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The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-08-12
SATURDAY, AUGUsg IL, 1871.

Esery article for tho onANagDuBaA Nsws
must be accompanied by the real name of
theasthor ln6t nscessarily for pablica-
lion, but a. q guarantee Of good faith,on the
part OF the writer.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-08-12
Armstrong. Cater q Go.

VAtPoRTERS innd Jobbcrs of Bonnet,
Trimming and Velvet Ribbons, Bonnet
Silks, Satins and. .Velycts. Blonds, Netts,
Grapes, Ruchcs, Flowers, Feathers, Orna-
ments, Straw Bonnets and Ea,lies' Hats,
Trimmed and Untrimme1, Shakers Hoods,
&c, 231 and 23S Baltimore Street, Bafti-
more, nii. -~t sHrss ,g-5l
OTcr the largest Stock to be found in this
Country, and unsfanllel in choice, variety
and chcapncss. comprising the lntest Eu-
ropcan novelties.
Orders solicited and prompt attention
given. aug l2-it
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Family Grocefy,
-coEs En-
MARKET AND 1zATN-srs. i
opPosIrg
POST OFFICE Il ENGINE HOUSE:

Choice article of Goshen Bntter, (45 cts.l
for sale by sam & CO,
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-08-12

Fine Lard, el5-ets,) forasales by
sam 4 CO.,
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The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-08-12
Family Flour, (sl.5O, for sal, by

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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-23
ANOTHER HORROR.
Five Men SuGocated the steamer IsmRlia
at Rew YOrk-The Fatal EGects Ofthe Fumes
of Welsh COnI.

Five Men SuGocated on the steamer IsmRIia
at Rew YOrk-The Fatal EfIects of the Fumes
of Welsh Coal.
The New York Post of last evening gives the
following particulars of the suffocaton of five
men on the steamer Ismalia, mentioned in our
telegraphic dispatches yesterday
horrible affair occurred last night on board
the Ismalia, Captain Brown, q steamer of the
Anchor Line, owned by Henderson Brothers, and
now lying at Pier 10, North River. At half-past
o'clock five of the iremen of the Ismaia
named respectively Francis Aiken, William
Matheson, William Todd, Archibald Swan, and
James McNevin, having finished their work, left
the engine-room, and after staying on deck for
a short time resolved to go to bed.
The men accordingly descended into the for
castle, and finding it very cold, determined to
light fire. They procured quantity of the
Welsh coal used on board the steamer, and with
it made re in one of the brazers commonly
used at sea, and, fearing no accident, got into
the hunks, having carefully closed all the port
holes and the door of the companion to exclude
the cold air.
At quarter past o'clock this morning two
other flremen, named John Hynes and Adam
Gaul, came on board, having, it is said, been on
shore up that hour. They, in their turn, en-
tered the forecastle, and, not perceiying any
| thing, threw themselves into their hunks, and
were shortly fast asleep.
At 4 o'clock this morning John Mcdonald
and James Dillon, two seamen, who had been
| on watch on deck, went below, and on entering
! the place where their comrades lay asleep, were
| at once seized Win teellng OF SuHOcatlOn.
| Finding that their companions did not move,
and that all was very quiet, they attempted to
| arouse them, when to their horror they found
| they had ceased to breathe.
An alarm was given, and the bodies of the
! seven men were Immediately carried into the
! open air, and medical assistance was sent for.
! The five men, Aiken, Matheson, Todd, Swan,
! and McNeyin, who had gone to bed at half-past
! o'clock, had apparently been dead for some
| hours. In Hynes and Gaul the two men who
! went to bed at quarter past l o'clock this
morning, signs OF life were discovered and they
were sent TO Park Hospital, where they now
! lie in a NEST critical state The medical evil
! denee proved that the men died of su1f0cation,
| from the effect OF the fumes of the Welsh coal
| with which they lighted their fire. 1t appears
that this particular kind of coali under certain
! circumstances, almost as quickly fatal as char
/ coal, fact of which the unfortunate Gsen were
| ignorant. All the men are natives Of Glasgow,
/ Scotland.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-23
THE COAL CORNER.
A New York Advance Of One Hundred Per
supply In the CITY

