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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-18
Nashville Market.

NASHVILLE. October 1i.-CoTToN,.- Our market
mas ruled steady during the day bit 23a2sH cents,
~ Wuicn HguIes lalr nr-sncss was transacted.
- tne close the Market was somewhat weaker.
we quote: uood ordinary, 22,4 cents; low mid
ding, % cents.
--rpQ COTTON STATEMENT.
Stock on hand September l, 1850 O...........N None
Recelfct to-uay.. ................... ....179
Total. ................... ................... 1,12o
Shipped to-day. ........................21
Shipped previously. .I5o- 9G8
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Interior Cotton Markets.

MONTGOMERY, October 16.-Cotton market
steady at 22Xa2s for low middlings
oRANGEBURG, october 16.Lsales during tho
week 180 bales. Market closing dull and dccIin.
ing; We quote ordinary ~; low middling 20;
SELMA, October 14.-Cotton market has been
without animation throughout the day. Sales 1O9
nomlnally at 22xc.
9S2 balcsi received 6s2 bales; shipped 8si baies.
The market was active during the forenoon
rather more quiet In tho, Afternoon. Quotations
COLUMBIA, October 1e.-There has bean vorv
little cotton on the market during the past week.
planters seeming determined TO hold on until
better prices are obtained. The sales amountej
to 425 bales as follows: A at PAX; at 23X;I57 at
23x e6 at 23X; 10 at2as; so at 24X; SO at AK; rs
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Havana Market,

HAVANA, October 9-Thc sugar market
through tho week has been 'languid, on account
OF diminishing stocks and the persistency or hold
ers In not making any abatement In their preten-
sions, In which they feel perfectly secure OF win
ming their own terms, and, as 1t may be the last
boxes Of the last crop for some yenrs-the fire.
brand on one side and the "scquestratIonn on the
other-all productive property. seems destined for
immediate destruction. The sales OF the week
cover about 5000 boxes, against 5000 for the prcv
GUS. From tho few transactions, quotations are
1irmer for white, though ut IS 76 to 81 rs p 100
IDS Yellow do Nos 13 to 20 at 81 75 to SIS 62H do;
browns do Nos. II and IL Mt 81 62h to s. rs do;
Cucuruchos do, Nos. to 10 at 8 87I to 37h do
Muscovadoes and centrifugals nominal, as last
gwen. NO transactions during the week, and the
stocKs s IN TINS port and Matanzas less thnn 1000
poxes 9S Shippen during the week, hence and from
Matanzas, y, 1855 boxes and $40 hhds, or which to
the United States 10. 100 boxes and 2so hhds and
palance TO European ports, except bo4 boxes TO
Haliax and 1l8 boxes to st. Thomas, leaving
stocks In the two ports equal TO l77Oe7 boxes and
1920 hhds against, for like period OF last year OF
200 ,825 boxes and 3117 hhus.
MoLAssRs.-Clayed. at g to 6S reals per keu:
Muscovadoes Mt @ to I 10. do.
FREI0HTS-0ct. +Bark P0lnsett, 800 ,hhds mo.
lasses, North IIatteras, at SAX, each of ITO gallons
g delivered. 6th-SchoonGr Louisa Batche-
lor tat Key Vest, to load at CabarIen for Port
land, coo hhds sugar at sax each; Norwegian
brig, 800 boxes sugar for Copenhagen direct at f3
3e, without primage. 6th-Schooner Island Belle
ESQ hhds m0lasses for New Orleans at &c per gal.
lon delivered In this class Of business, from the
varlableness OF exchange and gold In New York
last week, there has been very little disposition to
operate In goods to Ill ships. Gs.
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CLOTH ING, LoRIN G
FDRN sH1NG GOODS.
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Erngs, Gbemlrals, Sc.
z E G A r e F U
WHAT ICINEs
YOU TAKE.

When you are exhausted by ovcrwork of head
or hand, and feel the need OF something nygornt-
ing, don't drink whis6ey or any Intoxicating
thing, whether under the name OF Bttcrs or other,
wise Such articles give Just as much strength
70 your weary body and mind as the whip gives
70 the Jaded horse, and no more. Alcoholic stim.
ways followed by depressing reaction. -.
DoDD's NERvINE AND INvIGoRAToa
Is Tonic ond gentlestimulant, which is not Mt.
tended by reaction. What 1t gains for you IL
relreshes with natural strength that comes TO
stay. we are not recommending teetC talIsm in
ell observation teaches us that he who resorts to
the bottle for rest or refrigeration will nd M he
keeps at II, that he is klndllng lre In his bones
which Will consume like the names OF perdItion.
Turn from II. Take tonic that win refresh and
not destroy. DODD'S NERY1NE Is for sale by ali
Druggists. Price One dollar. See book of cerfi
ncates that accompanies each bottle.
june25 5mos
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MEDICINE.

