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VOLUME VII.-NUMBER 1157.
SIX DOLLARS A YEAR
THE S Alloy Alt. CAPITAL.
The Cabinet and the Caban Privateers
Troubles In Florida-The Minister to
China-Tennessee and Virginia Scna
torahips, ?ic.
[SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.]
. K WASHINGTON, October 19.
The Cabinet to-day was,engaged In the discus?
sion of additional Information which had been re?
ceived, to the effect t|at additional Cuban priva?
teers were being fitted out in American ports. It
was decided to follow np the seizure of the steam?
er Hornet to "Its legitimate results. Meanwhile
United States marshals and collectors of ports are
to be requested to keep a sharp lookout.
General Sherman to-day referred- to Geneval
Terry an application from Florida for troops, to
put an end to alleged outrages, and advised
Terry to send them.
The new United States Minister to China will be
h?re to-morrow to receive his instructions. He
sails early In November.
There was to-day $118,000,000 in gold coln in
the Treasury, being more than at any one time
since the war.
A special dispatch from Ns?ftlle says that (he.
ballot ting to-day for United States senator was
lively,-but without defiuite result. Johnson ls de?
cidedly ahead. On the last ballot he lacked but
two votes In the Senate to elect him.
The new Virginia senators who were elected
tc-day, are generally pronounced acceptable
among the administration officiate.
[PROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.]
WASHINGTON, October 19.
There was a full and prolonged Cabinet session
to-day. The Supreme Court proceedings v,ere
unimportant.
Private Madrid advices state that, the govern?
ment replied to De Roda's demand for two mil?
lions, .that Spa n would supply men but that Cuba
must supply money. . i . .
Delano has ordered prompt proceedings against
several New York and Brooklyn street railroads
for making false revenue returns.
The legal profession think that the Supreme
Court will take jurisdiction In the Yerger case.
ARRIVAL OF HYACINTHE.
He Delinea his Potition.
NEW YORK, October 19.
Father Hyacinthe, who arrived in New York
yesterday, still esteems himself a Roman Catho?
lic. He says that he does not despair of his
church, but still hopes that the Connell of Rome
will give such a verdict in accord with progress
and the gospel as wiU leave none or her children
outcast.
EUROPE.
French Politic? -Rumored Liberal Min- 1
lite rial Changea-The Strike among
the Clerks-The Spanish Insurrection
-Surrender of Vale nc ia, ?ic.
PARIS, October 19.
The Emperor held two consultations at Com
plegne. It ls rumored that there wm be a modi?
fication of the French ministry, and that Rouher
will return to the cabinet with a liberal programme.
The Ulnes8 of the Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne
will probably compel him to relinquish the office
of Secretary of Foreign Affairs. AU the opposi?
tion members of the Corps L?gislatif hare drawn
np a manifesto pacific in its character.
The strike among the merchants' clerks in
Paris has become qnlte general. They have con?
ducted the movement thus far in an orderly
manner. -. ~
Business places will be open to-morrow, not?
withstanding the continuance of the clerks'
strike.
MADRID, October 16.
The Archbishop of Valencia, attended by an In?
fluential deputation, acting on behalf of the in?
surgents lately and still in arms In that city, and
within the Umlts of the Episcopal See, has just
sought an interview with the officer in command
of thefgovernment troops operating In the dis?
trict. The Archbishop interceded la behalf of thc
insurgents and la support of the authorities,
making terms with leniency towards them.
When the deputation retired a general military
council was held, at which the subject was de?
bated. It was finally decided that the insurgents
must all surrender at discretion.
MADRID, October 17.
The insurgents at Valencia, after a battle yes?
terday, which lasted several hours, surrendered
unconditionally. The leaders disappeared, but
are believed t,o be secreted m the city or vicinity.
The government forces now occupy the city. The
settings of the Cortes were suspended without
the appointment of a day for reassembli ng. lt is
not known when the session wiU be resumed.
LONDON, October 17.
A dispatch from Madrid contains the following
particulars of the surrender at Valencia: Gene?
ral Prim, by telegraph, ordered the general com?
manding the troops before Valencia to attack the
city, and yesterday morning the artillery opened
a heavy fire on the rebel positions, producing
much effect and causing great damage to proper?
ty. The insurgents offered to surrender on con*
ditton of receiving their liberty, but this was re?
fused. The assault was then resumed with vigor
until the surrenderor the insurgents. The general
commanding reports that the insurrection has
been completely suppressed, and the troops now
hold the entire city. Many houses were burned
. luring the fight, and a large number of rebels
were captured with arms la their hands. Pre?
vious to the attaek, the clergy exhorted the In?
surgents to yield, but without effect.
A Madrid letter published here to-day says the
railroad and telegraph Unes are. destroyed for a
great distance around that city. Arrests con?
tinue ot leading Republicans In Madrid.
An article m the Times, discussing Prim's pow?
er, says no King can rule in Spain, unless accept?
able to Prim.
MADRID, October 19.
Government regards the Republican insurrec?
tion as now ended, though precautions against
new outbreaks are continued.
A conspiracy to surrender the barracks ot San
Mato was discovered and thwarted.
THE OLD DOMINION.
-. . RICHMOND, October 19.
Both Houses or the General Assembly went into
an election tor United States senators, and elect?
ed Lieutenant-Governor John F. Lewis lor the
. long term, and Judge John W. Johnston, or Wash
ton County ror the short term. The Wells Repub?
licans presented as candidates Alexander Sharpe
and L. H. Chandler. They received the vote ot
of their friends. The election was made by a
strict party vote, with the exception of three
Wells members, who voted ror Lewis and John?
ston.
The resolution relative to recent elections at
the North, introduced yesterday, was tabled. A
joint resolution was offered memorializing Con?
gress to grant a general amnesty. It was refer?
red to a committee.
In the Senate a resolution looking to the carry?
ing outAof the educational provisions or the con?
stitution was laid on the table on the ground that
such resolutions were not within the province ot
the Senate aa now organized.
THE EAST OF THE FRI VATEEER
CUBA.
