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Among the arrivals at New York from Liver
pool by the Java, on Tuesday, were Jose
Manual Ponce lie Leon, Jose Manuel Fernan-
dee, and De Frcixns, three OF the company OF
Cubsns, two hundred aud fifty in. number.
who were exiled TO Fernando Po last March.
They leave behind in Liverpool sixteen OTHERS
OF the company, who are to follow them by the
Rtre and tho Scotia. They we're OF the
wealtbiest citizens Of Cuba. i.f
they tell fearful story of ther sufferipgs
in exile. Tho treatment on shipboard by the
Spaniards was terrible. They were crowded
together in tho most shocking manner, like
coolies or slaves from Africa, and eompe.leG t0
pny fabulous prices tor food. .Aftor their arri-
yal about half the prisoners obtained quarters
at the English hotel and tho rest we're Obliged
10 live in native huts. Tlose who have now
arrived in Now York and in Liverpool es-
formed from the hollow Of trees. Outside
the island they were picked up by small
sloop whlch they had hired Of an English
man, and then made for Old Calabsr, near tho
mouth OF the RIO Calabar, on the coast oi
Guinea. They were we'll treated by tho Enn-
lish people aud the negroes. Tho king called
out his warriors and prepared to defend the
escaped e1iles against the Spaniards If they
should send to retake them. Tho governor of
Fernando Po, learning that nineteen OF his
prisoners had escaped, sent after them the
armed steamship ConcordIa. She entored the
port Of Calabar three days after the arrival OF
the Cubans. and her captain demanded that
they should be eivsn;up to Spanish authority.
This tue king refused to do, at the same time
warning the Spanish commander OF tho Con-
cordia that if he took the Cubans away il
would cost him a severe aaht. The Con.
cordia Left fnr Fernando 70 for instructions.
While gone, the Cubans embarked on an
Enghsh vessel for Buni, which place they safe
~ reached, and secured passage on the English
mail steamer Biafra, Tor Liverpool. After
having secured their passape And pone aboard
the Binfra, the Concurdla made her appear
ance, and her captain demanded the bodies OF
the nineteen Cuban passengers. Capt. Cross,
OF the :Biafta; refused TO give them up. The
natives prepared to defend tn. m should the
captain OF the Concordia endeavor 10 employ
force in the case. This he did not do: The
Biafra sailed with her passengers sll on board,
and arSiyed ut Liverpool on the 30th .ultlmo.
The next day three of them sailed for thia
country. These nineteen Cuban and American
gentlemen represent q capital OF thirty mil.
lions of dollars. They had secured large
amounts Of specie by sending it abroad before
the war began. They all felt that an effort to
escape from Fernando Pc would either be q
SUCCESS or close confinement and torture on
that island the alternative. 3svgI,..-11
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1HEPURoHAsE OF CUBA.
Important Negotiations wi,h,ho Span
tsh Regent

