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r - . ? Friday Morning, Oct. 13,1865. TA? State Records. . In our .issue of Tuesday, we pub? lished ari extract from the correspond? ence of the Charleston Courier, in re? lation to the destruction of the State records. We are pleased, to day, tc have the pleasure of correcting the error into which, the correspondent of our co temporary has fallen. It trill be seen from the communication of W. R. Hunt*, Esq., Secretary of State, that, by his individual exertions and industry, involving heavy per. gonai sacrifices, he not only saved the papers of his own office, but those of ?he corresponding offices of Charles? ton, beside the District records of come of the other Districts in the lower part of the State. Mr. Huntt gives a full statement, and it is but justice to him to say that he merits the thanks of the people and of the State authorities for his laborious exertions in this respect. There is no portion of the State but which is more or less interested in the preservation of these records, and whilst many of the papers of some of the District offices have .been destroy? ed, those of the office of Surveyor General having been saved, may, in some degree, mitigate the loss and materially aid in renewing many of them. Mr.* Huntt has been, for many years, connected with the offices alluded, to, and we commend to the consideration of the Legislature in what way that body can compensate him for his fidelity and this last, most important and valuable service he has rendered to the State. Our State ex? changes will do well to correct the error of the correspondent of the Courier. Outrage. ^ We regret exceedingly, Tinder our present condition and circumstances! that wo should have to record any violations of law, impeding the efforts now being made to restore peace and harmony to the country. We are authoritatively informed that three soldiers of the 1st Maine Battalion, while on duty at Brown's Ferry, in Anderson .District, were murdered by being shot through the head and thrown into the liver. This occurred on last Sunday evening. The bodies, it is stated, were removed the next morning and taken to Ander? son Court House. These men were guarding some property. Two citi? zens of the District have been arrest? ed on suspicion of having been con? cerned in the outrage. We deplore such outrages as this, and trust that there may be some explanation of the affair, and, above all, warn and admonish our fellow citizens that such atrocities as this alleged to h ave been committed are not only criminal and wrong, but de rogoratory to the State character and reputation of the people of South Carolina. We yet hope to learn that this atrocity was perpetrated by indi? vidu?is having neither the counte? nance or support of their immediate community. PoiancAii CALCULATIONS.-A Wash? ington despatch to the Cincinnati Gazette says that prominent Demo? cratic politicians, who were engaged in figuring upon the next Congress, say that there will be a majority of , ten in favor of admitting the South? ern members who come prepared to take the test oath. SOUTHERN TRADE WITH THE WEST. The St. Louis Price Current says: St. Louis has for some time been sending large shipments of dry gooda, boots and shoes, as well ah bagging, rope, provisions and produce to the South, and the merchants of Louisville are enjoying moro Southern trade with the interior of the Southern country than their limited facilities of trans? portation can accommodate. The St aie- Record?. SECBBTABT OP SEATE'S OFFICE, CO?,TJ]BBIA, S. C., Oct 12, ?865. EDITOES PHOKX?: In your issue' o? the lOth instant, I notice an extract from the Chorteston Courier, in which one of its correspondents, in speak? ing of the destruction of State and District records, by . the Federal j troopSi stete? that "the Stete records and other papers of importance are gone forever." I do not know from what source he has drawn his information, nor do I doubt tho sincerity of his assertion, but as every citizen of the State is .interested more or less in the records of this office, and those of the Sur vayor-Generai, I deem it my duty to relieve the anxiety which may arise, by correcting a mistake into which he has fallen. The records of the Se I cretary of State, and Survoyor-Gone I ral, are safe. I have good reason to know something of these rocords, from painful experience in saving them. My long connection with these offices had1 taught me the inestimable value of their records to the State, and I thought of the enormous job ot packing so large a number of books and papers, and getting them off in time.to save them. "With the short notice given, I knew if I saved them I must sacrifice every thing I owned; this, sooner than see the State lose that which could not be replaced, I determined to do, and by laying aside my private interest, devoting my whole time to the service of the State, working day and night, using my own wagon and team, and the servants of a friend, and leaving the contents of my own house, and the house itself to the torch of .the enemy, succeeded in packing and saving"every record und paper of value, not only of the two offices of