Those who have tried 1t. knoW that 1t cured them:
neighbors and friends, ana oil know that what it
tS. aoes once II docs always-that 1t never fails
SM9aG,ngn M any fault or neglect OF Its composition.
Gates OF their remarkable cures or the following
Complaints, but such cures arc known in every
neighborlood, md VIC need not publish them
Adapted to all ages and conditions IN all climates;
containing neither calomel or any deleterious.
Thelr sugar coating preserves them ever fresh and
makes makes them pleasant TO take, while being purely
vegetable no harm can arise from their use In any
quantity. " '
They operate by their powerful influence on the
1iefnai y @ viscera to purify the blood and stimulate
y INTO healthy action-rcmovc the obsrucilons OF
the body restoring their Irregular action to health,
denr1angements as are the first origin OF disease
I'M minatc directions are given In the wrapper OIL
pon r. h LOT the following complaints, which these
rS5 I1sFEr4 anG or
taken moderately to stimulate the stomach and
restore s,a, It's healthy tone nnd action.
TOMS BiIors IInsnsnr and md ts various symp
DICE or GREEN SICKNESS, BILIOUS Colo and
9IIdouS nou FEysRs they should be udiclousy taken
Ior each case, to correct the diseased action or.
remove the obstructions which cause IT, y
,,aso ror = bYsEsTERY or DIARRHGA, but one mild
For RfIEuNATisM, GoUT, GRAVEL, pALprrArros
or psnI TIE NE hiiEAgT PAIN ~ the SIDE, BACK and
gulred, to change the diseased action Of the sys
sGmc enncor win such change those complaints dis
For pHorsY and DRorsIcAL swELLlScs they
aro aroIu Dc taken In large and frequent doses TO-
pr9duee the enect of q drastic purge.
For SUPPRESSION O large doso should be taken
as proauces the desired eject by sympathy.
r, As AS bISMEE PILL take ono two PILLS to pro-
mote digestion and relieve the stomach
An occasional dose stimulates the stomach ana
powels into healthy action, restores the apnetite
and lnvi8orates the system. Hence tits often adj,
Enanta8eo9s van where no serious arrangement exists
0no , VINO Icels tolerably well, often finds that a
ter from their cleansing and renovatng efrSct On
the digestiye apparatus. 81 :, IL >"ss' oi'
DIR. J. Q, AVER 4 CO., Practical Chemists.
sao,s =, . Lowell, Hass.. u. &. A.&
,,SSo9SI1 SoI1 a. wholesale and retail by DOWIE
NOISE Charleston, 3. O., and by Retail Druggists
oye[yMnel D&O octx mwf3mos
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II Or + Il O. r. D a -
VIA SAVANNAH, FERNANDINA. AND JACK
-:i..r 4 .a.,a-, SONvu.LE.

On and after the e3d OF October -N-
the steamer CITY POINT Captain lEEzsssssszIa.s
every SATURDAY, EyESISG, at 8 O'Clock.
Returning, the CITY POINT Will leave Savannah,
every THURSDAY MonSING, Mt O'Clock, connect
ing with Central Railroad ut Savannah for Mobile
and New Orleans, and with the Florida Railroad
at Fernandina for Cedar Keys, at which poInt
steamers connect with New Orleans, Mobile Pen.
sncoln, Key West and Havana.
Through Bills OF Lading given for cotton per Sa-
vannal line OF steamers to Boston.
Through Bills OF Lnding given for goods to Mo.
bile, Pensacola ana New Orleans.
iI. }. ID. AIKEN G.CO., Agents
oct18 South Atlantic Wharf
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FoR SAVANNAH VIA BEAUFORT.
ElOR BEAUFORT VIA ROCKVILLE
IL EDlSTO AND CHISoLM'S LANDING.

