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VOLUME IX.-_NUMBER 2070 CHARLESTON, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2, 18^2._EIGHT DOLL4HS A YEAR. THE POLITICAL FIELD. THE FIGHT IN THE FOURTH CON? GRESSIONAL DISTRICT. tetter or Acceptance from ex-Governor Ferry. Ex-Governor Perry bas signified his accept? ance of the Democratic nomination for Con? gress from the Fourth District of this State In the following letter: GREENVILLE, S. C., September ll, 1872. J. H. Aon, 2). S. Duncan and S. P. Hamil? ton, Esqs., Committee, dtc: GKNTLEMKN-I bad the honor of receiving your communication of the 9th instant last evening, informing me that "ihe Democratic Convention for the Fourth Congress ona! Dis? trict had unanimously nominated me as the candidate of the Democrat ic party for election to the House of Representatives of the United States Congress from Bald district," and that yon "beg to urge upon me the acceptance of the nomination." This unsolicited and unexpected expression -of confidence on the part of the Democratic Convention of this Congressional District has made a deep impression on my feelings, and I can assure the members of that convention, representing the Counties of York, Chester, Fairfield, Union, Laurens, Sparlanburv. Greenville, Pickecs and Oconee, that I highly appreciate the distinguished honor they have conferred on me. At Ibis time, and under ex-1 isling circumstances, lc is one ol peculiar and exlraordlnaey distinction. The intelligence, education and wealth ot the State of South Carolina, comprising forty thousand or fifty thousand voters, possessing, in a great maa f ure, ali the commerce, agriculture and manu? factures of the entire State, are unrepresented In the Congress of the United States, and only ?artlally represented In our State Legislature, bis anomalous condition, in a government purporting to be republican, has exlBted In South Carolina for the last seven years, and brought the State to the lowesi depths of po? litical infamy, and to the verge ol bankruptcy and min, the loss of civil liberty and personal aecurlty. This Congressional District ls the only one In the whole State lu which there Is a chance of electing a re presen rai ive of the white people. If elected, therefore, I shall have the proud distinction of belne the sole representative of the vir me, Intelligence and wealth of South Carolina In tue National Con? gress. There must be a change. - This condition of affairs cannot last much longer without the most terrible results. It, therefore, behooves ?very one wbo loves his country and values its peace and prosperity to exert himself and make any and every sacrifice necessary to re? store republican principles and the tnrlty ot our government, both State and Federal. Profoundly impressed with these sentiments, I did not feel myself at liberty to refuse, a lew days since, tbe nomination of the Demo? cratic party ot Greenville County as a candi? date for the State Senatt; although lt was made against my earnest protestations, on account of my health, age aud|dlrlncllnallon to enter again public life. But my friends urged that I could bo of service In redeeming the State from Its degradation and ruin. I accept? ed their nomination. This embarrasses me now In determining my duty. But us Green? ville was represented-In the Congressional Convention, and consented to my nomina? tion, I feel that lt is the wish of the county I should accept the higher and more responsi? ble position now assigned me. In accepting the nomination now tendered me, lfia proper that I should state all my feel? ings cod principles are in sympathy with that great national party, whose purpose 1B recon? ciliation between the two sections of our country, and two races which live In the Southern States: and whose aim ls, tinder the leadership ot Horace Greeley, to purge the government of l's corruption?, restore repub? lican principies, and promote the peace and prosperity of all classes and sections. The Radical party. North and South, 8*0 add know that their success as a party depends on keep? ing np the hatred of the North to the South, and the hatred ci the colored race to the white race. When these hatreds and pr?ju? dices are crushed out, the Radical party will lose their ascendancy In the government. The colored people will no longer be the political slaves of selfish and designing office seekers and holders, who are basely and most treacher? ously UBlng them for their own promotion and plunder. The Interests and rights of the colored people have been sacrificed and be? trayed by their pretended friends and guar? dians, the carpet-baggers and scalawairs! The moneys appropriated for the education ot their children have been stolen and squan? dered 1 The free schools are closed ! The hundreds ot thousands ot dollars appropriated to purchase for tbem homes have gone the same way, to enrich scoundrels and leave them homeless and houseless ! Their taxes have been Increased, until ihe burden is op? pressive and Intolerable ! It ls a well-known tact In political economy that ihe laboring classes have ultimately most of the taxes to pay, although in the first Instance levied on property. Tbe merchant adds the dulles he pays to the price oi his goods, and the cc ' sumer restores the tax. So the tax on lands and personal propertv causes the owner to charge higher rents and pay less for labor. Th&iwo bestand sincerest friends ihe color? ed people ever bad are Horace Greeley and Charles Sumner. TheBe gentlemen have urged the colored people not to antagonize them? selves, as a race, to the white people; but vote independently and for honest and Intelligent men. Their political rights arc secured by constitutional amendments, and they have no? thing to lear except ihe bad men they put In office, and who falsely tell tbem that lhere is danger in voting lor or confiding In their for? mer masters and friends. How any one, who loves his State and values civil liberty, can prefer General Grant to Hor? ace Greeley, la strange, passing Btrange. In time of prolound peace General Grant Issued his proclamation, ordering the people to dis? perse and return to their homes lu certain counties. They were at home at that very time, and no disturbance had taken place lor months previous. Tbe civil'authorities were not resisted, and were canable ot making any and ali arrests required.' But notwithstand? ing all this, tbe President, immediately after his proclamation, sene his military into seven or eight counties, and made arrests without warrant, and the persons arrested. Innocent and guilty, were hurried off to jail, and the sacred writ of habeas corpus denied them. In your communication, notifying mo of my nomination, you express an earnest