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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-08-19

STREET GARBAeE.-M. Powers was reported
yesterday morning. and examined before the
Mayor, charged with not removing the ofral nom
Beaufain street before II O'CLOCK on Thursday
morning. The evidence showed that the street
contractors cart had been around the street and
cleaned it Of all NTH at an early hour In the morn.
Ing, but that this onsl had been thrown out late
In the day, after the carts had gone BY. Powers
was forthwith discharged. The whole communi.
ty are interested in this matter and it is Of the
highest importance that the scavenger work
should be thoroughly performed. The citizens
should certainly do their part In cleaning their
4premises at an early hour. When the street con-
tractors are in fauls they are reported and
brought up before the Mayor, and the proper ON.
Gers should see that lot-holders- DO not endanger
the health Of the neighborhood BY allowing filth
to remain upon their premises until the heat OF
the day. The condition Of East Bay yesterday
morning was very filthy, and upon the recon-.
meadation OF Mayor Pilisbury tie acting street
Inspector sent down q gang Of four men, during
the afternoon, 10 sweep the street.
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ANOTHER REVIVAL OF BUsINEss.-The OLD
saw mills on the ponl near Calhoun street, wnlen
have been known for go many years as Bennetts
Saw Mills. are now In active operation again.
after suspension Of four or five years. caused oy
the dullness in the building trade since Inc war.
The new proprietor is Mr.. T. F. Brodie, who pur'
chased the water lots and the old mill at The re-
cent sale of Governor Benefits property, and
after: putting some repairs on the mil, resumed
operations there about ten days ago, and has
been busily running ever since, with every pros,
pect Of continuance OF lively and profitable
bnsIness. - .,-'' t- 49, -
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MIR. JAMES O'NEALE, a venerable gentlemen,
who may have been noticed each Sabbath by the
congregation OF St. Michael's as he was led to his
kseat in the church, expltea yesterday morning at
the ripe o!d age OF eighty years. Mr. o'Seale was
clerk Of the choi, In days long gone by. when the
hymns and dpsalms we're read alond by .him, and
was for many years, subsequently to the abolition
OF this ONCE, sexton Of the church. His aeed
form has long been one Of the landmarks OF oy-
gone age. His funeral takes place this afternoon.
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PRIZE FIGHTING. Wednesday night on the
Meeting street road Alexander Simmons and
Stephen Campbell, TWO colored sages. began to
discuss the qualities necessary for champion In
the ring. The two differed materially, and COM
ing from generalities to personalities, Stephen at
tlength volunteered te give Alexander dressing.
The latter Immediately showed fight, and throw.
ing himself into striking attitude, confronted
the vainglorious Stephen, who incontnently took
to his heels. Alack pursuei and gave the rying
foe several blown WITH his nst. not 10 men,ion a
few applications Of his heavy ccwhide brogans.
Stephen applied to the law, and yesterday morn.
Ing Aleck was brought before Trial Justice Levy,
charged with an assault and battery. he was
found guilty and sentenced to pay 1ne' Of one
dollar ana costs, or rusticate at Sheriff Mackey %
Hotel for the space of thirty days.
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TNNE JEWELRY, WATCHES, &
THE LATEST STYLES.

Particular attention Is invited to the NEW,
LARGE AND ELEGANT STOCK OF WATCHES,
yEWELRY, s1LyERwARE AND FANCY GOODS,
suitable for Presents, just received and opened.
AT
JAMES ALLAN's, No. 3O7 KING STREET.
JAMES ALLAN's, No. 3O7 KING STREET.
JAMES ALLAN's. No. sO7 KING STREET.
All the newest and most exquisite designs in
Jewery, comprising,
SETS OF PEARL. GARNET. ALL GOLD,
CORAL AND STONE.
Leontine, Opera, Neck and Vest CHAINS; Seal
Rtngs Diamond Rings; Cents Pins, Pearl and
Diamond; Plain Gold and Wedding Rings always
on hand or made to order; Sleeve Buttons and
studs, Bracelets, Brooches and Earrings; Armlets
and Necklaces, in Gold and Coral; Brooches for
Hair or Miniatures, Lockets, Charms and Masonic
fms, Glove Bands, at
JAMES ALLAN'S, No. S07 KING STREET.
A few doors above Wentworth street.