The fast steamer "pILOT BOYD. ,~,
Captain Penn Peck, will leave Mid xssassssf11i7s
dle Atlantic Wharf for above points every MONDAY
MORNING. at O'Clock, until further notice. r,iR
Returning. will leave Beaufort every TUESDAY
MORNING Mt O'Clock, and Edisto O'Clock P. III.
octo J. d. AIKEN d CO., Agents.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-04-30
j.. a. Kelly,
Publisher..
$500 a YEAR.
Democrats IN CSngress, &C.,


Don Piatt writes thus spicily from
Washington TO the Commercial
The increase in the number Of Demo
crat in Congress is having healthy
effect. The more one experiences tho
evils ofa two-thirds majority, she moro
satisfied one becomes with the necessi-
iy Of an opposition, aud strong oppO-
sition in Congress. HaH
Till within few weeks the Dmocrst-
ic party seemed TO have no existence in
Washington. You could not see i,
nor hear IL, nor feel IL; end IL the too
ra-rural Of Ohio, who edit the country
printing With 50 puch ability, and cen
sure mo Tor criticisms on my own organ
ization, were to come here as cores
pondents they would be puzzled TO
know what TO write Of, IL they sought
to devote the remainder Of their III.
spent lives 20 the abuse Of Copperheads
II is al very well at the various ooun.
ltly-seats, where the principal hott!
feeds its bed-bugs during court-weel,,
to howl with anguish at Tie sight Of II
Copperbeod; but in Washington where
one Is not to DC seen or even heard Of,
to keep howing, indicates rather bad
diges ton than loyal heart.
With our twe-thirds majority We
have had full swing, and with the
proneness OK poor human nature 70 In
iquiiy,,we have do c nuci wror IT,
my duty to expose such evil woiE "a
well US ] cam and ifin so doing seem
to occupy the place Of the opposition.
my friends at home, whose gigantic in.
telleets are deroted to pictorial horse
bills, must possess tne.r souls in peace.
They don't know it but do, that tho
vilest Cupperhead ever encountered
is an honest man by the side Of Ben
Butler. The toughest rough Of the De-
mocracy is q gentleman by the side of
Chandler. And the stupidest ass that
howls "nigger" at the crossroads is
statesman by the side Of Kelley. Now
am TO heap abuse on Fernando Wood
and Jimmy Crooks, and hold my peace
in the presence OF such fellows, whose
unlicensed liberty not only endangers
our organization, but thres'cEs the
country7 ..... .-
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-04-30
A warning.

A lew weeks since, in the course
OF conversation with an eminent
broker, who has been over 40 years
acquainted with the leading money
ed men Of the country, We asked il
he ever knew sehemer, acquiring
money opposition by fraud continue
su icosslul through life, nnd leave
fortune ut death? We walked to-
gcther about three minutes in sllenco
when he replied! "Not onel-I
nave seen men, "he said, "beeomo
rich M ifby magic, and afterwards
roacn u high position in public csti-
nation, not only tor honor ard en-
tvrprise; but even for piety, when
soihe small circumstance of no ap-
parent importance, has led TO in
vestigaLions, which resulted in dis
grae and rum. On Saturday, we
again conversed with nlmupon the
-amo ulject, and he stated, since
our last interview he had extended
hls inquiries among larSer circle
ofacquaintances, and with a solitary
exception, aud that doubtful, their
experInce wac TO the same effect as
his own. Ho then gave brief out.
line Of several small aud big schem-
ers and their tools, their rise and
fall. Suicide, murder, arson and
perjury, he said, were common
crimes with many Of thoes who
made "hast to be rich, "regarjless
Of the means; and, he added, there
arc not a few men who may be seen
on Change, every day, ienorantly
striving for their own destructICn
Il is not, he said, so much tho iUyo
Of gold that leads many business
men astray, as the desire to Le
thought sharp or successful. He
concluded that fortunes acquired
without honesty, generally over :
whelm their possessors with Infamy
-BOstoa Atlas.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-04-30
WHO IS REsroNsInLrf

"
The rum traffic is annually costing
the United States more than the entire
war for the suppression of the rebbell-
ion, in treasure, waste and human life.
Hecatombs OF men annually die from
rum drinking. The cholera with all
its horrors never swept over our land
with such deadly breath Let MS con.
slider the responsibility and the reme-
dy.
That men have a right TO legislate
against rum.solling we shall not argue;
for it has been done repeatedly for CEN
turies That they have right to sup
press it in full, is evident; for the will
Of the people is law, and the people
make the laws, Ifa great wrong ex-
lists for a great length Of time in the
American people, they are fully re-
sponsible for that wrong. The same
testimony of American slavery fasteps
upon every voter responsibility for rum
selling and drunkenness.
| We are proud Of our schools and OF
our school system. We boast Of the
rights conferred by our Constitution
and our Government. five have any
sharei in the responsibility of confer
ring rights and youehsafng privileges,
then are we also responsible for the
wrongs of our Government-for its
want Of protection, It's weakness and
incompotency. 51a ai
Ifthe offspring of the drunkard is
orphaned, the wife widowed, the peace
of society disturbed, and the cost ofad
ministering our Government and courts
quadrupled, then are We to blame, you
and are guilty. We are parties to tbs
crime resulting froln rum-Selling tbs
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-04-30

