness was BO prolound that irosa-firlng occurred between the guard. Upon examination of the cell, lt was fouu<l that the lock hid been picked or forced, and, is these convicts had been employed respec ?"WHy In the blacksmith shop and stone yard, jel^s",VJIW*%,u*h'iLfJttfii'J?d, supplied them ;helr work. TEE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC SEA? BOARD RAILROAD. [From the Richmond Dispatch.] The surveys and preliminary work on this road, to run from Norfolk, Ya., ro Charleston, i. C., will be commenced early in October. A charier for the Yirglnia portion of the road ivas obtained under the title ot "The Norfolk ind Soulhern Railroad." A meeting has been held ol the Virginia corporators and tbe cor? porators and officers ol the North and South Carolina railroad?, which are to form the entire line between the above-named termini. The meeting, alter three days1 consideration, agreed to consolidate the three roads, making it only necessary lo ask the respective legislatures of the Lhree Slates to authorize the change of name al each into the "Atlantic and Paclflo Sea? board Railway," and one or two other minor points. In tue Interest of this road Norfolk will shortly be visited by the president of the road, General Charles B. Stuart; Judge Wlg ?In, of Boston; Dr. Greenlea!- and Mr. Holmes, if New York; General Dablgren and Mr. Tucker, and probably by Colonel Humphreys md Mr. H asa, of North Carolina, and Captain Drain, (the latter the vice-president,) of South Carolina, and others. , Spacial Notices. ^BALD HEADS MAY HAVE A NEW :rop of hair by applying Ball's Vegetable Sicilian J air Renewer, ir the hair fol?eles are not entirely :.osed up. sepT-stuthSnaw ifSf NEITHER FAILING TEETH, NOE he peeping wrluklea of time, so forcibly tell ot idvanclug years, as your gray hair. AYER'S ."IGOR restores its color and makes your appear ince more agreeable to others, as well as yourself, ?vith fresh, luxuriant hair, the infirmities of age ire far less noticeable. sep7-atuth3D*w ateV CLEAR AND HARMLESS AS WA TER-NATTANS'S CRYSTAL DISCOVERY FOB CHE HAIR.-A perfectly clear preparation In one JOttle, as easily applied as water, for restoring to .?ray hair 1U natural color and youthful appear ?nee, to eradicate and prevent dandruff, to pro? mote the growth of the hair and stop Ita faUing Mt, It ls entirely harmless, and perfectly free 'rom any poisonous substance, and wnl therefore lake the place of au the. dirty and unpleasant preparations now in use. Numerous testimonial lave been sent us from many ot our moat promi? nent citizens, some ef which are subjoined. In everything in whloh the articles now in nae are ?bjactionable, CRYSTAL DISCOVERY la perfect. lt ls warranted to cou iain neither Sugar of Lead, 9ulphur or Nitrate of Sliver, lt does not aol! the clothes or scalp, la agreeably perfumed, and makes oneorthebeBt dreaslnga for the Hair m use. It restores the color of the Hair "more per foot and uniformly than any other preparation," and always does BO In from turee to ten da fa, virtually feeding the roota of the Hair with au the nourishing qualities necessary to Ita growth and healthy condition; lt restores the decayed and md aces a new growth of the Hair more posi? tively than anything else. The application of this wonlerrui discovery also produces a pleasant and cooling effect on the scalp and gives the Hair a pleasing and elegant appearance. Price $1 a bottle. ARTHUR NATT ANS, Inventor and Proprietor, Washington, D.-O. For sale by the Agent, DB. H. BAER, No. 131 Meeting street, 0 hailee ton, S. O. novl8-sr,uthlv TO BAKE BS I Dr. H. BAER offers at the lowrst market rates the following articles, of which he aiways keeps a good stock on hand: carbonate of Ammonia-in Jars and in bul* Cream ol Tartar-pure Supercatbonare of Soda aalawatua Fresh Hops-pressed and loose . Ginger, Race and Ground - 6 Oil ol Lemon Extract of Vanilla, made or the beit fresh bean Pnr nala Wholesale and Retail at For Baie www? ? BA bl K'S Orug Store, No. 131 Meeting street. _ USSELL'S SOOTHING CORDIAL I U?ils Preparation ls highly "*ggffi T HE G B EAT FAMILY PAPEP FAMILY PAPEL. FAMILY PAPER FAMILY PAPER I FAMILY PAPER I FAMILY PAPES I THE CHEAPEST, THE LIVELIEST AND THE -MEST I - . -. "y?s r . J ?V. IHE CHEAPEST, THE LIVELIEST AND TOT BEST I THE CHEAPEST, THE LIVELIEST AND TOT BEST I THE CHEAPEST, THE LIVELIEST AID TH 1 BEST I CHE CHEAPEST, THE LIVELIEST, AUB TOT BEST I - ,-o5.? ?~ . . ' . 'Si ?.....>: ;-I?? rc*? IES CHEAPEST, THE LIVELIEST ABD TOT iBESTI ... .. .T y _ - . -. i i.: f - ,.. : .. ... !.*.:: T. /j ?? r-Ptn&iii ?a?-': . 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CLUBS OF TEN SUPPLIED AT $1 M EACH. MAKE UP YOUS CLUBBI MW Address, (enclosing money la Raguterba ewer,) RIORDAN, DAWSON 4 00., CHARLESTON, & 0. pHE MARION STAB, Published m one of the best agricultural fee tons of the state, ana having a large and in reaaing circulation among tbe planwra and oafness men, offer its Oolamns to the Faet?n, [crehan ta and other business men of Charleston s the beat rr e Hum through whtott they can oom* innlcate with the Plantera sad Merchants of tb* eedee Country. Business Cards and ctn er Ad? enif ementa Inserted on liberal terms . Address w. J. Ito SB BALL, sepT imo_Marion,ac. iinigre?awttygt. J*AY COOEE, McO?LLOOH A 00.. No. il LOMBARD STREET, LONDON. 'OBEIGN EXCHANGE, COMMERCIAL CREDITS, CABLE TBAVSFBB8. CIRCULAR LETTERS OB TRAVELLERS, AVAILABLE IN ALL PARTI OF THE WORLD. JAY COOKE & CO., No. 20 WALL STREET. may 2ft-1 ?. . g AINRING HOUSE OF^ H BN BY CLEWS 4 00., Na 82 WALL STREET, H. Y. Oiroalar Notes and Letten of Credit for Travel .ere, also Commercial Cr?dita Issued, available ihrooghout the world. Bills of Exonange on the Imperial Bank of Ma? loo, National Bank of Scotland, Provincial BUB of Ireland, and all their branches. Telegraphic Transfers of Money OB Europe, San Francisco and the West Indies. Deposit Accounts received ? * Uber Currency or Oom, subject to check at sight, which pM through the Clearing Bouse as if drawn upon any . city bank. Interest allowed on dally tjalaocc*. Certificates of Deposit Issued bealing interest M surent rate. Notes and ?raitt collected. state, City and Railroad Loans negotiated. CLEWS, HABICHT A CO., may23-x No. ll Old Broad street, Leeden. VAN DE08EN*8W0BV 0 INFECTION* (Made of Pore Nan tonina ) Pleasant, reliable and effectuai; has stood lb* teat or many years. For sale wholesale ?nd Ratall by Av PB, H, BAEB, HO. xii Mei Ung ftftfV.