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EVENING DRESS FANS.

1nn newest patterns Evening Dress Fans
uvyty (Spanish) mounted in Pearl, Ivory
psnier mache, Just opened at PACKERS
faacy AMI PerfumsrY Store, under the Ma
Hotsly...
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PLAINS, BLANKETS, KER6EYS AND
-. FI,ANN ELS

rJ,HE SUBSCRIBERS, Direct Importers Of all
L WOODEN GOODS, have just received per
Ships, "Gulnare," "Orion," and "Somerset, -
from Liverpool, Their fall supply Of pLAiNs,
ETS. WHITE, RED, BLUE and GREEN
FLANNEL BLANKEfING, Guernsey Shirts.
KiImarnock Caps, Scotch Bonnets, &C., &C., ak
presuly suited to our Southern Planters trade, and
TO an inspection of which, they confidently in
vite all who visit the Charleston Market
C, e. z, l.. KERRISON & CO.,
9O9 King st., northwest cor. King & Market sts.
CharIeston. Sept 3
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NEW PROSPECTUS

SCIENT IFIC A ERICA N
To Mechanics, InpealOrs. and Manufacturers .

. " II N L. " n M r. N 1 Y "A ~
10 Mechanics, Hupealors, and Manufacturer
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of this valuable journal, commenced on the Dist
of September, offering valuable opportunity for
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and Manufactures Of our country. The charac-
ter OF the Scientific american is too well known
throughout the country to require detailed ac-
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columns.
1t enjoys a more extensive and influential cir
culation than any other journnl of its class in
America.
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Qltario Form, on fine paper, aTording, at the end
Of the year, an ILLUSTRATED EJNCYCLO-
PEDLA, Of over FOUR HUNDRED PAGES,
with an Index, and from Five to Six Hundred
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Official List of PaTE.NT CLAIMS, prepared ex-
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T IFE INSURANCE.-Brtish Commercial
| Life Insurance Company, established in 1890,
and empowered by act Of Parliament, for the In
surance Of Lives and Survivorships, and the en-
dowment of Children, &C., &C., G CAPITAL
THREE MILLION DOLLARS!
nrOf6ce Sd story Colonization Buildings,
near Jackson Hall, Pennsylvania avenue, WASH
nton city, D..
M THOMPSON, .AgeM
nc,oI.r OF lQSO-,,F
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WILL be opened at Mrs. 8. Parker's, on Sat-
w urday, 23d inst, at 10 clock A. M, in the
new store under the National Hotel, a rich assort-
ment Of Winter Millinery, consisting OF Hats,
Caps, Head Dresses, Feathers, Fiorencss, Rib
bons, &c. &c. PAhhEhS
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THr PAST, THE Present AND THE FUruRE.--oi
The cotton trade, from the London Economist,
August "a, 1850. cit is calculated that upwards
Of 1000, 900 persons depend entirely upon TINS
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Per an :
For any one Of the four Reviews $500
For any two DO. 5,UO
For any three do. 100
For all four ofthe Reviews, 500
For Blackwood Is Magazine, 800
For Backwood and three Reviews, 800
For Blackwood and the four Reviews, 1000
For Farmer Guide Complete in 90 Nos.) 500
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NEW FANCY GOODS

NEW FANCY GOODS
WILL BE RECEIVING every day during
W. next week, beautiful assortment of Fanny
Goods suitable for PRESENTS, &c Also d
large assortment of fresh Prrfumery, Pomaiums
SOAPS. Hair-washes, and every article pertaining
to the toilet. FARMERS Periumery aho
Fancy Store, Penn. av., near National Hotel
sep2l-Jd
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sss s~-TNs pab!sc ere informed that under tbs
sssw sxrAawssn<rs VI shss Company, steamers IN
sI~aa~4 asd approved by the Navy Department,
ss,d s~rysfss ,rs tassed States mails, All con-
sssSs q. 's~ss fsnAms @ad s~n Ffsnclsco tho ls'
4sS ssa days cf each moatb. unie@ istained by
.sns soaAss's ~orsds~s, snd w,li to.cn Acapulco,
sss fhswr, asss vs~s~ssy.
Yss fcssss.ux steam packets bsis'ss'pg 70 the
FsxsAs Msai S+sAas.hsp Company. are now IN the
p..s&<. sne nj wA~h wsii he asways "a port At
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Inducements for Clubbing.

l7lditCefne7HS J0T CEN00tf&.
ANY person who will send four subscribers
for six MONTHS at our regular rates, shall be en-
titled to one copy for the same length Of time
we will furnish
10 copies for mos, 20 Is copies for IL mos. S22
10 do IL Is 20 do IL %
Southern and Western money taken at par for
subscriptions; or Post Office Stamps taken at
their full value.
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FALL MILLINERY.