wish lor me "at once to enter into a thorough and rigorous canvass to secure my election, which, by the cocveution, ls deemed a matter ot vital Interest, not only to the Congressional District, but to the whole State." In obedience to this Injunction, I will, as soon as the court Is over at this place, visit all the counties In tbe Congressional District, and extend my ac? quaintance with the people who have beeu BO klnd4and confiding, tu ihe meantime, I should like to hear from my trlends as to ap? pointments they may sen proper to make. With great respect and esteem, I ara truly and sincerely yours, 4c. B. F. PERRT. A PLEA FOR A STATE CONTENTION. "What Sball wo do to be Saved 1" [From the Columbia Carolinian.] As a general rule, the press ot the State may be regarded as representative ot the sen? timents of the people. Judged by this stand? ard, lt is very plain that the Conservative voters of the State regard neither of the State tickets now before the public as entitled to their confidence and support. We share in this sentiment. Such being the case, we can? not assent lo the proposition that has been thrown out by one' ot our exchanges that lt becomes the Conservative voters of the State to support one or the other of the State tickets. Just as by so doing it may be practica? ble to make a good bargain in tbe matter ol county officers and members of the Legisla? ture. This scheme may seem plausible, and may be one that looks well on paper. But when the attempt is made practically to carry outthese diplomatic arrangements in the poli? tical world, experience teaches that it Is sel? dom round that they do not produce disap? pointment and end in failure. In our judgment there are iLree courses Jail open to the whites ol'the state - 1. They may decide to vote lor neither ticket. 2. They may decide to vote lor the least ob? jectionable. 3. They may decide to put in the field a ticket o? their own. . The lime has not come for a decision io be made on the subject. The whites of the 8tate have not been consulted by either of the Radi? cal factions. They are under obligations to neither. It is their right and their privilege, in their own time and In their own way, to decide how the best Interests of South Caroli? na are to be promoted in this critical period ol her history. And it occurs to us that the fifty or sixty thousand Conservative votes in the State should be cast solidly In the direction that may be decided upon. Hence it ls that lt oc? curs to us, in view or the present state of par? ties in South Carolina, that lt would be ihe best, policy for the Conservatives of the State, including the Liberal Republicans, to meet In convention for the purpose of deciding upon that course cf action which best befits our In? terests and the cause of genuine reform. Meeting titus in convention, and recognizing the Conservative strength ot the Stale, we would be in a position to make our influence felt, and to become more or less masters of the situation-ready to throw a solid column in the direction Indicated by a sagacious policy. As to the lime when this convention should assemble, lt occurs to us ibat the Ides ol Octo? ber would be the proper time. Meeting about two weeks belore the State elections, the Con? servative Convention of South Carolina would have ample time to agree openly and above? board upon the Hue ol aclion proper to be pursued. We throw out these suggestions for what they may be worth. At present it seems to us that the Conservative people ot South Carolina occupy a humiliating position-proposing, as they do, lo pick up the crnmbB that may tall from the Radical tables of t he State. We suggest a policy more in keeping with the manly ins tl nels of a spirited people, and we earnestly submit lt to lue popular judg? ment. THE FEDERAL CANVASS. H. G. Takes the Stamp. NEW YORE, September 16. On Wednesday morning Horace Greeley starts on a Western tour, embracing Pittsburg, Columbus,Cinc.nnatl, Indianapolis, Louisville, Nashville, Chicago, Toledo, Cleveland, Detroit, .tc, and the coal mine regions of Pennsylva? nia. He will b? absent about two weeks, and | will make several speeches on tho roule. Sumner Declines to Ran. I LONDON, September IC. Senator Sumner has arrived, and declares positively that he declines the gubernatorial j nomination In Massachusetts. Political Notes. Grant declines visiting the Western Exposi? tion on account ot the pressure of business. Henderson accepts the Republican nomina? tion for Governor of Mlasourl. The New York Mayoralty. NEW YORE, September 16. Comptroller Green refuses to be a candidate for mayor.under any circumstances. It ls the [general opinion that ex-Mayor Havcmeyer will be run by the Republicans, while ex Register John McCoole, Smith Ely and John Kelly are talked of lor the Democratic nomi? nation. _ _ FASHIONS FOR FALL. The Novelties in Dress Trimmings Change? in Bonnets, Sic. [From Harpe 's Bazar.] The new garment of which most ls Been and heard (among the ladies) Is the Dolman. There are varieties of this wrap, but Its pecu? liar feature ls its great wing-like sleeve, ora aide piece over the arm hanging In a point ? below the rest of the garment. The bask may be either a nearly fitted postillion with pleats, 1 or else a looser sacque with a single seam up the middle, slaehed over the tournure; but the . long sleeve over a coat sleeve, or else the drooping side piece beginning high on the shoulder, is invariable. lu effect the Dolman . somewhat resembles the baahllk of three ; years ago. It bangs close to the figure In a , gracelui way, though not belted down as the baahllk waa; il ls easily put on and off, as the I arm opening is much larger than au ordinary armhole. louer sleeves of coat shape are added tor warmth. Ladies who have velvet < or cashmere sacques left from last year can 1 add to them a deep pointed fall, beginning at < the shoulder point, extending far behind, and ] disappearing under the arm in front; this will give ihe effect ot a new garment. i They are mostly made of velvet and cash- . mere, trimmed with lur. Jet ornaments and < fringe. Loog Continental vests, extending < far below i he waist, are being made with silk ? and woollen suits. They form the (rent of ? polonaises, and are usually ot a darker shade i than the d ress proper. An olive brown cash- < mere suit, with a darker brown gros grain i vest, revers, cuffs, and facings of flounces, is a i very stylish suit. Black silk suits have black ( velvet vesle. The newest fancy has the dress i corsage meetlDg at the throat, concealing the ? vest there, ano gradually widening to the end i ol the lons vest. A lace spiral Is added In the back and front of vest polonaises. 