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TIE WEATHER. "a severe, storm Is pro-
baby advancing northwestward over Florida.
which win bring strong easter.y winds and rain
to the outh Atlantic coast.n So said the clerk
OF the weather in Washington OF the probabilities
for Friday. and the prediction has been literally
yeriued. The strong easterly winds were at work
IN the morning, and during the afternoon and
evening they made themselves felt and heard
most unmi.takably. The way in which the
gale swept down the streets and around the
corners was onilous for loosely fastened sign
boards and projecting tiles, and the. himsy GOV.
ering OF an umbrella only afforded sport to old
Eurus as. he drove the binding spray beneath
every angle and into every corner ofthe shivering
canvas and whalebone. The promised showers
ably seconded the efforts OF the wind, and the
heavy Hood pouring upon the housetops awoke
many q sleeper. At night it was worse than
ever. Jam salts. We have had enough OF this
for the present. - - -
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u; BY L0WNDESa& GRfMBABL:

- by IUWNUEJW % UNImOA0Us
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE AT AUG.
Nv TIQN.-DEHAY vs.. DENNIS.
By virtue Of an. order OF the GbHft Of Common
Pleasfn this case. will ofler for sale at the Old
Postotice, on Tuesday, the Eth day Of Septem.
Der next, at IL O'Clock A. .H;ule2f19J D 4lsa
+ All that PLANTATION. OR TRACT OF LAND,
with the improvements q there0u; lb.ldnging5to
the Estate of Dennis, decea sed, 1n the Par.
ish OF ST. Johns Berkeley, knoHnasi bog Swamp
Plantation, containing ab0nt nine hundred acres,
more or less. Bounding nbr.hEoa the public ROAD
leading from Monck's Corner to- tNelseNslF lFerry,
southeast on Plantation called! Snmmers0n, me
property OF the Hon.,W:i CAIN andi northeast on
Land of Thomas F. PDrcher. -. E01s9tzeGg
Terms-FIVe hundred and Twenty .dVel1 1$b26)
dollars cash. balance In four eq .lal annuaI In
stalmente, secured by bond OF. tha .purchaseK or
purchasers, within lrtgage, Of the premises. Pur.
chaser to pay referee for papers and stamps,
..-.-..-., G. HERBERT SHSS,ale
aug19--s1tu4 '"7H ,n.hoRefefce.
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CTANDARD TEXT BOOKS.
BY Professor ASA GRAY,
or Harvard University,
Author Of "HoW Plants Grow, ~ ''School and Field
Book Of Botany" "Manual OF Botany, ~ "Struc.
tural and Systematic Botany" &c, &c.
"Botany should be taught In every school. and
these Volumes should be the Text-Books.n-F1o
j. s. Dapts, University or Virginia.
The publisher beg to call the attention or those
about forming classes In Botany to the well known
works by Professor Gray. Having been carefully
revised they present the latest and most accurate
principles and developments Of the science, and
it Is sufficient Endorsement OF them to state that
they are used In almost every noted College, High
School and Seminary In the country. and are rec
commended over other series by nine.tenths Of the
leading Professors and Botanical Teachers In the
United States.
No author has yet approached Professor Gray In
the rare art Of making purely scientific theories
and dry details popular aud interesting. From
his charming elementary work CHOW Plants
Crow" to his more elaborate "Manual, !" there ts
one simple concise and yet exhaustive method OF
teaching the various grades OF the study.
Descriptive Circulars, giving full titles and prl.
ces, win be forwarded by mail, TO any address, on
IViScN, BLAKEMAN, TAYLOR CO.,
Publishers,
Nos. 1873 and l4o Grand street, New York.
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doors from Meeting street, very handsome
brick dwelling and store is rapidly approaching
completion. 1t is being built for Mr.. r. L. Guile.
min, for residence and gasdhing establishment,
and will be two-stories high, with bold Mansard
roof The general plan Of the building is an inge-
nious combination OF the Northern and Southern
style OF architecture, and it has some features
that will be quite novel in Charleston. One Of
these Is the wide bay window that will form the
store front and be surmounted by balcony on
the second STORY front. The building measures
sixty eight by twenty.eight feet on the ground
plan, aud includes, on the ground floor, store,
workshop and q commodious piazza; the Sec
ond floor containing q parlor, dining room,
Kitchen, pantry and two chambers.