FALL MILLINERY.
N{ rs PARKER will open Wednesday 10th
mat. . few cases OF French Hats Also a
beautiful assortment Of Ribbons. Feathers, Flow
srs &c, A>. Penn. az. under, N. Hotel
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WANTED TO PURCHASE
~ A SMALL HOUSE on Capitol Hill, con
1H tanning six or seven rooms, with CONSIDER
able ground attached. Apply ut this office.
Oct. l6-3t.
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BEEBE's NEW YORK HATsM.

CTEYENS, No. 1, Bro,on's Hotel, has just re-
y ceived further and full supply Of Bsebs 3
Hats. Also, complete assortment of his own
make, of every quality and style. Gentlemen
wishing Hats Of fancy shapes can have their or
STEVENS great Hat. Cap, and
Gsnt's Outftting establishments, No. Brown
Hotel
Nov. 3O-6tif Qn.ef. Repub. Union.)
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3. CONTINENTAL MONEY
Amount issued in ITS s 100000
I777 10000, 900
g in all to July, 1899 356,000,000
The whole expenses of the war, estimated in
specie, amounted to $I35, l93,7O3.
COTTON STATISTICS.
We compile from the New York Shipping List
and price Current, Of the llth September, the fol-
Iou,;no statement, showing the crop of Cotton in
the several States for the year ending 3lst August
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MEDICAL COLLEGE OF THE STATE OF
SOUTH CAROLINA.
rINIIE Annual COURSE OF LECTURES in this
Institution will commence on the first Monday
in November next, ON the following branches:
Anatomy, by ], Holbrook, NJ. ID.
Institutes and Practice Of Medicine, bys Hen
ry Dickson, M. d.
Surgery, by K. Geddinga. NJ d.
Physiology, by James Mou,rie, Nj. ID.
Materla Medica, by Henry II. Frost. M. ID.
Obstetrics, by Thos. q. Prosau, N. ID.
Chemistry, by G.. U. Shepard, NJ. D.,
Demonstration Of Anatomy, St, Julian Ravenel,
M. ID.
Dr. ID. J. Cain, Physician TO the Marine Hoe
pital and Clinical Instructor. Lectures twice h
week on the Diseases Of thui Institution.
DIR. L. b. Flagg, Physician to the Aims House
Lectures twice week on Diseases.
Demons,ralise lrstrpc,ion in Medicine and Sur
eery at the College Hospital
HENRY 4 FROST, M. D., Dean.
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ba n~W asx&nsoatp Spi~R@"N WIZ Ply We
twss~ sAsn rraec,ssa ssA ports " Oregon. await.
sx al tbs fss,ass ovt sAe ar,va Of the mails and
r~sssxs%s~ fssw se&s~ass. and s~sura'nx without
dsisy wah che asss ard ps~~soxsss 'os ihs stssu'-
a. Nsm k~1 rra@ess~o.
A sswvlAx line ~ rxope1s~ss wai Ls kept up for
sks u~Smpuxsxt,oa ~ ffeaxks aud uansi&nt passsu.
xsrs bssw%s~ esnAma asa 6ma ttaa~asce
IL wsat As~Sm saaA&mp SARAH SANDS'
~ .a6e tsss bursksn. sow sNasr charter " the
sompaay and peculiarly cemmod'cus an her CABIN
srssngspsels, viii be kept running ns an extra
fAsstly boat.
oas Of the above steamers ~,ii keep up the con
uees,cn between Acapulco and ihs other Mexican
etse
The connection in The A,'sntic viii be main
tanned by the United sxs,ss mail steamships
1sox.sA 3.0A0 tons. CssseK FAINT Crv 500 tons
oaso a.tNM toms Cas~okkw 100 tons
H~r,sv C,rsa. tA,0 tsas. Psn ApslrMa T.lO0 tons
Leaving New Hork ius thagrss On the ] IN
and *,sh Of each month.
The nsw steamship I'll. DORADO and FAIL
CON viii form d.rro, lin~ between New Or
leans sad Ckssfe~. leaving al such periods as WI
insure as hi'ie detention ~ possible on the 18th
mus, aud forming with the Pacific steamships
through line 10 aud from New Orleans. and port'
IN Mckee, California and Oregon. Passages from
New orssns osa b~ secured from. Armstrong
L.nwruson x Co, agents. al that place.
! Ths fare iof through tsckrss nom New York Il
San Francisco has been reduced nom
| $500, in state rcoms. To $3.50.
| $3.50. IN lower cabin. ~ sFsO.
S3OV, tn Stceragr, To vib3-
| The rates from New York to Chagres will D.
at the lowest adopted by any safe steamer be
tween those ports.
For choice sf ber,ha, apply a, the Office Of tn
Company, 81 and IS South street, and at thei
agency, III West street.
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National Medical College. Washington,
District Of Columbia.
TIME annual course of lectures viii commence
i on the frs, Monday in November, the 4th
instant
Thos Miller, NJ. d., Professor Of Anatomy aud
Physiology.
VIM p. johnson, NJ. d., Professor Of Obste-
tries and the diseases Of women and children.
Joshua Riley, Nj. d., Professor OF Mnter'a
Medca, Therapeutics, and Hygiene.
John Frederick May. NJ. d., Professor Of Sur
gerry.
Grafton Tyler NJ. D., Professor OF Pathology
and Practice Of Medicine.
Robert King Stone, M. D., Adjunct Professor
Of Anatomy and Physiology.
Edward Foreman, NJ. d., Professor OF Chem
| istry and Pharmacy.
| James T.. Morgan, M d., Prosecutor and Dem
| onstrator.
| Clinical lectures three times week, on cases
selected from the Washington lnfrmary. ope-
ration performed before the class.
s, For full course ofl"c'ures Syu
| Demonstrator's L...-. w
| Graduation fee ~
Good board can be procured at from 50 To -
per week.
JOSHUA RILEY, M. d.,
Sep 3-2awiNovlif Dean of the Faculty.
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23l, 97l 1880, 1853 IL, $40, 900
s5,752 British taken prisoners.

