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WASHINGTON, Aagast 23.-It is
said that the ram Stonewall put into
Norfolk in a sinking condition.
In crossing a flooded creek near
here, a stage upset, and three ladies
were di owned.
Ex-President Buchanan is recover?
ing.
Stevens is reported becoming alarm?
ingly feeble.
The military authorities are arming
the citizens in the vicinity of Fort
Sedgwick, for the protection of the
post.
Cholera is raging among the Semi?
noles.
Denver papers say Forts Beno and
Kearney are besieged.
The cholera is reported maliguant
at Shawneetown.
The Illinois pressure ou tbe Presi?
dent for Cabinet changes is increas?
ing.
The following^ is represented as the
conclusion of Sickles' argument sup?
porting his Order No. 10: "If the
United States Courts in the rebel
States be allowed to control the mili?
tary authority, the execution of the
reconstruction Aots will, for obvious
reasons, soon become impossible.
Some of these courts will begin by
declaring the Acts of Congress void."
CHARLESTON, August 23.-456 were
registered to-day-of whom 219 were
whites and 237 colored.
Arrived-Steamer Falcon, Balti?
more; schooner M. B. Bramhall, New
York; schooner E. J. Palmer, Balti?
more.
WASHINGTON, August 23.-Tho fol?
lowing statement in relation to Gen.
Sickles' order No. 10, and the Execu?
tive order thereon, will correct the
current misapprehension: On the
14th instant, the instructions sent to
Gen. Sickles, exempting United States
Courts from military order, were sus?
pended until his report and views
upon the latter could be received
-On the 16th, the commanding officer
of Wilmington reported that the At?
torney-General had instructed the
Marshal of North Carolina to pro?
ceed to enforce the executions of the
United States Courts, threatening
prosecutions against persons pre?
venting him. Instructions were is?
sued to Col. Frank, by Gen. Sickles,
not to permit tho order of any court
to be enforced, in violation of exist?
ing orders, and to report folly upon
the cases pending. These occurrences
having been reported to the War De?
partment, the instructions originally
sent to Gen. Sickles have been with?
drawn.
Internal revenue receipts, to-day,
$575,000.
A train on the Annapolis Bailroad
wept into a calvert, killing the en?
gineer, a fireman and a boy. Several
.passengers were injured. The train
took fire.
The Turkish Minister was officially
presented to the President to-day.
The Cabinet was in session from 12
to 2 o'clook.
WILMINGTON, August 23.-The Be
pnblicans are becoming alarmed lest
a negro should be elected mayor of
this city. The Southern whites are
denounced because they did not re?
gister. Northern men who are con?
servative begin to see that without
their co-operation with a Southern
party of moderate views, the State
must be given up to negro domina?
tion. Prominent Northern men here
admit that the whites must now
r yield to negro suffrage; but that tho
uegro raco, like the Indian, must
give place to the superior intelligence
of tho whito man. The intelligent
radicals here do not pretend to insist
that the blacks ought to be invested
with the rights that are now accorded
them by the dominant party.
Tho Irish Times believes the crop
of wheat tftid oats will be largo and of
excellent quality, and says: "There is
every probability that the Irish farm?
ers will have another prosperous
year. Tho high price obtained for
"barley in the last two years led to
extensive sowings of that crop this
year. The crop is, if anything, too
thick and peavy, but if caro be takeu
to cut it at the proper moment, and
with its natural right color, it must
remunerate the farmer well. Barley
is a favorite crop, not only because it
finds a ready sale, but because it
comes so early into the market. It
will certainly not disappoint tho
grower this year. Of the potato
crop, it is impossible to speak too
favorably. There is not, as yet, the
slightest trace of blight. Among
other green crops, turnips and man?
golds hold foremost places. Both
crops, where planted early and care?
fully thinned, aro excellent."
The famousPrassiau cannon which,
for its immensity, has long been tho
wonder of the Paris Exhibition, so
far at least as artillery specimens are
concerned, is now quito eclipsed by a
new monster piece, just installed on
tho banks of the Soine, at the Champ
do Mars. This piece of ordnance,
destined for the defence of the coast
of France, weighs 76,400 pounds, and
is less clumsy and moro powerful
than the Prussian gun. It cornos di?
rectly from the foundry of B.ielle,
where other similar pieces are being
fabricated. It io breech-loading, ac?
cording to tho system of General
Frebault, and can fire five shots per
ten minutes.