Secretary of State and Sur? veyor-General, located at Columbia, but also of the corresponding offices heretofore located in Charleston, but two years previously removed to this place and put under my charge. While on this subject, I will men? tion, for the benefit of those interest? ed, that I also saved the records of the Commissioner in I?quity"Clerk of Court, and Ordinary of Barnwell Dis? trict. Those of the : wo last offices, I happened to discover in the depot whilst loading my own, and knowing they would be burnt, if not removed by some erne, I had them put into my car, and took them oft' safo. I also saved one box of the Commissioner in Equity ol Beaufort, and those of thc Commissioner in Equity o? Charleston, which were in my office at the time. WM. E. I?UNTT, Secretary of State S. C. BREAKING Ur.-The Republican party is breaking up in all the States. Judge Martin Grover's letter shows how large and serious is the defection in this State; and Senator Doolittle has just published a letter wilier, practically puts him in a position tc affiliate in time with the Democracy of tho North-west. He says: "1. That tho policy of Mr. Lineoh and Mr. Johnston, of leaving that tc be determined by those States foi themselves, is the only just and wist policy. "2. That it is in accordance will the letter and spirit of tho Constitu lion. "4. That it Ls almost inconceivabl that any Federal Adn?nistratioi should attempt to enforce universa negro suffrage in States where, fe: j two hundred years, the negroes havi I been degraded by slavery, when, a the same time, nearly two-thirds o I the free States deny suffrage to per sons of the same race, who have beei I educated as freemen, among freemen with the thought \ habits and rcspon sibilities of freemen. " BUSINESS WITH THE NORTH.-J Northern paperjsays: It is estimated that fifty per centun of the Southern indebtedness o 1860-61 will be paid, and that one third of the present business of Ne\ York is Southern trade. Boston is also, beginning to feel the benefit o the presence Qi Southern purchasers and this benefit will be increased a all customers ascertain that the uni or j giving "and pros- riptive feelings ex I pressed toward them by Sumner Butler & Co. ore not entertained h j our merchants, who receive them a cordially as ever they did, and exten< to them as much confidence and a great advantages. F1 irr-a nr. t from Kngl.md. j An interesting paper,, relative to ! tao small arms trade of Birmingham, j was read a few days ago before the British Association. We extract the following: "From Ahe returns I have in my possession, I have drawn but as accu ? rately as I possibly can, the number of arms manufactured in Birming? ham and elsewhere, fox the Ameri? cans, during the last four years. The first shot was fired at Fort Sumter, "on the 12th of April, 1861. On the 9th of May following, fire purchasers of arms, some commissioned py differ? ent Northern States, others private speculators, arrived in Birmingham. Each had so well kept secret the ob? ject of his mission, that when'they found themselves all engaged in Bir? mingham on thc same errand, they suspected each other of purchasing for the enemy, and their anxiety was increased accordingly to secure* the few thousand arms that were then in store in Birmingham. The few in hand were at once shipped off, and large orders were at once given, winch continued to occupy the trade at their full power, with one interval, till March, 1863. The interval I allude to was on the occurrence of the Trent affair, in November, 1861, which led to an embargo being laid on the export of arms, on the 4th of December, 1861. This embargo was removed early in 1862. On the re? moval . oi the embargo, one steamer took out from Southampton no less Utan about 40,000 rifles to New York. The trade worked at its full power, straining every nerve, till (I find by the return from the Birmingham Proof House) that in one month-the month of October, 1863-60,343 rifle barrels were proved, being very few short of 2,000 per.day from Birming? ham alone, a number altogether un? precedented in tho history of the trade. At that time, the supplies produced in America, at the Spring? field Armory and elsewhere, began to tell upon the demand. We still find, however, that the numbers were 40,000 to 50,000 per month, till March, 1863. They then fell to 14,000 per month, till, in September, 1863, the Northern demand ceased altogether. Without notice, the orders were sus? pended, and gins that had been sent over were even returned to this coun? try. The United States Government -found, at that time, that their facto? ries were equal to supply the whole demand. From Proof House returns, I obtain the following numbers, show? ing the extent of tho supply of arms ?from this country to America: Birmingham snpplied-. 682,534 bondon.0. 344,802 Making a total number of Enfield rifles sent to America of.1,027,34G INTERESTING TESTIMONY IN.THE CASE OF Winz.