The surrender Of Corn wallis at Yorktown, O'
tober 1871, closed the war; prisoners 7,O73.
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For one copy of the DAILY GLOBE during the SEES
sion IS on
For one copy of the CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE 90
during the session 3oo
For one copy of the APPENDIX during the
session w
The money may be RENTED by mail at my risk
Bank notes current where sui sc iber reslees WIZ
be received at par Subscriptions should reac'
here by the 18th December, at furthest, to lnsri
all the numbers.
The prices for tEese papers are so low that
cannot afford to credit them out therefor no
person need order them unless the money accome
na MES the order JOHN G.. RiVES
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Dice snnsylvsnia Avenue, next TO jackson
"a Washington.
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SPAIN
The Cuban Prisoners Pardoned.

The Madrid Gazette Of the 18th contains
the following
The reply Of the Government Of the United States
to the demands of Her Majesiy's Government has
arrived by extraordinary dispatch. The frank and
honorable manner in which the Federal Government
has conducted itself on this occasion, by admitting
that an insult was made to the Spanish flag by Sc
ditious populace, by approaching It in the same
terms as the Government of her Majesty, and by Of
.ering to the latter all reparatons, just honorable,
and possible for the two countries, has induced her
Majesty to declare herself perfectly satisfied on the
affair and to order the publication IN the Madrid
Gazette Of the note addressed by Hon. Daniel
Webster Secretary of Foreign Affairs OF the
United States, to NJ. Angel Calderon &c Ia Barca,
Minister Plenipotentiary of her Majesty at Wash
ington. Having obtained such satisfactory result
and the Queen, sovereign, desiring to give to the
respectable President of the United states, and to
the peoples of the confederation, testimony OF her
friendly dispositions, has condescended, BY spon-
taneous act OF her royal clemency, to grant par
con TO all such prisoners made IN the last expedition
against the Isle OF CUBA as are citizens OF those
States whether they be already In Spain, undergo
iug the punishments they have incurred, or whether
they be still in Cuba Finally, her Majesty to give
a testimony of her royal esteem to Nj. Angel Cal
delon de la Barca her Minister PIonlpOientiary in
the United States for the effort he has made to ter
inmate this important affair happily, has degned TO
nominate him Grand Cfoss of The Order Of Charles
Ill
The Cortes has been dissolved. The
Queens confinement was expected TO take place
daily.
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CHINA.