1 ? Instead of bel?g edged with ruffles of silk or ( o? lace, many basques are now merely corded i on the edges, or else finished with a piping ( fold In the way seen on riding habits. Thia ( simple fashion ls stylish and inexpensive. ] Sleeveless basques of cashmere or of velvet i will again be worn over silk bodies of the | same color, with coat sleeves of silk. Sleeve- t less polonaises have also grown luto popu- \ larity. A favorite costume for fall has the \ skirt and coat sleeves of black silk, while the t sleeveless polonaise is of gray cashmere or of heavy gray pongee. A plum-colored suit IR t made lu the same manner of cashmere and i faille. i Black silk costumes for the street show kilt- i pleated or flounced back breadths and tablier i fronts. Very full bias ruffles, with box-pleat- t ed and gilt-pleated flounces, are the hand- j made trimmings, with embroidery,. Jet, passe- \ meuterte, luce, and most elaborate irlnges. < The beauty of tall bonneta consists In their \ rich fabrics, exquisitely combined colors, their < tinted feathers, uroozed leaves and fine laces, i Of their heterogeneous shapes there ls little. ( tobe said; they are simply caricatures, and \ leading milliners say they must be greatly < modified to make them popular. I The most conspicuous change ls In the way i the bonnet is to be worn. The head covering, t whether bonnet or hat, la to be placed lar back on the chignon, leaving the forehead and ? frizzed front hair quite uncovered-a fashion 1 that milliners say ls generally unbecoming. High revers coronets are on utmost all bou nets, and capes are scarcely seen at all. Long , ends, and loops of ribbon and lace, three or four ot each, hang from the back ol the bon? net low down on the shoulders. A folded band encircles the crown, and the left side is the base lrom which spring trimmings that pass directly across the crown. These trim? mings are usually two long wide loops laid upward on ihe crown, 6harp-|<oioied wiog, (blue-green wings are most used) and two ostrich tips that curl over the top to the rieht side, and give additional height to the crown. A Jet ornament ls on the right side, and some? times a Jet bandeau ls lu front. Bonnets and round hats are trimmed similarly; their only difference exists In the strings; and these are olten omitted from the new sailor hat. TBE MOUNTAIN MEADOW MASSACRE. SALT LAEE CITY, September lc. The Herald, a Mormon journal, says of | Bishop Smith's affidavit ou the Mountain Meadow massacre that be ls either a murderer on his own c on tess ion or a perjurer, and calls for his arrest and trial on a requisition lrom the Governor ol' Utah. It also protests against charging the massacre on the Mormons, as a people. -The Conservatives of Chesterfield are or? ganizing, and have called a County Conven? tion to put a ticket lu the field for the Legis? lature and County officers. -The Columbia Carolinian ls authorized by General Butler, the Chairman ot the State Democratic Executive Committee, to state that W. Munro, Esq., is the County Chairman for Union, and not B. W. Shand, Esq., aa er? roneously given. GAMBLING AT BADEN. MESES AND INCIDENTS IN TUE FAMOUS CON VERSA TI ON MA US. A Graphic Sketch by an American Bil I < or. Mr. Fulton, the editor ol the Baltimore American, ls travelling lu Europe for his health. He gives us the following very gra? phic description of the gambling life led at Baden: The Convert ationhaua or gambling-house of Baden le undoubtedly the great attraction of ? this place. Without lr, and the law tor its abolishment will go into force at the close ol the present season, Baden-viii no longer at- j tract visitors from all parts of the world. There-is nothing In its waters to attract, and notblnsr in its mountain scenery that ls not J far excelled at Interlaken and other places In Switzerland. But it Is not alone the gambling that attracts, but the adjuncts of the esta? blishment. IIB extensive reading-room, kept with all the papers of Europe, Its floe music, and spa? cious and elegantly l- irniehed halls for conver? sation and social intercourse, Its shady walks, its theatre, concert hail and ball room, all of which are part and parcel of this ereat gam? bling establishment, out of the profits of which these attractions aro furnished, and are (ree to the visitors of Baden. This banking-house is the property ol one mau, and all the ele? gantly attired operators at the tables are his employed clerks. For the exclusive privilege of keeping a gambling-house in Badeu he con? tracted to furnish all these adjuncts to bis establishment, and he has faithfully adhered j to his contraer. The baud performs Ihre? times a day, lrom seven to eight o'clock lu tho morning, lrom three to lour tn the afternoon, and a regular concert nt night, commencing at eitiht o'clock, and closing at half-past ten. The performers are ull solo artists, und mar.y of them are of high salary. Thc players and cashleis at the tables number over tlfiy, lhere being two sets tor each table, and the liveried atteudanis are at least fifty more. It is their duty to lurtilsh seats und cards for the play? ers, take charge of their coats, shawls and parasols, aud lo preserve order and decorum in and around the building and grounds. Over | the Corinthian columns in Iront of the malu entrance is the word "Conversation" carved In stone, but lt should be "ihe hall of silence." J With more than a hundred persons sitting and standing around each of the four tables in the four largest rooms, everything ls so profoundly quiet that were lt uot fer the lowly uttered au-1 nouncement of the game a person blindfolded j might suppose the rooms to be empty. Gen? tlemen are oot allowed to wear their hats, no smoking ls permitted on the balcony of the building, and order and quiet reigns supreme. All conversation is conducted In the lowest whisper, and the players never exchange worda with each other. The playing com? mences at two o'clock In the afternoon, and closes promptly at eleven o'clock at night, the game going on without the slightest Interrup? tion for nine hours. GAMBLING SCENES. I spent several hours yesterday in the vici? nity of the gambling tables, and watched the game and the playera very closely. My con? clusions were that ihe profits of each of these four tables were not less than five thousand dollars for the day, or twenty thousand dollars for the whole. The constant change thal 1B going on among the players indicate that the losseB of each are comparatively iL'ht, and that the number of players at each table during the duy ls probably several hundred. Every moment some one draws off aud leaves, with bis money all goue, endeavoring to con? ceal the chagrin which ls too apparent io one who closely watches their countenanced. Bis place Is Immediately taken by another, who