-George W. Reynolds, who testified ju the Wirz trial, on Wednes? day, made some curious and interest? ing statements. Tho following is a summary of his evidence: "He was taken prisoner while a spy in the national service. Anderson ville stockade was much like a compact city. There were 33,000 prisoners; the pen was laid in. streets, and most of the vocations known to urban life were carried on within it. There wera about 1,000 regular dealers, in? cluding bankers, brokers, provision merchants, bakers, tailors, shoe? makers, barbers, jewellers, soup job? bers, gamblers, -?fea. who kept open shops and offices, and did a thriving business. At these establishments could be bought, if on'3 had the money, all the necessasies aid many of the luxuries of life. Th* witness himsell kept a shop and dror/e a heavy trade. He said that there wore about half a minion dollars in greenbacks in the prison. The prisoner had also among themselves regular jtdicial and police organizations, and tt one time five disorderly characters among them, who had been found guilty by a jurj of their fellow captives, were hung. He himself acted as a magistrate He told many other wonderful things ol a similar character nlative to the in? terior life of the prison. He had known suffering among the men from exposure, but coidd not say that he had witnessed it from hunger." MURDEHD RT A BROTHER-A TER? RIBLE CRIME.-Leonard McCandlcss, a merchant of Fayette. County, Penn? sylvania, who was quito wealthy, while about to start for Pittsbusg tc be married, one week ago, took a slice of cake and some lemonade from his brother James, and was im? mediately taken sick and died in hali an hour. There is no doubt of Iiis having been poisoned, and James, after obtaining possession of some ol his property, has run away, Her?? Carolina.. Ou Tuesdaypst, the State Convon tion of North Carolina passed an or? dinance making null and -void the4 Ordinance, of Secession. The vote was 105 to 9. As a matter of interest we subjoin the document as it passed: An Ordinance declaring null and void the Ordinance of May 20, 1861. Be Undeclared and ordained by (fte , delegates of the good people of the State of North Carolina, in Couvention as? sembled, and ii is hereby declared and ordained, That the ordinance of the Convention of the State of North Carolina, ratified on the 21st day of November, 1789, which adopted and ratified the Constitution of the United1 States, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly ratify? ing and adopting amendments to the saul Constitution, are now, and at all times since the adoption and ratifica? tion thoBsof have been, in full force and effect, notwithstanding the sup Stsed ordinance of the 20th day of ay, 1861, dedaring the same to be repealed, rescinded and abrogated, And the said supposed ordinance is now/and at all times hath been, null and void. THE COMISO HAT-A INVOLUTION OVERHEARD.-A recent number of \ Galignani's Messenger, published in Paris, contains the following extraor? dinary announcement: One of the principal hat dealers of Paris hos originated a new style of covering for the head, for gentlemen, which promises to supplant the ordi? nary beaver hat in all fashionable circles. The beaver hat, in fact, has sustained nearly all the possible trans I mogrifications of form that- art can ? suggest, and both people and makers I have grown weary of it. The new chapeau Combines the form of a tur? ban, a shako, and a helmet, advancing considerably beyond the head in front, and sloping down at the back. I The materials used are silk, enameled paper prepared by a peculiar process, and a very narrow gilt band. It has ' a peculiar method of ventilation, and is altogether of a very jaunty and semi-military appearance.. We un I derstond that large orders have been received from Baden-Baden, Ver i sallies, and Bordeaux. An invoice was sent to a dealer, in London, who exhibited one for a few days in his shop window, but finally wrote back that it was useless to try to introduce them there until they become tho? roughly fashionable in France, os no? body could be found bold enough to be the first to wear such a singular hat. * There is no doubt, however, but that in a short time this style will be universally adopted. The telegraph and other manufac? turers of sensational items hove been more than once busy with the con? versations of Gen. Grant in reference to the expulsion of Maximilian from Mexiso. If we arc to believe a recent telegram to the associated press, this distinguished but extremely reticent soldier has no concealments with re? ference to an enforcement of the Monroe doctrine. He is reported to have just stated to a "distinguished Tfiinoisian" that wo must drive Maxi? milian out at allhazards, and that the work can be done without any mate? rial increase of our present army. He is also reported to have declared that this was the fixed policy of the Go? vernment, and that it would be deve? loped as soon as Congress meets. If these statements with reference to declarations ot the Lieutenant General of the army of the United States are true, they possess very great significance. The words of a man like Gen. Grant are not uttered at random. We do not recollect a single instance of an insignificant or idle de? claration having been brought home to him. If these newspaper state? ments about Gen. Grant are true, there can scarcely be a doubt that when Congrest meets, the Rresident .will, with his characteristic firmness, take a position with reference to the Monroe doctrino which will decide forever the fate of that famous old diplomatic bone of" contention. {Richmond Times. Hon. D. M. Barringer, former Minister to Spall*, who broke his leg and was otherwise seriously injured last Spring by falling into a pit or culvert on the N. C. R. R. while making his way from the depot at Salisbury, we are happy to learn, is so far recovered as to be able to be on tho street in Raleigh, the place of his residence.