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irr^T TTUff IT_N?TMRER 1259. CHARLESTON, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1870. SIX DOLLARS A YEAR. V VJU VUXMU L . v . COLUMBIA. TZTE CHA It L ES TO N EXTE\SIOXBILL FINALLY SQUELCHED. An Election for Associate .Justice Or? tiered- A Sew Freight Tariff for thc South Carolina Railroad-3?O Aute BeUum Hill-, to he Paid-The Charles? ton City Coancil to be Incorporated as Stock Jobbers, ?fcc, otc [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] - COLUMBIA, Januaryllo. In thc Senate to-day the Incorporation Com? mittee reported unfavorably on the bill to extend the limits of the City of Columbia. The Judiciary Committee reported in favor of a joint resolution to e'ect an associate justice on the ' 25th for thc vacancy caused by the unexpired , tcrnwpf H?ge and for the full term or six years. Jlllson introduced a resolution instructing the Railroad Committee to report by bill a tarin* for for freights on the South Carolina Railroad. Wright introduced a bill to compensate the at? torneys employed to defend criminals. Pay was rerused the Allen * Owens claim ror ?building the Dear and Dumb Asylum at Spartan burg. This action is considered as equivalent to a refusal to pay all claims on the State made pre? vious to the close or war. In the House notices or bills were given by Ran sier to incorporate the Randolph Riflemen or Charleston; by A. Smith, to r.meud the charter or Mount Pleasant, and provide ror the election or municipal officers; by Mobley, to amend the char? ter and extend the limits or the Town or Union; by Wooley, to amend the charter of the Granlte vule Manuracturing Company. DeLarge gave notice of a bill to incorporate the. Mayor and Aldermen of Charleston into a stock-jobbing association. The villis to recharter the Blythe Gap Turnpike, and to amend the act concerning the duties and.| liabilities of coroners, passed their third reading. HORE OF THE EXTENSION BILL. THE SUPREME JUDGESHIPV A NEGRO WILL CERTAINLY BE ELECTED. The Police Bill-Wright, Whipper and the Supremo Bench-Tho-- Air Linc Road-Stray Items. [FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] COLUMBIA, Jannary 19. THE CHARLESTON EXTENSION. The defeat in the Senate yesterday of thc bill to alter and amend the charter and extend the limits of the City of Charleston, and provide for an election of Mayor and Aldermen of the same, has had qnlte a depressing effect npon the members of the House who supported it. A few, however, are yet undaunted, and express the be? lief that tl-.ey win yet secure the passage through both houses Of a measure that will relieve them of the Mayor and Aldermen of Charleston. The foUowlng "petition or the Republicans or Charles? ton in la vor of the election bill," with about seven hundred signatures, was handed around to-day: To the Honorable the Senate of South Carotina: The undersigned, Republicans of the City of Charleston, most respectfully and earnestly ap? peal to your honorable body to pass the bill to provide for holding an election for Mayor and Aldermen or the City or Charleston, on the second Tuesday in April, 1876. The undersigned, in the name or the Republican party, arraign the pres? ent Mayor and Aldermen on the following gronnds: 1. They have filled over two-thirds of the offices or the city with well known Democrats. 2. They have appointed twenty-lour appraisers to valne the real estate or the city, all or whom are openly hostile to any system or free govern? ment, except one. 8. They have rerused, In violation or the city charter, to order an election to fill vacancies in the City Council. 4. They have levied burdensome taxes upon the poor in favor of the rich, and have,' In violation or our constitution, which restricts taxation to projberty only, taxed the laboring man for the privilege of earning his dally bread. 5. They have refused to Insert in their license bil! a clause requiring persons engaged in any business in this city, under a municipal license, to m ?tee no discrimination on account of color in the p. tsccution of snch business. And your petitioners would further declare, as their solemn and well founded conviction, that another year of sueh misrule as we are now sub? ject eil to by the present Mayor and Aldermen, will utterly destroy the Republican party as a po? litical organization In the City and County of Charleston. The senators are opposed to extension, and lt is asserted will defeat the House bill to extend the limits of Colnmbia. As an instance of this oppo? sition, they to-day ordered to be stricken out a section of a bill to amend the charter of Summer? ville providing that the limits of the town be ex? tended a hair or a mile each way. In the House to day DeLarge gave notice or his intention to lntrodace a bill repealing Corbin's validating act. This bill will receive the support or many or the members or the House. ASSOCIATE JUSTICE. In my last letter ?fcmentloned the rumor that Wright had been induced to withdraw from the field as a candidate ror the position or associate justice on the Supreme bench, but I am inrormed by him that the rnmor ls Incorrect, and he will serve If elected. The friends of Whipper are work? ing very hard to secure his election, and will pro? bably succeed, ir his opponent were a white man there would not be the least doubt or suc? cess, as the colored men are getting weary or be? ing used as tools to elect white men to office, "and are determined to secure ror some or their own race the spoils or the par? ty. Wright will, perhaps, secure the vote or all of the Radical senators, and those of a number orfne members. The mends or both Whipper and Wright arc sure or the success or their candidate, but to outsiders the chances seem to be in ravor or Whipper. It was at first thought the election would be only to fill the unexpired term, because it was believed that the Governor had not the power to appoint any ont- to fill the vacancy; but it having been ascertained that he has the power to appoint if the unexpired terra be for a less time than a year, which is the case in this in? stance. Many are in favor, when the election day comes, or voting to fill the long term and not the vacancy-leaving the last to be provided for by the Governor. RAILROAD MATTERS. The bill offered by Wimbush to repeal an act entitled "An act to Incorporate the Air Liue Rail? road Company of South Carolina, aud the acts amendatory thereto." was takenup this morning, ana immediately rererred to thc Committee on Railroads. A few minutes after it was thus dis? posed of, Leslie, the chairman or the said com ? mlttee, submitted a report recommending that the bill be passed, whereupon the report was adopted. The whole affair occupied about twenty minutes, during which time the colored senators and Leslie only seemed to know what was going on. This was done to give to railroad presidents a warning "not to make any distinctions in re? gard to race. Ac, Ac, as President Burord did In the case or Senator Wright, who was put