Three small dwellings are also going up on
Queen street and one on Archdale street, each or
them being two and one half story frame houses
with tinned roofs, and similar structures have
been commenced In other parts Of the city, with
q view to trjrdlng cheap and comfortable homes
to persons witt small families q. limited mean7.
On South Bay, few doors west Of Colonel
Lathers's new and elegant residence, series Of
elaborate improvements are being made on one
Of the Gpest old dwelling houses in the city. The
building Is being enlarged and remodeled; the
kitchen which was formerly isolated from the
main building is being connected thereto by a
brick extension, and the piazza Is being recon
structed and heightened BY the addition OF one
story, which addition will afford one OF the finest
views to be had In the city, embracing James
Island, secessionyille, the Hundred Pines, Fort
Sumter Johns Island, Battery slmpkins, and the
whole sweep Of Ashley River for miles aleng the
coast.
MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENTS.
Some considerable improvements are 10 pro
gress on Schachte,s Hotel on the corner Of King
and Wander horst streets, the piazza In the rear o
| which Is being restored and modernized.
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A Horrible Spectacle.

A most revolving sight occurred, on
the 3lst ult., in Paris, on the plaza in
front of the Hotel de Vile. Thirty
three Communists, among whom were
seven women, were shot in a body 10y a
company of soldiers. Around three
sides of the square troops to the num-
Der of 800 were drawn up, under COM
mand of Col. Guizot. - s o'clock the
prisoners, who had been confined in a
coal cellar back of the porter's lodge in
the Hotel de Vile, were brought out
Their hands were tied behind their
backs, and they were then marched out
10y the main gateway through a double
file Of soldiers, and, having reached the
center of wide area in front of the
hotel, were ranged in a row and made
to kneel down close together. There
was nothing on the whole plaza but
three empty scavenger carts, which
stood in line at the rear of the prison
ers. When the company was in line
and ready to fire, Col. Guizot stepped
forward and told lhe prisoners in a few
words that they were TO suffer death for
having been caught in the act of set
ting fire to buildings and dwellings in
Paris. At this moment the women ut
tered Il piercing shrek, and began to
sway themselves back and forth. An
officer advanced and made them keep
still with the flat of his sword. A few
moments afterward volley was fired,
and when the smoke cleared away the
most horrible sight was presented.
Three Of the women, who were in the
middle of the row, between the men,
were still living and writhing in awful
agony. A second volley was fired, and
a third, and not until the sixth did all
the prisoners cease to live. The dead
bodies were then flung into three
scavenger carts and carried away to be
buried
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Ancient EXPRESSES.

a well-known means of sending news
rapidly IN country with such bad
roads as Greece, was by trained run
ners. Thus, we are told that Phidip-
pides, professional courier, ran from
Athens to Sparta to beg for aid Just be-
fore the battle Of Marathon, arriving at
the latter city at the end Of the second
day this was a distance Of 80 miles.
The constant training in which Greek,
and especially Spartan soldiers kept
themselves. enabled whole armies to
make very rapid forced march. in the
present instance, the Spartan army,
though slow to start, yet when it did
march, performed the distance in three
days. So the old Chasseurs de Vim
cennes, the picked light troop of the
French army, were trained to make
swift marches by running one on either
side of q cavalry soldier, whose stirrup-
feathers they caught hold of. This, we
believe, or something like it, is still
kept up among the Zouaves. The cpl
sode Of the = Fiery Cross" in the
Lady of the Lake" shows how quick
ly district may be aroused by a we'll
organized system OF running messen-
gers. Indeed, the sviftness of rumor is
as proverbial as its eXaggeration. Lady
Duff Gordon, in her voyage up the Nile,
found that the news Of her approach
invariably outstripped her movements,
rapid as they We're. The curious story
given by Herodotus, of herald's staff
found floating on the sea at Mycale, and
Of the rumor that straightway run
through the Greek host of battle won
by their countrymen in Greece Proper
that very day, Cat Platte. is also case
in point. In countries more favorable
for speedy travelling much use was
made of horses and other animals. The
admirable system of roads and posts in
stituted by the Kings of Persia through
out their vast dominions-" the posts
that rode upon mules aiel camels," as
we have it in the Book of Esther. ex-
cited the wonder of IIerodotus, who
says emphatically that there is moth
ing in the world swifter than these
messengers - The Romans, with their
strait roads, the primary object of
which las of Russian railways was speed
Tor military purposes, provided, we may
be sure, the means for making the ut
most OF them. In the times OF the EN-.
pre-, post houses were set up along the
great highways every five or six miles,
with about forty horses at each so that
a Roman Ambassador, for instance,
using these relays, might easily Jour
ney IN his chariot a hundred miles a
0av
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tination. In cases of this kind, where
men have been obliged to assist the
horse for several nights in succession,
and have been awakened from sound
slumber, il has been authenticity re-
ported that they have INDUCED in pro-
family to AN alarming extent. 1t has
been found not only to help the wagons
along, but 10 ease the mind greatly.
