Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Thobb Diamond Fields.?Tbe Denver | News contains a report of an address giyen in Denver, by er-Gov. Win. Gil pin, upon the diamond fields of Colorado and New Mexico. By the aid of maps, Gov. Giipio traced the aoantry, rich with sparkling stone* and bright metals, from the San Juan district of Colorado, through Mexico, down into South Ame? rica to the Cordillera of that country, and compared it with that of South Africa, where thousands are* now gather? ing diamonds. Gov. Gilpin said that the rooks whioh contain the silver have an altitude of about lO.OilO or 10,000 feet, while gold U? from 8,000 to 10.000 feet. Gold is sometimes above 9.0U0 feet, and silver below 10,000. Iu the carbonate of lime, or limestonn forma? tion, of an altitude of about 7,800 feet, the diamonds will be found. Hero a stratified rock of sandstone occurs in platen like India rubber, whioh is car? boniferous limestone, and from this comes all the precious stones. At an altitude of 7,800 feet above the sea level, the best stones are found in the greatest profusion. Ere long it will be demonstrated that our own territory in San Jnau, near Poncho Pass, will develop more dia? monds thuu any other locality iu the world. The Southern portion of tbi* Territory, near the New Mexicau line, is prolific iu tbe most precious of mine rule and the largest and purest of dia? monds. Tho diamond country of Colo? rado ho claimed to have the finest cli? mate of the continent, the warm winds of tho plains being cooled by the ice capped mountains that sheltered tho beautiful country iu which the richest of the gems and metals are to be fouud. Theu there is a superabundance of water for diamond-washing, gold aud silver mining. But natura here did uot ex? haust herself iu the carboniferous, ori ferous and argentiferous; tho surface land is rich and arable, und will produce sufficient to supply hosts of miners with the best that oau be grown anywhere. The Governor predicted that the excite? ment whioh is to grow out of Colorado's vast diamond and mineral fields will udd greatly and rapidly to the population of the Territory. From long and close ob? servations, he pronounces Colorado to bo the richest and most favored by na? ture of auy of her sister States or Terri? tories. "Beyond all question," says the Na tion, "we have seen the last of tbe South us a political unit and concerted element ia our national issues. It hue lost the power to conduct u campaign, has no favors to promise and nouo to exact." This is cheering news, if it wero only true. But what does our contemporary ?ay about the 800,000 negro voters of the South? Have these lost their consoli? dated virtues and Unitarian force? Have they departed since the late election from that "follow my leader" truit iu their character, which has been so uselul to Grant aud his friends, the carpet-bug? gers, and which makes them ludicrously like the flock of sheep that Kabeluis tells about, every one of which, when Punurge tossed the rani overboard, leaped inooutinently into the sea ufter him und was drowned? If our colored brethren have not been educated out of this habit by a sufficient "growth of tho political sense," it is quite certain that we have not seeu the last of the South us a political unit und concerted element, but, on the contrary, are reserved to be? hold some remarkable muuit'eututious of plebiBoital force iu that region. Iu Mary? land, iu the late canvass, the negro wo? men all took the stump uguiust Groeley, because they were advised that Mrs. Greeley had said, if heruusb. nd became President, not a wench of them should be allowed to weur u silk dress. When issues like this prevail in u great political movement, prophecy is rather hazard ouii, especially such prophecy as pre? figures the millennium. \New