The Washington correspondent of the Phila-
delphia Ledger writes under date Of Thurs-
day: IT. f.5
The President said this morning that no con.
clusion will be reached in the Cuban matter till
Marshal Serrano shall be heard from. No news
from Madrid has been received here since last
week. ws.u
It is now Ianspred that private gentle
man, IN intimate friend OF Captain General
Prim, left New York for Madrid two days be-
week before the latter. On bis arrival no laid
the whole Of General Siokles' instructions be-
tore the Captain.G General and Marshal Serrano,
to ascertain tho feeling before a. formal pre-
administration in this country that the propo-
sitlons advanced had been very favora6iy re-
ceived. The most important proposition con-
tained In these Instructions was oneA sug-
that they agree to the appointment Of
mixed commission, composed Of Span
iarde and Cub.ns, or Spaniard and q
Cuban, who shall meet in the City Of Washing
shall be sold 70 the Cubans. It is said, also.
TINT the name OF President Grant is mentioned
to be appointed president Of the commission,
but cannot vouch for the correctness OF that.
kind, would be paid for from it's own revenues.
and the statement that the United States offers
in any way to guarantee the bonds, there is the
best authority for s,ating,' is unqualihedly
collections will pay any reasonable sum in q
very short time. and they ask no foreign aid to
make the payment. - Tu
Marshal serrano, Regent Of Spain. and Cap
tain General Prim are now considering the
matter. In the Cabinet at the. White House
| yesterday, the subject was broached and dis.
| cussed. butno definite result mas reached. We
: shall hear from Madrid in few days. Mean.
time, those who seem to know most, and who
| ought, entertain no fear thetthe propositions
| will be agreed to by Spain. II they are not
then all concede that the next action OF oui
administration will be to show q considerable
relaxed -disposition towards Cuba, which viii
amount to virtual recognition Of her inde-
pendence. A representative OF the Cuban Jun
Ia, now here, is in unusually good spirits, nnt
| processes to know that the Independence o
Cuba will be an accomplished fact before the
| end Of the year." SOL n
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man triumphed over nature. Now that the
whole 10 completed, With tho exception OF few
details, IL presents to view five separate har-
bors, with canals. suices 10 regulate the tide,
and on oIray OF dIy-docks for. Ordinary aud
irpn-clad vessels. As you approach by chip,
you 1rst 1nd yourself in All ARTIFICIAL basin,
danked by immense granite mnies, respective
ly four thousand and nine Thousand SIX huns
dred feet long. Tho next 0asin or ou or harbor
Is six hundred feet long and four hundred wide;
the second suico. Immediately behind, as long
and as wido as the first. Then there follows
canal threo thousand six hundred feet long,
varying IN width from two hundred and sixty
To one. hundred and eighty feet. and having
about halt way another harbor for dredRiDg
steamers and similar craft. This leads 10 thb
feet Iona aud 760 vide, with smaller special
basin for boas to the r1ght. Al the back Of
the principal barljbr there arc Two dry docks,
each 440 feet long luu "a wide; o third dry
dock $50 feet long, two ship yards for tho con-
struction Of iron-cascd frigates OF tho largest
size, q dock yard, an areenai, q number OF
steam engines, aud oil tho other paraphernalia
OF a naval establishment. As 10 depth. tho
Jade. when tho tide is out, is still 26 feet deep;
the eluIces at high tide are 81 feet; ut low tide
10 feet deep; the docks and principal hnIbors
are 20 feet.
Such an achievement as this WAS worthy q
grander celebration than took place in honor
OF its inaugui atlnn last week. Tho King was
presont, and with his escort took Bremen on
his way, whero he had q brilliant and enthu.
siastic reception. Then going to Jade by q
newraliway tho inauguration took place. Tho
new military post has thus far cost ten million
thaiers. -t.,t
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BY TELEGRAPH.
wAsHINGTON NEWS.


WAFnssToa, April 16.-A letter from Judge
Dent 70 Grant hs. been published, in which
Dent protests against Grants support OF tho
"bitter-enders," |" claiming that the government
foiled that party in getting possession Of M,ss.
issippi under the defeated constitution, but
now supports them. Dent expresses the
opinion that, Notwithstanding the Cabinets
support, the bIttor-enders will be defeated in
Mississlppi. -, Har eei
Supervisor Perry of North aud South Caro-.
lima. reDorts the seizure Of 40 600 boxes Of to-
bacco and much machinery within bis district.
1t may be confidently stated that assertions
regarding Hoar's opinion, the Cabinet instruc-
hons, and Canby'a Intentions regarding the
eIactionr Of the test oath from the Virginia
legislators, are all Hpeculations, as nothing de-
finite has been determined.
Acting Secretary Richardson has prepared
instructions to collectors, naval officers, sur
veyors and appraisers, in which he reminds
tnem hat In accorance With e-sting regula.
Hons no aubordinat ofacer of the customs CO II
be removed or appc ed without the previous
sanction ofthe Secretary OF the Treasury.
The receipts OF the Internal Revenue De-
pa1tment from nii sources for the ear ending
June so are: Distilled spirits, $4S 800 600; to-
bacco, $23 200 600; fermented liquors 81. .GOO,-
600; incomes, s23 100, 900; stamps, $15, ,605 600.
Total, $110 205 600. Seventy-seven districts
are yet TO bo heard from. T
Revenue to-day $795 600. Coin in the treasury
$107 900 900, including gold certificates.
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TIE NEW RAILROAD BRIDGE AT AuousrA.-
Operations are in lively progress on the prepa.
ratory work on the Charlotte. Columbia and
Augusta RailIoad Bridge, ACROSS the Savannah
River at the foot of Washing ton street. Sey-
erni car loads Of granite have been received
from the Batesville quarrIes, near tho line OF
Edgeaeld and Lexington, 8. O., for the con-
struction OF the stone piers to support the
structure. The bridge IS to be OF the "Howe
Truss" patent, OF Eve spans, one hundred and
eighty feet zach In length, making the extreme
length rom sputment to abutment nine huu-
dIed feel. e La to be supported on four stone
piers, built rom the bed OF the river, and
abutments at zach end OF tho same material
and will, when completed rank with the best
and most approved RAILROAD bridges, North or
South. In point Of safety and durability. The
contract for the erection OF the superstructure
has been taken BY Mr.. Renpo, Of North Caro-
lima. With favorable weather, the entire work
will be completed BY Tho first OF January.
tAu9,ida Cbnsttt.atoDdlisl,
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At THE SPRINGS.