Gent; In Coal slhce Occembcr-OnIT a Weeks
In consequence of the general and long-con-
tnued strike of miners in the coal region, to-
gether with the severity OF the weather during
much of the winter, there is now an alarming
rapidly advancing. Since the 10th day of
January, when the Pennsylvania Miners Union
ordered work to be stopped at all the mines no
coal has been received In that city. The amount
of anthracite coal now held by dealers is esti-
mated at fifty thousand tons, which is about
equally divided between the wholesale and the
retail dealers. The retail price, which was $3.50
per ton on the first of December now ranges
from $ll to Sl3. The wholesale is little, II any
less. Even at these rates, coal can be obtained
from dealers only by their regular customers.
1t is said that the whole stock of coal now in
the city is not over q weeks supply. There are
from ten to fifteen thousand tons of bituminous
coal, but this is mostly held on contracts for
steamship companies. 1t is thought that coal
cannot be obtained next week for less than els
per ton. One dealer, It is reported was offered
a cargo of broken coal yesterday morning for
$l3 per ton, but did not decide to purchase.
He would now be glad to pay $l5 for the same
coal but thinks it doubtful if he can obtain it at
that price.
A New York paper says: Consumers cannot be
too economical in the use of the coal they are
fortunate enough to have on hand. When the
stock now in the market is exhausted, it will be
impossible to replace it without a settlement of
the present difficulty between the coal compa-
nies and the miners. The former are determined
not to yield, being convinced that defeat
now would place them ever after at the mercy
of the miners. The latter have been stubborn
and united up TO this time, having maintained
the longest and most general strike yet at
tempted by them. SO long, indeed, have the
miners been idle that the companies hope their
necessities will soon force them to resume
labor. A meeting of the leading coal capital
lists will be held in Philadelphia tomorrow, at
which it is expected they Will maintain their
present attitude of resistance to the strikers.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-23
THE TORNADO.
six Hours Fearful RavaEes Seven Cities
and Towns Named Among the Devastated
The Loss EnormOus-EhrIl Incidents.

six Hours Fearful RRvaEes Seven Cities
and Towns Named Among the Devastated
The Loss Enormous -rhrllIlng Incidents
Advices from Memphis give some particulars
of the terrible tornado which passed over por-
tion of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad
on Friday, demolishing churches and houses at
the towns of Grand Junction, Pocahontas and
SomerVille, and uprootng and tearing down
trees for miles. At Helena, Ark, the wind
blew a gale from to 9 p. NJ, prostrating tele-
graph lines and fences for miles; uprooting
trees carrying them high into the air; demol-
ishing and razing to the ground dwellings,
churches, barns, warehouses and stores, and
doing immense damage.
The tin roof of large warehouse on the bank
OF the river was carried into the air, and landed
on the opposite side of the river, two hundred
yards from shore; distance fully mile. One
church was blown down, and two Others badly
injured. In all thirty-three buildings, mostly
dwellings, were destroyed. In one instance
one-story frame house was lifted from its foun.
datlOn, with its occupants, and carried into the
air, where 1t was turned completely over and
hurled to the ground, bottom up fully one hun
dred yards from where it stood, killing one of
its occupants, man, and seriously Wounding
woman and child. The chain cables of the
wharf boat were snapped and the boat carried
down the river some distance and landed on
bar Coal baTges and flats were also torn from
moorings and carried by wind down stream; one
striking the opposite shore, sank. The steamer
George w. Cheek was caught in the hurricane,
and II was with the greatest efforts that she was
pICNculOu lIOm D6lAlS CdphlNCOs
The town of Friar's Point, Mississippi, and
Napoleon Arkansas, below, were also visited,
and similar damages reported. lt passed from
Helena to PocahOntas at the rate of sixty miles
an hour, destroying twenty-five houses in fifteen
minutes. AS was the case at Helena, one house
was turned over, but nobody injured Another
was lifted from its foundation and carried into
Small Hatchie river. Another was nearly de-
molished, the occupants escaping through a
window. Fences and houses for miles in the
track of the tornado we're destroyed, and several
persons badly injured. The loss is estimated at
,0O0 In Iuka number of houses were de-
molished, and one church destroyed. A large
store and warehouse opposite Helena, owned by
Governor Alcorn, valued at $25, 900, were utterly
| demolished.
AS yet, with the exception of the one reported
at Helena, no loss of life is mentioned. Later
adyices from Helena report loss to property by
the tornado on Friday at not less than from
| $3.50 600 to $500, 900.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-23
ALLEGED BRIBERY.
Wholesale Fraud at the New York Custom
House = The Government SueinK for
S4OO,OOO.