in hts turn ls cleaned out and departs. Some of the players bring large ?amoun's al gold with them aud play heavy, betting lrom Ul'iy to a hundred dollars on each deal of tbe cards or turn ol the wheel. These- I closely watched, and saw the last gold coln depart. Some, os their stock became low, would send lor more, but most of them with drew, asmiming a careless and nonchalant air. As I passed around among the tables lt frequently happened that scarcely one who waa claying a half hour previous remained, hut their pinces were filled by new aspirants for fortune's favors. At some of the tables mothers and their laughters were playing side by Bide, at. others husband aud wife aud lover and betrothed. It was curious to watch their rising and falling forluoes. In numerous instauces I witnessed wives endeavoring to draw tbelr husbands i way from the tables, but the etiquette of the rambling saloon required thal it should be lone by signs rather lhan by words. In one ?ase the wife stood by with trembling Ups and jaw her infatuated husband lose a handful of gold coln, until the last one had slipped .brough hts angers. He then rose and tuey , ?valked quietly away arm In arm. In about | len minutes they returned, and the .husband look his seat at -the table with about thirty ;old co II In his hand. He played wildly, lay ng dowe trom three to five coin at each bei, ind when ii? would win he would leave the whole amount on the number. Finally they-were all gone but three, and joili now seemed In distress. The wile leaned )ver his shoulder, whispered something tn ber ?usband'd ear, when he handed her the three ?oin and lett, she taking his seat, she played ?autlously and gradually won, having, when I ast saw her, about forty Napoleons In her laud. The sign ot sorrow on her countenance md departed, and she was looking around for be return of her husband. Whether she withdrew before her luck changed I do not enow, but an hour after, when I returned to be table, neither husband or wife was there. The young man whom I left at the table on be previous night with his pockets full of rold thut he had won was not to be seen about he saloons to-day. Whether ne continued to ilay and lost, or whether he retiren with his binnings I do not know, but as lt was near .tie closing hour the lat ter was most likely. The woman who retrieved her fortune by fol owlug and Imitating his bets was, however, jarly on hand yesterday morning, and was 7ery fliuh. 1 passed the table several times luring the afternoon and she was stilt playing, am on reluming alter tea she was sluing ou >ne of the solas, her countenance too plainly indicating the result of her day's venture. Several limes she held up her fail before her lace lo conceal the act of wiping away ber | tears, and this was but one ot several in? stances that passed under my observation. Several old men, bent and decrepld with age, maintained their seats nearly all day. They never bet more than one dollar, and their losses were conaequently light, but I BOW them frequently hand In notes to be changed. Independent of those who would Bit down regularly to play, there was a con? tant throng ol men and women standing two or three deep, who would occasionally ven? ture a dollar, and losing two or three would depart wiser ii not wealthier. Io all games o? chauce tlio?e who are look? ing on eau geuerally see more of the game than the players. Those who were playiog and losing doubtless thought that others around them were winning, but I (eel confi? dent that nul a man or a woman ol Hie thou? sand venturing on these tables yesterday who did not leave with less money than ihey brought with them. Men who win money at gambling never stop playing; iho.se who lose all musl slop. Several times I picked out a player who had a large sum of money piled up before him and watched his varying for? tunes nod his pile. lu variably the pile decreas? ed and Invariably the player reilred. The women seemed tobe the most persistent, and several times I observed them return with more money lo endeavor to recover their losses. Still all was quiet as death in the hall and around the tables, not a word being uttered except the announcement of ihe game._ BRUTAL TREATMENT OF LUNATICS. Whipping and Beating at the Ward's Island Asylum. NEW YORK, September 16. The examination of the remains of John K. Oneil, the Swede who was supposed lo have died from the a lacks ot his nurse at the insane asyluta ou Ward's Island, shows that { he bad beer, in a weak state at the lime of the assault. Tie accused, Farrell, denied he In- j fl let ed any punishment, but admits that parties in the institution were whipped. Seymour,' who also was beaten, may recover. THE CHINAMEN COMINO. Mongolian* Abandoning Australia and Seeking Wealth In California-John Chinaman In Australia Described, The Chinese In Australia are making .utive preparations lor abandoning the English colo? nies for the land of the "Stars and Stripes." The Bu Yaps, Sam Yaps, Heang-Sun and A m Oys have been busy packing up the bones of their dead and shipping them off for the "Flowery Land," to be relnterred In somei lucky spot in their native CDuntry, where the "sacrifices" to the remains will be performed at the proper seasons. No race of men can have a profounder love of country than the Chinese. Every spot outside the "wallt." Is to them but a temporary resort to accumulate wealth. Not only the homes of the Chinese, but the tombs of their ancestors and their an? cestral halls act as powerful magnets to lure them back to the land ot their birth. Europeans do not yet understann the Chin? ese character. We call them "heathens;" they return the compliment hy at once calling us "barbarians." In the firm place they are industrious; I hey are taught to be so from childhood. They are also patient, persevering and thrifty, and in the Australian colonies they have been found obedient to the laws. The palmy days o? the gold fields having passed away, many have betaken themselves to other pursuits, but a very large number, excited by favorable reporta from California, have, as we already slated; made up their minds lo swell the population ot the United States. Such being the case, the following facts relating to the "Heathen Chinee" lu Australia may be interesting,: . I AUSTRALIAN STATISTICS. ] The total number of Chinese in the colonies ol Victoria and New South Wales, in the year ending 1871, was estimated at 40,1)60. (?mer-1 ally they ure called Amoys, (rom the province of Canton. Between various^ribes the dialects differ, but they manage to understand each oilier with tolerable ease, g No matter where the Chinaman settles he looks forward to the time of his return to the fatherland. Should a relative, parent or friend