drunkenness, the arson the poverty.
the quarreling, the waste Of time, the
bloodshed, the riot and confusion Of
run-drintiBg--all are counts in the
bill Of indictment against ourselves.-
We stand together guilty, We are as
a apeople, rum-sellers, because the law
legalizes and protects the sale OF rum
as of cheese. To adulterate cheese
would be fraud liquor poisoned with
man-killing drugs, is sold under our
laws safely. The vocation Of the rum
seller is as safe at the hands of the
American a. that Of the teacher, and
more reputable. Apoorrum-seller is a
myth. lie owns and rents blocks in
every town. lie thrives beyond every
other trader in the city lie piles his
Industry, and bis cofFers burst with
fullness. The schoolin the shadow Of
his Lofty structures is taught by one
vino has given years to prepare for a
position, compared with the rum.scllcr
menial and unrewording. The gem
tlemanly, obliging servant ofthe peo-
pie who dispeuses rum has position -
lie Is occasionally tho direct means Of
amans being drunken, but he apollo
gizes the poor creature begged 50 hard
he thought he would let him have just
one drink more. Quiet, orderly, peace
ful voter, will you kill men because
they tense you TO do so1 Yes, but you
do. You allow rum-selling, and you
have no doubt rum-selling Mills and
you are responsible for II you and ey-
cry other man welding the governing
power Of America the citizen ballo'. =
Let the words, ] am guilty of rum-sell-
ing and the crimes perpetratcd under
the influence Of rum-selling, ring in the
cars of every voter. He is guilty he
eIcourages and protects Il, unless he
manfully fghtit.-- Worthy Chief.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-04-30
what - Radical Editor Thinks
OF Grant.

The editor Of the New York Sun
put in his claims for the Collector
ship of that port, and was appointed
Appraiser. In noticing telegram
20 the Now YORK Commercial Ad-
yeLtIser, the editor of tho Suu us,
serts his friendship GRANT in this
lcN handed way;
A telegram sen, all the way from
WASHINGTON to the Commercial Ad.
vcrtiscr annouces that the m,slillty
OF, the Sru to General Grants adj
n,inistIutlou is attributed to our not
being appointed Collector.
Ia the FIRST place, we are IN 70
way hostile to General Grant We
are 80 friendly TO him that his fright.
ful blunders and founderings have
given us the same PAIN aud anxiety
which, we believe, they have occas.
toned - his sincere friends. Even
the enthusiastic Senator Sprague, in
his eulogy upon General Grant last
Tuesday evening, preiacod his
prophecy of u brilliant iuture for
tho now President by admitting
frankly that his SCI had fqled ~
the begiEaingi
Next, wC have to aud that we
have never said anything Of Gen
eral Grant so severe as the inti-
nation Of the Commercials cor
! respondent, that he might have had
the support Of the sun for the
miserable sop Of the Custom House,
and didn't secure III That would
make him bigger fool than any
body, even lis biLteres. enemy, ever
represented him, on believed him
10 be. W
lo This reminds us Of story told Of
Grant out an Ohio, where he was
born, aad which every body oul
there seems to eredlt. The story Il
that, when Ulysses was boy, old
man Grant tnid TO him Que day
I"Ulysses, get onto that horse and
ride him down TO neighbor Blanks
and tell him that | wan. 10 swaI
horses with him. Here ls fifteen
dollars, Take that swap even, i
you can, and ii not, oder him hiteur
dollars to boot,
ulysses mounted, ard whether he
"taught Dave TO pace on the way
or not, we are not informed, But
arrived at tho place Of destination
hs found nsighbor Blank and deli
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-04-30
Why was I.0ngsteeet and
Grove Appointed aud ward
and Mitchell Removed
| From the OHIO statesman ]