The following is from The Overland
Friend Of China, dated Victoria, Oct. 80:
China presents troubled aspect. In PekIn uea-
son turks around the the throne the northern sea-
board swarms with freebooteTs, who, not content
with plunderng every vessel that crosses their patn
make continual ravsge IN the varions 20 WINS whete
anything of value to be obtaned-anc IN the south
ern provinces rebellion reays It's cad, every report
giving additional success the side OF tAe Insur
gents. With knowledge tina. for months past there
have been upward OF a hundred thousand lmperal
troops in the field who make no headway, the great
masses Of the people are now beginning TO desplse
government for which they have hitherto felt respect
full terror. Two days PRIOR TO the date OF our ies'
monthly summary, the government forces were Sc
yerey woYsted In engagement the ing gan as
ucs IN which the com6atants brought forth the cue
both sides. Following this battle about the 2otn OF
30th u the rebel. laid seige 20 the chief CITY Oh ae
district, called by one of our correspondents Hun
moo, which they took and sacked, mutllating, IN
shocking manner the district magistrate ana MS
IA mily, who with number Of the principal lnnao-
itan,s, refused give in allegiance to the great hnS
Tientth. OF the inhabitants generally, gre num'
bers beheaded on refusal to forswear the Her
flung dynasty.
An extensive Ere occurred at Canton on the on OF
October which, II is said, destroyed some ave nun
bred houses and a large quantity of property Inc
reports are very vague. 49,,
The Hong Kong papers Of the 3nh oc,ooer
state that severe vphoous had ocesUed IN 'ne |niaA
efas
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GERMANY.

The Prussian commercial treaty with
Hanover was passed without alteration by the Sec
ord Chamber The Minister OF the Interior an
bounced that the English Government had declared
reports of The Houses OF Parliament for two copies Of
the proceedings OF the Prusslan Chambers. NJ.
Eeseler, hacked by % deputies. has proposed mo-
ten deynlng the night Of the Diet of Frankfort to
alter by any resolution by me Bund any part the
Constitution Of Prussia. The representatives Of
Holland and Denmark, in the confederation, have
not signed the representation made to the English
Government III reference TO the political refugees IN
London. This representation against England
beng permitted 10 be tae refuge of all political retu
gees, and the center of consplracies against the
Governments Of the Continent is 1t Is understood,
couchec IN very distnctlanguage and lntlmates thai
the several States win be compelled, If some meas
uIts are not taken alns this propaganda to defend
themselves by strlcer regulations as 10 the admls-
sion of English subjects into their States and their
soourn IN them. Ii carried out TO the full extent,
the measures intimated would amount to total er-
cluslon CT Engiishmen from the Continent
The last plan of the Prussian Govern
ment with regard to the stamp duty on newspapers
is that il shall be levied according 70 the superb
cal area" OF the sheet or sheets published. There
is great difference in the size OF German periodl-
Gals some still appearing IN the dlmlnutye form thai
suficed for our grandfathers others have expanded
with the enlargement of the field OF politics half
penny for every hundred square inches Is the rate al
present contemplated but It may yet be modiaeo,
as the proposal VIII meet with strong opposition, as
strong a. least as any opposition can be under pre-
sent circumstances. Many publications Will be ex
tinsulshed BY Il altogether
1t appears that the Prussian estimates for
1852 show an expected deficiency Of about f30O 900.
The revenue is stated al t3 00O and the expen-
drture at ia 100000 The deficiency last year was
large. and compared with that period there Will De
Increase, II Is assumed, OF t57c 90 N revenue,
and t445 0CO IN expenditure the latter being partly
caused by an addition of f2l5OO 10 the charge for
department.
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ITALY.