The clown Of to-day is not generally
genius, although he may be we'll
read and well-iniormed man. Neither
is he by nature funny man, although
the facetious observations which seem
continually to roll off his tongue with
out an effort may indicate Us much. In
fact, he is generally an old performer,
who, having matured in the circus
business, has adopted this much easier
branch of the trade His sparkling ex-
hibitiors of wit and humor, his seeming
simplicity, his peculiar antics and
laughable, side-splitting, screaming
Jokes, all seem to indicate that he is the
very soul of all that is funny. But alas
this is not the case. His jokes are care
fully prepared by another and commit
ted to memory with awful labor and
unremitting diligence; his political
speeches are rot the voluntary out
bursts Of patriotism that they simulate,
and his very antics are but the CHASTITY
spcctres of his past agility.
The salary Of a circus performer is
about equal 10 that Of an actor, although
it IS larger per week during the season,
which is generally thirty weeks. Stars
get sometimes as high as $50, but of
course this is exceptional. The average
of riders and acrobats is $40 per week.
Clowns gets an average Of $50, with the
privilege of announcing their song
books in the ring, and selling them in
the audience, which privilege is worth
from $500 to 500 a season, depending
somewhat on the popularity of the
clown. The drivers Of eight six, and
four horses receive from $50 to $50 a
month, and the less important of the
assistants from 50 to $50 month, ac-
cording TO the value Of their services.
OF course, the pay of such as carry on
two or more branches of the business is
proportionately larger. Thus, the
trained dog man, who exhibits the
wonderful French poodes, gets pay for
two. TO the salary Of every employee
must be added the value Of his board,
which costs the manager on an average
about SD per week.
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Curious and Scientific.

The ticking of the clock at the Cam
bridge Observatory can be heard in San
Francisco. This is done by connecting
the pendulum of the clock to the tele-
graph wire in such manner that the
main circuit is broken and instantly
closed again at every swing Of the pen
dulum.
THE LooNToN IN. j. nail mills are
manufacturing a newly patented nail,
for which they have secured the State
right. 1t has serrated edge, and its
superiority is said to be manifest in
work where any jolting motion may
have tendency to shake the ordinary
nail loose.
THEY have a sylvan curiosity out in
Georgia. Two pine trees, five feet apart
at the base, come together thirteen feet
above, forming solid body, then sepa.
rate uniting again twenty feet above,
forming single top.
a PATENT for nail machine has been
awarded to Henry Reese, of Baltimore.
His invention consists of an arrange
ment OF quadrant blocks and operating
gear, whereby heated rod introduced
into transverse grooves between the
blocks is reduced to headless nail.
and cut off by the blocks, which move
in opposite objections. The head of
the nail is formed 10y subsequent OBJ
Grafton.
AT MEETING of the Paris Academy of
Sciences, recently,a member stated that
the flesh of cattle infected with the rim.
derpest was not unwholesome food. and
that such flesh had been served out 70
people supplied by benevolent institu-
tons, without fatal results. The fact.
however, lis not considered decisively
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RANK lNGRATITUDE.-In 1853 there
lived in Sydney, New South Wales, a
gold broker named Knapp. When
gold was discovered in that country he
was ticket-ofleave man, and, like
many others of his class, had made a
fortune by the discovery. His fortune
was reckoned at 100000. An Ameri.
can said to him: You ought to be
eternally grateful to the British Govern.
ment for sending you here free, and
putting you in the way of heaping up
riches" The British Government
replied the extinct, with the frankness
OF Greeley, abe condemned. In
London my business was breaking open
jewelers. safes, and if the British Gov.
eminent had not interfered with it
would have been worth million pounds
to-day"
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The Public Debt.