off the Richmond and Danville Railroad train. There will be introduced at an early day a bill to incorporate a railroad to run rrom Blackville to Ringville. METROPOLITAN rOLICE. fe the Senate to-day the bill offered by Nash to create a metropolitan police loree was taken up irnd a motion made to rerer it to the Judiciary Committee. To this Leslie objected, and said it would cost about ave hundred thousand dollars per annum to run ti force under Its provisions, and moved to indefinitely postpone the consideration of it. It ls a job, said he, to make morc'oitlces : it is almost as bad as the land commission, and that is bad enough. Corbin said he had taken it np to read, and went to sleep over it : that he would not object to its being referred to the Judiciary Committee, as lt would give him an opportunity of going to sl.'ep over it again. Jillson moved that it be referred to that committee, with in? structions to incorporate it with the Code. Nash thought that a good Idea, because the senators were very much in the habit of taking things /rom Xeir York, where this bill was said to be from. Leslie's motion was put and carried-with only one dissenting vote. WHAT'S IS A NAME ? It will be remembered that the Senate Judiciary Committee, to whom was referred the petition of I William Henry Mack, to have his name changed [ to William Henry Mackey, reported unfavorably, stating that if he knew the consequences which would resHlt to htm from such a change, he would never have applied. To-day thc report was called up. Wright desired to know Leslie's reasons for signing the report of thc committee, of which both ar? members; to which Leslie replied, that he had a little human nature in him, and he wouldn't steal from a poor blind woman, or kick a man when he was down. The jest in the report was but a sorry one, and unworthy of thc committee. Thcserviccsof Dr. A. G. Mackey were well known; he had done as much, If not more, for the Republican party than any other man In it. Nash thought ?hat if there was any good rea? son for the man's name being changed it should be done; it seemed to him that the report was In? tended only to reflect upon Dr. Mackey. Corbin explained that thc petitioner had given no rea? son for desiring to change his name, aud the com? mittee, not seeing that it was desirable for him to have it changed, had so reported. Jillson ex? plained that the petitioner was a colored man from Sumter, an honest man, who wanted his name changed, and had sent a petition ask? ing that it might be done, but not knowing what formalities were required, had failed to comply; he therefore moved that the petition be recom? mitted to the Judiciary Committee to report. He did not know or care whether it was an hanor or otherwise to bear the name of Mackey, but if the petitioner wanted to bear that name, and had good reasons for it, his prayer should be granted. Hoyne sala , the petitioner was a bard working, honest maa,-who had been going by dur?rent names for some time, and now desired one to 6wear by. Finally the report was laid on the table, and the petition referred to a special com? mittee, consisting of Leslie, nay ne and Nash, to report. HOW WILL HE TREAT IT? Last night was thc night appointed for Frank? lin J. Moses, Speaker of the House of Representa? tives, to deliver a lecture on "Religion," for the benefit of the African Methodist Episcopal Church of this place. Unfortunately, the weather was In clcme.it and the lecture was not delivered, and those who were In doubt as to thc Speaker's mode of treating his subject, and who hoped to be re? lieved by "hearing all about lt" last night, were sadly disappointed, and are now wandering around propounding to themselves and to their friends, "How will he handle" "Religion J" which question unfortunate!,' ls not answered. SnEKIF' S OR CLERKS. Tb-day the House bill providing that sheriffs shall sell the propert." ordered to be sold by the courts was taken up in the Senate to receive its third reading. Leslie objected to its being read without being so amended as to give the clerks a showing at the spoils, but finding that he could not succeed in this, stated his intention of pre? venting the passage of the bill for thc day, nt least, and commenced a harangue, which he con tlnued cntll the senators deported one by one leaving him "master or the situation." THE CHARLESTON WATER COM PANT. The enactment clause of the Senate bill to in? corporate this company was stricken out to-day by the House. This move, It '.s said, is due to DeLarge'8 speeches on the subject, lu which lie denounced the affair as a speculation, aud the in corporators as men not to be trusted. THE SUPREME COURT. The Charleston docket was called in this court toni ay, but no cases were heard. There ls a large Bamber of lawyers from Charleston up here wait? ing to attend to their cases when they may be call? ed; among them are Col. Hay ne, General DeSans sure, Messrs. Henry Buist, Pringle, R. DeTreville, T. B. King, A. JJ. Cohen and W. D. Porter. THE WEATHER. It has been rainy here for the past few days and no sign of a rainbow yet. Only the faith of the residents in the biblical teachings of their early days restrain them from building arks In which to go through another deluge, but.their faith is a little shaken by thc ceaseless fulling of the wa? ters. The wet weather keeps the ladles in doors, consequently there ls no news on the streets or elsewhere. ? STRAY ITEMS. Corbin gave notice of a bill to dispense with the collection of taxes on all mills now established, or hereafter to bc established, for the manufac? ture of cotton or wool, or both, for a period or five years. The Governor has approved thc following acts: An act entitled an act to repeal an act eutitled "Au act to organize townships, and to define their powers and privileges:"' Joint resolution to direct the county commissioners of Charleston County to examine and report to the Attorney General concerning lands belonging to the State: joint resolution authorizing tho appointment of fish commissioners, aud defining the duties there? of; an act entitled "An act to protect the rights of persons lawfully In possession of lands and tene? ments;" an act entitled "Au act to incorporate the Policyholders' Lire and Tontine Assurance Company or the South." In the House Mr. Sloan. from the Committee on Agriculture, submitted thc rollowing report : The Committee on Agriculture, to whom was rererred sundry portions or his Excellency the Governor's message, desire to make the following report : We fully concur lu his Excellency's opinion that science ls indispensable to successful agriculture. We do not, however, concur with him in that our agricultural college should be established. There is such a diversity of soil and climate in the state tim we deem lt more advisable that they should be located lu different sections, in rural districts, away from large towns or cities. We do not think it necessary that any immediate steps should be taken toward their establishment, on account