The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, July 24, 1866, Image 3
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_ie^V^idf ^'^"Jfi^f
partm?o^his b?e?h^dvh*?d fertile ?
Fenian pruners li%ro boen rOt-n
? ag forthwit??*q the ?Vl?S? U?tss'i-??r.icI
tiiot. Edwarfr ?rvHer ?nd K?rwW. * " ' "
Thc Hondo will probably adopt, to-m ar?
row, the Semite'* rtrearab?e au? r -
tuGS?m Twinge e. m piaw
A?vte*s recemST hero by- t^.
legation report tjiat th- Austrian coln toa
waeHsfeated Fy tw JnamU," at Loyal*
Apeo, losing ? lasge number of bilbul,
wounded and prisoners. "She Iniperisl t H
, were about to abandon H acoUipan. j. . ?
* WiftaisOxoii, July 5$,- l?U8rn from the'
city of ^faftfco assart thafc^aahuihau ?
(njgued a treaty: with Dan?/ the Trench
ATjniater, which,ajjrees that 20,000" Freijifli
TTL ops will rem am in Mexico Br? rear?*
eyrvrsf? jmder th* Haxiean flag. "Napo
todn agr?es to furnish 'If axirnlHaa^O^.OOO
per monfh tor ^ye^eers, recerrifhj ?a ?
ctf?trfor tM? andTother elahn'B tar rail?
road from Vera Orita wrtbe city of Mexico;
th*, revenue jo- he crHBeeted by "Sr?uch
officials, - '
TU? Hortee, td-day, ^occurred .it?MM.' SC.
aatata 'amendment- tb thV r?solu Vieri ad-",
mitta ug Teuiiessc'. H i* i>i-eh*bla that
tafePreaidefet wi H siga tbetairt-reiaihttioii J
So aa to provida fer'the admission.of the j
Tennessee Representatives, birt rio will
.retest against ?eudia? rt to him. bWans?
"fie trae nothing tn'db with the admission nf
member 3 of-Cougresa; and he wiri nm tier
protest the preamble ua not s ta tiri.t thc j
truth; inasmuch a^it. a*a*xts that Uie Ten
aease* ?egialatare ha? adopted tb? pro?
posed amendment to thc" Constitution.
TWrtoa, ia firct, It has not b??ti adopted>y a.
quontm nf both hranrh.-H of the Legista
?ure.
. Sehe nek offered, a- rc*, ri ?t i on. esUiug on
tbs. M||t to^knew if application bas'
- been made for the pardon of ^Vlaj'S'Uiej^c
oul Pickett, and ii" steps have been takeu
fsgr his trial^op the charge uf execution ut
Union soldiers, which was passed.
&paiding offered a resolution, which wan
?.greed Jto, retjueefing the President to I
caus? tho pTou?crifion in United States
courts against Fenian prisoners to bo dis
ooatinuod, if nflt incomp?tfMe with tho
printie interest. ?
. Te* President ha? pardoned a.. K. Mas
.?^reli, fonaerry. Confederate" Seimter from
^lCHd? * -. .
j There is barely a quof mri of thc Hi*?Se
bare, and the ?peaker decKhas Granting
Roy more leaves -of kba?age. "
's -The Senate hau confirmed Henry Ktitn
b'?ry tobe Atb>r?ey-Gei?eral of tho United
?Staten; and John A. Cline, lo br CuMectar
-of Customs at Vicksburg, Silsais.-ippi: Au
; drew McDowell, tb bo Assistant Treasnv.-r
of tir? United States at Charleston _
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N'ovs Krim. .,"
* Haw Yous, July 22.-Fourteen ?as?s".f
cholera wera reported for the twei?jr-tour
hour? ending last evening. -The disease is
>?n the increase.
Foreign advices re >ort the cholera rajj
ing at Hilt tin, Prussia. . Un the 7th,- there
wete-148 cases m Berlin-seventy fatal.
The Seward-Raymond Republicans have
issued a call for a State Convention, "tu
" nominate, delegates for the .Philadelphia {
. Coaren?on. No movement y<>t ]jn Dene>- .
. ratio State Commit t ce.
Saw Yoaa, July 23-P. aL^SThoro were '
T;l,iaO .deaths last week. On yesterday, ,
v-tl?era were fourteen deaths from cholera in
this city, and five new eases in ?rooklyn.
The epidemic id increasing.. Ou Gover?
nor's Island there were two deaths, i. a
more than the usual number of canes were
reported yesterday.- . Qf tho twenry-f.wn
oases there, all are boys from sixteen to
twenty years old. Tho disease is se vere
<>n Hart's Island ? -t he number of eas.-.- be?
ing from twenty to thirty daily, with a pro?
portion of ten to fifteen per cent, of deaths.
