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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-19
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PACIE1C MAIL BTEAmSa1F COMFt u
THROUGH LIhX 10 =
CALIFORNIA. CHINA AND JAPAN.
CHANGE OF SAILING DAYS!
Ar~1 STEAMERS OF THE AB0V
Ak& line leave Pier No. A, North Rivef.
Z1mNk4Re foot Of Canslst1eet. New York, at
- 7. IA o'clook noon, OF the 1et. 11th and
9lst of every month Except when these dates tall
en- Sunday, then the Saturday preceding.
Departure Of 1st and 2lst connect ct Psnarns with
steamers for South Pacifc and Central AmsrinAp-
ports. Those Of LIST touch st Manxani1lo.
Departure OF 1lth OF each month connects Win =
tas as pss Sisap line fom Panama to Australia and
oteamship JPAAN l.avea Ban F,>-sssrv1Urv.----
snd Japan September T. 1859. .,f
No California steamers touch at HavAna, bat 80,
direct from New York 10 Aspinwal.
One hundred pounds baggage free to each adalis
Medicine aud attendance free. -
For Passage Tickets or further information aYpJy
ut the COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, on the wharf
foot Of Canal.street, North River New, York.
March IL 1yr =. r. BABY, Agent
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-19
FxCURsIONs! ExCURsIONsI
NEW YORKAND CHARLESTON
STEAM MsHIP LINE.
FOR e w Y'OR *. s
clRTN pAssiaE so0 ari 81 :,

49,, z
~na- TIE SPLENDID eIDE-wBEBL
M4E2 STEAMSHIP CHAMPION, B. ".
ZEH1IEHN LOCKWOOD, Commander, win sail
aS6gk from adGers south Wharf on SAT-
uRDAY 21st August ct O'Clock p. n.
~ An extra charge Of IS made for Tickets puz~
chased on board after sailing IT.! = 3 80
A6- No Bills Of Lading signed after the steamer
n Through Bills Lading given for Cotton 10 '
Boston and Providence. r. I. ..,-r.....-.- .-,
H7r through Bills Of Iadfng given 10 Liverpool.
Hr Harine Insurance. by this line per cent
E3- The Steamers OF this line are drst class 10
every respect and their Tables supplied with an
the delicsces Of the New York and ChArieston mar
kesa For Freight OF p..s.se apply to >"
- =. 20, JAMES ADaEK co. Agents,
+: Corner Adsera Wharf and East Bay Wpetsirs.l -
x3- The MANHATTAN will follow on sATuapAx.
the 18th August alto O'Clock, A. II.
D August ls tl l-dsJ. y = ttG 8
BALTIMORE AN D CHAR l. Es TOR
%. STEAMSHIP LINE. ( H.
a<- THE STEAMSHIP FALCON
Captain ]. D. HoRExY. win saal for
LH76HE5t3RS Baltimore on FRIDAY, 10th OF Anguish
sl4s 1t halEpast O'Clock z. NJ, nom
Pier No. /, Union Whafves. n
~ Through Bulls Lsding signed for Nl clauses or
Freight to BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA. WILNIEG-
TON, DEL, WASHINGTON CITY, and the NORTH
wESr. - r4s- t.,.. - 90. --
For Freight or passage. spply to r.,
C0URTENAY TRENHOLM,
AuQust1B Il .. Union uharves,
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THE FIRST MBER OF
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-02-24
How CoSa"EssAES GET EicH-A Washington cor,
respondent diScourscs after this fashion on the sud
dtly-acquircd wealth of Congressman:

How CoNa@EssAES GET R,icH.-A Washington cor,
respondent diScourScs after this fashion on the sud
uly-acqnrcd wealth of Congressman
While wiring this Seateqcs, look across the street
and sec in front Of Senator's house the carriage of
nothcr Senator The pair Of blonded horses cost some
thousand dollars. The gid, harness is ia keeping.
