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VOLUME IX.-_NUMBER 2070 CHARLESTON, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2, 18^2._EIGHT DOLL4HS A YEAR. THE CROWDING HORROR. EXPLOSION OP A NEfT BOILER AT CINCINNATI. Turee Persons instantly Killed and Several Others mortally Injured. CINCINNATI, September 13. At ten o'clock this morning tbe new boiler at the foundry of Robert Jones, on the corner ol Pearl and Ludlow streets, while being tested, exploded with great loree, blowing off j the roof of the building and carrying the pieces of the boiler several squares. Three persons were killed, viz: Robert Jones, proprietor of the foundry; Evans Lloyd and Joseph Ubershlog. TJbershlog's body was tearfully mutilated, the hips crushed and bowels protruding. Lloyd was blown into i stable adjoining. His body waB torn to pieces. He leaves a wife and child. The Injured men are Henry young, who Is badly hurt by falling Umber, and also has the temporal artery severed; be may live. Thom? as D. Davis and Edward Roberts are slightly hurt.. Jerry Molroy ls badly scalded, his leg ls broken and he has a cut In the head; he will die. Frank Barringer ls Injured about the forehead. Flanlgao, aged seventeen years, ls fatally Injured. William Wimpleman has an arm broken and a cut over the eye. Dan Madden has a leg broken. David Gaines is slightly Injured. One piece of the roof, ascending lu the air and coming down, crushed through the brick wall of a neighboring house. A piece ot the boiler was found in a sleeping place In the sec? ond story of a frame structure a square distant. There was bat sixty pounds of steam on when the explosion occurred. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. A Bad Lookout. NORFOLK, September 13. The propeller Everman sunk the Eliza Maria lying at anchor In Hampton Roads. Toe Marla ls from Santos with coffee. The Everman lost her foretop mast and bad her bow stove io above the water line. Hurricane In the Windward liles. KINGSTON', September ll. A hurricane visited the Windward Islands. Yessels are ashore at st. Kitts, Guadaloupe, and Martinique,- and great damage ls done. At Domlcia, vessels were dashed to pieces, the wharves broken and many lives lost. Destruction of a. Cotton Killi. NASHVILLE, September 13. The Galiatln Cotton Mdl, In Sumner County, Tennessee, owned by the Fitzgerald Company, was destroyed by fire to-day. Loss $50,000, No Insurance. Buntine ? Kn-KIni Babble. LITTLE ROCK, September 13 Williams, the deputy-sneriff, who was shot a few days since, ls dead. Letters lrom Bus-1 ' ?eiivilie confirm the report that In his dying statement he laid all me blame ol the trou bles on the present officials. > The Last of the Bienville. KET WEST, September 13. A life-boat, bottom up, was found near Auaco on August 29, and is supposed to bo lrom the wrecked Bienville. ACCIDENTAL DEATH. OF A JOUB NAIT ST. < i J* NEW YORK, September 13. 11 J. C. A. Thompson, a wen known newspa? per correspondent, was run over and billed at I, Harlem Bridge yesterday. I j GOING TO STICK. t PARIS, September 13. I i Thiers has been informed by M. Bourgolng j that the Pope has abandoned all Ideaofleav lng Home. NOMINATING A RADICAL CONGRESS? MAN. AUOUSTA, September 12. I j Phillp Clayton ls nominated for Congress by the Radicals of the Eighth Georgia District. WHAT ONE MIGHT HAVE EXPECTED. { li WASHINGTON. September 13. 11 It ls stated that the President and other officials are convinced that Indian hostilities are probable along the whole frontier. THE OUTLOOK IN FRANCE. NEW YORK, September 13. A Parla letter saya that lt la generally con? ceded; on all aides, that Thiera's death would suit In a civil war In France, and that no i disquiet was caused by the chances of mee ol such contingency. A DISGUSTED BRITISHER. \{ 1 GENEVA, September 12. 1 Slr Alexander Cockburn, the British mern- i ber of the board or arbitration, will deliver an . elaborate opinion on points wherein he diff?ra from the decision of the court. His secreta- 1 rles are now engaged in the work ot copying ( lue opinion. ? I GREELEY AND BROWN. Monster Ratification Meeting in New York. . NEW YORK, September 12. The ratification meeting of the Liberals and Democrats was held to-night. Five stands were erected in Union square, and meetings were held in Tammany and Irving Hali.-'. .There was a very large attendance, the num? ber of listeners being estimated oy several at upwards of forty thousand. Tammany Hall waa elaborately decorated, as were also the various speakers' stands. THE BACK PAY OF GOVERNMENT LA? BORERS. _. What ls Dae and How to Get ic. WASHINGTON, September 13. CoOjkress, at the late session, passed an act providing for the settlement of all accounts lor tbo services of laborers, workmen and me? chanics employed by, or on behalf ot, th? gov? ernment, between the 25th of June, 1868, the date ot the eight hour act, and the 19in May, 1869, the date of the proclamation ot the Pres? ident concerning their pay; the seulement to Oe made without reduction on account of the reduction of boura ot labor, when it shall be made to appear that such was tbe sole cause of the reduction ol wage?. To-day, in response to an Inquiry on behalf of the laborers, work? men and mechanics in the Washington Navy Yard, (and the principle will apply to other navy yards,) Commodore Case, the acting sec? retary of the navy, says: '-Application for the amounts due them should be made to the au? ditor of the treasury. The Feulement of the accounts of workmen under the other branch? es will be by the respective auditors having them in charge/ THE CROPS IN BARN WELL. [From the Barnwell Sentinel.? A correspondent at Graham's writes us that crops in that section are inferior, and that owing to drought, cotton will fall short at least twc-thlrdf. A letter from Flddlepond, below Barnwell village, Informs us that the caterpillars have made their appearance in that section in large numbers, and tue damage it la feared will be 8erious. A reliable gentle? man from Erwinton informed u* last week, that crops Sn that seotlon were being plaj ed Mvoo with by the caterpillars, they having made their appearance in large numbera. The dry and hot weather has literally parched np everythlne, and. we