WHITE SULPHUR sPRNas, August 16.-The
committee appointed by the National Board OF
Trade.to report upon the most feasible route
for the transportation Of the heavy products OF
the West to the Atlantic coast. met here to-
day. Reports were submitted from Mr.. Bur-
well, of New Orleans. Mr. Monroe, OF Dubuque,
and Mr.. Hughes, OF Virginia.
Mr.. George Peabody has given sixty thous-
and dollars TO Washington College, of which
General Lee is, president. sfor The purpose Of
establishing thendditional professorships re.
Gently proposed by General Lee. n'zi ~ 4
Mr. .Peabody's health has improved so much
that he WAS able TO- dine at the hotel to-day.
As he came ID, leaning ON the OF General
Lee, o crowd Of persons gathered around him
and congratulated him on his oonyaIescence.
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sIMARENaO.-P FEVER AND AaUE
cIrRH TONIC FRyRR peRyEt3 TIVE -Tb,o vat

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|tf tu1s 6if ssl1ISg>I '0ko w g1tS}iSnos : 4
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Spefial Motifes.

a5ROSADALISw WILL CURE THE WORST
oAsBs OF soROFULA.--Resd the statement below,
and despair not;
DEAR sIR-My youngest daughter, aged hve years,
has been dresdfuiy afflicted with scrofula nearly all
her hfe tried great nsny physicians. but With
ont relieving her much; In fact, most Of them said
thers was no hope Of cure. During the Last spring
abe was worse than ever, her body and limbs being
covered with sores and biotcheswith face and eyes
badly liberated and swollen. Whilst In this condi
ton was advised by DR.. l. A. stth, to Try ROSA.
DALIS. I at once procured three bottley. and COM
menced giving Il TO her. Tho effect was magical In
less than month. to my great astonishment, she
was entirely well.
lam. d.. yours, with respect and gratitude, sf
". ". BUhNRrT.
For sale bv GOODRICH. wINEMAN l. CO.. I'm.
porters Of Drsgs and Chemicals, Charleston, g. @.
Auausti& stuthS
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szr1IHns-NoTl RPET-BAoaERs.-,Dry p.
W. Wheeler, Of Ohio. who has resided In Co.
property corner Of Assembly and Green.
streets yesterday for sc, 600. He paid $500
for Il fve months ago, bEt ,hAs improved it
considerable. Samuel Cqlbertson. Rsq., Of
sler,sn, tcgethe= With Captain J. r. Fisher.
are the pioneers of what We have reason to be.
heve viii be . regiment, and perhaps brigade
4 Of actual settlers from the Nerth ands the
Southwest. They have purchased considers.
bic city property as' well ~ large 'tfsetS 6f
wood land IN Lexington. and intend ereciin &
extensive sAw milli on 1he canN. = obtlsbid
SPhHnsx, Augsus16 ~ !. Il. n Ey>f
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on. LOUD H Ell.