of the poverty that exists throughout the State, there are few parents, tither white or col? ored, iu a pecuniary point of view, able to scud their children to college. We would, therefore, respectfully ask to bu relieved fruin the farther consideration of so much of the message as re? lates to agriculture and mechanical science. The report was received as information, and the request of the committee granted. ? Rivers introduced the following resolutions, which were read thc first time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means : Re it resoled bv thc Senate and House of Re p- ! resent at ives of the" State or South Carolina, now met and sittiug in general assembly, and by Hie authority of the same. That the county commis? sioners of counties in which townships were or- j ganized according to law bc authorized to levy and collect an additional tax, not to exceed one mill on the dollar, on all taxable property in their counties, to pay the expenses and liabilities of townships which may have accrued In carrying out thc act organizing townships, and deliuiug their powers and privileges. Resolved. That the county commissioners are herebv authorize*! to pay all accounts or town? ship officers which mav be presented duly sworn io, incurred in the discharge or their duty, or in carrying out the township law. L. A PREMATURE EXELOSIOX. RICHMOND, January 20. A detachment of thc United Stales Art illery arrived hereto-night riom Fortress Monroe. They were sent by the government authorities in com? pliance with the application of citizens for artil? lery to fire a salute on the admission of the State. They were marched to camp to await that event their arrival, in view of the action of Congress being rainer premature. WASHINGTON. A Negro United States Senator from Mis sissippi-Virginia Still out in Hie Cold-Proceeding of Congress. [FROM TITE ASSOCIATED TRESS.] WASHINGTON, January 20. Quite a sensation was caused here to-day by the recvint or a dispatch from Jackson, Missis? sippi, announcing tlie election of one Keven, said to be a tull blooded negro, as United States senator for the short term ending in lSTi. Ames was elected for the term ending in 1ST3, and Al? corn for the term ending in 18T5. The friends of Virginia are very down in the mouth to-day in regard to carly action. Butler, in conversation with Zopa. Turner, speaking orthe Virginia House of Delegates, said the Sen? ate bill did not suit him. He would have the bill recommitted when lt came to the House. He feels indignant about the passage of Bingham's bill by, as he terms it, cross Judgment, dining his absence and a thin House. He will report back. Rhode Island having presented a statue of Cencrul Nathaniel Greene to Congress, it will be unveiled to-day. Senator Anthony delivering a eulogy. Two thousand citizens of Utah have nctltioned Congress for a State Government. . A delegation from the American Colonization Society visited the President to-day, who ex? pressed sympathy with their views and motives. The Treasury books show the receipts to be light and the expenditures heavy as compared with the last four months. The nag ship N'ipslc and steamer John Bell coll.ded in the harbor to-day during a fog; the Nipslc will detain thc Darien expedition a fort? night. Thc coin In the treasury amounts to flfty-three millions: gold certificates fifty millions; currency six millions. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate, to-day, the consideration of the Virginia MU was resumed. The following is Wilson's amendment, which was defeated without a division. "That thc Con? stitution of Hie State shall never be so amended as to deprive any person or class of citizens of the United States of the right to vote or hold j otllce who are now entitled under the said con? stitution, except in punishment or crime, nor ex? clude from service as Juror any person on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude." The amendment was not agreed to. Brake renewed the amendment previously of? fered by him admitting Virginia to representation in Congress on the following fundamental condi? tions: That the State constitution shall never be changed to deprive any citizen or class of citizens of the right to vote who are now entitled to vote except on punishment of such crimes as are now felonies at common law, whereof they shall be duly convicted under laws equally applicable to all thc Inhabitants of the said State, provided that any alteration of the State constitution pros-' pective -in Its effect may be made In regard to time, place or residence of voters. The argument on Drake's amendment was con? tinued at great length, the senators displaying much contradictory historical knowledge regard? ing thc terms and conditions whereby Virginia alienated thc Northwestern territory. Seve? ral opponents of the amendment were driven Into Its support by legal and historical qulbb'e. The Senate adjourned at half-past five, with the un? derstanding that the vote would bc taken nt four to-morrow. * The vote was about being taken nt four o'clock, when Howard read a dispatch of probably seven hundred words, regarding the condition of affairs In Georgia. Howard refused to give the name of the author. Morton said that he had received a similar dispatch containing assertions that a large fund had been raised to defend persons against the charge of perjury. In the House, Bingham Introduced a bill ma? king an offence punishable by fine and Imprison? ment for any person to propose to repeal the rati? fication of any proposed amendment to the con? stitution. A preamble and resolution was Introduced de? claring thc absence of constitutional authority to acquire territory without the consent of the House. The League Island bill was resumed. Dawes and Schofield had a sharp controversy Involving their veracity and honesty. The House passed the Military Academy bill. Adjourned. EUROPE. PARIS, Jannary 20. Thc new cable In the Interest of the French American cable, was successfully laid between Frauce and England. Deputy Raspall ls not dead. Much Indignation ls expressed at thc unknown author of the hoax. Belgian journals are seized on Hie frontier. Ten thousand workmen have struck at Creuzot. Schneider, president of the works," has gone there. MADRID, January 20. Serious disturbances at Bultansas. Thc mob attacked the municipal authorities. Troops inter? fered, quelling thc riot. Prince Euriqul, of Bourbon, publicly acuses Prim of having conspired with Isabella. NEWS FROM HA JANA. HAVANA, January 20. Soward was serenaded last night by the troops where several thousand people were as? sembled. Seward complimented the people on thc improvements they had made since his for? mer visit. All nations, he said, were interested in the permanent peace and prosperity of Cuba. "I pray God this progress may continue, and peace and prosperity bc restored to the Island." Referring to Spain, he expressed thc hope that the political situation of the country that was the most ancient ally of America would result in a safe, happy and speedy Issue. Seward's remarks, from begiuulng to end, wcrestrlcHy non-commit? tal on the matter of thc insurrection. Ten of the gunboats that recently arrived from New York have gone to sea. Destination unknown. THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT. CniCAGO, January 20. Thc Senate of Iowa ratified the Fifteenth amendment yesterday. The House votes to-day. COLl'MDt'S, Onio, Jannary 20. The IIou?es discussed thc amendment yester? day, lt votes to-day. TERRORISM IN GEORGIA. Accr/STA, January 20. Several citizens have been arrested by the military in Warren County for alleged offences committed several months since. Considerable alarm exists, and many persons arc reported flee? ing from thc district, where martial law prevails. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. Four.guns with officers, men and ammuni? tion to fire a salute of one hundred guns ou Vir, ginia's admission, left Fortress Muuroe yester? day. Resolutions have been Introduced In both branches or the New York Legislature, against treaties acquiring territory without thc approval of the House of Representative?. The steamer Lady Gay, from St. Louis for New Orleans, sunk near Grand Tower. No lives lost. -Sir Edward Thornton, lirltish Minister, has secured the new Masonic Temple, in Washington, in which the formal reeeption or King Arthur, 01 England, will take place on Thursday. 20th inst. The hall is to tie magnificently decorated. A grand banquet will be among the features ol'the occasion. THE WHISKEY WAE. PERSONAL DISLIKE PROVOKES THE CON? FLICT. What thc Spartanburg Papers Say. Thc Spartanburg papers give a full report of the " Whiskey War" in Spartanburg, a detailed account ot which has already appeared in THE NEWS. Their comments and explanation make thc origin of the trouble pretty clear. The Spartan says : Whilst the conduct of the persons engaged in armed resistance to the law meets tho unquali? fied disapprobation of every good citizen, there are are others who, though technically justified by the law, have exposed themselves to a share of the blame. This - ls the first in? stance that anything of the sort has occurred in this district. We passed through thc de? moralization and lawlessness which pervaded the country immediately after the war. without a single stain upon the reputation of our dis? trict asa peaceable, law-abiding community. There must be some reason, therefore, for this singular manifestation, after law and order have been fully restored to their wonted supremacy. We feel that it is due the character" of our district to explain what we believe is thc true cause of all this trouble. A large number of the people where this dillieulty occurred" have for years been engaged in the business of distilling spirits. They regard lt as an honest and legitimate way of making a living. The taxes and re? strictions imposed upon this business by the revenue laws arc naturally enough regarded 1 with much disfavor by these people, who i thereby had what they considered an honest occupation, taken way from them. Many of them doubtless evaded the law, but not ono has erer before openly defied it, that we have heard of. Scores, perhaps hundreds of their stills, with horses, wagons, fte., appurtenant, havowbeen captured and confiscated; a large cumber of them have bean indicted, con? victed and punished for unlawfully distill? ing, yet no violent resistance was offered to the rigid enforcement of what they considered an odious and oppressive law, until the aforesaid A. P. Turner is clothed with authority from the sapient re? venue collector of thia division, to execute the law. Hi? first attempt to execute his authori? ty is followed uv violence, and why ? He hos been raised in the very heart ofthat neighbor? hood, and thc people knoio him; and knowing, hold him in utter contempt. They have no respect for him as a man, and they cannot dis? sociate the officer from the man. Whether these prejudices are well founded or not, it is not our purpose to Inquire. They were known by his chief who appointed him, to exist, and that should have been a sufficient reason for conferring the office upon a more amiable can? didate, lt may bc said that the prejudices against Turner are of a political character, and that all this trouble has grown out of thc fact, that a Radical attempts to execute the law. If this be so, lt Is a little singular that no citizen of Spartanburg has ever resisted a Radical officer before. Wc arc satisfied that there is no disposition on thc part of any portion of thc people of this district to resist the due enforce? ment of the laws of the land, and that this re? cent outbreak Is attributable solely to the ex? asperation, theoretically unjustifiable as it may be, produced by the circumstance we have mentioned. We hope for. the take of peace, that a similar cause of irritation may be here? after avoided, by a more judicious selection of officers. Thc circumstances in this case look very much like tills particular appointment was made for the purpose of irritating the peo? ple and exciting a collision. It is said that Turner has been an interested sympathizer with the persons he now proposes to arrest. It is sometimes bad policy to "set a rogue to catch a rogue.". We do not desire or expect a Democrat, to be appointed to this or huy other office, 'Oui we ?Z hope the preferments at the disposal of the appointing powers will hereafter be conferred upon sober, respectable persons of the dominant party. ? The Gazette takes a different view of the matter. It says : Too much credit cannot be given to Captain Summerhayes*, the revenue officers and the soldiers, for the prudence and forbearance with which they acted. It was only by this course that bloodshed was avoided, and with It the serious calamities which would probably have fallen upon every CIUZCD of our county. We are happy to state that all these recent outrages arc sincerely deprecated by our bet? ter class ol citizens. They have been commit? ted by a set of lawless men living on the bor? der of North Carolina, who have always here? tofore defied all law. During the existence of the Confederacy the same difficulties occurred and in thc same way. It is high time that these men should learn that they are amenable to law, and that they must respect thc authority of those whose duty it is to eniorce iL "TUE HOUR OF DEATH." A Scientific Investigation. In Mr. John Timb's "Notable Things of Our Own Time" are some accounts of thc curiosi? ties of scientific investigation; among them the following concerning the hour of death : The subjccL of the hour of death (says Mr. Haviland, an eminent surgeon, in a paper read to the British Association) has occupied thc attention of medical writers from the time of Aetius, who flourished at the court of Constan? tinople in Hie fifth century, up to the present < date, but no practical fruit has been the result for the physician in his treat ment of disease. He concluded that the time had now arrived lor a