Ff.tVANCIA.l4 AN Ii COMMERCIAL..
NEW YOBS, An gust 28-Noon.
Stocks drill and declining. Honey 5
per cent. Gold 40%. Exchange
time 9%; eight 10. JFJour 10@15c.
lower. Wheat l@2c. lower. Corn
quiet Oats dull and nominally lower.
Pork lower-$23.45. Lard firm, at
13^[. Cotton quiet, nt 28.
7 P. M.-Flour-State $7.40?
11.60; Southern lower-quoted at
$9.90@14. Wheat dull-new South?
ern red $2.30@2.35; white and red
mixed $2.35; white Southern $2.40.
Corn closed drooping-mixed West?
ern 13>?. Oats 2@3o. low?
er. Pork heavy, at $23.40. Lard
less active, at 122?@,14. Whiskey
more active, at 36@40. Cotton quiet |
and drooping, at 28. Stocks firm.
Gold 41.
BALTIMORE, August 23.-Cotton is
quiet-middling 28@28i.i. Flour firm
and scarce, but prices unchanged.
Wheat scarce and active. Corn lower;
white $1.08@1.13; yellow$1.16. Oats
lower-good to choice 58@65. Sugar
firm. Provisions steady and un?
changed.
CINCINNATI, August 23.-Flour j
steady. Corn scarce-mixed 90@92; |
white 96. Mess pork $24. Bacon
shoulders 12>4@ 12clear sides 16.
Lard 13.
NEW ORLEANS, August 23.-Sales I
of cotton 850 bales; market dull and |
unchanged-low middlings 26)? ; re?
ceipts of the week 837 bales; stock j
on hand 16,973. Choice Muscovado
sugar l&}4- Louisiana molasses 60.
Flour-superfine $9. Corn active
white mixed $1.20; white $1.25.
Pork quiet and firm, at $26.25?
26.50. Bacon shoulders 1234'@.14;
clear sides 18. Lard quiet and un?
changed. Gold 39?4@40.
CHARLESTON, August 23.-Cotton
is at a stand, and there are no sales;1
receipts 556 bales.
MOBILE, August 23.-No sales of I
cotton to-day-nominally 241 .? for
low middling; receipts 43; sales of |
the week 450 bales.
AUGUSTA, August 23.-Cotton dull,
and prices unchanged; sales 43 bales; j
middling 25.
SAVANNAH, August 23.-Cotton is
quiet and steady-middlings 26; ?e
ceipts 117 bales.
Surr-osED ASSASSINATION OF A SPY.
The New York Evening Express, of
Saturday, gives the following account
of a mysterious affair, which that
paper believes to be true:
Some few months ago, agontleman
employed in a fashionable Broadway
dry goods store, accidentally encoun?
tered an individual whom he had for?
merly known in Dublin as a member
of the Metropolitan Police force of
that beautiful city. The ex-M. P. did
not seem particularly gratified at
meeting with his quondam acquaint?
ance, and, as soon as he decently
could, took his leave. The dry goods
mau heard or saw no more of him,
and was fast forgetting his existence,
when a parag: .ne of the morn
mg papers^ givi an account of the
finding of the b - of a dead man in
the river, with a bullet-hole through
his head, attracted his attention. The
description of the murdered man tal?
lied so exactly with the appearance of
his old and intimate friend, that he
thought it right to repair to the
Morgue, and the first glimpse of the
corpse convinced him that his worst
suspicions were but too well founded.
There, stretched on one of the mar?
ble slabs, unknown, with pallid brow
and staring visage, lay the body of
the man to whom, as subsequent de?
velopments went to provo, had been
meted out the dire penalty of death
for being, as is supposed, au informer.
