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4 DARHINI.AN FACT.
A Human Baby Nursed by q Monkey
Mamma.

The New Zealand correspondent of the San
Francisco Alta says: "However strange Mr..
Darwin's theory-that man is descended from
q monkey may seem to be too many, the
following particulars In the eP-iy history of
one of the present members of Parliament for
New Zealand are related in all sober earnest
ness by southern papers. Mr.. BIS early life
was spent in the wilds ofSouth Africa. When
q mere infant he was one day laid peacefully
at rest at the door of his woodland home.
Bis worthy parent, near the cpbin, shot the
young offspring of large monkey, at which
the feelings of the Afectionate mamma were of
course much wounded. She was, however,
driven away by the approaching hunter, and
in passing the cabin door noticed and stole
the future New Zealand legislator. The loss
was not discovered for nearly an hour after
wards, and then all efforts to find the robber
proved unavailing. Three months after this
period hunting party came across family
of monkeys in the wilderness, and there, In
the arms of the careful although untutored
wet-nurse, was the long lost child who cat
tered and jibbered In the most approved
monkey fashion, apparently fully equal to the
exigencies Of the situation. Could there be
any more convincing evidence than this Of
the affinity between our race and those hairy
denizens Of the woods? Why did the hunters
step in and thus prevent the development Of
another link in the Darwlnian chain? The
child was borne home, and under careful nur-
ture and training the evil effects of bad COM
pany were removed.
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OUR MILLIONS OF DEBIT 4
THE PLANS AND PROSPECTS OF THE
COLUMBII RING.
Treasurer Parker's Exhibit in Full
The Report OF the Myste, 'ous Investi-
pators-Governor Scott's Forthcoming
Message-Sudden Zeal for stopping
the Leaks-The Printing Swindle-
Schemes for Raising the Wind, &C.
rpsox OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT

COLUMBIA, s. c., November 23.
The long expected official exhibit OF the
condition of the State finances made Its ap-
pearance to-day. The statement was pre-
pared 10 the treasurer's office, and furnished
first to the financial board, enlarged on this
occasion By the presence of Mr.. Thomas Jeffer-
son Mackey, and then to a committee of cili'
zens, consisting Of Governor Orr, and Messrs.
Baxter, Brsnnizer and Pope. This committee
works in mysterious way, and have been
unable so lar to learn much about its orgsni.
zation, or the authority under which it acts.
As explained to me, it appears that the gen.
tlemen now composing the committee happen
ed, simultaneously and conveniently, to drop
in at the Office of the State treasurer, and re-
quest the favor of an examination Of the
books and vouchers Vi the department, which
favor Captain Parker most courteously grant
ed The committees report, however, will
probably be prepared in time for my next
communication, and will doubtless describe
the inception aud organization of the COM
mittee.
The treasurer's exhibit is as follows:
Statement OF Total Amount OF Bonds
and Stocks Printed by American
Bank-Note Company.
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THE SOUTH CAROLIN.4 SYNOD.
ASketch of its PROCEEDINGS.
condensed from the Sumter watchmau I,

CONDENSED from the Sumter Watchmanl
This body eovened in the Presbyterian
Church of this town, on 18th instant, and was
opened with sermon by the Rev. DR.. Plumer,
the retiring moderator. This venerable ser
want OF God stood like some old prophet in
the midst OF his brethren, delivering the coun-
sells of Heaven In tones of deep solemnty and
In words of glowing zeal. His successor In
the moderators chair was the Rev. II. R.
Dickson, OF Yorkvllle, who was called to that
seat of honor and responsibility by the unani-
nous voice of his brethren. The preaching
generally was of very high order. DR.. Cir
ardeau delivered a discourse under the order
of Synod, on ''Mipisterlal Conservation"
We, In common with all who heard them.
were particularly interested in the dlscourses
of the Reverends FrIerson, Lindsay and
Bracket. And then, those touching tributes to
departed worth, read before the Synod by the
venerable Dr. Howe, of the Theological Semi
nary. First, OF his colleague for so many
years in the work Of theological education
Rev. A. W. Leland, D. D.-and then Of the
Rev. G. W. Boggs, for years missionary to
India; These papers, too, will be pub
lished, under the order OF the Synod. The
sermon Upon the subject Of missions was
delivered by the Rev. q. c. DuBose, a
young man who expects shortly to sail for
China, the chosen field of his labors. And
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THE MILITARY PRISONERS,
Further Development at Yorkvil1..