die, the last Injune- I lion Is that "his bones may be sent home," a request In most cases religiously observed. No doubt the decline ol the Australian gold Heids year after year has at/ last driven them to seek a freBh Held for their exertions. y j TUE COURSE OF EMPIRE. Seven or eight years ago,"over twenty Bblps left Melbourne annually lor China with their large irelghts of Chinese, who bore away with them their larger or smaller piles of gold. Last year but one returned. Their new year holidays, that used to be be celebrated with j much Jubilant and noisy demonstrations, pass I off now in a very tame and quiet manuer. The circus, too, at which Chinese plays used to be euacted, and which ant-acted crowds ol I Chinese, hus disappeared; and the Jails are tenanted by Chinese crim?nala much longer and more numerously now than in days of yore. With increasing poverty, lhere has followed as a natural cons?quence increase of crime among the Chinese. This poverty arises less from want of employment than from opium smoking and gambling-two gigantic evils which have contributed toward the impoverishment and: demoralization 0t the people to an extent which ls truly lament? able and appalling. According to statistics furnished by Chinese interpreters on the dlf it-rent gold fields and districts, there are seventy gambling shops In Melbourne, and one huudred for the sale of opium, THE CORSE OF OPIUM. Should the Mongolians visit these shores In very large numbers, vigorous measures should be adopted for the circumscribing of the evils connected with oplum-imokiug within the narrowest limits. Toe sum a wealthy Chinese Spends lu opium Is ou an average li oin elgh-1 teen shillings lo two po nu fis a week; those in middling clrcumftanceB, from seven shillings to one poona, weekly; Ihe poorer Class, from I ball a crown to turee shillings weekly The I estimated number of opium-smokers, accord tog to my return?, ls: The lowest, filly out of every hundred; Hie highest, ninety out ol every hundred. Of these one-third are set down as continued smokers. The period when I the habit of smoking opium becomes confirm ed varies; ll muy be at the end of the first year, or the second, or ihe third; and the rapidity and force wita which the appetite is gratified also differs very considerably. There are j numbers who are satisfied with what may be culled a very mod?rale allowance, uud as long I us that ls the case lt appears to be smokea I with comparative impunity; but, like mode raie spirit drinking, il may predispose to, If lt I does not directly excite, disease. Tue larger proport ion, however, of those who are ad- J dieted to this practice aro noe content with a I fixed ratio, but desire and require accumula-1 Uve doses. Tue period, likewise, when the constitution begins lo suffer ls variable; with some lt la as soon as three or lour years; wit h others, not for len or more years. The opium shooB which stud the Chinese camp so thickly are also dens of infamy and Immorality. In theae are found abandoned European women, I some ot whom have also got Into the habit of smoking the drug; and there Is reason to lear thal lu the course of time the practice will ex- I teud to our European population. THE ODD FELLOWS IS COUNCIL. Presence of all the Representatives Com? posing the Grand Lodge. BALTIMORE, September IC. At niue o'clock this mornlug the represen? tatives composing the Grand Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., ol the United Stales, were escorted by the Grand Lodge and Grand Encampment ot the State of Marx land from Barnum's Motel io Udd Fellows' Hull lu Gay street, where an ad? dress of welcome was delivered by W. R, Creery, the grand master of the Grand Lodge ot the Slate ol Maryland. This was responded to by Frederick D. Si uart, M. W. G. 8. of the Grand Lodge of the United States. The body then organized for business. Forty-one grand lodges and thirty-five grand encampments were fully represented; the one hundred and twenty-seven representatives composing the Grand Lodge being all present. JOHN BULL GRINS AND BEARS IT. Thc London Press Upon the Geneva Verdict. GENEVA, September IC. The opinion of Sir Alexander Cockburn, the British arbitrator, dissenting from the deci? sion ot Hie other members o? the Alabama claims arbitration tribunal, has not yet been published. Count Sclopls, Jacob Staempfli and Charlea Francis Adams were the three ar? bitrators who voted to allow damages in the case ol ilie Shenandoah. Slr Alexander Cock? burn aud Mr. Evaris lelt Geneva on Saturday. LONDON, September IC. The London newspapers this morning re? joice over the conclusion of the Alabama claims controversy, and express the hope that the louudatlou has been laid lor a permanent good understanding between the two nations, now that all necessary reparation has been made to America. The Standard, however, thinks the tribunal should have awarded dam? ages only for the depredations of the Alabama. TUE WILL OK JAMES GORDON BENNETT.-The will of the lute James Gordon Bennett has been filed In the surrogate's office. The tes? tator bequem hes to his wife, pruvided she ac? cepts the same in lieu of dower, ihe use of hia house, stable and appurtenances lu Fifth avenue during her natural lile or widowhood, and also an annuity equal to one-half ol the net nnnual rental of his real estate, except the Herald building. If she will not accept this bequest, the will limits her share to her dower. To his sou, James Gordon Bennett, Jr., the testator bequeathes the Herald build? ing, the Herald and Ihe Metropolitan Printing Office. The remainder ol his real estate goes to his daughter, Jeannette Bennett, on attain? ing the age of twenty-five. Meanwhile his son, who is made ihe sole executor, ls to have charge of ihls portion o? the eBtate, to let In such manner as io him shall seem expedient, for any term not exceeding three years. On the decease or second marriage of the widow, her portion o? the estate is lo be divided equally between the son and daughter. The will provides that the daughter's share shall be for her own sole and separate use The will ls dated June 23,1869, and the witnesses are Benjamin Galbraith and John Townsend. A CARNIVAL OF SUICIDES, THE KNIFE, THE SHOT AFB THE ROPE Mother, Father and Husband-Fearfal Scenes at a Station-Home. Ia New York on Thursday tie mania of sui-1 cides seemed to get a hold among all classes. We copy the cases reported In the newspa? pers: A MOTHER CDT8 HEB THROAT. A melancholy case ot suic de occurred at No. 411 Fourth avenue. ?.ra. K Ernestine Lowenhelm lost her husband In Germany some j ears ago. and came to New York with her daughter Ida. her ooly nbild, and lived comfortably on some little property she han acquired. Ida was eighteen last