WILMINGTON, October 19.
The steamer Cuba was libelled to-day, and the
United States Marshal boarded her and demanded
the surrender of the ship Into his hands. Commo
doreHiggins declined to surrender his ship except
to an, otllcer of the United States Navy, and under
a direct order from President Grant. After some
delay. Lieutenant Commander Pierson, of the
United States gunboat Frolic, went on board the
Cuba and demanded the surrender of the vessel,
showing an order direct from the President for
tho Cuba to ba turned over to him. Commodore
Higgins then surrendered his sword and vessel to
Lieutenant-Commander Pierson, and himself a
prisoner of war to the Navy of the United States.
The Cuban flag was then hauled down by the
United States authorities, and the entire crew
sent ashore in a penniless condition. The affair,
in some of its aspects, is regarded here as an out?
rage, especially the turning loose in qpr city of
over one hundred sailors and marines entirely be?
yond the constraint and control of their oftlcers.
HELP FOR THE SOUTH.
CINCINNATI, October 19.
General Hiram Walbridge, of New York, ad?
dressed the Chamber of Commerce to-day regard?
ing the Louisville Convention, which, he said, was
to be regarded as National, every State being
represented. It was the unanimous sentiment
that the South, impoverished by the rebellion,
should be aided by the government in developing
her resources. To this end the convention favored
water communication between the Ohio and At?
lantic, the reconstruction of the Mississippi levees,
steamship lines from Southern ports and Europe,
and another trans-continental railroad.
THE OHIO ELECTION.
COLUMBUS, October 19.
Hayes' ofllcial majority is nearly eight thous?
and. In the Senate there is one, >n the House
three Republican majority, counting Hamilton
County fusionlst8.
SPANISH TROOPS FOR CUBA.
HAVANA, October 19. ;
Three steamers with troops have arrived within
forty-eight hours. A steamer landed a thousand
troops at Clenfuegos* Another steamer arrived
this morning filled. ^.
T SPARKS FROM THE WIRER.
The monitor Dictator has arrived at Fortress
Monroe.
Advices from Mexico to the 12th state that
Seward was at Manzanillo.
Dispatches from Louisville and st: Louis re?
port a heavy snow storm at both those places
yesterday.
Baliotting for the Tennessee senatorship com?
menced yesterday at Nashville. At last accounts
Andy Johnson's chances seemed best.
The North Carolina State Fair opened at Ra?
leigh yesterday With a large attendance. The
exhibition was exceedingly fine for the first day.
At Toronto the gunboat Prince Alfred has been
ordered to be ready for service at Goodrich to de?
fend the towns on the upper lakes against re?
ported Fenian privateers.
The Confederate States Laboratory building at
Macon Georgia, now temporarily occupied by
thc Georgia State Fair, will be sold at the United
States Marshal's sale December 2d.
GRANT ANJO THE O OLD RING.
A Pleasant Assurance from the Presi?
dent of thc Republic.
Mr. Robert Bonnor, of New York, recently
wrote to General Grant asking him to make a
'.brief denial over his<*wn signature of all fore?
knowledge of thc gold combination, in onler
to relieve himself entirely from all responsi?
bility for thc acts of others." Mr. Bonner
added that those who know General Grant
personally required no disclaimer; bat thc
public, whose minds were liable to be warped
by the determined and persistent efforts to
Injure him, would be at once sat ?siled and
quieted by such a statement. The President
replied In the following letter:
WA. .INOTON, D. C.. October 13.
Robert Ronner, Es'?:
DEAR SIR-Your favor of tho 11th instant ls
received. I have never thought of contradict?
ing statements or insinuations made against
me by irresponsible parties, as those.as alluded
to in your letter; but as you have written to
rae on the subject, in so kind a spirit, L, will
say that I had no more to do with the latOgold
excitement in New York City than yourself,
or any other Innocent party, except that I
ordered the sale of gold to break the ring en?
gaged, as I thoueht, in a most disreputable
transaction. If the speculators had been suc?
cessful you would never have heard of any one
connected with the administration as being
connected with thc transaction. Yours, truly,
U. S. GRANT.
P. S.-I have written this in great haste, and
without exercising judgment as to the nro
priety of writing it, but I submit lt to your
judgment. U. S. G.
-Dr. A. W. Hall, in a lecture last week be?
fore the Polytechnic branch of the American
Institute, on the cause of auroral lights, took
issue with Professor Loomis and other scient?
ists who attribute these phenomena to electri?
cal action. Dr. Hall's theory ls that the boreal
display is produced by the rays of the sun,
which are reflected from clouds surrounding
the pole to the ice and snow of the Arct.c re?
gions, and thence again reflected to the
clouds, and so back and forth until it comes
within our range of vision. The glancing and
flashing of the columns of light, he
nolds, are caused by the motion of
the clouds, an exact correspondence being
traceable, the Doctor contends, between the
movements of the light and those of the
clouds. In confirmation of Iiis llieory the
speaker cited the cases of similar displays of
auroral light in the east just before sunrise,
and in the west just after sunset, when there
are banks of clouds visible from which the
6un's rays are evidently reflect! fl. The arches
or bows often seen in the north are also easily
explained according to this hypothesis, while
by the electrical theory they are inexplicable.
The deflection of the needle and other mag?
netic effects, sometimes observed during an
auroral display, are attributed by Dr. Hall to
the fact that the state of the atmosphere most
favorable for these successive reflections of
sunlight from the pole ls also favorable for the
action of the electrical forces which produce
the magnetic disturbances.
-The procession at Louisville on Thursday
last in honor of the convention was on a more
extensive scale than any ever before witnessed
in Louisville, if not in the West. All the va?
rious branches of mercantile and manufacturing
trades of the city were represented. It is es?
timated that the expense incurred by this
graud display was not less than $75,000. There
were 1280 horses and about 500 wagons lu the
procession. It was lu motion two hours, and
passed over a distance of six or seven miles.