In about five weeks after his visit to
the Morgue, the gentleman we havB
spoken of received a letter, datou
Dublin, from tho brother of the ex
policeman. The writer stated that a j
rumor had reached him, which he
found impossible to trace to any i lia?
ble source, to the effect that his I?ro-1
ther had been shot in New York, and 1
thrown into the river, and that he
would feel obliged if his friend would j
call at the British Consulate aud make
inquiries about tho matter. The men?
tion of the British Consulate solved
'the whole mystery of the tragic fate
of the ex-policeman, whom he now
felt certain had met his death whilst
following the vocation of a spy in the
Empire City. He had au interview
subsequently with an official attached
to the British Consulate, which con
vinced him that his view of tho case
was a correct oue. In this connec?
tion, it may be mentioned^ that two
of the Irish informers have died vio?
lent deaths, and that another barely
escaped with his lifo from the knife
of an Irish-American.
The Baltimore Sun says: A peti?
tion now before the Governor of the
State, from a highly respectable old
gentleman, asking the pardon from
the penitentiary of an unfortunate
grand-son, states that he, the peti?
tioner, is a Marylander by birth; that
he served in the defence of Baltimore
in tho war of 1812; that he is now
in his 86th year, and can say what
few now living can assert, that ho has I
?een all the Presidents of tho United |
States, from George Washington to
And row Johnson. He was present,
and witnessed the laying of the cor?
ner-stone of the capitol at Washing?
ton, which ceremony was conducted
by General Washington. He has now
living more than fifty grand-children,
and nearly os many great-grand-chil?
dren.
Tit? Boya at IV ?Mt Polm.
"An Old Dragoon" ia writing a
series of interesting sketches for a
Richmond paper, giving reminis?
cences of cadet life at the. West Point
Military Academy. The following
are extracts:
The first cadet I ever heard give
the word of command wan Sidney
Johnston, and the impression his :
appearance made on me is as clear
and distinct now as it was then. His
stalwart form and well-developed i
muscles gave an appearance of great
strength, while his gentle man
ners and benevolent countenance in- i
dicated a man of the tenderest affec- i
tions. Hard to arouse to anger, he ;
was ever ready to espouse the cause <
of the oppressed. His noble nature i
endeared him to his fellow-cadets <
and his associates in after life. On <
one of the fairest pages of history <
must be written the deeds of this '
gallant soldier and true patriot.
Leonidas Polk, tall and straight ns i
an arrow, wa3 tho orderly sergeant of I
my company. Scrupulously strict in i
the discharge of his duties, retiring ]
in his manners, and a devout mem?
ber, even then, of the Episcopal ?
Churoh, ho invariably commanded I
the respect of us nil. i
Robert E. Lee held the two offices I
in the corps usually filled by the I
best soldiers of the class-sergeant- :
major and adjutant. He discharged <
the duties of these offices with zeal I
and fidelity. His personal appear- i
ance surpassed in manly beauty that I
of any other cadet in the corps. ]
Though firm in his position, and per- i
fcotly erect, he had none of the stiff- i
ness so often nssumed by men who t
affect to be very strict in their ideas ?
of what ia military. His limbs, beau- 1
tiful and symmetrical, looked ns <
though they had come from a turning t
lathe; his step was as elastic as if he i
spurned the ground upon which ho <
trod. Ho was noted among his class- 1
mates as a great student, and as 1
having passed through the trying <
or leal of a military school without a i
single demerit mark. (I generally i
got 150 a year.) During Bob Lee's '
stay at West Point, I am satisfied i
that he never swore an oath, tasted a i
drop of ardent spirits, nor used "the i
weed" in any shape or form. The '
same virtues of abstinence may be 1
attributed to Charles Mason; but I 1
think "Charley" occasionally let slip <
an oath; at least, he looked as if he 1
did. Mason was in Lee's class, and f
intellectually had no superior at the t
Point. How well I can recollect his 1
bright, piercing eye, gleaming and 1
'"snapping" with excitement as he <
stood at the black-board, demon- <
strafing some intricate and beautiful 1
mathematical problem. Mason early <
left the army, and has since sought :
and gained that distinction in civil ?
life which his talents and pare cha- <
racter entitled him to. - He was for a i
long time Commissioner of tho Pa- i
tent Office, chosen for his scientific 1
attainments, and filled with ability <
for several years a place on the su- 1
preme bench of Iowa. i
Joseph E. Johnston had a great
deal of the military spirit that per?
vaded the corp8, and which was in?