York World. A Greek woman lately outwitted a bri? gand who had cupnired one of her sons, and demanded u large ransom. Sho dis? guised another sou iu girl's dress, aud with him met thobrigund at an appoint? ed rendezvous. A present of cakea und fruit and an adroit disonssion of tbe ransom put the rascal oil his guard, when the disguised youth suddenly flung a grip of iron around his arms, binding him firmly. The woman shot him death with u pistol, and his head was afterward cnt off, for which a reward of 3,000 drachms was received. trouble ON tue UlO grande. ?A faw days ago a soldier of the garrisou at Mier, iu an altercation, Bhot and killed a citizen aud wounded his child. Tho friends of tho citizen demanded of the civil authorities the arreBt of the soldier. The civil authorities declined to inter fere, aud refored the applicants to the military authorities. These latter refus? ing to surrender the soldier to the civil authorities, the oitizeus organized and made an attack on the barracks, when twelve pursous were killed and wouuded on both sides. A foreign letter gives thin description of King Victor Eumnuel: "His Majesty was looking even more repulsively ugly than usual, his head nearly disappearing between bis shoulders iu consequence of his iuoreusiug bulk, aud his complexion, always dark, haviug become nearly black. Hih ueck is now so short, from obesity, that his enormous moustaches rest on each shoulder, und a perpetual scowl clonus his face." Gen. Sherman's report shows the actual force of enlisted men iu the army to be 29.33G, and of commissioned ollicers, 2,101. He submits with this report those of all the ollicers command iug military departments aud divisions, which, be states, are so full that thev leave him nothing to do but to submit them with his hearty upproval of the se? veral recommendations therein. Quartermaster General Meigs reports thai the examinatiou aud settlement of the accounts of the war have at length been completed aud the business brought up to date. The vastness of the labor may bo inferred from the fact that it has taken seven or eight years to perform it. It is matter of congratulation that the books are balanced at last. A. young man engaged iu makiug him? self attractive to a young lady ou Elm street, Monday evening, was taken with a violent tit of coughing, und brought up two marbles which he had swallowed when a boy. She said she didn't want to marry a stone qnuiry. [Danbury News. Cooper Ruins, charged with having sat fire to a cotton gin-house at Florence, iu October lust, has been arrested in Wilmiugtou by detective Henry Wray, of Charleston, aud lodged in jail. The necessary executive papers have been completed, aud he will be brought to this State for trial. Buhn in) to Death.?Mrs. and Miss Martin, residing near Graham's Depot, iu Barnwcll County, were accidentally burned to death on last Thursday night. The young woman was cooking wheu her clothes took tire, aud her mother iu trying to extinguish tho flames was also horned to death. Survivors or thr Missouri Disaster. The steamer Morro Castle, from Havana, brought four of the orew saved from the steamer Missouri?John Freeney, first iissiKtunt. engineer: D. A. North, third assistaut engineer; Charles Sinclair, oil? er; Charles Couwsy, tiremuu. The Comptroller recommends that the law be no amended that national hanks may bo organized upon the deposit of $10.000 of Uuited Stutes bouds with the Treasurer, iusteud of the deposit of one third of the capital paid up us now re? quired. The Fincastle (Virginia) Herald says the discovery of banks of ore near Buchanan, iu that Statu, is creatiug con? siderable excitemeut. Laud that was considered ulmost worthless sells at the rate of 3500 per aero. Death op a Prominent Citizen.?Mr. J. W. Uortou. of the well-known firm of Hortou