From the Yorkville Enquirer, November %
Since our last report, the following persons
have been arrested: j. T. 0'Farrell, A.
Syringe Withera, E. R. Stewart, Josiah Mar.
tin, William Thomasson, William Lowry, Blsh-
op Sandlfer, Evans Murphy, William Mont
gomery.
Mr.. O'Farrel was discharged on the same
day of his arrest; and Of those whose names
which have heretofore been published, o. C.
Bpamguard has been released on bail, and the
following have been paroled for various per.
iods, to report to the officer in charge of the,
prison at the expiration of their respective
paroles: John Rattaree, R. A. Black, Iredell
Jones, John Ramsey, Elias Ramsey, R. Z. Sea-
born, j. W. Dobson, Samuel Ramsey, E. F.
Bell, ]. P. Herndon. William Moss, R. T. May,
a. e. Sherer, S. j. Harvey.
A public examination Of the prisoners will
not be had here previous to the sitting Of the
Circuit Court In Columbia. Each prisoner
charges made against him, which papers are
now being made out as rapidly as possible,
and will at once be given to the men In GUS
tody, which will enable them to make prepara-
ton for their approaching trials.
In regard to the removal OF the prisoners TO
Columbia, on application to the authorities for
Information upon the subject, we learn that 1t
has not yet been definitely decided when the
transfer will be made. None will be removed
to Columbia unless indictments may be found
against them, OF which they will receive due
notice, and their removal will not then take
place until the cases are ready to come up for
trial.
A story IN circulation to the effect that the
prisoners are to be taken to Columbia hand
cuffed, has, we are assured By Colonel Merrill,
no foundation whatever.
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TIE VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Caveat Emptor.
From the Greenville Enterprise.l

Caveat Emptor.
from the Greenvile Enterprise.l
We are pleased to see that the eyes Of the
world are being opened as 10 the character
and management of South Carolina finances.
he who buys her bonds now Issuing, even
from their low price, knows he is riskiDg his
money and merely gambling on the chances.
There is less obligation on the people of the
State to pay such public debts than there is on
o man to pay an agents gambling debts.
Worth the Trial.
From the Abbeville Pressl
Our true remedy, we think, is 10 the courts,
but 1t Is q remedy solely against corrupt OFF,
cisls. II Is a remedy which promises to prove
and We trust might be equally effective IN
South Carolina. 1t Is worth The trial.
Keep Quiet and Let Them Steal.
From the Sumter Watchman.!
Experience for two or three years past has
demonstrated this fact, that the greater the
outcry against the plunder, outrage and cor
ruption Of the State Government. the more
"aid and comfort" 1t has secured from the
powers at Washington, and, consequently, the
greater has been its strength and vitality.
Since the Taxpayers Convention, there mas
been lull, and, during that time, this heavy
stealing has been going on. Keep outlet and
MONDAY that all these colossal amounts
these millions upon millions which these light
fingered gentry handle-are not now raised
from the pockets of the people of South
Carolina, and that, If they are allowed
to 60 on and increase, that they can
not and never will be raised by the
people of the State But that upon those
North, who, either from interest or sympathy,
advance these immense sums, must fall the
loss. See how handsomely the thing already
works itself. 1t gets out In New York that
there has been large and fraudulent increase
of the bonds of the State. There comes q
tumble at once, and we have rumOrs of panic
and smashing among the South Carolina Rae
ical Ring bondholders there. Upon them the
brunt of the matter falls. because from their
pockets has come the millions which, for the
time, made this worthless paper good. The
money drawn from the pockets of the people
by exorbitant and oppressive taxation, large
In amount as 1t is, Is but drop In the bucket,
and serves only to create little scramble,
once or twice q year, when the Legislature
meets, among the hangers on at home.
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The Indebtedness of the State being as above
stated. the State authorities now hope to be
able to retire the loans in New York, and to
save the bonds now hypothecated from sale.
cial agency In New York, except to designate
some banking Institution as the place for the
payment Of the interest on the public debt.
NILES G. PARKER,
Treasurer State of South Carolina.
All this will be incorporated In the Cover
nors message, which, by the way, is about
completed, and is partly printed. 1t makes a
pamphlet of from forty to fifty pages, and is
calculated 10 create no small sensation. On
the subject of finances, its tone and recon-
mendalions are as follows: Retrenchment In
every direction is strennously urged, the re-
concentrations to this effect being, hrs', u
wholesale reduction Of salaries, Including
State and county officers, from the Governor
down; second, the abolition of the land COM
mission and the unrestricted sae of pablo
lands, upon eminently liberal terms, as will
be shown hereafter, to actual settlers; third,
the abolition of the office OF auditor-general,
and the consolidation of that office with that
of the omptroller-general;f fourth, reduction
of per diem allowance of members of the Gen.
eral Assembly, on the principle that so long
as such members as the Assembly now boasts
can get six dollars per day for their
attendance thereon, they are not much
disposed to abridse their sessions; and,
fifth, the exposure and correction Of the
present mode of awarding of State printing.
On this point the message is explicit and EN-
phatlc. Very questionable practices in the
past are exposed, and various recommends.
tions made, with view Of preventing their
repetition, and, perhaps, no better point
could have been selected for attack than this
same swindle in connection with the public
prialing. 1t is shown that when the proposals
for State printing were called for, exhibited
and announced, all of the honest bids were
thrown out, and the bid of the Republican
Printing Company" was accepted. The con-
tract was then relet, by the so-called Republi-
can Company, to the ''Carolina Printing Com
pany," which latter organization does the ac-
tual work at q reasonable price, (about one
dollar aud twenty cents per page, Ibelieve.)
The so-called Repub icau Printing Company
receives about one dollar aud seventy cents
per page for all the State printing, and
It is easy to see that the Republican"
get the spolls while another concern does the
work. The message will also recommend the
passage of bill requiring the payment of all
past due taxes within sixty days, and allowing
such payments to be made In Sta'e bonds at
par. The message also recommends the pas
sage of a bill ordering the public lands, to the
value of one million Of dollars, to be sold at
auction, In payment for which State bonds
are to be received atpar. By these expedlents
1t Is expected to raise two millions of dollars
and to keep the money in the State"
PICKET.
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then followed Dr. G. Leighton Wilson, whose
eye rests upon the whole field, and whose
labors In every department of Christian enter
prise know no respite. He Is eminently q
wise man, just suited to the exigencies Of the
times. The congregation responded to the
appeals made 10 them In behalf of this great
Christian duty, far beyond what might have
been anticipated from the impoverished con-
ditlon of the country.
But the Sabbath-the great dsy The ser
mon by Dr.. GIrardeau, the administration of
the Lords Supper by Dr.. Adger-the vast as
sembly In solemn stillness-the hundreds whe
partook of this most touching ordinance of
Gods housewife can ever forget that occa-
sion? But we must close. Day after day,
night after night, the house of God was crowd
ed with deeply interested listeners. And then
the fraternal affection of other denominations
their hospitality their temporary forgetful-
ness of denominational llnes-these were tea
lures not the least impressive.
The Synod was not out In force of numbers,
owing to the disturbed condition of the upper
portion of the State.
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THE WEATHER THIS DAY.
WASHINGTON. Noveml