- Wilmington Journal. It is stated that after the trial of Captain "Wirz is onded, there will bo an investigation of tho conduct of other military prisoners throughout the country. XaOOal X-fc?333Lj3 EWLOTMBKT.-Bight or tan good print? ers ?sn obtain employment in this offioo, during tho approaching sealion ef the Legislature. "Cotton.Blanks" and permits-iadiapaa sable to all persons purchasing er ?hipping cotton-can be obtained at thia offloa. CASK.-Wo wish it dis tin oily understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and job work are odsh. The money must in every case accompany ordert^pr laey w<B not be attended io. Thia rule applies to alb. ORDERLY CITY.-The thanks of the peo? ple of Columbia are duo to tho Comman? dant of the Post, Gen. Richardson, for tba eifective police from his command which ho has distributed through the city. Order and quiet prevail; and although occasional disturbances may occur, they are not of the character that reflect discredit upon thc efficiency of the guard. Wo are pleased to pay a tribute of com? mendation to the garrison of Columbia, (the 25th Ohio Volunteers,) for their gene? ral good conduct since they took position here. Under Lient. Col. Haughton, the first Commandant of the Post, aa well aa under the present Commandant, General Richardson, we are gratified to state thai they have performed their duties in an efficient and proper manner. Wo regard the city of Columbia as being favored in thiS T^V^^^^^^r^s^ COLONEL Jom? T. SLOAN.-Tho Keowee (Pickens) Courier says the many friends of this gentleman, in that section, will re? gret to learn that he is on the eve of re. moving, with his interesting family, to tho city of Columbia. Colonel Sloan is a gen ! tlcman of fine business qualities, and accu J pies a very enviable position in the political and social circles of the State. He carries with him to tho capital of the State the best wishes of a host pf friends for his fu? ture welfare in life. We had previously heard of the contem? plated removal of Colonel Sloan to Colum? bia. We understand . that he has recently purchased the fine residence belonging to Mrs. McCord, opposite the South Carolina College. Our oitizens, to man^of whom the Colonel is wall known, will give him a cordial welcome among us. NEW. ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is oaH ed to tho foUowing advertisements, which are published for the first time this norn? ing: City Scales. A. R. Phillips-Auction. H. Bishop-Vabse Stolc-u. Boarding-Apply at this office. Steele's Hat Hall-Hats ami Caps. James G. Gibbes-Declination. Meeting Palmetto Lod^e. Ot'TKAGEous DisrrNOTK)N-Boston must be ''seen to;" she has been play? ing false to the great idea of the equality of races. When tho colored' regiment was received on the com? mons, last Monday, white and colored citizens were not permitted to mingle together on equal terms, but, in addi? tion to the establishment of a line to keep the crowd from the ?round oe-, cupied by the regiment, which was proper enough, the colored citizens were placed in au enclosure by them- . . selves, hedged in with rope and po? licemen, while white citizens were kept outside this second line, or in what may be compared to the * 'third tier" of the theatre. Whether this division signified that the whites were inferior to the blacks, or the blacks to the whites, makes no difference. It was an invidious distinction, in viola? tion of the Massachusetts, principles, and if tho Commonwealth does not de? vote an indignant column to the out? rage, it will forfeit its claim to out and-out radicalism. [Springfield Republican. AN ESCAPED . HUSBAND.-"My wife hasj gone to visit her mother. I am happy to be able to state that the children accompanied lier. Peace, quietness and felicity reign in my dwelling. I come and go unquestion? ed. I stay out late at night without fear of rebuke. I lie abed of morn? ings, and noone insists on my getting up. My friends pass the. evening with mc, and there are none who tell me the next day that the window cur? tains are filled with tobacco " smoke, and the parlor has the fragrance of a bar room. If two or three friends come home to dine with me, the cook never asks me why I brought them, nor complains of a head'ache. What is more, she does not insist upon having a new silk dress every week, nor burst into tears if I utter crude and naughty words. The fact is, if there be one thing I like more than another, it is to have ny wife visit her mother." C. H. F. Peters, . director of the observatory at Hamilton College, Clinton, x?. Y., has discovered a new isteriod. It is ot the tejath magni? tude. 6.u^a?B