The following is the June statement
of the public debt:

The following is the June statement
of the public debt:
Debt bearing coin interest s9i 2s.7j0
Accrued 39,992,6l7
Debt bearing currency interest 4y,l23,00O
Interest ...,.,... 3D9,1I2
Aiatured debt l,ggg002
lntercst... Ul,l2S
Bearing no 43.s6,96j
Unclaimed interest ...............". l2,9l2
Total dcbt-Principal 2359o67,77
Interest" 3S,672,i3
Grand total g., 3g77io,i7
Currency in Treasury ..,.~... s.o6l,5SS
- 9S,6o5,963
Debt less cash in Treasury 2g9 l3ilSi
Decrease during May .........-.......... i.t3a3jS
Decrease since March !, ls7.... ....... 2l57iG62
Decrease since March l. ls62.......... 226,32g,075
The statement of bonds issued to the Pacific rail
road companies shows totals as follows
interest," accrued and not vet paid
Interest repaid 10y TRANSPORTATION OF nails. 2S7676
Balance of Interest paid 10y United States. 1913
The following is a recaptulation of the statement
or bonds purchased ny the Treasury Department,
which have been Cancelled and destroyed:
Prihcipa 500 go
PAD In currency 2}2, i26,Di
Currency value of interest accrued on bonds
D9ugs , ma, ;,.,..,'''' '''''''''''''"'''
Net cost estimated in gold. l92,I59O92
date, currency 1909
Average cost in gold, total purchases to
92q2
those bonds which have ceased to bear interest aud
have been Cancelled and destroyed. There have also
been paid in coin and cancelled and destroyed other
bonds 10 the amount of s6,g66,U00, which maured
Jan. !. ISL.
SEVERAL Sundays ago collection was
about to be taken up in one of our
churches, and, in the absence of one of
the collectors, frisky young man vol
unteered his services, and handled his
hat with great industry and success.
When he got to the door, he was about
to 90 out with his hat full of money on
his head, when the minister said sol
EMMY, " Young man, if you leave here
with that money you'll be damned"
The young man, however, left in a
hurry, and, as he shut the door behind
him, worthy old bachelor, with o voice
in + sharp, who had put dollar in the
hat, piped up to the minister, "Well, if
he amt gone with it, RI be id ~
THE census returns show decrease
of $4,000 in the population of Liver
pool.
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THE Bowen BIcAMY CAsE.-A special
dispatch from Washington states the
trial of ex-Congressman Bowen, of
South Carolina, for bigamy, which is
progressing in court in that city, excites
considerable interest here from the fact
that two of Bowen's wives appeared in
court, and that the record of court in
New York, which pretended to show
that Bowen had obtained divorce from
wife No. 2, before he married No. 8, was
proven a forgery. Witnesses from the
court, the publishers Of the newspapers,
and others, from whom even bogus aft.
davits appeared, all testified to the
whole record, so far as they were con-
cerned, being forgery and fraud.
Bowen's third wife-Mrs. Susan Pitt.
grew King Bowen, an authoress-testi.
fled that before she married Bowen she
had hunted from Main to California for
wife No. =, and was satisfied that she
was dead, and thereupon she married
Bowen. She is dashing, handsome
woman, and her appearance upon the
stand created quite a sensation. The
forged divorce record was q develope.
ment unexpected, and adds not a little
to the mysteries surrounding the three
marriages of Bowen.
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The PittStOn Coal Mine Disaster.

A special dispatch from Pittston says
the coroner's jury in the case of the re-
cent disaster at theWest Pittston mines
worked by Blake IL Co., rendered YER
dict on the 3lst ult. After detailing the
facts in the case, the jury declare that
the miners met their death from imper'
feet ventilation of the mine that when
the breaker took fire there was no means
of supplying the men with fresh air,
and that the means of ventilation were
not such as are required by the act OF
Congress of March 80, 1870. The jury
furthermore find there was negligence
on the part Of the employees of the
company in not keeping portions Of the
machinery properly oiled and further,
that the company had employed on the
day of the accident greater number OF
men than the act already referred to
warrants. The verdict finds further,
that Thomas w. Williams, inspector OF
the mines, knew Of these violations OF
the law, but did not protest against
them, and that he failed in his duty in
not applying to the courts for an in
junction against the operators.
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THE census returns show decrease
of $4,000 in the population of Liver.
pool.