1t is said that the French garrison at
Rome had Immediately deposited its adhesion to the
policy OF Louis Napoleon in the hands OF General
Gemeau. Rome was illuminated on the occasion,
but it not known whether az the expense OF the
Papal Government. or the French.
The Roman correspondent of The Daily
NeirS says
NJ de Rayneval no sooner learned the tidings than
he went with them to Gen Gemeau. The General
and the Ambassador then went together TO Cardinal
Antonelli, and commun Gated the news to his Emit
lence, who seemed upon the whole to be grauned at
the event. rather the prospect of an imperial regime
being established in France even to the exclusion Oh
Legitimacy, and expressed his JOY that at any rate
the Republic had come 10 an end. You, who are In
possession OF occurrences almost they take
place in Paris, will be better able Judge Of the
correctness OF the Cardinals suTmises than we in
this ultima Thule OF cvz atom The effect produced
upon the mind OF Pho Mono by the unlooked-for in
tegence was directly contrary to that OF the Secre-
tarv of state His Holiness appeared detected at the
prospect Of new political complications ana win
out Jumping to conclusions like his NJ mister, merely
expressed his regret at hearing that the Ambassador
had received such an alarming commune alton Inc
pIeacy and arlsocracy IN general seem 10 plrtici-
pate Cardinal Antonellps sentiments they admire
ihe Presidents vigor and applaud his measures, as
apparently tending to Imperial rule, WHEREBY the
cause OF despotlsm, II not OF Legitimacy, may De
shengthene Euro :, although procee ling rom
universal suffrage. some timid exceptions are to
DE found among the members of the Sacred College,
who see danger IN every change, aud are aready N
high preparation for second fight, In order TO AVOID
the f,ightfu calam,ies fore!od BY the modern sybi,
St Catherine, OF Sezza, which, they appIehend, II
commenced In France, may be initiated IN the Ro-
man States.
Two enormous water sp0uts, accOnpa-
MED by a terrific hurricane, have swept over the
Island of Sicily. Those VINO saw. describe IGem
as two immense spherical bodies OF water reaching
fxom the clouds their cones nearly touchias the
earth, and far could be Judged az quarter Of
a mile apart, travelling with immense velocity
They passed over the island near Marsha In their
progress houses were unroofed trees uprooted, men
and women, horses, cattle and sheep were raised
M erawn into their vortex and borne on TO destruc
,on During their passage rain descended IN ca.i-
racts accompanied with hallstones of enormous SIZE,
and masses OF ice Going over Casteliamare, near
Saba il destroyed half the town, and washed 200
OF the inhabitants into the sea, who all pershed
Upward OF 500 persons have been destroyed 6y ms
terrible visitation. and an immense amount OF prop
ertv. the country being aid waste for miles Ine
shipping in the haIbor suffered severely, many yes
sels being destroyed, and their crews drowned All.
Ter the occurrence numbers Of dead human Do1les
were picked up, all frgh.fully mutllaied and swollen
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TURKEY.

A shock of an earthquake was felt on the
leAh October, at Berat in European Turkey. Itthrew
down part OF the fortress and 400 soldiers persisted
IN the ruins About 500 houses, Greek church, aud
TWO mosques were greatly injured. When, after the
disaster the population was counted, 500 persons
were missing but many Of them were supposed 70
have taken 10 fight The upper part Of mountain
near the town became detached, and was cas-. con-
siderable distance a crater then opened IN the GEN.
ter and vomted black smoke and blocks OF stone
tins was followed by sulphurous lava IN boxing
state which subsequently, turned TO powder Fetld
e1halaiions arose, which corrupted the am Inc
villages near Beras also suffered greatly from the
earthquake At Salonca, on the 3Oth and 3lst Octo-
her shocks were fell. They came from the north
to the south, and lasted several seconds. The sky
was covered at the time. The first shocks were
ssht the latters Stronger, but II Is not stated that
they did any damage.