believe that ia less aban two weeks there will not be au unopen yod of cotton in Barnwell County. It bas 3uade all that it caa. THE KERSHAWCOUNTY CONTENTION; Nominations or the Regulars - Wno and What the Candidates are-The Bolters Promise to do Better. [SPECIAL TELBQIt AM TO THE NEWS.] CAMDEN, S. C., September 14. The regular Republican Nominating Con? vention met here to-day, and nominated Frank Adamson, Reuben Gaither and A. W. Hough as representatives of Kershaw County in the General Assembly. The first two were accused of being badly mixed up with the Im? peachment business last session. Samuel Place, a carpet-bagger, who 1B now county treasurer and postmaster, waa nominated for sheriff, and R. E. Wall, a Charleston colored man, was nominated for clerk. It is said that Place used Improper means to secure his nom? ination. Wall is a devoted adherent to the Moses lac ti on. The nominees for the Legis lature are all colored men, and Hough was re? moved from the office of county auditor for incompetency. The Bolters promise to nominate a good ticket, which, If properly supported, will carry the county. CAMDEN. RIOTING ON THE PORT ROTAL RAIL? ROAD. A Mob or Negroes Attempt to Sack the Stores at every Station-Their Mur? derous Attacks upon Inoffensive Whites. On Tuesday last the laborers on the Port Royal Railroad were paid off at Allendale, about sixty miles above the Junction with the Savannah and Charleston Railroad. That eve? ning, about seven o'clock, while the superin? tendent of the Port Royal Railroad. Mr. S. C. Millett, was ealing supper, a short distance off, his tent was entered and robbed of eight hundred dollars in currency. The next morning about two hundred ol the laborers felt Allendale on the train for Tema ;ee, with the avowed Intention of returning to their homes. When the train arrived at Dixie's station, about ten miles below, a large oumber ol the negroes left the train and made i rush Into the store of Mr. A. McBride Peo? ples. Those who got Inside the store grabbed ap every thing that lay upon the counters, ind several of their number attempted to amp over thettfcbnters, but were promptly knocked down by Mr. Peoples and his father. Fortunately a good many young white men of the neighborhood had gooe to the station that morning, and being collected near the store, ihey went Immediately to the assistance ot Ur. Peoples, and succeeded In driving out .hose negroes who were in the store, so that he doors could be closed. The negroes thee crowded around the house In great numbers, ind might have committed further acts ol rte ence had not the starling whistle summoned .hem quickly lo the train. At the next station, about fonr miles lower lown, the negroes made a similar attack upon he store of Mr. William Allman, which tney sompletely rifled, there being none to defend ' t except the proprietor and his son, who, be ag taKeu Oy eurprloo, wr, pairoiic? tu pro- | ect their property. , The next station was the lumber mill of ? ile8srs Steinmeyer & Blokes, of this city. Ar- , iring at this station the negroes made a iimllar atlack upon the commissariat, but vere baffled by the clerk, who perceived their ntentlons and closed the doors in time to teep them out. Several of them attempted to 'fleet an entrance through an unclosed window, but were met by the muzzle of a nurderous-looking blunderbus, which caused .hem to retreat. In walking around the premises some of them discovered a piece of umber that bad accidentally fallen upon the -ai I road track, and conceiving that lt had been put there lor the purpose of throwing tho ?tala lrom the track they at once attacked an ?offensive mill hand. This unwarranted act Drought out the whole loree ol the place to .he assistance of the assailed man, and the nob were driven to the car after receiving a pretty severe clubbing. The storekeepers at the stations below bad, jy some means, been Informed ol the occur? rences above, and took the precaution to shut ip close before the arrival of the train. It teems that this gang ot negroes has for some lime past been In the habit of committing nore or less violent outrages. A short time igo, some of their number attacked a white nan at the store of Mr. Lawrence Toumans, lear Dixie, and would have killed him had lotTMr. Youmans given him shelter and pro ectlon In his store. Incensed at this, they, l?verai days later, set npon Mr. Youmans at tn unguarded moment, while he was walking n his yard, beat him most unmercifully, and, nail probability, would bave killed him but for a colored man in his employment, who ran up and Interceded In his behalf. PARTLY PREPAID MAIL MATTER. The following letler embodies an Important ruling ot the department in regard to the proper charge on mall matter which reaches the office of destination not fully prepaid. Under this decision, postmasters will In future collect double the amount which remains un? paid. Double postage is also, of course, to be collected on wholly unpaid matter which, by inadvertence, may reuch the office ol destina? tion: POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT, J APPOINTMENT OFFICE, > WASHINGTON, D. C., August 24,1872. ) Postmaster at-. Sm: Trie postmaster at - reports the celpt of a letter weighing over half an ounce, mailed at your office, prepaid ihree cents, and charged due three cents. Your attention is called to this, because the department rules (under the new code, section 152,) that the unpaid postage on all matter on which pre? payment is required should be doubled and collected on aHivery. Please observe this ruling In future. JAMES H. MARR, Acting Fit st Assistant Postmaster-General. JOTTINGS ABOUT TUE STATE. -The proprietor of thc Greenville Mountain? eer offers that paper for sale. - Mr. Theron Montgomery, one of the pro? prietors of the Cedar Hill colton factory, died at his residence, sixteen miles lrom the city of Greenville, on the night ot the 8:h Instant. -Colonel S. S. Crittenden has retired from the editorial control of the Greenville Moun? taineer. The exclusion of several editorial articles is the cause assigned, although he recognizes the proprietory rights ol the owner Of the pap^r. -We learn from Ihe Winnsboro' News that Jackson Brooks, colored, who escaped