THIS NEW AND coM4oDIoUs HOUSE, LooAr.
ED corner OF Broadway aud Porty-eecond-sreet,
Possesses advantages over all other houses for tho ao-
commodation oi its guests. It was built exprssaly
for frat-class family boarding house-the rooms
being large and en- suite. heated by sleam-wth hot
and cold water. and furnished second to noae while
the culinary department Is in the most experienced
hands, anordiDR guests an unequallad table.
the ''modern improvements and at the service Of
guests ut ali hours.
Tho Broadway and University Plaos Cars pass the
door every four minutes, running from the City
Hall to Central Park whilo the Sixth and seventh
Avenue lines are but short block on either side,
afordihg ample facilities for communicating With all
the depots, steamboat landings, places OF aHuee.
ment and business Of the great metropolis.
MORE tk HOLLEY, Proprtetors.
March II 6nos
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66fels,
l. E y II ON HOT e L.
CHARLESTON. SOUTH CAROLINA.

THIS FIRsT-CLAsS BOTEL. SITUATED IN A
pleasant location, and In the business portion Of the
city, renders 1t the most desirable Hotel for eithor
permanent or transient guests. The accommodations
are having extensive suites nf elegantly
furnished apartments or fmilies aud sinse aentle-
men. The proprietor will endeavor TO mrutain the
high reputation enjoyed by the "Charleston' as q
first class house, and effort viii be spared 10 do.
fore bestowed upon it.
The best Of Livery accommodations will be found,
adjoining the establishment.
The house IS supplied with the celebrated Arte.
stan Water. OF which delightful .hsths can be had
either day or night z. 81. Jackson,
july Is ~ proprfetnr
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o. TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST ~ 1863

having been put in posseeslon OF sll the facts
aud dates. advised against publication at that
time, but promised to use The information in
her hands Whenever. 9ccssson should require.
ton OF Tho memoirs Of tho Countess Guloclol,,
who. iuslduousiy pleading her lovers cause.
would persuade her readofs that Lord Byron
was driven to her by tho cold responsiveness.
Of his Wife, M4s. Stowoi has como TO the
defence Of the wlfo against the mistress; how
well she has performed IIeS task her readers
will decide, = ,----
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sPARKs FROM THE WIRES.

The National Labor Convention has assem-.
bled at Philadelphia. Two hundred delegate
are present. tya i.Sl, y
A train on the South Side Railroad was tn rown
OF the track, twelve miles from Petersburg,
Va, yesterday morning. instantly killing R G..
Hobson, the conductor, aud Rev. William N.Y.
ers, colored, = passenger.
George w. Rutter, President Of the First
National Bank Of Memphis, has been arrested
in, New York. He fsoharged with the embes-
element OF $500. 900 Of the Tennessee School
Fund. Butter is now in Jail.
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Hneral Hoiices.

RS-Tho Friends and Acquaintanoes
of Mr.. and Mrs. LOUIS KEsAEs are respectfully in.
vited to attend the Funeral OF their youngest sen
WILLIE JAMES. from the residence OF Dir. e. B.
BEDFORD. No. '2s Montaeueetreet THa AFTERNOON
atfoor O'Clock. 'tH August II
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1oEE And MURDER.
Terrible Tragedy I'm New orleans-A
Creole Shoots his Sweetheart and Kills
Hinsclf-A Curious Case.

CASTOR Ferret, Creole, about thirly-two
years OF age, employed as q clerk Ia q store on
the corner OF Bayou road and Esplanade-slreet,
tions Of Maggie Walker, Of No. 81 Rampant
street, between Customhouse and BienvilIe,
after six ,menths' courtshIp, called upon her
on Thursday, in the back yard OF her residence,
and after satisfying himself from her own lips
that she loved clerk in commission house
on Oanal.Htreet, drew large Colts revolver
and shot her in the left cheek. BE then placed
the mnzSle to his OWL chin and sont q ball up
TO have been. The girl was ordered to the
Charity Hospital. and the coroner cont for, a,
Ferret. though still alive, was evidently dying.
He lay upon his back. breathing heavily. and 6
ball iu lts course through his head haa buIged
ont his eye, rendering bideous his face,
blackened by the congealing blood, while over
the pale lips had settled bloody. frothy foam.
In the pocket OF Ferret was found the subjoln-
II have so much endured that am tired of
living any more; sfter q long struggle between
liie and nd death, my fate is to finish my life
mo man caniDakine what have suffered IN
the last ten years. leu years ago swore to
kill myself st thirty yoars Of age II my condi-
Sa o ss hSs be saf
bad 70 worse. ! have passed through all the
passions that. can torture human heart; the
last Of al loye-accurseA love-had TO give the
leave this cursed world alone. / anal bound to
take before die the life OF the woman / Lore
madly, end BY whom have been Quad sj' 60.
much unhappy for the last six mooths. = : h
"For my part, ] see deaths sweet thing be-
fore my eyes, because an positively cure
"Foa morts~ sdsa slt, tpss4vs Msrs s.aa
y, sii A5 ~ GlnroN FxRneT.sD
This letter. together With . sealed one, ware
taken from BIS pocket by Captain. Cain, The
chief OF poiioes The sealed Letter ,was address
% 70 Mons. Arthur Malsssg que. and has hot
4Ths young airl, Maggie Walker. Eis only
bAeppin the city about two years; aud came
fpm Franklin Parish. wbere her psfents now
resid:. The Girl % sbont tssntythys years Of
With bl.sk eysa md dask brown rsaans hasr:
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CAPTURE OF IN OLD BLOCKADE.
RUNNER.