The close, handsome, shining coach is one of Bren-
toms best lined with silk velvet, and grsced with the
choicest and tiekest plate gltsss On the coaehman's
seat sit two OF Gods creatures called men one a
bright muatto, the other white man. and both in
livery. They sit in solemn silence, under their CAV
robe of fairs and white gloves. Directly tie door of
the house opens and two ladies CARRYING poor man
fortune On their back, GtSc>d the steps The footman
swings down and opens the door, with an easy grace
the master not initiate The door closes with a
bang, the iootnan mounts a the coach rolls away
Well seems but yesterday that the owner of ali this
came here poor
Nc remember the fairy tale where the old witch
touched the pumpkin and turned it Into coach. and
touched the rats and turned them into horses And
the Ugly witch Of The lobby touched the poor man.
and out OF fraud the coach and out of theft cam
the horses and sHinde drives and s;eangs oil and
bnrniSh. Like that WITCH could touch that man with
this delicate little pen OF mine and carriage and horses
eoachiAan ard toGtman, would all daappear For
honor and honesty would claim their own, ana the
very clothes would fall from the backs of wives and
daughters.
And 50, gentlemen, restrain your wrath and Thank
the Lord We do not put in print all that We know
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The Burning of the Mite Stephens On Ferry


OH! how gaily glided that fatal craft,
4 s she steamed from our busy wharf
With her blue smoke -wreaths curling fair abaft,
Like the flow of a nlaidenSs scarf;
With the dense crowd packed in her proud saloon,
Wheeling off from our teeming mari
While her booming engines beat like the tune
And The throb OF a human heart
Aye! we watched Ter speed up the swelling bend,
Whence the royal Red rolls dogn,
Till the gas lamps flashed, and they seemed to lend
Partial day to smiling town.
But the steamer held on her lonely way
To the heart of drear lagoon,
Where the midnight hung with its purpessway,
But not with friendly moon;
When some demon dark burst the doors of hell,
Whence the sweeping flames SHOT forth,
And lGrid glare OF horror fell
On the lake and the slumbering earth.
Then the young and The gay and the old and the grave
Went down TO a common death
Went down in the red lakes chilly wave,
Swept by the flames fierce BREATH
There is sorrow to-day, in sunny land
The of stricken souls
For the Jewels dropped from the household band,
Where the cold lake dark!y rolls;
For the angel face Of the faires flower
That blooDed riverside
There is bursting grief in the bridal bower,
And tears, that may not be dried.
4lasI alas from cot and from hall
II along our winding shore
They wait IN vain for the glad football
OF the feet that come no more.
And ever to me-tl my dying day
- On my shuddering dreams will break
That blazing craft, she plowed her way
Like fend through lurid lake
.' JULIA rLsasANTs
F1Irua5y 1869.
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BURNED AL1vE.-An old man named Matthew Town
send well known in this parish, where he had long re-
Sded was burned alive in his house. about two and a
bait miles below town, on Wednesday night II. was
very poor man. and lived in little house entirely
a!"ne lie had been sick for several days and during
Ills illness negro man. formerly slave of his went
occasionally to his house to make fires for him and
attend 70 his other wants. On Wednesday tie negro
came to town on business and Mr. Lane, who lives
near went over and mate FIRE FOR Townsend return
ing hoIne after dark Shortly after his return he dis
covered bright light in the direction of Townsend's
house. and, fearing that it tue house on FIRE went
with haste 10 assist the Old On reaching the SPOT
however, be found he Was too late The building was
ore mass OF flames, and the roof had Just fallen III,
After the fire had subsidized lie discovered III the burn
ing mass the charred remains Of the unfortunate man
lying the floor, face downward few feet from the
spot occupied hy his bed. quantity Of loose moss
vas lying in the room, AID Mr. Lane supopses that the
fire was aecidenig communicated to it, and wrapped
the whole interior of The in blaze before Town
send awoke. Otherwise he might have escaped as he
aai been sitting up during the day and therefore
aG1e to have left tue house
FNatchStoches Times 9Th
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THE UNITED STATES SENATE-A Radical exchange
says the political complexion of the United State
Senate, now that West Virginia has elected Hon. Ar
thur Boreman, Republican without Georgia, the Sen
ators from which-one Republican and one Democratic
have not yet been admitted to Congress- will he IA;
loiinws on the fourth of March: Republicans, fifty
six; Democrats, ten.