Cholera hospitals have been established in
th? infected districts in Brooklyn, which li?
near Hamilton Avenue Ferry.
A Mexico correspondent s?ys that the
4th of July was celebrated by thc resident
Americans with great spirit. General Ma
Kruder and other eminent Confederate*
participated. ' General Magruder respond?
ed to the toast to the United States army
and navy. A toast in memory of the late
President Lincoln was received with great
respect by the Confederate exiles.,
Nashville despatches, from high au?
thority, state that there .was no quorum
present when the constitutional amend?
aient waa ratified bj- th? House. The pre?
siding officer of thc House peremptorily
refused to'certify that such a resolution
was passed by the Legislature, there being
ito quorum present.
Ptrii.AnEi.rHiA, July 23.-/There were 740
deaths herc last week-ten from cholera.
Market Reports.
Saw YOHK, July 23.-Flour dull, at 10?
2?e. lower; Southern lower-250 bands
sold, at i9.00@i5.75. Wheat very dull,
at*1.9Y@$2. Corn advau'-ort ?c.; oe.??'t
bushels sold, at S"'i-tCS-l?c. Pork heavy, at
I3L50. Lard heavy. Naval stoics steady,
turpentine 70@71c; rosin fs.50.
7 P. M.--Cotton dull; sales of 1.200
bales, at 36?33. Ominous of 1S62, 10(b' ; of
1865, 104$. Ten-forties i)&b Treasuries,
103i?103|. Gold?O?.
MOBILE, July 23.-Tho sales of cotton,
to-day, amount to 200 baler-: middlings,
32." There was littte demand. The mar?
ket was in favor of buyers.
A sloop was overhauled in Mobile
Ixrwer Bay, early on Tuesday morn?
ing, July 17, by a United States cut?
ter, having op board 150 negroes,
whom the parties were about to carry
to Cuba and sell into slavery. These
negroes had been collected at differ?
ent-employment offices in Louisville,
Nashville and Memphis, tinder a pro?
mise of $30 per mouth to work on n
plantation. The captain and cre w
were ironed and will be forwarded tn
Washington.
A despatch from Great Falls, New
Hampshire, July 18, says: "Last
evening, while two young iadies,
Idiss Stone and Miss Maddox, were
bathing in the river, they ventured
beyond their depth and were conse?
quently drowned. The mother of
Miss Maddox, who went to their res?
cue, was also drowned. The bodies
were recovered after remaining in the
water about four hours."
Steamers arriving at New York
from Galveston bring accounts of a
terrific three days' gide at Tndianola.
beginning on the 12th and ending in
a terrible hurricane, on tho 15th inst.
Four vessels were totally wTecked; of
two of them there Was not a vestige
left. No such storm had occurred on
that coast within the memory of the
oldest inhabitant.
r 1 Leiter ?rom M*. Speed.
J**?*V**lt(9?>?t 'reooV*^ %?h9?
reference, wu subjoin the letter ot
Attonaey-t?euersl Speed, defining his.
position ' . the trrcitt question^ of^
ro5t?r.vti&^ - / .
; WiSH?jpeiw, D. ?Jv'Julv U. tfl&?._ >
'S,**?**- /^ott?fla, f^VflWCg* .
?bu: (Laveth? hcmo**b> Trel?ib*
"ledfte the*ref>eipt <?f jour fiote.efibte
iota iastrrwith * ux?it-^ik copy jSL?
ea?fc for a&at?onal Cibnv?ntfoi?^-be
held at Philadelphia q? the 14UtjMy
of Anpnst next. Yon retuestan! case
th^call ?nd^rinoip^es enHrrciatwl in
it inect my approval, that -I ruffly, at
my; pearliest conveoSjBUce.* Trfrs?iao
guago would seem to injply rb?t_?<?
answer is desir?d, it! dos&ot approve
th?*cnll insd'prkiciples avowed m it.
In?therj?prds. thirka fatjui^'tn^ply'
moy be interpr?teit as a disappkoiad,
not-only o? the enll?butv>? ea?fc?m
alf 9f tho-principle* annouju.-ed-?fri ?.