The only parade of the sort at all comparable
to it was that in honor ol' General Harrison at
Dayton, Ohio, in the memorable year 1840;
even that great political outpouring was in?
ferior in all respects to the vast display In
Louisville. Prominent in the linc was what
is said to have been the largest and the finest
ombibus in the world, furnished by the Louis?
ville Transfer Company, and drawn by ten
horses, each steed accompanied bv a colored
footman, iu Turkish costume. On the top of
the omnibus was a temple of liberty, within
which sat Miss Mary Glass, attired as the God?
dess of Liberty. She was supported on either
side by lads representing the ?univ and navy.
Within the omnibus were over lotty young
misses, all dressed in white, with wreaths of
lresh flowers aud badges bearing the mums o:'
the States and Territories.
THE YERGER CASE.
Thc Principle? In vol vc d-Thc C
Threatened-What President Grai
Told will be his Duty in a Cer
Contingency.
[FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.
WASHINGTON, October
The leading topic of interest in the capita
now is the case ex parte Yergcr, which has
been argued before thc Supreme Court-a
familiar to the people of the South, and tc
whole country, inasmuch as it involves thc p
of the Federal Government to authorize, cv<
law, the trial of a civilian by military con
sion In time of peace, and in a State and d?
where civil courts are open.
It is unnecessary to go into the details of
case. Suffice it to say that Mr. Verger was
by a military commission at Jackson, MLssls.?
for an offence against the laws of that i
found guilty, ant) sentenced to suffer death,
counsel, however, brought the case before
Chief Justice of thc United States, on a mot io;
a luabeas corpus, several months ago, whet
stipulation between them and the Attorney-G
ral or the United States, it was agreed thai
motion should be argued at the present ter
the court, and in the meantime the sentenct
posed by the military commission should be
pended. Mr. Verger, however, ls still in prl
and his case Is upou the docket or thc highes
dicta] tribunal in the country, where the po wi
the law-making department or the governn
to authorize thc trial of civilians tn any other
than that pointed out by the constitution, is t
finally, and, 1 hope, forever determined.
It will be remembered that the power cia!
in this Instance ls found In i.neormoreol
numerous "Reconstruction"' acts, so-cal
which have been passed by Congress since
close of the war, and as those acts rest upon
assumed authority on the part of the Fed
Government, to render the civil power lu
South subordinate and inferior to 'tie minti
the opinion of the court in this case will be of
most vital Importance in Judicially detennin
so great a question.
If it shall he adjudged that Congress ha;
power to establish military government and n
tary law, in any State or States or thc Union,
time or peace, thc bottom will be knocked ou
the "reconstruction"" tub; and sooner or la
every act of that body, relating to thc govt
ment of the Southern States, will share the sa
fate, and The c'ountry will again be restorer
Its former system of free government, sustali
and strengthened by a constitaglonal recognlt
of the reserved rights of the several States.
It requires no argument to show the Illegal
and unconstitutionality or the trial or cl villi
by military tribunals in places where civil con
are open. The Constitution of the United Sta
is so clear and explicit on this subject, thal hew
would attempt to controvert it must either be
down as a knave or a fool.
It may, however, be intere&ting to your reade
in forming an opinion as to the probable result
the case referred to above, to mention a Bimi
and a very' celebrated case which ls still fresh
the minds of the people, and which, on accot
of the great principle Involved, may with tn
be styled the most important case ever det
mined by thc Supreme Court of the United Stat
LamlMlin I*. Milligan, a citizen of thc Unit
States, and a resideut and citizen of the State
Indiana, was arrested on the 3d day of Octob
1864, at his home in said State, by order of l?rei
Major-General Hovey. military commander of t
District of Indiana, and by the same anthon
confined in a military prison at or near Indiai
polls, the capital of thc State. On the 21st d
of the same month, he was placed on trial befe
a "military commission" convened at ludianai
lis, by order of the said general, upon the folio
lng charges preferred by Major liurnett. Jud
Advocate of the Northwestern Military Hepa;
meut, namely:
1. Conspiracy against thc Government of tl
United States.
.2. Affording aid and comfort to Hie relit
against Hie authority of the United States.
3. Inciting Insurrection.
4. Disloyal practices/hnd,
5. Violation or Ute laws of war.
Without reciting thc details of this trial, lt
sufficient to say that Milligan was found guili
on all thc" charges, and sentenced to suffer dent
by hanging, and this sentence having been ai
proved, he was ordered to be executed on Frida;
the 19th or May, 1800.
On Hie lath of that same May, 1865, Milliga
Hied his petition for a habr?s corpus In the Cf
cult Court of thc United States for the Distrk
of Indiana. After setting forth the facts cot
nected with his arrest and trial by "militar
commission," thc findings, sentence, approvt
thereof, 4c, he then set forth the additional fat
that while he was held and detained, as airead
mentioned, in military custody, (and more Uta
twenty days after his arrest,) a grand Jory fo
the Circuit Court of the United States fur th
District of Indiana, was convened nt Indianapc
Us, his said place of confinement, and duly em
fianelled, charged and sworn for said district
held its sittings, and finally adjourned wiihou
having found any bill of Indictment, or made an;
presentment whatever against him; that at n
time had he been in the military service of th
Unite* States, orin anyway connected with th
land, or naval force, or the militia In actual ser
vice, Ac
At the hearing of the petition in the Circu?
Court the opinions or the Judges were divided ot
thc following questions, namely:
I. " On thc facts stated lu thc petition anc\ ex
hibits ought thc writ of habeas corpus to bc ls
sued according to the prayer of said petitioner?"
II. " On the facts stated in the petition ami ex
hibits ought the said Milligan to be discharge!
from custody, as in said petitiou prayed?"
III. " Whether upon the facts stated In thc pe
titlon and exhibits thc military commission hat
Jurisdiction, legally, to try and sentence said Mil
ligan in manner and form as lu said petition am
exhibit ls stated V
On the division of opinion mentioned above
these questions were certilled to the Supreme
Court of the United States aud argued at the De?
cember term, 1S65. The opinion of the Conn
thereon was delivered the following term, ami
may bc fountl In 4th Wallace, commencing ai
page 107.