fused by Major Worth. He was not <
remarkable for his studious habits,
and belonged to a fast set, of which I i
myself was an active member. Few ;
of that set escaped arrest, confine- j
ment and court martial. Joe John- ?
ston was one of those genial spirits ,
that gave zest to a cadet's life. Full |
of ambition and a desire to excel, he j
was yet ready to join a scouting party ,
to Buttermilk Falls, tho residence of ,
tho immortal Benuey Havens. His (
appearance was very military, and ,
when under arms, no man looked ,
more tho soldier. Ho was very ex- j
pert in the manual of arma, and car- j
ried bia musket so perpendicular that ]
it leaned a little too much to the front.
I Though wo recognized his talents ?
j then, wo little dreamed he had the ;
military genius he has since dia- i
.played as a commander.
My old friend and class-mate, John
B. Magruder, was perhaps the most
elegant and distingue cadet at the
Academy, in that day, and I do not,
believe West Point has ever had his
equal. He Was a first-rate soldier, of
like appearance, and very strict when
on duty as "officer of the day,"
never failing to report the slightest
violation of r?gul?t ions, even though
the delinquent was the moat intimate
friend and room-mate. This trait in
his character I have reason to know
from personal experience. John waa
for the corps tho "arbiter of things
elegant, tho glass of fashion."
To Remove.
On or about tho 10th of September next,
wo propose to movo our business stand,
and occupy tho "LABOE CENTRE
STORE," in Walker's Building, Main street,
situated on tho squaro opposite tho Court
House. Until that time, we will bc found
at tho cid stand, still offering our great
bargains in Dry Goods.
July 31 R. C. SHIVER.
PARTIES who expect mc to GIN their
COTTON will please notify me at once, and
.tato the probable time and amount to bo
Ginned. W. B. LOWRANCE.
August ll_
Tho best Season to Plant Turnip Seed.
JUST RECEIVED:
WAITE'S ECLIPSE,
LARGE WHITE GLOBE,
YELLOW ABERDEEN,
RUTA BAGA. For sale cheap at
FISHER ii HEINITSH'S, Druggists.
August 21
School? anil Teacher*.
A report on school discipline, sub?
mitted to the Virginia Educational
Couvenlion last week, was prepared
by Gen. Robert E. Lee. He gives
his idea of what teachers should be,
as follows:
The selection of proper persons for
the office of teacher is a matter of the
first importance, and as its duties re?
quire long and comprehensive pre?
paration, it should be regarded as
nmong the most honorable and im?
portant professions, and be commit?
ted to those whose beneficial influ?
ence nnd instruction shall embrace
monds and religion, as well as the
intellect. The teacher should be the
example of the pupil. He should
[dm at the highest attainable profi?
ciency, and not at a pleasing medio?
crity. Unless he cnn teach those
come .tted to his care to think and to
work, and can impart to them vigor
with learning, there can be uo real
idvnnce. He must study the charac?
ter and disposition of his pupils, and
idopt his course of disoipliue to their
peculiarities.
Above all, he must be uniform, con?
sistent, firm, kind iu his conduct,
teach more by acts than words, anc
show tho children under his charge
that be has their true iuterest ai
licart. He should look upon then
not only as tho parents of a new gen
oration, but also as heirs of i minor
tality, and while preparing them foi
usefulness in this life, instil inte
their impressible miuds principles o
piety aud religion; for, if it bo true
is taught by history, that greatnes
lepends upon virtue, it is equall;
true that religion is the fountain am
support of virtue. Should the dall;
ousiness of the school be conducta
an such principles, and the pupils bi
.rained in the habits of obedience
reverence and truthfulness, and b
jonviuced that they are noble um
lovely in themselves, and their prac
tice manly and honorable, the mai
abject of education will have bec:
attained. In addition to these mon
influences, a teacher should bc clotho
(sith all the authority of tho parer
in tho discharge of his duties, and I
sustained by him so long as L
nay entrust his child '? bis can
That he may be kept c. stantly ii
formed of the conduct o. his chili
weekly, quarterly and yearly repor
af his progress should be sent hi
ay the teacher, in wi ich should I
stated his absences, late attendau?
iud misbehavior. Certificates of a
k'ancemeut should likewise be giv<
x> those who excel in studies and co
luct. The systems of punishmeu
aught to be as simple and mild
they can be made effective, and win
joercion has to be resorted to,
should be generally left to the parei
Should admonition, restriction of i
?reation, &c, fail to produce tho c
sired effect, and the pupil obstinate
resist tho patient expostulations
the teacher, there will then be :
ather resource than to return him
ais parents as one unworthy a phi
n the school.