This ls n position iii which l^atai
uifWilliugU^to be placed, when f np
prove of many of th?} gjjnciples mt
forth in'rhe call, and- yet "do rjot ap?
prove of th? call itself! Twill Wiesiy
state my reasons, first prcnnisui?~ that
T do not reeogn itze. the very r?epe?t
abjp goutjfeiyen who have made this
call, as the acknowledged organe '?TJI?O
great Union partly of the connJtT>'J^
Shiee -jiu' outbreak of tl?p terrific
struggle, from which the oountiv luu;
now emerged, we hirvehud a National
Uu\bn/^?ajtv:J.hut has^o7ch?b?t?ri- moro
devotion,'made greater aucrfFices"und
manifested inore unselfish patriotism
than ?ny party ever 4id previously i:i
the history ortho world. Twit pi rfc?
is si iii in beibg, with its ungani ?at ion
intact find its organ.-; known; abd ai
that party, by its faith, its doctrine*
and its exertions, ut**, iii the face oj
the prophecies of half th? new ron:
all the old wotld. saved the Clover it'
ment and *^jJTf <KlillfTV in"ti>'iti~fi'
of our o)!:nmwi country from demo
rtdizatima, and indeed' from trbte.
ruin, by visdicatiug et all hs/au.<? tie
priiuP?rd:d"theory pf the eternal indis
soluble union of the States, .thr<
which .only ea?.*, particle of thc theo
ry of State rights ?vcr be itmiu
tamed and carried out. it wooli
appear tojne to be still the only, o
at arly rafe the most t-fTeetiHil,-mentis
as far aa a party eau do it, of ?i nail
adjusting ail the remaining minoran
unsettled matters of reconstruction
consistently with the requirements<
tlie theory mentioned. This party' i
; tho Hame to-day as it.-was in the dav
? of its trial; the Smne partv i
when, but a few short months a?
elected Lincoln and Johnson and
majority ?f- the present-Congress: an
as 1 aeted with it then for pan tanoni
reas<fn*; my sens? of duty deina* u"
that 1 remain aud act wjth it now.
Tlie pith and toiarrow of the pu
sent call, I should say, tends town:
j a convention to form a porty f<jr - m
! tainiug, not tlie Government in i
! entirety, as hus been the mission t
! the Union party, -bnt'n depurtniei
' ot the fTOVernmchl; and here.I um
' take, the liberty of adding that"! cu
I hardly conceive of any sail 1er spc
! tr?elo under the crisis of present ci
j oumstanees than that of the tri?
! Union party of this country becomii
! dislocated and liroken up by dive
B?OIII>, or that of one. branch of tl
j Government of thc country takii
I an isolated position upon qncstioi
i bf deep and common interest, ai
I placing itself in hostile conflict wi
I co-ordinate department*. For tbes
' and otln r reasons winch might !
! mentioned. 1 cannot, join in the ci
i for the Convention iu Philadelphia
I have said fhat many of thc pri
; ciplcs stated in the cull are, iu i
I view, unobjectionable. ? will n
: stop to criticise those which iu-c v
jectionable, but conten? myself wi
stating that the. call ni's to take a
I notice of one of the great issues u<
j before tho American people. I a?lu
to the question .whether tlie seve
I States snail ratify or reject the 1?
' amendment proposed by Cougr<
I to tho Constitution of the l?t
j States. This is a grave and alli
portant question; tho issue upon
i cannot bc avoided, lr should
I placed fairly and squarely before 1
j people
The failure to take ground upon
j important and all-absorbing a qu
; tiou must bc attributed either t<
desire to avoid the issue, or asa i
I duration of belief and policy ngai
J the adoption of the umendineut. !
I ing myself earnestly and decidedly
I favo: o? the adoption of the ame)
j meut hy the States. I cannot go i
I an organization that would cit:
i openly oppose that measure, or wo
' smother it by avoiding a discussion
j must also ndd, that no man is in
j desirous than! am to attain the eu
restoration of the American Cid
with its practical workings in in
perfect harmony and concord tl
ever, and the surety, as for as mo
affairs eau be made sine, ol end
perpetuity in the future..
The blessings to flow from sue
Union are countless and inestinia
But stich a Union, consistent wit
I itself, maintained by the juuve
: cousen t of ail classes and ^ecti<
I and laughing to scorn both tho
. ?units of foes internal or external
. the ravages ol' time and change,
: only be obtained by sternly reti
ing every departure from or Coin;
j mise with the supreme and gen
I idea of the American f?ndame
, law-the Constitution. Tho gen
idea consists, in brief, of the pc
cul liberty and equality of mani
. under the law.
j Such, and such only, eau be
! Uniou, the nationality' that will
tn "f?m^iher'$?^?iK??ft*t?n&Toity""
minjano! fulfill in the ^future thc
highest efforts of the present and the
past. It is not the vague delusion
that the rights of the States need
aectormg.^rt?i^?jBWjca? theory
culminaWpwper^ sacredness'
of the rights ei iaoHiauals-of each
"ningle individual. That, after all, is.
what "Washington carved out with
hisjrword. a?d Jefferson, filtering it
through jite snbt??^hnd free timid,
dre* hp ;anj&pn| qa^reriord w?tfc .trio
pen." * _- ' *~
It is well known that iu the politi?
cal and legal history of tlio United.