The opinion ls a very elaborate and exhaustive
one, reviewing the whole case, and emphatically
declaring that Congress has no power to author?
ize the trial of civilians by military commissions
in places where civil tribunals are open, and
where they might be regularly and fairly tried
according to the constitution anti laws of the
United States and of thc State wherein the al?
leged offence was committed.
In proceeding, thc court said:
"Every trial involves the exercise of judicial
power; and fruin what source did the military
commission that tried him (Milligan) derive
their authority? Certainly no part or the
judicial power of the country was conferred
on them, because thc constitution expressly
vests it 'in one Supreme Court and such
inferior courts as Congress may from time to
time ordain and establish;' and it is not pretend?
ed that the commission was a court ordained and
established by Congress. They cannot justify on
the mandate of the President, because he ls con?
trolled hy law, and has his appropriate sphere of
duty, which is to execute, not to make, the laws;
and there is nc unwritten criminal code to which
resort can be had as a source of jurisdiction."
Again:
"Martial rule can never exist where the courts
are open and in the proper und unobstructed ex?
ercise of their jurisdiction.''
"So sensitive were our Revolutionary fathers on
this subject, although P.oston was almost in a
state of siege, when General Gage issued his proc?
lamation of martial law, they spoke or it as un
'attempt to supercede the course or the common
law, and Instead thereor to publish ami order the
use of martial law."'
What th* court said of martial law, established
by order of the President or of a military com?
mander, is equally applicable in Hie case of Ver
ger. lt is to bc noted that the recent discussion
of thc case was confined, by order Of the Judges,
lo the quefctio:i of jurisdiction. Should this mat
.er be decided favorably for the petitioner, the
next question to come up will be on the merits,
which must necessarily involve the validity of the
Reconstruction acts, partially at least. With the
very' organization of the court at the mercy of
Congress, there ls a well-grounded fear perhaps
that the case will be disposed of upon some tech?
nical point. The executive and legislative
branches of the government being in manifest
and unchecked conspiracy against the vital prin?
ciples or the constitution, it would perhaps be ex?
pecting too much, in the opinion of some, to con?
clude that the other utterly powerless branch
would enter Into a contest which would probably
end In Its own "reconstructI*n," according to cur?
rent Radical usurpations. Yet there are signs In?
dicating that a majority of that august tribunal
will do their full duty, irrespective of Its personal
bearing. In apprehension that the writ will not
only be granted, but the petitioner tnrned over to
the courts upon grounds touching the powers of
Congress, Forney's Chronicle, thc recognized
organ of the administration here, thus threat?
ens :
"If, asys now apprehended, the majority of the
judges should assume, in granting this writ, to
declare the acta of reconstruction unconstitution?
al, a grave duty will devolve upon the Executive."
The same paper has heretofore declared it. to
be not only the "duty," but one 'that rei ll be
clwrrfully performed by the President. lu other
words, If the court shall decide, (what lt has ul.
ready. In fact, decided in the Milligan case,) that
a military upstart and his shabb/^taff cannot, lu
this country, string up or shoot down at random
citizens, guilty or not guilty, % thc midst of a
peaceful people amenable to civil legal courts
confessedly open, and Where justice, according
to the constitution and laws of thc United States,
can bc and constantly is administered, and shall
further order tiiat the present culprit shall be
turned over to the proper legal tribunal for trial,
that in that case his Excellency will Issue military
orders to lils military satrap, that the mandate
of the court shall be contemptuously disobeyetl.
The Radicals have been guilty of many abomina?
tions, bat have never yet essayed so glaring and
impudent un assumption as this.
PLEASANT WORDS FROM OUR STATE
EXCHANGES,
m
IFrom the Abbeville Press and Hannen]
THE CHARLESTON NEWS has donned a hew
dress-a complete outfit of*elegant new type
and is otherwise improved. We congratulate
our esteemed contemporary on!these evidences
of prosperity.
[From the Sumter News.]
THE CHARLESTON NEWS.-This popular and
enterprising journal has recently donned a
new dress, and we congratulate its accom?
plished and energetic editors and proprietors
on the improvement and substantial signs of
prosperity.
[From the Georgetown Times.]
THE CHARLESTON NEWS comes to us in a new
dress and shows every evidence of increased
prosperity. Its able defence of the Intelli?
gence and respectability of the State, and ex?
posure of the corruption and misrule of Radi?
calism, entitles lt to the unanimous support of
lovers of good government.
[From the Marion Crescent.]
THE CHARLESTON NEWS.-This lively and
enterprising journal has in a very short time
gained a high and influential position among
thc newspapers of the country. It ls conduct?
ed with much boldness and* vigor. We are
glad to sec by its prosperity and growth the
evidence of the recuperation of the country.
[From the Wlnnsboro' News.]
THE CHARLESTON NEWS IS one of the live?
liest, papers ever printed in this Stale, and its
shrewdness and enterprise in extending its
circulation can be judged, not only from the
recent great improvement in Its typographi?
cal oxccntlon, but from tho following adver?
tisement which lt gives us pleusure to cir?
culate.
(From thc YorkvUle Enquirer.]
THE CHARLESTON News comes to ns in a
now and handsome dress, its general "get-up"
being one of very superior excellence. It is
with great pleasure that we observe these
algos Of increasing prosperity in the journal?
istic fraternity; and not merely on their ac?
count, for the success of a newspaper is proof
of prosperity in the community it represents.
[From the Sumter Watchman.]
THE CHARLESTON NEWS.-This enterprising
and popular journal has recently appeared in
a new dress, thus keeping pace with the im?
proving condition of the country. The suc?
cess and popularity of THE NEWS show how
much the Radical party has yet to do before
our people come to feel even negatively in re?
gard to it. Its boldness In attacking the
usurper in his strongholds, IRLS exhibited not
onlv the vulnerability of the party, but the
strong anti-radical feeling that continues to
pervade the Intelligent musses. We wish THE
NEWS continued success.