Letter from Gen. Magruder.
We copy the following letter frc
aue of our Southern exchanges:
So many misrepresentations hi
been lately made regarding me, tl
[ deem it right to say that I was i
it the New York Stock Exchai
with Gen. Beauregard or with ti
aue else; that I do not know wh
that institution is; that I did m'y d
in attempting to keep np tho spi:
af tho troops under my comma
until my commanding officer had
cided to surrender; that by the tor
af that surrender the comii.issioi
afficers of tho Trans-Mississippi !
partment were allowed to select tl
residences within or without
limits of the United States.
I will further state that, upon
surrender of the Trans-Mississi
Department, I published an ord<
probably tho last of tho war-i
lemning in the strongest terms
formation of guerilla parties,
urging all to support tho laws
abey tho orders of tho United St
luthorities with an honest, zea'
ind loyal spirit.
Further, I sent my staff and
a;ago openly by a ship-of-war, c
teously placed at my service by
United States naval commaui
afficer at Galveston, and would
laably have gone myself, but fha
communication between Now Orl
?md Havana, where I desired to 1
my family, was cut off by quarnn
[ intended to embark at Matann
but was turned aside from that r
by tho robbers, both of Texas
Mexico.
" Reaching tho City of Mexici
roule to Havana and Europe, I
raffercd by tho good and noble ?
miliun tho offico of chief of tho
office of colonization, which I ac<
ed, it being a purely civil app
ment, aud entirely unconnected
politics, domestio or foreign,
viously to reaching the City of ?
co, I advised the Confederates n
make uso of any asylum in a foi
country to plot against their
uni this advice was strictly
honestly followed. The offices
by Capt, Maury and myself hi
been abolished through the fiua
embarrassments of the empire,
turned to this country to work 1
man for my personal independ
which I nm now doing, without
ing or avoiding my former frien
J. BANKHEAD MAGRUDF
.?Lia.otloxx Sales
RICHLAND---IN EQUITY.
II. P. DeGraaf, Executor, vs. J. C. Green.
Hill to Foreclose Mortgage.
PURSUANT to thc order nf tho Ccurt in
the above ?tated case, I will bell, be?
fore the Court House, on Hie FIRST MON?
DAY in September next,
All that LOT OF LAND, eituato in the
city of Columbia, on tho corner of Tavlor
and Bull street?, bounded on tho North by
Taylor street, East bv lot of- Miles,
South by lot of Richard Holmes and Wost
by Bull street, containing one-half aore,
moro or less; together with tho buildings
thereon-upon tho following terms:
So much cash as will defray tho costs of
suit and expenses of sale; balance on a
credit of one, two and three vears, with
interest at the rate of 7 per centum per
annum, secured bv bond and mortgage of
tho promises. D. B DKSAUSSURE,
Aug 10 }9 C. E. R. D._
A List oi Letters
REMAINING in tho Post Omeo, Colum?
bia, S. C., August 24, 1807. PorBons
calling for letters in this list, will please
Bay they are advertised.