States, the only departures on eom
Iiromisbs of the kind -alluded to, have.
>een those iu the interests of slavery
and of its manifold incidents. I do
not, of course, propose to go over,
the thousand times told tale of the
?aast stttyjyeara, to-day. Slavery as
? confessed legality isT . * .. We all
know, no more, hut sonic of the
most important of ils. incidents of
.compromises still remain, blots mid
iacongrtiities upon tho jaw. What
equitable-reasons can he-given why
thesa ineideuts^ulso should uot he
erased? Time was that when ti\n
brains were ont thc mau would dio,,
but now* wtt-aee tho limbs denjauduig
to ii ve and move aa-if thc aerves^oll
-exi?te3L~ -, i?S?'" ? ~ \ ,
The persisteiit-atteiupt to keep in
the Constitution the rule of au un?
equal und unfair basis <>f rapreaenta
tion is perilous to the future peace of
thc country, find -will surely cause a
chafing sense of injuries tis long us it
is continued. Furthermore, the high
mission of the Union party, ?is
avowed in the 'Baltimore Convention
to extirpate slavery -includes tho,
removal of all tho hale, and anti
popular excrescenes, engrafted by
that institution for it> own selfish,
aggrandizement upon ?HIV free na?
tional laws and policy. That high
mission and obligation cannot he ac?
complished until ftfi ?which slavery
has so engrafted is cuf out; for. until
then, slavery is not extirpated.
Earnestly sympathizing with ilie
men who look upon a law of equal
! representation as the only guaranty
for popular rights; I should feel mr
iq o\it "of place in- a party thnt
showed a basis <if representation
giviug peculiar and unjust advan
I tages to a portion of the body politic,
to the detriment nnd dissatist"action
? of the whole.
I Uniled with you aniVfiU good men
I ia the soul-felt desire that peace, pros?
perity, and amicable brotherhood,
r which is more than any worldly pros
I perity, may soon prevail, and con
i tinue unbroken tlirongh oirvooinaioi
! oeuntry; that the former enmity
shall die out anil be forever lost, ;;n<
that all over tho broad domain o:
America equal law shill pto tee I equa
; rights to all men. 1 have tho hotiOJ
to subscribe myself vour obedieir
! servant. J?TIt?S SPFETV
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Thr Cholera, ji t Tybve.
j The ?Savannah ."Yews-, of Saturday
j reports the conditional things ot
i board tho San Salvador and on Tvbei
! Island, when the Webster lefc, aeon
I 5 o'clock. There was ono death ot
! Thursday and three Friday, fron
cholera, amone; the troops on Tybe
Island. There ha\e been n?< nev
cuses, and those now ali! ic ted ur
doing very well. The passengers ot
board the San Salvador continue ii
pond health.
Mr. S. St. George Bogers, one c
the passengers on board thc San Sal
vador, communicates tic followin
i account of t\e appearance of Lh
; ?ludera on tL-j trip:
j The Sun Salvador left her pier i
f New York harbor at. :i o'clock ]>. ru.
Saturday, 14,'h inst., with sevent>
. live or eighty passengers. Aftt
steaming down the bay, the vesst
came to for a Government transpon
; from which were transferred to h.
I 473 recruits for the "7th United Stn!.
; Infantry, (stationed in Florida,) n
medical officer accompanying then
j During the trip, several of thc so
I diers died from cholera. The mo
i were crowded together in tho forwai
j part of thc ship, and though tho voi
illation may bo as good, or perhaj
; better, than upon similar vessels,
i was insufficient for the numb?
crowded into tho small space. Undi
tho circumstances, sickness of son
kind, ut this season of thc year, Wi
to l>o expected. All tho applianci
for treating such caa- s were wantit
j -the men lying upon iho bare dec
with but a single blanket each, o:
posed to draughts when they wei
not almost suffocated by the den
ina^s of men around them.
Thc officers of the vessel afford*
I every facility in their power for i!
I relief of the sufferer! . Dr. 53ac<
was extremely zealous in endeavorii
to check the progress of tho discus
and Mr. Thomas Board, of Columbi
S. C., a practical druggist, renden
efficient service in compounding ni
d ici nos.