thorough investigation of the facts In our possession. Inasmuch as If lhere be any latent truth in them ol' Importance to mankind, lt is our simple duty to evoke that truth, and avail ourselves of hs teaching in tire practice of medicine. He remarked that the physician's duties do not cease when he has ascertained the disease of his patient and prescribed med? icine to remove lt; by medicine alone thc pa? tient is not healed; bc has to act upon the ad? vice ol' Hippocrates, and sec that those in at? tendance do their duly also, and in his absence watch every phase and actiou of tho living present. But, to so direct, thephysician must know each cause of chango, and by his knowl? edge antic?pale what may occur; ?ny down simple rules for the guidance of friends and nurses, and teach thom how to walch each circumstance of disease; he must know thc changet'ultiess of our bodies in health; he must take due account of this changefulness when Illness supervenes; he must know when all our vital functions arc at their height; he must know when they are at their lowest ebb; for this kuowledge'ls a most necessary clement of success in his combat with thc enemy he is im? plored to encounter. Of late years the art of nursing has more than ever occupied the thoughts of physicians and the laity at large. We hnvo bad noble efforts made in the camp and at home to soothe the anguish ol' the wounded and diseased. The amhor had collected over five thousand cases of death, with thc hour of death and other circninstances recorded, which he had tabulated and exhibited on a large chart, the dltlicult collections being dlstlngiushcd by col? ored diagram*. By this chart he showed that in one thousand "cases ol' death In children under live years of age, the periods of the greatest "mortality took place between Hie hours of 1 and 8 A. M.; then an extraor? dinary depression took place In tho succeeding hours" between ii and li M., and that the ratio of mortality was at its minimum., He Iben compared these statistics with two thousand eight hundred and ninety-one deaths from all causes, and the chart showed how remarkablv t!ie wave lines of death compared with deaths from consumption, which, although they show? ed a general resemblance in the wave line, yet between the hours of 4 to S A. M. there was a depression which compared with the first four hours' period. He showed that small numbers are not stillicieni for n statistical truth, and he therefore urged upon his provincial brethren to assisi him in his work by forwarding to him data for further investigation of this fiiterest intr subject. He contended that the tables on thc chart proved the ex- -aordinary mortality in the early hours of the morning, when the powers of life were at their lowest ebb, and, strange to say, when thc patient was most cared lor. lie urged the necessity of feeding and stimulating the patients at their weakest hour, so as to tide them over a critical period; and, even if death be inevitable, to so support thc patient that he might at least have a few hours more of life snatched from eternity to admit of Iiis being able to carry out some neglected duty, pardon some tmeiny, or see some beloved friend. AFFAIRS IN CLARENDON. _ . .> [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] MANNING, S. C., January 17. The horse which I mentioned In my last as having been stolen from L. A. Bigger, Itadlcal, Ac, of this place at present, of Ohio formerly, has been recovered, and the supposed thief ap-, prehended; his name is Levi Timmons, alias Levi Davis. Tlie sheriff or this county, Thomas W. Arledge, native white Radical, has absconded with a win? some white damsel, whom he employed lu the capacity as cook. It is supposed his sureties will lose but little by his sudden exit rrom the office to which he has recently been elected by negro votes. The defalcation ls estimated at about $1000. Court meets here to-day. A good many per? sons have already assembled. FRANZ! A SENSATION IN SUMTER. ' Trial of thc Ka-Klax-Klan before' Jud gp Green-Acquittal^ of the Terri? ble Gentlemen. Thc Sumter Watchman publishes a full statement of thc facts as developed by the trial last week before thc Court of General Sessions, (Judge John T. Green, presiding,) at that place, of thc supposed Ku-Klux-Klan of Sumter, for the burning of stores of Robert? son and DuBose In October last. The testi? mony, though voluminous, elicited no new facts against the accused. The Watchman says: It will be remembered that on f*ne night of the 21st of October last the store of D. G. Rob? ertson, in this district, was destroyed by fire having been burnt by a party of men in dis? guise; and on thc night of the 29th of the same month the store of E. G. DuBose, Jr., shared the same fate from a like source. On the first of November last, upon affidavit of one John B. Hubbard, "chief constable," made before A. L. Solomon, magistrate, In Richland County, a warrant was Issue* by the said A. L. Solomon for the arrest of John Brown,-MlUer and-Watts, upon the warrant left In blank until thc present writing, and without bonds Irom any one to appear and Srosccutc. John S. R. Brown, jr. John I. [Hier and Charles H. Watts, three of our most respectable citizens, were arrested and made to cuter Into recognizances to appear and an? swer-(some of tlie most responsible, trust? worthy and esteemed of our citizens being rudely rejected by the sheriff os sureties.) Upon other affidavits of said John B. Hub? bard, chief constable, no less than twenty-two of the first citizens of the district, residing in different portions of it, and, in many instances, at considerable distances from the locality ol the burning, were arrested and made to enter into bonds to appear and be tried. . Being put* upon trial last week, a deal of evidence was adduced on behalf both ol" the prosecution and of the defence. The solicitor, Mr. S. T. Atkinson, addressed the Jury on the part of the State, In a short but pointed speech. He was followed by Messrs. E. W. Moise and John S. Richardson, Jr., Esqs., in behalf of the accused, and Mr. J. J. Fleming closeiLon the side of the State. Judge Green charged the Jury on the law bearing on the case, and read over the testi? mony irom his notes, which were very accu? rate and complete. The jury retired for about ten minutes and ret urned a verdict of "not guilty." On the call of the other cases the next morn? ing, thc Slate entered a nul pros, on each one, and thus ended thc trial o? thc supposed K. K. KVs. The Watchman remarks : The law was administered by thc presiding Judge In its dignity, Us Justice, and strictly In its Impartiality, and according to the rules of common practice, and the facts speak for them? selves, proclaiming a most complete and tri? umphant vindication of thc respected citizens arraigned. The charge made by us at the time, of indis? criminate and arbltary arrest of our good citi? zens, is abundantly sustained In the facts de? veloped by thc attendant proceedings, and es? pecially In this : that of twenty-two