FROM the OhiO Statesman.
Gen. Dubin Ward lost the use Of his
left arm at the battle Of ch'ckamauga,
from wound received while battling
in defense Of the Union. 'l
Gen. Longstreet lost the use Of his
right arm at the same battle, from q
wound received while battling against
the Union.
Because Of his fitness foF the place,
and for his high-toned patriotism, Pres
ident johnson appointed Gen. Durbin
Ward to tho Office Of US. Dis sict At
torney FOR the Southern District Of
Ohio. s .It ....
Because Of his treason and Of the sad
havoc he made by tbs seccsh soldiers
under his commend, President johnson
until almost the last moment Of his
administration, when JEFF Davis had
been set at liberty, refused to pardon
Longstreet for the crimes he had com
mitted ... .....
Gen Grant who was elected to Office
to "make treason odious," removed the
gallant Union soldier, Ward, from Of
fee, and gave his place 20 Warner NJ
Batcman, prominent patriot in the
say-ot-home guards a corps, the chief
duty Of which was 70 urge others to
tight, while they lilled the contracts at
home. -...
Gen. Grant, the treason odious' ma
ker, Who thus turned the Union Cen
eral Ward out ofofice, almost upon his
induction into the Presidential chair,
appointed this rebel General Long
street 10 one Of Tie most lucrative Fed
cral offices in the South, over the heads
Of Union men who applied for the
place, ". HaRer. a
These facts naturally bring up these
inquiries. ..l. 8ssuff .f..
Was General Ward removed from Of.
fce because he fought against Long
street and his confederate forces at
ChickamaugaH -'a
Was Longstreet appointed to office
because he fought against Ward at the
same battle 2
Ii cannot be that Longstreet was ap
pointed to Office because he lost the use
ofhis arm in that fierce battle ofChick
amauga, for that supposition could on
ly bo entertained by the idea that Ward
who, in that battle, was opposite Long
street, was The man that committed the
murderous assault on President Grants
appointee, Even If it was Gen. Ward,
fault that the rebel Longstreet wa.
wounded, surely he was sufficiently
punished by the shot that lost him the
use Of his own arm,
In the case of Grove the rebel chief
appointed Governor of New Mexico, in
place Of the Union General Mitchell
the two had met in deadly conflict, and
Grove and his Confederate troops were
badly whipped, and run as fast as theil
horses could carry them, there was 4
reason FOR the charge, for Con. Mitch
eli had no right to whip Grants Grove
and it may be that, at Chickamauga
Gen. Wards courage and skill may
have aided much in turning the tide
of battle against Gen. Grants frienC
and present appointee, General Long
street, and that fact accounts for Ward
loss ofofiice, and the appointment Of
"home guard" who never was suspect
ed Of killing anything, unless it was al
occasional murder Of APPOINT of law
which he attempted to elucidate to th'
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-04-30
The Currency Distribution
BY DOM PlArT.

Correspondence Gin. Commercial.
| notice quite number of Western
journals exhibit distress over the fail
ure TO redistribute the currency.
Our wise lawmakers in the Cave and
the Fog bank have been as beavers
throwing up dams to accumulate all
the currency, or, as it is called, all the
banking capital, in New England =
Had there been Yankees with Noses,
when he made his overland trip 70 the
promised Eden, and the Lord rained
down rations from Heaven, they would
have enacted law securing to them
selves hand bushel baskets and giving
the children Of Israel umbre las, for
the better, protection Of their weak
heads. and called it tariff.
Civilized man requires creature,
with plate glass door and q marble
counter, to keep his money, called q
banker 1t is not respectable to be
without banker, and the more plate
glass and marble counter the more re-
spectacle and the more secure.
Jay Cooke, the gallows and panta-
looms are emblems of civilization.
Toward the close Of the late war that
SO unsettled values that we called
Abraham Lincoln saint, Grant a hero,
and Chase financier we became 80
uneasy, lest we might be without q
bnnker, that we offered tremendous
premium for one. We agreed, by law,
to pay him heavy percentage if he
would be kind enough to use the credit
Of our Government; and then VIC fur.
ther agreed to make him monopoly,
and as we created him for the benefit
of the people, we gave him the right To
fleece his customers. lie kiudly accel
ted our terms, and so faithfully lives
up to the law Of his being, that he is
the most fearful shyloclx humanity
was ever cursed with. As times grow
hard and money tight, he withdraws
his accommodation and adds to the
distress. When times are easy and
speculations rife, the banker does mol
aocommodato-he speculatcs he il
asweet boom" ho is,
Under the law creating the National
Banks the currency was limited to three
hundred millions, and II was enacted
that this should be distributed fairly
according to population and business
As the Southern States were out ofth
Union, and, of course, not entitled Il
any banks or any currency, the distri
button went on among the loyal Statei
that remained in the Union, 10 steal
defraud, and do profitable banking
business.
June 30, 1868, the clause regulating
the distribution was repealed by Con
gress. On the Sd Of March, 1864, th,
clause was restored.
The door was kept open Just Ions
enough TO destroy the fair distribution
Between those dates the six States o
New England secured to themselvei
one hundred and six millions, n. YorI
/ eobbled up seycnty-three millions, anC
the rest of the world was generously
permitted to take one hundred anC
twenty millions.
The consequence is, that while ther'
is flush in New England and N. YorI
there is a famine in all the rest Of til,
country.