THE METHODISTS.-The Londi
' Patriot says that Wesleyan Metho
?sm has como to a stand-still in Gre
Britain. Iu Staffordshire and all t
' Southern districts it bas been steadi
losing ground for several years,
tho London circuits, during tho li
ycai-, there was un increase of neat
tittil members, but in so many of t
othf ?rs was there a decrease that t
; total gain shown on thc nmnorii
: returns for the year just closed,
scarcely mon; than a single hundri
Complaints arc made of a gene
I laxity of discipline, of the aband*,
j nient of love feasts and ?.lacker nttei
i ance at the clans meetings.
It'-witt ba . seen from, oujr ne*/s co
1 limns, this morning, that Governor
Brownlow . hos applied to? General
Thomas for ilia mterieronce of the
military mm ot power to' fasten npon
th? people of Terrneepwe th? -despot?
ism which no an?! his ret?lurio?a^r
Legislature have been fat the past
eight months endeavoring to fix upon
fte. 'Gen.-Thomas ref erred, the mat?
ter tp Wasbingtojn.-aijd jn?necliaterj
receired -a. pewiiivo ordsr. from the
Secretary of. War not to irrterfero in
the matters now pending in this etty
and State. -
It thu? appears that the radical
plot to subvert the liberties of a free
people has rooked-to the ultimate aid
of Gie military authorities, of. the
United? Strifes the moment thd-usurp
ationn by wi 1 ich it was to bc uoeoinV
'phsned railed to serve the pnrpoee".
The franchise law- the Metropolitan
police-tim summary rejection of the
people's chosen repr?sent?t) ves~ -the
unwarranted assemblage of thc Jjegia
hihire, and the to-bo enforced ratifl
catiou of the proposed ca MI s til ut ional
amendment, each and all, formed a
systematic plan, by which tho groud
object was to be consummated- If
there wan ahitch ora balk in any part
of these nefarious plans and proceed?
ings, rt wa? to bo removed by tile
strong ann of the military power.
Suoh was unquestionably the design;
but it 8 eora st to have. failed iu its most
important feature at itw ninst critical
period.
lt is peculiarly fortunate, tm), that
Mic i>>u<j.s that hove brought lo ibis
pass our State .affairs haye boen par?
ticipated in by men who have b^*.
unquestionably ..loyal'" from the out?
set of the proven! Stab- Go vern meut.
The patriotic and jest-minded mom
hers of Ike Legislature wlio h av? .re?
st st od .thc liagiiious schemes ol' Ihr
radicals lo* tyrannize over freemen,
are without reproach in their record
of aUe.chmont - to the lunion. The
honorable judge who is now n^i
dering the habeas <i//-/'"*of Mr 'Vii
hams is ab>o a gentleman of noble
mished clnwacternmd "loyalty."
But why this invocation of th*
militiuy ot til it, time? Wini, are the\
expected to do? And whom nretlur.
to coerce? . There has been ITO p?DU
lor outbreak--*no threats a gains* tm
Legislature or thc laws of the laud
Where, thou, should thc military ht
employed? It -is unreasonable tc
suppose that, if the Governor's ie
quest had been grunted, they wonk
hove marched to the court house, an<
either dissolved Judge Prazier'!
Court, or dictated bin decision ut tin
point of tho bayonet. The. day afte
the writ was issued, tho request wa
made, and if it had been gnrhtod, wi
should have Lad u military guurdsta
turned in the halls of justice, and tin
liberties of the people pi-iced in tb
bauds of a tile of soldiers. *
Such is thc radical plot and its dc
vclopnient. Let the entire people o
thc State return thanks for th
prompt and decided .responso e th
Secretary of War, and eherisli it a
[preventing thc consummation of th
most violent outrage upon popula
liberty ever undertaken m America!
l oot even excepting the! attempt o
1 George the Third and Lord North.
I XusttrMft Cb,,, and American, 10;/,.
KVsnuli- I.oitliy *U<-mix-rs of Congr?-*:
Participating in these influence
are the "weaker vessels" of all gn
i dations of fragility the broken, th
1 shattered ami the marvelously frai
\ Kine distinctions ol' remarkably di;
' tiuctiv.- characters! ThoYigh ol
' enough to have boen "thc father" <
' tho present Congress, had I "t.i .