/ "MoNTAIN BEN."-A Renaissance of an arkansas
Senator So CaLled-Who is "Mountain Ben" Rice
and what of him? Ordinarily we take little interest
in such men, bnt be has lately turned up as Uuitcd
States Senator from Arkansas, and is busy just now in
the effort to establish Federal District in Ken
| lucky, he deserves passing notice. number OF
wears ago Mountain Ben toook his hat from its ap-
pointed peg beneath the ancestral shielding ia The State
of Maine, and made his way to Kentucky, fond
for pines, it may be distant DEAFNESS in the
hills not lis native State mpelled him to seek the
mountains of Kentucky, and there he made bis home.
After II while he seems to have succeeded in obtain
ing to considerable degree, the confidence OF those
anlurg whom lie had cast his lot. At any rate lie
found himself, time about the year 1853 in pos
session of several thousand dollars, the property of
two Or three widow women who had given him claims
for collection. This money than - Noun
tain Ben ever had hold upon before, and being of
naturally weak moral constitution lie could not make
up his mind to pay it over to the rightlul owners.
Having through some imprr'inence, given offense to
Theophus Garrar'i, Official y ensucd and "Mounain
Ben was shot. This accident gave him time to ma
ture his plans and also furnished preext for flight
aud shortly atterward Ben off to the Northwest,
carrying with hr the money belonging to the afore-
mentioned confdiHg rclcts
THUS ended the first chapter Of the public history of
" Mountain Ben" who sought to shake off this title,
with the dust from Ills sandals when he landed on the
safe side of the Ohio. During the war he camp
follower in the command of General Curtis-being Il
loyal man from the necessities of bis organisaton-and
at length he sqnatted With the animus rcmanendi at
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-02-24

TENNEss&E-We copy as follows from the Memphis
special TO the New Orleans Times under date of the
l2th: The Nashville special Of the Avalanche say
hrGTow has issued proclamation in reference to the
Congressional contest in the Fourth and T ghtl, Dis
tricts. In the former he throws out .ncu!n county
end several districts in Coffee and Marshall counties,
making Fillmans lRadca majority four bundrod and
thirtyt"o, aud tes him tie certificate I the Eighth,
The Memphis district, he utterly rcpudiates Upton,
casts out Fayct'e, takes supplemental returns from
Shelby Of seven hundred majority for Smith Ra.ca
making his majority one thousand, and gives Smith his
certificate Il" concludes with blast ut the Ku Klnx,
and gh of regret that his decision is not final, bnt
that the matter is sill: open for the action of Congress
ihe proclamation causes considerable wonder here,
ns clerks judges ofeecon and registrars we're all Rad
leas, and al! declare Leftwich elected fairly
[he Dispatch saws it is probable tic resolution
adopted "Wednesday by the House, requiring the Gov
STnor TO Sbahd Tie militia, will meet the concurrence
o tie Senate, though Strong efforts will be made to
defeat it,
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-02-24
Miscellaneous Items,

SENSIBLE AsSswER.-A theological student supposed
to be deficient in Judgment in the course OF elias
examination, WAS asked 81 professor: Fray ar
E. how would you discover fool ~ the ques
tons he would ask" said Mr.. I.
Iine.sian man is Chinese bandit who is now expi
ating Ills crime in a box so ngeniods.y arranged that
he can neither sit lie stand, while his head ano
hands protrude In that position he will be allowed
to make himself as comfortable as circumstances VIII
permit until he starYes to DEATH
The society for the propagation of the Roman Cath
Ole faith whose headquarters are IN New York, re-
ceiyed last year 81 $50 900, of which 100000 was
| from subscriptions OF one ccnt per week
! George Peabody will GONE over and make a South
| ern next fall
negro girl in Tennessee eleven years of age gave
birth to a healthy female child.