WASHINGTON. November q.
The barometer will probably rise, with par
TALLY cloudy weather, on Saturday, In the
Southern States. and remain low, with cloudy
weather, In the Gulf States and Texas. A fall
Ing barometer, with rain. will continue to-
night in New England, with brisk Southeastern
ly winds veerng to the west on Saturday
morning. Brisk southwesterly winds will
continue tonight on the Lower Lakes. with
diminishing force, and westerly winds and
partially cloudy and clearing weather will pre-
vail, for short time, on Saturday. The fall
Ing barometer and warm rain In Oregon will
probably move eastward, preceded by ex.
tended cloudy and threatening weather on
Saturday north and west Of the Ohio Valley.
Caulionary signals continue for this evening at
New York, New London, Boston, Portland,
Oswego and Buffalo.
Yesterday's Weather Reports or the
Signal Service, U. s. A.-4.47 p. NJ,
Local Time.
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ALI ABOUT THE STATE.

On Sunday morning last the two story
dwelling of w. H. Steinmyer, near the Brad
Consumed by fire, with all his furniture and a
portion of the clothing of himself and family.
The are originated from spark on the roof
NOn wednesday of the past week the Rev.
W.P. DuBose left Abbeville to assume his
post as professor and chaplain in the Univer-
sity of the South. His removal is the subject
Of unfgned regret to the sboe gcemUpS
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UpsHoT OF TIE INVESTIGATION.
Parker Endorsed In q General Way
The Blue Ridge Railroad.
ESPECIAL rHLKaRAM TO THE NRws.l

SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEws.l
COLUMBIA, November "a.
The committee of citizens concluded their
examinations at the State treasury this afler-
noon, and are now engaged In drawing up an
exhaustive report and analysis of Parker's
official statement. The results Of the investi-
cation appear to substantlate In a general way
the figures Of the treasurer's statement.
There was meeting of the directors of the
Blue Ridge Railroad to-day, but the election
of president of the road did not take place.
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$l2,0l3,908 90
The facts and data upon which the fore
and approved by the financial board, Is based