persons brought by the armed constabulary of the State under arrest, true bills were found, (by a grand jury composed of all colored men but three) against but seven, and In thc further, and, if possible, more conclusive fact, that of the seven arraigned, In no single Instance was there failure to prove an alibi, by more than one witness above suspicion. Never, proba? bly, In the hlstorv of the country, did a State, with so much exhibition of her au.hority and power, so press felonious charges against so many of her worthy citizens, with so utterly groundless a basis. In these cases, too, to which Governor Scott and his constabulary force gave such promi? nent and special attention as to attract the notice of the State at large, thc distinctive anomaly in Jurisprudence ls presented, af warrants Issued, arrests made, Indictments preferred, true bills found, and all the other machinery of the law put In operation against the alleged offenders, with the absence of bonds for the prosecution. And ia the midst ot all this, wc Und the Attorney General visi? ting the scene ot action, discovering the utter hopelessness ol the situation, and endeavoring to shift the responsibility, by a 6peetly depar? ture, with Instructions to '.continue," without the shadow of ground for continuance. In the Interest of peace and good order, we ask Mr. Hubbard and Governor Scott to perpe? trate no more such outrages ns those which af tended thc arrest and trial of these citizens of Sumter County. SUCCESSFUL CO-OPERAT10X. Employers Dividing ProCts with Workmen. [From the Kew York Tribune.] Messrs. A. S. Cameron <t Co., who occupy extensive premises in twenty-third street, for? merly known as the New York Steam Engine Works, and who are the largest constructors of steam pumps in this country, have at pres? ent 110 men employed upon this specially, and notwithstanding tue dullness of trade, are busier than they have ever been belore. The great feature of this establishment ls its approximation to thc co-operative sys? tem which ls rapidly developing itself In this country. Mr. Cameron inaugura? ted the plan 'on the 12th of July last, and thus far lt has worked admirably, giving the most perfect satisfaction to all concerned. The success which has attended lt uns been watched with great interest bv other estab? lishments, by which lt will no itoubt be adopt? ed. The amount of capital invested in the Messrs. Cameron's business is about $300,000. and agencies are established in all parts of the Unlteu States and in the principal countries In Europe, and large stocks are on hand al the agencies with \vliicli to supply the wants of trade. The general features of the plan are ns follows : The books are balanced on the first dav of Joly each year. On tho 15th day of July, 1ST0* will bc distributed among thc work? men thon in their employ ten per cent, of the net profits accruing from the business durlug the year ending July 1. These profits will be 'divided in proportion to the amount ol' wages received by each man during that period. To be the recipients of the divi? dends tue employers are to perform the duties assigned to them in such manner ns to warrant the employers In pursuing such a course. The act being entirely voluntary OR the part of the employers, it couvevs no right to the employ? ees to'such distribution of profits, they being paid weekly wages which are full compensa? tion for services performed. Lazy persons have been pointed out and dismissed, and tints the interests of the hard-working men have been protected, and they will not be cal? led upon at the end of the year to divide the fruits of their industry with sluggards. A cir? cular was issued lo the workmen at the time of the inauguration of this systcn which explains it fully. "It is as follows: "Tliis proposition lo divide among you ten per ccut ol'our profits realized from the man? ufacture of machinery-for which there ls a great demand at ail times and in all seasons which is protected by a number ol' valuable patents, for the use of which we deduct no royalty-anti drawing no salary whatever tor otir own services in conducting the business anil being in addition to your weekly wages, which ls at least as liberal as you could secure in similar employment elsewhere, is perhaps the most encouraging oiler that the employer however, that this distribution of profits Viii only be made on condition that your Increased efl'orts entitle yon to it. Should the rule ope? rate to our advantage, in relieving us from following up tile leaks and the loafers, we shall continue it; not otherwise. If we derive benefit from the svstem, we can secure its adoption in other establishments; but ifyou do not appreciate the oiler, we will consider yon untrue to yourselves, to your families, and to your lellow-workmen at large, and will take pains to make the fact known. What we expect in return is that von wiil work earnestly and faithfully, and sec thal neither time nor material is wasted; that you will point out to us any labor-saving item", or other source of economy that may suggest it? self to you. And above all, we expect that those who do not enter into the spirit of the matter will be pointed out to ns for prompt dismissal. We have appointed from among you, to assist in carrying out this proposition, a committee of seven, -who may add to their numbers as many as they see fit. We suggest that they hold a meeting at least once a month, and we give them, tree of any charge, accommodations for this purpose, to consult upon the working of the scheme and recom? mend to us such action as they may-consider necessary on our part to its promotion. The foreman of the shop, though not. appointed, ts, by courtesy, a member of the committee." . A visit to the extensive workshops of the establishment shows at a glance how well the system works. The men look cheerful, are strictly attentive to their varions Jobs, and no idlers or skulkers are to be seen. During the busy season the men worked fourteen hours a day, and completed work which had to be de? livered at a specified time. A strike is an un? heard of thing here. Professional "tramps" do not receive encouragement, aud while the concern reaps a rich harvest thc employees feel sure of steady employment, regulated by a committee of their own class, with the pleas? ing prospect ot participating in thc profits ol a thriving business. Mr. Cameron is a young man, and one who has the good of the labor? ing classes at heart, and lt the "men prove faithful to their own interests, it ls probable that while beneflttlng themselves directly, they' will produce a change in thc working of other establishments which will in time be ol great and lasting benefit to all crafslmen. SPEED OE TBE SENSES. There are thirty-one pairs of compound nerves in the human body, the sensory and motor fibres of which are so commingled as to render it an impossible undertaking to separ? ate them by any means at present known. Now if, for instance, a needle be stuck into one of the flngers,"the sensory