spring, and waa ber mother's only hope end Joy, nnd ap? peared destined to grow up a very amiable aud accomplished young wonan. In June last abe sickened, and up to yesterriav was constantly attended by her mother. The phy? sician who was consulted said several weeks ago that the young girl's sickness bad ren? dered her partially Insane, ant recommended Mrs. Lowenhelm to have he? placed in an asylum. Thia the mother would not consent to UH Wednesday, when the i ecessary papers were drawn up, and yesterdsy morning the young girl was taken to Bloomlngdale Asylum, accompanied by several of .he family, who leit the mother alone. Mrs. Iowenteim was frantic with grief at parting vito, her daugh? ter, and retired to her room. About un hour after a smothered scream, accompanied by the j bowling of a pet greyhound, iilarmed some ot the neighbors who, on entering Mrs. Lowen helm's apartment, found her gasping In the death-agony, with her throat cut in a terrible manner with a table-knife, 'vhlch had been sharpened to razor-like keenness. She lived but a few minutes. A REAL ESTATE CROKER HJNOS HIMSELF. Early yesterday morning Officer Mulcahy, ot the Twentieth precinct, was summoned to No. 333 West Thirty-fourth street, and lhere found hanging by a clothes Urie to a rear ve? randa the corpse ci Mr. Mo retie H. Lichten? stein, a gentleman well kr own in society and a prominent real estate speculator, who ' ls reputed to have been possessed of consider? able wealth. Mr. Lichtenstein had suffered considerably lrom the weather during the heated term, but had Just returned from the country apparently lu perfect health and good spirits, and although he complained oc? casionally of headache and wast of spirits, there was nothing In his demeanor to cause alarm. Mr. Lichtenstein retired to bed al ll P. M. on Wednesday, and when discovered was partially . dressed, and ls supposed to have been attacked with temporary insanity on reaching bte. room, and to have devised the plan for ending his existence which he so promptly and successfully carried out. Mr. Lichtenstein was Atty years orage. OUT OF WORE AND DETERMINED TO DIE. About eleven o'clock yesterday morning two pistol-show alarmed the residents of No. 628 Pearl Btreec, who. on Investigating their source, found Wm. Fisher, aged torty-eighr, a Swede by birth, suffering lrom a dangerous wound In the stomach, hull ai inch to the left of the median line, and a seal;) wound of minor J consequence on the top of his head. The nu- ] fort?nale man was taken to Park Hospita), where his recovery was pronounced impossi? ble. Y es te i day afternoon, amid painful efforts to breathe, be stated that be bad been In the country twenty-six years, ind waa born In Scookholm, and brought up as a sailor. Up to within the past four years ne found no difficul? ty In gaining his living, out in 1868 had the misfortune, to get bis left foot Injured in a chain cab e, and became crippled, biuce that time he has gained a scanty livelihood as a watch? man, but o? late bas been without a situation, and resolved on putting an ?md to his misery by sbooilog hlmseli, A HUSBAND AND FATHER . Ct'TS HIS THROAT. Early yesterday morning Jacob Deuschler, aged forty-three, went to No. 178 rssex street lo visit his wile and ciildreu, and while lhere made a desperate attempt to end his lite. Deuschler was a butcher by oocupaiion, but bis bad habits and asMoolates prevented his earniog a living, and since last January he had done no work, but lived on the earnings ot his wife. Whenever he could get money he would dissipate and come home drunk. His wile has been obliged to leave her lodg? ings several times lately on account of his con? duct, and at last told him she would live with him no more, and that he bad belter seek work. On Wednesday night she pushed him out ol doors and weut to bed. About mid- ' night she was aroused by a knocking at the door, and found lt wr.s her husband. At flrat Bhe refused i.o admit him, but he created such a disturbance by kicking at the door tl at she opened lt with the Intention o? allowing him to remuln for the night. ABSOSn as he entered Urs. Deuscbler'a apartment he asked his wife if she meant to live with him again. She an? swered firmly "no." He ihen asked her ll she meant what she said, and on her replying in the affirmative he drew fi om hla vesta loog carvlng-kolle and deliberately cut his throat close up lo his chin, and tc a depth ot three inches, severing the windpipe entirely. He wai taken to the Tenth Precinct Blatlouhouse and plaoed In a rear room pinding ihe arrival ot an ambulance, and while there his wife en? tered. Although dying he made a desperate altempt lo strangle her, and was so violent thal his wile was placed with her two children behind the sergeant's desk. Deuschler then made signs that, he desired to write, and on a slate he wrote the following in German : "Don'l write to my sisters and brothers, be? cause I don't want them to know anything of this, and I don't want tc. hear more ot thin world. My mother-in-law Is the cause of all this rny wile ls not so very bad; but her j moiher ls to blame for it. On my poor chll-1 dren. JACOB DEUSCHLER. '.P. S.-My name ls Jacob Deuschler, and I had asked my wile half a dtzen limes whether she wished not to live with me again. She told me no, never again in Mle. I do not blame lier, but her motlier. She Is the cause ol all. I want to die. Beloved friends and acquaintances. My knife is sharp aud pointed. The red blood I spill !" When the ambulance came he was placed In it, and his wife, who was crying bitterly, held np the two children to see their father. The last act ot the suicide was to raise himself up, exposing the horrid gash lu his throat, and to shake his lingers, halt pa sled with death, at bis wife and children. THE TREATY OF PARIS. BRUSSELS, September ie. The Nord, a newspaper published in this city In the IntereBt or th a Russian Govern? ment, categorically denies ihe report that the Czar will demand the abrogation of thc Treaty of Paris as n consideration lor the co-opera lion ot Russia with AUBtriu and Prussia. SPARKS FROH IRE WIRES. -The New York coarsh-drlvers demand two dollars a week ad vance,or they will strike. -Commodore Parrot t h is taken command of the Charlestown navy-vard. -The South and Nona Alabama Railroad from Montgomery to Decatur ls completed, and In a few days trains viii run through to Louisville. _ -So manv balloons came ont o? Parla dur? ing the niege lhat those who received their letters by I his means began at last to look upon the mrouaut as a very safe courier, and on hts aj-iai trip as one of pleasure rather than of peril. Among th*; balloons which es? caped over the Iron girdle ol Teutons was the Jacquart. It was eutrus.ed