[From the Kingstree Star.]
THE CHARLESTON NEW.-.-This bold and in?
dependent champion of journalism in South
Carolina has donned a bran new suit and pre?
sents a neat and elegant appearance. It wields
the battle-axe of right and Justice with force
land power, and those who come* in contact
with its strokes are effectually demolished.
No evil doer escapes its watchful vigilance,
'and its caustic denunciations of tlios?1 who de?
serve them ls commended by all right think?
ing men, while Its revilers can only fume nnd
writhe in impotent efforts to stifle its manly
avowals. Long may it wave.
ALL ABOUT TUE STATE.
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Jail Delivery in Laarens.
The Laurensville Herald says: "On Wednes?
day night four negroes-Henry Martin. James
Craig alias Knox. Henry Suber and Richard
Simpson-escaped lrom the Jail In this place
by sawing one of the Iron bars in two. and lot?
ting themselves down by means of their blank?
ets. The first three had been sentenced to Im?
prisonment in the penitentiary; the last was
awaiting trial, charged with larceny."
Fatal Affray.
The Laurensville Herald says: "A homicide
was committed on last Saturday night in the
neighborhood of Waterloo. It seems that Chas.
King, Jr., wits returning from this place to his
house, when he met with Thomas Patterson.
Words were exchanged which led to an affray,
in which King was killed. The Unding of the
lurv of Inquest is, that King came to his death
ov means of a rock in the bauds of Patterson.
There was un old feud between the two. Pat?
terson is still at large."
Another Radical Outrage.
The Augusta Constitutionalist says: "Our
readers remember the killing of A. G. Ruffin,
the Radical sheriff of this county, at the last
State election, and that the perpetrator of the
deed was unknown. Governor Bullock offer?
ed a large reward for the arrest of the alleged
murderer, but without securing his dis?
covery. Yesterday, a couple of tools ol'
Constable Hubbard, of South Carolina, ar?
rested a quiet, peaceable citizen of Ham?
burg, S. C., Mr. Robert Cunningham, on
the charge of killing Ruffin ! The arrest
was made ut the instance of Hubbard, who
mad-.' affidavit to the effect that upon infor?
mation received, he had reason to believe Cun?
ningham committed the murder. The pimps
of Hubbard, who made the arrest, went iuto
Cunningham's store on Thursday, In a friendly
way. Liking drinks there, and stating that the?
would call again yesterday morning, which
they did, arresting* Mr. Cunningham, placing
hin? in irons, and taking him to Columbia.
Thus has an Irresponsible, illegal, allen official
assumed the right to deprive an inoffensive
citizen of his liberties, for an offence of which
everybody knows he ls not guilty, which was
not committed In South Carolina, and when no
affidavit was made from the place where the
killing took place, and no requisition sent from
tills State to the so-called Governor of'South
Carolina."
Shreds of State News.
The cotton thieves are rampageous In Clar?
endon.
Rev. P. J. Milos, of Charlestou, delivered the
first lecture of the season at the invitation of
the Cheraw Lyceum on lust Friday night.
We are informed that a meeting of the
friends of the Fayetteville and Florence Rail?
road will be heluVat Reedy Creek Church.
Marion District, on Hie Kith instant, with a
view to push forward the completion of this
road.
-The cost of thc Suez ca- al thus far has been
$81,000,000.
PERSONAL GOSSIP.
-George Peabody will spend the winter in
the south of France.
-Dr. Hayes intends to lead an expedition
toward the open Polar Sea next year.
-Laura Guignctte is the champion can
canlste in the Mabille. She is the daughter of
a hack-driver, four feet in height, and gets a
salary ol' 10,000 francs.
-Carlotta Patti wears mourning outside the
concert room, but has brought over with her
a dozen new and gorgeous evening dresses in
coral, maize and crimson.
-The only spectator at the autopsy of the
victims of the horrible Pantin murder, near
Paris, was Madame Ratazzl, and she is said to
have witnessed the horrible spectacle with ad?
mirable sang froid.
-It is mmored In England that a statement
In Lord Byron's handwriting will shortly be
published, which will settle forever the unhap?
py question lately raised concerning his separ?
ation from his wife.
-A London correspondent says that Spur?
geon never stops to study out any very diffi?
cult questions himself, but he has a few men of
education in his church to whom he commits
such matters, and he uses the results of their
labors.
-Of Edmund Kean's performance of Luke,
In Massager's " City Mndnm." lt ls recorded
that an old lady, who had intended leaving him
a large sum of money, was so appalled at the
cold-blooded vlllany he displayed that she
transferred the legacy to a distant relation.
-An elderly unmarried lady, a near-relation
of Humboldt's, and bearing the same name,
had become so reduced as to be obliged to sup?
port herself by needlework. The corporation
of Berlin has Just granted her a life annuity
sufficient to relieve her of all anxiety for her
declining days.
-A photographer in the Strand, London,
has issued "a photographic likeness of our
Saviour." He says lt is copied from the por?
trait carved on an emerald by order of Tiberi?
us Caesar, which the Emperor of the Turks
afterward gave, out of the treasury of Con?
stantinople, to Pope Innocent VIII, for the
redemption of his brother, taken prisoner by
the Christians.
-Madame Gazzaniga has lately returned
successful from the trip to Europe, which she
took in order to adjust a point of litigation,
concerning the settlement of the estate of her
first husband, Marquis de Malesplna. She re?
covered thc amount of her professional earn?
ings as a prima donna during their married
Hie, which was claimed exclusively for tholr
son, a young man residing in Italy.
-Humboldt commenced writing his "Cos?
mos" at the age of seventy-five. He could de?
vote only the night to writing, for during thc
day he was reading, studying and collecting
materials for the great work he had underta?
ken, and his evenings he had to spend with
King Frederick William the Fourth, who
would accept of no excuse for his absence from
the royal evening parties. Thc great natural?
ist wrote every night from ll to 3 o'clock.