fibres take the impression through the nerve and the poste? rior root to the spinal cord and thence to the brain. The command goes out to "draw the finger away." The mandate travels down the spinal cord to the anterior root, and thence through the motor fibres of the nerve to the muscles, which Immediately act, and the finger is nt once removed. All this takes place with great rapidity, but yet with nothing like the celerity once imagined. The researches of Helmholtz, a distinguish? ed German physiologist, have shown with great exactitude the rate of speed with which the nerve fluid travels; and other observers have given a great deal of time and patience to this and kindred questions. As the result of many deliberations, lt was ascertained that the nervous fluid moves at the rate of about ninety-seven and one-tenth feet in a second. Now electricity travels with a speed exceed? ing 1,'200.000 feet In a second, and light over 9011,000,000. A shooting star moves with a velocity of 200.000 feet in a second, and the earth, iu its orbit around thc sun. 100.000. A cannon ball has a mean velocity of 1800 fe^t in a second; an eagle, 130; and a locomotive, 95. We thus perceive the nervous fluid hos no very remarkable rate of speed. A fact, which among many others, serves to Indicate its non-identity willi elcctrcity. Professor Donders, of Utrecht, Holland, has recently been making some interesting experi? ments In regard to the rapidity of thought, which are likewise Interesting. By means of two instruments, which he calls the noematnch ogrnph and the noematachometer, he promises some important details. For the present he announces that a simple Idea requires the brain to act for sixty-seven one thousandths of a sec? ond for its elaboration. Doubtless the time required is not the same for all brains, and that, by means of these Instruments, we may obtain "definite indications relative to the men? tal calibre of our friends. What invaluable instruments they would be for nominating caucuses for vestries, for trustees of colleges, for merchants in want of bookkeepers: in short, for all having appointments of any kind to make ! For the eye to receive an Impression requires sovent.v-seven one thousandths of a second, and for the ear to appreciate a sound, one hundred and forty-nine one thousandths of a second are necessary. The eye, therefore, ads with nearly twice the rapidity of the ear. TEJL C ULTUXE IN CA LIFO ENI A. Experiments by the Japanese Colony. A correspondent of the San FranciscoMorning Call, writiug from thc Japanese colony In El Dorado County, California, where Japanese agriculturists are preparing to engage exten? sively in tea culture, gives the following In? formation, gleaned from conversation with Herr Schnell, the manager and proprietor of the experimental farm : From thc experiments thus far made, Mr. Schnell is convinced that the problem of tea culture lu California is solved, and there ls no longer doubt but that we can raise as good teas here as are produced In China and Japan. The few plants which I saw were only an experi? mental crop, planted in July, when the ground was dry, hard and parched, raised under the most disadvantageous circumstances, in one of the dryest seasons ever known, but show i all the signs ot a healthy and vigorous condi? tion. Mr. Schnell informs me that only one va? riety or kind of tea is known, and is the one designated by Dr. von Siebold as thc simensis Linn. All of the varieties described by botan? ists under the names bohea, viridis, laden, stricta, Ac. are Only variations of the simensis Linn., produced by different modes of cultiva? tion aud geographical distribution. Dr.- von Siebold places the simensis under the mona delphia polyandra Linn., and to the natural family of the cameleiarum decam. The tea shrub In Japan is an evergreen, from four to six feet high, with a straight stem, and numerous irregular branches. Growing wild, the shrub will reach a height of fifteen or twenty feet. The stem is of a bright gray color,"the branches chestnut, and tue wood hard aud having- a peculiar odor. On the young branches are the short, sott, green, small leaves, which are arranged in intervals, and are of an elliptical shape with teeth on the borders, resembling closely the leaves of the wild rose. The color is a bright green, of different shades, deepening as the season ad? vances. Between the leaves sprout the blos j soms, which arc at first of a rose color, but In I tile course of their devel >pmcnt assn rae lighter Shades, and li mill v, when Tull blown, are of the color of the ordinary lea rose. They have nq odor, and are very tender, but are put to no use. The story that these Howers are pre? served tor mixing teas that are only drank by the Emperor and the nobility, Is a fabrication. When these flowers fade away they leave a small fruit, which is divided into two or three partitions, generally three, which contain the seeds. Owing to the great quantity ot oil con? tained in these seeds, they are difficult of pre? servation and easily decay. The tea shrub is very easy of cultivation, and will grow nearly everywhere, with plenty of air and sun, but cannot live in shady places. All of the new plants at Mr. Schnell's plan? tation are raised Iroin seeds which are planted in rows in furrows, from four to six inches deep, ia a manner similar to that in which beaus are usually planted; but out of this num? ber of seeds probably but one or two in each will sprout, owing to thc decay produced by the excessive quantity of oil they contain. The proper time for planting is in November or December, when lt sprouts brough the ground in about thirty days. By the ensuing May the plant reaches a height of about four? teen inches, when the perfect and tender leaves arc stripped off. and are placed under immediate manipulation. They are first put in a lariro copper pan and roasted, then put in baskets and shaken and swung in the wind until they are dried of thc moisture that has been exuded by the heat, then roasted again, then rolled in the palms of the hand to separ? ate the leaves and prevent their crumbling into powder, then dried again in the basketa by shaking and swinging, and then put in {ars, when they are ready for market The ?lack teas are roasted three times, the green teas but once or twice. Every year the trees or shrubs are trimmed down to a height of about three feet; after having reached that height, and when prop? erly taken care of, will produce good crops for upwards of thirty years. It is abosutely nec? essary that the plants should have the morn? ing sun and be on the south side of a hill, or the leaves will become yellow and the tea of au inferior quality. Mr. Schnell has about 120 acres of good agricultural land ready for plant? ing, and about 400 acres of rough land which he proposes to clear as soon as he can bring it into requisition. His plants will-require nd Irrigation, but he ls digging a well on nis place for other purposes. TREASON IN NEW TOBK. General Lee Applauded Vociferously. A