I chosen last year a dclegal bom Iii
; District of Columbia, (which, by-tin
j way, vas nol then, nor yet i -. eut
I tied to that representation.\ 1 ai
' .still unable to depose from person
; knowledge of the manner of culis
iug the representativo sympathies i
I these excessively dubious claim
Lither the members of Cougress b
. long to an exceedingly gullible cia
of humanity, or else there is eonside
! able more than there seem ; ti) bo :
, the machinations of these fair ii
i trigueants. Upon the surface tin
' is a strikingly beautiful, or else i
I niaikably versatile woman, with
: group ol infatuated M. C's riutterii
. ever in lu r train. J in- scene iii
1 from Ibo gallery um! cloak rooms
the Representative ( 'hamber ; to tl
? privat boxes of the theatres and tl
i parlors of tho hotels.
! Always sharp, piquant and in
j vously watchful of thc situatio
these queens of the Represen! it i
Courts are always followed, som
tums caught, and not un frequent
worshipped. The sequel is dry, an
, besides, so captivating associatio
I smack of the vulgar. There com
' a day when a bill of moderate h ug
I and fabulous figures appropriates
Judge Smith -tia- original J. S.
sum of money "not otherwise appi
priated und now in the Treasury,"
consideration of certain services ai
i "contractor of mail routes," or ai
suppliant for damages to private pi
I porty, character or person, w hich t
House affects to pass unnotic<
, while the radiant and lovely dec
j watches breathless and pale in t
I gallery above, bor a brief seas
Madame of the irrc? i i??>!. smile a
seductive person may continue t.. ?
thrall her Congressional admire
j but Iel her stay be longer or short
the day arrives when the haunts
i her intrigue know lier no longer, a
j the y?. ? s haven distressing reali
tion that for the time ot least th
j votes arc not worth a rush to a ?in.
j interest save thoso of their eonsti
? eucies.- Wash. Cor. Boston Post.
.VIM fiwli? S?t<ito4tai??u<^tJ
As this weaj>on. which bas been re-'
feTrreri^o in Helegra?j?hit?* crespatclxts?
w?B, in alTprnbabihVy, be* freirueiftly
mentioned daring the courue' of the
present European War. a few %otd?
in description of it-* plan ?i*d pvruci'
pies willJB|pt he ontof^place/" . 1?>
- Th?^rtri(3ge?B"ed???ith* "n?idle?i
Son is made -Q? stan e^vr.i-b<w?d, tbs
alL, powder and explosive com posi?
tion being contained in one and the
same cylinder. " Its great perj?Matity
is that ."th? detonating powder is
placed! -tim^c'Uateiy i,> rv.tr af Sit bas?
of ihr. hoM aud ~bo tween it' and the
powder The advantage- ef this ia.
that,: when tho powder is ignited?,
that port iou next thc..bull iu which
combustion is ib?t perfected-, eierts
jip full fdjcce upon the i^ectfle, ihe
p?Vder in roar abo exerting ita ipr
tlueuce, ns ifc becomes almost sim uV
tarieonsly ignited. Under the pre?
sent system, in which thai i?ai t of the
powder next to the breech of the gun
I is first ignited, a portion of fhi pow?
der is frequently expelled lYoni tfie
gun with tho hall in a. condition ot
I onl} partial combust iou, the explo
I ai ve force bf the *powde?" fiant cou
j sumed being adequate .-to oxpel th*
hall and the powder in tts front hf
fore thc whole charge bas time tc
become entirely ignited, 'rims, ir
I the "beedie" gun, all Ute powder is
I consumed mid applied to the hes*
I effect, and .so as to obtain its fullest
fosco at thc sanve instant and in thi
' same direction.,
j Thc "ueedle" gun is a breech
I loader; and. when the trigger i:
i pulled, rt stout "needle" or wire i:
! thrust thr.uigh thy base o? tho cart
j ridge, parallel with its axis, into th
j detonating charge, by the ball, cane
ing its explosion and the ignition^ o
1 thi> cartridge.
I lu accuracy, the "needle " gnu can
j not l?o surpassed, and its etleetiv
i muge is said to be about 1,500 yarda
I it is, however, doubtful whether i
j will bc found to bear with impnnit
thc necessarily rough treatment of ni
: ?ct ive campaign.
The Prussian Jagers and sharp
j shooters generally at e armed wit]
'. this formidable weapon, and, upon
skirmish line, when it can be use
: with care and deliberation, it mus
i prove highly effective.
[Richmond iHsf/t?cJt.
THE ..LOYAL," HOAD ro "WKAI.TH.
' J. Got a position ns agent in th
Freedmen's Bureau. Previous]
< thereto, or subsequently, assume th
? name of reverend, or get yourse
dubbed that by private friends. Th
is essential, as it will inspire all tl
Republican editors, strong-minih
women ?md radicals generally, with
faith in you which cannot be shalne!
: no matter what you may do.