A- Walton, died yesterday even? ing about 6 o'clock at bis residence, of typhoid pneumonia, after a short illness. \ Augusta Constitutionalist. Miss Alexander, for ten years a mem? ber of Brigbam Young's barem, since an aotress, is going to tell the public, from the lecturer's platform, what she knows abont Mormonism. Wenley, at the age of seventeen, wrote: "I do not remember to have felt lownesn of spirit for one-quarter of an hour since I was born." An exchange remarks that bis marriage occurred later. Palntka, Florida, tells of a negro man who has made uine bales sea island cot? ton, and 150 bushels oorn. Ho bought bis land on credit, has paid for it and is now enjoying a handsome competency. < Ex-State Senator Frank Arnim, of Edgefinld, has been mentioned as a pro? minent applioant, aud perhaps a success? ful one, for a European consulship. Laura Fair threatens to come Ensi. [ Washington Chronicle. Thin is entirely aeusutioual, aud ie meaut only to advertise a firm who nr. manufacturing bullet proof shirts foi married men. Henry Ward Beeoher wanted $1,000 from the studeuts of Miohigau Universi? ty for a single lecture, and the level? headed boys have concluded that the amount would go a greut deal further in pea mi is und beer. BOOTS, SHOES AM HATS. LADIES' and GEN? TLEMAN'S DDUULE SOLE SOOTH and 1 HOES, from the beat ni.uiulaciun-rs. Work warrauled. M HATS. Just received, an iuvoiee. of r< ASHIONABLE IIA I S. f. MEt Oil AN Nov 5 25 . nTTnUTtmimn i ruuiTuu! furniture! fa THE haudaomeo*. nuveltios iu our line In tliiri city. MEDALLION TAULOR SUITS, in French Coteline. ALSO, French and American Walnut Chandier SuitB, DrcHBinp Cnwt-s Sedatoaits. Chairs, &c. Fnuarale served iu tlie ?eKt viyle. The lartro>-t Furniture Warehouse in the oity, and the bc.<t stock. FAG AN JtbOH., Main street, Site ot Jaulie\'? Hotel. Nov 3 lnio " removal. Toys, Bakery & Confectionery. TUE undersigned littH removed his BAKK UY. CONFECTION El? Y and TOY ESTA? BLISHMENT tu bis new two-story brick building, on Mnin street, a few doors txdow the I'UutNUC o?icu. where he will be pleased to sen all of his old palrons, and as niiiuv new ones as I'osaihle, The old establishment will also be coutiuued. W. STIEGLITZ Nov 6 +12 Paciflo Onano Oorapany'a (CAPITAL $1,000,000.) SOLUBLE PACIFIC III WO. *pniS GUANO id now so well known in all L the Southern Btates lor Hb remarkable eifert? as an agency for increasing the pro? ducts of labor, as not to require special re commundaiiun from us. lie use for seven years pasl bus established its Character for reliable excellence. The I urn" fixed citpital Invented by the company in this trade affords the surest guarantee of the continued excel? lence of this Guano. The supplier put into market this season are, as heretofore, prepared under the per? sonal superintend! nee of Dr. Hi Julian Rave nel. Chemist of the Company, at Charleston, s. 0.; ItttUCU planteru may rest assured that its quality and composition are precisely the same as that heretofore sold. J. N. UOBSON, Belling Agunt, Charleston, H. O. JOliN s reese & co., General Agents. Baltimore. TEUMS-t48 cash; $53 time, witbunt into rcst. 'lo accommodate olauters they can order now and have until the tirst of April to dr? ehte as to whether they will mku at timo or catdi price When delivered Ironi the tnct.ory by the tt.tr load; uodravage wth bo charged. Nov 22 3nio It E M O V A L. ?X. EC. BEBRY'3 FIJIIMTUIIE W AIM 00 MI, opposite the old btakd, In New Three-story Brick Store, NEXT TO WHEEL HE HOUSE. NOW en hand, aud reoeiving, tbe laigest atiick of tirst alass FURNITURE i'.vec shown in this min hit, ciinaistiuK of walnut farluu, dining-room aud CHAMBER SU1TK, in varioun new styles, direct from the best manufactures, and at in ires lo t-uit the time*. PICTURE F ham us made to order, in Wal uut or Gilt BED SPHINGS. SPUING beds and MAT fRKSSES tin bund ami mode to order. Children's CARRIAGES, WHEELBAR IOWH, Ao. From long experience in the business aud reliable quality of goods we feel confident we can compete with any house South of Balti? more. Thankful for past favors, we hop* to continue to merit the name liberal patronage. Nov 6 lmo BES?T SDhfmi FREIGHT AI ftt?Kl LIM, VIA CHARLESTON, S. C, TO AND FROM B.4LT1U0BB, PIHMIlKUUU, i\iSW YOBK, BOSTON? AND ALL THE NEW ENGLAND MAN?FACT?RING CITIES. Three 1'Inte* ? tt'?