The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-08-18
The Weeks Tele grams.

London, August 9-The old Atlantic
Gable Company have reduced the tariff be-
tween any points in Great Britain and New
York to 81 50 in gold for ten words and
Is cents in gold for each extra word
The press half rates. The reduction com.
mences on August 10.
.; New Foundland, August 1n.-The steam
ship Cleopsira, fr,n Montreal to London,
Was totally wrecked, on SUNDAY, near Ter
passey. The crew and passengers were
saved.
New York, August 1.-THE. bankers
who pleaded guilty to usury, were hned
$3.50, except two, who were committed for
FIVE days. -.
/ Macon, August 1.-THE first bale of
cotton of the new crop was received here
to-day; raised hy P. w. Jones, of Baker
County. The class il New York middlings.
It Will be shipped to Boston.
Columbus, Ohio, August ll.-The Dem
ocratic Central Committee has nominated
George H. Pendleton for Governor. Pen
dleton accepts.
Montgomery, August ia petition
from some Of the Republicans of Mobile
was made Yesterday, to Gov. Smith, asking
him to place that city under martial law.
A delegation from the citizens of Mobile
arrived here TODAY, and had an interview
with 'he Governor, which was entirely Sat-
i>fac,nrv, and resulted in his declining 10
put the city under military rule.
MONTGOMERY, August 12.-The first
hale. of new cotton in Alabama was re-.
ceived Yesterday afternoon, too late to
put on the market, from the plantation Of
| Chapman l. Rives, Of this County. and
sold this. morning ut So cents; it classes
<t,ict mldAling. is of fine staple aud
weighed oearly 600 pounds.
Mobile, August 12.-The first bale of
new cotton, weighing $50 pounds, and
claSsed good style low middingS, was
sold at As cents per pound, to-day.
SAvANSXn, August 12.-Two bales of
new cotton were received to-day, and
one Of them was sold at AZ cents per
pound.
PARIS. August 16.-In honor ofNapo-
leon Bonaparte'S hundredth birth day,
the Emperor has amne$:ied all press and
political offenders anu de>ert~rS from the
army, navy and merchant marine service
HAVANA, August 16:-Owin, to diSSa
,iSfactinn, the Office ofpress censor. has
been Observation-Disclosures ordering
news. W ,ether good or bad, to be trans
mit, d. The newspapers represent that
Jordan has fied to the mountains, but
Que$ada is threatening Espiritu Santo.
NASHVILLE, August 16.-Governor
Senter has arrived in this CITY, and met
with a brilliant reception. He was es.
rnrted from the railway depot to the
City Hotel, where he delivered speech
in response to the address of Elk xGpvern-
or Neil Brown. In the course Of his re-
marks, Governor Senter emphasized one
point, and that was that in Tennessee
there must be no prescription on account
Of rebellion. race. or color suffrage and
I'the fullest political and civil rights must
be free to all. lie continued by saying
that the wounds of the past must heal,
and that brotherly love and fraternal
feeling was now to be cultivated all round
IN Tennessee. He thought the circum
stances were ripe for new party, which
would discard dead issues and act upon
the living present. BourboniSm or the
one hand and pro<criptive radicalism on
the other should be ignored and set
aside, and q nex departure taken which
would rend to liberal and progressive
ideas and measures. The young men OF
the State, he said. carried the recent
election with such impetus that the old
Judges were almost unable to dicide how
far they had gone ahead. The wisdom
Of age should temper Young America,
hut 1t was Striding along like an Arab
o,lrSer.-Coumbia Phoenix.
The Cubans have advices of the com.
mencement of active operations. The
.Cubans have possession of two sea ports,
The names ofwhieh they withhold, ena-
bling them to communicate safely with
the United States coast; time twenty
h,urS by sail. ......
i: 400 troops, from San Jago de Cuba,
were captured by Jordan. The force
sent by Valmaseda to relieve them were
defeated with the loss Of half their force.
1t is reported that the Spaniards were
driven from Cinco Villas district with a
heavy loss. The Cuhans arc now in
possession of The entire district. Jor-
dan has accomplished his purposes
everywhere. His troops, iuspirited by
successes, are in excellent spirits. A
cargo Of slaves recently landed at Cinco
Villas were captured and liberated.
QneSada's forces are closing on their
opponents who have no troops outside
Nuevitas except those confined IN
Puerto Principe. -.
Rear Admiral Davis has been ordered
to make arrangements for survey of the
ISthmns Of Darien, for ascertaining the
possibility, cost, etc, of a ship canal.
The base ball match between the Sa.
vannah and Charleston clubs passed off
qrietly this afternoon--the former being
victorious. Very few negroes were on
the ground, ard there was no attempt at
disturbance o.. ... .-
The British Parliament was prorogued By
royal commission on the 10th
The Qleen congratulated the Kingdom
upon its pacific and prosperous condition.
The bottom seems to have fallen ont OF
the San Francisco lining and money mar.
ket. Stringent.
!: The earnings of the Central Pacific Road
for July were over half million dollars.