from the penitentiary several nights since, was overhauled Tuesday night by Officer Poieei, of the police force, and lodged lu the guardhouse, to await the proper requisition. -There is much sickness lu Chester county. The Reporter says: "Nothing like lt has ever been known here before. Chills and fever, bilious lever and dlpinerla are the prevulllog diseases. In several families two and three, and In one case four, deaths have occurred. On Saturday, the 31st August, tne thermome? ter marked UR low as Bixty degrees; on Saiur day last, tbe 7-.h Instant, lt reached one hun? dred. In this violent change of temperature, together with the great abn?dance ol fruit in the country, may probably bo found the cause. SOME MORE GOOD WORDS. CORDIAL GREETINGS TO THE PEO PLE'S FAVORITE. The Pleasant Things Said by our Con temporaries of the Prrss. [From the Sumter Watchman ] PROSPERITY OP THE CHARLESTON NEWS. Our city contemporary has recently gone into new and elegant quarters, on Bread street, and now lives and moves and bas its vigorous existence In true progressive city style. An able and elaborate description of the buildings and their appurtenances, adornments and comforts recently appeared In Us columns, from which we judge that the office of THE CHARLESTON NEWS ls now the most compre? hensive and stylish newspaper establishment In the South. We extend our cordial gratula lions to all concerned. [From the Newberry Herald j THE CHARLESTON NEWS.-This live, go-ahead and spirited paper, we are glad to Bee, is show? ing every day signs ol success. The mst new sign, and an important one, ls a removal to new, elegant and commodious buildings on Broad street, recently purchased and flited up at a considerable cost by Its energetic editors and proprietors. We are Indeed pleased to see this evidence of their prosperity, and recognize lt as a mark of the high apprecia? tion of the numerous patrons of the paper. The description of the buildings leave no donbt that they are at once ornamental and well adapted to the necessities ol the business done by TUE NEWS. The City of Charleston and the State is ably represented by TUE NEWS In all useful, lawful and honest Interests. [Prim the AhujvMIe Medium.] S o c c E s s .-TUE CHARLESTON NEWA has moved Into Hs new office. This is a most ex? cellent paper, and shows that our people ap? preciate enterprise, and are liberal la their patronage ot a worthy Journal. THE NEWS ls far above ibe provincial tone ol most of our papers. It is broader and more catholic in its views, but always right. [From i ho Barnwell Sen'lnei.] As one of the signs of its prosperity, the pro? prietors have recently fitted up a magnificent office for the large and growing business which their excellent Dally continues to re? ceive. THE NEWS IS one of the best conduct? ed papers In the State, and there is not one on our exchange list which we more highly prize. We are not surprised at the success of our es? teemed contemporary. Messrs. Biordun and Dawson deserve well, and so long as they con? tinue IIB owners, so long will THE NEWS con? tinue to grow In favor. Their spacious head? quarters are at No. 19 Broad street. (From the Edgefleld Advertiser.] The substantial rewards of Journalism at the South are so rare that we cannot belp tender? ing our hearty congratulations to such of our contemporaries as win a remunerative patron? age somewhat proportioned to the labor acd expense essential io produce a first-class daily Journal. Among the leading journals of the South which have attained a substantial thrllt well deserved THE CHARLESTON NEWS ranks among the fore most, we congratulate our contemporary upon the erection and occupa? tion of a handsome and finely arranged new office, on Broad street, as the result of patient and well directed enterprise on the part of the accomplished and energetic proprietor?, Mes-rs. Riordan & Dawson, who have made their Journal a power In toe South. We trust that a discriminating public will accord them the full measure of success to which they are entitled. THIERS AND GAMBETTA. An Interview Between the Fr?nela Pres? ident and the Ex-Dlcmtor-Gambetta Not Yet Ready for His Radical Revo? lution-The Future ot France-Bis? marck's Finger In the Pie. [Parla Correspondence cr the New York World.] Some months ago, speaking on very high authority, I was abie to apprise you of what then was a strange piece ul news-the alliance between M. Tillers and M. Gambetta, every? thing that nos since happened in France shows now correct this Information was. But at the same time I pointed out to you what elements were at work in France which might bring about the elevation of Prince Napoleon to the Presidency of tue French Republic In viola? tion of the compact that Gambetta should be 1 he successor of M. Thiers. The Pans corres? pondent of the Cologne Gazette now writes lo that journal the following account ot a recent conversation between Thiers and Gambetta, which ls well wort ii reading: When M. Tnlera came to Paris lately he had a long interview with Gambella. Tho ex-Dlo tatur spoke In a very moderate manner, uod promised io remain perfectly quiet on account of the great difficulty ot the situation. "You are mlsiakeu," said he to Thiers, "ii you thiuk I am anxious to take possession of the government at present. Iff were to find myself Invested with authority to-day I should not find fifty prefects of the Radical party. I have made proof of this. At Tours lhere were cot three persons that I could reckon on. The Radical party ls not sufficiently disciplined, aud lt would not listen to me; you are now the only man capable of controlling lt. lu live years ihe condition ot things will be changed, and then I may have my chance." Upon be? log interrogated by Gambetta as to wiietuer he thought that Bismarck would lavor the views of any of the three pretenders, the ex-Empe? ror, the Count de Chumbord, and the Count of Paris. Thiers replied eagerly, "None ol the three; it he supported auy one lt would be Pion Pion"-Prince Napoleon. According to Thiers's views, Bismarck would be lu his favor, first of all because he Is the Bon-ln-law of the King of Italy and an ene? my nf the Jesuits; and next, oecauso he can furnish far more security than the