We have the encouragement from Paris that Messrs.
Mason and Slidell will shortly return to this country
company with Jefferson Davis.
| man in New Hampshire with an eye to economy
managed to let his wife catch him in the act OF kissing
the servant girl Result servant less about the
house and a saving Of 5000 year
A Pennsylvania chap recently tried to open bomb
she'll with rcd-hot poker. The last seen of him he
was looking for place to hang his hat, in the milky
way.
A Frenchman bcholling Niagara falls for the first
time, exclaimed Oh dis re grand specialize! supaab!
iaghifque! BY gar, he is come down first rate"
The Rev. John A. Scott, of West Virginia, has in
vented camera for taking photographs of the earth's
surface from any desired height. 1t is sent up By
balloon, with clock work to open and shut it at the
right elevator and when it is pulled down the photo
graphic impression is done. it is thought it will be
of great use in war.
Wisconsin, or as it is more properly and mere beau
tifully spelled, Ooisconsin means "Gaheling Of the
waters"
"The dearest spot On earth is home particularly
if you live in Galveston and pay rent
This must have been said by some innocent young
bachelor. Mntrimony, hot buckwheat cakes,
beds comfortable slippers, smoking coffee, round arms
red lips kind words, shirts exulting in bntons,
deemed stockings boot jacks, happiness etc Hnrrah!
A man applied for license at Columbus, Indiana
the other day, and when asked the weHlan's nane
said he be "doggoned if lie hadn't forgot it,"
female paradcd the streets Of Lafay ette the other
day, exhibiting, above pair Of stout angles, skirt
upon which the iudeible brand of the miller was still
visible "ninety-six pounds, extra superfne-war
ranted."
A velocipedist, in England, recently travelled one
hundred ahd thirty fye miles his tread-whpcl start
ing at four NJ and arriving at his destination
o'clock the next morning, having remained hight
at way station.
Turkey has forty million inhabitants and army
OF nearly six hundred thousand. Greece has only
million and half CT population and has army of
twelve thousand.
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AEHANsAg AFrA1ns.-A Little Rock dispatch Of the

ARKANSAS AFrAlEs.-A Little Rock dispatch Of the
9th, has the following:
Gov. Clayton sent message to the Senate giving a
history of his visit Crttendrn county, and opera
tons Of the militia He says he with the deerm-
ination to close up militia operations in that part oil
.he State and other counties The result of his visit
satisfactory. The entire force on duty there
amounted to 226 men, who under good control
Four members of the militia had committed outrages
put were promptly arrested, tried and executed. A
number of men have been shot by the militia but were
regularly tried and convicted and justly punished
The civil authority has been restored in Ashley, Brad
ley and Drew counties and in few days will be re.
stored in Mississippi, Greene and Craghead counties.
EFitteuden county, then, will be the ouy one in the
State left under martial law The force on duty
in that county are only fifty men. 1Aa rest Of the
force have gone to Helena be paid of and mus cred
out. The whole number Of men unpaid in the State
Ure about sixteen hundred, all Of whom will be dis
charged at once except these in Critcnden county 1t
is reported that party of men from Texas entered
Little River county few days ago and killed six ne
grocs and one white man, and that the militia have
gone again to that section
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sAn iokN MhoLEsALE DEALERs.-The sales of the
principal wholesale dry goods dealers in New York far
1868 nave been published H. b. Clafin & Co head
The list, their sales being si3, $50 600; a. r. Stewart
sold. hy wholesale exclusively, $50 576 900; Hast
SpFagae Co., are tlrd in the catalogue with 50 elo
w; Inc sales OF ; 3. Chittenden & Co., Lathrop
Luddng ! Co, Anthony & Hall and /. s Jsfrsv &
Co, were each between six and seven millions: 4
Gfewer & Co. T. Skinner L Co., j. O. Howe CO.