- In the steamer Lafayette, wnich sailed
from New York on Saturday for Havre, a
large number of prelates sailed for Home to
iittcn;] tho (Ecumenical Council. Among them
were Bishop Eugene Gingill'?, of Ottowa;
Bishop Rappe, ol Cleveland; Bishop Farrell, of
Hamilton: BiHiiop D. St. IfeUai*. or Vranci':
Bishop Talche, of Canada; Bishop Hiinni, of
Wisconsin; Bishop Hoiss, of Wisconsin; Arch?
bishop O'Hara, of Pennsylvania; Bishop Pur?
cell, of Cincinnati; Bishop J, Qulneau, of New
York, with numerous reverend lathers ol' the
Catholic Church, and priests from different
parts ol'this country and Canada.
-The Emperor Napoleon, declares thc Lon?
don Court Journal, refuses nothing to those
who surround him. and isa true friend in need.
Several times he has relieved many young
officers with pecuniary help, who have mo?
mentarily got Into a "tight place," and a cer?
tain drawer in the Tuileries, called "Pandora's
box," ls never empty, and always the hand is
put in to relieve the necessitous according to
their wants. Napoleon is not rich, never was
and never will be. He does not save. When
General Rollin, the Keeper of the Privy Purse,
announced to him that he saved the house?
hold 30,000f. in one month, and asked what to
do with the fruits ol'lils economy, he was told
to put lt in his pocket.
-The "palajontologic archivist who kept M.
Chasles supplied with letters of any great phi?
losopher or poet that might be named, proves
to be ono Denis Vrain Lucas. He ls fifty-three
years ol age, and is described as a "little
olive-complexioned man," as dry tis one of his
own parchments. He began life as a servant,
became a copying clerk In a mortage office at
Chateaudun, subsequently came to Paris,
where he almost starved until he was made
acquainted willi M. Chasles. Since that fort??
nale event he has breakfasted, says the Pall
Mall Gazette, at the Cafe Riche, and manufac?
tured MSS of Shakespeare and Galileo In the
house of a petite dame. When he was arrested
he was writing, in the character of an inventor
of the age ol' Louis XIV. a paper on the ve?
locipede.
-A young Philadclphian, who has been in
Paris dining with Rosa Bonheur, thus gossips
about her: "She has the Frenchman's way of
placing her Index Unger along thc full length
of her nose, which I never before saw a woman
do; and she parts her hair on one side, like a
man, letting it tall on lier forehead. It is en?
tirely gray, except where it is snow-white. In?
deed, the lady looks older than her mother.
She talks energetically, clearly, and rather di?
dactically, bul is extremely pleasant. Harry
showed lier his pistol, and she said: lOh yes, I
know, I carry one just like it,' and she pulled
lt out of her pocket to show lt to us. As lt
waa loaded, it frightened the family consider?
ably to see lier manouver it In her off-hand
way. After dinner she smoked her cigar like
the other gentiemen of the party."
-Americans who have visited the Cathe?
dral of Notre Dame, at Paris, during thc Sun?
day morning services, will recall the rather
peculiar appearance of the "man in the serge
gown," who, with a voice as remarkable as
his person, bronglo, the people assembled
lrom all parts of the capital to hear him.
Above the middle height, broad-shouldered,
with a stoop in the back as if he had some?
thing concealed there beneath his clerical
robes; a short, thick neck, that brings down
his chin almost upon a level with his breast,
giving him a mutlled look; a wide mouth,
dominated by ai>?qui!ine nose, which, if size
bo an indication of genius, must make this
man a prodigy; clear, bright eyes, set well
apart toward the temples; a broad massive
forehead, retreating on each side with a won?
derful development of the perceptive faculties;
thin, brownish hair, never very carefully
cared for, and generally suffered to take its
own way, and shining from every part of this
remarkable physiognomy, a spirit of deepest
humility more marked from the look of reso
lulion accompanying lt, serve to make up the
fc>i(.' ensemble of the Pere Hyacinthe.
i-rmcral Notices.
?Sr-TUE RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND
acquaintances of Miss ELIZA SHERFESEE, Mr.
L. Sherfesee, Mrs. C. Slierfesee and family, and
Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Malloy, and Mr. and Mrs. B.
Boyd, are respectfully invited to attend thc
Funeral Services of the former, at her late rcs'
dence, No. 31 Wentworth street, at 9 o'clock, THIS
MOKNI*G. without further Invitation. octi'O *
ittarrieo.
MELLICHAMP-MCMILLAN. -On Wednesday,
October 13, by the Rev. W. p. Mouzon, Mr. S. H.
MELLICHAMP, of Florence, S. C., to Miss AMELIA
M. MCMILLAN, of tills div.
MAUL!)-FRIEND.-On October 17,1869, by the
Rev. J. T. Wightman, Mr. B. P. MAULD, to Miss
MAKY E. FRIEND, at the residence of the bride's
mother, In Hanover street.
Special Notices.
^ NOTICE.-THE PUBLIC ARE
ferebycautldned against purchasing the NINE?
TY FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS of the Savannah
and Charleston Railroad Company, each for $500,
numbered from 377 to 466 Inclusive, th*>same
being our property. M. K. JES?P A CO.,
oct;? 6* New York.
pa-TO THE FLOUR MERCHANTS
AND. ALL INTERESTED.-OFFICE INSPECTOR OF
FLOUR, No. 68 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, October
16.-Orders for Inspection of Flour will be re?
ceived at this office from this date, and be
promptly attended to.
C. N. AVERILL,
octlG Inspector of Flour.
pa-TEE GREAT SOUTHERN REMEDY.
JACOB'S CHOLERA, DYSENTERY AND DIAR?
RHOEA CORDIAL.-This article, so well known
and highly prized throughout the Southern States
as a Sovereign Remedy for the above diseases, ls
now offered to the whole counrry.
It is invaluable to every lady, both married and
single.
No family can afford to be without lt, and none
will to whom its virtues are known.
For sale by all Druggists and general dealers.