others agaloBt the chances of war. What Gambetta said on the military question ls worthy of no? tice. The ex-dictator, who desired even after ihe armistice lo continue the war a l'outrance, declared himself against the establishment if a numerous army, considering lt ns a most useless thing. "Now, and for a long time to come," said he, "a war is impossible. Jr. would only bring a Iresh defeat of a serious charac? ter on France, and a complete humiliation." As for Russia, on which country Tillen placed some reliance, G tm bet ta had nut the least con? fidence In it. H s opinion was that, in a mili? tary point ol view, France finds herself In a dead-lock, from which lt is Impossible to drag her. The only thing to be looked ts now la the reorganize iou ol the tl nances and the ad? ministration, In the hope ol elevating the country. Thiers did not seem to share altogether the opinions of Gambetta, or lo take his peaceful views ot the situation; but he expressed him? self io this end-lhat Frauce ls wanting In generals ot great talent, which renders the position (-till more difficult. Gambetta com? plained that Thiers considered the clerical party loo much, tu which the latter replied: "I have no Inclination towards ihe. priests, but what can I r.o ? Their party Is a powerful one, and it is only in Hs ranks i hat I can find efficient funciionaties. The o:liefs are too undisciplined, aud nothing can be done with them." A LITTLE DISINTERESTED ADVICE. LONDON. September 13. A special dispatch to the Daily News, from Reme, says that the Emperors of Germany, Austria and Russia, at their conierence in Ber? lin, resolved to advise the Pope to abandon the Jesuits; and agreed to use their good offi? ces with the Italian Government for the pro? tection of foreign religious corporations in Italy. THE CHAMPION ORATOR. A Boston Estimate of the Eloquence of thc Hon. III. P. O'Conor. [From the Boston Post,?September io.] SOUTH CAROLINA-MASSACHUSETTS. There was an elecirlc Influence In the brief speech of Mr. O'Connor, o? Bouth Carolina, In the Baltimore Convention, when he rose to re? ply lo Senator Bayard, of Delaware, to whloh the entire convention visibly yielded. The speaker was a new man. His burst of oratory was a real surprise; it flamed in the presence Of the assembly like a fresh revelation of patriotism; und by Ita magnanimous senti? ments, warm and confiding expressions, gen? erous pledges aod undaunted spirit, fairly lilted the members to the heiirht of a contagious enthusiasm. Senator Bay? ard had been proteailug to the conven? tion agalnat the adoption of the Cincinnati plaiiorm, and, therefore, of the nomination which waa Ita result; to which Mr. O'Connor answered, courteously and convincingly, com? pressing his apt remarks Into tbe tew minutes allotted him before ordering the question, in a strain that stamped him at once aa ?he genuine orator and a master of unpremeditated eloquence. Concerning the exlatlng status of parties, he said that many ot tbe old land? marks had been swept away, while othcra had been changed to snit the condition of pub? lic affairs. There was but one Issue, and upon that lt was possible, because it ls essential, that honest men of all parties shoula unite; it was the ref cue of the government lrom the fate of centralization. That issue over? shadowed all others. The amendments are a part of the organic laws, and are unalterable. The thirteenth abolished slavery, which no? body dreams of restoring; the tourleeuth la practically covered by the late act of amnes? ty, and will be entirely so by the election of Horace Greeley; and the fifteenth, which gives the nuffrage to the black race, will never oe disturbed. South Carolina had been fort ed to drink the very drexs of the cup by the operation of this last amendment; but, said the eloquent speaker, the Ireland of America as she in, and aimost broken on the political wheel of for? tune. "I deprecate the day when any party In this Republic will ever enroll upon Hs banner the principle of wresting lrom the four mil? lion Africans that boon which bsa been given them to-day. Let them have lt, and let them keep lt." He had laith to believe that a great popular party ia coming into power, and that we shall shortly have a government that will be equal in its laws, and deal ouly equal and exact justice to all men. Crushed aa South Carolina and her elater Stales have been by the arbitrary Dower of this administration, he still hoped lor better things. The perils that sur? round us all are sufficient to unite tbe whole na? tion In a holy and invincible alliance to rescue the Republic. Public opinion, Bald tbe speak? er, ls higher than all governments at last, and higher than all conventional principles; and before Its rialng tide old landmarks must disappear and new ones be established. The grand old Democratic organization waa ap? pealed to by the nation to lay all past antag? onisms upon the altar of a common country. lt has been done, and done in the noble spirit of patriotism. Such magnanimous ac? tion, begotten of faith and stimulated by dan? ger, cannot come snort ot Its deserved re? ward. The eloquent voice (rom down-trodden South Carolina announces the welcome result In advance of Its coming. It is with great pleasure that we are led to expect an address troin Mr. O'Connor, at Worcefter, during the session of the convention on Wednesday. He will be cordially welcomed and listened to with the deepest Interest. HE APT ON SAVANNAH. Forrester in the Forest Cuy- How the V I Ul IV t'VUVO W* UKPSniCI VII) A? UV ' M> Prize Slip Tlirougli their Fingers, The New York Herald ol Wednesday prints a long report of an Interview between Farley, one of the New York Detectives, and the no? torious Billy Forrester, the alleged murderer of Nathan, lor whose arrest, if convicted, re? wards amounting lrt the aggregate to $47,000 will be paid. Forrester gives a full account ol his wanderings and adventures in the South, and tells a rather good story of the way In which he fooled the polioe authorities of Sa? vannah. We copy this portion or the Inter? view: "Let me see, you got wrested in Georgia, didn't vou?" "We'll, how on earth did you get hold ol thai? Yes, they took rae np there at Savannah but