New letter of the nth instant to the Cin? cinnati Commercial says: I went the other night to the Grand Opera House with some western friends, who wish? ed to entertain themselves with the medley (I may say very poor medley) of performan? ces that have been lately carried on there by Lingard and Paul. One of the items of the varied programme of the evening was the appearance on the stage of a number of characteristic figures representing the nota? ble men ot thc day-such as Fisk, Greeley, Grant, Lee, and perhaps haifa dozen others. The figures walked to the foreground from behind a curtain, nppearlng In succession, one at a time. Most of them excited but feeble In? terest in thc audience, and called forth only a little laughter. When the figure of Grant ap? peared, however, clad In military costume and smoking a cigar, there were some signs of wa? king up in the house, and I shouUi say that about one-fourth of the audience applauded and another quarter hissed, while fully one half the whole body took no part with either side, but maintained their ordinary stillness. Immediately after the counterfeit present? ment of General Grant had disappeared, the figure of General Lee, grave, stately, and white-headed, stood In the foreground, and In? stantly the house ru nj- with long-continued ap lause that seemed L come Trom the-whole ody of spectators. There- were doubtless persons present; who did not Join in the accla? mations; but certainly one would rarely see or hear a more vigorous demonstration in any theatre than was made on this occasion upon the appearance of the Southern rebel leader. I do not attempt to account for this incident, or for such incidents, which are now, and al? ways have been, frequent enough In New York. But I was glad that General Butler and Senator Sumner were not in the audience, for they would doubtless have hastened back to Washington and concocted a bill for putting New York under military government. PERSONAE GOSSIP. -Kossuth is in Turin, and itfabject poverty. -A portion of Hen-t Roche fort's salary as dep? uty has been seized for debt. -Mr. Gladstone has Just completed his sixtieth year, and Mr. Disraeli his sixty-fourth. -Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, of Massachusetts, will deliver an address at the funeral of George Teabody. -It ls reported that Fisk and Gould have gone to Washington to give evidence regarding the gold panic. -General Robert E. ?.ee, it is now stated, will not bc able to attend George Peabody's funeral at Portland and in Massachusetts. -Commodore Josiah Tatnallhas been elected port Inspector of Savannah, Georgia, an office recently created by the city council. -A Paris letter says the physicians think Lords Napoleon will last until September, and If he sur? vives the crisis then expected, he may last ano? ther year. -Hon. Lot M Morrill has been elected Fatted States senator from Maine by both branches of the Legislature or that State, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death or Senator Fesseaden. Senator Morrlll's term will expire March 3,187L -Ex-Secretary Seward has telegraphed from Havana that he expects to be in New York on or about the 25th Instant. His friends are intend? ing to give him a complimentary dinner with a view of eliciting his views of Mexican affairs. -The London Lancet confirms a report which has been floating about Europe for some time past. It says chat the disease from which the Emperor of Russia ls suffering is bypochondruuls -a malady which is hereditary In the Imperial family or Russia, and which is extremely difficult j to combat. It ls said that the Emperor often re? fuses food, and shuts himself np from all oater communication, and from all the social enjoy? ments which he used formerly to seek. -Pius IX Is a great letter writer. He has re? cently sent a very affectionate epistle or bref to his "olen ai^nes?enfa>Us,, ot New York, In ac? knowledgment or a don magnifique, which he had received from them. Accompanying the don, he says, "you have added a splendid ornament under the emblem or a fish, which formerly was very familiar to the faithful. This exquisite piece of work, In the purest gold and bearing m Its month the most precious ornaments, seems to us, in view of the approaching Connell, to bethe symbol of the words of eternal life flowing from thc mouth or Jesus." It Is said that all the bishops who attended the Council took with them rich presents to the Pope, and that the Papal treasury Tor the time being is full to overflowing. -Emile Olllvicr, the new French Prime Minis? ter, ls described as being tall, unusually Bilm, with a pale complexion, small black whiskers, and glittering spectacles, and resembling a cler gj man. He stoops very mnch, and wears a black scnll cap. As a public speaker, his voice ls soft and clear, his language ls remarkably elegant, and his speeches abonnd in metaphor. In the lost Legislative Chamber, he enjoyed the r?puta? tion of speaking better French than any other member except Bcrryer. In his speeches and La his writings OUlvier makes constant nse of the personal pronouns, repeating "as for myself," "as for my opinion," with unpleasant frequency" om vier was born In 1826, and his career has been very brilliant. In 1848, at thc agc of 22, he was appointed Commissary-General to the Republic at Marseilles, and afterwards was made Prefect. He has been three times* elected to the Corps L?gis? latif, and has been twice interdicted as an advo? cate-once in 1837, for six months, for refusing to appear as counsel before a court-martial In Lyons, and the second time in 1859, in consequence of a vigorous address In defence of Vicherot* before the Tribunal of Correctional Police. -Figaro tells two nc? stories or the Pope. A lady or Lyons comes Into his presence closely veiled in black. "What do you wish?" asked the 6upreme Pontiff. Your benediction, Holy Father.? The lady made vain attempts to raise her veli; the pope itrelched forth his hand-"Holy Father, wait a moment." "Do you believe," said he smiling, "that my benediction cannot penetrate that thin veil?" and he continued the formula? Thc second anecdote concerns an American lady -a Protestant-who desired thc blessing of Pius IX upon an armrul or beads. "Is that aUi" patiently asked the Pope. "Holy Father, your photograph." "Here it Ls; anything more?" ' Your autograph, ir you please, upon the carte de-cisile." The Pope hesitated a little, but signed nevertheless. "Now ls there any other favor you were going to ask?" "Oh, Holy Father, give me ir you will the pen with which you wrote your name." This was too much even for the Pope's good nature, and he said, "Yes, take lt. Carry away the penbolder too. Here, take the Ink? stand !" The American coolly rolled all the article? up in an old newspaper, carefully placed them la her carpet-bag, and departed with a sweet smile and a reverenee to the Pope. "What a great peo? ple, nevertheless !" exclaims thc Figaro. gUPERIOR COLOGNE WATER. 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