PHILADELPHIA, August 16.-The cid block
ade-runner Hornet, now hailing from Portland,
Maine, with clearance for Liverpool via Ha-
vana, has been captured on suspicion Of an in
tention to violate tho neutrality laws. The
Hornet had aboard twenty-five. men armed
with revoyers, and was attended by tug,
which escaped.
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THE VAR IN CUBA.

HAVANA, August 15.-De Rhodas has order
ed that the news be Transmitted whether good
or bad. The newspapers represent that Jor-
dan has fed to the mountains, but that Quesa-
da Is threatening Espiritu Santa.
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EUROPE.
AN AMNESTY IN FRANCE.

AN AMNESTY IN FRANCE.
PARIS, August 16.-In homer OF the centen-
ary Of the birth Of Napoleon /, the Emperor
has amnestied the press and political Offend
ers, and also deserters from thelarmy, navy
and merchant marine service. ', -.
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~ LEI Us DISCUSS TIE GREAT QUES-
TIoN.-whet Is the most important OF all earthly
blessings, in the estimation Of every intelligent hu
man beinga
= Clearly, II Is Health; for soundness OF body and
mind s essential to the enjoyment of all the other
good gifs Of Providence. ~ sa' M
Hov then. ehail those who possess this inestima-
BILE tseasure endeavor to preserve It, and how shl
those who have lost 1t seek to retrisyen2 3:
These questions have been asked In all ages, but
never have they been satisfactorily responded to
as at she present day, and the answers which COM
mon sense, enlightened by science aud experience,
give 10 them In the Nineteenth Century may be
briefly stated thus; rN s.E,;
To protect the systam sgainst all influences that
tend to generate disease there ia nothing like Invig-
oration. rfit '"s
Tore-establi.h .ho health on Arm basis VIII en- It
has been lost by tmprudence any other cause the
system must be snultaneously strengthened, regu-
lated and purified. ~ -
These ends can only be attained through the agen.
ey Of preparation which combines the attributes Of
tonic. corrective. blood depurent. and an ape
Rent. ~ :ils -. s. 6 t4 ,t23
All Aese essentials arc effeotually blended in HOS.
TRrTER's STOMACH BrTTRRs. They contain
nothing drastic Irritating OF infiammatory. The
juices aud exrsots herbs rosts and bsrks
are their sole medicinal ingredients, and these are
rendered dinasibIe by combination with the spiri.
tuous essence frye the purost Of ell alcoholic sm.
ulants.
The weak and feeble and especially those suffer
fuR from bfliousness, indigestion and nervousness
absolutsly require herenovang aid Of this power
ful tonic and Alternative during the heated ter, and
cannot prudenty postpone its use for single dsy.
word 70 the wise is suf,cient
AugustA IA pAo
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EHA F5RNANDo 70 sxLLEs.

Thor extraordinary -adventurcs-Nine.
teen Picked Up nt sea-Hospftaltty OF
Guinea NeRrocs-Spanish Authorities
Roilcd--Arrival OF the Exiles In New
York.
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Marritn.

KERTGAN--DooaAN.@on 10Th inst. by Rev. 4
]. Qu1aLEI, Mr.. 10 aN 3. KRs IGANto Nj So Jan
A. DOO0AN, both Of this clIy.i No cordsS -