I turned over all the stuff and they let me go. That waa the narrowest hole I got Into since you were down in Ne.w Orleans. Tnere'd been Borne heavy work going on around there for some time and they couldn't full upon any? body; that made 'em so mad; what with the papers pitching in and the people growling, that they were determine! when they got hold of me to give it to mc. I tried one ol the old tricks on them-you know what I mean-and they all got us aofc aa young klttena. The Mayor came to me and promised me that it I turned over the sui fl' there'd be no more about lt, and ao did thu magistrate, the chief ot po? lice an t thc Governor. Ttiey all gave me their words that I should net out ol lt, and so I re? turned the stuff. They have fine laws in that Stale-yes, slr, ihe finest laws of any state in America. When anything like that occurs the man's obliged lo leave tne State and not come back to it agolu. Well, slr, when they got me aome fellow lhere, I forget what they call him now, had one of those pictures ot me that were Bent round with a de? scription attached to lt. He showed ll to me and asked me If f. knew wno that waa. I aald: 'Yes; that's Billy Forrester.' 'You look mighty like him,' says he. 'You ain't got a good eye for likenesses,' says I, 'or you haven't read that description very carefully.' The chief of police was standing lhere in the office, and I saw by his eye he had a suspicion ol me. I knew then If I dropped a trick In the game the rubber was lost, and I stuck to lt. With the chief watching me, I took the like? ness out ol his hand. 4S^e here,' says I; 'that man's thirtv-flve years of age; I ain't twenty eight. We're about the some height and build-ob, he's very like me. In fact, we've often been taken lor each other. Thia man weighs one hundred and lorty potiuda, and I'm nearly one hundred and Atty pounds. He's got black eyea, and I haven't. His eyes have a wild expression In them-now look at mine; there's nothing wild in them, is there? Forresters got straight black hair; my hair ain't black. Forrester's got. a small, narrow foot and wears a two and a hali; I weur a six. He's got a bracelet In India ink on his left wrist; look here, I've got 'eua on both wrists.' That staggered him, anl he said: 'Well, lt ain't you, that's plain; out there's a powerful resemblance.' 'I know that,' says I; 'I've been told that before, more than once.' I was watchlugthu chief of police all the time, and saw he was not uatlsfled; he had a doubt about me still. Just, about that point In the conversation the major came in and said everything was all right; they would send me out of the State, and asked me where I would go. He said he would s nd me to New York or Baltimore or New Orleans. I know the chief was waiting lo hear me say where I was going in, and ii I didn't Bay New York he would pounce upon me. 'Well,' saya the mayor,'where are you eoiug? You must be Off at once.' 'New York,' says 1, 'if I can get there straight.' This threw the chief off. He turned his back and walked to the other end of the room. So they put me aboard the steamer and started me away lor New York. Before I left the chief said to me, 'You are golmr straight to town, mind, no getting off.' I promished him I wouldn't-that i'd go straiebt to town, aod went." '?On to New York ?" "Yes. on the steamship Magnolia; and may? be I didn't look out foi that police boat Seneca when we got to the Hook. I WUB frisniened. The chief ot police at Savannah, who ia the handsomest maa In the business la Americi, would be telegraphing oo here be lore me, though he promised me he wouldn't. But we got In all right, and no Seneca alter me. We came right up to the whari and landed." . THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, September 13. Northeasterly winds, cloudy weather and prooably areas ol rain for the eastern portion of North Carolina, but lor the remaining por? tion of the South Atlantic States northerly to westerly winds and generally clear weather. THE SMASH Di BALTBiOHE. A NOTABLE BTENT IN THE BISTORT OF THE CUT. The Total Liabilities About Three Mil? lions-Names or the Firms-The Hopes of Resumption. BALTIMORE, September 13. Alluding to the heavy (allures in this city yesterday, the Baltinnre Sua, In He financial article tnU morning, say6 : " The whole amount Involved in these suspensions, lt ls understood, will probably amount to two mil? lions; but the houses all claim to have assets ample, to discharge their indebtedness if real? ized." The American Bays: "The amount ol liabilities ls estimated at nearly three mil? lions, but it ls impossible to speak with cer? tainty as lo this, or the ultimate results of the disaster, although it is generally believed lhat the suspension will only be temporary, and that the majority If not all these houses will speedily resume business." The Gazette Bays: "No nuch disaster aa the failures above no? ticed bas befallen BeJtlmore for a, long series of years, and the day deserves to be ranked In tho history of commercial events with the famous Black Friday In New York." The following are the house failures an? nounced: Lazere Brothers, wholesale grocers In Exchange Place, who went to protest on Wednesday, and wrose auppenalon waa fol? lowed yeaterday by that of the old firm ot Kirkland, Chase & Co. These are beavy im? portera engaged In the West India and Brazil trade. J. C. Bridges & Co. and Wm. Bayne & Co., wholesale grocers of Commerce street, and A. A. Parry & Co., wholesale lumber merchants, extensively engaged in manufac? turing staves and shooks for the Weft India trade. Several other failures were reported to-day. THE CELESTIALS AFLOAT. Chima Building n First-class Wooden N iv y-I ron- eic d? Contracted For. To Western minds the idea that China Will < ever become of any Importance as a naval power appears an utter absurdity. That the Celestial should abandon bis cherished bani's ot centuries In the tonstructlon of his war junks and copy the plana of barbarians wo ula a few years since hive been regarded as a mere chimera. We have seen, however, Japan emerge lrom the mist that hung about lt for ages, and set about Inaugurating a navy after the fashion of the United States and Eu? ropean powers, and lt now appears