Wholesale Fraud at the New York Custom
House - The Government SueinK for
100000.
suit to recover four hundred thousand dol
lars has been begun in the United States District
Court at New York, before Judge Blatchford
and jury. 1t is that of the United States
against Richard Baker William G. Weld, Frede-
rick Baker, aud George W. Weld, trading in that
city under the firm name of Weld q Co.
On the 10th of October, 1868, the defendants
imported into New York from Manila, by the
ship Franklin large quantity of sugar worth
about four hundred thousand dollars. An entry
of the goods was made at the Custom House;
but the Government claim that this entry was
fraudulent and did not, upon the face of it,
represent the true value. 1t was made, as the
Government alleges for the purpose of mislead-
ing and deeeiying the Collector of the Port. Not
only this, but there is further allegation that
the defendants bribed the official weigher at the
Custom House to give false return of the
weight of the sugar, which actually weighed
9, 232, 434 pounds, while the wegher returned the
same as weighing only 2,175 GA pounds. By
this act IL is asserted on the part of the Govern
ment that the sum of 5400 600 became forfeited
to them, and they now bring this action to re-
cover that amount from the defendants, on the
ground that the latter got the sugar through the
Custom House fraudulently weighed
The answer of the defendants Is general
denial Of the main allegations put forward by
the Government.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-23
HALLWAY DecIsiona.
FROM L.AMATC.A.
Destruction of suEnr Mills by FIre-NtgrO
Incendiuries at Work.

Destruction of SuERr Mills by Fire-Nt gro
Incendi0ries at Work.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb. ga terrific fire
broke out on Sunday night last on the Penzance
estate, in the parish of Clarendon, the property
of Lord Penrhyn. The boiling and curing house
were consumed, with thirty-two hogsheads of
sugar ready for shipment. It is believed that
the plantation was fred by a negro laborer, in
revenge for the overseer complaining of the in
stability of fence the negro was employed in
making.I
The Penzanee estate is the finest In Jamaica,
yielding two hogsheads of sugar to the acre
of canes. If the boiling houses had not
been consumed the crop gathered would
have amounted to four hundred hogsheads.
This is the second plantation burned in the
same parish within a fortnight. General
alarm prevails in the country among the plant
ers in consequence of the excitement the plan
tation fires produce among the negroes, and the
contagious effect of Incendiarism among the
blacks. The loss sustained on the Penzanee
estate is covered by Insurance.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-23
FINANCE AND co mMERCE.
EVENING TELEGRAPH OFFICE I
Hhuradav Feb % 1871 (


Thursday. Feb. %, 1871. !
There is no new feature in the loan market to
attract special attention, except moderate inn
provement in the demand for capital, as usual
after the holiday. The market is generally
steady, though free from pressure either from
business or speculative borrowers, and rates
continue at about previous quotations. In call
loans fair business is being done at 5000 per
cent. on acceptable colaterals, and discounts
rule at 7@S per cent, usual outside the banks.
Regular depositors are kept in liberal supply at
6 per cent.
There is very little of interest to note either
in gold or Government bonds. The former is
quiet and steady at 11lH@1119s, and the latter
are about steady at Tuesdays figures.
Reading Railroad was dull, with sales at 10 Sc
@495s; Pennsylvania was active, with sales at
6116G6115; sales of Northern Central at 401&
Lehigh Valley at 6094; and Oil Creek and
Allegheny at 473s an advance; 81 was bid for
Philadelphia and Erie.
In Canal shares there were small sales of Le-
high at 35, s. o. .@353S, b. o., and in Banks of
Manufacturers at 294.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven Il Bro, No. 40 S. Third street
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-23
FROM NEW FORK.
Tho vile de Paris.


New York, Feb. 23.-The steamer Vile de
Paris from New York, arrived at Brest on the
9th instant.
Wreck Of the Zoe.
The steamer Zoe wrecked near Halifax, had a
cargo of provisions for France, shipped on pri-
vate speculative account She sailed from New
York and not from Boston, as reported by cable
despatch.
Railway Decisions.
ALBANY, Feb. 23.-In the case of James Fisk
Jr., against the Albany and Susquehanna Rail-
road Company, the Supreme Court has granted
a motion to dismiss the appeal, with Sl0 costs.
A similar order has been made in the case of
George NJ. Chapman against the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company,
without costs.
There we're twenty-one bids for gold to-day,
amounting to S4, ,S05 900 at 110'50@l11'30. The
awards will be 81, GOO, 600 at III ,25@l11,3O.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-23