to the care of a sailor named Leprloce. Tearing through space before a gale of wind, Ihe gallant young tar and hla new kind of craft were Bighted at La Rochelle, Just as the wind bore bim over' the Atlantic. On the way he must have met with un a'mospherio c irrent which drove him eastward, tor there now have buen found io the Sicily Islanes the dispatches car? ried by the Jacquart. As the Backs have not beeu picked up in one and the same place, lt ls supposed that when Leprloce saw this group of islands be gradually got rid of bis dispatches, caning them overboard whenever he saw land benuatn him. This must, of course, have considerably lightened the bal? loon and consummated his own destruction by Imparting to lian ascending force which waited him once mons over the terrible ocean. His subsequent Tate remains a mys? tery. EUGENIE IX TBE HIGHLANDS. An Amusing Interview with tbe ex? Empress of France. [From tbe Graphic] A Scotch Jenkins bas been following the ex-Empress Eugenie all over Scotland. He ls good enough to tell us what her Majesty ate, what she drank, what she wore, what she said, where she went, and how. abo did up her back hair. Her Majesty went up Ben Nevis In the "Campbell tartan." "The costume," we are told, "was made up hurriedly by the Em? press's own tiring woman after reaching Ben avle;but-lt gires us relief to hear thls-lhe nimble Angers of the experienced artiste ac? complished, the task In an incredible short space of lime." "It Is needless to sav," adds Jenkins, "that the dress looked perfection on her Majesty, fliting the dainty figure like a glove;-' whereby we are led to Inter that her Majesty-Ih consequence, we suppose of being an Em pr?ts-possesses extremities enough to correspond with four Angers and a thumb. "A small fichu ot black velvet was worn over the plain high body; a biack hat with an eagle plume completed the mountain toilet" Of the Prince Imperial, we are told that "be bas a remarkably sweet counte? nance," but that "the ugly cap he wore would bave spoiled tbe faca of an Apollo Belvidere." Not to keep tbe reader In suspense, lt should be stated that the cap In question was "a Glen? garry, but disfigured by a glaring border of I white and scarlet diced In squares, and topped wlih a red tassel." Jenkins bas seen "a simi? lar cap worn by soldiers in tbe ranks," and be, therefore, does not like lt. The Empress, Jenkins has found out. "ls locked up all night. A confidential .attendant locks the chamber aoor when the Empress Is In bed, and lakes the key with her to her own room." Jenkins further "understands" that "the same vigi? lance ls exercised over the Prince Imperial. A trusty custodian locks him np, and keeps the key in his possession until the hour of | rising." The Empress condescended to notice Jenkins, and lo enter Into conversation with bim. Here ls his own account, slightly re? duced, of what passed between them: Smiling, she replied, "Ah ! that ls true; but1 then how do the poor people in the mountains live ? What have they to eat ?" "Porridge." "What is porridge ?" (aith an amused, puz? zled look.) ' I explained to the best of my ability. "Is lc very wholesome ?" asked ihe Em? press. I assured her Majesty "porridge was re? markably wholesome;" and added. ID proof I thereof, It was the staple article of food with tbe peasantry of Scotland. "Porridge makes strong men, then," said the Empress, with a smile. "But they eat oatmeal cakes, also, your Majesty." -What are they ?" The Empress . bad never seen cakes, and your correspondent bad the honor ol present? ing her Majesty with a genuine specimen ol our native bread. Breaking off a pleoe she ate It with a seem lng relish, laughingly asserting, "lt was very good." "What do the common people here drink what liquors ?" "Beer?" she suggested as I hesitated for a moment. "The only liquor much In vogue with my compatriots," I was compelled to own, "was our whiskey." "Whiskey," said the Empress, turning with a smile to her companion, a beautiful dark eyed girl, "I had a little whiskey yesterday at Ben Nevis. It gave me .courage to ascend, and seemed to give me legs;" she added with great merriment, lo which lt was Impossible*] not io join, even in defiance of court etiquette. "Wny do the ladles in Scotland not wear tartan ?" was the next question as we drew near a little quay where a number ol gaily dressed ladles stood to catch a passing glimpse of the illustrious tourist "Ah, lc ls too national." "I should like to wear lt for that reason. Every year," continued ibe Empress, "I had tartan sent irom Inverness to Paris, and my Utile boy-I call him my little boy, but he ls a big boy now-wore the Highland dress when he was only four years ola, and he wears lt sometimes yet; bur," she added, "the High? land costume Bbould not be attempted, I think, If it has not been worn in childhood. It ls easily seen when lt Is new." It was her Majesty's Intention to visit the celebrated "Falls of Foyers," but the fatigue of the previous day was beginning to tell in the stiffened limbs of the royal tourist, and she was compelled lo succumb In spite ot herself. The Prince Imperial, whose lithe limbs seemed as if nothing would tire, scampered off I with a bounding step, and got ahead ot the tourists who went ashore "to do the falls." He was the last lo return to the steamer, and with true motherly anxiety the Empress stood looking out In the direction from which he was expected. The warning bell rang out clamorously, but the Prince Imperial was not 1B sight, and as his mother perceived the passengers hurry? ing OD board she betrayed great uneasiness lest he should be left behind. "Oh ! the boat will go away and my son Is not here," she cried, with a look of distress. "Louis, Louis, come quick, make haste I" and she seemed to feel Intense relief when be reappeared. Ir. did not apparently occur to her Majesty that any distinction should be made between ner son and the rest of the passengers, and upon this point the Em Dress was very deci? ded, insisting that no deviation Irom the or? dinary rules should be made upon her ac? count. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, September 16. For the Middle States northerly to westerly winds and clear weather, which will probably extent) eastward over New England on Tues? day. For the Interior of the Southern States east of the Mississippi generally clear weatb-1 er and light to fresh winds, and partly cloudy weaiher along ihe Gulf coast. North of the Ohio Valley generally clear weather and northerly to westerly winds. irflnsical Books. TEACHER'S AND CHORISTER'S LIST OF TUB NEWEST AND BEST MUSIO B00K3. THE STANDARD! Its success cannot be questioned. In beauty and variety of music unsurpassed. It should be a familiar friend In every Choir, Convention, and SlnglDg Class. Price, $1 60; $13 60 per dozen. SPARKLING R?BIESI Let all the Sabbath Schools try lt. It's Spark? ling Gems of Song will bc appreciated by every child. Price, 35 cents. HOUR OF SINGING! For High Schools. Full of the best music, ar? ranged In 2,8 or 4 parts. Widely used. Price, $1. JUST FOULIS USD, GEMS OF STRAUSS! 