that China aspires to emulate in this respect ila more pro gresslve neighbor. The Chinese have within a few years been obtaining by degree;, a number of steam ves? sels, until now thny posBess about twenty steamships, all more or less adapted to tbe i purposes ot war. The majority of ihe.ie have btwu built In Chine., aud ure manned and officered by Chinese who .profess to under? stand navigation and marine engineering. Tnis fleet was origi nally designed, lt ls sup? posed, to chase the pirates with which tbe ? Chinese waters abound, and the first steam? ships were, therefore, of small capacity, vary Iflrm.iW'uA?!? ftPw^^eTj'tgu qfrfflTOt - mont, evidently, bau enlarged Its vio wc, and, as our readers wera a cm;rr, lime Bioce In? for med. a frigate A three thousand tons, built by native Chinese workmen, has been successfully launched. This ls lo be armed with Krupp's powerful Im? proved guns. Other frigates of a simi? lar character are eaid to be In progress. Nor are the Chinese content wiih wooden vessela only. An fxperleaced naval architect, skilled in the construction of lroo-ciada, baa been sent fur from ilurope, and la on bia way to Cn na, to design and superintend the con? struction of Hie modern war iron-cl>d. The Chinese have ulso baen giving attention to ihe manning of their navy. All the seamen and marines are picked men, the most of whom have been under foreign drill Instructors, and are all armed with foreign rlflee of new pal teros. Th'! gnus also are made and mounted after the modern lathlon, and the drill ls rep souled us teing somewhat severe. The high? er class of officials also, who spared no pains to obialn informatica on ihe chief incidents ut' the Franco-GermaE: war, have been exper. mcntlug on me use ol torpedoes. The "water-thunders," as they are called lo? ttie Chinese vernacular, ar? viewed with great favor, and 'he government ls possessed of esti? mates, drawings, and models of all the recent, inventions In thia department of wartare. The Au?lo-ChinesH presa all admit that, a war with China now would be a very different affair tuan that wllh the clumpy war-junks ol a fnw years ago. The last China Mall stated thal should tue dUpule between Corea and Japan end in hostilities China la determined to aid the former. Possibly these warlike naval preparations have nome connection with this contingency, as it lias been reported that the Government ot' Itu- Son of Heaveu ls by no means satisfied with Japan in the negotiation for the recently projected treaty. There la aleo abundant proof that. China ia viewing with Jealousy Japiui's growing Inteicourse with western powers; and ll thu former la not ready to cast off oki prejudices and pilton modern clvillzailon, Ilk? ita nebhuor, lt la determined not lo lie lacking lu ita appliances ot making war should a break occur between the two nal lona. THE COURSSZ OF THE CANVASS. D. D. McColl, E.-q . of Marlboro', received the nomination of tine Repuolicun Convention held ut Florence on Tuesday last for solicitor ol the Fourth Circuit. A Republican meeting was held in Bennetts villo laut Saturday. Rainey, F. J. MoseB, Jr., and others spoke. During the progress ol the meeting the following resolutions were intro? duced und adoptee without a dissenting Vuice: Resolved, That we fully endorse the nomina? tions made by the Regular Republican party at the State Couvuntlon lately held In Coluro ola, headed bv the Hon. F. J. Moses, Jr. Resolved, That vre recognize paid ticket as the only ono representing the true Republican principles; that wo will give It our heany and honest support, and will lend our efforts to a complete and final victory. The Camden Jui rnal, la closing its report ol the Bolters' meeting, Baye: "lu this place, we are sat ??tied lb at the true Republicana are largely In the m ijorlty. The agents of the oiher aide are active, and, we presume, lrom appearances, full banded, but the true blues will hold their owo." The News saya that the Regular mass meet? ing at WlDU8boro' waB "slimly attended." H?ge was the onlv speaker of prominence. The Chester R?-porier says: "There la fun ahead this week for outriders. Yocum Iia8 called a mass meeting lor Friday, to ratify the nominations mads last Saturday, and Judge Mackey has called a meeting on Saturday, io make new nominations. Come one, come all, and enjoy ibe spo rt." TONE OF THE STATE PRESS. (From the Chester Reporter.! We have m"de no effort to give even a faint idea ot the shame.ess Indecencies that charac? terized the day's proceedings at the Radical meeting. Language would be inadequate to convey to the naiads ol those who were not present any conception of the scene. The like of it hus rever been witnessed In this county, and lor ibe Bake of humanity we trust the like may never be seen again. [From the Marlboro'.Tlmes.] As a matter of course, Mr. Tomllusoa con? siders ihe charge:) against himself as compara? tively trivial wheo viewed in connection with those that have been made against Mr. Moses, his opponent for gubernatorial honors. Mr. Tomlinaon evidently considers himself amii' h belter man than Idr. Moses. Perhaps he ie and perhaps he ls not. It he ls, it will require something more, than a general denial ot charges against him, to make other people see him as he sets himself, THE NEXT GOVERNOR. Whilst lt is conceded that Messrs. Orr, Cor? bin and their associates in the convention have exerted themselves faithfully In the cause of reform, ll has become evident that Mr. Tomlingon ls not sufficiently well known to excite such a strong interest In his favor as to draw out the Conservative vote. Aa mat? tera stand at present, the vote of the colored people will be left to run over the trackiwlth oiit opposition, and Mr. Moses will be faSfcened upon the State, like a blight, for the next two years. There is one chance more. If the conven? tions have Med of their objects, then let the .'people" take the matter in hand and call out one ot their most prominent citizens and elect him. Of course, lt ls understood that all nominees must be of the Republican party L-el it be so. lhere are good and true men of that party who will do their duty, if called on, no matter how Informally. The Hon J. M. Rutland ls the man for the place, and