AT a social partyl in the Town Hall of Old
town, Me-, few nights ago, a young lady who
wished to get better view of the dancers at
tempted to lift herself by lamp-bracket aff xed
to the gallery, when its fastenings gave way, and
on the floor. The kerosene spread over a con-
siderable area and ignited. A scene of terror
and confusion ensued, which might have re-
suited fatally to some present had not young
man leaped from the gallery, regardless of the
height, torn off his OYercOat, and, throwing ii
upon the burning element, extinguished the
flames. Several other gentlemen hastened to
his aid, and with the putting out Of the Ere the
excitement sRbsided.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-23
Now York Produce Market.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2s.-CottOn heavy; middllng
WesKer b1s doing Im at inside aHTes Howard
Street supeTdne, 5O66 do. extra, So 509T'2 do
family s77b@9; City Mills superhne, s57597'75 do.
super1ne, s55O@6; do. extra S6 5OeT25; do family,
e737K@s50. Wheat dull, except choice lots,
which are wanted; choice white, S2@2'10; fair to
prime, S160@190; prime to choice red 81 '90@2 10
fair to good, s16O@1'60; common, s14O@l55; In
diana and Ohio 81 55@165; Pennsylvania 81 500
leo. CoTn-white Southern dull at s5c.; yellow
Southern steady ana firm at SOC. Oats active at
5sc. Mess Pork quiet at s23@2350 Bacon quiet
shoulders, 10@t0Ac.; rib sdes 12c. clear rib,
12hc. Hams 12H(a1sc. Lard firm at BIC.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-23

A negro who sued a Chicago saloon-keeper
for S25O6 damages, for putting him out of his
saloon after his refusal to comply with a re-
ouest TO leave, has been awarded one cent. The
court instructed the jury that the proprietor had
the legal right to remove the plaintiff from his
restaurant by force without giving any reason
therefor, if the plaintiff refused or neglected to
90 when requested.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-23
philadelphia Trade Repors.

THURSDAY, Feb. 23.-Bark-In the absence
sales we quote No. Quercitron at $50 per ton.
Seeds-There is very little Cloverseed coming for
ward, and it sells at l0%@l1c. Timothy may be
quoted at s6@625, and Flaxseed at s2.05@21O.
The Flour market is quiet at former quotations,
The demand is mostly from the home consumers,
whose purchases foot up 500 barrels including gu.
pernne at $3.50; extras at s596'25; Iowa, Wiscon-
sin, and Minnesota extra family at S67507'60;
Pennsylvania do. do. at s6'2596.T5; Indiana and
Ohio do. do. at s6sIH@I75; and fancy brands at
sS@9'60, as In qualify. Rye Flour may be quoted
at &C. In Corn Meal no sales
The Wheat market is dun, but prices remain with
ont change Sales OF Indiana and Ohio red at 81 55
16O amber at 81 1.6Oa1 Go and white at 81 sO1's5.
Rye may be quoted at elOs@l 10 for Western and
PENNSYLVANIA. Corn is dull and prices favor buyers
sales OF yellow at 7S T9c., and Western mixed at II
@7sc Oats are unchanged; sales of Western and
PENNSYLVANIA at 62@68c. 200O bushels New York
two-rowed Barley at 95c and 5000 bushels Western
on private terms.
Whisky is dnll with small sales at 93c for Western
irOn-bOund and 92c. for Pennsylvania wood-bound.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-23

NHW York, Feb X5.-bt0cKk Steady. Money,
4aS Der cent Gold lllA. b-aOs. 1864, coupon,
40. m 1856 new, nOK; do. 1861. iiOss do. 1855 iiOH
i0-4Os, iiOX; Virginia es, new, e0k; Missouri g.
q Canton Co. - cqmSsrlSna nSsnS a preferred Is
aiT; Reading 90; Adams Express, 65K; MI
chiean Central, III; Michigan Southern, 944l
Illinois Central, 1873; Cleveland and Plttsburg
iO68; Chicago ana Rock Island, 10T5S; Pitts
burg andg Fort Wayne, soHi Western Oniou
IeleRTaphs l6A.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-23
FROM THEPACTFIC COAST
ArrirnI of the Ga.a.ea aI San FraneIsco.