Henry Barley 4 Co.. and spragne, Colborn s Co,
sold goods 90 eanoant Of over four millions Froti
ingham Co, 70 over three millions, and fourteen
other firms TO two millions and over, and fifteen firms
70 one million dollars and over. It will be seen Nv
the above figures that the dry goods trade of the
city in the Union is mainly concentrated within
very few hands.
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How TO Enter Ho&EsgEAD.-Anv person. male
or iem4is, who Is the head of family or over 81
years OF age, and ci:izn Of the United States or who
has declared his intention Of becoming u citizen Of
"e om'eo States may enter aHd under ;he homestead
act Tue party applying must go to the register OF
the land Office where the land lies and present his ap
pcaton, and make oath that he or she is q wears of
age or the head Of family, has performed service
IN the army navy of the United States ard that he
mas heFer borne arms against the United States, or
gwen a'u or comfort to It's enemies aai that such ap-
pcaton Is made for his or her exclusive use or bete-
ft,and for the purpose OF actual settlement and chilli
Fat1ohahd not Tor the benefit directly or or indirectly
OF any person. The applicant must pay $40, and is
then allowed to enter quarter section Of unarpro
rraed lands, Which subject to pr,cpption at 81 %
eF acre. or 80 acres Of these ards which are subject
'oe'tcmpto" at - 30 per acre. The lands must be
occupied, and if u5audotrd for the space of six
mont's they revert to the Government. AT the OK.
Prahon OF five years the settler gets his patent.
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Inc rent OF Pews at Ward Beectr's church for
isp', bringing, il tic total, So ooa is most remark
"o'e TACT 1t was never eqaalcd before; aid shows
low much better eloquent speaking suits than sermon
iS'ng. lis Sunday addresses are published every
week Out We dont remember ever to have seen ser
mon from nun, Unless putting passage Of Sculpture
over ah address makes that address sermon. What
NC says ,tennmeS very goodnight as we'll be pre-
Timothy Titcomb'S ESSAYS were-as Inv ony,b; from,
Inc 5toe but IN all that have READ from, lin. We
aoht r"menbsra single instance III which he at
tempted to explain the spiritual significance of the LAM
guage; and failing in THIS FIRST aud paramount pninr
ne might as well talk morally, pleasantly and use tully
glueF 'e mead Oh some wise savings from Robert b
Thomas almanac, under tile words Of Job snloon
anu raul Newburyport Herald
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EIfuaSy, 1869.

BaiGHAN YouxG-A FaroraJ1e Fieag Jy Boston
LGGg-1lie Utah correspondent Of the Boston Travel
Ter, who il understood TO be a lady, says: Brigham
Young 1T The tabernacle the first Sunday after
arrival. When he rose to deliver hig sermon,
saw apparently 40 years Of age (e is really TO-
Of light complexion and light hair and pleasing ad-
dress, with strong voice, well moduAted and clear
His style Of oratory seems more OF conversational
style but it characterised by gentle dignity. was
disappointed for the description | had read Of the
man always represented him coarse, illitcratc
swaggerer i'll the pn1 pit also astonished 10 hear
the OF the prOphct-a man OF eQna! talent as
all orator to Bcccher, but with easier style and
more graceful flow Of language, but in almost every
sentence remiudn, one strongly Of the plymouth
church divine, While in magnetism that attracts en-
CHAINS and holds you in spite OF prejudice saw in
Brigham Young the orator that surpassed Ill! that
ever listened to. no trade with Gentles," was the
burden of his sermon, the ground of seltdelenSe.
8 For said he " if we encourage these outsiders there
may come time when they will ontnumbcr ue, and
then we must pack up and leave" He sren stated to
his congregation of thousands, that if they did trade
with outsiders they must expect to be cut off from the
church.