the peo? ple, Beelng the necessity, can and win elect him. If they look with ihe same horror upon the Resular ticket as ihe occasion demands. All that portion of the Republican narry which really wanta reform will vote for'hlm, In preference to either of the present nomi? nees, whilst the Conservative vote all over the State will rally to the polls In one solid pha? lanx In his support. Judge Bulland knows nothing ot this movement, nor ls lt necessary that he should, for he will always be found where true patriotism calls him-In the ser? vice of bis country. MARLBOROUGH. AN IMPORTANT CASE [From the Macon Telegraph. Tbe Southwestern Railroad Company and the Western Union Telegraph Company vs. the Southern and Atlantic Telegraph Compa? ny. This ls a bill flied In the Superior Court of this county by the complainant?, to enjoin the defendants from constructing and opera? ting a telegraph line over the right of way of I the Southwestern Railroad Company from Macon to Columbus. The complainants claim that the Western Union Telegraph Company have the exclusive right to construct and operate telegraph Hoes over this right ot way. The same claim Is made by tbe Western Union Telegruph Company as to the right of way ol many other railroads In the State, under ex? clusive contracts with these roads. This ls, therefore, a test case, and one of great magnl-1 tnde and Importance, Involving many difficult questions ot law. It was elaborately argued yesterday morning before Judge Cole by Judge Lynn, representing complainants, and by A. 0. Bacon,"Esq., representing defendants. Judge Cole has reserved his decision until Saturday morning. SPARKS PROM THE f FIRE8. -Rowland H. Allen, of Boston, ls dead. -J. D. McKenzie & Co., New York tea dealers, have failed. Governor Lindsay, of Alabama, Is in Wash? ington. -Henri Bochefort ls dangerously ill at New Caledonia, where he Is Imprisoned. -The numerous excavations In the upper part of New York have resulted In tbe preva? lence of fevers, and many persons are dying In that section of the city. COMPARATIVE COTTON STATEMENT. NEW YORK, September 13. The following ls tbe comparative colton statement for the week ending to-day: 1872. 1871. Receipts at all ports for the week.. 29.621 ?s.iso Rocelpts for trie year. 44,706 22.806 Exports for the week. 4,629 18,347 Rxpi TIS for the year. 6 681 29.6*2 Stock at ali ? t. p rta.72 SSS 8S,44S stocK at lnteilor towns. 7.882 I0,u91 SiOCk at Llveipool.816.00? 498.ouo American about for Qc. Britain... 6,000 st,ooo GOOD WIN-BROWN. -AC Jlidgevllle. S. C., ou Wednesday evening, September ll, 1872, by the Rev. A. K. Danner, GEO T. Gooow N to AGNES daughter of tue late W. H. and Matilda Brown. * uauiotiOi gO?TlrT^ROLIN? RAILROAD. (JHAKLEtnw, ?. v., May 19, 1872. On aud after SUNDAY, May 19, the Passen? ger Trains on the South Carolina Railroad win roo ?a follows: FOB AUGUSTA. Leave Charleston.-. 8.10 A M Arrive at Auguata.?... 4.36 P M roa COLUMBIA. Leave Charleston.8.10 A M Arrive at Colombia.4.06 P ? FOB CHABLB8TON. Leave AnguPta.7.40 A M Arrive at charleston.8.20 P a Leave Colombia.7.40 A M Arrive at Charleston.8.30 P kt AUGUSTA NIGHT BXPRB8S. {Sundays excepted.) Leave Charleston.7.20 r M Arrive at Anguata.6.00 A M Leave Augusta.?.7.40 p u Arrive at Charleston.6.46 A II COLUMBIA NIGHT BXPHKSS. (Sundays excepted.) Leave Charleston. 8.20 P M Arrlvo at Columbia.8.40 A u Ltave Columbia.6.60 p M Arrive at Charleston.6,66 A M SUintBBVILLB TRAIS. Leave summerville at.7.36 A SI Arrive at charleston at.8.46 A II Leave charleston at.3.30 p n Arrive at sum tu ervine at.4.46 r n CAMDEN BRANCH. Leave Camden..fl-l* A M Arrive at Colombia.10.40 A M Leave columbia. 1.46 P M arrive at Camden.0.26 r " Day and Night Trains connect at Augusta with Macon and Angosta Railroad, Centrai Kallroad and Georgia Railroad. This ls the quickest and most direct route and os comfortable and cheap as any oiberroute to Louisville, Cincinnati, Chicago, st. Louis and all other points West aud Northwest. Columbia Night Train connects with Ureeuviilt and columbia Kallroad; and Day and Night Trams connect with Charlotte Road. Through tickets on sale via this rente to all points North. , " , Camden Tram connects at Ringville dally (ex cept sundays) with Day Passenger Tram, and runs through to Columbia. A. 1?. TYLER, vice-President. 8. B. PICKKN8. G. T. A._IaDla NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD COM? PANY._ OHABLB8TON, S. 0., Jone 8, 1872. Trains will leave charleston Daily at 10.16 A. M and 8.00 P. M. . M J Arrive at charleston 6.00 A. M. (Mondays ex? cepted) and 8 P. M. " , Tram does not leave Charleston 8.00 P. M., SUN? DAYS Tram leaving 10.I6 A. M. makes through connec? tion to New Tork, via Rlcnmond and Acqula Green only, going through in 44 hours. Passengers leaving by 8.00 P. M. Train have choice or route, via Richmond and Washington, or via Portsmouth and Baltimore. Those leaving FRIDAY by this Train lay over on SUNDAY la Bal tlmore. Those leaving on SATUBDAY remain SUN? DAY in Wilmington, N. C. This ls the cheapest, quickest and roost pleas? ant route to cincinnati, Chicago and other points West and No tbwest, both Trains making con? nections at Washington with Western Trains of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. S. S, SOLOMONS, Engineer and Superintendent. P. L. OLEAPOR. Qen. Ticket Agent, may il AV AN NAH AND CHARLESTON RAILROAD. S CHARLESTON, Jone 13, 1873. On and after MONDAY, Jone nth, the Pas? senger Trama on this Road will mn as follows: EXPRESS TRAIN. Leave Charleston dally.8.80 P. M. Arrive at savannah dally.8.46 P. M. Leave Savannah dally.11.80 P. M. Arrive at Charleston dally. 7 A. M. DAY TRAIN. Leave Charleston, Sundays excepted.. 7.40 A. M Arrive at Savannah, Sundays excepted. 3.30 r. Leave SavanHah, Snnduys excepted... u A. M. Arrive at Charleston, Sundays exe'ted.6.60 UM. forS?SSo?that Road g^ggffSa ?S?ffflwBoS? Prompt dispatch given to SSStti for Beaufort and pointe on Port Roya s. o. BOYLBTQ?J, Gen'l Ft. ?nd Ticket Agent, joni* Spatial ffrtiwe. TBEASURY DEPARTMENT, OF? FICE OP COMPTROLLER OF-TEE OUR REt-Or", WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 10, 1872 -Whereas, by satisfactory evidence presented to tbo under - signed, lt aaa been made to ap .