.J. Selecta nice place to li ve Ui, au
rent yourself a plantation on "cir
j terms. "
3. Contract with yourself for tl
I requisite number of able-bodh
I freedmen; wages, part of the crop
! rice, sugar or cotton, when mad
I you to feed and clothe them mea
! while.
I 1. Supply them liberally with i
j tions and clothes from the Gover
i ment stores aud at publie expens
. This will add largely to your profit
j though it helps to swell tho taxath
at the North.
5. When tho crop is harvested, ?
I the whole of it, pocket the proccet
I and leave without paying your lab?
ers. Conscience need not trout
? you in this, as you will leave tb' m :
i worse O?? than you found theta.
: 6. Return to yonr native villa
\ and assume thc airs and snivel
j martyrdom; if you can be "a viet:
' <d tho President's policy." it will p
: well in securing jon plenty of i
fenders of tho highest political inf
j euee.
Having now wealth and politic
yon aie prepared To lecture Den
I crats on their sins. Those lectur
I if well s]>iced v ith '*eopperheat
"disloyal." and like epithets, v
j now and then a donation to tin? io
: oty for the prevention of thc red
. struction of the Union, will so relit
your mind that you can pass quio
' down the vale of life in all the ot
ot hypocrisy, and finally die the dei
; of the pions, according to the pro ti
bl<> doctrines of the Republic
: church. -Albany Argus.
-
Mr. J. L. Milburn, a clerk ni I
Ballimore SM;* office, on Tuesdi
I after a violent fit of coughing, expi
ed from his lungs a brass-head
, nail, one inch in length, wliieh
, hod accidentally swallowed over t
! years ago, and which had reniai I
1 imbedded in the lungs nil that tit
i a constant source of aunovau
; blooding and ill health. The nail .
. lunch corroded.
A man living at a village near ?
j bile attempted to frighten sonic g
by wrapping a white cloth round
; body and personating a ghost,
ran but one, who pulled out a
volver and deliberately fired six 1?
I into the head and body. She w
home and related the circnmstam
and parties returning to the s
found life completely extinct.
A large number of count erf ei
..ere arree ted in New York, on Thi
day, by tho United .States deteeti'
flic particnlare uro not given.
t!n r arrests being in contemplate
. j Large quantities ot dies, plates
presses for printing currency v
seized.
, I A Jewish synagogue just oomph
at Berlin is represented to be om
' the most gorgeous buildings in
j rope, costing 3700,OOO io gold.
PrsB ?ET CTJTO, MAKUBORO DIS micrr.
On Saturday, Uth inst., -abou, i:- ...
?ni., a nre^wlBiSrsx^predrtiliTr. Jame*.
M?P?ae> storehouse. House ?nd -en
tire stock of goods a "to ts! lp?.- ^.4?^?
cimrstances bare transpired whipfc?
lead to the belief that the afore"
first robbed find then fired. ..'
Romero, the Minister Pleuipoteii ~
?&rt of thc Jnare* oj- LH^s^?ki
v^jrnme^jnf JJdTexico, assort:; tim* i?*"-*
lins positive information that'JiiJpo
loon, ia spite of all bis a 33unuioe.s i..
the contrary, is still sending troops
into Mexieo. .
Gov?-Patton J i as returned-to Ala
bama, having not only negotiated a
large amount of State bona? ?HT- Hi*?,
relief ef^the destitute, hnfc, /eeeifed
abundant . voluntary contributions
from Missouri and Illinois, the ou i.*.
; two States Lc v wited.
J , There *^ere951 de?tksin New-"York
fro? ShnVhry, thT> 16th, to Thursday,
j the 19th instant, inclusive . So?i#-x*f
? the papers e?mplrtiu of tho Qead
being-?cept ftnbm-iod- uitti! they b.
1 come absob'itt^^/^nsive.
". Tlie'BiApi^^^f^^has re?entlv
heaitf. " from^w^hd''.sourees, thar
Northern metf Invve appToeehed Inti
holders pf slaves with the. offer of
for. each slave lost Dy enmneiputiou,
abd" inquires what?if means.
? ?aitmonth .College.has just co?,
j tarred the degree pf LLD. bu M*
? jor-General Sherman. He addressed
j the graduating chuss al considerable
I length, - .
1 "\Yhv isTWrestlees sleeper like a lnw .
j yex V Because be lies on one side, and
j turns and lies on the oilier. ^
Col ii m Ula Wliol. ?ale Pi'ltfra Cniren l
. olOUX TF.D WEEKLY
1 .1. L. SOLOMON.
APPLfaK -iv-r buehei . . $3 ?*?