Agger, Mrs Sat ah Lever, Henrietta A
Aduain ft Vollere, Lucius, Mrs J J
Andrews, Emily Mackin, Jas, caro of
Barnwell, Louis P Cantwell,
Baughman, F M Marshall, L S
Boyd, Maurice M?rtir.. J N A S B
Bracev, J M Martin, Jos
Brindley, J H McCullum, Daniel
Bryan, Miss E McCl ain, Wm
Carolina, Mrs McKee. Archibald
Clark, Cha? Mitchel, Mrs Rachel
Coleman, K, col, Moore. Miss Hattie
Cooper, J Douglas Murtishaw, Mra E
Cowdory, L L Mason, Mary
Crane, Jos 8 Nelson, Mrs Jas
Draghorn, A J Packingham, Mrs N
Duning, Jos Parks, H L
Dunnington, L H Rivers, Misa M
Evans, E K Rives, BT 2
Fisher, Miss Mary Rives, Mrs Elizabeth
Oinnings, Mrs Root, Fraucia B
Gribble, Archibald Scott, Mrs N
Guess, Johu Hebert, Mrs-Mary
Hamuions, Miss S Soellv, Miss Mary
Harris, W A Smith, Aaron
Hart, Mrs S E Smith, Mrs C L
Hay, D J Starling, Mrs E C
Hay, Miss V V Starling, G W
Heuriehson, Mrs M Stewart, C T
Henry, Miss Reh E Strauss ft Conlev,
Hildebrand, Dr D Walker, Mrs M "
Hoke, Thos Walsh, P A
Hopkins, Loudias Ward, Dallas T
Horueford, Jake Whitehead, Chas 2
Hyson, Mrs M Wigg, Mrs Gardina
Jackson, Mrs Ann Wilson, Geo A
Jobbers, Miss Julia Wright, Samuel
Jones? Richard
Aug 2i J. C. J AN.-OY. P. M. _
MOLASSES AND SYRUP.
5HHDS. MOLASSES.
5 barrels Bee Hive Syrup.
100 sacks Family Flour.
Anguat28 E. ft G. D. HOPE.
Removal.
I take pleasure in giving the information
to my friends and thc public in general,
and the rest of mankind, that I am nearly
reconstructed, having REMOVED my
CONFECTIONERY ESTABLISHMENT to
Main street, next door to tho corner of
Lady street, opposite the ruins of Nicker
son's Hotel, where I shall bo happy to
serve all that call, with everything fresh
and good in my line.
August 23 c JOHN? MCKENZIE.
Fresh Lemons, Raisins,
AND CURRANTS, at
J. C. SEEGERS ft CO.'S.
4,000 GINS!
Ready for the Season, at the
MANUFACTORY.
Send your order to tho
South Carolina Colton Gin Wauehouse,
COI.I'M HI A, S.C.
THEY GIN Faster, Cleaner and make a
better Sample than any Gins in the
country with thc same power. They have
been adopted by the East India Cotton
Agency Company, by the Manchester Cot?
ton Supply Association, by tho Viceroy of
Egypt, and by tho Governments of Turkey,
Brazil, Italy, Groeee and India, in their
efforts to raise this staple in their midst;
and their inerts- are even moro tully un?
derstood by those using them in our own
country during the last two years. They
aro also warranted to give satisfaction, or
no sale.
ALSO,
Corn Shellers, Feed Cutters,
PLOWS, CULTIVATORS, ?fcc.
Wood's MOWING and
REAPING MACHINES,
.which have taken the first
premium at the Paris Ex?
position.
The following gentlemen, to whom I
have recently sold these Machines, will
gladly testifv to their merits:
Dr." li. W. Taylor, Columbia. S. C.
W. L. Mikcll, Columbia, S. C.
Gen. J. J. Bratton, Winnsboro, S. C.
M. E. DeGraffoureid, Chester, S. C.
O. C. Wells, Newberry, S. C.
J. P. Kinard, Newberry, S. C.
J. F. Kitchers, Union, S. C.
L. A. Lowrance, Salisbury ,'N. C.
Terms accommodating. Address,
W. H. LO WK.WC IC.
South Carolina Cotton Gin Warehouse,
Aug ll Imo Columbia, S. C.
A. lb_COLTON, Proprietor.
TO SOUTHERN MERCHANTS!
ROCK tSUNP COOPS*
TF vou desire to supply yourselves for the
_L FALL and WINTER TRADE, with the
VERY BEST DESCRIPTIONS and STYLES
of
AU-wool Cassimeres!
AND WITH THE MOST DURABLE
Jeans and Kersey Fabrics !
AU free from shoddy and other impurities,
Order Samples from the subscriber, and
they will bo forwardod, with prices attach?
ed, during tho months of July and August.
From these samples you can make your
selections and retnrn your orders; and tho
goods will bo forwarded directly from the
manufactory. JOHN A. YOUNG,
President Rock Island Manufac. Co.,
June 2 Imo Charlotte, N. C.