225 large pages, fud of the best Strauss Mnslc. Price, $2 50. PILGRIM'S HARP! A perfect Multnm in Parvo. Very large number of the best tnnes for Social Religious Meetings. Price, 60 cents. The above books Bent post-paid, for the retail price, with the exception ot THB STANDARD, speci? men copies or whioh will be malled (post-paid) for the present, ror $l 26. OLIVER DITSON A CO., Boston. CHAS. H. DITSON A CO., Kew York. Bfpl4-8wlyrD*w Special Notices. THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT I havTused SIMMONS' HEPATIC COMPOUND, or LIVER CURE, for diseased liver and kidney affec? tion, to my entire satisfaction, and I deem lt one of ihe best patent medicines I have ever seen used. I can unhesitatingly recommend Its use to the suffering. W. E. COLLIER. M. D" Tallahassee, Fla. For sale by DOWIE, MOISE A DAVIS, sepl3-fmw3 Wholesale Agents for So. Ca. .funeral Botires. pa- THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS AM) acquaintances of Mr. JOSHUA BU RIE and fami? ly, and of nr. and Mrs. R. Hunter, ara respect? fully invited to attend the Funeral Services of the former, at his late residence. No. 37 Anson streer, THIS MORNING, at half-past 9 o'clock. sepn *?-JETNA STEAM FIRE ENGINE COMPANY.-Ton are hereby summoned to ap? pear at yonr Engine House, inf nu uniform, (black pants,) at half-past 8 o'clock THIS MORTUNO, to pay the last tribute of respect to your late Broth? er Member, JOSHUA BURIB. By order. e.G. OABNIGH AN, 8epl7 ... Secretary. pit- THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND acquaintances of Mrs.BUZ 1 BETH F. FHILLIP8, and of Mrs. Laura W. Gadsden, aro respectfully Invited to attend the Funeral Services of the former, at 10 o'clock THIS MORN INO, at the resi? dence of Mr. Wm. & Frazer, Ko. 4 Hudson street. sepl7 MfJiEX.ANDRR-D,ed September ie, 1872, Mrs. MARU ALBXANDBH, wilow o' the late gMMMl Al? exander, la me SM year ol neragiv p?TEER FRIENDS AND ACQUAIN? TANCES, and those of her family, aieresp?troiiy Invited to attend her Funeral Services1,1 at the residence northeast cerner of Bull and' Lynch streets, THIS MORM.NO, at 10 o'clock. gepn. (Dbu?arg. - , .; HARRINGTON.-Died, os the night of the 1st instant, st spring Garden, tho residence ether parents, In M-rlr or..'. TALULA MIXRWOOD third And last snrvivlng daughter of Colonel and Mis. John W, Harrington. . v,;. . j ?penai Batu**.. ^ar-CON?lGNEES PER STEAMSHIP GEORGIA, from Nev Fork, are notified that shela THIS DATdlseharping cargo at Pier1 Nd. 1, Uolon What ves. A'l Goods remaining on -tir? dock at sunset win be stored at owners' net ?na expense. WM. A. COURTENAY, . ??PIM _ Agent. 1 pa*- CONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP CHAMPION, from New York, are hereby nc'- J tided that she ls discharging cargo ;'aVAl? ger's South Wharf. Ail-Goods uncilied fe* at . sunset will remain on wharf at owners' risk. sepl7-l JAMES AD GER A CO., Agenta, : CONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP WM KENNEDY, from Baltimore, are heresy nott? fled that she la THIS DAT dlsohargmgcargoat Pier No. 1, Union WnarveB. All Doods not taken away at sunset will remain cm wharf at Consignee*?, risk. ' MORDECAI A CO., -, nepi 6-2 -_;_. Agents. off- TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OF? FICE OF COMPTROLLER OF THE CURREIS CY, WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 10, 1872 -Whereas, by satisfactory evidence presented to the ondea signed, it has been made .to appear that the Bank? er Charleston Natl; nal Banking Association, tn the City of Charleston, la the County of Chariot ton and State or South Carolina, has been duly organized under and according to the require? ments of he A t of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide a National Curreccy, secured by apiedge of United States B nds, and to provide for th? circulation and redemption thereof," approved June 8. 1864. and has compiled with all the provi? sions or said Act, required to be complied with before commencing the basin eas of Banki- \ un? der said Act. Now, therefore, I, JOHN 8. LANGWORTEY, Acting Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify t?at the Bank of Charleston National Bank? lng Association, in the City or Charleston, in the County or Charleston and State of South Carolina, ls authorized to commence the husmeas of Bant? ing nuder the Act aforesaid. in testimony whereof, witness my hand and Seal of office, this 16th day of September, isrs; 1 * J. 8. LANG WORTHY,. . I Acting Comptroller or Currency. {TKAT} [No. 2044.] 1 <-' sep 13 2mos : ?kT BATOHELOR'S HAIR DYK-THE superb Hair Dye ls the best in the world. Per? fectly harmless, reliable and Instantaneous. No disappointment. No rid I onions tinta, or nn pleas? ant odor. The genome W. A. Batchelors Hair Dye produces immediately a splendid black or natural brown. Does not ?tain the skia, bot leaves the hair clean, soft and beautiful. The only safe and perfect Dy e. Sold by all druggists. 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It ls warranted to contain neither Sogar of Lead, Sulphur or Nitrate of Sliver, it does not soil the clothes or scalp, ls agreeably perfumed, said makes one of the best dr eas in ga for the Hair in ase. 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 day's,* virtually reeding the roots cf the Hair with au the nourishing qualities necessary to ita growth and healthy condition; lt restores the decayed and induces a new growth of the Hair more peel? tively than anything else. The application ot thia wonderful 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 NATTANS, Inventor and Proprietor, Washington, D. a For sale by the Agent, Da. H. RAER, No. 131 Meeting street. Oliarlestoa,, &? novl8-sr.Tir.hiv_ ' - "^OFFICE CITY TREASURY, CHARLESTON, SEPTEMBER IO*. 1872.-Com pirlng with resolution or council 10 extend time of payment or third instalment of Municipal Tax for thu year from the 15th to the 80,h instant, wi'hont penalty thereon, tots offlce"Will be open dally, rrom 9 o'clock A. M. to 2 P. M., to include tue last date, ror that parp?se with others. Thc time provided by ordinance as necessary to prepare the City Stock Department of this office fjr the payment or Interest due cn the lat of October being now absorbed by this extension of time to p iy Tax In, the Interest cannot be paid before the 15th of next month, if so soon. sepio 2 P. J. COWAN, etty Treasures.