going statement, which has been examined
and approved by the financial board, Is based
are open to the Inspection Of the public, both
at the Stste treasury and ct the financial
agency In New York. The bonds have all
Been Issued and used under the authority Of
the act of August 26th, 1868, entitled IAN act
to authorize loan to redeem the obligations
known as bills receivable OF the State OF South
-Carolina;" the act Of August 26th, 1868, enti-
tied San act to authorize loan to pay the
interest on the public debit" the act of Feb
ruary 18th, 1869, entitled San act to authorize
q loan for the relief OF the treasury" the act
of March 9th, 1869, entitled IAN act to pro-
.sioner. and to define his powers and dutles;r
the act of MarctElst, 1870, entitled an act to
amend an act entitled IAN act TO provide for
the appointment of land commissioner, and
to define his powers aud duties, and for other
purposes therein mentioned;" the act OF
March 23d, 1869, entitled IAN act to pro.
videfer the conversion OF state securltiesi
1'An act to authorize the financial agent
of the State of South Carolina, In the City OF
New York, to pledge the State bonds as COL
lateral security, and for other purposes"
The three first named acts authorized the
borrowing Of two million FIVE hundred thous-
and dollars on coupon bonds.
Owing to the constant and increasing depre-
clation In the value Of the bonds, 1t was found
necessary, In order to carry into effect the
purposes OF these several acts, to issue much
larger number of bonds. The act for the con-
version Of State securities giving authority for
{ a more available and uniform class of bonds
than those which had In the first instance been
issued under the several acts referred to, the
remainder of the bonds required to raise the
amounts of money authorized BY the several
acts. were prepared In accordance with the
act for the conversion of State securities to the
amount above named
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HELMBOLD'S
EXTRACT BUcHU,
FOB WEAKNESS ARISING FROM EXCESS
OR EARLY INDIsCRErION,

FOB WEAKNESS ARlSlNG FhUM EAGESSES
OR EARLY INDIsCRErION,
attended with the following symptoms: INDIS
POSITION TO EXERTIoN, LOSS OF POWER
LOSS OF MEMORY, DIFFICULTY OF BREATH.
ING, General weakness, Horror OF Disease, Weak
Nerves, Trembling, Dreadful Horror Of Death,
Night Swests, Cold Feet, Wakelulness, Dlmness OF
Vision, Lapgor, Universal Lassltude OF the Auscu-
lar System, often Enormous Appetite with Dys.
peptic Symptoms, hot Hands, Flushing OF the
Body Dryness Of the Skin, Pallid Countensnces
and Eruptioas on the Face, Pain In the Back,
Heaviness Of the Eyelds, Frequently Black Spots
dying before the Eyes, with temporary sufusion
and Loss Of Sight, Want OF Attention, Great Mo-
bllIty, Restlessness, with Horror Of Society.
Nothing Is more desirable to such patients than
Solitude, and nothing they more dread, for fear
Of themselves; no repose Of manner no earnest.
ness, no spec:latlon; but hurried transition
from one question to another.
THESE SYMPTOMS, IF ALLOWED TO GO ON
WHICH THIS MEDICINE INVARIABLY RE.
MovEs-SoON FOLLOW LOSS OF POWER
FATUITY AND EPILEPTIC FITS, IN ONE OF
WHICH THE PATIENT NAL EAflhE.
During the superlntendeace Of DR.. WILSON at
the BLooMINGDALE ASYLUM, this sad result
occurred to two patients. Reason had for time
LEFT them and both died Of epilepsy. They were
OF both sexes, and about twenty years Of age.
Who can say that their e1cesses are not fire..
quently followed by those dlreful diseases, IN
SANITY and CONSUMPTION The records OF the
INSANE ASYLUMs, and the melancholy deaths by
Consumption, bear ample witness TO the truth Of
these assertions. In Lunauc Asylums the most
melancholy exhibition appears. The countenance
is actually sodden and quite destitute; neither
mirth nor grief ever visits 1t. Should sound Of
the voice occur 1t is rarely articulate.
"With woful measures wan despair
Low sullen sounds their grief begulled."
While we regret the existence OF the above dis
eases and symptoms, we are prepared to oner an
invaluable gift OF chemistry for the removal OF
the consequences.
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GeImbol6's Bnrbu.
M A II III Cd .
IN THE
YOUNG &RBING GENERATION

The vegetatlve powers Of life are strong, but In
few years how often the psllid hue, the lack.lus
tre eye, and emaclated form, show their baneful
influence. It soon becomes evident to the observ.
er that some depressing induenceis checking the
development OF the body. Consumption Is talked
Of, and perhaps the youth is removed from school
and sent into the country. This is one OF the
worst movements. Removed from ordinary dl.
versions Of the ever-changng scenes Of the city.
the powers Of the body, too much enfeebled to
give zess to hesthful and rural exercise, thoughts
are turned inwardly upon themselves.
II the patient be female the approach Of the
menses ia locked for with anxiety as the first
symptom in which nature Is to show her saving
power In dlnusng the circulation and visiting the
cheek with the bloom OF health. Alas increase
OF appetite has grown by what 1t fed on. The
energies OF the system are Frustrated, and the
whole economy is deranged. The beautiful and
wonderful period in which body and mind under
90 so fascinating q change from child to woman
Is looked for In vain. The parents heart bleeds
iu anxiety, sad fsncles the grave but waiting for
its victim.
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