SAN FRANcIsco, Feb. 2S.-The ship Galatea,
l2O days from New York, has arrived.
Mining stocks
are decidedly frmer, with an upward tendency.
Wine Cellars Burned.
The wine cellars of siegrist Brothers, in Napa,
California. were DESTROYED by fire last night.
Loss $50, GOO; insured for $4,000. The FIRE is
supposed TO have been the act OF an ineendiary.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-23
OLRARED MS MORNINa

Steamer RattlesDake, Winnett, New York, John r.
White & Co.
N. G. ship Elena, Bohlmann, Bremen, L. Wester-
gard Il Co.
N G. bark Carl Auguste, Sieyerts, Liverpool DO.
Bark Margaret Evans, Smiley, Cork or Falmouth for
orders, PenrOse, Massey 4 Ce.
Brig Elvie allen, Allen. Marseilles Workman Co.
Schr Emily II. Nayl0Ts Naylor, Savannah, Knight
d Sons.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-23
ARRIVED TRIS MORNING.

Steamer r. Franklin. PiefsOn, 13 hours FROM Bali
more, with mdse. and passengers 70 A. GroveA Jr.
Steamer Octorara, Reynolds, Is hours from Bait
more, with mdse. ana passengers to A. Groves, Sy.
Steamer Regulator, Freeman, "a hours from Nel
York, with mdse. to John F. Oil.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-23

The Boston Times thinks the income tax
should be styled the Boutwell, grip.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-23
MEMoRANDA.

Steamer YazOo, Catharine, sailed from New Or
leans 22d inst, for Philadelphia via Havana
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PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.
Reported by De Haven & Bro, No 40 Third street

MKssRs. WILLIAM PAINTER a Co., No. SO y. Third
street, report the following quotatiens:-U s. So OF
1885 l14A91l43S; 6-2Os OF 1852 lRall2x; do. 1884,
1l0%@1l0%; do, July, 1857, 1lO%@1l0% do. July,
1858, 110%@l10; l0-40s, 110%@111A. Gold. 1880
111H. U. s. Pacific r. r. Cur'cy IS, 113A@1183T.
MEssRs De HAvEN 4 BROTHER No. 40 4. Third
street. Philadelphia, report the following quotations:
u. s. 6s OF 1881, l43S@1l43s; do. 1852 1t15SS112{
new, 11O3s@1lOH; do 1867. do 1lO56@11O{ do. 1858,
do. lll1s@l112s; l0-4Os, uO%@llO1S. o. s. 80 Year
per cent Currency, H391134; Gold, 1Il%@
me-; Silver, l06H@10s: Union Pacific Railroad
1st Mort Bonds, Sl5@S25; Central Pacific Railroad,
e40@960 Union Pacific Land Grant Bonds, 7l50725
NARB LADNKR, Brokers' report this morning
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LIVERPo0L4 Fed x5--AItlveu yesteIdAyi hteaner
Arrived today, ship Lydia Skoldeld from Mobile
with 94O9 bales.
land touched at MOvile to-day
(By Telegraph)
FORTRESS MONROE, Va, Feb. 29. : Schr White
SgualL OF Baltimore, from Philadelphia with coal
for Norfolk, sprung aleak and was run on the beach
here last night TO prevent her sinking.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-23
LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE,

PORT OF PHILADELPHIA ...... FEBRUARY %
STATE or THERMOMETERS AT THR EVENING TBLKaRAPH
OFFICE.
s A. M.........s2l IL A. M.......41 2P. M......44
sun RISES. ......... 642 MOON SKTsL-.........1O'
Sum SBTs. .......... b45 HIGH WATHR........ 4'3T
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-23
THE JOINT HIGH COMMISSION
The Murder of US. Marshal jenkins

Great Tornado in the West.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-12-18

ST.. ALPnoNsUs Church FAIR.-Tht
congregation Of st. Alphonsus' German
Church, Centre Wheeling, have beer
making preparations for IN attractive fair
to be held In their church during the
Holidays, beginning Christmas, A fine
supper will be spread Christmas evening
and refreshments will be furnished
throughout the fair, which Is expected To
last week. Great pains have been taken
TO make tho affair u pleasant one to the
public. Among the attractions will be n
real Swiss cottage, where buttermilk just
out of the Churn will be furnished to the
thirsty. A splendid gold.headcd cane Is
10 be voted to the most popular gentle.
man in the city. The candidates thus far
named arc Sheriff Brown, Geo. Il. Tingle,
Esq, and Capt Conant, but tho contest Is
open TO others. A flnO gold pen Is 10 be
voted to the most popular editor The
church has recently been repaired and i'm.
proved, the audience chamber frCsCocd
and otherwise adorned, and the proceeds
OF the fair arc to so to help pay for the
Improvements. The church has never
held q fair sincoit was built, fifteen years
ago, and therefore appeals all the more
confidently to the patronage of tho public