-ear that tba Bank of Oliarlesssgtf-Natirnai Banking* Association, in tbe City of Charleston, la tbe C junty of Charles lon and state of Sooth Carolina, baa been daly organized nnder and according to the require menu of he A t of Congress, eu titled "An Act to provide a National Cnrreecy, secured by apiedge of Uuited states B .nda, and to provide fur the circulation and redemption thereof," approved Jnne 3,1864, and baa compiled with all the pro vi. alona of raid Act, required to be complied wita before commencing the business of Banking on? der said Act. ' ; .-. - . . Now, therefore, I, JOHN a LANGWORTHY, Acting Comptroller of the Cor ency, do hereby cen try taat tbe Bank or charleston National Bat.fr lng Association, in the City of Charleston, In the County of Charleston and State of Sou'h Carolina, ls authorize to commence the boa In eas of Bank? log under the Act aforesaid. In testimony whereof, witness my band and I seal or office, i hla loth day of September, isis. J. S. LANGWORTHY. Acting Comptroller of Currency.,. INO.?M4.I _? ? sepl3-2moa I 8BAL. J THE PEOPLE HAVE BEIN 80 much Imposed apon by several worthless -Sarsa? parillas, that we are glad to be abie to recom. mend a preparation that can be depended oa as oontaiulng the virtues of that Invaluable medi? cine, and ls worthy of tbe pub ic confl lenee. Dr. ATER'S SARSAPARILLA cares when anything can care the diseases that require an alterative medi?me. s'pM-atathi ?a~ HALL'S VEGETABLE cIOILIAN HAIR RENEWER cures gray hair by causing lt to rei urn to ita youthful color and vigor. sepl4-stuth3 pa- DB. TOT TTS HAIB DYE IS W??? RANTED h armless ; le ives no rldlooloas tinta; imparts a natu ral glossy color to Whiskers, Hair and Moustache. aepla-c J?9*0N MARRIAGE.-** Happy relier for Young Men from the effects ol Errors and Abases in early life. MPnT?"*fl ita? stored. Nervous debility cured. Impedimenta to Marriage removed. New method of treat? ment. New and remarkable remedies. Book* and Circulars sent free, in sealed envelopes. Ad dress HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No. a South Ninth Btreet. Philadelphia. Pa. -: octit - ??k? BATOHELOB'S HAIB DYE.--THffl, superb Hair Dye ls the best In the world, Per? fectly harmless, reliable and mstantaneous. No disappointment. No ridiculous tinta, or unpleas? ant odor. The genuine W. A. Batchelors Hair Dye produces immediately a splendid black or natural brown. Does not stain the akin, bot leaves the hair olean, sort and beautiful Tte only rafe and perfect Dye. Sold by all druggist*. ' Factory ie Bond street, New York. mcha-tnthavyr - ?. j Oat* CLE AB AND HARMLESS AS WA? TER-NATT ANS'S CRYSTAL DISCOVERY FOB' THE HAIR_A perfectly clear preparation in one bottle, as easily applied as water, for restoring to. gray hair ita nataral color and yoouunl appear- - ance, to etadlflaie nnA .' "' * ._._ moie the wow* of the hair and atop ig jailing from any poisonous substance, and wm therefore take the place of all the dirty and unpleasant' preparations now in ase. Numerous testimon?ala ' have been sent us from many of oar moat promi? nent citizens, Borne er which aro subjoined. In every th in g tn which the artic! ea now in use are objectionable, CRYSTAL DISCOVERY ia perfect. It is warranted to contain neither Sugar of Lead, Sulphur or Nitrate of Silver, lt does not soil the-, clotbea or scalp, ls agreeably perfumed, and. makeaoneofthebeat dressings for the Hair in nae. lt restores the color or the Hair "more per? fect and uniformly than any other preparation," and always does so In from three to ten days, virtually reeding the roots of the Hair with all the no uris hing quail ties necessary to ita g'owth and healthy condition; lt restores, the decayed . and induces a new growth or the Hair mere post-1 lively than anything else. The p.p mi cation of thia won lerful discovery also produces a pleasant and cooling effect on the scalp and gives tne Hair. a pleasing and elegant appearance. Price tl a bottle. ARTHUR NATT ANS, Inventor and Proprietor, Washington, D. a For sale by the Agent, DB. H. BABB, No. isl Meeting street, Charleston, 8.0. novis-smthiv Drngg ano iSUdinius. REACHING THE NORTH POLE.-IT ls oidlmed that the North Pole will certain? ly oe i< ached by one or the exp?ditions now m search ot it. Suppose lt should be, ani the amer? ican flag should be hoisted lhere, to revolve with ihe axi- ot earth once In twenty-foar honra (JJ what men f Would the discovery be one-tenth aa vatuaole to the world In general as Tarrant's Effervescent Helixor Aperient ls to the sick and Buffering f Is not an agreeable preparation, that will enre ind gestion, constipa? tion nervousness bilious complaints, and ail man? ner of internal disturbance* ailaiuK from debility, of more importance to manklnu than the location of the Pole ! Rather I The true article h procur able at all good drug stores._ seplMi TBOSSES, or every Size aod Style. Abdominal Supportera^^^^^ AC , Ac, AC For Bale by BR. H. BAER, Wholesale and Betall Droggurt, No. 13I Meeting street. PJXCELSIOR HAIB TONIC. Thia preparation Va jost what many persona need. They wl?h no oje, bat only a Hair Wann, or Hair DreBStag-something that will keep, tne hair clean, and at tbe same time be a p ea ?ant hair dressing-not. too greasy. The "Excelsior" meets all thesB Indications, and Bhould be given a trial. Fifty cents a bottle; five bowles lor two dollars, A liberal discount to t he tracie. For Bale by the Manufacturer. _QR. H. BABB, No. 131 Meeting Btreet. ?P0NGE8. . 5 Bath Sponges . . Toilet Sponges Surgeons' Sponges Carriage sponges ^'feponge. Forsaleby g0> gf^aggeW, TTOMOOPATHIO REMEDIES. ** JUST BEOEipiT^B?SH^tJPPLY. A full line or au the ^z^p^nt^ped?^; ta this Scnool-ln tinctures, ^"Jg* fMaUV^I?f? ali dilutions aT P^^Mcl cine Cases, with Small'- n**"*^ H BAEo Forsaleby y0.i3l Meetlsgstreet. T^m^H^BAER offers at the lowrat market raw's tne following articles, or which he always teens a good stock on band: carbonate or ammonla-ln Ja? and in bulk Cream ol Tartar-j nra Superoartomve of Soda Dalara tua Fresh Hops-preB8ed and loose Ginger, Race and Ground * oil of Lemon Extract of Vanilla, made or the best freon bean For sale Wholesale and Reu t at DR. BAE&'s Drug Store, t No. 131 Meeting wort.