The tabernacle is an immense building, and it will
probably 6OyO persons It is supplied with fine
organ aud choir hat would do credit to metropoIi-
tan church. The ladies occupy center rows OF seats,
while the gentlemen III the side of slips. The
dignitaries and officials occupy semci cular Of
low gallery the end opposite the orchestra in the
centre Of which is the pulpit The communion begins
each Sunday afternoon after the opening prayer and
hymn. 1t is remarkably simple. just in front of the
pulp is platform ard long table, perhaps 20 feet
which silver baskets containing bread. prayer
Of conservation is made tile bread and then per
haps Il of persons each take basket of bread
#Mand it is rassed the assembly. Meantime the
nnse is cnivencd by of the elders who breaches
Mhe the brcadis being passed. This done, the preach
"a stops prayer is made the water (for its
secration-no wine strong drinks being allowed
t,o \ II, &c
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AaoTHER SIcKLEs.-A Tennessee pager says DR.. G..
B. Peters who killed Gen Van Corn has recently been
reunited il the holy bonds Of maTmonE With his former
wife, from whom he was divorced in consequence of
her intimacy, as claimed, with Gen. Van Dora Miss
Peters, lis daughter has, in consequence renowned
her desisn of becoming nun
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SUSDR1Hs-
TEA. Black and Imperial.
CANDY, assorted, Rock and Fancy, Gum Drops
Rasins.
Oysters Sardineg, HOLSTERS.
Snuff, all kinds.
Bar, Toilet and CASTLE Soap.
Pepper and Worcestershire Sauces. Catchup.
Pickles. Candies.
Stove Pipes,
Bottles and Flasks.
TumbIers and Window Glass.
Paints and Oils.
$40 painted Buckets, Brass Buckets.
Tubs, Churns, Selves, Broonls, Washboards &c
For sale by $50 if Z. & B. JACOBS
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WE take pleasure in informing patrons and the
public generally, that purchases for the Spring and
Summer Trade far exceed any heretofore made by u.s.
comprising everything necessary for the wants of this
section. All the articles enumerated below were pur
chased either directly from the importers OF nanuface
turers, and we guarantee to sell at
New Orleans Prices.
Everything sold by us guaranteed as represented
sept3O If E. & B. JACOBS.
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FANCY GOODS,
CLOTHING,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Ladies' and Gents Furnishing Goods
Of every description,
lie offers to sell at prices to suit the times Having
purchased for CASH, at first houses in New Orleans,
his facilities unsurpassed for giving general sas-
faction in prices and quality Persons wanting
FALL CLOTHING,
or anything in the Dry Goods Clothing line in
vted cali and examine the stocks which received
constantly and opened orthe inspection opurchascrs
The latest patterns for
Ladies, and Misses Dresses. Trimmings, ETC.,
ever received in this market be found above.
OIL A. WINTER.
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HARDWARE
200 tons assorted Iron, Steel.
Blacksmiths Carpenters ShoemakeTS and Tan
ners' Tools.
Castings and lIolow-ware.
Table and Pocket Cutlery.
Spoons.
Locks of all kinds.
500 kegs Nails, Scissors
Crockery and Queenswara.
Glassware Tlnware. &C., &c.
For sale by $50 til E. & B. JACOBS.
nRY GOODS
1900 pieces Prints assorted, English, French and
American.
40 bales Brown Domestic.
A full variety of bleached Domestic.
Lowels and Sngp Yarps
Kerseys and Linseys.
Ticking, Checks Hickory Stripes.
Denims. Brown and Beached Drilling.
Broadcoth, Cassimercs.
leans, Tweeas, &c, &C., &c.
225 cases !aQss and SHOES, all descriptions
400 dozen Mems, Boys and Chldren's Hats, of all
Shelf Goods of all descriptions.
For sale by $50 if E. & B. JACOBS
CLOTHING
A large stock of all qualities and Gentemen's Fur
n's san + 'o'0s VI" A'NN "N " r SH JACORs