DOWIE A MOISE,
octll 3mosDAC General Agents.
pa- PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE.-A
NEW COURSE OF LECTURES, as delivered at the
New York Museum of Anatomy, embracing the
subjects: How to Live and What to Live for;
Youth, Maturity and Old Age; Manhood generally
Reviewed; the Cause ef Indigestion; Flatulence
and Nervous Diseases accounted for; Marriage
Philosophically Considered, Ac. These Lectures
will be forwarded on receipt of four stamps, by
addressing: SECRETARY BALTIMORE MUSEUM
OF ANATOMY, No. 74 West Baltimore street, Bal?
timore, Md. aprio mwflyr
,?9-BATCHELORS HAIR DYE.-THIS
splendid Hair Dye ls the best in the world ; the
only true and perfect Dye; harmless, reliable, In
stantaneous; no disappointment; no ridiculous
tints; remedies the 111 effects of bad dyes; in?
vigorates and leaves the hair soft and beautiful
black or brown. Sold by aU Druggists and Per?
fume?; and properly applied at Batchelor's Wig
Factory, No. - Bond street, New York.
mayl5 lyr_
^OFFICE SAVANNAH AND
CHARLESTON RAILROAD COMPANY, CHARLES?
TON, OCTOBER 12,1869.-This company is r. .w
prepared to FUND TUE INTEREST DUE on the
bonds or the CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH
RAILROAD COMPANY, endorsed by thc State or
South Carolina, according to thc provisions or
Section Third (3d) or an Act to enable the
"??"-innnti nn.i n.n-'.. .?- ooiirnjii '? -"njinv to
complete their Road.
The Treasurer or the Company will be round
at the oillcc or Messrs. CAMPBELL A SEABROOK,
No. 50 Broad street, on THURSDAY or each week,
between the hours or 9 A. M. and 2 P. M. On
other days at the office of thc Company, foot of
Mill street. S. W. FISHER,
octl3 wfm Secretary and Treasurer.
ptr M E D10 A L NOTICE.-PATIENTS
suffering rrom Diseases pertaining to the Genito
Urinary Organ-', will receive the latest scientific
treatment, by placing themselves under the care
or DR. T. REENTSJERNA, Office No. 74 Hasil
street, three doors east from the Postofflce.
angas ws_
pa- SOUTH CAROLINA LOAN AND
TRUST COMPANY.-All Deposits made In the
Savings Department on or previous to WEDNES?
DAY, 20th October, will bear interest from 1st Oc?
tober.
The night office, In Hasel street, open as hereto?
fore on WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY EVENINGS.
THOS. R. WARING,
octl8 3_Cashier.
pa- A CARD.-A CLERGYMAN,
while residing In South America as a Missionary,
discovered a safe and simple remedy for the cure
of Nervous Weakness, Early Decay, Disease or
thc Urinary and Seminal Organs and the whole
train or disorders brought on by banerul and
vicious habits. Great numbers have been cured
by this noble remedy. Prompted by a desire to
benefit the afflicted and unfortunate, I will send
the recipe for preparing and using this medicine,
in a scaled envelope, to any one who needs it,
free of charge. Address
JOSEPH T. INMAN,
Statiou D, Bible House,
oct4 3mos*_New York City.
pa- WORDS OF CHEER - O N T H E
Errors of Youth and th',- Follies of Age, in rela?
tion to Marriage and Social Evils, with a helping
hand for the erring aud unfortunate. Sent in
sealed letter envelopes, free of charge. Address
HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Box P., Philadelphia,
Pa. sept25 3mos
J?S- MANHOOD.-A MEDICAL ESSAY
on the Cause and Cure of Premature Decline In
Man, the treatment of Nervous and Physical De?
bility, Ac.
"There ls no member or society by whom this
book will not be round userul, whether such per?
son holds the relation or Parent Preceptor or
Clergyman."-Medical Times and Gazette.
Sent by mail on receipt or fin y cents. Address
the Author, Dr. E. DEF. CURTIS, Washington,
D. C._septl lyr
pa-TKE GREAT VITALIZER.-THIS
title may be fairly given to a restorative which
has taken precedence of all other tonic .md al?
terative preparations for a period of nearly twen?
ty years. During that long interval HOSTET
TER'S STOMACH BITTERS may be truly said to
have enjoyed unrivalled popularity. Many prep?
arations have been got up to compete with ll,
but they have all fallen Into Its wake or sunk
Into oblivion for lack or patronage. From the
first, this now world-rcnownod Vegetable Tonic
has been both medically and financially success?
ful. Every year has added to the number of Its
friends, and the demand tor it, based solely upon
thc experimental proofs of Its excellence as a pre?
ventive and curative, seems to have no assign?
able limit. Thc medical profession sanction and
approve its use, and lt ls now at the head of the
class of medicines to which lt belongs, the ad?
mitted, undisputed sovereign tonic of the age.
The statistics of the United States Revenue De?
partment will verify thc statement that it stands
alone and unapproached In thc magnitude of its
sales as compared with those of any otner pro?
prietary remedy advertised on this side of the At?
lantic.
The explanation of this fact may be comprised
In a few words. HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BIT?
TERS ls at once the purest, the safest and the
most potent of all vegetable tonics, and the best
antidote to every variety of malarious disease.
Hence lt ls especially adapted to the present sea?
son of chilling dews and unwholesome vapors.
OCtlS 6D*C
Special Notices.
&S3- NOTICE.-THE TIME FOR HAND?
ING in Estimates for building Hall for German
Freundschaftsbund Ls extended to November 1st,
at 12 o'clock M. ? JACOB SMALL,
oct2Q_Chairman of Committee.
^NOTICE.-THREE eMONTH S
after dateAppllcatlon will be made to the Bank
of Charleston Vor Renewgk d?' Certificates for
Twenty-eight SHARKS, standing in my ?name,
the original Certificares, .No. 7251, 6_Shares;}No.