BAGGING -<?unuy, per yard ?5
Dundee " 32
CALE ROPE--Manilla, per B) !u
N\Y. orWest'u, prlb. 25
! BACON -Haims, per lb.25^i?l
Sides " '.
Shoulder*, ttl
j-BU^T Eli--Northern, per lb "50
Country, ?. ... 2o
i li EICKS-Per 1,000. 7 QO
j COTTON YARN-Per bunch 2 SO
: COTTON-Ordin?rv, per lb 39
MldcRing,. 243
CANDLES--Sperm," per lb.
adamantine, 11 So
Tallow. *' ...-. 25
?COFFEE bio, per lb. 3i
Laguayra, ". 4-r,
Java, " . 50
; CHEESE--Eugliah Dairy, per lb :l?
Skimmed, " 25
; CORK-Per bushel. L 90
? FLOU H -Super, .per bbl . ?) 00
Extra Family. 13 On
HAY Northern, per cwt. 2 00
Eastern 2 &i
HIDES -Dry. per lb 10
Oretut, '. .. ' &
LAUD Per U> . . . 2?
' LUMBER -Boards, per 1H0 ft 2 5o
Scantling, "
Shingle?, per 1,000. . .
LIME-Per bbl.
! MOLASSES ?.'nba, per gallon ... 75
New Orleans, " 1 25
Sugar House. '. 1 25
i NAH.? - Per lb. . . 10
ONIONS-Per bushel.". 1 ft?
\ OIL-Kerosene, -per gallon .100
Tefebene,
Sperm. .
, PEAS-Per bnahel ..2 00
POTATOES--Irish, pd bu?i?.-l . . 2 Oil
i . Sweet, " -
RICE- Carolina, per bushel t* 00
East India, " .
I SPECIE -*iold' . 45
Silver. 4o
SALT Liverpool, per sack .. '.1 5?
Table, " .. 4 On
SOAP - Per bar . .. ls
SUGAR-Crushed, per lb. 'J
Powdered, ". 22
brown, .15? 2?
: I SPIRITS-Alcohol, per gallon - 6 Oe
,, CognaeBrandy, " 0 Oe
Domestic "* .' 3 Oe
Holland Gm. " 8 On
i, American " " 4 O?
Jamaica Run), " ? Oo
N E. " 3 00
Dom bon Whiskey. 3 Oe
Monongahela " ? *N>
Rectified '. 3 Pii
?TAltCH- Per lb 2u
TEA-Green, p?.r lb 1 Oe
Black, . 7
j TOBACCO- Chewing, per lb .30? 100
Smoking, " .50 ? 7".
. VINEGAR -Wine, per gallon 75
"j Cider, .. 75
French, " 15"
IV INJ'. -Champagne, ?el baakei 3". 00
Port, per gallon 4 50
Sherry, " .5 0?
I Madeira, " . " 5 00
DO MEST! < M A UKLI'.
! MEATS - P.-rk, per lb . io
Beef, '- 15.'ii*i
i ? Mutton, ". 124
POULTRY -Tnrkcvs, per pun 4 un
Ducks, . 1 i"Ki
' Chickens. "* .... 75
Just Received,
. 4 LOT of fresh ground FLOUR, wha l.
i J\. will be sold wholesale and retail, ai
reasonable rat?..?, br
July 24 .IAN'SEY A 1?>LL_ES<)N.
To Fine Stock Breeders.
FOP. SALE, a ?nejyoung BULL, iln?.
mouths old; breed, five-eighths Brab
?min. Apply to RICHARD TOZER,
1 1 july 24 2* Columbia, S. C
DeBOW'S REVIEW
IRESPECTFULLY ?olicit STJBSCBIP
TIONS and ADVERTISEMENTS fothie
' work, during my stay in the city. 1 will
*; caU on the citizens generally for their sm.
I port. J. WALLACE A INGER,
July 24_Special Agent
NEW GOODS ?
[ j JUST OPENED AT STANLEY S
BALTIMORE, Rockingham, Yellow an.i
Stone WARE, DEMIJOHNS, WINI
BOTTLES and FLASKS; Self-sealing Fruit
? Jars and Cans: brass-bound Cedar Bucket -
? ami Covered Cane; Straw Brooms aniVWu
low Baskets, with manv other useful art;
oks. Jory 34 1*
Corn Whiskey.
JUST RECEIVED Nine Barrel? of OLL
CORN WHISKEY. wbich I will sell -
r REDUCED BRICES. Call ?nd ample
x RICHARD O'BRIEN
South aide Oerviia fctreet, near Assenibe
Julv 24 1