-rU?Tiirhduy, Tliur?.?lay and Salurdajr, /-j?7^tT,^i^v KL EG A A T STA TE-ROOM A CCOMMODA HONS. *i^M^Hrs\X ^ea V?ya&e 10 to 12 Hoars Shorter, "via Charleston." <T~V '0^1?**^ V^> TOTAL CAPACITY,tO,IIU'> BALES NOu^HLY. ^f2^^^^. fgit ng a&y&saak; ki&mafc jjjpj?ff The South Carolina Railroad Company, A ND connecting Bonds Went, in alhuuce with tin- ?ect ot thirteen first clans Bitamshfpa /v lu tin- above ports, invite attention to the onick time and r? gnlar despatch afforded to I he hiiHiliuss public in tbe (Vtton States at the l'QRT OF CHARLESTON, offering facilities of rail mid Mia.tran-portntiou lor Freight and PaasciiKcrn not exeelleu hi excellence aiid ot>* pacify at any other port. The lollowng bplt-udid Ocean Steamer* are regularly en the lint: 1' (I N K VV V O 11 K . MAA'liA TT A N, GEOJiGJA, 41. ? \\ oodhull. Commauder. 8. Holme?. Commander. CHAMPION, SOUTH CAROLINA. It. W. Locl.wood, Commander. T. J Beckett, Commander OHAHLESTON, CLYDE. JameH lien v, Comuiaiulcr. J. Kennedy, Commander. JAM l'.ss ADO ER, ASHLAND, T. J Lock wood, Com maud or. -Ingrain. Commander. JAMES ADOElt A CO., WM. A. CO ?BTEN AY, WAG NEB, HOGER & CO.. A^rjutr, dlasluStGn, S. C TO PHI LADEI<PHIAi Irork^ieam(.hipbVIltGINlA. C. Hinckley. ComVor. GULF STUEAM, Alex. Hunter.Com der. .T^iLiNo Days?THUBKDAYS. WM. A. C0UllTENAY,;AK0Ut, Charleston, H. C. TO BALTIMORE. FALCON, Hainie. Commander. MARYLAND. Jobreon. Commander. SEA GULL, Dutton, Comniadner. Total capacity 40,000 balea monthlv. Sailing Days?Every Fifth Day PAUL C. THEN HOLM, Agent, Charleston, S. C. TO BOSTON. Steamship MEKCED1TA. Sails every other Saturday. JAMES ADGEH & CO., Agents, Charleston, 8. C. Rates guaranteed as low as tboeo of ccmpotmg lines. Marine Insurance, one-halt of one oer cent. THROUGH BILLS OF LADING AND THROUGH TICKET8 Can bo had at all principal bailroad Offices in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi State Rooms may he secured in advance, without extra charge, b> addre?aii>g Agent? of the SleanisbipM in Charit atou, at whoso offices in all caees the Railroad Tickets should be exchanged and Berths aligned. The 'J hrongb Ticket? by this route inolnde Transfers, Meals and Stute Boom, while on shipboard. The South Carolina HaiJiohd, Georgia Itailroad, and their connecting lines, have largely increased their facilities for the rapid n overwent of Freight and l'sttfCItRi r? between tho Northern cities and the Kouth and Went. Conifoitrble Night Care, with the Holmes Chair, without extra charge, have been introduced m the South Carolina Railroad, fir et class Eating Saloon at Branctiville. On the Georgia Bailroad. first clsn< Shepine Cars. Freight prompt!; transferred from Steamer to day and rdght trains of tbe South Carolina Bailroad. Close connection mado with other Roads, delivering Freight* at distant points with great promptness. The manapera will use every exertion to satiety tbtii patrons that the lino via Charleston cannot be surpassed hi despatch and tbt taff dein try ot gr.edt For further iiiformation, applv to J. M Sei hue. Snrcrinter d? r t. fharhew v S C: P. D. II asf, 1.1,, General A vent, P. O. Box 4,979; Office 817 Broadway, N. Y.: S. B Plcxvxs. General Passenger and Ticket Agent,South Carolina Itailroad. ALF-UFP L. OYLFfi, July 1G 16mo Vieo-1'iesident South Carolina R&ilioad, Charleston, 8. 0.