7338, 4 Shares; No. 7528, 10 Shares; No. 7546, 3"
Shares: and No. 7695, 5 sitares, having been lost
or destroyed. EMANUEL BCERO.
oct20 lamo3*_
*W CONSIGNEES PER STEAMSHIP
J. W. EVERMAN, from Philadelphia, are hereby
notified that she is -THIS DAY discharglngjat
North Atlantic Wharf. All goods oa wharf at
sunset will beat risk and expense of consignee.
JOHN A THEO. GETTY.
oct20 : North Atlantic Wharf.
NOTICE TO LEGATEES.-T H E
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, LANCASTER
COUNTY.-The surviving Executors of WILLIAM
MCKENNA, deceased, vs. PATRICK N. LYNCH,.
Roman Catholic Bishop of Charleston, et al
In Equity.-BUI for Settlement of Estate, Ad?
vice, Ac-By order of the Circuit Court In
this cause, filed October 15th, 1869, notice
ls hereby given to the individuals embraced
within the classes hereinafter described, with?
in twelve months from the date of the publi?
cation hereof, to come in and establish before the
undersigned Clerk of the Court their right to the
Legacies bequeathed to them in and by the last
Will and Testament of William McKenna, late of
the Conn ty and state aforesaid, deceased; or fair?
ing so to do within the time specified, their claims
will be barred, to wit the following: Tuc children
of James McKenna, a brother of the Testator, for?
merly residing at Castle Nacor, la the County of
Donegal, Ireland; the children of Owen McKenna,
also a brother, formerly residing at the same
place; the children of Nancy Clemens, a deceased
sister of the Testator; the children of Ellin or Barr,
also a sister; the children of Einnor Moran, a
daughter of the said Einnor Barr; the children of
John McKenna, a deceased*brother of the Testa?
tor; the children of Rose McKenna, a sister of
the Testator; the children of any of the above
mentioned classes who may have died before the
death of said Testator, leaving such chUdren liv?
ing at his death;-and, also, the children of John
W. Bradley, a nephew of the said Testator.
THOMAS H. CLYBURN,
Clerk of the Circuit Court,
Lancaster County, S. C.
October 13, 1869. oct?) w3mos
^-NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. -THE
Steamship MINNETONK A ls THIS DAY discharging
cargo at Vanderhorst Wharf. All goods remain?
ing on wharf at sunset, will be stored at risk and
fxpense of Consignees.
octl8_RAVENEL A CO., Agents.
^39" ALMOST GIVEN AWAY.-THE
TRI-WEEKLY NEWS ls the cheapest country pa?
per in South Carolina, and THE RURAL CAROLI?
NIAN is the best Agricultural Magazine ever pub?
lished in the South.
Price Tor TRI-WEEILY NEWS and RURAL CAROLI?
NIAN one year four dollars.
pf BE BEAUTIFUL.-IF YOU DE?
SIRE beauty, you should use HAGAN'S MAGNO?
LIA BALM.
It gives a soft, refined satin-like texture to the
complexion, removes Roughness, Redness, Biotch
W| ->'" "i '""i - ' - ? ...i.ij -, unir/? r>r nea riv
bloom to thc plainest features. It brings the bloom
of youth to the fading check, and changes the
rustic Country Girl into a fashionable City Belle.
In thc use of the Magnolia Balm lies thc true
secret or beauty. No lady need complain of her
complexion who will Invest 75 cents in this de?
lightful article.
LYON'S KATH AIRON ls the best Hair Dressing
lu nse. sept27 mwflmo
Business OJar?s. "
IBBES & BARNWELL,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Gr
Advances made on Consignments of Cotton,
Rice. Ac, to Foreign and Domestic markets.
ALLEN S. GIBBES. ARTHUR BARNWELL.
oct9 fmwlmo_
JTOLMES I MACBETH,
No. 36 BROAD STREET,
Charleston, S. C.,
BROKER, AUCTIONEER, REAL ESTATE
AND
GENERAL COMMISSION AGENTS.
Will attend to Renting and Collecting of Rents
and purchase and sale of Stocks, Bonds, Gold,
Silver and Real Estate.
ALSO,
To the Purchase of Goods and Supplies ror par?
ties in the country upon reasonable terms.
GEORGE L. HOLMES.ALEXANDER MACBETH.
janl lyr_
J T. HUMPHREY*,
BROKER, AUCTIONEER AND COMMISSION
MERCHANT.
SALES OF REAL ESTATE, STOCKS, BONDS,
SECURITIES AND PERSONAL PRO?
PERTY ATTENDED TO.
No. 27 BROAD STREET,
Charleston, S. C.
REPERENCES.-Hon. HENRY BUIST, W. J. MA
GRATH, Esq., General JAMES CONNER, T. R.
WARING, Esq._octa
y^r ILLIS & CHISOLM,
FACTORS, COMMISSION MERCHANTS,.
AND
SHIPPING AGENTS,
Will attend to thc Purchase, Sale and Shipment
(to Foreign and Domestic Ports) ol COTTON,
RICE, LUMBER and NAVAL STORES.
ATLANTIC WHARF, Charleston. S. C.
, WILLIS.A. R. CHISOLK.
QC 125_
O U I S M C L A I N ,
BROKER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No. 48 BROAD STREET.
Charleston, S. C.
Stocks, Bonds and Gold bought, carried and
sold short in New York City.
Particular attention paid tc the purchase and
sale ol all kinds or Southern Securities.
oe t5
Rotels.
QHARLESION HOTEL7
CILARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.
This first-class HOTEL, situated in a pleasant
location, and in the business portion of the city,
renders it the most desirable Hotel for either per?
manent or transient guests. The accommoda?
tions are unsurpassed, having extensive suites of
elegantly furnished apartments for ramilles and
single gentlemen. Thc proprietor will endeavor
to maintain the high reputation enjoyed by the
"Charlestou'' as a first-class ho'i.'e, and no effort
will be spnred to deserve a continuance of the
liberal patronage heretofore bestowed uponlt.
The best of Liverv accommodations wiU be
found adjoining the establishment.
The house is supplied with the celebrated Arte?
sian Water, or which delightful baths can be had
either day or night. E. H. JACKSON,
julyl2 Proprietor.